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Oy….
Why can’t people just endorse the guy, and keep their opinions to themselves?
I really didn’t want to Blog about this, because everyone else and their uncle is. plus, there’s so, much partisan nonsense involved with this.
I just don’t think this issue should be treated Politically, Liberal or Conservative.
Having said that, go read the stories from various news agencies and Bloggers.
A East Texas Teenager was attacked for a sign she made for a class assignment.
Quote: (via KLTV-TV)
Melanie Bowers, 13, and her parents walked into Athens High School Monday afternoon to talk to campus police. They were hoping to get some answers.
"It never should have happened in the first place. The whole assignment was a silly assignment and they should have contacted us immediately after it happened," said J.R. Bowers, Melanie’s father.
It was an assignment for history class–to make a protest sign for or against an issue, and Melanie said she chose illegal immigration. Her sign read, "If you love our nation, stop illegal immigration." Somehow, Melanie said the sign got passed around lunch and angered a group of Latino students.
"I didn’t know any of these people," she said. One young, she claimed, jumped on her back and he put her in a choke hold. "We have brick walls in the middle school and he slammed my face on the bricks."
Melanie said a group of boys also threatened to rape and kill her. Eventually, the boys let her go and when she went for help, she was ordered back to class, and told she could not call her parents, she said.
"They handled this wrong, you know, they put a child back in danger," said J.R. Bowers. "It was a very racially motivated crime."
Athens ISD gave KLTV 7 a statement, confirming there was a disturbance in the hallway, Friday between two to three students. "We have a camera system in the building," said Louis DeRosa. "We are collecting other information and statements from witnesses and this is all the information we have at this time," he said.
Melanie and her parents said they just hope the right thing is done…and quickly.
"I won’t be happy until the kids that did this are out of school," Bowers said.
All the more reason for more alternatives for Public School for kids. Of course, I don’t think this teacher had any business allowing kids to do something like this.
I also think there should be some kids going to Juvenile Detention for this as well.
Others on this: Stop The ACLU, Wake up America, The Other McCain, Michelle Malkin
Cross-Posted @ The Christian Nationalist
Contrary to what the Liberals want you to believe, The story of McCain going to blows with another senator is old news, that has been reported a few times already.
Quote:
Perhaps the most remarkable story of McCain’s temper involved Arizona Congressman Rick Renzi. Two former reporters covering McCain, one who witnessed the following events and one who confirmed the facts provided by the first, relayed it to me as follows: In 2006, the Arizona Republican congressional delegation had a strategy meeting. McCain repeatedly addressed two new members, congressmen Trent Franks and Rick Renzi, as ‘boy.’ Finally, Renzi, a former college linebacker, rose from his chair and said to McCain, "You call me that one more time and I’ll kick your old ass." McCain lunged at Renzi, punches were thrown, and the two had to be physically separated. After they went to their separate offices, McCain called Renzi and demanded an apology. Renzi refused. Apparently this posture made McCain admire him, as they became fast friends.
Seriously, do these people do any kind of research at all??? This story is older than dirt.
Research gents, It could only help!
Other idiots who Blogged about this: The Politico, New York Times, Crooks and Liars, MotherJones.com, Booman Tribune, The Campaign Spot, The Raw Story, DownWithTyranny!, Brilliant at Breakfast, Cliff Schecter …, Open Left and Wonkette
A good Book:
There’s a ton of it. I’m sorting through it and hopefully, I’ll be able to get something up here.
I know what you’re thinking, "Why are you doing this?" Why? Because I’m fair. I believe that both sides of the conversation ought be heard. Not just one side. and besides. Fox News is now doing embeds on their video. It’s about time guys!
Anyhow, here’s Talking Points Memo from 4/4, they need to update, yeesh!
Bronze: Homeland Security Under Secretary Douglas Feith
Silver: Glenn Beck
Gold: Bill O.
For the record, I think the pregnant trans-gendered guy is like…. uh… gross, but Bill O. Is an idiot, so, I give Keith a pass on that one.
Seems so…
Via Think Progress:
During today’s White House press briefing, deputy spokesman Tony Fratto admitted that the White House has, at least up until recently, been looking at Iraq through “rose-colored glasses.” Responding to a question about the rising violence in Iraq, Fratto said, “I think we have thrown out all of the rose-colored glasses in how we look at Iraq and try to look at it through clear lenses as to what is going on in the country.” Fratto later added: “Like I said, we threw out the rose-colored glasses. I think we have a clear-eyed view of what’s happening in Baghdad.”
Think Progress has the video.
Cue John Conlee:
But then again, hasn’t George W. Bush’s Presidency been served by looking through those glasses?
Others: Salon and The Carpetbagger Report
A classic example of recycle the rumor….
Via Raw Story:
Three reporters from Arizona, on the condition of anonymity, also let me in on another incident involving McCain’s intemperateness. In his 1992 Senate bid, McCain was joined on the campaign trail by his wife, Cindy, as well as campaign aide Doug Cole and consultant Wes Gullett. At one point, Cindy playfully twirled McCain’s hair and said, "You’re getting a little thin up there." McCain’s face reddened, and he responded, "At least I don’t plaster on the makeup like a trollop, you cunt." McCain’s excuse was that it had been a long day. If elected president of the United States, McCain would have many long days.
The problem is, not a bit of it is true…. McRanger over at Macsmind weighs in:
The only problem is that the story is false. This tale first floated up around the 2000 election primary cycle but was quickly knocked down by Cindy herself in an interview in 1999. Further this article – while counting the ups and downs of McCain’s political career and marrage to Cindy makes no mention of the event.
You would think if true this story would have been old news by now. It’s doubtful Cliff Schecter got this from anything except the top of his head.
You know, I don’t agree with McRanger much, we’re not on the same page Politically, as I’m more right of center and he is, of course, a Republican. But I have to agree with with ol’ Mac here man, this story is quite hard to believe.
I tend to believe personally, and I base this upon looking at photographs of Cindy McCain, I tend to believe that if John McCain would have gotten knocked flat of his back, had he said that to her.
I think sometimes, in the haste of trying to find dirt of the opponent, the Liberals and some Conservatives, jump the gun on a story, to smear someone.
Fact checking Gentlemen! Look into it!
Listing of stupid Bloggers who bought this stupid story: Jesus’ General, Firedoglake, Taylor Marsh, Emptywheel, MyDD, Pandagon, Air America Radio blogs, American Street, Blue Girl, Red State, Wonkette, AMERICAblog, Cliff Schecter …, The Impolitic, Crooks and Liars, The Republic of T., Pam’s House Blend, Shakesville and The Agonist
Cross-Posted @ The Christian Nationalist
I saw this and I thought, "Has common sense went totally out the window?"
The Article: For the Record: Seriously, What is the FBI Doing? (via Investigative Project on Terrorism)
Quote:
In February, we exposed the latest FBI (and CIA) outrage, advertising for recruits in a pro-terrorist, anti-American magazine, the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs (WRMEA) – (see: Looking Under a Rock: FBI and CIA Hit New Low in Recruitment Drive). Both of our top national security agencies had placed online advertisements on the webpage of a magazine that included a hagiography to a terrorist the FBI had worked almost a decade to investigate and prosecute, Palestinian Islamic Jihad operative Sami Al-Arian.
Just over a month later, it is clear that the FBI has learned nothing. The agency is advertising for recruits in the Arab American News, another publication with a long history of support for terrorism, terrorists and terrorist organizations. The current edition has an editorial titled, "Let our people go!," under an ad banner recruiting for the FBI (which also appears on the home page of the website), about accused Iraqi spy Muthanna al-Hanooti, which states:
Arab American political activist Muthanna al-Hanooti was arrested and jailed this week by federal officials upon arrival at Detroit Metropolitan Airport returning from a trip to the Middle East. The following day he was charged with two counts of conspiracy and three counts of lying to the FBI about working for agents with the Iraqi Intelligence Service under Saddam Hussein. (emphasis added)
Screen shot of said website:
I mean, really gentleman, can we be anymore stupid than this? Advertising on a pro-terrorist website??!?! Somebody dropped a huge ball here, somewhere along the line.
That’s our wonderful government, being ran incompetent ogres, who base their terror warnings on "Gut Feelings".
…..and we PAY these people??!?!
Others: The Jawa Report and Little Green Footballs
Man, go over to a friends house for a couple of hours and something huge drops! WOW! 
The News via the political wires is, that Mark Penn, Hillary Clinton’s Chief Strategist Mark Penn has left Clinton’s Campaign for President.
You know, I will be honest with you. That guy really made me suspicious for the word go. I just wonder, what else was he up to?
The story is, that he was involved in working on a Colombian free-trade agreement that Clinton opposes. Not smart, not smart at all.
I just wonder, and I am sure that many others are wondering to, is this the beginning of the end for Hillary’s Campaign? I mean, people have said for weeks, that the wheels were coming off of her campaign, I just wonder if this confirms it or if this was just a necessary adjustment?
Time will tell, I suppose. It will be an interesting development to watch this coming week.
Of course, there has also been a few other events that could have hurt her chances, the sniper fire story that turned out to be not true. Then the story about the woman and her child dying, that turned out not to be entirely true, and now this.
Wow…. Just wow…
Reality bites, in a bad way.
Seeing Politics is kind slow today, here’s some bands that I happen to enjoy…
Free from 1970:
Humble Pie from 1971
Chicago Transit Authority – from 1974
Charlton Heston has died. The Right Swoons, The left says "Big Deal!". Some nastiness amongst Liberals. RIP Charlie. You were one of the good guys.
Clinton takes on tough questions in Oregon. It’s about time. and tells a fib.
The battle of Basra-Gate continues. Iran possibly involved.
Frank Rich Whines about the Ted offensive. Talk about living in the past!
Idiot Homosexual from England, spouts off about United States Politics.
Blog till you drop. Funny Article. How come they didn’t interview me? Oh, I’m not among the Blogging Elite. My bad. Reactions from the Tech Community.
Bush is says no go, on troop withdrawals. The Left sings the Hymns of defeat…..again.
That’s right…
I was contacted by a young lady named Kerri Wandle, who’s a student at Wayne State, she’s doing a report for a Mass Media and Communications course she’s taking. She asked me some very good questions. and I mean some that I had to really think about how to answer.
Ya gotta love them reporter types. 
Here’s the interview:
General Information
1. Tell me about yourself and how you began blogging?
Answer: It’s a bit of a long story, I started originally back in February of 2007. I had known about Blogs since way back in early 2006. But I didn’t think much of it. The only service I was aware of was Blogger, which I didn’t think much of, looked like a novelty item. You know, something for kids. I then discovered WordPress. But still I wasn’t very aware of the impact that Blogs were having.
My Internet experience dates back to the days of dial up. I also ran a full blown Dial up Land Line Bulletin Board System. I also was a member of FidoNet. Which predates the Internet, by about 10 years.
I guess you could say, I’m quite old school…
I started blogging officially, because, quite frankly, I had a bad experience in the last Baptist Church that I was involved in, without getting into all the nasty details, I pretty much got stabbed in the back, by a Pastor who, quite frankly, didn’t practice what he preached. As it does say on my Blog, I did grow up in Pentecostal Christian circles. Assembles of God to be exact. I left in 2004, due to some issues with the way that movement was headed. I hold no ill will towards the people, but doctrinally, they’re just deceived. Again, that is a very long story, and I don’t wish to bore you with the details.
Oh yes! Personal stuff, 35, Single, Never married, No Kids, thank God! One serious relationship that was like watching a train wreak… Not fun! All I’m saying about that.
2. Have you ever written professionally (i.e. been paid for writing projects)? If so was it for traditional media (newspapers, magazines, etc) or for new media such as on-line publications?
Answer: Not yet. I really am not out to be "Discovered" or anything, I would like to get a syndicated column of some sort, it would be nice to make a little scratch for my talent. Ha! I suppose. (bemused grin)
3. How much time (per day, per week) do you spend researching and writing your blogs?
Answer: Well, seeing that I am unemployed, and yes, that’s another long story. I spend most of the day working on my Blogs. I do this full time.
4. What are your favorite blogs to read?
Answer: Why my own., of course! Ha! I’m kidding… I read quite a few, Moderate Voice, HotAir, and Michelle Malkin, all the ones found on memeorandum.com which is a MeMe tag scanner. I’m not a devoted reader of any really. That’s just for politics though… I enjoy rachellucas.com, because she’s a doggy blogger and she’s funny, which helps. tammisworld.com is an awesome Blog, because she’s a tough lady, she was in an abusive relationship and had the guts to come out. Which I think is awesome, I like women with guts and who aren’t afraid to speak up for themselves. I also, as much as I hate to admit it, I read mountaineermusings.com as well, because that poor gal, lives in her own damn world man. ROFLMAO! Also because she reminds me of some women in some Churches that I’ve met over the years. Very pasty White, Very Christian, Very sheltered, coming from the ghetto (Southwest Detroit Baby, wOOt!) I find those people very amusing.
5. What blogs do you not like?
Answer: DailyKos….. very Liberal, Very Anti-Conservative, Very Nasty, Not my kind of joint. Cold Fury is the same way and it is conservative. Plus me and that guy had an issue at one point. More about that later.
6. What are your favorite traditional media?
Answer: MSNBC for the most part. I am a former CNN watcher, I had been watching CNN since I moved from Detroit to Lincoln Park, in 1989. CNN changed, I felt in the recent years, went too far Liberal for my tastes. After that stupid "What is a Christian" special that they did, which I felt was a veiled slam towards Christianity, I quit watching them, I mean, why didn’t they do a "What is a Muslim?" special? That was end for me. I like Keith Olbermann, his special comments are the best thing out there. He speaks the truth about the current Presidential administration. I was, however, a wee bit ticked that MSNBC took Tucker Carlson’s show off, I felt that they lost their Political Balance when they did that. Tucker Carlson was the only Conservative that I could stand watching without wanting to throw something at the TV. I cannot and will not watch Fox News, or "Faux Noise" as I like to call them. There are two type of Conservatives, real world and Fox News types, the chicken hawks, The Bush’ites I call them. Brain dead types. I also read most of the newspapers, magazines and what have you, via iGoogle, which brings them in via RSS feeds.
I also read Newswithviews.com and WorldNetDaily.com. amazingly, much of what is being printed by those guys, Keith Olbermann is saying in a different sort of a way. Same chorus, just different lyrics and music. (so to speak)
7. How large is your readership?
Answer: No clue, I try and not worry about it, if I did, I’d always would be fretting about it. I like to think people read my Blogs. But I don’t obsess over it.
8. Do you use a style guide (such as the AP or MLA styles) when you write?
Answer: Style? What’s that? (laughing…) Seriously, I don’t stick to one style of writing all the time. Because, I feel, that if you get stuck in one style of writing, you will get bored and burned out quickly. Sometimes, I will just write a single line, with a link to the story I am referencing. Sometimes, I will do an intro line, then the link with the story title and source, and then my comments at the bottom. It just depends on my mood, the level of interest in the story. Sometimes, I will fire up Microsoft Word and write a complete editorial on a said subject. That’s the wonderful thing about Blogging, it’s your voice, and you can use it however you want. I think that is why the main stream corporate media hates us so, because we have the freedom that they don’t.
Politics (oh noes!)
1. How, if at all, have your political opinions evolved or changed because of your blogging?
Answer: Oh Yes! When I started, I was left of center, very much anti-bush, anti-war, anti-everything that is and was wrong with Washington DC. However, after that little stunt that MoveOn.org pulled with mocking General David Petraeus, that was when I basically stopped and went "Wait a minute now!". You see, I am all for criticizing the Government and the Politics of Washington D.C., But leave the Military out of it! Those guys are just doing their jobs. This is why I was quite pissed off at Keith Olbermann, for his comment accusing Bush of pimping out the military, I let him know this too. That was just f’ing (you know the word…. Hehe) Wrong. As. Hell.
My position on Iraq is as follows, yes, we went in there on bad intelligence, But if we pull out, like the far lefty lunatic fringe wants us too, Iraq will collapse into chaos and we’ll the most hated country on the planet. We went there, we broke the damn country, we should fix it, it is called personal responsibility. Something that the far left knows nothing about apparently.
2. What are the five most important political issues for you?
Answer: Accountability. Upholding the Constitution. Freedom of Speech, Second Amendment, getting rid of corruption.
3. How do major stories such as the Detroit Mayor scandal and the presidential election affect your blogging?
Answer: As for the Detroit Mayor story, It was a big story for about a day. I still follow it, It didn’t make me "a big star overnight", kind of a thing, not at all. But I still follow it.
On the elections: I pretty much Blog about the big stories that come out. Sometimes the stupid minor stuff tends to bore me, the "He said, she said" stuff gets quite stale. I will be blogging the general election, I don’t plan on going to a convention or anything, unless I get an expenses paid invite… But I shall not hold my breath, least I turn blue and die! Hehe…
4. Do you feel your political blogging fills a specific niche or are there other blogs that reflect politics similar to yours?
Answer: Well, I consider myself "Real World Right of Center", a moderate, if you will, Other Blogs like mine are Moderate Voice, Middle Earth Journal, most of the centrist Bloggers, and there are many… (I can’t remember names…) So, yeah, there are others like me, I tend of lean more right, than some however, because of my Christian upbringing.
5. In your opinion, what are your most controversial political views?
My opposition to illegal immigration. My Nationalism, My Christianity. Need I say anymore?
Specific to your blog(s)
1. Why did you shut down The Populist Blog?
Answer: It got hacked, I got into a "pissing match" with a Blog named "Cold Fury", One of his co-bloggers, took a nasty swipe at me. And I responded back and unwittingly ended up insulting the Blog owners dead wife……. Ooops! Anyhow, that started a war and at the time, I was running Drupal, with WordPress in a subdirectory and they got me, injected malicious code into a SQL Database and it got it. Two days before Christmas. Nice present eh? Honestly? Had I known who she was and the story behind it, I wouldn’t never said what I did, and I felt terrible about it. But the owner of "cold fury" should have shown some responsibility for what was being said on his Blog. But no, he wanted to be an asshole, so, I said "fuck it". He won the battle, had his sock puppets do his work for him. All I’m going to say is, Karma’s a bitch. What goes around, comes around. He’ll get his one day.
Plus, I started The Populist Blog, Which was originally named "The Populist Moderate", Then "The Populist", then finally, I just used my name, anyhow, I started that Blog, when I was, for all intents and purposes a populist, more progressive leaning, But I soon discovered that most people like that, are just flat out Liberals. I also began to see that I didn’t have as much in common with them as I thought. I had considered shutting down before I was hacked. They just did me a favor, really. I took a week off, thought about things, regrouped, and started again, this time with a different way of doing things. For one, I won’t get into Blog wars anymore, and I won’t say stuff to garner knee jerk reactions like that anymore. You can be snarky, without being crude. I could have gone back at the guy, without going in the direction I did, lesson learned.
2. You currently have three blogs, one political, one religious, and one general in focus, how does it help to you to segregate subjects?
Well, I had a "one size fits all" Blog, where I lumped everything onto one Blog. I was told by one of the "cool techy geeky web 2.0" guys that those types of Blogs were not very popular. So, on returning to the scene, I decided that I would separate things a bit. It helps because I can separate the "Different Parts" of me. (OH MY GAWD that sounds SO GAY! BLAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!) hehe… sorry… I guess you could say that I am a very complex person. I suppose. I guess it helps, me because I have the one strictly for Politics and Page A1 News type stuff, I tend to keep that one strictly on subject. Sometimes, I drift a little. But I usually try and stay on subject. The Christian or Religious one, as you called it, I try and write stuff there that is of interest to that crowd, which I am happy to say that I am part of. (Even though, I do sometimes cuss and swear… (blushing)) The personal one, "Chuck’s Place", is just somewhere where I can post something that amuses me or say something snarky. Without having to worry about deviating from the said topic of the Blog. It’s really a flexibility issue.
3. Of your three blogs, which one are you most proud of and why?
Answer: Wow… I never really thought about it. I’m not much of a prideful person, I guess you could say that I got caught up in that kind of a mindset when I was running the Populist, I was on a domain, I got the traffic and such. It kind of led to my downfall. I don’t look at the Blogs like that. They’re just websites. It’s not like I restored an antique car or anything. I’m not a vain person, really.
4. Conversely which one do you feel most needs improvement?
Well, I really run four Blogs, one’s a tech Blog, which I really haven’t been updating, because I’m not really a big "tech geek", to a point I am, But I’m not a programmer. So, it’s not my obsession. Improvements, I would like to have all my Blogs on domains with hosting, But that costs money, that I just don’t have, being unemployed or not getting paid to write, other than the little money I get from advertising, which isn’t much at all, has it’s downside.
5. Have your blog writings been cross-posted or quoted on other sites of prominence?
When I ran the Populist Blog, Glenn Reynolds of instapundit fame, quoted me once and sent me some traffic. Since then, not that I know of, again, I’m not all hung up on that sort of thing, really. I write, if people like it and quote me, fine, if not. Fine. c’est la vie, I say…
6. You’ve made some enemies, if you will, on the web. How did that happen?
I’ve always said, and I have found out for myself. If you have an opinion and you are not afraid to express it, you going to make enemies. Comes with the territory. For the record, other than people saying stuff about me. I haven’t had anyone try and kill me…..yet. Gulp!
7. One site has an entire message board thread dedicated to bashing you. What’s up with that and how do you deal with that kind of criticism?
See above. Talent tends to draw out the children of our society….and if you’re referring to the message board, that I think you’re referring to, that message board is a fine example of what happens, when you allow uneducated, simple minded ogres near a computer.
8. Where do you see your blogs in 3 years?
Hopefully still being updated. I have no secret plan up my sleeve. I just go with it and hopefully I can make something of it all.
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So there it is, my claim to fame… I got an interview… I feel so strange. 
Cross-posted @ Chuck’s Place
It’s about time, those gang of idiots have been distorting the gospel of Christ long enough.
Some woman is making and Marketing "I was raped", t-shirts. (read: Making a profit)
Okay, this is where my far right wing, lunatic fringe, side of me comes out.
Ever see how women dress nowadays?
Let’s look at this "Victim":
Oh yeah, she really looks like some poor innocent girl.
Maybe if she tried dressing like a lady and no some two bit whore, maybe she wouldn’t get raped.
If you don’t advertise, your store won’t get robbed. Just that simple.
While I think rape is a horrible crime, outside of some exceptions, and yes, there are some, 90% of rapes could have been prevented, if they’d dressed a bit less provocative.
Sorry to say it, but it’s the truth.
That’s what Snoop Dog says.
Of course, Calvin Broadus isn’t known for his intelligence either.
Obama, however says it ain’t true:
Finally when Obama took the stage the audience cheered and screamed. It was reminiscent of the Nickelback concert I attended, but with a lack of women professing their undying love and virginity. As camera flashes were blinding I stood in the front row and yelled out:
Mr. Obama how do you feel about Snoop Dog accusing you of accepting funding from the KKK?
The people around me looked at me like I just asked him for a mustache ride. I really wasn’t shocked. Apparently not hearing me, I yelled it again as I made eye contact with him. Obviously trying to make it to the podium he merely said:
“It is completely untrue.”
How absurd, accusing a black man for taking support from the KKK.
Hey, Calvin, Stick to your day job man, stay out of politics, you’re making the brothers look silly!
Others: QandO and Outside The Beltway
With apologies to every English teacher I have had….
For all intents and purposes… A Michigan redo isn’t happening..
So nice to be a part of the damn political process in America.
"The Democrat Party, Where your votes don’t count, so why vote anyway?"
That should be their new slogan.
It’s enough to make a person want to move to Oregon.
I’m not sure what’s more funny….
This article here or this rebuttal.
Take your pick.
I must confess, I found Roger’s rebuttal hilarious!
Here is the video news story via the AP:
Memeorandum has the various Blog reactions and story on Hillary’s website.
The only thing I have to say about it is this. The Clinton’s were successful people, I do not have a problem with that, at all. They went to college, got law degrees and were successful at it.
Does that bother me? Of course not! Sorry, I am just not one of those kind of people, who hold grudges against people who are successful in life. There are Liberals and some Conservatives like that, I am not.
If it makes anyone feel better, Keith Olbermann, The Liberal’s talking head, has a 5 year contact with MSNBC for 5 million dollars. So, I really do not see all the fuss over the Clinton’s wealth is.
This is, where I believe, that John Edwards blew it, he went around talking about two Americas, all the while being wealthy himself. I never saw that in Hillary, she was successful, because she worked for it. I cannot fault her for that.
My take on it is this, anyone that has the ability to go out and get a good education and make something of themselves and is able to amass that kind of wealth, I say, God Bless them, and I wish them the best. I do not have a problem with anyone being successful, as long as it is done in a honest manner.
That is one of the issues that I have with the progressives and far left liberals, and that is their contempt of anyone who is financially successful. The Anti-Capitalist mentality. Capitalism, sorry to say, is the American way. Honest capitalism is even better.
This whole idea of "Give me something, for nothing", I believe is anti-American, It seeks to punish those who are successful. It forces those who have made something of themselves to surrender their wealth to those who want something for nothing.
Just my take on it.
I was checking out the news items going around this morning and I happen to come upon an Op-Ed Article in the Washington Post by E. J. Dionne Jr. I understand also that Mr. Dionne has some of his facts wrong. That is the one thing about Op-Ed pieces; they are strictly opinion and opinion alone.
I honestly believe that the only thing that I really have to interject to this ongoing conversation is this; I personally believe that Liberalism lost it’s moment, after the murders of JFK, RFK and MLK in the sense that the mainstream, more centrist progressives became replaced with more far left liberals, the anti-God, anti-moral values, zealot types. I have noticed this in this election cycle, which Liberalism has become nastier, it is more than just a difference of political opinion; it is more of outright utter hatred of anything even remotely conservative! A perfect example of this would be the far lefty-liberal Blog, the Daily KOS.
I also believe that the original message of Martin Luther King Jr., was hijacked by group of individuals, who did not want to see equal rights for all, but rather a national black majority in which the blacks rule the land and white men cower in fear. So far, they have about accomplished this. In other words, the peaceful message of equality of Martin Luther King Jr. was replaced with the domination messages of Malcolm X. This is quite commonly known as identity politics, mingled with Black Nationalism, recently brought to light by the so-called “reverend” Jeremiah Wright.
There are other Bloggers with Opinions on this, they are: Gristmill, The Mahablog, Hot Air, The Other McCain, The New Republic and TownHall Blog
Cross Posted @ Wayward Fundamentalist Christian
John Ashcroft calls Obama, Osama….
D’oh!
Click here to read
Of course, the only I remember Ashcoft for is….. THIS!
I hate to say this, But this crap right here, is why Conservatism is in it’s death throws and why America wants nothing to do, at all, with the G.O.P.
The Video:
The transcript: (via MMFA)
From the April 3 edition of Fox News’ Hannity & Colmes:
SEAN HANNITY (co-host): But I will bet you any amount of money, any bet, any dinner, any place, anywhere, restaurant of your choice, with any bottle of wine you want —
COULTER: — that I won’t vote for her?
HANNITY: You won’t vote for a Democrat. You will never pull the lever this election year for a Democrat.
COULTER: Well, I don’t want to give either of them a mandate, so I will probably write in Ronald Reagan.
HANNITY: Oh, come on.
COULTER: But I’m not going to vote for a Democrat, so I won’t vote for John McCain.
JOHN CARLSON (radio talk show host): I didn’t think it was congenitally possible for Ann Coulter to pull the lever for a Democrat.
HANNITY: Right.
CARLSON: You’re not really going to vote for Hillary.
HANNITY: No.
COULTER: If — as I said, and I haven’t —
HANNITY: She won’t.
COULTER: — changed my mind, if the election were close and it’s between Hillary and McCain, I think Hillary would be better on national security.
HANNITY: She’s not — she doesn’t mean it. I’m telling — I know she would never do it. Never.
COLMES: She’s lying?
[crosstalk]
CARLSON: Wait, wait, wait, hold on.
COLMES: Are you calling her a liar?
HANNITY: No, she’s not lying; she’s [unintelligible] —
COLMES: Let me defend you —
CARLSON: Why would Hillary — why would Hillary protect America better than John McCain?
COULTER: Do you really want me to go through this again on Fox airwaves?
HANNITY: Answer this.
COULTER: ‘Cause they’re getting a little testy with me for making the case.
CARLSON: No, no. Who do you think the soldiers in Iraq would rather to see as their commander and chief?
COULTER: No, I understand we have spent 10 years building up a hatred for the Clintons. And frankly, when I endorsed her, I was secretly pleased that it seemed to kill her nomination.
However, she’s not obsessed with being called a maverick by The New York Times, like — oh, who could I think of? Yes, John McCain. She’s not obsessed with waterboarding and stopping waterboarding, and given the glint in her eye, I think she’d like torturing them. Have you seen that woman give a speech? I think she would enjoy torturing them at Guantánamo.
CARLSON: They play those at Gitmo.
COULTER: She doesn’t run around saying we’ve got to shut down Guantánamo. So I think I’ve just made the case. What do you have to say?
[…]
COULTER: I think the point is, the most important question right now is — is who it is John McCain chooses as his vice president. Because he may end up being the luckiest man in the world, running against this absolute racist Obama, as noted in my column —
[crosstalk]
COLMES: Wait, wait a minute, wait a minute. Why are you calling him a racist? Why are you calling him a racist?
COULTER: — or Hillary Clinton, who — I mean, he could — he could be the luckiest man in the world, liberal Republican —
COLMES: Why are you calling him a racist?
COULTER: Because we — the topic we were supposed to be talking about in this segment, Sean — my column this week. I’m the only person in America who has read Obama’s autobiography —
COLMES: You know, as a matter of fact —
COULTER: — and all he has a racial hair-trigger, he’s a complete loon. All he talks about is constantly being offended. And Mr. Unity attacks Sean Hannity and me.
COLMES: All right, you said in your piece —
[crosstalk]
COULTER: — and now we’re offended.
HANNITY: Me and you in the same sentence —
COLMES: Hold on, we only have a second left. You said, if only — you might want to take a peek at Obama and what he writes — "if only people had read ‘Mein Kampf’ … "
COULTER: Yeah.
COLMES: So in other words, he would be as dangerous as Hitler?
COULTER: No. He’s a dimestore Mein Kampf.
COLMES: Oh, he’s a two-bit Hitler?
COULTER: But yes. It is absolute racialist. If you read Mein Kampf —
COLMES: I see.
COULTER: — it’s all about his Germanic heritage. And this is — OK, go read it. If you don’t believe me —
COLMES: All right, I see.
COULTER: — you want to read the CliffsNotes version in my column.
COLMES: We should be as wary of Obama as they should have been of Hitler in Nazi Germany?
COULTER: If only people had read Mein Kampf.
COLMES: I just want to get you on the record. We will come right back.
She’s something else, in the quest of being ironic, cute and snarky, she’s basically destroying the Republican Party and running Conservative movement into the ratholes of America.
Pretty Lady, She is, stupid, but quite pretty. Like a poodle…..
Earlier today, I posted a picture that I thought would be of interest to the American people.
Well, as expected, some anonymous Far Right Wing lunatic fringe tool left a rather nasty comment here on my Blog.
I won’t get into the specifics as to what was said, as I don’t wish to give this feckless coward any more attention than he really deserves.
But I will say this, if you are going to leave a message here, saying the the stuff that you did, you are not going to leave it here anonymously. Sorry, this is my space, my blog, my domain, if you are going to criticize me and/or leave abusing comments, you’re going to have to either register with Blogger and leave full information or a valid URL or e-mail address.
Any messages of any kind of threatening nature will be reported to Google support and your IP Address reported to the proper authorities and YOU WILL be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the Law. I don’t play when it comes to that sort of stuff, at all, Period, end of story.
No, he didn’t threaten to kill me or anything of that nature, but he was quite nasty and as usual when it comes to people of his ilk, wrong about me and my political stance.
However, to be fair, I am quite aware, that this sort of hatemongering and nastiness exists on both sides of the political aisle. So, this doesn’t surprise me at all. Let’s just say, that I’ve been there and done that, more than once.
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