I Will Not Convict

If you are as outraged as I am at the political prosecution of CIA officers who served under the Bush Adminstration you can do something about it by clicking below. It is a petition telling the administration that their two-bit, banana republic, Chicago politician mentality of persecuting those you disagree with politically will not fly here. Hat tip to Hugh Hewitt.

I Hope This is True

Journalists who blog do not use the same standard while blogging so it is important to avoid reading too much into their blogs. Because of their name recognition, their blogs probably seem more credible than they rightfully should. I guess the basic logic is that if the story was strong enough for their employer that is where we would read it. If not, then they blog about it.

Jake Tapper of ABC News is blogging that President Obama has been more successful in de-commissioning terrorists than President Bush. Its an incredible thing to say given the historic weakness of Democratic presidents vis-a-vis anything military. Its even more incredible in light of the historic weakness of this president. But if it is true, then that is great news. After all it isn't important who gets the job done, it only matters that we succeed. If President Obama's team is succeeding, then I say "Fantastic."

535 to go

Rasmussen reports that 57% of Americans would vote to replace all of Congress. Make that 57% plus me. Only 25% would vote to keep them. That 25% is probably the portion of the country that has drunk the Democratic Party KoolAid. Like the 57% of Americans I am sick and tired of the arrogance that members of Congress have toward those who pay their paychecks. Long gone is the day when they understood themselves to be public servants.

Some people will object to what I am proposing because there are some members of Congress who have the right attitude and are trying to do the right thing. They are good people and have been well provided for with the Congressional retirement plan. They will be fine and we will miss them. Unfortunately there are casualties in war. And make no mistake about it, there is a culture war going on right now with the American left trying to impose their values on the rest of us even if they have to sacrifice our freedom to succeed.

So let's start a movement. All 535 members of Congress need to go. Unfortunately we can't vote all 535 members out next year since only 1/3 of the Senate is up for election. But we could vote out all 435 members of the House of Representatives along with 1/3 of the Senate. That would send a wonderful message and reassert the American people's supremacy - something I am convinced needs to be done. Are you with me?

Why I Love Liberals

I love liberals. I think they are misguided, and I am convinced that some of their leaders are evil; but the typical liberal I love. Here's why.

The liberals I have known have all had a good heart. They genuinely care about the underprivileged, taking care of this planet, correcting injustices, righting wrongs, and making the world a better, more peaceful place. How can you not love someone like that?

The difference I have with liberals is how one attains such worthy goals. As a conservative I have the same goals although you would struggle to find that acknowledgement among anything left-leaning. And I believe most of my fellow conservatives feel the same way. We actually share similar goals. To not love liberals would be analagous to not loving conservatives. Believe it or not, we have more in common then our culture (media and political leaders) would have you believe.

Two Predictions (Revised)

I predict that Senator Kennedy will not even be buried before the Democrats will be talking about getting him replaced. He can't help them now. The Democrats currently in power seem to think politics is more important than anything else in life - more important than propriety, more important than the truth, more important than life.

I also predict that because the knowledge that Nazis were Socialists is spreading like wildfire thanks to Rush, Democrats will soon drop the word "Nazi" from their lexicon.

By the way they were Socialists who took over the auto and health industries. Sound familiar?

RIP Senator Kennedy

I certainly disagreed with most of what Senator Kennedy publicly supported but I understand he was a kind and gentle man in his dealings with his intimates. That trait is much more important in the long haul. May he rest in peace.

Astroturf?

Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, has tried to minimize the grassroots opposition to the Obama Administration by calling it "astroturf". Astroturf is an "inside baseball" Washington euphemism for a corporate public relations campaign disguised to look like a grass roots citizen movement. By using this term she is attempting to provide the media the excuse they are looking for to ignore the Tea Parties that were held on April 15th, and the voter revolt the Democrats are experiencing in town hall meetings all across America as shown in this YouTube clip.

Her charge is false, the voter revolt started out as a spontaneous grass roots movement that later was joined by like-minded groups. But the truth is not part of how politics is played today. The American media is more interested in enabling the Obama Administration than it is in serving as the Fourth Estate that our system expects it to be. Finding out the truth does not even matter any more to most of them.

Now word comes out that the Democrats are trying to organize demonstrations in favor of the White House agenda. The Speaker is not calling it astroturf, but a genuine grassroots effort.

So let me get this straight. A genuine, unscripted, unorganized (in its initial stages) response to the Obama Administration is astroturf, but a scripted, organized response to them led by the Democrat National Comittee is not astroturf? My head hurts from the changing definitions. Grassroots is astroturf, astroturf is grassroots; can we stick with one definition for a least a day?

The Z in Nazi

My entire life the American media has tried to portray right-wing extremists as Nazis. Their standard line is that extremism on the left of the political spectrum is first represented by socialism and if one continues down the leftward spectrum ultimately one arrives at communism; and extremism on the right of the political spectrum is represented by Nazism. WRONG!!!!!

Nazism in Geman means National Socialism, or in other words - left wing politics again! While it is true that the Nazis later aligned themselves with some on the right, they started out as an extreme left-wing political movement.

So the two worst political movements of the 20th century were both liberal movements - communism and nazism. At the heart of both movements was the suppresion of personal freedoms. That is primarily why I oppose liberalism today - it still is about oppressing individual liberty. I have no intention of mildly submitting to its heavy hand.

Bet you never heard that in school. You certainly never heard that in the American media.

Harry Reid

My sister sent me the following. It shows her sense of humor because she is a left-leaning Democrat.

Judy Wallman, a professional genealogy researcher in southern California ,was doing some personal work on her own family tree. She discovered that Senator Harry Reid's great-great uncle, Remus Reid, was hanged for horse stealing and train robbery in Montana in 1889. Both Judy and Harry Reid share this common ancestor.

The only known photograph of Remus shows him standing on the gallows in Montana territory.

On the back of the picture Judy obtained during her research is this inscription: 'Remus Reid, horse thief, sent to Montana Territorial Prison 1885, escaped 1887, robbed the Montana Flyer six times. Caught by Pinkerton detectives, convicted and hanged in 1889.'

So Judy recently e-mailed Senator Harry Reid for information about their great-great uncle. Believe it or not, Harry Reid's staff sent back the following biographical sketch for her genealogy research:

"Remus Reid was a famous cowboy in the Montana Territory. His business empire grew to include acquisition of valuable equestrian assets and intimate dealings with the Montana railroad. Beginning in 1883, he devoted several years of his life to government service, finally taking leave to resume his dealings with the railroad. In 1887, he was a key player in a vital investigation run by the renowned Pinkerton Detective Agency. In 1889, Remus passed away during an important civic function held in his honor when the platform upon which he was standing collapsed."

Man With a Rifle - Take 2

MSNBC's Contessa Brewer made the man carrying a gun at an event the President attended into a racial thing when she said

At a pro-healthcare reform rally... wore a semiautomatic assault rifle on his shoulder and a pistol on his hip.... There are questions about whether this has racial overtones. I mean here you have a man of color in the Presidency, and white peopple showing up with guns strapped to their waists or onto their legs.

What Brewer missed is the photo on the left because MSNBC had cropped it (see top of image) so that the man's race was not identifiable. And you wonder why I believe the media is biased.

$9,000,000,000,000 in Red Ink in 10 Years

The Obama Administration is changing its projections of how much red ink is going to be spent over the next 10 years to a number that is more in line with what everyone BUT the Obama Administration has been saying. As usual they are still trying to blame it all on President Bush, on whom some blame should fall. But it is getting old to hear the administration constantly blame someone else rather than accept responsibility. The buck should stop with the President regardless of party.

Democrat Politicians Are Amazing

When Mitt Romney was governor of Massachusetts, Democrats in the legislature took away from him the ability to appoint people in the case of a senator resigning or dying. At the time they were hopeful that John Kerry would be elected President and they didn't want Romney to appoint a Republican as his replacement.

Now that a Democrat is in office, and Senator Kennedy is near death, guess what they want to do? If you guessed that they want to reverse themselves and give the sitting Democratic governor the authority they stripped from Mitt Romney just a few years ago, then you are right.

Public policy shouldn't be based on short-term political games. It should be based on what is thought to be best for the people. The blatant political gamesmanship of this should turn every American's stomach.

Same Old, Same Old

Didn't President Obama campaign on a theme of change? Then why is he paying off his supporters with this health care stuff? I thought it was about the American people. I'm not surprised, just disappointed.

Canadian Health Care Problems

It is not good to be in Vancouver these days if you need surgery. Apparently socialized medicine isn't all its cracked up to be.

Last week I was in Europe and the British took great offense at the way American conservatives are portraying their 50-year old National Health System. Even members of the Conservative Party were saying how great it is. Today I learned that approximately 45,000 workers call in sick every day in Britian. That story never made it to Sky News last week.

The problem with this issue is that once it become political, the truth becomes irrelevant in many people's eyes. Right now, if you are a Democrat you are probably supporting the President regardless of the facts because you don't want to give a victory to the evil Republicans. If that is true, then shame on you. And the same goes for Republicans in reverse. Truth matters regardless of party.

Dumber Than Dumb

CNN is reporting that a man carried an AR-15 to an anti-Obama rally outside of where the President was speaking. How dumb can one be? This either is someone who opposes Obama and is just down-right stupid or its one of Obama's supporters trying to make the opposition look like a bunch of crazies. In any case it is dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb!