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FRANCE & U.S. TURN LEFT -- INTO A DITCH ...
HAZARDS OF PERUSING POLLS PREMATURELY ...
RACISM AT OBAMA'S CHICAGO ELECTION OFFICES?

    Before we regard the left-turn of France in their presidential election dismissively, we should consider that our own nation did much the same in electing Obama, the major difference being that Monsieur Hollande ADMITS he's a socialist.
     The French, like Americans four years earlier, have demonstrated once again that it is possible to jump out of the frying pan into the fire. The French refuse to admit they've been living beyond their means. Now we -- and they -- will see the price paid when economic reality overwhelms socialist fantasies.
     Meantime, Obama has already invited his leftist soul-brother, Hollande, to the White House. Monsieur Obama, of course, has his fictional Julia promoting more government dependency of the very sort that has France on the brink of economic collapse.

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Quote of the young week ...
     Speaking in Muslim Pakistan, Hillary reacts to any hint that the U.S. is anti-Muslim thusly: “President Obama has sent a very clear message of respect and appreciation of all religions, and in PARTICULAR of Islam. Oh, that hurts me. That hurts me so much, honestly."
     Let us all weep sympathetically for both the Hildabeast and her boss.

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I know it's prejudiced and not possible, but a person can dream ...
     Dream that any graduate or Harvard -- or, for that matter, any Ivy League institution -- be barred from running for president.
     And yes, I'm aware that if such a Utopian fantasy were the case today, both major-party candidates would be disqualified. I shed no tears over such a prospect.

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    Here's what has Democrat strategists worried, and it goes beyond current polls showing Obama and Romney in a tight race. In May of the election year 1980, another failed Democrat president, Jimmy Carter, led Ronald Reagan, 49% to 41%. In fact, led in the polls right up to election day. Then Reagan clobbered him, 51% to 41%, a landslide.

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    Joltin' Joe Biden discounts any possibility that Obama might dump him as his running mate and replace him with the Hildabeast. Yet it must nibble at his ego; the fact that so many Democrats want the boss-man to make just that move.

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    Hmmmm ... Civil rights lawyers tipped The Daily Caller that, out of about a hundred employees pictured working at Obama's re-election headquarters in Chicago, only three -- far in the rear -- are black. In a city that's one-third black. Paging Al Sharpton! Paging Jesse Jackson! Paging Eric Holder!

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New Yorkers get the word on Obama from the Daily News editorial ...
     "Obama can’t sugarcoat an economy that has limped along badly on his watch, consigning 12.5 million Americans to unemployment.
     "The major crisis and downturn that began in 2008 are no excuse for such a lethargic recovery.
     "And as Obama asks for a second term, what is his domestic economic agenda? Just campaign talking points about lowering college loan rates, posturing against an alleged war on women and flogging a Buffett Rule that would barely put a dent in skyrocketing deficits."

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George Will, on Obama's self-obsessed permanent case of the screaming "me-me's" ...
     "Try to imagine Dwight Eisenhower talking about D-Day saying, ‘I did this. I decided this. I did this and then I did that.’ It’s inconceivable. If you struck from Barack Obama’s vocabulary the first-person singular pronoun, he would fall silent."

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Rich Lowry of National Review weighs in on Obama's fantasy campaign creation, a fictional leech named Julia ...
     "Julia's central relationship is to the state. It is her educator, banker, health-care provider, venture capitalist and retirement fund. And she is, fundamentally, a taker. Every benefit she gets is cut-rate or free. She apparently doesn't worry about paying taxes. It doesn't enter her mind that the programs supporting her might add to the debt or might have unintended consequences. She has no moral qualms about forcing others to pay for her contraception, and her sense of patriotic duty is limited to getting as much government help as she can."

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From Rick, a thought-provoking "only in America" list ...
     Only in America could politicians talk about the greed of the rich at a $35,000 a plate campaign fund raising event.
     Only in America could people claim that the government still discriminates against black Americans when we have a black President, a black Attorney General, and roughly 18% of the federal workforce is black. 12% of the population is black.
     Only in America could we have had the two people most responsible for our tax code, Timothy Geithner, the head of the Treasury Department and Charles Rangel who once ran the Ways and Means Committee, both turn out to be tax cheats who are in favor of higher taxes.
     Only in America can we have terrorists kill people in the name of Allah and have the media primarily react by fretting that Muslims might be harmed by the backlash.
     Only in America could the people who believe in balancing the budget and defending the Constitution be thought of as "extremists."
     Only in America could you need to present a driver's license to cash a check, buy alcohol, board a plane - but not to vote.
     Only in America could the people who pay 86% of all income taxes be accused of not paying their "fair share" by people who don't pay any income taxes at all.

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Reader John forwards a brief note that includes a photo of a small pistol ...
     "This reliable Beretta Jetfire .22 Short pistol is a personal favorite of mine and I am never without it. It saved my life a few years ago when attacked by a grizzly bear while hiking in the mountains with a family member. I was able to escape, walking at a brisk pace, after I shot my brother-in-law in the knee."

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    Did you catch any of the moon's big show over the weekend? A confluence of orbits put it in extraordinarily close proximity to earth and aligned in such a way that it appeared much larger than usual. Magnificent! But also a reminder that we don't go there anymore, and to get into space at all we have to hitchhike on Russian rockets.
    Perhaps, like Claudette Colbert in "It Happened One Night," displaying a little leg (in the form of concessions) to get even that ride.

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    Oprah Winfrey was a huge success as a TV performer; as a TV executive ... well, her cable-network ratings have been pitiful, losses have run up to $330 million and trade gossip says the whole operation may be headed for the boneyard within the year.

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According to reader Gordon, this could have happened about twenty-four hours ago ...
     Toward the end of the Sunday service, the Minister asked, "How many of you have forgiven your enemies?" 80% held up their hands.
     The Minister then repeated his question. All responded this time, except one man, Walter, who attended church only when the weather was bad.
     "Mr. Barnes, it's obviously not a good morning for golf. It's good to see you here today. Are you not willing to forgive your enemies?"
     "I don't have any," he replied gruffly.
     "Mr. Barnes, that is very unusual. How old are you?"
     "Ninety-eight," he replied. The congregation stood up and applauded.
     "Mr. Barnes, would you please come down in front and tell us all how a person can live ninety-eight years and not have an enemy in the world?"
     The old golfer tottered down the aisle, stopped in front of the pulpit, turned around, faced the congregation, and said simply, "I outlived all them (expletives)." - and calmly returned to his seat.

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The Sky-guy, a connoisseur of the grape, offers this advice ...
     When your wine needs to breathe but doesn't ... you then have to give it mouth-to-mouth.
Lee Rodgers"...and now, if you'll excuse me..."
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