SUPREME DECISION

The Supreme Court upheld Obamacare today, including the individual mandate portion. Actually they struck down the individual mandate as unconstitutional but upheld it as a tax which according to them is constitutional and a matter for congress to address. Fair enough I guess. It is certainly a blow to those of us who wish to remain free and clear of forced behavior by our government in areas previously undisturbed by oppressive control and choice limitation.

Healthcare in this country needed some fixing, but thinkers knew this was not the answer and feelers never bothered to educate themselves to know any better. So essentially the requirement that every American buy health insurance has been taken out of our hands completely and the money will be automatically taken from you as a tax if you do not comply and buy it voluntarily. For you “feelers” out there this means, like every other government program designed to help “all people”, only those Americans who pay taxes to begin with will be the ones saddled with the additional costs in order to pay for those who don’t or wont. Sound familiar?

One could argue here that nothing has really changed then. I would disagree. I would offer that something very significant has occurred this week; a week that may someday be reflected upon in the annals of our history as a critical turning point when the experiment that is called the United State of America headed toward it’s inevitable conclusion. The cliché, “nothing lasts forever” is appropriate here.

What I am talking about is the essence of the human condition. The natural entropy that occurs over time and events in a countries history that leads it to its final identity. When conditions exist that make it intolerable to live free from overt oppression and control, thats when people hit their tipping point and revolt. That’s how the USA was born. England’s King George III’s over reaching rule and excessive taxation without representation caused our ancestors to declare our independence. Remembering the words of Patrick Henry, “Give me liberty or give me death” Causes older Americans to invoke the passion and strong sentiment knowing that freedom is a hard fought condition and without sacrifice and struggle, it will eventually perish under the weight of complacency.

The leader of this country has nearly succeeded in doing away with the constitutionally established checks and balances of a three branch government. He no longer acknowledges the House or Senate and has appointed himself several “Czars” to effectively replace his cabinet. He runs his dictatorship through executive order and executive privilege. He has created extreme racial division by concocting and engendering false grievances. He uses gender issues as a dependency control mechanism. He has assaulted religion. He has vilified the successful and held up the failures as role models for us all. He has put our nation on a high speed train to financial disaster in keeping with his love affair with crony capitalism and idiotic fiscal policy. He has created millions of government dependent drones, ensuring that they never develop any individual identity or respect for themselves or the world around them. He has taken the fringe elements of abnormality and created victims out of them all, forcing obligatory policy changes to accommodate them at the expense of the other 99.9 %.  He lies profusely to the American public and fails to take any responsibility for his failures, yet takes all the credit for others successes. He is the absolute antithesis of a leader and yet he is the president of this country because America lost its resolute attention to our most precious commodity and Obama saw the opportunity to take it. He is everything I have raised my kids not to be.

The United States of America has had a great run. For the last 236 years, we have overcome adversity and laid down our lives to maintain the precious freedoms our founders also fought and died for. We expanded the boundaries of the possible and created innovation and progress no other country could match. Freedom worked. In short order, the experiment called the USA produced the most influential, powerful country on earth in a time frame that was no more then, “a cup of coffee” relative to the history of mankind.

Then something happened; or didn’t happen. Americans became satisfied. We became complacent. We lost our internal vigilance. We no longer had to fight for our own freedoms any longer. Instead we started getting involved in everybody else’s problems. We were secure in our homes and our homeland. We had plenty of food. We were happy. And because of this we unwittingly invited the forces of socialism to begin its slow and steady creep into our society. The lizard bit us in the ankle. Those who favored collectivism, socialism and communism alike took advantage of our hard fought freedoms here and slowly began introducing their philosophies into our establishments. Educational institutions and the media were primary targets because the young are vulnerable to indoctrination and manipulating the flow of information to the public was vital in order to sway people’s perspectives. They attempted to gain political control several times on the national scene by offering those disenfranchised or economically challenged citizens the concept of “equal distribution”, the precursor to the fairness doctrine you hear from liberals today. Norman Mattoon Thomas, socialist and 6 time presidential candidate from the early to mid 1900’s was quoted in his 1944 speech:

           

“The American people will never knowingly adopt socialism. But, under the name of “liberalism” they will adopt every fragment of the socialist program, until one day America will be a socialist nation, without knowing how it happened. I no longer need to run as a presidential candidate for the Socialist party. The democratic Party has adopted our platform.”

If this country is to become a socialist nation and the majority of the citizens are ready and willing to adopt such a system of governance then so be it. There are many people in our country that would prefer living in a highly controlled environment and find comfort in the ease of mind that comes with having others decide their daily life structure. I see them everyday and I empathize with their condition that favors this lifestyle. Unfortunately this puts them at odds with those citizens who are goal oriented, competitive achievers who don’t want less efficient, less effective, less productive people or programs interfering with their lives. 

Our country was great not because we were inherently better people, but because the government we established was built on a different structure than those of other countries. Now it appears our structure is collapsing around us and the forces of mediocrity, dependency and corruption are prevailing. From a historical perspective this devolution of a great country is not uncommon. Most great civilizations in history have come apart sooner or later under the hefty burdens of their successes.  More so, it appears that sustained excellence and prosperity seems counter to the rule of the human condition and America’s meteoric rise to prominence most likely set the stage for an equally meteoric descent. Is it reversible? Yes it is, but…………..

One could make the argument that keeping our independence might turn out to be harder then declaring our independence. The following is an important excerpt from of our Declaration of Independence.”

            “That whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends(Life, Liberty and pursuit of happiness), it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness.”

I am looking forward to this November. In November we will find out once and for all if there are enough of us left to turn the tables on this oppressive, corrupt presidential administration. We will find out if our system of government is destined to survive any longer. We will find out if the feelers and the followers are the future of this once great nation or will the thinkers and doers finally rise up and take back the day. We will know for certain whether there is any fight left in this dog, or if it’s over, plain and simple.

I want my children, my children’s children and my children’s children’s children to have the same opportunities I had to make their own life choices and be accountable to them, which is the very essence of freedom. Right now it looks like we are faced with a new struggle for freedom that demands from us a supreme decision this fall. Romney is certainly no panacea, but at least he is an American. Are there enough of us left that care?

A BOORTZ

Neal Boortz is a Texan, a lawyer, a Texas Aggie (Texas A&M) graduate, and now a nationally syndicated talk show host from Atlanta . His commencement address to the graduates of a recent Texas A&M class is far different from what either the students or the faculty expected. Whether you agree or disagree, his views are certainly thought provoking.

"I am honored by the invitation to address you on this august occasion. It's about time. Be warned, however, that I am not here to impress you; you'll have enough smoke blown up your bloomers today. And you can bet your tassels I'm not here to impress the faculty and administration. You may not like much of what I have to say, and that's fine. You will remember it though. Especially after about 10 years out there in the real world. This, it goes without saying, does not apply to those of you who will seek your careers and your fortunes as government employees.

This gowned gaggle behind me is your faculty. You've heard the old saying that those who can - do. Those who can't - teach. That sounds deliciously insensitive. But there is often raw truth in insensitivity, just as you often find feel-good falsehoods and lies in compassion. Say good-bye to your faculty because now you are getting ready to go out there and do. These folks behind me are going to stay right here and teach.

By the way, just because you are leaving this place with a diploma doesn't mean the learning is over. When an FAA flight examiner handed me my private pilot's license many years ago, he said, “Here, this is your ticket to learn.” The same can be said for your diploma. Believe me, the learning has just begun.

Now, I realize that most of you consider yourselves Liberals. In fact, you are probably very proud of your liberal views. You care so much. You feel so much. You want to help so much. After all, you're a compassionate and caring person, aren't you now? Well, isn't that just so extraordinarily special. Now, at this age, is as good a time as any to be a liberal; as good a time as any to know absolutely everything. You have plenty of time, starting tomorrow, for the truth to set in.

Over the next few years, as you begin to feel the cold breath of reality down your neck, things are going to start changing pretty fast... Including your own assessment of just how much you really know.

So here are the first assignments for your initial class in reality: Pay attention to the news, read newspapers, and listen to the words and phrases that proud Liberals use to promote their causes. Then, compare the words of the left to the words and phrases you hear from those evil, heartless, greedy conservatives. From the Left you will hear "I feel." From the Right you will hear "I think." From the Liberals you will hear references to groups -- The Blacks, the Poor, the Rich, the Disadvantaged, the Less Fortunate. From the Right you will hear references to individuals. On the Left you hear talk of group rights; on the Right, individual rights.

That about sums it up, really: Liberals feel. Liberals care. They are pack animals whose identity is tied up in group dynamics. Conservatives think -- and, setting aside the theocracy crowd, their identity is centered on the individual.

Liberals feel that their favored groups have enforceable rights to the property and services of productive individuals. Conservatives, I among them I might add, think that individuals have the right to protect their lives and their property from the plunder of the masses.

In college you developed a group mentality, but if you look closely at your diplomas you will see that they have your individual names on them. Not the name of your school mascot, or of your fraternity or sorority, but your name. Your group identity is going away. Your recognition and appreciation of your individual identity starts now.

If, by the time you reach the age of 30, you do not consider yourself to be a conservative, rush right back here as quickly as you can and apply for a faculty position. These people will welcome you with open arms. They will welcome you, that is, so long as you haven't developed an individual identity. Once again you will have to be willing to sign on to the group mentality you embraced during the past four years.

Something is going to happen soon that is going to really open your eyes. You're going to actually get a full time job!

You're also going to get a lifelong work partner. This partner isn't going to help you do your job. This partner is just going to sit back and wait for payday. This partner doesn't want to share in your effort, but in your earnings.

Your new lifelong partner is actually an agent; an agent representing a strange and diverse group of people; an agent for every teenager with an illegitimate child; an agent for a research scientist who wanted to make some cash answering the age-old question of why monkeys grind their teeth. An agent for some poor demented hippie who considers herself to be a meaningful and talented artist, but who just can't manage to sell any of her artwork on the open market.

Your new partner is an agent for every person with limited, if any, job skills, but who wanted a job at City Hall. An agent for tin-horn dictators in fancy military uniforms grasping for American foreign aid. An agent for multi-million dollar companies who want someone else to pay for their overseas advertising. An agent for everybody who wants to use the unimaginable power of this agent's for their personal enrichment and benefit.

That agent is our wonderful, caring, compassionate, oppressive government. Believe me, you will be awed by the unimaginable power this agent has. Power that you do not have. A power that no individual has, or will have. This agent has the legal power to use force, deadly force to accomplish its goals.

You have no choice here. Your new friend is just going to walk up to you, introduce itself rather gruffly, hand you a few forms to fill out, and move right on in. Say hello to your own personal one ton gorilla. It will sleep anywhere it wants to.

Now, let me tell you, this agent is not cheap. As you become successful it will seize about 40% of everything you earn. And no, I'm sorry, there just isn't any way you can fire this agent of plunder, and you can't decrease its share of your income. That power rests with him, not you.

So, here I am saying negative things to you about government. Well, be clear on this: It is not wrong to distrust government. It is not wrong to fear government. In certain cases it is not even wrong to despise government for government is inherently evil. Yes, a necessary evil, but dangerous nonetheless, somewhat like a drug. Just as a drug that in the proper dosage can save your life, an overdose of government can be fatal.

Now let's address a few things that have been crammed into your minds at this university. There are some ideas you need to expunge as soon as possible. These ideas may work well in academic environment, but they fail miserably out there in the real world.

First is that favorite buzz word of the media and academia: Diversity! You have been taught that the real value of any group of people - be it a social group, an employee group, a management group, whatever - is based on diversity. This is a favored liberal ideal because diversity is based not on an individuals abilities or character, but on a person's identity and status as a member of a group. Yes, it's that liberal group identity thing again.

Within the great diversity movement group identification - be it racial, gender based, or some other minority status - means more than the individuals integrity, character or other qualifications.

Brace yourself. You are about to move from this academic atmosphere where diversity rules, to a workplace and a culture where individual achievement and excellence actually count. No matter what your professors have taught you over the last four years, you are about to learn that diversity is absolutely no replacement for excellence, ability, and individual hard work. From this day on every single time you hear the word "diversity" you can rest assured that there is someone close by who is determined to rob you of every vestige of individuality you possess.

We also need to address this thing you seem to have about "rights." We have witnessed an obscene explosion of so-called "rights" in the last few decades, usually emanating from college campuses.

You know the mantra: You have the right to a job. The right to a place to live. The right to a living wage. The right to health care. The right to an education. You probably even have your own pet right - the right to a Beemer for instance, or the right to have someone else provide for that child you plan on downloading in a year or so.

Forget it. Forget those rights! I'll tell you what your rights are. You have a right to live free, and to the results of 60% -75% of your labor. I'll also tell you have no right to any portion of the life or labor of another.

You may, for instance, think that you have a right to health care. After all, President Obama said so, didn't he? But you cannot receive health-care unless some doctor or health practitioner surrenders some of his time - his life - to you. He may be willing to do this for compensation, but that's his choice. You have no "right" to his time or property. You have no right to his or any other person's life or to any portion thereof.

You may also think you have some "right" to a job; a job with a living wage, whatever that is. Do you mean to tell me that you have a right to force your services on another person, and then the right to demand that this person compensate you with their money? Sorry, forget it. I am sure you would scream if some urban outdoors men (that would be "homeless person" for those of you who don't want to give these less fortunate people a romantic and adventurous title) came to you and demanded his job and your money.

The people who have been telling you about all the rights you have are simply exercising one of theirs - the right to be imbeciles. Their being imbeciles didn't cost anyone else either property or time. It's their right, and they exercise it brilliantly.

By the way, did you catch my use of the phrase "less fortunate" a bit ago when I was talking about the urban outdoors men? That phrase is a favorite of the Left. Think about it, and you'll understand why.

To imply that one person is homeless, destitute, dirty, drunk, spaced out on drugs, unemployable, and generally miserable because he is "less fortunate" is to imply that a successful person - one with a job, a home and a future - is in that position because he or she was "fortunate." The dictionary says that fortunate means "having derived good from an unexpected place." There is nothing unexpected about deriving good from hard work. There is also nothing unexpected about deriving misery from choosing drugs, alcohol, and the street.

If the Liberal Left can create the common perception that success and failure are simple matters of "fortune" or "luck," then it is easy to promote and justify their various income redistribution schemes. After all, we are just evening out the odds a little bit. This "success equals luck" idea the liberals like to push is seen everywhere. Former Democratic presidential candidate Richard Gephardt refers to high-achievers as "people who have won life's lottery." He wants you to believe they are making the big bucks because they are lucky. It's not luck, my friends. It's choice. One of the greatest lessons I ever learned was in a book by Og Mandino, entitled, "The Greatest Secret in the World." The lesson? Very simple: "Use wisely your power of choice."

That bum sitting on a heating grate, smelling like a wharf rat? He's there by choice. He is there because of the sum total of the choices he has made in his life. This truism is absolutely the hardest thing for some people to accept, especially those who consider themselves to be victims of something or other - victims of discrimination, bad luck, the system, capitalism, whatever. After all, nobody really wants to accept the blame for his or her position in life. Not when it is so much easier to point and say, "Look! He did this to me!" than it is to look into a mirror and say, "You S. O. B.! You did this to me!"

The key to accepting responsibility for your life is to accept the fact that your choices, every one of them, are leading you inexorably to either success or failure, however you define those terms.

Some of the choices are obvious: Whether or not to stay in school. Whether or not to get pregnant. Whether or not to hit the bottle. Whether or not to keep this job you hate until you get another better-paying job. Whether or not to save some of your money, or saddle yourself with huge payments for that new car.

Some of the choices are seemingly insignificant: Whom to go to the movies with. Whose car to ride home in. Whether to watch the tube tonight, or read a book on investing. But, and you can be sure of this, each choice counts. Each choice is a building block - some large, some small. But each one is a part of the structure of your life. If you make the right choices, or if you make more right choices than wrong ones, something absolutely terrible may happen to you. Something unthinkable. You, my friend, could become one of the hated, the evil, the ugly, the feared, the filthy, the successful, the rich.

The rich basically serve two purposes in this country. First, they provide the investments, the investment capital, and the brains for the formation of new businesses. Businesses that hire people. Businesses that send millions of paychecks home each week to the un-rich.

Second, the rich are a wonderful object of ridicule, distrust, and hatred. Few things are more valuable to a politician than the envy most Americans feel for the evil rich.

Envy is a powerful emotion. Even more powerful than the emotional minefield that surrounded Bill Clinton when he reviewed his last batch of White House interns. Politicians use envy to get votes and power. And they keep that power by promising the envious that the envied will be punished: "The rich will pay their fair share of taxes if I have anything to do with it." The truth is that the top 10% of income earners in this country pays almost 50% of all income taxes collected. I shudder to think what these job producers would be paying if our tax system were any more "fair."

You have heard, no doubt, that the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. Interestingly enough, our government's own numbers show that many of the poor actually get richer, and that quite a few of the rich actually get poorer. But for the rich who do actually get richer, and the poor who remain poor .. there's an explanation -- a reason. The rich, you see, keep doing the things that make them rich; while the poor keep doing the things that make them poor.

Speaking of the poor, during your adult life you are going to hear an endless string of politicians bemoaning the plight of the poor. So, you need to know that under our government's definition of "poor" you can have a $5 million net worth, a $300,000 home and a new $90,000 Mercedes, all completely paid for. You can also have a maid, cook, and valet, and a million in your checking account, and you can still be officially defined by our government as "living in poverty." Now there's something you haven't seen on the evening news.

How does the government pull this one off? Very simple, really. To determine whether or not some poor soul is "living in poverty," the government measures one thing -- just one thing. Income.

It doesn't matter one bit how much you have, how much you own, how many cars you drive or how big they are, whether or not your pool is heated, whether you winter in Aspen and spend the summers in the Bahamas, or how much is in your savings account. It only matters how much income you claim in that particular year. This means that if you take a one-year leave of absence from your high-paying job and decide to live off the money in your savings and checking accounts while you write the next great American novel, the government says you are living in poverty."

This isn't exactly what you had in mind when you heard these gloomy statistics, is it? Do you need more convincing? Try this. The government's own statistics show that people who are said to be "living in poverty" spend more than $1.50 for each dollar of income they claim. Something is a bit fishy here. Just remember all this the next time Charles Gibson tells you about some hideous new poverty statistics.

Why has the government concocted this phony poverty scam? Because the government needs an excuse to grow and to expand its social welfare programs, which translates into an expansion of its power. If the government can convince you, in all your compassion, that the number of "poor" is increasing, it will have all the excuse it needs to sway an electorate suffering from the advanced stages of Obsessive-Compulsive Compassion Disorder.

I'm about to be stoned by the faculty here. They've already changed their minds about that honorary degree I was going to get. That's OK, though. I still have my PhD. in Insensitivity from the Neal Boortz Institute for Insensitivity Training. I learned that, in short, sensitivity sucks. It's a trap. Think about it - the truth knows no sensitivity. Life can be insensitive. Wallow too much in sensitivity and you'll be unable to deal with life, or the truth, so get over it.

Now, before the dean has me shackled and hauled off, I have a few random thoughts.

* You need to register to vote, unless you are on welfare. If you are living off the efforts of others, please do us the favor of sitting down and shutting up until you are on your own again.

* When you do vote, your votes for the House and the Senate are more important than your vote for President. The House controls the purse strings, so concentrate your awareness there.

* Liars cannot be trusted, even when the liar is the President of the country. If someone can't deal honestly with you, send them packing.

* Don't bow to the temptation to use the government as an instrument of plunder. If it is wrong for you to take money from someone else who earned it -- to take their money by force for your own needs -- then it is certainly just as wrong for you to demand that the government step forward and do this dirty work for you.

* Don't look in other people's pockets. You have no business there. What they earn is theirs. What you earn is yours. Keep it that way. Nobody owes you anything, except to respect your privacy and your rights, and leave you the hell alone.

* Speaking of earning, the revered 40-hour workweek is for losers. Forty hours should be considered the minimum, not the maximum. You don't see highly successful people clocking out of the office every afternoon at five. The losers are the ones caught up in that afternoon rush hour. The winners drive home in the dark.

* Free speech is meant to protect unpopular speech. Popular speech, by definition, needs no protection.

* Finally (and aren't you glad to hear that word), as Og Mandino wrote,

1. Proclaim your rarity. Each of you is a rare and unique human being.

2. Use wisely your power of choice.

3. Go the extra mile, drive home in the dark.

 Oh, and put off buying a television set as long as you can. Now, if you have any idea at all what's good for you, you will get out of here and never come back. Class dismissed"

THE BAD AND THE UGLY

Had a few cocktails with some buddies the other night and enjoyed a series of spirited conversations about the usual guy stuff. After we all agreed yet again that there is just no figuring out woman, we realized that we needed to address an issue of serious concern for all of us during this challenging time; a topic of interest and discussion currently dominating water cooler gatherings, coffee house chatter and the blogosphere. How can we legally donate more money to the Obama Presidential Campaign?

Before I could even throw out my cool bake sale idea, my poetry reading buddy Fletcher leaned across the table and said, “Guys! Where have you been? Didn’t you watch network news last night? The Obama re-election campaign has launched the coolest fund raising effort yet! It’s called, “the Obama Event Registry!”

Yes indeed friends, you heard correctly. It is real and it is pathetic, even for the emperor. The Obama Event Registry shamelessly asks that couples who are getting married forego gifts and money and donate it all instead to help the president get re-elected! They also want your anniversary and birthday money to! This would be hysterical if it weren’t so sad and so true. You can now request that your wedding, birthday or anniversary party guests register with Obama 2012 and ask for a donation to his campaign fund in lieu of a gift. Progressive nirvana here I come! Newly married young couples can now give all their money to the president instead of wasting it on creating a savings account, a down payment on a house or paying off the wedding expenses. It’s the president’s audacity of self love. But let’s be fair for a moment and look at it from his perspective.

There are only so many movie stars in Hollywood and he has basically drained that well.

Most of his aggrieved unemployed constituents that will be bussed to the polls this November are penniless and if they did have any money to give him they would most likely spend it on meth or crack first.

Romney is now raising more money then the emperor, which is a clear sign that his big money donors have lost faith in his abilities to further their special interests.

His war on woman only garnered support from those who are government dependant Fluke impersonators. The majority of educated, self made, hard working woman with money wouldn’t give him a nickel. They didn’t like being treated like they were disabled and helpless without his love and care.

His big union buddies are starting to wonder if they are investing their PAC funds wisely now, especially after the whoopin they took recently in Wisconsin.

It looks like an act of desperation by the emperor…………and pretty cheesy.

By now most of you have seen the video of Karen Klein, the 68 year old grandmother and bus monitor who was bullied beyond belief by a bunch of 12 and 13 year old pukes. It made my stomach turn.

These little sons of bitches tormented a sweet unassuming humble lady, bringing her to tears as she sat there on the school bus and tolerated unforgivable and disgusting verbal cruelty and it took a video of the actual incident going viral to bring this hideous situation to the school districts attention! If these scumbag miscreants had sadistically berated a black lady, Al Sharpton would have chartered a space shuttle and shot himself into the situation, screaming racism, Jim Crow laws and slavery. If Karen Klein had been a lesbian activist, you bet Gloria Allred would have pulled a muscle running over to “represent” Miss Klein and her interests. Alas, Karen Klein is white and hetero, so I guess we don’t need to mobilize the occupy movement or the New Black Panther Party, or the California legislature for a march, a riot or a new law, or all three.

The part of this episode that infuriates me to no end is why Miss Klein didn’t at some point stand up, walk over to one of the little skinny shit bags and beat the living crap out of him. I guarantee that would have put an end to it immediately. Getting your ass kicked by an old lady is hard to explain to your buddies. Its frustrating because we all know had Miss Klein taken some initiative and meted out some corporal ass kickin corrective action, one of the little punks would have called mommy and daddy, who would have called an attorney, who would have called Gloria Allred so she could represent the “poor  innocent Skittles eating kids” interests. The cowardly school district would have folded like a cheap tent, fired Miss Klein and then offered to better “train” future school bus monitors. Its gut wrenching to watch how our culture works anymore.

And who was driving the bus? Why didn’t he pull over and open a can of behavior adjustment? Who just sits there and lets this kind of thing happen without acting? Someone who wants to keep his job I assume. He most certainly knew that these little kids were protected by liberal school policies which makes then impervious to discipline. Nobody wants to risk losing their job because they know they will getzero support from their administration and face potential civil suits from the jackals that prey on situations like this. What you end up with is 12 year old feral hogs and the self righteous parents who spawned them.

What makes a group of 12 years olds behave like this? They called her “Fat B-tch” several times and said they would like to urinate and defecate on her. They said they wanted to stab her! They physically hit her several times!

Maybe we need special classrooms for kids who do such things. I know some former Marine drill sergeants who would be willing to spend some quality time with these cute little pieces of garbage. Do you think the emperor called her to see if she was doing ok? I mean considering he called Sandra fluke to see how she was doing after getting called a mean name by Rush Limbaugh.

This has to stop sometime. Our educational system is in ruins thanks in large part to liberal policies, lawyers and weak union controlled administrations. We all have a story about a frustrating experiences dealing with unresponsive school administrators. For all intents and purposes it may be to late already. How can we possibly get back to basics and turn this downward free fall around  when we allow a 68 year old lady to be tortured by pre pubescent predators?

BUTTINSKI

There are times, albeit few, when I succumb to the curious allure inherent in listening to other peoples conversations in public. Truth be told, the vast majority of my time running errands around town is dedicated to getting from point A to point B as quickly and efficiently as possible which leaves precious little free time for eavesdropping on others. I usually just don’t care because most conversations between two or more people in public usually revolve around dynamic, life altering topics like the weather, hairstyle, food or someone’s kid. Yesterday was different.

Last night I strolled into my neighborhood Raley’s to pick up a thing or two and walked over to the express checkout line. The store was fairly crowded and the express lane had six or seven people in front of me. I walked up to a young woman and man and took my place in line. I noticed as I approached them they were engaged in some kind of fairly animated conversation and based on their attire I concluded they must be together. The woman appeared to be the one directing the conversation and as I grew close I was able to hear everything she was saying. She didn’t seem overly concerned about using her “inside voice”. It became clear very soon that the conversation was in reality a lecture of some sort, or a training observation for the 20 year old lad standing subserviently next to her.

The female looked to be in her mid twenties. She had a horrifying mountain of matted, filthy hair shoved underneath a rainbow colored woven beanie. Locks of equally disgusting hair matter draped down her shoulders and back. She had multiple piercings on her face and it looked like she had one eyebrow shaved off. She wore a tattered dirty white tank top that barely concealed her sagging mcguffey’s, which were currently not under the control of a suspension device of any type. She was wearing a loose multi-colored lacey dress and old worn leather sandals. She wasn’t heavy, but her frame indicated it could be possibility at some point. The male was dressed in old cargo pants and a white tank top, with a just a couple of holes in his face. She was holding a few plastic bags which looked to contain small amounts of greens and possibly peppers and a stick of Rhubarb. For the purpose of identification from here on….I shall call this woman ‘Sunflower” and the young man, “Grasshopper”. Here’s what went down…….  

Sunflower was pointing out to Grasshopper all the customers in the store who had large amounts of food in their carts. Sunflower informed Grasshopper that all these “people” had way more food then they needed to survive and most of what they had would go to waste, which was a sin of the earth and of the human race. Grasshopper nodded in agreement. Sunflower then told the Hopper that it was those who hoarded the food that forced them(flower and hopper) to subsist on so much less. Grasshopper eagerly took in his life lesson from Sunflower and shook his head in acknowledgement/disgust. She finished with the following statement; “As long as life’s fortunate continue to ignore us and our place in the world, there will never be true peace and understanding. Our hunger is their sin.”

Several people in line turned and looked at Sunflower in amusement and disappointment. She did not look at anybody directly. At least not until yours truly opened his pie hole:

Me; “excuse me young lady, are you hungry?’

Flower; “Excuse me; I was not talking to you.”

Me; “I’m sorry but I overheard you say that you were hungry and I would like to help. I am willing to buy you a cart full of groceries if you are in need and hungry. I’m being sincere.”

Flower; (in a condescending tone) “Is that something that would make you feel better? Is that something you want to do?”

Me; “ I simply offered to help you young lady, but from your tone I will assume you don’t want any. I was just being polite. Forget it.”

Flower;(nodding to grasshopper) “See?”

Grasshopper; (nodding) “uh huh”

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Sunflower was now having her items processed and she reached into a small satchel hanging from a leather twine around her neck that I had not noticed before. We had ceased our conversation and were strangers again. Flower seemed reluctant to pull her hand out of the satchel as she glanced briefly down in my direction toward my feet. It took me exactly one milli-second to figure out why. My opportunity to be a great big ass hole had arrived and I was not about to let it pass. I turned my body toward her, leaned my right hand on the counter, crossed my right foot over my left and looked straight at her. She reluctantly pulled out her government EBT card and slid it through the reader. I swallowed the words that were screaming to get out. I couldn’t do it. I actually felt bad about the whole situation now.  I felt bad for her. She was embarrassed and I even detected a sense that she now felt a little ashamed about her behavior towards me earlier. I now wished for the awkward moment to conclude, but a man standing behind me who had listened to the whole conversation couldn’t let it go and said, “Well how about that. It looks like we are all buying your groceries today after all!”

The lady working the register shot a horrifying glance at the man. Flower showed us all her favorite finger and dropped the “F YOU!” bomb for everyone in the store to hear. I was now completely embarrassed and wondered how things went screwy so fast. I’m sure the few of us standing there wished we could unzip our skin and crawl away. There was shame all around. Sunflower defiantly grabbed her receipt and stormed out the door, with Grasshopper in tow. The whole sad episode was my fault.

You see……..I was not totally sincere when I initially offered to buy Sunflower a cartful of groceries. I would have certainly done it had she accepted my offer but I had an ulterior motive. I was going to teach her a valuable lesson. I wanted to teach Sunflower an important life lesson but she needed to accept my invitation to buy her groceries in order for me to implement my plan. The plan itself is irrelevant here.  What is relevant is her deep seated mistrust that she displayed to me.

Sunflower will go back to her living environment and share the story with her roommates or friends. She will undoubtedly paint every one of us as capitalistic heartless jerks who wanted to have a bit of fun at her expense and there is nothing anyone can do to change that. Her interpretation of the events at Raley’s  will make it all the more easy for her to have her demons, to convince future Grasshoppers that they are victims and further convince herself that she is not a welcome part of this great society…………………………………. because to me she is.

BOYS WILL BE GIRLS

In my last posting I referenced Jennifer Braly, a male 38 year old college student who wanted to use the girl’s restrooms because of his Gender Identity Disorder. He complained and Attorney General Holder fired off a letter to the university that must have made an impression on officials there because they altered policy to allow him to use woman’s facilities as he wished. Unisex restrooms were available for Braly during this time on the university campus but “Jennifer” claimed to be put out by their inconvenient locations. One troubled individual successfully forced his will and desires on an entire university.

It appears that this nation’s collective common sense is being effectively replaced by the emperor’s grievance ideology. It is evident to anyone with compassion that this Braly guy should be getting help with his “disorder.” He should not under any conceivable circumstance be dictating policy that affects thousands of “non disordered” female college students who wish to simply use the restroom without being subjected to potential embarrassment or worse by a man waving his confused pollywanker around and under no circumstances should he be receiving the help of a corrupt, racist, thug like Eric Holder. It’s not compassionate and it’s not right. It’s tragic lunacy, plain and simple.

And then there’s California…………….

In San Francisco (I know, I know), the official school policy regarding restroom use reads, “Students shall have access to the restroom that corresponds to their gender identity exclusively and consistently at school”. So if a Michelle identifies as a Michael while at school, she can use the boy’s facilities and locker rooms, and visa versa. Where was this rule when I was 15 and walked around school all day in a hormonal state of spastic curiosity! Perverts everywhere unite. We have taken the fort!

The Los Angeles School District, according to the LAUSD Reference Guide, makes this distinction: “Gender identity” refers to one’s understanding, interests, outlook, and feelings about whether one is female or male, or both, or neither, regardless of one’s biological sex”. So the progressive freak show has infiltrated the public school systems in Los Angeles to the extent that they have given themselves the authority to discriminate against Biology! Congratulations So Cal parents……your kid can now go to school and be any sex he wants, or both!, or neither! And it is perfectly sane!

Enter California government……………..

The California Senate just recently passed SB1172, by a 23-13 vote. This bill would make it illegal for a 17 year old with unwanted same-sex attractions to receive professional counseling, even with parental consent. It would also require counselors to warn prospective adult clients of the dangers of any counseling or therapy aimed at helping them modify their unwanted same-sex attraction. Huh?

A “task force” from the American Psychological Association(APA), “made up of all gay, lesbian affirming psychologists, released a report of their “findings” about whether gays could change their sexual orientation. This ridiculously biased report formed the basis for SB1172.

Gay activists do not want anyone who may have homosexual ideations to self determine and get help if they are troubled. It’s not surprising they got the hopelessly worthless California legislature on board with this outrage. It seeks to deny client’s rights to their own mental health and intrudes on the relationship between counselor and client. Are progressives really this bold now? In California they are because the lunatic fringe has a permanent seat at the Capitol. Its frighteningly more evident now that gay activists don’t just want what they refer to as “equality”, they want preferential control and lobby power all because of their sexual preference. I guess “live and let live” was just to get in the door.

Let us review; If Frank is attracted to his neighbor Bill’s young children, he can seek therapy for his problem. If Bill is attracted to Frank’s wife, he too can receive counseling to help him deal with it. But if Bill is attracted to Frank, then it’s considered as unethical for a counselor to help him, and outright illegal if he is a juvenile. Make sense?

And then consider this…………..

I wrote late last year about a lesbian couple in Berkeley who had an 11-year- old boy who was undergoing the process of becoming a girl. The parents began injecting the boy with hormone blockers to stop him from going into puberty. His name was Thomas, it’s now Tammy. At the age of seven he threatened to mutilate his genitalia. Psychiatrists diagnosed Thomas with gender identity disorder and by the age of eight his lesbian parents began the process of transitioning him to be a female. AND THIS IS LEGAL IN CALIFORNIA! I wonder if this young boy ever had a chance.

Who knows, someday, in the future, things will get so bad that a Mayor of a large city will try to pass a law restricting how much soda pop you can have in your cup!

Nah…..I’m probably just losing it…………………

BITE ME

I watched a nature special some time ago about exotic animals around the world. Its one of the very few things I can watch on the television anymore since programming for idiots became the default market. One particular segment of this special documented and expertly illustrated the hunting technique used by a large lizard, either a Monitor or a Kimoto Dragon. This lizard, all of three feet long, 12 inches high, dripping with snot and ugly beyond my descriptive capacity, hunted 2000 pound Bison type animals, and more often then not succeeded. You may be saying, “but Mike……there’s no friggin way. A lizard would not stand a chance to take down such a huge, powerful animal like that. Can’t be done. A lizard would be no match for such a behemoth. That’s just crazy talk and you need counseling.”

Well setting aside the obvious for a moment, you are in a manner of speaking correct, the lizard of course is no match for a one ton horned menace like a Bison, but the lizard doesn’t need strength and it doesn’t need size. The lizard only needs patience. When this lizard finds his prey, he casually waddles up to the huge hoofed monster and bites him in the ankle. The Bison, who pays no attention to this insignificant sack of buggers and bones is mildly annoyed at best and flicks the lizard away as if he is shivering a fly of his mane. What the Bison doesn’t know is the lizard injected a powerful neurotoxin into the Bison when he bit him. The toxin takes two weeks to fully take effect at which time the once powerful animal kneels to the ground and eventually falls over on its side, paralyzed and helpless. The lizard follows the Bison around for the entire two weeks, looking for signs of weakness and waiting for the inevitable time when he can casually approach the Bison again and eat him. Are you feeling dizzy?

The United States of America is being followed around by a lizard. The extremely small percentage of the progressive liberal population that seeks to destroy this great republic and the majority of freedom loving, hard working, God fearing, honest people have bitten us in the ankle and are now just waiting for the toxins to take effect. And make no mistake about it…their toxin is powerful. Europe was bitten by this lizard many years ago and it is now kneeling and about to fall over.

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Jennifer Braly is a guy with a penis who attends the University of Arkansas and desperately wants to go “potty” with girls. He wants to use the woman’s bathrooms. He is 38 years old. Jennifer changed his name but not his sex because he has described himself as having, “Gender Identity Disorder”. College girls, who don’t usually expect someone to pull out a penis in the woman’s bathroom, have complained because Jennifer threatened to sue the university and guess who came to his rescue? US ATTORNEY GENERAL ERIC HOLDER. Yes sir. A letter from the Department of Justice has now caused the University to reverse its policy and allow Braly permanent use of woman’s bathrooms on campus. Why would the largest federal law enforcement agency side with one deranged student? Braly is trying to raise money on line to have his outie turned inward and in my opinion he is indisputably mentally ill. Braly belongs in a mental institution but I guess an American university is a suitable substitute. Are you felling woozy?

Yesterday the emperor awarded radical open border advocate Dolores Huerta with the Medal of Freedom, the highest honor a civilian can receive. The problem here is that Huerta is an honorary chair of the Democratic Socialist of America and is personal friends with dictator Hugo Chavez. The Obama owned media servants made sure you did not know about it.

The DSA is the largest socialist organization in the United States and the principal affiliate of the Socialist International. The following is a snippet of their mission statement;

            “We are socialists because we share a vision of humane international social order and based both on democratic planning and marketing mechanisms to achieve equitable distribution of resources, meaningful work, a healthy environment, sustainable growth, gender and racial equality, and non-oppressive relationships.” See communism. Are you feeling weak and feeble yet?

Speaking of communism, the emperor got his face slapped but good yesterday when Artur Davis, former co-chairman of his 2008 presidential campaign announced he was leaving the Democratic Party for good. It was Davis who seconded the official nomination of Obama at the 2008 Democratic National Convention. Davis has condemned the Path the Democratic Party is taking and believes it has been “taken over” by extreme progressive liberals. Davis is quoted, “Wearing a democratic label no longer matches what I know about my country and its possibilities. I have taken issue with an administration that has lapsed into a bloc by bloc appeal to group grievances when the country is already too fractured: frankly, the symbolism of Barrack Obama winning has not given us the substance of a unified country”. Is the toxin diluting a bit? Maybe but certainly not near enough.

“Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.” Barry Goldwater

 The lizard is there, waiting……………

CONGRADUATION

So many institutions of higher learning in this country have devolved into centers of political activism and leftist indoctrination. Anyone with their eyeballs screwed in straight see it as an alarming and problematic trend. The quality of education has suffered tremendously and the content of college curriculum has transformed into a seemingly infinite number of the politically motivated “soft sciences”. Thousands of college graduates are receiving their diplomas with little hope of finding quality and rewarding jobs primarily because their degrees are worthless. This may sound harsh and negative but it is real. A degree in the “Studies of Social Injustice” qualifies one for a career in either the food service industry or hotel room maintenance. If those don’t pan out, it’s off to the occupy movement with you. Liberal progressives are seemingly incapable of feeling shame or being accountable for their words or deeds. Yesterday I experienced a mega dose of progressive liberal misconduct so insidious that it left me shocked, saddened and sincerely concerned for the future of this country.

I attended my daughter’s graduation ceremony at a university in San Francisco. Over seven thousand students took their place of honor on the stadium infield to receive their due for years of hard work and sacrifice. It was their time to be seen, to be applauded and to be the center of attention to the twenty thousand odd parents and family members in attendance. Flowered Leis adorned the graduates, festive balloons and flower arrangements dotted the bleachers to create a beautiful backdrop for the students. It was their day and like my daughter, they all deserved it. Only they never received it. You see, last Saturday, May 19^th, 2012, seven thousand young men and woman, sitting in the sun on plastic chairs, wearing non breathable caps and gowns were completely ignored by the administration of the very college they were graduating from. They were treated as an afterthought, as a distraction and as pawns. Their graduation day turned into a parade of shameless and disgraceful liberal progressive indoctrination speeches. It was without a doubt the most disgusting act of misconduct and egregious self loving narcissism I have ever in my life witnessed. The administration at San Francisco State University owes an apology to the students, the audience and the human race for their sickening behavior.

It started with the president of the university standing at the podium declaring SF State the most progressive and diverse school in the country. He then jumped right into a lengthy diatribe about social justice and shared values. (He would go on to use the phrase, “social justice” over ten times throughout the event. The president touted their sanctuary city status, their love of illegal immigrants and their gratitude to the nation’s first black president for giving them universal healthcare. He counted off a long list of the schools new progressive studies curriculum and how positively bitchin he and the liberal staff at SF State seemed to be. I never saw him look at the students once. He had an agenda for this day and it didn’t appear that graduation ceremonies were going to be a part of it. Then came the awards…..Oh my God how liberal’s love to give themselves awards!

The first two awards were the “Presidents Award”. The first recipient was a Pilipino illegal immigrant graduate who got a job at an east coast newspaper and did an award winning coverage of the Virginia Tech massacre by going on Face book. This young man stood up and gave a twenty minute immigration speech for all those anti immigrant hater peoples. The school president followed by reminding us that illegal immigrants are always welcome in SF as well as SF State. The graduates stared straight ahead.

The second  recipient was another alum who was receiving her award  in honor of her Master’s program work which entailed documenting the fact that Sudanese tribe woman don’t get as good a preventative breast exam as woman in the United States. This Hispanic immigrant was able to discover that we have better health care then they do. Give her a medal! The president followed that we should all feel bad. The students continued to stare.

An African American alum and current professor got an award for Africana Studies. A Russian immigrant received an award for creating an investment group. Several other administrators received awards for countless other irrelevant social justice type activities. Nobody seemed to notice the 7,000 students sitting in front of them. Every award winner was announced by their race.

Then came San Francisco Major Ed Lee. The president introduced the Major by race first and then as being proudly progressive even before it became cool! The mayor took the podium and unleashed the most boring, liberal love me speech in the history of boring liberal love me speeches. He never referred to the students; he never encouraged the students; he fervently attempted to indoctrinate the students. I expected him to produce one of those “Men in Black” De-Neuralizers and zap everyone into Marxist zombies. It became embarrassing.

Two hours of liberal narcissism took its toll however; Students began leaving their chairs and walking out right in front of the Mayor and twenty thousand spectators to go to the bathroom or make phone calls. They were bored and not surprisingly, pissed off. Spectators, who foolishly came from all over the country to see a graduation ceremony started leaving the stadium by the hundreds. Mayor Lee was still droning on about ethnic pride or some odd bull shit but nobody was listening anymore. The spectators who stuck it out in hopes that they may see their son or daughter graduate began socializing with each others in the stadium bleachers.  The whole scene was terrible. I had witnessed selfish, arrogant liberal behavior before but this was inexcusable and embarrassing. I felt terrible for these kids. They were being robbed of their special day by the sickening conduct of the liberal elite egotists.

By the time the administrators were done giving each other awards and declaring themselves the most diverse, by the time the speeches by Loki wannabes had finished, nobody cared. When they actually did start the commencement, half the crowd had left. They ran the students through five different lines, never acknowledged any of them by name and threw them out of the stadium immediately. I sat for three and half hours on a wooden plank, in a suit and tie and when all was said and done, I never got to see my daughter receive her “diploma”. I was too far away and they rushed them through like cattle.

Not once during the three and half hour ordeal did anyone ever so much as utter the words, “United States”. Nobody ever encouraged the graduating class to find their way into the social fabric of this country. Nobody ever suggested hard work and sacrifice. As a matter of fact nobody ever directly addressed the students at all. What I heard about was race, race, race, tolerance, tolerance, tolerance, diversity, diversity, diversity. The funny thing was, they managed to “diversify” any and all white males or females right off the stage. Not one Caucasian of either sex was acknowledged for any reason while several thousand of them sat ignored, bored and furious just feet in front of the stage. Diversity is a heckuva thing to progressives.

I dared to consider that this very thing could be happening on college campuses throughout the country and it scared me. I tried convincing myself that this was simply the state of things in San Francisco but I could not be sure. I was proud of my daughter and what she accomplished. She is a bright, articulate, driven person and I have no doubt she will succeed. Leftist progressive narcissists will not change that and they could not ruin our day. We had a good laugh about it afterward (she knows her dad!) and enjoyed pictures and a wonderful dinner. Two down…one to go.

I don’t know what is going to come of this country in the next fifty years. When the people who call themselves the academic elite behave as they did yesterday, there is cause for concern. When the Communist Party began holding meetings during the fifties and sixties to plot a course for the overthrow of democracy in the United States, one of their primary goals, among several others, was to take over the academic institutions. They knew control of the institutions of education was vital for transforming this country over a sixty to hundred year period. They get an A for effort.

******** Out of respect for my daughter I sought and received her permission to write this blog. I would not have otherwise. I actually sent her a text about it during the event while Mayor Lee was slobbering communist drool all over the microphone. As usual, she was way ahead of me and had already figured I was doing back flips in the bleachers! Congratulations honey! *******************

LOKI HERE

The emperor attended a fundraiser at the home of Hollywood actor George Clooney a few days ago and left with a tidy 15 million dollars in campaign funds. The Hollywood elite are loyal subjects of the emperor and were honored to have the opportunity to pay $40,000 for a plate of food and a chance to hear the emperor speak. The emperor is a phony Messiah and Hollywood loves phonies because Hollywood by definition is phony. Everything about the place and everything it produces is made up. This explains why most of the movies that come out of that pit full of stunted high school hold backs are liberal indoctrinating promo pieces of occupy leavings.

So you can imagine how shocked I have been recently after watching two new movie releases that seem to  provide frighteningly similar parallels to our emperor’s current Orwellian agenda to create a dystopian world and how really bad things can get when tyranny and oppressive government control are the order of the day. Hollywood has done a magnificent job showcasing the very scenarios that freedom loving traditionally valued Americans have been warning others about since the emperor assumed the throne. I am talking of course about The Hunger Games and the Avengers.

 In The Hunger Games, the world has become a government controlled nanny state where every aspect of your existence is regulated. Citizens are force to live in communist type fenced in zones and are not allowed outside the boundaries as designed and established by “Big brother.” Everyone gets the same “fair” portion of food and they all enjoy the opportunity to starve together. The young heroes that are selected by the government in a lottery style drawing are literally trying to survive the “death panel” competition created to entertain a bunch of wealthy and protected government supporters. All I could see when I watch these entitled, elite, disconnected people play with other lives for fun was the vacuous and superficial collection of every single demographic group that supports the emperor and it was all I could do not to stand straight up in the theatre and yell out, “Does this look at all familiar to anybody!” It would be funny if it wasn’t so scary. I left the theater thinking this can’t be good for the emperor and his, “I am superior to you so I will do make all your decisions for you” government image. Just when I figured the emperor would watch the movie and then send Eric Holder in to sue the movie industry for terrorist activities, I went back to the movies and watched one that was ten times worse! Or better, depending on your outlook!

The Avengers is a story about freedom defending Superheroes that have united to defeat and stop the totalitarian, oppressive control freak Loki from subjugating the whole human race. The similarities between the emperor and Loki is horrifyingly spooky and I was once again inclined to stand up inside a semi-crowded theater have me a good old fashion meltdown. Just like Barry, the despot in training Loki is in love with himself and is very fond of giving speeches. They both coincidentally use Germany as a reference for their Marxists viewpoints. Funny huh? It gets downright unbelievable from there.

Loki forcibly gathers up a few hundred theater goers into a public square and demands they kneel before him. One older man refuses and Loki blasts him into vapor with his scepter thingy (I think I saw Eric Holder carrying one around). The rest have the privilege of listening to Loki give a speech that I can only hope becomes the most repeated and quoted movie speech in Hollywood this year and all through out the 2012 presidential political campaign. It is the emperor and his mentor Saul Alinsky channeling though Loki.

Loki is standing over the frightened and confused crowd who are kneeling before him, in similar fashion to Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid during a presidential speech. Loki then proceeds;

 “I come to you with glad tidings of a world made free-from freedom. Freedom is life’s great lie. The bright lure of freedom diminishes your life’s joy in a mad scramble for power, for identity. Is this not simpler? Is this not your natural state? It is the unspoken truth of humanity: that you crave subjugation. You were made to be ruled. In the end….you will always kneel.”

The emperor and his true feelings all right there in a Hollywood script that illustrate his liberty destroying agenda. Thank you Hollywood!

As if that is not enough, the movie also illustrates how Loki, like the emperor was simply handed his power and did nothing to earn it. And as such, they both share a lack of respect for their power and become indignant and petty when challenged on it. Their tyrannical quest for ultimate power exposes their insecurities and in the end causes their demise. OOOPPPSS! I mean just Loki for the time being!

Loki seeks to cause internal division and conflict among the superheroes, who come from significantly diverse origins. He knows he can succeed only when there is no unity among them. But his plan backfires. It is hard not to see the similarities with the emperor as he seeks to divide the country by race, religion gender and economic status. He too knows he can only succeed as long we are not united.Will his plan backfire to?

The Avengers, like all good super hero movies, illustrates what can be accomplised when good people are pushed too far and decide to push back. It could not have come at a better time. Everyone who still has faith that this country can overcome our current situation should take their whole family and watch it together. Grab a couple of liberals by their ponytails and take them too but be careful, they may spontaneously ignite and call you a name.

By making The Hunger Games and The Avengers, Hollywood has successfully and possibly inadvertently lifted the curtain to reveal a truth that the left would prefer to keep hidden. And that truth can be found on 

Pennsylvania Avenue.

 

If you go see the Avengers, look at Captain America and tell me thats not Tim Tebow in a costume!

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JUST KEEP PEDALING

I jumped on my bike for a stroll up into the foothills early Sunday morning. The sun was up and doing its thing yet the air was still quite cool with a little bite and a young breeze was ramping itself up for an impressive showing later. I wanted to test my legs against some challenging climbs and enjoy some scenery along the way. That of course meant Gold Country!

California is a beautiful state with a seemingly unlimited amount of places to go that are truly magnificent. How this gem of Mother Nature came to be run by a bunch of corrupt, Marxist knuckle heads is anybodies guess but that’s a topic for another day.

Sunday’s ride was an uplifting and genuinely pleasant experience for me. I passed over the south Fork of the American River on the Salmon Falls Bridge and saw a couple dozen mountain bikers parked on the gravel lot preparing their machines for the days ride. A handful of kayakers were putting their boats in the water and some hikers were preparing to head onto one of the recreational hiking trails. The air had a feel of vitality and liveliness and although I was just seconds away from starting my first hard climb I felt balanced and quiet. Everyone out there just seemed happy and content.

I slowly chugged up Salmon Falls Road toward the top of the climb, which is marked by a Rhinoceros statue at the private entrance to a housing development I could never afford to live in. On the way I passed several wonderful horse properties, vineyards and mansions. Homeowners were out riding horses and cutting fire breaks. I could hear the distant sound of a chainsaw. I always hear chainsaws when I ride into the foothills. Make sure you bring a chainsaw if you ever move up there.

When I reached the Rhino, a group of senior citizen cyclists greeted me with a rather frightening amount of delight and joy. I soon discovered that the three mile climb to the Rhino is viewed as an accomplishment of significance for some and so I feigned additional fatigue and joined in their festivity for a minute. My day is coming soon enough.

I bid my new friends goodbye and descended down to Highway 49. I turned right and headed for Coloma. During a stretch of gradual descent I noticed that a large yellow bus had crept up behind me. There is no real bike lane on the 49 and caution is the key on this particular stretch. I was moving along at around 30 MPH yet the bus would not pass me. The road ahead was clear and I was riding the two inch white line on the roadside to give the bus all the room it needed. I decided to accelerate and try to get to a pull out somewhere down the road because the bus was making me nervous. I reached 40 MPH and was still riding the white line, a feat I didn’t care to pull off for much longer. The bus did not pass. At the bottom of the grade the road leveled and I slowed. The road widened significantly and the bus finally began passing me. As it pulled up next to me the driver opened the passenger loading door, slowed and apologetically informed me that his fifth grade class wanted to watch the, “guy on the bike ride real fast”. I laughed in relief and said I was glad to provide some entertainment. Every child in the bus pressed their heads up to the window and waived to me as they passed. How cool was that.

I left Highway 49 briefly to climb Marshall Road, which heads to Georgetown. I stopped part way up and took in the phenomenal view below. Everything was green and alive; the water in the gorge below was excited and alluring. The air smelled fresh and my recently acquired April to June exercise induced asthma relaxed and authorized me a lungful of air.

After descending back to Coloma, I noticed something very strange happening. Hundreds of People were walking all over the place looking at the ground. In their hands, each person carried a metal detector, or a golf club, or a stick. I soon realized what they were doing. They were looking for meteorite fragments. A week earlier a meteor entered the atmosphere, flew over the Coloma area and detonated into a zillion pieces. NASA rushed to Sacramento and flew a blimp over the area in hopes of finding one of the larger chunks. When news spread that a meteorite fragment could be worth a lot of money, another gold rush broke out! I wonder if any body hit it big.

The only bummer to an otherwise heavenly bike ride was the guy in the diesel truck. I guess he had it in for cyclists and as I struggled up the Lotus Road climb, he pulled up close to me, blasted diesel smoke in my face by gunning the throttle and then sped away. He was too late however to ruin my morning and I can only surmise he got out of it what he needed.

I pulled up to my house after three and half hours and collapsed on the recliner. The days prior to Sunday were emotionally challenging with life’s affairs and dramas. Riding my bike put me back in the ball game. I don’t quite know how to describe the synergy and oneness that develops between a person and their bicycle. On Sunday morning my bike helped remind me of the simple pleasures and spontaneous fun that can come from being young. I also realize more so then ever that life is better when there’s a Rhino at the top of the hill…………

WE'LL BE IN TOUCH

Thank you for coming in Mr. Obama. As you undoubtedly read in the job announcement, this portion of the employment application process will be an oral interview with a somewhat relaxed conversational format where we will briefly go over your qualifications and job experience relative to this position. It will help to give us a better idea about who you are and what you may be able to provide for us here. Is there anything you would like to say before we start?

“Thank you gentlemen. I am confidant that my accomplishments during my tenure as emperor will speak for itself and will illustrate quite clearly what I am capable of doing to your, I ‘m sorry…for your fine corporation.”

Thank you Mr. Obama, with that I think we will proceed;

Now I see here in your Curriculum Vitae that you managed a multi trillion dollar budget and during your time as the emperor you claim to have ‘transformed” the American economy. Oddly sir, financial records indicate that during the three years and two months to date that you operated in the capacity of emperor the national debt skyrocketed 4.9 trillion dollars. Mr. Bush, the prior leader of the country didn’t do that much damage in eight years, yet you specifically called his actions “unpatriotic” when you sought to be the new leader. How would you respond to this Mr. Obama?

“That’s an excellent question gentleman, unfortunately you denied me the opportunity to have a teleprompter installed in this office prior to the interview and I was not given a list of questions before hand in order that I may adequately disperse blame to other people and organizations.” I can tell you with all candor however that the financial numbers you present are just that, numbers, and cannot accurately reflect the complex economic program that I have personally implemented. You would most likely become frustrated if you tried to understand such complex economic dynamics. Trust me.”

I see….Mr. Obama. Your prior employer reports that as emperor you drove the national deficit to over 15 trillion dollars and cost your country its AAA credit rating for the first time in 70 years. Additionally, there is over 100 million dollars in unfunded Social Security and Medicare liabilities. Is this something you care to address here?

“Ya, I’ll address it. I’ll address it to George W. Bush in somewhere Texas, which is just south of the United States. He started it. Seriously though gentleman………I haven’t done anything that hasn’t been done before. I have just done it faster which for anybody paying attention is a clear indicator of my ability to get things done”.

All righty…..Mr. Obama. As part of your job description as emperor, you and congress are required by law to pass a budget. It is considered one of the most fundamental functions of congress. It’s been 1091 days and you still haven’t passed a budget. Not only that but you and the other democrats have criticized the Republicans when they tried to do your job for you. Response?

“Response? You want a response? I can’t get shit done when other people won’t just let me do whatever the hell I want! All this balance of power crap really gets in my way. At least now in the private sector I can have my way without dealing with other people. Gentlemen look………we’re all high level intellects here. You all know like I do that most people are simply inferior and it requires patience to work alongside them. I’ve been patient, but let’s be honest, it’s not working out and I am now willing to share my incredible skills here with you. It’s a win-win situation. Let’s not look a gift horse in the mouth.”

Point taken. Now then Mr. Obama. The unemployment rate during your predecessor’s tenure was roughly 5.3%. During your time as emperor it’s been 8.2% and that doesn’t include those who gave up looking for work all together. Not since the great depression have we seen numbers like this. We also see that you have strong support among black Americans but every statistic indicates that they are worse off now then before you took office. How do you account for these enigmas?

“What did you call me? Don’t make me get Eric Holder on the phone! Don’t you think I see what’s going on here? The American people deserve better then this!...I mean I deserve more then the American people!...No! That’s not right either…..Your deliberately trying to confuse me with facts and figures! I was the emperor damnit! I could talk a fly off a pile of horse dung! I could sell oregano and convince everyone they were high! College kids love me! It’s about the game man! It’s obvious you are all rich, white, racists, woman haters! I could have the New Black Panther Party and the occupy movement down here in fifteen minutes to put bounties on your head and feces on you lawn! Look…..I need a job ok? They asked me to leave the last one and it wasn’t fair. I’m all about fair. So let’s be fair ok? Harvard didn’t take me back after they realized I had no idea how the Supreme Court worked. The people at Subway said they couldn’t trust me to take customer money. Papa Murphy’s Pizza required that I work together with others. All the investment companies I spoke with ask me to leave immediately. This is not fair. The only company that will hire me right now wants me to hand out flyers on the street corner because they said I have  proven very capable at giving things away that don’t belong to me. Gentlemen, you’re my last shot…..your my only hope now. I sincerely hope we forget the past and look forward. I see great things for this company and I only hope you can see your way clear to give me a chance. I want to be a part of the solution now. Please?

Mr. Obama. In spite of you name calling and arrogant demeanor we will still consider giving you a chance. This company believes everyone deserves a chance to succeed. We do have one concern……….

Have you ever worked on an oil pipeline before?