Can't make this stuff up, ya'll.
OS sincerely wishes it weren't true, because it means we are now approaching that day when a Politburo rules, with motorcades of armored limos escorting the PeopleInCharge through the boulevards...
From American Thinker:
Our
U.S. ambassador to Libya and three other Americans who served us there
are dead because of insufficient security while the assistant to the
president for public engagement and intergovernmental affairs, a woman
named Valerie Jarrett, has been given an entourage of well-armed, highly
trained protectors as she goes to and from work in Washington, goes
shopping or out to dinner, and travels to political events and vacations
on Martha's Vineyard.
Why
is Valerie Jarrett such a high priority when it comes to security, and
why are our diplomats in Libya so much less of a priority? In their
eagerness to serve and protect the political interests of Barack Obama,
the news media do not bother to ask and then inform the American people
about this administration's particularly peculiar priorities when it
comes to security at a time when security is something very much in the
news and of great interest to the public.
Conservative
outlets which have made inquiries about why some White House staffer
merits better protection than U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens was accorded
are refused answers on the grounds of "security concerns." Really!
Think
you might have seen a major media story -- perhaps even a great many of
them -- comparing the contrast in security protection between Valerie
Jarrett and Ambassador Stevens if George W. Bush were president and it
were Karl Rove rather than Valerie Jarrett?
Saturday, October 20, 2012
Friday, October 19, 2012
The Poster That Says All That Needs Saying About The EU
Amazing...or not really, these days. DanHan weighs in.
Take a close look at this promotional poster. Notice anything? Alongside the symbols of Christianity, Judaism, Jainism and so on is one of the wickedest emblems humanity has conceived: the hammer and sickle.
For three generations, the badge of the Soviet revolution meant poverty, slavery, torture and death. It adorned the caps of the chekas who came in the night. It opened and closed the propaganda films which hid the famines. It advertised the people's courts where victims of purges and show-trials were condemned. It fluttered over the re-education camps and the gulags. For hundreds of millions of Europeans, it was a symbol of foreign occupation. Hungary, Lithuania and Moldova have banned its use, and various former communist countries want it to be treated in the same way as Nazi insignia.
Yet here it sits on a poster in the European Commission, advertising the moral deafness of its author (I hope that's what it is, rather than lingering nostalgia).
The Bolshevist sigil celebrates the ideology which, in strict numerical terms, must be reckoned the most murderous ever devised by our species. That it can be passed unremarked day after day in the corridors of Brussels is nauseating.
Remember, ya'll. This is the organization that won the Nobel Peace Prize this year.
This organization drinks from the same philosophical waters as the US Democrat party.
Something terribly wrong is at large.
Thursday, October 18, 2012
Thank You Cristina Odone, For Speaking Up About The REAL War On Women
Enough, finally, does become enough.
A 20-year-old Afghan girl has been beheaded, by her in-laws, for refusing to become a prostitute. Her mother-in-law and and a hired man cut off Mah Gul's head in the province of Herat last week.
The horrific case has confirmed the plight of women and girls in Taliban-strongholds such as Herat: it comes in the wake of the Taliban's attack on 14-year-old Malala Yousafzai, who campaigned for girls' education in Pakistan.
Ms. Odone then goes on to ask:
Surely, enough is enough? How many women martyrs do Muslim leaders need before they speak out against such misogyny?
What she fails to understand is the simple truth that Islam itself is the problem. 'Muslim leaders', who are the mullahs, have zero interest in speaking out against misogyny. It would be like Larry Flint preaching against porn, or SnoopDogg preaching against pot, or the Pope denouncing the Nicene Creed. Not even Saul of Tarsus, in his new role as Apostle Paul, rejected Judaism in his embrace of Christ.
What bothers OS is that our President, while yammering away about 'binders' and 'women's rights' ad nauseum, will stand up and tell the UN that he's down with Mohammed all the way, that he won't let anybody talk trash about The Prophet, US First Amendment be damned.
Miz Hillary, you got anything to say about this? You down with this, too? Does being Secretary of State trump everything?
We need people at every level of public life who will say the simple thing: These people are monsters, and we don't truck with them. At every opportunity given, we will oppose them with every means at our disposal.
Obama will not do that. There is some basic conflict of interest inside his personality that will not allow him to state the obvious. This is not to say he is secretly Muslim--who knows, who can say? It it to say he is not the man for the job going forward.
A 20-year-old Afghan girl has been beheaded, by her in-laws, for refusing to become a prostitute. Her mother-in-law and and a hired man cut off Mah Gul's head in the province of Herat last week.
The horrific case has confirmed the plight of women and girls in Taliban-strongholds such as Herat: it comes in the wake of the Taliban's attack on 14-year-old Malala Yousafzai, who campaigned for girls' education in Pakistan.
Ms. Odone then goes on to ask:
Surely, enough is enough? How many women martyrs do Muslim leaders need before they speak out against such misogyny?
What she fails to understand is the simple truth that Islam itself is the problem. 'Muslim leaders', who are the mullahs, have zero interest in speaking out against misogyny. It would be like Larry Flint preaching against porn, or SnoopDogg preaching against pot, or the Pope denouncing the Nicene Creed. Not even Saul of Tarsus, in his new role as Apostle Paul, rejected Judaism in his embrace of Christ.
What bothers OS is that our President, while yammering away about 'binders' and 'women's rights' ad nauseum, will stand up and tell the UN that he's down with Mohammed all the way, that he won't let anybody talk trash about The Prophet, US First Amendment be damned.
Miz Hillary, you got anything to say about this? You down with this, too? Does being Secretary of State trump everything?
We need people at every level of public life who will say the simple thing: These people are monsters, and we don't truck with them. At every opportunity given, we will oppose them with every means at our disposal.
Obama will not do that. There is some basic conflict of interest inside his personality that will not allow him to state the obvious. This is not to say he is secretly Muslim--who knows, who can say? It it to say he is not the man for the job going forward.
Sunday, October 14, 2012
Arlen Specter, The Man Who Led The Charge To Smear Robert Bork, Lawyer For Ira Einhorn, Turncoat, Poster Boy For Everything Wrong With Washington, Meets His Maker
Gone, soon forgotten, mainly unmourned.
He really was completely dumfounded in 2009 when greeted with thousands of angry constituents who had begged him not to vote for Obama's stimulus press and health care bill.
He really assumed no one was paying attention, was shocked to find that he was mistaken, and was shuffled off to a friendless oblivion by primary voters in 2010.
Three cheers for the primary system, and the secret ballot.
He really was completely dumfounded in 2009 when greeted with thousands of angry constituents who had begged him not to vote for Obama's stimulus press and health care bill.
He really assumed no one was paying attention, was shocked to find that he was mistaken, and was shuffled off to a friendless oblivion by primary voters in 2010.
Three cheers for the primary system, and the secret ballot.
Saturday, October 13, 2012
Do You Remember America?
HT Palladian View
By Charlie Speight
Do you remember America?
Do you recall that magnificent, unapologetic juggernaut of democracy and freedom?
Do you remember the America that made herself into a mighty power that she used to protect the oppressed elsewhere in the world, asking for little in return?
Do you remember how America created, built, manufactured, invented, assembled, hammered, welded, bought, sold, sailed, flew, plowed, sowed, harvested and shared?
Do you remember the America that was defined by her willingness to help, even to die for, others? Do you remember that when there was war, America rescued the oppressed and rebuilt her enemies?
Do you remember Château-Thierry, Marne or St Quentin Canal? Do you remember the Maine? Do you remember Guadalcanal, Normandy, the Philippines, Iwo Jima, Sicily, North Africa, Inchon, Puson or Pork Chop Hill? Do you remember Khe Sahn, Dak To, or Hue? Do you remember the Berlin Airlift? What about Kuwait, Bosnia, Somalia, Basra, Karbala, Baghdad or Fallujah? Kabul, Tora Bora, Kandahar or Abbottabad?
Do you remember Arlington or the two dozen foreign cemeteries where American warriors are laid to rest?
Do you remember America when her citizens didn’t expect – demand – that government provide for them?
Do you remember when children thought the greatest thing in the world was to be President of the United States?
Do you remember when America’s President “preserved, protected and defended” America and would never apologize for her or bow to the ruler of another country?
Do you remember when America was hated by men of evil because we threatened their intent, and not by countries that question her commitment?
Do you remember when America’s Founding Fathers were revered as visionary pioneers of liberty and not reviled as “a bunch of old white men?”
Do you remember when America was trusted and respected?
Do you remember the America that cherished and not challenged religious freedom?
Do you remember when America looked to her Constitution for guidance and not loopholes?
Do you remember America when a movie for adults meant that children couldn’t understand the plot, not because it was full of foul language and nudity?
Do you remember when you could watch the news in America and not have facts washed out by political ideology?
Do you remember when it was safe for children to play outdoors until dark and walk to school by themselves – and be safe in those schools?
Do you remember the American soul?
She was never perfect. America had her own internal troubles. We need to remember that she hasn’t always treated all of her citizens equally and that prejudices, corruption, greed and vanity have left their stains on her history. Nor should we ignore that technology, scientific discovery, ethnic diversity, social maturity and practice have made America better in thousands of ways.
Through all the sad and dark times, self-imposed or forced upon her, America has been good. Though, at times she has tolerated her own injustices, she has been sought for justice by peoples around the world. For over two hundred years, America’s destiny has been the providence of liberty and freedom for millions of people around the globe.
And America’s fate – her future – is yours to decide.
Don’t ever forget that.
By Charlie Speight
Do you remember America?
Do you recall that magnificent, unapologetic juggernaut of democracy and freedom?
Do you remember the America that made herself into a mighty power that she used to protect the oppressed elsewhere in the world, asking for little in return?
Do you remember how America created, built, manufactured, invented, assembled, hammered, welded, bought, sold, sailed, flew, plowed, sowed, harvested and shared?
Do you remember the America that was defined by her willingness to help, even to die for, others? Do you remember that when there was war, America rescued the oppressed and rebuilt her enemies?
Do you remember Château-Thierry, Marne or St Quentin Canal? Do you remember the Maine? Do you remember Guadalcanal, Normandy, the Philippines, Iwo Jima, Sicily, North Africa, Inchon, Puson or Pork Chop Hill? Do you remember Khe Sahn, Dak To, or Hue? Do you remember the Berlin Airlift? What about Kuwait, Bosnia, Somalia, Basra, Karbala, Baghdad or Fallujah? Kabul, Tora Bora, Kandahar or Abbottabad?
Do you remember Arlington or the two dozen foreign cemeteries where American warriors are laid to rest?
Do you remember America when her citizens didn’t expect – demand – that government provide for them?
Do you remember when children thought the greatest thing in the world was to be President of the United States?
Do you remember when America’s President “preserved, protected and defended” America and would never apologize for her or bow to the ruler of another country?
Do you remember when America was hated by men of evil because we threatened their intent, and not by countries that question her commitment?
Do you remember when America’s Founding Fathers were revered as visionary pioneers of liberty and not reviled as “a bunch of old white men?”
Do you remember when America was trusted and respected?
Do you remember the America that cherished and not challenged religious freedom?
Do you remember when America looked to her Constitution for guidance and not loopholes?
Do you remember America when a movie for adults meant that children couldn’t understand the plot, not because it was full of foul language and nudity?
Do you remember when you could watch the news in America and not have facts washed out by political ideology?
Do you remember when it was safe for children to play outdoors until dark and walk to school by themselves – and be safe in those schools?
Do you remember the American soul?
She was never perfect. America had her own internal troubles. We need to remember that she hasn’t always treated all of her citizens equally and that prejudices, corruption, greed and vanity have left their stains on her history. Nor should we ignore that technology, scientific discovery, ethnic diversity, social maturity and practice have made America better in thousands of ways.
Through all the sad and dark times, self-imposed or forced upon her, America has been good. Though, at times she has tolerated her own injustices, she has been sought for justice by peoples around the world. For over two hundred years, America’s destiny has been the providence of liberty and freedom for millions of people around the globe.
And America’s fate – her future – is yours to decide.
Don’t ever forget that.
Fred Thompson Summarizes The VP Debate: I Know Joe Biden--That Was Joe Biden
OS still believes the GOP completely dropped the ball by not nominating Fred Thompson for President in 2008. The fact that the man contributed much to saving the Republic from the Nixon White House in the early 1970's, and Tennessee from Ray Blanton in the late 1970's shows that we suffer from a case of short memory. So many remember him only as an actor, an accidental career, literally. Fred's really a crack small-town Tennessee Southern lawyer who took his talents to a big stage, and his contributions to this country are significant.
His main failing is his self-effacing personality--he doesn't live for the adrenaline rush of the crowd. He's more interested in making certain he's pithily expressed what needs saying, which brings us to today's essay from Fred:
OS urges his army of listeners to read it all, and offers up this particulary pithy paragraph as a foretaste of Fred's verbal skills.
I met Joe Biden almost 20 years ago and served in the Senate with him for eight. In private conversation among equals he can be candid, introspective and thoughtful. But when he puts on his political hat he has no inner voice that tells him, “Joe, you’re going on too long. Joe you’re being a bully. You’re being discourteous to your colleagues. Joe, that makes no sense. It’s obviously not true. Don’t say that.” He either has no idea how he comes across to normal people or he doesn’t care. I’ve never figured it out. However he parlayed a handful of votes in Iowa into the Vice Presidency. I gotta give him that.
There's much more where that came from.
Enjoy!
His main failing is his self-effacing personality--he doesn't live for the adrenaline rush of the crowd. He's more interested in making certain he's pithily expressed what needs saying, which brings us to today's essay from Fred:
OS urges his army of listeners to read it all, and offers up this particulary pithy paragraph as a foretaste of Fred's verbal skills.
I met Joe Biden almost 20 years ago and served in the Senate with him for eight. In private conversation among equals he can be candid, introspective and thoughtful. But when he puts on his political hat he has no inner voice that tells him, “Joe, you’re going on too long. Joe you’re being a bully. You’re being discourteous to your colleagues. Joe, that makes no sense. It’s obviously not true. Don’t say that.” He either has no idea how he comes across to normal people or he doesn’t care. I’ve never figured it out. However he parlayed a handful of votes in Iowa into the Vice Presidency. I gotta give him that.
There's much more where that came from.
Enjoy!
Thursday, October 11, 2012
'Never Mind...': This Week's Jobless Claims Report Was An Inaccurate Anomaly After All, Because...
California failed to report several trainloads of jobless claims in time to be included in the report.
If something appears too good to be true, it is because it is...too good to be true.
If something looks, walks and quacks like a duck...it's a duck!
If a BLS report smells like last week's Limburger cheese left in a hot car....
To quote the late great Gilda Radner: 'Never mind...'
BTW, OS managed to watch the House hearings yesterday on the Bengahzi debacle, and actually heard the PersonInCharge of embassy security worldwide (a dumpy-looking lady of not-sparkling intellect) claim that they had sufficient resources in place to defend the ambassador and the compound, to which an incredulous panel of Reps kept asking, 'So, tell me--why did our people get killed?'
The dumpy-looking lady had actually watched the attack real-time on State Department screens, which must have been agonizing. She was asked if she had any opinion at the time, or even later, whether this event was an organized assault or just a demonstration of angry Muslims pissed about some obscure YouTube video. She stated she had none then, or now. It was an amazing performance, to say the least.
The two people who had been pleading with the dumpy-looking lady for months to beef up security lest a tragedy occur detailed how they had been repeatedly ignored and denied the resources needed.
They were sitting beside the the dumpy-looking lady. She kept telling the Reps that she had done her job, that she and her superiors (whose names she reluctantly gave up) hadn't been given notice that a potential problem was brewing. When asked if she had ever been to Libya, the answer was 'No'.
It was dark, dark theatre.
Only it wasn't theatre, it was reality. Our reality.
If something appears too good to be true, it is because it is...too good to be true.
If something looks, walks and quacks like a duck...it's a duck!
If a BLS report smells like last week's Limburger cheese left in a hot car....
To quote the late great Gilda Radner: 'Never mind...'
BTW, OS managed to watch the House hearings yesterday on the Bengahzi debacle, and actually heard the PersonInCharge of embassy security worldwide (a dumpy-looking lady of not-sparkling intellect) claim that they had sufficient resources in place to defend the ambassador and the compound, to which an incredulous panel of Reps kept asking, 'So, tell me--why did our people get killed?'
The dumpy-looking lady had actually watched the attack real-time on State Department screens, which must have been agonizing. She was asked if she had any opinion at the time, or even later, whether this event was an organized assault or just a demonstration of angry Muslims pissed about some obscure YouTube video. She stated she had none then, or now. It was an amazing performance, to say the least.
The two people who had been pleading with the dumpy-looking lady for months to beef up security lest a tragedy occur detailed how they had been repeatedly ignored and denied the resources needed.
They were sitting beside the the dumpy-looking lady. She kept telling the Reps that she had done her job, that she and her superiors (whose names she reluctantly gave up) hadn't been given notice that a potential problem was brewing. When asked if she had ever been to Libya, the answer was 'No'.
It was dark, dark theatre.
Only it wasn't theatre, it was reality. Our reality.
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
You Just Can't Make This Stuff Up: The 'Violence Tax' Proposal In Chicago
Honestly, no matter how diligently comedy writers slave at their craft, the politicians trump them by just walking around and blabbering.
Chicago's murder rate is skyrocketing. Now, this could not possibly be attributed to the fact that Mayor Rahm(bo) Emanuel, former Obama Chief of Staff is not remotely up to the job of actually running anything, only in manipulating the system to get himself and his kind elected.
Governance, what's that?
It has to be SomeoneElse's fault, preferably George Bush, but blaming Bush for this particular tragic mess won't even pass the laugh test amongst the most rabid Chicago Democrats.
Sooooo.....if we can't stop the craziness, let's......make money from it! That's the ticket! We'll just tax the bejeezuz out of every gun and round of ammo sold in Cook County!! That'll solve the problem, by golly!
Right?
Huh?
What do you mean, people will just drive to St. Charles or Geneva or Wisconsin to purchase guns and ammo? They wouldn't dare!
What's that you say? The gang-bangers who shoot up entire neighborhoods aren't interested in obeying gun laws? You mean to say they're criminals, not victims of a racist society? You don't think the tax will matter to them, but that it might discourage the law-abiding from defending themselves?
Nooooo....no chance of that.....
Chicago's murder rate is skyrocketing. Now, this could not possibly be attributed to the fact that Mayor Rahm(bo) Emanuel, former Obama Chief of Staff is not remotely up to the job of actually running anything, only in manipulating the system to get himself and his kind elected.
Governance, what's that?
It has to be SomeoneElse's fault, preferably George Bush, but blaming Bush for this particular tragic mess won't even pass the laugh test amongst the most rabid Chicago Democrats.
Sooooo.....if we can't stop the craziness, let's......make money from it! That's the ticket! We'll just tax the bejeezuz out of every gun and round of ammo sold in Cook County!! That'll solve the problem, by golly!
Right?
Huh?
What do you mean, people will just drive to St. Charles or Geneva or Wisconsin to purchase guns and ammo? They wouldn't dare!
What's that you say? The gang-bangers who shoot up entire neighborhoods aren't interested in obeying gun laws? You mean to say they're criminals, not victims of a racist society? You don't think the tax will matter to them, but that it might discourage the law-abiding from defending themselves?
Nooooo....no chance of that.....
Monday, October 8, 2012
A Conservative Woman's Manifesto: Posted Obama Campaign Website!
It comes to OS's attention via an interesting coalition of conservative professional women in South Carolina, Palladian View.
OS gladly shares it with his army of loyal readers.
And, since it will soon disappear down the memory hole once His campaign gets word of it, OS copies it below, just to keep the words alive:
The set-up is: Someone has posted an e-card that say's 'Vote Like Your Lady Parts Depend Upon It'.
And someone leaves a comment with it that declares:
“Any woman that would vote for Republicans that are taking away our rights is NUTS. What’s next, it will be okay for your husband to beat you?”
To which came the response from one Amy Clark:
I have counted to 10. I have smiled politely. But I am going to say what needs to be said:
I will vote Republican because I stand on the side of personal responsibility. I understand that while I have the freedom to make my own reproductive decisions, any lack of planning on my part does not constitute a crisis on someone else’s. Nor does it create an excuse to forfeit human life. I understand that my wants and desires don’t trump someone else’s freedom of speech or religion. I understand that forcing a religious institution to violate its conscience for my personal convenience would make me the worst kind of hypocrite.
I stand on the side of equality. Meaning, I believe that as a woman, I am perfectly capable of making decisions to provide for myself. Being on an equal footing with men negates the need for special concessions from the government to take care of you. I don’t need or want free “goodies” because I understand that a government that is big enough to give me everything I want is big enough to take away everything I have.
I stand on the side of intellectual integrity. Meaning, I don’t traffic in salacious scare tactics by insinuating that anyone would ever think that domestic abuse was justified. I don’t throw around flamingly false accusations that a political party is trying to take away birth control. I understand that tying “women’s rights” to “free birth control” is an insult to women. It shatters the notion that we have broken that glass ceiling, when—all these years later—we continue to allow attention to only be drawn to our reproductive system. Come on.
I stand on the side of moral integrity. Meaning, that though I have the freedom to behave in whatever manner I want, I choose to live a life worthy of the gifts I’ve been given. I understand the meaning of “TMI” and choose to behave accordingly. It’s called having class. I don’t appreciate my gender being hijacked by women who sacrifice dignity and self-respect on the altar of an “enlightened” sexuality. Your sex life does not belong in the political arena any more than the world revolves around you. Don’t embarrass me in front of my family and my colleagues in the adult world while you continue to childishly confuse vulgarity with liberation. One cannot be truly empowered if one doesn’t even have the power of self-restraint.
So perhaps we can agree to disagree in a lady-like manner. I am fine with that. You can call me archaic, ignorant, indifferent, and “NUTS” or worse, that’s fine. I will smile and say, “Have a nice day!” You see, I am truly, wonderfully, and grace-fully free, choosing to celebrate my womanhood, my motherhood, my intelligence, my ability and my challenges, my joys and sorrows, my integrity… and the knowledge that a woman’s real beauty shines from the inside—reflecting her strength of character.
But please, there’s no crying in baseball, and there should be no whining in politics. Quit making it difficult for those of us who understand that rights = responsibility. Please quit muddying the water of a woman’s voice in government but pretending you speak for all us. You don’t. I’m a card-carrying member of the NRA, not the NOW. You don’t speak for me, because I am, in fact, capable of talking about bigger issues. You know, like the $16 trillion national debt or the current crisis in the Middle East. Women are really that smart. We are! But when you claim that women’s top issue in this crucial 2012 election is birth control, how could you pretend to be seeking true equality?
So I will vote Republican, focusing on the real issues in this country. I choose to vote like our economy depended on it. I choose to vote like our Constitutional rights depended on it. And I’ll choose to vote with my brain, thank you. I just believe better decisions come from that end.
OS gladly shares it with his army of loyal readers.
And, since it will soon disappear down the memory hole once His campaign gets word of it, OS copies it below, just to keep the words alive:
The set-up is: Someone has posted an e-card that say's 'Vote Like Your Lady Parts Depend Upon It'.
And someone leaves a comment with it that declares:
“Any woman that would vote for Republicans that are taking away our rights is NUTS. What’s next, it will be okay for your husband to beat you?”
To which came the response from one Amy Clark:
I have counted to 10. I have smiled politely. But I am going to say what needs to be said:
I will vote Republican because I stand on the side of personal responsibility. I understand that while I have the freedom to make my own reproductive decisions, any lack of planning on my part does not constitute a crisis on someone else’s. Nor does it create an excuse to forfeit human life. I understand that my wants and desires don’t trump someone else’s freedom of speech or religion. I understand that forcing a religious institution to violate its conscience for my personal convenience would make me the worst kind of hypocrite.
I stand on the side of equality. Meaning, I believe that as a woman, I am perfectly capable of making decisions to provide for myself. Being on an equal footing with men negates the need for special concessions from the government to take care of you. I don’t need or want free “goodies” because I understand that a government that is big enough to give me everything I want is big enough to take away everything I have.
I stand on the side of intellectual integrity. Meaning, I don’t traffic in salacious scare tactics by insinuating that anyone would ever think that domestic abuse was justified. I don’t throw around flamingly false accusations that a political party is trying to take away birth control. I understand that tying “women’s rights” to “free birth control” is an insult to women. It shatters the notion that we have broken that glass ceiling, when—all these years later—we continue to allow attention to only be drawn to our reproductive system. Come on.
I stand on the side of moral integrity. Meaning, that though I have the freedom to behave in whatever manner I want, I choose to live a life worthy of the gifts I’ve been given. I understand the meaning of “TMI” and choose to behave accordingly. It’s called having class. I don’t appreciate my gender being hijacked by women who sacrifice dignity and self-respect on the altar of an “enlightened” sexuality. Your sex life does not belong in the political arena any more than the world revolves around you. Don’t embarrass me in front of my family and my colleagues in the adult world while you continue to childishly confuse vulgarity with liberation. One cannot be truly empowered if one doesn’t even have the power of self-restraint.
So perhaps we can agree to disagree in a lady-like manner. I am fine with that. You can call me archaic, ignorant, indifferent, and “NUTS” or worse, that’s fine. I will smile and say, “Have a nice day!” You see, I am truly, wonderfully, and grace-fully free, choosing to celebrate my womanhood, my motherhood, my intelligence, my ability and my challenges, my joys and sorrows, my integrity… and the knowledge that a woman’s real beauty shines from the inside—reflecting her strength of character.
But please, there’s no crying in baseball, and there should be no whining in politics. Quit making it difficult for those of us who understand that rights = responsibility. Please quit muddying the water of a woman’s voice in government but pretending you speak for all us. You don’t. I’m a card-carrying member of the NRA, not the NOW. You don’t speak for me, because I am, in fact, capable of talking about bigger issues. You know, like the $16 trillion national debt or the current crisis in the Middle East. Women are really that smart. We are! But when you claim that women’s top issue in this crucial 2012 election is birth control, how could you pretend to be seeking true equality?
So I will vote Republican, focusing on the real issues in this country. I choose to vote like our economy depended on it. I choose to vote like our Constitutional rights depended on it. And I’ll choose to vote with my brain, thank you. I just believe better decisions come from that end.
No, Virginia, GW Bush Did Not Create Obama's Deficits: That Was Obama's Doing
One of the more absurd moments for DuhPrez last Wednesday nigh occurred when he pontificated that the deficits of his administration were inherited, 'And we all know what caused that!', going on to cite two wars fought, increased domestic spending and that Evil Tax Cut.
This chart provides a reality check, and proof from the public record that Obama was, once again, making things up as he went along. He probably even believes the stuff he spouts, which is saddening to contemplate.
Next week's New Yorker cover tells the tale in one image. OS plans to buy a copy and frame it.
This chart provides a reality check, and proof from the public record that Obama was, once again, making things up as he went along. He probably even believes the stuff he spouts, which is saddening to contemplate.
Next week's New Yorker cover tells the tale in one image. OS plans to buy a copy and frame it.
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