Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Blago-a-go-go
Honestly, I haven't really been following the Rod Blagojevich corruption trial, but my attention was caught yesterday by the non-verdict. Now color me skeptical, but doesn't anyone other than me think that ONE person holding out against a guilty verdict is a bit fishy? I mean, this is Chicago, it's not like jurors haven't been gotten to before. Don't you think that the Federal District Attorney maybe should be checking into this person to see if there have been some unusual large deposits in his bank account? After all, isn't that part of the Chicago Way?
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Delusional Democrats
Sorry for the gap in postings, but summer is always busy for me and between trips to Utah and Arizona and the mountains of New Mexico for a week at a time, work has been rather trying. So apologies out of the way, let's dive into the amazing Fantasyland of Democrat politics.
To begin with, let me just say that I read a lot of political commentary. I begin my day each morning with a virtual trip to the newsstand by visiting Real Clear Politics (www.realclearpolitics.com). I heartily recommend it because it at least TRIES to be fair and balanced by including articles from all sides of the political spectrum. Although I am a conservative, I force myself to read at least two articles each day from the OTHER side. Generally from the leading liberal luminaries (I love alliteration) the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the Washington Post, and when I am feeling really adventurous, even the Huffington Post (e.g. Nattering Nabobs of Negativism). I do my best to keep my mind open to ANY reasonable arguments made by their opinions and arguments, though I don't often find many.
Recently, my readings have amazed me, particularly those from the left. I cannot remember in my lifetime when a political party or movement has been so removed from reality, as if they existed in an entirely different country than I do.
The continual blather about the "hateful" and "racist" Tea Partiers, combined with the tired old saw about Republicans being out to steal grannies Social Security or take food out of the mouths of children has gone past the point of just political mudslinging, that is expected during an election year, to the point where I am beginning to wonder if they really believe it.
Having observed politics for many years, from a distance thankfully, I have accepted that there is a certain level of spurious accusations that just get attributed to members of certain parties. Republicans are the party of big business. Democrats are weak on defense issues. Republicans want to turn back the clock on women's rights. Democrats are all about killing babies. These things are expected. But since 2000 when President Bush was elected with some controversy (stolen the Democrats would say) the level of HATRED and VENOM from the left has reached a fever pitch.
You would think that after regaining control of the Congress in 2006 and the Presidency in 2008, they would be happy. Not so! They continue to pour out the hateful bile that says ANYONE who does not agree completely with them is a narrow-minded, hateful, racist, bigot, homophobe, etc., etc., etc.
If you are concerned about illegal immigration, you at best a xenophobe or at worst a racist.
If you are worried about the deficit and the national debt, at best you are selfish and cold-hearted, at worst you are going to destroy Medicare and kill thousands of people.
Representatives Weiner and King, both from New York got into a screaming argument on the floor of the House of Representatives last week. King was, I think, trying to make a valid point on how the legislation that they were considering about a benefit for 9/11 first responders has been given a "poison pill" that required a two-thirds vote of the house to pass the bill instead of the normal simple majority. This was done to specifically embarrass the Republican members of the House who wanted off-sets to pay for the bill.
Representative Weiner effectively accused Representative King of working from only the darkest of motives to deny medical care for the brave first responders of 9/11. The invective he used was appalling.
I suppose what I am really wondering is why there is so much hatred on the Left? We on the Right are always being accused of hatred, but wasn't it Union Obama supporters that assaulted a Tea Party activist last summer? Wasn't it Obama supporting New Black Panther party members who threatened and intimidated voters at a Philadelphia polling station?
The best that the Left to accuse the Right of this kind of hatred is the incident where members of the Congressional Black Caucus, led by Nancy Pelosi marched provocatively through a Tea Party protest and claimed to have been spit upon and had racial epithets cast at them. Unfortunately for them, no video taken at the time indicates that this happened.
In November, the People of this country are going to rise up and take control of this country once again. They will reassert their control of the political system and the supposed servants of the people they elect. They will seize the tiller of the ship of state and turn it sharply to the starboard.
How will the Left react?
More of the same?
If so, I think they doom their party and their movement to the fringes for the foreseeable future!
To begin with, let me just say that I read a lot of political commentary. I begin my day each morning with a virtual trip to the newsstand by visiting Real Clear Politics (www.realclearpolitics.com). I heartily recommend it because it at least TRIES to be fair and balanced by including articles from all sides of the political spectrum. Although I am a conservative, I force myself to read at least two articles each day from the OTHER side. Generally from the leading liberal luminaries (I love alliteration) the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the Washington Post, and when I am feeling really adventurous, even the Huffington Post (e.g. Nattering Nabobs of Negativism). I do my best to keep my mind open to ANY reasonable arguments made by their opinions and arguments, though I don't often find many.
Recently, my readings have amazed me, particularly those from the left. I cannot remember in my lifetime when a political party or movement has been so removed from reality, as if they existed in an entirely different country than I do.
The continual blather about the "hateful" and "racist" Tea Partiers, combined with the tired old saw about Republicans being out to steal grannies Social Security or take food out of the mouths of children has gone past the point of just political mudslinging, that is expected during an election year, to the point where I am beginning to wonder if they really believe it.
Having observed politics for many years, from a distance thankfully, I have accepted that there is a certain level of spurious accusations that just get attributed to members of certain parties. Republicans are the party of big business. Democrats are weak on defense issues. Republicans want to turn back the clock on women's rights. Democrats are all about killing babies. These things are expected. But since 2000 when President Bush was elected with some controversy (stolen the Democrats would say) the level of HATRED and VENOM from the left has reached a fever pitch.
You would think that after regaining control of the Congress in 2006 and the Presidency in 2008, they would be happy. Not so! They continue to pour out the hateful bile that says ANYONE who does not agree completely with them is a narrow-minded, hateful, racist, bigot, homophobe, etc., etc., etc.
If you are concerned about illegal immigration, you at best a xenophobe or at worst a racist.
If you are worried about the deficit and the national debt, at best you are selfish and cold-hearted, at worst you are going to destroy Medicare and kill thousands of people.
Representatives Weiner and King, both from New York got into a screaming argument on the floor of the House of Representatives last week. King was, I think, trying to make a valid point on how the legislation that they were considering about a benefit for 9/11 first responders has been given a "poison pill" that required a two-thirds vote of the house to pass the bill instead of the normal simple majority. This was done to specifically embarrass the Republican members of the House who wanted off-sets to pay for the bill.
Representative Weiner effectively accused Representative King of working from only the darkest of motives to deny medical care for the brave first responders of 9/11. The invective he used was appalling.
I suppose what I am really wondering is why there is so much hatred on the Left? We on the Right are always being accused of hatred, but wasn't it Union Obama supporters that assaulted a Tea Party activist last summer? Wasn't it Obama supporting New Black Panther party members who threatened and intimidated voters at a Philadelphia polling station?
The best that the Left to accuse the Right of this kind of hatred is the incident where members of the Congressional Black Caucus, led by Nancy Pelosi marched provocatively through a Tea Party protest and claimed to have been spit upon and had racial epithets cast at them. Unfortunately for them, no video taken at the time indicates that this happened.
In November, the People of this country are going to rise up and take control of this country once again. They will reassert their control of the political system and the supposed servants of the people they elect. They will seize the tiller of the ship of state and turn it sharply to the starboard.
How will the Left react?
More of the same?
If so, I think they doom their party and their movement to the fringes for the foreseeable future!
Friday, June 11, 2010
Minority Majority?
According to the Wall Street Journal report of a US Census release, the current racial make up of children born in the United States is 51.4 percent White and 48.6 percent non-white. If the trend continues, by the middle of next year, that percentage will be reversed and more non-white children will be born in the United States than white children.
Minorities of all ethnic types currently make up 35 percent of the United States population. Eventually, given the increasing birth rate of non-whites, the "minority" population will become the "majority" of people in the United States.
I wonder what the US will look like then?
Do you think that the newly minted "minority" of whites will be able to receive the privileges that other minorities in the past have enjoyed?
Hmmm... Think about it...
The United White Person's College Fund
The Congressional White Caucus
The National Association for the Advancement of White People
Certainly those groups would be labeled RACIST! I mean promoting one race over another with "special" groups that only the people of that race can join is exclusionary, bigoted, discriminatory and racist aren't they?
Maybe you should ask the Black or Hispanic Chambers of Commerce, or the Congressional Black Caucus, or the National Council of La Raza, or the League of United Latin American Citizens!
Minorities of all ethnic types currently make up 35 percent of the United States population. Eventually, given the increasing birth rate of non-whites, the "minority" population will become the "majority" of people in the United States.
I wonder what the US will look like then?
Do you think that the newly minted "minority" of whites will be able to receive the privileges that other minorities in the past have enjoyed?
Hmmm... Think about it...
The United White Person's College Fund
The Congressional White Caucus
The National Association for the Advancement of White People
Certainly those groups would be labeled RACIST! I mean promoting one race over another with "special" groups that only the people of that race can join is exclusionary, bigoted, discriminatory and racist aren't they?
Maybe you should ask the Black or Hispanic Chambers of Commerce, or the Congressional Black Caucus, or the National Council of La Raza, or the League of United Latin American Citizens!
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