Unhappy Fourth

Happy Fourth of July.

Ugghhh. No other sentence or expression in American culture could cause me to wretch and heave as violently as this particular phrase.

Anti-American? Quite the opposite, my friend, quite the opposite.

Ask the average person on the street what the fourth day of the seventh month means to them. As a matter of fact most local news programs will more than likely be doing just that as they do every year. Joe and Jane American will, with excitement in their eyes, list various things and events like cookouts, fireworks, not having to work and perhaps a little baseball, hot dogs and apple pie.

What’s wrong with that?

Everyone gathers together to grill burgers and dogs, shoot the bull, throw down multiple brews, and when it gets dark, watch the night get lit up – not like Uncle Ted and Grandpa – by brilliant bursts of colors blooming across the sky in rapid succession. Kids will be running around the darkened yard waving sparklers frantically about attempting to spell out their names in the night air. Dogs and cats will be heading for cover as the sounds of bombs bursting in air torment their fragile ears, not to mention the shrill shrieks of the exuberant little tykes prancing about.

What could I possibly find wrong with all of this?

Freedom. Or more precisely the absence of the celebration of freedom.

Too many people get caught up in the events of this day that they forget that the official name of the day is Independence Day – the day we, as Americans celebrate the birth of our nation.
The citizens of America are so quick to adopt a catchy saying or phrase that they forget the true meaning. Don’t believe me? Look at the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.

How many times, since that day, have you heard someone use the phrase “September 11, 2001” when referring to that day? I would wager on few to none. Ahh, but you will hear “Nine-eleven,” or worse, “Nine-one-one” – catchy little phrases that remove or denigrate the meaning of that day.

The same goes for this coming Saturday. Most Americans will be celebrating the Fourth of July and not Independence Day. And I believe that is exactly what our politicians desire because if we do not celebrate our Independence it will be that much easier for them to confiscate it from us. And too many people will willingly do so in order to be coddled by the nanny state.

To paraphrase Benjamin Franklin: Those who will trade freedom for security deserve neither.
When it comes to these two choices, as the American patriot Patrick Henry said, “I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me Liberty or give me Death.”

Go celebrate your Fabulous Fourth; I’ll be celebrating my Independence... while we still have it.

Presidential Equality

Earlier this week a Republican aide in the Tennessee state legislature sent out a joke email with a collage of portraits of the American presidents. What quickly became this woman's problem was the current president was depicted by two white eyeballs on a black background as seen below:

I was outraged (not really, but work with me here). I thought I would do my part to fight "racism" in our country. Hopefully with this effort the playing field will be leveled, the culture of violence will dissipate and Affirmative Action will no longer be needed.

So... was I successful?

Obama and His Crutch

Wow. The man can't even say his true feelings without having to use a teleprompter... while speaking to that teleprompter.

Sure, every president has used a teleprompter when giving the State of the Union or a lengthy speech as he would give at the national convention. However, Obama uses it for opening statements at a press conference. David Axelrod or Rahm "Stinky Fish" Emmanuel is sitting behind the curtains playing the all-powerful Wizard and feeding the responses to him via the teleprompter.

He will never look straight forward except for a fraction of a second as he is looking from one teleprompter (on the right) to the other teleprompter (on the left). Sure, he made campaign appearances (including the debates) without using a teleprompter, and boy, did it show!

He stammered, and hemmed and hawed like Mel Tillis trying to recite the entire 40,000+ page tax code. With the device in front of him, Obama is very articulate. Without it he is a blithering idiot.

Oh, I did happen to see a clip of the guy who is the "Internet Obama" or something, on "The Today Show." He did a very good voice impression of the president and explained that he has a lot of "ums" and "ahs" and stammering because - and get this - "he is very pensive."

"Pensive," for those of you who are government-educated* means "expressing thoughtfulness" or "deep in thought." Oh, okay, I get it. This man, nay, this Messiah has such an abundance of knowledge and answers to everything he gets muddled as he flips through his mental Rolodex to locate the proper response. Wow. Isn't he just wonderful? Now, please excuse me while I go regurgitate my breakfast.

* I , too, was government-educated, but I received an outstanding education in the state of Virginia -birthplace of our nation - plus my parents would correct any propaganda the teachers would try to peddle.

Inaugural Bliss?

We now have had a transition of power from the Bush Administration to the Obama Administration, and it is being regarded as one of the smoothest - if not the smoothest - transitions ever. We have George W. Bush and the professionalism and classiness of his aides and staffers to thank for this.

I have not heard of one report where the H keys on the computer keyboards are missing (and glued to the ceiling), power cords cut or any other vandalism that the juvenile Clinton staffers perpetrated. But we're talking about Bill Clinton and his administration: the most vile, disgusting, childish, and lacking administration ever to be elected by a minority of the people.

Alas, now we have change. Change from what?

I remember during the campaign Obama and his cronies/supporters were constantly bleating that a vote for McCain was a vote for a third Bush term. Funny they mention that because with his selections for his Cabinet, Obama's administration looks a whole helluva lot like a third Clinton term... including Hillary Clinton.

As I flipped through the news and entertainment channels last night taking in some sights from the inaugural balls I caught the host interviewing a black celebrity (I didn't stay long enough to get his name and he wasn't readily recognizable to me) and the celubutard had the gumption to offer - after the host offered "Happy Inuauguration Day" - "Happy Obama Day!"

I guess January 20th will soon become a national holiday... another day for our federal government to be ineffectual. Hey, that might be a good thing!

Some bigger news, though, yesterday has been swept under the rug or propagandized into nothingness. The Dow Jones plummeted 332 points yesterday. Oh, you'll hear several sources say that the Dow drops on every Inuauguration Day, but yesterday's plunge was the biggest drop in over 40 years! It seems consumers are exactly showing confidence in the new president.

Obama Yuletides

“If somebody wants to build a coal-powered plant, they can; it’s just that it will bankrupt them because they’re going to be charged a huge sum for all that greenhouse gas that’s being emitted.” - Barack Hussein Obama (PEBHO)

Wow. This man despises a particular industry so much - yet he is for it (sounds like a flip-flop to me) - that he is going to bankrupt it??? What about all those people who make their living in that industry? They will no longer have a job.

Ahhhh, but I guess you have this idea of creating green jobs that these people can fill though they do not have the qualifications. How are they ging ot get the qualifications, go through government mandated and financed training? By government financed of course I mean taxpayer financed. Ah yes, yet another expense for which the taxpayer will foot the bill though he/she didn't cause the problem in the first place.

Need I remind you, or be the first to tell you, that the only jobs government can create are government jobs.

Simply stated: More. Government. Power.

With the coal industry bankrupted look for more unruly and ill-behaved children to grace our lives.

MERRY CHRISTMAS and HAPPY HANNUKAH!

Obomination

This man, dare I say messiah, (more like pariah) that 60+ million people (dead, alive and multiple personalities) decided to elect, as the next leader of our great country, has an ego the size of Hillary's cankles.

Just look at the following picture and tell me if you agree:

In all fairness, someone wrote to Michelle Malkin and stated the Presidential Transition Act of 1963 set up this so-called office and that George Stephanopolous, in 1992, sent letters on official stationery from this office. However, in my brief research I could not find any corroborating information. Whether it does or does not, don't you find it to be a bit disturbing that this man is so egomaniacal and audacious enough to start parading around like this? He is showing his true colors as an elitist, pompous ass.

I wonder what's next? Perhaps this:

I'm sure the new dog, to be named Photo Op, will have his own podium and nameplate as well.

The Beginning of the End

This is truly a sad day for our Republic. Please note that I did not call it a "democracy" as we are not. We are a constitutional republic. But I digress.

Over 60 million Americans voted for a Marxist for President. Apparently those 60 million like the idea of sitting on their fat rear ends while the achievers work to make the money which government will take and redistribute to those less fortunate - those who didn't "win life's lottery," to quote former Congressman Dick Gephardt.

Democrats will apparently never learn that raising taxes hurt the economy as well as decrease government revenue. Well, they will just won't finance our military as they truly despise it anyway. They don't like the idea that we are the 800 lb. gorilla on the international scene. This is something that I just cannot fathom. Power in the hands of the good is good, but power in the hands of the evil is evil.

Back to the taxes. Reagan dropped the highest marginal tax rate from 70% - meaning that 70% of one's income was seized by the government then spread around to those who didn't earn it - to somewhere betwee 23-28%. And (gasp!) the government had more tax revenue!

But promising to raise taxes on the rich is a tried-and-true campaign tactic utilized by the Marxist Lefties.

Another sign that our freedom, if not our country, is disappearing is that senior Senator from New York, Chuck Schumer, was running around yesterday during the election coverage and touting how he wanted to bring back the Fairness Doctrine which would destroy talk radio, one of my vices. The Democrats have had it in for talk radio since the Voter Revolution of 1994 when Rush Limbaugh was instrumental in getting the word out to voters about who was right and who was liberal. He exposed the Leftists for what they really were now they want to destroy him and his healthy 8-digit income. Not to mention that Barack Hussein Obama would love nothing more than to get rid of Sean Hannity since he made it known, on the campaign trail, that he was not too fond of the talk show host.

The Fariness Doctrine dictates that any radio station that broadcasts a conservative show must match the exact amount of time with a liberal host. Well, liberal talk show hosts don't jive with the populace (re: Air America) so these radio stations will either be forced to lose money during liberal shows or just change formats altogether.

That 1st Amendment sure is a favorite tenet of the Democrat Party as long as it is not being used to expose them.

There was so much at stake during this election - including personal freedom - but the dumb masses apparently don't want freedom. They would rather have security and be a slave to the government. Well, they got what they wanted, but did they have sell the rest of us into bondage as well?