Tiger, Derek, and Obama
Tiger Woods, won another golf tournament today. He is absolutely incredible,and mesmerizing. I watched him play all day yesterday and today, and when he sank that final putt for the win my whole family cheered and declared that what we are watching is legendary. Tiger is someone who comes along in a sport once in a lifetime. In fact, if it weren’t for Tiger I wouldn’t even watch golf.
And I am a die hard Yankee fan. My favorite player is Derek Jeter and has played for ten years on the world stage before millions of his fans. He is a winner, a class act, and he never seems to be controversial, no drugs, no drunken brawls, no nothing. He’s even been questioned about how and available, single, party going guy like him never seems to get in trouble, like many of his peers. He says simply, and repeatedly, "I choose my associates carefully".
It occurred to me that if Tiger and Derek had been attending Barack Obama’s church for the past eighteen years and had Pastor Wright’s hate filled sermons to listen to I would not be watching Tiger this Saturday or Sunday and Derek Jeter would not be my favorite baseball player. I choose carefully who I follow in the sport of baseball and golf. Sports writers would have long ago exposed to the sports world Derek and Tiger's questionable choice in Pastor Wright and his hate filled sermons.
Tiger, Derek and Barack have similar backgrounds. They all have mixed parentage and had to work extra hard, under very difficult, but different circumstances, to get where they are today. They all have had to make choices along the way to further their ambitions and careers. One of the most important choices they made is who they associate with. We know now that Barack made a bad choice in selecting Wright as his mentor and pastor. Barack’s decision making skills are now more than questionable.
Does Barack think anything like Pastor Wright? Why should we not think so? How could he listen to this pastor all these years and not absorb some of this hate thinking himself? Barack has refused to wear the flag pin on his lapel, and he has chosen not put his hand over his heart when the National Anthem is sung. Does that mean something to us? Is that indicative of something? It is to me.
Michele Obama has just recently became proud to be an American. What does that mean? What about her previous forty some odd years? I have been proud to be an American since I was born.
Barack’s pastor says, and I’m now quoting and paraphrasing, ‘God Damn America, God Damn America,’ ‘Whites created HIV to get rid of the black man,’ ‘Chickens came home to roost and that caused 9/11.’ These quotes are just a few of the highlights uttered by this hate filled pastor.
Is Barrack Obama to be given a pass for associating with a hate monger? Should Barack to be viewed in the same light as Governor Spitzer or Michael Vick? Would Tiger and Derek be given a pass? Can you see Obama as our President?
I can’t.
Sunday, March 16, 2008
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Global Alarmism, Al Gore and George Bush
Global warming and world wide terrorism.
Al Gore won a big prize for alarming the world about global warming with some pretty tricky film footage in spite of the overwhelming number of scientists that disagree with him.
George Bush sounded the alarm about Muslim Extremists despite the recent and overwhelming number of people who disagree with him.
Somebody must think we are fools. Is the American public foolish enough to think that a few light bulb changes or a few Prius cars running around will make a difference in the world ? Are emerging consumer economies around the world going to slow their growth to save a few pounds of carbon emissions? Will India, China, Viet Nam, Russia, with South America, and Africa, put Catalytic Converters on cars and join us in putting expensive scrubbers in their smoke stacks? I don’t think so, not for many years to come. I don't think India with it's one billion people know what a muffler is. We use twenty five percent of the worlds fossil fuel, the rest of the world uses seventy five percent and growing at an incredible rate. What chance have we got to save the environment when we are competing with the rest of the world and a bunch of volcano’s. But at least we can keep Los Angeles from turning purple.
How about Europe joining us in the war against radical Muslim terrorists? What’s the reason for their hesitation? Bush claims this scourge of terrorism is a threat to our very freedom. Evidently Europeans don’t think so, or is it that they are used to having us fighting their battles for them? Maybe they just don’t see the battle as necessary. How come England and just a few other countries supported us? Is Bush a Global Alarmist, a fool?
Most sane scientists believe the earth is evolving, as it always has through the ages, from global warming to the ice age and we are somewhere in transition. Ice bergs have been melting and refreezing for thousands of years and one large volcano eruption produces more carbon than all the cars and trucks on earth ever have. So why does Gore and others make what I consider false claims on the changing environment and man being the cause? They make the claims for notoriety and money or maybe they are the fools, rich fools.
What's the real reason Bush and his alarmist notions are ignored and scoffed at by Europe and now half this country? Most people don’t like facing grim realities. Most of us would rather not face problems until they come right to our doorstep. France scoffed at Hitler untill he and his boys marched down the Champs elyseese. Europe has faced terrorism for generations and when 9/11 hit us the reaction from the Europeans was; what’s the big deal? Europe has had it’s 9/11’s as almost a way of life and they accept it as a mater of course. Europe doesn’t go to war over it, they try to handle it as a small civil disturbance and get the police involved. And they make concessions, and concessions. America hasn't and I hope they don't.
America saw 9/11 as a wake up call and we were indignant, angry and wanted to stop future 9/11’s. How radical is that? In most European eyes, very radical.. Bush called on Congress and the UN to respond. He enacted a new Cabinet post, Homeland Security, to co-ordinate all spy service’s activities, he developed the Patriot Act, in other words, he reacted in decisive, positive steps to both protect and prevent, and Congress approved his every move. Rightly or wrongly he acted. Obama says it was wrong and he didn’t vote with the majority in Congress.
Quote:
All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. Edmund Burke.
Next, Bush saw the threat from al Quida extending to supportive countries like Iraq and decided not to wait for a second 9/11, he decided to take preemptive action. He received overwhelming approval from Congress and he acted when all the UN could, or would do is offer another resolution, the fourteenth. Obama says he was against preemption.
Results:
Whether you agree with Gore or Bush’s actions, it's your choice, but remember, there has not been another 9/11 in six years, and the makers of those screwy-type light bulbs are making a hell of a lot of money for somebody. Obama, the all_seeing, all-knowing is capitalizing on isolationist policies.
Al Gore won a big prize for alarming the world about global warming with some pretty tricky film footage in spite of the overwhelming number of scientists that disagree with him.
George Bush sounded the alarm about Muslim Extremists despite the recent and overwhelming number of people who disagree with him.
Somebody must think we are fools. Is the American public foolish enough to think that a few light bulb changes or a few Prius cars running around will make a difference in the world ? Are emerging consumer economies around the world going to slow their growth to save a few pounds of carbon emissions? Will India, China, Viet Nam, Russia, with South America, and Africa, put Catalytic Converters on cars and join us in putting expensive scrubbers in their smoke stacks? I don’t think so, not for many years to come. I don't think India with it's one billion people know what a muffler is. We use twenty five percent of the worlds fossil fuel, the rest of the world uses seventy five percent and growing at an incredible rate. What chance have we got to save the environment when we are competing with the rest of the world and a bunch of volcano’s. But at least we can keep Los Angeles from turning purple.
How about Europe joining us in the war against radical Muslim terrorists? What’s the reason for their hesitation? Bush claims this scourge of terrorism is a threat to our very freedom. Evidently Europeans don’t think so, or is it that they are used to having us fighting their battles for them? Maybe they just don’t see the battle as necessary. How come England and just a few other countries supported us? Is Bush a Global Alarmist, a fool?
Most sane scientists believe the earth is evolving, as it always has through the ages, from global warming to the ice age and we are somewhere in transition. Ice bergs have been melting and refreezing for thousands of years and one large volcano eruption produces more carbon than all the cars and trucks on earth ever have. So why does Gore and others make what I consider false claims on the changing environment and man being the cause? They make the claims for notoriety and money or maybe they are the fools, rich fools.
What's the real reason Bush and his alarmist notions are ignored and scoffed at by Europe and now half this country? Most people don’t like facing grim realities. Most of us would rather not face problems until they come right to our doorstep. France scoffed at Hitler untill he and his boys marched down the Champs elyseese. Europe has faced terrorism for generations and when 9/11 hit us the reaction from the Europeans was; what’s the big deal? Europe has had it’s 9/11’s as almost a way of life and they accept it as a mater of course. Europe doesn’t go to war over it, they try to handle it as a small civil disturbance and get the police involved. And they make concessions, and concessions. America hasn't and I hope they don't.
America saw 9/11 as a wake up call and we were indignant, angry and wanted to stop future 9/11’s. How radical is that? In most European eyes, very radical.. Bush called on Congress and the UN to respond. He enacted a new Cabinet post, Homeland Security, to co-ordinate all spy service’s activities, he developed the Patriot Act, in other words, he reacted in decisive, positive steps to both protect and prevent, and Congress approved his every move. Rightly or wrongly he acted. Obama says it was wrong and he didn’t vote with the majority in Congress.
Quote:
All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. Edmund Burke.
Next, Bush saw the threat from al Quida extending to supportive countries like Iraq and decided not to wait for a second 9/11, he decided to take preemptive action. He received overwhelming approval from Congress and he acted when all the UN could, or would do is offer another resolution, the fourteenth. Obama says he was against preemption.
Results:
Whether you agree with Gore or Bush’s actions, it's your choice, but remember, there has not been another 9/11 in six years, and the makers of those screwy-type light bulbs are making a hell of a lot of money for somebody. Obama, the all_seeing, all-knowing is capitalizing on isolationist policies.
Wednesday, March 05, 2008
Wishful Thinking
My friend is a pacifist. He hates the killing in Iraq, hates the killing of death row prisoners in jails, and hates killing babies by abortion. He’s a pacifist so life is precious to him. The Commander in Chief is, basically, a killer. So he wants change. Simple really, Obama appeals to that issue.
So the election for my friend is really a one issue election, and Barack Obama offers, possibly, a new paradigm, a change. The economy, the border, health care, are other lesser important issues. Barack offers hope, effective slogans, and little else but wishful thinking for my friend. Barack says he can stop the killing and that he will talk the enemy through their differences with us. He has a dream, and millions are buying into it.
I see Barack and Hillary’s offer of that false hope as deceitful, and a dangerous near-sided selling off of America’s future to get elected. Osama ben Ladin is a dedicated killer, and the Taliban and radical Muslims are dedicated killer-fanatics. My friends thinking ignores reality as do Barack and Hillary's. Their plan will cost more American lives in the future than opposing the forces of world disruption today, only my friend can't see it. He just wants killing to stop. Don't we all.
The old George Bush quote of, “I would rather fight them over there, now, that have to fight them here tomorrow,” reflects good, solid Commander in Chief thinking to my mind.
This war in Iraq issue will be argued right up to Election Day. Hillary or Barack will promise to withdraw all troops immediately and give us hope. McCain will call for patience as Bush does and give us reality and security.
The American public has paid a high price in treasure and lives for this war but the people have not really experienced any pain since 9/11. The kind of pain that normally comes when a nation is at war is deprivation, sacrifice, and death. These are things that have not been with us on a daily basis so most of us don't really relate. Of course, the relatives of the 4000 soldiers slain and the 20,000 injured soldiers who have come home feel the pain more closely than any of us and the overwhelming majority of those soldiers and family feel that America and George Bush is doing the right thing.
If the Taliban, or the radical Muslim fanatics, or Osama ben Laden had been more effective in bringing the war to our door in the last six years then maybe we would be more, sad to say, enthused and supportive of the war, but Bush's war-winning policy's have kept us safe here at home and Americans have become complacent and bored. If we pull out of Iraq the problem will all somehow go away is the hope, but wish full thinking at the poles will not make terrorism go away, but it might elect Hillary or Barack.
I encourage you to forward this web site on to your friends and come back next week for another pointed political column.
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So the election for my friend is really a one issue election, and Barack Obama offers, possibly, a new paradigm, a change. The economy, the border, health care, are other lesser important issues. Barack offers hope, effective slogans, and little else but wishful thinking for my friend. Barack says he can stop the killing and that he will talk the enemy through their differences with us. He has a dream, and millions are buying into it.
I see Barack and Hillary’s offer of that false hope as deceitful, and a dangerous near-sided selling off of America’s future to get elected. Osama ben Ladin is a dedicated killer, and the Taliban and radical Muslims are dedicated killer-fanatics. My friends thinking ignores reality as do Barack and Hillary's. Their plan will cost more American lives in the future than opposing the forces of world disruption today, only my friend can't see it. He just wants killing to stop. Don't we all.
The old George Bush quote of, “I would rather fight them over there, now, that have to fight them here tomorrow,” reflects good, solid Commander in Chief thinking to my mind.
This war in Iraq issue will be argued right up to Election Day. Hillary or Barack will promise to withdraw all troops immediately and give us hope. McCain will call for patience as Bush does and give us reality and security.
The American public has paid a high price in treasure and lives for this war but the people have not really experienced any pain since 9/11. The kind of pain that normally comes when a nation is at war is deprivation, sacrifice, and death. These are things that have not been with us on a daily basis so most of us don't really relate. Of course, the relatives of the 4000 soldiers slain and the 20,000 injured soldiers who have come home feel the pain more closely than any of us and the overwhelming majority of those soldiers and family feel that America and George Bush is doing the right thing.
If the Taliban, or the radical Muslim fanatics, or Osama ben Laden had been more effective in bringing the war to our door in the last six years then maybe we would be more, sad to say, enthused and supportive of the war, but Bush's war-winning policy's have kept us safe here at home and Americans have become complacent and bored. If we pull out of Iraq the problem will all somehow go away is the hope, but wish full thinking at the poles will not make terrorism go away, but it might elect Hillary or Barack.
I encourage you to forward this web site on to your friends and come back next week for another pointed political column.
If you would like to suggest or comment on this or any other article please click the, 'comment' button below.
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