Monday, March 22, 2010
Health care reform passed....
Monday, February 15, 2010
Hope and Change --> Hope he Fails
In 2008, the phrase that swept the country was “Hope and Change” and “Change We Can Believe In.” It encapsulated the last year of President Bush and the urge for a simple change of leadership that many, even Republicans, wanted after eight years. That phrase, along with a horrible economic downturn, got Obama into the White House.
In 2009, the phrase came early in the year. Republicans were ready to help President Obama and willing to work in the spirit of bipartisanship to get much of Obama’s agenda through Congress. One man with a microphone spoke up and in four words summed up the Republican approach to the new Obama presidency – “I HOPE HE FAILS!!!”
That phrase, uttered by Rush Limbaugh on January 16, 2009 (four days before Obama’s inauguration) was the rallying call for many on the Right who were about ready to give up. Today, Obama’s stimulus plan got through barely but everything else grind to a halt. Health Care Reform is dead in conference after both houses of Congress passed their vastly different versions. The tea party movement has arisen to oppose Obama’s agenda.
In Obama’s first year in office, Virginia, New Jersey, and Massachusetts, all “Blue” states, have elected Republicans officials. This is the start of an anti-incumbent and anti-Democratic Party wave that is coming in like a tsunami and will wipe out Democrats in 2010. Minority Leaders Boehner and McConnell will become Speaker Boehner and Majority Leader McConnell by this time next year. It's 1994 all over again!!
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
SotU
Friday, January 1, 2010
Jar Jar Binks....WTF!!
I read this and I almost fell on the floor in total disgust.
Monday, November 30, 2009
Christmas
As I watch the Black Friday lines on Friday morning, I wonder if these same people who stood in line for hours for the latest gift will stand in line to help those in need or even to worship the person who we commemorate on Christ-mas.
This Christmas season, remember those who are less fortunate than yourself and always remember the reason for the season.
Friday, November 20, 2009
2012
Now we have another end-of-the world scenario coming up in 2012, when the Mayans predicted that either the world will end or some catastrophe will occur. Films such as 2012 are making huge money on this fear.
So, what is the event that wipes us out? Floods? Earthquake? Hurricanes? Tsunamis? Or a combination of everything, including fairies?
We have been here before. Many people from Nostradamus to Al Gore have predicted that either we must change our way of life in order to prevent disaster or we are destined to be hit with a disaster no matter what we do. They are all a bunch of snake oil salesmen who are trying to persuade the public that the world is about to end in order to push a product or a public policy.
We have more pressing matters to worry about than the 2012 hoax. The economy has not recovered, people are losing their jobs, Congress is considering bills that are over 2000 pages long and full of bureaucratic waste, a budget deficit of over $1 trillion, and a government that does not serve the people.
I am more worried about the government rolling back our rights via the “American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009” (cap and trade), or the “Affordable Health Care for America Act” (the health care bill that just passed the House). People must stand up against this attempt to take over many of the basic functions of American life.
My prediction: the world will end in 2012 if Barack Obama is re-elected as President of the United States. It has as much of a chance to occur as the Mayan prediction of the events of 2012.
Monday, October 26, 2009
Golf
Obama can do whatever he wants with his free time. However, it looks bad when the economy is going bad and American foreign policy is taking a beating. I guess Obama has delegated enough authority to his subordinates that they can afford him the luxury of golf.
http://www.politico.com/click/stories/0910/obama_ties_bush_on_golf.html
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Debt
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Grasshopper Chess
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grasshopper_chess
Saturday, October 17, 2009
Deficit
Friday, October 16, 2009
Minnesota
Update: It is 10pm and I'm in Owatoma, near Minneapolis. Just got here and going to get some sleep.
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Baseball: predictions sure to go wrong
Dodgers and Phillies face off Thursday. Prediction: Dodgers in 6
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Tuesday
Monday, October 12, 2009
Friday, October 9, 2009
Obama
Only four United States Presidents have ever gotten a Nobel Peace Prize. President Theodore Roosevelt received it for negotiating a peace treaty between Russia and Japan in 1906. President Wilson got one for the Treaty of Versailles (which led to German anger and Hitler) and the League of Nations (a less competent version of the United Nations). President Carter got one in 2002 for decades of failed appeasements. What has Obama done to receive his Nobel Peace Prize? The only thing he has done is apologize for everything America has done wrong and stated that the United States needs to improve itself. Obama needs to change his slogan from "Hope and Change" to "Apologize and Beg."
Is it too early to give Obama an award like this? He has been President for less than a year, no treaties have been signed, his poll numbers are slipping, plus Afghanistan and Iraq are continuing under his watch. Do the people that award these prizes look at the credentials of some of their awardees? Arafat got a peace prize in 1994. He continued to wage terrorism and warfare on the state of Israel until his last day on this planet.
Obama should say "Thanks but no thanks" to his award and get back to the real issue: figuring out how to apologize to the rest of the world for bombing the Moon.
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Money
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091007/ts_alt_afp/financeeconomyusbudget_20091007223238
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Baseball
Go Twins. Make A-Rod cry out his steroids.
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
MLB Playoffs.....PLAYOFFS?!!
Who will win?
Update: Twins win thriller!!
Friday, October 2, 2009
Michael Moore
What does MM believe: anti-gun, anti-war, anti-Capitalism, and anti-United States. He has enriched himself off capitalism while staying that it's bad and evil.
Michael, please move to France. You belong there.
Thursday, October 1, 2009
China
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Seasons
In Aberdeen, there are four seasons
1. Winter
2. Partly Winter (Spring)
3. Anti-Winter (Summer)
4. Semi-Winter (Fall)
Monday, September 28, 2009
Friday, September 25, 2009
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Sunday, September 20, 2009
Friday, September 18, 2009
Beck
http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20090917/pl_politico/27282
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Monday, September 14, 2009
You Lie!!
Rep. Wilson is on the right track. Even if the plan does not explicitly cover illegal immigrants, they will have access to it if they need it. Also, when Congress and Obama pass comprehensive immigration reform, those 12-20 million illegal immigrants will become citizens and have full access to health care.
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Polls
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Fiscal Insanity
We now have a president who, instead of limiting the spending in the federal government, believes that the government is the sole solution to all our problems and must spend in order for the economy to recover.
When Senator McCain called for spending freezes during the presidential debates, candidate Obama said, "The problem is you're using a hatchet where you need a scalpel." Now that he is President, Obama states that he is a man of fiscal restraint. Where has he been able to cut any money in the federal budget? The deficit has risen due to bank bail-outs and stimulus but the economy has taken a nosedive. Obama has done nothing to reduce the deficit by cutting spending. To extend the metaphor, Obama has thrown away the scalpel and pumped the patient (economy) full of blood, hoping that it will recover from a massive heart attack.
If that was not bad, now we have health care reform that will either balloon the deficit, force the Congress to raise taxes, or limit health care to those who need it. The public option, a.k.a. government-run health insurance, will be a great burden for the federal budget and a bureaucratic nightmare for the millions of people who would be on the public option to receive basic care. Is this true reform that we can afford at this time?
It is time to reconsider our fiscal priorities. We must eliminate any program that is not a priority. Washington must be able to live within the means that We, the People provide them. The “hatchet” method must be deployed to eliminate huge amounts of money that Washington does not need. Fiscal insanity has gripped Washington for too long. Our government must return to the simple concept of staying within its own budget.
http://www.aberdeennews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090830/OPINION01/908300317
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Why is Moccasin Creek so polluted?
Northwest Energy's article
http://www.northwesternenergy.com/display.aspx?Page=Moccasin_Creek
Wikipedia on Coal Tar
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coal_tar
Article on Coal Tar
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-coal-tar.htm
Saturday, August 15, 2009
Family Guy, Rove, and Limbaugh, oh my!!
FG has gone downhill for a while. By the time this episode airs, will they still be on FOX?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/aug/14/rush-limbaugh-karl-rove-family-guy
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Montana and health care
Obamacare is dominating the headlines. This bill needs to be radically changed or scrapped for something that reforms health care without government stepping in to make a mess.
Here's an analysis on the bill going through the House by a Duke professor.
http://www.classicalideals.com/HR3200.htm
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Book Review
Sunday, August 2, 2009
Middle class taxes?! Sounds like 1993
Obama's advisors are now worried about the budget deficit. Where was this concern when he passed the stimulus bill and everything else that was passed by Congress this year? This concern should have made a long time ago, before the government took over two auto companies, bailed-out of major banks, and everything else.
It's Clinton 1993 all over again. He promised a middle class tax cuts but raised marginal rates on the middle class in order to reduce the deficit.
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/2-Obama-officials-No-apf-2491158742.html?x=0&.v=7
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090803/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_economy
Friday, July 31, 2009
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Sunday, July 26, 2009
Health Care
Friday, July 24, 2009
Friday
Summer does not last long enough and winter last too long. Where's global warming? Algore makes millions off this hoax. Why?
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Health Care Reform?
http://docs.house.gov/gopleader/House-Democrats-Health-Plan.pdf
Why do we need this change?
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Defict hits $1 trillion
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20090714/D99DSUG00.html
Thursday, July 9, 2009
Monday, July 6, 2009
Palin
As a lot of people are aware, Sarah Palin will resign her position as governor of Alaska later this month. This was a surprising move. It's surprising that she is not running for re-election. It is also surprising that she has not announced her future plans or ambition. The 2010 election cycle is coming up and the Senate seat in Alaska, currently held by Lisa Murkowski, is up for grabs.
Personally, I am not a fan of Sarah Palin. She comes off as slightly dumb and ignorant of the world beyond Alaska. Statements like seeing Russia from her house makes her an expert on foreign policy, that incident where he gives an interview in front of a turkey killing machine, and the infighting between her and the McCain campaign staff makes one question the depth of her intelligence.
However, Palin is a better role model than David Letterman, a bitter old man trying to boost his ratings. Letterman has dropped from being a smart, funny guy to being a mean old s.o.b.
Palin's future within the Republican Party and national politics will be an interesting thing to watch in the next couple of years. If she runs in 2012, everybody will be going after her on both sides of the political divide. It will be fun to view it from a distance.
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Al Franken and the doom of the country
This week, Al Franken was certified the winner of the Minnesota senate election. The Democrats have obtained the mythical 60-vote majority to kill any Republican filibuster.
The Democrats own the House, a filibuster-proof Senate, and the White House. It doesn't matter what happens to the Republicans. They are powerless to stop anything Obama wants.
The Democratic agenda: socialized medicine and health care, higher taxes, bigger and deeper deficits, a worsening recession, cap and trade that will cripple the economy and do nothing to combat global warming/climate change, losing the war in Iraq and Afghanistan, and handing over our sovereignty to the United Nations. The problem is, there is no checks and balances to counter any of this agenda.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Cap and Trade
I applaud the House Minority Leader, Representative John Boehner of Ohio, for standing up against the effort of the Democratic majority in the House to ramrod a piece of legislation, The Cap and Trade Bill, that would hurt both our economy and our environment. Boehner stood on the House floor and read a 300 page amendment for an hour. The amendment, written by Representative Waxman of California, was given to the members of the House at 3 am of the same day it was to be voted upon by the full House. A 300-page amendment added to a 1500 page bill that seeks to crush our economy and ruin the environment all in one motion.
http://www.aberdeennews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090712/OPINION01/907120304/-1/opinion
Friday, June 19, 2009
No Hope, No Change
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Tiller, abortion, and "Government of Laws"
The situation in Kansas is a case of taking justice into your own hands. A doctor in Kansas, George Tiller, was murdered while attending church. The suspect is under arrest and in custody in connection with the murder. Dr. Tiller, nicknamed "Tiller the Killer," was known for performing late-term abortions. Tiller performed thousands of abortions, a majority of the fetuses being viable outside the womb and/or unnecessary.
Although pro-life myself, I believe that this murder was a despicable act of domestic terrorism. Dr. Tiller was within the law to perform these abortions. The Supreme Court has made it legal to have an abortion at any time of the pregnancy. Tiller was working within the law to help women in certain situations. Although I believe that abortion is wrong, what Dr. Tiller did was legal and medically ethical.
The person that killed Dr. Tiller must be punished. A society cannot survive if a person can kill another based on their opinion and beliefs. If we allow personal killings like this, then we have descended into a government of men and not of laws, where upholding the law is impossible. Without a government of laws, man will descend into a state of war, as described by Hobbes as "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short" (Leviathan). We must maintain the rule of law and counter any act of injustice with a measured response.
One final thought, the killing took place in a church where Tiller was an usher. If the killer had read Hamlet, a rational person does not kill a person in the confines of a church, the holiest of sanctuaries. Apparently, the killer's only concern was to murder Dr. Tiller wherever he had the opportunity.
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Obama, Sotomayor, and California
First, Obama picked Sonia Sotomayor, an appeals court judge for the Second Circuit. Sotomayor is famous for ending the baseball strike in 1995 as a District Court Judge. She is considered a centrist by many. However, it's too early to tell.
The other big story is that the California Supreme Court affirmed the will of the people last November in upholding the ban on gay marriage. In a 6-1 decision, the California High Court ruled that the constitutional amendment was valid. However, they allowed the 18,000 gay couples that were married before the ban to remain legal. At least the California High Court got this decision mostly right.
California
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D98E2DO00&show_article=1
Sotomayor
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090526/ap_on_go_su_co/us_obama_supreme_court
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
My Response to Blanchard's op-ed
Nevertheless, anybody expecting to see radical changes within the first year of the Obama Administration would most definitely be disappointed by how this presidency has shaped up. Most of Obama's appointments have been either part of the Clinton White House (especially Hillary) and/or tax cheats. The Secretary of the Treasury owed tens of thousands of dollars to the IRS even though he was part of the Federal Reserve and now responsible for the $350 billion part of the Bail-Out approved last fall.
Dr. Blanchard stated that the Obama presidency is looking like a third Bush term. Isn't that what Obama tried to pin to McCain during the election? Besides, I don't see Obama as a mythical third Bush term. I see Obama as a second term that Jimmy Carter never got. America is going back on the defensive, trying to refocus our efforts on reclaiming our moral authority. By releasing the "torture" memos and other actions, Obama is trying to distance himself from the past and trying to reboot our relations with the rest of the world.
However, those on the far left want Bush hung upside down for his "crimes" that occurred during his presidency. Those are the people Dr. Blanchard refers to that expected a different Obama presidency. They will get what they want in time, just not as fast as they wanted.
The problem with any changes Obama makes is that the massive executive bureaucracy in place follows Newton's first law of motion: An object in motion tends to stay in motion unless an external force changes the motion. The bureaucracy is huge and slow-moving. Any changes Obama makes have to be massive and fast paced to have any effect on the bureaucracy.
As we get deeper into his presidency, Obama will make decisions that in time will reverse the Bush policies in matters of foreign policy and we will see the distinction between the two. For now, the decisions of the previous president are in effect until Obama has time to reverse it.
Dr. Blanchard's Opinion-Editorial in the American News:
http://www.aberdeennews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090520/OPINION02/905200316/-1/opinion
Sunday, May 17, 2009
Star Trek review
Despite these objections, it was an enjoyable movie. I understand that they needed to change the story to redo the series after Star Trek: Enterprise and the last two movies (Insurrection and Nemesis). The special effects were good, the plot was good, and the acting was superb. The movie, despite its flaws, was a good way to "reboot" the series.
Although the Star Trek universe that Gene Roddenberry created was killed and buried in this film, the demise of Roddenberry's vision hopefully will be replaced by a new generation of Star Trek, boldly going where no one has gone before.
For a better review of the movie, read Dr. Schaff's review of the movie:
http://southdakotapolitics.blogs.com/south_dakota_politics/2009/05/star-trek-a-review.html
Sunday, May 3, 2009
NBA Playoffs
*Moving on with my predictions, Cavaliers-Magic should be an interesting match-up featuring LeBron James, the irrestible force, versus Dwight Howard, the immovable object. Cavaliers in 7.
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Stephen Colbert and the art of satire
I understand Jon Stewart. He's liberal and his comedy is based on lampooning the news networks. He's trying to expose the goofiness, the hypocrisy, and crap that is called the news.
Stephen Colbert, however, is a mystery. He spouts conservatism in his words but how he conveys them is making fun of conservatives. He makes fun of Bill O'Reilly and others by acting stupid, self-centered, and narcissistic.
Colbert is a pseudoconservative, a fake conservative. He acts conservative but is message is making fun of those he portraits, namely conservative talk shows. His show is pure satire.
I watch Stewart and Colbert not because of their politics (they're both liberals) but because they are funny and a lot of the tv shows on today are clusterfucking their way to the poorhouse before being cancelled.
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Arlen Specter and the Senate
Monday, April 27, 2009
Earth Day
Earth Day was created by a Wisconsin Senator, Gaylord Nelson, who was concerned about the planet. In 1970, the concept of Earth Day became official. Every April 22, we hear about how people are trashing the planet. Al Gore makes another bucket of cash while wasting a lot of energy in his home and using gas-guzzling jets to tour the world.
If people were really concerned about the Earth, they would clean it up on their own initiative. Creating a day of awareness and then scare people about environment doom and gloom gets us nowhere. In an economic recession, cutting our carbon emission will result in less jobs, stagnant economy, and a loss of money.
President Bush was called evil and cold-hearted for not implementing the Kyoto Protocols. However, it made sense to not sign it because our economy would suffer from limiting our production due to limits on emission, China and India were exempted, and the standards were unreasonable. No wonder the Senate voted unanimously in 1997 to tell President Clinton to not be a signatory to Kyoto. It was a good decision for Bush to not ratify Kyoto and we should be grateful.
We should get rid of Earth Day, Arbor Day, and any other holiday that is a worthless gesture for environmentalism.
Friday, April 24, 2009
Saudis and Venezuelans and Obama, oh my!!
Then President Obama met up with the next Castro - Hugo Chavez. The Venezuelan dictator has already nationalized everything possible in his country and has called President Bush "el diablo" (The Devil) on the floor of the United Nations General Assembly. Obama shook hands with that snake and Chavez even gave Obama a book that "exposes" the imperial raping of the Americas by European settlers.
President Obama has been apologizing to the world for what happened for the past eight years under Bush. The European hated Bush and everything he stood for. They saw him as a reckless cowboy. Now that the European got an American President who thinks like they do, now they should be happy with the direction America is going. Europeans will now complain about how America is wrecking the economy via the stimulus and endless spending, how not everybody is on board with the Euro currency, and how much France really stinks.
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Herseth-Sandlin: Indepedent Voice or Pelosi's Lapdog?
Sunday, April 5, 2009
North Korea
North Korea stated that the rocket was used as a communications satellite to further their space program. Millions are starving in North Korea, while the leadership gets fat and lazy while shooting a rocket to further their space program. I hope they can reach another world where they can find some food.
Seriously, this test firing should be met with some type of force short of war. We are doing all we can to discourage North Korea from doing this activity. However, sometimes the best way to change a country is to get rid of its leadership.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090405/ap_on_re_as/as_nkorea_missile
Friday, April 3, 2009
Iowa
This is another example of an activist judicial branch looking to be politically correct.
What surprises me is that the Iowa Supreme Court stated, "The Legislature has excluded a historically disfavored class of persons from a supremely important civil institution without a constitutionally sufficient justification." The Court is saying anybody and anything can marriage each other. What's next?
In the upcoming months, many people will be moving to Iowa to make their gay relationship a state-protected marriage with all the same benefits as a marriage between a man and a woman.
http://www.journalinquirer.com/articles/2009/04/06/state_nation_and_world/doc49d62b3cd3489700349385.txt
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Ted Stevens
It is a disgrace that the Justice Department prosecuted a person on charges that should have been dealt by the Senate Ethics Committee. Now Stevens' seat is occupied by a Democrat who benefited from a false conviction.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2009/04/01/DI2009040101558.html
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
G20 and Gov't. Spending
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/g20_summit