A DAY LATE AND A DOLLAR SHORT!

That expression seems to be the modus operandi of the Obama Administration. No matter how urgent the situation, it seems that he (Obama) cannot make a timely decision or for that matter, any decision at all.

It probably goes back to his days in the Illinois State Senate when he voted “present” 130 times. He didn’t have the guts to take a stand on a slew of controversial issues that came before the Illinois Senate for a vote. He was what we might call a “mugwump”. (Look it up).

This tendency for being indecisive seems to have followed him to the U.S. Presidency. He talks a good game (with the help of a teleprompter) but when “push comes to shove”, he avoids making a decision like the plague. He doesn’t realize that the job of president is not like the job of a “Community Organizer” which he was during the 1990’s. His lack of administrative experience, along with his lack of economic and business experience, was pointed out before the election took place, but the electorate (53% of the voters) was blinded to the facts before them by the smooth talk and the significance of electing the first black President. The main stream media was “in the tank” for Obama all through the election cycle and therefore, his lack of meaningful experience was downplayed or not even mentioned at all. Even today, in light of all the problems that he has not confronted forthrightly as President, the news media, with the exception of talk radio and the Fox News Channel, are still giving Obama a pass by not criticizing his blunders and policy mistakes like they did when George W. Bush was president.

The monstrosity of a health care bill that was passed by Congress and signed by the President was a perfect example of Obama not taking charge of the situation. He farmed out the job of drafting this legislation to two incompetents, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid. Obama stood on the sidelines making general comments that at best could be called overstatements and in some cases misstatements or outright lies (ex. Passage of this bill will not add one cent to the deficit). Not only did he not read the over 2,100 pages of the legislation, but neither did most of the Democrats who voted in favor of it. Arm twisting, intimidation, and outright bribes were enough to get the number of votes needed for passage. We are now finding out about this piece of legislation by dribs and drabs, and most people (over 60%) want this law repealed because they are finding out now that it was not what it was cracked up to be.

Today, we have the biggest environmental catastrophe in our nations history and he dithers away his time on the golf course or by throwing concerts at the White House, like the one he threw for Paul McCartney, and a host of other ceremonial events while the people of the Gulf Coast are crying out for help. He could’ve and should’ve kept the oil from reaching our beaches and marshlands, but he didn’t move to accept any help from foreign countries until day 70 of the spill. Why couldn’t he move to keep this environmental nightmare from spreading? I guess he wanted to vote “present” again instead of making some important choices and decisions.

When our national security is at stake, his procrastination can be downright dangerous to our fighting men and women overseas. It took him over 3 months to make a decision to send more troops that his commanding general requested from him, and when he agreed, he only allowed 30,000 instead of the 40,000 which was requested. You could say he was a “day late and a dollar short” on this very important military decision. I would guess that his dithering on this matter led Gen. McChrystal and his aides to make some uncomplimentary remarks months later with a reporter from “Rolling Stone” magazine that cost McCrystal his command after those remarks were printed and made public.

Our country is crying out for leadership but we’re not getting it from this Administration as they seem to be a “day late and a dollar short”.

Conservative commentary by Chuck Lehmann

Godly or Hypocrisy

I try to respect all legitimate world religions, but for those and some sects that are contributors to human suffering, controlled by an elite group, or condone human or animal sacrifice.

I am troubled and have questions about Islam. I hope a follower will put my skepticism to rest and enlighten me by answering these questions.

Why being allowed to wed four wives has anything to do with religion? Is a woman allowed to be wed to four husbands, and if not, why not? Can a woman become a Martyr? If yes, will 23 studs be waiting for her in paradise?

I understand the Burka has no religious significance except for expressing modesty to cover the body against roving eyes outside the family. It is a tradition devout Muslims practice. can you explain Belly Dancers? How 'bout, would you let your wife or daughters attend a Chippendale performance?

Am I wrong that Shariah law is not in the Koran, but a supplement created to suppress free thinking and like the Burka, designed to suppress women?

The Muslim world is outraged at water boarding, regarding it as torture and inhumane. Is stoning, limb amputations, decapitation for non capital crimes more humane?

Another thing I find hard to understand is why many of the ancestors of those who were rounded up in Africa by Muslims, bound and sold to white traders and shipped to America, converted to Islam. The root and faith of the their instigators and plight.

Do Muslim men consider women their equal?

Conservative commentary written by George Giftos

IS THE “N” WORD OFF-LIMITS TO EVERYONE?

Let’s get real, we all know that the “N” word (“nigger to be precise”) is an offensive word to most black people and to many white people, especially if it is uttered by a white person, but is using that word “verboten” when expressed in public by everyone? The answer, according to the “race hustlers”, like Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton, and other self-appointed leaders of the black community, is a “qualified YES”. God forbid, though, any white person uses that term in public (with the exception of the late Robert Byrd, a white former KKK member and a liberal), they are immediately condemned to eternity as racist bigots, no ifs ands or buts, but not in the case of a black person.

But, you may ask, don’t we have “free speech” guaranteed by our constitution? Of course we do, but don’t try to invoke that “evil” document into the conversation or debate if you don’t want to be called a racist or a bigot.

Ironically, as bad as the word “nigger” is viewed in our society, not everyone is restrained from using it. In fact, in some cases it is looked upon somewhat favorably. It seems it is O.K. to use the word if you are a black comedian or a “Hip-Hop” or “Rap” artist (where they got the word “artist” to describe these performers, I don’t know). The wrath of the “P.C. Police” generally will not come down upon a Chris Rock, the late Richard Pryor and a host of “Rappers” who very flippantly use the word “nigger” to enhance their act, even among mixed audiences, and to pad their wallets as a result.

Just recently, Dr. Laura Schlesinger used the term “nigger” in some commentary with a caller on her radio program. The “racial arsonists” and the righteous liberal media jumped all over her. I hear that she has since quit her radio show as a result of this flap. I presume their wrath was directed at her mainly because she is a white “conservative” talk show host who used that word against “their” rules. Where’s the outrage when the aforementioned black people use that word? Some blacks like Bill Cosby have condemned the use of the word “nigger” used by other blacks, but generally they all seem to get a pass because they are black.

On the other hand, what about black people using the term "cracker", "honky", "whitey", “redneck” etc. in response to their describing “white people”? Is that O.K. because it is directed at the former “oppressors” of black people? Do you think there might be a double standard in play when people of different ethnic or racial backgrounds can use derogatory terms for people of the other ethnic or racial groups and get away with it? “You betcha”, as the “evil” Sarah Palin would say.

No amount of moralizing will prevent or stop others from using those offensive words. Only the “self-righteous” indignation of the phony politicians and the people who are the “victim purveyors”, like Jackson and Sharpton, will the condemnation be so severe that the person caught using it will be placed on society’s trash pile and will be heaped upon with scorn and derision, meanwhile giving cover to the politician and “race hustler” as being morally superior to the offender. I wonder how many times the word “nigger”, “cracker” etc. have been used in private gatherings by the various sanctimonious Congressional groups, both black and white? I firmly believe that all of us, at one time or another, has used one or more of those terms sometimes in our lives.

So yes, it is offensive to use those terms and people using them should be aware that many people will be offended by its use, but let’s not pass laws or ban people from using those terms, no matter who is offended by its use. Let us all support the 1st Amendment and, in addition, also bring into play some moral suasion to educate others to refrain from using those offensive terms recklessly, in order to put down others not like themselves.

Conservative commentary by Chuck Lehmann

“Dreams of My Father’s Son”

(that would be, me) by MORT KUFF © 2010

Volume No. 1

• I dream that the nightmare that is the Obama administration will soon implode.
  
• I dream that Nancy Pelosi smashes her finger with her gavel.
  
• I dream that Harry Reid is sent to roam the Nevada desert alone, for 40 years.
  
• I dream that Reverend Wright turns white overnight, then gets Laryngitis.
  
• I dream that Dick Durbin gets run over by a former Nazi prison guard.
  
• I dream that Chris Dodd’s hair turns black overnight.
  
• I dream that Barney Frank gives the Clapp to John Kerry and we find out.
  
• I dream that Al Sharpton runs out of pomade and he loses all his hair.
  
• I dream that the two Republican Senators from Maine ‘get theirs’.
  
• I dream that Chelsea Clinton inherits her Father’s moral compass.
  
• I dream that Sen. Leahy steps in drek up to his puppik.
  
• I dream that Hillary’s ankles get even thicker every Monday morning.
  
• I dream that Gov. Crist of Florida loses his Senate race and turns really pale.
  
• I dream that all three female Supreme Court Justices grow black moustaches.
  
• I dream that Pennsylvania’s Governor Ed Rendell gets stomach cramps.
  
• I dream that all ‘Rappers’ get arthritis in their fingers.
  
• I dream that Chris Mathews gets hit in the hardballs with a microphone.
  
• I dream that David Letterman and his stupid top-ten lists just go away.
  
• I dream that Rosie O’Donnell gets her weight in law suits.
  
• I dream that Jesse Jackson gets hustled by a bunch of white CEO’s.
  
• I dream that Maxine Waters is convicted and gets sent to prison in Alaska.
  
• I dream that Charlie Rangel gets the Nobel Piss Prize for Corruption.
  
• I dream that Robert Gibbs has to review all his Press Conferences, to eternity.
  
• I dream that Whoopie Goldberg becomes a victim of Obama’s anti-Semitism.
  
• I dream that Keith Olberman has itching powder put into his under shorts.
  
• I dream . . . . to be continued.
  

SAY IT AIN'T SO, JOE!

That expression, “Say it ain’t so , Joe” was attributed to a young baseball fan as “Shoeless” Joe Jackson, of Chicago “Black Sox” fame, was leaving the court house after telling his story to the Grand Jury in 1920, about his role in a betting scandal involving baseball, and Joe supposedly said, “Yes, kid, I’m afraid it is”.

Can you imagine if “Joe” Biden, of Vice-Pres. fame, would say that same phrase to someone asking him about his and the Messiah’s policies about what they are trying to shove down the throats of the American people? The answer would probably be, “Like a snowball in hell” as neither Biden nor Obama would admit that their policies would be considered detrimental to our country’s well-being. You wouldn’t expect a sensible answer from these two lawyers with a minimum of practical business and economic experience, since there isn’t an ounce of humility left in either one of them.

Joe Biden and Barack Hussein Obama are pushing policies that are so devoid of economic common sense and reason that it is mind-boggling, to say the least. We should be on the fast track to recovery by now, but due to the inane and unworkable policies put forth by this duo and the Democrats in Congress, our recession has a good chance of becoming a full-fledged depression as of the beginning of 2011.

Economist Arthur Laffer, in his article that appeared in the Wall Street Journal recently, is predicting that if we don’t change our present economic policies, we will be headed for an economic collapse in 2011. He points out that on or about Jan. 1, 2011, federal, state and local tax rates are scheduled to rise quite sharply. President George W. Bush’s tax cuts expire on that date, meaning that the highest federal personal income tax rate will go to 39.6% from 35%, the highest federal dividend tax rate pops up to 39.6% from 15%, the capital gains tax rate to 20% from 15%, and the estate (death) tax rate to 55% from zero. Lots and lots of other changes will also occur as a result of the sunset provision of the Bush tax cuts.

It is a fact that only 8% of the people in the Obama Administration have had any kind of practical “Business” experience, as most are lawyers, professional politicians, academics, or various and sundry bureaucrats. This lack of hands-on business experience could explain why the policies that could and should give the private sector business a boost have not been put into effect due to this economic and business ignorance on the part of the President and his Administration. You don’t grow GNP by expanding government and its bureaucracy, as they don’t produce goods or services, thereby generating revenue for the government and by creating tax paying jobs to produce those goods and services. The “stimulus” package enacted by the Obama Administration has not had the effect on jobs they predicted when proposing it, in fact the unemployment rate has gone up to 10% when they said it wouldn’t go above 8%. It has been a monumental failure. A basic economic principle is that you can’t create prosperity by the over taxing of its citizens and over spending by the government. Tax incentives to encourage businesses to hire workers and to expand its operations is what is needed, not government handouts to the favored few.

It seems like everything the Obama Administration proposes is anti-private sector business. Most of their efforts seem to be going to their labor union friends and to government employees, both of whom support the Democrats overwhelmingly come election time. You could say its payback time.

It boggles the mind why the Obama Administration continues on their disastrous economic policies when history tells us that by reducing taxes and easing onerous regulations that strangle business, it would turn around this economy almost overnight. It must be ideology, on the part of the Democrats and Obama, and their propensity to embrace failed European socialist policies, that is driving them toward a major electoral defeat this coming November.

For our country’s sake, let’s clean the HOUSE (and Senate too) this coming November and vote the tax and spend incumbents out and put into place some free enterprise capitalists in place of the pseudo- socialists that are now screwing up our economy.

Unfortunately, the candidness of a “Shoeless” Joe Jackson will be missing and not be heard, in the halls of Congress or in the White House, as the political spin will take precedence over truth and candor, if we leave these miscreants in office. Let’s start by voting the bums out in November!

Conservative comments by Chuck Lehmann