conservatism is much like Libertarianism = smaller government, lower taxes, more domestic energy production (oil and otherwise) and strict adherence to the constitution of the united states
Monday, November 24, 2008
Citi joins the Nuts from Chicago!
Source: FreeRepublic.com
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Liar Lair, Pants on Fire!
Friday, November 14, 2008
Another Corrupt Obama Staffer (Top of the Food(stamp) Chain)
Jarrett Managed Housing Project Deemed "Uninhabitable"
Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, announced today that it has obtained documents linking Valerie Jarrett, an advisor to Barack Obama and the co-chairman of the President-Elect's transition team, to a series of real estate scandals, including several housing projects operated by convicted felon and Obama fundraiser/friend Antoin "Tony" Rezko.
According to the documents obtained by Judicial Watch from the Illinois Secretary of State, Valerie Jarrett served as a board member for several organizations that provided funding and support for Chicago housing projects operated by real estate developers and Obama financial backers Rezko and Allison Davis. (Davis is also Obama's former boss.) Jarrett was a member of the Board of Directors for the Woodlawn Preservation and Investment Corporation along with several Davis and Rezko associates, as well as the Fund for Community Redevelopment and Revitalization, an organization that worked with Rezko and Davis.
(According to press reports, housing projects operated by Davis and Rezko have been substandard and beset with code violations. The Chicago Sun Times reported that one Rezko-managed housing project was "riddled with problems -- including squalid living conditions...lack of heat, squatters and drug dealers.")Union Bailout
As we wait on Reid/Pelosi and their cohorts (with much pressure from the President-Elect) for the details of the proposed bailout of the big 3 automakers, let us remember that this is not really a bailout for the automakers, rather a bailout for UAW and it's big labor pension fund. If there is no bailout, the US automakers will be forced into bankruptcy re-organization. This does NOT put them out of business, rather it allows them to re-organize their debt and come out lean and mean. The MSM and liberals on the Hill would have you believe that this would cause a monumental loss for this country at a time when we can ill afford such a loss. I put to you that it would be a good thing. First of all, maybe the big 3 can finally get out of the clutches of the UAW. IF they get a bailout, there is a $7B payout that will go to the union pension fund. No bailout means no payment to the fund. When airlines and other businesses hit the wall, they file BK and re-organize from the top, down. This always makes for a better company on the other side. IF the big 3 get another $25B, we are sending a message that taxpayers will help you, big business, as long as there are a LOT of union members who can vote for us in four years! Allow this to take on it's own shape, without government intervention. Let the US automakers take a page from the S. Korean and Japanese makers who have set up shop in the US. Move the plants to the middle of the country, or to the southeast, where the labor unions don't have a stranglehold and rent is cheaper. Get lean, make efficient vehicles that we all can afford and you'll be just fine. Cowtow to the liberals in government and your businesses will all die. Oh, by the way, when you file BK, all of the top execs go too!
Thursday, November 6, 2008
The Uniter?
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Plant the Seeds
Racism lives in Presidential Election
NBC News is beside themselves this morning, going as far as saying that racial barriers have been broken down in this "historic" election. I agree that it is historic. It is the first time in modern history that 95% of one race voted for the candidate of that same race, while there were two different races running for office. I think it's fair to assume that if 95% of whites had voted for McCain, we would be hearing a MUCH different commentary this morning, not to mention the reports of riots and violence against whites all across this nation. Since, in this case, it appears 95% of blacks voted for Obama, it's A-OK, even celebrated! I ask now that Black America stop whining about inequality, as it is painfully clear that there is no racial bias in this country towards blacks. There IS however still racial bias against whites and it is now being shown by our media with pride. In four years we will be asked to make another decision. Once it is shown that Obama is just speeches (that doesn't work when you are President), will we decide based on emotion or will we return to common sense? It remains to be seen.
Saturday, November 1, 2008
Spiteful Obama
Friday, October 31, 2008
New Look for the Peacock
It's official, the proud history of the peacock network has been re-written. The new name is Obama Broadcasting Company. In case you were wondering, it's now been proven in independent studies that NBC News has presented 73% of their stories about John McCain, while the Obama number is at 13%. This is a sad day in the history of the media. While the peacock is the worst offender (especially in the cable division) ALL of the "MSM" have reported unfairly negative on McCain. The level of corruption at O-BC is transparent. You can bet that once this is over, there will be a SERIOUS investigation mounted by the RNC and others to get to the bottom of the matter. If you are in the media, try to remember that your job is to report OBJECTIVELY on the news, not inject your views into the news, thus creating the illusion that you are reporting the news while the fact is you are trying to create the news. A large company like GE can expect some serious backlash after this election season. They've given the Democrats a multi-billion dollar advertising machine and we won't stand for it. I know that I, along with others, will be putting immense pressure on the peacock to face an investigation and fines.
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Where's the Outrage?!
Monday, October 27, 2008
California's Prop 7
"A facility engaged in the combustion of municipal solid waste shall not be considered an eligible renewable energy resource unless it is located in Stanislaus County and was operational prior to September 26, 1996."
I went looking and found some resistance to a renewal of a license to burn said solid waste for a company called Covanta. There is an area called Crow's Landing that is in question. ALL of the major environmental groups are against this company getting a new license... It made me aware of how the parties all were able to come together. A quote from Greenaction shows why the environmentalists are against this license renewal: "Covanta self-described as “waste to energy” facility is a garbage incinerator in Crow's Landing burns about 800 tons per day of solid waste. The incinerator emits dangerous toxic chemicals and toxic metals into the air, including dioxin, one of the most toxic chemicals known to science." In this rare case, I agree with the greenies and everyone else. Vote NO on prop 7, then write to your representatives in the California Legislature and let them know that you will not vote for good policy that allows bad actors like Covanta to pollute and be excluded from regulations by being called an "eligible renewable energy resource".
Friday, October 24, 2008
Cee-lebrity!!! THAT'S how you get elected!
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Negative MSM Strikes Again!
October 23, 2008 - NEW YORK - John McCain may long for the days when Barack Obama got the lion's share of the media attention: Coverage of the Republican candidate has been overwhelmingly negative since the conventions ended, a study released Wednesday found.
The Project for Excellence in Journalism's report illustrates how the media echo chamber can send things spiraling out of control for a candidate. It's likely to give ammunition to people who say the press has been biased against McCain, but the organization said its findings on this were inconclusive.
"It's quite possible for there to be elements of enthusiasm for one candidate or another," said Tom Rosenstiel, director of the Washington-based think tank. "That's a failure of professionalism if it's there. But this report can't suss it out."
McCain and Obama have received an equal amount of media attention since the conventions. The project judged 57 percent of the stories about McCain as negative, with 14 percent positive. The rest were neutral.
Obama's coverage was mixed: 36 percent positive, 29 percent negative, 35 percent neutral, the study found.
"I guess it's inevitable, but it does reflect the relentless degree to which winning begets winning," Rosenstiel said. "The polls are so ubiquitous that it is difficult for them not to be the picture frame through which the press views everything."
McCain's poll numbers have been sinking. As a result, many of the stories about him are about why his poll numbers are sinking - and how whatever he says or does is an attempt to stop his poll numbers from sinking, he said.
The economic crisis, and McCain's response to it, also played poorly for him in the press. His attempt to deflect attention with attacks on Obama and his ties to 1960s radical William Ayers did even worse, the study found. During this time, news organizations also did critical fact-checks on some McCain ads, including one on Obama and sex education.
Changes in the media have also heightened the sense of piling on, Rosenstiel said. There are more polls to report on, hence more stories to say McCain is doing poorly in them. The 24-hour news networks are paying a great deal of attention to the campaign because it gets ratings, making for more repeating of stories done elsewhere, he said.
The cable networks have been showing off new iPhone-like technology that allows them to pull up maps of the country and data, and the electoral maps haven't been good for McCain. Financial cutbacks also mean less time for news organizations to do enterprise reporting, again making for more repetition.
Rosenstiel noted that Obama's coverage was negative during the week after the GOP convention, when the surging McCain had the Democrat on his heels and talking about lipstick and pigs. McCain's negative coverage closely tracks the tone of Democrat Al Gore's during the 2000 campaign, he said.
A similar thing happened during the latter stages of Hillary Clinton's campaign against Obama, said David Gregory, host of MSNBC's "Race to the White House."
"There's a lot of focus on the campaign that is in decline to explain why that is happening, and then it becomes in the eye of the beholder whether that is fair or unfair treatment," Gregory said. "The best we can do is challenge both sides substantively."
The McCain campaign did not immediately return messages seeking comment.
Sarah Palin has received three times the press attention as the Democratic vice presidential candidate, Joe Biden, the study found. Her stories were judged 39 percent negative, 33 percent mixed and 28 percent positive.
Palin's coverage started out positive but turned when reporters went to Alaska to check on her record as governor. The study found only 5 percent of the stories were about Palin's family, most of them in the days after it was revealed her daughter was pregnant.
The Project for Excellence in Journalism studied some 2,412 stories from 48 news outlets for its study, including newspapers, Web sites and broadcast and cable news. A smaller sample, 857 stories, was used to judge the tone of the coverage.
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Polls don't matter? Or do they?
The main stream media has completely ignored the poll released today from AP that shows this race as a dead heat. Obama 44 McCain 43 with a 8+- margin of error. So Obama could be leading by 9 or trailing by 7, depending on who's looking. Why do they ignore this? Can't let anything tarnish the shine on the golden boy ,or they might not be able to make the self fulfilling prophecy of him as the next President actually happen. They are SO transparent in their ogling of Obama it's pitiful. It's been giong on since Clinton was running in the primaries. I don't really know why they have SO fallen in love with this guy, but not too long after the election, I see his true colors being shown and the MSM (read; leftis media elite) having to finally say something bad about the chosen one. I honestly hope that people can see through this and on November 4th, make the rational choice for President, John McCain.
Monday, October 20, 2008
The proof's in the picture...
So... Senator Barack Obama says he didn't have a relationship with Bill Ayers. He sure liked him enough to glow about his book for the Chicago Tribune when the book was released. Of course, his campaign says it's not a review, just a blurb. My question is, if you think this guy did reprehensible things when you were 8, why are you writing blurbs in the big Chicago paper glowing on his book. Sounds like something someone with some clout would do for a friend who has no real clout. Let's remember though, he's no friend of Bill Ayers... Really?
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
"Spread the Wealth"
Monday, October 13, 2008
Get involved!
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Fannie/Freddie, etc...
I have been watching with great interest the congressional hearings on CEO pay and "Golden Umbrellas" and how ridiculous it is that these CEOs are being compensated so highly when a company fails and they are forced to leave. To preface the following comments, I FULLY AGREE with that and am disgusted with the way these guys have done business. I think they should all be locked up. I think McCain needs to fire Rick Davis IMMEDIATELY! I also think that Barack Obama needs to call out members of his own party who BLOCKED the regulation of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac back in '03, '05 and '06. Bush, McCain and other prominent republicans went against the grain of their belief system to recommend that these two government controlled lenders be held to tight regulations. Chris Dodd, Barney Frank and others in congress blocked these tighter regulations. Why? Well at least in the case of Chris Dodd, it may have been the large campaign contributions that he received, over $150,000.00. Second only to Chris Dodd in contributions from Fannie/Freddie is your beloved Barack Obama. Not to mention that a top execusive of Fannie was the top consultant on Obama's VP selction comittee. Forget about Ayers and the others... Let's look at the judgement of a man, a SENATOR, who stood idly by to wait and see what would happen with the huge bailout so he could decide where to be politically when the issue was cleared up. McCain, as much as you may not like it, went in and got House republicans to the table and convinced MANY to vote for this very important legislation. Truth is that MANY MORE would have voted for it had Nancy Pelosi not torpedoed it on the floor just before the vote with a VERY devisive and partisan speech. Let's not forget that Obama FAILED to get Pelosi on board. Many believe that it was on purpose to make sure that enough republicans would vote against the bill that democrats could blame McCain for the failure. Is it out of the realm of reality to think this? I wish it were, but this is the most divisive and do nothing congress in history. They've been doing nothing for the last two years but waiting for this election cycle. Let's tell them that we will not let this go by without kicking their political asses out!
Saturday, October 4, 2008
Repost from Aaron in New York
Author: Aaron
Yesterday at 47th and 2nd avenue in New York City I attended the “Stop a Nuclear Iran” rally. It was a rally of mixed emotions, I was hyped to exercise my 1st amendment right, but left the rally with words of hate from anti-free speech Barack Obama supporters. At the rally I sported my new, “McCain-Palin” t-shirt and was accompanied by my friend holding the now infamous “Palin Call Me Sign” (yes the same kid who was in the New York Times and on Politico, I by the way am behind the green pole giving an interview, you can see my jeans). As the rally pursued more and more left wing anti first amendment right freaks began to shout at me, telling me to take off my shirt, saying I had no right to wear my t-shirt.
I’m sorry you left wing liberal nut jobs but I do believe in the constitution and I hope you do as well. The constant complaint I received was that it was not a political rally, and I should not be supporting a political candidate. The truth is I semi-agree with that statement, however as soon as the partisan democrats called up the rally organizers and asked for Governor Palin to be uninvited, it became a political rally. Where else in time was a potential Vice President, uninvited from speaking at a supposed “non- partisan rally”. It has never happened before, if Barack Obama or Joe Biden chose to speak, do you think John McCain would have been on the phone saying he shouldn’t be allowed too? Of course not, John McCain believes in free speech and Sarah Palin actually accepted the invite!
These anti American tactics that the Obama bin Biden campaign and their followers pull is just preposterous. These people say they believe in human rights and free speech yet they do everything they can from having the other side express their opinions. Barack Obama set a terrible example to his cult by calling for the removal of governor Palin from the rally.
The more and more I think about Barack Obama supporters, the more I think that they are just cult freaks. Doesn’t he understand that his cult followers will do anything he does, speak anything he speaks, harass anyone he harasses?
Luckily the rally in front of the UN yesterday was a major success. There was more media attention than usual and more people than usual. It is always great to rally for something you believe in, no matter what it is. As I stood in the crowd with my “McCain-Palin” shirt and McCain sign I felt a sense of pride. I wasn’t the only one either, hundreds of McCain posters fluttered throughout east 47th street, promoting the only candidate that will actually keep America and its allies safe when it comes to Iran.
It was strange that I saw no Barack Obama signs, but I guess that was a given, since Barack Obama didn’t want to show, obviously his cult followers were going to sit this one out as well.
I just had to repost this when I saw it... It's unbelievable how the left behaves.
Protesting common sense...
The new Docudrama called "Obsession: Radical Islam's War Against the West" is being advertised in papers all over the country. This is a movie that points out why we have to crush radical Islamics. Their entire purpose is to destroy the west, to destabilize western economies and to kill as many westerners as possible, be they children, women or disabled folks. We've seen this in the attacks on the World Trade Center in 1996 and the attacks of 9-11. Radical Islamists are responsible for countless deaths all over the world. They recruit children and turn them in to suicude bombers. There is outrage in New York over an advertisement in several papers, offering the DVD delivered free to folks at home. To find out more about this DVD go to: http://www.obsessionthemovie.com to get all the facts.
Here we go... Let the socialism begin...
OJ IS GUILTY!!!
It's days like this I wish I were still in Las Vegas!!! OJ Simpson is going to prison baby! I guess you need to make sure there are no living witnesses when you are OJ and you are committing a crime. Where was Johnny Cochran, oh yeah dead. OJ was found guilty of 1st Degree Kidnapping and conspiracy and some other charges. The best is the Kidnapping charge. This is one of those comparable charges to robbing a bank and taking hostages, but no worse then slashing your wife's throat and stabbing her friend to death. I know that the Goldmans and the Browns are quietly cheering this verdict, knowing that at least in some way, OJ is going to prison for the rest of his life. Maybe now that he's in prison he can finally say that he's found the real killer of his wife, and what do you know, it was OJ! It's time for quiet celebration and elation that a killer is finally off the streets and golf courses of the US.
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Lou gets it!!!
I was listening to Lou Dobbs yesterday and was at first surprised to hear that he was cheering the failure of the rescue (wall street bailout) package in the house. I thought sure he would chime in to blame the house republicans for the failure, but he took the high road and cheered it for the right reason. We don't need the government (the worst run company in the history of companies) to try to run the financial markets. We need to get rid of the bad regulators, add some good oversight of the markets and let business take care of business. There will be some pain for a while, and there may even be a company or two worth investing in. Note I said investing... We should only enter into an agreement to help a company if that help will be an investment that looks like it will pay dividends to the treasury. If it will not, it's not a company worth saving. Let's stop listening to the doom and gloom of the white house and the congressional leadership. Unbelievable at this point that Pelosi and Reid are agreeing with Bush... they want programs and more bureaucracy, nothing else. I think the leadership believes that if they support this bailout, they can then come back to the public later and get more socialist programs passed. The madness has to stop. Lets all take a breath and think about this. Call your representatives in congress and tell them to stop using the scare tactics and get some real advice from some good economists. Then they'll see that this whole bailout mess is just that, a mess.
Monday, September 29, 2008
Torpedoed by Pelosi...
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
They've been through it...
The economy rebounded relatively quickly and entered the current downturn in better shape than many European peers.
In a move similar to that taken in Sweden, U.S. authorities have put forward legislation that would authorise the Treasury to buy as much as $700 billion in bad assets to be sold later.
This comes on top of a rescue of American International Group and the takeover of housing finance firms Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
But a bailout may not be enough.
U.S. policy makers might also have to pay more attention in future to the country's fiscal and monetary framework. Sweden's focus there was seen as a vital part of its success story.
Spurred by the crisis and rising debts, the Swedish government embarked on a policy of fiscal stringency, with the goal of a budget surplus over the business cycle. The central bank was given more independence and set a specific inflation target.
"It was quite important to create this kind of economic policy framework to regain credibility for fiscal and monetary policy and I think that is quite important for the United States," said Robert Bergqvist, chief economist at Swedish banking group SEB.
Sweden's government now runs a healthy surplus and has the ammunition for pump-priming to counter the effects of the global downturn. Inflation, in double digits through much of the 1980s, has been kept under tight control.
The banks also appear to have taken the lessons of the early 1990s to heart and emerged relatively unscathed from the subprime crisis and the following credit crunch.
NO MIRACLE
While Sweden can provide a roadmap, the scale and complexity of the problems faced across the Atlantic complicate the U.S. rescue plan.
Sweden has a long tradition of central control, while U.S. politicians are likely to find agreement more difficult.
Assets taken over by Swedish government were relatively easy to administer and sell, while a devaluation and a recovery in the global economy helped the country return to growth.
The financial instruments at the heart of the U.S. problems are far more complex and the consequences of authorities' actions likely to shape the global economy.
One lesson the Nordic banking crisis can impart is that rapid, comprehensive and prudent action can mitigate the effects of a crisis in the longer term. But it has a more gloomy point to make about short-term developments.
"The other striking lesson is that despite extensive policy support, all three (Nordic) economies experienced deep recessions," JP Morgan added.
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Hil wont be there...
So, it appears Hilary Clinton is gearing up for her 2012 Presidential run! Last week, the Senator from New York was invited to speak at a rally for a Jewish-American group. This was an anti-Iran rally and initially she said she would attend. The group then invited Gov. Palin and she accepted as well. It seems Gov. Palin decided that showing support for Israel was more important than whatever political disagreements she may have with Clinton to show solidarity towards the good cause. Well, the Hon. Mrs. Clinton didn't see it that way and decided that once Palin was invited and accepted the invite that she would not attend, saying that it would be a political partisan event if Palin and her appeared together... HUH? Sarah Palin is a Republican, Hilary Clinton is a Democrat... Bi-partisan, right? Not in the mind of the ever campaigning Clintons. Hilary saw this as an opportunity to slight Obama by not showing up at the rally. Sarah Palin will be there and will answer questions and in the end it will cost Obama the badly needed Jewish vote. This move was made solely to hit Obama... Remember at the DNC, she didn't articulate that she wanted Obama in the White House, just a Democrat... What she really meant to say was that while she was making nice at the convention, Clinton politics would be the status quo and she would begin her campaign in earnest for the 2012 Democratic nomination, where she can say "see, I told you so, I am the better candidate... just look at who's in the White House right now... It's not a Democrat!" Way to go Hil... Way to show your true colors!
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
First mobile blog.
Monday, September 8, 2008
Volleyball Love...
Tom Brady bulletin....
Jordin Sparks says she will remain a virgin, for now...
So, some Hollywood freak calls the new trend of celibacy among young people "stupid". Luckily one new celebrity thinks that this is garbage. The American Idol winner said on the VMA's that she too is one of those who is saving herself for marriage. So the host of the awards show can stuff it. These are good kids who want to wait. Good job Jordan... She told the British playboy that not EVERYONE wants to be a slut!!! PERFECT!
Joining Ms. Sparks in her rebuttal were, The Jonas Brothers (the kids who wear the "purity rings"), Miley Cyrus and Selena Gomez. Way to go kids! Hang in there!
Thursday, September 4, 2008
Sarah Palin and the DNC
I've watched with great anticipation to hear what Sarah Palin would say, how she would carry herself in the wake of the massive attacks that hit a mere 24 hours after she was named the VP pick of Sen. John S. McCain. I am truly impressed with her ability to take the punches and deliver some very effective punches of her own. NOBODY knew what to expect of her on Wednesday, but she proved to all of us that she is not afraid of the challenges that will be placed before her.
Those of us who are small business owners, tax payers and family folks can be proud of the performance of Sarah Palin. Our future looks bright with Mrs. Palin headed to Pennsylvania Ave. The media lambasted McCain for making this choice, then dug for ANYTHING they could dig up on her... They even suggested that her four month old son was indeed the son of her 5 month pregnant 17 year old daughter. That's not even physically POSSIBLE! Women, can you become pregnant, while you are pregnant!? I don't think so.
Democrats are scared. All the party cares about is getting a Democrat into the White House, nothing else. You could hear that in the speeches of Clinton and Biden. To them the election is about it being "their turn" to rule. In America, it's not about who's turn it is, rather who will be the best person for the job. John McCain is ready to lead NOW, not after a break-in period of several months or years. Sarah Palin is ready to lead NOW, she proved that over the last 12 years as an executive in Alaska. As she said in her speech, "a small town mayor is a little like a community organizer, except that your have actual RESPOSIBILITIES as mayor". While Obama's name may be on some legislation, he has NEVER authored a single piece of ligislation... never reached across the isle to solve a problem... has sounded the retreat from Iraq. I am proud to be a Republican, even with George Bush in the White House, at least you always know where he stands. The is not a weathervane on the top of the White House keeping track of polls in order to make decisions right now, and there won't be with McCain. You can bet that the Democrats with Obama will place the weathervane on the roof so they know what decisions to make.