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Rangel Wrangles!

Posted by Scooternyc on Monday, November 20, 2006 9:41:16 AM

What can you say about a man who hates America, so much so, that he wants to blackmail the American Congress and Senate into a bullying tactic of bringing forth the draft? Rangel is under the impression that there is a huge majority of people who DON'T want to serve this country. This is Rangel’s fateful mistake.

This shakedown by Rangel’s at worst anti-American and at best a political ploy that exploits Americans in one of the most egregious ways.

It is Rangel’s view that Americans would NOT be willing to vote in Congress or the Senate, in this country's best interest, to send their sons and daughters into war to uphold our country's belief in freedom and democracy. This borders on Treason.

Although it would be difficult for parents to see their sons/daughters be drafted, it is still a part of this country's foundations of freedom and opportunity, of which Mr. Rangel has partaken of continuously.

Rangel’s shakedown occurs by his attempts to thwart potential wars in the future which would be in this country's best interest in protecting it's people for a variety of reasons, by placing fear and blackmailing our officials about their off-spring being drafted. This is extortion in a manner of speaking.

You should all be disgusted by this particular so-called "representative" of our nation who was elected to his official position. Who cares what party he's affiliated with, but we know which one by his vitriol. It's truly unforgivable and un-American.

Mr. Rangel, there's a ship leaving New York Harbor for France, be on it.

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A Voice of Reason!

Posted by Scooternyc on Tuesday, November 14, 2006 10:41:47 AM
When I awoke today and hit the Drudge "refresh" button I had no idea I would see this article listed:
http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/11/14/D8LCTCSG0.html

Before you read the entire article it would be interesting for you to read this statement and see if you understand the totality of the article before you see it:

"When we attained our democracy, we sought to distinguish ourselves from an unjust painful past, by declaring that never again shall it be that any South African will be discriminated against on the basis of color, creed culture and sex," Home Affairs Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa- Nqakula told the National Assembly." 

This statement is one of the most beautiful I've read regarding this subject and clearly shows the understanding of responsibility when it comes to democracy not for just a few but for all. Again, the beauty of it recognizes that not all agree so not all need to participate if doing so goes against your particular religious faith - it couldn't be more respectful while protecting civil rights for all.

I realize this is an issue for many but this was a great day for all of mankind when it recognizes the differences we all have but the desires we all share.  
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Yeah, cause that's why the Republican's lost this election!

Posted by Scooternyc on Friday, November 10, 2006 10:53:23 AM
http://www.thehill.com/thehill/export/TheHill/News/Frontpage/110906/rumsfeld2.html

This story cracks me up! I was laughing out loud at the story and the premise right from the start. I had no idea that The Hill was so humorous and wrote good comedy.

The idea that the GOP lost the election because Bush didn't fire Rummy prior to the election, is absurd at best. As if Rummy or Foley or Haggard had the balance of the election riding on their shoulders. Get real! The reason the election was lost varies from person to person.

Personally, I think part of it is that the Far Right has hi-jacked this party and won't get off their soapbox of self-righteousness. They won't stop talking about religion, their faith, blah, blah, blah.  They're not realizing that society, while respectful of their right to practice their faith, doesn't want to hear about it.  Christopher Hitchens made a great point the other day on Hewitt's show and I agree, I'm not going to vote for someone who can't separate his/her faith from politics. 

Another factor is that politicians when faced with the debate quesiton on television/radio with regard to Iraq never pressed the question about what the Dems plan was, oh sure they asked or made their talking point, but the way you get the sound bite out is you hammer the question home, "sorry, Mr. Casey, but I've asked you now 5 times to list concretely and specifically the Democratic plan for Iraq and you've avoided the question each time, gave me your talking points, or your hate Bush policy, but you're dodging my question"

Too often these people get on television/radio and instead of getting some decent time to answer questions they get 3 minutes of yelling, arguing, cutting each other off with nothing accomplished. Is it really worth it? Not if you aren't getting your message out. If the program can't offer you enough time to seriously have the discussion then don't do it. Yeah, right.

You win elections by honesty. You win elections by connecting to people in a way that says, "I get it". You win elections by understanding the issues not by "hating" the other party. The Republicans had ample opportunity over the past years to step up, do what was right in the face of their fear about elections and get things done. They didn't. They paid the price.

This isn't to say the Democrats did a better job either, or that they have what it takes, but now at least they have a chance to reveal themselves for who they are and the world is watching, but will they remember? Will they hold the Democrats to the same standard as the Republicans? And will the Republicans get their sh*t together over the next couple of years?

No one I know wants another 8 years of Clinton White House, at least no healthy minded, sane person I know.
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The Obama Drama - How Barack Creates The "Swoon" Factor

Posted by Scooternyc on Saturday, November 04, 2006 11:42:11 AM
I'm sure you've all been hearing and seeing all the hoopla related to the latest Democratic "Rockstar"(yes, I've heard reporters, liberal mind you, using this term) Barack Obama. It's what I call the "Swoon Factor", just like Clinton before him, a virtual nobody in politics, save for a couple of years in the senate? This site has a terrific breakdown of where he stands on the issues:

http://www.ontheissues.org/Barack_Obama.htm

But aside from all this politics, which is more important than any of the rest of it, Obama has "it". The factor that helped catapult Clinton to unbelievable rockstar status, all the while engaging in behavior that was to be his downfall. 

What the Left never seem to get about Clinton and his Lewinsky behavior were 2 things:

1) You don't have sex in the workplace, people get fired for that behavior. You especially don't have sex in the workplace while speaking to another President of the United States and in the Oval Office. 

2) When you're caught, you don't lie under oath

I don't care if Clinton wants to have a 1000 affairs, that's his business. But if his workplace is an office for which I am one of the millions of "bosses" and it's in "my office" - in the words of Donald Trump - "You're Fired".  The Hellary fallout is all on him, I don't care. But then to make the matter worse he LIED about it under oath. If you can't understand either of these points there's nothing else that could be said to you to make you understand. 

Which brings me to BO - (does it stink yet? we're about to find out in '08). What excused Clinton's behavior WAS his rockstar status. In the face of his completely inappropriate behavior he still had a high approval rating from....the "bobbysoxers". Unbelievable. They excused his cheating on his wife. They excused his disrespect for the Presidency. They excused his disrespect for the Office of the White House. They excused his disrespect for our courts and his profession by lying under oath. 

We should have learned from that experience that "Rockstars" are fun but at the end of the day we want someone who is serious in politics and not using their histrionics in the guise of sexuality to entice voters, sway opinion and make the women AND men swoon.  I could swear that Dan Rather was trying to flirt with Clinton. But I digress.

Keep a watchful eye. You heard it here that the BO Swoon Machine is in motion and will do their best to create puff pieces, shrewd appearances, and an aura of being untouchable. All of which are the leading indicators you DON'T want when it comes to the serious issues our nation faces and voting someone into that prestigious office.

"We have serious issues that need serious solutions and your 15 minutes are up"
 Michael Douglas, An American President
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"Game, Set, Match" The Unmasking of WMD

Posted by Scooternyc on Saturday, November 04, 2006 11:21:02 AM
There's nothing I can add to this story that isn't so eloquently stated by Jim Geraghty from National Review On-Line, check it out for yourself. 

 http://tks.nationalreview.com/post/?q=ZTJjYzYzYmMwNjY3N2YwNWE5NDQ3ZTQzZDczZWU5N2Y=

Here's a preview:

"I'm sorry, did the New York Times just put on the front page that IRAQ HAD A NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROGRAM AND WAS PLOTTING TO BUILD AN ATOMIC BOMB?

What? Wait a minute. The entire mantra of the war critics has been  "no WMDs, no WMDs, no threat, no threat", for the past three years solid. Now we're being told that the Bush administration erred by making public information that could help any nation build an atomic bomb.

Let's go back and clarify: IRAQ HAD NUCLEAR WEAPONS PLANS SO ADVANCED AND DETAILED THAT ANY COUNTRY COULD HAVE USED THEM.

I think the Times editors are counting on this being spun as a "Boy, did Bush screw up" meme; the problem is, to do it, they have to knock down the "there was no threat in Iraq" meme, once and for all. Because obviously, Saddam could have sold this information to anybody, any other state, or any well-funded terrorist group that had publicly pledged to kill millions of Americans and had expressed interest in nuclear arms. You know, like, oh... al-Qaeda.

The New York Times just tore the heart out of the antiwar argument, and they are apparently completely oblivous to it.

The antiwar crowd is going to have to argue that the information somehow wasn't dangerous in the hands of Saddam Hussein, but was dangerous posted on the Internet. It doesn't work. It can't be both no threat to America and yet also somehow a threat to America once it's in the hands of Iran. Game, set, and match."

It's a thing of beauty!

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Kerry disparaged our troops or is just a liar - you choose!

Posted by Scooternyc on Friday, November 03, 2006 10:57:26 PM

Kerry either intended to disparage our troops or is just a liar.

His "joke" was supposed to insult the President? By lying that the President didn't have a valid education?

Let's review, shall we:  Bush received a degree from Yale and another from Harvard. So is Kerry also then insulting alumni from either of those schools indicating that their education was crap, as well?

Wow, this gets better all the time; truly the gift that keeps on giving.

So, this first part of the joke insults the President and alumni from both schools; Bush's grades were better than Kerry's - enough said.

The second part then was meant to disparage the troops. His subconscious says exactly what he's thinking which has been a pattern of behavior since he returned from Vietnam.

Either way you slice it, he's a liar and insulted Harvard/Yale alumni or intended to disparage the troops, you choose which one.

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Better to be a drug addict than gay!

Posted by Scooternyc on Friday, November 03, 2006 7:01:18 PM
http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/11/03/D8L5PJLO0.html
 
How nice is this issue at the forefront of the news! Mr. Haggard says that he never took the drugs and will probably say that he didn't know Jones was an escort. The latter I can probably buy since many legit massage therapists list themselves with quality hotels and will usually work out a percentage kickback to the hotel for the referral, no problem with that one.

But, the idea that being gay is worse than being a drug addict is crrrrrrrrazy! So is the fact that Evangelicals have disdain for gays.
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Martyr is as Martyr does

Posted by Scooternyc on Friday, November 03, 2006 4:52:29 PM
First off let me say that I hope the family of this soldier has all the love and support they need during this time in their life, certainly they'll need it.

At first I thought this was a joke, but then slowly the bad news eeks out that this ex-patriot, yes you read it correctly, ex-patriot decided that her depression was too awful and took her life. Certainly it's her right to do so as I have no delusion about an adult making the choice of when to end their life, so long as they are not taking down others with him/her. 

Now this ex-patriot decides to do this act as one of "dissent" because she reportedly, was being asked to do something she didn't believe in with regard to "techniques".  Personally, if someone asked me to do something I didn't want to do that was out of line with my values I would simply say no. If it were my job at risk, I would take the risk of losing the job, or in her case being CM'd, to stand on principles. 

But, no. That's not what happened. 

Don't anyone for a minute think that this was just about "not wanting to perform torturing techniques". I find it hard to believe that someone hasn't thought this act through prior to performing it. Most people who are depressed have a history of this behavioral attempt to end their life, time will reveal that aspect. 

To attempt to martyr yourself for the "sake of the country's understanding" seems just a bit dramatic to me.  Why not a huge sign painted in red, instead of the huge blue sign sending Kerry a message earlier this week? Why not protest by going AWOL? Why not protest in any other ways? Why suicide? Why now?

There's a terrific book called The Suicide Syndrome, worth reading if you get a chance. It outlines clearly why individuals take their lives and the various syndromes which are manifest from the desire. Typically the "victim" role is one taken by someone who commits suicide because they feel like they have no other choices. Insane? Perhaps. Not of sound mind? More likely. In protest of a war or the techniques? Now you're just looking to create a media hype around your dissent of the war. "This will show 'em since nothing else will". 

Kickin' it up a notch, huh?

http://www.azdailysun.com/articles/2006/11/02/news/20061102_news_30.txt
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More Left Gay Bashing

Posted by Scooternyc on Friday, November 03, 2006 11:30:41 AM
Isn't this something, just days before the election and another gay sex scandal, makes me wonder if the Left is obsessed with gays, being gay, gay sex and everything gay!

So, Mr. Haggard has been ALLEDGEDLY have gay sex with an escort, euphemism for hooker, and we should all be concerned about the fact that, possibly, just possibly, there are gays in the Republican Party! What in the name of Kathi Lee Gifford is going on over there?

Who cares? Mr. Haggard's incongruent behavior with that of his faith, if that's what he was doing, is his business, not mine. Is he running for President or having sex while at work in the White House? Why do I care what his position is on the gay marriage ammendment, I'm not married to him, I'm not raising his kids, let he and his wife work it all out.

The fact that this escort revealed this information close to the election, motivation being he saw a disconnect from the gay marriage ammendment to what Haggard was preaching, is beyond stupid. Didn't someone just say recently that the reason you pay an escort is so at the end of it he/she leaves? Seems like a reasonable contract. Apparently this guy didn't get the memo. So much for discretion.
 
Whatever. I digress.

The media and far left attempt to gay bash, AGAIN, trying to scare the Right into thinking that all gays are just flitting about having gay sex with 18 year olds and escorts, well that's just stupid, they have sex with ministers, too! 

More attempts to bring down the election with another sex scandal.

Haggard did the right thing by resigning his position, temporarily or otherwise, while it's all worked out. When will the gay community, black community, hispanic community and other minorities get it that the Democrats are doing, have done nothing, and will continue to be impotent to do anything for you. (impotent, get it?)

I really do think the Left is sexually addicted. Oh, yeah, that's right, Bill Clinton was their moral leader for 8 years, I should've figured that out before. Duh!

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20061103/D8L5IM680.html
 
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Thank you Mr.West

Posted by Scooternyc on Friday, November 03, 2006 10:39:57 AM
Well, it finally happened, Mr. West showed his true personality and victimization by ranting about not winning a particular award at the MTV European Awards. Why is this significant you ask, or at least you should ask?  Because Mr.West likes to play the victim and blame others when things aren't going his particular way in the world.

"George Bush hates Black people". Wow, I guess that George really hates you then Mr.West because he probably called those Europeans and told them to NOT give you the award just to p*ss you off and let you know who's really in power.

This guy is a piece of work. Like Cindy Sheehan and others before/after, if you give any of them enough time they will reveal themselves for who they are so the rest of the world can understandably discredit their rantings and ravings.

Poor little rich guy, didn't get his award.

Drudge reported this first:  http://apnews.myway.com/article/20061103/D8L5JBHO0.html  
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