Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Be Afraid...Be Very Afraid

Did you see the news yesterday about how Obama's backup Air Force One buzzed the Statue of Liberty with a couple of military jets? Apparently it scared a lot of people in the greater NYC area, and for good reason. When it comes to foreign policy and the global war on terror, most people seem to have forgotten 9/11. But when airplanes start flying low over Manhattan, the reality of the world we live in is all too real for the people on the ground. Check out the home video below of the airplanes coming into view and people beginning to panic and run for cover:



I just want to make one observation about this incident. I'm not going to comment about how incredibly insensitive and moronic it was for the White House to do such a thing and not let the public know what was going on. I'm not using this as another excuse to point out how constitutionally inept Obama and all his staff are. I just think that there is a moral to this story, one that I fear most people will miss, and it is this:

The people's reaction was proper, because these days when the White House is coming your way, you'd better run for cover.

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Monday, April 27, 2009

Freddie, Fannie, Barnie, and Chuck

The title of this post sounds like a fun little children's book about three ducks and goose. You can almost imagine the four of them dancing around a pond, splashing each other with their cute little webbed feet, and soaking in the sun as they play. Unfortunately, however, it refers to the institutions and politicians at the heart of our current economic mess.

Barack Obama and Congressional Democrats, led by "Bawny Fwank" himself, love to blame the Bush Administration for everything without accepting any responsibility themselves. But take a look at the video below. It shows the Bush Administration, Senator McCain, and then Chairman of the Federal Reserve Alan Greenspan, warning Congress that without proper regulation and oversight Fannie and Freddie were in danger of collapse, which would have a devastating effect on the rest of the economy. Frank and Schumer, who lead attacks these days in the blame game, were both against increased oversight. Who's to blame?



It simply amazes me. Liberals advocated for the expansion and growth of Fannie and Freddie, pressured lending institutions to lower standards for loan and mortgage qualifications, resisted efforts to regulate, and accused all who opposed them for doing so out of racism, then once everything their opponents said came true they blame Bush and Co.

Washington liberals are nothing but liars and cheats. They don't stand for "tolerance." They don't stand for "social justice." They use these as a punchline. All they care about are the advancement of their own political futures, the consolidation of their own power, and ever greater control over you, me, and how we want to live our lives.

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Thursday, April 23, 2009

GE and Obama: A Case Study in the Corruption of Big Government

Perhaps some of you wonder what the big deal is about big government. Well, among the many reasons I oppose such a thing, here is a very real and practical one that is taking place right now.

Everyone knows that NBC (MSNBC, CNBC) is a far left news outlet. They have aggressively supported Obama and the left agenda for years, and are now so far left that they permit garbage like this on their airwaves:



Meanwhile, GE has also heavily supported Obama both during the election and now while in office. Why do I mention GE? Because GE is the parent company to NBC, and at the recent stock holders meeting GE CEO Jeffrey Immelt confessed his company was "in the network business." The connection of GE and its interests in the media is deep. Immelt, along with NBC's CEO Jezz Zucker, have made no attempts to remain neutral in the media or to put a stop to the vicious anti-conservative hate speech like what you see in the video above. In fact, it has been recently reported that Immelt and Zucker have told CNBC personnel to stop criticizing Obama and his economic policies. It seems the GE family is intent to promote Obama at all costs, and the rest of us are left wondering why.

But get this. GE appears to be on the verge of a major payoff from Obama's and the Democrat's liberal agenda. GE is lobbying strongly for more bailout money, as well as the passage of cap and trade legislation currently in Congress. Apparently GE has set up a joint venture where they stand to make hundreds of million, if not billions, from cap and trade policy. Essentially we have a powerful company that controls a major section of the American media using its resources to get a particular agenda passed in order to reap gigantic profits. Does anyone see the problem with this?

And here is the problem with a big government. The federal government in the United States no longer sets the parameters for the free market to operate. It has become a major player in it. While the government intrudes into every sector of the market, politicians begin to have greater influence in its outcome. In a true free market system, a failing company like GE (whose stock as fallen an unprecedented 70% under Immelt, who amazingly still has a job) would either have to fix whatever is wrong with it or fail. But not in a market that is dominated by the federal government. In addition to receiving tax payer bailout money, GE instead has chosen to use its money and media influence to promote politicians whose liberal agendas so heavily alter the market that GE can reap astronomical profits from it. That is not fair.

This whole things stinks. Government intrusion in the free market, GE using its puppet news outlet NBC to promote agendas it stands to profit from, the fact that NBC/MSNBC/CNBC are so in the tank for a political party at all...it all stinks.

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Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Fat People: The Real SUVs

According to a report this week, fat people are responsible for greater CO2 gas emissions than skinny people. This following an earlier report coming from the EPA that carbon dioxide gases endanger public health.

See where this is going?

I'll let Dr Phil Edwards, of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, connect the dots for you: "Moving about in a heavy body is like driving in a gas guzzler." Now we already know that driving a "gas guzzler" is a mortal sin, so where does this line of logic leave fat people?

The politicization of global climate change is increasingly becoming a tool for Washington bureaucrats to control our lives. Let me state it like this:
  1. Phony science suggests the global climate is unnaturally changing and that human beings are responsible for it. For the sake of the world we MUST do something about it. (Can anyone say, The Day After Tomorrow?)
  2. Men and women in Washington determine what/who the culprits are in causing global climate change. Magically SUVs, private jets, and now fat people become the primary reasons the world's climate is changing and endangering us all.
  3. What do you think is going to happen next?
We have yet to see the full impact of the liberal agenda. But I promise you it involves more control of your life. Who determines what constitutes a "gas guzzler"? Who determines what is obese and what is not? And who determines what needs to be done about these things in order to save the world? If we keep heading the direction in which we are heading, the answer to all these questions is the federal government and its politicians who make decisions based on how they can solidify their power base and victory in the next election.

That, to me, is a scary.

Does no one else see what is going on here?

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Thursday, April 16, 2009

Conservatives: The Real Terrorists

How out of touch is Obama and his administration?

According to a document from the Department of Homeland Security, law enforcement officials across the country need to be on alert for citizens who are angry over illegal immigration, the poor economy, the increasing power of the federal government, gun control, abortion, and the loss of U.S. national sovereignty - otherwise known as "right-wing extremists."

Meanwhile, the Obama foreign policy strategy includes dropping the language of "war on terror" in favor of "overseas contingency plan, bowing to Saudi royalty, offering direct talks with Iran without the precondition of suspension of their nuclear pursuits, mending relations with Castro, and ignoring the threat from North Korea.

Translation: The real enemies to the United States are not those who want to blow up our buildings, behead our citizens, annihilate our allies, or destroy our way of life. No, it's those nasty Bible-toting, gun-carrying, pro-life, pro-family, pro-marriage, anti-illegal immigration, pro-small government, fiscally conservative, radical right-wing lunatics.

Folks, the DHS claims that they are not monitoring ideology or political beliefs, but I'm not so convinced.

We are in for some scary times ahead. Better get ready.

Visit FreedomAlliance.org to read the 9 page PDF document yourself as well as Oliver North's response to it.

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