Thursday, February 26, 2009

My Video On CNN!

CNN featured my response to President Obama's speech in front of the Joint Session of Congress on February 24, 2009!


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Wednesday, February 25, 2009

President Obama Delivers! Jindal - Not So Much.....

In addition to presenting an incredibly ambitious agenda, Obama came across as confident with a clear vision of what he plans to accomplish in the short and near term. I think this was his best speech yet. The Republicans now face the the dilemma of either working with a very popular President or continuing to be inflexible. The current polling is showing Obama to be VERY popular while the Republicans are being viewed as unpopular.

I think the Republicans would have been better off without a response to Obama's speech to the Joint Session of Congress. If Jindal is the Republican's new shining star then they are in a heap of trouble. I felt like Mr. Rogers was talking to me. His delivery was halting and hokey. I believe I actually heard the Republicans' poll number dropping as Jindal was speaking.

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Monday, February 23, 2009

Senators Shelby and Bunning Compete For Idiot of the Day

Two Republican senators make complete fools out of themselves over the weekend:

1. First there is the "brilliant" Republican senator from the state of Alabama who still does not seem convinced about Obama's citizenship. Shelby is quoted as saying the following: "Well his father was Kenyan and they said he was born in Hawaii, but I haven’t seen any birth certificate. You have to be born in America to be president.”

NOTE: According to the Associated Press, state officials in Hawaii checked health department records during the campaign and determined there was no doubt Obama was born in Hawaii. The nonpartisan Web site Factcheck.org examined the original document and said it does have a raised seal and the usual evidence of a genuine document. In addition, Factcheck.org reproduced an announcement of Obama's birth, including his parents' address in Honolulu, that was published in the Honolulu Advertiser on Aug. 13, 1961. Also, Shelby must be the only person who has not seen the official Obama birth certificate posted online.

2. Senator Jim Bunning from Kentucky predicted Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg would likely be dead from pancreatic cancer within nine months. I guess this idiot is not only a doctor but a cancer specialist. What he ignores is that her cancer was caught at an early stage and therefore her chances for surviving beyond 9 months are significantly higher. No matter what happens with Ginsburg it was one of the most cold, classless things I've ever heard anyone say.

All of this was said because Bunning is excited by the fact that a liberal judge will be off the court soon: Bunning said "He supports conservative judges and that's going to be in place very shortly because Ruth Bader Ginsburg has cancer."

What makes him think Ginsburg would be replaced by a conservative judge?? I hardly think Obama is planning on appointing a conservative to the Supreme Court.

LINK to Shelby Story
Link to Bunning Story
Link to Obama Birth Certificate

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Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Only 39% Believe In Evolution

What can I say? Here is another piece of evidence demonstrating the alarmingly low population of scientific, logical thinking people in the U.S.; a truly endangered breed. Please take a look at this Gallup poll and prepare to be shocked. I am anxious to see the results of upcoming polls asking people if they believe the earth is flat, if the moon is made out of cheese, and if cigarettes really cause cancer.
LINK to MSNBC Story
LINK to Actual Gallup Poll

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Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Patrick Leahy - My New Favorite Senator

On my podcast and videoblog I already applauded Leahy's call for a "Truth and Reconciliation" Commission to investigate the details of the Bush Administration's long list of illegal activities; now Leahy is pushing back on Cheney's recent remarks about Obama's ability to protect the United States from terrorists. This is my favorite quote of 2009 so far:

"I just want to say here Bush and Cheney were in charge when the last attack happened," Leahy said. "They were warned about the last attack before it happened. On September 10th their proposal was to cut our counter-terrorism budget substantially. I don't need any lectures from him. They screwed up badly.

"They are also the same people who said the war in Iraq would be over in a couple weeks and we would find the weapons of mass destruction. Their policy was to let Osama bin Laden get away when we had him cornered and send the troops into a useless war in Iraq. No, no, I don't think he has a great deal of credibility."
LINK

OUCH!
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Sunday, February 1, 2009

Andrew Card: Wear A Jacket In The Oval Office and All Is Forgiven

Former Bush Chief of Staff Andrew Card said the following on the the right-wing Michael Medved radio show when referring to ex-President Bush and other former Republican Presidents: "They treated the Office of the Presidency with tremendous respect."

Card has got himself all worked-up about the fact that Obama does not wear a jacket at times in the Oval Office and does not require others to do so. He claims this shows disprespect for the Office of the Presidency. That is a lack of respect for the Office of the Presidency? Give me a break. I thought the White House was supposed to be the peoples' house. I think the new policy is more in keeping with that idea and gets rid of the stuffy, arrogant trappings that the old guard seems to miss so much. But what is really comical is that in Andrew Card's mind the wearing of a jacket is more closely tied to the respect for the Office of the President than torture, warrantless wiretapping, outing of an undercover CIA agent, and the politicizing of the Justice Deparment. Apparently all of the misconduct of Bush and his administration is fine as long as it is done while wearing a jacket. LINK
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