Richard Gere was interviewed by CNS news and was asked about his opinion of the President... Boy I just loved all of the specifics in his answer!
6/4/11
We Get The Country We Deserve
Many times in my life I've heard this phrase."We get the country we deserve". Living here in California you are subjected to this reality on a daily basis. You see in this state everywhere you turn there is a new law or regulation to control your behavior. Maybe you own a home and want to put up an awning in the backyard, you're gonna need a permit for it. If you run a business, you had better be very careful about the height of your paper towels because if it's too high you'll be sued out of existence by people who make it their job exploiting the ADA (Americans with Disability Act).
We here in California have been dealing with this over-litigious new world for a long time now. So long in fact that we are only slightly surprised when a man walks into the ocean in a suicidal mood, and because of some policy inside the Alameda Fire Department, everyone stands around and watches him stand out there, in the water. They stand for hours watching him stand in the water up to his neck. They stand there as he slips into unconsciousness. They stand there while he begins to float face down, dead and or dying. They also stand there, the police and fire department, watching as a 20 year old nurse wades into the water and pulls him back to shore.
So here we are America, with the country we have "asked" for. Lawyers and bureaucrats run our lives, and tell us what to do and how to do it. In the case of the firefighters, the reason they give for not going into the water, they were not certified in water rescue training because it wasn't in the budget. I want to believe that they would never just let someone drown to prove a political point. I also know, that the left will stop at nothing to "creatively" nudge you. I don't put it past them to at least look the other way from a tragedy in order to secure the funding they so desire.
The only answer to this problem is smaller government. We must slowly start to peel back the layers of bureaucracy. We must stay involved and stay informed. And most of all we must show our friends and neighbors stories like this. Highlighting the negative effects of a simple axiom... a government large enough to give you everything you need, is also large enough to take away everything you have.
We here in California have been dealing with this over-litigious new world for a long time now. So long in fact that we are only slightly surprised when a man walks into the ocean in a suicidal mood, and because of some policy inside the Alameda Fire Department, everyone stands around and watches him stand out there, in the water. They stand for hours watching him stand in the water up to his neck. They stand there as he slips into unconsciousness. They stand there while he begins to float face down, dead and or dying. They also stand there, the police and fire department, watching as a 20 year old nurse wades into the water and pulls him back to shore.
So here we are America, with the country we have "asked" for. Lawyers and bureaucrats run our lives, and tell us what to do and how to do it. In the case of the firefighters, the reason they give for not going into the water, they were not certified in water rescue training because it wasn't in the budget. I want to believe that they would never just let someone drown to prove a political point. I also know, that the left will stop at nothing to "creatively" nudge you. I don't put it past them to at least look the other way from a tragedy in order to secure the funding they so desire.
The only answer to this problem is smaller government. We must slowly start to peel back the layers of bureaucracy. We must stay involved and stay informed. And most of all we must show our friends and neighbors stories like this. Highlighting the negative effects of a simple axiom... a government large enough to give you everything you need, is also large enough to take away everything you have.
6/3/11
Stay Vigilant
I know it's Friday, and all most of us want to do is watch a little basketball, eat some greasy food, and sleep in. But remember, dear patriots, that on the other side of the globe they are wide awake. They march in the streets spewing hatred for America. They say that there will be no peace until there is peace in "Palestine". They say that Osama lives on in each of their sons, that he lives on in their hearts. They look at him as a man who was finally able to do something that none of the rest of them could not do, "bring America to it's knees". We all know that the only reason the American population ever went to it's knee on 9-11 and 9-12 2001, was to pray. But the difference between us and them is that we chose. We chose to forgive, and never forget. We chose retribution for acts of unspeakable evil. And we chose, at least for a time, to not be silent.
I'm not saying that I would have you spend any of this weekend chanting in the streets, or organizing trips to the middle east to pick a fight. But what I am hoping to get across today, is that just because we got our pound of flesh from Osama, that doesn't mean we have beaten back the group of people that would kill us all and ask questions later.
I'm not saying that I would have you spend any of this weekend chanting in the streets, or organizing trips to the middle east to pick a fight. But what I am hoping to get across today, is that just because we got our pound of flesh from Osama, that doesn't mean we have beaten back the group of people that would kill us all and ask questions later.
Friday with Crowder
Hello fellow conservatives, and happy Friday. It's time for us to all relax and catch up with Steven Crowder. Today he tackles the liberal bias in Hollywood with Ben Shapiro.
Enjoy!
Enjoy!
6/2/11
How About a One State Solution for Israel?
An interesting idea to solve the Middle East debate from PJTV‘s Andrew Klavan:
Enjoy!
Enjoy!
Bachmann Almost Ready to Run
Rep. Michele Bachmann plans to participate in a presidential debate in New Hampshire this month, a move that further signals the Minnesota Republican expects to be a candidate for the 2012 nomination.
Bachmann will be on stage for the June 13 debate in Manchester, N.H., sponsored by WMUR and CNN, a Bachmann adviser, Andy Parrish, told The Associated Press.
Bachmann has said she will announce her plans this month in Iowa, the state that hosts the leadoff nominating caucuses. She has been laying campaign groundwork in Iowa by hiring senior political staff and scouting campaign office space. She also has traveled to New Hampshire and South Carolina, states scheduled to hold the first two primary elections.
Bachmann has traveled to Iowa four times this year and met with Gov. Terry Branstad, other GOP officials and influential Republican activists such as pastors and home-school advocates. Freshman state Sen. Kent Sorenson is advising Bachmann and is expected to run her caucus campaign.
In another telling sign, Parrish stepped down as Bachmann's congressional chief of staff this week for what he described in an email to staff as "an exciting new position with the congresswoman."
"I'm focusing more now on political things," Parrish told the AP.
Parrish has been a political adviser to Bachmann since 2005, in the early stages of her 2006 election to Congress from the suburban Twin Cities district she represents. But Parrish and Bachmann go back further, to her time in the Minnesota Senate when Parrish was a Republican legislative aide.
Bachmann is among seven Republicans expected to participate in the debate in the leadoff presidential primary state. The others, according to WMUR, are former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, former Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, Rep. Ron Paul of Texas, former Godfather's Pizza CEO Herman Cain and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.
CNN and WMUR plan to announce the debate lineup Friday.
Bachmann appeared to be eying the latter part of June for an announcement in Waterloo, Iowa. She has said she intends to wait until after her youngest child graduates from high school this weekend.
Just-named new editor of NYT explains why Jews are liberal in one sentence.
This is priceless:
Ms. Abramson, 57, said that as a born-and-raised New Yorker, she considered being named editor of The Times to be like "ascending to Valhalla."
"In my house growing up, The Times substituted for religion," she said. "If The Times said it, it was the absolute truth."
We're you Jonesing for More Van?
So were you missing Van Jones at all.....
Yeah me neither. But here he is again, today he is calling people who are trying to do something about huge fiscal problems Al Qaeda light.
The main line I hear him say is that the budget proposed would "knock out more critical infrastructure than Al Qaeda ever dreamed of."
The flaw obviously in that logic is that infrastructure is trains, roadways, power/phone lines. Infrastructure is NOT social security or Medicaid!
Yeah me neither. But here he is again, today he is calling people who are trying to do something about huge fiscal problems Al Qaeda light.
The main line I hear him say is that the budget proposed would "knock out more critical infrastructure than Al Qaeda ever dreamed of."
The flaw obviously in that logic is that infrastructure is trains, roadways, power/phone lines. Infrastructure is NOT social security or Medicaid!
6/1/11
Renowned Chef Opens Non-Profit/Christian Restaurant For Homeless & Job Creation
The King's Kitchen
Good morning fellow conservatives, thank you so much for coming back to the blog today. This morning I wanted to pass on a video I found of a man who is trying to make a difference. The American spirit is obvious in him and he shows that individuals, not government, are the answer... and they always have been. I found this story inspiring and I also see it as a great model for others. This type of business is what makes us great as a nation. Ladies and gentlemen... Jim Noble.
Good morning fellow conservatives, thank you so much for coming back to the blog today. This morning I wanted to pass on a video I found of a man who is trying to make a difference. The American spirit is obvious in him and he shows that individuals, not government, are the answer... and they always have been. I found this story inspiring and I also see it as a great model for others. This type of business is what makes us great as a nation. Ladies and gentlemen... Jim Noble.
"Sometimes in life you have to make a distinction between success and significance."
5/31/11
Weinergate and The Media
WEINERGATE: O’REILLY DEMANDS STATEMENT FROM FBI ON INVESTIGATION BY TOMORROW’S SHOW
WEINERGATE: CONGRESSMAN’S MEDIA MELTDOWN; BELLIGERENT WEINER REFUSES TO ANSWER QUESTIONS, CALLS CNN PRODUCER ‘JACKASS’
WEINERGATE: WOLF BLITZER SAYS ‘I DON’T THINK THIS STORY IS GOING AWAY’
WEINERGATE: CONGRESSMAN’S ‘HINDENBURG PRESS CONFERENCE’ LEAD STORY ON NEW YORK NEWS SHOWS
WEINERGATE: MSNBC TRIES TO MAKE REP. WEINER STORY ABOUT BREITBART
WEINERGATE: CNN’S TOOBIN CLAIMS BREITBART IS BEHIND ALL OF THIS
Stammering the Future
A must read from the amazing brains at "The American Thinker" blog... please to enjoy!
Pro-Obama media always shocked by bad economic news | Michael Barone | Politics | Washington Examiner
When reading the news of the day many of us are worried about the potential of a double dip recession. But then again, you and I live in the real world. It's probably not a shock to you that most of the mainstream media is not. How can I tell? Frankly it's because they are so easily "surprised" when the economic woes continue, even though their "messiah" is in office, and Democrats held a super-majority for a short time. I can just see the shock on the faces of the news people as they get ready to read about another drop in home prices. This frankly is why you can't get to wrapped up in government largess as an ideology. At some point that top down style implodes on itself. Enjoy this article from the Washington Examiner on the interesting dichotomy between the mainstream media's response to economic news under Obama versus under Bush.
5/30/11
Memorial Day Regan Moment
As an honorable mention to our top 10 Regan moments, and to celebrate memorial day... we proudly present, President Regan's address at the ceremony commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Normandy invasion, D-day at Point-Du-Hoc.
June 6th 1984.
Enjoy!
June 6th 1984.
Enjoy!
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot Moment of the Day 5/30/11
Submitted without comment... save one... someone tell her it's already illegal please....
5/29/11
Restrepo
I have not served in the military...
My father didn't serve, my sister, my wife, her family members. None of us have had the guts (is the the right word) to put our lives on the line for our country. Only one person in my family has, my cousin on my mothers side, and he has said that it was the best and worst time of his life.
I think we take for granted the sacrifice the military lays down for us and our children. I think, if you are like me at all, that you have thought about what it would be like to actually be in an active war-zone. In the thick of it. I have a feeling you would not have made the imagined place the Korengal Valley in the mountains of Afghanistan. Why do I say that? Well frankly it's because most Americans have never even heard of the place.
Basically this is the worse place on earth to try and fight a war. It's a topographical nightmare, and the locals are half Taliban and half innocent goat herders. For most of the people there, the stone age would be 2 steps forward. Yet and still America is fighting them there. On their own soil. And trying to.... what exactly?
Well for it's part the movie "Restrepo" tries to tell that story... I'll let you draw your own conclusions about the need for American troops in Afghanistan now that Bin Laden is dead, but what I will say is that this movie should not be missed, especially if you want a first hand look at what the American soldier is going through.
My father didn't serve, my sister, my wife, her family members. None of us have had the guts (is the the right word) to put our lives on the line for our country. Only one person in my family has, my cousin on my mothers side, and he has said that it was the best and worst time of his life.
I think we take for granted the sacrifice the military lays down for us and our children. I think, if you are like me at all, that you have thought about what it would be like to actually be in an active war-zone. In the thick of it. I have a feeling you would not have made the imagined place the Korengal Valley in the mountains of Afghanistan. Why do I say that? Well frankly it's because most Americans have never even heard of the place.
Basically this is the worse place on earth to try and fight a war. It's a topographical nightmare, and the locals are half Taliban and half innocent goat herders. For most of the people there, the stone age would be 2 steps forward. Yet and still America is fighting them there. On their own soil. And trying to.... what exactly?
Well for it's part the movie "Restrepo" tries to tell that story... I'll let you draw your own conclusions about the need for American troops in Afghanistan now that Bin Laden is dead, but what I will say is that this movie should not be missed, especially if you want a first hand look at what the American soldier is going through.
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