The NAACP is shocked!, shocked! to find posters mocking the president as a monkey or as comparable to Hitler. This can only be interpreted as rampant racism on the part of the various tea party organizations throughout the country and it must be repudiated! Perhaps they would have a better leg upon which to stand if a couple of other inconvenient facts weren't in such stark relief.
First, let us recall the eight years prior to the coming of the Obamassiah. If you need your memory refreshed, Google chimpymcbush or bushhitler. The left dismantled all traces of civility during the past administration with their deranged rants against a president they didn't agree with. Now they are shocked!, shocked! that political discourse is at such a low. That Obama is now subjected to the exact same insults that the political left mainstreamed during the Bush administration is somehow no longer acceptable. What was hurled with uncompromising regularity at George W Bush is now disingenuously described as racist today. That's pretty thin gruel.
Secondly, I witnessed no hue and cry over a pair of armed and uniformed black racist thugs openly intimidating voters at a poling place over a year and a half ago coming from the NAACP, did you? Of course not. And this blatant oversight brands the NAACP as racist as those upon which they now wish to project their own racism. I cannot accept, nor should any rational being of sound intellect, that black people cannot be racist. The rhetoric and behavior of this organization is patently racist and it's time they were called out for it.
What we are witnessing are the death throes of a once admirable organization that couldn't declare victory and move on once their admirable original goals had been largely achieved. It has been taken over by its most radical remaining elements still bartering on a name and reputation they have long since squandered. They now pursue with zeal their new mission of manufacturing grievances where none exist and promulgating different standards for black people based on the color of their skin rather than the content of their character. The NAACP's allegations of racism should simply be ignored as the mere projection it is. Until this behavior is marginalized as it should be, harmony between the races will remain impossible, notwithstanding a black president in office.
Friday, July 16, 2010
Monday, March 22, 2010
Dissonance
Leftys don't like corporations. Just ask one the next time you see one of them at Starbucks (Inc.), looking something up on Google (Inc.), on their I Macs (Apple, Inc.). Then ask them if they'd be more comfortable flying in a plane made by Ike and Edna's Airplane Company rather than Boeing (Inc.)? Quick now, before they escape in their Prius (Toyota, Inc.)
The president implied it would be a noble gesture on the part of hesitant Democrats to vote for his bill in spite of the public's overwhelming lack of support for it. Wouldn't it have been equally noble for them to stand up to the thuggish tactics of their party and actually represent the wishes of their constituents?
Leftys claim to be opposed to "institutional racism", while advocating and supporting racial set asides, affirmative action, and desparate impact lawsuits.
Leftys believe we must treat black people differently from white people because they suffered so much in the past from being treated differently from white people.
Leftys believe women and men are essentially the same, but having more women in your organiztion makes it more "diverse."
Leftys believe a woman has absolute the right to control her own body on the one hand and that you shouldn't have the right (and responsibility) to determine your own medical care and how to pay for it on the other.
Leftys believe that the rich don't pay their "fair share" while the top five percent pay more taxes than the other ninety five percent combined.
Leftys believe it is fair that nearly half of the people in this country don't pay any income tax, but still get to vote on how much the other half must pony up for more programs to benefit those that pay nothing.
Leftys claim to be opposed to special interests. If you confront them on this, they will turn out crowds of people from the public employees and teachers unions to keep you busy while the trial lawyers prepare to sue you into oblivion.
Leftys hate the military. They say we should be more like Europe which lavishes generous social programs on its citizenry . . . which they can afford because they are protected by the US military.
Leftys think that allowing Israel to build apartments is a bigger threat to world peace than letting Iran build an atomic bomb.
Leftys believe our government is corrupt, imperialist, jingoist, racist, and beholden to entrenched special interests and also the the perfect entity to run our health care system, our auto industry, the financial sector, the energy sector, and the education sector.
Leftys decry how uncivil politics has become while calling their opponents racists, homophobes, evilmongers, biggots and teabaggers.
Leftys believe that five hundred politicians are more insightful and have better judgement than the combined wisdom and experience of the three hundred million people they alledgedly serve. No really, they believe that!
Someone pass me a couple of Advil.
The president implied it would be a noble gesture on the part of hesitant Democrats to vote for his bill in spite of the public's overwhelming lack of support for it. Wouldn't it have been equally noble for them to stand up to the thuggish tactics of their party and actually represent the wishes of their constituents?
Leftys claim to be opposed to "institutional racism", while advocating and supporting racial set asides, affirmative action, and desparate impact lawsuits.
Leftys believe we must treat black people differently from white people because they suffered so much in the past from being treated differently from white people.
Leftys believe women and men are essentially the same, but having more women in your organiztion makes it more "diverse."
Leftys believe a woman has absolute the right to control her own body on the one hand and that you shouldn't have the right (and responsibility) to determine your own medical care and how to pay for it on the other.
Leftys believe that the rich don't pay their "fair share" while the top five percent pay more taxes than the other ninety five percent combined.
Leftys believe it is fair that nearly half of the people in this country don't pay any income tax, but still get to vote on how much the other half must pony up for more programs to benefit those that pay nothing.
Leftys claim to be opposed to special interests. If you confront them on this, they will turn out crowds of people from the public employees and teachers unions to keep you busy while the trial lawyers prepare to sue you into oblivion.
Leftys hate the military. They say we should be more like Europe which lavishes generous social programs on its citizenry . . . which they can afford because they are protected by the US military.
Leftys think that allowing Israel to build apartments is a bigger threat to world peace than letting Iran build an atomic bomb.
Leftys believe our government is corrupt, imperialist, jingoist, racist, and beholden to entrenched special interests and also the the perfect entity to run our health care system, our auto industry, the financial sector, the energy sector, and the education sector.
Leftys decry how uncivil politics has become while calling their opponents racists, homophobes, evilmongers, biggots and teabaggers.
Leftys believe that five hundred politicians are more insightful and have better judgement than the combined wisdom and experience of the three hundred million people they alledgedly serve. No really, they believe that!
Someone pass me a couple of Advil.
Saturday, March 20, 2010
Time To Stand and Fight
If we let these arrogant willfull elitist politicians get away with this healhcare bill in the disgusting way they have done it, we will have surrendered our countrry to them. Nothing prompts a bully to continue running roughshod over you than meek compliance and nothing will ultimately stop him short of confrontation. Either we push back on this with every legal means at our disposal, or have our ankles measured for the chains of mediocrity that will inevitably follow.
What is there to discourge these people from further insults to our expressed wishes, further disregard for the inegrity of the system they serve, and further ganster tactics and thuggery in the name of what they believe is best for us (and accruing more power to themselves in the bargain)?"
Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience." -- C. S. Lewis
What is there to discourge these people from further insults to our expressed wishes, further disregard for the inegrity of the system they serve, and further ganster tactics and thuggery in the name of what they believe is best for us (and accruing more power to themselves in the bargain)?"
Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience." -- C. S. Lewis
Sunday, May 25, 2008
It's the Soldier
On this Memorial Day, let us remember and contemplate the wise counsel of Father O'Brien:
It's the soldier, not the reporter,
who has given us freedom of the press.
It's the soldier, not the poet,
who has given us freedom of speech.
It's the soldier, not the campus organizer,
who has given us freedom to demonstrate.
It's the soldier, not the lawyer,
who has given us the right to a fair trial.
And it's the soldier who salutes the flag,
who serves the flag,whose coffin is draped in the flag,
that allows the protester to burn the flag.
Father Dennis Edward O'Brien, USN Chaplain Corps
On this Memorial Day, give some thought to the freedoms you have. Freedoms that are paid for by the sacrifice and dedication of the warriors that defend them with their lives. Freedoms you take for granted in this great nation. Be grateful to those that serve, and respectful of their sacrifices. They don't ask for it, but they most assuredly deserve it. And never forget the freedoms you enjoy aren't your's to give away; they were earned by the blood of your forefathers and given over to your stewardship to be passed on to the next generation, in as good or better condition than they were when you received them.
Scottie
It's the soldier, not the reporter,
who has given us freedom of the press.
It's the soldier, not the poet,
who has given us freedom of speech.
It's the soldier, not the campus organizer,
who has given us freedom to demonstrate.
It's the soldier, not the lawyer,
who has given us the right to a fair trial.
And it's the soldier who salutes the flag,
who serves the flag,whose coffin is draped in the flag,
that allows the protester to burn the flag.
Father Dennis Edward O'Brien, USN Chaplain Corps
On this Memorial Day, give some thought to the freedoms you have. Freedoms that are paid for by the sacrifice and dedication of the warriors that defend them with their lives. Freedoms you take for granted in this great nation. Be grateful to those that serve, and respectful of their sacrifices. They don't ask for it, but they most assuredly deserve it. And never forget the freedoms you enjoy aren't your's to give away; they were earned by the blood of your forefathers and given over to your stewardship to be passed on to the next generation, in as good or better condition than they were when you received them.
Scottie
Friday, April 4, 2008
I Plead Not Guilty
With Obama’s Philadelphia speech to explain his relationship with Reverend Wright, a cacophony of articles and opinion are endlessly bringing up the concept of “white guilt”. Well I for one plead not guilty. I’ve never owned a slave, nor have any of my ancestors. I have never prevented anybody, black or otherwise, from achieving their potential. I don’t view black people as a monolithic group, nor do I give much credence to the concept of black “leaders”.
I have throughout my life dealt with every black person I’ve encountered as the individual he or she is, giving them the benefit of the doubt until their individual character could be discerned. Some I’ve met were natural leaders that I would gladly follow into the hobs of hell; others have been as close to me as my own brothers. Some have been talented coworkers and others have taught me valuable skills. Some have been hateful bigots that were discarded in short order. There is no monolithic body of black people; there is only an accumulation of many individuals that share pigmentation.
As to the argument that I’ve been the recipient of largess from society simply because of my race, I’d truly like to know where that’s happened. I’ve been turned down for many positions I’ve applied for, I’ve been pulled over by the police when I’ve wandered into areas where I was out of place, and the education I received wasn’t some form of largess, I had to work very hard to attain it. My admission to college wasn’t because I was white, it was because I was a straight A student. My tuition wasn’t paid for me because I was white; it was paid because I’ve served my country. The benefits I have received from society are the result of hard work on my part, and sacrifice to the society first.
I’ve taken my licks at the hands of fate without seeking to blame others for it. Sometimes you just draw the Wonka ticket and have to make the best of it. I’ve done a lot of jobs I wouldn’t wish on anyone. I know the sting of hot sand on sweaty flesh in the hot August evenings at a foundry, where I used a sledgehammer to break castings loose of their moulds to cool. I know what it feels and smells like to work all day in a pig pen shoveling matted straw and poop out of the pens. I’ve worked on roofs with my boots and pants cuffs covered with hot tar in the sweltering sun. I’ve cleaned grease traps in restaurants and shoveled rotten corn from the bottoms of storage silos. Each of these jobs built my character and provided me funds along the way. None of these jobs were at the expense of anyone else.
In short, I have nothing to feel guilty about. I haven’t sold drugs, didn’t quit school before I graduated, and never sired a child out of wedlock. I don’t go through life with a chip on my shoulder blaming others for my misfortunes. I simply refuse to buy the premise of a hate mongering reverend that has the audacity to blame racism for the problems in the black community. That a Princeton educated lawyer with a half a million dollars in annual income and a serious candidate for president wants to tell me how bad black people have been treated is laughable on its face. Here’s a sermon that should be preached every Sunday until it soaks in. Get down off your cross; build a bridge with the lumber; and GET OVER IT! As for me atoning for my “white guilt”, I have nothing to atone for, so go pound sand.
Scottie
I have throughout my life dealt with every black person I’ve encountered as the individual he or she is, giving them the benefit of the doubt until their individual character could be discerned. Some I’ve met were natural leaders that I would gladly follow into the hobs of hell; others have been as close to me as my own brothers. Some have been talented coworkers and others have taught me valuable skills. Some have been hateful bigots that were discarded in short order. There is no monolithic body of black people; there is only an accumulation of many individuals that share pigmentation.
As to the argument that I’ve been the recipient of largess from society simply because of my race, I’d truly like to know where that’s happened. I’ve been turned down for many positions I’ve applied for, I’ve been pulled over by the police when I’ve wandered into areas where I was out of place, and the education I received wasn’t some form of largess, I had to work very hard to attain it. My admission to college wasn’t because I was white, it was because I was a straight A student. My tuition wasn’t paid for me because I was white; it was paid because I’ve served my country. The benefits I have received from society are the result of hard work on my part, and sacrifice to the society first.
I’ve taken my licks at the hands of fate without seeking to blame others for it. Sometimes you just draw the Wonka ticket and have to make the best of it. I’ve done a lot of jobs I wouldn’t wish on anyone. I know the sting of hot sand on sweaty flesh in the hot August evenings at a foundry, where I used a sledgehammer to break castings loose of their moulds to cool. I know what it feels and smells like to work all day in a pig pen shoveling matted straw and poop out of the pens. I’ve worked on roofs with my boots and pants cuffs covered with hot tar in the sweltering sun. I’ve cleaned grease traps in restaurants and shoveled rotten corn from the bottoms of storage silos. Each of these jobs built my character and provided me funds along the way. None of these jobs were at the expense of anyone else.
In short, I have nothing to feel guilty about. I haven’t sold drugs, didn’t quit school before I graduated, and never sired a child out of wedlock. I don’t go through life with a chip on my shoulder blaming others for my misfortunes. I simply refuse to buy the premise of a hate mongering reverend that has the audacity to blame racism for the problems in the black community. That a Princeton educated lawyer with a half a million dollars in annual income and a serious candidate for president wants to tell me how bad black people have been treated is laughable on its face. Here’s a sermon that should be preached every Sunday until it soaks in. Get down off your cross; build a bridge with the lumber; and GET OVER IT! As for me atoning for my “white guilt”, I have nothing to atone for, so go pound sand.
Scottie
Saturday, March 15, 2008
Where There's A Will, There's A Way
And where there is a lack of will, there is no way. Our nation needs to summon up the will to shoulder its responsibilities. All of the problems we currently face are ultimately traceable to a lack of will. We don’t have the will to project our military power and mean it. We don’t have the will to control our borders. We just can’t be aroused from our Lay-Z-Boy recliners and our McMansions for much of anything anymore. It’s as if the cosmic phone is ringing and we are collectively waiting for someone else to get up and answer the call. In this case it’s the call of duty, the call to arms, the call to action.
The left may think this is George Bush’s war, but the rest of the world doesn’t see it that way. The rest of the world is watching to see if the bloated, atrophied carcass of the world’s only remaining superpower can finish a fight it initiated with a backward third world country or not. And if we can’t or won’t finish it, it will have repercussions well beyond the Islamists. Every nation in the world will have proof positive that America doesn’t have the fortitude to honor its commitments anymore. We talk the talk, but we can’t be bothered to walk it anymore. We are in a contest of wills with an implacable enemy and the only thing they have that we don’t is the will to see it through, no matter how difficult, no matter the sacrifice.
A nation with a will can put a man on the moon in less than a decade with less computing power on board than today’s automobile has using slide rules to make all of the calculations. If this nation truly had the will, a fence along our borders could be built in a matter of months. The flood of illegal aliens could be staunched in short order if we only had the will to do so. It’s not lack of resources, or manpower, or even a matter of it being the right thing to do: it’s a lack of will and nothing less. We are fighting to maintain our sovereignty with about the same gusto as we are prosecuting the war against radical Islam; half heartedly with half measures in a half assed way.
This nation had better rediscover its backbone soon and drop a pair, or all we believe in will become a thing of the past. A nation that can’t or won't protect itself and its interests, that can’t or won't control its borders, is a nation that cannot long endure. Whatever the course this country is to take, let it take that course either with a will or with a sense of nostalgia for the ambition of generations past that were greater than, and failed by, their progeny.
Scottie
The left may think this is George Bush’s war, but the rest of the world doesn’t see it that way. The rest of the world is watching to see if the bloated, atrophied carcass of the world’s only remaining superpower can finish a fight it initiated with a backward third world country or not. And if we can’t or won’t finish it, it will have repercussions well beyond the Islamists. Every nation in the world will have proof positive that America doesn’t have the fortitude to honor its commitments anymore. We talk the talk, but we can’t be bothered to walk it anymore. We are in a contest of wills with an implacable enemy and the only thing they have that we don’t is the will to see it through, no matter how difficult, no matter the sacrifice.
A nation with a will can put a man on the moon in less than a decade with less computing power on board than today’s automobile has using slide rules to make all of the calculations. If this nation truly had the will, a fence along our borders could be built in a matter of months. The flood of illegal aliens could be staunched in short order if we only had the will to do so. It’s not lack of resources, or manpower, or even a matter of it being the right thing to do: it’s a lack of will and nothing less. We are fighting to maintain our sovereignty with about the same gusto as we are prosecuting the war against radical Islam; half heartedly with half measures in a half assed way.
This nation had better rediscover its backbone soon and drop a pair, or all we believe in will become a thing of the past. A nation that can’t or won't protect itself and its interests, that can’t or won't control its borders, is a nation that cannot long endure. Whatever the course this country is to take, let it take that course either with a will or with a sense of nostalgia for the ambition of generations past that were greater than, and failed by, their progeny.
Scottie
How To Change the World
I think I might be on to something. I’ve discovered a way to change the whole world. All you have to do is be an oddball with a problem and whine about it and everyone on the planet has to drop everything and change everything in their lives to soothe your hurt feelings for being different. Although you may think I’m being facetious, I’m actually serious. Let me give you some examples.
If you are allergic to peanuts, don’t learn to deal with it. Why on earth should you do that? It’s much easier to whine about it and pretty soon, there are no peanuts on airplanes anymore and kids can’t bring peanut butter sandwiches to school anymore. Just a little wailing and gnashing of teeth and the whole world becomes a goober free zone to avoid inconveniencing you. Pretty neat, huh?
Coworker wearing perfume you don’t like? Take a page from the anti-smoking lobby and have a hissy-fit about it until the entire office is declared a perfume and cologne free zone. They can’t let you be inconvenienced by those hundreds of other people. They’re not as important as you are, are they? Just think of the office as your own private little world to shape however you wish and pretty soon you’ll find all kinds of things to be offended by. Calendars, cartoons, even the flowers a coworker gets on her anniversary are fair game.
Now we’re cooking. Can’t get around in your wheelchair? Well pitch a fit! Make every business and public building bow to your wishes. It’s not like the inconvenience and expense of changing the world around you is your problem to deal with, heck no. Keep it up and no matter the cost to society, no matter how many businesses go under, eventually you will have access to every place imaginable. Your whole crowd, what is it twenty or so of you, will have their way at the expense of everyone else. Of course, you’ll take a hit on sympathy and goodwill, but it doesn’t matter. It’s a small price to pay for changing the world, isn’t it? And while you’re at it, ask for a good parking spot as a kicker!
Don’t like the discomfort you experience when confronted about your lack of moral clarity? Well don’t just stand for it! Demand the removal of every vestige of religion in every place you find it. Don’t be concerned with providing a replacement, that’s not important. Just squall and babble until the whole world changes to prevent your discomfort. Now, demand schools teach the religious ideology of an enemy intent on destroying your nation and moan about how we have to tolerate and understand them. That’ll make it easier for them to finish changing the world after you get bored with it.
After those warm up exercises you’re ready for something more substantial like eliminating capitalism. Now that you've got that religion stuff suppressed, it's getting easier. Whip up a Global Warming boogie-man and demand the entire world start doing what you say on no real basis whatsoever. Of course, you don’t have to change your lifestyle, only the little people and anyone that disagrees with you will have to actually do anything. Isn’t this fun? Once you get some momentum started, pile on the “right” to healthcare for good measure. Don’t be concerned with the consequences; you haven’t been so far, why start now? Just jump in with your newfound power and start arbitrarily changing anything you don’t agree with or don’t understand and make the world in whatever manner suits your particular desire. Like God did.
Scottie
If you are allergic to peanuts, don’t learn to deal with it. Why on earth should you do that? It’s much easier to whine about it and pretty soon, there are no peanuts on airplanes anymore and kids can’t bring peanut butter sandwiches to school anymore. Just a little wailing and gnashing of teeth and the whole world becomes a goober free zone to avoid inconveniencing you. Pretty neat, huh?
Coworker wearing perfume you don’t like? Take a page from the anti-smoking lobby and have a hissy-fit about it until the entire office is declared a perfume and cologne free zone. They can’t let you be inconvenienced by those hundreds of other people. They’re not as important as you are, are they? Just think of the office as your own private little world to shape however you wish and pretty soon you’ll find all kinds of things to be offended by. Calendars, cartoons, even the flowers a coworker gets on her anniversary are fair game.
Now we’re cooking. Can’t get around in your wheelchair? Well pitch a fit! Make every business and public building bow to your wishes. It’s not like the inconvenience and expense of changing the world around you is your problem to deal with, heck no. Keep it up and no matter the cost to society, no matter how many businesses go under, eventually you will have access to every place imaginable. Your whole crowd, what is it twenty or so of you, will have their way at the expense of everyone else. Of course, you’ll take a hit on sympathy and goodwill, but it doesn’t matter. It’s a small price to pay for changing the world, isn’t it? And while you’re at it, ask for a good parking spot as a kicker!
Don’t like the discomfort you experience when confronted about your lack of moral clarity? Well don’t just stand for it! Demand the removal of every vestige of religion in every place you find it. Don’t be concerned with providing a replacement, that’s not important. Just squall and babble until the whole world changes to prevent your discomfort. Now, demand schools teach the religious ideology of an enemy intent on destroying your nation and moan about how we have to tolerate and understand them. That’ll make it easier for them to finish changing the world after you get bored with it.
After those warm up exercises you’re ready for something more substantial like eliminating capitalism. Now that you've got that religion stuff suppressed, it's getting easier. Whip up a Global Warming boogie-man and demand the entire world start doing what you say on no real basis whatsoever. Of course, you don’t have to change your lifestyle, only the little people and anyone that disagrees with you will have to actually do anything. Isn’t this fun? Once you get some momentum started, pile on the “right” to healthcare for good measure. Don’t be concerned with the consequences; you haven’t been so far, why start now? Just jump in with your newfound power and start arbitrarily changing anything you don’t agree with or don’t understand and make the world in whatever manner suits your particular desire. Like God did.
Scottie
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