Liberal Hypocrisy - The 'Legitimate Rape' by the IRS

While the laundry list of heinous scandals of the Obama Administration begins to see the light of day, it's best not to forget all the progressive minions who still want to cover-up, apologize for and blame others for Obama and his dream team's unconstitutional, criminal actions.

Enter:  Democrat Representative Jim McDermott.

 

As witnesses testified as to how their God-given and constitutionally-affirmed rights had been savaged by the IRS due to their conservative or TEA Party affiliations, this good lil' mobster in Obama's Chicago-style mob blamed the victims.

McDermott lashed out at the witnesses, saying "each of your groups are highly political" and said that Tea Party and conservative groups that were essentially asking for "a tax break" were trying to game the system and should have been scrutinized for submitting applications for tax-exempt status.  

He continued by saying taxpayers should know "which side you fall on" and whether groups were interested in finding voters who vote without IDs or doing things like promoting Communist views.  

He called the hearings a "circus" and "political theatre" and accused Republicans for looking for a "conspiracy" that did not exist.

He even blamed Bush!  It seems odd, but liberals, unlike most people who say 'uhh' or 'um' when they are tongue-tied, just fill the void with some reflex Bush-bashing.

Paul Ryan followed McDermott and he summarized for the gallery, "so you're to blame....I guess that's the message."

This whole blame the victim scenario reminded me of last year's election year abortion drama from Todd Akin.  To refresh, he said:

Well you know, people always want to try to make that as one of those things, well how do you, how do you slice this particularly tough sort of ethical question. First of all, from what I understand from doctors, that's really rare. If it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down. But let's assume that maybe that didn't work or something. I think there should be some punishment, but the punishment ought to be on the rapist and not attacking the child.

Firstly, what he said was stupid.  It's true this is the sort of theory was circling decades ago, but we've come a long way medically since then.  We know rape is rape, and abortion is murder, at least that's the way the tide is finally turning in American polls.  After 40 years of Roe, it only took killing enough babies to populate England to get us there.  (55 Million)

Secondly, I do agree wholeheartedly with the idea of punishing the rapist, not the innocent child.  I didn't like cancelling recess for all because of one kid, so I certainly despise punishing a child for the violent crime of another.

Thirdly, the media blew his comments all out of proportion--just to find a way to help his struggling Democrat opponent to eventually win re-election.  They ran with 'legitimate' and expanded his brief comment to ask if some rapes aren't considered rapes or not.  If we're going to tabulate stupid things Obama or Biden or Hillary or John Kerry have said, we'd run out of cyberspace for this blog post.  Besides the chosen ones get to "walk back" their comments or get do-overs. 

In any event, whether rightly or wrongly so, Akin was deemed to have implied that if you get pregnant but say it was rape, (then you were lying?) because the body is supposed to close up shop and prevent pregnancies during a rape. 

Like a computer:  Body entering rape mode.  Ovaries shutting down.  And we all know how well computers always work!

I'd like to know where's the outrage over McDermott's comments blaming the victims.  Where did all the ones who complained about Akin (shaming) the female victims go?  McDermott implied that they had it coming, and were asking for it....just by daring to stand up to Obama.  I'm just surprised he didn't blame it on race while he was at it.

News of the Day: Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Here are some interesting news stories of the day.  Most of them horrify, and that's the point.  Why does all the news sound so bleak?

The words: "Husband" and "Wife" and "Bride" are Verboten!

  It always bothers me how some always claim to champion the concept of diversity when they are the ones making us all the same.  Whether states recognize gay marriage (or whatever the name du jour is) is up to them, or in this case, up to the United Kingdom.

When Prime Minister David Cameron chose to open up "civil marriage" to gay couples, these linguistic mandates followed close behind.  The government as well as industry will have to revise their websites and documents to use sanitized words like "spouse" or "partner".  Here in the US, they've tossed around "applicant 1" and "applicant 2". 

Instead of truly opening it up for everyone, they are making us all the same on paper.  We all have the same rights, but we are all not the same.  Why aren't we allowed to be proud of who we are?  As men.  As women.  As straight couples.  Or gay couples.  Truly embracing that rainbow of diversity would require acceptance of our differences, not a passive denial--as well as more boxes to tick on documents.  (It seemed to work FOREVER with Mr./Mrs. boxes to tick...)

Once again proving my point that if only so-called conservatives actually step up and make some reforms in a smart and calculated way, we wouldn't have liberals doing it with such disregard for traditional values and society on the whole.  Usually the liberal Democrats shut out any reforms from Republicans until they get the power, at which point the "Republicans" abandon their principles for the sake of faux-bi-partisanship, while still being smeared as the bad guys.

Man Jailed Because Bad Economy Prevented Him from Finishing Home Repairs, Town Board EVIL

A Minnesota man was arrested and jailed after city leaders determined he had not finished installing siding on his house.
Mitch Faber, of Burnsville, MN, was charged with “having an unfinished exterior,” according to court documents obtained by Fox News. He was ultimately sentenced to 30 days in jail but was given the opportunity to serve his sentence at home by wearing an electronic monitoring bracelet.

 My blood is searing with rage as I write this.  Can you imagine despotic city leaders throwing a man in jail for two days with no bail, and giving him a 1,000 dollar fine when he can't even pay to finish repairs on his home?  Is this the feudal system again?  Do we exist merely to serve Kings?

The judge did not sympathize with the fact that he's not had summer work or done very well over the last three years (when who was president?), and sentenced him to 30 days (on top of the 2 he served shackled in prison) under house arrest with an ankle monitor.  He waived the fine.  How big of him.

Neighbors complained--though they certainly have no concept of what it means to be a neighbor or perhaps they would've helped him finish repairs to his house instead of gettings favors from their apparent friends in power.

Of course, charity is being outlawed in America.  I'm sure I'll get into Mayor Bloomberg's banning of food donations in NYC to kitchens and shelters out of "concern for their health".  "No fatty or salty foods," proclaims the food police.  That rich disgrace has no sense of what it means to suffer under his and others unamerican policies.  Last week, I saw a poor, homeless Vet walking--no, TRUDGING along, and I tell you, Bloomberg, how dare you deny charitable donations in the United States of America!

To Coin a Phrase: "Thanks, But No Thanks, John McCain."

I've always been grateful for his service to America in uniform, and thought he was at least a little different from some politicians (allegedly being anti-earmark) but in the end I only supported McCain because I supported Sarah Palin.  That's not the point of this, however.

McCain is at it again, now that he's not running for re-election.  The double speak, the progressivism and his lack of respect for the citizens (and our intelligence) is back in full swing.

McCain, along with Senator Tom Harkin (a democrat), have introduced a bill that would eliminate the dollar bill and replace it with a dollar coin.  Perhaps the Chinese prefer carrying coins.

The clever title of the bill is The Currency Optimization, Innovation and National Savings Act, or so cleverly abbreviated: The COINS Act.  It must be necessary and for our own good, even though we've never warmed up to dollar coins in the past.  Don't you want to optimize, innovate and save?

The bill, if it becomes law would force the discontinuation of dollar bills in four years or when the, "circulation of $1 coins exceeds 600 million annually," whichever blessed day comes first.

House RINOs--err, Republicans, put forth a bill in September to do much the same thing: replace the dollar note with a coin.  So, moving forward on this latest scheme would require the House and Senate reconciling their two bills.

Senator McCain proclaimed, "by moving from the costly dollar bill to the dollar coin, we can save real money and show the American taxpayer that we are serious about cutting spending in Washington."

The Senate bill estimates savings of 5.5 billion dollars....over the next THIRTY years.  This comes out to 183 million annually.  I'm impressed.  Real money, indeed.

Meanwhile, if McCain or any of these slick car salesmen actually wanted to save money they could cease the Essential Air Service Program which wastes 200 million tax dollars each year.

What they essentially do is pay airlines to fly planes into more remote areas to keep those places connected via the skies.  This must be one of those "human rights" like getting your own personal computers through the government or citizenship for illegals.

The government often pays up to $4000 in subsidies for a coach ticket.

Take flights out of Ely, Nevada. The Great Lakes Airlines flight to Las Vegas on this occasion carried just one passenger. In total, only 227 passengers flew out of Ely in the entire year of 2010 — paying 70-90 dollars. The taxpayers however paid $4,107 per ticket.

Our fearless representatives in Congress certainly won't bring this 1978 program to an end.  We need to have everything--immediately!  If you move near an airport, you're going to hear noise.  If you move near the railroad, you're going to hear trains.  If you live in a rural area, you'll have to travel greater distances to do your shopping and plan accordingly.  It seems like common sense to me.

If we also want to save money, how about reigning in Obama and FLOTUS's travel expenses.  When a "date night" in NYC with the secret service costs alone at a staggering $11,000 dollars, it makes you wonder why they couldn't just visit the (free) National Zoo or take in a Broadway musical that happens to be on the road and in DC.

We've all but forgotten Obama's half million dollar failed Olympic bid.

What about Michelle Obama's African vacation, where the air transportation alone cost taxpayers nearly a half million dollars?  Not to mention how she frequently travels ahead of Barry, requiring her own plane.

Air Force One is exceptionally costly.  Obama used AFO 172 times in 2010 and the Air Force estimates that it costs us $181,757 each and every flight hour.  Again, this covers just the air travel.

We also have countless billions of wasted dollars being spent on ridiculous earmarks each day.  According to Sen. Tom Coburn, the National Science Foundation alone receives 3 billion dollars for stupid projects like jello-wrestling contests in Antarctica or over a half million to study shrimp on treadmills to combat global warming.

I never thought I'd side with both John Kerry and RINO Scott Brown on any issue but I will support their opposition of this bill.

With extravagant travel expenses in the executive branch and shrimp on treadmills in the earmark arena, Congress is going to have to come up with something better than an unpopular dollar coin policy shift.

With Republican and Democrat support, (sorry) is this the change we can believe in?

A Primary Problem

I really wish presidental primary elections were held on the same day across the country.  They are, after all for a presidential, or nation-wide race.

For internal matters of a particular state: fine.  They can follow whatever procedures or jump through whatever hoops their voters approve of.  Governor.  State Senators.  Go ahead, knock yourselves out.  But why are on earth would we want the first handful of states to hold primaries to decide what candidates advance, or even get the eventual nomination?

I thought we were a unified country where in terms of nation-wide policy and elections we all get an equal voice?  It seems the insiders who covet these garish side-shows known as presidential primaries (for any party), would have us go back to saying "these United States", where some are more equal than others.

THE United States is supposed to be a unifed (singular) country where we all get equal representation.  As determined already by legislatures, there will be primaries from January 3rd through June 26th!  Poor Utah, bringing up the rear!

In 2008, Rudy Giuliani dropped out before his state of New York held their primary.  This is just one example of how many people who would've supported him didn't get the chance to voice their support. 

Presidential primaries, much like the general elections are prime examples of how the various power groups throw their weight, money and influence around to knock out candidates they feel won't go along to get along or can't be easily controlled or compelled by any particular political establishment or media power players.  They are the steering committee.  We the "voters" are their cattle.

It sounds borderline conspiratorial when you don't take a step back.  The question is however, if they (the political establishment, the media, and other less visible power players) really just want to step back and let the people decide without influencing them:

--Why do newspapers endorse primary, as well as presidential candidates instead of just REPORTING the news?

--Why aren't the primaries all on the same day, like the general elections?

--Why are there millions of polls leading up to election days, and countless exit polls--all of which affect voters' decisions--when the only poll that actually matters is what's inside the ballot box?

--Why will New Hampshire, South Carolina, Florida, Arizona and Michigan all be penalized for holding their primaries before March 6th and have their numbers of delegates at the convention cut in half?

--Why will some states let their delegates support a different candidate than their state voters chose, or at times have delegates split their support?

Another point I find absolutely infuriating is how we can have NASA astronauts (remember them: those American men and women of bygone days who blasted off into the final frontier and now are being replaced by a dorky robot that might land on an awe-inspiring rock, err--asteroid in a decade...)  Anyway, astronauts were (sigh) able to vote in real-time on the day of the election from space, yet servicemen and women who are deployed can not--and more often than not their absentee ballots are lost or returned.  Besides, how can you vote absentee for a primary when half the time your candidate will be out by the time you get to vote? 


We have a lot of problems to tackle to set America back on the right course after a century-long infection known as progressivism took hold of our nation's compass.  This might not be the biggest problem, but it's easily solvable if we simplify the system--put it all out in the open so we have real transparency.  No games.  No steering or nudging us to willingly do the elites' bidding.  Just the principles our founders fought and died to give us.

Wouldn't that be grand?

The One Way Street of Tolerance

Try being white and saying the "n" word in a scholarly debate or in the context of a Mark Twain novel, or similar texts.  I dare you.  If you have uber-liberal or progressive professors or associates, you'll soon find out how much venom they store in the sacs on their necks.

We're constantly assaulted with calls for "tolerance" and "healing", especially since Obama took office, but the pleas--or outright directives to redress historical injustices--only ever target whites, TEA party supporters or Southerners--sometimes all at once.

One example would be the arrest of Harvard professor Gates by the Cambridge police.  The whole incident was a misunderstanding, prompted by a 9-1-1 call from a neighbor as Gates seemed to be breaking into his own house.  It became out of hand when Gates refused to co-operate with responding officers (1 of the 2 happened to be white) and Gates was arrested.  Barry "It's all about me" Obama had to give his two cents and said the police "acted stupidly", even before the full details were known.  Eventually, this prompted a "beer summit" at the White House for the trio and a so-called "teachable moment" for us all.  What did we learn?

It seems the black liberal establishment (Congressional Black Caucus and leading figures such as Al Sharpton and professors such as Gates) make race a perpetual issue.  They see the world though a bitter, resentful, "selective historical" prism instead of seeing the world as it is today. 

I say "selective" because for example, no one ever wants to discuss the Africans who sold other Africans into the slave trade.  As we move forward, the efforts shouldn't be to understand the plight of past or current black slaves, rather the plight of all slaves and the divine right to be free men and women.

Another example, specifically regarding the 'n' word comes in the form of a Fox 29 news anchor being fired for saying the Voldemortian word at a staff meeting discussing the word--after black associates had said it too.  He's suing.

We're so afraid of words, aren't we?  At least when it affects a protected minority group.  It's okay (and often a hoot) to insult Christians, Jews, the smart, comic book or sci fi fans, fat people, TEA party supporters...

I'm not even getting into when you "exchange words" with someone.  While a black person might find nothing comparable between getting called the "n" word or calling someone the "c" word (cracker), I find them both insulting. Whoopi has a nice philosophy of calling people out by what they are--regardless of what they are.

For example, "You blankety blank black blank!"  Or, "You blankety blank man!"  Applied across the board, this is normal way to blow off steam without being racist or sexist.  You're just telling the truth!

There is no real consensus regarding the "n" word.  It's a slang of the word negro, the root word for which means black.  Even when the word is used in historical contexts, especially in Twain, it seems to just be a derogatory slang word and is not synonymous with 'slave'.  Being treated as a slave is what makes it about slavery.  Today, the black community is divided over the word.

Some never say it at all and find it offensive like your usual assortment of four letter words.  Some use it affectionately to fellow blacks; and some use it as a run of the mill swear word with no racial implications.  This is why it makes no sense to punish a white guy saying this in an historical discussion and see nothing wrong in black people saying the same thing.

When it's not the "n" word, it's the Confederate flag that sends progressive word & image censors into fits.  If blacks can take the "n" word and make it their own and have power over it, why can't Southerners do the same in an effort to embrace their roots and Southern pride?

According to Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, of Texas, a proposed (optional) license plate featuring a Confederate flag must be stopped because it's a "symbol of intimidation."  The plate will honor Confederate veterans and help fund memorials.  Lee and her supporters don't want to acknowlege their sacrifice.  Like it or not, through the pain and bloodshed of the civil war, we became one nation.  THE United States.

Lee says she will take a petition to Austin on the day the DMV votes on the design; hopefully she'll do so without intimidating anyone.

This double standard won't go away any time soon, especially in this "new age" of Obama.

Star Trek - "The Man Trap"

  Although I talked a bit about "The Man Trap" in my posting about the 45th anniversary of Star Trek last week, I decided to start writing about each episode along with the anniversary of its original airdate.  Also, for my sanity, it seems wise to talk about something as culturally important and exciting as Star Trek instead of just the horrible state of affairs in America and around the world.  Spoilers will follow, so if you haven't seen this yet in 45 years and don't want to be spoiled, read at your own risk!

Written by George Clayton Johnson

Directed by Marc Daniels

Guest Starring: Jeanne Bal as Nancy Crater

Alfred Ryder as Professor Robert Crater

Grace Lee Whitney as Yeoman Janice Rand

Photos from the amazing Trekcore.com

  "Captain's Log: Stardate 1513.1  Our Position: Orbiting Planet M113.  Onboard the Enterprise, Mr. Spock, temporarily in command.  On the planet, the ruins of an ancient and long dead civilization.  Ship's surgeon McCoy and myself are now beaming down to the planet's surface.
  Our Mission: routine medical examination of archaeologist Robert Crater and his wife Nancy.  Routine, but for the fact that Nancy Crater is that one woman in Doctor McCoy's past."
-Kirk, through voice-over, delivering the opening lines of the series.

And so it begins! 

While on a routine mission, the Enterprise comes under attack from a murderous creature that can assume the form of anyone, real or imagined in order to drain the hypnotized victims of their salt!

We're introduced to McCoy and Kirk on the planet surface along with Darnell--a science officer, who ends up the first dead crewman of the series (and not a red shirt!)


Crewman Darnell:  He died how he lived....on Planet M113

McCoy sees Nancy, as he remembered her from years ago, while Kirk sees a more age-appropriate woman--and Darnell, that doomed sack of hormones sees a young blonde woman.  Darnell is sent outside before the differences could be compared, but they blame McCoy's initial perception of Nancy on his feelings for her.  At one point, Kirk scolds McCoy and says to stop, "thinking with your glands, Doctor."  He should have listened to Bones.  While Darnell was the first corpse over which McCoy said, "He's dead, Jim," he was not the last.

To hell with "Let's Move", We Need Salt!



One of the first clues for Kirk and McCoy--or Plum, as Nancy calls him--is the repeated request for more salt from both of the Craters.  Of course, by the time they figure out something is wrong, a third crewman is pushing up straw-like alien daisies on M113, but they only know of two deaths because Green was replaced by "Nancy", the Salt Creature before beaming back up to the Enterprise in order to engage is some salty rendezvous, no doubt.

Meanwhile, back on the ship, we start to learn about the other officers that populate the world of the Enterprise.  Spock and Uhura's conversations on the bridge show us how different Vulcans are, from showing no emotion even when your friend might be dead, to having no sense of humor.  For some reason, and I've never figured this out, Yeoman Rand delivers lunch to Lt. Sulu in a science lab filled with interesting flowers (made from tissue paper covered hands!)  Sulu thanks her by saying, "May the great bird of the galaxy bless your planet."  Eventually, fans began referring to Gene Roddenberry, the creator, as the 'great bird of the galaxy'.



Hailing frequencies...hypnotized!



Green pops in to see Sulu and Rand, and is not drunk on Saurian brandy, but in fact a murderous salt monster.  Thankfully the flowers scare him off.  Uhura has a close encounter with the beast as well as it reads her thoughts and appears to be a man from her home in Africa--even speaking Swahili.  Luckily, the door opens and Rand and Sulu inadvertantly save her life.

Meanwhile, on the planet Professor Crater is proving particularly prickly as he tries unsucessfully to fight off Kirk and Spock.  It is then they learn Nancy is no more--rather the last of its species, the salt creature, had killed her and assumed her identity.  As they warn the ship, the creature has already drugged McCoy instead of killing him, and assumed his appearance.



The Wonders of the 23rd Century, plus that's not McCoy...



This is an interesting development for the creature.  Although Crater likens the murderous beast to a Buffalo, having seen its numbers drop radically and face extinction, it chooses to kill people instead of ask for help.  It is obviously intelligent enough to do so since it cares at least a little for McCoy.  Crater says the memories McCoy feels for Nancy are so strong, it in essence has created a special bond between the two.  That certainly doesn't say much for Nancy's husband's...abilities or overall relationship with his wife, but the stronger the memories and emotional bond, the more the creature can connect with a person.



I guess he has a red gash and green blood because he's half
Vulcan and half human? Or?



Starving for salt, the creature kills Professor Crater and attempts to kill Spock, but we get a glimpse of his "vulcan heritage" in the form of green blood! 

The creature as Nancy attempts to get a groggy McCoy to protect it/her from the others, but Kirk shows up and things get ugly fast---for Kirk.



Give Mama your salt!  This is for calling me a
HANDSOME WOMAN!

Kirk ends up hypnotized and about to be salt sucked by the M113 creature, when Spock arrives and blasts some sense into McCoy.  After Spock is hurled about by a scary, impervious Nancy McCoy is forced to raise his phaser in a POV shot that reminded me of Hitchcock's Spellbound and finish her/it off.

The episode ends on the bridge with a pensive Kirk saying, "I was thinking about the Buffalo, Mr. Spock." 

The buffalo didn't try to murder/impersonate people, though.  I'm glad no one from Sci fi (erg, syfy) reads this or that would end up being a saturday night movie.

The remastered images looked nice.  They expanded the landing site & Craters' home beyond the close-up of the structure we got in the original.

Overall, this episode introduced us to most of the core characters, save Scotty and Nurse Chapel and gave us a sense of the unknown the crew of the Starship Enterprise will face each week.  "The Man Trap" works surprisingly well as a premiere outing, considering it was the sixth episode produced. 

One last question I'd like to pose is, "Was it the writer's and costumer's decision to put something on the dead salt creature, or was that what NBC censors thought every respectable and fashionable salt creature should wear?"



Nancy sporting a special modesty shroud.



A Decade: Frozen & Forgotten

It's hard to believe it's been ten years since the September 11th attacks.  Hard to believe because it feels like so much longer, yet also as if we're forever frozen in those moments.

The smoke rising high above New York, the screams, the sirens, the jumpers, the anger, the sadness, the heroism...

In many ways we've forgotten so much of that day which is so etched into our collective consciousness--either selectively or by accident.  Not many politicians actually feel the weight of that day--and the death toll--as much as President Bush.  His reverence for the dead, heartfelt sympathy for their loved ones and acceptance of his responsibilities as commander in chief when it came to taking the war to them earned him respect, albeit brief respect.

So many people talk of those who died--and either through training or just by accident fail to refer to them as having been murdered by terrorists.  We also don't care to discuss how gleeful random people were in the Middle East who took to the streets to celebrate the attacks and all the bloodshed.

I still remember that touchy-feely story, "My Name is Osama" published a year after the attacks to try and quell blow-back against Muslims in America--a blow-back that never existed.  Jews are victims of hate crimes, ten times more than Muslims.  In the story encouraged for 9/11 lesson plans by the National Council for Social Studies, a character named Todd made fun of a boy named Osama.  Completely coincidentally, someone named Osama had ordered his co-conspirators to hijack a plane (United 93), but a brave group of passenger-heroes, including a Todd Beamer retook the plane, sealing their fates but saving countless lives.  I guess that was back when they thought kids knew Osama Bin Laden's name and all the other terrorists involved.  Now they know even less about history, even recent history.

As we move forward we must consider how much life has changed in America and throughout the world as a result of September 11th--and we must never, never, never forget what happened that day and those since.  The Islamo-facists still hate us and nothing we can do will change that.

We must be vigilant, awake, honest and never let the truth ride away on a plume of smoke like the ones that filled the empty skies on September 11th, 2001.

 

9/11 Project