Nagin: "The Mother of All Storms"

Roughly 24 hours from now, Hurricane Gustav will make its first landfall with the Gulf Coast. As of now the storm has weakened slightly since passing over Cuba and is now spinning at max sustained winds of 115 mph. Make no mistake, this storm is as powerful as Katrina was 3 years ago. Gustav is expected to make landfall near New Orleans as a Cat. 4 storm, which as Mayor Ray Nagin says, who I am perplexed to still see in office, this is "the mother of all storms." Nagin has also been quoted as calling Gustav "the storm of the century." I think we all need to take a step back from the political world for a few days to pray for the people of the Gulf Coast and for the massive humanitarian effort underway that they will have success with evacuations and post-storm cleanups. As I mentioned in my last post, liberals like Michael Moore are so wrapped up in their extreme ideologies that at the expense of the GOP convention, the storm is "proof that there is a God." Such despicable comments like these are proof that there are no limits to the thought that liberal ideologies must reign in America. These comments, to me, are worse than war and abortion combined.

Meanwhile, on the GOP front, it looks like the convention may have to wait a bit longer. I think it is a good decision to delay the convention because our national attention should be set on this potential national catastrophe. Senator McCain and others have agreed that they must change the convention to a "call to national service" for the victims of Gustav and the cleanup effort. Between both Obama and McCain campaigns, our nation should be focused not on politics but on the lives of those on the Gulf Coast who will need our prayers and monetary support over the next few days. As we've seen already, the effort to prepare for Gustav is 110% better than that of Katrina. I think the leadership of President Bush, Gov. Bobby Jindal and Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff has proved most effective in this extreme preparation to make sure that even a more powerful storm than Katrina can be prevented from causing the loss of life we witnessed 3 years ago. Our prayers are with you Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, Alabama, and Florida as you prepare for this terrible storm.

Moore of the Same

Last night I broke my rule to never watch the master of liberal stupidity Keith Olbermann on "Countdown." I was about to turn the station when Keith mentioned that Bush hypercritic Michael Moore would be on the program. I haven't heard his name mentioned since he tried to tie Bush with a master plan of global domination in "Fahrenheit 9/11." I just thought this clip from the show would illustrate Moore's ideas which as liberals like to say, "more of the same." Mr. Moore thrives on death and world suffering as a talking point to attack the Bush administration. While I do see some Democrats as hoping for failure in Iraq to further their political ambitions, Michael Moore makes these Democrats seem extremely conservative. This is a man whom I'm sure could think of one way to call Republicans murderers, when he supports the largest mass-murder in the world each year through the sin of abortion. Here is the interview with Mr. Moore.

CAUTION: WATCH AT YOUR OWN RISK... If you feel the need to pray for liberals after watching this, you may choose to do so. May God have mercy on their souls.

McCain / Palin 08

Last night, the crowds gathered for an event of epic proportion. Some call him a rock star and some call him charismatic. Some call him a beacon of change and others call him a glimmer of hope. But in reality, Obama represents something much larger. Last night, liberals from East to West gathered in Denver, Colorado to witness the dawn of a new era.

Religions, whether Christianity, Judaism, or Islam, all believe that God will come to this Earth once more in judgement of the righteous and the sinners. Why do I bring this up? Because, in his "Christ-like" glory, a Savior has been born. His name is Barack Hussein Obama. Upon "His" altar, in the American city closest to the heavens, a king was crowned. The new "Lord and Savior" has returned from Mount Olympus riding chariots of glory. The 80,000 gathered in awe as Barack spread the "Good News." He divided rally signs just as the previous Savior did with the "loaves and fishes." Long story short, the world was basically told that the "Kingdom of Heaven" has arrived. We were told that those led astray from the path will be persuaded to obey "His" words and live as he has lived and do as he has done. All that was heard was "Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama!" from "sea to shining sea." It's a shame I forgot to turn the TiVo on. I guess I better pack my bags for warm weather...

Aside from the coming of the "Messiah," just a day after Obama delivered his liberal agenda and demonstrated his lack of experience to the world, John McCain has stolen his thunder. We all know that polls were even going into the DNC. We know that as a result polls have shifted slightly for Lord Obama (Rasmussen poll shows Obama 49% McCain 45%). Not bad for a supposed liberal landslide the media had expected since Bush is so unpopular. The RNC is not yet underway which allows for more wiggle room.

Today, Senator John McCain selected reformer and conservative Governor of the great state of Alaska, Sarah Palin. Since Obama proved that picking Hillary would make it too easy for him to win the elections in November, he left his so called "historic" ticket at a minimal historic value. We also saw that with Obama's pick of Delaware Senator Joe Biden, Obama let us know that he truly has no clue when it comes to national security and lacks the experience one needs in these difficult times. I especially liked when Obama's camp sent a scathing note to the media a few hours before Palin was selected by McCain, discussing Palin's inexperience as a mayor in a town of 9,000. They did not, however, talk about her being governor for the same amount of time as Obama since he began ignoring his post in the Senate and running for president. Where Obama tries to change laws in Washington, he has absolutely 0 experience running an economy. Sarah Palin, as governor, was in charge of the entire infrastructure of Alaska, while Obama was taking sweetheart deals from Tony Rezko, who is, by the way, behind bars as we speak.

Here's a little background of the woman from the largest state in the Union, Gov. Sarah Palin (courtesy of CNN):

Born: February 11, 1964, Sandpoint, Idaho

Education: B.S., University of Idaho, 1987

Elected offices: Wasilla, Alaska, City Council member, 1992-96

Wasilla mayor, 1996-2002

Elected governor of Alaska, 2006

Professional career: Television sports reporter, 1987-89; co-owner, commercial fishing operation, 1988-2007; owner, snow machine, watercraft and all-terrain vehicle business, 1994-97; chairwoman, Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, 2003-04.

Married: To Todd Palin; five children. The oldest, Track, serves in the U.S. Army; the youngest, Trig, has Down syndrome.

Something not listed here is Sarah Palin's rejection of the "Bridge to Nowhere" plan and other pork-barrel projects that waste billions of taxpayer dollars, especially for the hundreds of millions of Americans who will never even visit a bridge that they paid for. The fact that Palin is the first GOP female on the ticket in the history of the party should speak volumes to the 54% of women voters this year. Palin's "maverick" ideas go right along with McCain and the idea of "country first, party second." Obama has shown us that it's the liberal agenda first, voting party lines second, operating a campaign of sexism and elitism, then maybe listening to what Independents and Republicans say, then implementing leftist ideas. Governor Palin's other advantage is that she is not of Washington. Obama, who says we need to escape from the "same old Washington politics," chose Joe Biden of all people, someone who's been enveloped by Washington politics for longer than John McCain. Then Obama has the nerve to say that Palin is "more of the same?" If this argument is true, and you add up the Washington politics that have been employed by Obama/Biden and those of McCain/Palin, then we should see what exactly is "politics as usual." The Obama/Biden team have been in Washington for a combined 38 years, while the McCain/Palin team have been in Washington for a combined 25 years. Now tell me, who is the "same old Washington politics?"

Day 4: Inflate Your Tires or Bust

House Republicans are at it again and they are not relenting. Perhaps we should consider this daily "rebellion" for a TV show since it looks like it will go until Congress comes back in session in September. Today on the "Shadow Session," the special guest was former Republican Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich (R-GA). Gingrich's words were that our level of reliance on foreign oil imports is "bad national security policy, it's a bad economic policy and in the long run it's a bad environmental policy." Today, 18 Republicans showed up for work and again 0 Democrats appeared. Some new faces to the "rebellion" were Reps. Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Judy Biggert (R-IL), David Davis (R-TN), John Doolittle (R-CA), Ralph Hall (R-TX), Patrick McHenry (R-NC), Denny Rehberg (R-MT) and Christopher Shays (Republican from my home state of Connecticut). For the most part, the message remained the same: less reliance on foreign oil, let us use our own oil resources off our shores and on our mainland. The GOP continues to hammer the issue on Speaker Nancy Pelosi who apparently has time on her vacation to improve her fame on talk shows but cannot seem to find time to bring up a vote on energy. Republicans on the hill also commented on how Pelosi is also busy trying to drum up readers for her new book, "Know Your Power" which today is ranked #1655 on the best seller list. Obviously, her failures as leader of the Democrat controlled Congress can be seen in her ability to sell her own book. Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) compared Pelosi to Marie Antoinette, a betrayer of the people. Today's prop was the tire pressure gauge used to mock Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) who seems to think we can keep proper tire pressure and magically see gas prices fall. Wow! Who feeds Obama this information, 2nd graders? Foxx also told the media about "separating the sheep from the goats," a reference to Matthew 25:31-33: "When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his throne in heavenly glory. All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left." What an interesting use of "left" and "right" here. Looks like someone's in trouble. Now that Foxx has shown us that Jesus is on the side of the GOP, the Democrats don't seem to be able to win on this issue.

In other news, Paris Hilton has fired back against the McCain campaign with her own new TV ad. Apparently, Hilton doesn't like the free publicity McCain gave her. Although the first part of her ad is a straight out attack on McCain's age, she actually poses one of the best compromises between the Democrat and Republican ideas that have held the issue of oil prices in a deadlock on Capitol Hill. Here's her ad:

MoveOn or Drill?

Now in its 3rd day, the GOP's House rebellion is still going on. There is not much media attention because the "liberal" media knows that such a rebellion can really hurt the Democrats, whether it be Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, or Barack Obama. There might be a way to increase such attention, however, and members of the liberal movement can be its ultimate cause. Up until today, this rebellion has only made it to Politico.com and other political sites but it has not even scratched the surface of the big media sites or TV news programs. Today, liberal think tank MoveOn.org encouraged a group of about 50 leftwingers to show up and protest the GOP protest of Democrats in Congress from leaving for vacation. In addition, about 20 conservatives affiliated with Free Republic were there to counteract MoveOn. Such a protest actually sparked the interest of a CNN camera crew and some other reporters. No doubt the media was there only to explain the story of the MoveOn fanatics, but at least attention was brought to this situation. Hopefully, tomorrow's Day 4 Rebellion will draw even more attention and possibly be given airtime on an evening news show or at least on a mainstream media website. The message must be understood that Republicans in the House have sacrificed their vacations in order to help Americans go on theirs. This won't be possible if the intolerant Democrats continue their stranglehold on Congress until what they hope will be an Obama administration takes over the White House.

On the subject of drilling legislation, House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) and House allies are calling for Democrats, particularly "freshmen," to sign new discharge petitions in order to force Pelosi to hold a vote. Reps. Jason Altmire (D-PA) and Don Cazayoux (D-LA) are now asking other Democrats to join with them to get something done on this dire issue. Pelosi, however, remains unwilling to negotiate as if the GOP was a terrorist nation. On Sunday, Pelosi appeared on ABC's This Week with George Stephanopoulos. Early in the interview Stephanopoulos pointed out that when Pelosi took office as Speaker, she promised "open, full and fair debate." Stephanopoulos then asked, "If [Republicans] want to offer a drilling proposal, why can't they have a vote?" Pelosi replied, "They, they, they, they'll have to use their imaginations as to how they can get a vote." Clearly, Pelosi is so wrapped up in the liberal sphere that she cannot even formulate sentences properly when it comes to the evil GOP. I wonder what her imagination will lead us to as a solution for economic issues. I am more interested into seeing how long it takes for even a single vote to take place on any issue of reducing oil prices. Only time, that we don't have, will tell.

The 5 Hour Rebellion

On Friday, members of Congress departed for a month-long vacation while the economic crisis is still unsolved. Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and her Democrat allies had all the lights, microphones, and C-SPAN cameras turned off because there was no need to keep them running if no one would be there to use them. They were not, however, prepared for the next 5 hours after the shutdown. Around noontime just before the final Democrat, Ohio Rep. Dennis Kucinich, had left the halls of Congress, a rebellion began. A small band of Republicans lead by minority leader John Boehner of Ohio, Georgia Rep. Tom Price, and Indiana Rep. Mike Pence demanded for an emergency session of Congress in order to deal with the oil crisis. Democrats tried to keep this occurrence on the down-low by forcing members of the media to leave the lobby that adjoins the floor where the Republicans were speaking. Arizona Rep. John Shadegg was able to input a random code into the computers to turn on the microphones and, thus, the rebellion began. For the next 5 hours, Republicans read speaches, held chants, and sang songs such as "God Bless America." By then, Republicans had allowed people in the gallery to watch the event and were greeted with loud applause. Clearly, the normal citizens attending saw the devotion of at least one party to try and fix the oil crisis. In all, 48 Republicans spoke at and 75 attended the event. Republican California Rep. Devin Nunes even pretended to be a Democrat for a day and paraded across the chamber with a poster of a VW Bug with a sail attached to it, as a witty way to show the way Democrats want to solve the oil issue. Texas Rep. John Culberson sent numerous cell phone recordings to his own Twitter site. By 5pm, the speeches and hymns were over and it was time to put the demonstration to rest. The members of the rebellion left the chamber chanting, "USA! USA! USA!"