NAACP: I wonder how long it will be before the NAACP repudiates its own racist elements? In the most cynical way the NAACP is the big winner in their race-baiting conference. The organization has become irrelevant, but here we are, still talking about the group after two weeks. The biggest winner is Andrew Breitbart. Mr. Breitbart continues to break news and drive liberals crazy (not that it’s difficult). BTW… Has anyone come up with incriminating evidence from the D.C. protest that proves Tea Partiers shouted racial epithets at black congressmen? Andrew Breitbart’s $10,000 reward still stands. It seems odd that in the era of the cell phone camera and the iPhone that no one can produce even a shred of evidence supporting racism at a Tea Party. Maybe that’s because there is no such evidence because it only exists in the fever swamps of the left? We flush and you make the call!
U.S. Manufacturing: I know there’s a lot of doom and gloom these days, but Carpe Diem sheds some light on why losing manufacturing jobs isn’t necessarily a bad thing unless you manufacture stuff. What is Mark J. Perry’s conclusion? A threefold increase in worker productivity is a major reason why there are less manufacturing jobs. Losing jobs is never pleasant, but manufacturing is going through the same cycle that farming went through 150 years ago. Soylent Green is people! Aughahgaghagagh!
Constituency: It looks like President Obama has found his constituency. The President’s approval rating sucks throughout most of the United States, but the residents of Washington, D.C. give Obama an 85% approval rating! It’s worth noting that the top ten states where Obama has the highest approval are also some of the most bankrupt. I guess if a state is used to bad leadership, what difference does it make? It might also have something to do with the fact that most of the residents either work for the government, are on the dole, are in their sixth year of graduate school or are otherwise drags on society.
More Good News: It appears the oil seepage two miles from the oil spill isn’t related to the BP disaster. I know that’s a load off the minds of the American people. Sure, there’s another leak out there polluting the Gulf, but at least BP isn’t responsible. It’s Obama’s fault!
Finally… It appears the racist member of the NAACP has resigned. The good news just keeps on coming. I’m sure the whole thing is a big misunderstanding and the truth is really that I’m a racist for even pointing out this story.
Update: It appears the video that was at the center of the controversy was edited in the worst possible way. Shirley Sherrod’s story is actually touching, except for the Marxist sentiments. However, it must be noted that the crowd of NAACP members seems on board with the whole “our kind” message. I expect that to be an overlooked part of this story.
Who has time for solutions when there are so many people to blame?
I long gave up hope of the President being a uniting figure. The only people who actually believe that Obama wants to bring people together are so pitifully delusional it’s not worth the effort. What’s interesting to me is the fact the President is far more divisive than Bush. The Left loved to complain about how Bush was so divisive, simply because he existed. During Katrina did Bush ever call out politicians from the opposing party like the current administration?
It’s been a couple of weeks since Rep. Barton made his apology to BP and it’s been over 70 days since the oil started leaking. In that time Barton’s apology is the most positive political thing that’s happened to the Obama administration. I can only assume that’s the case because our great uniter is still bringing it up.
“The top Republican on the energy committee even had the nerve to apologize to BP for the fact that we made them set up this fund. Apologize to BP! He actually called the fund ‘a tragedy.’ A tragedy? A tragedy is what the people of the Gulf are going through right now. That’s the tragedy. And our government has a responsibility to hold the corporations accountable that caused it,” says Obama according to excerpts.
I can appreciate the fact that Barton’s remarks would seem a poor political move on his part; however, it doesn’t change the fact that there’s a never-ending oil spill. If a tar ball washes up on Siesta Key I don’t think I’m going to be any less angry because Barton’s comments helped Obama politically. It would appear that the President’s first priority is to find a scapegoat in every catastrophe.
…President Obama is acting like a jackass. When searching for asses to kick, the first target should be his own. When Americans elect a president they don’t want an Ass-Kicker in Chief whose job it is to fix the blame. They want someone who provides leadership during a crisis and will work without complaint to fix the problem. Instead, this president uses each and every crisis as an excuse for whiny bitch-baby partisan politics.
With all due respect, I don’t think it’s in our nation’s best interests for President Obama to be Buddy Hinton to our Cindy Brady. “Baby talk, baby talk!” Enough already!
When Mr. Obama first took office I was certainly skeptical, but I was also willing to give him the benefit of the doubt. By and large, I knew his policies would not be all that popular with me during the course of his term in office. I also knew that if he was true to his rhetoric during the campaign – the post-partisan reform he promised – I might even be somewhat pleased with his presidency.
Now, however, when Mr. Obama says, “Let me be clear,” I know I’m about to hear the least transparent version of the issue possible. I’m exhausted by the continuous campaigning. It never stops. Mr. Obama presents a stark contrast to all of his predecessors in this office who at least pretended to represent all Americans.
When there’s a massive oil spill in the Gulf, for instance, Americans scream for leadership. Blame, ass kicking and the usual partisan politics can come later. Unfortunately, all of the post-crisis hand-wringing is taking precedence over what’s really needed now. The whole thing’s backwards.
In Obama’s case, all that’s needed is at least the illusion of leadership. Better yet, how about real leadership? Why the hell would he waste time kicking people’s asses? Who is he anyway? Buddy Hinton?
His term in office has been surreal. When you call the Supreme Court on the carpet during the State of the Union address, ensuring that the Justices have to sit and take their lumps on national television while a bunch of ass clowns leap to their feet to shove it in the Justices’ faces, it shows a childish lack of integrity. That’s not leadership; that’s mean-spirited Chicago playground politics (“Baby talk, baby talk!”).
That’s what really sends me through the roof with this guy. Despite all the evidence from Mr. Obama’s past – his voting record, his associations, the dozens of books he’s written about himself – I thought that maybe, just maybe, he would elevate the presidency, that it would be truly post-partisan and a new era of good feeling would permeate Washington. Boy was I ever wrong.
Let me be clear. This is not about hating a black man, racism “straight up,” or whatever it is our 21st Century John Lockes believe any opposition to Mr. Obama’s policies reveal about those who don’t agree with his policies. With all due respect, if you believe that opposition equals racism I’d like to make sure you’re at the top of Mr. Obama’s ass-kicking list.
- Waterworld – Quite Possibly the best movie ever…..EVER!!!!!
Like many Floridians and Americans in general, I am intently following the coverage of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. I have been fishing and diving in these waters for over 20 years, so it is infuriating to watch the mediocre response from BP, our arguably infallible federal government, and the unfortunately non-empowered local governments.
According to an article found on the always unbiased (see sarcasm) NPR website, Lisa Jackson, administrator of the EPA, says that the federal government is doing a great job so far. She goes on to say that we should not criticize their efforts for failure to do so would be “Monday-Morning Quarterbacking.” I hope someone is checking Jackson’s bank statements for a large direct deposit from John Q Taxpayer into her checking account made possible by the Karl Obama Administration.
BP has already dumped 655,000 gallons of a toxic oil dispersant into the gulf called Corexit. Jackson’s EPA gave BP 24 hours to use a less toxic, more effective dispersant, but BP outright refused… with no consequences. Way to stick to your guns, Fed and EPA!! Good thing there aren’t any wealthy oil lobbyists in Washington or I would be suspicious of this lack of consequences (see more sarcasm).
By the way, using a dispersant for an oil spill is the equivalent of someone defecating in your bottle of drinking water, dumping a bunch of toxic chemicals in the water that only make the feces break down into smaller chunks and then yelling, “Drink up!”
However, my anger over the lack of response and obvious corruption was temporarily curtailed by an article about Kevin Costner and his oil/water separating centrifuge. This brought to light a long series of crazy coincidences between Kevin Costner, the oil spill and the must-see 1995 blockbuster movie Waterworld.
1) Both the movie and the oil spill in the Gulf are disasters of epic proportions.
2) Kevin started the company Ocean Therapy Solutions after the Exxon Valdez spill. Coincidentally, the ship full of oil featured in the movie was the Exxon Valdez.
3) The bad guys in the movie were called smokers because all of their engines ran on nothing but oil.
4) Kevin Costner co-starred with Elizabeth Mary Mastrantonio in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (another must-see). Mastrantonio later starred in The Abyss, which is completely set under water.
5) The so-called Waterworld is created due to global warming melting the ice caps, which every actor in Hollywood, including Kevin, believes is caused by human influence… or should I say the “ancients”?
6) When Kevin dives down to see the submerged city in the movie, it is clearly the city of Denver because your can see the Norwest Building, which is shaped like a cash register. Club Soda currently resides in Denver, future underwater megapolis now sweltering in dry 60-degree temperatures.
7) Dennis Hopper plays the villain in the movie and his character’s name is Deacon. My name….the Deacon.
Finally, if Kevin’s oil-water separator (I find it hard to believe that it’s really difficult to separate two things that are notorious for not mixing) is embraced by BP or the Fed, he and his company will most likely generate millions in profit. This makes me think that the original explosion of the rig was a conspiracy created by none other than…
"With this arrow I will finally break even on that stupid movie" - KC
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