tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65491304195958191822024-03-12T23:52:09.790-05:00Rantings and RavingsRamblings about all sorts of stuffUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger50125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6549130419595819182.post-59228369380740337342009-05-25T21:05:00.003-05:002009-05-25T21:22:33.315-05:00Is Colin Powell a Republican?This weekend Colin Powell defended his support of Barack Obama while at the same time claiming to be a Republican.The one question I would have liked Bob Schieffer to have asked Mr. Powell while he was on Face the Nation is, "You say that you've voted for the person who is best qualified to be President. You believe that Barack Obama was more qualified to be President than John McCain. Of the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6549130419595819182.post-950097405271644752009-04-27T07:53:00.008-05:002009-06-17T17:59:05.233-05:00The Problem with RepublicansPeople are often right for the wrong reasons.Ask someone in the Northern hemisphere what season is the warmest and why. You won't have to ask too many people before you hear, "Summer, because the sun is closer to the earth than in the winter." *Kit Bond, Republican Senator from Missouri, spoke with Chris Wallace over the weekend. He's right about the absurdity of investigating--and potentially Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6549130419595819182.post-78480959151089869002009-04-20T20:37:00.004-05:002009-04-21T06:49:44.773-05:00Obama's $100 Million JokeDisplaying exemplary effort, Obama has scrounged through the budget and found $100 million in savings for the American taxpayer--just as he promised he would do.Hallelujah!Of course, with a projected 2010 budget of $3.5 trillion, this savings is the equivalent of a family living on $35,000 saving $1.Yes, you read that correctly.Can you imagine being in financial straights, calling your family Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6549130419595819182.post-51836473126636540032009-04-19T21:43:00.004-05:002009-04-19T22:27:40.434-05:00Clueless GeorgeGeorge Stephanopoulos, along with his liberal cohorts in the media, don't understand the "tea parties," don't understand human nature, don't understand basic economics, and don't understand what having "skin in the game" (Obama and Biden have used this term numerous times) really means.How can so many people be protesting when 43% of tax-filing Americans pay no federal income tax? And what do Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6549130419595819182.post-32031583396852804882009-04-19T19:54:00.005-05:002009-04-19T20:12:48.005-05:00McCaskill Cheers Release of ReportAccording to Senator Claire McCaskill, we should all feel better--even relieved--that President Obama decided to release a classified legal memo regarding our past interrogation techniques.Why?Because terrorists will no longer be able to use as a recruiting tool the fact that America tortures people!Now terrorists will be forced to go back to the techniques they used before 9/11--techniques they Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6549130419595819182.post-85777819501481689542009-04-19T19:35:00.005-05:002009-04-19T20:09:53.375-05:00General Hayden Lets the Cat out of the BagFormer CIA Director, General Michael Hayden, had a lot to say today on Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace. Among other things, he expressed his dismay over President Obama releasing classified information about our past interrogation techniques--the same dismay shared by everyone in the country, save the President and his inner circle. I highly recommend watching the entire segment.I decided to Unknownnoreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6549130419595819182.post-66730767727585422432009-04-16T20:25:00.005-05:002009-04-16T20:48:03.470-05:00Obama's CoverupI entitled this Obama's Coverup, but an arguably better title would be The Media's Coverup.On April 14th, President Obama spoke at Georgetown University where he (The White House) insisted a symbol representing Jesus be covered up. Not surprisingly, there are very few news reports about this.Remember when John Ashcroft had his episode of covering up backgrounds? Remember how that was covered in Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6549130419595819182.post-83892073578494402722009-04-15T20:37:00.007-05:002009-04-17T06:52:25.224-05:00Tax Day "Tea Party" Protest in KansasOn a beautiful afternoon in Overland Park, Kansas, a corner of the Johnson County Community College campus was covered with at least a couple thousand American patriots tired of being overtaxed and underrepresented.(View all tea party posts here.)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6549130419595819182.post-69286600966426978352009-04-12T21:27:00.009-05:002009-04-12T21:59:50.419-05:00America Tearing a Family ApartAt some point I'll write a longer essay about the myth regarding the shortage of technical workers in America. Right now I just want to point out a ridiculous article that attempts to build sympathy for Sanjay, a foreign worker who, by his own choice, lives in Canada because his wife is not allowed to work in the U.S.What made me laugh a bit was that near the end of the article (of course, Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6549130419595819182.post-9413012661644876572009-04-12T21:05:00.002-05:002009-04-12T21:20:56.618-05:00Clueless Ginsburg“I frankly don’t understand all the brouhaha lately from Congress and even from some of my colleagues about referring to foreign law,” said Justice Ginsburg on Friday.I'm not surprised she doesn't understand.Justice Ginsburg went on to say that there is a misunderstanding--citing foreign precedents does not bind the Supreme Court to foreign laws, it is merely influenced by them.Does this mean weUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6549130419595819182.post-43451675676745283062009-04-08T22:33:00.004-05:002009-04-08T22:48:01.086-05:00Obama's Payback for the Hispanic VoteAccording to The New York Times, Obama plans to begin addressing the immigration issue this year.Immigrants who are long-time residents but lack legal status “have to have some mechanism over time to get out of the shadows.”Funny. It was just a few days ago, after the North Korean missile launch, that Obama said, "Rules must be binding; violations must be punished; words must mean something."Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6549130419595819182.post-6598848029428080762009-04-08T19:12:00.003-05:002009-04-08T19:39:34.614-05:00Another Worthless Thomas Frank ArticleFor a guy who has marginal writing skills, but absolutely no common sense, having a world-class paper publish his drivel would seem to be a sweet deal; yet, Thomas Frank seems to be an angry guy.The Wall Street Journal has published another article by Mr. Frank that, in his usual style, adds nothing of any value to public discourse. He criticizes the governor of South Carolina, Mark Sanford, Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6549130419595819182.post-19175257434913679762009-04-08T16:54:00.003-05:002009-04-08T17:10:37.954-05:00Bowing to the KingIt's bad enough that Obama bowed to King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia. But the White House has made the situation even worse by denying it. An Obama aide said, "It wasn't a bow. He grasped his hand with two hands, and he's taller than King Abdullah."Done laughing yet?Can you imagine how the media would have treated Bush 43 if he had bowed to a King? And then if his team had produced an excuse as lameUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6549130419595819182.post-89134922164166607352009-04-06T17:32:00.004-05:002009-04-07T07:50:41.255-05:00Obama Praises IslamToday in Turkey, Obama praised the Islamic faith. He said that the Islamic faith "has done so much over so many centuries to shape the world for the better, including my own country."How will Obama answer if a reporter asks him for a modern example--something specific, that has shaped our country for the better, anytime since its founding?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6549130419595819182.post-86827872870481524292009-03-31T21:01:00.006-05:002009-04-10T12:51:28.366-05:00"Unintentional Errors"If it weren't so pathetic, it would be comical.Now Kathleen Sebelius, Governor of Kansas and U.S Health and Human Services nominee, has had to pay back taxes of more than $7,000. The errors were discovered by an accountant she hired to scrub her taxes in preparation for her confirmation hearings. Funny how she didn't scrub her taxes before she filed her returns.One of the most perturbing aspects Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6549130419595819182.post-89275480238305851132009-03-25T11:56:00.002-05:002009-03-25T12:03:10.531-05:00Obama and CharityWith each passing day it seems ever more charitable to give President Obama the benefit of the doubt regarding his intelligence.Obama thinks it's "the right thing to do" to reduce the tax deduction for charitable contributions from 39% to 28% for the wealthiest givers. Currently a rich donor can deduct more than a middle class donor, and Obama doesn't think that's fair.Fair? (This reminds me of Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6549130419595819182.post-10116018443343493102009-03-09T17:03:00.005-05:002009-03-09T17:21:01.872-05:00Defending Obamanomics?A couple sentences popped out of a correspondingly ridiculous article in today's Wall Street Journal by Laura D'Andrea Tyson, a member of President Obama's Economic Recovery Advisory Board."...the president proposes to limit the deductions ... to 28% [while paying a tax rate of 39.6%]... Some critics claim this is class warfare. But why should a family in a higher tax bracket get a bigger break Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6549130419595819182.post-76683774962490837922009-03-07T10:51:00.007-06:002009-04-07T17:26:39.130-05:00Obama's TelePrompter CrutchDuring a discussion I was having this past week about the stock market, the person with whom I was conversing mentioned that economics and banking were not President Obama's forte.Duh.Then I asked him a trick question. "What is Obama's forte?"Naturally, he was dumbfounded.Obama's forte, as a matter of fact, is speaking to large audiences with words written by a skilled speechwriter. Most people Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6549130419595819182.post-44579201635023831932009-03-04T22:04:00.004-06:002009-04-08T19:11:59.714-05:00Thomas Frank, Out of TouchToday's article in the Wall Street Journal by Thomas Frank is interesting--not for shedding light on his subject, but rather for displaying his own out-of-touch, elitism.He describes today's conservatives as the "living dead," clinging to "discredited notions." But he doesn't actually detail any of the notions that supposedly have been discredited. Is he referring to the Reaganomics that got us Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6549130419595819182.post-48352832826947339732009-03-02T18:03:00.007-06:002009-03-03T20:24:14.114-06:00Rush Limbaugh and Michael SteeleLet me preface this post by saying that I am a major Rush Limbaugh fan, a "ditto-head," as they say...During Rush's excellent speech he gave on Saturday at CPAC 2009, he said that he wasn't bothered by people attacking him. "I don't mind what anybody says about me, any time ever," he said. "I don't have time for it. I don't give other people the power to offend me." Today, however, after learningUnknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6549130419595819182.post-89242541965146032352009-03-02T17:28:00.004-06:002009-03-03T20:50:45.438-06:00Another Tax-dodging Nominee, Ron KirkFormer Dallas Mayor, Ron Kirk, who has been nominated by President Obama to be the United States Trade Representative, will now have to pay almost $10,000 in back taxes, according to a press release from the Senate Finance Committee.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6549130419595819182.post-60163880632523901202009-02-28T12:07:00.012-06:002009-04-17T06:53:19.550-05:00Kansas City "Tea Party" (Stimulus and Bailout Protest)This morning at least two hundred people met on a cold corner at the Plaza in Kansas City, Missouri to express their outrage over the various "stimulus" and bailout packages being forced upon America by President Obama and the Democrats in Congress. They then proceeded to walk about a mile to the Kansas City office of Senator Claire McCaskill, who eagerly supports the bailouts.The turnout, no Unknownnoreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6549130419595819182.post-33722209230722892272009-02-26T23:32:00.004-06:002009-03-03T20:47:43.141-06:00Bill O'Reilly Compares Infanticide to Chimpanzee TradeI could hardly believe it as I watched Bill O'Reilly equate voting against banning the sale of chimpanzees across state lines to Barack Obama voting against saving babies who were born alive after a botched abortion.Okay--maybe "equate" is too strong a word. But if you watch the video, he clearly spends an inordinate amount of time describing Barack Obama's vote.Decide for yourself.I suppose it Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6549130419595819182.post-60445070224638022642009-02-25T12:09:00.003-06:002009-02-25T12:19:57.983-06:00The Wall Street Journal Gets It WrongThe opinion piece today in The Wall Street Journal, Jeremy J. Siegel, professor of finance at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, inspired me to write the following letter to the editor:With sleight-of-hand skills rivaling those that encouraged investment in mortgage-backed securities, Jeremy Siegel attempts to convince us that stocks are cheap by lying with math. While I won't Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6549130419595819182.post-19300965441613798622009-02-22T21:33:00.004-06:002009-03-03T20:50:45.439-06:00Ed Rendell Admits He Doesn't Care about Fiscal ResponsibilityOn Fox News Sunday, Chris Wallace had four Governors as guests. Throughout the show, Governor Sanford was the most impressive. I thought the exchange in the following video clip was pretty revealing.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1