Back on April 5, I told you about an incident where a drunk driver killed two and injured two, devestating a young family. Well, the verdict is in.
John Patrick Barton was charged with two counts of murder for killing Kandace Hull and her daughter Autumn when he hit their car on I-35 just north of Dallas. Tony Hull, husband, and two more children were injured. Barton hit the Hull's car from behind at such a speed that it forced the Hull car's trunk into the front seat. Police testimony during the trial estimated that Barton was doing in excess of 120mph at the time of the accident. His blood alcohol level was 3 times the legal limit.
Barton had been convicted of DWI three times previously, and was out on parole for his latest violation at the time of the accident.
Barton's trial was this week. He pled guilty to the two counts. A jury sentenced him to two life sentences. He will not be eligible for parole for 30 years. Barton was apologetic, took responsibility. A shame he didn't do that before that last drive ....
The legal system worked in the aftermath of this tragedy. Barton will not be driving drunk endangering the public for at least 3 decades. The family, and the public, will receive some small comfort that he was not plea bargained and turned loose on the streets again.
If the legal system had only worked this well after his first DWI ... or his second ... or his third ...
Friday, November 12, 2010
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Sunday, November 7, 2010
GOP Plans Budget Cuts - But Where?
Prior to the Nov. 2 election, and now afterwards, GOP leaders have promised $100,000,000,000 in spending cuts in the next year. This is supposed to be in discretionary spending, without touching the military's budget.
This sounds like, and is, a bunch of money. It isn't what it used to be, thanks to Obama's out of control spending. $100,000,000,000 just isn't as much as it used to be - but it is still a very large chunk of money.
News organizations and Democrats have been pushing these GOP leaders to be specific on what they will cut. Some of the questioning has been blunt - who will you upset, what critical programs will go away and how will they affect the people who are dependent on them? Even some of the more conservative commentators, those who supported the GOP ascension, are asking, and asking hard.
So far, the GOP has refused to start giving a list of items they will attack. This is very smart on their part. Identifying spcific programs and cuts at this point in time would allow Democrats and proponents of programs that are targeted to fight back. It would give the Democrat controlled lame duck Congress time to move to protect those programs. It would give special interests a head start on working to defend the programs they benefit from. Lobbyists would have plenty of time to prepare to fight for their causes.
This is smart, and the GOP should not give in to the temptation to start laying out the cuts until the new Congress is sworn in and can begin the work on cutting out that $100,000,000,000 of wasteful spending.
This sounds like, and is, a bunch of money. It isn't what it used to be, thanks to Obama's out of control spending. $100,000,000,000 just isn't as much as it used to be - but it is still a very large chunk of money.
News organizations and Democrats have been pushing these GOP leaders to be specific on what they will cut. Some of the questioning has been blunt - who will you upset, what critical programs will go away and how will they affect the people who are dependent on them? Even some of the more conservative commentators, those who supported the GOP ascension, are asking, and asking hard.
So far, the GOP has refused to start giving a list of items they will attack. This is very smart on their part. Identifying spcific programs and cuts at this point in time would allow Democrats and proponents of programs that are targeted to fight back. It would give the Democrat controlled lame duck Congress time to move to protect those programs. It would give special interests a head start on working to defend the programs they benefit from. Lobbyists would have plenty of time to prepare to fight for their causes.
This is smart, and the GOP should not give in to the temptation to start laying out the cuts until the new Congress is sworn in and can begin the work on cutting out that $100,000,000,000 of wasteful spending.
TARP - What Happened To It?
You all remember those emergency meetings in the fall of 2008, where Obama and McCain were called to the White House to discuss the impending collapse of the US financial system. The meeting Obama ran and used as a campaign speech, where McCain sat and kept his mouth shut? The meeting that convinced George Bush that unless a huge infusion of cash was given immediately to big financial organizations, the entire economy of the United States was going to collapse?
As a result to that meeting, $787,000,000,000 was placed in the Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP). A single person was placed in charge of distributing the money as he saw fit. No provision was made for any kind of oversight or any kind of accounting for what happened to the money. By law, there is no way for the American Public to know what happened to this money.
A large portion of the pile of cash (all of which was borrowed - deficit spending) were large financial institutions - banks, credit card companies, mortgage companies. Supposedly , this cash was supposed to flow through those organizations to the public in the form of mortage relief, credit card paydowns, and low cost loans. None of that happened - that money went to those organizations, who pretty much all kept it to bolster their bottom lines. How much money exactly was this? No one except the TARP director and Obama know - estimates I have seen place this at $250-300,000,000,000.
The rest of the money has sat unused. Actually that isn't correct, because the money doesn't exist. It is actually Congressional authorization for the TARP director and Obama to spend that much money without having to ask permission or justify the expenditure.
Republican efforts to revoke that authorization have fallen on deaf ears. Obama will not even allow the subject to be discussed. Who can blame him? He's got the largest slush fund in the history of the world, and Congress' authority to spend it however he wants to without fear of anyone questioning it.
Some Republicans in the new House leadership have announced that they will hold investigations into TARP, and demand an accounting of the expenditures. Republican, Democrat, I don't care ... we deserve to know what has happened to this incredible sum of money! If there is any of it that hasn't been spent, authorization for spending it should be revoked immediately. It is clear that the money was not needed for the purpose for which it was made available.
Now, Obama and his finance 'geniuses' want to spend another $600,000,000,000 on another stimulus package. Even though the last stimulus was a dismal failure and horrendous waste of money, they want to do it again. To 'soften' the blow, Obama is offering to use $250,000,000,000 of those unused TARP funds to help fund this stimulus. How generous of him.
It is a very sad statement about the condition of our government and its leadership over the past couple of years that figures of hundreds of billions of dollars are thrown around as if they are chump change. This is one huge sh**pile of money, money our country doesn't have. How much? Each billion dollars Obama throws around is equal to $3.33 for every man, woman, and child in the US, including illegals. The original TARP fund was equal to $2623.33 for every one of us, whether we pay taxes or not. Where is all of it? What has happened to it? Why can't we hold anyone acocuntable for it?
I want to know ...
As a result to that meeting, $787,000,000,000 was placed in the Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP). A single person was placed in charge of distributing the money as he saw fit. No provision was made for any kind of oversight or any kind of accounting for what happened to the money. By law, there is no way for the American Public to know what happened to this money.
A large portion of the pile of cash (all of which was borrowed - deficit spending) were large financial institutions - banks, credit card companies, mortgage companies. Supposedly , this cash was supposed to flow through those organizations to the public in the form of mortage relief, credit card paydowns, and low cost loans. None of that happened - that money went to those organizations, who pretty much all kept it to bolster their bottom lines. How much money exactly was this? No one except the TARP director and Obama know - estimates I have seen place this at $250-300,000,000,000.
The rest of the money has sat unused. Actually that isn't correct, because the money doesn't exist. It is actually Congressional authorization for the TARP director and Obama to spend that much money without having to ask permission or justify the expenditure.
Republican efforts to revoke that authorization have fallen on deaf ears. Obama will not even allow the subject to be discussed. Who can blame him? He's got the largest slush fund in the history of the world, and Congress' authority to spend it however he wants to without fear of anyone questioning it.
Some Republicans in the new House leadership have announced that they will hold investigations into TARP, and demand an accounting of the expenditures. Republican, Democrat, I don't care ... we deserve to know what has happened to this incredible sum of money! If there is any of it that hasn't been spent, authorization for spending it should be revoked immediately. It is clear that the money was not needed for the purpose for which it was made available.
Now, Obama and his finance 'geniuses' want to spend another $600,000,000,000 on another stimulus package. Even though the last stimulus was a dismal failure and horrendous waste of money, they want to do it again. To 'soften' the blow, Obama is offering to use $250,000,000,000 of those unused TARP funds to help fund this stimulus. How generous of him.
It is a very sad statement about the condition of our government and its leadership over the past couple of years that figures of hundreds of billions of dollars are thrown around as if they are chump change. This is one huge sh**pile of money, money our country doesn't have. How much? Each billion dollars Obama throws around is equal to $3.33 for every man, woman, and child in the US, including illegals. The original TARP fund was equal to $2623.33 for every one of us, whether we pay taxes or not. Where is all of it? What has happened to it? Why can't we hold anyone acocuntable for it?
I want to know ...
Friday, November 5, 2010
Deer Season
This weekend is the start of deer hunting season in Texas. Thousands of hunters and wannabe hunters will flood the countryside in the hopes of killing an animal and mounting its antlers as a trophy.
I do not hunt. Although I think firing a weapon (the larger the better) and busting targets is fun, I just don't care to kill animals for sport. I don't have that big a problem with those folks who do ... but I get a kick out of how many consider themselves 'real outdoorsman/hunter' just because they grab a rifle and go sit in a deer stand for a couple of weekends a year. Might be a bit more exciting if the deer could shoot back.
Anyway, for all those who will be out in the scrub this weekend trying to bag that 'Trophy Rack' to put above the fireplace, may I suggest a couple of Trophy Rack alternatives?
I do not hunt. Although I think firing a weapon (the larger the better) and busting targets is fun, I just don't care to kill animals for sport. I don't have that big a problem with those folks who do ... but I get a kick out of how many consider themselves 'real outdoorsman/hunter' just because they grab a rifle and go sit in a deer stand for a couple of weekends a year. Might be a bit more exciting if the deer could shoot back.
Anyway, for all those who will be out in the scrub this weekend trying to bag that 'Trophy Rack' to put above the fireplace, may I suggest a couple of Trophy Rack alternatives?
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Election Scattershooting
California defeated Prop 19, which would have legalized pot. The measure was defeated by about 10 points state wide. One of the two areas to approve the measure was San Francisco. I am shocked - San Francisco voting to legalize mind altering drugs?
Harry Reid's campaign manager appearing on MSNBC after the race was called, attributed his victory to the unbelievable support of unions, who brought in thousands of people and millions of dollars from outside the state to influence the election. Imagine that - a bunch of union thugs came in and stole the election, and he publicly states that it is something to be proud of!
I spent entirely too much time watching the returns on TV. Most of the time was spent with Fox News, but it was instructive to hit some of the other channels as well. MSNBC was hilarious - somehow they were trying to convince their tiny audience that this was a good result for Democrats, that it showed how fractured the Tea Party had made the Republicans, and it was a glorious victory that some of the Tea Party candidates were defeated. All of their pundits were predicting that this victory was actually going to doom the Republican Party. WTF are those idiots smoking - San Francisco's pot?
CNN was universally the slowest major network to call races. Every race they called had been called, with exactly the same prediction, by Fox News 5-10 minutes earlier. Couple this with the fact that several of their pundits uttered lines that had been spoken verbatim on Fox a few minutes earlier, and it looked to me that CNN had cut their budget by laying off all of its researchers, and were just watching Fox News to get their material.
CNN's absolutely horrible political panel forum was on prime display last night. Two tables full of political has-beens and far left kook media talking heads argued, yelled, and fought amongst themselves so much that there wasn't a single coherent thought that came out of them. This is the second election they have tried that format - someone really ought to tell them it ain't working ...
The City of Denver defeated a ballot initiative that would have required the City to publicly begin tracking illegal aliens. NO ... not those illegal aliens ... illegal SPACE ALIENS. I am not kidding. The strangest part of that is that it was in Denver, not San Francisco.
More proof that California is the most f***ed up state in the Union. Jerry Brown, far left kook flake, wins the governor's chair for the third time. This is the guy who was run out of Sacramento on a rail for his fiscal insanity during his last tenure in office. CA is already bankrupt ... hard to imagine it getting any worse for the state, but it is going to! Couple that with Barbar Boxer squeeking out reelection, and you've got a state that continues to prove that it would be best for the rest of the country if the Big One hits and CA sinks into the Pacific.
Democrats, led by Obama are now calling for more cooperation, more compromise, more hands across the aisle ... BULLSHIT! Democrats offered no compromise when they swept into power in 2006 and 2008. Now they want to be cooperative??? If Republicans fall for this, they will have completely misread the meaning of this election. The GOP has made historic gains because the vast majority of the county wants Obama stopped! If that means being the Party of NO, then that's fine. If the House majority does nothing but stop the Obama agenda, then it has succeeded.
The central Texas Congressional seat saw incumbent Democrat Chet Edwards trounced by Republican newcomer Bill Flores. Edwards had been in that seat for almost 20 years. He had survived election after election, being a Democrat in a overwhelmingly Republican district, by being moderate (and to be honest) helping champion military causes. (Ft. Hood is in his district). When Obama swept into power, Edwards became a Pelosi lapdog, doing her bidding and voting with her almost every single time. He voted against Obamacare - but he was allowed to do so by Pelosi after it became clear his vote was not needed to pass it. The public saw through him and his lying campaign rhetoric, and sent him packing back to Waco.
Eddie Bernice Johnson handily won reelection as Congressional rep from South Dallas, even though she had been tainted by the scholarship scandal recently. Just goes to show that if you are a minority representative to a overwhelmingly minority district, and your schtick is race baiting and telling your constituents that they should get everything form the government for free, you can pretty much get away with murder and still win reelection.
Update - a few more gems ....
MSNBC has suspended Keith Oblermann for making donations to political candidates, including one who he hosted on 'his show' several times. The screeching lunatic made the donations without seeking the network's permission, which is a violation of NBC's internal policies. Imagine that - they let this lunatic spew his vile hatred across the airwaves for years, and now they suspend him for donating to a politician's reelection? Yeah, I want to be rid of him, but that is one of his less offensive offenses .... (he should have been fired many moons ago)
Left wing pundits, manistream media sources, Democrats, and a few RINOS are telling anyone who will listen that the new Republican majority has to compromise with Obama and the Democrats. Can't have gridlock, country wants compromise, got to have bipartisanship .... BULLSHIT. The country didn't elect compromise on Nov. 2, it elected to reject Obama and the far left agenda. Those who came to power in 2008 believing theyhad a mandate to fundamentally change our country now want to cling to some power, in hopes of keeping intact the damage they have already done. If Obama wants to come across the aisle and help undo some of the damage he has done, then it is fine for him to compromise. Unfortunately, his definition of compromise is for Republicans to cave in to what he wants.
Look at political compromise in our recent past. George W. Bush bent over backwards to compromise with Democrats. Even with majorities in both sides of Congress, he went out of his way to address Democrat concerns and causes. Instead of forcing Conservative values and legislation ont he country, as he could have, he stood in the middle and 'compromised'. While he did many great things, and kept this country from falling apart financially post 9/11, he allowed the Federal Government to grow far too big. He listened to the left too much. What did he get for it? He was savaged by the same people he bent over backwards to accomodate. What did we get for it - big, expensive government.
Barack Obama came into office riding the lie of governing from the middle, wanting to compromise and become the great uniter. He immediately showed us that he had no such intention of following up on that campaign platform. Can anyone out there name a SINGLE thing that Obama/Pelosi/Reid compromised with Republicans on? Democrats used their majorities to shove their far left agenda down our throats, and no Republican dissent was tolerated.
Why should there now be this great call to compromise? Because the losers always want to compromise in order to stay relevant.
As Obama and so many of his minions told us -
Update II - I just saw that Pelosi has decided she will grace us by running for Minority Leader of the House. It's not a guarantee she will win - her arrogance and far left kook stance caused many of the Democrat losses in the election, and many of the remaining Dems (and the Democrat national leadership) have got to be wary of her causing a repeat in 2012.
It will be so nice to see Pelosi, self appointed Queen of the United States, have to eat some humble pie and stand in the background. She will not be sitting behind Obama as he lectures Congress anymore. She will not be jetting around on her personal Air Force anymore. She will not be sitting in her throne room anymore - John Boehner will! I hope she gets banished to one of those closet sized offices across the street. I hope she has to fly commercial (gasp!) on her way back and forth to the sin pit of San Francisco. Better yet, put her on a Greyhound bus, where she belongs.
I would love to see John Boehner get himself a Louisville Slugger. Every time she opens her mouth, he needs to whack her up the side of her head, and yell "Shut The F*** Up".
She treated Republicans, moderate Dems, and the American public as trailer trash - things to be manipulated and ridiculed. She will demand that she be treated with dignity now in her new position (providing she wins it) - she should receive exactly what she deserves!
Harry Reid's campaign manager appearing on MSNBC after the race was called, attributed his victory to the unbelievable support of unions, who brought in thousands of people and millions of dollars from outside the state to influence the election. Imagine that - a bunch of union thugs came in and stole the election, and he publicly states that it is something to be proud of!
I spent entirely too much time watching the returns on TV. Most of the time was spent with Fox News, but it was instructive to hit some of the other channels as well. MSNBC was hilarious - somehow they were trying to convince their tiny audience that this was a good result for Democrats, that it showed how fractured the Tea Party had made the Republicans, and it was a glorious victory that some of the Tea Party candidates were defeated. All of their pundits were predicting that this victory was actually going to doom the Republican Party. WTF are those idiots smoking - San Francisco's pot?
CNN was universally the slowest major network to call races. Every race they called had been called, with exactly the same prediction, by Fox News 5-10 minutes earlier. Couple this with the fact that several of their pundits uttered lines that had been spoken verbatim on Fox a few minutes earlier, and it looked to me that CNN had cut their budget by laying off all of its researchers, and were just watching Fox News to get their material.
CNN's absolutely horrible political panel forum was on prime display last night. Two tables full of political has-beens and far left kook media talking heads argued, yelled, and fought amongst themselves so much that there wasn't a single coherent thought that came out of them. This is the second election they have tried that format - someone really ought to tell them it ain't working ...
The City of Denver defeated a ballot initiative that would have required the City to publicly begin tracking illegal aliens. NO ... not those illegal aliens ... illegal SPACE ALIENS. I am not kidding. The strangest part of that is that it was in Denver, not San Francisco.
More proof that California is the most f***ed up state in the Union. Jerry Brown, far left kook flake, wins the governor's chair for the third time. This is the guy who was run out of Sacramento on a rail for his fiscal insanity during his last tenure in office. CA is already bankrupt ... hard to imagine it getting any worse for the state, but it is going to! Couple that with Barbar Boxer squeeking out reelection, and you've got a state that continues to prove that it would be best for the rest of the country if the Big One hits and CA sinks into the Pacific.
Democrats, led by Obama are now calling for more cooperation, more compromise, more hands across the aisle ... BULLSHIT! Democrats offered no compromise when they swept into power in 2006 and 2008. Now they want to be cooperative??? If Republicans fall for this, they will have completely misread the meaning of this election. The GOP has made historic gains because the vast majority of the county wants Obama stopped! If that means being the Party of NO, then that's fine. If the House majority does nothing but stop the Obama agenda, then it has succeeded.
The central Texas Congressional seat saw incumbent Democrat Chet Edwards trounced by Republican newcomer Bill Flores. Edwards had been in that seat for almost 20 years. He had survived election after election, being a Democrat in a overwhelmingly Republican district, by being moderate (and to be honest) helping champion military causes. (Ft. Hood is in his district). When Obama swept into power, Edwards became a Pelosi lapdog, doing her bidding and voting with her almost every single time. He voted against Obamacare - but he was allowed to do so by Pelosi after it became clear his vote was not needed to pass it. The public saw through him and his lying campaign rhetoric, and sent him packing back to Waco.
Eddie Bernice Johnson handily won reelection as Congressional rep from South Dallas, even though she had been tainted by the scholarship scandal recently. Just goes to show that if you are a minority representative to a overwhelmingly minority district, and your schtick is race baiting and telling your constituents that they should get everything form the government for free, you can pretty much get away with murder and still win reelection.
Update - a few more gems ....
MSNBC has suspended Keith Oblermann for making donations to political candidates, including one who he hosted on 'his show' several times. The screeching lunatic made the donations without seeking the network's permission, which is a violation of NBC's internal policies. Imagine that - they let this lunatic spew his vile hatred across the airwaves for years, and now they suspend him for donating to a politician's reelection? Yeah, I want to be rid of him, but that is one of his less offensive offenses .... (he should have been fired many moons ago)
Left wing pundits, manistream media sources, Democrats, and a few RINOS are telling anyone who will listen that the new Republican majority has to compromise with Obama and the Democrats. Can't have gridlock, country wants compromise, got to have bipartisanship .... BULLSHIT. The country didn't elect compromise on Nov. 2, it elected to reject Obama and the far left agenda. Those who came to power in 2008 believing theyhad a mandate to fundamentally change our country now want to cling to some power, in hopes of keeping intact the damage they have already done. If Obama wants to come across the aisle and help undo some of the damage he has done, then it is fine for him to compromise. Unfortunately, his definition of compromise is for Republicans to cave in to what he wants.
Look at political compromise in our recent past. George W. Bush bent over backwards to compromise with Democrats. Even with majorities in both sides of Congress, he went out of his way to address Democrat concerns and causes. Instead of forcing Conservative values and legislation ont he country, as he could have, he stood in the middle and 'compromised'. While he did many great things, and kept this country from falling apart financially post 9/11, he allowed the Federal Government to grow far too big. He listened to the left too much. What did he get for it? He was savaged by the same people he bent over backwards to accomodate. What did we get for it - big, expensive government.
Barack Obama came into office riding the lie of governing from the middle, wanting to compromise and become the great uniter. He immediately showed us that he had no such intention of following up on that campaign platform. Can anyone out there name a SINGLE thing that Obama/Pelosi/Reid compromised with Republicans on? Democrats used their majorities to shove their far left agenda down our throats, and no Republican dissent was tolerated.
Why should there now be this great call to compromise? Because the losers always want to compromise in order to stay relevant.
As Obama and so many of his minions told us -
ELECTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES
Update II - I just saw that Pelosi has decided she will grace us by running for Minority Leader of the House. It's not a guarantee she will win - her arrogance and far left kook stance caused many of the Democrat losses in the election, and many of the remaining Dems (and the Democrat national leadership) have got to be wary of her causing a repeat in 2012.
It will be so nice to see Pelosi, self appointed Queen of the United States, have to eat some humble pie and stand in the background. She will not be sitting behind Obama as he lectures Congress anymore. She will not be jetting around on her personal Air Force anymore. She will not be sitting in her throne room anymore - John Boehner will! I hope she gets banished to one of those closet sized offices across the street. I hope she has to fly commercial (gasp!) on her way back and forth to the sin pit of San Francisco. Better yet, put her on a Greyhound bus, where she belongs.
I would love to see John Boehner get himself a Louisville Slugger. Every time she opens her mouth, he needs to whack her up the side of her head, and yell "Shut The F*** Up".
She treated Republicans, moderate Dems, and the American public as trailer trash - things to be manipulated and ridiculed. She will demand that she be treated with dignity now in her new position (providing she wins it) - she should receive exactly what she deserves!
Monday, November 1, 2010
VOTE, VOTE, VOTE
Tomorrow, Nov.2, is election day. It is an off year election, meaning the President isn't on the ballot - at least not officially. This typically means a small turnout. This year will be different.
Nov. 2 is a referendum on Obama and his agenda. No matter what the Democrats say, every vote against a Democrat candidate for any office is a vote against Obama.
Every vote is critical. Not only are the 'big' offices like US Senator, US Congressman, and Governor on the ballot, but thousands of state and local offices are up for grabs. If you vote, don't just vote for the top couple of offices. If you can't spend the time to go down the ballot office by office, choose the straight ticket option - it will cast a vote for every candidate in every race of the party you choose. This will ensure that candidates way down the list benefit from your vote.
If you are a Republican/Conservative, you must go out and vote. Even if your candidate seems to be a slam dunk victor, VOTE! All of those down ballot races depend upon you!
If you are a Moderate, or Independent, and you are sick of what Obama has done, go vote the Republican ticket. That is the only way to slow Him down.
If you are a moderate Democrat, one who is dismayed by the madman and his far left loonies that you helped vote into office, go vote the Republican ticket and help bring some sanity back to our government.
If you are a far left kook, stay home, smoke some dope, watch The View, watch MSNBC. Your vote is not needed. His Highness is doing fine for you, and he doesn't need your help.
Update - Wife unit and I early voted. Process was quick, and fairly well organized. We presented our voter registration cards, they were scanned into the computer, stamped, and we were allowed to vote. I was dismayed that at no point was I asked to produce identification. At no point was I asked to prove that I was the legitimate holder of the registration card.
I think of all the places, functions, and situations where I have to produce a government issued photo ID to prove who I am. Yet I do not have to do so when I exercise the most important civic duty I have - voting. Why do we not require folks to prove they have the right to vote in order to cast a vote? The answer is obvious, and disturbing ... Democrats count on illegally cast votes all over the nation to win races. This is why they passionately fight any kind of voter fraud reform efforts.
Nov. 2 is a referendum on Obama and his agenda. No matter what the Democrats say, every vote against a Democrat candidate for any office is a vote against Obama.
Every vote is critical. Not only are the 'big' offices like US Senator, US Congressman, and Governor on the ballot, but thousands of state and local offices are up for grabs. If you vote, don't just vote for the top couple of offices. If you can't spend the time to go down the ballot office by office, choose the straight ticket option - it will cast a vote for every candidate in every race of the party you choose. This will ensure that candidates way down the list benefit from your vote.
If you are a Republican/Conservative, you must go out and vote. Even if your candidate seems to be a slam dunk victor, VOTE! All of those down ballot races depend upon you!
If you are a Moderate, or Independent, and you are sick of what Obama has done, go vote the Republican ticket. That is the only way to slow Him down.
If you are a moderate Democrat, one who is dismayed by the madman and his far left loonies that you helped vote into office, go vote the Republican ticket and help bring some sanity back to our government.
If you are a far left kook, stay home, smoke some dope, watch The View, watch MSNBC. Your vote is not needed. His Highness is doing fine for you, and he doesn't need your help.
Update - Wife unit and I early voted. Process was quick, and fairly well organized. We presented our voter registration cards, they were scanned into the computer, stamped, and we were allowed to vote. I was dismayed that at no point was I asked to produce identification. At no point was I asked to prove that I was the legitimate holder of the registration card.
I think of all the places, functions, and situations where I have to produce a government issued photo ID to prove who I am. Yet I do not have to do so when I exercise the most important civic duty I have - voting. Why do we not require folks to prove they have the right to vote in order to cast a vote? The answer is obvious, and disturbing ... Democrats count on illegally cast votes all over the nation to win races. This is why they passionately fight any kind of voter fraud reform efforts.
The Sarge Rolls Big In Vegas
Tony Schumacher drove 'The Sarge' to victory in Sunday's NHRA event in Las Vegas. His victory pulls him to within 85 points of Larry Dixon, driver of the arch rival Al Anabi dragster. One event remains, the season ending meet at Pomona, CA in two weeks.
Tony set a National Top Fuel speed record during the meet, going over 325mph. Imagine that - zero to 325 miles per hour in about 3 and a half seconds, in 1000 feet of distance. That just simply is beyond comprehension, and almost beyond the laws of physics!
Each round of racing is equal to 20 points. Points are also awarded for qualifying position, and for national speed or ET records. 85 points sounds like a tall order, and it is. However, he has overcome taller climbs in the past to gain the championship. Don't count him, or the Army dragster, out yet!
Thursday, October 28, 2010
WTF, Dude?
I watched Jon Stewart's 'interview' with Obama last night. Ordinarily, I wouldn't have wasted my time, but I was curious ... sometimes Stewart actually has a moment of clarity and questions what the far left is doing. Not often, but ...
What I saw was pretty sickening. Stewart lobbed slow, soft pitch after slow, soft pitch, allowing Obama to spit out all of his desired talking points. It was as if Obama's handlers were in control of the interview - and you know, unless someone can prove otherwise, I believe that His Highness' staff either wrote the questions, or approved them ahead of time. It might as well have been a campaign speech - as far as newsworthy ... sorry, it wasn't.
There were two very telling points during the speech, and both of them should have been shocking. I say should have been, because if it had been anyone but Obama, they would have been headline news.
First, Obama referred to his predecessor directly only once. He blew normal protocol away when he referred to him as "Bush". Not President Bush, not Mr. Bush ... just Bush. That he spoke the name with such unbridled hatred was plain and evident to anyone who saw it.
Second, Stewart interrupted Obama's speech a couple of times, once calling him 'Dude'. Not Mr. President, not Mr. Obama, not Your Holyness. As soon as it came out, you could see Obama give a pause - he was clearly not expecting to be addressed by a loyal subject in that manner. Says a lot about the left that this is what they deem to be a respectful way to address the President of the United States. Says a lot more about the left in that this is very respectful compared to how they address President Bush.
I have seen some left leaning media outlets congratulating Stewart for his hard hitting interview, his tough handling of the President. Huh??? The only thing Stewart was complaining about was that Obama hadn't gone far enough with his agenda.
Monday, October 25, 2010
This Really Ought To Scare You...
A couple of days ago, the Dallas Morning News ran an article detailing how sex offenders in the City of Dallas were being turned away from their yearly registration process because there were too many of them for the number of officers devoted to that task, and the number of hours the office was open during the week. A DPD spokesperson said the Department had 'erred badly' by limiting the number of registrants who could be processed for yearly re-registration to 3 dozen a day. Waiting rooms are packed, and lines stretch outside. Frustrations mount as sex offenders try to comply with their lawful requirements to maintain their registration. The DPD spokesperson said that only a few of the 3100 offenders the Department is tasked with overseeing may not be in compliance with the registration requirements.
3100? In the City of Dallas proper? And that's just the ones they know about? Far more than 3 dozen per day have to be registered?
I called up my local Police Department's on-line sex offender location map ... I have over 50 REGISTERED ones living within a 5 mile radius of my home. In my city, there are too many to count as represented on the map. They are numerous, and they are all over the place.
If your town has such a map on-line, study it. See how many there are, and how close they are to you. See how many of them were labeled because of violations involving a child. Take the time to take a look, and understand what is around you and your kids.
3100? In the City of Dallas proper? And that's just the ones they know about? Far more than 3 dozen per day have to be registered?
I called up my local Police Department's on-line sex offender location map ... I have over 50 REGISTERED ones living within a 5 mile radius of my home. In my city, there are too many to count as represented on the map. They are numerous, and they are all over the place.
If your town has such a map on-line, study it. See how many there are, and how close they are to you. See how many of them were labeled because of violations involving a child. Take the time to take a look, and understand what is around you and your kids.
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Nazified Progressive Radio Stomps On Free Speech
I'm not going to get into the details of NPR's firing of Juan Williams. It has certainly been discussed plenty over the past couple of days.
I do think it should scare all Americans that the left wing kook fringe has so much control over the mainstream media. NPR has always been known for its liberal views and policital stances - no surprise there. But to fire one of their own, a devout liberal, because he wasn't liberal enough? Because he dared to appear on Fox News to help represent liberal viewpoints?
This should serve as yet another lesson on who is controlling most of our media. Soros, Huffington, Move-On, etc ... they are spending millions of dollars buying up journalists and media outlets to make sure that their story is the only one heard by the public. They scatter like cockroaches when the light of real journalism, real truth finds them. They fight to stay in the dark, manipulating what we see and hear to help further their left wing socialist agenda. Think I'm a right wing kook for saying that? How many liberals has Fox News fired for voicing their opinions on the air? How many conservatives have they shown the door because they weren't speaking from the Fox News printed guidelines? Not a single one ....
Update -
"Americans feel, you know, that there's nothing wrong in telling someone how you feel. And then to be punished for that is unfair, and it amounts to censorship. It is important that people be able to talk to each other across political lines." - Juan Williams, Oct. 24
Mr. Williams ... I do not agree with much that you say on air, your stances are far too liberal for me. However, you have always been fair, even handed, and respectful of those who don't agree with you - at least when I've seen your appearances. Nothing that has happened in this fiasco should be a surprise to you. You know as well as anyone that to the far left, Freedom of Speech is only applicable to speech that agrees with them. In their viewpoint, alternative views are evil, to be demonized, and to be prevented whenever possible.
I do think it should scare all Americans that the left wing kook fringe has so much control over the mainstream media. NPR has always been known for its liberal views and policital stances - no surprise there. But to fire one of their own, a devout liberal, because he wasn't liberal enough? Because he dared to appear on Fox News to help represent liberal viewpoints?
This should serve as yet another lesson on who is controlling most of our media. Soros, Huffington, Move-On, etc ... they are spending millions of dollars buying up journalists and media outlets to make sure that their story is the only one heard by the public. They scatter like cockroaches when the light of real journalism, real truth finds them. They fight to stay in the dark, manipulating what we see and hear to help further their left wing socialist agenda. Think I'm a right wing kook for saying that? How many liberals has Fox News fired for voicing their opinions on the air? How many conservatives have they shown the door because they weren't speaking from the Fox News printed guidelines? Not a single one ....
Update -
"Americans feel, you know, that there's nothing wrong in telling someone how you feel. And then to be punished for that is unfair, and it amounts to censorship. It is important that people be able to talk to each other across political lines." - Juan Williams, Oct. 24
Mr. Williams ... I do not agree with much that you say on air, your stances are far too liberal for me. However, you have always been fair, even handed, and respectful of those who don't agree with you - at least when I've seen your appearances. Nothing that has happened in this fiasco should be a surprise to you. You know as well as anyone that to the far left, Freedom of Speech is only applicable to speech that agrees with them. In their viewpoint, alternative views are evil, to be demonized, and to be prevented whenever possible.
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