Mending Wall

The Answer My Friend

2008-07-21T06:12:00.011-04:00

The good folks at MaggiesFarm brings our attention to Michael Knox Beran's latest essay, Obama, Shaman @ CityJournal:

"The solution, he says, lies in a political reformation. Unless we “begin the process of changing politics and our civic life,” we will bequeath to our children “a weaker and more fractured America” than the one we inherited. Hence his mantra,“Change we can believe in.” Like the Nicene Creed, Obama’s doctrine begins in belief. Credo. Once we believe in the possibility of a transformative politics, “the perfection begins.” The selfish politics of the present yields to the selfless politics of the future. We discover that “this nation is more than the sum of its parts—that out of many, we are truly one.” So believing, we can replace a politics that breeds division, conflict, and cynicism with a politics that fosters unity and peace. In Obama’s “project of national renewal,” government can become an expression of “our communal values, our sense of mutual responsibility and social solidarity.”"

A body politic along with its charismatic political leader du jour such as Obama can only realistically bring together a certain portion of the people those already predisposed to believe in anything and everything offered as a balm to their sufferings otherwise would we not already be living in a utopia after the appearance on the world scene throughout history of such transformational figures as Christ, the Buddha, Mohammad, Stalin, Hitler, Chairman Mao, JFK, Martin Luther King, et al.

More government, bigger government, more intrusive government is not the answer. Government is distant, disconnected, cold and uncaring especially if we should be old or sick or disabled or struggling to make ends meet. A political movement is not the answer either by its very nature it is more divisive than unifying pitting one faction against another. A mere politician, no matter how popular or charismatic, can ever be the lasting answer we seek.

The only truly transformational solution lies within each and every one of us and is made manifest in an individual responsibility towards family, to community, to civility, to respect for one another and respect for the personal property of others, to heeding a moral compass.

The answer my friend is no longer blowin in the wind, it is in you and me.

Obama Cries Foul

2008-07-17T14:57:00.007-04:00

Waa, waa Obama cries foul. Seems we been pickin on Miss Michelle us mean rascally Republicans, conservatives, bloggers, Fox News, yada yada:

"Senator Barack Obama blamed the right-wing media for attacks on his wife,Michelle, that have driven up her negative ratings. In an interview with Glamour magazine , Mr. Obama pointed to “the conservative press — Fox News and the National Review and columnists of every ilk,” and said they “went fairly deliberately at her in a pretty systematic way” and that they “treated her as the candidate in a way that you just rarely see the Democrats try to do against Republicans.” He suggested that spouses be off limits, calling them “civilians” and saying “they didn’t sign up for this.”"

He needs to get real. Seems Miss Michelle herself just couldn't manage to keep her big mouth shut and inserted herself into the campainging which, as far as I'm concerned, makes her fair game. If she wanted to be left alone then she should have limited her campaigning for her husband to playing the role of supportive wife and doting mother and not act like she was the candidate giving vent to her deepest fears, complaining about her expensive student loans and lecturing others to work for the community not corporate America while she herself earns $312,000 working for the corporation that owns the University of Chicago Hospitals, along with $51,200 as a director on the board for Treehouse Foods, Inc.

Here's a sample of the lecturing in a "fairly deliberately" and "pretty systematic way" from Michelle:

"Let's start thinking about what sacrifices we have to make individually. What important things of our individual self-interest we're going to put on the table for the greater good. You have to think about what you're willing to put on the table. And it's got to be something. You cannot get away with not giving up something. Not in a democracy. Maybe in another country, but in a democracy,sacrifice is critical."

Don't presume to lecture me Miss Michelle about sacrificing for the greater good. And what pray tell are you sacrificing for the greater good, huh??

And as to those negative ratings, well she can thank herself for that. I just can't seem to muster any sympathy for her when she gets a ticket to ride to Princeton based on her race not on her intelligence or SAT scores while denying a slot for an academically qualified student of other minorities or heaven forbid a qualified white person. And I'm pretty tired of her deliberate attempt to paint a bleak picture of the rest of America especially white America while Miss Uppity herself graduates from Princeton, buys a McMansion in Chicago, brings down $312,000 a year in that job in the corporate world--you know, the one she purportedly disdains.

Perhaps the American people just don't appreciate the talkin down to by Miss Uppity. Talk to the hand girl.

Totalitarian USA

2008-07-17T11:24:00.004-04:00

". . . the term "totalitarian" refers to socioeconomic dynamism, the way of life, of a state society. The governmental techniques of a totalitarian regime are necessarily authoritarian. But the regime does much more. It attempts to mold the private life, the soul, the spirit, and the mores of citizens to a dominant ideology. The officially proclaimed ideology penetrates into every nook and cranny of the state society; its ambition is total."

This definition of what a totalitarian state is and more importantly how the ideology insinuates itself into every facet of a society's being informs us of what Obama imagines we as a nation can be. He wants to dictate to us that we have an obligation to serve the state, everything for the state, our salvation from the collective, to be good socialists although you will never hear him actually use that pejorative term it is nonetheless what he deems necessary to move us forward, to be on an equal footing with the rest of the world, and to undue our so-called tarnished reputation.

This is the ideology he believes in. This is the ideology he wants all of us to embrace. It won't be a problem for many certainly the intelligentsia, the youth, and the black population have already fallen into the trap, but for this rebel I say hell no.

Obama Wants Us To Spy On One Another?

2008-07-17T06:23:00.008-04:00

"We cannot continue to rely on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives we've set. We've got to have a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded."

Obama tells us that our military is not sufficient to "achieve the national security objectives we've set." What??? What exactly doest he means by "national security objectives we've set" who set? the current US government or security objectives he's "set," and just what are those "national security objectives"?

The idea of a "civilian national security force" sounds disturbingly like civilians being encouraged to spy on one another, perhaps even more nefarious, children spying on their parents. You're probably thinking that such a thing could never happen here, but may I recommend you read Jonah Goldberg's book, Liberal Facism, wherein you will see for yourself that indeed such things happened in this country during Woodrow Wilson's presidency and such tactics were utilized by Hitler, while this whole notion of the populace spying on one another for the good of the party was popularized in George Orwell's book, 1984.

We must listen very carefully to every word Obama speaks because every now and then he reveals the real Obama, and what it is he really believes. For if we continue to gloss over such thoroughly radical statements we are at risk of failing to "connect the dots" like we did prior to 9/11 only to discover once he's president that we have been duped. Obama has a plan to take this country to the ultra left, he's not just anti-war, anti-poverty, anti-military, but anti-democracy and pro totalitarian. Every step, every word, every move to the left, center, or right is not by accident but by design. David Axelrod, Obama's handler, along with Obama have mapped out every move and every word leaving nothing to chance. Axelrod has been compared to Bush's Karl Rove and we all know what that means. May I suggest that you read the in-depth essay about Obama's early days in Chicago, Making It, How Chicago Shaped Obama in the now infamous issue of The New Yorker magazine (the one with the satirical cover) that reveals the man Obama as the calculating, ruthless politico that he has always been. He will say and do whatever it takes including lying to acheive his goal.

Curious don't you think, that this disturbing statement has been "excised" from the official transcript of his speech although a video clip of his speech containing the remark remains on YouTube. Too radical, too revealing, too many eyebrows raised on that one but that's alright he can wait and it's only a matter of time when we the people under his spell will come to accept even this if Obama tells us it's for our own good.

Obama Moves Center

2008-07-10T16:03:00.003-04:00

Obama has moved to the center right on schedule now that the primaries are over. His left leaning pandering to the MoveOn, Code Pink, HuffPo, global warming environmentalists, and DailyKos types is no longer politically necessary. Now he moves to center to capture the moderates and disaffected conservatives.

Can you spare me some "change" Obama? What is so different about what Obama is doing now then say what Clinton (Bill, that is) did after the primaries? There's nothing new and different about Obama, he is afterall a Democrat politician.

Viva Ingrid Betancourt!

2008-07-10T13:27:00.005-04:00

Incredible story of strength and determination to survive what became for her a transformational 6 long years of captivity:

"Betancourt’s choice, which she has proclaimed loud and clear since her first breaths of free air, is the result of mature reflection: rather the possibility of a bloody outcome than the life of a dog. She does not tell us that anything is better than death; she says rather that freedom is worth any price. From the depths of her hell, she confided this long-held conviction in a message to her mother: “I no longer eat; I have no appetite . . . I no longer want anything and I believe that is the only good thing that has happened to me. It is better this way: to want nothing more in order to be free.” This stoic from the heart of the jungle was already affirming a passion stronger than death, more commanding than life—her unconditional passion for freedom. Hence her unshakable choice, which she opposes to the pacifism that she professed before her descent into the abyss: yes to liberation by military means, with its risks and perils; yes to the president who courageously confronts the possibility of a failure that would bring down upon him worldwide condemnation and the definitive anathema of right-thinking people everywhere.
The catechism of al-Qaida, like that of all forms of totalitarian barbarism of the twentieth century, proclaims: “Viva death! You love life, but we love death, so we (fascists, communists, fundamentalists) will be the strongest.” Many among us acquiesce and say: Better voluntary slavery than death. But Ingrid Betancourt looked death in the face, suffered slavery in the flesh, and then said, No! And she drew the implacable and violent conclusion. It is up to us not to hide from the reality of her hard truth."

Stolen Legacy Myth

2008-07-10T12:20:00.006-04:00

Academia, for the most part as I have previously noted, seem on the whole not very interested in teaching the historical facts but would rather make up "history" to promote or champion a perceived victimized group as in this Africana Studies course at Wellsley College.

Makes you wonder though doesn't it if you attended any institution of higher learning whether you unwittingly bought into a myriad of lies while paying $30,000 or more a year in tuition for the privilege.

Another Good Read

2008-07-09T16:12:00.003-04:00

Christopher Hitchens' compelling reasoning in defense of the necessity of WWII in refutation of Pat Buchann's new book, "Churchill, Hitler And The Unnecessary War," is at once an excellent read:

". . . if we possess one indelible image of political immorality and cowardice, it is surely the dismal tap-tap-tap of Neville Chamberlain's umbrella as he turned from signing the Czechs away to Adolf Hitler at Munich. He hoped by this humiliation to avert war, but he was fated to bring his countrymen war on top of humiliation. To the conventional wisdom add the titanic figure of Winston Churchill as the emblem of oratorical defiance and the Horatius who, until American power could be mobilized and deployed, alone barred the bridge to the forces of unalloyed evil."

Leftness As A Lifestyle Choice

2008-06-27T09:13:00.004-04:00

J.R. Dunn @ AmericanThinker pens the best description anywhere I've seen of the disparate factions that make up the Left:

"The wimp left is the largest, most amorphous, and least impressive faction.These are the people who are leftists because the neighbors are. They're the NPR listeners, the PBS watchers, the slogan repeaters. They view the left as a lifestyle choice, one that makes you a better person (as they never cease telling you). Wimp leftists usually confine their activities to bumper stickers and "trying to live a politically-correct lifestyle", but often break into sporadic bouts of activity involving recycling, marching, or posting on DU or Kos."

Obama Wants To Complete The Circle

2008-06-26T12:17:00.009-04:00

Obama has said he now wants our ubiquitous government to raise/indoctrinate your child from birth to age 5 at which point they move on to the government schools grades K-12 who will then assume full responsibility for continuing to raise/indoctrinate your child til 18 and then if they show potential they will move on to an institution of higher education where they will be groomed to go forth into society to indoctrinate the next generation. And so the circle is completed.

Over the course of their young lifetimes they will have been programmed to believe in the overriding importance of community vs. the rights of the individual, will have learnt revisionist history that demonizes America, they will be convinced of the evilness of the rich, they will be taught that their parents have no control over them and that their government cares more about them, some will even be groomed to lead a new America one that is more "caring." Homeschooling will be outlawed; after all, the government can't afford to lose any child (No Child Left Behind?) to parental control and what does a parent know anyway about educating children in the way.

Know this--the child (your child) belongs to the government and will henceforth become government issue at birth. This is his plan.

Fight The Power

2008-06-26T06:53:00.007-04:00

And this man is a duly elected Democrat representative of the people of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts? He obviously represents a certain detestable, despicable, perverted underclass of people in this state. Read what he has said he would as a lawyer defending an accused child rapist do to the child victim in the courtroom:

"I'm gonna rip them apart," Fagan said of child victims. "I'm going to make sure that the rest of their life is ruined, that when they're 8 years old, they throw up; when they're 12 years old, they won't sleep; when they're 19 years old, they'll have nightmares and they'll never have a relationship with anybody."

What the bleep is going on here? Beyond the incredibly vile vitriol of this Democrat politician, I thought that Democrats or so they have claimed desire to protect the children, to provide for the children, to be guardians of the children and yet this lunatic has said that he would defend the accused sexual predator by further traumitizing then purposefully destroying the life of an innocent child. Even for Massachusetts this is beyond the pale. This is an outrage and the people of this state need to do something about it.

Living in lefty loony Massachusetts for all of my life I have become somewhat accustomed to our Democrat politicians (are there any other kind in this state?) controlling even the tiniest minutia of our daily lives, finding creative ways of taking our hard earned money, mandating health insurance or pay $912+ penalty, passing laws that burden and encumber commerce, redefining society, giving the rights of a citizen to an illegal alien, begrudgingly allowing the voters a referendum vote on controversial issues only to blatantly disregard thus circumvent the will of the people . . . wait, hold on here, what are we doing??

The good people of this state are being lied to, manipulated, coerced against our will by power hungry politicians but then who is really to blame here? If we the people do nothing, say nothing, continue to vote for Democrat politicians, continue to acquiesce to an unresponsive and obtrusive government then we are the ones to blame.

Ultimately, if the will of the people continues to be thwarted we are no longer a country "of the people, by the people, for the people" but a country for those who are in positions of power over the people whether it be a select person, town manager, governor, representative, senator, the MSM, or the President who think they know a better way.

We don't need no stinkin government. Power to the People!!!

Ivy Retardation

2008-06-24T16:09:00.010-04:00

An fascinating introspective of an elite education and what it fails to teach written by a professed elitist which makes it even that much more fascinating.

"It didn’t dawn on me that there might be a few holes in my education until I was about 35. I’d just bought a house, the pipes needed fixing, and the plumber was standing in my kitchen. There he was, a short, beefy guy with a goatee and a Red Sox cap and a thick Boston accent, and I suddenly learned that I didn’t have the slightest idea what to say to someone like him. So alien was his experience to me, so unguessable his values, so mysterious his very language, that I couldn’t succeed in engaging him in a few minutes of small talk before he got down to work. Fourteen years of higher education and a handful of Ivy League dees, and there I was, stiff and stupid, struck dumb by my own dumbness. “Ivy retardation,” a friend of mine calls this. I could carry on conversations with people from other countries, in other languages, but I couldn’t talk to the man who was standing in my own house.
It’s not surprising that it took me so long to discover the extent of my miseducation, because thelast thing an elite education will teach you is its own inadequacy. As two dozen years at Yale and Columbia have shown me, elite colleges relentlessly encourage their students to flatter themselves for being there, and for what being there can do for them. The advantages of an elite education are indeed undeniable. You learn to think, at least in certain ways, and you make the contacts needed to launch yourself into a life rich in all of society’s most cherished rewards. To consider that while some opportunities are being created, others are being cancelled and that while some abilities are being developed, others are being crippled is, within this context, not only outrageous, but inconceivable. I’m not talking about curricula or the culture wars, the closing or opening of the American mind, political correctness, canon formation, or what have you. I’m talking about the whole system in which these skirmishes play out. Not just the Ivy League and its peer institutions, but also the mechanisms that get you there in the first place: the private and affluent public “feeder” schools, the ever-growing parastructure of tutors and test-prep courses and enrichment programs, the whole admissions frenzy and everything that leads up to and away from it. The message, as always, is the medium. Before, after, and around the elite college classroom, a constellation of values is ceaselessly inculcated. As globalization sharpens economic insecurity, we are increasingly committing ourselves—as students, as parents, as a society—to a vast apparatus of educational advantage. With so many resources devoted to the business of elite academics and so many people scrambling for the limited space at the top of the ladder, it is worth asking what exactly it is you get in the end—what it is we all get, because the elite students of today, as their institutions never tire of reminding them, are the leaders of tomorrow.
The first disadvantage of an elite education, as I learned in my kitchen that day, is that it makes you incapable of talking to people who aren’t like you. Elite schools pride themselves on their diversity, but that diversity is almost entirely a matter of ethnicity and race. With respect to class, these schools are largely—indeed increasingly—homogeneous. Visit any elite campus in our great nation and you can thrill to the heartwarming spectacle of the children of white businesspeople and professionals studying and playing alongside the children of black, Asian, and Latino businesspeople and professionals. At the same time, because these schools tend to cultivate liberal attitudes, they leave their students in the paradoxical position of wanting to advocate on behalf of the working class while being unable to hold a simple conversation with anyone in it. Witness the last two Democratic presidential nominees, Al Gore and John Kerry: one each from Harvard and Yale, both earnest, decent, intelligent men, both utterly incapable of communicating with the larger electorate.
But it isn’t just a matter of class. My education taught me to believe that people who didn’t go to an Ivy League or equivalent school weren’t worth talking to, regardless of their class. I was given the unmistakable message that such people were beneath me. We were “the best and the brightest,” as these places love to say, and everyone else was, well, something else: less good, less bright. I learned to give that little nod of understanding, that slightly sympathetic “Oh,” when people told me they went to a less prestigious college. (If I’d gone to Harvard, I would have learned to say “in Boston” when I was asked where I went to school—the Cambridge version of noblesse oblige.) I never learned that there are smart people who don’t go to elite colleges, often precisely for reasons of class. I never learned that there are smart people who don’t go to college at all. I also never learned that there are smart people who aren’t “smart.” The existence of multiple forms of intelligence has become a commonplace, but however much elite universities like to sprinkle their incoming classes with a few actors or violinists, they select for and develop one form of intelligence: the analytic. While this is broadly true of all universities, elite schools, precisely because their students (and faculty, and administrators) possess this one form of intelligence to such a high degree, are more apt to ignore the value of others. One naturally prizes what one most possesses and what most makes for one’s advantages. But social intelligence and emotional intelligence and creative ability, to name just three other forms, are not distributed preferentially among the educational elite. The “best” are the brightest only in one narrow sense. One needs to wander away from the educational elite to begin to discover this.
What about people who aren’t bright in any sense? I have a friend who went to an Ivy League college after graduating from a typically mediocre public high school. One of the values of going to such a school, she once said, is that it teaches you to relate to stupid people. Some people are smart in the elite-college way, some are smart in other ways, and some aren’t smart at all. It should be embarrassing not to know how to talk to any of them, if only because talking to people is the only real way of knowing them. Elite institutions are supposed to provide a humanistic education, but the first principle of humanism is Terence’s: “nothing human is alien to me.” The first disadvantage of an elite education is how very much of the human it alienates you from."
(h/t NeverYetMelted)

George Carlin

2008-06-24T02:49:00.003-04:00

"Some people see things that are and ask, Why? Some people dream of things that never were and ask, Why not? Some people have to go to work and don’t have time for all that."
Comedian George Carlin

On The Offense

2008-06-23T14:50:00.006-04:00

Obama thinks Republicans are going to try to scare you with the fact that: 1.) he's Black (do tell); 2.) Young and Inexperienced (are you going to dispute the obvious fact that you are young duh, any fool can see that just by looking at you) and inexperienced (tell us exactly what experience do you have that would qualify you to be President, besides being Black and a Democrat that is?); and 3.) Barack Hussein Obama is a "funny name" -- what's in a name to be "afraid" of?

"They're going to try to make you afraid of me. He's young and inexperienced and he's got a funny name. And did I mention he's black?"

"We know the strategy because they've already shown their cards. Ultimately I think the American people recognize that old stuff hasn't moved us forward. That old stuff just divides us."

Two points:

#1: The American people (the white ones you're talking about) are not "afraid" of blacks. Blacks have become successful in their own right so it's fairly obvious that society regards a persons' qualifications for a position to be of more importance than whatever skin color, race, or gender.

#2: You are young and yes you are inexperienced in that you have only been on the national scene in the U.S. Senate for two years.

"That old stuff just divides us" -- do I see a theme emerging here, this notion that race divides us, we need to move forward and only you can overcome the divide and move us forward.

Presidential Seal??

2008-06-23T12:13:00.005-04:00

Obama For America for if Obama be for you, then who can be against you.

Say What?

2008-06-23T10:49:00.003-04:00

Obama has posited this ridiculous thought:

"Whatever we once were, we're no longer a Christian nation. At least not just. We are also a Jewish nation, a Muslim nation, and a Buddhist nation, and a Hindu nation, and a nation of nonbelievers," Obama said during a June 2007 speech available on YouTube.
At the speech, Obama also seemingly blasted the "Christian Right" for hijacking religion and using it to divide the nation:
"Somehow, somewhere along the way, faith stopped being used to bring us together and started being used to drive us apart. It got hijacked. Part of it's because of the so-called leaders of the Christian Right, who've been all too eager to exploit what divides us," he said. "
First of all, faith is not being used to drive us apart. Faith is a belief in God. Religion on the other hand, is a man-made construct used to publicly worship the Creator which, like all man-made institutions, falls short of being perfect.
Secondly, we were never just a "Christian nation." There was never any exclusion of any religion so what's up with that falacious comment???
Many things are being wheeled out in this election to drive us apart, Obama by yourself and your minions in the press, and racism is certainly one. I thought you wanted to "unite" us instead you really want to divide us especially along racial lines and you know it. Your "religion" is listed as Christian is it not on your vain-glorious website. You've seemed to forget you're authentically half white as well as a self professed Christian yet you trash both aspects of yourself. You're the hijacker along with your pastors Rev. Wright and Fr. Fleger et al who have hijacked the Christian religion as a front to forward your and their virulent brand of black theology and Marxist socialism. It appears then you have accused yourself of being a true racist one who is "all to eager to exploit what divides us" (and it's not religion Obama).
And no, there are no leaders on the "Christian right"which inform me or other Christians on any topic including and especially our faith. Faith is a deeply held belief in a Creator that is self informed.
So Obama you are a party to the hijacking of Christianity to forward your own brand of "religion," you are exploiting your race, excuse me your skin color which lucky for you happens to be more black than your 50% white lineage provides, for pure political gain.
And to think that race relations in this country were on the mend and all religions were welcome and existed in harmony -- that is til you came along.

The Pied Piper and Quid Pro Quo

2008-06-20T06:54:00.009-04:00

"Obama said he would give students a $4,000 tax credit to help pay tuition and fees in exchange for 100 hours of community service. The campaign said the program would cost $10 billion a year." (my emphasis)

It sounds just so really awesome don't you think to offer college students a tax credit to help them pay for tuition, what with the cost of a higher education like it is most students need financial assistance. I know if I were a young, struggling, (and highly impressionable) college student I'd vote for Obama just so I could get that $4K tax credit (which in reality wouldn't amount to hill of beans with the average yearly cost of tuition hovering around $32,000 and most college students aren't filing tax returns anyway). But then Obama, acting more like a used car salesman, knew just the right pitch to throw the adoring crowd. And then he looked out over the audience and knew at once he had hooked them. Another quid pro quo -- vote for me and I'll take care of you and you and you.

But seriously, where's the $10 billion going to come from to make good on the promise? If Obama has already promised to provide health care for all Americans and then secure Medicare and Medicaid and Social Security and improve education and halt global warming, fund research for alternative energy sources and provide the monies for a never ending list of social programs he's going to need more money which has to mean higher taxes. There's no other way and this time everyone paying taxes at any level will pay the piper.

Babes For Obama

2008-06-19T07:12:00.002-04:00

At First Light

2008-06-19T05:59:00.009-04:00

Cloned white blood cells wipe out cancer. . .

Do you need another good reason to drill for oil? -- a $12 fuel surcharge on speeding tickets . . .

Are all Democrats socialists or do they just not understand economics??? Rep. Maxine Waters-D wants to "nationalize" oil companies now another Dem, Rep. Maurice Hinchey, D-N.Y, adds his voice: "we should own the refineries" OMG, that's what Chavez has done in Venezuela and he's a socialist dictator . . .

This is disturbing when kids lawyer up . . .

Obama's Banking On Your Ignorance

2008-06-18T09:39:00.008-04:00

Neal Boortz hits the nail on the head:

"Obama wants you to believe that the American oil companies are manipulating the price of oil. Yeah, sure they are. The five major American oil companies control about five percent of the world's oil. Tell me how in the wide wide world of politics can these five companies who control five percent of the world's oil manipulate oil prices like this? Obama knows this – but he also knows that you don't know. Wake up. He's playing on your ignorance. He wants to spend $150 billion of YOUR dollars screwing around with wind power, solar power and other green dreams. Oh yeah ... let's put the federal government, the same outfit that gave us Medicare and Social Security, take charge or our search for alternative fuels. Let me know how that works out for you.

Barack Obama knows that the voters more likely to support him don't know squat about oil economics. He can sit there without a shred of proof blaming the oil companies for the high gas prices .. and he can get away with it because he knows his supporters aren't intellectually curious enough to demand an explanation."

Doesn't it gore you that Obama thinks you are just plain ignorant on the issues and he can say anything and you will swear it's the gospel truth just because he said it.

I personally hate being used, lied to, or being thought of in such a demeaning, dismissive manner.
Surprise Mr. Obama. Inform yourself. Don't Believe The Lies.

Silencing Of The Lambs

2008-06-17T16:39:00.006-04:00

When Obama becomes president there will be hell to pay for all those who dared, whether it be in the blogosphere or on talk radio, those who have had the audacity to speak against the chosen one. It will be 1984 and Brave New World rolled into one. It is not so far fetched to posit that his campaign has already begun compiling a list of enemies of Obama who will find themselves under the jackboot of the IRS and the FBI. If Hillary could secret FBI files in the White House on members of Congress who found themselves on the Clinton's enemies list, well, it's not so very far fetched to think the Obamas will do the same.

When the newly elected Democrats, who will be in the majority, convene Congress in January 2009, the first order of business will be to hammer home the last nail on the coffin of free speech.
You think I jest? Have you ever heard of the Fairness Doctrine? It will be resurrected only this time it will become the law of the land. Who can stop it this time? Republicans, the handful that will remain, are feckless sock puppets who will do anything to get along. And don't look to the Supreme Court for they have proven themselves to be leftist liberals who will make law not interpret the law. If your politics don't mesh with the fascist Obama's, there will be no quarter, no where to hide from the coming prosecution.

Obama will swiftly silence his critics and be about his business of re-Creation of these United States. Then you will have the change you think you wanted, but even you will find yourself shocked and ultimately speechless.

Obama Up To His Old "Tricks"

2008-06-16T15:41:00.006-04:00

This is not new I know, but seriously do you think maybe he's been using this tactic with white voters throughout this campaign?

In his book, Dreams Of My Father, Obama reveals his tried and true tactic/trick to reduce the angst felt by many "typical white people" when confronted by a black person.

"It was usually an effective tactic, another one of those tricks I had learned: People were satisfied so long as you were courteous and smiled and made no sudden moves. They were more than satisfied; they were relieved - such a pleasant surprise to find a well-mannered young black man who didn’t seem angry all the time. (Pages 94-95)."

Sometimes we are too willing to accept people at face value only to discover later we were duped or played for a fool.

Obama has fooled too many unsuspecting Americans.

Obama's Position on Guns

2008-06-13T13:53:00.002-04:00

If you really want to know Mr. Obama's position on guns and your Second Amendment right to bear arms, please read this . . .

(h/t: MaggiesFarm)

Basic Truisms of Life

2008-06-13T12:56:00.002-04:00

Rule #1: ALWAYS QUESTION anything any level of government (whether it be local, municpal, state, or federal) says, does, taxes, levels fees or fines, regulates, requires, mandates, or suggests.
Rule: #2: What qualifies mere politicians to be all knowing experts on the economy, health care, the military, how to prosecute a war, education, or foreign diplomacy?
Rule #3: Know thyself and what you believe in and why you believe it. Be ready and able to defend your position. Research the issues of the day. Don't be just a regurgitator of the latest talking point of either party.
Rule #4: Hold all politicians accountable. If they get your vote because they promise to do something then make sure they actually do it or vote the bum out!

So What's The Answer

2008-06-11T09:55:00.007-04:00

After 40 years of Democrats being in controll of Federal government shouldn't every social ill--poverty, joblessness, health insurance, racism, securing Social Security--have already been taken care of by some law, some program, some initiative yet Obama can come along and tell us that we are broken and only he can fix us and it's the greedy corporations and the Republicans yet if we sacrifice for the common good, and yes we can and together we can, I am change, I am hope.

Yet President Lyndon Johnson-D in his book, The Vantage Point, has already laid claim to having implemented hundreds of social programs and legislation addressing those very ills, quite an impressive list . . . yet how is it that these very same social ills continue to plague this country?