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    Thursday, October 30, 2008

    Barack Hugo Obama?

    Were you struck that the massive and inescapable infomercial aired by Obama tonight on every network in the country was reminiscent of Hugo Chavez, Fidel Castro, or perhaps Big Brother, taking over the airwaves and forcing viewers to watch and listen to what MUST be heard?

    I found it very creepy.

    Is this the new Fairness Doctrine? Will future infomercial become state mandated airtime for Obama's big speeches?

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    Tuesday, October 28, 2008

    10 Days? Why not make it 100?

    In a blatant display of political hysteria designed to make us believe that King County does not have enough money, Sims declares he will close the county down for all but "essential services."

    This has to be in part an effort to get King County voters to swallow the incredibly increases in property assessments made during a year when housing values are going down, credit has dried up, and many homeowners are underwater. The fact is, Sims and his cronies have more than enough money. The problem is they spend too much.

    The only good idea I've seen come out of Sims is the plan to shut down the county for 10 days. Great! Life will be better for those 10 days. Let's add a few of the so called "essential services" to the list and shut the county down for 100 days. Then, the county will run a surplus while getting out of our way. Business will boom and the tax surplus can be returned to us as a tax rebate. That tax rebate can be used to save money, pay off debt, and support local business - the real "essential" enterprises in the country.

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    Thursday, October 16, 2008

    Euro Trash

    All the more reason to like Sarah Palin. European snobs don't like her.

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    Tuesday, October 14, 2008

    Matriarchal Control and Oppression

    When will the DV divas take up the issue of women that abuse children?

    Probably never. But this case in Carnation is so extreme, and there have been so many others like it, that one wonders how authorities can so willingly fail to see a pattern. The pattern is that CPS has an agenda that makes it blind to abuse by women. As a subsidiary of DSHS, it's primary focus is on earning federal matching grants through enforcing child support on fathers. This, of course, necessitates removing fathers from the lives of children.

    Unfortunately, this Carnation case demonstrates that even having a father around doesn't ensure the safety of a child that becomes the focal point of a woman's wrath. Clearly, the father of this girl is not without fault. But isn't it interesting that, so far, he seems to be receiving the same charges as the perpetrator of the brutal and sadistic torture of this child?

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    Nationalizing Our Banking Industry

    The Great 08 Bail Out has morphed into something horrific. Now the government plans to take large equity stakes in the largest banks in the country as well as investing in a thousand smaller banks. The nationalization of the country's banking industry is now underway.

    Equity stakes, for course, come with Board seats. Barney Frank and Nancy Pelosi love the idea. Why? Because they hope Obama will win the election and socialists will have unprecedented central planning authority over the economy. There is not better way to do this that through the banking system.

    Think of it: Pet issues, such as gender pay equity (which is a phony issue), can be injected directly into companies at the highest levels. Does your company want a loan? Prove that your company has gender pay equity. And that's just one of thousands of potential strings that will likely become attached to getting credit. For example, what a way to push a "green agenda." Your interest rate may be tied to your "carbon footprint."

    Paulson and Bernanke may mean well. But they are kidding themselves if they think the government will pull out of these positions any time soon. This is not the same as the loan provided by the federal government to Chrysler years ago. In fact, I predict that the government may never divest, at least not in our lifetimes. It is more likely that these equity positions will grow.

    It was not so long ago that we were encouraging other countries to privatize their banking industries. Our country will never be the same.

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    Sunday, October 12, 2008

    Backlash Against the "Post Racial" Preaching

    Is anyone else getting tired of the full court press by the mainstream media to shame any non-black person into voting for Barack Obama?

    This is how it works: Write an article, like Danny Westnut of the Seattle Time did recently, that raises the issue of race and November's Presidential election. In the article (or cable news program) include the crudist and most raw form of racism that can be found.

    What's the objective? To plant the idea in your head that if you are one of the unfortunates who does not plan to vote for Obama, you are the same as the aforementioned racists. Some like Westnut does not come out say such a thing, but counts on us to make a subconscious connection.

    Obama initially lost my vote when he selected the pathological liar and feminist pandering Joe Biden as his running mate. As I watch the extent to which most of the media is without hesitation or shame promoting Obama's campaign, I am increasingly comfortable with that decision. I find that when large groups of influential people tell me I should turn left, it's usually better for me - and most average Americans - to turn right.

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