So Much Going On

April usually turns my attention from politics to something more important: baseball. Though I haven't annoyed my keyboard much lately I am still keeping a weather eye on the B-HO and his cronies.

There has been a recent row over Joe Klein (columnist at Communist Stooge Time Magazine) who accused Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin of sedition on Chris Matthews' show. Another guest chimed in adding Rush Limbaugh to the list for calling it the Obama 'Regime'. This blatant attempt to chill Free Speech comes from the very people who demanded 'regime change' (preferably violent) when George W Bush was president. In fact, the left called Bush's two terms a regime more than 6500 times from 1/20/01. Additionally, they trotted Bubba out to further attempt to chill free speech on the 15th anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing. You may remember that he blamed Limbaugh directly for the actions of Timothy McVeigh.

Lesson: When Republicans are in power, dissent is the highest form of patriotism but when Democrats are in power dissent is seditious.

Feeling his oats after destroying American health care, the B-HO is targeting Wall Street for submission to the "Soviet Central Committee" this week. His willing accomplice in this scheme is Goldman Sachs. You may remember from previous posts the lengthy tentacles Goldman has in our government (across the political spectrum). Without warning the SEC slapped charges on Goldman - conveniently at a time to keep it from getting into the news cycle until after the weekend. The White House claims it had 'no idea' this was coming but by Monday, a Google search of "Goldman Sachs SEC" brings up a SPONSORED LINK to the B-HO's website (not the White House website). I'll let you draw your own conclusion there. In addition to that suspicious little tidbit, an article in the Washington Examiner today reveals the fact that Goldman has donated 7 times the amount of money to Obama as Enron did to George W Bush! Where is the MSM on that? They wouldn't let us forget that Enron donated a paltry $151,000 (inflation adjusted) to his campaign. Goldman dropped 7 digits into Barry's coffers. If Obama gets his "reform" passed look for Goldman to pay a small SEC fine while their competitors are destroyed by said "reform". Remember back in 2008, Hank Paulson (former Goldman bigwig) advised Bush not to intervene when Lehman Brothers collapsed and they were Goldman's main rival...

To distract us from that, the Regime has the FDA out trying to regulate how much salt can be added to our food - for our health naturally! Who do they think they are?

Both of these are being used to distract us from the Idiot of Economics, Paul Volcker floating the VAT trial balloon for the Regime recently. The VAT (value added tax) should be slapped from the lips of anyone who utters it as a legitimate idea. A VAT could double the prices of some goods overnight for consumers. Unlike a sales tax which is only charged at the retail level, a VAT is added to an item at EVERY LEVEL of production!

As an example, let's look at the wheat for a loaf of bread. A farmer grows the wheat, harvests it and sells it to the flour mill. The government charges VAT because the farmer has 'added value' to the wheat. The flour mill grinds it and sells it to the bakery triggering a second VAT because they 'added value' by milling the flour. The bakery mixes the flour into batter with other ingredients (all charged VATs) to make bread. They sell it to a retailer creating yet another VAT. The retailer finally sells it to you triggering the final VAT in the system. At every level of production the seller has had to charge the buyer more because of the VAT and the buyer has passed on that cost to the next seller which means that the consumer ultimately pays for each and every VAT back to the farmer who grew the wheat. In the real world (or at least Europe where the VAT is everywhere) the result has added 100%+ to the cost of an item depending on what goes into it and the VAT rate. This is unlike a sales tax where most if not all wholesale (pre-consumer) transactions are exempted. Most consumers cannot absorb even a small VAT and it would kill any economic recovery - even the phantom one we're being told is going on right now.

Whiffing at Soft Balls

I saw enough of the Washington Nationals Opener on Monday to witness Obama mocking the sport, the fans, and tradition when he donned a White Sox cap for his ceremonial first pitch. I mainly tuned in to hear the crowd reaction to him which was mixed at best (not a good sign for him considering it was in the liberal bastion of Washington DC) and the boos overpowered the cheers after he added the sullied Southsider chapeau. Not too long afterward he made his way to the booth where a fawning Rob Dibble pitched him what news industry insiders call a 'soft ball' question. In fact there could hardly be a potential softer ball question than was served; but Obama managed to strike out on one pitch.

Dibble: Who are some of your favorite White Sox players? (They don't get much easier for a president.)

Long awkward pause (come on Barry - can you even name a guy on the field below you - considering that they HAVE THEIR NAMES ON THEIR BACKS????) STRIKE ONE.

Obama: You know, blah blah blah, I like a lot of Cubs players too... (Really? Can you name any of THEM? Carlos Zambrano? Derrik Lee? Ryne Sandberg? I'd even give you credit for Evers, Tinker, or Chance.) STRIKE TWO.

Obama continues: ...blah, blah, blah, Cominskey Park, blah, blah... (Cominskey? Don't you mean Comiskey? You know named after the infamous late owner of the White Sox who wouldn't even pay to launder their uniforms?) BALL ONE - since I've heard a lot of people who aren't worthless 'presidents' add the extraneous 'n' to Charlie Comiskey's last name.

Obama continues: ...blah, blah, White Sox play blue collar baseball (Huh? What the H*ll is blue collar baseball? For that matter what the H*ll would be considered white collar baseball? Their minimum wage is almost what you make a year, moron!) ...blah, blah Steve Bartman blah, blah... (Wait! He actually threw a name out there! Granted it is only the most (wrongly) maligned name in Chicago history but the man never played major league baseball. And it STILL has nothing to do with the White Sox.) STEEEEERIKE THREE! YOU'RE OUTTA THERE!

By today, everyone with internet knows the name Mark Beuhrle (whether or not you can spell it) for his cool between the legs play to get an out at first on Monday. Fans know other names like new White Sox SS Omar Vizquel or pitcher Jake Peavy. Even if you don't know any modern White Sox, you can always fall back and punt (sorry to mix sports metaphors) with a classic line: I've always liked Shoeless Joe Jackson and think he got a raw deal in the "Black Sox Scandal". Anyone who knows baseball will nod vigorously in agreement giving you at least a "walk" to first - though you may have to endure a lengthy monologue that rehashes the 1919 Black Sox Scandal and a detailed recap of Joe Jackson's stats for the World Series. But alas for 'glorious comrade leader' he couldn't even come up with that!

The Eternal Hope of Spring

Unlike Obama's false hope and change, Spring brings actual hope to us every year. No matter how bad the winter, how hard the times, as the days lengthen and the last gasps of winter rage about us, all humans no matter their religion or culture are filled with new hope every spring.

Spring's greatest hope comes in the form of Easter, the day Christianity celebrates the resurrection of Jesus Christ as the Savior of all mankind. Easter generally falls around one of the most ancient holy days celebrated by Christianity's older sibling Judaism: Passover. The Jewish Passover has been celebrated continuously for roughly four millenia now. Foreshadowing the salvation of Christ by about 2000 years, faithful Jews brushed lamb's blood on their doorposts at Moses command to avoid the last of the plagues visited on Egypt. That night the angel sent by God to kill all the firstborn of Egypt 'passed over' the houses with lamb's blood on the doorposts. Jesus is often referred to as the lamb of God and like the faithful Jews in Egypt, God will recognize us as His own when we paint the "Blood of the Lamb" on our spiritual doorposts. Have you taken this important step to be passed over for death?

The other great hope that 'springs eternal' every April is the opening of Baseball Season. Like the Jews during the Diaspora would utter the hopeful phrase "Next year in Jerusalem", Cubs fans claim that this year is their year. One wonders if Cubs fans will wander longer than the Jews. Today though is the day that every fan of every of the 30 MLB teams can hope that this is their year (except probably for Mets fans who languish in the eternal torment of injury Limbo). For baseball fans hope and summer are measured by 162 games rather than days. The rainiest day of summer will be bright when our team wins and the sunniest day will be dimmed a bit when they lose; but until the end of September, tomorrow brings hope that they will win again and we can bask in the warm glow of victory clear through October.

Here's a little tidbit of wisdom from Earl Pitts.
The three words every man wants to hear from a woman: Want more bacon?

Who Watches the Watchers?

Of all the onerous aspects of the health care 'law' we now toil under, perhaps the worst aspect of it is that it will be administered by the IRS. Evil the Obama Administration may be but he and his minions are not stupid. Unlike every other federal, state, and local agency in the United States, the IRS illegally and un-Constitutionally is not bound by English Common Law. Every agency except the IRS has to presume you are innocent no matter how compromising a situation they may find you in. In contradiction to every barrier of protection the Founders provided for us, the IRS gets to start with the assumption that we are guilty and they have a permanent battery of lawyers set to impoverish and destroy those who would stand in defiance of them. Obama and his snakes are adding 16,000 new IRS agents to monitor compliance with yet another un-Constitutional law knowing full well that this one agency can circumvent every protection US citizens have against tyrannical government. Many may not recognize it but this is a second huge step in the process of transforming us from citizens into subjects.

April 21st is St. George's Day but this year it will mark another important and tyrannical event in US history. Three US companies Caterpillar, John Deere, and Verizon will be hauled up before Henry "the Cue Ball" Waxman and his committee for FOLLOWING THE LAW!!! The three companies issued revised, projected earnings statements as they must, by law, to one of the infinite government agencies, based on projected health care costs from the new Obama law. Well, "Nostrilitis" Waxman doesn't like reality intruding into fantasy so he's mad at these three companies for rightly complaining that the law will hurt their investors. Adopting the same thug, Chicago Mafia tactics used by Obama on a daily basis and by the same committee against Toyota; once again a committee composed of scum and villainy will be accusing honorable businessmen of "crimes against government".

Waxman, Obama, Peolsi, Reid, Frank, Emanuel and the rest are nothing less than traitors to this nation. Every moment they are in office and every step they take reinforces Ronald Reagan's maxim: Government is not the solution; government IS the problem.

Obama the...

...AntiSemite

Yes, I'm going to say it out loud, Obama is an anti-Semite. His Administration does have Jews in it but they are the anti-Zionist, self-loathing type in the mold of Rahm Emmanuel. His hatred of Israel though is becoming a stumbling block. He is demanding 'regime' change in Israel because, no doubt, Prime Minister Netanyahu did not fall for any of Obama's thug, strong arm tactics in spite of the open insults and back room torture sessions. Now, the US is holding its veto of UN sanctions against Israel over them like a Sword of Damocles. This coming on the heels of Reichsmarshall Obama's manufactured US/Israel crisis over a housing project in an area of Jerusalem that was EXPRESSLY NOT controversial. Unlike his archetype - Jimmy Carter - Obama cannot be so naive that he doesn't see the danger he is placing Israel in. By creating a rift between them and the US and publicly chastising them, he will only embolden their Muslim enemies. Israel can no longer rely on the US as a solid ally (at least until 2013) and they have been wisely courting European nations since the Anointing of Obama.

...Muslim?

He smiles at you with that big toothy, Arab-like grin. He bows obsequiously to other dignitaries like the stereotypical Arab in the old movies. Then, when you are off guard, he shouts 'Allahyhu Akbar' and sinks a dagger into your back. I have already pointed out his anti-Semitism - on par with the most frothing at the mouth jihadist. He spent time in a Madrasa as a child. He gravitated toward radicals and radical causes as a young adult. He found a 'church' where hatred spewed forth from the pulpit that compares to the teachings of the most radical Imam in a mosque. He deals with opposition by destroying or enslaving those who oppose him. In spite of all that, I don't think he is a Muslim. He simply cannot be. He also cannot be a Christian because it is obvious that he hates any being that would set itself up as God in opposition to him. He wants to convert us all or kill us in the process. His armies must shout 'Obamayhu Akbar' as they charge into battle against his 'divine' authority.

...Authoritarian Dictator

He won and we lost. To him that means we cannot oppose anything he wants to do in direct contravention of the idea of a Representative Republic. He does not care a bit about the Constitution. He and his Congress have passed Health Care in defiance of the will of the people. He took over banks and two car companies with disregard to the will of the people. He governs with Executive Orders and when Congress won't pass what he wants, he forces it through the Bureaucracy. He cuts ties with America's traditional, republican allies and embraces our dictatorial enemies. He surrounds himself with criminals, with petty union dictators, 'scientists' without morals or ethics, and people of every stripe who want only to enrich themselves and curb individual liberties of the 'masses'.

It is a good thing that God is great and Obama is not because we are now pilgrims in an unholy land.

Curse Them All

Genesis 12:3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.

This was a distinct promise from God to Abraham (and his offspring) given at the same time God promised to essentially establish the nation of Israel through him. History is replete with God fulfilling that promise.

Egypt suffered for enslaving them. The Assyrians fell when threatening to wipe out the Hebrews. Babylon fell for the same reason. The beginning of Rome's decline occurs shortly after the Diaspora. The nations of Europe in the Middle Ages thrived when they treated Jews well and suffered when they did not. Russia's institutional anti-Semitism kept it backward and invaded through much of its history. The Ottoman Empire sank into decay as its anti-Jewish laws grew more Draconian. Britain lost much of her empire for reneging on the Balfour Declaration. God took Russia from the Romanovs and delivered it into the hands of the Communists for its mistreatment of Jews. Germany got Hitler and committed national suicide when it attempted to exterminate the Jews. Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, and Egypt have thrown away several generations in fruitless attempts to destroy the rock of Israel since it became a nation.

So perhaps it is fitting that at the same time the President, Vice President, and Secretary of State of the United States have taken to openly cursing Israel; the traitorous subhumans in Congress pass a bill that sounds the death knell of the American Republic.

Twice I have started posts dripping venom and outright hatred of these people. The first I showed to Mrs. C - who, wanting a father at home for Crusader Jr. when he arrives, urged me not to publish it. The second, which is probably (a) more honest than the first and (b) filled with even more venom than the first was as much about me needing to vent the rage that was keeping me awake last night as anything else. Needless to say, both were very Old Testament and largely included hopes and prayers that God would make the 219 congressmen, 59 senators, vp, and potus (no caps on purpose - these people simply don't deserve my respect) suffer so badly that Job would look like he had a bad case of the sniffles by comparison. Of course that is not very Christian and I have honestly admitted to both God and myself that there really isn't much Christian love in my heart for anyone that I view as having destroyed the American Republic whether it be in accordance to God's plan or not.

Fortunately for those moods, I have the harsh comfort of God's assurances in Deuteronomy (32:35) and partially reiterated in Romans (12:19).

It is mine to avenge; I will repay. In due time their foot will slip; their day of disaster is near and their doom rushes upon them.

This is one of the few time where I prefer the NIV translation as it captures God's mood with much more force. For some reason, 'their doom rushes upon them' really appeals to the Scottish Highlander in me. I truly hope to witness Nancy Pelosi's doom rush in on her (oh please, oh please!!!) - perhaps in the form of a lightning strike. Since these people are all like mini Stalins, hopefully they will die by raising a fist to curse the God that created them and He will smite (don't you love that word! There needs to be more 'smiting' of evil people.) them down.

Anyhoo - since I have God doing all the smiting rather than doing any myself, I doubt the black helicopters filled with federal agents will be visiting me anytime soon to see if I constitute an actual threat. That means Crusader Jr. will have a daddy at home furiously hammering on the keyboard in faint hopes that God will smite(!) down half of Congress for their next transgression against liberty which will probably be "Fairness" Doctrine or another big tax hike.

Hey Sean Penn - BITE ME!

Okay, I haven't been interested in blogging lately and that is probably not going to change in the near term but here are a few thoughts.

Where is Venezuela's Pinochet? Sean Penn wants all of us who are aware that Hugo Chavez won obviously rigged elections and is in fact a dictator to die "screaming of rectal cancer". Perhaps if we all call Chavez a dictator at the same time Sean Penn will contract rectal cancer himself and the rest of us will have a good laugh. In 1973 Chile, Soviet backed left-winger Salvador Allende was pulling many of the same stunts Hugo is in current day Venezuela. A gutsy Colonel in the army realized what was going on and stepped in to stop his beloved nation from becoming a Soviet stooge. For his troubles including a reign of 17 years, and (from unbiased sources) around 1500 communist/socialist opponents killed or 'disappeared' he earned the eternal ire of the left (by any conventional standard this is a fairly bloodless coup). However when Pinochet stepped down in 1990 and Chile returned to democratic rule, it was in much better shape economically than South American nations that had moved left during the Cold War. Venezuela needs a Pinochet right now. Yes, he would earn the hatred of Danny Glover and Sean Penn and probably face charges in the Hague no matter how bloodless his reign but the people of Venezuela deserve better than Chavez. He has already destroyed their economy and is on the verge of aborting the rising middle class emerging in Venezuela. He is evil, he embraces a system of hatred and death, and yes Sean, he is a dictator.

Of course the way things are going in the US, we might need our own Pinochet soon as well.