Foxnews.com today reported that two terrorists were arrested in Germany while on board a flight headed to the Netherlands. Apparently, the Netherlands is a prime target for Islamic terrorists, in part due to a film created by a Dutch lawmaker, Geert Wilders. According to the article, his film "Fitna", sets 'Koranic texts against a background of violent images, which the agency said "is considered a major insult and provocation" by terrorist groups'.
So, let me get this straight. Islamic terrorists don't like being depicted as religiously violent people, so to protest this, they commit terrorist acts against the nation that this author lives in. I may not be the smartest man in the world, but I can see that this may not be the way to show the world that Wilders is wrong. Just a thought. But then again, I am trying to provide logical thought process to people who obviously threw logic out the window a long time ago....
Friday, September 26, 2008
Thursday, September 25, 2008
A little ironic?? Don't ya think????
So, it was announced today that JP Morgan Chase is buying Washington Mutual Bank. WaMu is now known as the greatest bank failure in the history of the U.S. For those of you who don't watch as much tv as I do, this is the bank that in its own commercials makes fun of the all of the old school banks, constantly making fun of the old white guys in their stuffy three piece suits and how they don't care about the common man. WaMu attempted in these commercials to be the new alternative for all of us.
The reason for their failures? If you said bad mortgage debts, then you guessed correctly. They had amassed billions of dollars in failed mortgage loans, and this was their only way out. The reason that this is worth blogging about is that this institution prided itself in serving the people that probably (ok, definitely) did not need to be purchasing a home in the first place. Not to sound cold-blooded, but they asked for it. You loan billions of dollars to unqualified borrowers and the writing should have been on the wall from day one. While the Democrat-led Congress of the late 80's and early 90's pressured lenders to get more citizens into home ownership (pandering to the masses as per usual), they also created this crisis that we are facing today. I am amazed that WaMu and the rest of the financial institutions, with all of their bright minds and great ideas, did nothing but go after short term profits when they had to have known that this would be the end result.
But don't get me wrong, this is not only on the shoulders of the lenders and the idiots in power of our federal government. Borrowers have to be held accountable for their decisions, as it is their signatures on the closing docs and their butts on the line when they bought these homes they could not afford.
Jim Martin for Senate in GA??? Yeah right.
So I saw this commercial on tv last night for our state's Senate seat challenger, the venerable Jim Martin, who is a Democrat. And like all the rest of the socialists, he equates his competitor, a Republican, with 'George Bush economics'. (On an aside, that is a great label, b/c we all, supporters included, that that GDub isn't the sharpest tool in the shed). My beef with the ad is that it claims we are in a recession. Doesn't sound too wrong, does it?? That is only because we have had it beat into our heads by the liberals and the media (is that a redundancy) that we are in a recession. By definition, a recession is a period of two consecutive quarters of negative economic growth, or a negative GDP. Last time I checked, we have had ZERO quarters of negative growth. Not one. Not two. ZERO. Which means, by definition, that we are not in a recession. I know times suck right now. I lost my job and I have been looking for one for over two months with little luck. But just because things could be better does not mean we are in a recession or heading for a depression. Its word choice and blatant lies like this ad that only exacerbates the problem. So, of course I emailed Jim Martin's campaign, and gave them the truth, and all I got was a lousy canned response saying that Jim Martin cares what I think. What a load of crap. If he cared, then he should stop insulting my intelligence and speak the freaking truth instead of manipulating the voters to think that we are in the gutter and only the Dems can get us out.
The reason for their failures? If you said bad mortgage debts, then you guessed correctly. They had amassed billions of dollars in failed mortgage loans, and this was their only way out. The reason that this is worth blogging about is that this institution prided itself in serving the people that probably (ok, definitely) did not need to be purchasing a home in the first place. Not to sound cold-blooded, but they asked for it. You loan billions of dollars to unqualified borrowers and the writing should have been on the wall from day one. While the Democrat-led Congress of the late 80's and early 90's pressured lenders to get more citizens into home ownership (pandering to the masses as per usual), they also created this crisis that we are facing today. I am amazed that WaMu and the rest of the financial institutions, with all of their bright minds and great ideas, did nothing but go after short term profits when they had to have known that this would be the end result.
But don't get me wrong, this is not only on the shoulders of the lenders and the idiots in power of our federal government. Borrowers have to be held accountable for their decisions, as it is their signatures on the closing docs and their butts on the line when they bought these homes they could not afford.
Jim Martin for Senate in GA??? Yeah right.
So I saw this commercial on tv last night for our state's Senate seat challenger, the venerable Jim Martin, who is a Democrat. And like all the rest of the socialists, he equates his competitor, a Republican, with 'George Bush economics'. (On an aside, that is a great label, b/c we all, supporters included, that that GDub isn't the sharpest tool in the shed). My beef with the ad is that it claims we are in a recession. Doesn't sound too wrong, does it?? That is only because we have had it beat into our heads by the liberals and the media (is that a redundancy) that we are in a recession. By definition, a recession is a period of two consecutive quarters of negative economic growth, or a negative GDP. Last time I checked, we have had ZERO quarters of negative growth. Not one. Not two. ZERO. Which means, by definition, that we are not in a recession. I know times suck right now. I lost my job and I have been looking for one for over two months with little luck. But just because things could be better does not mean we are in a recession or heading for a depression. Its word choice and blatant lies like this ad that only exacerbates the problem. So, of course I emailed Jim Martin's campaign, and gave them the truth, and all I got was a lousy canned response saying that Jim Martin cares what I think. What a load of crap. If he cared, then he should stop insulting my intelligence and speak the freaking truth instead of manipulating the voters to think that we are in the gutter and only the Dems can get us out.
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
A break from the rants
Wanted to post a couple of pics of my nephew AJ from our trip to the Georgia Tech game last Saturday. Minus the sunburns, I think he had a good time, and GT trounced Mississippi State 38-7, so all in all it was a good day.
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Pay Close Attention
The following is a quote from the Obama campaign taken yesterday, Sept 14th, in response to the Wall Street news of Lehman Brother's bankruptcy and Merril Lynch's sell-off to Bank of America.
“I certainly don’t fault Senator McCain for these problems, but I do fault the economic philosophy he subscribes to. It’s a philosophy we’ve had for the last eight years – one that says we should give more and more to those with the most and hope that prosperity trickles down to everyone else. It’s a philosophy that says even common-sense regulations are unnecessary and unwise, and one that says we should just stick our heads in the sand and ignore economic problems until they spiral into crises.”
At first glance, it just looks like typical campaign rhetoric. But pay close attention to the word choice that Obama uses to describe the economic system we have. He says that the Republican philosophy is to "give more and more to those with the most". Give??? Really??? Last time I checked, that wealth and income has been EARNED by millions of hard-working Americans who have made good decisions with their money and resources. These citizens have CREATED jobs for the middle and lower class. The government has not given anything, only taken away. Wait, let me correct myself. The government has created... it has created giant beauracracies that operate completely inefficiently, it has created a deficit/debt like none we have ever seen, and it has created a dependence by the lower class on a system that doesn't work because it punishes those who have the most success.
Look at any objective economic modeling/history and you can see that our private sector creates the jobs and the success of the economy, not the government. This is a critical difference in philosophy, one that can have major impact on the future of the US. If you are seriously considering Obama as your guy for the White House, at least think about these facts for a few minutes. And think objectively.
“I certainly don’t fault Senator McCain for these problems, but I do fault the economic philosophy he subscribes to. It’s a philosophy we’ve had for the last eight years – one that says we should give more and more to those with the most and hope that prosperity trickles down to everyone else. It’s a philosophy that says even common-sense regulations are unnecessary and unwise, and one that says we should just stick our heads in the sand and ignore economic problems until they spiral into crises.”
At first glance, it just looks like typical campaign rhetoric. But pay close attention to the word choice that Obama uses to describe the economic system we have. He says that the Republican philosophy is to "give more and more to those with the most". Give??? Really??? Last time I checked, that wealth and income has been EARNED by millions of hard-working Americans who have made good decisions with their money and resources. These citizens have CREATED jobs for the middle and lower class. The government has not given anything, only taken away. Wait, let me correct myself. The government has created... it has created giant beauracracies that operate completely inefficiently, it has created a deficit/debt like none we have ever seen, and it has created a dependence by the lower class on a system that doesn't work because it punishes those who have the most success.
Look at any objective economic modeling/history and you can see that our private sector creates the jobs and the success of the economy, not the government. This is a critical difference in philosophy, one that can have major impact on the future of the US. If you are seriously considering Obama as your guy for the White House, at least think about these facts for a few minutes. And think objectively.
Thursday, September 11, 2008
9/11
Sitting here watching one of the many 9/11 specials on tv tonight on the History Channel, and it just serves as a reminder how vigilant we must remain against the enemies of this country. Seven years later, it still sends chills down the spine to know that there are individuals, groups, and entire nations that want to bring us down to our knees, literally.
Politics aside, I am very fearful that most of this nation does not realize how likely it is that this will happen again and they live in this false sense of security that it will never affect them. For all of our sakes, I hope they are right, but I don't feel that confident.
So make sure to say a prayer for the families of all of those who lost their lives and to those that gave their lives trying to save the thousands of people in the buildings and in the planes. We owe them all a debt of gratitude.
Politics aside, I am very fearful that most of this nation does not realize how likely it is that this will happen again and they live in this false sense of security that it will never affect them. For all of our sakes, I hope they are right, but I don't feel that confident.
So make sure to say a prayer for the families of all of those who lost their lives and to those that gave their lives trying to save the thousands of people in the buildings and in the planes. We owe them all a debt of gratitude.
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Obama on Letterman
Freaking hysterical. The man repeats the same mantra (lies) over and over and just hopes that somebody believes him. He uses the term John McCain's 'failed policies.' He is blaming McCain/Bush for foreclosure rates, health care coverage, etc, etc. Guess what? The Dems have been in power of the Legislative branch for a few years now, and they haven't passed a meaningful law yet regarding any of these critical issues that we as citizens are facing. I can't believe no one is talking about that. And if I hear that it will be 8 more years of the same thing one more time I will vomit on my tv.
He just said that the government creates jobs, that the government stimulates the economy. This is the fundamental problem I have with liberals. We are not a great nation because of our government. To quote Ronald Reagan, "government is not a solution to our problem, government is our problem." We have succeeded in leading the free world because our citizens have established a free market system that works!! It has ups and downs, but that is a natural force of economics and nature. Our big government philosophy seeks to keep things always great for everybody (sound a bit like socialism, anyone?) which is IMPOSSIBLE. Its an ebb and flow, and we will right the ship through hard work and effort, not through higher taxes and government programs.
And David Letterman could be a fifth grader tonight with these questions. He should just ask if he can get Obama a drink and leave stage right. I don't think it is possible to tee up more softball questions than I have seen tonight.
Monday, September 8, 2008
Back in action
2 months off of the blogging circuit has left me with plenty of intemperate thoughts that need to put onto paper, so to speak. We'll start tonight with this one....
I am in line at Publix (great grocery store, by the way, especially their bakery) today and see the cover of US Weekly staring at me while in line. The headline story is Sarah Palin, and the headline reads, "Sarah Palin: Babies, Lies, and Scandal." I just about ripped the magazine to shreds right there in line. When did it become so fashionable for the media, especially the ones that supposedly support the push for women and their continued push to "equality" with men, to completely rip apart one of their own? Oh wait, I forgot, Sarah Palin is not one of them.
Apparently these groups, such as the feminists, the NAACP, the enviromenalists, et al, aren't fighting for their cause so much as they are fighting for a political agenda that keeps leaning further and further to the left. I would think that working women everywhere would be ecstatic about the prospects of Palin's rapid ascension to the 2nd in line on a presidential ticket, but apparently it depends on which ticket she is on. Rather than talk about Palin's credentials, all US Weekly and Time and the other elite news outlets want to bring out is alleged scandals and the fact that yes, Palin is a mother of five and works. I thought that was a good thing in their eyes. I am embarrassed for these news outlets, and I am even more embarassed that our citizens read this crap and continue to support their business by buying their BS magazines and newspapers. Have any of these guys put Obama on the cover to talk about his connections to known terrorists and money launderers? Please tell me soon, because I am holding my breath in anticipation.
We are moving further and further to a national mindset that it is the celebrity status, not the actual issues, that drive discussion and decision making regarding support for a candidate or a party. I am ashamed of this, and I hope the people of this country wake up and realize how warped of a society we are becoming.
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