A Kinetic Military Action
It is another reason to impeach BO. So why are our legislators not taking action? Well, you know, we have to protect these poor people. Well how about us. We're poor people over here . They could have taken what they spent on the tomahawks and gas alone and paid the taxpayer back some of the SS they've stolen from us over the years. Oh I know they didn't steal it...they just borrowed it.
Give me a break..."Kinetic Military Action"? Do they think we're stupid? "A military action in motion"?
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Have I Fallen Down the Rabbit Hole
We are bombing a leader no one knows how to spell his name, on a decision made by a man no one really knows who he is to defend a foreign policy so convoluted that we declare a man an enemy,suspect him of being behind the bombing of an aircraft then shake his hand, set up shop in his dictatorship and give him foreign aid. I find myself(a staunch conservative with libertarian leanings) agreeing with Dennis Kucinich, Ralph Nader and Alan Colmes. The only explanation I can come up with is that I've fallen down the rabbit hole. It gets curiouser and curiouser.
Our leader(that no one really knows who he is) has a tendency to escape to South American nations every time there is a controversial decision to be made. He was in Latin America when it was announced the controversial Clean Air Act was passed on April 17, 2009. That piece of job killing, natural resource crippling legislation that we all loved and held dear. You know the one where business' carbon emissions can be taxed, but there is a surprising lack of enforcement against our own wasteful government whose carbon footprint makes everyone else's look like fairy foot prints.
Now he's in Latin America whooping it up with the Brazilians when he commits our military resources to a Libyan attack without bothering to get congressional approval.
No one comprehends the expense of these operations. Changing the theatre from Iraq to Afghanistan or even supporting a theatre can figure nearly a quarter of a billion dollars in one day of contract awards from the DOD. The missile's, the fuel, the loss of equipment are all ongoing expenses in an engagement. Then there are the American lives put at risk. Always the last considered and yet the greatest potential for loss that should ever be considered and one that should be put above all others. The immaturity of this President becomes evident when we have planes go down in Libya. Despite the total disregard for our Constitution in skirting congress' approval, is he really prepared to accept the responsibility for the potential loss of American lives in this action? If lives are lost he and Hillary will jointly share the responsibility for those lives, because they rushed into this action and did not consult congress.
Obama is the self proclaimed King of America. He refuses to enforce our laws based on his and members of his administrations ideology and gambles with American lives and jobs as if they were his toys and there is no congressional leadership to force him to abide by our constitution. Boehner seems to think all he has to do is make an attempt to curb spending and he has done all that is needed.
I find myself aligning with the likes of Kucinich, Nader and Colmes when they are the only ones demanding that this union-puppet king be brought to task for his actions.
We have all fallen down the rabbit hole and every minute we hold our breath waiting for the next shoe to drop. I'm tired of it. If he cannot abide by our law then he must be impeached. There is no other way to return to sanity or the rule of law that is our Constitution.
Our leader(that no one really knows who he is) has a tendency to escape to South American nations every time there is a controversial decision to be made. He was in Latin America when it was announced the controversial Clean Air Act was passed on April 17, 2009. That piece of job killing, natural resource crippling legislation that we all loved and held dear. You know the one where business' carbon emissions can be taxed, but there is a surprising lack of enforcement against our own wasteful government whose carbon footprint makes everyone else's look like fairy foot prints.
Now he's in Latin America whooping it up with the Brazilians when he commits our military resources to a Libyan attack without bothering to get congressional approval.
No one comprehends the expense of these operations. Changing the theatre from Iraq to Afghanistan or even supporting a theatre can figure nearly a quarter of a billion dollars in one day of contract awards from the DOD. The missile's, the fuel, the loss of equipment are all ongoing expenses in an engagement. Then there are the American lives put at risk. Always the last considered and yet the greatest potential for loss that should ever be considered and one that should be put above all others. The immaturity of this President becomes evident when we have planes go down in Libya. Despite the total disregard for our Constitution in skirting congress' approval, is he really prepared to accept the responsibility for the potential loss of American lives in this action? If lives are lost he and Hillary will jointly share the responsibility for those lives, because they rushed into this action and did not consult congress.
Obama is the self proclaimed King of America. He refuses to enforce our laws based on his and members of his administrations ideology and gambles with American lives and jobs as if they were his toys and there is no congressional leadership to force him to abide by our constitution. Boehner seems to think all he has to do is make an attempt to curb spending and he has done all that is needed.
I find myself aligning with the likes of Kucinich, Nader and Colmes when they are the only ones demanding that this union-puppet king be brought to task for his actions.
We have all fallen down the rabbit hole and every minute we hold our breath waiting for the next shoe to drop. I'm tired of it. If he cannot abide by our law then he must be impeached. There is no other way to return to sanity or the rule of law that is our Constitution.
Thursday, March 17, 2011
When did the hero switch hats?
Happy St. Patrick's Day. I'm surprised liberal New Yorker's still celebrate the day the Catholic priest drove the snakes (pagans) from Ireland. It is (after all) Christian related. Still it was a great time in Irish history and a time when hero's still wore white hats which brings me to the point of today's blog.
I'm watching FOX this morning and they show a bunch of River dancers in front of the studio dressed in black riot gear with black skull helmets on in celebration of St. Patrick's Day. Now this is not my idea of what should greet me on t.v. on this particular day. The title of the riot gear/skull helmet exhibition was "Defending Ireland." Okay. I get it now, but that made me think, "When did the hero switch hats?"
When did the hero stop showing up in shining white armor that blinded the enemy(remember Gandalf in LOR The Two Towers appearing on the morning of the fifth day dressed in white with white hair flowing and the blinding white light of the moring sun behind him) to drive back the black hat wearing evil doers?
I understand that law enforcement often don black riot gear to "appear" more formidible and threatening to give the perpetrator pause. I also understand that the military at times choose the black gear in order to dissappear under the cover of darkness. These are definately the "good" guys. There are reasons they dress this way. Just as there are reasons large people wear black...it slims. The Goth subculture favors black clothing, nails, etc. because it sets them apart and makes them easily identifiable and possibly because it slims. Black is a warm color and an excellent neutral. It can also be very dramatic when paired with white or red, but it is very difficult to associate black with a "good" feeling or with a hero or savior.
I think this fits with the trend in recent years for literary, film and television anti-hero's. You know the one's. The firefighter who saves lives and buildings while destroying himself and his loved ones with his alcoholism. The doctor who brings lives back from the brink with his uncanny diagnostic skills while pushing himself over the edge with an illegal and unprofessional addiction. Even criminals are often glorified like the hired killer who ends up sacrificing himself in order to save a little girl he's befriended. Have we reached the point where there are no truly heroic "white hat" types? You know the ones that make the right descisions even when it's not the easy one. The one's whose heroic deeds are truly an extension of their upright/moral personal lives.
Everyone knows immagery is a powerful tool. Black is the color of death. It is the color of mourning, loss, regret, sorrow, depression, anger and (yes) evil. If we're going to dance in celebration of a hero's battle against the evil serpent (pagans) shouldn't we be wearing a costume that symbolizes good rather than evil? When did we lower our standards? When did we decide it's okay to be good with a pinch of bad or redeem a lifetime of murder by saving one life? Shouldn't we all be trying to wear white hats rather than telling ourselves and our children dirty gray or black is okay?
I'm watching FOX this morning and they show a bunch of River dancers in front of the studio dressed in black riot gear with black skull helmets on in celebration of St. Patrick's Day. Now this is not my idea of what should greet me on t.v. on this particular day. The title of the riot gear/skull helmet exhibition was "Defending Ireland." Okay. I get it now, but that made me think, "When did the hero switch hats?"
When did the hero stop showing up in shining white armor that blinded the enemy(remember Gandalf in LOR The Two Towers appearing on the morning of the fifth day dressed in white with white hair flowing and the blinding white light of the moring sun behind him) to drive back the black hat wearing evil doers?
I understand that law enforcement often don black riot gear to "appear" more formidible and threatening to give the perpetrator pause. I also understand that the military at times choose the black gear in order to dissappear under the cover of darkness. These are definately the "good" guys. There are reasons they dress this way. Just as there are reasons large people wear black...it slims. The Goth subculture favors black clothing, nails, etc. because it sets them apart and makes them easily identifiable and possibly because it slims. Black is a warm color and an excellent neutral. It can also be very dramatic when paired with white or red, but it is very difficult to associate black with a "good" feeling or with a hero or savior.
I think this fits with the trend in recent years for literary, film and television anti-hero's. You know the one's. The firefighter who saves lives and buildings while destroying himself and his loved ones with his alcoholism. The doctor who brings lives back from the brink with his uncanny diagnostic skills while pushing himself over the edge with an illegal and unprofessional addiction. Even criminals are often glorified like the hired killer who ends up sacrificing himself in order to save a little girl he's befriended. Have we reached the point where there are no truly heroic "white hat" types? You know the ones that make the right descisions even when it's not the easy one. The one's whose heroic deeds are truly an extension of their upright/moral personal lives.
Everyone knows immagery is a powerful tool. Black is the color of death. It is the color of mourning, loss, regret, sorrow, depression, anger and (yes) evil. If we're going to dance in celebration of a hero's battle against the evil serpent (pagans) shouldn't we be wearing a costume that symbolizes good rather than evil? When did we lower our standards? When did we decide it's okay to be good with a pinch of bad or redeem a lifetime of murder by saving one life? Shouldn't we all be trying to wear white hats rather than telling ourselves and our children dirty gray or black is okay?
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Could it Be?
I was listening to the news the other night and heard coverage of the rebels in Libya. These were guys in the areas that the rebels have supposedly taken control of. What I found interesting (and believe me I was not rivited by the report I was actually fixing dinner at the time) was when I heard one rebel speaking and it caught my attention that his English was as good as mine. That's when I put aside what I was doing and actually watched the report. This man didn't look middle eastern and he certainly didn't sound middle eastern. He looked as American as I and his diction was actually far better than mine, because I am a Texan with a cajun slur thrown in. So over the next few days I began to pay closer atention to these reports. Once again I personally saw and heard a rebel who did not look like any of the other rebels he was with and he did not sound like the rebels he was with.
Today I saw a report where the rebel actually identified himself as an expatriated Libyan who had been living in the Netherlands or something (I think he said Amsterdam) and he had come home to help his people. I did not doubt him. That's okay. That's a good thing. What concerns me is are there Progressive, Marxist, Socialist, Communist Americans sticking their noses into the affairs of these people?
I don't know. I'm just asking, "Could it be?"
Today I saw a report where the rebel actually identified himself as an expatriated Libyan who had been living in the Netherlands or something (I think he said Amsterdam) and he had come home to help his people. I did not doubt him. That's okay. That's a good thing. What concerns me is are there Progressive, Marxist, Socialist, Communist Americans sticking their noses into the affairs of these people?
I don't know. I'm just asking, "Could it be?"
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Keep it Close
I'll make this brief. State's need to get their strategy in order becausee what is going down in WI will be coming to a state near you soon. You are dealing with liberal/socialist/marxist/communist unions and dems that care only about their agenda (which is squeezing the American taxpayer for all they can and riding this great nation into the ground). These people are militant and corrupt and they have your stimulus dollars backing them up. They don't care about anything except enriching themselves and their dem buddies are even worse because they can't even show up to do the job they were elected to do. Corrupt physicians will even weigh in with excuses for the unexcuseable.
So get your strategy on now, keep it close and keep it secret because as soon as you try to cut the money line to these boobs the same thing will happen in your state.
So get your strategy on now, keep it close and keep it secret because as soon as you try to cut the money line to these boobs the same thing will happen in your state.
Saturday, February 19, 2011
WI is Ground Zero in the Fight to Right what's Wrong
It's Saturday 5 a.m. and I turn on the news to see the idiocy still going on in WI. Apparently the legislature has adjourned because the Dems have run away and are hiding out so that they don't have to vote to take away collective bargaining for the teachers.
Now the first thing I have to tell you is that if I was a WI taxpayer I wouldn't want these boobs teaching my children. I also would be removing from office the childish run-a-ways as quickly as possible so that the legislature could do the job it was elected to do. But the most important thing I would be doing this morning is asking myself is this a good use of my tax dollar, because that is at the heart of the current demonstration.
It's not about the children or teachers being fairly compensated. It's about push-back and money for union coffers. Look at the union leadership, look at what they are doing. This is a show of force and a threat to the American taxpayer to say, "Bend to our will or chaos will reign".
You should also know that you have the current administration and the 111th Congress to thank for this mess. Why? Oh please! Do you really think the GM bailout was to save the auto industry? No. It was specifically a money pipeline for the union. Hand washes hand. The unions threw united support behind BO and when you sign on the line with the devil there is always a payment due.
Don't just end with the GM bailout, the biggest union support payoff came in the form of Stimulus 1, Unemployment Extensions, and the First Responders Compensation. These were nothing but pipelines funneled directly into union coffers. That's right your tax dollars are being used to finance everything going on in WI right now. Witness that by OFA's involvement in this fiasco. BO's adopted child has run off with your tax dollars and is now biting WI taxpayers in the butt.
Your tax dollars were never intended to help people. They were intended to keep people without jobs quiet and happy and replenish the union coffers so that they could try to bring hard working Americans to heel. Make them obey the unions. Make them fear the unions.
Frankly unions have no place in the public sector. Who will they bargain with? Unions in the public sector bargain with elected officials who are playing with OPM (other people's money). Witness that with the WI teachers. They believe if they cripple the education system and disrupt the statehouse the OPM will continue to flow because no one would dare fire them.
Then we have news that the illustrious DNC has their toe in the pool. My aren't you proud to know that your elected officials are working against you WI? I'll bet that the WI taxpayer is thrilled to know that DNC donations are going to support the other states in which the WI Dems are hiding.
Let's pause to speculate for a moment. Let's say Walker caves to the teachers union & allows the status quo to continue, will the children in this state get a better education? No, because the fact is that most of the funds streaming into education nationwide are going to feed the teachers and their unions. Children are being babysat in schools not educated. Most don't even have funds to purchase textbooks for each child. They have shared textbooks for class only. Public schools are holding fundraisers not for wanted (or needed) playground equipment, but for overhead projectors, computers and other basic equipment.
Then our illustrious President weighs in and of course it's on the side of the unions.
The teachers in WI should be fired for contract violations and BO should be impeached for misappropriation of funds and malfeasance in office. The public employees need to remember they are civil servants. That means to serve the citizens. Their jobs should always be at the whim of the taxpayer and they should NOT HAVE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING.
If we all truly love our children and grandchildren we need to take our schools away from the government and put them back in the hands of the states. People in WI know what is best for their children, people in Ohio know what is best for their children, and the federal government doesn't have a clue as to what is best for anyone's children.
Don't back down WI, don't back down Gov Walker, and don't back down legislature. Bring it all to a halt, because if you don't stop it now. The flood gates on unions gouging governments and taxpayers will open and never end.
And ask yourself, "Do I really want these people teaching my children?"
Now the first thing I have to tell you is that if I was a WI taxpayer I wouldn't want these boobs teaching my children. I also would be removing from office the childish run-a-ways as quickly as possible so that the legislature could do the job it was elected to do. But the most important thing I would be doing this morning is asking myself is this a good use of my tax dollar, because that is at the heart of the current demonstration.
It's not about the children or teachers being fairly compensated. It's about push-back and money for union coffers. Look at the union leadership, look at what they are doing. This is a show of force and a threat to the American taxpayer to say, "Bend to our will or chaos will reign".
You should also know that you have the current administration and the 111th Congress to thank for this mess. Why? Oh please! Do you really think the GM bailout was to save the auto industry? No. It was specifically a money pipeline for the union. Hand washes hand. The unions threw united support behind BO and when you sign on the line with the devil there is always a payment due.
Don't just end with the GM bailout, the biggest union support payoff came in the form of Stimulus 1, Unemployment Extensions, and the First Responders Compensation. These were nothing but pipelines funneled directly into union coffers. That's right your tax dollars are being used to finance everything going on in WI right now. Witness that by OFA's involvement in this fiasco. BO's adopted child has run off with your tax dollars and is now biting WI taxpayers in the butt.
Your tax dollars were never intended to help people. They were intended to keep people without jobs quiet and happy and replenish the union coffers so that they could try to bring hard working Americans to heel. Make them obey the unions. Make them fear the unions.
Frankly unions have no place in the public sector. Who will they bargain with? Unions in the public sector bargain with elected officials who are playing with OPM (other people's money). Witness that with the WI teachers. They believe if they cripple the education system and disrupt the statehouse the OPM will continue to flow because no one would dare fire them.
Then we have news that the illustrious DNC has their toe in the pool. My aren't you proud to know that your elected officials are working against you WI? I'll bet that the WI taxpayer is thrilled to know that DNC donations are going to support the other states in which the WI Dems are hiding.
Let's pause to speculate for a moment. Let's say Walker caves to the teachers union & allows the status quo to continue, will the children in this state get a better education? No, because the fact is that most of the funds streaming into education nationwide are going to feed the teachers and their unions. Children are being babysat in schools not educated. Most don't even have funds to purchase textbooks for each child. They have shared textbooks for class only. Public schools are holding fundraisers not for wanted (or needed) playground equipment, but for overhead projectors, computers and other basic equipment.
Then our illustrious President weighs in and of course it's on the side of the unions.
The teachers in WI should be fired for contract violations and BO should be impeached for misappropriation of funds and malfeasance in office. The public employees need to remember they are civil servants. That means to serve the citizens. Their jobs should always be at the whim of the taxpayer and they should NOT HAVE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING.
If we all truly love our children and grandchildren we need to take our schools away from the government and put them back in the hands of the states. People in WI know what is best for their children, people in Ohio know what is best for their children, and the federal government doesn't have a clue as to what is best for anyone's children.
Don't back down WI, don't back down Gov Walker, and don't back down legislature. Bring it all to a halt, because if you don't stop it now. The flood gates on unions gouging governments and taxpayers will open and never end.
And ask yourself, "Do I really want these people teaching my children?"
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)