When Did Penn Get Elected?
Dec 19, 2006 Political
Sean Penn is not content sticking to his chosen profession. He has decided that he needs to get involved in politics. He went to the Middle East and “reported” from there in an effort to show how terrible the US is, especially under the leadership of George Bush. Pen was in New Orleans and tried to be a real hero by getting in a boat to rescue people. Unfortunately, he was more like Gilligan than any hero and got into a boat with a hole in it and promptly sunk.
Penn was in New York Monday to receive the Christopher Reeve First Amendment Award from The Creative Coalition. Penn took that opportunity to again blast the President and to call for his impeachment. Penn compared the decision of the Democrats not to seek impeachment to the judicial system not seeking charges against someone who broke the law:
Turning to his views of President Bush, Penn said, “Now, there’s been a lot of talk lately on Capitol Hill about how impeachment should be ‘off the table.’ We’re told that it’s time to look ahead – not back…
“Can you imagine how far that argument would go for the defense at an arraignment on charges of grand larceny, or large-scale distribution of methamphetamines? How about the arranging of a contract killing on a pregnant mother? ‘Indictment should be off the table.’ Or ‘Let’s look forward, not backward.’ Or ‘We can’t afford another failed defendant.’
“Our country has a legal system, not of men and women, but of laws. Why then are we so willing to put inconvenient provisions of the U.S. constitution and federal law ‘off the table?’â€
I would imagine that Penn is under the impression that the President broke some law. You see, the examples he cites involve individuals who broke the law. The President used available information to take a decision. Whether or not the decision was correct is open to interpretation but the fact is, Bush did not manufacture evidence to go to war. He used the same intelligence that the Democrats (and everyone else in government) used to come to a conclusion. Just because Democrats are running from their decision to authorize the use of force does not mean they were not well informed. They can claim they were lied to but then they have to explain the intelligence they viewed. Perhaps this is why they have decided that not to pursue impeachment. They know that if there is testimony it will be shown that they used the same information. In addition, all the war talk they did and all the statements they made about Hussein and WMD during the Clinton reign will be used to show that their acts are politically motivated.
Penn said that people need to obey the law. In that light, how did it work out for him in Canada. As I recall, he broke the law there by smoking in public. I have not heard if he was required to pay the fine. If he was not then he should go back and pay it as a matter of principle. Penn also seems to think that entry into this country by ILLEGALS is OK. Sean, we have laws and they need to be followed.
Penn is really a pathetic little man. In a letter he wrote in October of this year he called people who believed we should stay in Iraq cowards. Many of our military believe we should stay in Iraq and NONE of them are cowards. Sean Penn is not fit to shine their boots and the smallest woman in the military could probably smack the hell out of him. Penn should stick to acting though if I were an actor and was as pathetic at it as he is I would consider a career change as well. Shoot, all actors have to do is recite the lines someone else wrote for them.
I pray that we are never attacked again. I pray every day that we end this war on terror with the complete destruction of the terrorists. But, if we are ever attacked again I hope that Penn is affected by it in some tragic way. Maybe then he will wise up and stop playing games. The only thing that Penn knows about being president is that he could never do the job.
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No Hindsight Needed to Know About Hillary
Dec 18, 2006 Political
Hillary Clinton is running for the presidency and she is out playing the field and trying to appear like everything to everybody. She has tried to appear moderate, and at times she has swung back to the left in order to placate her base. She is a master of disguises and Bill has taught her well with regard to the art of giving a non-answer, answer. She must get the questions when they are drafted so she can think of answers before the interview. It appears Bill is not the only one adept at dodging a draft. Hillary was asked about her vote for the war in Iraq. Here is that part of the chameleons interview:
As Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton continues to assess a possible presidential candidacy and the contours of a Democratic nomination fight, she has taken another step away from her 2002 vote authorizing President Bush to attack Iraq by saying that she “wouldn’t have voted that way” if she knew everything she knows now.
Clinton has often been asked if she regrets her vote authorizing military action and she usually answers that question with an artful dodge, saying that she accepts responsibility for the vote and suggesting that if the Senate had all the information it has today (no WMD, troubled post-war military planning, etc. . .), there would never have been a vote on the Senate floor. (my emphasis) ABC News
Isn’t that convenient? Hillary said that if she knew then what she knows now she would not have voted for the war. That is a profound statement and one worthy of examination because that is what my mother used to say when I was growing up. She often stated that she wished she knew then (when she was younger) what she knows now. God rest her soul, my mother was ahead of her time and way ahead of Hillary. You see, everyone wishes they knew then what they know now. But let’s explore this concept further.
- I wish I knew at the beginning of last football season what I know now so I could have bet (at the beginning of the season) on the Steelers to win it all so I could have made a fortune.
- I bet NASA wishes it knew then what it knows now so they would not have launched the two shuttles that disintegrated and killed a bunch of astronauts
- I bet the Japanese wish they had known then what they know now so they would have surrendered before we dropped the bombs or maybe they would have decided against Pearl Harbor in the first place
- I bet Bill Clinton wishes he knew then what he knows now so he would not have left evidence on the blue dress
- I bet Hillary wishes she knew then what she knows now about the affair, oh wait, she did
- I bet the Kennedys wish they knew then what they know now so Bobby would not have been in the hotel and JFK would not have been in Dallas
- Mary Jo’s family wishes they knew then what they know now so they would not have let their daughter ride with Ted Kennedy
- ALL OF AMERICA WISHES WE KNEW ON 9/10/01 WHAT WE KNOW NOW SO THAT WE COULD HAVE PREVENTED THE MURDER OF 3000 OF OUR CITIZENS
Gee Hillary, this is a rather convenient way of doing things. I wish I had the tid bits along the way so that I would have won money on all those horse races. Hell, I would win the lottery every week if I only knew then what I know now.
When is America going to wake up and see this no good, scheming, conniving, wench for what she really is. How many open displays of manipulation and outright lies does this country need to see that this woman should never, ever be allowed near the White House, in any capacity.
Trust me when I say this; if America foolishly elects this woman to the presidency then after she leaves office we will collectively be saying, “If we knew then what we know now.” The problem is, we do know it. Wake up America.
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John Edwards Must Enjoy Defeat
Dec 17, 2006 Political
John Edwards, the man Rush Limbaugh refers to as “The Breck Girl” has not let his defeat in 2004 extinguish the ember of desire he has to lead this country. Edwards was the number 2 (appropriate for an ambulance chaser) man on the Democratic ticket that lost miserably. There are some who might claim that Edwards would have done OK if he did not have the Kerry baggage tied to him but that might be a stretch.
Edwards will announce soon that he intends to run for president in 2008. Edwards will revive his “Two Americas” theme that he believes endeared him to the voters. The theme, for those unfamiliar, is that there are two Americas, on that is poor and one that is full of wealthy elitists. Edwards might make some headway if not for the fact he lives in the America of wealthy elitists.
John Edwards is a lawyer who chases ambulances and has made a fortune exploiting the judicial system in order to garner huge settlements and pad his bank accounts. His courtroom tactics have involved theatrics like invoking the spirit of a dead child, one Edwards claims spoke to him. The antics are more appropriate for a carnival but Edwards makes lots of money with the ruse.
In Edwards theme, people would all be treated equally and there would be a distribution of income and opportunity. Unfortunately, that does not square with real life and it does not square with how Edwards lives his life. John Edwards has spent some of his time on an anti-Wal Mart crusade and yet, the elitist in him saw fit to have a staffer try to circumvent the system to obtain a hard to get Christmas present for his children from, of all places, Wal Mart. Edwards lives in a nice house, wears fine clothes and his family does not live paycheck to paycheck.
He believes that he is the answer for America. I believe he will experience another stunning defeat and, maybe, he will finally understand that we rejected him as well in 2004.
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Kerry Treason, Take II
Dec 14, 2006 Political
After John Kerry returned home from Vietnam (he served there, you know) he organized a group of veterans into protesters and lied about the acts of American service members. He then met with the enemy in France though he had no authority to do so. His big thing then was that we needed to listen to them, understand them. Declassified documents from the era show that the North Vietnamese used the words of Kerry and other protesters to strengthen their positions. Kerry committed an act of treason and should never have been elected to office, and more appropriately should have gone to jail.
Fast forward to now and John Kerry, as a US Senator, is in Egypt where he is talking bad about the US and saying that we need to listen to and understand our enemies:
Kerry also told reporters in Cairo he believed U.S. policy in the Middle East was in trouble, partly because the United States had failed to listen to people in the region.
He cited Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak’s advice in 2002 that a U.S. invasion of Iraq would lead to disaster. “Frankly, more people should have listened to him,” he said after talks with Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif. al-Reuters
Here is John Kerry back on his blame America kick. It is our fault because we did not listen. I was listening on 9/11 and I heard the enemy loud and clear and i know what they intended by doing it. I have paid attention and I know that there are people who want to see the destruction of the US. Unfortunately, John Kerry is more than willing to help them do that.
Once a traitor, always a traitor.
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Wishing Senator Tim Johnson a Speedy Recovery
Dec 14, 2006 Political
Democratic Senator Tim Johnson of South Dakota suddenly fell ill yesterday during a conference call. He became disoriented during the session but appeared to get better. After seeing the Capitol physician it was decided that he should be taken to the hospital. He underwent surgery for an undisclosed condition though spokespeople have stated he did not have a stroke or cardiac event. He was not even settled in the hospital before rumors started to fly about the possibility that if he could not continue to serve, for whatever reason, he would probably be replaced by a Republican thereby giving Republicans control of the Senate.
On any given day the control of the Senate is an issue with me and I write about it. Today is not one of those days. I don’t care about something so trivial when compared to the life or health of another human being. Tim Johnson is not just a Senator, he is a father, husband and too many, a friend. His health is far more important than what party controls the Senate. People who only think of those things at a time like this are really pathetic individuals and should be ashamed.
I know there are a lot of people like this. There are people who cheered when President Bush gets assassinated in a movie and there are those who hoped he would be killed. Every time Dick Cheney goes to the hospital the fervor grows to fevered pitch as the death watchers come out in droves. People who think this way are totally absorbed in their own pathetic lives and can only think far enough ahead to worry about how something affects them or the party.
It has been said that party trumps race and religion and that might be true but party does not trump a human being and no party is worth the life or health of anyone. I wish Mr. Johnson a speedy recovery and I hope he can return to his duties to represent the people who elected him. I will keep him and his family in my prayers.
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