Right Wing Ramblin'

2012-01-31T20:51:00.001-08:00

The United Bases of America

2012-01-28T06:59:00.000-08:00

From lewrockwell.com

Ob-Gyn

2012-01-25T15:52:00.000-08:00

Obi Wan vs. Gandalf

2011-11-15T15:22:00.000-08:00

The Herminator

2011-10-08T07:09:00.000-07:00

If only they knew...

2011-10-06T18:53:00.000-07:00

Let me first say that I also think corporatism is a blight on our capitalist society. I agree with my fellow citizens marching on Wall Street that the banks, auto manufacturers, and other corporations do not deserve to be bailed out. The problem is that too many people (like the ones camped out on Wall St. now) confuse the two... capitalism is NOT corporatism. The Banks are not too big to fail. The American car companies are NOT too big to fail. Every business must rise or fall on their own merits... that is capitalism.
Corporatism is when we allow corporations to bribe our elected officials into taking our rights while extending them extra benefit... Lehman Bros, General Motors, Goldman Sachs, etc. The most ironic part is the people in this picture support the very people who allow the corporations to run roughshod over our rights. If only they knew what they were actually protesting...
One last note - I am sick and tired of hearing the "We are the 99%" chant. Here is the latest Gallup survey, that notes at the very most... these folks should be chanting "We are the 21%".

Spock know whats up.

2011-10-06T18:52:00.001-07:00

Krugman's Brain

2011-09-28T17:42:00.000-07:00

Hilarious Aussies explain the Financial Collapse!

2010-06-04T11:21:00.000-07:00

Atlas Shrugged the movie

2010-05-27T11:46:00.000-07:00

With the news that the Production company that owns the rights to my favorite book (Atlas Shrugged), is planning to begin production of the movie version in June - I thought I would take a shot casting this movie for them.

Dagny Taggart (our heroine) - Angelina Jolie. I am an Angelina fan, and I chose her because I think she fits the mold of who Ayn Rand describes in Atlas. However, it goes beyond that as I also feel the strength she has shwon in past performances will be needed here. Dagny Taggart is a stoic character, withdrawn and even cold socially but beautiful physically. I think that Jolie as Dagny Taggart could be the role of a lifetime.

Hank Rearden - Denzell Washington. The character of Hank Rearden is a complex one, in many ways he is the male version of Dagny Taggart and yet he has many more social connections (though he does not want them). Physically I always kind of pictured a man's man when I thought of Rearden, not a lumberjack or anything, but not someone you would ever want to mess with. I wrestled for a long time with this character because I am not sure there is a Hollywood actor who fits the Rearden mold perfectly. Hank is a white guy in the book... but I really felt like Denzell could more than do his character justice.

John Galt - Robert Downey Jr. The climax of the book happens when Galt gives one of the most important speeches in literary history... a long and complex speech will need an uncommon actor to deliver the goods. Downey Jr., has already warmed up for the part of Galt by playing erstwhile millionare Tony Stark in the Iron Man movies.

Francisco D'Anaconia - Nestor Carbonell. He was just always who I pictured for D'Anaconia.

Ragnar Danneskjöld - Josh Holloway. Holloway and Carbonell have recently been seen on Lost, but I promise this is just a coincedence. The character of Danneskjold is real honest to goodness Viking pirate, and he has to be played by someone who can pull off the whole "I do what I want" vibe. He also has to look like a Viking... and I just can't think of too many happy-go-lucky Norse actors.

Wesley Mouch - Hugo Weaving. This is the government slug who wreaks havoc throughout the story... I feel like Hugo Weaving looks like a Wesley Mouch.

Dr. Floyd Ferris - Kevin Spacey. The character of Dr. Ferris is similarly slimey like Mouch yet with a touch of deviant behavior. Kevin Spacey has always kind of struck me as a deviant.

James Taggart - Paul Giamatti. James Taggart is a waste of skin... a lazy no account who tries to pass the buck at every turn. Giamatti is a brilliant actor who could do this job justice.

Lillian Rearden - Ashley Judd.

Dr. Robert Stadler - Donald Sutherland. The once brilliant now wasted hero of our heroes... Dr. Stadler has become what Galt and his ilk hate the most - unproductive.

Hugh Akston - Robert Duvall. Rather than giving in to society as his once associate Dr. Stadler did, Dr. Akston fled the unproductive society to join his students in protesting the fall of creativty and productivity.

There are many great characters in this book and I feel like I could cast a whole bunch more (for instance Gary Sinise as Dan Conway or Ken Danagger)... but really what I hope is that this movie does justice to the book. Ayn Rand's pièce de résistance is a masterwork that deserves to be done seriously and with full heart.

Intellectual Property Laws Destroy Creativity

2010-05-26T07:43:00.000-07:00

Political Left wants blood!

2010-05-25T12:11:00.000-07:00

Reason.com points out the hypocrisy of the left, as one of their own calls for violence and anarchy in America.

Here's to the Greeks. They know what to do when corporations pillage and loot their country. They know what to do when Goldman Sachs and international bankers collude with their power elite to falsify economic data and then make billions betting that the Greek economy will collapse. They know what to do when they are told their pensions, benefits and jobs have to be cut to pay corporate banks, which screwed them in the first place. Call a general strike. Riot. Shut down the city centers. Toss the bastards out. Do not be afraid of the language of class warfare—the rich versus the poor, the oligarchs versus the citizens, the capitalists versus the proletariat. The Greeks, unlike most of us, get it.

Mr. Hedges (the author of the above paragraph) is way off. The people in Greece are not rioting for the reasons he states, but because their were cutbacks to their welfare system. What Mr. Hedges refuses to notes is that while corrupt politicians in bed with corporations are PART of the problem - the much larger problem is that Greece has had one of the worlds must luxurious (and underfunded) welfare systems in the world. What has driven Greece to brink is indefatigable government spending and and a culture of what my mother used to call the "gimme, gimme's... I want, I want, I want's". Fix the culture of laziness and profligate government spending and you fix the problem.

Why immigration laws should be enforced

2010-05-21T11:38:00.000-07:00

Rep. Tom McClintock (R-CA) owns Mexican President Felipe Calderon.

Governor Chris Christie

2010-05-14T08:34:00.000-07:00

I may not agree with all of Chris Christie's points of view but I do like his straight forward way.
Here is a great video that epitomizes what all of the national Republicans should be saying in this election season.

The real Obama budget.

2010-05-03T11:15:00.000-07:00

A visual presentation of the Obama budget cuts.

"Christian Libertarian"?

2010-04-29T12:13:00.000-07:00

In a brilliant post to his personal website Mr. Andrew Klavan (brilliant author and political thinker), writes on the subject of "Christian Libertarianism" and I wholeheartedly concur with his thesis.
As I age I have been moving from dyed-in-the-wool conservative to right-leaning Libertarian, and Mr. Klavan encapsulates very nicely some of the reasons for my "growth". While I believe it is our duty to “judge” other Christians, as we are commanded to “judge them by their fruits”, I also believe that it is the Holy Spirit’s place to bring conviction to the non-believer and only ours to speak the truth (in love).
I have become wholly convinced that the true way to affect revival today in America is by choosing not to argue over social (ie moral) issues any longer, and by telling our community that we have all sinned but God is gracious and would forgive us ALL. I have tried to understand by reading the Gospels, and by trying to understand the New Testament how a believer should live... and I think that in the realm of politics it may be best to always side with freedom. Of course, I could be wrong.
I would prefer our government take as little role in legislating our daily lives as possible; this includes in the area of narcotics, taxes, and the interrelationships of consenting adults, etc. (On a side note, however, I do not believe the abortion issue is a “moral” issue because I believe that life begins t conception which means – to me – abortion is murder… so I must speak out about it.) I believe that the LORD has given us the ability to make rational, moral, and logical decisions and that the mass of humanity has no need for government direction in large portions of our lives. The government should facilitate freedom, not hinder it.

Rep. Anthony Weiner is a Big Weiner

2010-03-26T01:06:00.000-07:00

I am not a HUGE fan of Bill O'Reilly but I thought this was freakin' hilarious. Bill actually does an admirable job of keeping his cool... I was impressed.

James Clyburn - Fool.

2010-03-25T05:27:00.000-07:00

Rep. James Clyburn (D - SC) is a complete and utter moron. The Democrats and their cohorts in the national media have been bad-mouthing the tea party movement from its inception, and now that they have passed their healthcare "destruction" bill the democrats are ratcheting up the rhetoric.
Mr. Clyburn believes that those Republican lawmakers who were cavorting with the tea-partiers on the day of the vote are "aiding and abetting...terrorism". I kid you not. Yes, there are definitely a few knuckleheads in the Tea Party movement... but there are a few knuckleheads in every movement. I would remind Democrats that Bill Ayers (a known terrorist) is a Democrat.
Wake up America. If we continue to elect men like Clyburn to office - this kind of hate-mongering and idiocy is what we can continue to expect. The tea-partiers are not racists and they sure as hell aren't terrorists. They are Americans who are pissed off at a government that has stopped listening... if you doubt this, just consider that the legislature just passed a law giving Congress control of 1/6th of the nation's economy and that effects every single American. And they did this all against the will of the American people.
It was the very definition of not listening... in fact the House passed the Senate Bill (even though the House members hated it) because they did not want the Senate to have to vote on Healthcare again. Why would they worry about another Senate vote? Because the good people of Massachusetts (one of America's most liberal bastions) elected a Republican solely because he would vote to kill the healthcare bill.

James Clyburn is an ass.

Healthcare WILL cost you.

2010-03-24T09:20:00.000-07:00

America the Police State?

2010-03-16T09:01:00.001-07:00

Lost

2010-03-05T06:33:00.000-08:00

Not political - just plain funny...

Final Season Of 'Lost' Promises To Make Fans More Annoying Than Ever

A must read article from Big Hollywood

2010-02-12T07:07:00.000-08:00

The report focuses on how Fidel Castro spies on the Hollywood "types" who love him so much.

Big Hollywood

Amazing...

Matisyahu Rocks

2010-02-11T17:18:00.001-08:00

Beautiful rendition of a wonderful song with a wonderful message.

Matisyahu.

McCain Family? Waste of Time...

2010-02-09T07:11:00.000-08:00

A perfect breakdown of Meghan McCain from lewrockwell.com

‘Progressive Republicanism’ Posted by Manuel Lora on February 9, 2010 08:29 AM
In the latest installment of and about the Tea Party movement, Meghan McCain has declared that she has ideological differences with that movement–she is a self-described “progressive Republican,” after all.
I wonder what what means? As a friend said, “You want to have married, gay couples flying bombing missions to kill brown people?” Maybe that’s also the definition of “normal” Democrats, too.

More proof the Maghan McCain is as bad for our country as her father.

Too Late to Apologize

2010-02-05T12:41:00.001-08:00

Universal Health-Un-Care

2009-12-08T10:04:00.000-08:00

From Reason.tv

Fixing the System

2009-12-03T07:10:00.000-08:00

Nick Gillespie at Reason.tvexplains how to "fix" the healthcare system without stripping the rights of the American citizen and forcing some people to pay for other people's healthcare.

More on this from Ed Morrissey at HotAir.com
"Instead of pursuing more third-party interventions, we should be removing third parties and reintroducing normal price signals for the health-care market. That would not only reduce costs, but it would also increase supply and make demand more rational" and "The same argument can be based on the cosmetic-surgery market, too. Most cosmetic surgery does not get covered by insurance, and as a result, providers compete for customers, customers get clear price signals, and providers rush into the market to fill demand, lowering cost and improving technology."

* When did Switzerland become Saudi Arabia?
* Great piece from a Stanford alumnus that sets the record straight on Lincoln, Corporate Welfare, and Government run education.
* Senator Barbara Boxer doesn't care about the lies spilling out of the "Climategate" emails... what she cares about is the people who hacked the emails.
* The main-stream media has fallen so far that now Jon Stewart has "scooped" them on the Climategate scandal!
* A Climate researcher says that NASA is "hiding" climate data.
* How can we allow police to keep using tasers on children?!? More here.

Dr. Ron Paul Rocks

2009-12-01T09:25:00.000-08:00

I love Dr. Ron Paul. Seriously. L-O-V-E. Is that weird? I know many folks think he and his followers are crazy, and I try to refrain frmo the Paulnuts stuff... but is there a more sincere, passionate, and reasoned man in the House? I don't think so. I think that this is where his detractors misstep, they think that he argues from his "passion" and not from logic. His arguments are always grounded in reason and though they may not be popular they are always honest. People seem to think that we have to live in a world that is convuluted. We fight for freedom, yet some freedoms must be limited or even destroyed (the right to partake of flavored tobacco for instance). We love free speech but obscenity should be limited. We should have the right to assemble, but don't build that mosque in my neighborhood! It doesn't have to be like this, we can be honest with ourselves and say freedom is good (always), speech is good (always), etc., etc., etc.

Fascism is alive and well...

2009-11-13T06:12:00.000-08:00

Just a quick note to mention... you do realize that if the House version of the Healthcare Bill passes through the Senate... you could go to jail for refusing to participate?
Basically, what will happen is this; if you refuse coverage you will be forced to pay a fine, but continued refusal to sign up for coverage will be met with prison time... up to 3 YEARS!
Hello? Is anyone watching out there?

* Democrat admits that the healthcare bill is Unconstitutional.
* Nancy Pelosi thinks jail time is fair for people who would not sign up for healthcare. In fact, healthcare is the Democrats CHRISTMAS present to America!

A quick look at how the President is "helping" us fix that pesky unemployment thing. By the way, notice where the President thought we would be without his "help". (Better off?)

From Big Government

Statism is Force.

2009-11-09T11:52:00.000-08:00

Thanks to HotAir.com from pointing this all out....
Great moment from Rep. Peter Roskam (R-IL): He asked the question that could easily have been asked twenty years ago today at the Berlin Wall. If the ObamaCare proposal is so good, why do you have to imprison people who don’t want to participate?

The answer: Statism always requires force, and it always strips people of liberty. It always comes with handcuffs. That’s how we know it’s coming.

Blueprint for World Domination! (Part 2)

2009-11-06T09:03:00.000-08:00

Yesterday we started discussing my plan for world domination… of the baseball variety. We began by looking at who’s leaving and what the roster might look like sans some important pieces. Today we are going to plug the holes, fill the gaps, and make the Mets into World Series contenders for 2010. Let’s get started, eh?

I need to start by saying this; some of our gaps may need to be filled by trade, and if that is the case I will likely be calling on some names from our minor league stocks. The Mets plan to spend roughly $20-30 Million in filling the gaps on the team. Also, the Mets first round draft pick in next years draft is protected, so the Mets can sign a Type-A free agent without fear of losing that pick.

Now to the players…

Catcher seems to be the easiest position to fill as there are a plethora of catchers available on the open market. Omir Santos is a serviceable backup so let’s look for a guy who can start. My first choice here is Rod Barajas. Barajas is a good defensive catcher who can handle himself with the bat, for the Mets this would actually represent an upgrade over last year’s catchers. I think Barajas can be had for a 2 year deal worth $4 – 5 million.
Other possibilities: Bengie Molina, Ivan Rodriguez, Yorvit Torrealba, and Greg Zaun all seem like possible fits if Barajas falls through.

In Left Field there are also many available options, but two that particularly stand out for me. Most of the conversation thus far has been on Matt Holiday and Jason Bay… these two guys both bother me. They are too expensive and not nearly good enough for the money they will command. Neither is a good defensive player, and both have offensive deficiencies as well (Bay more than Holiday). I don’t like either guy for the Mets. In a perfect world the Mets would be able to get their hands on Carl Crawford or BJ Upton to roam LF but in this world… I think they should sign Jermaine Dye. Dye’s power and grit would be a welcome addition to the lineup. Believing that Dye will not have many suitors in the offseason, I would offer a 2 year deal worth about $12 - $14 million with a team option for a 3rd year.
Other possibilities: Vladimir Guerrero, Hideki Matsui, Matt Holiday.

Now to shuffle things up a bit, we are going to make some moves to try and improve the team and get a little younger. Kansas City has had a heck of a time finding a full time 2nd baseman and wouldn’t you know… we are about to offer them one. Luis Castillo just had a great year (offensively), and now is the time to move him. I will offer him (and for our purposes they will accept) to Kansas City. Castillo + $4 million to KC for a solid prospect or two.
This move now opens a hole at 2nd base, which we will fill by signing Orlando Hudson to a 2 year deal. The Mets should ink Hudson two a 2 year deal worth 8 million. This actually makes the financial transaction of Luis Castillo for Orlando Hudson a wash…but nets the Mets a couple of minor leaguers.
Other possibilities: Keep Luis Castillo, or get Placido Polanco, or Jack Wilson. All solid defensive options who can swing the bat…though no Cano or Utley type power here.

Let’s not stop there, we still have that gaping hole at 1st base and have not signed any power guys. Let’s make a deal. Adrian Gonzalez is the prodigiously powerful 1st baseman for the San Diego Padres, and he happens to be on the trading block. Gonzalez makes so much sense it almost doesn’t make sense! He is young (27), and he is cheap ($4.5 mil in 2010, $5 mil club option in 2011), and he hits for power in a pitcher’s park (40 HR in 2009 played half his games at Petco Park). The problem is that it sounds like Boston covets him too. This matters not to me because the Mets will be making the best offer.
I would send; Mike Pelfrey (SP), Ike Davis (1stB), Reese Havens (2ndB) and Fernando Martinez (OF) to the Padres for Adrian Gonzalez.
Other possibilities: Re-sign Delgado to a one year deal, or Nick Johnson, or bring in Troy Glaus to platoon with Daniel Murphy at 1st base.

Thus far by my count we have added between $12.5 and $14 million in salary to next years team…which means we have roughly $6 - $15 million left to spend (give or take a few million)…and we still need a two starters and a reliever (because we traded Pelfrey away).

Let’s grab our starters first and then look to fill in the reliever’s with what we have left.

Best case scenario in my Mets building plans would be to move Oliver Perez…however, his HUGE contract makes that almost impossible. He is still owed $24 million over the next two years. So Perez stays in the rotation, as does John Maine who has shown flashes of being a solid middle of the rotation pitcher. Our first signing is Erik Bedard on a two year $13 million dollar contract with incentives that could push the deal upwards of $20 million. The other starter is Jason Marquis on a three year deal worth $18 - $20 million (This would be a discount on Marquis’ last deal but I don’t think he will see a better one).
Other possibilities: There are way too many to count, so I will just toss out my favorites. Randy Wolf, Joel Pineiro, Rich Harden, Ben Sheets, and Jon Garland would all fit in nicely if I had to substitute my first choices…though the money could become a challenge.

Lastly, we look to round out the relievers. Because of the way the pitching staff looks to have been constructed I am going to be concentrating on getting a left handed reliever. Pedro Feliciano being the only lefty in the pen is not sound planning! I would make an offer to Joe Beimel of 1 year and $2 million.
Other possibilities: John Grabow, Will Ohman, and Brian Shouse.

So my team ends up looking like this (by batting order)…

SS – Jose Reyes
2b – Orlando Hudson
CF – Carlos Beltran
1B – Adrian Gonzalez
3B – David Wright
LF – Jermaine Dye
RF – Jeff Francoeur
C – Rod Barajas

Bench
C – Omir Santos
OF – Angel Pagan
OF – Cory Sullivan
IF – Anderson Hernandez
IF – Daniel Murphy

SP – Johan Santana
SP – Erik Bedard
SP – Jason Marquis
SP – Oliver Perez
SP – John Maine

CL – Francisco Rodriguez (aka K-Rod)
RP – Pedro Feliciano
RP – Joe Beimel
RP – Brian Stokes
RP – Bobby Parnell
RP – Sean Green
LRP – Nelson Figueroa

So if we go by most conservative numbers (meaning we have given each player the higher end of my contract offers) we have added $30 million to the payroll. The Mets payroll sits roughly at $140 million.
Some thoughts:
This team has a good mix of speed, power, and patience. We have four guys who could each belt at least 30 bombs, and a couple who could go for 20. We have 4 guys who could steal 20+ bases and 1 who could steal 60+. Seven of the eight hitters could hit around .300 (more likely 5 of them will), and the defense on the team should be above average.
The rotation should be much improved, and the bullpen as good as last year when several pitchers were overused and the pen underperformed.
I think this squad has the makings of a National League champion and should be more than competitive for the World Series crown.
Any thoughts? Please comment on what you think of my plan and if you have your own plan!

Update: After publishing this Kansas City and the Chicago White Sox made a trade swapping Mark Teahan from KC for Josh Fields and Chris Getz. This could cause the Castillo trade to be highly improbable. Also, prior to publication I had selected Bobby Abreu for Left field but news broke yesterday that he was signing an extension to stay with the Anaheim Angels of Los Angeles… which caused me to move to my second option, Jermaine Dye.

Blueprint for World Domination!

2009-11-05T11:28:00.000-08:00

I am not talking today about a plan for peace in the Middle East, or missile shields in Eurasia, or a way to fix the trade deficit.
No, the plan I will be revealing over the next few days is much more expansive…much more improbable…but just as important!
The plan I propose today is a roadmap for victory in the MLB. Today I take up the cause of my recently hapless New York Mets…the Amazin’s have stumbled through a rough year…and I as their not so bearded Moses, plan to lead them out. I just need Omar Minaya and the Wilpon family to read my blog.

The Mets plan in the upcoming year to have a payroll of roughly $140 million dollars. That will actually be about $10 million less than this past year, but should be more than enough to make a National League team competitive.

First, let’s take a look at some of the players that will probably be missing from next years Metsy’s!

Carlos Delgado – the Mets powerful 1st baseman missed most of the 2009 campaign with a hip injury. He is a free agent now and could re-sign with the Mets. I don’t know if Minaya thinks Delgado is worth the risk. – Minus $12 million
Brian Schneider – the Mets brought Schneider in the hopes they would be getting a premier defensive backstop. Instead they got an oft-injured, light hitting, just average defensive catcher. I can guarantee that the Mets will not miss his game. It wasn’t all a loss though because the trade that brought Schneider to town, eventually brought Jeff Francouer as well. – Minus $5 million
Tim Redding – the hope was that Redding would make a serviceable 5th man in the rotation. That hope…did not pan out. While Redding was the Mets BEST pitcher over the last 3-4 weeks of the season, he was horrendous over the first 5 months and I don’t think his work at the end of the season salvaged his chances with the Mets (Though he may have pitched himself into a contract with another team). – Minus $2 million
Billy Wagner – Billy was traded just before the end of the season but none the less the money owed our favorite volatile lefty comes off the books. Personally, I would love to see Billy come back and sign on to be K-Rod’s new set up man. – Minus $10.5 million
Alex Cora – Brought on to be the Mets club house chemistry guy, Alex was asked to do much more once the season got underway. Injuries thrust Alex into an everyday role… and it was not good. Cora excels as a part time player and club house chemistry guy… the Mets may bring him back in the hopes he can settle into that role this year. However at around $2 million a year, the price may be prohibitive. Personally, I would just proceed with Anderson Hernandez who is much cheaper and offers a similar skill set, minus the clubhouse stuff. – Minus $2 million
Gary Sheffield – Sheff was supposed to be a super-sub, but like Cora he ended up having to play a lot more than we originally thought. That’s not necessarily a problem, as Sheff played really well when he could… the problem was that Sheff is 40+ years old… and his body couldn’t handle the wear and tear. He won’t be back. – Minus $400 grand.

The Mets also owe arbitration raises to Angel Pagan, Jeff Francoeur, Cory Sullivan, Jeremy Reed, John Maine, Pedro Feliciano, and Sean Green. Along with that Redding, Maine, and Nelson Figueroa could all be non-tendered (which we have already done for Redding).
I expect the Mets to come to terms with each of these guys for at least the next year. I think Francoeur will likely see a three year deal, and Feliciano will likely be signed for another two years. Maine was hurt most of 2009 but showed he was back at the end of the season and the Mets will likely bring him back for at least a 2010 test run. Sean Green may end up being non-tendered (and released) but I think that would be a mistake. Green had some trouble early on in the season but the stuff was there, and he has been a dominant reliever in the past. I think the Mets should bring Green back on a 1-2 year deal for about $500-600 grand a season. Lastly, the three OF, Pagan, Reed, and Sullivan. The Mets go into the off season with a gap in LF, meaning they will be looking to sign another LF, I think that means that one of these three guys will be non-tendered. Again, I think it’s a mistake. As the 2009 season proved you cannot rely on complete health through a full season and all three OF proved they were valuable in 2009. At the least I would resign all three and try and move one of them in a trade between now and the start of the 2010 season. If one must be non-tendered, I would say goodbye to Jeremy Reed. He is a solid defensive OF but I think that in 2009 Pagan and Sullivan both proved to be as good defensively and better offensively. I would bring back Sullivan for a year at $600-700 grand, and I would try and sign Pagan to a deal through his arbitration years to backup our starters in the OF. I would also re-sign Figueroa.
Francoeur – 3 years $12 million
Feliciano – 2 years $4 million
Maine – 1 year $3 million
Green – 2 years $1.2 million
Pagan – 3 years $2.5 million
Sullivan – 1 year $650K
Reed – non-tendered
Figueroa – 1 year $500K

And lastly on the list of guys for next year is JJ Putz. The Mets have an option Putz for 2010 that would cost them $8 Million, but conventional wisdom says the Mets won’t pay that for a just back from injury set-up man. There is a scenario where the Mets do pick up the option and then trade Putz to a team needing a closer, but Putz recent injury history puts that in question. More likely the Mets exercise their $1 Million buyout, and Mr. Putz becomes a free agent.

So the team looks kind of like this…
Let’s look at who will probably be around next year first.
C – ?
1st – ?
2nd – Luis Castillo
SS – Jose Reyes
3rd – David Wright
LF - ?
CF – Carlos Beltran
RF – Jeff Francoeur
Bench
C – Omir Santos
OF – Angel Pagan
OF – Cory Sullivan?
IF – Anderson Hernandez?
IF – Daniel Murphy?

SP – Johan Santana
SP –
SP – Oliver Perez
SP – John Maine
SP – ?
This Rotation order may be quite different in 2010, but this was the order going into 2009.

CL – Francisco Rodriguez (aka K-Rod)
RP – Pedro Feliciano
RP – ?
RP – Brian Stokes
RP – Bobby Parnell
RP – Sean Green
LRP – Nelson Figueroa

So we have holes to fill at Catcher, 1st base, Left Field, and in the starting rotation and bullpen.
So now we know what we will and won’t have… tomorrow we will discuss options for filling those holes and money!

Lessons Learned?

2009-11-04T06:21:00.000-08:00

So it is the morning after an awkwardly mild election cycle (which happens in odd off years like 2009). I think there are a few things we can take away from yesterday's vote.
1. Apparently the Republican Party is not yet dead. The GOP has been crumbling since 2004 when George W. Bush was re-elected President, and the decline seemed to reach it's zenith (can a decline have a zenith?) in the recent election of Presidnet Obama and the sweeping majorities garnered in both Houses of Congress. However, almost one year into his Presidency and the only legislation signed by President Obama has been morsels of token liberal agenda items. TARP and the Bailout's have been passed by this administration but I can assure you that that was not something the President ever fathomed having to do as part of his administration's agenda. He imagined spending that money on Healthcare and other social justice causes... not on banks and car companies (though the "little" venture may ultimately help the Democrats succeed in other areas). The reason the President's agenda has gone unfulfilled? Me and you. The American citizen has complained just loud enough for Democrats in moderate and conservative districts to get the picture. If they want to keep their jobs and continue to help mold the American agenda they cannot be seen as supporting overreaching Healthcare legislation. They must maintain at least a semblance of detachment and wariness about "BIG" government and more spending. I have my doubts about whether or not "Blue Dogs" really disagree with the size and scope of Healthcare legislation being pushed by the likes of Nancy Pelosi and President Obama but whatever their reasons (whether just or spineless) it is thanks to moderate democrats that the legislation has not passed. The problem for Democrats is that many Americans are starting to get itchy trigger fingers for their ballot boxes. Joe Middle America wants to vote tomorrow to get his current Congressman out of Washington... and this is good news for the Republican Party seeing as there are so few of them in Washington today. So, why hasn't the GOP died yet? Address your thank you notes to the Democrat Party care of Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, and Harry Reid. If not for the Triumverate in DC... the GOP would be toast.
2. It's ok to vote for third party candidates. Though it appears that Doug Hoffman of the Conservative Party has lost NY-23 (by a slim margin), if you look past the election there is perhaps a much more important story here. Dede Scozzafava had been the Republican's choice for this seat prior to dropping out just days before the election (and then voicing her support for Bill Owens, the Democrat), but many Republican voters (who identify more as conservative than Republican) would not vote for the definition of a RINO (Republican in Name Only). By most measures Scozzafava was more liberal than her Democrat opponent, how in the name of Ronald Reagan, did the Republican Party let that happen? To show their angst at the GOP machine voters in the NY-23 chose a third path... Doug Hoffman. I don't know if this will trend around the country but I have to believe that more voters will at least seriosuly consider the idea of voting Third Party after Hoffman's stunning campaign. And folks... this is a good thing. Neither party really cares about what their constituents think or want... the only time they care is when it costs them money or votes. It is high time the American public start forcing the two major parties to pay the piper... let your local party representatives know that their decision making will COST them... and the cost is your money and your vote.
3. I am tired of "moderates". Moderate make me sick. Moderates are dithering. Moderates are squishy. Booooooooooo moderates.
I would rather debate and argue with a flaming liberal or a raging conservative than "discuss" the current political climate with a moderate. Do you know why moderates are moderate? Because they can't make a stinking decision and they don't want to offend anyone. Moderates have thrown away intellectual honesty for what feels right. Moderates have discarded the logic and reason centers of their brains for the "which way is the wind blowing" portion of their hearts. For example: Olympia Snowe Republican from Maine is a moderate. She is not socially conservative, so she must be fiscally conservative, no? No. She voted for the bailouts and is currently considering supporting massive Healthcare legislation. What part of Senator Snowe is conservative? Nothing. Not an ounce. What part is liberal? I think most liberals would say... nothing, not an ounce. Olympia Snowe is the epitome of what is wrong with Moderates, they stand for nothing. I'd rather deal with Barney Frank, at least then I know what I should expect.
4. Lastly, I am sick of the "Big Tent". And hopefully so are you. Look, I am not vain enough to believe that my party will think and act exactly as I do on every issue. That would mean that I was in a party of one... I mean, my wife is my biggest supporter and she and I disagree all the time. However, the Republican Party trying to make the tent so big that folks like Dede Scozzafava fit under it... is ridiculous. Scozzafava proved my point for me, when after dropping out of the race she endorsed the Democrat and seemed to have accepted a deal from NY Party leaders to become a Democrat politician in time for the next election cycle. Losing the Republican vote... is no skin off her nose, because the Democrats welcomed her with open arms. Just like they did with Arlen Specter (who if anyone has noticed has been more reliably Democrat since his switch then he was reliably Republican prior to his switch) and would do with any other RINO who decided to switch sides.
A "Big Tent" should be just big enough to fit folks under it who buy into the party platform. Moderates are welcome...liberals are not. You disagree on minor issues? Fine. You disagree on major issues? Sorry, we are probably not for you. No more Dede's, no more Arlen's. And while I am not well versed enough in Democrat Party politics... I would say the same for them. The major party's being more pure and reliable would be good for democracy. It would force those of us in the minority to vote 3rd Party consistently enough to force change (see the populist and progressive parties of the late 1800s early 1900s).
Real change, not token change like the meaningless words bandied about by politicians from both parties.

* HotAir finds other lessons.
* The GOP's $1 million dollar object lesson.
* Abortion activists get violent with old lady... Apparently they have problems with both ends of the life spectrum.
* Al Gore criminal Billionaire.
* Surprise, surprise the racists in Atlanta are deciding the mayoral race based on RACE!

How to fix Healthcare.

2009-11-03T11:33:00.001-08:00

Radicals for Capitalism!

2009-10-30T10:57:00.000-07:00

Go check out the celebration of Ayn Rand's life works at Reason.com.

Awesome video of the day!

2009-10-29T12:38:00.000-07:00

From the NRSC.

Debt Bad... Explained.

2009-10-27T12:53:00.001-07:00

Un- Support Dede... NOW!

2009-10-22T09:26:00.000-07:00

I am tired of the Republican Party. They have succeeded in destroying every iota of respect that I once held for them. I got yet another letter requesting money to help them win elections across the country. You know the one... where they give you a survey and let you air your grievances... but then ask for a donation for the processing fees and for their coffers. I tossed that sucker in the trash soon as I realized what it was. After years of neglect and unresponsiveness the GOP wants my money... I don't think so. The latest example of their disdain for me comes with their support of Dierdre Scozzafava in NY-23. So at the behest of my heroes the indomitable Michelle Malkin and the tireless Robert Stacy McCain, I have contacted the NRCC and the RNC to make them aware of my disgust. "What disgust" you ask? The support given by the Republican Party to Dierdre Scozzafava in the NY-23 special election that is coming up. Here is the letter I sent to the Party leaders (and everyone else in my address book).

To whom it may concern:

My purpose for emailing today is to express my disgust with the NRCC and Republican leaders for their support of Dierdre Scozzafava in NY-23. The woman is further to the Left of Arlen Specter and yet you continue to shower her with our money.
As of today the Republican Party writ-large can expect to no longer receive ANY campaign contributions from my family. Over the last few years I have steadily become more and more disenchanted with the GOP and I can honestly say that this is the last straw. I hoped that with the President and Democrats plummeting poll numbers, and the liberal John McCain's crushing defeat the GOP would have realized that what America needs is conservative reform. But your support of Dede Scozzafava proves to me that the GOP is nothing but smoke and mirrors.
If you ever want another dime from me... pull your support of Scozzafava now.

More from Michelle Malkin:
* Dede is a liar!
* Scozzafava campaign melting down!
* The friends of Dede Scozzafava.

More from RS McCain:
* The Antonym of leadership.
* Don't believe the media.
* The tireless one is in NY.

Here is some more info on Scozzafava's conservative competition... Doug Hoffman.

* Hoffman asks for our help.
* Hoffman endorses the flat tax.
* RS McCain asks the GOP to learn from its mistakes.

Hey GOP...
CAN YOU HEAR US NOW!?!?!

Roman "Pervert" Polanski.

2009-10-03T01:50:00.000-07:00

Roman Polanski has a series of new books coming out for the discerning reader; "Roman Polanski's: Dummies guide to sex with minors", "Rapin' Roman: How to enjoy your illegal extracurricular activities without being harassed by the man ", "Runnin' Roman: Eluding justice for over 30 years!", "Winning friends and taking advantage of their kids; Roman Polanski teaches you his winning methods" and finally, "My friends are idiots: Roman Polanski reveals all about his idiot Hollywood friends".

“If I had killed somebody, it wouldn’t have had so much appeal to the press, you see? But… f—ing, you see, and the young girls. Judges want to f— young girls. Juries want to f— young girls. Everyone wants to f— young girls!” - Roman Polanski

Which one of these is not like the others...?
Roman Polanski is a pervert. Roman Polanski is a pedophile. Roman Polanski is a rapist. Roman Polanski is beloved...by Hollywood and France.
The other day Whoopi Goldberg said, "he didn't commit rape-rape". What the hell is "rape-rape" and what kind of an ass-clown would ever say something like this?
He has had many in Hollywood take up his cause, and idiot multimillionaire movie mogul Harvey Weinstein calls for Polanski's freedom. Weinstein also says that Hollywood should be America's moral compass because Hollywood has "compassion". Hollywood should be the compass to find Weinstein's head...cause it's up his ass.
Roman Polanski lied to the girl's mother and told her he was working for French Vogue. When the mother left he gave the girl champagne and quaalude's then got her naked in a hot tub... Polanski then raped her. She begged and pleaded that he not do it... and over her protestations he raped her. He orally raped her. He vaginally raped her. He anally raped her. All to a chorus of a pleading 13 year old girl saying "No"... over and over again. When it came to prosecution he never denied what happened, but to avoid a trial he pleaded to the lesser count of "statutory rape". The prosecutor did this as much to save the young girl from the trauma of a trial as it was to ensure a conviction of Polanski. He never once denied her version of the attack.
Some have said that Polanski has "served his time". WTF!?! (Pardon the French today...this is a touchy subject)
As I was saying... WTF!?! The man fled to France and has lived the life of a rich and famous playboy. He has been traveling throughout Europe as the toast of the proverbial town... but boy has he suffered. Has anyone anally raped Roman? Has anyone beat the ever living crap out of him? Has he sat in prison for a few years? Has he been on the registered sex offender list so that our peace officers could harass him at 2 am every few days? If the answer is no... then he needs to come back and serve a few years in prison for rape. Then a few more for skipping bail.
The man is a monster and must be imprisoned because he is a distinct danger to any little girl whose path he crosses. This was another one of Whoopi's "nuggets of wisdom" dished out on the View; "I think he's sorry. I think he knows it was wrong. I don't think he's a danger to society." Whoopi is so far off it's not funny. Polanski was convicted of rape in this case, he has admitted to an affair with 15 year Nastassja Kinski, and openly spoke of his enjoyment of "little girls". The man is very, very dangerous.

* Hollywood's idiocy is actually uniting both political wings.
* Polanski's own memoirs talk of another fling with an underage girl... 15 year old Nastassja Kinski. The man just likes sex with little girls.
* Hot Air uncovers more Polanski "conquests".
* Want to know just how gross and demented Polanski is? Here is the money quote...
“If I had killed somebody, it wouldn’t have had so much appeal to the press, you see? But… f—ing, you see, and the young girls. Judges want to f— young girls. Juries want to f— young girls. Everyone wants to f— young girls!” - Roman Polanski

Long time coming....

2009-10-02T07:18:00.000-07:00

Sorry about the layoff, current events have just been pissing me off lately. :)
Have a few good links for today's post...enjoy!

* Fight the power! Smoke. Well, I won't be smoking anytime soon... but that is a personal decision of mine. If you are unsure about whether or not you want to become a smoker, you better figure it out now... because smoking may soon be illegal. I would recommend heading to your local convenience store today and giving smoking a try because this may be your last chance. Unless of course you decide that you will break ridiculous anti-smoking laws. Just wait... the next ban will be on potato chips. (Or for fans of former VP Quayle...potatoe chips.)
* Cash for clunkers falls flat on its face.
* Just another reason I will NEVER willingly enroll my children in the American public school system.
* Michael Moore tries to argue that capitalism didn't work for him. I have two words for Mr. Moore... You Lie!
* The Grand 'Ol Senile One...Jimmy Carter...says that he never called Obama detractors "racist". Um, Jimmy... maybe the senility medicine is not working well but you DID call Obama detractors racist.
* From Chip Bok

Carter continues slide into Senility

2009-09-16T06:19:00.000-07:00

Jimmy Carter claims that the "overwhelming" animosity towards President Obama from the right is racist. I will say this one more time... Jimmy Carter is an ASS-CLOWN. Why is that every time someone disagrees with a liberal/progressive/democrat agenda item, they must be labeled as a "racist"? I will state for the record that racism is sin. It is immoral. It is irresponsible. It is intellectual idiocy. I will unequivocally state that I believe any person with racist views to being and illogical, imbecilic fool of a person whose brain is so clouded with filth as to lay some genetic "blame" at the feet of melanin.
I will also say; President Obama has thus far been a colossal waste of time as the leader of the "free" world. "Thus far". Though I see little reason to hope for better over the next 3 years. From the bailouts of the auto industry. To the stimulus. To the continuation of the Bush doctrine of foreign policy... and make no mistake Obama is just a 3rd term of President Bush when it comes to foreign policy. (As he proved yet again with this latest policy decision.) This latest SNAFU (Nationalized Healthcare) will be the biggest blunder of all, as it will send our nation reeling and from a massive welfare scheme like this.... there is no coming back (just listen to the British politicians drone on about how great the NHS is, when all of the factual evidence says otherwise).

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And while I don't believe liberals/progressives to be racist - I do think that they are exploitative. And as Rahm Emanuel says they will not "let a good crisis go to waste" (and believe me a whole section of the country being racist would be a crisis). Even if they have to invent it.
* Jimmy Carter is actually the only racist in the room, as evidenced by his last book that details for you how to become an Anti-Semite. Good news for President Carter he has just gotten a rousing endorsement from Al-Qaeda's best known book reviewer... Mr. bin Laden himself! (When Osama bin Laden loves your book isn't it time to check yourself into the local psychiatric facility?)
* Reason.com tries to explain that the center of American politics may actually hold the most lunatic of the fringe!
* The peanut farmer's message of hate is spreading... 12% of Americans agree that opponents of Obamacare are racist! (This literally makes me want to curse...and puke)
* HotAir uses Crazy Carter's logic against him.
* Meanwhile back in NOT-crazy land. 45% of doctors say they would consider quitting if Obamacare became law. Damn racist doctors!
* Lawmakers in DC are also getting on the Racism Wagon! Rep. Hank Johnson of my home state (GA) says that if they don't censure Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC) that we will have "the KKK riding through the countryside"! Can I use the Ass-clown epithet again? I think I will. Hank... you are an Ass-clown.
* Howard Kurtz of the Washington Post tells us that yelling at the President about the Constitution is RACIST!

* One more reason to be against Government run healthcare reform.

One parting thought about the racism stuff. It's disgusting. Completely disgusting. It is the fallback position for a person who knows that they have lost the debate on a particular issue. It is the most vain and vile attempt to claw out of a corner you have backed yourself into, knowing that the other side wins on logic. The Democrat Party all too often uses passion and emotion to evince their desired outcome in a political fight... and it is because the media and the American people allow them to. The moment clear thinking, rational, non-Racist Americans stand up and say, "We will not allow you to use this as the crux of your argument anymore" is the moment that the progressive movement will look for new solutions. My worry, however, is that this will never happen. The liberal movement will continue to use passion over reason and they will continue to win converts to proselytize the masses... and they will win. The rest of us will eventually be regarded by history as racist, hate mongers who sought to allow "evil" corporations to rule the world. As my epitaph let me say; "I am not a racist. I hate no one. I simply wanted to live in a world where each man/woman could be free to make the decisions that they deemed best for themselves, without the unwanted influence of others (especially the government)."

ObamaCare...yes, it's that bad.

2009-09-15T07:07:00.000-07:00

This blogger has actually read every word of House Bill 3200...the ObamaCare Bill. He tells us it's worse than we feared...read the whole article for the truly grim reality that is ObamaCare.

Project 2996: Remembering Malissa White

2009-09-11T09:21:00.000-07:00

Project 2996 was established as a way to ensure that we remember the people we lost on that tragic day in September of 2001. It has been eight years since the 9/11 attacks committed by that heinous group of Islamo-fascist terrorists known as al-Qaeda. I worry that we may become desensitized or even indifferent to what happened that day and to the lives that were lost. It is important to remember that 9/11 did not happen to us, it is happening to us. The inhumanity of humanity continues to surround and affect us daily, even today as our soldiers continue to fight (and die) in Afghanistan (and Iraq).
On this 8th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks at the World Trade Center in New York, the Pentagon near Washington, DC, and in a field in Pennsylvania... please take the time to remember all of those whose lives were taken from us by men who embody the evil that still exists in our world today.
To learn more about Project 2996 please take the time to read up on their website.

Born in 1965, Malissa White grew up in Bald Knob, AR. The precocious sister in a large family, she would often be mistaken for the oldest sibling...which she was not, "She was like the caretaker of the whole family, the spokesperson, the whole lot" her brother Marc says. In 1996 she married Rocky Higgins and the couple established their home in East Flatbush, NY. Rocky's two sons now became the step-children to Malissa, who quickly became the doting mother. She kept in constant contact with the two boys teachers and coaches and was the driving force behind the older sons scholarship to Talladega College in Alabama.
Malissa worked in the human resources department of Marsh and McLennan companies which leased office space on the 93rd through 100th floor of the North Tower. Very likely, one of the first to succumb to the disgraceful attack, as the first plane made it's fateful entrance on the 96th floor of the North Tower. Marsh and McLennan companies lost 295 people that day of the almost 2,000 who would have been in the offices.
I think that the most important thing I can say about Ms. White is that she was beloved for her generous character and her loving manner. Her husband remembers her as "A real family person". She was a mentor in her church and when some of her fellow congregants lost their homes to fire, Ms. White took them in to her own home. Perhaps her greatest legacy is left with her husband who says, "All I can say is that she is the best thing that happened to me".
To view what others have to say about Malissa White, beloved sister, wife, and fellow American please check out this memorial site.

Census numbers breakdown

2009-09-11T07:54:00.000-07:00

Let's allow Ed Morrissey from Hotair.com to educate us on HealthCare.
The Census Bureau released its annual income, poverty, and health insurance survey (2008) yesterday, giving both sides new numbers to use in the health-care debate. ObamaCare advocates can claim that the number of uninsured rose in the year, which it did, from 45.6 million in 2007 to 46.3 million in 2008. Opponents of the administration’s efforts can point to the increased numbers of Americans covered by insurance (255.1 million, up from 253.7 million in 2007) and the wider coverage of existing government programs — which increased by almost 5 million to 87.4 million people in 2008.
The focus will fall on the breakdown of the uninsured. What comprised the 46,340,000 uninsured, according to the Census Bureau?
35.2 million are in families, and 10.7 million are single
21.3 million are white, 14.6 million Hispanic, and 7.2 million black
Just over 30 million are between 25 and 64 years of age, while 7.3 million are children
Almost all of them are in major metropolitan areas (39.2 million)
17.8 million make more than $50,000 a year in annual household income
10.7 million did not work in the past year
Of particular interest is the citizenship/resident category. Foreign-born residents comprise 12.3 million of the uninsured, with only 2.8 million of those naturalized citizens. That leaves 9.5 million non-citizens in the count. The Census Bureau refuses to categorize on their legal residency status, which means that legal and illegal immigrants get counted in this total. Last year, estimates put the number of illegal aliens in this category as 5.6 million out of a total of 9.7 million. Even if we attribute the entire 200K reduction in this category to illegal immigrants leaving the US (as opposed to legal immigrants leaving or illegal immigrants getting insured), it still leaves 5.4 million illegals as part of the overall uninsured number.
In reviewing this data, we can strike off the 17.8 million who made more than $50,000 a year, which is just about the 2008 median income ($50,303). These are people who make enough to buy insurance; while they may have other reasons, such as pre-existing conditions, preventing their purchase, by and large they can at least afford to buy insurance, even if it means making a choice to skip buying something else. The 5.4 million remaining illegal immigrants can also get stricken from the list, as Barack Obama insists that he doesn’t want to provide coverage for them in his overhaul. That brings the number of uninsured down to half, at 23.2 million people.
Next, we have the problem of Medicaid/CHIP underreporting on the ASEC, covered in some detail in Appendix C of the report. Last year, the Census Bureau reported that they missed 2.8 million enrollees in Medicaid. That would bring the number down to 20.4 million uninsured, which comes close to the sum of those who didn’t work at all last year (10.7 million) and uncovered children (7.3 million), although some of the latter overlap with the underreporting of Medicaid/CHIP. The general scope of the problem is between 17 and 20 million uninsured at worst, not 46 million or 30 million, as Obama tried to argue on Wednesday.
Finally, let’s address the canard of “14,000 people lose their health insurance every day.“ The number of people insured rose over the course of the year, by over a million, and those covered by government programs rose by almost 5 million. If 14,000 people lose their health insurance every day, it would amount to 5 million more uninsured for the year. Nothing in the new data gives that indication, and in fact shows that more people find health insurance now than lose it.
The numbers for 2009 won’t look as good, thanks to the massive job losses seen all year. We’ve lost more than 3 million jobs, which probably means many of those have lost their health insurance. Unfortunately, Obama’s plan to overhaul the health-care industry will steal capital from the markets that would create new jobs and provide coverage for those unemployed.
Addendum: While perusing this data, be sure to read the data on poverty. Expect to hear about this year’s increase in poverty to 10.3% of all American families, but it’s interesting to see the historical data on this. According to the data, with the exception of 2003-4, the Bush years were a boon. Except for those two years, the poverty rate stayed below 10% for all of Bush’s term. In contrast, those numbers only went below 10% for two of the Clinton years, 1999 and 2000, which was the best year on poverty the US has had since records began being collated in 1959.
Also, compare the numbers on household types for those same years. Two-parent households did a much better job of staying out of poverty than single-parent homes.

A Job for Hollywood? - Kathryn Jean Lopez - The Corner on National Review Online

2009-09-11T06:21:00.001-07:00

A Job for Hollywood? - Kathryn Jean Lopez - The Corner on National Review Online

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Obama: The man, the myth, the liar.

2009-09-10T10:30:00.000-07:00

While the President's speech last night almost gave me an aneurysm I have decided today to allow the AP and Matt Welch from Reason.com to explain to you why the President's speech was full of lies.

From the AP: Obama uses "iffy" math to make the case for health care reform. What it should say is that Obama does math gymnastics to try and schmooze healthcare reform through.

From Reason.com: Obama's lies matter, too. Indeed they do Matt.

If you read each of the articles they will support their views with facts from the legislation itself to show you that President Obama lied at least a half dozen times in last nights speech. Shouldn't that matter?

Ed Morrissey at HotAir.com sums it all up with this: "For a man eager to paint his opposition as liars, Obama told a couple of whoppers himself in front of the joint session of Congress" Read all of Ed's coverage here.

Clown of the Day - Van Jones!

2009-09-04T08:35:00.000-07:00

More trouble for the Obama administration... the President's "Green Jobs" czar, Van Jones, is an avowed communist. He also happens to be a 9/11 "truther" (a person who thinks the Bush administration orchestrated the 9/11 terrorist attacks to drum up support for it's wars in Afghanistan and Iraq). This does not play well for the administration because they already have to deny socialist leanings...and that gets harder to do when you have an avowed socialist who leans "communist" in your administration. Also, the administration's mouthpieces have been making fun of the Republican party because some of it's supporters are Obama birth certificate "truthers"... it gets hard to make fun when you have your own "truther" in your ranks (and not on the fringes of your party)!
* Just breaking today too...Jones was a supporter of a convicted cop murderer. Black Panther Mumia Abu Jamal...this guys gets worse every minute.
* Van Jones defends himself...kind of.
* Van Jones' defense blown out of the water...dummy.
* Charles Krauthammer thinks that Van Jones will be out on his butt soon.
* Glen Beck gets his revenge...

* ABC's Jake Tapper adds to the Van Jones discussion.
* A spokesman for the "truther" group says that Jones knew exactly what he was doing.

Irony in Government run "Health Care"?

2009-09-03T07:06:00.000-07:00

There is a touch of irony in any statement endorsing government run healthcare. While the person endorsing may not necessarily agree, let us consider one other government run institution.
The US Postal Service: Hemorrhaging money because they cannot be competitive with private postal services like UPS and FedEx. Meanwhile, UPS and FedEx maintain lower rates, faster schedules, and better customer service and somehow they make money hand over fist! The President actually used the USPS as an example a few weeks ago when trying to prove that private insurers could make it if there was a public option. He alluded to all the problems the USPS is having staying in business... as proof the government system could work. The irony was lost on the President but not on me. If the government can't even run a profitable monopoly like the USPS how could it possibly provide proper health care (especially with private competition)?!
I'm sure that you can think of other examples, but the USPS is probably the most egregious. Others that popped into my head; the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV), any city license office, the passport service at the Department of State, and lastly any office at any public building anywhere...ever...do you get my point?

If the mainstream media needed some proof that fear-mongering Republicans aren't so far off the mark, the British NHS provides the example. Read this latest report on the British health care system from the London Telegraph. It is a terrifying indictment of what MUST happen in any nationalized health care program... at some point care MUST be rationed. Whose care is rationed, you ask? The old, the terminal, and the poor are the folks who suffer the most under any national healthcare program. The easiest people to cut out of the system are the terminal, who are "dying anyway". The old come quickly behind them as care must be measured against value returned... and old people just don't have that much to offer society once they reach a certain age. Lastly, the poor. The system is generally seen as a way to provide health care to the poorest in society - definitely a noble cause - however, what invariably happens is that choices must be made. When care cannot be given by the socialist system, the rich can move outside of the system and pay out of pocket for their care... while the poor cannot.
Allow this noble cause of health care for the poor to be provided by the private sector. Ease restrictions so that some enterprising fellow can invent a system that provides quality health care at affordable prices while making himself some money. Oh, wait! Someone has you say?? How about this post on the rise of retail health clinic's as part of a new vision for health care reform.
No, retail clinic's are not the whole answer, but they are a part, and they show the ingenuity of the capitalist system. Capitalism is not an all devouring monster lying in wait to destroy the unwitting consumer. Capitalism is a force for good. The entrepreneur and businessman know that by providing a quality product at an inexpensive price they can assure their continued existence in a comfortable manner. Capitalism allows greed to overflow from the owner's cup and splash on the hoi polloi providing more wealth for more people on all levels. Capitalism is not the green bodied, one eyed monster of liberals nightmare's... but capitalism is the beautiful siren upon which the American dream can be built.
* Health Care reform supporter bites off finger of senior citizen. This could be a good track for the Democrat Party to try... Senior citizens don't get health care because we need them to die so we can feed our supporters! That'll fly...
* The politicians in Washington wouldn't know economics if it hit them in the face and called them Susie.
* More police "Rambo" violence in my fair state of Georgia. More questions than answers after this latest "botched" police investigation.

Hypocrites galore against war....

2009-09-02T09:38:00.000-07:00

Libertarians across the country are starting to notice that some anti-war groups are only against Republican-led wars. Patrick Krey at the New American points out the hypocrisy of the anti-war left, and comes to the conclusion that the anti-war movement needs true believers... and libertarians fit the bill. Krey also points out that the anti-war message is much more fitting coming from the "real" Right side of the aisle.
Other than Ron Paul, George Will is the first notable conservative commentator to call for our withdrawal from Afghanistan.
As a passive viewer of our entrance into our two most recent conflicts (Iraq and Afghanistan), I am not ashamed to say that our invasion of Afghanistan brought me some sense of retribution after 9/11. I will be honest enough to admit, however, that that was as far as I had considered the invasion. Just a return blow... "an eye for an eye", if you will (though I do not buy into the "eye for an eye" philosophy...it made me feel better back then). Iraq was different, the only reason I could truly surmise for our entrance into that conflict was the removal of a sadist. And while ridding the world of sadists may be a good thing... it is absolutely not the most prudent thing for any government to undertake. And so I was neutral on both fronts... until the left began clamoring for peace... and I felt that their motives were, shall we say, less than pure. Time is seems has proved me right, and today I believe I am actually much more for ending both of these conflicts than many of the marchers at their anti-war rallies. War may be a necessary evil, at times... but there are other times when it is just plain evil. I hesitate to ask the Right to stand up against these wars because I would prefer them not to engage in hypocrisy. However, I would say this; if as a conservative you can step back and consider what it means to be a conservative and the values and ethics that entails and still be pro-war... than all the best. But... if you examine those values and come to the conclusions that I have, please stand up and speak out. Not just when a Democrat is in office but at all times. Our motto should be "Less government, everywhere".
* You are crazy if you think the Left really wants to have a reasoned "debate" on the value of health care reform.

* Investor's Business Daily on how to really reform health care.
* Go to Duke University and give up your rights!
* Charlie Rangel still DIRTY and still getting paid. Why is this man still working?

Hilarious!

2009-09-01T09:39:00.000-07:00

Perhaps the funniest video ever? From YAF and Jason Mattera.

NHC = Creepy

2009-09-01T06:23:00.000-07:00

* When you pause to think about it... nationalized healthcare is just "creepy".
* More proof that Obama is Bush on foreign policy.
* Is Obama the new Huey Long?

* Even style has an apparent liberal bent.
* Are old people finally waking up and switching party's?
* Want to read the ending to two of not-Grimm's fairy tales?
* Prison inmates in Britain eat better than hospital inmates...er, I mean patients.
* New book out that looks like a good (yet utterly negative) read... National Suicide: How Washington is destroying the American dream from A to Z.
* Want know why our great-Grandparent's generation was so much happier than ours? Take a look here...

Obama's Decline

2009-08-31T06:46:00.000-07:00

* The Obama administration finds a new way to screw Union members and help out Union leaders.
* Michael Barone speaks truth to power.
* Muddying the waters. Chris Dodd will not disclose details about his Senate health care bill... not even to other Senators. The Age of Transparency from the Democrat Party.
* I despise the primary fallback position of liberal politicians... RACISM! Same lady says Fidel Castro is a "bright leader" and that the Cuban health care system rocks! Assclown.
* A GOP landslide in the works? Don't jinx it. Hopefully the folks over at GOP headquarters realize they have done nothing to earn this and that they shouldn't get swelled heads over it. The should also learn that in the last 6 years as they have steadily slid left they have steadily lost ground and in the last 6 months the only reason for the ground they have gained is the Democrat Party's "Great Leap" leftward and the GOP's stoic holding the line. Rasmussen reports that just 46% of voters at least somewhat approve of the job that President Obama is doing. Reason.com explains the reason for Obama's swift fall from grace.
* With Ted Kennedy there is "the man, the myth, and the legend". Th "myth and legend" is what you have seen plastered all over the news for the last week about the "Lion of the Senate". The "man" or perhaps better "the true man", Ted Kennedy...is more likely found in the story of a memo he wrote in 1983. The story on the USSR memo broke in 1992 and more was written about it in a book on President Reagan's life in years later... but did you hear about it? No. It undercuts the media's story about the glorious Ted Kennedy. Except that he was willing to undermine a President and give the USSR invaluable propaganda opportunities just to gain some political ground...not to mention the manslaughter of Mary Jo Kopechne.
* Detroit... the epitome of what is wrong with public education. By my new favorite writer Karen De Coster. Here she responds to a fascist liberal who would prefer taxing families who choose private education.
* The Federal Reserve must die. Ron Paul has recently written a book supporting a similar theme, titled "End the Fed".
* Obama's War.

Hypocrites!

2009-08-29T11:06:00.001-07:00

Remember back in 2004 when John Kerry was running for president? Remember how the democrats fought for legislation that would prevent Governor Mitt Romney from choosing a successor for Kerry's senate seat, fearing Romney would put in a Republican? Democrats won, citing how democracy must be thought of above all else. Democratic Rep. Will Strauss said a special election was necessary because such tactics have been used in a "totalitarian country" and that "one person, whoever happens to be governor, will not make the decision for you."

Now, to be fair to Mr. Strauss, he still stands by those comments even as democrats cry out that it is unfair to Massachusetts voters to be represented by only one senator. The democrats changed the law back in '04, and now that they need every vote they can get on Health Reform they want to change the law again. What is wrong with these people? Truth is, this health care plan probably won't pass as long as there is a Gov't sponsored health insurance plan. It just baffles me how blatant their hypocrisy is. It was okay back then, but now, because they need all the votes they can get, it's not. When isn't there an important issue needed to be voted on? I just can't wait to see how this turns out. It would just add fuel to the burning stake that liberals are going to be burned on in the coming few years. If they win, let's hope it's not going to be Caroline Kennedy who is put in as the interim senator.

Idiot Economist Eats Own Face

2009-08-29T07:04:00.000-07:00

Idiot economist proves he is not just an idiot but an actual ass-clown.
* Paul Krugman says that we should NOTworry about "long term deficits" in a new article for the New York Times.
* Back in 2004 Paul Krugman explaining why "long term deficits" are a MAJOR worry for the health of an economy.
* Oh, and for a little perspective on just how "awesome" Ted Kennedy was here's a little anecdote from his buddy Joe Klein.

I don't want to...so stop asking!

2009-08-28T05:45:00.000-07:00

My latest thought on health care reform: "I don't want to pay for your health care. I only want to pay for mine and my family...and I do pay for ours. Also, while you are listening, I don't to pay for ANY other government welfare projects either. I will choose who I give welfare to. I would gladly volunteer a significant portion of my yearly salary to helping those less fortunate... but I despise the government's attempt to compel me to "help" those the government deems less fortunate." Can you be free yet forced to comply with laws you find egregious?
* One Democrat explains why should you give up your superior health care for inferior health care... its' because you are American...
* John Stossel explains how current health care reform plans will actually INCREASE the price of health care.
* ABC and NBC will not run an advertisement criticising the President's health care plans. They don't want to run controversial political advertisements....however, they will allow the President and congressional Democrats to push their health care views as often as they would like.
* The bad news for health care reformers? The American public likes this plan even less than President Clinton's plan...and they hated that!
* Is it the President's fault that health care reform is dying?
* The dirty secret about who is running the health care debate... TRIAL LAWYERS.
Don't believe me about trial lawyers influencing Democrat lawmakers? How about Howard Dean?

Democrat no likie tort reform...
* Reasonable fear when it comes to health care "reform".
* In New York City (the best example of a fascist American system) it is now illegal to use portable electronic devices while driving. For those of you who think that this new law makes sense...consider this...why not outlaw talking while driving as it also diminishes your driving ability.
* At least someone has some integrity. I never thought I would praise Cindy Sheehan because I assumed that her opposition to the war (like many others) was purely political...however, I will apologize here and now. Mrs. Sheehan, I am sorry for believing your motives to be less than pure. I stand with you and ask... "WHERE ARE ALL THE WAR PROTESTERS!?!" At home patting themselves on the back for ridding the world of the evil George W. Bush... and why was he evil again? All of his war policies? The ones that Obama has completely taken as his own? It's time you recognize your hypocrisy America.
* Comedy gold. One of the worst polluters in Britain is a supercomputer used to predict climate change. I don't make this stuff up, folks.

Jam-Packed with Red Meat!

2009-08-27T06:30:00.000-07:00

Today's news day may not be as jam-packed as yesterday but there is a ton of red meat out there today. Wade through and click the links because some of America's best writers are ON today.
* Best thing I have read today; Karen De Coster of lewrockwell.com calls Nancy Pelosi an "ultrawealthy, powermongering pig"! I love it! She also informs us exactly why, Nancy can be called a National Socialist (or Nazi). Pure Awesome from lewrockwell.com.
This dude agrees with Karen De Coster

* Neal Boortz has thoughts on the pageantry of the passing of Ted Kennedy.
* Didn't I tell you this would happen? (Yes...yes I did.) Nancy Pelosi promises to pass health care reform for Teddy!
* Why was Ted Kennedy possibly the most important politician in America? Because "he reminds Americans of how truly corrupt, tyrannical, deceitful, and rotten to the core the US State has become".
* Enjoyment for both sides of the political spectrum from Robert Stacy McCain... "Bill O'Reilly is an obnoxious douchebag".
* Apparently Andrew Breitbart was not a fan of the late Senator from Massachusetts.
* It ought to be less embarrassing to have been influenced by Ayn Rand than by Karl Marx. And yet in today's popular culture that doesn't seem to be the case...
* Wealth (re-)Distribution! Gimme yo' money!
* The folks at Forbes explain why the stimulus has not worked.
* Keith Olbermann says that Fox News viewers are paranoid racists. I kid you not... he actually said that people who watch Fox News are "tin foil hatters, conspiracy theorists, paranoids and racists." Serious. No joke.
* August ties the deadliest month for the war in Afghanistan (and there are still a few days to go). I may be beating a dead horse here...but WHERE ARE THE PROTESTERS!?!
* The rationalization of torture. I will admit to being one who has flip-flopped on this issue. To the casual observer it may seem that over the last few years I have "progressed" from the pro-torture side of the aisle to the "holy-****" torture is always wrong side of the aisle. The truth, however, is that I (and I would suppose many of my conservative brethren) have always been against the "ends justifies the means" argument. So instead of a progression perhaps I have just become more honest with myself about what I truly believe. The ends most certainly does not always justify the means.
The fact that I think torture is always wrong does not mean it is always ineffective. The Wall Street Journal ran this story about intel gathered from "enhanced methods" that saved lives. Just remember...the ends does not justify the means.

Senator Ted Kennedy is dead.

2009-08-26T06:51:00.000-07:00

He died late last night at his home in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts. The "Lion of the Senate" will be "lionized" and eulogized throughout the day by various and sundry pundits from many different news outlets. Other politicians will speak of him in reverence and with sadness they will mourn his passing. The Democrat Party will bow their corporate head and pray for the soul of their dearly departed and then they will use his name to champion their battle for socialized...er, national health care reform.
To all of today's coming pageantry I say... what does Mary Jo Kopechne think? It was just a month over 40 years ago that a drunk 37 year old named Edward "Ted" Kennedy drove off a bridge into a river on Chappaquiddick Island killing the young democrat activist. She was the only child of Joseph and Gwen Kopechne, and after her death they were personally told of the incident by Ted Kennedy...though he failed to mention that he had been the driver of the car. What often gets lost in the retelling of the grisly accident, is that Mary Jo did not drown in the upturned car in the river... no, she asphyxiated. Mary Jo's head was fortuitously in an air pocket after the accident and she died when the oxygen in that pocket was depleted. After the car went into the water and Mr. Kennedy made his escape he returned home and alerted a few of his aides but did not call authorities. In fact Mr. Kennedy did not inform the authorities until after they had found his overturned vehicle (with Ms. Kopechne still inside) the next day. Even then Senator Kennedy tried to evade blame by concocting a story where Mary Jo Kopechne had been the driver, but his cousin Joe Gargan convinced him to own up to his "mistake".
A week after the incident, Kennedy pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of an accident after causing injury. He received a two month suspended sentence and claimed that he had not been intoxicated that night (though witnesses say he had been drinking all day). Only a Kennedy could have gotten away with a sentence this lenient for a crime this severe. Mary Jo Kopechne was 28.
So on this day 40 years later upon the death of the "Lion of the Senate" I choose to remember and mourn for her life... as Senator Kennedy will have millions of devout mourners remembering him.
* More from the brilliant Robert Stacy McCain.
* More from the indomitable Michelle Malkin.
* More from Nick Gillespie at Reason.
* More from Ed Morrissey at Hot Air.
* How would our founding fathers feel about the Kennedy family often being called American "royalty"? Personal opinion? The Kennedy family legacy is dangerous. No family should be revered simply because of their name or deep pockets. In a society such as ours where we value honesty, integrity, and hard work the real "Camelot" should be found in those average people working hard to realize the American dream... The Kennedy family has always been deeply flawed from patriarch Joe Kennedy's corruption (and admiration for Nazi Germany), to President John Kennedy's womanizing and cavorting with gangsters (specifically the Chicago/Las Vegas mob who helped him beat Richard Nixon in 1960), to Ted Kennedy's non-manslaughter. The "Camelot" myth is a creation of a media hungry for celebrities... case in point the recent fascination with our new "First" family - the Obama's. Whether discussion is about Mrs. Obama's clothing choices or what pet they will adopt... the media craves celebrity politicians and that is why they loved the Kennedy's.
* Yahoo mourns the end of "Camelot".
* Charlie Rangel is still a Dirty Dirty liar.
* What Britain's health care system is really like.
* I ask again where are the war protesters?!?! The Obama White House says rendition will continue! This is the same rendition that so many Democrats despised just a few months ago, but now that the man behind the renditioning is President Obama everything is just peachy.
* Pot is safer than alcohol.

Ouch...it hurts.

2009-08-25T07:07:00.000-07:00

* News today that Johan Santana and Jeff Francoeur are now hurt... from Matt Cerrone at MetsBlog -- "Instead, the Mets have put 19 players on the disabled list this season, including Carlos Delgado, David Wright, Carlos Beltran and Jose Reyes, as well as Brian Schneider, Angel Pagan, Oliver Perez, John Maine, Gary Sheffield, Alex Cora, Ryan Church, and J.J. Putz, who underwent elbow surgery in June – not to mention rookie Fernando Martinez, who had been the team’s starting outfielder at the time.
Meanwhile, Jeff Francoeur, who never missed a game due to injury while with the Braves, may be forced to miss the rest of this season with a torn ligament in his thumb – all while Johan Santana has his sore elbow examined today by Dr. Altchek."
I love the Mets. As a resident of Atlanta that can be an especially arduous affiliation...especially when we are losing. But it's time to say it - Omar Minaya needs to shut this team down. Frenchy and Johan need to go on the DL and all of the guys currently on the DL need to stay there. In fact, the Mets should also send Luis Castillo and Mike Pelfrey to the Disabled List just in case. Call up non-prospect players from Triple-A and Double-A and let them have their cup of coffee in the SHOW. In the offseason cut the dead weight and find some talent on the Free Agent Market and through trades and lets try again next year.
I love the Mets and it breaks my heart to be paying good money for MLB Extra Innings just to watch them scuffle along.
* Before I take exception to something written by Jonah Goldberg, let me say that I think most of his writing is brilliant, and that I agree with every jot and tittle in his most recent post to the "Corner" about the IG report.
I would however make this point; doesn't this say something negative about our culture?
I have been apathetic to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, besides feeling passionately thankful to our soldiers and passionately sorry for their families. I was not for or against either conflict, and still find it hard to argue about. But on torture I can say that my personal belief is that all life is sacred and that my conservative leanings teach me that no one person is less valuable than any other. So when Jack Bauer has to kill one to save ten, though my heart may understand... my brain screams "NO!".
Isn't the whole idea of American values (and the reason I am against all welfare schemes) that each individual is as important as the next? It is also why I think that as Americans we should value ALL human life above all else. I guess I just think it is a sad commentary on the human condition that there are moments when we "cheer" violence enacted on others...even when it's the bad guy.
Because... we are better. Our culture, our morality, our philosophy... we are better.
* John Stossel wonders why every Obama critic is a racist.
* Literally the worst story I have ever read!
* Because Ben Bernanke has done such a great job thus far...
* Rudy running for Gov?
* Things are gonna get worse.

What happened to ...?

2009-08-24T06:52:00.000-07:00

I am considering holding a fundraiser for some folks who have gone missing... war protesters. I am pretty sure that the Bush administration must have sent some black-ops military types to take them out... because they have been mysteriously absent since Inauguration Day. I miss my daily "Nightly News" update on code pink or whatever other anti-war group is in vogue on any given night. I miss Brian Williams waxing eloquent on the sweet struggle against fascist American military Imperialism that is being nurtured by the right-wing neocons and their venomous "jackbooted" brood of "brownshirts"!
Of course... I jest. What I miss is Americans who truly believe in something. Americans who are just as angry about something when a Democrat is leading as they are when a Republican holds office.
I am tired of the fantasy narrative of vampirirc Republicans and heroic Democrats from the left. The Left is as tied to the military machine as the Right folks. I am also tired of the dime-store story of the saintly Republicans and the sleazy Democrats from the right. The Right can be as immoral as the Left folks.
How about a new story?
A story where people fight for what they believe simply because they believe it? Where our politicians can be honest because they aren't worried about job security. Where citizens protest what they truly dislike (Presidents Bush or Obama) not a "cover issue" like war or taxes. And no... I am not saying that those aren't important issues but why aren't the anti-war demonstrators as vocal today as they were yesterday.... and why weren't the anti-tax crowd as vocal in the last months of the Bush administration as they are now? Surely we are still at war... and surely they realized that the money the Bush administration was spending in those last summer months was going to come from somewhere!?!
I want to read a story where the media reports the news and doesn't make it. I want to read a story where people are honest and don't try and hide behind clever terms. I want to read a story where the spin-doctors are just bogeymen who don't actually exist.
Any writers out there with a knack for good science-fiction?

* Big Government is scary.
*John Stossel shows why "Big Government" is scary.

* Paul Krugman... ass-hat.
* Now is the time to follow Mexico's lead. If we step forward and decriminalize then legalize drugs (beginning with marijuana) the monstrous cartels of Mexico (and the rest of Latin America) will fall apart. I would also expect a real decline of need for police to protect us from gangs here in the USA as well.
* Is violence sputtering out? An interesting new study of violence throughout human history says, "Yes".

The myth of the Jackboot.

2009-08-20T07:57:00.000-07:00

* Hypocrisy thy name is Ted Kennedy. More proof that Massachusetts is a fiefdom where the citizens choose to be serfs of the ruling (elected) class.
* Do you need proof that the Democrat Party wants to eliminate private health care? Here it is.
* Rachel Maddow once again proves to be completely ignorant of history. First of all Kennedy was assassinated by a leftist activist by the name of Lee Harvey Oswald...not a right wing militia member. She sees conspiracies and the growth of fascist right-wing militia groups every time liberals rise to power in America...but fails to notice the terrorism and fear-mongering of the radical groups of the 1960'd and 1970's. She also avoids the fact that the most visible activist groups of the last two decades have been leftist ecoterrorist organizations. While the groups that have been the most vocal and angry... have been antiwar activist and more recently out west gay rights activists. (Just ask any Mormon in California or Nevada)
Though it's not just Maddow with history issues. E.J. Dionne of the Washington Post compares American citizens who disagree with the Democrat Party's ideas of health care reform to jackbooted Nazi thugs. The liberal media in our fair nation is terrified of her own citizens... and who is it they fear for? The government. That is back-asswards. The media should be on the side of the people helping to drive fear into the heart of the Federal government.
If the government does not fear her citizens then the citizens should fear their government.

Dr. Paul

2009-06-05T07:04:00.000-07:00

Dr. Ron Paul... is still right... about everything.

* Conservatives make big gains in recent local elections.
* It's not just in Britain that the liberals are losing... all over Europe the left is losing ground.

Unions = Destruction?

2009-06-03T06:42:00.000-07:00

* More proof the Unions screwed us, again. The Unions are now doing more damage to the average American than the robber barons ever did. At least with the greedy businessmen in charge there was money to be made... now? With the Unions and their political hacks at the wheel, American industry and ingenuity is starving. Where once a man could make some money with a good idea and hard work... today he has to worry about how will pay of the Union bosses so he can stay in business. In markets where profit margins can be razor thin, these Union hustlers are often the difference between a profitable venture and closing up shop. Wake up America, before you find yourself out on the street praying for some work.
Great video with a rare moment of clarity from MSNBC.

* Our government is now pressing to nationalize parts of the tobacco industry! Apparently in the last election a majority of Americans decided that Hugo Chavez was moving in the right direction, and we should try some of his wealth destroying methods of governance. We look like Cuba lite. Our Soviet Russia redux. If I wasn't for more liberty for the American electorate... I might seriously consider supporting restrictions on voting to people who aren't complete morons who vote for the guy who talks good. (You know who you are...)
* Paul Krugman and nostalgianomics.
* Michael Moore is a fascist.
* The decimation of one of the world's best healthcare systems, in favor of some of the world's worst. The Democrats are planning to use their big majority to ram through this legislation. Nationalized healthcare is another "You get what you vote for", disciplining for the American people. Hopefully some Americans will learn the lessons of electing so many liberal politicians at one time... but somehow, I doubt they will.
* The Pro-Life movement is not to blame for the death of George Tiller. Bill O'Reilly shouldn't get blamed either. Conservative Christians had nothing to do with his murder either.
* The WHO is still trying to scare us with the swine flu stuff. The more fear we have the more power WHO has.
* Justice Clarence Thomas is one of the "good guys".

View more news videos at: http://www.nbcwashington.com/video.

* Great article about the current landscape in British politics. It seems as though we may get the most center-right party in years leading Britain by the next election! Will wonders never cease.
* Police state torture tactics...used on a 72 your old grandmother. I am sure she posed a great risk to the arresting officers. (That was my attempt at sarcasm)
* Has the war on terror helped destroy our freedoms? The answer is a resounding yes... and the conservatives who supported it should be ashamed.

Young Con Anthem

2009-06-02T07:01:00.000-07:00

The Young Conservatives Anthem... kind of a viral hit, see for yourself.

* Perhaps the Democrats will learn this one thing from the Sotomayor hearings... it's not fair to call people racist just because they disagree with you.
* Vast majority of Americans are against closing Gitmo. It appears that Emperor Cheney has defeated his apprentice Darth Obama on this issue.
* The Washington Post reports on a Pew research poll that shows that no President has received the kind of media support that President Obama has enjoyed these last few months.
* Sad but telling. The murder of death-dealer George Tiller has garnered 14x the attention in the media that the murder of US soldier William Long has. 7,000 articles for Tiller just 500 for Long...
* President Obama believes Iran's nuclear power ambitions are "legitimate".
* Defending Milton Friedman. His ideas are relentlessly attacked but his logic never falters...
* Michael Ramirez from IBD Editorials:

Mass Murderer Murdered

2009-06-01T05:30:00.000-07:00

Abortion 'doctor" George Tiller was assassinated while acting as an usher at his church on Sunday.
I have seen much anger and reticence around the web over the murder of this man, and as a life affirming human, I understand this. The murder of any human is something to be mourned as it is a continuing sign of our fallen, evil nature. My pain, however, ends there. What I have been lamenting here at this blog for years, is that the pro-abortion side of the life debate does not understand... to an anti-abortion, pro-life person... abortion is murder. George Tiller in my eyes and the eyes of millions of my fellow pro-lifers is akin to Dr. Josef Mengele.
I am not trying to minimize the criminality of his murder. The man who killed him deserves to be prosecuted to the full extent of the law, but Dr. Tiller deserved to be prosecuted as well. No one tries to defend the Nazi "doctor's" who executed their superiors commands just because they were within the law... in fact we demand justice against the unjust law of the corrupt government.
So I ask my pro-choice friends to understand when it seems that the pro-life movement has suddenly become cold-hearted. While evil cannot be cured by evil... to us one monster has been stopped by another.
All murder must be stopped... not just murder against adults... all murder.
* More from my favorite blogger Robert Stacy McCain.
* More from Michelle Malkin.

* Torn on this. North Korea launched another missile, and war is looking more and more inevitable. My brain says pull our troops out now, and maybe conflict will be averted. If it isn't... well, that's between North and South Korea. My heart says threaten North Korea with nukes now, and maybe China will step in (finally) and conflict will be averted. Which one is right? I think I have to go with my brain on this.
* Russian newspaper PRAVDA proclaims, "American descent into Marxism happening with breathtaking speed..." Neal Boortz agrees with their assessment.
* The Obama's step out for the night on our dime. The UK's Daily Mail reports that the little date night out cost us about $70,000!
* The White House has moved to restrict criticism of the stimulus. No kidding, folks. This is an attack on your 1st Amendment rights.
* Class warfare.
* The folks at National Review Online debating "to bork or not to bork"? Here, here, and here.
* Bob Woodward has the president worried again...only this time the President's name is not Richard Milhous Nixon.
* If you ever want to travel again... you are going to need a passport.
* Mike Judge bashing the politically correct one more time...

Democrats... so Dirty!

2009-05-27T06:27:00.000-07:00

* Yet ANOTHER DIRTY DIRTY DEMOCRAT! More here from Ed Morrissey.
* Some good questions for Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor. Also, from Reason.com why fans of limited government should be wary of Sotomayor. Liberal court pundit says Sotomayor is an intellectual lightweight!
* The New Yorker cheers on charter schools?
Drew Carey on the good charter schools can do.

* President Obama's crusade on private enterprise continues to drive businesses overseas.
* Jeb Bush Jr. endorses the right candidate for Senator from Florida... Marco Rubio not Charlie Crist. Mike Huckabee is doing the same...
* What President Reagan really meant to the GOP and America.
* More on the targeting of Republican owned, operated, or used car dealerships. This is starting to sound less and less crazy...and much more possible.
* Land of the free?

Stop Sotomayor!

2009-05-26T09:36:00.000-07:00

She's not the man (or woman for that matter) for the job!

* Soon to be Justice Sotomayor?? Opposing Sotomayor is NOT anti-Hispanic. More on Sotomayor here from the venerable RS McCain. Some more from Gateway Pundit.
* Did Obama target GOP donors in Chrysler closings? Take a look at the evidence...
* Why the GOP should embrace liberty.
* The "SEXY" loss of real freedom!
* President Obama = President Wilson?
* The Economist
fumbles but Colorado shines through...
* Millionaires are on the run! This article should be the cautionary tale of the Left... if you tax the people they will leave.
* I am sure many of you will be shocked to learn that our nation's veterans are more Republican than the rest of our population at large.
* How about this for "fairness in media" from the Chicago Tribune... Cheney and Limbaugh are "far-right"... Maddow and Obama are "left-leaning"!

Happy Memorial Day!

2009-05-25T09:34:00.000-07:00

Keep our precious soldiers in your thoughts and prayers! May God please Bless America!
From the Army:

From the Marines:

Waxman don't know poo!

2009-05-22T07:55:00.000-07:00

* Henry Waxman doesn't know the finer points of his own cap-and-trade bill.
* The Heritage Foundation has assembled an article full of facts about labor unions that every American should know.
* Why was President Obama willing to release the memos that showed torture was authorized at the highest levels, but he is not willing to show the memos that offer their results? One word, my friend... P-O-L-I-T-I-C-S.
* How VP Biden ruined the Supreme Court confirmation process.
* The Bill of Federalism.
* DIRTY DEM Nancy gets a reprieve from her brethren. Follows that up by calling the CIA liars. As I continue to document here, the Republicans may not be pure as the driven snow... the Democrats are definitely the Party of DIRTY! Check out RS McCain's book here.
* The History Channel has some advertising issues.
* Great feature on North Korea uncovered, a website that attempts to reveal the horrors of what is taking place behind North Korea's wall of secrecy. More here.

No white's need apply.

2009-05-21T08:31:00.000-07:00

Democrat hate mongers in Congress want to help out the broadcasting companies... but only the minority owned ones. My question is this... and it's simple enough... will we ever stop being a nation of racists? For most of our nation's history the hatred flowed in one direction; from white to non-white. Today it flows all kinds of ways. Is there no one who understands that any form of race (read - ethnicity) preference is racism? You can be racist and be a minority. You can be racist and be a part of the majority. Reverse racism is as insidious as traditional racism. It must all be abolished! The day must come when a man is not judged, excluded, or benefited simply because his skin has a different amount of melanin from anothers. Perhaps I am an idealist, and this kind of country will never be... but I will continue to agitate for true racial equality as long as I can speak or write... or communicate at all. The African-American community (and other minority communities as well) have suffered greatly in our history, but as the man said, "Two wrongs don't make a right." Racial preference for any reason is racism... and it is just as wrong when it happens to white people as when it happens to black.
* It's funny to see Obama vs. Cheney. They are arguing semantics, as the Obama administration continues to do exactly what Cheney wants them too! The Obama White House has not deviated an iota from the Bush White House methods of the war on terror. Obama's peeps can talk a BIG game but when it comes to substance they are just following the Bush-Cheney playbook. In fact, I would argue that VP Cheney is only defending the Bush administration from the verbal attacks of Obama and his people... not from actual political moves. Obama is Bush. Second verse, same as the first... at least on the fighting of the war on terror.
* The GOP... "stupid is as stupid does"?
* Iran has a missile capable of hitting Israel from Iran. Way to go President O!
* Moderate on sex-ed and abortion? Not so fast, my friends.
* Many DIRTY, DIRTY Dems. (And a few DIRTY, DIRTY Repugs)
* If you want health insurance for all... drink more beer.

* Press Secretary Gibbs says "closing of Gitmo was a hasty decision".
* Libertarians on "open borders".
* GOP... not dead yet?

California says "no".

2009-05-20T07:29:00.000-07:00

* The California voters have shown their legislators what sanity looks like. The newspapers in Cali are not happy. The Governator says "the people have spoken". Will he really cut spending enough to balance the budget? This blogger thinks not.
* The Flat Tax vs. the Fair Tax. Either one is a couple of dozen steps up from what we have now!
* This is what all rich people need to do. Find the cheapest, freest state... quick!
* Legalizing then taxing sin.
* Why the government should not run a business. More from Veronique de Rugy.
* Vouchers (or school choice) and charter schools might work, but the Democrat Party won't let you have them. Why? Because the Teacher's Unions don't want them! President Obama and the Democrat Party are shills for the Teachers Unions... and the Union doesn't care a bit for your kids... the Union only cares about the Union.
* Louisiana Republicans are apparently lazy and stupid. While Louisiana Democrats are conniving and manipulative... and stupid.
* Police state blues. Yikes! How to tell if you, do indeed, live in a police state.
* Oppose hate crime legislation, NOW!
* More DIRTY, DIRTY Democrats!
* Romney the favorite in 2012?
* Joe Klein... head up ass?
* Finally... here is a video of the guy the Republican Senatorial Committee should support (over Charlie Crist). Conservatives agree.

Watch out! The ATF is coming for you!

2009-05-19T09:27:00.000-07:00

* The police state wants your legal, registered weapons...creep.
* President Obama's new budget calls for taxpayer funded abortions. So much for meeting pro-lifer's on "common ground".

Notre Dame sucks.
* Republicans now tied with Democrats in party identification... it's the first time in 4 years!

"Real" Catholicism

2009-05-18T06:36:00.000-07:00

* Why "real" Catholics cannot support President Obama.

I have had trouble understanding how "moderate" Catholics could support the President during the last election. What Father Jonathan makes me realize is that though they may purport to be "real" Catholics... they cannot support a pro-choice politician and support the Church (and by proxy God). In essence, these "moderate" Catholics have chosen politics before the faith of their Church.

* Soak the rich, lose the rich. Should be easy enough to understand but the government seems to need more education.
* D-Day for California's liberal economic policies.
* Chuck Schumer has written some new legislation... it's called the shareholders bill of rights. It looks to give company shareholders more power over executive compensation among other things. Here is a thought for shareholders... if you don't like how a company is run don't invest your money. If you already have, get it out and invest it somewhere else. I didn't even have to write new legislation!
* If the government wanted to fund all of it's programs it would need to raise the income tax burden to 81%! Think it's time to cut spending yet? How much debt is the USA in? Why does the deficit matter?
* More on spending, taxes and doubling the national debt.
* The Denying Firearms and Explosives to Dangerous Terrorists Act of 2009, would allow the Attorney General to deny the sale of firearms to known or suspected terrorists. How is this germane? Is the AG not allowed to do this already? Or is there something more insidious at work here? Is this a possible attempt to curb 2nd Amendment rights by clouding it in patriotic terms?
* Stewart Browne opines on a new strategy for liberty! Part 1 and Part 2.
* The New York Times scrapped a story proving President Obama's close ties to ACORN before the election. Stop trusting the Media.
* How to be happy? Be old, Republican, and male...

The "one" worshipped...

2009-05-15T06:48:00.000-07:00

* The continuing saga of a pseudo-Religious Political messiah. While President Obama may never take dictatorial power, I believe that he is proof that an enigmatic person can do so... and yes, even in the United States. With followers like these kids and their parents... a person could do almost anything.

Amazing similarity to this video.... (Thanks to lewrockwell.com for both vids)

* The Obama administration is "lawless".
* "It's only a matter of time before President Barack Obama's vast popularity runs aground on his energy policies." From the good folks at Reason.com.
* The Obama administration says that deficit spending is bad! But they keep on doing it...
* More proof for the liberals that Obama and Bush are one in the same.
* More Americans are "pro-life" than "pro-choice". While the news is heartening, it makes little difference to the millions of babies being slaughtered in our supposedly "free", "fair", and "just" society.
* Maria Bartoromo speaking truth to power at CNBC.
* Why Republicans are just moderate socialists.
* Keith Olbermann on winning friends and influencing people.
* Arnold and the economic destruction that moderate/liberal Republicans cause.
* Pastor Steven Anderson was recently brutalized by "our" police. Read the story here, and see the video that Pastor Anderson recorded here. There is a place to donate to Pastor Anderson's defense fund here, and hopefully soon there will be a civil suit filed as well.

Sell Public Property!

2009-05-14T06:15:00.000-07:00

* California should have done this a long time ago. Which leads me to say this; more state governments should consider selling public property to raise money. Airports, highways, and yes, even prisons.... private companies can run these better, cheaper, and more efficiently. The cherry on top? It would save the public billions of dollars in taxes.
* The fine print of the stimulus spending for states? Don't cut spending or we won't help...instead, raise taxes!
* President Obama is being hypocritical...again.
* Why do liberals hate women?
* Hypocrisy of hate speech.
* British Christians who oppose gay adoption are now officially "retarded homophobes".
* Read this quick review of a new site that focuses on liberty. Here it is; Let a thousand nations bloom.
* Sub-Saharan Africa's problem? Bad government.
* Torture.
Al Gore's Green 1984.

* The Barack Obama celebrity roast.

Rockefeller Republicans on the outs...

2009-05-08T06:42:00.000-07:00

Too good not to post. Jonah Goldberg build his perfect candidate... and it's me! He doesn't know it's me, but it is. Hmmm... maybe I should give him a call and see if he can get my political career kick started?
* An autopsy of liberal republicans. Interesting idea for an article. The problem is that the article makes a couple of odd mistakes. First of all Rockefeller Republicans would look much more conservative today than moderate/liberal Republicans like Specter, Snowe, and Collins. A second issues is that the writer claims Specter is "fiscally conservative and socially liberal". Specter is a social liberal to be sure...but he is also a fiscal liberal (as is Snowe and Collins), as evidenced by his vote on the bailout legislation. This "Gang of 3", have got to face facts... they are Democrats. They are social liberals which is contrary to the Republican Party platform and base. Most importantly where they are supposed to be conservative (on fiscal issues) they are not. They are fiscal moderates. Maybe they could fit into the Democrats Blue Dog caucus... but they are hardly Republicans.
* Dick Cheney speaks common sense.
* Britain's politicians are really dirty. I mean REALLY. And now they are raising taxes again...I guess those British MP's have more bills to pay.
* Nancy Pelosi is a BIG, FAT LIAR. And she might very well be in a spot of trouble.
* President Obama tells journalists explicitly that they should stress the fact that his proposed budget cuts (what cuts?) are "significant" when writing their reports. More Democrat hypocrisy on display.
* Howard Dean (ex-Chair of the Democrat National Committee) says that we have "had quite enough of capitalism..." Yikes.

* President Obama's economic ideas are really bad. So are his policies on healthcare.
* Thomas Sowell on the kind of judge President Obama wants to appoint.
* How emotions will save our economy.

Dirty Dems at it again!

2009-05-05T07:28:00.000-07:00

* Murtha's still a fat, DIRTY pig. An no, I am not being over dramatic, this tool cannot help himself. Here's more.
* Charlie Rangel another fat, DIRTY pig, has some HUGE cojones.
* Here are the top 10 reasons why Obamanomics won't work.
* President Obama versus the DC school voucher program.
* The case against possible SCOTUS pick Sotomayor.
* Criticism of the one is strictly verboten.
* The anti-free speech police in the U.K. run rampant! Micheal Savage barred from Britain...it's amazing how quickly free-speech can be rescinded.
* The truth about the New Deal.
* And you thought it was over. House Democrats want 94.2$ Billion more. No kidding.
* Does anyone else wish that David Brooks would just shut up? Ah yes... the indomitable Robert Stacy McCain does too!

It's all about the Worldview.

2009-05-04T07:52:00.000-07:00

Not that this will surprise anyone who has ever read my blog but... I believe the main stream media (ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, MSNBC, major newspapers and news magazines, etc.) is in the tank for Obama. For whatever reason I think that the field of "journalism" lends itself to progressive political beliefs and I think that being in the New York-DC-Los Angeles bubble further insulates media personalities from views contrary to liberalism and keeps them from realizing that their personal opinions just might be wrong. Last week, the Center for Media and Public Affairs released a study that claimed the national media treated President Obama better in his first 50 days than it had President Bush and Bill Clinton combined during their same 50-day period of their presidencies. This study was poo-pooed by some however, as being biased. But just today the Pew Research Council has released a study that will not be so easily ignored. In their study Pew shows that President Obama has received twice the amount of positive coverage as President Bush in his first 100 days, and 50% more than President Clinton.
My personal opinion is this: most of our journalists today have been educated by educators who have forgotten that they are to educate...not indoctrinate. They receive "the right" education from "the right" school, then they enter a profession dreaming of Woodward and Bernstein but deciding to never besmirch their ideology. Their worldview (which was molded upon them by their education) is so ingrained in them that the slightest word against their "truth" is heresy. So while searching for their "Watergate" they can only study one side of the fence. On the "safe" side lay the Democrat Party and President Obama. On the side under intense scrutiny lay the Republican Party, conservatives, and anyone else who has the audacity to stand against "progressivism". (For example: just yesterday on "the Chris Matthews Show" on NBC, Matthews was speaking to Joe Klein of Time about Senator Arlen Specter when he said this; "But he(Specter) is good on healthcare!" By being "good" on healthcare Matthews was saying that since Specter is for socialized medicine he is on the right side. That's not journalism...that's op/ed.)
I don't think that journalists today purposefully miss stories that would paint Democrats as bad... I just think that when they see them, their first thought is "Can't be true". I truly believe that most journalists today are so driven by their worldview it as though they were wearing blinders to any reality that might change their thought process.
* Some more examples of the most important stories you haven't learned about our President, thanks to a deity-complex addled media.
* Howard Kurtz of the Washington Post sees a double standard.
* Is the media going to continue giving the Obama administration passes for continuing "bad" Bush policies?
* Nancy Pelosi is blocking investigations into corrupt Democrats. Have you seen it in the main stream news??
(Here's a little video to give you a visual of the problem...stand for Obama, sit for Bush)

* Robert Stacy McCain with a most insightful piece on "what the Republican Party needs..."
* Why liberalism and the courts don't mix.
* We just can't afford government-run business. They have tried before...and failed.
* Hate crime and punishment...just a ruse for more government power.
* Yet another example of government power run amok... a councilman gets arrested for opposing red light cameras.
* FDR's Social Security paradox.
* How a conservative beat Canada's censors.
* A grandmother was arrested for child porn...what does this have to do with you? A whole lot.

** Jonah Goldberg gave a great to salute to the passing of a wonderful man...who happened to be a fairly devout conservative. Mr. Jack Kemp.
"It seems to me that if the GOP needs a makeover, it could do a lot worse than embracing Kempism: A happy warrior love affair with ideas first and tactics second. Good ideas will find their tacticians. Tacticians cannot be relied upon to come up with good ideas."

Good riddance Justice Souter!

2009-05-01T06:22:00.000-07:00

Supreme Court Justice David Souter is retiring handing President Obama his first Supreme Court appointee. With the Republican Party is such tatters it will be difficult for them to stop any of the radical options that the President will nominate. We are about to see the most liberal Supreme Court Justice in our nation's history be appointed to the bench. Souter's resignation gives the President an opportunity to nominate an ultra-liberal Justice because it is early in his administration. He has plenty of time to move back to the center for the next election, because the American electorate has tiny brains and short memories. They will have forgotten in 3 years time that President Obama had only recently appointed the most liberal judge ever to the Supreme Court. One of the worries is that, almost certainly, at least one of the nominees will be from San Fransisco's ultra-liberal 9th Circuit Court. A court that has time and again overruled the people's desires and decided that only the members of the court understand the best path for the people of the United States. The silver lining to this? Two things; first, Arlen Specter's recent switch will actually help the Republicans block liberal appointments. Second, Obama will be replacing a relatively young very liberal Supreme Court Justice. So whoever Obama chooses (if Congress does not block them) will probably not vote any differently than Souter on any major issue. All in all, this ends up as status quo...unless Republicans get lucky and Obama fumbles the hand off (as Ford, Reagan, and the first President Bush did with Stevens, Kennedy, and Souter respectively) and chooses a conservative judge. I highly doubt this outcome because Democrat appointees never seem to be as centrist as Republican appointees. The two judges appointed by Clinton stayed liberal... while Republicans have chosen a mixed bag (two liberal, one moderate, and four conservative). In fact Republicans have been our own worst enemy when it comes to Supreme Court Appointees.
* The mainstream media seems to think that Justice Souter "evolved" from a conservative to a liberal... well, aren't we lucky he wasn't like the rest of the neanderthal conservatives!
* Is the real culture war being fought over capitalism and freedom?
* Paul Krugman is a clown... and he proves it with each new article he writes.
* Obama's revenue relativism.
* Torture bad...almost always?
* Sen. Jeff Bingaman (Democrat from New Mexico), chairman of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee says that Obama's cap and trade program will cause an increase in energy prices.
* Schoolgirls in love.
* Why "hate" crime legislation makes no sense. Even more "hate" crime nonsense.
* The end of democracy in Venezuela.
* Michelle Obama is the most popular figure in the Obama administration BUT... she is not as popular as Laura Bush!

No to socialized medicine

2009-04-30T11:27:00.000-07:00

* A rational and reasoned argument against national healthcare.
* More proof that National Healthcare will be disastrous...look at the poor cancer patients trying to survive in Britain.
* Have you considered that there would be no secrets from a Nationalized Healthcare system?
* Eugenics is making a comeback...
* What America has to look forward to...
* The Obama administration's policies are fascist.
* How left-wing politics has destroyed the drama genre in Hollywood.
* Congress has decided to expand hate crimes legislation...careful what you think, folks...and be very careful who you tell.
* Some folks are taking this secession talk awfully serious.
* 100 days of lies, blunders, and gaffes.
* Why democracy and freedom don't mix.

100 days down...1360 to go!

2009-04-29T08:09:00.000-07:00

I am so tired of the media drumbeat on the death of conservatism. The GOP and the Democrat Party are the same if one is dead so is the other...and honestly they both seem to be a live and well to me. The GOP ran a decrepit, mealy mouthed, double speaking, war hero in the last election and still managed to get 46% of the vote. If they had run a good candidate they might have been able to pull 48-49%. The last few years of downturn in the GOP's standing has been born out of the simple fact that they two parties are too similar. If both parties are for the same goals, obviously voters will choose the party that actually stand by their decisions. The Democrats preach socialist ideology, while the Republicans claim to detest it. But the actions the two parties take is proof that the Democrats like socialism and the Republican Party really doesn't mind it either. The current Republican quandary is not that the party is dead or the American people are more ideologically liberal. The problem is that Republican rhetoric does not match Republican action. Yes, the GOP is at a disadvantage because of the liberal media... but they can overcome that gap by sticking to their guns. Smaller government, more personal freedom, and fiscal responsibility. Wake up, GOP.
* Barack W. Obama. Second song, same as the first... bring on the STATE.
* Will Obama's arrogance be his undoing?
* Obama will be his own undoing.
* Obama a Clinton or a Carter? Yikes...both are bad options.
* The Specter defection could backfire.
* Government help really hurts!
* The truth about gun control and how it leads to state sponsored genocide.
* Neal Boortz is upset with Arlen Specter but not for the reason you might think. He is mad that he won't be able to call Senators from Maine - Snowe & Collins (along with Specter from PA)- "The Three Stooges" anymore!
* Internet fascism in the USA.
* The hypocrisy of Keith Olbermann.
* In defense of Wal-Mart.

Good Riddance!

2009-04-28T09:10:00.000-07:00

* Just Breaking today: the RINO Senator from Pennsylvania Arlen Specter is a RINO no more. He finally came out of the proverbial closet and has announced his decision to caucus with the Democrat Party. This is no great shakes for most of us as I am fairly certain that Specter will continue to conduct himself as he always has... The man is a dyed in the wool liberal and the only thought I have for this is... it's about time. The GOP is fortunate to be rid of the dead weight...and now the GOP must throw it's full support behind Pat Toomey who will likely be Specter opponent in the next election.
GOOD RIDDANCE SENATOR SPECTER...
* Specter's switch could prove to be a boon for Republicans in more ways than one.
* The RINO's left behind are whining...
* The poop surrounding President Obama's first Hundred Days is that he has been AMAZING! Well...a little bubble burst here...our governments social policies have taken a hard left turn in his first hundred days.
* It's official Barack Obama is a bigot. Touche Greg Gutfeld!
* The Washington Post calls out the President for his war on small business.
* Here is a great visual of what the Obama budget cuts actually look like!

* Just like Megan McCain and Eric Ulrich, the new wave of faux Republicans is what is hurting the party the most. Robert Stacy McCain brilliantly opposes those who hate themselves.
* Secession is in our future. A brilliant article; well reasoned and properly researched. It is a definite must read.
* If CNN wants to turn around their ratings slide maybe they should turn to the Libertarians!* The children of illegal aliens cost Los Angeles county 44$ Million in welfare last month alone.
* Ayn Rand a "prophetess"?
* Americans bought enough guns in three months to outfit the Chinese and Indian armies!
* Funniest thing all day... Barack Obama's teleprompter has his own blog!

America...world's police?

2009-04-27T10:05:00.001-07:00

* Because it is apparently our job to police the Middle East. The King of Jordan says if the USA does not act quickly there will be war in the Middle East.
* Al Gore lied to Congress. When does he go to jail? If I lied to Congress, you can bet I would be looking at jail time... why does Gore get a pass?
* Proof that the teacher's unions care nothing about your children, and only about themselves.
* Government stimulus is economic folly.
* Straight from the horse's mouth! Democrat Congressman John Dingell of Michigan tells Al Gore that "Nobody in this country realizes that cap-and-trade is a tax -- and it's a great big one!"
* Washington DC wants your driveway!! More on so-called "private property".
* The "answer" to the war on drugs. From jasonpye.com
***Perfect!***

* Roxana Saberi is an American citizen being held by the tyrannical regime in Iran. It is time for our government to grow a pair and learn to protect our citizens. President Obama needs to call for Roxana's release...and if not heeded he needs to take physical action.
Free Roxana! Join the blog rally for freedom!

Racism is a disease!

2009-04-24T07:19:00.000-07:00

I have mentioned before the United Nations conference on racism going on in Geneva, and the fact that the UN is a ridiculous and racist institution itself. The UN had decided to allow Iran, Cuba, and other renowned hatemongers the opportunity to speak at the conference...this decision made it easy for the US to decline to attend. Two dozen other countries did attend but decided to walk out as Iranian President Ahmadinejad began speaking. Several of the countries that decided to stay cheered the racist President on...which was not particularly surprising since those UN attendees are also racists.
Here is a video from the conference of Ahmadinejad's entourage harassing Holocaust survivor and Nobel peace prize winner Elie Wiesel outside of the meeting hall. Wiesel was taking part in a demonstration against the racist President's speech.

While I completely agree that racism is an evil cancer in our world...I also believe that it is inherent to our human condition. All over the world people hate other people based solely on the fact that the others are different. I also think that it is counterproductive to allow racists to take part in discussions on racism. Their minds will not be changed by words (because they have already heard and not changed), but allowing them a place to speak gives them a platform to spew their hatred on others. Consider that Iran each year hosts a conference on how the Holocaust actually never happened as proof of the unreasonableness of their cause. The plethora of historical evidence; written, pictorial, physical, and anecdotal has not made a difference to the Iranian government or any other anti-Semites. They have chosen to buy into crackpot theories that the Zionist movement staged the Holocaust instead of simply seeing the truth...that 6 million Jews were murdered, simply for being Jewish.
Iran and other nation's who actively seek the destruction of their fellow humans simply because they are different should not be given a platform to speak. Their ideas have no merit.

* The upside down world of John Maynard Keynes.
* California needs a new state Constitution.
* How the war on drugs is actually a war on freedom.
* Last but not least, an interesting breakdown of the numbers of Iraqi dead through the Iraq war. It seems that President Bush may have actually SAVED hundred of thousands of lives...

Liberalism is a mental disorder

2009-04-22T06:37:00.000-07:00

More proof (like you needed it) that Janeane Garofolo is an idiot.

* The CIA stands behind their actions...because of the results. The President's administration agrees that the "enhanced" methods got results.
* The documentary that proves Ayn Rand right...accidentally.
* America is fascist.
* Criminals love gun control.
* Planned Parenthood is breaking the law again....
* Canada calls out U. S. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano for being the "dummy" she is.
* The real racists are at the UN's conference on racism. Funny, their newspaper's are racist too.

A political cartoon from 1934, sums up today very nicely too.

WooHoo! Budget Cuts! Not!

2009-04-21T10:18:00.000-07:00

President Obama is cutting $100 million from the federal budget! Normally I would say "Awesome", but seeing as how this comes on the heels of increasing the federal deficit by a few trillion $, I can only laugh. The massive budget cuts of $100 million, comes out to 0.0029% of the total budget! In fact as Greg Mankiw observes, "that's the equivalent of asking a family that spends $60,000 in a year to save $6."

*** You'll never believe it three more dirty, dirty Democrats!
* Diane Feinstein steers 25$ billion towards hubby!
* Murtha's has some more dirty deeds lined up!
* Jane Harman running scams!
* People who are for gun control are anti-freedom!
* Mitt Romney calls out the President!
* The elusive John McCain will have a primary fight on his hands in Arizona! Go get 'em!

* Ron Paul on secession....oh, and by the way Dr. Paul is right...as usual.

Remember, dissent is good.

2009-04-20T07:50:00.000-07:00

Dissent is not unhealthy.
* Racist pig speaks at the UN Racism Conference.
* Janet Napolitano is ridiculous... and no I am not a terrorist, nor will I ever be one.
* I take it back...Janet Napolitano is not ridiculous. Janeane Garofolo is. Unless they can both be?
* The truth about the tea parties.
* CNN covers up for their left wing defender Susan Roesgen.
Here is the video CNN doesn't want you to see...

* Apparently liberals don't have a voice...? Insanity...
* The Democrats can't understand why people are protesting taxes. After all the President just cut taxes for 95% of Americans...errr.... maybe some of the American people are smarter than the President gives them credit for.
* Cristina Gonzalez of the Neal Boortz show on why relations with Cuba are more confused than you realize.
* Antarctic ice is growing!! Let's move the polar bears south! (he said sarcastically)

Media Fatigue Day

2009-04-16T09:51:00.000-07:00

The Main Streamers are wearing me out. I have never seen such rancor or bitterness to any other protest. Generally respectable news anchors turned legitimate protests into an opportunity to make lewd sex jokes. Even protests that turn violent get more sympathetic coverage than the Tea Party day yesterday. The media would like to tie the Tea Party movement to the GOP...but as Byron York points out...that just ain't so.
Here is a compilation video of CNN "reporter" Susan Roesgen...in 2006 no prob with Bush being called a fascist, in 2009 big prob with Obama as fascist. Interesting...

A couple of quick links for more Roesgen the "Reporter":
*** Gateway Pundit 1.
*** Gateway Pundit 2.
*** Neal Boortz.
*** Big Hollywood.
*** The Other McCain.
*** Newsbusters.
*** Nancy Pelosi attacks the tea party movement.
*** Some hilarity from Fox's 'Red Eye'!

Other media bias issues of the day....
*** From Canada?? Things must be bad when even the Canadians think the media is too liberal.
*** NBC worried that CNBC is too "conservative". Do they worry about MSNBC? How about that ass clown David Shuster?
*** The LA Times lies in a hit piece.

* I am sorry but when did the entire cast of reporters decide that an assault weapons ban was more important than the story about the broad brush the DHS painted conservatives as terrorists with!?!
Diane Sawyer proves the liberal elite media has no concept of mainstream America. As she presses gun control issues over "Right Wing Extremism" with DHS head Janet Napolitano. Memo to Diane... gun rights awareness is at an all time HIGH! America disagrees with you! Maggie Rodriguez at CBS suffers from the EXACT SAME disorder as Diane Sawyer. Matt Lauer and Andrea Mitchell push the same arguments with Napolitano!

* Some photos from our tea party here in Atlanta!
* By the way...the very early estimated tea party attendance numbers...about 250,000! I would call that a success.

Been a while...

2009-04-15T10:28:00.000-07:00

...and I'm back! It has been a hectic last month in our household, so the blog had to be put on the blocks for a bit. But we are back in action and ready to rumble...I thought we should start the tax day extravaganza with some Tea Party News!

* Michelle Malkin covers the Tea Party concept from it's inception thru today's culmination. Here are a few tidbits from the childish left.
* Tax facts to make your head EXPLODE!

* Taxation is exploitation.
* Taxation is robbery.
* Why is it that the Main Stream Media cannot see the difference between the right wing and left wing reports? You can find out if the government thinks you might be a terrorist too!
* The top ten most wanted right wing extremists.
* The childish left proves once again just how much they love "free" speech!
* Real Healthcare reform...the evil, corporate, capitalist way.
* Dr. Ron Paul has a brilliant notion when it comes to dealing with pirates! How much better off would we be if the Republicans had nominated Dr. Paul instead of McCrap?
* Gay marriage by fiat... more important than the gay marriage debate is the debate on how to decide it.
* The Left is still lying... this time it is about taxes and tea parties.
* The Onion as "reality" news? It's bad when satire is more honest than actual reporting...
* George W. Obama. More of the same...not so much as an ounce of change.

Fiction in the White House.

2009-03-16T07:39:00.000-07:00

* A must read article from Charles Krauthammer on President Obama's love affair with science...fiction.
* Definitive proof that President George W. Bush is President Barack H. Obama's model on everything Presidential.
* Anybody notice that President Obama's approval ratings are roughly the same as President Bush's from the same time period in 2001? Only difference? Obama's are dropping like a rock!
* A judge has forced a North Carolina woman to stop home schooling and send her kids to public school. The reason? She teaches with a religious slant. The judge believes this to be a "good opportunity" for her kids to "be tested in the beliefs she has taught them". The worst part? (Other than the blatant abuse of judicial powers...and the razing of this poor woman and her children's rights) Her kids have tested 2 grade levels higher than their public school counterparts!
* The way a class act behaves...

Bailouts and Bull****

2009-03-13T06:24:00.000-07:00

FRIDAY MARCH 13TH - DREW CARREY WITH JOHN STOSSEL ON ABC'S 20/20! Bailouts and Bull****! John Stossel will cover some of the most controversial subjects using common sense and the ideals of freedom. If you want to understand libertarianism...this is the show to watch.

* Randall Forsyth over at Barrons explains that ignoring the proponents of the Austrian School is what got us in our current economic mess. Reason.com follows up and lays it out.
* Milton Friedman gets smeared by the Huffington Post...no surprise...it sounds like business as usual for HuffPo.
* Remember how bad things were a couple of weeks ago when the President said "we might be in deep s***"? Okay...maybe he didn't use those words...but you get the picture. Well he is reversing course... apparently, everything is now, just fine.
* The brilliant Mark Sanford clashes with the race-baiting hate-monger James Clyburn.
* Maxine Waters (Democrat from California) is a dirty, lying, hypocritical, cheat.
* Police shoot an unarmed college student in the chest during a drug raid. If he dies it will just be another casualty of the drug war.
* The pretense of airport security by the venerable Robert Higgs.

Big FAIL!

2009-03-12T06:09:00.000-07:00

* The majority of economists are thus far dissatisfied with President Obama and Secretary Geithner.
* Ready for the next big "stimulus"? Only 27% of Americans want a second stimulus.
* More companies deciding to outsource themselves and move to Switzerland. They should call the exodus of productive companies from the USA to other countries the Obamadus.
* Ron Paul, Peter Schiff, and Lew Rockwell...these are the guys that should be in charge. Paul as President, Schiff as Treasury Secretary, and Rockwell as the Secretary of State.

* Will terrorist pig Bill Ayers and his terrorist pig wife Bernardine Dohrn actually go to prison!?!?! One can only hope.
* La Shawn barber teaches Michael Steele a lesson. I would support Ms. Barber for RNC chair over Mr. Steele any day! Especially after his third public debacle to date.
* Global warming fire being fanned by the media? You don't say...
* A strong argument against the use of tax dollars to fund human experimentation.
* Why does the USA want universal healthcare? Canadians who can afford to flee into the US for our superior healthcare service....
* A freedom ranking of the 50 states.
* The disaster of public education.
* They should have left Rush alone.
* El jefe... El caudillo... El gran-pain-in-the-culo, tries his hand at sports journalism. Just die already.
Ari Fleischer hands Chris Matthews a whooping...

Taxes? We don't need no stinkin' taxes!

2009-03-11T06:20:00.000-07:00

Common Sense from Wichita Falls:
"Dear IRS,
I am sorry to inform you that I will not be able to pay taxes owed April 15, but all is not lost.
I have paid these taxes: accounts receivable tax, building permit tax, CDL tax, cigarette tax, corporate income tax, dog licence tax, federal income tax, unemployment tax, gasoline tax, hunting licence tax, fishing licence tax, waterfowl stamp tax, inheritance tax, inventory tax, liquor tax, luxury tax, medicare tax, city, school and county property tax (up 33 percent last 4 years), real estate tax, social security tax, road usage tax, toll road tax, state and city sales tax, recreational vehicle tax, state franchise tax, state unemployment tax, telephone federal excise tax, telephone federal state and local surcharge tax, telephone minimum usage surcharge tax, telephone state and local tax, utility tax, vehicle licence registration tax, capitol gains tax, lease severance tax, oil and gas assessment tax, Colorado property tax, Texas, Colorado, Wyoming, Oklahoma and New Mexico sales tax, and many more that I can’t recall but I have run out of space and money.
When you do not receive my check April 15, just know that it is an honest mistake. Please treat me the same way you treated Congressmen Charles Rangle, Chris Dodd, Barney Frank and ex-Congressman Tom Daschle and, of course, your boss Timothy Geithner. No penalties and no interest.
P.S. I will make at least a partial payment as soon as I get my stimulus check.
Ed Barnett
Wichita Falls"

* Camille Paglia's intellectual honesty and her ability to separate each issue from that of the party she supports is a breath of fresh air. I cannot name one other liberal writer as honest or fair as Ms. Paglia. Honestly, I cannot think of a single conservative author as honest or fair either...
In her most recent article for Salon Ms. Paglia unloads on President Obama's weak staff, she also defends Rush Limbaugh! Astounding....
* The New York Times and Investors Business Daily both attack the President's decision to fund fetal stem cell research. Noting that recent study has shown that adult stem cells are the true avenue for scientific advancement.
* Imagine an occupied America...Ron Paul brings perspective.
* Top 20 earmarkers in the $400 billion omnibus bill.
* Governor Mark Sanford of South Carolina is the first Governor to reject some of the stimulus money for his state.
* From Reason.com
"Kim Jong Il unanimously re-elected leader of North Korea. Celebrates by writing six novels, successfully hunting a unicorn, impregnating seven Swedish women."
* Liberal Mass Murder.
* Bet you can't guess which Republican Senators voted against school choice...?
Different day same names...Specter, Snowe, Murkowski, and add to the list Crapo (not kidding that's his name). If Specter and Snowe are going to vote with the Democrats on everything...why not just be Democrat?
* La Shawn Barber blogs today about Star Parker who notices that black poverty is overwhelmingly a result of single mother homes. Surprise, surprise...
* And lastly, Jack Cafferty continues to prove that he is an ass-clown.

Sanford in 2012?

2009-03-10T06:26:00.000-07:00

With the Republican Party looking for leadership there is one clear place to turn... Ron Paul. What? No Republican is willing to be honest with themselves and realize that the man is nigh incorruptible? No Republican is willing to consider that he may have been right about the war in Iraq? The real answer is, most Republican politicians are just like Democrat politicians...all they care about is keeping their job and making money by fleecing the people with their "pet projects". (PORK) If we won't listen to Ron Paul...then I have an alternative. His name is Mark Sanford... and he could well even win us the Libertarian vote. Mark Sanford is a man of principle and action...I think he's our guy.
* Stand up for capitalism!
* When it comes to foreign relations, the President is over his head. Imagine if President Bush had made all of these gaffes...he would have been roasted!
* Reason.com has a way for you to get in on the billions of $$$$ in stimulus money that is floating around out there. Check the link here.
* Ask the economists how to fix things.
* From Thomas Sowell: "Why should taxpayers who live in apartments, perhaps because they did not feel that they could afford to buy a house, be forced to subsidize other people who could not afford to buy a house but who went ahead and bought one anyway?"
* Someone threw a shoe at the President of Iran...still funny?
* California has issues.
* How to stop the Drug Wars.
* My hometown paper FINALLY decides (with readership dropping like a rock) that it's time to be less biased! It has always amazed me that the major paper in Atlanta, GA could be one of the most liberal papers in the country and survive...but now that it is dying its editors have decided to move to the middle.
* Could the "Echelon Conspiracy" be the worst move ever made? A strong maybe...
Great spoof picture from instapundit.

Violent Democrats

2009-03-09T10:49:00.000-07:00

Charlie Rangel wants the American people to mind their "own damn business". Ok, Mr. Rangel...since we are paying your salary we would like to know why you don't pay your taxes? If you don't want to tell us...give us our money back. Oh, and go to jail.

* More Democrat violence, a Chicago Alderman attacks one of his constituents.

* Who's ready to move to New Zealand?
* Is there reason to Paul Krugman's madness? The dude is still an idiot.
* Jim Cramer still taking heat for standing up to the "One".
* A CNN correspondent is the communist party candidate in El Salvador.
* Republicans say "let the banks fail".
* Maine RINO's Snowe and Collins want the base to join them!
* Connecticut wants to regulate the Catholic Church. Massachusetts wants to tell you what kind of car to drive.
* The "Fairness Doctrine" Redux.
* Hugo Chavez wants the President to follow his lead.
* "Going Galt".
* President Obama again agrees with President Bush.
* Poll shows that most Democrats wanted President Bush to fail too.

Republicans moving in the "right" direction?

2009-03-06T06:15:00.000-08:00

From lewrockwell.com:
"Writes Thomas A. Olson:
You write: "The American Spectator is alarmed. Rush Limbaugh sounds like LRC. The American Conservative has temporarily dropped its love of protectionism to warn of dollar inflation. The love of war has gone AWOL at National Review. The Heritage Foundation is warning that government spending and taxation are driving us to ruin. Pat Buchanan is defending the free market."
Earthquakes, floods, dogs and cats sleeping together. Indeed it must be the End Times."
Anyone who reads just one post on this blog will quickly realize on what side of the ideological line I stand...so my opinion on this subject may be a little...skewed. I happen to think that conservatism fits very nicely with libertarianism. I think that now that the Republican Party is the minority party you will see much more of this kind of grandstanding. Republicans will once again be the party that speaks of smaller government, more personal freedom, less protectionism, and much less hawkish on war (unless we are victim to another terrorist attack). Now if the Republicans were back in power...their actions would more than likely be very different from their words...but for now, the rhetoric will be classic conservatism.

* The Senate wants to give the FDIC a $500 Billion loan! What's another half trillion? Republicans call for a spending freeze.
* The Dow has tumbled down by 20%! The Wall Street Journal says that Obama's radicalism is killing the Dow!
* The stock market is not fond of the new President.
* This study concludes that the Democrat pushed "card-check bill" will cost 600,000 American jobs.
* The CATO Institute shows how Obama's tax the rich plan will hurt the middle class.
* President Obama's "fiscally responsible budget" will add $4 trillion to the defecit within four years.
* The President is addicted to two things...tobacco and his teleprompter.
* The government's dirty little secret.
* The Common Sense of Rush Limbaugh.
* DL Hughley's show on CNN has been canceled. I hope I didn't cause this man his livelihood.
* Iraq is thriving!

Going Galt!

2009-03-05T05:48:00.000-08:00

* Michelle Malkin talks about "Going Galt"!
* Jim Cramer responds to the White House's harrasement. Great article.
* Seems I was right a few days ago about the weird focus of the Obama administration on Rush Limbaugh. More from the National Review Online.
* Neal Boortz wants Barack Obama to fail!

* Great quote from the New York Times on the American way...
"Churn is the American way. Companies are born, rise, fall and die. Others come along to replace them. The country’s remarkable capacity for innovation, for reinvention, is tied to its acceptance of failure. Or always has been. Without failure, the culture of risk fades. Without risk, creativity withers. Save the zombies and you sabotage the vital."
* Jake Tapper takes on press secretary Gibbs on the White House's obvious hypocrisy.
* The folks at lewrockwell.com ask "Should you take stock market tips from a socialist?"* Murray Rothbard is my homeboy!
* I have a constitutional right to my nunchucks!
* Ann Coulter calls out Keith Olbermann.

White House vs. Economics

2009-03-04T08:43:00.000-08:00

Have you noticed something interesting happening in the past couple of weeks? Two popular TV money guys... Rick Santelli and Jim Cramer have railed against the Obama administration's economic policies from different angles. Santelli attacked the "stimulus" plan from the Chicago Stock Exchange floor with the agreement of what sounded like all of the traders working that day.

Cramer from his show (and then the Today show) where he said that the President was destroying the wealth of the United States.

The common factor between both attacks? In the following days White House press secretary Robert Gibbs felt the need to respond and attack both men in return.
Gibbs said that Santelli had no idea "what he's talking about".
Of Cramer, Gibbs said his opinions were "geared to a very small audience."
Now, I am not certain but I think it would probably be fair to say that in general Rick Santelli and Jim Cramer... do know what they are talking about. And the size of Cramer's audience has nothing to do with whether he is right or not. These are men who make their living off of our economy ... perhaps instead of flippantly tossing aside their opinions we should take them to heart. I have still not found the group of economists who have supported this bailout...but a cursory search of the internet will find a flood of professional economists who are against the "stimulus". On another point... could you imagine if President Bush's press secretary had responded in like fashion to every reporter who criticized his administration? Maybe if the President and his "men" spent less time attacking political and economic pundits like Rush Limbaugh and now, Rick Santelli and Jim Cramer (and anyone else who disagrees with anything the Obama administration does)... they might actually be able to accomplish something.

War on Rush!

2009-03-04T05:57:00.000-08:00

* The Politico reports that the Democrat leadership actually planned the Rush Limbaugh barrage of the last month. And the media has been complicit.
* Harry Reid thinks that Republicans want the President to fail. Well...DUH!
* Ron Paul on Rush and the Republicans.

* Ed Henry is a "BUTT BOY"!
* Maureen O'Dowd makes a good point.
* Obama and the Democrats are waging a war on prosperity.
* Obama lied...the economy died.
* The venerable Pat Buchanan says that socialism is here!
* Obama is cooking the books.
* Keith Olbermann is a clown...for George Clooney.
* America...a "free" country?
* Hilarious.
* An insightful book review from La Shawn Barber.

An ex-Republican defends Rush.

2009-03-03T07:39:00.000-08:00

I have been watching, reading, and listening to the news for the last month with a steady and growing uneasiness. At some point since the inauguration hunting season has opened up on Rush Limbaugh. He is in the news every single day...and generally not of his own volition. A few weeks ago he said that he wanted President Obama to fail, if, failing meant that his legislative goals would not pass. How is this news? I am sure that we all understood that the Democrat Party hoped president Bush would fail, if, failure meant that his agenda would not pass. I echo Rush's sentiments...I do not want President Obama's agenda to make any headway. I hope that it all falls apart, and that his goals fail miserably.
My personal perspective on this is that this is an attempt by the Democrat Party (and by default their acolytes in the media) to drive a wedge between the Republican Party in general (who do no listen daily to Rush) and the conservative wing of the Republican Party who parrot Rush's philosophy. The idea here is to kill, or at the very least to marginalize, the Republican Party. If you can sever the Party from it's philosophical base...than the party has no ground to stand on. In many ways the Republican Party has already stepped off of it's base and walked away...but there is still a tether connecting the two...and that tether is talk radio and pundits like Rush Limbaugh, Ann Coulter, and Glen Beck.
(I cannot put Sean Hannity in this company because he has long been too staunch a party man...and maybe these others have fallen into that trap too, but less so)
In any case if the Republicans fall into the trap that the Democrats and media has set for them by cannibalizing their base, the Party will be dead for all intents and purposes. The shell that remains will be worthless as the principles and planks which have long guided and supported us will have been torn up and used as kindling in the fire of socialism which burns in Washington, DC.
Rush Limbaugh is not important as it pertains to elections but what he says is important for the soul of the party. His words are spiritual fodder for the conservative masses...if the Party chooses to sever the tether that connects them to the base...I shudder to think what would happen.

* Deconstructing Rush Limbaugh's CPAC speech.
* The White House attacks Rush.
* Letterman calls Rush a "bonehead" and says he looks like "an Eastern European gangster".
* MSNBC bashes Rush.
* NBC chief political analyst Chuck Todd, mocks Rush and calls radio a "backward medium".
* White House conferencing over Rush?
* Classless blogger rips Paul Harvey in death...and uses time to attack Rush, too.

DL Hughley is a Nazi!

2009-03-03T06:07:00.000-08:00

DL Hughley did it. He went there. He has committed one of my most hated faux pas'. He has likened the Republican Party to Nazi Germany. I hate...hate...when members of the political left choose to use "Nazi" as a descriptive word for the Republican Party. The worst part about it...the only connection they can ever build between the Republicans and the Nazi's is...they both have majority white populations. DL Hughley goes further as he seems to think that Republicans don't even consider the opinions of blacks valid. I can now say without reservation that DL Hughley makes me sick. The Republican Party is averse to government social welfare programs because they increase the size of government, cause taxes to inflate, are generally more poorly run than private welfare programs, and bleed money as if it were pouring through a sieve. NOT because they don't care about the opinion's of the black community.
DL Hughley proves that he should not have a show on a network like CNN with this comment. It shows his utter lack of understanding when it comes to history or politics. The Nazi's were fascists. (From Dictionary.com) Fascism is "a system of government marked by centralization of authority under a dictator, stringent socioeconomic controls, suppression of the opposition through terror and censorship, and typically a policy of belligerent nationalism and racism." The Republican Party is against government centralization of power, for individual liberties, against all socioeconomic controls and for an absolutely free market system. Now I will admit in recent years Republicans have generally been more nationalist than Democrats but both parties have been comfortable with racism in our history. And neither party today is "racist", to say so is to try and attach moral value to political ideas...and that is dangerous...no matter the political issue.
The values of the Republican Party are polar opposite to the values of the Nazi movement...and to that there is no reasonable argument. So Mr. Hughley, please kindly shut your mouth and think before you speak.
* How would you like the government to tell you who you can and cannot donate money to? What about if it were based on racial quotas? The Obama administration's proposed budget would limit tax deductions on charitable contributions from wealthy Americans. Its aim is to push philanthropic organizations into ignoring donor intent and instead giving grants based on political considerations.
* A list of the top ten earmarkers in the new $410 billion omnibus bill. Bet you can't guess which party half of those lawmakers come from? That's right! Democrats...oh, the other half?? Oh...well they are Republican. Yes the Republicans are as big an ass on the earmark and porkbarrel spending as the Democrats. Hey, don't blame me...you voted for them!
* David Brooks whines that President Obama is not the moderate moderates thought he would be...WAAAAHHH! That is because David Brooks is an assclown.
* The USA has lost $3 trillion in wealth since the election, what happened? Apparently, the people with money don't have faith in the President. Jim Cramer (Yes the crazy loud screaming money guy from CNBC) thinks that "this is the greatest wealth destruction he's ever seen a President commit".

* President Obama is running out of people to blame.
* Thomas Sowell proves that talk is cheap.
* Detroit's leaders are racist.
* The nominee (nominated by the President) for U.S. Trade Representative is also a dirty tax cheat! Can we not pick someone who HAS paid their taxes!?! Is it really that easy to not pay them?
* Which state is the most "free"?
* Sean Penn only understands part of the "Harvey Milk story".