Obama's Unbelievable Conceit

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Today President Obama passed the point of no return. He is determined to push unpopular left wing programs that have been rejected by voters of both parties. His protests are a pathetic broken record that few people listen to anymore. Mr. Obama enjoys the Democratic majority in Congress and could have passed any legislation he wanted to, including the Health Care bill. Instead, by SECRETLY crafting the huge health legislation  and presenting it as a done deal, he killed it himself. Of course, he blames the [say-no] Republicans for not approving it before reading it. Then he acts surprised that he doesn't get any bi-partisan support. Just how stupid is he anyway? 

President Obama wants to get at least token Republican support for his controversial left wing progressive politics. He wants to share the blame if his plans fail, and they WILL fail. He uses the bully-pulpit to make continuous partisan attacks on Republicans, and then wonders why they are so firmly NOT in his pocket. He is both amazing and clueless. How many ways can the electorate tell him that his programs are not what they want - BECAUSE THEY DON'T APPROVE OF THEM.  Not because they are Republican or Democrat.  But Obama continues trying to sell America down the drain. He can not advance any of his programs or plans or appointments because:

(1) The electorate are disgusted by his overly expensive programs.
      They are concerned about the rising debt load, the impact of
       China being our nations main banker, and the stubbornly high
       unemployment figures.

(2) They have clearly rejected his plans to trade our traditional
      freedoms for big government control. Americans want free
      trade markets. They want government to not nationalize industry.
      They want to be able to own guns.  

(3) They have been sickened by his appointment of terribly
     incompetant people, tax criminals, radical revolutionarys,
     and desperately unsuitable people to government 
     jobs. A list isn't necessary. Every American knows who they are.   

Republicans should refuse to cooperate with the Obama Administration in any way. These people are hell bent on destroying America and there is no reason to help them.  This administration allows no room for [Republican] discussion, and if facts stand in the way - the facts are considered wrong. President Obama wants Republicans to say yes to his programs [regardless of merit], and he wants Republicans to approve  his appointments [regardless of merit or their unsuitable background]. Apparently this is Mr. Obama's idea of bi-partisan support.  It isn't and never will be. .

Any Republican who helps him drive us all off the cliff should be whipped.

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Security Stupid

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Has anyone sat down and thought about air travel security? America is under attack. Airplanes can be used as potential bombs. One mad bomber person can ruin the day. We all understand that. Why are we doing such idiotic things to make flights safer? Why indeed do we not do something smart? Think about it.

A shoe bomber gets caught. Our reaction: Everybody take off your shoes for inspection. All millions and millions of air travellers.

A few deranged terrorists use box cutters to intimidate passengers and gain control of their aircraft. Our reaction: Ban box cutters, knives, fingernail clippers and all other small sharp instruments. Millions and millions of air travellers now have to empty their pockets and walk through a metal detector.

Another brainwashed Muslim idiot sewed explosive powders into his undertwear and boarded an aircraft. It wasn't in his shoes. It wasn't metal so was't detected in the metal detector. It was discovered (too late) on board and in flight when the dufus was caught trying to light the fuse.

Now some bright guy has invented a fast action, full body  x-ray machine to be installed at every airport all over the world . . . . at 2.5 million dollars each. The thing is supposedly engineered to illuminate abnormalities in clothed or naked people. It might even show a very minor shading of an unusual mass of something extra in your underpants. Maybe.

Reading these detection machines is a skill not unllike reading a lie detector. It requires close attention, carefull and sophisticated interpretation. To find people to do the job our Homeland Security Flop hires minimum wage workers, trains them for 12 hours, gives them a uniform, and puts them to work. With some luck they will be right as often as wrong.

Now that we've hired all of these security people, purchased all of the metal detectors and full body x-ray machines, what do you suppose the enemy terrorists have been doing? If you don't know, I'll tell you. They have been figuring ways around our security system faster than we can install one. 

Doesn't anyone in our government understand that all of the security non-sense performed by airline customers before boarding an aircraft is worthless? Why does our Homeland Security Flop refuse to listen to experts that run the safest airline in the world? The Israeli's have been living under terrorist attacks for decades. They have systems proven to work. They are more than willing to share them with the entire world.

But Americans are sold on 200 person lines at the ticket counter, metal detectors, shoe inspectors, and full body x-rays. Who needs a security system that works?

Attention: The latest example of how to get around our stupid [punish every flyer] security systems is BREAST IMPLANTS. You heard me right. They have found that by implanting explosives in women's breasts they have a real winner. Whose going to check? What doctor is going to surgically take a look inside when, if it is an explosive, it might take his head off. What security supervisor is going to squeeze hard to determine whether or not what is squeezed is real, plastic, or boom!

Part of the El Al system involves intelligence interviews, backgorund checks, verification of identity, no-fly lists, racial profiling, terrorist profiling, and more. They generally don't make 80 year old ladies or 2 month old babies stand in line for 4 housr and then take off their shoes and underwear.

Homeland Security is unfortunately a joke. It's assignment of duties could have easily been discharged by the F.B.I. whose infrastructure was already in place within America. For assignment of the same type duties off-shore we had a C.I.A. already in place. These two established security agencies are not as politically sensitive to whatever current administration is in power, and in both cases it would not be necessary to appoint an entirely new infrastructure of pork barrel bureaucrats. 

Humbug.  

Patience Is Over and George is Gone

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George Bush made way too many mistakes during his administration. The first four years were considerably better than the last four however, when he somehow coasted away from his conservative Republican tendencies. On a scale of A to F, he and his administation deserves certainly no better than a C- or D+ . . . . BUT COMPARED TO MR. OBAMA AND HIS ADMINISTRATION  Bush looks pretty good.

George Bush didn't need a teleprompter to get through a press conference.

George Bush didn't burn 9000 gallons of jet fuel to go plant a single EARTH DAY tree.

George Bush didn't reduce retirement holdings in GM by 90% and then give UNIONS a majority holding of GM stock.

George Bush didn't appoint cabinet officers and a staff of advisors who somehow consistantly failed to pay their income taxes.

The Bush and Obama administrations have agreed to using nearly 13 TRILLION DOLLARS for loands and bailouts.

George Bush didn't order the firing of the CEO of a major corporation KNOWING THAT HE HAD NO AUTHORITY TO DO SO.

The economic bailouts in the last couple of months total more than the Korean War cost, more thant the New Deal, More than the entire Iraq mess, more than the 1980's Savings & Loan mess.......COMBINED!

Why does the Federal Reserve Board refuse to account for 2 TRILLION DOLLARS when asked by Congress to do so? 

George Bush didn't create 32 czars who report to him directly and by-pass the HOUSE AND SENATE altogether.

It usually bothers me when people make mean spirited and personal comments about politicians. Any politicians. But when a politician does things that are wrong, or says things that are not true, or does something illegal, he or she should expect to hear about it.  But personal attacks really don't help.

I am about to bend my own rule. We have a current President and political administration that has defied all rules, lied to everyone, and broken the law. They refuse to recognise the Constitution, Bill of Rights, and Declaration of Independence, all of which form the foundation of our government. The current administration chooses to ignore these documents. They also ignore American traditions and distort the tenets of our history. Harsh criticism is deserved.

When Mr. Obama campaigned he ran against ex-presidents Bush and Clinton, understanding how unhappy the voters were with both. His opponent, John McCain, never quite found a message. He was unable to distance himself from the Bush administration - and the voters thought he would bring more of the same to the office. To breath life into his campaign he added Sarah Palin to the ticket. She brought plain speaking, good looks, and a lively personality to his side. It helped, but no cigar. I don't believe anyone was convinced that she should be one heart beat away from the Presidentcy. 

In 2008 Republicans voted the Republican ticket, Independents didn't, and Mr. Obama squeaked by on the Democrat ticket. There was no landslide, but he won the office. The people I know [Republican, Independent, or Democrat] were happy to see a black person elected. They were not so thrilled by his liberal background, but regardless, they held their breath and waited to see how he would proceed.  

The nightmare began on his first day, and within a few months America's patience was exhausted. The grumbling began and now, a year later,  America is beginning to talk about impeachment. Mr. Obama believes that he is a victim of stupid citizens. Like P.T Barnum, the guy who said; "don't worry, there's a sucker born every minute,"  he honestly believes only he knows the way forward - no matter who or how many disagree. To President Obama, the majority of the American public are stupid suckers. Those who voted for Mr. Obama, to their everlasting shame,  allowed him and his lunatic administration grease their way into office. America will recover - but we will feel the pain for generations.

Check this link for CNN McCafferty opinion on Trasparency and other Obama lies.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pO1oJPps1I



More later . . .

State of The Obama Teleprompter

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I know that it's a heck of a lot easier to criticize than to initiate. Never-the-less Mr. Obama just delivered one of his patented teleprompter readings called the State of The Union Speech. If graded from A to F - Mr. Obama's speech got an F. He covered everything from obese children to underarm deoderant grease, but failed [big time] to describe how his billion dollar give aways would be paid for. His overall theme was condesending, overbearing, and made up of more nonsense about Bush-Made-Me-Do-It.  I think most everybody turned him off when they heard that again. The guy has failed in just about everything he has done . . . but he's NEVER going to be responsible.

The speech was loaded with CAMPAIGN RHETORIC that everybody in the room knew was either an outright lie or a badly bent fact.  Over and over he told the audience that he alone was smarter than everyone else and therefore would not listen to plain old stupid citizens. You know, the people who ultimately have to pay the bills.

In what has become his characteristic form, he insulted or attacked just about everyone present. He called the Republicans "the party of NO". Hey, Bama-baby, the opposition party is SUPPOSED to resist stupid and non-sensical legislation and other changes.

He called the members of the SUPREME COURT badly mistaken in their ruling on campaign financing. According to him they should know that he is more intelligent than all of them and he thinks they are wrong.

Mr. Obama then turned to the Republicans saying they have REFUSED to pass health care legislation even though they knew very little about it,  they were allowed no input whatever, and the 2000 pages of the written bill is known to involve hundreds [if not more] partisan pork dollars, political pressure, and private deals. Is he so damn smart  he doesn't realize that the Democrats tightly control Congress and could have passed the legislation at any time. No Republican, not one, was in the way.  

Our President MAY be intelligent, but he is surely headed down the WRONG path. Apparently it take a 2 x 4 to get his attention.  America needs jobs to reduce unemployment, Americans are disgusted by BAILOUT DOLLARS paid as bonuses to undeserving executives, they also are concerned [if not afraid] that the federal government has further invaded private industry by taking a stake in General Motors, and etc. America is a free market democratic republic. It's citizens will refuse efforts to change our basic government and traditions.  

DUH !

Torture, War, and Drawing a Line

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WHO IS THE ENEMY America is at war with radical groups of Islamic fundamentalists who have gained control over the religion of Islam.  This enemy has adopted [terrorism] as their weapon of choice.  America is  at war with an enemy that has a medieval and uncivilized view of the world. They do not, for example, value human life as highly as the rest of humanity does.

WHY IS THIS ENEMY DIFFERENT The rules of war are very different with this kind of enemy.  I will quickly run down a partial list describing why. The enemy has; no defined territory, no political connections, no uniforms, no superior weapons, no naval or air power, no artillery, no tanks, no headquarters, no overall military direction, and no advanced communication systems. By having none of these they are indeed a different kind of enemy.

IS THE WAR CONFINED TO AN AREA  Radical Fundamentalist Muslims have declared war on everyone who does not accept and believe in Islam. They terrorize and murder using stealth, secrecy and suicide attacks to carry out their designs. They believe that killing infidels is promoted and justified by their religion. These Muslims are brutal extremists with no regard for human lives - be they infant, aged, men, women, or children.  It is an it is an honor to forfeit their own lives as they murder innocents. 

WHY ARE WE IN IRAQ  America has had to counter with a  stategy quite different than any we have used before.  We have observed with great concern, terrorism in other parts of the world, particularly as used against Irael.  Finally it arrived on our own land. The tragic events of 9/11 were a terrible wake up call. Retribution was called for but America was not prepared. President Bush immediately initiated new defense strategies, and vowed to go after terrorists where ever they were.  Our intelligence at the time, and that of our friendly allies, was confused, and it was not clear just exactly who our enemies were.

Therefore, President  Bush warned the entire world that America was going to punish nations that were known to aid, shelter and protect terrorists. Not long after the initial statement, Saddam Hussein put Iraq in jeopardy by doing all of those things and then bragging about it.  America elected to make a pre-emptive strike against Iraq and thereby declared war upon all Iraqis.  The war in Iraq was controversial from it's beginning.

ROGUE PRISON ABU GRAV  We killed and captured terrorists. Many were held in Abu Grav, a former Iraqi prison. Others were transported to Quantanamo in Cuba.

Sadly, and to our shame, a few individual
American military guards at Abu Grav committed
unauthorised mental and physical crimes against their prisoners.

They were discovered and punished. Their officers were admonished and removed, and the Abu Grav prison management was corrected -  but not before the incident called negative attention to our other prisoner of war facility at Quantanamo.

TRADITIONAL HANDLING OF PRISONERS OF WAR We are at WAR with Iraq AND with terrorists. Prisoners are inevitable in any war, and they must be held somewhere. Quantanamo was the selected location. 

Traditionally, prisonerrs of war have been subjected to SOME form of punishment.

     (1) The traditional capture involves rigorous questioning

           to determine if the enemy individual knows anything

           that might save one American soldiers life.

     (2) Following the extraction of this information

          it has been traditional to hold the prisoner

          until the end of the conflict.

WHEN DOES RIGOROUS QUESTIONING BECOME TORTURE  Our enemy does not hesitate to commit suicide in order to kill innocent people anywhere. They have erased the old rules of war and now there are no rules at all. For example; the Geneva Conventions no longer apply.  Americans are divided on interrogation techniques.

       (1)  One side believes we should do ANYTHING

             to a terrorist prisoner to obtain information

             that MIGHT save one American life. That is

             ANY technique or method necessary

             to obtain enemy information.

             Our [support and win-the-war] conservatives
             and political moderates tend to this side.

       (2)  The other side believes we should NEVER use
              ANY level of torture to interogate prisoners

              under ANY circumstance. Our [anti-war, liberal,
              peace-at-any-price] citizens tend to demand
              this.

WHICH IS YOUR CHOICE  Given these options, position (2) defeats the purpose of war. We tell our soldiers to shoot the enemy dead, but if they are captured, we tell our military not to inflict harm in any way.  The policy is not logical.  

Seen in that light position (1) is not only correct, but required when we are at war. Americans must be prepared to accept vigorous interrogation techniques, no matter how repulsive, if necessary to extract information that might save lives.

We can count on this enemy to torture, maim, behead, or otherwise kill our captured soldiers, and we know from experience that  they do not hesitiate to apply the most heinous torture possible until the prisoner is dead. 

In WAR some level of torture is necessary.  American interrogators MUST be given guidelines that describe EXACTLY how far they can go, and the guidelines should  not allow a person to be tortured to death. 

DOES ANYONE OUT THERE IN BLOGGERLAND

HAVE A BETTER SOLUTION

The Christian Story

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Most of the people I know don't trust religious thought anymore. They've become skeptical about it because they have heard so  much theological rubbish over the years. And who is spreading this rubbish?  Not too surprisingly, teachers, preachers, media, politicians and parents are the worst offenders. Well, so what? The point I am trying to illustrate is that most Americans are skeptical about subjects that are difficult to explain by logical reasoning,  . . . . .and that would Include Christianity.

Why be concerned?  Personally, I've always been on the fence; not an agnostic or an atheist, but not a convinced believer either. It's now 2010 and Christianity is being overwhelmed by Islam around the world. This is not a good thing.  Islam will soon be the domininent religion on the planet, and it is a mess.  Islam has not advanced from it's medieval state and remains an uncivil influence in the  world.  As fast as it grows, Christianity falls behind. What's going on here?  Christianity is not attracting as new members as quickly, and it is losing many older members to skepticism. Can it be turned around? 

Christianity faces two major challenges.

(1)   Despite angry words and thoughts expressed in the Holy Bible, Christianity is a peaceful, contemplative religion that celebrates life.  For gaining believers it relies mostly on delivering it's message by word-of-mouth persuasion.  To compete with the influence of Islam, Christianity must find a new way to reach prospective members.

(2)  I submit that the leadership of the Christian religion, [Protestant and Catholic], have confused it's history and philosophy. It has become conflicted with contradictions, and made difficult to understand. Christianity depends entirely on a [leap-of-faith] for a person to become a true believer. In other words a new applicant must renounce his or her logical reasoning and accept the illogical tenets of Christianity to become a member. Adding to the confusion, leadership of Protestant and Catholic Christian churches have introduced theological ritual nonsense in their presentation of the faith. Ritual that has been invented by theologians rather than suggested by any reference contained in the Holy Bible. I believe at least some of this should be eliminated.

Mysticism is integral and can not be separated from Christianity. The Bible is, among other things, a history a  time when mysticism explained phenomenon that people did not understand, and today theological mysticism  records the beliefs of the past that are used to teach fundamental lessons that apply to modern times.  Many Christian churches don't  explain what is history and what is myth. This,of course, adds to the confusion of beliefs within the church.

More later . . . .

Urgent Press Release

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Every American President inherits the difficulties of the previous administration. In the past they have dealt with them and moved on. In 2009  we elected an ultra-left President who has surrounded himself with the same kind of people. His  administration does not listen to words of wisdom, and has no use for American traditions. In their effort to Introduce change they have, from their very first day in office, blamed all of their difficulties on the Bush-Cheney-Rumsfeld troika. They accept no responsibility for their own actions and monumental mistakes. It would be laughable if not so blindly arrogant.

The man we elected as a Liberal Democrat turned out to be an Ultra-Liberal Extremist who has given birth to programs intended to make our government larger and more powerful.  He has gone too far left - too fast. Today I had a real chuckle. The hapless Robert Gibbs, President Obama's over-burdened Press Secretary, after seeing that the Republican Scott Brown was winning over the Democrat in Massachusetts actually said:

"We are not surprised. People are unhappy out there and the unrest started before our administration began." 

He must have been kidding. Right?

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Sarah-palin-itus

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Am I the only one that watches the liberal roar caused by the soccer mom . . . and laughs?  I suspect Sarah is a nice and decent person who will eventually prove to be a better political critic than elected official. But who knows. She projects an effervescent personality, a better than average intelligence, and solid conservative values. Still,  as a political leader of consequence I suspect she is a female Peter.

You do remember THE PETER PRINCIPLE don't you.

Dixon