December 17, 2010
Why is the world hatin’ on McDonalds?
Doug Powers, over at Michelle Malkin’s website, blogged about some woman who is suing McDonald’s because the toy in their Happy Meals entices her kid to want Happy Meals. It’s funny because Happy Meals were around when I was growing up and they had toys in them back then, yet we didn’t have the obesity problem we do now.
The same thing with school lunches. If anything, they have gotten healthier and more nutritious over the years, yet the kids keep getting fatter. Now, Michelle Obama tells us that her and Congress need to be making the decisions about what our kids eat because, clearly, the parents can’t. And, one part of that I agree with. I have a problem with most parents. It’s their fault their kids are fat. I just don’t agree that Happy Meals should be banned, McDonalds should be sued or that Michelle Obama and Congress should be using my money to force your kids on a diet. I have one question for those who voted for the bill: Where in the Constitution did you find the authority to regulate that?
What is wrong with parents these days that they just can’t say no? When did parents stop being parents? I see this all of the time. Kids running around, doing whatever they feel like, talking back, no manners and parents just let it go. In the grocery store I see a father pleading with his two boys to stop running around and touching things. What kind of garbage is that?
I just can’t imagine. When I was growing up I wouldn’t have dared act out in private like that, never mind in public. My mom had quite the knack for throwing the back of her hand into my face before I even knew it was coming. If we were in public and I did something to embarrass her, we would take a quick trip to the bathroom, which meant I was in for a beating. My niece, as a result of this same treatment at the hands of my mother, has a very real fear of going to the bathroom in public. We were about to leave a restaurant one time and I asked if she needed to go to the bathroom, with fear in hers eyes she looked at me and said, “But, Aunt Monique, I didn’t do anything.” I knew exactly what she was thinking and had to reassure her that’s not what I mean and that wasn’t what this was about.
It just seems to me that parents quit doing their jobs. Your a parent, not a friend. When did we forget that? Your kid is obese because you refuse to tell him no and keep feeding him McDonalds and not forcing him to get off his bum and go outside and play. Not that this woman who is suing feeds her kids McDonalds. She’s a child nutrition advocate. That’s what she gets paid to do. This is just her in to file a lawsuit and attack McDonalds to enforce her ideas about child nutrition on other parents. It’s just not good enough for her to stop her own child from eating McDonalds. This lawsuit opens the doorway for her to remove the option for other parents to allow their children to eat McDonalds.
The children of this nation are out of control. Parents are failing to do their job as parents. Kids should not be making the decisions and calling the shots. They are children. So what if they want McDonalds? You don’t have to give it to them. And, if some other parent wants to fail to do their job and feed their kid a Happy Meal on a daily basis that should be up to them. It’s their kid. It’s their parental right to make that decision, even if I think it’s a bad one.
Stop hatin’ on McDonalds! I, for one, love McDonalds. And, I have a regrettable habit of stopping by there on my way home from the bar and snatching up a McDouble. I love me some McDoubles! Now, does part of me wish that McDonalds didn’t exist so that in my moment of weakness I didn’t make this poor decision? Sure, but it’s not McDonalds fault that sometimes I lack self-control after I’ve had a couple of drinks. They’re not forcing me to come inside and place an order. And, my lack of self-control shouldn’t be used as an instrument to punish McDonalds and my fellow citizens who might want to partake in this deliciously guilty pleasure.
It’s amazing. These parents file lawsuits and try to ban McDonalds from selling toys and Happy Meals because they can’t be parents and just say no to their own kids, which by doing so they are acting as if they are the parents of McDonalds and everyone else. Mind your own business. Stop hatin’, haters!
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Republicans: Are you deaf, dumb or a combination of the two?
It hasn’t even been two months since the election and either the Republicans have forgotten the message the electorate tried to send or they never understood it in the first place, unfortunately, they probably never understood it in the first place. I am no fan of the Republican Party, I admit. I believe, for the most part, the party is just made up of a bunch of self-interested politicians looking to hold onto the power they have and expand it even further.
Now, let’s look at the tax deal. They have effed us once again and I hope the voters don’t forget this in the next election, which even if they try to forget they’ll be forced to be reminded because this extension of current tax rates will expire in two years meaning that our elected representatives will be “fighting” about it, again. Do you ever get the feeling that their “fighting” is staged, the deals have been worked out when we couldn’t hear them, and now we’re all going to be screwed? That’s the feeling I get, especially with this most recent “debate.”
Jimmie, who I realize I agree with more than I agree with most other bloggers I read, points out how the Republicans squandered their momentum in their haste to make this illogical non-deal:
Consider. Before today, Republicans in Congress held all the political momentum and were poised to make real inroads on both the deficit and the economy, thanks to a historic election. All they had to do was show a little backbone and some media savvy to delay any tax deal until they took over the House next month. The message was sitting right in front of them — Democrats had years to do something about the tax rates but they dithered and delayed in a crass attempt to score political points at our expense — but they were too eager to cut a deal to see it.
I just may be a little more cynical than Jimmie. Who says the Republicans really wanted a better deal? Are we taking their word for it? I mean, who says Republicans don’t want all of the pork that was stuffed in? Some of the Republicans did. But, why should we believe them? We shouldn’t and I don’t. They’re all just grimy politicians looking to enrich themselves and their campaign accounts in order to secure enough votes to win the next election. Screw the grassroots, the American people and America in general. What do they care? They can all afford fancy lawyers and tax accountants. None of these tax rules mean anything to them. Look at Charlie Rangel. His case proves that there are no consequences for our elected officials when they deliberately don’t pay the taxes they voted to put into place.
This was the Republicans first chance to prove themselves to the American people. To prove that they’re different from the Democrats and that they are the party of the smaller government, lower taxes and fiscal responsibility. Instead, they used this golden opportunity to prove once again that it is not Democrats versus Republicans, but the politicians versus us. Merry effing Christmas!
Comments (3)December 10, 2010
As Jimmie said, Reps need to vote tax deal down or kiss 2012 good-bye.
The Republicans seem to be dead set on reminding the public why they were voted out in the first place, two years ago. They are deaf or too stupid to understand the public doesn’t want pork bills passed. Or, if they get it, here’s is their opportunity to prove it. I wasn’t a fan of the tax “deal” made with Obama, in the first place. Now, after it has been loaded with a bunch of special-interest rewarding pork, I’m even more against it.
My boy Jimmie Bise, who showed me some linky love earlier, is telling the Republicans exactly what’s up:
It’s time to end the tradition of rewarding certain industries because Congress thinks they are more deserving than another. It’s time to end the practice of giving “credits” to some companies and not others based on their ability to lobby a few key members of Congress. If the GOP wants to keep taxes low, then lower taxes on everyone. Enough silly games. Enough 74-page “framework” documents that hide the political shenanigans and waste our money hand over fist. Enough of Congress putting political and career considerations over the welfare of the people they work for. Enough.
The GOP needs to kill this deal. If that means that taxes go up in January and stay there for a couple months while the new Congress comes up with a real tax plan, then so be it. Yes, the President might veto it. Yes, the Democrats will throw a few hissy fits. But unless something drastically changed while I was asleep last night, Republicans can still talk directly to the American people. They can explain exactly what they are doing, without nonsense and obfuscation, and why they are doing it. They can spell out exactly why this deal won’t help our economy one whit and why it’s loaded with treats for favored campaign contributors. They can push back against the inevitable pro-Democrat stories that will come from the MSM.
They can, and must, do things right because if they can’t, their historic victory last November is going to evaporate before their very eyes in 2012. The clock is ticking, Republicans. Get it right. Dump the deal. Trash the pork.
I agree with Jimmie. This is Republicans problem: they’re just as elitist as the Dems. See, Republicans pass crappy bills the public doesn’t like because they think we’re too stupid to understand why they would vote against this bill. They know the MSM and Dems will frame this as the Republicans raising taxes on the never defined “middle-class” and they think that we’re too stupid to understand that they didn’t vote against maintaining current tax rates but that they voted against the pork and unemployment benefits, etc., that are harmful and we simply cannot afford.
This really doesn’t have to be as difficult as these elected elite are making it. Someone needs to draft a simple bill that says, “Whereas on January 1, 2011 the current tax rates are due to expire raising taxes on all Americans this Congress therefore resolves to maintain the current tax rates forever and ever.” Or something like that. Then, make everyone vote on it. Yes or no. Maintain current tax rates? Yes or no.
Why do politicians have to make everything so difficult? This is the problem with these idiots. They think they’re so smart so they have to make everything so complicated to show us how smart they are, but how smart is it to unnecessarily over-complicate everything?
Comments (1)December 9, 2010
Really, the left wants to start talking media bias? Let’s talk about projection, first.
Ben Dimiero over at Media Matters of America is huffing and puffing about Bill Sammon supposedly slanting the news during the healthcare debate. But, I am forced to ask, is it biased and slanting if it is true? Admittedly, I remember Bill Sammon from my short summer interning at the Washington Times. I think I even sat at his desk, because as a White House Correspondent he wasn’t around very much. But, that’s about the extent of our relationship. Just wanted full disclosure before I go ahead and defend his actions.
Apparently, according to Dimiero, Sammon had told reporters at Fox News Channel to refer to the “public-option” of the government health care takeover bill as the “government-option.” How is that biased when it is so clearly true? I mean, yeah sure, it didn’t poll well with the public, but the truth is the public option is a government run and paid for option. In this case, quite clearly, it is the term “public option” that is the biased word choice because it implies that it’s some free giveaway not being managed and paid for by the government.
When you call it a public option it implies the public has some say and control over it. But, the public doesn’t have any say or control over it. The government does. Obamacare does aim to implement a government run health care system and insurance industry. Therefore, it is the MSM, liberals and Democrat politicians who are misleading the public with their biased word choice.
It’s the same way that this whole tax debate has been framed by the MSM, liberals and Democrat politicians as a debate about tax cuts when in reality this is a debate about a tax increase. The tax cuts happened years ago. Let those cuts expire will mean rates will go up. Extending those cuts will just maintain our current rates; it won’t actually cut rates. Yet, we here about how the Republicans are trying to give tax cuts to the wealthy. No, they’re trying to prevent tax increases on everybody.
The left should be careful about falsely accusing those on the right of media bias. It can too easily be turned right back on them and their projection used to expose their own bias in their media coverage of any political issue and debate.
The left is notorious for changing language in order to sugar coat or cover up what they really mean. A few examples, a baby inside the womb is not a baby, but a fetus. Late-term abortion versus partial-birth abortion (a framing war the anti-abortion side actually won, but not because the left didn’t try), the left prefers the former to hide the truth from the American public. Terrorist attack? Oh no, that’s just a man-made disaster. Islamic terrorist? Just a common criminal. What about welfare? No, that’s just temporary assistance for needy families. Illegal Immigrant? No such thing! Those are undocumented workers. No, updated: de facto Americans. Shall I continue or are you starting to get my point?
The left has playing a war with words for decades. They have to paint the right as biased and as if they are the people manipulating the words in order to manipulate the public reaction to the debate. The truth is it is the left who has been manipulating the words, the people and the debate in order to achieve their own political and cultural goals. The right is only at fault for sitting back for too long and playing on their terms.
The “public option” in the health care deform law is the government option. The left just doesn’t want that to be exposed because they know it is inherently un-American and that the American people will revolt against it. Just like they continue to call them “public schools” when they are nothing more than government schools. I’m all for honesty in reporting no matter what side you’re on. I just wish the left felt the same instead of spouting out this fake outrage over the truth being told. There is bias in the media and it is on both sides, this just isn’t a good example of it.
(h/t: memeorandum)
Comments (2)December 8, 2010
CNN and their continued biased reporting on illegal immigration
There are some things I do in life just to upset myself, I think. Like, every morning I watch The Today Show, which never fails to get me worked up before I even leave the house. Why don’t I just watch a different show in the morning? Why not listen to music and keep the TV off? I don’t know. It must be because I like to get worked up first thing. It’s better than a cup of coffee!
Which, is probably the same reason I insist on reading CNN.com and anything they write about illegal immigration. Every illegal immigration story they print starts with some sad story of an illegal immigrant, typically brought here as a child, who just wants to “give something back to the country that has given them so much,” miraculously, even when that story is about greedy illegal immigrants standing in open defiance of our nation’s immigration laws and demanding a hand out. Remember that hospital down in Hotlanta that they sued because the hospital couldn’t afford to continue giving them free treatment?
Well, on their reporting about the DREAM Act, today, they are at it again:
A soon-to-be law school graduate with a 3.8 average, Cesar Vargas wants to serve in the U.S. military.
But under the law Vargas won’t even be able to hold a job after he graduates, much less enlist. He is in the country illegally after being brought to New York from Mexico as a child.
“All I want is the opportunity to serve my country and to give back to the country that has given me so much,” Vargas said. “… We’re not a problem. We’re the solution.”
First, to be clear, America is not his country. The funny part is, if Vargas went back to Mexico he could achieve both of his goals: he could serve his country and give back to America.
Contrary to popular opinion, the military is not hurting for recruits, at the moment. In fact, with the economic downturn and military budget cutbacks, some services are actually forcing members out and not recruiting anywhere near as much as they used to. Colleges, as well, have more than enough applicants and not enough financial aid to go around. Do we really want to add illegal immigrants to the number of people fighting over these slots? With that said, anyone who thinks we should does realize that this will, inevitably, cost actual American citizesn these spots, right? I just want to make sure we all understand what we’re talking about. If Liberals want to sacrifice American citizens for the benefit of illegal immigrants let them stand up and say that.
It’s not even like these kids have been denied anything, other than legal citizenship. Did their illegal status prevent them from attending America’s public schools? Did it prevent them from going to college? Vargas is in law school! Hasn’t this country given them enough? They have already benefited too much from our lax immigration law and now they demand more. Like we owe them?
I have said this before, but it is worth repeating. I did not make the choice to sneak these children over the border illegally; their parents did. This country has already given them more than they deserved and we do not owe them anything more. The cost of this bill will be paid by American citizens and that is not right nor is it fair. It is also not fair to all of those legal immigrants who didn’t subvert our laws and sneak themselves and their children into our country.
And, does this really need to be pushed right now? Will passage of this act in any way alleviate or resolve any of the issues at the top of the list of voters’ concerns? Will it help the economy? No, it will hurt it. Will it help unemployment numbers? No, it will hurt it. Will help the budget and deficit problems this nation faces? No, it will hurt them.
Have the Democrats learned nothing from November 2, 2010? I think they need a serious time out to reflect on their behavior and what they have done wrong and then come back with an apology to the American people in the form of legislation and a legislative agenda that proves they understand the current problems facing America and are going to correct their mistakes in order to fix those problems.
Our elected representatives were not elected to serve the interests of illegal immigrants and their illegal immigrant children they have snuck over our borders. Interestingly, they were also not elected to steal from me to give to you, but they were elected to maintain a tax policy that allows me to keep as much of my hard earned money as possible.
With all of that said, let’s stop talk of this DREAM Act nonsense and extending unemployment benefits for 13 months and, instead, let’s get back to extending those Bush tax cuts in order to prevent a massive tax increase come January 1, 2011. I know Democrat leaders want nothing more than tax increases to ring in the New Year, but that would not be a very happy New Year for the rest of us. Come on Congress, get to work!
Comments (2)December 2, 2010
Do the Dems DREAM Of Political Suicide?
I think it’s time someone had an intervention with the Democrats on Capitol Hill because they keep engaging in very risky behavior that will inevitably lead to the death of their political careers and their political party. It’s one thing to piss off self-identified Republican voters, but these politicians are going out of their way to piss off Independents and self-identified Democrat voters, too. And, I’m not complaining about their insistence on political suicide out a sense of altruism but because the bills they are pushing to inflict the mortal wound on themselves happens to affect my world, too.
The majority of the American public does not want an amnesty. The majority of legal immigrants do not want an amnesty. Yet, here they go shoving an amnesty down all of our throats. I’m so upset with the voters of Nevada, right now, for reelecting Harry Reid that I’m thinking about launching my own boycott against that state, which normally wouldn’t matter since I’ve never been there but I’ve been planning on going to Vegas for my 30th birthday since I was 27 years old. I’m sure that’ll make a dent!
Maybe I should spend it in Arizona where the people seem to get it a little bit more. Maybe I can stay with the McCain’s? I mean, I am friends with their crazy cousin Stacy. But, I’m not sure Meghan would want me around. Maybe she could teach me how to skeet shoot? Oh, but I digress.
The DREAM Act is a terrible idea for numerous reasons. Illegal immigrants who were brought here by their parents have gotten a raw deal and should be angry, but they shouldn’t misplace their anger and blame America or the American people. It is their parents who broke the law and disrespected America. It is their parents who put them in the horrible position of having to live here illegally and in secret, denied access to our facilities of higher learning. It is their parents they should be angry with for raising them with a sense of entitlement so bold that they honestly think they deserve anything from the American people as a reward for their parents breaking our laws.
We, the American people, do not owe these “children” anything. And, by the way, this law does not just apply just to children, but to adults who were brought over here as children. All this law will do is create another incentive for even more illegal immigrants to cross our border with their illegal immigrant children in order to raise them, put them into college or military service so that they can become legal citizens and then “bring over” their parents legally–the same parents who are already here illegally.
Democrats are only pushing this bill because they have screwed up so badly with the American electorate that the only way for them to grow their base is to import a new one or legalize the base they have here illegally. It’s the same reason they want to let felons vote, as well. This is not governing; this is politicking. And, it’s disgusting. It is unfair to American citizens who are not granted in-state tuition rates at out-of-state schools. It is unfair to the American citizens who will be denied entry to the school of their choice because an illegal immigrant has taken their spot and who will then take their job upon graduation in a job market that barely exists. It is unfair to the American citizens who pay taxes and will be paying for this financially, all while their standard of living diminishes and opportunities are taken from them and their own children by government force and handed to the children of those who snuck into our country like thieves in the night.
I am all for limited and LEGAL immigration. This open borders garbage is, well, just that: garbage! I’m sorry that Mexico and various other countries are terrible places to live, but that’s not my fault and it shouldn’t be my problem. If their home countries are so bad they should stay there and try to fix them from within, instead of abandoning their families and fellow-countrymen to come here. If they insist upon coming to America, they should do it legally, just like my mother and her parents did.
As an aside, how much time do you think is wasted on the Hill thinking up names for bills that will make a good acronym? Clearly, this bill didn’t coincidentally spell dream. How much are people getting paid up there to sit around and think this stuff up? And, how do I get in on that action?
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