RACISM?

Evidently racism has reared its ugly head in the Democratic primary, or at least the Obama supporters say it has. I wonder if Obama cannot bring the Democratic Party together, how does he intend to unify the nation? If he represents the extreme wing of the party (which his relationships indicate he does) how will this unite the country? As far as racism is concerned , how do you explain that whites have turned out to vote for Obama, but blacks have been reluctant to vote for Clinton? Where is the racism?

WHAT'S MOST IMPORTANT?

Why, In the face of the fuel shortage and its impact on the United States, are we not drilling off shore, in Alaska, and other locations to increase our supply of oil?
I assume it’s the environmentalists who keep us from it, a relatively small, well financed lobbying group, able to make life tougher for the lower and middle class workers who face ever rising food and fuel prices. These well-off fat cats can worry about the snail darter, the caribou and believe they occupy the moral high ground in societal concerns while their less fortunate brethren struggle to make ends meet.

MOSLEMS

It is said that most Moslems are peaceful, rational people who decry those on the radical fringe. I doubt this is so, and that there is a deliberate attempt to convert or subjugate all those of other faiths. They are as unlikely to distance themselves from their radical brothers as most black Americans are to deny the positions of Jeremiah Wright.

A CHANGE OF PACE?

Well, Grand-daughter, Kelly, says she reads my blogs but cannot understand them. Have trouble myself. Realize that they're very political and not in line with Kelly's thinking even if she could understand them. She was raixsed a Democrat, as was I, though I was unaware of it, until much later in life, when I saw the light and abandoned the party of the donkey. Evidently, Kelly's mother came from a very active and political family of Democrats and her views became her daughter's views. Her dad describes himself as a Democrat, but I suspect that he is more conservative than liberal, tho not necessarily a Republican. I think perhaps he and I are both candidates for the Constitutional Party, wherever they may be. The Libertarians are a little too far out for me. It's evident the Repuiblicans have strayed far from the conservative path and there are questions to be asked and answered concerning the war in Iraq. There's no doubt that something has kept another terrorist attack on the US in abeyance and it could well be the fact that we're keeping them well occupied in Iraq and Afghanistan, but even then we must weigh the equation of how many military deaths balance the number of American civilian deaths that never happened because the terrorists were kept out of the country. Think of the military as the external policemen of the nation, who put their lives on the line on a daily basis to keep the rest of us safe and secure. It's their job and they do it well and we should all know this and let them know that we know it and how much we appreciate it .More on this another day.

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BILL OF RIGHTS

Some have said that the Bill of Rights is a suicide pact in the way it has been interpreted. It has been used to provide legal representation for terrorists, to restrict executions as cruel and unusual, to provide most everything to illegal immigrants, virulent, rabid, anti-americanism has been protected. Though we have anti-hate laws, hateful, nasty condemnation of the President and others is tolerated and protected and pornography in its many forms is protected. Truth is submerged in a sea of political correctness where we can never really make sense of societal relations, because we are not allowed to discuss it rationally, as a chorus of “racist, sexist” and even worse epithets are spewed forth by the self proclaimed cultural elite.

OBAMA

Barack has got into deep do- do for comments he made to a group of left leaning fat cats in San Francisco. In fact he did no worse than 99% of all politicians who say what they think their audience wants to hear. Candor is a rare commodity

After his faux pas in San Franciso, the criticism of Barack Obama as a critical elitist is right on the money, however, I believe that the majority of those making the observation on television, are themselves members of the same group. Those dragging down salaries in the millions of dollars, cannot relate to the average guy in middle America, even if they think they can. I draw the analogy of a situation that was prevalent in World War II, when the newly commissioned former enlisted man told those who were still enlisted, that he was a GI once and could feel their pain. The enlisted attitude was “Crap!!”

AMERICANS ALL

The census of 1830 listed 3,775 Blacks who owned 12,740 black slaves. How are the descendents of these slave owners to be identified for the possible payment of reparations?

Why do African Americans take Moslem names and why have so many joined the American Moslems of Farrakhan, when it was the Moslem Arabs who either captured or bought black Africans to the European slavers for sale.

FOX NEWS

Bill O’Reilly is pompous, arrogant, opinionated and most impolite to his guests by not allowing them to finish a sentence or a thought. But, in spite of this, he is the best of the horde of talking heads populating the TV screen. He comes the closest to Howard Cosell in “telling it like it is”. He has great guests of all political stripes. Now, if he’d only let them talk!

Is there a requirement on FOX news that all females be blond, beautiful, and intelligent?
Even the female doctors are blond, beautiful, and one assumes, intelligent.

Obama Income

If the Obama’s made 4.2 million dollars in 2007, why would they be having trouble repaying their student loans? Further evidence that politics pays. If your not a millionaire when you enter politics its practically assured that you will be when you leave. How many would buy Obama’s books if he were not running for president .

Constitutional Party

I understand that there is a Constitutional Party which believes in a strict interpretation of the Constitution as written by the founders. I wonder how one joins? In a previous entry I lamented the expansion of the federal government using the interstate commerce clause and the general welfare clause of the Preamble. Note what two of the founders had to say on the matter.
"If Congress can do whatever in their discretion can be done by money, and will promote the general welfare, the government is no longer a limited one possessing enumerated powers, but an indefinite one subject to particular exceptions." James Madison
"Congress has not unlimited powers to provide for the general welfare, but only those specifically enumerated” Thomas Jefferson
We're probably too deep into the stretching of the Constitutioonal provisions to get out completely, but it's not too late to return to the original intent in future actions by the President, 'Congress and the Courts.

WHAT A BUMMER!

If the secular-progressives control the majority of the newspapers, broadcast television , cable networks, colleges and universities, and movie production, why is it that we’re not all brainwashed into their way of thinking? Is it because the major portion of the American public is not receptive to their message. What a bummer-to control close to 100% of the means of communication and not have anything relevant or acceptable to communicate!

War Time

Since 1900 all the wars except the current one have been directed by Commanders-in-chief of the Democratic party. Specifically, Woodrow Wilson, World War I, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, World War II, Harry Truman, Korean War, and Lyndon Johmson
Vietnam. These were all presidents who stepped forward and lead when the nation was threatened. What has happened to this party/ Why did they suddenly become such wimps?

Gas Relief

Senator McCain today proposed that Congress suspend the federal gas tax during the period from Memorial Day to Labor Day. Democrats ridiculed the proposal stating it did not have the long run effects that were needed. They seemed to assume that he was offering this as part of his economic program, when in fact, it was a proposal from a Senator of the United States who just happens to be a presidential candidate. The suspension, if passed, would only reduce the gas cost by about 18 cents, but this is a step
which cane be taken without price controls.

Voting

I find it hard to understand people who will vote for the candidate of their party even when they neither like nor trust their candidate.. Better to not vote at all. I’m a Republican, but I voted for Kennedy and Johnson and would have voted for Truman if I had been in the country. At the time, I did not care for Nixon, Goldwater, or Dewey. I did vote for Nixon later.

FIRST LADY?

http://www.snopes.com If you type in Michele
LaVaughn Robinson you will find that this story regarding her thesis is true.
What you will find is that access to her thesis has been denied until after
the 2008 election. Interesting......
MICHELE OBAMA'S MILITANT RACISM REVEALED
In her senior thesis at Princeton, Michele Obama, the wife of Barack Obama
stated that America was a nation founded on "crime and hatred". Moreover, she
stated that whites in America were "ineradicably racist". The 1985 thesis,
titled "Princeton-Educated Blacks and the Black Community" was written under
her maiden name, Michelle LaVaughn Robinson.

Michelle Obama stated in her thesis that to "Whites at Princeton, it often
seems as if, to them, she will always be Black first..." However, it was
reported by a fellow black classmate, "If those "Whites at Princeton" really
saw Michelle as one who always would "be Black first," it seems that she gave
them that impression".

Most alarming is Michele Obama's use of the terms "separationist" and
"integrationist" when describing the views of black people.

Mrs. Obama clearly identifies herself with a "separationist" view of race.

"By actually working with the Black lower class or within their communities
as a result of their ideologies, a separationist may better understand the
desperation of their situation and feel more hopeless about a resolution as
opposed to an integrationist who is ignorant to their plight."

Obama writes that the path she chose by attending Princeton would likely lead
to her "further integration and/or assimilation into a white cultural and
social structure that will only allow me to remain on the periphery of
society; never becoming a full participant."

Michele Obama clearly has a chip on her shoulder.
Not only does she see separate black and white societies in America, but she
elevates black over white in her world.

Here is another passage that is uncomfortable and ominous in meaning:

"There was no doubt in my mind that as a member of the black community, I am
obligated to this community and will utilize all of my present and future
resources to benefit the black community first and foremost. "

What is Michelle Obama planning to do with her future resources if she's
first lady that will elevate black over white in America?

The following passage appears to be a call to arms for affirmative action
policies that could be the hallmark of an Obama administration.

"Predominately white universities like Princeton are socially and
academically designed to cater to the needs of the white students comprising
the bulk of their enrollments."

The conclusion of her thesis is alarming.

Michelle Obama's poll of black alumni concludes that other black students at
Princeton do not share her obsession with blackness. But rather than
celebrate, she is horrified that black alumni identify with our common
American culture more than they value the color of their skin. "I hoped that
these findings would help me conclude that despite the high degree of
identification with whites as a result of the educational and occupational
path that black Princeton alumni follow, the alumni would still maintain a
certain level of identification with the black community. However, these
findings do not support this possibility."

Is it no wonder that most black alumni ignored her racist questionnaire? Only
89 students responded out of 400 who were asked for input.

Michelle Obama does not look into a crowd of Obama supporters and see
Americans. She sees black people and white people eternally conflicted with
one another.

The thesis provides a trove of Mrs. Obama's thoughts and world view seen
through a race-based prism.

This is a very divisive view for a potential first lady that would do untold
damage to race relations in this country in a Barack Obama administration.

Global Warming

Survivors of Hurricane Charlie, we moved from Florida to Missouri in 2006. Since our arrival we have weathered three ice storms, many tornado warnings (but no hits) and rain beyond belief. Can’t help but wonder how much worse it would be were it not for global warming.

carbon credits

In regard to carbon credits, I wonder If factory A is able to reduce its carbon emissions by fifty percent and is thus able to sell carbon credits to consumers with SUV’s who then cover their emissions (without reducing them) Is there really a reduction in emissions or does it just balance out?USED

Are carbon credits just another boondoggle to get greedy hands on the money of the unsuspecting and gullible public.USED

I wonder as I watch people who should know better worship at the feet of Barack Obama, who as far as I can see, has nothing going for him but an exceptional speaking ability. But so far he’s all words and short on ideas. He carries far too much adverse baggage ro be considered for the American Presidency. A 20 year association with a hate spouting parson, whose close friendship he acknowledges, alone makes the presidency questionable.(I might insert here his comment when Don Imus made his infamous nappy headed ho comment, Obama had this to say “There is nobody on my staff who would still be working for me if they made any comment like that about anybody of any ethnic group.”) Add to to this that his wife, with whom one assumes he is close, has made statements that make one wonder about her loyalty to the nation her husband presumes to lead. Then, consider that his father was Moslem (though he is not) and his mother may have been a communist who did not care for the United States. What is there in his background indicating a love for this country, other than his own word and the fawning comments of his acolytes? So soon after 9/11 do we really want a president Barack Hussein Obama?

CASUAL COMMENTS

Instead of demanding reparations for slavery blacks should thank God that their ancestors endured the horror of slavery and thus in the long run insured that they would be citizens of the United States and not some benighted failing African nation.

How is it that the same people who favor abortion also oppose capital punishment. Are they willing to kill the innocent, but let the guilty live?

Do the enumerated powers of the federal government listed in the Constitution have much meaning when they are stretched beyond recognition using the interstate commerce clause and the General Welfare clause, which is not a clause at all.

In the case of immigration and the illegal immigrants we may as well set up the machinery for granting them citizenship but one overriding condition must be made quite clear, and that is, they must speak English, and in this connection the government must stop printing materials in Spanish, as this is a formal acceptance of a second official language. “No speaka da English, no havea da citizenship”

Obama stated that McCain has “no clear definition of success” in Iraq. He should have added that he and other leftie liberals have a “clear definition of failure “in that area.

Why should the money of the people who watched what they were doing and entered into mortgages they could handle, be used to bail out those who went in over their heads.

CASUAL COMMENTS

If you wonder about me and where I’m coming from, this should answer it. I’m older than Methuselah and have survived the Great Depression of the 1930’s and World War II. In my lifetime I have farmed, been a city fireman, retired military, a high school teacher, a college professor, and a purchasing agent for a large corporation. I have lived in many States of the Union and in foreign nations in both Europe and Asia. I mention this only to establish my credentials regarding the postings on this blog , which will probably never be read by any but me, but it gives me an opportunity to vent my feelings on the passing parade

If a Democrat is elected President of the United States in 2008, it will not be long thereafter before the terrorists test his or her resolve with an attack on US interests either domestically or internationally depending on the circumstances.

It seems a preponderance of the kooks and loonies in our society are located on the West Coast, particularly in California. Is it possible that a course in such conduct is available at the University of California Berkley?

There’s a certain smug satisfaction in taking the high road , but I believe this may be what eventually destroys us. Our sense of fairness, tolerance, and rule of law is strained when faced by the treasonous acts of our own people and the cruel intolerant attitudes of our enemies.

It looks like Congress goofed again with the push for ethanol fuels. The crops going to the production of this esoteric fuel are removed from the food chain and thus force up the cost of foodstuffs on a public already staggering under the high cost of gasoline..