"The View" is obscurred by idiocy

“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; . . . .”

This is the first sentence of the First Amendment to the greatest political document ever written in the entire known history of mankind. (Now that I’ve got my sentiments and extra prepositional phrases out of the way . . . .) This IS the law. There is no national religion.

I refuse to watch “The View” and so I wasn’t when John McCain visited the set the other day. I listened to the audio clips on the radio, though. For the most part, I heard what I expected: idiots making comments based entirely from emotional reactions rather than intellignet consideratons. This is what we’ve come to expect from “The View” and I don’t believe that anyone ever comes away dissappointed. Was replacing Rosie with Whoopie really a change?

Let’s set aside, for a now, the part where Whoopie the moron asks, “Should I be worried about being a slave, about being returned to slavery because certain things happened in the Constitution that you had to change.” And also the part where Barbara Walters replies, “You and Sherri, we’ll take care of you. Us white folk will take care of you.” Am I the only one whose jaw dropped on this one? Are liberals really this dumb, I mean, do they really think this way? Have they ever read a history book or, perhaps, the United States Constitution? Hint: read the 13th Amendment. Again, I’d like to point out that Abraham Lincoln formed the Republican Party on the basis of the abolition of slavery BECAUSE the act of slavery ran contrary to the Constitution and the founding principles. Now, what party was (and in my opinion, still is) the party of slavery? And on which party’s candidate are all of those idiots on “The View” already sold?

Palin's Grit and the Democrats' Folly

It really is interesting how the dynamic of the presidential race has changed with the vice presidential selections. Barack Obama could have utterly sealed the deal by selecting Hillary as his number two. I’ve yet to meet anyone who disagrees. Instead, he chooses Joe Biden – a man who, because he is a genuine asshole, makes the Obama ticket look tougher, sure; but, also a man who could never upstage the Anointed One. Obama, who actually was losing momentum going into his convention, as the knight in the Indiana Jones movie would say, chose poorly. Historically speaking, the V.P. pick should really be aimed at the one person who won’t do the ticket any harm. Radio talk show host Michael Medved has talked in detail of a candidate’s responsibility in applying the Hippocratic Oath to the V.P. selection. Obama may have done his party no harm, but he didn’t boost the ticket either. Then again, Hillary’s followers still seem quite jilted over the snubbing.

McCain, on the other hand, really is making himself look the part of the political genius with every public appearance Palin makes. Has there ever been second fiddle to ever cause such a stir? I don’t think so. Sarah Palin, over the course of a weekend and a thirty minute speech – that she was forced to give off the cuff because her teleprompter malfunctioned – has united conservative and republican Americans under McCain’s banner. The accolades that I could pour out for Palin could go on for hours and I don’t care to take the time to do it. I will say, though, that the woman is perfect for the republican party. I have wanted Romney as the V.P. all along, but looking at America’s reaction, left and right, to Palin, I am so very pleased with McCain’s choice.

Hillary's power grab

This presidential election is nuts. We've got another Clinton in the mix (need I say more?), America's first black candidate (though he has more causasian ancestry than black) whose long-time reverand hates America and one of his friends is a known terrorist, and then the unlikely GOP nominee of McCain who only has one foot on the conservative side of the political spectrum. Since McCain's already locked in, let's look at Hillary instead:

Any other candidate would have gracefully bowed out months ago. Not Hillary. She must know how disliked, hated even, she is by so many people. This election is likely her only viable shot at taking home the prize, and she knows it. It's got to be this year or never.

What's amazing, that after all the stubborness she's showed by staying in the race, is the fact that her stubborness may actually pay off. If she wins big enough, she could close enough of the gap to Obama for ligitamate consideration for the nomination. Afterall, Hillary did win the traditional Democrat states, not Obama.

Celebrated Murder

I honestly believe that some not too distant day in the future, mankind will look upon the abortion of human infants in the same light as we do the Holocaust.

I hate the argument that abortion is justified because a “woman has a right over her own body.” I wholeheartedly agree with that notion but I also believe that the dominion over the life of the human baby growing in her womb is where that right ends. If women want to exercise their right to use their body how they wish, they should begin by exercising their right to keep their knees together. There is an obvious cause and effect relationship to be applied, and I am ever mystified at the way pregnant mothers can rationalize aborting their baby after they chose to have sex.

Please keep in mind that I am deigning to use the word “abortion” instead of “murder” for the sake of maintaining an air of reasonability.

Too often do we hear the argument of “what if a woman is raped and becomes impregnated from that rape?” The impersonal side of me says, “Sorry, but shit happens and just because a woman got shat upon doesn’t necessitate the killing of an innocent baby.” The empathetic side of me says, “I’m very sorry for the pain that woman is suffering, but shit happens and that baby did nothing to warrant death. Put the child up for adoption if nothing else.” Besides, I’ve known quite a few women who’ve been victims of sexual assaults and none have subsequently gotten pregnant. Is it common for pregnancies to come from rape? Somehow, I don’t think so.

ADVICE AND INFLUENCE

“…you know, Barack can get shot going to the gas station, you know.”

My first reaction to Michelle Obama’s statement is, “Well, who would shoot him and why?” Would it be an assassination attempt on a black political figure ala Medgar Evers murder by white supremacist Byron De La Beckwith? Or would it be the result of street-gang violence, maybe car-jacking a rich white guy? After all, Obama is half black and half white. So which is it Michelle, a white victim or a black victim? What was the racial implication?

“…before we can work on the problems, we have to fix our souls. Our souls are broken in this nation.”

Another beauty, courtesy of Michelle. Is this not the quintessential liberal’s attitude? In other words, we have not been properly brainwashed to the point that we embrace Marxism wholeheartedly. Sorry, but if the fact that I love the idea of the American Dream means that my soul is broken then, so be it. Question: If I work hard to provide for myself and my family and manage to pay all of my taxes, does that mean my soul is broken; or, is it the guy who refuses to work and instead collects welfare, unemployment, food stamps, charitable donations, free medical attention, etc.? I give and he takes, but my soul is broken. Interesting.

Left and Right

What’s the grand difference between the inevitable democrat and GOP candidates? By inevitable, I mean Obama, believe it or not. But really, what major differences are there? Okay, you mean besides the healthcare mandates that Obama wants to impose, his plan to surrender in Iraq, his dream of increasing taxes on the rich (in other words, he wants to slow investments, thus slowing economic growth), and his need to spend, spend, spend to keep all these campaign promises? Well, there is the likelihood of judicial appointments.

Talk about huge. As the court now sits, it’s a 4-4 split with Kennedy going either way. If Obama is elected and is able to appoint two judges to the Supreme Court, you can guarantee to have your personal liberties retarded for the next thirty years. To me this is the biggest and most important single issue for this presidential election. I probably wouldn’t get along with McCain very well; he strikes me as kind of an ass. I will vote for him, though, and I’d much rather have his judicial appointments than anyone Obama would nominate.

Take your pity and blow it out your ear

pity - sorrow felt for another's suffering or misfortune, sometimes connoting slight comtempt because the object is regarded as weak or inferior.

The last few years seem to have been a race for politicians to express the most sympathy and pity for our service men and women. The poor soliders this, the poor soldiers that. We need better armor for our children - our babies are dying. More benefits for our troops. More medical care for our veterans. Our heroes deserve more, more, and still more. Whose sentiments are these, exactly?

Take a close look

Has anyone actually looked at Hillary's proposals and ideas? I've been tooling around on her campaign site and reading her issues page and am totally amazed at the lunacy. This is supposed to be the smartest woman in the world? I think that every other woman in the world should be offended by that statement. Wait a second, let me clarify that...every other woman in the world should be highly offended by that statement. Anyone with half a brain would read her drivel and immediately see that she's either a moron or pandering to a bunch of morons who buy into her bullshit.

On every one of the issues, she proposes spending more money in order to solve the many "problems"; yet, she intends to make life easier on the middle class. Well, right away we see a dilema: she needs to spend a ton more money to keep all these promises and that means higher taxes. Who, by the way, pays taxes? Answer: the upper and middle classes. We need a balanced budget (from whomever becomes president), not an increase in the deficit. How on earth does she intend to pay for Hillary-Care Mark II? How do we fund a health-care program that mandates health insurance for everyone? Pre-existing conditions? No problem, the insurance agencies won't be allowed to turn you away even though people like me and your next door neighbor have to pay for you. Put the costs of this nightmare on hold for a minute and think about the federal (not even the state gov't) government dictating to private companies what they can and cannot incorporate into their business plan. If this is acceptable to you, maybe you should move to Cuba. It's called SOCIALISM!

Sacrifcial Economy

Bush and his bandaid of a stimulus package are adding $160 some-odd billion to our already monstrous deficit. Supposedly, there is an additional $100 billion on the way. What the hell? The Democrats who say the GOP has forsaken any semblence of fiscal responsibility are right! Of course, they'd just as soon spend as much or more; but, the act itself only seems to validate their own spendy ways. I understand that politics is at an all time premium and Bush may be veering from market principles here to grease the election wheels, but come on!


So far, normal, everyday tax payers, who make less than $75k, will get a $600 check; basically a tax rebate. Of course, the top 5% of taxpayers who foot the bill for 95% of all Federal taxes won't get a rebate, but remember, we live in a Robin Hood era. Couples who filed jointly and earned a certain amount will get $1,200 and $300 for every kid they have. Even the bottom feeders, the dregs, are going to get a check as long as they earned $3,000 last year. They didn't have to pay a dime in taxes and clearly had to have some form of welfare to suppllement their meager income and, yet, they're going to get a check. To this I ask: why? The only reasons I can objectively come up with are 1>, poor people are shitty with money, which is one reason they're poor, and they'll spend it all in scant minutes after they get it. After all, this is what the stimulus package is targeted to do; it'll be like shocking the velocity of the dollar with a defibrillator; and 2>, those poor folks who receive a form, any form, of welfare will begin to look at Republicans in the same light as the Dems (ie. suckers who give out free shit). It all amounts to more political b.s. that puts GOP integrity into further question.

Robin Hood vs. the American Dream

I've got a great big problem with welfare. It gnaws at me constantly; as an institution, it is so absurd an idea and fundamentally inconsistent for a nation with a market economy. When you get right down to it, the welfare state erodes and eats away at what is the American Dream.

First, I'd like to set the record. The American Dream is not spending a dollar on a lottery ticket and winning enough money to pay off the national debt. It is not living in a land that feeds and shelters and clothes you if you do not secure such necessities for your own self. The American Dream is not gaining employment because the government has mandated that businesses hire based on racial and gender quotas, leaving merit based discrimination in days of antiquity. The American Dream is about freedom and liberty. Most importantly, it is the freedom to work as hard as you like and reap the directly proportional rewards for that effort. Keep this idea in mind as you read the rest of this argument. Actually, we should, all of us, keep this idea in mind always.

Race & Politics...a new twist

On one hand we have The First Black President and Hillary, on the other hand, we have Al Sharpton and the Reverend Jackson. What a cast of characters. Let's go.

Team Hill-Bill has bumbled and fumbled around with the issue enough to, at least, show voters how false they are. Hillary actually tried to elevate Lyndon Johnson's role (and her would-be role, by association, as a white leader) in the Civil Rights Act over that of Martin Luther King! Does she really think that type of sentiment is likely to endear her campaign to black voters? Okay, we also have the "spadework" comment, which you can think of as innocent if you prefer. I happen to think that the first family in politics is too calculating to make a mistake like that. I understand the attacks, that's part of the election game, but why use the race angle? Because politically, Hillary and other Democrats can't have large scale black success, like an Obama presidency may spark. They receive such a huge portion of the black vote because of entitlements. The left tells the poor, a category that so many blacks fall into, "Oh, you've been trod upon...here, take this free, government money. Now go out and a vote for me so I can continue to bring you this free, government money." If Obama wins...that message is shot. It's hard to tell a black man that he is trod upon when another black man is the most powerful man in the world.

Thompson has been right all along

Watching the S.C. debates on FOX last night, I was amazed at how the focus group responded to Thompson's performance. When these people were questioned, they spoke as if Thompson had been a statue all along and came to life. What a bunch of dumbasses, and that goes for all the talking heads who dance to the same tune. Has no one been listening to what he's said and argued during all the other debates? I'm mean, really, do the majority of voters switch back and forth between whichever candidate is getting the latest buzz? or whichever candidate whips out the wittiest line?

I began paying attention to Fred when he first announced his run for the presidency. I, probably like most folks, associated him with the television personality he portrayed for so many years. It's not hard to chalk him up to being the same as D.A. Arthur Branch; and, I'd bet that he never had to do too much acting to slip into character. It wasn't until I went to Fred's website (there's a link here on my page) that I understood that he is the only candidate running on true, conservative principles. (I won't get into his ideas and positions; I'd prefer that you do your own research to answer the questions you have and satisfy your own requirements.) What's more is that he has held these same positions ever since he was a senator from Tennessee. I'll bet you didn't know that he only served two terms because he promised the voters as much. He'd still be in Congress if he'd wanted.

If I were the boss...

If by some miracle, I were bestowed an almighty sceptre that granted me absolute political power the first changes I would make would be with our military. I know, I know...the economy and taxes and whatnot would all get their due attention; but, I've had a problem with how our Army, in particular, operates. For years, the dregs of society have been ushered into camouflage and sent off to tote a rifle and represent our nation to the rest of the world. Sure, there are the likes of Lee and Grant and Alvin York and John Pershing and Carlos Hathcock that bring the word "hero" to our lips and make us proud of our service men and women. I am not and will never dispute the fact that our military is chock full of great Americans and capable warriors. What I am suggesting, though, is that our military, the greatest on the planet, is full of dead weight and detractors. Think about Abu Ghariab. Look back for a minute and you'll realize that when those pictures hit the news the nation began its turn away from supporting the war in Iraq. Had we not put a unit of weekend warriors, essentially college kids who haze freshmen on a normal basis, in charge of the prison the incident would have never happened and our collective image to the Iraqis would not have suffered such a blow. Professionalism. Professionalism is seriously lacking in the majority of our military personnel. I understand that there will always be a bad egg or two. What I would change is the quality of recruits and the existing rank/pay structure.

He's a foreign policy away from being pretty good

Dr. Ron Paul is so very close to being the conservative candidate that many Americans have been waiting for. He's economically sound, he believes in the letter of the Constitution, he values personal freedoms and liberties, and connects with voters of all ages. What is it that keeps him from seeing how dangerous his would-be foreign policy is? He would yank not only all of our troops out of Iraq but every last soldier, sailor, airman, and marine from all of our bases around the world. Does he understand the tactical advantage our international installations give us or the security we provide to host nations? (Not to mention the economical boost that the EU needs from our military personnel and families. Germany would have to forsake their socialist ways if we left!) Does he anticipate, like most logically thinking Americans do, that an early exfiltration of our forces in Iraq would likely plunge the region into chaos and mass genocide? Nope. He feels that our presence in foreign lands is unwelcome and has sparked hatred for the U.S. among the more radical and reactionary peoples around the world. Ask Ron Paul why we were attacked on Sept. 11th and one reason he'll give is because of our military presence in Saudi Arabia. Personally, I think we were attacked because we are the greatest nation of all time and a group of nut-jobs didn't like the fact that we allow women to walk around without head coverings. We are, after all, the Great Satan, and they tried to blast us back to the Stone Age that they still live in. Let me be clear: our having a presence in the Middle East does not even begin to excuse the wholesale murder of nearly 3,000 Americans. Ron Paul is a very intelligent man and has surely considered this. Does he think that the world is better off without America's influence? Would North Korea be so amenable right now if the U.S.A. had been at home instead of right across their border for the last fifty plus years ? Look, I don't believe that Ron Paul is a fruitcake like so many of his ardent supporters are. I think he'd be a good, solid, conservative candidate and a great many Americans would vote for him IF he took a more sensible position of foreign policy. If he doesn't get the nomination I won't be terribly upset. That's all I've got.

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