UPDATED: Memo to Charles Johnson: What do you honestly expect? The Plot thickens!

A few days ago, I watched something happen.  As you might have heard, Reuters doctored some photos of that Flotilla raid that was carried out by Israel.  Well, good old Chuckie Johnson noticed that some of the photos had been altered, and by using his Photoshop skills, he was able to lighten said photos and expose the fraud.  Johnson was also able to point out that one of photographers on the Flotilla was tied to a terrorist group.

What happened next was something that I knew was coming eventually.  Sammy over at Yid With a Lid saw the story at LGF, and posted his own story about it.  AllahPundit saw the photos on Sammy’s Blog and posted the story at HotAir.com, with Photos.  Now at this point Charles Johnson is ticked off and puts a posting up calling AllahPundit an assortment of nasty names, among them a thief.

Now everything beyond this point is my personal opinion, please keep this in mind when you read the rest, please.

Mr. Johnson.  I have no idea whether you actually read this blog or not.  Nor do I honestly give a crap. However, facts my friend are facts.  Has this man forgotten just how badly he stabbed the right in the back? Has Charles Johnson forgotten how badly that he defamed Pamela Geller, by calling her a Nazi Sympathizer?  This happened more than once by the way; the first time almost ruined her blogging career.  Now, I am the last person to carry water for Pamela Geller – Because some of the stuff that she blogs about, is simply not my cup of tea. (So to speak….) – But to do what Charles Johnson did to her, on more than one occasion, Sorry, but that is just unacceptable.

Here is the bottom line and my main point.  Charles Johnson is an idiot; he has defamed many on the right, including me at one point.  I made a little funny once and the moron banned me from viewing his blog.  Anyhow, the man has gone out of his way to defame many on the right.  So, why should he be surprised when those on the right that he continually slimes are not so enthusiastic to credit him with photo shopping a few photos?

As I said in the title, Charles Johnson, what do you honestly expect?

Update #2: Ace over at Ace of Spades links in and also reports:

Did Charles Johnson Refuse to Credit The Real Story Breaker? Elder of Ziyon had it first.

CJ credits “Kilgore Trout” with the “find.” Okay, where did he find it?

The plot thickens….

The Sunday Afternoon Stroll Around the Blogosphere

Some Stuff to Announce:

  1. As you might have noticed, I am running a new affiliate program for Gold and Silver. Please, check it out. They also have a cool newsletter that you can sign up for.
  2. I also have a new referral system for BlogAds. I am a part of the following hives: 1. Conservative Advertising Hive 2. Evangelical (!) Bloggers, International Bloggers, Government Relations Blogger Network, Gun Bloggers and Southern Bloggers. So, if you’re looking for some sort of advertising. Check BlogAds out!

Gun Blogger Round Up:

  1. Les Jones does Pants Blogging.
  2. NRA’s Blog does a piece on Boy Scouts and Guns.
  3. Say Uncle is always good for gun blogging. I’d point to a post, but they’re all good! 😀 Think of him as the Instapundit of the Gun Blogging World. I don’t read him nearly enough.
  4. Traction Control is not getting his Corvette this summer. Awwww… Poor Guy. Sounds like it’s time for a new “Boss” if you ask me. I’m just sayin’! 😉 😛 😀

Conservative Blogger Round Up:

  1. Of course, Smitty does his roundup and forgets about me, as always. 🙄
  2. A dusty frame is visiting family again and her hubby passed his CDL License. Excellent!
  3. Ace of Spades HQ has a interesting poll up.
  4. Alternative Right is still trying to turn the clock back to the Pre-William F. Buckley days.
  5. Stacy McCain is trying to keep the fags out of the Military over at AmSpecBlog.
  6. Ann Althouse cannot concentrate….Ooooh, Look Shiny!
  7. Another Black Conservative Asks, “What the hell is going on in South Carolina?!?!” Good Question… I’d say too many triple whoppers for Dinner for that idiot. 😉
  8. The Barking Moonbat Early Warning System has a VERY political incorrect video up. I got one word to say, well, four… Oh no, no, no……. 😯 😮
  9. Be John Galt talks about “The Longest Day
  10. POWIP Remembers D-Day
  11. The Recovering Liberal on Wonkette.
  12. Republican Michigander on the Governors race in Michigan
  13. Return of the Conservatives remembers D-Day
  14. Right Wing News has a great video up.
  15. Bob McCarty writes about the misdeeds of Congressman Phil Hare. (rabbit congressmen? Hmmm…)
  16. Kelly O’Connell over at Canadian Free Press has an article up called “Great Highlights in Marxist “Leadership”: Or, When Change Turns Malignant” — Just an FYI… Pop-ups galore over there. Might want to enable your blocker.
  17. Cold Fury Laments the demise of the Mercury.
  18. Da-Tech Guy is still begging for money. 😉 😛 😆 …and yes, he does look much better than Andrew Sullivan. Anyone does for that matter. 😉
  19. Fausta’s Blog explains what is wrong with the Obama Administration, Mentally… (Well, besides being liberal. 😉 )
  20. Founding Bloggers agree…. with Mayor Daley?!?! RINOS! 😉
  21. Front Porch Republic has a great article on the oil spill in the gulf.
  22. Jim Hoft over at Gateway Pundit on the Pope and Radical Islam. “He Gets it, Obama does not
  23. GM’s Place lays the smack down on Amoz Oz.
  24. Grandpa John’s makes some very politically incorrect humor.
  25. GrEaT sAtAn”S gIrLfRiEnD remembers D-Day.
  26. HotAir.com, who still deaf to trackbacks, has a poll up for the stupidest thing the idiot President did this week. (besides wake up and breathe.)
  27. Humane Pursuits has an article up on the Moral Element of AIDS.
  28. Jeanie-ology has a article up on Condoms.
  29. JoshuaPundit comments on Helen Thomas
  30. Jumping in pools asks, “What the hell is going on in this World?” — Good question.
  31. The Left Coast Rebel remembers D-Day
  32. Libertas on “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell”
  33. MacsMind on the Kagan Docs
  34. Neptunus Lex, Who I happen to think is a great blogger, remembers D-Day.
  35. Scott over at Powerline on the Flotilla Incident
  36. Public Secrets remembers D-Day
  37. Right Wing Nut House on the Gaza Incident
  38. Saber Point on Helen Thomas.
  39. Secular Right on “Jews & genetics
  40. SluBlog on Memorial Day
  41. Stop the ACLU on Rahm Emanuel
  42. Street Wise Pundit on….the Anti-Christ? Hmmmm.
  43. Texas Fred on the Mexican Police and Corruption.
  44. That’s Right on New Jersey Republican politics.
  45. The American Thinker ponders, What if D-Day had been reported by the modern day press?
  46. The Astute Bloggers remember D-Day
  47. The Blogmocracy has a Prayer List up.
  48. The Classic Liberal says that “CPI is a lie”
  49. The Cloakroom has a very interesting posting up
  50. Jonah Goldberg at The Corner has an interesting post up.
  51. The Sad Red Earth on OCID
  52. Eric over at THE TYGRRRR EXPRESS says “Give Seattle Canada!”
  53. The Vail Spot asks, “What Ailes this Country?”
  54. TigerHawk has a great poem up.
  55. Wake up America on Helen Thomas
  56. What Bubba Knows has a great posting up.

That’s it for this week! Any suggestions for next week? Contact me via the Blog with your best posting!

It’s good work, when you can get it

The key word being “if”:

Only five years ago, the progressive political blogosphere was still predominately a gathering place for amateur (that is, unpaid or barely paid) journalists and activists unattached to existing media companies and advocacy organizations. Those days are almost completely over. Now, the progressive blogosphere is almost entirely professionalized, and inextricably linked to existing media companies and advocacy organizations.

This transformation has been brought about by three developments (fellow bloggers, please forgive me in advance if I fail to mention your or your blog as an example):

1. Established media companies and advocacy organizations hiring bloggers to blog, full-time: The Washington Post, New York Times, Politico, Center for American Progress, Salon, CQ, Atlantic, Washington Monthly, the American Independent News Network, and more have all hired hired bloggers to blog, full-time. Many of these bloggers, such as fivethirtyeight, Unclaimed Territory, or the Carpetbagger Report, operated their blogs independently of any established organization, and were key hubs in the “amateur” or “independent” progressive blogosphere. Now, those bloggers do pretty much the same thing they did before, they just (quite understandably) do it for a much better salary from an established organization.

2. Previously “amateur” progressive blogs became professional operations: Another trend, less common than the first, has been for blogs like Daily Kos, Fire Dog Lake and Talking Points Memo to transform themselves from hobbies into professional media outlets and / or activist organizations. These blogs have increased their revenue stream to the point where they can hire multiple full-time staff.

3. Bloggers translate blogging into consulting and advocacy work: Many bloggers have also found a way to make a living by combining their blogging with blog-friendly advocacy and consulting work. This is actually the path I am currently following, as are, I believe, Oliver Willis, Atrios, Jerome Armstrong, and more. This involves finding part-time or full time work in politics that is conducive to still maintaining a full-time blog (which also generates a part-time income).

via Open Left:: Amateur blogosphere, RIP.

Look, I am not going to do the pile-on here, but I will say this; Chris Bowers does have a point. The problem is, Bowers sounds like he whining because no one bought him out. The same thing, which Bowers is referring to, has happened and continues to happen on the right too. Michelle Malkin off-loaded her mega-Conservative site HotAir.com off to a Conservative Media conglomerate Salem Communications for a hefty price tag, I am told.   So, this is not anything new.

So far, no one has offered me a job in politics or in the world of “New Media.” Nor has anyone offered to buy out my blog or anything of that sort. Not that I have been pimping myself out either. I know what my qualifications are.  I mean, there would have to be a check with a one and WHOLE BUNCH of zeros in front of it, before I would give this baby up. Couple hundred million and I would consider it. Otherwise, you all will have to contend with me for a long time to come. 😉

Others: JammieWearingFool and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion

How come stuff like this doesn’t happen to me?

Man, how come I cannot get this lucky?

Quote:

Since I founded FITSNews three-and-a-half years ago, I’ve made more than my fair share of powerful enemies in this state.

One reason for that? I call it like I see it – whether you like it or not, agree with it or not, or even believe it or not. Clearly, there’s no shortage of opinions about me, my website or the impact it’s having on South Carolina’s political process, but I like to think that the stories I break, the debates I drive and the opinions I help shape all speak to the potency of the brand I’ve created.

At the heart of this brand is telling it like it is – which this website has always done, and which it will continue to do no matter what “Damocles sword” is being held over my head on a personal level by the less savory elements of this state’s failed status quo.  Preserving my ability to shoot straight – free from threats and intimidation – is essential to my professional livelihood, while being able to look myself in the mirror each day is essential to who I am as a person.

The two are inseparable, actually, and to compromise one is to eventually wind up sacrificing both.

Beyond these considerations, this website is fighting for several fundamental ideals – academic opportunity for all of our state’s children, the promotion of individual liberty, and the creation of a more prosperous economic climate, to name just a few.  These ideals obviously matter a great deal to me – which is why I fight so hard for them – and why I cannot (and will not) permit anyone to compromise my ability to continue fighting for them.

In recent weeks, however, a group of political operatives has attempted to do just that.  In fact, on a very personal level I have become the primary target of a group that will apparently stop at nothing to destroy the one S.C. gubernatorial candidate who, in my opinion, would most consistently advance the ideals I believe in. For those of you unfamiliar with the editorial bent of this website, the candidate I am referring to is S.C. Rep. Nikki Haley.

This network of operatives has made it abundantly clear that in the process of “taking down” Rep. Haley, they will also stop at nothing to humiliate me, destroy my family and take a sizable chunk out of the credibility this website has managed to amass for itself.   Such is the blood sport of S.C. politics, I suppose – particularly in the wake of the scandal that consumed my former boss, Gov. Mark Sanford.

Specifically, within the last forty-eight hours several pieces of information which purportedly document a prior physical relationship between myself and Rep. Haley have begun to be leaked slowly, piece by piece, to members of the mainstream media.  I am told that at least one story based upon this information will be published this week.  Watching all of this unfold, I have become convinced that the gradual release of this information is deliberately designed to advance this story in the press while simultaneously forcing either evasive answers or denials on my part or on Nikki’s part.

I refuse to play that game. I refuse to have someone hold the political equivalent of a switch-blade in front of my face and just sit there and watch as they cut me to pieces.

The truth in this case is what it is.  Several years ago, prior to my marriage, I had an inappropriate physical relationship with Nikki.

That’s it.

I will not be discussing the details of that relationship, nor will I be granting any additional interviews about it to members of the media beyond what I have already been compelled to confirm.

It is what it is, and aside from the Haley family – Michael, Nikki, Rena and Nalin – I feel no need to apologize or explain myself to anyone. People are human. We make mistakes. And as I have learned from experience, the key to life isn’t the mistakes we make, it’s how we choose to handle them.

I do owe my wife, Katrina, an apology for failing to disclose certain things that took place prior to our marriage. I know that’s not the technical definition of infidelity, but it is a form of unfaithfulness that has broken the trust between us – a trust which must now be rebuilt. I also owe her an apology for the storm that my family has been facing for the past few weeks, and the storm we will no doubt continue to face in the weeks to come.

In preemptively addressing this matter, I am well aware that conspiracy theories will abound regarding my motives. In fact, I have already been assigned so many roles in so many different conspiracies that I have lost count of which villain I’m supposed to be playing. I also know that no matter what I do, I will be end up being smeared in some form or fashion by someone.

That’s fine.

I can sleep at night knowing I handled this the best way I knew how (the way my wife and I decided together that it needed to be handled), which was to simply tell the truth.

After that, wherever the chips fall, they fall. That’s the way it’s always been on this website, and that’s the way it will continue to be moving forward.

The Va-Va-Voom in question?

Oh Yeah, I'd hit it!

I mean, she could have screwed me all day long and no one would care! Well, maybe except her husband. I’m not married, so, the damage would be minimal. But NOOOO.. she has to go oink some married blogger and a farking moronic one at that!

It’s quite obvious these women need to be more aware of me. Hey, Married hot women! I am available for sex slavery you know! 😀 😉 😛 😆 😮 😯

I should report that she is denying the charges. But of course! 🙄

Others: Public Policy Polling, Politics Daily, Erick’s blog, Ben Smith’s Blog, WMBFNews.com, Charleston City Paper, The New Ledger, Hot Air, National Review, CNN, RedState, No More Mister Nice Blog, The American Conservative, Mediaite, FrumForum, Talking Points Memo, msnbc.com, The Other McCain, Daily Kos, The Hill, The Daily Caller, TPMMuckraker, Riehl World View, The Corner on National …, The Political Carnival and skippy the bush kangaroo — More via Memeorandum

The Tea Party Movement’s New Anthem?

The first thing I thought when I saw this was, “Holy chit!”

But I’ll let you watch and decide….

This comes via Facebook:

(Uploaded the Video to LiveLeak before Youtube takes it down…) Couldn’t get that stupid embed to work. Grrr.

Update: Instalanch! Thanks to Ed Driscoll! 😀

Welcome to all of Glenn’s readers! Make yourself at home, please. 🙂

Update # 2: Vote this up on Digg! by Clicking here. Vote it up on Reddit, by clicking here. Vote it up on StumbleUpon, by clicking here.

Update #3: Quantum Conservative Links in, Thanks!

Update #4: …and if anyone really cares, I made this myself about a year ago…:

Update #5: Not to sound like a rip off of this guy, But….. HIT THE FREAKIN’ TIP JAR! It’s been a slow month for the blog revenue and I could really use the help. I am in Michigan and the job market is well, um, you know — bad? Thanks! If you cannot, there is ZERO pressure. But those of you who can…. *Please?* (Puppy Dog eyes here…)

Update #8: Thanks to Hugh in MA for the Donation! (I’ll list all donations here!)

Update #6: The Freepers Link in, Thanks Guys, you’re awesome! 😀

Update #7: 3,292 hits this morning BEFORE 8:00 AM EST… 4,010 blog hits as of 8:20AM EST 6,508 as of 1:42 P.M. 7,078 hits on this Blog Entry alone Yesterday. Amazing. 🙂

Stupidity from Moderation Que

This is a perfect example of what will get you banned from commenting on my blog.

Some tool commenting on this posting, left the following comment:

Author : Gorko (IP: 204.250.12.246 , user1.princess.com)
E-mail : gorko3@gmail.com
URL    :
Whois  : http://ws.arin.net/cgi-bin/whois.pl?queryinput=204.250.12.246
Comment:
This guy looks like a (snipped) to me.

Here are the reasons why I did not approve this guy’s comment:

  1. I do not know this guy
  2. I do not really know Cassie’s Hubby.
  3. Cassie’s hubby is U.S. Military.
  4. The comment was insulting
  5. The comment was trollish
  6. The comment was not even remotely funny.
  7. This is my blog, and ultimately I decide what is acceptable and what is not; and this was not.

I trace routed this idiot, and it appears he’s on some sort of a cruise. Maybe on the pacific princess? Anyhow, it was not cool and I blocked his IP. Don’t come here and insult me or other people that are my friends.

That is all.

I am not one to criticize Ed Morrissey, but…

Well, except when he goes on a tirade about the unions. 😉

Anyhow, I happen to notice this over at HotAir.com:

I just received my copy of the book and will try to complete reading it before Aaron appears on The Ed Morrissey Show this week to discuss the book. The book follows the efforts of David Freddoso’s The Case Against Barack Obama (reviewed here) and Jerome Corsi’s Obama Nation. Both of those books shed light on Obama’s past political associations and efforts, but didn’t get as much traction as they deserved, thanks to a wave of popular support for Obama.

To put it in context; Ed is reviewing a book. However, he could have written up that Blog entry without mentioning Jerome Corsi and I would have had zero to say about it. The problem I have with Corsi is this; the dude is a habitual liar and his crazy conspiracy theories, like where Obama was born, have been proven to be false, even within Conservative circles.

I respect Ed and AP over at HotAir; Because I feel it to be one of the more mainstream Conservative sites out there. HotAir is not, nor do I hope it ever becomes WorldNetDaily. Mentioning Jerome Corsi in the same breath as Obama does nothing at all to further that cause of being a respectable mainstream Blog.

So, Ed. Consider this a friendly and mild objection. Please, don’t go there. We do have an election to win this year.

That is all.

Confirmed: John Cole has a mental disorder

I hate having to write blog postings like this one. Because I have been in blog wars before; and quite frankly, they suck.

However, when I see someone engaging in this level and depth of innate stupidity and recklessness, I have to say something.

It seems that former Conservative Blogger, turned Liberal shill, John Cole is now starting to carry the Liberal Meme that is common amongst the far left Blogger crowd. Reacting to a rather idiotic column by Thomas Friedman, John Cole delves into the idiocy of the far liberal left:

They weren’t around protesting during the Bush years They don’t care about the deficit.BECAUSE THE TEA PARTY IS REPUBLICANS. They care that a Democrat (and a black “Muslim,” to boot), is in the White House. They don’t care about fiscal restraint, they care that a Democrat is in the White House. They don’t, as some foolishly pretend, care about the Wall Street excesses. Certainly Cenk Uyger is not the only one who has noticed that the tea party bubbas could all be shipped to protest HCR, but the big money boys aren’t running the buses to protest Wall Street. They care that there is a Democrat in the White House.

Now as for the assertion that Tea Party people are Republicans, Blogger “DaTechGuy” takes care of that little bunch of idiotic tripe:

Now I’ve attended a few tea parties and talked to people there. The trust level for republicans is not very high. If you had interviewed these people you would know this.

DeTechGuy goes on to show just how wrong that John Cole is. Which some very good reading and I highly recommend the posting. Because it slashes Cole’s MeMe to pieces.

Now for the part that got MY blood to boiling:

They care that a Democrat (and a black “Muslim,” to boot), is in the White House.

Now this is where I draw the line and say, “Whoa Nelly!”

Notice what I colored red up there? That is just asinine bullshit and Cole knows it.

Now admittedly, there are some extremists on the outside of the mainstream right side of the political fence, who have floated this sort of stupidity; they have been long since discredited by, not only the Main Stream Media, but also by the mainstream Conservative media as well. You noticed that Orly Taitz has not been in the news as of late, have you not? That is because, for one, she has had some serious legal sanctions against her and if she continues, could lose her legal license —- and because, quite frankly, I think the Woman realizes that the jig is up and that no one believes that idiotic nonsense any longer. Either that or most of the media, main stream and Conservative are just ignoring her, which in the humble opinion of this writer; is a good thing. Hell, even Bill O’Reilly called her a nut!

The reason I raised a stink about this, is because John Cole is doing two things; first of all, he is doing something that I feel is just wrong — but is what the liberal left is known for and that is collectivism. Blaming an entire group for the actions of a few. Which, I feel, is wrong. Secondly, Cole is playing fast and loose with the facts and with pinning blame, which I think he knows; but because he hopped the fence, because Bush did not do things, like he thought they ought to be done, he bailed on the right — he feels that he has to recite the talking points of the left, in order to remain in their good graces. Although, I could be wrong on that one.

Further more, I have written on here many times, excoriating those on the right, in office or otherwise; who I felt had crossed the line and either went the racist route or otherwise.

The Bottom Line: To tie the Tea Party movement to the Republican Party or its supports, is just plain stupid and accusing everyone who disagrees with policies of the Obama Administration of believing that he is a Muslim is nothing more than collectivism, which is what the liberal left is known for; and is extremely stupid.

Recommended Book:

Believe it or not: I actually agree with Ann Althouse

For once; the blond harpy is making sense.

Go Read.

The reason? Just what I posted last night. Making fun of someone’s religion is just fucking wrong. It is just as wrong as the idiots who threatened south park’s creators.

It’s a collectivist mindset. You know; “Oh! Them “rag heads” flew them planes into the trade center! So ALL Muslims and Arabs are terrorists! Right??! Right???”

Uh, No. Most American Muslims are peaceful people.

The point is folks, if you want to get your Pamela Geller and Debbie Schlussel on; go for it. But when you are branded a fucking bigot for it, please, do not cry about it. Because quite frankly, you deserve the fucking title.

…and before anyone says anything; I admit, in the past, I have written some things on here that would give a liberal a knee jerk reaction; I’m good at such stuff. Further more, I will admit, I am highly suspicious of Muslims, mostly due to Muslims in this area, who have ties to extremism. But to go off and mock Muslims in General is just plain bigotry. It is no better than someone mocking a Jew or a Catholic. Both of which are protected classes in the Country. So, why single out a group of people, of whom extremists have hijacked thier religion to fulfill their mentally deranged dreams?

Further more, anyone that thinks that the attacks on 9/11 gave anyone license to be a fucking bigot; is crazy. You wouldn’t mock blacks like that… so why mock Muslims? Not only that, does that not make you as bad as the 9/11 hijackers? They were bigoted towards America and our values —- now, do you want to be just like them?

Like it nor not; I do have a point.

That is all.

Others: Big Government, USS Neverdock, Fausta’s Blog, Left Coast Rebel, NewsReal Blog, The Daily Caller and INSTAPUTZ

Video: We Will Remember

(H/T HotAir)

Sign the Pledge at We Will Remember.

Rush Limbaugh lays the smack down on his Liberal critics

This one is worth a read:

The latest liberal meme is to equate skepticism of the Obama administration with a tendency toward violence. That takes me back 15 years ago to the time President Bill Clinton accused “loud and angry voices” on the airwaves (i.e., radio talk-show hosts like me) of having incited Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh. What self-serving nonsense. Liberals are perfectly comfortable with anti-government protest when they’re not in power.

From the halls of the Ivy League to the halls of Congress, from the antiwar protests during the Vietnam War and the war in Iraq to the anti-capitalist protests during International Monetary Fund and World Bank meetings, we’re used to seeing leftist malcontents take to the streets. Sometimes they’re violent, breaking shop windows with bricks and throwing rocks at police. Sometimes there are arrests. Not all leftists are violent, of course. But most are angry. It’s in their DNA. They view the culture as corrupt and capitalism as unjust.

Former President Bill Clinton smiles as he receives a medallion from Cathy Keating, wife of former Oklahoma Governor Frank Keating, as a part of the Reflections of Hope Award ceremony in Oklahoma City.

Now the liberals run the government and they’re using their power to implement their radical agenda. Mr. Obama and his party believe that the election of November 2008 entitled them to make permanent, “transformational” changes to our society. In just 16 months they’ve added more than $2 trillion to the national debt, essentially nationalized the health-care system, the student-loan industry, and have their sights set on draconian cap-and-trade regulations on carbon emissions and amnesty for illegal aliens.

via Rush Limbaugh: Liberals and the Violence Card – WSJ.com.

I will admit something, I do not listen to Rush Limbaugh’s show every day or even hardly at all. But I will give the man credit; Rush, along with many other Conservatives are really putting the eyes out of the liberal talking point machine. Their presence, along with us Bloggers on the right, are really over taking the conversation away from the far liberal left in this Country.

….and that my friends, is a good thing. 😀

So, to Rush Limbaugh and the rest of Conservative talk radio and to all my blogger friends….. Keep it up!

Remember, we do not let up, until November 5, 2010, and even then, we do NOT let up entirely, until WE WIN in 2012!

Together, we WILL right and yes, I do mean RIGHT this ship, once and for all!

Michael Yon jumps the shark?

Seems so. (H/T Ace)

…and the MilBloggers are not happy….

Those talking about are…:

Uncle Jimbo

Chuck Z

Greyhawk I & II

Kanani Fong

CDR Salamander

You Served

Laughing Wolf

The Donovan

Greta Perry

The Brat

Posting in question:

McChrystal’s crew has declared an information war on me. No complaints here. McChrystal’s attention is welcome. It indicates that my posts have hit steel further underlines that McChrystal is over his head. If McChrystal knew what he was doing, he would not be drawing attention to his staff. Will provide compelling… evidence in due course. Some of the officers on McChrystal’s staff are my biggest helpers.

Moonbat disorder, such a tragic illness. 🙄

Living Proof that Liberals hate our Military.

It figures:

They should have done this to the first jackass who tried to pull this kind of stunt. Maybe a decade of hard labor will nip this stupidity in the bud, although what will probably happen is the wingnuts will be mortified our Kenyan preznit is prosecuting American HEROES.

So says former-conservative turncoat and now liberal traitor; who is also a Blogger,  John Cole.

Why?

All because some member of our Great Military decided that Obama was unqualified to be President of United States.

It just shows you just how tolerate of dissent your liberals really are. 🙄

Which is why I will never, ever vote Democrat again.

Jumping in Pools Interviews Me

You can read that here.

I rambled on with the first question. But it was multifaceted question and I wanted to answer it all.

Thanks to Matt for the interview. 😀

Quotable Quote:

I will say this, I originally started blogging with idea that neither of the Parties, Republican or Democratic are moral or political absolutes.  Both parties have their issues.  Which is why I did not vote Republican in 2008, I voted for Bob Barr.

Go read it and Check out Jumping in Pools too!

About that mine tragedy in West Virginia

I just wanted to post something here to all my readers. I noticed that not too many Bloggers on my side of the political fence have said anything about this.

Well, once again, I will be the one to do it.

Politics is one thing, real life is another.

Losing someone to a tragedy such as this, is unimaginable. Unlike some on the left, I will NOT bring my personal politics into this. But I will say that I personally feel for this people. Mining is in my family too; sort of. My Father is from Middlesboro, Kentucky. Back when he was a young man, he drove a tri-axle dump truck down in his home town. He worked out of a strip mines down in that town. Oh, the stories he would tell, about Hazards of driving those trucks. Some of the stories were side splitting tales, some were quite scary.

Anyhow, my heart goes out to these people during their time of loss. This is where I will also deviate from my normal hard line Conservative stance, and say the following; which most likely will not do anything for my Conservative creds. Not that I quite honestly give a damn about that anyhow.

It would be a crime, if I did not mention the fact that this mine was, in fact, a non-union mine. Because of that, the safety record of this mine, was, in fact, terrible. Unions; for all their short-comings and horrible politics, are the best defense against companies who want to cut corners and allow their employees to work in unsafe conditions. I honestly believe that if the union that my Father was represented by at G.M. had not been there, my Father would have been dead ages ago. For those who are just passing through, my Father is a retired G.M. Worker and is represented by the U.A.W. The Union forces the big business owners to a very high standard of safety and if the companies do not adhere to them, they simply will not allow their employees on the job. Which I feel is a very good thing. Equipment can be replaced —- Human Lives cannot.

There are some possibly of the right, that might say my bringing this up is morbid or something silly like that. Well, too bad. As they say, all politics is local; and this my friends is a local, personal issue for me. One of the nicest things I read, was the fact that even though this mine was non-union, the President of the Union miners was sending a team of people up to the site, to offer their assistance. Because it is the human and responsible thing to do. That is what normal, sane, rational Americans do, when their fellow man is hurting. They put partisan differences aside and come together. I bet some in the world of Political Blogging could learn something from that; on both sides of the aisle.

Again, my and my family’s prayers go out to the people of MONTCOAL, W.Va. tonight.

Update: Video confirming what I wrote above:

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

HEH: Hey AP, this one’s for you big guy!

HEH! 😆

Only people with certain imbalances buy the first iteration of Apple products.

via My Best Buy had no iPads, no line | Technically Incorrect – CNET News.

AllahPundit, call your office! 😀 😉 😛

Hey, at least Mr. Candy-ass Rino has the cash to buy one of these things. More than I can say for yours truly here. 🙁 😥 or as AP says, Heart-Ache.

Not everyone is sold on the iPad

Irk! Now this is not a good thing to read:

Gadgets come and gadgets go. The iPad you buy today will be e-waste in a year or two (less, if you decide not to pay to have the battery changed for you). The real issue isn’t the capabilities of the piece of plastic you unwrap today, but the technical and social infrastructure that accompanies it.

If you want to live in the creative universe where anyone with a cool idea can make it and give it to you to run on your hardware, the iPad isn’t for you.

If you want to live in the fair world where you get to keep (or give away) the stuff you buy, the iPad isn’t for you.

If you want to write code for a platform where the only thing that determines whether you’re going to succeed with it is whether your audience loves it, the iPad isn’t for you.

via Why I won’t buy an iPad (and think you shouldn’t, either) – Boing Boing.

I have to give props to Mr. Cory Doctorow for his brutal honesty. The article is quite the good read; from a standpoint of someone, who does not even own a iPod, much less an iPhone! 😀 I mean, I am just not big into, what I like to call, useless gadgets. To me, a phone is for making phone calls. Not for sitting there and playing games and all the crap you can do on them today. I mean, there is a thing called “Sexting” which is transmitting rather nasty pictures of one’s self over the internet. We never had to contend with stuff like that when I was a kid. (I am 37, by the way…) Besides that, you would not want to be transmitting naked pictures of my body anyhow; as I am almost sure it would cause someone great problems of the psychological sort to see me naked.

Now, from a greedy capitalist’s stand point; if I had a bunch of shares with Apple right about now and I saw this article. I would be asking for this guys head on a platter. I mean, just who the hell does this grumpy old jackass think he is? I am sure that Steve Jobs is not too happy about someone dissing his product, that he’s worked his rear end off to produce. On the other hand, this is just one man’s opinion of this product and I am sure that there are many others who have written that this is an exciting product to try.

The bottom line is this; we live in a free market, capitalistic society, and that free market will decide if this product is a smashing success or if it will be a flop. That is because that Free Market allows the PEOPLE, not the Government, to choose whether a product will be sold or even successful or not. Granted, it will take effort to make this happen; promotion by the company, the sales people and even the customer to buy the product. However the point is….. the freedom of choice is there. You can choose which product you wish to own by apple, all of them or none of them at all. That is the beauty of America. The only thing stopping you is your financial situation and also possibly your personal desire to own such product. Personally, even if I did have the money to own one of these iPads, I most likely would not own one. Because I personally do not see the point in owning such a thing. I have a very nice laptop, which suits my needs perfectly. I also do not see the point in owning something like this, and then having to own a iPhone or something similar, why not just put a camera and the ability to make phone calls in it as well? Again that is wonderful power of personal freedom and choice.

Now I could yammer on here about how the some of the Democrats and the socialists want to do away with all this freedom and change the system we have here in America. But I think everyone that reads this knows my position on those subjects. It also is not lost on me, where this thing is produced and the political positions of some of the people that will own one of these things.  However, I will not bring that into this discussion here, as I am blogging about an iPad. 😉 😀 😛

Update: Others Talking about the iPad: Pajamas Media, The Confluence, Althouse, Vanity Fair, Bits, Scripting News, VentureBeat and Gawker

Update #2: Message to AllahPundit: Do you really want to be known as the dude who owns a electronic gadget, who’s name basically invokes thoughts of a Electronic Maxi-Pad or Internet Maxi-Pad? Not if you are Beta-Male. I mean, you are already being called a candy-ass Rhino as it is; you do not need anymore help. I’m just sayin’ 😛

It’s about time: Obama proposes offshore drillng

Finally, the stupid socialist is doing something right:

The Obama administration is proposing to open vast expanses of water along the Atlantic coastline, the eastern Gulf of Mexico and the north coast of Alaska to oil and natural gas drilling, much of it for the first time, officials said Tuesday.

The proposal — a compromise that will please oil companies and domestic drilling advocates but anger some residents of affected states and many environmental organizations — would end a longstanding moratorium on oil exploration along the East Coast from the northern tip of Delaware to the central coast of Florida, covering 167 million acres of ocean.

Under the plan, the coastline from New Jersey northward would remain closed to all oil and gas activity. So would the Pacific Coast, from Mexico to the Canadian border.

The environmentally sensitive Bristol Bay in southwestern Alaska would be protected and no drilling would be allowed under the plan, officials said. But large tracts in the Chukchi Sea and Beaufort Sea in the Arctic Ocean north of Alaska — nearly 130 million acres — would be eligible for exploration and drilling after extensive studies.

The proposal is to be announced by President Obama and Interior Secretary Ken Salazar at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland on Wednesday, but administration officials agreed to preview the details on the condition that they not be identified.

The proposal is intended to reduce dependence on oil imports, generate revenue from the sale of offshore leases and help win political support for comprehensive energy and climate legislation.

via Obama to Open Offshore Areas to Oil Drilling for First Time – NYTimes.com.

It’s about time that Bambi Teleprompter is doing something right.

An exasperated Moonbat Steve Benon whines:

My confusion, then, is over the administration’s negotiating tactics. In February, the president cleared the way for the first new U.S. nuclear power plants in more than 30 years. Today, the president will reportedly open up new opportunities for coastal drilling.

In other words, Obama has already effectively given Republicans what they wanted on energy. What is he getting in return?

My question is, why the fuck should he get anything in return, at all?

He better be fucking hoping and praying that we don’t make his origin of birth a big issue when the Republicans take back the house and senate come 2010! What assholes… like the Republicans owe that floppy eared son-of-a- bitch anything at all. 😡  🙄

Again, I say, good on ol’ big ears for finally learning that capitalism is a good thing and that drilling is a good idea. Now if we could just teach the REST of liberal and socialist, and communist America that! We’d have to start in the fucking oval office first!

UPDATE: If there was any doubt that Charles Johnson is an idiot

He has just removed it.

Go Read.

What a freakin’ Moron! 🙄

Update: When he gets caught, what does he do? Whines about it! Stupid ass whiny assed little faggot fuck. 🙄 What an idiot! No wonder everything thinks he’s a fucking moron anymore! 😆

Confirmed: John Hawkings is an asshole

Now why do I say that?

Because the asshole didn’t ask ME to participate in his stupid poll, that’s why!

As as result, crap like THIS happens.

….and to beat all, I get bullshit e-mails from this idiot:

Hello

I’m writing for a simple reason: A lot of people in the conservative hive are dramatically underpricing their ads.

What’s correct pricing? For most bloggers, something in the 60 to 80 cent range CPM. Smaller bloggers would probably want to go with AT LEAST 50 cents per CPM. In fact, at some point, we may move up to a 50 cent per CPM minimum for everyone in the hive (Keep that in mind).

Now, I know ads have not been selling at a rapid pace at the start of the year — but happens every Jan and Feb — and cutting your rates down to ridiculously low levels, like 25 cents per CPM, isn’t going to sell more ads for you. In fact,  as far as I can tell, there doesn’t seem to be much of a difference at all in the number of ads running on blogs that have 75 cent CPMs and blogs that have 25 cents CPMs. See for yourself.

http://web.blogads.com/advertise/conservative_blog_advertising_network

I’m writing this now because sales are starting to pick up and are likely to continue to stay relatively strong through the end of the year. If you’re underpricing your ads, now is the time to raise your rates.

All the best

John Hawkins
http://www.rightwingnews.com

http://www.linkiest.com

http://www.viralfootage.com

http://www.selfhelpquotes.net

http://townhall.com/columnists/JohnHawkins

You want to know why Hawkins is wanting me to raise my rates? Because Ad hive owners get a fucking percentage off of the profits, that’s why!

So, guess what John? I am removing your lame ass Conservative Ad Hive Advertisement off of my blog. Seeing you and that third rate bitch from Idaho Sarah K, who now works for you; don’t seem to think that I am a real Conservative; whatever the fuck that means anymore — and will not include me in polls.

Screw ’em. If they remove me from the hive, good. I don’t like half of the people in that Hive any damned how. Little Green Footballs, is in it; and God Knows, he’s not a Conservative. The Daily Paul, which is filled with racists and Anti-Semites, is in it and so am I. Well, as of today, my giving that fat fuck ad space on my blog for free is over.

Just tired of the bullshit in the right wing Blogosphere anymore. Bunch of fucking idiots. More of that Stuck on Stupid Bullshit. I’m done with ’em. I do my own thing, I don’t need to be with a fucking bunch of posers, morons, and stupid people.

Don’t ask me to do shit like the above and then ignore me, never link and nor ask me to be a part of shit. That just does not work. Period.