July 31, 2008
Searching the internet this morning, I came across this "campaign button".
Now, the interesting thing here, the grabber as it were is that you get to put your name on a button which supposedly shows your dedication for Obama to the other obamatons or, as some would have it, the obamabots. Well, I have an acquaintence by the somewhat unlikely name of Nicholas Oglesbe Thorpe who purchased said button, but he couldn't get his full name on such a small button, so he put only his initials:
Not real bright, those obamabots, are they?
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July 30, 2008
Obama's Symbolic Importance
Updated 10:59 a.m. 7/30/08
By Jonathan Weisman
In his closed door meeting with House Democrats Tuesday night, presumptive Democratic nominee Barack Obama delivered a real zinger, according to a witness, suggesting that he was beginning to believe his own hype.
Obama was waxing lyrical about last week's trip to Europe, when he concluded, according to the meeting attendee, "this is the moment, as Nancy [Pelosi] noted, that the world is waiting for."[emphasis added]
Pardon my "french" but this guy is beginning to scare le crap out of me!
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July 29, 2008
In February of this year, Mrs. O uttered these words in a speech:
“Barack Obama will require you to work. He is going to demand that you shed your cynicism. That you put down your divisions. That you come out of your isolation, that you move out of your comfort zones. That you push yourselves to be better. And that you engage. Barack will never allow you to go back to your lives as usual, uninvolved, uninformed.”Now, I don't know about you but those words scare the hell out of me and should scare the hell out of any rational freedom loving individual. Now, The Obamamessiah has put forth the 11th commandment "Thou shalt not make fun of the First Lady wife of the candidate" but you know what, I've never been real good at taking orders from folk like the Obamas - full of themselves and all!
Lets take these one at a time;
1.) "Barack Obama will require you to work."That would seemingly defeat the Democrats objections to workfare wouldn't it? Or, does M.O. mean that B.O. will only require those who disagree with him to work? Perhaps she means that slavery is back in vogue with involuntary servitude...she'll have to do away with the 14th Amendment and all, but hey, nothing is forbidden to The One!
2.) "He is going to demand that you shed your cynicism."Another constitutional conundrum. My cynicism is protected speech. After all, you can't read my mind that I'm being cynical. You can't observe me sitting quietly in a cynical manner, you can only tell that I'm being cynical when I'm writing or speaking. No way around this one lady, you can take your demand and put it ... well, I'll not say where but you can be sure the "where" has a decided lack of sunshine.
3.) "That you put down your divisions."What? You want me to associate with people I don't like? You want people that don't like me to associate with me? Does this mean I have to befriend a jihadist or an islamist or even, God Forbid, a Libertarian? Have you no shame lady? "At long last, sir, Ma'am have you no shame?"
4.) "That you come out of your isolation, that you move out of your comfort zones."Oh PUH-LEZE!!! I'm perfectly comfortable being here in my comfort zone. I like being a conservative, I enjoy lampooning you folk on the left, especially those liberals too ashamed of being called a liberal so they changed it to "progressive" what ever that means. Look Michele, I may call you Michelle mayn't I, just where do you get off telling me that I have to come out of Isolation? I'm not isolated in the least bit. I have friends all over the world, I have people that love me and enjoy hearing what I have to say. I have friends I associate with and travel with. I have just oodles of mixing. No isolation here (as I look under the couch). I have a good job where I mix on a daily basis with professionals dedicated to helping the mentally ill and I am good at what I do. I'm no more isolated than you are a Swiss Milk Maid.
5.) "That you push yourselves to be better. And that you engage."Good Grief, there she goes again. Lady, I pushed myself to get a college degree and then a Master's Degree. I pushed myself to get and additional 30 hours of grad work in my chosen field AFTER my Master's Degree. I engage, daily. I blog and share my thoughts with anyone that wants to read them. I hold forth on the political challenges and political realities today. What I don't do is get my spouse to attach an earmark to my employer and damn near triple my salary. What I don't do is flip flop all over the place in my convictions. Is your husbands now well recognized floppiness pushing himself to be better? Or would he be better if he adopted a belief and held to it without pandering to this group or that group? I thought you would answer like that!
6.) "Barack will never allow you to go back to your lives as usual, uninvolved, uninformed."I can see that, with his plans to squander and additional 800 billion. Tax everyone into the poor house either by direct or indirect taxes. By pulling out of Iraq and re-emboldening al Qaeda. By doing a "surge" in Afghanistan which he said wouldn't work in Iraq? If it wouldn't work in Iraq, why would it work in Afghanistan? Or, is doing a surge in Afghanistan a tacit acknowledgment that it DID work in Iraq? Yeah lady, life under The Obamamessiah and his many sycophants will be just peachy keen and hunky dory. Not!
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July 28, 2008
A report on the internet regarding Obama's Social Security Taxes on "The Rich" notes that not much is known about what Obama tends to do.
"But its potential impact is almost impossible to gauge because he is providing few details on basic questions such as what the tax rate might be, what types of income would be taxed and how the taxpayers' benefits would be affected."[emphasis added]Of course, that is precisely the problem with an empty suit. I'd say all hat and no cattle but I don't want to insult hats by comparing Obama to them.
This of course, without saying anything positive about other candidates (McCain, Barr, Nader) underscores the lack of experience and the inability of the public or the press to hold Obama accountable. Then too, his flip flops makes us believe that he is not really sure of anything that he is running on. The only thing he seems sure of is:
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July 27, 2008
The message was, ''You had these opportunities, America. You didn't do anything,'' FBI agent George Crouch Jr. testified Friday at Salim Hamdan's war crimes trial.
The United States could have killed bin Laden in Khartoum, Sudan, before he moved to Afghanistan in 1996, Hamdan told his interrogators. They could have killed him after al Qaida's 1998 twin bombings at the U.S. Embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania. Or after the October 2000 suicide bombing of the USS Cole, at the port of Aden in Yemen, which left 17 U.S. sailors dead.
Instead, ''Bin Laden was emboldened.'' So he struck with the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, leaving nearly 3,000 dead.
It is bitter irony that lawyers are conveying such through a trial. Remote controlled Tomahawks, the illusion of safety beyond the sanctuary of oceans, and the hot pursuit via attorneys and law both remote and unrecognized by murderous men who seek our death. This was how we convinced ourselves of our certain and active defense.
We were offered bin Laden in transit from Sudan to Afghanistan. But we did not want him. Our lawyers had no battle, our leaders no mettle.
Most of us, though not all, have learned nothing. After thousands smote and seven years of war, we are back to our superior ways, demanding Habeas Corpus and noting in the very first trial that bin Laden's deputy was read no Miranda rights upon his capture - or was it arrest?
They say History repeats itself. Never before has it applied so swiftly, within the same generation and within the same conflict.
A selfish society incapable of sacrifice is equally incapable of self-defense. Our greatest concern is not the pursuit of madmen or the states which feed them. It is not even the cost of oil and its affect on our economy and future. It is the cost of the gasoline that cycles through our tanks and its affect on our personal checking account balances.
Cowardice, cloaked in arrogance and concealed behind self-assured brilliance, charts a troubled path; one which appears circular, where constant motion deceptively passes for progress. Progress towards what, we disagree, though our enemies do not, as they laugh.
Many say it will take another catastrophic attack to bring us to our collective senses. But it will likely not come. For, if al-Qaeda (et al) is smart - and they are - they will leave us alone on our own soil while we rip ourselves apart. No explosives, no bombs, no weapons of war required. We are, after all, suddenly and finally waging their centuries-long war upon ourselves. Brilliantly.
We allow ourselves to be told that we are what is wrong with the world; torturous, greedy, destructive, with disregard for the poorest and bitter intolerance for anyone not like us. We Balkanize our society and point fingers at each other, laying these same charges against one domestic group or another with the venom and aggression once reserved for distant, oppressive enemies.
Can we awaken from our own self-destructive slumber? The decisive war is not in Iraq, nor Afghanistan, nor Pakistan or any other distant place where we perceive our enemies to be. The decisive battle is right here, from Maine to San Diego, from St. Louis to Atlanta.
Can we truly identify that which we are defending? For if we cannot, we are not. We are simply preserving soil and borders, protecting cities and people - that which can be found anywhere else on this planet.
What will America be, what will she look like when our children are thrust at the helm? Will they write that we defended her, or will they write that we devoured and discarded her? This, not al-Qaeda or the War on Terror, keeps me up at night.
For we can defeat al-Qaeda and yet have defended nothing at all in the long, painful process. And our children will be compelled to write of us, ''You had these opportunities, America. You didn't do anything."
SteveSteve Schippert
http://ThreatsWatch.org/
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July 26, 2008
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Well, this wind wasn't called Mariah, it was called Dolly and though we were spared a Catagory 3, the Catagory 2 that Dolly was was bad enough. Lots of trees down including this one in front of our townhome, some water blown in under the eaves, one picture knocked off the wall for some reason. As I drove around town looking at some of the damage, I noticed brick fences down, 4x4 posts snapped in two, trees down all over the place, some houses with no shingles at all, some with a missing shingles (thank goodness our roof is heavy concrete tile). I noticed one "Hurricane Fence" down, don't know how that happened unless something slammed into it. But despite everything blown down, I noticed that an awful lot of tall cactus plants still standing including the ones on my patio. Trees down, branches broken, cacti still standing proud. Amazing.
An awful lot of you sent prayers our way knowing Dolly was bearing down, and for that I thank you!
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July 24, 2008
How do I feel about Barack Obama? Here's a sample of remarks that I have made about him to liberals and in response to their comments. They aren't particularly special or funny, but they do present an image of the candidate that the press doesn't feature. Feel free to add your own thoughts.
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Obama - The only presidential candidate endorsed by Jimmy Carter.
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The best description that I heard today about the press and Obama is that the press acts like a bunch of giggly school girls going gaga over the class president and team quarterback. “Oh, he looked over here! He’s so cute. Go say something to him! Does he like me?”
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Now, for today’s lesson of Obama anti-patriotism.
Video: Obama Plans to Disarm America
That guy is dangerous.
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(On Obama's plan to gut our military) Russia currently is making plans to deploy long-range bombers in Cuba, and Russia is not some puny country. And, have you noticed, China isn’t small. But even small nations only need one weapon. Hugo Chavez will purchase $5 billion of weapons from Russia over the next ten years. It just takes money, a weapon, and a crazy dictator–and, we learned that sanctions don’t work.
(Obama Dissent: “Iran, Cuba, Venezuela? These countries are tiny compared to the Soviet Union. They don’t pose any serious threat to us.”
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Continue reading by clicking on the "more..." link below.
Authored by Woody
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Who would have guessed? The press backs the candidates and political party financially that they back in their "news" coverage.
Media Donations Favor Dems 100-1
The New York Times' refusal to publish John McCain's rebuttal to Barack Obama's Iraq op-ed may be the most glaring example of liberal media bias this journalist has ever seen. But true proof of widespread media bias requires one to follow an old journalism maxim: Follow the money.
...The contributions of individuals who reported being employed by major media organizations are...$315,533 to Democrats, $3,150 to Republicans — a ratio of 100-to-1. No bias there.
The press only backs the Democrats because Stalin isn't on the ballot.
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July 22, 2008
On a liberal blog, a week or two ago, a commenter stated that he was tired of hearing Obama described as an "Empty Suit." Wow, I noted that he didn't say that Obama WASN'T an empty suit, just that he was tired of hearing it.
Well, isn't that just special! I'm tired of hearing the Obamabots describe him as the next best thing, the best thing since sliced bread, the healer, the promised one (remember "We are the ones we have been waiting for!") and other superlatives. In fact, I've never seen, in 48 years of political awareness anyone with less of a resume to run on then the Obamamessiah.
And I'm not calling him that out of any belief on my part, I mean, after all the only thing lacking here is the Roman Catholic Church elevating him. The MSM has certainly done so. Complete with photographs of a light/halo around his head and other indications of his so called divinity. Before Obama all the Democrats, most of the Republicans and certainly most of the MSM believed that Hillary was the one, but they really didn't want another Bill Clinton presidency which is exactly what Hillary's election would have been (and if you think brother Bill would not have made sure he was the number one advisor and caller of shots political you are out of your mind.) Yet, here we are with a pedantic, ostentatious, empty suit with a better than even chance at winning the November election. How did we come to this pass? How did someone with a huge truckload of charisma but zero experience on the national stage (not counting the 143+ days he was in the Senate before running and damn little since then) get so far along that he is not laughed off of the stage? (Oh, wait; he was laughed off of the stage when he put up that ridiculous pseudo-presidential seal).
Yet, there remains a great deal to the empty suit, charm, charm, charm. Unfortunately, when it comes to dealing with America's enemies charm just won't cut it. Does Obama really think (and to be honest, I'm afraid that he does) that he can fool all of the people all of the time?
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Villette.
Thanks in advance. covering a window.
, Bits pilani distance education.July 21, 2008
OK, so I couldn't hold off much longer. Here starts a new catagory The Obama Watch and here I'll post, from time to time, observations and expert punditry on Herr Obama.
Obama, he of the ego the size of Chicago.
Here is a guy with less than 200 days in the United States Senate who thinks he is qualified to run for president based on wanting "change" and "hope." He has tossed folk under the bus so to speak because they tended to make him look bad. Reverand Wright, Tony Rezko, his "white" grandmother, General Clark, and others.
He requested to speak in front of the Brandenburg gate, which has always been a prerogative of heads of state, he is not. He had his own presidential seal before the sheer laughter forced him to take it down.
He has said that he will not condone negative comments about his opponent, then has surrogates do it for him. He states that his family is off limits then puts his daughters in front of the camera with the oh-so-very lame excuse that it was a spur of the moment thing as if moving all that stuff into his home and the planning that went into it wasn't clearly the work of many man-hours of labor.
He disallows jokes about him or his wife and blanches at a New Yorker cartoon which was satire and the obamaniacs rioted. (How about a little hyperbole?... ed) Here's one for you...
Q: Why is Jimmy Carter supporting the candidacy of Obama?
A: Because Carter is tired of being the Worst President ever!
In short, he is a fake, a fraud and a jackanapes (and since an archaic meaning of the word includes the word ape/monkey - I'm sure some illiterate buffoon who supports him will be calling me a racist.) Well, if you do, don't be niggardly in your fulminating against me.
Lastly, he will be the biggest failure as a president since the peanut farmer from Georgia should the American people be stupid enough to elect him.
UPDATE: Linked at Obama Watch. Thanks John. (Folks, those of you who are not familiar with the writings of John Jay Ray, please click on his name. He is a treasure among conservative writers.)
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July 11, 2008
GM's Exit
"The time has come," the Walrus said,
"To talk of many things:
Of shoes--and ships--and sealing-wax--
Of cabbages--and kings--
And why the sea is boiling hot--
And whether pigs have wings."
And why this blog has died, and other silly things.
It has been a great four years writing GM's Corner, from my very first blog entry on blogger to my own dot com and my last move to gmroper.mu.nu in The Kingdom of the Cow Puppies, Munuvia, mu.nu!
I thought that perhaps my blogging days were over when there was a toss up between the cost of bandwidth and chemotherapy and bandwidth lost out without a thought. But my beloved friends Raven, Ogre, and Seth managed to get me into munuvia where I could continue to blog without the immediate threat of the dreaded "This Blog Has Exceeded Its Bandwidth" screen. Thank each of you from the bottom of my heart.
I have been blessed to be a member of a number of blogging groups including The Wide Awakes (Cao, are you out there dear friend?) and the South Park Republicans, a jolly bunch of misfits if there ever was one. I've made friends from the left to the right and all points in-between. I've engaged in spats, cursed, been cursed at, had thank you's and hosannas tossed in my direction as well as more than a few spitballs. And I've enjoyed every minute of it. And now the time has come to close a chapter for now. Well, maybe not forever, but for the nonce while I gather my forces, and think about where I want this blog to go and what I want it to look like. I have a huge number of people that I especially want to thank. Marc Cooper, my blog-father and though a lefty, one hell of a guy! To Fausta, she of the original Bad Hair Blog, a beloved friend who believed enough in me to propose me as a Pajamasmedia Correspondent. To the Puppy-Blender Glenn Reynolds who, despite his generally good taste, still managed to give me a number of instalaunches. And to his beloved wife Dr. Helen Smith a terrific blogger and Psychologist. To Dr. Pat Santy one of my first interviewees on WideAwakesRadio. To Laurie Kendrik, Texas Fred an irrascible old fart if there ever was one and a royal pain in the ass...but who can send prayer faster than almost anyone. and to Kender, that rogue scottsman who deals daily with health problems but who has more guts and grit then men 10 times his size (and even that is not very big). (Just kidding Kender, don't be shovin' that dirk at me.)
To my friends a CALH an all the Chrisian Bloggers out there; especially The Anchoress, I could type all night and not be able to thank everyone who has given me of their time, their talent, their good wishes and their prayers, especially as I fought the cancer bastard down.
Too, I want to give a special thanks to the conservative world's favorite gatherer of things conservative from the world of blogging and who's such a treasure that all who know her call her either a saint, the marvelous or just the plain ole wonderful and indefatigueable Larwyn! God Bless you Dear, Dear Lady.
I want to thank also my very good blogging buddy Woody. Woody was gracious enough to take the helm when my bride and I went on a cruise way back in '05. I asked him to stay on and he had provided me with many a chuckle, a belly laugh and he has been a friend through the tough times, the cancer surgery and never once let me down. Though he and I don't always agree on some things, a kinder more resolute friend cannot be found on this plane of existance. Thank you Woody.
I don't know what the future holds, I'll occasionally post something here when the urge strikes me. I'll continue to make an occasional political post or two at Reclaiming Conservatism the brainchild of The marvelous Jim Lynch and Doug Ross, I'll tell tales of Mustang N' Me - stories of my pal Mustang who is older than dirt and who though he is far, far older than I am, considers me to be his blog-pappy!
Perhaps, when this silly season is over and we have an elderly RINO President McCain or a President O'Bama (who is secretly NOT an African-American, but a lout of Black Irish extraction) I'll blog again about the stupidity of the left as exemplified by O'Bama and the Pseudo-left as exemplified by McCain. Or perhaps, just maybe I'll end up a dirty old man in a nursing home picked out for me by my daughter in revenge for all the indignities I've inflicted on her over the years (just kidding honey... you just sit right down and keep working on that grandchild for me).
It has been a rip and I thank each and every reader I've ever had, and perhaps a few that I may garner in the future.
Oh, and just so you don't think I'm totally out of the game, I'll see some of you at Blogworld Expo in Las Vegas on my Birthday, September 20, 2008.
So, as Tigger would say TTFN or TaTa For Now!
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July 07, 2008
I'm predicting another flip-flop for the Light-bringer, the Obamamessiah. Recent polls by the Pew research center show that more Democrats than Republicans want increased drilling for oil and construction of new nuclear plants. I predict that baring some significant change in the oil markets, by September 15, 2008 the Obamamessiah will flip on this topic and call for new drilling and/or nuclear plant construction and/or tapping oil shale in the US and/or oil sands in Canada (if Canada is still willing to sell to us after the way the Light-bringer has treated them.)
A tip O' the GM Derby to TigerHawk
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Earlier General Wesley Clark, retired and former candidate for President made some remarks about who might be qualified for president. Of course, everybody knows that Clark was being a surrogate for Obama and Obama’s attempts to lessen the allure of John McCain’s military service since Obama has none. But Clark seems to have stepped over the line when he said “I don’t think getting in a fighter plane and getting shot down is a qualification to become president.” That raises an interesting question: What would Clark have said about the military and other exploits of other presidents?
Wesley Clark on George Washington: "I don’t think crossing the Delaware River standing up in a boat in the middle of winter qualifies Washington to be president.”
Wesley Clark on John Adams: “I don’t think being a diplomat in France and Holland during our bloody revolution qualifies Adams to be president.”
Wesley Clark on Thomas Jefferson: “I don’t think writing the Declaration of Independence qualifies Jefferson to be president.”
Wesley Clark on Abraham Lincoln: “I don’t think splitting logs in Illinois qualifies Lincoln to be president.”
Wesley Clark on Ulysses Grant: “I don’t think accepting Lee’s Sword at Appomattox qualifies Grant to be president.”
Wesley Clark on Teddy Roosevelt: “I don’t think riding up San Juan Hill with a bunch of washed out cowboys qualifies Roosevelt to be president.”
Wesley Clark on Franklin Roosevelt: “I don’t think getting polio and riding around in a wheel chair qualifies Roosevelt to be president.”
Wesley Clark on Ike Eisenhower: “I don’t think sitting on a battleship while our brave soldiers invaded Normandy qualifies Eisenhower to be president.”
Wesley Clark on John Kennedy: “I don’t think letting a Japanese Destroyer ram your PT boat, sinking it, qualifies Kennedy to be president.”
Clark seems to have thought that having no substantial experience qualifies Obama to be president, and certainly he thought that being the fired military commander of NATO qualified him to be president.
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