LEE RODGERSIS OUR NATIONAL LEGACY TO BE
STUPIDITY? ...
BRIBE OFFERED AMERICA-HATING PREACHER ...
RON PAUL'S LUNATIC-FRINGE ATTACKS AGAIN ...
BRIBE OFFERED AMERICA-HATING PREACHER ...
RON PAUL'S LUNATIC-FRINGE ATTACKS AGAIN ...
Either most Americans are simple-minded dopes or, at the very least, our so-called "leader" and his media suck-ups assume that to be the case. Consider the realities.
After more than three years in office -- the first two with Democrat majorities controlling both houses of Congress -- Plastic-Man still insists our economic debacle is all the fault of his predecessor ... gasoline prices have more than doubled yet he refuses to allow oil-drilling where he can stop it ... our military is being gutted ... and our "foreign policy" consists of betraying friends while butt-kissing enemies.
And, with the help of his media concubines, we are fed a steady diet of nonsense distractions like whether Mitt Romney gave some kid a haircut fifty years ago and liberal Newsrag Magazine's cover depicting The First Gay President.
No question about it; November will determine whether this nation is, as sane people fear, too (bleeping) stupid to survive. Whatever else you may think of Mormonism, they're clearly wise to prepare for hard times when the nation is run by irresponsible lunatics, obsessed with the proven failure that IS Marxism.
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"One of the first things Barack said was, ‘I really wish you wouldn’t do any more public speaking until after the November election.’ He knew I had some speaking engagements lined up, and he said, ‘I wish you wouldn’t speak. It’s gonna hurt the campaign if you do that.’
“I said, ‘I don’t see it that way. And anyway, how am I supposed to support my family?’ And he said, ‘Well, I wish you wouldn’t speak in public."
-- The Rev. Jeremiah Wright, on his meeting with Barack Obama during the 2008 campaign, after his "God damn America" quote became public knowledge. He further states that he was offered $150,000 not to speak publicly again until after the election. -- (NY Post)
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The Ron Paul crazies, in yet another effort to hijack delegate votes for the Republican national convention, booed Josh Romney off the stage at the Arizona state convention. He was there to speak on behalf of his father. They also tried to take over the Oklahoma Republican confab. All that's missing from these delusional zombies is the brown shirts. If nutty ol' Ron isn't getting contributions from Obama, he's being cheated. He's certainly earning them.
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The state of Florida has found that some 180,000 people may be illegally registered to vote in Florida, mostly non-citizens. Flashback: The 1980 election, Bush over Gore, was decided by about 500 Florida votes. Let's just consider which party was more likely to receive illegal alien votes.
We might also recall that the Gore campaign made a strenuous effort to prevent the counting of votes from LEGAL voters in the U.S. military overseas whose home-base (and voting place) was in Florida. And Crazy Al and his crooks almost got away with it.
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It was British intelligence work that discovered the latest and much-publicized underwear bomb plot to blow up an airliner. It was a source in the U.S. government that blabbed about it, jeopardizing further intel efforts and inevitably making foreign agencies more reluctant to work with the CIA. This is plain treason.
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Victor Davis Hanson's observations on ethnicity ...
"In the Trayvon Martin murder case, the media was intent on promulgating a white oppressor/black victim narrative as proof of endemic white prejudice that still haunts America and thus requires perpetual recompense. However, a glitch arose when it was learned that Zimmerman had a Peruvian mother. By university and government diversity standards, he could be characterized as a "minority." That bothersome fact threatened to undermine the entire hyped narrative of white-on-black crime. So the panicked media coined a new hybrid term for Zimmerman: 'white Hispanic.'
"Note that the media has so far not in commensurate fashion referred to President Obama as a 'white African-American' even though he too had a white parent. In Obama's memoirs, we learn that well into his 20s he self-identified as 'Barry.' Only later did Obama begin using his African name, Barack, which at some key juncture offered a more valuable cachet than did the suburban-sounding 'Barry.'"
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A quick lesson in how inflation has devalued both the dollar and the very word "millionaire."
In the not-so-distant past, the word was applied only to the very wealthy, and connoted a person whose total net worth -- savings, investments, house, personal property -- amounted to one million dollars or more.
Now, in the Obama era, the word "millionaire" is applied to a person who makes a million dollars a YEAR.
As a friend once observed, wealth is a moving target. What a person once thought was an impressive sum has shrunk, to be replaced by a much larger -- and necessary -- financial goal.
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Another suggestion on handling repeated unwanted unsolicited mail comes from Seth ...
"Here's a trick that I've used since 1986: Attach the the pre-paid return envelope to a used manilla envelope stuffed with the company's promos and random papers such as store fliers. On the company's response form scrawl 'Take me off your list. The company pays the postage, you get rid of unwanted paper and get off their mailing list. Works like a charm.
"In 1986, a book-a-month club began sending me books and refused to cancel the 'subscription' I had never ordered. Each month, I dutifully returned the book in the enclosed pre-paid mailer and asked to be removed from their list. After six months, I was fed up. I took a daily paper, wrapped it in yellow legal paper, and scrawled, 'If you ever want to see your book alive again, remove me from your list!' The postage was substantial, I imagine. I soon received a letter of apology with several dollars of stamps and a request to mail the last book back. Needless to say, I just discarded it."
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What's a Los Angeles woman who feels victimized to do? The Democrats tell her that Republicans are conducting a "war on women," while city workers and their unions are telling her that Democrat Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa is -- guess what? -- "conducting a war on women."
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Jim Eason suggests a survey that poses the question, "What commercial do you find particularly obnoxious?" His own nominations ...
"'My name is Doug, and I have mesothelioma...' My cousin worked in the Norfolk, Virginia, shipyard and died of that disease. I sympathize. But I'm tired of Doug.
"Worst of all, recently, is the Motorola commercial which features two women sniveling, and snorting, and crying as they prepare to separate. That's so offensive, I always switch channels."
Any other nominations? At their best, a few commercials achieve more entertainment value than the programming around them -- and cost more than many entire programs because they involve creative talent. The Direct TV and Dos Equis spots come immediately to mind. Most, however, reflect the mediocrity of their creators.
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The government is starting a test program to determine, as some indicators suggest, whether red wine can deter Alzheimer's Disease. Many await results, corkscrews at the ready.
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Mike forwards this response to the question, "Why Carry a Gun?" ...
My old grandpa said to me "Son, there comes a time in every man's life when he stops bustin' knuckles and starts bustin' caps and usually it's when he becomes too old to take a butt-whuppin'."
I don't carry a gun to kill people. I carry a gun to keep from being killed.
I don't carry a gun because I'm paranoid. I carry a gun because there
are real threats in the world..
I don't carry a gun because I'm evil. I carry a gun because I have
lived long enough to see the evil in the world.
I don't carry a gun because I hate the government. I carry a gun
because I understand the limitations of government.
I don't carry a gun because I feel inadequate. I carry a gun because
unarmed and facing three armed thugs, I AM inadequate.
Police protection is an oxymoron. Free citizens must protect themselves. Police do not protect you from crime, they usually just investigate the crime after it happens and then call someone in to clean up the mess.
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The Sky-guy offers a touching post-Mother's Day tale ...
Three sons left home. Went out on their own and prospered. Getting back together, they discussed the gifts they were able to give their elderly mom for Mother's Day.
The first said, "I had a home built for our Mother."
The second said, "I sent her a Mercedes with a driver for Mom."
The third said, "I've got you both beat. You know how Mom enjoys the Bible, and you know she can't see very well. I sent her a brown parrot that can recite the entire Bible. It took 20 monks in a monastery 12 years to teach him. I had to pledge and contribute $100,000.00 a year for 10 years, but it was worth it. All Mom has to do is name the chapter and verse, and the parrot will recite it."
Soon thereafter, Mom sent out her letters of thanks, "Milton," she wrote to the first son. "The house you had built is so huge. I live in only one room, but I have to clean the whole house."
"Marvin," she wrote to the second son, "I'm too old to travel. I stay home all the time, so I never use the Mercedes. And the driver is so rude!"
"Dearest Melvin, she wrote to her third son, "You were the only son to have the good sense to know what your mother likes. That chicken was delicious!"
"...and now, if you'll excuse me..."