Shameless News Twisting

Obama calls Americans killed by terrorists in Middle East "bumps in the road."  Iran getting nukes is "noise."
So what does the mainstream press, AKA "NBC, ABC, CBS," want to make into the big story of the week?  A true comment made months ago by Romney about 47% that don't pay income taxes. Maybe someone could remind me again why the press is so in the tank for this administration?  Other than the fact that shameless partisan hacks are in charge of the news operations...

Obama and Clinton Pakistani TV stars

Taxpayers pony up $70,000+ to Pakistani TV stations to air another Obama "apology" for the 1st Amendment.  That's 20K more than the average American makes in 2012... to calm the unsettled local population.

Reagan warned us in 1964

A great speech from 1964 has many relevant points, even today. Obama isn't Johnson, although the Chicago way of politics is much like Johnson's was, and O isn't Jimmy Carter although they have much in common, like knowing what is best for you whether you like it or not and increasing the nations "misery factor."

Reince Priebus, RNC Chairman

RNC chairman, Reince Priebus, is one of the best, clear and articulate voices for the GOP in recent memory.  Former VP Cheney type clarity and focus, but immensely smoother. This guy makes Obama's Chicago boss, David Axelrod, look like a bumbling cartoon character in comparison, and outshines DNC voice D.W. Shultz  like the sun compared to a 60 watt bulb.  I am seriously impressed.

Side note about Axelrod::
Watch the eyebrow/hand gesticulation coordination as he speaks, and note that the more animated the squints, gestures and eyebrow raises and flutters get, the more the B.S. quotient increases. The only time he seems straight with a statement is when he flashes that big mustache accented smile meant to disarm you, right before he speaks. Good smile though.

Substance

Great Romney choice in Ryan as VP. There should be no doubt now that a conservative is on the ticket, and will serve to energize the campaign.  Substance vs. Obamaloney.

Gingrich - NBC

Newt Gingrich handled David Gregory gently, never calling him anything worse than "elite media," during this Sunday's "Meet the Press." Naturally, Gregory decided to open the interview with "access to contraception," and attempting to link Rush Limbaugh's comments and apology with Newt, and Newt would have none of it.
Newt was astonished at the desperation of "the elite media" to AVOID talking about rising gas prices, President Obama's many apologies, the trillion dollar deficit, the longest period of unemployment since the Great Depression, and suddenly deciding that Rush Limbaugh is the crisis of the week. There is no debate about access to contraception, but there is a debate about the administration's war on religion while apologizing to foreign extremists. Gingrich called Gregory out for intentionally misleading by framing the issue falsely.

Santorum last week, Gingrich this week. Will Romney dare enter the Mordor of NBC news next week for a session of "Meet the Bully?"
Side note: GOP majority leader of the House of Representatives, Eric Cantor was interviewed after Newt, and during the course of the interview, he mentioned three different times that both he and Gregory were Jewish. I still wonder what that was about.
At the end of the Cantor interview, Gregory tried to get a comment about the primary that Cantor had already said he wouldn't answer, and didn't answer the second time either.
The last comment of the March 4, 2012 interview was from David Gregory. "Here...I thought I might catch you in a weak moment."
This is standard operating procedure for him and I'm surprised that he said it out loud like no one already knew.
Here is a link to the opening of Gingrich's NBC interview on YouTube.

Rick Santorum - NBC

I watched NBC's "Meet The Press" today, and as expected, host David Gregory did everything he could to try to bait and trip up his conservative guest, GOP candidate for President, Rick Santorum. Nothing worked, and Santorum answered directly and clearly, obviously frustrating the blatantly left leaning host who could never, ever lay claim to being fair and or non-biased. Gregory was clearly frustrated a couple of times when he thought he had good bait and gotcha questions and once when Santorum laughed at him, saying that he gets that question a lot, producing a humiliated look on Gregory's face. Santorum proceeded to answer each one, making it obvious that some of the questions were contrived, silly, and meant to elicit a headline.
Gregory's characteristic bully attitude and demeanor didn't seem to work with Sen. Santorum, who laughed at the bully and responded calmly.
I'd tell you how I thought Mitt Romney did in an interview with Gregory on Meet The Press, but he has declined to go on with Gregory. That is probably a good choice on his part.

Mitt, Newt and Rick

Ok, so I'm not Romney's biggest fan. However, the more that Gingrich and Perry attack him for being a capitalist, the more I have to like him. I don't think that using the tactics and language of the liberal left, and socialist class warfare to is the way to win the Republican nomination. Some say that this is the attack that Obama will wage if Romney is the nominee, and that this is just a warmup for him. Whatever. I don't believe that Gingrich and Perry are doing this to HELP Romney win in the general election, but they sure sound wrong spouting such liberal tripe.
If only Romney could lose that phony plastic smile that immediately appears after he says something, and the condescending look he has while he listens to the other candidates, he could be more likable.
All of that said, every one of the Republican candidates would be a better choice than a second term for President Zero.

The Perfect GOP candidate

The perfect GOP candidate would use Herman Cain's Tea Party theme (Krista Branch) "I Am America", Ron Paul's consistent domestic policy, Rick Santorum's American Patriot morality, Newt's "good" ideas, Rick Perry's foreign aid and simple tax plans and farm out our foreign policy to Vice President, Liz Cheney. I would do it, but I have the "Newt" problem of blurting out what I think while I think. And if it were me, I would also have to add Romney's hair to the list.

China to launch space station first phase

The newest space race has already begun, just as we retire the most prolific spacecraft fleet the world has ever known. Now we must rely on Russians, or eventually private industry to get our astronauts to space, at least until the next decade. The Long March continues while we wait for our leadership to notice.

The Keyes to Obama's Rise

Ran across some old bumper stickers and the Keyes for U.S. Senate made me remember the conditions that helped create the rise of the Obamanation.

Sorry, America. It was our fault for not nominating Mike Ditka instead of going to Maryland to recruit a carpetbagger named Keyes, after a scandal with the original primary winning candidate named Ryan, who bore the misfortune of having the same name as the most recent Illinois Governor, who had just been convicted of corruption.

In Mr. Keyes defense, when asked about not congratulating Obama on the 70-27 win, he saw what many did not yet see.

"...Keyes explained that his refusal to congratulate Obama was "not anything personal," but was meant to make a statement against "extend[ing] false congratulations to the triumph of what we have declared to be across the line." He said that Obama's position on moral issues regarding life and the family had crossed that line. "I'm supposed to make a call that represents the congratulations toward the triumph of that which I believe ultimately stands for... a culture evil enough to destroy the very soul and heart of my country? I can't do this. And I will not make a false gesture," Keyes said..."

Thomas, Scott (2004-11-04). "Alan Keyes on the Scott Thomas Show, WYLL". Allan Keyes Archives. Retrieved 2007-08-12.

Call a bureaucrat? That's Obama's answer?

Obama says "help is a phone call away," to farmers with a question. Call the USDA. Make that many phone calls and a question to caller if the question had been Googled yet. Bureaucracy in action.

"Shovel Ready" President O's Joke on US

Riding the Unicorn, We will not rest...

Money For Nothing

Money For Nothing
Mark Knockoffler sings the ObamaCare blues with his band Dem Strait

Cheney on 2009 politics

HUMAN EVENTS' 2009 Conservative of the Year, Dick Cheney, on the Political Hot Topics of 2009

The Marines Know

Check out the completely different responses by Marine audiences to GWB and BHO.
Different Presidents, A Different Corps

Cash For Clunkers-Japanese and Korean Style

Top ten trade-ins - Cash for Clunkers
1. Ford Explorer
2. Ford F150 Pickup 2WD
3. Jeep Grand Cherokee 4 WD
4. Jeep Cherokee 4 WD
5. Dodge Caravan/Grand Caravan
6. Chevrolet Blazer 4 WD
7. Ford Explorer 2 WD
8. Ford F150 Pickup 4 WD
9. Chevrolet C1500 Pickup 2 WD
10. Ford Windstar FWD Van

Top ten new car purchases - Cash for Clunkers

1. Toyota Corolla

2. Ford Focus FWD

3. Honda Civic

4. Toyota Prius

5. Toyota Camry

6. Ford Escape FWD

7. Hyundai Elantra

8. Dodge Caliber

9. Honda Fit

10. Chevrolet Cobalt
The top ten trade ins are all American brands, but the top 10 models purchased with U.S. taxpayer subsidies include 5 Japanese models and a S. Korean. This may be yet another of the unintended consequences of yet another "taxpayer supported bailout" for auto manufacturers and dealers. Using a blunt instrument like this legislation to attempt to shape consumer buying by using government subsidies (the giveaway of taxpayer dollars) shows that central planning by our government is not the way to go for the U.S. economy.

Another unintended consequence is the elimination of maybe half a million perfectly functional used cars that the economically challenged, young and old, can actually afford to own and operate to get to a job. The smaller number of used cars inventoried will now cost more due to supply and demand unbalancing. As another side track, the engine (which must be destroyed) contains some of the most valuable used parts of a scrapped vehicle, which will increase the cost for used motor parts for the most popular trade-ins. Take that track further, and the price of scrap metal will likely fall because of the sudden increased supply, damaging the scrap industry. The demand for the scrap may have to come from the Japanese, who will gain many of the benefits from this giveaway program.


The "environmental" angle is also a bogus add on, because much more serious emissions are produced during manufacturing than are being accounted for with this spin, recalculating for the drastically shortened expected life cycle of the vehicle. Maybe the program will be so successful that we can fire up a couple of extra coal power plants to manufacture some replacements. The employment side of that is arguable, but the "saving our environment" angle is phony.

The Obama Card

The Obama Card, good until we run out of other people's money.

Court is Where Policy is Made?

No! We elect representatives to the legislative branch of the government to do that. And we don't re-elect them if they don't represent us well. That is why the person with a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court must not make policy, but will be there only to interpret the laws that our representatives write and the executive branch signs.
A judicial activist making fun of the constitution is not a good choice for the Supreme Court. These comments alone should be a disqualifier, regardless of any other credentials or emotional life story accomplishments.