Obama hits head. Where are the comedians?

First, he mistook an Oval Office window for a door. Then as he was campaigning for his pork barrel spending bill “stimulus package”, he manages to bonk his head while entering Marine One.

Now, I seem to recall the comedians having a FIELD DAY when Gerald Ford stumbled down the steps from Air Force One, and when George W. Bush (a) choked on a pretzel and (b) mistook an ornamental door for….well….a door. What klutzes ! What dolts! What nimrods! Remember that? Let’s see what the late night comedians have to say about Obama’s pratfalls. I don’t know about you, but I’m not holding my breath.

Success is NOT an Option

Yeah, I know, it’s supposed to be “FAILURE is not an option”, but obviously the Democrats in Washington see things a little differently.

Time to take down the bird feeder

I bought a bird feeder. I hung it on my back porch and filled it with seed. Within a week we had hundreds of birds taking advantage of the continuous flow of free and easily accessible food. But then the birds started building nests in the boards of the patio, above the table, and next to the barbecue. Then came the poop. It was everywhere: on the patio tile, the chairs, the table…everywhere.

Then some of the birds turned mean: They would dive bomb me and try to peck me even though I had fed them out of my own pocket. And others birds were boisterous and loud: They sat on the feeder and squawked and screamed at all hours of the day and night and demanded that I fill it when it got low on food.

After a while, I couldn’t even sit on my own back porch anymore. I took down the bird feeder and in three days the birds were gone. I cleaned up their mess and took down the many nests they had built all over the patio. Soon, the back yard was like it used to be…quite, serene and no one demanding their rights to a free meal.

Now lets see…our government gives out free food, subsidized housing, free medical care, free education and allows anyone born here to be an automatic citizen. Then the illegals came by the tens of thousands.

Suddenly our taxes went up to pay for free services; small apartments are housing 5 families; you have to wait 6 hours to be seen by an emergency room doctor; your child’s 2nd grade class is behind other schools because over half the class doesn’t speak English; Corn Flakes now come in a bilingual box; I have to press “one” to hear my bank talk to me in English, and people waving flags other than “Old Glory” are squawking and screaming in the streets, demanding more rights and free liberties.

Maybe it’s time for the government to take down the bird feeder.

Interesting phone poll results

The latest telephone poll taken by the Florida Governor’s office, asked whether people who live in Florida think illegal immigration is a serious problem:

29% of respondents answered: “Yes, it is a serious problem.”

71% of respondents answered: “No es una problema seriosa.“

Giuliani Reaffirms Abortion Rights

Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani on Friday urged conservatives to look past his support for abortion rights, arguing that his divergence on the issue should not disqualify him from being the party’s GOP nominee.

Wanna bet Rudy? One big reason GW was elected and re-elected was his opposition to abortion. The majority of Americans abhor abortion and would favor some restrictions. Candidates on the Left and Right have to appeal to their BASE when running for the nomination. You cannot start out the nomination process in the “middle”. The candidate chosen by the Republicans will be a conservative in ALL aspects.

Full article: Giuliani Reaffirms Abortion Rights

“Of course Americans should vote Democrat”

No, that quote isn’t from John Kerry, or Howard Dean or Hillary Clinton. No, that bit of electoral advice comes to you courtesy of Jihad Jaara, a senior member of the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, the terrorist group affiliated with the late Yassar Arafat’s PLO.

Granted, reading some of the comments by Jihad Jaara and the others in this article, one might think that they were members of the Democrat Party, since they both want the same thing — American troops out of the Middle East. Trouble is, the terrorists understand what that would mean in the long run. I’m not sure the Democrats do.

They rejected statements from some prominent Democrats in the U.S. that a withdrawal from Iraq would end the insurgency, explaining an evacuation would prove resistance works and would compel jihadists to continue fighting until America is destroyed.

. . .

In a recent interview with CBS’s “60 Minutes,” House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, stated, “The jihadists (are) in Iraq. But that doesn’t mean we stay there. They’ll stay there as long as we’re there.”

Pelosi would become House speaker if the Democrats win the majority of seats in next week’s elections.

WND read Pelosi’s remarks to the terror leaders, who unanimously rejected her contention an American withdrawal would end the insurgency.

Islamic Jihad’s Saadi, laughing, stated, “There is no chance that the resistance will stop.”

. . .

Jihad Jaara said an American withdrawal would “mark the beginning of the collapse of this tyrant empire (America).”

“Therefore, a victory in Iraq would be a greater defeat for America than in Vietnam.”

All emphasis above is mine.

The Democrats and the people who intend to vote for them “just to get rid of those damned Republicans” don’t understand that this would NOT be the end of terrorism, but rather the beginning of a whole new era, where they (the terrorists) bring the fight to US … HERE in the United States … September 11th will look like a cakewalk if they become emboldened by a Democrat victory next Tuesday. I fear for our country if the Democrats regain even partial power. It will be bad enough with the gridlock that will continue, but to think how much closer this brings World War III to our doorstep should cause even the most partisan Democrat to stop and think before pulling that ballot next week. I’m just not sure if it will though.

Read the full story at WorldNetDaily.

U.S. Political News…

It’s starting already. The election hasn’t even happened yet and the Democrats are looking to throw out the military vote

From the “Duh!” files: “Lobbyists Could Change If Democrats Win“. I’m trying to remember an article like this back in ’94 when the Republicans were swept into power after 40 YEARS. I’m sure if there was, there was a different tone in the reporter’s writing (more like “The sky is falling!”).

Unbelievable. Since they can’t swap beer and liquor for votes, the Democrats try free flu shots ! Mayor says, “Not so fast…”.

Thanks to the F-117A Nighthawk (Stealth Fighter) and enjoy your retirement. Well done, good and faithful servant.

Kerry: Open mouth, insert foot

You’ve just GOT to love how John Kerry is so elitist that he sees NOTHING wrong with bashing the troops if he thinks that it will score political points against the GOP…they he turns it around and blames the REPUBLICANS of playing “dirty politics”. The hypocrisy stinks to high heaven. A little timeline for those of you who’ve been asleep the past 24 hours (links courtesy of Drudge):

• Kerry makes a speech saying if you don’t study and get educated, you’ll end up in Iraq. The implication: That only dimwits are over there fighting in the U.S. military.
  
• President Bush, in a later speech, calls a spade a spade and demands that Kerry apologize to the military.
  
• Next, the American Legion got involved (and you DON’T want these guys pissed at you), demanding that Kerry APOLOGIZE NOW.
  
• But, Kerry, being the elitist that he is, saw nothing wrong in what he said and tries to spin it as a slam on the President, not the troops: “I apologize to no one for my criticism of the president and of his broken policy.”
  
• I guess us “dimwits” just didn’t get that from his initial insult (that it was aimed at the President). Neither did this mother whose son died in Iraq:

  “I am very disturbed. I am very insulted and very sad that he doesn’t understand how highly educated and well trained our military men and women are,” said Debra Booth, whose son was killed in Iraq.

• Still not catching the clue, Kerry was uninvited to a campaign event for a Democrat running for Congress in Iowa.

  Brucy Braley says Kerry’s recent comments about the Iraq war were inappropriate.

• Maybe catching a clue that he’d opened up a can of worms, Kerry himself decided to back out of a second campaign appearance in Minnesota, ostensibly to keep the focus on the issues, not himself. Sorry John, but your elitist attitude and lack of respect for our military IS an important issue for folks to consider next Tuesday.
  
• Next he backed out of a campaign appearance for Bob Casey in Pennsylvania.
  
• Tennessee’s Harold Ford asks Kerry to apologize.

  “Whatever the intent, Senator Kerry was wrong to say what he said,” Rep. Ford said. “He needs to apologize to our troops.”

• And now an unnamed Democrat gives voice to my thoughts (though his were pessimistic while mine were optimistic) that Kerry has done it again.

  A Democratic congressman told ABC News Tuesday, “I guess Kerry wasn’t content blowing 2004, now he wants to blow 2006, too.”

• Don Imus with John Kerry on the phone: “Please stop it. Stop talking. Go home, get on a bike, go wind-surfing, anything! Stop it! You’re going to ruin this!“.
  

That’s right John. You just keep that head up your ass for another 7 days. I’m sure that you’re right ( /sarcasm ).

In the meantime, go cast your vote with ABC News as to whether or not YOU think he was bashing the troops.

1st Amendment Censorship in Georgia

The Regular Guys fired in Georgia

From Larry Wach’s website:

As you may have heard, The Regular Guys Show has been terminated once again by Clear Channel Radio. In the past week, my partner, Eric Von Haessler, and I have been silent during a paid suspension while we awaited the results of a company investigation into a minor incident that has since snowballed into something that now demands a public response due to the fact that the principals on the other side are attempting to distort the facts and smear my reputation as a citizen and broadcaster and, in the short term, withhold my income without review or discussion with us.

All of this current mess took root, to my knowledge, in March, when the first national Hispanic illegal alien protests were taking place. We were doing our show in Orlando, from Braves spring training. Listeners started calling us on the air to get our opinion of the boycotts that were going on throughout the metro area and in other major cities across America. As the calls increased in volume, it became the only topic that day as it was on many talk shows across the country.

At one point in the show, we asked a producer to go down the hall and invite Yogi and Panda from Viva 105.7, also owned by Clear Channel, on the air to discuss the issue since some listeners had told us that they were exhorting their audience to boycott and take the day off. They agreed to come on and were ushered into our studio with our board operator, and we had a spirited discussion on the air.

In subsequent days, they complained to local Clear Channel management that they had been “disrespected” and that we should be lectured and punished for being in disagreement and making humorous comments about their point of view, all of which occurred exclusively on the air. Clear Channel management told them on more than one occasion that the opinions we express on the air are fair game, as are theirs, and protected not only by CC company policy, but also the 1st Amendment, and that if they didn’t want to look bad on the air, perhaps they shouldn’t agree to come on our show in the future. Nonetheless, the complaints continued unbeknownst to me through the year.

Fast forward to two weeks ago.

I was in the restroom down the hall from our studios after our broadcast was over on October 9, 2006. I carry a voice recorder on me and had it out to make some notes for a show meeting five minutes hence. Into the restroom walked Mr. Tapia and Mr. Carias who passed me at the urinal and headed for the two stalls in the corner. It’s a small restroom and there is no way they could not have seen me, further evidenced by the recording of them yelling insults at me from behind the stall doors which proves they knew I was there, knew I was recording, blowing up their claims of expectation of privacy, and that they still had an axe to grind about my on air opinions going back 7 months. They refused to talk to me like men. They chose to go into the bathroom stall and shout epithets in Spanish, not knowing I understand enough to know they were insulting me. Never have I engaged them in anymore than a simple wave hello off the air in the entire time we both worked there. In addition, the company has approved similar bits like this in the past.

This sparked another round of complaints to the company, who offered reasonable solutions to satisfy their ongoing and baseless grievances, but, insisting it was about the “honor of their culture,” Mr. Tapia and Mr. Carias went ahead and filed the criminal charge in Fulton County Magistrate Court against me and then filed civil complaints in Superior Court of Fulton County, GA against the company for “negligent hiring” and harassment and invasion of privacy chargess against me personally, omitting in the affidavit the salient fact that all remarks made about them and immigration were on the air, never off the air.

I have been more than willing, at the company’s request, to agree in writing not to even so much as speak of Yogi and Panda on the air going forward, for the sake of company harmony, and clear up any misconceptions they have about my opinion of them personally, which was on the favorable side, since they serve their audience well and deliver good ratings numbers and revenue.

A case of a humorous prank has turned into a culture clash, a suppression of 1st Amendment rights, and a ridiculous smear campaign against me as well as termination of my income without due process.

This outrageous attempt at stomping their 1st Amendment rights needs to be investigated and stopped ! Where are the ACLU on this ? I thought they were supposed to be RIGHT THERE when it comes to “free speech rights” ? Spread the word to everyone you know. The line must be drawn HERE !

Hat tip to Wild Bill at Passionate America
Ms Underestimated has the contact info for 96Rock in Atlanta
Jake at Freedom Folks has a great rant about this. Go read it.

The Real Story: Iraq

Tired of the mainstream media’s obsession with everything bad in Iraq? You’re not alone. There once was a time when you heard about the GOOD things that happened in wartime, not just the bad. Not anymore. It doesn’t fit the media’s agenda. Neal Boortz once pointed out that if the news was bad for George Bush, the media would run run run it, and if the news was good for George Bush, it would be buried. This axiom comes true every day. Now, thankfully, Glenn Beck has decided to take matters into his own hands to get out the good news in Iraq. You owe it to yourself to watch this and be educated.