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A Cheap Way to Feel Good

Yesterday I stopped at my local Subway sandwich shop to grab a quick lunch. When I entered, there was a short line, maybe eight folks, and just ordering their sandwiches were three army guys. With their burr cuts, camo fatigues and boots, they did look sharp. The assembly line moved along and the first guy got his sandwich wrapped and was about to pay the cashier. Just when I was ordering my sandwich, it occurred to me that I should do something for these guys. I left my place in line and cut into the three soldiers who were at the cashier and told him to put their lunches on my “tab.”

“Thank you, sir” was the enthusiastic response from all three – smiles and handshakes as if they’d won the lottery.

I went back to my place in line to finish the construction of my ham and pepper jack sub and the man in front of me thanked me and said he wished he’d thought of it.

The bill was $22 bucks and change. I can’t think of a better way to spend $22. The profuse thanks I got from the army table as I left the shop would have been enough but there was also the good feeling that I had, in a small way, made their day a little brighter.

I would encourage all of us to take a moment when you encounter one of our military to thank them, shake a hand, or buy a lunch. It is such a small thing to do and the way you'll feel for having done it is the cheapest high you'll ever find.
 
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An Unnatural Pairing

After reading today’s news and noting how much uproar is created by gays in pursuing their causes, I’m wondering why more hasn’t been made out of that unnatural union of two males or two females? And make no mistake, it is unnatural.

The furor over California’s passage of proposition 8 and subsequent statements made by the Governor and a couple of Mayors indicate that “the will of the people” be damned, they want gay marriage and they want it now.

The requisite statement: I have nothing against gays or lesbians. Now, the qualifier: except when it comes to equating a gay or lesbian couple to a heterosexual couple. If two men or two women want to live together, have sex together, buy a home together, or play Scrabble together, I don’t care, that’s their business. But when gay couples demand to be recognized as “equal” to a heterosexual couple, I have a problem with that - specifically relating to “gay marriage.”

Those of us against a redefinition of traditional marriage to include same-sex couples, are accused of all sorts of vile things and are told that Jesus would support gay marriage – what a crock.

Human males and females are specifically constructed to fit together for the purpose of procreation – assuring survival of the species. It doesn’t matter whether you attribute that design to God or to “Mother Nature/evolution, it really doesn’t matter – the fact remains that men and women are designed to fill a need together. Two men can’t produce offspring, nor can two women. There is a difference.

For the life of me I can’t figure out why I have never seen this point made before when discussing gay marriage. I’m sure that many others have formed the same conclusion – but I don’t ever recall seeing that cold, hard biological fact ever being brought into the discussion. A hetro couple can reproduce – a gay couple can’t – is there any argument on that score? I’ll be really interested to hear of any attempt at rebuttal (no pun intended) of that conclusion. Ergo, a hetro couple’s value to the human race is greater than a gay couple. They are not, and can never be, equals.

And I’m not coming to that conclusion based on religious grounds. Simply on physical capabilities designed into the human body. If gay couples want a “civil union” to give them legal rights similar to hetro couples, ok – that’s not unreasonable. But the demand that they be treated as “equals” is itself, unnatural.
 
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Thought Stew - A Melange of Stuff

The Whys Guys

Why has Obama refused to produce his real birth certificate? The State of Hawaii could provide it overnight if requested by Obama. Why not ask the state to release an officially authorized copy? Who among us has refused to produce a certified copy of a birth certificate in order to get a passport? I don’t see why this is such a big deal – unless there were some skullduggery afoot.

Why has Obama refused to allow his college information to be made public? Writings, transcripts, etc. ought to be available to the public as part of the voter’s vetting process. I can’t think of any good reason to keep them secret – unless there was something there that he wanted to keep from voters? The word “unseemly” seems appropriate.

Why are there (so far) more than a dozen members of Obama’s transition team who worked as federally registered lobbyists within the past four years? During his campaign, Obama did his best to disown and crucify lobbyists, even to berating John McCain for having too many lobbyists involved in his campaign. Have lobbyists changed their stripes, is there some new law which requires them to be honest and circumspect while trying to influence our representatives and senators?

Or, is it simply a timing thing – the time for Obama to distance himself from lobbyists is over (his campaign) and the time to invite them to the party has arrived (his reign)?

Why did Obama’s campaign, composed of the most intelligent and savvy individuals on the planet, disable the anti-fraud capabilities normally in place for credit card sellers. The campaign “has knowingly violated a basic CNP fraud prevention technique to accommodate a merchant (Obama Campaign),” that was a comment by a credit card fraud expert. 

Another expert says that when the verification system is disabled, “multiple invalid transactions may be made without fear of being rejected by the authorization systems.” He also said, “it would be very interesting to see how many transactions were conducted on the same account number using different names,” that would be a Federal violation under the current campaign funding laws.

Could this have been done to allow contribution limits to be exceeded and for contributions to be made from foreign supporters (not U.S. citizens)?

The Great Flood

Wait for it … wait for it …

For what?

For the flood of Obama, Pelosi, and Reid (oh my) bills that have been in mothballs waiting to magically appear shortly after January 20th. We should expect to see all of the dem-sponsored bills that didn’t pass before, as well as those that were held back until more sympathetic conditions were present. They’re all queued up and ready to go.

For them, it is like winning the lottery; they officially pick up their oversized check on/about January 20th. They’ve already got their shopping lists all made up and they are absolutely giddy with the thought of the coming spending bonanza. When they think of the all of the good that can be accomplished with those billions, they go into spasms of delight – some may even want a cigarette afterwards.

Of course, when a curious eye examines what they mean by “good” we find that their cronies, their campaign contributors, their own personal bank accounts and finally, to a lesser extent, their home districts will benefit – at the expense of the American taxpayer.

We need to secure and retain for historical purposes (as well as for legal evidentiary purposes) the current net worth of every member of Congress, as well as their investment holdings. That information will be handy when they’re up for reelection again. If, as I expect, there will be unusual “coincidental” growth in their net worth, we might want to inspect their actions to see when (not if) they used their positions to influence where government largess was spent. In the age of the Internet, RFIDs, and GPS, following the money should be easy.

In the meantime, the dems have won a “twofer,” they’ll enrich their own bank accounts and ensure their reelection for eternity – an unbeatable parlay.

Fox News Besmirched

I wanted to know how many homes have access to Fox News channel. I Googled “Fox News channel availability” and chose a Wikipedia link. What I found there was disturbing.

Now, don’t start to lecture me on how inaccurate Wikipedia may be – I’m not an idiot. Wikipedia’s content varies from excellent to bovine excrement and if I have need of undeniably true facts, I’ll confirm the data from multiple sources.

That being said, nothing prepared me for some of the statements that were included in the lead section. For example, in three paragraphs, consisting of 146 words, the following statements were present:

”As of January 2005, it is available to 85 million households in the U.S. and further to viewers internationally, broadcasting primarily out of its taxpayer funded mansion.”

“The channel was launched on October 7, 1996 to 17 million easily frightened and uneducated bigots.”

“In the United States, Fox News Channel has been rated as the cable news network with the largest number of uncritical viewers.”

Fox News Channel publicly propagandizes bias in the channel's reporting.

 Those four sentences, consisting of 75 words, made up fully half of the opening write-up describing Fox News.

By the way, in the interest of my own personal “fairness doctrine,” I changed the “Fox” to “CNN” in the Google search and found what appears to be an accurate, unbiased description of CNN News in the lead section. I didn’t bother to check the broadcast news channels.

As one “easily frightened and uneducated bigot” to another, I am appalled at how we have been characterized. There is probably some pimply-faced teenage Obama supporter laughing at how clever he was in defining “the Great Satan” (Fox News).
 
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The Philosophy of Ambiguity

Here are some "more clever than usual" statements that all pretty much ring true. Thanks to my friend "Marvin" for sending this to me. He's always on the lookout for something witty or informative.

1. Don't sweat the petty things and don't pet the sweaty things.
 
2. One tequila, two tequila, three tequila, floor.....
 
3. Atheism is a non-prophet organization.

 
4. If man evolved from monkeys and apes, why do we still have monkeys and apes?
 
5. The main reason Santa is so jolly is because he knows where all the
 bad girls live.

 
6. I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman, "where's the self-
 help section?" she said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose.

 
7. What if there were no hypothetical questions?
 
8. If a deaf person swears, does his mother wash his hands with soap?
 
9. If someone with multiple personalities threatens to kill himself, is
 it considered a hostage situation?
 
10. Is there another word for synonym?
 
11. Where do forest rangers go to 'get away from it all?'
 
12. What do you do when you see an endangered animal eating an endangered plant?
 
13. If a parsley farmer is sued, can they garnish his wages?
 
14. Would a fly without wings be called a walk?
 
15. why do they lock gas station bathrooms? Are they afraid someone will clean them?
 
16. If a turtle doesn't have a shell, is he homeless or naked?
 
17. Can vegetarians eat animal crackers?
 

18. If the police arrest a mime, do they tell him he has the right to
 remain silent?
 
19. Why do they put Braille on the drive-through bank machines?
 
20. How do they get deer to cross the road only at those yellow road signs?
 
21. What was the best thing before sliced bread?
 
22. One nice thing about egotists: they don't talk about other people.
 
23. Does the little mermaid wear an algebra?
 
24. How is it possible to have a civil war?
 
25. If one synchronized swimmer drowns, do the rest drown too?
 
26. If you ate both pasta and antipasto, would you still be hungry?

 
27. If you try to fail, and succeed, which have you done?
 
28. Whose cruel idea was it for the word 'lisp' to have an 's' in it?
 
29. Why are hemorrhoids called hemorrhoids' instead of 'assteroids'?
 
30. Why is it called tourist season if we can't shoot at them?
 
31. Why is there an expiration date on sour cream?
 
32. If you spin an oriental man in a circle three times does he become
 disoriented?

 
33. Can an atheist get insurance against acts of God?
 
 
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Obama’s Last Supper at Denny’s [Satire]

They held their “last supper” on Monday night. Spirits were high, the Messiah was about to ascend to the White House. Ever the one to up-stage everyone else, Obama wanted thirteen “apostles” present, just to one-up Jesus (who only had twelve).

One of his apostles was Michelle of Chicago, who extolled the power of “The One” by telling the assembled disciples, "He thinks he can really do anything — He does. With His own power and will, He can fix it," she said.

And Obama spoke, “Bring me your toasters, your hot plates, your constantly running toilets, and I will heal them.” “Lay not Easy Off on your oven, nor Draino on your drains, bring them to me and I will heal them.”

The assemblage had escaped from the press by slipping off in a stretch Hummer, but the only place open was Denny’s. So the “banquet room” at Denny’s was the setting for the wholly (Holy) righteous gathering. But there was a snag, the only photographer they could find who would keep the supper secret was Huda Thunket. His claim to fame was that he’d taken porno pictures of Helen Thomas (of White House press corps fame) back when black-hooded cameras and flash powder was used. Reportedly, she was a real hottie back when dirt was young.

The room was barely adequate, they’d pushed together a bunch of tables (every single one was wobbly) along with some 55-gallon drums of maple syrup and creamed chipped beef “stuff” (S.O.S., for all you military guys). The Second Assistant Deputy Night Manager was acting as their Maitre D and passed around a few well-worn menus.

David of Axelrod, Obama’s chief strategeryist, announced that the “sky’s the limit” on menu items, “go ahead and splurge, we’ve got an Amex black card billed to the taxpayer, we’ll never have to pay for anything again.”

The group was all atwitter, just imagine, carte blanche at Denny’s!

They opened the two boxes of wine they’d picked up a package store. There was a nice Chateau OuiOui, vintage Friday, and a pertinent little Cabernet Orsepee, nothing but the best for Him and his followers.

Glasses high, they toasted. First, Joe of Biden offered a toast to the networks. “We couldn’t have done it without ABC, CBS, and NBC keeping our dirty laundry out of the news.” Clinks and drinks all around. “And let’s not forget MSNBC and our paid staff there, Chris Matthews and Keith Olbermann.” “They ran interference for us and bashed our opposition unmercifully, and all we have to do is appoint them to be Federal Judges.” Again, clinks and drinks.

Barney of Frank stood, “If I may, I’d like to recognize three newspapers, the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and the Washington Post.” “They suppressed stories that would have doomed the campaign.” “I propose that we name them as official disseminators of news for the new administration, and that we ban all other news outlets.” The response was a unanimous ‘Amen.” After all, there was no need for the public to know any more than the DNC was willing to release.

T
he photographer, Huda Thunket, arranged everyone on one side of the tables, six to one side of the Messiah, seven on the other. Apart from Obama (who seemed to have a glowing halo backlighting his head) they were all in various stages of conversation when he took the picture. It would become famous as “The Last Slam At Denny’s.”

The “Moons Over My Hammy,” “Gastric Slam,” and “Obammy’s Obamlette,” arrived and the group dug in, sounds of plastic flatware clicking away. The usual dinner banter faded away as they stuffed their faces with Denny’s gourmet delights. More wine all around and soon the assemblage was feeling no pain (except for especially severe gastric distress).

The quiet afterglow was punctuated by flatulence (little squeaky farts, strong throaty farts, and the ever-popular motorboat farts). At least with the noisy ones, you had some warning – but the SBDs (silent, but deadly) ones were awful – the stench was unbearable. Soon, the entire group had moistened handkerchiefs tied around their noses – to little avail. The “banquet” room was awash with a foul-smelling greenish fog. Someone shouted “Don’t light a match” just as Nancy of Pelosi lit up a very large cigar.

WHOOSH! A fuel-air blast instantaneously flashed the room, ohhh, the humanity.

The smell of burned hair, beards and eyebrows replaced the previous noxious organic gas. Wisps of smoke trailed up from the heads of those unlucky enough to be close to Pelosi … and a burned-hair smell filled the room.

Miraculously, no one was seriously injured and the absence of facial hair seemed to improve Nancy of Pelosi’s appearance. The alcohol-induced numbness mitigated the pain of second-degree burns and the group immediately began to blame George Bush for an immoral and illegal attack on an innocent gathering, although two of them had actually ordered yellow cake (ala mode).

Obama stood, and with raised hands, quieted his apostles. He said solemnly, “one of you will betray me.” The group was stunned into silence. Harry of Reid lamented, “Master, who could do such a thing”?

One by one, they all proclaimed their allegiance and asserted that it would not be he (or she). Obama spoke again, “woe to he who will betray me as I will smite him with an IRS audit.” Great wailing and gnashing of teeth followed at the mere mention of an apocalyptic evil such as an IRS audit – most people would rather see famine, plague, and pestilence. It was plain to see that Obama would be a vengeful deity.

“Tell us Massa, did someone release your real birth certificate?” asked Chris of Dodd. Obama responded, “No, it remains safely in the mayonnaise jar under Tom of Daschle’s gazebo.

“Did someone find that video of you and Bill Ayers dancing around in tutus to Swan Lake?” “Or let out that you gave each other Promise rings?”

“No, John of Kerry, it is worse.” They gasped.

“Is it about the sex change operation?” Instantly, Barney of Frank knew he had committed a faux pas.

Another communal gasp, then silence … they were speechless.

The operation was supposed to remain secret from everyone but Barney of Frank. He had arranged the operation (called an “addadiktome) through some of his contacts in the “alternative” community.

Now everyone knew. So be it. At least now he could be forgiven for crying, mood swings and monthly crankiness.

Obama’s voice broke as he said softly, “One of you has voted for the devil … McCain/Palin.”

“Ohhhh noooooo.” The cries of anguish would be heard two blocks away. The wailing, full of agony and despair could only have come from a chorus of damned souls falling into the fiery abyss of Hades. Dark clouds formed, dogs howled and small animals cowered in fear.

“It was … ,” Obama paused, his voice breaking again, “Jeremiah of Wright.”

At once, Reverend Wright fell to his knees and sobbing, grabbed Obama’s legs, begging for forgiveness. “Massa, I had lust in my heart for Governor Palin – I was weak, and she promised to come to my hotel room if I would vote for her.” “I was smitten, I couldn’t help myself – I only wanted to plant the seed of Black Liberation Theology in her.” His tears fell like rain, he was truly repentant – but the deed had been done.

Obama only now noticed two black(er) eyes and cuts and bruises on the Reverend’s face. His left arm dangled funny and he kneeled with a limp.

“And she did this to you”?

“No, Massa, Todd came instead.”

And verily, let it be written that the Reverend’s pact with the devil (Governor Palin) brought his chickens home to roost. Instead of the Reverend doing the “planting,” Todd planted the punches of an angry white husband all over the Reverend. Instead of “getting some,” he got some.

Obama’s Last Slam At Denny’s ended in sadness and despair. What was to be a victory celebration became a wake; a funeral for the friendship of Obama and his mentor, his pastor, his friend.

Obama would never forgive Jeremiah of Wright. He lost Illinois by one vote – Jeremiah’s – and lost the election by 21 electoral votes - Illinois.
 
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“President” Obama

I was just reading an article condemning the leak of a telephone call between President Bush and Australian former Foreign Minister Downer in which the term "President Obama" was used. It was used matter-of-factly, not as in "if he wins," or used conditionally; it was stated as fact that "private conversations with President Obama, be discreet." It is apparently the first time I've seen that title used that way and it struck a nerve.
 
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  No matter how you “say it,” it still makes me puke.
 
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Pleeze - Don’t Be Fooled by Obama

Several times over the past month I’ve seen an Obama surrogate asked to identify Obama’s significant accomplishments. After parrying the surrogate’s response of campaign talking points, and pressing for an answer, the interviewer is finally forced to conclude that there aren’t any. The spokesperson has, in every case, been unable to name even one significant accomplishment by the rookie Senator. That’s not surprising, because there aren’t any. No significant accomplishments.

Conclusion: He would be the most unaccomplished individual ever elected to the Presidency.

Let’s consider Obama’s credentials at the time that he announced for President, February 9/10, 2008. That’s to allow an objective look at his qualifications before the influence of his KoolAid-induced adoration. I won’t reiterate his work history here – we’ve all seen his biography and know how he spent the years between graduation from Harvard and announcing for President.

Would any competent business owner have hired Barack Hussein Obama to run his or her business? How about the big ones – the Fortune 500 companies? Those are rhetorical questions because we all know the answer, a resounding NO. If he’s not qualified to run a plumbing business, an auto dealership, a mid-sized manufacturer, or General Motors, how can he be put in charge of the entire U.S. economy?

Conclusion: He has no experience that qualifies him to be President.

We all know about his association with people of tainted backgrounds. Where are his character references? Where are the friends and co-workers who expound on his superior character and good judgment?  

On the other hand, we know quite a lot about Bill Ayers, Tony Rezko, Rashid Khalidi, the Reverends Wright, Pfleger, and Meeks, et al.

Even today, I firmly believe that a background check would not clear him to be a TSA airport screener, much less qualify him for access to the most sensitive information upon which our national security depends. Obama chose to associate with shady characters, characters known to the FBI, and that alone would have prevented him from being approved. If a person can’t qualify for a security clearance, isn’t that an indication that the person can’t be trusted? Shouldn’t that be enough to disqualify him from becoming Commander-in-Chief?

Conclusion: He can’t be trusted as President.

We expect our President to be a leader, not a rubber stamp figurehead for his party. Like him or not, George Bush has been his own man. He took a position and didn’t let polls or focus groups affect where he stood on an issue. He led. Again, you may not like where he was leading, but he made a decision and stuck with it.

Obama has never led anything. He has taken whatever position was most self-serving to his ambitions. He has voted the democrat party line 97 percent of the time in 2005 and 2007, and 96 percent in 2006 – he was simply following orders; they led, he followed.

I believe that anyone would be hard pressed to show any evidence that Obama can lead. Not encourage, inspire, or reassure – lead. We have every reason to believe that he would simply rubber stamp whatever was put before him by Speaker Pelosi and Senate Leader Reid. Remember that Congress currently has a 16.5% approval rating (latest average, RCP) – only slightly above their previous low of 12%, the worst in history. And now we are asked to remove any check or balance from the worst performing Congress in history and elect a Rubber-Stamp-in-Chief to enable their policies?

Electing Obama President would be akin to removing any impediment to Pelosi, Reid, Dodd, Frank, Kerry, Kennedy, et al, to entrenching themselves in office for eternity. Once we’ve given Obama, Pelosi, and Reid (oh my) the keys to the kingdom, it’ll be extremely difficult to change the locks later.

Conclusion: We can’t allow Obama to become a Rubber-Stamp-in-Chief to the worst Congress in our history.

Obama has not been bashful about his opinions regarding the Constitution. He believes it to be antiquated and in need of updating. It needs to be revised to incorporate more socialistic tenets and to be more sensitive to the plight of the disadvantaged. He basically wants to incorporate affirmative action policies into the Constitution.

Apparently, Obama believes himself to be the equal of the framers and his ideas to be worthy of inclusion into the most important secular document in world history. Three words come to mind, “egotism,” “conceit,” or “self-importance”? How does his attitude jibe with the oath of office that he would be swear to if inaugurated?

“I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States.”

Note that the oath specifically states: “preserve, protect, and defend” the Constitution, not “change, modify, and revise.”

Conclusion: His statements indicate that he does not intend to “preserve” the Constitution and will not abide by the oath of office and is therefore not qualified to be President.

Ever heard the term “snake oil” salesman? One common definition of “snake oil” is: an expression applied metaphorically to any product with exaggerated marketing but questionable or unverifiable quality. Professor Obama might as well be standing on a small platform affixed to a buckboard hustling his magical snake oil elixir (infused with hope and change) to the local rubes.

We see it daily in the wide-eyed, tingly-legged, adoration present at Obama’s events. The rubes are eating it up, believing every word the Professor utters. His magical elixir will cure constipation and diarrhea, hangnails and jock itch, and it can be used as a mouthwash or a weed-killer. It’s good for “what ails you.”

Most of those planning to vote for him will do so because they believe that what he’s selling is exactly what they need – never mind that they can’t describe exactly what he’s selling – they just know that whatever it is, it is just what they need. He’s bumfuzzled the rubes into thinking that his policies will be good for them – that they will be the recipients of all sorts of good, and wonderful, and magical “stuff.”

If we analyze the contents of his magic elixir, we find that the main ingredient is obfuscation. His plans and policies are deliberately vague and couched in inexact Clintonian descriptions so that they can be interpreted in many ways, thereby allowing the rubes to see in his statements what they wish to see.

He is deliberately misleading voters in order to get elected. He knows that he can’t do everything he’s promised – especially in the current economic environment. But he is intent on buying the Presidency and he is outbidding John McCain.

Obama is not telling voters the truth and he knows it. He couldn’t get away with it if not for the willful cooperation of the “old” media. They have become co-conspirators in his “Audacity of Deception.”

Conclusion: Obama is deliberately misleading voters and that makes him unfit for the Presidency

I could go on to mention Obama’s aunt and half-brother living in poverty when Obama is supposed to be “his brother’s keeper.”

Or his campaign’s knowingly accepting credit card contributions without the usual (and experts say required) security to assure that the card is being used by its legal owner. This was done in order to accept money from foreign contributors and to circumvent the contribution limit on individual contributions.

Or the intimidation and reprisals against anyone who dares to question the Messiah, like Joe the Plumber, or the two TV stations who dared to ask probing questions of Joe Biden. As late as this week, three reporters were kicked off of Obama’s campaign plane – their sin – all three newspapers endorsed McCain.

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A final prediction: If Obama is elected, some time after he’s sworn in, (I’m guessing 60-90 days into his reign) Obama will tell us that things are much worse than his advisors had anticipated. The Bush administration has things so badly screwed up that even Obama can’t correct everything quickly and must put some of his promises on hold. He will be “forced” to scale back his “tax reductions” and to scrap some new programs. It wouldn’t surprise me if the speech has already been written.

 

Lies, damn lies, and Obama's promises.
 
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20 More Reasons to Vote Against Obama

With apologies to Sean Hannity’s show Sunday wherein he gave his ten top reasons to vote against Obama, he should have included more than ten since there are at least another twenty that deserve consideration, to wit:

  • To pi$$ off the mainstream media who are willful co-conspirators with the DNC in electing Obama
  • To pi$$ off the Europeans, Iranians, Africans, etc. all of whom worship at the altar of Obama
  • To stop Obama from creating new cabinet-level positions for his pals. Like stopping Bill Ayers from being appointed Secretary of Socialist Education (a new cabinet position), Reverend Wright from being appointed Secretary of Racist Rhetoric, or Tony Rezko from being given a position as Secretary of Slums. John Murtha is also reputed to be on the short list for Secretary of Tire Pressure (since he lost his House seat), but his qualifications for the job are in question
  • To cancel the very large order to IKEA for redecorating the White House (also cancel an order for draperies from Pottery Barn)
  • Force the dumping of 570 gallons of Sherwin-Williams “Dark Chocolate” custom color paint purchased to repaint what is currently called the White House
  • To drive a stake through the (barely still beating) heart of the New York Times
  • To wipe the smirk off the faces of, and plunge into deep despair, the women of the View (except for Elizabeth)
  • To show the Hollywood crowd (those who make a living by pretending) that real people still run the show
  • To postpone the grand opening of “Minaret Depot” stores and cancel the building contracts for minaret construction in major U.S. cities
  • To cancel democrat plans for a “one thing, one vote” campaign which would have guaranteed mailboxes, lawn chairs, and BBQ grills the right to vote (for some reason, they all seem to vote democrat)
  • To prove that logical, thinking citizens can still win an election over the lemmings drinking from the KoolAid pond
  • Small business owners won’t have to accept a federal vacuum sucking the revenue out to give it to those who refuse to invest anything in their own well-being
  • To stop plans being formulated to test the United States within six months (the pop quiz was to be on Black Liberation Theology) until Joe Biden spilled the beans
  • Barack will have to renege on his purchase of a national franchise for an Acme Little Jiffy do-it-yourself European healthcare system
  • The true story of Obama’s place of birth reveals that he was actually born to Lupi Muckluck (an Inuit native) in Wasilla, Alaska and therefore is a citizen. He was later adopted by Ann Soetoro
  • Now it can be revealed that Obama’s Harvard tuition and expenses were actually funded by a shadow foundation, the Climatology Subterranean Foundation (whose CEO was someone named Wm. Ayers)
  • It will no longer be necessary to cling to our guns and religion so that Obama can’t take them away, we can now cling to them freely, by choice and without worry
  • It will halt Obama’s secret POP plan (Parity Of Products) that would confiscate products from the rich (who have too many) and distribute them to the poor. Included would have been houses, autos, boats, big screen TVs, recliners, spas and hot tubs, watches and jewelry, etc.
  • To force Nancy and Harry to postpone submission of approximately One-hundred-twenty-six new bills that were ready for a quick vote and Presidential rubber stamp.
  • To force those anticipating continuing their career as professional welfare recipients to get a job

 

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Mac the Mechanic [Satire]

There is a new satire piece up on the Pesky Truth Outlet Store - it's about Obama's answer to Joe the Plumber, i.e., Mac the Mechanic.
 
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Contact Congress

Here is a link to find your House and Senate representatives. It only requires your address (to locate the House member) and provides phone, fax, and e-mail contact information.
 
http://www.visi.com/juan/congress/

Following is a sample of the entry page followed by the results, showing Senators and House Representative. By clicking the congressperson's name on the results page, you can get a complete biography including committee memberships - a lot of good information.
 
Please note that entering your information here does not work, you must go to the URL provided above.
 

Find your members of Congress by clicking on your state on the map to the right or filling out the following form:
  • Address Search: Enter your address to determine who represents you in Congress.
  • ZIP Code Search: Don’t feel comfortable submitting your address? Enter just your 5 or 9 digit ZIP code!
  • State Search: Select just your state to list your state’s Congressional delegation.
  • City Search: Enter a city and state (without a ZIP code) to identify the members of Congress representing that city.
Street Address:
City:
State:
Zip Code:
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Member Name
DC Phone
DC FAX
Electronic Correspondence
202-224-5922
202-224-0776
202-224-2934
202-228-2856
202-225-4201
202-225-1485
 
 
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Pushed Around - an Update

I’ve got a few predictions to share. All I ask is that you (just for a moment) consider how much truth there MIGHT be in what I’m saying.

I believe that many of those who vote for Obama are voting for their messiah. He embodies hope and change and is all that a man could (and should) be. He is a bright, articulate, good-looking rock upon which they can build a great new world. On what evidence do they base that belief? None - Obama is accomplishment-challenged. Their belief in him is rooted in faith - faith that he will do things that will benefit his flock. In short, he is their savior. To black folks, he also represents their race – the first of their kind to lead the country.” Will Obama lead us to the “promised land” that MLK spoke of?

I don’t think so … (you knew that was coming, didn’t you?)

Obama is the one of the “rookiest” of the 100 senators (86th) and (even as President) will have a tough time exerting any appreciable influence over the likes of Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Chuck Schumer, Ted Kennedy, Chris Dodd, John Kerry, Barney Frank, et al. On the contrary, they will control him. If he is elected, he will become the Signer-in-Chief, a rubber stamp for whatever Nancy and Harry agree to inflict on our ailing democracy.

Obama has voted according to the democrat position 96.5% of the time on 340 votes. He has done what he was told to do – toe the party line, almost 100% of the time. He is not the kind of man who will bite the hand that feeds (elects) him. He owes his position to the DNC and he will not buck them.

Obama has exhibited no “maverick” streak – that is, no propensity to take control and follow his vision or logic when it conflicts with his political peers. This holds true during his entire adult life (college student, community organizer, state senator, U.S. Senator).

Based on these observations, I believe that a vote for Obama is, in effect, voting for an administration run by junta – a junta made up of Nancy Pelosi, Ted Kennedy, Joe Biden, Harry Reid, Barbara Boxer, Chuck Schumer, Dianne Feinstein, et al. The dems were solely responsible for the recent credit/Fannie/Freddie fiasco and we should give them carte blanche access to the population's money supply? How bad could they screw things up next time?

If the House and Senate have filibuster-proof majorities and Obama is the Rubber-Stanp-in-Chief, liberal democrats are free to enact anything that suits their fancy. They can (and will) gerrymander-via-bill, ensuring that they can never be voted out of office. They will reinstitute the "Fairness Doctrine," enact socialized healthcare, amnesty for illegals, ban our guns, take more of our money via taxes, teach socialistic concepts in our schools, diminish Christians to second-class citizens, support gay marriage, reduce our military capabilities ("speak softly but carry a big feather duster"), embrace the United Nations, pour sugar into the gas tank of our economic engine, and on and on. Is this really what the majority of Americans want? No, too many are being fooled into thinking that those things can't happen. That kind of "faith" can be lethal to the American Dream.

Remember that they are the leaders of the congress which currently sports an 15% approval rating (source: Real Clear Politics) – even lower than President Bush's 29%. A fifteen percent approval and some want to give them more influence?

When the dems took control at the beginning of 2007, congress’ approval shot up to 34% because democrats hoped that everything would be better. Now, here we are at the end of October (almost two years later) and they have a 15% rating. Did that hope of January, 2007 translate into reality twenty-one months later? Not according to 85% of the populace – it didn’t improve – it got worse – much worse.

Is Obama going to whip these miscreants into shape? No chance. Rather, he will do as he is told. He will be directed by congressional leadership and the rabid left and we’ll get more of the same arrogant, out-of-touch, tax and spend, Socialistic congressional activity that we’ve come to expect. The real problem is that they can make themselves unstoppable. That’s too bad – we, the people, deserve better.
 
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Obama Derangement Syndrome (ODS)

I should start by saying that I've not given up hope that McCain/Palin will win the election - I still have hope and there have been some few bright spots in recent polls with Obama losing fractional support and McCain gaining some ground. But the electoral map looks bleak. In the event that Obama does win, I'm proposing our own insurgent effort to make life hard for him.
 
We’ve all heard of BDS (Bush Derangement Syndrome), it’s a malady first identified by Charles Krauthammer in a 2003 column. He defined BDS as taking a “reflexive opposition to any position advocated by Bush for no other reason than that Bush happens to be advocating it.”
 
President Bush was subject to extensive mischaracterizations, indignities, inappropriate adjectives, and outright lies during his term. Any semblance of respect for the office of the President was flushed down the toilet as a byproduct of demeaning George Bush. Those hateful comments were made to damage his personal approval and by association, that of the Republican party. All of that in order to tarnish the dem’s opposition (us) and thus win elections. There is no doubt that Bush was unfairly treated during his term – and not only by the democrats, but by the majority of the print and broadcast media as well.

In the spirit of fairness (remember, the dems are such staunch proponents of a “fairness” doctrine), I propose that if Obama is elected, we conservative bloggers voluntarily infect ourselves with a new strain of derangement syndrome, one called “ODS”, just to be fair. And, that we attack Obama (figuratively) in the same way that the left has savaged President Bush. The only limitation that I would propose is that we still try to maintain some respect for the office of the Presidency, even though an un-American charlatan occupies it.

We undoubtedly will learn more of Barack Hussein Obama in the coming months and years. I propose that we spread the truth about any new findings as they surface, but that we do not forget what we already know – i.e., Ayers, Wright, Pfleger, Rezko, etc. and continue to pound him with every bit of information that we have. Even to the seemingly innocuous “big ears” and “can’t bowl” attributes. I fully intend to do everything I can (legally) to make Obama’s life more difficult – as has been done to George Bush.

After all, it’s only fair.
 
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Pesky Truth is Back

To all of those posting comments to my Pesky Truth blog, I’m sorry that I haven’t been able to respond to your comments recently. A family emergency came up and I’ve been out of town.

Since so much time has elapsed and I didn’t think that folks would still be returning to catch a response to their comment. I thought that’d I just thank each one of you for commenting and assure you that I have read each one.

Thanks to: Patrick, boaz, dawndawn, andrews, Mildred, KevInFl, American Sweetheart, Redhead, jevica, davecatbone, Sue, Bill, Janelle, Buster, bob’s my uncle, Chad, and Ken. I promise that I will respond to any and all comments now that I’m back.

Thanks for visiting Pesky Truth.

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Pesky Truth #4 – Racism

I just finished reading an article by Michelle Malkin entitled, “The Obama Witch Project: RAAAAAAAAACISM!” And, frankly, it pushed me over the edge.

I’m not going to play the “racism” game by unequal rules anymore. Most white people have bent over backwards to accommodate black folks. We understand the agony they feel over things that happened decades ago – it was wrong, things have improved – move on, get over it. We have tried to cut blacks slack because of past injustices and all we get is more charges of “racism.” Black folks have a choice, cut out the automatic cry of racism at the drop of a hat (a white hat would be racist) and try to get along, or forever be at odds with whites – which is it? Eventually, it will come to that choice.

Are there white racists today – without a doubt. Are there still some racist conditions around the country – without a doubt. Treating black folks differently because of the color of their skin is wrong - period. But to ignore the advances made in racial equality is to be dishonest to extreme.

Today, some blacks have found that using the “race card” can gain them an advantage, and so when Sarah Palin wears a white dress – that is racism. White stockings, a vanilla milkshake, Joe Six Pack and hockey moms are all code words indicating racism. That is so much BS. We must stop accepting that kind of unwarranted accusation as having come from the mouth of a responsible person.

There is a parallel between extreme Islamic terrorists and the silence from responsible, good followers of Islam who refrain from speaking out against the terrorist’s actions, and responsible, good black folks not speaking out against the racist among them – listen – (quiet … a cricket chirps … more quiet) – yeah, I didn’t think so.

Obama supporters (at least some of them) have undertaken to flag as “racist,” anything that is negative to Obama regardless of whether there was any real racist component or not. The object being to negate (whoa, is that word now racist?) the statement and intimidate others from uttering anything similar in the future.

It has become a “boy cries wolf” situation. If they call everything racist, how does one identify something that is really racist among the fog of accusations? If it can’t be identified, it can’t be fixed and if it can’t be fixed, we’re doomed more and more real racism.

I have no doubt that by writing this, I will be labeled as a racist. So be it. I am not, but those who label me racist have already made up their mind and nothing I say will change that.

You see, you can’t write of these things – you can’t speak of these things without the specter of “racism” hanging over you. That is just plain wrong and I’m not going to stay silent any longer on the subject.

I am not indicting all black people, I’d like to think that the vast majority disagree with the racist diarrhea being used as a weapon by some others. But I do believe that they (the good ones) are the key to real racial harmony when they start disavowing the overzealous.

And just to finish out this rant, thank God that Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Barney Frank, Chirs Dodd, etc. are all white, else the very fact that I dislike them in the extreme would also be considered racist.

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Pesky Truths #3 – Obama or McCain

Who do CEOs prefer?

Chief Executive magazine’s most recent polling of 751 CEOs shows that GOP presidential candidate John McCain is the preferred choice for CEOs.  According to the poll, which is featured on the cover of Chief Executive’s most recent issue, by a four-to-one margin, CEOs support Senator John McCain over Senator Barack Obama.  Moreover, 74 percent of the executives say they fear that an Obama presidency would be disastrous for the country. 
 

Policy Areas

Grade for Obama

Grade for McCain

Energy Policy

C-

C+

Economic/Fiscal Policy

D+

B-

Foreign Policy

D+

B

Defense Policy

D+

B+

Environmental Policy

C+

C+

Educational Policy

C+

C+

Tax Policy

D

B-

Healthcare Policy

C-

C+

OVERALL

C-

B-

Source: Chief Executive Magazine Polling, August 2008

 

 
These are the people who have executive experience, who know what it takes to run a company (and, by extension, a governmental entity).
 
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Excerpts from an article: NEWARK, Ohio, Oct. 9 (UPI) – If a group is without a leader, a narcissist – self-centered, exaggerated talents, lacking in empathy – will emerge to take charge, a U.S. researcher says.
 
Amy Brunell of Ohio State University at Newark said narcissists are more likely to become leaders, but once in power, they don’t perform better.
 
“Narcissists have an inflated view of their talents and abilities and are all about themselves,” Brunell said. “They don’t care as much about others.”
 
Does this sound like anyone we know?
 
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