Ahh the Body Politic

Politics can be brutal and those in politics can be, and usually are, petty little whining narcissists who make even the slightest of gaffs in to issues requiring letters of apology and review committees of the highest order to be seated.

President Obama recently threw craps for a second time when he said that in these hard financial times, people should not spend college funds gambling in Las Vegas. Everyone from the Nevada state speaker of the house to Harry "he speaks well for a black man" Reid came to the table with Poker faces demanding The ONE settle up his debt to those slighted in the Silver State. Not wanting to hurt anyone's feeling more, the President ordered a minor staffer to draft a letter expressing an appropriate amount of consolation and begging forgiveness. Whew. I am glad we nipped that crisis in the bud.

Last week White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel stirred a few chromosomes in those on the right when he referred to liberal activist groups who were opposed to Health Care reform as F$%*ing retarded. Faster than the your average Special Olympics gold medal winner could run a 50-yard dash the calls arose for his firing. Instead of firing a guy for offending the parents of mentally or physically challenged children (kids who probably already know they are mentally or physically challenged)with an off hand remark, why don't we suggest firing those who retard legitimate progress in our government?



Finally, we come to another verbal gaff by the world's most famous teleprompter reader. During the White House Prayer Breakfast, an event skipped last year and with interesting speeches by each the current and a former First Lady, The ONE read the word corpsman (core man) as "corpse man" several times. As a singular event, this is funny. It is also fodder for every right of center leaning talk show host and television talking head to poke fun at the orator in chief. I can't help but wonder, in light of the over reactions referenced above, how long it will be until the Society of Funeral Parlor Directors or the Affiliated Grave Diggers Local 456 Union begin calling for investigations and letters of apology. What will prove interesting is how the mainstream media reacts. Will they herald this gaff with any of the zeal they did when George W said Nucular (phonetically spelled here)instead of nuclear or any of his many malapropisms? Or will this add to the body of evidence that the media is more interested in shaming a Republican at every turn but Democrats get free rides more luxurious than Nancy Pelosi's recently remodeled jumbo jet?

Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain

Since the failed terrorist attach on Christmas day, travelers have been bracing themselves for the virtual anal probe that is coming to airport security in the form of full body scanners. On Fox News tonight, Ann Coulter, whose body scan image would likely fetch a fair amount on Ebay and one for which I would join in the bidding, joined ranks with the ACLU in decrying another ineffective government intrusion in the form of safety.

I've long complained about the inane and outright ludicrous security procedures in place at our nation's airports. We sheeple continue to flock to and through security turnstiles on our way to meetings and reunions because we've little alternative when faced with needing to be across our great continent in a short period of time. As TSA officials ogle our nearly nude images, saying they've got us by the short hair is appropriate when discussing our alternatives for transportation.

Instead of focusing on more likely terrorist subjects through profiling, all of us will have our "secrets" laid bare before the almighty agents of national security.

I only wish our leaders in our government's legislative body would be as forthcoming in their transparency. Despite several campaign promises of openness in debate, the health care bill will be finalized in secret, behind doors so thick that no scanner can penetrate.

CSPAN, the network The ONE promised to let host this debate has pledged to provide any resources needed to fully and unbiasedly cover this debate over nearly a quarter of our national expenditures. This pledge has fallen on the deaf, or more likely uncaring, ears cradling the heads of Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid. Not only will the debate be held in secret, these bastions of open debate are looking to suspend long held congressional traditions to protect their fellow party members from having to openly support this travesty.

So as you empty your pockets, take off your shoes and belts and jackets and socks and under-wire bras in order to sit in a too small seat and pay $7 for a beer, you can take solace in the fact your representatives in Washington will be secure, behind closed doors, making deals and hiding pork in thousands of pages of drivel designed to wrench control over the health of our nation.

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The more things change, the more they stay the same

I was listening to my MP3 player at work yesterday and was looking forward to hearing some classic Joe Cocker when, to my horror, the not so dulcet, to my ears, tones of Celine Dion rattled through my headphones. While Ms. Dion is quite popular with the non-discriminating music listener and gay community, she doesn't do much to float my auditory Titanic. I checked the display and, sure enough, the files were tagged with Joe Cocker's name, album info and song titles but what was contained therein was still digital Ones and Zeros of My Heart Will Go On. The label didn't matter, the song was what it was no matter what it was called.

Talk Radio and the 24 hour news channels are going wall to wall with coverage of Benedict Arlen Specter announcing he is changing parties. The Senator will take his nearly 30 years of seniority along with him as he jumps borders to join the Democratic party where he will be rewarded with Committee positions, flowers and probably rooms full of hookers and booze (he is becoming a Democrat after all) as though he is a returning war hero who charged the Filibuster bunker and blew it all to hell paving the way for an unfettered advance of left leaning programs at the hands of General Harry.

To anyone who bases their vote on the worthiness of the candidate and not the little initial by his or her name, this should be "ho hum" coverage and a big deal being made out of nothing. Mr. Specter has been more Democrat than Republican for some time now. Much of the coverage is quick to point out that his voting record is that of one not beholden to party affiliation. No shit Sherlock, tell us something we didn't know. Specter was one of three Republicans responsible for passing the Stimulus Package. Specter joined with the unions in support of the secret ballot suppressing Card Check initiative until he saw a challenge on the GOP primary front and changed his opinion. Specter was very critical of James Jeffords of Vermont when he switched parties a few years ago. S.P.E.C.T.R.E. is the fictional global terrorist organization featured in Ian Fleming's James Bond novels. There is no such thing as coincidence.

As recently as March 17th, the Pennsylvania RINO denied he was switching parties. I guess he wasn't all that serious, huh?
The news angle seems to be that, with the nearly certain victory of never really that funny Al Franken in Minnesota, the Democrats will now have their filibuster proof majority in the Senate. Again, ho hum. There was a posting by my favorite blogger last December regarding this exact issue that is still relevant today. You can review it here.

If Pennsylvania can do the right thing in 2010 and elect the heir apparent to the Republican nomination, Pat Toomey, the GOP might have a real Republican's butt in the seat on their side of the aisle for the first time in 28 years. Maine could do with a changing of the guard as well.

Fear not Republican faithful, don't look at it as losing a Senate seat. Think of it as finally putting that funny uncle where he belongs.

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Yes Nevada there is a Santa Claus

Babies aren’t even tired of playing with the boxes that their expensive, sitting in the corner still untouched toys came in and already we are being teased with the prospect of a wonderful present set to arrive just before Christmas 2010. Said gift would be a resounding defeat of the so-called leader of the senate Harry Reid of Nevada.

Sure it is too early to call an election when Al Franken hasn’t even finished stealing the senate seat in Minnesota this year and the Republicans haven’t even nominated an opponent candidate but hope springs eternal.

Reid’s bumbling and partisan antics border on anti-American and represent the worst of political behaviors. Republicans need to start now and continue to push if we hope to unseat a politician who has used his office to inoculate himself against competition instead of working to better the country.

I spend as much time in Nevada as I do at home in Utah. I’ll be watching closely and letting you know how to get involved. I had planned on writing a lot more about Harry "I suck the life out of everything I touch" Reid until, while searching for fodder for my oratorial cannon, I found this short video in which the master of all matters verbal unleashes on the same subject matter. I know when I am out spoken:



Enjoy the gifts of this holiday season and try not to hurt yourself with your Wii.

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First things first!

You can't pick up a newspaper or turn on the news without a headline about the Big Three Auto bailout and the crisis situation screaming out at you louder than a proposition 8 protester walking past a Mormon temple.

I've espoused my opinions on this in earlier posts so you'll have no surprise when I say huzzah and hooray to Senate Republicans and their standing up for limited government in a way they've not had the fortitude to do in a long time. They've been vilified by the unions, the media, true liberal heavy Michael "Canada and Cuba are so much better" Moore and by the Democratic leadership. People like Harry Reid, the senate top dog.


Harry seems to be right on top of this whole crisis situation. After a bill failed to pass today in the Senate, Harry said it was "a loss for the country," adding: "I dread looking at Wall Street tomorrow. It's not going to be a pleasant sight." Then he hopped on a plane back to Nevada for the Christmas holiday confident that George "I don't care that the people's representatives have vote, I'll do what I want" Bush would pick up the slack and use TARP funding to carry the load.

It just seems interesting to me that this huge crisis, the one the Senate has been spending all its time on, can now suddenly wait until January. I'm all for family time but let's talk about priorities here!

Speaking of priorities, I was glad to see in reading this proposal that U.S. District Court Judges were well taken care of. That's right, included in the Auto Bailout bill was a pay raise for judges! It isn't uncommon for completely unrelated items to be included in major bills but that doesn't make it any less aggravating to see it here. Of course the Congress' pay raise of nearly $5,000 was taken care of a long time ago. Remember, priorities. Let's hope poor Harry isn't on his way to Hawaii.

Someday he will be a real boy.

In a short meeting with congressional leaders, soon to be former President George W. Bush sees Democratic "growth" in it's truest form.



If only Mr. Reid had a cricket to guide him.