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Obama’s Not Exactlys!



nobamax This was passed to me in an email and I thought it was too good not to pass on!


To me our national press has not only let us down they have orchestrated the whole campaign of Barack Hussein Obama by completely covering up the facts or outright lying or ignoring them. What else explains this behavior? Add that to all of the documented voter fraud going on and illegal foreign contributions made to BHO this is all being shoved down our throats. It is so un-American to let him get away with these character issues yet it is.
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Obama’s “Not Exactly-s”:

  1. Selma March Got Me Born - NOT EXACTLY, your parents felt safe enough to have you in 1961 - Selma had no effect on your birth, as Selma was in 1965. (Google’ Obama Selma ‘ for his full March 4, 2007 speech and articles about its various untruths.)
  2. Father Was A Goat Herder - NOT EXACTLY, he was a privileged, well educated youth, who went on to work with the Kenyan Government.
  3. Father Was A Proud Freedom Fighter - NOT EXACTLY, he was part of one of the most corrupt and violent governments Kenya has ever had.
  4. My Family Has Strong Ties To African Freedom - NOT EXACTLY, your cousin Raila Odinga has created mass violence in attempting to overturn a legitimate election in 2007, in Kenya . It is the first widespread violence in decades. The current government is pro-American but Odinga wants to overthrow it and establish Muslim Sharia law. Your half-brother, Abongo Oba ma, is Odinga’s follower. You interrupted your New Hampshire campaigning to speak to Odinga on the phone. Check out the following link for verification of that….and for more.
    Obama’s cousin Odinga in Kenya ran for president and tried to get Sharia Muslim law in place there. When Odinga lost the elections, his followers have burned Christians’ homes and then burned men, women and children alive in a Christian church where they took shelter.. Obama SUPPORTED his cousin before the election process here started. Google Obama and Odinga and see what you get. No one wants to know the truth. http://iperceive.net/obama-odinga-the-kenyan-jihad/
  5. My Grandmother Has Always Been A Christian - NOT EXACTLY, she does her daily Salat prayers at 5am according to her own interviews. Not to mention, Christianity wouldn’t allow her to have been one of 14 wives to 1 man.
  6. My Name is African Swahili - NOT EXACTLY, your name is Arabic and ‘Baraka’ (from which Barack came) means ‘blessed’ in that language. Hussein is also Arabic and so is Obama.
    Barack Hussein Obama is not half black. If elected, he would be the first Arab-American President, not the first black President. Barack Hussein Obama is 50% Caucasian from his mother’s side and 43.75% Arabic and 6.25% African Negro from his father’s side. While Barack Hussein Obama’s father was from Kenya , his father’s family was mainly Arabs… Barack Hussein Obama’s father was only 12.5% African Negro and 87.5% Arab (his father’s birth certificate even states he’s Arab, not African Negro). From….and for more….go to…..
    DiversityInc.Com
  7. I Never Practiced Islam - NOT EXACTLY, you practiced it daily at school, where you were registered as a Muslim and kept that faith for 31 years, until your wife made you change, so you could run for office.
    4-3-08 Article ‘Obama was ‘quite religious in islam”
  8. My School In Indonesia Was Christian - NOT EXACTLY, you were registered as Muslim there and got in trouble in Koranic Studies for making faces (check your own book).
    February 28, 2008. Kristoff from the New York Times a year ago: Mr. Obama recalled the opening lines of the Arabic call to prayer, reciting them with a first-rate accent. In a remark that seemed delightfully uncalculated (it’ll give Alabama voters heart attacks), Mr. Obama described the call to prayer as ‘one of the prettiest sounds on Earth at sunset.’ This is just one example of what Pamela is talking about when she says ‘Obama’s narrative is being altered, enhanced and manipulated to whitewash troubling facts.’
  9. I Was Fluent In Indonesian - NOT EXACTLY, not one teacher says you could speak the language.
  10. Because I Lived In Indonesia , I Have More Foreign Experience - NOT EXACTLY, you were there from the ages of 6 to 10, and couldn’t even speak the language. What did you learn except how to study the Koran and watch cartoons.
  11. I Am Stronger On Foreign Affairs - NOT EXACTLY, except for Africa (surprise) and the Middle East (bigger surprise), you have never been anywhere else on the planet and thus have NO experience with our closest allies.
  12. I Blame My Early Drug Use On Ethnic Confusion - NOT EXACTLY, you were quite content in high school to be Barry Obama, no mention of Kenya and no mention of struggle to identify - your classmates said you were just fine.
  13. An Ebony Article Moved Me To Run For Office - NOT EXACTLY, Ebony has yet to find the article you mention in your book. It doesn’t, and never did, exist.
  14. A Life Magazine Article Changed My Outlook On Life - NOT EXACTLY, Life has yet to find the article you mention in your book. It doesn’t, and never did, exist.
  15. I Won’t Run On A National Ticket In ‘08 - NOT EXACTLY, here you are, despite saying, live on TV, that you would not have enough experience by then, and you are all about having experience first.
  16. Voting ‘Present’ is Common In Illinois Senate - NOT EXACTLY, they are common for YOU, but not many others have 130 NO VOTES.
  17. Oops, I Misvoted - NOT EXACTLY, only when caught by church groups and Democrats, did you beg to change your misvote.
  18. I Was A Professor Of Law - NOT EXACTLY, you were a senior lecturer ON LEAVE.
  19. I Was A Constitutional Lawyer - NOT EXACTLY, you were a senior lecturer ON LEAVE.
  20. Without Me, There Would Be No Ethics Bill - NOT EXACTLY, you didn’t write it, introduce it, change it or create it.
  21. The Ethics Bill Was Hard To Pass - NOT EXACTLY, it took just 14 days from start to finish.
  22. I Wrote A Tough Nuclear Bill - NOT EXACTLY, your bill was rejected by your own party for its pandering and lack of all regulation - mainly because of your Nuclear donor, Exelon, from which David Axelrod came.
  23. I Have Released My State Records - NOT EXACTLY, as of March, 2008, state bills you sponsored or voted for have yet to be released, exposing all the special interests pork hidden within.
  24. I Took On The Asbestos Altgeld Gardens Mess - NOT EXACTLY, you were part of a large group of people who remedied Altgeld Gardens . You failed to mention anyone else but yourself, in your books.
  25. My Economics Bill Will Help America - NOT EXACTLY, your 111 economic policies were just combined into a proposal which lost 99-0, and even YOU voted against your own bill.
  26. I Have Been A Bold Leader In Illinois - NOT EXACTLY, even your own supporters claim to have not seen BOLD action on your part.
  27. I Passed 26 Of My Own Bills In One Year - NOT EXACTLY, they were not YOUR bills, but rather handed to you, after their creation by a fellow Senator, to assist you in a future bid for higher office.
  28. No One on my campaign contacted Canada about NAFTA - NOT EXACTLY, the Canadian Government issued the names and a memo of the conversation your campaign had with them.
  29. I Am Tough On Terrorism - NOT EXACTLY, you missed the Iran Resolution vote on terrorism and your good friend Ali Abunimah supports the destruction off Israel
  30. I Want All Votes To Count - NOT EXACTLY, you said let the delegates decide.
  31. I Want Americans To Decide - NOT EXACTLY, you prefer caucuses that limit the vote, confuse the voters, force a public vote, and only operate during small windows of time.
  32. I passed 900 Bills in the State Senate - NOT EXACTLY, you passed 26, most of which you didn’t write yourself.
  33. I Believe In Fairness, Not Tactics - NOT EXACTLY, you used tactics to eliminate Alice Palmer from running against you.
  34. I Don’t Take PAC Money - NOT EXACTLY, you take loads of it.
  35. I don’t Have Lobbysists - NOT EXACTLY, you have over 47 lobbyists, and counting.
  36. My Campaign Had Nothing To Do With The 1984 Ad - NOT EXACTLY, your own campaign worker made the ad on his Apple in one afternoon.
  37. I Have Always Been Against Iraq - NOT EXACTLY, you weren’t in office to vote against it AND you have voted to fund it every single time.
  38. I Have Always Supported Universal Health Care - NOT EXACTLY, your plan leaves us all to pay for the 15,000,000 who don’t have to buy it.
  39. My uncle liberated Auschwitz concentration camp - NOT EXACTLY, your mother had no brothers and the Russian army did the liberating.

So, who EXACTLY is this Obama guy and what is he trying to sell us?! Please get to work now…not enough of your loved ones and friends know about this fraud.
Coming from a TRUE American, this is not the “Change” we want or need. I Googled the information and it’s ALL true. I don’t know a lot of people so I am depending on whoever gets this to help me “Educate” America. I am afraid that Obama is doing just as his brother did, going after the uneducated, poor, and promising “Change”, they have no idea what “change” he will bring. Our only savior is our Constitution, for right now, until that’s “changed.”.

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Twitter Updates for 2008-10-03



  • Biden actually did it. He blamed the gop for the economic crisis when they tried to fix it…. Damn liberals…. Can’t own up to anything #
  • Biden sounds angry… Not good for the king of gaffs! #
  • Biden just said that the general in afganastan said the surge wouldn’t work there… Then he said we needed more troops in afganastan… #
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Change of Course



ObamaAudacity03 I was sitting in the hot tub tonight, imbibing in a rum and coke (yes, Coca-Cola) and a cigar as I’m prone to do every so often when I need some “down” time and it dawned on me that the blog here can be put to a better use for the next 31 days. I’ve spent a lot of time trying to convince people that McCain/Palin is a good choice. By this point, I think though, most people have made up their minds as to who they’re going to pull the level for on November 4th unfortunate as that may be. After all, as Brian Williams said on Letterman tonight, a week in a Presidential Campaign is literally a year (look at the past two if you need any proof) and a lot of things can change.

Instead of focusing on why McCain/Palin would be a better choice for this country, I’m going to focus, at least five posts a week (figure one a day during the work week) on why Obama/Biden are a bad fit for the country. We’ll look at things like their policies, their beliefs, their associations and more. I’m going to work hard to try and sway you to at least reevaluate why you’re planning to vote for who you’re planning on voting for.

Parts won’t be too easy, other parts won’t be too hard. Its hard to argue with Biden’s time in the senate, but its not hard to argue with his view on patriotism, taxes and other areas. With Obama, it shouldn’t be too hard to argue with anything.

We’ll start today with looking at the tax returns for the two VP candidates. Biden’s were released earlier this month and show that the Bidens earned approximately $320,000 in 2006 and they paid approximately $66,000 in taxes. For charitable contributions, the Bidens biggest year of giving was 2007 in which they gave a whoping $995 to charity. Now, even if he was following the Christian principle of tithing (which is %10) he should have given approximately $32,000.

On the other hand, the Palin family earned approximately $170,000 in 2007 (about $160,000 in 2006) and paid $25,000 in taxes in 2007. They donated approximately $8200 to charity (figure church and other charities) over a two year period. If I did my math right, they donated approximately 9 times the amount that Biden has in roughly the same period.

I’d point out that Obama donated about 5.6% of their pretax earnings to charity and McCain donated approximately 26% of his earnings in the same time period. I think before Biden talks about paying taxes as the patriotic thing to do, he should look at increasing his donations to charities that help more people.

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And the Winners iz….



NinjasWithGuitars Why didn’t someone tell me September was over?? Anyways, back at the beginning of September, I started another Contest with Coffee and EntreCard Credits being the prizes. Well, the month is over and the winnarz are announced!

Congratulations to Karen Z who won the 500 Entrecard Credits and to Lyndon who won the Coffee and the 1000 EC Credits!

The cool tool at ContestMachine sure helped making this contest easy (it even picked the winners for me!). If you’re going to have a contest, I seriously suggest checking it out!!

Oh and a big shout out to Twitch and Jitter my supplier for excellent coffee!

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Rate The Debates!



n37435773265_6960If only I had found out about this sooner!!

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Bailouts, Crisises and Debates! Oh My!!



pelosi_psychotic_witch The past two weeks has been a little bit of a mess. From botched interviews by Palin to the Democrats trying to pin the blame for the current economic crisis on the Bush Administration and the GOP to the original “bailout” bill failing miserably things have not gone well in the world of politics until last night. If you missed it, I suggest you google for the Vice Presidential Debate and watch the whole thing in its entirety. It was far more entertaining than the Presidential Debate last week and Ms. Palin (or should I dare say, Madame Vice President) definitely brought her A game to the debate floor.

She was charming, happy and down to earth whereas Biden seemed to be most of the time angered that he had to debate her and at times he seemed frustrated. Its true, both sides had their share of fibs, though it seems that Biden may have had more than Palin. In all, the night was probably a draw as far as the points go, with each side proclaiming their person the victor, when in fact, I think the American people actually won that one last night. Hopefully, the days of keeping palin quiet are over and the McCain camp will let her loose. Its not like she can do any worse than she or John have done over the past couple of weeks.

Wednesday we saw the approval of the “Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008.” For those who want a shorter name, just call it the “Lets Screw America Act”. Here’s some of the stuff that the senate included:

  • The Democrats wanted a new Wall Street tax, which would essentially set a fee on securities transactions, in order to recover the potential costs for the taxpayers. The fee would be assessed after five years if the Congressional Budget Office determined that the taxpayers lost money in this bailout. In the end, the Democrats didn’t get their way. Instead, the next president will be responsible for proposing to Congress his plan to pay the taxpayers for any loses. Can you imagine what this plan will look like if Obama wins?
  • The $700 billion will be allocated in stages. $250 will be available immediately, $100 billion available “upon report to Congress,” and $350 billion “available only upon Congressional action.”
  • The good news … it seems as though Republicans have managed to kill the proposal to devote 20% of any potential profits to community organizations like ACORN
  • There will be new executive compensation requirements including “no multi-million dollar golden parachutes”
  • The bill contains some provisions to help families avoid foreclosures by creating a plan to “encourage services of mortgages to modify loans”
  • It will expand the range of firms that can sell troubled assets to the government to include pension plans, local governments and community banks serving “low- and middle-income families.”
      If you want to read the full bill check it here. I didn’t like the original bill and I don’t like this bill. I told Chambliss that and it appears to have landed on deaf ears, maybe the Congress will get it right and not pass this bailout. We, the American people, should not be covering for the mistakes of those who believe they know better. Any parent can tell you that a child learns best when he or she has to pick themselves up from a fall and do it all over again. Thats what wall street needs. They need to be taught a lesson and handing them money (even if the government expects to be paid back) isn’t the way to do it. Thats called enabling.

      Want to know more about the speaker of the house? This about sums up the crazy moon bat.

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Twitter Updates for 2008-10-02



  • #atlgas no lines @ the walmart in acworth and gas is 3.94 a gal! #

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The Sky Is Falling!!!



le_floor_de_Wall_streetOr is it? If you’ve been following the financial news of the past two weeks, you’re probably feeling all doomy and gloomy right now wondering what in the hell you’re going to retire on. Every where you turn people from President Bush to the guy who mows your yard is going on and on about how this is the WORST economic disaster of the past 75 years. Well, I hate to tell you this, but it really isn’t. Lets take a look at the numbers, shall we?

Unemployement is up to about 6.1% as of August. We can expect it to be a little higher, but its still low compared to other countries and indeed when compared to the Depression following the 1929 stockmarket crash. The Foreclosure rate is still under 5% and so far, everyone still seems to have enough cash to buy gas if you can find it (at least in Atlanta). Not to mention that the US’ GDP has risen steadily this year. Things are not as bad as everyone has been portraying them to be.

What has become clear over the last seven days is that the American Public was being sold a bill of goods that it did not want or really need. Yes. There is some uncertantity in the markets right now, but giving Wall St. a free pass with this “700 billion” dollar bailout is not the answer. Its like giving more candy to your kid after they threw up from eating too much candy. Its not the way to teach them a lesson. You hand them 700b this time, who’s to say that in 50 years, they don’t come back asking for double or triple?

Dave Ramsey has developed a good plan for fixing what ails the economy and surprisingly it doesn’t involve a government handout that would put the country deeper in debt. The biggest and best part of his plan is calling for the removal of Capital Gains taxes. This would make the profits investors earn theirs free and clear prompting more people to invest in the market so many hold so dear.

Take a look at Dave’s 3 Simple Steps and let your congressman and senator know about them. Push them out to your pick for president. lets see someone take some real action for a change.

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That about sums it up!



There’s been a lot of Blame laying lately over the current financial status in this country. Most of it is coming from the Dem’s claiming they had little to do with it.

Well, if you do *ANY* research on the subject you’ll know this started back in the late 70’s under the carter administration and was exacerbated during the 90’s and Clinton’s turn in office. Twice this decade (once in 2003 and once in 2005) efforts were made to prevent this kind of disaster and they were blocked both times by the Left.

Take a look at the following video and ask yourself if you really are supporting the right person this election. If you don’t believe the video, do some research of your own.

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Twitter Updates for 2008-09-27



  • BFD, who cares if McCain has voted with the GOP 90% of the time. Obama is at 97% for voting with the Democrats…. when he votes that is… #
  • Finally, it looks like we’re getting to the Foreign Policy debate…. #
  • FTW! Obama just said McCain and Bush were right with the surge! #
  • @83GoldWinger look to france. They’re using more Nuclear Power than almost anyone in the world… #
  • Are you crazy? Look at canada and the uk. It hardly works! #
  • Its interesting to see the polarizing affects of this debate.
    Unfortunately, I think the only people watching already picked their horse… #
  • Good thing this debate is 2 hours long… they’re both long winded… #
  • Obama didn’t know the name on his bracelet? #
  • Wtf I think we crashed twitter!! #
  • no commercials? #
  • This just in! Democrats say Obama Winning Debate!
    GOP claims McCain is Winning!
    Clear looser: United States of America! #
  • @tlucky thats because Obama hasn’t done anything…. #
  • they both seem to get that same smug look on their face when they think the other is wrong… #
  • Ouch. Take that! McCain doesn’t have a presidential seal yet! #
  • Teddy Roosevelt for president in 08! #
  • Obama sure agrees with McCain a lot. A lot. #
  • They need to hurry up. Dagmar is supposed to be on in 35 minutes!! #
  • @BDatson thats because Obama has no content behind his speaking points…. #
  • @jeffsolomon its more like McCain says Obama Doesn’t under stand, Obama says he agrees with McCain…. #
  • More credit to McCain by Obama… If Obama thinks McCain is so great why doesn’t he just vote for him? #
  • The parents are at fault. If parents would take more responsibility in their childs education things would improve drastically! #
  • There it is… “when I came home from prision” #
  • @shaunking but palin isn’t running for president…. besides, Bill Clinton was a Gov with little experience… so was carter…. #
  • @benkunz what has Obama ever led? #
  • I think it was a draw. Those voting McCain will vote mccain, those obama will vote obama and those who haven’t decided… haven’t decided #
  • @gruntled Thats what I’m good at. Of course, from where I sit…. it appears that Obama is lacking with out a prepared speech or teleprompt #
  • CBS just shared some of their instant poll and they asked if the opinion of obama had gotten better or worse. Didn’t ask about McCain. Bias? #
  • YAY!!! DAGMAR!!! #
  • http://tinyurl.com/43n74w #
  • and newt.org has McCain at 92% as the winner and I’m sure Fox News has McCain as the winner as well. Online polls are pointless #

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B-I-N-G-O!!



Disney 016.JPG With two rugrats at home already and a third on the way (yes, thats right, apparently Amy and I missed the classes on contraception…) a certain genera of movies is constantly in the DVD player at home. Fortunately, I like most of the ones that the girls tend to watch over and over again. Sure, we have the Baby Einstein DVD’s and a Veggie Tale or two, but the Disney classics are movies we tend to watch over and over and over and over… you get the point. Some of them like Lion King 1 1/2 I absolutely love. Others (Lion King 2) I watch only because the little ones put them on. Here are my top 15 Disney Movies (surprisingly, none of them have Mickey in them…)

  1. Lion King 1 1/2 - If you haven’t seen it, I recommend finding it. It gives back story on Timone and Pumba. An absolute riot!!
  2. Alladin - Who doesn’t love a story about a street rat making good with a princess??
  3. Beauty and the Beast - This was Grace’s first love. I have to say though, I think I like the Broadway Musical more than the movie.
  4. Little Mermaid - Its got mermaids, boats and a dog. Whats not to love??
  5. Lady and the Tramp (the original) - We named our first dog Lady and our first cat Tramp. That movie is such a classic Dog Lover’s movie. Grace and Emma like the scene where Lady and Tramp are eating spaghetti….
  6. Fantasia - This has always been a fav because of the music. Whoops! This one has mickey in it as the Sorcerers Apprentice. Guess I was wrong.
  7. Peter Pan - What boy has ever dreamt of never growing up?? And fighting Pirates?? Can you say AWESOME?!?
  8. Finding Nemo - This is a good one for parents. It proves that parents will do whatever necessary for their kids. So TRUE!
  9. Lion King - A good movie on so many levels (the Broadway Play is worth it as well) it really speaks about finding yourself and being true to who YOU are.
  10. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea - This was the FIRST novel I read growing up (it took a year when I was in the first grade) and the story of Captain Nemo and his amazing underwater ship was wonderful. Disney (with Kirk Douglas) did an excellent job of making this tale come true.
  11. Chicken Little - This was on TV recently and I have to say, I love watching it. Maybe its the underdog position of Chicken, or the way that “hollywood” portrays him in the movie after the fact but the story is another good lesson for parents.
  12. Herbie The Lovebug - We loved all the Herbie movies growing up and outside of the fact that Lohan was in the latest one it was decent as well.
  13. Flubber - (The original one) the original Flubber was a fun movie as well. My brothers and I would rent that one over and over again.
  14. Mary Poppins - This is another one of the girls favorites, but I like singing the songs as well. Dick VanDyke’s Character of Burt the Chimney Sweep is hilarious!
  15. National Treasure - Rounding out the list for now is National Treasure. I liked both NT movies, but the original was a “little” more believable than the second one…
      Now, don’t get me wrong, there are a ton of other disney movies that rock as well, these just happen to be some of my favorites. Fortunately, there’s a cool Disney Bingo game that the WHOLE family can play (and believe me, when it comes to the princesses, Grace can wipe the floor with most of us!!)

      The cool thing about the game is that it seems to cover everything in the Disney Family so no one is left out in the dark. What a great way to bring the family together for an evening of fun. If you want to check it out or pick up your own copy head over to amazon.

      I want to know which Disney Films are in your Fave Five. Maybe we can match!

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Win, Loose or Draw!



image4482030 In case you missed it, I wanted to let you know there was a debate on TV last night. If you want to watch it in its full glory, RealClearPolitics.com has the video as do a number of news outlets but let me give you some high lights. They spent the first half hour or so of this First debate talking about the Economy and the current situation. Both candidates seem to be where they were at the beginning of the week… which is almost nowhere, on this issue and the bail out. Obama wants to cover more people then necessary with the plan and McCain hopes he can sign something. Personally, I think its a bunch of poo either way you look at it. I shouldn’t be paying for someone else’s mistakes. Its not right.

After that the discourse moved to Foreign Policy and while McCain did pretty good (it is after all his forte) Obama wasn’t too bad at reciting the lines that had been prepared for him. McCain actually seemed to be more off the cuff than Professor Obama did at times and he appeared calmer than one would expect while the Great One appeared to be on the defensive most of the time and was seemingly flustered for most of the debate.

Of course, I don’t think that agreeing with Sen. McCain so often during a debate where you need to show your differences was a good plan of attack. There wasn’t even a hint of sarcasm in his agreement. Someone needs to revisit the chapter on proper debating.

In all, I wasn’t too impressed with either candidate, its a shame that Bob Barr or Ralph Nader weren’t invited, I think they could have livened things up (especially with the way Barr refers to himself in the third person). It was fun watching the feeds on Twitter (a remarkably liberal community) though and I think this weeks Upcoming VEEp debate is going to be more fun.

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Talk about Double Standards



EmptySuitObama Who ever said that double standards do not exist in politics was not talking about American Politics. Sure, each side seems to have their fair share of “pay no attention to the man behind the curtain” however, none seem to be as obvious as the double standards this years democratic field wields. In part, this blatantly obvious in the media’s coverage of the Obama/Biden ticket in comparison to the McCain/Palin ticket. The disdain the media displays towards anything non-obama is absolutely mind numbing. However, even the candidate’s own spin on issues seems to be a huge double standard.

For instance, the current claims by Obama paint McCain to be against government reform and regulation of the financial industry when in fact The EXACT OPPOSITE is true. In 2005, McCain authored a bill calling for the Reform and oversight of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (what fun names!). A bill that the Democrats called ridiculous. In fact, had the congress acted on McCain’s bill three years ago, then a large part of this down turn may have been prevented (or at least it wouldn’t be as bad as it appears to be today). Instead they did the opposite. The Democratically controlled House called for less regulation and urged lenders to make loans to people they knew could not afford to pay them off.

In large part, this current economic downturn is due to the Democrats in congress who think its a RIGHT for a person with less then adequate means to own a house. Now they’re trying to blame this on McCain and the GOP when its a largely liberal problem. Rep Barney Frank tried passing the blame to the GOP when its clearly not the GOP’s fault at all. Talk about double standards.

Another nice double standard took place at the end of last week when Rep Charles Rangle from NY called Gov. Palin disabled. Of course, the Honorable(?) Rep from NY is claiming thats not really what he meant, but come on. Really?? He’s also facing heat from the right side of the aisle for owing back taxes (whats the point in being a congressman if you have to pay taxes right??) and some other minor infringements that would have had a republican crucified by this point.

Given all the double talk and standards that the Democratic leadership like to play with, its no wonder that they’ve managed to screw the pooch on their control of the house in the two years they’ve been there and have garnered an approval rating lower than the current President’s. Something that should have been pretty hard to do… :roll:

edit: I came across two good articles today I wanted to share, one about Palin and Obama—What Really is Wisdom? @ Realclearpolitics and the other is about Is Obama Another Dukakis? at the Slate. Both are good reads!

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Painting the Sky!



fireworks-edit5-1024 There are two nights left in the Brave’s Friday Night Firework plan (one is a make up on the 20th) and I can’t wait for it to be over for the season. Fourteen games isn’t really a lot when its spread out over the course of 6 months, but it does get tiring after a while. Especially working in the heat of the summer. The show on Sept. 5th was done to RUSH songs. Wouldn’t have been my first choice, but I didn’t pick the music.

The photo on this post is an actual photo from that shoot. I had a friend, (Joey Redmond) Joey does some amazing things with his camera. If you have a chance, take a look at some of the other photos he’s done.


The nice thing is that even though the Baseball season is winding down, there’s going to be a ton of other things going on (Atlanta Football Classic, Peach Bowl, Crawford Long tree lighting) so we won’t be totally dead in the water.

On another note, I was at the Georgia International Horse Park for the Celebrate Freedom fest that the Fish was throwing on Saturday, August 30th. We got out there at about 11am and didn’t roll home until 5am that sunday. Talk about a hard day. Here’s video from that shoot.

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Oh the Pain!



IMG00159 For those of you following my facebook feeds yesterday and today, let me clarify a few things. I started going to the current Dentist we see now about 5 years ago. They did a Pan Xray and told me I should have my Wisdom Teeth removed. Every time I would go back in (you know, twice a year) they bugged me about the wisdom teeth and every time my response was the same, they aren’t causing problems so I didn’t want them removed. Until the last visit I made in June.


The dentist visit was actually easier than normal (no sonic scraper), however, while digging around in the way back part of my mouth, they saw the beginnings of a cavity between one of the wisdom teeth and one of my rear molars. So I needed to have it removed.

I can honestly say I wasn’t looking forward to it. I’m not afraid of pain, I just don’t like the idea of someone ripping teeth out of my mouth when there isn’t a problem.

Apparently things went well, though, the last thing I remember was the doctor putting the IV line in for the knock-out juice and then I was being woken up about a hour later. That was one of the nice things. Now I have an array of meds to take and procedures to follow (I wasn’t supposed to, but I had a Chick-Fli-A sandwich for dinner, the was a little hard to eat, but I did it).

Anyway, thats over now and I’m down four teeth. The tooth fairy better make good on this… I didn’t do it for nothing…

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