Obama and the Media #1
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So, what’s been going on in this crazy “Democracy” of a country these days?
Well, if you are found with poop in your yard, that’s $1,000 fine. No, really. In Denver, if there’s poop in your yard, that will cost you $1000, and the city will send police to your house to fine you. If you don’t pay the fine, you will be jailed or shot for having poop in your yard. If you don’t like your neighbor there, just send your dog to their yard, and they’ll get the fine. There’s no word from police officials if the fine will be smaller for poop from other animals. Fourth amendment? I keep telling you, the Constitution does not apply today. You own nothing in this country. The government owns all and knows all. Disobey and you will be killed (seriously).
Florida marginally recognized that there might be a right to bear arms. They’re not really sure. Of course, the interpretation that appears to have been given makes sense — people have the right to bear arms and employers can’t disarm their employees. At the same time, businesses CAN set limits on who they allow in their private property (armed customers). Feel free, businesses of Florida, to post signs that tell criminals that all your customers are unarmed. And go ahead and ask North Carolina businesses how well that worked out when Grass Roots North Carolina started posting a list of all businesses that did so.
Do you have an incurable disease that is spread easily? Is it a deadly disease that kills most people who get it? Well then, you’re not to be quarantined and kept away from other people so you don’t spread the deadly disease. Instead, President Bush welcomes you to America! Yes, bring us your huddled and diseased masses to spread your disease here! No, this has absolutely NOTHING to do with your race, color, sex, or anything else. It’s simply lifting a ban on people with serious, deadly, contagious diseases from entering this country. Oh, right, what country? For a minute there I was living in the past — a time when America had borders and citizens.
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McCain’s Vice President Selected
It appears that John McCain has selected his vice-presidential candidate.
In following with his “maverick” theme, John McCain continue to break all the rules. Instead of selecting just one person to be vice-president, John has selected two to be co-vice-presidents. Both are to be equal vice presidents and serve their terms. Pay, of course, will be doubled so each gets full pay. In the event of the death of the president, both will take over and America will have it’s first co-president.
John McCain has selected both Hillary Clinton and algore to be his co-vice-presidents. McCain says this is another way that he is reaching across the aisle to show that everyone should “vote” for him because he wants everyone to be equal to everyone else at all times. He promised that the three of them could rule over the country well because they all had the same goals: to completely control everyone and every thing in the country.
Popularity: 16% [?]
Pelosi “Saving the Planet”
Now I realize that Pelosi’s quote about “saving the planet” is old news. But I’ll tell you, when I first heard about it, I had much the same reaction that Chuck Baldwin had — who are you, Miss Pelosi, to anoint yourself as savior of the planet? Now if you are so arrogant and self-centered to actually believe that you, personally, can save the planet, you go right ahead — but wait one minute — you “save the planet,” but leave me alone. Don’t take my money by force as you tilt at windmills. Don’t take my freedom of choice away as your personal crusade continues. And don’t crush my economic freedom in your never-ending quest. But of course, Pelosi IS a Democrat, so the only way she can or will do ANYTHING is by destroying other people. She will not use her own money, she will use MY money — and that’s plain wrong and evil.
Of course, I’ve been listening around the water cooler, and I’m absolutely sickened by the people who heard Pelosi and said, “Oh, isn’t that nice? She’s such a nice lady.” Yes, these are the typical voters in America today — utterly clueless. And yes, these people are almost as bad as Pelosi because they vote without informing themselves, and they vote against freedom.
However, after reading Chuck’s column, I also noted he made the various comparisons of Democracy to a Republic. And he tried to point out that we were a republic. Unfortunately, I think he’s wrong.
Was this country created as a republic? Without question. Is this country supposed to be a republic? Absolutely. Is this country a republic today? I don’t think so. I think we have become a democracy — and will end our existence as all democracies have throughout history. Just look around — how does one get elected? By listening to the loudest screaming voices and giving bribes to the people who support you. That is not, in any way, shape, or form, a republic.
We used to have a republic. We used to have freedom. This country simply is no longer a republic. Could it return to one? Maybe — but it would require hard work from a lot of people. And I honestly don’t think enough people care just yet.
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Bush and the Olympics
So Bush met with some people who like freedom. These people also are working hard to ensure that the oppressive regime of China allows people freedom of religion. No, not freedom “from” religion or state-mandated religion like the ACLU and others in America want — but actual freedom to worship on their own. I know, it’s a radical concept. But maybe president Bush really will push for freedom in China when he visits.
Now I still don’t think he should attend the opening ceremonies. Claim it’s about sports all you like, but this IS a political move, whether anyone else wants to admit it or not.
What isn’t in the press release is that at the meeting, Bush received an Olympic prayer band. He also received the addresses of a few house churches that are in China, and he was invited to visit these churches when he is there. Now if Bush really wants to send a clear message to China that we actually like freedom, he could wear that bracelet when he meets Chinese government officials. Wouldn’t that be a powerful message?
Popularity: 21% [?]
Value of Life?
So, does life have any value at all today? That’s a completely serious question. And I’m not talking about just individuals, but instead, as an overall value in American society and culture today, does life have ANY value?
Maybe not in Australia, where mom put her kid in a fish bowl. And the mom in that case claims she did nothing wrong. Elsewhere in Australia, children are put out to die in the outdoors. And again, the “parents” claim they did nothing wrong.
But back in America, how about a woman who runs over her husband and leaves him to die. I guess she was mad at him, so therefore he dies. And of course there’s the gang members who shoot innocent people and claim they didn’t do anything. And hey, let’s not forget acid attacks.
I have to believe that these are all extremely rare instances. I have to believe that this is nothing more than the media trying to scare up business and drum up readers. Because if it’s not, then truly as a society, life really has ceased to have any value at all.
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East County, CA: Screw You
East County, CA government is clear: they don’t like you, and they don’t believe you have any rights. They don’t like churches, and they don’t like people going to church. They don’t like people living in their area that live in mobile homes, either. And the county government bureaucrats — keep in mind, these are actual people (even if they sold their soul long ago) — would rather people be homeless than have freedom to live in their own homes.
This is a story from the liberal land of California. The county, acting on an “anonymous” tip (which should be illegal in itself) “found” that people were living in violation of zoning ordnances. Therefore, the city wants these people out on the street. No, really. The people are in “illegal” trailers, minding their own business. They’re not harming anyone. But their trailers haven’t been moved in 90 days, so out onto the street they will go. Nope, nothing else matters.
The county is also working hard to shut down a church because the county would rather that alcohol be sold in that place. Since the church serves the people of the trailer park, the government demands that the building sell alcohol to the residents. Why? Because government says so, and for absolutely no other reason.
Don’t you wish there were somewhere on the planet where people could go and own property and be free? I sure do.
Popularity: 18% [?]
Buy American… Beer.
So, I was confused what to do after Anheuser-Busch was sold. I owned stock in A-B, not as an investment, but because I liked owning a part of the company. Every time I went to buy beer, I’d buy A-B stuff, to help support the company. I made trips to the theme parks because they were great. It was a wonderful experience and lots of fun. But now that time is over. Money from the sales of the beer is going out of the country — so I’ve decided I’m done with A-B products. I know some of you will be saying, “About time!”
However, inspired by this page, I’m going to start trying to find a new, American-based beer to support.
I know William Teach says I should go with Carolina Brewing Company. Since that one is brewed in North Carolina, it’s worth checking out. I need to be sure they’re not owned by some multi-national conglomerate or something. I absolutely LOVE Atlantic Brewing Company beers. They are the best I’ve ever had. And I do like Sam Adams. However, both of those two are really expensive. I don’t think I’ve ever seen Sam Adams under $7.50 a six-pack, while Wal-Mart routinely had Bud under $5. However, if I can’t find anything else, I am willing to pay more to buy American. Are you?
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Bias Views
So have you noticed all the coverage from the news media about the recent shooting at a church? All the headlines are yelling and screaming that the man hated liberals. And yes, quite predictably, those on the far left are blaming, yes, “right-wing” bloggers and the like for this crime. I know, it’s absolutely amazing the lengths some people will go to propagate their own hatred.
Of course, the truth of the matter is the man was just full of hatred. He was completely mentally unbalanced. And know what? He ALSO hated the Bible, Bible schools, and everyone and everything associated with the Bible. Oh, you didn’t read that in your local news coverage? Well that doesn’t fit the media image that wants to paint this guy as a right-wing wacko. You see, the media and the left desperately want to find people associated with the right who are terrorists — because then they can claim it’s not just muslim males between the age of 19 and 25 who are killing people in the name of their religion. Unfortunately for the media, they can’t find them. Therefore they have to manufacture stories so they can advance their own agenda.
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But is it cool?
So the “new” way to search is with Cuil. It seems fast, but it’s strange. I tried it first thing today, and the “about” page didn’t work. In addition, I did one search that returned zero results, claiming my terms were “too rare.” The same search on Yahoo gave me 23.5 million hits. I modified the search and Cuil returned exactly one match — but at the top right it said “368,400 results.” I don’t know where those results were, but they weren’t available to me… strange.
I really like the category search thingy. It looks like it gets the search results, then gives you the option of reducing the search results by the category you’re looking for — but when I chose some categories, it said there were no results! Why in the world would the category even show up if there’s no results? Also, a couple times this morning I got the message that the site wasn’t available because of too much traffic. Not a great start for someone who wants to challenge Google…
It seems nice, but it doesn’t seem to be good at returning results just yet.
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Baseball Hall of Fame Induction
So yesterday, I decided to sit down and watch the baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremonies. I had been lobbying hard to see Goose Gossage get voted in, and I was very happy to see such a great player elected to such a great honor. I loved all the announcements and introductions of the current Hall of Fame members. On TV, they showed little clips of all the Hall of Fame members’ time in the major leagues. It was incredible and awe-inspiring.
Then Joe Morgan took the stage.
Now Joe Morgan was a great baseball player. He’s a decent announcer (for ESPN). But he’s incredibly racist, too. He never misses a chance to loudly proclaim how “hard” blacks have it. His entire speech was focused on how the black hall of fame members were black, and wasn’t that great? It really bothers me when he focuses more on the race of the person than on their accomplishments. You don’t have to stand up there and point out a single thing about the color of ANYONE’S skin — these people in the Hall of Fame aren’t there because they’re black or white — they’re there because they’re great baseball players.
The guy that got up after Joe kept on the same theme. “Oh, isn’t this guy wonderful because he did good in the negro leagues. He’d have had even better numbers if he’d been allowed in the major leagues earlier.” It just sickened me how much they really went out of their way to try and make me, personally, guilty for enslaving blacks in the 19th century. It was so bad, I had to turn the channel off — which is really sad because I really enjoyed my recent visit to Cooperstown, just last month. Why can’t we just focus on people’s accomplishments and ignore their race?
I used to think that one day we would finally reach a point where race relations might get better. When we reached the point where slave owners and actual slaves died out, I thought relations might improve. Unfortunately, due to people like Joe Morgan who continue to focus only on the race of people, instead of judging people based on their own accomplishments, I’m afraid we’re not going to get there. Thanks, Joe, and thanks, Baseball Hall of Fame, for really messing up what should have been a wonderful tribute to the baseball accomplishments of Goose Gossage and others.
Popularity: 17% [?]
New Deal III
Well, it’s official. Welcome to New Deal III, brought to you by big-government types everywhere, from Democrats to President Bush. Isn’t life wonderful? You don’t need to worry about anything any more because government will take care of you. After all, look how successful those first two New Deals were — they provided social security funds so the government could spend more. They created the massive, utterly worthless bureaucratic nightmare that is the Federal Housing Authority. And they have cost hundreds of trillions of dollars so that government will be sure that all times are good economic times and no one will ever lose a house to foreclosure… and no banks will fail… and all things will be good…
I’m sorry, but more and more I have less and less use for government. The only thing government does “for” me is to punish me for being responsible. I am very seriously considering defaulting on my mortgage, just so I can get a tiny portion of the tens, if not hundreds, of thousands of dollars I have paid in taxes back.
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You had these opportunities, America.
”You had these opportunities, America. You didn’t do anything,” FBI agent George Crouch Jr. testified Friday at Salim Hamdan’s war crimes trial.
Via Bruce Kessler
Steve Shippert, of ThreatsWatch.org just sent this email out on a small email ring of bloggers. It is simply and truly incredibly important, and eloquent. I beseech every blogger to post it on their blog. If all do, it will redound widely, and be widely heard, as it must be, if we care for our nation, our children’s future, everything we value in life and liberty. This must get out. It can really shape the debate in this country, and sway many. In every election, there is a moment when it happens, and Shippert’s message is that moment.
PLEASE, everybody post this message in their blog, without delay. Our combined voice will echo and reverberate and have major effect, if done all together and all at once.
Thank you,
Bruce Kesler
The message was, ”You had these opportunities, America. You didn’t do anything,” FBI agent George Crouch Jr. testified Friday at Salim Hamdan’s war crimes trial.
The United States could have killed bin Laden in Khartoum, Sudan, before he moved to Afghanistan in 1996, Hamdan told his interrogators. They could have killed him after al Qaida’s 1998 twin bombings at the U.S. Embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania. Or after the October 2000 suicide bombing of the USS Cole, at the port of Aden in Yemen, which left 17 U.S. sailors dead.
Instead, ”Bin Laden was emboldened.” So he struck with the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, leaving nearly 3,000 dead.
It is bitter irony that lawyers are conveying such through a trial. Remote controlled Tomahawks, the illusion of safety beyond the sanctuary of oceans, and the hot pursuit via attorneys and law both remote and unrecognized by murderous men who seek our death. This was how we convinced ourselves of our certain and active defense.
We were offered bin Laden in transit from Sudan to Afghanistan. But we did not want him. Our lawyers had no battle, our leaders no mettle.
Most of us, though not all, have learned nothing. After thousands smote and seven years of war, we are back to our superior ways, demanding Habeas Corpus and noting in the very first trial that bin Laden’s deputy was read no Miranda rights upon his capture - or was it arrest?
They say History repeats itself. Never before has it applied so swiftly, within the same generation and within the same conflict.
A selfish society incapable of sacrifice is equally incapable of self-defense. Our greatest concern is not the pursuit of madmen or the states which feed them. It is not even the cost of oil and its affect on our economy and future. It is the cost of the gasoline that cycles through our tanks and its affect on our personal checking account balances.
Cowardice, cloaked in arrogance and concealed behind self-assured brilliance, charts a troubled path; one which appears circular, where constant motion deceptively passes for progress. Progress towards what, we disagree, though our enemies do not, as they laugh.
Many say it will take another catastrophic attack to bring us to our collective senses. But it will likely not come. For, if al-Qaeda (et al) is smart - and they are - they will leave us alone on our own soil while we rip ourselves apart. No explosives, no bombs, no weapons of war required. We are, after all, suddenly and finally waging their centuries-long war upon ourselves. Brilliantly.
We allow ourselves to be told that we are what is wrong with the world; torturous, greedy, destructive, with disregard for the poorest and bitter intolerance for anyone not like us. We Balkanize our society and point fingers at each other, laying these same charges against one domestic group or another with the venom and aggression once reserved for distant, oppressive enemies.
Can we awaken from our own self-destructive slumber? The decisive war is not in Iraq, nor Afghanistan, nor Pakistan or any other distant place where we perceive our enemies to be. The decisive battle is right here, from Maine to San Diego, from St. Louis to Atlanta.
If we are incapable of rediscovering that which Constitutes us and what distinguishes America form every other nation on this planet, and acknowledging that America, her people, our liberty and our unequaled charity are indeed good and our values just, then what does Iraq or Afghanistan matter?
Can we truly identify that which we are defending? For if we cannot, we are not. We are simply preserving soil and borders, protecting cities and people - that which can be found anywhere else on this planet.
What will America be, what will she look like when our children are thrust at the helm? Will they write that we defended her, or will they write that we devoured and discarded her? This, not al-Qaeda or the War on Terror, keeps me up at night.
For we can defeat al-Qaeda and yet have defended nothing at all in the long, painful process. And our children will be compelled to write of us, ”You had these opportunities, America. You didn’t do anything.”
SteveSteve Schippert
http://ThreatsWatch.org/
http://tank.nationalreview.com/
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HR 2343 — You Have No Rights
Oh, that’s NOT the title of the bill? Sorry, I must have come up with my own title after actually reading the bill. Now keep in mind, my views in this post are not based on reporters readings of the bill, I’ve actually read the bill myself. And it’s damn scary.
This bill gives government completely and absolute control of your children. Nope, no exceptions. It completely violates any rights you thought you had to raise your children. It utterly destroys any concept of personal property. That whole fourth amendment? Yeah, that doesn’t apply. Of course, the Nazi-like supporters of this bill would claim, I’m sure, that it doesn’t violate the fourth amendment because they think it’s perfectly reasonable for government to enter your home when they want to inspect your house and children.
This bill, as written, gives any government the ability to enter any home with children at any time for any reason. Seriously. No court order is required, not even an allegation or even a suggestion of wrongdoing. This bill provides funds for government agents to investigate ANY house and ANY child just because they want to. Go ahead, resist. You will be shot or jailed.
So under what guise are they trying to do this? Because government claims they need to come into your house and tell you how to raise your children. Again, I’m not making this up, just go read the bill. Government wants to come into your house (again, without permission) to evaluate your child in any manner they desire. If you’re not raising your child as government thinks you should, then government will “provide” you with any training, education, and health care programs they decide your child needs. I’m sure Hillary Clinton is ecstatic about this one.
And since this is government, you can be sure they won’t allow any concept of any religion in their program — which clearly means that if you’re bringing up your child with religious ideals, government will have the right to tell you that you’re wrong, and they will further have the right to train your child how they want to. I realize they already do this in the cesspool that is public education, but this law will allow them to come into your house and do it there as well. There is even a line in the law that talks about training parents and children about “sensitivity to cultural variations” — in other words, teaching that you cannot judge anyone for anything any time.
Oh, and they’re going to spend over $50 million on this “program.”
Don’t you wish you had freedom? I sure do. Under this program, it’s absolutely no exaggeration that government can come in your house, interrupt your Bible (or Queeran) reading and demand you stop teaching your child that “culturally insensitive” information. Feel free to take note of the names of the 66 (as of this typing) co-sponsors in the US House of this Nazi bill.
Popularity: 19% [?]
McCain and Republicans
I just can’t be a member of the Republican Party. With McCain, the party has confirmed that they don’t want freedom or liberty in any way, shape, or form. I, too, might have to start calling myself a recovering Republican.
Popularity: 15% [?]
Freedom of Anonymous Speech?
In America, we have a slight bit of freedom of speech. Sure, we’re not as bad as many countries, where you get jailed for saying things, but we certainly don’t have unfettered freedom of speech. A few courts do support our freedom of speech, but many do not. What I’m wondering about today, is whether you think we should have freedom of anonymous speech.
It’s one thing to be able to stand up on the corner and protest someone or something. I’m thinking of standing outside my local McDonalds by myself to protest their open support of radical homosexuals. But anyone who drives by would be able to see who I was — and I could therefore be held liable if my actions were illegal.
However, in TN, a local police department is suing some bloggers, trying to obtain information about people who are blogging anonymously. Do you think we should have the right to say anything and hide our identities?
What if these bloggers are breaking laws, and it won’t be known that the laws are being broken unless their identity is revealed? For example, troops serving in the armed forces don’t have the freedom to criticize their leaders. If they do so, that’s a crime. If people are allowed to be utterly anonymous, the simple fact that they are being anonymous allows them to commit a crime.
In this particular case, I’m not sure if the police are just mad, or if they’re trying to find someone who is committing a crime. I don’t see any problem with anonymous blogging because in general (and yes, I realize this tends to make me look bad) those who do not reveal their identities tend to be less reliable than those who do. And in a court of law, one (should have) has the right to face their accusers.
If the police are just looking to find out who the people are, and no one is alleged to have broken any laws, then the police are out of line, in my opinion. However, if there is the potential of laws having been broken — like anonymous bloggers posting secret information that compromises police cases — then I think you should not be able to hide behind an anonymous posting.
Popularity: 17% [?]
Obama on Nukes
I’m not sure what’s worse — that this empty suit keeps making these false claims, or that so many people blindly follow him and actually believe the words he reads.
Popularity: 16% [?]
Housing “Rescue”
So, did you read about the housing rescue that passed the House? In case you didn’t, let me sum it up for you:
There shall be no economic freedom in this country. You shall not be free to engage in monetary risk at all, because government has decided that’s not safe. You will not buy a house in the hopes it will increase in value if you and the seller agree, because government says that’s not safe. If you do it, you will be jailed. In addition, because everyone now has a right to housing, it’s much too dangerous to leave housing to the free market, so government shall control any and all housing transactions. In addition, government will now buy and sell houses because they know better than you how much houses should cost. If you want a house, ask government, and they will buy it for you. The conversion to complete socialism in the mortgage industry is now complete.
Seriously, that’s what it says. The government just spent (presuming it passes the Senate) nearly $5 trillion dollars (even if they won’t admit that’s what they spent). They have completely taken over the mortgage industry because government will now back ALL mortgage loans. They are going into the business of buying and selling houses — go ahead, try and compete with someone who has literally unlimited money. They’re buying votes from all sorts of people by taking money from responsible working people. I am starting to understand more people like Ed Brown who simply stop paying taxes because government is so corrupt it’s insane.
Go ahead, keep thinking this is a free country. You’re just plain wrong. We currently have some sort of government that’s between communism and total socialism. Government controls industry and we’re only allowed to vote for those that the two political parties choose. Oh, how I yearn for freedom.
Popularity: 18% [?]
Mooresville Recycling
How about I show you how government specifically is interested in control and power instead of freedom and people? Here it is, on a tiny town level. Mooresville, NC has around 10,700 households. It’s not a big place. Their government is considering forcing people adding recycling. Yes, I’m well aware this is how you force people to recycle because you make it voluntary at first, then mandatory later on to “save costs.” It’s crappy, horrible, controlling, anti-freedom government at it’s worst.
But the government put together a presentation that shows they honestly do not care one bit about how much money they spend. Sure, if you take the presentation at face value, it looks like this effort would actually bring income to the city. But if you look a little closer, you see that’s not actually the case.
In one place, the presentation bases all its numbers, including those that show a “profit,” on a 70% household participation. However, on the previous page, they show the nationwide average figures of participation is 40-80%, and their own goal is only 50%! So the city is going to try and get 50% participation, but bases ALL the calculations and figures on 70%! I don’t know if you can call that outright lying, but it sure is dishonest in every sense of the word. They also don’t mention in the presentation the line that helps them “earn” money listed as “tax income.”
Worse, they go on to claim that it would cost more if they let a private company do the collections for them — and then provide the data to show that’s completely untrue! The presentation claims that a private company will pick up recycling for just $3.75 per house per month. That’s all. So what would happen in a freedom-based country? The claimed 72% of town residents that want recycling could just pay $3.75 a month and get it. That’s it. There would be no government employees to pay. There would be no administrators to pay. There would be no mismanagement by the government. And best of all — the 28% of residents who do not want to be forced to pay to make other people feel good WOULDN’T HAVE TO PAY!
In other words, the options are clear. Government can use force to require people to pay them, and government will spend nearly $70 a year per household; or people could be free to contract with other free people to get curbside recycling for less than $4 a month (around $48 a year). I bet you can guess what the board “suggested” that the town do, can’t you? Government today, even in small towns, is about using force to control people and nothing more.
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