Has Mr. Right Been Busy Again?

This is a true story. Not something manufactured my IMAO to make me look stupid. Wait..



LOL! I'm sorry, if you're that stupid you don't deserve to vote. Yeah. I said it.

Go Huck Yourself!

I should have linked to this long before now, but I thought GOPAC would link to it here himself!

As it turns out, Harvey at IMAO gave him a nice plug which is worth a heckuva a lot more hits than this sad little half-abandoned excuse for a blog anyway...

But for whatever it's worth, GOP & College is having a contest involving a "De-Motivator" poster featuring Mike Huckeypuck.

Here's the picture:



Here's a sample entry from me:



Here's the demotivator generator.

Here's the link to GOPAC's contest.

It ends Wednesday, so hurry if you want to enter! Otherwise, just go and laugh at the entries and sample posters. Some of them are quite amusing!

The Customary Presidential Primary Post

I haven't commented at all on the ongoing Presidential Primaries, mainly because I haven't exactly been blogging much to begin with, and nobody is going to be swayed by what I have to say anyway. However, being a political junkie at heart, I can't let this whole thing go by without chiming in, so here's a couple of pennies worth...

I have studied the candidates rather exhaustively, and they currently rank for me as follows:

1) Fred Thompson - He is the only consistent conservative in the race, and can be electrifying when he wants to be by tossing out smart one-liners and refusing to play the game by the rules of the liberal media (show of hands indeed)! I agree with him on just about every issue, and believe he can easily reunite the fractured Republican base. By emphasizing fiscal responsibility, low taxes and halting illegal immigration without amnesty, I believe he is our one true hope to smoke the Democrats in the November election. Problem is, unless his South Carolina surge is the real deal and not just all smoke, Fred is not likely to hang around long enough to win anything. Yikes!

2) Mitt Romney - While he has emerged as a second choice, it is not by much. Mitt would be vulnerable to the flip-flop label, and the pro-lifers are leery of him, which could spell disaster if they sit out the general election. And then there is the "I will never vote for a Mormon" crowd to be concerned with as well. Mitt does have a string of pluses to point to: successful businessman, the Salt Lake City Olympics, even running the otherwise hopelessly left-wing Massachusetts with some distinction. The problem is, he often comes off as too slick by half and early polling has Mitt getting wiped out by either Hillary or Obama, which means a long, steep uphill climb with a lot of baggage to carry.

3) John McCain - Grizzled War Hero, Maverick Republican. He has betrayed his base on far too many issues to ignore. McCain-Feingold anyone??? Amnesty (though he still refuses to call it that), the Bush Tax Cuts... the list goes on and on. He is however, unflappable on the War on Terror, and the Democrats would never be able to call him a "chickenhawk" without being laughed off the planet! He is also pro-life, which helps with a lot of the base, and many Independents genuinely seem to like the guy. The age factor will hurt him, he would the oldest man ever elected to a first term. (Could there even be a second one?) I just can't help but wince when I think of some of the things President McCain might put forth as far as domestic policy is concerned, however.

4) Rudy Giuliani - Rudy has the credentials on the War on Terror and is a genuine American hero. His leadership of New York City and what he was able to accomplish there despite the howling masses of liberals all around him is truly astounding. Yet, once again, the baggage: First and foremost, he is not exactly a social conservative. While I trust that he would likely appoint conservative judges, he has earned the ire of pro-life crowd, many of whom swear they will never vote for him. Yikes and double yikes! There is also personal baggage, his womanizing and association with some unsavory characters might not hurt a Democrat, but you can be certain a Republican will be slathered with all the mud the press can muster and then some. While he may be able to bring states into play that are otherwise out of reach, he would likely turn off too much of the base and hurt down-ticket races all over the country - a potential disaster.

--- END OF ACCEPTABLE CANDIDATE LIST ---

5) Mike Huckabee - To be blunt, I Do Not ♥ Huckabee!!! The Evangelicals seem to be overlooking everything other than his being a Baptist preacher and being "right" on religious based issues like abortion and gay marriage. Beyond that, Huck may as well be a Democrat! I give him zero chance of winning in November, and do we really need a foreign-policy-inept, tax-raising, high-spending, soft-on-crime President who would likely wipe out the Republican Party in four years??? Gag!!!

6) Dr. Strangelove (aka Ron Paul) - A bigoted paranoid-schizophrenic isolationist libertarian??? No chance! This guy is comic relief and nothing more. Note to his fervent supporters: I cannot be swayed on this, and I know a lot of you are actually Anti-War Democrats masquerading as Republicans anyway! Our only hope? NOT!!!

In short, I can only hope that Fred Thompson is able to ride a cresting wave to victory in South Carolina, or things could get very ugly! Go Fred Go!!!

Way to go, Pam!

Good friend of the blog Pam Meister of Blogmeister USA and Lifelike Pundits, had an article she wrote for American Thinker cited on-air by none other than Rush Limbaugh Friday!

The Article, Female Voters Give Themselves a Bad Name, is about the double standards of sexual politics. Definitely worth a read. Here's a small sample to whet your appetite...

So now we have women deciding to vote for Hillary because she showed she's "one of us." She's now part of the coffee klatsch, the women who watch daytime television talk shows and soaps. It's, as Sean Hannity described it on the radio the other day, the "Oprah-ization" of politics. Yet they want to be taken seriously as voters who look at the serious issues that face our nation and our world?

As a woman, I find that incredibly insulting. I conduct a great deal of research on the issues and make my choices in the voting booth accordingly. Policy (and to a certain extent, experience) is what should count most in any election. If women want to vote for Hillary because they really think she is the best choice based upon her positions on things like the economy, national security and so on, fine: I may consider them to be misguided souls, but at least that's better rationale than to vote for her because "she's a woman."

Be sure to read the whole thing at the link above.

Pam is scheduled to appear on the Andrea Shea King radio program on WDBO (AM 580 Orlando, FL) Sunday night (Jan. 13, 2008) at 9pm EST. You can listen on the web and/or join a live chat room about the show by going HERE at the appropriate time and choosing the proper link(s). (Side note: Another good friend of the blog, Thirdwavedave, is a producer for Andrea's Blog Talk Radio show, which can be heard live Monday-Thursday, 9pm EST, or from the archives whenever you'd like!)

Pam has also been busy lately contributing to Family Security Matters, a website devoted to issues related to our National Security, and has also contributed to Newsbusters, a website that exposes left-wing media bias.

Because I See A Lot Of Huckabee Fans

You really should see this article that was posted about his so called "Tax cuts"

Yes there were over 90 of them, but they totaled all of 378 Million dollars. That's a pretty good chunk of change, until you look at his tax hikes.

There were a total of only 21 tax hikes, but they totaled $883.1 Million dollars in increased taxes, and gave a net tax increase of $933 per person in just 8 years in office, an increase of 47% from the starting point of $1,969 per person in state and local taxes.

The Club for Growth, a PAC that seeks economic freedom in candidates rates Mike Huckabee as very poor on not only taxes, but spending, entitlements, government regulations, mediocre at school choice, and only one plus was at tort reform.

Governor Huckabee's record on pro-growth, free-market policies is a mixed bag, with pro-growth positions on trade and tort reform, mixed positions on school choice, political speech, and entitlement reform, and profoundly anti-growth positions on taxes, spending, and government regulation.

While Governor Huckabee's record displays some flashes of economic conservatism, especially during his early years, the overwhelming evidence of his record and rhetoric over the past ten years leaves the Club for Growth and economic conservatives around the country to wonder if a President Huckabee would espouse the relatively pro-growth policies of Governor Huckabee circa 1997 or the anti-growth policies of Governor Huckabee circa 2004. While the Governor has made a concerted effort to defend his record, calling oneself an economic conservative does not make one so. His recent refusals to rule out raising taxes if elected President-the cornerstone of a pro-growth platform-perhaps indicate which path he would choose.

Over the past ten months, it has become abundantly clear which path Governor Huckabee has chosen, and it looks more like the path of John Edwards than it does a limited-government, economic conservative. Huckabee himself admits that he is a "different kind of Republican," a code word for more government involvement, less personal freedom, and greater dependence on government bureaucrats. Huckabee is proud of his tax hikes, his spending increases, and his regulatory expansions as governor, and he has not indicated that he would govern any differently as President. Nominating Mike Huckabee for president or vice-president, would constitute an abject rejection of the free-market, limited-government, economic conservatism that has been the unifying theme of the Republican Party for decades. - Club for Growth

Mike Huckabee reminds me of Bob Corker; He looks nice and shiny on the outside, but if you start to scratch the surface, you find a lot of crap. Huckabee has taken notes from former Arkansas governor turned President Bill Clinton, and has told conservatives what they want to hear. The only problem is they are so fixated on his evangelical background that they forgot to look at his voting records.

Of other candidates, Club for Growth states;

Fred Thompson

Senator Thompson's eight-year record in the U.S. Senate demonstrates an admirable commitment to limited government and free-market principles. His record on entitlement reform and school choice is excellent, while his support for lower taxes and free trade is very good. On Social Security reform in particular, Thompson courageously supported personal accounts at a time when few politicians were willing to risk their necks taking on the third rail of American politics.

His record on spending (save the occasional pork project) is generally impressive, as demonstrated by his votes to restrict the growth and reach of the federal government. On regulation, too, Thompson voted generally against government intrusion in the private sector. Many Republican politicians talk about limited government and the principle of federalism but Thompson exemplified those ideas, often voting against bills that would have made it easy for a political opponent to paint him in a negative light.

While this strong federalist philosophy casts a redemptive light on his opposition to tort reform, it does not fully excuse or explain a number of his votes. His persistent federalism also makes his role in the passage of McCain-Feingold all the more disappointing. It is difficult to reconcile Thompson's fervent belief in a limited government with his enthusiasm for increasing government regulation on political speech. Thompson has never adequately addressed this contradiction and will have to do so. His recent doubts over the legislation's efficacy are encouraging, least of all because all politicians make mistakes, and rare are those willing to admit their own.

John McCain

While John McCain can easily point to a handful of pro-growth votes over his twenty-four years in Congress, a deeper look at Senator McCain's record and rhetoric, especially in recent years, ought to give American taxpayers a long and hard pause.

To give credit where it's due, John McCain's record on spending, school choice, and free trade is extremely positive. His go-it-alone moralism sometimes results in pro-growth policies, as is the case in his anti-pork crusades. However, this moralism often manifests itself in the form of more government, less freedom, and a distrust of the individual and the free market system. This is dramatically the case in his opposition to the Bush tax cuts, his class-warfare rhetoric, his occasional support for large-scale increased government regulation, his willingness to raise Social Security taxes, and of course, his abysmal record on political free speech.

Senator McCain's outspoken pursuit of anti-growth and anti-free-market policies in the realms of taxes, regulation, and campaign finance reveals a philosophical ambivalence, if not hostility, about limited government and personal freedom. This ambivalence, combined with a rebellious nature, often leaves taxpayers the victims of his latest cause célèbre. Despite his positive votes-and there are several-his negative positions have tainted, perhaps beyond repair, the positive ones over his twenty-four years in Congress. The evidence of his record and the virulence of his rhetoric suggest that American taxpayers cannot expect consistently strong economic policies from a McCain administration.

Rudy Giuliani

There is no doubt that Rudy Giuliani took some anti-growth positions over his eight years as mayor of America's largest city. From his support for extending income tax surcharges, to his affinity for corporate welfare projects, to his vocal opposition to NAFTA, there are undoubtedly some stains on Giuliani's fiscal record.

However, any exploration of a municipal executive record has to be colored by the unique context in which that record is achieved. Some of Giuliani's positions are understandable given the liberal constituency he represented-such as his support for New York City rent control; others-like his support for McCain-Feingold and the 2003 Medicare Prescription Drug Plan-are not. In New York City, Rudy Giuliani governed a locality that was thoroughly dominated by liberal Democrats; public sector labor unions; social welfare activists; and a powerful local news media actively hostile to a limited-government philosophy. In the face of such tremendous headwind, Giuliani's fiscal accomplishments are remarkable.

Despite powerful local obstacles, Giuliani was able to significantly cut taxes; hold spending increases down below the rates of inflation and population growth; overhaul the welfare system; deregulate and privatize many local government services; and join the fight for school choice. These accomplishments played a crucial role in transforming New York City from an economic basket case into a thriving economy.

The most important question is what Giuliani's mayoral tenure tells us about how he would govern if elected president. The answer is not clear cut, as some of his local positions are worrisome and some of his federal positions are still unknown. Nonetheless, one cannot help but conclude that if Giuliani could accomplish the pro-growth record he did in the hostile environment of New York City, the potential for him to accomplish even more amid the more politically balanced federal government is great.

Mitt Romney

As Massachusetts Governor, Mitt Romney's record on economic issues was generally good. He demonstrated a willingness to take on his Legislature and deserves credit for the many pro-growth measures he advocated and the modest reforms he was able to achieve. While his record on taxes, spending and entitlement reform is flawed, it is, on balance, encouraging, especially given the liberal Massachusetts Legislature. His record on trade, school choice, regulations, and tort reform all indicate a strong respect for the power of market solutions.

At the same time, Governor Romney's history is marked by statements at odds with his gubernatorial record and his campaign rhetoric. His strident opposition to the flat tax; his refusal to endorse the Bush tax cuts in 2003; his support for various minor tax hikes; and his once-radically bad views on campaign finance reform all cast some doubts on the extent and durability of his commitment to limited-government, pro-growth policies. His landmark steps in the health care arena also exhibit a mixture of desirable pro-free market efforts combined with a regrettable willingness to accept, if not embrace, a massive new regulatory regime. Nevertheless, given his outstanding private sector entrepreneurial experience; the strong pro-growth positions he has taken on the campaign trail; his overall record as governor; and the fact that the U.S. Congress will not be as liberal as the Massachusetts Legislature, we are reasonably optimistic that, as President, Mitt Romney would generally advocate a pro-growth agenda.

Ron Paul

When it comes to limited government, there are few champions as steadfast and principled as Representative Ron Paul. In the House of Representatives, he plays a very useful role constantly challenging the status quo and reminding his colleagues, despite their frequent indifference, that our Constitution was meant to limit the power of government. On taxes, regulation, and political free speech his record is outstanding. While his recent pork votes are troubling, the vast majority of his anti-spending votes reflect a longstanding desire to cut government down to size.

But Ron Paul is a purist, too often at the cost of real accomplishments on free trade, school choice, entitlement reform, and tort reform. It is perfectly legitimate, and in fact vital, that think tanks, free-market groups, and individual members of congress develop and propose idealized solutions. But presidents have the responsibility of making progress, and often, Ron Paul opposes progress because, in his mind, the progress is not perfect. In these cases, although for very different reasons, Ron Paul is practically often aligned with the most left-wing Democrats, voting against important, albeit imperfect, pro-growth legislation.

Ron Paul is, undoubtedly, ideologically committed to pro-growth limited government policies. But his insistence on opposing all but the perfect means that under a Ron Paul presidency we might never get a chance to pursue the good too.

And of course, the Democrats are absolutely appalling.

Hillary Clinton, Barak Obama, and John Edwards are nearly identical in their opposition to economic freedom and their determination to expand the size of government. If they showed any glimmer of moderation in the Senate, their recent rhetoric and policy proposals leave no doubt as to their desire to move the Democratic Party leftward on economic issues. They often seem locked in a three-way battle to see who can be the most anti-growth in their economic policies. More often than not, John Edwards wins that designation, outdoing Clinton and Obama in inflammatory rhetoric and in big-government policy proposals, truly mastering the art of class-warfare politics. That said, the differences between the trio are merely variations on the same theme. All three have backed and are proposing policies that would prove disastrous for economic growth in this country.

Bill Richardson is clearly more pro-growth than his opponents and not prone to the kind of demagogic pronouncements that we so often hear from the other Democrats. As governor, he demonstrated that he understands -- at least on a basic level -- that less government and lower taxes can lead to increased economic growth. While in Congress, Richardson also had a better record on spending, trade, and tort reform than his rivals for the presidential nomination. Yet, Richardson is not running as a pro-economic growth Democrat in the mold of John F. Kennedy. He has spent little time boasting about his net tax cuts as governor or talking about the importance of free trade.

It is a shame none of these candidates have learned from the successes of Kennedy, who enacted pro-growth tax policies, and President Bill Clinton, who enacted pro-growth trade policies. The Kennedy tax cuts and the Clinton trade policies greatly expanded opportunity, created new jobs, and created wealth that benefited all Americans. There is no rule that says Democrats cannot support pro-growth policies, and there is a real dearth in the party for just that kind of Democrat.

Originally posted at: GOP & College

Judicial Watch Announces List of Ten Most Corrupt Politicians

And guess who pops up?

Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, today released its 2007 list of Washington’s “Ten Most Wanted Corrupt Politicians.”

1. Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY): In addition to her long and sordid ethics record, Senator Hillary Clinton took a lot of heat in 2007 – and rightly so – for blocking the release her official White House records. Many suspect these records contain a treasure trove of information related to her role in a number of serious Clinton-era scandals. Moreover, in March 2007, Judicial Watch filed an ethics complaint against Senator Clinton for filing false financial disclosure forms with the U.S. Senate (again). And Hillary’s top campaign contributor, Norman Hsu, was exposed as a felon and a fugitive from justice in 2007. Hsu pleaded guilt to one count of grand theft for defrauding investors as part of a multi-million dollar Ponzi scheme.

Judicial Watch is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Judicial Watch neither supports nor opposes candidates for public office. For more information, visit www.judicialwatch.org.

I'm still hoping Kucinich gets the Dem's nod. Then if only Fred can get in, we'll have us an old fashioned hottie in the White House one way or another.

Ho! Ho! Ho! Merry Christmas!

Santa left some Christmas-themed "viral videos" for your amusement... unwrap and enjoy!

The hilarious Jeff Dunham with Achmed the Dead Terrorist:



Christmas lights set to music, take 1:



The best version ever of the otherwise obnoxious "The Twelve Days of Christmas" from Straight No Chaser:



Christmas lights set to music, take 2:



Mr. Bean fixes Christmas dinner (I dare you not to laugh):



Christmas lights set to music, take 3:



And lest we forget...



God bless us, everyone!

Now, let's go toss some elves and squeeze some reindeer noses!

Who can beat Hillary?

Perhaps I should be one of those huge salary drawing fatcat type people.

Because I just figured it out...

Click Here to see Hillary lose and lose BIG!

A ROCK Group that Supports the Troops???

You BET...



I've always liked 3 Doors Down, and they just took a giant leap up my list of favorite bands based on guts alone! As sad as it is, you just KNOW they're going to take a whole lot of flack for this from their "peers" and others in the music industry.

The song and video have apparently been out there for at least a couple of months already. How in the world did I not know about this until now??? Spread the word, their new album comes out sometime early next year.

In the meantime, you can download this song FREE* (*short, quick e-mail registration required) at the National Guard website. But hurry, free download is limited to first 50,000 and as I said, I'm a little late to this party.

The home page for the video/song is HERE.

h/t to Ray in the comments section of this DUFU post. And to tk here for the free download tip (from a Google search).

INFIDELS!

Okay, this is my first official attempt at embedding a YouTube video, so forgive me if I botch it, but this is certainly worthy of being the first one...

A Christmas present from our good friends Buckley F. Williams and R.H. Potfry at The Nose On Your Face:

Birthday Link!

Okay, everybody, go say hi to the BIRTHDAY BOY!

Oh, yeah... he's also a newlywed!

Spreading the Word...

Andrea at Radio Patriots would like as many people as possible to know about Move America Forward's latest plan to honor our troops.

I am more than happy to pass it along.

In Case You Missed It: The CNN Republican Debate

As a service to our readers, The Right Place now presents, in its entirety, the most recent Republican Presidential Debate, as seen on CNN! I hope you will find it most informative...


"Good evening, and welcome to tonight's Republican Debate on CNN, the world's most trusted news source. I'm Anderson Cooper. Before we begin, let's meet the candidates..."


"Former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani...


...Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney...


...Arizona Senator John McCain...


...Former Tennessee Senator Fred Thompson...


...Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee...


...California Congressman Duncan Hunter....


...Colorado Congressman Tom Tancredo...


...and Texas Congressman Ron Paul."


"Tonight's questions will come from members of our studio audience, as well as from questions submitted via YouTube. Those who will be asking the questions come from all over the United States, they were selected totally at random, and each and every one of them have sworn to us on stacks of bibles, cross-their-hearts-and-hope-to-die, stick-a-thousand-needles-in-their-eye, may-lightning-strike-them-if-they're-telling-a-lie, that they are, in fact, undecided Republican voters --- and we have chosen to take them at their word. Neither we, nor the candidates, have any advance knowledge of the questions that will be asked. Let's get started with a gentleman from YouTube who has submitted a question for consideration, Retired Brigadier General Keith Kerr."


"Hi, I'm an openly gay former General, who, I assure you, is NOT a Democrat Party plant who has served on Hillary Clinton's steering committee, nor did I ever campaign for John Kerry, as far as you know. My question is for Congressman Hunter: Tell me, sir, why are all Republicans like yourself a bunch of bigoted, sexist, racist, homophobic, war-mongering fascists? And wouldn't the world be far better off if we only allowed gay pacifists in the military?"


"Well, first of all, sir, as a former Serviceman myself, and with all due respect, I believe that your premise is false to begin with..."


"I'm sorry, Congressman, but your time has expired. Let us go to another YouTube question, this time from a woman who calls herself Journey, and she is from Texas."


"Hi. As a lifelong Republican who is soooooo not secretly a lesbian Democrat activist who supports John Edwards, my question is for Senator McCain. I wanted to know why, Senator, you and the rest of these heartless, cruel, chauvinist brutes on the Republican side, want to prevent me from having reproductive choice and force me into a back alley to have my abortion, which is my right! Don't you want me to be able to be safe during my abortion, or would you prefer that I die? You'd like that, wouldn't you?"


"Journey, first of all, no one here wants to see a bright young woman like yourself die..."


"I'm sorry, Senator McCain, the red light has come on and we must move to the next question. This one comes to us from Dylan on YouTube, and it is for Mayor Giuliani."


"I, and all of America for that matter, would like to know when we are going to be told the truth about 9/11! We know we are being lied to by the government. There were no terrorists, those planes didn't knock those towers down... we murdered our own people and covered it up! What I want to know is, how do you sleep at night knowing that it's all just an elaborate and convenient lie created to take us into an illegal and unnecessary war?"


"I resent that! Everything you just said is totally, totally false and it disgusts me! How dare you suggest such things! I was there, and I can tell you for a fact..."


"Once again, I'm afraid we are out of time. That is all for the YouTube portion of the debate, we now move on to questions from members of our audience. Mark from California is first up, and he has a question for Senator Thompson."


"Senator, I demand to know why, as a Senator, you voted to support this abomination of a war under such false pretenses, when the whole world knew... KNEW there were no WMD in Iraq and that Chimperor Bushitler was lying in order to fight a war for oil? Also, if you manage to somehow steal this election, since that is the only possible way any Rethuglican could win, would you pledge to see to it that he and every last member of his unelected regime is dragged before the International Court at the Hague to face charges of war crimes?"


"Okay, first of all, I resent your tone! Furthermore, in actual fact, all of the intelligence that was available at the time, including those evaluations from other governments..."


"Sorry, Senator, time is wasting and we must move on. George has our next question, and it is for Governor Romney."


"Governor, if elected, would you rescind the Bush tax cuts, or will you simply allow this horrifically bad economy to descend into another Great Depression and let Social Security and Medicare wither and die on the vine, leaving old people to die in the streets with no food or medicine, just so the richest among us can enjoy a few extra dollars in their already bloated pockets?"


"Where do I begin? The economy right now is, in fact, one the best..."


"Sorry, Governor, your time is up. Our next question is for Congressman Tancredo and comes from Jorge from Arizona."


"¡Hey, gringo! ¿Porqué usted quisiera que todo el mexicano muriera como perros?"


"First of all, sir, this is America and I would appreciate it if you would have the common courtesy to speak to me in our native language, English, so that everyone watching could understand..."


"¡Los republicanos son cerdos racist! ¡No necesitamos ningún pasaporte que apesta! ¡Viva MEChA! ¡Viva Aztlan! ¡Todas sus fronteras son pertenecen a nosotros!"


"What the...??? Did he just say what I think he said? Sir, that is inflammatory and I would like to take this opportunity to address the border issue if I may..."


"Sorry, but we are once again out of time and must move swiftly along. Our next question is from Al from Minnesota."


"I would like to ask Congressman Paul if he would consider running as a third party candidate? I know many others, like me, would really, really like to see the Republican vote split... I mean we would really, really like more of a choice... and I... I really, really think you should run as an independent and take as many votes away from the winner of this primary as humanly possible."


"I haven't really considered..."


"Once again, I must interrupt due to time constraints. We now move along to a question for Governor Huckabee from Al from Tennessee."


"Thank you, Anderson. Speaking as a Nobel Prize winner and an Academy Award winning filmmaker, I must ask why all of you don't seem to care at all that our planet is dying! Governor Huckabee, if you are elected President, will you pledge to sign the Kyoto Treaty immediately upon entering office, and if not, don't you agree that you should immediately be disqualified from consideration by any thinking American?"


"Is this some sort of a joke?..."


"Sorry, Governor, but we are all out of time! On behalf of the American people, I would like to thank the candidates for participating this evening, and I would also like to thank all of the wonderful people who submitted such thoughtful questions for the candidates. I hope all of you watching at home found this debate as insightful and thought-provoking as I did. Goodnight."

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ADDENDUM (12/2/07):

First, credit where credit is due..

Dreadfully sorry, but in my haste to post this, I forgot to h/t DaveTesla on THIS Free Republic thread for the link to the article on Journey Murry's coming out in the UT Arlington newspaper.

For those that do not recognize any of our "guests" in this post, the questions are asked, in order, by...

1) Retired Brigadier General Keith Kerr, actual CNN Debate questioner
2) Journey Murry, actual CNN Debate questioner
3) Dylan Avery, 9/11 conspiracy kook extraordinaire and director of Loose Change
4) Markos Moulitsas, founder of the far-left hate site Daily Kos
5) George Soros, Socialist billionaire (figure that one out) and founder of MoveOn.org (among other things)
6) Alfonso Bedoya as Gold Hat in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
7) Al Franken, far-left so-called comedian, formerly of SNL & Air America, now running for US Senate in MN
8) Al "Chicken Little" Gore, Former VP and inventor of the internet!

Also, a Spanish to English translation from above. I admit my Spanish is purely courtesy of BabelFish, so forgive me if it is not technically right, but it is, at least, close.

"¡Hey, gringo! ¿Porqué usted quisiera que todo el mexicano muriera como perros?"

Hey, American [using the common derogatory term]! Why do you want all Mexicans to die like dogs?

"¡Los republicanos son cerdos racist! ¡No necesitamos ningún pasaporte que apesta! ¡Viva MEChA! ¡Viva Aztlan! ¡Todas sus fronteras son pertenecen a nosotros!"

Republicans are racist pigs! We don't need no stinking passports! Hooray for MEChA [a Hispanic separatist group here in the US]! Hooray for Aztlan [a dreamed of Hispanic-dominated independent state carved out of the American Southwest, "liberating" lands that were once "stolen" from Mexico]! All your borders are belong to us!

I just thought it might be fun to have some of the humor be a little bit hidden. Hope that clears things up!

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Thanks for the links!

Sondra K at Knowledge Is Power
Lemuel Calhoon at Hillbilly White Trash
Van Helsing at Moonbattery
John Ruberry at Marathon Pundit
Walter Craig at The Butter Stick

Happy Capitalism Day!

It's the day after Thanksgiving. Time for everyone to go buy stuff!

I hope everyone had a wonderful and happy Thanksgiving with lots and lots of Turkey. Unless you're not an American. Then just, um, nevermind.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

Image stolen from here.

I've been playing with my new computer over the last couple of months and have been transferring gobs and gobs of music onto it. In honor of the season, I thought I might share my idea for the ultimate Halloween mix with you. I divided the songs into categories, one category per song, although many of them could easily be included in several different ones.

I may update this list as the day progresses. Feel free to add your own ideas in the comments section...

CLASSIC ROCK:

•Bad Moon Rising - Creedence Clearwater Revival
•Bat Out Of Hell - Meat Loaf
•Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen - Santana
•Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
•Boris The Spider - The Who
•Brain Damage/Eclipse - Pink Floyd
•Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap - AC/DC
•(Don't Fear) The Reaper - Blue Öyster Cult
•Dream Police - Cheap Trick
•Frankenstein - Edgar Winter Group
•Godzilla - Blue Öyster Cult
•Helter Skelter - The Beatles
•Highway To Hell - AC/DC
•Hotel California - Eagles
•Hush - Deep Purple
•Paranoid - Black Sabbath
•People Are Strange - The Doors
•The Raven - The Alan Parsons Project
•Roland The Headless Thompson Gunner - Warren Zevon
•Scenes From A Night's Dream - Genesis
•Stiletto - Billy Joel
•Strange Brew - Cream
•Sympathy For The Devil - The Rolling Stones
•Tubular Bells Part 1 - Mike Oldfield [as heard in The Exorcist]
•Welcome To My Nightmare - Alice Cooper
•Werewolves Of London - Warren Zevon
•The Witch Queen Of New Orleans - Redbone
•Witchy Woman - Eagles

80'S/90'S ROCK:

•Abracadabra - Steve Miller Band
•All You Zombies - The Hooters
•Cat People (Putting Out Fire) [Let's Dance album version] - David Bowie
•Cry Little Sister (Theme From The Lost Boys) - Gerard McMann
•Destroyer - The Kinks
•Devil Inside - INXS
•Don't Pay The Ferryman - Chris DeBurgh
•Enter Sandman - Metallica
•Eyes Without A Face - Billy Idol
•Feed My Frankenstein - Alice Cooper
•Home By The Sea/Second Home By The Sea - Genesis
•I'm Going Slightly Mad - Queen
•It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) - R.E.M.
•Lost In The Shadows (The Lost Boys) - Lou Gramm
•Love And Death And An American Guitar - Jim Steinman
•Miss Ghost - Don Henley
•Moon Over Bourbon Street - Sting
•Murder By Numbers - The Police
•October - U2
•On The Dark Side - John Cafferty & The Beaver Brown Band
•Rattlesnake - Live
•Spiderwebs - No Doubt
•Synchronicity II - The Police
•Twilight Zone - Golden Earring
•Vampires, Mummies And The Holy Ghost - Jimmy Buffett
•Witch Hunt - Rush
•Zombie - The Cranberries
•Zombie Zoo - Tom Petty

MODERN ROCK/COLLEGE ROCK/ALTERNATIVE:

•Bloodletting (The Vampire Song) - Concrete Blonde
•Cemetry Gates - The Smiths
•The Dead Girls - Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
•Dead Man's Party - Oingo Boingo
•Eaten By The Monster Of Love - Sparks
•Everyday Is Halloween - Ministry
•Fear (Of The Unknown) - Siouxsie & The Banshees
•The Ghost In You - The Psychedelic Furs
•Ghost Of The Year - Max Q
•Ghost On The Beach - Insiders
•Ghost Town - The Specials
•Happy Phantom - Tori Amos
•I Eat Cannibals - Total Coelo
•I Scare Myself - Thomas Dolby
•Intruder - Peter Gabriel
•The Killing Moon - Echo & The Bunnymen
•Lullaby - The Cure
•Monster - Fred Schneider
•Nightmares - A Flock Of Seagulls
•Ouija Board, Ouija Board - Morrissey
•Pet Sematary - Ramones
•Praying Mantis - Don Dixon
•Psycho Killer - Talking Heads
•Reptile - The Church
•Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) - David Bowie
•Swamp - Talking Heads
•There Is A Light That Never Goes Out - The Smiths
•Tombstone - Crowded House
•(Waiting For The) Ghost Train - Madness
•Ways To Be Wicked - Lone Justice
•Weird Science - Oingo Boingo
•Witches' Night - The JudyBats

OLDIES:

•Devil In Her Heart - The Beatles
•Haunted House - Jumpin' Gene Simmons
•I Put A Spell On You - Screamin' Jay Hawkins
•Love Potion Number Nine - The Searchers
•Mack The Knife - Bobby Darin
•Monster Mash - Bobby "Boris" Pickett
•The Purple People Eater - Sheb Wooley
•Spooky - Classics IV
•Witch Doctor - The Music Of David Seville
•(You're The) Devil in Disguise - Elvis Presley

NOVELTY:

•Attack Of The Killer Tomatoes - Lewis Lee
•Attack Of The Radioactive Hamsters From A Planet Near Mars - "Weird Al" Yankovic
•The Cockroach That Ate Cincinnati - Rose & The Arrangement
•Dead - They Might Be Giants
•Dead Puppies - Ogden Edsl Wahalia Blues Ensemble Mondo Bizarrio Band
•Masochism Tango - Tom Lehrer
•Nature Trail To Hell - "Weird Al" Yankovic
•Slime Creatures From Outer Space - "Weird Al" Yankovic
•Spider - They Might Be Giants
•They're Coming To Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa! - Napoleon XIV
•The Time Warp [from The Rocky Horror Picture Show]
•Turn Around - They Might Be Giants

70's/80's POP:

•Cleanin' Up The Town - The Bus Boys
•Dark Lady - Cher
•Devil Woman - Cliff Richard
•Ghostbusters - Ray Parker, Jr.
•Hungry Like The Wolf - Duran Duran
•I'm Your Boogie Man - KC & The Sunshine Band
•Maneater - Daryl Hall & John Oates
•Mean Green Mother From Outer Space [from Little Shop Of Horrors] - Levi Stubbs
•Oogie Boogie's Song [from The Nightmare Before Christmas] - Ken Page
•Somebody's Watching Me - Rockwell
•This Is Halloween [from The Nightmare Before Christmas]
•Thriller - Michael Jackson
•Union Of The Snake - Duran Duran
•Voo Doo - Rachel Sweet

COUNTRY:

•The Devil Went Down To Georgia - Charlie Daniels Band
•(Ghost) Riders In The Sky - Johnny Cash [also recorded by many others]
•The Legend Of Wooley Swamp - Charlie Daniels Band

EASY LISTENING/AMERICAN STANDARDS:

•Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead (from The Wizard Of Oz)
•The Little Blue Man - Betty Johnson
•Phantom Of The Opera (from the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical) - Michael Crawford & Barbara Bonney
•That Old Black Magic
•The Thing - Phil Harris
•Witchcraft - Frank Sinatra

CLASSICAL:

•Carmina Burana (O Fortuna) - Orff
•Funeral March Sonata No. 2 In B Flat Minor, Op. 35 - Chopin
•In The Hall Of The Mountain King - Grieg
•A Night On Bald Mountain - Rimsky-Korsakov [based on a work by Mussorgsky]
•The Sorcerer's Apprentice - Dukas
•Toccata In D Minor, BWV 565 - JS Bach

TV/MOVIE THEMES:

•The Addams Family
•Alfred Hitchcock Presents (Funeral March Of A Marionette)
•The Batman Theme [from the 1989 movie, composed by Danny Elfman]
•Bewitched
•Casper The Friendly Ghost
•Dark Shadows
•Ghostbusters (Main Title Theme) [composed by Elmer Bernstein]
•Halloween (Main Title Theme) [composed by John Carpenter]
•The Imperial March (from The Empire Strikes Back) [composed by John Williams]
•Jaws Theme [composed by John Williams]
•The Munsters
•Outer Limits
•Scooby-Doo [the classic TV cartoon theme song]
•The Twilight Zone
•X-Files

PROJECT VALOUR-IT

Thirdwavedave asked me to pass along word of an upcoming BlogTalkRadio interview about this worthwhile cause. You can read all about it HERE or just listen in HERE tonight (10/31) at 9pm EDT.

No Blogoween?

I blame Hillary

(apologies to IMAO and spacemon... er Frank, er, nevermind... Ray Nagin made me steal that photo)

Hello Out There!

Hi!

Mr. Right here. Just wanted to put up a post to let everyone know I'm back online and visiting many of my favorite blogs again on at least a semi-regular basis. So --- if you have been finding comments on your blog left by me, they are likely not illusions nor an imposter.

Sorry I've been away so long, but I just couldn't take having all those pages either take forever to load or not load at all with the old computer and dial-up internet, which are both now (thankfully) things of the past!

Not sure when or if the blogging bug will bite me again, but I will try to let people know if I feel the urge!

All the best!

Mr. Right

Move Election Day to April 16th

This was found at The New Editor (Tom Elia) and it's an interesting read.

(Versions of this column originally appeared in both the Philadelphia Inquirer and the Austin American Statesman.)

April 15th is upon us once again, a day, like indigestion, that never fails to elicit a number of responses. While some growl, others medicate, saying that freedom has its price or that taxes pay for civilized society. (Most indubitably -- care for some tea?)

A majority of people are willing to pay taxes for freedom or civilized society and would do so happily if they thought they were getting a fair shake. But a lot of people don't feel that they're getting a good deal.

In fact, they feel ripped off. But what can they do about it? In theory, they can wait until the first Tuesday in November every two, four or six years to change officeholders. But doesn't such a wait dissipate their desire for change? Why do they have to wait so long, and who benefits from such a wait? (I'll give you a hint -- it's not the voting taxpayer.)

Let's start benefiting the voting taxpayer and move election day to April 16th.

Normally, we don't patronize a business again if we feel ripped off. That's not an option here -- unless hanging out with the IRS is your idea of a good time. But we can vote for change, which is kind of like not patronizing a business again.

In theory, before entering the voting booth, we can try and learn about the issues and where our money goes. However, in reality the federal budget is extremely complex and most people's eyes glaze over when even its subject is brought up, effectively killing any inquiry.

Wanna feel like the walking plague? Try asking someone to read it at the next party that you go to. How does a particular program relate to what you paid in taxes? What is an average taxpayer's portion of an obvious boondoggle? Why do you think that the budget is so difficult to wade through and who benefits from such complexity? Surely not taxpaying voters. (Hey, where'd everybody go and why am I drinking alone?)

Did you know that the average federal government salary plus benefits exceeds $50,000 a year? You probably haven't had the time to read pages 205-209 of the Analytical Perspectives volume of the federal budget for fiscal year 1998 where this juicy morsel appears (after many calculations).

I'll bet that's probably because you haven't yet finished reading the 68,000 plus pages of the Federal Register. Oh, it's good stuff. Runs the vast panoply of the human experience, it does. But none of this stuff provides the drama of the 10 million words that make up the Federal Tax Code. I know, I know, you've been meaning to get to that, too. Or maybe it's gotten to you first. Perhaps not. Then again, maybe torture is your bag.

Suppose that you comparison shop and find a better price at Company A, do you necessarily care that Company B isn't as efficient and therefore charges a higher price? Do you immerse yourself in the details of Company B to see why there's such a difference? Are ya nuts?

No, you buy from Company A and let the executives of Company B figure out the details. If the executives at Company B want to keep their jobs, they react. That's their job.

But what can you compare our government to? Please, keep it clean: Did you pay more to the government in taxes or to the bank on your mortgage or to your landlord for rent this year? Do you think of your home as a major purchase? How about your tax bill? Is "major" an adequate adjective? (Quit looking at me that way, ex-gentle reader, it makes me nervous.)

Even if some of the sometimes arcane budget material does manage to resonate with voters and they actually understand it (just like they understood "Medicare cuts"), there is a further problem that is unique to the process of government. We pay our taxes in April and vote in November. Where else do you pay for something and wait for almost seven months to choose the product? And that's in an election year. Would you pay for your house and then wait seven months to choose its style? Would you take a blind date to the most expensive restaurant in town without a fallback plan? Whaddaya, nuts?

Let's simplify the process and move election day to April 16th. Shouldn't the timing of tax payments and our selection of office holders be tied more closely together?

Wouldn't this help to focus taxpaying voters' attention? Wouldn't elected officials respond better to the wishes of taxpaying voters if elections were held right near tax time?

Those voters who feel that the federal government is doing a good job could vote accordingly. Who could object to moving election day to April 16th? I wonder. Are they nuts? Or are the rest of us -- for voting in November?

Go ahead, make my day

You've no doubt heard the story of the poor kid who got in trouble for drawing the doodle that ended up being a gun. Here is the actual sketch in case you've not seen it:


Pretty dangerous. Other students might have seen this and recoiled violently getting paper cuts, running the risk of bleeding, scaring other students and generally wrecking havoc. Hey, it could happen.

Others, such as Neal Boortz, have discussed the mechanisms of using a zero tolerance policy to generate the lemming like follower mentality.

Wake up folks. These are our 21st century American government schools. They aren't worth a crap (pardon the expression). They exist for one purpose, to provide jobs for government union school teachers and government administrative hacks. Deep in your hearts each and every one of you know that the private sector could be doing a better job, and you're also deeply embarrassed, even if you won't admit it, that you have turned your children over to this hideous system to be, or so you think, "educated."

There is no one entity that is more responsible for the decline of our great country than our system of government education.

I don't have the sophistication to drum up this type of insight.

Instead I'll just say that if some kid drew a gun on ME in class, I'd probably be perty asceered.