Talk Radio "Racist?"

Considering who was present on the stage, I'd say it wasn't "racism" that permeated "talk radio, but jealousy. Just about every name I heard bandied about concerning this "dog and pony show" was a liberal (With the possible exception of Mark Levin representing the BIGGEST talk radio host in the nation, Rush Limbaugh, who apparently wasn't invited, who was in the audience, ferGawdsake!). The writer of this article says, "By my estimation there was one conservative, one center-left moderate, and four liberals on the panel. The task was simple: to engage in a discussion of ideas as to how non-dominant voices could be used in the medium of talk radio today." Where was Rush Limbaugh? How about Sean Hannity? There are many other conservative names in talk radio whose numbers DWARF those of those present, who were not there. Were they invited, like Sharpton, and found the gathering not worth their time, or were they ignored so they could be criticized by those who can't equal their accomplishments but suggest ways to "bring them down?" Sounds like yet another liberal "dog and pony show" to make themselves seem more important than they are. (Kevin McCollough/Town Hall)

OPEC: "No Need to Increase Production"

Of course! Sure, they represent only about a third of our oil imports, but that percentage WILL affect the price of oil in the world. And they don't want to do ANYTHING that will help oil prices go down. That's how they got "oil rich." By conning our oil companies into drilling on their soil, then "nationalizing" the result and forming a cartel to keep prices high by making sure production stays low. Sure, they "see no need to increase production." But they're right when they suggest WE ought to increase production, in spite of our "environmental extremists" who seem to be able to keep ANY oil exploration OR refining from happening here, but they're pretty sure those ignorant environmental extremists won't let us. How stupid are American politicians? (Reuters)

"Clinton, Osama Meet?"

Wouldn't THAT be "speshul?" Imagine Osama's surprise if he were still alive to see this newspaper? What they don't say is that reality is almost as bad: "Clinton and Obama" meeting to "divvy up the spoils." Two of the worst collectivists (socialists) in the country meeting to see who would get what if Obama managed to get elected in spite of his known socialism. I just can't see why otherwise intelligent people in this country "buy" his bull and seriously consider allowing him to be elected president. They'll call me a racist for saying this, but that's because they are afraid of debating his candidacy with me on its merits. So they just call me names. That's their "modus operandi." (American Thinker)

Ray's Shorts

These are items of OPINION, for which I often don't have URLs to use for documentation and which are usually too short to be a headlined item. When I can, I'll include any URLs I have, or give you an idea where to look. . . . "SETTLED LAW:" That's a term I hear bandied about a lot lately, mostly by Democrats who are frightened to death that they won't be able to kill the result of unprotected sex any longer or AlGore's disciples, who fear people will find out they're frauds. But there IS no such thing as "settled law." ANY law can be overturned, at any time, by the Supreme Court if it is unconstitutional. Let's get real, folks! . . . THEN GET OUT! Gwyneth Paltrow says she doesn't want to live in America. So what. The next plane out of the country is leaving in a few minutes. Be on it! Composer Burt Bacharach, who hates Bush with a passion, can go with her. . . . CLINTON'S "LEGACY": Everybody, including people on the right, say Bill Clinton "doesn't have a "legacy." I maintain that he does. His legacy is that he taught America's teenagers that, "oral sex is not sex." I maintain that when you put your penis, or even your tongue into someone's body orifice and an orgasm is the result, it IS SEX. If you can get a sexually-transmitted disease as a result, it IS sex. Nature does not recognize Clinton's claim. . . . STARBUCKS SPENDS MORE ON HEALTH CARE THAN ON COFFEE: You'd think they're selling health care instead of coffee. Any company that spends more on health care than they do on what they're selling is stupid -- and liberal. . . . NOT ENOUGH FAILURE: That's one complaint liberals have advanced against Supreme Court Chief Justice nominee John Roberts; that his life demonstrated an APPALLING LACK OF FAILURE! I guess that's not unexpected, since failure is a requirement for liberals. They think you have to fail in order to succeed. How absurd. How stupid! . . . KENNEDY NOT QUALIFIED: As I watch Sen. Teddy (The Swimmer) Kennedy questioning Supreme Court nominee John Roberts in the confirmation hearings, it strikes me that Teddy should have long since been relegated to the sidelines, if not prison for killing that girl through his indifference to her life in swimming back to his hotel and going to bed while she drowned instead of calling for help and his carelessness in driving off that bridge in the first place. He should not ever be allowed to question his betters on ANYTHING. . . . CRIPPLING TABOR: The TABOR Amendment in Colorado simply says the politicians must ASK PERMISSION before voting on more spending, and that they must RETURN money they haven't spent to the taxpayer. They've been trying to emasculate TABOR ever since it was passed, and if they pass Proposition C (so they get to KEEP overtaxation money), they will have done it (They DID it). They SAY it does not represent a tax increase, but if it passes (it did), they get to KEEP tax money that would have been returned under TABOR for the last five years. That might amount to 3.5 BILLION dollars they'll get to spend. If that isn't a tax increase, I'll kiss your keester in public and give you a half hour to draw a crowd. They make a big thing about the fact that it will only last 5 years. But guess what will happen then? Renewal time! There is no such thing as a temporary tax, of ANY kind. . . . WHEW! IT WAS JUST INCOMPETENCE! Los Angeles heaved a sigh of relief when they found out their massive blackout was not caused by terrorists, but by simple incompetence. Workers accidentally cut SEVERAL main power lines. Sheesh! . . . CLOONEY "MAD" AT NEWS MAX: He hates being included in the News Max "Deck of Weasels" for his comments about politics, notably about the Iraq war. But who cares about what George Clooney is mad about?

Oil Prices Down

Oil prices went down for a while, there. Why didn't we see lower prices "at the pump?" Whenever oil prices per barrel go up, we usually IMMEDIATELY see prices "at the pump" rise. Why doesn't it work in the opposite direction? Probably because we're talking millions of dollars in extra profit made from sales at the higher prices, coupled with lower oil barrel prices. (Just common sense)

Control CRIMINALS, Not Guns!

Professor Walher E. Williams asks an intelligent question: "The people who murdered Sgt. Stephen Liczbinski were violent convicts released on parole. So what is responsible for his death: guns, or a criminal justice system that cuts soft deals for such criminals?" Unfortunately, this is not a question people who "hate guns" will ever ponder. They think if they can "get guns out of existence (a "fantasy dream"), violence will disappear. It won't. It existed long before guns were invented, and people would STILL find ways to kill each other if guns simply "disappeared" (which isn't going to happen, and is a little like trying to get the toothpaste back in the tube) I have another question I always ask "anti-gun nuts," but which they never seem to be able to answer. They just start "calling me names" without attempting to answer it. It is, "Why would a CRIMINAL, whose entire life is dedicated to breaking the law, OBEY a law that says he can't be armed while committing other crimes?" I asked that question a few years ago of Andrew Hudson, Denver Mayor Wellington Webb's "press flack," and instead of even attempting to answer it, he accused me of "sending spam." Apparently, he can't tell the difference between spam and a personal e-mail. Another irrational thing "anti-gun nuts" do is create "no-gun-zones," such as Virginia Tech (where a crazy man killed 23 people with a gun that was "illegal" on campus) and other schools such as Columbine, where an armed man killed 13 people. Then there's the restaurant in Texas where a woman who had a license to carry had to disarm herself before entering and had to watch while a crazy gunman killed a bunch of people, including her parents, who were eating with her. What kind of stupid people ARE these "anti-gun zealots?" Guns are not what should be banned. Judges who "slap violent criminals on the hand" are what should be banned. (Walter E. Williams)

Ask A Stupid Question

One scam the liberal media regularly uses is the "stupid question." In this illustration from a comic strip, but which I see in real life every day, the reporter asks a question dredged up from the past, having nothing to do with the candidate's position, imputing something nasty from an innocent comment the candidate made way in the past, while ignoring the actual point at hand. (Prickly City)

Damnocrats Want "Special Food"

Showing their "elite liberal roots" and complete lack of connection with "average people," they're demanding very expensive "special foods" and "compostable" plates. "Fried foods, Styrofoam plates and bottled water are forbidden at the DNC Host Committee's 22 or so sponsored parties [That's a BUNCH of parties. But it's only OUR money, isn't it? -RT] this August, reports Douglas Brown. And so is liquid served in individual plastic containers. Plates must be reusable, like china, recyclable or compostable. The food should be local, organic or both. And caterers must provide foods in 'at least three of the following five colors: red, green, yellow, blue/purple, and white,' garnishes not included, according to a Request for Proposals, or RFP, distributed last week. The prospect of the DNC business windfall has tantalized caterers since Denver was named host city for the convention more than a year ago. Caterers praise the committee and Denver for their green ambitions, but some say they're baffled by parts of the RFP." And you can bet they didn't figure this into their price estimates. (The Denver Post)

Already "Making Nice" On Each Other

The "election" is not even officially over (Hillary hasn't and probably won't concede), but BOTH candidates are already "making nice" on each other. This is one of the phoniest parts of an "election season," where people who have been previously saying very nasty things about each other start saying "how honored" they've been to run against each other with nothing either has said about the other resulting in ANY "changes." Neither one means it. They're just saying it to "mend fences." Both have called for "change," with neither of them defining just what "change" means to them. I can tell you. "Change" means movement toward socialism, no matter WHO gets elected, singly, or together. If McCain gets elected, it'll be the same, just a little slower. (Scrappleface)

"Calling You Names"

People who know they can't answer debates on the merits take about thirty seconds to start calling you names. A good example is Obama. People who say anything against him are immediately labeled "racist." If you say something against Hillary Clinton, they call you "sexist." Then you're spending so much time trying to avoid those "labels," that the facts of the debate get lost in "the sound and fury," and that's the way they like it. Barack is as much white as he is black, and Hillary isn't the first woman who has been involved in a presidential race. But that's not the argument, in any case. I don't want either of them as president because both are socialists. The unfortunate thing is, McCain has shown socialistic tendencies, although not as much. (Just common sense)

Plenty of Warning

Seung Hui Cho gave plenty of warning of his murderous tendencies before he went into Virginia Polytechnic Institute and murdered 23 people. In one case, he was scheduled to make a presentation before a class and a dozen students stayed away because they were afraid of him. He took pictures of female students under their desks and wouldn't stop; eight professors formed a "group" to deal with his violent writings. "In December 2005, police hauled him off, a judge signed an involuntary commitment order deeming him dangerous, and sent him to a Radford, Va., psychiatric hospital for evaluation. A doctor declared him mentally ill but not an “imminent threat,” a Supreme Court term whose meaning the justices have never explained, and the judge released him." So why was he allowed to "roam freely" on a campus where almost everybody was afraid of him? Where he predictably finally killed 23 people? Somebody flubbed, and I'd say it was the judge, who went by "the strict meaning of the law" without using judgment. If ever a case needed judgment, this was it. But no! They left this known insane man free to kill, and kill he did. How many other people are displaying such tendencies and are still "found" to be "not a threat" to society until they kill? "At present no law requires a person judged dangerous to go to counseling. Moreover there is precious little evidence counseling can “help.” A defining symptom of the paranoid personality is that he does not think there is anything wrong with himself. He thinks the rest of the world is “sick,” and needs correcting, by gunfire or bomb if necessary. As his megalomania and paranoia grow, his rage builds against us all until he explodes in a bloody mess. In most mass murders red flags aplenty signaled disaster ahead. Usually people had complained to police, and many mass killers had police records." Why is it no one seems to pay attention until people die? Some people are unsalvageable. We need to have an effective way of dealing with them without violating the rights of those who have exhibited none of these violent tendencies. (LELDF)

Always A "Pioneer"

I've been a "pioneer" in many things, one of which is "desktop publishing," which I was doing before it even had a name. I published several different tabloid newspapers back when typesetting was VERY expensive and I had to use an "executive typewriter" like an IBM Selectric® and type my copy twice: once on the left to determine how many spaces to leave to get "justified copy" (even margins on both ends), then have it Photostatted down to a 2-1/4" column width with approximately 12 pt. type, which I'd "paste up" in my "flats" as camera-ready copy. When Macintosh came out with the first DTP software, I thought I had died and gone to heaven, it made my job so much easier. I immediately went to a "service bureau" and rented time on a Mac to do my copy. Soon after, I owned only the second such software platform in existence that year, the Atari ST, and started a typesetting business, able to charge prices so low in comparison to "normal" typesetting charges at the time that many either got their own DTP software and lowered their prices, or went out of business. I led the nation in sales of a carbon paper replacement called "Copyfax," that obsoleted carbon paper before that. Today, I'm yet again a "pioneer" this time in publishing, my new book being published in "print-on-demand" form, making it unnecessary for bookstores to carry lots of copies (unless they wanted to) with the book available (so far) only on the Internet through Barnes & Noble and Amazon, among others, but not yet (maybe never) available on a bookstore shelf. I expect this to obsolete new bookstores as we know them, as the Mac did "cold" typesetting and Copyfax did standard carbon paper. (Outskirts Press)

We've Been Noticed

KNUS News Talk Radio in Denver has, on May 28, named my other blog, "The New THOMA$ REPORT" to their list of the "Top Ten Colorado Blogs." The notation is in the "710 KNUS Denver Community" section, below the radio schedule, on the left. Maybe the release of my new book, "What's WRONG in America" had something to do with it, since they are on my publisher's press release list. I hope they soon want to know more about the book. (710 KNUS)

The Boxer-Lieberman-Warner Tax Bill

They scream it is NOT a "tax bill," but unfortunately, it is one of the biggest "transfers of wealth" to come down the pike. It will raise taxes so much in the coming years, you'll wish you were back in "the good old days" when you had some money to keep, even if it wasn't very much. This is just yet another scheme to con you into AGREEING to a massive tax increase with a "good-sounding handle." Don't fall for it. Tell your congressman or Senator you want no part of it. Notice the sponsors of the bill are either Damnocrats, or known liberal Republicans, whatever they call themselves. (Congress Daily)

Nobody Cares

AlGore must be in tears. ABC did a poll recently that showed "nobody cares" about "man-made global warming," except for him and those he has conned into believing his lies. Even many of those won't do anything about it because it's just not very important to them. Yes, there has been a noticeable increase in the number of corporations who have "knuckled under" to Al and his disciples, but that's just because he has extorted them well. "ABC and the Washington Post polled Americans about the most important issue to them in the upcoming elections. The economy ranked #1 with 41% [Mostly because people are rightly afraid the Democrats will mess it up. -RT], Iraq #2 with 18% [People are afraid the Democrats are going to lose yet another war we are winning. -RT], Health Care #3 with 7% [They've seen all the failing "national health plans and they don't work. -RT], Terrorism/National Security #4 with 5% [Hell, the Democrats won't even admit there IS a "terrorist problem. -RT], Immigration and Ethics followed with 4% [People know nothing will change here under Democrats. -RT], Education and Morals with 2% [The same here. -RT], Environment and Global Warming continue to receive a 0%. ZERO percent! And AlGore says it's the most important thing facing us! Maybe it is to his pocketbook, which has become noticeably fatter because of it. (ABC Poll)

Book's Out

I've been anxiously awaiting the release of my new book, "What's WRONG in America," and it finally happened. I could answer that question on one sentence, maybe one word. But it takes 216 pages and 22 chapters to present the truth of what I'm saying. The price is $14.95 and you can get it from Barnes & Noble or Amazon, or directly from the Outskirts Press Bookstore. (Outskirts Press Bookstore)

Shades of "Atlas Shrugged"

One of the things that happened when the liberals' dreams came true was farmers going back to mules and horses to pull their tools. It's coming true today. T.R. Raymond says "he mules are slower than a petroleum-powered tractor, but there are benefits. This fuel's so high, you can't afford it," he said. "We can feed these mules cheaper than we can buy fuel. That's the truth." Hmmm, slower, but cheaper (He saves $70 a day). Isn't that what environmentalists want? Well, it seems like they're getting it. Maybe we ought to send some environmentalists out to plow the fields using mules so they'd find out what the result of their wishes are like. Robert Raymond said, "It's the way of the future." I certainly hope we'll come to our senses and reject that "global warming" crap before that. (Breitbart)

The Result of Ignorance

In Kenya, the government works very hard to keep their people ignorant so they won't "tumble" to the things their government is doing to them. One of the "unexpected consequences" of this is that ignorant people are more easily fooled by slick-talking people. Such is what happened when somebody convinced everybody that people in a certain area were "witches." So they "lined them up" and burned them, completely forgetting (as they did in this country 100 years ago) that if they WERE witches, they could easily kill their tormentors with a glance or a mumbled spell. (Breitbart)

Chelsea for President!

Well, they can't seem to get Hillary elected so they can return to the White House, so now they'll push Chelsea. I can't imagine that Chelsea, who has been conditioned to be as socialist as are her mother and father, will think any differently than they do. So if she ever gets elected, we'll still suffer, just as we will if Hillary OR Obama get elected. Gawd! I wish we had a viable candidate in this race! (This Is London)

Charging for Baggage

There's always a way to make more money out of our misery. The airlines have found it. They've driven us to fly without "carry-on luggage" so as to avoid the long lines and indignity of being searched before allowing us to enter the airplane, so now they're charging us for the FIRST checked bag. To carry ANYTHING on board, even innocuous products like Tang and pressurized spray cans is almost impossible, so it will now cost us $15 to put that kind of thing in a checked bag, and you can count on that price to go up in the future, as ALL prices tend to do, once they've become an expected thing. (Yahoo Finance)