"Very few people really care about freedom, about liberty, about the truth, very few. Very few people have have guts, the kind of guts on which a real democracy has to depend. Without people with that sort of guts a free society dies or cannot be born." Doris Lessing, from "The Golden Notebook"
What Will An Obama America Be Like? Election Day 11/04/08 10:07am
Looking at the polls it seems like Obama may be our next president. In particular Thomas Sowell is particularly astonished (as are many I imagine) how such an empty vessel as Obama got elected [Link]. No portfolio to speak of with a record of hard left partisanship in a right of center country. As for the answer to that I will defer to a future post.
But as I get ready to vote today I was thinking what kind of America would an Obama administration bring us. Fortunately some events right now are starting to define what to expect. Before you look at these three videos, please remember that Obama has said that he will implement a "Civilian Security Force" that will be " . . . equipped as well as our military." But why would we need a CSF when he's vowed to cut the military 25%? Who would a CSF be loyal to? Country or the personality that hired them? [Link] The Germans had the Stasi [Link], the Nazis had the Brown Shirts [Link]. What will Obama call this?
These new clips should alarm anybody.
#1. Black Panthers block voting place door with night stick. "A black man is going to get elected."
#2. This next clip is Democrat Shumer already talking about the "Fairness Doctrine". The "Fairness Doctrine" is going to be used to shut down conservative talk radio free speech.
#3. This last clip should really hit home for you out there that are productive. Here a top Democrat talks about keeping your own money is a 'simplistic notion'. I don't know this man personally but I'd guess that he is like Obama, Biden, Kerry, Gore and many other liberals who give next to nothing to charity but want to take more of your money so that they can redistribute it to their favored group. Don't forget that when the Bush tax cuts expire in 2010, that will cost most of us a miminum of $2500.00.
So this is just a small video taste of the new Obama America. Add in what happened to private citizen Joe the Plumber using government resources [Link], all because he asked a question [Link], redistributing wealth [Link], bald Marxism/Socialism [Link], nationalizing oil companies (like that Marxist paradise Venezuela) [Link] and you have a brand new America that you'll never recognize [Link].
So Who Is This Bill Ayers and Bernadette Dorhn? 10/29/08 2:07pm
Obama says he isn't a friend of William Ayers and his wife Bernadette. "Just a guy down the street" whom he ran into on occasion he says. Well, Ayers is much more than that. See for yourself. [Link]
Sarkozy Says Obama Stance On Iran Is "Utterly Immature" 10/28/08 10:07am
French President Sarkozy has said that Obama's views on Iran are "utterly immature". But that isn't the worst of it. The worst is that none of the major news outlets has said anything about it. NONE. [Link]The unabashed Obama bias and flacking by the supposed "unbiased" media for continues. Sarkozy also characterized Obama's "plan" for Iran full of "formulations empty of all content". Sweet.
At least there is one paper willing to at least publish this stuff because, I'd guess, their country is directly in the crosshairs of a nuclear Iran (who now has about a 40% stash toward their first bomb) [Read It Here].
Obama swears that his administration won't raise taxes. Although any person with a medium of common sense knows that is a lie. [See This]. But now in classic liberal overreach Barney Frank, seeing victory on the horizon, is more than willing to admit that a tax increase is in your future with an Obama Administration and fillibuster proof Democrat controlled Congress head lock on the nation.
"Hope", "Change" And The Audacity Of Socialism 10/21/08 9:35am
It is not any secret that Obama is regarded as a transformational figure. Colin Powell has said it yesterday, William F. Buckley's kid says so and on and on. But "transformation" blows both ways folks. Hitler was considered a transformational figure as was Castro, Carl Marx, Lenin and Trotsky. The great icon of Obama's supporters, Che Guevara, [See These Videos] was transformational too. So what kind of "transformation" do you think that Obama will bring? Joe the Plumber got Obama's Socialist newspeak right from The One himself: "I don't want to punish your success, I just want to make sure that everybody who is behind you, they've got a chance at success too. "I think that when you spread the wealth around it's good for everybody . . .".
Well, if you want to know more about Obama the "transformational" figure, than a trip over to Investors Business Daily is in order [Link]. There you can read a twenty part series of in depth analysis of the Socialism that Obama promises to deliver. Some direct links to of few of the articles:
Shots Fired At McCain Bus, Is This The Politics Of Change? 10/20/08 4:35am
Well, it looks like the politics of "hope" and "change" are taking on a bit of a different style. Shots have been fired at a McCain campaign bus in New Mexico [Link]. For those of you that are new to the Republican/conservative fold you are probably surprised by this. But those of us that aren't so new, what with car vandalism, slashed tires, spat on and other indignities for voting for the guy (gal) the left doesn't like [Link] [Link] [Link] [Link] [Link] this isn't surprising really. It was only a matter of time. If you read the book "The New Thought Police" or "Liberal Fascism" you'll see that this is standard operating procedure for the leftists.
But the intimidation won't stop there either. It is widely known now that if Obama is elected and the Pelosi Democrats get the filibuster proof majority in Congress (highly likely at this point), the new "Fairness Doctrine" will be instituted to shut down conservative talk radio once and for all [Link]. The Republican agenda of smaller more efficient government, less taxes, free trade, drilling for our energy independence, more nuclear and more private enterprise to solve our more vexing problems has always had mass appeal when we have a candidate who can articulate the vision (not John unfortunately). But it is tough. At one point it was reported that the media were reporting about the Obama campaign over McCain by ratios of 7 to 1. And at the same time ignoring Obama's very sketchy present [Link] [Link] and past [Link]. Thanks to them we know very little about him and exactly what his politics of change will bring. But from what I know now what it will be will be dramatic and permanent. [Link]
Update 10/21/08: "KKK" scratched into a McCain/Palin supporter's car [Link].
Update 10/23/08: Republican office Manager's house shot up [Link]. Catch in the video that he's fielded over calls for 300 campaign signs that have been stolen. We have had much the same problem here in Seattle. Large 4' x 8' signs, constructed using of 2' x 4' lumber, dug into the ground, have not been valdalized but completely disapeared.
Also: MCCAIN VOLUNTEER ATTACKED AND MUTILATED IN PITTSBURGH. 'B' CARVED INTO 20-YEAR OLD WOMAN'S FACE... DEVELOPING...
Since I "converted" to voting Republican many years ago, I have received some pretty rough treatment. It always kind of mystified me how people can be so against Capitalism, free trade, less government and free markets but years of leftist dogma in our public schools deriding these basic tenants of our system are starting to make an impression. I can remember being a Democrat voter and not wanting to hang Republicans from the nearest tree but that has all changed. It's a war out there folks. Go read the comments at the The Daily Kos or the Huffington Post you'll see what I mean. And now in our grade schools wearing a Palin shirt is risky business. In fact it's "racist" business. Now this little girl knows how those "bitter clingers" [Video Link] feel.
This is a quickie. A lot of you may be able to guess this but I was over at Investor's Business Daily looking at some recent polling (much more accurate than Zogby or CNN, they don't over-sample Democrats) between McCain and Obama and saw this at the bottom of the stats.
The Obama Associations. I'm Pinching, I'm Pinching 10/16/08 10:15am
Remember, in your formative years, when your parents told you: "You're known by the company you keep"? Well, speaking of that, Obama has kept company with many characters that a politician running just for mayor of a small city would have a hard time disavowing let alone running for president of the United States. But Mr. Obama is a special politician (Chicago politics, the roughest in the nation) with the major media wanting desperately to have him be elected. This media, who by any measure are completely in the tank for Obama, has chosen to bury, not just ignore, but bury his seamy past associations.
But the truth can find the light. I have found that sometimes you can get a better view of our politics here from somebody that inhabits the other side of the Atlantic. This article, from the Spectator in the UK [See It Here], points out and analyses probably the most troubling of many seamy associations of Mr. Obama. One of the associations that the mainstream media here refuse to hardly acknowledge let alone investigate is that of Mr. William Ayers and his wife Bernadette Dorn. Two notorious, unrepentant domestic terrorists (and founders of the violent Weathermen Underground group) [Link] that Mr. Obama has been rubbing elbows with since his start in Chicago politics right through to his senate career. They seem to be friends who shared may things but Obama keeps dismissing Mr. Ayers as "a guy down the street". He was more than that. Much more.
These sketchy associations like Ayers, Tony Rezco and all the rest point to a real blind spot in Obama's judgment [Link] [Link]. The kind of judgment that a man running the United States needs to have and Mr. Obama doesn't. Lets not forget for a second about how these people may have shaped what Obama believes now or will help to shape an Obama administration's policy.
As the writer for the Spectator article put it: "You have to pinch yourself – a Marxist radical who all his life has been mentored by, sat at the feet of, worshipped with, befriended, endorsed the philosophy of, funded and been in turn funded, politically promoted and supported by a nexus comprising black power anti-white racists, Jew-haters, revolutionary Marxists, unrepentant former terrorists and Chicago mobsters, is on the verge of becoming President of the United States."
I Keep pinching but I'm still stuck in the same dream.
A Middleclass "Tax Cut" The Obama Way 10/13/08 2:16pm
Now that Obama is finally fleshing out some of his campaign promises, it is time to start examining what an Obama administration will do for the nation or for us as its citizens ("stay out of the way" would be my first choice but . . . ). Obama has promised a "middleclass tax cut" for . . . drum roll please . . . 95% of working families. Wow! But how does that work when only about a third of working families actually pay any taxes at all? By raising taxes on the remaining 5% by the largest amount ever, that's how.
And that is what the problem is. The "tax cut" that Obama speaks is really a transfer of wealth from tax payers that actually pay taxes to wage earners that pay nothing in taxes. That is not a "tax cut" anywhere in the real world unless you are a member of Obama's crew. There are also outlined seven different "credits" that non-payers can take advantage of. But how can you get a credit when you don't pay any taxes at all? Well, all that has to happen is to make it "refundable" which is Washington's fresh new-speak for an income transfer from those that pay to those that don't. All of this is just a rephrasing of old Socialist redistribution schemes to fool the unwary and slip the puck past the low information voter that is just now paying attention to the race.
There are also other problems with Obama's plan that you can read about in greater detail [Here] and also read about McCain's more reasonable proposal as well. From the Wall Street Journal, the people who know this stuff best. Make sure you see the graphic that is published with the article too.
Update 10/14/08
I had been looking for this sound clip, having heard it last night. Well I did better than that, I located the video and it illustrates Obama's Socialist tax plan as explained in Obama's own words. This questioner is a plumber talking to Obama, obviously worried, and knowing, that he will be taxed more in an Obama administration.
Did you hear how Obama explained the plumber's impending tax increase? "I don't want to punish your success, I just want to make sure that everybody who is behind you, they've got a chance at success too." He then goes on to say: "I think that when you spread the wealth around it's good for everybody . . .". Classic Socialist newspeak.
So it is obvious that nakedly taking from one who is productive to give to another who isn't is perfectly OK by Obama's lights. Carl Marx would be proud. And we aren't talking about taxing the CEO of Enron or General Motors here we are talking about a plumber people.
How about leaving this plumber with enough money to grow his business and hire another worker rather than give that person a welfare check?
It is obvious to me that with the election of Barack Obama and a Democratic controlled congress (who one member has admitted that they want to nationalize the oil companies ala' Hugo Chávez, who's state controlled economy is collapsing by the way) will mean the United States will take an unprecedented far leftward jerk into the land of high tax income redistribution, government controlled industries and socialized medicine. A far cry from freedom, free markets and capitalism.
Update 10/15/08
The plumber that spoke to Obama in the video above (Joe Wurzelbacher), here makes his opinion known about what he heard from Obama. He explains how small his company is, where he lives and his dreams.
So, I thought that Democrats were for the working guy. What happened to that? Trust me, if you haven't been paying attention, that was gone a long time ago.
The Obama Hate Mongers Following Orders 10/13/08 11:27pm
Obama's "Community Organizing" style of his early political career was in full flower recently. During a speech in Elko Nevada, he implored the assembled: "You need you to go out and talk to your friends and talk to your neighbors," He continued: "I want you to talk to them whether they are independent or whether they are Republican. I want you to argue with them and get in their face." So is that kind of talk the "Hope" part or the "Change" part he's been promising? Well, whatever it is, his supporters are taking him seriously. Check out these photos from the Gateway Pundit [Link] (Caution, harsh language in photos). While you are there read the comments. Very enlightening. But this next bit is the money shot. The love that the Obamsters have for McCain supporters is just flowing in the video just below. Listen closely to what is being said. Add to this kind of thing the "Fairness Doctrine" Pelosi and Reid are cooking up in Congress and you will have an unprecedented shutdown of free conservative speech once Obama is elected.
I have some advice for all of you conservatives and supporters of Bush, McCain and Palin. Better remove those bumper stickers and take down those yard signs now (if they haven't been stolen already). You are marked men and women with those and the leftists have long memories. They know how to get even.
Anybody that follows politics knows how strange it can become at times. I can't count how many times I have woken up and wondered if I had somehow, during the night, been transported into some bizarro world. Barny Frank's denial of having anything to do with the collapse of Fanny Mae and Freddy Mac is one of those times and this next little bit is one too . . . in spades.
This video, created by the Obama campaign, is just so flat creepy it flat scares me. If you read up on Fascism (see the book "Liberal Fascism" in the library section here) you see that indoctrinating the children is one of the first steps in rolling over the people. Madrassas just don't happen in Tehran and Pakistan folks. From the looks of this, we are apparently building cults of personality in Venice California. With Obama stepping into the White House, the "fairness" doctrine, to crush conservative talk radio, and a 21st century Kristallnacht [Link] for conservatives won't be far behind.
For a little contrast I have included this tidbit from the wonderland of North Korean strong man Kim Jong Il. They are more than I little alike.
I'd also like to point out that how stupid Obama's boys think you are. This pro production starts out with its aw shucks "one sunday night . . . " like it was just a passel of concerned citizen Obama supporters from next door. Apparently you weren't supposed to see the two (fail-safe) broadcast quality mike set-up or how the huge Obama logos were perfectly drafted but with a little rough edge to make it look like the kids did them themselves. How about the diffusers over the windows with the big wattage to soften up the light and fill up the room. A real pro move. And last but not least the complex, steady as a rock, east/west tracking shots inches behind the kids' heads. That wasn't done by mom or pop with the palm cam, trust me. This was a big time production made to try and fool you into thinking something completely different.
So with Obama's proposed "mandatory" volunteerism and other Fascist pieces, I wonder, is this the "change" or "hope" part? That sure doesn't make any sense so maybe Obama's new slogan should be "Indoctrination".
Update 10/12/08
Indoctrination of the youth has always been a leftist trademark. They know that you've got to get 'em while they're young to sustain the movement. Bend their minds early and forever. This just in from my town, a flyer for Obama youth marches [from Michelle Malkin]. The "wish flags" reinforcing the cult of personality is a nice touch. And how does this Erica Berg know of Obama's "core beliefs"? I haven't seen one yet:
Grassroots "Kids for Obama Parade" (Organizing)
On Sunday, October 12, Washington State kids and families will parade around Seattle's Green Lake. "Kids for Obama Parade" will illustrate one of Barack Obama's core beliefs: Everyone's voice counts. Join us as Obama's youngest supporters rally their families and call for change, for a better America. At 2 pm, rain or shine, children and teens will express with words and drawings their hopes for the future of America on "wish flags" that will be mailed to Obama. The first 300 kids will be given a helium balloon, an expression of solidarity. At 3 pm, the "Kids for Obama Parade" will skip, toddle, stroller, rollerblade, pedal, and red-wagon clockwise around Green Lake in a cloud of red, white, and blue balloons and a garland of kid-made wish flags. How to prepare: If possible, bring home-made signs and wear red, white, and/or blue clothing. That goes for moms, dads, big brothers and sisters, aunts and uncles, grandparents too. Please spread the word.
Time: Sunday, October 12 at 2:00 PM
Duration: 3 hours
Host: Erika Berg
Location: Green Lake (Seattle, WA)
beside the Bathhouse Theater
7312 W. Greenlake Dr. N
Seattle, WA 98103
You Get The Government You Deserve 07/29/2008 10:52am
Well, sometimes the numbers just don't add up. Congressional job approval polls, the lowest ever recorded, are at this time around 15 percent (+/- depending on the poll). That is, 85% of the people in America think that the Democrat controlled Congress is doing a lousy job. I agree. Check those polls here [Link].
But that isn't the mystery. The big mystery is that 95% or more of these elected officials will be re-elected.
As one wag has said: You get the government you deserve.
Obama And The Politics Of Change 02/12/2008 6:52pm
Obama is billing himself as the agent of change. OK, I can go for that. There is a lot that is broken in Washington DC. That appeals to any Liberal or Conservative. All we are fighting over is what KIND of change we need to make DC work again.
If you've read books like Goldberg's "Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left, From Mussolini to the Politics of Meaning" or "The New Thought Police" by Tammy Bruce, (both available in the Library here) you probably won't find this tidbit (below) surprising. I've known for quite some time where the American left wants to head. But they have always been a bit secretive about their true intent, unwilling to speak in clear, plain terms their vision of America. Looks like not any more. Below you see a screen grab of the newly minted Texas office of the Barrack Obama campaign (week of 02/11/08). Take a peek at the image on the left. This Houston news video [Go To The Video] of that opening clearly showing a Cuban flag hanging on the wall with the image of one of the most ruthless commies of the middle 20th century. The darling martyr of Democrat leftists everywhere. Che Guevara [Link]. Make no mistake who this office supports, Che and Obama (Obama poster in right image).
Sure, you see Che's image at every WTO protest, immigration march or BDS meeting (Bush Derangement Syndrome) but I expect this sort of thing, when attached to a national candidate, to be kept quiet and only mentioned to the converted in guarded minutes. This brazen exhibition worries me. Where exactly is Obama coming from and where does he want to take us? And after seeing this and listening to his stance on issues, I'm not sure I want to go to where his "change" is going to take us.
Now the wait is to see when Obama denounces this. Or if he does.
UPDATE 02/22/08 10:35 am: Seems that Obama has responded to this little display of radical leftism in his campaign office . . .
. . . it's a volunteer office that is independently run, so he has no control over what goes on there.
I'd think that the guy would be a little more concerned when they display images of a mass murdering communist like Che. And that isn't the only office displaying Che and the communist Cuban flag in Texas. Here is another:
At some point a person has to wonder what policies does Obama support that lights up the communists? I wonder if he would be as tolerant if his offices where displaying pictures of Rush Limbaugh. If the politics of change are turning America into a communist paradise of the Cuban/Che model, count me out.
Naturally, in this Internet speed world we have . . . the new Obama logo [Link].
"Swift Boated" In The National Lexicon
12/28/2007 10:58am
I've recently been wondering how the term "Been Swift Boated" got to mean some sort of sleazy political attack or ruinous untruth. From what was exhibited to me at the time of Mr. John F. Kerry's campaign, the Swift Vets and POWs for Truth were telling the truth. In fact, no factual information ever came forth to dispute the SBVT claims against Mr. Kerry. Certainly nothing from him and nothing more than general objections but not facts. Interviews at the time with the head of SBVT, John O'Neill, only reinforced my feeling that the vets had truth on their side. O'Neill was a very credible spokesman unlike his shrieking detractors. [More About Swiftboating Here].
Well, recently I ran across a double shout-out to Mr. Kerry and his supporters. It's no secret that Mr. Kerry takes great exception to what the SBVT have said about him. Indeed, he's got quite chip on his shoulder about it. He thinks they single handedly sunk his presidential bid (truth be known his did it all by himself with his "sparkling" personality). Well, about 46 days ago, Boone Pickens offered anyone, that will come forth with the facts to refute any of the SBVT claims, one million dollars. [Link] Mr. Pickens was a supporter of the SB Vets (and still is) and believes them wholeheartedly.
Well guess what? Who has been the first to take Boone up on his offer? Why none other than John F. Kerry, Vietnam vet. Problem is, although Mr. Kerry (in a letter to Mr. Pickens) offers a lot of bluster, he offers no facts. So Boone, in response, has asked Mr. Kerry to supply facts in the way of paperwork, film or other materials. But here is the fun part: American Spectator has initiated a Kerry Countdown Clock to chronicle the time until Mr. Kerry supplies Boone the facts to collect the cool million. See it here [Link] to the right of the article.
Please, you John Kerry supporters, don't hold your breath. As of this writing, the clock is next door to 27 days - and counting.
So, I'm wondering when the term "Been Swift Boated" will come mean "exposing a fraud."
Quick Take 12/07/07 10:19am
Been a lot of press buzz on Romney and his Mormon religion. Romney did his "religion" speech last night. I'm listening to a bunch of talking heads running it around right now. Parsing what he meant or didn't mean. Most are liberals and really don't understand much about faith anyway.
Senate Majority Leader and U.S. Senator (D) Harry Reid, is a Mormon and the press doesn't particularly care about his religion. Mitt's dad, George Wilcken Romney, was governor of Michigan for six years and his Mormon faith wasn't an issue. Reid is a liberal Democrat so he gets a pass, GW Romney was in a different political era.
MSNBC News Reader Calls Bush "Monkey" On National Airtime
12/06/2007 10:36am
I have to admit, I am a pretty patriotic person. I love this country and its institutions. I'm also old school on respect for those institutions. Be that as it may, maybe that's why I'm so incensed, but not surprised a little bit, about this latest exhibit of MSM (Mainstream Media) liberal bias [See That Report Here].
On 11/29/07 news readerette Erin Burnett (with MSNBC) was reporting on a meeting between President Bush and recently elected French President Nicolas Sarkozy. See her comments just below (at about the 15 second mark).
This kind of thing disgusts me so thoroughly that I really don't have much comment about it. Maybe it just speaks for itself. I don't seem to remember any news source calling Mr. Clinton a "lounge lizard" or "grand jury liar" on the national news beamed worldwide.
To be fair, Burnett did later offer-up an apology.
But this sort of thing reaching the airwaves shouldn't even happen in the first place. It just shows the underlying bias that the press brings to their coverage and proves how they basically can't be trusted to deliver accurate news on people and subjects with which they don't like or agree.
Pick A President On Issues, Get Beyond The Media Hype
10/29/2007 9:52am
WQAD, News Channel 8, in Moline Illinois, has an online presidential poll. See how your views match-up with all of the present crop of Republican and Democrat candidates. The results may surprise you. It's fast and easy (only a handful of questions). I suggest you take it.
One bitch I have is the question on abortion. I'm assuming that they are hinting at Roe vs Wade. The question suggests that if Roe vs Wade would be overturned, it would end abortion in the United States. But that's not true. If Roe vs Wade was overturned, it only means that the Feds wouldn't pay for it. Abortion would then become a states issue. I assume that those that allow it now would allow it after and visa versa.
Truth Funnier Than Fiction
10/24/2007 10:52pm
Here is some online comedy for ya from Newsbusters (newsbusters.com). This particular episode rings more truth than actual comedy (but funny!). The take on Valerie Phame's recent "travails" (for lack of a better term) and Air America's ratings hit home perfectly I think. If nothing else, the leftist's everyday life is funny stuff.
Nobel Panel Disgraces Itself With An Algore Moment
10/16/2007 10:36pm
Congratulations to Al Gore. He is now the owner of one of the most worthless awards in history. The Nobel fell off the cliff when they awarded Yasar Arafat (the father of modern terrorism) the Peace Prize in 1994. [Link] Considering that Yasar restarted the killing before the ink was dry on the Oslo Accord, it's hard to figure where the "peace" part of his award resides.
The Nobel committee has stooped to a new low by awarding Al (the sky is falling) Gore the Peace Prize for his work in scare mongering Human Induced Climate Change™. Let''s forget, for now, how wrong Al is about Human Induced Climate Change™ (or Global Warming™ or whatever they are calling it now) let us just point out how many others should have or could have received the award. People that actually deserve it. People that put their own lives in jeopardy defending the oppressed and downtrodden against individuals and governments.
Giving the Nobel to a selfish hypocritical elitist wonk, instead of the truly valiant and deserving, diminishes it to the point of meaninglessness. But maybe it was already there.
Prominent Democrat Says $97,000.00 A Year Is "Rich"
09/24/2007 12:15am
Everybody hears a lot about "taxing the rich" and that the "rich" should "pay their fair share". Then the big question becomes what exactly is "rich"?
Well it looks like Mr. Obama has defined what "rich" is to him and he intends to tax it more. [Link]
Moveon.org ala' 1942
09/21/2007 9:36pm
My favorite local blog, soundpolitics, is at it again and it's a beauty. So how would Ike be treated by the leading Democrat organization moveon.org in 1942?
The Valerie And Joe Show Losses It's Wheels
09/07/2007 12:15pm
Surprise, surprise. Looks like Ambassador Wilson and his wife Valerie have been exposed as less than honorable concerning the Nigerian yellowcake "scandal". A recently declassified CIA report hits all of the high points. [Link] For those of you who wish to get their news via video, the whole sordid affair is presented here: [Video Link]
This report shows that yes, there was contact by Sadam (and Iran as well we now know) about obtaining yellowcake for weapons use. It also shows that Val recommended her husband for the operation which is the exact opposite of what she testified before a senate committee investigating the "Bush lied" charges.
How these two hyper-partisan Democrats even got this far with this bogus cr*p is only because of the faith of the mainstream media wishing to paint Bush in a bad a light as possible, aided by the national Democrat machine. If the MSM would stop publishing the press releases from the DNC unedited (and start reseaching in earnest) we could avoid these sorts of nation roiling stories from getting any traction at all.
Looks Like The Clintons Are At It Again
09/06/2007 9:45am
Hillary the Presidential candidate and Bill the mate have of late been peddling their "2 for 1" schtick to boost madam Peron's (er, Hillary's) poll numbers. If elected I'm sure Bill will have a hand in policy. Whispers on the bed pillows at least.
But one of the twofers that isn't mentioned much is of the scandal type. And they've already started to deliver. Last weekend (September 1-2) Kathleen Willey - yes that Kathleen Willey - had the manuscript of her book-in-progess, "Target: Caught in the Crosshairs of Bill and Hillary Clinton", stolen from her rural home. [Link] Seems that teasers from the book were revealed last week and Ms. Willey is certain that their publishing prompted the theft by a Hill and Bill dirty tricks person/team. Fortunately there was a second copy of the manuscript that the burgler(s) didn't find.
Do we really need a repeat of the Clinton scandal years? Haven't seen much mention of this in the MSM either.
(I've added a link to this book in the library section. You can pre-order, the break date being in November)
So Who Really Gets Farm Subsidies?
09/03/2007 10:54am
You've heard it before, the same old gripe. Real farmers aren't the ones who get all of the federal largess. It is mostly giant agribusinesses that receive the bulk of the federal farm bill each year. Well, I'm here to tell ya that it ain't so. It seems that thousands of people, seemingly unconnected to farming of any type are sucking off the taxpayers dime too.
The link goes to a map that highlights who is getting federal farm subsidies in New York city.
In the search box I plunked in "kenmore, wa 98028" for my home town of Kenmore, Washington (a suburb of Seattle). Trust me, there isn't much to farm around here except down at Ruth's place maybe. She as a couple of quarter acre plots with an apple tree or two on them and long grass. The rest is all homes, tightly scrunched in together. Where there aren't homes, there are valleys and hills filled with cedar and fir. Hardly farming county. Notice the large circles, on the map, down in Seattle. These are the richest parts of town . . .
These are interactive maps and you can look-up how much each person is getting from the feds for their "farming" activities.
This is why I am against subsidy of any kind. Sooner rather than later it becomes nothing but a money grabbing game with so many holes and exceptions that the real targets of this federal "help" were long lost, excluded or rolled over. Subsidies also distort markets horribly. The latest, the corn/ethanol subsidy/tariff boondoggle is a perfect example. Ethanol is a net loser in the energy game so it can't make it on it's own. But, now that the feds have picked it as the new "winner", anything made with corn has increased in price. From corn on the cob to fructose sugar to tortillas to ethanol itself.
Really, it's best that the feds don't get involved at all.
Lawyer's Fees Top $1,000.00 An Hour
08/22/2007 3:54pm
Well, if you wonder whether or not the tort bar is cruising Washington D.C., you only need to look at the latest in fees. They have now topped $1,000.00 an hour and more will follow these brave defenders of justice [ Link ] (nudge, nudge, wink, wink).
With these types of fees and outragouos jury awards in the high multiple hundreds of millions, that makes for considerable disposable income for both lawyers and their firms. That disposable income has in effect created a huge "slush fund" that is used to overwhelmingly support Democrat candidates and to buy influence in D.C.
Vote Whoring
08/12/2007 2:10pm
This is an interesting clip for two reasons (well maybe more but right now I'm thinking two). The recognition of "vote whoring" in Europe, which is much the same problem we have here in the states, that is basically bring down the social order in favor of a constituency.
This special pandering to Islam, like we are doing here in the states, [ Link Here ] would not be tolerated for any other religion but the Vote Whores in Belgium, France and other European locals bend willingly to the Islamic constituency who, by and large, want to make Western countries in the model of Iran and Saudi Arabia.
As for Vote Whoring here in the states, our politicians are well practiced at it. Environmental extremism, gay marriage, illegal immigration, refusing to make English the national language are just a short list of subjects effected by dubious constituencies. Although the overwhelming majority of Americans want marriage between a man and a woman, English as national language, our borders locked down, orderly immigration, and reasonable environmental law, our elected "leaders" ignore the majority in their obsession for keeping their job over saving our "borders, language, culture".
And now Islamists and their religious demands (foot baths in public places financed by tax monies, demands for barbaric shria style law, pray rooms in public schools, etc.) are being cow-towed to by them.
Well, if they keep it up, there won't be any United States left to run.
(Was that two reasons?)
Another Way Of Adopting A Political Philosopy
08/12/2007 2:10pm
Ha, ha, ha! Man, I'm still laughing at this. I was driving back home after a lunch meeting and on the radio they were conducting an interview with an author about a soon to be released book. Somehow the conversation briefly turned to Harrison Ford and his movie Regarding Henry (and how it was one of his better works). The interviewee confessed that she didn't watch many movies (and didn't know much about it) whereas the interviewer gave her a short plot synopsis: "It's about a Republican who gets shot in the head and turns into a Democrat."
Makes sense to me. Must be a reality movie.
It's For The Children Unless It's Ideology
08/01/2007 9:14am
I'm going to go a little local here to illustrate a point that needs to be made: The political left in this country (or any country for that matter) will willingly destroy anyone for the sake of their ideology. The Seattle School District is famously hard left. This article by Matt Rosenburg (Seattle Times) is a good example [link] of these minds at work setting curriculum. You know when a school district is heading in the wrong direction when a great majority of the teachers under their employ send their children to private schools.
The No Children Left Behind act says that schools must give all recruiters equal access to campus to do their recruiting. It's no secret that the left despises the military and colleges have been trying to restrict military recruiting on campus. The usual leftist blather is that the recruiters "trick" the students into a military career or "lie" to get them to join. Or that they disportionately pray on the poor and minorities because they have no other life option. It is also no surprise that there is no basis in fact for any of these views.
Back to the SCD. Today the SCD board will pass a vote on restricting recruiters on their campuses to one or two visits a year from the present multiple times. This is aimed directly at military recruiters but will also, by mandate of the NCLB act, ban college recruiters as well.
So for the sake of some leftist ideology (hatred of the military based on 1960's antiwar views), they will gladly restrict their student's real opportunity . . . to attend institutions of higher learning.
So how does that help?
Presidential Race 2008: Republican Pygmies
07/24/2007 10:14am
A recent article about Newt Gingrich where he talks of entering the presidential race [article here] because the present crop of candidates are "pygmies" is interesting in that it, when you read between the lines, brings up a larger problem for Republican candidates: The all-out play by the left in this country (MSM, Hollywood, Washington DC, 527s, all the usual suspects) to defeat Republicans for 2008.
To quote the article: "Gingrich mocked Republican presidential candidates for subjecting themselves to a May debate hosted by Chris Matthews of MSNBC's 'Hardball.'
'You're watching an utterly irrelevant, shallow television celebrity dominate everybody who claimed they want to lead the most powerful nation in the world,' he said.
Gingrich ridiculed 'the idea of 10 or 11 people standing passively at microphones,' and said he refused to 'shrink to the level of 40-second answers, standing like a trained seal, waiting for someone to throw me a fish.' "
Newt is right-on about that "debate" and it is exactly what I felt when I heard cuts from it and read various reports. I could easily see that it was nothing more than a circus engineered to ridicule and diminish Republicans. The candidates let the program be that way by allowing well known partisan hit-man Matthews "moderate". The Democrats get a friendly, mildly left-leaning, moderator and the Rs get partisan hack Matthews. Campaign managers should be fired.
By not controlling all aspects of the presentation (And in the past all candidates have done that. Even down to the type of microphone used) they were twice diminished. Once to the those of a conservative or Republican voting history and once again to those that are considered "middle-of-the-road" voters. Those middle-of-the-road voters are the linchpin needed to win any presidential contest.
If you want to know one of the reasons that Republicans are behind 100 million in raising national money, you can point to that kangaroo "debate" as one of the defining moments. It sure was for me.
Expertly planned and executed by the left and allowed to happen by the Republican candidates.
Support Our Troops?
07/18/2007 10:45am
This will be a short post because I've got a lot of work on my plate today. Got to pay the mortgage. This thought crossed my mind, with a little help from a radio personality, the other day.
Anyway, we all know that Democrats in Congress are dead set against the Iraq war, although they say that they support the troops. The common canard is: "We support the troops but we don't support the mission." But, once again, their actions speak louder than words.
So I ask: What have congressional Democrats done to insure the quickest success for our troops? Success would mean that they could come home sooner. But instead of helping them be successful, they have repeatedly done just the opposite. Standing on a world media stage and loudly pronouncing that "The war is lost" only emboldens the enemy and makes him fight harder. It also gives them fuel for recruitment. Democrats were broadcasting that "The surge isn't working" two weeks before the full compliment of troops (completing the surge) had arrived and been deployed. How do these things help the troops get home sooner?
They don't. Gotta go.
It's Only Confiscation Mama
07/16/2007 9:45am
Any time you think that Hillary Clinton is a moderate Democrat all you have to do is pay attention. A few weeks back I was listening to one of her speeches and she advocated confiscating the profits of a whole economic sector. I couldn't believe my ears. I was slack jawed for a few moments only because she was bold enough to mention it. Things in this country have really changed for the worse when the leading political candidate and sitting Senator advocates profit confiscation. This is in the same league as Hugo Chavez, leading populist redistributionist [Link] or the Communist hero of the glitteri left - Mr. Fidel Castro. It's crazy talk.
But not a peep from any MSM source. Everything is normal there. Imagine some major Republican candidate advocating the confiscation of all Hollywood profits so that they could be "reinvested" into more family oriented productions (fully approved by the government of course) without all of the nudity and violence. They'd be howling for his recall and calling him Hitler (see next post below).
I can see the bastion of free markets, freedom of choice and Capitalism being a very different place with Hillary at the helm. Are you ready for a little Jimmy Carter economy? Remember the "misery index". I do. The whole economy was on its a** with home loans in the 20% bracket and lines for gas that lasted for hours if not days. With Hillary's confiscation of profit of whole industries that she doesn't agree, it would be much worse.
Already because of Sarbanes/Oxley, we are having a mass exodus of corporations to places like Ireland and the former eastern block. Confiscation of profits wouldn't help that at all.
One last thing. What makes Hillary think that a corporation would even stay in business if its profits were confiscated? What would be the point of their existence? What about capital markets? Where would they go? Why would they exist if every corporation could end-up on the government enemies list (see fourth paragraph: "Live Earth Exposes The Real Left" below).
Muslim Congressman Suffers Extreme Case Of BDS
07/16/2007 9:34am
Democrat Keith Ellison, the first Muslim elected to Congress, officially went off the deep end. In a speech to a crop of atheists he directly compared President Bush to Hitler. Looks like Bush Derangement Syndrome has reached new heights in congress and this chump is the leader.
This isn't a joke to loosen up the crowd or some reality challenged antiwar protester on your street corner with a cardboard sign lettered like a 4 year-old kid. This guy is a freshly minted Minnesota congressman.
In classic Democrat fashion, Ellison campaigned as a "moderate" and now that he's in power, he lets his real political views known. I'm not sure if the people of Minnesota need our pity or our scorn for electing a radical Muslim who may have many more surprises in store for them . . . and us.
Live Earth Exposes The Real Left
07/11/2007 3:54pm
Live Earth has exposed a number of things about the politics of Global Warming™. None of them good. Robert Kennedy Junior has an interesting position that anybody who doesn't agree with him on Global Warming™ is a traitor and should be tried for treason. And he's in a position, as a U.S. Senator, to walk the talk.
You Tube video [here] (Senator Inhofe responds in this clip).
I've come to realize fully that Global Warming™ isn't about saving the planet. Beyond being big business (to the tune of 300 billion a year) it's about total, ultimate control over everything that we do world-wide by a few chosen socialist (at the least) elitists like Bobby Jr. and Al Gore and ultimately the UN, who will advocate nothing short of death to those that don't subscribe. After all, the penalty for the treason that Bobby Jr. talks about is - death.
RFK Jr. is after a huge list of people, general organizations, and corporations that don't agree with him and is naming names. I wouldn't be surprised if every lefty has the list in his/her desk drawer. If you want the full scope of Jr's paranoia go [here] (Full speech, "the list" starts at about 3:00)
These are scary times my friends.
Has Got And The Meaning Of Amnesty
06/26/2007 3:54pm
Transcript from a press briefing [ here ] by President Bush, at the White House, defending the present immigration bill. What the bill is about is another thing entirely but this quote from Mr. Bush: "You know, I've heard all the rhetoric -- you've heard it, too -- about how this is amnesty. Amnesty means that you've got to pay a price for having been here illegally, and this bill does that. But it also recognizes it's in our nation's interest to bring people out of the shadows; that there's got to be a way forward that recognizes there is a penalty for being here illegally -- on the other hand, that recognizes that each person has got worth and dignity."
". . . 'has got worth' . . . ". Did he really say that? When will this guy learn how to talk? Jeez.
Be that as it may, how about his "Amnesty means that you've got to pay a price for having been here illegally." snow job? What? Amnesty doesn't mean anything of the sort. At least not to your friendly dictionary. Maybe there is some truth to the wacko left's constant harangue that Bush is a liar. I don't know if I'd classify his redefinition of amnesty a "lie" but it sure wasn't accurate by any stretch:
amnesty (àm´nî-stê) noun
A general pardon granted by a government, especially for political offenses.
I think this is just the straw that broke the camel's back for me. I'm now in the camp of wishing that Bush would just leave. Leave the job to Dick or somebody. Whatever but just get the hell out and make room for somebody that can talk and shoot straight. This guy is just a buffoon.
I remember back in '98 (or so) when the GOP was trying to recruit Bush. They sent Ed Meese down to Crawford (or wherever he went) to talk Dubya into running. At that point he was a little reluctant reports said. The next thing is Meese reporting back, saying that Bush " . . . is the real thing." I sure wish I knew what he meant by that.
(and how it was one of his better works). The interviewee confessed that she didn't watch many movies (and didn't know much about it) whereas the interviewer gave her a short plot synopsis: "It's about a Republican who gets shot in the head and turns into a Democrat."