Obama Doesn't Beleive In Terrorism

He thinks it’s like parents telling their children all about Santa Claus: just something with which to frighten people and keep them in line. Never mind the Islamic terrorists are wantonly killing people, just because they don’t believe the same way they do. They’re doing it in wholesale numbers, especially to Christians, the people they think are their greatest enemies. He thinks the “war in Iraq” is a “one-off” war, not connected to the “war on terror.” He doesn’t even want to continue USING that term, for fear people will believe there IS a “”war on terror.” The fact that this policy will strengthen and empower the terrorists doesn’t seem to matter to him. Maybe it will when the terrorists send someone to successfully kill him. It’s only a matter of time. I’m surprised they haven’t sent somebody to kill Bush, just because he “bad-mouthed” them. They hate being “bad-mouthed.” They’re very “thin-skinned.” (One News Now)

Pelosi Lies Five Times Over

And that’s just on one subject: her supposed LACK of knowledge about what the people in the field were doing to terrorists to gain information that saved many lives. Every time it’s a different story. Apparently she can’t remember the lie she told the other day and tells a completely new one the next day. We KNOW she WAS told, in detail, about our interrogation methods at least as early as September, 2002. that’s “on the record.” But apparently she doesn’t want to “own up to it.” Now she says she's "tired of it" and is not answering ANY more questions about it. A good way to "change the subject." (Just common sense)

"Irrational?"

"Sens. Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ), Jack Reed (D-RI) and Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) have joined Paul Helmke, President of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence and victims and family members of the Virginia Tech tragedy, to introduce legislation to eliminate the private transfers of firearms and close the nation's ‘gun show loophole.’ ‘There is no rational reason to oppose closing the loophole. The reason it's still not closed is simple: the continuing power of the special interest gun lobby in Washington’ Sen. Lautenberg said ignoring the Constitution.” What’s irrational about logic? Logically, what makes them think criminals, whose very life is dedicated to breaking the law (and crazy mass murderers) will OBEY a law that says they can’t be armed? No; we’re not “irrational,” these congresspeople are irrational to think that ANY law will stop people with evil intentions from getting their guns out of someone’s trunk in an alley somewhere. Experience has shown that where the gun laws are the tightest, illicit guns are the most easy to obtain and the murder and other violent crime rates are at their highest. (Just common sense and logic)

Where in the Constitution Does it Say...?

WHERE IN THE CONSTITUTION does it say the government can control any part of the medical profession? The Constitution severely limits what government can do, simply by being there and not allowing something to be done. It does not need to MENTION it. Not mentioning it PROHIBITS it. But the government has ignored this document since before the ink was dry on its creation and signing; and they continue to ignore it to this day, without punishment. Almost everything they do today VIOLATES the Constitution. Now they’re enacting $270 BILLION dollars in new taxes at a time when such taxes can SINK this economy by taking away investment money from “the rich,” whose investments create ALL new jobs and profits, which PAY for the salaries of workers. This is typical Obama thinking: that by raising taxes, you can “save” the economy. He is wrong, as he has been wrong most of the time since he entered politics and became a “Chicago thug,” otherwise known as a “community organizer.” (Just common sense)

Obama "Didn't Know"

The airplane usually designated as “Air Force One” when Obama is aboard flew over Manhattan, scaring the hell out of New York citizens. This plane does not do ANYTHING without the knowledge of the president. So why does Obama think we will believe him when he says he “found out about it at the same time you did?” As usual, he’s lying out of both sides of his mouth, thinking we don’t notice. He’s rapidly overtaking Bill Clinton in the lying department. Actually, it’s a simple mistake. So why fire a low-level staffer instead of just owning up to it and apologizing. He has no trouble apologizing for things he (we) didn’t do, in foreign countries, so why this? (Just common sense)

Letter From A Car Dealer

This is a letter to the editor of a newspaper from a car dealer who is being ruined by Obama: “My name is George C. Joseph. I am the sole owner of Sunshine Dodge-Isuzu, a family owned and operated business in Melbourne, Florida. My family bought and paid for this automobile franchise 35 years ago in 1974. I am the second generation to manage this business. We currently employ 50+ people and before the economic slowdown we employed over 70 local people. We are active in the community and the local chamber of commerce. We deal with several dozen local vendors on a day to day basis and many more during a month. All depend on our business for part of their livelihood. We are financially strong with great respect in the market place and community. We have strong local presence and stability. I work every day the store is open, nine to ten hours a day. I know most of our customers and all our employees. Sunshine Dodge is my life. On Thursday, May 14, 2009 I was notified that my Dodge franchise, that we purchased, will be taken away from my family on June 9, 2009 without compensation and given to another dealer at no cost to them. My new vehicle inventory consists of 125 vehicles with a financed balance of 3 million dollars. This inventory becomes impossible to sell with no factory incentives beyond June 9, 2009. Without the Dodge franchise we can no longer sell a new Dodge as "new," nor will we be able to do any warranty service work. Additionally, my Dodge parts inventory, (approximately $300,000.) is virtually worthless without the ability to perform warranty service. There is no offer from Chrysler to buy back the vehicles or parts inventory. Our facility was recently totally renovated at Chrysler's insistence, incurring a multi-million dollar debt in the form of a mortgage at Sun Trust Bank. HOW IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA CAN THIS HAPPEN? THIS IS A PRIVATE BUSINESS, NOT A GOVERNMENT ENTITY” This is what Obama is doing to the “producers” of America. (Just common sense)

The First Gay to the Supreme court?

Maybe we ought to quit worrying about what the next Supreme Court nominee likes to do in BED and start worrying about whether or not he believes in the Constitution of the United States and is willing to actually UPHOLD it, rather than "make (liberal) law from the bench." Frankly, I don’t care WHAT they do in bed. I care about how they RULE, and on what basis. They’re SUPPOSED to rule on the CONSTITUTIONALITY of what comes before them. NOT whether or not it agrees with their preconceived notions or foreign law. (One News Now)

Pelosi: "We Weren't Told"

That’s what Pelosi said about the “harsh interrogation techniques” used to get important information out of the bloody murders we call Islamic terrorists. Unfortunately, we KNOW she was given a complete briefing in September of 2001, on our “interrogation techniques.” For her to deny knowledge of it now is an outright LIE. Since her first comment about it, she has changed her story about five times. I think this idiot should resign. She's too stupid to be helping RUN this country. (Just common sense)

Irrational?

"Sens. Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ), Jack Reed (D-RI) and Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) have joined Paul Helmke, President of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence and victims and family members of the Virginia Tech tragedy, to introduce legislation to eliminate the private transfers of firearms and close the nation's ‘gun show loophole.’ ‘There is no rational reason to oppose closing the loophole. The reason it's still not closed is simple: the continuing power of the special interest gun lobby in Washington’ Sen. Lautenberg said ignoring the Constitution.” What’s irrational about logic? Logically, what makes them think criminals, whose very life is dedicated to breaking the law (and crazy mass murderers) will OBEY a law that says they can’t be armed? No; we’re not “irrational,” these congresspeople are irrational to think that ANY law will stop people with evil intentions from getting their guns out of someone’s trunk in an alley somewhere. Experience has shown that where the gun laws are the tightest, illicit guns are the most easy to obtain. The answer is to allow honest people to carry guns for self defense against those who buy their guns illegally anyway. (Just common sense and logic)

Raising Taxes Kills Jobs

But Obama is “gonna do it anyway.” Just like with Red Skelton’s “mean widdle kid” who knew “If I dood it, I get a whippin! I dood it anyway!” He’s ”gonna dood it anyway. The Heritage Foundation says, ”First the good news: earlier this week President Barack Obama admitted that high taxes kill jobs. Now the bad news: he wants to raise taxes on U.S. companies anyway. Pitching his new tax reform plan Monday President Obama said that our tax code ‘says you should pay lower taxes if you create a job in Bangalore, India, than if you create one in Buffalo, New York.’ As the Wall Street Journal quipped: ‘That sounds like a great argument for lowering taxes on the guy creating jobs in Buffalo. Alas, that’s not what he has in mind.’ “ I hope he keeps it up, and while he does, the economy is only going to get worse. Hopefully, lots of “Obama-lovers” will “wise up” and get rid of him at the first opportunity (2012, barring impeachment).” (Just common sense)

"Cruel and Unusual Punishment"

The Constitution supposedly “protects” us from “cruel and unusual punishment. But does it? Think about this: you live in Denver, Colorado and one day you change your clothes and forget to put your wallet (which contains your driver’s license) in your pocket. Then you get stopped by a cop, who IMPOUNDS (steals) your car (for a very minor infraction) and it costs you $4,000.00 to get it back. Would you consider this “cruel and unusual punishment?” I certainly would. But why has nobody taken this to the Supreme Court? Or even protested it on that basis? Not even when they did it to an Iraqi vet, whose license had expired while he was over fighting for his country? The Denver mayor says he is putting in $200, which helps not at all. This law is UNCONSTITUTIONAL. Why does nobody realize it? I feel bad for that former soldier, who came back home to such an injustice from those whose lives and homes he protected. He finally did get his car back with the help of the Denver mayor and a radio talk show host. But what if that trivial “offense” happened to you or I? We’d lose our cars and never see them again if we didn’t come up with a “$4,000.00 fine.” It’s not a fine, you say? You have to pay it to get your car back because your license was overdue. What is that? (Denver Post)

Who Does Gibbs Think He Is?

A reporter’s cell phone kept ringing during a press conference, so the president’s “press flack” “confiscated” his phone, opened a door, and threw it into the next room. I’d like to see him try that on ME. I’d slap him sillier than he is. Does he think that press room is “his kingdom” and he’s the “king?” It amazes me how people like that tend to overuse what little power they may have, and how others allow it. (Just common sense)

As Predicted, More Bailouts

Bank of America is returning to the “money pit” and their stock market value is going up as they “dip again into the bailout trough. " ‘Investors have figured out Bank of America has plenty of options and earnings capacity’ to handle any shortfall the government may say they are facing, said Gary Townsend, president and chief executive of private investment group Hill-Townsend Capital Inc., based in Chevy Chase, Md.” The “key words here are “the government may say.” What reality is, doesn’t apparently matter. It’s what “the government says” that counts. Bank of America and others will continue to return to “the money trough,” time and again as long as it is there, always trying to prove they are “the most needy.” Just like the Starnes Company employees did in “Atlas Shrugged” did after they created that socialistic employee payment scheme. (Yahoo News/AP)

I'm NOT Against Child Protection!

I saw a billboard once that consisted of many repetitions of one phrase: “Never hurt a child!” Over and over again. I couldn’t agree more with the sentiment. Unfortunately the people who put up that billboard do not mean a word of it. People criticize me because they THINK I’m against child protection, but I’m not. I’m against what PASSES for child protection today, preventing the “child protectors” from having time to go after REAL child abusers. They have “hot lines” set up where you can call in an ANONYMOUS “report” of child abuse. They take that as “prima-facie evidence” of child abuse and TAKE the child as a FIRST OPTION while forcing the parents to “jump through many hoops” to avoid being falsely (mostly) charged with child abuse. They do everything they can to CRIMINALIZE parents so they can ultimately put their children up for adoption, therefore earning up to $6,000 PER CHILD if they’re successful. More than 80% of ALL child abuse reports are NOT sustainable (by their own figures, which they play down), yet they treat EACH one as if just the report is evidence of abuse. This robs them of the time and resources to go after REAL child abusers. This is why so many children ARE raped, physically abused, even murdered, mostly AFTER abuse has been reported in their family.

They just don’t have the time or manpower to go after all of them, so they continue to harass people even after it has become obvious there is NO child abuse in their family. They use such murders, and those that actually happen IN their custody as “fund-raisers” when they happen, claiming not enough money in their budgets, and therefore not enough people to do all the work. When the “investigation” ends, they get a bigger budget, fire or transfer (lateral shift) a few low-ranking workers (victims), hire more top-echelon people, and it’s “business as usual.” They’re in it for the money. They get FEES from the feds at every juncture, from the first HOUR after TAKING the child from his/her parents. Every step they take profits the “child protectors” one way or another; mostly in the form of “bonuses” for “good work” (meaning how many kids they are able to take, and how many adoptions they can arrange). If these people were really interested in “protecting” children, they’d recognize it when a parent is innocent of abuse and use their time more wisely, going after REAL child abusers while NOT abusing the child themselves by their practices.

In Arizona they used to have a “medical procedure” called Plethysmography (I think that’s how they spelled it) where they put a penis-shaped probe into the vagina of a child as young as 12 and showed her government-made pornography to “judge her level of interest in certain sexual acts. With a boy it was a ring-shaped sensor placed around the base of his penis. If the boy had supposedly been sexually abused by a man, they used the penis-shaped sensor in his anus to see if he liked it. If this is NOT “child abuse,” I don’t know what is. When they were “found out,” they stopped it. But I wouldn’t be surprised if they were doing it again now—or just doing it somewhere else. Sexually abusing the child while calling it “treatment.” I was the VICTIM of the “child abus—protectors” early in my life. They stole two of my children while I was out of state, arresting my second wife for child abuse. They couldn’t prove it (even in THEIR “captive courts”) and the charges were dropped.

But they kept the boys and put them up for adoption after giving me an erroneous day for the supposed “final hearing” at which our parental rights were to be revoked so I didn’t show up. Previously, every time I showed up, they postponed it. The day I did not show up, it was done in ten minutes. I have not seen my two boys in more than 35 years. I don’t know if they’re alive or dead. No charges were EVER lodged against me and the ones against my wife were dropped. But they destroyed my family anyway. It’s even worse today than it was then because they passed a federal law to MAKE it worse. The whole scam is being fed by FEDERAL “fees” paid to local agencies from the moment they take a child from his/her parents. So they have a definite INCENTIVE to take the child as a FIRST option. THIS is why I’m against “child protection” as it is today (Just common sense)

It's Not Easy Being President

“Once again, the president finds it's not so easy to scrap the policies of his much-maligned predecessor. As with Gitmo and military tribunals, so it goes with offshore drilling and even Arctic wildlife.” (IBD Editorials) It’s easy to criticize the policies of a man who is FACING the fact of being president and the necessity for making “tough decisions.” It’s harder when you ARE the president and have to make those decisions yourself. That’s why Obama is “reversing course” on so many issues about which he criticized President Bush; such as closing Gitmo (which he is STILL “considering closing within a year even though nobody wants those bloody murderers we’re keeping away from society), resuming Bush’s “military tribunals” and many other things Bush started or continued, but which he is ignoring, rather than losing “political capital” from Democrats by dealing with them. (IBD Editorials)

Jack Kemp is Dead

As with Ronald Reagan, there’ll never be another like him. He was the "father" of Reagan’s “across-the-board” tax cuts. You know, the ones that ALMOST DOUBLED the “tax take” while creating the biggest, longest-lasting economic boom in history? THAT Jack Kemp. The one who, along with Jack Kennedy and George Bush, KNOW that REDUCING taxes “across the board” will PROMOTE more business and INCREASE the profits made by “the rich,” therefore increasing the amount of taxable income, thereby increasing not only the “tax take, ” but the employment figures, as well. The Democrats will NOT admit this, and therefore all their plans will fail. They still say “the era of Reagan is over,” hoping if they tell this lie often enough, it will become true. They call it “trickle-down economics,” to denigrate it. But it IS “trickle-down” economics, where the profits made by the “big rich” (those who EARNED their riches rather than inherit them as do most liberals) CREATE jobs and profits, which lead to MORE profits and more jobs. (Just common sense)

Social Security for Illegal Aliens

If the government gives benefits to 'illegal' aliens who have never contributed, where does that leave those of us who have paid into Social Security all our working lives?” Screwed, that’s where. We’ve paid in at the point of a gun all these years and just barely get enough back do survive. Illegal aliens have not. Yet Obama wants them to have all the same benefits we have PAID FOR all our lives. What’s wrong with this picture? If this infuriates you (or just mildly irritates you) send a “nasty letter” to comment@whitehouse.gov and give them a “piece of your mind. Below is a good example of what to write, but write it in your own words: “Dear Mr. President: The undersigned protests the bill that the Senate voted on recently which would allow illegal aliens to access our Social Security. I demand that you and all Congressional representatives require citizenship as a pre-requisite for social services in the United States. I further demand that there not be any amnesty give n to illegal aliens, NO free services, no funding, no payments to and for illegal immigrants."

"Ray's Shorts" Moved

In the absence of the ability to access Blogivists, the original provider for “Ray’s Shorts,” I have moved it to “Blogger.” The new URL is http://raysshorts.blogspot.com/. I don’t know what happened to Blogivists. No one seems to know. This blog was originally started to be a part of the Blogivists system. But it has become important on its own, without that connection.

The Aristocrasy of Pull

"President Obama insisted at his press conference recently that he doesn't want to nationalize the auto industry (or the banks, or the mortgage market, or . . .). But if that's true, why has he proposed a restructuring plan for General Motors that leaves the government with a majority stake(87% with only $16.2 billion 'invested,' as opposed to the American people in the person of the 'hedge funds,' with a $27 billion 'investment' getting 10%, and the union getting 40%, with NO investment, although they claim $20 billion) in the car maker? Sounds like the American public are the biggest loser I this, with Obama’s government being the BIG winner." "Doesn’t want to run GM?" Does he really believe we’ll buy this crap? (Wall Street Journal)

This Is How They Do It

File bogus “charges” against political activists (a prosecutor can indict a sandwich), then offer one of those so “indicted” a “deal” if they’ll plead guilty and promise to "expunge" their record (which would not exist without those phony charges being filed), and offer to reduce their charges to a misdemeanor. Of course this would create “evidence” that the others were guilty, whether or not they are. But one woman told the prosecutor to “go to hell” and rightly so. All three who were "indicted" on unconstitutional charges were vindicated when the charges were dropped. Maybe this prosecutor can scam the next person he falsely “indicts” into his scam. Hopefully before the governor fires him for malfeasance in office. (Common Sense)

"Flying Pig Flu"

“Millions will die!” That’s the mantra of “big pharma” as they go about getting the government to make getting a flu shot MANDATORY with just a FEW deaths and a few verified “reports” of “swine flu.” Most people whose deaths they attribute to "Swine Flu" have underlying medical problems that made them more susceptible. One military doctor refused to be vaccinated during the first “swine flu epidemic” in 1976 and almost got court-martialed. The final result was NOT a "big epidemic" (an epidemic in fact, only in the imagination of politicians). It was the deaths of 25 people who DID get vaccinated, but from Gillian-Barre Syndrome, which were directly related to the vaccinations. Dr. Russell Blaylock (now a well-known author in the medical field, the military doctor (then) who refused to be vaccinated, says this “panic” probably is “bio-engineered (the panic, not the “pandemic”). Obama’s chief of staff, Rahm Emmanuel, said, ”We cannot let a good panic go to waste,” so they’re not. They’re turning a couple of deaths, one of which is a person from a country with low health levels, the other a toddler who came from the same country for treatment, into a “pandemic” With all the “pork” flying around in Washington, says my sister, we shouldn’t be surprised at an outbreak there, however small, of “swine flu." (Socio-Economics History)

Why Do They Hate Them so?

Democrats hate former vice-president Cheney with a passion. And likewise they hate former vice-presidential candidate, current Alaska governor, Sarah Palin. Why? Because they’re both EFFECTIVE conservatives who just might some day be president, and they want to avoid that at all costs. If Sarah had been “turned loose” (not muzzled by an inept Republican presidential candidate) in the 2008 election, we would not have been saddled with an insane spender as president; and if she runs at the top of the ticket in 2012, Obama’s “reign” will come to an abrupt halt (if he doesn’t manage to steal ANOTHER election with the help of ACORN). Cheney has nothing to lose; he has all the money he needs, he has no further political aspirations (unless we can “draft” him), and he tells the unvarnished truth with no apologies. He’s BEEN there. He knows what’s happening now is not only wrong, it’s STUPID, it will BREAK us; and he isn’t afraid to say so, out loud, and in front of millions. These two people scare the bejeesus out of Democrats, more than anybody else since Reagan, and they want to shut them up—NOW. They’ll do everything they can to shut them up or discredit them, including as many phony “ethics charges” as they can trump up. (Just common sense)

"Catch and Release"

NATO caught 19 Somali pirates “in the act” of hijacking a ship, but were forced to let them “walk” because they had not “attacked” the citizens of a specific country. We need to have laws made specifically FOR these pirates, so that when they’re guilty of “piracy on the high seas,” any country that catches them can prosecute and imprison them, even execute some if their personal crimes are sufficiently severe. That, or turn them over to somebody who can. They need to make laws that can be enforced by a multi-country organization specifically formed to fight piracy, and give them the authority to prosecute them. There were laws against piracy a hundred years ago that could be updated and used today if anybody “gets off his butt” and looks them up. Failing that, “anti-piracy laws” could be made, specifically targeting piracy on the high seas, allowing pirates to be prosecuted by ANY country that catches them. These laws NEED to be made, or the pirates win. (Columbia Daily Tribune)

Kissing Obama's Ring

As workers for the Starnes Company in “Atlas Shrugged” lined up to prove they were the most needy when that company created a "socialistic" system to pay their employees, with everybody getting a SMALL paycheck (everybody the same, including top executives and even owners), while others who “needed” things could go to a company-appointed “czar” who would either approve or deny their application at his/her pleasure. So they “lined up” to prove they were “the most needy.” The daughter of the Starnes owner was the “czar,” and enjoyed unlimited popularity (and power). The same thing is happening right now, but it isn’t “the workers” who are “lining up” to prove they’re “the most needy,” it’s the company CEOs lining up to prove their COMPANY is "the most needy" while “kissing Obama’s ring.” (Just common sense)

Again, What ARE "Civilians?"

This story tells about some “civilians” (in actuality terrorists) who set off some bombs and killed a lot of people, including themselves. Nobody seems to want to criticize these “civilians” who kill other civilians. They only want to criticize US when we ACCIDENTALLY kill innocent civilians (the ones THEY put OUT IN FRONT as they attack, so we can’t HELP but kill them. ALL terrorists ARE “civilians.” None are members of ANY recognized country’s army. So why all the fuss about us “killing civilians” that they, themselves, put in danger? (Yahoo News/AP)

Why Don't We Reciprocate?

Muslim terrorists run those innocuous pictures of what they call “torture” of their people in our prisons after they are caught on the battlefield, killing innocent people, American and otherwise. They use them as propaganda, for recruiting purposes. Why don’t we run the pictures of them BEHEADING their prisoners and shooting them in the back of the head as we did when the Taliban was killing women in a soccer stadium while they were in power in Afghanistan (I still remember watching a man approach a kneeling woman and shooting her in the back of the head, then her falling dead)? There are certainly enough pictures around. They release them themselves. Are we too squeamish to see such pictures? If so, maybe we’re too squeamish to properly FIGHT these bloody murderers of innocent people. We need to quit worrying about the welfare of these killers and just KILL them when we find them. Then there'll be no "controversy" over their "treatment" while in custody. (Just common sense)

"I Thought He Was A Democrat!"

That’s what Dick Cheney said when asked why he criticizes former Gen. Colin Powell, and why he was criticizing a “fellow Republican.” Powell endorsed Obama, campaigned for him, and VOTED for him. It’s easy to see why Cheney would think he WAS a Democrat. Like Arlen Specter, he has never BEEN a Republican. He only claimed the label while doing everything a Democrat does. He is NOT “one of the most respected figures in Washington.” Any “respect” he may have had, he has lost. Any he may get today comes entirely from Democrats, and that “respect” means diddly to me. (Just common sense)

Prohibited From Enforcing the Law!

Did you know that local law enforcement (LEO) is PROHIBITED by law from reporting illegal aliens to ICE (or whatever they call it these days)? This is INSANE! But it is common for liberals (who seem to be “in charge” today) to make insane laws to promote their ignorant ideas. As Rush Limbaugh has said repeatedly, “When they’re out of office, they’re just funny. But when they get IN office, they’re DANGEROUS.” Joe Arpaio, an Arizona sheriff, has gotten in a lot of trouble for ENFORCING the laws against illegal aliens. Yes, I SAID it. “Illegal aliens.” NOT “undocumented citizens,” which is a really STUPID name for them. They’re CRIMINALS and should be tracked down and imprisoned, then sent back to their home country, whether or not it wants them; not "coddled." Did you know the Mexican government publishes pamphlets telling its citizens how best to sneak over the border into the United States? Did you know that the Mexican government LOVES the money these illegal aliens send back to their families in Mexico? It impacts their economy in a positive manner while impacting ours in a NEGATIVE manner. This will go on as long as liberals are in power, and will just get worse. (Just common sense)

Anti-Smoking Propaganda

They lie routinely in their quest to destroy the business of people who make and sell cigarettes. Whenever ANY media outlet does a story about “the dangers of smoking,” they always choose ugly people and show them from an INCH away as they “suck” on their cigarettes. The same is true in the campaign against heavy people. They show them from behind, way up close, so they look as disgusting as possible, so they can tax them for doing things that make them fat. The problem is, they don’t REALLY want to stop people from smoking because people smoking is worth $BILLIONS$ to the government. Today, the people making the MOST PROFIT from smoking and smokers IS the GOVERNMENT. They make more money in TAXES on cigarettes than the company that makes the cigarettes earns in profits, even though they have to pay the cost of making them and bringing them to market while the government has NO investment in them. If smoking “went away” today, the government would go bankrupt (if it isn’t, already, from inept management). (Just common sense)

The "Black Scam"

If I started a “White Studies” program in one of our universities, I’d be “run out of town on a rail,” then “tarred and feathered” by the very same people who started the “Black Studies” program in universities all over the country. The same would happen if I started a “white only” college, anywhere in the country. It would be the same people who started the “black only” colleges who would do it. These things are WRONG because they are “exclusionary.” It doesn’t matter whether the people excluded are black or white. It’s racism in its purest form. The liberals SAY conservatives are (aside from being “dangerous right-wing extremists), racists. But EVERYTHING that” constitutes REAL racism inevitably comes from the left. (Just common sense)

"We Aren't A Christian Nation"

That’s what B. O. (Obama) seems to think, or wish. Even though one of his closest friends is a militant preacher who says, “God DAMN America,” he still wants Americans to believe HE is a Christian, while he and his friends denigrate Christians, Christianity, and guns (which he promised not to do). That tells me more about HIM than anything else. But then I already knew he was a “scuzz-ball.” (Just common sense)

Biden "Speaks With Forked Tongue"

In one statement he says “there’s no excuse for violence against children” and in another he reminds us of his support for abortion (he calls it something else). Seems to me that abortion is the HEIGHTS of “violence toward children.” Even Bush claimed to be “against child violence” while supporting abortion. He even went so far as to ban federal funding for stem cell research, which “kills children (he says).” Unfortunately, he is wrong. Stem cells are NOT children, and aren’t even as CLOSE to being children as are the millions of fetuses this government has allowed to be killed for many years. What a bunch of hypocrites these politicians are! On BOTH sides. (One News Now)

Cities With "Funds Shortfalls"

They write more tickets. You can always tell when a city is having a “shortfall problem.” The cops are EVERYWHERE writing tickets; parking tickets, radar tickets, tickets for things they make up on the spot. States even make onerous laws because the feds promise them millions of dollars if they do. Such is the case with making Colorado’s seat belt law a “primary offense” (One the cop can stop you for by itself). That’s worth $17 million dollars (or $20 million, depending on who you ask). Does anybody really think politicians make laws for the good of the people? Riiiiight! They do it for the good of their budgets and for their own careers. If there’s money in it, they don’t care if it hurts their constituents. (Just common sense)

Stealth JIhad

This is something I recognized happening a long time ago. But now Robert Spencer has written a book detailing it. I've seen Muslims going to court and WINNING where they should have lost, due to the "intimidation of the lawsuit." If this trend continues, they will have "taken us over" without firing a shot. The so-called "war against terrorism" notwithstanding. While we keep their murderous terrorists at bay with guns and bullets elsewhere, they're slowly, but surely insinuating themselves into our very core. And we're cooperating to avoid being sued. Let them sue me. They'll meet a stone wall if they do.(Freedom Center)

Owning Guns Now A "Crime?"

"Police in Howard County, Maryland conducted a nighttime, no-knock raid on the home of Mike Hasenei, whom they apparently suspected of stealing items from two police cars burglarized last month. They found nothing, but they did shoot and kill Hasenei’s Australian cattle dog. The police say the no-knock raid and tactical entry were necessary because Hasenei is a (legal) gun-owner." Apparently now a legal gun owner scares the hell out of the cops. It’s a good thing he realized they were cops and didn’t come downstairs with a gun in his hand (his right, in his own home) or they’d have shot and killed him as they’ve done countless times before elsewhere; one specific time I remember is when they trumped up something to allow them to raid the home of a man who owned land the sheriff coveted. He (rightly and legally) came downstairs with a gun in his hand and they "filled him full of lead." They “negotiated” with his widow and bought the property “for a song.” Personally, I don’t think his being a (legal) gun owner should have made ANY difference and the judge should not have issued a “no-knock warrant” based on that. Doing so just adds to the feeling that we’re entering a “jack-booted thug” period. By the way. There doesn’t seem to be any mention of whether or not any stolen items were found. Am I asking too much? (The Agitator)

It Just Doesn't Compute!

All our current problems—a miserable economy, the “mortgage crisis” (Resulting from the (Democrat) government FORCING lenders to loan money to people who cannot, and WILL not, repay it), high fuel prices at one time approaching $4 a gallon of gas (caused by the government not allowing oil companies to drill within the United States), with fuel prices beginning to rise again, high violent crime rates (because of “gun control” laws); high medical costs (from government interference and “Red tape”), etc. Yet people (most of whom “do not pay attention to politics) rely on DEMOCRATS to solve all these problems THEY created in the first place! It just doesn’t compute! Another thing that doesn't compute is that nobody seems to give a damn. (Just common sense)

Sorry Folks

I’ve been a little “under the weather lately, and if posts have been a little “spotty” lately, that’s why. I was in the hospital Monday for an arteriogram. I have to go back in soon to get some stents put in to keep me alive and I was feeling really lousy yesterday. So posts may remain a little ”spotty” for a while.

Cops Detain Citizen for Patriotic Sticker

This was sent us by the “Patriot Depot: “We just received a call from Rosemarie in Ball, Louisiana alerting us that her brother-in-law was stopped by small town Louisiana police and detained by the roadside for half an hour. A background check was conducted to determine whether he was a member of an ‘extremist’ group. Why? Her brother-in-law (name not disclosed for privacy) had purchased and displayed a conservative ‘Don’t Tread on Me’ bumper sticker on his car. The bumper sticker is based on the famous flag designed by American Revolution era general and statesman Christopher Gadsden. The yellow flag featured a coiled diamondback rattlesnake ready to strike, with the slogan “Don’t Tread on Me!” underneath it. Benjamin Franklin helped make the rattlesnake a symbol of Americans’ reluctance to quarrel but vigilance and resolve in defense of their rights. By 1775 when Gadsden presented his flag to the commander-in-chief of the Navy, the rattlesnake was a symbol of the colonies and of their need to unite in defense of threats to their God-given and inherited rights.

The flag and the bumper sticker symbolize American patriotism, the need to defend Americans’ rights, and resistance to tyranny’s threats to American liberty. Those threats included—and include—illegal taxation, profanation of Americans’ rights, and violation of the fundamental principles of American law. The notorious Department of Homeland Security memo, which was apparently based on the infamous Missouri State Police Report that described supporters of presidential candidates Bob Barr, Ron Paul, and Chuck Baldwin as ‘militia’-type potential extremists and potential terrorists, is not the first effort of leftist radicals to slander their political opponents as ‘extremists.’ Some observers have noted that similar ‘reports’ emerged during the Clinton administration. But ‘liberals’ and other leftists have been calling defenders of traditional American limited, constitutional government, free enterprise, and individual liberty “extremists” since at least the 1964 election. The political left’s attempts to establish a false equivalence between genuine left wing extremists and those who oppose the left’s assault on our culture, law, and liberty is more than propaganda to fool the ignorant and manipulate public opinion. Combined with the power of government, it is an attempt to harass, intimidate, and silence all political opposition—and probably an attempt to demonize them as a prelude to governmental oppression and persecution. Keep in mind that the First Amendment states, ‘Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.’ Small town police misled by phony left wing ‘reports’ are bad enough. Federal government agencies and their armed agents under the direction of leftist radicals are exponentially worse.’ They will tread on us. The time has come to let our voices be heard! It’s starting, folks. Soon it will not be ignorant small-town cops. It will be “federal agents” detaining us for being freedom-lovers. Are you going to let them do it? (Patriot Depot)

Climate Debate "Most Important Ever"

AlGore says the “climate debate” is the most important ever’ and he’s right. But not the way he envisions. It IS “the most important debate ever” because if this government BUYS his lies, it will BANKRUPT it. He says EVERYBODY who disagrees with him is LYING about it, while he is provably lying about it himself, and enriching himself by pushing it. If anybody LESS deserved the Nobel Peace Prize, he’s it. He is lying from beginning to end, and he hopes if he says “the debate is over” long enough, in as many places as he can, people will begin to believe him. His very SCIENCE is false, but you’ll never get him to admit it. It’s making him too much money. He doesn’t care if it bankrupts this country as long as it does not bankrupt HIM. (One News Now)

"Hateful Words"

What is a “hateful word?” Nobody knows, and that’s what liberals like about it. They get to DEFINE what IS a “hateful word” so they can prosecute somebody for things they SAY as a “hate crime.” That this violates the First Amendment of the Constitution against ANY law that prohibits freedom of speech doesn’t seem to bother them a bit. In the most recent case, it has to do with someone who is against homosexuality. I’m not against it (and I shouldn't have to SAY that), though I think someone who is, is within his constitutional rights to publicly state his beliefs without fear of being prosecuted. We’re getting closer to a dictatorship, folks. And if this trend continues, I could soon be prosecuted for THAT comment. (One News Now)

Blogger "Sinks" Contestant

Perez Hilton, a Hollywood blogger who happens to be openly gay, “sunk” the chances of one contestant at winning the “Miss USA” contest after she gave an answer to his question that he didn’t like. Being gay, it’s understandable that he didn’t like her answer to the question about gay marriage She’s against it (but it's not a big thing to her) because of how she was raised. But my question is, how does a BLOGGER get to ask questions of a contestant and “sink” her if he doesn’t like her answer? This has nothing to do with him being gay. It has EVERYTHING to do with him asking that specific question of a “Miss USA” contestant and calling her a “dumb bitch” later on his blog. That was uncalled for, gay or not. (One News Now)

The "Sanction of the Victim"

This is a concept emphasized by Ayn Rand in her Objectivist philosophy. I am an objective (“small o”) philosopher and, while I don’t agree with EVERYTHING in her philosophy, I do agree with most of it. The looters (liberals, socialists) do everything they can so CON you into AGREEING with their plans, making you think their plans will be good for you. That way they get your APPROVAL for the rights and money they take away from you. The United Nations “Climate Change Plan” is like that. They’ve “glommed onto” AlGore’s “man-made climate change swindle” as a means to get your approval for the depredations they plan on foisting upon us in the name of his IMAGINARY “man-made global warming.” Frankly, I don’t view one-quarter of a degree warming in 100 years as an “emergency,” even if the lies Gore tells were true—which they’re not. In fact, I view it as an ADVANTAGE. The fact that this planet warms and cools NATURALLY in cycles refutes entirely Gore’s swindle (which has made him a very rich man). Almost thirty years ago they were worried about “global COOLING!” They were just as adamant about being right then as they are now, with their faulty “science.” And it made them a lot of money then, as now. If this government allows this U. N. “Climate Change Plan” to become law by signing a treaty to that effect, it will have CREATED the “New World Order” many people have been afraid of for years, to our detriment. I'm glad I won't be around to see it. (Fox News)

Socialism is IMMORAL!

People ask me why I am so adamantly against socialism. They say, “What’s wrong with socialism?” My answer is simple: the whole idea of TAKING the earnings of one man (or woman) who EARNS it and GIVING it, UNEARNED, to another, is IMMORAL! If YOU do it, it’s THEFT; if the government does it, it’s socialism. If you earn it, it’s YOURS. Nobody should have the power to take any of it from you, to give to another. Schools teach our children to “share” with others, even when those others do not deserve it. This is collectivism (socialism), and it is WRONG! It really amazes me how many people think socialism is “okay,” even though it has been proven to be wrong and unworkable everywhere it has been tried. The liberals (socialists) keep saying the only reason it has failed is that it hasn’t been tried fully. What the hell do they think was done in Russia for 70 YEARS before it failed there? There is NOTHING in the Constitution allowing the government to do it, but they do it, anyway. (Walter E. Williams)

Just LISTEN To Them!

The other way, a man told me he didn’t listen to such “bull” as comes from Rush Limbaugh or Sean Hannity. I asked him if he ever LISTENED to either one and he said he didn’t NEED to listen to them to know what they preached was bull. What an asinine answer! How can you KNOW it’s “bull” if you don’t listen to them and examine what they say for yourself? Obviously this guy has formed an opinion based on what the liberal media has taught him. All he has to do is LISTEN to them for a while and do his own research to find out that what they say MAKES SENSE, which is why the liberal media hates them so uniformly. What Rush and Hannity tell us is COMMON SENSE! They have only to LISTEN with an “open mind” to see that. (Just common sense)

Overblown Pandemic

The common “seasonal flu” has killed hundreds, even thousands of people, yearly. But nothing much is made of it. So Mexico (a country where people live much dirtier lives than here and whose health level is lower) have a few hundred deaths attributed to “swine flu” and the world goes bananas. All tolled, TWO people (at this writing) have died in the United States; one that came here for treatment from Mexico and one toddler. They talk about THOUSANDS of “reported cases,” but a “reported case” does NOT mean a REAL case. It means someone came into a hospital complaining of ”flu-like” symptoms and they add this case to their numbers while they try to find out if it is a real case. The fact that 80% or more such “reports” do not turn out to be the “swine flu” they’re talking about now doesn’t seem to penetrate politician’s minds. As Obama’s Chief of Staff Rham Emmanuel said, “Never let a good panic go to waste,” and they’re not. Look for many new laws and regulations to be suggested, with many made; most of them the kind that could not be made without this panic. The number of “reported” cases in Mexico has already begun to decline, but politicians (and the news media) world-wide continue to “fan the flames” of panic. (Yahoo News/AP)

"We're Not Going to Abandon You"

That’s what Hillary is telling the Iraqis. They’re planning to “run” after a recent upsurge in violence, but that doesn’t mean we’re going to “abandon” them. It makes no difference that Democrat administrations in the past have a record of abandoning countries we have pledged to defend, such as Viet Nam, causing the deaths of millions of Vietnamese. But they’re expected to BELIEVE her when she tries to reassure them, even after the current sitting president, as well as his “accomplices,” have many times in the past, PROMISED to “abandon them." The only good thing about this is that Democrats have NEVER done what they PROMISED. (Yahoo News/AP)

Another Step

Obama’s government is taking one more step in the direction of destroying the rights of America’s parents to make decisions for their children. No parent wants his/her child to be sexually active at 15 to 17 years of age. But this law, which allows those as young as 17 to buy a “morning after pill” WITHOUT their parents being notified, does so. This means they can gaily have sex at a very young age (an age at which an adult would go to prison for having sex with them) and get a “morning after pill” without their parent’s knowledge. For my part, I want to KNOW if my 17-year-old grandchild is having sex, so I can at least advise them on safe practices if nothing else. The very fact that she needs a “morning after pill” tells me she’s not having “safe sex” and could very well be infected with a dangerous sexually-transmitted disease and not know it until too late. This trend is evident, not only in this instance, but in the way parents are treated by “child services” whenever somebody makes an ANONYMOUS “report” of child abuse, sometimes at the advice of a lawyer to get their opponent’s mind off a suit in another action entirely. Since there is NO penalty, even if the “report” is a vicious attempt to hurt an innocent person, gives people an INCENTIVE to make such reports while the “child protectors” treat such “reports” as “gospel;” as “prima-facie evidence” that abuse has occurred, treating the parents as “guilty until proven innocent” while their “captive courts” accept the social worker's OPINIONS as “evidence,” rather than the hearsay it usually is. (Yahoo News/AP)

$325 Grand Photo Op

The Obama administration spent $325 grand to fly Air Force One low over NYC, scaring the bejeezuz out of New Yorkers. Why? How did it happen without Obama’s knowledge? The truth is, it DIDN’T. He’s lying when he says “I found out about it when you did” or he is revealing a terrible ineptness at governing. But then, it’s not surprising. Obama, like Clinton, would rather lie than tell the truth, even when the truth would serve better. The way you can tell he is lying is to watch his lips: if they’re moving and sound is coming out, he’s lying. His “poll numbers” are almost identical to Bush’s at this point in his presidency. That Bush’s were so low at the end is a tribute to the ability of the Democrats (liberals) to demonize him. (Just common sense)

They Don't Care If You Die

Roxanana Sabin has been jailed in Iran on “spying” charges, and is going on a hunger strike. But it’s not going to work. The Iranians, like the Russians before them, don’t care if their victims die. They’re being used to make a political point that is false; that people would be interested in spying on them and that members of the press are doing it instead of the government representatives, who usually have diplomatic immunity. For my part, I am not interested in ANYTHING Iran does, as long as they NEVER get the ability to send an atomic bomb into the United States. Why? Because Iran is run by people who are insane! And, unlike the Russians who came before, are VERY likely to use them irresponsibly. Just like other, “stateless” terrorists. The only difference between other Islamic terrorists and Iranians is a recognized sovereign state. But otherwise, they’re the same. They don’t care about killing innocent people to make their political points, so a hunger strike just isn’t going to work—unless their point requires the victim to stay alive. (Yahoo News/AP)

Signs of A "Banana Republic"

It’s a sure sign of a “banana republic” for the new “president” to declare representatives of the last administration to be “criminals” and prosecute them, imprisoning some, and just ruining the lives of others so they can never work again. The Obama administration is in the process of doing just that to Bush administration officials. Maybe even Bush himself, since he was in overall charge of things. I’ve known all along Obama was a “banana republic-style” dictator, but I didn’t expect him to go this far so quickly and so transparently. I guess he’s getting a lot of pressure from the “Bush haters” and a lot of support from the "Obama lovers." (Just common sense)

Raising Taxes Reduces Revenue

This is a truth that liberals will not even entertain, although one of the LESSONS that taught it to us was done BY a liberal: John Kennedy. When he lowered the tax rate, he increased the “tax take.” When Ronald Reagan did it, he almost DOUBLED the “tax take.” When George Bush did it, he brought us out of the “economic downturn” created by the 9/11 attack. Now Obama wants to RAISE taxes “on the rich,” the very people whose investments CREATE the new wealth Obama NEEDS so he can loot it. This letter was written during the Bush administration, but it is "right on." (Freedom Speaks)

Too Many Scams

There are way too many scams being run on us today by our own government. I can’t keep up with them. To do so would require a staff of THOUSANDS of “hawkeyed” bloggers feeding me information. Then it would require more thousands of people to type up the blog posts required to bring them all to your attention. Then it would require ALL your time to READ the posts. They’re not just scamming us; they’re overwhelming us with the sheer NUMBER of scams they’re running on us. Even if we stop some of them, others will get through unnoticed. (Just common sense)

Obama Delayed Pirate Rescue

They’re praising Obama’s “decisive leadership” to the skies, yet his limited rules of engagement DELAYED the rescue for 36 hours before he finally gave the order. The people “on the scene” are saying something quite different from the “Washington handout.” That they were “champing at the bit” to DO something, but were hampered by the limited “rules of engagement.” "Multiple opportunities to free the captain of the Maersk Alabama [without bloodshed -RT] from three young pirates were missed, these sources say – all because a Navy SEAL team was not immediately ordered to the scene and then forced to operate under strict, non-lethal rules of engagement." It’s a wonder we actually WON that engagement, according to Joseph Farah. (World Net Daily)

Good Riddance!

Arlen Specter has announced that he will be running to retain his Senate seat, but as a DEMOCRAT. He has never been a “dependable vote” for Republicans, even since he joined the Republican Party many years ago after losing an election as a Democrat. To me, he has always been a “Republican in name only (RINO),” voting with the Democrats more than with his own party. The Republicans are well rid of him. The news media (including Fox) call it a “bombshell.” I don’t. I think it’s about time he showed his true colors. The only thing that surprised me is him “coming clean.” He says he is a “moderate Republican,” but that’s a big laugh. He has never been ANYTHING except a “far-left” liberal, although he doesn’t seem able to make up his mind as to what party he wants to be in. (Just common sense)

Talk About Spin!

Somalians are actually DEFENDING those pirates, saying they were “defending” their country! What a load of brown, stinky stuff! The Dutch captured a bunch of pirates, then released them because they don’t have a law allowing them to prosecute them. I’d bet if they looked hard enough, they’d find one in their OLD laws, made when piracy was at its height in the 1700s and 1800s. Or they could have allowed others to take custody; people who DO have laws that allow them to prosecute them. Are they going to make laws that DO allow them to prosecute them? Or are they going to continue to use the lack of such laws as an excuse not to “anger” the pirates? (Just common sense)

CNN Unalterably Biased

For example, Susan Roesgen of CNN engaged one protester over a sign he had suggesting President Obama was a fascist, and the supposed reporter called it “offensive.” But when covering a rally in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, the same "reporter" took no offense to a protester dressed as George W. Bush with a Hitler mustache and horns. But far worse than Roesgen’s bias were the vulgarities and gutter humor expressed by other so-called journalists at CNN and MSNBC. I doubt one person in one hundred understood their inappropriate jokes, but our media elites sure had a good laugh.” She asked this man a question, then interrupted him and did not allow him to finish speaking. It’s so obvious she’s biased, I don’t even need to comment. (Just common sense)

"Dangerous Right-Wing Extremists"

Columnist Ann Coulter’s mother died the other day, quietly, in her sleep. But she wasn’t just Ann Coulter’s mother. She was the “fount” from which Ann sprung. “She was a direct descendant of at least a dozen patriots who served the cause of the American Revolution and traced her lineage on both sides of her family to Puritan nonconformists who came to America in 1633 seeking religious freedom on a ship led by Pastor Thomas Hooker. Or, as Homeland Security chief Janet Napolitano would call them, ‘A dangerous right-wing extremist hate group.’ " (Ann Coulter) This is the kind of people we now have running our government; people who HATE what they did then, and think people who LOVE it are “dangerous, right-wing extremists.” Believe me, if Janet Napolitano had not been sure Obama would have approved her report, she would not have released it. (Just common sense)

Congress, Probe Thyself

“House Speaker Nancy Pelosi wants a broad "probe" of Wall Street, much like the 1932 Pecora Commission that led to sweeping bank reforms. Good idea. Let the probing begin — with Pelosi's Congress.” Nancy Pelosi wants to “probe Wall Street.” Unfortunately, all that does is divert attention from the fact that the CAUSE of this “economic meltdown” was the Democrats and two Democrat-controlled congresses. Any “probing” should START with Congress, itself. But do you ever think there will BE a "probe" of Congress? (IBD Editorials)

"Defining" A "Hate Crime"

Guess what? All a cop has to do to deny a person his constitutional rights is to “declare” what he is committing a “hate crime.” There is NO legal definition of a “hate crime.” So the person enforcing the law gets to DEFINE it. This allows a cop to WRITE the law, since subsequent cops will use his definition to bolster their own definition of a “hate crime” in the future. If a pastor says “homosexualism is bad" He can be arrested and prosecuted for what he SAID, not what he DID because some cop DEFINED his statement as a “hate crime." This story is about a situation in a foreign country. But the same things are coming to this country. (World Net Daily)

Total Control

“Reform: Treasury Secretary [Tax cheat –RT] Tim Geithner's proposed sweeping reform of our nation's financial system puts the nation's banks, insurers and hedge funds under direct government control — where they least need to be.” He wants to take over TOTAL CONTROL of ALL business, whether or NOT they got “bailout money” (read, taxpayer money). “The irony of this, of course, was pointed out by political scientist Michael Barone, who notes the bank bailout plan unveiled by Geithner earlier this week actually relies heavily on mostly unregulated companies to bail out regulated ones. Now, Geithner wants control of even those unregulated companies, though they're guilty of nothing other than being successful.” To people like Geithner, being successful IS a “crime.” Even though the basic system he espouses DEPENDS upon successful businesses for the money they LOOT from others. (IBD editorials)

Columbine Madness

Yesterday was the tenth anniversary of the massacre at Columbine High School where two students killed 12 students and one teacher. It got somewhat tiresome to hear about it every ten seconds, no matter where you turned, television, radio, or even the Internet. I feel sorry for the victims and their families, but they didn’t need to talk about it every ten seconds. I accurately predicted that the “anti-gun zealots” would use Columbine (again) as an excuse to demand more and more restrictive “anti-gun laws,” even though they and we know such laws DO NOTHING to stop such actions. How many CURRENT gun laws did Dillon and Kliebold break in this massacre? How many anti-gun laws did other shooters in other places break in their shootings? Only the presence of an armed citizen who isn’t afraid to shoot the shooter, and which the shooter doesn’t expect to be there can be a deterrent, by shooting the shooter before he/she can shoot any more people (as happened at the Colorado Springs church shooting). But the “anti-gun freaks” won’t hear of it, even though they KNOW more restrictive “gun control laws” will NOT do it, but will only make the problem worse. We need to stop listening to these insane people. (Just common sense)

No Tax Cuts for the "Rich"

Obama says he is giving America a “billion dollar tax cut.” (NOT!) But he isn’t. He’s giving an expensive ONE-TIME “tax rebate” that does NOTHING to instigate new business and improve the economy. A REAL “tax cut” involves reducing the TAX RATE, which gives incentives to people who INVEST in projects that CREATE new profits, thus more money to tax. Unfortunately, people who do that tend to wind up “rich,” and that Obama does not want. “[T]he Obama tax cut package studiously avoids any reductions in tax rates anywhere. The centerpiece of the plan is a $500 per worker tax credit, estimated to cost $150 billion. The government will just borrow $150 billion from the private economy to give away in these tax credits, so there will be no net gain to the economy.” This lets him CLAIM to have “reduced taxes” and, he hopes, “spike the guns” of people who say all he will do is RAISE taxes. Republican Ronald Reagan and Democrat John Kennedy BOTH lowered tax RATES, and by so doing, INCREASED the “tax take” in the next few years as those “eeevil rich” invested their money in more money-making and jobs-creating projects, thus creating MORE taxable income for them, and higher taxes for them (and their employees) to pay. Bush did it, too. What Obama is doing is a CON designed to make ”headline readers” THINK he’s reducing taxes while he’s STILL “punishing the rich,” who are responsible for ALL improvements in the economy. (The American Spectator)

"Tea Parties" Ignored

“Media Bias: The press need not support every protest it covers. But when it ignores a grass fire movement against government spending while its favored politician watches closely, then there's dereliction of duty.” (Investor’s Business Daily) This is a good example of how the press “tailors” the news it feeds you. I haven’t seen a SINGLE thing in the liberal news media about the hundreds of “Tea Party” meetings and demonstrations scheduled for today (April 15) all over the country. Only Fox, the network liberals HATE because they tell BOTH SIDES, covered them (except for CNN's attempt to censor one of the protesters after their reporter asked him what he was protesting, then shouted over him to shut him up). Meanwhile, the government puts out a release about the “growing right-wing extremism” problem. They will soon be “looking at” ANYBODY who says, writes, or in any way opines ANYTHING that is “anti-government” (their definition and description). That’s how they would describe people like me who TELL THE TRUTH about what they’re doing and the ultimate result. I expect a visit from Obama’s “storm troopers” any time, now. They always go after "the little guys" first. They're "easier targets." (IBD editorials)

Showing His Ignorance (Again)

Obama said, again—that the U. S. is “responsible” for what the Islamic terrorists did to us on September 11, 2001. How STUPID is that? And for our own president to say it! That’s one of the dangers of electing a socialist liberal (such as Obama) to the presidency. He becomes literally DANGEROUS. He, and the rest of the liberals still refuse to admit that WE’RE AT WAR with Muslim extremists, and should NOT tell the Islamic extremists all out secrets, as he did when he released the results of a “memo” about what liberals call “torture methods,” and what I call “minor discomfort,” such as “slapping their faces” and using their own fears (such as putting a terrorist who is afraid of poisonous insects in a small space with a caterpillar he is TOLD is poisonous) to get information out of them that might save lives. Personally, I don’t care if they pull their fingernails out (REAL torture) or give them "the death of a thousand cuts" after what they routinely do to our people (such as beheading Daniel Pearl). They have, in my opinion, forfeited the “right” not to be tortured, or even to stay alive. (Just common sense)

"Sharing" Knowledge and Resources

The sheriff of the county in which the columbine school shootings happened says that they’ve made many improvements in how they handle such incidents, including going in RIGHT NOW, isolating the shooters, and even eliminating them before they can kill more people. They “share” this information with everybody. But they don’t, and WON’T do the ONE THING that can help: allow teachers and other responsible people to be armed, inside the school, at their own discretion, so any shooters will not know WHO is armed and cannot shoot them down. If the principal of Columbine, who told of “peeking around a corner” and “watching one of the shooters firing into a room,” had been armed, he could have “put a couple into him,” ending his shooting spree. But NO! Anti-gun freaks only want to MAKE MORE LAWS against ANY guns on ANY school campus, GUARANTEEING that a shooter (who doesn’t care about laws) will not meet ANY opposition until after he/she has already killed a lot of people. (Just common sense)

As Predicted, Obama "Folds"

As predicted, Obama has “lifted” some of the restrictions on Cuba. And as further predicted, Fidel wants more. He sees a weakling moving into the White House and is determined to get everything he can. Other dictators will do likewise. We are entering an era of “presidential stupidity” that will last at least four years. Hopefully, our voters will come to their senses, as they did with “Disaster Jimmy (Carter)” and vote him out after only one term. I only hope that’s quick enough for us to survive. (Yahoo News/AP)

More of the Same, Only Bigger

“New president Barack Obama's $3.55 trillion budget serves notice that if you thought government couldn't get any bigger or more intrusive, think again. The budget ‘represents real and dramatic change,’ according to the President. But really the Obama plan is just more of the same, with the federal government expanding its role in education, foreign policy, energy policy, health care, and environmental policy. Then there’s the campaign to take over control of “big business” through money “giveaways” called “bailouts,” for which the Obama administration demands “ownership control” of those companies so “bailed out” as part owner of the company. The original “owners” still “own” the company, but the government becomes their biggest stockholder and can tell them what to do. Now Barney Frank wants the same control over even companies that have NOT been “bailed out.” Soon, the government will control ALL business, whether or NOT those companies have received any government (read: taxpayer) money. That’s Fascist collectivism. (Ludwig von Mises Institute)

Curses! Foiled Again!

Pirates attacked the American ship “Liberty Sun” and they were foiled again by an American crew. Then they were “run off” by the same ship that foiled an earlier attempt, the “Bainbridge” with the captain of the original victim ship still aboard. You’d think they’d learn their lesson. Stay away from American ships! It might take a few more failures for them to learn their lesson and only go after other flags, whose owners are wimps enough to just PAY the ransom and count it as “a cost of doing business.” America does NOT pay ransom and will KILL you if you try. The pirates have promised to “hunt down and slaughter Americans” after three of them were killed trying to take over an American ship. They tried it, but it wasn’t as easy as they thought. I think they’ll learn soon to stay away from American ships, but they haven’t yet. That’s sure to reduce the number of teenage pirates out there. They think American shipping won't soon be armed, but they have another think coming. (Ryan 444)

Obama To Cut Military Budget

Like most liberals who think the way to self defense is to disarm ourselves to “convince people we are no threat,” the Obama (Omama) administration wants to do as Bill Clinton did and cut the military budget (and thus our ability to defend ourselves). Clinton almost destroyed our military by cutting their budgets by 40%, and I’m sure that’s the goal of the Obama administration. Apparently Obama and his cohorts aren’t smart enough to know that the way to self defense is to be strong enough an enemy won’t DARE to attack us. (Yahoo News/AP)

Our Liberals Will Hate It

We finally managed to kill three of the pirates who were holding a ship’s captain captive and capture the other while rescuing the captain they held captive as they “flexed their muscles,” thinking the Navy ship shadowing them will not be able to do anything. They were proven wrong. Watch for our liberals in this country (and elsewhere) to whine about it and criticize us for doing it. Just as they want to disarm all of us and give criminals more and more “easy targets,” they want to do the same to ships at sea. They don’t want ships to be carrying armed crew because “they might be, themselves, pirates.” What a stupid reason. What shows which ones are pirates is their ACTIONS. Just as individuals in this country who are armed are not necessarily criminals themselves, ships with armed crew are not necessarily pirates. They need to find other ways to identify pirates rather than to DISARM the crews of honest ships. Commercial vessels should be able to defend themselves against pirates and not be government-created “easy targets.” (Just common sense)

"Business As Usual" at CPS

“The Sacramento County grand jury ripped Child Protective Services in a report released today, saying the agency has ignored repeated recommendations for improvement and that CPS has ‘persistent, recurring and systemic problems resulting in child abuse-related deaths.The Grand Jury has reported on the shortcomings of CPS since 1996,’ said a cover letter from grand jury foreman Donald W. Prange Sr. ‘Findings and recommendations have fallen on deaf ears. Nothing Ever Changes ... Ever,’ he typed in bold-face.” Is anybody surprised? This is what happens every time the “child protectors” are “investigated.” They ignore the court’s orders and continue to do the same things that got them in trouble before. More children are killed and abused (sexually and otherwise) and they continue to “poor mouth” us using it as a "fund raiser," saying they’d “like to do what the court ordered, but they’re too ‘slammed’ with work and just don’t have enough money or people to get the job done.” Of course, that’s a lie, but the court believes them, gives them more money to hire more people, and life (for everybody but some of the children) goes on--until the next child dies or is sexually or otherwise abused and they can’t hide it. Then we do it all again. (Sacramento Bee)

Are You Afraid to Speak Out?

I know many people. But I don’t know much about what they think because most of them are AFRAID to speak out about them; and the ones who do have it all wrong and will not entertain anything different. They’re convinced by the liberal propaganda. I really get tired of hearing what these people spout. Most of it is right out of the “Obama Playbook.” They don’t pay any real attention to politics and are thus wrong about most everything while they’ll fight you if you tell them they’re wrong. But another problem is the people who DO have the right information but are afraid to let anybody know because the liberals have made them afraid to “fess up.” I'm certainly not. Chuck Norris isn’t afraid to talk about his views and he can kick the crap out of anybody who wants to fight about it. Read about his opinions here. He talks mostly about people being afraid to admit their religion in this piece. But his words are the same whatever the subject. (Chuck Norris)

They're Starting Already

If “national healthcare” ever comes to America, we’ll see more and more stories like this in the news as more and more people start using the Emergency Room as their regular doctor’s office and the liberals take advantage of it, exaggerating it, so as to be able to institute their “health-care rationing” program. Soon, NOBODY will be able to get into an Emergency Room, even if they’re in “dire need.” Like in England where they keep patients parked IN ambulances OUTSIDE the hospital because the government has MANDATED that they must be seen within four hours of entering. It this what you want in our country? People DYING in ambulances OUTSIDE a hospital because of a “decree” made by a “faceless bureaucrat?” Even without national healthcare, people WILL receive care in emergencies. But with a healthcare system run by bureaucrats, it’s doubtful. Bureaucrats don’t see us as people; only as “numbers.” So they don’t hesitate to deny us medical care, sometimes even when we DO pay for it. In fact, they want to make it ILLEGAL for us to pay for it. (Yahoo News/AP)

Is It Time to "Go on Strike?"

A protester at the Feb. 27th “Tea Party” demonstration references Ayn Rand’s 1957 novel about the world’s “brains” going on strike, refusing to continue to allow the “looters” and “moochers” to steal the results of their ideas and production any longer. One by one, after the looters had pushed them too far, they “retired” and disappeared, eventually destroying an already wobbly (because of the looters) economy. Is it now time for those “producers” of society; those who produce all new wealth with their ideas and their work, to “go on strike,” telling Obama (Omama) to “go to hell?” I’m proud that everything I do that uses my brain is in OPPOSITION to Obama and his looters. I will continue to do so as long as the looters are running this government. I’m talking about ALL the looters, not just Obama. They’re well entrenched in this government, and will be hard to “root out.” They are entrenched too, in our school system, from kindergarten up to college (teaching our children that collectivism is “the way”). (Washington Independent)

They "Crashed" the Economy

That’s what the Obama crowd say about Wall Street and the auto industry, and some Republicans are “buying” the lie. They DID NOT ”crash” the economy! The Democrats did, to both win an election and be able to take over both Houses of Congress in one “bloodless coup.” I really get tired of this tired old lie being repeated over and over. Hitler’s PR man said, “Tell a lie. Make it big and bold. Tell it over and over to anyone who will listen. Soon it will become truth and those listening will fight anyone who tries to set them straight.” This is the technique the Obama bunch are using to convince Americans “who don’t pay attention” (which is most of them) that private enterprise caused this “economic crunch. It’s not true. They merely OBEYED THE LAW when they loaned money to people who could not, WOULD not, pay it back; a “recipe for disaster” CREATED by the Democrats. I also get very tired of hearing the likes of Barney Frank and Chris Dodd, the “ARCHITECTS” of this disaster, taking CEOs to task, and “grilling” them for doing what the LAW required them to do. (Just common sense)

Obama to Use Lead to Ban Books

A new law, just passed, makes selling old children’s books illegal because of fears that there MAY be lead in the ink used. This is THE LAW OF THE LAND! ("Legislation passed by Congress last August in response to fears of lead-tainted toys imported from China went into effect last month. Consumer groups and safety advocates have praised it for its far-reaching protections. But libraries and book resellers such as Goodwill are worried about one small part of the law: a ban on distributing children's books printed before 1985.) (Washington Post) Currently it only applies to children’s books. But you can expect it to be applied to ALL books published before 1986, and LATER if Obama can find a reason to do it. I predict that mostly “conservative” books will qualify. This is how the liberal disguises his atrocities. Find an excuse, then do it quietly, as part of a completely different law. Congresspeople won’t know it because they don’t READ the bills before passing them into law. The people will not know because the liberal media does not tell them. It is left up to people like me and other “conservative” (right-wing extremist)sources to “let the cat out of the bag." (Washington Post) Yes, the "Washington Post DID write about it. But notice that they emphasize the NECESSITY to ban these books because of the lead.

Pirates Laighing At Us

I’m getting very tired of this pirate claptrap. The U. S. government, under “Omama,” insists these pirates are NOT terrorists, even though they are all part of a terrorist group (al-Shabat) in the southern Somali desert and operate from there, probably paying off the Somali government (if any) to maintain their safety. I think we ought to go into Somalia and find their headquarters, then blow it off the map, including all “pirates” there. If Somalia objects, tell them where to go. Our government won’t even call them PIRATES! Let alone terrorists. What do you want to bet the millions they get in ransoms go directly into the coffers of the general Islamic terrorists, to pay for their murderous actions around the world? Our government says we need to “respect” these pirates more. That they “have a good business plan.” What is our government SMOKING? As long as we have such a wimp as president, and have other wimps running things, we will continue to have problems all over the world, which we won’t be able to solve because they will be AFRAID to do what is really NECESSARY to solve them. The Navy operation that freed the captured ship’s captain is an aberration). Meanwhile our wimps will be steadily moving us closer to a socialist state while essentially ignoring things like these pirates (Oops, I forgot; they aren’t “pirates.”) But they haven’t figured out what PC name to give them yet. (Just common sense)

A Great Obama Failure

China is pressing for a “global currency,” which would signal the death of the dollar if it happens. The very fact that it has been called for is a blot on the Obama administration. Can you see us paying for a hamburger with a Chinese dollar? I can’t, and won’t. The Obama administration is about as inept as I’ve ever seen, and will cause us to enter another “Dark Age” if he is not “brought to heel.” Obama needs to be impeached, and booted from office before he can do us any more damage. We need to get somebody in there who has some common sense. It has become obvious that Obama is not only the WRONG man for the job, he is a “clear and present danger” to this nation. (Money News)

Harry Reid Using Rush for Fundraising

He’s sending out fundraising letters saying rush is “targeting” him. Like rush cared whether he won or lost. If he DOES get “Dashle’d,” there’ll just be another liberal jerk to take his place, just as there was one when Dashle lost his election. He must think he’s the ONLY liberal jerk in the Democrat Party. I’d say he has an overblown opinion of himself and he knows what a good fundraiser Rush is among liberal jerks, who elect him over and over again until they get too much of him. Rush says, "When he sent that letter asking my partners to shut me up, his letter raised $2.1 million on eBay. Senator Reid is well aware that the lunatic fringe that votes for him in Nevada hates my guts and they'll send money to him just to defeat me. So it's a fundraising technique on the part of Senator Reid, Dingy Harry." (Rush Limbaugh)

U. S. "Not At War With Islam"

U. S. “NOT AT WAR WITH ISLAM”: But we ARE at war with Muslim extremists. Islamic terrorists of the kind who murdered 3,000 people, women, men, and CHILDREN at the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001. The Muslims think they can get us to forget that by intimating that a “war against Muslim extremists” is a war against Muslims. It is not. If we had been murderously attacked by a CHRISTIAN organization, we would be at war with THAT Christian organization, not necessarily ALL Christians. I shouldn't have to explain that to intelligent people. We will KILL as many Muslim extremists we find trying to kill us, as long as it takes to make them unable any longer to kill us. (Yahoo News/AP)

Reality Sets In

In California, they mandated the use of "small cars" that used less gas. Shortly they figured out they were getting less gas tax money so they raised the gasoline tax. In Denver, Colorado, they had a campaign to reduce the use of water. Soon they realized they were selling less water and taking in less money. So they raised the water rates. Obama wants to put in a "smart switch" to turn your lights off for an hour in the evening. Controlled by the government, not by you. It usually doesn't take bureaucrats long to be "hit by reality" in such cases. Do they then reverse their original plans? NO! They raise taxes or "fees." (Just common sense)

They Still Think AIG Was Incompetent

Even Investor’s Business Daily says AIG was incompetent and brought their problems upon themselves. Not EVEN! AIG, like other lenders, simply OBEYED the law (The Citizen’s Reinvestment Act of 1976) that FORCED them to make loans to people who could not repay them, just because they NEEDED them. This law was MADE by Democrats; the very same people who are now “grilling” their executives (one of whom was not even THERE while all this was going on) and PRETENDING they were not the CREATORS of the problem. It infuriates me to hear the likes of Barney Frank (Elmer Fudd) castigating AIG employees for obeying the law HE saw made, pretending the AIG employee CAUSED the problem. It’s like letting the CRIMINAL “interrogate” the VICTIM. Gawd, I’m getting tired of repeating this! Is ANYBODY listening? (IBD Editorials)

No Kidding!

Kim Jong Il has been “reappointed” dictator (they call it “leader”) of communist North Korea by his hand-picked “rubber stamp legislature.” You know, the “august body” all dictators keep to give credence to their tenure as dictator—whose members know if they DON’T vote the way their “leader” wishes, they’re dead. Is anybody surprised? Even if he was made into an idiot by his stroke, they would have STILL “reappointed” him. They only bother with this “dog and pony show” to make our gullible politicians think he is legitimate, while he is really the chief crook and murderer. Hopefully, like our own “pot-bellied dictator,” Teddy Kennedy, he will die soon. But I don’t see anything getting better there when he does. In “Taxachussets,” they’ll just “elect” yet another “arch liberal” to take over his seat for the next 70 years. So I guess nothing much changes when a dictator dies. Castro is going to die soon, too. But I’m sure his brother will carry on his depredations until he, too, dies. Then one of his cronies will keep things going. (Yahoo News/AP)

Phony Polls and "Studies"

NBC came up with a phony poll (with Katie Couric fawning over the pollster) saying Rush Limbaugh is only at 19% compared to Obama’s 60%. I’d like to see the questions they used in that poll. They say this poll proves that Limbaugh is “hated by all.” Of course, they no doubt didn’t include his 20 million (or more) listeners in this poll. Of course they don’t tell you that Nancy Pelosi’s approval numbers are only 18%! (Is she similarly "hated by all?") This is the way they “slant” the news; with phony polls they want to reflect a certain viewpoint, with answers from known liberal enclaves where they are asked specific questions (with no opportunity to say anything else) the answers to which will prove their thesis. I never believe ANY “polls.” They, like statistics, can be made to say ANYTHING by the simple system of ignoring things that don’t support your thesis. (Just common sense)

Now He's President

He can do what he wants; he thinks. He didn’t tell us when he was begging for our votes that he was going to swindle us out of a TRILLION dollars within THREE WEEKS of being installed in office. That his new budget bill will be for THREE trillion dollars and include 8,500 “earmarks.” I could list all those idiot things he has done and is proposing to do, but I won’t bore you with them, It’s hard enough keeping the average American’s attention as it is. Suffice it to say, Obama has ALREADY swindled us out of more money than have politicians since the founding of this country in his first three weeks. Is anybody LISTENING out there? (IBD Editorials)

Victory for A Scam Artist

Ex-professor Ward Churchill, the scam artist who pretended to be of Indian ancestry to get “special privileges” at his college left the courtroom triumphantly, “pumping his fist” communist-style after winning his suit to prove the college fired him for his “little Eichmanns” crack in an article about the victims of 9/11. Of course, they COULD have fired him for that under university rules. So what did he win? One dollar plus his attorney’s fees. The university MAY ultimately be forced to rehire him after all the appeals are done. But they COULD hire him back without classes for him to pervert. His “tenure” does not force them to provide him with a classroom OR students to teach how to kill to make a point. They can assign him to anything they wish. I’d make him a janitor. Frankly, I think his “little Eichmanns” comment merely ALERTED the university to what kind of a man he was. It was a bonus to find out he falsified a lot of his research, as well as lying about an “Indian heritage.” Of course, he wore an “Indian” jacket into court to emphasize his pretend “Indian heritage.” If he gets a classroom, they ought to label his course for what it is: “How to Scam the World.” Obama would be his first student. (Denver Post)

They Knew It A YEAR Ago!

THEY KNEW IT A YEAR AGO! Barney Frank and the other criminals in Washington KNEW about these AIG “retention bonuses” a year ago! But Barney and the other criminals in Washington acts like he is surprised after getting a letter this morning. But we know better. At least those of us who are LISTENING know better. Those people “not paying attention to politics” do not. And what about the $90 million dollars in "retention bonuses" former employees of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are getting? I'll bet you didn't hear about that, did you? I guess that's because Obama's government APPROVES of these bonuses, even though Fannie and Freddie ALSO took "bailout money." The press just won't report it. (Just common sense)

Obama's Silly Tax Code

He’s “taxing the rich” (the WORKING RICH) at a rate TWICE as high as the “average person. Therefore punishing the (working) rich, whose projects create jobs and profits for us all, and rewarding mediocrity. Punishing achievement cannot ever work. Soon the achievers will no longer have the INCENTIVE to achieve and the looters will have nothing left to loot. “ 'If you’re a teacher making $50,000 a year and decide to donate $1,000 to the Red Cross or United Way, you enjoy a tax break of $150,” Orszag explains. “If you are Warren Buffet or Bill Gates and you make that same donation, you get a $350 deduction — more than twice the break as the teacher.' But that’s because the tax rate for the rich guys is more than twice as high as the tax rate for the teacher. They get a bigger “break” because they pay more in taxes to begin with. The unfairness that the Obama administration perceives is built into a system of progressive taxation that includes deductions." I get really tired of hearing the phrase, “tax breaks for the rich.” They don’t exist. The rich pay MOST of the taxes paid, and thus are ENTITLED to a bigger tax break. (Atlasphere)

"Arrogant and Dismissive"

These are the words Obama used in Europe to describe American’s opinion of Europeans. But the only “arrogant and dismissive" American I know of is Obama himself. Europe has EARNED our arrogant and dismissive attitude because they have “bought” collectivism (socialism) and have suffered for it. But Obama wants US to embrace socialism even though we WILL suffer for it if we do. Then we can be “arrogant and dismissive” toward ourselves since it is our CAPITALISM and INDIVIDUALISM that is responsible for us being the “leader of the world” and the source of ALL wealth in the world, allowing us to SUPPORT those socialist nations of Europe.. (Just common sense)

We Want Names, Too!

"AIG workers are getting death threats. [But Barney Frank is willing to subpoena those names. –RT] CNN is airing some! But Barney Frank wants to out them publicly. Well, we want names, too. Who were the prostitutes in Barney's basement [And why does nobody take him to task except for the “hand-slap” he got? -RT? Who gave Chris Dodd his sleazy mortgage, and Harry Reid his sleazy land deals -- and who's covering up Charlie Rangel's sleazy tax evasion?" (Rush Limbaugh) Why does nobody question these things? How do these people get away with this kind of thing? Yeah, yeah, I know Congress did once take notice of some of these crimes by their members, but as with the banking and post office scandals, and Ted Kennedy’s drowning of his pregnant girlfriend at Chappaquiddick, nothing ever got done and the “sinners” remain in Congress (most of them) to this day. Kennedy will likely die in office as his ignorant constituents continue to return him to Congress, time after time. They’ll probably re-elect him after he’s dead so the Mass. Governor can reliably appoint his hand-picked successor, who can carry on his dishonest work. (Just common sense)

Another "Victory" for Gun Control!

Twelve or more people are dead in New York City at an immigration center. There was NOBODY there with a gun and the will to use it to stop him. That’s because New York has some of the most restrictive anti-gun laws in the country. Did that stop this guy? Not for a second. When a criminal wants to use a gun to commit a crime, NO amount of laws that say he can’t do it while armed are going to stop him. Only the presence of someone in the crowd who can kill him early in his “shooting spree” and reduce the death toll. Only his not knowing if there was someone there who is armed so he can’t target the only armed person he knows is there, first, as the Columbine killers did. Only laws that allow honest people to be armed and able to defend themselves from such people will help. But ignorant politicians will never allow that. Even if this killer’s gun or guns were licensed, it makes no difference. If they were not, it’s the same. Anti-gun laws, as we know them, are STUPID and have KILLED many people. As long as honest people are not allowed to be armed for self-defense, we will continue to hear about such shooting sprees, and they will be successful. This is the second such shooting spree I’ve heard about in as many days. The other one was in a “REST HOME,” fergawd’sake! How many people have to die before the “anti-gun freaks” wake up? (Yahoo News/AP)

Require PROOF!

Why hasn’t the election commission required Obama to PROVE he’s a U. S. citizen before allowing him to take office as president? There are many people out there DEMANDING this proof, yet Obama “stonewalls” the whole idea. Why? If he really IS a citizen, there’s no problem. He should be willing to prove it. The only reason for “stonewalling” it is if he is NOT; unless he’s just too arrogant to be bothered. If American citizenship is required to become president, there should be a law requiring a candidate to PROVE his/her citizenship BEFORE any election can be held. But NO! We just “let it go” while Obama “shines us on” and goes about swindling us out of trillions of dollars we don’t have, while printing “Monopoly money” to make up the difference. (Just common sense)

Oxymoron

That’s a “fancy word” for “contradiction in terms.” A contradiction in terms is one term that contradicts the other. That’s the only thing possible to call Obama’s “Charitable Taking.” He SAID he’d “go through the budget “line by line” and “get rid of “wasteful or ineffectual programs.” “Although the process was not completed yet, he said, ‘we have already identified $2 trillion in savings over the next decade.’ But it turns out that tax increases account for half of those ‘savings.’ From Obama’s perspective, it seems, letting people keep their own money qualifies as a “wasteful and ineffective program.” This is typical Obama stupidity. He expects Americans to be too ignorant to see through it; and he’s right. Most Americans proudly “ignore politics” and allow the government to “pick their pockets” with impunity. To target and punish achievers and support dead-beats. (Atlasphere)

Releasing Terrorists Here

They say they can’t release them back to the countries from whence they came because they might be abused, maybe even killed. So what? Ask me if I care about what happens to people whose only mission in life is to kill people who don’t believe the way they do. I don’t care if they behead them as soon as they set foot on the ground there. We can’t put them into the U. S. penal system because then they’d have constitutional rights. He wants to release them into our population and GIVE THEM WELFARE! Is Obama INSANE? I believe he is. But that shouldn’t let him do things that will inevitably KILL Americans. He wants to “reach out” to “moderate” terrorists! There ARE no “moderate” terrorists. To a man, they want to KILL us ALL. To think there are is not ignorance, it’s INSANITY. It's STUPIDITY! (Just common sense)

Who Do They Think They Are?

The criminals in Washington are taxing the AIG bonuses at 90% if the recipients don’t “voluntarily” give them back. Who the hell do these people think they are? They THINK they can make a RETROACTIVE (unconstitutional) law that will allow them to do this, but they can’t, without the connivance of the U. S. Supreme Court to REDEFINE this law as NOT retroactive, but which can still take effect BEFORE it was made. There is no way they could do this without it. (Just common sense)

Reversing Bush's "Armed Pilots"

Idiocy! Apparently, Obama wants us to be more easily hijacked by Islamic terrorists and other crazies. Bush did one thing right when “armed pilots” were allowed on commercial aircraft, causing potential hijackers not to know whether or not they’ll get shot when trying to enter the pilot’s compartment as part of a hijack attempt. Next thing, they'll disarm our "Air Marshals" who will be forced to defend us without guns. Potential hijackers will soon KNOW there will not be an armed pilot when they hijack an airline, and so they can go on “gaily” killing people in the air. I don’t know what’s wrong with these Democrats. Do they really think the way to self defense is to DISARM ourselves so we can be “easy targets?” What stupid people we have running things in Washington! (CCRKBA)

Who IS "Causing the Problem?"

Obama wants you to believe it’s capitalism and private enterprise. In reality it’s Obama’s GOVERNMENT causing the problems while PRETENDING to “solve” them. In the auto industry it is the auto UNIONS and their usurious demands (which the company agreed to back when business was good). Nobody; not even Obama’s government, will admit that. The liberal media won’t say a word about it, and anybody who believes EVERYTHING they see in the media don’t believe it because it’s NOT in the media. Obama WANTS you to believe private enterprise is at fault because that’s how he plans to bring SOCIALISM to this country by playing you for fools. (Just common sense)

Paying Union Wages

Anybody who has received TARP “bailout” money must pay union wages to their workers (whether or not they voted in a union). They SAY that will “raise the standard of living for all.” How do you do that if those jobs “go away,” when those who DIDN’T take TARP money outbid them? How do they figure that requiring contractors to pay higher wage rates will make the economy better? It won’t. It’ll only cost jobs. And losing jobs is not the aim of TARP. (Just common sense)

"Recklessness and Greed"

Obama says AIG is in trouble because of “recklessness and greed.” He’s right. But it is the “recklessness and greed” of the federal government, not of private business. They were only obeying the law (The “Citizen’s Reinvestment Act of 1976") that Democrats imposed upon them (forcing lenders to lend money they could not pay back). It angers me to see such as Barney Frank or Chris Dodd (who DEFENDED the CRA when Bush tried 12 times to “rein it in”) criticizing such as AIG when their mistake was obeying “Barney’s Law.” I’m getting very tired of hearing them criticize the “victims” of their own bungling. They criticized Sen. McCain for saying “the economy is fundamentally strong,” yet they are now echoing him. And they think we don’t remember that. We’ve elected con men to run our government, and we are going to suffer for it. (Yahoo News/AP)