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That Giant Sucking Sound You Hear...

Posted by Arik on Thursday, April 30, 2009 9:39:29 PM
...is the last of the New York Times credibility puckering up and laying a big wet smacker on the tail section of his Royal Imperiousness Caesar Barackus the First, Ruler of All He Surveys, Champion of the Lazy and Indigent, Scourge of the Productive Classes. 
My little "Recovery Story" last evening, responding to the answer I heard on the press conference, was in response to this question, which I had not heard, from New York Times sycophant Jeff Zeleny.
 
QUESTION: Thank you, Mr. President. During these first 100 days, what has surprised you the most about this office? Enchanted you the most from serving in this office? Humbled you the most? And troubled you the most?
 
(Barf)
 
May I ask a followup, Your Excellecy? Are those your balls I see? They sure are nice and shiny. Do you use Turtle Wax?  May I shower them with kisses?  Wow, your behind smells just like roses. If you are ever looking for someone to wipe it, will you please consider me?  Is my incessant drooling and toadying bothering you? Because I can stop, if you want me to. Do you want me to? Becasuse I can. Stop, that is?
 
(End Barf)
 
If I were asking the questions, I would have a little bit different take on it:
 
Question: How would you rate the first 100 days of your presidency: Dismal failure, or just failure?
 
Question:  Is your pplan to thoroughly destroy the nation as we know it, or are you just an incompetent fool?
 
Question:  You claim to have been a professor of Constitutional Law. Have you ever actually READ the Constitution? Of the United States?  You know, that big document sign a long time ago by a lot of people that are dead now? No, not the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution. Oh, forget it.
 
Question:  How does it feel being the first black President of the United States born in a country other than the United States?  Follow-up to the inevitable "I was born in Hawaii" answer: Care to prove that?
 
Question: If you don't believe in torture, why did you preempt an hour of primetime during May sweeps to spend an almost Castro-like hour telling us how great you are?
 
Question: Why do you call them "Overseas Contingency Operations" when it's clear you believe that the terrorists are already here, masquerading as military veterans, pro-life activists, gun collectors and all that other extreme right-wing vermin?
 
Question: You criticized John McCain for saying that he wasn't an economist during the campaign.  Do you feel a little guilty for that, considering your budget shows you have little to no grasp of even basic arithmetic skills?
 
Question: Would you do the country a favor, and just resign now, sparing us from almost four more years of your pompous arrogant attitude, your idiotic apology tours, your almost feloniously stupid public relations ploys like buzzing Ground Zero with your jet, and, most of all, the way you lie about anything and everything, and then pretending you never said what you said, nevermind that it's on video for the whole world to see?
 
 
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My Recovery Story: Part Seven

Posted by Arik on Wednesday, April 29, 2009 9:18:09 PM
Part Seven of the occasional series documenting my correspondence with "Recovery.gov." It's not really an economic recovery so much as my recovery from my years of liberalism, of which I am now so deeply, deeply ashamed.

Saw enough of that um, ah, press, uh, conference tonight to hear all I needed to know. Maybe we all ought to stop bickering and playing politics for the rest of the year, get done what, uh, needs to be done.
Jackass, it's called debate. It will only stop when all of us are in agreement on what needs to be done.  And frankly, not all of us agree with you, Your Worship. I believe that what needs to be done is an impeachment, followed by an "ethnic cleasing' of Congress, get all of the libvermin ought onto the street where they belong, let people who DON'T hate this country down to its foundation and core run it.

No Compromise. No Surrender.

Does that make me a "right-wing extremist, Secretary Crapolitano?"

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100 Days in the Hole

Posted by Arik on Tuesday, April 28, 2009 10:29:26 PM
They say a picture is worth a thousand words, so here, in two thousand words worth of pictures, is my review of Obama's first 100 days in office:
 
 
Succinct and to the point.
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Big Ol' Jed Had a Light On

Posted by Arik on Tuesday, April 28, 2009 5:20:34 PM
The last decent democRat President this country, Harry S. Truman had on his desk a sign that said, " The Buck Stops Here."  Now, I don't know of the current poor excuse for a chief executive currently defiling the Oval Office has a sign on his desk, but if he does, I suspect it says something like this: "The Buck Stops, uh, um, er, Well, I'm Sure It Stops Somewhere, Uh, But Definitely Not Here."
If it had been in a movie, it would have been a totally hilarious scene: Thousands of New Yorkers fleeing from the sight of Air Force One.  You can't make up stuff like that.  Of course, in reality the humor is not in the panic incited in Manhattan, but in the reaction of the White House following the incident.
 
There was White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs telling the assembled press that they ought to "Talk to the White House" about it.  Now that's funny!
 
There was Obama doing his best Sargeant Schultz: "I know NOTHING!"
 
The military didn't know what was going on, the FAA didn't know what was going on, apparently NO ONE knew what was going on, at least until a lower-level White House staffer took the brunt of the blame, allowing Dear Leader to maintain his immaculate image of pure light and hope.  This administration is quickly losing it's reputation as incompetent and quickly showing itself to be no better than borderline retarded.  During the Bush-Bashing years, the libidiots liked to prance around with a sign that said  "Somewhere in Texas, a Village is Missing its Idiot."  Now it looks like a whole bunch of villages from San Francisco to Boston have exported theirs to work in Washington, In the House, Senate and the Oval Office.
 
Air Force One buzzes NYC, panic ensues
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Lights Out!

Posted by Arik on Sunday, April 26, 2009 6:36:56 PM

My wife tends to obsess on things, sometimes to the point that she drives me a little crazy (crazier) myself. 

Yesterday, she went on a zoo trip with the kids while I was at work. It should have been a nice pleasant day for all involved, but it was apparently a "Green-Fest" day, where they had booths operated by local businesses offering "green" services. (Is anyone else out there sick and effing tired of hearing the phrase "Green this," or "Green that?")  There was also a booth operated by our buddies the EPA. This is where the trouble started.  My wife is not much for arguing, except with me, in which case she's the undisputed world champion, and since the kids were there, she didn't want to start a fuss, which means that when I got home from work at midnight, she was ready and raring to go. And not in a fun way. 
 
You see, the EPA was there touting the benefits of Compact Fluorescent Lightbulbs (CFLs), and, having heard a little about them on the radio, my wife was curious to determine the veracity of the information she had heard.  Turns out, the bad news was pretty accurate. CFLs contain a small amount of the metal Mercury (Hg), and mercury is not particularly conducive to good health, as those of us who grew up before the days of digital thermometers are aware.  She came home with an information sheet, covered front and back, of how to clean up a broken CFL, as opposed to the two lines necessary for a traditional incandescent bulb (1. Sweep up. 2. Throw away).  I have pulled the information off of the EPA website, and will share it with you, in its entirety, with snarky commentary provided.
 
The page starts with the following question:
 
How should I clean up a broken compact fluorescent light bulb (CFL)?
 
As opposed to the aforementioned "sweep and discard" method.

Answer:
Because CFLs contain a small amount of mercury, EPA recommends the following clean-up and disposal guidelines:

1. Before Clean-up: Ventilate the Room

  • Have people and pets leave the room, and don't let anyone walk through the breakage area on their way out.
  • Open a window and leave the room for 15 minutes or more.
  • Shut off the central forced-air heating/air conditioning system, if you have one.
In other words, RUN! Evacuate your domicile of everyone that matters, except for the sacrificial lamb: You.
 

2. Clean-Up Steps for Hard Surfaces

  • Carefully scoop up glass fragments and powder using stiff paper or cardboard and place them in a glass jar with metal lid (such as a canning jar) or in a sealed plastic bag.
  • Use sticky tape, such as duct tape, to pick up any remaining small glass fragments and powder.
  • Wipe the area clean with damp paper towels or disposable wet wipes and place them in the glass jar or plastic bag.
  • Do not use a vacuum or broom to clean up the broken bulb on hard surfaces.
First, pick up the pieces, but for God's sake, DON'T USE YOUR HANDS!! Next, give the shattered remnants a nice cozy place to sit, like in a spare glass jar you just happen to have lying around, because nowadays, who DOESN'T do all their own canning. Finally, we have a use for the Duct Tape that you bought to defend against chemical and biological attacks (see, it comes in handy after all!).
 

3. Clean-up Steps for Carpeting or Rug:

  • Carefully pick up glass fragments and place them in a glass jar with metal lid (such as a canning jar) or in a sealed plastic bag.
  • Use sticky tape, such as duct tape, to pick up any remaining small glass fragments and powder.
  • If vacuuming is needed after all visible materials are removed, vacuum the area where the bulb was broken.
  • Remove the vacuum bag (or empty and wipe the canister), and put the bag or vacuum debris in a sealed plastic bag.
Heaven forbid you should have floors that are NOT hardwood or tile. Then you're really screwed. Now, not only do you have to do all the earlier steps, but you have to decontaminate your vacuum cleaner as well.  And, there's more to come for this, just you wait!
 

4. Clean-up Steps for Clothing, Bedding, etc.:

  • If clothing or bedding materials come in direct contact with broken glass or mercury-containing powder from inside the bulb that may stick to the fabric, the clothing or bedding should be discarded.  Do not wash such clothing or bedding because mercury fragments in the clothing may contaminate the machine and/or pollute sewage.  
  • You can, however, wash clothing or other materials that have been exposed to the mercury vapor from a broken CFL, such as the clothing you happened to be wearing when you cleaned up the broken CFL, as long as that clothing has not come into direct contact with the materials from the broken bulb.
  • If shoes come into direct contact with broken glass or mercury-containing powder from the bulb, wipe them off with damp paper towels or disposable wet wipes.  Place the towels or wipes in a glass jar or plastic bag for disposal.
 
If you happen to be doing all this without benefit of a hazmat suit, make ABSOLUTELY, POSITIVELY SURE that your clothes don't come into contact with any of the materials!! If they do, you must now make some changes to your wardrobe, because what you're wearing now, well, let's just say the prognosis isn't good.  And if this happens to happen in your bedroom, guess what, you might just need all new blankets, bed sheets, pajamas, etc.  Because you can't wash them out, you might CONTAMINATE SEWAGE. Let's just look at that phrase for a second: Contaminate Sewage.  These bulbs are so deadly, we have to protect human excrement from THEM!.
 
5. Disposal of Clean-up Materials
  • Immediately place all cleanup materials outdoors in a trash container or protected area for the next normal trash pickup.
  • Wash your hands after disposing of the jars or plastic bags containing clean-up materials.
  • Check with your local or state government about disposal requirements in your specific area.  Some states prohibit such trash disposal and require that broken and unbroken mercury-containing bulbs be taken to a local recycling center.

Now, before you actually dump your broken CFL, you may just need to take it for a spin first.  There's a good chance you can't just toss it out with the trash. You may be required, by your state, to take it out for dinner and a movie first, so as to not lower its self-esteem unnecessarily before dumping it.

6. Future Cleaning of Carpeting or Rug: Ventilate the Room During and After Vacuuming

  • The next several times you vacuum, shut off the central forced-air heating/air conditioning system and open a window prior to vacuuming. 
  • Keep the central heating/air conditioning system shut off and the window open for at least 15 minutes after vacuuming is completed.
Remember I said we'd get back to the carpet cleanup? Well here it is: Not only do you have to take special precautions the first time you vacuum, but for the next "several" times as well. How many are several? Well, if you come down with symptoms of mercury poisoning, "several" means one more than you actually did.
 
So, let's review:
 
Cleanup of broken incandescent bulb: Sweep and toss.
 
Cleanup of broken CFL: Evacuate home, discard all personal belongings, call Hazmat team, pray.
 
Liberal Law of Unintended Consequences: If liberals attempt to "fix" something, especially via governmental channels, expect twenty more serious things to go wrong as a result.
 
These jackasses won't allow a nuclear power plant to be built in the middle of nowhere, but they want to ship deadly poisons directly into our kitchens, living rooms and bedrooms.  Is it any wonder people are disenchanted in this country?
 
"Oh," says the EPA, "there's only enough mercury in a bulb to fit on the tip of a pen." Well, if I have to practically call in a hazmat team for one damn bulb, what happens if I break a whole damn box of them??
 
These things, they say, have ten times the life span of a regular bulb. I say they're ten times as expensive.
 
They say these bulbs will save a lot of energy. I say that the savings are wasted in energy used to clean up their mess, in manufacturing replacements for all the personal items destroyed by coming into contact with them, and in shipping them from that bastion of consumer safety, China.
 
And it won't be long, mark my words, before the envirowackos start lamenting what an environmental nightmare is being caused by the disposal of these bulbs that the envirowackos are trying to force us to use.  These people will not be happy until what's left of humanity is living in caves and gathering nuts and berries for their meals. 
 
My wife will no longer allow me to buy these bulbs for our house, and wants me to get rid of the ones that are already there. I think I will dispose of them by taking them out to the nearest wetland, burying them six inches deep in the bottom of a swampy pool, then stomping on them. Let the Greenies suck on that one for a while.
 
Postscript:
 
On the EPA website, there is a question: "What is the difference between a CFL and an incandescent bulb?" There is a place to answer whether "this answer was helpful," and if you say no, it pops up a window where you can write why. So I did. Here's my answer:
 
 What is the average per lamp savings in energy cost between CFLs and lightbulbs that WON'T poison my family when the inevitable breakage occurs? Does this factor in the cost of fuel used to manufacture the clothing, bedding and other cloth items that will need to be replaced when one of these bulbs break? How about the fuel required to get to the store to replace the items that were contaminated? What is the exact dollar value of the tears shed by our children when their favorite stuffed bunny or cartoon character pillow needs to be destroyed due to the meddling of the envirowackos? What is the environmental cost to dispose of these poison light bulbs? How much will we have to pay when the mercury starts seeping into the water table?  Is a couple of cents a year in energy costs worth the damage done to the environment by these bulbs? Are there any bulbs that aren't made by those well-known respecters of consumer safety, the Chinese?  Can the government aolve ANY problem without creating twenty more in it's place. Well, that one I can answer for you - NO!!!!!!!!!!!
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Wipeout!

Posted by Arik on Friday, April 24, 2009 10:33:34 PM
Found this online:
 
 
No word yet on whether it's been made the official arsewipe of the Obama Administration, but I'm pretty sure they've been using it for years on Capitroll Hill.
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Blame Canada!

Posted by Arik on Thursday, April 23, 2009 7:03:11 PM
Not since the war to free Terrance and Phillip have Canadians been so worked up. The (beaver) fur is getting ready to fly. Could Canada be getting ready to invade the U.S.?
 
Naw, they're just miffed at SA Oberstfuhrer, er,  Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano's firm, realistic grasp of history that never happened.  Apparently, she's convinced that the 9/11 hijackers entered the United States via the Canadian Border, because you know them Canadians are lax about their borders. 
 
"To the extent that terrorists have come into our country, or suspected or known terrorists have entered our country across a border, it's been across the Canadian border," Napolitano told the CBC. Asked if she was referring to the 9/11 attackers, Napolitano replied: "Not just those, but others as well."
 
Yep, that's because she sure sewed up the southern border tight as a drum as Governor of Arizona. 
 
Don't forget, she also thinks that the sure signs of a terrorist are, among others, love of country, military service, knowledge of the Constitution, religion, morals, values, a belief system, etc. etc. etc. 
 
She knows this because Timothy McVeigh (PTOOI!) was a veteran, so obviously all of us have to be potential terrorists. Never mind that you could name twenty easy from the the left for every one on the right. Let's see: Timothy McVeigh for the right. For the left, Bernerdine Dohrn, William Ayers, Bobby Rush (yes, THAT Bobby Rush), the SDS, the SLA, the Weather Underground, the Black Panthers. The list goes on and on.
 
The truth of the matter is that, while she may be about the only member of the Obama Administration that has actually paid her taxes, she's arguably the top of the list when it comes to incompetence, possibly edging out Tax Cheat Timmy. 
 
Has anyone else noticed that Obama likes to appoint to the heads of department people who hate their department and everything it stands for?  Look at Napolitano - Supposed to secure our borders and keep us safe, but doesn't give a crap about legal immigration. Shrillary - supposed to be Secretary of State for a State she apparently doesn't much care for.  Tax Cheat Timmy - Run the I.R.S.? We all know what he thinks about the IRS. Panetta at CIA hates the CIA. Noticing a pattern here?
 
Anyway, I think the time is about nigh for Napolitano to resign.  Two months in office, two HUGE gaffes.  I don't trust her with the borders. I wouldn't trust her with a stapler.  So I'll leave with this message for her, which she'll probably see when Homeland Security comes for me: GET LOST!!!
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Perez Is Burning

Posted by Arik on Wednesday, April 22, 2009 11:20:19 PM
I'm in a ranting sort of mood, and I'm going to get downright dirty and mean, so LOOK OUT!
 
I'm certain by now that most, if not all, of you have heard about the little dustup at the Miss USA Pageant this past Sunday, and I thought I'd weigh in on the subject, because, as insignificant as it seems to be getting so much coverage, it is actually more significant than it even appears.
 
Miss California, Carrie Prejean, who besides being smoking hot, appears to have not only brains, but morals as well, was asked her opinion on gay marriage by Perez Hilton, who I will discuss in more detail later.  She said that she was raised to believe in the value of traditional marriage, essentially, and that she hoped she caused no offense. She then, despite being a heavy favorite to win, became first runner-up.
 
This wouldn't have been real national news, except that the pot began calling the kettle, as heterophobe Hilton then went to his blog and put a video rant up, calling Prejean a "stupid b!tch." He basically said she lost because she was a bigot and couldn't figure out how to answer a simple question.  That is where the whole thing took on a surreal quality. Let me explain.
 
Perez Hilton is not, as you would expect, this guy's real name.  As you probably guessed, he took his name from Paris Hilton, who he resembles only in total lack of class and talent.  I don't know if you've ever read his blog, so to save you time and nausea, I'll give a short description:
 
Think Tom Green without the intellect. Think Sean Penn without the cool, clear rational thinking.  Think Chris Matthews without the strong, impartial reportage. Think of Barney Frank without the erudition and masculinity. Think Keith Olbermann without the sanity.  You get the idea.
 
His entire work output is, apparently, dedicated to showing us the shallow side of Hollywood, which means he's sort of like the guy at the zoo whose job it is to teach the ducks to swim. How shallow do you have to be to want to make reporting on OTHER PEOPLE'S shallow lives your life's work? In fact, I hesitate to use the word 'shallow,' as it may insult mud puddles worldwide.
 
Perez Hilton is, essentially, the type of gay man that makes people hate gay men.  Let's face it: Every one of us knows someone who is gay, loves someone who is gay, be it a brother, a sister, a friend from high school, or a next-door neighbor.  For most of us, it never becomes an issue, because there is so much more to them than just being gay. We may not like the lifestyle, may even think it a sin, but we love the sinner nonetheless, and are glad for their presence in our lives.  On the other hand, there appears to be little to Hilton other than being gay.
 
I think the American people are easily among the most accepting in the world of those who are different.  The problem comes when somebody decides they not only want to be accepted, but adored and admired for their differences.  I can deal with and enjoy the company of many diverse groups of people, and not be bothered by it (I once frequented a gay bar for several months before I actually realized it was a gay bar. In retrospect, the name "Lavender Lounge" probably should have tipped me off. In the end, it was the buffed-up guy in a muscle T-shirt with long blonde curly hair singing "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" as a soprano that finally flipped the switch for me.  Not even the guy who hit on me one night made me think that I was the ONLY straight guy in the place.). It's when you just want to have a civil discourse that the problem comes up with these people. You know the ones: "I'm gay, I'm gay. Nice to meet you. Did I mention I'm gay? Well, I'm Gay. Gay, Gay, Gay. I'm so gay, I'm GAY!"  You really just want to respond, "You're gay? I hadn't noticed."
 
It's the thing with the "Gay Pride" parades, where they feel they absolutely must dress as trashy as possible, and act in ways that would wnd up with jail time, if done by heterosexuals.  It's that In Your Face, All The Time thing that really gets old quick.  Do they realize that we don't generally run around spreading the details of our sex lives all over town?  Hell, I can't stand straight guys who blather on incessently about their sexual exploits.
 
And I'm not just picking on gays: How many people are entirely invested in being "Black," or "Italian," or whatever, instead of "someone who is..."  If you define yourself and/or present yourself to the world solely as one specific thing, you can't expect everyone to like you. How would you like to spend time with the guy whose whole life is dedicated to collecting belly-button lint, say, or letting noisy farts?  If I define myself as "The guy who farts really loud," I can't expect everyone will want to hang out with me. If you define yourself as "The "Whatever" Guy," there will be people who don't want to be around you for that reason. And, by the way, I am SO much more than just "The Guy who farts really loud." I can belch rather impressively, as well.
 
But, I digress.
 
Anyway, where the whole thing gets surreal, is that Hilton, in his dithering, starts getting into AMAZING territory, for a liberal: the Tenth Amendment.  Now, I'm not sure he's actually ever HEARD of the Tenth Amendment, but he starts saying the Prejean should have waffled on her answer and said that different states should decide for themselves what they deem legal.  Now, I may be wrong, but, isn't he in a state that has decided that they DON'T want gay marriage?  And aren't the activists trying to get the California courts to decide that a state constitutional amendment is unconstitutional?  Frankly, I was under the impression that the activists had pretty well decided that states have the right to decide for themselves what is right, as long as what is right is what the activists think is right. 
 
It's pretty much standard liberal procedure: Call on Democracy to give you what you want, citing the will of the people as supreme, then when they don't give you what you want, litigate.
 
I think the insane thing here is that they aren't asking for equal rights under the law: they are actually asking for a REDEFINITION of what marriage actually is.  Personally, I believe that "civil unions" perform the same function as marriage, and should be considered valid from state to state, as are marriages.  The whole argument is really one of semantics, rather than any real legal function.  There has really been "gay marriage" for years, just that it hasn't been called that. What I suspect is going on here is an attack on the Christian Church.  Many of these liberal activists hate the Church, and everything it stands for.  In much the same way they are trying to force the Catholics to have female priests, and Pro-Life doctors to perform abortions, I believe they are going to try to force the various denominations to perform gay weddings, regardless of the beliefs espoused therein, using the courts and civil rights laws. 
 
So, once again, what the whole affair boils down to is the War on Religion that the left is waging, while the right doesn't even seem to notice.  The left likes to "Imagine" no religion, and they see it as a paradise.  When I imagine the same thing, all I see is a world without hope, reason, or justice. A living Hell, here on Earth.
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Revolution!

Posted by Arik on Friday, April 17, 2009 10:42:38 PM
Well, you know, we all want to change the world.
 
And maybe, just maybe, we've gotten ourselves off to a start.
 
I don't know about you today, but I had a pretty good time.  I got to let out some frustration, shout out for what I think is right, and see that we're not just a bunch of loons sitting at our computers and ranting.  I went to two "tea parties" today, one in Canton, Ohio, and the other in Cleveland.  Yes, that Cleveland.  I managed to speak to one state Representative, got the actual cell phone number of a state Senator, and spoke with my favorite local talk show host, and best of all, managed to get a laugh from the crowd (I'm an attention fiend, as long as nobody knows it's me...).  All this, and music too!
 
I'll start with Canton.  I was running, as always, about fifteen minutes late.  I managed to find the place in Canton without too much trouble, thanks to looking at the map before I left.  Parking was not bad, though I was about a quarter mile away.  I only missed a little bit, so that was cool.  The area was closed in and crowded, so I could be wrong about my estimate, but I suspect there were at least a thousand people in the small area. (NOTE: Later on the radio, I heard 2,500. They said it was the biggest in the State of Ohio.)
 
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It was on a plaza between two buildings, small, but adequate for the purpose it served. When I left, there was a well-dressed black guy who was pretty angry standing where the pink stroller is in this picture. He apparently thought we were all idiots, as he kept yelling the slogan from his poorly made sign at us: "Bush did it, just admit it."  I took a picture, but it didn't come out, mainly because the sign was written over something else underneath, and it was apparently in ballpoint pen.  Not particularly effective.  This is beside the fact that nobody was claiming that Bush didn't have anything to do with this, justthat it's gone to a whole new level in the past few months.
 
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As you can see, there was a pretty good crowd here, and some pretty clever signs.  There were a few good speakers, and I got the opportunity to speak with a State Representative about a tax problem going on here in Ohio. I will actually write a separate post about that later.  I also found out that Stark County, where Canton is located, had a sales tax increase that was supposed to be on the ballot that apparently got an end run around the people and went to the county council instead.  That may have had something to do with the large turnout. 
 
There may have been a bunch of good signs, but my favorite accessory of the day was this:
 
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And the earrings were pretty cool, too.
 
From the Canton Party, I went on to Twinsburg, where there was not a protest taking place, but there was a Scorcher's having a wing day special. They were pretty good. The medium sauce was very unusual, but in a good way, very tasty. The Inferno sauce was pretty wimpy, for the hottest they had. Still good, though.
 
After my refreshment stop, I went on to Mall C in Cleveland, which is in the midst of the various government buildings around town, and in easy view of the federal building, which has one of the military entrance centers I wimped out at before actually joining in Columbus. It's the tall, bland, nondescript building in the background of the following picture:
 
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This is about where I stood for the speeches, which is, incidentally, right next to the guy who took the picture that graces the Cleveland Tea Party website, so I'm not actually IN the picture, but I'm to the left of the guy taking it. There were a bunch of pretty good signs here, as well, including one that I didn't get a good shot of.  It said, "Hey DHS! I got your right wing extremist RIGHT HERE!" and it had a little arrow at the bottom pointing down. This was pretty cool when the guy was holding the sign over his head, but it was awesome when his arms got tired, and the sign drifted down to waist level. Hilarious!
 
I was going to bring a sign, but I also wanted to bring my flag, and I couldn't take pictures and hold a flag and a sign without having certain anatomical features do things that they weren't particularly suited for, so, no sign, but flag and pictures:
 
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There was a State Senator who, when told that attending might hurt him politically, said he'd rather stand with the people than a bunch of politicians, anyday. he also gave out his cell phone number to the crowd, which was pretty cool. I intend to use it.
 
Then there was this guy:
 
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He is what is known in Cleveland as a "Fat Dago B@stard." Seriously. It's a badge of honor. He was the host of the event, and also has his afternoon drivetime talkshow, the highest rated radio program in Cleveland. Mike Trivissonno is infuriating at times, but he's worth a listen, after Rush in the afternoons on WTAM 1100. They stream online, so you can get them anywhere there's a computer.
 
The keynote speaker was my favorite local talkshow host, also from WTAM, Bob Frantz. He's the tall guy right in the middle:
 
tax day 2009 116 by you.
 
He's on from 7-midnight, when the Cavs and Indians aren't playing, which is to say, not often enough. He's always entertaining, and he has some excellent guests: Local, but thought-provoking.  I got to meet him after his (excellent) speech, and I e-mailed him about our local tax problem.  He has a way of getting things done in the area. WTAM booms from the Atlantic to the Rockies, and from the Gulf to the Arctic after dark, so, if you are in the country, you can pick them up on the radio. He's definitely worth listening to. 
 
Anyway, I had a great time. I got out and let my voice be heard, and thanks to the speakers, I am not only motivated to do something, but I now have an idea where and how to start.  Janet Napolitano thinks I'm an enemy of the state? Well, I'll tell you what: I'm certainly an enemy of this regime, and I will do what I can to stop it's apparent mission to plunge America headlong into irrelevance and ineffectuality.   There are already plans for more of these rallies leading up to the 2010 elections.  I not only intend to be there, but, despite my preference for anonymity and obscurity, I will try to see if I can't be a speaker at one or more of them.  Let my voice ring out loud and clear and right in His Royal Barackness' Face.
 
 
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Sometimes a Fantasy

Posted by Arik on Saturday, April 11, 2009 9:18:53 PM
Warning: Some of the pictures here may be a bit graphic, but I think they are very helpful in illustrating the point i am trying to make.
 
"Sometimes a Fantasy is all you need." -Billy Joel
 
The liberal mindset is not based in solid reality. What I mean by this is that they can look at a clear blue sky, and see a hurricane. Likewise, they can look at a hurricane and see a clear blue sky.  It really has very little to do with what they are looking at, what's important is that they see what they want to perceive, and what they want to perceive is only that which reinforces their own worldview, and their belief that they can't possibly be incorrect. Liberals live in a world of never-ending unicorns and rainbows, unless, of course, there actually ARE unicorns and rainbows, in which case they don't believe in them.
 
Don't believe me?  Take a look at some of the comments from the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) from their recent "fact-finding" trip to Cuba. The meaning of the term Useful Idiots really becomes clear when these people are around to provide an example. They were meeting with one of the most brutal dictators of the past half-century, and I have to believe that every one of them neded to change their panties when they were done. Here are a few:
 
 "He's one of the most amazing human beings I've ever met!"  -Emanuel Cleaver(D-Mo)
 
 
The execution of Col.Cornelio Rojas, a commander in the Cuban National Police on the day Castro took over.
 
"He looked directly into my eyes, and then he asked: how can we help President Obama? Fidel Castro really wants President Obama to succeed." -Rep. Laura Richardson (D-Ca.)
 
 
Help him to do what exactly? Stifle dissent and create a nation of slaves?
 
"It was quite a moment to behold! Fidel Castro was very engaging and very energetic." -Rep. Barbara Lee. (D-CA)
 
 
Castro questioning a farmer, moments before executing him.
 
"Raul Castro was a very engaging, down-to-earth and kind man, someone who I would favor as a neighbor. It was almost like visiting an old friend."  -Bobby Rush (D-Ill.)
 
 
Maybe Bobby and Raul can buddy up in this beautiful Cuban neighborhood.
 
"I'm convinced Raul Castro wants a normal relationship with the United States, [they] do want dialogue. They do want talks. They do want normal relations." -Rep. Barbara Lee. (D-CA)
 
This is what CBC member Charley Rangel (D-NY) had to say in 1986 about Africa, a nation in the grip of apartheid, who were seeking "normal relations" with the U.S. at that time:
 
"The U.S. has held ideals of freedom for more than 200 years and we should not tolerate their abrogation by any other country!"
 
Along with CBC co-founder Ron Dellums (D-CA):
 
"In any business dealings with (South Africa) we become tainted by association. We urge a policy of comprehensive sanctions. Of total disinvestment, a complete ban on imports and exports. In other words I urge adoption of a policy that demonstrates our total abhorrence of apartheid!"
 
And here is where "Hero" of the Cuban Revolution (and the radical American Left) Ernesto "Che" Guevara had to say about Blacks:
 
The Negro is indolent and spends his money on frivolities, whereas the European is forward-looking, organized and intelligent... We're going to do for blacks exactly what blacks did for the Cuban revolution. By which I mean: NOTHING!"
 
 
Certainly looks to ME like Cuba is a model of prosperity and equality. Paragons of human decency, those Castro brothers!
 
Next, let's take a peek at the horrible conditions that abounded in Cuba's most famous prison: . I know, this is actually a US run military prison camp, but we know how squalid the place really is, don't we? Especially as compared to the country clubs run by the left's best buddies the Castros, and Stalin in Russia.  Let's look at some pictures, shall we?
 
Here's a desk in a classroom, and yes, those are leg restraints on the floor beneath the chair:
 
Guantanamo Bay
 
Here's a display of items issued to the detainees on their arrival:
 
Guantanamo Bay
 
Here are some pictures of a replica of a Gitmo detainee's cell that went on tour around the U.S.
 
 
Here's a cell in one of Castro's country clubs:
 
 
How much better is that than the American hellhole? How about these:
 
 
How about this one from the old Soviet Union:
 
Cells in Patarei by Punk in Drublic.
 
I'm sure any self-respecting prisoner would much rather be in a Cuban or a Russian cell than that horrid American cell.
 
Let's leave Cuba now, and go to the Middle East, where we have nothing but friends. Just ask Obama, who gave an address to the Turkish Parliament recently:
 
"The United States is not and will never be at war with Islam."
 
Maybe not, but they certainly appear to be at war with us:
 
This time it's personal ... (please read my comment under the article) by violinsoldier.
Yon-Iraq photo by munkyluva87.
 
and our allies:
 
3 charged with conspiring with suicide bombers in 2005 London transit bombings
 
More Obama: "And we will convey our deep appreciation for the Islamic faith, which has done so much over centuries to shape the world -- including in my own country."
 
Such as:
 
Pentagon damage by channingb.
9-11 Memorial at Shanksville Pa by chad and april's pics.
 
Indeed, we certainly have been shaped, but not, perhaps in the way that Obama meant.
 
I often wonder how the left can carry on so about the dignity and rights and humanity of these murderers, rapists and worse, and about how wonderful life is under brutal dictators, and yet deny the utter humanity of this:
 
This human fetus is in the second trimester of development, a time when fetal weight gain begins to accelerate. Pregnant women should increase caloric intake by approximately 300 calories per day to account for rapid fetal growth. Calcium and iron supplements may also be necessary. [Photo Researchers, Inc. Reproduced by permission.]
the unborn child at 7 months
the unborn child at 6 months
 
Liberals seem to live in a world where left is right, up is down, in is out and right is wrong.  Sometimes it seems that liberals would be happiest living in the sci-fi concept of a "hive-mind," where all thinking is done by a single entity, and all individuals exist for no purpose but to serve that individual. Of course, they always assume that it will be THEM controlling the hive. Is there any one of us who hasn't had someone say to them something like, "Gee, I sure wished I had lived in Medieval Times?" which just begs you to ask, "Why?" The answer that follows is always something like, "Because I would have loved to have been a princess!"  Maybe that's the key to the whole thing: Liberals can't see themselves as a part of the Big Picture, they have to see themselves as the Painter of the Big Picture.
 
Or maybe there are some things I will never understand.
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Wonderful World

Posted by Arik on Friday, April 10, 2009 10:51:48 PM
“Mark my words, it will not be six months before the world tests Barack Obama like they did John Kennedy. The world is looking. We’re about to elect a brilliant 47-year-old senator president of the United States of America. Remember I said it standing here if you don’t remember anything else I said. Watch, we’re gonna have an international crisis, a generated crisis, to test the mettle of this guy. I can give you at least four or five scenarios from where it might originate...And he’s gonna need help. And the kind of help he’s gonna need is, he’s gonna need you - not financially to help him - we’re gonna need you to use your influence, your influence within the community, to stand with him. Because it’s not gonna be apparent initially, it’s not gonna be apparent that we’re right.” 
 
Joe Biden, Seattle, October 2008
 
Well, we're less than three months in, and Biden is looking pretty prescient right now, isn't he? Where to start with how true this statement has turned out to be, though we can quibble about a few things, like the choice of the word "brilliant." There are so many crises going on right now that I'm running out of fingers to count them on. Frankly, I wish this had been just another Biden gaffe, but, as we've all seen by now, and those of us who've actually been paying attention for the last 20 years or actually know a little history could tell you, the world is not such a nice place at times. In fact, it can get pretty brutal.
 
Well, let's start with Africa, the birthplace of our Kenyan president (not the President of Kenya, the Kenyan president). Beyond the fact that he hasn't done diddly-squat for Darfur, the liberal genocide du jour, nor has he done anything for Zimbabwe, nor, well, he hasn't done much of anything for Africa, at all, now, has he? The correct answer to that question is "NO." "Hell, NO!," would also have been accepted. In fact, the best news coming out of Africa these days for Americans is that, for the furst time in over two centuries, an American ship has been taken by Somali pirates. This might not seem like good news, and in fact, it's not REALLY good, but it has a bright side to it.  The unarmed crew of the Maersk Shiplines Alabama took the ship back from the armed to the teeth pirates, and continued to port.  Currently, the captain of the ship is still being held by the pirates in the middle of the Indian Ocean, on a lifeboat with no fuel and limited food, and the pirates are asking two million dollars ransom.  Now, while I know we're all praying for the safety of the captain, how much balls does it take to demand ransom for a guy, when you're sitting in a lifeboat in the middle of the ocean, next to a USN destroyer, with no food or water or fuel, and you want money? How about a tow into shore? How about you give the captain to us, and we don't blow you to Allah. How about a Snickers Bar?
 
And what does Dear Leader have to say about this? Nothing. I guess he doesn't want to comment "because I like to know what I'm talking about before I speak." Really, now, do you? You wouldn't know it from the way you spout gibberish and nonsense every time you open your yap. Seriously, guys, he has NOTHING to say about this. So, Biden's right on this one: If there was one response to an act of piracy in international waters that I would say was wrong, it would be to do nothing.
 
Heading over to Asia, we have the Mad Muppet of North Korea lobbing a rocket over Japan, who, not surprisingly, was more than a little perturbed. Here again, we have another one of Obama's classic liberal responses: the Sternly Worded Rebuke. When that didn't work, he went whining to the U.N., which again produced the expected result: Nothing. Well, not really nothing. Our old pals Russia and China decided that nothing had happened at all, and made Obama look the fool again in front of the world community. 
 
Making Obama look the fool not really all that hard to do these days, he does it pretty well, himself. We all saw what he did for the king of Saudi Arabia at the G20 Summit. Seriously, though, I'm not sure that he was bowing at all. It looks to me like he was setting ready to give the king a Lewinsky. It appears that that is the direction the democRats are talikng in their foreign policy these days. Just look at the little Love-In the Congressional Black Caucus had with Castro in Cuba. Maybe next time they go, they can bring Pamela Anderson, and they can make a video. Maybe they could send Hillary down to service Hugo Chavez, give her a break from Billy Boy. And there's no truth to the rumor that Jimmy Carter was found with his pants around his ankles in Mahmoud Abbas's living room.
 
Seriously, from the way those moron Representatives talked, you would think Castro should be named Humanitarian of the Year. There's no intelligence test to be a member of Congress, but maybe there should be. 
 
Speaking of Hillary, she seems to be pretty busy mucking things up with Iran.  They're going right ahead and doing whatever they want to do, while Hillary, and by extension, Dear Leader Obama, keep pretending they don't see what's going on.  They will not believe Iran has nukes until Tel Aviv is a radioactive wasteland. Then, they'll likely run to the U.N., who will say "What's this about Tel Aviv? Tel Aviv who?"  Then, they will issue a Sternly Worded Rebuke. 
 
I don't know about you, but I can only figure three possible explanations for all of the bungling:
 
1). These people are a bunch of novices who don't have enough experience to administer foreign policy effectively, but will become better at it with experience. This, to me, is the least likely explanation.
 
2). These people are a bunch of idiots who have no idea what they are doing, and aren't likely to learn because they are driven more by ideology and lofty thoughts than by any actual reality. This is much more likely than the first option.
 
3). These people are a bunch of traitors who want to destroy the sovereignty of the United States in favor of a "One World" Government, in which our individual freedoms are subjugated to the will of the state, and in which our life choices are made for us by some bureaucrat in some far-off land.  This, I think is the most likely explanation. Call me Kooky.
 
I don't know about y'all, but I'm proud of my country, and I want my kids to be proud of it. I want there to BE a country for my kids to be proud of.  Liberals look at America and see everything that's wrong with the world. I look at the world, and see America in the majority of what's good and right.
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An Addendum to My Ethics Paper

Posted by Arik on Tuesday, April 07, 2009 10:57:19 PM
In my etics paper, I made reference to how the corruption trial of Alaska Senator Republican Ted Stevens was expedited, while that of Louisiana Representative democRat William Jefferson has not even started yet, despite Jefferson's case being started first. I also noted that the charges against Ted Stevens appeared to be questionable in the first place.
 
Well, lo and behold, the conviction has been reversed.  Not only that, but the judge dismissing the conviction says, "In nearly 25 years on the bench, I've never seen anything approaching the mishandling and misconduct that I've seen in this case."  Now they are looking at appointing a special prosecutor to investigate the prosecutors who prosecuted Stevens.  That's a whole lot o' prosecutin'.  This would be funny if it weren't so serious in the balance of Congress. Stevens just narrowly lost his Senate race to the democRat who replaced him, and it appears now that the entire scandal was devised simply to gain a Senate seat for the democRats. 
 
I'm not much of a conspiracy theorist, but watching politics for this last year is enough to strain belief.
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Obama Deciphered

Posted by Arik on Tuesday, April 07, 2009 5:53:04 PM
I have noticed that what Obama says and what Obama does are not necessarily, or even often, connected. At least, that was my thinking until I broke the code and learned to decipher and distinguish what he means from what an ordinary mortal would mean.  For example, take the word "we."  One might look at that word and think the speaker was referring to a group of people, including him or herself.  To normal people that would be correct, but to Obama, it is often used as the "Imperial We," as is often us by royalty to refer to themselves in the plural, a habit only slightly less grating than those who insist on referring to themselves in the third person. If "we" refers to an action or situation that exalts Obama, then it is the Imperial We. If the we is used to refer to anything else, it should be taken to mean "All of you, the unwashed masses."
 
Take, for example, this well-known Obama saying: "We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change we seek."  To most, this saying would conjure up images of a speaker speaking of a group of people including the speaker himself. In Obamaic (pronounced: Oh-BAH-may-ick), however, it means the following: "I am the change you filthy peasants have been looking for." It's really not all that difficult, once you get the hang of it.
 
Here's another: "...this was the moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow and our planet began to heal."  This one requires a little more work to decipher, but if one searches through historical texts, as I have, it is easy to find a pretty good approximation of the point he's trying to make. In matching the tone and context, I think this will just about match his intent: "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me."
 
This is from Obama acolyte Valerie Jarret: "[Obama] is prepared to really take power and begin to rule day one." This translates roughly as: "Prepare to feel the might of his iron fist."
 
In much the same way, many things that he says actually mean the opposite of what those uninitiated in Obamaic might otherwise expect them to mean. For example, Obama says "Fiscal responsibility" which translates roughly into "Unprecedented spending spree." "Bipartisanship" equates roughly with "I won." "Black" is "white," "left" is "right," "up" is "down," "right" is "wrong," "war" is "peace."  While I call it Obamaic, others have called this type of language Newspeak.
 
Here's an interesting quote: "...there is no fixing the economy without fixing health care." Once again, this doesn't mean what it looks like it means. Add Obama Hand Puppet Tax Cheat Timmy saying that the administration has inherited "the worst fiscal situation
in American history," and the Ballerina of the United States Rahm Emanuel saying, "You never want a serious crisis to go to waste. Things that we had postponed for too long, that were long-term, are now immediate and must be dealt with. This crisis provides the opportunity for us to do things that you could not do before." All three of these statements put together are like the Rosetta Stone for the Obama Administration. Taken separately, they could mean pretty much what they look like they mean, except for Obama's winner, which makes about as much sense as saying "We can't go to the park and fly a kite on Tuesday, because on Saturday, there will be a blue truck at the grocery store." Taken together, they spell out the insidious plan to Try To Take Over The World, or at least this previously pleasant corner of it.  They are the true key to deciphering Obamaic and Obama Administration Policy. 
 
First, fuse them and paraphrase them thusly: "Never waste a crisis. We've got a bad economic crisis, so we can try to ram through all of our liberal agenda, justifying it as necessary to solve the economic policies and blaming it all on Bush."
 
Look again at those quotes, all made since the election, and try to tell me that my translation into plain English fails to capture both the spirit and the intent of the three people making the statements.  The truth is that reading Obamaic is a lot like those old codes you did as a kid, where you have to black out every third word, then every eighth word, then every thirteenth word, etc, and eventually you end up with 5 words left that make sense when all the garbage has been stripped. So it is here: 98 percent of what the democRats say is just garbage designed to mislead and misdirect.  When all the excess has been pared away, the heart of their schemes is exposed, and laid bare for all to see. 
 
Just go through the Royal Proclamations line-by-line, strip away anything that doesn't sound right coming from Obama and his minions, according to what you know about them, and what you have left in front of you will shine out like a pearl in an oyster, a grain of truth in a bunch of squishy snot-like stuff. Amuse your friends, astound your enemies by predicting what Obama will do, using the POWER OF YOUR MIND ALONE!!! Well, and maybe a pen and paper. 
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More Bush Than Bush

Posted by Arik on Monday, April 06, 2009 9:43:12 PM
I don't know about the rest of you, but to me, Dear Leader Obama is looking more and more like Clueless Leader Obama.
 
While admitting that Bush often had an interesting way with the English language, I think it's instructive to note that his entire administration didn't have as many serious faux pas as the Oblahma administration has pulled off in less than three months, any one of which would have had the main stream media beside themselves with joy at being able to make a fool of the president. Let's take a look.
 
First, Bush got hammered, rightly or not, for his nomination of Harriet Myers for the Supreme Court.  Obama has nominated an entire CABINET that can't seem to get confirmed for reasons ranging from corruption investigations to tax evasion, including his Treasury Secretary, Tax Cheat Timmy Geithner, who is looking less and less like an actual tax cheat, and more and more like an incompetent imbecile.
 
Bush got pounded for touching the shoulders of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, the only actual gaffe I could find in foreign affairs post-2000. Obama, on the other hand, has made them an almost daily occurence. What do you think the world would have made of Bush giving the Prime Minister and Queen of England a stack of DVDs, and an iPod, respectively?  It would have been a Saturday Night Live sketch for years to come. Hell, his wife pretty much mauled the Queen, this after the frosty reception the PM had received in Washington.
 
What would have happened if the Bush Administration had sent someone to Russia with a red button that said "Overcharged" on it, instead of the rather lame "Reset?"  Or if Bush had sent a letter to the President of France, only it wasn't the current President of France, but the previous President of France? Of if Bush had misspelled the name of the President of Brazil, before snubbing him at the White House.
 
But the real capper is the one where Obama tells an Austrian reporter that he doesn't "...know what the term is in Austrian..." This is on a par with Dan Quayle's "Latin" gaffe, but it's barely being mentioned.  How is it that the same people who thought Bush and Quayle were morons get all hot and slobbery at the very mention of Obama's name?  If the press would have actually have done their job, rather than cheerleading for Clueless Leader, we might have actually elected someone who wasn't an embarassment to the office and the nation.  Regardless of what you may or may not have thought about Bush, it's hard to deny that he treated the office with a solemn dignity, rather than as an entitlement program for conmmunity organizers.
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Obama's Magical Misery Tour

Posted by Arik on Monday, April 06, 2009 9:13:26 PM
Well, the Mess-I-Uh is finishing up his whirlwind tour of Europe and the Middle East, providing cringe worthy moments a-plenty.
 
He started out just fine, showing his subservience to the king of Saudi Arabia, with a deep bow that appears to get his mouth pretty close to waist level on the king. I haven't seen the video, but I'm sure there was significant bobbing and slurping going on, as would be fitting of a gift from the leader of the (currently) free world to the leader of the backward nation that sent us so many "ambassadors" to fly those planes on 9/11.
 
Then, continuing what appears to be a new tradition of the giving of gag gifts to the leaders of our allies, Obama gave Queen Elizabeth II, monarch of perhaps our (currently) staunchest ally, England, an iPod, filled with Broadway showtunes, a selections of Obama's favorite speeches he'd given, and photos and videos of the Queen on her state visits. In conjunction with a bunch of DVDs that won't play given to England's Prime Minister, I can only imagine that Obama is gearing up for one thing: Demanding reparations from England for the War of 1812. Then he can turn around and promise that money in reparations for slavery in this country, payable once the British make good on their end of the bargain.  Since the British are currently attempting to tax their way out of prosperity, there is a pretty good chance that there may be a delay in the payment, say a couple hundred years, or so.
 
In a campaign stop in Prague, capital of the Czech Republic, Obama, who is running, apparently, for World Potentate, pretty much hung his head in shame that the U.S. had used nuclear weapons to stop Japan from committing Seppuku in 1945, saving millions of lives and creating a Democratic Ally that has lasted this long, at least.  At about the same time, Kim Jong-(Mentally)Ill, mad muppet of North Korea, was testing a (possibly nuclear-capable) missle by shooting it up Japan's butt. Iran's president Iminajihad is still trying to get nukes to blow the crap out of Israel, Ditto Syria.  So what does the Chosen One want to do? He wants to not only eliminate all of our nuclear weapons, he wants to stop development of a "missle shield" for the Eastern European nations, like the Czech Republic and Poland, that were welcomed into NATO with a promise of protection for their fragile young democracies.  It must be getting very crowded under Obama's bus.
 
Obama then went to kiss some Turkish butt, proclaiming that "the United States is not and will never be at war with Islam."  On the other hand, it appears that Islam is at war with the United States. Iran is constantly waving their fist in the air, Syria Doesn't appear to be too keen on us, Pakistan is wobbling, and every time something goes wrong here, thousands dance in the streets to celebrate. More if we have children killed.  The slow creep of Sharia law through Europe doesn't seem to bother too many Europeans, nor does the fact that a couple cartoons can cause riots and bombings, but here in America, we view those things a little differently.
 
I'm getting a little annoyed and sick of the Obama "Blame America" spiel.  Listening to him, you would think that we were the source of every wrong in the last century.  Well, you know what? In my opinion, and I believe historical fact will back me up, if you take America out of the picture starting in 1900, the world looks a whole lot different, especially from a political point of view.  Let's just speed right pastthe Wright brothers and aviation and look at the First World War.
 
In the First World War, the U.S. played a limited but decisive role in bringing victory to the allies.  Without U.S. intervention, the war would have eventually ground to an end, but the map of Europe would certainly have looked much different than it did going into WWII.  Unfortunately, poor planning for the peace led directly to the conditions that created the second war, a lesson that was learned at a great price.
 
If the U.S. had not become involved in the Second World War, the world would be a much darker place today. It marked the emergence of the nation as a superpower, and set the stage for the long Cold War that followed.  Without U.S. intervention, most, if not all, of Europe would have fallen to the Nazis and to the Soviets, and a good portion of Asia and Australia would have fallen to the Japanese. Then, I think it's safe to say, these powers would have had at each other until only one was left standing, at a cost of millions, perhaps billions, of lives. 
 
After WWII, learning from the mistakes of the past, the Allies put a great deal of effort into rebuilding their former enemies, allowing them to prosper in a relatively short period of time, rather than founder in poverty, setting the stage for yet another war. 
 
Post-WWII, the United States entered a period of prosperity unlike any the world had ever before seen, and that rising tide lifted boats all over the world, and will continue to lift boats, despite the current difficulties, if only the Community-Organizer-in-Chief and his dimwitted partymates in Congress and his Cabinet will just step aside and let America be America.  America is the reason that many of those whining and complaining today are alive to whine and complain, and I'm not going to apologize for my nation and the good it has created in the world over the last century plus. In fact, I don't feel guilty for ANYTHING.
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