Please take a moment of silence to remember those who can form an intelligent argument.
Scumbag News: I’m not sure how I missed this yesterday when I was talking about James Cameron’s Avatar. Wow, Cameron is a jackass. After calling the theory of Global Warming the greatest threat to the United States since World War II he challenged deniers to a “debate.” At the very last minute Cameron backed out. You have to love cowards like Cameron. The day he avoids debate he calls climate change skeptics swine.
James Cameron doesn’t mince words when talking about people who are skeptical that humans are causing global warming. “I think they’re swine,” the renowned filmmaker told an audience member Sunday on the final day of the American Renewable Energy Day summit in Aspen.
Just before saying that, Cameron received a standing ovation for a short documentary he screened about a coalition of people he joined who are opposed to a massive hydropower project in Brazil that would displace a large tribal community there. It was during a series of talks Sunday about the strong effect the right-wing punditry — Cameron named the regulars: Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh, who are known for their sharp attacks on environmentalists — has on Americans.
It’s obvious all these brain-dead liberals read from the same playbook. Avoid debate, call the opposition names, and then cite Beck, Hannity and Limbaugh. This might work in the bizzaro world of MSNBCland, but it makes people like James Cameron appear to be out-of-touch wackos. As talk-show host Dennis Prager puts it: “Some of us worry about a resurgent Islam and its attendant complications for a decayed Western civilization; some of us worry about global warming. In twenty years’ time, one of us will be proved right and the other will look like an idiot.”
The Alternative: The Democrats are facing a bloodbath at the polls in November and the strong possibility that the next Speaker of the House will be John Boehner. Boehner gave a speech today demanding that President Obama fire his economic advisers. Yay… that will surely change the direction of the current economy. I’m sorry; this type of purely political drivel doesn’t do anything to reassure me that Republicans have a clue.
What ideas does Boehner have to offer? The short answer is nothing. Supposedly the House Republicans will release some kind of agenda in late September. Instead of Speaker Boehner I like the sound of Speaker Ryan. You know, someone with some good ideas.
Florida Primary: Today is primary day here in the Sunshine State. Governor Crist isn’t on the ballot today, but it appears Democratic Senatorial candidate Kendrick B. Meek is going to win the nomination. This should kill Crist’s chances. Crist can only win the election if he siphons tons of votes from the Democratic candidate. That’s not likely to happen with Meek. I was going to skip this election, but there are a couple of local ballot initiatives that I need to vote against.
What Handouts to Cut: Economist Walter Williams wrote an article a couple of weeks ago that I failed to mention. He offers a sobering look at our current entitlement mess. The only way we can get out from under the enormous debt burden is to change social security.
We can start getting the federal spending under control by ending subsidies to people with high net worth that can be ready turned into cash such as a home or business. While seniors might say that they support reduced government spending, they, like other handout recipients, believe they have a right, through government, to live at the expense of others. What’s more, they have considerable clout — they vote in large numbers. Only 50 percent of young people vote, but up to 70 percent of seniors vote.
Recently I ran into this “entitlement mentality” in my own family. A person who probably votes Republican had no problem telling everyone who would listen, “Obama is going raise my retirement age.” Oh, whoa is me! People just can’t wait to ride the gravy train. Social Security is the biggest ponzi scheme ever perpetrated on the American public. Man it sucks to be on the bottom of the pyramid.
The 2008 youth vote myth is fast becoming one of my biggest pet peeves. The percentage of young people who voted in 2008 was relatively unchanged. The largest change was that Obama carried 66% of the youth vote compared to Kerry’s 54% in 2004. This is hardly a huge electoral shift. 2008 was a Democrat year in which a hip young politician ran against a very old member of the incumbent party. Unfortunately, these realities cannot stop the press from pushing this myth even further. Martha Irvite writes the following for the Associated Press:
Young Americans showed their collective power when they helped vote President Obama into office. Inspired by his message of “change,” they knocked on doors, spread flyers, voted for him by a 2-1 margin, and partied like rock-the-vote stars when he won. Since the election, though, that fervor has died down — noticeably. And while young people remain the president’s most loyal supporters in opinion polls, a lot of people are wondering why that age group isn’t doing more to build upon their newfound reputation as political influencers.
Isn’t it obvious? The reputation is a myth. A better reputation would be the fact that young voters are easily the most ignorant political demographic. What else can explain the fact that a majority of young voters continue to vote for a party that’s steadfastly opposed to reforming Social Security. The number one issue for young voters is that there won’t be a country left when they reach 50. I find it humorous that many young people spend time worrying about climate change, but seem unfazed by the idea that they could be living in the economic equivalent of the 1930s in the future.
I would love to hear this guy speak intelligently about any topic.
Perhaps this is the outcome of 50-plus years of economic prosperity. No one (especially anyone under the age of 40) has any idea what economic hardship is like. It’s not like no one sees this coming. Economists have been talking about this for decades now. The American people lack the will to do anything about it and our politicians would rather promise free health care than tackle real problems. Western Civilization is buckling under the weight of entitlements. I fear before my generation passes, we’ll see the fruit of a half century of bad economic choices.
Four years ago the AARP helped fight any reform to Social Security and now they’ve thrown their weight behind health care reform. The AARP is one of the most powerful special interest groups in the United States and it has quickly become a leftist institution. What more can be said of an organization that isn’t concerned that Social Security is going bankrupt and wants to portray health reform critics as reckless drivers who want to crash into an ambulance?
The commercial conveniently leaves out the fact that the AARP is a “special interest group.” This is the same AARP that started the Divided We Fail campaign and whose website says, “It’s time to put partisan gridlock aside.” The site goes further into detail about health care:
All Americans should have access to affordable health care, including prescription drugs, and these costs should not burden future generations. Something has gone wrong in America when millions of people are just one medical emergency away from bankruptcy and financial ruin. How many of us are sure we can get quality health care when we need it for our children, our loved ones, and ourselves? Something needs to change.
Thanks in part to the AARP the nation is going bankrupt because of Medicare and Social Security. If they’re really concerned about “burdening future generations” why was the AARP adamant about stopping Social Security reform? Shouldn’t we solve one crisis at a time? Why do Democrats believe we can solve health care when we can’t even afford Social Security or Medicare entitlements? Let’s be frank about this fact; the U.S. government could not even accurately predict the demand for the Cash for Clunkers program. Does anyone really believe the federal government would do a better job with a market as complex as health care?
The AARP is an organization that doesn’t have the best interests of the American people in mind. In fact, the organization is an enemy of the state as far as I’m concerned. The AARP would rather bankrupt the nation for its own inherent self interest rather than promote reform that would put the U.S. back on the path to fiscal sustainability.
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