Right Wing Rants: 2012

Thursday, June 7, 2012

Don't Eat the Cheese!!!

I was browsing the Briebart "Big" Sites the other day when I was drawn to a headline that I knew had to be a joke - but I was stuck for a punchline.

Surely the portion of the American public who follows politics closely (a number that is quickly growing) is far beyond the saturation point when it comes to stories or jokes about Democratic candidate for Senator Elizabeth Warren. It is difficult to blame the media for reporting on them however as face it Warren with her claims of an American Indian bloodline has made herself a very easy target.

But here was a story about Bob Shrum a political consultant who definitely leans to the left and his wacky assertion that reporting on "Elizabeth Warren's phony claims of Native American ancestry is a form of "race baiting"". http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Journalism/2012/05/28/Liberal-Hack-Bob-Shrum-Reporting-On-Elizabeth-Warren-Is-Race-Baiting

You probably wouldn't blame me if my initial reaction to this story was to laugh uproariously - and I confess, I did. But it didn't take but a moment or two for the deeper implications of this story to hit home.

It would be easy to pass off Shrum as an aberration and his viewpoint as......well, as deranged. But to do so would be to miss the larger point. Apparently the Democratic party has settled upon a strategy that amounts to calling ANYONE who challenges ANY position of ANY Democratic party candidate a - you guessed it - racist.

No doubt we have grown accustomed to the race baiting that takes place almost daily across the nation on TV networks such as MSNBC which has even gone so far as to provide Al Sharpton (a notorious race baiter from way back) with his own show.

It is easy to see that the litmus test for news worthy in this country involves color - color as in race. Witness George Zimmerman a guy who probably always thought he was Hispanic only to be told that he is (of all things) a 'white' Hispanic.

There is an old saying that when your only tool is a hammer, everything starts looking like a nail. So it is with race. Race is now the one and only weapon of the left, so they struggle to find a place to inject it into each and every conversation.

And who can blame them? After all this strategy worked. Witness the early days of the Obama administration. Imagine a hypothetical conversation between a conservative and a liberal:

Note: For purposes of this article, please assume the Conservative is a Caucasian, or an African American or a Hispanic - it really doesn't matter. African American's who dislike one of the President's programs are told that they 'are not really black' or worse yet 'not authentically black' which probably serves as a real surprise to the rest of their family. http://www.theblaze.com/stories/al-sharpton-debates-whetherFaced with charges of being a racist, no matter W-herman-cain-is-authentically-black/

Conservative: I'm concerned about this stimulus package, do you think....

Liberal: Of course your concerned! Racist, Racist, Racist!! Hating the idea of a Black President, you Racist you!!!

The left went so far as to say that the ONLY reason Barack Obama would not win the election in 2008 was - you guessed it - racism. Hhttp://www.creators.com/opinion/dennis-prager/liberals-warnings-about-obama-loss-may-prove-self-fulfilling.html At this point it was plain and simply, racism had won. Conservatives were left to watch their every deed and word, and so since ANYTHING they said or did was racist, they simply decided not to say or do anything. Alas nothing could please the race-batters more.

Because that is what these race-baiters are trying to achieve. Silence from the right. After all no one wants to be branded a racist. The dreaded racist label once adhered to you is extremely difficult to remove. After all, it does not even require you to have said or done anything remotely racist - today you may be guilty of using racist 'code words' or 'dog whistles' http://thehill.com/opinion/columnists/juan-williams/207295-2012-racial-code-words-obscure-real-issue that you are unaware of as 'code-words' or 'dog whistles'. That's right, racism has finally become a thought crime.

As much as it does not matter what you say or think, nor does it matter when you display behavior that is decidedly not racist - such as being married to a member of the race that you are supposed to be all racist about as was the case when Brietbart's Joel Pollak was accused of being a racist while debating Soledad O'brien http://www.mediaite.com/tv/soledad-obrien-and-breitbarts-joel-pollak-clash-over-critical-race-theory/ apparently the member's of the panel where unaware that Pollak was married to a beautiful African American woman, but odds are good that it would not have mattered had they known as they would have argued that his wife was 'not authentically black'.

And it is only going to get worse. Look at the examples of racism in the recent recall of Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, and you don't have to look far to find the race baiters. Ed Schultz (another MSNBC guy) had Jesse Jackson (famous race-baiter) on his show and Jackson compared Governor Walker to George Wallace a former racist politician http://www.mrctv.org/videos/jesse-jackson-compares-scott-walker-racist-governor-george-wallace Rather than deploying the race card when all else has failed, the new strategy is to utilize the race card first, and keep screaming RACISM!! until someone believes you.

What can you do? Ignore the race-baiters and their bait. Liberals will try to convince you that any thought of reeling in Food Stamps (for instance) is racist. Never mind the 80% rise in Food Stamp claims since Obama took office. Is it racist to want government programs to only assist those who truly need it? Of course not. Occupiers will scream and holler about the right's attacks on Medicare, never mind the fact that Obamacare (not really approved by that many Republicans) is set to wreck ruin on Medicare http://www.ipi.org/ipi_issues/detail/paying-for-obamacare-will-require-huge-medicare-cuts

Just remember, pointing out facts to Liberals has never and will never work. Don't feel frustrated about it, things have always been that way and they although for the most part they show little sign of changing, there is hope. What is heartening to see is the number of African American's who have left the Democratic plantation and are yearning for a government that represents them, rather than makes them victims. Are these African American's racist? No their not, and the odds are good that neither are you.

pma

Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Song's from the Twitter Slammer....Updated!!!

I hear that train a coming, it's coming round the bend and I ain't seen the sunshine

since I don't know when, I'm stuck in Twitter Prison, and time keeps dragging on.....

Hello everyone, well here I am again in Twitmo. Some people have suggested that I kind of deserved being in here before, after all I attacked a hash-tag (really???) and was very disparaging of leftists everywhere. But this time around folks, I've been a little angel! Here are the last few tweets I sent before being sentenced once again to wander the halls of the Twitter gulag:

Tweets

The first few tweets are in response to a story on Tweety about all these left wingers giving grief to Bristol Palin which always offends me. As you can see I addressed the individuals and their idea of debating or disagreeing with me was to get me suspended.

It's rather funny (as in ironic not in ha-ha) that my last two columns should be so closely related. My last story (Don't Eat the Cheese) was about the amount of race-baiting we could attempt to see between now and the election. Does anyone think that all these charges of racism in the pursuit of justice are not race baiting?

Hi Folks, pardon me if I try to sound all edgy and tough as being in prison one has to maintain a certain image, a certain persona if you will. Just don't get caught saying persona or you'll be asked to the Prison dance faster than you can say minute and don't be caught saying that neither!

So here it is, my third day now. I'm a hardcore Twitter felon. My offense you ask? Well we really don't talk about offense's in here, but since your on the 'outside' I won't shiv ya or shave ya or shove you or whatever the hell it is called when you get stabbed in here.

So I'll give you a break, hell I'll even provide some photo's for you - evidence if you will so that you won't end up like I did. Up Tweet Creek without a paddle - that's what I am.

How did it all start? Hell, how does it always start. We (a group of us got caught) we were free tweeting doing some crazy hash tag thing that all the cool kids do. This one was called #DescribeObamaInThreeWords. Yeah, I played along, why wouldn't I? It seemed to me that the only one who was going to see my remarks were those who followed me, and they must all be cool because like I said - they followed me! What I did not know is that some little creep - whoops I meant "alleged" creep was following me for nefarious purposes, no good you know? Looking back I think that the guy was named "Justice Through Music" or something like that. Since I am a musician (of a sort) I thought that was cool. Little did I know that it was anything but. This 'alleged' little rat was apparently flagging my posts as 'spam'. Spam, me? I ain't got nothing to do with no spam! Here are the inspired things I did say, and not a word of Spam in them:

Tweets

Saturday, May 26, 2012

Drawing the line on the Evil Rich...

Some months back I was reading some articles on townhall.com and I clicked to open a new page Imagine my surprise and horror when Alan Grayson's great big head appeared in an ad. I thought Grayson (following his re-election loss) would be gone from the public eye and would probably entertain himself by suing companies out of existence, something he was very proficient at in the past. But no, there he was, and running for re-election also.

Now to provide a little disclaimer. I used to write for a very snarky website called ihatethemedia.com, it is a great site and if you have never been there you owe yourself a visit. Trust me it is definitely worth your time. Jim (the editor) continuously tried to ween me off 'Alan Grayson' stories because I submitted so many of them and because the articles always made it readily apparent that I was not exactly an Alan Grayson fan.

For those lucky few among you who are not familiar with the former Congressman from Florida let me provide some quick back ground:

"Prior to his tenure as Congressman during which he inspired two Florida ladies to start a website called "MyCongressmanisnuts.com" Grayson seemed to love the spotlight that his antics on the house floor provided him with. A couple of quick examples of the massive ego of Alan Grayson are in order here. In one instance related to the website above, the former attorney asked Eric Holder to put the creator of the website Angie Langley from Lake Country, Florida in jail without the benefit of trial. http://voices.yahoo.com/alan-grayson-demands-jailing-fining-political-critic-5123431.html

He also infamously requested that his name be put up in lights - really. The story can be found at the Huffington Post of all places and reads as follows:

"UPDATED In yet another signal of Democratic Rep. Alan Grayson's larger than life persona -- and his spirit of political protest -- the Florida congressman reportedly has plans in the works to have his name plastered in red neon lights on a massive sign, which he intends to hang above Interstate 4 from a window in his downtown Orlando district office. The Orlando Sentinel reports on Grayson's request for a "4-foot-high [sign with] red neon letters that would spell out 'G-R-A-Y-S-O-N.'"

The story also tells us that the former Congressman's rational for the request was "...so that his district constituents can spot his hometown headquarters and easily find their way to his offices when they are in need of federal services" http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/27/alan-grayson-wants-name-i_n_592169.html

So there you have a little bit of insight into the man. What also aggravated me about Grayson was that I considered him to be cut from the same attorney cloth as Johnathan Edwards, except where Edwards was a "razzle dazzle" attorney who would bring jurors to tears while holding a toy baby and lamenting it's death, Grayson went after businesses and literally sued them to death. For insight into the ALLEGED ploys of Attorney Grayson check out the Florida Legal Press http://www.floridapoliticalpress.com/2011/01/26/alan-grayson-frivolous-lawsuit-tossed-by-dc-court/

Okay enough background, let me get to the point of my story which really isn't that Alan Grayson sucks, (not that I'm not saying that he doesn't) just that there is an additional point to be made here. Once I saw Grayson's overlarge cranium on my web-browser I put myself on an email list to keep track of the former "ahem" "Congressman with guts". A few days ago I received an email that at first had me furious and then after a few moments had me laughing like hell.

The email read as follows and please note that the bold is mine and not part of the original email. I added it to draw attention to particular parts of the message:

Dear Patrick:

A few weeks ago, it was reported that some right-wing rich guys' club had pledged $100 million to defeat President Obama. The Koch Brothers led the way, pledging $60 mil. Which is pocket change, when your net worth is $50,000,000,000.00.

Leaving aside the obvious issue – the estate tax – I'm puzzled as to why all those right-wing rich folks feel that way. The foundation of their wealth – the stock market – has performed vastly better when Democrats have been in charge.
In 2008, the New York Times reported that since 1929, $10,000 invested in the stock market under Democratic Presidents (over 40 years) had become $300,671. Meanwhile, $10,000 invested in the stock market under Republican Presidents (over 35 years) had become only $11,733.
Well, at least the affluent caste didn't lose money during Republican regimes, right? Wrong. The value of the dollar dropped by 92% during that period. So in real value, $10,000 invested in the stock market under Republican Presidents actually became just $955. And forty-six cents. In economic terms, roughly the same effect as some foreign enemy blowing up 90% of our factories, warehouses, farms, malls, office buildings, apartment buildings, and every other productive asset.
Poor rich people. All the money gone. Those darned Republicans.
And under President Obama, the difference actually has increased, dramatically. On the day that President Obama was sworn into office, the S&P 500 index closed at 805. Today, it's at 1321. Under President Obama, the stock market is up 64%, in less than four years.
That brings the Democratic average annual stock market performance up to 10%. The Republican figure is 0.4%. No wonder Republicans hate government – they're so bad at it. Particularly when it comes preserving national wealth.
And despite the incessant whining of the corporate rich, by no stretch of the imagination are they suffering under the Obama Administration. Just today, it was reported that pay for CEOs has reached an all-time high, just short of $10 million a year. Or roughly $5,000 an hour. Good work, if you can get it.
So why are all these right-wing deep pockets going after Obama and the Democrats? Even if you're some selfish rich guy, that's just dumb. That's cutting your wallet to spite your pants. Maybe the rich need to develop a little class consciousness.
Honestly, when you look at the facts, these robber barons spending huge wads of cash to get rid of the Democrats are like lemmings. They're all jumping off the money cliff, and they're taking everyone else with them.
Most of us have heard the question, "If you're so smart, why aren't you rich?" But a better question would be, "If you're so rich, why aren't you smart?"
Courage,
Alan Grayson

Now if you are reading the above letter for the first time, you would probably come to the same conclusion that I did, No, not that Alan Grayson is an idiot, that part is coming, but rather than "rich people" sure do suck. In fact they are "right wing rich-folk" worthy of being stoned, or at least of having the glass smashed out at their 'damned rich people' corporate offices.

If you didn't know better, you would think that poor Alan Grayson was just scrimping by, barely making enough money to defend the poor folk that he so obviously loves.But sadly, you would be totally wrong, it's not your fault however as that is exactly the image that Grayson and his fellow 'rich folk' of the left try to promote. Witness the way Grayson dresses, kind of like he got his suits in the "Used by Al Capone" section of goodwill. To hear him talk he is just a poor boy from Florida helping out other poor folks, but maybe not.

There was an interesting story about Grayson falling victim to a scheme in Florida the story follows:

"Grayson, D-Orlando, fell victim to a billion-dollar Ponzi scheme operated by Derivium Capital, a South Carolina firm that a federal jury ruled in February defrauded Grayson of $34 million -- an amount equal to more than half of Grayson's 2008 net worth."

Now I am in no way making fun of Grayson for falling victim to such a scheme as the persons purporting it are in all likelyhood far worse than Alan Grayson, but I would like to make a couple of points.

First of all before you feel really bad for the former Congressman, he did recover all but approximately two million dollars, and secondly do the math. If half of Grayson's worth is $34 Million than the guy is worth $68 Million - at least where I went to school. Does the 'rich guy' label not go on until you are worth over $69 or $70 million.

So isn't Grayson a 'rich' guy? Isn't Pelosi a 'rich woman', what about John Kerry? What about Barack Obama? What about Joe Biden? What about Al Gore? I could go on and on, but hopefully I have made my point. Is George Bush rich? Hell yes, but I can't remember the last time Bush was heard publicly chastising the rich as 'not doing there fair share', whether they were of the left or right. I have not heard Mitt Romney talking about those "damn rich people" either, which of course would be stupid. Romney would be called on it immediately, but then why aren't those of the left?

Can Alan Grayson possible be re-elected using this tired old "It's us against them" BS that is constantly being spun by the left? Can President Obama's hypocritical class warfare entice anyone beyond union bosses and the misled members of Occupy? Let's hope not.

But it just might happen. It might happen if Conservatives everywhere don't point out every act of hypocrisy on the left to everyone they know.

Grayson (much like Debbie Wasserman Schultz) get's money from all of America as progressive's consider them both Progressive heros. Those opposing them in the election like DWS's opponent Karen Harrington karenforcongress.com or @Karen4Congress are facing an uphill battle. A significant part of that battle is money. Remember Schultz and Grayson receive money from everywhere and right or wrong sometimes a sucessful campaign is one that out fund raises the other. Please do reseach on those opposing Schultz and Grayson and help them in anyway possible.

There will always be Graysons and their ilk. Just be sure to point them out and explain to your friends who might not follow politics why to avoid bring people like them to office.

Remember America, it's not just about Obama/Romney, there are offices in contention everywhere. This class warfare and class envy crap cannot stand. It must be voted out.

Saturday, May 19, 2012

Who are we supposed to be hating on now?

Pardon me for being confused but it seems as if this administration wants us to hate everyone but them. Not only have I never seen hatred toward Americans of all ilks (single mothers, married mothers, mother you-know-whats, rich people (excluding members and friends of the administration), really rich people (excluding celebrities who everyone knows are far better than normal people), kind of rich people, wall street fat cats (except when they are writing checks to Obama's campaign), bankers (except when similarly writing checks to the Obama campaign), insurance companies (except when they are performing fund raisers for Nancy Pelosi), republicans (who want bad water, bad food, bad air, sick kids, etc.) and don't forget Mitt and Ann Romney, no - we are not supposed to like them at all) but I have never seen this degree of hatred before.

It would be a heck of a lot easier if President Obama and his FOO's (Friends of Obama) were a little more specific. Perhaps instead of saying "rotten rich people" they could say what they really mean as in "rotten republican rich people". Then maybe we wouldn't have to sit through a Joe Biden melt down http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2012/05/17/joe_biden_goes_nuts_in_ohio railing against 'rich guys' who 'don't get us' without having to wonder 1) Ummm isn't Joe Biden rich? and 2) Who don't the rich guys who are not Obama and Biden not get?

Don't get me wrong, I am not blaming President Obama for masterminding class envy. It has been around for awhile and despite all the "hope" and "change" we were promised by a campaigning Senator Barack Obama it seems that the only "hope" and "change" President Barack Obama is generating is the "hope" that Team Obama drops this tiresome campaign gimmick. In fact it seems that President Obama is determined to resurrect the "two America's" BS that was spun by such sincere guys as Johnathan Edwards http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/John%20Edwards%20%28Politician%29. If this strikes you as phony and insincere then you have a good nose for BS.

Interestingly enough, a very famous document called "The Lynch Letter" http://www.africanamericanimages.com/aai/willie%20lynch.htm could very well serve as a training document for Obama and those like him who would divide our country on any and all lines possible. The letter contains many of the strategies currently being employed by the left to drive a wedge between American's and explains those strategies in a very clear and concise manner. The letter was intended to show a method to control slaves and Lynch spoke confidently on the matter saying

"I have outlined a number of differences among the slaves, and I take these differences and make them bigger. I use fear, distrust, and envy for control purposes. These methods have worked on my modest plantation in the West Indies, and it will work throughout the South. Take this simple little test of differences and think about them. On the top of my list is "Age", but it is there because it only starts with an "A"; the second is "Color" or shade; there is intelligence, size, sex, size of plantations, attitude of owners, whether the slaves live in the valley, on a hill, East, West, North, South, have fine or coarse hair, or is tall or short. Now that you have a list of differences, I shall give you an outline of action--but before that, I shall assure you that distrust is stronger than trust, and envy is stronger than adulation, respect, or admiration.

The Black Slave, after receiving this indoctrination, shall carry on and will become self refueling and self generating for hundreds of years, maybe thousands."

Does any of this sound familiar? Of course it does, if you listen to the news at least once a week you have probably heard more than one speech encouraging us to hate somebody and often for the very same traits that the speaker himself possesses. How silly is it for a man like Barack Obama who had an adjusted AGI of over 1.5 million in 2006 http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2008/03/obama-releases.html to speak ill of "rich people"? In my neighborhood if 1.5 million isn't rich, it sure is what we would call 'comfy'. What about Joe Biden who attacked the dreams of "some rich guy"? Records show that he was pulling in over a quarter of a million a year, and isn't that above the 'hate' index proposed by President Obama? http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-57365416-503544/obama-details-buffett-rule-says-millionaires-should-pay-at-least-30-percent-tax-rate/ So why don't we hate Joe Biden? Can it be because his parent's dreamed better dreams than Mitt Romney's parent's? Isn't that a little bit difficult to substantiate? Maybe we are supposed to hate those who like Mitt Romney contribute a significant amount of their incomes to charity, something that both President Obama and Vice President Biden seem loath to do.

As you can plainly see, Sex is on Lynch's list also - sex as in gender, not as in fun. Heard anything about that lately? In truth you would be hard pressed to honestly look at the Lynch letter and not draw comparisons between the politics of hatred being practiced (almost to perfection) by the Obama campaign and those practices being employed against slaves many years ago.

It would be nice to think that American's are to smart to fall for this crap, but when you look upon a gathering of the Obama faithful it is far to easy to observe the look of rapture in the eyes of his fan's or disciples or whatever you want to call them, and that should scare us. It should scare us enough to make sure that no matter what we make it to the polls this November and that we make sure that our friends and family who share our vision also execute the franchise. Don't do it out of hate, let that be the motivation of the other guys. Rather do it out of love, love for this great country of ours and the endless opportunities that it provides to all of us.

pma

Sunday, April 8, 2012

The Usual Suspects....

Martin Luther King is well remembered for his inspiring words, such as the famous delivery of what is now refereed to as "The Dream Speech". An oft quoted portion of this speech is "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character". These words are indeed very powerful.

That being the case, how would one judge some of the characters who are associated with our President? Look at William Ayers, here is an individual who has not only been guilty of committing terrorism, but is also guilty of embracing it and glorifying it at every opportunity. A member of the infamous 'Weather Underground' in their heyday, Ayers and his wife were active participants in the bombing of the Pentagon and attempting to murder a Federal Judge and his family. Only the fact that the FBI illegally obtained evidence against Ayers has kept him from a lifetime in prison.

Not only is Ayers free - he is unrepentant. He laments the fact that he 'did not do more' as a terrorist. He has been photographed standing on the American flag and has been the on the cover of "Bomb Enthusiast" magazine. Rather than hide in shame as you would expect a notorious criminal free on a technicality to do, Ayers has reveled in his 'celebrity' status.

There is also Van Jones, a man who has spent his lifetime in an apparent attempt to find a home for his political beliefs. He has been at one time a self proclaimed Communist and remains a Socialist with some extreme beliefs. His also signed a petition for a movement that is typically called "Truthers" for their beliefs that the events of 9/11 were the result of a conspiracy involving members of the Bush administration. This was his undoing insofar as being a member (at least an 'official' member) of the Obama administration. He remains a very vocal member of the far left and is associated with many 'green' initiatives that have a distinctly socialist flavor.

What is truly amazing is that given the looming Presidential election, one would think that both Ayers and Jones would be (in deference to their friend in the White House) maintaining a low profile, but strangely such is not the case. It is almost as if President Obama feels that the more distractions from his record, the better his chances for re-election. Why else allow gas prices to skyrocket, or engage in a senseless war of words with Republicans over a non-existent "War on Women"?

It seems rather reminiscent of the "Death of 1,000 Cuts" (a torturous method of killing one's enemies). Is it possible that Obama seeks to create so many 'minor' distractions that focusing on any one of them will waste time better spent elsewhere? Can the shear number of distractions spell doom for any Right Wing Candidate?

Ayers has recently made news for his mingling with the "Occupy" crowd who seemingly have embraced the terrorist and his teachings. Still harboring a deep seated hatred of America's military he has been ranting as of late about the preference that uniformed military personnel receiving while boarding planes http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/middle-class-guy/2012/apr/6/bill-ayers-bashes-courtesy-given-uniformed-militar/ and he has also made the idiotic comment that "I Get up every morning and think...Today I'm going to end Capitalism"

In so far as Van Jones is concerned, the former White House Czar has also been in the news lately for statements like “I think if President Obama came out as gay, he wouldn't lose the black vote," and "President Obama is not going to lose the black vote no matter what he does.http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2012/04/02/van_jones_obama_wouldnt_lose_the_black_vote_even_if_he_came_out_as_gay.html"
He also has had idiotic remarks too make such as "Occupy saved the entire country from destruction" http://www.theblaze.com/stories/van-jones-occupy-saved-the-entire-country-from-destruction/

Perhaps Team Obama feels that since Ayers was barely a speed bump in the way of Obama's path to the White House and Jones' dismissal from his position as Czar was accomplished with little fanfare, their man in the Oval Office is safe from the scrutiny that he may receive given these associations (Ayers and Van Jones). But is this truly the case? Has America learned nothing and are we determined to once again give the President a pass on his radical associations?

One thing is for certain. You would be remiss to put anything past this administration. The best advice would be to keep a close eye on what the White House does, and a close ear to the ground.

President Obama cannot run on his record. It would be foolish to think that he and his henchmen don't know this. It would also be easy to believe the White House to be inept at campaign politics. But remember, we are talking about Team Obama here. An organization that has gone to any and all lengths to defeat their political opponents and to silence their critics. Whereas they may seem like bumbler's in actually running the country, they are anything but in attaining the positions of power that allow them to do so.

PMA

Thursday, March 29, 2012

The death of innocence....

March of 2012 has certainly ended in a bloody and tumultuous manner, the killing of Trayvon Martin being the primary news story. Not only has this death shocked the nation, but it has also served as fodder for those who profit from racial division and racial hatred.

But Trayvon was not the only casualty of March, there was also tiny Aliyah Shell a beautiful six year old girl living in Chicago who was gunned down on her front porch as she sat with her Mother's having her hair done. http://newsroom.blogs.cnn.com/2012/03/19/6-year-old-shot-killed-in-chicago/ Naturally one would think that given the massive media scrutiny and quest for justice surrounding the Martin case, the same individuals who are out for blood in Florida would be demanding justice for Aliyah Shell in Chicago, but unfortunately such is not the case.

Who was to blame for Aliyah's death? Was it a result of "black on black" crime, the kind that is rarely reported on? No, as CBS News reported "..two purported gang members — 16-year-old Luis Hernandez and 18-year-old Juan Barraza — each have been charged with one count of murder and two counts of aggravated discharge of a firearm in the deadly shooting."

Apparently Hernandez and Barraza are members of a notorious gang known as the "Latin Kings". According to the boys the shooting which led to Aliyah's death was supposed to be a hit on a rival gang member that the Latin King's had ordered.

This is not the first 'mistaken' killing in the long and bloody history of the Latin Kings. The gang is widespread in Chicago (aka Motherland by the gang) and in New York City. Even a casual Internet search brings up a myriad of stories about the gang and their illicit activities.

Although both Hernandez and Barraza are of Mexican descent, that in and of itself is not a requirement to belong to the gang which boasts many African American members and surprisingly has also branched out into politics. In an interview appearing in Vibe Magazine entitled "Anatomy of a King" Luis Felipe aka "King Blood" documents his history with the gang and their foray into politics in a failed attempt to garner a 1994 election to the State Assembly of New York for Nelson Antonio Denis. The story recounts how "Kings answered phones, carried placards and mobilized voters door to door".

The Chicago based gang has also reached infamy for both 'taking down' a National Guard Armory and for having police officers on the rolls of the gang. This bizarre story is outlined in George W. Knox's "Gang Profile: The Latin Kings" http://www.ngcrc.com/ngcrc/page15.htm as follows:

"The controversy that unfolded in Chicago in the fall of 1995 was not limited to the Latin Kings, but basically boiled down to the fact that there were active gang members who were also Chicago police officers. The information seemed overwhelming, from 1992 to 1995 "at least 15 cops have been charged with crimes, forced to resign" who were from "some of Chicago's most notorious street gangs, including the Gangster Disciples, the Latin Kings, and the Latin Lovers" (see: Jorge Oclander, "Gangs Move Into Police Ranks", Chicago Sun-Times, October 6, 1995, pp. 1, 22-23. For example, two officers charged with robbing a store in the summer of 1995 of $700 to $1000 worth of fireworks were identified by the CPD's Internal Affairs Division as being Latin King members (see: Jorge Oclander, "Something Fishy Going On: Neighborhood Wary of Gangs' Link to Cops", October 9, 1995, pp. 1, 8)."

Some sources (such as Knox) contend that the Latin Kings have operated as a gang for over 30 years. There are those who proclaim that the Latin Kings are not a gang - but rather a social club with a bad reputation. Again a cursory search of the Internet provides plenty of documentation suggesting that the gang label has been well earned.

What about the government's role in eradicating gangs? It appears as though millions of dollars have been spent on task force after task force in a vain attempt to shutdown the violence. In fact, there are those who accuse the city government (never known for honesty and integrity in the best of times) with having been complicit in the growth of the Latin Kings.

This was the consensus of a story by the Daily Kos when reporting on a crime spat in 2011 http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/06/19/986799/- "The corner of Spaulding and Beach in West Humboldt Park in Chicago. For more than 30 years, the area has been called the "Motherland" by the Latin Kings street gang. Three generations of Chicago gangsters and Chicago police and teachers have known about Spaulding and Beach, but the fact that it remains a center of Latin King northside enterprises in Chicago tells a major story about how the city has allowed the major gangs — the Latin Kings and Maniac Latin Disciples, the Black P. Stones and the Black Gangster Disciples, and the Gaylords and Simon City Royals (to name gangs from the three major ethnic groups) — to thrive in Chicago. "

The story went on to speak of Mayor Emmanuel (Obama's former Chief of Staff) and his lack of leadership during the crisis: "But while the shooting (including firing at cops) was going on across the inner city, from Humboldt Park out to 87th and Damen and beyond), Mayor Emanuel was silent about the gangs. City Hall reported that he was in Baltimore, giving a speech to the National Conference of Mayors on the need for infrastructure repairs. If so, it was an almost perfect irony."

Chicago was once the land of Obama and Emmanuel, Axelrod, Jarrett and company. Michelle Obama recently spoke on the David Letterman show about maintaining a "south side atmosphere" in the White House http://globalgrind.com/node/828586 certainly she was not talking about the atmosphere of fear that is so pervasive in the south side now.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not blaming the Obamas or Rahm Emanuel or anyone else for the murder of this poor little girl. The murder was simply insanity. The insanity of violence, the insanity of hatred and the insanity that is gang life. But I also would charge that President Obama who has waxed so eloquently over the death of Trayvon Martin has been remiss not to address this senseless death as well.

Mayor Emmanuel has attempted to console Aliyah's family and has announced a crack down on gang violence in Chicago http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2012/03/26/violent-start-to-spring-spurs-major-gang-crackdown/ but the raids and sweeps seem to always pickup the usual suspects and X dollars worth of drugs and weapons are recovered and photographed and then the Latin Kings and their enemies take over the streets again.

What will it take to eliminate gang violence once and for all? How do we clean up the inner cities and make them habitable again? How many Aliyah Shell's are going to have to die? Perhaps Aliyah's death only serves to sadden us and not cause us to lash out in racial hatred and fear that her death has not received the attention that Trayvon Martin's has. Apparently the Al Sharpton's and Jessie Jackson's, the Rosanne Barr's and the Spike Lee's of our country cannot create hate out of Aliyah's death - and perhaps that is a good thing. No amount of attention or tears will bring the lovely smile of Aliyah Shell back to us. But at least her smile has not been a rallying point for hate.

PMA

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

The "HONOR" of Food Stamps

If you are anything like me you've asked yourself on more than one occasion if liberal thinkers (I know oxymoron) study the same script. How else to explain the fact that at least two individuals Nancy Pelosi and Jessie Jackson have attempted to attach the word "honor" to food stamps.

Their contention is that Newt Gingrich's labeling of President Obama as the "Food Stamp President" should not be a derisive label but one of honor. Nancy Pelosi even went so far as to challenge Christians to follow the adages of the Book of Matthew that refer to feeding the hungry and providing for the poor. It is kind of interesting that liberals spend 1/2 of their time denying Christ and the other 1/2 wanting people to emulate Him. Video available at: http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-TV/2012/03/24/Pelosi-Proud-More-People-On-Food-Stamps

They would have you believe that President Obama is performing an unparalleled work of charity by feeding so many hungry people. But is it really charity when you are doing your good works with other people's money? It would also stand to reason that if we were going to be bound to the scriptural adage about feeding the hungry we should probably adhere to the instructions from the Apostle Paul in his epistle to the Thessalonians where he admonished them that "For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat." So if we are supposed to take the Bible literally, both instructions would appear to be binding.

Didn't Nancy Pelosi's daughter make a short film about those she called "Welfare Queens" that showed able bodied men and women who were just looking for "Obama Money"? One would have to question the "honor" in this wouldn't they? There is also the story of the Austrian man who cut off his own foot rather than go back to work - but lets stick to this country shall we?

Please don't take this the wrong way, this is not an attempt to brand anyone as a slacker or malingerer but rather to exam what if any amount of 'honor' can be attached to the term "Food Stamp President'. Are there people who need and deserve food stamps? Absolutely. But there is no question that many individuals are on food stamps simply because they can be.

Years ago someone requiring public assistance was looked down upon, this was hardly justified - but it certainly did happen. Today the stigma attached to receiving food stamps is virtually non-existent and you have to wonder if that is a good thing. Are we as American's filling a need, or are we simply acting as an enabler and rewarding bad behavior? Unfortunately the answer is 'a little bit of both'.

Regardless of why food stamps are being provided (and you would be hard pressed not to say something to the effect of "Because the economy is so god awful") how does the President deserve a (quoting Nancy Pelosi here) "Badge of Honor" for becoming the President with the highest number of individuals on food stamps during his tenure? What exactly is honorable about that? It would seem that Pelosi and Jackson are desperately trying to put lipstick on a pig, but we all know that when it is said and done a pig is still a pig, lipstick or not.

Let's not confuse our children and grandchildren about what Honor really is all about. Isn't it about sacrifice and patriotism and the needs of the many outweighing the needs of the few? Isn't it really about stuff like that?

According to Webster:

Definition of HONOR

a : good name or public esteem : reputation b : a showing of usually merited respect : recognition <pay honor to our founder>

: privilege <had the honor of joining the captain for dinner>

: a person of superior standing —now used especially as a title for a holder of high office <if Your Honor please>

: one whose worth brings respect or fame : credit <an honor to the profession>

: the center point of the upper half of an armorial escutcheon

: an evidence or symbol of distinction: as a : an exalted title or rank b (1) : badge, decoration (2) : a ceremonial rite or observance <buried with full military honors> c : an award in a contest or field of competition d archaic : a gesture of deference : bow e plural (1) : an academic distinction conferred on a superior student (2) : a course of study for superior students supplementing or replacing a regular course

: chastity, purity <fought fiercely for her honor and her life — Barton Black>

a : a keen sense of ethical conduct : integrity <a man of honor> b : one's word given as a guarantee of performance <on my honor, I will be there>

plural : social courtesies or civilities extended by a host <asked her to do the honors>

a (1) : an ace, king, queen, jack, or ten especially of the trump suit in bridge (2) : the scoring value of honors held in bridge —usually used in plural b : the privilege of playing first from the tee in golf

See honor defined for English-language learners »

See honor defined for kids »

Examples of HONOR

These people deserve to be treated with honor.
The team brought honor to the school.
The building was named in honor of the city's founder.
He was prepared to fight to defend his family's honor.
She has a keen sense of honor.
He would not do it as a matter of honor.
He's a man of honor.
It was an honor to be invited.
Many of the Persians, despite belonging to the Barbarian Other, come off with honor and dignity in his pages, even during the final narrative of Xerxes' invasion. —Peter Green, New York Review of Books, 15 May 2008
[+]more

Where do you think food stamps might fit into the above list?

Wouldn't the honor be found in reducing the number of families on food stamps by increasing employment rolls? It sure seems that way to me.

PMA

Friday, March 23, 2012

What do you see when you look at Brian Terry Mr. President?

President Obama recently spoke out about the senseless murder of a young man in Florida. Trayvon Martin who was only 17 years old was unarmed when he was shot and killed by a neighborhood watch captain.

After Jay Carney initially said on Thursday that the White House would not get involved in the issue, President Obama spoke today in the Rose Garden and said ""Obviously, this is a tragedy. I can only imagine what these parents are going through. And when I think about this boy, I think about my own kids. And, you know, I think every parent in America should be able to understand why it is absolutely imperative that we investigate every aspect of this and that everybody pulls together -- federal, state and local -- to figure out exactly how this tragedy happened," Obama said. He added: "But my main message is to the parents of Trayvon Martin. You know, if I had a son, he'd look like Trayvon."

This outpouring of sympathy and emotion was apparently very heart-felt on the part of the President, but I couldn't help but wonder where this desire for justice was when Brian Terry was killed.

In case you don't remember Brian Terry, the following can be found on the Officer Down Memorial Page "Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry was shot and killed near Rio Rico, Arizona, while attempting to apprehend a group of armed subjects. The suspects had been preying on illegal immigrants with the intent to rob them.

Agent Terry and several other agents were attempting to arrest the group when shots were exchanged between the suspects and agents. Agent Terry was struck in the pelvis by a round fired by a suspect armed with an AK-47."\

Brian Terry was not unarmed as was Trayvon Martin. Brian was in fact armed with what amounted to a bean bag weapon. The weapons used to kill him however were also supplied by the United States government but they were not 'bean bag' weapons, but rather the far more deadly AK-47. These weapons were provided to Mexican criminals under the failed program refereed to in the media as "Fast and Furious".

Other than demonstratively denying any knowledge of the failed operation on his or Attorney General Eric Holder's part, President Obama has not addressed the death of Brian Terry, let alone said thing as significant as "..it is absolutely imperative that we investigate every aspect of this and that everybody pulls together -- federal, state and local -- to figure out exactly how this tragedy happened,"

Rather than speaking with the family, President Obama dispatched Janet Napolitano to the fallen agent's funeral where rather than comforting the grief stricken family she used the occasion to do her bit for the re-election campaign of President Obama saying to a local reporter “He’s (Obama) done more in the last two years than any other president.” Brian Terry's family was (understandably) not consoled by this remark.

Neither did the President demand that "we investigate every aspect of this and that everybody pulls together -- federal, state and local --" rather the administration which has touted itself as the most transparent ever has attempted to cover up the event as was reported by Judicial Watch: "The Obama Administration has abruptly sealed court records containing alarming details of how Mexican drug smugglers murdered a U.S. Border patrol agent with a gun connected to a failed federal experiment that allowed firearms to be smuggled into Mexico."

There has also been a noticeable lack of 'celebrities' like Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson making any appearances on behalf of Brian Terry or the Terry family.

You can make the argument that Brian Terry as a Border Agent knew the risks that he was taking - unlike Trayvon Martin. He was certainly not aware however of the fact that his government was supplying his enemies with weapons far superior to the ones that he was carrying to perform his duties.

Perhaps any son that President Obama may have would not look like Brian Terry, but that should not keep him from receiving the same respect and the same desire for justice that is shown towards the death of Trayvon Martin.

Thursday, June 7, 2012

Tuesday, May 29, 2012

I hear that train a coming, it's coming round the bend and I ain't seen the sunshine

since I don't know when, I'm stuck in Twitter Prison, and time keeps dragging on.....

Tweets

The first few tweets are in response to a story on Tweety about all these left wingers giving grief to Bristol Palin which always offends me. As you can see I addressed the individuals and their idea of debating or disagreeing with me was to get me suspended.

Hi Folks, pardon me if I try to sound all edgy and tough as being in prison one has to maintain a certain image, a certain persona if you will. Just don't get caught saying persona or you'll be asked to the Prison dance faster than you can say minute and don't be caught saying that neither!

So here it is, my third day now. I'm a hardcore Twitter felon. My offense you ask? Well we really don't talk about offense's in here, but since your on the 'outside' I won't shiv ya or shave ya or shove you or whatever the hell it is called when you get stabbed in here.

So I'll give you a break, hell I'll even provide some photo's for you - evidence if you will so that you won't end up like I did. Up Tweet Creek without a paddle - that's what I am.

Tweets

Saturday, May 26, 2012

Saturday, May 19, 2012

Sunday, April 8, 2012

Thursday, March 29, 2012

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Definition of HONOR

Examples of HONOR

Friday, March 23, 2012

The Right Wing Rant Team....