Filling in for the humble messenger
An Orchid will get you two to life
There can be no argument that I am unfit to be Your Humble Messenger. Enraged by our deletion controversy, the true messenger has abandoned us in a fit of righteous rage. Perhaps if he knew how everyone here loves him so, he might feel compelled to enlighten us yet again. . .
Speaking of deletion controversies, it appears House liberals are all atwitter over the deletion of abortion from the final healthcare bill:
Reps. Diana DeGette (Colo.) and Louise Slaughter (N.Y.) led the group of Democrats in writing to Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) threatening to withhold support for a final conference report if it strictly prohibits federal funding for abortion services.
Your messenger finds it curiously amusing that the Maine “Republicans” are in line with these ladies.
Last week I didn’t want to get too political about the Ft. Hood shootings, but the cat is now out of the bag. From Cal Thomas:
The federal government at all levels has hired and promoted Muslims to influential positions. It requires “sensitivity training” for federal employees, including those who work at the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security. Last week, the House Judiciary Committee, dominated by liberal Democrats, defied the White House and removed from the USA Patriot Act a tool for tracking non-U.S. citizens in anti-terrorism investigations. As our enemies grow stronger and more emboldened, they see us becoming weaker and less committed.
As Cal said: suddenly gays in the military doesn’t seem so threatening.
Your messenger also stumbled upon this gem from last week. It is a piece entitled ‘Criminalizing everyone’ and details an old man being locked up for two years because he didn’t follow protocol on importing orchids. No seriously. When Dave writes of bad case scenarios, this is they type of stuff he is refering to.
Mrs. Norris testified before the House Judiciary subcommittee on crime this summer. The hearing’s topic: the rapid and dangerous expansion of federal criminal law, an expansion that is often unprincipled and highly partisan.
Imagine that. There can be political motivations for being locked up. I am just your messenger here.
Surfacing in the news again is the uber-hot ex-Miss California. Apparently she is having a Bill Clinton moment and she “did not have sexual relations in that video.” Your messenger thinks none of this would be an issue if she were a lefty that believed marriage was a union of whoever feels the itch at the moment, but what does he know.
And for you sports fans, it appears that Tennis’ Marat Safin, a Frenchman Russian, believes American Andre Agassi should give his titles and his money back. Apparently, he doesn’t get how we do it here in the U.S.; inject, win, and listen to everyone else bitch about it. The opposite side of the spectrum are the French Russians. They inject, lose and bitch about the Americans for winning.
Sincere apologies to PG for butchering his baby. But there is a way to change the humble messenger. . .
Thom’s quote of the day – The 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall
“We welcome change and openness; for we believe that freedom and security go together, that the advance of human liberty can only strengthen the cause of world peace. There is one sign the Soviets can make that would be unmistakable, that would advance dramatically the cause of freedom and peace.
General Secretary Gorbachev, if you seek peace, if you seek prosperity for the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, if you seek liberalization: Come here to this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall”
Some poignant words on the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall which was the symbolic end of the cold war. I remember that day clearly. Berliners from both sides danced on top of the barrier that once divided them. A barriers that witnessed the deaths of countless East Germans seeking freedom on the other side. Even with all the historical perspective of a 13 year old I knew that I was witnessing history in the making.
The full text of the speech after the jump courtesy of historyplace.com
The Sage will have to be excused for a short time
Due to an absolute deadline that is fast looming, I must excuse myself and concentrate fully on some other tasks. Facebook, Conclub and a few other time consuming activities will basically be suspended for the next two weeks. I now am taking orders for Christmas on a manuscript that is not yet fully completed. Yesterday, one lady ordered eight copies of a “product” that doesn’t really exist yet for Christmas presents. I’m in “hurry up” mode and will be spending every spare moment for the next two weeks “elsewhere” other than here I am afraid. I spent several hours on my “special project” today alone and was happy with the progress that was achieved. I could probably use the break anyway. I’ve been a bit beat up and tired emotionally lately due to the unforeseen events that unfolded here recently and I could probably use the break time to rejuvenate and refocus my energies on what I believe to be truly important instead of allowing myself to get sidetracked. When I return I will begin running a series of philosophical essays on the ideological struggles of the day. Despite what you may have heard, I am far more of an ideological and sociological philosopher than many may believe. Activism and politics is secondary to understanding the agendas, goals and mindsets of those involved in the great struggles of the day. One can’t fight effectively what you don’t understand, and you can’t achieve true victory unless you truly understand what you are fighting for.
When Does “Cool” Become “Cold”?
The Beast is not the only one who finds our President disconnected and passionless. The Brits over at the Telegraph have noticed it, too.
During the election campaign, Barack Obama’s cool detachment was a winning quality, the “No Drama Obama” a welcome contrast with the “Mr Angry” John McCain, never mind the hot-headed “I’m the decider” President George W Bush.
A year into his presidency, however, Mr Obama seems a curiously bloodless president. If he experiences passion, he seldom shows it. It is often anyone’s guess as to whether an event or issue truly moves him.
Saturday Night Classic Rock-Cowboy Song/Boys are Back in Town
A live tune from the 2nd album I ever owned. Love it.
Friday Night Punk – Link 80
A nice catchy little punk/ska song. Unfortunately you’ll never hear from this band again. The lead singer who happened to be author Danielle Steel’s son died of a heroin overdose at the ripe old age of 19. What a shame. Another waste of talent.
Fort Hood shooter’s last words
To the regulars at conclub please forgive the ridiculous title but it was done for a reason. To those of you who googled that and landed here I beg you to discontinue your search. No one yet know if Major Nidal Malik Hasan created some sort of Virginia Tech shooter style youtube video or rambling manifesto prior to murdering 12 American soldiers but if such a thing exists I ask you to ignore it.
Stop googling it, and please ask your freinds to do so as well. Website hits for such a thing only lend him credibility and give the next lunatic motivation. I appreciate that in times of tragedy we try to make sense of a senseless act but I assure you that you will not find answers in the ramblings of a homicidal maniac. It is an unfortunate reality that evil does truly exist in this world and man was not meant to understand why.
If indeed this man committed this heinous act in order to deliver some sort of message let the message fall on deaf ears. We live in a country where free speech is cherised and there are countless ways in the information age to peacefully deliver a message to the masses. Don’t give a voice to those who chose to deliver their message through murder.
Obama Waffles For Two Minutes On Ft. Hood Speech
Obama starts his speech on the tragic Fort Hood massacre with two minutes touting a conference, including a “Shout-out” to a participant. This is inappropriate at best, but it also shows how cold the man is. Does he show genuine emotion about anything?
Commentary magazine’s Linda Chavez compare it to Bush reacting to the news of the 911 attacks: “Obama’s Pet-Goat Moment”.
We still don’t know what was behind the killings at Ft. Hood this afternoon, in which 11 soldiers and the killer died, but President Obama’s rushed press conference was surprising in its flippancy nonetheless. Before he got to the issue on everyone’s mind — namely the deaths of Americans in uniform — the president gave a “shout-out” to government bureaucrats gathered for a previously scheduled conference at the Interior Department, complete with appreciative chuckles. He treated the event like a pep rally rather than a tragic occasion with a wider audience than those gathered in the room.
CBS even trimmed the start of this speech, presumably to make it look less – cold and self promoting?
UPDATE: Even NBC Chicago thinks Obama blew it:
Obama’s Frightening Insensitivity Following Shooting
A bad week for Democrats compounded by an awful moment for Barack Obama.
By ROBERT A. GEORGE
President Obama didn’t wait long after Tuesday’s devastating elections to give critics another reason to question his leadership, but this time the subject matter was more grim than a pair of governorships.
After news broke out of the shooting at the Fort Hood Army post in Texas, the nation watched in horror as the toll of dead and injured climbed. The White House was notified immediately and by late afternoon, word went out that the president would speak about the incident prior to a previously scheduled appearance. At about 5 p.m., cable stations went to the president. The situation called for not only his trademark eloquence, but also grace and perspective.
But instead of a somber chief executive offering reassuring words and expressions of sympathy and compassion, viewers saw a wildly disconnected and inappropriately light president making introductory remarks. At the event, a Tribal Nations Conference hosted by the Department of Interior’s Bureau of Indian affairs, the president thanked various staffers and offered a “shout-out” to “Dr. Joe Medicine Crow — that Congressional Medal of Honor winner.” Three minutes in, the president spoke about the shooting, in measured and appropriate terms. Who is advising him?
Anyone at home aware of the major news story of the previous hours had to have been stunned. An incident like this requires a scrapping of the early light banter. The president should apologize for the tone of his remarks, explain what has happened, express sympathy for those slain and appeal for calm and patience until all the facts are in. That’s the least that should occur.
Indeed, an argument could be made that Obama should have canceled the Indian event, out of respect for people having been murdered at an Army post a few hours before. That would have prevented any sort of jarring emotional switch at the event.
Did the president’s team not realize what sort of image they were presenting to the country at this moment? The disconnect between what Americans at home knew had been going on — and the initial words coming out of their president’s mouth was jolting, if not disturbing.
A sad day for the military. Is this a glimpse of today’s army?
I would certainly never imply that today’s army is not a well honed fighting machine. Our armed forces are still the greatest in the world. But when a member of the officer corps opens fire on a base killing 12 and wounding many others, a serious look at the process of selecting and recruiting officers as well as evaluating their mental fitness is in order. Preliminary reports indicate that Maj. Nadal Malik Hasan, a Muslim, was wounded but captured alive. Worse, he was a psychiatrist that did not get very good reviews and was set for deployment to a war he verbally critisized.
U.S. officials said Hasan was an Army psychiatrist, NBC News reported. Defense officials said Hasan, 39, arrived at Fort Hood in July after practicing for six years at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, which included a fellowship in disaster and preventive psychiatry.
At Walter Reed, Hasan received a poor performance evaluation, according to an official who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the case publicly.
There was no official word on motive. But Hasan was scheduled to be deployed overseas on Nov. 28, officials said. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, said military officials had told her that Hasan was “pretty upset” about his deployment, which she said was to be to Iraq.
The Associated Press, quoting federal law enforcement officials, said Hasan had come to their attention at least six months ago because of Internet postings that discussed suicide bombings and other threats. The officials said they were still trying to confirm that he was the author.
I know its early and I wouldn’t want to get too political in the immediate aftermath of such a stunning tragedy. But our armed forces need to evaluate a few things here. 1) why are we sending officers that are disgruntled and in charge of the mental states of their inferiors overseas. 2) should we not monitor those with poor performance reviews and suspected writings of suicide bombings and other threats much more closely?? Even if it means immediate release? 3) The inescapable truth is that the shooter was a convert to the ‘religion of peace.’ There must be immediate policies put in place for how we deal with disgruntled soldiers who happen to be Muslims.
I hope that our army has not become so steeped in political correctness and being as non-offensive as possible that they fail to take basic precautions to protect the men and women that have enlisted to serve this nation. Thoughts and prayers to the victims and their families.
The Return of Genghis Khan
In my never ending quest to be a good father and at the same time quinch my thirst for knowledge and history I took the opportunity to accompany (chaperone) my daughters seventh grade class to the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. A highly touted Ghengis Khan exhibit is touring the United States and is currently on display there. They have a large number of unique and one of a kind artifacts on loan from the Mongolian National Museum. Unfortunately, they didn’t allow gum, water, or photography of any kind while you were inside their heavily monitored and climate-controlled display area. I did manage to get some pictures of a fine rendition of the Great Khan himself that greeted you as one approached the entrance. I can’t get enough of historical artifacts. Bringing the past alive is an emotional and quickening experience for me. It was extremely interesting to see such rare and very old items up close and personal. As a history buff I knew a good deal of the information that was displayed for one’s reading pleasure but I learned much as well. Definitely worth the visit. I spent twenty minutes last night giving my wife a history lesson about the origins and tactics of Genghis Khan and the Mongol empire so I must have been excited about today.
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My open apology to the blog
Since apparently everything is to be hashed out in public despite my overruled protestations I figured I might as well do this here. I do not like admitting I am wrong. It does not always come easily to me, but sometimes it is the right thing to do as painful as it may be. Ladies and gentlemen, I openly and sincerely apologize to all of you for my part in the last three days of chaos on Conclub.
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Beast Quote Of The Day
“He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind.” – Proverbs, 11.29
Oh and let us not forget the second sentence:
“And the foolish will be servant to the wisehearted.”
Wes’s Quote Of The Day
“I won’t insult your intelligence by suggesting that you really believe what you just said.”
William F. Buckley
CORZINE LOSES!
It wasn’t even that close, heh. It was gonna go all night in a squeaker – and the race is called one hour and 12 minutes after the NJ POlls CLosed.
Your messenger’s topical quotes of the day.
It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, “Peace! Peace!” — but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!
Great and powerful words. If being a patriot is extreme, the I gladly accept the label. Only thing is, it is not 1775 and I am not Patrick Henry. I also love the following quote.
Comes The Morrow: Predictions?
The Beast predicts a clean sweep – Dems lose Jersey, Virginny and NY-23. Anybody else?
Blue state blues
There is absolutely no reason why operating a business in New Jersey should be a losing proposition. I contend that we have the best infrastructure in place to accomdate manufacturing, distribution or most any other type of business in the nation. We have the busiest seaport in the nation at Port Newark, a major international airport in Newark, and are situated between two of the largest cities in the country in New York and Philadelphia. We are chock full of interstate highways and rail lines.
But businesses are leaving the state in droves. When I was growing up we had 3 auto plants in the state. We currently have none. The textile business in northern New Jersey and the glass manufacturers down south are all but gone.
Since we are on the topic of Rich, it gives your messenger a chance to mention this…
The October 14, 2007 Times featured Stephen Colbert guest-writing most of Maureen Dowd’s column. In that article, Colbert satirically wrote: “Bad things are happening in countries you shouldn’t have to think about. It’s all George Bush’s fault, the vice president is Satan, and God is gay. There. Now I’ve written Frank Rich’s column too.”
I thought Colbert was halarious at the time when he wrote that Column. Truth be told, I am a Rich junkie.
Now this is topical
The GOP is not dead yet and that ‘paradigm shift’ proclamation may have been a bit premature.
Weekend Wuss Rock – 90’s style
Oh, don’t think I forgot. This could be the king of 90’s wuss rock. Open a new browser while this plays and listen to some soothing wussness while you read the other comments.
Happy Reformation Day
DISPUTATION OF DOCTOR MARTIN LUTHER
ON THE POWER AND EFFICACY OF
INDULGENCES
While we love our Catholic brothers and sisters we Protestants owe a great debt to Martin Luther and his courage on this day. My oldest daughter (12) just finished a fairly extensive study of him in school so she got excited when she saw I was posting this. At the time we had a good conversation about the Biblical teachings concerning salvation and Martin Luther’s emphasis on faith over works (though faith without works is dead) which we continue to abide by to this day as practicing, Bible-believing Protestant Christians. I was pleasantly surprised by the depth and breadth of her knowledge and understanding of the subject. As the son of the Protestant version of a priest I guess I should be thankful of the abandonment of celibacy by the Protestant clergy through the example of Luther himself otherwise I probably wouldn’t be here to enlighten, entertain and enrage.
OCTOBER 31, 1517
Out of love for the truth and the desire to bring it to light,
the following propositions will be discussed at Wittenberg,
under the presidency of the Reverend Father Martin Luther,
Master of Arts and of Sacred Theology, and Lecturer in
Ordinary on the same at that place. Wherefore he requests that
those who are unable to be present and debate orally with us,
may do so by letter.
In the Name our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.
Grab a Mop
This reads like something from the Onion. The great leader who gives us hope and change is apparently out of ideas. What’s even funnier is that I have heard reports today of people standing out with signs reading “grab a mop.” Stop it you are killing me. Talk about drinking the kool-aid.
Anyway, feel free to stop by and get your free blame Bush for everything “Grab A Mop” bumper sticker.
Friday Night Punk Reel Big Fish
The title incorporates a few of my favorite things. Fishing, punk rock, and beer. I saw these guys wih Goldfinger way back when. What a great show. Lot of fun.
Australia: 10 Foot Great White Bitten Nearly In Half By 20 Foot Great White Shark!
Nice, pink meat on him (this fish is male) - looks a lot like Salmon.
A ‘monster’ great white shark measuring up to 20 ft long is on the prowl off a popular Queensland beach, according to officials.
Swimmers were warned to stay out of the water off Stradbroke Island after the shark mauled another smaller great white which had been hooked on a baited drum line.
The 10-foot great white was almost bitten in half.
The fictional shark at the centre of the Steven Spielberg blockbuster Jaws was estimated to be just five feet longer.
For comparison purposes, here’s 2 pictures of a 20.3 footer caught off Prince Edward Isle, Canada in 1988:
Looney Tunes At 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
What's up, Fox?
The White House assault against FOX news gave us our second bipartisan moment of the month. The first came early in October when the Nobel Committee announced they’d selected Barack Obama for their Peace Prize, prompting both sides of the political spectrum to scratch their head in bafflement. There was near universal agreement that Obama had done nothing to earn it and didn’t really deserve it.
Now our thin-skinned President has taken it upon himself to declare what he thinks a legitimate news organization should be and has called for the other “real” news outfits to ignore the fake one. And pundits are back at their scalps again, wondering what he was thinking when he unleashed the hounds on this particular fox and how he expected it to work out in any way other than bad.
Tuesday early morning jazz: Atmos Trio-Another Slip
A little pallet cleanse after this weekends wuss rock.
You can listen to Atmos Trio albums for free or download them from here.
Blame it on the rain
Excerpts from the Harry Reid 2009 Blame Calendar
January. Stimulus Package Failure – Republicans
February. Stimulus Package Passage – Republicans
Fairey tales of the liberal cultural and intellectual elite!
Shepard Fairey’s true colors
By Charlotte Allen
The Echo Park artist has built his career on a combination of vandalism and expropriation of other people’s images.
Lang’s overlay put the lie to Fairey’s claim, but it took the artist months to concede that he had used, as the AP had maintained from the beginning, the close-up. Even now, he insists that expropriating the image was “fair use.”
So why wasn’t the jig up as soon as Lang posted his evidence? Because Fairey was “one of us” in the eyes of the fiercely liberal cultural and intellectual elite.
Fairey, by his own description, is a man of the left. His work, as his gallery put it in a 2007 news release, critiques the “underpinnings of the capitalist machine.” Fairey first became the darling of political liberals with a poster in which he depicted then-President George W. Bush as a vampire, complete with fangs and blood dripping down his chin. After the Obama campaign officially incorporated Fairey’s “Hope” poster series into its electoral efforts, Obama sent the artist a letter, included in an exhibit of his work at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston, saying, “I am privileged to be a part of your art work and proud to have your support.”
Privileged? Proud?
Fairey has built his artistic career on a combination of vandalism, via graffiti-like hit-and-run art, and an expropriation of other people’s images. While he insists he uses the art of others only as “reference points,” his critics have termed his work outright plagiarism. Since the mid-1980s, he has stenciled on big-city buildings and small-town sidewalks his trademark anti-capitalist image “Obey Giant” (lifted from an image of a well-known wrestler whose trademark-holders threatened Fairey with a lawsuit in 1993). The New Yorker’s art critic, Peter Schjeldahl, wrote reverently of the works, calling them “epic poetry in an everyday tongue” in an article in February.
Isn’t he sooooo special? I wonder if Wes has Fairey’s Bush as the vampire poster on the wall? What is next? Is Obama going to sue Larry and Andy Wachowski for basing the character Neo on the president’s life without attribution? I have it on good authority (Dave), that Neo is the name used on Obama’s “real” birth certificate.
Weekend Wuss Rock – 80’s Edition
Let the Showdown begin!
Post your favorite 80’s pussy song. But post only one song per weekend. Voting begins Sunday night at 8:00 p.m. EST and ends Monday morning at 2:00 a.m. EST. You may not vote for your own pussy song. Contributors add to this post and commenters may submit to the thread. Person with the most votes gets the satisfaction of having posted the most deliciously queer song of the week. Trash talking encouraged and posted songs are no indication of the posters’ like or dislike of the song. In fact, it may be a guilty pleasure that gets the volume turned up on posters car radio. Read the rest of this entry »
FNP Gitmo torture edition
Brings back memories of wasting my youth playing Tony Hawk. Enjoy
I’m all for waterboarding but this is just cruel
Bands want to know if their music was used on Gitmo detainees
http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/10/22/musicians.guantanamo/index.html
Courtesy CNN.com
At risk of incurring some cut & paste backlash I couldn’t figure another way of doing this.
Yes once again those unsing heros (celebrities) are here to lend their razor sharp insight into the political spectrum. A group of musicians lead by REM and Pearl Jam petitioned via the freedom of information act to find out if they’re music was being used to torture those poor, misunderstood freedom fighters currently being held in Guantanamo Bay. The band REM released a statement saying in part
“We have spent the past 30 years supporting causes related to peace and justice. To now learn that some of our friends’ music may have been used as part of the torture tactics without their consent or knowledge is horrific”
Al Gore sued by over 30,000 Scientists for Global Warming fraud
What? I thought this was settled.
If you go ’round carrying pictures of Chairman Mao. You ain’t gonna make any sense anyhow.
Let’s just start with the fact that it is patently absurd to compare Mother Teresa, who dedicated her life to helping the most unfortunate of God’s children, to a man who slaughtered nearly a million dissidents and starved out tens of millions of others. It is, in fact, rather a tragic contrast between a woman who struggled to feed the poor and a man who starved his own people.
Let’s forget for a moment that Mao killed upwards of 70 million people. Even though that’s kind of a big deal. Anita Dunn calls Mao “one of her favorite political philosiphers.” So let’s focus solely on his political philosophy. HE WAS A f$!#ING COMMUNIST! What she fails to realise is that communism is the enemy of free society. Has been since its inception. Got that Michael Moore? Communism doesn’t allow for you to make your own choices or find your own way as she suggests the new graduates do in her speech. The government makes your choices and chooses your path for you. It subjugates it ctizenry into faceless masses which discourage creative thought.
Everybody looks upon Hitler and Pol Pot as evil and brutal dictators which no doubt they were but how about Stalin? Mao? Lenin? All of these men killed innocent people so how is it that the communist leaders are looked upon with mixed feelings and occasionally even reverence?
Oh wait she was just kidding. Seriously? Did it SOUND like she was kidding? Do you think that lame excuse would fly if Mitt Romney called Hitler one of his favorite political philosophers? Somehow I doubt it.
BREAKING NEWS on Global Warming – the proof is here, and it’s not pretty.
These impressive graphs 
show indisputable proof of what has happened and continues to happen on the global warming front. I won’t bother quoting the sources or even waste time detailing the pages upon pages of credentials the individual(s) who put these together have, though I will include helpful and impressive looking links for you to explore for yourself. Really it’s because the AP and Reuters want me to keep it short and simple. It is after all on the internet, so deep down you know it’s true.
From 1998 through a projected 2012 (when the world ends), there is a clear correlation between and obvious progression to the data points on this chart. The unexplained spike in 2008 is well, unexplained, but we are working on a few theories – most having to do with the election in the US, but that has yet to be proven with an impressive chart on the internet. Skeptics and critics might say that the data elements on the chart below are conflicting – or worse yet that they represent various and differing things, such as percentages, temperature, number of people, or worse yet – a small renegade group of Republicans. To those skeptics I would say “Your skepticism is unfounded and an outrage. This information is on the internet, you can go and look for yourself. It is undeniable, and this is simply another attempt to hold on to the status quo. It is unacceptable, and your time is over.”
Notice the huge dip in 2012. That’s because the world is scheduled to come to an end. It’s true. I read it on the internet and besides there is a movie coming out that has actors and actresses in it. There is so much truth to this that I suspect you just can’t handle the truth.
Sure, while the average temp of the earth, the surrounding air, the oceans, the rivers, the lakes, the streams, the faucet have been declining over the past decade, you cannot escape the evidence presented here in the clearest fashion. It’s so clear a Geico marketing executive could read it. The chart below CLEARLY shows that in 2011 and 2012 (when the world ends) the temperature is going to skyrocket and the earth is going to melt in on itself.
You MUST act now. IN the very near future we will be offering official Constitution Club Light Bulbs that you MUST buy in order to save the planet. They are $69.99 each – less than the cost of a cup of coffee a day based on a tall caramel latte at Starbucks.
Ok maybe not, but if this gets picked up by Reuters I am going to enjoy it immensely. Wait till you see the graphs I have on Health Care. They will make you sick – and that will be bad. Especially if you don’t have health care.
What Happened to Global Warming?
Does anybody know? And if they find out will they let Al Gore know?
What Happened to Global Warming?
Consider it a cataclysmic event: Mainstream news organizations have begun reporting on scientific research that suggests that global warming may not be caused by man and may not be as dire and eminent as alarmists suggest.
Indeed, as the BBC’s climate correspondent Paul Hudson reported, the warmest year recorded globally “was not in 2008 or 2007, but 1998.” It’s true, he continued, “For the last 11 years, we have not observed any increase in global temperatures.”
On the Fox News snub
I’m surprised that we haven’t had anyone on here chime in on the Fox News snub by all things Obama. Like our own DFV the Scribe, Obama and Co. have had a hard time distinguishing between the actual news shows (Special Report and their evening news) and the prime time opinion shows (Beck, O’Reilley and Hannity). And because the opinion shows don’t fawn over Obama, Democrats are threatening to abandon the network. When Obama does the media tour, appearing on five Sunday shows in September to push health care, but snubs Chris Wallace, he demonstrates his willingness and ability to lash out at anyone that doesn’t ‘get with the program.’ And when the President of the United States lashes out at networks or media, we creep ever closer to the Sedition Acts of John Adams’ days.
When MoveOn encourages all Democrats to abandon Fox News, one can easily laugh it off. After all, the horses asses that brought us “General Betray Us” deserve about as much respect as the clowns that staged the balloon boy incident. But be wary if the anti-Fox chorus continues to grow. Jacob Weisberg of Newsweek thinks exactly the way MoveOn does. In his most recent column, Weisberg tells his readers that “respectable journalists” like Mara Liasson should stop appearing on Fox News. He whines that Fox News is too slanted and argues that the only elixer to the problem is for Dems to stop appearing on Fox News. Apparently Wiesberg wants Fox to be more slanted!
The irony to all this is that when Democrats are not the party in power, they seek more dialogue. They love to espouse bi-partisanship and have a knack for getting out the message through the ‘grass roots.’ But now that they are in power, they want to paint the opposition as factually wrong. They challenge credibility. They launch assaults on those that are not loyal. They desire equal time-all the time. And they seek to destroy those that won’t act as the administration mouthpiece. But if you give Obama an hour long special on health care or let him appear on your network’s late night variety show, you’re golden.
I don’t have a problem with Obama and the left using the bully pulpit to abandon Fox News. They have ended up looking small and thin-skinned. But can we at least not pretend that the other networks are bastions of objective reporting?
Random thought on the current state of health care reform
I don’t know why, but for me this summed up my feelings on the current state of health care reform.
Remember, history is calling – and voice mail is not an option.
Non-Black Homecoming Queen At Black University Appeals To Obama
Apparently there are limits to multiculturalism on campus:
Note the sour pusses on the sisters to the right.
From the WaPo:
HAMPTON, Va. — Nikole Churchill, a tall, thin woman with long, dark hair, was named homecoming queen at historically black Hampton University last week. The next day, she appeared with her court at the football game against Howard University, another historically black school.
All this would be unremarkable except that Churchill is the first homecoming queen at Hampton who is not black. That apparently did not sit well with a handful of people at the game, who heckled the senior nursing major.
This bit of unpleasantness, along with similar comments online, might have passed unnoticed except for what Churchill did next. She posted a public letter to President Obama on a Web site asking him to visit the campus and help with her predicament.
“I feel as though you could relate to my situation,” wrote Churchill, 22, who grew up in Hawaii and performed a hula as her beauty pageant talent. “I am hoping that perhaps you would be able to make an appearance to my campus, Hampton University, so that my fellow Hamptonians can stop focusing so much on the color of my skin and doubting my abilities to represent” the school.
Obama hasn’t responded, but the school, established in 1868 to educate freed slaves, has become embroiled in a discussion about race, the role of historically black colleges and alternatives to mainstream definitions of beauty.
Obama won’t commit to Afghanistan, why do they think he’ll come to the rescue of this one college chick?
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