Obama, the Imperialist

Imperialism is defined as the policy of extending the rule or authority of an empire or nation over foreign countries, or of acquiring and holding colonies and dependencies. The Obama Administration and the Democrat controlled Congress are expressing imperialistic policy beyond anything ever before seen by the United States. Although they show little interest in interfering with the activities of other nations, they are definitely aggressive in their imperialistic actions within this nation. Washington is working to acquire and hold the American citizenry as colonies and dependencies.

Rudyard Kipling, if living today, could have changed his original poem slightly and renamed it to describe the philosophical paradigm prevalent in Washington today:

THE LIBERAL'S BURDEN

Take up the Liberal's burden--
Send forth the best ye breed--
Go bind your sons to exile
To serve your captives' need;
To wait in heavy harness,
On fluttered folk and wild--
Your new-caught, sullen peoples,
Half-devil and half-child.

Take up the Liberal's burden--
In patience to abide,
To veil the threat of terror
And check the show of pride;
By open speech and simple,
An hundred times made plain
To seek another's profit,
And work another's gain.

Take up the Liberal's burden--
The savage wars of peace--
Fill full the mouth of Famine
And bid the sickness cease;
And when your goal is nearest
The end for others sought,
Watch sloth and heathen Folly
Bring all your hopes to nought.

Take up the Liberal's burden--
No tawdry rule of kings,
But toil of serf and sweeper--
The tale of common things.
The ports ye shall not enter,
The roads ye shall not tread,
Go mark them with your living,
And mark them with your dead.

Take up the Liberal's burden--
And reap his old reward:
The blame of those ye better,
The hate of those ye guard--
The cry of hosts ye humour
(Ah, slowly!) toward the light:--
"Why brought he us from bondage,
Our loved Egyptian night?"

Take up the Liberal's burden--
Ye dare not stoop to less--
Nor call too loud on Freedom
To cloke your weariness;
By all ye cry or whisper,
By all ye leave or do,
The silent, sullen peoples
Shall weigh your gods and you.

Take up the Liberal's burden--
Have done with childish days--
The lightly proferred laurel,
The easy, ungrudged praise.
Comes now, to search your manhood
Through all the thankless years
Cold, edged with dear-bought wisdom,
The judgment of your peers!

BREAD AND CIRCUSES

How Obama Can Raise Poll Numbers

President Obama's poll numbers are slipping. Apparently he needs to get on TV more to get his message out. He needs to start doing commercials ala Peyton Manning. If you axe me, he needs to do a few like these:



Double Pits to Lefty(Photo from Huffpo)

Today's Sermon

Flooding in Europe



Sermon text for next Sunday's sermon:

Then Abraham drew near and said, "Will you indeed sweep away the righteous with the wicked? Suppose there are fifty righteous within the city of Washington. Will you then sweep away the place and not spare it for the fifty righteous who are in it?"[...]

Uhhh... Lord, suppose ten are found there?[...]

(H.T. Commonsense & Wonder.)

The Swiss Strike Again

Fresh off of their success in nabbing pedophile/rapist Roman Polanski, the Swiss are already implementing their next move:

The Zurich Film Festival has invited Osama bin Laden to Switzerland to receive his Lifetime Achievement Award.

Troglo & AllahPundits All Wet

Both the TrogloPundit & AllahPundit have made mistakes in reasoning concerning the IOC's choice for the host of the 2016 Summer Olympics. They seem to reason that since Obama is going to Copenhagen to 'lobby' for Chicago as the pick, it really means that Chicago has already been chosen. Although this may sound like logical thinking to some of the less erudite among the blogosphere, it does not fit reality.

A couple of hackers in our secret basement laboratory have 'visited' the computer that controls President Obama's teleprompter. What they found is telling. When the President makes his pitch on behalf of Chicago he will downplay the value of winning the bid by saying,

I'm always worried about using the word 'victory,' because, you know, it invokes this notion of Emperor Hirohito coming down and signing a surrender to MacArthur.[...]

In the same vein we will demand that gold, silver, and bronze medals traditionally given to the first three places be replaced by pink 'participation ribbons' given equally to all competitors.[...]

We do not believe in individual exceptionalism nor in unshared merit.[...]

We will hire ACORN to prepare the city of Chicago and contract SEIU and William Ayers to provide security.[...]

The Reverend Jeremiah Wright will give the invocation.[...]

Tony Rezko will be in charge of athlete's housing.[...]

Mayor Richard Daley will select the judges.[...]

I apologize in advance for any American successes.[...]

Congratulations, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Prepare for the 2016 Summer Olympics well.

Obama's Restaurant

You can get anything you want... at Obama's Restaurant.

Updated lyrics:

He said, "Kid, we only got one question. Have you ever been arrested?"

And I proceeded to tell him the story of the ObamaCare Insurance Massacre, with full orchestration and five part harmony and stuff like that and all the phenome... - and he stopped me right there and said, "Kid, did you ever go to court?"

And I proceeded to tell him the story of the thousand plus pages of eight-by-ten colour glossy pictures with the circles and arrows and the paragraph on the back of each one, and he stopped me right there and said, "Kid, I want you to go and sit down on that bench that says Group W .... NOW kid!!"

And I, I walked over to the, to the bench there, and there is, Group W's where they put you if you may not be moral enough to join the Obama Corps after committing your special crime, and there was all kinds of mean nasty ugly looking people on the bench there. Home schoolers. Conservatives. Grandparents! Conservatives sitting right there on the bench next to me! And they was mean and nasty and ugly and horrible crime-type guys sitting on the bench next to me. And the meanest, ugliest, nastiest one, the meanest Conservative of them all, was coming over to me and he was mean 'n' ugly 'n' nasty 'n' horrible and all kind of things and he sat down next to me and said, "Kid, whad'ya get?" I said, "I got three years and a $50,000 fine." He said, "What were you arrested for, kid?" And I said, "Failure to buy health insurance." And they all moved away from me on the bench there, and the hairy eyeball and all kinds of mean nasty things, till I said, "And being an evil-mongering tea partyer." And they all came back, shook my hand, and we had a great time on the bench, talkin' about raising children, Conservative issues, freedom, all kinds of groovy things that we was talking about on the bench. And everything was fine, we was talkin' liberty and all kinds of things, until the Sargeant came over, had some paper in his hand, held it up and said...

Ralph & Sam at Shift Change

The world has undergone a paradigmatic shift change that reminds me of the old Warner Brothers cartoon of Ralph & Sam. Through President Obama, America is clocking out. Through the European leaders, Europe is clocking in.



Alex Tokarev writes in World Magazine.com:

At a time when the formerly “laissez-faire” Americans turned to Big Government for help, Europeans made a shocking turn to the right. Sick of political scandals and bureaucratic corruption, tired of high taxes and unemployment, it seems that most citizens of United Europe came to the conclusion during 2009 that they had paid too high a price for the leftist promises of economic safety.

In the most extreme example, the socialist (aka communist) prime minister of Bulgaria introduced a 10 percent flat tax and opened discussions about eliminating the single-payer system of healthcare and the idea of school vouchers. But even that was not enough—the Bulgarian Socialist Party lost the parliamentary elections in the summer by a huge margin to a new right-of-center political formation promising (à la Reagan) more pro-market reforms and lower government spending as a response to the economic crisis.

According to American Thinker Blog:

Sarkozy has made his criticisms only in closed forums in France. But according to a senior Israeli government source, the reports reaching Israel indicate that Sarkozy views the Democratic candidate's stance on Iran as "utterly immature" and comprised of "formulations empty of all content."

Wax on... wax off.

The Grandpa John's Childrens' Chorus

OK, kids, if you do this well you will each get your dose of anti-flu medicine. What? Yes, Cole, more brandy.

Mm, mmm, mm!
Barack Hussein Obama

He said that all must lend a hand
So he emptied Daddy's wallet again
Mmm, mmm, mm!
Barack Hussein Obama

He said we must be fair today
Slavish work for little pay
Mmm, mmm, mm!
Hugo Rafael Chavez

He said that we must take a stand
To give Grandpa's good death a hand
Mmm, mmm, mm!
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

He said red, yellow, black or white
Will be divided to make them fight
Mmm, mmm, mm!
Fidel Alejandro Castro

Yes!
Mmm, mmm, mm
Barack Hussein Obama

Good, except it's Grandma, not Grandpa! Okay, now for the flip side... A won, a two, a three...

Hello, Mr. President we honor you today!
For all your great accomplishments, we all doth say "hooray!"

Hooray, Mr. President! You're number one!
The first black Carter-oid to lead this great nation!

Hooray, Mr. President we honor your great plans
To make this country more communist again!

Hooray Mr. President, you really give a tickle!
And we stand for all the Liberals under the great hammer and sickle!

So continue ---- Mr. President we know you'll do the trick
So here's a hearty hip-hooray ----

Hip, hip hooray!
Hip, hip hooray!
Hip, hip hooray!

Great job, kiddoes! C'mere and get your medicine!

Manuel Zelaya Ready For Obama Administration Czarship

In a Miami Herald story, Frances Robles reports:

TEGUCIGALPA -- It's been 89 days since Manuel Zelaya was booted from power. He's sleeping on chairs, and he claims his throat is sore from toxic gases and "Israeli mercenaries'' are torturing him with high-frequency radiation.

One anonymous source in the Administration stated:

Manuel Zelaya has now been thoroughly vetted and has been proven fit for an important czar position.

Israeli sources:

Israeli government sources in Miami said they could not confirm the presence of any "Israelis mercenaries'' in Honduras.

Nod, nod, wink, wink.

(H.T. Legal Insurrection.)

Angry Gadhafi Demands That His Son Rename Swine Flu as Jew Flu

Libyan Chief Moammar Gadhafi was visibly agitated by the knowledge that the United States developed the Swine Flu strain as a weapon to use against his people. He demanded that his son, Barack Obama, change its name to the Jew Flu to encourage his people to fight harder against all infidels.

During his speech before the U.N. General Assembly, Gadhafi often leaned over to ask a question of a colleague, duck slightly, and look up toward the sky. The question was finally interpreted as "Reagan is still dead, right?"

I did find one positive suggestion in Gadhafi's eloquent speech; that the United Nations Headquarters be moved to someplace more comfortable. I think he was fearful that Tea Party protesters might bear signs that make fun of him and march before his tent... Or steal his camel.

I Speak in Tongues, Too... Can I Be President?

President Obama speaks before the United Nations General Assembly in a self-confident and forceful manner. But, what did he actually say and how can it be interpreted?

Paul Mirengoff on Power Line took a paragraph and parsed away. He concludes:

I assume that its assembled representatives had a good inward laugh at our president's sophomorically utopian oration.

A quote from a book that I have recently finished reminded me of our current President:

...occupied himself with refining and expanding his vision until he and it were only tangentially connected to the real world.- Bill Bryson, A Walk in the Woods

(H.T. Lucianne.com.)

Mess With a Wisconsin Grandpa? Bring it ON!

Monsters & Critics.com:

Wisconsin Senior opens can of whoopass on bank robber, video

Maybe it's the cheese.

That was a good tackle. Packers, are you watchin'?

(H.T. Lucianne.com.)

New Blogging Requirements

It seems the newest rule in successful blogging or in garnering headlines for yourself and your blog is the necessity of banning somebody. It's Rule 4 of McCain's Rules gone nuclear.

Stacy McCain did not start it, but he sure has gleefully joined in on the fun. And here. Over here. Yonder. And back there. Et al...

And that's just the tip of the iceberg. There's banning and being banned going on all over the blogosphere. I might as well join in the fun. It won't really mean anything since I haven't really done it and can always question what the meaning of 'is' is and refuse to acknowledge a tax-by-any-other-name is still a tax.

I hereby ban Grandpa John from blogging on his own blog. He hasn't posted for years so I'll take credit for the authoritarian heavy hand.

I will also ban The TrogloPundit from posting or commenting on Grandpa John's as well. It seems as though Lance has already wussed out on his Packers-in-the-Super-Bowl hopes.

If, perchance, Lance is able to get a post or comment through my defenses, I can always blame Smitty who is famous for egregious vetting errors such as inferring that The TrogloPundit is a metrosexual from Michigan. (Being labeled a metrosexual is almost palatable, but being accused of being a Michigander is really offensive. Excepting you, of course, blogprof.)

No One Should Have to Work Under Those Conditions

"Allowing citizens to own guns creates a hostile environment."

"No one should have to work under those conditions."

Also endorsed by Nancy Pelosi and ACORN/SEIU.

(H.T. Moonbattery.)

Waiting in the Pumpkin Patch for the Great Pumpkin

Jill expresses the audacity of taste when she questions Michelle Obama's choice of attire for a solemn ceremony of awarding a Medal of Honor posthumously.



In Michelle's defense I expect the message of the ceremony was moved up the line of her 782 assistants and was worded 'posthumorously.'

And it is very Halloweenie. A Barack-o-lantern.

Still, it might have been worse. She might have chosen to go cutting edge in her fashion choice:

(Last two photos thru Wicked Thoughts.)

I would have suggested this:

Sinners in the Hands of an Angry Liberal

Possible excerpts from a sermon of John Edwards.

Lance posts an article on Right Wing News titled Democrats Call upon an Angry God to Smite Those who Oppose Them.

…DNC spokesman Hari Sevugan said: “The message to opponents of change who would lie or misrepresent the truth should be clear… you will be met with a rain of hellfire from supporters armed with the facts and you will be held to account.”

The Democrat prophet warns of 'a rain of hellfire' on those who oppose the Messiah's message.

In the Orlando Sentinel, Jeremy Levitt explains:

The far right and its right-wing brethren's most recent barrage of indignant and visceral attacks against President Barack Hussein Obama has led me to conclude that the scourge of anti-Obama fanaticism is nothing more than foolish racism masquerading as patriotism and phony Christianity.[...]

I would remind the far right what the Apostle Paul wrote, " ... there is no authority except from God, and the authorities that exist are appointed by God." Hence, Obama is the U.S. president and leader of the Free World because he was appointed by God.

Need I say more?

Although Levitt's Scripture quotation is accurate, but his application leaves something to be desired. God has appointed all kinds of leaders; Pharaoh, Caligula, Hitler, Stalin, Mao, Pol Pot, Idi Amin, George W. Bush, and Obama. Levitt seems to be saying that resistance to any of these leaders is resisting God. But he pretty harshly trashed Bush in the article so he just must mean Obama.

However, the issue of authority is one that needs at least a short discussion, especially in the light of '...the authorities that exist are appointed by God.'

The fundamental Christian perspective is found in Acts 5:29b; "We must obey God rather than men." So if your boss were to command you to steal, lie, murder, or anything that prefers man over the Word of God, you resist that authority. This is subject only to conviction, and not to simple preferences. Just because you don't want to do something doesn't usually match the requirement to obey God rather than men.

In Levitt's article he seems to claim that opposing President Obama is tantamount to opposing the will of God as God did appoint Obama President. But this appointment does not give carte blanche authority. It is not the authority of God, the Messiah, or a king. An appointment to the American Presidency does not abrogate the President's command to also 'obey God rather than polls or advisors.' It also comes with further baggage. The Presidency is also under the authority of the U.S. Constitution. His authority is limited by it. If the God appointed authority, the City Dog Catcher, demands in the power of his office that each citizen must eat brocolli on Tuesdays, he can be ignored or opposed without resisting God. He simply does not have the authority to make that demand. It is the same with the POTUS in many of these issues that are being opposed by the Conservative Tea Partyers. If these issues are passed into law the discussion will change somewhat, but while they are under mere consideration, the issues can be more widely opposed.

RAINING HELLFIRE: The Democrats might want to be careful about requesting fire and brimstone. Sodom and Gomorrah fully supported the Liberal agenda and voted 99.54% Democrat.

'Global Warming is Not an Enviromental Issue'

But it matters because...

...the recession is a once-in-a-generation chance to push for a sustainable economy and fairer distribution. Climate change is not an environmental issue. It's about resources and global justice, about the future direction of capitalism, about where the next wars will be.1

(H.T. Ed Driscoll.)

Guilt by Association

And by Being Joined at the Ideological Hip.

"Edna, we are transferring you to the Baltimore office."

"Tilley, you go to D.C."

"Bertha, we want you in Brooklyn."

Hope & Change

President Obama and the Democrats work for change. Here's a good rendering of their efforts:



Moral of the story: It is not yet too late to turn it around.

(H.T. Wicked Thoughts.)

The Founder of the Tea Party Mob Dead

Henry Gibson, longtime actor, died after a short bout with cancer in his Malibu home Monday, September 14th.

According to the MSM, most Democrats, civil rights leaders, and ACORN, Gibson was the real instigator of the Tea Party mob mentality.

White men! White women! The flag is calling you. The sacred and ancient symbol of your race, since the beginning of time. The Jew is using The Black as muscle against you. And you are left there helpless. Well, what are you going to do about it, Whitey? Just sit there? Of course not! You are going to join with us. The members of the American, National Socialist, White Peoples' Party. An organization of decent, law abiding white folk. Just like you!1

Yep, that must have been it. Nancy Pelosi's 'Nazi' characterization nailed it.

Calling Then Raising Obi's Sister's Rule 5 Post

Obi's Sister posts Mark Harmon as her Rule 5 post. I will call her Agent Gibbs of NCIS submission and raise one Cote de Pablo, Ziva David, Mossad Liaison Officer to NCIS:

Weekend's Football Hero

I saw the Weekend sports hero in action with my own eyes. It was amazing.

My selection comes from the first Monday night game, the Patriots vs the Bills. Tom Brady? Benjamin Watson? No way! They will get the glory, but they weren't the heroes. DA MAN was Stephen Gostkowski, the Patriots' kicker.

Here's the scene. With the Patriots down by two scores with a little over two minutes remaining, Tom Brady hits tight end Benjamin Watson with an 18 yard touchdown pass. The Bills now led 24-19. Instead of trying an onside kick, Gostkowski kicked deep. Bills' returner Leodis McKelvin brought the ball up the middle and at about the 30 yard line the ball was stripped and rolling free.

A fumble in the NFL attracts a crowd; a motivated and angry crowd, much like a group of MSM reports discussing Sarah Palin.

What goes on within an NFL fumble pile is legendary. Somehow there are about 57 bodies entangled in there which means 1,824 teeth agnashing upon flesh. 570 fingernails scratch, stab, and rip the selfsame flesh and bone. 114 fists punch whatever is in range and 114 feet in shoes with cleats stomp, rake, and kick groins, noses, and shins.

Stephen Gostkowski is a kicker. Kickers are usually very small men in a game of giants. They are the last line of defense during their play. They will try to make a tackle only after the cheerleaders and hotdog vendors fail to make the tackle.

During the McKelvin fumble Gostkowski was the last man standing. But when he saw that the ball was still squirting around in the aforementioned mass of mangling and mangled large humanity, he ran up and dove right in... and recovered the fumble.

Of course, Brady then threw the game winning touchdown pass to Watson and they became the media and fan heroes. But it was the team oriented action of Stephen Gostkowski that made it all possible.

I salute Patriot kicker, Stephen Gostkowski. You may be number 3, but today you are number 1.

Yo, Yo... A Pimp & His Ho Bustin' Acorn Dough Flow

Master J-O'K and his under-aged Salvadorian Ho, Hannah, La Chiquita Banana, have colluded to take down another major ho house and its many branches. It has the earmarks of a mob war, but is really a just a Ho Wo.



Big Government turns the latest trick.

Addendum: Again... Lance and I do NOT constitute the Burris who voted to retain ACORN funding.

Pro Football Leaderboard on Ick's Corner

Gotta get my braggin' in before it all goes down the toilet.

The leaderboard.

Jay Cutler's Chicago Debut

Here is some footage of Chicago Bear quarterback Jay Cutler's performance in last night's game against the Packers. It was Cutler's first game as a Bear.

Bear Jay Cutler had a big surprise for the Bear fans.

And I thought the question "Does a bear sh*t in the woods?" was a rhetorical question. I now have to rethink a lifelong belief.

(H.T. theblogprof.)

It's Gotta Be Tough Being a Detroit Lions Fan

It is a fact that the only Michigan based entity taking more hits than the Detroit Lions is theblogprof. His pictorial comment on his hapless Lions:



I'd laugh, but I still remember watching the 1962 Thanksgiving Day game. My 10-0 Packers went to Detroit and got their butts kicked really hard and ruined my Thanksgiving. Bart Starr was sacked 11 times. The writers of Blazing Saddles got the idea of Mongo (Alex Karras) punching out the horse by recalling how he treated Starr in 1962.

Packers 21, Bears 15

Aaron Rodgers throws touchdown bomb to take lead with 1:11 left. Jay Cutler throws interception, his 4th of the game, to kill Bears' chances.

Somewhere in Houston, Texas, Rex Grossman says, "Heh."

Somewhere in Denver, Colorado, Josh McDaniels and Kyle Orton say, "Heh."

Tea Party with the Silent Majority

What Washington saw:

It took 38 years for President Richard Nixon's desire to begin to see fruition:

Nixon recounts a meeting with Senator McClellan. He states again his belief in the existence of a large silent majority, and the need for the administration to "stir it up a lot."1

I don't think he expected a Democrat President to accomplish it, however.

We also can use some tough rhetoric from Conservatives ala Vice President Spiro T. Agnew:

“A spirit of national masochism prevails, encouraged by an effete corps of impudent snobs who characterize themselves as intellectuals.”2

Student war protesters “have never done a productive thing in their lives,” and, “They take their tactics from Fidel Castro and their money from daddy.”2

In 1970, he attacks the American media... “we have more than our share of the nattering nabobs of negativism...” “pusillanimous pussyfooters,” “vicars of vacillation,” and “the hopeless, hysterical hypochondriacs of history.” Democrats are “radic-libs” and “ideological eunuchs...” the US media industry, saying it is dominated by a “tiny and closed fraternity of privileged men, elected by no one...” raise, reporter Lance Morrow writes in 1996, “issues of media bias, arrogance and unaccountability that are still banging around in the American mind.”2

Generally speaking, Agnew is poorly thought of since he was forced to resign the Vice Presidency. The reason for his resignation? Tax evasion! Now that's rich!

UPDATE: Oops! My bad. David Axelrod has straightened me out:

"I don't think it's indicative of the nation's mood," Axelrod said on CBS' "Face the Nation." "You know, I don't think we ought to be distracted by that. My message to them is, they're wrong."

"You know, one of the great things about our country is people can express themselves even if they're not representative of the majority."

Diversity, Multiculturalism

Rescued from the California wildfires, these two little critters bonded.

Bambi and the Bobcat:

(From Moonbattery.)

Two Protest Sign Favorites

From today's Million Teabagger March:

(Photo lifted from Fishersville Mike.)

From Thursday's "Doctors for Patient Care" protest:

The efficiency of the Postal Service
The sustainability of Social Security
And all the compassion of the IRS

(Note the location of the wood screw in the x-ray!)
(Click on photo for larger view.)

Obama is a Lot Like Bush... Sort of

Presidential



Community Organizational

Thrown Under the Obambulance

The National Debt is Projected to Be How Big??

(Photo stolen from Are We Lumberjacks?.)

Why Did Obama Choose 9/11 as National Day of Service...

Instead of January 15th or the third Monday of January?

Why Did the Terrorists Attack the World Trade Center...

And Not the United Nations Headquarters?

Because 'The enemy of my enemy is my friend.'

Como Fazer Peras em Formato de Buda é Obama!

ObamaCare: "Eat your fruits and vegetables or pay a tax."

"Bite me, America!"

(From Brogui via Wicked Thoughts.)

Liberal Political Philosophy

James Lewis nails the whole philosophy of the Obama Administration in the title of his article on Pajamas Media:

ObamaCare: First, Do Some Harm — Then, Exploit the Crisis

Lewis is contrasting the ObamaCare rationing with the venerable Hippocratic Oath taken by doctors of medicine. He could have easily expanded this contrast to nearly all of Obama's policies.

Chuck Norris, You Wussie...

If this is the best got, you wouldn't last 5 minutes at a Burri family get-together.

(Chuck Norris Eye Drops by Candleman at Digital Photography School via Linkiest.com.)

You should see what Lance does after a dozen brats and a six pack of Leinenkugel.

The Nebula & the Bubble

The macro and micro universe:

(The Butterfly Nebula via Hubble at NASA, via Pundit & Pundette.)

(Bubble World by Eric Tastad via Digital Photography School via Linkiest.com.)

Out of the Mouths of Babes

"Is this the same girl who was just arguing with her brother over toys?”

Saint Peter, Don't You Call Us

We can't go yet
Obama's sellin' our souls
As the national debt.

Not a Tingle Up the Leg, But We Sent Some Shivers Down a Few Spines

Janesville Police: "Congressman Ryan, we have reports of Democrat thugs preparing to disrupt your march in today's Labor Day Parade. Would you like a police escort?"

Paul: "No thank you, sir. We have our own security. Top men."

J.P.D.: "Oh? Who do you have?"

Paul: "TOP men."



This shot taken just before the parade start. Grandpa Jerry and I had not yet strapped on our sidearms. Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen was also right behind us.
Ryan said he was blown away by the turn outs and attitudes of the people attending his 17 town hall meetings. He had never seen anything like it.

Had a nice talk with Scott Walker (candidate for Wisconsin Governor) after the parade as well. He remembered this photo. He noted how he felt so short.Michael Steele, The TrogloPundit, & Scott Walker

As Plain as the News in Your Face

The Nose On Your Face has been all over recent Obama Administration moves.

Fake, but accurate.

-ObamaCare Death Panel considering 'End of Life' planning booklets; one example:



-President Obama's Address to The Children:

The Obama Department of Education's pre-speech classroom preparation:

Make sure each student gets a “President Obama Deputy Czar” patch.[...]

President Obama’s speech provides the perfect setting to teach students how Republican propaganda and misinformation makes President Obama’s job super-duper hard, and that they can help by regularly providing you, their teacher, with tape recordings, as well as names and addresses, of anyone in their family who doesn’t seem to understand just how important President Obama is.[...]

During and after the speech:

How grateful am I to live during President Obama’s term?
Why is community organizing widely considered the idea training ground for the Presidency?
Do my parents really need 2 cars?
Why are there countries, anyway?
How much fun would it be to work on a farm with all my friends?
Am I prepared to give my best effort, as well as my allowance, to President Obama?
Why are people so scared of the term “President for Life?”

Follow up quiz after the President's speech; example question:

4) What can I do to personally show my support for President Obama?

A) Start making Republicans-only snuff films.
B) Report any suspicious activity by my parents directly to the White House (Suspicious activity includes, but is not limited to: yelling at the TV every time President Obama is on; opposing health care reform; driving an SUV; being self-reliant in general).
C) Every time I hear someone talk about what a disastrous decision President Obama made with Van Jones, I can immediately drop my pants, defecate on the floor and then begin finger painting with my own excrement.
D) Put on my “NEOCON and loving it!” t-shirt and set fire to the local DNC office while a friend videotapes it.

-The Van Jones high tech lynching:

First step:

Obama Caves, Demotes Van Jones From Czar To Archduke

Second step:



(H.T. Don Surber.)

Van Jones De-Czars the Private Life

R.S. McCain & Smitty give a nice roundup of the Van Jones resignation. Stacy quotes WaPo citing Jones' letter of resignation:

"On the eve of historic fights for health care and clean energy, opponents of reform have mounted a vicious smear campaign against me. They are using lies and distortions to distract and divide."

This statement by Jones brought the Sarah Palin resignation to mind. Palin was skewered by many for being a quitter, but Palin's similar reasoning was that she wouldn't be able to govern effectively while defending against all the suits thrown up against her. All those lawsuits came to nothing. Jones was nailed dead to rights. He took one-tenth of one per cent of the abuse that Palin received for one-tenth of one per cent of the time and wilted like a buttercup in the desert sun. Palin came out in the open swinging and was instrumental in the current shake up in the ObamaCare push. Jones will return to his hole and snipe from behind cover.

Courage.

6 Year-old Chinese Student Wants to Be Appointed to Obama Administration Position

News24.com reports:

The young student stated her aspirations in a televised interview that was posted on a southern China website, leading bloggers to describe her comments as "a reflection of social reality", the Southern Metropolis Daily reported.

"When I grow up I want to be an official," said the girl, whose face was blurred to protect her identity.

"What kind of official?" the interviewer asked.

"A corrupt official because corrupt officials have a lot of things," she replied.

Vetting is complete.

(H.T. Lucianne.com.)

German Scientists Inspired by Teabaggers

Invent Steel Velcro to Secure Spines in Republicans

Temperatures in excess of 800°C and aggressive chemical solutions do not pose any problem for Metaklett, which also offers adhesive strength of up to 35 tonnes per square meter when tensile force is applied parallel to the fastener surface. When it is applied perpendicular to the fastener surface, Metaklett can still withstand a force of seven tonnes per square meter. Moreover, like a standard Velcro® fastener on a child’s shoe, it can be opened and closed again without the help of any tools.





(Via The Register.co.uk.)

(H.T. Lucianne.com.)

The United Nations Strikes Yet Again

Christopher Booker reports in the Telegraph.co.uk:

BBC viewers were treated last week to the bizarre spectacle of Mr Ban Ki-moon standing on an Arctic ice-floe making a series of statements so laughable that it was hard to believe such a man can be Secretary-General of the UN. Thanks to global warming, he claimed, "100 billion tons" of polar ice are melting each year, so that within 30 years the Arctic could be "ice-free". This was supported by a WWF claim that the ice is melting so fast that, by 2100, sea-levels could rise by 1.2 metres (four feet), which would lead to "floods affecting a quarter of the world".[...]

We're doomed! Except maybe for a couple of minor details.

...And the extent of the ice now is 500,000 sq km (190,000 sq m) greater than it was this time last year – which was, in turn, 500,000 sq km more than in September 2007, the lowest point recently recorded (see the Cryosphere Today website). By April, after months of darkness, it will be back up to 14 million sq km (5.4 million sq m) or more.

The United Nations Strikes Again

The United Nations holds its own version of the Emmy or Oscar Award ceremonies.

In the category of "World Hero of Mother Earth," the winner is...

Bolivian President Evo Morales!

In the category of “World Hero of Social Justice,” the winner is...

The late ex-president of Tanzania, Julius Nyerere!

In the category of “World Hero of Solidarity,” the winner is...

The former Cuban head of state Fidel Castro!

More at Examiner.com-Milwaukee.

(H.T. Dissecting Leftism.)

Obama to Vet Appointees More Closely

Clifton B. of Another Black Conservative claims that Green Jobs Czar, Van Jones isn't really a 'Truther,' but only plays one whenever a microphone or video recorder is in the vicinity. He also expects that Jones' tenure may mimic the Romanovs' before the weekend is up.

The TrogloPundit has wondered why I have not weighed in on the situation as of yet.

Well, Lance, take a comfy seat by the fireplace (or near where Mitchell is experimenting with the volatility of Anthropogenic methane) and I will tell you why. We here at Grandpa John's are just ahead of the curve and have been diligently working on the next big Czar Tale. Van Jones and his bus exhaust burns and thoracic tire tracks are already old news. I will clue you in to what is next.

President Obama is growing tired of his appointments being exposed in places where the sun don't even shine, so he hired me to find and vet someone with whom no one will find fault. I have run the sophisticated vetting software programs through our secret basement laboratory's super-duper computer and have found someone for the President to name as Green Jobs Czar without future embarrassment. So without further ado, I introduce to Grandpa John's readers throughout the world President Obama's faultless, uncontroversial Green Jobs Czar:









Our software reviewed all MSM reporting on Rosie over the past 25 years and could find absolutely nothing in any of it that even hints of oddities or controversy.

A Computer Generation of 'Presidential Aging' Effect

Ann Althouse claims that the Presidency has a magnifying aging effect. We had some of the geeks in our secret basement laboratory run a super computer simulation of this possibility in President Obama's future.

Barack Obama during the Presidential Primary:

President Obama after 200 days:

Computer generated President after 4 years with VP:

"You big dummy!"

KennedyCare: El Ted or Weekend at Bernie's?

Harold Witkov relates the story of El Cid and the battle for control of Valencia, Spain back in the 11th Century with the Dems now promoting universal health care using Teddy Kennedy:

The battle for the city of Valencia was not going well for the Christians and when El Cid suffered a fatal wound, he withdrew from the fight to inside the walls of Valencia, and the Moors grew confident. After his death, his fellow Christian soldiers, the next morning, tied his dead body upright, in full armor, on his beautiful white stallion, Babieca, and opened the main city gate. When the Moors saw El Cid appear to be alive and well, and galloping towards them with his knights charging behind, they ran away in fear and the Christian city of Valencia was victorious.

That's very romantic.

Other commenters have associated KennedyCare with Weekend at Bernie's where the protagonists haul around a corpse to save their own lives and party on.

Slightly less romantic.

Hannibal's Trouble in the Alps

According to Swiss minister Christa Markwalder, when Khadafy comes to New York Sept. 23, he will ask the UN to dismantle Switzerland and parcel out the land to neighboring France, Germany and Italy.

This worldly Swiss responds, "Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales!




The Dark Prince of The Daley Gator has more.

(H.T. Lucianne.com.)

The Teabagger and the Leaking Dike

Suddenly the citizen looked around him in dismay. He had not noticed that freedom's sun was setting. Now he saw that his long shadow on the grass had vanished. It was growing dark, he was still some distance from home, and in a small American town, where even the blue flowers had turned to gray. He quickened his footsteps and, with a beating heart recalled many a tale of people caught unawares in political takeovers. Just as he was bracing himself for a run, he was startled by the sound of trickling water. Whence did it come? He looked up and saw a small hole in the Constitution through which a tiny stream was flowing. Any American will shudder at the thought of a leak in the Constitution! The citizen understood the danger at a glance. That little hole, if the water were allowed to trickle through, would soon be a large one, and a terrible inundation would be the result.

Quick as a flash, he saw his duty. Throwing away his flowers, the citizen clambered up the heights until he reached the hole. His chubby little finger was thrust in, almost before he knew it. The flowing was stopped! Ah! he thought, with a chuckle of delight, the angry waters must stay back now! America shall not be drowned while I am here!

This was all very well at first, but the night was falling rapidly. Chill vapors filled the air. Our hero began to tremble with cold and dread. He shouted loudly; he screamed, 'Come here! come here!' but no one came. The cold grew more intense, a numbness, commencing in the tired little finger, crept over his hand and arm, and soon his whole body was filled with pain. He shouted again, 'Will no one come?Republicans! Patriots!' Alas, the Congress, a good, practical soul, had already locked the doors and had fully resolved to scold him on the morrow for spending the night with Conservative dreams without their permission. He tried to whistle. Perhaps some straggling politician might heed the signal, but his teeth chattered so, it was impossible.

Then he called on God for help. And the answer came, through a holy resolution: 'I will stay here till morning.' (Adapted from Hans Brinker and the Silver Skates, Chapter title A Friend in Need.)

What the teabagger is attempting to prevent:

'...a terrible inundation would be the result.'

HWJV? How Would Jesus Vote?

Ed Schultz of MSNBC believes that Jesus would vote for government public option in health care. Some commenters are crying blasphemy; some are objecting to the breach of the separation of church and state.

I have considered the matter and concur with Mr. Schultz at least in part. Some exegetes aver that Jesus would especially be in favor of 'death panels.' Revelation 9:16 states,

"So the four angels, who had been prepared for the hour, the day, the month, and the year, were released to kill a third of mankind."

These same exegetes claim that Jesus also supports Card Check. Hebrews 4:13 states,

"And no creature is hidden from his sight, but all are naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must give account."

Unfortunately many of these same Biblical scholars are saying that Jesus says, "Don't bother" with Cap & Trade. Revelation 8:7-11,

"The first angel blew his trumpet and there followed hail and fire mixed with blood, and these were thrown upon the earth. And a third of the earth was burned up, and a third of the trees were burned up, and all green grass was burned up. The second angel blew his trumpet and something like a great mountain, burning with fire, was thrown into the sea, and a third of the sea became blood. A third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed. The third angel blew his trumpet and a great star fell from heaven, blazing like a torch, and it fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water. The name of the star is Wormwood. A third of the waters became wormwood, and many people died from the water, because it had been made bitter."

That is the equivalent level of quality of the Biblical exegesis of Ed Schultz and many others who have been wondering, "What would the Jesus that I have created do?"

Camelot Nostalgia

(Photo credits: Obamas, Pete Souza. Kennedys, via CBS.)

Repackaging with Lots of Extra Fluff

There has been a lot of opinions spoken and written about President Obama's upcoming speech to PreK - 6 school children. Variations of the words 'propaganda' and 'indoctrination' are being spewed like projectile emesis. I recommend wearing a surgical face mask while coming anywhere near.

The U.S. Department of Education's Teaching Ambassador Fellows have issued a Menu of Classroom Activities for teachers and administrators to follow in conjunction with the President's speech. It basically asks the students to tell what the President wants them to do, set goals for doing it, and continually mark the progress of those goals.

This wouldn't be a bad thing if the students would watch it with their families or if the President would restrict his remarks to staying in school and working hard. I expect, however, that this will be much, much more. Basically it will be the 'soft' promotion of a liberal agenda through means of a liberal dominated institution

What has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done, and there is nothing new under the sun.

Is there a thing of which it is said, "See, this is new?" It has been already in the ages before us.

Thee is no remembrance of former things, nor will there be any remembrance of later things yet to be among those who come after.

We went through similar things back in the late 1950's and early 60's. At that time the crisis was a possible nuclear attack by the Soviet Union or its allies. We were instructed and drilled to get under our desks, cover our heads, bend way over, and kiss our little asses and futures goodbye.

President Obama's September 8th interaction with the younger students is the very same thing with loads of self-esteem building fluff added on. The basic instruction is the same. Danger is imminent, cover your heads, bend way over, and kiss your future freedom's little ass goodbye.

Dr. Solzhenitsyn Diagnoses Obamanitis in 1970

Prognosis is not good unless treated by Teabaggers.

Thomas Sowell uses a quote by Alexandr Solzhenitsyn's 1970 Nobel acceptance speech in his excellent article titled Suicide of the West on Townhall.com:

"The timid civilized world has found nothing with which to oppose the onslaught of a sudden revival of barefaced barbarity, other than concessions and smiles."

Here's a larger portion of the speech that predicts the rise of Obama from among the Ayers/Wright generation:

[...]The young, at an age when they have not yet any experience other than sexual, when they do not yet have years of personal suffering and personal understanding behind them, are jubilantly repeating our depraved Russian blunders of the Nineteenth Century, under the impression that they are discovering something new. They acclaim the latest wretched degradation on the part of the Chinese Red Guards as a joyous example. In shallow lack of understanding of the age-old essence of mankind, in the naive confidence of inexperienced hearts they cry: let us drive away THOSE cruel, greedy oppressors, governments, and the new ones (we!), having laid aside grenades and rifles, will be just and understanding. Far from it! . . . But of those who have lived more and understand, those who could oppose these young - many do not dare oppose, they even suck up, anything not to appear "conservative". Another Russian phenomenon of the Nineteenth Century which Dostoevsky called SLAVERY TO PROGRESSIVE QUIRKS.

The spirit of Munich has by no means retreated into the past; it was not merely a brief episode. I even venture to say that the spirit of Munich prevails in the Twentieth Century. The timid civilized world has found nothing with which to oppose the onslaught of a sudden revival of barefaced barbarity, other than concessions and smiles. The spirit of Munich is a sickness of the will of successful people, it is the daily condition of those who have given themselves up to the thirst after prosperity at any price, to material well-being as the chief goal of earthly existence. Such people - and there are many in today's world - elect passivity and retreat, just so as their accustomed life might drag on a bit longer, just so as not to step over the threshold of hardship today - and tomorrow, you'll see, it will all be all right. (But it will never be all right! The price of cowardice will only be evil; we shall reap courage and victory only when we dare to make sacrifices.)[...]