July 30, 2010
Let’s just call Arizona “RAAAAACIST!”
Monday, July 26, 2010
Well, it looks like I missed a week of blogging last week. Sorry! It was my birthday and, as per usual, I might have gotten a little crazy with numerous days of celebrating. Hey, at least I didn’t celebrate for three full weeks like I did last year!
I had a column published over the weekend. Be sure to check it out: Achieving the American Dream.
Barack Obama is schedule to go on The View, later this week. I guess it still hasn’t dawned on him that he’s the President of the United States, not some idiot celebrity. And, he lowers the office of the presidency, again. Shocked? Nope? Me neither.
Oh, and it looks like Obama wasn’t too shocked when the Lockerbie Bomber was released, last year, either. Even though, he expressed his shock and disappointment over the whole affair. Looks like by shocked he meant that his WH had secretly advocated for the release. Oh well! I’m sure Gibbs will tell us that doesn’t matter. It’s old news!
Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey is lashing out at the stars of The Jersey Shore. He claims they are not representative of New Jersey; they’re all plants from New York. This is true, to some extent. The only problem is, The Jersey Shore isn’t the only popular New Jersey based show on television, right now, that shows some commonalities among all of the casts: orange/overly tanned skin, big hair, terrible accents, an “interesting” taste in clothing. I’m not saying that everyone from New Jersey is like this, but it’s clear that this isn’t just New Yorkers making New Jersey look bad, either. Jerseylicious is just the most recent show added to the list. But, can anyone say they couldn’t see the females (I use that term very loosely for the likes of Snooki and JWOWW) of today’s Jersey Shore being the females on a future Real Housewives of New Jersey?
- Tuesday, July 27, 2010
It only took me five days to notice this, but James Webb (D-Virg.) had a great piece published in the WSJ called Diversity and the Myth of White Privilege. It’s a must-read. And, once again, reconfirms that Obama is not a post-racial president and that his election and inauguration have not catapulted us into a post-racial era in America. I may not be a big fan of Webb, but I agree with him on this one.
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Breaking news over at CNN.com is that U.S. District Judge Susan R. Bolton has granted an injunction blocking parts of Arizona’s new illegal immigration law, SB1070. In her mind, she thinks the federal government will succeed in their challenge of the “most controversial provisions of the law.” What is so controversial about this law isn’t explained. What I find controversial is that a state law mirroring federal law is controversial at all. I read the ruling and suggest you do the same. To be clear, Arizona is not regulating immigration and, therefore, preempting federal immigration laws. They are just making the federal immigration laws enforceable on the state level. But, why let the truth get in the way? Let’s just call Arizona “RAAAAACIST!”
More liberals came out today, calling Obama “Our Divisve President.” I don’t agree with everything they wrote, but their overall message is right:
The president had a unique opportunity to focus on overarching issues of importance to whites and blacks. He has failed to address the critical challenges. He has not used his bully pulpit to emphasize the importance of racial unity and the common interest of poor whites and blacks who need training, job opportunities, and the possibility of realizing the American Dream. He hasn’t done enough to address youth unemployment—which in the white community is 23.2% and in the black community is 39.9%.
Mr. Obama has also cynically divided the country on class lines. He has taken to playing the populist card time and time again. He bashes Wall Street and insurance companies whenever convenient to advance his programs, yet he has been eager to accept campaign contributions and negotiate with these very same banks and corporations behind closed doors in order to advance his political agenda.
Finally, President Obama also exacerbated partisan division, and he has made it clear that he intends to demonize the Republicans and former President George W. Bush in the fall campaign. In April, the Democratic National Committee released a video in which the president directly addressed his divide-and-conquer campaign strategy, with an appeal to: “young people, African-Americans, Latinos, and women who powered our victory in 2008 [to] stand together once again.”
President Obama’s divisive approach to governance has weakened us as a people and paralyzed our political culture. Meanwhile, the Republican leadership has failed to put forth an agenda that is more positive, unifying or inclusive. We are stronger when we debate issues and purpose, and we are all weaker when we divide by race and class. We will pay a price for this type of politics.
Maybe some on the left will see more clearly who they voted for if more people on the left speak truth to power. It’s kind of hard to write off the critics as just Republican hacks when they worked for Presidents Carter and Clinton. Then again, maybe the whispers of a Hillary Clinton primary challenge have more credibility than I had thought. I guess we’ll have to wait and see. I’ve always said that I preferred Hill to Barry.
Thursday, July 29, 2010
The blogoshpere is HOT with reactions to the Arizona illegal immigration ruling, yesterday. Out of what I have read so far, Legal Insurrection has the best break down, but Nice Deb pretty nicely sums up the biggest problem with this ruling:
The rule of law, put simply, is the idea that the law rules men, not other men. Because the law applies to everyone equally, everyone submits to its authority, with the belief that if it ever becomes necessary, aggrieved parties will have their day in court, and “self-help” remedies (like gunfights), which are destructive to social order, will not be necessary. By this admission in her ruling, Judge Susan Bolton fails to comprehend that the Federal Government’s desire (or lack thereof) to enforce certain laws is a factor in whether or not a state may adopt a law that is the mirror of the corresponding Federal law does irreparable violence to this notion, as well as the notion of Federalism itself. The states are supposed to be co-equal sovereigns with the Federal government, granting it authority to perform specifically enumerated tasks, the performance of which is necessary to the maintenance of a viable nation.
What happened today was that a state which is suffering from a co-equal sovereign’s utter failure to perform a task that was specifically assigned to it. That assignment was originally made because of the expectation that the Federal government would secure the nation’s borders and protect its citizens from many of the ills that an enormous influx of illegal aliens would bring. Arizona, and other border states have had an incredible burden placed on their resources as they have had to provide services for people who have no legal right to be here, and from the other associated effects such as wage depression, and the growing amount of narco-crime that has followed the influx of these criminals. [Yes, I used the word "criminals". In my Black's Law Dictionary, it still applies to people who break the law.]
If the Federal government can be so arbitrary and capricious with regard to enforcement of laws relating to a core duty it holds, then we all have reason to fear, because selective enforcement can be applied to any Federal law. If this cannot motivate the average citizen to bring real change to Federal government, then not only are we lost, but we deserve to be. If we accept lawlessness garbed in the authority and mantle of law, then we have surrendered any notion of being a free people.
Shirley Sherrod plans on suing Andrew Breitbart for posting clips of her speech with remarks taken out of context that portrayed her as racist. Does anyone believe that this woman isn’t racist? Seriously? Have you listened to all that she has said since the whole video out of context affair was first exposed?
Comments (1)July 16, 2010
Scott Brown sucks! As does Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins. Effing New England!
Monday, July 12, 2010
Check out my article posted over the week: The Whoreification of Miley Cyrus!
Oh boy! Meghan McCain interviewed Snooki of The Jersey Shore fame…because, I guess, she was seen complaining about the new tanning tax that went into effect, recently. Blah, blah, blah! Guido’s and guidettes. Blah, blah, blah! Or, something like that was said in the interview. What does it say about our country that these two hookers are more famous and better paid than me? I tell you, it says nothing good.
The NAACP is passing a resolution protesting the rampant racism in the Tea Party movement. Perhaps it’s the Tea Party movement who should be passing a resolution protesting the rampant racism in the NAACP. Just a thought. I think the NAACP would be more deserving of such an honor. I’m just sayin’.
Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.) has said that he will vote for the Dodd-Frank financial “reform” bill. At last, my fears about Brown have been realized. He may have turned “The People’s Seat” from blue to red, but this shade of red is more in line with communism than conservatism. Warned all of you about jumping on that bandwagon. When are people going to understand that what someone claims to be isn’t always what they turn out to be?
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
The NAACP has passed the resolution painting the Tea Party as RAAAAACIST. Well, if that ain’t the pot calling the kettle black!
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Speaking of the Tea Party movement, the North Iowa Tea Party posted a billboard that compares Obama to Hitler and Lenin. Shelby Blakely, an idiot a spokesman for the national Tea Party, says the sign isn’t appropriate. I would have to disagree. What’s inappropriate about the sign? It’s pretty accurate, actually.
Looks like Bristol Palin and Levi Johnston are back together and they are even engaged. Let’s just hope, for the sake of that child, these two can pull it together and make it work out, this time. For some reason, though, I have my doubts.
Apparently, according to Barack Obama, our first “post-racial president,” Al Qeada is racist. Well, so is the Department of Justice’s voting section. Does that put the Obama Administration on par with Al Queda? Oh wait! Is it only OK for the left to associate the right with terrorist organizations? Probably.
Yo, how much is Harry Reid (D-Nev.) hated when people feel the need to protest him from beyond the grave? I mean, I’ve heard of dead people voting for Democrats, but never calling on others to vote against them. Charlotte McCourt’s obituary asks for people to vote against Reid instead of making donations to the family or a family-favored cause, because defeating Harry Reid is their family-favored cause. You gotta love that!
Thursday, July 15, 2010
Scott Brown sucks! As does Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins. Effing New England!
Friday, July 16, 2010
Sheila Jackson-Lee is crazy. Seriously. I would like to meet each person dumb enough to have voted for her and slap them in the face and take away their right to vote. They are clearly too stupid to be given the privilege.
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July 9, 2010
Why Meghan McCain loves Huge…and (SHOCKER ALERT), it’s not because she’s huge!
- Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Not much has tickled my fancy today, until I went over to check and see if my girl Meghan McCain has written anything. She has a piece up about some new show about fat chicks at fat camp called Huge. I haven’t watched the show and don’t plan to, so I’m not going to comment on it. But, of course, weight-obsessed Meghan can’t help herself. She has to applaud the show for delving into our cultural weight issues and how they are addressed in the media. As a fat chick herself, Meghan knows how mean the press can be about fat chicks. Whatever.
It looks like the federal government is going to sue AZ over SB1070 and some morons are scheduled to protest MLB to move the All Star game scheduled for Tuesday, July 13 out of AZ. Isn’t there a better way to waste our money, resources and time? Perhaps Obama should worry about enforcing federal immigration laws already on the book instead of suing Arizon for trying to do so and maybe people living outside of AZ should mind their own business. If the people of Arizona are OK with the bill, which they seem to be based on the 70 percent approval rating of the bill and the governor in the state, maybe the rest of us should mind our own business since it’s not our lives and property endangered by illegals.
Oh, and if NASA isn’t going to stick to it’s true mission, which isn’t reaching out to the Muslim world no matter what Barrack Hussein Obama thinks, it should be defunded. Period.
- Wednesday, July 7, 2010
So much for the supposedly “post-racial president” presiding over our post-racial America:
Citizens would be shocked to learn about the open and pervasive hostility within the Justice Department to bringing civil rights cases against nonwhite defendants on behalf of white victims. Equal enforcement of justice is not a priority of this administration. Open contempt is voiced for these types of cases.
Some of my co-workers argued that the law should not be used against black wrongdoers because of the long history of slavery and segregation. Less charitable individuals called it “payback time.” Incredibly, after the case was dismissed, instructions were given that no more cases against racial minorities like the Black Panther case would be brought by the Voting Section.
Refusing to enforce the law equally means some citizens are protected by the law while others are left to be victimized, depending on their race. Core American principles of equality before the law and freedom from racial discrimination are at risk.
This is dispicable. I’m still waiting for all of those who voted for this guy to apologize to the rest of us. Perhaps if you had made researching your presidential choice a priority rather than pretending you were too busy we all wouldn’t be in this mess. BUt, no, you all don’t have time to care about politics. It’s not your thing, or whatever.
I will not be intimidated and wish I could go to a polling place where these thugs plan on sitting come 2012, since they’re officially allowed to start intimidating again that year. I would show up with my own weapon of choice and protect the innocent voters just trying to do their civic duty, hoping that they understood part of their civic duty is kicking Obama out of office no matter who is offered to us on the Republican ticket. Can’t be any worse than this guy!
Also, I want Alvin Greene to beat Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.). He wants to put people back to work by having them make and sell action figures of–wait for it!–Alvin Greene! I told my mom I have no inclination to go work on the hill, but I would go work for this guy. I think he’s fantastic! As he said, “So you see I think out of the box like that. It’s not something a typical person would bring up. That’s something that could happen, that makes sense. It’s not a joke!” Someone who seems to know nothing has to be able to do better for America than all of those idiots who think they know everything. I’m just sayin’.
And, this just in, rain water is forcing the closing of a Mexico-Texas bridge. As this might put a damper on illegal immigration, I think all of those idiotic protesters should leave Arizona alone, at least until the law goes into effect. We have more pressing issues than boycotting AZ. Clearly, we should be boycotting the rain, or at least water in general!
Comments (1)July 2, 2010
My Thoughts for the Week: July 2, 2010
Looks like I took another month off from the blog. I apologize to any regular readers that I might have left. I know I should blog more, but real life keeps getting in the way. No excuse. But, I thought I would try something new. I don’t know if I could keep it up daily, but I think throughout the week I’m just going to blog my instant reactions to the news and then post it on Fridays all at one. We’ll see how that works out. If something gets me really fired up and I feel like dedicating a whole post to it, that’s always an option. That’s one of the things I love about blogging, I’m my own boss and can do whatever I want.
So many things to blog about this week, but I haven’t been doing it as the issues came up so this first week won’t be as fruitful. I’ll try to get on top of this more, next week. Just some quick thoughts about what’s been going on.
First, I dont’ care that Robert Byrd (D-WV) died. He was an old, senile racist who should have never been in the Senate and definitely should have been voted out a long time ago. My condolences to his family, but I’m not about to pretend this man was better than he was. I hope that he’s burning in hell for his sins. I don’t know why people say it’s disrespectful to speak ill of the dead. If they were shitty in life, I hope that they are surrounded by shit in death.
Also, on that note, it is absurd for WV to try to deny a special election to fill his senate seat in 2010, rather than having a replacement hand-picked by the Democrat governor in order to ensure Obama another vote to push forward his socialistic, anti-Constitution, anti-American agenda. But, this is what we have come to expect from that party of corruption that chose an ass as its symbol.
In other news, what’s going on with this SCOTUS nomination? I realize that Obama has two young daughters and has probably been forced to watch his fair share of Disney movies a billion times, but was nominating Scuttle from The Little Mermaid really necessary?
And, yes, to all of those wondering if I would be talking trash about her looks/appearance if she was a male, I would be if that male looked like a Disney cartoon character. But, let’s go beyond her looks.
What’s the point of the confirmation hearings when everyone knows that the people conducting the hearings and voting on the nomination have already made up their minds? Political theater for the masses. Bleh! This woman is not qualified to be a judge, never mind a Supreme Court Justice. Her dealings on the partial-birth abortion matter alone should have ended this charade. But, what do we expect from a president who voted to let babies born alive from botched abortions to be left for dead by medical staff, back when he was a state legislator in Illinois?
The public should take note. It’s official. There is no sound medical reason for a woman to have a late-term abortion. It is never medically necessary to save a woman’s life. Common sense should have told you that. I wonder why people would advocate this position then. Could it be because there is money to be made off of the sale of baby parts?
The oil continues to gush in the golf, oh I mean, Gulf. Pulled an Obama for a second there and got confused. At least, I assume he’s confused since he’s spent more time playinggolf since the leak started than he has spent inthe Gulf. In fact, he’s spent more time playing golf in his first year as president than Dubya did in eight. Yet, those enlightened “scholars” still rank him as number 15 on the list of best presidents ever. I’m no fan of Bush, but that must be some good grass they’re smoking on college campuses these days. What do we expect, though, from a group that ranks FDR as the greatest? News Flash: FDR’s programs exacerbated (ex·ac·er·bate [ig-zas-er-beyt, ek-sas-] –verb (used with object), -bat·ed, -bat·ing. 1. to increase the severity, bitterness, or violence of (disease, ill feeling, etc.); aggravate. 2. to embitter the feelings of (a person); irritate; exasperate.) the economic crisis, which would be the opposite of solving it as he is so often credited with. Kind of like Obama’s stimulus plan has exacerbated our current economic crisis, rather than solve it. But, if failure is your measure of greatness then it’s only a matter of time before Obama takes that top spot. Watch out FDR!
Speaking of failure, Meghan McCain is still making money off of her public display of ignorance and stupidity. For more on this see here, here, and here. For a recap, she’s upset Obama isn’t showing more emotional outrage over the oil spill, she’s obsessed with the “GOP Bad Girls,” and is deeply saddened by Gen. McChrystal’s “reckless interview.” I’m upset that all Meghan does is show emotional outrage (and her cleavage) as she has no brain to offer rational, logical opposition to anything.
For more about liberals who pretend to be Republican/conservative, check Wiegel-Gate. Question: can anyone come up with something more original to name a scandal than just slapping “gate” onto the end of it? Seriously? That’s all I have to say on that topic. Did anyone really think that the WAPO was going to hire an actual conservative to write for them?
Looks like the Dutch just beat Brazil at soccer, proving once again that if you ain’t Dutch you ain’t much. Not that I care about soccer. I’m American!
Anyway, there’s plenty more to cover and I have plenty more to say, but I’m a government employee working in DC and we’ve been granted four hours liberty, today, in order to “facilitate safe travel.” That means, I’m about 30 minutes past my scheduled departure time. I would love to stay and offer my commentary on the news of the day, but I have a date with some beer and my rooftop. It’s the American way!
Happy birthday, America! Safe travels to all of those traveling.
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