The HAT People

Prayer - Who Are We

2009-03-01T06:49:00.002-06:00

Why is it, Oh Lord, that we would rather be seen as cosmic accidents then heirs to creation? What is it about our desire to destroy our promise in favor of a finite existence that would drive us to run from eternity?

I pray that the eyes of our souls would be opened, that the doors to our hearts would swing wide to the potential we have if only we will accept our place in front of the Lord Of The Universe.

For we have been fearfully, wonderfully made. Psalm 139:14

A Prayer For Prosperity

2009-02-20T18:47:00.001-06:00

"To fear the LORD is to hate evil; I hate pride and arrogance, evil behavior and perverse speech."
Proverbs 8:13 (NIV)

Lord, we are a prideful country shaken at our foundations because of our failure to keep your commands. I pray your people, who are called by your name, will humble ourselves and seek your face. We do not deserve your blessing and yet, I ask it. We do not deserve to be lifted up and, yet, I ask it. Fall upon your people. Rest your hand on those who have called upon your name. Show the world your glory through your people.

Prayer - The Sequel

2009-02-13T14:29:00.001-06:00

Dear God, we are a people of fear. But we do not fear the right things. Descend upon us. Change us into a people who fear you and not the world. Give us a miracle that will shake the world. Those who’s hearts are ready will know you are God and move closer to you.

I ask for a voice to be able to shout your glory from the highest mountain. But I cannot change the world. Only you, Oh God, can do such a work. But I can change me. I fight against the enemy to be your man. Help me to be greater than myself. Let the world fear, give me courage.

The fear of God is the beginning of wisdom.
Proverbs 1:7

A Time For Prayer Not Fear

2009-02-07T05:37:00.003-06:00

Oh. Magnificent God of the universe, I pray you would descend on this country. Send down your Spirit to blanket us with your power. Make us into a country that honors you.

Right now, Father, we are a fearful people, led by leaders of fear. Help us to throw off the fear and be brave. Start with your people, those called by your name. We should be out front but we are not. Raise up your Church today to lead. This day, all across the country speak to the hearts of Christians. Tell them it is time to be strong and courageous in you. Tell them that the King is on the throne and he is not afraid. Call them to a spirit of courage not one of fear.

I pray for our president who called us to hope not fear then turned to fear as the whip of leadership. Make him a courageous man. Renew his heart that he might see you and know your power is greater than anything he has at his disposal. The faith, real faith, of one man can change a world. Give him the true faith of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. The faith of a David who faced a giant warrior with nothing by a sling, a stone and the courage of God. You, alone, have the power to change this man. Please take his heart in your hands and make him a man of God.

I pray for our leaders who are flailing around like fish out of water. They are trying to do something in this time of uncertainty but their solutions are old and bound for failure. It would only take a few, Lord. A few who lift their eyes to you and see the true power of the universe. Open their eyes. Strip away the blindfolds of the enemy of truth that has them walking this earth as though they are blind. I pray for a miracle among those who lead us. A miracle like that of Paul when your Son descended upon him and gave him the light of truth. Revive our leaders.

As for me and my house, I will stand in the face of the storm and I will trust in you. Make me a pillar and help me conquer my lack of faith. Forgive me when I take my eyes off of you to look at the turmoil around me. Bring my focus back on your holy presence.

Amen – so be it.

“I am reminded of your sincere faith, which first existed in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am convinced that this faith also exists in you. For this reason, I am reminding you to fan into flames the gift of God that is within you through the laying on of my hands. For God did not give us a spirit of timidity but one of power, love, and self-discipline. Therefore, never be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord or of me, his prisoner. Instead, by God's power, join me in suffering for the sake of the gospel.”
2 Timothy 1:5-8 NIV ©2008

The HAT People: God Never Lies

2008-11-21T08:56:00.003-06:00

The HAT People: Taking Nothing - Leaving All - Receiving Everything

2008-11-21T08:47:00.004-06:00

Halloween '08

2008-11-07T04:11:00.000-06:00

The HAT People: How To Heal A Nation

2008-10-31T05:46:00.004-05:00

The Hat People: The Winner

2008-10-23T18:59:00.001-05:00

The HAT People: The Watch

2008-08-03T10:42:00.002-05:00

The Bugger Wars: A Day In Barney's Life

2008-08-01T08:09:00.002-05:00

Barney glanced at the clock. Flush mounted into the light gray wall, it blended in, a natural part of the business environment. Mostly, it was his adversary, advancing like a snail, in no hurry, going no where. He sighed. The thing controlled his life, dicing it up into little increments. Even when he wasn’t at the office, it dominated every aspect of his existence. Tick, tock, the minute hand slid gradually to two minutes shy of the hour. He blinked. Nothing changed. The slow methodical arch of the sweep second hand started another round. Again, he sighed and dropped his gaze.

The report still rested in front of him on the desk. Lines and lines of data, meaningless to all except a trained eye. And Barney had eyes trained to cipher the meaning of the symbols, breaking them down into words and numbers. He moved the 12” metal ruler he used to assist his experienced eyes in following the symbols across the page to the next line to be considered.
Then he looked up to the computer screen sitting 24” away. The information matched. He placed a check mark on the paper and pressed a key on his keyboard. On the screen the next cell was highlighted. Barney sighed.

His workspace was a 3-sided, 5-foot high gray cubicle with a gray desk, gray file cabinets and a matching gray chair. The carpet was gray Berber weave with clear mats strategically placed in high traffic areas and under chairs. Chatter, a low level of human voices, phones and general activity drifted over his short walls in a never ending, mind numbing stream.

One of the many messengers entered his small world, unceremoniously deposited a pile of new reports on an unused corner of the desk, rendered him a non-sympathetic smile and disappeared all in one fluid seamless motion. He looked around. The grayness, the Monday of it all began to close in on him. Another glance at the enemy on the wall, one minute to the hour.
This couldn’t be his life, he wanted to scream. Stand up and shout it to the world, he thought, there must be more! He wanted to bury his face in his hands and allow the emotion to flow. Except, men weren’t permitted such expressions. Instead, he stared at his report fighting back the strong impulses welling up inside. An all too familiar panic rushed to overwhelm his spirit. This was his life and there was no escape! Predictably, the nausea was not far behind. His breathing increased as he fought to prevent his stomach from delivering its contents. Barney knew what was coming next, even while he tried to fight it but, to no avail.

The grays flowed together, twirled and spun out of control. The vortex formed.

“Oh God,” Barney prayed. “Oh God!”

An explosion to his right threw dirt, smoke and potential death across his foxhole. The Liberator flinched. Then he scolded himself for showing weakness. His soldiers needed strength, his strength if the next few hours were to be successful.

Quickly, he surveyed the battlefield. His mind was clear. He knew what had to be done. The end of the long road was near, in sight. He wore khaki, green camouflage, a bush-style hat barely on his head and a pistol belt around his waist. The 45 felt natural in his hand. The knapsack straps pulled against his shoulders. Everyone had to carry his or her share of the load, even The Liberator.

Boom, boom, incoming landed on his left and behind. This time he didn’t react. Unfortunately, one of the rounds found at least one member in his unit. He could hear his muffled cries. Never mind, it was time to move. His focus was the hive.

He scanned the terrain and checked his watch. Three, two, one…the earth shook in conjunction with the massive blast. From the sound, he knew Shattner had hit the wall with both missiles. But his unit was a decoy for the operation. They were so predictable, his enemy. They thought they knew his mind, understood his tactics. Wrong, again. The breach was no doubt a large one. The Buggers would now think he was the decoy and Shattner’s breach was the focal point of the attack.

A few rounds fell on his position but he knew they were tokens. The enemy fire had already shifted to the breach. He tried not to think about how many Shattner would lose, sacrificed to maintain the illusion. His ability to win hinged on allowing such thoughts little consideration. Too many were counting on his clarity of mind to betray them with those things he had no control.

Although it was unnecessary, he glanced around one more time to verify his troops were ready. He had trained them. Of course, they were ready. Two quick hand signals and they moved forward as one.

Off in the distance he heard small arms fire and the distinctive high-pitched whine of the enemy’s beam weapons. An anti-aircraft rocket left its launcher before finding a target. A hover craft was probably hit. Seconds later he recognized the sound of one crashing. If nothing else, that made the attack a success.

However, he was after a killing blow not just a wound.

They reached the outer wall and started jogging parallel to it. He touched the cold stone. Suddenly he felt the difference, vibration. More hand motions and the charges were attached. Holding the detonator, he checked his watch then covered his face with his arm and triggered the small explosion. The enemy would never know. Shattner’s timing was perfect, sending rockets into the breach. The effect hid from enemy sensors the small hole he had punched.
The fortress had a weakness. The generators built into the walls to maintain the dome shielding were accessible by maintenance tunnels used to service the machinery. The Liberator knew because he was the only human to ever enter the Hive and escape alive. Although, escape was not altogether an accurate term. He had jumped into another reality. The tunnels were empty. All available enemy fighters were at the breach repelling Shattner.

No map directed them. His memory and instinct was all on which the attackers had to rely. Leading his unit, they went deep into the Bugs’ fortress for what seemed an eternity through the twists and turns, forks and side passages. The silence, except for the soft footfalls and heavy breathing of his people, was deafening. The sounds of the battle above could not be heard. Rounding a corner, they found the door to the room and quickly eliminated the Bugger warriors guarding it. He signaled. Six grunts would follow him in while the remainder planted charges and took up defensive positions. They all knew, at this point they had won, whether or not they lived a minute longer. The charges were more than sufficient to destroy the tunnel and, by default, the target.

But he and his hand picked six were going to make certain the task was completed. They stormed the nest.

The room was filled with a red and yellow hue. The Queen, a cross between a large worm and a humanoid creature with six legs, two antennas and big fire-red eyes that beat down on The Liberator, was perched on her nest. Bathed in the light, drawing power and strength from it, she was surrounded by her wasp-like nursery workers, their wings fluttering as they labored. Before the workers could act, his troopers shot them. Their bodies withered in their death throes but the she-creature was powerless to help herself let alone her aids.
The soldiers rapidly set their charges and retreated to the doorway in a semi-circle, ready to defend him if need be.

He slowly approached the nest, his eyes glued on those of the creature. An egg slid down a tube at the side but with no worker to shelter it, the red glob fell to the floor oozing a slimy substance. He carefully positioned the explosive from his knapsack at the base and switched the detonator on. They had 10 minutes to escape. His charge was the master controlling all the others now.

The creature’s fire-red eyes glared hatred down on him. For his part, he lacked any emotion at all. And he was surprised by his response. He knew the soldiers behind him were anxious to leave, though they would not display impatience. Still, the Mother of the Buggers captivated him, so long had he planned for this moment. Nevertheless, he lacked any real hatred of the monster. The path bringing him here seemed so short now that he arrived. Uncertain as to how he should feel at this moment clouded his mind.

Then the beast made a sound. Indescribable, he nonetheless recognized it as defiance. To the bitter end the thing which had sucked the life from humanity, almost to the point of extinction, sought to dominate him with bravado calculated to capture him in fear.

He aimed his weapon but instead of the she-creature, he shot the food pouch hanging near her head. The liquid that had once been human lives, poured onto the floor. He looked back into the cold red eyes and laughed. Then he and his soldiers were gone.

The creature, in the midst of birthing, could not move. Trapped by her natural reproductive cycle, she would be totally along when the end came.

He led the way out, not because he was afraid of dying in the tunnels but because he knew his soldiers would be determined to stay with him regardless of the cost. Speed of the leader, speed of the team.

Topside, they raced from the hole in the wall. Not surprising, the battle still raged. Shattner and his attackers were to press long enough for their comrades to make entry into the hive then pull back. Instead, as he suspected, his commander had kept up the attack. What they must have endured, he could not imagine. The last of his people made it out when the charges blew. The gaseous air and confined spaces of the hive’s nest magnified the effect. The earth rocked, flames shot from every opening, including his hole, and the fortress was engulfed in smoke. A second later the first of many secondary explosions erupted, sending a cloud into the sky.

Barney jerked. He looked cautiously around. His eyes saw nothing but grayness, tedious, drab dullness. The chatter rushed back into his ears like a blast of dynamite. No one paid him the slightest attention. He took a sip of coffee, it was cold. He sighed and moved the ruler to the next line and verified the data on the computer screen. Above his wall the minute hand of the clock slowly advanced to the hour.

The two humanoid-like wasps behind Barney emitted a sound that, to the human ear, would resemble a buzz. That is, if the humans could hear or see them, which they could not.
“Every time he comes closer to finding his destiny. It is inevitable he will eventually discover our presence.”

“The Oracle has spoken. There is little we can do but watch. Watch and hope our power is sufficient to defeat him when the moment arrives.”

“Perhaps when his consciousness awakens, they will not believe in him?”

“It is doubtful. Our only hope is that he will be unable to believe in himself in the end. Otherwise, he will defeat us.”

The HAT People: Guitarman

2008-07-04T06:46:00.002-05:00

We Have The Gas Prices We Deserve.

2008-06-06T06:31:00.002-05:00

The United States Congress we voted into office continues to reject new drilling for oil on American soil, hinders the construction of new refineries with endless regulations and discourages market prices by allowing speculator to rule the commodities markets. AND we gave them the power to do so!

I say we but I really mean you. I vote for candidates who believe in the free market being allowed to be the free market. The problem is that there are so few of them and there are so few of me that we have so few of them in the congress. Thanks to so many of YOU!

Every day that I turn on the news, and those days have become fewer and fewer as I become sicker and sicker of hearing about it, I am subjected to the same regurgitated dribble about gas prices and what poor Americans can do about it. I’ll tell you what you can do about it, you can vote. Vote for candidates that will put their actions behind their rhetoric instead of the Chuck Schumers in congress who talk about the need to improve supply then vote the opposite. Oh, wait, you cannot do anything about it because you are too busy doing whatever it is that you do that makes you too busy to take care of your own life. And so you turn the big decisions that affect you the most over to other people while you decide at which restaurant you will eat, what to watch on TV or where you will shop for those things you don’t need but want.

Congradulations! Because of YOU, we have two of the weakest presidential candidates, down recently from three, who have ever vied for the highest office of our land. Of the two men now officially the unofficial candidates for the two major governing parties neither have the political will, inclination nor interest in solving any of your problems. They are more concerned with their power and with taking more of your freedoms away from you in the guise of protecting you. Neither will change the price of gas at the pump, unless it is to impose higher taxes (Yes, there are those in Congress hinting at just that solution).

Of course, I must take the blame, too. I gave money, I gave verbal support and I gave my vote to a man I thought would be better than the two current nothings but he failed to live up to expectations. There must be something else I can do but I have no idea what. My failure is in not finding that something.

In the mean time, the next four years could be some of the most difficult our nation has ever endured. That which does not kill us will make us stronger. Let’s hope we survive them as a nation to become stronger. In any event, because of you, the price of gas to get through the next four years will be higher.

Did I forget to thank you?

Gold Strike - Tunica, Mississippi

2008-06-05T05:59:00.002-05:00

One Blink In Time - Tennessee Roadside View

2008-05-31T04:41:00.005-05:00

When you drive, everyday, down the same road, everyday, to the same job, everyday, you sometimes need to look out the window and find something, anything to make just one moment, one brief blink of time worth living.

Politics In America

2008-05-24T05:34:00.003-05:00

Just in case you were wondering what the three major presidential cnadidates have to offer ... that would be empty tracks leading no where.

If There Is No God Then, Shut Up.

2008-05-23T05:33:00.002-05:00

If there is no God then, be so kind as to shut up.

We are told that God is a warm and fuzzy myth created by superstitious, unscientific creatures to explain away that which cannot be explained. Eventually, mankind will evolve into a perfect being able to make choices that will harm neither himself nor the planet. Who cares? It will not be me. I will be dead and gone long before Mister Perfect or Misses Perfect make their entrance. I will never derive any benefit from this evolution.

If there is no God then there is nothing after this life. No Heaven, no Hell, no nothing. This is it. This is my, your one and only life. That somehow humanity will achieve a state of perfection in some distant future does absolutely nothing to improve my quality of life here and now. I have no motivation to sacrifice for him/her.

Oh, that is selfish. Really? So what? Without a God, a moral point of focus, no one has the right to define good or bad, right and wrong except by the use of force. I can be obligated by the threat or use of violence to accept another’s standards but that does not alter the law of a Godless universe, the survival of the fittest.

Which brings me full circle. If there is no God then I can do whatever I want. And no law in the universe gives anyone the right to tell me differently. Therefore, I choose to believe. I will live this one and only life as if there was another one, more glorious, to follow and God sets the rules for that new life. You want to work toward the perfect man, have at it.

However, this my evolutionary choice. So, shut up!

The Origins Of The Universe

2008-05-16T03:42:00.002-05:00

Once-upon-a-time, in a universe far, far away, there was a cloud of hydrogen and a cloud of oxygen. Since they could remember, the two clouds existed peacefully, a coexistence of mutual respect and kindness. They had no reason to even contemplate their origins, just took it for granted that they had always been and would always be. But that all changed. No one really knows what happened to alter this congenial relationship. Nor can anyone explain which of the two entities was the first to provoke the incident that eventually led to it all. Nevertheless, it happened. The two former friends became embroiled in a feud that turned violent. So much so that there was a horrific explosion tearing them apart.

The gaseous debris created by the quarrel was hurled countless kilometers from the center of the confrontation. Eventually, the gases began to form inorganic bodies, grouping themselves together in galaxies and solar systems. Peace reigned once again, albeit, at the cost of the total destruction of the two clouds.

Then, quite by accident, on one spherical body revolving around a gigantic hot mass of assorted gas, some of the inorganic material transformed into a single cell organic organism. And, for no particular reason, the cell divided. It was such a pleasurable event; the cell did it again, as did its domestic partner. Well, the cells enjoyed this dividing thing for quite some time. However, eventually it became tiresome. Therefore, they sought new forms of pleasure, resulting, the evolution into complex cell structures.

After billions and billions and billions of years (The complex organisms had begun to track time by the number of revolutions their frail spherical home circled the gas mass.) they took on a sense of their own existence. Some of the complex organic creatures developed the capacity for rational thought. Somehow, they were able to throw off their natural compulsions in favor of a more highly developed sense of the universe. With this new found ability, they created and built and even stretched out into space in search of their origins. Perhaps they might even find the remnants of the two gaseous clouds that created them.

But no, instead they stumbled onto a planet, the third from its particular mass of flaming gas. There appeared to be other life forms which had developed similarly to them. So they landed and began to examine these unique complex cell structures. Unfortunately, it did not take them long to realize, after limited contact, that the living organisms on this planet were pitifully under-evolved. They had little concept of the great cloud creators. Hence, they fled the planet and the system. Though not before posting a warning to any other species evolving in the universe that might venture near. “Beware of this planet. The dominate species is a dumb as an unevolved rock.” But the visitors could not know the damage their brief presence had on the hapless multi-celled organisms. For the inhabitants had grossly misunderstood the visitors, setting them back thousands of years in their evolutionary journey.

And that is how the myth of the existence of God came to planet Earth.

What Would Jesus Say?

2008-05-02T02:58:00.000-05:00

The essential job of a pastor on Sunday mornings is to deliver the word of God and then to expound upon it for the edification of the faithful and the understanding of the seekers. Every pastor must ask himself the key question as he prepares his message; what would Jesus say?

Therefore, where do the sermons of Jeremiah Wright fit in? Would Jesus Christ use the precious time given a pastor each week to speak the words Wright spoke?

To answer the question it is best to go directly to the sources we have that provide an indication of the thoughts of Jesus, the Gospels. The red letters give a quick reference to the words of Christ and a fairly good indication of his priorities. Note that Jesus speaks directly to the actions of individuals and is the most concerned about their personal growth. When challenged on his views of the government, he makes it clear that moral laws must be obeyed and immoral resisted (immoral being those that are contrary to God’s laws). Jesus was constantly occupied with individuals growing in their faith and not in giving them excuses for failure such as a repressive government or a bitter neighbor. He provides principles for how a person can overcome the obstacles and not for how to forcibly remove them.

In other words, Jesus tells people to look within themselves for change when faced with difficulties. Seek the power of God to conquer from within not physical force to move aside the exterior barrier. There is only one realm in which the individual has complete control, his/her own spirit. Jesus instructed people how to change that spirit as the weapon against that which oppresses a person.

That is how Jesus taught the believer to live. The reliance on the internal purification of the soul as opposed to the external excavation of obstructions to life.

But human nature is to search out others on which to place the blame for personal failure. In our victim mentality society, we want to cast dispersions on others as an excuse for our actions or faults. If we can shift culpability to anywhere but our own persons, we cannot be held responsible.

Jeremiah Wright is just such a facilitator of the blame game. His messages are designed to throw off personal responsibility and heap it on others. Conscience clear, it’s not my fault but that other person. The Bible and Jesus specifically spoke of judgment following life. But a judgment that will be between God and the individual. Nowhere in the Bible does God even hint that the best defense for life’s failings will be to point a finger at others and claim them as responsible. No, the judgment will be personal. And for that judgment, Wright has done his congregation a great disservice in preparing them to stand before God.

Oddly enough, there was one group upon whom Jesus did cast blame for their failures. It was the religious leaders, the pastors of his time.

Experts?

2008-04-26T06:03:00.002-05:00

I am continually astonished by how much weight we give the “experts” in whatever area of consideration.

Let us take the simplest of examples, the weather. It is Monday and you are planning events for the weekend to come. Would you stake your life on the weather reports of your local news station? Seriously, would you make plans that might impact your life, even put it in danger, based on the weather forecasts? My guess is that you would consult a myriad of sources before taking any risk.

So why are we planning the future of the quality of our lives and economy on the word of a few weather men and Al Gore? Think about it. The technology Al Gore’s experts, the ones he is relying on to validate his theory of Global Warming (soon to be called Climate Change) is the same your local weather person uses to tell you about next weekend’s weather.

Then there are the financial experts. Here is a short memory quiz; which “experts” predicted the stock market crash of 1987? It should not be hard to discover, what with Google. I have to admit that I have not done the research on this one. I lived through it and, frankly, do not remember any expert showing up in the media with an “I told you so” moment. But note this the next time some economic figures are released. Inevitably, the newscast will say that the figures surprised experts, were higher/lower than experts predicted, did not meet expectations and etc.

Since the dawn of time, mankind has searched for those who could see into the future and predict what would happen so that humanity might avoid the down-turns of life. They were once called druids, magicians, wisemen, soothsayers, mystics. Now we call them experts. Nevertheless, despite the name, their task is essentially the same. They claim to see into the future and charge customers for the information. Once they used crystal balls, smoke or bones. Today, they used satellites, spread sheets and high speed computers. But the results are the same. Just look at Al Gore's bank account.

If A Candidate Screws Up In The Woods...

2008-04-19T05:06:00.002-05:00

Non-Obamaists continue to complain that the MSM in general is giving the senator a pass. As if that will sway voters. RED ALERT; the main street media is dying. Withering like a piece of fruit on a dead vine. America has entered a new reality for political campaigns and it relies less and less on the MSM. This is the age of the Internet.

Hillary Clinton learned of its coming the hard way. Surrounded by old-time political hacks, she sought to win the nomination for the Democrat Party in the traditional manner. Her strategy was to amass wins in big states to give her the momentum necessary to steamroll lover her competition.

However, Barack Obama defeated that strategy by going directly to the people, over the heads, actually, of the MSM. He used a tactic similar to what Howard Dean attempted, and had working until the infamous scream. Raising money from the little people he now scorns as “clingers” and courting the votes of those who had no history of voting. Dean once had the nomination practically locked up until he assumed, as did Hillary, that he had the nomination locked up. He failed to carry through on the ground in Iowa and consequently lost the state and, following the scream, New Hampshire. But, unlike Dean, Obama kept plugging away and pulled off the upset in Iowa setting up his unprecedented run.

He has done it off the little people who have been attracted to the historic nature of the candidate. Then came Pennsylvania and the bitterness. Hillary has seen the MSM who once worshipped her fleeing to the new guy. And Obama has been taking advantage of the soft coverage by his new pets. He makes very good but unspecific speeches heralded by reporters with nice little sound bites. Unfortunately for him, his true nature peaks out every so often and when it does the new medium takes over.

Once upon a time, a candidate could make a gaff and recover with little problem. Bill Clinton and his machine were very adept at it. They would throw out some tepid response to his latest scandal; claim they had already answered the question when pressed by the press and wait for the news cycle to change. Inevitably, it would. The new age of the Internet does not permit this old political scheme to work with its former effectiveness. A political blunder now stays around and can be replayed over and over again thanks to You Tube, blogs and other Internet tools.

History in repetition. Just as Howard Dean forgot how he vaulted into the lead, so Obama has forgotten. He has fallen back on the old style campaigning and it will bite him in the buttocks. Oh, and the MSM will be there to cover it. As if anyone will notice.

Whine Barack, Whine.

2008-04-18T06:37:00.002-05:00

The President of the United States of America should be the politically tough of the tough. Unless you are Barack Obama, Chief Whiner.

"Boo hoo hoo, the questions were not what I wanted. Cry, cry, cry, they were mean to me. Those bad old press people did not treat me with the kid gloves I deserve."

Does anyone still question whether or not Obama has the qualifications to be president?

Old Glory

2008-04-12T15:09:00.001-05:00

Global ____________ Crisis!!

2008-04-12T04:57:00.000-05:00

You fill in the blank. Those who worship at the global warming altar of Al Gore are having difficulty making a case for themselves right now. What with a blizzard in the northern mid-west and cooler than normal temperatures in the rest of the country. But have no fear, the Al Gores of the world will salvage the situation and get back to doing what they do best, making money on the fears of the masses.

Since time immortal, fear-mongering charlatans have profited by preaching a doom and gloom message for which they collect funds from the gullible who think these con artists have some unique powers to solve. In the 70s the cry was the coming of the next ice age. Oops, the temperatures began to warm up so the cries changed to global warming and old Albert jumped on the bandwagon when he saw the chance to separate himself from the rest of the political class.

However, the idea failed politically. I believe because the average person does not want to change their lifestyle. It was a non-starter for seeking the big job. Sure, Americans want to save the planet from pollution but, they want the other guy to have to change his/her behavior not them. As with all issues, a small minority become fanatics and politicians start to placate them over the wishes of the masses. It is amazing to me how these small special interest groups gain so much power over the lives of the rest of us. These fringe groups then use their power to set policy and the average citizen is stuck with the results.

So it will be with the global ________ crisis. The evidence suggests that temperatures are trending lower and have been for ten years. And, if you have paid attention, you will note that the climate gurus have already adjusted their “new speak” to use the term “climate change” instead of “global warming.” By the time the evidence of the temperature shift becomes widely known, the prophets of doom and profit will have made the total transformation and shout, “We told you so!” Climate change will be the crisis. The mantra will be that the weather has become unpredictable because of man’s carbon footprint. We must change our lifestyles or die.

You see, there was a time in history when man was able to predict quite accurately the weather. What? You do not remember those good old days? You say the weather has never been predictable? Heretic!

The Great The Great Smoking Question or Political Hypocrisy, Again

2008-04-05T05:09:00.001-05:00

Senator Barak Obama has artfully dodged questions about his smoking habit, tactfully hinting that he quit. Oddly enough, the mainstream press has given him a general pass on the subject. What a surprise (tongue in cheek). But here is a question that I am dying to ask this saintly man of politics; should government paid health related funding of any kind, including health care coverage, be given to people who smoke or have smoked?

We all know them, those smokers who claim not to believe the data that shows the variety of diseases, illnesses and health related issues that come from smoking. As they puff away, they swear the evidence is overblown, inflated and a government conspiracy to deprive them of a simple pleasure. Fine, keep your nasty little habit but do not make me pay for the consequences.

Here is my proposal. The United States of America will pay for the cradle to grave healthcare of any and all Americans EXCEPT those who engage in self-destructive behavior under the following categories; smoking, drinking, overeating (considered overweight by current medical standards) and take illegal drugs.

Wow! Wait a minute, you say. That is most of America! Really? I am told that what a person does in the privacy of their own home is none of my business. I agree. I should have nothing to do with people who voluntarily destroy their own bodies, including pay for it.

As for Senator Obama, if he cannot tell the truth about his smoking, can he be trusted to tell the truth about anything else? I love self-evident rhetorical questions.

The Politics Of Darkness

2008-03-30T05:25:00.003-05:00

Listen my children and I will tell you a tale more frightening than any before. It was the year of the vulture, the year the birds of death hovered over the political landscape looking for what abandoned carcass they might devour.

Ancients told of a man who once walked the Earth. One who held to the convictions of his heart despite the foes who stood before him. As the good times slipped away, all eyes turn to seek out a leader with a vision for the future. Longingly, the people searched for such a champion as once was only to be served up political mercenaries, professionally paid to do the bidding of special interests.

With every passing day, the bards of words spoke of the coming doom that had already arrived. Sowing the seeds of darkness, reminding all who refused to remember what true despair could be, they called for the reign of the black knight to save humanity. But the bards could not agree on their dark champion. For there were three of whom might represent their evil desires, three who lived in the dark side.

Alas, for the warriors of choice, responsibility and freedom to keep the fruits of their own efforts, there loomed no vanquisher of light. The world would plunge into a dark time.

The HAT People: Standing The Watch

2008-03-14T05:29:00.000-05:00

Allow Me To Enjoy Their Pain!!!!

2008-03-01T05:19:00.002-06:00

Allow me to enjoy their pain! Yes, please! For eight long years I looked forward to the day when Bill and Hillary Clinton would step off the political stage. Then the Republicans screwed the pooch and ran a weak candidate against Hillary for the senate and the agony persisted. For another eight years, now, I have had to watch Ms. Inevitable as she massed her forces to take the Democrat Party nomination. But hold on. Along came Mr. Clean-And-Pure to foul up the Clinton coronation. Yippy!!

Except, the radio pundits refuse to allow me the victory dance. Obama, they claim, will be far worse as president than Hillary Clinton ever could be. First of all, that is just an opinion and as meaningful as these pre-primary polls we have been subjected to for just about an eternity. Remember that Clinton was considered Ms. Inevitable? How is that working out for her? Secondly, I do not see a lick of difference between them. They are both liberals of the extreme kind and are showing their ability at political doublespeak. Telling me that I might regret Obama in the White House instead of Clinton is like telling me I am going to regret dying a slow death by poison as opposed to cancer. They are both terrible choices.

We have been told that, in the general election, Hillary’s personal negatives would be so bad that she has an uphill climb just to convince people in her own party to vote for her. That was supposed to be the Republican edge. Except, Hillary’s negatives in RWBlack World are so horrendous that I do not want to take the chance that she might somehow catch that perfect storm and ride it into the presidency. And the logic fails to capture the non-personal negative of Barak Obama.

At this point I pose a delicate question. Will non-black America willingly allow an African-American to become president? I know, it sounds racist, sounds bigoted but it is the reality. Groups of people have, since they started banding together, protected the interests of their particular group. Is that suddenly going to change this election cycle? Team Obama opened the doors by playing the race card early in the campaign. Having opened Pandora’s Box, they can hardly shut it again for the general election. Race will be on people’s minds as they vote and they will be asking the question, who will best help my group? A black man who seems to be relying on his blackness as an election tool will have a difficult time convincing people that he can be relied upon to deal with all people groups fairly. We will see.

In the mean time, I watch and enjoy the decline of Ms. Inevitable. I have waited a long time but I am still not convinced it is over until I see Obama standing on the podium making his acceptance speech. So, hey, lighten up and allow me my joy. It could be short lived.

Youth Where Is Your Hope?

2008-02-24T06:56:00.002-06:00

Age is not the advancement of years but the draining of life. Who would have known? When I was younger, I looked at the world and I saw all the possibilities. Now that I am older and the possibilities seem to be quickly dwindling, I find myself drifting into old age. Not by choice but by forces seemingly outside of my control.

The young do not know the walls of resistance they shall meet in their futures. They have dreams not yet crushed by events, movements, groups or persons with whom they will one day battle for the very possession of their souls. Age is the understanding that those walls exist. Perhaps not understanding. Age is the acceptance that barriers will knock back the aspirations of a spirit seeking to be more than those around him/her believe he/she can be.

There is a platitude; youth is a state of mind. So how does the human spirit endure against the constant bombardment of the walls of impossibility that tear at the mind? How does an aged soul combat that which propels the individual forward? And how does one who has placed his/her entire worldview in the basket of a Higher Authority who governs the universe confront the reality of a life lived in frustration?

I wish I knew the answer. I crave anyone who can, with concrete substance, demonstrate how I continue to live with the perceptions of failure measured against a God who holds all of Creation in his hands. Who can help me suppress the doubts of age and birth anew a spirit that is young?

Hope, that is the only anchor to the future. Where do I find hope?

Superduper Delegates

2008-02-16T05:19:00.002-06:00

The Democrats, those firm believers in the will of the people, once created a nomination process with an escape hatch to avoid the need to accept the will of the people. They called it the superdelegates. And now the escape hatch has become a trap door.

Once upon a time, the Democrats installed the superdelegate system to prevent the appearance of a brokered convention and to give party leaders a massive say in who would be their nominee. The idea was to give a bunch of politicians a direct vote on the convention floor during the first ballot instead of relying exclusively on the delegates collected by candidates in the primaries. These politicians and influential Democrats (read big cash contributors) would blend into the actual delegates and tip the scales toward the party’s true favorite over any fringe candidate who might be too whatever.

Hillary Clinton thought to use the process to her advantage, as other front runners have done in the past. The political plan is to jump out ahead and attempt to be seen as the inevitable nominee. Then the superdelegates would begin to pledge their votes and thereby increasing a candidate’s vote count without additional primary wins. Many superdelegates fell for the press’ contention that nothing short of a major scandal would prevent Hillary from taking the nomination and they jumped on board the Hillary express. As with the MSM, they failed to see the little train that could coming over the rise. Obama started to win. The inevitability tag fell off of Clinton like taxpayer money in the hands of Congress.

Now, with the primary delegate count so close, the fight for the nomination moves to politicians within the party. However, the battle will not happen in smoke filled back rooms but out in the open where the people can see how undemocratic the Democrat Party truly has become.
As for the Democrat politicians? They are increasingly becoming aware of what happens when you actually give the people a voice. The party stands over the trap door waiting for it to spring open.

What If It Is McCain Against Obama?

2008-02-10T06:44:00.000-06:00

In the conservative mindset of the Republican Party, there is no way the right wing of the GOP would ever support Hillary. A Clinton by any other name is intolerable to most if not all conservatives and those who have a sense of smell. Therefore, it is believed that, with Hillary at the top of the ticket, the conservative voters would have nowhere else to go. Some would stay home. Yes, that is a possibility. But many, like myself, would pull the lever for anyone but Hillary.

But what if Obama beats the Clintons? That is a scenario thought impossible to believe a few months ago. That is, until Obama started to make his run. It is now within the possibilities that he just might be the candidate. Many in the Democrat Party have long dreaded the thought of another Clinton and were desperately looking for an alternative. They just might have one.

So what does this mean for conservative voters? Here is the thing; Obama is not Clinton and yet, he is. From a policy perspective, there is no difference between Hillary and Barak. They are both socialists through and through. However, Obama is, on the surface, a decent and honorable man. He may be wrong on the issues but he appears to be a person of moral substance. His character when matched up with Hillary or McCain is a vote getter. Conservatives might cast a ballot for him as a protest against McCain and the whole RINO wing of the party.

I do not want Hillary as the Democrat candidate. I do not want to take the chance, especially in this weird political season, that she might somehow, like her husband, sneak into the White House. That said, Obama is gradually putting himself in position where he could very well beat McCain, with the conservative vote.

McCain!? Now What?

2008-02-08T05:55:00.000-06:00

As depression sets in for conservatives across the nation, we look to the future and wonder.

Let’s be clear: John McCain is no conservative regardless of what he and those seeking political peace in the GOP want us to believe. He is a RINO.

That said, now I must decide what to do in November when I walk into the voting booth. And make no mistake; I will go into the booth. I am, at this point, not sure that I will vote for the office of president. There are multiple candidates local and national that are conservative and qualified and need my vote. Should I stay home, they will be denied that support. I must make the trip to the polls. After that, what do I do? If I vote for McCain, I will be electing a man with whom I have very little in common and so much with which I disagree. Should I not vote, that is the same as giving the Democrat candidate, Hillary or Obama, my vote. Both candidates scare me. But will McCain do any better than Hillary or Obama? There is the rub. McCain is not only so wrong on many issues, he is bull-headedly wrong.

And then it strikes me, like a fast moving Tennessee storm. John McCain has operated for years in the US Senate where there are one hundred little fiefdoms and has no clue how to bring America along. He has not had to. Senators have long believed and history has shown them mostly correct, that their six year terms mean that the average voter will forget their unpopular positions and votes by the next election cycle. The power of the Senate is to form political alliances within the chamber. The power of the presidency is the ability to harness public opinion behind initiatives. Witness how quickly Bush lost his power when he pushed the unpopular amnesty bill against the wishes of the people. His political capital dropped like a stone. Contrast that to the ability of Clinton to stay in office through the impeachment trial. Clinton pretended to be all about the people’s business during that ordeal yet did nothing controversial which might upset public opinion.

If the power of the president is his ability to harness the voice of the people to push through his programs, John McCain is in for a long and ineffectual presidency, if elected. Simply because he has no relationship with the voters and there is no sign that he knows how to build it. It could be a very interesting four years of watching a man who thinks he is so right on every issue as to not need anyone else’s input try to work with two houses of Congress while battling the people at the same time. Add to it the fact the two Democrat leaders in Congress have proven to be the most inept pair God ever allowed to take power.

Bottom line, now what? What will I do when I walk into the booth to vote? I have no idea but I do have many long months to think about it and November is a political eternity away.

Hillary, A Story Of Success.

2008-01-25T04:42:00.000-06:00

Okay, once again, let us review the Hillary Clinton list of successes as a politician and leader. Let us travel point-by-point down her accomplishments in public life from her days as whatever she was in Arkansas to her tenure in the US Senate:
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There, I think that is a fairly exhaustive list. Feel free to add any I might have missed.

"Are you a god?"

2007-12-29T07:00:00.000-06:00

In the first Ghostbusters movie, a wicked demon-like creature asks the guys if they are gods. Dan Aykroyd responds in the negative to which the demon nearly blows them off the top of a very high building. Ernie Hudson scolds him, telling him that if someone asks if he is a god, the answer is yes.

Enter Al Gore, the god of Global Warming or its new name, Climate Change. Well, if he is not a god, he is the prophet of the god who will someday destroy the world through global change/warming/whatever. Yes, Al Gore knows how the world will end and he is warning the planet that, with his help (i.e. money given to his companies, oops, I mean cause) we can save ourselves from eminent destruction. Whew! That was close.

I guess old Al has never read the Bible from cover to cover. Otherwise, he would know what many Christians have known from the beginning of humanity. God is in control and He has not yet given up His sovereignty to mankind. In other words, God knows how it will all end and He has not changed His plans just to please Al and his science-is-god crowd. Despite Al Gore’s faith in man as the ultimate decider of the end of the world, I believe I will keep my faith in the One who created it all, told us about it and made it clear that He will determine how it will all come to pass.

Sorry, Al. You are not a god. You are not even a very good prophet.

How To Not Strike!!

2007-12-25T06:19:00.000-06:00

Few but the die-hard TV viewers have noticed the Writers Guild strike outside of California. In the Golden State, the work stoppage has aggravated an already bad fiscal situation. California has for years overspent in an attempt to out-socialist the national politicians by offering everyone everything for which the government could pay. The result has been tight budgets from local up to the state level. The inactivity of the writers has shut down the entertainment industry and, by proxy, most of the economy of the state.

But in the rest of America, the strike has had little impact. Basically because of the sorry state of entertainment in general. The major networks have produced little to excite the viewing public as is testified by the Nielson ratings. The film industry puts out crap and super crap on a regular basis, as can been documented by the lackluster box office receipts. As a consequence, few have noticed much of a change in television or movies.

Enter the writers and their leadership’s decision to strike. The thought process seems to have been an attempt to shut down television’s January/February schedule, the most profitable months of the year for the venue. The strike card was the best card the WGA had in its hand. Playing it in a timely fashion was the key to the negotiations and the union leadership blew it big time. The January/February period was already headed for disaster so, in effect, the Guild saved the Moguls the embarrassment of explaining to sponsors and shareholders why they were unable to draw a decent audience. The Moguls can now point to the writers and blame them for the lack of revenue. Now the only weapon left in the WGA arsenal with which to pound the producers is pain. For the writers to win this strike and achieve the contract they want, they must enforce as much pain on themselves, the Moguls and everyone around the entertainment community as they can to apply pressure on AMPTP. Look at it like a movie where the director totally loses the plot and so must resort to random, senseless violence to salvage the picture. Hold your nose on this one.

My personal observation, as an outsider looking in, is that the writers had written a romantic story about a bunch of Jacks who went up against the Giant and won. They expected to be out on the picket lines for a few days of vacation, socializing with friends and coworkers, the Moguls would see the error of their ways, having discovered the resolve of the writers as a collective then to have every one of their demands met and back to work. Now they are angry because, as is the practice in Hollywood, the producers have changed the script. Granted, the AMPTP managed to make it a bomb like so many good ideas gone wrong but now everyone is stuck with it. Like an audience in a bad film, you just have to sit there and eat your popcorn and hope the end comes soon so you can go to the restroom.

Chinese Crap…A Rant!!

2007-12-15T05:21:00.000-06:00

I bought new Christmas lights. Had to, the ones I purchased last year would no longer work. Every year I throw out a string or three of lights. Change the bulbs, you say. Yeah, right. I spent an hour taking out one light and replacing it with another and never found the bad light. Not only are the lights I purchased cheap junk, they are frustrating cheap junk. Then it hit me this year and I actually looked at the label; Made in China!!

Sure enough, this year one of my strings crapped out on me. Have you ever tried to find the offending light bulb in a string of lights tucked behind a ton of tinsel and ornaments? It is a pain in the rear quarter. I tried inserting another string through the branches but that was just as hard. Now, this morning, I see that I have another string with a bad bulb or more!!

The whole affair has caused me to start to read labels closer on all the stuff as I shop this Christmas season and I have noticed a disturbing trend. I cannot find much that does not originate in China and most of it is crap, cheap, junk, future garbage can fodder. And there is a good chance the products are hazardous to my health, lead coated killers. What in the name of free enterprise are we American consumers doing to ourselves? Here is the thing, we look for price first and, apparently, never ask if it is going to last beyond the first use. Talk about a throw-away society, we are now fully entrenched in one until we change our mindset and begin to look for long-lasting quality and price over just price.

One step I have determined to take; next year I will use a type of lights which are easier to determine which is the offending light when they poop out on me! Unfortunately, it will probably have to be made in China.

Another Example Of The Principle Of Unintended Consequences On The Horizon.

2007-12-08T07:28:00.000-06:00

It is probably a good bet that most people know little or nothing about the writers’ guild strike nor do they actually care, outside of California and possibly New York. Anyone who is an avid TV watcher (guilty as charged) and actually pays attention to the programming (which I do) should have noticed a subtle change in their choices. Now, here is the thing; with the advent of cable TV, reruns upon reruns have become as common as, well, turning on the television. The cable networks not only run a program several time in a given day but, will run the same thing for days at a time. The four major networks have gone to showing reruns of popular programs on the slow nights instead of trying to introduce new programming. I am still mourning the cancellation of some shows I liked but that were not great ratings successes only to have them replaced with reruns. Okay, television is not all that exciting, either. A pattern has developed over time. One network will discover a show that resonates with the audience and the rest will quickly follow suit with knockoffs of their own. Hardly imaginative. In fact, it is very difficult for any break-through program to break through. Research American Idol if you want a good example of how hard it can be.

Look at sports programming. All the sports shows follow the same tedious format. Though an NFL fan, I rarely watch the pre-game shows because they are all the same presenting all the same information with all the same commentary, blah, blah, blah. I want to yell at them, “Break the mold! Give me different and new and exciting! You are covering the best professional sport on the planet and killing it!”

Okay, enough digression.

Anyway, the strike has caused the networks to adjust their programming and the viewer will soon discover the true meaning of reruns as they run out of original products and are forced to show nothing but. Watch closely and you will see that sponsors have begun to notice the lack of viewership and, I believe, have begun to pull back their ads. Notice how many times you see the same commercial on any given show. I believe networks are giving huge discounts to advertisers just to fill their advertising slots. Also note the number of ads for the networks own programs or for sister cable network programs that are running.

Apparently, the “Moguls” of film and television walked away from the bargaining table, leaving the guild negotiators sitting there with nothing offered they can even consider. AND the Screen Actors Guild is threatening a similar strike in the spring if the Big Guys do not come to the table with something to offer.

Hundreds of thousands of people are out of work, working reduced hours or sitting around on the company’s dime doing very little and yet the Moguls have walked away, prolonging an already costly strike. How is it that the companies who make money providing entertainment cannot seem to figure out how to make money while still working with the creative people who give them the product they sell? Imagine GM telling its engineers they were not needed, that people would gladly buy last year’s car models. Or clothing companies informing designers that their new collections were unwanted as the consumer will happily purchase last year’s fashions.

There are really no winners in most strikes. Just those who lose less than others. And there is the principle of unintended consequences. Individuals and companies can control their own actions but no one has control of the consequences for those actions. The natural flow of events controls the results. The entertainment business will not be the same regardless of how the strike ends. The Moguls had better beware. They might well find themselves casualties of the unknown changes ahead they have set in motion.

What Does Iowa Mean To Me?

2007-12-08T07:16:00.000-06:00

The MSM, in its usual wolf pack mode, is swamping us with polls from a caucus and a relatively minor liberal state, both of which are poor predictors of who will eventually represent the two major political parties. For the liberal main street liberal media, the election is on the line. Yippy!

Okay, if that did not sound all that enthusiastic, it was not. The Iowa caucus and the New Hampshire primary have only one real function; they display the weakness of the MSM to pick the actual front-runner for either party. Check your history on these two events. Hardly impressive. For the liberals, these contests represent their opportunity to push for their candidate(s). For conservatives, the MSM tries to politic for the candidates they want to lead over any legitimate conservative candidate to marginalize true conservative voices. Hence, the MSM shills for their picks to win it all in hopes of preventing a loser from emerging on the Democrat side and a true conservative from appearing on the Republican side.

However, given the track record of these two events, I am watching to see who is able to overcome the focus of the MSM when the real primary season starts. The real conservative candidates have already been written out of the picture by the MSM. The question is which one of them is working behind the scenes, that is, away from the focus the MSM is placing on the others. The candidate who understands that they are not out of it just because the MSM has declared who will have a chance, a very good chance to take it all. I am wondering, with interest, which one of them will actually win the GOP nomination. If history is a good indicator, he is not the one who wins in Iowa or New Hampshire and not the one picked by the MSM. Sorry about that, Mike.

Separation Of Church And State?

2007-11-24T06:37:00.000-06:00

There is a separation between church and state. Remember that old and tired phrase? Well, the government only believes half of the sentiment behind it; the separation of the state from the church. Now, separating the church from the state? That is another matter. Seems we, as a country, are a little shaky on that point.

Take the case of Kenneth and Gloria Copeland, a wing of the evangelical faith with whom I share little in common. Kenneth Copeland has for years preached a materialistic view of faith, firmly grounded in the world’s view of an individual’s worth. That is to say, wealth shows one’s level of spirituality. God materially blesses the spiritually connected. It is called the Prosperity Gospel.

To take this piece of doctrine apart would require a lot more time and effort than I wish to devote to it but let me just point out that some of the vilest and most degenerate people in humanity’s history have been wealthy and powerful. God’s blessing?

Nevertheless, Copeland has, according to the Constitution of the United States of America, the right to believe and speak about those beliefs and practice those beliefs to his heart’s content. Any objections…? Anyone…? God help any politician who would dispute this assertion. EXCEPT…perhaps if it were couched in the subtleties of a senate investigation for the good of the people. Which is exactly what Senator Charles Grassley (R-Iowa), part of the Senate Finance Committee, wants to do. It is a slippery slope down which the senator has begun. And take it from someone who lives in the rolling hills of Tennessee, starting down an incline, especially in winter or rain, can be a daunting task filled with unknown obstacles and a very unsure ending at the bottom.

“Jesus came into the city of Jerusalem on a donkey. Do these ministers really need Bentleys and Rolls-Royces to spread the Gospel?” the good senator is quoted as asking.

Senator, what business is it or yours what these ministries believe? Who died and appointed you guardian of religious doctrine in this country? By the way, senator; as a taxpayer, one who employs you, I would like a detailed accounting of how you spent the funds to run your office. Please itemize every expense and feel free to add any notation you think necessary to explain what might otherwise appear as a suspicious outlay of the public’s money. And, include the gifts, freebies and off budget uses of military transportation as well as reimbursements from your campaign.

I thank you in advance for your quick compliance to this request. Oh, and do you, Senator Grassley, believe in the doctrine of the separation of church and state? Please include a response with your financial records.

HELP! I’m Trapped In This Car And Dying Of Boredom!

2007-11-16T06:29:00.000-06:00

I never understood the horrors of commuter traffic until we moved to Nashville. Now, I not only understand, I endure its hellish unpredictability every working day. My only companion, not by choice but necessity, is the radio. For anywhere from two to three hours a day, I have nothing but the radio to keep me company as I suffer the stupidity of the vast number of individuals the state somehow deemed worthy to hold licenses, along with the illegals who are driving on luck and my prayers they don’t hit me.

What's more, I am one of those who consumes radio on a regular basis. Trapped in a ten-by-ten office with nothing but a window into a hallway, my rare guests come only to give me more work and hardly ever just to socialize. It is a dull and tedious existence preceded and followed by the afore mentioned commute. In all, I estimate that I listen to 13 to 15 hours of radio in my four-day work week. Therefore, I can consider myself an expert on what is out there. And the verdict, it’s terrible, bad, stale, tedious, mind numbing and terrible. However, it is consistent. That is to say, boring. Regardless of the genre of music or talk radio format, the results are the same, large doses of the same, it’s practically the same stuff 24/7, same is the name of the game, more of the same each and every day, it’s the same sameness every single hour of every single day. You think that was a lot of redundancy? That’s radio in our modern age. Choiceless.

Let’s take my favorite medium, talk radio. The Democrats and RINOs want to crush talk radio. Why? Because it is dominated by conservative hosts who blather on about their pet issues and drag the rest of us along. That is not to say that they don’t include liberals. Any regular listener to talk radio knows these hosts love to get as many liberal callers as they can. In fact, the medium is bias. If you are a left-leaning liberal, the farther left the better, you have an excellent chance of getting on a show, more so than a conservative. The reason is simple, liberalism sounds as dumb as the old Abbot and Costello skit on baseball. The liberal caller usually makes the conservative host seem the most intelligent person in the history of mankind and riles the average conservative listener. In other words, it sells. That is why liberal radio fails every time it has been tried. Liberalism cannot stand the test of open discussion. It sounds stupid and unworkable when challenged. Ask the hosts of the Air America programs and the other assorted liberals such as Allen Colmes who have tried and failed. But my point is that the medium is predictable, boring. Even for a conservative rightwing religious nut like myself (just trying to give the liberal reader a point of identification). But the point is that talk radio is the same regardless of who hosts it or from what region it originates. Boring, the same.

Talk radio, Country music radio, easy listening, crap music (not a misspelling), even Christian music stations, all offer the same sameness in their particular specialty. Radio is to entertainment what fast food is to the diet, bad for you no matter where you eat and yet, it is quick and convenient.

I long for something new, something different, a choice. It is no surprise that IPods are so popular. The consumer can have his own choices of blandness instead of the station programmer’s choices (I said it before and I’ll say it again, the easiest job in the country is program director).

We live in a country where those who develop NEW are rewarded with riches and wealth and power. Yet, we are consistently treated to THE SAME. I know, it is easier to produce the same for whatever than it is to develop a new product but, PLEASE, where are those willing to try!? As an aspiring writer and producer, I am trying to force my way into the entertainment business. But it is hard because, sameness sells. The powers who control entertainment would rather pay someone who, once-upon-a-time, managed to create a product than a newcomer. For them, it is a safe investment. Yeah, right. Name the bombs recently set off by those who had one successful venture. They are legion.

If, in the not too distant future, you read a story about a Nashville commuter who suddenly and inexplicably went crazy and rammed his car into his fellow commuters while screaming in emotional pain, you might know the identity of said person and the motivation.

What's That I hear? Oh, Nothing New.

2007-11-11T06:31:00.000-06:00

I love Country Music. Which is why I listen to Country Music radio for a month or two each year. Yep, I can tune my radio to one of the three local Nashville radio stations right in the heart of the best music genre this great country has to offer and, after 4 to 8 weeks, hear all the newest releases for the previous year. Then I look for something else, bored with country. I know, being a consummate radio consumer, that all the radio stations, regardless of their genre, have a play list that changes little from one month to the next. Actually, the lite rock station I use as background while working hasn’t changed their play list by more than a dozen songs since I tuned it in two years ago. However, in a few weeks, they will go to wall-to-wall Christmas music until after the holiday and I love Christmas music this time of year. Probably the easiest job in america today is Program Director. What do they work, an hour a week? Let's see, I'll take this song out and insert this song. Done for the month. But I digress.

Country Music is the worst of the worst when it comes to their play list. You see, it appears that the industry has decided there must be one or two big stars who drag the business along and so they promote those big stars to death. But they are living in the past and killing the genre in the process.

Not so long ago, in a past universe, there was a great superstar named Garth Brooks. Just about everything Garth touched turned to gold and his ship lifted other smaller ships around him at the same time. Country Music boomed with Garth at the top of the marquee. Then he retired, probably bored but more than likely just plain tired of pulling the weight.

So the powers that guide Country Music looked for a replacement. In their infinite wisdom, they seemed to have determined to put all their efforts behind one and make him the big star Garth once was. That selection was or is none other than Kenny Chesney. This diminutive little bald guy with the chipmunk cheeks and the voice that sounds like someone perpetually chewing on tobacco somehow got the nod to take over Garth’s place at the helm. Lift the ships, the big guys commanded. As a result, you cannot listen to Country Music in the city of Country Music without hearing a Kenny Chesney song once every hour. And God help the radio listener when old Kenny comes anywhere near the city on tour. Then he is promoted to a nauseating point of infinity.

Here’s the problem. I don’t much care for Chesney and he is no Garth Brooks. Garth made Country Music come alive. He had a personality that drew the audience into whatever he was doing and a showmanship that made you look even if you didn’t want to. Garth’s music was country but it reached out to everyone. And at the end of his shows, Garth could take off his hat and take a bow.

Chesney is a bore. His music hasn’t changed since she thought his tractor was sexy. Yes, he did have a couple of catchy tunes with a Caribbean sound, okay, Caribbean tobacco chewing sound but, at some point it was decided that all his releases would sound the same. It is a pathetic, love sick dweeb who just can’t forget the past and she’s so darn perfect, remember how great it was and she is, blah, blah, blah, blah. Cheney’s music has no original thoughts or changes. The songs all have the same rhythm to them with the same guitar solo somewhere in the middle and the same chipmunk chaw vocals all the way through. And if you listen to the three main country stations in Nashville, home of Country Music, you are treated to this cardboard box music at least once an hour. Along with Faith and Tim, that’s it. Belch!

Country Music sales are pathetic. That’s not to say that any area of the music industry is booming. For that matter, entertainment as a whole is stagnant. I wonder why? Could it be that, instead of giving people choices, lots and lots of diverse choices, the entire entertainment business has decided to force-feed the consumer one brand of crap? Note to executives across the country, listen 24/7 to the noise you are programming and ask yourself if you would buy it.

In a couple of weeks I will be listening to Christmas music. Hey, Country Music, see you … or rather, hear you again in January. I’m going out on a limb here and predict I will be hearing nothing new.

It’s The Most Wonderful Ambiguous Time Of The Year

2007-10-28T07:33:00.000-05:00

As Halloween comes and goes in its usual brief flurry, it is once again time for the new tradition that must be endured between the shop until you drop period following the day of over-consumption of food products, football and being with family no one really likes, and the day of hell that is the 26th of December, unaffectionate known to retailers as the day shoppers return those flawed holiday gifts that just were not quite right. Yes, it is the traditional moaning of the retailers as consumers fail to meet their expected spending goals. It has become an annual ritual, the retail industry will daily broadcast their sales figures then complain about how the average shopper just does not live up to expectations. But, speaking for Mr. and Ms. Shopper, why should we? What motivation does the American consumer have to shop from the day after the fourth Thursday of November to the night of December 24th until they fall into a comatose state?

With the expulsion of, dare I say the word, Christmas from the season and its replacement by an ambiguous “Holidays” there seems no compelling motivation to over indulge the credit cards. In removing the reason for the season from the season, the retails, in their apparent attempt not to offend anyone, except those who know the reason for the season, they have managed to eliminate the inspiration behind the reason for seasonal gift giving.

There was a time when the Christmas Season was a time for expressing appreciation to others for their roles in our lives. We gave a dollar to the mailman, the paperboy and even the guys who took away our trash. We bought gifts for relatives we hoped not to see until next Thanksgiving or fellow employees we wished would seek employment elsewhere. Why? Because that is what people traditionally did at Christmas time. No longer. Now we are constantly reminded that a small minority might be insulted by the celebration of this once religious holiday. Now we enter stores where the decorations are as vague and unimaginative as possible and still transmit some resemblance of a celebration of something. Is it no wonder that people do not flock to stores as they once did in a buying frenzy? It is no surprise that they do not buy a small gift for the least influential in their world?

In removing Christmas from their stores, retailers have removed the very incentive consumers had in increasing their generosity to others each year. What is the point of spending a buck for a nondescript holiday of some kind? Of course, retailers will continue to complain about the lack of increased revenue. It is traditional. Happy Generic Holidays to (insert name here).

Hillary To The Rescue, For Conservatives.

2007-10-27T06:01:00.000-05:00

Conservative voters have little to spur them to the polls, until…

For the first six years of the the Bush presidency, conservatives have had to wince in fiscal pain as the Republican Congress led by a neo-conservative president spent everything taxpayers sent to Washington and more. The pork pig was dramatically fattened instead of put on a regiment of diet and exercise, as was promised. As a consequence, conservative voters stayed home and the Democrats took over. The trend appears, according to the pollsters, to be carrying over into the next election cycle. So much so that money people, those who give to politicians in hopes of affecting their bottom line, are giving at a high rate to Democrat re-election campaigns.

Well, hold your horses, or wallets. The polls may be inaccurate. WHAT!?

The problem with taking polls more than a year out from an election is that the average voter is not paying attention. Ask him/her who will win the Super Bowl, the World Series, American Idol, (insert poll question here) and you will see the enthusiasm. But ask a political question in a non-political year and watch the eyes glaze over and the interest drop. Except when you ask a question about the Clintons or specifically, Hillary. This woman has one of the highest negative ratings of any politicians since… Well, I can’t think of one inside the U.S.A.

Here is my prediction for the next year. A Hillary nomination by the Democrat party will electrify conservative voters and boost the campaign funds of even the lowest right-of-center politician running for office who has the savvy to use her as the anti-whatever. No one candidate in all of American politics has ever ignited the wide differences of reaction. With Hillary, the voter either likes her or hates her. There seems to be no middle ground. The secret to most politicians is that they are able to maintain ambivalence among their electorate. If voters do not hate them then, they will receive the benefit of the doubt and stay in office. Hillary will not receive that kind of response.

Also, I predict a Hillary Moment to erupt sometime in the next year. I have not read one nice or complimentary article about Hillary’s personality. Oh, you have the occasional sympathetic reporter force some drippy sentiment about how, under that hard, sexless shell there beats the heart of a sensitive, humorous woman. But for the most part, those who have met her do not come away claiming she charmed them. In fact, she is known for a temper and a lack of tolerance for those who disagree with her. So, I am waiting for that moment in the campaign when she is tired of answering the same old questions time and again. When she is worn out defending herself and her politics. Or when her guard is just plain down. Then she is going to explode on someone and ripe them a new one in front of witnesses. THAT will be the moment it all comes crashing down. For the Democrat candidates in close elections, the sooner the better, to get it over with. For conservatives, it can’t come too soon.

Hillary’s Presumptive Victory

2007-10-19T05:46:00.000-05:00

Have you seen the new polls coming out? They are an attempt to break down the voting demographics of who might support which candidate. The polls seem to be focused on Hillary and no other candidate. Interesting! More than a year from the general election and the pollsters know how people will cast their vote. Joseph Goebbels, former propagandist minister for the Nazis, once said something to the effect of, tell a lie long enough and loud enough and people will believe it is true. In my humble opinion, the polls are nothing more than an attempt to make Hillary appear more electable.

There is also an obsession with Hillary’s campaign bank account. The conventional wisdom is that, the more cash a candidate has the better their chances of winning. I have never subscribed to that theory. I believe a candidate's ability to get their message out to the public is far more important. The candidate that can frame him/herself into the image the most appealing to the electorate will win. Throwing money at a campaign is the easiest and laziest method of running for office. The best example is the recent Corker/Ford senate battle in Tennessee. The Corker campaign was able to paint their opponent into a box many voters found troubling with the use of very little money and a whole lot of media coverage.

What does it all mean? Hillary is trying to win the nomination and election before the first vote is cast by simply implying that she has already won. If she can get the MSM to help her tell the fable long enough and loud enough, and we know how unbiased the MSM is, then she can cruise to the finish line. Ah, but here is the danger. Voters are not as predictable as one might think and if Hillary does not do as well as expected in the first few primaries, the paint might come off the pig. You see, unfortunately for Hillary, the actual votes are the only thing that counts in the end and with negatives like hers, the end is not so predictable.

So, Why Don’t You Find Your Own Candidate?

2007-10-14T05:35:00.000-05:00

I am sick and tired of those who are telling me … us who they will not support, for whom they will not vote. Shut up! I now invoke the sanctity of the voting booth; that is, everyone has the right to privacy and anonymity when they vote. Except, I am invoking the rule now, today, before the first votes are cast.

Note to Dr. Dobson and all who cannot seem to find a candidate they like in the current field, if you want a candidate in your own image, go out and find him/her and push them into the arena. Put your money, time and effort where you mouth is. Otherwise, sit down and be quiet. And therein lies the problem. Those like Dr. Dobson want to be involved in the political process without getting their hands dirty. They want the perfect candidate to appear, as if by waving a magic wand, or in Dr. Dobson’s case, by an act of God. Then they can rush out to support him/her or, better for them, the candidate will court them like a Sunday afternoon suitor and they can pronounce their blessing. News flash: That ain’t gonna happen!

Politics is a dirty business because many who are in it are there for the power and not afraid or ashamed to used whatever means necessary to acquire it. They are the dominant force because good people shy away from entering the fray. For politics in this country to change, good people must join the struggle. A few years back, my former home state lost its US senator. He wasn’t defeated, wasn’t forced out of office and was not in danger of losing in the next election cycle. But after two terms, he called it quits though never explaining why. My guess, he was a good man living and working in Washington D.C. and the filth overwhelmed him.

But my complaint with Dr. Dobson does not end with his lack of active involvement in the political process. As a Christian, who often yells at God for the condition of this fallen world, I read the same Bible as Dr. Dobson and I find one overwhelming admonition concerning those who lead, they are allowed to do so by the hand of God. The role of believers, therefore, is to petition The Most High to give us leaders worthy of Heaven and brush aside those destined for Hell. Before we stand on the mountain top and shout our displeasure, we must spend time in the desert seeking the pleasure of God. However, eventually we are required to leave the mountain top, come out of the desert and live among the people.

You want a good candidate? Pray God to anoint him/her then, find him/her, support him/her and launch him/her into the contest. Otherwise, shut up and vote.

The Hat People: It's A Matter Of Perspective

2007-10-07T09:02:00.000-05:00

The HAT People: Some Gave All!

2007-09-28T15:04:00.000-05:00

Another Example Of The Principle Of Unintended Consequences

2007-09-22T05:28:00.000-05:00

Dr. James Dobson is reported to have said that he cannot support Fred Thompson’s candidacy for president because Fred will not support changing the Constitution. Yes, that is exactly what must happen for Dr. Dobson to get his way; the Constitution must be altered significantly.

You see, Dr. Dobson wants the federal government to take over an issue that has been the responsibility of the states since the founding of our country, marriage and how it is defined. Dr. Dobson would like that moved to federal control since he is upset with how some states have chosen, or allowed themselves, to handle the law concerning marriage.

For those like Dr. Dobson, who have no clue, let's review. The Constitution lays out the responsibilities of the federal government and makes a pointed statement that, if it is not spelled out directly in the Constitution that the federal government has a specific power then the federal government DOES NOT HAVE IT. Somewhere in our road to increased socialism, politicians on the federal level have managed to chip away at that provision in our sacred documents with a simple tool, money. In order to stick their fingers in every aspect of life, Congress and presidents have passed bills that encroach on states’ rights by using federal dollars. But bribery can only take you so far. Several bills have attempted to define the marriage issue in traditional terms but liberals or progressives or whatever their name of the day is now, have picked away at that definition. Dr. Dobson’s remedy is to force a Constitutional amendment.

Though it sounds simple, first of all, an amendment would take years to pass Congress and even longer to make it though all the states. Ask those who once tried to pass ERA. But an even more poignant problem is that, Dr. Dobson and those who support him are failing to uphold their conservative credentials and actually showing themselves to be socialist in their mind set. The social-liberal mindset is to demand the federal government immediately correct any perceived wrong they find. The true conservative says that most problems are a state issue and each state has the right to handle an issue as the people of that state see fit. If you do not like how your state functions, move. The marriage issue is not a federal matter. Inviting the U. S. Congress into it will only create more problems based on the principle of the unintended consequences. Dr. Dobson might do well to study how effective the federal government has been in handling social security and welfare before he insists they tackle marriage. He might discover that, in the minds of progressives, he has been living in sin all these years.

The HAT People: Qualifications, Huh?

2007-09-16T13:24:00.000-05:00

Need it be asked again? Apparently so. What qualifications does Hillary have to be president? I see none. How about you? Name them!

The HAT People: Convert, Fight Or Die

2007-09-08T10:07:00.000-05:00

Those who call for us to leave Iraq suffer from memory lose. Quick quiz; where were you when the 911 attacks were being planned?

We all can remember where we were when the planes slammed into our buildings but can you remember where you were when the terrorists were planning their terrorism? A brief history lesson. Bill Clinton was president and he was engaged in trying to have a dialogue with radical Islam. That’s right, the public stance of the United States of America was trying to talk with those behind terrorism. Can you say Yasser Arafat? I knew you could. We were not in Iraq, not in Afghanistan and not in a military posture. But the terrorists were planning to kill us.

The “Get Us Out Of Iraq” people are mostly well-meaning. They are no doubt like me and suffer every time the casualties are announced. However, they are also naive in believing that if we just leave these people alone, they will leave us alone. It will not happen. There is a new Islam in the world. It grows with every passing day as the world shrinks and cultures interact. These new Muslims demand that the world convert to Islam or die.

Like it or not, we are in a battle for our very lives. You can hide your head in the sand but the enemy will not go away. You can deny that the enemy is our enemy or swear that the enemy does not mean what they say when they scream for our destruction but that will not change reality. The reality is that they want us dead. How do you negotiate from that starting point?

The HAT People: Brunehillary vs. The Press

2007-09-02T05:54:00.000-05:00

I made the prediction in the days following the election of Bill Clinton, months before he was even sworn in, that his presidency would produce more and greater scandals than Richard Nixon. People scoffed. And why not. Who would have thought the nation after Watergate would put up with the type of corruption Nixon and his administration demonstrated. Also, the Nixon era produced a new kind of reporter, the investigative journalist. These were people who doggedly went after corruption in politics. No longer would politicians be allowed to hide behind the curtain of their private lives verses their public lives.

But along the way to the Clinton presidency something happened to change the dynamic. The liberals who occupy the majority (some 90% plus) in the newsrooms discovered their like-minded politicians were far worse in the realm of ethics than Nixon could ever have been accused. The revelation created a significant problem for true-believers in the press, i.e. liberal journalists. To expose corrupt liberal politicians would damage the credibility of the leftist movement. To show the hypocrisy of Democrat politicians might persuade voters to go elsewhere for their leaders.

So what is the answer? See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.

But the old journalism is dying. And as it lies on its deathbed the question becomes; what will happen this election cycle when the ancient MSM cannot control (or manage as they like to believe) the news? For the sake of the country and our children’s future, we can only hope that the American voters will have the information through the new media and that they will make informed decisions once they are in the voting booth. If not, we will have four to eight more years of scandal far worse than Bubba’s. I predict that now.

So Long Larry Craig, We Knew You Too Well!!

2007-09-01T05:03:00.000-05:00

The AP claims that Senator Larry I’m Not A Homosexual But I Have Kinky Bathroom Sex Craig will announce his resignation. Good. One down, 99 to go. I know there are probably a dozen or so good senators currently serving but it’s time to sweep the cupboard clean and start over. Then move over to the House and do the same thing.

Think about it. This is how bad it’s gotten. Craig had a news conference where he explained his technique for sitting on the crapper! Yes, we heard the details of how he places his feet. Dear God in heaven! Come on? Is this who we want leading us? What were you people in Idaho thinking when you went into the voting booth?

I know, my apologies to the voters of Idaho. My wife and I just voted in the mayoral runoff elections in Nashville and we went in to vote against one candidate not for a candidate. Talk about not having choices.

Someone get me a broom. A big one!

When Will It Be Time To Say "No More?"

2007-08-26T06:51:00.000-05:00

It is Sunday morning and I begin the last day of my three-day weekend routine. I have the good fortune of working for a company with a schedule of 4 10-hour days. At times, they can be long days but the reward is the extended weekend. I run my errands, when I have them, on Friday while the rest of the country can only dream of tomorrow. This leaves me Saturday and Sunday for doing whatever I please.

So, here I am at the end of the of the morning ritual. As I am accustomed to turning in and rising early during the week, I continue the practice on my weekend. Some may consider it foolish but I find it peaceful. I grab a cup of coffee and a light breakfast and slip into the computer room where I surf my favorite blogs and web sites catching up on the weeks news and gossip. Often, as is the case right now, an idea for a blog composes in my fertile brain and I will bang it out and post it.

On Fridays and Saturdays, I move from the net to writing. I am an aspiring writer and currently involved in composing screenplays with the hope of one day selling one or more. I moved from writing novels, with four completed but yet to be published, to screenplays when I realized the odds of becoming a published author were far less than those of seeing a script made into a film. Formitable odds nontheless, I grant you. But look, Americans just do not read with the ferocity they once did and the market for novels is as flat as Europeans once considered the world. But that is a blog for another time. Anyway, returning to the weekend schedule, on Sundays I move from surfing the net to what seems more and more like a redundant task, the Sunday morning newspaper.

In Middle Tennessee, we have The Tennessean, a totally liberal bias composition of left-wing dogma and worldview. We receive only the Sunday edition willingly but in recent weeks the paper announced that we would receive the Wednesday issue as well, free of charge. Goody, goody, goody. In effect, the Wednesday usually goes right from the driveway to the recycle bin without stopping or passing GO. Here’s the deal, by the time we could read the thing, 6 or 7 p.m., it is already old news. As any Internet surfer can tell you, all the news that is fit to print and plenty that isn’t can be found on the net with a few clicks of a mouse. Paper news is quickly going the way of the buggy whip.

You might ask; why do you still subscribe to the Sunday paper? Good question. My wife and I recently had just such a discussion. I have always been a fan of the daily comic strips and especially love the Sunday color comics. I once dreamed of drawing my own strip and, if you stumbled onto this blog, you can see that I have tried to develop one. My wife is a coupon cutter. We save money with their use and she has always figured the savings more than pay for the paper. But the Sunday comics continue to shrink in size and number after what must be every cost-cutting review by newspaper managers and coupons can be found, oddly enough, on the net. There seems more and more to be less and less reasons for continuing to accept a hunk of chopped and churned, rolled out, smashed and ink stained tree pulp on our drive every first day of the week.

In the quiet of the morning, I hear the car pass and the plunk of the plastic wrapped dinosaur hitting concrete. Sigh. Consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.

Why I Speedbump On Mitt.

2007-08-24T05:36:00.000-05:00

Mitt Romney has passed Hillary in the “I’d vote for anyone else but” category in the realm of sacred poling. And, as we all know, poling is a scientific industry that ranks right up there in accuracy with weather predictions and Hillary Clinton’s memory of her Rose Law Firm records. Here’s the thing, Mitt is a confirmed Mormon. In America, unlike most Muslim run countries, a person has the right to believe whatever they wish and do so publically. Okay, Christians have to fight for that right against the likes of the ACLU and the MSM but for the most part the principle stands. But there is an equally sacred principle in these United States; voters are not obligated to vote for people they believe are stupid.

I know, that sounds harsh but I have studied Mormonism a little. Not a whole heck of a lot, since I found it, well, stupid. But I have looked into it including reading some of the Book of Mormon.

Before I am crucified for making my opinions known, I would remind all that the right to express opinions is a national treasure. One Democrats hope to suppress but, for the time being, one that we all have a right to do. Expressing opinions may hurt someone else’s feeling. Fine. My feelings are injured on a regular basis by those who use fowl language, especially invoking the name of my God and King as a swear word. And in a public context, I am obligated to allow them. They have the right to be ignorant. For giggles, I imagine them standing before God in the final judgment and having a montage of their linguistic choices replayed.

Now, Mitt Romney, he has the right to be a Mormon. And I have the right to wonder why anyone who has studied the history of Mormonism would ever believe anything based on that historical legacy. So, when I enter the voting booth, I have an obligation as an informed voter, I realize we are few and far between these days, I have an obligation to consider a candidate’s qualifications to serve including his or her ability to detect and react to deceit. What kind of idiot am I if I vote for someone I believe to have fallen for a lie? Or a miss-truth, if you prefer a softer approach to the term. If I have studied Christianity, and I have, and if I have studied the other major religions of the world, and I have, than I have an obligation to support those who take the informed intellectual path and reject those I believe to be walking down the jagged road of untruth.

Ah, but here is the potential for a future dilemma I hope never arrives. What if I must choose between Mitt and Hillary? After all, Hillary was the only one in America, no, the world, who did not know her husband was cheating on her. She only discovered the truth after the stained dress was produced. Talk about the uninformed and easily deceived.

Someone turn out the lights, please.

2007-08-18T06:12:00.000-05:00

Right up front, I voted for President Bush, twice. And I was proud of those votes even with the prescription drug bill that I considered the biggest waste of taxpayer money since the invention of entitlements. I also supported the war and still do. I just think the President has blown it trying to fight a PC war against an enemy that doesn’t play by the same rules and a media ready to surrender. But W lost my support when he collaborated with appeasers on the amnesty bill. Okay, my cards are on the table.

Karl Rove is on his way out. Many, mostly with a liberal, no wait, they are now progressive since liberal sounds too…liberal. Anyway, many on the liberal side are gloating, as though they had something to do with chasing him away. In fact, or in my opinion, Rove is leaving because there is nothing further for him to do in the White House. The Bush Administration is over.

It ended at precisely the same time as the McCain candidacy for president went belly up. It ended at precisely the same time Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina had a come-to-Jesus moment on immigration and reversed his position from pro illegal to against, really, really against. That was the moment the legal citizens of the United States rose up and fought the attempt by politicians to enlarge their voting blocks and George W. Bush to do...whatever it was he was trying to do with illegal immigrants. It was when the Bush presidency ended. Kerplunk!

Bush used every scrap of political capital he had left to push the amnesty bill and lost big time. He now has nothing left with which to initiate any major legislation. The Democrats control Congress and two of the most inept politicians this country has ever seen are leading them. Can you say Pelosi and Reid? The result is that nothing has been done, other than wrecking wages with the minimum wage bill, and nothing will be done. Over the next year the only thing to come out of Congress will be proposals put forth by one side or the other in an attempt to define the other side for the next election. So, the President has one task remaining before he turns the office over to Fred Thompson, bring the Iraq War to a foreseeable conclusion. That is to say, he does not have to finish the job but he must show how America can complete the mission.

And that is why Karl Rove resigned. He could have stayed around and collected a paycheck for doing nothing, as all those in Congress will do for the next 1 ½ years. But, apparently, Rove has other things to do.

The staff of the White House will slowly dwindle as the official end to the administration approaches. Hopefully, when the last person leaves, someone will turn out the lights. No need to burn excess electricity.

What are you people worried about?

2007-08-17T06:24:00.000-05:00

I caught a news report on a mother dragging her little son to the doctor where his finger was pricked for a few drops of blood. Bombarded with news of the deadly toys coming out of China, she was fearful that her child might be in danger.

Now come on, people! Do you really think that a large industrialized nation would risk the health of its customers just to make a few bucks? After all, the Chinese government is known for the compassionate care it provides for its own citizens.

For years many in the blogosphere have warned of the dangers of conducting business with the Red ChiComs but their admonitions were brushed aside by big business wanting cheaper products and leftist liberals wanting warm and fuzzy relations with the unwashed godless enslavers of a major portion of the world’s population. As the truth gradually emerges one has to wonder about the effect it will have on world markets. Citizens of industrialized nations around the world will now have to ask the question; is my government protecting my health from unscrupulous nations who supply much of the cheap trinkets sold on the open market?

Personal story: I was at my local grocery store not too long ago. As I passed the shelves of home utensils, I remembered that we were in need of a particular instrument of culinary preparation. I don’t normally purchase these types of tools from a food supplier because the cost is often considerably higher than a department store. However, I didn’t know when I would next frequent a department store so, I reviewed the selection. To my discomfort, most of the products were made in China. Convenience was going to cost me financially as well as morally. With a sigh, I made my selection and moved on. Now I wonder. Did my choice of convenience over price cost me more than just my morality? Who knows what hidden danger lies deep under the surface of that cuisine assistance utensil? I have a vision of a doctor, in my future, reading a chart, while I hold my pricked finger, and telling me that I would not be in his office had I chosen an American made product. And they say the bathroom is the most dangerous room in the house.

The HAT People: Brunehillary Who?

2007-08-12T08:02:00.000-05:00

Those who study history will no doubt remember the fall of Rome. The Roman Empire ruled for centuries because of strong leaders. It fell when weak leaders crept in. Countries and empires rise and fall on the strength of its leaders.

Enter USA in the year 2008 and one of the major ruling factions seeking to take the reins of power, the Democrat Party. This group is in the process of selecting the person they believe has the ability to lead the current most powerful nation in the world. And their choice seems to be Hillary Rodham-Clinton.

What qualities of leadership does this woman possess which would propel her to the top of the heap of would be leaders? Seriously, can anyone name one? Just one? What past success leads Democrats to believe she will make America greater? Name it!

Can you imagine a major corporation announcing Hillary as the new CEO? What would happen to their stock price? How would their customer base respond? Would the employees welcome the change and see a bright future for the company? In fact, the company would never take the chance at such an unproven individual taking control. Don’t believe me? Show me an example of someone without an impressive resume ascending to the director’s chair of a major business.

Perhaps it is necessary for America. If this country is to grow, maybe it must first be torn down. As Hitler said, it is easier to build great cities when the old ones have been destroyed than to build around what already exists. You only have to remove the rubble first.

A Hillary Rodham-Clinton regime will indeed produce rubble.

The HAT People: Little gods

2007-08-04T04:55:00.000-05:00

Since those long ago days in the musty corner of the basement in the little white country church, I was taught to serve the God of the universe. And I am very much disposed to doing so, with one stipulation. Any God to whom I grant my submission must be omnipotent, omnipresent and omniscient. I refuse to worship a god who cannot defend himself without my help. A god who cannot enforce his will on his creation without my assistance. For such a god could never have created in the first place. In the final analysis, only the true Creator of the universe can and will control the universe. As such, if a god, or his self-appointed representatives, demands that I enforce his will upon another then; I know that is not the God described above. Little gods demand public action where little gods are incapable of acting. The God of creation demands inner allegiance where only he is able to see. Around the world, many are serving little gods but I bent my knee only to the God who has no need of me.

But...? No, there is no "but" there are only little gods and a big God.

Another Journey Into The Law Of Unintended Consequences!

2007-07-27T05:28:00.000-05:00

For years, a few bloggers have reported on the influx of illegal immigrants into the housing market from a number of angles. Their stories seem unconnected but the housing slump may finally connect the dots and the follow-up trauma will not be pleasant.

Story thread number one was about lending institutions giving loans to illegals without requiring the usual financial documentation the average American citizen must present. In other words, the lenders were approving risky loans in order to take advantage of the housing boom which, in the opinion of this blogger, was fueled in part by the ill-advised loans given to illegal immigrants.

The second story line was that of illegals taking over construction jobs. Apparently, many of the jobs Americans no longer want to do are in construction. Seems those once well paying jobs for people with construction skills failed to attract sufficient applicants so, the contractors were “forced” to give them to illegals at sub-market wages. This should have made houses less expensive but it did not. I fight the urge to digress into a discussion on contractors. Anyway, what the influx of unskilled illegals did accomplish was to produce a glut of homes on the market with sub-standard craftsmanship. In the years to come homeowners will discover how badly their dwellings were constructed and the upkeep expenses for the average home will increase dramatically. Again, I fight the desire to digress.

Now the housing market is in trouble. Too much unsustainable growth and too many risky loans have propelled the housing sector into a downward spiral which will end badly for a lot of people. Good! This is nothing but shades of the old junk bond scandals, the dot com boom, the energy market implosion and the comic book collectors’ frenzy. One thing can be said about people out to make a buck and damn the consequences, they are consistent regardless of the sector they enter. These people go in, inflate prices, reduce quality and leave the sector a mess. However, some fail to leave in time and they are burned. Unfortunately, others who could be classified as innocent participants are injured as well.

What we now have is a glut of homes, illegals owning homes but with no history of understanding what that means in America and an employment market about to be saturated with former construction workers looking for other work. On the horizon are the unintended consequences. Americans in job sectors yet to be effected by illegal immigrants will be as these people look for employment. The result will be increased unemployment of legal residents. Also, the massive increase in loan defaults will continue as the illegals migrate to other parts of the country to find work and leave the financial institutions stuck with their poorly kept properties. And, finally, the housing market will take years to absorb the excess poorly built homes driving down prices. Real estate speculators will find themselves holding property with a lower value shrinking their personal wealth portfolio.

Once Upon A Time: A Political Fairy Tale

2007-07-20T07:21:00.000-05:00

Once upon a time; presidential hopefuls floated their names as potential candidates, set up accounts structured by laws created by professional politicians that allowed them to raise money while still not officially running and went out on the circuit to milk those seeking to influence government. It was a system perfectly designed for professional politicians who had the inside tract on how things work.

Then came the lead up to the ‘08 campaign season. The usual suspects and the presumptive candidates (that is to say, those promoted by the media) began establishing their fake “I’m thinking about running” committees. They are not really committees but the illusion is that a group is trying to convince a politician to run for office. Now news people need something to talk about lest the public think nothing is happening and fail to tune in. So, a few overly zealous MSM-types started to push Barack Obama as a rival to Hillary. My guess is that they did not want Hillary to run away with the Democrat nomination or there would be no story until the general election.

Ah, but the law of unintended consequences raised its ugly head and the inexperienced Obama leaped into the arena prematurely. That is to say, he formally announced long before traditional pundits thought prudent. You see, the game is to draw out your announcement as long as possible and even make several pre-announcement announcements. That gives the MSM something to cover without actual coving anything. Unfortunately for the other candidates, including Hillary, the early jump by Obama forced their hands making it necessary that they announce or lose potential money.

Then came the collective yawn. It seems the public was less than enthused with any of the candidates. Those conservatives interested in politics on a yearly cycle, unlike the average American who only pays attention one or two months every two or four years, looked around for someone better matching their views on the issues. Somewhere long the way they found Fred Dalton Thompson.

But, Fred is not playing by the rules. Announce, they cry. Be the conventional candidate, they tell him. Yeah, ask Mitt Romney and Rudy Gulliani how that’s working out for them.

The Law Of Unintended Consequences

2007-07-13T05:50:00.000-05:00

As some liberals in Congress propose the return of the Fairness Doctrine as a means to institute balance in the opinions expressed by all the media outlets, let none doubt their true target is talk radio. But before they go too far, they should carefully consider the law of unintended consequences.

The best, yet most underreported incident on the subject is the ban on DDT. Dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane is an insecticide that kills insects with few acute effects on humans. Swiss scientist Paul Muller, who received the 1948 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work, developed it in 1939. The primary value of the pesticide is its ability to eliminate malaria-transmitting mosquitoes. According to U.N. estimates, malaria kills one child every 30 seconds and more than a million people each year. All right, let’s say that again very slowly, malaria murders MORE THAN ONE MILLION PEOPLE A YEAR!

DDT met its demise when Rachel Carson initiated the movement against the use of the product in her 1962 book Silent Spring. The belief, though not thoroughly investigated, was that the pesticide softened the shells of egg laying species, particularly birds. It was banned in the US and eventually that led to a worldwide prohibition.

Here is the rub; the science was never substantiated. Emotional envoirmentalism took over before rational scientific research was performed. The rallying cry was that something had to be done before the product killed millions of birds. The unintended consequence, the lack of an effective insecticide results in the murder of millions of humans. At least the birds are safe.

Now I could point to Algore’s minions and stress the need to review the law of unintended consequences but, my aim is more toward those without an emotionally based agenda. The liberals in Congress have few strongly held beliefs for which they are willing to go down in a blaze of glory, notwithstanding their public personas. As Diane Feinstein has demonstrated with the way she has enriched her family off of military appropriations, they are more interested in making money and amassing power than fighting for the good of America. If the fairness doctrine were enforced across the board, CBS, NBC, ABC, CNN, PBS, MSNBC, a host of news services and newspapers would suddenly find themselves under the microscope of public scrutiny and perhaps conservative wrath. Fairness would be defined by who was in power at the time. So, I would say to liberal lawmakers, beware what you ask for, you might just get real fairness in the media and you could be its first victim!

The HAT People: How Pollution Saved Earth

2007-07-08T04:59:00.000-05:00

Liberals have, since the creation of liberalism, maintained one consistent truth; Do As I Say, Not As I Do. Regardless of their pet cause, a liberal can always be counted on not to live by whatever law, regulation or statute they push as the fix for whatever evil they have uncovered. It is the lifestyle of others they expect to change.

Enter Al Gore, trying to fit an oversized butt into a pair of pre-washed jeans. Seems physical fitness is not currently on the agenda. But, because Al cares, he has been jetting around the world and consuming resources to denounce people who, well, jet around the world and consume resources. And leave it to the liberal MSM not to challenge him on his hypocrisy, NBC to provide millions of dollars in free TV time to promote his hypocrisy and millions of willing liberal activists joining him in his hypocrisy by polluting the Earth so they can tell us we have to stop. Okay, Al, you first!!

The HAT People: A History Of Support??

2007-07-06T09:50:00.000-05:00

Our country has had a sad history of supporting our troops. This 4th of July is but a reminder of that checkered past. During the Revolution, the Continental Army received scant assistance from the citizens of the colonies. Though they eventually benefited from the sacrifice of the troops, they were hesitant to commit more than necessary to the cause. Today, our men and women in uniform fight against those who would destroy the country built on the blood of the Continental soldiers. Many in this country believe evil can be diplomatically convinced to leave us alone. All the time, evil continues to announce its intent to kill us, dead. God bless those who hold in the gap, who man the walls and stand the watch. Without them, we would be at the mercy of evil and those who would placate it.

The HAT People: From My Vantage Point

2007-07-06T09:26:00.000-05:00

The HAT People: Run, Al, Run...Far Away, Please!

2007-06-30T15:10:00.000-05:00

Speakerette Pelosi And Corruption

2007-06-30T06:22:00.000-05:00

The blame for the disgraceful performance of the House, albeit quite subdued when compared to the years Newt ran the place, and the low confidence rating seems to be falling ever so gently on Speakerette Pelosi. Frankly, I believe it is too harsh. Pelosi said her first job was to drain the swamp of corruption but I am betting those bad old Republicans hid the pump. The Speakerette will have to go shopping for a new one and we know how much women hate shopping and Congress hates spending money!

The HAT People: The USS McCain Sinks

2007-06-29T13:17:00.000-05:00

“I am hopeful that we will have another chance to address this critical national security issue that affects people throughout our country. In the meantime, we must keep working to secure our borders while we continue fighting to reform our unenforceable immigration laws.” Said the senator who helped create those very laws and bring America to this critical point in history.

One of the byproducts of the defeat of the amnesty bill will be the sinking of the McCain campaign. Though the candidate appears not to know. Like the doomed passengers of the Titanic walking around the deck, McCain seems unaware that his ship is going down. Old naval aviators do not die; they just slide under the waves.

I Love The Smell Of Napalm In The Morning!

2007-06-29T05:08:00.000-05:00

It started in the deep dark recesses of Washington, in a place average Americans are not allowed. A handful of men representing the majority of the Senate and the White House gathered to do the impossible; construct a bill that would grant amnesty to 12 million plus illegal immigrants while pretending to close the borders. The mission parameters; hammer out the deal in secret to avoid the scrutiny of the American people, ram it through congress before momentum could build to make passage difficult and make it possible for every senator to vote in such a way as to pass the bill but not endanger his position with his constituents.

What the old, out of touch with the current America, senators did not understand was the power of the new mediums. Until it was too late. Within hours of announcing their Grand Bargain, the blogosphere and talk radio were in full swing. Millions of Amercians, real Americans, those who live by the laws of this country, pay ALL their taxes and want their government to work for them not against them, these Americans started reacting to the amnesty bill. And make no mistake about it; the bill was all about giving amnesty to lawbreakers with little or no penalty. At first, the senators failed to understand the sleeping giant they had awakened. Career politicians, even those on the anti-amnesty side, thought the bill was a slam-dunk. Conventional political wisdom said that the bill would whip through the Senate, or what passes for speeding in that cumbersome establishment, and move on to the House. Opponents believed the bill would have to be defeated there or watered down. No one counted on the American people.

And why should they? Americans have rolled over for years and taken the abuse of their leaders while returning them to office again and again. There was nothing to tell the politicians that they would do less this time. Wrong! Like an angry parent pushed too far by a disobedient child, they rose up and said, “I have had enough!” They took off their belts, cut switches from the lilac trees or pulled the wooden punishment spoons from the drawers. Using all the tools of the new medium, email, blogs, the Internet, and the old tools, letters, faxes, talk radio and the telephone, they proclaimed their message loud and clear.

Real Americans, the true voters, showed their power the last few weeks and especially Thursday 6-28-07. Politicians running in 08; be afraid, BE VERY AFRAID!

The HAT People: You Want That In English? Why?

2007-06-24T19:30:00.000-05:00

As Americans wait to see whether or not the U.S. Senate will obey their wishes or betray them, the question remains unanswered. If the amnesty bill is passed, will it be printed in English or Spanish? Since the average American has difficulty reading political doubletalk and most illegals cannot read, or speak, English, I guess it does not matter. No one will understand any of it but the amnesty sections and the enforcement clauses will never be enforced even if they can be understood. What a world, what a world.

The HAT People: We Don't Want No Stinking Diseases

2007-06-22T16:30:00.000-05:00

The Greenville News of Greenville, South Carolina ran a story about 131 of 286 “foreign” workers at a poultry plant testing positive for tuberculosis. Two of the workers had an active form of TB. That is a large number for a disease that was theoretically eradicated in this country years ago. It is also an alarming statistic. There have been similar stories coming out of Border States in recent years. The facts about the increase of diseases, which were uncommon in the US, have been suppressed for the most part by the MSM. We do not want to disparage the illegals by telling the American people uncomfortable truths.

It is difficult to imagine why Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina would be leading the fight to dole out amnesty on a mass scale given the danger to his constituents. I guess he expects to replace those who succumb to disease by importing new ones.

Next time you are in a restaurant and you watch a “foreign born” worker clearing a table, see them harvesting farm products or working in meat processing plants ask the question what are these companies doing to protect the health of their customers? Do they test their employees for communicable diseases? Are you being exposed to diseases so a company can employ cheaper labor? Are you exposing your children to new and terrible diseases from illegal immigrant children when you drop them off at school?

Well, not to worry. At least it cost less to have these jobs performed for you…

The HAT People: Harry The Competent

2007-06-17T10:44:00.000-05:00

Harry Reid called American generals incompetent. It would be interesting to know what scale he was using at the time. I, for one, prefer a scale of success. Someone who is competent at their job or skill will be able to demonstrate their competence with accomplishments. So, how does Majority Leader Reid stack up on the success scale?

He has 6 months of senate leadership without passing one major piece of legislation he has supported. Yes, the senate did pass a military funding bill but not before every bill supported by Reid was killed or vetoed.

He has managed to orchestrate several land deals, which have enriched his own personal accounts. You say, that is personal and not in the public interest. Exactly. He used his office to advance his own finances at the expense of the American taxpayer. Quite the accomplishment.

He has managed to throw tax dollars to relatives who are lobbyists. Again, not really helping the nation but promoting his family. But it is a success, nevertheless.

He has managed to lower the standards of one of the nation’s highest offices while the MSM and liberal bloggers continue to give him a pass. That is his greatest success. Scooter Libby was convicted of lying to the feds about a non-crime and received jail time. Reid lies on a daily basis to America and remains in office while still earning the big political bucks. That’s success! That’s competence!!!

Well, I guess Harry Reid does know what it means to be competent.

The HAT People: Lost In The Desert

2007-06-15T08:18:00.000-05:00

I voted for George W. Bush twice and stayed up all night watching the returns, hoping for his eventual victory because I thought he would be great for our country. Now, I regret not only my votes but the support I have given him and the Republican Party over the years. They have betrayed my trust and betrayed our country.

What is even more painful is that I do not think Republicans care that those who voted for them feel betrayed. And I do not think Republicans care that those of us in the middleclass will have to pay the price for the poverty and loss of job opportunities they are creating in this country with the amnesty bill and lack of immigration enforcement. In one-year-and-a-half, Mr. Bush will go back to his ranch and write his book or whatever ex-presidents do but my family and I will have to pay the higher taxes to support the greater influx of illegals that will enter this country after Republicans give amnesty to the 12 million plus who are already here. As well, we will have to pay those taxes with less income since the illegals have been driving down the wages for the average American.

I do not understand why Republicans are destroying this nation. I only wish I had not been a part of it by voting Mr. Bush into office. President Bush has led conservatives into the desert and abandoned us. Who will lead us out?

The HAT People: Find The Law-Abiding American?

2007-06-10T09:46:00.000-05:00

Anyone who has traveled abroad knows that uncomfortable, lonely feeling of being a stranger while standing in a line.

Well, it is no longer necessary to venture outside the borders of the USA to find such an experience. One need only go anywhere in America, join any line. Americans are at risk of becoming foreigners in their own country by virtue of the gradual watering down of their culture due to the illegal influx of aliens. Businesses seeking to expand their market shares and politicians reaching for voting blocks to help them remain in office are going out of their way to court the fastest growing minority in the US without any concern for offending their current customer base or constituency.

Witness Bank of America (how ironic is that name) handing out bank and credit card accounts to illegals, facilitating their breaking of US immigration laws. The bank appears to fear neither their customers with legal US residency nor any legal difficulties with the government.

Then note the US Senate’s attempt to grant legal status to those who openly break the immigration laws in deference to the wishes of the American people all the while claiming the voters are demanding they do it. Huh?

Question; when will Americans realize the danger and act on their own behalf?

Immigration Bill Sleeps, For Now.

2007-06-08T06:01:00.000-05:00

The immigration bill’s current defeat was an example of the pathetic nature of politicians in America today and the monumental change in the political climate of the electorate.

First, the politicians, they have no clue of how the landscape has changed over the last 10 to 15 years. My guess is that most of those who make their living as senators and congressmen have no idea how to get on the net, let a lone surf it. After all, they have people to do their menial tasks. They seem to have no idea how fast information travels in today’s American culture. Therefore, they were unprepared for the speed in which opposition mounted against their evil deed. From the safety of my bunker, I imagined these collaborators worked out a timetable by which they could introduce, debate and pass the bill before most Americans even knew what was in it. That is how things were once done in the good old days. And most who occupy the US Senate are good old boys from the good old days.

Enter the electorate. The day, even the hour, the compromise bill was announced, the average politically inclined person, like myself, jumped on the Internet and made his or her voice heard. Snail mail takes days to arrive and phone lines can be jammed making it difficult to contact a politician. By the time the old forms of communication could have reach the capital, a bill was mostly passed, if not already law. No longer! The net allowed constituents to contact their representatives and senators within minutes or hours. I composed my emails in the car on the drive home from work. The emails went out before I settled in for the evening.

It is said senators in support of the immigration amnesty bill were stunned by their defeat. Well, why not? These people are so out of touch with their own constituents and the American culture. The future belongs to the politicians who can figure out the new, connected America.

Our Best Deserve Better!

2007-06-03T06:08:00.000-05:00

It must be confusing to be serving our country these days. I do not envy those brave, gallant people, though I do appreciate them and wish I were young again so I could join them.

What has happened to us as a country? We have some of the best in our nation fighting to keep the bad guys from hitting us on our doorstep, or worse, in our homes, and we blast them at every turn. I do not care if you are against the war!! I believe the war was won but the winning of the peace has been handled so badly I want to slap a bunch of politicians, starting with the oval office. But I support the men and women doing their best to win this thing and I will do nothing to undermine them. Too bad Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi and the rest of the anti-war crowd do not feel the same. They do not care how many of our military personnel are killed so long as they win their political argument. Some would call that murder, others treason.

The HAT People: Who Is On Our Side?

2007-06-03T05:19:00.000-05:00

Call It, I've Had Enough!

2007-06-01T09:03:00.000-05:00

A personal observation; perhaps Senator Lamar Alexander has no understanding how Tennesseans feel about illegal immigration. I would think this might be our best course of action for dealing with the question:

MARSHA BLACKBURN
for US Senate

The HAT People: Actions Mean Words

2007-05-27T06:17:00.000-05:00

The HAT People: Wings As Eagles

2007-05-25T04:42:00.000-05:00

STAND AND BE HEARD!!

2007-05-20T06:59:00.000-05:00

Now is the chance for all good conservatives to stand up and be heard! We have had enough and it ends now, should be our cry. Some have said that the immigration bill currently sitting in the senate is the best we can hope to achieve. They say the bill is a done deal in the senate. Horse feathers!! If my people, who are called by my name, will shout their distaste for this evil measure, the politicians will scurry for cover like cockroaches when the lights are turned on. Hear me now and believe me later, after we have what we want, nothing is a done deal until Christ returns and perfection is given to all. Those who want the law respected and their rights protected must be willing to fight for them or others will claim what is theirs.

So, shout to the hills, and DC. Proclaim your anger that those in our capital are not listening to the voice of the voters (I mean the real voters not those who claim to vote to pollsters but never enter the voting booth). If legal citizens stand up and are heard, we will prevail! Remain silent and watch your rights and property given to others.

John McCain Kills His Campaign

2007-05-18T15:14:00.000-05:00

Shhhh!

Did you here it? If you are really quiet you will hear the last gasp of the McCain campaign. It happened when the hapless senator charged out ahead on the immigration debate. On the wrong side, if you are a conservative. Which John McCain has repeatedly claimed to be.

Let us review the conservative position on immigration. Conservatives believe illegal immigrants are breaking the law and should not be rewarded for it. They believe the government has the obligation for protecting those who play by the rules and obey the law and punish those who do not. Conservatives believe the line for legal immigration begins in the country of origin not in the USA.

McCain has consistently taken the non-conservative path on major issues, with the exception of Iraq. It appears instinctual. Remember McCain’s role in the terrible twelve who stopped Conservative Republicans from pushing conservative judges through the senate?

So, here was the senator with everyone but the liberal press declaring his campaign stuck in the mud. And how did he set himself apart from the pack of 10? How did he get the traction that could keep Fred Thompson from entering the race as a wildcard and winning it all? He took point on an issue contrary to a majority of the conservative constituency. In one bold stroke, he alienated most of the potential voters needed to win the Republican nomination. The immigration bill, passed or defeated, will hang around McCain’s neck from now until the last voter has left the booth.

The McCain for president campaign will limp along for months. There will still be those willing to give money to this walking dead of an organization and the liberal press, in love with John McCain, will prop him up but, for all practical purposes, his political career has peaked. It will go no further.

Goodbye, Never-To-Be-President John McCain.

Shhhhh! Can you hear it?

Run, Fred, Run. When You Are Ready.

2007-05-11T06:30:00.000-05:00

I, for one, think Fred Thompson has already proven his qualifications to be the next president of the US of A.

As of today, we have 20 plus want-a-be candidates running around vying for attention, money and MSM approval. I am willing to bet the average voter cannot name more then four of them, from both parties combined. By voters, I mean the people who actually take time to walk into a voting booth and vote, not those who respond to the latest survey. People who just respond the MSM’s polls usually have a multiple-choice list from which to choose. They need it because, otherwise the poll would have so many in the head scratching no opinion column as to be useless. Not that they have any real value otherwise.

Okay, I digress, again.

Soon-to-be President-elect Thompson has proven his merit to be such because he has not entered the race, as yet. While the want-a-bes are pushing voters into political comatose with their nauseating early campaigning, Fred writes articles on the issues of the day, gives a few choice interviews and works behind the scenes to prepare his entry. Yes, I am no idiot. If he is going to run, there is a lot of groundwork that must be done first. The political pundits keep telling him he needs to enter the race before it is too late and the money dries up but, they make their living on politics and the longer the campaign season, the more money they make, giving advise no one ever remembers.

And therein lies the real drivers behind the ever increasingly early campaign seasons, those who profit from politics. Be they media or be they paid pundits; the professional political hacks make their living off of professional politicians looking for the next gig. And the longer a campaign for any office can be drug out, the more these people make, even if voters are not paying attention. These are the people who pushed Obama into declaring early, forcing Hillary to declare early, forcing the Republicans to declare early (or lose the competition for face time, they said). It is all about money! So, when Fred does not declare early, the powers that think they control the process write, talk and shout about how he cannot wait any longer or there will be nothing left of the money or media coverage. Yeah, right! People who give money to candidates want to give to winners, those who will take an office, not those who just run. So, are we expected to believe that if Thompson announces in the near future and has a STRONG chance of winning the money people will have nothing left to give to him? Again, yeah, right!! And the media? They cover the front-runners, not those with little or no chance. Who wants to watch a nobody run for office and lose?

I want Fred Thompson to declare. I cannot wait for Fred Thompson to declare. But thank God Fred Thompson has not yet declared! Run, Fred, run! Eh, when you are ready.

We Won, Now What?

2007-05-05T05:15:00.000-05:00

WE WON!

Let me say that again, we won the war in Iraq!! Does anyone not remember how our military cut through Saddam’s army like it was nothing? We won the war. It is the peace we are trying to win now and we cannot afford to lose. Unless you are liberal Democrat.

The war was won then President Bush made the ultimate mistake of our PC times, he tried to win the peace by pleasing everyone. Big mistake! Okay, we could go down the list but it is water under the bridge and useless now. Instead, it is time to move on. America did the dirty work for the Iraqis. I figure that gives us the right to form Iraq in our image. Let us do just that. Then we can declare that mission accomplished and move on, again.

2007-05-04T04:28:00.000-05:00

A novel by: RWBlack

Law And Order And Retreat

2007-04-27T07:03:00.000-05:00

Congressional Democrats, Pelosi, Reid and those who follow them do not understand the world around them. They are like the wealthy of this country who move into gated neighborhoods believing that they can keep out the crime and poverty around them. However, if the police structure, which actually protects them, breaks down, they would lose their security in a matter of moments. It is the perception of social order that keeps a relative domestic peace in society. Just look to those neighborhoods where it is unthinkable to cooperate with the police. On those streets, gangs, criminals and other lowlives run things. And where government rules like thugs? Well, you only have to look as far as Venezuela to see how low a government, led by Hugo Chavez, can sink a nation and its economy. Law and order requires that those in power respect the rights of individuals and support the illusion of the police in control. What happens when and where the peacekeepers lose that perception can easily be seen in the worse neighborhoods in America.

It is a short jump to the debate on Iraq. When the Democrats voted for the war, they did not bother to think farther than the next election. None of them wanted to be on the losing side. It was a given that our military would take out the Iraqi army in days if not hours. Then came the peace. The Bush administration made a critical error early in fighting the peace in a PC manner. It has not worked. I believe if President Bush had allowed the military to take full control of Iraq and gradually cede that control as the Iraqis earned it, we would not be in the fix we are today. But that is water under the bridge. The question is; what do we do now?

Democrats say we should cut and run. They have even given our retreat an artificial date. Imagine any neighborhood in any city. What would happen if the police announced that they were leaving because the criminals had won? Would any other neighborhood in that city or the surrounding suburbs survive?

If you cannot make the connection between the domestic peace of your neighborhood, Iraq and world peace then, you have something in common with Democrats, Pelosi, Reid and their followers.

To Whom Will Harry Reid Surrender?

2007-04-21T06:30:00.000-05:00

Harry Run And Hide Reid wants to surrender

Rush Limbaugh, I think, makes the best point I have heard or read anywhere. The Democrats are totally invested in losing the war. At this point, nothing but a complete failure in Iraq and they will suffer tremendously the next election cycle. Their fate lies with America’s perspective of them.

Americans are a fickle bunch. We have the attention span of a child. Today, we might be concerned about the war. Tomorrow, who knows? One thing is certain; it will be a petty, self-centered concern. Most Americans do not vote, do not know the names of their leaders and could not find Iraq on a map. In truth, those that do vote, usually vote with their wallets in mind. So, when the Democrats with the aid of the MSM start screaming that the war is lost, America is ready to believe them. After all, few even bother to watch the evening news and, if they did, they would not be any more informed. American’s primary focus is how to get the next thing we want. Like I said, attention span of a child.

Here is a great example. A man trips on the job while moving a heavy object. At best, he might have twisted his ankle but, otherwise, had no real injury. Yet, he acquired a lawyer to sue his employer. What does he want to accomplish with a lawsuit? He hopes to get a new fishing pole and maybe a chainsaw. True story, no frills added.

Bin Laden is said to have attacked America because he believed we were a paper tiger. He figured one major strike would cause us to run away and hide while begging for peace. As a side note, can you imagine his reaction when the US military showed up in Afghanistan?

Coming full circle, Harry Reid declares the war already lost. Americans, with no world perspective, seem to agree. The world waits to see if we truly are a paper tiger. What will be our response? God help us, our fate lies in the hands of a population more concerned with getting a new fishing pole.

The HAT People: A Shared Cause

2007-04-14T11:59:00.000-05:00

If it was unclear before, Speakerette Nancy Pelosi’s terrorist tour should have left no doubt in anyone’s mind just whom the Democrats support in the war on terror. It is a natural match. The terrorists and the Democrats have the same goal, the destruction of America as it exists today. The liberal elite, who currently run the Democrat party, are ashamed to be part of the society our ancestors built. They want to create a new America from the ashes, one that fits their image of themselves, regardless of how hypocritical that image might be. The terrorists agree America must fall only, they want to construct a Muslim empire in its place based on the Koran. Liberals know this, they have read of the aspirations of the terrorists but they believe that, once they have power, the Islamic murders will recognize they are divinely appointed to rule the world and make peace.

Here is what must be understood about liberal elites; they do not believe the laws and regulations that dominate the lives of average people should apply to them. They propose taxes for the rich, than exclude themselves and their friends. They preach the need for lifestyle changes to stop global warming but fail to apply those standards to their own lives. They want employers to pay higher wages but exempt companies in their own districts and allow others to exploit illegal immigrants with sub-minimum wages and benefits. Pelosi, Hillary Clinton, Al Gore and other elitists jet around the world in comfort as others pay the bills while demanding the rest of us scale back our own lives, for the sake of…you fill in the blank.

Let the terrorists win on their own terms, the liberals think but, do not say. Let them win, then the libs and the killers will get together and talk it out. In the end, the terrorists, who murder their own people like cowards, will see how noble the Democrats are and step aside so that American liberals can rule the world.

Don Imus, Another Opinion

2007-04-13T07:28:00.000-05:00

With all the fuss over the idiotic remarks by Don Imus, I believe most people failed to hear the cry of despair. What!?

Yes, you heard me, despair. Across the country liberal politicians, reporters and political pundits went to bed crying. You see, they had just lost a free, that means something for which they did not have to pay, free outlet where they had access to the American public.

In a lot of ways, Imus is an eclectic man. He is rough and unrefined yet, well read. He loves NASCAR, horses and kids with terrible diseases. His musical tastes span the spectrum. But in his politics, The I-Man is liberal.

Of course, he pretends to have an open mind but you only have to review his guest list to understand his far left-wing slant. From journalists to entertainers to politicians, Imus’ guests were primarily liberals. Imus had given them a platform absolutely free for years, a place where they could, for the most part, say anything they pleased regardless of how hypocritical and get away with it. Leftists plugged their books, other moneymaking ventures and their politics on Imus. In a blink of an eye, the platform disappeared.

Here is the problem, liberals cannot do talk radio. No one wants to listen to them, they are boring. For the most part, Imus was the only exception. One wonders what these freeloaders are going to do in the future to sell their stuff, go to Rush or Hannity? Hah! And do they think, if Imus acquires another gig, he will invite those who ran away from him like he had the plague? I think he has a list of those who betrayed him in his hour of need and I think The I-Man will take vengeance.

A cry went up among the liberal freeloaders of America. Well, not in public, of course!

Thank You, Britain. Thank You Tony Blair.

2007-04-08T07:17:00.000-05:00

Thank you Britain, thank you Tony Blair, thank you, liberals in British parliament. Yes, because of your decisive action against Iran, which took your people prisoner in an open act of war, the world will have to endure a repeat performance.

Terrorists are, if nothing else, intelligent enough to know what works and to continue until they get what they want or their actions cease giving them the results they seek. The perfect example is hijacking airplanes. I’m, unfortunately, old enough to remember the first hijackings and the ever increasing need for security at airports. At first, the terrorists just took the aircraft, terrorized the passengers for a few hours or days then released them and destroyed the planes. Gradually, the terrorists were forced to harm or kill passengers as the world became bored and hijackings became second page news. Finally, they flew the planes into buildings to get the world attention they desired. Then George W. Bush declared that we had had enough and went after the terrorists and nations supporting them. But the public has tired of the war on terrorism. Primarily because of the success in reducing terrorist attacks.

So, how do terrorists garner the attention they want? By using an old, and failed, strategy, taking hostages. For years, including the Iranian Hostage Crisis, which brought to an end the Carter administration (Okay, there were some unintended good which comes from terrorism), terrorists tried to use kidnapping innocent people as a means for gaining world attention. Alas, they learned that, eventually, the public soon lost interest and news organizations turned to the issue of the day. Long termed hostage taking proved a no win situation. The world just did not have the attention span. The taking of hostages changed recently when the terrorists started killing their victims and releasing on the Internet the gruesome deeds. Except, the public responded with horror and condemned the terrorists, instead of sympathizing with their politics. Finding the method counterproductive, terrorists have been searching for a new means of forcing their agenda on the world. Britain showed an old tactic might have potential, again.

Thank you, Britain! Until the terrorists pick on the wrong leader, we will have to endure the spectacle of more hostages used as pawns in their deadly game. Those who do not learn the lessons of history will be forced to relive it.

Footnote: The media has underplayed it but, Iran reportedly blinked when they learned that President Bush had ordered a third aircraft carrier into the seaways around Iran and Iraq. Iran is a paper tiger. The US military could bomb Iran back to the stone ages with less than a dozen well placed guided bombs. What lessons should we learn from this? Yeah, right, the free world learn?

The Story Of Speakerette Pelosi

2007-04-06T05:40:00.000-05:00

What does a president do when his domestic agenda is in the dumper? He packs his bags and tours the world to take the attention off of whatever woes have befallen him. Enter Speakerette Nancy Pelosi, or exit Pelosi. During the last election cycle, the Democrats made promises most said would be difficult, if not impossible, to keep given the tight reigns held by the special interest groups who run the party. So, what’s a Speakerette to do when she finds herself mired in a special interest quagmire that prevents her from accomplishing anything of substance? Well, she hops a plane and runs into the arms of any despot willing to welcome her as a leader. In other words, she is trying to look presidential. Who cares if she is obligated to forget Syria is a sponsor of terrorism, allows insurgents to cross their borders where they kill American soldiers and may be the depot for Saddam’s WMD. On the home front, Democrats have declared the "War on terror" is over. Rats! Had Speakerette...no, wait, President Pelosi only known, she could have announced our surrender while she was stepping over the bodies of the dead to shake hands with terrorist leaders.

Fred Thompson And Scorpions, Stay With Me, Here!

2007-03-31T05:57:00.000-05:00

Remember the tale of the fox who gave the scorpion a ride on his back across the river? Halfway there, the scorpion stung the fox. As they both drown, the fox asked why the scorpion would sting him thereby endangering both their lives. The scorpion replied something to the effect of, I am, after all still a scorpion.

Political pundits are beginning to jump on their respective bandwagons, choosing their candidates to support and rejecting others. Many conservatives are leaping on the Romney or Giuliani support train and a few are hoping for Gingrich to leap into the fray. However, quite a number of these people of infinite political wisdom shun or outright condemn a possible entry of Fred Thompson into the arena. I have to ask, why?

One of the main detractors seems to be that Thompson has very little in the way of experience. Of course, they then have to define experience in order for Fred not to fall under the umbrella of someone with experience. I could go off on the trail of what constitutes the “right” type of experience to be president but I refuse to be sidetracked, for now. Instead, let’s look at why Fred Thompson is a far more desirable candidate then any of the current front-runners.

He has credibility. Who does not? Mitt Romney claims to be a social conservative yet, his credentials appear to be recent, like within the window he decided he might want to run for president. The man won in Massachusetts! These are the people who continually send Ted Kennedy and John Kerry back to the senate. As a Christian, I love converts but, in the political realm, converts are usually politicians who will say what the voters want just to get to the next level. American politics are replete with examples; President Bush’s betrayal of his base on the illegal immigrant issue and the entire Clinton years serve as case studies. Staying with the theme of trust, Giuliani and Gingrich both lied to two wives, had affairs, then betrayed those wives in public. And now they ask for voter forgiveness. Once is a mistake. Twice is a pattern of behavior. I require more than words before I believe someone has changed a pattern of behavior, the afore mentioned Clinton years are the example there. If a man will lie repeatedly to a woman with whom he shares an intimate relationship, what guarantee does a voter have? That’s a rhetorical question, for any who have strayed off subject.

So, that brings us to our man, Fred. The guy has a history in the public eye, a long one. And yet, I haven’t heard one pundit speak of hypocrisy, just experience, experience as they define it. Well. I’ve seen the scorpions, watched them at work. Regardless of what they say, regardless of what the pundits say, scorpions are still scorpions.

Bridge For Sale. Price: Your Life!

2007-03-30T05:41:00.000-05:00

June 6, 1944, the troops were on the beaches of Normandy, moving inward. The Nazi army was falling back and looking for an effective strategy to stop the allies from beating them. Suddenly, the American army stopped. In the nick of time, the American congress had stepped in, de-funded the war against fascism and set a timetable for quitting the war. America left Europe and the Nazis returned to occupy all of France.

It never happened. The allies beat fascism and established a line of defense against communism, which Ronald Reagan later won. But, what would the world be like had Hitler defeated the democratic nations? What would our lives be now it communism had taken over Western Europe and elsewhere?

What will history say about the current Democrat party in 60 years?

Has there ever been a more foolish bunch of idiots ever given the reigns of power? (Okay, in the USA. Let’s not dwell on the goofball in Iran.) Do they actually believe the terrorists will walk away from us and terrorize others? The short answer is, yes. For eight years, these people hated Ronald Reagan and they have hated George W. Bush since he announced his intention to run for president. And yet, they cannot understand that those who thrust terrorism on the world could hate them. Especially if they make nice to these murderers. They actually believe that, if we surrender and walk away from the fight, the terrorists will turn their attention to others. So, let’s all just get along. Right?

If you are a supporter of the Democrat philosophy here is a suggestion. Place a sign on your front door. Tell the world that you just want to live in peace and mean no harm to anyone and, oh, by the way, the door is unlocked as a good faith gesture. Stupid, you say? Exactly!

A Question Or Two On Illegals?

2007-03-25T06:09:00.000-05:00

Imagine if criminals knew they could commit a crime 6 times before they need fear prosecution. What do you think they would do? Exactly, they would go on a crime spree.

WorldNetDaily.com reports, “It generally takes six arrests before U.S. prosecutors are willing to bring criminal charges against illegal immigrants caught crossing the border, according to documents released in the controversy about eight fired U.S. attorneys."

Our nation is currently a dichotomy. Average citizens need to know that, if they violate even the smallest infraction of the law, they will be forced to endure our legal system. It will cost them in time, resources and aggravation. But, illegal aliens have a special dispensation from the powers-that-be. They can enter this country illegally, further break our laws and not risk prosecution until they push the system too far. And too far means up until a local population becomes outraged and forces the issue. A recent FBI report shows that illegals are killing more people in this country every year then the number of soldiers who are killed in Iraq. A third, or more, of the current prison population is made up of illegals.

We are being told that illegal aliens are needed in this country to do the jobs Americans will not do. And yet, everything I see and read suggests that illegals are slowing killing the country with the burden they are forcing on our infrastructure. I wonder when average Americans will wake up and see they are paying with their own personal resources for others to profit from illegal labor. At the same time, I am concerned that, when Americans wake up, there will be an internal war in the USA. People will be killed and injured. Perhaps it is the political class that must awake if this nation is to survive. However, given the current political climate in Washington, that appears unlikely.

Firing Prosecutors A Scandal, Rejoice!!!

2007-03-23T08:54:00.000-05:00

I, for on, am ecstatic that the Democrats have gone after Gonzales and the Bush Administration over the firings of 8 federal prosecutors. Oh, another Bush hater, you say. Nope, not in the least. As a matter of fact, I voted for Bush, twice, and believed him to be a great president up until he decided to give illegals amnesty. Which marked the beginning of the end of his popularity, a little noted fact. But I digress.

So, why do I revel at the sight of Democrats with their shorts up their cracks like geeks with wedgies? Because it is the visible evidence of what many of us understood the moment they took power in Congress; they are impotent. You heard me, impotent. They’re like a man who’s had the big V, loud in the sack but shooting blanks.

Behind closed doors they may admit the truth to each other but, publicly, they are trying to show the American voter that they can get things done except, they can’t. Over the years the Democrat big tent approach to politics, they take all comers so long as they are liberal and willing to toe the line, has produced a party of special interest groups who care little for anything other than, you guessed it, their special interest. Hence, every legislative attempt must respond to the demands of a majority of the special interest groups who run the party if it is to pass. Herein lies the problem. It is impossible to accomplish. It might even make an interesting movie, Mission Impossible 4, hero Tom Cruise tries to pass a bill in Congress in its original form. Start the music, light the fuse annnnnnnd it fizzles out. Bill dies a withering mass on the floors of the corridors of power, or lack thereof.

So, rejoice, taxpayers. The Democrats have nothing, zip, nada to offer in the way of a serious initiative. Baring stupidity on the Bush Administration’s side, and it is a possibility, you are safe for the next two years from major government intrusion. President Bush will be forced to endure two years of worthless investigation after useless investigation but, hey, that’s the price of freedom, our freedom. God Bless America. God Bless Our Troops!!

Stop The World, I'm Confused!

2007-03-23T05:47:00.000-05:00

So you think the definition of a Democrat is someone who never found a tax that could not be raised? Well, Tennessee Democrat Legislators break the mold by resisting efforts to raise taxes. And are they doing it to protect the poor? How about saving businesses from additional burdens to their profits? Nooooo! These bastions of morality, who want to take everything people have so they can redistribute the funds to those they think deserve or need it, are balking on their governor’s plans to raise one particular tax, the cigarette tax.

A bit of background, first. Tennessee ranks at the bottom or near bottom of taxes on alcohol and tobacco. Also, there was a major battle 5 or so years ago when average citizens had to force back an attempt by, if you can imagine, Democrats to institute a state income tax. Tennessee’s sales tax is about as high as it can ever get without all commerce stopping in the state. Add to these realities, Democrat Governor Phil Bredesen is incapable of controlling the urge to spend more money the state does not have. Despite the fact that TennCare continues to suck the coffers of the state dry, the governor has been unable to make any major reductions in spending. Just the opposite, he managed to push through another healthcare program which will cost the state millions long after the governor has moved on to ruining some other institution. But that has not stopped Gov. Bredesen from proposing yet another program the state cannot afford. His solution, raise cigarette taxes.

But tobacco, like alcohol, is a major industry in Tennessee and protected by heavy-hitting lobbyists. The bottom line, the governor is forced to twist arms in his own party for the tax increase against the might of the lobbyist dollars. So, with Republicans now in charge in the state senate, Bredesen has an uphill battle raising taxes and it is Democrats stuck in his way.

Has the world shifted on its axis or am I in an alternate universe?

Gov. Phil Bredesen, Run Right, Govern Left, Way Left

2007-03-18T06:46:00.000-05:00

In Tennessee, our brave and valiant governor, having won re-election as a moderate consevative, suddenly discovered the capital punishment procedures needed inspected. Hence, he stopped all executions while a committee looks into the matter. After all, we cannot be putting murders to death in a manner that might harm them, can we? Then, he starts twisting arms to have our taxes increased. You see, Tennessee has laws which force the legislature to pass a balanced budget but the governor wants to spend, spend, spend. A number of weeks ago, I sent a letter to Gov. Bredesen asking him what percentage he believed the average Tennessee taxpayer should be willing to turn over in taxes, since he obviously doesn’t think we have reached that level. Strangely, I have not yet received a response. I wonder why? Obviously, the governor feels the election gave him the vote of confidence by Tenneseans to stick his hand deeper into their pockets and make sure the most violent of criminals have a chance to live to kill another day.

Watching Cowards Work; A Brief Comment On The Democrat Congress

2007-03-18T06:29:00.000-05:00

It’s going to be a long two years. Having to watch the sniveling cowards debating their Surrender and Run Away bill in the Senate was sickening. Here’s a thought, let’s send the Congress, as a whole, over to Iraq and have them meet there. If this bunch had been leading the nation during the Second World War, we would all be learning how to speak German instead of Spanish as our second language and PC speech would center around not angering the Nazi party for fear they might attack us instead of Mexico for fear they might...well who knows. I have no idea how the fickle opinion of the average American will be affected by the next terrorist attack on this country but I do know right after the it the Democrats will claim the whole thing is Bush’s fault for provoking the terrorist. President Bush’s mistake in Iraq was turning it into a PC war after winning the initial battle to depose Sadam. He was so concerned about world opinion that he forgot the history of the country. He should have gone in with a plan to set up a government able to administer the country as three separate states within one state. But I digress. If the current crop of cowards controlling Congress is a fair representation of the American people, we will deserve the next terrorist attack. I just hope they pick their next target in Nancy Pelosi’s district.

The HAT People: The Queen Has No Clothes

2007-03-11T10:51:00.000-05:00

Who, out there, remembers the fairytale about the tailors who made for an emperor clothes they claimed only the most intelligent could see? Proudly, the emperor paraded before his people wearing these magical clothes. Of course, no one wanted to be labeled ignorant so, they praised the ruler for his splendid clothing. The ruse held up until a child, with the honesty reserved for children, shouted, “The emperor has no clothes!” Suddenly, all could now see the naked sovereign.

Enter Hillary Clinton. Called the smartest woman in the world, she admits to being deceived by two men, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush. She failed at her only attempt at major legislation. Remember the healthcare debacle of the Clinton administration? Who was charged with leading that effort? In her six years in the Senate she has not one bill of consequence either accredited to her or for which she sponsored.

Since declaring her candidacy for president, on the Internet, on a weekend, without any opportunity for the press to ask questions, she has begun to cross the U.S. making all kinds of promises about what she would do as president. And yet, where is the track record to back up her claims? What evidence do voters have that she can deliver on even one pledge?

THE QUEEN HAS NO CLOTHES!

It's Just My Opinion: Fred Thompson

2007-03-10T05:52:00.000-06:00

The blogs are filled with speculation that Fred Thompson, currently actor and former Tennessee senator, might jump into the presidential race. Any who listen to Tennessee talk radio know that Thompson started showing up during the recent senate race between Corker and Ford and more than likely garnered significant votes for Corker in what was a tight election. However, with the election past, Thompson continues to popup on radio programs to give his opinion on various issues. One might think he is trying to keep his name in people’s minds.

The fact that Thompson’s name is starting to gain traction testifies to the weakness of the current presidential field among the Republican base. Many do not want the election to come down to voting for the lesser of two evils or holding their noses (something many Tennessee conservatives know about, note the afore mentioned senate race). Fred Thompson has a limited political profile but strong conservative credentials, a plus as seen in Obama’s rise. If he has a clean personal life, he can win and win going away.

Timing is everything. He will have to get in before any of the other candidates appear to be the winner otherwise, the momentum will carry the frontrunner to the nomination. But, also, he must wait as long as he can. The less time he must endure the scrutiny of the liberal press the better his chances are of going the distance and defeating the Democrat nominee.

Where’s the meaning of life found?

2007-03-05T06:03:00.000-06:00

Can anyone out there tell me?

I look around and I wonder; what’s it all about?
Is God crazy?
Why did he make us?
To get up every morning and go to jobs we hate?
Lives we can't stand?
Doing things that bore our minds into a state of comatose?
Can someone tell me the mind of God? I’d really like to know!