Nancy Pelosi - LIAR!

Slink - Chop!

 That sound - of an ever-efficient guillotine, marked the end of King Louis XIV’s reign of France, and official beginning of France’s bloody 1792 Revolution.

Maximilien Robespierre, in league with the radical leftist Jacobin party, had the gift of oration. Denouncing Louis, and boasting of incorruptibility, made him popular with the masses, and he was appointed – get ready for it – Public Accuser. A title, which brings to mind another wonderfully woeful time know as the Spanish Inquisition.

 His oration and plotting helped engineer Louis execution, after which he, and his fellow revolutionaries formed a committee of 12 to preside over France’s bloody nightmare.

Now, a modern day Robespierre wannabe comes delivered to us in the form of House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi.

 Pelosi, a far leftist Democrat, would be most comfortable among the French Jacobins, having spent the past eight, going on nine years, almost without pause, whining about the Bush administration.

 In true Robespierreian fashion, in an effort to “open the Bastille,” Miss Pelosi (public accuser), governed by uncontrollable partisan impulses, has led a cacophonous parade of Democrats (Jacobins) calling for ironically named “truth commissions,” to prosecute Bush administration officials on seemingly everything they enacted, from the Patriot Act, to Guantanamo Prison, to C.I.A. torture techniques.

 Standing on a pyramid of soap-boxes, (which would cause Pharaoh Ramses II to be envious), Pelosi has taken the lead in demanding the release of previously classified C.I.A. photographs, depicting tortured enemy combatants. To what end?

 In a maniacal effort to guillotine the Bush Administration, Democrats have come to the bizarre conclusion that any discomfort given to captured enemy combatants, (anyone caught on a battlefield aiding the enemy, or shooting at our troops) is to be considered torture.

 But, as with all things political, a very large horse fly flew into their carefully manufactured virginal ointment. That fly, arrived in the in the guise of a political reporter’s question.

 During a recent news conference, which the word awkward would be far too mild a description, fumbling through notes, the Speaker denied being briefed on torture (water-boarding) techniques the C.I.A. employed over the past eight years.  A reporter then asked, “Madam Speaker, just to be clear, you’re accusing the C.I.A. of lying to you in September of 2002?” The Speaker’s answer, “yes, misleading the congress of the United States!”

 Pelosi’s opened  Pandora’s box, causing the “accused” C.I.A. to go on the warpath, releasing previously unseen documents, contradicting Speaker Pelosi's assertions.

The released documents showed Miss Pelosi had indeed been informed, and assented to (voicing absolutely no objection at the time) it’s interrogation methods.

 Pelosi’s next blow came when President Obama, in a complete about-face from candidate Obama, decided to take the advice of his military commanders.

 Recalling Abu-ghraib prison torture photos, which riled up anti-American fervor in Iraq, the President’s military brass warned him that release of these new photos will make life tougher for our troops in Iraq. The administration has now decided not to release the offending photos.

 Following Obama’s about-face, at precisely the wrong moment, an “Et-tu Brute?” event reared it’s head, when Democrat, former Clinton chief of staff, now C.I.A. director, Leon Pinetta, released a memo basically saying “cut it out Miss Speaker! The C.I.A. didn’t lie to the you, or the congress!”

 Obama’s about-face, the C.I.A. document release, and Pinetta’s admonishing memo, have effectively tilted the guillotine in Speaker Pelosi’s direction. In supreme irony, Pelosi now finds herself in the midst of being swallowed up by her own assertions.

 Nervous Republicans, who, would rather be water-boarded, than deal with impending Democrat torture investigations and “truth squads,” have now been buoyed by Pelosi’s self inflicted wounds, and from an unlikely source; that evil of all evils, Darth Vader to Democrats everywhere, former Vice President Dick Cheney.

 Cheney, pedigreed with a genetic talent for making Democrats insane, appeared on a CNN Sunday talk show. Defending the Bush administration, Cheney, posited a good question; how does the Obama administration’s releasing of torture photos, and closing Guantanamo prison make America more safe? This ignited the intended firestorm among the Dems., and main-stream media.

 With evidence mounting against the Speakers assertions, the torture debates have taken an ironic turn. What caused Democrats to salivate; being “that close” to hoisting Bush and Cheney’s heads upon pikes, now has Republicans doing a Snoopy dance over Pelosi’s self inflicted woes.

 In the polite world of politics people don't like to use the term "Liar" - so unseemly. Instead they choose euphemisms such as "inaccurate," or "not factual," or "mistaken," etc. etc. But, one should always try to live up to the standards high minded Democrats set for themselves. So, I imagine with their obsession over truthfulness and fairness during the Bush years, they would be uncomfortable using the terms such as "inaccurate," or "umseemly," to describe Speaker Pelosi.

No, I think Democrats, looking at all the released C.I.A. documents, and comparing them with Pelosi's contradictory answers, and assertions, would prefer the use of the word "LIAR," when describing the Speaker. After all, it's in keeping with their ideals.

 The chances of Pelosi loosing her Speakership are rather remote, as the Democrats control both houses of congress. And truth be told, Republicans are giddy with happiness at the prospect of keeping a wounded, shrill, gaff prone opponent around. But, what Republicans are really looking for, is a way to cut off torturous torture debates and “truth commissions,” and silence future Democrat accusations regarding the Bush administration’s handling of the war.

 The French Revolution marked a death-knell for their Monarchical system of government. Unfortunately, the revolution to replace it turned out to be an affair far worse, leaving blood covered streets, and devouring up not only King Louis, but his executioners as well.

 Speaker Pelosi, and her neo-Jacobins, have come to ascension waving the banner of “change.”

 Miss Pelosi when sworn in as speaker, promised to lead the “most honest, most open, and most ethical congress in history.”

 Robespierre, promising much the same, wielding almost total power at the Revolution’s apex, ended up going to the guillotine with a literal self-inflicted gunshot wound to his jaw. Pelosi, now, with her own self-inflicted wound, might not be heading to the guillotine just yet, but her overreaching has taken her one step closer.

Slink –chop!

For What Ails You

 Has your stomach been churning? Is your breathing a bit labored lately? Has it been difficult getting out of bed? Is it difficult finding other things to watch on T.V. besides the political shows you so savored just a few weeks back? Well my sad fellow Republicans, it’s not the flu you have, you are suffering from Obamaitis.

  Unfortunately, there will be no recovery on your horizon for at least four years, so just skip paying your overpriced doctor.

 Obamaitis - it comes, when, after eight, weary years of driving your USA SUV over bumpy roads, and in a state of exhaustion, handing the car keys over to the incessantly screaming kids in the back seat.

   But, my fellow sad sacks, though I can’t cure you, I will present you with a few hopeful reasons to smile.

   If John McCain had won this election we would all be doing gigs, dancing the McCainarana! Patting ourselves on the back for delivering a sucker punch to the lefties. The satisfaction of having the underdog beating the odds and pulling off the ultimate upset. Yes, we would barely be able to contain ourselves. If we died, the coroner would have a tough time wiping the smile from our faces – that is how happy we would be.

 Unfortunately, that jubilation has been reserved for the Obamaites. Flush with self-satisfaction, there’s almost nothing Republicans, nor conservatives can say to wipe the smile off their rightfully smug faces. And lets face it – at this point, it’s what stings us the most.

 In our current sad sack state, it’s understandable that we find ourselves taking the drive to downtown pityville USA, and saddling up to the bar for a pint of wallow-tonic, on tap.

 Take Rush Limbaugh, for example, (a personal favorite), had almost nothing good to say about John McCain before he managed to win the Republican primary, is now so upset, that he actually hopes that the people who voted for Obama in Ohio, and Virginia, would loose their jobs “because when people do stupid things (Obama said he would strictly regulate the coal industry) they should learn a lesson.”  

  As I listened I wondered, was this was the same Rush, who made the point, that liberals don’t care how they obtain power, and lamenting the fact that the Democrats, and Obama were hopeful for a bad economy because that was their only path to winning the White House? Oh, how quickly the mighty crack!

  If Rush can saddle up to the pityville-bar, for a pint of woe, then you my mere mortal, can hardly be blamed for pulling up a bar stool. But, as we clink glasses, I say, cheer up! As I attempt to provide you with a few points of sudsy solace.

 Point one - over the past four years we conservatives have suffered through the tumultuous Presidency of George W. Bush. When Mr. Bush ran for office eight years ago under the dubious banner of “compassionate conservative,” he was signaling to the people who were going to actually decide that election, independents, that they had nothing to fear from him, he was not like those nasty, cold hearted S.O.B. conservatives, who wanted to impeach President Clinton. No, he was a going to be a nice guy, meaning - a compromiser. Well… we conservatives can happily say goodbye to that fallacious branding.

 President Bush’s compassion has manifest itself in the form of costly spending programs to “fix” things. Something, akin to 300 grit sandpaper, which rubs us cold hearted Republicans the wrong way.

 Point two - throughout the Bush years, there have been more than a few hubristic bad apple Republicans, ie: representative, and former Vietnam flying ace, Randall “duke” Cunningham, convicted of having military contractors give him gifts and buy his house at a greatly inflated price. Then there was the licentious, rumored to be gay, Florida representative Tom Foley, sending very suggestive emails to male interns. And now we have the petty, and taxpayer costly, Alaska Senator, Ted Stevens, accepting gifts and free labor from constituents. Well… I say adios amigos! I don’t want to have to defend corruption – I’ll happily leave that to the donkeys.

  John McCain, throughout much of his career, has been labeled by the media, “maverick.” Maverick, because he’s his own island when it comes to political philosophy. Which really means that he has no philosophy. Which means that when listening to him campaign, one was hard pressed to find any unifying, or even coherent message. Which resulted in his defeat.

 Point three - Bush “the compassionate”, McCain “the maverick,” both come adorned with muddled versions of Reagan conservatism. And, if there had been a McCain Presidency, we would have had more of the same.  Well… we don’t have to concern ourselves with that nonsense anymore.

  Point four - “Mr. Maverick”, hopped onto the hybrid global warming bandwagon, and was more than willing to “invest,” our taxpayer dollars to “save the planet.” Like most conservatives, I, don’t believe the planet needs any “saving.”  And, if it did need saving, the U.S. Federal government, is the last super-hero you would turn to for that task - Another thing, dear conservatives, we now, don’t have to worry about. Let the donkeys pray to the global warming god.

  Point five – most importantly - All is Shangri-la in donkeyville now, but, with the Democrats controlling both the White House and Congress, there’s sure to be much infighting for the war spoils. Amidst all this infighting, a loyal, formally muted, opposition of conservatism should renew itself from the ragtag remnants of our party.

  In life nothing moves in a straight line, and so it is with conservatism. After difficult eight years of trying to “shoehorn,” a Bush presidency into a Reagan philosophy, it will be nice NOT to have to do that with an equally un-conservative McCain.

  As for me, I’m happy to let the kids riding in the back seat, who, for eight years, have been kicking our seats non-stop, incessantly fighting, and asking, of the war, "are we there yet?", have their moment at the wheel of our SUV-USA. We’ve been driving for too long and have gotten lost. Our party fell asleep at the wheel. It’s time for us to have a pullover, and let those boisterous brats in the back seat take the wheel, while we take a brief siesta in that back seat.

  I definitely won’t be taking any cues from the Democrats, about how to act when you don’t get what you want. Democrats, who, when George Bush won both of his elections, acted as if the apocalypse were upon us. These open minded, compassionate, multi-cultural people, who, perversely, accuse us Republicans of being narrow minded, bigoted, racist ogres - treated us to eight years of nonstop whining, kicking and screaming, and day in and day out, vilely comparing President Bush to Hitler.

  No thank you, I don’t think I want to be seen acting like a spoiled five year old for the next four years. After all, we are the “daddy” party, which is one of the reasons I became a Republican.

  I will wish President Obama well. He’s going to be my President now, and for the country’s sake, I sincerely want him to surpass my low expectations. There will be plenty of time to form a loyal opposition to form, but for now my dear Obamaitis ridden chums, hop in the big comfy USA-SUV back seat, and enjoy a nice nap to recoup your strength. After our brief nap, we’ll get to kick the stuffing out of the driver’s seat, and incessantly whine about where we’re going. Plenty of time for fun! Now slide over, cause I’m not sitting on the hump!

A Setback For Race Relations

Uncork the champagne! Barack Obama, the man of the hour, after a brutally long, (a year and a half) and wearying political campaign, looks as if he will have an easy gallop to the Presidency. Thanks to a plummeting stock market, sinking faster than a poor sap wearing a cement overcoat in the East river. Combined with the inept and chaotic thinking of John McCain, which has translated to his campaign staff, as they try to keep up with their candidate’s indecipherable rhetoric, Obama, who comes equipped with a quiet and easy demeanor, has only to be concerned, with committing a large verbal gaffe. Which, if history is any guide, is a minutely small possibility.

 For all of Barak Obama’s claims of “change,” one can detect very little of it in his stated agendas, filled with hazy notions, that voters, who, after this insanely long election season, (enough to make drying paint interesting), are exhausted, and don’t seem the least bit interested in knowing.

 As many in today’s mainstream media are actively and openly rooting, without any pretense of being objective, for Mr. Obama, the real question is - why? Well… one reason is obvious, Democrats, finding no problem too small for government to solve, agree with Obama’s, nebulous agenda. Another, the mainstream media ie: ABC, NBC, and CBS, are inhabited in overwhelming numbers, by self-admitted liberals.

 But, why are the mainstream media, rooting so openly for Obama? Well… here’s your answer – slavery. It’s that simple. What separates those on the left from those of us on the right is - guilt. It’s what defines you as a Democrat. Those on the left don’t want anyone to suffer, or be without anything at anytime, otherwise they “feel” bad. So they look to government, (which is more than happy to accommodate their guilt) to relieve them of their “burdens.”

 Those of us, conservatives, (such as myself) who are not burdened by such guilt, believe that in this country, anyone can make it if they’re willing to work hard, and if they don’t make it and remain impoverished, it’s not because of white racism.

 I believe those on the left, are genetically prone toward feeling guilt. Which extends – ridiculously, to slavery. An institution formerly ended, (with a war which left over six hundred thousand dead) in 1864, by President Lincoln.

 I can’t believe I have to make this point, but - Today, there is absolutely no one alive in this country who has ever owned a slave. And no one alive who’s parent, grand parents, or great grand parents, have ever owned another human being. Yet, those on the left, existing in some bizzaro world – feel burdened by guilt over the matter.

 So, you ask - why feel guilty? Well…and here we come to the heart of the matter. The guilt liberals feel, is as I stated above, partly genetic, and more ominously, narcissistic. It’s a guilt that they believe can be solved by merely pulling a lever, ie: I’m a Democrat, I’m morally superior to those who disagree with me because I care about the poor, unprivileged, the minority class, and those right wing nut jobs, don’t. And, because I vote for the right people – ie: those who do care - therefore I care, which makes me a good citizen.

 The narcissistic nature of those on the left is what is most ominous. Ominous, because it has no end. If your basic disposition is to feel guilt for all you have, and for others who have less, there becomes an endless need to assuage that guilt. And, that type of guilt can destroy a democracy.

 Recently at their second Presidential debate, John McCain pointed and referred to Barack Obama as “that one.” Emphasizing a point to the audience of a big spending bill proposed by the Bush administration, and voted for by Obama.

 The next day some in the media were actually speculating if McCain’s finger pointing was a subtle racist jesture. Huh? Am I missing something here? Uh-Oh, thought I.

 Next, we had Representative John Lewis, a respected icon of the civil rights movement, saying that McCain’s campaign reminded him of the George Wallace campaign (The now deceased former separatist governor of Alabama.) This, because a few idiots, at a few of McCain’s campaign rallies were shouting moronic things.

 These are just a few bizarre examples, which pass for legitimate opinion in today’s media, and are the result of an obsession with race. An ominous omen for our future as Senator Obama is about to become the first minority to ascend to the Presidency.

 Will today’s media, who’s collective cowardice, which would embarrass a lion in Oz, be able to pass any criticism upon Obama? If things went horribly wrong ie: another costly war, budget deficits, even worse than they are now, or horrible social policy - would the media, and liberals, white Americans ever criticize Obama? And, if they did, would black Americans see that criticism as legitimate, or a sign of racism? The answer to the above is no and yes respectively.

 White liberals, in electing Obama, will be excising the narcissistic guilt they feel over slavery. Believing things will be gloriously better for them, black Americans will be basking in the glory of the first “African American” Presidency. Of course, as with all things in life, sometimes getting what you wish becomes a rued proposition.

 Throughout this campaign Senator Obama, has barely mentioned race, and the sad state of black inner city culture. Like the abundantly eared Horton, - I can barely hear the Who. One might suppose that Obama, on the verge of becoming the first minority to ascend to the Presidency, would have as one of his main platforms, solutions for black inner city poverty.

 The comedian, Bill Cosby, who rose to prominence during the nineteen sixties, has actually experienced real racism; risen above, and around it, to become one of our country’s greatest comedians and wealthiest American’s. Cosby has, in recent years, made a crusade of telling the black inner city what it doesn’t want to hear.

 With seven out of ten black children being born out of wedlock, his message is this – “straighten up and fly right!” Young women, stop having babies! Young black men, stop listening to the putrid, destructive, rantings of rap music – stop the cursing, (using the “N” word) – show respect for women. Stay in school; aspire to go to college. Learning, and being smart is not “being white.” A message many white Americans applaud.

 One might think, that someone of Cosby’s historical caliper, imparting words of wisdom, would be a welcome voice in the black community. But, not so, for all his altruism, Cosby has been rebuffed as an elitist, and branded by some black Americans, and oddly, even some guilt ridden white ultra-liberals, as an “uncle tom.”

 So resistant has inner city black culture become to reason, that they’re willing to toss one of their own out the window, because he dares to utter the truth – something victimization industries, made up of Jacksons, Sharptons, and strangely enough, “educators,” of the world, have brain washed the inner city culture to reject.

 I fear this is an omen of things to come. I see any criticism of an Obama administration as being met with cries of racism. And, I see Barack Obama doing absolutely nothing to stem that sentiment. What advantage would there be for Obama to say criticisms of his policies are legitimate, and not based on his race?

 Indeed, throughout this campaign, Obama has shown little appetite for controversy. For someone with such a bold catch phrase as “change,” he treads most cautiously around issues. Proposals he labels as “bold” are, when examined, just the same re-hashed liberalism that’s been sputtered by Democrats since the beginning of the last century. In this case, if he’s to live up to his rhetoric, media and public expectation, Obama, will need to pull something a lot more engaging than a rabbit out of his hat.

 With Senator Obama’s inevitable victory, I, being a conservative, am left with only one hope. Which is this: that once sitting behind his rather ample desk, ensconced in that oddly shaped room, President Obama will be inspired by the likes of Mr. Cosby, Martian Luther King, Fredrick Douglas, Thomas Soule, and Walter Williams. All who’ve written, and preached self-reliance; an end to black separatism and self-pity. All of whom have preached - the end of racism will come, not by wallowing in it, but rising above it.

 If, after four, or eight years, there’s only one “change” to come out of an Obama Presidency, I would hope it would be a change in government rhetoric and more importantly policy, toward the black inner city.

Wouldn’t it be great if Obama ignored the teachers unions and implemented school choice, by providing vouchers for inner city parents, paying for their children to attend better institutions. This would cause the schools to compete for students, creating a better learning environment.

 Wouldn’t it be great, if once a week, President Obama, would put forth one of his oratorical masterpieces, echoing the themes of Mr. Cosby?

 Wouldn’t it be just fine if the only “change” that occurs in an Obama administration, actually occurs in black inner city culture, with a belief in self- reliance, in the belief that white America owes you nothing. Wouldn’t it?

 Were these things to occur, I would happily admit to being wrong about Barack Obama. I would happily say (much to the delight of my family) that President Obama was a transformative figure in American history. 

 However, judging from his past, in Chicago, being part of a race based, culturally separatist “church,” for twenty-five years, with it’s racist preacher as his mentor. Associating with dubious characters; Resco, Ayers, etc. And his absolute lack for creating any great “change” legislatively in his political past, forgive me dear reader for being highly dubious.

 From what I’ve witnessed so far, I fear an Obama administration will lead to an inflation of the tensions that exists in black inner cities today. Without challenging conventional mores, which is set within liberal and inner city cultures. An Obama Presidency will become an historical mile marker in U.S. history because of the ascendancy of the first black American to its office. But, without a sea change in race relations, will be seen as a sadly missed opportunity for real “change.” The result will be, an Obama Presidency judged not by the content of it's character, but, by the color of it's skin.

To quote the immortal words of Dr. Martin Luther King – “I have a dream, I have a dream!”

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