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Thursday, May 27, 2010

OBAMA’S LYNDON JOHNSON MOMENT?

PRESIDENT LYNDON BAINES JOHNSON famously said that if he’d LOST WALTER CRONKITE on the Vietnam War, then he’d lost Middle America.
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That was a bad moment for an embattled President, and it didn’t get better, either.  But, losing a news anchor is one thing…..can our current President actually survive LOSING JAMES CARVILLE?
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DO NOT miss the video….incredible!

Posted by Earl on 05/27 at 06:58 AM
Politics • Domestic • Government Outrage •

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

THE WORLD NEEDS MORE MEN LIKE DETROIT’S MAYOR—DAVE BING

I remember listening to Dave Bing play ball on the radio….I may have seen Dave Bing on the basketball court.  I remember reading about Dave Bing in my sports magazines, and admiring his skill….but I didn’t admire him nearly as much back then, and certainly for nothing as important, as I do today.
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Why did Dave Bing run for mayor of Detroit? Cassaundra says simply, “He felt he had to.“....Yes, people know Detroit is in bad shape ... but what do they really know? Do they know that the graduation rate for African-Americans in the Detroit Public School district is 20%? Do they know that the unemployment rate in the city was recently measured at 27%—and that by some estimates the actual number may be 20 to 25 percentage points higher? Do they know that the turnout in the May 5 special election to replace Kilpatrick, in which Bing first won the mayoralty, was only 15%?

Then there is the city’s deficit, estimated to be approximately $325 million. And the city’s median income, which in 2008 was $28,730—the lowest of any major city in the country.

Are you having fun yet, Mr. Mayor?

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Dave Bing is a multi-millionaire businessman and an ex-All Star basketball player.
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Dave Bing is 67 years old…...

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Posted by Earl on 01/19 at 11:38 PM
Miscellany • HEROES • Politics • Domestic •

Thursday, March 12, 2009

WHAT IS THE DEFINITION OF “OBSESSION” - AND NO, WE’RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THE PERFUME…...

Maybe the interest that some on the left and in the media (but, I repeat myself) take in Neocons qualifies…...

Here is John Podhoretz reacting to Joe Klein’s column about Chas Freeman’s (Ambassador from Saudi Arabia) resignation, only the most recent example of the phenomenon under scrutiny:

As I say, truly astounding. Barack Obama, the anti-neocon, wins 66 million votes and 53 percent. Members of his party control the House of Representatives by a 50 vote margin and are nearly filibuster-proof in the Senate. And still a small cabal of people who — get this! — have the nerve to write articles and blog items quoting the words of the man appointed to head the National Intelligence Council on matters as various as the wonders of the Saudis, the glories of the suppressors of Tienanmen, and the responsibility of the United States for 9/11! See us work our kabbalistic Yiddische magic on the hapless liberals who only think they are in control in Washington!

READ THE WHOLE THING

Posted by Earl on 03/12 at 12:14 PM
Politics • Domestic •

WONDERING WHY THE “NEWS MEDIA” ISN’T MUCH LIKED OR RESPECTED…...?

Have a look at CHRIS MATTHEWS doing his thing with ARI FLEISCHER.

Posted by Earl on 03/12 at 11:55 AM
Politics • Domestic • Media Bias •

Thursday, March 05, 2009

WHAT DOES A TRILLION DOLLARS LOOK LIKE?

I don’t think ANY of us really know what a trillion means…..despite the fact that the number is being thrown around with abandon, these days.  I remember when a $400,000,000,000.00 (four hundred billion dollars) was an UNCONSIONABLE deficit…..but that was a long time ago - back when a Republican was in the White House.  Now, the government can commit to spending well over one trillion dollars it doesn’t have (meaning it will borrow or print the money), and (almost) everyone is cheering. 

Anyhow, thanks to Jonah Goldberg at THE CORNER, I’ve been to a website where one can see in a very graphic fashion the full reality of $1,000,000,000,000.00 (one trillion dollars).  Get ready, because it’s a little bit shocking.  OK…..(I’m not making this up).....(don’t say I didn’t warn you)........HERE IT IS.

Posted by Earl on 03/05 at 12:32 PM
Miscellany • Funny (strange?) Stuff • Politics • Domestic • Government Outrage • Economics •

YOU DON’T HAVE TO WONDER WHERE YOU STAND WITH THE U.S. MARINE CORPS…...

THEY LET YOU KNOW
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And if a picture is worth a thousand words…..

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Posted by Earl on 03/05 at 10:19 AM
Miscellany • HEROES • Politics • Domestic • Iraq •

Monday, March 02, 2009

SO, WHAT DO YOU ACTUALLY KNOW ABOUT “CAP and TRADE”?  HERE’S ALL YOU *NEED* TO KNOW…..

.....and STRAIGHT from the horse’s mouth!
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So, what’s the matter with you?  Isn’t a “skyrocketing” cost for heating your home JUST what you need right now?  But, your nation is in danger!!  Don’t you think you should sacrifice?
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Bad news…..you may not get a choice, because of the election results last November.  Hope you aren’t feeling like a sucker!

Posted by Earl on 03/02 at 10:05 PM
Politics • Domestic • Economics •
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