The tyrany of the minority

What you see to the left is a county map of the United States. The blue counties voted Democrat and the orange sort of color voted Republican. Unless you just popped in here from another galaxy you'd probably say that the Republicans won by a landslide if someone showed you this map. Easily 90% of the geographical land area of the country is overwhelmingly conservative.... yet we just managed to turn the reigns of power over to an Uber Liberal.

The other thing you can draw from this map are the parts of the country where the economy is depressed. Notice that Michigan (firm democrat control) is largely blue. Illinois turns blue towards the northern border (Chicago) and most of Wisconsin follows. Both coasts and the southern border adjoining Mexico, Surprising is Kansas. Democrat Governor yet not one blue county... not one. Look too at Louisiana. A state in democrat control for over 70 years. Bobby Jindal is the current Republican Governor and from this map I don't see even one blue county. From the looks of things the Obama Presidency is a temporary aberration caused by a Republican base pissed off at elected officials who make a sharp left turn as soon as they hit Washington D.C.

The entire collapse can be laid squarely at the feet of the Republican leadership. Since the President is the de facto head of the party he must shoulder a majority of the blame. While democrats always seem to march in lockstep Republicans can't even find the parade field. Even if you do manage to get a few on the parade field they can't agree on a direction. Some want to march centrist.... others move to a more moderate beat..... still others are chanting "your left, your left, your left, left, left."

Neither the leaders of the House nor Senate have stepped up to the plate to try to keep everyone on the same page. The RNC can't seem to figure out who's in charge or which way to the party either. This total and complete lack of leadership is to blame for the election results. Even with the slanted media coverage republicans could have won easily IF they had strong leadership and remembered their Reagan roots.

If the republicans learn nothing else from this loss they need to figure out that you can't beat liberals by trying to out liberal them. Democrats are the party known for trying to herd cats. They are the party of special interest groups. They waste tons of time and energy trying to be all things to all people. Promise PETA this and promise the unions that and promise environmentalists something else. It goes on and on and never ends. Republicans tried this same mindless strategy and their base sat on their collective thumbs in appreciation.

If you can't out liberal a liberal then what do you do? What did Ronald Reagan do? Look at the map again. All those counties that are not blue.... are conservative not republican. They don't give a damn which party you're from. If you're selling a conservative message they're buying. Races won by democrats in the elections which turned the house and senate over to them were all won by democrats running on conservative ideals. Never mind they abandon those ideals as soon as they win.... the point is that they figured out what does win every time it's tried.

Now if something as mentally deficient as a liberal can figure that out how come the "thinking party" people can't? The biggest reason why is that they spend too much time listening to the main stream media and actually believing what they hear. It's like Churchill taking war strategy advice from Hitler! HEY! Republicans! Memorize this! Democrats + Media = all Liberals. They are NOT your friends and they do NOT have your or your nations best interest at heart. All they want is total and absolute control and the power that brings. So congratulations. For being so stupid as to not be able to figure that simple fact out..... Liberals are in complete control. And now you're all sitting around.... licking your wounds..... wondering what went wrong and listening to the media as they tell you how to fix your problems. TURN OFF YOUR TV's! Listening to the left is what GOT you into this mess. Definition of stupid.... doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.

So what do you do? Live the conservative ideal. Eat it, sleep it, drink it, bathe in it, breathe it, wrap yourselves in it 24/7. Run on the conservative ideal. DO NOT attempt to appeal to this group or that faction or this demographic or any of that other liberal crap. Get yourself a belly full of conservatism and RUN on it! Nothing else. Smaller government that does those things enumerated by the constitution and little more. Less restrictive regulation. Liberals will whine about the lack of "oversight" but my God! We've got government regulations on how thick ketchup can be! Isn't that going a bit far? CUT TAXES! Do this across the board. The economy works best when those who are earning money get to keep more of it. Redistribution won't work and never has. If it did Cuba would be heaven on earth. How many years has Castro had now to make paradise? He and his cronies have money and power.... the people have nothing. Finally... put the mainstream media on notice that their bias MUST end. They have a constitutional charter to keep the people informed fairly and accurately. They have become a brazen 5th column of the democrat party. They have a socialist agenda and a far left wing bias. They either need to figure out what "fair and balanced" means or have their operating license pulled.

In the coming years you're going to witness the Marxist agenda of the left in action. They are already talking about re instituting the so called "fairness doctrine". Why? Read the communist manifesto. One of the keys to gaining and keeping control of the masses is total and complete control of the media. The left cannot and will not tolerate any voice of disagreement. Your taxes are going to go up so they can "spread the wealth around". In the words of Marx and Engles "From each according to their ability, to each according to their need." Of course what you're soon going to discover is that all the money comes from "We the people" and goes to "Them the government."

While the democrats are doing their best to destroy the country and shred the constitution the republican party needs to get on message and organized around a designated leader. They need to eat, sleep and drink the message of Ronald Reagan until conservatism oozes from every pore. Then they need to advance that message to the people of America. No special treatment or favors to this group of that faction. Simple honest conservative ideals for everyone, period.

Conservatism. It works and wins each and every time it's tried!

Column LEFT, march!

Let me, first of all, offer congratulations to President elect Obama. The United States has a long standing tradition of conducting elections which result in a peaceful transfer of power. This time will be no different and stands as a model for the rest of the world.

As much as it pains me to say it, our current President is directly responsible for the democrat ascension to power. Make no mistake. George W. Bush is a republican. He is not, however, a conservative in the mold of Ronald Reagan. And, as the leader or the republican party, he has been largely absent in that leadership role.

The result of his hands off political style has been two fold. Number one is that his party has been left to wander aimlessly in the political jungle that is Washington D.C. Number two is that the opposition party has had free reign in both moving political agenda and dominating the media with their message.

President Bush was used to working with democrats in Texas. In Washington D.C. most Texas democrats would be called republicans because their political ideology was not all that politically radical. His desire to work with D.C. democrats was greeted with the expected liberal lip service but there was no physical follow through on their part. Lack of leadership lead to a democrat takeover in the house and senate. Failing to learn anything from that defeat lead directly to the age of Obama and total democrat control in Washington D.C.

Unfortunately the model was out there for anyone to follow if they simply had the political will to do so. That model was established by Ronald Reagan. Regan still had the media to fight but he was largely successful in the political arena. The same media which warned that Reagan should not assume HE had a mandate simply based on a 49 state landslide..... was equally quick to assert that Clinton DID have a mandate even though he only garnered 43% of the vote. Failure of the Bush administration to follow the Reagan model lead to a complete lack of unity within the party and that showed up as as perceived political weakness.

Democrats play for keeps in matters of politics. Any sign of political weakness or uncertainty will be capitalized upon and exploited for political gain. Democrats have no desire to work with any other political party. Their sole goal is total and complete political power at all cost. They are good at talking a great game but what they say requires definition. For example the term "Bi-partisan" is used a lot. To a republican that term means working with the other side to formulate a piece of legislation based on a give and take policy in which both parties have something positive to show for their efforts. To a democrat that term means that the other side must cave and and give the democrats everything they want.

Our Founding Fathers specifically warned against single party rule. The entire concept or the separate but equal branches of government was solely for the purpose of preventing one party from running roughshod over the country. Soon, however, exactly what the founders feared the most will come to pass. Democrats will have absolute control in Washington D.C. Three of the justices on the Supreme Court are due to retire. All three had stated they would stay in office if a republican won this election. With Obama coming to office they will retire and liberal democrat justices will be their replacements. These will be people who, like Obama, have nothing but disdain for the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. They will be rubber stamped by the democrat controlled senate as the republicans can offer no opposition. The balance of the court will be shifted to the left for generations.

"What's wrong with that?" you might ask. Liberals do not hold to the letter of the law when it comes to interpreting the Constitution. Rather they see the Constitution as an impediment to accomplishing their goals. They prefer a "living breathing" concept by which they can change the document so that it supports their agenda. The example I love to give is that of a poker game. There are set rules for playing the game which offer consistent guidance during play so everyone knows what to expect in any given situation. No matter what hand you happen to hold the rules for play remain constant. Now then.... would you play poker with me if I changed the rules to suit the hand I held at the time? Of course not! But a liberal supreme court will do exactly that by "finding" in the constitution that which they wish to see.

For example.... just yesterday in the state of Virginia democrat Jim Moran made the following frightening statement: "We have been guided by a Republican administration who believes in the simplistic notion that people who have wealth are entitled to keep it and they have an antipathy towards means of redistributing wealth. And they may be able to maintain that for a while, but it doesn't work in the long run." Do you understand what you just read? This is a liberal government mindset that believes that what YOU work hard to earn isn't yours to keep and do with as you please. The fruits of YOUR labor belong to the government and THEY will tell you what you get to keep and what you must surrender.

If redistribution did, in fact, work then why is the left still calling for more? FDR started the redistribution of wealth with the New Deal program. We've had additional programs since then to include "The Great Society" and Clinton's programs. Since FDR these programs have taken well over a trillion dollars from the "haves" and given it to the "have nots." Enough wealth has been transferred over the years that every "poor" person in America should be a millionaire. Yet there are still folks who do well and those who do not. Why? Ambition.

If you have a strong desire to succeed and do what is necessary then you can succeed. If your ambition has been taken away from you by years of big government welfare programs.... then you are likely to remain unsuccessful. Even if the government GAVE the poor all the money they want.... say a million dollars.... in less than two years 99.8% of those people would be statistically poor again. Government had deliberately failed to give these people the skills and tools to be able to handle monetary success. This is by design in order to always have a class of people who need government to take care of them.

Thus we are about to enter the age of Obama and total democrat control in Washington. The damage this cabal will be able to wreak on American is almost beyond comprehension. But then again can a President who was endorsed by the likes of Hammas, the Palestinian Liberation Front, Mahmoud Amadinejad - President of Iran and Kim Jong-il - President of North Korea really be all that bad?

Left or Right.... we'll know November 5th

It's not being overly simplistic to state that this election might very well be the most critical event in the history of America since the revolutionary war. America is literally at a political cross road with today's vote. The road to the right is the one I prefer because that road serves to continue the advance of the great experiment in freedom and liberty that IS America. The road to the left is clearly nothing more than a direct retreat into the "safety and security" of socialism.

Many point to George W. Bush as having been "the worst president in the history of America." 98% of those pointing fingers are already socialists (members of the media) so they have an agenda and an axe to grind. While President Bush is a republican he is FAR from being a conservative. And while he's served as President he has largely been a hands off person when it comes to providing political leadership.

The model is out there for anyone who takes a moment to investigate. Ronald Reagan talked the talk and walked the walk. While he held that there was always room at the table for divergent opinions and viewpoints it was also clear that the final decision (and responsibility) was always his and his alone.

The Democrats and the media (same thing) spoke ill of President Reagan for as long as he was a political figure. The fact that they had the freedom to DO that for 8 straight years speaks volumes about his ideas of freedom and liberty. The lefts unhinged attacks on "Joe the Plumber" and their laundry list of innuendo and outright lies against anyone who opposed them also speaks volumes about who they are.

Even now Chuck Schumer (D-NY) is rubbing his hands together with glee over the possibility of getting the "fairness doctrine" reinstated. Most of you are not old enough to remember radio during the so called fairness doctrine. This one piece of leftist legislation was nearly responsible to the complete elimination of radio as a viable media source. It basically says that if there is anything being said on the air that the ruling class doesn't agree with.... then the station MUST provide equal FREE air time to the politically correct point of view. Stations tried this for a while but who, in their right minds, wants to listen to some amateur ideologue launch into a pointless political Tirade? Answer? Not many. People quit listening, advertisers were loosing money due to lost business.... radio almost died.

The only option general managers had left was to not broadcast *anything* which the left might disagree with. What resulted was the most insipidly mind numbing radio in the history of the planet. Hour after hour of aunt Clara telling people how she knits booties for her grand children.... Wilbur bloviating endlessly about the process he goes through to get his prize hogs fed each night. NOTHING at all of any interest to anyone..... but also nothing at all to raise the ire of those in political power. Fear of the government is NOT what this nation is about.

There are so many warning flags waving out there that it's amazing to me that any truly unbiased media could ignore them all. FOX news has done some reporting but the traditional networks have done their level best to make sure that nothing potentially harmful to their agenda and candidate sees the light of day.

Have we got a copy of Obama's birth certificate yet? Nope! Anyone in the main stream media pitching a bitch about that? Nope! Did that certificate suddenly get "officially sealed" by order of the Democrat governor of the state? Yep! Any media interest as to why that might be? Nope! Folks... good chance we're about to put someone in the white house who isn't even eligible to run for the office!

What does Obama really think about key issues that affect America? How was he as a student in college? It seems that is another informational black hole and , once again, the media is showing NO interest at all in rooting out the truth. As with his birth certificate, Mr. Obama's school records have all been officially sealed. Can't discover his grades.... can't read any of his term papers... can't find out anything about what he thinks. Is this a problem for the media? Of course not. Obama is their guy so it's no problem at all and no interest at all in trying to find out what was sealed or why.

What we DO know about Obama is absolutely frightening! The people he seeks out and chooses to associate with speak volumes about his character. Bill Ayers, founder of the Weather Underground and admitted bomber of Government facilities. Obama launched is bid for the oval office in Mr. Ayers living room. Mr Ayers did say he had one regret about his radical past. He said he regretted having not bombed MORE!

Rev. Wright.... pastor of Obama's church for over 20 years. Rev. Wright believes in a separate "Black America" and preaches hatred of whites each and every Sunday. His now infamous "God damn America" sermon gets NO media attention at all. Unlike Mr. Ayers the Rev. Wright has no regrets at all.

Mr Raines, former head of Fanny Mae, is another friend and advisor. Franklin Raines managed to make himself 90 MILLION dollars richer in the 4 years he headed Fanny Mae..... all the while Fanny Mae was going down the tubes. The democrat controlled house and senate gave him a free pass (as did the media) and let him take the money and run off to a safe retirement. Mr. Raines has served as financial advisor for the Obama campaign and could wind up as Fed Chairman if Obama wins.

Then we have the shady deal that got Mr. Obama into his home at 1/2 the market price thanks to Tony Rezko. But, once again, nothing here to raise a single eyebrow in the main stream media. Can you imagine the investigations that would be on going if a republican had even a HINT of any of these sort of associations? It would be all you'd hear and see 24/7 on all the usual networks. The fact that you're NOT getting 24/7 media coverage of these things should be setting off every red flag you have!

At the minimum the candidate backed by the media may not even be eligible to run for that office, may have a long history of radical left wing leanings, seems to not have a problem associating with anarchists, separatists, folks with nonexistent ethical standards and other forms of questionable life.

Sadly... it seems that most of America doesn't care about any of these things and seems likely to elect this socialist thug. Equally sad is that once he has that power and that office.... there is a good chance he'll be there for quite some time.... as will the democrat party. The damage they will be able to do will take generations of true Americans to undo.

Shooting holes in Democrat talking points

We received a handy little flyer in the mail today. It encouraged participation in the early voting process and listed locations for that. This is helpful since only about 10% of the voting locations used on November 4th are utilized for early voting. On the back it urged in underlined caps to vote a straight democrat party ticket then listed the party talking points. It was at this point the flyer stopped being helpful.

Talking point number one stipulated that democrats favor "A strong economy that works for the people, not against them." Oh, really? Let's examine that point logically, shall we? Democrats have promised higher capital gains taxes. This adds money to Washington D.C. at the expense of business therefore slowing business growth. Without money to invest back into the company production stagnates as equipment wears out. Stagnate or lower production means the same or fewer jobs and stagnant or even lower wages. Wages being spent are what drives the economy especially in the durable goods sector.

Still on this point democrats have also promised tax cuts for people earning less than $250,000, $200,000, $150,000 and, after finally getting Biden and Obama on the same page, back to $250,000 a year. They state a tax cut for 95% of Americans. When one considers that over 1/3 of Americans don't pay any income tax (they pay payroll tax all year long but don't meet the threshold for actual payment when they file their federal return.... so they get all their money back) that's going to be difficult to pull off.

Using the latest available government figures the top 50% of wage earners in America pay 96.54% of all taxes. If you'd care to check the numbers then please see the link below:

www.irs.gov/pub/soi/04in06tr.xls

So it seems that the democrat vision of a "strong economy" is largely based upon giving "tax cuts" to people who already don't pay any taxes. To use one of their phrases.... "How are we going to pay for that tax cut?" Oh! Let's not forget that if the democrats assume power they have NO plans to make the Bush tax cuts permanent. This means a one TRILLION dollar tax increase.... or roughly an additional $4000 in new taxes per household each year.

Moving on to talking point number two we find: "Energy policies to curb gas prices, reduce dependence on foreign oil and keep our environment clean." The fact of the matter is that democrat energy policies are what have us in this mess now!

The Carter years should have been the wake up call but environmental groups already had a grip on the party. The *newest* refinery we have in America was finished BEFORE the Carter presidency! Not even long lines, gas rationing and NO gas could get democrats to risk pissing off the environmentalists and loosing their votes. Their solution to the need for America to import most of it's oil now is to NOT drill for more domestic oil and NOT construct more US refineries. Rather they say alternative energy will solve all our problems. Further they say they will fund this alternative energy initiative by adding additional taxes on oil companies.

Let's look at that another way. You have a nice yard except that there is no grass on half of it. The logical fix is to prepare the soil (explore), plant some grass seed (drill) then keep it watered so it can grow (refine and distribute the product). The democrat solution is to leave the dirt alone so we don't harm the environment. Rather than planting potentially harmful grass seed we'll instead spend billions of dollars exploring alternatives to grass. Finally... rather than enjoying our new yard.... we'll continue to dump billions of additional dollars into exploring newer alternatives to grass while investigating why half the yard still has grass in spite of our anti-grass decision process.

Folks.... America is literally floating on a sea of oil. In the Bakken field alone there is estimated to be nearly 3 TIMES more oil than in Saudi Arabia. The Saudi's drill into their oil deposits, refine that oil and their citizens pay 25 cents a gallon for gasoline. Democrats say we can't drill anywhere, refuse to allow any new refineries to be constructed.... then haul oil executives before congressional panels to explain why our gasoline prices are 8 times higher. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure that one out.

Talking point number 3 states: "A strong educational system that prepares our children for the future." This one frightens the hell out of me!

Right now America ranks among the highest in the world for dollars spent per student. America also ranks near the bottom when those students are tested against others around the world. Democrats have been in iron fisted control of the educational system for over 50 years now. The teachers union is among the largest and most powerful in the nation. Yet we continue to generate college graduates who cannot even locate North America on an unmarked globe.

Democrats simply don't want graduates or students to be TOO educated. Critical thinking isn't taught as it once was. Schools are a place where young minds can be shaped by liberal instructors with liberal ideas in the hope of generating lots of good little liberals in spite of the political background of the children's parents. To do this effectively it is necessary to start as early as possible so the child's mind doesn't have a chance to jell in an oppositional ideology. Even now democrats are advocating mandatory PRE-school for all children.

Year after year we pour more and more money down the rat hole that has become the educational system in America. The trend towards complete nationalization is almost complete yet, with every new layer of government bureaucracy, we see fewer positive results for the investment. More government has never been the right answer.

The fourth talking point was: "A real solution to healthcare that provides for everyone and puts people above profits." All together now.... can you say "Socialized medicine?"

I've been a victim (patient) in the governments existing socialized medicine system for over 20 years now. If you want to see the future the democrats have planned for you just visit your local Veterans Administration hospital. Just keep this in mind no matter how wonderful they make their plan sound..... Once the choice of how your healthcare is provided is removed from you, your health is completely at the mercy and whim of the government. Perhaps it has been your choice to smoke. Because of that choice government may decide that it's simply going to be too expensive to treat you.... so you are denied care because they didn't like the choices you made. Perhaps you weigh too much..... or don't eat the right foods.... or don't exercise like they want you to. ANY reason they wish to invoke can be cause to deny you medical care.... for the "good" of society as a whole. It like the old saying goes.... "Any government big enough to give you everything you want.... is powerful enough to take everything you have."

As you think about voting this election cycle.... here are some things to think about. See how many the democrat party are trying to get accomplished right now.

1. Abolish property rights
2. Institute a heavy progressive income tax
3. Abolish all rights of inheritance
4. Confiscation of the property of emigrants and rebels
5. Centralizing of credit in the hands of the state, by means of a national bank with state capital.
6. Centralization of the means of communication and transportation
7. Factories and production facilities owned by the state
8. Equal liability of all labor
9. Abolish the distinction between town and country by more equal distribution of population.
10. Free education of all children in public schools

I'm sure you found several that you recall as being touchstones of the modern democrat party. Many are points being made by the candidate right now as the campaign nears its end. The media has been telling us for many years the wisdom of adopting many of those points. As the population ages and those already educated in the public schools begin to take more and more control over the country.... those who know and remember the truth of those points die off and when they do there will no longer be anyone to stand in opposition or proclaim the truth.

What IS the truth, you ask? The truth is that all those points listed above are an outline that is nearly a century old. They were written by Friedrich Engels and Karl Marx as the foundation of the Communist Manifesto.

HEY! Keep the change!

This election year (seems like YEARS) has been such a media circus that I've not been inclined to comment one way or the other. It does seem, however, that if things continue on this same track it won't be too many more election cycles until we can all just ask the mainstream media who they have appointed for us. This election got frighteningly close to that very scenario.

Very early on it was more than clear Mr. Obama was the media darling. Prior to his rise from nowhere to media pop-star Mrs. Clinton was the shoe-in for the office. Yep! No point in anyone else even running for the office from either party.... Hillary was already President in the minds of the media. Then Ol' Joe Biden made that stupid comment about B. Obama being "the first black who was young and smart and clean and articulate" to run for President. In his mind it was the first time in history all those points had come together in a person of color. Needless to say the likes of Jessie Jackson, Al Sharpton, Shirley Chisholm, Alan Keyes, Carol Moseley Braun and Lenora Fulani would all take umbrage at that remark and Ms Chisholm has the distinction of being the first black to run back in 1972! (Old Joe Biden's tack isn't nearly as sharp as it should be for a man in his position)

WELL! Now the mainstream media really had something! Not only could they still get their socialist President but they could also atone for the sin of slavery by electing the first black! At this point Mrs. Clinton was toast and the only thing not on the scene then was the bus they were going to throw her under. (It was around the corner and picking up speed) As soon as the media climbed on board the Obama train Hillary dropped off the radar screens. Yeah... she *was* the presumed candidate but that was before the age of Obama. The Jr. Senator from New York was just going to have to bite one for the media team.

Unfortunately for the media Mrs Clinton was a woman who was not about to be denied her shot at the power of the big chair her husbands butt had warmed previously. And the nice thing about that was that the nation wouldn't have to wonder if she was getting blow jobs off the oval office while President. (Bill's whereabouts and the exact position of -his- trousers would be another matter) While the media ignored Hillary and downplayed her campaign the liberal women of America were getting ticked off royal. How DARE the media write a WOMAN off in favor of a young inexperienced black male! Ladies.... welcome to the wonderful world of the media driven liberal agenda in action.

About that time Mrs Clinton's campaign got a huge boost from the most unlikely of sources. None other than Rush Limbaugh came riding (on a white horse no doubt) to her political rescue. The tactic was dubbed "Operation Chaos" and it was designed to accomplish two things. Primary was to politically "bloody" Obama's nose and that would be achieved by the secondary goal of keeping Hillary viable in the race. You see by this time the media had declared that anything said about Obama that -they- didn't approve of was an unjustified political *attack* and would not be tolerated! Even using Obama's given middle -name- was deemed an attack! The ONLY person who had the machinery in place to go negative against Obama.... and get away with it... was Hillary. And how was Operation Chaos going to keep Hillary viable? Simple! The right would employ the same tactic the left had used to "select" John McCain for us. Register in the opposite party and vote for Hillary in the primaries!

The tactic worked amazingly well and kept Hillary in the race far longer than the media wished. The old Clinton attack machine.... used so effectively in the past against anyone the Clinton's felt threatened their power.... dug up all the dirt from Obama's past that the media had been struggling so hard to keep buried. Ultimately all it did was expose the dirt briefly prior to the media editing it out of their daily spin on the events of the day. Anything even remotely damaging to Obama was spiked as soon as possible. Never ending glowing praise and mindless worship was all that was permitted to see the light of day by the media. People... it's just this simple.... those who have the power to shape and control the exact nature of the content you are permitted to consume via the three media venues.... print.... radio and television.... have the power to control this country no matter who is in office.

Ultimately Hillary had to drop out but she served her purpose. The truth was now out there and for the liberal media it would be like herding cats to keep things under control. Still the media marches to the tune played by Hitler's Joseph Goebbels, Minister of Propaganda and National Enlightenment who famously decreed: "If you tell a big enough lie and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it." That is exactly what we get day in and day out from the mainstream media. Their version of the "truth" and their "reality" repeated over and over again in never ending sound bites. And it works to this day! Those indoctrinated in the liberal run education system have been conditioned to swallow without question anything the media tells them. Most democrats are no different although some are finally waking up the the reality that the old democrat party they believed in...... kicked them to the curb years ago and has gone pure socialist instead.

Day after day we are told to accept with open arms Obama's "Change we can believe in!" That's IT! That, ladies and gentlemen, is the entire Obama message to the world. Actual specifics have been harder to come by than leftovers at an ant picnic. It's time to lay out some of the "change" the left wants us to embrace but that will take up a lot of space. I'll examine the vision the left has for this country in my next posting.... only without the rose colored glasses. Stay tuned, boys and girls, because it gets interesting from here one out!

Back into the fray

I've been out of the political loop for a while. Still monitoring the situation but too busy driving to have time for meaningful commentary. Unfortunately the driving is at a halt right now. ALL work is at a halt due to a ruptured disc in my back at the L4 location. This causes massive waves of pain to radiate down my left hip and leg. From what research I've done via the Internet about 90% of the people with this problem recover after 4 to 6 weeks of rest. That last 10% can require surgery to correct the problem.

I have a 4mm bulge which is pinching off two main nerves. We've tried decompression therapy with no positive progress. We've also tried adjustments to the spine which did help eliminate my frequent headaches and also reduced the lower back pain. However it could not reduce the size of the bulge in the disc... so the pain in the hip and leg persist. Rather than keeping me on short term disability my company (J.B. Hunt) elected to terminate me the very day my insurance coverage was to begin. Actually the decision was made by my dispatcher who is a wet behind the ears punk with too much power and too little experience. Life has a way of balancing the scales on things like this so sooner or later he will receive back in kind that which he has sewn.

Politically it's been an exceptional season. The Obama campaign has been a media driven bag of nothing since the beginning. The candidate himself has so little actual experience that it is inconceivable he is even running. He can, however, read and deliver a speech quite well. I'd also like to point out that when he has no speech to read.... he makes about as much sense as the drooler at the end of the bar. The man cannot make a coherent sentence when on his own.

The second item that just blew my mind was the appointment of Joe Biden as the number 2 guy on the ticket. Joe Biden? My God what were the democrats thinking? "Plugs" Biden brings absolutely nothing to the table for the democrats. Not only does he have no executive experience (like Obama) he has a track record that any sane person would run from. But he is a true democrat. He is in favor of higher taxes, higher energy prices, more restrictions on freedom and liberty, more restrictions on energy production, more destruction on the constitution and the bill of rights and a never ending assault on America itself.

On the right I have to admit that John McCain was not my candidate of choice. Point blank he was selected for us by the media via their attacks on every viable offering on the right. When all the dust they had stirred up had settled McCain was the only person left standing who they had not leveled. Okay.... so we're stuck with an aging war hero..... we could do worse. Once John was the candidate, however, he quickly discovered that his favor with the media was at an end.

Notice how quickly the media turns on anyone they no longer agree with or who cannot do something for them towards destroying the republicans. The democrats are the same way. Joe Lieberman has been removed from all democratic functions and activities in Washington for the crime of exercising his freedom of speech rights at the republican convention. How tolerant. With behavior like that why would anyone with half a brain cell want democrats in charge of anything?

McCain did something I had hoped he would do since the early part of this race. He picked Sara Palin as his running mate. I was aware of this lady early in the year. Her name surfaced very early as a possible but quickly faded in favor of more well known people. While the media was busy running around running down every possible vice presidential candidate Sara remained under the radar.

She has got more executive experience than both Obama and Biden combined! She can form complete sentences on the fly and off the cuff all the while making complete sense. While the media joked that Sara was only as good as her speech writers they failed to make the same comment about Obama. Also.... did the media happen to mention that who ever was running the teleprompter at the convention FAILED to stop it during the applause? Yep! So basically from the first huge round of applause on Sara was speaking off the cuff as the teleprompter was far ahead of where she left off. She still made more sense than anything Obama or Biden said..... with or without a teleprompter.

What this is all going to boil down to is what kind of America do you want to live in down the road? Look at what the democrats have been trying to give us for the past seven years. At every turn they want to raise your taxes. Don't you pay enough already? They tried for the last seven years to undermine our troops, cut their funding and meddle in the conduct of combat operations. Did we not learn anything from Vietnam when they did the exact same things? Since the days of Jimmy Carter they have fought energy production in the United States and joined with the environmentalists to stop the construction of new refineries. If nothing else the Carter years should have taught us the NEED for our own energy production and the wide spread distribution of our refining capacity so a majority of it can stay on line even during hurricanes. They think the constitution should be a "living breathing" document so it can change with the times rather than be strictly interpreted. Would you want to play poker with me if I kept changing the rules to suit the hand I held? Hell no! The rules are what they are to keep things fair for everyone. The Constitution is no different. Look at the treatment of Joe Lieberman and any other democrat who fails to toe the party line. Do you want this kind of intolerance to spread throughout the country? I can live without it... how about you?

GREEN is making me see RED!

I just got July 2008 edition of Popular Science. Normally I look forward to receiving that publication and Popular Mechanics as well. Both used to help keep me abreast of developments in a wide range of interests but, sadly, that trend appears to have died.

A while back the previous editor retired and someone newer and younger took his place. Almost immediately the tone of the publication shifted more to the left. Since the headquarters for Popular Science (and most other monthly publications) is New York City it's a given that liberalism runs rampant.

Still... even a liberal should be able to take an unbiased objective view when it comes to things of a technological nature. In the past there was only the slightest hint of a political overtone in this publication. Certain contributing writers had a slant that they just couldn't help interjecting into and otherwise objective piece.... and one just learned to deal with those situations.

Now... it seems that the inmates have taken over the asylum. The cover this month reads: "ECO-TROPOLIS a blueprint for fresh air + pristine water + cheap energy PLUS 48 Audacious ideas to save the planet!" My God I think I'm going to HURL!

Before you read any further take a moment to listen to the little 3 minute and 15 second sound bite here. It's Charlton Heston reading from the introduction of the book Jurassic Park. It may help you get a grip on all this "Climate Change" hysteria.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozO4YB98mCY

Did anyone manage to grasp the profound implications of that less than 4 minute dissertation? Save the Planet? The planet can get along just dandy without us. It's been going through cyclical changes since it cooled. The ONLY difference is that we just happen to be around to witness one of those cyclical changes this time. I suppose there is a second difference too. A faction of the population is both vain enough and arrogant enough to actually think we're capable to affecting the climate in any meaningful way at all.

To help you get a better grasp on things here is another dandy little link to follow. Since the earth exists on a time scale vastly larger than our own it's necessary to put things into a perspective that we humans can more easily relate to. What this link does is take the entire history of the planet earth and condense it down into one single calendar year. Earth is formed on January 1st and then the progression of history since then is calculated out to other months, days, hours, minutes and seconds. I think you'll find it rather interesting!

http://www.geol.binghamton.edu/~barker/demos/demo15.html

The very first primitive life popped up in march. So life (in general) has been hanging around for roughly 9 months. What about humans? What kind of "time footprint" have we managed to leave? It's rather difficult to pin down with a high degree of accuracy but.... we occupy the last 4 minutes and 45 seconds of the year. Keep in mind that for us to even be that significant we're including Neanderthal man as the starting point of "human"
activity.

Please understand that I'm not arguing that we're just supposed to do what ever we want and not be responsible stewards of our spaceship earth. It is, after all, our life support system as we go whizzing through space, roughly 3/4 the way out on one of the spiral arms of the milky way galaxy, at a breathtaking 447,000 mph! (And yes.. I do have another link if you want to check out that number!) http://en.allexperts.com/q/Astronomy-1360/speed-1.htm

History, brief as it is for the human race, has proven over and over again the wonderful "law of unintended consequences." Simply stated, we humans tend to get too focused on trying to "fix" things and fail to grasp the implications and ramifications of our actions. We know what we want to accomplish but we fail to see beyond that goal.

For example, several decades ago wolves were getting to be a "problem" in Yellowstone National Park. (Humans decided they were a problem... NOT nature) To "solve" this problem hunters "thinned" the population. Unintended consequence? Well... without the natural predators out there in the correct numbers deer, elk, moose and other range mammals had a population explosion. Competition for the dwindling food supply (now technically smaller because the same amount of range land had to support a greater number of feeders) meant that a greater number of animals were malnourished. Sickness and disease spread and the herds were now in danger of vanishing entirely. The "cure" for that problem..... the reintroduction of wolves into the habitat.

What we have to remember is that climate change happens. We didn't cause it this time just like we didn't cause it the millions of times it's happened before. Our job is to adapt! If we try to "fix" something that nature has been doing for millions of years all that's going to happen is that we're going to waste untold trillions of dollars and that law of unintended consequences is going to jump up and bite us in the butt for it.

A parting thought from America's foremost good stewards of mother earth.... the Native American Indian. Their wisdom: "We do not inherit the earth from our forefathers... we borrow it from our children."

Media Bias 101 (The short course)

Okay.... pay close attention to this material as there WILL be a test at the end of the blog! Now that I have your attention let's examine todays main stream media and, using a current hot topic item, see how their bias affects how they report.

We've all been beaten to death these past several months about the "housing crisis" by the media. Day after day some doe eyed reporter gets almost tearful as she recounts some horror caused by evil predatory lenders who caused some poor family to lose their home. Okay... granted that makes a lovely human interest story but it barely ranks as news.... unless one has an agenda they are trying to advance.

I've discussed the sub-prime loan issue previously but for those who may have missed it a brief recap: Congress mandated that lending institutions make mortgages available to lower income people. Please note that this was NOT the idea of the lenders! Congress felt it was "unfair" that some people could afford to buy a home but others couldn't.... so they mandated that financial institutions make loans available to people who could not otherwise qualify. Prior to the Congressional meddling the lending institutions operated using a risk assessment model which calculated which potential mortgage clients were acceptable risks and which were not.

Using that same logic Congress should also mandate that States make drivers licenses available to blind people since it's unfair that they not be permitted to drive. In support of their argument they could point to the fact that drive up ATM machines already have braille instructions thus the blind should be able to drive to them. (an oddity that I've yet to figure out)

At any rate the lending institutions had no choice but to comply or have Congress bring the full force of government to bear against them. The ARM (Adjustable Rate Mortgage) came into existence as a result. In theory people with low incomes could now get a housing loan with an interest rate that gradually increased over time. This permitted someone to buy more house than they could afford because the initial payment was so low.

The rest of the theory was that these people were suppose to improve their positions in life, through education or other means, so as to make more money.... so when the rate increase came they would be in a financial position to afford it. Obviously that did not happen. (Perhaps Congress should have mandated it)

Okay.... so with that background we fast forward to the present where, all of a sudden, it's all the fault of the lending institutions and their greed. Notice how Congress isn't even mentioned? As usual they are all standing around like innocent bystanders pointing fingers at the banks. The press totally ignores their roll in this entire matter. What you end up with is an evening news story that goes something like this:

"Today in sunny southern California the American dream came to a tearful end for yet another struggling family as the bank foreclosed on their home. John and Mary X had dreams of watching their three children grow up in that home... but their dreams are all shattered now as they are forced out by the bank. And across America the story is the same as thousands of other families face this same looming crisis."

John and Mary are the "victims" of the evil bank. It's all the banks fault that they are loosing their home. Would John and Mary have qualified for a home loan prior to the Congressional meddling in the industry? Probably not. Banks are in business to make money. [SHOCK!] Thus if they felt that John and Mary were a high risk couple they probably would have been denied a home loan.

Is that evil? Of course not.... it's business and nothing more. Not everyone can afford everything. [yet another SHOCK!] You can afford to buy a car but you probably cannot afford that car to be a Rolls Royce. That's neither fair nor unfair.... it's life 101. Same with housing. Some people can afford a house... some cannot. For those who cannot there are the options to rent, lease, or live in an apartment. You are NOT being denied housing..... that is still available.

Due to the bias of the Media this non-story continues to be painted as nothing more than the greed of evil corporations who have nothing else to do but figure out ways to destroy average American families. Of course because George Bush is President.... and he's a republican... it's all his fault. George Bush wants to destroy average American families and deny them the American Dream. Horse hockey!

Let's suppose, for a moment, that suddenly a democrat is President. (that scares the hell out of me but we need this for the sake of illustration) There is historical proof that the way news is reported changes based solely upon the political affiliation of the person in the oval office. On November 4th 1992, Bill Clinton defeated George H. W. Bush to become the nations 42nd President. All during the Bush years the economy was painted as being a quagmire. The Clinton campaign hammered at the "poor economy" as a reason to elect him and Gore. "It's the economy, stupid!" was a slogan coined by adviser James Carville.

What is amazing is that while the economy was said to have been in the toilet for the entire Reagan and Bush era... less than a week after Clinton won the election suddenly the economy was being reported as doing much better! Bear in mind Clinton wasn't even in the white house yet.... nothing of his administration was even in place..... but the very fact that he was going to be the next occupant of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue somehow caused the whole US economy to do a 180 in a matter of days.

So if we suddenly had a democrat in the white house today.... how might this housing "crisis" be reported? Well.... every coin has two sides. Kinda like the earth and the sun.... which, now that I think about it, makes the perfect illustration! (Sometimes I'm so good I scare myself!) If a republican is in office what is reported on is the side of the earth away from the sun. Day after day story after story about how the darkness persists... gloom everywhere... no end in sight. Put a democrat in the oval office and suddenly the sun is shining and everything is warm and wonderful. And now.... the evening news:

"The good news for home buyers just keeps getting better as prices for existing homes continue to drop. "It's truly a buyers market" says one housing analyst we spoke with today. "The positive fall out of the sub-prime market problem is that we're now seeing a lot of quality houses coming on the market at very reasonable prices." the analyst said. With interest rates near all time lows it looks like the perfect time to consider buying a home. The White House issued a statement saying it was pleased that the American dream was now an affordable reality for more average Americans."

It's the same economy folks and the very same story. The only difference is the political spin put on the subject matter dictated by which party holds the Oval Office. With the main stream media being little more than another wing of the democrat party (and not even apologetic about that any more) it's little wonder that the vast majority of the news being reported carries a negative slant.

Notice how Iraq isn't front page anymore? Ever wonder why? It's because things are going SO well over there that the press has nothing to report! If they did honestly report the situation in Iraq then that would make President Bush and his administration look good.... and they simply can't have that. It's not a part of the news template and it doesn't advance their story line.... so it never sees the light of day.

Mark my words though. IF by some cruel twist of fate a democrat makes it into the oval office we will start to see news of Iraq again. Suddenly all the good news that they are spiking now will find it's way to the front page. It's not the news.... it's what party is in the White House.

END OF COURSE TEST:

Todays main stream media is generally bias in their reporting.

True or False



ANSWER:

If you selected True then give yourself a score of 100 and take the rest of the day off.

If you selected False please go back and re-read this post.... and for God's sake pay attention this time.

Liberal fiction VS scientific fact

Well boys and girls.... having extra time on my hands means having time to root out eeeevil and shine the light of truth on Liberal propaganda. (also known as lies in the land of the non politically correct... where I live quite happily) Since "Global Warming" has given way to "Climate Change" lately we'll just shoot a king size ozone hole in that one for starters.

Anyone who has been outside lately has probably discovered that it's not all that darn toasty outside. As a matter of fact this is the coolest it's been this time of year for the past 114 years. Thus all that global warming hype wasn't floating too well. Tough to get folks alarmed about stuff heating up while you're reaching for a jacket.

Still the left has shifted gears and now "Climate Change" is the big bug-a-boo we all are supposed to be worrying about. (Question....when was the last time the left wanted us to be happy about something?) [shrug] CO2 has been made out to be this really BAD gas that we just simply have to control before dire things happen atmospherically. (BTW... gases, like guns, are morally neutral.... neither good nor bad... okay)

Fortunately for thinking folks there are sources of information which bring to bear something known as scientific investigation on these matters. Scientific "consensus" is not a legitimate investigatory tool. Nope! In the world of science things must be proven via empirical evidence which is a fancy way of saying to have you be able to formulate an experiment or point to an established data set which can repeatably verify your theory or hypothesis. Also in the world of REAL science it is customary to constantly attempt to DISPROVE the prevailing theory or hypothesis. Theories and hypothesis's become LAWS when they cannot be proven to be false via standard scientific methodology. For the record... NO ONE in the climate change tank has even once attempted to disprove their "theories" on the matter. (I wonder what they fear?)

Blog Spot is home to many. Some pretty normal (and I use the term lightly) folks like myself and others with some genuine big league gray matter. The following link will take you to the blog of a Czech physicist who will enlighten you about CO2.

http://motls.blogspot.com/2006/07/carbon-dioxide-and-temperatures-ice.html

I don't expect everyone to have read that entire blog article at this point. Mr. Motl (A real physicist BTW) has a wonderful knack for being able to simplify things and create verbal illustrations which lead the reader to correct conclusions. If you have the time I'd encourage you to wade through the entire article.... even if that takes a couple of days.

Basically what we're looking at is causality. The Climate Change bunch is attempting to place the root cause of cyclical warming at the feet of CO2. The atmosphere is warmer so CO2 HAS to be the reason and human activity the cause. B follows A so A must cause B.

Let's see how that is wrong. In our example "A" is the fact that it's 6 AM. "B" is the rising sun. Thus the fact that it's 6 AM caused the sun to rise. Correct? If so why doesn't the sun rise at exactly 6 AM every morning? Flawed thinking at it's best.

Mr. Motl also illustrates quite nicely that other atmospheric gas concentrations increased at almost exactly the same rate and at the same time as the CO2 level. Hmmmmmm.... Does that mean that the increase in the CO2 level caused the levels of those other gases to increase? Hardly. When examined as a whole system we note an odd fact the left would prefer that you not be aware of. That painful fact is that an increase in temperature PRECEDED all the increases in atmospheric gas levels...... NOT the other way around.

Look at the earth.... it's roughly 70% water. Water has the ability to hold various gases in solution and the amount of gas held in solution varies with the temperature of the liquid. Warmer liquid holds less gas. Thus.... as the earths oceans warm.... something called "out gassing" occurs. Co2, CH4 and other gases come out of solution and re-enter the atmosphere from which they came originally.

This is the very basic science the left wants you to remain blissfully ignorant of as you blindly fork over additional tax dollars to "prevent" something from happening that is a natural earth process. In the land of the non brain dead this is known as "Follow the money" and also "follow the power". Those attempting to perpetrate this hoax crave both and count on people being sufficiently stupid (and guilty feeling in the case of other Liberals) to fall for this line of crap hook line and sinker. Sorry.... your liberal education (indoctrination) system hasn't yet eliminated all rational thinking people from the American landscape.

Stay tuned! More debunking of Liberal Lies and mythology to come!

Where is the OUTRAGE?

Blitzer: Bush injects himself into Democratic politics

Posted: 04:11 PM ET

From CNN Anchor Wolf Blitzer

Blitzer: Bush seemed to be suggesting that Democrats wouldn't be tough enough on terror

WASHINGTON (CNN) – Whether it was deliberate or not, President Bush now has directly interfered in the Democratic presidential battle in this final stage of the nominating process. His Knesset speech in Jerusalem on the 60th anniversary of Israel’s independence was widely seen as raising serious last-minute warnings about Barack Obama’s foreign policy strategy.

“Some seem to believe that we should negotiate with terrorists and radicals, as if some ingenious argument will persuade them they have been wrong all along,” he said, without referring to Obama by name. “We have heard this foolish delusion before.”

And then, the president dropped the bombshell – making the comparison to the appeasement of Hitler and the Nazis.

His remarks were seen as a direct condemnation of Obama’s assertion that he, as president, would be willing to meet directly with the leaders of Iran, North Korea, and Venezuela – among others.

There is no doubt that Obama’s critics, especially Republicans, want to raise questions about his readiness to be commander in chief. They think that his experience is limited. They also say that on many national security issues, he’s a blank slate.

So is the president’s assertion in Jerusalem his way of raising some flags even at this last moment? I don’t know. I do know that those kinds of pointed words don’t get into a carefully-drafted presidential speech without a lot of consideration and discussion.

Filed under: Wolf Blitzer

The above full quoted text is purported to be political journalism by Mr. Blitzer. How DARE the President of the United States make a political comment about the policies of the country he heads! HOW DARE HE!! Especially if democrats disagree!

Oh! Typical of the media arm of the democrat party the President's speech before the Knesset was just over 22 minutes in length. Of that Mr. Blitzer pulls TWO sentences to base an entire article upon. There were roughly 350 comments appended to this brief article but I spared you the tedium of having to wade through their radical left wing deranged rambling. Nearly all referred to the President in some derogatory term, most commented on how "stupid" he is, the majority contained spelling errors, grammatical errors or both.

As for the presumption of the President being stupid. To me it would be well worth the expense to put each and every individual who thinks that way in the cockpit of an F-102 Delta Dagger and have them simply take off and land from an aircraft carrier. Hey! Our "stupid" President can do it... should be a piece of cake for "really smart" people, huh? Unfortunately.... we simply don't have enough of those aircraft for the task..... perhaps we could get one "genius" to pilot and just strap a few dozen lesser intellects on the wings. That exercise alone would probably elevate the average IQ of the country by 15 points.

Now about the title.... Where is the OUTRAGE? What I mean is where is the outrage by the conservatives and the republican (small "r" until they grow a pair) party over this sort of slant journalism? The media and the democrat party have been criticizing and undermining the President's ability to conduct foreign affairs since he was elected! Day in and day out! With the cable channels it a 24/7 non-stop assault of lies, half truths, misstatements, statements taken out of context and just plain old made up stuff if nothing else works.

Every single day there is the usual parade of Liberal talking heads and democrat (small "d" until they grow some brains) politicians on the "news" networks. It's a sickening non-stop hate fest as these mental midgets disparage the administration, it's policies and it's elected leader without ONCE offering a plan beyond surrender and appeasement. Surrender and appeasement seem to be their solution to every international problem. All internal "problems" such as nearly full employment and a booming economy can be solved with massive tax increases... but I digress.

For all of President Bush's first term and, so far, all of his second term the media and the radical left (read today's democrat party) have done nothing but speak ill and evil of the President and his administration. One of the candidates for President even went so far as to indicate that the new "patriotism" consists of nothing more than being in constant disagreement with the administration. I wonder how she'll feel about that "policy" IF she happens to find her butt filling the big chair in the oval office? My guess is that she'll be really upset there aren't gulags in America..... yet. Perhaps she could make a deal with Mr. Putin.

I'm retired military and I can tell you first hand that no one likes going to war. It's a decision no President wants to make or makes lightly. It's a nasty business in nasty places and the costs in both men and material are staggering. That being said the Constitution places upon the President (Commander in Chief) the responsibility of defending both the Constitution and the Nation. The people who proudly volunteer to serve this great country as members of the armed forces all understand that conflict or war is a possibility during their period of service. These are the people who understand fully that some things ARE worth fighting for yet train every day in the hope that their skills will not be needed in conflict.

The folks doing all the bitching and moaning are the sames ones who, every single day, gave all their lunch money to the playground bully. They lacked the intestinal fortitude then to stand for anything and they still display that same lack of self respect. What they offer to try to placate their feelings of inadequacy is loathing for anyone who has the courage and the conviction to stand for something. Why the Vidkin Quisling's and Neville Chamberlain's of this world are propped up as hero's by the left.... even after history has shown their actions to be 100% wrong is beyond me. Yet... the left today still talks of appeasement. It is one of the altars at which the liberal pray.

So long as the left and the Liberals have a stranglehold on both the media and the "education" (indoctrination) system in this country the slant "journalism" and one sided "reporting" will continue. The government schools will continue to crank out brainwashed skulls full of mush who have been force fed the rewritten history of this great nation. Kids are being taught that Ronald Reagan nearly destroyed the world (ended the cold war by confronting the Soviets) while Bill Clinton (blow jobs off the oval office and stained blue dresses) was the greatest President in the history of the world. The first.... a man who loved this country more than anything, lauded it's greatness to the world and had so much respect for the office he refused to even remove his suit jacket while in it! The second... a man who still loves himself more than anything, tears down this country today every chance he gets and disrespected the office enough to drop trow in it. Kids today can't even see the difference. Some education.

Semi-Annual Update

It's not that there hasn't been a great deal happening out there. It's happened but I've been too busy to comment. Those of you who are totally outraged over this may comment at: "LikeICareYourFeathersAreRuffled.com" where everything instantly disappears down a quantum black hole I keep in a nuclear powered gravitational containment field. The rest of you may continue reading happily.

Politics has been the main topic driving the main scream media these past several months. Naturally those folks have been in the tank for the two Liberal candidates which has them in a tizzy. What are they to do? There is the opportunity to elect the first woman president. There is also the opportunity to elect the first black President. (Bill Clinton gets kicked off top billing there if that happens) Unfortunately the woman and the black aren't the same person so they are forced to choose between them. That means making some sort of decision... which is similar to passing judgment. This, of course, means their heads are about to explode since being judgmental is not politically correct.

On the other side of the isle is John McCain who is basically just another liberal democrat. The only difference is that he's wearing a bad fitting elephant suit and is older than the other democrats. We had several viable candidates at the onset of the political season. McCain was anointed by the media (proving he's a liberal) while all the others were either ignored to death or had the typical media hatchet jobs run on them. (Proving they were viable candidates) Media has become just another wing of the democrat party and they really make no bones about that fact. Why this is permitted to continue is beyond me.

The economy has been another driving issue for the media. The more one listens to the main stream media the more one realizes (if their brains still work) that their template is based on WW2 German propaganda. "Tell a lie, tell it often enough.... and it becomes the truth." Every single day the media tells horror stories about how bad the economy is. "Stories" is the optimum term here since there are NO facts to back up anything they say.

Any of you drive a car? Been more than 100 miles from your house lately? Seen any cranes putting up new buildings on your drive? Here in Dallas there were 18 cranes in the downtown area alone earlier this week. In the outlying areas and suburbs the count goes far higher and the total number of square feet of floor space under construction is staggering!

Now then... lets do a simple exercise in economics. (I promise this won't hurt) As a business your main goal is to make a profit for your company and (if applicable) your share holders. Thus you make your business decisions based on the potential to generate a profit. So ask yourself this simple question: IF the economy is really as bad as the media says.... WHY is so much new construction going on? Wouldn't weak economic indicators tell managers and CEO's that it's not a favorable time to make capital investments?

The only conclusion one can come to is that managers and CEO's are seeing a vastly different picture than the one the media is attempting to paint. I've outlined the stock market rise before. The short version is that the market has risen more in 6 years under George W. Bush than is did from its founding until the time he took office! Markets don't do that if there is a giant whirlpool out there sucking the economic life out of the country. Truth is... the economy is going gangbusters! It's so strong it might even be able to withstand a democrat being elected President. (perish the thought!)

"Global Warming" has wained somewhat and is gradually being replaced by the term "Climate Change" since that is far less limiting. Kinda like the difference between having to make a basket from half court or standing on the rim of the grand canyon and seeing if you can hit the hole. Climate Change encompasses literally everything happening globally so far a climate is concerned. What still amazes me that the number of otherwise intelligent people who buy this line of tripe as if it were gospel. (some liken the Global Warming and Climate Change crowd to a religious movement due to their belief in things they cannot prove)

Okay.... another pain free short course on the climate. IT CHANGES! I know... you're all shocked.... but that's just the way it is. Been that way since the necessary gases needed to form an atmosphere accumulated around a cooling chunk of rock soon to be called Earth. SO! We have a group of radicals who realize that the climate changes.... and figure out a way by which they can dupe a percentage of the inhabitants of the Earth into thinking that THEY are to blame and can actually do something to change things. As you might rightly suspect the vast majority of the duped are liberals who just love to feel guilty. They also like to feel important... show people that they care... so they pile on the band wagon. (Think Ford T-Bird in Thelma and Louise)

Here is a little test for you climate change idiots. The global climate is such a huge complex thing.... I won't make it that difficult for you.... we'll work on a smaller scale. I live in tornado alley so that's a nice place to start. You say that if we all do our part we can change the climate on a global scale..... or are guilty of already having done that. If you believe that mankind can change climate.... prove it to me. Pick a thunderstorm..... make it easy on yourselves and pick a small one. Now then.... stop it. Nothing fancy... just simply stop one little bitty thunderstorm. If that's too tough.... just steer it clear of populated areas so as to minimize damage. What? You can't do that? You can't alter the course or duration of ONE little bitty storm yet you are arrogant enough to want us to buy the notion we can somehow affect the climate of the entire planet?

While we can terraform the Earth, reshape coast lines and do a number of other interesting things... we're not yet omnipotent enough to affect climate much beyond the micro level. Take Dallas/Fort Worth for example. In the winter it rarely snows here even though it may snow all around the metroplex. Why? Micro-climate. We've altered the natural terrain enough so as to capture more of the suns energy in our roads, parking lots and buildings. This captured heat keeps the air around it slightly warmer which makes meaningful snowfall fairly difficult. The Dallas area usually gets freezing rain or drizzle rather than snow.... until such time as those heat sink surfaces have cooled enough to minimize the impact on the local micro-climate. Beyond this micro level we have about as much impact on the global climate as a fart in a hurricane.


Okay.... for however many of you are out there reading this... I'll be getting back into the habit of commenting more frequently.... so strap yourselves in....it's going to be a rough ride!