It's been said by some commentators (myself included, although I haven't blogged on it) that when Hillary Clinton began to feel threatened by Barack Hussein "Osama" Obama she'd begin doing some serious opposition research. Well, she has and what they've found is a bombshell.
It seems that the new Democrap superstar is a veteran of a madrassah.
For those of you who've been living in a bunker since 9/11/01 a madrassah is a Muslim theological school, where the curriculum teaches "kill infidels," "kill infidels" and "lie about killing infidels."
Obama was born a Muslim, and although he claims he is now a Christian, he certainly has to be aware of two charming little Muslim customs, seeing as he attended a Muslim school. The first is that apostasy from Islam is a death penalty offense under shari'a. The second is taqqiya, the practice of Muslims to lie to infidels in order to further Islam or just because infidels (that's Christians, Jews and all other non-Muslims for those of you in Rio Linda) aren't deemed worthy of ever being told the truth.
Insight has a (http://www.insightmag.com/Media/MediaManager/Obama_2.htm) full story dealing with this development. Check it out. You might find it as interesting as I did.
Hat tip: Insight magazine's website.
19 January 2007
16 January 2007
Well, it seems that they're at it again.
As is my custom on days when I'm not in a classroom, nor when checking the stock, I listen to talk radio. Doesn't matter which show, just so long as the content is intelligent. This morning I was listening to Laura Ingraham (intelligent and hot...great combination) and she mentioned that Representative Dennis Kucinich (Communist-Ohio) wants to pass legislation to reinstitute the "fairness doctrine" in American broadcasting.
Lovely.
Why is it what when liberals/leftists can't convince people of the validity of their positions they have to silence those who oppose them? I'll answer my own question by saying it's because they know their positions are both invalid and indefensible. Fairness, to them, means that they get a hearing and that's the end of that.
In the marketplace of ideas liberalism has failed. The Air America radio "network" (what was it? All of three stations in New York, Los Angeles and San Fransicko?) is a prime example. Between the stultifyingly un-funny Al Franken and the homicidally obsessed Randi Rhodes, there was no substance to their programming. Oh, they may have given leftist/freak-monger Jerry Springer a show, but dime museum ten-in-ones don't translate well to radio...and how much political content can you get out of brothers and sisters marrying? Air America was a product no one wanted to buy and it died a quick death.
An argument can be made that a free society needs all viewpoints to be heard, and that's a good point except that all viewpoints are NOT heard.
The three broadcast networks skew heavily leftward in more than just news reporting. Look at some of the situation comedies that have been aired in recent years. Will and Grace? Yes, let's hack on heterosexuality and make homosexuality appear normal. Law and Order? (Yes, I know it's not a sitcom) This series has taken advocacy positions on non-crime issues ranging from gun control to spousal abuse. While I don't favor spousal abuse, I do believe the laws need to apply equally to men and women...I don't accept Hollywood's attitude that men are beasts and women are always victims. Where's the fairness doctrine on that score? Where's a series showing a man being threatened by a crazed female? Nowhere. It's not PC, therefor, it won't be filmed.
Okay, I digressed.
Conservatism has had to develop an intellectual arsenal in order to compete with the prevailing liberal power structure in Washington. As a result, Conservatives have become quite skilled at deconstructing and analyzing liberal policy proposals, and Conservative entertainers (what few there are) have found plenty of liberals to skewer and make sport of.
And the liberals don't like it.
They don't enjoy having their flaws pointed out. They don't like being the butt of the joke. It just isn't right!!! WE'RE supposed to be making fun of THEM!!! That's the whine coming from the left and guess what? WE DON'T CARE WHAT YOU LIKE!!! We've been painted as humorless stick in the muds for years, and now that you're the ones who are shown as being hidebound and a bit dim (c'mon...Ted Kennedy isn't precisely a genius, and Joe Biden is as bright as a two watt lightbulb), you can't stand it.
Thus, to stop all the unfair picking on them the Democrats want to reinstitute the Fairness Doctrine.
The Fairness Doctrine would silence Conservative talk radio, silence Conservative blog sites, and be used to take cable channels that allow Conservative voices on them down the path of bland liberal sameness. In other words, we'd be back in those halcyon days of the 1970s, just without the fashion sense.
Frankly, I doubt it would silence Rush Limbaugh or Sean Hannity. Those two have somewhere in the neighborhood of 40,000,000 listeners between them, but smaller audience shows, such as Dennis Prager or Laura Ingraham would end up going the way of the Smilodon. To balance out powerhouses such as Limbaugh, we'd probably end up with someone like Franken or *gad* Alan Colmes on a national basis. Colmes' idiocy is bad enough on Fox News, but the thought of that moron having a national show that would actually have listeners (his current radio show is not exactly a ratings winner, as I am led to believe) makes me want to puke. I have no problem with thinking liberals, fellas like Juan Williams, but the reflexive idiots like Colmes or the drug-addled Communists like Franken are a bit much.
Let's hope that Kucinich's plan falls by the wayside...if for no other reason than to keep radio interesting.
(hat tip to Laura Ingraham)
As is my custom on days when I'm not in a classroom, nor when checking the stock, I listen to talk radio. Doesn't matter which show, just so long as the content is intelligent. This morning I was listening to Laura Ingraham (intelligent and hot...great combination) and she mentioned that Representative Dennis Kucinich (Communist-Ohio) wants to pass legislation to reinstitute the "fairness doctrine" in American broadcasting.
Lovely.
Why is it what when liberals/leftists can't convince people of the validity of their positions they have to silence those who oppose them? I'll answer my own question by saying it's because they know their positions are both invalid and indefensible. Fairness, to them, means that they get a hearing and that's the end of that.
In the marketplace of ideas liberalism has failed. The Air America radio "network" (what was it? All of three stations in New York, Los Angeles and San Fransicko?) is a prime example. Between the stultifyingly un-funny Al Franken and the homicidally obsessed Randi Rhodes, there was no substance to their programming. Oh, they may have given leftist/freak-monger Jerry Springer a show, but dime museum ten-in-ones don't translate well to radio...and how much political content can you get out of brothers and sisters marrying? Air America was a product no one wanted to buy and it died a quick death.
An argument can be made that a free society needs all viewpoints to be heard, and that's a good point except that all viewpoints are NOT heard.
The three broadcast networks skew heavily leftward in more than just news reporting. Look at some of the situation comedies that have been aired in recent years. Will and Grace? Yes, let's hack on heterosexuality and make homosexuality appear normal. Law and Order? (Yes, I know it's not a sitcom) This series has taken advocacy positions on non-crime issues ranging from gun control to spousal abuse. While I don't favor spousal abuse, I do believe the laws need to apply equally to men and women...I don't accept Hollywood's attitude that men are beasts and women are always victims. Where's the fairness doctrine on that score? Where's a series showing a man being threatened by a crazed female? Nowhere. It's not PC, therefor, it won't be filmed.
Okay, I digressed.
Conservatism has had to develop an intellectual arsenal in order to compete with the prevailing liberal power structure in Washington. As a result, Conservatives have become quite skilled at deconstructing and analyzing liberal policy proposals, and Conservative entertainers (what few there are) have found plenty of liberals to skewer and make sport of.
And the liberals don't like it.
They don't enjoy having their flaws pointed out. They don't like being the butt of the joke. It just isn't right!!! WE'RE supposed to be making fun of THEM!!! That's the whine coming from the left and guess what? WE DON'T CARE WHAT YOU LIKE!!! We've been painted as humorless stick in the muds for years, and now that you're the ones who are shown as being hidebound and a bit dim (c'mon...Ted Kennedy isn't precisely a genius, and Joe Biden is as bright as a two watt lightbulb), you can't stand it.
Thus, to stop all the unfair picking on them the Democrats want to reinstitute the Fairness Doctrine.
The Fairness Doctrine would silence Conservative talk radio, silence Conservative blog sites, and be used to take cable channels that allow Conservative voices on them down the path of bland liberal sameness. In other words, we'd be back in those halcyon days of the 1970s, just without the fashion sense.
Frankly, I doubt it would silence Rush Limbaugh or Sean Hannity. Those two have somewhere in the neighborhood of 40,000,000 listeners between them, but smaller audience shows, such as Dennis Prager or Laura Ingraham would end up going the way of the Smilodon. To balance out powerhouses such as Limbaugh, we'd probably end up with someone like Franken or *gad* Alan Colmes on a national basis. Colmes' idiocy is bad enough on Fox News, but the thought of that moron having a national show that would actually have listeners (his current radio show is not exactly a ratings winner, as I am led to believe) makes me want to puke. I have no problem with thinking liberals, fellas like Juan Williams, but the reflexive idiots like Colmes or the drug-addled Communists like Franken are a bit much.
Let's hope that Kucinich's plan falls by the wayside...if for no other reason than to keep radio interesting.
(hat tip to Laura Ingraham)
04 January 2007
For slightly more than a year I've been posting my thoughts on my Yahoo 360 page blog. While I don't have a problem with using that format, I'm probably going to be moving my thoughts, ramblings and occasional rant to this site. Many of the blogs I've read here are quite thought provoking, and while I don't anticipate my ever being in that category, I'd certainly appreciate some feedback periodically.
For those of you who don't know me, here's a little background: I'm a 43 year-old man who currently works as a substitute teacher, as well as a rancher. I served in the US Air Force, and also worked as a cowboy before going into education. I have taught my own classes (high school history and geography, mostly, as well as middle school German), and I DO have strong opinions about the failures of America's public education system.
Politically I'm right of center. I've called myself conservative, but there are times when that's not a fully accurate description. I'm not a libertarian inasmuch as I don't accept the complete "live and let live" philosophy...mostly because there are those in this world who don't want us to live, so I wouldn't want to let them live.
I'm pro-choice, but anti-abortion. What that means is that I'm opposed to abortion, but I also know it's not my decision to make and I'd hope the woman choosing would choose life. I believe that gun control is hitting your target, and I don't want some wuss politician or over-reaching judge to tell me that I have to stand back and take it when some sleazeball decides to invade my house, jack my car, or mug me on the street. I'd far rather give said sleazeball a .45 caliber lesson about respecting someone else's personal space than lose what I've worked for or possibly my life. I believe in capital punishment: Public hanging for rape, murder, child molestation and congressional malfeasance or judicial stupidity.
I believe that an armed society is a polite society.
I prefer horses over cars, trucks over cars and cars over walking or Segues.
I eat beef and believe that "vegetarian" is synonymous for "lousy hunter" and "sicko." Ronald Reagan ate meat, Hitler was a vegetarian. Draw your own conclusions.
I believe an enemy is to be killed, not negotiated with, and some enemies have to be fought to the death. I believe Vietnam veterans were screwed over by factions in Congress who were either too stupid or outright treasonous enough to not understand or not care what kind of evil would be inflicted on South Vietnam, and that many of those same individuals are trying to effect the conduct of the War Against Islam.
I would go back to the Air Force if needed or wanted.
I am a proud heterosexual who has no problem with those who are homosexual, I just ask they conduct themselves with maturity and dignity, not like a stereotype.
I can't stand rap, hip-hop, or whatever it's called this week. I believe rock went downhill when "grunge" and "alternative" became the rage in the early 1990s.
I think MTV should go back to showing all videos all the time and quit running The Real World and other garbage like that, and that MTV2 should maybe show some videos other than "gangsta rap." TV Land needs to find some programming other than The Andy Griffith Show.
I prefer Texas style barbecue over any other variety.
I believe NASCAR is for inbreds. If I want to watch people making left turns at high speed, there's a corner here in town where I can do that all day long until I'm sick of it. If I want to watch cars go zipping by, weaving around like idiots, I'll prop up a lawn chair overlooking the Interstate. And someone please explain to me when working a steering wheel made someone an "athlete"? If NASCAR drivers are athletes, then does that make me a marathoner because of the 1000 mile trips I drive in one day to see friends and family?
Okay, I know I pissed some of you off. Let the fireworks begin.
For those of you who don't know me, here's a little background: I'm a 43 year-old man who currently works as a substitute teacher, as well as a rancher. I served in the US Air Force, and also worked as a cowboy before going into education. I have taught my own classes (high school history and geography, mostly, as well as middle school German), and I DO have strong opinions about the failures of America's public education system.
Politically I'm right of center. I've called myself conservative, but there are times when that's not a fully accurate description. I'm not a libertarian inasmuch as I don't accept the complete "live and let live" philosophy...mostly because there are those in this world who don't want us to live, so I wouldn't want to let them live.
I'm pro-choice, but anti-abortion. What that means is that I'm opposed to abortion, but I also know it's not my decision to make and I'd hope the woman choosing would choose life. I believe that gun control is hitting your target, and I don't want some wuss politician or over-reaching judge to tell me that I have to stand back and take it when some sleazeball decides to invade my house, jack my car, or mug me on the street. I'd far rather give said sleazeball a .45 caliber lesson about respecting someone else's personal space than lose what I've worked for or possibly my life. I believe in capital punishment: Public hanging for rape, murder, child molestation and congressional malfeasance or judicial stupidity.
I believe that an armed society is a polite society.
I prefer horses over cars, trucks over cars and cars over walking or Segues.
I eat beef and believe that "vegetarian" is synonymous for "lousy hunter" and "sicko." Ronald Reagan ate meat, Hitler was a vegetarian. Draw your own conclusions.
I believe an enemy is to be killed, not negotiated with, and some enemies have to be fought to the death. I believe Vietnam veterans were screwed over by factions in Congress who were either too stupid or outright treasonous enough to not understand or not care what kind of evil would be inflicted on South Vietnam, and that many of those same individuals are trying to effect the conduct of the War Against Islam.
I would go back to the Air Force if needed or wanted.
I am a proud heterosexual who has no problem with those who are homosexual, I just ask they conduct themselves with maturity and dignity, not like a stereotype.
I can't stand rap, hip-hop, or whatever it's called this week. I believe rock went downhill when "grunge" and "alternative" became the rage in the early 1990s.
I think MTV should go back to showing all videos all the time and quit running The Real World and other garbage like that, and that MTV2 should maybe show some videos other than "gangsta rap." TV Land needs to find some programming other than The Andy Griffith Show.
I prefer Texas style barbecue over any other variety.
I believe NASCAR is for inbreds. If I want to watch people making left turns at high speed, there's a corner here in town where I can do that all day long until I'm sick of it. If I want to watch cars go zipping by, weaving around like idiots, I'll prop up a lawn chair overlooking the Interstate. And someone please explain to me when working a steering wheel made someone an "athlete"? If NASCAR drivers are athletes, then does that make me a marathoner because of the 1000 mile trips I drive in one day to see friends and family?
Okay, I know I pissed some of you off. Let the fireworks begin.
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