I will be returning to this blog within the next week most likely. I almost forgot how awesome it is writing this and look forward to posting regularly once again.
Dubya Tries to Hop on Tea Party Bandwagon
2 12 2010As the Tea Party has been gathering steam, people from all over are cramming in to see if they can catch a piece of the pie. And the pie gets bigger by the minute – with four Senate seats – those of Rand Paul (KY), Pat Toomey (PE), Marc Rubio (FL) and Mike Lee (UT) – being claimed by the Tea Party movement. There is even talk of a Tea Party Caucus in the Senate and House during the next congressional cycle. Former President George W. Bush has been trying to capitalize on the political success of the movement like any other. It may seem odd that he would do that, given that his two constitutionally legal terms of office are over and he cannot rise any farther than he has been in the past. But his brother Jeb is now being speculated about as a potential Republican candidate for the 2012 presidential election. Now George seems to be trying to mobilize Tea Party support for his Jeb’s run to follow in his footsteps.
The Tea Party movement and its members would have to have really short memories if they were to follow the former president’s lead and throw their support behind another Bush. It is important to remember that the Tea Party originally rose in response to cronyism overspending by the BUSH Administration which has been expanded and continued by the Obama Administration. It is easy to forget – with all the attention centered around Obama – that Bush was the original target of the movement. The Tea Party will only get behind candidates true to their values and RINOs like Bush will not qualify. Sure, the Tea Party was largely behind Scott Brown here in Massachusetts and he’s a centrist on fiscal issues, but he was the best the Tea Party could settle for in the bluest state in the nation. Let’s not forget that George Bush snubbed now Senator-Elect Marc Rubio when he was running in the primary against establishment candidate Charlie Crist. Now Bush is playing like he knew the Tea Party was the real deal all along.
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Tags: 2012 Presidential Election, CNN, Fox, George Bush, Glenn Beck, Jeb Bush, Marc Rubio, Mike Huckabee, Mike Lee, Pat Toomey, Rand Paul, Ron Paul, sarah palin, Tea Party
Categories : News, Politicians, Tea Party Movement
Judge Napolitano’s Major Fail
1 12 2010Fox news commentator Judge Napolitano has recently committed political suicide by publicly associating himself with ridiculous 9/11 conspiracy theories. He said in an interview that he questions what has come to be established as the obvious truth and Common Sense of the matter.
“I think 20 years from now, people will look at 9/11 the way they look at the assassination of JFK today,” he added, in an interview with radio host Alex Jones. “It couldn’t possibly have been done the way the government told us.”
I was surprised to hear that Fox, which typically holds a center-right tendency, will not be taking any action in response to these surprising comments. I was personally shocked to hear these anti-Common Sense remarks coming from a man who has at times acted like a Common Sense warrior in the past. I even own one of his books. He has such a down-to-earth and vast knowledge of history, our Constitution and the way that the law should properly be carried out based on the principles the country was founded on. He may not have directly stated that he believed 9/11 was an inside job but this is still too much of a step over the edge. When he hints at lending undeserved credibility to crackpot conspiracy junk, he not only diminishes his own credibility but also the credibility of the other ideas he promotes as an individual. The Common Sense warrior becomes a Common Sense liability and stands counterproductive to the spirit of what he champions. I used to admire him a lot and now I need to be ashamed of that.
It is a shame that the Tea Party and the Campaign for Liberty find themselves infiltrated with conspiracy theorists and other fringe elements. The traditionalist position stands against the tyranny of the status quo and that makes the position of liberty seem like that of an outsider sometimes. This creates temptation to ally with others who feel like outsiders to build a stronger force. 9/11 Truthers are treated as fringe outsiders by the elite – and rightfully so, unlike the Tea Party movement. However, they also have an anti-big government, anti-establishment streak to their rhetoric which deludes some into believing that the Truthers and the Tea Party should be allies. All too many Tea Partiers carelessly accept them into their ranks and weaken the viability of their own positions. It reinforces the fringe image of their platform propogated by elitists, propaganda artists and Big Media. People like Judge Napolitano cripple themselves through such pandering.
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Tags: 9/11 Truth, Bill Clinton, Bill O'Reilly, Conspiracy Theory, Debra Medina, Fox News, Fringe, Glenn Beck, Judge Napolitano, Keith Olbermann, MSNBC, Ron Paul, Sean Hannity, Tea Party
Categories : News, Politicians, Tea Party Movement
Four Loko, Good – Sore Lamo, Bad
22 11 2010Just over a week ago, a 21 year-old Marylander named Courtney Spurry passed away in a drunk driving accident after consuming two cans of Four Loko and getting into her car a half an hour later and crashing it into a tree. Her untimely death was greeted with a memorial service attended by her friends and family. Over 10,000 drivers in this country die in similar car crashes every single year. However, before she succumbed, this girl made the claim that her death was somehow different because it was not she, but the drink she consumed, which was to blame for the accident. This drink was of course Four Loko – a hard energy drink which combines liquor and caffeine.
I would like to offer my heartfelt condolences to Courtney’s friends and the surviving members of the Spurry family. Courtney’s death at such a young age was truly a tragedy and we can all hope she is in a better place. Now, that being said…wow! What a stupid moron! This retarded babe was asking for it – not only did she drive drunk – she drove after having 8-10 standard drinks of alcohol in under an hour AND passing out. One of her friends gave her take on the situation
“She was not the same person. She could not remember people’s names. She was passed out within 30 minutes of having the alcoholic beverage.”
Well, no shit Sherlock, when you have that much to drink in such a short period of time it’s going to have some kind of drastic effect on you. I’ve never been a believer in the idea that some kinds of liquors affect you more than others. It’s the amount that counts. One shot of liquor equals approximately one glass of wine equals approximately one 12 oz. beer. It varies by the alcohol content. Four Loko has about 12% alcohol by volume and Courtney probably would have been in a similar state after drinking the same amount of something else with the same alcohol level. The alcohol level is clearly displayed on the can. Four Loko also comes in a big can and with that level of alcohol it comes to more than four standard drinks in each can. A lot of people make the mistake of counting it as less than what it is because it’s all in one can and I’m guessing that’s what Courtney did. Nevertheless, the alcohol level is clearly displayed on the can and the manufacturers cannot be blamed for the inane misuse by the customers. Personal Responsibility, people! Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Alcohol and Caffeine, Ban, Courtney Spurry, Death, Drinking, Driving, Drunk, FDA, Food and Drug Administration, Four Loko, Freedom, Jabob Hornberger, Maryland, New York, Washington
Categories : Common Sense, Craziness, Culture, Fads, News, States
I Know Its Been A While
17 11 2010My most recent job took up a lot of time. By no means have I lost interest in blogging or ranting about my Common Sense. I am now in a period of lifestyle transition and have needed time to think things over. But I should start posting regularly again soon. For now, I have a sweet video published about my Alma Mater – Northeastern. It’s a play on the song “New York State of Mind.”
Oh, and congrats to my friends from abroad Zaira and Nadira on publishing their new book.
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Categories : Fun, Life
Financial “Reform” Bill is Anti-Personal Responsibility
30 06 2010Joined by my friends in the Tea Party movement, among them Adam Guillette, Christen Varley, Carla Mora and Loren Spivack, I stood outside of Senator Scott Brown’s office yesterday to encourage him to do the right thing and vote “No” on the financial “reform” package that was muddled together by Senator Chris Dodd and Congressman Barney Frank. Unfortunately, I have a hunch that the Tea Party is widely misunderstood and not enough people bother to take a close enough look at their Common Sense message for what it really is. This financial “reform” package makes no sense whatsoever, let alone Common Sense. It adds more tax dollars to the equation, creates yet another inept and useless federal bureaucracy and is fundamentally anti-personal responsibility. It protects consumers from themselves by limiting their decision-making and creates a special fund for future bailouts so these degenerate too-big-to-fail bimbos are free to run their companies into the ground and be all-but-assured that the decent hard-working taxpayers will pay the tab for any stupidity they commit.
This bill also has been the subject of concerns regarding personal privacy. In addition, the absurd regulations that are supposedly to regulate wall street will be much more detrimental to the small businesses that help drive the economy. The purpose of government should be fundamentally for providing law and order and national defense – that’s it! As far as the economy goes, the government can do very little if anything to help it but can do a lot to hurt it. One of the worst problems an economy can deal with is bad government. This financial “reform” bill is just that – an opportunity for politicians to say their helping when they’re not at all. We may not be quite as bad off as Africa and other such places with their corrupt third world dictatorships but still these kinds of problems we give ourselves hinder our coveted spot at the top. Now, we like being at the top. We’re there for a reason – let’s stay there! We do that by sticking to our principles. The free market economy has a fragile relationship between natural winners and losers that comes with the culture of personal responsibility. Common Sense says that we need to allow winners to win and we need to allow losers to lose
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Categories : Common Sense, Personal Responsibility
Happy Memorial Day Weekend
29 05 2010Its always the last Monday in May. Guess it really went right to the end this year. And yes, I will do more posts now. I just had to handle some personal issues which left little time for blogging. But thats all done with.
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My New Blog
30 04 2010As I said in one of my posts before, my new blog is finally up. I’ve been trying to work on it on-and-off for a while, but I’ve been really busy. But I have more time on my hands now so hopefully I can update both blogs with relative frequency.
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Categories : Fun, Internet, Life
New Media Study
8 03 2010This doesn’t just suggest the media is biased. It empically proves it!
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Arms for the Women of Juarez!
25 02 2010I just saw a very powerful documentary the other day. It’s on the disappearance of scores of young women around the area surrounding Juarez, Mexico since the early 1990s. Now, some of these women are prostitutes who live double lives with their families and the shady nightlife, but a lot of the victims are also migrant workers with more respectable professions. The police department claims that they are investigating the issue, but this is all nonsense. In fact, the police officers are often the perpetrators of the crime. One woman who happened to be married was able to implicate some crooked cops after she was lucky enough to get away. Of course, due to the inept justice system down there the bastards got away with it. No wonder, since all the authorities are unreliable: the police department, investigators, the news media and even the Attorney General. It seems ironic that Mexico has been able to join the ranks of decent first world nations like the US and Canada with the NAFTA agreement.
Well, Common Sense says the solution to this is very simple. These people should all carry guns! Think about it – if every young woman in Juarez carried a concealed handgun on their person, that would make all the difference. They can’t rely on the corrupt law enforcement in their Kleptocratic locality, so they have to rely on themselves. “Oh, mister corrupt police officer, what’s that? You want to rape me and kill me?” Ba-bam! Problem solved. No sicko narco-trafficking here. Results are much more effective when individuals and citizen’s militias solve problems rather than the state, which has accepted protected narco-trafficking zones as part of their culture. This is no time to be defenseless. As the Romans said: “If you want peace, prepare for war.”
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Tags: Concealed Carry, gun control, Human Trafficking, Juarez, Mexico, senorita extraviada
Categories : Common Sense, Craziness, Globalization, International Conflicts
