The title of a newly released book, Don't Vote-It Just Encourages the Bastards, seems to capture the frustration of many from both sides of the political spectrum this year. But the jest of that title could also apply to the concept of responding to a Leonard Pitts column. Particularly his last minute October attempt earlier this week, to cast dispersions on anyone with an R before their name, and to toss a life buoy to the desperate passengers who are jumping off of the USS Demo-lation before its Davey Jones 1102 Express ride.
Calling Republicans "dumb" is a rite of passage for any up and coming liberal worth his smugness, and George Bush is exhibit A. As they say, "if you throw enough poop against the wall, some of it is going to stick". How else do you explain the perception that a Ph.D. from Harvard with a double digit higher grade point average than his 2004 presidential race opponent, is a moron? Or, that his opponent is a genius?
Why does George Bush's Texas drawl induced pronunciation of certain words, such as "nuclear", elicit mockery among the national press while Barrack Obama gets a pass as he refers to our "57" states and praises our marine "corpse" (Sigmund, are you listening?)
Pitts followed the left's play book obediently by reaching back to take a swipe at Bush, but his sites this week then turned to a woman named Christine O'Donnell. For those North Carolinians who may not be familiar with her, there's good reason. It's because she's running for a US Senate seat....in Delaware. But she's kind of goofy, naive..you know,"out there". In short, she's the perfect face to be the Republican moron/boogy man this year, and she's soft spoken and meekish. Fishing-in-a-barrel for a sophisto like Pitts.
FYI, little known O'Donnell won the Republican nomination for US Senate back in the spring primary. Miracle? Well, yea. When Karl "Rasputin" Rove said a few pesimistic words about Ms. O'Donnell's election chances, the architect of the evil Bush Empire suddenly morphed into a beautiful butterfly of bipartisanship in Democrat eyes.
And when O'Donnell mentioned, correctly, that the phrase "separation of church and state" doesn't actually appear anywhere in the US Constitution, copies of that document starting dropping from the sky in portions that made fishes and loaves seem like cocktail weenies, and the dread fear of liberals being strapped upside down on a flat board while Franciscan monks sift the ashes of burned Billy Graham sermon transcripts onto their faces through cheese cloth dipped in holy water spread over the land like a fresh shipment of Duncan Yo-Yo's. Miracle light, maybe?
Although O'Donnell doesn't seem to be the sharpest tool in the shed, Pitts failed to mention a similar, previously unknown, Democrat counterpart. The South Carolina Democrat senate nominee and ignoramus, Alvin Greene, was elected by uninformed intellectual zombies who were trained to put a mark on the first name beside a "D" on the ballot.
O'Donnell, on the other hand, won the nomination with eyes wide open. In fact, her Republican primary opponent was sitting US House Representative Mike Castle, and considered a sure thing for the Senate seat. The problem for Delaware conservatives was that Rep. Castle has repeatedly voted lockstep with Democrats, and that a compromise with madness is...madness.
Republicans may not pick up the Delaware Senate seat on Tuesday, but electing Mike Castle wouldn't have achieved a desired result either. The up side here is that any Dem-lite Republicans still standing after Tuesday just might get the message. Two years pass quickly these days.
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Saturday, October 23, 2010
Fahrenheit 1102
Once again, an isolated event out in middle America draws the nation’s attention and puts a spotlight on our real underlying problems. In a nutshell, a rural area over in Tennessee was without any organized fire department and a neighboring town offered protection to homeowners for a mere $75 per year. One particular fellow chose not to pay for the protection, and his house caught on fire.
Pretty simple, eh? Well no, no, no, there smolder breath, because the fire department came out to protect the next door neighbor who, as it turns out, did pay for the protection, and watched as the deadbeat’s house burned to the ground. And that’s when things really started to heat up.
This is probably going to come as a shock but, opinions about what the firemen should have done lined up along political lines. Generally, conservatives thought they behaved properly while liberal Democrats thought that the firemen should have extinguished the fire, and pointed out that the remorseful deadbeat even offered to pay up, right on the spot!
I guess the real question here is, “Where do you draw the line?” Indeed, in a time of trillion-dollar government bailouts, just when is enough?
We now have over 42 million citizens receiving food stamps. Is that enough? Apparently not, because people who make $20,000 a year pay no taxes and only get “refund” checks of $5,200. What, no menthol?
We now have an $870 billion dollar “stimulus” program. Is that enough? Apparently not, because President Obama has requested yet another $80 billion for “infrastructure.” (This is different from the original “infrastructure” stimulus request.)
Recent reports show that 89,000 dead people got a $250 “stimulus” check last year. Is that enough? Apparently not, because now we find that several million dollars of overpayment was sent out by our state government for unemployment insurance payment. (No worries … no civil servant lost their job in either instance.)
President Obama claims that Republicans are receiving campaign donations from foreign donors. Is that enough foreign influence? Apparently not, because he doesn’t seem to mind using foreign systems to base how our legal system should function. Apparently not, because he thinks we should tailor our foreign policy on what foreign governments prefer. Apparently not, since he prevents Arizona from stopping foreigners from making a mockery of our borders, and from protecting the jobs and benefits of our citizens.
Once again this year, seniors have been told they won’t be getting a cost of living increase in their so-called Social Security checks. Are seniors who have worked their whole lives and paid their hard-earned wages into a Ponzi scheme getting enough? Apparently so, since we have funds to spend $850 million dollars on a health-care-legislation mandated study to find out if washing the penis, after sex, of a male (I assume) in Africa will prevent AIDS. And, since we have funds for the “people’s” cell phone program, and for all the other surprises we are finding, now that our Democrat Congress finally has time to read the legislation that they rammed down our throats.
When the lifeboat finally reaches capacity, will it be enough to take in the “one more” passenger that sinks us all? Does your behavior matter? There’s going to be some houses burning down as we make difficult decisions. The question is, will they be from choice, or because we no longer have a choice.
Pretty simple, eh? Well no, no, no, there smolder breath, because the fire department came out to protect the next door neighbor who, as it turns out, did pay for the protection, and watched as the deadbeat’s house burned to the ground. And that’s when things really started to heat up.
This is probably going to come as a shock but, opinions about what the firemen should have done lined up along political lines. Generally, conservatives thought they behaved properly while liberal Democrats thought that the firemen should have extinguished the fire, and pointed out that the remorseful deadbeat even offered to pay up, right on the spot!
I guess the real question here is, “Where do you draw the line?” Indeed, in a time of trillion-dollar government bailouts, just when is enough?
We now have over 42 million citizens receiving food stamps. Is that enough? Apparently not, because people who make $20,000 a year pay no taxes and only get “refund” checks of $5,200. What, no menthol?
We now have an $870 billion dollar “stimulus” program. Is that enough? Apparently not, because President Obama has requested yet another $80 billion for “infrastructure.” (This is different from the original “infrastructure” stimulus request.)
Recent reports show that 89,000 dead people got a $250 “stimulus” check last year. Is that enough? Apparently not, because now we find that several million dollars of overpayment was sent out by our state government for unemployment insurance payment. (No worries … no civil servant lost their job in either instance.)
President Obama claims that Republicans are receiving campaign donations from foreign donors. Is that enough foreign influence? Apparently not, because he doesn’t seem to mind using foreign systems to base how our legal system should function. Apparently not, because he thinks we should tailor our foreign policy on what foreign governments prefer. Apparently not, since he prevents Arizona from stopping foreigners from making a mockery of our borders, and from protecting the jobs and benefits of our citizens.
Once again this year, seniors have been told they won’t be getting a cost of living increase in their so-called Social Security checks. Are seniors who have worked their whole lives and paid their hard-earned wages into a Ponzi scheme getting enough? Apparently so, since we have funds to spend $850 million dollars on a health-care-legislation mandated study to find out if washing the penis, after sex, of a male (I assume) in Africa will prevent AIDS. And, since we have funds for the “people’s” cell phone program, and for all the other surprises we are finding, now that our Democrat Congress finally has time to read the legislation that they rammed down our throats.
When the lifeboat finally reaches capacity, will it be enough to take in the “one more” passenger that sinks us all? Does your behavior matter? There’s going to be some houses burning down as we make difficult decisions. The question is, will they be from choice, or because we no longer have a choice.
Well I Studied at Juilliard
I saw a newsflash last week revealing a new survey that indicates the “rich” are getting richer, and the “poor” are getting poorer. Yea, right. Next, I suppose some joker will be trying to get us to believe that smokers have a higher instance of lung cancer, married citizens who cheat on their spouse have higher divorce rates and folks who smoke dope every day are having difficulty getting a good job!
In this report, the communist-in-socalist-clothing and former Secretary of Labor for President Clinton, Robert Reich, noted that the top five stock fund managers last year made a billion dollars each and wondered how many teachers we could have employed with those earnings. Education is a major concern for Reich. In fact, though great personal sacrifice, he resisted the temptation to enter the private business world to actually participate in labor, and has spent his entire career in academia. And between writing “how to” business books, he has been helping our governmental institutions to ... well, to do that voo doo, that they do: govern!
Gee, now he tells us! According to Reich’s calculations, if only Bill Gates had slept in, then we could have had an extra $80 billion dollars to pay for more teachers. If Tiger Woods would just ease off a bit, then $200 million a year could be funneled into the control of “experts” who know best how to spend someone else’s moola.
In fact, all of you uncaring idiots who get up every morning and show up at your job should be ashamed. Go to a mirror right now and practice looking ashamed because YOU are depriving your indolent brothers and sisters what is rightfully their due. Your earnings would automatically go to the more deserving by default, if you weren’t so selfish.
Thank the good Lord that we have a man in the White House today who understands that our system has created such misery, not only here at home, but all throughout the world. Our President Obama knows all too well how badly we need to be lead out from the “valley greed created” and, to correct the mistakes of our foolish forefathers.
Thank God that President Obama knows that we need to destroy the evil capitalists so we can finally have “decent pay and good jobs, our jobs.” Give thanks above on this Sabbath that our President Obama understands that we need to atone for our indiscretions from when we butted in on European affairs back in 1941. Be thankful that our President Obama understands that we owe the rest of the world an apology for a system that has produced the misery of electric power, the confining constraints of self-propelled transportation and the decadent luxury of sit-down toilets.
But mainly today, give thanks that the little sawed-off, 4-foot, 10-inch Robert Reich, was able to look up to another champion of “education,” the 5-foot, 4-inch murdering Joseph Stalin. And that there are at least a few among us who understand that the problem with education in this country today has nothing to do with those who drop out of the system before the really smart ones begin their lectures.
In this report, the communist-in-socalist-clothing and former Secretary of Labor for President Clinton, Robert Reich, noted that the top five stock fund managers last year made a billion dollars each and wondered how many teachers we could have employed with those earnings. Education is a major concern for Reich. In fact, though great personal sacrifice, he resisted the temptation to enter the private business world to actually participate in labor, and has spent his entire career in academia. And between writing “how to” business books, he has been helping our governmental institutions to ... well, to do that voo doo, that they do: govern!
Gee, now he tells us! According to Reich’s calculations, if only Bill Gates had slept in, then we could have had an extra $80 billion dollars to pay for more teachers. If Tiger Woods would just ease off a bit, then $200 million a year could be funneled into the control of “experts” who know best how to spend someone else’s moola.
In fact, all of you uncaring idiots who get up every morning and show up at your job should be ashamed. Go to a mirror right now and practice looking ashamed because YOU are depriving your indolent brothers and sisters what is rightfully their due. Your earnings would automatically go to the more deserving by default, if you weren’t so selfish.
Thank the good Lord that we have a man in the White House today who understands that our system has created such misery, not only here at home, but all throughout the world. Our President Obama knows all too well how badly we need to be lead out from the “valley greed created” and, to correct the mistakes of our foolish forefathers.
Thank God that President Obama knows that we need to destroy the evil capitalists so we can finally have “decent pay and good jobs, our jobs.” Give thanks above on this Sabbath that our President Obama understands that we need to atone for our indiscretions from when we butted in on European affairs back in 1941. Be thankful that our President Obama understands that we owe the rest of the world an apology for a system that has produced the misery of electric power, the confining constraints of self-propelled transportation and the decadent luxury of sit-down toilets.
But mainly today, give thanks that the little sawed-off, 4-foot, 10-inch Robert Reich, was able to look up to another champion of “education,” the 5-foot, 4-inch murdering Joseph Stalin. And that there are at least a few among us who understand that the problem with education in this country today has nothing to do with those who drop out of the system before the really smart ones begin their lectures.
Hey, Put a Sock In It
Last year, an incident around Boston involving a black man who was arrested for breaking into his own house quickly picked up national press coverage and our president blurted out that the white policeman who made the arrest acted stupidly, before knowledge of the details.
A couple of weeks ago, an angry mob tore though the city of Oakland, Calif., smashing windows and looting businesses in their path. The Obama administration’s Justice Department immediately launched an investigation ... into a recent racially charged jury trial there whose verdict apparently upset the rioters to a point where they felt compelled to steal other people’s property.
After two decades of waiting in vain for the federal government to enforce our immigration laws and protect its citizens, the state of Arizona recently passed legislation authorizing its own law enforcement agencies to do the job. Although the Arizona law merely mimicked the current federal law, our president labeled it as racist, admittedly before even reading the document.
This month, it was revealed that a group calling itself the New Black Panthers (as opposed to the organization of murdering thugs known simply as the Black Panthers) was indicted after the 2008 elections for voter intimidation because some of their members stood outside of voting places while holding clubs and threatening would-be voters with taunts about what would happen to white people after Obama is elected. Even though the episode was caught on film and was a slam dunk prosecution, the Obama Justice Department dismissed the charges and purportedly instructed the staff not to prosecute any racial intimidation charges involving black citizens.
A Tea Party billboard in Iowa was unveiled recently portraying Adolf Hitler, Comrade Lenin and Obama as socialists ... and was immediately pronounced as racist. In fact, the whole Tea Party movement has been declared as a racist organization although any evidence supporting that claim has failed to materialize, even with a $100,000 reward being offered to produce film of such activity.
Finally, as I write this, word is coming in about a black USDA administrator who was fired for making racist remarks in public when, in fact, she was making a speech promoting racial reconciliation. So impetuous was the Obama administration that they made the woman pull her car to the side of the road and send in her resignation over the phone.
Of course, I didn’t support Obama in the last election. But I suspect that my feelings after his election were similar to others on the losing side in that I took consolation in believing that at least we could start to put aside our racial accusations in this country and be done with the particularly disgusting spectacle of men professing to represent the Prince of Peace while they spew hate and envy like pus from a festering sore. But it seems to be getting worse.
I suppose one could arguably claim that many of our current problems are not completely of Obama’s making, but not this one. Either Obama has been crying “wolf” to distract the public from his poor job performance results, or he really is pathetically insecure in his own skin. If it’s the former, then it is what it is. But if it’s some inferiority complex banging around between those ears of his, then maybe he should start dealing with the thickness of his skin rather than the color.
A couple of weeks ago, an angry mob tore though the city of Oakland, Calif., smashing windows and looting businesses in their path. The Obama administration’s Justice Department immediately launched an investigation ... into a recent racially charged jury trial there whose verdict apparently upset the rioters to a point where they felt compelled to steal other people’s property.
After two decades of waiting in vain for the federal government to enforce our immigration laws and protect its citizens, the state of Arizona recently passed legislation authorizing its own law enforcement agencies to do the job. Although the Arizona law merely mimicked the current federal law, our president labeled it as racist, admittedly before even reading the document.
This month, it was revealed that a group calling itself the New Black Panthers (as opposed to the organization of murdering thugs known simply as the Black Panthers) was indicted after the 2008 elections for voter intimidation because some of their members stood outside of voting places while holding clubs and threatening would-be voters with taunts about what would happen to white people after Obama is elected. Even though the episode was caught on film and was a slam dunk prosecution, the Obama Justice Department dismissed the charges and purportedly instructed the staff not to prosecute any racial intimidation charges involving black citizens.
A Tea Party billboard in Iowa was unveiled recently portraying Adolf Hitler, Comrade Lenin and Obama as socialists ... and was immediately pronounced as racist. In fact, the whole Tea Party movement has been declared as a racist organization although any evidence supporting that claim has failed to materialize, even with a $100,000 reward being offered to produce film of such activity.
Finally, as I write this, word is coming in about a black USDA administrator who was fired for making racist remarks in public when, in fact, she was making a speech promoting racial reconciliation. So impetuous was the Obama administration that they made the woman pull her car to the side of the road and send in her resignation over the phone.
Of course, I didn’t support Obama in the last election. But I suspect that my feelings after his election were similar to others on the losing side in that I took consolation in believing that at least we could start to put aside our racial accusations in this country and be done with the particularly disgusting spectacle of men professing to represent the Prince of Peace while they spew hate and envy like pus from a festering sore. But it seems to be getting worse.
I suppose one could arguably claim that many of our current problems are not completely of Obama’s making, but not this one. Either Obama has been crying “wolf” to distract the public from his poor job performance results, or he really is pathetically insecure in his own skin. If it’s the former, then it is what it is. But if it’s some inferiority complex banging around between those ears of his, then maybe he should start dealing with the thickness of his skin rather than the color.
High Tea at High Noon
I always look forward to summer vacation, but this year I returned from a few days off to find that the HPE Opinion page had been taken over by leftist propagandists.
I think “propaganda” is a proper word to describe tactics that use false “facts” to support one’s position, whether it’s the result of an intention to deceive, or just simple ignorance.
With the Left, it’s often difficult to make that distinction, but as I was reading my way through the pile of accumulated newspapers, the first ditty I noticed was an article offering tips to the Republican Party to help them in the coming elections. It warned the Grand Old Party about the dangers of getting too cozy with the “wild sides” of the Tea Party and its “reputation for being extremists.” You know about the Tea Party, don’t you? It’s that group of folks who get together with their families and dress up like characters from our colonial period, and make catchy cardboard signs and spout out dangerous ideas. Like quotes from our Declaration of Independence, our Constitution and our Bill of Rights, and ideas about individual freedom and liberty. Worthy of concern, for sure.
Of course, it’s beside the point that the so-called Tea Party consists primarily of folks who are dissatisfied with the Republican (and Democrat) Party to begin with.
Other helpful suggestions for the GOP recently included advice to always ride on the fox’s nose if you should accept a ride across a stream from the furry little fellow, because that’s the only way to make sure you won’t get wet. And, if you’re opposition proposes to jump off the rotunda of the Capitol building, then go ahead and jump. Otherwise, you risk being labeled as the “party of no.”
Or, is that the party of “know”? Because anyone who has watched the video of Nancy Pelosi stuttering through an explanation of why Democrats needed to pass the health care legislation before they read it, could reasonably conclude that such a preening ignoramus is the leader for the opposition party of “don’t know.”
In another recent “party of don’t know” example, the writer claimed that conservatives “planned to eliminate Medicare and Social Security” and used the story about an impoverished senior citizen who was reduced to eating cat food for survival.
Nice try, except conservatives merely want the opportunity to choose their own retirement investments, rather than be required to participate in the current folly that won’t even be able to pay the meager promised amounts, much less a living income. By the way, the story about eating cat food was originally used to make just that point, because the particular senior of interest was trying to survive on her monthly Social Security check.
But, it wasn’t all bad news for conservatives. One Lefty told how to trick liberals into buying stuff they don’t want. Apparently, all we have to do is charge them double what something is worth and then they will buy it “on sale.” And, another writer claimed that since most Hollywood actors are liberal and belong to unions, then liberals are pro business. Well, that may be true since $12 to see a movie does seem like something that Obama should be controlling. But then the writer went on to admit that liberals are for equality, protection of individual rights, due process, inalienable rights, democracy and ... say, wait just a minute.
You know, I’m still thinking as I write this because my deadline is nearing, but that first writer may have a point about those sneaky Tea Baggers, after all. I’ll get back to you.
I think “propaganda” is a proper word to describe tactics that use false “facts” to support one’s position, whether it’s the result of an intention to deceive, or just simple ignorance.
With the Left, it’s often difficult to make that distinction, but as I was reading my way through the pile of accumulated newspapers, the first ditty I noticed was an article offering tips to the Republican Party to help them in the coming elections. It warned the Grand Old Party about the dangers of getting too cozy with the “wild sides” of the Tea Party and its “reputation for being extremists.” You know about the Tea Party, don’t you? It’s that group of folks who get together with their families and dress up like characters from our colonial period, and make catchy cardboard signs and spout out dangerous ideas. Like quotes from our Declaration of Independence, our Constitution and our Bill of Rights, and ideas about individual freedom and liberty. Worthy of concern, for sure.
Of course, it’s beside the point that the so-called Tea Party consists primarily of folks who are dissatisfied with the Republican (and Democrat) Party to begin with.
Other helpful suggestions for the GOP recently included advice to always ride on the fox’s nose if you should accept a ride across a stream from the furry little fellow, because that’s the only way to make sure you won’t get wet. And, if you’re opposition proposes to jump off the rotunda of the Capitol building, then go ahead and jump. Otherwise, you risk being labeled as the “party of no.”
Or, is that the party of “know”? Because anyone who has watched the video of Nancy Pelosi stuttering through an explanation of why Democrats needed to pass the health care legislation before they read it, could reasonably conclude that such a preening ignoramus is the leader for the opposition party of “don’t know.”
In another recent “party of don’t know” example, the writer claimed that conservatives “planned to eliminate Medicare and Social Security” and used the story about an impoverished senior citizen who was reduced to eating cat food for survival.
Nice try, except conservatives merely want the opportunity to choose their own retirement investments, rather than be required to participate in the current folly that won’t even be able to pay the meager promised amounts, much less a living income. By the way, the story about eating cat food was originally used to make just that point, because the particular senior of interest was trying to survive on her monthly Social Security check.
But, it wasn’t all bad news for conservatives. One Lefty told how to trick liberals into buying stuff they don’t want. Apparently, all we have to do is charge them double what something is worth and then they will buy it “on sale.” And, another writer claimed that since most Hollywood actors are liberal and belong to unions, then liberals are pro business. Well, that may be true since $12 to see a movie does seem like something that Obama should be controlling. But then the writer went on to admit that liberals are for equality, protection of individual rights, due process, inalienable rights, democracy and ... say, wait just a minute.
You know, I’m still thinking as I write this because my deadline is nearing, but that first writer may have a point about those sneaky Tea Baggers, after all. I’ll get back to you.
It's the Constitution Stupid
By the time you read this, it’s possible that some resolution will have been found to the controversy swirling around plans to build a Muslim mosque in New York City near ground zero. But, like many things in life, what has been uncovered by the main event is the real story. And that would be the stupidity of the American public.
You would think that by now, everyone in this country would have heard of the U.S. Constitution. But, once again, the American public doesn’t understand why they are supposed to stand idly by while a bunch of organized undesirables poop on their front door step and then rub their noses in it. It’s a big DUH! but, fortunately, this newspaper is allowing me to explain it all to you today and it all revolves around a little piece of paper called the Constitution. You see, our Constitution guarantees a number of “rights,” and when you decide that you want to do something disgusting, then you just pick a number. I’m not sure which number will be used in this matter but, picking a number is part of the fun anyway.
Getting back to our lesson, I do know it has to do with religious freedom because I remember a couple of lawyers over in Thomasville saying that as they were trying to chisel the Ten Commandments off of every flat surface in the county. Shoot, without that Constitution we wouldn’t have been able to have our government support the pious (and starving) artists who gave us such masterpieces as a sculpture of Christ on a cross sticking in a jar of urine, a portrait of Jesus with a bullwhip protruding from his posterior and a rendering of the Mother Mary made out of cow dung. In fact, I believe that purchasers of these works got a free cap snaffler embossed with the Constitution, as a bonus. Hopefully, you are starting to understand religious freedom here in America.
And another number apparently has to do with democracy. Now pay attention, because this one is really tricky. You see, if 7 million people in California vote to define marriage as a union between one man and one woman, then that’s mob rule. Get it? Wow, this is going to be more difficult than I thought. OK, if Congress passes a law that makes it a crime to claim you earned medals in the armed services, when you actually didn’t, then that’s unconstitutional. Wait a minute, I think that’s another number that deals with free speech. But that doesn’t matter because it’s kind of the same thing and, as I said, it is tricky.
Moving along to the next number, we’ll touch briefly on separation of state and federal power. If you’re just a state, you have to be patient while hordes invade your borders because the federal courts will throw several of those numbers at you at the same time.
But if you’re a big shot with the federal government, say someone like the president, then you can shoot your mouth off about anytime you feel like it. You can take other peoples’ property and give it away to others and, even when you can’t make someone do what you want them to do, you can make them wish that they had.
This may take another session but, to sum it all up, it’s a numbers game up in Capital City, and I hope I have helped some of you deal with the frustration of it all. My advice is to go out and buy a good calculator. It will help you with this and it will be good for the economy as well.
* This course has been being taught to Americans for about two years now and a new Obama popularity poll shows that 56 percent of the students are finally “getting it.”
You would think that by now, everyone in this country would have heard of the U.S. Constitution. But, once again, the American public doesn’t understand why they are supposed to stand idly by while a bunch of organized undesirables poop on their front door step and then rub their noses in it. It’s a big DUH! but, fortunately, this newspaper is allowing me to explain it all to you today and it all revolves around a little piece of paper called the Constitution. You see, our Constitution guarantees a number of “rights,” and when you decide that you want to do something disgusting, then you just pick a number. I’m not sure which number will be used in this matter but, picking a number is part of the fun anyway.
Getting back to our lesson, I do know it has to do with religious freedom because I remember a couple of lawyers over in Thomasville saying that as they were trying to chisel the Ten Commandments off of every flat surface in the county. Shoot, without that Constitution we wouldn’t have been able to have our government support the pious (and starving) artists who gave us such masterpieces as a sculpture of Christ on a cross sticking in a jar of urine, a portrait of Jesus with a bullwhip protruding from his posterior and a rendering of the Mother Mary made out of cow dung. In fact, I believe that purchasers of these works got a free cap snaffler embossed with the Constitution, as a bonus. Hopefully, you are starting to understand religious freedom here in America.
And another number apparently has to do with democracy. Now pay attention, because this one is really tricky. You see, if 7 million people in California vote to define marriage as a union between one man and one woman, then that’s mob rule. Get it? Wow, this is going to be more difficult than I thought. OK, if Congress passes a law that makes it a crime to claim you earned medals in the armed services, when you actually didn’t, then that’s unconstitutional. Wait a minute, I think that’s another number that deals with free speech. But that doesn’t matter because it’s kind of the same thing and, as I said, it is tricky.
Moving along to the next number, we’ll touch briefly on separation of state and federal power. If you’re just a state, you have to be patient while hordes invade your borders because the federal courts will throw several of those numbers at you at the same time.
But if you’re a big shot with the federal government, say someone like the president, then you can shoot your mouth off about anytime you feel like it. You can take other peoples’ property and give it away to others and, even when you can’t make someone do what you want them to do, you can make them wish that they had.
This may take another session but, to sum it all up, it’s a numbers game up in Capital City, and I hope I have helped some of you deal with the frustration of it all. My advice is to go out and buy a good calculator. It will help you with this and it will be good for the economy as well.
* This course has been being taught to Americans for about two years now and a new Obama popularity poll shows that 56 percent of the students are finally “getting it.”
Time Off For Good Labor
There is a scene in the beginning of the movie, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, where the title characters are fleeing a posse and find themselves trapped on a ledge, with the only escape being to jump 100 feet off into a shallow stream.
When the Kid hesitates, Cassidy asks why. The Kid then confides that he can’t swim. Cassidy responds, “Swim? Hell, the fall will probably kill you!”
Well, that’s similar to this biweekly Paul Revere ride/rant. Even if someone hears the warning, we’re probably way past the point of no return anyway. But since quitters are guaranteed losers, and because life often seems to be just one big crap shoot anywhoo, please watch for the lanterns one more time.
Let’s begin with the illumination of a recent report revealing that federal employees averaged $123,049 in total compensation for 2009, while the private sector (and from whose taxes provide that federal compensation) received just $61,051. The last time I remember seeing that light was when I realized, at 16, that North Carolina workers earning $10,000 per year were trying to buy automobiles made by Michigan workers earning $50,000. There’s an old saying about inmates running the asylum, and another statistic shows that federal employees vote overwhelmingly Democrat, but you can draw your own conclusions.
Besides, it’s possible that federal employees are worth more anyway. I know they must be stressed out at their jobs because you can tell by the performance. Take poor old Democrat Rep. Charlie Rangle from New York, for example. This man is charged with the task of making sure everyone is patriotic and pays their taxes properly. He has been such a workaholic that he completely forgot to mention that he owns a bunch of resort properties down in the Caribbean and didn’t even have time to report his rental income from them for the past 20 years. Now, that’s dedication.
And there’s Democrat Rep. Maxine Waters from California, who is responsible for making sure everyone in the federal government is ethical. I’m pretty sure the reading public understands the workload that job requires in Washington, D.C., but this woman was so swamped that she completely forgot that her husband was on the board of a failing bank that she thought needed some legal influence from her office. I guess you could say that being a federal employee is just like owning your own business because they all seem to be taking their work home with them.
Apparently, the job gets more demanding as the pay grade rises. At least we working stiffs get to relax and have a couple of beers when the whistle blows, but the big guy has to drink his beer with work guys, and on TV to boot! And, he has to treat the bitter, Bible-clinging Christians just like he does the constitutionally protected Muslims.
The big guy’s family pays a price, too. For example, the First Lady has to set the tone for the nation and put her personal life on hold. When we are struggling along as a nation, it gives us an inspirational boost when we see our leaders sacrifice, so she went along with the plan to pal around with Spanish royalty for a week, and then go down to the redneck Rivera on the Gulf before she finally got to take a real vacation.
They’re swamped! And speaking of swamped, all of these Democrat public servants had the additional responsibility of helping Nancy Pelosi keep her promise to drain the congressional swamp of the mean Republicans. I know we can’t afford to give these public servants a pay raise right now but they do deserve something. Maybe some time off.
OK, let’s get this right: One, if by land. Two, if ...
When the Kid hesitates, Cassidy asks why. The Kid then confides that he can’t swim. Cassidy responds, “Swim? Hell, the fall will probably kill you!”
Well, that’s similar to this biweekly Paul Revere ride/rant. Even if someone hears the warning, we’re probably way past the point of no return anyway. But since quitters are guaranteed losers, and because life often seems to be just one big crap shoot anywhoo, please watch for the lanterns one more time.
Let’s begin with the illumination of a recent report revealing that federal employees averaged $123,049 in total compensation for 2009, while the private sector (and from whose taxes provide that federal compensation) received just $61,051. The last time I remember seeing that light was when I realized, at 16, that North Carolina workers earning $10,000 per year were trying to buy automobiles made by Michigan workers earning $50,000. There’s an old saying about inmates running the asylum, and another statistic shows that federal employees vote overwhelmingly Democrat, but you can draw your own conclusions.
Besides, it’s possible that federal employees are worth more anyway. I know they must be stressed out at their jobs because you can tell by the performance. Take poor old Democrat Rep. Charlie Rangle from New York, for example. This man is charged with the task of making sure everyone is patriotic and pays their taxes properly. He has been such a workaholic that he completely forgot to mention that he owns a bunch of resort properties down in the Caribbean and didn’t even have time to report his rental income from them for the past 20 years. Now, that’s dedication.
And there’s Democrat Rep. Maxine Waters from California, who is responsible for making sure everyone in the federal government is ethical. I’m pretty sure the reading public understands the workload that job requires in Washington, D.C., but this woman was so swamped that she completely forgot that her husband was on the board of a failing bank that she thought needed some legal influence from her office. I guess you could say that being a federal employee is just like owning your own business because they all seem to be taking their work home with them.
Apparently, the job gets more demanding as the pay grade rises. At least we working stiffs get to relax and have a couple of beers when the whistle blows, but the big guy has to drink his beer with work guys, and on TV to boot! And, he has to treat the bitter, Bible-clinging Christians just like he does the constitutionally protected Muslims.
The big guy’s family pays a price, too. For example, the First Lady has to set the tone for the nation and put her personal life on hold. When we are struggling along as a nation, it gives us an inspirational boost when we see our leaders sacrifice, so she went along with the plan to pal around with Spanish royalty for a week, and then go down to the redneck Rivera on the Gulf before she finally got to take a real vacation.
They’re swamped! And speaking of swamped, all of these Democrat public servants had the additional responsibility of helping Nancy Pelosi keep her promise to drain the congressional swamp of the mean Republicans. I know we can’t afford to give these public servants a pay raise right now but they do deserve something. Maybe some time off.
OK, let’s get this right: One, if by land. Two, if ...
Invasion of the Culture Snatchers
The fact that threatening to burn a book down in Florida would cause such a disproportionate worldwide reaction by the “peaceful religion” of Islam tells us much more about the people who revere that book than it does about the obscure, misguided pawn who planned to burn a stack of Qurans last weekend. But, more relevant to what it means to our society is the reaction of our own leaders and citizenry.
For those who may not know, the Quran bonfire was planned after several weeks of controversy about building an Islamic mosque adjacent to the former site of the destroyed World Trade Center in New York. What’s interesting here is the different attitudes of our president and his pack of liberal sheep for the two issues.
When the public demanded a response from Obama about the planned mosque, he responded with a speech in which he half mockingly tried to make moral equivalency between Christianity and Islam by using verse from the Old Testament. “How about an eye for an eye?” he baited. “Should Muslims assume Christianity to be peaceful from that?” he asked. (You see O, there was this guy named Jesus that ... never mind, you’re a Christian so you know the tale) And of course, his liberal followers reminded us of our constitutional rights and “freedom of religion.”
Enter the Quran burning preacher and all hell breaks loose. Now, we send down the attorney general to stop it. Now, the secretary of state, Hillary Clinton, pressures the Rev. Now, Gen. Petraeus flies over to pressure the man. Now, the FBI comes calling. Burning Bibles and our flag are different. And now, it’s no longer a constitutional issue but rather, yelling fire in a crowded theater.
Well, apparently one man’s fire in a theater is another man’s flashlight. And besides, that’s not the real issue anyway. And, it’s not about what Obama’s religion is (if he even has one). And it’s not even a matter of constitutional rights, or even moral high ground.
The real issue here is where we are as a society. How is it that women in our society can sit quietly by as Islam is defended here by our misguided liberals? How do they square honor killings, female genitalia mutilations, young Muslim girls mysteriously falling from high rise balconies and death sentences for adultery with their women’s lib and equality spiel?
Moreover, how do liberals justify their appeasement of these barbarians? Their hallowed Europe is already lost. The capital city of the European Union is already governed by a Muslim majority. And their birth rate demographics indicate Muslims will be a voting majority in our lifetime. But forget about them and ask yourself this about our own society; What is the difference between Sharia law, and the point to where mediation and appeasement between Islam and the rest of our society becomes the dominant political process?
Wake up! Because we’re there folks. That preacher striking out down in Florida was nothing more than a man thrashing around while he is being suffocated by the fluffy pillow of multiculturalism. We’ve sat by as liberals have told us we are no good and that we are destroying the planet while the real villains move under the cover of our faux guilt.
We have an election coming up in a few weeks. You can set home while these misguided ignoramuses destroy everything our forefathers sacrificed and died for, or you can become an army of one and stop this madness. It’s your choice because it’s a free country, for now.
Read more: High Point Enterprise - STEVE BRYANT Invasion of the culture snatchers
For those who may not know, the Quran bonfire was planned after several weeks of controversy about building an Islamic mosque adjacent to the former site of the destroyed World Trade Center in New York. What’s interesting here is the different attitudes of our president and his pack of liberal sheep for the two issues.
When the public demanded a response from Obama about the planned mosque, he responded with a speech in which he half mockingly tried to make moral equivalency between Christianity and Islam by using verse from the Old Testament. “How about an eye for an eye?” he baited. “Should Muslims assume Christianity to be peaceful from that?” he asked. (You see O, there was this guy named Jesus that ... never mind, you’re a Christian so you know the tale) And of course, his liberal followers reminded us of our constitutional rights and “freedom of religion.”
Enter the Quran burning preacher and all hell breaks loose. Now, we send down the attorney general to stop it. Now, the secretary of state, Hillary Clinton, pressures the Rev. Now, Gen. Petraeus flies over to pressure the man. Now, the FBI comes calling. Burning Bibles and our flag are different. And now, it’s no longer a constitutional issue but rather, yelling fire in a crowded theater.
Well, apparently one man’s fire in a theater is another man’s flashlight. And besides, that’s not the real issue anyway. And, it’s not about what Obama’s religion is (if he even has one). And it’s not even a matter of constitutional rights, or even moral high ground.
The real issue here is where we are as a society. How is it that women in our society can sit quietly by as Islam is defended here by our misguided liberals? How do they square honor killings, female genitalia mutilations, young Muslim girls mysteriously falling from high rise balconies and death sentences for adultery with their women’s lib and equality spiel?
Moreover, how do liberals justify their appeasement of these barbarians? Their hallowed Europe is already lost. The capital city of the European Union is already governed by a Muslim majority. And their birth rate demographics indicate Muslims will be a voting majority in our lifetime. But forget about them and ask yourself this about our own society; What is the difference between Sharia law, and the point to where mediation and appeasement between Islam and the rest of our society becomes the dominant political process?
Wake up! Because we’re there folks. That preacher striking out down in Florida was nothing more than a man thrashing around while he is being suffocated by the fluffy pillow of multiculturalism. We’ve sat by as liberals have told us we are no good and that we are destroying the planet while the real villains move under the cover of our faux guilt.
We have an election coming up in a few weeks. You can set home while these misguided ignoramuses destroy everything our forefathers sacrificed and died for, or you can become an army of one and stop this madness. It’s your choice because it’s a free country, for now.
Read more: High Point Enterprise - STEVE BRYANT Invasion of the culture snatchers
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Waiter, there's an elephant in my soup!
The "ridiculous spectacle" of our "first black President" heaping accolades on an Exalted Cyclops of the Ku Klux Klan at Democrat Robert Byrd's funeral last week was just too much. And Obama's tribute to Byrd was pretty comical, as well. Really, the only thing that could have made it more entertaining would have been to have the entire funeral cast perform in black face.
As I watched in bemusement, it occurred to me that Democrats have the wrong mascot. It's certainly difficult to make the case that an ass isn't perfect, both literally and figuratively, but just think for a moment. You go into your favorite restaurant and, over on one side of the room stands a gargantuan elephant. He's swaying back and forth, blowing air thru his trunk, smashing stuff, and just stinking the place up in general. Then, out of the kitchen comes your waiter to greet you, and ask for your order. When you mention the elephant, his reply is "what elephant?".
Well, that's the way this is... except if you're a Democrat, you don't mention the elephant. If you're a Democrat, you don't mention that you're guy has been a racist while pandering to West Virginian voters...because it was never about racism anyway.
If you're a Democrat, you don't mention that the general Obama chose to run his war in Afghanistan, and who was just confirmed with a 100% Senate vote, is the same guy you ridiculed as "General Betrayus" a couple of years ago when he was Bush's choice...because it was never about his competency.
If you're a Democrat, you don't mention the thousands who died needlessly from AIDS because of your politically correct posture that prevented the Surgeon General from identifying and quarantining the infected...because it was never about concern for AIDS victims.
If you're a Democrat, you don't mention that the federal government has no intentions of stopping the invasion of our country while you file lawsuits against the states who try to secure their own borders. You don't mention that these illegal invaders have destroyed our health care system, our education system and our social safety nets...because it was never about concern for immigrants.
If you're a Democrat, you don't mention that the same Europe that you claimed we should be emulating is drowning in a debt of ever increasing pubic entitlements that you say we need here...because it never was about a better way to do things.
And, if you're a Democrat, you don't mention that the real cause of the greatest environmental disaster of all times is the result of preventing the free market from providing the energy that we must have from much more sensible sources than from miles below the ocean floor...because, it never was about the environment.
No, if you're a Democrat, you don't even mention it when the elephant eats all of the food and then passes the byproduct back onto the floor because, it never was about any of the ridiculous antigravity, anti-common sense notions that you claim to profess. Because, its all about turf, baby.
"But what would Republicans do if we gave Dems the Elephant mascot?", you ask. Well, they could have the ass, because that's what they deserve for letting it all happen. And I think the tea bag is already taken.
As I watched in bemusement, it occurred to me that Democrats have the wrong mascot. It's certainly difficult to make the case that an ass isn't perfect, both literally and figuratively, but just think for a moment. You go into your favorite restaurant and, over on one side of the room stands a gargantuan elephant. He's swaying back and forth, blowing air thru his trunk, smashing stuff, and just stinking the place up in general. Then, out of the kitchen comes your waiter to greet you, and ask for your order. When you mention the elephant, his reply is "what elephant?".
Well, that's the way this is... except if you're a Democrat, you don't mention the elephant. If you're a Democrat, you don't mention that you're guy has been a racist while pandering to West Virginian voters...because it was never about racism anyway.
If you're a Democrat, you don't mention that the general Obama chose to run his war in Afghanistan, and who was just confirmed with a 100% Senate vote, is the same guy you ridiculed as "General Betrayus" a couple of years ago when he was Bush's choice...because it was never about his competency.
If you're a Democrat, you don't mention the thousands who died needlessly from AIDS because of your politically correct posture that prevented the Surgeon General from identifying and quarantining the infected...because it was never about concern for AIDS victims.
If you're a Democrat, you don't mention that the federal government has no intentions of stopping the invasion of our country while you file lawsuits against the states who try to secure their own borders. You don't mention that these illegal invaders have destroyed our health care system, our education system and our social safety nets...because it was never about concern for immigrants.
If you're a Democrat, you don't mention that the same Europe that you claimed we should be emulating is drowning in a debt of ever increasing pubic entitlements that you say we need here...because it never was about a better way to do things.
And, if you're a Democrat, you don't mention that the real cause of the greatest environmental disaster of all times is the result of preventing the free market from providing the energy that we must have from much more sensible sources than from miles below the ocean floor...because, it never was about the environment.
No, if you're a Democrat, you don't even mention it when the elephant eats all of the food and then passes the byproduct back onto the floor because, it never was about any of the ridiculous antigravity, anti-common sense notions that you claim to profess. Because, its all about turf, baby.
"But what would Republicans do if we gave Dems the Elephant mascot?", you ask. Well, they could have the ass, because that's what they deserve for letting it all happen. And I think the tea bag is already taken.
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Which bonus baby is deserving?
When I was a boy, a fellow by the name of Charles deGaulle was the face of France. He was the president of France at that time, but had been a World War II hero, a postwar leader and remains today the most influential leader of modern French history. He also had a very disproportionately large nose.
I suppose that's why I've always thought the French have characteristically large noses in general, and why I find it ironic that the French invented the Guillotine to chop off the heads of their undesirables while the American public seems to be perfectly content to simply cut off their own noses to spite their faces.
How else would you describe the mob mentality sweeping through our society? The "haves" are busy organizing "tea parties" and the "have-nots" are drawing a bead on anyone deemed to be "rich". No one, rich or poor, is going to give up any ground even though everyone agrees that we all have to make sacrifices. At least in principle. And, speaking of principle, those dirty bonus-accepting dogs working at stimulus-receiving corporations should be tarred and feathered out of principle alone! But not, of course, those executives working for the U.S. Postal Service or Amtrak. Even though those, and many government agencies, lose billions of dollars each and every year...it's OK to pay their CEO's an annual salary double the amount of what we pay the president of the United States. And it's apparently OK to base their bonuses on just how little they lose, rather than how much profit they make.
I guess perspective is elbowing its way into yet another Mistersteverino rant, but just how is it proposed that hiring managers on the cheap is supposed to provide a way out of this financial quagmire for business but paying a much larger portion of a particular industry's income pie to fast runners and people adept at reciting memorized dialogue on film is "different"? Just for fun, tonight during a TV show commercial break or, during the 7th inning stretch, consider that an oil company CEO's total compensation wouldn't even cause a penny reduction in the price of a gallon of fuel while actors routinely receive $10+ million compensation for performing in a movie with a total budget of $50 million. Figure it up and get back to me.
This "throwing the baby out with the bath" mentality is starting to resemble Major League Baseball after free agency came to baseball. Players complained about the mean old owners while their salaries increased 10-fold, measured in hundreds of thousands. And the owners lamented about the players' loss of "love of the game" while the value of their franchises went up multiples, measured in hundreds of millions.
I've never really thought about a pair of nostrils as a thing of beauty, but, compared to a couple of bleeding, gaping holes between the eyes and mouth, they're right pretty.
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