A very interesting story.
Interesting: Ralph Nader says there will a Liberal Challenge to Obama in 2012
This is interesting….
Via Washington Times:
President Obama’s smooth path to the Democratic nomination may have gotten rockier Monday, after a group of liberal leaders, including former presidential candidate Ralph Nader, announced plans to challenge the incumbent in primaries next year.The group said the goal is to offer up a handful of candidates from various fields and areas where the president either has failed to stake out a “progressive” position or where he has “drifted toward the corporatist right.”
“Without debates by challengers inside the Democratic Party’s presidential primaries, the liberal/majoritarian agenda will be muted and ignored,” Mr. Nader said in a news release. “The one-man Democratic primaries will be dull, repetitive, and draining of both voter enthusiasm and real bright lines between the two parties that excite voters.”
In search of candidates, Mr. Nader and the others sent out a letter, endorsed by 45 “distinguished leaders,”to elected officials, civic leaders, academics and members of the progressive community who specialize among other things in labor, poverty, military and foreign policy. The list, they said, also includes progressive Democrats who have held national and state office and have fought for progressive reforms.
But whatever for? Is he not the man of “Hope and Change?”
Perhaps not… This article from CNSNEWS explains why there will be a challenge from the left:
(CNSNews.com) – President Barack Obama’s job approval among liberals tied its all-time low in the Gallup poll last week, according to survey data released today.
In the seven-day period that ended on Sept. 18, only 68 percent of liberals told Gallup they approved of the way Obama was handling his job as president. The president’s job approval among liberals had previously dropped to 68 percent in the week that ended on Aug. 28. (However, it then rebounded slightly, rising to 71 percent in the week that ended on Sept. 4, before dropping to 69 percent in the week that ended on Sept. 11.)
As recently as the week that ended May 22, 2011, Obama’s approval in the Gallup poll had been at 81 percent among liberals.
Obama’s approval among liberals hit a high of 92 percent in the Gallup poll in the week that ended on May 10, 2009.
The fact of the matter is this; you cannot run a campaign, making all of the “Pie in the sky” promises that Obama made in 2008 and then turn around and get into office and break all of those promises. Obama said he would do “a 360” on all of Bush’s polices and he has continued to use those polices and even in some situations has increased Bush’s polices. Republicans, as in the formally registered kind and party supporters — tend to be very loyal people, for the most part. Democrats and Independents; and yes, even the American people in General — as I have wrote on here before — tend to be very fickle with their support. Most usually, Conservative Republicans tend to be very loyal, unless corruption is happening, as in the case of Nixon.
The new trend, however, with the advent of New Media, Social Media and so forth; is that people are much better and much more quickly informed on the goings on in politics. In other words, it is having the effect of keeping the people in Washington D.C. honest. Anthony Wiener being a perfect example. Another example is Detroit’s now former Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick. Neither of those two scandals would have ever happened back in the 1980’s. That is because we did not have that sort of technology in those days. The effect it is having on the President is, that people know what is going on in Washington D.C. usually not long after it happens and it changes perceptions of the President rather quickly. Which makes, I’m told, pollsters want to pull their hair out!
So, in closing; Obama going to be challenged and his poll numbers are dropping. Whole New Media and Social Media might be a factor in causing that; the only person Obama can blame — is himself.
I always knew Tucker Carlson was a bow-tie wearing a-hole
But now, I really know it.
Click Here and Here to see what I am talking about.
Allow me to share a personal story about Mr. Carlson, so you can know just what kind of asshole he really is; I once e-mailed Tucker Carlson about posting Op-Eds over there on the Daily Caller. Just my take on politics and current events. He told me, that he wanted to see a sample of my writing. I pointed him, with link to some of my special comments, he says, “Oh that’s nice, but I am looking for your actual writings and not blog postings.” That is how stupid Tucker Carlson is. He does not know that blog postings, even ones with all original writings, are still writings!
The truth is, I am a nobody in this blogosphere; and because of that, Tucker gave me the brush off. Typical of a elitist prick like him. Not that he is obligated to print anything I write, but a little more common sense, and a bit more respect would have been nice. But, as I could see, I was not going to get it from him.
Let me also clue you in on something, there were some, who were touting Tucker’s new site as the Conservative Huffington Post. Please, don’t make me laugh, The Daily Caller is nothing more than a really, really, fancy WordPress blog; that has had a lot and I mean, a lot of money dumped into it to make it look like Huffington Post. Huffington Post, on the other hand; is running some very expensive blogging somewhere. I believe it is the same software that TMZ.com runs, if I am not mistaken.
Another thing too; Dan, stop kissing Tucker’s ass, okay? Tucker’s not going to bother suing anyone. From what I hear, he could not afford it anyhow. The Daily Caller is not, say, Fox News/News Corp; so, it is not like their money is growing on trees or anything.
In closing, Tucker Carlson is a smart mouthed, elitist prick, who’s really into The Daily Caller for the money. He is trying to measure up to his Daddy; who is very wealthy and very much a successful man; same goes for his Mom as well. Before anyone says anything about me having grudge against wealthy people; I have none at all. I admire people, who start with absolutely nothing and find something that they are successful at, and work at it and make a fortune at it. Perfect Example, Swanson Foods.
The type of people who get up my nose, are these people who come from a background of wealth, like Tucker Carlson; who run around with their noses in the air and act like they are better than everyone else and act like the World owes them something. You know, the, “I’m wealthy, now kiss my ring..” (or worse…) attitude. Those are the one’s that I cannot stand; because they have done nothing to earn that wealth. We have a ton of those types, up in the northern suburbs of Detroit. I like to call them “Penny Millionaires.” They live in them Million Dollar “McMansions” and drive their Daddy-bought BMW’s and wear their daddy-bought suits, shop at the summerset collection and act like they are something. Those are the ones that I cannot stand.
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OH MY WORD!
BWWWWWWWWWWWAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAW!!!!!
*wipes tears out of eyes*
Not.saying.a.word….
*snicker*
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More class warfare: Obama wants more out of the job creating millionaries
Yeeeesh,….. No wonder they want Obama just to clock out of the 2012 election; it could be because of stupidity like this:
WASHINGTON — President Obama on Monday will call for a new minimum tax rate for individuals making more than $1 million a year to ensure that they pay at least the same percentage of their earnings as middle-income taxpayers, according to administration officials.
With a special joint Congressional committee starting work to reach a bipartisan budget deal by late November, the proposal adds a new and populist feature to Mr. Obama’s effort to raise the political pressure on Republicans to agree to higher revenues from the wealthy in return for Democrats’ support of future cuts from Medicare and Medicaid.
Mr. Obama, in a bit of political salesmanship, will call his proposal the “Buffett Rule,” in a reference to Warren E. Buffett, the billionaire investor who has complained repeatedly that the richest Americans generally pay a smaller share of their income in federal taxes than do middle-income workers, because investment gains are taxed at a lower rate than wages.
Mr. Obama will not specify a rate or other details, and it is unclear how much revenue his plan would raise. But his idea of a millionaires’ minimum tax will be prominent in the broad plan for long-term deficit reduction that he will outline at the White House on Monday.
via Obama Tax Plan Would Ask More of Millionaires – NYTimes.com.
But we are not supposed to call it class warfare? My question to the left is this; what the heck do you call it? The way the tax code is set up now, the Millionaires pay enough as it is. As for the rest of us, we hardly pay any, if any at all. We get it all back, if you are making less than $250 grand a year, you get it all back. So, the idea that the middle class is being taxed to death, is a bunch of bull. — and don’t hand me that stupid story about buffet paying less than his personal secretary okay? Because it is a crock of crap. Update: Confirmed! (h/t Ed Morrissey)
I can assure of this, if Obama does not pull out, as they are saying he should; and he tries to run this Millionaire tax, he will get trounced in the election. Because you cannot continue to kick the people risk everything and start a business, square in the balls and continue to be President — it just does not happen, period.
Obama will figure this out, one way or another. Either before he does start his serious run for President coming 2012 or when he is defeated in 2012 and sitting in Chicago — sulking about losing the election.
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Wow: Steve Chapman at Chi-Town Tribune says Obama should withdraw from 2012 election
I’m with Ed Morrissey here… Wow. 😯
When Ronald Reagan ran for re-election in 1984, his slogan was “Morning in America.” For Barack Obama, it’s more like midnight in a coal mine.
The sputtering economy is about to stall out, unemployment is high, his jobs program may not pass, foreclosures are rampant and the poor guy can’t even sneak a cigarette.
His approval rating is at its lowest level ever. His party just lost two House elections — one in a district it had held for 88 consecutive years. He’s staked his future on the jobs bill, which most Americans don’t think would work.
The vultures are starting to circle. Former White House spokesman Bill Burton said that unless Obama can rally the Democratic base, which is disillusioned with him, “it’s going to be impossible for the president to win.” Democratic consultant James Carville had one word of advice for Obama: “Panic.”
But there is good news for the president. I checked the Constitution, and he is under no compulsion to run for re-election. He can scrap the campaign, bag the fundraising calls and never watch another Republican debate as long as he’s willing to vacate the premises by Jan. 20, 2013.
via Steve Chapman: Why Obama should withdraw – chicagotribune.com.
Rather interesting, I would expect this from the right; but from the left? Color me very surprised.
UPDATED: Signs of the times: San Juan Capistrano, California demands that Bible Study group get permit to gather – UPDATED WITH CONTACT INFO
My dear readers…
Please know this…
As it says on my page titled “Christian???” — This blog was never originally intended to be a “Christian” blog, at all. This Blog was originally intended to be a Political Blog, with a slightly right of center stance. However, on some issues, I have drifted much more to the right, than when I first began blogging.
Also know, that I just do not consider myself a good enough Christian to be a spokesman for Christianity, the Church and all related matters. This is why I very rarely blog about Bible doctrine, or even quote scriptures on here. As it might offend someone somewhere.
However, there are times, when the actions of a Government intersect with Christianity and I must report on it; and when I do, I will usually quote the Bible.
Having said all that; here is a story, that really burns my boots. It comes via WorldNetDaily.com, whom I very rarely link to, but this one stuck out:
Chuck and Stephanie Fromm already have been fined $300 for holding Bible studies for their friends at their home, and they face the potential for additional fines of $500 for each study held, according to a legal team taking their case to court.
The newest conflict over Bible studies in homes in America arose in San Juan Capistrano, Calif., where city officials say city code section 9-3.301 prohibits religious organizations in residential neighborhoods without a conditional-use permit, a sometimes very expensive procedure.
The code cites “churches, temples, synagogues, monasteries, religious retreats, and other places of religious worship and other fraternal and community service organizations.”
But a Bible study in a home?
“Imposing a heavy-handed permit requirement on a home Bible study is outrageous,” said Brad Dacus, president of Pacific Justice Institute, which is working on the case on behalf of the Fromms.
“In a city so rich with religious history and tradition, this is particularly egregious. An informal gathering in a home cannot be treated with suspicion by the government, or worse than any other gathering of friends, just because it is religious. We cannot allow this to happen in America, and we will fight as long and as hard as it takes to restore this group’s religious freedom.”
WND has reported on similar issues in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., and in Gilbert, Ariz.
In this case, the city is demanding that the home Bible study is banned because it is a “church,” unless it purchases a ‘Conditional Use Permit” from the city.
Pacific Justice said it has represented larger churches that have been required to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars as part of the permit process on such items as engineering and traffic studies, architectural designs. The process includes public hearings and ultimately can result in a rejection by the city.
Pacific Justice says the Fromms already have been fined $300, and an appeal to the city was denied.
The organization points out that the city was founded as a Christian mission in the 1700s and is home to California’s oldest building still in use, a chapel where Father Junipero Serra celebrated mass.
Pacific Justice said it is appealing the city’s demands to California Superior Court in Orange County.
A message WND left with the city did not produce a return call.
My friends, as much as I would like to get excited about this; and start rifling on about it. I cannot. That is because this sort of stuff was predicted by the Bible:
Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived. But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them; And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works. (2 Timothy 3:12-17 KJV)
And…:
Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you. (Matthew 5:10-12 KJV)
If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you. If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you. Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also. — (John 15:18-20 KJV)
There are a whole bunch more; but I think you get the point. We are, everyday, getting closer to when that trumpet sounds and we the true believers will be taken from this place and transformed from these fleshly bodies to our new bodies. I for one, cannot wait.
UPDATE: Here is the contact information for the city:
If you want to contact the Peoples Republic of San Juan Capistarano:
Contact: lkramer@sanjuancapistrano.org
Phone: 949-240-2235
Contact: lfreese@sanjuancapistrano.org
Phone: (949) 680-9540
Hon. Sam Allevato, Mayor
sallevato@sanjuancapistrano.
Hon. Larry Kramer, Mayor Pro Tem lkramer@sanjuancapistrano.org
Hon. Laura Freese lfreese@sanjuancapistrano.org
Hon. Derek Reeve dreeve@sanjuancapistrano.org
Hon. John Taylor
jtaylor@sanjuancapistrano.org
Axelrod to Pundits: Chill out…
Wow, talk about being disconnected from reality! 😯
David Axelrod, the political message guru who has been at Barack Obama’s side since he was an Illinois state senator, has a message for the Sunday show pundits, sky-is-falling Democrats and chortling Republicans: Chill out.
President Obama’s re-election campaign, smarting from days of doom-saying, sent out a memo from Mr. Axelrod Friday morning, saying prognosticators busy burying any chance of an Obama Second Term don’t understand what’s really going on in the nation’s body politic. Sure, the president’s approval ratings are in dangerously low territory 14 months before the 2012 election. But Americans like his plan to create jobs and boost the economy. They trust Mr. Obama and like him.
And in politics, approval is relative, and relatively speaking a sour electorate disapproves of Republicans more than they disapprove of Mr. Obama.
Um, has Mr. Axelrod seen this here?
Out of touch, bunker mentality President and White House. Just like Bush was in 2006, when Iraq went sour.
Unreal. 🙄
UPDATED: BREAKING NEWS: Major Crash at Reno, Nevada Air Show results in Fatalities and Mass Injuries
Drudge report is putting this one in read, and my Drudge app went crazy; so its news.
Live video of coverage is available here.
KTVN-TV has the story:
Witnesses say the plane was about 400-500 feet in the air when it nosedived and crashed near a spectator stand at the Air Races at the Reno-Stead Airport.
The accident happened just before 4:30pm during the National Championship Air Races.
Our reporter Chris Ciarlo says the P51 WWII Mustang was third in contention during the gold heat when the crash happened.
The plane DID NOT hit the stands, it hit nearby tables instead.
We just received confirmation that the pilot in the crash was Jimmy Leeward and he flew the Galloping Ghost. There’s no word on his condition.
A second reporter on scene, Paul Nelson says it appears the Mustang hit halfway down the stands. Crime tape now covers the area.
Airport personnel and military evacuated thousands of spectators.
There’s no official word yet on any injuries.
Just yesterday, a pilot had to make a hard landing after his plane had engine problems and declared an emergency.
The AP is reporting:
RENO, Nev. (AP) – A medical official says more than 75 people were injured in a plane crashat an air race event in Reno, 25 critically.
There’s no word on the number of deaths, but a spokesman for the race called it a “mass casualty situation.”
Stephanie Kruse, a spokeswoman for the Regional Emergency Medical Service Authority, said 25 people were critically injured and another 25 people were seriously injured in the crash.
She says the critically injured were considered to have life-threatening injuries. She says more than 25 other people were treated for minor injuries.
Kruse says so far, 40 people have been taken to local hospitals by ambulance and one person has been flown to a hospital.
The plane plunged into the stands at the National Championship Air Races at about 4:30 p.m.
So sad. 🙁
Update: Here is the Youtube Video of the crash, heartbreaking to watch:
Here is video of the crash, very heartbreaking to watch.
Here is another view of the crash from another vantage point. Warning: Language! Video Removed
Update #2:
Fox News, MSNBC, CNN and are all now reporting.
KOLO-TV is reporting that 12 have died. (H/T AllahPundit)
Update #3:
Via AP:
RENO, Nev. (AP) — A World War II-era fighter plane flown by a veteran Hollywood stunt pilot plunged Friday into the edge of the grandstands during a popular air race, killing three people, injuring more than 50 spectators and creating a horrific scene strewn with smoking debris.
The plane, piloted by 74-year-old Jimmy Leeward, spiraled out of control without warning and appeared to disintegrate upon impact. Bloodied bodies were spread across the area as people tended to the victims and ambulances rushed to the scene.
Authorities were investigating the cause, but an official with the event said there were indications that mechanical problems were to blame.
Maureen Higgins of Alabama, who has been coming to the air races for 16 years, said the pilot was on his third lap when he lost control.
She was sitting about 30 yards away from the crash and watched in horror as the man in front of her started bleeding after debris hit him in the head.
“I saw body parts and gore like you wouldn’t believe it. I’m talking an arm, a leg,” Higgins said “The alive people were missing body parts. I am not kidding you. It was gore. Unbelievable gore.”
In image from the scene:
Crash scene in Reno, NV
Yeah Sure! — Palestinian officials say Jews welcome
How stupid do they really believe that the people of Israel really are? This stupid, I guess:
Palestinian officials are rolling out the welcome mat for Jews to come to a new Palestinian state.
Trying to tamp down a controversy over whether a Palestinian state would be Jew-free, Mahmoud Habbash, the Palestinian minister of religious affairs, said a future state would be open to people of all religions, including Jews.
“The future Palestinian state will be open to all its citizens, regardless of their religion,” Habbash said, according to USA Today. “We want a civil state, which in it live all the faiths, Muslim, Christian and Jews also if they agree, (and) accept to be Palestinian citizens.”
Maen Areikat, the Palestine Liberation Organization’s ambassador to the United States, told POLITICO that his comments earlier this week which some interpreted as meaning Jews would not be welcome were misconstrued.
via Palestinian officials: Jews welcome – Josh Gerstein and MJ Lee – POLITICO.com.
If you believe that bunch of ignorant nonsense, I have land to sell you cheap in Texas at a buck an acre.
Any Jew that is foolish enough to buy this sort of foolishness, deserves the very fate that befalls them.
These are the same bastards that attacked us on 9/11, they should never be trusted, ever. 😡
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Cinton’s popularity causes buyers remorse with Obama
Man, no wonder Carville is flipping his cork!
The most popular national political figure in America today is one who was rejected by her own party three years ago: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
Nearly two-thirds of Americans hold a favorable view of her and one-third are suffering a form of buyer’s remorse, saying the U.S. would be better off now if she had become president in 2008 instead of Barack Obama.
The finding in the latest Bloomberg National Poll shows a higher level of wishful thinking about a Hillary Clinton presidency than when a similar question was asked in July 2010. Then, a quarter of Americans held such a view.
“Looking back, I wonder if she would have been a stronger leader, knowing the games and the politics and all that goes on,” said Susan Dunlop, 50, a homemaker in New Port Richey, Florida. “I don’t think she would have bent as much.”
Clinton, 63, a former first lady and U.S. senator from New York, fought with Obama for the Democratic nomination until June 2008, in what was often a combative primary that included her questioning his presidential readiness.
I don’t know if she would have been any better than Obama or not. I doubt it. But you never know. Hillary is never getting back into politics again, ever. So, the Democrats need to move on and find someone with the name recognition to challenge him in the 2012 election. I doubt they will, because who would want to be the white person to challage him?
Either way, 2012 is going to be one very interesting year, to say the least.
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In case you have not noticed…
My mind is elsewhere, and I am not in the mood to write novels today.
So, the next few posts are going to be short, but sweet. So, if your disappointed, I am very sorry. But night now, I’m not myself. 🙁
How bad of a punchline has this Presidential Administration become?
This bad: (H/T AllahPundit)
It’s like I told James Carville, it’s a little late for panic. It is time to find someone else!
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Video: Joseph Farah a radical communist?!?!?!
Yesterday, I was browsing around over at WorldNetDaily and I happen to come upon a video made by Victoria Jackson. It is of her interviewing WorldNetDaily Founder Joseph Farah.
I found the video itself to be very amusing and interesting at the same time. Although the camera whipping around back and forth did make me feel like I was going to sailing out of my chair and did make me feel like I wanted to puke a few times.
Either way, it is an awesome interview and it looks like me and Joe Farah have a bunch in common. 😀
The Video:
…and by the way, if you are wondering about this here; Yes, I still stand by that statement. Which is why I rarely ever quote or link to anything WorldNetDaily publishes. Unless I don’t see it anywhere else. I published the video, because I thought it to be interesting.
Prayers needed for my Family tonight!
My dear readers.
I have a prayer request.
My family, specifically My Parents; need your prayers tonight.
I cannot get into details. Is it kinda personal and no, it does not involve me at all. But, it’s not good at all.
I believe Satan is attacking my family and I believe I know why.
Please pray. It’s that bad.
The Thursday Night Music Express Presents: Barry Manilow
Via the Daily Caller:
Grammy award-winning musician Barry Manilow told The Daily Caller that he agrees with “just about everything” 2012 Republican presidential candidate Rep. Ron Paul says, calling him a “solid” contender for the highest office in the land.
“I like him. I like what he says, I do. I like what he says. I think he’s solid,” said Manilow, who confirmed to TheDC in an interview at the Capitol on Thursday that he contributed to Paul’s last campaign for president.
“I agree with just about everything he says. What can I tell you?” Manilow added.
WOW! 😯
Sorry Mr. Carville, But it is too late for the White House to Panic
If someone would have written something like this —- say maybe a year and half or longer ago; I would have been all for it. However, I do believe that it is too little, too late for this Administration. Anyone that knows anything about politics, knows that the worst thing that can happen to a politician is a bad political skid. Sad to say this, but the Obama White House is a very bad political skid at the moment and sadly has no pea-picking clue how to get out of that skid at all.
Well, Anyhow, James Carville, seems to believe that now would be the good time to try and correct the skid, just before the political “car” is about to head for the proverbial cliff. Mr. Carville writes:
People often ask me what advice I would give the White House about various things. Today I was mulling over election results from New York and Nevada while thinking about that very question. What should the White House do now? One word came to mind: Panic.
We are far past sending out talking points. Do not attempt to dumb it down. We cannot stand any more explanations. Have you talked to any Democratic senators lately? I have. It’s pretty damn clear they are not happy campers.
This is what I would say to President Barack Obama: The time has come to demand a plan of action that requires a complete change from the direction you are headed.
What Carville is referring to is the ever growing feeling among the Democrats that Obama is simply out of his league, as evidenced in the latest go-around with the jobs bill. Carville also gives some advice to the President:
1. Fire somebody. No — fire a lot of people. This may be news to you but this is not going well. For precedent, see Russian Army 64th division at Stalingrad. There were enough deaths at Stalingrad to make the entire tea party collectively orgasm.
Mr. President, your hinge of fate must turn. Bill Clinton fired many people in 1994 and took a lot of heat for it. Reagan fired most of his campaign staff in 1980. Republicans historically fired their own speaker, Newt Gingrich. Bush fired Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. For God’s sake, why are we still looking at the same political and economic advisers that got us into this mess? It’s not working.
Furthermore, it’s not going to work with the same team, the same strategy and the same excuses. I know economic analysts are smart — some work 17-hour days. It’s time to show them the exit. Wake up — show us you are doing something.
Well, for starters, how about Obama just fire himself? Have you seen the latest headlines on the Gun running scandal? How about the pressuring of officials to change their testimony for projects gone a muck? Not to mention the crazy idea of Attack Watch, is not that like a Nixon enemies list? It is quite obvious that this Administration is the most corrupt Presidential administration ever; and if you do not believe that the Obama was being that Gun-running operation, you are crazy.
Carville goes on:
2.Indict people. There are certain people in American finance who haven’t been held responsible for utterly ruining the economic fabric of our country. Demand from the attorney general a clear status of the state of investigation concerning these extraordinary injustices imposed upon the American people. I know Attorney General Eric Holder is a close friend of yours, but if his explanations aren’t good, fire him too. Demand answers to why no one has been indicted.
Mr. President, people are livid. Tell people that you, too, are angry and sickened by the irresponsible actions on Wall Street that caused so much suffering. Do not accept excuses. Demand action now.
As my friend Ed Morrissey points out, was there not a time in this Country, when using the Justice Department for political purposes, was a bad thing? Is that not what the Democrats howled to the high Heavens about, when Bush was in office; further more, as someone who was a advisor to President Bill Clinton — I think Carville is the last person who needs to be talking about President and the Justice Department.
Carville goes on to say that the President is not acting like a Democrat enough, which too, is stupid on its face. I would tend to believe that many, including those on the right who would say he is acting like a Democrat just perfectly; by enacting polices that have failed and is behind actions in the Government which are totally correct and are just now being brought out for public scrutiny.
So, while this might be some good advice, I believe it might just be a little too late for any of this sort of advice to the President. In other words; the President has dug his own damned hole and the clock is running on out his socialist experiment. Soon, the adults will have the keys back and the progressives will be run back to the rat holes of politics — where they damned well belong.
Others: Salon, The Politico, Via Meadia, Don Surber, Guardian, Outside the Beltway, Flower & Thistle, Mediaite, AMERICAN DIGEST, Pajamas Media, Naked Politics, US Politics, Hot Air, Randy’s Roundtable, americanthinker.com, Taylor Marsh, The Other McCain, Datechguy’s Blog and The Crawdad Hole —Via Memeorandum
The stupidity of Stormfront.org
This is a blog posting that I have been wanting to write for a few days now. I happen to follow the guy, that I am about to link to on twitter and I saw the link to this blog entry go whizzing by and at the time, I did not have the time to write about it. But, now, I do. So, here goes…
I have been chided by people who dislike me in the past for having a account at stormfront.org. One of which was yanked, because I did not agree with their simple-minded nonsense.
Anyhow, looks like someone else ran headlong into the totalitarian rules at that website/forum/cesspool.
Click here to read all about it. – PLEASE NOTE: The following link that you are about to click on, is a blog that contains very frank discussions on race. Some people might be seriously offended by what they see and read there. Please, in the name of sensibility; do not assume that I agree with the contents of that site. I simply linked it, for your educational and enlightenment. In other words, I am not a hate-mongering tool and I should not be lumped in with them. Thanks. It might not be safe for work either; so consider this your obligatory content warning.
Message to mobile users
Just letting everyone and all users who read this site via mobile devices know that I had to switch to different mobile plug in for WordPress. It seems that the old one had a bug, in which threaded and paged comments were not working.
In other words, that last huge comment thread on the chick who whined about getting yanked off that plane, mobile users could only see like 34 of the comments. I discovered this, because I just happened to look at the posting on my iPod.
Anyhow, the new mobile plug in has some excellent features and the really cool features, like all the ads on the main blog display for mobile users. Pictures and videos automatically resize, which makes my job 100% easier.
I will admit, the theme is bit busy, and ALL the ads are there. (hint hint!!! I don’t do this for my health, ya know!)
That is all….
-Pat
Da Boss ’round here…
Picture of the Day: Rainy Day, Dream Away
Lay back and dream on a rainy day…:
Obama is losing the Jewish vote because……
I’ll answer it after you go read this story at the WSJ… I’ll wait:
New York’s special congressional election on Tuesday was the first electoral outcome directly affected by President Obama’s Israel policy. Democrats were forced to expend enormous resources in a losing effort to defend this safe Democratic district, covering Queens and Brooklyn, that Anthony Weiner won last year by a comfortable margin.
A Public Policy Poll taken days before the election found a plurality of voters saying that Israel was “very important” in determining their votes. Among those voters, Republican candidate Robert Turner was winning by a 71-22 margin. Only 22% of Jewish voters approved of President Obama’s handling of Israel. Ed Koch, the Democrat and former New York mayor, endorsed Mr. Turner because he said he wanted to send a message to the president about his anti-Israel policies.
This is a preview of what President Obama might face in his re-election campaign with a demographic group that voted overwhelmingly for him in 2008. And it could affect the electoral map, given the battleground states—such as Florida and Pennsylvania—with significant Jewish populations. In another ominous barometer for the Obama campaign, its Jewish fund-raising has deeply eroded: One poll by McLaughlin & Associates found that of Jewish donors who donated to Mr. Obama in 2008, only 64% have already donated or plan to donate to his re-election campaign.
via Dan Senor: Why Obama Is Losing the Jewish Vote – WSJ.com.
Now as to why Obama is losing the Jewish vote. One phrase:
1967 Borders
You think that the Jewish people here in America would not hold that one against him?
You better think again!
Others: Israel Matzav, Shot in the Dark and Betsy’s Page
When accusations of Anti-Semitism go horribly wrong
How horrible:
A half-listening student, a hypersensitive campus and the speed at which gossip travels on the Internet conspired to create a very damaging game of broken telephone for one York University professor this week.
Cameron Johnston, who has been teaching at York for more than 30 years, has been forced to respond to allegations that he made anti-Semitic remarks in a lecture on Monday afternoon after a student misunderstood his comments and began sending emails to Jewish groups and the media.
Johnston was giving his introductory lecture to Social Sciences 1140: “Self, Culture and Society,” when he explained to the nearly 500 students that the course was going to focus on texts, not opinions, and despite what they may have heard elsewhere, everyone is not entitled to their opinion.
“All Jews should be sterilized” would be an example of an unacceptable and dangerous opinion, Johnston told the students.
He didn’t notice Sarah Grunfeld storm out. Grunfeld, a 22-year-old in her final year at York, understood Johnston’s example to be his personal opinion.
She contacted Oriyah Barzilay, the president of Hasbara at York — an Israel advocacy group on campus — who then sent a press release to media and other Jewish community groups calling for Johnston to be fired.
Blogs and Facebook groups picked it up, and in a few hours the allegations spread within the city’s Jewish community, albeit mostly online.
Sensitivities around anti-Semitism are particularly heightened at York, which has a large Jewish population and a history of toxic relations between supporters and critics of Israel on campus.
“I’m terribly upset,” Johnston said Tuesday. “I’m very proud of the fact that in the history of my teaching career I’ve stood for the best values of what constitutes a meaningful human community.”
Johnston, who is Jewish, said his religion likely influenced his choice of words, why he used “this example of a completely reprehensible opinion” with historical precedent.
During the Second World War, Nazi scientists experimented with mass sterilization on Jewish prisoners in concentration camps.
“I think it’s a very good thing that people are sensitive to this kind of remark, and I think it’s a very good thing that someone would respond immediately and deal with it if they thought that they heard an anti-Semitic comment,” Johnston said. “But in this case, it’s a misreading.”
The irony for Johnston is that he was trying to teach his students that ideas have consequences.
“So I’m pretty shocked to find the consequences — what I was talking about in lecture — is that I get seen as an example of prejudice.”
Grunfeld said Tuesday she may have misunderstood the context and intent of Johnston’s remarks, but that fact is insignificant.
“The words, ‘Jews should be sterilized’ still came out of his mouth, so regardless of the context I still think that’s pretty serious.”
Grunfeld also expressed skepticism that Johnston was in fact Jewish.
Asked directly by a reporter whether she believes Johnston is lying, she was unclear.
“Whether he is or is not, no one will know,” she said. “. . . Maybe he thought because he is Jewish he can talk smack about other Jews.”
via Toronto News: Jewish prof forced to defend himself against anti-Semitism claims – thestar.com.
Stuff like this, is why I tend to be very careful about handing out accusations of Antisemitism. As someone who’s been accused of that myself; I know too well what that can do to a person. It sounds to me, however, like this chick is just looking to stir up trouble for her teacher. Maybe she did not like the class, and thought this would be a clever way to get the professor fired. You say, I am wrong? Well, let’s just say that the young people today have no limits on what they will do, if they have grudge against someone. Progressivism teaches that sort of a thing; that there are no limits to what one can do. If you think you are being offended, get the person fired.
My sympathies to the man. Hopefully this works out for the good. If I were him, I would sue the girl and her family myself.
Others: Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, The Volokh Conspiracy and Gawker