Sarah is stupid

Sarah Palin is being called stupid. This idea is spreading among critics of the VP. This is a tired argument against conservative candidates. Look up the quotes about Reagan. He was called stupid constantly. Then Bush and now Palin. They are dismissed as stupid because they are conservative. Because intelligent people must be liberal, in their opinion. It won’t work in the campaign because there isn’t time for it to sink in and because of the sympathy that is generated by the vicious attacks against her. Although it has had some effect against those that don’t like Pres. Bush. For example, he is a good public speaker but most critics call him a bumbler. Strategory was a Saturday Night Live skit that stuck.

I would bet Pres Bush has a higher IQ than either Gore or Kerry who are considered intellectuals. He has performed well except for his socialist tendencies like no child left behind, embryonic stem cell research, medicare prescription drug program, business bailouts, “compassionate conservativism”, deficit spending etc. But other than that he is okay. Anyway, Sarah Palin is not stupid and her opponents should find a new criticism and a better method of attack. I heard part of the skit on SNL and the accent was pretty funny.

Why did Democrats lose the last two elections?

The answer to that is easy - because they nominated losers.  

But to be more specific, they lost by nominating someone from the extreme left.   Why don't they nominate someone more centrist?  Gore was a huge liberal.  Kerry was left of him.  And now Obama is left of Kerry.    Do they think that going farther left is a good strategy?  There are good democrats that are not among the Kennedy, Biden, Hillary crowd.  Why can't they fix their system so they can nominate one of them?

Gilbert Elections 2008

Primary is over - time to think of the general election. Get registered to vote, the deadline is Oct 7th



President
I wish there was another candidate to vote for other than John McCain. Where are my options?


Congress
No Senators up for election this year. Flake will win in this congressional district


State
Support Thayer for Senate, should be easy race. Andy Biggs has done a good job and should be returned to office. Who knows who the other guy is, but he will win because he has an R by his name. Hope he is a good guy. We'll see what these people are up to


Corporation Commission

no info



Gilbert
Council elections are in the spring.




Propositions
I will have to do some research. I will welcome any arguments. You can get info on elections website. I always vote no unless there is a compelling argument. New laws are generally worse than the old bad laws.


First is Prop 102 because that one is easy.
Vote yes on marriage amendment. Time to explain to the smart guys in black robes what marriage is.


Prop 100 real property
Prop 101 health care
Prop 102 YES marriage
Prop 105 Tax rules
Prop 200 Payday loans
Prop 201 Housing
Prop 202 Employee Identity
Prop 300 Salaries


Judicial Review
My theory to vote no to all on question to retain judges until they clean up their act. There are few that are good. You can usually find a list of those to support at the CAP website - but I don't see it up yet. I can update when I get more info

Fannie Freddie buyout

Do I need to say anything about this? Stupid, ignorant and wasteful. This rescue proves that GSE's cannot function. Don't ever try them again. Break these companies and sell them and let's return to capitalism. Socialism is designed to destroy markets and money. It performs every time. Don't bail out the big car companies. Let them die. America can continue without the existence of GM. (capitalism works too - I will be able to buy a another car from another new manufacturer.  Time for a new one to start.) Let banks and airlines fail.   They are not so critical that taxpayers need to come to rescue they are poorly managed and not prepared for changes in the market.  It is part of how things work. Everyone will be better when they go out of business, that happens as part of creative destruction.

Isn't the purpose of a loan to make money?  Is there any chance of taxpayers making money off all these bailouts?  Will I get an employee discount for insurance, airline tickets or car purchase from all these welfare handouts to businesses?

The most poorly managed, out of money, shortsighted, broken backwards corporation in the world is the US government.  What happened to all the cries about the dangerously large deficit?  What is now $400 billion?  There is no money to be giving out to companies.  It is fiction.

Obama on abortion

I grabbed this aim.org

Obama Regrets Abortion Answer
By Don September 7, 2008
In an interview aired on ABC's "This Week" Barack Obama says he probably was too flip with his answer to an abortion question posed by Pastor Rick Warren.
From the Politico.
Barack Obama says his answer about abortion at the Saddleback Church forum was probably” too flip.During separate televised interviews last month, Pastor Rick Warren asked the two presidential candidates when a baby gets human rights. Obama replied that the question is “above my pay grade,” while John McCain won love from the right by saying quickly, “At the moment of conception.”Now, Obama tells ABC’s George Stephanopoulos in an interview taped for “This Week”: “What I intended to say is that, as a Christian, I have a lot of humility about understanding when does the soul enter into … It's a pretty tough question. And so, all I meant to communicate was that I don't presume to be able to answer these kinds of theological questions.”
To most observers Obama did fare poorly at the Saddleback Forum and raised doubts about his ability to speak effectively off the cuff rather than from a teleprompter.

I will try to find this video and watch it. I am very curious about the pause in this sentence - "I have a lot of humility about understanding when does the soul enter into … It's a pretty tough question."

When the soul enters into .....what? What word would you put there? Why can't he finish a sentence?

9/11/08 p.s. I watched the video and you could see him struggle to avoid the dead end he was driving into. The pause was filled by George S. who threw in Augustine. Obama agreed with him but they are both on bad theological ground. Just as Nancy Pelosi - it was the same pit she fell into. But Archbishop Chaput is giving her a lifeline

McCain/Palin in Arizona

I am glad I don't have to worry about McCain winning Arizona.  Otherwise I would be disturbed by losing to uninformed voters. Living in Arizona my vote for president won't mean much.   McCain will easily carry the state.   I am glad about that so I won't have to think about all the silly people voting for Obama.  Some know-no-thing goofball is going to cancel my vote but there are plenty of other Arizonans ready to vote for McCain.  I don't really like McCain but I would vote for him because he picked a real conservative like Palin.  Ask a typical Obama supporter why they like him and you won't get much for a response.  I don't know many that will admit it.  I know of three and they don't have a reason.  They just like him and their friends are voting for him.  

Arizona Marriage Prop 102

Time to get organized to support Prop 102. It will be on the ballot in November.

One group that is driving this is Yes for Marriage

If approved the following language will be added to the Arizona Constitution:

"Only a union of one man and one woman shall be valid or recognized as a marriage in this state."

It is very sad that we have to do this - I know of no society in history that recognized same sex marriages like the judge in California just tried to impose. Marriage between men and women is just common sense.

wow! Sarah Palin VP?

I was skeptical of Sarah Palin as VP for many weeks. I figured it was a long shot and not really a good idea. She is doing very well in Alaska. The biggest argument against her is that she lacks experience but Obama has conveniently removed that argument. Palin has as much experience as Obama. I think more since she is governor. She has executive experience that he lacks. She is family oriented, pro-life. I read she has a son in military. She doesn’t listen to the green communists (environmentalists). I am beginning to think McCain made a great choice – if only to point out what a unprepared newbie Barack is.

Plus it is fun to cheer for a home town hero.

I have to admit it is a good choice after review. In five minutes of leaking it might be Sarah Palin, John McCain created more buzz than the whole democratic convention. He eclipsed them too easily

Gilbert Election Picks

Vote Tuesday Sept 2

My picks for the upcoming 2008 election

First we have to get through the republican primary

Senate:  Eddie Farnsworth

Representatives:  Biggs & Armer.   

Don't know much about corporation commission

County Assessor

Don't really like Kevin Ross.  Guess he did an okay job and the democrats don't like him.

JP

JC Cox

All the others are unopposed so I don't vote for them.

I won't vote for Jeff Flake because he is violating his pledge to only serve 3 terms.  but he will get elected and I think he does a decent job

Pick a Number

Pick a number between one and ten. Closest guess wins the prize.

Remember the strategy? First, try to pick last. Second, play the odds and select the number next to your opponents that secures the most remaining numbers.

Obama boldly staked his claim by going as far left as he could by picking number 1. What is John McCain supposed to do? I don’t like him but he’s smart. He is aiming for 2. He can’t lose.



…..until people refuse to play this game to select presidents

Hinchey (C-NY)

Maurice Hinchey (C-NY)
Is Maurice Hinchey a communist? Should he change parties? He is definitely a socialist. I am looking for a transcript or audio. It was played on Hugh Hewitt also.

Hinchey said the oil situation was a mess and that the people should take it over and run the industry for the benefit of all. (That is communism)

Just to be clear - this has been tried before and it doesn't work. Hugo Chavez just did this. Of course the "people" still don't own the oil in his country. He does. The "people" have never owned anything. Socialism is designed to destroy money and capital. Its purpose is not economy but power and so those in charge ruin everything in attempt to get and keep power.

The "people" (which means would-be tyrants) cannot take property from oil companies except through theft aka legal plunder. Such a suggestion violates all property rights.

Hinchey's plan is that he own the oil so he can set the price (and get rich meanwhile) instead of oil companies providing a service to their customers.

I didn't find the audio but got one quote from FoxNews which is this:
Rep. Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), member of the House Appropriations Committee and one of the most-ardent opponents of off-shore drilling

"We (the government) should own the refineries. Then we can control how much gets out into the market."

The Hope Drive

I was laughing listening to the radio the other day when Dean Barnett substituted for Hugh Hewitt. They were mocking Barack Obama's ideas about creating a car that doesn't run on gas. I wonder if I could find the audio on their website?

I found his post on the site and it includes audio from Barack. Check it out. here is audio link (hope that works right)

Drilling won't help but a new warp drive will. Dean named it the "Hope Drive". It runs on
90% Hope
5% Change
5% Corn

Ha! Very funny!

from hughhewitt.com:

"We will have spent by the time this thing is over well over a trillion dollars, one trillion dollars. Think about what we could have done with a trillion dollars. Think about, think about what we could have done if we had invested even half of that even a quarter of that into research into clean energy, developing new ways of transporting people, if we had tried to look at how are we going to create a new engine that doesn't run on fossil fuels. Imagine that. Over the last five years, we could be in a position now where we could have perhaps sliced our energy consumption by a third, and if we had done that gas prices would be low because people wouldn't be using gas."

Barack on the economy, carbon etc

A couple comments:

The economy is not in recession. Many economic indicators are up.

The oil prices are just a bubble. There is no shortage. It is just speculation driving prices. I bet it won't last as long as the housing bubble. And likely crash harder

Barack Obama is mourning the loss of money spent in Iraq that could have been used to make a car that gets better gas mileage. Check your Constitution buddy. It allows for war but not for research projects. He doesn't want to drill for oil because that won't help. But I have to write a separate post on that.

Besides Global Warming is a hoax, nothing but green communism.

Drill now. Drill in ANWR. Drill off shore. Get the oil shale. There is no oil supply shortage in the US. The only problem is that congress has placed so much out of reach. I wonder about the legalities behind that. How does one go about purchasing a piece of coastal shelf on which to drill? Why does DC own it?

Carbon is not the enemy. Carbon Dioxide is not a pollutant. Carbon is the fourth most abundant element in the universe according to Wiki. You aren't going to rid of the stuff. Politicians and environmentalists should speak more precisely about carbon when they refer to carbon credits, carbon footprint etc in my opinion. Carbon is not the same as carbon dioxide any more than sodium is the same as sodium chloride. Some things you can eat and others you can't.

Apathy as an American value

The world is sometimes ugly. I am sometimes amazed that we survive. Hard not to be depressed at times when you see bad things in the world. I wonder that everything hasn't fallen apart. For example, a judge in California recently decided that homosexual marriage is legal in that state. That is pretty bad - the people just clarified the law and gave common consent to the idea that marriage is man and woman. Everyone knows what marriage is and most people just want to play a game with the kids after work. I don't have energy to fight judges about the definition of marriage.

If one person can cause so much havoc then how do you resist it? I read Liberal Fascism and he gives a bunch of examples of how things got bad and how the fascist ideas keep coming back and reaching for power. They are always the same. But they don't quit. Mussolini, Wilson, Hitler, FDR, peaceniks. All on the same script.

Dennis Prager is sometimes pessimistic about the goodness of humanity. I am more optimistic than he is, believe it or not. He has a good example though. It takes 10,000 good drivers to keep traffic moving well and only one to mess the whole thing up.

So if one bad person can hurt so many then how do we survive? How can things be fixed or improved if no one cares? We had an election recently and the voter participation was somewhere around 5%. Almost no one voted. Trying to get people involved or to man volunteer booths is nearly impossible.

While reading Liberal Fascism I tried to think of a reason that they have failed in so many attempts to seize power. On one hand they have had a lot of success. I am not fond of most government programs. In my view both major parties have taken a steady march to the left and we have come a long way from the constitutional republic we started with. But on the other hand I think the struggle to get people involved shows the positive side of American political apathy. We just don't care enough to get excited. People prefer to watch football over attending political rallies. I think there is too much goodness and kindness to support fascist tendencies for long. Ruling your neighbors world takes to much effort. The elitist minority can't keep up the excitement long enough to fire the average Joe into socialist revolution. It seems to work in our favor somehow.

Liberal Fascism

I read Liberal Fascism by Jonah Goldberg and I recommend it. It took a while to finish since he covers a lot of history but it is worth reading. I should write about it and some of the things I learned. I was amazed at how twisted historical view can be. It reminds me of all the college kids wearing Che t-shirts, thinking its cool. Goldberg even mentioned it in the book. He was a murderer, but I guess as long as you murder the right people....

May Day?

I missed May Day?

ah, bummer.   I heard a little about Earth Day but mostly that was the annoying commercials from all the corporations explaining what wonderful things they are doing for the environment.  They are wasting their money.  There are those of who don't expect a corporation to save the planet.  That's not their job.   And the rest don't think anything a corporation does is good.   For anyone, including the environment.  I read an article about how the real environmentalists have abandoned the holiday because it's been taken over by the man.  Sad, kinda like someone stole Christmas.  I almost feel bad for the socialists that can't support their holidays.  Maybe Earth Day and May Day are too close together?   Do they want a "holiday season" or is it like having your birthday on Dec 24th?   Not enough money or energy for both

Earth Day is on Lenin's birthday in case you forget next year.  Intentionally on his birthday. May Day is the pagan holiday squashed by Christians, and then revived by socialists (and re-adopted by pagans).   

Well in honor of all the lunatics I have some info on saving energy:  Blackle doesn't work.   It is a dumb idea.  The plan was to use Google but with a black screen to save energy.   It doesn't save energy (except on some CRTs).   I give you permission to laugh at anyone using blackle.  I love their explanation though.   "Well even if it doesn't work it is a good reminder to save energy."    I have a better idea.  Turn off your monitor when you aren't using it.   That will really save you some money.

here is some info on blackle and testing:

http://techlogg.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=360&Itemid=9

"It doesn't work but it is a good reminder" should be the slogan of environmentalist.  Nothing they do works.  Mostly because they are interested in power and not the environment but also because they have bad ideas.  Just look at their poster child, Al Gore.  He lies and gets a Nobel.  He's wrong but he is a good reminder. 

And Gore endorsed Obama.  Ha!  Just keep 'em coming.  Next endorsement he needs is John Kerry.   That poor guy.  (who's next?, Fidel, Kim Jong Il?) He is going to get wiped out by John McCain who is a weak candidate.  That's my prediction.  

Engrish humor

Time for a little Engrish humor. I hadn’t seen this for a while and they had all new signs so I started chuckling as I read it. Cumulative humor. By the end I was trying not to disturb my coworkers with laughter. So in honor of the Olympics here is some Chingrish:

http://www.engrish.com/category_index.php?category=CHINGLISH

Budget and taxes

Over 52 cents of every dollar spent on socialist programs like social security, welfare education etc .
42 cents of every dollar is spent on defense including veteran’s benefits and military debt interest and the Iraq war etc.
(Total is rounded out with roughly 5% on general government expenses)

We should cut federal spending in half by eliminating all socialist programs.

no recession

The economic growth has slowed but no recession.   Slowing growth does not equal receding economy

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080430/ap_on_bi_go_ec_fi/economy;_ylt=An9kXyTBXscIDOqSmXfMKJ6s0NUE

Obama's buddies

Obama’s voting record –most liberal of all?
http://nj.nationaljournal.com/voteratings/



Major General Rick Lynch
http://www.taskforcemarne.com/command-corner/19-command-profiles/45-major-general-rick-lynch

He has given some interesting interviews. Hugh Hewitt has transcript here
http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/talkradio/transcripts/Transcript.aspx?ContentGuid=2e0278ff-f379-47ed-85fa-bd7d374a0171


Michael Yon
The best source I have found for what is happening in Iraq
http://www.michaelyon-online.com/index.php?view=article&catid=53%3Ahunting-al-qaeda&id=351%3Ahunting-al-qaeda-part-iii-of-iii&option=com_content&Itemid=79

Who are Obama’s friends?

Most of the reviews of Obama’s associates come from partisan sites so you have to look past that but the list of his friends is pretty ugly. The list of his supporters is horrific although to be fair he can’t control that. It isn’t his fault that Hamas endorsed him. This thing is spreading and he has no answer for this crazies that he hangs out with. He is sunk.
A couple samples:
http://www.abovepolitics.com/forum/thread346223/pg1
http://www.redstate.com/stories/elections/2008/obama_ayers_and_wright

there are a lot more. Just do a search for Davis, Ayers, Wright, Obama and you can find some interesting stuff

-Michael