VOTE !!

I urge any of you reading this, who might not have voted yet, to not let this day pass without casting your vote.

I know that to some it is hard, life is busy, lines are long, etc., etc.,

Please remember this right that you have has been won, and protected, by blood. Never lose sight of the fact that it is right that should always be cherished and respected.

No political statements today, just do you're duty as an American.

Andrew

The Mustang Ranch & The US Government

I want you all to consider this for a moment:

Back in 1990, the United States Government seized the Mustang Ranch brothel in Nevada for tax evasion.

The owner had a serious tax debt, to the tune of a 16 million dollar lien. In other words, he was making money, just not paying the government it's fair shrare. I guess he didn't embrace the "sharing of the wealth" theory either.

Anway, since prostitution is legal in the state of Nevada they, the Government, tried to run it. They failed and it closed.

Now, we are trusting the economy of our country, including a $700 Billion Dollar bailout, to a bunch of incompetent nit-wits who couldn't make money running a whore house and selling booze.

Am I the only one shaking his head ?

Bull Shit!

In the movie “How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days” the main characters play a card that is known as “Bull Shit.” It is actually a real card game, based in part on bluffing. Players can question the veracity of the other by calling their bluff, with the affectionate “Bull Shit.”

That is how I feel about the latest announcement to come out of the Obama-topia.

I’m calling you out B.O.,……… Bull Shit.

On Saturday, Barack Obama said he was “unaware” that one of his relatives from Kenya was living in the United States illegally, for the past four years, and added that believes the appropriate laws should be followed.

Oh really. Obama’s “Aunti Zeituni” Onyango was instructed to leave the country four years ago by an immigration judge who rejected her request for asylum from her native Kenya.

People, if you paid any attention at all during this election season you might have heard the word “vetted”. It is an old expression from the 1800’s that came to us from the world of horse racing. Basically it means that a horse had to be checked by a veteran to ensure health and well being.

What this means in the political realm of today is not only is a candidate “vetted” by the party to ensure that he is free of any hiccups that might cause a problem, but that those around him are also vetted to “remove” any potential “skeletons” in the closet.

The vetting process is done by professional investigators with years of experience. I've been professionally involved in this process and I can tell you it is a very serious matter because of the potential for unwanted "political backlash". More importantly investigators have the means at their disposal to obtain detailed information not available at the public level. Yet we are being led to believe that investigative journalists, from the Times of London no less, uncovered something the professionals missed. Bull Shit!

My favorite spin-meister this season, Obama campaign spokesman Bill Burton, said "Senator Obama has no knowledge of her status but obviously believes that any and all appropriate laws be followed," Uh yeah, ok. Sen. Obama has no clue his Aunti is here illegally.

Bull Shit, Bill.

First, let me say that about 100 years ago, give or take, some of my relatives on my mothers side came stumbling off a boat from Ireland. More or less the same is true with my relatives on my fathers side, except for the stumbling part. Well, actually the stumbling part might still be true, just from another country. It is probably safe to assume that I don’t have any “illegal” aliens hiding in closet. Notice I said “safe to assume”, no ironclad promises. But if you were to “vet” me that probably wouldn’t be at the top of your list of things to look for.

But here we have the candidate for President of the United States, whose father was from Kenya. We are talking about ½ his side of the family here and they are from South Africa. Obama's father was a citizen of, and a senior governmental economist in, Kenya, South Africa. Obama's father was not an American and this is his sister we are talking about. I’m thinking Immigration might just be a high priority on the vetting list.

So here we have the same “Aunti” that he wrote about in one of his books. She is not an distant relative that he had someone how forgotten about.

So let’s look at the facts as they exist today:

1. Aunti Zeituni is living here illegally for the last four years
2. Aunti Zeituni is living in a public housing project in Boston, Massachusetts
3. Aunti Zeituni is receiving public assistance

And now we have this little tidbit that has come to the surface. It seems that Aunti Zeituni’s case, coming to light just before the presidential election, has now led to an unusual nationwide directive within Immigrations and Customs Enforcement requiring any deportations prior to the election be approved at the level of ICE regional directors and above. What????

Okay, so what we have is good old Barack saying “hey, I didn’t know and well, the law should be followed.” And now we have a hurdle put up, an obstruction if you will, to prevent the law being followed. So would this be the “Change” we are getting? I guess it would give her enough time to pack up and get to a place in Cambridge, Chelsea or Orleans. They are after all local sanctuary cities in Massachusetts.

You would have thought that at least he would have moved her into Chicago, which also bears the same title. But I guess maybe he was trying to distance himself from that side of the family. It would suck to have to close the windows and lock the door when that “illegal” relative tried to come over for dinner or parties.

Hello people, are you asleep at the wheel? Unrepentant Domestic Terrorist’s, Racist Clergy, Communist Sympathizers and now Illegal Immigrant Relatives…….. If you think this man has the “moral character” to be President of the United States, then you deserve everything you get.

This is exactly what I have been talking about. You can “Believe” all you want that you are getting “Change” but it’s the same old political nonsense just packaged in a new wrapper. In other words you’re getting a “re-gift” this year for Christmas, Kwanzaa, Hanukah, Winter Solstice, or whatever else you happen to “Cling” to.

Maybe this is all a great big mistake. Maybe Aunti Zeituni really isn’t here and it’s just another “error” on the part of a newly registered voter by ACORN.

Barack didn’t know……………… Bull Shit, now prove me wrong.

Andrew
The Angry American

Who is the Middle Class?

OK, I have said this before and I am going on record here again: “Don’t Buy the Hype”

We are four days out from this “historic” election and it appears that some of the façade that has been built up around Obama is peeling away. The question is whether people wake up from this political “trick or treat” in time to see that the “treats” promised are not likely to be kept and are more likely a political double-speak “trick”.

Now the latest piece of information on the Economic “smoke & mirrors” that have been at the forefront of this election:

On Friday morning (10/31/08) New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson defined the middle class as those making $120,000 and under. His comments, made during a radio appearence, showed just how disengenious that $250,000.00 number actually was. Richardsons full comment was "What Obama wants to do is he is basically looking at $120,000 and under among those that are in the middle class, and there is a tax cut for those."

Now, you can argue that the comment is not directly attributed to Obama, but the truth is that whether he said them or not those numbers are much more accurate than his. This is not republicans making these comments but a prominent Democrat leader.

Joe Biden just made a statement at a campaign stop in Pennsylvania “defining” the middle class. Biden said Obama's tax break "should go to middle class people - people making under $150,000 a year." That’s not even a prominent Democrat leader, that’s the Vice-Presidential candidate.

People, you can not operate the government by taxing the top 5%. That is not going to happen, and if you believe in the veracity of Obama’s tax plan as it stands then you are delusional. So as the numbers drop lower you are going to find yourself in that “upper class” category. When that happens, ask yourself where the money to finance all those really great ideas, such as universal healthcare, is actually going to come from.

Remember I said it here a long time ago. It was Theodore Roosevelt who first offered the idea of healthcare for all. One hundred years and they have not pulled it off. Here’s a newsflash, if Roosevelt couldn’t do it back then when our finances were much better, how the heck can Obama do it during this period of economic upheaval. I’ll go on the record a 2nd time: It won’t happen.

The financial crisis we are dealing with now, coupled with the prospects of a potential painful recession have even reached deep within the Obama camp. After a campaign in which Obama preached his sermon of "hope" and "change" he is now being confronted with the reality of a stricken economy. This, my friends, is reality. It is not the rhetoric being shouted from a stage to throngs of adoring fans. It is the cold hard truth that we need to face and the Obama camp is now coming to grips with.

Don’t believe me, Obama's senior advisers are already drawing up plans on how to create a more somber and realistic view of the post election world. There is a growing fear within the camp that many of his idealitistc supporters have unrealistic “hope” for the “change” Obama can achieve if he is elected. According to one senior advisor, they want to lower expectations "so there's not a vast mood swing from exhilaration and euphoria to despair."

So now we have a situation where the candidate of “change” may not be able to bring about the change he promised as part of his campaign. So at the end of the day, are you going to get the promised “Change” or be left with the same old “politics as usual” promises that never get fulffilled.

Andrew
The Angry American

Why I am voting Democratic

Got this sent to me and I thought you know, this sums it up pretty well. Read them all and consider just how silly some of these "talking points" really are, yet this is what many people are willing to accept, all for the sake of "Change"

This is This is why I am voting a straight Democratic ticket:

I'm voting Democrat because I have come to the realization that I'm way too irresponsible to own a gun, and I know that my local police are all I need to protect me from murderers and thieves.

I'm voting Democrat because I love the fact that I can now marry whatever I want. I've decided to marry my horse.

I'm voting Democrat because I believe oil companies' profits of 4% on a gallon of gas are grossly obscene, but the government taxing the same gallon of gas at 15% isn't.

I'm voting Democrat because I believe the government will do a much better job of spending the money I earn than I would.

I'm voting Democrat because freedom of speech is fine as long as nobody is offended by it or it's not being used to support the 2nd Amendment.

I'm voting Democrat because when we pull out of Iraq I trust that the bad guys will stop what they're doing because they now think we're good people.

I'm voting Democrat because I believe that people who can't tell us if it will rain on Friday CAN tell us that the polar ice caps will melt away in ten years if I don't start driving a Prius.

I'm voting Democrat because I'm not really concerned about the slaughter of millions of babies through abortion so long as we keep all death row inmates alive.

I'm voting Democrat because I believe that business should not be allowed to make profits for themselves. They need to break even and give the rest away to the government for redistribution as THEY see fit.

I'm voting Democrat because I believe liberal judges need to rewrite the Constitution every few days to suit some fringe kooks who would NEVER get their agendas past the voters.

I'm voting Democrat because I realize that my head is so firmly planted up the party @#% it's highly unlikely that I'll ever have another point of view, nor ever bother to listen to anyone elses.

The Election & YOUR Vote........

In a perfect world, every vote would be equal, and politicians would be forced to address the concerns of every voter. There would be no red states, no blue states, and no battleground states. But, the sad fact is that we don’t live in a perfect world and in all likelihood your vote won’t matter. The reason for this is that during this “historic” election will be decided by voters in only six or so closely divided “battleground states.”

Now, I am sure that too many of you, that will come as a complete shock. But that is the sad state of election affairs in this day and age. The reason why the majority of states do not matter is because, with the exception of a few, there is what can be called “winner take all” rule.

In a nutshell, this rule awards all of a state’s electoral votes to the candidate who receives the most popular votes. Therefore, candidates have no reason to poll, visit or pay any attention to the concerns of those states where they are clearly ahead or hopelessly lost. Michigan is a prime example. According to the McCain camp “The campaign must decide where it can best utilize its limited resources with the goal of winning nationally.”

Of course, voters in 36 of the 50 states never mattered, even before the 2008 presidential election began. The New York Times reported that both major political parties were in agreement that there would be at most 14 battleground states in 2008.

It’s important to know that this "winner take all" rule is not in the U.S. Constitution, but simply state law. Now, the easiest way to fix our broken system is to elect the president by a national popular vote. Under a national popular vote, every person’s vote, in every state, would be equally important, regardless of political party. But to many in the political establishment that would mean actually working for all the people, not just the battleground voters and that is not likely to happen without voters demanding it.

That’s why I think it is so important that voters support the National Popular Vote bill which would guarantee the presidency to the candidate who receives the most popular votes in all 50 states (and the District of Columbia). It’s time to reform the current system and do what the general public has long supported, electing the president by a national popular vote.

Children, Behave: why does politics........

Children, Behave; or "Why does politics bring out the adolescent in us?"

October 23rd, 2008 and I have officially had enough.

Today, I got what I would term the usual political email that seems to flood my inbox during this time of season. I guess this was the one that brought down my political house of card stack that had been compiling on the one vacant corner of my desk.

Now, if you have read any of my other entries, you would probably think “hey, this guy is somewhat political, so what is he moaning and groaning about?”

Here it is in a nutshell: YOU’RE ALL ACTING LIKE PEDANTIC TEENAGERS, THAT’S WHAT!!!!!!!!

Boy, what pushed him over the edge…………. Coffee maker break (again)?

No, it was actually just your typical mundane “Bush is a Moron” email. OK, listen and let me explain this once and for all. George W. Bush, 43rd President of the United States, has a Bachelor's degree from Yale University in History as well as a Master of Business Administration degree from Harvard. If anyone wants to find fault with his politics, knock yourselves out. But to sit there and say the man is a Moron is something that frankly I believe does more to discredit your intelligence than his.

So for the record, let us actually set the record straight as to what a Moron is: Moron was originally taken from the Greek word “Moros” which meant "Dull" and was subsequently used by English Psychologist Henry Goddard to describe a person with a mental age located between 8 and 12 on the Binet scale. It was once applied to people with an IQ of 51-70, being superior in one degree to "imbecile" (IQ of 26-50) and superior in two degrees to "idiot" (IQ of 0-25).

I think what bothers me is that these snarky little emails seem to reach down to the depths of what I consider schoolyard childish drivel.

If you prefer a particular candidate fine. That’s your choice and I respect it. I might not agree with you or your political feelings, but I will respect them. That is what I believe makes America the great country that it is. But if your philosphy is summed up in so much political claptrap as “No War For Oil”, “Puck Falin”, “Millionaires for McCain” you probably need to consider that you sound more like the moron that you claim the President is.

I also want to say that if you actually attended a college or university and that's the best you can put together, go back and get a refund for your tuition. They did you a great disservice.

American’s need to rise above these nonsensical diatribes and treat the election with the dignity that it deserves. We are electing the leader of the free world and yet we treat it as if it’s a “yo Mama’s so fat……” slugfest. Sad as it might be, it’s time to grow up kids.

At this point I ask, do any of you know your IQ? You just might want to check it out before you go sending any more “Moronic” emails.

Andrew,
The Angry American (Cranky as well)