Associations

The liberals have not come out of left field with their response to the William Ayers association. They are responding with Todd Palin's association with the Alaskan Independence Party. Todd Palin was a a member of that party, and according to the Party's website "Todd Palin was registered as a member but never participated in any party activities aside from attending a convention in Wasilla at one time." And I have read up on the Party and will admit that I do not approve of some of their ideology, mostly the idea of Alaska seceding from the United States. Their leader, Joe Vogler, was dead by the time Todd Palin joined, therefore no association could be made.

I guess this could be compared to Michelle Obama stating that for the first time in her adult life she was proud of this country. It only took her husband running for President for that to occur. Another comparison that could be made is to that of Jeremiah Wright who has consistently voiced his dislike of the United States, and White people. The difference is that Todd Palin was not an active member, and was only a member for a few years. Obama sat in those pews for over 20 years and had no problem with what was being said. And not until the Jeremiah Wright controversy popped up did he renounce the church. Also, Obama wrote in his books about how Jeremiah Wright was a mentor, and even titled one of his books after a sermon by him. So let's say that we can, even though they are not, evens. How can that be compared to Ayers?

How can one compare an affiliation to a party that wants to secede from the U.S. for God knows what reason, be compared to a terrorist who wanted to kill Americans and stated that "they did not do enough." It is appalling to think that anyone can make this comparison in their head, and it make sense. A murdered who killed police officers and wanted to bomb Government buildings, how is this comparable?

In times of desperation, and for fear of the truth, the mind can be tricked into believing even the most extraordinary of fallacies.

Update: Seriously? David Axelrod, who runs the Obama campaign said that at the time when William Ayers was helping launch Obama's career, and serving on boards with him, he did not know the history about William Ayers. Seriously? And even if he did not have an idea, wouldn't you denounce him once you became aware?

Obama and the Chicago Annenburg Challenge

CNN tried to state that Palin's comments were untrue. Well Obama served on the board of the Chicago Annenburg Challenge with Ayers. The basis for CNN calling the claim false is that Ayers is no longer involved in any terrorist activities, although in 2001 he stated that they should have done more. And any person who was once a terrorist is always a terrorist. If Osama Bin Laden stops his involvement in terrorist activities, then in 40 years states that he should have done more, should we not consider him a terrorist any longer? I would. He held a fundraiser for Obama when he was running for Senate. And they also served on a second board together. So how could they determine this to be a false claim? I do not understand.

Palin's Obama Comments

Sarah Palin came out strong, stating what we have all been wanting to hear, Obama's ties to radicals, and his dislike of America. The video can be seen here . But now, the liberal media has said that "Palin's words carry racial tinge." How? Sarah Palin is stating the truth, yet the media is playing the race card. I believe that most Americans have no issue with electing a black President, but I do believe that many Americans have a big problem with electing Obama. Why? A few names come to mind, names like Saul Alinsky, William Ayers, and Jeremiah Wright. The media is so in the tank that any mention of these individuals and they will result in playing the race card. It is a politics of fear. The liberals plan on making every American who does not support Obama, feel like a racist. It is appalling that they have to resort to this behavior.

Obama and the media have done a very good job at trying to sweep his past under the rug, and have even tried to censor those who have tried to speak about this. It is incredible to me how there are some that do not realize that Obama is a socialist, and how we can become the United Socialist-States of America. Obama was voted most liberal Senator, even while Bernie Sanders, a self described Socialist, served alongside him. Obama actually helped Bernie Sanders campaign for the Senate, and Sanders is not even a part of the Democratic Party, he is an independent Socialist from the state of Vermont.

Does the Obama campaign think Americans are stupid? I think that it is obvious. And I believe people will realize, if they have not already, that he is not the right direction for this country to go in.

The Housing Bill Passed which was approved by the Senate

With two candidates, one for so called "Change," and the other a supposed Maverick, I expected to see at least one them come out against this bill, but they both voted for it. It would have been a great time for McCain to have stepped up and said "This bill does not do anything for the American People, and quite honestly might not even fix the economy." Nobody is sure, but the free market COULD HAVE corrected itself, and if the House passes the bill, then I guess we will never know. Companies that still have Capital are acquiring other companies and growing, so the economy as a whole has not stopped, and nor will it. McCain has spoken out against earmarks and pork barrel spending, and Obama loved those two things until he announced he was running for President. In a way, Obama lives up to his, well, ears, when it comes to earmarks.

I skimmed through the entire 451 Bailout plan, which from my understanding started off at 3 pages some time last week. This bill will pretty much make the U.S. the biggest landlord in the world. The bill itself mentions that the Federal Government will, hold, control or own the mortgages. If they own the mortgage, then they pretty much own the house until it is paid off, this is scary. Within the contents of the bill were, some items which I honestly am not quite sure how they would help the economy. I have listed these interesting bits below:

-The FDIC Insurance does go up, this helps out the people more psychologically than anything else, but only through 12/31/2009. I thought the whole reason for the increase was to account for inflation since the coverage has been $100K since the 1970's.

-There are tons of Energy Tax Credits, but really nothing about drilling or our energy Independence, so it is just a waste of time and pages.

-They extended the FUTA Surtax for two years, this is a surtax that costs employers roughly $14 per year, per employee. Aren't we trying to create jobs here? (Sec. 404)

-The "Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund Tax" was increased, don't we have a "energy crisis?" They raised the tax by 3 cents per barrel through 2016, and 4 cents after that. I mean it is only pennies, but doesn't every penny count? (Sec. 405)

-The extended an Economic Development Credit for American Samoa. I don't even know what to say. (Sec. 309)

-They extended the tax credit for mine rescue team training and the election to expense advanced mine safety equipment. I am all for safety, but why is this inserted into this bill? (Sec. 310 &311)

-There is a section on railroad track maintenance which is not too specific, but again I have no idea why this is in this bill. (Sec. 316)

Now it starts to get interesting:

-Seven year cost recovery period for motorsports racing track facility. Seriously? Someone decided they had to appeal to their Nascar fan constituents? (Sec. 317)

-(By far my favorite) Extension and Modification of Duty Suspension on Wool Products, and Wool Duty Refunds. This also helps the Wool Research Trust Fund. This one is priceless. I was not aware that wool products and their research had a trust fund. Everyone run and get your wool sweaters, now Duty Free! (Sec. 325)

-I wonder which party put this in the bill? (Please note the sarcasm) They have tax deductions for film and television productions. I did not know that liberal hollywood and the media was hurting. (Sec. 502)

-Another good one. There is an excise tax exemption, and this is how it is worded, "for certain wooden arrows designed for use by children." This applies to the shaft only, and they cannot be larger than 5/16 of inch in diameter. (Sec. 503)

-There is also a section regarding taxpayers who receive qualified settlements from the Exxon Valdez oil spill. It states that when they pay taxes, the income source "shall be treated as engaged in a fishing business." (Sec. 504)

-There are 57 pages on Natural Disaster Relief and funding for Special Projects on Federal Land, which honestly I did not read because, again it was 451 pages.

-The last item I noticed bothered me, it was 34 pages, these 34 pages were titled the "Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008." I see the importance of a bill like this (Relating more to the mental health than to the addiction aspect of it). According to this insertion into the bailout plan, health care insurances must treat mental health and addictions equal to regular medical care. They cannot make payments higher and cannot offer stricter treatment limitations than to ordinary medical coverage. This does not belong in this bill, this is something that they knew would not be passed on it's own, therefore they shoved it into the bailout. So health care costs will now rise, because of addicts, that is how I see it.

We were in such "dire need" to pass this bill quickly otherwise we would go into a depression, this according to Congress and the President. Well they have taken a week longer than expected and nothing, we are still here. The bill passed the Senate, and the Dow is still down close to 300 points. Both Republicans and Democrats are wrong on passing this bill, and the pork shoved into it goes to show you, that maybe these are the wrong people to oversee and control the economy. These are the same people who got us into this mess. Chris Dodd and Barnie Frank are front and center on this bailout, yet they were the two leading the economy on this downward spiral. How can we expect THEM to fix this?

Update: I guess I missed one earlier, there is also a tax brake for people who ride their bicycles to work.

Bailout

The bailout as it stood was not acceptable. It was filled with items that taxpayers should not foot the bill for. The President is wrong on this, after all though, he has not been fiscally conservative. This is a typical Democrat bill, which they along with the Democrat Henry Paulson, who should resign, crafted. The democrats did not allow the Republicans any input on this bill, yet they expected the Republicans to vote for it. The American people did not agree with that bailout, and that is why the House voted the way it did. Barney Frank though, the same Barney Frank in this blog's video heard saying that Fannie and Freddie did not have any problems, is blaming the Republicans and Nancy Pelosi is praising him. Well let us look at how the House voted: The vote ended with 205 in favor, and 228 oppose to the bill, 140 Democrats and 65 Republicans voted for the bill, 95 Democrats and 133 Republicans voted against it. Why are they not blaming the Democrats? Their own party, they could have single handily passed this bill, but they did not. Nancy Pelosi told 16 Freshman Democrats that they could vote against it in order to not risk their reelection. You see with the Democrats, it is all about power, they could care less about you or I. The Democrats put us in this mess, and were unable to get THEIR bill passed, and they blame us for everything.

Great Ol' Alcee Hastings

Again, another Democrat is trying to play the race card, as if the Obama campaign has not done it enough. Why can't someone not support Obama due to the fact that he is an appeaser like Arthur N. Chamberlain, or because he is the most Socialist Democratic candidate after. Well Alcee Hastings, the Florida Democratic Congressman and Black Caucus leader, said the following yesterday:

"If Sarah Palin isn't enough of a reason for you to get over whatever your problem is with Barack Obama, then you damn well had better pay attention," said Hastings. "Anybody toting guns and stripping moose don’t care too much about what they do with Jews and blacks. So, you just think this through."

This is the same Alcee Hastings who as a Federal Judge was impeached, one of only 6 that have ever been impeached, for perjury and corruption charges. Well Democrats elected him to Congress, and now he decides to put his two cents in.

Why would the Jewish people listen to him? This is the same Alcee Hastings who associates with Louis Farrakhan, the known anti-Semitic leader of the Nation of Islam. Obama has also associated with Farrakhan and served on boards with him. And this is the same Obama who would sit with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to hold peaceful talks.

Update: I urge people to call his office and let them know who disturbing and unacceptable his comments are: Tel: (202) 225-1313

9/30 Update:Alcee Hastings apologized, well not really, he just realized he said something stupid that he does not regret saying. Here are his statements: "I regret the comments I made last Tuesday that were not smart and certainly not relevant to hunters or sportsmen,"

"The point I made, and will continue to make, is that the policies and priorities of a McCain-Palin administration would be anathema to most African Americans and Jews,"

"I regret that I was not clearer and apologize to Governor Palin, my host where I was speaking, and those who my comments may have offended."

Fannie, Freddie, Rick Davis and Franklin Raines

The New York Times published an article stating that a company owned in part by Rick Davis, the Campaign Manager for the McCain Campaign received $15,000 a month since late 2005 from Freddie Mac. What is interesting is that Rick Davis has not received any compensation from his company, or profit sharing or any other sort of compensation from that company since he took a leave of absence in 2006. He never had any part in the lobbying work that was done for Freddie Mac, and furthermore he has not done ANY lobbying work since 2005.

What bothers me is that the New York Times published this article, yet I do not see any article about the two Obama Economic Advisers, Franklin Raines and Jim Johnson. Now that the FBI is investigating Freddie, Fannie, Lehman and AIG, it will come out that Fannie and Freddie cooked their books, as was already found in a previous investigation. This was done when when Franklin Raines was Chairman and CEO of Fannie Mae. Franklin Raines received over $90 million in compensation for the six year period that he held these positions. Raines quickly walked away from Fannie, knowing that Fannie was on its way down. Obama no disputes the fact that Raines is a financial adviser, despite the fact that Raines and Obama were both quoted in the past as it being true. Jim Johnson is not only an advisor to Obama, but also was part of his Vice Presidential selection committee. Jim Johnson was a managing director at Lehman Brothers (Bankrupt), CEO of Fannie Mae (now in government control), was a board member of Goldman Sachs (Almost bankrupt), and received illegal loans from Countrywide (Bought out, but for pennies on the dollar due to it almost being bankrupt).

These are the people that are advising Obama, and his supporters actually believe that he has better economic policies than McCain. The media will not report these stories, but it is up to the public to ask the questions. I might sound ignorant, but I believe the people of the U.S. are smart enough to realize what is going on.

Biden Gaffes, Again...

Aside from stating that the Obama (His) Campaign was wrong to put the ad attacking John McCain as old, and not being able to use a computer (McCain cannot use a computer because his arms cannot be lowered due to the torture he endured in Hanoi). Joe Biden made another gaffe.

While being interviewed by Katie Couric, Biden said "When the stock market crashed, Franklin Roosevelt got on the television and didn't just talk about the princes of greed," Biden told Couric. "He said, 'Look, here's what happened.'"

Well, unfortunately for Biden, Roosevelt was not President until 1933, four years after the stock market crashed, it was actually President Herbert Hoover. Another embarrassing gaffe was that the television was a very experimental appliance at the time of the stock market crash, and really was not widely available until the early 40's. In the 1930's, only New York City and Los Angeles.

Blasphemy

The Democrats have even resorted to Blasphemy in order to attack Governor Palin. What started with the Liberal nut job website Daily Kos, has now extended to Donna Brazile and even the Congress floor with Congressman Steve Cohen of Tennessee. Below is the transcript from today's speech on the Congress floor by Rep. Cohen:

Dem. Rep. Steve Cohen (TN) - I submit to you, Mr. Speaker, that the parties have differences. But if you want change, you want the Democratic Party. Barack Obama was a community organizer like Jesus, who our minister prayed about. Pontius Pilate was a governor. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

They have all been saying similar things. So according to the liberals, Obama is like Jesus and Palin like Pontius Pilate. And if that is not enough, Joe Biden stated that Sarah Palin did not love her Down Syndrome Child, because if she did, she would support Stem Cell Research. Yet Biden claims to be a Catholic. And the South Carolina Democratic chair, Carol Fowler, stated that John McCain choose a running mate " whose primary qualification seems to be that she hasn’t had an abortion.” This is disgusting behavior coming from the left, and the more their true colors show, the more people will open their eyes.



John Kerry said something similar that killed his campaign. Kerry in October of 2004 stated "You know education, if you make the most of it, you study hard, you do your homework and you make an effort to be smart, you can do well. And if you don't, you get stuck in Iraq." Below is the response by the soldiers serving in Iraq.

Palin/US Weekly Cover Update

Subscribers of US Weekly who were upset at the cover of Sarah Palin, shown on my blog from last week, wanted to cancel their subscriptions(Click image to enlarge). US Weekly tried bribing them with 5 Free Issues. How thoughtful of them, that must be the equivalent of a whole $10.

(I want to thank the Schnitt Show for the image above)

Desperate for Attention

Down in the polls and desperately seeking the attention the Obama camp is used to receiving from the media, Barack's tongue slips, because isn't there no such thing as bad publicity? Actually, in a Presidential race, I believe there is. At first I looked at the comment and automatically knew it was a jab, but then I decided to step back and really analyze it, could it really just be a figure of speech? It could have been, but I can almost guarantee you that it was not.

Before B. Husein Obama decided to use the "Pig in Lipstick" analogy at his Virginia speech, his campaign had already used it, and it was while referring to Sarah Palin. A Democratic Congressman, Ross Carnahan, was introducing Joe Biden earlier that day at a campaign speech, while commenting about her record, Carnahan said “There’s no way you can dress up that record, even with a lot of lipstick.” It is obvious that the lipstick was becoming a part of the democrats' talking points, only a week after Sarah Palin gave her "Pitbull in Lipstick" speech. The Democrats are desperate to receive the attention that they are accustomed to, but Sarah Palin is stealing the spotlight, and there is no way they are going to let her do that. The McCain camp received a huge bounce from the convention, as oppose to Obama's 1 point hop. They are angry, because they own the media, there is no way that someone else should have so much coverage, let alone be ahead. The Democrats, now have become desperate and will become more and more hostile and insulting. After all, it is their innate behavior.

The Obama camp has come back at the request of the McCain campaign for an apology by stating that it was an analogy about their use of the word "Change." They have also said that the McCain camp is playing the "gender card." I was at a loss of words after having heard that, I mean isn't part of the Obama campaign mantra playing the race card? His delivery, (Obama's speeches are getting worse and worse and his anger is making him less than eloquent), was that of a joke, he paused for the punchline and all. Unfortunately when Obama does not have a teleprompter he loses the ability to speak as well as usual, and he also loses his comedic timing. Aside from having trying to deliver it as a joke, he followed it up with another analogy, one about an "old fish" and how it still smells if you wrap it in paper. Now isn't McCain's "old" age another talking point of the Obama campaign? Two bad analogies, now the democrats are much wiser and planned that that. They would never put those out there unless it was on purpose.

My theory is that Obama lost a lot of his base when he started practicing the politics of old, the politics he said he was not a part of. Now, he is trying to reach back at that base, the liberal fringe, by taking cheap subtle shots at the McCain camp. America, fortunately, is too wise to fall for any of his cheap tricks.

Friday Shorts

I'll keep this posting short, as there is a hurricane looming upon us in South Florida, and heck, it is Friday.

Liberal environmentalist wackos should be going insane at Obama, at 47 years old he has wasted more trees with his two arrogant memoirs while really not conveying any real message. That is other than, he smoked marijuana and did cocaine. His quotes from Jeremiah Wright degrading white people in his sermons, he loved those sermons so much that he titled his book, "The Audacity of Hope," after one such sermon. This pompous man, who feels so self entitled that he had to speak about himself in not one, but two books (with a third on the way might I add), before having done anything. In 1995, Obama published Dreams from my Father, this was before even being on the Illinois State Senate. How many Community Organizers publish autobiographies? Then after being in the U.S. Senate for about a year, he decided it was time to gloat again. I will leave you with some lovely (disturbing) quotes from his books:

"I ceased to advertise my mother's race at the age of 12 or 13, when I began to suspect that by doing so I was ingratiating myself to whites."-Dreams from my Father (Introduction page xv)

"There was something about him that made me wary, a little too sure of himself, maybe. And white."-Dreams from my Father (Page 142)

There are a lot more, but I refuse to dumb myself down by reading his mindless blabber.

This just in

Obama and Biden stated this morning that, if elected, they will pursue war crime charges against President Bush. This is astonishing, not only has President Bush not committed any war crimes, but Joe Biden voted for the war, so unless he wants to include himself and the rest of the Democrats that voted for the war, I see this as a joke. If you have a second go on You Tube and type in the key words "democrat, Iraq" to see a video which quotes a large amount of high power democrats stating why we should go into Iraq. As always, the Democrats find a way to stumble over their long forked tongues...


Update: I just read an article that stated that 125 were shot and killed over the summer in Obama's home city of Chicago. That is twice the number of soldiers that were killed in Iraq over the same time period. Maybe Obama should try and put Hope and Change into his city. It shows he has not done much for the people who elected him into the State Senate, and the U.S. Senate, let alone the "community" he "organized."

VP Sarah Palin

Governor Sarah Palin's speech last night was impressive to say the least. The media has already reacted, and unable to let the story of 17 year old Bristol Palin go, they have decided to continue to use it as their daily talking point. Commentary of Palin's speech, by the liberals and left wing media have stated that she did not say anything specific regarding the economy and "did not mention the words middle class once," as Joe Biden said on this morning's Good Morning America. Maybe the left wing has not realized that this country does have a large middle class, but it is not the only class, so why try to pander, as they do, to only a specific economic group. It was not Sarah Palin's job to describe the economy, her speech was an introduction of herself to America. John McCain's speech tonight will touch base with every stance that his campaign has, including the economy. Another talking point the democrats refuse to let go is the view that this is another eight years of Bush, which in reality is a complete and utter lie, but they are trying to drill it into the skulls of the entire nation, although it is the only type of drilling they are willing to do. Palin's speech has been called fear mongering and mean, I guess the democrats are the only ones allowed to take shots, whether moral or not, at us conservatives. Her speech was a breath of fresh air. She took a stance, and I think the American people appreciate someone finally coming out and saying it like it is and going after the media. America is waking up and realizing that the media does not have the same morals and objectives as they do, and this will hurt the democrats. The Democrats must realize that once the United States notices that the media has been their puppet this entire time, and trying to push liberal views down their throats on a daily, and on cable news networks like MSNBC and CNN hourly, it is going to be looked at in a negative way and it will ultimately back fire. On a brighter note, although it will not be mentioned much in the news, half way through her speech Sarah Palin's teleprompter failed, but she kept going, and delivered an impromptu, incredible speech. I remember when Obama's teleprompter failed and he was left stuttering and speechless until the problem was fixed, demonstrating that in fact he was just an empty suit.

Passing Judgement at Palin

This weekend my family was out on our annual vacation to Sanibel Island off the Southwest coast of Florida. Friday morning, as everyone packed their bags, and were loading up the cars, we heard that John McCain had nominated Sarah Palin as his vice presidential nominee. Although, I had heard her name before, but was barely familiar, I was ecstatic at the idea of a true conservative woman being his running mate. I have not been too excited about McCain's nomination, because honestly I do not see much of a conservative in some of his actions, which is one reason I am amazed that the left has continuously tried to connect President Bush and McCain. Seeing Palin, I was a little more relieved at voting for him.

McCain and Palin, it sounded like a winning ticket, but it did not take long for the angry left, and the angry media to begin rolling out the insults and lies. How desperate is the left when all they could do is attack poor Bristol Palin, in something that has absolutely nothing to do with this campaign or with Sarah Palin. This ladies and gentlemen, is a sign of how desperate, and immoral the left is. The next attack was about Sarah Palin's husband, and a DUI that he received in the 1980's. Al Gore's son received a DUI during his Presidential run in 2000, yet that was never heard. Joe Biden's son is now involved in a hedge fund that is fishy and questionable, yet the media has yet to report that. Barack H. Obama's own mother was 18 and unwed at the time of his birth, but that is not an issue. This is so sickening, this is the same left that would give Bristol the option to abort this human life without having to tell her parents, but they would be more approving of that that of her wanting to keep the baby and marry the father.

This is what this campaign has boiled down to:
The media has fallen in love with Obama, and will do anything to assure his success. US Weekly is going to publish next week's issue with Sarah Palin and the headline "Babies, Lies and Scandal," all the while having issued an article earlier this year with The Obamas and the headline "Why he Barack loves her." The media and left has done anything they can to censor any talk of William Ayers, Jeremiah Wright, and Father Pfleger, not one mention of Louis Farrakhan and his association with Barack, and the Rezko real estate deal has been more than shunned. Obama is almost like the Manchurian Candidate, posing in front of his Greek Palace setting, like a rock star, in the media of InRezco field. Comments made by Joe Biden, and Hillary Clinton last year regarding Obama's inexperience have been completely forgotten, the taped evidence burned. Obama's two autobiographies, both written by the age of 47 by someone who has accomplished nothing, have never been quoted. This country can make the biggest mistake of it's life in electing Obama, and although they feel they cannot lose, they will talk down to the country if he is not. America should prepare to be called racist bigots if he is not elected, because the left is an insulting group who cannot look past race themselves. For Left is now ready to crucify a 17 year old girl, because it cannot find any intelligent discourse to counter McCain's selection of Palin.

If this is the start of their war of insults and immoral attacks, I cannot imagine what they will ramp their attacks up to once they begin to slip in the polls. Any woman should be proud of what Governor Palin has accomplished, and what she can accomplish if elected. Yet the left cannot look past the fact that she is conservative. This proves that Hilary Clinton and Obama are just a novelty to the left, a way to further their radical agenda in a package that makes history. If this were not true, then the nomination of Governer Palin would be applauded by them.

The covers below were also recently brought into light, too bad the liberal media never published any covers with John Edwards and has love child on it. Or maybe a photo of him and Elizabeth Edwards stating the truth of that case (How he cheated on his wife while she was going through cancer treatment, how he fathered a love child while married, or better yet how his lover was paid through campaign finances). Bristol Palin is not running for VP, her mother is, yet John Edwards was running for President. Or how about the Rev. Jesse Jackson's love child? That sort of behavior from the left is considered acceptable, even if they are not reverend acts. Stark contrasts.