hollywood and the left

I know that Hollywood and the media are by and large in Obama's little socialist pocket,however, I was shocked that the breadth of his influence stretches to even the American Idol results show. To set some background Stevie Wonder was singing. I have no problem with that due to the man's enormous talent, but it was what he SAID toward the tail end of his medley that just blew me away. During a riff he was I love ya Barrack Obama. ARE YOU KIDDING ME????????? Can you imagine him or most anyone is liberal Hollywood doing that for Bush when he was in office. HECK NO! I thought it was EXTREMELY inappropiate. I know that most of Hollywood and mainstream media fawn all over themselves for this guy, but even I couldn't believe I heard that. Regardless of what you believe I expect that when I tune into shows like that, that perhaps they can try to leave their Obama worship at the door. SERIOUSLY PEOPLE, SIGH.

regarding Natashas' death and the paparazzi

LEAVE THEM ALONE !!! Seriously, I think it's sick that they won't even let this family grieve in private. I know they are celebrities and all, but grief is grief and they have the right to grieve without being assaulted by the media. It's just sick and twisted that they wont leave the family alone. It would be like when I was grieving the loss of my grandfather and I had paparazzi constantly following me around taking my picture. I feel so bad for them. They seemed like they had a good relationship, which for hollywood, is a rare thing and a stable family life. It breaks my heart because I know their kids are my youngest childs age and I cant imagine him going thru that. God bless them and to the press I am gonna say this. Forget about that almighty dollar and actually think about how much you are intruding on their grief. Do the right thing for once would ya? LEAVE EM ALONE AND LET THEM GRIEVE ! Thank you.

regarding Iran and Obama

Iran to U.S.: "You change, our behavior will change"
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Featured Topics: Barack Obama Presidential Transition Play Video Iran Video:Iran's supreme leader dismisses Obama overtures AP Play Video Iran Video:Iran Rejects Olive Branch ABC News Play Video Iran Video:Iran sees no change in U.S. policy Reuters TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Saturday U.S. President Barack Obama's offer of better ties was just a "slogan," but pledged Tehran would respond to any real policy shift by Washington.

Speaking a day after Obama's videotaped overture, Khamenei, Iran's most powerful figure with final say on all matters of state, said he saw no such change yet from the United States.

But he added: "You change, our behavior will change."

Sharply criticizing U.S. actions toward Iran since its 1979 Islamic revolution which toppled the U.S.-backed shah, he said the United States was "hated in the world" and should stop interfering in other countries' internal affairs.

"They give the slogan of change but in practice no change is seen ... We haven't seen any change," Khamenei said.

Iran and the United States have not had diplomatic ties for three decades and are now embroiled in a dispute over Tehran's nuclear work, which the West suspects is aimed at making bombs. The Islamic Republic denies the charge.

In a major shift from the approach of his predecessor George W. Bush, who branded Iran part of an "axis of evil" and spearheaded a drive to isolate it, Obama has talked of extending a hand of peace to Tehran if it "unclenches its fist."

On Friday, the U.S. president offered a "new beginning" of diplomatic engagement between the two old foes.

Khamenei said a change of U.S. "words" was not enough and that Obama had "insulted" Iran and its government immediately after taking office, without elaborating.

U.S. "CRIMES"

While reaching out to Iran, Obama's administration has also warned of tougher sanctions if it continues to defy U.N. demands to halt sensitive nuclear work.

"You give the slogan of negotiation and pressure again ... Our nation cannot be talked to like this," Khamenei said.

During his televised speech at Iran's most prominent religious shrine in the northeastern city of Mashhad, the big crowd chanted: "Death to America. Death to America."

In his warmest offer yet of a fresh start in relations, Obama said in his video message released to mark the Iranian New Year: "The United States wants the Islamic Republic of Iran to take its rightful place in the community of nations."

He said "that place cannot be reached through terror or arms, but rather through peaceful actions that demonstrate the true greatness of the Iranian people and civilization."

Khamenei made clear his view that more was needed from Washington if it wanted better ties with his country.

"They say we have extended a hand toward Iran. What kind of hand is this? If the extended hand is covered with a velvet glove but underneath it, the hand is made of cast iron, this does not have a good meaning at all," he said.

Noting Obama's New Year greeting, he added: "In the same congratulatory message they accuse the Iranian nation of supporting terrorism, pursuing nuclear arms and such things ... what has changed?"

Analysts have said that Iran is setting tough conditions for dialogue to buy time for its ponderous, opaque decision-making process.

Adding to uncertainty, Iran holds a presidential election in June that could strengthen moderate voices backing detente over more hard-line opponents.

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has demanded Washington apologize for decades of "crimes" against Iran. Tehran also says it cannot let down its guard as long as U.S. troops are posted on its borders in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Khamenei accused the United States of links with "terrorist movements" operating in border areas near Pakistan and also criticized it for freezing Iranian assets and for backing former Iraqi strongman Saddam Hussein during the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war.

"Iran has many grievances and it expects that the United States would finally come to recognize this," said Professor Mohammad Marandi of North American studies at Tehran University.

"Change does not come about by saying Happy New Year."
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Ok my first thought on this is what is the Messiah going to do now that Iran has given him the cold shoulder? What scares me is he is going to do what any pacificts liberal would do. Anything to make them like him (i.e us). They tried it with Hitler and it obviously didnt work and it won't work with that whackjob that's in charge of Iran. APPEASEMENT DOESNT WORK ! Never has, never will. Wake up libs! Any country that chants "Death to America" can go to hell in my book. That's my two cents worth on that.

My hats off to the folks that came up with this stuff lol

http://barackobamajokes.googlepages.com/moreobamajokes

congress and the AIG bonsus

Republicans have criticized Democrats for tacitly allowing AIG to pay the bonuses due to language in a $787 billion economic stimulus bill that became law last month. The law, in effect, allows bonus arrangements at companies receiving taxpayer bailouts as long as the bonuses were in place before Feb. 11.

This blurb was taken from an article I read on yahoo about these AIG bonuses. This is why I am just furious with the democrats. Their outrage just rings hallow with me, because they knew- THEY KNEW and specifically wrote words into the bailout bill that allowed this to happen anyway. Why am I not surprised? So they can take their mockoutrage and stick it where the sun dont shine cause this girl aint buying into it.And thats my two cents worth.

Article that I read on yahoo news

My two cents worth on this guy is that he is RIGHT ON THE MONEY - AGAIN.


The Return of Big Government

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Washington (The Weekly Standard) Vol. 014, Issue 24 - 3/9/2009 – When Barack Obama met with TV anchors at a White House lunch last week, he assured them he likes being president. "And it turns out I'm very good at it," he added. Well, not exactly. What Obama is actually very good at is campaigning. He did it for two years as a presidential candidate, and it's pretty much what he's been doing in the six weeks since he was sworn in.

It's working. Despite the bad economy he inherited, the political circumstances, for Obama at least, are favorable. He's popular, as new presidents usually are. He talks about "hard choices" but hasn't made any. With large Democratic majorities in Congress, he's free of worry about rebellion on Capitol Hill. Despite glitches in picking his cabinet, his cool demeanor is unshaken. He governs campaign-style, largely with speeches and announcements. No wonder he enjoys being president. Accountability comes later.

But there's a problem. Candidates don't have to deal with reality. They talk about the wonderful things they can accomplish as if advocating them is the same as achieving them. They live in a world of political make-believe in which everything from reconciling conflicting interests to paying for costly programs is easy.

That's the world Obama continues to inhabit. Like a candidate, he's a quick-change artist, constantly switching roles. Twice last week, he insisted he doesn't favor "big government." Then he proposed a budget that would vastly expand the size and reach of the federal government, add $600 billion to the deficit, and produce a one-year shortfall of $1.2 trillion (or more). This prompted House Republican leader John Boehner to proclaim, quite accurately, that the "era of big government is back."

That wasn't all. For Obama, a spending spree and fiscal prudence are practically synonymous. He conducted a "fiscal responsibility summit" a few days after pushing a $1 trillion "stimulus" bill through Congress, not a cent of it offset by cuts in spending programs. Following the summit, Obama declared a "consensus" was emerging between Democrats and Republicans on some issues--his issues--and could be forged on others. He was dreaming.

Even the stimulus, which only three Republicans in Congress voted for, represented more agreement than not in Obama's view. "If you look at the differences, they amounted to maybe 10, maybe 15 percent of the total package," Obama said. No, the differences amounted to maybe 75 percent. Glossing over differences is a familiar tack. Candidates do it.

Next came Obama's nationally televised speech to Congress. It was a campaign speech posing as a presidential address to the nation. In fact, it sounded like a reprise of speeches Obama gave during the campaign. The purpose was not to explain or defend or justify new domestic programs but simply to proclaim them necessary. This Obama did brilliantly.

But, again more like a candidate than a president, he said things he couldn't possibly believe and indulged in rhetorical tricks. "Nobody messes with Joe," Obama said, referring to Vice President Biden, who will "lead a tough, unprecedented oversight effort" to keep the stimulus on track. In truth, nobody pays any attention to Joe, as Obama surely knows.

He expressed pride in his opposition to earmarks, cleverly steering around his swallowing of 8,500 of them in a spending bill left over from last year. The stimulus was "free of earmarks," he said, "and I want to pass a budget next year" without them. The 2008 bill went unmentioned.

Obama specializes in knocking down straw men. "I reject the view that says our problems will simply take care of themselves," he said, implying that's the view of Republicans. It's the view of almost no one.

Candidates don't routinely offer budgets, at least not ones as detailed as the official White House spending plan unveiled by Obama last week. His $3.6 trillion budget, Obama said, provides "an honest accounting" and tells "the whole truth .  .  . about what costs are being racked up." So far, so good.

The most striking thing about Obama's budget is its new definition of "savings" and its use of dubious assumptions. In normal parlance, savings are the opposite of spending. Savings are what you get when you cut spending. Not to Obama, however. He claims $2 trillion in savings in his 10-year budget blueprint, but they mostly are tax increases or money collected from companies in Obama's cap-and-trade program to curb carbon pollution. Actual cuts are microscopic.

The president has described the economy as teetering on the edge of catastrophe, but you'd never know it from the assumptions about economic growth in the budget. It assumes the economy will grow at a 3.2 percent clip in 2010, 4 percent in 2011, and 4.6 percent in 2012--considerably higher of than the assumptions of private forecasters. And generate a surge in tax revenues. That's wildly optimistic, so don't hold your breath.

Okay, it's true that presidents often present rosy scenarios. But economic recovery programs like Obama's, with heavy spending and borrowing plus tax hikes on the investing class, have never caused such a sudden explosion of growth. Obama's budget has one attribute of a candidate's makeshift budget: Its author is winging it.

Obama wants to exploit economic fears to enact his entire, massive domestic agenda this year. That was the point of his speech to Congress and the country. He's gotten part of it--the stimulus. Relying on his skill as campaigner in chief, not commander in chief, may get him the rest.

Financial markets have already registered a vote of no confidence in Obama's economic plan. But the political community and the public are reserving judgment. At some point, reality will intrude, followed by accountability. But not yet.

Fred Barnes is executive editor of THE WEEKLY STANDARD.

two cents worth on whether its worth the emotional energy to fight what you cant do anything about

You know I am beginning to wonder lately how worth it is to rail against stuff I can do absolutely nothing about. Not just about political issues, but personals ones as well. If anything life over the last few years has taught me there is so much in life I cant control, things I dislike - sometimes intensly. And that railing against it just wastes prescious emotional energy, energy that is better spent elsewhere and on things I can change. I just wish some of the other people in my life would realize this as well. It makes me sad and fustrated to see them doing the same thing and it is also one of those things I can do little about. There really doesnt seem to be much in life I can control anymore, but I do that the one thing I can control is how I respond to life's challenges and disappointment. In the words of Dora "Just keep swimming, just keep swimming" lol.

My two cents worth on the Huffington Post.com

This online news website has got to be one of the most liberal newspapers I have ever read. Like its just ridiculous how far left they are. They might as well call themselves We adore Obama and the lberal left.com. Its pathetically obvious by some of the blogs I see come from them. What a bunch of hack jobs! Ya know my garden is need of some fertilizer, perhaps I can borrow some of that bulls** they have been spouting lately to fit the bill, cause it certainly stinks to me.

Obama has done it again, sigh.

JUST FOR THE RECORD ONLY A FOOL WOULD BELIEVE THAT RUSH IS THE HEART AND SOUL OF CONSERVATIVES..BUT THEN AGAIN THE DEMS BELIEVE THE HEART AND SOUL OF AMERICA IS IN HOLLYWOOD...YOUR HERO HAS JUST SPENT MORE MONEY THAN ALL THE PRESIDENTS COMBINED.. I'M NOT GOING TO GET IN A HISSY SLAP FIGHT WITH YOU LIBS BECAUSE IT ALWAYS ENDS THE SAME WAY,, I WILL HIT YOU WITH LOGIC AND YOU WILL HIT BACK WITH NAME CALLING.. JUST THE FACT THAT WE HAVE OPENED THE DOOR FOR THE IDIOTS IN OUR COUNTRY TO TURN BABYS INTO SOMETHING THAT WILL BE LISTED ON THE DOW IS SICK... BUT PLEASE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT GOES WAY BEYOND PARTY LINES

This blog was written by someone with the nickname Bearish in response to an article about Obama overturning stem cell funding. I thought it was well said enough to quote. I think it sick and unnecessary to use stem cells from aborted babies.

this sorta thing just makes me want to cry, sigh

MARYVILLE, Ill. – A pastor shot and killed during his Sunday sermon deflected the first of the gunman's four rounds with a Bible, sending a confetti-like spray of paper into the air in a horrifying scene that congregants initially thought was a skit, police said.

The gunman strode down the aisle of the sprawling First Baptist Church shortly after 8 a.m. and briefly spoke with The Rev. Fred Winters, then pulled out a .45-caliber semiautomatic pistol and began firing until it jammed, Illinois State Police Director Larry Trent said. Churchgoers wrestled the gunman to the ground as he waved a knife, slashing himself and two other people, Trent said.

None of the about 150 congregants seemed to recognize the gunman and investigators do not know details of Winters' conversation with him, but they planned to review an audio recording of the service, Trent said. The service was not videotaped.

"We thought it was part of a drama skit ... when he shot, what you saw was confetti," said congregant Linda Cunningham, whose husband is a minister of adult education at the church. "We just sat there waiting for what comes next, not realizing that he had wounded the pastor."

Winters had stood on an elevated platform to deliver his sermon about finding happiness in the workplace and managed to run halfway down the sanctuary's side aisle before collapsing, Cunningham said.

Two congregants tackled the gunman as he pulled the 4-inch knife, and all three were stabbed, police said. The gunman suffered "a pretty serious wound to the neck" while one congregant had lower back wounds, Trent said.

Congregants knocked the gunman between sets of pews, then held him down until police arrived, said church member Don Bohley, who was just outside the sanctuary when the shooting began.

"People came running out and told us to call 911," said Bohley, 72.

Authorities didn't know whether Winters, a married father of two who had led the church for nearly 22 years, knew the gunman. Police described the gunman as a 27-year-old from nearby Troy but would not release his name pending possible charges.

"We don't know the relationship (between the gunman and pastor), why he's here or what the circumstances came about that caused him in the first place to be here," said Illinois State Police Master Trooper Ralph Timmins.

Trent said investigators found no immediate evidence of a criminal background for the suspect. He said police were investigating whether a red Jeep parked outside the church belonged to the man.

The Jeep was registered to the address of a 27-year-old man in an upscale neighborhood in Troy. No one answered the door at the residence Sunday. A woman from a neighboring home cried while hugging other neighbors in the cul-de-sac, but all declined comment.

The Rev. Mark Jones, another pastor at First Baptist, said he briefly saw the gunman but not the shooting, though he heard a sound like miniature firecrackers.

"We have no idea what this guy's motives were," Jones said outside the church.

He later urged a Sunday evening prayer service attended by hundreds at nearby Metro Community Church in Edwardsville to find resilience and spirituality after "this attack from the forces of hell."

The standing-room-only crowd cried, cradled Bibles and stretched their hands skyward as they packed into the church, many watching the service on large television monitors in overflow areas.

"We need to reassure our hearts and reinforce our minds that Pastor Fred is in that place that we call heaven," Jones said. "Church, evil does exist. Today, we saw the visible results of evil and its influence."

The gunman and 39-year-old congregant Terry Bullard underwent surgery at St. Louis University Hospital and were in serious condition Sunday evening, spokeswoman Laura Keller said. The other victim, Keith Melton, was treated and released from Gateway Regional Medical Center.

"I would call it heroic," Trent said. "While many understandably were stuck to their seats, they took to action."

First Baptist had an average attendance of 32 people when Winters became senior pastor in 1987; it now has about 1,200 members, according to the church's Web site. Winters also was former president of the Illinois Baptist State Association and an adjunct professor for Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, according to the site.

The red brick church sits along a busy two-lane highway on the east side of Maryville, a fast-growing village of more than 7,000 about 20 miles northeast of St. Louis. A farm sits directly across from the church, but subdivisions of newer homes can be seen from every side.

"Things like this just don't happen in Maryville," Mayor Larry Gulledge said. "We've lost one the pillars of our community, one of our leaders."

Sharla Dryden, 62, pulled into the church parking lot for a 9:30 a.m. service Sunday to see "just a lot of chaos, lot of police, fire, and people just devastated."

"I would have been devastated if anyone had been shot, but to hear it was the pastor was terrible," Dryden said. "You just never expect this to happen at a church."

At Winters' two-story brick home in Edwardsville, several friends gathered to pay their respects but declined comment. Family members also declined comment.

A statement on First Baptist's Web site asked for prayers for Winters' family, the congregants who tackled the gunman, the gunman and his family, and church members.

Last month, a man shot and killed himself in front of a cross inside televangelist Robert H. Schuller's Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove, Calif. In November, a gunman killed his estranged wife in a New Jersey church vestibule as Sunday services let out.

In July, two people were killed and six wounded in a shooting rampage at the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church in Knoxville, Tenn. An out-of-work truck driver who police say targeted the church for its liberal leanings pleaded guilty to the shootings and was sentenced to life in prison without parole

yahoo comment worth noting

This blog comes from yahoo. It was a response to an yahoo articles that was written. I think it is well said. The author went by the initials MP

longest recession since FDR, since Carter, now w/ bamalamadingdong. anyone seeing any commonality? MARXIST's & SOCIALIST's RUINING OUR COUNTRY. yeah yeah - go ahead libs - this is all GW's fault. bamalama's only been in office a few weeks - WRONG - this hole debacle started with libs and ACORN forcing banks to lend to the poor who can't pay off their debt. Because not lending to them would be racist. idiots. but maybe if we all sing the obamanation national anthem, we'll all feel a bit better:
Slap your woman,
Beat dat bit@h
Let's go take da money
From da workin' rich

Hey you whitey
I like yo cash
Gonna take it all now
For my bruddas' private stash

I take yo' money
I don't make none
I beat ma bitch,
'Cuz it's mo fun

Gonna leach off da man
Dat's no jive
gonna mooch and drink
from my Colt 45

Now com'on boys
And f*** you mama
And rememba ma name
Hussein Obama!!!