5 months of Stupidity

Don't know the author of this, I received it in an email, but boy does it hit some great points.

• If George W. Bush had given Gordon Brown a set of inexpensive and incorrectly formatted DVDs, when Gordon Brown had given him a thoughtful and historically significant gift, would you have approved?
• If George W. Bush had given the Queen of England an iPod containing videos of his speeches, would you have thought this embarrassingly narcissistic and tacky?
• If George W. Bush had bowed to the King of Saudi Arabia, would you have approved?
• If George W. Bush had visited Austria and made reference to the non-existent "Austrian language," would you have brushed it off as a minor slip?
• If George W. Bush had filled his cabinet and circle of advisers with people who cannot seem to keep current on their income taxes, would you have approved?
• If George W. Bush had been so Spanish illiterate as to refer to “Cinco de Cuatro” in front of the Mexican ambassador when it was the fourth of May (Cuatro de Mayo), and continued to flub it when he tried again, would you have winced in embarrassment?
• If George W. Bush had mis-spelled the word advice would you have hammered him for it for years like Dan Quayle and potatoe as “proof” of what a dunce he is?
• If George W. Bush had burned 9,000 gallons of jet fuel to go plant a single tree on “Earth Day”, would you have concluded he’s a hypocrite?
• If George W. Bush’s administration had okayed Air Force One flying low over millions of people followed by a jet fighter in downtown Manhattan causing widespread panic, would you have wondered whether they actually “get” what happened on 9-11?
• If George W. Bush had been the first President to need a teleprompter installed to be able to get through a press conference, would you have laughed and said this is more proof of how he inept he is on his own and is really controlled by smarter men behind the scenes?
• If George W. Bush had failed to send relief aid to flood victims throughout the Midwest with more people killed or made homeless than in New Orleans , would you want it made into a major ongoing po litical issue with claims of racism and incompetence?
• If George W. Bush had ordered the firing of the CEO of a major corporation, even though he had no constitutional authority to do so, would you have approved?
• If George W. Bush had proposed to double the national debt, which had taken more than two centuries to accumulate, in one year, would you have approved?
• If George W. Bush had then proposed to double the debt again within 10 years, would you have approved?
• If George W. Bush had reduced your retirement plan’s holdings of GM stock by 90% and given the unions a majority stake in GM, would you have approved?
• If George W. Bush had spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to take Laura Bush to a play in NYC, would you have approved?

So, tell me again, what is it about Obama that makes him so brilliant and impressive? Can't think of anything? Don't worry. He's done all this in 5 months -- so you'll have three years and seven months to come up with an answer.. No-common-sense, naive, incompetent, uninformed and media-brainwashed voters did this to themselves. Insanity is widespread. Real Americans are waking up.

Arrogance - John Stossels take on Congress and ObamaCare

I really enjoy John Stossel. Here's a guy that works at one of the big three, ABC, and isn't afraid to tell it like it is!

This is a great piece by him on the folks in Congress that think they have the smarts to tackle 15% of our country's economy!

Arrogance

Remember "Chariots of the Gods"?

Chariots of the Gods by Eric von Daniken was my first book on UFOs and Aliens. Might have been yours too.

It's a classic, and is as relevent today as it was when published in the US in 1969.

Here's an interesting clip of an interview with von Daniken at his Mystery Park in Switzerland.
The real interview starts at about the 7:00 mark. Enjoy

The "Most Trusted Man in America" Passes Away

It was sad to hear of Walter Cronkite's passing. For those of my generation that lived away from the media centers of New York and the West Coast, the fly-over country, he was the source of most of our world and national news. Sure we had the local paper and local tv news, but for the stories of the day on a National or Global level, it was Cronkite's 30 minute news each weeknight that we turned to.

And in those more innocent, less jaded, complicated, conspiratorial times, we took what he said as gospel. If he said it, we trusted and depended on it being true, checked out and not subjected to the spin of the day. Hell, we didn't even know spin existed. I'm sure it did, but I had never heard about it or have ever thought that Cronkite allowed himself to be manipulated by anyone, be it politician or business mogul.

We certainly don't hold the current crop of newscasters, from CNN to Fox News, to what's left of the Big Three's evening newscasts, in that high regard. (Does anyone even watch the Big 3 anymore? I can't remember the last time I watched one of them, certainly not since Dan Rather exposed his agenda with his attempt to take down Bush).

I don't trust any of them and question everything that's said by them. Even if I agree with them.

It's a shame, a real shame that our news world has dissolved into a mass of self-serving talking heads with hidden agendas, being manipulated like puppets by the PowersThatBe.

Will there ever be another Walter Cronkite?

If you've never seen or heard of Playing for Change, you're in for a treat. Here's a clip of one of the members of the group giving a soulful rendetion of God Bless America at Dodger Stadium.

Check out the rest of their unique perfomances here.

Crop Circles Continue to Amaze and Astonish

“Apparently, someone was driving past the field at 4:18 AM the morning of July 14, and there was nothing in the field; it was bare of any imprint. When he drove back past the field at 5 AM, the formation was there.” - Lucy Pringle, Investigator and Photographer

Nearly 170-foot-diameter “woven” wheat circle with long arcs projectingfrom two sides was reported in the East Field near Alton Barnes, Wiltshire, England, on July 14, 2009. Aerial images © 2009 by Russell Stannard. For other images and information: Cropcircleconnector.

Out of the Mouth of Babes

God I love it when Biden opens his mouth. For all his posturing and pontificating puffery, he generally does one thing well. He speaks his mind.


Now he doesn't mean to, most politicians don't. They want to give rambling rhetorical, equivocated answers that say nothing and mean nothing. And I'm sure that's Ole Joe's aim. But he just can't do it. He just can't stop himself. When he's up in front of a group of people and he starts talking, he just can't stop himself from telling everyone what he really thinks is going on, not what the spin masters are telling him to say.

Sure he'll make sure the talking points du jour are sprinkled into the talk, but then listen, he'll invariably end up spilling the beans.

His latest jewel? Saying that as a country we have to spend our way out of bankruptcy. That without the Stimulus bills and all the government spending, we'd be bankrupt.

It's true, we are bankrupt as a country, but boy, no ones agrees that the way to correct the issue is to spend our way out of it. Nobody that is except Biden.

This is What's Coming Down the Pike from Obama

Obama is relentless in his push to get everything on his agenda done in the first year of his term. He knows he's losing popularity and influence as the American people begin to wake up to what he's really doing to the country's economy.

Next on the agenda?? Amnesty for the Illegals!

Democrats HealthPlan Nightmare

Here's a schematic of the nightmare called ObamaCare.

Combine this with the undecipherable Cap & Tax bill and if they both become law, then the America we know and love is finished.

Not trying to be melodramatic, but the level of governmental spending, bureaucracy and control of our lives and our business that will come with these bills will end the great American experiment that's lasted over 200 years. We will become a socialist driven country that will begin a spiral down to third-world status.

It happens to all countries that take from the producers and give to the non-producers. When the Democrats used modern social-networking techniques to engage the uneducated/government schooled masses in the election process, enabling these new voters to elect people that promised to take from the rich and give to them, we lost. It was over then.

Our only hope lies in a counter-revolution, one that emboldens the silent majority to demand, and if necessary, forcibly take back the reins of power. But even then, the outcome of such a trial will leave this country so divided, so alienated that I doubt even then we'd come out of it looking any thing like the America of the 20th century.

No, sadly, unless a miracle occurs, I feel we're in the midst of a Change, the likes of which we never could have imagined only a few short years ago. Certainly not the type of change I could ever have believed would take down America.

Beautiful Crop Circle in England

This amazing Crop Circle, about 1,000 feet long, appeared in England recently. Made in three sections over 3 successive nights, it's one of the most elaborate and enigmatic Crop Circles to ever appear. There's a lot of speculation as to what it means, but what it says to me is We're Not Alone.

Go here for more information on this and other recent Crop Circles.

45 Wisdoms

Written By Regina Brett, 90 years old,
of The Plain Dealer, Cleveland , Ohio .

"To celebrate growing older, I once wrote the 45 lessons life taught me. It is the most-requested column I've ever written.

My odometer rolled over to 90 in August, so here is the column once more:
1. Life isn't fair, but it's still good.
2. When in doubt, just take the next small step.
3. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone...
4. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends and parents will. Stay in touch.
5. Pay off your credit cards every month.
6. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.
7. Cry with someone. It's more healing than crying alone.
8. It's OK to get angry with God. He can take it.
9. Save for retirement starting with your first pay check.
10. When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.
11. Make peace with your past so it won't screw up the present.
12. It's OK to let your children see you cry.
13. Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
14. If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn't be in it.
15. Everything can change in the blink of an eye. But don't worry; God never blinks.
16. Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.
17. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.
18. Whatever doesn't kill you really does make you stronger.
19. It's never too late to have a happy childhood. But the second one is up to you and no one else.
20. When it comes to going after what you love in life, don't take no for an answer.
21. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie. Don't save it for a special occasion, today is special.
22. Over prepare, then go with the flow.
23. Be eccentric now. Don't wait for old age to wear purple.
24. The most important sex organ is the brain.
25. No one is in charge of your happiness but you.
26. Frame every so-called disaster with these words 'In five years, will this matter?'
27. Always choose life.
28. Forgive everyone everything.
29. What other people think of you is none of your business.
30. Time heals almost everything. Give it time.
31. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
32. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
33. Believe in miracles.
34. God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you did or didn't do.
35. Don't audit life. Show up and make the most of it now.
36. Growing old beats the alternative -- dying young.
37. Your children get only one childhood.
38. All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.
39. Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere.
40. If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else's, we'd grab ours back.
41. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
42. The best is yet to come.
43. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
44. Yield.
45. Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift.

Remember, friends are the family we choose for ourselves. Have a good day.

What Lives will be Worth under ObamaCare

The Wall Street Journal has a good piece on the experience in Britian with government healthcare and the inevitable rationing that will occur.

In Britian they set up a National Institute for Health and Clinical Experience, or NICE. While ostensibly set up to help better manage the costs and eliminate wasteful treatments and services, it has become for all purposes a rationing board. Which is exactly what will happen with ObamaCare.

Here are some key excerpts from the piece:

The NICE board even has a mathematical formula for doing so, based on a "quality adjusted life year." While the guidelines are complex, NICE currently holds that, except in unusual cases, Britain cannot afford to spend more than about $22,000 to extend a life by six months. Why $22,000? It seems to be arbitrary, calculated mainly based on how much the government wants to spend on health care. That figure has remained fairly constant since NICE was established and doesn't adjust for either overall or medical inflation.

Proponents argue that such cost-benefit analysis has to figure into health-care decisions, and that any medical system rations care in some way. And it is true that U.S. private insurers also deny reimbursement for some kinds of care. The core issue is whether those decisions are going to be dictated by the brute force of politics (NICE) or by prices (a private insurance system).
The last six months of life are a particularly difficult moral issue because that is when most health-care spending occurs. But who would you rather have making decisions about whether a treatment is worth the price -- the combination of you, your doctor and a private insurer, or a government board that cuts everyone off at $22,000?

The NICE precedent also undercuts the Obama Administration's argument that vast health savings can be gleaned simply by automating health records or squeezing out "waste." Britain has tried all of that but ultimately has concluded that it can only rein in costs by limiting care. The logic of a health-care system dominated by government is that it always ends up with some version of a NICE board that makes these life-or-death treatment decisions. The Administration's new Council for Comparative Effectiveness Research currently lacks the authority of NICE. But over time, if the Obama plan passes and taxpayer costs inevitably soar, it could quickly gain it.

Mr. Obama and Democrats claim they can expand subsidies for tens of millions of Americans, while saving money and improving the quality of care. It can't possibly be done. The inevitable result of their plan will be some version of a NICE board that will tell millions of Americans that they are too young, or too old, or too sick to be worth paying to care for.

The Real Facts about the Cap & Trade Bill

Here's a great article from NRO about the absurdities, waste, corruption and thievery included in the Waxman-Markey (Cap & Trade) bill that passed the House recently.

This bill is the worst bill ever passed by the House, bar none! It's a pile of largess, set to destroy the economy of the U.S. with the give-aways, bureaucratic power grabs and ALL INTRUSIVE invasion of our lives in practically everything we do. Everything! There's not an aspect of our lives that's not affected by this bill.

IT MUST BE STOPPED! Call/write/email your Senator and tell them to not pass the bill!

It's no exaggeration to say that your very way of life depends on it!

A Garden of Piggish Delights by Stephen Spruiell & Kevin Williamson on National Review Online

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Maybe the Tide is Changing - Helen Thomas scolds Gibbs

Helen Thomas, the dean of the White House press corp, who made no bones about her disdane for the Bush administration, lashed out at Obama's White House Press Secretary Gibbs. In commenting on the Obama's upcoming staged and closely controlled townhall meeting on Healthcare, She said "The point is the control from here. We have never had that in the White House"

Maybe the tide is turning and even the MSM is beginning to question the Chosen One.

UPDATE: The White House has now taken down from their index of White House briefings, the one from 7-1-09. No surprise that they don't want the public to see Gibbs get grilled by one of their own!