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January 17 –

OBAMA AIMS, FIRES, MISSES …
THE MUSLIM MURDERS CONTINUE …
THE GREAT “SANDY” SHAKEDOWN

Was there ever a more obvious, cheesy piece of political staging than Obama using children as props to announce his power-grab disguised as gun control?
    Even liberal commentators don't expect his little dog-and-pony show to achieve anything.
    “It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.” – Wm. Shakespeare, “Macbeth,” Act 5, Scene 5

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Hostages murdered by Muslim killers in Algeria, possibly/probably including Americans. But don't worry; after all, Obama tells us Al Qaeda has been “decimated.”

    Footnote: “Decimated” is one of the most misused words in the English language. As my friend The Wordman, Dr. Richard Lederer, has pointed out many times, it literally means “one in ten,” stemming from the practice of many of history's conquerors killing one of every ten of the losing side in order to set an example and demonstrate the power of the victors

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Reader Len summarizes …

    “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed ...   be determined by Barack Hussein Obama.

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Give Democrats power and the fraudulent waste of taxpayer money is inevitable.

    Yes, most would agree that there should be relief money for the northeast U. S. areas ravaged by Hurricane Sandy. But did the relief bill that was ultimately passed really need to include $150 million in subsidies for fisheries in Alaska? Or inclusion of a budget to buy new cars for the Justice Department? Or $17 BILLION for “block grants for community development?” That last being a euphemistic description of slush-fund money that Obama can simply give to politically-favored people and organizations that have given him support. It's all a gigantic fraud, and an indication of how this nation is buried in a swamp of debt.

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What does the government do with all that money it extorts from taxpayers or borrows from China? WSB in Atlanta found one small example. The Obama cabinet secretary who heads the Department of the Interior in Washington now sits in a newly-upgraded bathroom. The cost of the upgrade? $222,000.


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I did an hour-long on-air chat yesterday with Rich Lieberman on KOMY in the San Francisco Bay Area. Would have announced it here earlier, but we didn't have the time locked-in in time for yesterday's column. Anyway, it's available as a podcast on the KOMY website.

    Rich is a media critic who's occasionally applauded my broadcast work in the past; also occasionally been a severe critic, since we disagree on virtually every political issue. Regardless, it was an enjoyable visit as well as being the first words I've said on-air in almost three years.

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If you're a football fan, you may remember all the hype promoting Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o for the Heisman Trophy. It included the heartwarming story of his girlfriend dying of leukemia almost simultaneously with the death of his grandmother.

    The wheels are beginning to come off the part of the story involving the girlfriend who supposedly, with her dying words, told him to honor her memory by playing great. Several sources, including CBS, are reporting the whole story was a gigantic hoax.
    Some speculate that his awareness that the dead girlfriend story was unraveling was one cause of his pathetic performance against Alabama in the national championship game.

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Mark Steyn (Commentary Magazine) summarizes his view of the November Republican debacle …

    “When reality strikes, will Americans turn to conservatism? The evidence from November is not reassuring.
    Romney dusted off the old surefire winner–'Ask yourself, are you better off than you were four years ago?'–and took it to read: 'The economy’s dead. Vote Mitt.' A decisive chunk of lower-middle-class America agreed with him on the first part, and acted on its logic: You’re right. So I’m voting for the party of endlessly extended unemployment insurance, universal food stamps, and increased Social Security disability enrollment.'”


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Some members of Obama's cabinet, perhaps unable to find legitimate employment, are staying on-board for his second term. For example …

    "Education Secretary Arne Duncan announced that he will stay at the White House for President Obama’s second term. He said his mission is to make the U.S. number one in education, and won’t stop until our students are doing gooder." – Jimmy Fallon

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As you have doubtless heard, Al Gore made piles of money by selling his failed cable TV network to Arab-owned Al Jazeera, purported "news" service.

Bernard Goldberg, journalist of considerable -- and justified -- renown reminds us of just a couple of positions taken by Al Jazeera, the operation Gore finds so simpatico ...
    “ In 2008, Al Jazeera threw an on-air party for a Palestinian terrorist who had just been released from an Israeli prison. In 1979 he kidnapped an Israeli family and killed their 4-year old daughter by smashing her head on some rocks. They even gave him a cake.
    “In 2009, the host of Al Jazeera's most popular Arabic language show says, on the air, that he wants Allah to count the numbers of every Jew and kill them 'down to the very last one.'"

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Burt Prelutsky takes note of a cultural trend …

    “Some outfit calling itself the National Father’s Day Council decided that Bill Clinton was Father of the Year. It will probably come as no surprise that the 2007 honoree was none other than John Edwards. But at least Mr. Edwards earned the title the old fashioned way, by impregnating his mistress while his wife was dying of cancer.”

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Notes from the legal profession …

    The Minnesota Supreme Court has suspended attorney Thomas P. Lowe from the practice of law for having an affair with a client then sending her a bill for having sex with her. – St. Paul Pioneer Press.

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Jodie Foster broke down accepting a Golden Globe Award. She discussed her mother, her loneliness, her childhood and her sexual identity. John Hinckley issued a statement from his mental hospital saying he knew all along they were made for each other.” – Argus Hamilton

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Lance Armstrong, bicycling champion and self-admitted liar, has been a major target for the late-evening comedians this week.
    A few examples …

Jay Leno --
    "Lance Armstrong confessed during his interview with Oprah Winfrey that he did use performance-enhancing drugs to win the Tour de France seven times. This came as a complete shock to as many as a dozen people."
Conan O'Brien --
    "Oprah Winfrey says she conducted 'an intense two and a half hour interview with.' Oprah said she never would have had the stamina if Lance wouldn't have given her something to keep going."
Craig Ferguson --
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At one point Lance said he propagated one of the greatest frauds in American history. And Oprah said, 'Whoa. Easy there. I'm the one who discovered Dr. Phil.'"

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Reader Bill reports on his latest shopping trip …   
    I was in the checkout line at the grocery store when the cashier asked if I preferred paper or plastic, I said "Doesn't matter to me, I'm bi-sacksual..."
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