Stop Apologizing for Me!

Muslims: By the Numbers

nospam@example.com (Rufus J. Craven) — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 13:52:01 -0500

You know Christmas time is near when Muslims start bringing the virtues of their religion to the news headlines. Whether it be Mohammad Hussein in Baltimore or Mohammed Muhammed in Portland who intended to kill thousands during a Christmas tree lighting ceremony, Muslims certainly take that “religion of peace” mantra to the next level don’t they? And who would’ve thought a guy with Mohammed in his name twice would turn out to be a security threat? Color me shocked! No, on second thought, color Janet Incomptano shocked!

The American media never misses and opportunity to remind American citizens how racist, islamaphobic and bigoted they are when they refuse to advocate for mega-mosques at ground zero. Muslims are attempting a soft coup within our borders as we speak and they are doing so with assistance from our elected officials. One need only look at Oklahoma where citizens overwhelmingly rejected sharia law by 72% on a ballot initiative only to have their will circumvented by the courts. If we are to believe there is no chance of sharia being implemented in America then why would the courts strike down a mandate from the people?

The following is adapted from Dr. Peter Hammond's book: Slavery, Terrorism and Islam: The Historical Roots and Contemporary Threat

Islam is not a religion, nor is it a cult. In its fullest form, it is a complete, total, 100% system of life, a government.

Islam has religious, legal, political, economic, social, and military components. The religious component is a beard for all of the other components.

Islamization begins when there are sufficient Muslims in a country to agitate for their religious privileges. When politically correct, tolerant, and culturally diverse societies agree to Muslim demands for their religious privileges, some of the other components tend to creep in as well. This is known as ‘creeping sharia’.

As long as the Muslim population remains around or under 2% in any given country, they will be for the most part be regarded as a peace-loving minority, and not as a threat to other citizens. This is the case in:
United States — Muslim 0.6%
Australia — Muslim 1.5%
Canada — Muslim 1.9%
China — Muslim 1.8%
Italy — Muslim 1.5%
Norway — Muslim 1.8%

At 2% to 5%, they begin to proselytize from other ethnic minorities and disaffected groups, often with major recruiting from the jails and among street gangs. This is happening in:
Denmark — Muslim 2%
Germany — Muslim 3.7%
United Kingdom — Muslim 2.7%
Spain — Muslim 4%
Thailand — Muslim 4.6%

From 5% on, they exercise an inordinate influence in proportion to their percentage of the population. For example, they will push for the introduction of halal (clean by Islamic standards) food, thereby securing food preparation jobs for Muslims. They will increase pressure on supermarket chains to feature halal on their shelves — along with threats for failure to comply. This is occurring in:
France — Muslim 8%
Philippines — Muslim 5%
Sweden — Muslim 5%
Switzerland — Muslim 4.3%
The Netherlands — Muslim 5.5%
Trinidad & Tobago — Muslim 5.8%

At this point, they will work to get the ruling government to allow them to rule themselves (within their ghettos) under sharia, the Islamic Law. The ultimate goal of Islamists is to establish sharia law over the entire world.

When Muslims approach 10% of the population, they tend to increase lawlessness as a means of complaint about their conditions. In Paris, we are already seeing car-burnings. Any non-Muslim action offends Islam, and results in uprisings and threats, such as in Amsterdam, with opposition to Mohammed cartoons and films about Islam. Such tensions are seen daily, particularly in Muslim sections, in:
Guyana — Muslim 10%
India — Muslim 13.4%
Israel — Muslim 16%
Kenya — Muslim 10%
Russia — Muslim 15%

After reaching 20%, nations can expect hair-trigger rioting, jihad militia formations, sporadic killings, and the burnings of Christian churches and Jewish synagogues, such as in:
Ethiopia — Muslim 32.8%

At 40%, nations experience widespread massacres, chronic terror attacks, and ongoing militia warfare, such as in:
Bosnia — Muslim 40%
Chad — Muslim 53.1%
Lebanon — Muslim 59.7%

From 60%, nations experience unfettered persecution of nonbelievers of all other religions (including nonconforming Muslims), sporadic ethnic cleansing (genocide), use of sharia law as a weapon, and jizya, the tax placed on infidels, such as in:
Albania — Muslim 70%
Malaysia — Muslim 60.4%
Qatar — Muslim 77.5%
Sudan — Muslim 70%

After 80%, expect daily intimidation and violent jihad, some State-run ethnic cleansing, and even some genocide, as these nations drive out the infidels, and move toward 100% Muslim, such as has been experienced and in some ways is ongoing in:
Bangladesh — Muslim 83%
Egypt — Muslim 90%
Gaza — Muslim 98.7%
Indonesia — Muslim 86.1%
Iran — Muslim 98%
Iraq — Muslim 97%
Jordan — Muslim 92%
Morocco — Muslim 98.7%
Pakistan — Muslim 97%
Palestine — Muslim 99%
Syria — Muslim 90%
Tajikistan — Muslim 90%
Turkey — Muslim 99.8%
United Arab Emirates — Muslim 96%

100% will usher in the peace of “Dar-es-Salaam” — the Islamic House of Peace. Here there's supposed to be peace, because everybody is a Muslim, the madrassas are the only schools, and the Koran is the only word, such as in:
Afghanistan — Muslim 100%
Saudi Arabia — Muslim 100%
Somalia — Muslim 100%
Yemen — Muslim 100%

Unfortunately, peace is never achieved, as in these 100% states the most radical Muslims intimidate and spew hatred, and satisfy their blood lust by killing less radical Muslims, for a variety of reasons.

“Before I was nine I had learned the basic canon of Arab life. It was me against my brother; me and my brother against our father; my family against my cousins and the clan; the clan against the tribe; the tribe against the world, and all of us against the infidel.” — Leon Uris, “The Haj”

It is important to understand that in some countries, with well under 100% Muslim populations, such as France, the minority Muslim populations live in ghettos, within which they are 100% Muslim, and within which they live by sharia law. The national police do not even enter these ghettos. There are no national courts, nor schools, nor non-Muslim religious facilities. In such situations, Muslims do not integrate into the community at large. The children attend madrassas. They learn only the Koran. To even associate with an infidel is a crime punishable with death. Therefore, in some areas of certain nations, Muslim Imams and extremists exercise more power than the national average would indicate.

Today's 1.5 billion Muslims make up 22% of the world's population. But their birth rates dwarf the birth rates of Christians, Hindus, Buddhists, Jews, and all other believers. Muslims will exceed 50% of the world's population by the end of this century.

One of the many methods used to obfuscate the truth about Muslim intentions in this country is a sin of omission. Do you recognize the following names?

Abdullah al-Muhajir
Abdel Rahim
Muhammad Hussein (OK – this one isn’t fair. I believe 40% of the Muslims in the world have this name)

If you don’t recognize these names , you soon will.

Abdullah al-Muhajir was constantly referred to as Jose Padilla in the media.
Abdel Rahim was always and continues to be referred to as Richard Reid (shoe bomber).
Muhammad Hussein is actually Antonio Martinez.

When the intentions and plots of the treasonous conspirators are uncovered, CAIR (counsel for American Islamic relations) is always there with the ACLU to sue on behalf of the terrorist. This lawsuit usually comes with the obligatory references to “Muslim backlash” and “Islamaphobia”, both of which are fabrications by the media. Usually, Muslims perpetrate the acts of Muslim persecution themselves in order to garner sympathy from politicians and media. And this words to absolute perfection. By the time the real facts of a story are uncovered the media is no longer interested.

Examples include:

Mosque arson. We have seen this time after time. It is an Islamic pattern to vandalize, set fire to and/or graffiti their own mosques in order to fabricate a “backlash” narrative while advancing Islamic “supremacy” on the backs of the kuffar, using the media shield as a human shield.

Muslims vandalized their own mosque in Dayton, Ohio, in 2008, and last July a Muslim was arrested in the case of an “Islamophobic” arson attack against his own mosque in Marietta, Georgia. And meanwhile, the perpetrators of the vandalism of the controversial mosque in Murfreesboro, Tennessee are still…at large.

The fire in the mosque in Portland was contained to one room only, burning the Islamic Center’s office. Reports said that the worship areas, which one would expect an “Islamophobe” to target, were left completely untouched. That, too, is consistent with the pattern of faked crimes. No real damage occurs.

The fact that the enemy is among us does not frighten me. Muslims constitute less than 2% of the population and the average US citizen is better armed than a 3rd world military front-line soldier. The real problem lies with our elected officials and media moguls who perpetuate this nonsense and abet enemies of the United States.

If the incoming 112th Congress with stalwart defenders of truth like Allen West cannot put a stop to the usurpation of the U.S. electorate then the responsibility will fall to you and me. We are being systematically fed to these barbarians by our own people. Remember, we live in a nation where Michael Bloomberg, the mayor of the most populous city in the United States, can speculate on national television about terrorist attacks being the fault of (and I quote) “Tea partiers or someone upset with the healthcare bill”.

This was Michael Bloomberg's preliminary assessment or deranged musings; you be the judge. Apparently I must’ve missed the myriad news reports about car bombs indiscriminately dispersed throughout the country by tea party members. Despite all evidence to the contrary Michael Bloomberg really loves him some Muslims. He likes the idea of multi-culti. He really likes the ground zero mega-mosque and is willing to deride, demean, defame, libel, and slander anyone who doesn’t. And he thinks, like Janet Incompetano, that I pose a greater threat to democracy in America than Muslim terrorists.

Michael Bloomberg is the mayor of New York City with a population of 25 million. Michael Bloomberg also owns a media empire that is projected to increase revenue in the middle east by 200% next year. Bloomberg Financial and Bloomberg News stand to be the only Western financial media outlet in the middle east.

Quid pro quo?

Federally mandated sexual assault

nospam@example.com (Rufus J. Craven) — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 17:47:41 -0500

Conspicuously missing from media coverage regarding new TSA “inspection” methods is the word that best encapsulates the catalyst for the new regulations in the first place: Muslim. Ironically enough, this is the same sect of the population most likely to be exempted from the procedure due to religious objections. With the exception of Whoopi Goldberg and Joy Behar it should come as a surprise to no one that Muslims have a tendency to fly planes into buildings or blow then up in transit.

Since 9/11/2001 there have been approximately 19,000 acts of terrorism committed worldwide in the name of Allah perpetrated by adherents to the religion of pieces. Given that Muslims in this country represent slightly less than 2% of the overall population one would think it easy to segregate this subset of the populous in order to facilitate a less obtrusive security apparatus. One would be wrong. Way wrong.

Meaningful dialogue regarding national security and airlines safety can never be achieved if the word “Muslim” continues to be taboo. Muslims want to kill Americans. Muslims do kill Americans. Muslims are instructed to kill Americans (read: Infidel) wherever they are found and to make no distinction between civilian and military personnel. Muslims seek to destroy the American way of life in addition to American life. And they are succeeding with willing assistance of our government.

There are 2 reasons every sentence in my last paragraph is now considered hate speech. One, it’s true and two, the Obama administration is complicit in demonizing acute observations based on data analysis and historical fact. Although Obama has injected steroids into this inverse reality the Bush administration laid the ground work for such a ridiculous solution to an easily resolvable problem.

The entire TSA charade that you witness in any airport on any day is a laughable attempt at security theatre. There is a much simpler solution to our Muslim problem and it consists of 3 lines at the airport.

The first line consists of everyone with a name that remotely sounds Arab, Persian, Middle-Eastern, or Muslim.

The second line consists of everyone what has traveled to Yemen, Pakistan, Egypt, or any other middle-eastern country (including the horn of Africa) within the last 5 years.

The third line consists of the remaining 90% of the population.

The persons who qualify for the first and second lines are required to endure the 4th amendment violating federally mandated sexual assault and the 3rd line continues to their plane unabated. As soon as Pentecostals, Catholics, Mormons, and 80 year old grandmas from Hoboken start hijacking planes and killing Americans then I’ll rethink my theory but for now it seems like a sound policy.

Now consider the vast number of felons (including those convicted of sex crimes) employed by the TSA and you will begin to understand the Orwellian apparatchiks that have overtaken our country. Basically, the U.S. government would rather spend $80 Billion annually to harass, sexually assault, and abridge the 4th amendment rights of the entire populous of a Judeo-Christian nation in order to not offend Muslims who comprise less than 2% of the population.

Let me put it another way. Would you kill every blade of grass in your lawn because you have 2 dandelions? Neither would I but you can rest assured that our government would and does.

I intended to end this post here because I thought political correctness and Muslim appeasement was the end game. I think differently now. The goal is much more perverse than simply appeasing our enemy. We are being prepared for a police state.

Does it not strike you as odd that the same people who decried “tyrant” and “Hitler” when George Bush started tracking bank transactions and tapping cell phone calls of know and suspected terrorists vis a vis the Patriot Act are now defending the 4th amendment violations that occur daily across this nation. Rachel Maddow wants you to be groped, prodded, and searched when you take your holiday trip to Grandma’s but she will defend to her dying breath every Muslim terrorists right to wire money to Hamas and place phone calls to Al Shabab without fear of being tapped.

The New York Times has no compunction printing the names of Afghan civilians assisting the US coalition but the editorial pages are filled with condemnation of T.E.A. Party overreaction to mindless and useless TSA security theatre. The same group of leftist communists who think illegal alien criminals in Arizona should not be inconvenienced by having to produce immigration papers on demand applaud the government 4th amendment violations of actual citizens of this country.

One must forgo the assumption that common sense enters into any decision making process in domestic security, and the illusion of a representative government. Apparently 3 ounces of Crest on an airplane is considered safe but 4 ounces are a threat to national security. Veterans returning from Afghanistan are allowed to board military flights connecting to their hometowns with their weapons and side arms (without ammo) while simultaneously having their nail clippers confiscated.

And here is the intent.

Government insists upon killing common sense and the ability of the average citizen to think for themselves. If the U.S. government can convince you that a commercial airline pilot who has the capability to intentionally crash any plane into any building at any time during any flight with no other weapon that “stick and rudder” deserves to be extensively and exhaustively searched, groped, prodded, and scanned prior to boarding said plane in order to keep you safe then they can convince you of anything.

If government can convince you that a Bic lighter is a weapon of mass destruction then you are sheeple.

If government can convince you that nail clippers are a threat to national security and Muslims are not then you are stupid.

If government can convince you that 4 ounces of Drakkar Noir can be used to bring down an aircraft but 3.5 ounces smells just right then your common sense has been effectively rendered inconsequential.

Once you have forfeited your right to question this comicality and engage in critical thought you have allowed the US government to think for you and all is lost. And that is the point.

Slowly but surely you will be conditioned over time to accept whatever directive, however inane, duplicitous, and counter-productive it may be the government puts to you. After all, if you believe confiscating eyeglass screwdrivers from an airline pilot scheduled for an 11 hour one-way flight makes you SAFER……… then you will believe anything.

Welcome to Amerika.

These Are the Times That Try Mens' Polls

nospam@example.com (Rufus J. Craven) — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 16:37:27 -0400

Prediction:

Net +81 House Seats
Net +11 Senate Seats

I've been asked several times about my mid-term predictions and now you have it. My plans for this evening entail watching gobs and gobs of MSNBC. After watching the reactions of Chris Matthews, Rachel Maddow, and Keith Olbermann as the results from the Scott Brown election came in, I can't resist the temptation tonight. Rachel's tears of anguish sustain me during cold winter nights. Tonight is no exception.

Here are a few races that the politburo and Washington insiders wrote off some time ago but I believe will swing Republican. Watch out because some of these would've been considered the rantings of a madman just 30 days ago.

Lt. Col. Allen West will win Florida-22 over Ron Klein. The people in West Palm and Boca Raton have an opportunity to elect the man whom I belive will be the Republican nominee for President in 2016.

Sean Beilat will beat Barney Frank in Massachusetts-04. You heard it here first. If Barney Frank loses his seat that he's held for decades I will be the happiest man in the U.S. Bank on it!!!

Dino Rossi will beat Patty Murray in Washington State.

Carly Fiorina will beat Barbara Boxer in California despite the fact that Dick Morris calls her Carly Fiorini every time he's on national television.

Christine O'Donnell will beat Chris Coons in Deleware despite Karl Rove doing everything to ensure the opposite outcome. Oh, and one other thing; I predict Karl Rove will lose 50% of his gravitas and influence in the next 24 hours.

Gerry Connolly will lose to Keith Fimian in Virginia-11.

Unfortunately, Harry Reid will probably beat Sharron Angle. There is entirely too much shady dealings in Nevada and now Harrah's Casino conglomerate is bussing their employees to the polls with the distinct directive to vote for Harry Reid. Between SEIU being responsible for ensuring the working order of the voting machines and the local unions bussing in their employees, Sharron would have to win by 7 to win at all. Did I mention that Harry Reid's son is running for Governor of Nevada this year and is currently a prominent local politician.

Jim Oberstar will lose in Minnesota-08 thank God!

Tom Perriello is toast. Barack Obama has been in Virginia in Tom's district more than me and I drive through there every day on the way to work. It makes no difference and Tom is done - stick a fork in him.

Mark Kirk will beat Alexi Gianoulias in Chicago by 5 points but once you factor in the margin of theft and the ACORN "element" this race will warrant multiple recounts.

Joe Miller will when in Alaska and it won't even be close. We can only hope that this will spell the end of Lisa "whatsherface".

John Dingell currently representing Michigan-15 is suffering from dimentia and tomorrow he'll be suffering from unemployement. I'll have to hand it to John though, he was the only Democrate who was captured on camera telling the truth. He said "We have to pass healtchare because you have to have a way to control the people". I'm not sure but I think John has been serving in Congress since Strom Thurmond's first term in 1892.

Ruth McLung in Arizona-07 will beat the incumbent Democrat that called for a boycott of his own state and it won't have anything to do with the fact that she's a rocket scientist and he's a traitor to the economy of his own state.

The following races had more Democrat and Union money dumped into them than any other race in the House. And the Democrats will lose them all.
Michele Bachmann (R) in Minnesota-06 (everyone knows how I feel about her) will win hand down.
Bob Etheridge (D) in North Carolina-02 will lose and I don't even know the name of the woman running against him. It doesn't matter. Bob is the representative that assaulted a reporter for asking the following question: "Do you fully support the Obama agenda?"
Joe Wilson (R) in South Carolina-02 will win re-election regardless of his opponent. Joe is the representative made famous for yelling "You Lie" at Barack Obama during one of his thousand health care speeches.

The following races I consider to be a given:

Russ Feingold will lose in Wisconsin.

Rand Paul should be looking for a concession speech from his opponent yesterday.

Marco Rubio could simultaneously be a better Governor and Senator than Charlie Crist can be candidate.

6:47pm EST - I'm disappointed with the MSNBC coverage thus far. The broadcast consists of a well mannered discussion regarding the upcoming legislation the new Republican controlled House will submit. It is as if the election night is over and the Republicans had already won.

7:00pm - Charles Krauthammer just delivered a synopsis of the election mood on FOX that left the cast speechless.

Unmasked, Unapologetic, and Unhinged; Media Meltdown

nospam@example.com (Rufus J. Craven) — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 16:13:10 -0400

The last several weeks have generously given the U.S. electorate a glimpse of the insidious mind of the liberal talking head. Whether it is the contrived on-air righteous indignation of Whoopi Goldberg or the dismissal of Juan Williams by NPR for the capital crime of regularly appearing on FOX news, one can hardly ignore the evidence of media bias and corruption on display.

My favorite, and least covered, instance of media meltdown comes from Joy Behar. And I’m NOT referring to her attempt at civil discourse when she evacuated the set of her own show. What you may have missed due to the oversaturation of all media outlets by “The View incident” and “The Juan Williams flap” was Joy Behar labeling Michelle Bachman as anti-child.

For those who have never heard of Michelle Bachman, she represents the 6th district in Minnesota and is up for re-election this year. Michelle frequently speaks at Tea Party rallies and delivered a stellar speech at CPAC last year; I was in the front row. If Joy, in her infinite wisdom, is going to mount political smears on behalf of her ideological comrades and venture into the world of politics, someone on her staff should supply her with opposition research before she jumps behind the microphone on her ummm… cough…cough…. news show and castigates Michelle Bachman as “anti-child”.

For what it’s worth, and to liberals, facts are worth nothing – Michelle Bachman is a mother of 5 biological children and has acted as foster parent to an additional 25. In Joy Behar’s world, amidst all facts to the contrary, the Pope is “anti-Catholic”, Keith Richards is “anti-drug”, and PETA is “anti-animal”. However, in my world, and I know this sounds deranged, NASA has nothing to do with Muslim outreach and Joy Behar is “anti-intellectual”.

The ranks of news executives have been just as volatile as on-air personalities. Ron Klein, President of CNN, was fired earlier this month as was Jeff Zucker of NBC. Both of these men have driven their respective news organizations into the dump after engaging in a 6-year race to the bottom in news ratings. NBC was just slightly less popular than cancer while CNN was slightly more popular than slavery. Executive tumult in these organizations has been a long time coming. Unfortunately for shareholders, they pulled the trigger on the ouster of these executives several years too late. Wide-ranging acceptance of Bush derangement syndrome allowed these card-carrying leftists to fly under the radar and hold onto power much longer than was merited.

CNN and NBC have been slavishly tongue-bathing Barack Obama for 2 years after earning their bona fides by demonizing George Bush for 8 years. Make no mistake about it, if a Republican were in office, neither of these men would be fired. Once a Democrat ascended to the White House, CNN and NBC were left with nobody to demonize except the American people vis a vis the T.E.A. Party. Apparently you can slander and libel the American public for exactly 22 months before stockholders realize you are vilifying the very people you expect to consume your product.

Rick Sanchez was also fired from CNN this month. This particular incident is difficult for me to grasp actually because Rick Sanchez killed a man in Florida. Rick Sanchez is guilty of vehicular homicide. I don’t know the specifics of the entire traffic incident but it seems he fled the scene of the accident while drunk and returned home ala Ted Kennedy. The cops picked him up later and the other person involved died. Apparently, this is not worthy of disciplinary action at CNN but calling Jon Stewart a bigot is worthy of contract termination.
The oddities really don’t end there either. Rick Sanchez was fired for claiming that Jews run the media in this country (and CNN specifically) and for saying Jon Stewart is a Jew and a bigot. The problem here is that Jon Stewart is a liberal and a very popular liberal to boot. You can’t demean liberals in the media EVER. Rick Sanchez and Anderson Cooper have collectively and repeatedly demonized and mischaracterized millions upon millions of United States citizens associated with the T.E.A. Party movement for 17 straight months. On-air they have both utilized homo-erotic pseudo-sexual pejoratives to describe an anti-government movement of which they do not agree. Oddly, Rick Sanchez was not fired due to demeaning the audience for which his product is intended.

Demean, demoralize, slander, libel, and mischaracterize the T.E.A. Party movement daily = good.
Speak ill of Jon Stewart = fired.

You are not going to believe what I found out last week. Muslims flew planes into the World Trade Center several years back. Apparently this came as much of a surprise to Whoopi Goldberg as it did to me when I found out. Of course, my reaction was considerably different. Upon hearing the news, Whoopi promptly placed her fingers in her ears, started yelling na-na-na-na-na- I can’t hear you- and left the site of her own vocation. I’m not sure my supervisors would look so kindly upon my unannounced impromptu evacuation amidst a host of occupational responsibilities.

My guess is The View may experience much better ratings if Barbara Walters could convince Whoopi and Joy to leave the set every day 11 minutes into the episode. God knows the median IQ of the show could use that sort of boost.

In all seriousness, The View incident jolted my memory of a conversation I had last year with Robert Spencer at CPAC. As you may or may not know Robert, in conjunction with Pamela Geller, runs Jihad Watch a website I frequent and is a columnist and author. I was telling Robert that I enjoy his works and am an avid reader of his books and columns. I also referenced how difficult it must be to conduct life with a fatwa issued against you and your family. Robert simply said “…the only thing you have to do to achieve this type of notoriety and ire is speak the truth”.

Sadly, Robert’s words have proven prescient. Truth is anathema to the liberal mindset. The liberal mind performs best in a vacuum in which emotions, feelings, and intentions outrank deeds, facts, and history. Can you believe that we live in a world in which national television personalities can publicly deny the truth and deride the purveyor of truth as bigoted while maintaining their employment? Me either.

Parker/Spitzer also ran a debut on CNN this month. This is a meltdown waiting to happen. Elliot Spitzer is a disgraced former New York politician whose claim to fame is his frequenting of hookers on the taxpayer dime. His name during the trial was “client #9”. Kathleen Parker also has a niche in the current political landscape. Nobody on earth had ever heard of her until she started bad-mouthing Sarah Palin, at which point she was promptly offered her own show. The litmus test of on-air conservatives at CNN is pretty easy to reverse engineer. Your chances of being hired are increased exponentially the instant you publicly decry Sarah Palin is a backward, moose-hunting, uneducated hayseed.

The whole media complex is up in arms over the ouster of Juan Williams from NPR; I’m not. Juan was bit by the dog he’s been sleeping with for a decade. You can dance with the devil as long as you don’t expect to lead. Juan was shown the door at NPR after having the temerity to express concern over Muslims in airports. Apparently Juan gets a little nervous when Muslims are on planes – I can only assume he also found out recently that Muslims tend to fly planes into buildings – maybe he was watching The View?

NPR is an unchecked left-wing attack machine that is subsidized by you. The only thing that separates NPR from the now defunct Air America is that Air America did not receive taxpayer subsidies; their mission statements are identical.

Multiple people are running to Juan’s defense; not me. Juan is decrying the hypocrisy of NPR now that he is the object of their derision. Had NPR not targeted Juan, he would still be there happy as a clam while shining no light on the inherent duplicitous nature of their programming.

I don’t seem to recall Juan Williams having a problem with NPR employees calling for the death of Rush Limbaugh daily. I also don’t recall Juan’s outrage regarding Nina Totenberg’s on-air ruminations of Jesse Helms and his lineage contracting A.I.D.S. via blood transfusion. What happened to Juan was wrong but I’m not going to lose any sleep because some intolerant liberal news organization cannibalized some intolerant liberal newsman. This story ranks up there with “Dog Bites Man” and “Earth Proven Round”.

Islam and liberalism share several tenets but none as important as this:

Renouncing Islam in favor of another religion is punishable by death.
Renouncing liberalism in favor of a more conservative view (even if only once) is punishable by the death of your career.

This is a lesson Juan learned the hard way and he should take notice of the conservative safety net (FOX news) that ensured he was not relegated to the media footnotes of history.

Apathy, Arrogance, and Attrition; a Tale of 3 Primaries

nospam@example.com (Rufus J. Craven) — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 09:53:05 -0400

In regards to the Republican Senate primary in Delaware, I do enjoy baring witness to Karl Rove’s daily nationally televised self-administered psychoanalysis as he contends with his new-found obsolescence. Fortitude and fidelity to principle are being tested this week and, as far as I can surmise, everyone has failed miserably.

Allow me to explain.

Delaware. Christine O’Donnell, the GOP primary winner in the Senate race, originally polled within 2 points of her self-avowed Marxist challenger Chris Coons. Christine was a complete unknown nationally although not so on the political scene in Delaware. Christine O’Donnell had run twice before, once against Joe Biden, and lost both bids. The meme from all beltway politicians this week cite her lack of bona fides and poor chances in the general election but they will never mention that polls showed her even with Coons prior to the inception of negative campaigning. Apathy.

Enter Mike Castle. Mike Castle is a 40-year entrenched incumbent politician. Mike’s only loyalty is to Mike. Mike Castle is a smear merchant. Regardless of the man’s intended legacy, smear merchant will be his defining historical attribute by which all will remember him. Christine’s school loans, job history, home foreclosure, and personal life seemed to be front and center in the Mike Castle political platform. I cannot believe that even now, 4 days after the polls closed and the votes counted, that we’re still talking about Christine O’Donnell’s school loans. Allow me to break-it-down for those of you in the cheap seats who took time off from the Jersey Shore marathon in order to tune into politics during commercial breaks.

Mike Castle voted for Cap and Trade. Mike Castle voted for TARP. Mike Castle is an open-borders illegal alien proponent. Mike Castle is a George Soros Republican. Mike Castle earns a 52 rating from the ACU and an “F” from the NRA. And finally, Mike Castle publically stated that he would not vote to repeal Obamacare if elected to the Senate. Someone please explain to me how Christine O’Donnell’s school loans are worthy of public discourse yet Mike Castle’s voting record is not. This seems eerily reminiscent of Sarah Palin’s wardrobe vs. Barack Obama’s association with convicted domestic terrorist William Ayers. Emphasis conjured vs. emphasis ignored.

And Karl Rove! What are you thinking? For a man heralded as the ‘architect’ and the political ‘guru’ who crowns GOP kings, you sure screwed the pooch this week didn’t you? I have serious doubts both philosophical and strategic in regards to the manner in which Karl Rove conducted himself this week.

From a strategic standpoint, one does not deride one’s own party AFTER the primary results are tallied. Karl, you thin-skinned, pusillanimous party pansy – you need to be talking about Chris Coon’s Marxist tendencies and the fact that the city he’s been running for the last several years, New Castle, has the worst bond rating in the state and is currently insolvent. Karl Rove is concerned that Christine O’Donnell required 12 years to repay a student loan while New Castle Delaware can’t pay their city employees. Karl, get your priorities straight!

From a philosophical standpoint, I’ve lost all respect for Karl Rove. One more thing you won’t read in the papers or hear on television is the sordid history of Karl Rove’s vested interest in Mike Castle’s campaign. Karl attempted to quell any primary challenge to Mike Castle months ago including solicitation of T.E.A. Party backing for Mike Castle. Once it became painfully obvious the T.E.A. Party was diametrically opposed to all things Castle, it was Karl Rove himself who assisted in the orchestration of the negative campaign launched against Christine O’Donnell. It is for this reason that I call ‘BULLSHIT’ when Karl appears on the O’Reily factor extolling the virtues of his role as “analyst”. Last night I heard him say “Well listen, I’m a political analyst and that’s what I’m paid to do”. Mr. Rove, you have omitted much and what you have disclosed is purposefully misleading.

One cannot engage as a political operative as you did in Delaware and expect to maintain credibility after the fact simply because you claim to be impartial. Anyone with a triple digit IQ that watched you on Sean Hannity’s show Tuesday night knows that you had a vested interest in the outcome of this race you petulant child; to claim impartiality or play the “analyst” card is duplicitous. The argument you’re employing works for Charles Krauthammer but not for you.

I’m not finished.

Dana Perino is another FOX news analyst, and former Whitehouse press secretary under George Bush, in fear of ostracism. Dana’s words of wisdom on FOX last night intimate that Christine O’Donnell is unworthy of office and the onus is on Christine to prove to the establishment that she is worthy of their support. So, if I have this correctly; if the establishment chooses Mike Castle, with his abysmal voting record - the hoi polloi ill-educated backward-ass masses (such as myself) should sit down, shut-up, and do what we’re told in the interest of unity and common goal.

Conversely, if the Republican primary produces a clear majority and overwhelmingly chooses a candidate that reflects the will and mood of the people while simultaneously confounding the beltway establishment – then I should sit down, shut-up, and do what I’m told. You see how that works? Mike Castle’s superior electability is a given – Christine O’Donnell’s primary win means nothing and needs to be revalidated through the opinion makers (our betters) within our own party. These people are eroding the sanctity of the primary election by holding their own candidate approval in higher esteem than the will of the electorate. Arrogance.

Conservative allegiance to closet liberal/Marxist candidates within the Republican Party is demanded in the name of unity from people like Karl Rove and Dana Perino. However, Republican Party funding and support, both financial and moral, for surprise grass-roots winners is met with skepticism, derision, and split-tickets. The GOP had better wake up and ride this wave before it washes them under and carries them out to the sea of obscurity with all other politburo dinosaurs. The T.E.A. Party is an equal-opportunity destroyer and we will not hesitate, as has been demonstrated repeatedly this election year, to upset the apple cart in the most public of ways.

I’m just getting started.

Delaware is simply the most recent in a long line of GOP betrayal sagas this year. Charlie Crist, former Republican and Florida candidate for Senator, is the most self-serving, hubristic, narcissistic, spoiled incumbent I’ve ever had the misfortune of meeting. This man absconded with millions of dollars donated by Florida Republicans when he switched parties once it became clear he didn’t have a snowball’s chance in hell of beating Marco Rubio in the GOP senate primary.

The RNC, NRSC, and the GOP stalwarts are having a particularly embarrassing year this year. Thus far the beltway establishment has:

Supported Arlen Specter over Pat Toomey
Charlie Crist over Marco Rubio
Lisa Murkowski over Joe Miller
Trey Grayson over Rand Paul
Mike Castle over Christine O’Donnell
Anybody and everybody over Sharron Angle

And these troglodyte politicians are not dying either. I recently read a book called “Obama Zombies” but I’m telling you people, the GOP establishment is comprised of the walking dead right now.

Arlen Specter knew his time was up so did he concede defeat or retire gracefully? Absolutely not! There is nothing graceful about Arlen Specter. He switched parties, became a Democrat, and promptly discovered that donkey’s prefer not to wallow in their own filth just like elephants when he lost his primary run in Pennsylvania. As with Mike Castle, Arlen Specters loyalty is to Arlen Specter.

Once Charlie Crist had disinterred a new bottom in his primary campaign and started polling 17 points behind Marco Rubio in Florida, he suddenly realized his independent streak and left the GOP without returning millions in political donations.

Mike Castle hasn’t had the common decency to congratulate Christine O’Donnell on her primary victory but who could blame him. If Mike Castle is watching FOX, he probably thinks the establishment intends to issue a fatwa against Christine O’Donnell and he’ll return to the race as the de facto candidate once Karl Rove determines where her body should be buried.

Lisa Murkowski, a disgusting liberal entrenched multi-year incumbent in Alaska, had her ass handed to her last month by Joe Miller. Like Mike Castle, she could bring herself to concede but not to congratulate. And, as it turns out, the concession was disingenuous anyway. Yet another incumbent who refuses to die and has now launched an independent bid and instigated a 3-way split ticket campaign to fuel her own sense of self-importance. What do you think the chances are that Lisa will return the donated money from Republicans across the nation and particularly, the state of Alaska? I would say it’s about the same chance that Michael Moore’s work-out video could be viewed without inducing nausea.

So, on the zombie side we have: Lisa Murkowski, Arlen Specter, Charlie Crist, and Mike Castle – walking dead. The GOP entrenched leadership tasked with breathing life back into these zombies is Dana Perino, Karl Rove, and Charles Krauthammer.

And who is the ring-leader that allows this freak show to continue? Michael Steele the chairman of the Republican National Committee (RNC). Michael Steele, get your house in order!! Only you could be so adept at snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. You need to send a message throughout your ranks that resonates on a personal level and I have a 12 step plan to achieve just that end.

1. Fly to Florida
2. Kill Charlie Crist
3. Dismember Charlie Crist’s body
4. Pack Charlie Crist into several pieces of checked luggage
5. Fly to Pennsylvania
6. Beat Arlen Specter to death with Charlie Crist’s upper extremities
7. Drive to Delaware
8. Beat Mike Castle to death with Charlie Crist’s lower extremities
9. Fly to Alaska
10. Smother Lisa Murkowski to death with the remainder of Charlie Crist’s torso
11. Fly home
12. Commit seppuku

These primary election results are merely the symptom. The problem is an electorate that is cognizant of the fact that they are marching towards serfdom and the problem is much worse than ever I suspected. During the town-hall meetings of last year in which Democrats were derided, berated, and generally burned in effigy it became abundantly clear that the ruling Democrats had adopted monarchism as their political platform tenet. They knew better than you, they were more experienced than you, and basically you couldn’t be trusted to make any decisions for yourself much less anyone else.

This worked in the favor of the Republicans.

However, the bewildering result was the Republican beltway crowd adopting an action plan that mirrors the Democrat failed strategy of ignoring the will of the electorate. Bad move!! The GOP will be assimilated by the T.E.A. Party or it will be circumvented. The old guard of the GOP would do well to eat a small slice of humble pie and rejoin the ranks as our new leaders begin a march forward to an historic November. The alternative is attrition.

Of Mosqueteers and Media Madness

nospam@example.com (Rufus J. Craven) — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 19:50:37 -0400

Liberal hypocrisy is on full display this week thanks in no small part to the communist sympathizers that comprise the U.S. media complex. Terry Jones, the pastor of a small congregation in Gainesville Florida, may be an idiot but his one-man crusade to burn a Qur’an on 9/11 has shined a glaring spotlight on liberal double-speak, feigned righteous indignation, and duplicitous musings.

Consider the following:

Liberals extol the virtue of Imam Feisal Rauf’s 1st amendment right to build a mosque on property that his conglomerate owns which just happens to be at Ground Zero. Anyone opposed to the building of this mosque, according to our government sponsored media, is a bigot.

The media seems considerably less interested in Terry Jones’ first amendment rights. For weeks I’ve been lectured by Katie Couric, Diane Sawyer, Rick Sanchez, Rachel Maddow, and countless other talking heads about fidelity to the constitution. According to our media watchdogs, the only way to show the world that America is great and tolerant is to allow the mosque to be built and prove that 1st amendment rights apply to everyone equally.

If I didn’t know better I would think liberals were hiding behind the 1st amendment for sheer convenience sake. First amendment right to build a mosque at Ground Zero = good: first amendment right to burn a book = bad. When you strip away the context to reveal the foundation, the real point being made by the media is Islam = good; Christianity = bad.

I’ve said it many times and it bears repeating now; I have no dog in this fight! Although I was raised a Christian for 15 years, I’m now a devout agnostic. However, an old proverb states ‘the enemy of my enemy is my friend’ and the media elites, political class, and the over-educated intellectualoids in academia have chosen their friend and its name is Islam. There is no better illustration of their clandestine disingenuous nature than the comparison of these 2 recent news events.

And why wouldn’t they side with the enemy? The media must protect their greatest asset; Barack Hussein Obama. He has once again weighed in on the side of ignorance and dhimmitude. Of course Obama is for the mosque and against the book burning. Why risk offending 71% of the American public you hate when you can pander to 0.6% of the public that shares your values?

And I am sick to death of this “Terrorists will use this as a recruiting tool” meme. This canard is tiresome, boring, short-sighted, shallow, woefully lacking in substance, and manifestly incorrect. The Qur’an IS the recruiting tool. It is considered to be the direct words of Allah instructing Muslims to slay infidels where they are found. Period. End of story.

Am I really to believe that millions of moderate Muslims (whatever that means) will be incensed and driven to murderous rage because some yokel in Gainesville intends to burn a book he purchased at Barnes & Noble? I submit that any Muslim that claims this incident as the catalyst for joining the terrorist hordes was bound to join them eventually.

What does “moderate Muslim” mean anyway? As far as I can tell, a moderate Muslim is any Muslim not currently strapped down with 10lbs of C4 connected to his belt and suspenders properly affixed to a mercury detonator. Today’s moderate is tomorrow’s jihadist. To what other conclusion could I possibly arrive? The U.S. ministry of propaganda informs me daily that all the nice peace-loving moderate Muslims in the world will rally to the side of the “extremists” if I:

Burn the Qur’an
Mishandle the Qur’an
Set foot in Mecca
Set foot in Medina
Carry a Bible to Saudi Arabia
Open Guantanamo Bay
Refuse to close Guantanamo Bay
Oppose the Ground Zero mosque
Move the Ground Zero mosque
Draw a picture of Mohammed
Give a speech in remembrance and honor of anyone killed because they did any of the things just mentioned

Tax payer money is used to fund the National Endowment for the Arts. The NEA specializes in sponsoring “art” that depicts the Virgin Mary covered in elephant dung.

Meanwhile it is U.S. military policy to burn bibles in Afghanistan in hopes of not upsetting the sensibilities of Muslims.

I don’t buy the recruitment meme any more than I buy General Petraus’ assertion that military personnel will be put in harm’s way because of the Qur’an burning. The liberal media didn’t care and, in fact, applauded Julian Assange’s (purveyor of wikileaks) crusade to publish classified military secrets vis a vis the New York Times. I think publishing 100,000 classified military documents is far more dangerous to our troops than burning a Qur’an in Gator country - but only if you apply logic to the argument.

Muslims need an excuse to kill infidels like rain needs an excuse to fall from the sky. Gravity dictates that rain falls instead of rise. The Qur’an dictates that Muslims kill infidels instead of live in peace. It truly is as simple as that. Only lawyers and politicians can turn something so simple into something so senseless. Our politicians, media emissaries, and academic institutions are aiding and abetting the enemy.

The over-arching theme here basically consists of a preemptive strike. The goal is to exonerate Muslims of their murderous tyrannical tendencies by placing the blame directly on American citizens for not acquiescing to the demands of our enemies. After the next terrorist strike the media will recount all of the insensitive things American citizens have done to deserve the attack. I just love the smell of treason in the morning.

Question: What do bowler hats, stagecoaches, and the NAACP have in common?

nospam@example.com (Rufus J. Craven) — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 18:28:06 -0400

Answer: Equal relevance in the 21st century; which is to say none.

The same thing can be said for unions but that’s an article unto its own.

The NAACP has finally jumped the shark and by doing so relegated itself to eternal irrelevance. As far as the NAACP is concerned it has toiled in obscurity for too many decades and has resolved itself to regaining its former glory by way of fabricating a new enemy; the T.E.A. Party. By publically condemning the T.E.A. Party as racist the NAACP has inadvertently condemned itself to a slow, painful, and timely death. I would interested to know how many NAACP members who drafted the most recent resolution condemning the T.E.A. Party as racist have actually attended a T.E.A. Party.

Contrary to popular belief, the NAACP is not targeting the T.E.A. Party with this baseless accusation as much as they are attempting to ensure that black voters don’t jump ship prior to the November elections and, more importantly, the 2012 Presidential elections. “Uncle Tom” is the flip side of the racist coin and that is the message to the black community. The NAACP is basically putting all black voters on notice – “If you attend a T.E.A. Party then you are an Uncle Tom race-traitor”. The NAACP is not concerned with liable and slander against T.E.A. Party members as much as they are concerned with scaring black people into tuning out the conservative message. The fastest and most effective way to combat the conservative message in the black community is to label it’s proselytizers as KKK members.

This subversive tactic undertaken by the NAACP on behalf of the Democratic National Party was doomed during inception. I would suppose that, had my elected officials not spent the last 14 months demonizing me and my T.E.A. Party compatriots as bigoted, brown-shirted, neo-Nazi, evil-mongers, this racist moniker may carry some weight but methinks the boy has cried wolf once-too-often.

To illustrate the degree to which the NAACP has devolved one need look no further than the recent boycott/shakedown of Hallmark Cards. The NAACP demanded that Hallmark remove a graduation card from their shelves because, among other celestial bodies and phenomena, the card referenced black holes. Apparently, “black holes” sounds too much like “black ho’s” and therefore, must be removed from society. The irony cannot be fully appreciated until you realize how many times the term “Ho” is used by the Hip-Hop community which has warranted, to date, no admonishment by the NAACP. The NAACP needs a boogeyman now more than ever and if that means one must be manufactured, then so be it. The color-blind tendency of the United States populous is a disturbing trend to the NAACP. Social harmony means Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton are out of a job and off the air.

So the NAACP has spent the last month removing graduation cards from the Hallmark store, declaring diversity as their primary goal, denouncing the T.E.A. Party as racist, and lobbying the California state government to turn Michael Jackson’s house into a park.

What the NAACP did not have time to address this month was a 70% illegitimate birth rate, a 29% graduation rate among inner city youths, and black culture that fosters the very social stigma they purport to refute.

Why have these devastating social issues not garnered the same level of intense scrutiny of the NAACP as the T.E.A. Party?

I’ll tell you why. Because fostering class-warfare and racial unrest is much easier than addressing any quandary whose resolve lies at the opposite end of introspection. If the NAACP were to take a long hard look at their agenda and accomplishments over the last 20 years it becomes glaringly obvious that the NAACP is an abysmal failure. As long as there is a cracka to blame or a straw man to deconstruct – they can postpone addressing the complete and utter destruction of the black family in the United States.

40 years of failed social engineering, social justice, social policies, and affirmative action have left the black community beholden to the government for everything. The NAACP is complicit in this subjugation of the black community and is now engaged in some very public displays of contortionism in order to obfuscate the truth.

Incidentally, the NAACP receives taxpayer funds.

This is probably a good a time as any to tell you that I have no intention of paying taxes next year. Too much of my money is being used to demonize and slander me. Because I am the one funding the liable against me I figured I should cut the funding at its source and refuse to remit payment.

Mind on Paper

nospam@example.com (Rufus J. Craven) — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 06:44:38 -0400

Apparently, criminal investigations, class-action lawsuits, and pampered Hollywood film-makers are just what the doctor ordered to quell the flow of oil in the gulf. Personally, I would’ve chosen engineers, mathematicians, and veteran oil-rig operators but then again I’m not community organizer. As U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder was dispatched to the Gulf Coast in order to pursue criminal proceedings against BP, he considered plugging the leak with volumes of paperwork that are the natural bi-product of such frivolous lawsuits.

This should come as a surprise to no one. If Barack Obama’s life means anything, it is this: there is no problem that can’t be fixed by a lawsuit, sit-in, or some good old fashioned community organizing spiced up with the right amount of class-warfare.

When it comes to the Gulf Coast oil disaster, this administration is a disaster.

Don’t let the media’s reaction to Helen Thomas fool you; she wasn’t “fired” because of her political stance. Helen hates the Jews and has hated the Jews since JFK was standing in the bully pulpit. When Helen Thomas was forced to resign, Hezbollah lost their most ardent supporter and successful operative. Maybe Helen can arrange for a return trip to Lebanon and dawn her burqa. Normally, I eschew all things “Islam” but as a heterosexual male I fully support a “head-to-toe” solution for the hideousness that is Helen Thomas. Remember, Helen was “fired” because she uttered aloud what all good liberals know is on par with a secret handshake. Once you share your secret handshake with outsiders Helen, you yourself must be castigated.

Paul McCartney is the music industry’s answer to Joe Biden. Whether he’s comparing global-warming to the holocaust or berating former President’s, Paul is completely unaware of his own irrelevance. I can’t help but feel the irony of a high-school dropout casting dispersions on the intelligence of a man who earned an MBA from Harvard and Yale wasn’t lost on anyone – except Paul McCartney of course.

I was at dinner the other night and ran across the Salahi’s. I’m not sure if I spelled the name correctly and, quite honestly, I don’t care. These are the people who crashed a Whitehouse party last year and the press ran with the story until it had no legs. Actually, they ran with the story until it had no legs, no arms, no soul, and absolutely nobody cared. So in that respect, the story was reflective of the subject matter. Anyway, I live in northern Virginia and so do they. My guess is Mikala’s IQ is on par with her weight. When she asked if I intended to watch “The Real Housewives of D.C.”, I responded in the negative. When she asked me “why”, I responded with a simple 2-word answer – "self respect". I didn't get the impression she was familiar with the term.

Apparently Levi Johnston is a liar. Who knew? Color me stupefied. For those who don’t remember (lucky you) Levi Johnston is the would-be-son-in-law of Sarah Palin. The media darling who crafted so many newsworthy stories about the Palin family is an admitted liar. After posing for the homosexual pornographic magazine, Playgirl, and accepting fees for constructing lies - Levi issued a public apology to the Palin’s for the lies, innuendos, and slander he has directed at the family over the last year. I suppose we should expect retractions from People, Vanity Fair, Newsweek, MSNBC, Joy Behar, Tyra Banks, ……. Oh never mind.

The Palin-hating media will continue to espouse the Levi doctrine long after his assertions are admitted to be false. Tom Shales is still referencing racial epithets hurled at the Congressional Black Caucus members as proof of inherent Tea Party racism 3 months after the allegations were proven to be manufactured. In the mind of a liberal, ideology trumps veracity.

NASA has a new directive. Barrack Obama has cut funding and scrapped a multitude of programs including the new space shuttle and return trips to the moon and replaced them with Muslim outreach programs. Apparently NASA’s new mission statement is to make sure Muslims feel good about their vast contributions to the fields of science and mathematics. Apparently flying planes you could never engineer into buildings you could never construct in order to kill thousands you’ve never met is some sort of ‘contribution’ to aeronautical engineering.

Below is a quote from Charles Bolden:

“When I became the NASA administrator — or before I became the NASA administrator — he charged me with three things. One was he wanted me to help re-inspire children to want to get into science and math, he wanted me to expand our international relationships, and third, and perhaps foremost, he wanted me to find a way to reach out to the Muslim world and engage much more with dominantly Muslim nations to help them feel good about their historic contribution to science … and math and engineering,”
I wonder of Barack will revamp the acronym too.

NASA
New Arabic Sensitivity Administration

NASA
National Arabic Sharia Administration

NASA
New America Subservient to Arabs

I could write 1,000 articles on the absurdity of this but instead I’ll sum it up in 2 sentences. It is impossible to embark upon a quest in order to redefine the boundaries of space, time, and human ingenuity when you prefer 9-year old girls in your bed. The followers of Allah could’ve invented the internal combustion engine in 700 A.D. for all I care but it doesn’t change the fact that Mohammad was a pedophile.

How much of a colossally bad idea is this really? Don’t Muslims tend to destroy planes by blowing them up or flying them into buildings? Do we really want to spend $1.9 billion on a space-worthy vehicle and then turn the keys over to someone with a track-record of intentionally destroying flight-worthy vehicles?

Oh, and don’t forget your tax dollars fund this.

Muslims belong in space as Elena Kagan belongs in the Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition. Perhaps Michael Moore can be the new Slimfast spokesman as soon as Bill Clinton returns from his speaking engagement tour with the Promise Keepers.

Wait, I know! We can send Muslims to space in order to convert aliens to Islam under the threat of beheading. But what happens if aliens don't have heads to appease the blood-lust of the 'Religion of Pieces'? I wonder if 72 alien virgins would await the lucky Muslim who is the first to bring Islams' special brand of outreach to the vast reaches of space? Are we anatomically compatible? These are the things inquiring Muslims want to know.

A Plan for Fiscal Solvency

nospam@example.com (Rufus J. Craven) — Tue, 25 May 2010 17:14:38 -0400

I’ve never been an academic. I’ve never worked in government either. Nor have I ever been a community organizer so the following ideas may seem unenlightened. The United States of America is currently embroiled in the worst economic environment since the Great Depression. A logical thinking man possessing the smallest iota of common sense, when presented with the current fiscal quagmire, would consider cutting spending - which is why the current administration hasn’t entertained the idea.

Below are a few ideas on how to reduce the deficit in the United States while simultaneously cutting taxes across the board. First, you must rid yourself of the notion that a tax rebate is the same thing as a tax cut, Obama spin and media messaging notwithstanding.

Eliminate the Department of Education wholesale. Replace it with block grants to states at 25% to 50% of current funding. Let the liberals find a way to finance their collegiate indoctrination program(s) without tax dollars. Also, Eliminate Workforce Development for Teachers and Scientists from DOE.
Congress delivered $64.2 billion of your tax money to the Department of Education for fiscal 2010, a nearly 10% increase over the previous year. Every year the DOE gets more money and every year the US produces dumber students. You can thank the teachers unions for that.

Reduce Environmental Protection Agency funding to 50% of 2008 levels. As one example of incompetence, malfeasance, and politically driven narratives, the EPA bases their policies on polar bear populations. If the EPA has “scientists” who think the dramatic increase in polar bear population is evidence of endangerment, the EPA is chocked full of “scientists” who should be flipping burgers instead.

Eliminate Bureau of Land Management. Obama has already used this agency to confiscate state lands in order to further the power of his regime.

Eliminate Bureau of Indian Affairs. As best I can tell, their sole purpose is to steal from the various Indian Nations and tribes.

Eliminate all Department of Energy funding for “alternative energy.” To the extent there is any economic viability to these schemes, they will be developed by people who understand the difference between base load and peak load. I can’t tell what exactly the Department of Energy does now except invent new rules and regulations to make the production of energy more expensive. Here are a few numbers to digest as you begin to seethe with rage.

Congress gave this department, which produces no energy but adds to its costs, $26.4 billion in fiscal 2010, after more than doubling its budget by another $34 billion under the economic stimulus bill the year before.

Congressional Spending Earmarks
$1.9 million for Connecticut’s Pleasure Beach water taxi service.
$380,000 for a recreation and fairgrounds area in Kotzebue, Alaska.
$3.8 million for the Old Tiger Stadium Conservancy in Detroit.
$1.8 million for swine odor and manure management research in Ames, Iowa.
$1.2 million for total rat eradication on the Palmyra Atoll in Hawaii.
$750,000 for continued celebration and commemoration of the 400th anniversary of the voyages of Henry Hudson and Samuel de Champlain.

Eliminate all elements of Department of Agriculture that don’t involve food safety inspections.

Reduce Department of Labor to 50%. Restrict activities to workplace safety, arbitration, and oversight of union formation votes. The one thing the DOL should do but doesn’t is conduct oversight of union controlled pension funds. The DOL should issue a requirement that they be 100% funded before the union can spend anything on political activities. This is crucial! The SEIU and AFL-CIO have nearly $100 million in unfunded pension liabilities yet they somehow find a way to contribute 10’s of millions of dollars to democrat campaign coffers.

Eliminate all of Department of Health and Human Services except CDC, FDA, and NIH.

Eliminate Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Reduce Department of Transportation by 25%. If the DOT believes their charter includes bike paths, they are wasting my money and my time.

Eliminate all Federal Agencies which directly fund the liberal agenda: NPR, Public Television, National Endowment for the Arts, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Science Foundation.

Deprive NOAA and EPA of the power to fund climate research.

Privatize Social Security and Medicaid. If this seems too harsh, then at the very least address the $90 billion per year in Medicare fraud! Or, change the way the Social Security increment is calculated from wage growth to general inflation. It's a long-term fix but ultimately very important.

Cancel the hiring of an additional 16,000 IRS agents in order to enforce the health insurance mandate.

Cancel the $200 million show trials of the 9-11 conspirators.

Cut all congressional staff’s by 50%.

Eliminate ALL tax-payer funding for ACORN and subsidiaries. I know you think this has already been done but you would be wrong. ACORN has morphed into 100 other entities and has even taken their carnival overseas.

Place an immediate freeze on ALL government hiring outside of national defense and infrastructure.

Deport as many illegal aliens as the private sector can efficiently handle.

Defund, eliminate, or seriously revamp the National Science Foundation Studies. Below are a few examples of the efficient uses of your tax dollars.

$188,206 to ask the question, “Why do political candidates make vague statements, and what are their consequences?
$11,825 to study “Prime Time Politics: Television News and the Visual Framing of War.”
$143,254 to evaluate whip counts by party leaders in Congress to determine the impact of party leaders in the legislative process and how successful party leaders are at mobilizing support for party programs.
$50,000 to hold a conference on the effect of youtube.com on the 2008 election.
$678,000 to study Internet social networking sites including Twitter and Facebook in an effort to “measure public happiness.”

Withdraw from the U.N.

Eliminate funding of the IMF.

So there it is. Print this and keep it handy. The next time someone tells you there are no alternatives to the VAT or some sort of tax hike please provide them this post. Of course, if you’re speaking to a union member of government employee, you may have to read it them too.

Barack Obama should be saying ‘Thank You’.

Private Enterprise vs. Government Bureaucracy (Goldman Sachs edition)

nospam@example.com (Rufus J. Craven) — Wed, 19 May 2010 09:03:51 -0400

Team Obama heavily relies upon the average citizen slavishly digesting talking points that find their origin in the oval office. It is incumbent upon all Americans to educate themselves with independent data in order to properly assess the veracity of any claim made by the current administration. Barack doesn’t have a stellar track-record in the arenas of credibility and rectitude.

Make no mistake about it; Obama loves a villain. Big oil, big pharma, and big insurance comprise the Oval office’s “3 most wanted” list but this week, it is big money! I’ve written extensively on the disparity of campaign contributions between Republicans and Democrats and big money is no different. Goldman Sachs, yes the same Goldman Sachs that Obama has castigated publicly via his surrogates on the Congressional hearing panel, contributed $994,000 (far more than any other candidate) to Barack Obama during his 2008 campaign. Every time you hear Barack Obama verbally lambaste Goldman Sachs, remember that is the political contributions of Goldman Sachs that helped catapult him into the office he currently holds.

In reality, it is private sector enterprise and capitalism as a whole that infuriates and nauseates Barack Obama. Having spent precisely ZERO days in the private sector, he truly has no idea what makes it tick. Ignorance begets fear and there is no more ignorant person on earth than Barack Obama when it comes to the intricacies of capitalism.

Below is a simple ‘compare & contrast’ thought exercise for the leftist do-gooders still living in their parents’ basement waiting for the government gravy train to rescue them from their malaise.

Private Sector

Americans spend $36 million at Wal-Mart every hour of every day.
This spending trend correlates to a $20,928 profit every minute of every hour of every day.
Wal-Mart will sell more goods between 1/1/10 and 3/17/10 than Target will sell the entire year.
Wal-Mart is this big: HOME DEPT+KROGER+TARGET+SEARS+COSTCO+K-MART < WAL-MART.
Wal-Mart employs 1.6 million people – the largest private employer in the US (and most speak English).
Wal-Mart is the largest company in the history of the world.
In less than 16 years, Wal-Mart sells more food than KROGER and SAFEWAY combined.
In the 16 years of Wal-Mart’s existence, 31 supermarket chains sought bankruptcy.
Wal-Mart sells more food than any store on earth.
Wal-Mart has 4,000 stores in the US.
This year, nearly 7.2 billion purchasing experiences will occur at a Wal-Mart.
90% of all Americans live within 15 miles of a Wal-Mart.
Wal-Mart appears to be run by competent people delivering a sought-after commodity.

Government

The US Postal Service was established in 1775.
The US Postal Service has operated in the red for nearly 40 years.
The US Postal Service is becoming more unsustainable and more obsolete every day.

Social Security was established in 1935.
Social Security is bankrupt.

Fannie Mae was established in 1938.
Fannie Mae is the primary cause of the financial meltdown.
Fannie Mae is bankrupt.
Fannie Mae operates from an unlimited line of credit from the FED that costs US taxpayers $7 billion per month.

The war on poverty started in 1964.
$1 trillion per year is confiscated from the US taxpayers in order to facilitate the transfer of wealth from the producing class to the entitlement class and the entitlement class wants more.

Medicare and Medicaid were established in 1965.
They are both bankrupt.

Freddie Mac was established in 1970.
Freddie Mac is the secondary cause of the financial meltdown.
Freddie Mac is bankrupt.
Freddie Mac operates from an unlimited line of credit from the FED that will continually transfer the debt burden to the US taxpayer in perpetuity.

The Department of Energy was created in 1977.
The purpose of the DOE was to decrease US dependence upon foreign oil.
The US imports more oil than ever.
The DOE has 16,000 employees.
The DOE does not produce energy.
The DOE operates a $24 billion annual budget.

Please apply the formulas and outcomes above and relate them to the potential outcome of the recently passed Healthcare bill. How exactly do you see that playing out?

Sound-bites create compelling narratives:
Bush lied Kids died!
Bush did it!
Rush said it!
Oil companies are overcharging you!
Insurance companies are killing you!
And now….
Goldman Sachs took your house!

This is the formula for control that works perfectly for the Obama administration, thanks in no small part to the accomplice media.
First, identify a sector to be controlled. Second, give speeches about how said sector has run amok and turned against you. Third, demonize and vilify before seizing control by any means available. The follow-up contingency plan is to haul citizens and corporations before a committee for a hearing.
This tactic isn’t just used to enact specific legislation, however. Vilification is the method of choice for Democrats as they desperately cobble together popular support under false pretenses. One need only pay close attention to the vilification of the Tea Party movement over the last 14 months to find evidence of this fact.

The power of government is being brought to bear against American citizens for protesting, analysts and reporters for questioning, and the free market for being the free market.

Government Motors

nospam@example.com (Rufus J. Craven) — Wed, 12 May 2010 22:01:02 -0400

The spectacle of Ed Whitacre, the newly Obama appointed CEO of General Motors, strolling through a manufacturing plant touting the recent pay-back of stimulus bailout money was something to behold. The first time I was privileged to see this commercial I knew it was destined for a short life but even I didn’t know that my first would be my last.

The contents of the commercial contained few facts – meaning it was full of calculated lies and misleading innuendo. Ed Whitacre begins his soliloquy by citing the fact that ‘some’ people in the US are upset with the GM receiving bailout money from American taxpayers. That was pretty much the last syllable or assertion that escaped his lips that could actually be construed as ‘truth’.

As per my usual tendency towards linear thinking there were assertions made by Mr. Whitacre during that 30 second commercial that I found difficult to accept at face value. For instance, how could Government Motors report a $9.6 billion loss in the 4th quarter of 2009 and then subsequently repay and $8 billion loan 90 days later? I like numbers. I live and breathe numbers every day and I can assure you these numbers do not produce a balanced equation. I could be proven wrong if GM managed to garner an $18 billion profit during the 1st quarter of 2010. However, Government Motors would have to release those numbers for me to apply the formula. I’m still waiting.

GM’s reputation is on par with Charles Manson or Bernie Madoff. I knew the instant I saw this commercial that the ‘Obama damage control team’ was behind the public announcement. The democrats in this country underestimate the intellect of the American voters by continually assaulting them with poorly constructed lies. If you intend to lie to me, you had better ensure the lie can’t be disproven simply because I have30 seconds of spare time and access to Google!

And by the way, didn’t GM receive $50 billion in bailout assistance? How does repaying $8 billion cover that debt? The truth of the matter is GM utilized stimulus money to pay back a portion of the bailout loan in order to convince the American public to buy their product. Look at the bright side, you funded TARP, you funded STIMULUS, you funded the bailout money, and now portions of all that money are being used to finance prime-time commercials in order to convince you that GM deserves more of your money to purchase their piss-poor product.

If it weren’t fact, it would be funny; but because it is fact, it’s a perfect marriage of nauseating malfeasance and government propaganda.

Government Motors is no longer an automaker, it has become a giant pension funded by taxpayers for aging UAW members. GM is an entitlement program. Regardless of any P&L statement, GM will continue to exist on the back of the private sector tax payers in perpetuity. The only way GM ceases to be an entitlement program and once again return to the rank of US auto maker is if they post a profit as a direct result of their superior product AND the GM brand-name has proven to have weathered the fallout associated with being bailed out by US taxpayers. Neither of these things will EVER happen.

Unless, of course, Obama finds a way to fine, regulate, or punish the Ford Motor Company out of existence which is a scenario that seems more plausible with each passing day.

The Obama administration basically stole General Motors from the secured investors and handed it over to the UAW in order to secure union support for democrat politicians. As with the health care bill, the end-game is wealth-distribution and has absolutely nothing to do with automobiles or doctors.

The intent of this commercial was to stem the tide of systemic rejection the Obama administration is experiencing as they attempt to nationalize various sectors of the U.S. economy. The citizens of this country have already made their decision as evidenced by the meteoric rise of Ford stock and their profit postings over the last 2 fiscal quarters. Because the fight is over and the American populous has rendered their verdict, Ed Whitacre resorted to lying to every man, woman, and child in this country on prime-time television. The tact of misrepresentation taints everything Obama touches.

Given Barrack Obama’s disdain for private sector success coupled with his willingness to interject his political machine into the US economy, I foresee a congressional hearing in Ford’s immediate future. Ford should begin collecting all emails, memos, reports, and presentations related to their P&L statements because Henry Waxman will be calling in 3….2….1….

Razing Arizona

nospam@example.com (Rufus J. Craven) — Wed, 05 May 2010 09:32:22 -0400

The liberal media and their accomplices at La Razza and the Obama administration have done their level best to portray the residents of Arizona as racist xenophobes since the announcement of the recently passed immigration law. Of course the narrative invokes imagery associated with Nazi Germany as often as possible facts-be-damned.

Personally, I’m more of a fact-oriented guy and tend to rely upon the numbers. As usual, I’ve compiled a few below.

I focused on Maricopa County because that’s where Sheriff Joseph Arpaio resides and he continues to be one my personal heroes.

A report issued by Maricopa County’s Attorney General Andrew Thomas in October 2008 reveals the extent of Arizona’s problem with crime committed by illegal immigrants.

In 2007, illegal immigrants accounted for:

10% of sex crimes convictions
11% of murders convictions
13% of stolen cars convictions
13% of aggravated assaults convictions
17% of those sentenced for violent crimes
19% of those sentenced for property crimes
20% of those sentenced for felony DUI.
21% of crimes committed with weapons
34% of those sentenced for the manufacture, sale or transport of drugs
36% of those sentenced for kidnapping
44% of forgeries
50% of those sentenced for crimes related to “chop shops”
85% of false ID convictions
96% of smuggling convictions

These numbers are astounding given that illegal immigrants comprise 19 percent of those convicted of crimes in Maricopa County and 21 percent of those in county jails.

What is even more unbelievable is the fact that Illegal immigrants make up a paltry 9 percent of the county’s population (2007). But I thought these illegal immigrants ….er….. um…. I mean undocumented workers were simply searching for a better life? Isn’t that what CNN tells me every day?

It is estimated that each violent crime cost citizens $20,000, and each property crime cost citizens $4363 per offense.
You will never hear or read ANY of this information if you rely upon the alphabet media for your news consumption. What you will hear, however, is the international community’s chorus of condemnation regarding a bill passed in a country they don’t live in regarding a problem they do not endure. One of the loudest opponents of this bill, ironically enough, is Mexican President Felipe Calderon.
Below is a list of facts that Michelle Malkin compiled regarding the immigration policies of the country of Mexico. It seems hypocritical grand-standing is not relegated to US politicians only. Let’s compare and contrast the law recently passed by Arizona with the federal law that has been in place in Mexico for some time.
If U.S. citizens were crossing the border into Mexico by the tens of millions, the open arms – open border crowd in Mexico would have the following legislation in place to greet them.
The Mexican government will bar foreigners if they upset “the equilibrium of the national demographics.”

– If outsiders do not enhance the country’s “economic or national interests” or are “not found to be physically or mentally healthy,” they are not welcome. Neither are those who show “contempt against national sovereignty or security.” They must not be economic burdens on society and must have clean criminal histories. Those seeking to obtain Mexican citizenship must show a birth certificate, provide a bank statement proving economic independence, pass an exam and prove they can provide their own health care.

– Illegal entry into the country is equivalent to a felony punishable by two years’ imprisonment. Document fraud is subject to fine and imprisonment; so is alien marriage fraud. Evading deportation is a serious crime; illegal re-entry after deportation is punishable by ten years’ imprisonment. Foreigners may be kicked out of the country without due process and the endless bites at the litigation apple that illegal aliens are afforded in our country.

– Law enforcement officials at all levels — by national mandate — must cooperate to enforce immigration laws, including illegal alien arrests and deportations. The Mexican military is also required to assist in immigration enforcement operations. Native-born Mexicans are empowered to make citizens’ arrests of illegal aliens and turn them in to authorities.

– Mexico’s National Catalog of Foreigners tracks all outside tourists and foreign nationals. A National Population Registry tracks and verifies the identity of every member of the population, who must carry a citizens’ identity card. Visitors who do not possess proper documents and identification are subject to arrest as illegal aliens.

All of these provisions are enshrined in Mexico’s Ley General de Población (General Law of the Population) and were spotlighted in a 2006 research paper published by the Washington, D.C.-based Center for Security Policy. There’s been no public clamor for “comprehensive immigration reform” in Mexico, however, because pro-illegal alien speech by outsiders is prohibited.

Consider: Open-borders protesters marched freely at the Capitol building in Arizona, comparing GOP Gov. Jan Brewer to Hitler, waving Mexican flags, advocating that demonstrators “Smash the State,” and holding signs that proclaimed “No human is illegal” and “We have rights.”

But under the Mexican constitution, such political speech by foreigners is banned. Noncitizens cannot “in any way participate in the political affairs of the country.” In fact, a plethora of Mexican statutes enacted by its congress limit the participation of foreign nationals and companies in everything from investment, education, mining and civil aviation to electric energy and firearms. Foreigners have severely limited private property and employment rights (if any).

This information literally eviscerates the liberal empathy narrative which paints conservative Americans as the architects of draconian law. This information is readily available and renders the Democratic threats of an Arizona boycott hollow and disingenuous. The truer the word and the more damning to the liberal meme a particular set of facts are is inversely proportional to your chances of ever catching wind of it while watching the alphabet media.

Danka Schoen Mien Fuhrer

nospam@example.com (Rufus J. Craven) — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 09:15:17 -0400

“So I've been a little amused over the last couple of days where people have been having these rallies about taxes. You would think they would be saying thank you."—President Barack Obama, April 15, 2010

You’ve just read my favorite Barrack Obama quote. In my opinion, for the purpose of revealing that which is meant be hidden , this quote divulges more about Barrack Obama than his claim that bitter Americans have a tendency to cling to their Bibles and guns out of fear and ignorance in order to obfuscate their inherent racism.

“So it’s not surprising then that they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren’t like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations.” – President Barack Obama, April 28, 2009

The personality defect that serves as the catalyst for this brand of rhetoric is simple:

Hubris (also hybris; pronounced /ˈhjuːbrɪs/) means extreme haughtiness or arrogance. Hubris often indicates being out of touch with reality and overestimating one's own competence or capabilities, especially for people in positions of power.

Forget for a moment that the underlying tenet of Obama’s argument is a lie. A sitting President does not debase, berate, or deride the citizens of the nation he leads (until now). I suppose it could be worse, Eric Holder believes we are all cowards.

"Though this nation has proudly thought of itself as an ethnic melting pot, in things racial we have always been and continue to be, in too many ways, essentially a nation of cowards." – Attorney General Eric Holder, February 18, 2009

The point Barack Obama was making with the ‘Thank Me’ speech was Tea Party Patriots have no ideological leg to stand on because he cut taxes for all Americans except the dreaded cannibals known as “the wealthy”. As with most things that escape Barack’s lips, this claim is easily refuted by anyone who can maintain consciousness long enough to formulate a cogent sentence.

I’ll run down a few here because I’m bored.

The ObamaCare bill alone contains 21 new taxes individually enumerated and only 7 of those specify an “income threshold”. For you public school graduates living in your parents’ basement eagerly awaiting your next government funded hand-out derived directly from my paycheck, allow me to assist you.

21 – 7 = 14

There are fourteen new taxes in the ObamaCare bill that do not distinctively target the dreaded “wealthy”. Once again, for those educated in the public school system, this means YOU are targeted. I especially like the 50% tax on tanning bed visits as this one hits me where it hurts. You see, wealthy people fly to exotic paradises in order to nurture their perfect tan (Exhibit A: Charlie Crist). Commoners like me have to pay the $8 (soon to be $12) for a single visit to the tanning bed.

Federal taxes were also raised on cigarettes and beer this year. The gist of this article is not to debate tit for tat the truth of Barack’s claim that he didn’t raise taxes. Sentient beings can easily determine the veracity for themselves.
What I will do is pick this quote apart so let’s read it again.

“So I've been a little amused over the last couple of days where people have been having these rallies about taxes. You would think they would be saying thank you."—President Barack Obama, April 15, 2010

As a rule, a democratically elected leader should never speak of his/her constituents in this manner. Therein lay the conundrum; the relationship of the leader and the masses. What makes a western democracy different than an autocracy - be it theocratic or secular? Does Barack Obama consider the citizens of the United States of America constituents or subjects? Does he view himself as a representative of the people or a shepherd of the masses who are too ignorant and bitter to identify much less acknowledge and adopt that which is best for them?

The answer is glaring; we’re obviously too ignorant to know that we should be thanking him.

Barack Obama has the megalomaniacal propensities of a despot. Adolf Hitler believed that he was the Father of Germany. He steadfastly believed that he was the sole source through which all of the benevolence of the state would flow. Adolf Hitler considered himself the savior of Germany. It was for this reason that he did not marry Eva Braun until the day he committed suicide; the population of Germany was his children and he could not be encumbered with other ancillary familial duties. His sole purpose on earth was to lead Germany to its glorious destination of the thousand year reign.

Similarly, Barack Obama believes his mission on earth is to atone for the iniquities of the United States of America and exact penance upon the population.

Any dissent or interruption of Barack’s plans will not be tolerated. He is our savior and we should be thanking him for all he allows us to have because we obviously cannot fend for ourselves. Barack Obama views us all as children that need to be guided, disciplined, loved, and eventually, shown the error of our ways. His moral ascendancy is doctrine as evidenced by his coronation on 1/20/2009. He is our magnanimous Fuhrer.

Don’t we know that we can only realize our potential by submission to his will? How can we be so stupid as to NOT know that we should be praising him and thanking him for his magnificent benevolence? I believe I’ve learned my lesson and wish to pay homage to our dear magnificent leader Barack Obama (peace be upon him).

Thank you Barack for increasing tax rates on my beer.
Danka Barack for raising tax rates on cigarettes.
Danka Schoen Barrack for adding 21 new taxes into the Obama Care bill.
Danka Schoen Barack for spending our country into bankruptcy in less than 2 years.
Danka Schoen mien Fuhrer for dismissing the voter intimidation charges against the Black Panthers.
Danka Schoen mien Fuhrer for cancelling the F-22 Raptor program.
Danka Schoen mien Fuhrer for removing the word ‘Islam’ from the National Security assessment.
Danka Schoen mien Fuhrer for filling your cabinet posts and czars appointees with Communists.
Danka Schoen mien Fuhrer for granting civilian trials to military combatants.

Oh, and finally, I would like to thank Barack Obama, Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, Alan Grayson, Arlen Specter, Steny Hoyer, Barney Frank, and Chris Dodd for calling me a racist, bigot, homophobe, xenophobe, brown-shirt, evil-monger, right-wing terrorist in waiting for the better part of a year.

Danka Schoen Mien Fuhrer!
Heil Obama!

You can take the ‘Islam’ out of terrorism but you can’t take the ‘Christian’ out of militia

nospam@example.com (Rufus J. Craven) — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 15:12:03 -0400

The newly revised National-security policy will no longer employ certain words or phrases as it outlines the greatest external threats to the United States. ‘Islam ’, ‘jihad and ‘Islamic extremism’ will be omitted and replaced with more terrorist friendly euphemisms. This move should come as a surprise to no one. The director of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano, believes right-wingers and returning veterans are the real threat facing America these days as evidenced by her leaked security brief last year.

This alteration to the language of the National-security policy is the second prong in the white-washing attempt to ensure the American public forgets who the enemy is. First, DHS stopped using the term ‘terrorism’ altogether in favor of ‘man-caused disaster’. Obfuscation of the act has now been teamed with obfuscation of the perpetrator by way of ignoring Islam’s direct involvement, sponsorship, and moral rationale for acts of terrorism perpetrated in the name of Allah world-wide.

Although some Americans may be perplexed if not outraged by this re-tossing of the word-salad, I am less inclined to become apoplectic. As a matter of fact, the Whitehouse is simply enacting into policy that which has been commonly practiced throughout the media. Islam = good – Christianity = bad. The alphabet media (ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, and NYT) have adhered to this unwritten policy for decades. I could cite examples ad infinitum but prefer to focus on that which is current and widely publicized.

Major Nidal Hassan killed 13 servicemen at Fort Hood and injured more than 30 others in December. Before the barrel of Hassan’s gun had gone cold Barrack Obama proceeded to lecture the American public on the virtues of not painting an entire religion with the jihad brush. It took the media 4 days to actually place into print the word ‘jihad’.

Contrast this with the story of the 9 militia members who were arrested in Ohio, Michigan, and Indiana last week. If any reader links to or sends a single article to me that was written within 72 hours of the news story breaking in which the word ‘Christian’ was not used, I will send you $100. Not until Wednesday evening (4 days after the fact) did I see a news segment that simply used the term ‘militia’ without the obligatory qualifier ‘Christian’. Shepherd Smith of FOX news has the dubious honor of being the first media personality to separate the 2 terms. In fact, for 3 days the word ‘Christian’ had a relationship with the word ‘militia’ that can only be compared to the relationship the letter ‘Q’ has with the letter ‘U’. A similar symbiosis of lexicon I have never witnessed.

Nidal Hassan has faded from the news cycles but whenever he returns his name is always preceded with the word ‘alleged’. ‘Jihad’, ‘Islam’, and ‘terrorism’ are never to be found in the article.

In the interest of full disclosure it should be noted that I have no dog in this fight. Although I was raised devoutly Christian, I have not attended a church service since I received my driver’s license 22 years ago. The number of times I’ve entered a church in the last 22 years can be counted on one hand and all of those incidents were in order to attend a wedding or a wedding rehearsal. It is telling that someone as agnostic (pun intended) as me is offended by the contrast in media coverage as well as the Obama administration’s willingness to go to unbelievable lengths to conceal what EVERYONE already knows. I’m not surprised but I am offended. My offense does not come from the fact that I feel my God is being disparaged or unfairly portrayed in the media rather that the talking heads are so elitist that they actually believe this slanted reporting is not readily transparent.

As with all things, the truth becomes apparent if the irrelevant distractions are stripped from the argument. Personally, I like numbers; here are a few

Major Nidal Hassan killed or injured 5x more people than were arrested last weekend as a result of the militia raids.

Although no clear connection to Christianity has come to light, the media manufactured and trumpeted this connection for 72 hours in hundreds of reports and they continue to this day.

The media did not utter, write, or report the words ‘jihad’ or ‘Islam’ for 96 hours after the Ft. Hood incident.

4 months after the fact, the media portrays Nidal Hassan as a ‘lone nut’ as opposed to the Koran inspired jihadist he obviously is.

The narrative of the right-wing, gun-loving, Christian militia hit a snag yesterday when it was uncovered that several members of the militia were registered Democrats and had voted as such during the last 3 election cycles.

The poor jihadis are so misunderstood. Apparently, one cannot label jihadist activity as Islamic even when the enemy claims the Koran as his inspiration and field manual for 30+ years. However, it is perfectly acceptable to manufacture and report a Christian connection to any act one deems heinous. The militia members have yet to be convicted of anything yet virtues of Islam are on display every day around the world. As far as the media and the Obama administration are concerned, Christian guilt is a foregone conclusion. The jury is still out on those peace-loving Muslims though.

Health Care: indisputable numbers, recorded facts, and other things liberals don’t talk about.

nospam@example.com (Rufus J. Craven) — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 08:54:28 -0400

Every American has been treated to a never-ending deluge of liberal health care horror stories since Barrack’s Blair House Kabuki Theater last month. During the health-care summit at Blair House, every Republican attempt to address fiscal, philosophical, and logistical concerns by engaging in fact-laden political discourse was met with a liberal sob story citing the contents of their most recent delivery of constituent mail. In the mind of a liberal, feeling and emotion trump fact and policy.

The health care debate reached a crescendo this last week drawing to a close the most contested domestic policy war in my lifetime so naturally, WTOP in Washington D.C. engaged in wall-to-wall Tiger Woods ‘sex addiction’ segments. However, today WTOP hosted a political analyst who enunciated a truth so great and conspicuous; it would have been edited just yesterday. This WTOP guest analyst reached the epiphany that insurance companies will benefit handsomely with the passing of this health care bill. Pardon my infantile response, but, DUH?!!

For 14 months Barrack Obama has lambasted insurance companies for their inherent evil nature. He has called a vote against health care a vote for the insurance companies. He has leveled multiple accusations against Republicans, calling them ‘Corporate shills’ for the insurance companies. Anyone who chooses to imbibe their daily news ration from sources other than the alphabet soup (ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, MSNBC, etc…) knows the President’s assertions to be completely without merit and utterly fallacious. Insurance companies and the IRS are the big winners in this abomination of health care deform. Unfortunately, WTOP in Washington D.C. couldn’t find a single person in the entire country over the course of 14 months to share this valuable piece of information ‘on air’. Until today, that is to say, until 9 hours after the House passed the bill. Nice.

Michelle Malkin wrote an entire book dedicated to the subject of corporate donations to Democratic coffers vs. Republican coffers. By a 3 to 1 margin, insurance companies preferred Democratic candidates over Republicans. The chasm for pharmaceutical company donations was 4 to 1. I believe the disparity for trial lawyers was 75 billion to 1. It is absurd to believe that an industry can benefit from a particular piece of legislation by having 30 million people federally mandated to purchase their product yet the industry is vehemently opposed to that legislation.

I submit to you that, in our current economic climate, companies would kill to have 30 new customers much less 30 million. Barrack Obama received more money during the 2008 campaign season than any other primary candidate. He received more money from insurance lobbyists while a Congressman than any other. The insurance industry will benefit from an unconstitutional federal mandate that demands 30 million Americans purchase their product. And every day on the way to work I listen to Barrack vilify insurance companies while extolling the virtues and benevolence of federal government.

Powerful narrative: but let’s deal with some facts shall we?

For every $3000 I earn via income in Virginia:

Federal Withholding $294.02
Federal Medicaid (MED) $43.77
Social Security (OASDI) $187.14
Virginia state Tax $142.57
Total Government theft $667.50

Medical insurance (me & wife) $50.12
Dental Insurance (me & wife) $10.67
Vision Insurance (me & wife) $2.81
Total insurance deduction $63.60

There are 2 glaring dissimilarities in these numbers. Obviously, the government requires 10X more money to produce ¼ the efficiency but there is a far more poignant incongruity. On my pay stub, the insurance deductions are in a section labeled ‘elective’.

At this point the myth that insurance companies are evil and government is the answer has been dispelled. If you doubt it, reread the numbers above while sober and consider what YOUR $667.50 buys you. It buys you the DMV, the DOT, the IRS, and Post Office. As a bonus, it also buys you Mexican abortions, medical studies on STDs in the red light district, Virgin Mary statues covered in feces, and ACORN.

The myth of insurance companies’ bank-rolling Republican candidacies is laughable although often repeated. Please use Google as God intended and search campaign contributions. This information is readily available folks and there is absolutely no excuse or affliction (except liberalism) that exempts you from being armed with the facts. Save yourself some time and purchase “Culture of Corruption” by Michelle Malkin. Her book contains more facts than the Civics & Social Studies textbooks our public high-school students are using today. Perhaps it’s a blessing that most of our high school students are illiterate.

Now consider the list of talking points the Democrats have used over the last 14 months when concerns were voiced about the contents of the bill. We were told that these Republican scare tactics were meant to frighten the population so the bill would be killed thus handing a victory to the evil insurance companies. We’ve been told that health care won’t be rationed; there will not be death panels, illegal aliens won’t be covered, and government expansion is not a foregone conclusion as a result of the bill.

Well, I’ve read some of the bill. I have a few highlights enumerated below. Of course, it’s too late now. Now it’s law.

Page 22 of the HC Bill: Mandates that the Government will audit books of all employers that self-insure.

Page 30 Sec 123 of HC bill: THERE WILL BE A GOVT COMMITTEE that decides what treatments/benefits you are entitled to and which ones you receive.

Page 29 lines 4-16 in the HC bill: YOUR HEALTH CARE IS RATIONED.

Page 42 of HC Bill: The Health Choices Commissioner will choose your health care benefits for you. You have no choice.

Page 50 Section 152 in HC bill: HC will be provided to ALL non-US citizens, illegal or otherwise.

Page 58 HC Bill: Government will have real-time access to individuals' finances & a 'National ID Health card' will be issued.

Page 59 HC Bill lines 21-24: Government will have direct access to your bank accounts for elective funds transfer.

Page 65 Sec 164: Is a payoff subsidized plan for retirees and their families in unions & community organizations: (ACORN).

Page 84 Sec 203 HC bill: Government mandates ALL benefit packages for private HC plans in the 'Exchange.'

Page 85 Line 7 HC Bill: Specifications of Benefit Levels for Plans -- The Government will ration your health care!

Page 91 Lines 4-7 HC Bill: Government mandates linguistic appropriate services. (Translation: illegal aliens.)

Page 95 HC Bill Lines 8-18: The Government will use groups (i.e. ACORN & Americorps to sign up individuals for Government HC plan.

Page 85 Line 7 HC Bill: Specifications of Benefit Levels for Plans. (AARP members - your health care WILL be rationed!)

Page 102 Lines 12-18 HC Bill: Medicaid eligible individuals will be automatically enrolled in Medicaid. (No choice.)

Page 12 4 lines 24-25 HC: No company can sue Government for price fixing. No "judicial review" against Government monopoly.

Page 127 Lines 1-16 HC Bill: Doctors/ American Medical Association - The Government will tell YOU what salary you can make.

Page 145 Line 15-17: An Employer MUST auto-enroll employees into public option plan. (NO choice!)

Page 126 Lines 22-25: Employers MUST pay for HC for part-time employees AND their families. (Employees shouldn't get excited about this as employers will be forced to reduce its work force, benefits, and wages/salaries to cover such a huge expense.)

Page 149 Lines 16-24: ANY Employer with payroll 401k & above who does not provide public option will pay 8% tax on all payrolls!

Page 150 Lines 9-13: A business with payroll between $251K & $401K who doesn't provide public option will pay 2-6% tax on all payroll.

Page 167 Lines 18-23: ANY individual who doesn't have acceptable HC according to Government will be taxed 2.5% of income.

Page 170 Lines 1-3 HC Bill: Any NONRESIDENT Alien is exempt from individual taxes. (Illegal aliens will benefit but Americans will pay.)

Page 195 HC Bill: Officers & employees of the GOVT HC Administrator will have access to ALL Americans' finances and personal records. (One can only assume this is in order to deduct their ‘fee’)

Page 203 Line 14-15 HC: "The tax imposed under this section shall not be treated as tax." (Yes, it really says that! Instead they have elected the term 'fee')

Page 239 Line 14-24 HC Bill: Government will reduce physician services for Medicaid Seniors.

The bill is quite large and these are the eye-poppers I’ve seen thus far. With a bill that size, I could probably write two dozen articles.

While I’m on the subject of facts and numbers, here are a few more. The Federal government controls as much of the U.S. economy as the private sector. With HUD, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and government control over large banking institutions, the U.S. government now owns more than 50% of all mortgages in this country.

The health care industry represents 17% of the overall economy. The U.S. government owns 2 of the 3 auto-makers in the country. The U.S. government has bailed out banks and insurance companies to the tune of trillions of dollars.

Anyone who claims that the U.S. is not headed into socialism or even ‘European style social-democracy’ is 100% correct. The passing of this bill marks the PNR (point-of-no-return) milestone. Ladies and gentlemen; we have reached our destination and its name is SOCIALISM. This country no longer stands for equal opportunity as Thomas Jefferson and Thomas Paine opined but rather equal outcome as true to the teachings of Karl Marx.