Well, the anointing is over for now. The empty suit has proclaimed his divinity, and the audience of donkeys have worshipped their golden idol. Senator Messiah Obama's speech was uplifting only to those who are true believers. To the rest of us, he said little other than generalities and the continued mocking of John McCain. The American flags in the hands of the delegates and others were notably missing from the festivities, and there was little chanting other than 'Obama.' Large crowd, Greek temple, anointing---what have I missed?
When John McCain announced his Vice Presidential pick in Dayton, there were numerous chants of 'USA' and the waving of the American flag.
Despite plenty of opportunity [he's been running for the Presidency for several years now], Obama doesn't seem to understand that thinking people want specifics from him, not generalities.
But remember. Obama has very little political experience and no executive experience. He's never led people, penned a veto, reformed anything, or done little more than take up room in the Senate.
Joe Biden is the pure attack dog and a good old boy from the ancient Liberal group in the Senate. And with Obama, he may be half of the most Liberal pair of Senators. He has a constituancy of about 427,000 people, not all of whom voted for him. He hasn't led anything in Delaware other than the Liberal pack of wolves.
Do we want Liberals? Do we want larger government, more governmental control of our lives? Do we want higher taxes to pay for it? Do we want increased costs of fuel, food, and everyday items because the Liberals are searching for the perfect energy source?
Do we want a President influenced by Ted Kennedy, Rev Wright, the Clintonistas, Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, and John Murtha?
A resounding no.
For all his faults, John McCain gives us the best alternative for the Presidency. He'll be pro life, for stronger border protection, stronger defense and home security, and he has the military and political experience to lead us in the dangerous times ahead. Would you rather have Obama or McCain dealing with Putin or Ahmadinejad at three am? Sweet talk or strong, positive efforts---whether military or political.
Sarah Palin was a terrific choice for McCain's running mate. She has executive experience, has wielded a veto pen, has defied her powerful colleagues in the search for reform, and led people successfully. She's the governor and leader of some 670,000 Alaskans. She is knowledgeable and positive for energy searching. Say! Wait a minute! Sarah Palin is more qualified for the Presidency than Barack Obama!
I believe Sarah Palin will energize the public along the campaign trail and hold her own against aging, Joe Biden in the Vice Presidential debate.
So, you have a good choice, my friends. Do you want the desperate human beings of the Democrat party? The candidates promising higher taxes, increased governmental control in your lives? The ones which will insure continued high prices for energy, food, daily needs? Is that 'Change' and 'Hope' to you? The candidates with the idling SUVs outside the 'Green' convention?
Or do you want a candidate with proven leadership experience to effectively manage the countryP Lower taxes? Less governmental intrusion into your daily lives? Better respect for the human individual? Appointments to the Supreme Court who aren't going to legislate from the bench? More American energy developed, more power plants on line to reduce the overall cost of energy, food, and everyday items? Don't you want a President who will stand up against Putin and Ahmadinejad at any time of the day?
And for Vice Presidential candidate, McCain has chosen a woman with much more solid experience than Obama on the the Democrat side. She's tough, intelligent, has executive experience, is a capable leader, is pro-life, and strongly conservative on all the issues.
These comments have by necessity been short. I leave it to the pundits and pros to expand on all the issues and stances. But I ask you to think of the future when you vote.
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Republican Veepstakes
Read this quick before the decision is made. I'll address this to John McCain on the hope that he or a member of his staff will read this and take action.
The Democrats show themselves regularly to be radical leftists in transluscent sheeps' clothing. So, there'll be nothing new in what they are planning for the campaign. Senator Obama's pick of Joe Biden as the Democrat Vice Presidential Candidate is the standard white man safety choice. The pair are among the most Liberal/Socialist members of the Senate. And it's no secret that Barack Obama is pretty much an empty suit with no administrative experience to speak of, and Joe Biden has a track record of obfuscation and foot-in-the-mouth disease. Between the two of them, the spin-meisters and heralds of 'mis-speak' will be working overtime. The choice also effectively cuts the Clintonistas' out of the picture.
John McCain is a good man and, by far, the better candidate for the Presidency. But, now we anxiously await his running mate choice. He can play it safe by picking the safe white man---Pawlenty, Romney, Crist et al---but he'd be far better off with a younger woman in the position. The failure of the Clintons has left a political void for the women of the Country, Democrat or Republican, to see progress.
A choice of a Conservative woman for the Republican Vice Presidential spot would be an exellent way to unite the party and empower the women of the Country. It might be just the thing to insure the election of Republicans to more offices than just the oval one.
As to whom he should choose? Well, that's hard to predict. Kay Bailey Hutchinson is an attractive choice, but she's too much a RINO, and we certainly don't need that. Besides, I don't think she'll hold up to the attacks from the left.
Condoleeza Rice, to me, is a RINO, and one who would be too delicate for a national office campaign.
My choice would be Sarah Palin, the governor of Alaska. I admit I didn't know anything about her a short time ago. But after some research I've discovered she's a no nonsense reformer, true Conservative, and able administrator. She's a growing expert on energy, and she'd bring life to the campaign.
So, John McCain, please be careful with your choice on Friday. The Nation is depending on you. We can't allow Senator Messiah Obama in the Oval Office. You just need to look at where his acceptance speech will be. In a huge stadium before 80,000 cheering supporters, he'll be anointed in front of a curve of Greek columns. The only things missing will be the oils---or at least I hope so.
When will it dawn on the fawning Democrats that they are now part of a cult? And a cult which will lead our Nation downhill, perhaps low enough to keep us from ever recovering again.
The Democrats show themselves regularly to be radical leftists in transluscent sheeps' clothing. So, there'll be nothing new in what they are planning for the campaign. Senator Obama's pick of Joe Biden as the Democrat Vice Presidential Candidate is the standard white man safety choice. The pair are among the most Liberal/Socialist members of the Senate. And it's no secret that Barack Obama is pretty much an empty suit with no administrative experience to speak of, and Joe Biden has a track record of obfuscation and foot-in-the-mouth disease. Between the two of them, the spin-meisters and heralds of 'mis-speak' will be working overtime. The choice also effectively cuts the Clintonistas' out of the picture.
John McCain is a good man and, by far, the better candidate for the Presidency. But, now we anxiously await his running mate choice. He can play it safe by picking the safe white man---Pawlenty, Romney, Crist et al---but he'd be far better off with a younger woman in the position. The failure of the Clintons has left a political void for the women of the Country, Democrat or Republican, to see progress.
A choice of a Conservative woman for the Republican Vice Presidential spot would be an exellent way to unite the party and empower the women of the Country. It might be just the thing to insure the election of Republicans to more offices than just the oval one.
As to whom he should choose? Well, that's hard to predict. Kay Bailey Hutchinson is an attractive choice, but she's too much a RINO, and we certainly don't need that. Besides, I don't think she'll hold up to the attacks from the left.
Condoleeza Rice, to me, is a RINO, and one who would be too delicate for a national office campaign.
My choice would be Sarah Palin, the governor of Alaska. I admit I didn't know anything about her a short time ago. But after some research I've discovered she's a no nonsense reformer, true Conservative, and able administrator. She's a growing expert on energy, and she'd bring life to the campaign.
So, John McCain, please be careful with your choice on Friday. The Nation is depending on you. We can't allow Senator Messiah Obama in the Oval Office. You just need to look at where his acceptance speech will be. In a huge stadium before 80,000 cheering supporters, he'll be anointed in front of a curve of Greek columns. The only things missing will be the oils---or at least I hope so.
When will it dawn on the fawning Democrats that they are now part of a cult? And a cult which will lead our Nation downhill, perhaps low enough to keep us from ever recovering again.
Monday, August 25, 2008
More Thoughts on the Beijing Olympics and Televised Sports
We've had the opening and closing ceremonies at Beijing, and they were exciting sights, alright. One has to admire spectacles, and the Beijing ceremonies certainly fit the bill. They were orchestrated by a Chinese film-maker, Zhang Yimou, [with a little help from his friends at the Chinese Politburo] who had previously enjoyed critical film success with: 'To Each His Cinema' [2007], 'Curse of the Golden Flower' [2006], and 'House of Flying Daggers' [2004].
Let others extol the epic ceremonies and athletic excellence of the games, my thoughts are elsewhere.
Both the opening and closing ceremonies were thoroughly enjoyable, but they both had their human glitches. Some---no one will admit exactly how much---of the fireworks display was faked for television audiences. [Mostly in the West, because I doubt there are very many television sets in China.] It was said that the fireworks display happened in real life, but the 'faking' was done for television purposes only. But many think that, if it happened in real life, why couldn't it be shown that way? The Chinese were more concerned with 'picture perfect' ceremonies than Monk is with his cutlery drawer.
Another downer was the lip synching of the sweet nine year old, Lin Miaoke, on stage and in the spotlight for billions to watch. She was cute as a button, but she didn't do any singing that the audience could hear. Her real voice singing the ode was a chandelier breaker. Oh no, the real singer of the 'Ode to the Motherland', Yang Peiyi, wasn't considered 'cute' or 'attractive' enough to be shown during the performances, yet her pictures show her to be adorable. [Confucius says in his 'Analects': Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without.]
The ceremonies' musical director, Chen Qigang, claims that the 'child on camera should be flawless in image...' Of course, this was quoted after the Politburo gave him it's opinion about what solo performers should look like.
The China Daily Newspaper claimed 'she [Lin Miaoke] is well on her way to becoming a star...' without commenting on the lip synching. Say? Doesn't that lip-synching on stage really make her a star? Don't our western entertainers sometimes do the same thing? Of course, in most cases, the latter actually did the singing at some other time. I know Pavarotti lip-synched his performance at the 2006 Winter Olympics. However, he recorded the song in the first place. And he was seriously ill at the time and couldn't perform in the frigid outdoor weather. He died the next year.
Remember the children's chorus? Some of the singing was also lip-synched. The powers that be were afraid that any off key, off tune, or erroneous singing by members of the choruses would not show perfection. [Too bad. Such singing would have had a natural charm.] How much more real and natural it would have been if the singers, 'warts' and all were shown singing in real time, and the choruses singing in the same way.
It was also reported that all the 'ethnic' peoples presented in the ceremonies were actually Chinese and not the various ethnicities at all. I wonder how prevalent the substitutions were? I guess the true ethnic people in China aren't perfect enough for the World to see.
And the soldiers and entertainers, poor souls, had to wear diapers for their seven hour stint preparing and performing. I suppose diapers can be necessary for long performances at times, but for seven hours? I'd hate to have to empty all the dumpsters.
Many of the Chinese performers, especially in the closing ceremonies, were masked---some, it seemed, in football helmets with masks---and unidentifiable. I wonder how many of these participants were free to choose such anonymity for such a long period. And can you imagine being one of the hundreds of unidentifiable humans creating the waves and trees, clinging to high, wired stands in the semi-dark?
I'm reminded of Fritz Lang's 'Metropolis.' Participants had to become anonymous in order to show the ability of the group as a whole. [Hive mentality.] Individualism in performance---like from good communist-controlled citizens---has to be restrained unless in sync [lip-synch?] with all the others and the huge choreographed whole. The ceremonies also brought the movie 'Antz' more into focus.
But, of course, I didn't see people or groups per se. I saw units making up the show of the hive, not even the soul because the communists don't believe in souls. There were no individuals performing, only parts of the whole in their undulating and form-shaping choreography.
And wasn't that the purpose of the Beijing games? To show the collective perfection of the hive mentality in the best light? To show how the communist society can produce beauty---free will not withstanding? To unknowingly show us how the forced 'orcness' of the communist peoples in China? To raise itself in World opinion by denigrating many of its citizens? [Confucius says in his 'Analects': An oppressive government is more to be feared than a tiger.]
The population of Communist China is about 1.3 billion people. They must live in 3.8 million square miles [much of it rocky and barren], compared to our 303 million citizens living in 3.7 million square miles. And you think you live in a crowded neighborhood? The Chinese air is polluted, and too many people are forced to live in hovels, not the beautiful neighborhoods you saw on television of Beijing or other major cities. The Chinese government permits these factory and transportation polluters of air, land, and water to continue operating so that they can send more flawed goods to the United States for hard cash. And we sit around and permit it. But I wander off point.
However, my great admiration for the work of the human mind must include the millions of subjugated individuals forced to collectively put the communist ethic in the best light. They have no choice in how they are forced to live and perform for their masters. But, I have the freedom to view it and comment on it in the light of day.
On another note, the apparently underage gymnasts who weren't allowed to be interviewed to any extent [afraid they might tell the truth?], exemplify the 'forced labor camp' mentality. Sure, the Politburo-led officials might have chosen other gymnasts, but the idea at the Beijing-sponsored games was to have Chinese athletes win gold medals and show China in the best light of World opinion. [That's why their athletes are chosen at very young ages and forced into the sporting regimen for the people for a long number of years.] And everyone knows that girls under sixteen do a better job than those older---you know, fewer injuries, lighter bodies, less individualism, more apt to toe the regimentation line, etc.
I sent an email to NBC Sports during the games. I didn't like having to view a large picture of Chinese icon, Mao Tse-Tung, in the background of the shots of Bob Costas, and I explained it to the network. I don't think we Americans should have had to watch that. [Why do you think the Chinese hung it there in the first place?] NBC ignored me. The picture is an obnoxious reminder of past Chinese atrocities, and an American television network has no business promoting Communist symbols to the rest of us.
Now, NBC is on par with ESPN as far as sports broadcasting is concerned. The commercial breaks during a live event were ill timed to say the least. Follow that with network self promotion ad nauseum, and you can understand why I watched more of the Olympics online than I did on television---in fact, it was often with the television in the background with no sound [the best way to watch most television broadcasts anyway.]
And one has to squint to be sure to see anything, what with score tables at top, other sports info at the bottom, promo pop ups at the bottom interfering with the live action, sometimes at critical points. The television screen is so cluttered, it looks like my PC with the icons and gadgets and precious little wallpaper room. Of course, promo pop-ups never happen during commercials, do they?
Besides which, both NBC and ESPN replay every decent or questionable effort of the players constantly. [I'm sure the other networks are the same.] So much so, in fact, that it's difficult to tell what's live action and what's Memorex. Even as simple a play as a baseball strike or ball is played over constantly to show the viewers how the network is so very efficient, and has so many cameras covering each play from all directions.
Is it any wonder I no longer watch the baseball All Star Game or World Series on television? I can follow it easier online. The same applies to Basketball and Football. I only watch other televised sports rarely.
Excuse me for now, I'm going to watch some athletic performances online for free and without inane commentary, playbacks, pop-ups, pictures of Mao or commercial interruptions. Is this Heaven? No it's Iowa...er..I mean it's online freedom.
Let others extol the epic ceremonies and athletic excellence of the games, my thoughts are elsewhere.
Both the opening and closing ceremonies were thoroughly enjoyable, but they both had their human glitches. Some---no one will admit exactly how much---of the fireworks display was faked for television audiences. [Mostly in the West, because I doubt there are very many television sets in China.] It was said that the fireworks display happened in real life, but the 'faking' was done for television purposes only. But many think that, if it happened in real life, why couldn't it be shown that way? The Chinese were more concerned with 'picture perfect' ceremonies than Monk is with his cutlery drawer.
Another downer was the lip synching of the sweet nine year old, Lin Miaoke, on stage and in the spotlight for billions to watch. She was cute as a button, but she didn't do any singing that the audience could hear. Her real voice singing the ode was a chandelier breaker. Oh no, the real singer of the 'Ode to the Motherland', Yang Peiyi, wasn't considered 'cute' or 'attractive' enough to be shown during the performances, yet her pictures show her to be adorable. [Confucius says in his 'Analects': Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without.]
The ceremonies' musical director, Chen Qigang, claims that the 'child on camera should be flawless in image...' Of course, this was quoted after the Politburo gave him it's opinion about what solo performers should look like.
The China Daily Newspaper claimed 'she [Lin Miaoke] is well on her way to becoming a star...' without commenting on the lip synching. Say? Doesn't that lip-synching on stage really make her a star? Don't our western entertainers sometimes do the same thing? Of course, in most cases, the latter actually did the singing at some other time. I know Pavarotti lip-synched his performance at the 2006 Winter Olympics. However, he recorded the song in the first place. And he was seriously ill at the time and couldn't perform in the frigid outdoor weather. He died the next year.
Remember the children's chorus? Some of the singing was also lip-synched. The powers that be were afraid that any off key, off tune, or erroneous singing by members of the choruses would not show perfection. [Too bad. Such singing would have had a natural charm.] How much more real and natural it would have been if the singers, 'warts' and all were shown singing in real time, and the choruses singing in the same way.
It was also reported that all the 'ethnic' peoples presented in the ceremonies were actually Chinese and not the various ethnicities at all. I wonder how prevalent the substitutions were? I guess the true ethnic people in China aren't perfect enough for the World to see.
And the soldiers and entertainers, poor souls, had to wear diapers for their seven hour stint preparing and performing. I suppose diapers can be necessary for long performances at times, but for seven hours? I'd hate to have to empty all the dumpsters.
Many of the Chinese performers, especially in the closing ceremonies, were masked---some, it seemed, in football helmets with masks---and unidentifiable. I wonder how many of these participants were free to choose such anonymity for such a long period. And can you imagine being one of the hundreds of unidentifiable humans creating the waves and trees, clinging to high, wired stands in the semi-dark?
I'm reminded of Fritz Lang's 'Metropolis.' Participants had to become anonymous in order to show the ability of the group as a whole. [Hive mentality.] Individualism in performance---like from good communist-controlled citizens---has to be restrained unless in sync [lip-synch?] with all the others and the huge choreographed whole. The ceremonies also brought the movie 'Antz' more into focus.
But, of course, I didn't see people or groups per se. I saw units making up the show of the hive, not even the soul because the communists don't believe in souls. There were no individuals performing, only parts of the whole in their undulating and form-shaping choreography.
And wasn't that the purpose of the Beijing games? To show the collective perfection of the hive mentality in the best light? To show how the communist society can produce beauty---free will not withstanding? To unknowingly show us how the forced 'orcness' of the communist peoples in China? To raise itself in World opinion by denigrating many of its citizens? [Confucius says in his 'Analects': An oppressive government is more to be feared than a tiger.]
The population of Communist China is about 1.3 billion people. They must live in 3.8 million square miles [much of it rocky and barren], compared to our 303 million citizens living in 3.7 million square miles. And you think you live in a crowded neighborhood? The Chinese air is polluted, and too many people are forced to live in hovels, not the beautiful neighborhoods you saw on television of Beijing or other major cities. The Chinese government permits these factory and transportation polluters of air, land, and water to continue operating so that they can send more flawed goods to the United States for hard cash. And we sit around and permit it. But I wander off point.
However, my great admiration for the work of the human mind must include the millions of subjugated individuals forced to collectively put the communist ethic in the best light. They have no choice in how they are forced to live and perform for their masters. But, I have the freedom to view it and comment on it in the light of day.
On another note, the apparently underage gymnasts who weren't allowed to be interviewed to any extent [afraid they might tell the truth?], exemplify the 'forced labor camp' mentality. Sure, the Politburo-led officials might have chosen other gymnasts, but the idea at the Beijing-sponsored games was to have Chinese athletes win gold medals and show China in the best light of World opinion. [That's why their athletes are chosen at very young ages and forced into the sporting regimen for the people for a long number of years.] And everyone knows that girls under sixteen do a better job than those older---you know, fewer injuries, lighter bodies, less individualism, more apt to toe the regimentation line, etc.
I sent an email to NBC Sports during the games. I didn't like having to view a large picture of Chinese icon, Mao Tse-Tung, in the background of the shots of Bob Costas, and I explained it to the network. I don't think we Americans should have had to watch that. [Why do you think the Chinese hung it there in the first place?] NBC ignored me. The picture is an obnoxious reminder of past Chinese atrocities, and an American television network has no business promoting Communist symbols to the rest of us.
Now, NBC is on par with ESPN as far as sports broadcasting is concerned. The commercial breaks during a live event were ill timed to say the least. Follow that with network self promotion ad nauseum, and you can understand why I watched more of the Olympics online than I did on television---in fact, it was often with the television in the background with no sound [the best way to watch most television broadcasts anyway.]
And one has to squint to be sure to see anything, what with score tables at top, other sports info at the bottom, promo pop ups at the bottom interfering with the live action, sometimes at critical points. The television screen is so cluttered, it looks like my PC with the icons and gadgets and precious little wallpaper room. Of course, promo pop-ups never happen during commercials, do they?
Besides which, both NBC and ESPN replay every decent or questionable effort of the players constantly. [I'm sure the other networks are the same.] So much so, in fact, that it's difficult to tell what's live action and what's Memorex. Even as simple a play as a baseball strike or ball is played over constantly to show the viewers how the network is so very efficient, and has so many cameras covering each play from all directions.
Is it any wonder I no longer watch the baseball All Star Game or World Series on television? I can follow it easier online. The same applies to Basketball and Football. I only watch other televised sports rarely.
Excuse me for now, I'm going to watch some athletic performances online for free and without inane commentary, playbacks, pop-ups, pictures of Mao or commercial interruptions. Is this Heaven? No it's Iowa...er..I mean it's online freedom.
Friday, August 22, 2008
Random Thoughts
As many of you already know, I don't make blog entries on any regular schedule. That's a bad thing and a good thing. It's a bad thing for those who might be interested in my thoughts, and it's a good thing for those who might be interested in my thoughts.
It generally takes me some time to put my blog entries together since I edit and re-edit them ad infinitum. I have about twenty in progress at any one time. Unfortunately, I'm disposed to skip words and not type in correctly what I'm thinking at times. So, I take my time to be sure my thoughts are as clear as possible. Thus, the finished product is more polished and coherent than it would be if I sped to the blog more quickly.
That being said, if you want notification of my blog entries, just send me an email at: tnmccoy63@comcast.net and say so. I'll stop when you ask me to do so.
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Susan Sarandan says "if John McCain gets elected...[I]...will move to Italy or Canada. She adds, 'It's a critical time, but I have faith in the American people." We've all heard these hollow promises from the left before.
Susan is a little left of the local Socialist, and we won't miss her when she moves [assuming she does.] As an extra added attraction, she can take her husband, Tim Robbins, with her. But not to Italy. I am Italian in ancestry, and I wouldn't want the couple in that Country either.
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Suburu claims its US factory is not on a landfill site, and so we're supposed to think that's an aid to the environment. Actually, not being on a landfill probably means the company cut down trees and flattened leas to build the factory. Personally, I'd rather see the landfill re-used first.
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In recent years, scientists have determined that a mysterious force is pushing the universe to expand at an increasing rate, and they don't understand how it's happening. University of Chicago cosmologist Michael Turner has called the acceleration 'the most profound mystery in all of science.'
Perhaps there is no mystery. Perhaps the acceleration is caused by the hot air emanating from the Obama camp and other socialist lefts.
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A few months ago, Presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton [who, by the way, hasn't conceded the Democrat presidential candacy to Barack Obama yet---and the Democrat Convention should be a real spectacle!] told some Democrats 'she would create a national academy to train public servants.'
I can see it now. 'Rodham-Clinton University for the Servant Class,' graduating gifted fly-over people to serve your needs. I foresee courses such as: Ego Tripping; Advanced Obfuscation; How to Say No 100 Different Ways---some of which sound like yes; Introductory and Advanced Lying---aka Misspeaking; Campaign and non-Campaign Fund Raising; Bimbo-Speak; Effective Document Hiding; Simple Investing---Invest $1,000, do nothing for thirty days, reap $100,000; Conversational and Obfuscational Chinese. Yeah! Way to Go!
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Spare me the groans, but for the last few years, scientists have been spending their spare time wondering why so many of us have spare tires. Their answer? A fat virus.
It seems they think there's a virus around that, when caught, causes us to add pounds faster than normal---whatever normal is. So, when I pack away that extra piece of cheese cake, it's not really my conscious fault. The virus and the devil made me do it. Need to gain some weight for your new movie role? No problem! Have your botox salesman stick you with a dose of fat virus.
I wonder how far the blame game will continue? Being fat can now be a free ride or warrant an all expense paid trip to the doctor's office for the anti-venom---I mean antiv-virus, of course. And I wonder when the retailers will pick up on this promotional bonanza?
'Fat Virus Happy Hour! C'mon in and feed your virus with quality food. Buy one dessert, get one free. Free wine for the ladies! C'mon in! It won't be your fault.'
'Popcorn! Peanuts! Get your red hots here! The Ball Park's famous virus-free hot dogs made from only the finest offal ingredients!'
'Do you suffer from the dreaded fat virus bug? Hey there cats and kittens! Take it from me, 'a mild mannered reporter' and latest satisfied customer of Greane's Virus Resistant Collar! 'There ain't no bugs on me! There ain't no bugs on me! There may be bugs on some of you lugs, but there ain't no bugs on me. [Forgiveness for the paraphrase sought.] Talk to your doctor and see if the Greane VRC is right for you. Sold by prescription only. [Side effects are too numerous to disclose, but make sure you've already had your kids.]'
'Want to fit into that slinky bikini? Of course you do. And new and improved ViFree lotion will help you do it. Just rub the extra-strength aqua-purifier into your skin and watch the pounds melt away. Research has shown that just one application of ViFree lotion per day on a regular basis will kill those pesky fat viruses, especially around your middle and hips. No liposuction or strenous excercising necessary. Call now and reserve you portion of the great ViFree lotion! Medicare and credit cards cheerfully accepted. Remember! Just one application per day for that new lithe figure you always wanted!
'Today only! Teddy Kennedy Virus Free Senate Bean Soup! Absolutely no sea water or pork involved. Teddy's favorite. $250,000 per bowl, served in a bucket seat with a dancing Capitol waitress. Free with every bowl, an ego-fed Byrd's nest and white hood. Large orders can be delivered to your family compound.'
You know, spending public funds is an easy job. You just need to convince a liberal that your research or 'artistic' endeavor will lift the human spirit. And so, what will be our next great discovery? 'Virus causes Porn addiction?' 'Virus causes Marriage Breakups?' 'Virus causes sinful behavior?' 'The devil made me do it!'
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Ken Roswell on Townhall tells us:
'Never in my life have I seen a presidential frontrunner whose rhetoric is so far removed from his record. Walter Mondale promised to raise our taxes, and he lost. George McGovern promised military weakness, and he lost. Michael Dukakis promised a liberal domestic agenda, and he lost.
'Yet Mr. Obama is promising all those things, and he’s not behind in the polls. Why? Because the press has dealt with him as if he were in a beauty pageant.'
Indeed, that's the problem in a nutshell. How long will the mainstream media cover-up for Will they accept his capitulation to the United Nations? Will they survive his higher taxes?
Somehow, I think the media will wake up if Obama wins his goal [I hope so, I hope not.] His honeymoon may be short, and we'll all be suffering soon. Welcome aboard!
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As asked by Fox News a few months ago:
'Did someone kill Beethoven? A Viennese pathologist claims the composer's physician did — inadvertently overdosing him with lead in a case of a cure that went wrong.'
Tell me, is that something we in the 21st Century need care about? The man died almost two hundred years ago, and I think we have more pressing things to deal with. For instance, why are scientists taking public money to do this type of research? If we took the money for this research---along with monies from other similar waste-of-time research---we'd have millions, perhaps billions, of dollars available for rational medical research or---God forbid---returning to the taxpayer.
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That's enough randomness for this session. There'll be a lot more to come because the political and real World will continually feed me data for another blog and many blogs to come.
It generally takes me some time to put my blog entries together since I edit and re-edit them ad infinitum. I have about twenty in progress at any one time. Unfortunately, I'm disposed to skip words and not type in correctly what I'm thinking at times. So, I take my time to be sure my thoughts are as clear as possible. Thus, the finished product is more polished and coherent than it would be if I sped to the blog more quickly.
That being said, if you want notification of my blog entries, just send me an email at: tnmccoy63@comcast.net and say so. I'll stop when you ask me to do so.
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Susan Sarandan says "if John McCain gets elected...[I]...will move to Italy or Canada. She adds, 'It's a critical time, but I have faith in the American people." We've all heard these hollow promises from the left before.
Susan is a little left of the local Socialist, and we won't miss her when she moves [assuming she does.] As an extra added attraction, she can take her husband, Tim Robbins, with her. But not to Italy. I am Italian in ancestry, and I wouldn't want the couple in that Country either.
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Suburu claims its US factory is not on a landfill site, and so we're supposed to think that's an aid to the environment. Actually, not being on a landfill probably means the company cut down trees and flattened leas to build the factory. Personally, I'd rather see the landfill re-used first.
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In recent years, scientists have determined that a mysterious force is pushing the universe to expand at an increasing rate, and they don't understand how it's happening. University of Chicago cosmologist Michael Turner has called the acceleration 'the most profound mystery in all of science.'
Perhaps there is no mystery. Perhaps the acceleration is caused by the hot air emanating from the Obama camp and other socialist lefts.
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A few months ago, Presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton [who, by the way, hasn't conceded the Democrat presidential candacy to Barack Obama yet---and the Democrat Convention should be a real spectacle!] told some Democrats 'she would create a national academy to train public servants.'
I can see it now. 'Rodham-Clinton University for the Servant Class,' graduating gifted fly-over people to serve your needs. I foresee courses such as: Ego Tripping; Advanced Obfuscation; How to Say No 100 Different Ways---some of which sound like yes; Introductory and Advanced Lying---aka Misspeaking; Campaign and non-Campaign Fund Raising; Bimbo-Speak; Effective Document Hiding; Simple Investing---Invest $1,000, do nothing for thirty days, reap $100,000; Conversational and Obfuscational Chinese. Yeah! Way to Go!
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Spare me the groans, but for the last few years, scientists have been spending their spare time wondering why so many of us have spare tires. Their answer? A fat virus.
It seems they think there's a virus around that, when caught, causes us to add pounds faster than normal---whatever normal is. So, when I pack away that extra piece of cheese cake, it's not really my conscious fault. The virus and the devil made me do it. Need to gain some weight for your new movie role? No problem! Have your botox salesman stick you with a dose of fat virus.
I wonder how far the blame game will continue? Being fat can now be a free ride or warrant an all expense paid trip to the doctor's office for the anti-venom---I mean antiv-virus, of course. And I wonder when the retailers will pick up on this promotional bonanza?
'Fat Virus Happy Hour! C'mon in and feed your virus with quality food. Buy one dessert, get one free. Free wine for the ladies! C'mon in! It won't be your fault.'
'Popcorn! Peanuts! Get your red hots here! The Ball Park's famous virus-free hot dogs made from only the finest offal ingredients!'
'Do you suffer from the dreaded fat virus bug? Hey there cats and kittens! Take it from me, 'a mild mannered reporter' and latest satisfied customer of Greane's Virus Resistant Collar! 'There ain't no bugs on me! There ain't no bugs on me! There may be bugs on some of you lugs, but there ain't no bugs on me. [Forgiveness for the paraphrase sought.] Talk to your doctor and see if the Greane VRC is right for you. Sold by prescription only. [Side effects are too numerous to disclose, but make sure you've already had your kids.]'
'Want to fit into that slinky bikini? Of course you do. And new and improved ViFree lotion will help you do it. Just rub the extra-strength aqua-purifier into your skin and watch the pounds melt away. Research has shown that just one application of ViFree lotion per day on a regular basis will kill those pesky fat viruses, especially around your middle and hips. No liposuction or strenous excercising necessary. Call now and reserve you portion of the great ViFree lotion! Medicare and credit cards cheerfully accepted. Remember! Just one application per day for that new lithe figure you always wanted!
'Today only! Teddy Kennedy Virus Free Senate Bean Soup! Absolutely no sea water or pork involved. Teddy's favorite. $250,000 per bowl, served in a bucket seat with a dancing Capitol waitress. Free with every bowl, an ego-fed Byrd's nest and white hood. Large orders can be delivered to your family compound.'
You know, spending public funds is an easy job. You just need to convince a liberal that your research or 'artistic' endeavor will lift the human spirit. And so, what will be our next great discovery? 'Virus causes Porn addiction?' 'Virus causes Marriage Breakups?' 'Virus causes sinful behavior?' 'The devil made me do it!'
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Ken Roswell on Townhall tells us:
'Never in my life have I seen a presidential frontrunner whose rhetoric is so far removed from his record. Walter Mondale promised to raise our taxes, and he lost. George McGovern promised military weakness, and he lost. Michael Dukakis promised a liberal domestic agenda, and he lost.
'Yet Mr. Obama is promising all those things, and he’s not behind in the polls. Why? Because the press has dealt with him as if he were in a beauty pageant.'
Indeed, that's the problem in a nutshell. How long will the mainstream media cover-up for Will they accept his capitulation to the United Nations? Will they survive his higher taxes?
Somehow, I think the media will wake up if Obama wins his goal [I hope so, I hope not.] His honeymoon may be short, and we'll all be suffering soon. Welcome aboard!
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As asked by Fox News a few months ago:
'Did someone kill Beethoven? A Viennese pathologist claims the composer's physician did — inadvertently overdosing him with lead in a case of a cure that went wrong.'
Tell me, is that something we in the 21st Century need care about? The man died almost two hundred years ago, and I think we have more pressing things to deal with. For instance, why are scientists taking public money to do this type of research? If we took the money for this research---along with monies from other similar waste-of-time research---we'd have millions, perhaps billions, of dollars available for rational medical research or---God forbid---returning to the taxpayer.
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That's enough randomness for this session. There'll be a lot more to come because the political and real World will continually feed me data for another blog and many blogs to come.
Saturday, August 2, 2008
Secrets of the Deity?
The secret's out. Barack Obama is a self-professed, 'citizen of the World.' This means, of course, that the Senator's possible Presidency would probably be a UN-like administration. Obama would have more interest in the people of all countries, than in his own.
Could it be that our messianic Senator has his god-like fixation set on dangerous levels destined to put all us free, taxpaying Americans---those who have and have not supported him---on an equal or a lower rank than those billions of 'citizens' of the rest of the World? It appears so. [The sentence is 50 words; one for each state. My first idea was 300 million words {an example of a bloated sentence} to represent all us Americans, but my software can't handle all that data in one document.]
Senator Obama has already introduced the Global Poverty Act [s.2433] to the Senate in January 2007. This legislation "requires the Presidential administration to 'develop and implement a comprehensive s
trategy' to achieve 'the Millenium Development Goal [UN] of reducing by one-half the proportion of people worldwide...who live on less than $1 per day."
Think about this: Obama's bill would ratify the UN mandate to the 'wealthy' countries [USA] to contribute .7% of the Gross National Product [GNP] each year. [And you know how honest and efficient the UN is.]
Now, the Commerce Department stopped reporting the USA GNP in 1992, and finding it now is nearly impossible. Today, the Commerce reporting is on the Gross Domestic Product [GDP], which is smaller than the GNP for a reason. It doesn't include the net foreign income of our citizens and corporations. So to get the GNP [on which the UN calculates mandates] I have to find the data on growth charts from the St Louis Fed.
The actual and forecasts for the period in discussion are: about $10 trillion GNP for 2000; about $15 trillion GNP for 2010. Using the latter figure times ten, we can easily estimate the GNP of the USA for the next ten years will be at least: $150 trillion. That's mind boggling, for sure. But it indicates what a huge effect the US has on the global economy. All done from the hard work of independent people.
And what is .7% of $150 trillion? The answer is: $1,050 billion. In other words, one trillion $$ and 50 billion $$. [Placed end-end, $1,050 billion dollars can reach around the Earth and squeeze all American taxpayers into bankruptcy.] But what are those figures in real terms? Read on oh voyager.
$1,050 billion over ten years is equal to:
a. 2.6 million teachers [at $40 thousand per year for ten years]
b. 21,000 corner medical clinics [at $5 million per year for ten years]
c. 53 million automobiles [at $20 thousand each]
d. 1 million Jumbo Lottery Prizes [at $1 million each]
e. 1 trillion candy bars [about 3 bars per person each day for ten years]
f. 10% of a Congress [at $105 billion per year for ten years]
And who gets to pay for this UN mandate? Well, you and I do, of course. We will be paying approximately $3,100 each over and above the increased taxation from Obama and the Democrats. Not only will our pockets be empty, we'll only know what used to be in them via nostalgia.
And who gets to dole out all this money? No one seems willing to tell me, but I believe it will be the UN. [And you all know how honest and efficient the UN is.]
And who gets the money? Poor national governments. Will they distribute it to the people in need? Of course---whatever is left after palace construction, arms purchases, military bonuses, necessary Swiss bank deposits for the ruling group, and several expensive cars being airlifted to and back from Great Britain for an oil change. Having the UN spend it directly won't be much different.
And all this US spending is in addition to our bloated funding for foreign aid and our increasing nanny-state. Welcome to the new World of the US taxpayer paying for everything everywhere, from the expenses of military Juntas to the costs of health and welfare for many populations. The funds will also be used to line the pockets of UN officials and be siphoned to rogue states. Talk about socialized nanny-ism!
You may not like to look at detailed figures, but when they represent the money that'll be coming out of your pocket, you should be very afraid. The oft spouted 'Change' will not be for the better. It will mean what's left of your wealth---change.
Could it be that our messianic Senator has his god-like fixation set on dangerous levels destined to put all us free, taxpaying Americans---those who have and have not supported him---on an equal or a lower rank than those billions of 'citizens' of the rest of the World? It appears so. [The sentence is 50 words; one for each state. My first idea was 300 million words {an example of a bloated sentence} to represent all us Americans, but my software can't handle all that data in one document.]
Senator Obama has already introduced the Global Poverty Act [s.2433] to the Senate in January 2007. This legislation "requires the Presidential administration to 'develop and implement a comprehensive s
trategy' to achieve 'the Millenium Development Goal [UN] of reducing by one-half the proportion of people worldwide...who live on less than $1 per day."Think about this: Obama's bill would ratify the UN mandate to the 'wealthy' countries [USA] to contribute .7% of the Gross National Product [GNP] each year. [And you know how honest and efficient the UN is.]
Now, the Commerce Department stopped reporting the USA GNP in 1992, and finding it now is nearly impossible. Today, the Commerce reporting is on the Gross Domestic Product [GDP], which is smaller than the GNP for a reason. It doesn't include the net foreign income of our citizens and corporations. So to get the GNP [on which the UN calculates mandates] I have to find the data on growth charts from the St Louis Fed.
The actual and forecasts for the period in discussion are: about $10 trillion GNP for 2000; about $15 trillion GNP for 2010. Using the latter figure times ten, we can easily estimate the GNP of the USA for the next ten years will be at least: $150 trillion. That's mind boggling, for sure. But it indicates what a huge effect the US has on the global economy. All done from the hard work of independent people.
And what is .7% of $150 trillion? The answer is: $1,050 billion. In other words, one trillion $$ and 50 billion $$. [Placed end-end, $1,050 billion dollars can reach around the Earth and squeeze all American taxpayers into bankruptcy.] But what are those figures in real terms? Read on oh voyager.
$1,050 billion over ten years is equal to:
a. 2.6 million teachers [at $40 thousand per year for ten years]
b. 21,000 corner medical clinics [at $5 million per year for ten years]
c. 53 million automobiles [at $20 thousand each]
d. 1 million Jumbo Lottery Prizes [at $1 million each]
e. 1 trillion candy bars [about 3 bars per person each day for ten years]
f. 10% of a Congress [at $105 billion per year for ten years]
And who gets to pay for this UN mandate? Well, you and I do, of course. We will be paying approximately $3,100 each over and above the increased taxation from Obama and the Democrats. Not only will our pockets be empty, we'll only know what used to be in them via nostalgia.
And who gets to dole out all this money? No one seems willing to tell me, but I believe it will be the UN. [And you all know how honest and efficient the UN is.]
And who gets the money? Poor national governments. Will they distribute it to the people in need? Of course---whatever is left after palace construction, arms purchases, military bonuses, necessary Swiss bank deposits for the ruling group, and several expensive cars being airlifted to and back from Great Britain for an oil change. Having the UN spend it directly won't be much different.
And all this US spending is in addition to our bloated funding for foreign aid and our increasing nanny-state. Welcome to the new World of the US taxpayer paying for everything everywhere, from the expenses of military Juntas to the costs of health and welfare for many populations. The funds will also be used to line the pockets of UN officials and be siphoned to rogue states. Talk about socialized nanny-ism!
You may not like to look at detailed figures, but when they represent the money that'll be coming out of your pocket, you should be very afraid. The oft spouted 'Change' will not be for the better. It will mean what's left of your wealth---change.
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