H/T to SK for sending this editorial to me.

Posted on June 17th, 2010 by Bouhammer
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So last night I suffered through the President’s latest attempt to turn a crisis into an omnibus bill. He excelled at painting BP as the Sheriff of Nottingham and he as Robin Hood in pinstripe. He deftly called on his fiddlers three (Ray Mabus, Dr. Steven Chu, and Michael Bromwich) to bring him his bowl and his pipe from which he would smoke the whacky-tabacky that makes him just feel more…Presidential. These fiddlers, in addition to the grand fiddler (ADM Thad Allen), would figure out how to stop the spill, assign appropriate blame, cut chceks accordingly, and plan for a rosy future with no oil in the gulf — and strangely enough with no jobs or commerce of any kind either. Obama wants to take the Gulf Coast back to a condition years before the oil spill. Eons actually. By including environmentalists and conservationists in Ray Mabus’ team, we can be sure that the goal will be to eliminate all evidence of human interaction with the Gulf and its surroundings.

But as Obama’s chill wind evaporated and I changed the channel to the Biography channel, I watched, rapt, at Sam Walton’s rise to prominence. I watched as a man with humble roots and a dream brought discount goods to the masses. I watched as he fought two cancers (ultimately losing to one) to create the largest retail business on the planet, on the basis of bringing inexpensive goods to the masses. He didn’t get rich on the backs of the poor. He brought lower prices to the poor and middle class, and they loved him for it. Sam Walton didn’t hand out rebate checks so people could buy any expensive goods they wanted, he brought them goods of similar quality but at discount prices.

That’s really all we want our government to do: bring us the quality American lifestyle at a discount. We’ll be happy to spend our own money on it. We don’t need you (government) to charge us exhorbitant prices and then hand us a rebate check. We don’t need you to think for us. Just sit back and give us the freedom to choose as we will.

Obama could take a bit of advice from ol’ dead Sam.

Posted on June 16th, 2010 by TheAdamBomb
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Pure Genius:

Posted on June 6th, 2010 by John
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In light of last nights Primary win by Rand Paul, I thought it time to muse about the ‘tea party’ phenomena. I’m not trying to demean the tea party concept, but rather voice my pessimism about the longevity and the depth of fervor and willingness to radicalize of the participants, and the co-opting by the Republicans.

The ‘tea party’ movement is merely political backlash and resentment over losing the last election cycle….and badly. I have yet to see someone involved with this facade interviewed…in any forum…that can adequately explain the sudden anger over long existing policies; the meaning of socialism/fascism/marxism [especially when used as an epithet all at once]; and the complicity and desire for aspects of socialism in almost every other facets of life, just not when supported by Democrats.

Additionally, the inclusion and promotion of revolutionary and libertarian symbols and slogans, when not remotely understanding Libertarianism…belies the fact that this Republican [I won't sully the label of Conservatism] movement is political charade.

Quite obviously, a grass roots movement is the only way to break the cycle of abuse by the two major parties. But that movement has to be a brush fire across a dry plain to affect any change. The tea party movements are merely campfires in reality. The closest movement we’ve seen recently on the national electoral level was the Ron Paul ‘revolution’, but even that did not do much more than get people excited for a short time. Of course, a managed campaign by the Democratic and Republican Party’s along with the MSM contributed heavily to its demise.

I believe that most Americans fear treading outside of their comfort zones in regards to political change. Americans have really only known the two parties. They are led to believe that these two parties are diametrically opposed and at odd ends of the political spectrum. Nothing could be further from the truth. But the concept of breaking that paradigm frightens people for a few key reasons: the media does not have any vested interest in promoting change because they are part of that paradigm. The media will by and large not even grant that there are more than Democrats, Republicans and the vague, gray group known as Independents…….who are universally implied to be disaffected or irresolute Democrats and Republicans.

I hate at times, to harp incessantly about the illogical and divisive influence of those two major parties, but I truly believe their existence to be the bane of citizen empowerment and the pursuit of the common welfare of the nation.

I don’t have the answers to how to break the political cycle of abuse. I’m not sure anyone does. What I do know is that the forces arrayed against breaking that cycle are legion. It will take strong, committed citizens with financial, intellectual and populist backing to return this nation to one of principle and ideals. Although I am a registered Libertarian, they aren’t the panacea. There are indeed good and honest Democrats and Republicans, but those who start out their political careers, I fear soon become co-opted by the party machinery. In today’s political landscape the party trumps the polity….and if there were ever an ideology opposed to that of our founders……we are witnessing it in our lifetime.

Who knows, maybe like-minded people can contribute to a movement to overhaul this pattern. Jumping on the bandwagon is easy after it gets started down the road. Building that bandwagon is a daunting task.

Posted on May 19th, 2010 by Constitutional Insurgent
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I was going to write about this topic myself, but they I saw Uncle Jimbo’s video and figured I couldn’t say it any better than he did. He has such a way with words. How could I do better than this? Caution- Uncle Jimbo uses some salty language.

Posted on May 14th, 2010 by Bouhammer
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WTF is going on with this country? How many tens of thousands of American men and women have died defending this country and for the freedoms we enjoy and our Flag and for what it stands? If you really want to know, go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_casualties_of_war and read those stats.

Now read the story below about how five California High School Students were sent home yesterday for wearing T-shirts with an American Flag on them. I am sitting here shocked numb over this. What country do I live in? Am I in the friggen twighlight zone or something?

There are so many people expending energy in protests over the law that Arizona passed, which is nothing more than their enforcement of a law already on the Federal Books making it ILLEGAL to be an ILLEGAL alien in this country and now we have this happening? Americans that care about this country need to mobilize against this school. They need to protest there, not in Arizona. They need to march in the streets of Morgan Hill, CA and let them know that this sign of disrespect against our flag and those that have fought for it is not gonna stand.

In fact you can call the High School and let them know how you feel at (408) 201-6100 or if you would like to contact the official who asked the students to remove their American Flag Bandannas you can contact Mr. Miguel Rodriquez at Miguel.Rodriguez@mhu.k12.ca.us or reach him at extension 40105 after calling the number above.

This school is in violation of the 1st Amendment and in violation of what it means to be a Patriotic American.

If Mr. Rodriguez or anyone else in the Live Oak School system want to celebrate the Mexico Independence Day Mexican army‘s unlikely victory over French forces at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862, then he should pack his crap, move to Mexico and renounce his US citizenship. Because it is clear that he cares more about that country (funny I thought by his name he was Irish) than he does this Great Country we are all proud of and fight for.

Administrators at a California high school sent five students home on Wednesday after they refused to remove their American flag T-shirts and bandannas — garments the school officials deemed “incendiary” on Cinco de Mayo.
Administrators at a California high school sent five students home on Wednesday after they refused to remove their American flag T-shirts and bandannas — garments the school officials deemed “incendiary” on Cinco de Mayo.
The five teens were sitting at a table outside Live Oak High School in Morgan Hill, Calif., on Wednesday morning when Assistant Principal Miguel Rodriguez asked two of them to remove their American flag bandannas, the Morgan Hill Times reported. The boys told the newspaper they complied, but were asked to accompany Rodriguez to the principal’s office.
The five students — Daniel Galli, Austin Carvalho, Matt Dariano, Dominic Maciel and Clayton Howard — were then told they must turn their T-shirts inside-out or be sent home, though it would not be considered a suspension. Rodriguez told the students he did not want any fights to break out between Mexican-American students celebrating their heritage and those wearing American flags.
“They said we were starting a fight,” Dariano told the newspaper. “We were fuel to the fire.”
The boys told Rodriguez and Principal Nick Boden that turning their shirts inside-out was disrespectful, so their parents decided to take them home, the newspaper reports.
“I just couldn’t believe it,” Julie Fagerstrom, Maciel’s mother, told the newspaper. “I’m an open-minded parent, but it’s got to be on both sides. It can’t be five kids singled out.”
Galli told NBC Bay Area, “They said we could wear it on any other day, but today is sensitive to Mexican-Americans because it’s supposed to be their holiday so we were not allowed to wear it.”
In a statement released on Wednesday, the Morgan Hill Unified School District said it did not agree with the school’s actions.
“In an attempt to foster a spirit of cultural awareness and maintain a safe and supportive school environment, the Live Oak High School administration took certain actions earlier today,” the statement read. “The district does not concur with the Live Oak High School administration’s interpretation of either board or district policy related to these actions.”
Attempts to reach school officials early Thursday were not successful. A secretary told the Morgan Hill Times that Boden and Rodriguez were unavailable for comment on Wednesday.
According to its website, Live Oak High School is a 1,300-student institution in the southern part of Santa Clara County, with most students residing in the nearby cities of Morgan Hill and San Jose.
“The student population reflects the rich ethnic and socioeconomic diversity of the community,” the website reads.
More than 100 students were spotted wearing the colors of the Mexican flag — red, white and green — as they left school, including some who had the flag painted on their faces or arms, the Morgan Hill times reported.
While bandannas of any color are banned at the school, its dress code policy does not contain references to American flags.
“However, any clothing or decoration which detracts from the learning environment is prohibited,” the policy reads. “The school has the right to request that any student dressing inappropriately for school will change into other clothes, be sent home to change, and/or be subject to disciplinary action.”
Freshman Laura Ponce, who had a Mexican flag painted on her face and chest, told the Morgan Hill Times that Cinco de Mayo is the “only day” Mexican-American students can show their national pride.
“There was a lot of drama going on today,” Ponce told the newspaper.
Some other Mexican-American students reportedly said their flags were taken away or asked to be put away, but no other students were sent home on Wednesday.
Lis Wiehl, a former federal prosecutor and a Fox News legal analyst, said the incident appears to a “blatant” violation of the students’ First Amendment right to free speech. She noted that inciting violence is an exception to a First Amendment legal defense, but Wiehl said she saw no indications that the students provoked anyone.
“Unless I’m missing something, this seems like a blatant violation of the First Amendment,” said Wiehl, adding that uniforms are not required at the public school. “And they’re wearing, of all horrific things, the American flag.”

Posted on May 6th, 2010 by Bouhammer
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At some point in the not-too-distant past, our Nation splintered. It occured well before Vietnam, government LSD experiments, and even Evlis Presley. In order to explain, we need to understand the difference between a State and a Nation. A State is simply a group of people who have formed together into a political entity. A Nation is a group of people who share a common value system and language.

The United States is a state. There’s no doubt about that. But we haven’t been a Nation for a long time. The first documented occurence of the fragmentation of our Nation occurred in 1940. A group of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Pennsylvania claimed that they would not allow the school system to make their kids say , “under God” while reciting the Pledge. Oh the humanity! A god-fearing group doesn’t want to say “under God.” Odd, but who am I to cast stones? I don’t like my wife telling me to go to the store to buy bread when I was planning to do it anyway.

So the folks in Pennsylvania took their case to the Supremem Court where the majority opined, “[t]he ultimate foundation of a free society is the binding tie of cohesive sentiment.” Basically, if we aren’t all on the same page, sharing the same values, we will no longer be free…or a society.

A few years later the same Supreme Court shot that down when another group of Jehovah’s Witnesses filed a suit against the West Virginia Board of Education. I guess the West Virginia lawyers were better.

It wasn’t until the scourge of McCarthyism that we legislated the requirement of “under God” in the Pledge and “In God we trust” on our currency. Under such despicable settings, it’s tough to make the argument that we should recognize and adhere to the Christian foundation of our Nation. But I am doing just that. Our Christian foundation was set with the first settlers. There were Protestants of all colors looking for religious freedom. There were economically driven adventurers, too, but remember that many of their sails were emblazoned with the red croix-patee (splayed cross) of Christianity.

The Nation was built on the cohesive foundation of Christianity. When that crumbles, the Nation fractures and is no more. Our Melting Pot, the source of so much positive diversity during the formative years of our Nation is now the source of a destructive “diversity.” The type of diversity that brooks no argument from dissenting groups. The type of diversity that adheres to one belief structure, usually in exclusion of all others. The type of diversity that results in divisive action not cohesive action.

Our State is strong, stronger that it ever has been, if you gauge it by sheer fiscal expenditures. Our Nation is sick, though, and I believe perhaps beyond recovery. The current diversity will not allow the cohesive sentiment required to recover. We must get back to true diversity: diversity of thought, welcomed by all, treated as equal and regarded with respect.

But as long as corporations continue to form Diversity Clubs full of single-minded blathering exclusionists and society supports it, our Nation will continue to suffer from the same persistent chest cold (replete with phlegm) from which I seem to be suffering. Maybe justa big bottle of Mucinex will heal our Nation. Can you hock up a liberal like you hock up a loogie?

Posted on May 2nd, 2010 by TheAdamBomb
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I was just as surprised as you are that the there are enough patriotic Americans in the Bay area to hold a Tea Party. Eric runs a blog called the Tygrrrr Express. It’s a hilarious and entertaining conservative blog that tells it like it is without the nonsense of trying to be politically correct. He was the headliner at the event on April 15th.

Posted on May 1st, 2010 by John
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President Obama told Wall Street yesterday that “I do think at a certain point, you’ve made enough money.” Flippin’ WHAT?!? Are you kidding me? And what point is that? During the campaign, $250k was a convenient line of demarcation. But as we’ve all seen from Obamacare, that line of crossed, and numerous, onerous taxes have been and will be levied against those making less than $250k. So is the new line of demarcation between “not enough” and “too much” $200k? And is there a point where you are making “the right amount?”

I can see some major shake-ups in the world of finance on the horizon, and as a results-orented citizen-soldier (Marine, actually), I’m literally fearful. So many of us have worked hard to establish financial independence and set conditions for our children so that maybe they would be able to start life on a higher step than we did.

Obama and his liberals want to level the playing field, but that leveling action results in a lower overall level than if we just left the system alone. I have to hearken back to the movie The Incredibles when the bad guy responds to Mr. Incredible’s ubiquitous “Why?” with “…because if everyone’s a ‘super,’ then NO one’s a ‘super’.”

Only a person with the inalienable right to life can determine what is the right amount of money to make. If a person believes that they themselves are making too much, then there are plenty of charities ready to receive the excess.

Posted on April 29th, 2010 by TheAdamBomb
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The CBO says that in order to balance the budget over the next 25 years, we would have to either decrease spending or increase tax revenue by 5.4% of GDP. That’s $788 billion. Of course, politicians will create another crisis and find more reasons to take our money, but what about the other option: STOP SPENDING. Politicians don’t know how to do that, but let’s show them how easy it is.

Last year, our GDP was $14.6 trillion, and the Federal Government spent $3.5 trillion. So in order to achieve the necessary spending levels to balance the budget within the next 25 years, we need to cut $788 billion a year for 25 years. (I know that’s kind of a restate of the first paragraph, but I wanted to reiterate the numbers involved. Stop whining; keep reading!)

So I hear politicians, including the President a few weeks ago in North Carolina, saying that pork projects account for only 1% of GDP, so we should concentrate on the bigger items like Social Security and Medicare and just forget about those little annoying pork projects that don’t account for anything. But if the pork accounts for 1% of GDP, that’s almost 20% of the necessary spending necessary to achieve a balanced budget. All of a sudden, that 1% just got a whole lot bigger.

Then there’s TARP. That money wasn’t meant to last forever, but until it’s all spent, we are wasting $151 billion a year on it. That’s 4% of GDP. Well folks, we just got to 5% of GDP real quick by cutting out two sets of programs meant only to pad the pockets of democrat districts and big donors.

The last 0.4% can come from Other Discretionary Spending. We waste $437 billion annually here, or 12% of GDP.

Folks, I’m not genius, but I just solved the problem, and it took 10 minutes on Wikipedia and Google. For those of you wondering about after TARP funds expire, I’ve got a radical idea: cut the money from that Other Discretionary Spending category. There’s $437 billion to choose from. I’m sure that we don’t need to spend all that. That’s why it’s called discretionary. When I buy a new pair of shoes, I don’t do it because I need them. I do it because I want them, so I use discretionary funds. My OWN discretionary funds. Although, I bet it’s much more fun spending someone else’s discretionary funds. Oh, the shoes I’d have if I could use someone else’s money.

We don’t need more taxes folks; we need people in Washington who know how to say No to a spending spree and understand what is wanted and what is truly needed.

Posted on April 22nd, 2010 by TheAdamBomb
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