Wednesday, March 05, 2008
Chicago will soon be the highest taxed city in the nation with a 10.25% sales tax! “ Windy City ” residents let me know how that works out for you in a recession.
Lingerie giant Victoria Secret says they have become too sexy! This may be the only time you will see lingerie, giant and sexy used together.
Monday, March 03, 2008
Remembering the great WFB
A lot is being said in memory of William F. Buckley this week. Here are some of my favorites. I will continue to add to this list as I find them.Before Goldwater or Reagan, there was Buckley. Here are some reactions to the death of the founder of modern day conservatism William F. Buckley Jr. Including comments from President George W. Bush and Newt Gingrich.
Peggy Noonan remembers William F. Buckley Jr.
God and Man and Bill, William McGurn, former speechwriter for President George W. Bush and former employee of National Review remembers WFB.
Up from Liberalism, The Wall Street Journal remembers WFB.
Peggy Noonan remembers William F. Buckley Jr.
God and Man and Bill, William McGurn, former speechwriter for President George W. Bush and former employee of National Review remembers WFB.
Up from Liberalism, The Wall Street Journal remembers WFB.
Angelina Jolie: U.S. has a moral obligation to Stay In Iraq
After recently visiting Iraq in her new role as a “goodwill ambassador” for the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie says the U.S. has a moral obligation to stay in Iraq .Here is part of what she wrote from a well-written Washington Post op-ed piece:
“…My visit left me even more deeply convinced that we not only have a moral obligation to help displaced Iraqi families, but also a serious, long-term, national security interest in ending this crisis…
Today's humanitarian crises in Iraq --and the potential consequences for our national security--are great. Can the United States afford to gamble that 4 million or more poor and displaced people, in the heart of Middle East , won't explode in violent desperation, sending the whole region into further disorder? . . .
As for the question of whether the surge is working, I can only state what I witnessed: U.N. staff and those of non-governmental organizations seem to feel they have the right set of circumstances to attempt to scale up their programs. And when I asked the troops if they wanted to go home as soon as possible, they said that they miss home but feel invested in Iraq . They have lost many friends and want to be a part of the humanitarian progress they now feel is possible.
It seems to me that now is the moment to address the humanitarian side of this situation. Without the right support, we could miss an opportunity to do some of the good we always stated we intended to do.
Of course I don’t agree with everything she writes here, as I am not a fan of UN involvement, but I will admit, I am impressed with a well thought out argument from a Hollywood starlet. Especially, when what we usually get from Tinsel town is anti-war blanket statements with no substance.
It seems to me that this should be the Democrats plan or solution for Iraq other than a cut and run defeat, but Jolie’s plan is quite contrast with the attitude of Democrat presidential hopefuls Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton though.
Both Clinton and Obama want to remove troops from the region. In fact, front-runner Obama said last summer even preventing genocide was not a sufficient reason for a continuing presence in Iraq , and Clinton claims no link between Iraq and national security.
Score one up for Jolie who is able to recognize our moral obligation and national security risks in Iraq . Something the entire Democrat Party has not been able to see as they are poised to nominate Barack Obama.
Oklahoma and Utah take right approach to gun laws on college campuses.
A bill is being proposed in Oklahoma that would allow college students to carry concealed weapons on campus. It would allow students who are at least 21 years old and licensed to carry a concealed weapon to carry them on government college and university campuses in Oklahoma .
The bill proposed by Republican House Representative Jason Murphey who says it will allow students to defend themselves, but the greater value of such a law would be the potential shooter might be hesitant to come onto a college campus where he doesn’t know who is armed and able to defend themselves.
Murphey proposed the bill after recent college shootings on the campuses of Northern Illinois University and Virginia Tech.
Murphey is absolutely right, and I hope this bill passes. College students should have the right to defend themselves just as anyone else.
The bill proposed by Republican House Representative Jason Murphey who says it will allow students to defend themselves, but the greater value of such a law would be the potential shooter might be hesitant to come onto a college campus where he doesn’t know who is armed and able to defend themselves.
Murphey proposed the bill after recent college shootings on the campuses of Northern Illinois University and Virginia Tech.
Murphey is absolutely right, and I hope this bill passes. College students should have the right to defend themselves just as anyone else.
Passenger at Tampa International Airport arrested with box cutter in hallowed out book.
21 year old Benjamin Baines Jr. of Clearwater , Fla. was arrested at Tampa International Airport after security personnel found a box cutter in a hallowed out book titled, “Fear Itself.”Officers searched his back pack and found several books titled, “Muhammad in the Bible,” “The Prophet’s Prayer” and “The Noble Qur’an.” He also had a copy of the Quran and the Bible.
Baines told officers he was moving to Las Vegas and forgot the box cutter was in the book.
Yes, I hallow out books all the time and forget where I put my box cutters too.
Several sheets of rap lyrics referring to police, narcotics, weapons and killings were also found in Baines’ backpack. He said he was a rapper who writes his own lyrics and rap music writers need to “play the part.”
Well, Mr. Baines, you are certainly “playing the part” now. Enjoy your time “playing the part” in the slammer.
I am not running for president either
Michael Bloomberg takes to the op-ed page of the New York Times to announce he is not going to run for president.
“I listened carefully to those who encouraged me to run, but I am not -- and will not be -- a candidate for president.”
Well, we can all sleep better tonight knowing that.
Just for the record, I am not running for president either. Since the NYT would probably never print an op-ed from the Big T, if you know any readers of the NYT could you please pass this equally important announcement... Thanks.
“I listened carefully to those who encouraged me to run, but I am not -- and will not be -- a candidate for president.”
Well, we can all sleep better tonight knowing that.
Just for the record, I am not running for president either. Since the NYT would probably never print an op-ed from the Big T, if you know any readers of the NYT could you please pass this equally important announcement... Thanks.
Big T's Suggested Reading and Viewing from around the web.
Looks like Hillary will try to play Texas Caucus Hardball tomorrow. Basically, she is going to try and rob Texas from Obama. I am telling you folks, this woman will do anything to win.
San Francisco has launched an advertising campaign claiming the city a sanctuary for illegal immigrants all at the expense of taxpayers.
In 1970s we had the Dayton housewife, and then there were angry white men, soccer moms and NASCAR dads. Now there are waitress moms??? .
The U.S. now has the highest ratio of people in prison than anyone in the world! One out of every 100 adults is in jail or prison. This cost taxpayers more than 49 billion last year. I wonder how many of those are from drug related convictions.
Thought you might like to know what CAIR is up to lately. They are calling on local, state and national law enforcement authorities to investigate an incident at a mall in Louisiana where a Muslim woman was kicked out for refusing to remove her hijab.
U.N. Human Rights Council has accused the Department of Housing and Urban Development of denying the "internationally recognized human rights" of New Orleans residents… Why do we continue to fund this organization?
The Kenyans are demanding an apology from the U.S. government over the photo of Barack Obama in traditional Somali dress. If an apology is not issued, they say they will expel US troops based in the town of Garissa … just a thought, but has Obama even got an apology yet?
Proposed legislation in King County Washington would allow the county to reject development projects if they have the potential to contribute to global warming.
Anheuser-Bush Corp is going to open four theme parks in Dubai including a Sea World, Aquatica, Busch Gardens and Discovery Cove.
Here is some kewl beans. Cooking with Coolio: Spinach even your kids will eat! Yeah, the rapper Coolio, who knew he could cook? Shockazoolu!!! I love it.
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
The Greatest Conservative Mind Of Our Time William F. Buckley Jr. dies at 82
William F. Buckley has passed away. It was either last night or early this morning. I am completely taken by surprise by this. I knew he was sick, has been for a while, but there was no signs he was about to go. He was working on a book, his memoirs of Barry Goldwater. I was truly looking forward to reading, and he also had plans for a book about Ronald Reagan.
Although I have never met either one, Buckley and Reagan have no doubt had a profound impact and influence on my views of the political spectrum. Buckley definitely played a bigger part in forming my views though.
I have to go back to my early teens to recount my knowledge of Buckley. I was 13, 14 years old and school was never my forte. I absolutely hated school. For me school was like this prison and I felt like I was being controlled. When I feel like that, I try to escape. I revolt, and don’t want any part of it. So school was not very productive for me. I did learn some things there, but most of my learning and my desire to learn came from outside the classroom.
At that time, Desert Storm had just kicked off in Iraq, and I was already a news junkie. I was glued to the TV, reading newspapers and magazines every chance I got. I remember being at a friend’s house and seeing for the first time a copy of National Review and reading Buckley’s column. I was completely taken in by it. It was the things Buckley wrote in those columns that created my desire to learn. His elegant use of the English language was motivation for me to read, write, speak and expand my vocabulary the best I could.
Buckley is simply irreplaceable. There will never be another one like him. Even though he inspired me to learn as much as I can, it didn’t help in the classroom. I went to college at 18 and struggled for a year. I flunked out, showed up for every class and still flunked. I just couldn’t hack the classroom environment. I could read, loved to read, just not textbooks. In fact, one of my all time favorite books is Buckley’s “God and Man at Yale.” I read it when I was 16. I still love to read and can read a 200 page book in two days or less.
Anyways, I quit school. I remember telling my parents I quit school. I think it may have been the most disappointing day of their life. I am still the only one of their children without a college degree. My two brothers both have bachelor’s degrees. So far I am making it without one, but I have recently given another stab at school. So far I am doing all right.
I have learned so much from the writings of Buckley. He has helped shape my views on politics and culture. In fact my understanding of lowering taxes to generate revenue came from Buckley.
I have since become a writer myself and have been published in several newspapers, magazines and online publications. One of the lessons I have taken from Buckley is to not compromise my beliefs. Just like Buckley there are some issues I find myself at odds with conservatives.
Buckley advocated for the decriminalization of marijuana, and I agree. I think we should end the non-winnable war on drugs and spend the money on prevention. Buckley came to oppose the Iraq war. Although I don’t oppose the war itself, at times I have been highly critical about how the Bush administration has handled the war. We both agreed President Bush is not a conservative. The only thing I think I ever fully disagreed with Buckley on was the giving up control of the Panama Canal.
Buckley was definitely one of the greatest intellectual writers of my time. If I can be half of the writer he was I will consider it a success.
Ronald Reagan is usually given credit to being the leader of the modern day conservative movement, but before Reagan, there was William F. Buckley Jr.
Buckley was the true founder of the modern day conservative movement and by far the greatest conservative mind of our time.
Editor, columnist, novelist, debater, TV talk show host of “Firing Line,” trans-oceanic sailor, and elegant master of the English language, the 1950 Yale honor graduate was able to legitimize conservatism as an intellectual and political movement with intelligent, educated, witty charm never seen before.
In 1955 Buckley founded the biweekly magazine National Review and declared his proposal to stand “athwart history, yelling ‘Stop’ at a time when no one was inclined to do so, or to have much patience with those who urge it.” Through his efforts he revived conservative ideology.
Buckley helped found the Young Americans for Freedom in 1960.
Buckley had a falling out with liberal Republicans in New York City in 1961 and was among the founders of the Conservative Party. He was the party’s candidate for mayor in 1965, running with a deep distaste against liberal republican Mayor John V. Lindsay. Buckley had no intentions of winning and when asked what he would do if he won, he said, “I’d demand a recount.”
Buckley also found himself at odds with the archconservative group John Birch Society, who were a growing force in the 1950s and 1960s. His articles cost the group their respectability with conservatives and Richard Nixon once said. “I couldn’t have accomplished that. Liberals couldn’t have, either.”
Although I have never met either one, Buckley and Reagan have no doubt had a profound impact and influence on my views of the political spectrum. Buckley definitely played a bigger part in forming my views though.
I have to go back to my early teens to recount my knowledge of Buckley. I was 13, 14 years old and school was never my forte. I absolutely hated school. For me school was like this prison and I felt like I was being controlled. When I feel like that, I try to escape. I revolt, and don’t want any part of it. So school was not very productive for me. I did learn some things there, but most of my learning and my desire to learn came from outside the classroom.
At that time, Desert Storm had just kicked off in Iraq, and I was already a news junkie. I was glued to the TV, reading newspapers and magazines every chance I got. I remember being at a friend’s house and seeing for the first time a copy of National Review and reading Buckley’s column. I was completely taken in by it. It was the things Buckley wrote in those columns that created my desire to learn. His elegant use of the English language was motivation for me to read, write, speak and expand my vocabulary the best I could.
Buckley is simply irreplaceable. There will never be another one like him. Even though he inspired me to learn as much as I can, it didn’t help in the classroom. I went to college at 18 and struggled for a year. I flunked out, showed up for every class and still flunked. I just couldn’t hack the classroom environment. I could read, loved to read, just not textbooks. In fact, one of my all time favorite books is Buckley’s “God and Man at Yale.” I read it when I was 16. I still love to read and can read a 200 page book in two days or less.
Anyways, I quit school. I remember telling my parents I quit school. I think it may have been the most disappointing day of their life. I am still the only one of their children without a college degree. My two brothers both have bachelor’s degrees. So far I am making it without one, but I have recently given another stab at school. So far I am doing all right.
I have learned so much from the writings of Buckley. He has helped shape my views on politics and culture. In fact my understanding of lowering taxes to generate revenue came from Buckley.
I have since become a writer myself and have been published in several newspapers, magazines and online publications. One of the lessons I have taken from Buckley is to not compromise my beliefs. Just like Buckley there are some issues I find myself at odds with conservatives.
Buckley advocated for the decriminalization of marijuana, and I agree. I think we should end the non-winnable war on drugs and spend the money on prevention. Buckley came to oppose the Iraq war. Although I don’t oppose the war itself, at times I have been highly critical about how the Bush administration has handled the war. We both agreed President Bush is not a conservative. The only thing I think I ever fully disagreed with Buckley on was the giving up control of the Panama Canal.
Buckley was definitely one of the greatest intellectual writers of my time. If I can be half of the writer he was I will consider it a success.
Ronald Reagan is usually given credit to being the leader of the modern day conservative movement, but before Reagan, there was William F. Buckley Jr.
Buckley was the true founder of the modern day conservative movement and by far the greatest conservative mind of our time.
Editor, columnist, novelist, debater, TV talk show host of “Firing Line,” trans-oceanic sailor, and elegant master of the English language, the 1950 Yale honor graduate was able to legitimize conservatism as an intellectual and political movement with intelligent, educated, witty charm never seen before.
In 1955 Buckley founded the biweekly magazine National Review and declared his proposal to stand “athwart history, yelling ‘Stop’ at a time when no one was inclined to do so, or to have much patience with those who urge it.” Through his efforts he revived conservative ideology.
Buckley helped found the Young Americans for Freedom in 1960.
Buckley had a falling out with liberal Republicans in New York City in 1961 and was among the founders of the Conservative Party. He was the party’s candidate for mayor in 1965, running with a deep distaste against liberal republican Mayor John V. Lindsay. Buckley had no intentions of winning and when asked what he would do if he won, he said, “I’d demand a recount.”
Buckley also found himself at odds with the archconservative group John Birch Society, who were a growing force in the 1950s and 1960s. His articles cost the group their respectability with conservatives and Richard Nixon once said. “I couldn’t have accomplished that. Liberals couldn’t have, either.”
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
The Big T Pic of the Day
Obamalievable!!!
Is this a Hillary smear tactic? I wouldn't put it past her. She willdo anything to get elected.
Hillary and the photo attack on Obama
Well folks, it was bound to happen. We are a week out from what could be the death of Hillary Clinton’s chance to win the nomination. It should be no surprise an attack on Obama circulated this weekend.
Matt Drudge of the well known website The Drudge Report posted a photograph of Barack Obama dressed in a white turban and robe on Monday. He claims was sent e-mailed over the weekend from “Clinton staffers.”
The photo is from a trip the senator took to Kenya in 2006, where he was presented with the clothes from village elders.
In an interview with WOAI radio in San Antonio Barack defended the outfit.
"Everybody knows that whether it's me or Senator Clinton or Bill Clinton that when you travel to other countries they ask you to try on traditional garb that you have been given as a gift," he said. "The notion that the Clinton campaign would be trying to circulate this as a negative on the same day that Senator Clinton was giving a speech about how we repair our relationships around the world is sad."
Of course Hillary Clinton claims she knows nothing about the photo…
Yeah, she knows nothing about it…right. Just like she didn’t know where those Rose Law Firm billing records were, or who hired Craig Livingston, had no idea her husband was planning to pardon some Puerto Rican thugs to help her election chances in New York, and the whole Monica Lewinsky thing was dreamed up by the “vast right winged conspiracy.”
Now Obama is correct in his defense. Politicians frequently were attire according to the culture when abroad. When in Rome do as the Romans do. I am sure if we looked hard enough we could find all kinds of photos of Hillary in strange outfits. So why would she leak a photo? What is the deal?
Simple…The Clinton camp knew this was a clever way to play the Muslim and race card unnoticed. Obama is not your typical white politician dressing up in African robes, he is a black politician dressed up as an African leader. She also knows Obama wearing a turban makes him appear to be Muslim!
This is a sleazy cheap shot from a despicable woman that will do anything to get elected.
Matt Drudge of the well known website The Drudge Report posted a photograph of Barack Obama dressed in a white turban and robe on Monday. He claims was sent e-mailed over the weekend from “Clinton staffers.”
The photo is from a trip the senator took to Kenya in 2006, where he was presented with the clothes from village elders.
In an interview with WOAI radio in San Antonio Barack defended the outfit.
"Everybody knows that whether it's me or Senator Clinton or Bill Clinton that when you travel to other countries they ask you to try on traditional garb that you have been given as a gift," he said. "The notion that the Clinton campaign would be trying to circulate this as a negative on the same day that Senator Clinton was giving a speech about how we repair our relationships around the world is sad."
Of course Hillary Clinton claims she knows nothing about the photo…
Yeah, she knows nothing about it…right. Just like she didn’t know where those Rose Law Firm billing records were, or who hired Craig Livingston, had no idea her husband was planning to pardon some Puerto Rican thugs to help her election chances in New York, and the whole Monica Lewinsky thing was dreamed up by the “vast right winged conspiracy.”
Now Obama is correct in his defense. Politicians frequently were attire according to the culture when abroad. When in Rome do as the Romans do. I am sure if we looked hard enough we could find all kinds of photos of Hillary in strange outfits. So why would she leak a photo? What is the deal?
Simple…The Clinton camp knew this was a clever way to play the Muslim and race card unnoticed. Obama is not your typical white politician dressing up in African robes, he is a black politician dressed up as an African leader. She also knows Obama wearing a turban makes him appear to be Muslim!
This is a sleazy cheap shot from a despicable woman that will do anything to get elected.
Muslims offended by the words used in the fight on Islamic terrorism!
Oh did I say Islamic terrorism? Oops, looks like I just offended Muslims!
According to a report from Reuters Muslims are upset by some of the words used in the fight of the Global War on Terror.
For instance the word "jihad" frequently used by al Qaeda, counter intelligence specialists and the media to describe a “holy war” against the West generally means to most Muslim's a spiritual struggle. Many Muslims are also offended by phrases such as “Islamic terrorism” or “Islamic fascists.”
Isn’t that sad, we should be more sensitive…more politically correct and tolerant. What a bologna sandwich!
Instead of being offended by the words used in the fight, perhaps they should be offended by and join the fight against Islamic terrorist and extremist that have hijacked their religion to spread an ideology that justifies acts of violence, intolerance and mass murder!
I have no apologies of my use of words. I call them Islamic terrorist or Islamic extremists because that is what they are. If their actions do not fall inline with true Islamic faith, then Muslim leaders need to loudly denounce and take action against them. So far that has never happened.
I have nothing against Islam or any religion. I understand there are Muslims that just want to be left alone. I get it. I have seen them, met them, talked to them and done business with them in Iraq and Afghanistan. They are good, decent people, but their religious leadership has allowed Islamic extremist and terrorist to redefine their religion.
According to a report from Reuters Muslims are upset by some of the words used in the fight of the Global War on Terror.
For instance the word "jihad" frequently used by al Qaeda, counter intelligence specialists and the media to describe a “holy war” against the West generally means to most Muslim's a spiritual struggle. Many Muslims are also offended by phrases such as “Islamic terrorism” or “Islamic fascists.”
Isn’t that sad, we should be more sensitive…more politically correct and tolerant. What a bologna sandwich!
Instead of being offended by the words used in the fight, perhaps they should be offended by and join the fight against Islamic terrorist and extremist that have hijacked their religion to spread an ideology that justifies acts of violence, intolerance and mass murder!
I have no apologies of my use of words. I call them Islamic terrorist or Islamic extremists because that is what they are. If their actions do not fall inline with true Islamic faith, then Muslim leaders need to loudly denounce and take action against them. So far that has never happened.
I have nothing against Islam or any religion. I understand there are Muslims that just want to be left alone. I get it. I have seen them, met them, talked to them and done business with them in Iraq and Afghanistan. They are good, decent people, but their religious leadership has allowed Islamic extremist and terrorist to redefine their religion.
Big T's suggested reading and viewing from around the web
Nation of Islam's Farrakhan has endorsed Barack Obama. He says Obama is the "hope of the entire world." All you Obama supporters can have your hope. I will meet you at reality.
Environmentalists at London’s Heathrow airport breached security and climbed on top of a British Airways Boeing 777 plane to protest the expansion of the airport in the name of global warming or climate change of course. How the hell did they get to the airplane without being apprehended? Good thing they weren’t Islamic terrorists!
A General Motors Vice Chairman Bob Lutz called global warming a total “crock of sh__.” Makes me want to buy a nice Chevy SUV!
The government of Pakistan has ordered all Internet service providers block YouTube because it contains "blasphemous" content and material that is considered offensive to Islam. What about those propaganda Islamic terrorist sites? You know the ones showing U.S. troops being killed by IEDs and stuff. Are those “blasphemphemous” and offensive to Islam?
It seems there is a new service providing ``How is my teen driving?'' on a bumper sticker ... complete with a phone number to report erratic or dangerous driving to parents. I wonder how many prank calls that number will get?
In Florida it is illegal for local governments to use red-light cameras to issue traffic tickets. So Florida lawmakers will just change the name and issue "civil infractions." Isn’t that grand!
Monday, February 25, 2008
The Big T Pic of the Day
President Bush Gettin' Jiggy With It!!! In Africa.
Africa pretty much rolled out the red carpet and worshiped President George W. Bushall last week. The Bush administration has given large amounts of
money and humanitarian aid making Africa a better place and earning Bush rock star status there...Get Down Mr President!
Obama has left the building...
What do Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, The Beatles and Barak Obama all have in common? The ability to make women become so overwhelmed in hysteria and emotion they faint! Definitely not something most politicians can claim credit for, but Barak Obama seems to be reaching rock star credentials on the campaign trail. The only thing missing is women’s undergarments being tossed from the crowd!Since Obamamania first kicked off, there have been at least five documented reports in the media from around the country of women fainting or coming close to fainting during an Obama rally speech.
Montecito, Calif., Sept. 8, 2007. "A woman standing in front of the stage appeared to faint as Obama spoke about Iraq," the Associated Press reported. "The candidate paused and asked the crowd to make way for firefighters. One supporter shouted, 'You're a good man,' leaving Obama momentarily at a loss for words. 'Well, I'm not the only one stopping to help her,' he said, sounding almost embarrassed."
Madison, Wis., Oct. 22, 2007. "This excitement mirrored the aura in the room that grew throughout his speech," reported WISN-TV. "Before the senator arrived, students were tossing around an inflatable cow above the crowd. Three people fainted in the midst of all the enthusiasm."
Hanover, N.H., Jan. 8, 2008. "Barack Obama's first and only rally on election day came to a sudden and lengthy stop when a young woman in the Dartmouth College gym fainted, and was eventually rolled off on a gurney by emergency medical technicians," the Los Angeles Times reported. "At first Obama half-narrated the episode, saying soothing things like, 'She's OK,' 'She's talking.' But the longer she lay on the floor, the quieter Obama got, standing on the podium, arms folded, looking worried as the medical crew worked." Minneapolis 's WCCO-TV has video showing Obama handing a bottle of water to the Dartmouth damsel in distress.
Hartford, Conn., Feb. 4, 2008. "And when a woman appeared to faint in the standing-only VIP section in front of the podium, Obama paused his speech for over a minute as he directed the crowd to make way for an EMT team and tossed a bottle of water from the stage," reported the Yale Daily News.
Seattle, Feb. 8, 2008. "Climate change, the Iraq war and Obama tossing a bottle of water to a woman about to faint all received big cheers," MSNBC.com reported. "As Obama told the crowd to part so that the woman in question could leave and called for help, a young girl in the crowd shouted out, 'What a man!' The audience roared with laughter (although the press that has seen this happen before rolled its eyes)."
So, what exactly are we to make of this new hysteria? Well, given how often it has happened and how well Obama’s standard response seems to be, one might wonder if the whole thing is staged, but what if it isn’t staged at all?
If these events are spontaneous then it is even more unsettling and strange. It would mean the American Idol syndrome has made its way into the political spectrum. It is hard to compare Obama to Elvis like icons of the party’s past. Neither JFK nor Bill Clinton won presidential elections with as little experience and accomplishments as the junior Senator from Illinois . There was more to their campaigns than a dream of change.
It appears Obama has a talent for sparking intense emotion in crowds, an ability that can be dangerous in a politician. What more does he have to offer? It is the million dollar question of his campaign, but no one seems to care what the answer is. This makes an Obama presidency quite worrisome.
What does Obama stand for? “Hope and change.” Sorry that isn’t an answer, besides wouldn’t it be wise to know what the change is?
Can anyone give me two specific policy initiatives Obama has proposed? National healthcare and higher taxes on the rich, but where was his leadership leading the charge in the Senate on these issues?
Someone, anyone name me three Obama accomplishments, and being elected Senator in one of the most liberal states in the country doesn’t count.
Barak Obama is the new Elvis of the Democrat Party with nothing more than a campaign speech and the ability to make women swoon.
Bill Clinton has long been considered the Elvis of the Democrat Party. A political icon worshiped and honored by the liberal masses like no other since JFK. However with all his charisma; I can’t recall anytime women fainted in the presence of him being on stage.
In fact, just recently the former president had trouble drawing a crowd to fill a high school gymnasium in New Hampshire . The new king is filling stadiums. Sorry Bill, but Obama has left the building.
More News from the peaceful, tolerant religion of Islam.
A woman was arrested in Iran for not wearing socks. It gets worst…When her sister shows up at the prison to bring her some socks the male guards beat both women and detained them until the morning when they were arraigned before a judge for their crimes!
Compliance with the so-called Islamic dress codes by Iranian women is a must and the violators will be punished accordingly, says the report from the National Council of Resistance of Iran.
The report also says: Thousands of women have been warned for wearing tight outfits, short coats and skimpy headscarves and for flouting the Islamic dress code, which requires every post-pubescent woman to cover their hair and body contours.Wearing boots with short pants, hats or scarves which do not fully cover hair and neck instead of the proper head veil and putting on unusual make-up that contradicts public chastity is forbidden.The mullahs' regime has in recent months stepped up execution of youths in a clear warning to those deemed to be a threat to the society.
Yeah, those skimpy headscarves and make-up are really threatening society. Someone please tell me how any of this makes any sense???
Isn’t the peaceful, tolerant religion of Islam great!
Compliance with the so-called Islamic dress codes by Iranian women is a must and the violators will be punished accordingly, says the report from the National Council of Resistance of Iran.
The report also says: Thousands of women have been warned for wearing tight outfits, short coats and skimpy headscarves and for flouting the Islamic dress code, which requires every post-pubescent woman to cover their hair and body contours.Wearing boots with short pants, hats or scarves which do not fully cover hair and neck instead of the proper head veil and putting on unusual make-up that contradicts public chastity is forbidden.The mullahs' regime has in recent months stepped up execution of youths in a clear warning to those deemed to be a threat to the society.
Yeah, those skimpy headscarves and make-up are really threatening society. Someone please tell me how any of this makes any sense???
Isn’t the peaceful, tolerant religion of Islam great!
Big T's suggested reading and viewing from around the web
Here's some more insight into this obsessive Obama cult that is forming... actress Halle Berry , another beauty without a brain, proclaims she will do "anything he says," Gimme a break!
Want to see the results of decades of tax and spend politics? It has put the state of New Jersey in a bad situation. Unless we stop politicians it will eventually destroy the whole nation. This is a must read.
The Wall Street Journal is Looking Forward in Iraq. Here is why U.S .troops will, and should, be in Iraq come January 2009. Agreed.
Future Diplomat in Chief Barack Obama wants to sit down and talk with foreign leaders of extremist regimes. Maybe we could have Oprah call her friend Dr. Phil for a moderator. Now that would be entertainment.
Columnist David R. Stokes tells us this isn’t the first time the base of the Republican Party has threatened to sit out the election. He says Republicans should ask and take a look at what Richard Nixon would do in 2008. Interesting read, but I’m still not convinced to vote McCain
The left likes to make the claim the Bush administration is the most secretive in history, but is it? Gabriel Schoenfeld calls it The Bush Secrecy Myth. He says if the Bush Administration is so secretive then why aren’t they prosecuting everyone leaking important intelligence information.
The mayor of Oklahoma City put his constituents on a citywide diet. So far, the people have collectively shed 26,000 pounds.
Parents are choosing a different kind of punishment ... making their kids hold apology signs on street corners. But wait, some complain that the poor children are humiliated.
Sorry ladies, looks like the NFL channel will no longer air shirtless players during pre-draft weigh-ins.
Sharon Stone decided to go over to the Arab media and declare that 9/11 should not have been used as a pretext for America to launch wars in Afghanistan and Iraq . What a celebretwit!
A woman who pleaded guilty to drunk driving was ordered by the judge that her wrecked car remain in her front yard until she finishes her three year probation. I hope she isn’t a member of a Home Owner’s Association, because that is going to be one hell of a fine.
Thursday, February 21, 2008
New York Times' "Hit Job" on John McCain
Looks like the media infatuation with the “Maverick” has come to an end. This is what happens when you become the republican front-runner.
The front-page story of today’s New York Times contains a story about an alleged affair John McCain had with a lobbyist about eight years ago. Now this story has very little details or evidence other than reports from several unnamed former aids claiming to have kept the lobbyist Vicki Iseman, away from McCain. It is a real "hit job" by the New York Times and a despicable attack.
Leave it to the New York Times to bring up an alleged affair and scandal that happened eight years ago, has already been investigated and cleared McCain of any wrongdoing.
If you are a frequent reader here, then you know I am no fan of John McCain. However, I feel attacks like this are always unwarranted and unjustified, but if the Times is going to run such front page stories then where is the story on Huma Abedin?
If you google Huma Abedin you will find numerous stories suggesting Hillary Clinton and Huma Abedin have been engaged in a long-term lesbian relationship. These stories are just as well sourced as the McCain lobbyist story. So, where is the front-page story at the Times on Huma and Hillary?
Personally I could care less about either one of these stories. Who John McCain did or didn’t have an affair with eight years ago is not going to effect the way he leads this country, the same for Hillary. How about we get back to the issues that matter.
Perhaps the Times should investigate voting records instead of life in the bedrooms of republican candidates…just a thought.
The front-page story of today’s New York Times contains a story about an alleged affair John McCain had with a lobbyist about eight years ago. Now this story has very little details or evidence other than reports from several unnamed former aids claiming to have kept the lobbyist Vicki Iseman, away from McCain. It is a real "hit job" by the New York Times and a despicable attack.
Leave it to the New York Times to bring up an alleged affair and scandal that happened eight years ago, has already been investigated and cleared McCain of any wrongdoing.
If you are a frequent reader here, then you know I am no fan of John McCain. However, I feel attacks like this are always unwarranted and unjustified, but if the Times is going to run such front page stories then where is the story on Huma Abedin?
If you google Huma Abedin you will find numerous stories suggesting Hillary Clinton and Huma Abedin have been engaged in a long-term lesbian relationship. These stories are just as well sourced as the McCain lobbyist story. So, where is the front-page story at the Times on Huma and Hillary?
Personally I could care less about either one of these stories. Who John McCain did or didn’t have an affair with eight years ago is not going to effect the way he leads this country, the same for Hillary. How about we get back to the issues that matter.
Perhaps the Times should investigate voting records instead of life in the bedrooms of republican candidates…just a thought.
You want an economic stimulus plan that will work? Big T has one: The FairTax
President George W. Bush and Congress have been working on this grand economic stimulus plan to jump-start the economy out of its slump. They have come up with a plan to put about 600 bucks into the hands of millions Americans.
Of course not all Americans will get it…Only Americans selected on the basis of vote buying will get the money. What does that mean…well if you are rich and pay the most taxes…fouhgetaboutit. No stimulus for you! If you are middle-class and most of the poor you are in. You will be getting your check soon. Why, cause the government knows that the middle-class and the poor decide elections. Oh, and by the way if you are single and make 75,000 you are the rich… Hey, I don’t make the rules.
The government really has no desire to come up with a real economic stimulus plan. They just want a plan that looks like they are trying to do something. It puts a little walking money in the people’s pockets, and it will get them re-elected in November so they can retain their power over you.
Their economic stimulus plan is the manipulation of the tax code to gain votes. Something politicians have been doing for years. It isn’t going to work folks.
How about an economic stimulus plan that will work? I will give you some economic stimulus.
How about making the United States the number one tax haven for business in the entire world?
How about getting some of the $13 trillion (yes trillion) that has went overseas to escape our punishing tax code and set up shop in safer tax haven areas? This is money that should be in our economy!
How about freeing up the $300 to $500 billions that is spent by Americans and businesses every year to try and figure out and comply with our current tax code?
Instead of giving some households a $600 bone one time, how about we give every legal house hold a rebate check every month to offset the taxes on their basic necessities of life up to the poverty level?
How about totally removing the tax component from all capital and labor in this country?
How about letting people invest with untaxed dollars, and then not taxing the profits from those investments?
It sounds like a dream doesn’t it, but it can be achieved. The plan is called the FairTax. The FairTax will do all of this and more!
Thing is it is going to take the American people to demand the FairTax through a grass roots effort because politicians do not like the plan. They don’t like the plan because it takes power away from politicians. They would no longer be able to manipulate the tax code in order to pander to voters.
For months now we’ve heard politicians plan for more taxes on the rich, more rebates for the poor and a variety of ideas to use the tax code to influence people’s behavior. The FairTax puts an end to all that. It takes away that power. It would be the biggest transfer of power from politicians to the people since the ratification of the constitution.
We can get these politicians, kicking and screaming, to support the FairTax. We are already doing it. The FairTax is already popular and growing. Presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee was a second tier candidate in the Republican Primary until he made the FairTax part of his platform. Now he is a front-runner, you will not convince me otherwise the FairTax had something to do with that.
So keep the e-mails and letters flowing to Congress, continue with the FairTax inquiries at town hall meetings, and support candidates who support the FairTax with your vote in November.
We have a huge opportunity to send a message with the release of the book FairTax, The Truth: Answering the Critics. Buy one, buy two and give one to a friend. Let’s put this book on top of the New York Times bestseller list just like we did with the first FairTax book.
In doing so we send a strong message to every single vote-hunting politician in D.C. They will be forced to recognize this idea is still alive, still strong, and still something they must consider. If you can't get to a bookstore, click here for Amazon.com and here for Barnes & Noble.com.
Of course not all Americans will get it…Only Americans selected on the basis of vote buying will get the money. What does that mean…well if you are rich and pay the most taxes…fouhgetaboutit. No stimulus for you! If you are middle-class and most of the poor you are in. You will be getting your check soon. Why, cause the government knows that the middle-class and the poor decide elections. Oh, and by the way if you are single and make 75,000 you are the rich… Hey, I don’t make the rules.
The government really has no desire to come up with a real economic stimulus plan. They just want a plan that looks like they are trying to do something. It puts a little walking money in the people’s pockets, and it will get them re-elected in November so they can retain their power over you.
Their economic stimulus plan is the manipulation of the tax code to gain votes. Something politicians have been doing for years. It isn’t going to work folks.
How about an economic stimulus plan that will work? I will give you some economic stimulus.
How about making the United States the number one tax haven for business in the entire world?
How about getting some of the $13 trillion (yes trillion) that has went overseas to escape our punishing tax code and set up shop in safer tax haven areas? This is money that should be in our economy!
How about freeing up the $300 to $500 billions that is spent by Americans and businesses every year to try and figure out and comply with our current tax code?
Instead of giving some households a $600 bone one time, how about we give every legal house hold a rebate check every month to offset the taxes on their basic necessities of life up to the poverty level?
How about totally removing the tax component from all capital and labor in this country?
How about letting people invest with untaxed dollars, and then not taxing the profits from those investments?
It sounds like a dream doesn’t it, but it can be achieved. The plan is called the FairTax. The FairTax will do all of this and more!
Thing is it is going to take the American people to demand the FairTax through a grass roots effort because politicians do not like the plan. They don’t like the plan because it takes power away from politicians. They would no longer be able to manipulate the tax code in order to pander to voters.
For months now we’ve heard politicians plan for more taxes on the rich, more rebates for the poor and a variety of ideas to use the tax code to influence people’s behavior. The FairTax puts an end to all that. It takes away that power. It would be the biggest transfer of power from politicians to the people since the ratification of the constitution.
We can get these politicians, kicking and screaming, to support the FairTax. We are already doing it. The FairTax is already popular and growing. Presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee was a second tier candidate in the Republican Primary until he made the FairTax part of his platform. Now he is a front-runner, you will not convince me otherwise the FairTax had something to do with that.
So keep the e-mails and letters flowing to Congress, continue with the FairTax inquiries at town hall meetings, and support candidates who support the FairTax with your vote in November.
We have a huge opportunity to send a message with the release of the book FairTax, The Truth: Answering the Critics. Buy one, buy two and give one to a friend. Let’s put this book on top of the New York Times bestseller list just like we did with the first FairTax book.
In doing so we send a strong message to every single vote-hunting politician in D.C. They will be forced to recognize this idea is still alive, still strong, and still something they must consider. If you can't get to a bookstore, click here for Amazon.com and here for Barnes & Noble.com.
Talk show host without ideology?
A report from San Francisco’s KGO-TV reads: The ABC7 I-Team has the inside story of what lead up to the arrest of popular talk-radio host, Bernie Ward, on federal child pornography charges. . . .
Bernie Ward got indicted in December and got fired from his job at KGO Radio, effective at the end of last year. Now, police reports just obtained by the I-Team tell us who blew the whistle on Ward, and how he came to send the woman child porn, by his own admission.
The story goes into graphic detail about Ward’s sexually explicit online chats. I am not going to quote them here. You can click on the link and read through it if that sort of thing pulls your trigger.
I was just wondering why the media decided not to inform us about Ward’s leaning liberal political ideology out of the story.
When Rush Limbaugh found himself in controversy and trouble with the law a few years ago the media routinely reminded us he was a conservative talk show host. Many time the reference appeared more than once in a story.
Not so with Bernie Ward. In fact, if I didn’t know who Bernie Ward was; I wouldn’t be able to tell from this story that he was a liberal. They never mention it.
Could this be because most people associate talk radio with conservatives? Shouldn’t a professional reporter realize the importance to inform the reader that Ward is not a conservative talk show host?
If any conservative talk show host were arrested for any reason, I would find it shocking if the media failed to identify him as a conservative.
How about some outrage from the leaders of the wonderful. peaceful and tolerant religion of Islam!
I have said this before, and I will say it again. I will never be convinced the Islamic religion is a faith of peace and tolerance until the leaders of the religion actually condemn outrageous and violent acts committed in the name of their religion. Even then, some type of action needs to be taken, but it isn’t going to happen. They are busy spreading their ideology and being outraged by anyone who doesn’t accept their religion.
A few days ago I wrote about two young women sentenced to death by stoning in Iran for allegedly committing adultery. They have both received 99 lashes so far leading up to their execution. I still have not heard anything from the Muslim leadership condemning this.
Now we have a story, also from Iran, about a man who has stoned his own fourteen-year-old daughter to death for allegedly having a relationship with a man.The father showed no sign of remorse, telling police interrogators: “I suspected that my daughter had a relationship with a man, and I had to stone her to death as she had besmirched my honor.”
He suspected it!!! This man killed his own daughter on a suspicion. Isn’t the Muslim world fantastic?
I will continue to wait for some outrage from Muslim leaders. Perhaps the Council of Arab Islamic Relations (CAIR) would like to comment???
I won’t hold my breath though.
A few days ago I wrote about two young women sentenced to death by stoning in Iran for allegedly committing adultery. They have both received 99 lashes so far leading up to their execution. I still have not heard anything from the Muslim leadership condemning this.
Now we have a story, also from Iran, about a man who has stoned his own fourteen-year-old daughter to death for allegedly having a relationship with a man.The father showed no sign of remorse, telling police interrogators: “I suspected that my daughter had a relationship with a man, and I had to stone her to death as she had besmirched my honor.”
He suspected it!!! This man killed his own daughter on a suspicion. Isn’t the Muslim world fantastic?
I will continue to wait for some outrage from Muslim leaders. Perhaps the Council of Arab Islamic Relations (CAIR) would like to comment???
I won’t hold my breath though.
Big T's suggested reading and viewing from around the web
In election 2008, don’t forget about the Angry White Man. I could almost swear this was written about me…perfect description of the Big T.
The Godfather of talk radio and conservative icon Rush Limbaugh continues his attack on John McCain. He says McCain has betrayed conservatives and there is little chance for his reconciliation. I couldn’t agree more.
Will John McCain be able to get those independent votes like he claims he will be able to? Let’s hope so cause as of now, he isn’t getting my conservative vote!
Now here are some questions about health care I would like to ask Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton in their next debate. You can bet they will never be asked.
Here is a nice statistic: 55% of health care costs are due to smoking, poor diet, and lack of exercise? Makes you really want universal healthcare, doesn’t it. so your tax dollars can fund the health habits of the irresponsible.
NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg compares US to third world country…I wonder if Mr. Bloomberg has ever been to a third world country? I have been to a few, mainly Iraq and Afghanistan. The worst places in America are better than most places there.
Police in Phoenix, Arizona will soon be able to ask all people arrested whether they are in the United States legally. It will happen like this. Hey Pedro…you here illegally? No… OK. Yeah, that should do it.
I have been asking this question for a while now. What has Barack Obama accomplished in the Senate? Texas State Sen. Kirk Watson on national TV couldn't name one legislative accomplishment ... and he is a state Senator and a big Obama supporter.
John McCain has pledged to not raise taxes under any circumstances if he is elected president. Gee ... haven't I heard this somewhere before? Oh yeah, I have. “Read my lips, no new taxes,” from Bush daddy.
Sunday, February 17, 2008
Another College school shooting...
There has been another college school shooting, this time at Northern Illinois University. Let me first say this is tragic and my prayers and condolences go to the families and friend of the victims.
There is no doubt we will have to hear the outrage from the gun control crowd claiming we need more gun control. I would just like to point out Illinois is one of two states that does not have a right to carry law. In fact Illinois has some of the toughest gun control laws in the country. How much more do they need.
It didn’t stop this man from carrying a weapon. Gun control is as worthless as the legislation it is written on. When a deranged person decides to go shoot some folks there isn’t a gun control law that is going to stop him. The shooter will also chose a place where it is unlikely that anyone else will have a gun to fight back.
What a better place where guns are outlawed. A “gun free zone”
There is no doubt we will have to hear the outrage from the gun control crowd claiming we need more gun control. I would just like to point out Illinois is one of two states that does not have a right to carry law. In fact Illinois has some of the toughest gun control laws in the country. How much more do they need.
It didn’t stop this man from carrying a weapon. Gun control is as worthless as the legislation it is written on. When a deranged person decides to go shoot some folks there isn’t a gun control law that is going to stop him. The shooter will also chose a place where it is unlikely that anyone else will have a gun to fight back.
What a better place where guns are outlawed. A “gun free zone”
We're trying to save a planet...lights out in Britain.
Some towns in Great Britain are testing a plan to turn off their streetlights between midnight and 5am because of ...global warming.
It is estimated the measure will save $200,000 and reduce CO2 emissions by 600 tons a year. If the test is successful, all streetlights across the country could be turned off every night.
Some residents are upset and concerned that the darkness could increase crime and road traffic accidents, but that doesn’t matter to the local government. All that matters to them is reducing energy and cutting down emissions. Screw safety of people, we are trying to save a planet here!
So turn out the lights, lock your doors, get a mean dog and buy a gun…oh wait…only criminals have guns in Great Britain. Guns are banned. I wouldn’t want to have to live in Great Britain any time soon.
It is estimated the measure will save $200,000 and reduce CO2 emissions by 600 tons a year. If the test is successful, all streetlights across the country could be turned off every night.
Some residents are upset and concerned that the darkness could increase crime and road traffic accidents, but that doesn’t matter to the local government. All that matters to them is reducing energy and cutting down emissions. Screw safety of people, we are trying to save a planet here!
So turn out the lights, lock your doors, get a mean dog and buy a gun…oh wait…only criminals have guns in Great Britain. Guns are banned. I wouldn’t want to have to live in Great Britain any time soon.
Release of new FairTax, the truth: answering the critics
A lot has happened since talk show host Neal Boortz and Georgia Congressman John Linder released the FairTax book in 2005. It has virtually started a tax revolution that is sweeping this land. It is now almost impossible for any Congressman or Senator to escape questions about the FairTax at town hall meetings, and the issue helped carry Mike Huckabee from a second tier candidate to a frontrunner. Although the media will have you believe it is all Christian evangelicals behind his success.
One draw back from the new book is it does not explain the FairTax in detail. So you don’t get the full story behind the FairTax and our current tax system. So, if you haven’t read the first FairTax book I suggest you do. You can order it here.
One draw back from the new book is it does not explain the FairTax in detail. So you don’t get the full story behind the FairTax and our current tax system. So, if you haven’t read the first FairTax book I suggest you do. You can order it here.
The purpose of the FairTax: the truth, answering the critics, is just that answering the critics. Just like in any kind of revolutionary idea or reform you are going to have critics, and you are going to have misinformation and now the FairTax is gaining steam there sure is a lot of misinformation or just plain lies about it.
Here are some of the confusion and misinformation that is cleared up in the book:
- The FairTax does not increase the price of everything you buy by 30%
- The FairTax does not put an increased burden on the poor. It literally "untaxes" them.
- The FairTax does not destroy the middle class.
Scientologists had nothing to do with it…(not sure where that one even came from, but the criticism exists) - What is the truth behind the "you get to keep your whole paycheck" concept
- Retired Americans living on their investments and savings are not "double taxed" by the FairTax.
- The FairTax rate will not have to be 40, 50 or 60 percent.
- The FairTax will not "destroy" our economy, no more than nutritious food would damage a starving child.
You can order the book here: FairTax: the truth, answering the critics.
Daytona 500 Weekend Coverage
Pull those belts tight one more time boys and Boogity, Boogity, Boogity lets go racin!!! NASCAR returns to Daytona Beach, Fla. for the 50th running of The Great American Race.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. is showing his move to Hendrick Motorsports may have been the right one. Jr. is following in his fathers footsteps as he has dominated Daytona Speedweek winning the Budweiser Shootout, the Gatorade 125 and finishing third in the Nationwide race yesterday. Dale Earnhardt Sr. is the winningest driver at the International Speedway.
This should be a very exciting race today. I look for a big day from Hendrick Motorsports today and the winner could be anyone of them. Jimmie Johnson, Jeff Gordon and Dale Earnhardt Jr. could all finish in the top ten.
Also look out for Denny Hamlin. He should have a good race as well and never count out Michael Waltrip at Daytona.
A great story book finish would be for Dale Jarrett to win his last race here, and I would love to see it. I don't think it will happen.
This one is going to come down to the two best restrictor plate drivers out there. Smoke or Dale Jr. will battle for the win.
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Is it really going to be John McCain??? My thoughts.
Well, it really looks like John McCain is going to win the republican nomination. There is no way I ever thought this could possibly happen, but I guess it is the new Republican Party.There seems to be some negative opinions about John McCain from conservatives, probably because he is not conservative; he is a Republican In Name Only. (RINO) In fact he is the leader of all the RINOS in the party!
McCain has voted against tax cuts, co-sponsored a bill with limits to freedoms on political speech. He was one of the biggest pushers for amnesty when it came to illegal immigration and half-measures when it came to interrogating terrorist. He wants to close Guantanamo Bay and allow the reimportation of prescription drugs into the United States. He sides with the left on climate change, is against drilling for oil in the Alaska, for international criminal courts and gun-show background checks. It should be no surprise there are several icons on the right who are claiming they are neither going to support McCain’s campaign, nor are they going to vote for him.
Now since I no doubt occupy a low-key non-icon status among conservatives, I am sure you can hardly wait to here my views on the matter.
My guess is if Hillary Clinton is the democrat nominee, then these icons will begrudgingly cast there vote against her for McCain. There is no one that can unite the Republican Party better than anyone named Clinton .
I personally am going to have a real hard time voting for McCain, but can I honestly say that I absolutely will not when the time comes…don’t know yet.
If I don’t cast my vote for McCain, it will be the first time I have not voted for the republican candidate in a presidential election. Although, not the first time I seriously thought about not voting republican. Ross Perot came close to getting my vote over Bob Dole in my first vote ever casted. So, If not McCain then who, the Libertarian candidate, not vote at all?
The Libertarian Party is an option. I have voted for Libertarian candidates before in lower level elections, but I am not convinced they understand the threat of Islamic terrorism. Show me a Libertarian candidate willing to continue bringing the fight to Islamic terrorists and I’ll vote for him.
Right now I am leaning toward not voting at all. I suspect there are other republicans considering the same thing. The danger of not voting at all is the risk of conservative masses not going to the polls to vote for Senate and House seats.
Regardless of what conservatives think of McCain, we can not let him create a situation that allows democrats to control the White House, Senate and Congress!
If we are not going to support or vote for McCain, we still need to go to the polls.
Big T's suggested reading and viewing from around the web
Columnist Maureen Down says it's impossible to use Hillary Clinton as a feminine test because you can't take the Bill out of her... hmmm...I am not touching this one. Maureen Down is pretty much the expert of feminism.
The Wall Street Journal is Looking Forward in Iraq. Here is why U.S .troops will, and should, be in Iraq come January 2009. Agreed.
Future Diplomat in Chief Barack Obama wants to sit down and talk with foreign leaders of extremist regimes. Maybe we could have Oprah call her friend Dr. Phil for a moderator. Now that would be entertainment.
Get your free condoms and “get some!” Happy Valentines Day from the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene…I love to see tax dollars at work.
Need a last minute Valentine’s Day e-card? Try one of these…highly recommended by the Big T…then again I am divorced and single. Perhaps you should try the next post instead...
Here is an idea for Valentine's Day...Ever hear of choreplay? Husbands ... you may want to consider this...and not just on Valentine's Day.
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
National Security Breach: Illegal alien spy worked in Bush Administration!
National Security Breach: Illegal alien spy worked in the Bush Administration!
I never thought President George W. Bush was the evil bumbling idiot the left made him out to be. On the other side of the coin, I never thought he was the genius some on the right seemed to believe. This story makes me believe that the president has surrounded himself with some real idiots though, which calls his own intellectual wisdom and judgment into question. After all, you can tell a lot about a man by the company he keeps.
A Muslim Lebanese illegal immigrant found her way into the Bush FBI and CIA, got into our computer system, stole secret information on her sister and brother-in-law who are linked to the Middle East terror group Hezbollah.
It was determined Nada Nadim Prouty was a spy for Hezbollah in 2003, but she was allowed to continue working for four years afterwards. She was not removed from her job until September of this year. Almost two years after her brother-in-law was indicted for financing Hezbollah!!!
Oh, but the story gets worse. Her current husband, Gordon Prouty, works for the State Department and has been stationed in places like Egypt and Pakistan.
What a National Security nightmare for the Bush Administration. The Bush Administration deserves heavy and serious criticism over this, and you would think the news media and the democrats would be screaming bloody murder and rightfully so. Everybody should be screaming bloody murder about this, and Prouty should be going to jail for a very long time. However the story has received very little attention from anyone.
Al Qaeda, Hezbollah and other Islamic terrorist organizations have said they would infiltrate our system. It looks like they have I just wonder how many more there are? Where you find one cockroach, there are a hundred more in the walls. As it turns out Prouty is not the first cockroach we have found either.
How many terrorists are actually in our intelligence agencies?
You would think after al Qaeda and other Islamic terrorist organizations vowed to infiltrate our intelligence agencies after 9-11 we would have tightened up the background checks to make it harder for Islamic terrorist spies to be hired anywhere involving access to classified information.
Well, you might be surprised to know a number of these spies where able to get jobs with top-secret security clearances due to relaxed background checks and political correctness.
Here are just a few we have caught:
Abdurahman Alamoudi was caught on tape supporting terrorists at anti-Israeli rallies, but was still able to get a job at the State Department and the Pentagon. He is now in jail for being one of al-Qaeda’s top fundraisers in the U.S.
One must wonder how much intelligence or battle planning from the Pentagon Alamoudi was passing on with his money to al-Qaeda.
David Hossain Safavian, a friend of Almoudi and records showed he lobbied on the behalf of Almoudi. He was still able to get a high-level White House job. Safavian is now in prison serving 18-months for lying to federal investigators.
Ahmad Al-Halabi, had been under investigation for making anti-American statements, that didn’t stop the Air Force from assigning him to Guantanamo Bay as a translator. Halabi later pleaded guilty to mishandling classified information and lying to investigators.
Ahmed Fathy Mehalba, also hired as a Gitmo translator even though his girlfriend was investigated for stealing a classified Army laptop. Mehalba later was convicted of stealing secret documents from Gitmo.
Sadeq Naji Ahmed, was able to get hired by the Transportation Security Administration as an airport screener after he was kicked out of the Air Force for making statements supporting Osama Bin Ladin and praising the 9/11 attacks. Ahmad worked for the TSA for almost a year before anyone figured out his security clearance had been revoked.
Warith-Deen Umar, also praised 9-11 and called the hijackers Allah’s “martyrs,” was hired by the Federal Bureau of Prisons to minister to the Muslim inmates. Despite reports Umar gave extremist sermons, he received outstanding evaluations. Umar was only fired after the press exposed him.
These are just the ones we have caught and know about. This whole story leaves me with several unanswered questions. How many more are there? Why is the media not exposing the Bush Administration? Why are the Democrats not outraged? There must be a reason…
Could it be if they expose this story for what it is, then it validates the threat and the war against Islamic terrorism? Which is the last thing the democrats want to do. It just doesn’t fit into their agenda. They want to down play the threat not validate it.
This is a breach in National Security and everyone in America should be screaming bloody murder about this and demand serious investigations into just who is working in positions with access to vital information.
Then again, people would have to break away from American Idol or College Basketball long enough to actually pay attention to what’s going on…Wake up America! It isn’t going to be America much longer at this rate!
I never thought President George W. Bush was the evil bumbling idiot the left made him out to be. On the other side of the coin, I never thought he was the genius some on the right seemed to believe. This story makes me believe that the president has surrounded himself with some real idiots though, which calls his own intellectual wisdom and judgment into question. After all, you can tell a lot about a man by the company he keeps.
A Muslim Lebanese illegal immigrant found her way into the Bush FBI and CIA, got into our computer system, stole secret information on her sister and brother-in-law who are linked to the Middle East terror group Hezbollah.
It was determined Nada Nadim Prouty was a spy for Hezbollah in 2003, but she was allowed to continue working for four years afterwards. She was not removed from her job until September of this year. Almost two years after her brother-in-law was indicted for financing Hezbollah!!!
Oh, but the story gets worse. Her current husband, Gordon Prouty, works for the State Department and has been stationed in places like Egypt and Pakistan.
What a National Security nightmare for the Bush Administration. The Bush Administration deserves heavy and serious criticism over this, and you would think the news media and the democrats would be screaming bloody murder and rightfully so. Everybody should be screaming bloody murder about this, and Prouty should be going to jail for a very long time. However the story has received very little attention from anyone.
Al Qaeda, Hezbollah and other Islamic terrorist organizations have said they would infiltrate our system. It looks like they have I just wonder how many more there are? Where you find one cockroach, there are a hundred more in the walls. As it turns out Prouty is not the first cockroach we have found either.
How many terrorists are actually in our intelligence agencies?
You would think after al Qaeda and other Islamic terrorist organizations vowed to infiltrate our intelligence agencies after 9-11 we would have tightened up the background checks to make it harder for Islamic terrorist spies to be hired anywhere involving access to classified information.
Well, you might be surprised to know a number of these spies where able to get jobs with top-secret security clearances due to relaxed background checks and political correctness.
Here are just a few we have caught:
Abdurahman Alamoudi was caught on tape supporting terrorists at anti-Israeli rallies, but was still able to get a job at the State Department and the Pentagon. He is now in jail for being one of al-Qaeda’s top fundraisers in the U.S.
One must wonder how much intelligence or battle planning from the Pentagon Alamoudi was passing on with his money to al-Qaeda.
David Hossain Safavian, a friend of Almoudi and records showed he lobbied on the behalf of Almoudi. He was still able to get a high-level White House job. Safavian is now in prison serving 18-months for lying to federal investigators.
Ahmad Al-Halabi, had been under investigation for making anti-American statements, that didn’t stop the Air Force from assigning him to Guantanamo Bay as a translator. Halabi later pleaded guilty to mishandling classified information and lying to investigators.
Ahmed Fathy Mehalba, also hired as a Gitmo translator even though his girlfriend was investigated for stealing a classified Army laptop. Mehalba later was convicted of stealing secret documents from Gitmo.
Sadeq Naji Ahmed, was able to get hired by the Transportation Security Administration as an airport screener after he was kicked out of the Air Force for making statements supporting Osama Bin Ladin and praising the 9/11 attacks. Ahmad worked for the TSA for almost a year before anyone figured out his security clearance had been revoked.
Warith-Deen Umar, also praised 9-11 and called the hijackers Allah’s “martyrs,” was hired by the Federal Bureau of Prisons to minister to the Muslim inmates. Despite reports Umar gave extremist sermons, he received outstanding evaluations. Umar was only fired after the press exposed him.
These are just the ones we have caught and know about. This whole story leaves me with several unanswered questions. How many more are there? Why is the media not exposing the Bush Administration? Why are the Democrats not outraged? There must be a reason…
Could it be if they expose this story for what it is, then it validates the threat and the war against Islamic terrorism? Which is the last thing the democrats want to do. It just doesn’t fit into their agenda. They want to down play the threat not validate it.
This is a breach in National Security and everyone in America should be screaming bloody murder about this and demand serious investigations into just who is working in positions with access to vital information.
Then again, people would have to break away from American Idol or College Basketball long enough to actually pay attention to what’s going on…Wake up America! It isn’t going to be America much longer at this rate!
Cuban Flag with Che Guevera hangs in Obama campaign office
Barak Obama won’t wear an American flag on his lapel, or place his hand over his heart during the National Anthem, but on the wall of his Houston campaign office hangs a Cuban flag with a picture of Communist mass murder Che Guevera.
During a report on the run-up to the March 4 Texas primary, news cameras from Houston’s KRIV-TV caught a glimpse of different flags on the wall of what the narrator described as a new Obama campaign office in Texas’ largest city. The KRIV camera man pans past the Cuban flag with an image of Guevera, an ally of communist dictator Fidel Castro.
Guevera was put in charge of trials and executions of Castros enemies after the communist takeover of Cuba in 1959 before leaving the island in 1965 to bring a revolution through terror in third world Latin America .
So, is this flag a symbol of the kind of “change” Barack Obama wants to bring to America ?
Apparently the presidential hopeful has been made aware of the situation, and Obama’s Website put out a statement about the flag: “The office featured in this video is funded by volunteers of the Barack Obama Campaign and is not an official headquarters for his campaign.”
Why won’t Obama denounce the flag, and what does he think about his volunteer supporters who hang it in an office dedicated to his candidacy?
It is a fair question and one similar to what is asked to virtually every republican candidate that has ever stepped foot into South Carolina . Republicans campaigning in the Palmetto state are routinely put on the spot to take a position on the Confederate battle flag near the capitol in Columbia , and it isn’t even in an office that has ties to them.
Imagine if reporters and camera men found the stars and bars hanging in a republican candidate’s campaign office. Paid for by volunteers or not, the candidate would have a hard time living it down and the demands for him to denounce it would be deafening by now.
So, why does Obama get a free pass on this controversial flag? The story may gather attention in the next week, but if it weren’t for bloggers this story would never have even got out of the bag.
During a report on the run-up to the March 4 Texas primary, news cameras from Houston’s KRIV-TV caught a glimpse of different flags on the wall of what the narrator described as a new Obama campaign office in Texas’ largest city. The KRIV camera man pans past the Cuban flag with an image of Guevera, an ally of communist dictator Fidel Castro.
Guevera was put in charge of trials and executions of Castros enemies after the communist takeover of Cuba in 1959 before leaving the island in 1965 to bring a revolution through terror in third world Latin America .
So, is this flag a symbol of the kind of “change” Barack Obama wants to bring to America ?
Apparently the presidential hopeful has been made aware of the situation, and Obama’s Website put out a statement about the flag: “The office featured in this video is funded by volunteers of the Barack Obama Campaign and is not an official headquarters for his campaign.”
Why won’t Obama denounce the flag, and what does he think about his volunteer supporters who hang it in an office dedicated to his candidacy?
It is a fair question and one similar to what is asked to virtually every republican candidate that has ever stepped foot into South Carolina . Republicans campaigning in the Palmetto state are routinely put on the spot to take a position on the Confederate battle flag near the capitol in Columbia , and it isn’t even in an office that has ties to them.
Imagine if reporters and camera men found the stars and bars hanging in a republican candidate’s campaign office. Paid for by volunteers or not, the candidate would have a hard time living it down and the demands for him to denounce it would be deafening by now.
So, why does Obama get a free pass on this controversial flag? The story may gather attention in the next week, but if it weren’t for bloggers this story would never have even got out of the bag.
Big Brother is watching...possibly girl watching says ACLU
The police in Washington, DC want to use surveillance cameras in public places, but the ACLU is opposed to it. They say officers could use the cameras to zoom in on attractive women…Really, zooming in on hot babes, that practice has been around since the beginning of the video camera!I guess the ACLU has never watched a college football game or a Cubs game when Harry Carry was still around… “It’s a little cold at Wrigley, but it’s a beautiful day for a baseball game.” Male Cub fans know what I am talking about. The camera always finds a pretty girl.
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The New York Times is implying that the nomination is slipping away from Hillary Clinton. I look for some more tears before the Texas and Ohio primaries March 4. They’re must wins for her.
Dutch Catholics have decided to rename the 40 day lent fast season between Ash Wednesday and Easter to Christian Ramadan…Why? Because Ramadan is recognized among young people better than lent. Europe continues to look like Eurabia.
Anonymous law enforcement and military officials revealed that Gitmo detainees are drinking Starbucks coffee… Oh the torture!!!
Who is not getting a tax rebate check from the stimulus plan? The poor and the rich…Oh, if you make more than $75,000 you are rich!
Can someone explain these DNC Super delegates? And you thought the Electoral College was screwed up! Here is an unofficial tally of where they might stand.
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
$1.4 billion-stimulus package...for Mexico???
It seems the Bush administration wants to give Mexico and Central America more than $1.4 billion of your tax money! The funding is hidden into a 2008 supplemental budget and you probably would have never known about it if it wasn’t for conservative syndicated columnist, blogger and Fox News contributor Michelle Malkin.Malkin has spent a lot of time and has done some real extensive research into what she calls the Mexican stimulus plan. Its official title is The Merida Initiative and the White House has been working on the plan for nearly a year with little congressional input.
The State Department disclosed some $550 million would pay for Mexico and Central America to get inspection scanners, helicopters, surveillance tools and case management software.
So here we have the current Mexican government that promotes illegal immigration into the U.S. They defy our laws and are basically invading our country as I type. Why are we giving them these tools and money???
Instead we should be taking that $1.4 billion and hire more border patrol agents, and give them the tools to stop the Mexican invasion, but instead the Bush administration would rather give this money and tools to Mexican politicians and law enforcement officials that are known to be corrupt and bought off by organized crime and drug dealers.
President George W. Bush…the best president Mexico has ever had!
More illegal immigration insanity....
More Illegal Immigration insanity this time from Dept. of Homeland Security.
The Department of Homeland Security has made a major policy shift in regards to immigrants already in our country. They are planning to grant permanent residency to tens of thousands of applicants before the FBI finishes required background checks!
The immigrants that have already been finger printed and have been cleared of criminal convictions and arrests are the ones eligible. However their names still have to be cleared through FBI criminal and intelligence files. They are going to give them residency, the run their names. If the name check fails, then they will be deported…yeah, right…like we will know where to find them.
Does this make any sense to anyone? Here we are fighting a war against Islamic terrorist and we are going to grant residency to tens of thousands of people without a FBI background check? Insanity!!!
The Department of Homeland Security has made a major policy shift in regards to immigrants already in our country. They are planning to grant permanent residency to tens of thousands of applicants before the FBI finishes required background checks!
The immigrants that have already been finger printed and have been cleared of criminal convictions and arrests are the ones eligible. However their names still have to be cleared through FBI criminal and intelligence files. They are going to give them residency, the run their names. If the name check fails, then they will be deported…yeah, right…like we will know where to find them.
Does this make any sense to anyone? Here we are fighting a war against Islamic terrorist and we are going to grant residency to tens of thousands of people without a FBI background check? Insanity!!!
Mayor kicks Marines out of town; training would "frighten people"
Mayor kicks Marines out of town; training would “frighten people.”
The mayor of Toledo , Ohio ordered a company of Marine Corps Reservists to get out of his town as their buses arrived for a three-day training exercise in the city because their training may frighten people.
The 200 Marines, based in Grand Rapids , Mich. , had planned to participate in urban patrol exercises in downtown streets and a vacant building, according to the Blade, which reports that past exercises have included mock gun fights, ambushes and the firing of blank ammunition to simulate urban combat.
Finkbeiner said that would be alarming.
“The mayor asked them to leave because they frighten people,” Brian Schwartz, the mayor spokesman, told the newspaper. “He did not want them practicing and drilling in a highly visible area.”
Oh those scary Marines…We wouldn’t want them scaring the children…people should never be exposed to the military, they might get scared.
Thanks for your support of the troops and helping with their crucial training for the war against Islamic terrorism mayor.
The mayor of Toledo , Ohio ordered a company of Marine Corps Reservists to get out of his town as their buses arrived for a three-day training exercise in the city because their training may frighten people.
The 200 Marines, based in Grand Rapids , Mich. , had planned to participate in urban patrol exercises in downtown streets and a vacant building, according to the Blade, which reports that past exercises have included mock gun fights, ambushes and the firing of blank ammunition to simulate urban combat.
Finkbeiner said that would be alarming.
“The mayor asked them to leave because they frighten people,” Brian Schwartz, the mayor spokesman, told the newspaper. “He did not want them practicing and drilling in a highly visible area.”
Oh those scary Marines…We wouldn’t want them scaring the children…people should never be exposed to the military, they might get scared.
Thanks for your support of the troops and helping with their crucial training for the war against Islamic terrorism mayor.
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The Pentagon has finally charged six Gitmo detainees with murder and war crimes in connection with 9/11. They are going to seek the death penalty…How long do you suppose it will take the ACLU to cry foul?
Star Parker takes a close look at Hillary’s plan for universal healthcare. Everyone needs to read this one.
My wonderful friends at the ACLU now say you are entitled to a driver’s license. Show me that in the constitution. I must have missed it. Perhaps it is right next to the section that entitles you to healthcare.
Now this is the “Heart Beat of America.” A Wisconsin man’s trusty pickup truck — a 91 Chevy Silverado he calls "the old girl" — passed the 1 million-mile mark Friday. This makes me feel optimistic about my 92 Chevy Silverado. It only has 196,000 miles on it.
New York “Wiseguy” Joseph Chirico, one of 62 reputed mafia members of the Gambino crime family, busted by the feds last week, dished up political campaign money along with oysters and rigatoni from his popular Brooklyn eatery, Marco Polo Ristorante. Hey, I have eaten there…great food.
Yesterday I told you about some Muslims in Kuwait that demanded the government to ban Valentine’s Day. Well, today the government of Saudi Arabia bans all things red until after Valentine’s Day.
The Nutcracker Suite is in the news…more than likely it is not the one you’re familiar with. This is no Christmas show…May not be safe for children.
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