Archive for April, 2009

Quotes About The President

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

Just thought that you might enjoy hearing what prominent members of the military, Congress and his own administration think about the president. 

Secretary of the Treasury characterized his leader as “greatly wanting in will and decision, in comprehensiveness, in self-reliance, and clear, well-defined purpose”

Governor of Massachusetts said “I am sadly but firmly trying to help organize some movement, if possible to save the President from the infamy of ruining his country.”

Like it so far?  Here is the giveaway:

Aide to the Massachusettes Governnor , Henry Lee, while waiting long hours for an audience with the President said “I grew more and more cross to think that this Western mummy of a rail splitter should sit in Washington’s chair.”

Congressman from Missouri urged that the primary obligation of every Unionist was “to stop fighting Jeff Davis and turn in on our own Government and make something of it”  All Confederate leaders taken together had not harmed the nation half as much as “the cowardice, ignorance, and stupidity of Lincoln’s administration.”

Yup.  These are quotes about Lincoln.  Now tell the truth.  At the beginning you thought I was talking about Barack, didn’t you?  And the boy king who aspires to be just like Lincoln, well, what could be more fitting.  Lincoln, as a President goes, was mediocre at best  as well as conniving, two-faced, crooked (breaking the law) and bloodthirsty.    Lincoln was a war President that helped to destroy this country by saving the Union.  FDR was a President that destroyed this country till he went to war which ended up saving it.  Let Obama be Lincoln.  The more they have in common, the better for the people of this country.

“Free Blagojevich!”

Cocaine Sentencing Disparities — Questions

Wednesday, April 29th, 2009

The Washington comPost reports today that the Justice Department is seeking to end the sentencing disparities in the crimes of drug trafficking and possession between crack cocaine and power cocaine.

At the heart of the debate are vastly unequal penalties for carrying cocaine in powder form as opposed to rock form, commonly known as crack. The inequality has come to be known as the “100 to 1″ ratio, in which possession of five grams of crack, the weight of two small sugar cubes, triggers a mandatory five-year prison term, while a person carrying 500 grams of powder cocaine would receive the same sentence.

This disparity hits Blacks the hardest.

 Senate Majority Whip Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.) noted this morning that more than half of federal inmates are locked up for drug-related crimes, including high ratios of African American offenders. In 2007, Durbin said, 82 percent of people convicted on crack possession charges were black, and only 9 percent were white.

So the Justice Department is asking Congress to change the law.

But there are more important questions that must be asked:

(1) Why are Blacks still using crack cocaine instead of powder?

(2) Where does the Constitution grant Congress the power to outlaw any drugs, or to set the sentences for posession or trafficking?

A Mistake A Day, and Counting!

Wednesday, April 29th, 2009

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.  For Obama and his crew of fools its more like, “A mistake a day and the crisis is here to stay.”   As we all know Rahm-bo and Alinsky just loves crisis.  These idiots just recently buzzed New York City and surprise, surprise, surprise (think shades of Gomer Pyle!)  they scarred the city half to death.  Way to go slick.  But that is not the whole of it.

Loo-Loo # 1: “Obama criticized pork barrel spending in the form of ‘earmarks,’ urging changes in the way that Congress adopts the spending proposals. Then he signed a spending bill that contains nearly 9,000 of them, some that members of his own staff shoved in last year when they were still members of Congress.

Loo-Loo # 6 “Mr. Obama is an accomplished orator but is becoming known in America as the ‘teleprompt president’ over his reliance on the machine when he gives a speech.– Sky News, 3/18

Loo-Loo # 16 “”After pushing Congress for weeks to hurry up and pass the massive $787 billion stimulus bill, President Obama promptly took off for a three-day holiday getaway.” — New York Post, 2/15

Loo-Loo # 18 “The willingness of a small percentage of military personnel to join extremist groups during the 1990s because they were disgruntled, disillusioned or suffering from the psychological effects of war is being replicated today.” — Department of Homeland Security intelligence report

Loo-Loo # 30 Timothy Geithner nomination as Secretary of Treasury was almost torpedoed when it was discovered he had failed to pay $34,000 in Social Security and Medicare taxes. He also employed an illegal immigrant as a housekeeper.

Loo-Loo # 47 After trying to woo Europe as the “anti-Bush,” Obama made an impassioned plea for more troops in Afghanistan. “Europe should not simply expect the United States to shoulder that burden alone,” he said. “This is a joint problem it requires a joint effort.” Only the UK offered substantial help, most others refused.  (Gee, guess it was not Bush after all, the Eurotrash is just yellow)

Loo-Loo # 50  “It wasn’t a bow. He grasped his hand with two hands, and he’s taller than King Abdullah.– An Obama aide  (The level of bending over would only make sense if the Saudi King was about as tall as the leader of the Oompah Loompahs — Oh! And the Queen of England did not even get a head nod?)

Loo-Loo # 65 “Though this nation has proudly thought of itself as an ethnic melting pot, in things racial we have always been and continue to be, in too many ways, essentially a nation of cowards.– Attorney General Eric Holder (Can you please go to blazes?!)

Loo-Loo # 72 On Earth Day, Obama took two flights on Air Force One and four on Marine One to get to Iowa, burning more than 9,000 gallons of fuel.

Loo-Loo # 78 Adolfo Carrion was confirmed as Director of White House Office of Urban Affairs, but is serving under a cloud after allegations that he accepted thousands of dollars in cash from developers whose projects he approved. (Is there ANYONE in this administration who is NOT under indictment or IN cahoots with someone under indictment?)

Loo-Loo # 80 Forced banks that didn’t want TARP money to take it, then added on stipulations about pay and government control after the fact. Secretly forced Bank of America to buy Merrill Lynch, then allowed the bank to be criticized for overpaying.

Loo-Loo # 90 In the third sentence of his first speech as president, Obama said, “44 Americans have now taken the presidential oath.” The correct number is 43, as Grover Cleveland served twice.

Loo-Loo #  92 Giving the Queen of England an iPod full of his own speeches. (This guy is sooooooooo humble, I just can’t takes it no more!)

Loo-Loo # 100 “Don’t think we’re not keeping score, brother.– Obama to Rep. Peter DeFazio, after the Democratic congressman voted against the stimulus bill. (Nice, so much for post partizan politics)

The good news is that there are only 1360 days to go.  That means at this rate we will only see 1360 more blunders.  The bad news is that there are 1360 days to go — this cabal of yahoos could outdo themselves.  The worse news is that idiots like zimzo have been comparing Obama to FDR and finding FDR wanting, this means we could have another 1460 days of joy to look forward to after that.

Democrat, take the blinders off.  This guy may have talents but he got to the White House too soon, and he is too green.  He also needs to learn how to communicate without the assistance of a teleprompter.  He needs to figure out that thumbing his nose at our allies and licking the boots of our enemies is not a viable foreign policy.  For the good of the nation, this clown needs to take off the make up, and the rubber nose, ditch his friends with the big shoes and funky car and grow up fast.

Specter to Change Parties

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009

About time.  He has always been about himself only.  He was never a conservative, and now that the Republicans are out of power, he wants to be in power again.

Good riddance.

Obama’s Policies Misunderstood

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009

CNN reports Obama is more popular than his policies, and this is understandable since his policies are generally not understood. When that latter issue is cleared up, President Obama personally will be as beloved as cancer.

And just for the record, the various media polls celebrating President Obama’s approval ratings have the ring of hokum to me, like the media outlets – now seeing how the golden boy they touted is turning out to be a bona fide lightweight – need to quickly cover their asses by ginning up false approval numbers: “YOU approve of the president in record numbers. Really, you do.”

But leaving my suspicions aside, here is an irrefutable fact: The policies that some people are getting worked up over, leading to all sorts of public consternation including the Tea Party phenomena, are policies most Americans have no reason to distrust.

Yet.

The reason is simple. No American under 50 years old, who has been living in the country the past 30 years, has personally experienced the effects of major federal tax increases or inflation. We just have not had to deal with it. What the Tea Partyers and some others are saying is, you can’t do what Obama is doing WITHOUT ending up with both huge taxes and inflation, most likely by next year. But they have foresight, and as demonstrated by Tom Tancredo picking up 1 percent of the vote in 2008, Americans as a rule are not big on foresight.

I hear the first federal tax increases – on tobacco – have already kicked in. That is just the leading crest of the wave, which will probably crash all over us in approximately 9 months when Americans begin revving up TurboTax to do their 2009 taxes and the “downloading updates” process gets the new “Confiscator” plugin. Maybe around the same time, maybe later, but definitely coming, is the $8 loaf of white bread as a result of all the money we are printing. Then, for the first time in over a generation, Americans will understand.

Robert Gibbs must go!

Monday, April 27th, 2009

I want to thank Joe for the opportunity to post here and I hope I can keep in line with some of the good posts on this site.
I heard today about the Air Force One look-alike flyover in NYC and I was appalled. The American people don’t have enough to think about as it is and it wasn’t that long ago that we had the terror attacks of 9/11. This stunt was truly outragious and it appears that the “old” FAA needs some immediate revamping. This is the article.
On top of this, during a press conference today, Robert Gibbs was asked about this incident and it appears that he was caught unaware. The way I feel about it, he is always caught unaware. This man is single handidly making the Obama Administration look inept. I don’t know about you but I feel that his appointment is showing to be a bad decision. Maybe the job is just too much for him but, personally, I feel this man needs to go before he can do some real damage. Here’s another article. I just wish I had the audio to give you that I heard. There are better press secretaries then this man.

GE & MSNBC: Lies and Greed

Monday, April 27th, 2009

THR reported the upset at a GE board meeting directed at Immelt, the CEO of GE who is pushing for green power, and who has pushed other left-wing causes.

“The crowd was very upset with MSNBC because of its leftward tilt,” one attendee said. “Some former employees said they were embarrassed by it.”

In short, the crowd was concerned about the biased reporting.  The fourth estate has an obligation to report the news straight.  While it is impossible to do this perfectly, MSNBC gave up trying years ago.

Under Immelt’s leadership, MSNBC has become a major proponent of left, Barak Obama, and the Democrat party, and has hired several pieces of flotsam from the failed ‘Air America’ catastrophe.  MSNBC’s ratings are in the tank relative to where they where several years ago — not that they where all that great back then.

Immelt says he has a hands-off policy with respect to his news operations.  Yet CNBC, a network that has been criticizing the Obama administration for its socialization of the economy, was put under the hot lights by Immelt and Zuckerman …

The top suits and some of the on-air talent at CNBC were recently ordered to a top-secret meeting with General Electric CEO Jeffrey Immelt and NBC Universal President Jeff Zucker to discuss whether they’ve turned into the President Obama-bashing network, Page Six has learned.

Share holders at the meeting asked about this issue.  It was denied that arm-twisting occurred, despite the comments of several sources at CNBC.

A source familiar with the powwow told us, “There was a long discussion about whether CNBC has become too conservative and is beating up on Obama too much. There’s great concern that CNBC is now the anti-Obama network.”

Attacking a Republican president without respite for years is not anti-Bush, but, giving Obama grief for a month is anti-Obama?  This is not bias?   The official party line at GE was that the meeting was a thank-you dinner.  The response:

“That is complete bull[bleep] . . . they didn’t invite a lot of people to [the meeting]. There were many staffers who were working 24/7 during the crisis who weren’t asked to attend, even Santelli, who was a big star for the network during those weeks. Why not?”

The thing to watch for will be a sudden change in coverage.  Obama does not have to deal with a press corp in the US, but a choir singing praises.  The Obama administration has given billions to GE in the form of TARP allocations for the struggling GE Financial Services.  While this can be innocent, it does warrant reporting and investigation.  Cheney worked for Haliburton.  That company did have government contracts.  The situation was heavily reported upon and investigated.

Immelt took over when GE stock was worth over $60/share. The share price is now close to $6 per share. Immelt did not keep his promise to not cut stock dividends. The retiree’s really appreciate that. Immelt and MSNBC are pushing cap-and-trade and green power. This while GE is becoming the largest builder of wind turbines. Can you say conflict of interest? Where are CBS, and ABC? Where is the NYT? This is a great story. Why the silence?

I’m Just Wild About Barry!!

Monday, April 27th, 2009

From  the Weekly Standard.  It would be even funnier if it was not so awfully true.

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President Pantywaist

Sunday, April 26th, 2009

From the UK Telegraph:

If al-Qaeda, the Taliban and the rest of the Looney Tunes brigade want to kick America to death, they had better move in quickly and grab a piece of the action before Barack Obama finishes the job himself. Never in the history of the United States has a president worked so actively against the interests of his own people – not even Jimmy Carter.

Obama’s problem is that he does not know who the enemy is. To him, the enemy does not squat in caves in Waziristan, clutching automatic weapons and reciting the more militant verses from the Koran: instead, it sits around at tea parties in Kentucky quoting from the US Constitution…

Obama’s now laughable promise to be a bipartisan president has at least this going for it: He has framed all law-abiding American citizens, regardless of party, as the bad guys.

Arrests Made In Landsdowne Murders

Saturday, April 25th, 2009

According to the Loudoun Independent, the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office has made arrests in the murder of a local couple which occurred several weeks ago. There will be a news conference today at 2:00 pm.

I will be out of the house for a while but if I hear anything I will send Twitter updates (bottom right hand column here).

UPDATE:

Loudoun Independent has the best local coverage today.

Here is the Channel 7 report.

Downside is now everyone knows about the other wife I’ve been keeping over in Lansdowne.

UPDATE II: NBC 4 coverage. Stone is a lot more lucid than I in this one.

View more news videos at: http://www.nbcwashington.com/video.

Gun Show This Weekend!

Thursday, April 23rd, 2009

The LST’s are about to the shore and the gun grabbing troops are about to storm the beaches.  This could be the final Expo Center gun show that allows you to fully utilize your 2nd Amendment right.  I predict that the new gold standard will be guns, ammunition, parts and accessories.  Make up your wish-list tonight and be ready for 3 days of shopping and buying.  WARNING!  The most sought after goods (ammunition in particular) tend to vacate the premises on opening night.  You have been warned.
Friday 3-8 PM
Saturday 9 AM to 5 PM
Sunday 10 AM to 5 PM
I work the saturday show and hope to see some of you there. While you are at it, they have NRA sign up and for $25 you get a year membership (that’s $10 off regular) PLUS a free entry to the show. GET YOUR HAND STAMPED if you intend to come back. Ticket entry is good for all days. While you are at it, visit VCDL located near the snack bar (usually) and, if you can, think about joining their organization.  That is our state gun rights arm.

This administration is getting ready to close the 2nd Amendment loophole.

Corey Stewart is Coming to Loudoun County

Tuesday, April 21st, 2009

Chairman  of the Prince William County Board of Supervisors, Corey Stewart, is coming to Loudoun County to present a lecture on Equal Rights, Equal Justice and Equal Opportunity for All. Chairman Stewart will discuss in detail his counties efforts  in combating the presence of Illegal Aliens. The Chairman, along with fellow Supervisor John Stirrip, were responsible for crafting Prince William Counties 2007 legislative efforts addressing Illegal Migrants. These elected officials have garnered national attention and praise for having put together a comprehensive approach addressing local law enforcement, zoning as well as cooperation with those federal agencies responsible for the deportation of Illegal Migrants.

Ronald Reagan Lecture Series- Equal Rights, Equal Justice, and Equal Opportunity for All.

When: Wednesday, May 6, 2009, 7:30 PM

Where: Cascades Senior Center, Sterling VA

Sponsored by : Loudoun County Republican Committee 

Don’t miss this opportunity to learn more about how a neighboring jurisdiction successfully implemented a legislative package properly addressing the concerns and rights of it’s legal residents.

A Question of Fairness

Tuesday, April 21st, 2009

A common argument from the leftists is “fairness.”  They say that it is only “fair” that the rich pay a (significantly) larger portion of their income in taxes, because they can afford it.  They say it is only “fair” for the rich to pay for all of their children’s college education, while the poor get subsidies.  They call it “leveling the playing field.”

They thing is, the leftists never define “fair” — it is what they want it to be:

‘When I use a word,’ Humpty Dumpty said, in a rather scornful tone,’ it means just what I choose it to mean, neither more nor less.’

Let’s us look to Webster’s for a definition. This is from Webster’s Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary:

Fair: Marked by impartiality and honesty : free from self-interest, prejudice, or favoritism.

So, how is charging one person more than another for the same product or service fair?

How is taking one man’s money and giving it to another fair?

The leftists say it is not fair that one child, born into wealth, has more opportunities than one who is not.  But where did that wealth come from?  It came from the work of another.  It came, perhaps, from someone’s studying hard to get a good education in a difficult field, and working long and hard at his job to get his lucrative position.  It cam, perhaps, from someone’s risking his life’s savings in a business venture, and working long and hard it make it successful.  It came, perhaps, from someone’s diligently saving his money, and studiously picking companies in which to invest.  Is it fair that these earnings will be taken and given to those who did not study hard, did not bother to get an education or to work hard?  Is it fair for an industrious man’s life-savings be taken from his children and given to the children of the lazy?

Ice In The Hole

Saturday, April 18th, 2009

With the new EPA declaration, I wonder if this, as well as the recent Homeland Security report, were released with Obama’s gun to their head ? This is the only thing that makes any sense here, as their ’science’ and methodology surely does not. Seems that the only thing man made about ‘global warming’ is the fear and hysteria created by ecobureaucrats like Mr. Garret, Al Gore, and our sitting president’s cohorts.

Antarctic ice is growing, not melting away

ICE is expanding in much of Antarctica, contrary to the widespread public belief that global warming is melting the continental ice cap.

Read at News.com.au

Reflections on the Reston Tea Party

Friday, April 17th, 2009

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The T.E.A. party (Taxed Enough Already) in Reston was an interesting affair.  I went with several members of Loudoun’s TAG (Taxpayers for Accountable Government) to see what would actually transpire. As you can see I am not ready for a any prizes in photojournalism.

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I figured with the cold weather and the rain I would see about 40 people and some dog named Skippy.  At first things did not look good.  I went to where the event was scheduled to take place, and was promptly rerouted to Baron Cameron Park.  It turns out that the local small business group was happy to host our gathering, but the local citizens had a say — and our free speech was not welcome at Lake Anne Village Center.

At Baron Cameron Park, I found I needed to park on the grass.  It seems that the parking spaces where all filled and people were parking their vehicles on the grass shoulders.  This was a hopeful sign — an amazing sign despite the weather and disruption caused by the venue change.  The number of people was, in my estimation, about 400 to 500 at any one time, and people were coming and going throughout the event.  Mr. Grigsby of TAG put the number at 750 for the night.  Someone else said she counted over 500 cars.  The number is astonishing all things considered.

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One  saw people of all walks of life and the crowd, while noisy, was not the standard fare one finds at a G20 summit.  No rock throwing, no burning of property, no vulgarity, spitting or angry chants.  ‘U’-'S’-'A’ was the most often heard rumble from the crowd.  No police where present because none were required.  These were working people who came.   Not the professional protesters, the angry nihilists, the ACORN nuts that litter the streets at any left-wing demonstration.

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The biggest crowd pleasers were calls to halt the spending.  The future generation’s patrimony will be a dismal brew of an economic delusion, political bribery, and soul crushing debt.  People are not willing to engage in any further willful suspension of disbelief.

We all know how much the federal government is sending to VA.  That is the problem. We are unwillling to take part in this spending fiasco.  We are against the paupering of our grandchildren and the socialization of our economy.  The claim that this spending is what is saving us from economic oblivion is patently false — you do not spend your way to prosperity.

The signs at the demonstration were imaginative and humorous — many of them eloquently stated the trouble with our government today. The shameful treatment these people have been given by so called ‘reporters’ is disgraceful.  This is what the movement in 1776 was all about.  Taxation, and a government that was dismissive of the concerns and rights of its constituents.  That these peaceful people can stand in the rain and show the nation how real protest is done, with grace and wit, is a testimony to the country.  The least the communications majors at CNN can do is report what is, and not dismiss them because they reject the vision of the United States as a socialist, collectivist utopia.