Star Trek review

I just recovered from watching the JJ Abrams' version of Star Trek. This movie, although a good movie, destroys the continuity that was built over the years by the Star Trek series. Abrams, as typically, did his trademark of writing a new timeline where the old one was sufficient. A planet disappears into a black hole, certain people that are seen in the original series are killed, and the storyline redone to make it more "mainstream." Also, since when do the Romulans look like Nero (right)?

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

NBA Playoffs

Stepping away from politics, the NBA playoffs are getting interesting as it moves into the 2nd Round.

The Orlando Magic battle the Boston Celtics in the first main matchup. The Magic, with defensive player of the year Dwight Howard, face off against the defending champion Celtics, who have Paul Pierce, Ray Allen, but no Garnett yet (if ever). I predict Magic in 6.

The next matchup is Denver v. Dallas. The Nuggets, with Carmelo Anthony, face off against the Mavericks led by Kidd. The Nuggets will win in 6.

The interesting matchup will be the Lakers and the Rockets. The Lakers, led by Kobe Bryant, want to get back to the Finals. The Rockets, led by the communist Yao Ming, the gangster Ron Artest, and the injured, overrated Tracy McGrady, will not make it to the Conference Finals. Lakers in 5.

The last matchup, as yet to be determined, will be the Cleveland Cavaliers against the winner of Atlanta-Miami. Either way, Cavaliers in 5.

*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.

*The other Conference Finals will be the Lakers and Nuggets. Lakers in 6.

*The NBA Finals will be LeBron v. Kobe. LeBron gets his first ring, Cavaliers in 6.

*Those are my predictions sure to go wrong.

Stephen Colbert and the art of satire

Getting away from serious politics, I watch the Comedy Central "fake news" team of Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert as often as I can. It is an enjoyable hour of news and comedy.

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.

Arlen Specter and the Senate

Today, Arlen Specter, a Senator from Pennsylvania, has decided to transfer his allegiance from the Republican to the Democratic Party. This comes off the heels of an election where Republicans lost many seats in the House, the Senate, and the primary seat in the White House

Specter, along with the two Maine Senators, were the only Republicans to vote for Obama's stimulus package that is sinking our nation into permanent deficits. His views have not been aligned with traditional Republican views and have slowly lurched to the left over the years.

With Democrats holding 59 seats in their caucus (56 true Democrats, 2 Independents, and Specter), plus the Minnesota seat being litigated in court for the next millenium, the Democrats have everything in place to implement their radical agenda of higher taxes, more spending, and more dependence on federal government for everyday needs.

Earth Day

Earth Day has come and gone for another year. It's one of those days you wonder why people take this day seriously. It's not a federal holiday and its purpose to clean up the planet is a joke.

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.

Saudis and Venezuelans and Obama, oh my!!

The Obama Apology Tour has taken a dramatic turn. He bowed to the King of Saudi Arabia. The leader of the Free World should never bow to a oil monarch. We refused to dip our flag for an Earthly king, but if it will do anything to "restore' our prestige, Obama will do anything to sell out American principles.










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.

Herseth-Sandlin: Indepedent Voice or Pelosi's Lapdog?

Stephanie Herseth-Sandlin has campaigned in South Dakota as the person able to stand up occassionally against her party when South Dakota values collide with Democratic interests. However, her profile on the Washington Post states that her voting record is 96.6% with her fellow Democrats.

Herseth, who is a Co-Chair of the Blue Dog Democrats, has become a lapdog for Pelosi. Herseth has supprted the Stimulus Bill, the Union Card-Check bill, and Obama's massive budget.

In these votes, that Blue Dog don't hunt.

http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/h001037/

North Korea

Yesterday, North Korea test launched a rocket that went over Japan. Every nation concerned told the backward country not to do it. However, Kim Jong Il and his lemmings decided to test the new adminstration's will to deal with the communist state.

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

Iowa

Today, Iowa's Supreme Court allowed same-sex marriage. This means that Iowa will become the third state to allow homosexuals to marry each other.

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

Ted Stevens

Yesterday, Ted Stevens, the defeated Senator of Alaska, was able to be relieved of the charges that dogged his re-election campaign. The Justice Department, under Attorney General Eric Holder, has asked a federal judge to drop all charges against the former Senator due to the fact that the prosecution did not give the defense the evidence that they were using to prosecute 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

G20 and Gov't. Spending

As Obama and the rest of the G20 meet to deal with the global crisis, the economy is continuing to sink deeper into the hole. What the economy needs is for the government to cut spending and start to regulate the financial industry so that this does not happen again. The politicans don't need to mess with the tax code until they can get a hold of their spending binges.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/g20_summit

Greetings

Hello and Welcome to my new blog.

This blog will cover the political scene and expose the fallacies of the Obama administration and his liberal cronies. I will also cover non-political events when I'm interested. Enjoy!!