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Guten Morgen fellow Barbarians. I beat Mia (I think).
Andrea Mitchell is at it again:
Andrea Mitchell Likens Sarah Palin's Appeal to George Wallace's
http://jeffords.blogspot.com/2009/12/andrea-mitchell-likens-sarah-palins.html
here's a good one
Palin Signing
She is a warrior, she could live off of the land during the Zombie Apocalypse, and she embodies the spirit of those who went West in search of adventure.
http://conservativedeist.blogspot.com/2009/12/palin-signing.html
We're back to Blogger? Oookay, hopefully this works.
Nice pic, Mel. Very pretty:)
Okay, that was weird. I just got a Blogger popup instead of a JS-Kit. Now it's back to JS-kit.
Oh, well.
Awesome pic, Mel.
Yes, blogger from the iPhone. I feel so hip this
Morning. Kinda weird for an old fart.
Okay, seriously, this guy need to either be Palin's VP or her Secretary of Defense. Check this out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhOzIQ1-CmQ
Somebody out there must have Sarah's email address or have some way of getting in touch with her. I'm going to keep posting these kinds of things until I hear from someone saying that they passed the message along! Come on, people, help me out here.
Meg Stapleton put out a statement last night on the threats made to Willow:
http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/122809/let_540263841.shtml
This because people started saying that Sarah had lied about it.
http://juneauempire.com/stories/122009/loc_537591017.shtml
Andrea Mitchell is nothing more than a political hack. A bad one at that. I think the good news is nobody really pays attention to the Meet The Press, Face the Nation's etc of the world. They are all so scripted with the same old faces. It is really one of the Old Media last hang ons. I think with Facebook Sarah has found the new method of getting policy out there.
Oh and on the same Meet The Press. Newt talked of getting 50-60 seats if they did things his way like in '94. My belief is I would prefer a solid 20-30 seat gain and about a 5 Senate seat gain. Sure I wouldn't complain if there was more but keep in mind that back in '94 Newt went in took over, unsrewed Clintons mistakes, Clinto ran toward the center and we got stuck with Clinton for 4 more years. Better to let the Dems have full control of this this fiasco. Then in '12 we could have a complete takeover.
Good morning all, I hope Christmas went well for everyone.
I found my face.
With minors involved there is little that can be said about this. In fact the Palins could get in big trouble if they release names etc.
Oh and ADN which has a weekly rumor mill was claiming Meg was fired. The truth is what I expected. Meg was not in charge of the book tour as Harper Collins ran it. This was a nice and deserved break for Meg. Oh the thing about the ADN (Alaska Ear) they have been wrong so often in the last 5 months or so that at some point the Editor of ADN needs to a) Fire the person doing Alaska Ear or b) Demand they fire their sources. Of course firing sources would mean dropping the liberal bloggers who don't have a clue in Alaska but at least the ADN wouldn't look stupid over and over.
Good morning all you extraordinary barbarians. Weather report.....Bright, sunny and temp in the 50's down here in the deep South......It's going to be a good day.
Yeah, and on the second story, is that the same Craig Medred that the Bob and Mark show called out for their blatant misrepresentation of the Combat Fishing Tournament?
Found this article - http://www.southwestangle.com/index_AngleOct-08.html
Guy met Todd at a snowmachine event during the campaign. Quote:
"My request to Todd was to ask him to tell me about Sarah. He asked me who I was, and after I told him I was editor of the Pioneer and chatted to Scott about being from Grand Rapids, Todd said, “Sarah is an Alaskan girl and she had a natural instinct for her past jobs of governor and mayor. I’m very proud of her.”
Don't know but probably. The media in Alaska is horrific and I am probably complimenting them when I say that. Totally out of touch with the citizenry. More of a mini version of the LSM. Often times local media is pretty good. Can't say that is the case with Alaska media.
Mitchellturd. Michael Valle seems to have a good grip on reality.
And it's not over yet!
Okay, good night. And remember - Allen West. At the very least, Secretary of Defense. Man with a plan.
Where is Mia?
Uffda, need a scrap of info here, can't watch Youtube at work (but I'm guessing it's Allen West . . . )
Surprise no story of our head of Departement of Homeland Insecurity stating yesterday that "the system worked" on the attempted bombing of an airliners. Let me get this straight a terroists sneaks a bomb on a plane, the bomb malfunctions but it only stopped because of a brave passenger and the "system worked"? Today she is unfortunately allowed to change her story. If I was President I would have called her before she left the studio yesyterday and told her to go to the front of her office building and pick her stuff up. She would have been fired immediately and I would have given strict orders to security at her building to arrest her for trsspassing if she tried to enter. She is a danger to the security of this Nation.
I caught a few minutes of "The Sound of Music" last night, what an awesome movie and story.
I watched the magnificant wedding scene during which they played "How do you solve a problem like Maria ?" and it really does have parallels to Sarah, like "How do you hold a moonbeam in your hand ?"
Enjoy
morning all.
Newt was not really an effective leader of the opposition, after 1994, He succumbed to early to the early Alinsky effort against him. He let himself get undermined by Clinton, similar to Cantor with Pelosi last fall. We need an effective opposition leader in Congress,, for all of the reasons we've discussed here for the better part of a year.
Is the Republican Rankings Site your site? It is interesting.
Funny I watched it too. My little cousins loved it!
Christmas was excellent! :)
You'l like this Youtube video from the Free Republic dinner:
Part 1
Part 2
Yes, this is Allen West and yes, either VP or SecDef. Sarah should talk with him because she is in a war and needs to know strategy and tactics to add to her political knowledge.
I also watched it.....great minds think alike?
Happy Monday!
It's the last Monday of the week. ;)
Newt had then and continues to have a bit of an ego problem, one that undermines the very effort he is trying to support.
Guten Morgen, PEC. Genau, richtig.
Good morning and God bless all you extraordinary barbarians.
Ciao Bella (wherever you are).
Rasmussed DTP"
-12 (28-40) strongly approve-strongly disapprove
a gain of 4 points
-5 (47-52) approve-disapprove
a gain of 7 points for Obama which is unbelieveable which leads you to belief that the Messiah had a terrific day of polling last night
Perhaps it's a little bit of Christmas charity; in the new year we'll see if his uptick is for real.
Personally I don't think it is.
My avatar appears on comments but not on Likes. Weird.
I've seen Allen West's youtube and on Fox & Friends, but just because he's a good guy who was in the military, does that really make him VP or SecDef material ?
I'm just askin'
techno - I don't know how accurate polling would be over a Christmas Weekend. It tacks 3 days. I guess it could revert to last Wednesday as day one but that would still leave the 26th and 27th as 2 of the days. Over the Holidays I would hold off much credibility with any polls. The next quality one imo would be 7 January. The Press (Foxnews) does not need to let Sec of DHS off the hook. Her response that the system worked on the botched Terroists attack was pathetic at best. Obama should have fired her on the spot. She is trying to change her tune but the music was already playing. Her incompetence already has shown through and Obama not firing somebody that incompetent reflects on his incompetence.
You betcha!
He was the closest to sane on that panel, but that's not saying much. Mitchell is missing than Sarah represents hope not anger, a calm clear voice, although there is plenty of reason for
anger
narciso, sometimes it's hard to follow your comments because you don't put them in replies, you always add new comments.
Like this one, I can't figure out what you are referring to, sorry.
Good morning all!! I am sensing a great FB post coming in the next few days!! It could be about any one of the disastrous things going on with this administration in the last week.
I am not getting my hopes up for the 2010 elections. I think with Soros focusing on the Sec. of States and all the money via Tarp/Stimulus/Appropriations bills that has been the giant embezzlement scheme of the century probably being funneled to SEIU and Acorn (lord knows it isn't going anywhere else), I think the '10 elections have already been decided. I think we can actually win back the House and Senate but I don't think it will show up on the ballots.
FL, don't forget, truth is stanger than fiction.
whenever Sarah talks about defending her against vile attacks I always picture david letterman in the woods running away from a huge grizzly bear with this music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIeOXBedKIQ
<span>whenever Sarah talks about defending her kids against vile attacks.. I always picture david letterman in the woods running away from a huge grizzly bear with this music: <span>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIeOXBedKIQ</span></span>
I'm afraid your right Firelight, hense the arrogant disregaurd of the congress to what the elective wants....the fix may be in come '10.
I used to be the managing editor of a small weekly paper in a very conservative community. This was back in my liberal days. I can tell you that writers and editors are mostly COMPLETELY out of touch with their conservative communities. We used to laugh about conservatives while we wrote our liberal editorials.
Is it any wonder newspapers are an endangered species with that kind of obtuse customer service? The only redeeming parts of the newspaper are the sports section and the obituaries.
West is engaged, or at lest wanting to be engaged in Federal legislation that affects Americans. He has executive experience in the military like say, uuuuhhhhh, Eisenhower?
I agree ACORN is the unknown factor. Perhaps you know more than I do, but I have surmised that ACORN'S influence only works in close elections. I guess what I am asking is this: how much do we have to win by in percentage terms in each contest so ACORN irregularities and illegalities do not become a factor?
So sad ... Apparently, Michelle Obama's favorability is slipping ...
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2009/12/michelle-obama-poll-barack-obama.html
(And they even mention that Sarah's numbers are rising! I don't know why they felt the need to include this tidbit, but hey, it's a positive when the L.A. Slimes mentions that Sarah is gaining favorability at the same time Michelle Obama is losing).
I should clarify I was referring to Newt, in a panel composed by Patrick, Obama 1.0, Bloomberg, king of the RINOs, Brooks, who really went into the tendentious rationale for jihad, about the culture clash between modernity and tradition, (I know it, it doesn't matter) and one other
We can't really let ourselves think that way, although there were some grounds for said speculation, specially in Ohio and Minnesota
Obama probably got back some of those wackos that were afraid that the health care thing would not pass. His numbers are still abysmal. They aren't trending up because he is doing a good job.
I don't think Obama will go back to the center. He never was there except to lie about it. Those voters are gone and will not come back to him. He still has the base locked in because that is the way they think. Changing their minds is a herculean task. They will be with him forever.
Now here's a poll I like. michelle obama tanking in the polls from the state run la times http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2009/12/michelle-obama-poll-barack-obama.html
If West is Pro-Life, a Palin/West Ticket would be the end of the left for a generation or two.
Well, uh, Ike was General of the Army, so being a Battalion Commander is awesome, but not quite like Ike.
Lipstick,
I'm glad you had a good run! I get slightly sluggish around the holidays too, when I run. Yes, doing weights first does help. :) I've been sticking to the elliptical lately. I'm at my parents' for the holidays still today, but I was debating going for a run. I have a feeling the sidewalks aren't completel shoveled and the roads are too busy to run on here.
I'll probably get back in the swing of running more soon. I'm going to sign up for another half marathon in May! :) Then, I will have to be running. :)
Thanks for the link...hehe...:) I'll more than likely be moving down there during the summer, but I definitely need to make a visit sometime in the spring.
OT/ MUST VIEWING FOR ALL ORDINARY BARBARIANS!!!
IT'S JUST LIKE THE MANY VIDS WE HAVE OF GOV. PALIN!!!!
ALLEN WEST 2010
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dllRiR98Dw
<span>Lipstick,
I'm glad you had a good run! I get slightly sluggish around the holidays too, when I run. Yes, doing weights first does help. :) I've been sticking to the elliptical lately rather than running unfortunately. I'm at my parents' for the holidays still today, but I was debating going for a run.However, I have a feeling the sidewalks aren't completely shoveled, and the roads are too busy to run on here.
I'll probably get back in the swing of running more soon. I'm going to sign up for another half marathon in May! :) Then, I will have to be running. :)
Thanks for the link...hehe...:) I'll more than likely be moving down there during the summer, but I definitely need to make a visit sometime in the spring</span>
I see your point. Well taken. You are also correct that bieng a Battalion Commander is awesome. I'ts just nice to see possible vp, canidates with military experience. Some people voted for Bush because he had knowledge of the oil industry. Someone like West a retired military man(private citizen) would have a huge advantage over any other private citizen being named and and operating as the vice president. IMHO
Don't forget coupons!! LOL
Forgive me dear Lipstick, but "Moosstrasse" means "Moss Street." The German word for moose is Elch (m).
As for "The Sound of Music," missed it this time, but we have it on VHS or DVD (or both). Classic.
Julie Andrews hitting the soprano descant in the climactic chorus of "Edelweiss" might be my favorite part. The nuns revealing that they had ripped out the spark plug wires is pretty good, too. "Adieu, adieu, to yieu and yieu and yieu" is probably the worst part, imo.
Would you two please let us sit around eating cake and pie in peace? Or gumbo...or "jumbalaya!"
Of course, Charter! :) Believe me. I've done my share of that myself as well over the holidays. I haven't been to the gym since Wednesday! :( Lipstick is the disciplined one.
<span>Of course, Charter! :) Believe me. I've done my share of that myself as well over the holidays. I haven't been to the gym since Wednesday! :( Lipstick is the disciplined one.</span>
Maybe we need to review Hugh Hewitt's book "If it's not close they can't cheat.:crushing the Democrats in every election and why your life depends on it.
You are correct about the Sec. of States issue. The MN sect. of State was influenced by ACORN.
I was horse for 10 days becasuse I screamed at the T.V. during the election at the Sec. of State of Ohio for not doing her Job!!!!
Anyone know how many, and which states have Sec. of State elections?
Thanks!!
<span>Of course, Charter! :) Believe me. I've done my share of that myself as well over the holidays. I haven't been to the gym since Wednesday! :( Lipstick is the disciplined one.</span>
If you like the theme song from Hawaii Five-0, check out this video someone made, using Saul Alinsky's "ridicule" tactics towards Obama:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Fb-TnKWm4E&feature=PlayList&p=EC61480CA06DE45A&index=48
Is Hillary Sec of State Material? Or is Fred Thompson?
Mock outrage on my part. I've been pretty good: did stairs in the house when it was raining like crazy on Saturday. Push-ups and sit-ups here and there. Not going completely to pot just yet.
Lipstick,
Sign up for a half marathon! You'll do great! If anything you'll go crazy because you'll have to cut down your running to train since you run A LOT! :) You'll have no trouble finishing in a good time!:)
El Paso will be hotter than blazes, but it's a dry heat! I was in Arizona this past August, and even at 105+ degrees it felt better than when it is 85 in Illinois and pretty humid.
Thank you for sharing your experience, William!:) It sounds like you had a wonderful time. I love how you didn't go to the front, after staying out all night, you play fair. Great, great stuff! Thank you!
That's great, William! Thanks for sharing your story!
On Dec 11-13 USA/Gallup poll of 1025 results which asked two different questions, the second revealed today-the first Sarah Palin's F/UF and second do you consider Palin a winner or loser? Here now are the results for both questions:
F/UF WIN/LOSE
OVERALL 44/47 46/49
GOP 79/-- 76/---
INDIES 40/-- 45/---
DEMS 21/-- 21/---
COMMENT:
What the results do is demonstrate is the characteristics of each group:
For Democrats they will vote Palin is they perceive she is a winner.
For Republicans there are many who like her (perhaps because she is a conservative) but still a sliver doubt her ability to succeed.
And for indies, it is the opposite of the GOP members-they less willing to favor her now perhaps because they don't her well enough but now see in her a higher potential based on the Going Rogue tour.
Mel,
What an incredible photo! Whoa! Just gorgeous! Thank you!
William - Are you from Alaska?
Good day everyone. Anyone besides me need to go on a diet now? I must confess I over indulged during Christmas.
Techno - Considering the year Sarah just had these are great #s. She has had lots of trying times. To be within the MOE speaks volumes for her. Plus she has to be extremly close to Obama with Indies. More great news.
Thanks for putting this up and I have it on my facebook now
Wait until next year.
OK, I should have known that you had it straight. : )
The link has been sent to a friend of Sarah's. If she has not seen it she will now.
Wonderful. Thanks for sharing!
Hal, you mean like, in 5 days ???
On the Glenn Beck program, Pat just played Al Gore reading his poem on CNN. Then he played Al Gore reading his poem to Harry Smith, and on that reading, it really did sound like we were intruding on a bedroom scene.
Excuse me, while I go poke out my mind's eye.
Great story Bill. Thanks for sharing!
New flying regulation: Everyone must go commando.
If we can't have anything on our laps, in the last hour of a flight, what do we do with our pants or skirt or coulottes or capris that are on our laps?
New airline slogan:
No shirt.
No shoes.
Okay, you can now move about the cabin.
dislike = check
If we can't have anything on our laps for the last hour of a flight, what do we do with our pants or skirts or coulottes or capris or shorts, that are on our laps?
New airline slogan:
No shirt.
No shoes.
No pants.
Okay, now you can move about the cabin.
Ok, sorry to rain on the post-Christmas slumber, but the enemy never rests . . .
Awesome, sobering article by David Kaiser, professor at Naval War College
His blog is awesome.
Summary of article here:
<span>-</span><span> I have come to think there is something monumentally large afoot</span>
<span>- </span><span>Something of historic proportions is happening.
- </span><span>there is something happening within our country that has been evolving for about ten to fifteen years.
o The pace has dramatically quickened in the past two</span>
- <span>We learned just days ago that the Federal Reserve, which has little or no real oversight by anyone, has "loaned" two trillion dollars (that is $2,000,000,000,000) over the past few months, but will not tell us to whom or why or disclose the terms.</span>
<span>- </span><span>We have intentionally dumbed down our schools, ignored our history, and no longer teach our founding documents, why we are exceptional, and why we are worth preserving</span><span> </span>
- <span>We have now established the precedent of protesting every close election (violently in California over a proposition that is so controversial that it simply wants marriage to remain defined as between one man and one woman ...)</span>
<span>- </span><span>It is potentially 1929 x ten...And we are at war with an enemy we cannot even name for fear of offending people of the same religion, who, in turn, cannot wait to slit the throats of your children if they have the opportunity to do so.</span>
- <span>And finally, we have elected a man that no one really knows anything about, who has never run so much as a Dairy Queen, let alone a town as big as Wasilla , Alaska ...
o </span><span>Sarah Palin's pregnant daughter and $150,000 wardrobe are more important</span>
<span>- </span><span>How did he get people on his side?
o He did it by promising jobs to the jobless, money to the money-less, and rewards for the military-industrial complex.
o He did it by indoctrinating the children, advocating gun control, health care for all, better wages, better jobs,
o He did it with a compliant media - did you know that? And he did this all in the name of justice and .... . ... change. And the people surely got what they voted for.</span>
<span>- Many people of conscience objected in 1933 and were shouted down, called names, laughed at, and ridiculed. When Winston Churchill pointed out the obvious in the late 1930s while seated in the House of Lords in England (he was not yet Prime Minister), he was booed into his seat and called a crazy troublemaker. </span>
Good Morning all. Or should I say afternoon. Geez, with the kids all home for Christmas break, the days just all mesh together.
Anyway, great article by Bernie Quigley on the Hill Blog.
2010 rising karma: Palin, Perry, Romney, William Daley. Palin will be nominee.
http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/national-party-news/73737-2010-rising-karma-palin-perry-romney-william-daley-palin-will-be-nominee
by David Kaiser (full article, no link), Part I of III
I am a student of history. Professionally, I have written 15 books on
history that have been published in six languages, and I have studied
history all my life. I have come to think there is something
monumentally large afoot, and I do not believe it is simply a banking
crisis, or a mortgage crisis, or a credit crisis. Yes these exist, but
they are merely single facets on a very large gemstone that is only now
coming into a sharper focus.
Something of historic proportions is happening. I can sense it because I
know how it feels, smells, what it looks like, and how people react to
it. Yes, a perfect storm may be brewing, but there is something
happening within our country that has been evolving for about ten to
fifteen years. The pace has dramatically quickened in the past two.
We demand and then codify into law the requirement that our banks make
massive loans to people we know they can never pay back? Why?
We learned just days ago that the Federal Reserve, which has little or
no real oversight by anyone, has "loaned" two trillion dollars (that is
$2,000,000,000,000) over the past few months, but will not tell us to
whom or why or disclose the terms. That is our money. Yours and mine.
And that is three times the $700 billion we all argued about so
strenuously just this past September. Who has this money? Why do they
have it? Why are the terms unavailable to us? Who asked for it? Who
authorized it? I thought this was a government of "we the people," who
loaned our powers to our elected leaders. Apparently not.
We have spent two or more decades intentionally de-industrializing our
economy.. Why?
We have intentionally dumbed down our schools, ignored our history, and
no longer teach our founding documents, why we are exceptional, and why
we are worth preserving. Students by and large cannot write, think
critically, read, or articulate. Parents are not revolting, teachers are
not picketing, school boards continue to back mediocrity. Why?
It sounds like TOTUS has finally arrived in Hawaii, because President Obama is going to speak in a half hour about the attempted terrorist attack.
Part II of III
We have now established the precedent of protesting every close election
(violently in California over a proposition that is so controversial
that it simply wants marriage to remain defined as between one man and
one woman. Did you ever think such a thing possible just a decade ago?)
We have corrupted our sacred political process by allowing unelected
judges to write laws that radically change our way of life, and then
mainstream Marxist groups like ACORN and others to turn our voting
system into a banana republic. To what purpose?
Now our mortgage industry is collapsing, housing prices are in free
fall, major industries are failing, our banking system is on the verge
of collapse, social security is nearly bankrupt, as is Medicare and our
entire government. Our education system is worse than a joke (I teach
college and I know precisely what I am talking about) - the list is
staggering in its length, breadth, and depth.. It is potentially 1929 x
ten...And we are at war with an enemy we cannot even name for fear of
offending people of the same religion, who, in turn, cannot wait to slit
the throats of your children if they have the opportunity to do so.
And finally, we have elected a man that no one really knows anything
about, who has never run so much as a Dairy Queen, let alone a town as
big as Wasilla , Alaska .. All of his associations and alliances are
with real radicals in their chosen fields of employment, and everything
we learn about him, drip by drip, is unsettling if not downright
scary (Surely you have heard him speak about his idea to create and fund
a mandatory civilian defense force stronger than our military for use
inside our borders? No? Oh, of course. The media would never play that
for you over and over and then demand he answer it. Sarah Palin's
pregnant daughter and $150,000 wardrobe are more important.)
Part III of III
Part III of III
Mr. Obama's winning platform can be boiled down to one word: Change.
Why?
I have never been so afraid for my country and for my children as I am
now.
This man campaigned on bringing people together, something he has never,
ever done in his professional life. In my assessment, Obama will divide
us along philosophical lines, push us apart, and then try to realign the
pieces into a new and different power structure. Change is indeed
coming. And when it comes, you will never see the same nation again.
And that is only the beginning..
As a serious student of history, I thought I would never come to
experience what the ordinary, moral German must have felt in the
mid-1930s In those times, the "savior" was a former smooth-talking
rabble-rouser from the streets, about whom the average German knew next
to nothing. What they should have known was that he was associated with
groups that shouted, shoved, and pushed around people with whom they
disagreed; he edged his way onto the political stage through great
oratory. Conservative "losers" read it right now.
And there were the promises. Economic times were tough, people were
losing jobs, and he was a great speaker. And he smiled and frowned and
waved a lot. And people, even newspapers, were afraid to speak out for
fear that his "brown shirts" would bully and beat them into submission.
Which they did - regularly. And then, he was duly elected to office,
while a full-throttled economic crisis bloomed at hand - the Great
Depression. Slowly, but surely he seized the controls of government
power, person by person, department by department, bureaucracy by
bureaucracy. The children of German citizens were at first, encouraged
to join a Youth Movement in his name where they were taught exactly what
to think. Later, they were required to do so. No Jews of course,
How did he get people on his side? He did it by promising jobs to the
jobless, money to the money-less, and rewards for the
military-industrial complex. He did it by indoctrinating the children,
advocating gun control, health care for all, better wages, better jobs,
and promising to re-instill pride once again in the country, across
Europe , and across the world. He did it with a compliant media - did
you know that? And he did this all in the name of justice and .... . ...
change. And the people surely got what they voted for.
If you think I am exaggerating, look it up. It's all there in the
history books.
So read your history books. Many people of conscience objected in 1933
and were shouted down, called names, laughed at, and ridiculed. When
Winston Churchill pointed out the obvious in the late 1930s while seated
in the House of Lords in England (he was not yet Prime Minister), he was
booed into his seat and called a crazy troublemaker. He was right,
though. And the world came to regret that he was not listened to.
Do not forget that Germany was the most educated, the most cultured
country in Europe . It was full of music, art, museums, hospitals,
laboratories, and universities. And yet, in _less than six years_ (a
shorter time span than just two terms of the U. S. presidency) it was
rounding up its own citizens, killing others, abrogating its laws,
turning children against parents, and neighbors against neighbors.. All
with the best of intentions, of course. The road to Hell is paved with
them.
As a practical thinker, one not overly prone to emotional decisions, I
have a choice: I can either believe what the objective pieces of
evidence tell me (even if they make me cringe with disgust); I can
believe what history is [...]
"Sarah Palin: She was seen from the very beginning as a rising star — a cultural awakener similar to Andrew Jackson — bringing a whole new cultural paradigm to the political process; a new heartland spirit of individualism and self reliance as per Emerson and Barry Goldwater. The widespread, deep and immediate hysteria in the MSM was a sure indication that she was a threat to the old temple and would be a vital new force in the rising century. This week the non-partisan Research 2000, which conducts research and focus groups, states simply, “Palin will be the 2012 GOP Nominee.”
From the Hill.
Good afternoon to all. It's good to see things beginning to pick up here after the Christmas festivities.
Oh, that's too bad. I'm sure I'll be busy. Darn! ha ha
He has been noticeably missing in action on this issue. The silence is deafening.
The more silence from him the better. He never actually says anything anyway, and seeing his face is a drag.
Love the "avatar" Roxanne! It should come with a "May cause epileptic seizure" warning though. Those are always the best!
Roxanne, I can't keep my eyes off you(r avatar) . . .
I just began listening to the President.
Did he give a shout out to any of his golfing buddies before talking about the terrorist incident?
Thanks! I anticipate a hard fought, but very good year ahead. Should be invigorating and challenging.
I don't know, did he ? (stuck at work here . . .)
I got the feeling this incident and the Iranian people delayed a tee time, for The Once.
Sorry!
Finally, he made a short speech!
No.
Tee time.
I watch it every 6 weeks or so, probably. The voice of the young Julie Andrews is among the most beautiful ever.
A mirror and a comb are two of the least important tools in the arsenal of an effective opposition leader. I would prefer one with the heart of a lion and the tenacity of a pitbull.
Humorous cartoon on Obama's "Deaf Panel" at http://drawfortruth.wordpress.com/
Gumbo is health food.
The Ventures Greatest Hits is one of baby cookboy's favorite cd's!
Here's what I posted over there to someone who touted BO's 8 years in the IL state senate as experience:
"<span>And yep, Obama was in the IL senate for 8 years - where he voted "present" around 50% of the time. That is not leadership. Legislators don't lead. They vote.</span>
<span>Oh. Except for the fact that Obama did care enough to vote FOUR TIMES against the Infants Born Alive Protection Act.</span>
<span>So. To conclude. Obama doesn't care enough about most issues to take a stand, so he votes present. Which is the opposite of leadership.But he does care enough about infants born alive that he wants them denied care so they can die on the table. After hours fighting for their lives.And he cares about that SO MUCH that he has cast his vote 4 times against protecting those lives.</span>
<span>Which goes along with him saying that if his girls every make a mistake and get pregnant as teens that he doesn't want them to be "punished" with a baby.</span>
<span>So much for our constitutional "right to life." Nope, Obama does not have any leadership/executive experience.But boy, oh boy, does he have an ideology."</span>
A good speech is not enough.
The LAT should report Todd's favorables.
This guy's going to get people killed. Whenever they're in office, people die worldwide--Cambodia, Rowanda, etc.--and somehow our guys get blamed or it gets swept under the carpet. 9-11 was a Clinton legacy no matter how they twist and turn. Talk about "inheriting" things. They're not really too big on human life, just social engineering and "Remaking" things that don't need remaking.
Golf ya twiggy, flappy eared little...
<span>This guy's going to get people killed. Whenever they're in office, people die worldwide--Cambodia, Rowanda, etc.--and somehow our guys get blamed or it gets swept under the carpet. 9-11 was a Clinton legacy no matter how they twist and turn. Talk about "inheriting" things. They're not really too big on human life, just social engineering and "Remaking" things that don't need remaking.
Golf ya twiggy, flappy eared little... </span>
I left some other comments over at the Hill, but the comments system is hinky and keeps eating my comments. But I did put in a plug for C4P in response to someone plugging palingates ... Hope the comment holds!
Nancy is in full form. I was distracted too long by work and missed the fun. Dang.
Hey Mr. Bill, Mr. Techno, read this! Maybe you already have. <span>http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/TheVerySeparateWorld.pdf</span>
A little research shows he claims not to have written it. <span>http://historyunfolding.blogspot.com/</span>
Senator Max Baucus, Democrat from Montana Drunk on the US Senate Floor debating National health Care
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5Y9X5ggxzA
Nope, haven't seen that, but thanks !
(I'll pore over the 18 pages later tonight . . . )
And reading his blog leaves me thinking that Mr. Kaiser is a delirious left wing never really did much academic bozo.
Clinton and GHWB, and political correctness.
The article here attributed to Kaiser, makes some good points. There are a number of inaccurate statements, though. For instance - Winston Churchill was not, as the author writes, a member of the House of Lords in the 1930s, during Churchill's time in the wilderness. He was an elected member of the House of Commons. Any historian worth his or her salt is not going to make that error.
Regarding concern over the unprecedented open line of credit the Obama admistration has given the Fed housing authorities and other egregious economic moves this administration is continuing or accelerating, compared to their predecessor's, it should be noted that the most vocal critics of these policies are not the established Right, or Palin's adherents, but the progressive left, most notably represented by Rep. Alan Grayson and bloggers Jane Hamsher and Marcy Wheeler. Hamsher even teamed up with Grover Norquist this past week to seek an investigation of President Obama's chief-of-staff, regarding some of his actions while serving on a Fed housing board back in the 2nd Clinton term.
Palin offers nothing whatsoever in this arena. Or not until somebody hands her the copy for her next facebook post.
Here's something interesting:
Palin will be the 2012 GOP Nominee
http://www.research2000.us/2009/12/23/palin-will-be-the-2012-gop-nominee/
I agree with the headline, but I don't agree with some of the other stuff this guy writes, such as:
<span>that John McCain’s selection of Sara Palin as his VP was perhaps one of the worst selections ever made by a major political party’s presidential nominee. Today, Sarah Palin has unfavorable ratings higher than Hillary Clinton’s after her arrival on the national scene over a year ago. </span>
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<span>but, he goes on to say:</span>
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<span><span>The recent murders of four police officers in Washington State by a career violent criminal who was granted parole by Mike Huckabee, when Governor of Arkansas, for all intents and purposes ended any realistic shot he had at winning the GOP nomination in 2012, given the fact that the majority of the Republican Party electorate is far more conservative culturally than it was in 1980. This leads me to my third prediction, Sarah Palin “WILL” be the GOP’s nominee in 2012. Her base of supporters are so solid that I believe she is immune to what former Louisiana Governor Edwin Edwards said about the only way he could lose to David Duke is if he was found in bed with a live boy or a dead girl. Palin will be the 2012 nominee based on how the 2008 GOP primaries played out and the party history when it comes to selecting their nominee.</span></span>
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<span><span>and:</span></span>
<span><span>As a result, the 2012 GOP nomination is Sarah Palin’s to lose for two reasons. First, with Huckabee done and the fact that cultural conservatives never really have warmed up to Romney, over 90% of these voters will support Palin and two, the front runner in the GOP historically always wins the nomination.</span></span>
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Guilty, but of course the term was coined by a Texan ;)
<span> it should be noted that the most vocal critics of these policies are not the established Right, or Palin's adherents, but the progressive left, most notably represented by Rep. Alan Grayson and bloggers Jane Hamsher and Marcy Wheeler. </span>
Really Guest? I guess that's why the "progressive left" showed up in DC earlier this year with a million protesters. Oh, wait, they didn't. They voted for the biggest corporate whore to ever hold office, and ridiculed those who protested his spending.
<span>Palin offers nothing whatsoever in this arena. Or not until somebody hands her the copy for her next facebook post.</span>
When you prove ObaMao wrote either of his books- or anything at all besides some shitty, vaguely homoerotic poetry about apes eating figs in underwater caves and his (possibly sexual) relationship with Frank Marshal Davis (aka "Pops)- I'll take that criticism seriously. Otherise STFU you preening cakeboy.
Hey william
Great story... all you could see were the boots!... way to go!
"until somebody hands her the copy for her next facebook post"
You had to go and ruin a paerfectly good, informative post with this garbage. Tsk.
I for one dont doubt her posts are hers. Although it would be foolish of her not to pass them around to get fact checked and checked for speling, etc. I am sure she does. However after listening to her speeches, reading her tweets and facebook posts i am completely convinced that no matter if other hands end up touching the content, the content is ultimately her own
Thanks for sharing William. Great write up!
I feel your pain.
I read 'em and don't see why she'd need anybody else to proofread 'em. She went to school as the child of schoolteachers, probably learned the three R's better than most, and probably takes the time to proofread her own stuff.
Depends?
Afternoon everyone! Spent the day helping my mom clean up the basement. It has needed organizing for a long time. It seems to be a slow news day so I just checked out hotair and found a link discussing David Frum's stupidity. BTW I did nominate Frum as the Biggest Douche in the Universe (South Park fans will understand this). I found this comment interesting on the comment thread:
Frum is an idiot … An EDUCATED idiot.
Unfortunately, his lot are running the nation now – and to our misfortune.
All of these guys think they are elitist – but they’re idiots.
Over the Christmas holidays – I got into a debate with my Liberal Sister-In-Law. She asked me … “What?! Do you REALLY think Sarah Palin, who bounced around four colleges, is more educated than ivy league educated Obama?”
I told her … “No, I said she was SMARTER than he is – not more educated.”
Barack Obama, David Frum – for all their education they DO NOT understand the Constitution or the Capitalist system. Sarah Palin DOES. She understands what the Constitution is FOR, why it was put in place, and why there are limits on Federal Power. She understands that Government’s role in Capitalism is to keep it’s damn hands out of the system as much as possible.
These are lessons that Obama and Frum never learned – for all their “education”. Someone also forgot to teach Obama that’s not very “intellectual” to push abortion when you can’t determine when life begins. And, by his own admission at Saddleback – he doesn’t know when life begins.
Having a degree means nothing if you’re stupid.
HondaV65 on December 28, 2009 at 4:30 PM
Is sandra the Screen Shot Czar? Because this is the first time I have ever seen her click the "like" button on this website.
Yer, welcome! Pass it around!!! :-)
the college thing really just bothers me. once you understand that she had to pay for 100% of her college expenses it becomes very easy to understand why she "bounced around" and why it took the time period it did. i actually think her getting through college this way is more impressive than going to college and having it funded by parents (like I was lucky enough to have done) or by someone else.
I also thought I would relate this story. My grandma who lives in the Catskills region of upstate NY, called my mom and they talked about each others Christmases. My relatives who live in DC and are major Obama worshippers came for Christmas and there was an incident. My grandma turned on FOX News because she hadn't seen any news in a few days. My Uncle Jon immediately became upset and said "I'm not watching this I'm going upstairs." Grandma said "I hadn't seen any news in a while but I will watch something else." My uncle stayed where he was. Another time my grandpa was watching the Pope's Christmas eve in the TV and my cousin Eva snatched the remote right out of his hand to switch to something else. My grandpa stood his ground and said "Hey I'm watching that." My grandma says my aunt, uncle, and cousin drom DC have become more militant in their support of Obama. I was so dissapointed to hear that my uncle was acting like a child and my cousin was acting like it was her house and her tv. I sometimes wish I could have better relatives. Don't get me wrong I love them dearly because they are family, but I really see the intolerance of the left in these relatives of mine.
God.Bless.Texas.
I agree Guest. I have started off my college education at a local community college then I will transfer to get my bachelor's degree. My parents have been willing to pay for my education. I have payed a few quarters myself. But I wish like Sarah I would have payed more of my own way.
This incident confirms to me more than ever that liberals are people who act like children because they never really grew up.
hummmmmm?
In my humble opinion, this might be the most telling polling from Rasmussen to date in the Obama adminstration:
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/december_2009/79_say_another_terror_attack_likely_within_year
Roxanne,
I might be way off, but liking that comment by Guest, seems kinda Screen Shot Czary. What do you think?
News from Fox @4:45 pm CST verifies that you are exactly correct! He was on the golf course when an incident occured after his speech.
About tee time that is.
That is an audition tape for SNL. Right?
:)
Thanks Sheya for posting this. Saw it this afternoon and was flabbergasted. That's the only word I can think of right now.
It must make one uncomfortable when an inanimate object, TOTUS, and your dog, have higher favoribility ratings, than you do. At this point the Greek columns and Biden could do better.
We literally have drunk senators writing bills and then defending them while drunk. Great country we have become.
OBAMA'S SIX WORST POLICY DECISIONS
6. Bailing Out GM. “His policy of public investments prevented necessary liquidations. The businesses he hoped thus to save either went bankrupt in the end, after fearful agonies, or were burdened . . . by a crushing load of debt. [He] undermined property rights . . .pushed federal credit into the banks and bullied them into inflating . . .” Historian Paul Johnson wrote that of Herbert Hoover. You can almost substitute Obama’s name for Hoover’s in every detail. By the way, Government Motors sales are declining at 3 times the rate of the industry as a whole. Hoover would be proud.
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5. The Energy Farce. In what universe does economics work like this: A $14 trillion economy is sinking and employers are cutting jobs, so…let’s raise the costs of doing business even more and that will lead to a recovery fueled by an industry, i.e. green technology, which barely exists? Cap & Trade is right out of a classic “command economy” model worthy of 1940’s Eastern Bloc imaginations. If it passes, its regulations will stifle the US economy for decades before someone is wise enough to junk it amidst global cooling.
4. The So-Called Stimulus Bill. So far, this is Obama’ signature legislative “accomplishment.” In time it will be his albatross. The basic policy decision made by Obama was directly the opposite of the choice Reagan made. Reagan said government was not the solution to our problems - Government was the problem. Reagan dramatically cut taxes and regulations, the economy rebounded and tax revenues doubled. Obama’s policy, on the other hand was, and is, to have government spend our way out of our economic problems. Sadly for us, spending, taxing and borrowing is not an economic remedy for too much existing debt and the far too high existing tax burden. Indeed, as the Congressional Budget Office pointed out, in the long run, Obamanomics will hurt more than it will help. Given its short term-failure, it’s hard to imagine something worse and it is even harder not to dub this one of his worst policy decisions.
3. Socialized Health Care. Do I really have to explain the demerits of this decision? Socialized medicine doesn’t work, never has and never will and will be nearly impossible to repeal – oh, and it will bankrupt us. Next!
2. Trying Terrorists in American Courts. As I stated my article, Internment, CSI and Eric Holders Disarming of America, throughout our history, we have treated enemy combatants as those committing an act of war. That is so because (a) they are not US citizens, and (b) their acts were acts of war. In other words, they were not criminal acts of a US citizen committed during peace time. Now however, Obama has allowed at least one enemy combatant to be tried in a US criminal court subject to the constitutional laws of our country. The parade of horribles that will emerge from this decision are numerous and include putting America on trial, tearing down the barriers between citizens and non-citizens and changing the way we fight wars.
"a million?" looked more like somewhat less than 100,000 to me, Glenn, uh, RINO hunter...
I'm not here to defend the President or the quitter. Actually thought there might be some common ground.
And the worst is:
1. Cancelling the Missile Defense System. On November 16, <span>2008</span>, fresh off Obama’s victory, Time Magazine carried an article that read: “Missile-defense skeptics yearning for a fresh look at the wisdom of pumping $10 billion annually into missile defense aren’t going to get it from Barack Obama when he moves into the Oval Office.” How so very wrong Time was. Obama did cancel the long range system – just as every liberal Democrat has been want to do to American defense systems in pursuit of less guns and more butter. So why was that Obama’s worst policy decision? Even worse than nationalization of health care?
Let me count the ways:
1) Defense spending on defense technology is dollar-for-dollar very productive (compared to most gov’t spending) and leads to break-throughs thereby employing and encouraging US scientists – I thought the liberals told me we needed to encourage future scientists?
2) You do not negotiate for years with an at-risk ally, i.e. Poland, and then pull the plug on the deal – what does that say to future at-risk allies, like say Israel! It says you can’t count on the U.S.
3) Obama’s decision to abandon the longer range missiles is based on an assumption that Iran is no longer interested in longer based offensive missiles. You read that right, Obama is trusting Iran against the advice of Bush era advisors,
4) The decision leaves the U.S. without a long range system for the Eastern Seaborg – You are on your own NYC – don’t worry it can’t happen twice,
5) The Decision tells Middle Eastern countries, like Saudi Arabia, that you better defend yourself, i.e. it could/will start a local arms race.
6) It was an obvious caving into Russia without a serious, tangible benefit, and
7) It is in keeping with his other defense cuts which send a strong message when you consider his weak rhetoric. Dean Acheson, who turned his back on South Korea, which led to the Korean War, could not be more impressed.
All in all, when it comes to the nuclear world, ignoring Jefferson’s advice that “Weakness provokes insult & injury,” seems beyond a bad policy decision – it is his worst policy decision.
So there they are – the 6 worst. Stay tuned, however, the worst may be yet to come!
I heard a conversation this afternoon that indicated the 'Blue Dog Democrats' are dead and being kicked off the porch. Not much faith left in their values or beliefs. Just who had the highest bid to get their vote.
He'll prove that his Lefty professor worldview and "charisma" will see us through anything if it kills us. Now that's leadership!
Actually O's drawn to inanimate objects. He thinks caulking's sexy.
Yeah, you can't cure stooopid!
The ultimate farce about the majority of the blue dog democrats is that they were fiscally conservative.
Yeah, you can't cure stooopid!
Maybe we should reinstated the 21st amendment for Congress only.
Maybe we should reinstate the 18th amendment for Congress only.
Do not dispair, Patrick, we all have families like this and some of them are actually conservative. This year my husband and I celebrated Christmas by ourselves. No rushing around, didn't watch TV, had our Christams music going non-stop all day without a complaint, roaring fire in the fireplace, no fights, no one running around the house yelling and screaming, no drama queens having to be catered to, (yes, we have a couple of them), no obscene amount of presents for the kids, no fighting about how good the presents were or were not. In fact we didn't give each other presents, but decided to do something for the house instead. All in all it was a glorious Christmas even with the bad weather. We savored every second of it. We have never done this before and it was the best thing ever. I don't know if we will ever be able to do it again. We just got lucky this year. The stars were in alignment for us. We've had a lot of Christmases to celebrate, but this was one of the top three. Both of our families are conservative. Apparently the insanity crosses over party lines.
As an inanimate object himself, naturally he is drawn to other inanimate objects.
I think you may be on to something there, Commander.
And while were at it lets implement the 28th amendment:
<span>Amendment 28</span><span><span>
"Congress shall make no law that applies to the citizens of the United
States that does not apply equally to the Senators or Representatives,
and Congress shall make no law that applies to the Senators or
Representatives that does not apply equally to the citizens of the
United States."</span></span>
So you don't deny that ObaMao is a corporate whore who has probably never written anything of substance in his life?
I'm sorry for the informality...Captain Nancy, Commander of the Starship Sarah Palin is how I meant to address you.
Apprently the Huffpo considers the NYT fashion writer a traitor now for saying that Palin dresses better than Michelle Antoinette: http://blogs.dailymail.com/donsurber/archives/6753
Certainly not fiscally conservative in their sell-out price.
Is this what you're talkin' 'bout? <span>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRkovnss7sg</span>
She liked one of my comments last week, and I needed a whole series of cootie shots. Not covered under the senate or house plans.
Drunkenness is not so much the issue, I don't think. An idiot is an idiot, Regardless of his BAC.
<span>Only 4 days left before SarahPAC must file year end report with the FEC as
to monies raised in 2009. So please, donate to SarahPAC, whether it be $5.00, $10.00, $15.00, $20.00 $100.00 or more.</span>
Attendance at any school at any level and education do not necessarily have anything to do with each other. Believing otherwise indicates a lack of education.
I had to laugh at this article....personally I think that Oblamo woman looks terrible.........she can buy all the designer clothes she desires.....but she has no style or class....she's trying to dress way beyond her body type and age. The bondage belt...what can one say......
I'd have told my cousins, aunts, and uncles that their lips would be much closer to BO's a$$ if they would carry theirs right back home.
Obits=Irish Sports Pages
As a guy I'm not usually concerned with fashion. However, I think the reason Sarah looks so good all the time is because she is confident in being herself and that shines through. She is as beautiful on the inside as she is on the outside.
<span>As a guy I'm not usually concerned with fashion. However, I think the reason Sarah looks so good all the time is because she is confident in being herself and that shines through. She is as beautiful on the inside as she is on the outside. I sure hope I can find and marry a woman like Sarah someday. </span>
I told my mom that when my uncle said he was going upstairs because he couldn't watch FOX, grandma should have said good!, I will keep FOX on all the time then!
When you have style, you don't need fashion. If you can find one, you can marry her.
It's not just a speech, it's a plan. A strategy and an understanding of the conflict - something that's been sorely lacking.
He's not just a good guy who was in the military.
Atlas thinks he'd make a good President. At the very least Sarah should endorse him and make him an advisor on Afghanistan and the war on terror.
cookboy,
You are making sense to sandra!
Maybe she is waking up to common sense!
Good job!:) You might be the one that gets through to her.
Does that woman ever smile? Her face would break.
Kentucky Colonel
Had to share your list of the worst with others, it's so accurate I bet you make a lot of 3 pointers.
crap we need to do a webahothon.
I make a living teaching idiots to think. That's what a chef does.
"Life was 100% against me."
LOL! Ain't that the way it goes sometimes?
They should just give us chloroform and knock us out for the flights. It'll probably get to that.
Basically we're at a turning point in history.
There were over 1 million. Sorry if your eyesight guesstimate didn't catch it.
Whoa, that's a little odd. Not that I wasn't a science fic junkie when I was about twelve.
He definitely is twiggy. The man needs some meat on his bones.
From piece -
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"While these voters are disdainful of a Republican Party they view to have failed in its mission, they overwhelmingly view a successful Obama presidency as the destruction of this country’s founding principles and are committed to seeing the president fail."
I wholeheartedly disagree with that statement. I want the President to succeed. The ideology he holds and the agenda he wishes to pursue will fail and thus will reflect badly on him and he will go down in history as a failed President, just like Jimmy Carter.
By pointing out his errors and showing how flawed his idelogy is, we are doing more to help the President than those who are strapping on his helmet and teaching him how to yell kamakazie.
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It is very difficult to get a degree without getting an education, but many people are self educated. The correlation between education and school is not 1.0.
Seriously, what world do these people live in? I went to the same college for four years, but I knew tons of people that "bounced around." Sometimes for monetary reasons, other times for the pros and cons of different courses at different colleges, etc....
Since when is "bouncing around" a crime?
I'm convinced that behind every liberal is a long history of drug abuse.
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