Radio Silence: ClimateGate

Actually, talk radio is the only outlet shedding light on ClimateGate, save for Fox News.

As of last Friday, those of us who aren’t in denial heard about the emails betwixt those who are trying to perpetrate the “Global Warming/Climate Change” hoax and how they’ve cooked their books. We enlightened individuals have known for quite some time that this is the biggest scam pre-dating Bernie Madoff. And now that there is some evidence (evidence being something that these scientists aren’t used to) that they’ve been trying to dupe us all along, the media is silent.

That silence is deafening.

Shouldn’t they be chasing down a story? Asking some probing questions? From the NewsBusters website, this is what the mainstream media focused on during their news broadcasts since the ClimateGate emails broke last week:

ABC’s “World News with Charles Gibson” Friday did a very lengthy piece about Oprah Winfrey ending her syndicated daytime talk show

ABC’s “World News with Charles Gibson” Monday did a lengthy piece on new revelations involving the marital affair of Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.)

CBS “Evening News” Saturday reported a ten-year-old pianist playing at Carnegie Hall

CBS “Evening News” Sunday did lengthy pieces on the website FreeCreditReport.com not being free and the movie “New Moon”

CBS “Evening News” Monday did lengthy pieces about defective drywall and a man who makes money wearing t-shirts

NBC “Nightly News” Friday reported on Switzerland’s supercollider being turned back on

NBC “Nightly News” Saturday did a somewhat lengthy report on food carts

NBC “Nightly News” Sunday reported the release of British singer Susan Boyle’s CD, and then followed it up with another report Monday on her promoting it.

Are these news organizations, or Entertainment Tonight with boring wardrobes? Then again, Katie does dazzle.

I’ve said my peace about the farce that is Global Warming. I guess we’ll just wait and see when the mainstream/lamestream media wakes up. They’re their own punchline these days.

If a district falls in the forest, and no one is around to hear it

Does it exist?

Further, is anyone going to make a big deal about this? Because it is a big deal. It’s fraudulent reporting, pure and simple. But I’m sure there will be spin to be spun.

Rush Limbaugh is talking about it on his show right now, and makes the salient point that ACORN must be salivating to register all these phantom people with a “D.”

From one of the many special advisors, via the White House blog:

Posted by G. Edward DeSeve on November 17, 2009 at 09:37 AM EST

We fully agree with those who find the mistakes in the data frustrating – and we’ve been working with the Recovery Board to find the mistakes, and fix them.   Just because mistakes are inevitable in any new system – especially one this large, and this new — doesn’t mean they are acceptable.  We are going through the reports with a fine tooth comb, identifying mistakes, and working with filers to correct them.  That said, three big picture points should not be lost.

It would be great if every report filed was correct the first time, on time, and contained no errors.  But that’s not realistic when 130,000 reports are being filed in a 10 day period.  It would be great if the reviewers at the federal agencies, could have found all the mistakes in the 20 days they had to do the job, gotten the reports back to the recipients to be fixed, and reposted  – but again, that isn’t realistic.

Is anyone else amused that his surname is “deceive?”

Decisions about Afghanistan

So, I get that making decisions about the conduct of the war in Afghanistan is a big deal, I will give the president that.  Maybe my perspective as a military officer skews things but here goes.

The military exists to execute the political will of the country, expressed in the election of the president as commander-in-chief.  We have no say in where or when we go, we just go, and dying is part of war and combat.  No one wants to send our young troopers to die in some God-foresaken land but they are there now, and Obama decides the Afghan theater is not in our national interest, then get them out and let the chips fall where they may.

Maybe the Taliban takes over and 9/11 is repeated; maybe Karzai cracks down and kills them and the arab al Qaeda in his midst and Afghanistan becomes ‘normal,’ in a central asian sort of way.  If Obama decides Afghanistan is worthy of continued American blood and treasure, then send some more G-D’ing troops and start killing Taliban and living amongst the people.  Who cares if the Karzai government is corrupt?  Show me a government that isn’t corrupt, starting with our own.  The Afghan central government has been historically weak and the power resides at the provincial, and more importantly at the village and tribal levels.

And please, pretty please, give up the ‘graveyard of empires’ bull crap.  The geography, culture, people and history of Afghanistan are no different from others.  The British had their asses handed to them, at first, then came back and kicked ass and conquered.  Same with Alexander.  The Soviets decided, after a huge influx of US cash and weapons, their effort was wasted (the famed ‘mujahadeen’ were nothing until Stingers and Pakistani ISI helped).

Here’s the thing – the Taliban can be killed as easily as any other race or culture on earth.  They aren’t superhuman.  This is getting a little stream-of-consciousness but my point is this – if we want to win in Afghanistan, we can.  If we don’t, then let’s get out.  Obama has to make a decision either way but his lack of decision-making and responsibility and accountability throughout this life is readily apparent now.  He only sees the political risks in his decision, not the interests of the US or the life and death of US troops.

Are we still in denial?

The byline on this post is, “Pelosi Plan would strangle the economy.” So when are we going to start calling a spade “a spade?” As far as I can see, that is the plan: strangle the economy, wrestle capitalism to an early grave and make all Americans wards of the government.

I find it hard to see it in any other light.

Actually, I’ve tried. I was thinking, what if they don’t know any better? The Obamas, Pelosi, Jarrett, Frank … these people were brought up in the corrupt Chicago political machine, or something similar. Did they ever truly learn about free market principles? None of them have held “real” jobs, it’s quite possible that simple economics escapes them. If they’ve been successfully walled off from real society and only know hardships via their slick campaign managers offering up puff pieces, then maybe they do think this is in our best interest.

But even delving through that rationale leaves me hopeless and further, it is no excuse. They can look to history and even to other countries who currently are strapped with massive debt and failing healthcare standards. Shame on us if we voted for such ill-equipped politicians. Shame on them if they can’t observe and adjust. Which brings me back to the idea that this is all intentional.

Thank you Veterans

For your honor, courage and sacrifice. And thanks to the families of Vets, for your sacrifices often go unacknowledged. We are deep in our gratitude.

And happy 234th birthday, Marines!

Scenes from Capitol Hill

I ventured to the Capitol Building today along with many others; and as invigorating the experience was, I’m sure it will have done no good. My best guess for turnout is a couple thousand folks, but I have no way of making an official estimate. Just what I saw with my own eyes. Jon Voight and Mark Levin gave wonderful speeches, and brought along John Ratzenberger who also left us with some inspiring words.

Here are a few scenes (it was a beautiful day weather-wise):

A link you can believe in

A fresh pick off of Hot Air this morning, and all I can say is.. WOW. A dose of reality, from Esquire? I don’t read Esquire, and maybe I’ve misjudged, but I always lumped it in with every other magazine that leans too liberal for me to stomach. And that might still be the case, but kudos to them for printing this piece. If it is printed, maybe it’s just an online thing. Baby steps.

After all, “people” didn’t elect Obama, just as “people” aren’t exactly circling the wagons for him a year later, reinforcing his mandate when he needs them most. “Obsessions” are more like it, those waves of cultural relevance that motivate everything from who’s declared the next American Idol to how a no-budget independent film like Paranormal Activity can chug its way to $85 million and counting at the box office. Obamamania was just this kind of obsession — albeit on a scale of more global importance if not American attention, albeit spurred in part by the novelty of an African-American candidate and antipathy toward eight years of Republican rule.

Cult of personality indeed. The article gets the obligatory dig at Palin, so I know it’s legit. I’m just pleased to see some awakening in this country. Hopefully it’s not too much of a hangover by the time others open their eyes.

Dems are lazy voters

I don’t ever go to Daily Kos, primarily because I am not a liberal or statist, but this article was listed in Real Clear Politics today. I read lefty articles to ‘know my enemy,’ or the enemy of my country. I am sworn to defend the Constitution from all enemies foreign and domestic, and Daily Kos is certainly a domestic enemy.

The claim that Markos Moulisitos, the statist lefty progressive lib who wants to ruin our country and runs Daily Kos, makes is telling dems that if they want to get elected or re-elected, they need to stick to the ideals of the base—like health care, the environment, and immigration reform (I was under the impression that to liberals, immigration reform was opening the borders to all comers and giving current illegal migrants full citizenship and voting rights?). Makes sense from an electoral perspective—run on a platform that excites your base. The statement that really sticks in my mind however is the threat that ‘we’ll stay home if you don’t ‘inspire us with bold and decisive action.’ So, if a democrat runs on a platform of lower taxes, small business growth, strong national security and freedom, Markos the Patriot will stay home and presumably whine and moan to his sympathetic whiny lib blog-audience? While I am decisively more conservative than republican, I would still vote for the average republican over a dem any day. I earned my right to vote as a tax-paying veteran and I am going to exercise it every time I am given the opportunity. I guess progressive statist libs are either lazy unless inspired by lofty yet empty speeches or self-defeating in their anti-conservative/anti-American apathy.

Maybe instead of criticizing Markos, I should encourage him and his friends?

Awwww YEAHHHHHH

Brother Mouzone has looked upon today’s poll results, and pronounces them good.

When Republicans act like Republicans should– as mainstream conservatives– they do well. They don’t always win, but they do well. When they act like punks– Democrats– they don’t do well, because when people are given the choice between real Democrats and wannabe Democrats, they’ll choose the real ones most all the time.

Brother Mouzone likes winners, and will probably stroke a rare donation check to the Virginia state party, as a victory bonus. Winners get paid; losers get shit. More than anything, Brother Mouzone likes it that the smarmy little pillow-biter, Gov Kaine, took it in the shorts. Brother Mouzone despises that little weasel. Brother Mouzone might need a cigarette now…

Let us hope the RNC takes note. (No donation for them, as of yet.)

GOP: Common sense healthcare

Go watch this video put forth by Rep. John Boehner. It’s important because the Dems keep parroting the fact that the GOP has come up with nothing, which is not at all true, of course. Unless they mean the GOP has come up with nothing that compares to the volume and criminality of what the liberals want. More importantly, Dems keep locking the GOP out of meetings to discuss healthcare legislation.

Once again, this proves that Pelosi, Reid and Team Obama don’t care to make smart, fiscally sound decisions and are instead, hellbent on more government control in our lives. They wouldn’t consider this type of simple legislation and their fringe liberal base wouldn’t either. The question remains—what will get signed and what will we get strapped with?

Paranormal Profit: where’s the outrage?

All we’ve heard from the Obama administration how “immoral” and outrageous profit is—at least when born at the hands of insurance or oil companies. Setting aside the reality of their actual profits, of course. No one wants to muddy the waters with reality when you have an agenda.

So what about the insane profit the horror flick Paranormal Activity has garnered?

“Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” has made the biggest splash at this year’s box office as the only film to cross the $400 million mark domestically. But if we’re talking about pure profit, the big story is the indie-turned-weekend-champ “Paranormal Activity,” which cost about $15,000 to make and raked in $22 million from Friday through Sunday.

That weekend success brought the horror film’s total gross to more than $65 million, making it the single most profitable film in history, according to some number-crunching at TheWrap.com. Comparing the “Paranormal” production budget to its global box-office haul, the site found that the film has delivered a staggering 434,000 percent return on investment. That number will only grow in the coming weeks, considering the film only just received a wide release, moving up from 950 theaters to almost 2,000 last weekend.

The next closest competitor is 1999’s “The Blair Witch Project,” another indie horror flick. With a production budget of $60,000, that movie posted a 414,000 percent ROI. After two pre-Depression-era films, “ET: The Extraterrestrial” delivered the fifth highest percentage, a comparatively small return of 7,000 percent.

My, my, my. Sounds to me like these indie-filmmakers need to save and/or create more jobs and insure the scores of illegal—oops, I mean destitute Americans who are wandering the streets, footless and tonsilless.

Teach your children well

Last week I pondered what a simple, upstanding citizen (only speaking for myself here, but it can be taken in broad terms) is to do amidst all the crap our administration is doing. Those of us that don’t have a microphone or an active vote in congress, or millions of dollars… what can we do? Today over at Hot Air, someone who consistently writes eloquent posts—Dr. Zero—has some words of encouragement. An excerpt:

Parents can take back education by getting involved with it. Be active and outspoken at your local public school. Demand accountability for outrages like politicized curricula and cult-of-personality sing-alongs. Challenge the teachers, and teach your children to challenge the teachers. So many of the great victories, in the early battles to reclaim our children from the Left, began with a brave and confident student who refused to stop asking questions… and a teacher who refused to provide answers. Take your local school board elections seriously. Find out what they’re not teaching your kids about America’s history and government, and fill in the blanks.

In our family we’ve done this. At dinnertime (yes, when we sit down and eat home-cooked meals, seemingly an old fashioned thing to do) we talk to our kids in terms they can understand about why we’re against what Obama is trying to do. We don’t talk scary talk, just reasonable talk and we answer questions. It’s refreshing to hear that they often can recite acts of our Founding Fathers; comforting to know their school is at least giving them proper history. We also attend parent-teacher conferences and have open communication with the teachers via email.

It feels like small steps, slow steps—and it is. And in today’s world, instant gratification usually takes the place of slow and steady. I’ll try and take comfort that these small, slow steps will pay off huge in the long run and preserve our freedoms and our Country.