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One Colorado ski resort opened for business today on the earliest day of the year in 40 years thanks to an early cold snap. Another will open Friday, the earliest opener in the resort’s 60 year history. (Clicky clicky)

Also, an Idaho school district has had its earliest “snow day” closure in the history of the school district. (Clicky clicky)

Maybe the Global Warming hoax is a conspiracy hatched by ski resorts and a snow-plow drivers’ union. That’s the most sensible explanation I’ve heard yet.

Here’s a previous post that takes a more serious look at the matter.

Un-Speak

This is just one small example of why I so dislike the United Nations (the “Un”): Un-Speak.

To accomplish the Un-goals of the Un-Security Counsel and the Un-General Assembly, Un-Speak is all about being completely Un-offensive (and thus  Un-effective) in whatever you have to say.

Regarding the tensions with Libya over the release and glorification of the Lockerbie Bomber, this quote is from U.S. envoy to the Un, Susan Rice. (Emphasis added.)

“How President Gaddafi chooses to comport himself, when he attends the General Assembly and the Security Council in New York, has the potential either to further aggravate those feelings and emotions or not.”

He “has the potential” to make people mad “or not.” Gee, ya think? That’s like saying, “That is the ugliest baby I have ever seen in my entire life or not.”

Actually, the more I think about this, it could come in handy. It could allow me to say more of the tactless things I really want to say without all the weepy backlash.

“Wow! You really let yourself go or not. You must be over 200 pounds or not.”

“You drive like a complete idiot or not. You might be missing a chromosome or not.”

“You are the worst parent I’ve ever seen or not. If you don’t do something about your kid running around the restaurant, screaming, I’m going to strangle him first, then you or not.”

As a footnote to this post, the quote above was little more than a footnote to the article which is really about the Bronco Bomber getting in bed with the Un. (Actually more like getting in bed on top of…) (Again, emphasis added.)

Barack Obama will cement the new co-operative relationship between the US and the United Nations this month when he becomes the first American president to chair its 15-member Security Council.

This should really throw some gas on the whole Anti-Christ conspiracy theory. I prefer to stay out of the Bronco/Anti-Christ conversation. The way I see it, the Anti-Christ is coming and there’s not a darn thing we can do to stop it (or bring it). So I don’t really care that Obama is the Anti-Christ OR NOT.

Oh… NOW I get it.

Cash for Clunkers

At first, I thought the Cash for Clunkers plan was just some retarded, tree-hugger scheme get evil, Gaia-hating, SUV drivers (like me) to get rid of their planet killing vehicles by using their evil, consumption-loving, capitalism against them. While there may be some modicum of truth to that, I had an epiphone today: There is a much better and more logical theory.

Cash for clunkers requires that “clunkers” traded it be destroyed. Here’s a video of a perfectly good and healthy Corvette being put to sleep. (If you view this at Youtube [by clicking on the video or the link below it], you’ll notice a long list of “related videos” showing other expensive, healthy cars put to pasture.)


(Facebook friends watch the video here.)

It was after watching this, that it occurred to me: Cash for Clunkers was just a proof of concept, a test, and it passed with flying colors. Now that Americans have proven that they are willing turn over perfectly good vehicles to be destroyed for a few thousand bucks, The Bronco Bomber has all the leverage he needs to move on to the real implimentation: Cash for Codgers!

That’s right! I expect to see the plan go public in early in 2010. I’m sure the numbers are still being worked out, but I figured $1 million would be a real bargain for taking your otherwise happy and healthy grand-dad out of the medicare pool.

Cash for Codgers

God, please let the this remain a bad joke and not reality.

Health Care != Death Planning

Death planning is not equal to health care. Just like abortion is not equal to family planning and driving your car full-speed into a utility pole is not equal to “maintenance”.

Here’s a short quote from a really good article on the subject:

According to Ben Smith over at Politico, President Barack Obama gave some theological weight to his health care plan during a phone call to a group of Rabbis the other day.  Referring to the belief that God decides during the Jewish New Year “who shall live and who shall die,” Obama told the rebs, “We are God’s partners in matters of life and death.”

In response to this statement I would like to make a subtle theological point:  No, we’re not.  For those of you who aren’t versed in the finer points of theology, let me try to simplify that for you:  No.  We’re not.  Or to put it even more simply:  No.  We.  Are.  Not.

And lest you miss out, I just have to share this gem from further down the in the article:

Oh, but I forgot that was only Jesus.  This is Barack Obama we’re talking about.

Health Scare

Some of my liberal friends plead with me to stop watching Fox News and listening to Rush. They’re going to have to expand their list to include the Vancouver Sun which reported today that Canada’s socialized health care system is likely to cut thousands of surgeries due to budget shortfalls.

“Vancouver patients needing neurosurgery, treatment for vascular diseases and other medically necessary procedures can expect to wait longer for care … [The health authority] is considering chopping more than 6,000 surgeries in an effort to make up for a dramatic budgetary shortfall…”

Yeah, you’re right, though. I’m sure ObamaCare will be nothing like that. Cuz’, ya know, our government is much better at running business.

Thanks, Bronco!

Boy, I sure am glad that Bronco Bomber bailed out commandeered the auto industry and saved it from bankruptcy.

Oh wait. That’s right. The bankruptcy happened anyway, and is much worse that it would have been, with the unions that killed it now owning a controlling interest. Nevermind.

Well, at least the banking industry was saved by the bail out buy out. Wait, what? Banks are still going under? Bronco’s Tres. Sec won’t let the successful banks pay back the money they didn’t want in the first place? And the bad banks that received billions don’t even know where the money went? Hrmm.

Surely then, Bronco’s stimulus package saved American jobs, like he promised. (The blue graph was published by the White House in its pitch for the “Recover Plan.” The red line was added to show the actual results so far.)

Well, nuts. Looks like Bronco is not working out so well. Gee. Who’d have thunk it? Apparently, more and more are figuring it out. (Index to -8 and dropping like a rock.)

Just The Facts

For those Bronco fans out there who love to trumpet the Bush administration’s “reckless spending on an unnecessary war” (*cough* Ghosty *cough*), let’s step back and take a look at real facts. I know that’s uncomfortable for people who prefer to argue politics on emotional grounds and rhetoric rather than quantifiable statistics and history, but humor me.

This graph depicts the U.S. budget surplus/deficit since 2000. The right end of the graph shows projected values published by both the Obama White House and the Congressional Budget Office.

You can see how the Clinton “surplus” (which was largely do to Clinton removing Social Security from the equation, i.e. cooking the books) was eaten up right around the time some nut-job Islamofacists crashed airplanes into our financial sector and that evil and scary Bush fella spent a hundred billion here and there trying to strike back.

But then, Bronco Bomber came on the scene and spent exponentially more in six months and plans to spend that much more for years to come. Also, keep in mind that this does not include the current proposed socialized health care, which the CBO is expecting to top $1.6 trillion over ten years.

There’s some idiom about a “glass house” and “throwing stones” but I’m sure it’s not important. Let’s all just be mindful of the facts, mmkay?

A Wise Man

A wise man learns from his mistakes. A wiser man learns from the mistakes of others.

Why does the (Big L) Left, currently at the reins of our great nation, so desperately want to implement a socialized health care system (modeled after that of Canada and Europe) when Canada and Europe are rabidly retreating from this same system now that is has come crashing down around them?

Read this article stating the point above from someone much more educated and knowledgeable on the subject, a Canadian doctor.

[For my Facebook friends: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124451570546396929.html#mod=rss_opinion_main]

In Response

To preface, on Facebook I voted on an approval poll for Bronco Bomber. The poll offered me a place to expand on my opinion. And you know me. I couldn’t pass that up. I wrote…

I tried to warn you guys. He’s an ignorant, inexperienced, naive, racist socialist with a big chip on his shoulder. He hates success. He hates prosperity. He hates everything that this country stands for and he WILL destroy it. Vote Conservative in 2010!!!

Ghosty, a frequent comment and ‘net friend, who holds views counter to my Conservative Christian stance (Did I say that diplomatically enough?) replied as follows (unedited).

ignorant – a generlization, and uncalled for.

Inexperienced – In what capacity? No, he doesn’t have a great deal of experience as a politician. Then again, I don’t believe he was elected because he was a great politician, but because he is an educated, thinking individual – something the Republicans can’t seem to come up with in a presidential candidate in any given year. All they HAVE to offer are politicians, it seems.

Naive – more generalizations. I’ll get back on this when you have something more specific.

Racist – For this bit of libel, I’ll just say “prove it” and ask you to put up or shut up.

“Socialist with a big chip on his shoulder. He hates success. He hates prosperity.” No, after reading his books and becoming familiar with his life’s doings before voting for him, I know he’s anything but. Instead, I see hard-core right-wingers hating the success of a black liberal from the Dems. I’ll vote Repub when they offer a thinking candidate, instead of more ideological bullcrap!

I didn’t have room to fully reply in the small comment box on Facebook, so I’m forced to bring this conversation here.

First, I want everyone to know that I don’t like to debate with Ghosty because I value his friendship. I know that we don’t see eye to eye. I also know that there is very little chance that either of us will change out views because of something the other says. But, since his comments asked for clarification, I offer this:

Ignorant: Because anyone who embraces polices that have failed in the past (either here or in other places) is either ignorant or willfully inviting failure (See taxation, deficit spending for economic recovery, socialized medicine, government control of industry, and appeasement diplomacy).

Naive: Because I really do think he believes his own rhetoric and that the fundamentalist nut-jobs in Iran, N.Kor, Hamas, Al Qaeda, et al, will change their core beliefs and hold hands with us, singing Kum Ba Yah, if he apologizes enough for US policy and (what he perceives as) our previous aggression.

Racist: Because his history, the people he surrounds himself with, and the things that he says, both explicitly and implicitly, are evidence that he follows the racist philosophy that whites are inherently bad and should be punished (or at least purposefully disadvantaged vs. other races) because of (what he perceives as) our previous aggression.

I agree that the Republican party has done a pitiful job in the last two or three years. The party, driven by a powerful few, has pulled the party to the center, in an attempt to draw in more moderates. This has failed completely and alienated the party’s base (including myself). I really really dislike the RINOs (like McCain) and I feel strongly that the party will tear itself apart if it doesn’t correct this leftward lean before 2010. That’s why I have stopped calling for people to vote “Republican” and changed to “Conservative.”

Many (big L) Liberals are shocked when a Conservative like myself accuse them of racism. But the simple fact is that a true Conservative doesn’t care about race. Upon deeper investigation, it is the (big L) Left that is always going on about race, insisting that minorities get special treatment (That’s racism, folks!), assuming that any opposition to a minority person must involve racism when, in fact, the opposition has nothing to do with race. I think you will notice that my comment never mentioned race, gender, religion, or any other demographic. I find it ironic, then, that anyone would accuse me of racism, thus revealing the fact that they are less “color-blind” than I am. Oh, and by the way, Bronco’s only half black and he was raised by his white mother, not that there’s anything wrong with that.

I’m sorry that you “see” conservative hate in our opposition to socialism. I can only speak for myself and those close to me in that I don’t give a flying rip what race he his, what religion he is, what gender he is, or what flavor ice cream he likes. I don’t hate the man. I do hate his policies.

What I oppose, with my every fiber and to my last breath, is anyone or anything who would attempt to bring big-government socialism, that vile and despicable politic that is a proven failure all throughout history, to this, the greatest nation in the history of the world, which was founded not on the oligarchy of the few, but the democratic republican, grass roots, power of the populace. Anyone who really understands what socialism is, what it causes, and how it invariably ends, and still embraces it, must be an enemy of progress, freedom, and prosperity. Either that, or they are absolutely ignorant of history.

So Much Nuttiness, So Little Time

I really dislike it when my life gets like this. And it happens so often! I can’t even remember how many times I’ve posted to this blog talking about how busy or behind I am and how I’m missing out on such great blog-worthy topics. Bah!

There’s a socialist nut-job, armed with nukes, making all kinds of threatening statements about how, if the world doesn’t cut him some slack, he’s going ruin us all. And that’s just Obama!

Don’t even get me started on North Korea!

Alas, there’s just no time to expound. I’ve got a hard push for a major project at work. I’ve got a ton of code to sling before Tammy and I go on our anniversary trip to…

Ha ha! Not so fast! It’s a secret. Tammy doesn’t know where we’re going (despite her best efforts). Keep up with us on Twitter on June 4th and you’ll find out as soon as she does.

I just can’t hit “Publish” without at least mentioning Bronco Bomber’s racist, sexist, Supreme Court nominee. That chick is a complete nut job. Please God, bestow some juevos on the Conservatives in Congress that they might actually speak up and oppose this horrible appointment.

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