Obama's Inspiration: Obama

I always knew that Mr. Obama's favorite, most respected person in the world was himself. I'm just surprised that the New York Times of all publications highlighted his arrogance and a few of his (many, in my opinion) shortcomings in their article today, "The Competitor in Chief."

National Empty Chair Day

So me and my fellow neighbors couldn't help but join in the fun. Tomorrow has been proclaimed National Empty Chair Day (#EmptyChairDay) thanks to the media backlash of our beloved American actor Mr. Clint Eastwood, and my first thought was, "Where to start?" The Obama adminstration has given us so much material to work with over the past four years!
The first one is a think piece...

The next two are more of a quiz.

Guess the sign/caption for each:

Hmmmmm..........................

O.k., here's our version:

Pavlovian Google search engines

This blog was never intended to become purely political, hence the title of it has nothing to do with politics. However, as someone who formerly fell under the siren's song of the liberal movement (many, many years ago), and living in the state of Wisconsin for the past several years (i.e. THE public union battleground for the past two years), I can't help but use this page to vent my eternal frustration and irritation--I'm not even sure now if it is the Democrats that infuriate me so or the lemmings that believe everything that is pitched to them. I really don't want to believe that people have gotten that stupid. Where do I begin? Obama with his empty campaign (now presidential) speeches filled with sound bytes and keywords, like people have become vacuous Pavlovian Google search engines. (Google Alert: "Hope," "Change... "). The belief that somehow the government has endless money to hand out to the whiney, lazy, and complacent. The belief that the job market and economy is somehow better now. Let's see, skyrocketing cost of living (food, oil prices, gas), lower salaries and wages if you are lucky enough to have a job, and nowhere to put your cash if you have it. Interest rates are in the toilet. And we're the people paying the taxes that pay for the whiney, lazy, and complacent, in addition to those that legitimately need a helping hand.
But Governor Walker is a "meanie" for making union workers contribute to their health insurance and retirement funds (I'll save the collective bargaining issue for another post), and somehow, President O'Blah, Blah will save us, because he (gag) cares. What does that even mean?

MOMENT OF CLARITY: Civil War

Thanks to Vicki McKenna for brining the following insightful blog post to my attention:

MOMENT OF CLARITY: Civil War: Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett has announced he will challenge former Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk for the right to run against Wiscons...

Transparent Liberal

I was behind this car on my way home from work last night in the Milwaukee area. I think it says it all about the Recall Walker supporters here.

The uber liberals never cease to amaze me with their transparency...

 

Letterman: What a Disappointment

As a kid, I loved Late Night with David Letterman on NBC (not to date myself too much!)
He's had his lows and highs on cbs, but tonight--truly--was a new low.
His guest was GOP candidate Herman Cain. And in short, he was downright rude.
I completely agree that US Pres candidates should be put under the microscope (although somehow Mr. Obama cleanly escaped such a fate, but I digress...) but Letterman--and watch the tape if you think I'm exaggerating--was confrontational, dismissive, and downright rude. He made a mockery of the 9-9-9 plan every chance he could get. Not asking thoughtful, pensive, insightful questions, he was quite obviously defensive and downright venomous. Cain, although admittedly not my ideal candidate at the moment, did a fantastic job of laughing off the literal "bullying" that was Letterman. My concern is not that people are picking on the GOP candidates. That is a liberal mantra. As an admittedly former (gulp!) liberal myself, I am concerned about the general tv watching liberal populus (clip OWS) that have their ridiculous anti-capitalistic, anti-first ammendment views even more swayed by this has-been comedian.
If Obama had been "allowed" the same scruitiny, his resume of community organizer and one-term junior senator certainly wouldn't have held up.
Which party is the "racist" now?

Owning Up

Great article this week from Dr. Tim Nerenz, "Own It."
As someone who used to call themselves an independent voter (I always said I voted for the candidate, not the party) it's difficult for me to 1) rationalize the recent behavior of Democrats 2) find a real nugget of a usable action plan from Dems to get our country out of this economic crisis. Their attention doesn't seem to be on real, long-term solutions that inherently will cause pain to some who are used to entitlements. They're like a spoiled child--they want what they want and they want it now. And if they don't get it, watch out for the violent tantrum. We saw it on ObamaCare, we saw it in Wisconsin. If you don't agree with them or give them what they want, then you're an awful, awful parent--I mean, person.
Democrats: I really, really, really tried to give you a chance. But you have to grow up sometime.