Previously I have written about the dismal performance of our free and independent press in performing their duties as the watchdog for our republic.  I have bitterly complained that the liberal bias shown by the mainstream media gave us a socialist president with their blind dogmatic regurgitation of the leftist talking points.  Now the hand that fed them, slaps them on the nose while yelling “bad dog.”

The newest extremist put forward by the socialist administration is Elena Kagan, Supreme Court nominee.  I have several problems with Ms. Kagan, and it seems members of the media do also.  The first interview was done with a Whitehouse staffer asking the questions!  I feel pretty confident that most media outlets would not ask difficult questions of the nominee, but having your own staff play the part of reporter is outrageous. 

The video has been edited and cut together.  It is easy to see that the administration is only showing us what they want us to see.  I, being the helpful guy I am, decided I would try to recreate the parts of the “interview” that were deleted.  Here, to the best of my knowledge, are the parts of the “interview” that are on the cutting room floor:

Administration Junior Staffer Lackey Interviewer:  What is your opinion of military service and the role of the military?

Radical Supreme Court Nominee:  As my good friend Senator John Kerry pointed out, we all know military personnel are baby killers and do nothing but help to oppress people throughout the world.  That is why I banned them from recruiting on the campus of Harvard when I was the Dean.

Whitehouse Little More Senior Editor:  That is a great point Ms. Kagan, but unfortunately that warmonger Bush got us involved in an illegal war that we are stuck in.  We have to try to convince people we like the military or they won’t feel safe.  We will have to skip this answer.

Administration Junior Staffer Lackey Interviewer:  Ms. Kagan, what aspects of the First Amendment do you think we should repeal first?

Radical Supreme Court Nominee:  As I have argued before, the motive of the government is the most important factor when restricting free speech.  Government can restrict speech if the speech may cause harm.  Harm is defined as incitement to violence, hate-speech, threatening or “fighting” words. 

Whitehouse Little More Senior Editor:  When you’re right, you’re right.  We have to stop people from saying naughty things, especially if they are talking about us.  Let’s do this, we will cut this answer out and after you are confirmed, you can side with the savior’s new leftist solicitor general in getting rid of this silly amendment. 

I’m sure there was more, but you get the idea.  We are getting another radical that no one knows anything about and the media will give a pass to because they are not doing their jobs.  We need a free and independent press to protect our freedoms.  We are not getting that.  I would ask each of you to pray for the health of Roberts, Alito, Scalia, Thomas, and Kennedy.  If we lose one of them, we are in big trouble.

I believe in the free market system.  I am a capitalist that believes if you can’t compete, you should be allowed to fail.  With our current socialist president, we now own all kinds of businesses we shouldn’t.  We have propped up businesses that should have gone bankrupt.  There is a price to pay for bad business decisions like exorbitant salaries, inadequate loan application evaluation, or inferior product design. 

You and I could not do anything about the recent rash of government bailouts, except remind those representatives who voted for them that they will be out of work come election day.  There is a group that we, as capitalists, can affect through our spending habits.  Entertainers!  I don’t sign up for boycotts, I don’t carry the flag around.  I simply refuse to give money to people that, in my opinion, are un-American, extreme liberals, or just plain jerks.  Why should I spend money for people I consider to be idiots to perpetuate their lifestyles?

I get teased at work once in a while because of my refusal to patronize certain stores, or watch certain movies because of who is in it or who is producing it, etc.  I often say the list is long but distinguished.  People like Sean Penn, Alec Baldwin, George Soros, Michael Moore, Keith Olberman, Morgan Freeman, and Tim Robbins turn my stomach.  Why would anyone think it was funny that I refuse to give them my money to continue bad mouthing the Country that made them rich.  I usually don’t join Facebook groups, but I did join this one:  Americans Against Anti-American Actors and Artists. 

I am always disappointed by the paparazzi society we live in.  The hero worship of superficial puddle deep celebrities keep us from actually paying attention to important issues like where the Country is going, or what the government is actually doing.  The total lack of attention that a large part of our fellow citizens pay to important issues infuriates me.  The lack of attention has real consequences, it could result in a radical extremist occupying the White House.  Oops, too late!

An event that was largely ignored by the liberal media, avoided by a socialist president who went to Minnesota, trivialized by members of the administration, laughed at by the presidential spokesman, marginalized by liberal political pundits, and underestimated by the Capitol Police, was held in Washington DC and all around the Country on Saturday, September 12.  I was proud to be in the Nation’s capitol for the largest gathering of conservatives in the history of the United States of America.  

The Washington Times estimated the crowd at 600,000.  CNN said there were about 50,000.  No matter what the crowd, I was a proud participant with many thousands of others that peacefully demonstrated at the United States Capitol.

The most striking thing that I experienced was the make-up of the crowd.  After hearing the empty rants of the left calling American citizens an “angry mob,” it was great to see exactly who this angry mob was.  The amount of senior citizens and families was amazing.  I would venture to guess that 90% of the people I saw on Saturday have never protested anything in their entire lives.  Here are a couple pictures of the “angry mob”:

This was my first excursion into the life of a demonstrator.  I have always been on the other side of the line.  When policing demonstrations, you are always on the lookout for escalation of emotions that could trigger ugly incidents.  Even though I was in the middle of a huge crowd and could barely move or even get within several hundred yards of the stage, I never felt the slightest hint of any aggressiveness.  The crowd was incredible.  The people were all friendly and respectful.  I was honored to be there with them.

I would ask that if you are concerned about our Country, that you continue to stay informed about the actions of our government.  Support candidates that believe this Country is great.  Candidates that believe in smaller government, lower taxes, and democracy.

In my continuing mission to bring attention to the ultra-liberal radicals our Socalist President has in his inner circle, I provide you information on this week’s crazy person…Van Jones.  The president’s un-elected un-confirmed non-accountable Green Jobs Csar is a self proclaimed communist and has a long history of participating in radical organizations.

Here is another good friend of Obama and an advisor to the President of the United States.  The quotes from Jones are incredible.  Luckily, there is ample video available for you to see for yourself that this radical hates this Country, but our Socialist President considers him a good friend and valuable member of his administration.

Here is a video of Jones telling a group of other radicals that Republicans are “assholes”  (his words, not mine):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yt66eWnjoTo

That is the type of class that this Country really needs.  Can’t you just feel the Obama administration reaching out to all the citizens of this Country.  I think someone forgot to tell the socialist that he now represents all Americans.  I have two comments about the video.  One, I agree with him when he describes himself as an “asshole” (his words, not mine). Two, the question he was answering is excellent.  The Democrats have huge majorities in both Houses of Congress, they should be able to pass any legislation they want, but for bickering in their own party, they have not accomplished a single thing.

Okay, here is a video where this close advisor to the President of the United States says that white polluters and white environmentalists are steering poison into people of color communities.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=em_B6fouTfk

Maybe I haven’t done a good enough job convincing you that this racist America hating communist should not be an advisor to the President or be paid with our tax dollars.  If you are still not convinced, Glenn Beck did a short video on Jones that will give you all kinds of background and reasons he should not be anywhere near a president:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTXOzAAqnho

We have to take a stand on the radicals dictating policy in Washington, DC.  Obama’s administration of radicals is doing everything they can to rip this Country apart.  Let your voices be heard in opposition.  Tell your elected representatives that we are not socialists, or communists, or anarchists.  We are a freedom loving people, and if Obama and his radical cohorts get their way, we will all be good little submissive drones.

No one says it better than President Thomas Jefferson:

“No experiment can be more interesting than that we are now trying, and which we trust will end in establishing the fact, that man may be governed by reason and truth. Our first object should therefore be, to leave open to him all the avenues to truth. The most effectual hitherto found, is the freedom of the press. It is, therefore, the first shut up by those who fear the investigation of their actions.”

In one of my previous posts, I questioned whether the media did their job as a watchdog for the people, or had they become a lapdog for the current socialist administration.  Well it turns out that the media is also a target for Obama.  It would be easy for me to laugh at these brainless drones that control the media outlets and say I told you so, but the bigger picture is that we desperately need a free and unbiased media to help protect our freedoms.

Another Obama appointment threatens the core of our Country.  The new Chief Diversity Officer for the FCC, Mark Lloyd, is another radical that threatens our freedoms.  This guy is a real danger and is a truly scary radical.  Unfortunately, this socialist administration is littered with radicals.

The media loves Obama, and they refuse to report negative things about him or his administration.  I think now that their very existence is in jeopardy, they will actually take some sort of notice.  Here’s the story on Lloyd.  He has a title that will scare people into silence, after all, who can say anything bad about a guy who is a “Chief Diversity Officer”?  That is a classic tactic of a divisive administration.  Divide the people into small groups and get them to hate each other.  Then give the power to a radical that will quietly kill off dissent.

Mr. Lloyd loves what Chavez did in Venezuela!  Chavez led a socialist revolution and has taken over and closed privately held media outlets all over the Country.  I don’t think this is the type of government we should be aspiring to recreate here.  The media has remained silent so far, but they better start speaking up.  Why?  Because Mr. Lloyd believes there should be NO privately held media outlets.  He believes and espouses that every news organization be run by the government.  That may not go over too well in the corporate offices of these lemmings that call themselves news reporters.  They better start speaking up or we will only have NPR radio and TV, just like Cuba and Venezuela.

Here is a very informative 5 minute video about Lloyd by Glenn Beck.  Be afraid, be very afraid!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wF2C235fD7o

As I was watching the confirmation hearings for Judge Sotomayor, I heard Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) say that elections matter.  He said that because President Obama won, some deference to his selection of a candidate for the Supreme Court must be made.  Later I saw an editorial in the paper along those same lines.

This really struck a nerve with me, because the day before this all took place, my good friend Arnold P. put forth a theory on the tactics that the Republican Party should adopt.  That tactic labeled by Arnold was “Elections Have Consequences.”  After some thought on the idea, Arnold may have a point.  Here is the theory:

65 million misguided people voted for our current socialist President.  The policies of the administration should not be fought to the death by the Republicans.  The people, however misguided, misled, or uninformed, asked for, voted for, and received an ultra-liberal president.  There are consequences to that vote.  The Republicans should voice their reasoning for disagreeing with the socialist policies, and then vote to approve whatever comes up. 

If your savior wants to own General Motors, all the banks, insurance companies, institute universal health care, punish hard working people by taxing them out of business, or travel around the world groveling to dictators and our enemies, that is what you get.  You voted for this form of government.

If you don’t like this new socialism that our fellow citizens have brought upon us, you will have 40 months of failed liberal policies to motivate you to make a change for the better.  40 months to voice your opinion to the mainstream media that we will not accept their slanted reporting, or their liberal bias.  40 months of incredibly bad tasting medicine to remind us not to let the media select our moderate candidate the is capable of “reaching across the aisle.” 

That is not what makes this Country great.  Having hard working people driving an economy because hard work matters and is rewarded is what has made us successful.  We are not socialists, waiting around for a government handout…we create wealth by investing in the free spirit of capitalism.  Maybe we got too comfortable and thought there would be no end to the expansion.  We were sadly mistaken.  We got that cold shower wake-up call in the form of a socialist who is ripping every institution that made this Country apart with the help of a wimpy emasculated Congress full of his lemmings.

There is some good news, you really have only 16 months until mid-term elections!  If you want, you can do what was done in 1994.  Take Congress back from the liberals.  If you choose, we can all have 40 more months of socialism. 

If the electorate is not asleep or in a haze created by the media, maybe we can return to the foundations that made us the last remaining superpower.  I think the bad taste in our mouths from these four years will remind people that elections do have consequences, and we better pay more attention next time.  I don’t believe we should just throw up our hands and say “You asked for it, you got it”, but I am inclined to hold my severe fights for the most important socialist policies, like universal healthcare.  That $1.5 TRILLION price tag looms large!

When did watching television become a right?  Friday, the FCC received over 300,000 calls from people in the United States that “suddenly” lost the ability to see their favorite shows.  The FCC reported that approximately 30% of those calls were about converter boxes that wouldn’t work, so those people get a pass, but why did the other 200,000 people not know about this switch to digital?  How many hundreds of commercials and news stories do you have to watch to realize you may not be able to see Jerry Springer interview midget transvestite swingers after June 12? 

I have two problems with this situation.  1.  We have far too many citizens that have become unthinking drones unable to decide for themselves what to do and consequently rely on the government to take care of them.  2.  Why are tax dollars paying for converter boxes?

I have read the Constitution of the United States of America a few times.  I don’t remember seeing an article that says the government will take care of all your needs and make sure you can watch the State sponsored news put forward by ABC, NBC, and CBS.  It never ceases to amaze me how Americans can sit around and wait for scraps to be thrown to them by elected officials instead of relying on their own potential and hard work to get ahead.  There are citizens incapable of taking care of themselves, and the government, families, church and community groups need to step up and help them.  However, “I want my MTV” is not a cry for help that the government needs to answer. 

My second issue concerns the government (meaning taxpayer funded) coupons for $40 to go buy a converter box.  We should not be in the business of providing luxuries, like television.  According to the FCC, almost 31 million coupons have been redeemed.  $40 doesn’t sound like much, but let me do the math for you.  $1,236,559,890 for converters.  That is an outrageous use of taxpayer money.  The bad news is, there are another 29 million coupons out there floating around that could be utilized.  $2.5 BILLION to watch television.  What a waste of money.  I was looking at the FCC website and those bureaucrats are patting themselves on the back for this tremendous success.  I see it as an incredible waste of our tax dollars.  Here is a picture of the $2.5 billion converter:

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zr4VZ8xCzOg

Shocking isn’t it?  Who would have ever guessed that the media believe’s that Obama is God?  Let the worship continue!  The candidate they wouldn’t report negative information on during the campaign is the President they faun over as a savior.  Unfortunately, we are stuck with this false prophet created by the smoke and mirror media for 42 more months.

My good friend Raul gave me some great news today.  Maybe the political winds are changing!  Two Democrat members of the New York State Senate switched parties to Republican giving the Republicans a 32-30 advantage.  First order of business…remove the Democrat Speaker.  It was chaos in the chamber, and the Democrats say the vote was illegal.  I’m sure this fight is not over.

Here is another example…How do the people of California vote against gay marriage?  More than 52% of the voters rejected gay marriage.  Isn’t California the home of San Francisco, Berkley, and Hollywood? 

These bastions of liberalism are voting like they are Alabama and Oklahoma.  Maybe there is hope for us yet.  The liberal media has got to be shaking their collective heads.  They have done everything they can to affect and shape the public’s view of the world, and their solid liberal constituency is abandoning them.  Could it be that the populace is waking up to the horror that is liberalism?  I can only pray to the one true God that is so.  By the way, that’s not Obama.

Here is the link:

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/may/29/protecting-black-panthers/

I had seen the story before, but what raised my interest and generated my desire to write this blog was the website that John got the story from.  The Washington Times.  I had seen the story on Fox News, but I didn’t recall seeing it anywhere else.  That got me thinking, Where do you go to be well informed about the happenings around the Country?

Everyone that knows me knows I dislike and distrust the media.  I believe that a free press is a cornerstone of our liberty.  Without investigative reporting, officials may be tempted to trample the rights of citizens without consequences.  We are governed because we allow ourselves to be.  The free press is suppose to be one of the checks and balances in our system of government. 

Unfortunately, our current media outlets filter news stories and information to shape public opinion and society norms.  The vast majority of media outlets have become agents of ideology rather than purveyors of facts.  They claim to “report news” when they in fact produce “editorial comment”.

Back to the story John sent me…I did some searching of news sites.  Guess what?  No network news site, not ABC, NBC, CBS, nor CNN, MSNBC, or my local fish wrapper, The Miami Herald, have word one on the Justice Department dropping charges in this voter intimidation case.  You can read the article and ask yourself, why don’t I know about this?

Isn’t the Justice Department supposed to protect the rights of the citizenry by enforcing laws against intimidation of voters?  And when a socialist President has his representative (the Attorney General) drop charges in a case like this, who do we rely on to bring this outrage to the people?  An unbiased and free press.  We don’t have that anymore.  So what is a person of conscious to do?  Maybe start blogging…maybe make it easier for people to get all sides of a story or even know that there is a story, as in this case.

There is a place that is developing into a storehouse for information, YouTube.  Now when I see a story, the first thing I do is look on YouTube for information.  I looked at YouTube and found many videos on this story.  There are almost 2 million views of the various videos.  So the “mainstream media” can bury their heads in the sand, be an agent of the government’s current ideology, and pretend things don’t exist or only report stories that fit their political ideals.  Thankfully, there are people in this Country willing to stand up and report the good and bad.  That is the only way that the government will continue to work for us, rather than the other way around.

In case you want to see the video of voter intimidation, here it is, but remember that as far as the U.S. Government is concerned, this is fine:

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neGbKHyGuHU