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Tuesday, December 20, 2011

The Best Stories of 2011 - or, How The Liberals Ignored President Obama's Advice

Written : Dec. 18 and 20, 2011

Jan. 12, 2011 - President Obama said that the polarized national debate should be conducted "in a way that heals, not in a way that wounds." He also said that Americans should "help usher in more civility in our public discourse." Conservatives agreed, but liberals didn't... apparently...

Jan. 19, 2011 - Only a week after the president delivered his remarks, and only 11 days after the Gabby Giffords shooting near Tucson, AZ (Jan. 8), Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) – no relation, by the way - invoked the Holocaust to attack Republicans on health care and compared rhetoric on the issue to the work of infamous Nazi Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels, the guy who headed the book burning effort for Hitler. “They say it's a government takeover of health care, a big lie just like Goebbels," Cohen said. "You say it enough, you repeat the lie, you repeat the lie, and eventually, people believe it…” And Congressman Cohen didn’t stop there. “The Germans said enough about the Jews and people believed it–believed it and you have the Holocaust…" Cohen said. Why must liberals use such nasty hyperbole, so often?

Mar. 28, 2011 - Orlando Sentinel reporter Scott Powers said Vice President Joe Biden's staff kept him confined in a closet during a Democrat Party fundraiser in order to keep him from mingling with guests. Kathy Kattenburg posted this in Breaking News Media Politics: "I deeply wish that I could say this story is ‘unbelievable,’ but it’s becoming all too clear that even the most bizarre examples of assaults on press freedom are possible in Obama’s White House." Biden spokeswoman Elizabeth Alexander apologized to Powers by writing, "Scott – You have our sincere apologies for the lack of a better hold room today.” As Kattenburg said, “Lack of a better hold room” is an interesting way of putting it. Didn’t Mr. Obama promise the most transparent administration in history? Oh, well, I guess. What would the media have said if Dick Cheney’s staff held a reporter in a closet? They would’ve called him a Nazi, among other things, I’m sure. This time, though, nary a whimper, this story is dead to them because a Democrat was at fault...

Mar. 31, 2011 - Congressman Jim McDermott (D-WA) said: “I'm tired of reading the Constitution and all the silly things we’ve done for the last 13 weeks." The reading McDermott spoke of began during the new Congress (after the 2010 elections) and Rep. Giffords (D-AZ) participated in it prior to being shot. The Democrats just wouldn’t listen to their leader, President Obama, and he didn’t follow his own advice, either. It figures, for the most part, they’re an angry, bitter lot.

In 2011, all of my favorite stories occurred in the first quarter of the year, and three in the span of four days. Next week I’ll serve up my favorite quotes for 2011. I hope you tune in, they’re amusing, for sure!

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Tuesday, December 13, 2011

STOCK Act - Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act

Dec. 13, 2011

An unassuming congressman, Rep. Tim Walz (D-MN), appeared on CSPAN’s Washington Journal about a week ago. His legislation, the STOCK (Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge) Act, appears to be a hit. It’s what we all want. Congressional insider trading is unfair and unethical. Both sides are in complete, 100% agreement on this. You can read this fascinating article on the STOCK Act at this link.

Walz, at first glance, seems the hero of the piece. He comes off as a likeable, fair-minded, friendly fellow with great intentions. His legislative bill, from last March, H.R. 1148 (147 Democrat sponsors, 75 Republican sponsors), has been floating around in various forms, such as H.R. 5015 (12 D, 2R) for at least five and a half years. It seeks to amend the 59-page Securities Act of 1933. H.R. 2341 (9D, 1R), from May, 2007 and H.R. 682 from Jan. 2009 (10D) are also previous versions. H.R. 1871 (7R), and H.R. 1903 (16D, 4R) are both from Nov., 2011. So, what’s the problem?

The MSM (Main Stream Media) says that the mean, nasty and wascaly old Republicans, like Rep. Eric Kantor (R-VA), are holding things up as usual, but unlike the MSM, concerned citizens must ask, “Why?” And we dig for viable answers as they slander and take pot shots. Look at the lopsided sponsorship, made up of mostly Democrats. Watch the oncoming rush to “pass this bill.” See the pressure applied by the MSM to support and pass it. Why the rush? Where’s the fire? What’s in it? I don’t trust Congress, nor do I know legalese, but all five bills must be compared with the others (for sneaky stuff). I don’t have the time, so I’ll leave it up to Congress to do its job.

Peter Schweizer is the author of Throw Them All Out: How Politicians And Their Friends Get Rich Off Insider Trading, Stock Tips, Land Deals and Cronyism That Would Send The Rest of Us to Prison (scroll down past the video). He says that the SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission), a regulatory agency, doesn’t have the guts to enforce a bill like Walz’ – if it becomes law. We all wish they would, but, I agree, why should they? Congress might pass it, but, in a fit of irony, Congress itself is the agency which funds the SEC.

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Tuesday, December 6, 2011

End Obamacare - Health Care Reform Needed Now More Than Ever

Dec. 6, 2011

The ugly spectre of Obamacare filled me with terror at my local Walmart this week. I know I’m lucky to have a job in President Obama's disastrous economy, and fortunate to have a private health care plan – for now. Under my plan (not Obamacare), my doctor prescribed medication for me and called it in to Walmart’s Pharmacy. The doctor’s office told me to wait about 45 minutes and it would be ready, but busy is my way of life, so I took about an extra half hour or so before calling the pharmacy. You see, I’ve gone to my Walmart before, only to hear that my doctor accidentally called the prescription in to a different Walmart. However, this time my prescription would be ready there in yet another 45 minutes. Relaxed, I took my time to get ready, and headed out in my trusty old truck.

Upon arriving at the pharmacy, I took my place as fourth in line, but waited another 15 minutes to reach the point of service. A clerk opened a new register and he moved me about from place to place before – and after – his computer booted up. My name is an issue for some (it’s only five letters, but is misheard frequently), and paying took longer than expected. I’m not complaining about the Walmart folks – they try their best. However, the rules state that you must be paired with a pharmacist if your prescription is new – even if you have been prescribed the same medication in the past! I have a problem with this rule. I paid and wanted to leave, but I didn’t have the right.

President Clinton (D-AR), a liberal, initiated the HIPPA (Health Information Privacy) rules. Read all about the HIPPA Rules here. The idea is that no one has the right to use your electronic health information without your consent. This is why we must sign a form for treatment by each doctor, and for every prescription. HIPPA sprung from early paranoia over the Internet, but with billions of people online and with modern security measures, does it truly protect us? Is it worth the extra time it takes to sign on the dotted line – every time? I doubt it, and would appreciate a one-time waiver. Out of billions, why would anyone want my information? Why must we consult with a pharmacist if we have taken the very same medication before? I’d like another waiver, please, where do I sign? Uh, sorry, we don’t have that freedom.

Does anyone like filling out forms, more paperwork, more governmental rigidity slowing things down, who wants less efficiency? I know I don’t. Why do many desire regulation, tough control over people, and less personal freedom? What a bureaucracy, but Obamacare, a control-freak’s dream, The Post Office on steroids, promises so much more pain! Just imagine what the 2,400+ page bill (in bill form) will mandate. It will empower government beyond our wildest nightmares. They’ll be able to take funds out of your bank account, and consultations will more about them telling you what they and you cannot do, how nice. Other horrors await us. Think about how long you might wait ten years from now at Walmart if this monstrosity is not repealed. I told the pharmacist how I felt about the silliness of the consultation rule. Of course, all she could do was smile!

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Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Tragedy of the Commons – John Stossel on Sharing and other Liberal Ideas

Nov. 29, 2011

What’s best, public or private? In a family, as a general rule, everyone shares equally in the successes of the others. On the Stossel TV show on FOX News Channel over Thanksgiving, the socialism of the family was shown to work because all the members know each other and, as a result, are willing to work together and share. Liberal causes try to push this into the public sector, but it’s an ill-conceived idea. It seems so nice. It also sounds like common sense: If everyone shares, society would be a better place. John Stossel revealed why public ownership falls short.

Examples abound. When sheep are herded in a socialistic setting, where everyone owns the large meadow (a commons), each sheepherder will add sheep until the land becomes ruined by over-grazing. If the land is divided amongst the people, however, each person tends to use more care over the land and will stop adding sheep before his field becomes overcrowded. When the pilgrims first arrived in America, they wanted to share the land, and share in the profits. It sounds wonderful, but they nearly starved. Gov. Bradford, after two years of his colony’s failure, gave parcels of land to individuals, and the settlement prospered.

In the communal setting, if I let the other people work hard and I slack a bit, that’s ok because I’ll get my share anyway. But when I own it, as is the case with private property, I’ll tend to take care of it with more diligence. Stossel cited the example of Bryant Park in New York City. When publicly owned in the 1980’s, the park suffered a steep decline. Now it is privately owned and the park is well manicured, fun to visit, and safe. In general, liberals fear such an arrangement because they don’t trust any corporation in charge of anything. Yet, Bryant Park is a shining example of what private ownership can do.

The American and Canadian Indians find themselves in quite a predicament. Stossel said, “No group has been more taken care of than the American Indian, and no group has done worse.” A Canadian Indian appeared on the show to point out that when Indians make use of private property rights, they prosper. When they don’t, they remain impoverished. Oh, and one last thing. To use a question asked on Stossel’s show: What comes to mind when you hear the term, “Public Toilet?” Aha!

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Tuesday, November 22, 2011

The Green Economy - Green Jobs - The Solyndra Scandal and Bankruptcy

Nov. 22, 2011

The Green Movement pushes several fantasies. One is that Global Warming is man-made. Another says that we should push a clean energy economy which doesn’t exist. It calls this the Green Economy. Yet one more demands that Government select companies for success. The Obama Administration made this a reality when it chose the Solyndra Corporation its Green Economy poster child in 2009. They authorized a $535 million loan guarantee to this solar systems maker! Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC) called it “venture socialism.”

In September of 2009 Vice President Biden addressed the celebration held in the loan’s honor virtually – using teleconferencing. He praised Solyndra saying they were creating jobs. He fantasized that these were “jobs you can raise a family on, green jobs, jobs that will serve as a foundation for a stronger American economy. Which is why it's so important we invest in Solyndra and invest in what Solyndra is doing. Not just to get us through today but to power our way to a much brighter tomorrow.” Several business people predicted Solyndra a failure before the Bush Administration refused the loan. A NY based energy analyst, Peter Lynch, spoke to ABC news and told them that Solyndra’s model of making something for six dollars and selling it for three – won’t work. I guess he and the others understood this better than President Obama’s people. Solyndra filed for bankruptcy in September of 2011.

Solyndra’s not the only one. At least four other companies like them which received stimulus funds are out of business. I wonder where Solyndra’s $535 million tax payer dollars are? The scandalous part of this is that Solyndra executives donated to the Obama campaign. Charles Krauthammer, a columnist, said, “this is a classic example of this toxic combination of lemon Socialism and crony capitalism.” He said that one can destroy an economy when a beaurocrat decides where capital ought to be allocated rather than letting the market decide. Cronyism implies corruption and is defined as the act of favoring friends in business deals or in politics for no other reason but friendship.

Fox News (which other news agency would show such professionalism?) reported today that the interest in the purchase of Solyndra is quite low at this time. Obama Administration officials are under fire, being asked to testify in front of Congress. Why couldn’t they let the free market decide when new sources of energy would be in-demand and economical? As Michelle Malkin put it, “The scandal chickens are coming home to roost for the Obama Administration.” How appropriate!

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Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Old Time Liberal Stephane Hessel (b. 1917) Tells Us Obama is Black

Nov. 08 and 15, 2011

Stephane Hessel just celebrated the publication of his book, Time For Outrage, and his 94nd birthday. Mr. Hessel, a former French resistance fighter, is a classic, old-time liberal; a gentleman. You must remember liberals like him - the decent, polite ones. The ones who let you speak – the ones who wouldn’t call you names or freak out when you disagreed with them. There aren’t many left. I know, because my dad fit that mold. My father’s 99th birthday is coming up next June, but unfortunately, he’s not here to celebrate it with me.

CSPAN-2 covered the event at Columbia University in New York City on September 27, 2011. Affable Mr. Hessel told his young, liberal collegiate audience to “never give up, never be indifferent, and never think that things are running in a way that cannot be changed.” Hessel believes one must find the time for indignation when your values are not respected. This sounds like good advice for conservatives, especially in this age of overwhelming mainstream media (MSM) bias against the right…

Many liberals like to think conservatives are racist, but I know from personal experience – this is not the case. In fact, most conservatives are blind to skin color. I’ve seen only left wingers dwell on class and race in recent years. And, sure enough, Hessel had to tell his audience, “We must admit that Obama is black.” What, he’s black? Really?

My left-wing mother used to repeatedly tell me about the IT person in her office. “She’s black,” Mom would tell me. But why point out such foolish insignificance? Both parents made sure to teach me what counts most is inside a person, not outside. Race doesn’t count! I made sure to learn and practice it. Why does it matter now? Who cares about race? Unfortunately, many liberals do. Conservatives don’t, and would never say such a thing, but if they did it – in front of a camera as Hessel did, the media would emphasize it ad nauseum. I wish Mr. Hessel only the best, but he, like the rest of today’s left is confused on many fronts, including race, freedom, and equality.

Admit your racism, liberals, come clean and embrace conservatism! Good thing we live in a time when you can just believe you are equal, and it is so. That’s all you need today. More liberals need to believe it, relax a little, and come on over.

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Tuesday, November 8, 2011

LIBs In Back (The Media Defends Us), A Parody of the 'Men In Black' Theme Song

Jan. 18, June 28, Oct. 26, 2011

by Mark A. Cohen

With apologies to Will Smith and Candice Rushen

To the tune of Men in Black and Forget Me Nots:

Here come the Libs in Back

(Uh it's the L.I.B.'s)

(Uh here come the L.I.B.'s)

Here come the Libs in Back (fishing smack)

They can't let you remember.

Nah, nah, nah,

The libs stay in back, disguisin’ that,

Just in case we trade some stocks, raid Freddie mac.

Make the good guys be us... L.I.B.

Yo what you think you read, you did not read.

So don't think,

What existed then is gone.

In dispute with the neck boot on (BP).

Walk in mobs, move in protest,

Guard against the individual’s success.

But yo we ain't on no media list.

Raise our clenched fist,

Articles with no tough questions.

Can’t retrace us, and

They attack,

Cause the stories don’t show where the L.I.B.'s is at,

Uh and...

Here come the Libs in Back. (surprise attack)

The media defends us. (uh oh, uh oh)

Here come the Libs in Back. (take aback)

They can't let you remember. (can't remember)

(uh uh, uh uh)

Now to accuse in the deadest of the night,

Gettin’ plenty of oil from the drill site,

Cameras zoom, only reporting cons.

But then like DOOM black suits dry the place up.

With the quickest talk with the witnesses,

Hypnotizer, change their mind, huh.

With the misdirect just what you expect,

Ain't no truth to see.

Can I please,

Do what we say that's the way we do it.

Ya know what I mean,

I say my tough reporter get wicked on ya.

We're our first, last and only line of pretense,

Against the worst cons of the universe.

So don't diss us, hiss us.

If you ever get near us, don't hear us.

We're the fearless.

L.I.B.'s takin' up all the back.

What's that stand for?

Libs in Back.

Uh, M-m-m-...

The Libs in Back.

(Uh uh uh)

The Libs in Back.

(Uh uh uh, ah ah ah)

Let me see ya just twist it with me.

Just twist with me.

The press is with me. C'mon,

Let me see ya just Trib’ with me.

Just lib with me.

Ad lib with me. C'mon.

Let me see ya falsify with me.

Just twist with me.

Just ignore the truth. C'mon,

The press is with us.

Appease.

Here come the Libs in Back. (Libs in Back)

The media defends us. (ooh ooh)

Here come the Libs in Back. (Libs in Back)

They can't let you remember. (uh no, no)

A-ight warp it.

Let me tell you this while posin'.

I know we might seem protectin',

But if we ever come to your intersection,

Believe me not for your recollection.

Cuz we think things that you would not think,

And we shrink stories that you would not ink.

So go with your rights,

Forget that Reagan blow.

Show love to the back row.

Cuz that's the Libs in,

That's the Libs in...

Here come the Libs in Back. (Here they come)

The media defenders. (media defenders)

Here come the Libs in Back. (oh, here they come)

They won't let you remember. (can't let you remember)

Here come the Libs in Back. (Oh, here they come)

The media defenders. (uh oh, uh oh)

Here come the Libs in Back.

They can't let you remember.

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Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Ninety-Nine And One Is…

Oct. 30 and Nov. 1, 2011

Businessman, author, and commentator Peter Schiff is a self-proclaimed member of the one percent, as the richest Americans are known. He paid a visit to the Occupy Wall Street protest a few days ago. Schiff conversed for several hours with many in the crowd. He supports their right to be upset over the Wall Street bankers’ bail-outs during both the Bush TARP and the Obama stimulus. He voiced his agreement with their general feelings and has compassion for the plight of the 99 percent, but thinks the protesters should be in Washington, D.C., rather than on Wall Street. Companies should not be selected to succeed or fail by unqualified officials, the markets should determine their plight. Put another way, businesses which collapse should not be rewarded and continue. They need to pay the price of failure and close up shop. This sounds harsh to some, but it’s a part of capitalism. People aren’t murdered, they simply move on to the next company. Various members of group Occupy said they support our current system and many of those who spoke with Mr. Schiff claimed no affiliation with either the left or the right.

Mr. Schiff’s desire to find common ground between the one and the 99 percent motivated him to appear amongst the mob in Zuccotti Park. The numbers one and 99 represent arbitrary percentages of poor and wealthy. When hit with common questions concerning greed and capitalism, Peter Schiff made some great points while remaining unemotional, calm, and collected. With corporate tax rates low, businesses create jobs. Someone offered that the rich should give 75% of their incomes to the Gov. in the form of taxes. The rates did once approach such unthinkable heights, but “nobody paid those rates,” Schiff said. When confronted with an angry protester who complained that Steve Jobs used overseas workers, Mr. Schiff answered that the government, through excessive regulation, caused the conditions which forced Jobs to shift his employees across the oceans. The protester lost it – and the argument - by calling Mr. Schiff an idiot.

Video reveals Peter Schiff asking protesters if they liked the idea of climbing into the one percent rather than remain a part of the 99, and these suggestions caused them to stammer. When someone called Schiff greedy, he pointed out that everyone is greedy. As the protester disagreed, Schiff proved that the young man, too, wanted more material things and a better life for himself and his family. And Schiff addressed the most common left-wing view – that each individual pay their fair share. “I am paying 35% of my income,” he said. “Do you think I should pay more?” The woman refused to answer, insisting that we should get rid of the Bush tax cuts, instead.

The Occupy Wall Street crowd is making a big mistake, Schiff said. Don’t lump all business people in with Wall Street folks, he scolded them, these are two different types of entrepreneurs. Agreeing with the protesters, he emphasized that collusion between government and the financial institutions is crony capitalism, and it’s wrong. Peter Schiff says such corruption is a disgrace, and I agree. The Tea Party and Occupy are polar opposites in my opinion, but perhaps they have one thing in common. They both oppose seedy relationships between government officials and corporations.

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Wednesday, October 26, 2011

The Genius, Part II

Aug. 28 and Oct. 26, 2011

Thomas Friedman, a New York Times columnist, believes that conservatives require more balance and maturity these days. On the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s web site you can read an article he wrote in July, 2011, entitled Bring Back Poppy. He credits the elder Bush for creating the idea of Cap and Trade, which is now part of an environmentalist, liberal agenda to reduce man-made global warming. In the process, smaller companies which can’t reduce emissions as easily pay larger companies who can. These payments are pushed up the line in the form of ever-increasing taxes to the government. Read the left’s agenda here: greenie agenda Does Friedman truly think the first President Bush pushed such a left-wing agenda? It fascinates me each time a liberal proposes that conservatives are connected with reality and are grown up only when they agree with liberal positions.

Howard Kurtz, hosting a CNN Reliable Sources show with Friedman as guest on Aug. 21, 2011, tells the audience that Friedman likes squishy, mild Republicans, like Sen. Dick Lugar (R-IN), Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), Sen. Lindsay Graham (R-SC), and Gen. Colin Powell. Kurtz added that Friedman isn’t a fan of Republicans who are firmer, like Michelle Bachmann (R-MN), Rush Limbaugh, and Grover Norquist. I’ve noticed in recent years that this is the MO of most left-wingers. Friedman says, “Someone’s got to talk straight to those people,” referring to the Republican base. “When you have a party - when it’s an act of courage, the ultimate act of courage, to say climate change may actually be real… Okay, that’s nuts. That’s so outside where the science is.” Friedman rants on about how obvious this is and says the Republicans are not serious about these issues. But, the left doesn’t understand that conservatives are serious. To many of us green policies are not obvious concepts, but instead are one-sided ideas – thrust upon us for simple political gain (google: Solyndra Scandal).

Global Warming might be happening, but the irresponsible and unproven reports that it’s man-made are used by left-wing ideologues to burden and over-tax us. We’re serious, all right. The unfounded and illogical statements which postulate that their Global Warming is not a natural phenomenon, but is caused by man often lead to policies which kill jobs, businesses, the economy, and may end this country as we know it. I can't let that dog lie, sorry. We, as a movement, can’t stand for it. When people say a matter of opinion is obvious, it’s usually false!

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Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Ruthless at The Troxy Club

Aug. 23, Sep. 6, and Oct. 18, 2011

Amy Goodman, host of Democracy Now!, a left-wing show on PBS, moderated a get-together of British liberals and radicals at the Troxy Club in London in early July of this year. The headliner wasn’t Slavoj (pronounced Slavoy) Zizek, a clever and entertaining Slovenian philosopher, but Julian Assange, of Wikileaks infamy. I noticed that Zizek, albeit with an apology, called Newt Gingrich a scum of the earth. Intellectual - not so much, but remember, this is what we’ve come to expect from the left. He surprised me when he admitted that his side tends to offer more verbal manure than the right. Zizek, with a fascinating anecdote about TV shows, pointed out that progressives can sometimes learn more from honest conservatives than from lefties because the conservatives will not try to sell you a load of crap, while liberals will. My father, himself a Communist, used to tell me I could learn from conservatives, too. Unfortunately, he never took his own advice.

The consequences don’t matter - giving away the U.S.A.’s national secrets is just fine with Mr. Assange, who has released over 400,000 secret documents, so far. He thinks the right’s outrage to the Wikileaks scandal is a new form of McCarthyism. Zizek told the crowd of leftists that they must ruthlessly pursue every avenue to push their socialist agenda. Yikes! Assange urged the crowd to “co-opt the mainstream media.” Assange accurately defined the strategy as ideological penetration and subverting the filters of the mainstream media. By using shock value to force the reporters to read the documents, “they, themselves have been radicalized,” he said. Good idea, Julian, the right should adopt some of your ferocious attitude. I enjoyed watching this program, but remember, these folks are determined and unrelenting.

Zizek, wearing a portrait of Vladimir Lenin on his t-shirt, reminded me of an image of Joe Cocker, singing. Temporarily grabbing everyone’s attention and waving his arms wildly - while speaking English in a rushed manner, and in a fascinating Slovenian accent - he told the audience that Assange “changed the ways you can violate the rules. This is important,” he emphasized. Humorous, yes, but I never understood the left’s penchant for shaking things up, just for the heck of it. Why try for more disorder, unless you are a Communist?

Amy Goodman related a story of how U.S. soldiers shot Iraqi soldiers in the midst of surrendering. She created this shocking description after viewing a secret film released by Assange, she said. However, I’m quite familiar with left-wing exaggerations and truth-twisting. Somehow, I didn’t believe her story. You know, ruthlessly pursue every avenue to push our agenda... Enjoy this program if you see it, and laugh as I did, but we need to be ever cautious - and keep in mind that these folks are not just joshing around. They do believe the right is evil, and they will stop at nothing to achieve their end to redistribute all of the wealth - even if it destroys our civilization. They have a right to their opinions and free speech, but be careful, they’ll misrepresent the facts and use hyperbole to tear us down. They’ll employ a false sense of fairness and throw in some class warfare to make their point. With a bulldog-like tenacity, and perhaps even a sense of humor, they’ll try to convince you to join their cause. Please resist theirs, and consider conservatism, which has been proven to work, and makes much more logical sense to me.

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Tuesday, October 11, 2011

James Delingpole I – Imagine…

Oct.10, 2011

What a coincidence! The 10:10 project was to debut one year ago today, on 10/10/10. 10:10 pushes for us to cut our own, personal carbon emissions by 10% in one year. “But, why?” as James Delingpole, an author, might ask. Carbon Dioxide is not harmful, it’s plant food! Mr. Delingpole asserts these and other interesting, thought provoking ideas in his new book, Watermelons: The Green Movement’s True Colors. His web site uses John Lennon’s thoughtful song/word, Imagine, to spark ideas in you. Just imagine - if we took a fraction of the cash we spend on combating global warming, and spent it instead on hunger or clean drinking water. What if organic food and biofuels were more harmful than gasoline? “Imagine if carbon dioxide were our friend,” his site tells us.

In his too brief, but notable appearance on Book-TV on CSPAN-2 this past weekend (it first aired on 6/30/11), Mr. Delingpole showed a short presentation released just over a year ago by 10:10. The simple point of the short, four-minute film is that people who don’t believe that global warming is manmade should be murdered. Don’t believe me? You can view the disturbing and violent video for yourself. Here we have yet another example of the left’s intolerance.

James Delingpole maintains that the green movement’s insistence that he and others like him are deniers of some sort is erroneous and illogical. What are they denying? He admits he’s not a scientist, but like so many others, admits that the climate change is happening. James just says, God forbid, that it might not be man-made. We need to understand where the green movement’s catastrophic theories come from. In ancient times, religions made us feel guilty and atone for our sins. But, why, in our current age, must we punish ourselves (for example) - by using more expensive - but inferior light bulbs to improve the world? It is his contention in his book that “you don’t have to make a choice between either the environment or economic growth.” They go hand-in-hand. The example he gives goes back to Victorian times. The tax rate was about 10%, and the British economy was booming. London’s Thames River was vile; and known as the great stink. Things floated past, and people vomited while walking by. Why does this no longer happen? The low-tax rate allowed the Victorians the financial ability to create a sewage system. James Delingpole’s point is that people will clean up their environment if they can afford it. When taxes are low, it helps. When their economic freedoms are not squashed by big government, they clean up – my gosh, all by themselves.

James points out there are no nature haters, we are all nature lovers. Who doesn’t like a walk in the park? Who doesn’t like a clean environment? Who doesn’t love little animals? We do need some regulations to make sure some big companies do not pollute, but he says we can do it without over-burdening regulations and interference of the government. The falsehood which has been perpetrated by the green movement and the left is that there are only two types of people in the world. One is caring, sharing, bunny-hugging nature lovers who care about nature. On the other hand, there are the evil capitalists who want to destroy the world. To paraphrase, he said that nobody looks at a beach and thinks “What would improve this beach would be if it were covered with an oil slick. Add some dying pelicans and sea-otters.” We can achieve a cleaner world – but Mr. Delingpole says - without bombing our economy back to the stone ages. I find his way of thinking refreshing, don’t you?

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Tuesday, October 4, 2011

The Proper Gander and the Tea Party, Left

Oct. 4, 2011

In 2008, The Man of Peace himself, Barack Obama said, “If they bring a knife to the fight, we bring a gun.” He called the police stupid after the arrest of Harvard scholar Henry Gates in ’09. Mr. Obama also implied in a speech to supporters he might send someone to “beat up Sean Hannity,” a FOX news show host. Jimmy Hoffa addressed a crowd awaiting President Obama’s oration on Labor Day, 2011. He said, "President Obama, this is your army. We are ready to march. Let's take these sons of bitches out...” Nice. In August of 2011, Maxine Waters (D-CA) said, “…as far as I'm concerned, the Tea Party can go straight to hell." Rep. Frederica Wilson (D-FL), also in August, said “the real enemy is the Tea Party.” Who can forget back in January of 2011, when economist and TV talking head Paul Krugman tweeted that right-wingers were probably responsible for the Gabby Giffords’ shooting. All of this passes for civil behavior, because it takes on the high and mighty conservatives.

According to Huffington Post reporter Lauren Ashburn, however, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is too belligerent for most women! She told host Howard Kurtz this on CNN’s Reliable Sources just two days ago. Speaking about Christie’s reaction to a state senator, she said, “I don’t think it’s appropriate for a leader to be talking about how he’s pissed.” She continued to say, “…when Hurricane Irene hit he told everyone to Get the hell off the beach.” Gov. Christie’s remarks seem a bit tame in comparison, don’t they? Ashburn added, “A lot of women don’t like belligerent men.” Well then, I guess they must vehemently dislike the president and his pals!

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Does the Tea Party have some competition from a new party? The crowds disrupting traffic on Wall Street the past couple of weeks are disorganized and confused. When asked what they were doing there, the interviewees basically told reporters they didn’t know, but they seemed to be enjoying the chaos and reveled in a sense of belonging. They are fighting corporate America, the enemy of the people, they said. Others spoke about sparking a revolution, and replacing America with… they don’t know what. To me it’s like the aimless hippie movement in the 1960’s, to which I never belonged – but I admit, I wanted to. Fortunately, I was too young at the time. These guys shout nasty sayings, and they have a mob mentality, so they are not the Tea Party Left! And, if you want to raise your awareness, and maybe get little scared, take a look at this website: Occupy Wall Street

It may seem like harmless fun, and these guys do have a right to peaceful protest, but we’d better be alert. Some of them do want to overthrow the government and tear down our institutions. If they do anything rash, they’d better be stopped, or you and I might lose our happy homes.

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Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Lemongate

Sep. 27, 2011

Before September 16, 2011, I’d never heard the term, Lemon Socialism. Charles Krauthammer educated me that day on Hannity. I naturally thought he said, Lenin, and not Lemon. So, what is it? Lemon Socialism occurs when the government doesn’t allow a failing company, a ‘lemon,’ to fail. Instead, the beaurocrats pick the industry they want to succeed, and invest heavily in associated corporations. I can hear the Obama defenders in unison saying, But the Bush Administration propped the oil companies up. Perhaps, and if true, therein lies another wrong, but do two wrongs make a right? For some, maybe they do. In any case, the oil companies were already successful, and they didn’t fail. The green industry, as Krauthammer said, is a “fantasy.” Their poster child corporation, Solyndra, failed - and over a thousand people were laid off. This, after a $535 million loan guarantee was paid to the Green Goliath - out of the massive $787 billion stimulus program by the Obama Administration. Funny, Obama supporters will overlook the same thing for which they wanted to jail George Bush’s team, and throw away the key. Wasted millions to rich corporations... The only difference is, the Bush Administration didn’t do it.

Tulsa billionaire, George Kaiser, a rich guy, and one of the largest contributors to the Obama campaign in 2008, invested heavily in Solyndra. He made three visits to the White House in Mar., 2009, and after the $535 gift, Solyndra went on a wild spending spree, according to the Washington Post. The company then lobbied for $400 million more, which, fortunately, was not approved. But this story has twists and turns; and legs. Some Democrats said that the Bush Administration, not blamed enough in recent years, supported Solyndra’s application from the beginning. However, the Bush Dept. of Energy voted down a Solyndra loan guarantee in the final days of their administration.

Thinking Solyndra could fill the role of poster child for green jobs, the Obama Administration propped it up. What its success could have done for the environmentalist movement! But this is what their green goop is based on. Hope and change. If only there were an alternative to gasoline. If we only invest trillions of dollars in green energy research, another fuel will be developed. But this is foolishness. Most likely, someone will develop an alternate fuel someday, but this hasn’t happened yet. (Due to such differences in thinking and philosophies, politics is endlessly appealing to me.) As Charles Krauthammer said, “It’s like throwing $billions at jet engines in the 1920’s.” He meant that the idea for the jet engine has been around for centuries - yes, it has, look it up! However, it had to be slowly developed over time before it became useful (in the mid-1940’s).

The left will try to force the future to come to us, but that’s not the way it works. So, when the environmentalists tell you to stop denying science, have them realize: It’s not the denial of science; it’s an acceptance of the math. Tell them to stop propping up the lemons. When the lemonade finally arrives, we’ll all be called to the table for a glass or two!

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Monday, September 19, 2011

The Genius, Part I

Aug. 28, Sep. 6 and 19, 2011

The mainstream media (MSM) calls the Tea Party extremist, racist, and unpatriotic, among other things. The MSM and the left blames this ‘third party’ for many ills, including the bad economy and American’s discomfort with the current status quo. When we write about or debate politics, one thing is true. Each of us has our own opinion, and each is unique. Therefore, when we say something is obvious, we are correct in our own mind. Yet, it’s one person’s opinion, and the other side sees things differently.

New York Times correspondent Thomas Friedman appeared on CNN’s Reliable Sources on Sunday, Aug. 21, 2011. He is deemed a genius by many on the left for reasons which elude me. Friedman, according to host Howard Kurtz, is now backing an outfit called Americans Elect. The website, at http://www.americanselect.org, features the title: Are Politics As Usual Working For You? The choice Yes, points to the left, which is bathed in red (this color usually signifies blood, bad, conservative, or Republican). The other choice, No, points right, and is the blue half of the screen (blue is generally considered the good color, reserved for free-thinking, liberal, and Democrats). It’s easy to see where the website is headed… (The ridiculous implication here is that if you like Washington gridlock, then you're a conservative.)

During his broadcast, host Kurtz made sure to mention that the debt ceiling debate failed because the left and right couldn’t agree on “a way to raise the debt ceiling and keep the country out of default,” which wasn’t the true goal, but is the liberal talking point on the matter. As Friedman did his impression of a bobble-head, Kurtz continued, saying, “this frustrated everybody.” Yes, he said "left and right," but it's standard fare to hear that what stopped the whole thing was only Republican rigidity, and we hear often that the Tea Party wing are the trouble-makers. Every time a generalization is made, though, it’s wrong. And, everybody was frustrated by what, exactly? The rigidity of the left is what frustrated me. As we've seen, members of the MSM abhor the idea of any third party, but Kurtz in this case, made sure to open his mind with regard to Friedman’s third party idea. To twist a famous expression: What’s right for the proper goose is not necessarily right for the propaganda…

Thomas Friedman, the wily columnist, said he admired Republican President George H.W. Bush (41, or, Bush the Elder). But why, oh, so clever one? Friedman said it was because Bush believed in math. Okay, so far he had me. But he went on to generalize, “it’s hard sometimes to find a Republican who believes in math these days.” A nasty remark, but the demagoguery continued. Friedman said this Bush, who said, “read my lips, no new taxes,” then faced reality (as Friedman and the left say) and raised taxes. He said this, the fact that Bush raised taxes, was what paved the way for the good economy of the 90’s. Thomas Friedman’s attitude tells us, “it’s so obvious,” but Friedman's impressions don't make it so. Bush 41’s breaking of his “no new taxes” promise hurt conservatives so badly they still remember it vividly today, 23 years later. To improve the economy all lawmakers should join the pledge to not raise taxes.

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Tuesday, September 13, 2011

My Twins

Sep. 12-13, 2011

My twins. They were such tiny, red things, starting out in life. These well-behaved kids didn't cry one bit, and they didn’t hurt a soul. Most people don't know they were conceived in the early 1960's, but were born in 1968 and 1969. They could have been named East and West, but they went by the names North and South instead. The first time I laid eyes on them was in the very first week of 1970 - during a short trip on the West Side Highway. I'll bet they were shorter than twenty stories each at the time. My first glimpse of the twins didn’t impress me much, but I happened to take my movie camera that day and have some silent and shaky 8mm pictures of the twin towers to prove it. You see, my friend and his family returned from a week-long cruise that cold but sunny morning, and I surprised them. I took the subway all by myself at the age of 15 from Brooklyn to meet them at their ship’s Manhattan dock. The car ride home became an unexpected gift for me. Now you know how I met my twins.

Why do I call them my twins? Well, I was born in the same city, and I matured along with them. Five years passed, and the towers approached their completion. One day in March of 1975 I took the subway there and stood at their base, impressed by their no longer red, but now silver majesties. Needless to say, my camera recorded a few images. Difficult to tell them apart from ground level, I pulled on the door handle of one tower. It opened, I stepped inside, and enjoyed a day I'll never forget. Three hours of peace and quiet on an empty floor - a wonderful prize for someone entombed in noise all day, every day, in the city that never sleeps. I photographed the scenes, inside and out. I promise, although a little chilly outside, it was a perfect, beautiful day inside.

Within the next few years I visited my twins at least twice. One cloudy day some friends and I stood atop one tower, outside, and I pointed to my friend, shouting, "Hey, your hair's standing straight up." I didn't realize my long hair did the very same thing. What a laugh we had! Another friends' dad worked in one of the towers and a group of us visited him just for the heck of it, and to say we'd been in the World Trade Center. One year I took the family back to New York to visit. I have a picture, taken in 1996, of my wife and kids at Liberty Island with my two guys standing across the river from us, oh, so tall in the background. Tons of pride welled up in me when I took that photo. I needed plenty of self-control to not shake the camera. My wife, my kids, and my twins - all in the same shot! I try not to look at it too much these days.

Along with a fire-ball vision and personal stories of friends and family who narrowly escaped death in the horrible pancake effect, I keep those who lost their lives on a fateful Tuesday fall morning in 2001 in my mind. I think of the heroes of 9/11, and wonder what I would have done had I been in the towers that day. These are the thoughts that return to me on the same week, the same day, every year. Ever since the day that changed everything, I compulsively add a new flag to my car’s antenna as each one wears out - for my twins - I loved them so much. But now they're gone, over ten years gone. Who would take them from me, and why? I’m sure we must ask, "Why?" I feel blue for the most part, but we should learn what we can from that awful day, and never let anything like it ever happen again. It's not just simple hyperbole. The twin towers were a symbol of the American spirit. I know that thousands of others lost a whole lot more than I did on September 11, 2001. Yet, my twins are gone forever! Please understand how much I miss them.

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