Remember liberal hippy: during the “past eight years” year dissension was “patriotic.” Suck it.
Is Sonia Sotomayor gay? If so, this is a good reason to reject her Supreme Court nomination. If she can use her self-proclaimed Latina experiences to make decisions that crackers like me can’t make, you can bet your sweet fur burger that she can also use her Lesbian experiences in the same manner.
Riddle me this: If a Latina can make decisions influenced by her personal view of the world and/or her “empathy” (Obama’s apparent litmus test) where men cannot, why should I trust her judgment? After all, I am a minority: I live in a city that is 58% Hispanic. Where is MY representation? I thought that Obama was the great uniter! Help! Help! I’m being oppressed! Sotomayor is telling us that Mr. Honky isn’t necessarily the right judge for the job in cases involving race.
Sotomayor has already admitted that courts like hers are where policies are made, not enforced. Her words, not mine. Team Obama has hyped up her Latina heritage and the press is chugging the kool-ade yet again. She is a political activist, an example of how the courts are ruining America. Sotomayor sees her upbringing and culture as an advantage that gives her perspective and the ability to make tough decisions.
This makes me wonder: Since we can be sure that Roe v. Wade will certainly be reviewed by an Obama Supreme Court, how can Sotomayor possibly make a rational decision about the right to life if she has never created life before? How can she craft her legal opinions on such an important case if she has no cultural experience with the topic? She has no idea what it is like to live with another life inside of her. She has never experienced the miracle of birth. Will she take the side of teens “burdened” by pregnancy? Will she take the side of illegal aliens that enter our country to deliver an anchor baby? After all, she is a Latina, she understands these things, right? Based on her own perspectives on the roll of judges, she should respectfully withdraw her nomination.
But seriously, a judge is supposed to be an impartial arbitrator. A judge is not supposed to consider how the plaintiff or defendant was “feeling” at the time a crime was committed. A courtroom is no place to showcase your empathy. When you do, you get results like the initial OJ Simpson verdict. A judge should not put him or herself in the shoes of those she is judging. They are supposed to rule based on the letter of the law. If you were involved in a court case, would you enjoy the burden of worrying whether the judge was going to side with you or the other side? Or, would you prefer to sit in confidence knowing that the judge was not biased or full of empathy?
(note: Justice Souter is also gay. Sotomayor’s gayness is not the issue, if you read this correctly. I’m writing about the hypocrisy of her statements – conflict her words and beliefs have with the responsibilities that her potential new job carry.)
Calling all moderate Americans. WAKE UP! I can’t save or even influence the far lefties that have no clue about reality, but I can try to those of you in the middle ground.
Look back over the “failed eight years” that the left and Obama loved to whine about. Make a list of the accusations pointed at Bush and Cheney. What was he accused of? EVEN IF, for the sake of argument, you take the truther side and agree with their crazy assertions, what Obama is doing is exponentially worse, more restrictive, more invasive and more dangerous than ANYTHING that the Bush administration was accused of.
The Obama Administration has now expressed the need to restrict free speech, not only of lobbyists and insiders, but of “anyone else exerting influence on the process. We concluded this was necessary under the unique circumstances of the stimulus program.” Who wrote that quote? Norman Eisen, who works for Barack Obama as Special Counsel to the President on Ethics and Government Reform. Ed Morrissey had this to say:
Remember when the Left took to the streets to declare dissent “patriotic” during wartime? I didn’t have a problem with dissent then, but apparently the Left has a curious definition of “patriotism”. Now, suddenly, the federal government can silence their critics at will, not to protect critical national-security programs or keep from undermining a war effort, but to protect a Democratic president intent on seizing control of private industry across a wide swath of the nation. Suddenly, that kind of dissent threatens America.
Seriously speaking, when will the media and moderates that voted for Obama wake up and realize that this man is truly dangerous for America? Once upon a time liberals stood up for free speech. Remember the 1960s? What the hell has happened to the Left?Let me leave you chewing on this:
“The American people will never knowingly adopt socialism. But, under the name of “liberalism,” they will adopt every fragment of the socialist program, until one day America will be a socialist nation, without knowing how it happened.”
Norman Thomas, U.S. Socialist Party presidential candidate 1940, 1944 and 1948
I usually don’t forward or share these lists, but after living more than half of my life in Texas, marrying a Texan who gave birth to two little Texans, I consider Texas my home. I drive a pickup, carry a gun, have two big dogs, cook brisket, and sometimes start sentences with “hell.” Enjoy.
- Armadillos sleep in the middle of the road with their feet in the air.
- There are 5,000 types of snakes on earth and 4,998 live in Texas
- There are 10,000 types of spiders. ALL 10,000 live in Texas , plus a couple no one’s seen before.
- If it grows, it sticks; if it crawls, it bites.
- ‘Twiced’ is a word.
- People actually grow and eat okra
- ‘Fixinto’ is one word.
- There is no such thing as ‘lunch.’ There is only dinner and then supper.
- Iced tea is appropriate for all meals and you start drinking it when you’re two. We do like a little tea with our sugar!
- ‘Backwards and forwards’ means I know everything about you!
- Djeet is actually a phrase meaning ‘Did you eat?’
- You don’t have to wear a watch because it doesn’t matter what time it is. You work until you’re done or it’s too dark to see.
- You don’t PUSH buttons, you MASH them..
- You measure distance in hours. Like its 6 hours from Houston to Dallas .
- You’ll probably have to switch from ‘heat’ to ‘A/C’ in the same day.
- ‘Fix’ is a verb. Example: ‘I’m fixing to go to the store.’
- You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both unlocked.
- Yes, Friday night high school football games is serious football!
- You carry jumper cables in your car .. . . for your OWN car.
- There are only four spices: salt, pepper, Tabasco and ketchup..
- The local papers cover national and international news on one page, but require 6 pages for local gossip and sports.
- 100 degrees Fahrenheit is ‘a little warm.’
- We have four seasons: Almost Summer, Summer, still Summer and Christmas.
- Going to Wal-mart is a favorite past time known as ‘goin’ to Wally-World.’
- Gravy is a food group.
- A cool snap (below 70 degrees) is good pinto-bean weather.
- A carbonated soft drink isn’t a soda, cola or pop. . . . it’s a Coke, regardless of brand or flavor. Example: ‘What kind a coke you want?’
- Fried catfish is the other white meat.
- We don’t need no stinking driver’s ed . . . if our mama says we can drive, we can drive.
- And the most important thing we learn growing up in TEXAS is… IN GOD WE TRUST
Once upon a time reporters actually lived up to their title. They “reported” news. Their goal was to get the elusive “scoop” before those bastards from the competing newspaper got it first. They developed a network of dependable contacts and insiders to help find leads and verify data. The goal was to dig, dig, dig… get to the bottom of the story.
But then something happened. Television became a huge business. Advertising revenue became massive. A television evolved media entities became more powerful and ratings wars became fierce. The reality we have now is that mainstream media outlets are concerned more about ratings than they are about the truth. And this, combined with the massively disproportionate amount of liberal employees and executives, makes our current media environment toxic. Dangerous. A Tyrannosaurus Rex out for nothing but its next meal, to hell with any collateral damage.
The ferocious and hate-driven smear fest aimed at Sarah Palin last year is a fine example of this. But it is just an example of swarm-like activity focused on assumptions based on political hatred, not on relevance or substance. On the opposite side of the spectrum we have investigative apathy. You see, when you are in love with a political leader, there is no negative story about said leader worth pursuing. Instead you will attack those that question your chosen Messiah.
Case in point: The Obama Administration has taken control of American auto giants. In an effort to “save” the company it is directing the closure of hundreds of dealerships. The criteria behind these closings have yet to be made public, but initial data suggests that profitability has little to do with whether or not a dealership survives. What does matter? It looks like political affiliation and race are important factors.
“No.” you say. “It can’t be so.” An old fashioned journalist would look at the evidence and decide if this story was worth researching. If true, it could be a huge story. if false, the discrediting of the accusers could be a huge story. A win-win for the reporter, right? Not today. You see, the Obama-loving, kool-ade drinking media dares not question its savior. Instead it mocks any accusers. (see any Man-Made Global Warming or Intelligent Design stories for recent examples). The Washington Post offered this response yesterday:
“…have you or anyone at the Post investigated this? Chrysler dealers shut down in Obama bankruptcy are mostly Republican? It seems a crosscheck of dealerships to be closed versus donations shows almost all the dealers to be closed donated to Republicans.
Post business columnist Steven Pearlstein: “Oh, please. What percent of all auto dealers are Republican? I bet its (sic) pretty high.”
Sounds like a hard-hitting reporter to me, huh? Scoff at the accusation, forget about taking a moment to research it. Could it be true that most dealership owners are Republican by their entrepreneurial nature, therefore skewing the statistics? Or, could it be true that minority ownerships are being given preference to meet our liberal president’s personal agenda? Either way, this story merits more attention, not just disdain.
I suggest to the mental midgets in the media the following scenario: If, as you blindly feel, Obama is innocent of bias or wrongdoing, why not expend the minimal energy required to prove the neo-con haters wrong and then have Matthews, Olbermann and Stewart publicly lambaste them ad nauseum for the next month? Wouldn’t that be fun? C’mon hippy, you know you love a good neo-con train wreck. Fire up Google and have at it!
I think commenter Tre sums it up nicely: The MSM is too busy following those important, hard-hitting, vital stories like, what other pictures did Miss California pose for? What else “enchants” Duh One about the Presidency? Just how high is Duh One’s approval rating among illegal aliens? How will Colin Powell beat Rush Limbaugh in this war of words?
A woman in a hot air balloon realized she was lost. She lowered her altitude and spotted a man in a boat below:
“Excuse me, can you help me? I promised a friend I would meet him an hour ago, but I don’t know where I am.”
The man consulted his portable GPS and replied, “You’re in a hot air balloon, approximately 30 feet above ground elevation of 2,346 feet above sea level. You are at 31 degrees, 14.97 minutes north latitude and 100 degrees, 49.09 minutes west longitude.”
She rolled her eyes and said, “You must be a Republican.”
“I am,” replied the man. “How did you know?”
“Well,” answered the balloonist, “everything you told me is technically correct. But I have no idea what to do with your information, and I’m still lost. Frankly, you’ve not been much help to me.”
The man smiled and responded, “You must be an Obama Democrat.”
“I am,” replied the balloonist. “How did you know?”
“Well,” said the man, “you don’t know where you are or where you are going. You’ve risen to where you are, due to a large quantity of hot air. You made a promise you have no idea how to keep, and you expect me to solve your problem. You’re in exactly the same position you were in before we met, but somehow, now it’s my fault.”
