Halloween Surprise
Well before John Kerry opened his mouth and inserted his foot and threw Republicans a softball…no make that a beach ball... I was going to make some general comments about next week’s election. And mostly about our local election out here in California and all the wacky inanities that come with this beautiful but in some cases, backward politically, state. But since the recent headlines deal with the national congressional and Governor races let's chat about that.
First of all let me preface those remarks by telling you where my point of view is coming from. I like to call myself a “rock-n-roll Republican” – and I have been meaning to write a post as to what that means but we’ll do that at length a little later. But suffice it to say I prefer less government, low taxes, no bloaty government programs and a strong national defense. But on the other hand I can be a bit more flexible on social programs. I’m not a bible thumper, I don’t think Roe v. Wade should be overturned and if gays want to get married have at it. Just don’t raise my taxes, please protect the country and promote free enterprise. Pretty simple really.
I sort of want to refrain from talking politically on these pages because unfortunately the discussion usually devolves into yelling and name calling. I’ve been to more political web pages and it really is just a bunch of screaming back and forth. That’s not much fun – I’d rather talk much more about how my fantasy football team sucks. I did start the blog to have a place to spout off because I do grow tired of the incredible nonsense I see on TV on almost every channel. It is so left, so intellectually dishonest, it defies comprehension. And no, I do not watch Fox religiously, more to the contrary I watch MSNBC – so I cannot silo myself.
What really capped this off for me was the media coverage of hurricane Katrina. Ws the government slow to respond? Yes. Was it despicable that they somehow reorganized FEMA and were so focused on terrorism that they could not respond as usual? Yes. I don’t have a problem with people piling on about that. Was the President of the free world’s comment “You’re doing a helluva job Brownie” a stupid statement? Hell yes. Go ahead – take your shots. It is warranted.
What I didn’t like was the assertion made over and over and over that everyone knew the hurricane was going to hit New Orleans. Over and over and over. Any idiot could see this happening – why weren’t we more prepared? Should our response have been better? Yes. But wasn't this also done with the fine collaboration of that well known political machinery in Louisiana? Puhleese. Everyone know that Louisiana is the most backwards state in the Union – and since my girlfriend is Cajun, I think I can say that. I think even some of my LSU friends would say that as well. But in the press it was over and over “any idiot could see this coming”.
That weekend I was sitting in my hotel room at a casino on Lake Charles, LA and on Friday night I saw reports that Katrina had spun around the tip of Florida. I also saw a report of people deciding to spend the night on their boats of the Louisiana shore not respecting a potential imminent threat. I guess they were just a stupid as the President. But no one in the press continually attacked them – probably because they’re dead now. I left my buddies at the krap tables and by the pool around noon Saturday amid bright sunshine as schedule so I could have dinner with friends in Houston that night. It wasn’t until I landed in LA and went to a party that people told me that New Orleans had been evacuated. My friends by the pool and at the kraps table had to scamper out in a hurry and through a lot of traffic later that evening. “Any idiot could see this would happen” spouted the media machine.
Just like anyone could see that 9/11 would happen because someone filed a report saying that someone was interested in flying planes into buildings. Were we asleep at the switch? Yes. Was it obvious to everyone? Hell no. In fact in pre-9/11 times if we took certain action against foreign students taking suspicious flight training classes any administration would have been rung up for violating people’s civil liberties. Even now people bitch about the Patriot Act and other actions the administration has taken to protect us.
And for Iraq – I was always conflicted on it. Did part of me want to go in and kick ass? Yes – as a child of post-World War 2 there was that part of me that wanted to flex our political will if we could and if it was prudent. Let’s do it – let’s quit being passive and try to do something in this region which somehow creates most of world’s problems. And in a post 9/11 world I think it was important to be proactive instead of being reactive. But I always couldn’t figure out how it would work for a long term. Iraq was put together by the British and it had three distinct different religious groups. This looked messy to me. While I thought the idea of promoting a democracy in the Middle East for a certain country or area was laudable I found the thought to be somewhat unrealistic. But hopefully our guys knew something that I didn’t.
What we, and the rest of the world, didn’t really know was the extent of the rise in radical Islamic fundamentalism. I would suggest to anybody to read the book “The Looming Tower” which explains how radical Islamic fundamentalism didn’t start when some guy from Texas took office, but actually started after World War 2 – and because some other guy, exiled from Egypt came to America and didn’t like what he saw. And not in New York City or Hollywood – but some little town in Colorado. He came back to Egypt, wrote books, started a movement, killed Anwar Sadat - because he was not religious enough - and now radial Islamic claim him as their George Washington. This is what we, nor any administration, nor any political head arguing against global warming or saying he wore boxers et al, saw coming. Please read the book – it’s a friggin eye opener.
And that is what we are up against. A very serious problem with, not a country but a religious ideal. You may think this rhetoric about how “they want to change our way of life” is just a campaign slogan – but it is very real. They want to kill all infidels – which is us. Do all Arabs feel this way? No. But alot do. And it’s not because of our “government’s policies in the region”. Its because we are who we are. No one did anything. No politician misspoke. They just hate our way of life. It’s against their religion.
And while most of us would say – go ahead practice your religion - it’s a free country – not many religions promote annihilation of everyone else. Which is what Sharia does.
What’s surprising to me is that no one in the media talks about this. This is the immediate threat. This is what we should be “prepared” for. But no. They talk about Hillary’s numbers, how Bush’s number are declining , how Barak Obama looks appealing. Asleep at the switch? The hurricane is coming? Duh?
By the way – did you know the economy is booming? No, I bet you didn’t - because the media hasn't told you yet.
Which brings us to Mr. Kerry. As any news outlet would tell you he’s not running for anything. Who cares? He wants to be part of the story. He came out west to stump for Democratic gubernatorial candidate Phil Angelideis who is nothing more than an angry accountant wonk who thinks that everything can be solved if you raise taxes. Besides having three adorable daughters who have campaigned for him he is a despicable human being. He ran adds linking his opponent Ahnuld to Bush on and on and on. His past campaigns for Treasurer jobs consistently ripped the opponent instead of standing on his own virtues. His tactics are lower than low. Can’t talk about the issues but he can’t rant and rave about the negatives all day long. He’s pretty much is on the record for raising every tax known to man in California if he gets elected. And so he trails in the race by double digits. So let bring out Kerry – he will energize the campaign.
Kerry – on the stage again – comes out swinging against Bush. He just can’t help it. Say what you want to say about Bush. But you know where he stands. Kerry, Clinton – all wordsmith experts saying not alot really. And he says what you know already. Standing on the steps of a college he says “You know we are here to talk about education but you know if you do well and study hard you may get somewhere but if you don’t you’re stuck in Iraq” .
When I heard this news clip driving in my car to work never in my mind did I think Kerry was disparaging the troops . I knew better. He was too arrogant to do so –he just wanted to take a swing at the President. And he missed- in fact he threw the bat.
Why is this important? Because a man who ran for President thought he could just swing for the fences but got caught up. If you didn’t think he was after the troops then he was after the President – and after saying education was a big deal. But do any of you really think he tried to say the President was dumb even though he is on record at being dumber? Do you realize that Bush had better grades at Harvard than both Kerry and internet inventor Al Gore? The reality is you don’t because the media has not told you. So how does this compute? Bush was "smarter" than those guys, but if you don’t do your homework….huh?
Is a verbal gaffe that bad? – not really. But one week before an election? Dumb. And dumber.
Please cast your vote wisely.
First of all let me preface those remarks by telling you where my point of view is coming from. I like to call myself a “rock-n-roll Republican” – and I have been meaning to write a post as to what that means but we’ll do that at length a little later. But suffice it to say I prefer less government, low taxes, no bloaty government programs and a strong national defense. But on the other hand I can be a bit more flexible on social programs. I’m not a bible thumper, I don’t think Roe v. Wade should be overturned and if gays want to get married have at it. Just don’t raise my taxes, please protect the country and promote free enterprise. Pretty simple really.
I sort of want to refrain from talking politically on these pages because unfortunately the discussion usually devolves into yelling and name calling. I’ve been to more political web pages and it really is just a bunch of screaming back and forth. That’s not much fun – I’d rather talk much more about how my fantasy football team sucks. I did start the blog to have a place to spout off because I do grow tired of the incredible nonsense I see on TV on almost every channel. It is so left, so intellectually dishonest, it defies comprehension. And no, I do not watch Fox religiously, more to the contrary I watch MSNBC – so I cannot silo myself.
What really capped this off for me was the media coverage of hurricane Katrina. Ws the government slow to respond? Yes. Was it despicable that they somehow reorganized FEMA and were so focused on terrorism that they could not respond as usual? Yes. I don’t have a problem with people piling on about that. Was the President of the free world’s comment “You’re doing a helluva job Brownie” a stupid statement? Hell yes. Go ahead – take your shots. It is warranted.
What I didn’t like was the assertion made over and over and over that everyone knew the hurricane was going to hit New Orleans. Over and over and over. Any idiot could see this happening – why weren’t we more prepared? Should our response have been better? Yes. But wasn't this also done with the fine collaboration of that well known political machinery in Louisiana? Puhleese. Everyone know that Louisiana is the most backwards state in the Union – and since my girlfriend is Cajun, I think I can say that. I think even some of my LSU friends would say that as well. But in the press it was over and over “any idiot could see this coming”.
That weekend I was sitting in my hotel room at a casino on Lake Charles, LA and on Friday night I saw reports that Katrina had spun around the tip of Florida. I also saw a report of people deciding to spend the night on their boats of the Louisiana shore not respecting a potential imminent threat. I guess they were just a stupid as the President. But no one in the press continually attacked them – probably because they’re dead now. I left my buddies at the krap tables and by the pool around noon Saturday amid bright sunshine as schedule so I could have dinner with friends in Houston that night. It wasn’t until I landed in LA and went to a party that people told me that New Orleans had been evacuated. My friends by the pool and at the kraps table had to scamper out in a hurry and through a lot of traffic later that evening. “Any idiot could see this would happen” spouted the media machine.
Just like anyone could see that 9/11 would happen because someone filed a report saying that someone was interested in flying planes into buildings. Were we asleep at the switch? Yes. Was it obvious to everyone? Hell no. In fact in pre-9/11 times if we took certain action against foreign students taking suspicious flight training classes any administration would have been rung up for violating people’s civil liberties. Even now people bitch about the Patriot Act and other actions the administration has taken to protect us.
And for Iraq – I was always conflicted on it. Did part of me want to go in and kick ass? Yes – as a child of post-World War 2 there was that part of me that wanted to flex our political will if we could and if it was prudent. Let’s do it – let’s quit being passive and try to do something in this region which somehow creates most of world’s problems. And in a post 9/11 world I think it was important to be proactive instead of being reactive. But I always couldn’t figure out how it would work for a long term. Iraq was put together by the British and it had three distinct different religious groups. This looked messy to me. While I thought the idea of promoting a democracy in the Middle East for a certain country or area was laudable I found the thought to be somewhat unrealistic. But hopefully our guys knew something that I didn’t.
What we, and the rest of the world, didn’t really know was the extent of the rise in radical Islamic fundamentalism. I would suggest to anybody to read the book “The Looming Tower” which explains how radical Islamic fundamentalism didn’t start when some guy from Texas took office, but actually started after World War 2 – and because some other guy, exiled from Egypt came to America and didn’t like what he saw. And not in New York City or Hollywood – but some little town in Colorado. He came back to Egypt, wrote books, started a movement, killed Anwar Sadat - because he was not religious enough - and now radial Islamic claim him as their George Washington. This is what we, nor any administration, nor any political head arguing against global warming or saying he wore boxers et al, saw coming. Please read the book – it’s a friggin eye opener.
And that is what we are up against. A very serious problem with, not a country but a religious ideal. You may think this rhetoric about how “they want to change our way of life” is just a campaign slogan – but it is very real. They want to kill all infidels – which is us. Do all Arabs feel this way? No. But alot do. And it’s not because of our “government’s policies in the region”. Its because we are who we are. No one did anything. No politician misspoke. They just hate our way of life. It’s against their religion.
And while most of us would say – go ahead practice your religion - it’s a free country – not many religions promote annihilation of everyone else. Which is what Sharia does.
What’s surprising to me is that no one in the media talks about this. This is the immediate threat. This is what we should be “prepared” for. But no. They talk about Hillary’s numbers, how Bush’s number are declining , how Barak Obama looks appealing. Asleep at the switch? The hurricane is coming? Duh?
By the way – did you know the economy is booming? No, I bet you didn’t - because the media hasn't told you yet.
Which brings us to Mr. Kerry. As any news outlet would tell you he’s not running for anything. Who cares? He wants to be part of the story. He came out west to stump for Democratic gubernatorial candidate Phil Angelideis who is nothing more than an angry accountant wonk who thinks that everything can be solved if you raise taxes. Besides having three adorable daughters who have campaigned for him he is a despicable human being. He ran adds linking his opponent Ahnuld to Bush on and on and on. His past campaigns for Treasurer jobs consistently ripped the opponent instead of standing on his own virtues. His tactics are lower than low. Can’t talk about the issues but he can’t rant and rave about the negatives all day long. He’s pretty much is on the record for raising every tax known to man in California if he gets elected. And so he trails in the race by double digits. So let bring out Kerry – he will energize the campaign.
Kerry – on the stage again – comes out swinging against Bush. He just can’t help it. Say what you want to say about Bush. But you know where he stands. Kerry, Clinton – all wordsmith experts saying not alot really. And he says what you know already. Standing on the steps of a college he says “You know we are here to talk about education but you know if you do well and study hard you may get somewhere but if you don’t you’re stuck in Iraq” .
When I heard this news clip driving in my car to work never in my mind did I think Kerry was disparaging the troops . I knew better. He was too arrogant to do so –he just wanted to take a swing at the President. And he missed- in fact he threw the bat.
Why is this important? Because a man who ran for President thought he could just swing for the fences but got caught up. If you didn’t think he was after the troops then he was after the President – and after saying education was a big deal. But do any of you really think he tried to say the President was dumb even though he is on record at being dumber? Do you realize that Bush had better grades at Harvard than both Kerry and internet inventor Al Gore? The reality is you don’t because the media has not told you. So how does this compute? Bush was "smarter" than those guys, but if you don’t do your homework….huh?
Is a verbal gaffe that bad? – not really. But one week before an election? Dumb. And dumber.
Please cast your vote wisely.
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