The Tea Party Movement Should Stand Alone

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It persists that politicians are clueless about the Tea Party Movement. The TPM is a grassroots effort to bring attention back to the American people that we have a Constitution, that our Federal Government has overstepped its bounds on Constitutional powers granted it by that Constitution and that spending is out of control. Nowhere in that movement is it defined as Democrat or Republican, black or white, male or female, Catholic or Protestant.

The TPM has become a powerful force. Why? Because it is of the people and by the people. Because of the TPM business as usual in the political sphere got upended. We saw that in Virginia and New Jersey. When Scott Brown got elected to the Senate seat in Massachusetts, that is when it become clear to me that Republicans didn’t know what the Tea Party Movement was about either. Read more

Are Some Animal Lovers Caught In An Evolutionary Time Warp?

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I’m sure some would argue that man is not more intelligent or more evolved than the common beasts that inhabit the globe. As much as we have this urge to sometimes place man’s collective intelligence as being less than that of, say a cow, for the most part that is not true. Some of my best friends are brighter than a cow. Well, let’s say at least a slug.

There are two theories as to why we are here on this planet. One is Evolution and of course the other Creation. Which ever one you pick, I think it intelligent rationalization to claim that animals where here first. So, does that give them something over us? Preferential rights? First dibs? I called shotgun?

Let’s take a look. If man “evolved” from animals (take your pick which one), one would assume and some studies suggest that part of that evolution was the expansion of intelligent thinking. I know! I know! Stop thinking about Washington for just a few minutes, Okay? Read more

Obama Regrets Not Telling You What Your Values Should Be

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Words speak volumes! Let’s not kid ourselves. We know that what comes out of a person’s mouth is generally a reflection of who they are, what they are all about. After the Scott Brown win in Massachusetts, I said that Washington and the White House would all turn into a bunch of chameleons trying to morph into looking like something they really are not out of fear of losing their jobs. Unless you are the master of disguise, ala Bill Clinton, when you open your mouth to speak, the truth is once again revealed.

Yesterday, Barack Obama interviewed with George Stephanopoulus of ABC News. (Transcript here.) There’s tons of information you can digest about Obama in that interview. I really don’t know why but one tiny bit of his “but what I will tell you” interview, jumped out at me as very revealing of the kind of person our president is. Read more

Profiling And Racial Profiling

Since the terror attack on Northwest Airlines Flight 253 by the “Pantie Bomber”, much of the discussion has turned to profiling. Those that fear profiling wrongfully call it racial profiling.

Wikipedia, a publicly compiled usually biased site, can give us a publicly compiled, usually biased definition of racial profiling.

Racial profiling is the inclusion of racial or ethnic characteristics in determining whether a person is considered likely to commit a particular type of crime or an illegal act or to behave in a “predictable” manner.

Amnesty International describes racial profiling this way. Read more

Are Some On The Right Guilty Of The Same President Bashing That Occurred From The Left With Bush?

It was not that long ago that we all had to sit and listen to Bush bashing from the left and make no mistake about it, it is still going on today. There was nothing that President Bush could do or say but what the left whined, bitched, moaned, complained and just plain bashed. So blatant this was that much of what was being said were lies and yes, things said taken out of context.

Those on the right have engaged in their own levels of attacks on President Obama, myself included. However, I have never had and will never have a problem with anyone attacking issues. But we all know that it goes beyond just issues and can get very nasty.

The other night I watched President Obama’s speech from West Point about his intentions for our military in Afghanistan. I have to confess that this is the first speech I have listened to of Obama and I’ll tell you why. I believe that when it comes to military operations and decisions such as those we as a nation face, politics should not play a role. Read more

The Real Danger Behind “Hacked” Information From Climate Research Unit

The timing of the “hack” should send up a red flag that someone wanted this information released prior to the grand summit meeting on global climate coming up in a short time in Copenhagen, Denmark. Therefore, it requires few brains to determine this wasn’t a “hack” in the classic sense of what a computer hack is. Whoever pulled this information had a pretty good idea what they were looking for and it’s my guess it was more of a “copy and paste” escapade than a hack. But let’s be honest, hack makes the Climate Research Unit sound to be more of a victim and less an agency caught with their hands in the cookie jar.

If laws were broken to obtain this information then whoever is responsible should be prosecuted. Attempts to legally obtain this information were stalled, which I believe has played a role in the option to “hack” into the system illegally. Read more

Is It Time Yet To Start Asking When Does Obama Work?

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I’m sure much of the media is scared to ask the question but honestly isn’t it time? Between a continuous and unending campaign strategy, vacationing, trips abroad with the family and now more golf in 9 months that Bush played in over 2 years, it’s time to ask when does this guy ever sit at his desk in the Oval Office and work?

There was not enough hours in a day to pass Wall Street bailouts, bank bailouts, Freddie and Fanny, TARP stimulus, auto industry bailout, mortgage industry bailout, health care reform but now that we have troops being killed on a regular basis in Afghanistan, he’s not going to rush into making any rash decisions…….while he goes out and shoots golf. Read more

Blissful Ignorance Is Dangerous To Your Health

It wasn’t until I was able to see other parts of the world and be a part of the lives of people from “strange” countries that I came to a belated realization that Americans are quite ignorant of what goes on in these “strange” lands. It’s not so much that we’re not smart, it’s more that we are spoiled brats who see little need of knowing what others do. In some cases we probably just don’t care. I think we may have a bit of a chip on our shoulders. What do you think?

I was first embarrassed when I sat down and talked with a 12-year old boy from Japan. It was when he began asking me questions about the United States’ influence around the world and rattled off a list of remote islands scattered across the globe that the U.S. owned or once owned, the years in which purchases and sales were made, etc., that I could see I knew nothing. Why would this kid know this stuff? Read more

Obama May Not Be Lying. He Just Might Be That Uninformed

Getting Better Acquainted With Your Neighborhood Czar

Oh, but we’ve talked about Cass Sunstein, the Regulatory Czar, before. Is there more on this radical thug, hand picked by President Barack Obama to head up his Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget? Oh, yes!

Not to worry though about this czar as this was one of few that actually got voted on by our asleep-at-the-wheel Congress. They are clueless and have been for some time. How important is it that this guy, who wields a lot of clout in his new position, thinks guns should all go and wants to ban hunting. Neither of those two things are that unusual coming from the democrats but it gets pretty freaky when a high ranking White House officials actually thinks animals should have a right to sue their owners. That’s very sick thinking, making me believe he has some kind of mental illness. Read more

Statement of Deneen Borelli on Allegations of Racism Against Critics of Obama Policies

Washington D.C. This statement was issued today by Deneen Borelli of the national black leadership network Project 21:

“There they go again. Now Jimmy Carter has joined House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charlie Rangel, Texas Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson, New York Governor David Paterson, MSNBC’s Chris Matthews, the New York Times’ Maureen Dowd and others on the left in claiming racism is behind criticism of President Obama’s big-spending policies.

The public is outraged about the president’s policies — the spending, the budget, the deficit — not his skin color. Read more

Our State-Run Media

I always used to snicker a bit when I heard Rush Limbaugh or Glenn Beck refer to our mainstream media as being our state-run media. No more snickering. It’s true, at least in the sense of how it is being run. In communist countries the government always ran the media outlets and only provided information to the people that government wanted them to know.

In this country we refer to such blatant biased media as being “in the tank” or “kool-aid drinkers”, etc. We can’t say that our media is directly owned and operated by the government, yet, but the effect is the same. Right now we still have talk radio and the Internet where people who want to know the truth can go and get the truth. But it requires work. Read more

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