A Nation of Immigrants, A Nation of Laws.... And A Race-Baiting President

So much to rant about, so little time.
That and the fact that there is simply so much ground to cover...

• There is the absolute monstrosity that is 'financial reform'... a bill so bloated, so mired stupidity and bureaucracy as to have government picking winners and losers, creating a class of institutions as 'too big to fail' as well as granting the government the ability and authority to hire/fire and essentially mandate activity. Certainly not Capitalism as we have come to know and love but more like another Obamanism that we have come to expect and loathe...

• Then there is the complete and utter failure of the Obama administration (thus far anyway) to do anything at all about the gulf coast environmental disaster. Of course, Obama, Nepalitano and company were far too busy criss-crossing the country in campaign mode browbeating, race-baiting and other largely un-presidential activities visa vie Arizona immigration reform measures than to bother with an ecological disaster...but at least Obama has sent Eric Holder and a team of lawyers to the site... I'm sure that makes the gulf coast natives breathe a sigh of relief. Of course, there are half (or 1/8th hearted) attempts to compare this with the Katrina disaster - a charge Obama vehemently denied.. and then scheduled a fly over between rounds of golf, but i digress

• As fun as the above 2 would be to rant about (more), I think the ultimate winner of the rant lottery has to be immigration reform, Arizona and the subsequent parade of stupidity and hypocrisy that predictably followed.
  

The primary (and one of few legitimate) functions of government is the safety of its citizens. As this pertains to border security, the federal government has failed miserably, for several reasons. First is a failure to enforce its own laws. as such, states like Arizona are then forced to do the federal government's job for them and enforce laws that are already on the books. Sadly (and predictably) the left, Democrats in general and the sycophantic, kneepad wearing media has interpreted this action as somehow racist - with comparisons to Nazi Germany and Ethnic Cleansing being bandied about with such passionate, indignant stupidity as to make a thinking person want to vomit. As Andrew McCarthy so beautifully points out, such misrepresentations are willfully ignorant or due to massive stupidity (which effectively describes the standard attack positions in this case... and yes, I am describing you as well Mr. President you big silly.)
I personally find it more than slightly disingenuous and moderately infuriating that the VAST majority of pinheaded whankers complaining about these 'draconian' measures have never been to or lived in a border town. Crime, drugs, violence and fear are daily companions - yet opponents somehow think if we just held hands and sang kumbaya all of these nasty problems would go away (as somehow border town folks obviously bring this upon themselves, being slackjawed racist white trash and all).
Are there POTENTIAL problems visa vie civil liberties with this law? Yes, and it is concerning - as is any potential violation of civil liberties. Let us not forget tho, that police are well trained and given the absolutely crushing amount of pressure they will be under, it is highly unlikely they will be keen on making any decisions that violate the statutes in the new law (which strictly prohibits racial profiling).
and lest I forget, our president is a race-baiting, uncouth leftist sack of poo who has zero respect (if not outright loathing) for police officers. Lest we forget the warm up round of "police acting stupidly" in a case he new nothing about involving his black professor friend being arrested - resulting int the first 'beer summit' in order to smooth over problems created / exacerbated by his own ignorance, but now... it has been taken to a whole new level. In a sorry excuse for a presidential speech - Mr. Obama described how people of Mexican decent, taking their children out for ice cream 'would be harassed'. 'A possibility' he said... I literally screamed at the radio. Mr. Obama may have been a terrific community organizer, but as far as a president, he is an absolute embarrassment - although I'm sure Saul Alinsky would be proud.
In one small statement, he not only undermines trust in and authority of police, but engenders race-baiting, fear and hatred. God help us, but Limbaugh was right when he said race relations would deteriorate with Obama in office... I never would have believed that a president of the United States would act in such a manner. It is truly disgusting.

Sadly, all of this misses the point (if the point is immigration reform and not race-baiting that is).
As much as the Arizona law might be required - it only treats a symptom, not the disease. In this particular instance, we must do more than wield the stick. We must remove the carrot as well - and the answer is simple.

• Go after businesses that willingly hire illegal immigrants - all of them. Make the penalties hurt. Once the cost of doing business with 'cheap' illegal immigrant labor surpasses the cost of doing business the legal way - businesses will no longer hire illegal immigrants. Oh yeah, and jail terms for the ownership. That would provide quite the incentive. Once the draw is taken away, our problem will be drastically reduced.

• Somebody could actually read the 14th Amendment and rule on it accordingly. How any thinking person could read the 14th Amendment and conclude that if you squirt out a kid in our borders that that child is entailed to citizenship is baffling. This would take away the anchor for continued immigration of family members (of course, a grandfather clause would need to be in effect - but still, it would significantly help in regards to future influx.

• Secure the effing border. Seriously how hard can this be to understand. Don't hamsting the border patrol. lots of had things happen in these lawless zones from drug smuggling to human trafficking to terrorist activities visa vie the last 2 things. Here is a newsflash. Mexicans do not want to stay in Mexico. Remittances help keep the Mexican economy (such that it is) going. If we don't physically prevent illegal entry , they will keep coming.. and so will drug smuggling, human trafficking, etc.
  

• A functional guest worker program would be a bonus. Then we would know who is in the country- and we would prevent this labor force from being treated as glorified slave labor and prevent the ongoing exploitation of an underclass of our own making (unfortunate side effect of that one is that it would deny the Democrats a powerful voting block, as their party as it is currently situated cannot survive with out an underclass to 'care for' (and by 'care for' I mean to 'repress in the first place and then indignantly cry out that it is the fault of Republicans, racist whitey or the evils of Capitalism. And the Republicans? They might just need to rethink the wisdom of getting into bed with business interests that are willing to turn a blind eye to illegal activity as long as profit margins are high.
  

Just a few suggestions, but what do I know, right? I'm just a 3rd generation immigrant (on all sides) with a legal immigrant wife and my 2nd generation adopted Mexican daughter... I'm such a racist bastard...

Yes, it is true - we are a country of immigrants.
We are also a country of laws.
The suggestion that these two statements are diametrically opposed, or that somehow belief in the sanctity of the rule of law makes one a racist is flatly wrong, disingenuous and outright stupid.

Illegal immigration is a serious problem. In this, we deserve serious, thoughtful leadership - not a race-baiting, elitist demagogue with a messiah complex.

In Response to Stupidity..

In Response to Stupidity..

Ah FaceBook where would I be without thee?

I would miss so much whiny liberal complaining, misinformation and yes…abject stupidity.

A tenant of Sun Tzu is that one must know their enemy if one is to defeat them – which is really unfortunate, as the mind of the typical liberal is so mired in elitism, emotionalism, delusion and guilt that it makes any meaningful understanding painful if not nauseating.

Tho who am I to deny Sun Tzu..

Damn thee ADD/ADDHD! I yet again, digress.

As the story goes, a friend posted the following: You Might Be a Liberal If…

Admittedly, I thought it was pretty funny and accurate (except for #8 – which only applies to the most lunatic fringe of liberalism).

I will spare you the whiny response and concurrent brilliant response by yours truly (OK, it wasn’t brilliant – but it got the job done).

Unable to compete on the battlefield of ideas, whiny liberal person (WLP) posted, in response, ‘You Might Be A Conservative If’, which I’m sure was pulled from Bill Maher’s website, or perhaps the Huffington Post..

Nauseatingly whiny and generally devoid of humor, it droned on.

I was struck, not only by the nauseatingly whiny, humorless stupidity – but also by the fact that it was nauseatingly whiny and humorlessly stupid … kind of like Rachel Maddow

I will reprint said stupidity – with my responses… because it’s my effing blog

You Might Be A Conservative...
You might be a conservative if...

You think "proletariat" is a type of cheese – only a liberal would start an insult with cheese. Seriously.. And then there is the whole class separation / warfare thing right off the bat. Of course, being a liberal elitist, they wish to establish a sense of intellectual superiority.. instead, they establish only their superiority complex and a love of fancy cheese….
You've named your kids "Deduction one" and "Deduction two." – I will be blunt here. Say that to my face, please. Question my love for my children. I will feed you your fucking teeth.
You've tried to argue that poverty could be abolished if people were just allowed to keep more of their minimum wage – ah yes my liberal friend, because the government can take care of people much better than they can, right? Perhaps if you can’t make it on minimum wage, some training or schooling (self betterment) might be in order? Maybe even a little personal accountability… The free market is the best hope for ending world poverty – not government intervention (and by the by, the convoluted tentacles enmeshed in the free market as it currently stands, effectively hamstrings the market from coming anywhere near that dream.
You've ever referred to someone as "my (insert racial or ethnic minority here) friend" – again, my liberal friend, you flex your stupidity in tremendous fashion. Liberals are the bean counters of friendships, making quotas and affirmative action lists – conservatives just have friends (and if they do categorize as such, then they are douchebags who call themselves conservatives and not true conservatives). Wait a moment while I kiss my brown immigrant wife and brown adopted daughter before I continue writing… you jagoff.
You've ever tried to prove Jesus was a capitalist and opposed to welfare. – Capitalism, socialism. liberalism nor conservatism existed at the time of Christ, you historically ignorant toad. ‘Do unto others’ and ‘teach a man to fish’ work pretty well for me. I also find it slightly disingenuous, that a liberal (who historically has a habit of attacking all things Christianity) would even bring Jesus into an argument…
You're a pro-lifer, but support the death penalty. – What’s your point? Liberals tend to grant more rights to fish, trees and insects than to unborn humans. If being ‘pro life’ is supposed to be an insult, than you are a bigger jackass than I thought. And yes, in a perfect world, devoid of any shadow of a doubt of guilt and or innocence – I’m ok with the death penalty (and something tells me, that if something unspeakable happened to your family, you would want the same… you hypocritical nutsack)
You think Huey Newton is a cookie. – It would’ve been better if he were. What is staggering is that you would even bring him up. Black Panthers have quite a checkered history. Not exactly a peaceful one. Then again, you unmitigated douchebags idolize Che Guerra, so I shouldn't really be surprised.
The only union you support is the Baseball Players, because heck, they're richer than you. – Dear God, you are an idiot. It’s not union members, it’s union leadership (radicalized, statist-leaning, uber-corrupt LEADERSHIP, we have a problem with). And for the record, nutsack, the average union guy makes a better living than most and has better benefits..
You think you might remember laughing once as a kid. – Nice. If anything, liberals are the glum, humorless souls who constantly wail against the inequities of life. And as adults, we laugh all the time, at liberals… you nutsack
You once broke loose at a party and removed your neck tie - stop, you’re killing me with the funnies… Do you even know any conservatives? Silly question.
You call mall rent-a-cops "jack-booted thugs." – a conservative wouldn’t say something that stupid. Strictly the prevue of liberals… ya nutsack
You've ever referred to the moral fiber of something. – your point being? Of course lacking any moral fiber of any kind, you wouldn’t understand. You’re just full of the regular kind – and poopie
You've ever uttered the phrase, "Why don't we just bomb the sons of bitches." – a rather simplistic response and not entirely inaccurate – a comparative liberal response would be ‘why don’t we just hold hands and sing kumbaya
You've ever said, "I can't wait to get into business school." - again, your point being? Business (not government) creates jobs. How else are you going to put the proletariat to work? Nutsack.
You've ever called a secretary or waitress "Tootsie." – you’re an idiot. And living in the 50s. and you’re a nutsack
You answer to "The Man." – see above response, circa 60-70s
You don't think "The Simpsons" is all that funny, but you watch it because that Flanders fellow makes a lot of sense. – everybody thinks the Simpsons are funny. There aren’t enough liberals in America to keep it on the air for that long… nutsack
You fax the FBI a list of "Commies in my Neighborhood." – seriously? What decade are you living in?
You don't let your kids watch Sesame Street because you suspect Bert and Ernie of "sexual deviance." – and, you’re an idiot.
You use any of these terms to describe your wife: Old ball and chain, little woman, old lady, tax credit... – nice, except for the fact that conservative women can and choose to do anything they want – as opposed to liberal women who are vilified for having children. Nutsack.
You scream "Dit-dit-ditto" while making love. – Libs obsess about Limbaugh, we just listen to him. P.S. you have issues.
You've argued that art has a "moral foundation set in Western values." – unlikely a conservative has ever made that argument.
When people say "Marx," you think "Groucho." – would be better for the planet that way. I do so love your feux-intellectualism. Conservatives know Marx better than you do – knowing the enemy and all of that… nutsack.
You've ever yelled, "Hey hippie, get a haircut." - again, what decade? Nustack.
You think Birkenstok was that radical rock concert in 1969. – No. you’re just a douchebag.
You argue that you need 300 handguns, in case a bear ever attacks your home. – no a shotgun would do quite nicely.. and you are an idiot.
Vietnam makes a lot of sense to you. – which part?
You point to Hootie and the Blowfish as evidence of the end of racism in America. – decade.. relevance.. tho having a black (and yes, I say black, or at least partially black) president may prove slightly more instructive, you race baiting douchebag.
You've ever said "civil liberties, schmivil schmiberties." – um.. no. you’re an idiot. Guarantee more conservatives have died protecting them than liberals have tho.
You've ever said "Clean air? Looks clean to me." – again, you’re just an idiot.
You've ever referred to Anita Hill as a "lying bitch" while attending a Bob Packwood fund-raiser. – Unlikely, and you are still a nutsack.
You spent MLK Day reading "The Bell Curve." – and… no.
You've ever called education a luxury. – again, no. not primary anyway. Higher education, yes. But I guess you aren’t talking about business school are you.
You look down through a glass ceiling and chuckle. – the ceiling that persists by your making? Not so much. Free market prevents such things… nutsack.
You wonder if donations to the Pentagon are tax-deductable. - *sigh* Conservatives, by and large, are considerably more generous visa vie charaties than liberals. Look it up. Conservatives also like a strong defense, whereas you like appeasement. Again, you’re an idiot and a nutsack
You came of age in the '60s and don't remember Bob Dylan. – sorry, how old are you again? And everyone knows who Dylan is… idiot.
You own a vehicle with an "Ollie North: American Hero" sticker. – Never seen one. Although the ‘Bush is a war criminal’ sticker is classy.. and irrelevant.. nutsack
You're afraid of the "liberal media." – you’re funny. Liberal media is irritating at best and generally irrelevant. MSNBC is a joke, you’re the ones who get in a tizzy over FOX commentators..
You ever based an argument on the phrase, "Well, tradition dictates...." – never have, but even if I did, what would be the problem? I suppose nothing of relevance ever happened before you were born, right?
You've ever called the National Endowment for the Arts a bunch of pornographers. – only when they have bullwhips up their asses or cover the Virgin Mary in elephant dung.
You think all artists are gay. – not so much, and wouldn’t care if they were.
You ever told a child that Oscar the Grouch "lives in a trash can because he is lazy and doesn't want to contribute to society." – you are a sad and pathetic little man
You've ever urged someone to pull themselves up by their bootstraps, when they don't even have shoes. – again, the conservative is much more likely to give them a pair of shoes, bring them into their house for dinner and then show the how to do it – then expect them to do so. The liberal will force them to rely on government to provide substandard shoes and to hate those who have better shoes than they. Nutsack
You confuse Lenin with Lennon. – one was one of the greatest mass murderers in history, the other, a musician – gunned down by a lunatic. The greater question, why do you idolize Lenin? An instructive way to end this as any I suppose.

To my friends of the SubStandard, I apologize…clearly not my most insightful or relevant work. Sometimes, irritation and lack of sleep gets the best of me…. Nothing that a good night’s sleep wont fix..

Next week, we shall explore the stupidity that is Bill Clinton, or perhaps I shall rant about the farce that is ‘financial reform’.

Remember, next time you come in contact with a Liberal – argue with them. They may not learn anything, but it’s fun to point out their glaring idiocy.

Assume the Position, It's April 15th

Tax Day....
That blessed day when 50% of the country bends over and grabs its collective ankles for the other 50%... and not only do we not get dinner first, we have to pay for theirs...

Allow me to rephrase that. My anger appears to be misplaced.
It is not the 'other' 50% that I take issue with. Hell, I pay a significant amount more in withholding taxes every year so that my pain is incremental..
The 50% that don't pay income tax don't pay it because they don't have to.
Simple, yes - but instructive nonetheless.
What do we expect?
We could say, 'hey guy, I know the economy sucks and all - but could you please pay your fair share of taxes...please'? (and in on a related note, Americans are essentially split as to whether income tax payments are 'fair' - big effing shocker there...)
I'm sure that would go over as well as Rosie O'Donnell in a Maxim spread...

No one is going to voluntarily give up funds to the government.
Which makes sense, why give money to a hopelessly corrupt, bloated and inefficient organization that steadily (and as of late, at a frighteningly fevered pace) robs us of our liberties and freedom?
I know that this may come as a shock to you, gentle reader - but my anger is squarely directed at...(wait for it)... the government. (and you always thought I was their biggest fan..)

But what about 'social justice' 'compassion' and 'equality'?
and for that matter, what about the 'middle class' that our class-baiting president loves to pay lip service to? Nice piece on that one here... but I digress..
In that classic Mel Brooks movie 'History of the World, Part I' the Roman Senate was set to vote on expenditure of funds on palaces or the people - the response of the Senate was 'Fuck the Poor' in unanimous fashion.
And that kids is how Conservatives and Republicans have allowed themselves to be painted (and let's be honest, not entirely inaccurate in describing certain politicians or other business leaders who falsely label themselves as conservatives and have lined up over the years to support .... then again, Democrats have also taken huge sums of money from the coffers of the corrupt, but I digress..again)

Here's the rub. We live in the most generous nation on the face of the earth. It is incumbent upon us to help those who cannot help themselves. Assertion to the contrary is (in my view) unacceptable (and one of my larger arguments to Objectivist Theory visa vie Ayn Rand.. not that she outright argues against it, but she certainly did not feel it was a wise use of resources)

Tell me, what is more compassionate - providing a system of relative comfort that essentially chains one to a life of mediocrity, preventing any chance of realizing even of a fraction of their true potential.. effectively a slave under the yoke of soft tyranny - or the chance to succeed as far as your desire, talent and effort can carry you - in a system that has made us the envy of the world for far longer than any of us have been alive? Of course, that same system will permit failure - but the extent and duration of that failure would squarely and certainly fall upon your shoulders?
Sadly, the former system becomes more and more entrenched in our psyche - thrust upon us by a government whose satiety knows no end - and the latter.... a fading dream from that Shining City Upon the Hill..
We The People have been incentivezed to suckle at the teat of government, not to produce - and this will destroy the American Dream as surely as if the dreamer itself was killed
Where then is the 'social justice' in this?
Are we all made equal by mediocrity and false promises of a Utopia that exist only in the minds of those who would call themselves our betters?

Meh.

Unsustainable. The word gets lip service - but I didn't quite grasp it until I spent 1/2 hour listening to this. View and weep my friends.
Sure, tax those big bad rich people. Won't even BEGIN to touch our debt.
$210,000.00 per person, or something like that...and it continues to climb at astronomical levels.

Realize, of course, that this is not all the fault of our Celebrity in Chief (although, by orders of magnitude, he is more to blame than any other president in recent memory - outspending even FDR.)
As I am fond of saying, Bush spent like a drunken sailor (cutting taxes = good, increasing expenditures = bad, doing both simultaneously = stupid). Obama, on the other hand, is spending like a fleet of drunken sailors on amphetamines. Damn it anyway, I am digressing again...
But since I am on a little Obama rant here..
I have heard arguments that he is a socialist.
I have heard others that he wishes to turn us into a European style Social Democracy.
I find both comparisons to be largely irrelevant.
Haven't we fought wars ostensibly to prevent the spread of socialism / communism?
Didn't we fight base the Revolutionary War because we, in part, didn't want to be part of Europe?
Just a thought..

Government has become ubiquitous. So enmeshed are they in our daily life, that we can't even notice them anymore. Something tells me, this is not what the founders had in mind.
Entitlements (needless ones) are destroying the fabric and industrious strength of our nation.
Overly burdensome regulations place the U.S. #61 in countries rated in ease to do business.
Our corporate taxes are the highest in the world.
Institutions are bailed out, as too-big to fail.
Government jobs grow in size and paycheck as the private sector continues to shrink and constrict under the weight of increased burden and decreased reward.
And this same government has the gall to tell our children that we 'cannot expect to be #1 in science and technology forever'..... is this the Audacity of Hope we were promised?

So.
Where does this leave us?
Republicans? Track record is not good. In fact, it sucks. They scream fiscal conservatism when it suits them, nothing more. They will need to act consistently and decisively in order to regain a modicum of trust.
Democrats? Not bloody likely. Especially this iteration of a once proud party seems hell bent on forcing us headlong into decline and keep us there. They are easily the most dangerous internal threat the country has ever seen. Inflammatory? Perhaps, but not inaccurate.
Is the enemy of my enemy my friend?
Can all we hope for is a stalemate? Equal representation of stupidity and corruption to gum up the works and slow our inevitable collapse?

No.

I will not leave my daughter to this fate.
Her generation paying for our mistakes, it cannot be allowed.

We The People, must get off of our collective asses.
Vote.
Support those candidates who will focus on limited government
a balanced budget
drastic reductions in unnecessary social programs and restructuring and reform of those necessary ones
less restrictive corporate regulations
a FAIR system of taxation (and a swift junkpunch for anyone who ever even thinks about a value added tax..
an energy policy that promotes national independence from foreign interests
and actively work to replace those who do not.
Just a start.
Just a thought.

The Tea Party is off to a good start - but they need help.
As my friend the professor has pointed out, some visible outreach to minorities would help. Too many forces are aligned against it to make it appear racist. Sadly, it is not enough to be race-neutral as it were - we need to actively court a diversity of like minded people.
Conservatism has allowed itself to be painted as white-only. This must not only be stopped, but the perception MUST be reversed. The message must be made clear that conservative principles will do more to raise the standard of living for all people, regardless of race, color, creed, gender, orientation, unibrow or manicured or even Baltimore Raven's fans than liberalism ever can hope to. Ours is a problem of communication, not content.

But the biggest problem we face is one of apathy.
To which, there is only one solution... a couchectomy.
This entails removing the meaty portion of the gluteus maximus from your favorite sofa.
Vote.
Engage.
Do not shy away from arguments.
Ignorance and stupidity cannot go unchallenged.
The status quo cannot be allowed to stand.
A Sam Adams once said

"It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people's minds."

And in this, the majority has not prevailed - and brush fires continue to burn.

The silent majority can no longer remain silent - 0r essentially, we are screwed.
The Shining City on the Hill will be relegated to legend and our children will suffer under the yoke of soft tyranny and a continual decline towards perpetual mediocrity.
The choice, as always, is ours.

Strong Horse, Weak Horse.....Shetland Pony

When your foreign policy record makes Jimmy Carter look hawkish by comparison you just know you are doing something terribly, terribly wrong...

Oh dear God, but our president is a complete joke - and that is painful to say.
Certainly, I enjoy brow beating our favorite Alinskyite on domestic policy issues. Hell, it is as target rich an environment as one could ever hope to have in regards to failed policies and general stupidity - but I would much rather leave my disputes at the borders as it were.
Though POTUS leaves me no choice.

Sadly his incompetence in domestic policy is far overshadowed by his overwhelming stupidity and sheer ineptitude when it comes to foreign policy.

Just for shits and giggles, let's take a look and peek at some of his gems over the last few years...

• Obama Tells Netanyahu to Sit and Spin on His Dreidel - Hmm...lets see.... 14 months without any weapons contracts... Endless chastisements over apartment buildings built IN THEIR OWN CAPITAL (during a time when the Palestinians were dedicating a square to a mass murderer responsible for hijacking and subsequent deaths of 38 Israelis)..... nice timing Mr. President, way to show that solidarity...Ditching a meeting with Netanyahu to go have dinner or go play basketball or something to that effect (because THAT'S the way to treat an ally...) - to say nothing of how the whole redheaded-stepchild treatment of Israel emboldens Hamas and Iran (because that will help stabilize the region....) I'm sure that the halfhearted statements about our 'strategic alliance' being 'strong' fills the Israelis with a warm and fuzzy feeling...
  
• Obama Neuters our Nuclear Capabilities - Yes boys and girls, it appears that the country can sustain a devastating chemical attack...and we won't nuke you. Hell, even Ahmadinejad had a field day making fun of Obama on that one.

  Apparently, we will start with a graduated response, which will start with Obama displaying his Nobel Peace Prize, followed by harsh language... Obviously, Obama spent far too much time reading Alinsky and not enough time reading Sun Tzu. Looks like our Celebrity in Chief's idea of a position of strength is obtained on his knees.
  

• Like the Constitution, Obama Is Treating the Bush Doctrine Like Toilet Paper - "The change would be a significant shift in the National Security Strategy, a document that previously outlined the Bush Doctrine of preventive war. It currently states, "The struggle against militant Islamic radicalism is the great ideological conflict of the early years of the 21st century."..... Now apparently, the doctrine will identify 'The struggle against those who, for reasons not the fault of Barack Obama, for some reason, just don't like us very much.' On a related note, all future foreign policy doctrines will be stamped with the word 'Kumbaya' across the top....

• Obama Gets Tough on Iran - bwahahhahaha! Oh dear, methinks I peed myself a little bit on that one. Obama and Sarkozy spearheading the charge....then he (Obama) says 'we will not wait indefinitely'...*sniff* ah, he is killing me here...my sides are splitting.... Seriously, this stuff just writes itself... Granted, we haven't seen a decent Iran policy in decades...but still... Obama's complete lack of a spine regarding Iran makes jellyfish go all like, 'dude aren't you like a vertebrate or something?' I'm sure that the Iranian Green Movement has really appreciated the support
• Et Tu Ukraine? - Scrap those plans for NATO, now the Ukraine is crawling back to the Russians for better relations. Why? Frankly, the West is run by a bunch of pussies and Obama is a giant vagina (my apologies to the female genitalia for the crass insult)
• Hamid Karzai Tells The West to 'Suck It' - Yup, we've shed our blood and spent untold billions on Afghanistan to support a government almost as corrupt as ours...and 'Barry' can't get no love. In a related story, Obama bought a new case to display his Nobel Peace Prize... Personally, I say we go Dresden on them. Do we really need this grief?
  

I could go on but honestly, I really need to pee....so I think it's time to wrap it up.
Strong Horse or Weak Horse ... We've got neither. We've got an effing Shetland Pony. Obama may fancy himself as a transformational figure, but our enemies rightly view him as a dilettante and a fool, our allies are confused and the rest of the world really doesn't give a rat's ass.

Our illustrious Celebrity in Chief has completely forgotten his primary responsibility - the safety of the United States of America.
Narcissus is too busy staring at his own reflection to care - and most of the press find it too difficult to get off their knees and look around..
All full of sound and fury, signifying nothing...except his ignorance.
Brilliant, really.

Oh, and Mr. President - in the 'for what its worth' category, nobody remembers Neville Chamberlain's domestic policy victories....you pompous idiot.

xoxoxo,
The Weekly SubStandard

From the Declaration of Independence to A Nation of Dependents

I will admit. After 'Black Sunday', I was a little off my game.
No, it wasn't out of despair (admittedly, I was bummed)
It wasn't out of anger (duh, I was pissed)
It was a completely different problem....
It was purely a problem of focus.
So many targets of opportunity and so little time to rant.
As we used to say in the military, we have a target-rich environment out there.
Focus Damian, focus.....
Iran...Israel...Obamacare...10th Amendment...Guam tipping over and capsizing....
and it goes on and on and on (ad nauseum)
But ladies and gentlemen, we have a winner!
Today, I had the remarkable displeasure of listening to our Narcissist in Chief delivering another factually challenged speech in North Carolina (which is about as enjoyable as undergoing a urodynamics examination)... when he spewed forth a few statements of such telling arrogance, that for a rare moment...my thoughts were crystallized (and that, my friends, is a rare event - apparently rarer than my ability avoid the use a run-on sentence...)

In his rhetorical flotsam that passed for a speech, Obama laid bare his contempt for the free market, his love of government - and himself as the personification of it.

His first remark was about the 'former' Student Loan Industry -

'I (the all-powerful, all knowing messianic figure known by the ignorant masses as Barack Obama) have taken $87 billion (or some such) from the Banks (those evil, profit mongering bourgeoisie bastards) and through the government (an instrument of my supreme intellect, will and generosity) will direct the funds straight to you (the proletariat, the great, ignorant unwashed - those who I swear to work for, but consistently exploit and subject to servitude of the state)....(and by the way, I will use the bloviated $87 billion 'savings' and use them towards justifying Obamacare...which is win-win really..'

OK, perhaps not a literal dictation of his speech - but close enough for government work as it were (besides, if one can tune in to the deafening subtleties of his ego, it is more or less an accurate translation)
For you see... The Barack giveth (to the state) and the Barack taketh away (from the private sector) and another piece of the private sector is absorbed by the state.

• Automobile industry (GM, Chrysler)
• Banking
• Housing / Mortgages
• Healthcare Industry
• Student Loans

Health, housing, transportation, education and finance...
Something tells me the Founding Fathers would be delivering a profound junkpunch to what passes as our elected representation at this point
but I digress..

On to my favorite bit of steaming poo from the speech, where 'The Wizard of I' proclaimed

No corporation ever does anything for the public good

Let that one sink in for a minute.
I will wait for a moment whilst the rage boils within ye....

Possible translations of our favorite community organizers statement include:

• No private enterprise does anything good for the public
• Corporations are evil, selfish entities that take resources away from the state
• Public good and private enterprise are diametrically opposed
• Only the state (as an instrument of my magnificence) knows what is good for the public
• The state must control resources to ensure the public good

Obama's disdain (if not pure contempt) for capitalism and the private sector could not be more clear. He continues to attack these pillars of our country at every turn..and he is relentless.
He has already publicly decried the limitations of the Constitution and the unwillingness of the Supreme Court to go 'far enough' in promoting social equality.
He is a demagogue who fancies himself as a demigod.

Ladies and gentlemen...we have elected a Marxist.

In one 'transformational' administration, Obama plans on moving us from the Declaration of Independence - to a nation of dependents.

and God help us, it is our fault.

We allowed our elected leadership to suck.
We failed to hold them to the high standards we demand.
We watched silently as our freedoms and liberties were slowly eroded.
We dutifully lined up to be bribed with our own stolen money.
We acquiesced.

Now we suffer under the tyranny of a leftist douchebag in the White House, an Evil skank in the House and a massively incompetent choadwank in the Senate (not to mention the countless brain-dead, sackless, sycophantic bastards populating the hallowed halls of government).

So,
Are you pissed?
Outraged?
Incensed?
MOTIVATED?

Good.
Silently stewing in our collective juices ain't gonna cut it.
We had better become the vocal majority in a hurry - or we run the risk of relegating ourselves to the culturally-challenged bitch of Europe. Just another bankrupt nation amongst nations.

Personally, the thought of leaving to my daughter such a nation.... is almost too terrible to contemplate.

The sleeping giant is awake.
The stomping begins in November...
Time to 'dissolve (some) political bands' at the ballot box and begin the rebuilding process.
Besides, 'Hope and Change' really smells like poo....

Atlas Defecated

So, who misses living in a Representative Republic?
How about a Liberal Thugocracy?
'Cause that's what we've got kiddos.

Crazy how you can go to bed one night living in a Democracy and wake up in a Socialist country.
And make no mistake, this is what is left of us.

With a swipe of a pen, 1/6th of the economy has been turned over to the government. An entire industry, shattered and a people, glorified wards of the state.

Like maggots feasting on a fresh kill, the bureaucrats will come and their number will be legion. IRS agents to scrutinize the populace, to ensure by fine or imprisonment those who do not follow the rule of statist whimsy. Others will come, to tell you what 'plan' you can buy, (for as long as the feeble remains of private sector healthcare can hold out) what care you can receive, what conditions are treatable, how long you will wait. It goes on....and on...and on....

We begin the slow inexorable march to single payer.
The government will control the entire healthcare system and we will be theirs...from cradle to grave.

What is infinitely worse, is the manner in which it happened.
Were it the will of the people, I could acquiesce....possibly....to an extent anyway.
But this..
America has been forcibly sodomized, without lube or even dinner.
The constitution has been treated like an inconvenience, nothing more. A mere item to be circumvented on the path to statist glory....

Freedom.
Liberty.
Unalienable rights - not as a special dispensation of government but as a right bestowed by a higher power.
THAT was the founders intent. THAT is what is spelled out in the Bill of Rights.
The egomaniacal demagogic bastard that he is, Obama sees himself in the light of that higher power - (as does the statist in general). The bestower of rights. The fountain of knowledge and wisdom.
Elitist bastards, all of them.

As a professorial friend so eloquently pointed out yesterday

Very cool, how Bill o' Rights has not ONE thing to say about what government CAN do. Did not bestow or guarantee a single right, as we are born with them. Government can only tax them away....(and they are doing a hell of a job at the latter)

Of course that wisdom is lost on our Demagogue in Chief (as is wisdom of any kind apparently) not to mention the sycophantic leftist garbage that populates the majority of hour House of Representatives and Senate. They only wish to remake the country. The will of the people, its laws and traditions be damned.

If the Constitution and The Bill of Rights are relegated to common documents, what will tie one generation to the next?
Law will be whimsy
and society only as good as its leaders...
Which hasn't worked out for us very well lately.
Not very well at all....

It has been said that hell is the worst possible outcomes of our creations, decisions and choices. ~ ladies and gentlemen of the United States of America, I give you the presidency of Barack Obama. Welcome to a hell of our own making.

Or maybe,
Just maybe
It is just purgatory.

In the last 12 hours, I have seen and heard more displeasure spoken by more voices than I ever thought possible. I have seen more people take an interest in the political system that at any other time in my life...by leaps and bounds.
Let's face it folks. America has a habit of getting its ass kicked...initially.
WWI
WWII
Korea
to name a few.

Perhaps, just perhaps, the 'Sleeping Giant' has been awakened again...and it is not wise to piss of the giant. The giant has a tendency to kick considerable gluteus maximus when so prodded...and we have been prodded with all the grace of a blind, fat fingered proctologist who hasn't had his coffee...
If we can (or rather, if we choose) to harness this righteous anger - to push forward...to actually hold our elected leaders accountable to the standards we DEMAND as citizens of this once proud country, we can take it back.

But it won't be easy. Not even a little bit.

A new generation of leadership must be forged. One beholden to the ideals that formed and made this country great - not to the ideals of power and special interest.
Leadership with the testicular (or ovarian as the case may be) fortitude to make difficult decisions, principled decisions....and to actually LEAD.
Until then, my friends, we are just pissing in the wind.
Full of sound and fury, signifying nothing..save our own impotent anger.

Once upon a time, I took an oath. In part, it went like this.

"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same.."

I've been thinking of that oath a lot lately. It is painfully obvious that our illustrious leadership wouldn't recognize this oath if it were tattooed on Rahm Emanuel's ass.... yet I digress. We should all be familiar with it. All of us. Until we are, we are all lost.

Democracy is not a spectator sport. We had all better wake the fuck up and recognize that fact or we will lose it forever.
And I hate losing.
Especially to a bunch of jackoffs like we have in Washington right now...
If we are to retake the 'Shining City on the Hill', we need to start in earnest. We've already lost a lot of ground...

And if on the way, you happen to meet a smug statist or fool, who refers to you as 'angry'- allow me to share the following from a FaceBook exchange from a few hours ago..

Righteous anger is appropriate when one's freedoms have been stripped,
When our liberties ignored,
When our traditions held in contempt,
When our children and our children's children are forced to pay the folly of our leaders arrogance with the fruits of their labors

And I say unto thee that would speak lightly of your anger...
'go fuck yourself'

No.
It's not over.
It is not the beginning of the end.
It is the end of the beginning.

I look forward to the fight.

(and thanks professor. As always, our conversations are invaluable)

The (Re) Preamble

For Shame and Some Several Months Ago
Our Sad Excuse for Leadership Brought Forth, In Clouded Chambers, Behind Closed Doors, Conceived in Deceit and Dedicated to the Proposition That All Man's Money Were the Creation and Property of the State.


To This End and The End of Capitalism As We Have Come to Know It -
The Obama Administration Decreed the Following:

The Re (Pre) Amble to the "Living, Breathing Document" (Formerly Known as the Constitution) of the United States of America Under Barack Obama

(Sung to The Tune of Schoolhouse Rock - Preamble)

For Shame, Do You Know About the Blight Upon The U.S.A? Upon The Government? What About Our Constitution?
For Shame, A Blight Upon the USA

In 1787 Plus 223 Years or So Our Pathetic Leadership Did Agree ~
To Write a List of Feints and Lies for Making Healthcare 'Free' ~
The USA Was Just Being 'Transformed' Into a Whole New Country ~
And So the People Were Shouted Down By People Who Knew Better, You See ~

And The Government Attempted to Legislatively Sodomize the People and Called it 'Healthcare Reform' and It Has Been Infuriating the Populace Ever Since Then ~
The Obama Administration Has Put This Forward in Nigh-Incomprehensible Documents and Are Trying to Pass it Through Legislative Trickery and This Is What They Set Out To Do...

We the Bureaucrats ~
In Order to Transform an Imperfect Union ~
Establish Social Justice, Ensure Domestic Hegemony ~
Dismantle the Common Defense ~
Expand Social Welfare State ~
and ~
Redact the 'Blessings' of Liberty ~
For Only Ourselves and Our Sycophants on TV ~
To Disdain and Dismantle This 'Living Breathing Document' ~
For The United States of America ~

I hope that Schoolhouse Rock can someday forgive me...