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.
Thursday, September 11, 2008
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.
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Random Thoughts for a Wednesday night
So everyone hates GW, but isn't it a bit ironic that according to Rasmussen polls, Congress has its lowest approval rating in history? Only 9% of Americans think that Congress, widely controlled by the Democrat party, is doing a "good or excellent" job. GW's ratings are quite higher than that.
http://rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/mood_of_america/congressional_performance/congressional_performance
As of right now, the Braves are having a perfect game pitched against them by Derek Lowe of the Dodgers. Last night, they scored 9 runs. The night before, the Dodgers pitcher took a perfect game into the 8th inning vs. the Braves, and they ended up with one hit. Feast or famine, kind of typical for the season.
I'm still waiting on one person to tell me how Obama is going to live up to his campaign promises, as he keeps changing his stance now that we are in the general election. Gun control, foreign policy, tax policy, campaing finance, yada yada yada. It seems that Mr. Obama and his message of a new type of politics and campaigning is turning into another typical Washington candidate.
Can John McCain really pull this off? I am supporting him 100% over the most liberal Senator in the United States senate, but every time I see him I want to vote for him less and less. I am not really excited about this November.
On a lighter note, my wife and I are racking up the W's in our mixed doubles tennis league. Heading for the city semifinals. Who cares that we are in the lower division, 2.5. In our first season, we have managed to win matches and not kill each other. So far, so good.
http://rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/mood_of_america/congressional_performance/congressional_performance
As of right now, the Braves are having a perfect game pitched against them by Derek Lowe of the Dodgers. Last night, they scored 9 runs. The night before, the Dodgers pitcher took a perfect game into the 8th inning vs. the Braves, and they ended up with one hit. Feast or famine, kind of typical for the season.
I'm still waiting on one person to tell me how Obama is going to live up to his campaign promises, as he keeps changing his stance now that we are in the general election. Gun control, foreign policy, tax policy, campaing finance, yada yada yada. It seems that Mr. Obama and his message of a new type of politics and campaigning is turning into another typical Washington candidate.
Can John McCain really pull this off? I am supporting him 100% over the most liberal Senator in the United States senate, but every time I see him I want to vote for him less and less. I am not really excited about this November.
On a lighter note, my wife and I are racking up the W's in our mixed doubles tennis league. Heading for the city semifinals. Who cares that we are in the lower division, 2.5. In our first season, we have managed to win matches and not kill each other. So far, so good.
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
How words can be a bit deceptive
Go visit this site, just to see how easy it is to manipulate words and meanings to create an image of someone that simply is not accurate.
http://www.jamesdobsondoesntspeakforme.com/. I wanted to punch through a window after reading this last night. Obama's folks have set up some nice Dobson vs. Obama comments into simple columns that make you think that they actually have relevance to each other. Here is my favorite:
JAMES DOBSON: Claim #5
“I'd just like to ask your viewers if they've heard a single comment made by the three Presidential candidates on any occasion that even mentioned the well-being of this most basic, social institution (family)” (CNN).
BARACK OBAMA SAYS:
“Of all the rocks upon which we build our lives, we are reminded today that family is the most important. And we are called to recognize and honor how critical every father is to that foundation… But if we are honest with ourselves, we'll admit that what too many fathers also are is missing – missing from too many lives and too many homes. They have abandoned their responsibilities, acting like boys instead of men. And the foundations of our families are weaker because of it” (Father’s Day Speech, Apostolic Church).
First off, let's look at the timing of the statements. Dobson's comments came when there were still 3 candidates left in the race, so this statement was made prior to June 7, 2008, when Hillary withdrew from the race. Obama's comments came at a minimum 8 days later, on June 15, 2008, when he was speaking to a Father's Day crowd at a Chicago church. So what does that prove about Dobson's statements in the past? Its easy to throw up a statement after the fact and claim that has been his position the entire time!! But what do I know. Obama's only been doing this the whole campaign.
Now let's analyze what Obama said. He claims the foundation of families are weaker because of missing fathers. But how do his policies reflect that statement? He doesn't believe in empowering families, he believes in empowering government. More social programs, more taxing, more government powers to wield, creating even more of a nanny state than we already have now. He is enabling family and individual dependence on government rather than self-reliance. And if our government can solve all ills, why would anyone, fathers included, want to take any responsibility for their actions? Hell, the government can fix it, I don't have to. He is not enabling family development, he is disabling it.
You can argue that these social programs and his other "change" mechanisms will provide relief to those in need, but sometimes the struggle is what makes us the best that we can become. Its a father's duty, not the federal govt's, to provide for their families, and fathers and husbands need to feel the urgency in that. I am embarassed for Obama and his crew that they think that they can throw statements up like the one above and we will all just believe because we are supposed to. This man is a manipulator of our ill-informed society that believes everything it hears.
http://www.jamesdobsondoesntspeakforme.com/. I wanted to punch through a window after reading this last night. Obama's folks have set up some nice Dobson vs. Obama comments into simple columns that make you think that they actually have relevance to each other. Here is my favorite:
JAMES DOBSON: Claim #5
“I'd just like to ask your viewers if they've heard a single comment made by the three Presidential candidates on any occasion that even mentioned the well-being of this most basic, social institution (family)” (CNN).
BARACK OBAMA SAYS:
“Of all the rocks upon which we build our lives, we are reminded today that family is the most important. And we are called to recognize and honor how critical every father is to that foundation… But if we are honest with ourselves, we'll admit that what too many fathers also are is missing – missing from too many lives and too many homes. They have abandoned their responsibilities, acting like boys instead of men. And the foundations of our families are weaker because of it” (Father’s Day Speech, Apostolic Church).
First off, let's look at the timing of the statements. Dobson's comments came when there were still 3 candidates left in the race, so this statement was made prior to June 7, 2008, when Hillary withdrew from the race. Obama's comments came at a minimum 8 days later, on June 15, 2008, when he was speaking to a Father's Day crowd at a Chicago church. So what does that prove about Dobson's statements in the past? Its easy to throw up a statement after the fact and claim that has been his position the entire time!! But what do I know. Obama's only been doing this the whole campaign.
Now let's analyze what Obama said. He claims the foundation of families are weaker because of missing fathers. But how do his policies reflect that statement? He doesn't believe in empowering families, he believes in empowering government. More social programs, more taxing, more government powers to wield, creating even more of a nanny state than we already have now. He is enabling family and individual dependence on government rather than self-reliance. And if our government can solve all ills, why would anyone, fathers included, want to take any responsibility for their actions? Hell, the government can fix it, I don't have to. He is not enabling family development, he is disabling it.
You can argue that these social programs and his other "change" mechanisms will provide relief to those in need, but sometimes the struggle is what makes us the best that we can become. Its a father's duty, not the federal govt's, to provide for their families, and fathers and husbands need to feel the urgency in that. I am embarassed for Obama and his crew that they think that they can throw statements up like the one above and we will all just believe because we are supposed to. This man is a manipulator of our ill-informed society that believes everything it hears.
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Oil and Gas and the mania
As gas prices hover around $4/gallon, this is all anyone is talking about. News updates every 15 minutes on the radio, commercials on tv, news events, and the like. Everyone is railing on the oil companies and their "excessive" profits. And to be honest, I am tired of it. Tired of the bill I pay every time I fill up, and tired of the constant whining of everyone about the prices. The media feeds us that we can't get by like this, and that oil companies are the enemy here, so we should just put a new tax on them. Let's look at that option.
Oil companies on average gain about a 9% profit margin, which is average for any Fortune 500 company. They make more money, but they are spending more money to make it. And don't forget that many, many pension and 401k plans are heavily invested in these companies. These 401k's represent Middle America, guys like me and you that are not ultra-rich CEO's. So the company has a fiduciary duty to shareholders to earn a solid profit and keep the stock price stable and growing. So if we cause "Big Oil" ( I hate that term) to fail, then we are hurting not just the oil companies, but all of us with our funds invested across these companies. But Obama and Hillary keep pontificating about how bad they are.
Our biggest problems are not the oil companies, they lie in the fact that our entire economic delivery is based on a product that we have to import from other countries. We have to become energy independent, with both oil and new technologies. We need to drill for more domestically, and we have the technology to do this efficiently without destroying vast amounts of our environment. And for the record, I don't care if we cause the destruction of one species. Our planet is in a state of constant chaos, not equilibrium, and our impact on that is not measurable, but that is an argument for another post.
Oil companies on average gain about a 9% profit margin, which is average for any Fortune 500 company. They make more money, but they are spending more money to make it. And don't forget that many, many pension and 401k plans are heavily invested in these companies. These 401k's represent Middle America, guys like me and you that are not ultra-rich CEO's. So the company has a fiduciary duty to shareholders to earn a solid profit and keep the stock price stable and growing. So if we cause "Big Oil" ( I hate that term) to fail, then we are hurting not just the oil companies, but all of us with our funds invested across these companies. But Obama and Hillary keep pontificating about how bad they are.
Our biggest problems are not the oil companies, they lie in the fact that our entire economic delivery is based on a product that we have to import from other countries. We have to become energy independent, with both oil and new technologies. We need to drill for more domestically, and we have the technology to do this efficiently without destroying vast amounts of our environment. And for the record, I don't care if we cause the destruction of one species. Our planet is in a state of constant chaos, not equilibrium, and our impact on that is not measurable, but that is an argument for another post.
Dobson v. Obama, Round One
Ok, so its been a few weeks. Lots of things keeping me from putting pen to paper, so to speak. But this topic just gets me fired up.
So there is a little feud brewing between James Dobson and Barack Obama, and it seems that Dr. Dobson has been highly critical of Obama's view of Christianity, or should I say spirituality. Obama claims to be a man of faith, and I am not in a position to judge that. But I do have a problem with his desire to translate spiritual issues into a "universal language." Does he really believe that he can heal the divide between religions that have been waging war on each other for milleniums? I don't think so. All I think he is doing is pandering to as many voters as possible, especially those who think Christians are fundamendalists and backwards. I am not a theological expert, so I am in no position to preach from a soap box here. I just have no confidence that Obama is honest in his "preachings." When it comes down to it, there is very little common ground between religions. We can choose to live in peace and harmony when able to, but we essentially have severe differences that one man cannot mend. And this universal language he is preaching is synonymous with appeasement, which history shows has a very low success rate, regardless of the topic.
So there is a little feud brewing between James Dobson and Barack Obama, and it seems that Dr. Dobson has been highly critical of Obama's view of Christianity, or should I say spirituality. Obama claims to be a man of faith, and I am not in a position to judge that. But I do have a problem with his desire to translate spiritual issues into a "universal language." Does he really believe that he can heal the divide between religions that have been waging war on each other for milleniums? I don't think so. All I think he is doing is pandering to as many voters as possible, especially those who think Christians are fundamendalists and backwards. I am not a theological expert, so I am in no position to preach from a soap box here. I just have no confidence that Obama is honest in his "preachings." When it comes down to it, there is very little common ground between religions. We can choose to live in peace and harmony when able to, but we essentially have severe differences that one man cannot mend. And this universal language he is preaching is synonymous with appeasement, which history shows has a very low success rate, regardless of the topic.
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