Let It Go Palin, Let It Go 06/16/2009
 by Thomas Craig I tried to stay quiet on this, I really did. I honestly thought that this "feud" between Gov. Palin and Dave Letterman would simply pass and we can all move on with our lives. Evidently, I was wrong. I can understand why Gov. Palin got upset about the joke, after all, she is a Mother. Unfortunately, I don't really believe that this is a case of a Mother defending her child as much as it is a case of a desperate politican trying to stay relevant and in the news for the sake of an unrealistic dream of becoming President one day. I'm sorry Governor, but it's just never going to happen. We all have our opinions of why John McCain lost the election. Some Republicans believe that it was McCain's move to the center on many issues which lost him the election. Others think that he lost because of President Bush. Then there are many, including myself, who believe that his choice of Gov. Palin as his running mate was the reason he lost. I don't know if I would attribute 100% of the reason to this but I do think it was a large part. I truly believe that Sen. McCain's centrist views on many subjects could have won him the Presidency. American's were tired of the extreme far-right controlling the Nation and the Party. In a bid to woo far-right Republicans, McCain chose a far-right Governor who completely dismayed any centrist voters who were considering McCain. (And there were MANY!) The media's portrayal of Gov. Palin did not help but her inability to convey a serious message to the public helped nail in the coffin for the campaign. Gov. Palin's experience, or lack thereof, was constantly brought up. While it was mentioned, it was not hammered into the public's mind that she had as much if not more experience than the Democratic candidate for President. Why this was not emphasized more is a mystery to me. Gov. Palin's image, and again, perhaps the media IS to blame for this, was not good to say the least. She came off uneducated and awkward. Her Katie Couric interview will go down in history as the gold standard of how Journalists can humiliate a Politician and make a name for themselves. Most people I spoke to during the campaign said simply that they could not imagine if something were to happen to McCain and Palin becoming President. The fact that people were more concerned about the possibility of Palin being a step away from the Presidency over JOE BIDEN being a step away says a lot! I have never had the pleasure of meeting Gov. Palin and I sure hope that I have the opportunity to meet her one day. I respect her as a Governor and I appreciate her rallying supporters just like I admire any politican who can rally support behind them. I think that Gov. Palin would make a fine political commentator but the Republican nomination for President will never be hers. It's time to move on to real issues and real debates. Arguing with Letterman over a stupid joke that nobody would have even remembered the next day had she not started this foolishness, is a waste of time and a ridiculous distraction from the true arguments that the GOP should me making. Time for the liberty lifeguard to save America from bad ideas - starting with public health care. 06/15/2009
by Dacia Nichol * Notable Quotables * 06/14/2009
"This (the Constitution) is likely to be administered for a course of years and then end in despotism...when the people shall become so corrupted as to need despotic government, being incapable of any other." 20 Ways To Be A Liberal 06/12/2009
 by Anthony Maffeo 1. You have to be against capital punishment, but support abortion on demand for 7 month term, viable fetuses. 2. You have to believe that businesses create oppression and governments create prosperity. 3. You have to believe that guns in the hands of law-abiding citizens are more of a threat than nuclear weapons technology in the hands of Iran or Chinese and North Korean communists. 4. You have to believe that there was no art before Federal funding and ONLY Federally funded art is worthwhile. 5. You have to believe that global temperatures are less affected by historically cyclical changes in the earth's climate and more affected by soccer moms driving SUV's. 6. You have to believe that gender roles are artificial, but being homosexual is beautiful. 7. You have to believe that the AIDS virus is spread by a lack of federal funding. 8. You have to believe that the same teachers who can't teach 4th-graders how to read are somehow qualified to teach those same kids about sex. 9. You have to believe that hunters don't care about nature, but PETA activists do....even if they are blowing up people with bombs to make their point!!! 10. You have to believe that being "given" self-esteem is more important than actually making the effort to earn it. 11. You have to believe that Mel Gibson spent $25 million of his own money to make "The Passion of the Christ" for financial gain. 12. You have to believe the NRA is bad because it supports certain parts of the Constitution, while the ACLU is good because it supports certain parts of the Constitution. If you don't know what we're talking about here......it's time you looked it up. 13. You have to believe that Federal "taxing of the rich" is too low, but ATM fees are too high. 14. You have to believe that Margaret Sanger and Gloria Steinem are more important to American history than Thomas Jefferson, Gen. Robert E. Lee, and Thomas Edison. 15. You have to believe that standardized tests are racist, but racial quotas and set-asides are not. 16. You have to believe that the only reason socialism hasn't worked anywhere it's been tried is because the right people haven't been in charge. You believe that Hollywood, California has those people. 17. You have to believe that homosexual parades displaying drag queens and transvestites, often unclothed, should be constitutionally protected, and manger scenes at Christmas should be illegal. 18. You have to believe that Barbara Streisand and The Dixie Chicks know more about National Security than Condeleeza Rice. 19. You have to believe that The New York Times and CNN are Patriotic and individuals that proudly display the American Flag are NUTS!! 20. You have to believe that this message is a part of a vast, right-wing conspiracy. GOD BLESS AMERICA............oops, can't say that if you're Liberal. Why I Vote Democrat 06/10/2009
by Sean Overpeck Vegas Jon Ruins New Jersey 06/10/2009
 by Elliot Rubin The biggest legal gambling city in the world is New York City. Wall Street does literally billions of dollars a day in stock trades. What that really means is that people and institutions (with your money) are gambling that a certain stock will either go up or down depending on their objectives. But there is no sure thing. It is a gamble. The casinos are the stock trading companies that handle the monies coming in and going out. They take their “house” share on every trade. They make millions, even billions in profits. A CEO of one of the Wall Street casinos (a trader/gambler) that made a lot of money there but did not create one industry, factory, or job outside of Wall Street is now the Governor of New Jersey. When he ran for governor last time his public relations people held him out to be a Wall Street financial guru and he would solve the states financial problems. He failed miserably. He increased spending and taxes. Gamblers gamble, they don’t open factories, adjust tax structures that favor industry and job growth. They don’t have it in them. They are self-centered and look to make money for their casino/stock trading companies. Now Vegas Jon wants to run again for Governor of New Jersey. Hasn’t he done enough already by doing nothing right to reduce the tax burdens on the people of New Jersey. He wants four more years of increasing taxes, spending and having the middle class move out of state by the tens of thousands. Enough already. And remove the Democrats in Trenton also. They are also to blame for not standing up to him. Our Enormous Debt: A Lose-Lose Solution 06/08/2009
 by Thomas Craig President Obama is announcing that he is going to "ramp up" the stimulus spending over the next three months. The improvement in consumer confidence seems to make the President think that his stimulus is working. I happen to think that perhaps consumer confidence in the economy is improving because we no longer are subjected to the President of the United States coming on television every day and declaring that we are in the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. (That of course was a lie.) Its amazing how people can have a little more faith that hell has not frozen over when our elected Leaders stop screaming about how the sky is falling. So far, we have spent $2.7 Trillion dollars. That is only what we have spent, not even what we have PROMISED to spend. This amount of debt is unbearable by any means. Let's give the President the benefit of the doubt and say that the stimulus was a great idea and the economy is going to bounce back as a direct result of it. My question now is, how do we go about paying all this money back? I know the President is busy planning even more spending on his universal health care, but how do you suppose he is going to pay off the debt? Well, let's look at our two options... First, we do nothing and our currency inflates. The influx of money into our system will cause prices to rise more and more. Our salaries, of course, will not rise at the same level. This brings us to a sharp inflation of the dollar and the economy will suffer because of it. This will completely counter the stimulus measures that the President put into place and our economy will be even worse off than it originally was. Let's also not forget the world's confidence in the dollar will crumble. Some of our biggest Lenders will no longer want to gamble on our economy. (China, we're looking in your direction.) We can sit by and watch this happen, or... We can pay off the ridiculous debt we have accumulated. Once again, let's assume the economy improves under the stimulus. This is all borrowed money that we used and since ignoring it will lead to another economic crisis, we can take the initiative and pay off our debt. We don't want to borrow even more money to pay off our previously borrowed money, so we do the only thing we can do raise the sufficient funds. Raise taxes substantially. (Or possibly set up a stand and sell pies to China.) Nothing can turn an economy flaccid quicker than a hefty tax hike. Unfortunetly, the President is going to have to do more than just tax the wealthiest five percent of the Country. If you took all the money owned by the wealthiest 5%, every last penny of it, it still wouldn't be enough to pay off this debt. We are going to have to have taxes raised on everyone, including businesses already struggling by the current economic crisis. So as the title puts it, we have two options and neither looks fun. It is a true lose-lose situation, brought to you by the Democrats. The Reagan solution of lowering taxes significantly to stimulate the economy isn't looking so bad now, is it! Always remember, "Change" is NOT always a good thing. Barack Hussein Obama & The Islamic World 06/05/2009
 by Thomas Craig President Obama yesterday made a remarkable speech in the mid-east. His goal was to begin to heal the hatred between Islam and the West. While this goal is an admirable one, it unfortunately was nothing more than a show. Yes, it was praise-worthy for the President to refer to the Koran and use Arabic quotes. This all shows his sincerity to the cause and I am sure many Muslim's appreciated the gesture. I am also sure that as soon as the President stepped down from the podium, all those who watched in the Islamic world went right back to hating America. Although many people in the Islamic world are still living in a "crusades-era" state of mind, where "infidels" are everywhere and the whole world should be run as a theocracy, they are not without intelligence. These people want to see actions more than words. This, of course, will be difficult since the actions they seek are everything from complete withdrawal of American forces from the mid-east to all Israeli's getting on a boat and leaving the Country they built and give it to the Palestinians. It is impossible for us to truly appease these people. Israel is a main source of anger in the Islamic world and the President is taking a hard stance against Israeli settlements. He obviously neglected to mention Palestinian terrorists and their contribution to the conflict. Muslims want to hear the President condemn Israel and it just will not happen, nor should it. Israel is our greatest ally in the middle east and we will not ruin that friendship for the sake of befriending Nations with atrocious human rights records and rampant oppression. The President also could have taken more time to speak about women's rights. Women in the middle east currently have about as much rights as livestock. This alone should disgust any moral human being. Again, we are dealing with a mentality which is centuries behind us. I know this sounds rather ethnocentric but it is true. We certainly have a road ahead of us when it comes to our way of thinking. (Just read our post: Dick Cheney, Is That Really You?) But we at least recognize many of our faults of the past and acknowledge that race or gender is not grounds for discrimination. Let's be honest here, if the Islamic Nations had not been lucky enough to live on top of pools of oil, the world would have allowed them to destroy themselves long ago. It is their ignorance and absurdity which is why I always support energy independence. The sooner we begin to relinquish our dependence on these Nation's oil fields, the sooner we can take the hard line approach to them and their backwards culture that we should. When we stand by and try to appease these Countries, we condone the way they treat their own citizens and the many abuses which are a way of life over there. Nancy Reagan to Obama: "Oh You're a Lefty" 06/04/2009
by Dacia Nichol * Notable Quotables * 06/03/2009
The market economy – capitalism – is based on private ownership of the material means of production and private entrepreneurship. The consumers by their buying or abstention from buying ultimately determine what should be produced and in what quantity and quality. They render profitable the affairs of those businessmen who best comply with their wishes and unprofitable the affairs of those who do not produce what they are asking for most urgently ... |   Recent Posts
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