May 31, 2008
John McCain, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. Empty suits, empty heads. Each has policies that are incompatable either with a free market or with a constitutional democracy, certainly this one. Yet, each has adherents that all but deify their choice for president, and many complain that Obama has indeed been deified into the "Obamessiah."
And why not. We have gone from being a nation that prided itself on its ability to foster rugged individualism and strength of character, not as existed in fiction but in real life, to being a nation that gripes about any little hardship, where a parent hasn't the guts to say no to a child lest they mess up that child's psyche and a nation that sees nothing wrong with thier particular congressmen larding out pork merely to get re-elected. What is in it for me seems to be the catchword.
And the empty suits are promiseing everything from health insurance (under the false rubric of "health care crisis"). Too, pandering with governmental largesse has increased exponentially since Lyndon Johnson's "War on Poverty." We have thrown trillions at "social" problems and today many/most of those problems are as bad today, if not indeed worse, than they were when we started tossing cash instead of really looking at the problem in terms of why aren't some doing the very things that could help them.
In many ways, the victimization of America and Americans has brought this about. Being bullied? Institute a costly anti-bullying effort. Loose at tag? Easy, ban competitive games on the playground less some tyke's feelings get hurt. Little Johnny can't read? Fine, rather than teach Johnny phonics, start up a multi billion dollar reading certification program and guess what... spend all that money and now Johnny, and Susie and LaVonne, and La Tasha and Juan and Omar and Yin and Yung can't read.
Recent reports that the government wastes money to the tune of 300 billion dollars a year. Now, I don't know about you, but that doesn't seem to be chump change to me. Thats a lot of bucks. But will anyone do anything about it? Nope, what we'll get is Senators, Congressmen and aspirants to the throne telling us that they'll cut waste if only we elect them. And the waste continues, and the beat goes on, and the beat goes on.
If conservatism is to survive, we must change from politicians in their empty suits promising the electorate everything from "a chicken in every pot" to relief from signing a bad mortage contract and the rest of us rescuing those too stupid to buy a house they can really afford.
Can this be done, you bet, and the answer lies in you, my fellow conservatives. We have to shame those in congress that spend like there is no tomorrow. Want an example? Mitch McConnel added a tax break for race horse owners that will amount to 126 million dollars over 10 years. Max Baucus got a million dollars for a sheep and goat industry improvement center.
Empty suit McCain promises to veto legislation with earmarks. Yet, like Obama's health care for children and Hillary's healthcare for everyone the details are not forth coming and the devil is in the details.
Shaming the government is no easy task. Those barely making it in today's economy pay little or no income tax, Those making a huge amount of money find ways to avoid income tax. Fair tax and flat tax and all the other iterations of tax policy not withstanding, it ain't gonna happen. How about this idea. Push for a law that states that everyone must mail in a check or money order each pay period containing their state and federal income taxes, their contribution to Social Security and any other taxes pro-rated to their pay schedule. Those that take home $1000.00 with federal withholding will like it far less when their check is for $1250.00 and they have to mail in a check or moneyorder every payday for $250.00. We used to all pay our own way, now we find ways to make it easier and the result is the empty suits promising us everything under the sun just to get elected. And we let them. In fact, we encourage them.
Obama has promised change. Yet, he doesn't say how that change will improve things. McCain promises to save 100 billion in earmarks, then doesn't have a plan that will do so nor do most folk find 100 billion in earmarks in any given tax year. Hillary promises leadership from day one. Yet, from day one she has run an inept campaign and want's the nomination handed to her.
Empty suits. And if we buy it, we have no one to blame but ourselves.
Cross posted at Reclaim Conservatism
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May 30, 2008
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Kender McGowan writing at Kender's Musings comes out with a post on one Ken Sherman, running for the 40th Assembly District in California:
Ken Sherman has posted (and taken down when it was pointed out what he did) anti-semitic videos on his only website, a myspace page. [NOTE: Link removed from "a myspace page" - I don't support RINOs]Kender goes on to say:
Ken has also promoted events sponsored by Move On Dot Org, an extremely far left group. The event he promoted on his myspace page was a candle light vigil against the war, which by default means he is against the troops.Well, I don't necessarily agree that it means he is against the troops as much as it probably means he is for the islamofascists - which means against the troops...
Kender finisshes with:
Theer has been some speculation amongst some activists here that Ken Sherman is a mole from the Democrat party, and is only running to secure the nomination so he can drop out and leave the seat uncontested for the Democrats. If Ken Sherman does win next Tuesday, and drops out of the race I'd like to see the Attorney General of California open an investigation into Ken's finances and those close to him. I'd be willing to bet that if he is a mole, he has a handshake deal with the Dems to get paid for securing the seat for them. But that's just a theory of mine.
I tried several times to speak with Ken, and after reaching him on his cell he said he'd call me later. His steadfast refusal to get together for a one on one so he could present his side of the issues is proof positive to me that he is hoping to ride this out until Tuesday.
So spread the word. Don't vote for Ken Sherman if you live in the 40th district in California. If you do and by some stretch of the imagination he wins you will be getting what you voted for. An unresponsive person of questionable character.
What we don't need at this time, for at any other time for that matter is another RINO. Gadzooks, isn't McCain bad enough?
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May 27, 2008
I'm really sick of people picking on the presumptive nominee of the Democratic Party. Now, any of you that know me, know that I"m not a supporter of Democrats. But all this catterwaulin' about Obama just makes me sick. After all, here is a black man born into essentially a poor family (primarily because his dad deserted his leftist mom and she had to raise him by herself - well, at least part of the time), who came of age in the slums and streets of Chicago run by one of the most corrupt machines ever, who pulled himself up by his bootstraps with never a bit of help from anyone (probably because he was black) and is now running for President. So damn much has been made of his claim that his Uncle liberated Auschwitz that I think you people think that Obama is a liar. Well, I met with my super-secret, double under-cover, investigators today on an assignment they had been given and they came through just like they always do. Yeppers, I heard yesterday that Barack Obama kept a diary when he was a kid growing up and I knew if we could find that diary we could prove that Obama is a straight shooter. Unfortunately, the Diary was so big that my operators couldn't sneak it out of its hiding place so they just ripped out a relevant page or twelve. I'll present the one on topic today, the others I'll save till I need them to offer more proof Obama is on the up and up. So, here you go. A page from Obama's diary! Proof... yeah, that's my story and I'm sticking to it!
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May 25, 2008
Be thankful for the heroes buried in cemeteries around the world, for they are American Soldier, Sailors, Marines, Airmen and Coast Guardsmen who have sacrificed their lives in the cause of freedom.
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My friend Doug Ross, has the scoop:
This past Friday, during a meeting with a newspaper editorial board, I was asked about whether I was going to continue in the presidential race. I made clear that I was... and I pointed out (as I have before), that both Bubba's primary campaign, and Sen. Robert Kennedy's, had continued into June.
Almost immediately, some took my comments entirely out of context and interpreted them to mean something completely different.
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May 24, 2008
The Mainstream Media is trumpeting a massive defeat for the Republican Party. Of course, this is in part an attempt by the MSM to influence that outcome by setting up expectations. Adding to the predictions has been a lackadaisical performance by the Republicans. Did I say "lackadaisical?" change that to "unbelievably poor" performance by the Republicans.
Republicans were swept into power in 1994 on a platform of the Contract with America. A modest contract that promised reform:
- FIRST, require all laws that apply to the rest of the country also apply equally to the Congress;
- SECOND, select a major, independent auditing firm to conduct a comprehensive audit of Congress for waste, fraud or abuse;
- THIRD, cut the number of House committees, and cut committee staff by one-third;
- FOURTH, limit the terms of all committee chairs;
- FIFTH, ban the casting of proxy votes in committee;
- SIXTH, require committee meetings to be open to the public;
- SEVENTH, require a three-fifths majority vote to pass a tax increase;
- EIGHTH, guarantee an honest accounting of our Federal Budget by implementing zero base-line budgeting.
So, how did they do. Well, congress is still privileged, waste and fraud run rampant and has been increased since the Democrats took back the reigns of power in '06. In fact, the election of a majority of Liberal Democrats and their fellows has altered the process. The current House and House Leadership is rife with incompetence and self serving rules. In fact, it can be said that this is literally a "do nothing" congress.
Given the above I am convinced that conservatives must act, must act swiftly and must act strongly if they are to have any effect on the outcome of the coming election and on future elections.
Future elections I hear you say? What future if the Democrats win all three branches of government. And that is precisely the kind of rhetoric that has cost the conservative movement in the past and will continue to nail it in the future.
The problem, as I see it, is that we are playing with the Democrat's rules. This has to stop if we are to have any chance at electing our own. We can't run against diversity and multiculturalism, we have to run for merit and selection based on criteria blind to color and culture, religion and national origin. We can't run against spending, we have to run for fiscal responsibility and the debt that our children will owe. We can't run against surrender to the terrorists, we have to run for a strong military with a strong, forceful foreign policy that very clearly repeats Theodore Roosevelt's dictum "Speak softly and carry a big stick." Our enemies must know that we will not hesitate to use the stick when words fail. And we must get across to the world that we will have no patience with delay and deceit; Taqiyya be damned. If someone says they will do something, we will damn well expect it to be done without any unnecessary delay.
This stance of conservative principles has no chance in a strictly partisan environment with the populace seemingly leaning towards Democrats. But there is hope on the horizon, why not work to elect conservative Republicans AND Democrats? Conservatives don't have to belong to a party, they can be independent, and should be... we are likely the largest single group of voters out there, when we get out and vote. Thus, if neither party can take us for granted, we can push for conservative nominee's of both parties and get them elected. I suspect that if the majority of congress critters Congressmen and Senators don't pay attention to us for two very major reasons. First, Democrats don't pay attention to conservatives for the most part because they know we typically vote Republican. Secondly, Republicans don't pay attention to conservatives for the most part because they know we typically vote Republican. That has to stop.
Many is the pundit that has observed that the black vote goes 90% to Democrats and the Democrats pay attention only at election time. More than one (pundit) has noted that if the Blacks withheld their vote, even once, than both Parties would scramble for the Black vote.
I propose not that we withhold our vote, but that we concentrate on finding solid conservative leaders regardless of which party and push like hell to get them elected. Only when both political parties realize that conservatism is a force to be reckoned with will we be again paid attention to.
And, if I need to say it, it is not our conservative values that have to be sold, those values are held by the majority of Americans. It's not like we have to push unrealistic ideas such as crippling our economy to lower so called greenhouse gasses.
One or two election cycles with solid conservative leaders running should be enough to tip the scales. But this will require blood, sweat and tears. We have to sell the idea that our platform is the best for American interests. We have to push for more oil drilling and nuclear energy and jab a stick in the eyes of the OPEC nations. We have to show America how earmarks hurt them and how most current members of congress care about one thing and one thing only, getting their fat butts re-elected. We need tax reform such as perhaps ending withholding so that every body has to send a check to the IRS every payday. When people have to write their own checks every month the country will rise up against reckless earmarks and extravagant spending.
In short, we need a new way of looking at the the big picture. Are we Conservatives first, or are we Democrats and Republicans first and we'll compromise on the rest. I suggest we Reclaim Conservatism from the Republican party and launch an all out political battle to elect true conservatives to office. Get them going after our vote and most of our troubles will be significantly reduced, or fade away.
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Marc Cooper is a liberal. He says progressive, but that really means liberal when you are too embarrased to say liberal. 
Having said that, Marc is also my blogfather and encouraged me to blog even when a very well known conservative blogger who's site I frequently commented on didn't even bother to respond to an e-mail when I asked about blogging and why and what and all that!
Marc however, has more than one redeeming grace, he can spot a phoney on the dems side faster than a thirsty man can down a bud. Notice that I say on the dems side. On the conservative side my good friend is still clueless.
Actually Marc is one hell of a writer and a good friend and I'd have a beer with him anywhere, any time. Marc's most recent post is a hum-dinger. Marc lays out why Hillary lost, according to Hillary that is. An exerpt:
Read the rest.Hillary is losing because everyone who opposes her is a mysoginist.
Hillary is losing becausethe press hates her.
Hillary is losing becausethe debate moderators ask her the first questions.
Hillary is losing because Nevada hotel workers were suppressing the vote.
Hillary is losing because the activist base of her own party flooded the caucuses.
Hillary is losing because too many southern Blacks vote for Obama because he is Black.
Hillary is losing because there aren't enough hard-working, white people to support her.
Hillary is losing because the the Florida and Michigan primaries were disqualified (with her approval at the time because she was pandering to Iowa and New Hampshire).
Hillary is losing because her victory in the popular vote isn't being recognized (even though she isn't really wining the popular vote and even if the popular vote has nothing to do with the nomination).
Hillary is losing because her advantage inwinning electoral college votes hasn't been counted (even if there is no such thing in the primaries).
And now Hillary is losing because Obama is, well, still alive.
Did I miss something?
Or is Hillary just a loser?
The last few days has seenrenewed chatter about Clinton being named candidate for Veep. Far from a dream, this would be a veritable nightmare. I'm not mushy-headed about Obama (though I support him) and I'm not sure in how many ways he might wind up disappointing us.
But Hillary Clinton has revealed herself to be a decaying political carcass. And today the stench became just a bit too overwhelming. I can't think of anything worse on Obama's part than to saddle himself with this remnant of the past (not to speak of her plainly insufferable husband).
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May 23, 2008
This video is self explanatory, BUT JUST IN CASE YOU MISS THE POINT, WATCH THE VIDEO THEN READ MY COMMENT!
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Hillary Clinton sees more than one path to the White House.
Hillary Raises Assassination Issue
"My husband did not wrap up the nomination in 1992 until he won the California primary somewhere in the middle of June, right? We all remember Bobby Kennedy was assassinated in June in California. I don't understand it," she said, dismissing calls to drop out.
Also, there is the line of succession. Clinton in Talks With Obama About VP Slot
The Clinton's seem to get what they want - sooner or later. Nothing implied, though. Surely, not.
It reminds me of the Blondie song "One Way or the Other."
...One way or another I'm gonna lose ya
I'm gonna trick ya trick ya trick ya trick ya
...One way or another I'm gonna getcha, I'll getcha, I'll getcha getcha getcha getcha
It would be interesting watching the Secret Service body guards of Obama pitted against the Clinton's.
Authored by Woody (G.M. has higher standards.)
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May 22, 2008
From The Washington DC Examiner
Al Gore’s cinematic sermons on inconvenient truths to the contrary notwithstanding, it is becoming clearer by the day that major cracks are appearing in the supposed consensus among scientists that global warming caused by carbon emissions is an urgent problem that government must address with drastic measures. Among the most significant cracks are these:- New data produced by more than 3,000 sophisticated ocean buoys scattered across the world’s oceans indicate average water temperatures have been decreasing since 2003, not increasing as would be the case in Gore’s globally warming world. NASA’s Josh Willis, who studies the output of the sophisticated buoys that take temperature readings from thousands of feet below the surface, says the significance of the new data is unclear.
- The average land temperature of the globe dropped precipitously last year, according to the Hadley Center for Climate Prediction. The temperature drop — more than enough to “wipe out most of the global warming of the past 100 years,” according to the online technology publication Daily Tech — was also recorded by NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies.
- The severity of this global temperature drop was reflected in the fact the average U.S. temperature in January was lower than the average for the previous century, according to the U.S. Climactic Data Center. Also, the Canadian Ice Service reports the Arctic ice pack is 10 to 20 centimeters thicker in many places this year than it was in 2007.[italics and bolding added as emphasis]
Hey Al, Buoy were you wrong!
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May 21, 2008
My good friend Doug Ross has an important new blog site called Reclaim Conservatism.
This is an effort to get the G.O.P. back to it's principles of a strong military, smaller government, zeroing out earmarks and overspending, ending corruption in all it's ugly disguises, securing our borders, lowering taxes and increasing freedom for ourselves and our children.
If you are a conservative, regardless of your party, I strongly urge you to support this effort! It's that important. Click on the image below to take you to the site. If you are a blogger, add Reclaim Conservitism to your blogroll. Time's a wastin' folks. This is too important to sit on your duff and whine about the parties. Its not about parties, it is about America as we want it to be!
UPDATE: I've posted my first article in Reclaim Conservatism
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May 20, 2008
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...what it takes to save our civilization? Mustang wonders and writes a thoughtful piece. An exerpt:
Any Brit who is unable to recall what happened to London during World War II should be ashamed, and damn any American who forgets what happened on 9/11. I don’t think contemporary western society have what it takes to sustain a great civilization — one paid for in blood and sacrifice by Mr. Fraser’s generation. We cannot blame our politicians for this; the failure of society to maintain its faith with our forefathers is an individual failure. I think if we expect to defeat the new fascists — same scum, different headgear — then “we the people,” in order to form a more-perfect union, need to grow a set of balls."
Go and read the rest
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