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Monday, October 12, 2009
Democrat Grayson to Hold Meeting in Tiniest Town Hall Available, Possibly a Van Down by the River

Friday, October 9, 2009
Neville Chamberlain Welcomes Barack Obama to Nobel Appeasement Club
I can't say that I'm shocked at the announcement that President Obama won the Nobel Peace prize this morning. For shock value, they would have to award it to someone actually deserving. Like General Petraeus or the current government of Honduras for ousting would-be tyrant Zelaya. In other words, those citizens of the world willing to stand up and fight to achieve long-term security and peace. The Nobel Peace prize is really just an appeasement award (the name carries more weight than most of its recipients) and has hardly been a measure of any kind of success. With past winners like Jimmy Carter, Al Gore, and the International Panel on Climate Change taking home trophies, there might as well be a spot for SpongeBob SquarePants or Susan Sarandon (I don't know which to take more seriously). One can only assume the Norwegians felt bad seeing Obama leave Europe empty-handed after his failed Olympic bid, and therefore deserving of at least some sort of consolation prize to make up for the embarrassment.
If anything, Barack Obama's Nobel Peace prize confirms what most conservatives have always feared from Democratic presidents, that America's position in the world has been terribly weakened. We have abandoned a principled position of standing for freedom to appease dictators like Ahmadinejad, Chavez, and Gaddafi. You might recall that these ruthless, authoritarian despots had nothing but high praise when they spoke of our president at the U.N. When dictators who ceased their power ruthlessly start praising an American president, you have to be concerned about what we're doing that they like. If I was over at the RNC, I'd be editing their Obama endorsements into a campaign ad.
These are dangerous times, and this award doesn't bode well for our national security. America has always been a beacon of hope and a voice for the oppressed. If we fail to keep the embers of freedom burning, we risk letting the darkness of tyranny overtake us. Those who don't know history are condemned to repeat it. Neville Chamberlain was awarded the Nobel Peace prize in 1939 for appeasing Hitler, just as today our president tries to appease all the James Bond villains of our time. Earlier this week, Obama chose to support a UN referendum condemning free speech that can be found "irresponsible", "intolerant", or "religious and racial stereotyping". You know, the sort of speech Iran, China, and Syria like to suppress by jailing and sometimes killing innocent protesters.
Of course, we all know what devastating events occurred a year after Chamberlain won his award. Let's hope the same thing doesn't happen under Obama's presidency. America certainly appears to be softening on terror. Now might be a good time for the president to counter that perception by adding troops in Afghanistan, assuming he doesn't tie their hands behind their backs (I won't hold my breath).
As a reminder of what perils we face, here's how the world revered Mr. Chamberlain before history proved him to be the goat of his time:
Suggestions to honour Mr Chamberlain in some tangible form for his great services to peace continue to be made in many parts of Europe. The French nation is now concentrating on how it can repay "the first artisan of peace".The administration, the Far Left, the European elites, the frauds at the UN, and the mainstream media will tell you Barack Obama has brought peace to our time. Go home and get a nice quiet sleep.Numerous proposals for renaming streets, starting funds and erecting statues are contained in the French press, and Le Figaro states that the British prime minister should be immediately invited to Paris so that all can acclaim him. One paper suggests starting a fund so that monuments and statues might be erected to the "saviour of modern Europe" in every capital in the world. Strasbourg has overnight renamed streets: the Avenue de la Paix is now the Avenue Neville Chamberlain.
The assertion that Mr Chamberlain should receive the Nobel peace prize, says the Stockholm Tidningen [newspaper], is warmly supported in all quarters in Sweden and Norway, and England. Mahmond Pasha, the prime minister of Egypt, has telegraphed Mr Chamberlain the thanks of the Egyptian government and people for averting war. The telegram concludes: "Your name will go down in history as a statesman who saved civilisation from destruction."
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Keith Olbermann's Super Horrific Health Care Hour

"Your life is in the hands of people, insurance companies, who can still make money by betting against your good health. There is only one comfort here and it is cold indeed. Profit while you can, insurers. Sickness and death wait not just for your customer. They also wait for you. And they are double-parked."
"We must recognize the enemy here: an enemy capable of perverting reform meant for you and me, into its own ATM that mandates only that more of us become the slaves to the insurance companies."
"The monied interests that have bled their customers white, and used their customers' money to buy the system, to buy the politicians, to buy the press, cannot now even be checked by the government."
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Michael Moore: Walmart Is an Evil Corporation Where You Can Buy All My Flicks on DVD
In Michael Moore's latest movie, "Capitalism: A Love Story", he attacks Walmart for filing (and in some cases collecting on) life insurance policies on employees during the 1990s. The company stopped the practice (which was apparently for tax purposes) nearly 15 years ago and has settled several lawsuits since then. Still, that's not enough time for Moore, who singles out one such incident in his new movie as proof that Walmart is a greedy company that deserves our scorn.
That's right. Capitalism is so bad even Moore can't resist it. He personally made over $20 million from "Fahrenheit 911", a movie which undoubtedly helped put Obama in the White House. Did I mention Moore's agent is Ari Emanuel, brother of Obama's chief-of-staff? And word on the street is Moore has a lucrative DVD contract that earns him considerable money from all those Walmart sales. Perhaps they should have called it "National Lampoon's Capitalism." If only Michael Moore's principles ran as deep as his giant layer of fat.
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Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Michael Moore is a Capitalist Pig

If there's a bigger farce in the world of "documentary filmmaking", I can't think of one. Millionaire Michael Moore making a movie bashing capitalism is like Jacques Cousteau making a film bashing SCUBA diving. It's like Steven Spielberg making a film against film. It's like Barack Obama apologizing for America's "horrible" past (a country so horrible we elected him, mind you) and then trying to convince the world to send us the Olympics.
Where did you get your millions from, Michael? Making documentary films for the BBC about the entomology of stag beetles? Filming travelogues for Siberia? Not hardly. There's a reason you never see a fat documentary filmmaker in China. It's called the free enterprise system, something China lacks. The only country where a self-righteous, fat, screaming, egotistical loudmouth without any other talent can rise above mediocrity and get filthy rich is the United States of America. So be glad you were born in the land of opportunity.
Yep, there's nothing like a millionaire charging everyday Americans $12 to see how they are being ripped off by millionaires. I wouldn't be surprised if I stopped in at Burger King on the way to the theater and saw them promoting "Capitalism: A Love Story" travel mugs. Collect all four!
Michael Moore is a capitalist pig, the biggest hypocrite of all. And if you don't believe me, just visit one of the lovely online stores where he sells his overpriced wares.
Saturday, October 3, 2009
Morning Jo(k)e

Today on Morning Joe, NBC News Legend Tom Brokaw remarked to Pat Buchanan about how the level of partisanship is even more intense today than during the depths of the Watergate crisis. Brokaw was commenting on Congressman Grayson's comments, but he could have easily been talking about Joe Wilson or death panels or the bizarre claim that the President "hates all white people."
Some of the rhetoric is dangerous. But what we saw from some conservative corners regarding the President's failed Olympics bid was just plain stupid.
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Austin's Deadman Kicks Off ACL Music Festival Weekend

Tsunami Animation Shows How Wave Spread

NOAA Center for Tsunami Research
