LEE RODGERS INVISIBLE SPECTATORS SPEAK
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One of the more reliable indicators of the state of the economy in a nation of sports fans like ours is attendance at major events. This occurred to me as I watched the Indianapolis 500 then the 600 at Charlotte yesterday. There were acres of empty seats, especially at Indy. The Indianapolis Motor Speedway has a capacity of some 400,000 and is filled every year -- until now. There have also been plenty of empty seats at other NASCAR tracks as well as other sports venues. But what should be expected when we have a Chief Executive who's never managed so much as a bubble-gum budget? The Obamunists and their media suckups can babble all they want about the "recovery", but the empty seats tell the real story.
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Goldman Sachs, the big financial house, predicts $5 gasoline by the end of summer. Thank you, Dr. Hope-and-Change!
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Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels tells ABC-TV that he thinks he could've beaten Obama next year. Pal, if you don't have it in you to run, shut the (bleep) UP! Nobody cares what you think you COULD have done. You're a whipped wussy who's become a self-created nonentity.
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So there sits Obama in the front row at the church in Joplin, Missouri, where a memorial service was being held for the tornado victims. There sits Obama. Chewing gum.
Perhaps that's normal behavior in his white-hating, Jew-hating, America-hating Chicago "church".
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George Will seems to be having nightmares about Sarah Palin running for president. Maybe that bow-tie is a little too tight.
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American Jewish voters cast 78% of their ballots for Obama in 2008. Wonder if the Netanyahu visit and his tutorial of the Community Organizer has changed any of their minds?
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A premise for debate with any liberal acquaintances you may have: Since World War 2, the United States has had exactly two real presidents. Eisenhower and Reagan. Begin with that proposition, and have fun!
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Greece's irresponsible mismanagement of its economy, mostly by being overly-generous with government unions, is on the verge of bringing down the Euro currency and with it, the European Union. Not that we're in any position to look disdainfully upon them. Our idiotic government is doing the same thing; we're just a bit behind the Greeks. Look at the demands of the SEIU, for example, and you see our own future.
A reminder of how we got in this mess. Remember this news story from the last presidential campaign? A young single mother in Florida was elated by the prospect of an Obama election because, "Obama's gonna make my house and car payments!" Asked where he was going to get the money to do that, she replied, "I don't know, but he's gonna do it!"
This is the kind of well-informed voter who put this bogus, incompetent phony in the White House.
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Careful with those "energy drinks". That's the warning from the journal of Pediatrics. The boost you get is largely from a big jolt of caffeine. And kids, especially, don't need them.
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A doctor friend who is surrounded by leftists at the hospital where he practices tells me that one administrator just took a vacation ... in Havana. And came back touting the Cuban infant mortality rate. My friend also explains WHY the low rate, with information that should be common knowledge in the medical community. If a fetus shows any sign of a problematic condition, it is aborted. Hence the rosy "infant mortality" numbers.
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A dozen of Britain's elite commandos in the Special Air Services branch have captured two of Osama bin Laden's top aides in Afghanistan. This doubtless calls for a special meeting of Obama's political advisors so they can think of a way to make sure our Maximum Leader gets the credit.
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Joe Klein, the delusional leftist "reporter" for Time Magazine, opines that Obama's relationship with the military is better than was that of Pres. Bush. I agree -- assuming Klein means the IRANIAN military.
Coincidentally ... a new Gallup poll shows that U.S. military personnel and veterans have a LOWER opinion of Obama that do civilians.
Gallup, old-line establishment operation that it is, tries to put a better face on it with convoluted explanations.
A better one might simply be that it's hard to summon enthusiasm for a guy who may send you off to get shot by some of his Muslim buddies on behalf of OTHER Muslim buddies.
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The lead on LUCIANNE.COM today bears thinking about - -
There are only two life forces who have offered to die for you.
Jesus Christ and the American soldier.
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A longtime friend who was a major airline captain for many years offers these observations about pilots' relationship with -- and attitude toward -- the Federal Aviation Administration and life in general..
Asking what a pilot what he/she thinks about the FAA is like asking a tree what it thinks about dogs.
A pilot is a confused soul who talks about women when he's flying, and about flying when he's with a woman.
A smooth touchdown in a simulator is as exciting as kissing your sister.
A crew scheduler has to be the kind of person who wakes his wife at midnight to carry out the garbage, then sends her back to let the cat in.
"...and now, if you'll excuse me..."