'What side of history do you want to be on?'

Listen to Congressman Paul Ryan of Wisconsin:



Hat tip: The Corner on National Review.

The week that was!

Here's a superb commentary by Robert A. George of Ragged Thots summarizing the historical happenings surrounding the Obama Den this week -- not even to mention the double digit 10.2 percent for the nation's October unemployment rate that was announced yesterday:

Democrats worried about this week's off-year elections on Tuesday might have reason to go into full-fledged panic after Thursday.

The "spin" over the exact reasons why Republicans won governors' races in New Jersey and Virginia can go on for quite some time. Democrats can claim that these were about local concerns. Republicans can say that it was the beginning of voters rejecting President Obama and the Democrats "big-government" agenda -- especially the push to reform health care.

There's some rhetorical points to be made on both sides.

Yesterday, however, stark reality of a very different sort intruded: News broke out of the shooting at the Fort Hood Army post in Texas. Soon enough, the full impact of the horror became evident: 13 dead, another 30 injured. The full details and investigation of the shooting -- evidently by a base Army officer -- will become clear in the days ahead.

It's President Obama's reaction to it that is disturbing. Networks reported that the White House had been notified of the early afternoon shooting. By late afternoon, word went out that the president would speak about the incident prior to a previously scheduled appearance. At about 5 PM, cable stations went to the president. But, instead of what might have been expected -- a somber chief executive offering reassuring words and expressions of sympathy and compassion -- viewers saw a wildly disconnected and, inappropriately "light" president making introductory remarks. At a Tribal Nations Conference hosted by the Department of Interior's Bureau of Indian affairs, the president thanked various staffers and offered a "shout-out" to "Dr. Joe Medicine Crow -- that Congressional Medal of Honor winner." The president eventually spoke about the shooting -- in measured and appropriate terms, but how could anyone have advised him to begin in this manner?

Anyone at home aware of the major news story of the previous hours -- and that meant everyone watching given that this appearance by the president would not normally have been covered by the networks -- had to have been stunned. An incident like this requires a scrapping of the early "light" rhetoric. The president should just come out and apologize for the tone of his remarks, but then explain what has happened, express sympathy for those slain -- and appeal for calm and patience until all the facts are in. That's the least that should occur.

Indeed, an argument could be made that Obama should have canceled the Indian event, out of respect for people having been murdered at an Army post a few hours before. That would have prevented any sort of jarring emotional switch at the event.

Did the president's scheduling/communications/political team not realize what sort of image they were presenting to the country at this moment? The disconnect between what Americans at home knew had been going on -- and the initial words coming out of their president's mouth was jolting, if not emotionally disturbing.

It must have been horrifying for many politically aware Democrats, still reeling from the election two days before. The New Jersey gubernatorial vote had already demonstrated that the president and his political team couldn't produce a winning outcome in a state very friendly to Democrats (and where the president won by 15 points one year ago). And now this? Congressional Democrats must wonder if a White House that has burdened them with a too-heavy policy agenda over the last year has a strong enough political operation to help push that agenda through.

If the president's communications apparatus can't inform -- and protect -- their boss during tense moments when the country needs to see a focused commander-in-chief and a compassionate head of state, it has disastrous consequences for that president's party and supporters.

All the president's men (and women) fell down on the job Thursday. And Democrats across the country have real reason to panic.

AARP Ha!

I joined AARP in my early 50's. A classmate of mine joined first, he told me "What do you have to lose?" Well, after two years, I quit and stopped answering the gazillion renewal letters from them. I don't want to belong to a fake political hack. Now they think that I am dead, and continue sending the gazillion propaganda letters to my wife, which she ignores anyway. AARP Ha!

Voices of real people of America

On the Tea Party of N0v. 5, 2009. Here are pictures from the party your mainstrean thugs media will not show you:

God bless America!

Day of Jerk and losers

TOTUS Picture of 2009

Here the picture of 2009. Hat Tip to Lucianne.com today. Yeb, the picture of the current time! Don't mind who or what's on the picture or what's going to happen tomorrow. Did you see that central character in the center? That's right, the Teleprompter of the U.S., TOTUS! That dummy has to be reminded on what to say and what to do by the TOTUS even when he pretend to be friendly with who ever. Did anyone ever find out who exactly is the one that pulling the strings behind the dummy with the TOTUS?

Calling a spade a spade!

One of the drawbacks of the internet is that from the vast and rich source of information available to me, it constantly reminds me of my ignorance, even though I am being constantly educated. A case in point, I just learned about the Philadelphia's Family Newspaper, The Bulletin and one of their opinion writers, Herb Denenberg. In the commentary by Mr. Denenberg this morning, a long article, there is this:

Don’t kid yourself. America, as we know it, America, as conceived by the Founding Fathers, is under attack by Obama, the Democratic Congress, and the Obama Administration. He has to be stopped if America is to be saved. The great columnist Thomas Sowell is right when he said that it’s time to stop weighing the evidence, and start stopping Mr. Obama as his anti-American programs and values are crystal clear to anyone paying attention. This will require an organized uprising of citizens to stop his programs, especially the most dangerous and damaging ones such as ObamaCare and Cap and Trade. The time for action is right now, and any delay may be fatal to the survival of the greatest nation in the history of the world. We better hear “freedom’s call” and answer it now in its defense in every legal and appropriate way. Or we may be well on the way to becoming a broken down banana republic, a European socialist-style state or worse. There is a war going on against America values, and we better fight back in full force or we will lose that war and will lose America.

What a wonderfully brilliant writing that all Americans should read and re-read again to be aware on what really is going on in our country. In the article Denenberg clearly and documented in details why he calls Barack Hussein "Mm Mm Mm" Obama liar, phony and hypocrite, socialist, and fascist. For Mr. Denenberg that's simply telling like it is, calling a spade a spade and a phony a phony. So refreshing! Please read the whole article and also this one, you will be enlightened!