Gulf Oil Slick Vindicates Bush
There’s a growing chorus of reporters and talking heads on the right beginning to attempt some how link the ecological disaster that is occurring in the Gulf of Mexico with what they are calling a slow response from the federal government and specifically the Obama Administration.
Nine days ago a British petroleum drilling rig 40 miles off the coast of Louisiana exploded and the effects of that explosion and now apparently the efforts to subdue the ensuing fire caused the burning hulk to capsize and sink into the depths below. One mile below the surface in fact. Millions of pounds of steel crashing down on itself and the well head. During this unparalleled sequence of events the flow from the well has continued to flow releasing 5000 barrels of oil a day into the gulf. An environmental disaster on a scale that we’ve never seen in this county before. In the 9 days following the explosion we’ve known that some oil was escaping but we couldn’t be sure how much. BP was working with the Coastal Guard to simultaneously shut-off the well and contain the oil that is now floating on the surface of the ocean.
Despite their efforts the true scope of the disaster is just beginning to be understood. And some are now saying if the Obama administration had only acted more quickly this disaster could have been averted. Much like how George Bush was crucified in the press for not acting more quickly during Katrina. The fact is in both cases these men are the victims of not knowing what everyone else didn’t know. And neither of them is responsible for the scope of the disaster, they can only ensure that once the true scope is known they move as quickly as possible to provide the resources necessary to minimize future damage and get the aid/support we have to the people who need it.
But we somehow believe that these men should like the Wizard of Oz and be the all-knowing and all-powerful … they are not they are just men.
No Obama is not responsible for this disaster. We don’t know yet what caused the explosion on the rig. Whatever it was caused the disaster. And George Bush is not responsible for Katrina, Mother Nature was.
So Suddenly Toyota is Crap? Beware the Messenger …
Is it just me or does it seem that the past few days have been filled with ominous government warnings about Toyota vehicles and today the newspapers are filled with stories about the quality of Japanese vehicles eroding while American car companies are building better cars then ever. Today Toyota’s stock dropped 7% when Obama’s Secretary of Transportation Ray Lahood said American’s should stop driving their Toyota’s until they all fixed.
So the United States Government makes the unprecedented statement that Toyota drivers of recalled vehicles should immediately stop driving their cars. They never made such a statement when Ford Explorers were rolling over in what seemed like everyday. What could their motivation be …… maybe, just maybe it’s because the very same Federal Government owns 60% of GM? Could someone in the Obama administration be pressuring government officials to trash the most respected car maker in the world in an effort to improve the return on their $30 billion investment in an effort to hide the fact that GM still cannot make a car people want?
We do not own Toyota stock (we do own Ford stock so this is oddly helpful …but still wrong)… but I do own two Toyota vehicles and thy and one’s I’ve owned before have always been heads and shoulders better then anything GM could produce.
Some say Toyota’s decision to halt production of these vehicles as an admission of some kind of widespread problem, I disagree. The culture of Toyota demands that you stop to fix a problem. For some time I’ve kept this list at my desk the 14 Management Principles of Toyota or the Toyota Way … check out number 5:
The 4 Sections and the 14 principles of the Toyota Way
I. Having a long-term philosophy that drives a long-term approach to building a learning organization
1. Base your management decisions on a long-term philosophy, even at the expense of short-term financial goals
II. The right process will produce the right results
2. Create a continuous process flow to bring problems to the surface
3. Use “pull” systems to avoid overproduction
4. Level out the workload (heijunka). (Work like the tortoise, not the hare)
5. Build a culture of stopping to fix problems, to get quality right the first time
6. Standardized tasks and processes are the foundation for continuous improvement and employee empowerment
7. Use visual control so no problems are hidden
8. Use only reliable, thoroughly tested technology that serves your people and processes
III. Add value to the organization by developing its people and partners
9. Grow leaders who thoroughly understand the work, live the philosophy, and teach it to others
10. Develop exceptional people and teams who follow your company’s philosophy
11. Respect your extended network of partners and suppliers by challenging them and helping them improve
IV. Continuously solving root problems to drive organizational learning
12. Go and see for yourself to thoroughly understand the situation (Genchi Genbutsu).
13. Make decisions slowly by consensus, thoroughly considering all options; implement decisions rapidly (Nemawashi).
14. Become a learning organization through relentless reflection (hansei) and continuous improvement (Kaizen).
I think we should follow the money and understand who has the most to gain by trying to beatup on Toyota … I think we will find their their motivations are far from genuine. I applaud Toyota for sticking to their principles and putting safety before financial gain. There can be no other explanation when you see how their principles are guiding them through this problem.
BTW. I dare say that I may be picking up some Toyota stock tomorrow. Symbol TM. They are going to bounce back much bigger and better than GM will.
Toyota FTHS - What Real Innovation Looks Like
Great Article on Joe Wilson and the President
This was on the N & O Website this morning and I thought it was interesting enough to share.
Presidents should submit to grillings
When U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson of South Carolina shouted “You lie!” at President Barack Obama a couple of weeks ago, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s dark eyes shot daggers. Her scornful message: How dare you?!
And that, not Wilson’s outburst or the veracity of his accusation, is our problem.
Politicians in Washington, as in Raleigh, like to think they’re better than you or me. They demand regal deference — and we comply cravenly.
Worse, we embrace a double standard. Seconds before Wilson’s spasm, Obama himself had said of an unwelcome criticism of his program, “It is a lie, plain and simple.” The response? Applause.
We’ve got our undue deference backward. Our governors owe all their power to the consent of the governed. (That’s us, folks.) So says our defiant Declaration of Independence.
The president isn’t a king, or even our boss. He (or she) is our temporary hired help. We the people are the boss. We are the sovereign.
Yet many presidents bristle at being questioned by anyone — and we acquiesce. The U.S. House forbids its members to call any president a liar, a hypocrite or “intellectually dishonest,” even when true. Even the supposedly hard-bitten Washington press corps often turns meek in the face of presidential pique.
This subservience disserves America.
Instead of performing staged town-hall meetings and delivering scripted lectures, our presidents should submit to frequent, free-ranging questioning by our Congress, as Britain’s prime minister does to its Parliament.
It should be orderly, but wide open. Our democracy needs more accountability, not less.
And that, my fellow Americans, is no lie.
Matthew Eisley is editor of The N&O’s North Raleigh News and Midtown Raleigh News.
Just Following your Lead Mr. Carter!
Yesterday former President Jimmy Carter again suggested that the feeling behind the recent protest against the Obama administration and their policies are the result of racisim. This is the second time this week that he has made the suggestion. He said:
”When a radical fringe element of demonstrators and others begin to attack the president of the United States as an animal or as a reincarnation of Adolf Hitler or when they wave signs in the air that said we should have buried Obama with Kennedy, those kinds of things are beyond the bounds”
“I think people who are guilty of that kind of personal attack against Obama have been influenced to a major degree by a belief that he should not be president because he happens to be African American.
“It’s a racist attitude, and my hope is and my expectation is that in the future both Democratic leaders and Republican leaders will take the initiative in condemning that kind of unprecedented attack on the president of the United States,” Carter said.
Really Jimmy? Maybe you are right we could have done something like this:
Or This
Or This
Or This
Or This:
Or Finally, maybe this:
Unprecedented indeed.
Maybe the bar has been lowered so much over the past 8 years that you fail to recognize your own role in changing the tone in Washington.
It has been a consistent tactic of the left when backed into a corner cry Racism. No doubt, we will soon hear how racism is fueling the movement against ACORN, despite the clear evidence of their misdeeds. To their credit the Whitehouse has said they do not believe that racism has had anything to do with the protests, yet Jimmy Carter is dominating the headlines with this tired old message. I think the work he has done with Habitat for Humanity is wonderful, but he should retire from the political speaking circuit and leave the real work of governing to adults.
Joe Wilson and Flava Flav?
This morning I was on my way to work listening to the local news talk about the “outburst” of Rep. Joe Wilson SC (R) during President Obama’s Healthcare reform speech last night. During the speech Rep. Joe Wilson took particular exception to the President’s claim that no government healthcare funds would be extended to illegal aliens. Rep Wilson shouted “You Lie!”. Unfortunately for Joe that happened to be the one moment when the Democrats weren’t clapping and cheering for the President as they publically slobbered their love all over him. It was hard to watch as it was Political Porn.
In case you missed it here is the event here is the video:
P.S. I love the look on Pelosi’s face. It looks like someone slapped her with a board. But I digress …..
At first, I was taken aback by the lack of decorum in the chamber. But as I continued to listen , I tired of the bashing the outspoken Representative of South Carolina was taking, so I turned on my iPod and continued driving to work. Then a song came on and the introduction caused me to reconsider my disappointment in the congressman. The spoken intro goes like this:
“Yet our best trained, best educated, best equipted, best prepared troops refuse to fight”
“In fact, I think it’s safe to say that they would rather switch … than fight!”
Of course my younger readers will immediately identify that this is the introduction of Public Enemy’s landmark song “Fight the Power” from their 1989 Album Fear of a Black Planet. Need a refresher? The video does not contain the introduction that was found on the album but any reason to hear Public Enemy is a good reason in my book.
Then something clicked in my mind. Maybe we have traded real progress for the “theater” of legislation with all of it’s traditions and codes. Maybe we need to get a little medieval, maybe to need to say it out loud when we think someone is feeding us bullshit. Maybe we’ve been a little quiet too long.
Some believe that conflict should be avoided at all costs. We fall victim to group think at work because everyone is afraid to rock the boat. We try to ignore children in our community that misbehave because to a degree we are afraid of what their parents might say to us if we said something to them. Maybe we as a peopl have lost our stomach for conflict.
Maybe our troops are refusing to fight. But the other side’s haven’t … leading up to the election of Barack Obama the left certainly wasn’t congeneal. Remember MoveOn.Org calling Gen. Pateraus a Liar in a full page Print Ad? They called a commanding General (not a politician) a liar while he was in full command of 130,000+ troops in Iraq. Remember CodePink? Remember every G8 summit for the last 8 years? Bush was called many things worse than a liar (granted not during a nationally televised speech) but does the venue make all that much difference when they instead stand just ouside the chamber and called Bush a liar for the better part of 4 years. I don’t think it does.
Perhaps this and the type of conservative outrage at the Healthcare townhall meetings this summer, were the conservative version of what Bush was forced to absorb during his term.
Perhaps they set the bar so low that it’s easy to step over it
Perhaps our troops are beginning to stir.
And perhaps this is just what we conservatives needed.
By the time I had gotten to work, I had turned the corner from being disappointed in a conservative politican to getting on Twitter and yelling “Yo, Joe!” and “Fight the Power!”
P.S. facebookers will have to click through to see the videos.
Video – Obama Admits His Healthcare Plan will Eliminate Your Insurance
For weeks the President has been defending his healthcare plan by saying that if you have employer provided healthcare and you like it you can keep it. That this plan of his is for everyone else.
What conservatives know is that there is no business in the world that can compete with the federal government and employers will drop their plan, pay any small penalties they are assessed and their employees will be added to the govern plan, leading to a single-payer system. The Obama team and their minions including MoveOn.org have decried those concerns as fear-mongering. Let’s see what they don’t want you to see:
Still think your healthcare is safe?
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Maher’s Obama Speech
Not something that you would have expected. One more reason I love Bill Maher.
Facebookers – Click on the picture to see the video.
I’m glad some of the shine is coming off Obama, maybe the press will start actually covering what he is doing instead of licking it up like dogs at a water bowl.
Last Word on the Election
On November 4, 2008 the better campaign won. There should be no doubt in anyone’s mind that the McCain campaign was drubbed by the consistency, creativity, and quality of the Obama campaign. And while those who know me will certainly also know that I was pulling for John McCain, I am not upset or angered by the results of the election.
You see, while not everyone was able to see it . . . . we ALL voted for change on Tuesday. Despite the assertions to the contrary John McCain was no George Bush. He was a dramatically different Semi-Conservative candidate who out lasted the more classic Republican applicants precisely because we were seeking someone different.
Now that Obama is the President Elect, I believe we should ALL be supporting him as it would do nothing but hurt our country if he failed. I truly hope he can deliver what he promised, but unfortunately politicians rarely do. Despite that we must maintain the respect for the office out of respect for our country. And I truly hope that other conservatives do not allow their criticisms of his policies to de-evolve into the disgraceful and disrespectful garbage that George Bush’s character was subjected to in his last 6 years in office.
In his Opinion piece for the Wall Street Journal, Jeffery Scott Shapiro wrote:
“The treatment President Bush has received from this country is nothing less than a disgrace. The attacks launched against him have been cruel and slanderous, proving to the world what little character and resolve we have. The president is not to blame for all these problems. He never lost faith in America or her people, and has tried his hardest to continue leading our nation during a very difficult time.
Our failure to stand by the one person who continued to stand by us has not gone unnoticed by our enemies. It has shown to the world how disloyal we can be when our president needed loyalty — a shameful display of arrogance and weakness that will haunt this nation long after Mr. Bush has left the White House.”
And I could not agree more. Was he perfect, of course not, but the steady drum beat of liberal hate speech against the President was appalling. As the minority, it is our job to return civility to the conduct of the nation’s business.
So while we’re all changing . . . let’s practice a little self control and refuse to lower ourselves to the level of those in the Anti-Bush crowd. They won because they had a vision and they were far better organized, not because they spend 6 years launching personal attacks at our President. Nor because they spent the late summer and fall continuing to exercise this “way of doing business” against Sarah Palin. The BS that she and her family we put through was shameless.
We Conservatives Must Be Better!
John McCain you are an American Hero and it was my honor to cast my ballot for you. Thank you for your service to this country, and thank you for carrying the burden of our standard against the fantastic political machine of our new President Elect.
Hope != Change – A Final Look at Obama/McCain
Hope Does Not Equal Change
In this series we have taken a second look at Barack Obama and I beleive have found that a sympathetic press has truely protected him and his ideas from scrutiny. It’s been an organized effort that now culminates in an attempt to dissuade Republicans from even voting. But in Part IV – A New Hope we found that when his ideas, and that of if Democratic supporters, are exposed, the truth (with the help of a lightsaber) burns through his rehtoric and his true intentions are revealed.
Now I want to address the heart of his campaign . . . . the hope for change.
Barack Obama has created a tidal wave of expectations that now cresendo to a level no lower than changing the world. He stokes the buring desires of people who are truely hurting with the promise that he can fix what ails them. He can fix the Economy, he can fix Health Care, he can fix the Environment, and he can even bring peace to a world at war. He has successfully gotten millions of people to support him by addressing NOT the problems themselves but by simply appealling to Americans natural capcity to beleive that the future could be better. To hope that someone new may bring something different. He has so convincingly made Hope his unofficial trademark that anyone attempting to challenge him is labeled mean-spirited or unbalanced (come on who can be against Hope???).
We all hope that things will be better, that the poor will become successful, that the sick will be healed, that our children can go to college, that our Economy will stablize, that those who want to work will find it, and that we as a people can put our differences aside. But Hope is not enough!
Hope is not enough because Hope and Change ARE NOT THE SAME! In fact, they are opposites. Hope means to internally desire something . . . Change on the other hand is an action that requires us to do something.
Hope Will NOT Help The Poor!
Hope Will NOT Heal The Sick!
Hope Will NOT Educate Our Children!
Hope Will Not “Fix Our Economy!
Hopw Will NOT Clean Our Environment!
These problems require action. If these problems are to change they require that we DO something, that we Change something. In his professional career Barack Obama has not DONE a single thing to fix any of these problems. If you beleive that his experience meets the level necessary to be the President of the United States, than why has he NOT already made headway is trying to fix even one of these problems? There is no legislation he has introduced to address any of these issues, instead he has appealled to our Hope. Notice I said our Hope. This is not something that Obama has given to us . . . its something we’ve always had. Some had just forgotten how to express it.
John McCain, unlike Barack Obama, has an extensive history of actively seeking change to address our problems. Of reaching across the aisle to Democrats and Republicans (hell we thought of him as a Democrat half the time) to create solutions to problems. He has worked to bring about Change . . . not Hoped that Change would occur. That experience and that Demonstration of a willingness to break with the pack is the reason John McCain is the better candidate for President. And that is the reason he will get my vote tomorrow.
The Election Part IV – A New Hope – Guest Speaker
This Pre-Election Series Includes:
Part 1 – Acknowledge the Sins of the Press
Part 2 – Obama Tax Plan
Part 3 – Poll Dancing
Because I’m half frozen from taking my kids Trick or Treating, I invited a guest lecturer in for Part Four of our pre election series taking another look at Obama and McCain. This is a facinating video presented by Jedi Master Alfonzo Rachel!
In addition to his latest speech , I present this truely inspiring beatdown of Barack Obama . . .
Well done Master Jedi!
P.S. – Thanks Again Anne for the Great Link! I really should make you a guest contributor to Kofacts!
Don’t Miss The Obama Show Kids!
Remember Kids You Have To Watch With Your Halloween Masks On . . . And Remember The Big Giveaway at 8!
When I heard he was going to be broadcasting on almost all the networks, this was the first thing that popped into my head!
Remember Halloween III?
Poll Dancing
We’ve spent a few days reviewing the case for John McCain. In the first part of this series, Acknowledge the Sins of the Press, we reviewed the role the press had in purposefully manipulating the electorate to support Barack Obama. From refusing to critically review the democratic candidate to creating and widely circulating false stories about John McCain. Remember the completely fake “kill him” story. Widely reported but it didn’t happen per McCain Secret Service detail. We reviewed a recent Pew Research Study that concluded that the coverage of McCain was been many times more negative than the coverage of Obama.
If your decision to support Barack Obama could have been influenced by this slanted one coverage than I think you have a duty to reconsider John McCain.
For our second story, we took a look at Obama’s, now ever evolving tax plan. We saw how he wanted to take money from small businesses and investors and give it to people who do not in fact pay taxes. In fact his support for raising the capital gains tax flies squarely in the face of Economics as practiced by Kennedy, Regan, and Clinton. Yet he continues to support this more “fair” version of taxation.
For today’s discussion I want to focus on something that has been very troubling to me. The coordinated effort to discourage John McCain supporters from voting. You cannot turn on the news nor visit any news website without the hopeless cause of John McCain being given center stage. Just look at Yahoo’s Homepage.
News organizations are trying to make you think it’s in the bag. Incoming DNC Subliminal Messages Supplied by the Media . . . . . . . . He’s already got enough electoral votes to win . . . .why should you vote? He’s got it so far in the bag he can take two days off and go to Hawaii to visit his ailing grandmother. He’s planning his victory speech . . .to be delivered before the election. He’s picking his cabinet.
Here in North Carolina the Media is careful to mention that 56% of early voters are Democrats and only 32% are Republicans. . . .why bother . . . . . look at the polls . . . .Let’s pack it up.
Now the press is even trying to make it look like Sarah Palin knows it’s over “she’s fighting with McCain’s Camp” and setting herself up in 2012. I mean is Sarah thinks it’s over why should I even bother to vote.
Well let me tell you why John McCain should still get your vote. Because what if the POLLS are wrong? Remember the democratic primary . . . how frequently were the polls wrong? A lot. How many times was THIS going to be the night Obama wrapped it up only to be beaten back by Hillary again and again. We learned then . . . Obama polls high . . . but does not do well in really primary voting states. Now we’re hearing the Pennsylvania is starting break McCain’s way.
To know how much stock to put into these polls you have to remember the very polls that are driving this “why vote” feeling are done by the same groups who have been in the bag for Obama since day one. Like their coverage of McCain, we cannot trust their polls about him either. These “polls” are brought to you by the very same news organizations pulling for Obama using cherry picked populations and leading questions questions. Don’t beleive me . . have you seen CNN’s website. There are advertisements for B.O. on their website:
Let me tell you another story, Obama’s team knows these polls are wrong . . . why is he spending soo much time in a state he’s supposed to have wrapped up? Because they know the polls are wrong. And if Obama cannot win Pennsylvania, he cannot win Ohio. And if he cannot win Ohio there is a serious opportunity for McCain to win this entire thing.
Let me tell you about North Carolina . . . or at least my little bit of it. McCain signs are going up everywhere. They out number Obama’s 6 to 1. I’ve seen more Obama signs get taken down in front yards than put up. McCain is going to win North Carolina.
But none of this can happen unless you vote. Do not give in to the temptation that “all is lost”. I tell you it’s not. And the American voter has another huge surprise for Barack Obama.
Obama’s Tax Plan
This is the second in our series up to the election, you can find the first story here.
What we found is that the press have provided him such onesided coverage that it has failed it’s duty to properly vet this man or his proposals.
Now we’ll take a fresh look at Obama’s Tax policies.
If you raise taxes on businesses, jobs Go Away [FACT!]
Removing so called “tax breaks” on business amounts to a Tax Increase [FACT!]
If you raise Capital Gains Taxes Treasury Revenues Go Down [FACT!]
Acknowledge The Sins of the Press
This is the first in a series of pieces where we will review the case for John McCain and against Barack Obama.
But before we begin we must acknowledge that the water cooler has been tainted. We go to the press when we thirst for information. This information is meant to nourish our minds and allow us to develop good opinions. What what happens when what is meant to nourish is instead poisoned? It has the potential to artificially affect the development of those ideas and can be used to kill off dissent.
Some of us have known through out this campaign that this was indeed occuring but of course we were labelled “right wing nut jobs”, or “Hillary Clinton Supporters” (both equally offensive in my mind). But now two weeks before the campaign the press is widely confessing their own sins. See these important articles:
“Would the Last Honest Reporter Turn the Lights On” - http://www.linearpublishing.com/orsonscottcard.html
“Coverage of McCain Much More Negative Than That of Obama” - http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/10/22/study_coverage_of_mccain_much.html
“Media Negative on McCain” - http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474977485970
While Hillary’s supportters complained about the one side coverage in the primary we certainly noticed it the night Obama won the nomination - http://kovacsminutes.wordpress.com/2008/06/03/cnn-manufactures-drama/
Regardless of their confession, they know the damage has been done and are only now willing to report it so they can again try to represent themselves as impartial after the election.
So if you’ve at all relied on media reports (television, newspaper, and the internet) I think you need to really ask yourself how have my opinions of the candidates been manipulated by these powerful media groups. And I think it may be time to reconsider who your supportting if you’ve decided to vote for Barack Obama.
Stay tuned as we rediscover John McCain.
Fox News or CNN Who’s Viewers Are More Informed
Often Fox News is critized as a second rate news organization that is stupid, and it’s fans have often been considered Right Wing Crazies. But what if there were a way to compare how well informed Fox Viewers are as compared to CNN viewers.
That might show us if one population is more engaged than the other. It might mean that one network was more effective at presenting their arguements. It could also mean that the polls conducted by the networks were either the views of well informed citizens or crazy kool aide drinkers looking for the next popular tag line.
If there were only such a study . . . . . .guess what . . . . there is !
The survey, conducted between April 30 and June 1 by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press, measured the political knowledge of 3,612 U.S. adults. Participants were asked to name the controlling party of the U.S. House of Representatives, the U.S. secretary of state and Great Britain’s prime minister.
Overall, just 18 percent of participants answered all three questions correctly.
My God. it amazes me that the other 82% are allowed to vote. These are the uninformed masses that will cause the votes of engaged and knowledable votes, like myself, to be null and void. These people who I’m sure could name Britney’s latest boyfriend but not the Secratary of State will choose our next President.
When the data was merged with information about their news watching habits an interesting trend emerged:
Here’s a detailed breakdown of the percentage of individuals answering each of the three questions correctly from the different news audiences:
- The New Yorker/Atlantic: 71 percent (correctly identified Democrats as the majority in the House), 71 percent (correctly identified Condeleeza Rice), 59 percent (correctly identified Gordon Brown)
- NPR: 73 percent, 72 percent, 57percent
- Hannity & Colmes: 84 percent, 73 percent, 49 percent
- Rush Limbaugh: 83 percent, 71 percent, 41 percent
- Colbert Report: 73 percent, 65 percent, 49 percent
- Daily Show: 65 percent, 48 percent, 36 percent
- NewsHour: 66 percent, 52 percent, 47 percent
- O’Reilly Factor: 70 percent, 60 percent, 41 percent
- C-SPAN: 63 percent, 59 percent, 35 percent
- Letterman/Leno: 51 percent, 42 percent, 31 percent
- CNN: 59 percent, 48 percent, 29 percent
- National Enquirer: 44 percent, 32 percent, 22 percent
The CNN audience scored worse than those who watch Fox’s Hannity and Colmes and O’Reilly. In fact they score only slighly better than those who get their news from the National Enquirer. So after the dabates when they put out a poll asking who won, it is these uninformed and unenaged viewers who rise in once voice and say “Of Course Obama Won”.
I’m not arguing that McCain won any of the debates but only highlighting that the “reporting” CNN does is impacted by the ingrates who frequent their channel. And no doubt when these folks pull up to the kool aid bar to watch the Barack Obama Show they lap up everydrop because they truely do not know any better!
Powerful Message To Barack Obama
A powerful message from an Iraqi War Veteran
Special thanks for my sister in law, Anne, for sending this to me.
Obama, “My Muslim Faith”
Check out my latest article on http://www.8donkeys.com I also write for this group blog and I wanted to share this article about Obama’s recent comment.
New T-Shirt
I’ll be weighing in shortly on the Democratic and Republican Conventions but I thought I would share my new favorite T-Shirt. You can get yours here: http://www.authenticgop.com
My New Favorite T-Shirt
How Are Democrats Like Redskins Fans?
I grew up in Washington DC and there is nothing I disliked more than the start of football season. Not because I was going to be spending the summer in two or three practices a day but because Redskins fans would put on their Maroon and Gold colored glasses and we’d all hear how they were going to the Superbowl and every other team sucked.
Every year it was the same, [slurping natural light sounds], “man we are going all the way this year. We got [insert latest player/coach here] no one can stop us . . . And your team sucks. Here are all the reasons why . . . “
It didn’t matter who the skins picked up. It could have been Desmond Howard, Heath Schuler, Michael Westbrook, Stephen Davis, Stephen Alexander, Champ Bailey, Fred Smoot, Patrick Ramsey, Sean Taylor (RIP), Jason Campbell, Joe Gibbs, Levar Arrington, or Jason Taylor. Every year it was the same thing.
It doesn’t matter pick a name and I’ve heard it all. And no matter how bad they were the year or game before skins fans would always talk crap about their team. Perfectly good players on other teams were dogged until they became Redskins then they were the second coming.
Skins fans are so blind to the truth that once after watching my Giants shellac them at FedEx field, some skins fan was talking crap in my face about how “the Giants Sucks” as we exited the stadium. With all due respect to my good friends who are now season ticket holders for the Skins . . Skins fans are irrational their view of their team and their opponents is fueled by emotion not logic or fact . . . much like Democrats.
Let me explain. Every election I see the same pattern. They pick some new guy and then they start talking crap (I’d really like to use a stronger word but this is a family friendly blog). “Ohhh Gore is going to own Bush, he doesn’t stand a chance that dummy”. “Kerry is an intellectual he’s gonna cream Bush, that dummy.” “McCain is an idiot Obama is gonna bury him.”
And this year they’ve added that “McCain is just like George Bush. It’s going to be his third term”. Well you know it wasn’t too long ago that democrats were showering McCain with praise for this willingness to work together with democrats. For reaching across party lines and being a Maverick. Don’t believe me check this out:
It seems to me that like the Redskins every year, Democrats are looking through their Obama colored glasses and seeking a false image of reality. One in which they are unstoppable. These glasses blind them to the reality that John McCain is the only qualified candidate for president. I’m not saying Obama sucks . . . .he’s more like Bengals. Great on offense when using his playbook(script), weak on defense.
Anyone including Obama who says that this will be Bush’s third term is a liar. You would have to been asleep for the last ten years to think that McCain = Bush. That’s probably why Obama is doing so well with new voters. They don’t know recent political history. Hell to an 18 old, 143 days in the Senate sounds like a long time.
They want you to beleive that it is a predetermined fact that they are going to win the Superbowl . . .ohh and your team sucks!
But alas don’t worry my fellow conservatives . . . how did that unwillingness to see reality turn out for those Skins fans last year? I think we all know what happened:
Paris Hilton Responds to McCain Ad
Paris responds to McCain’s Celebrity Ad and has a plan of her own.
“Loves It”
I Agree With Hillary!
That’s right I said it. I agree with Hillary Clinton. I can’t believe I’m saying it . . .but I do!
Hey . . . . She Said It Not Me! Wait a minute he said it himself.
Pay No Attention to the Rock and Roll Magic Show. This guy is not ready yet. By his own admission.
A Single Trip Abroad, A Statesman Does Not Make
Barack Obama is, as we speak, visiting Afghanistan as he takes his Rock and Roll Magic Show on the road. His advisors are hoping, as is the media appearantly , that this will help polish his foriegn relations credentials.
Of course using the same logic I’m qualified to be Pope because I visited catholic chuches around the country and in countries overseas.
One does not become a statesmen capable of dealing effectively with the best allies and worst enemies in the world by virtue of a single trip no matter how well publicized by the media. In fact, I propose that allowing this trip to devolve into an extension of his Magic Show allows the American voter to see that there is no substance, It’s all for show. It’s a photo opportunity. And no matter how good the photos are, it will not add an ounce of credibility to anything he says because the electorate knows it’s a show.
In fact, if you beleive the studies performed on Gen X’ers, Y’s and Millenials you will no doubt see their uncanny ability to spot people who are fake. If people are intellectually honest and see this trip fro what it is . . . . could this trip significantly hurt Obama with these groups who have been the cornerstone of his campaign?
Do you really beleive that Barrack Obama, with his experience, can step into these shoes?
I don’t think so!
JibJab Time for Some Campaignin’
Do you remember JibJab? They are back with a new video for the 2008 election, “Time for Some Campaignin”
You may remember one from the 2004 Election called “This Land”
Which was followed quickly by my favorite “Good To Be DC”:
Treat Oil As A Green Initiative
I find it interesting that everyone from my hardware store:
To my credit union:
is encouraging me to Go Green frequently with the same arguement! Replace that broken light bulb with a flouresent . . .every little bit helps . . . turn off your paper statements . . . every little bit helps . . . . replace the gas guzzler with a hybrid . . .every little bit helps. There is this mindset, which is correct in my opinion, that small steps become long walks, and long walks become marches toward progress. Fantastic . . I get it. Rome wasn’t built in a day . . . it’s gonna take years in order for us to realize the value of all of the little efforts but let’s take small steps today so later we can take great leaps. Sign me up . . . .but wait.
Why doesn’t the same go for the exploration of new oil sources? Why doesn’t every little bit help in that scenario? I know it will take some time to fully realize the benefits of additional drilling and expanding our refining capacities but shouldn’t we take the small steps now so we can take great leaps later? Instead we hear we that we shouldn’t waste the time and money, or create the jobs necessary I suppose, to find and drill for more oil because it will be years before we will ever see a drop flow into the gas tanks of Americans. It seems to me that those who oppose drilling for additional oil yet avidly support these incremental Green Initiatives are being dishonest by accepting the “Chinese water torture” methodology for their cause and using the negatives of that same methodology to quell calls for additional domestic oil production.
Our natural gas, oil and coal reserves are sufficient to significantly reduce our dependency on foriegn oil and the moment that the world beleives that the United States is going to start taking that seriously the rules of the game have been changed. The United States is the largest consumer of OPEC oil, if tomorrow President Bush standing with John McCain and Barak Obama announced that the United States was going to begin the exploration and recovery of energy sources throughout the United States and its territorial waters coupled with investements in improved fuel efficiency, and coal liquification OPEC would have to react or watch it’s best customer turn to the seller in their own backyard. Even though a single drop will not have been produced yet, the public announcement of our willingness to do what is necessary would create change.
So America start drilling, because every little bit helps!
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