Wednesday, January 27, 2010

He Said What?!?


How did I let this story get past me without blogging about it? On January 13, 2010, CNN’s Jack Cafferty called House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) a horrible woman. Give me a minute, I just enjoy reading that over and over.....

I don't need to write much more, other than to ask you to please think about the facts of what he is saying. The video speaks for itself. Here's the link:  Cafferty Said What?

Enjoy.

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

How About Our Own Kids?


Have you noticed how all the network and cable news programs have been bombing us with the relief efforts in Haiti? Every channel you turn to has reports showing collapsed buildings, stories about trapped people and how they are not getting enough food and water. One evening, all of TV was taken over with a star-studded musical extravaganza trying to get people to call in and donate gazillions of dollars. (I think gazillion is about 1000 times a trillion. Or to put it in perspective, strip-club lap dance money for Tiger).


All that is fine and if you want to give your extra change to that cause go ahead. But what bothers me is that rarely do we hear about all the starving or hungry people in our own country. I can't recall when the networks all worked together and spent the entire evening prime time allowing our "stars" to sing and look sad and ask for money for Americans to eat. Do we hear about it at any time of year, other than the money drive at Thanksgiving for the homeless? But I think that's been done for centuries and is more of a habit than a necessity.


So I thought it only right that I gave a little stumping for feeding our own people. There is a non-profit organization, Feeding America, that works to get the word out that we have people that don't have enough food or the right kind of food for their children. I copied the following information from their own website:

About Feeding America

Feeding America provides low-income individuals and families with the fuel to survive and even thrive. As the nation's leading domestic hunger-relief charity, our network members supply food to more than 25 million Americans each year, including 9 million children and 3 million seniors. Serving the entire United States, more than 200 member food banks support 63,000 agencies that address hunger in all of its forms. For more information on how you can fight hunger in your community and across the country, visit http://www.feedingamerica.org. Find us on Facebook at facebook.com/FeedingAmerica or follow our news on Twitter at twitter.com/FeedingAmerica.

So please put down your grande frappe-latte and cream-cheese bagel and check out their website and take a few minutes to think about our own people. 

Friday, January 15, 2010

Long Live The 2nd Amendment!


This song says it all. I only hope it won't soon be a crime to sing it! Warning: You'll by humming this all day after you hear it!



Click this link:
"I Love Guns"

Thursday, January 14, 2010

Oh How I Hait It!



OK, I must admit upfront that I have mixed feelings about this topic. After the huge earthquake that struck Haiti a few days ago I was watching cable news and saw where the U.S. was "rushing aid" to that country. At this very moment I'm watching President Obama give a news conference telling all the world that we are on the way, sending supplies, equipment, rescue workers, food, water, doctors, and U.S. armed forces. Army, Navy, Marines. He also said we were giving Haiti $100-million in aid "immediately" and more money will follow as needed. ( It was later projected by reporters that before it is all over the U.S. will probably spend at least one billion dollars in aid ). Of course he said we would "partner" with other countries with the rescue/rebuilding effort. "America stands with you, the world stands with you". Check in later to see how much our "partners" spent in their relief effort.....


Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Losing My Mind!!




PLEASE! Do me a favor and see if it's just me...... Watch ANY video (or listen to any audio) of the presindent's press secretary Robert Gibbs and see if he drives you crazy using "UH"!

As the youngsters text these days, OMG!  He stammers and utters "Uh....." a ZILLION times at EVERY press conference! He does it even though he has a prepared statement  but it is even worse when he is "winging it".

Am I the only one that notices this? Why hasn't this been made into a Saturday Night Live skit? I find that I don't even pay attention to what he is saying now. I just sit there and count the "Uh's".

I just watched a 15 second clip on MSNBC with Andrea Mitchell and he used "Uh" NINE times. Some are those real short "Uh's" slipped in between two words but other times he lets loose with one of those long drawn out "Uuuuuhhhhhhhh"s.

It has to be brought to the attention of the mainstream media. Air it on every evening news program and cable news show. Make it the feature story on Meet The Press.

Please, anyone, just get him to stop talking!

Monday, January 11, 2010

The 'Ole Double Standard


Only in Washington from the mouths of our elected politicians.


Senator Harry Reid, the Democratic Majority Leader, has had a case of "foot-in-mouth". He made comments directly to one of the authors of "Game Change," the tell all book on the 2008 presidential campaign being released this week. Reid spoke  to author Mark Halperin in context of what he believed was a positive statement about why he backed Obama as early as he did.
In the book Reid “believed that the country was ready to embrace a black presidential candidate, especially one such as Obama - a 'light-skinned' African American 'with no Negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one,' as he later put it privately."

Reid and his staff did not expect this direct quote to appear in the book and he began apologizing shortly after the excerpts were reported on the Web site of The Atlantic magazine. According to several sources familiar with the senator's actions, Reid called Obama from his home in Searchlight, Nev. Obama took the call in the Oval Office.

"I deeply regret using such a poor choice of words. I sincerely apologize for offending any and all Americans, especially African-Americans for my improper comments," Reid said in a statement. "I was a proud and enthusiastic supporter of Barack Obama during the campaign and have worked as hard as I can to advance President Obama's legislative agenda."

Reid also called prominent African Americans, including National Action Network head Al Sharpton, Democratic strategist Donna Brazile, NAACP Chairman Julian Bond, House Majority Whip James Clyburn, Congressional Black Caucus Chairwoman Rep. Barbara Lee and Leadership Conference on Civil Rights chief Wade Henderson.

In a written statement Saturday, Obama said he accepted Reid's apology "without question because I've known him for years, I've seen the passionate leadership he's shown on issues of social justice and I know what's in his heart."
"As far as I am concerned, the book is closed," he added.

Speaking on two talk shows, GOP Chairman Michael Steele compared Reid's comment to the controversy that led Senate Republican leader Trent Lott to step down from that post in 2002. At a 100th birthday celebration for Strom Thurmond, Lott lauded Thurmond’s 1948 segregationist presidential campaign. Lott apologized but still was forced out as leader.

"There is this standard where the Democrats feel that they can say these things and they can apologize when it comes from the mouths of their own. But if it comes from anyone else, it's racism," said Steele, who is black.  "If (Senate Minority Leader) Mitch McConnell had said those very words then this chairman and this president would be calling for his head, and they would be labeling every Republican in the country as a racist for saying exactly what this chairman has just said. It's either racist or it's not. And it's inappropriate, absolutely."



Want more defense for Reid? 
-- "Clearly this was a mistake. Clearly the leader misspoke. He has also apologized," Sen. Dianne Feinstein said. "So the president has accepted the apology.  And it would seem to me that the matter should be closed."

-- "Harry Reid made a misstatement. He owned up to it. He apologized. I think he is mortified by the statement he's made," Sen. Jack Reed of Rhode Island said on "Fox News Sunday." "And I don't think he should step down. I think he's a valuable member of the Senate and someone who's going to continue to lead."

-- Democratic National Committee Chairman Tim Kaine also defended Reid. "I don't think this is an issue that is going affect his leadership at all. In fact, he's doing some very heavy lifting -- wonderful lifting right now to get this health care bill over the goal line," Kaine told "Fox News Sunday."

-- And here's my favorite: From Rev. Al Sharpton on Fox News: "I think that it was clearly a misstatement if he was talking, as the author said, about why he felt his candidate, Barack Obama, could win. He was supporting Senator Obama as opposed to someone saying, 'Don't vote for him because he's black'."

Here is Sharpton's "official" statement: "I have learned of certain unfortunate comments made by Senator Reid regarding President Barack Obama and have spoken with Senator Reid about those comments. While there is no question that Senator Reid did not select the best word choice in this instance, these comments should not distract America from its continued focus on securing health care or creating jobs for its people. Nor should they detract from the unquestionable leadership role Senator Reid has played on these issues or in the area of civil rights. Senator Reid's door has always been open on hearing from the civil rights community on these issues and I look forward to continue to work with Senator Reid wherever possible to improve the lives of Americans everywhere."

It's also pointed out in the book that former president Clinton was talking to Sen. Ted Kennedy about Obama and was quoted as saying that, "A few years ago, this guy Obama would be getting us coffee". When talking on Fox News about that comment, Sharpton said, "Now that I find offensive".

And so it goes. It really does matter what side of the fence you're on in this country as to whether you get called out on your statements. You know as well as I that if that exact comment had been made by any white Republican then Rev. Sharpton would have been at the front of the protest group demanding that person's resignation.

Will it ever end?