The Supremes Got One Right!

I was up early today and had a restless night. I was wondering about the pending decision at the Supreme Court on the 2nd Amendment.

"A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed."

The High Court had been considering the case, District of Columbia v. Heller, 07-290, for nearly 4 months and today was the day they were supposed to hand down their decision.

Dick Anthony Heller, 66, an armed security guard, sued the District after it rejected his application to keep a handgun at his home for protection in the same Capitol Hill neighborhood as the court.

The Court voted 5 to 4 to affirm the 2nd Amendment!

Writing for the majority, Justice Antonin Scalia said that an individual right to bear arms is supported by "the historical narrative" both before and after the Second Amendment was adopted.

The Constitution does not permit "the absolute prohibition of handguns held and used for self-defense in the home," Scalia said. The court also struck down Washington's requirement that firearms be equipped with trigger locks or kept disassembled, but left intact the licensing of guns.
Scalia noted that the handgun is Americans' preferred weapon of self-defense in part because "it can be pointed at a burglar with one hand while the other hand dials the police."

But there were some interesting dissenting opinions.

From Brietbart... http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D91HS2EO0&show_article=1
Justice John Paul Stevens wrote that the majority "would have us believe that over 200 years ago, the Framers made a choice to limit the tools available to elected officials wishing to regulate civilian uses of weapons."
He said such evidence "is nowhere to be found."
Justice Stephen Breyer wrote a separate dissent in which he said, "In my view, there simply is no untouchable constitutional right guaranteed by the Second Amendment to keep loaded handguns in the house in crime-ridden urban areas."

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., a leading gun control advocate in Congress, criticized the ruling. "I believe the people of this great country will be less safe because of it," she said.

Scalia said nothing in Thursday's ruling should "cast doubt on long-standing prohibitions on the possession of firearms by felons or the mentally ill, or laws forbidding the carrying of firearms in sensitive places such as schools and government buildings."

In a concluding paragraph to the his 64-page opinion, Scalia said the justices in the majority "are aware of the problem of handgun violence in this country" and believe the Constitution "leaves the District of Columbia a variety of tools for combating that problem, including some measures regulating handguns."

The law adopted by Washington's city council in 1976 bars residents from owning handguns unless they had one before the law took effect. Shotguns and rifles may be kept in homes, if they are registered, kept unloaded and either disassembled or equipped with trigger locks.

Opponents of the law have said it prevents residents from defending themselves. The Washington government says no one would be prosecuted for a gun law violation in cases of self-defense.

The last Supreme Court ruling on the topic came in 1939 in U.S. v. Miller, which involved a sawed-off shotgun. Constitutional scholars disagree over what that case means but agree it did not squarely answer the question of individual versus collective rights.

Forty-four state constitutions contain some form of gun rights, which are not affected by the court's consideration of Washington's restrictions.

This is really good news, but it's just the beginning. Now the lawsuits will be coming out of the woodword with a challenge to nearly every gun law. The work ahead will be some real heavy lifting. I just hope we're up to it!

Did You Say Fear, Mr Obama?

This Obama guy sure thinks a lot of himself.
Now he’s saying that the right, I guess he means us Conservatives?, or maybe he means Republicans?, or does he mean everybody to the right of his position?(which includes most of the free world), will use race to scare up votes for John McCain. He said, his GOP rival has already used ‘fear mongering’ when it comes to foreign policy.

He said, “We know what kind of campaign they’re going to run. They’re going to try to make you afraid.” They’re going to try to make you afraid of me. He’s young and inexperienced and he has a funny name. And, did I mention he’s black, and has a ‘feisty’ wife?”

I really don’t think it’s going to take any prodding at all from the GOP, or anyone else for that matter, to provide an element of fear and mistrust about this guy. He does a pretty good job all on his own!

He’s the guy that has spent 20 years in a ‘church’ that espouses hate and anti-white and anti-American sentiment. He’s the guy that chums around with the likes of Weatherman bomber Bill Ayers. He’s the guy that hooks up with the convicted felon, crooked real estate developer, Tony Rezko. He’s the guy that said he wants to sit down with the likes of the Iranian mouthpiece and the Venezuelan dictator and the N. Korean dictator without any ‘pre-conditions’. He’s the guy that has promised to disarm America. He’s the guy who’s wife has said that she is finally ‘proud of America’.

Nobody said those things about him or his wife... The Obama’s said and did all those things themselves! Does he really believe we’re that stupid???
This guy must be living in an alternative universe!

Why wouldn’t Americans fear a guy like him? He hasn’t been very forthcoming about his past. We know very little about him.
So what are we to think?

There are still questions about this ‘preacher’, Wright.
Mr. Obama, you mean to tell me that you sat in the pew for 20 years and you never heard this fella spout this vitriol and hate against the white man? Against America?
Do you really expect me to believe that?

Then there is the recent ‘guest performance’ in his ‘church’, by a Catholic priest that seems to be cut from the same cloth as Wright. Again, spewing hate and anti-white, anti-Clinton rhetoric from the pulpit.
Mr. Obama, you’re telling me that you have never heard anything like that in your church... ever? In 20 years?

And, there are questions about his background. Was he ever a Muslim? He has a Muslim name, Barack Hussein Obama, and his father is a Muslim and the religion is passed down from father to son – so what is the truth?

Evidence seems to point to his attending Muslim schools and attending the mosques as a child. His half-brother says he used to recite the Koran very well. He was raised in a part of the world that was predominately Muslim.

So which is it Hussein? Are you a Muslim? Have you ever been a Muslim? Why can’t you put this question to rest?

And these acquaintances he hangs with. Ayers, an unabashed ‘bomber’ that says he should have done more to bring America to her knees. And this Rezko guy, a true Chicago gangster real estate developer. I wouldn’t be surprised to learn that there are several ‘bodies buried’ somewhere on one of his many properties! Who in their right mind would want a President that hangs with those kinds of ‘fringe elements’?

Sure I’m afraid of this guy. I think he’s dangerous and naive.
He’s the kind of reckless individual that would hug and embrace Chavez and Ahmadinejad and Kim Jong IL. They’re all Marxists, why not?!
He fits right in with those maniac America Haters!

And he wants to disarm America!
He wants to cut investments in ‘unproven missile defense systems’. Does he have any idea how missile systems get ‘proven’?

He wants to slow the development of any combat systems for the future. He wants to set up a ‘defense review board’ to ensure we don’t spend money on defense! He wants to negotiate with Russia to get them to dismantle their nukes and to take our nukes off line.

He wants a world without nuclear weapons… well, don’t we all? It just ain’t gonna happen anytime soon! And your plans will only leave the US completely undefended and vulnerable. Nobody wants that.
Why wouldn’t we be afraid?

To top it off, this guy has very, very little experience.
How did he even get this far?
How does a first term Senator from Chicago rise in national politics so fast? It makes you wonder…Who is behind this guy?

I don’t know about you folks, but when I hear something that sounds too good to be true, I know that it most likely isn’t true. There is no free lunch.

This guy is NOT the messiah.
He is not going to lead us to any ‘land of milk and honey’.

He says he's above politics, but, when all is said and done, he's just another slick Chicago politician. He will not be able to deliver on these outlandish promises of ‘hope’ and ‘change’ because those are just words and his plan will disarm America and make us weak.
America will not stand for it!

And he has no clue as to the complexity and difficulty of foreign affairs and delicate negotiations with treacherous men. He want us to trust him to get a good deal with those monsters? They’ll have him for breakfast!

And all these acquaintances of his will be hanging’ around the White House? I don’t think so.
It was bad enough when Bill Klinton was using 'our house' for sexual rendezvous, but to have this group of America haters sleeping in the Lincoln Bedroom??? No way!
Not if I have anything to say about it!

You’re darn right I’m afraid of this guy!
He has the charisma, the silver tongue, and the backing from wealthy supporters to go far in this election. If we don’t stay vigilant he just might end up on Pennsylvania Ave!

We can’t let that happen!
Republicans must come together. Conservatives must come together. The right must come together and stop this Marxist Menace.
We cannot allow this great country to be led by a Marxist, period!

Whether the GOP uses fear tactics or Americans begin to feel the fear themselves, it really doesn’t matter. Americans just need to be very afraid of this guy, this Marxist, this wolf in sheep’s clothing, this imposter.
NO Obama!

ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ!

ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ! [mo’lon la’ve]
What does that mean?

I created the image with a Spartan helmet on the left of this page as a avatar on a number of message boards and a friend asked what the Greek letters 'ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ' meant.

I thought it might be a good time to explain it here on the blog, so...

In 480 B.C. the forces of the Persian Empire under King Xerxes, numbering in the hundreds of thousands of men(some have said closer to a million!), bridged the Hellespont and were marching on Greece.

King Leonidas of Sparta pleaded with Spartan leaders to go out to meet the threat, but his plea fell on deaf ears. Leonidas and his Thespian allies marched out alone. With 300 hand-picked troops, Leonidas and his small force marched to Thermopylae on the north coast of Greece.

Thermopylae was the best of three possible defensive areas in which Xerxes' invading army had to advance. This mountain gap along the coast was about 60 feet wide, and was the best location for a blocking action. The confines between mountains and sea were so narrow that the Persian multitudes and their cavalry would be at least partially neutralized.

When Leonidas was preparing to make his stand, a Persian envoy arrived. The envoy explained to Leonidas the futility of trying to resist the advance of the huge Persian army and demanded that the Spartans surrender and lay down their weapons.

Leonidas replied, "ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ ", or "Come And Get Them."

"Our archers are so numerous, that the flight of their arrows darkens the sun!", said the Persian envoy.

Dienekes, a Spartan warrior, then said "So much the better, for we shall fight them in the shade!"

After sending the Thespians back to warn the other Greeks, King Leonidas and his 300 Spartans held Thermopylae for three days and, although they were ultimately annihilated, they inflicted serious damage upon the Persian army, and most importantly delayed its progress to Athens, providing sufficient time for the city's evacuation to Salamis Island.

They were finally overrun after being betrayed by a traitor who showed the enemy another pass that allowed the invaders to approach from behind the defenders.

Though a clear defeat, Thermopylae served as a moral victory and inspired the troops at the Battle of Salamis and the Battle of Plataea, where the Greeks won their freedom and arguably saved the Western World.

Two memorials remain today at Thermopylae.
Upon the modern one, called the Leonidas Monument in honor of the Spartan king who fell there, is engraved his response to Xerxes' demand that the Spartans lay down their arms:
ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ - 'Come and get them.'

The second monument is a plaque dedicated to those heroes at the site.
It reads: "Go tell the Spartans!"

Molon Labe has been repeated by many later generals and politicians in order to express an army's or nation's determination to not surrender without a battle.

The motto ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ is on the emblem of the Greek First Army Corps, and is also the motto of United States Special Operations Command Central (SOCCENT).

In our everyday world, both the original Greek phrase and its English translation are often heard from pro-gun activists as a defense of the right to keep and bear arms. In the wake of Hurricane Katrina and the subsequent defiance of Federal court orders by the New Orleans government to return seized weapons, the phrase has gained popularity.

For comparison, these elements happen to be present in the English phrase, "over my dead body", or the similar phrase that Charlton Heston uttered at a past NRA convention, “You can have my guns when you pry them from my cold dead hands!”

Molon Labe has been recently used in the feature film '300' , a stylized depiction of the events leading up to and including the Battle at Thermopylae.

But on a more personal note, my high school mascot was the Spartan. So, I've long held the legend of Leonidas and the 300 very close.
ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ!

What's A Liberal?

The other day a fella aksed me, "What the heck is a Liberal anyway?"

I told him that a liberal was someone that believed in letting folks do just about what ever they wanted to do. He chuckeled and said, "You mean like that guy Obama?" I replied 'Yeah, he's a liberal."

He just laughed and said, "Well, we don't need anymore people like him runnin' this country! We need some anti-liberal people in the government!"

That conversation got me to thinking about what being 'liberal' meant.

Liberalism used to refer to a broad array of related doctrines, ideologies, philosophical views, and political traditions which hold that individual liberty is the primary political value… a 19th century political idea which championed individual rights, civil liberties, and private property.

Now, liberalism means, among other things:
- The favoring or permitting freedom of action, especially with respect to matters of personal belief or expression – you can think or act any way you want without regard to traditional values;
- To put emphasis on “fairness” in taxation, denunciation of "tax breaks for the rich“, the re-distribution of wealth, and has a fixation on poverty, multi-cultural education, and affirmative action.

A fella named Brewton said:
“Any.. claims to the moral high ground in (the present day) variety of liberalism has two problems: (1) the moral concepts used to justify liberalism’s preoccupation with ends rather than means are Christian morality, not liberal socialist doctrine; (2) in practice, without a religious, moral rudder, New Deal(and Great Society) regulatory government has turned into “pluralistic democracy,” a system based on every interest group seeking to maximize its own personal wants, motivated by pure greed, without a unifying concept of the public good in the sense of the Constitution’s preamble.

By definition, in a liberal society that eschews value judgments, there can be no principle other than raw political power upon which to make choices between competing public demands. As long as the mechanical procedures of “democracy” are observed, literally anything goes. The Federal judiciary can arbitrarily demote certain fundamental rights, such as the Bill of Rights protection of private property, to secondary status (an action that is an unacknowledged value judgment).”

I couldn’t have said it any better.

But, in today's climate, liberalism has become a dirty word.

It’s so reviled that now, even the liberals don't want to use it!
They have gone to calling themselves ‘progressives’ with the hopes of again confusing us as to the true meaning of their intent.
It won’t work.

Their insistence on being ‘fair’ identifies their true goal. They just never do get it that life isn’t ‘fair’, that nothing about living is ‘fair’ - that there will always be the “haves” and the “have-not’s”.

Liberals want us all to be alike.
Except, that is, for them and their circle of close friends.
They’re different.
They deserve all that they have earned.
They deserve all the wealth and fine homes the government has bestowed upon them.
They want us to believe that they have our best interests at heart.
They want the government to help us become better citizens.

These people are truely ill and don't know it!
Liberalism is a mental disorder!

We shouldn't look down our noses at them though. We should really try to help liberals everywhere to come to grips with their disability - Help them to get out of politics and seek the therapy they need so badly.

To liberals, progressives or what ever they are calling themselves, I say, NO THANKS!

The Supremes Screwed Up! - BAD!!!

On Thursday of this week the Supreme Court of The United States handed down a decision that will change the face of how we fight wars, forever!

In BOUMEDIENE et al. v. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, et al., they have given armed terrorists the right to use the US Constitution for their defense in a court of law.

That means that the suspected terrorists, the enemy combatants held at Guantanamo Naval Base, have the right of habeas corpus.

Habeas Corpus has historically been an important instrument for the safeguarding of individual freedom against arbitrary state action - FOR United States CITIZENS!

Do you get it?
They have given terrorists rights equivalent to the rights of US Citizens!

I am just outraged! I could spit nails! How dare those liberal bastards do this to our Armed Forces! The vote was 5 to 4, with all the liberal judges voting in favor of the terrorists. This is Liberalism at it's zenith.
The left must be dancing in the street!

Obama has hailed the decision! Obama issued a statement calling the decision "a rejection of the Bush administration's attempt to create a legal black hole at Guantánamo" that he said was "yet another failed policy supported by John McCain."
"This is an important step," he said of the ruling, "toward re-establishing our credibility as a nation committed to the rule of law, and rejecting a false choice between fighting terrorism and respecting habeas corpus. Our courts have employed habeas corpus with rigor and fairness for more than two centuries, and we must continue to do so as we defend the freedom that violent extremists seek to destroy."

The Rule of Law my foot! These jokers are battlefield combatants!
They were captured during a time of WAR!
Just more empty suit - blah, blah, blah...

Today, McCain finally weighed in - a day late.
John McCain said Friday that the Supreme Court ruling on Guantanamo Bay detainees is “one of the worst decisions in the history of this country.”

The presumptive GOP nominee said the decision, a 5-4 ruling Thursday that determined Guantanamo detainees have the right to seek release in civilian courts, would lead to a wave of frivolous challenges.

“We are now going to have the courts flooded with so-called … habeas corpus suits against the government, whether it be about the diet, whether it be about the reading material. And we are going to be bollixed up in a way that is terribly unfortunate because we need to go ahead and adjudicate these cases,” he said at a town hall meeting in New Jersey.
It seems that McCain has grown a set over night!

But, these Supreme Idiots don't have a clue. They have just tied the hands of all our soldiers. Now when a prisoner is taken, they will of course be given their one phone call, and of course they will use it to detonate the bomb they left on the battlefield!

Liberals just don't understand warfare.
They believe that we can sit down and talk with these monsters and negotiate some sort of peaceful agreement. HAH!
These militant Islamo-Facists want to cut our throats!
They have sworn to cut off our heads!
They will stop at nothing until we are all dead- or they are!

The Muslim mission is to spread Islam throughout the world.
They believe that Islam will dominate the entire world and they will try their best to make it happen!

The 5 Judge's argument was that all people should have rights. All people should have the protection provided under our Constitution. We should be so magnanimous that we extend our hand in friendship and compassion even unto those who would saw off our head! To hell with that!

Now, don't get me wrong. I believe that everybody does have a kind of ‘human right’, the right to exist and be treated with respect and compassion, but that kind of human right is one derived from one’s sense of God and religion and morality. And, I believe we become more aware of the human condition when we contemplate the higher power.

But as for national rights, or rights of citizens of a particular country, those rights are granted or revoked according to the laws of that particular country. Some countries treat their citizens poorly, other countries treat their citizens very well. Most free countries fall in the latter category.

For instance here in the US, in the preamble of our Constitution, it says, “We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."

Those words are for US citizens, not for the citizens of England or China or India. If citizens from those countries wish to visit our country they may do so after they apply and are granted a ‘permit’ to enter our country as a visitor. If they would like to become a US Citizen, then they have to go through another process where they have to learn our language, our laws and our customs.

The 14th Amendment to our Constitution defines "citizens" this way, “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.”And since our form of government is a representative republic, “supreme power is held by the citizens entitled to vote and is exercised by elected officers and representatives governing according to law”.
That’s US Citizens.

One cannot become a Representative unless one has been a citizen for 7 years, and cannot become a Senator unless one has been a citizen for 9 years. These rules are for US Citizens, not citizens of other countries.

Nowhere in our Constitution are rights granted to anyone other than citizens of The United States of America. No rights for any citizen of any other country whether they are honest citizens or enemy combatants.

Thursday's decision infers that our country will not defend it’s own military. That we will allow enemy combatants to come and go as they will. That we will allow people who are not American Citizens to use our Constitution to defend them selves in our own courts!
This decision is nothing short of treachery, and near treason!

The ramifications of this decision will be felt far and wide.

We have reached a place in our history that will define our future for the next 100 years - maybe longer!

The five members of the High Court, The Jihadist 5, should be ashamed of themselves for condemning our armed forces to fight terrorism with one hand tied behind their back and for corrupting the sovereignty of this great nation.

Obama... On The Issues

Well, well, well. The primary season is finally over. It certainly looks as if 'Operation Chaos' did just what Rush Limbaugh wanted it to do. Prolong the race and allow Obama to be bloodied up along the way.

Mrs. Bill Klinton couldn't pull it off, but history was made anyway. We now have a black man with a muslim sounding name representing the Democrat Party in the race for the White House. How cool is that?
Well, not very, if you consider the candidates record.

I think everyone knows about the right reverened Wright and his anti-American views. We all know about Father Pfleger and his anti-Hillary rants(but I found it odd that a white priest would try to emulate a black preacher at all!). And we all know about the candidate's questionable relationship with the likes of convicted felon Rezko and the Weatherman bomber Ayers.

But how has he voted in his short time in the US Senate? How did he vote when he was an Illinois state Senator? Where does he stand on the issues?

Lets take a closer look at just a few, shall we?

He's Pro Choice and trusts women to make their own mind up about partial birth abortions.

He says it OK if a minor crosses the state line to get an abortion without their parents consent.

He supports affirmative action in colleges and government.

He says homosexuality no more immoral than heterosexuality and is pro-gay rights.

He says 'it's a scandal that this president did not authorize a renewal of the assault weapons ban', and wants to ban the sale or transfer of all forms of semi-automatic weapons.

He supports granting driver's licenses to illegal immigrants, and voted YES on allowing illegal aliens to participate in Social Security.

He voted YES to factoring global warming into federal project planning and voted YES to ban drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

That's just a sample of his voting record, but for me, he exhibits a stance that is far, far too liberal to support.

My main concern about this man is that he insists on having one-on-one talks with the likes of Irans mouthpiece and those commies from Venuezuela and N. Korea. He believes we should run from Iraq and try to make friends with the world. He wants to curb military spending and reduce the size of the military. I really don't think he understands the war on terror at all.

Obama is just too liberal and too inexperienced for me.
Vote for this guy at your own peril!!!

The Political Circus

I really need to vent about this political season.
I have been watching and listening to the candidates from the left and the candidates from the right for over 6 months now, and I can't put it off any longer.
I have never seen such a side show!

I'm constantly reminded of my youth, when our town would be visited by a traveling circus or a carnival train, as I have witnessed the events of the last 180 days. I've seen everything from several of the traditional snake oil salesmen, to trained animals with the ability to speak, to jugglers that use all four appendages - at the same time!
What an assemblage of 'unusual' performers!

As of this date, the candidates have been narrowed down to, is it 2 or 3? - er, well, nearly. We still don't know yet.

The Republicans have decided on a candidate, although half-heartedly, but the Democrats can't seem to make up their mind.

Mr. McCain has had the lead in delegates for the Republican nomination for some time, but he just doesn't have what it takes to excite conservatives. His base seems to be the so called 'blue dog' Democrats, the Reagan Democrats, and the NeoCon's, or those 'new conservatives' that so many people look upon with a certain puzzlement.

The Senator's history of liberal legislation and his position on illegal immigration does not sit well with many Republicans.
They just don't trust him to do what's right.

And, McCain doesn't seem very interested in mending fences or achieving any support whatsoever from the conservative side of the party. He has even gone so far as to disavow and condemn conservative leaders about their views and stated positions. Real Conservatives are going to have a difficult time voting for this 'wolf in sheeps clothing'.

As for Mrs. Clinton, well, we all know about the Clintons don't we? They will say anything, do anything to get what they want.
Bill will get down on his knees and beg like a dog, if that's what it takes!

The Senator has banked on her experience as First Lady and her limited experience in the Senate to rally her troops during the primarys. For many, that 'experience' just wasn't enough to sway them. Even though she felt she had earned the position, voters looked at her with a jaundiced eye. Her years of suffering were not enough to tip the scales in her favor.

I think they remembered the years of Bill's indescretions and balked at the thought of refering to him as Mr. First Husband.

And, the perspective of four more years of the treachery, double-talk and the politically correct nuances of the Clintons have proved too much for younger Democrats. Younger voters have thrown in with the newcomer with all the fervent zeal of a highschool homecoming. Mrs. Clinton may be a force at the convention, but obtaining the nomination looks to be merely a fading dream.

And, what about this newcomer? Who is he anyway? Where is he from? What has he done? Who are his friends? Why haven't we heard of him before? What does he stand for? Is he to be trusted? Is he to be believed? Is he what he seems to be? Why does he want to be President?

I guess we only ask these questions of the newcomer because we already know all there is to know about Mr. McCain and Mrs. Clinton. McCain has a long history of family service to America and was a war hero in his own right. Mrs. Clinton has been investigated by nearly everyone in America, and while she has been accused of many things, she is still a free woman.

But, this newcomer...
His name is Barrak Hussien Obama. He was born in Hawaii. His father is a black man(African), his mother is a white woman(Caucasian American). The father is a Muslim. He was raised as a muslim and attended muslim schools and went to the mosque as he was told. Then he says he became a Christian.

He says he goes by the name 'Barry'. He went to Harvard and became a lawyer and moved to Chicago to 'organize' people. He got elected Senator a couple of years ago and hasn't done very much while in the Senate except to vote against the war, vote against the 'surge' and complain about the 'failed policies' of George Bush. But, we know from his voting record that he is quite liberal - maybe even the most liberal Senator in the Congress!

Oh, yeah, then he began his run for the Presidency - after being a Senator for just 2 years. Obama has extremely limited experience in the Senate and we don't know if he can even run a committee - let alone a country!

We don't know much else about him except for a few recent events. We have discovered that he has been a long time friend of Bill Ayers, the Weatherman bomber. And for 20 years, has been attending a Chicago church that espouses a kind of 'black liberation theology' that borders on insurection!

And, then there's this... We're not supposed to mention that he is black(or we'll be labeled a racist), or that he was once a Muslim(or we'll be labeled haters of the religeon of peace), or that he has spiritual mentors that preach insurection and hate(or we'll be labled America lovers)!

And this guy wants us to trust HIM???
And wants us to elect him to be our leader??? The leader of the Free World???

He's UNQUALIFIED - pure and simple!

This guy has HUGE stones! If he thinks that a candidate with very limited experience - (NONE) - and a candidate with a backround like his - (one that he hopes will go un-detected or un-noticed or overlooked, or treated as inconsequential) - will be elected President, then he's a complete fool! ... or, the voters are!

But as an after thought, I wonder...
How can a Muslim leave Islam?
Don't they have a name for that kind of person?
It's called Apostate. An unbeliever. One who must be killed.
Are we to believe that Obama is an apostate?
Or is he a 'wolf in sheeps clothing' too?

My assessment of the the quality of the performances is not good. After 6 months, or longer in some cases, the candidates still seem stilted... unsure... unsettled. None of them look 'Presidential' to me at all.

I wonder if this circus will pick up stakes and move on?
Or, are we doomed to endure the sights, sounds and smells for another 4 years!?!

Yikes!

Boy, was I ever wrong about Florida! I thought that the conservatives down there would go for Romney for sure.
But, McCain wins prety easily! Wow!

How are the conservatives going to reconcile voting for this guy?
His anti stance against the Bush tax cuts, his 'Gang of 14' reputation, and his close ties with Mrs. Bill Klinton!
I don't think so!
This guy is NOT a conservative!

Yes, he is strong on defense but I think anyone in his right mind is strong on defense. So what makes him so special? I can't see it. Maybe I'm blind, but I can't see it.

OK. He is a war hero and has a lot of sympathy because of his time in the POW camp in Vietmnam. He has a lot of credibility.
BUT, he is not a conservative, period!
I can't see myself or any other conservatives voting for this guy.

As for the dems, I surely thought Obama would fare much better than he did, I'm sure he's disappointed. That Klinton woman really surprised me. But Obama did gain in popularity and had better numbers that he had hoped for, so maybe he'll give her a run for her money after all?

And this SHOCKER! - After watching H&C on FOX after the polls closed, I was dismayed to hear Dick Morris say that his exit polling showed that the Republican Party was shifting to the left!

My God! I certainly hope he is worng!
We cannot be shifting to the left just to get elected!
If we get beat, then it should be the democrats that beat us -
NOT the Republicans beating themselves!

Morris also said that 'The Breck Girl' will likely drop out soon. Morris said that his voters are people that don't want a black man for president and don't want a woman for president.
Alan Colmes asked 'Are you saying that his voters are bigots?'

Morris replied, 'That's not what I said'. 'I said his(Edwards) voters are not ready for a black man nor a woman to hold the office of president'.

Very interesting! I think I tend to agree... I'm certainly not ready for a woman nor a black man in the White House!
Are YOU?

Who Are We Kidding?

I ask this question... Have we really thought this through?

Everyone is talking about the economy as if it has suddenly become a big problem... Well, it's not a big problem, but we do have a "big problem" with the economy!

With all this clammering for 'green autos' that will burn Ethanol, we have created a sudden surge in the price of corn. Our farmers are not prepared for this kind of price escalation and many are feeling the pinch already.

I believe the stock market is hearing their cry and is already 'circling the wagons' in anticipation of our political leaders suddenly realizing this problem and calling for an emergency fix that may include a halt to any serious development of alternative fuels. (The government may already be thinking that way for all I know) And, as most of us already know, ANY government involvement in the marketplace is bad, but this could be a disaster!

What if the price of corn tripled - or more? How would the farmers feed their stock? I can see the price of a steak going from $20 to $100 really quick! That kind of priceing will certainly cause the masses to rethink how they spend their dollars. With the price of feed for livestock going thru the roof, the price we pay at the market will follow suit almost immediately.

But the worst of it is -
Gasoline may become the single most important product on our shopping list!

What have these 'tree huggers' done to us?
My God! Have we killed the Golden Goose!

We've sacraficed our high standard of living to save the baby seals and the spotted owl and tiny green frog and the giant condor and all the whales and ... Does it ever end?
Who will we save next?

When do we start to realize we are here by the grace of God and there is nothing we can do to prevent our demise - or prolong our stay.

We're not causing global warming - the earth gets warm and the earth gets cold!

How many ice ages have we had 2? 3? How many 'little' ice ages? By my way of thinking when an ice age ends we have a warm period, right?
Sheeze! What's not to understand?
Global warming will occur with or without any of us.

It will be over when it's over. There's nothing to be done about it, so get over it!

Let's help the farmers to make a buck, and drill for oil in every place we can. Spend those valuable research dollars earmarked for Ethanol on hydrogen fuels or invent something new.

But don't kill the farm!

Who Now?

Boy am I disappointed! Fred Thompson has dropped out of the race altogether! He was my longshot favorite quite a while ago and I really expected him to gather support. But alas, it was not to be. The only true conservative in the race is now on the bench!

I feel many people are a little tired of politics and are really not paying much attention to the primaries right now. The dems seem to have a good 'get out the vote' machine and are getting respectable numbers. the republican voters seem to be patiently waiting on the sideline until a clear favorite emerges.

Who will be the republican nominee? Who will be the democrat nominee? At this particular time it looks like a two horse race between Romney and McCain for the republicans. As for the dems, well, let's just say I hope to heaven that the Klintons DO NOT return to the White House. I really don't think Obama will make the grade, but if Mrs. Bill Klinton is the nominee, we have our hands full - the Klinton Political Machine will stop at nothing(and I mean NOTHING) to regain the White House.

Today I witnessed the entire Kennedy Klan swing their total support behind Obama. WOW! That's a real boost for him. I'm sure we all thought the Kennedys and the Klintons were tight. I guess they're not THAT tight! Ms Caroline said that Obama was the only candidate that reminded her of her dad.
Pa-Leeze! JFK was a man for his times - Obama is just a guy from Chicago.

The Florida primary is tomorrow and I predict that Romney and Obama will win there. That will certainly stir the pot! With Florida's "winner-take-all" format, it may be the perfect time to derail the McCain Express and throw a wench in the Klinton Machine!
Stay tuned!

Some Holiday Season, Huh?

It looks like the radical Islamic killers are at it again. They've killed their biggest enemy, former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.

This certainly could turn into a very nasty situation. Pakistan has nukes and the country could destabilize in days.

Fred Thompson has comments here.

These extremeists want to kill us all.

Republican Debate

After watching Wednesday's debate it was very clear that the liberal media has a bias. The questions asked the Democrats in their debate were about issues they support. The questions asked the Republicans Wednesday night were about God, the Bible and abortion. Just another way the left trys to embarrass and demean conservative thinkers.
Don't they know we can see them?

I thought most of the Repubs sounded a lot alike except for Fred Thompson. I really like his stance on illegal immigration and gun control.
I think he's the guy.
Here's what Rush had to say about Fred Thompson after the debates.

Been under the weather...

I just had to open a new post after seeing ABCs Nightline tonight.
They started the show by saying the real estate "bubble" was about to burst and the bottom of the market wasn't going to happen until sometime in 2009!

Needless to say I was captivated! I was anxious to hear what new information they were going to drop on me so I could begin to plan my funeral!
What a left turn! (and I DO mean L-E-F-T!)

They interviewed a guy that has been saying all along, that the real estate boom was only a bubble and that if you looked closely at the numbers, the stock market actually outperformed real estate as a long term investment! Oh My Gawd! Where-o-where did they get this supposed guru?
He's a blogger! That's where! Everybody knows we bloggers are the smartest people in the world, right?

What a doofus! Here's a guy that blogs like the rest of us and is interviewed by a national news organization because he is seen as a real estate guru! What a stupid move by ABC! Do they really think we're(the public) all so dimwitted? I guess some people will be talking around the water cooler tomorrow - Did ya see that Nightline piece on real estate? Man, am I glad I sold that rental property last year! It's for sure going to go way down in value according that expert they interviewed!
Give me a break!

Even after confronting this dude with examples of some people realizing phenominal growth in their real estate holdings, he flatly refuted the profits as being a matter of luck. He said he has been renting for several years and he has done better in the stock market. He went on to say that he would not be buying a home anytime soon - he's going to wait until the market bottom's out!

Yeah... uh, good luck with that strategy dude.

At the end of the piece they revealed his motive. It seems that several years ago he tried unsuccessfully to purchase a Berkeley Hills home and feels that the real estate industry is rigged and has treated him unfairly! Here's a guy that didn't have the cash to outbid the winner for a lovely home in Berkeley, so he goes on a crusade to trash the realestate market by compiling his own catalog of facts supporting his claim that the real estate business is a failed enterprise! Talk about the tail wagging the dog!

This guy is a total nut! And ABC gave him 10 minutes of late "prime time"!
I don't know which is more irresponsible - the dude or ABC!

The real estate market is driven by factors that include supply, demand, economic growth, job growth, and regional and local elements.
Not to mention - location, location, location!
For example: Nobody wants to live in Detroit. Everybody that can afford it, leaves - they all want to live in warmer climates! That home next to the RR tracks is worth half the value of the same home on the lake.
Real estate is a heck-of-a-lot more complicated than just one guy's opinion!

Shame on ABC for purporting this lie on the American Public! Shame on Nightline for wasting valuable TV time with this lefty whacko real estate "guru" from Berkeley!

It's just another example of the media bias in America today. They want to say something bad about our thriving economy and real estate is on everyone's mind - so why not? Anything to make George look bad. We all know that George created all this. He created the "bubble" down there in Houston. And we all know that the "phoney" war in Iraq has distracted him so much that he has not been able to sustain the "manufactured market" so it is crumbling around his feet. Another George Bush Failure!
Will It Ever Stop!?!
I really don't think any of the mainstream media will be satisfied until George is back home in Texas and a liberal democrat is in the White House.
What has this great land become?

The News From San Fran-Sicko...

I doubt if many in America have heard what has been going on out in San Francisco, but we all should pay attention.

It seems that the SF Board of Stupidvisors has seen fit to submit an official "condemnation" of Michael Savage for using what they term as hate speech. In a July 5 broadcast Savage responded to an article that protestors were going to fast to protest immigration poilcies. The response was something like, "let them all starve to death, then the problem will solve itself."

The Board needed a unanimous vote to adopt the resolution, but one desenting member killed the deal. http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=57170

It continues to amaze me that people in San Francisco can act in the most ridiculous, the most outrageous and now the most Un-American manner.

Once SF was a haven for the outcasts of society, but that was back when it was know as the "Barbary Coast". In the 20th Century SF had taken on a rather luxurious glow in the wake of railroad tycoons and banking giants and had even become respectable as a hard working, blue collar town. The city had a motto of "Can Do" well earned after WW2.

But then the "beat generation" of the 50s and the hippies of the 60s happened. San Francisco started to regain it's "old glory" of being home to the "fruits and nuts" of America.

When I lived there, the town was still a vibrant mix of working class, professionals, and kooks. In the 70s things changed for the worse. The liberal element and the gay element became a very strong force in local government and the climate suddenly became very uncomfortable for working stiffs like me. Many of us moved north to little towns like Novato and Healdsburg. Many of us just left California. I remember thinking at the time, that since AIDS was discovered, everything changed in SF. I no longer felt welcome in my own city.

I have visited several times and each time I die a little. It's so sad to see that jewel by the bay being run by liberal, anti-, anti-, anti-, snobs that believe they have the secrets to living correctly.

Now they're after Savage. They stand so proudly for their right to be gay and their right to be liberal and their right to be independent, but now we see their true face.

They really want to cause harm to Michael! Someone has published the address of his private residence and the mob has seen fit to parade around his house!

They are vile and venomous individuals. According to the above article they have also slandered Savage and if that is proven in a court of law, I hope they burn for it.

San Francisco, you are a mere shadow of your former self.

Poker Anyone?

The Sky Is Falling! The Sky ...
Again?
Will It Ever Stop?!

These liberal democrats just don’t have anything else to say do they?
It’s either George Bush’s fault, Dick Cheney’s fault, or Alberto Gonzales's fault! But, it’s always bad! This is really getting old.

I would hope that the Democratic Party was above name calling and finger pointing, but it is not to be. They’re sliding further down the slippery slope to oblivion! Soon they will cease to exist as we have known them. They will become the Liberal Party or the Progressive Party or some other version of communism. It’s happening right before our eyes!

Now it’s the economy!
It’s going to hell in a hand basket if you believe the liberals.
You see it’s all about bad credit. Too much bad credit.
And, of course it’s all George Bush’s fault!

As I’ve said before, I believe this irrational view of the real estate market has been propagated by the liberal media. They just can’t stand prosperity. As early as 2000, I was hearing about the “real estate bubble”. It wasn’t just a West Coast thing. It was happening everywhere and people didn’t know what to make of it. Prices were climbing at astronomical rates. In some markets as much as 25% per month! What was causing this phenomena?

The short answer is, the usual suspects, Supply and Demand. Market forces combined to create a very vibrant environment for growth. We were seeing 100,000 new Californians every month! Builders couldn’t build homes fast enough so what inventory we had became very valuable, almost overnight!

Homes that sold for $150,000 in 1999 were selling for $230,000 just a year later!
For the first time, young buyers had easy to get money at their disposal.
90%, 100%, and in some cases even 110% financing was available to first time home buyers!

It was an unbelievable time for real estate professionals. Many of us had never seen such a market! I doubt we will see such a market again. But it was understandable. There simply wasn’t enough good, suitable housing to go around. People wanted NEW! They weren’t going to settle for a thirty year old house that needed lots of repairs, and they didn’t have to. The new homes were available and they were easy to purchase.

Now, the media is crying that the sub-prime mortgage markets are failing. They say the mortgage industry is a bunch of predators that preyed on unsuspecting home buyers. They say that if Uncle Sam doesn’t bail them out the failing markets will affect our entire economy and we will all suffer.
That’s a bunch of BULL!

First, let’s consider the facts. Less than 2% of the sub-prime mortgages are in arrears. That means 98% of the so called sub-prime mortgages are being paid on time! That’s hardly a sign of a failing market!

But, yes it is true that some investors exploited the “easy to get capital game” and took some terrific risks. But isn’t that the Capitalist Way?
With risk comes reward, and sometimes, failure.
If the lenders over extended themselves then they will have to pay the price. If the borrowers have over extended themselves, then they will have a price to pay as well.

The lenders were gambling that the market would continue to grow as it had for the last several years and the borrowers gambled that their home’s value would continue to increase at the 20% per month rate. These people were playing high stakes poker with their house as the chip!

It is not the role of government to bail out these poor poker players!
The role of the government is to protect me and my money, to protect you and your money.

Not to give some of my money to those that took a bad risk!
Not to give some of your money to help a failing institution, that made some very bad decisions, to stay afloat.

This isn’t like the Savings and Loan fiasco of the ’80s. This is simply greed at work. Many of these home owners shouldn’t have been in this poker game to start with. It was only through the availability of “cheap money” that they could even afford the anti.
Many bought houses with only $1000 as a down payment!

They made a terrible call in a very high stakes poker game!
Now they’re going to lose their home because they have max’ed out their credit cards and their adjustable rate loan just went from 4% to 9%. And it may go higher. These sub-prime lenders can adjust rates till the cows come home if they want. But they know they can only go so far and then all is lost.
Suddenly the borrower cannot pay the freight and the lender has to foreclose.
The game is over.

But, the government should not interfere with this process. Let the affected parties fail. That is how societies sort things out. The good things survive and the bad things go away.
The cream comes to the top, as they say.

But of course, the liberals are crying foul. They say it’s all George Bush’s fault. He’s too distracted by the Iraq war to solve this kind of “crisis”. He hasn't been paying attention to domestic affairs.

Mrs. Bill Clinton says we should bail them out. It’s our duty to bail them out.
Others in congress say that we spend billions of dollars for the war in Iraq, why not stop spending for the war and divert the same money to the economy?

These people never quit. I sometimes think that they stay up late every night just to create new ways to blame our President for some new ailment of the country. But, my feeling is that all this is related to the hue and cry over the 2000 election and all things related to George Bush ever since.

I wouldn’t be at all surprised to find out that Mr. Soros is behind all of this. It stinks of manipulation on a grand scale and that is his forte’. He enjoys watching people cringe and wring their hands in worry. I can easily envision Mr. Soros sitting behind his desk with several monitors watching his handiwork play-out over at CNN, ABC, NBC, CBS and Move-On.Org. I’m sure he has spent millions to create an atmosphere of mistrust and panic with the hopes of cornering the US Dollar just like he did with the British Pound.
I wouldn’t be at all surprised.

But the sky is not falling! We are not going to lose everything! Our economy is strong and vibrant. Everyone who wants to work has a job. The only industries that are in trouble are the industries that have failed to plan for the future and have taken enormous risk at the wrong time.

My advice is to not listen to the rumor mongers. Do your own research. Stop reading the liberal newspapers and get some real information about our economy and see for yourself how the markets are fairing. From my vantage, the future looks pretty good. I think real estate will continue to appreciate and investors will learn from their mistakes.

Live your life and be kind to your children. Smile everyday. Save a buck when you can, but go ahead a get that new TV.
And remember one important thing ...

Not everyone has the skills to play high stakes poker!

A conservative? Me? You Betcha!

A few days ago a friend and I were discussing the possible choices we had in the upcoming 2008 election. We compared conservative leaning candidates and liberal leaning candidates. Then, he happened to ask me if I had always been a conservative.
It sort of caught me offgard and I had to stop and think about it for a few minutes.

As I pondered the question, I thought that it had to be during the Iran/Contra affair that I stopped being liberal and started leaning right. But afterward, as I considered my answer, I realized that I had been a conservative for much longer than that.

I guess it all started with my Dad. He was ultra right-wing conservative from the get go. That’s all I heard growing up. I didn’t think much about politics though, and then Dad and I had a falling out over something silly, (I think it was about him not believing me when I told him the truth about some vandalism that had occurred. He assumed it was me and my friends, but I defended myself and said it certainly was not! It became a serious split). Anyway it was there that I started to become anti-Dad. Anything he believed in, well... I was going in the other direction as fast as I could run. I didn’t necessarily believe that I was a liberal thinker, I was just anti anything he stood for. What a stupid kid I was.

I went away to college and still didn’t think much about politics at all. Then JFK was shot. We were all very confused. Riots spread throughout the country over civil rights and people were taking sides. Politics was the only thing people talked about. Were you against civil rights? Or were you for civil liberties? It seemed obvious to me that the black man had a genuine gripe, but I still didn’t care very much about it one way or the other.
I still had my head in the sand because of my rift with Dad.

As I watched all the craziness in the world around me, music became a constant distraction. Of course I grew up with Rock ‘n Roll and knew almost every song on the radio, but I started to hear an alternative style of music. I found that the protest movement had a voice and it began to stir some hidden feelings in me. I began to listen to Gil Scott Heron and Bob Marley talk about life, freedom and the world as they saw it.
I knew who “The Man” was and he didn’t look very friendly to me at all, so I championed a liberal view to be “hip” and “cool” and tried to fit in with the “right crowd”.
I was becoming political!

President Johnson didn’t impress me very much at the time and when he decided to not run for re-election, the ‘68 election became a complete zoo. Not my style at all, I was more of a free thinker about political philosophy and I found flaws with much of the “right crowd’s” liberal point of view. In the early ’70s, I was beginning to like what Nixon was doing in the world, but then he changed all that with his shenanigans over at Watergate. Now, I was just mad. I felt totally betrayed, as many of us did at the time. I remember thinking, “you can’t trust any of these hooligan politicians!”

I was so depressed from a failed marriage and all this political unrest around me that I decided to take a break from life – I just dropped out. I went sailing and tried to clear my head. I had a lot of personal stuff creating conflicting messages to my brain and needed to work all this stuff out! Looking back on that time I can see that I was indeed lost and needed some direction...
ANY direction!
But, politics were the furthest thing on my mind.

I began to voice an opinion again in the early ’80s when Mr. Reagan beat that weasel Carter. I still can’t believe that this country elected that peanut farmer!
It wasn’t that I liked or voted for Reagan, or “Ronnie RayGun” as Gill Scott used to call him, but more that I was fascinated that we had elected an “actor" to be President! I was flabbergasted! So I watched his progress with a wary eye and wondered when he would fail. I knew the mask had to come off sometime!

Then, during Iran/Contra I witnessed Ollie North fall on his sword for the man. What was it that Ollie saw that I didn’t see in Reagan? I kept looking.

At the same time I was starting a new business and was feeling the everyday pressures of entrepreneurship and wondered why my taxes were so high? I started reading the financial page and listened to any news from Wall Street. Suddenly I saw much of the media coverage of news events as a sort of circus instead of hard reporting of the facts that I had been used to. Then it dawned on me...the entertainment business was taking over the news business and I was watching it happen!

And just as suddenly, a ligntning bolt from the blue… I realized that I was a conservative and didn’t even know it!
How did this happen?
Yes, I believed in Mom, apple pie and The Flag, but I thought everyone did? Didn’t they?
You didn’t have to be a conservative or a liberal to be an American.
You just believed in America! Didn’t you?
How wrong I was!

It became painfully obvious that not everyone believed in The Flag!
Some were ready and willing to defile it, and some would even burn it on the courthouse steps!
My blood was boiling!
And, there was ol’ Ollie North sitting before Congress testifying about a bad thing he had done. I wondered, just what did Ollie do to rankle all these powerful people? They said he sold guns and gave the money to the rebel anti-communists... He did what?
I was beginning to open my eyes at last! I remember thinking, my god… I had been asleep a very long time!

I was going to need to make a few changes in the way I did things!
I registered to vote again. This time I registered as a Republican. Before, I had always written “independent”. I remember thinking, what a joke! Independent my foot! Hell, you’re either for ‘em or against ‘em.
There’s no in-between!

I began to read more newspapers every day. In fact I consciously discarded the newspapers that were slanted to the “left”, and often said to my friends “that rag is a liberal commie-pinko newspaper! They're spreading Anti-American propaganda!"
These words were actually coming out of my mouth. The same mouth that sang along with Gil Scott Heron! I was again shocked, but this time, at myself!
Yes, I was a conservative. And proud of it!

I re-joined the NRA. I forget why I ever dropped out, now? I always enjoyed sport shooting and the outdoors. I certainly understand why some people say they “love the smell of casite in the morning”! Gunpowder and cleaning fluid can be very addictive!

Now, I only listen to conservative media. I prefer Michael Savage for his “take no prisoners” approach to conservative issues. Glenn Beck makes a lot of sense. Of course Rush is now a daily listen because of his outlandish style and wit, not to mention that he is right most of the time about how liberals can’t seem to get out of their own way! Some others rate an occasional listen but those three are my “usual”.

I think one needs to stand and be counted about his beliefs. And, I think conservative media is giving people like me a good “sign post” on the political road map of life.

Many conservatives take the position of not showing up at the polls to “teach them a lesson”. Well, being part of the “silent majority” just means that you’re being ignored. That needs to change.

Grass roots conservatives must become more active in national politics and more vocal about what they believe in. We must be heard over the din of liberal prattle or we don’t count at all!

Michael Savage has it right, “Liberalism Is A Mental Disorder!”
We simply cannot allow the country to be guided by these wimpy, tree hugging, politically correct weasels any longer!
The Feminization of America has to stop!
We need strong leaders to fight against this global threat of radical Islamic terrorism!

The Islamo-Fascists must be stopped or they will destroy us and all we believe in! Only strong-willed leaders can accomplish this and only strong-willed leaders can convince the rest of the world to follow.

I say to you, America, we must stop this bickering amongst ourselves… we must stop this constant snapping at the heels of our President… we must stand together to defend our way of life!

Liberals believe that help will arrive from some distant government outpost. Conservatives know the only help we can expect is our neighbor standing behind us ready with a freshly re-loaded rifle!

Yes, I am a Conservative. I’m just surprised it took me so long to realize it!

Are We There Yet...?

It may seem that we're losing the battle for control of our own lives, but I really don't believe that Conservatives in this wonderful country will let that happen. I pray that it doesn't.

I know the democrats believe they are in power and that they will force legislation through the congress, but they seriously underestimate the will of the people. Democrats keep saying "the people have spoken" when they refer to the Iraq war and to the illegal immigration issue, but that's not quite true, is it? It's only the rush of influence from the media that has swayed public opinion about the war in Iraq. It's only media in-attention to the real issue of illegal immigration that has confused voters. It's all a trumped-up charge against George Bush and republicans. The dems just want the White House again, that all.

For the last several years, democrats have done absolutely nothing but whine and complain. Can you name something they have accomplished? If this global warming thing was so important why didn't Clinton and Gore do something about it in the '90s? If the dems had a solution for illegal immigration, why didn't Bill and Al do something when they controlled the White House?

It's well documented that Clinton had many opportunities to do something about Bin Laden and other threats from islamic terrorists, but all he wanted to do was bomb Kosovo, ruin the economy and meet Lewinsky. The democrats have done nothing constructive for years! But now, they get on the soap box and shout "something must be done!"

I certainly hope that, you, my friends, are smart enough to see through this charade. The only agenda democrats have is the destruction of George Bush! They still believe he stole the 2000 election and that everything he has tried to do since then is corrupt and invalid. Talk about being stuck in the past.

We're at a serious crossroads in our country right now. The electorate is going to need to decide soon on our next president. I realize there isn't much to choose from - on either side of the aisle - but the choice will need to be made after all. Who will it be?

It must be a conservative.
If the liberal wing of the democratic party gets a stronger foothold in American politics we're doomed. Already, Mrs. Bill Clinton has hired the likes of La Raza - (you know them don't you? The Race? That commie-pinko outfit from Mexico?) to sit in on strategic planning for her campaign. What's next? Creating a Communist political wing of the Democrat Party?

And, don't forget this Soros guy. He's another lefty whacko that has more money that God, so you know he is pulling some serious strings trying to influence anybody that will defeat the conservative agenda. You do remember don't you? - He was the guy that nearly broke the Bank of England when he "shorted" the British pound? He is not to be trusted.

We certainly can't let this so-called immigration reform bill stand. It is merely amnesty for lawbreakers. Why on earth would we want to reward illegal activity? We're a nation of laws and with this bill the congress is breaking a very basic law! They are not defending our borders!
And, they go on to reward lawbreakers!
The law is so stupid! They say if illegals register, they will merely pay a fine, get sent home and can then apply for citizenship.
If I were an illegal...why would I want to do that??? I would just continue to live off the system, illegally, and stay under the radar. How does that improve anything?
It makes no sense at all.

These democrats are mentally ill. They really believe they are doing the country a good service by allowing all these illegals to stay here. Who is going to support them? Who will pay for their education? Who will pay for their health care?
You know who, don't you?

This madness has to be stopped. Vote Conservative!
We cannot allow these mentally challenged people to continue to ruin our country.
Stand Up America. Vote Conservative!

Barbarians At The Gate...

It's getting really wierd out here.
Tony Blair is resigning so GW is loosing a very close ally and confidant - Leading Republicans are advising the President to "zip it" about Iraq(they say he's hurting their chances in 2008) - Paris Hilton asks the "guv-er-nator" to pardon her? - There's a fist fight during a performance of the Boston Symphony? - Two disk jockys joke about rapeing Condi Rice, Laura Bush and the Queen? - And, Al Sharpton has been on the TV more in the last month than he has in ten years! My God!
The barbarians are at the gate!

What is going on in our country? Have we all lost our collective mind? Maybe so?

Why are leading republicans wanting to muzzle the president? I'll tell you why - the likes of MSNBC, George Soros, and the liberal mainstream medial have sung the song of doom and gloom for so long that the American people (and their fearless leaders) are starting to believe it! My friends say, "It must be true, everyone is talking about it." And, "You didn't really vote for George Bush did you?" And, "Well, if our leaders lie to us about WMD then how can we expect our children to tell the truth?" I'm appalled!

It seems that no one wants to " do the math" or "do any research" or "just remember just how things really happened". They would rather listen to the drivel spouted on "the drive-by-media". People are being de-sensitized with "shock" reporting and "shock" events. People have been brainwashed by the liberal press that has been spouting this revisionism of the most callous kind - LIES!

What can be done about all this mess?
Republicans need to rally around a candidate that has some common sense, not just general appeal. We may not have a clear choice right now, but if we look real hard we will find one. During the next several months, a candidate will emerge that will become our standard bearer.

Conservatives need to realize that if we don't go to the polls and support even a "bad" choice, we will be saddled with the likes of Mrs. Bill Clinton or that Obama dude. That means conservatives of all walks of life will need to look to the lesser of many evils in the upcoming national election and stand together. It just isn't a matter of choosing the right guy anymore. We need to make sure the democrats don't win!

How do we do that? One way is to begin speaking out against these liberal types with some grass roots campaigning. Conservatives need to show up at town meetings and get vocal. We can't afford to be dismissed as the "silent majority" anymore. We can't afford to have our "conservative voting power" to become "fractionalized" as in past years.
We need to come together to defeat this liberal menace.

If we don't start now, it won't get done. Only a concerted effort to dismiss the liberal whiners will be successful. My friends, we need to act and act now. Talk to your neighbors. Talk to your friends at work. Talk to your friends at your school. Talk with your friends at church. Get them involved with this crisis.
We cannot let the liberals take over the government!

We're at war with Islamo-Fascists that want to destroy our way of life. We desperately need to defeat that threat. Victory can only be achieved by a strong foreign policy and a strong domestic policy. That means we need a strong President and a strong Congress. Whiney, hand wringing, weasel liberals need not apply. It really doesn't matter that we are prosperous if we can't leave the house does it? These Islamo-Fascists want to keep us indoors and take over our world. We can't let that happen. Vote!
Vote Conservative! Vote Republican! Vote Anti-Liberal! But VOTE!

If you stay home to "teach them a lesson" again, it will all be over in an the blink of an eye. The liberals will be in power, we will be attacked again, prosperity will become a dirty word, and every American will be at risk. Get out and Vote!

Conservatives, We Must Stand As One!
Keep America strong!
Vote Conservative!

The Speech GW Should Have Made...

Normally, I start these things out by saying "My Fellow Americans."
... Not doing it this time.

If the polls are any indication, I don't know who more than half of you are anymore.
I do know something terrible has happened, and that you're not really "fellow Americans" any more, you're something else.

I'll cut right to the chase here: I quit.
Now before anyone gets all in a lather about me quitting to avoid impeachment, or to avoid prosecution or something, let me assure you: there's been no breaking of laws or impeachable offenses in this office.

The reason I'm quitting is simple. I'm fed up with you people.
I'm fed up because you have no understanding of what's really going on in the world, or of what's going on in this once-great nation of ours.
And the majority of you are too damned lazy to do your homework and figure it out!

Let's start local. You've been sold a bill of goods by politicians and the news media. Polls show that the majority of you think the economy is in the tank. And that's despite record numbers of homeowners including record numbers of MINORITY homeowners.

And while we're mentioning minorities, I'll point out that minority business ownership is at an all-time high. Our unemployment rate is as low as it ever was during the Clinton Administration. I've mentioned all those things before, but it doesn't seem to have sunk in.

Despite the shock to our economy of 9/11, the stock market has rebounded to record levels and more Americans than ever are participating in these markets. Meanwhile, all you can do is whine about gas prices, and most of you are too damn stupid to realize that gas prices are high because there's increased demand in other parts of the world... and, because a small handful of noisy idiots are more worried about polar bears and beachfront property than your economic security.

We face real threats in the world!
And, don't give me this "blood for oil" thing. If I was trading blood for oil I would've already seized Iraq's oil fields and let the rest of the country go to hell.

And don't give me this "Bush Lied - People Died" crap either. If I was the liar you morons take me for, I could've easily had chemical weapons planted in Iraq so they could be 'discovered'.

Instead, I owned up to the fact that the intelligence was faulty. Let me remind you that the rest of the world thought Saddam had the goods, same as me. Let me also remind you that regime change in Iraq was official US policy before I came into office. Some guy named 'Clinton' established that policy.
Bet you didn't know that, did you?

You idiots need to understand that we face a unique enemy. Back during the cold war, there were two major competing political and economic models squaring off.
We won that war. And we won it because fundamentally, the Communists wanted to survive, just as we do. We were simply able to outspend them and out-tech them.

That's not the case this time.
The soldiers of our new enemy don't care if they survive.
In fact, they want to die.
That'd be fine, as long as they weren't also committed to taking as many of you with them as they can.
But they are committed to do just that. They want to kill you. And the bastards are all over the globe!

You should be grateful that they haven't gotten any more of us here in the United States since September 11... but you're not. That's because you've got no idea how hard a small number of intelligence, military, law enforcement and homeland security people have worked to make sure of that.

When this whole mess started, I warned you that this would be a long and difficult fight. I'm disappointed how many of you people think a long and difficult fight amounts to a single season of 'Survivor'.

Instead, you've grown impatient. You're incapable of seeing things through the long lens of history, the way our enemies do. You think that wars should last a few months, a few years, tops. Making matters worse, you actively support those who help the enemy. Every time you buy the New York Times, every time you send a donation to acut-and-run Democrat's political campaign, well, dammit, you might just as well Fedex a grenade launcher to a Jihadist.
It amounts to the same thing.

In this day and age, it's easy enough to find the truth. It's all over the Internet. It just isn't on the pages of the New York Times or on NBC News. But even if it were, I doubt you'd be any smarter. Most of you would rather watch American Idol.

I could say more about your expectations that the government will always be there to bail your lazy ass out, even if you're too stupid to leave a city that's below sea level and has a hurricane approaching.

I could say more about your insane belief that government, not your own wallet, is where the money comes from. But I've come to the conclusion that were I to do so, it would sail right over your heads.

So I quit. I' m going back to Crawford. I've got an energy-efficient house down there (something Al Gore could only dream about) and the capability to be fully self-sufficient. No one ever heard of Crawford before I got elected, and as soon as I'm done here pretty much no one will ever hear of it again. Maybe I'll be lucky enough to die of old age before the last pillars of America fall.

Oh, and by the way, Cheney's quitting too. That means Pelosi is your new President.
You asked for it.

Watch what she does carefully, because I still have a glimmer of hope that there're just enough of you remaining who are smart enough to turn this thing around in 2008.

So that's it.
God bless what's left of America . Some of you know what I mean.
The rest of you, **** off.

This was exerpted from an anomynous source.

Soros at it again!

First Imus, now Savage.