This Woman Has Guts!

When a gay judge (Perez Hilton) asked Miss California about her views on gay marriage she flat out said she thinks marriage should be between a man and a woman.  Wow!  She had to have known it would cost her big time.

I’m somewhat ambivalent about the issue personally, but I have to applaud her adherence to principle. I never thought I’d admire a beauty pageant contestant.

Why the hell is a gay guy judging a female beauty pageant anyway?  Also, the audience seemed to overwhelmingly approve of her answer… interesting.

See the video here.

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Best Bumper Sticker Ever

In general, I think the idea of displaying your opinions on politics, religion, etc.  to people who for the most part don’t give a damn is pretty ridiculous.

However, my wife called this morning to tell me about this one she on the way to work this morning:

Even I had to chuckle at that one.

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Here We Go Again

North Korea is once again attempting to use the threat of developing nuclear weapons as a bargaining tool with the west.  I’ll never understand why we took such drastic action against Iraq, but we don’t do anything about North Korea and Iran who seem much more blatant about their quest for nukes. 

Well, if we do decide to something about either one of them, I hope we just blow up a few facilities not stick around to rebuild their entire country.

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Haha, Very Funny YouTube

All their videos are upside down; April Fools prank?

If it is, it’s a dumb one.  I won’t be watching any videos until they fix that crap.

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Someone Wrote A Song About Obama!

The crazy thing is that it was written in 1989.

Does Anyone Really Care What Meghan McCain Thinks?

Well, I guess someone does because she has her own column at The Daily Beast.  I most certainly do not.

It really irks me when she talks about “our generation” and how Republicans need to reach out to them.  What the hell does she know about our generation?  She’s separated from most people in our generation by the pampered lifestyle she’s lead since she was born.  The average person in my generation could no more relate to her than they could to Paris Hilton.  Sure, she has her circle and I’m sure she can speak for them, but please stop claiming to speak for “your generation” like you know anything about them other than something you may have seen on TV.

I do think she’s hot though, and it was pretty crappy for Laura Ingraham to call her fat.

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Bush Policy on Stem Cells Driven by “Political Ideology” According to the AP

I have to disagree, if anything it was driven by religious ideology, although I’m not religious and I still think harvesting human embryo’s is wrong. 

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is ending former President George W. Bush's limits on using federal dollars for embryonic stem cell research, with advisers calling the move a clear signal that science — not political ideology — will guide the administration.

All George Bush did was protect people who are opposed to the harvesting of human embryos for scientific purposes from having to fund it with their tax money.  He didn’t outlaw it, and in fact stem cell research did receive funding during the Bush administration as long as the studies didn’t use human embryos. 

So it seems that so far the Obama administration’s goal is to raise our taxes and then use that money to fund morally questionable activities.

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Murder, Pure and Simple

While in general I am opposed to abortion, I can understand arguments in cases of rape and incest if preformed early during the pregnancy.  I don’t see how you can call this anything but murder.

An abortion clinic owner accused of delivering a live baby during a botched procedure and then throwing the infant away was arrested Tuesday, authorities said.  Williams was 23 weeks pregnant when the incident happened in 2006.

Unfortunately the woman was only arrested for practicing medicine without a license and tampering with evidence, not murder.

Supreme Court Rules Against FDA Labels Preventing Liability

Our government seems determined to do everything in their power to ensure that drug companies are no longer a profitable enterprise.  The Supreme court just ruled that labeling prescription drugs with the warnings provided by the FDA is no longer enough to prevent liability in cases of accidents or side effects.

Drug prices are already outrageously high.  Much of that comes from over regulation, in addition to the people that can pay for them having to subsidize the people who can’t.  Now drug companies have all the drawbacks of a vast organization regulating the crap out of them with none of the benefits.

This is all part of the ongoing attempt to demonize any large company making lots of money.  They did it to the tobacco companies, but at least their product provided no benefit.  It’s a shame that liberals have stoked the class envy fires so much in this country that people’s hatred of anyone making more money than them blinds them to the fact that they are killing an industry that is essential to maintaining our standard of living.

To all the people who think profit shouldn’t be involved in medicine: I hope you enjoy the immense slowdown of medical discoveries that is sure to occur as a result.

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Obama To End Iraq War in 2010

He says we will be there only to train, advise, and conduct limited counterterrorism operations.

Surprisingly he doesn’t thank Bush for not giving up, allowing him to attribute it to “there have been real advances” in Iraq instead of that we’re getting our butts kicked and we should give up.

Everyone bashed Bush for not admitting he was wrong about the WMDs.  Obama should receive the same treatment for not admitting he was wrong about the “Surge” in Iraq.

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Obama Will Half the Deficit, After He Almost Doubles It

He inherited a 1 Trillion dollar deficit from Bush.  This story says that by the end of the year, it will be at 1.75 Trillion.  That’s a pretty big jump.  Don’t worry though, he promises that he will cut it in half by 2013.

So basically Obama will have almost doubled the deficit in one year, while his media lackeys try to put the emphasis on his promises to half it.  How does he intend to do this, anyway?  Credit where credit is due, he’s actually planning to cut farm subsidies, but that’s only about 10 billion over 10 years.  He also plans to increase taxes on wealthier Americans.  Wealthier than who, I wonder?

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Obama’s Speech

Obama made his big speech last night.  He continues to surprise me.  I fully expected him to shift into a “it’s really not that bad, things are getting better” mode.  Instead, he doubled down.  His speech basically amounted to, “Don’t worry Americans, we can get out of this, but only if you let me spend A LOT more money we don’t have.”

Unsurprisingly, Jindal’s response was excellent:

"Who among us would ask our children for a loan, so we could spend money we do not have, on things we do not need?" Jindal asked. "That is precisely what the Democrats in Congress just did."

Here’s another comparison.  The democrats are like a gambling addict who just lost his paycheck at the horse races and keeps borrowing more with a gleam in his eye, knowing next time he’ll win.

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Obama Taking Bill Clinton’s Advice

Obama will make a speech today to congress in which he will try to balance a grim economic reality with a hope for the future.  This is days after he was criticized by Clinton for not sounding hopeful enough.

In all honesty, it’s more likely Obama saw the opposition he was getting from his mortgage plan, even from his once trusted ally the press, and realized he’s reached the limit of what he can scare the American public into supporting. 

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The Three Best Governors in the U.S.

 

Mark my words, one of these three men will be the Republican presidential nominee in 2012: Mark Sanford (governor of South Carolina, Bobby Jindal (governor of Louisiana, Haley Barbour (governor of Mississippi).  All three have turned down large portions of the stimulus bill meant for their state because there were too many strings attached.

Evidently if they accepted money meant for unemployment benefits, they would have to expand the unemployment program, essentially raising taxes on businesses.

Even if they did it for political purposes, so what?  At least they care what their constituency thinks, a trait many politicians are lacking nowadays. 

Meanwhile fellow “Republican” governor Arnold Schwarzenegger says he’ll gladly take their share of the loot.

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Bill Clinton Says Obama Should Sound More Hopeful

He said this in an interview with ABC.  Hmm, if Obama did sound more hopeful it might help to restore consumer confidence and get people spending and investing money again. 

That would be a great idea, except it’s exactly the opposite of what Obama wants.  He wants people to stay as frightened as possible so he can continue to convince them to support his dream of a massive, all powerful government ready to swoop in at a moments notice and save the day.

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I’m From the Government, I’m Here to Help

The Obama administration continues on its crusade to convince people we need more government intervention in the financial system.  Now it’s billions to help prevent foreclosures. This is despite the fact that the number of foreclosures is starting to decline, not to mention the inconvenient truth that most people facing foreclosures are doing so because of poor decisions on their part.

So America continues to gleefully give away its freedom for the promise of financial security.  The saddest part is that it’s a false promise; with the government in charge, the only guarantee is mediocrity, not prosperity. Someone needs to ask every politician who dares to vote in favor of all these ‘bailout’ plans when they decided to give up on freedom. 

The sheep that support all this garbage need to see that when you are not free to face the consequences of bad decisions, you are not free at all.

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Obama Goes Back to What He Does Best

The fact that most people oppose the stimulus bill literally hurts his feelings.  He can’t be used to receiving criticism like this.  Lord knows he had almost none while he was running for president.  So does he go back to the drawing board and come up with something more palatable to the American public?  Of course not, he’s The One and he’ll use the sheer force of his personality to sway the masses back to his side:

Obama Promoting Agenda In Key Battleground States

Media reports are casting President Obama's trip to Denver (where he'll sign the stimulus bill this morning) and Phoenix as an attempt to boost popular support for his economic agenda. Moreover, says the Los Angeles Times, the tour "reflects a decision by the president to escape the Beltway and touch base with the rest of the country at least once a week" and a recognition "that congressional Republicans were gaining traction in the debate."

Remember when he cited his extensive experience running a presidential campaign as evidence of having the executive experience necessary to be ready on day 1 of the presidency?  Maybe the many recent stumbles and outright failures in his first few weeks of office have caused to him revert back to campaign mode like a scared child assuming the fetal position.

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Obama Set to Sign Away Our Whole Economic System Today

I never thought that I would wish bad things for America, but today I do.  I sincerely hope that the economy makes no moves toward recovery that can in any way be twisted by the media into being a result of this Bill.  If that happens, say goodbye to America as an economic superpower and say hello to an America as just another Western European welfare state.

From its inception, America has operated under the belief that government is at best a necessary evil.  As time passed we’ve looked more and more towards the government for the answers to our problems and have successfully turned our once austere government into a massive behemoth constantly trying to intrude into our lives. 

Nothing lasts forever, and I always suspected American superiority would end this way, but I always figured it would be much more gradual.  You’ve got to hand it to Obama, he wasted no time in bringing his “change,” and boy is it a doozy.

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Gillibrand Not Backing Off of Her Pro-Gun Stance

Sure, she may have caved when they came after her about her immigration stance, but at least she drew the line when they came after her guns.

"If I want to protect my family, if I want to have a weapon in the home, that should be my right," Gillibrand, who has two small children, said in an interview published in Monday's Newsday.

Good luck finding many other Democrats who would utter that seemingly common sense statement.  Notice how they mention she has two small children as if it makes her a bad mother to own guns.  Isn’t that sexist or something?

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Geithner to Approve Auto Company Restructuring Plans

Great.  So a guy who can’t even figure out how to pay his taxes on time is going to figure out how to get the auto companies making money again.  If it were that easy, I’m sure their execs would have figured it out by now.

Maybe they should runs these plans by some people in the private industry who actually know something about making money rather than a bunch of government lackeys.

Everyone’s heard the saying, “if you can’t do, teach.”  Well, there should be a new one, “if you can’t do, govern.”

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