Thomas Sowell Spells It Out...Perfectly

The following is an article written by Thomas Sowell, and sums up the current situation in D.C. better than I ever could. And before any of you Obamabots start claiming "more right-wing racist propaganda", be aware that Thomas Sowell is black...and may be one of the smartest political minds of our generation.


Just one year ago, would you have believed that an unelected government official, not even a Cabinet member confirmed by the Senate but simply one of the many "czars" appointed by the President, could arbitrarily cut the pay of executives in private businesses by 50 percent or 90 percent?
Did you think that another "czar" would be talking about restricting talk radio? That there would be plans afloat to subsidize newspapers — that is, to create a situation where some newspapers' survival would depend on the government liking what they publish?
Did you imagine that anyone would even be talking about having a panel of so-called "experts" deciding who could and could not get life-saving medical treatments?
Scary as that is from a medical standpoint, it is also chilling from the standpoint of freedom. If you have a mother who needs a heart operation or a child with some dire medical condition, how free would you feel to speak out against an administration that has the power to make life and death decisions about your loved ones?
Does any of this sound like America?

How about a federal agency giving school children material to enlist them on the side of the president? Merely being assigned to sing his praises in class is apparently not enough.
How much of America would be left if the federal government continued on this path? President Obama has already floated the idea of a national police force, something we have done without for more than two centuries.
We already have local police forces all across the country and military forces for national defense, as well as the FBI for federal crimes and the National Guard for local emergencies. What would be the role of a national police force created by Barack Obama, with all its leaders appointed by him? It would seem more like the brown shirts of dictators than like anything American.
How far the President will go depends of course on how much resistance he meets. But the direction in which he is trying to go tells us more than all his rhetoric or media spin.
Barack Obama has not only said that he is out to "change the United States of America," the people he has been associated with for years have expressed in words and deeds their hostility to the values, the principles and the people of this country.
Jeremiah Wright said it with words: "G0d damn America!" Bill Ayers said it with bombs that he planted. Community activist goons have said it with their contempt for the rights of other people.
Among the people appointed as czars by President Obama have been people who have praised enemy dictators like Mao, who have seen the public schools as places to promote sexual practices contrary to the values of most Americans, to a captive audience of children.
Those who say that the Obama administration should have investigated those people more thoroughly before appointing them are missing the point completely. Why should we assume that Barack Obama didn't know what such people were like, when he has been associating with precisely these kinds of people for decades before he reached the White House?
Nothing is more consistent with his lifelong patterns than putting such people in government — people who reject American values, resent Americans in general and successful Americans in particular, as well as resenting America's influence in the world.
Any miscalculation on his part would be in not thinking that others would discover what these stealth appointees were like. Had it not been for the Fox News Channel, these stealth appointees might have remained unexposed for what they are. Fox News is now high on the administration's enemies list.
Nothing so epitomizes President Obama's own contempt for American values and traditions like trying to ram two bills through Congress in his first year — each bill more than a thousand pages long — too fast for either of them to be read, much less discussed. That he succeeded only the first time says that some people are starting to wake up. Whether enough people will wake up in time to keep America from being dismantled, piece by piece, is another question — and the biggest question for this generation.
-Thomas Sowell

America Has Become a Country of Mediocrity

Let me be clear, I love my country and feel blessed to have been born here. But something has happened in the past 39 years that just pisses me off. Somehow the greatest nation in the history of mankind has degenerated into a nation of slackers. Think about it. Look at the company you work for. If you show up everyday on time and do your job you're probably in the top 10-20% of employees, right? I know that's the case with my company, at least in the non-commission based positions. How many times have you paid good money for an average meal at a restaurant? How many times have you suffered through poor service at the same restaurant? How many times have you been talked down to by your child's $40k per year school teacher? How many times have you mailed something only to have it lost? But we seem to have been conditioned to just accept mediocrity...even be happy with it. How many times have we all said "it could have been worse" when we were unhappy with the performance of someone we were paying to do a job or provide a service? What happened?

The United States used to be a country where excellence was rewarded, where a college dropout could become a billionaire...if he had the right idea and the willingness to work for it. Now it's a country where high school dropouts buy lottery tickets hoping to pay off the mortgage on their mobile home. Hell, we just elected a President who's resume wouldn't get him a night manager job at a Taco Bell.

I can't imagine what my grandfather would think of all this if he were alive today. And for once I don't have a very good answer as to how to fix it. But we better find a way to fix it, because we're still the last bastion of "hope" left on the planet. And if we're willing to accept becoming another England or France, then eventually freedom and liberty will disappear from the planet for another few hundred years. Let's try and not let that happen. Maybe we should start with our own children. Just a thought.

Newt Get's It Right

Quote of the year..."As an American I am not so shocked that Obama was given the Nobel Peace Prize without any accomplishments to his name, but that America gave him the White House based on the same credentials." - - Newt Gingrich

Well said Newt, we can do better...now we just need to convince the other 53%.

Brad Paisley Shows Class at White House

I have a little more respect for Brad Paisley after watching this video. The guy shares my political views for the most part, but was still able to perform in front of Zero and wife at the White House with class and dignity. Not sure I could have pulled it off. Watch Barry's facial expressions...was he enjoying the performance or wondering "who invited this cracker into my living room?" Priceless.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCvUy540I7o&feature=channel

Don't Take My Word For It!

Think I'm making this stuff up about Obamacare? Why not listen to a congressman who has actually read the bill? This video is Rep. Mike Rogers from Michigan telling the world what is actually in the bill. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G44NCvNDLfc It's a few minutes long but very educational.

Death panels, rationing of care, waiting lists, the destruction of the health insurance industry...it's all in the bill. This guy is part of the body that wrote it, I'll take his word for it before Obama's.

We need a few more guys like this in Congress, who will take on President Zero and not worry about what the media thinks.

I'm Not Always Right

Yeah, the title of this post probably shocked some of you. But it's true. Sometimes, every ten or fifteen years, I'm actually wrong. (A quick look at some of my ex-girlfriends will prove that.) It happened this week, so I guess I'm golden for the next ten years. What was I wrong about? Barack Hussein Obama (mmm,mmm,mmm). I have known from day one that Obama was a socialist and a stateist, even liberals would have a hard time arguing that one. But while conservative pundits and radio hosts called him a communist and claimed that he "resented American exceptionalism", I was the one conservative voice who defended him. Sadly to my own embarrassment. I have never wanted to believe that someone who truly hated the principles that the United States was built on could be elected to the nation's highest office. I was wrong, and today that is clear. And while the intellectual "have nots" among us are no doubt cheering President Zero's decision to dictate what the executives of private businesses earn, it offends the holy hell out of me. I can't believe I defended this communist piece of monkey dung. And no, that's not a racial statement...just an accurate one! The idea that this douche bag thinks that the American people (those execs are also American people) serve at his pleasure rather than the other way around shows the true arrogance of this idiot. Presidents are servants of the people, not rulers of them. So all you I.Q. challenged success haters can go ahead and cheer your dear leader on for "sticking it to the man". But if you decide to turn off the Michael Moore movie and pick up pretty much any book about the Soviet Union you might be shocked to find out who Obama really intends to "stick it to". And it won't be Warren Buffet or Oprah Winfrey. Look in the mirror, dumb ass.

Moron Healthcare (or more on healthcare)

Those who know me know that I have a little bit of "skin in the game" (sorry for the Obamaism, seemed to fit) when it comes to the socialized health care debate. First, my wife works for the country's largest evil health insurance company and I would love to see her keep her job. It supports my excessive golf habit quite nicely. Second, I have had some first-hand experience with our health care system that most people my age probably haven't had. I have experienced the birth of two beautiful children, which is not unusual. I have also experienced the tragic death of one of them, which thankfully is unusual...at least it is in this country. Doctors, as well as everyone else in the medical profession, are constantly demonized by the media for the money they earn as part of a typical liberal class warfare agenda. Never mind the years of education they endure or the fact that they see things everyday that would drive most of us "normal" people to the brink of insanity.
March 28, 2005 was by far the longest day of my life. I spent 12+ hours in the infant ICU at Toledo Children's Hospital as a team of doctors and nurses, lead by Doctor Barnett, worked non-stop to try and save my son Parker's life. Everyone in that ICU knew from the outset that it was hopeless...except for my wife and I...but not one of them stopped working for even a minute. Oh, did I mention that Doctor Barnett was scheduled to leave at noon that day after a 12 hour shift? Or that he was still there at 11 P.M. when Parker passed away? And I know I didn't mention anything about a government bureaucrat deciding whether or not my son, who's condition was admittedly hopeless, deserved the hours of care he received...that's because there wasn't one. But there will be under Obamacare, and I feel sorry...more sorry than I otherwise would...for the next family who has to endure what we went through. There is simply no place for government bureaucrats in a hospital, especially dealing in matters of life and death. The fact that some of my friends and many in my own family supported and voted for Barack Obama has hurt me more than they know. And while I can give anyone a pass for exercising bad judgement now and then, I have my limits. Anyone who chooses to vote for or support Barack Hussein Obama in 2012, or anyone else of his mindset when it come to health care, will no longer be considered a friend or a part of my family...at least not one that I would care to spend time around. Harsh? Probably, but I think I've earned it. Anyone want to disagree?

Srorts Media Now Runs The NFL

Let me start by saying that I'm not a real huge fan of Rush Limbaugh, in fact I find him pompous and self-absorbed. But I respect his talent and intellect. The guy has made enough money talking on the radio to be a co-owner of an NFL team, and they aren't cheap...we're talking $1B to start. The guy is a fan of the sport, and I believe those are the guys that make the best owners. It's about winning for guys like that, not just turning a profit every year. The Detroit Lions would benefit from just such an owner. But apparently the sports media, meaning ESPN, now runs the NFL. Last week a few "sports commentators" led by Michael Wilbon and Tony Kornheiser created a controversy where there was none in an attempt to boost their own pathetic ratings. Michael Wilbon knowingly quoted Limbaugh saying something he never said in a cheap attempt to create controversy and draw attention to his floundering TV show. And like flys on sh!t, the rest of the ESPN gang jumped on the bandwagon. And since nothing draws a crowd like a crowd, the rest of the media was all over the story the next day. End result: Limbaugh was dropped by the group and will probably never achieve his lifelong dream of owning an NFL team...over something he never said. The guy has talked on the radio for 3 hours a day for 20 years, so ask yourself this; if he's a racist why did Wilbon have to make something up? They should have been able to find plenty of real quotes, shouldn't they? These so-called sports commentators are so obsessed with race it's a joke. These are the same clowns who, after 6 years in the league, were still saying that Michael Vick would revolutionize the sport as soon as he learned how to throw. How has that worked out? And I don't remember Wilbon, Tony Kornholer, or Collin Couldntgetlaidbya Cowherd saying a word when gangster rapper and former crack dealer Jay-Z became co-owner of the New Jersey Nets. But I guess Jay-Z isn't as "controversial" as Rush. Or is it something else?

Why Michigan Will Not Win A Championship Under RichRod

I should have titled this post "Be Careful What You Wish For". I've listened to Michigan football fans whine for years about the need to change the offense. They pointed at Florida, Texas, LSU, and of course West Virginia and said "let's try that!" Well Michigan fans, how's that working out? Sure, we won a few early games but only one in the Big Ten and that was a squeaker against lowly Indiana. And we're seeing what happens to QBs who like to run in this league, they get hurt...often. This is not a knock on Rodriguez as much as his style of offense and his unwillingness to adjust it when needed. Fans always seem to think they know more than the coach, especially when their team is struggling. But the truth is the Big Ten is what it is for a reason. That reason? How about weather? The Big Ten is the only BCS conference where all of the teams have the potential for cold, wet, nasty weather for over half the season. The weather turned bad a few weeks ago around here, and Michigan's offense started to struggle and their starting QB is hurt. And what do the SEC, Big 12, ACC, and Pac 10 all have in common? Their dominant teams all play in good weather for most of the season. It's a lot easier to spread out the offense and throw the ball 50 times per game when it's sunny and 70 degrees. You can build your offense for speed rather than power when you play most of your games in those conditions. But an inch of snow turns a fast, undersized player into just an undersized player. That's why Big Ten teams are built more for power than speed. It isn't always as exciting to watch, and it can be a disadvantage in Bowl games when we face smaller but much faster opponents...as our record indicates. But when it's 3rd and 4 at the Big House in November, I would much rather have a 230 lb. tailback carrying the ball behind a huge offensive line than a 185 lb. QB trying to roll outside for the first down. Especially if the weather's bad. And it usually is.

I would love to be wrong about all this. Nothing would make me happier than to see Michigan win another National Championship. Let's hope Al Gore is right about global warming, or we might be waiting a long time.

This is like something out of 1984

The Senate is set to vote on "health care reform", i.e. Obamacare. 70% of America opposes it, yet our "representatives" will pass it because - well, they just know what's good for us. And The One has gone all-in on this one, using whatever political capital he had, saying that "healthcare reform is key to America's economic recovery and cannot wait". So they will vote this week, and a bill will be signed into law before the end of 2009. Because it's too important to wait. Of course if you do your homework, as I have (my how things have changed since high school) you will also find that the plan doesn't actually start until 2013. But it's too important to wait, too important too allow Obama's subjects to even read the bill. 2013, one year after Obama's alleged re-election. Must be really important to "America's economic recovery". Wouldn't want to rush into anything, right Barry? If Obama really thought Obamacare were going to succeed, don't you think he would want to implement it before the 2012 election? But I'm sure he has his reasons, after all he knows so much more than we do...just ask him.

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