The definition of Democrat.

Now this is funny.  Hollywood needs to get back to its roots.

Watts Up With That?

Watts Up With That?

Well worth a look.

Great job nominating McCain; Now the choice is Obama or Clinton? Say it isn’t so.

Ok Republicans, you did it. You allowed John McCain to 1/3 his way to the GOP nomination for president. Overall, he came out with just over 1/3 of all republicans supporting him. I vote republican because I am a conservative. I believe in certain important conservative positions.

I believe:

• Taxes are the bane of a good economy.
• Global warming is, at best, an unproven and shaky theory. At worst, it is a fabrication supported by loonies, socialists, and flim-flam men.
• Abortion is wrong. It should be reserved for rare cases (related to serious health concerns or cases of rape). Killing a fetus (an unborn human) for parts is equally wrong.
• Illegal immigration is wrong. It should not be rewarded with drivers licenses, mortgages, free tuition, or amnesty. Employers who take advantage of illegals should be punished.
• Businesses create jobs, not the government. They are not evil. They should not be taxed and regulated to extinction.
• Drilling oil in the US will make us energy independant. Turning our food into an inefficient fuel substitute will clearly fail. It is bad for food prices, the environment, car engines, and the economy. The oil companies are not the enemy.
• Using the same law-enforcement tools on terrorists that we use on organized crime is a good idea (That is, in essence, The Patriot Act)

These are all things that John McCain, Hillary Clinton, and Barack Obama DO NOT believe in. So, who do I vote for? If I vote democrat, at least it would be likely that the GOP will see a mid-term upsurge and maybe conservatives will be able to unite behind one candidate 4 years from now. So it looks like I should consider voting democrat? That just leaves a bad taste in my mouth. So, McCainiacs….explain to me why I should vote for this man who has thumbed his nose at my beliefs for so many years. Go ahead….I’m listening….really.

Obama is no Kennedy

This “Obama is Kennedy” thing seems to be happening all over. At first, I saw it on a small scale recently ,(though I admit I have not been paying overly much attention up till now. I really assumed it would be Mrs Clinton) but now, I see that it is a prevailing wind that blows at the back of Camelot’s New Knight .

It’s odd that some would compare Obama to Kennedy as they had such opposite stances on many major issues:

• Obama wants taxes raised across the board
• Kennedy was the author of the largest tax cut in the past 60 years.
• Obama says total withdrawal from Iraq, and no unilateral military action
• Kennedy invaded Cuba and got us involved in Vietnam to stand against communism
• Obama stands to raise tax on business and reduce defense spending.
• Kennedy lowered business taxes to spur growth and increased military spending.

There are some big issues that have no comparison. Civil Rights, for instance, which stood for something very different in Kennedy’s time or Energy Policy which really was not an issue at all in 1960. Gun Control was not purposefully on anyones agenda until after two Kennedy’s were killed. No way to know what JFK would have thought.

On abortion, well, also not a really public political football in JFK’s time, though I would note that Kennedy was a strong Catholic and he did appoint Justice Byron White to the US Supreme Court. Justice White dissented in both Miranda vs. Arizona, (a 1966 decision in which the court required police to advise suspects in custody of their rights) and Roe vs. Wade in 1973 (one of only two dissenting votes)

And that’s just a few major points. It seems to me that, at least on those issues, McCain is more in line with JFK. Now, if all that really matters is having an exciting and inspirational populist leader, then I suppose Obama is your man. In that case, of course, (I hereby invoke Godwin’s Law  on Nazi references….my apologies to the whole internet!) we could mention a German leader who was an exciting and inspirational populist who failed to really spell out his policies for the people. “Freiheit und Brot” (Freedom and Bread) was his slogan……way different from “Change we can believe in” I suppose….

And before anyone blows a gasket, I am just pointing out that unspecified change is not always a desireable outcome. I do not think Obama is Hitler. I also do not think he is JFK

Now we have global cooling again?

So the Al Gore (the Goracle) says that there is consensus on warming. Anyone who dares to speak out against that fact (orthodoxy?) is declared a global warming denier (a heretic?) who has been subverted by the big oil (the devil?). Now what do we do when some scientist from liberal Canada comes out with the opposite opinion. He thinks that we are headed toward global cooling. It’s like that whole Martin Luther 95 theses thing all over again.

Where’s the heat?

Well, it’s snowing, and snowing, and snowing. Looks like we are in the middle of what may become one of the top 10 snowstorms of the last 100 years. China has seen a similar storm recently.  Here in Wisconsin, we have already exceeded our average yearly snowfall total and it just keeps getting deeper.

 Al…..Al Gore….HEY! Where is my warming? You took the initiative in inventing the internet, and I am using it now. You also took the initiative in inventing Global Warming, so where is it? Where’s the heat?

A “Dear John” letter

Dear John McCain,

I am leaving you ( not that we ever had much of a relationship, you never were very fond of conservatives)!  You are an Eco-Green-Ethanol Pumping, Tax Loving, Illegal Immigrant Cuddling, Abortion Tolerating, Same-Sex Marriage Promoting, Patriot Act Defeating, National Health Care Pushing, Liberal in Republican Clothing. Did I leave any gray area?

 If you are the GOP nominee, then I have a decision to make. Do I vote “None of the Above”, or do I go and vote for Hillary? The first choice absolves me of blame. The second choice is more interesting. If we have a Clinton presidency, the end results of her policies will be similar to what your policies will cause, with one real difference….the GOP won’t get the blame. Maybe that will propel a mid-term conservative landslide…..hey, it happened once before. So John, though my fellow Republi-sheep have jumped onto the McCain Train, I am washing my hands of you, and I will go my own way.

Happy Birthday!

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