Jon Stewart (Yes, That Jon Stewart) has a very pointed and very funny piece about the the same ol’ rhetoric being treated in a whole new way thanks to the golden lips that deliver it.
Kudos to Stewart for being one of the only people to point out the obvious during yesterday’s lovefest.
ht to the Corner
January 25, 2009 at 11:43 pm
to quote the great prophet, Charlie Brown, “GOOD GRIEF!” I will pray for BO to the extent that he follows, not destroys our Constitution. He has a tough job ahead, without listening to Nancy Pelosi, and her payola from the fish packing firm that supports both she and her husband; Ted Kennedy and his friends and their continuous leftist postitons. Our great country needs change, but not to the LEFT. I pray that our leaders in washinton begin to THINK, instead of following the dubious policies of their fellow senators and congressmen.
GOD BLESS AMERICA!
VA–a Goldwater, Christian, repuiblican.
January 26, 2009 at 1:40 pm
I cannot grasp how anyone can defend or support anyone who is responsible for hundreds of thousands of death’s.
And all was based on lies to the American public. How can this be ok? He should be in prison…
Now, let Obama show what he is made of – the childish complaining about socialism and badly hidden racism doesn’t become grown ups.
January 26, 2009 at 7:20 pm
Vincent, your attirude is typical of people that forget we were attacked starting with Clinton but only during the Bush administrations did we finally find security. We DID need to be in both Iraq and Afgan. as noted by the decrease in world-wide attacks by Muslim extremeists (much more than AQ) and NO attacks on American soil. The crap you spew is half truths and opinion the media has blessed as facts to get saint Obama elected. Simply put Bush protected us and for his troubles we have to listen to uninformed morons that listen to Katie Couric and feel empowered (oh, like wow) to shoot your ignorant mouth off. don’t like it? tough! Just know that some Americans knows we are in a fight for our lives, freedoms and culture from an enemy that is being defeated every day in Kabul, Fallujah and Tikrit. We let up the pressure and stop killing those insurgents then our streets will once again explode and American will die where they sleep. Bush was right and even the financial problems started with Obama using racist pressure to lower loaning standards of Freddie mac and Fannie May while Clinton opened the door to establishing a buyers’ housing market for unqualified applicants. Bush did not create this financial mess, your Democrat pals started this crisis pal – don’t run from this one.
January 27, 2009 at 2:09 am
What a bunch of crap that OHB spews. This chump will lead the country to it ruin in the near future.
January 27, 2009 at 2:28 pm
I really HATE the whole “that’s UNAMERICAN” idea. Can we please move on?
No other American has the right to tell me or any other American what is or is not American. No one. Period.
This whole idea was rotten from the beginning and was core to the Bush administration.
January 27, 2009 at 2:51 pm
Once again the liberlas spew hate about the Bush administration. Their vile spleens are now being vented because they HATE a strong man doing what needed to be done. Tracy, we are at peace in this country because we have strong men and women FIGHTING and KILLING bad guys in THEIR backyards and bedrooms, not ours. You would be the first to run and hide and let others like George Bush defend you and make the tough calls instead of being brave and supporting a man making this country safer that before. Remember the attacks on America started with Clinton, but ended on Bush’s watch; I guess he went after the right bad guys YOU IDIOT!!!
January 27, 2009 at 10:05 pm
As far as rhetoric goes I guess I’m more incline to someone who can present themselves as they know what’s going on. We already tried on someone who tripped all over his words. Didn’t make me feel super confident.
January 27, 2009 at 10:24 pm
When will the ProLifers finally get that being Pro Choice is not pro abortion. President Obama has reversed the Bush ban and will once again allow individuals to make their own choice, as is our constitutional right. He also opens the door to help other countries control their population growth so they can properly feed and care for their poor and possibly diminish the horrendous drag on their economies and healthcare systems. How can this be so bad?
January 28, 2009 at 5:22 am
pp: So how much economic drag per capita makes abortion okay? $100, 00/child? $10/child? I have always believed that this issue is situationally dependent. Should government spend money on abortion? No. Should we ban it altogether? No. Should we look for the answers in some book written by some guy thousands of years ago, which was subsequently translated by dozens of other guys into at least 6 different languages? No. God gave us a moral compass for a reason. It is what makes us different than the cows you people are afraid to eat. Do what you feel is right in your own life. Neither side has the answers here. Please look within your own heart, and use your own thought process. What sounds right to you? What do you believe and WHY (Note: “why” is the more important part). Politics can be, and was, a beautiful thing. But our bipartisanship is the cause of your nationwide apathy. Why must all beliefs exist in 1 dimensional space. Can you draw a line and say “I belong here”? How about a graph? Space? I anyone else as disenfranchised as I?
January 28, 2009 at 10:20 am
hi to everybody !
January 28, 2009 at 6:29 pm
really, we have problems with unemployment now. if all those babies we murder were alive, we would be screwed. baby murdering, therefore, is a good thing and MUST continue. if you don’t want to murder your baby you are unpatriotic and you should go kill yourself
January 29, 2009 at 2:04 am
vcarter13, maybe your mom shouldve aborted you and there would be one more job opening if you have one. Or better yet, why dont you go kill yourself?? That would be very patriotic or you!!
January 29, 2009 at 2:13 am
Looks to me like the majority of Americans want to be like Europe. Cradle to grave care. The only problem is who is going to protect the world when the Islamists strike? History tells us that Europe calls on USA. Well if we don’t make anything anymore, I guess Europe will have to depend on China for Lend Lease. Oh I forgot, the majority of people alive today do not know about Lend Lease. I have lived the best years that America has had, we are fast becoming a third world country. We have the three stooges running the country, Pres, Speaker of House, Majority Leader of Senate. Have you noticed the popularity of the House and Senate? Just give it a few more days and the Pres popularity will be right there also.
January 29, 2009 at 8:09 am
i can't go kill myself! 1. then there would be one less American fighting this facist Catholic self righteous bullshit, and 2. Then I wouldn't be able to get anymore dirty little cum-dumpsters pregnant so they could have abortions. But seriously bitch, imagine if Stalin was aborted. Then Trotsky would have had control after Lenin, no Warsaw Pact, no Soviet genocide, no arms race, NO COLD WAR! Imagine if Hitler was aborted. NO HOLOCAUST! NO WWII! Imagine if Paul Bernardo, David Berkowitz, Kenneth Bianchi, The Boston Strangler, Angelo Buono, Ted Bundy, Andrew Cunanan, Jeffrey Dahmer, Albert Fish, Caril Fugate, Eddie Gein, The Green River Killer, Karla Homolka, Jack the Ripper, Edmund Kemper III, Charles Manson, Tommy Lynn Sells, Piggy Palace, Wesley Shermantine, Charlie Starkweather, Cary Stayner, Charlie Starkweather, Michael Swango, The Unabomber, Fred & Rose West, Aileen Wuornos, Robert Yates, and The Zodiac Killer were all aborted! Or try this one on for size all you holy pricks, IMAGINE IF OBAMA WAS ABORTED!!! NO DIRTY ASS NIGGER PRESIDENT! Wouldn't that be GREAT? Truth is, no, cause you would STILL have your panties in a knot because we would STILL have a Democrat in office because Bush would STILL be a fucking retard who still would have STILL brought this country to recession. Now here's one, imagine if Bush was aborted. Bush Sr. Ahhh, that's a sweet sweet dream.
January 29, 2009 at 5:27 pm
I am consistently amazed that people voted for Obama because of his ability to speak. Not WHAT he spoke but HOW he spoke. They were impressed with his aticulation but never asked the deeper questions of EXACTLY what was he saying. Getting past the elocution, bright people should have noted that he always left people feeling positive, but with no real information. No actionable promises or plans just “feel good” blah, blah, blah. people should take his speeches and remove the rethoric and see what is left – not much. So far he is coming up short of Democrats expectations and right on the money for GOP predictions. This multi-billion dollar incentive program just allows him to fund every Democratic wish list possible and even giving lots of tax money to people that NEVER PAY TAXES! Obama has bankrupted America to fund his constituency. For the next decade hope for no disasters, wars or need to extend our economic reach because Obama, single-handedly has emptied ours, our kids and their kids bank accounts to pay off his constituency.
January 31, 2009 at 2:11 pm
Jon Stewart at least had the comical nerve to penetrate through the rhetoric to look at the underlying concepts.
Even though I di not vote for Obama, I will pray and hope that he does an excellent job; however, his start does not portend well for our country.
As to some of the other comments made, I will add to them as follows:
1. Abortion vs death penalty- there is no correlation. Our country will continue to be diminished if we continue down the path of indiscriminate, convenient murder of the unborn.
The greatest outrage is that the taxpayers are to pay the freight for these acts. How about the concept of personal responsibility?
2. Afghanistan and Iraq- regardless of whether I think we should have gone into either of these countries, the difference in Irq is significant and will hopefully last for centuries. It is my sincere hope that our troops are brought home in a timely manner- I have a number of friends who are serving around the globe. I do believe we needed to go into both countries.
3. We are in a world conflict with Muslim extremists who want to eradicate our Western culture and civilization. Look at the countries who are Muslim fundamentalists dominated, and see what fate they have in mind for us.
The fact is there are despots who have existed throughout history. When people cave in to rhetoric- such as with Hitler, Pol Pot, etc the inevitable result is bloody conflict. We must fight when faced with such men. Saddam Hussein was such a man.
4. I agree that our country needs real reform- that does not mean bankrupting our future on programs that sound good, but do nothing except worsen our situation.
We already spend more per capita on our students than any society, and yet we rank 28th our of 40 countries who are industrialized.
Our social entitlement and welfare programs are a disgrace- we will not foster independent excellence while we continue to develop and promulgate programs that keep the dependent on the public dole.
Nationalized healthcare is another step in the socialist march. We need real reform of our healthcare system, but we don’t need to turn this over to the government. Our government can’t effectively manage anything- let’s not let them get their hands on this- we have the best healthcare system the world has ever known- why don’t we take a bunch of the pork in this so-called stimulus package, and provide healthcare credits for all- not including illegal aliens.
Read the history of Rome to see where out-of-control spending with a diminishing tax base will take us.
5. To the comment made about Truman and FDR, read the definitive facts on their presidencies carefully before you prescribe greatness to them. While they both did some very good things, they also made some grave errors, like most presidents. Both presidents initiated world war involvement. Bush did not start the war against Islamic fundamentalism- this began back in the late 1970s.
6. As to the comments made on the current financial issues- we have had thirteen recessions/depressions since 1900. There are many culprits that get credit for the current mess- Republicans and Democrats, etc. However, this stimulus package is a Trojan horse, and does virtually nothing to immediately impact and improve our economy.
7. The facts are that we are drifting, some would say, listing, heavily toward socialism. Look at the financial circumstances the European countries find themselves in. How about Iceland, where they are on the verge of revolt.
I voted for Bush, but feel he did a very poor job on immigration and controlling government spending; however, we also need to investigate the congress who is mainly responsible for the legislation that is causing a lot of problems, as well as our unwillingness to enforce the laws that are already on the books.
Alan
February 1, 2009 at 2:10 pm
Saddam was put in power by CIA. Responibility for his crimes lies in the White House. Removing him from power has so far cost about 3500 troops, and 1,300,000 Iraqi lives. Which is worse than all terror attacks on US soil combined.
So did Bush protect us? I don’t think so… He got us screwed, as did several other presidents.
This is why USA is hated all over the world. Bush just made it much worse.
February 2, 2009 at 8:28 pm
Bush committed no crimes, and people who advocate that are both biased and lack understand as to what real war crimes are (in short, was never at war). They usually are media informed; that is to say woefully ignorant. Anybody who listens to Couric and thinks they are getting news and not a package of opinion and bias probably watches Gilligan’s Island reruns on the hope they will get rescued. Bottom line is Bush was right to remove Saddam for he posed a threat to this nation that exceeded any other in the region. We now have a friendly nation to base our troops right in the backyard of the Muslim world takes away one of their best protective weapons; the sheer distance from U.S. retaliation. No longer can a Mideast nation think that it can act without an American response just minutes, not hours or days away. The U.S. is hated because we have so much, and we enjoy our lives, not anything Bush did. His actions to unilaterally protect this country is just an excuse for foreign governments to express their distain that our media dutifully parrots and low IQ people wolf down like candy coated turds. Don’t like it? I guess you don’t enjoy the freedom from foreign terrorist activities this nation has enjoyed since 9/11. On Bush’s watch we had no cars blowing up in the streets, Jihaddists gunning down kids at our malls or planes full of Americans crashing into landmarks. Bush was the right man at the right time and made the tough, although seemingly unpopular calls to keep us safe. The facts since 9/11 prove that without question. Here is a though; if you don’t think what Bush did was right, next time there is an attack, YOU run towards the bad guys and pick up a weapon to defend this country instead of just critisizing those who do.
February 3, 2009 at 4:48 am
It just goes to show that no one listened to what he really had to say before the election. I doubt he even knew what he was saying. Hopefully he figures it out before we wake up in France or pre WW2 Germany.
February 3, 2009 at 2:17 pm
The difference is that Bush just said what he was told to say and Obama believes what he says and is actually capable of delivering.