Obama's Special Olympics Joke

Obama appeared on Jay Leno, where, among other things, they discussed Obama's poor bowling skills. He compared his bowling to the Special Olympics. An obvious attempt at a joke.

As is typical, someone got offended. The chairman of the Special Olympics says, "words hurt".

Begin rant:

1. WTF, Mr. Obama, are you doing going on a COMEDY show in the midst of an "economic crisis" (your words)?! Our Congress are making up laws to tax individual citizens at 90%, ex post facto (after the fact), in spite of the limits of the Constitution on Congress prohibiting such. And you decide it's appropriate to 'yuk it up' with Leno. Dumb move.

2. WTF, Mr. Obama, are you doing slamming a group of people who can't help themselves?! I thought the Democrats were supposed to be the defenders of the helpless against the evil Republicans! I thought you were supposed to be the captain of compassion! That was just tactless. Dumb move.

3. Get over it, Mr. Chairman of the Special Olympics. Yes, words hurt. But show a little realism. Folks qualifying for the Special Olympics typically aren't as good at sports as a person without physical disability. Right? Hence the "Special". So, if Obama, without disability, could be beat by someone with a disability, doesn't that sortof illustrate the point of the Special Olympics in the first place?!

I'm just tired of the friggin' whining and finger pointing. Our president is screwing up big time, messing with the economy, propping up banks that should fail, then changing the deal on them. Our Congress is overstepping its limitations as set forth in our founding documents (that little, annoying document called The Constitution, which every member of Congress swore an oath to protect). And people are getting outraged because the President makes a joke that might hurt someone's feelings.

Dumb, yes, but it's just a picadillo compared to other things going on.

Obama vs. Rush Limbaugh

Obama versus Rush Limbaugh

what's the big deal? Rush Limbaugh who is an incredibly popular talkshow host said that he wanted the president to fail. So what? A Fox news poll taken in 2006 indicated that 51% of Democrats wanted President Bush to fail. Now specifically, that poll was about Bush's war policy. What Rush wants to have fail or Obama's economic policies. Note, Bush does not want the US economy to fail. Obviously, since he makes his money from the American economy, it's in his best interest to see that economy succeed. Which is exactly why he has aligned himself against Obama's policies. Obama's policies, if they succeed, will ruin this country. By creating a government that is larger more expensive than ever in the history of our country, our economy will never recover. Our great grandkids will be paying the debts that this administration is incurring. A few years ago Democrats wanted the American military to fail in its mission. Yet if someone considered that to be anti-patriotic, the response was one of shock and surprise and denial and vitriol. Now, when Rush Limbaugh was to protect the US economy, the American left media is defending Obama and attacking Rush Limbaugh. The inconsistency is blatant.

It's both amusing and scary at the same time. The most powerful man in the world, the president of the United States of America, has aligned himself personally against a citizen of his own country. Is that an abuse of power? Perhaps not yet, but this isn't over yet. Rush Limbaugh is really an innocent bystander. He's a businessman. He makes his living by talking about politics and gathers enough of a following of people who agree with him that sponsors are willing to pay money for airtime on his show because they know that his show is reaching millions of people. That doesn't just happen. He has worked really hard to create what he has. He's doing nothing illegal nothing immoral and really nothing anti-patriotic. But the powerful political figure has decided to make it personal. Although he doesn't have the guts to face on a show himself, instead he sends out his lackeys to smear Rush.

It's amusing in the sense that the most powerful man in the world is afraid of a businessman. It's also scary that he would use his resources his influence and his authority to try to bring down one of his own citizens.

When are we as a country going to wake up to the fact that this administration has made huge power grabs in every corner of society. They want to socialize medicine. They want to socialize business. They want to tell us what we can do with energy, what we can do with our money, what we should be doing with our education. An example is the seizing of the census and moving it from a traditional space into under the supervision of a political appointee. That's one of many examples of the power grabs made by this administration that should scare all of us. Ultimately Obama is telling us what we can do with our freedoms, which is kiss them goodbye.

The Bright Side of an Obama Win

I've been opposed to Obama, mainly on fiscal policy. I personally think that his ideas smack a little too much of socialism. The general idea of taking more from the folks that create jobs to give to folks who have less doesn't really work well.

But here are some reasons not to drive off a cliff with an Obama win:

1. If he does as much as President as he did as Senator, we should be OK.
2. Maybe people will FINALLY start believing that race matters about as much as skin color. I'm sure that people who profit from race-baiting will still find a way to complain, though, but I think that those voices will be quieter in 4 years than they are now.
3. Biden is taken out of play. The VP is pretty much a powerless position, so we take out a liberal (and loose-lipped) Senator.
4. LOTS AND LOTS of people, and young people especially, voted for Obama, and they have high expectations. If all of those people are let down (ie: they don't get what they want from Obama), I think there will be backlash, and all those people will be equally active in the next election...to throw him out.
5. Democrats are now fully in charge. At first blush this seems like a bad thing, but the American people, four years from now, won't be able to continue to blame Bush for everything bad. And bad it will be. (especially if he tries to fix the economy by taxing small businesses) That will also cause backlash.

So, before you contemplate downing that bottle of pills, or moving to Australia, remember that the same crowd that welcomed Jesus on Palm Sunday were crying 'Crucify Him!' within a week. Not that I think we should try to crucify Obama, either physically or verbally. (Good grief, the anti-hate-speech police will be knocking at my door!) My point, though, is that since that kind of popularity-shift can happen to Jesus, in 4 years, the people of the U.S. might also turn against Obama.

Oh...as for all the haters out there who want to immediately label me a racist or whatever for being against Obama: honestly, I don't care about his skin color. I totally would have voted Condi Rice as Pres in a heartbeat. It's about his policies, not his genetics.

Blacks Against Obama

What is with the 'Blacks Against Obama' group?

An Obama rally was interrupted by a group of protesters holding signs which, among other things, said "Blacks Against Obama".

The protesters were shouted down by the crowd, understandably. But the signs carried mixed, hand-written messages, including one that pointed out Jesse Jackson's dislike for Obama. (That point was revealed during an interview when Jesse didn't realize his mic was still on and he made some pointed, rather disparaging, remarks about what he'd like to do to Obama's nether-region.)

The protest underscores the point that politics cannot be defined by race. Some want to equate 'blackness' with a set way of thinking; a core set of common values, beliefs and priorities. Ironic, since the 'diversity' crowd is the same crowd that is trying to homogenize people of race.

Back to the protest...they group does not appear to have any organized message. No formal website, no clear spokesperson.

I'm pretty sure that 'Blacks Against Obama' is a flash-in-the-pan group of individuals clamoring for their 15 minutes of fame. The clock is at 14:59.

McCain Blackberry Joke

A McCain staffer made a comment to a press member that has reminded many of the Al Gore claim that he invented the Internet.

"You're looking at an invention that McCain helped invent.", claimed a McCain staffer while holding up a Blackberry.

While clearly a joke (and probably a dig at Gore), some folks missed the humor.

Obama staffers immediately responded with scathing criticism, claiming that this statement about inventing the Blackberry was one of the most preposterous things McCain has stated. They apparently missed the sarcasm and seized on what they saw as an opportunity to belittle McCain. The McCain staff laughed at the response by the Obama team, pointing out how they take themselves a little too seriously.

Apparently, in politics, you just can't make a joke! What's really surprising is that someone hasn't implied yet that the McCain Blackberry joke has racist undertones. Give it time...someone will.

EMObama Bumper Stickers

Heh. If you feel like Obama is a big, whiny, touch-feely "emo", check out the EMObama Bumper Sticker:

Emobama Bumper Stickers

Boo-fricken-hoo. ;-(

Barack Hussein Morph Video

Barack Hussein Morph Video

What happens when you combine Barack Obama with Saddam Hussein?

This video is so wrong...