Thursday - September 04, 2008
The Battle Is Joined
Interesting speech by John McCain tonight. Not the John McCain we’ve been used to, droning on and on and on, with nary a bit of emotion or energy. He started off a bit slow, and I really hope this is the last time we have to hear about his POW time. Yes, he’s tougher than dried chewing gum, and that horror was a large part of the forging of his soul, and what he survived is truly heroic. Now let’s move past it. It was looking like another typical McCain talk, complete with a botched intro (his wife Cindy spoke about him for a good half hour, and it seemed like she dropped about 5 segue lines where he could have come on stage, but he didn’t. When she was finally done talking, the lights went out and we got a FRED voiceover. Hurray, a rousing intro at last! But even FRED on tape petered out, his talk wound down, and ended on a soft an nearly inaudible note, completely unexcited. And then darkness. For several seconds. And in walks John McCain. It couldn’t have been more anti-climactic.) and after the initial applause the crowd was little more than tepid.
I know these are tough times for many of you. You’re worried about… (distraction in the hall, somebody yelling)
Please, please, please. My friends, my dear friends, please. Please don’t be diverted by the ground noise and the static. (crowd laughs, quick camera shot of security hauling away another protester)
You know, I’m going to talk about it some more. But Americans want us to stop yelling at each other, OK?
These are tough times for many of you. You’re worried about keeping your job or finding a new one, and you’re struggling to put food on the table and stay in your home.
All you’ve ever asked of your government is to stand on your side and not in your way. And that’s what I intend to do: stand on your side and fight for your future.
And I’ve found just the right partner to help me shake up Washington, Governor ...
And something happened. He barely started to mention Sarah Palin and the hall went nuts. Bonkers. Yelling, screaming, stamping. He must have drawn some energy from that, because he was off and running after that.
Governor Sarah Palin of the great state of Alaska.
And the applause continued, on and on. For her. For him too? I think at that point McCain had to shift gears for a minute, to stop and say more nice things about Palin. But the crowd was eating it up with a spoon, and he didn’t let them go hungry. And then he skillfully got back on track, and not only stole Obama’s thunder, but his lightning and every drop of moisture that false rainmaker could ever wring out of a crocodile.
I’m very proud to have introduced our next vice president to the country, but I can’t wait until I introduce her to Washington. And let me just offer an advance warning to the old, big- spending, do-nothing, me-first, country-second crowd: Change is coming.
And that’s the main theme of the speech. Change is coming. Government: clean it up, shrink it down, cut the cost, make it work. More freedom, more personal responsibility. More choices. America isn’t about the government making decisions (like health care) for you. Make the schools responsible to the parents and the students. Vouchers implied, but he never said the “V” word. He actually sounded like an honest to goodness Conservative. Un. Bee. Leave. Ible. Honor. Duty. Country. Service. Pride. Strength. Unity. Bipartisanship. It was stunning to hear what he was saying. Where has this McCain been hiding for the past year??
And then he really got going, begging for the fight, either with Obarry, or with the bloated pigs in DC, I’m not sure, but who cares, let’s fight them both. Damn, if he’d been half his age and had a sword it would have been Aragorn!
I fell in love with my country when I was a prisoner in someone else’s. I loved it not just for the many comforts of life here. I loved it for its decency, for its faith in the wisdom, justice, and goodness of its people. I loved it because it was not just a place, but an idea, a cause worth fighting for. I was never the same again; I wasn’t my own man anymore; I was my country’s. I’m not running for president because I think I’m blessed with such personal greatness that history has anointed me to save our country in its hour of need.
My country saved me. My country saved me, and I cannot forget it. And I will fight for her for as long as I draw breath, so help me God.
My friends, if you find faults with our country, make it a better one. If you’re disappointed with the mistakes of government, join its ranks and work to correct them. Enlist ... Enlist in our Armed Forces. Become a teacher. Enter the ministry. Run for public office. Feed a hungry child. Teach an—an illiterate adult to read. Comfort the afflicted. Defend the rights of the oppressed. Our country will be the better, and you will be the happier, because nothing brings greater happiness in life than to serve a cause greater than yourself.
I’m going to fight for my cause every day as your president. I’m going to fight to make sure every American has every reason to thank God, as I thank him, that I’m an American, a proud citizen of the greatest country on Earth. And with hard work—with hard word, strong faith, and a little courage, great things are always within our reach.
Fight with me. Fight with me! Fight for what’s right for our country. Fight for the ideals and character of a free people. Fight for our children’s future. Fight for justice and opportunity for all. Stand up to defend our country from its enemies. Stand up for each other, for beautiful, blessed, bountiful America. Stand up, stand up, stand up, and fight! I see in your eyes the same fear that would take the heart of me. A day may come when the courage of men fails, when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship, but it is not this day. An hour of woes and shattered shields, when the age of men comes crashing down, but it is not this day. This day we fight! By all that you hold dear on this good Earth, I bid you stand, Men of the West!
transcript as usual available at CNN
Posted by Drew458
on 09/04/2008 at 10:43 PM
Filed Under: • Republicans •
• Comments (13)
•
Trackbacks(0)
Permalink • Palin and the Reaction: Out -friggin- Standing!
Posted by Drew458
on 09/04/2008 at 03:16 PM
Filed Under: • Humor • Republicans •
• Comments (5)
•
Trackbacks(0)
Permalink • Tuesday - September 02, 2008
FRED!!!
Fred Thompson just delivered the best political speech in his life. He spoke for half an hour about McCain. I’ll have more details in a while, but I don’t want to miss Leiberman when he comes on.
Fred ripped the daylights out of Obullshit and the current dem controlled congress. He praised McCain and Palin, and noted that (with the possible exception of Teddy Rosevelt) that’s she’s the only person in government who’s ever known how to field dress a moose. But when speaking of McCain/Palin’s platform of reform, he missed an opportunity: the way to clean up government is the same way you dress out a moose: first you grab the big asshole and cut it right off. Then rip the guts out and spread the ribs to let some of the hot air escape. Ok, that’s a bit gross, so maybe he didn’t miss it after all. You could see the speech tired him out, and he was on the edge of tears, along with a lot of the crowd, describing what McCain went through at the hands of the commie vietcong.
Find Fred’s talk on YouTube. Watch it. Link it. Memorize the zingers and use them as often as you can. Great job Fred.
“Some Washington pundits and media big shots are in a frenzy over the selection of a woman who has actually governed rather than just talked a good game on the Sunday talk shows and hit the Washington cocktail circuit,” Thompson said. “I say give me a tough Alaskan Governor who has taken on the political establishment in the largest state in the union — and won — over the beltway business-as-usual crowd any day of the week.
...
Spending at home that threatens to bankrupt future generations. For decades an expanding government ... increasingly wasteful and too often incompetent. To deal with these challenges the Democrats present a history making nominee for president.History making in that he is the most liberal, most inexperienced nominee to ever run for president. Apparently they believe that he would match up well with the history making, Democrat controlled Congress. History making because it’s the least accomplished and most unpopular Congress in our nation’s history.
Together, they would take on these urgent challenges with protectionism, higher taxes and an even bigger bureaucracy. And a Supreme Court that could be lost to liberalism for a generation.
This is not reform. And it’s certainly not change. It is basically the same old stuff they’ve been peddling for years. America needs a president who understands the nature of the world we live in. A president who feels no need to apologize for the United States of America. We need a president who understands that you don’t make citizens prosperous by making Washington richer, and you don’t lift an economic downturn by imposing one of the largest tax increases in American history.
...
Now our opponents tell you not to worry about their tax increases. They tell you they are not going to tax your family. No, they’re just going to tax “businesses”! So unless you buy something from a “business”, like groceries or clothes or gasoline ... or unless you get a paycheck from a big or a small “business”, don’t worry ... it’s not going to affect you. They say they are not going to take any water out of your side of the bucket, just the “other” side of the bucket! That’s their idea of tax reform.
...
Let’s be clear ... the selection of Gov. Palin has the other side and their friends in the media in a state of panic. She is a courageous, successful, reformer, who is not afraid to take on the establishment.Sound like anyone else we know? She has run a municipality and she has run a state. And I can say without fear of contradiction that she is the only nominee in the history of either party who knows how to properly field dress a moose ... with the possible exception of Teddy Roosevelt. She and John McCain are not going to care how much the alligators get irritated when they get to Washington, they’re going to drain that swamp.
I haven’t found the video yet, but the transcript is here at CNN
****************************************
Joe Lieberman’s talk was pretty good too. Transcript here, also at CNN (Fox, you’re a let down!)
I don’t have to tell you that we were blessed in this country to have a great generation of founders. And they foresaw the danger of this kind of senseless partisanship. In fact, our first president, George Washington, in his farewell address, warned that the spirit of party could be the worst enemy of our democracy and enfeeble our government’s ability to do its job.
My friends, I think tonight we can say that President Washington was absolutely right. The truth is, today we are living through his worst nightmare in the capital city that bears his name. And that brings me directly to why I am here tonight. What, after all, is a Democrat like me doing at a Republican convention like this?
Well, I’ll tell you what: I’m here to support John McCain because country matters more than party.
...
If John McCain was another go-along partisan politician, he never would have led the fight to fix our broken immigration system or actually do something about global warming. But he did.As a matter of fact, friends…
... if John McCain is just another partisan Republican, then I’m Michael Moore’s favorite Democrat.
And I’m not. And I think you know that I’m not.
Sen. Barack Obama is a gifted and eloquent young man who I think can do great things for our country in the years ahead, but, my friends, eloquence is no substitute for a record, not in these tough times for America.
In the Senate, during the three-and-a-half years that Senator Obama has been a member, he has not reached across party lines to get accomplish anything significant, nor has he been willing to take on powerful interest groups in the Democratic Party to get something done.
And I’d just ask you to contrast that with John McCain’s record of independence and bipartisanship, but let me go one further. And this may make history here at this Republican convention.
Let me contrast Barack Obama’s record to the record of the last Democratic president, Bill Clinton, who stood up to some of those same Democratic interest groups, worked with Republicans, and got some important things done, like welfare reform, free trade agreements, and a balanced budget.
Ooh, I just love how he twists the Clinton knife in the Dem’s backs. PUMA! PUMA! PUMA! You made the wrong choice LOSERS!! Mwaahahahaaa!!
VIDEO SNIPPETS HERE. Servers are a bit overwhelmed!
Posted by Drew458
on 09/02/2008 at 09:39 PM
Filed Under: • Republicans •
• Comments (0)
•
Trackbacks(0)
Permalink • All Sarah, All the Time
Two links to sites that have posted Sarah Palin vs. Obozo/BidetBiden comparisons. Nicely done guys!
Wolf Howling brings us Palin In Comparison, a well done essay with lots of pictures. Between SP and BO it ain’t even a contest. Which is funny, because there is actually no contest between them. It’s between BO and that other guy, McSomething.
Sarah Palin working for a living on the family fishing trawler
Red State runs The Tale of the Tape. No pictures, but Obama doesn’t measure up because there is nothing there to even measure. He hasn’t done anything, ever. Wake up America!
I especially love how Red State points out how Obullshit is “bringing change from outside Washinton DC” by appointing a 36 year incumbent as his running mate. Fresh air baby!
DumbObama Quote Of The Day, and a choice reaction from Ankle Biting Pundits!
“My understanding is that Gov. Palin’s town, Wassilla, has I think 50 employees. We’ve got 2500 in this campaign. I think their budget is maybe 12 million dollars a year – we have a budget of about three times that just for the month,” Obama responded, “Our ability to manage large systems and to execute I think has been made clear over the past couple of years and certainly in terms of the legislation I’ve passed in the past couple of years, post-Katrina.”First of all you dope, she has been a Governor for almost 2 years, and there are tens of thousands of state workers and about a ten billion dollar budget.
But is he really comparing running a campaign to being a governor? What legislature does his campaign have to deal with? What laws come to the desk of his campaign staff? Who do the people on his campaign have to serve and answer to besides…. well, him? And what legislation has Barack Obama passed post-Katrina?
This guy becomes more and more of a joke every day.
commenters there point out more of the funny:
- Like this dimnod ACTUALLY does any of the “running” of his campaign!
- I think that the biggest trap of all is that he - nominee for President - is comparing himself to Palin - nominee for Vice President. In doing so he (and his campaign) implicitly concede that he is no where near as qualified as McCain, and that he can only be competitive against Palin. What next? an Obama - Palin debate?
Here at BMEWS I’ll figure out some way to amp up the Palin Points. Somehow ...
Posted by Drew458
on 09/02/2008 at 02:36 PM
Filed Under: • Politics • Republicans •
• Comments (5)
•
Trackbacks(0)
Permalink • Monday - September 01, 2008
Nice ride
Clic the pic to listen to today’s news from Q99.7 in Wasilla Alaska, which reminds us that the new Alaska quarter is being released today.
Oh, and the story behind that Harley is pretty great too! Go Elks!
Posted by Drew458
on 09/01/2008 at 07:02 PM
Filed Under: • Eye-Candy • Republicans •
• Comments (4)
•
Trackbacks(0)
Permalink • Sunday - August 31, 2008
JUST FOR FUN …………. CAPTIONS ANYONE?
From this morning’s Sunday Telegraph
Posted by Drew458
on 08/31/2008 at 10:49 AM
Filed Under: • Politics • Republicans • UK •
• Comments (5)
•
Trackbacks(0)
Permalink • Friday - August 29, 2008
McCain Picks Palin for VP
Ok, now all the speculation is over. Let’s find out who this woman is and what she stands for. Then let’s see if she can deliver the goods on the campaign trail.
Republican White House hopeful John McCain on Friday named Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his vice presidential running mate, U.S. media reported. Fox and CNN said that campaign sources confirmed the surprise choice of Palin, 44, just minutes away from the start of a rally here where the Republican will make the official announcement. The choice of Palin was seen as a bold effort by McCain to attract disgruntled Democratic and independent supporters of Senator Hillary Clinton, who was defeated by Barack Obama in the race to be the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee.
Palin, a telegenic conservative, has led the oil-producing northwestern US state since December 2006 and was the first woman and youngest person to hold that state’s top job. Known as an anticorruption crusader, Palin studied journalism and is on the conservative wing of her party. A married mother of five, she is an opponent of abortion rights, a member of the National Rifle Association (NRA), and supporter of a pipeline to move natural gas across her sprawling state.
Palin is also an avid hunter, angler and reportedly enjoys tucking into a moose-burger.
If McCain were elected in the November 4 presidential election, the choice of Palin as a running mate would make her the first woman vice president in the United States.
Palin, 44, who’s in her first term as governor, is a pioneering figure in Alaska, the first woman and the youngest person to hold the state’s top political job.
She catapulted to the post with a strong reputation as a political outsider, forged during her stint in local politics. She was mayor and a council member of the small town of Wasilla and was chairman of the state Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, which regulates Alaska’s oil and gas resources, in 2003 and 2004.
Palin made her name in part by backing tough ethical standards for politicians. During the first legislative session after her election, her administration passed a state ethics law overhaul.
Palin has focused on energy and natural resources policy during her short stint in office, and she is known for her support of drilling in the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge, a position opposed by McCain but supported by many grass-roots Republicans.
Palin started Alaska’s Petroleum Systems Integrity Office, an oversight and maintenance agency for the state’s oil and gas equipment, facilities and infrastructure. She created the Climate Change Subcabinet that would forge a climate change strategy, according to the biography.
Palin chairs the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission, a multistate panel “that promotes the conservation and efficient recovery of domestic oil and natural gas resources while protecting health, safety and the environment,” the biography says.
The governor’s biography says Palin’s other priorities have been ”education and workforce development, public health and safety, and transportation and infrastructure development.”
The biography touts her other achievements as governor as the investment of $5 billion in state savings, overhaul of educational funding and implementation of a program to help low-income elderly Alaskans. Born in Idaho, she is a longtime Alaskan and a Protestant.
Her husband is Todd Palin, an oil production operator on Alaska’s North Slope. They have five children, including a son who enlisted in the Army last year.
Congressional Quarterly notes Sarah Palin’s other past occupations, including commercial fishing company owner, outdoor recreational equipment company owner and sports reporter.
John McCain will introduce Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to be his vice presidential running mate at an event here at noon Friday. Palin is considered a rising star in the Republican Party. She is the state’s first female governor, the mother of five — and at 44 is its youngest chief executive.
She grew up in Wasilla, just outside of Anchorage, and played on the Wasilla state championship girls’ basketball team. She was crowned Miss Wasilla in 1984 and was a runner-up in the Miss Alaska pageant.
Palin studied journalism and political science at the University of Idaho and graduated in 1987. She eloped with her high school boyfriend, Todd Palin, in 1988 to save money on an expensive wedding. She helped out in her husband’s family commercial fishing business and appeared occasionally as a television sportscaster.
Palin won a seat on the Wasilla City Council in 1992 as a new face and a new voice, and by opposing tax increases. Four years later she was elected mayor at 32 by knocking off a three-term incumbent. At the end of her second term, party leaders encouraged her to enter the 2002 race for the Republican nomination for lieutenant governor. Against veteran legislators with far more experience, Palin finished second by fewer than 2,000 votes, making a name for herself in statewide politics. She was elected Alaska’s youngest and first woman governor in 2006.
Sarah and Todd Palin have five children: boys Track, 19, and Trig, 4 months, and daughters Bristol, 17, Willow, 13, and Piper, 7. Track Palin joined the Army last September and will deploy to Iraq on Sept. 11. Palin had kept her pregnancy with Trig a secret as she worked in the governor’s mansion, confirming only weeks before the birth that she was going to have a son who she knew would have Down syndrome. She returned to work in April three days after giving birth.
So she’s an intelligent, photogenic go-getter, pro-2A, anti-abortion, in favor of lower taxes, who successfully made ethical reforms for government while being in favor of energy independence achieved with green means. Not part of the entrenched Old Boys Network, plus has a son in the military. Actually makes an effort to improve things for the poor and elderly. Supports businesses large and small, and actually has experience doing hard physical work. Doesn’t sound like she’s an elitist at all. Plus she’s married to a somewhat hunky he-man oil worker and has a nice looking family. Looks to me like she pushes a whole lot of the right buttons on both sides of the aisle. Almost sounds like the GOP ticket is on backwards, doesn’t it?
Oh, and Rush made the call ... way back in February.
UPDATE: Here’s a list of links of the things Sarah Palin stands for and has accomplished. Response time is rather slow ... I think the Alaska Governor’s Office server is a bit overwhelmed right now.
Posted by Drew458
on 08/29/2008 at 10:38 AM
Filed Under: • Politics • Republicans •
• Comments (30)
•
Trackbacks(0)
Permalink • Wednesday - August 27, 2008
Bobby Jindal is no fool
Unlike his predecessor, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal went ahead and declared a state of emergency for his state before hurricane Gustav arrives. Just in case, you know. Four or more days before the storm might even arrive.
Tropical Storm Gustav’s impending arrival in the Gulf of Mexico, potentially as a major hurricane, has prompted Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal to declare an emergency for the state.
“We are going to hope for the best, but we’re preparing for the worst,” Jindal said Wednesday.The move puts Louisiana in position to receive federal disaster assistance. Jindal also said 3,000 National Guard members will be deployed to vulnerable areas in Louisiana on Thursday to assist with securing shelters and preparing for possible evacuations.
Jindal cited forecasts that Gustav, which killed 22 people in Haiti and the Dominican Republic this week, could become a Category 3 hurricane in the coming days and hit the Gulf Coast by late Monday morning.
I wonder if he’s making sure the school buses are all tuned up and ready to go?
Alluding to Katrina’s disastrous aftermath, Jindal said Louisiana is “better prepared than before” and has hundreds of buses and thousands of shelter beds lined up in preparation for another storm.
He urged residents to fill up their cars, stockpile three days’ worth of food and water, and refill prescriptions in case evacuations become necessary.
The state has requested a “pre-landfall” declaration from President Bush, asking the federal government to release personnel, ambulances and other assistance to prepare for the storm.
Still, Jindal stressed that “our people also have personal responsibility” to prepare for the storm.
Damn, I guess he is!
Mayor Ray Nagin said he planned to cut short his trip to the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado, to return to New Orleans by Wednesday night.
Is that idiot still around? Oy vey. Well Ray-ray, get out your sack and start packing up yo chocolate, it soon be steppin time agin.
I read through almost the whole article and didn’t see any mention of what political party Jindal might belong too ... and you know what that means!
Jindal is scheduled to speak next week at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota, but he said Tuesday that he’ll change his plans if the storm warrants it.
“As long as there’s a chance that we’ll be in this storm’s path, I’ll be here in Louisiana,” he said. “I’m going to make sure I’m here personally to help lead the preparation efforts and, if necessary, any recovery efforts that are necessary after the fact.”
Yup, there ya go. Preparedness, responsibility, a usable plan, some pro-active measures ... sounds like a Republican to me. Let’s hope the storm clobbers central Mexico instead.
Posted by Drew458
on 08/27/2008 at 09:08 PM
Filed Under: • Climate-Weather • Republicans •
• Comments (0)
•
Trackbacks(0)
Permalink • Friday - July 18, 2008
Cry baby quits after speaking the truth
yeah, no shir Shitlock. But speak the truth and be damned ...
“We have sort of become a nation of whiners. You just hear this constant whining, complaining about a loss of competitiveness, America in decline,” the former Texas senator said, “You’ve heard of mental depression; this is a mental recession.”
A day after making the comments, Gramm said he was referring to America’s leaders, not the public. He stood behind the “mental recession” comment, though, saying, “we don’t have measured negative growth. That’s a fact; that’s not a commentary.”
McCain responded that day to the comments saying during a campaign stop: “I believe that the person here in Michigan who just lost his job isn’t suffering from a mental recession. I believe the mother here in Michigan or around America who’s trying to get enough money to educate their children isn’t whining.”
Hey old man! Yeah you, McShame. Never heard of loyalty? Never heard of context? Pussy little shit bird.
The correct response to the dems and the media is “What, are you stuck on stupid? This is the greatest country in the world, the greatest country that’s ever been, and our citizens enjoy the highest standards of living, employment, freedom, security, and opportunity in the world. And while it’s always a good thing to try and make things even better, there are an awful lot of people who take that for granted. People who feel put upon because they only have 2 cars, 3 TV sets, a riding lawnmower and a lawn to ride it on, so much food that half of the country is overweight, secure banks they can safely keep their money in, etc. Get some perspective already. More than half the world goes to bed hungry, and lives hardly any better than their ancestors did 5000 years ago. That’s terrible, and those people have real complaints. America isn’t perfect, but we are a young country and we’re making progress all the time. Complaining that this isn’t utopia is whining. America has not lost its competitive edge and we are not in decline. Saying so because you can’t get what you want the very instant you want it is whining. And it’s not the same as an honest complaint. Or a real grievance that needs redress. And it’s not the same as crying out for help because life has turned against you. And if you can’t tell the difference without my laying out a dozen examples, you really are stuck on stupid.”
And the next day, when your boy Phil tries to cover and says he was referring to government leaders, you give them both barrels: chapter AND verse of all the moronic statements, bills, beliefs, belligerent actions and genuinely un-American behaviors of the Democrats. A mere 300 to 400 examples should do. Again, that’s called loyalty. That’s being a stand up guy, and that’s being a good politician who can fight on his feet. Characteristics we want in a leader, by the way. Turn lemons into lemonade and bitch slap your opponents with the rinds at the same time.
Instead Numero Juan plays the cowardly Obama Bus-Toss game. What a coprolite. Way to take the fight to the enemy there, Mr. Navy. Fight? Oh, no, no, we can’t have that. This has to be the padded kid gloves campaign, each finger lined with seasonally shed chinchilla fur. No criticism, no conflicts, no vigor, no strength, no loyalty. Son of a bitch. I mean, I expect Obama to act like a gutless pouting little fancy nancy, because he is one. But Mr. War Hero? No. Ach, crivens, tohellwivit!
Don’t worry, I’m not letting Philby off either. Ever hear of taking one for the team Phildo Dildo? Did you ever stop and think that letting the dems and the press gang up on you for a while takes the heat off your guy? After all your centuries in government you can’t beat off this attack, or just ignore it, or find some way to shift the blame? Gosh, so glad we elected you, tough guy. What, about 38 times, wasn’t it?
In a written statement released Friday, Gramm said his comments had become a distraction for McCain.
“It is clear to me that Democrats want to attack me rather than debate Senator McCain on important economic issues facing the country,” Gramm said. “That kind of distraction hurts not only Senator McCain’s ability to present concrete programs to deal with the country’s problems, it hurts the country.”
Nonsense. Tell the press to take a hike. Tell the dems to get a life. Ask yourself, WWDCD? (what would Dick Cheney do?), and act accordingly. With one finger on each hand. Man up. For goodness sake, you quit/got fired because these jokers were complaining about a remark you made that said they were complaining. Well, duh, hello?
Posted by Drew458
on 07/18/2008 at 10:38 PM
Filed Under: • Republicans •
• Comments (1)
•
Trackbacks(0)
Permalink • Thursday - June 19, 2008
Happy Juneteenth!
UPDATE: The vast majority of this post has been REDACTED. What I posted was, I thought, an email sent to me. Apparently the author, MICHAEL ZAK is most adamant about not having more than a single sentence of his work pasted up anywhere else. His blog recieves perhaps 100 hits a day, and I have now been told in no uncertain terms TWICE not to use more than a single sentence of his stuff. This time I was instructed to make these corrections WITHIN THE HOUR. Plus instructions to permalink to his website, instructions to link to Amazon for his book, instructions to display a picture of his book, etc. Becuase he gets 100 hits a day thank you, and people pay him money to come and talk about the history of the Republican Party. Really. Who? And why?
I don’t think there will be any more History of the GOP posts. And I think that’s all I’ll say for now. And no, I won’t be bothering to do a review on his book. It’s nearly a decade out of date anyway.
Posted by Drew458
on 06/19/2008 at 06:24 PM
Filed Under: • History • Republicans •
• Comments (5)
•
Trackbacks(0)
Permalink • Sunday - June 15, 2008
Today in GOP History
Sorry. We can’t have teh big excitement every day ya know. Ok, it’s actually Trinidad Romero’s birthday, but I’ve never heard of him. Maybe he was the very first Republican from New Mexico or something.
However, I did get Zak’s book, Back To Basics For The Republican Party, and it’s quite a read. It’s history, and lots of it. It’s like being back in 10th grade Social Studies, only this time without the sugar coating. He’s got about 800 references in the bibliography, so it’s pretty obvious he can back up whatever he says. And it’s quite interesting. I’m only 80 pages into it at this point, but so far the concept is that the slavery question was a huge thorn in America’s side since the very beginning. It didn’t just pop up one day and there was civil war over it the next. But the people who were against it, even during the Revolution, were the people would form a political outlook that would eventually become the Republican Party. And the people that were for it were the Democrats. Always. Always.
Some interesting things in there too, as little factoids.
Do you know who hillbillies really are? I didn’t. Everybody knows that during the Civil War the southern soldier was ubiquitously called “Johnny Reb”, the same way a British soldier was Tommy Atkins during WWI. But less widely known is that “Johnny Reb” was fighting “Billy Yank”. And that the “northern” and “southern” attitudes were not universal; New York City was strongly “reb”, and parts of the south - many parts of the south - were pro-Union. As an aside, this often got people killed; 44 folks in Texas were hung from the same tree at one time for their loyalty to the union. Texas Governor Sam Houston was kicked out of office for opposiing secession. There were Alabama, Georgia, and Mississippi regiments in the Union Army during the war. So things weren’t exactly homogenous. And one place they weren’t was up in the mountains of Appalachia, in the border states. So the Billy Yanks who lived up in the hills ... were hillbillies. I did not know that. Course, that was long before NASCAR.
Let me get another few days of reading done on this one, and I’ll put up a review. No question that this is a history book, but it is a good bit more interesting than what we got in school.
Posted by Drew458
on 06/15/2008 at 04:56 PM
Filed Under: • History • Republicans •
• Comments (0)
•
Trackbacks(0)
Permalink • Friday - June 13, 2008
Today in GOP History
What, the Democrats have a guy running for President, and he’s half black? Shucks, that ain’t nothing.
The Republicans had that one beat ... 80 years ago!
Senator Charles Curtis (R-KS), Vice President under Herbert Hoover, was 3/4 Native Amercian, and grew up on a reservation. Read a little bit more about it. Curtis was the first, and so far the only “non-european” to get elected to one of the Top Two positions in DC. Go here, and read a lot more about him.
When Curtis was a Senator, he and fellow Kansas Congressman, Republican Daniel Anthony, Jr, introduced the first attempt at an Equal Rights Ammendment. In 1923.
Curtis is also the guy who invented the five day work week, as a way to reduce unemployment at the beginning of the Great Depression.
Wake up Republicans. This is our history. This is who we are.
There is NOTHING good that the Democrats can try and claim credit for that the GOP didn’t do first. Integration? Equal Rights? Desegregation? Minorities in high office? Worker safety? Human rights? Phooey. We’ve got them beat by a landslide on each and every issue. All we have to do is remember our history and fight their lies.
Posted by Drew458
on 06/13/2008 at 01:04 PM
Filed Under: • History • Republicans •
• Comments (2)
•
Trackbacks(0)
Permalink • Wednesday - June 11, 2008
Today in GOP History
On this day in 1924, Henry Lincoln Johnson, a prominent African-American lawyer, led the Georgia delegation at the Republican National Convention. Read the rest at Grand Old Partisan.
Well, imagine that. A black man. From Georgia. In 1924, the height of the second Klan era. Who’da thunk it?
Michael Zak, author of Grand Old Partisan, also has a book out on the history of the GOP. I have a copy on order, and I’ll do a review once it gets here. But if you like where he’s going, you could order your own copy anyway ....
Part of the reason the Republican Party has lost it’s way is because they have forgotten who they are and where they came from. I’m hoping Zak’s book is a great reminder.
You can find out a bit more about Henry here, and about his wife, the rather famous poet Georgia Douglas Johnson, over here.
UPDATE: Even more history. Today is the day that Alabama Governor George Wallace, Democrat, in 1963, blocked the doorway to the University of Alabama to keep black students from registering. Thanks again to Grand Old Partisan for reminding us.
If you are too young to remember, or a product of government schools that neglected to tell you that Wallace was the Dixiest of Dixiecrat Democrats, here’s a link to more info.
Forty Five years ago today, Alabama Gov. George Wallace stood at the door of Foster Auditorium at the University of Alabama in a symbolic attempt to block two black students, Vivian Malone and James Hood, from enrolling at the school. The drama of the nation’s division over desegregation came sharply into focus that June day. NPR’s Debbie Elliott reports.
It was the same year that civil rights marchers had been turned back with police dogs and fire hoses in Birmingham, Ala. { ya’ll remember Democrat Bull Connor, don’cha?} The year began with Wallace vowing “segregation now, segregation tomorrow and segregation forever” in his inaugural speech.
So when a federal judge { Drew458 - Republican judge Johnson, whom we mentioned the other day } ordered Malone and Hood be admitted to the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa that summer, Wallace had the perfect opportunity to fulfill his pledge, Elliott reports.
the incident catapulted the governor into the national spotlight and he went on to make four runs at the presidency.
* that’s because they’ve seen the light and done been uplifted.
In October 1996, the George Wallace Family Foundation selected (Vivian Malone) Jones to be the first recipient of its Lurleen B. Wallace Award of Courage. Jet (28 October 1996) reported a meeting between Jones and Wallace in Montgomery prior to the ceremony, at which the former governor apologized. At the ceremony, Wallace said, “Vivian Malone Jones was at the center of the fight over states’ rights and conducted herself with grace, strength and, above all, courage.”
Wallace’s son, George Jr., later called Jones “a true American hero.”
So you can understand why they all went crazy when Obama got the nomination. Because it was all about the content of his character, not the color of his skin. Riiiiight. Guilt projection much?
Posted by Drew458
on 06/11/2008 at 12:05 PM
Filed Under: • Republicans •
• Comments (0)
•
Trackbacks(0)
Permalink • Monday - June 09, 2008
Today In GOP History
On this day in 1964, Everett Dirksen (R-IL), the Republican Leader in the U.S. Senate, condemned the
Democrats’ 57-day filibuster against the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
Leading the Democrats in their opposition to civil rights for African-Americans was Senator Robert Byrd (D-WV). Byrd, who got into politics as a recruiter for the Ku Klux Klan, spoke against the bill for fourteen straight hours. Democrats still call Robert Byrd “the conscience of the Senate.”In his speech, Senator Dirksen called on the Democrats to end their filibuster and accept racial equality.
Posted by Drew458
on 06/09/2008 at 01:13 PM
Filed Under: • History • Republicans •
• Comments (3)
•
Trackbacks(1)
Permalink • Five Most Recent Trackbacks:
LAAR She Blows! Part One
(2 total trackbacks)
Tracked at Planes Ideas Blog
[...] CABLY SUBMIT TO THE JURISDICTION OF THE AMERICAN COURTS. IF ANYTHING ON THIS WEB [...]
On: 07/12/11 01:57
The Tactical Cowboy
(1 total trackbacks)
Tracked at Sights Service Blog
[...] E LAWS APPLICABLE IN ANY OTHER COUNTRY, THEN THIS WEBSITE IS NOT INTENDED TO BE [...]
On: 07/10/11 08:30
Nasty Dirty Money
(1 total trackbacks)
Tracked at Money Reviews Blog
[...] ONS WHO ARE SUBJECT TO SUCH LAWS SHALL NOT BE ENTITLED TO USE OUR SERVICES UNLES [...]
On: 06/17/11 08:31
Amazing aerial images taken by daring Allied pilots on secret missions during WW 2
(1 total trackbacks)
Tracked at Hookers and Booze
peiper over at Barking Moonbat EWS found some absolutely kickass aerial photos from WWII. I grabbed this one because I’m a big fan of the movie A Bridge Too Far.…
On: 11/23/09 04:14
Clear Thinking and Straight Talk
(1 total trackbacks)
Tracked at baldilocks
Let Them Fight or Bring Them Home Read all of it--and tell every American you know to do so. (Thanks to BMEWS) UPDATE: The author of the above blog is…
On: 10/02/09 09:29
DISCLAIMER
THE SERVICES AND MATERIALS ON THIS WEBSITE ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE HOSTS OF THIS SITE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTIES OF SATISFACTORY QUALITY, MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, WITH RESPECT TO THE SERVICE OR ANY MATERIALS.
Not that very many people ever read this far down, but this blog was the creation of Allan Kelly and his friend Vilmar. Vilmar moved on to his own blog some time ago, and Allan ran this place alone until his sudden and unexpected death partway through 2006. We all miss him. A lot. Even though he is gone this site will always still be more than a little bit his. We who are left to carry on the BMEWS tradition owe him a great debt of gratitude, and we hope to be able to pay that back by following his last advice to us all:
It's been a long strange trip without you Skipper, but thanks for pointing us in the right direction and giving us a swift kick in the behind to get us going. Keep lookin' down on us, will ya? Thanks.
- Keep a firm grasp of Right and Wrong
- Stay involved with government on every level and don't let those bastards get away with a thing
- Use every legal means to defend yourself in the event of real internal trouble, and, most importantly:
- Keep talking to each other, whether here or elsewhere
THE INFORMATION AND OTHER CONTENTS OF THIS WEBSITE ARE DESIGNED TO COMPLY WITH THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. THIS WEBSITE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND ALL PARTIES IRREVOCABLY SUBMIT TO THE JURISDICTION OF THE AMERICAN COURTS. IF ANYTHING ON THIS WEBSITE IS CONSTRUED AS BEING CONTRARY TO THE LAWS APPLICABLE IN ANY OTHER COUNTRY, THEN THIS WEBSITE IS NOT INTENDED TO BE ACCESSED BY PERSONS FROM THAT COUNTRY AND ANY PERSONS WHO ARE SUBJECT TO SUCH LAWS SHALL NOT BE ENTITLED TO USE OUR SERVICES UNLESS THEY CAN SATISFY US THAT SUCH USE WOULD BE LAWFUL.
Copyright © 2004-2008 Domain Owner
Oh, and here's some kind of visitor flag counter thingy. Hey, all the cool blogs have one, so I should too. The Visitors Online thingy up at the top doesn't count anything, but it looks neat. It had better, since I paid actual money for it.
RSS 2.0 
Atom 
