04.23.07
Posted in Politics at 7:31 pm by JEG
Folks, I get so frustrated with the media stories that seem to dominate our debate and draw our attention.
Students, parents, and their loved ones at Virginia Tech just went through a tragedy so disgusting that it defies all logic and ought to outrage and hurt all of us.
Much to my dismay, the senseless, cowardly acts of a deranged and pathetic individual appear - in our mass media - to somehow be on par with a squabble between Karl “MC” Rove and Sheryl Crow at a hoity-toity gathering of Prima Donnas under the guise of a “Correspondents’ Dinner.”
I have to disclose that I have almost equal distaste for politicians and Hollywood activist wanna-be’s. I’m almost embarrassed for even making this an issue. My philosophy is that the best way to remove mindless, irrelevant “news” from the public discourse is to simply ignore it until it goes away. But if you’ll indulge me, I’ll make a few points.
1) Sheryl Crow should stick to making music. It’s a gift she has.
2) Karl Rove should DEFINITELY stick to NOT making music.
3) Nobody should care about the fact that Sheryl Crow allegedly “insulted” Karl Rove. He should be used to it, and everyone should recognize that Hollywood “activists” are largely attention-grabbing malcontents in need of fulfillment.
4) Karl Rove, to his credit, is a public servant. Sheryl Crowe is an entertainer (and a good one at that). She should either stick to entertaining, which has an incredible amount of value, or she should throw herself into public service before shooting off her mouth to a public servant.
This is NOT news, folks! Ignore it (even if I haven’t!).
Lastly, I would like to know where the funding for this “White House Correspondents’ Association” dinner originates from. If it’s privately funded, so be it. If it’s taxpayer-funded, it’s not only a waste of time, but an absolute scandal. Particularly when we can’t even afford to provide our soldiers with the proper gear to avoid spilling blood in defense of correspondents, politicians, and Hollywood loonies who gather each year for frivolous and utterly silly dinners.
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04.10.07
Posted in Politics at 11:40 pm by JEG
Imus deserves everything he’s going to get on this one.
Props to the Rutgers women’s team. Probably ought to open up on old nutty Imus, but I’m sure they’ll respond with class. The best thing would probably be to ignore Imus (like most of us ignore MSNBC), but I can understand how they’d like to see him face to face. No need to fire him, though. I agree with JB - nobody watches him anyway.
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04.08.07
Posted in Politics at 4:03 am by JB
Does anyone really thing the gals involved in this didn’t know ? Go to spring break, have fun. When some creepy guy wants to see you.. partially naked… you are partially responsible.
This whole thing is just silly.
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Posted in Politics at 4:01 am by JB
Does anyone really care ?
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Posted in Politics at 3:48 am by JB
Is this really that much of a surprise ?
Imus has been a moron for the better part of two decades, and I thought everyone knew that already. I read this story and thought “well, it’s about time someone took his coked-out, un-interesting ass off the air.
He does some good things, but mostly he’s just an idiot. As an idiot, of course MSNBC picks him up to fill airtime. This really is a non-story to me. There is nothing new here. It’s just more of Don being not worth the air he breathes.
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04.06.07
Posted in Politics at 5:16 am by JB
He got into just this side of a knock-down, drag-out fight with Jerry Rivers tonight (or as you schmucks know him, Geraldo Rivera) but neither of them got to the actual question.
Geraldo always has to pull the “lawyer” thing out of the bag. When was the last time Rivera practiced law ? He’s a media whore.
Bill is just a hot-head. There were so many questions I was waiting to hear asked, and… no dice.
Geraldo sees anything involving immigration as a slam against Mexicans. That shouldn’t be the issue. A little background:
Evidently some illegal was in Virginia Beach, VA, and had a bit of a record- DUI, things like that. Then he had a little too much again and killed two people.
Geraldo frames the arguement as an anti-immigration stance from Bill, Bill frames it as a global law enforcement issue. DUI isn’t a felony, so there is no reason to remove the guy- that is Jerry’s idea.
Entering this country, without legal allowance, is a felony. If the prick gets a parking ticket, he should be deported. Geraldo sees himself as some sort of immigration savior, but he has no ground to stand on.
If you enter this country illegally, and you are found committing a crime, that is the only reason needed to kick your black, white, brown, green, whatever ass out of this country. You broke the law when you got here, and now you broke it again.
It is still amazing to me that California has a 3-strikes law, and every illegal in Mexico has burned one strike just by coming here. It’s a difference between state and federal law, and that’s ok….
But if you steal a candy bar, and get arrested, you don’t HAVE TO BE CONVICTED !!! If you are in this country without authorization, that is enough. We deport you. We should deport you. You don’t belong here. This isn’t your country. Get the hell out !!
I have many friends all over the planet in various stages of months and years long processes to get in this country. They are trying hard and paying big and doing the things that are necessary and legal.
The people that are here without authorization should get no respect, and no dispensation from this country. They are not… they are NOT supposed to be here. If we keep this up, as a country, it is gonna bring about the death of the United States of America.
For all you nut-jobs who are so worried about global warming, why don’t you take a step back and look at the political warming of the country you live in.
If the sense, and global leadership of the US dies, we really are doomed. There is no other country that can lead the world. We can right now, until the Democrats toss so much silliness into the mix that nobody knows what to do, or vote for, anymore.
More on this later.
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Posted in Politics at 4:30 am by JB
When did we stop using the treason statutes in this country? We friend the Rosenbergs in the 50’s and since then, nada.
Treason is a constitutional crime. One of 2 I think. Nancy Pelosi, by traveling overseas to meet with enemies of this country against the advice of this country’s diplomacy arm, and delivering messages to Assad that are against our own policy and that of our allies, is the textbook definition of “aid and comfort” to the enemy.
The State Department has had Syria on the terrorist list for a while. Now the Democratic leader of the Congress is sucking up to terrorist leaders. And giving them all the PR that they want.
This is sad, this is terrible, this is cheap. And this is treason. I hope some Republican in the House will wake up and introduce articles to remove Pelosi from the House before the weekend is over. This is very important stuff, and it is time that someone paid attention to it.
The Dems are running all over the country saying that the ‘06 elections were a consensus decision by the American people to give the Democrats complete power. How a 1-vote margin in the Senate, and a basic reverse of the old numbers in the House proves that, I’m not sure. The Democrats never seemed to think their 12-yr minority was “the American people giving a mandate” but now the rules seem to have changed.
So change them. I want someone to introduce ethics resolutions against Pelosi for removal from the House for conduct unbecoming the chamber, and I want press, I want discussion, I want debate.
It is time for the Republicans to stop being lap-dogs to the press. It’s time for a fight on this issue, on the war, on a lot of things.
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04.03.07
Posted in Politics at 5:30 am by JB
Can I just say this, because I am so friggin tired of this discussion….
I was watching on 9-11 when the towers were hit, and the buildings fell. I was talking, for a lot of the day, with my dear friend Debi…. and I told her, when that first tower fell, that it wouldn’t be the only one. Not because of any sinister plot, but because of engineering and seismic realities….
When 300 tons of concrete and steel hits the ground- or 3 million… whatever it is…. there is quite a rumble. Just the shock along from such a crash is enough to crumble most brick buildings. And everyone needs to keep in mind…. the lower part of Manhattan is basically built on silt. It’s not the strongest foundation in the world. When those two buildings hit the ground, it was inevitable that other buildings would be in jeopardy…
But the real question is… of COURSE WT-7 was abandoned. Silverman gave the order to get everyone out, to get the occupants and the fire crews out, and because it was so damaged already, to add it to the already mounting damage. Is that a bad thing ? There is nothing nefarious there.
It’s just another example of the hate-America crowd going off their meds. And it happens all the damn time.
Cheney is the most evil person in the world, and accidentally shoots a man in the face. If Cheney was so evil, don’t ya think that man would be dead ?
9-11 was an inside job to launch a war in the middle east for oil…. so.. why do it at 9 AM and evacuate the buildings. Why not do it at 11am, when the buildings are full ? Why not get more experienced pilots who can hit at just the right place and take it down before anyone can get out ?
The whole discussion of things like that just pisses me off. And anyone who listens to what the 9-11 conspiracy craziness is not worth listening to. I only hope most of them don’t have children, because they will just create more nut-jobs.
On September 11, 2001, a lot of crazy SOB’s took over some planes, and killed as many people as they could. Thankfully, they didn’t kill as many as they wanted.
And now out nation, and our civilization is at war with a whacked-out version of Islam. YES. Islam. The Orthodox Greeks aren’t trying to kill us.
To not recognize that very simple reality is to sign a potential death warrant. The Church of England isn’t trying to kill western civilization. Radical Islam is. It is a religious war to a degree, but the only religion involved is on their side. This country is trying as hard as it can to de-religion everything that is important, and that matters.
I am not a zealot. But I am a nationalist, and a conservative. This country, and much of the European west, is trying so damn hard to be nice that it isn’t taking care of what is important.
Could we get a “fear, but fear itself” speech now ? Of course not. There would be nods to the EU and curtsies to the UN. But no real leadership, and no real resolve to get the damn job done.
The US, regardless of what the press and the Democrats say, is not an imperial country. We are a freedom country- sometimes to our peril… Illegal immigration, Darfur, most of Africa, really. We have out-sourced our foreign policy to Bono, for Christ’s sake. Why ? Because we kneel, too often, at the alter of the UN.
Kick that worthless collection of despots and derelicts out of this country, and do it forth-with. The UN hasn’t done anything productive since it created Israel in ‘48, and has spend the better part of 60 years trying to crush that one good thing. We don’t need the UN. And the world would be better if the powers with ability had to actually move, and take care of themselves.
This is not a matter of equality. This is the very survival of a civilization. Radical Islam doesn’t want to kidnap you and put you on TV. They want to kill you. To kill you. Let me say it again…. TO KILL YOU.
Negotiations and summits won’t change that. It’s been that way for 30 years. They don’t want to talk. We’ve been working on strategic ways to reduce the threat. They are working on newer, and more effective ways to KILL YOU.
When in the Holy hell are some of you idiotic people gonna wake up and see that ? I do not have patience for “political power”. I am a conservative first, and a Republican next. If a Democrat candidate came out and saw this issue the way it really is, and not as a political posture, I’d vote for them. This is the only issue that is absolutely critical. It is critical to the very survival of this country, and the world.
Why ? Because tax cuts and abortion policy, spending reductions and federalism, military strength and self-reliance… all of that… ALL of that… means nothing at all if crazy Muslims KILL US ALL. It’s hard to bitch about voter fraud in Cleveland if Cleveland is in a nuclear ruin.
That isn’t alarmist, that is the reality that we all live in. And to deny that because you think John Edwards is cute, or think Obama would be a great president because, “oh wow, it’ll be cool to tell my kids that I voted for the first black president.”
Does nobody else see how absolutely asinine that is ?
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