We're screwed. Again.

Second only to McCain's threat as a Presidential candidate to give us a third Bush term, this photo is the most frightening political promise imaginable.

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Analysis of Clinton's victory

Clinton won and the circus will continue. She lives to annoy me further.

I predicted the memory of Obama's Ophra card would play better with Democrats. He clearly needs to get Ophra on the trail and keep her there. Also, he must learn to promise more "free" government-paid stuff to more people.

Something about the White House that makes a person stupid

... Take Hillary, who spent eight years there, for instance.

"I know nothing about it," Clinton told ABC affiliate WFAA. "This is in the public domain. But let's just stop and ask yourself: 'Why are you -- why is anybody concerned about this?'"

Clinton said that she found questions about whether her campaign leaked the photo (of Obama dressed in African clothing) to be "really laughable."

Mrs. Clinton is another Bill - another liar, only more shrill and even more annoying than Bubba.

... Take George W. Bush, who spent nearly eight years there, for instance.

"I understand the mentality of the American people," Bush told attendees at the Republican Governors Association annual dinner. "I'm confident we'll hold the White House in 2008."

The man seems no longer trying to feign rationality. Nobody has ever been more distant from the mentality of the American people. And no President has ever done a more exquisite job of setting up his political party for a crushing defeat than has Bush. He no longer makes any sense whatever.

Before you vote McCain, read the New York Times

Now it's Ohio's turn to get Clinton and McCain jammed down its throat, media-wise. Neither are worth the harangue.

Both are Senate leaders who have done nothing to repair America from the mess it's in. Nor are they now proposing anything of promise. Either of them in the Presidency is another four odious years.

The New York Times last night published John McCain's score sheet as a competent, ethical U.S. Senator, and every voter should read it. McCain - ever the power-player - tried to get the NYT editor to spike it, which is even more reason for everyone to read it.

McCain and Clinton have both danced along the line of unethical, if not criminal, behavior for as long as they've been in (my) public view.

Maybe the NYT article can boost Huckabee to a McCain challenge, but I doubt it. Not even the good sense of a fly-over state can fix what Good Ol' Boy party politics has wrought. But a Huckabee-Obama match-up would give Americans a better chance at fixing, somewhat, the disasters created by Mr. Bush.

Don't forget, I declared Obama the winner December 14, just after Oprah anointed him.

Hillary: Meddling in personal affairs to benefit big business

It seems impossible that Hillary could get a single vote toward her candidacy for President after she was quoted by AP 2/3/08 that "she might be willing to garnish the wages of workers who refuse to buy health insurance to achieve coverage for all Americans."

But it didn't cause a stir. Americans are used to this kind of meddling though few, I think, see it as a bare-faced bribe for corporate support, in this case the health insurance industry.

Government and business are partners in plunder, as I wrote here 9/27/06, and it's worth a revisit:

A column published today by John Stossel draws a bead on the business-government connection. He mentions only big business, but I assure you the connection exists at all levels and can be seen in much of what happens in the execution of local, regional, and state taxpayer-supported projects. Though I'm surprised that Mr. Stossel seems to have discovered this truism only recently and then only skims the top of what really happening, his presentation is certainly recommended reading.

Here's the link.

Clueless (Stop me if you've heard this...)

Dear Abby:

My husband is a liar and a cheat. He has cheated on me from the beginning, and, when I confront him, he denies everything. What's worse, everyone knows that he cheats on me. It is so humiliating.

Also, since he lost his job six years ago, he hasn't even looked for a new one. All he does all day is smoke cigars, cruise around and shoot the breeze with his buddies while I have to work to pay the bills.

What should I do?

Signed: Clueless

___________
Dear Clueless:

Grow up and dump him. Good grief, woman. You don't need him anymore!

You're A United States Senator from New York running for President of the United States.

Act like one.

Hillary just spent $303,000 of your tax money for ...

"A group that lobbies for needle exchanges, for allowing more immigrants with HIV/AIDS to legally enter the country, and for condom distribution in prisons received a $303,000 federal earmark pushed by Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.).

"That was one of 261 earmarks Clinton personally helped usher through Congress. That's more earmarks than any other member of Congress seeking the presidency, according to an analysis by the watchdog group Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW)."

Thus did Fred Lucas of CNSNews.com begin his report. Read the rest of it here.

Clinton, Obama, Edwards would restrict Second Amendment rights

The NRA distributed a news release 1/18/08 entitled "Leading Democratic Candidates Call for Severe Restrictions on our Second Amendment Rights"

Here it is:

"With the Presidential nominating season in full swing, trying to pin down the various candidates’ unequivocal stance on issues of import can often be difficult, if not impossible. Amidst their political posturing and refining of positions at the recent Las Vegas Caucus, Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY), Senator Barack Obama (D-IL), and former Senator John Edwards (D-NC), were asked a series of questions about the gun issue. All called for severe restrictions on our Second Amendment rights."

Here's a link to the that part of a recent debate among Democrat party candidates.

New lobby law, Hillary lies, more government intrusion, how did our mystery senator vote on screwing consumers?

New lobby law
Here's the link to a web site on which you will find a copy of the "Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007" and also wealth of information that relates to this subject.

Hillary can't quit lying because her last name is Clinton
No matter what kind of weaseling Hill attempts, she just can't hide the fact that she's a Clintonian liar. In the Des Moines forum where a question for her was planted she denied knowledge of it.

Sure.

Next spectacular lie is the waitress tip bugger-up. Someone forgot to tip a waitress during a "Middle-Class Express" pit stop in Iowa. Think about it. That's no big deal. It surely was a mistake and all they had to do was admit it. Not the Clinton way. Next day's report by AP declared that Hill's people did leave a tip with the manager who took the fall for the Senator, saying it was his fault the waitress didn't get the tip. The controversy and the weaseling continued in an NPR report, the most significant statement of which came from the waitress who said, "Why would I lie about not getting a tip?" And why would Hillary lie? Because that's the Clinton way to do things.

So, when Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland endorsed her and put out a feeler for becoming her VP, he didn't exactly collect voters' points. But the veracity of the both of them came through quite well in this USA Today report:

Asked if she would consider Strickland as a running mate, Clinton said such talk was "premature." For his part, Strickland made a strong and Sherman-esque statement – he is not interested in being the running mate to Clinton or anyone else.

Pffft

Vaccination or jail

Go read this report if you want to get pissed off about government intrusion into lives of citizens. Bureaucrats in Prince George's County VA, (bordering Washington DC) are threatening to jail parents of school children who have not gotten vaccinations as required by the state.

Electric customers shafted by Ohio Senate

An AP report in the Advocate a few days ago begins:

"COLUMBUS (AP) — Subtle changes buried in an energy bill plotting the future of Ohioans’ electricity rates guarantee that today’s prices will never fall and make it nearly impossible for producers of green power to gain a foothold in the state, [the Plain Dealer] reported Monday.

"The amendments were added by the Ohio Senate to Gov. Ted Strickland’s proposed energy bill, which the Ohio House has scheduled to debate at the leisurely pace of one hearing per week into the new year."

The bill also continued deep discounts for big industrial users, weakened the muscle originally given to PUCO, and other stuff.

I attempted to learn on-line if our state senator (can you name him?) (whose name is Tim Schaffer and who lives in Lancaster and who replaced Jay Hottinger last election and whose e-mail address is SD31@mailr.sen.state.oh.us) had voted for this senate Bill.

Getting this info on-line seems impossible. I can't find the source if there is one. Of course neither the Dispatch nor the Advocate think it important enough to report. Which is exactly why Tim and Jay do whatever they damned well want. Nobody knows.

So I wrote an e-mail to Tim three days ago and I politely asked if he voted for this bill and he didn't answer. Which means, I'm pretty sure, that he's not proud of his vote.

We really should know more about this man. In fact, it would be nice to know anything at all about our mystery senator of whom we've heard nothing since his election.

Question: Who are Democrats pandering to?

Answer: Anyone who will listen
Hillary 9/28/07 -
Taxpayers will give every newborn child $5,000.


Obama 10/4/07 -
explains that he stopped wearing an American flag lapel pin because it had become a substitute for "true patriotism."


Bubba Clinton 10/5/07 -
Bubba Clinton claims that if Hill wins, she would aks him to "go out and immediately restore America's standing, go out and tell people America was open for business and cooperation again"


Obama 10/5/07 -
calls the "don't ask, don't tell" military policy "outdated."


Hillary 10/9/07 -
Hillary gives up the idea of $5,000 for babies, but now would give $1,000 a year in tax cuts for 401k accounts, paying for it with higher estate taxes

Where is the outrage?

Why do I not feel outrage at the arrest of U.S. Senator Larry Craig for homosexual solicitation in a public restroom?

Because I, like so many Americans, have long ago recognized the immorality and criminal mentality that pervades U.S. government as chronic and incurable.

Craig is just another name on the list of criminals who've made the national dishonor roll - Former President Bill Clinton, Senator Ted Kennedy, Rep. Mark Foley, Sen. David Vitter, Rep. Randall "Duke" Cunningham, Jack Abramoff, Rep. Bob Ney, Scooter Libby, and Sen. Ted Stevens. And those are just the more recent names on the list.

To feel outrage, citizens must feel betrayed. But you can't feel betrayed when you already expect them to be criminals.

Where to get answers

As with most of my "discoveries" probably I'm way late. But yesterday two things occurred that the world should know about.

One: My wife got an e-mail that claimed to be a reproduction of a column by Paul Harvey entitled "Wake Up America" and/or "Conveniently Forgotten Facts." It supposedly reports how Sen. Clinton defended Black Panthers many years ago.

That same day I also stumbled on a little desktop application called 1-Click Answers from Answers.com. Once installed (yes, it works on a Mac too) you can highlight any words on your screen and with a combination of simultaneous keystrokes bring up facts and references to those words.

So I typed "Black Panthers and Hilary Clinton" in a word processor, highlighted them, and hit the magic keys. Bang! A whole page full of links to articles about this as an urban legend of wide distribution.

The message from Newark Ohio then is to get 1-Click Answers and to ignore the fake Harvey column. Also, Answers.com offers a question box to web masters that you can try out at the Newark Tea Party site.