Here is another installment of the lies of BaracK HUSSEIN Obama:
69) “I stopped smoking. I stopped smoking. I haven’t had a cigarette since I quit - LIAR - But in his own words, here is what Obama said. Except….last night on MSNBC’s Hardball, Obama admitted that his attempt to wean himself from the vile tobacco weed had not been entirely successful. I fell off the wagon a couple times during the course of it, and then was able to get back on,” he said. “But it is a struggle like everything else.” Source: ABC News
70) I did not campaign in Florida, (so Florida vote shouldn’t count) - LIAR -According to Boston Globe, HeraldTribune and other sites, Obama airs “ads” on Cable stations in Florida. Even with the Florida cable ads, Obama still lost. See the video here
71) Obama distort (aka “Lie”) about McCain saying, “McCain (he) is willing to send our troops too another war of 100 years in Iraq”. Obama also denied what he said on the video - LIAR - The video proves him absolutely untruthful (”a liar”). See the video here.
72) Obama on Guns - when Obama ran for the Illinois state senate the political group, Independent Voters of Illinois (IVI), asked him if he supported a “ban [on] the manufacture, sale and possession of handguns” and he responded “yes.” - LIAR- But in what will probably be the most improbable change, the Politico reported on Saturday that Barack Obama was making a big play for gun votes in Pennsylvania. In 1998, another questionnaire administered by IL State Legislative National Political Awareness Test didn’t ask about banning all handguns, but it did find that Obama wanted to “ban the sale or transfer of all forms of semi-automatic weapons.” Source: Fox News and Politico.com
"With lies you may go ahead in the world - but you can never go back" - Russian Proverb
Monday, June 9, 2008
Questionable (Racist) Rants by Barack HUSSEIN Obama
I found this video clip over at fellow blogger Cassy Fiano's site. She describes the clip as "frightening and offensive". I must say I have to agree.
“Man is made for something better than disturbing dirt.” - Oscar Wilde
“Man is made for something better than disturbing dirt.” - Oscar Wilde
Bush orders contractors to check legal status of employees
President Bush today signed an executive order requiring contractors and others who do business with the federal government to make sure their employees can legally work in the U.S.
This is a step in the right direction. Now let's see how many of the left wing wackos come out of the woodwork to condemn this move.
Read the article here.
"The men who do not become Americans and nothing else are hyphenated Americans; and there ought to be no room for them in this country. The man who calls himself an American citizen and who yet shows by his actions that he is primarily the citizen of a foreign land, plays a thoroughly mischievous part in the life of our body politic. He has no place here; and the sooner he returns to the land to which he feels his real heart-allegiance, the better it will be for every good American. There is no such thing as a hyphenated American who is a good American. The only man who is a good American is the man who is an American and nothing else...." - Teddy Rooesvelt
This is a step in the right direction. Now let's see how many of the left wing wackos come out of the woodwork to condemn this move.
Read the article here.
"The men who do not become Americans and nothing else are hyphenated Americans; and there ought to be no room for them in this country. The man who calls himself an American citizen and who yet shows by his actions that he is primarily the citizen of a foreign land, plays a thoroughly mischievous part in the life of our body politic. He has no place here; and the sooner he returns to the land to which he feels his real heart-allegiance, the better it will be for every good American. There is no such thing as a hyphenated American who is a good American. The only man who is a good American is the man who is an American and nothing else...." - Teddy Rooesvelt
McCain Takes Obama to Task On Jerusalem, Other Flip-Flops
In the video clip below, John SIDNEY McCain rips Barack HUSSEIN Obama over his flip flops and his views on Jerusalem.
McCain got it right on this one. Barack HUSSEIN Obama deos not know his ass from a hole in the ground.
"In America, the young are always ready to give to those older than themselves the full benefit of their inexperience" - Oscar Wilde
McCain got it right on this one. Barack HUSSEIN Obama deos not know his ass from a hole in the ground.
"In America, the young are always ready to give to those older than themselves the full benefit of their inexperience" - Oscar Wilde
Hillary Vows Support of Obama
I do not believe my title statement one little bit.
The Clintons are for themselves and nobody else. Hillary knows if Obama is elected, she will not be able to run again for President for eight years. If he goes down to McCain, she can run again in four years. Do the simple math. She says she is for Obama, but will do everything she can (covertly, of course) to derail him in November. McCain will win and she will be free to run in 2012. Obama, at last, will be just a minor annoyance.
"The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit."- The Bible
The Clintons are for themselves and nobody else. Hillary knows if Obama is elected, she will not be able to run again for President for eight years. If he goes down to McCain, she can run again in four years. Do the simple math. She says she is for Obama, but will do everything she can (covertly, of course) to derail him in November. McCain will win and she will be free to run in 2012. Obama, at last, will be just a minor annoyance.
"The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit."- The Bible
Sunday, June 8, 2008
LET'S GET READY TO RUMBLE: Clint Eastwood versus Spike Lee
This could be the fight of the centruy. This fight could be as big a Ali-Frazier. This could be a fight the people could talk about for years and years to come. It is Eastwwod versus Lee. It is Dirty Harry versus Mars Blackmon.It all started when Spike Lee complained that there were no black soldiers in either of Clint Eastwood’s Oscar-nominated war films Flags of Our Fathers and Letters from Iwo Jima.
Spike was upset that the African-American contingent didn’t seem to get any acknowledgement whatsoever from Clint, and he spoke up at the Cannes Film Festival in May. He said:
Clint Eastwood made two films about Iwo Jima that ran for more than four hours total, and there was not one Negro actor on the screen. If you reporters had any balls you’d ask him why. But I know it was pointed out to him and that he could have changed it. It’s not like he didn’t know…To which Clint Eastwood replied:
A guy like that should shut his face.A guy like what exactly? Like a black man? Or like a scrawny-faced owl man? We just don’t know. What we do know is that this town is not big enough for the both of them. Yee-haw!
But anyway, Spike Lee has responded to Clint’s comment. He told ABC News:
First of all, the man is not my father and we’re not on a plantation. The thing about it though, I didn’t personally attack him. And a comment like ‘a guy like that should shut his face’ - come on Clint, come on. He sounds like an angry, old man right there. It’s just that there’s not one black in either film. And because I know my history, that’s why I made that observation.Lee is currently in the midst of post-production on his own WWII epic, Miracle as St. Anna, which, according to IMDB.com, ‘chronicles the story of four black American soldiers who are members of the US Army as part of the all-black 92nd Buffalo Soldier Division stationed in Tuscany, Italy, during World War II’.
Did we read that correctly; the ‘all-black’ division? Not even a token white boy to occasionally "honky up the proceedings"? Outrageous.
Spike furthered:
Many veterans, African-Americans, who survived that war are upset at Clint Eastwood. In his vision of Iwo Jima, Negro soldiers did not exist. Simple as that. I have a different version.Clint was initially reluctant to respond to Spike’s remarks, but eventually told the Guardian:
The story is ‘Flags of Our Fathers,’ the famous flag-raising picture. If I go ahead and put an African-American actor in there, people’d go, ‘This guy’s lost his mind.’ I mean, it’s not accurate.Anybody know any war historians to clear this up?
As it currently stands, Spike has had the last word, and here it is:
Even though he’s trying to have a Dirty Harry flashback, I’m going to take the Obama high road and end it right here.
I hope these two go to blows. It would be fun to see Dirty Harry kick the shit out of Mars Blackmon.
"I know what you're thinking. "Did he fire six shots or only five?" Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement I kind of lost track myself. But being as this is a .44 Magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world, and would blow your head clean off, you've got to ask yourself one question: Do I feel lucky? Well, do ya, punk?" - Harry Callahan (aka Dirty Harry) as played by Clint Eastwood in the movie "Dirty Harry"
Senior Goes Bezerk at Graduation
A story over at WorldNetDaily tells of a graduating senior gone wild.
Joseph Bryan Shore's march to the podium to receive his diploma Friday night was not met with the usual pomp and circumstance. Perhaps it was because he used his 15-second walk in the spotlight to curse at his family and school administrators, make an obscene gesture at the crowd and take a swing at his principal.
Police were called in following the ceremony at Arab High School in Arab, Ala., to settle the 18-year-old graduate, but his continued cursing and resisting of police officers led to his arrest on charges of disorderly conduct.
This guy is a real winner. I bet his family is really proud. Read more my clicking here.
"Someone with your qualifications would have no trouble finding a top-flight job in either the food service or housekeeping industries." - Dr Peter Venkman as played by Bill Murray in the movie "Ghost Busters"
Video from the Texas Democratic Convention
I was surfing this morning and found the following video clip from the Texas Democratic Convention in Austin.
Look and listen to the people who are highlighted. One claims she is a Hillary supporter but will support Obama regardless. Another describes her attempt to attend the African American Caucus and being turned away because she is white, and a third claiming she is Obama's mother.
If these people are the rank and file of the democratic party, then they are in trouble. While watching this clip, I thought about how unrealistic, how uninformed, how racist, and how misguided these people are. Is this the face of the Americans we want to help select the leaders of our country? I think not.
The woman who was turned away from the African American Caucus was right. It was racism. I am willing to bet she votes for McCain in November.
I will post more lunacy from the convention as it becomes available.
PS: NO...I AM NOT THERE IN PERSON!!!!
Look and listen to the people who are highlighted. One claims she is a Hillary supporter but will support Obama regardless. Another describes her attempt to attend the African American Caucus and being turned away because she is white, and a third claiming she is Obama's mother.
If these people are the rank and file of the democratic party, then they are in trouble. While watching this clip, I thought about how unrealistic, how uninformed, how racist, and how misguided these people are. Is this the face of the Americans we want to help select the leaders of our country? I think not.
The woman who was turned away from the African American Caucus was right. It was racism. I am willing to bet she votes for McCain in November.
I will post more lunacy from the convention as it becomes available.
PS: NO...I AM NOT THERE IN PERSON!!!!
"Men are mad most of their lives; few live sane, fewer die so. The acts of people are baffling unless we realize that their wits are disordered. Man is driven to justice by his lunacy." - Edward Dahlberg
UN Overstates Scale of AIDS Pandemic
James Cain, a former senior AIDS official with the World Health Organization, has stated that the United Nations has exaggerated the scale of the AIDS pandemic and the risk of the HIV virus affecting heterosexuals. He further states that the number of people worldwide with HIV have been inflated and the UN AIDS agency has wasted billions of dollars on education aimed at people who are unlikely to become infected.
Read the story on this topic by clicking here.
I have never trusted the United Nations and their affiliated organizations. Here is another case of money being thrown down a hole for which there was no need. That money could have been spent elsewhere on many more deserving things.
I have an idea the same will be said of global warming. In about 25 years, experts will claim that there never was a problem with global warming and the earth has been warming and colling naturally for millions of years.
People working for the United Nations and Al Gore types need a reason to keep their jobs, their names in the press, and to increase their bank accounts. What better way than to acomplish that than to predict doom and gloom.
It it obvious to me that the tree-hugging, liberal democrats fit right into this mold. They want to save the masses when they do not need saving. They courageously sound the alarm and mobilize the forces to save the masses. In reality, the only thing they are accomplishing is to fatten their own wallets.
Read the story on this topic by clicking here.
I have never trusted the United Nations and their affiliated organizations. Here is another case of money being thrown down a hole for which there was no need. That money could have been spent elsewhere on many more deserving things.
I have an idea the same will be said of global warming. In about 25 years, experts will claim that there never was a problem with global warming and the earth has been warming and colling naturally for millions of years.
People working for the United Nations and Al Gore types need a reason to keep their jobs, their names in the press, and to increase their bank accounts. What better way than to acomplish that than to predict doom and gloom.
It it obvious to me that the tree-hugging, liberal democrats fit right into this mold. They want to save the masses when they do not need saving. They courageously sound the alarm and mobilize the forces to save the masses. In reality, the only thing they are accomplishing is to fatten their own wallets.
"The United Nations is an uplifting experiment, dedicated to raising the standards of living in Africa, the consciences of democracies, and the price of prostitutes in New York” - Frank Dane
"The Natural" with Robert Redford
This is the ending scene of "The Natural". This is one film that I've always loved since I was in my 20s. It captures the game of baseballin all its beauty and glory. This scene always gives me the chills. Enjoy!
"There goes Roy Hobbs; the best there ever was." - quote from the movie "The Natural."
"There goes Roy Hobbs; the best there ever was." - quote from the movie "The Natural."
John Wayne "Hellfighters"
Another great John Wayne movie. It is one of my favorites. I loved the music when they got the call to fight a fire.
“If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur.” - Red Adair
“If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur.” - Red Adair
Saturday, June 7, 2008
WKRP In Cincinatti
WKRP in Cincinnati was one of the best television shows of the 70s, if not the entire history of television. Below is the opening for the show, without the classic radio dial switching, (looking for radio station WKRP). That clip used to be on YouTube but I guess the YouTube-Internet police got to it.
In any case, sit back and enjoy. Sing along if you must. You will find you cannot help but sing along.
"As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly." - Arthur 'Big Guy' Carlson as played by Gordon Jump on "WKRP in Cincinnati"
In any case, sit back and enjoy. Sing along if you must. You will find you cannot help but sing along.
"As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly." - Arthur 'Big Guy' Carlson as played by Gordon Jump on "WKRP in Cincinnati"
George C. Scott as General George S. Patton
I remember when George C. Scott won the Academy Award for Best Actor for "Patton." He refused to accept the award and send, if my memory serves me, an American Indian woman to pick it up.
His portrayal of Patton was one of the greatest of his career. Below is his speech to his troops that was the opening scene of the movie.
It was in reality, a combination of various speeches he had given over the years.
Now sit back and enjoy. I know if you are a red-blooded American, you will LOVE it!!!
"Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity." - George S. Patton
His portrayal of Patton was one of the greatest of his career. Below is his speech to his troops that was the opening scene of the movie.
It was in reality, a combination of various speeches he had given over the years.
Now sit back and enjoy. I know if you are a red-blooded American, you will LOVE it!!!
"Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity." - George S. Patton
Friday, June 6, 2008
See if this brings back some memories.....
The History Channel used to play this show's reruns on Sunday mornings. I know the series was not historically correct, but I loved seeing those WW2 aircraft. The Corsair is my favorite.
Enjoy!!!
"Flying is hours and hours of boredom sprinkled with a few seconds of sheer terror.” - Greg "Pappy Boyington quote
Enjoy!!!
"Flying is hours and hours of boredom sprinkled with a few seconds of sheer terror.” - Greg "Pappy Boyington quote
Blood, Sweat and Tears with David Clayton-Thomas
On of my favorite groups of my youth was "Blood, Sweat, and Tears." Below is a video of one of their songs. I played trumpet in my high school band and loved groups that had trumpets. David Clayton-Thomas' vcoals were inspiring.
Enjoy!!!
"All I ask of living is to have no chains on me." David Clayton-Thomas of Blood, Sweat and Tears.
Enjoy!!!
"All I ask of living is to have no chains on me." David Clayton-Thomas of Blood, Sweat and Tears.
Thursday, June 5, 2008
The Main Event: McCain versus Obama
Now that it looks like Barack HUSSEIN Obama (aka Oprah's Love Child) and John SIDNEY McCain will be facing off in the November election, let's look at how each one stand on the issues.
ABORTION
McCain: Opposes abortion rights. Has voted for abortion restrictions permissible under Roe v. Wade, and now says he would seek to overturn that guarantee of abortion rights. Would not seek constitutional amendment to ban abortion.
Obama: Favors abortion rights.
CAMPAIGN FINANCE
McCain: The co-author of McCain-Feingold campaign finance law, he plans to run his general campaign with public money and within its spending limits. He has urged Obama to do the same. He turned down federal matching funds for primaries so he could spend more than the limits. Federal Election Commission letter said he needs FEC approval before withdrawing from the primary public financing system, but FEC has not had quorum to act. McCain says he needs no such approval. McCain accepts campaign contributions from lobbyists.
Obama: The presidential campaign's fundraising champion has brought in nearly $265 million. Has signaled he will raise private money for his general election, despite his proposal last year to accept public financing and its spending limits if the Republican nominee does, too. Obama refuses to accept money from federal lobbyists and has instructed the Democratic National Committee to do the same for its joint victory fund, an account that would benefit the nominee. Obama does accept money from state lobbyists and from family members of federal lobbyists.
CUBA
McCain: Ease restrictions on Cuba once U.S. is "confident that the transition to a free and open democracy is being made."
Obama: Ease restrictions on family-related travel and on money Cuban-Americans want to send to their families in Cuba. Open to meeting new Cuban leader Raul Castro without preconditions. Ease trade embargo if Havana "begins opening Cuba to meaningful democratic change."
DEATH PENALTY
McCain: Has supported expansion of the federal death penalty and limits on appeals.
Obama: Supports death penalty for crimes for which the "community is justified in expressing the full measure of its outrage." As Illinois lawmaker, wrote bill mandating videotaping of interrogations and confessions in capital cases and sought other changes in system that had produced wrongful convictions.
EDUCATION
McCain: Favors parental choice of schools, including vouchers for private schools when approved by local officials, and right of parents to choose home schooling. More money for community college education.
Obama: Encourage but not require universal pre-kindergarten programs, expand teacher mentoring programs and reward teachers with higher pay not tied to standardized test scores, in $18 billion plan to be paid for in part by delaying elements of moon and Mars missions. Change No Child Left Behind law "so that we're not just teaching to a test and crowding out programs like art and music." Tax credit to pay up to $4,000 of college expenses for students who perform 100 hours of community service a year.
GAY MARRIAGE
McCain: Opposes constitutional amendment to ban it. Says same-sex couples should be allowed to enter into legal agreements for insurance and similar benefits.
Obama: Opposes constitutional amendment to ban it. Supports civil unions, says states should decide about marriage.
GLOBAL WARMING
McCain: Broke with President Bush on global warming. Led Senate effort to cap greenhouse gas emissions; favors tougher fuel efficiency. Favors plan that would see greenhouse gas emissions cut by 60 percent by 2050. Supports more nuclear power.
Obama: Ten-year, $150 billion program to produce "climate friendly" energy supplies that he'd pay for with a carbon auction requiring businesses to bid competitively for the right to pollute. Joined McCain in sponsoring earlier legislation that would set mandatory caps on greenhouse gas emissions. Supports tougher fuel efficiency standards.
GUN CONTROL
McCain: Voted against ban on assault-type weapons but in favor of requiring background checks at gun shows. Voted to shield gun-makers and dealers from civil suits. "I believe the Second Amendment ought to be preserved _ which means no gun control."
Obama: Voted to leave gun-makers and dealers open to suit. Also, as Illinois state lawmaker, supported ban on all forms of semiautomatic weapons and tighter state restrictions generally on firearms.
HEALTH CARE
McCain: $2,500 refundable tax credit for individuals, $5,000 for families, to make health insurance more affordable. No mandate for universal coverage. In gaining the tax credit, workers could not deduct the portion of their workplace health insurance paid by their employers.
Obama: Mandatory coverage for children, no mandate for adults. Aim for universal coverage by requiring employers to share costs of insuring workers and by offering coverage similar to that in plan for federal employees. Says package would cost up to $65 billion a year after unspecified savings from making system more efficient. Raise taxes on wealthier families to pay the cost.
HOUSING
McCain: Open to helping homeowners facing foreclosure if they are "legitimate borrowers" and not speculators.
Obama: Tax credit covering 10 percent of annual mortgage interest payments for "struggling homeowners," scoring system for consumers to compare mortgages, a fund for mortgage fraud victims, new penalties for mortgage fraud, aid to state and local governments stung by housing crisis, in $20 billion plan geared to "responsible homeowners."
IMMIGRATION
McCain: Sponsored 2006 bill that would have allowed illegal immigrants to stay in the U.S., work and apply to become legal residents after learning English, paying fines and back taxes and clearing a background check. Now says he would secure the border first. Supports border fence.
Obama: Voted for 2006 bill offering legal status to illegal immigrants subject to conditions, including English proficiency and payment of back taxes and fines. Voted for border fence.
IRAN
McCain: Favors tougher sanctions, opposes direct high-level talks with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Obama: Initially said he would meet Ahmadinejad without preconditions, now says he's not sure "Ahmadinejad is the right person to meet with right now." But says direct diplomacy with Iranian leaders would give U.S. more credibility to press for tougher international sanctions.
IRAQ
McCain: Opposes scheduling a troop withdrawal, saying latest strategy is succeeding. Supported decision to go to war, but was early critic of the manner in which administration prosecuted it. Key backer of the troop increase. Willing to have permanent U.S. peacekeeping forces in Iraq.
Obama: Spoke against war at start, opposed troop increase. Now says his plan would complete withdrawal of combat troops by end of 2009, four months sooner than his previous commitment. Before that, had said a timetable for completing withdrawal would be irresponsible without knowing what facts he'd face in office.
SOCIAL SECURITY
McCain: Would consider "almost anything" as part of a compromise to save Social Security, yet rules out higher payroll taxes for now.
Obama: Proposes raising cap with an unspecified "small adjustment" that would subject a portion of higher incomes to Social Security taxes.
STEM CELL RESEARCH
McCain: Supports relaxing federal restrictions on financing of embryonic stem cell research.
Obama: Supports relaxing restrictions on federal financing of embryonic stem cell research.
TAXES
McCain: "No new taxes" if elected. Twice opposed Bush's tax cuts, at first because he said they were tilted to the wealthiest and again because of the unknown costs of Iraq war. Now says those tax cuts, expiring in 2010, should be permanent. Proposes cutting corporate tax rate to 25 percent. Promises balance budget in first term, says that is unlikely in his first year.
Obama: Raise income taxes on wealthiest and their capital gains and dividends taxes. Raise corporate taxes. $80 billion in tax breaks mainly for poor workers and elderly, including tripling Earned Income Tax Credit for minimum-wage workers and higher credit for larger families. Eliminate tax-filing requirement for older workers making under $50,000. A mortgage-interest credit could be used by lower-income homeowners who do not take the mortgage interest deduction because they do not itemize their taxes.
TRADE
McCain: Free trade advocate.
Obama: Seek to reopen North American Free Trade Agreement to strengthen enforcement of labor and environmental standards. In 2004 Senate campaign, called for "enforcing existing trade agreements," not amending them.
"There are no easy answers' but there are simple answers. We must have the courage to do what we know is morally right.” - Ronald Reagan
ABORTION
McCain: Opposes abortion rights. Has voted for abortion restrictions permissible under Roe v. Wade, and now says he would seek to overturn that guarantee of abortion rights. Would not seek constitutional amendment to ban abortion.
Obama: Favors abortion rights.
CAMPAIGN FINANCE
McCain: The co-author of McCain-Feingold campaign finance law, he plans to run his general campaign with public money and within its spending limits. He has urged Obama to do the same. He turned down federal matching funds for primaries so he could spend more than the limits. Federal Election Commission letter said he needs FEC approval before withdrawing from the primary public financing system, but FEC has not had quorum to act. McCain says he needs no such approval. McCain accepts campaign contributions from lobbyists.
Obama: The presidential campaign's fundraising champion has brought in nearly $265 million. Has signaled he will raise private money for his general election, despite his proposal last year to accept public financing and its spending limits if the Republican nominee does, too. Obama refuses to accept money from federal lobbyists and has instructed the Democratic National Committee to do the same for its joint victory fund, an account that would benefit the nominee. Obama does accept money from state lobbyists and from family members of federal lobbyists.
CUBA
McCain: Ease restrictions on Cuba once U.S. is "confident that the transition to a free and open democracy is being made."
Obama: Ease restrictions on family-related travel and on money Cuban-Americans want to send to their families in Cuba. Open to meeting new Cuban leader Raul Castro without preconditions. Ease trade embargo if Havana "begins opening Cuba to meaningful democratic change."
DEATH PENALTY
McCain: Has supported expansion of the federal death penalty and limits on appeals.
Obama: Supports death penalty for crimes for which the "community is justified in expressing the full measure of its outrage." As Illinois lawmaker, wrote bill mandating videotaping of interrogations and confessions in capital cases and sought other changes in system that had produced wrongful convictions.
EDUCATION
McCain: Favors parental choice of schools, including vouchers for private schools when approved by local officials, and right of parents to choose home schooling. More money for community college education.
Obama: Encourage but not require universal pre-kindergarten programs, expand teacher mentoring programs and reward teachers with higher pay not tied to standardized test scores, in $18 billion plan to be paid for in part by delaying elements of moon and Mars missions. Change No Child Left Behind law "so that we're not just teaching to a test and crowding out programs like art and music." Tax credit to pay up to $4,000 of college expenses for students who perform 100 hours of community service a year.
GAY MARRIAGE
McCain: Opposes constitutional amendment to ban it. Says same-sex couples should be allowed to enter into legal agreements for insurance and similar benefits.
Obama: Opposes constitutional amendment to ban it. Supports civil unions, says states should decide about marriage.
GLOBAL WARMING
McCain: Broke with President Bush on global warming. Led Senate effort to cap greenhouse gas emissions; favors tougher fuel efficiency. Favors plan that would see greenhouse gas emissions cut by 60 percent by 2050. Supports more nuclear power.
Obama: Ten-year, $150 billion program to produce "climate friendly" energy supplies that he'd pay for with a carbon auction requiring businesses to bid competitively for the right to pollute. Joined McCain in sponsoring earlier legislation that would set mandatory caps on greenhouse gas emissions. Supports tougher fuel efficiency standards.
GUN CONTROL
McCain: Voted against ban on assault-type weapons but in favor of requiring background checks at gun shows. Voted to shield gun-makers and dealers from civil suits. "I believe the Second Amendment ought to be preserved _ which means no gun control."
Obama: Voted to leave gun-makers and dealers open to suit. Also, as Illinois state lawmaker, supported ban on all forms of semiautomatic weapons and tighter state restrictions generally on firearms.
HEALTH CARE
McCain: $2,500 refundable tax credit for individuals, $5,000 for families, to make health insurance more affordable. No mandate for universal coverage. In gaining the tax credit, workers could not deduct the portion of their workplace health insurance paid by their employers.
Obama: Mandatory coverage for children, no mandate for adults. Aim for universal coverage by requiring employers to share costs of insuring workers and by offering coverage similar to that in plan for federal employees. Says package would cost up to $65 billion a year after unspecified savings from making system more efficient. Raise taxes on wealthier families to pay the cost.
HOUSING
McCain: Open to helping homeowners facing foreclosure if they are "legitimate borrowers" and not speculators.
Obama: Tax credit covering 10 percent of annual mortgage interest payments for "struggling homeowners," scoring system for consumers to compare mortgages, a fund for mortgage fraud victims, new penalties for mortgage fraud, aid to state and local governments stung by housing crisis, in $20 billion plan geared to "responsible homeowners."
IMMIGRATION
McCain: Sponsored 2006 bill that would have allowed illegal immigrants to stay in the U.S., work and apply to become legal residents after learning English, paying fines and back taxes and clearing a background check. Now says he would secure the border first. Supports border fence.
Obama: Voted for 2006 bill offering legal status to illegal immigrants subject to conditions, including English proficiency and payment of back taxes and fines. Voted for border fence.
IRAN
McCain: Favors tougher sanctions, opposes direct high-level talks with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Obama: Initially said he would meet Ahmadinejad without preconditions, now says he's not sure "Ahmadinejad is the right person to meet with right now." But says direct diplomacy with Iranian leaders would give U.S. more credibility to press for tougher international sanctions.
IRAQ
McCain: Opposes scheduling a troop withdrawal, saying latest strategy is succeeding. Supported decision to go to war, but was early critic of the manner in which administration prosecuted it. Key backer of the troop increase. Willing to have permanent U.S. peacekeeping forces in Iraq.
Obama: Spoke against war at start, opposed troop increase. Now says his plan would complete withdrawal of combat troops by end of 2009, four months sooner than his previous commitment. Before that, had said a timetable for completing withdrawal would be irresponsible without knowing what facts he'd face in office.
SOCIAL SECURITY
McCain: Would consider "almost anything" as part of a compromise to save Social Security, yet rules out higher payroll taxes for now.
Obama: Proposes raising cap with an unspecified "small adjustment" that would subject a portion of higher incomes to Social Security taxes.
STEM CELL RESEARCH
McCain: Supports relaxing federal restrictions on financing of embryonic stem cell research.
Obama: Supports relaxing restrictions on federal financing of embryonic stem cell research.
TAXES
McCain: "No new taxes" if elected. Twice opposed Bush's tax cuts, at first because he said they were tilted to the wealthiest and again because of the unknown costs of Iraq war. Now says those tax cuts, expiring in 2010, should be permanent. Proposes cutting corporate tax rate to 25 percent. Promises balance budget in first term, says that is unlikely in his first year.
Obama: Raise income taxes on wealthiest and their capital gains and dividends taxes. Raise corporate taxes. $80 billion in tax breaks mainly for poor workers and elderly, including tripling Earned Income Tax Credit for minimum-wage workers and higher credit for larger families. Eliminate tax-filing requirement for older workers making under $50,000. A mortgage-interest credit could be used by lower-income homeowners who do not take the mortgage interest deduction because they do not itemize their taxes.
TRADE
McCain: Free trade advocate.
Obama: Seek to reopen North American Free Trade Agreement to strengthen enforcement of labor and environmental standards. In 2004 Senate campaign, called for "enforcing existing trade agreements," not amending them.
"There are no easy answers' but there are simple answers. We must have the courage to do what we know is morally right.” - Ronald Reagan
First Video Ever Aired by MTV
Below is the first video ever aired my MTV on its debut on August 1, 1981. That was when they played videos instead of all the crap they play now.
I was 27 and had been teaching for three years, unmarried, and working on my masters degree. Oh, those were the days.
"Video killed the radio star." - The Buggles
I was 27 and had been teaching for three years, unmarried, and working on my masters degree. Oh, those were the days.
"Video killed the radio star." - The Buggles
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
"Weird" Al Yankovic's Beverly Hillbillies
I always thought "Weird" Al Yankovic was so talented. I loved it when he took a popular song and rewrote it in his own words. Below is one he did on one my favorite television shows of my youth.
Sit back and enjoy.
"Well doggies!" - Jed Clampett
Sit back and enjoy.
"Well doggies!" - Jed Clampett
Gene Simmons, KISS and Views of the World
I never really go to know anything about Gene Simmons and KISS until his show "Gene Simmons Family Jewels" came on television. I have watched the show and really like this guy.
I have posted some information about him from various sources below. Read and enjoy. After the information, I have posted a video with KISS preforming their most famous song.
Enjoy!!!
On Middle Eastern Muslim Terrorists:
In 2004, during an interview in Melbourne, Australia, Simmons described Islam as a "vile culture" wherein women had fewer rights than dogs. He described Islam as a threat, claiming that they wanted to leave the Middle East and supplant non-Muslims in other parts of the world by force. The Muslim community took offense, with Australian Muslim of the year Susan Carland asserting that Simmons' stereotyping of Muslims was inaccurate and that she never walked behind her husband as Simmons stated all Muslim women were required to do. He later said on his website that he was talking specifically about extremist Muslims.
On Drugs:
In his autobiography Kiss and Makeup, said that his mother is primarily the reason why he has never used drugs. He decided years ago that she'd already been through enough having survived the horrors of the Holocaust, and he didn't want to break her heart by becoming a drug addict.
On Politics:
Simmons, in terms of political views, describes himself as neither Democrat nor Republican, but voting based on the issues. While he supports a woman's right to abortion, the environment and church/state separation, he supported Bush in 2004 because he agreed with Bush's foreign policy stands.
More On Politics:
I believe that most people are like me, which is why sometimes Republicans get in and sometimes Democrats. Very few people are either like Hannity or Sean Penn. Most people are centrists, and by the way, I get along with Hannity just fine. On political issues, foreign policy specifically, O'Reilly and I get along just fine—we agree on foreign policy. I think the war's been handled poorly, but there's no choice. You gotta get there. The Second World War was handled terribly until D-day.
In terms of this Republican administration, some views about stem cell research, gay rights, separation of church and state, and on and on—I don't agree with any of them. But you can worry about the trees and the environment and gas emissions later. Right now there's a bigger problem, and it's a guy who doesn't care if you're a Republican or a Democrat; he wants to blow himself up and take you out. That's the problem. I think racially profiling anybody from the Middle East ... the Swiss have been good this year, and as an Israeli, I want you to look at me first. I want you to search my anal cavity and look at my tax records. I want you to look at me first, and then at every guy named Muhammad.
I have posted some information about him from various sources below. Read and enjoy. After the information, I have posted a video with KISS preforming their most famous song.
Enjoy!!!
On Middle Eastern Muslim Terrorists:
In 2004, during an interview in Melbourne, Australia, Simmons described Islam as a "vile culture" wherein women had fewer rights than dogs. He described Islam as a threat, claiming that they wanted to leave the Middle East and supplant non-Muslims in other parts of the world by force. The Muslim community took offense, with Australian Muslim of the year Susan Carland asserting that Simmons' stereotyping of Muslims was inaccurate and that she never walked behind her husband as Simmons stated all Muslim women were required to do. He later said on his website that he was talking specifically about extremist Muslims.
On Drugs:
In his autobiography Kiss and Makeup, said that his mother is primarily the reason why he has never used drugs. He decided years ago that she'd already been through enough having survived the horrors of the Holocaust, and he didn't want to break her heart by becoming a drug addict.
On Politics:
Simmons, in terms of political views, describes himself as neither Democrat nor Republican, but voting based on the issues. While he supports a woman's right to abortion, the environment and church/state separation, he supported Bush in 2004 because he agreed with Bush's foreign policy stands.
More On Politics:
I believe that most people are like me, which is why sometimes Republicans get in and sometimes Democrats. Very few people are either like Hannity or Sean Penn. Most people are centrists, and by the way, I get along with Hannity just fine. On political issues, foreign policy specifically, O'Reilly and I get along just fine—we agree on foreign policy. I think the war's been handled poorly, but there's no choice. You gotta get there. The Second World War was handled terribly until D-day.
In terms of this Republican administration, some views about stem cell research, gay rights, separation of church and state, and on and on—I don't agree with any of them. But you can worry about the trees and the environment and gas emissions later. Right now there's a bigger problem, and it's a guy who doesn't care if you're a Republican or a Democrat; he wants to blow himself up and take you out. That's the problem. I think racially profiling anybody from the Middle East ... the Swiss have been good this year, and as an Israeli, I want you to look at me first. I want you to search my anal cavity and look at my tax records. I want you to look at me first, and then at every guy named Muhammad.
I may not agree with all his beliefs, but his are closer to mine than many others out there.
"You know why I'm pulling your leg? Because I can't touch it from where I am." - Gene SimmonsTuesday, June 3, 2008
Mrs. Barack HUSSEIN Obama Uses the "W" Word
Much is on the interest about Michelle Obama (aka Mrs. Barack HUSSEIN Obama) and her comment using the "W" word. If people cannot use the "N" word (Which it think is true, the word it terrible and racist), then how can she get away with calling white people "Whitey?"
Yes sports fan, both are just words. However, they are both sued as terns of racism, dedgredation, and most-of-all, a lack of respect for others.
Volumes have been written about the Obama's and the alleged racism against white. If the Republicans have this tape, it will cinch the election for McCain. No matter how many people support BHO, they will run for cover if his wife indeed made racist comment about whites.
I will post more on this as it develops.
Yes sports fan, both are just words. However, they are both sued as terns of racism, dedgredation, and most-of-all, a lack of respect for others.
Volumes have been written about the Obama's and the alleged racism against white. If the Republicans have this tape, it will cinch the election for McCain. No matter how many people support BHO, they will run for cover if his wife indeed made racist comment about whites.
I will post more on this as it develops.
"Field of Dreams"
If this movie doesn't get you choked up, then you don't have a heart in your chest.
I think people miss it when they say it is a baseball film. I don't think it is. It's a movie about fathers and sons. And if you have ever been one or the other (or both), then Field of Dreams will speak to you.
I lost my father 20 years ago. I was always thankful I told him how much I appreciated how he raised me. He was a drill sergeant in the Army. Growing up, I hated the way he treated and raise me. I thought is was so tough. As I got older, I understand why he did it and thanked him. It was just before he died. My wife, who was the only girl/woman he really took a liking to, tells me all the time I am exactly like my father. I don't see it, but she says it is true. In my mind, I could never be the man my father was.
To this day, every time I see this clip, I think about him and the clip makes me cry. I miss him so much. He is the reason I am the man I am today.
If he is looking down from heaven right now, I want him to know I think about him everyday. I love you Dad. Thanks for making the person I am now.
"Life it hard. If you are not tough, no one will take care of you." - My father.
I think people miss it when they say it is a baseball film. I don't think it is. It's a movie about fathers and sons. And if you have ever been one or the other (or both), then Field of Dreams will speak to you.
I lost my father 20 years ago. I was always thankful I told him how much I appreciated how he raised me. He was a drill sergeant in the Army. Growing up, I hated the way he treated and raise me. I thought is was so tough. As I got older, I understand why he did it and thanked him. It was just before he died. My wife, who was the only girl/woman he really took a liking to, tells me all the time I am exactly like my father. I don't see it, but she says it is true. In my mind, I could never be the man my father was.
To this day, every time I see this clip, I think about him and the clip makes me cry. I miss him so much. He is the reason I am the man I am today.
If he is looking down from heaven right now, I want him to know I think about him everyday. I love you Dad. Thanks for making the person I am now.
"Life it hard. If you are not tough, no one will take care of you." - My father.
Monday, June 2, 2008
Condoleezza Rice Enlists in KISS Army
The KISS Army fan club has an enthusiastic new recruit: U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.In a departure from her normally staid diplomatic duties, Rice met the legendary glam rock quartet when they happened to share a hotel in the Swedish capital. Rice was in Stockholm on Thursday for an international conference on Iraq. KISS had a sold-out gig to play this past Friday.
"I was thrilled," Rice said of her late-night encounter with frontman Gene Simmons and bandmates Paul Stanley, Eric Singer and Tommy Thayer in the executive lounge of the Sheraton Hotel where they signed autographs and handed out backstage passes and T-shirts to her staff.
I knew I liked Condi, but this just maked me love her even more. Rock on Condi...You and Gene Simmons are the best.
"I want to rock and roll all night, and party every day" - KISS
Sunday, June 1, 2008
New Message Board for Conservative Bloggers and Readers
A good friend and fellow blogger, nunoftheabove has started a message board to discuss and posts topics related to various interesting topics. The board is titled "Conservative Class."
Click here to visit her message board. Please feel to stop by, read the topics and post your comments.
Thanks. I know you will enjoy it.
"Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: 'What! You, too? Thought I was the only one.'" - C.S. Lewis
Click here to visit her message board. Please feel to stop by, read the topics and post your comments.
Thanks. I know you will enjoy it.
"Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: 'What! You, too? Thought I was the only one.'" - C.S. Lewis
John Redcorn on "King of the Hill"
I am watching "King of the Hill" on television this Sunday evening. My lovely bride is sitting in her chair, surfing on her computer.A character on the cartoon, John Redcorn, is a "player." romancing every woman he can.
My lovely bride popped up and said she was amazed that some organization or group has not raised a stink about an American Indian being portrayed as a philanderer.
She is right. With all the busy-bodies looking for something to complain about, it is an amazing thing.
This is just something to think about.
"In modern usage a cuckold is the husband of an unfaithful wife - a far nastier and more humiliating state, apparently than being the wife of a philanderer, for which in fact no word exists” - Anne Fausto
Barack HUSSEIN Obama's List of Lies
I was surfing on this hot and lazy Sunday afternoon and found a website chronicling the lies and falsehoods put forth by Barack HUSSEIN Obama (aka Oprah's Love Child). Click here for the link. I will post some of them below and update the list as we make our way up to the election. Click here to read the entire list.
"With lies you may go ahead in the world - but you can never go back” - Russian Proverb
76) “I am the only candidate who isn’t taking a dime from Washington lobbyist” - LIAR- The record shows quite the opposite. According to USA Today, Obama’s campaign fundraising team includes 38 members of law firms that were paid $138 million last year to lobby the federal government, records show. Those lawyers, including 10 former federal lobbyists, have pledged to raise at least $3.5 million for the Illinois senator’s presidential race. Employees of their firms have given Obama’s campaign $2.26 million, a USA TODAY analysis of campaign finance data shows.
75) “I did not take money from oil companies” -LIAR- It is against the law to take money from oil companies. None of your opponents take money from oil companies either.
74) “I did not recall meeting Nadhmi Auchi at any time or on any occasion” - LIAR - But a government witness said on Monday, during Antoin Rezko’s corruption trial, that he recalled seeing Sen. Barack Obama at a party that Rezko held in 2004 to honor Nadhmi Auchi, an Iraqi-born tycoon. Two other guests at the party declared the Obamas were present at the event, which took place one week before Obama won his U.S. Senate seat.
73) Here is what Obama now said he meant about comment he made about Small town PA - “So I said, ‘Well, you know, when you’re bitter you turn to what you can count on,’ ” he continued. “So people they vote about guns, or they take comfort from their faith and their family and their community. And they get mad about illegal immigrants who are coming over to this country or they get frustrated about, you know, how things are changing. That’s a natural response.” - LIAR - See what Obama really meant in red. It does not take high school student to understand what Obama meant - “You go into these small towns in Pennsylvania and, like a lot of small towns in the Midwest, the jobs have been gone now for 25 years and nothing’s replaced them…And they fell through the Clinton Administration, and the Bush Administration, and each successive administration has said that somehow these communities are gonna regenerate and they have not. And it’s not surprising then they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren’t like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations.
"With lies you may go ahead in the world - but you can never go back” - Russian Proverb
Obama = The Carter Syndrome
I found this and had to post it. It is from the Thursday, May 22, 2008 New York Post website.
Mike Ramirez is a cartoonist for Investor's Business Daily. His cartoons appear on NYPOST.COM Monday through Friday.
I will post more as I find ones I like.
"Which makes the audacity of the Obama campaign more than amusing—and amazing—to watch. Consciously or not, Obama has selected the philosophical template of the Carter administration, from defunding the military, fighting the “special interests” down to imposing the windfall profits tax on the rich. Well, as Justice Clarence Thomas might say: whoop-dee-damn-do! This is precisely the philosophy of Jimmy Carter, although Carter had the good sense not to campaign as the pacifist he really is in 1976, waiting until the moment his hand came off the bible for that." - from the "American Spectator"
Truths About BaracK HUSSEIN Obama
I was surfing this evening and early morning and came across an interesting site about Barack HUESSIN Obama (aka Oprah's Love Child). It posts a nice amount of articles and writings about BHO.
I advise everyone read and learn about this very dangerous man. I knew some of the facts that are posted on the site. Others I am just now becoming aware.
The website is "Obama Unveiled." Click here to be taken to it. I am looking for more sites about him and will post them when I find them.
"Liberals think the way to deal with dangerous tyrants is to send in a sensitive president who will make Ahmadinejad fall in love with him. They imagine Obama becoming Ahmadinejad's psychotherapist, like Barbra Streisand in 'The Prince of Tides.'" - Ann Coulter
I advise everyone read and learn about this very dangerous man. I knew some of the facts that are posted on the site. Others I am just now becoming aware.
The website is "Obama Unveiled." Click here to be taken to it. I am looking for more sites about him and will post them when I find them.
"Liberals think the way to deal with dangerous tyrants is to send in a sensitive president who will make Ahmadinejad fall in love with him. They imagine Obama becoming Ahmadinejad's psychotherapist, like Barbra Streisand in 'The Prince of Tides.'" - Ann Coulter
More Information on Friendswood-CAIR Presentation
The following posting was made on the Houston Chronicle's Education Blog late Saturday night.
To me, it is an obvious attempt of a school trying to cover its tracks and get out of a sticky situation. It also shows the possible "misrepresentation" of CAIR.
Please read the following and post your comments and thoughts in the comments section regarding what you think about this.
It's Saturday, but Karolyn Gephart, Friendswood ISD's public information officer, apparently was working. She e-mailed me a copy of Superintendent Trish Hanks' letter to parents about the now-controversial presentation that students at Friendswood Junior High School received from the Council on American-Islamic Relations (earlier blog post).
Hanks said she signed off on the presentation for administrators and staff -- not for students -- but there apparently was a miscommunication between a deputy superintendent and the school's principal. Hanks also revealed that the presentation was prompted by an incident involving a student that the American-Islamic council considered a hate crime.
Here's the entire letter.
To me, it is an obvious attempt of a school trying to cover its tracks and get out of a sticky situation. It also shows the possible "misrepresentation" of CAIR.
Please read the following and post your comments and thoughts in the comments section regarding what you think about this.
It's Saturday, but Karolyn Gephart, Friendswood ISD's public information officer, apparently was working. She e-mailed me a copy of Superintendent Trish Hanks' letter to parents about the now-controversial presentation that students at Friendswood Junior High School received from the Council on American-Islamic Relations (earlier blog post).
Hanks said she signed off on the presentation for administrators and staff -- not for students -- but there apparently was a miscommunication between a deputy superintendent and the school's principal. Hanks also revealed that the presentation was prompted by an incident involving a student that the American-Islamic council considered a hate crime.
Here's the entire letter.
May 31, 2008"If a bird looks like a duck, swims like a duck and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck."- British Standard Duck Test
Dear Parents and Community Members:
In response to an incident that occurred between students at Friendswood Junior High School and the perception and fear that it caused to some involved, Robin Lowe, principal, was contacted by the Council of American Islamic Relations (CAIR) and told that they considered the incident a hate crime and had reported it to the FBI. Mrs. Lowe and Sherry Green, Deputy Superintendent, attended a meeting with representatives of CAIR. At the meeting, CAIR requested an opportunity to present factual and basic information about Muslims to students at Friendswood Junior High School since the school is predominantly Anglo Christian. Anticipating this request, I instructed Mrs. Green that the district would welcome the presentation to administrators and staff only, but not for a student presentation. This has been the way the District has handled other requests by groups interested in raising our awareness of the culture of our students who are minorities in Friendswood. After administrators have listened to others' concerns, we discuss the issues we are having in FISD schools and the appropriate way to address them for our students. After the meeting, I was told that a presentation would be scheduled with the administrative team. It is obvious now, that a misunderstanding occurred between two very competent and dedicated administrators.
In the midst of activities during the final two weeks of school, Mrs. Lowe was contacted by CAIR and asked to schedule the presentation. Mrs. Lowe hastily scheduled the presentation and notified me and Mrs. Green the day before the presentation by email. Neither Mrs. Green nor I saw the email until the following day when the presentations were occurring or had occurred.
From what I have been told, the content of the presentation was informational. My concern for our community and for our students is not as much with the content of the presentation as explained to me, but with the fact that a group had an audience with our students without consent from parents or this administration. I consider parental trust critical to our success as a district. This trust was violated and I deeply regret that.
I am not surprised by the community's reaction. Most of you receiving this letter have had years of experience with this district and know the kinds of activities your child has been exposed to in school. This was an isolated incident and a mistake. I am implementing corrective actions to ensure that a similar situation does not occur again.
Friendswood is a faith based community and founded on these principles. The school district has always and will continue to honor that heritage.
Sincerely,
Trish Hanks
No Beards for HPD Officers = $150,000
Appearance is worth everything - or at least $150,000 - to the Houston police.
City officials say that's how much they're willing to spend to defend against a lawsuit challenging the department's ban on beards.
Four officers filed a federal lawsuit after the department passed the rule, calling it discriminatory against people who develop skin irritation from shaving.
Read more here.
Hey, officers, if you don't want to follow the rules of the job, GET ANOTHER JOB!
It is as simple as that.
"A few strong instincts and a few plain rules suffice us” - Ralph Waldo Emerson
City officials say that's how much they're willing to spend to defend against a lawsuit challenging the department's ban on beards.
Four officers filed a federal lawsuit after the department passed the rule, calling it discriminatory against people who develop skin irritation from shaving.
Read more here.
Hey, officers, if you don't want to follow the rules of the job, GET ANOTHER JOB!
It is as simple as that.
"A few strong instincts and a few plain rules suffice us” - Ralph Waldo Emerson
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