The Left Tries To Silence Dissent
Aug 14, 2009 Political
Yeah- I know- catchy title, huh? As if that would be earth-shaking news, but the hypocrisy continues to loom large as far as Liberals go. This time Van Jone’s little group Color of Change has been able to get advertisers to take their ads from Glenn Beck’s show, after Glenn Beck called The Resident a racist, which he is- we cannot sugar- coat this.
During the campaign, after touting himself as “the first post- racial” candidate, he raised the specter of racism, simply by referring to conservative attacks as saying “Well, you know they will say that I don’t look like those presidents on the dollar bill..” That’s right, hardly anyone I know wears a powdered wig anymore. Why did he bring that up?
Simply to insert the thought of racism into the debate, so then he could accuse conservatives of racism. That’s rather racist by deflection, but the Resident thinks he is clever. Yeah, he’s a legend in his own mind.
So Glenn was right, if indiscreet, but since Van Jones, as all libbies wish they were, is an avowed communist agitator, his response (with, I am sure, his highness’ blessing) is to demand companies remove advertising from the show.
The companies that have moved their ads elsewhere in recent days included ConAgra, Geico, Procter & Gamble and the insurance company Progressive. In a statement that echoed the comments of other companies, ConAgra said on Thursday that “we are firmly committed to diversity, and we would like to prevent the potential perception that advertising during this program was an endorsement of the viewpoints shared.”
The campaign against Mr. Beck is rooted in an advocacy group’s objection to the commentator’s remarks on July 28. Given the number of advertisers that have pledged to remove their spots, it appears to have been unusually successful.
nytimes.com
Yeah, right- considering the progressive nature of the CEOs of these organizations, it is a wonder that they advertised with this program in the first place. This will not hurt this program- indeed, this might just push this program into must- see territory for anyone who might see this administration as harmful.
“We have TV today that’s very polarizing and controversial,” said Donny Deutsch, the advertising executive and occasional host on CNBC and MSNBC, a rival to Fox News.
Last month, Mr. Deutsch listed some of the “Glenn Beck” advertisers and told MSNBC viewers that people who objected to Mr. Beck’s remark should write to the chief executives of the companies. In an interview, he said corporate decisions about where to allot ad dollars were the “ultimate check and balance.”
nytimes
How nice of Mr. Deutsch- considering the only people who watch MSNBC are those without the power to change the channel- you know, people in hospital lobbies, convicts, and those poor souls in mental institutions, where, as I understand it, MSNBC really rocks.
Other companies also said their spots had been scheduled during “Glenn Beck” by mistake. Ads for Procter & Gamble and S.C. Johnson appeared on a weekend repeat of Mr. Beck’s program by mistake, Fox acknowledged. Progressive said that its advertising order had specified “no Glenn Beck,” but Fox said it had bought a block of time with the channel that included Mr. Beck.
Past efforts to put pressure on cable news advertisers have met more resistance. In the spring, when the liberal group ThinkProgress protested Bill O’Reilly of Fox News by contacting corporate sponsors, most wrote back by blandly thanking them for taking the time to write. One Ford Motor employee even suggested they abandon the petition tactic, writing, “the silly form letters are just annoying and easy to delete.”
nytimes.com
Considering that George Soros is with Progressive insurance, and Warren Buffet is a major investor in Johnson & Johnson, there is really no surprise here. Neither is GEICO, whose acronym stands for Government Employee Insurance Company- go figure.
The really funny part of this is the left sees no hypocrisy in the ways they portrayed Bush for eight years, comparing him to Hitler, the Joker, and other distasteful images, but when you call the Resident what he is- well that’s just wrong. Bush said that these people mocking him had the right to do so- the Resident, through his little minions, tries to blacklist a media program. What a difference in civil liberties we have here.
I am truly sorry that the Resident has such a negative and insecure image of himself- one that he tried so hard to banish, by hanging out with the marxists, the militant blacks and others who would not make fun of his bi- racial heritage. I am sorry that it shames him, but I would ask one question here-
Which side of his heritage embarrasses him?
That answer could be truly telling.
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Tags: blacklist, hypocrisy, media control, racism
Congress Has A Lot Of Nerve
Aug 6, 2009 Political
In November of last year the executives of the Big Three American auto companies flew to DC in private corporate jets with their hats in their hands asking for tax dollars to bail them out. Members of Congress used this example of extravagance to publicly chastise the CEOs. They were called arrogant and one Congressman said this:
“It’s almost like seeing a guy show up at the soup kitchen in a high hat and tuxedo,” Rep. Gary Ackerman (D., N.Y.) told the gathered executives. “Couldn’t you have downgraded to first class or something, or jet-pooled or something to get here?” WSJ
Yes, members of Congress took pot shots at these guys for running their companies so poorly that they were nearly out of money and so desperate that they needed to beg for taxpayer money. Imagine if the “frugal” members of Congress had done something like this. Oh wait…
Congress added two luxury Gulf Stream Jets to a bill that already included one the Air Force needed to replace an aging aircraft. The Congress says it is not an earmark, they just increased the total of what was originally requested. The planes will be required to be based near DC so that they can fly members of Congress all over the place.
Here we have Congress spending money that we do not have and they are purchasing luxury jets so they can fly in a manner they criticized auto CEOs for. Now Congress does not have its hat in hand because, unlike the auto company executives, Congress can just pass laws that take more of our money. Even though they can extort money from us they are no different than the CEOs who run their companies so poorly that they have no money. Congress has spent us into bankruptcy and they will just raise our taxes to pay for their luxury jets.
They will try to tell us this is for the Air Force but this is solely for the comfort of members of Congress. The Air Force only requested one plane. Congress added the other two and required them to be based near DC. Keep this in mind when you read statements like this:
John Pike, director of GlobalSecurity.org, a defense information Web site, said military officials “need a long-range airplane — and [it’s] better to fly them on a small one than a big one.”
Pike said it is unreasonable to expect a three-star general and a staff of five people to attend meetings around the world with several stops in far-flung locales while traveling on commercial airlines. Roll Call
The General could fly in the plane the Air Force ordered. I do not think there are that many Generals flying to justify two more planes. These planes were purchased solely for the convenience of the members of Congress. It is a luxury perk that they are paying for with your tax dollars.
They are too important to fly commercial and given the atmosphere in the country perhaps it would be a bit dangerous for them. However, that does not mean they should spend 200 million dollars for three planes, two of which are not needed.
The planes were slipped into a bill and called something other than an earmark in order to avoid public scrutiny.
This is the so called most ethical Congress and most transparent government that we have ever known.
I guess if they keep saying that a few people might believe it.
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Tags: auto executives, Congress, crime, guld stream jets, hypocrisy, luxury perks
Once More, With Feeling
Jun 29, 2009 Political
Immigration reform is a joke- but no one is laughing, at least in Texas, where the crimes of illegal immigrants and Hispanic on Hispanic crime is ballooning despite the “Sanctuary” Police Chief, Harold Hurtt’s repeated denials. One can turn the pages of the newspaper, which, even if liberal, still must cover the news- and glean from these pages the fact that these crimes outnumber those of any other group by far. An example:
Police issued a search warrant at the home of a gunman who fatally shot an Houston police officer last week before being gunned down during an undercover sting, authorities said Saturday.
According to KHOU, officers discovered a large amount of stole merchandise — including refrigerators, washers and barbecues — at the northwest Harris County home of Roberto Pedroza Carrillo.
The 37-year-old shot and killed Houston Police Officer Henry Canales in the parking lot of a Walgreens drugstore at Hillcroft and Bellaire Tuesday night. He was then shot and killed by another officer.
Authorities searched the home Friday night, said Houston Police Department spokeswoman Jodi Silva, adding that the search was part of the ongoing investigation and declined to give further details.
Canales was part of an undercover team investigating stolen televisions. Money was exchanged with undercover officers when Carrillo shot Canales, authorities said.
Another officer tried to take the gunman into custody when Carrillo fired at him. The second officer, who was not hit, then shot Carrillo, who died at the scene.
Andres Nava Maldonado, 41, of Mexico, and Xiomara Mendez Rosales, 36, of Honduras, who were with Carrillo at the time of the shooting, allegedly fled the scene. They were later arrested and charged with capital murder, authorities said.
A juvenile female was also arrested.
No further information was immediately available.
chron.com
This is but one example in a paper that can spew forth at least five other examples in a day- this one unfortunately involved the death of a police officer doing his duty. The last three officers who died in the line of duty did so at the hands of illegal aliens- people who should never have been here, but were allowed to stay because of misplaced “feelings” and “sympathies” on the part of liberals who feel there should be no borders at all.
I feel there should be a tight wall, and armed guards, especially on the southern border, but eventually on the north as well. Good fences make good neighbors, it is said, and at the very least, this would funnel people more towards legal ports of entry, and we could better control who is coming here.
Sen. Chuck Schumer has the idea of Biometric cards (ID cards- imagine that!) that these people could carry around so we know that they are who they say they are. This idea is meeting some resistance.
For example, New York Sen. Charles Schumer’s proposal to require a biometric-based employer verification system as part of a comprehensive compromise has strong business support, but it would be a deal-killer for some on the left.
“An overhaul of the broken immigration system is unacceptable if it trades fundamental civil liberties for quick fixes,” said Joanne Lin, the American Civil Liberties Union’s legislative counsel.
On the flip side, any plan that offers a path to citizenship for people illegally living in the U.S. today will lose the votes of a wide swath of Democratic and Republican conservatives.
“It just doesn’t make any sense at a time of record deficits and high unemployment … to give amnesty,” said Rep. John Culberson, R-Houston.
At the moment, these conflicting crosscurrents have created a toxic political brew on Capitol Hill, where the White House does not have the votes for any comprehensive plan that would try to secure the border, give businesses continuing access to immigrant labor and provide some sort of legal residency to currently undocumented immigrants.
chron.com
This conflict , of course, has Rahm Emmanuel, the Resident’s Chief of Staff, in a snit over the difficulty of trying to pass a lie off as the truth-
“If the votes were there, you wouldn’t need to have the (White House) meeting,” said Rahm Emanuel, Obama’s chief of staff, “You’d go to a roll call (vote). OK?”
chron.com
Well, Okay there, doncha know- It seems that Hussein’s “goodwill” is rapidly running out among even the people who do not keep up with the news. Somehow, they are coming to the conclusion that Hussein might not have our best interests at heart, or really even care about the average citizen, and they are beginning to have concerns about keeping their money, and their jobs.
Immigration reform means different things for different people, but it should NEVER mean fewer jobs for the citizens of this country. Anything that happens should solve, not create problems in the system, and so far, nothing on the table seems to do this.
Rep. Lamar Smith, R-San Antonio, the top Republican on the House Judiciary Committee, which oversees immigration reform, said the administration should be more concerned with enforcing current immigration laws.
“Especially now, with 14 million Americans out of work and President Obama himself predicting that unemployment will rise above 10 percent, we need to ensure that citizens and legal immigrants are not forced to compete with illegal immigrants for jobs,” Smith said.
chron.com
I am tired of writing about immigration reform, but I will not cease until this, or another administration does the right thing.
1)- Complete the wall- no excuses, this wall is needed for several reasons.
2)- Arm the guards- the drug smugglers, and indeed the human smugglers are armed- level this playing field.
3)- All immigrants MUST be positively identified, and a foolproof card of some kind should be issued, for their benefit as well as ours
4)- Immigration must be strictly controlled, with jobs going to citizens first, and immigrants second. Our citizens should ALWAYS come first.
It’s really not that hard, we do not need to over think this- and in the end, this will be a net benefit to all concerned. The immigrants, armed with this card, will not need to fear the authorities, and the employers will know who they are hiring. Taxes can be properly paid, and social security can be collected and disbursed, all as it should be.
Drugs will have a harder time getting into the country, and Mexico can begin to take care of its own problems, instead of exporting them here.
This is a win- win situation.
All you need to begin with, is enforcing the existing laws.
That’s always a good start.
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Tags: borders, hypocrisy, illegal aliens, law
What A Difference A Messiah Makes
Jun 27, 2009 Political, Terrorism
When George Bush was president he had the terrorists who were caught on the battlefield held at various prisons and they were supposed to be tried under military commissions. Some were not, others were just held without being charged and others were deemed not to be a threat but no country would take them including the ones from which they came. Some said they could not go back or they would be executed (and people complain about how our government treats them).
The liberal left and their sock puppets at the ACLU were beside themselves. How dare Bush hold these people indefinitely without a trial or charges. We picked them up on a battlefield so let’s call them prisoners of war. We can hold them for a long time like until the war is over. The left did not like that and I can sympathize. This is not like a normal war where our enemy wears uniforms and represent a country. The terrorists are cowards who sneak around and fight for the cause regardless of what country they are from or which one they are in. But is it our fault no one will take them? Is it our fault that they were caught on a battlefield? If you don’t want to get caught don’t be on the battlefield.
Barack Obama said he would close Gitmo by January 2010 but he is finding it difficult to get rid of the detainees. He is learning that campaign rhetoric is one thing but when you actually have the information in front of you that things are a lot different. However, Obama is about to take care of this. The administration is carefully crafting an Executive Order allowing the indefinite imprisonment of some Gitmo detainees who are deemed to dangerous to send to trial or to release.
What was that? Obama is going to sign an Executive Order allowing the same thing that Bush did. Well where is the outrage by the left? The ACLU is up in arms but where are the morons at Kos? Where are the HuffPo blowhards? Where are the Code Pink twits? Where are all these groups that had epileptic seizures over this issue?
Seems that there is not much opposition when the messiah decides to do this. However, it is not final and the story hit just before the weekend, a classic way to avoid scrutiny and it was released at a time the news is dominated by the death of pop culture idol Michael Jackson.
Let’s see how this plays out. Will the Democrats oppose this? Will they lose their minds or will they embrace it? Will they do like that moron Olberman who praises Obama for things that Bush did and which earned the scorn of the dork at PMSNBC?
I think we should hold them as long as we need to. If they can be released we need to keep looking for places that will take them (the USA is not an option) just like Bush did. If we have people who can be tried then we should have a trial and if they win they get to go home, not stay here.
We also need to tell our troops that capturing these people on the battlefield is not an option. Shoot to kill them all and we will not have to worry about this.
However, the issue here is Obama and his endorsement of the policies of George Bush and the relatively little notice it has gotten. If Obama keeps endorsing the tactics of Bush then Bush’s place in history will be a good one that Democrats cannot debate (it will be good regardless).
Where is that fickle left? I want to see the outrage from the same groups that went after Bush. I want to see them have some guts and stand up for what they say they believe in.
Fat chance. They voted for this piker and they will do everything to make sure he is a “success.”
Source:
Yahoo News
Salon (one lefty loon who is opposed)
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Tags: detainees, hypocrisy, indefinite hold, michael jackson, no trial, Obama, terror
Here’s Hussein!
Jun 4, 2009 Political
Yes folks, he is beginning to shed his skin as he slithers over to the muslim world to prostrate himself before the Middle East and demonstrate that he will be a muslim puppy for anyone with islamic roots. First stop- Saudi Arabia, where Hussein could begin to emphasize his middle name, and of course, his religious affiliation. One has to believe that he was shaking like a chihuahua with a brain seizure just to be near the Saudi King, the “Protector of Mecca and Medina”, or some such title.
But the real focus on his America is Wrong tour was the speech in Cairo, where he went out of his way to say that things must change (at least on our side), and we are sorry.
Some of Mr. Obama’s language drew appreciative applause from his audience at Cairo University as he delivered a sweeping message that was forceful — and at times scolding — promoting democracy in Egypt, warning Israelis against building new settlements, and acknowledging that the United States had fallen short of its ideals, particularly in the Iraq war.
nytimes.com
Of course he was scolding Israel- he is a muslim- he has admitted it now, and this is probably why he won’t go to Israel on this tour- he’s too busy sucking teat at the breast of the muslim world to look up and see reality. Between that, and his incredible conceit, he had them at Allah.
Mr. Obama offered few details for how to solve myriad problems and conflicts around the globe, but he offered up his own biography as a credible connection to his audience. While the message touched upon a litany of challenges, it boiled down to simply this: Barack Hussein Obama was standing at the podium as the American president.
“I am also proud to carry with me the goodwill of the American people, and a greeting of peace from Muslim communities in my country: assalaamu alaykum,” Mr. Obama said, delivering a common greeting signifying peaceful intent.
nytimes.com
This guy really doesn’t get it, but then why should he- he has ignored the real world his entire life, why should he start now? But between bin Laden’s taped message, and that of al Zarkawi previously, and then the video of an Al Qaida recruiter speaking of bringing anthrax over the Mexican border, I think that the muslim world isn’t listening to the Closet Muslim, but is still trying to kill us wherever they can.
The video is compelling- it first surfaced in February, but was vetted only recently as being legitimate- if you go to you tube, and type in Abdallah Nafisi/ anthrax, you will have the video you can watch. It is fairly disturbing, and points out one of the reasons that we need to close the border. But Hussein won’t do it, because it might offend someone who might vote for him- he is that crass and calculating.
So when anthrax comes to your town, which seems a certainty, given his loyalty to his muslim roots, you can be sure and thank Hussein Obama, that is if you and your family are still alive.
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Tags: anthrax, closet muslim, hussein, hypocrisy