In case you haven't heard (i.e if you live under a rock), the White House is claiming that Fox News Channel acts as a wing of the Republican Party. Check out the story here.
I almost don't want to get started on how crazy this is. If the White House is going to criticize Fox for acting like a wing of the GOP, why don't they accuse MSNBC of acting as a wing of the Democratic party? I have no problem with people criticizing a news organization for leaning one way or the other, but let's make sure we criticize both sides if we are going to criticize at all.
Whoops, I forgot, Obama would still be in the Senate if it weren't for MSNBC.
Thursday, October 22, 2009
I'm Back
After a long hiatus, I'm back on the blog scene. I will try be posting a story or two a day and providing my phenomenal commentary. Stay tuned!
Monday, April 6, 2009
Only Republicans Use "Fear Tactics," Right?
The Obama administration has long said they are moving away from "politics of fear" and into a new era of "unprecedented transparency."
That is, until this weekend, when Obama, in his infinite naivete, outlined his plan for a nuclear-free world. Yeah, that sounds likely. Everyone is just going to get along perfectly. Anyway, according to the article, Obama claimed that "The future of mankind is at stake." Really? Nuclear weapons have existed for awhile, and mankind still exists too. Does this not sound a lot like when former treasury secretary Paulson said "There may not be an economy tomorrow" during the mini market crash in fall 2008?
Can't wait for tomorrow, when Obama will try to convince the world that Republicans use fear tactics and democrats are all saints.
That is, until this weekend, when Obama, in his infinite naivete, outlined his plan for a nuclear-free world. Yeah, that sounds likely. Everyone is just going to get along perfectly. Anyway, according to the article, Obama claimed that "The future of mankind is at stake." Really? Nuclear weapons have existed for awhile, and mankind still exists too. Does this not sound a lot like when former treasury secretary Paulson said "There may not be an economy tomorrow" during the mini market crash in fall 2008?
Can't wait for tomorrow, when Obama will try to convince the world that Republicans use fear tactics and democrats are all saints.
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Newsflash: America is Still the Greatest
Between hearing Obama blame a lot of the world's economic problems during his overseas, "Kiss the rest of the world's ass" trip (credit Jay Severin of Boston's 96.9 WTKK for that one) and Secretary Geithner mention that America is open to considering a global currency, I realized a major issue I have with our current government (as if there's only one). That issue is the fact that they seem to neglect the fact that America is still the greatest country on earth. We don't answer to the rest of the world; they answer to us. And we sure as hell don't let Korea move rockets into an area where a launch could potentially reach America. But at some point, we stopped playing the position of world leader. Why? I don't know, but I would say our current president contributes greatly to it because he is more worried about being liked rather than feared.
I don't really know where I'm going with this, but all I remember is being outraged hearing some of our leaders talk. I can't stand to listen to someone who supposedly speaks for me carry on about how bad America is and how we screwed everything up. We didn't screw everything up. I don't care if the only way to get France to like us is to get all soft and apologize for being big, bad America.
Despite what our leaders might say, America isn't some disgraced country that's in shambles. We're still the greatest. Let's start acting like it.
I don't really know where I'm going with this, but all I remember is being outraged hearing some of our leaders talk. I can't stand to listen to someone who supposedly speaks for me carry on about how bad America is and how we screwed everything up. We didn't screw everything up. I don't care if the only way to get France to like us is to get all soft and apologize for being big, bad America.
Despite what our leaders might say, America isn't some disgraced country that's in shambles. We're still the greatest. Let's start acting like it.
A New Direction
I've taken some time off from this blog, and I've considered which direction I want it to go in. I looked at the limited number of posts I've made and made one observation: those posts haven't sounded like me. It's hard to explain, but that's how it seemed. So from now on, each post will be in my voice. I'm going to ignore grammar and political correctness. It's going to be exactly what my friends and family hear when we are together watching the news.
Don't say I didn't warn you.
Don't say I didn't warn you.
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Message to Obama: Stop Campaigning
This AP wire article does a great job summing up one of my biggest issues with Obama; the guy has spent his entire career campaigning and building his image that he doesn't actually know how to do much else. When is this guy going to make up his mind about who he is? I've never seen a president go around the country campaigning for the policies that he already has the power to implement. Dare I say he's trying to stay close to the people to increase his chances of re-election?
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Bush Won't Criticize Obama
If only today's government were as mature as the former president who we drove out of office, constantly kicking him on the way out.
I'm tired of listening to congressmen argue over who is at fault for the AIG bailout. No one cares who was at fault. These guys are afraid of having something negative on them in fear that they may not get re-elected. As usual, they put their own re-election ahead of everything else. I don't care who's fault it is, but even more, I don't want to listen to a bunch of grown men argue about it. How are parents supposed to raise their kids to be responsible when guys running the country like Chris Dodd go on TV and say "Someone must have changed my words after I sent the Dodd Provision out." Seriously, this is stuff I outgrew in third grade.
Anyway, Bush announced at his first speech since leaving office that he would not criticize the Obama administration because "Obama deserves my silence." Who would've thought, just two months in, George W. Bush would be the one who seems classy and mature? Think about the abuse this guy took. For the last few years, the cornerstone of Obama's endless presidential campaign was that George Bush's policies are responsible for everything that has ever gone wrong. How does Bush respond? By making the transition as smooth as possible and then saying the new President deserves his silence. Mr. Bush, hats off to you, sir.
Here's what I meant by kicking him on the way out. First, about 2 weeks ago, Obama went public with documents from the Bush administration about fighting terrorism that were never supposed to go public (sorry, lost the link on that one). There was no reason to do so...other than to try to show how terrible of a president GWB was. Now, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano goes out of her way to avoid the word "terror." Apparently, terrorist attacks are now "man-caused disasters." The goal of this is basically to "Stop using the fear tactics of old." Unbelievable. It's a word. How much damage can a word do? This administration is apparently spending more time finding new ways to say the same things that the Bush administration said rather than actually protecting me. Here's a word of advice, Ms. Napolitano: start doing your job of protecting the country and stop worrying about semantics. The people you save will appreciate it.
I'm tired of listening to congressmen argue over who is at fault for the AIG bailout. No one cares who was at fault. These guys are afraid of having something negative on them in fear that they may not get re-elected. As usual, they put their own re-election ahead of everything else. I don't care who's fault it is, but even more, I don't want to listen to a bunch of grown men argue about it. How are parents supposed to raise their kids to be responsible when guys running the country like Chris Dodd go on TV and say "Someone must have changed my words after I sent the Dodd Provision out." Seriously, this is stuff I outgrew in third grade.
Anyway, Bush announced at his first speech since leaving office that he would not criticize the Obama administration because "Obama deserves my silence." Who would've thought, just two months in, George W. Bush would be the one who seems classy and mature? Think about the abuse this guy took. For the last few years, the cornerstone of Obama's endless presidential campaign was that George Bush's policies are responsible for everything that has ever gone wrong. How does Bush respond? By making the transition as smooth as possible and then saying the new President deserves his silence. Mr. Bush, hats off to you, sir.
Here's what I meant by kicking him on the way out. First, about 2 weeks ago, Obama went public with documents from the Bush administration about fighting terrorism that were never supposed to go public (sorry, lost the link on that one). There was no reason to do so...other than to try to show how terrible of a president GWB was. Now, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano goes out of her way to avoid the word "terror." Apparently, terrorist attacks are now "man-caused disasters." The goal of this is basically to "Stop using the fear tactics of old." Unbelievable. It's a word. How much damage can a word do? This administration is apparently spending more time finding new ways to say the same things that the Bush administration said rather than actually protecting me. Here's a word of advice, Ms. Napolitano: start doing your job of protecting the country and stop worrying about semantics. The people you save will appreciate it.
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