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Fighting Liberal Lies!
September 2008 - Posts
By Jim Hayett
Wednesday, Sep 10 2008, 07:47 AM
Who is Anti-American?
That's been a hotly debated issue as of late with us bloggers. So let's do the so called "scientific" approach and make some sense of this. Here is the Merriam-Webster definition of anti-American: (1773): "opposed or hostile to the people or the government policies of the U.S." So what am I missing when I call someone who is "opposed or hostile to the people or the government (our sitting President) policies of the U.S.?" Or, anti-American.
If you make up extremely bad or unpleasant lies about our sitting President, like call him a terrorist or as bad as Hitler, would that fall in the definition of "anti-American?" If you attack the "people or the government" is that anti-Americanism? Yes, if you trust the dictionary. Now, if you express those words in print that our President is like Saddam or bin Laden, or Hitler, and you lie as much as you can so to harm him or her and then try to push your falsehood on Americans as if it was not your opinion but the truth (the key issue) and all to get your political parties candidate in office, is that not acting anti-American? If not, than what is?
I'm not talking about opinions, beliefs, impressions. I'm talking about pushing those fallacies (opinions) etc., as if they were the truth.
If you do not fit into this definition or category, than I truly and sincerely apologize. If you do, shame on you.
This is my last blog for a while. Maybe for good is what I really want to say. You liberals win. The hate filled emails, attacks on my office, four letter words when I show a liberal lie, has taken its toll on me. I do fear for my family because the hate I receive only comes from liberals. The letters attacking my wife have gone on too long and too far. To have to go to the police and the FBI is just not worth it. But what truly scares me is that a number of those hate mails and attacks come from three people who comment on my blogs.
I've asked the JS Online to please disband those that use such vulgar language. But they decided to scold me.
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By Jim Hayett
Monday, Sep 8 2008, 09:07 PM
This is a great piece that says a lot about Obama. But where are his witnesses? Why no testimonial at the DNC?
By CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER | Posted Thursday, August 28, 2008 4:30 PM PT
Barack Obama is an immensely talented man whose talents have been largely devoted to crafting, and chronicling, his own life. Not things. Not ideas. Not institutions. But himself.
Nothing wrong or even terribly odd about that, except that he is laying claim to the job of crafting the coming history of the United States. A leap of such audacity is odd.
The air of unease at the Democratic Convention this week was not just a result of the Clinton psychodrama. The deeper anxiety was that the party was nominating a man of many gifts but precious few accomplishments - bearing even fewer witnesses.
When John Kerry was introduced at his convention four years ago, an honor guard of a dozen mates from his Vietnam days surrounded him on the podium attesting to his character and readiness to lead.
Such personal testimonials are the norm. The roster of fellow soldiers or fellow senators who could from personal experience vouch for John McCain is rather long. At a less partisan date in the calendar, that roster might even include Democrats Russ Feingold and Edward Kennedy, with whom John McCain has worked to fashion important legislation.
Eerily missing at the Democratic Convention this year were people of stature who were seriously involved at some point in Obama's life standing up to say: I know Barack Obama. I've been with Barack Obama. We've toiled/endured together. You can trust him. I do.
Hillary Clinton could have said something like that. She and Obama had, after all, engaged in a historic, utterly compelling contest for the nomination. During her convention speech, you kept waiting for her to offer just one line of testimony: I have come to know this man, to admire this man, to see his character, his courage, his wisdom, his judgment. Whatever. Anything. Instead, nothing.
She of course endorsed him. But the endorsement was entirely programmatic: We're all Democrats. He's a Democrat. He believes what you believe. So we must elect him - I am currently unavailable - to get Democratic things done. God bless America.
Clinton's withholding the "I've come to know this man" was vindictive and supremely self-serving - but jarring, too, because you realize that if she didn't do it, no one else would. Not because of any inherent deficiency in Obama's character. But simply as a reflection of a young life with a biography remarkably thin by the standard of presidential candidates.
Who was there to speak about the real Barack Obama? His wife. She could tell you about Barack the father, the husband, the family man in a winning and perfectly sincere way. But that only takes you so far. It doesn't take you to the public man, the national leader.
Who is to testify to that? Hillary's husband on night three did aver that Obama is "ready to lead." However, he offered not a shred of evidence, let alone personal experience with Obama. And although he pulled it off charmingly, everyone knew that, having been suggesting precisely the opposite for months, he meant not a word of it.
Obama's vice presidential selection, Joe Biden, naturally advertised his patron's virtues, such as the fact that he had "reached across party lines to . . . keep nuclear weapons out of the hands of terrorists." But securing loose nukes is as bipartisan as motherhood and as uncontroversial as apple pie. The measure was so minimal that it passed by voice vote and received near zero media coverage.
Thought experiment. Assume John McCain had retired from politics. Would he have testified to Obama's political courage in reaching across the aisle to work with him on ethics reform, a collaboration Obama boasted about in the Saddleback debate?
"In fact," reports the Annenberg Political Fact Check, "the two worked together for barely a week, after which McCain accused Obama of 'partisan posturing' " - and launched a volcanic missive charging him with double cross.
So where are the colleagues? The buddies? The political or spiritual soul mates? His most important spiritual adviser and mentor was Jeremiah Wright. But he's out. Then there's William Ayers, with whom he served on a board. He's out. Where are the others?
The oddity of this convention is that its central figure is the ultimate self-made man, a dazzling mysterious Gatsby. The palpable apprehension is that the anointed is a stranger - a deeply engaging, elegant, brilliant stranger with whom the Democrats had a torrid affair. Having slowly woken up, they see the ring and wonder who exactly they married last night. © 2008 Washington Post Writers Group
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By Jim Hayett
Sunday, Sep 7 2008, 04:46 PM
If our country had equal opportunity within our mainstream media, I think Sarah would beat Barack Hussein Obama hands down.
 
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Office being sought |
Vice President |
President of the United States and Leader of the Free World |
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Full name |
Sarah Louise Heath Palin |
Barack Hussein Obama II |
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Nickname |
Sarah Barracuda |
Barry Obama; "The One", aka., Barry Soetoro |
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Public opinion |
Smoking hot in a "naughty librarian" sort of way |
May be The Messiah |
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Age |
44 |
48 |
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Children |
5: two sons, three daughters |
2: two daughters |
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Religion/Church attendance |
Evangelical Christian;
attends Juneau Christian Center when in Juneau and grew up attending Wasilla Assembly of God |
Attended Trinity United Church of Christ for 20 years, a "black liberation theology" church formerly led by Rev. Jeremiah Wright and governed according to the Black Value System. Also studied Islam (Obama was found to have lied about his Islam relationship and studies while in Indonesia) |
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Current Job |
Governor of Alaska |
Junior Senator from Illinois |
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Previous Public Jobs |
Mayor of Wasilla, AK (1996-2002); President of Alaska Conference of Mayors;
City Council member (1992-1996) |
State Senator (1997-2004);
Community Organizer |
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Executive Experience |
Governor for 2 years;
Mayor for 10 years |
None |
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Foreign Relations experience |
Governor of state that borders two foreign countries (Canada and Russia) |
Chaired Senate subcommittee on Europe but never called it into session;
once gave a speech to 200,000 screaming Germans |
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Military Affairs experience |
Commander in Chief of Alaska National Guard;
Son is enlisted Infantryman in U.S. Army |
None |
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Private Sector Experience |
Sports reporter;
Salmon fisherman |
Associate at civil rights law firm |
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Speaking ability |
Beautifully executed initial stump speech in Dayton, OH hockey arena without a teleprompter |
An enter...wait--did you say without a teleprompter?? |
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Spouse's name |
Todd Mitchell Palin |
Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama |
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Spouse's occupation |
Salmon fisherman;
Former North Slope production supervisor for BP Oil |
Vice President for Community and External Affairs at University of Chicago Hospitals;
former Associate Dean of Student Services at the University of Chicago;
former Executive Director for the Chicago office of Public Allies;
former Assistant to the Mayor of Chicago;
former associate at Sidley Austin law firm |
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Reaction to spouse's political success |
Quit 17-year BP oil job when BP became involved in natural gas pipeline negotiations with wife's administration |
Promoted and given 160% pay raise by UofC hospitals within months of husband's election to U.S. Senate;
Employer received $1,000,000.00 federal earmark, requested by husband, after her promotion |
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Coolest thing about Spouse |
Tesoro Iron Dog Snowmobile race champion (longest snowmobile race in the world);
In 2008, while defending his championship, was injured when he was thrown 70 feet from his machine. He was sent to the hospital but still finished in fourth place |
Sister of Oregon State University head basketball coach Craig Robinson |
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Most Courageous Moment in Public Service |
Resigned in protest from position of Ethics Commissioner of Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission in order to expose legal violations and conflicts of interest of Alaska Republican leaders, including the former state Attorney General and the State GOP Chairman (who was also an Oil & Gas Commissioner), who was doing work for the party on public time and supplying a lobbyist with a sensitive e-mail. |
Gave an anti-Iraq war speech to a crowd of anti-Iraq war demonstrators in Hyde Park in 2002 |
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In Current Office Because... |
Upset sitting Governor in GOP primary due to public support for her efforts to clean up corrupt government establishment |
Republican opponent, who was leading in the polls, was forced to leave race after unsealing of divorce records exposed a sex scandal |
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Theme: |
Change and Clean Government |
Hope and Change;
"Bringing Change from Outside Washington" |
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What they've done to live that theme: |
Replaced entire Board of Agriculture and Conservation because of conflict of interest;
Resigned from position of Ethics Commissioner of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission in order to expose corruption among members of own party |
Selected 36-year incumbent Senator as running mate |
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Family Affairs |
May have removed State Public Safety Commissioner as part of effort to protect sister in messy divorce and child custody battle |
Often says, "I am my brother's keeper";
Brother lives in a hut in Nairobi on $12 per year |
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Union affiliation |
Union member, married to Union member |
Endorsed by a union |
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Iraq and Troop Support |
Formerly (pre-surge) critical of apparent lack of long-term strategy for Iraq;
Visited wounded U.S. soldiers in Germany;
visited AK National Guard soldiers deployed to Kuwait;
Son deploying to Iraq on 9/11/08 as Army infantryman |
Gave an anti-Iraq war speech to a crowd of anti-Iraq war demonstrators;
almost visited wounded troops in Germany, but decided to go shopping in Berlin instead |
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Bipartisan/"maverick" credentials |
Married to a non-Republican;
Exposed corruption within own party;
Campaigned for Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell against corrupt GOP congressman Don Young;
Called out Sen Ted Stevens (R-AK) to "come clean" about financial dealings that are under fed investigation |
Talks about bipartisanship |
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Legislative Record |
Passed a landmark ethics reform bill;
Used veto to cut budgetary spending;
Prevented "bridge to nowhere" that would have cost taxpayers $400 million dollars. |
Voted "present" over 100 times as IL state senator |
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How they dealt with corrupt individuals in home city/state |
Exposed legal violations and conflicts of interest of Alaska Republican leaders;
Campaigned against corrupt GOP Representative;
Ran against and defeated corrupt incumbent governor in GOP primary |
Launched political career in home of unrepentant domestic terrorist Bill Ayers (and still refers to him as a part of "mainstream Democratic Chicago";
Purchased home with help of convicted felon Tony Rezko |
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Guns |
Lifetime member of NRA and avid hunter;
video can be found on YouTube of Palin firing an M4 at a military firing range |
Worked to pass legislation in Illinois that would prevent all law-abiding citizens from owning firearms |
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Earmarks |
Opposed "Bridge to Nowhere" project;
Said Alaska should avoid relying on federal money for projects;
Campaigned against porker Don Young (R-AK) in 2008 primary |
Secured federal earmarks for wife's employer and for campaign bundlers |
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Abortion |
Pro life;
gave birth to 5th child knowing that he would have Down's syndrome |
Pro-choice;
only IL state sen. to speak against the Born Alive Infant's Protection Act, which required medical care to be given to live infants who survived abortions |
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Energy |
Believes energy independence is a matter of national security;
For drilling in ANWR, which is in her state |
Says Americans should "get tune-ups" and "check tire pressure";
Says "we can't expect the world to be okay with" our use of heating and air conditioning |
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Environment |
Chair of Alaska Conservation Commission (2003-4);
Announced plans to create sub-cabinet group of advisors to address climate change and reduce greenhouse gas emissions in AK |
Talks about the environment a lot |
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Athletic prowess |
Runs marathons |
Has reporters tailing him to the gym |
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By Jim Hayett
Saturday, Sep 6 2008, 05:21 PM
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How Palin Beat Alaska's Establishment
September 5, 2008; Page A13
If you've read the press coverage of Sarah Palin, chances are you've heard plenty about her religious views and private family matters. If you want to know what drives Gov. Palin's politics, and has intrigued America, read this.
Every state has its share of crony capitalism, but Big Oil and the GOP political machine have taken that term to new heights in Alaska. The oil industry, which provides 85% of state revenues, has strived to own the government. Alaska's politicians-in particular ruling Republicans-roll in oil campaign money, lavish oil revenue on pet projects, then retire to lucrative oil jobs where they lobby for sweetheart oil deals. You can love the free market and not love this.
Alaskans have long resented this dysfunction, which has led to embarrassing corruption scandals. It has also led to a uniform belief that the political class, in hock to the oil class, fails to competently oversee Alaska's vast oil and gas wealth, the majority of which belongs to the state-or rather, Alaskan citizens.
And so it came as no surprise in 2004 when former Republican Gov. Frank Murkowski made clear he'd be working exclusively with three North Slope producers-ExxonMobil, ConocoPhillips and BP-to build a $25 billion pipeline to move natural gas to the lower 48. The trio had informed their political vassals that they alone would build this project (they weren't selling their gas to outsiders) and that they expected the state to reward them. Mr. Murkowski disappeared into smoky backrooms to work out the details. He refused to release information on the negotiations. When Natural Resources Commissioner Tom Irwin suggested terms of the contract were illegal, he was fired.
What Mr. Murkowski did do publicly was instruct his statehouse to change the oil and gas tax structure (taxes being a primary way Alaskans realize their oil revenue). Later, citizens would discover this was groundwork for Mr. Murkowski's pipeline contract-which would lock in that oil-requested tax package for up to 40 years, provide a $4 billion state investment, and relinquish most oversight.
Enter Mrs. Palin. The former mayor of Wasilla had been appointed by Mr. Murkowski in 2003 to the state oil and gas regulatory agency. She'd had the temerity to blow the whistle on fellow GOP Commissioner Randy Ruedrich for refusing to disclose energy dealings. Mr. Murkowski and GOP Attorney General Gregg Renkes closed ranks around Mr. Ruedrich-who also chaired the state GOP. Mrs. Palin resigned. Having thus offended the entire old boy network, she challenged the governor for his seat.
Mrs. Palin ran against the secret deal, and vowed to put the pipeline back out for competitive, transparent, bidding. She railed against cozy politics. Mr. Murkowski ran on his unpopular pipeline deal. The oil industry warned the state would never get its project without his leadership. Mrs. Palin walloped him in the primary and won office in late 2006. Around this time, news broke of a federal probe that would show oil executives had bribed lawmakers to support the Murkowski tax changes.
Among Mrs. Palin's first acts was to reinstate Mr. Irwin. By February 2007 she'd released her requirements for pipeline bidding. They were stricter, and included only a $500 million state incentive. By May a cowed state house-reeling from scandal-passed her legislation.
The producers warned they would not bid, nor would anyone else. Five groups submitted proposals. A few months before the legislature awarded its license to TransCanada this July, Conoco and BP suddenly announced they'd be building their own pipeline with no state inducements whatsoever. They'd suddenly found the money.
Mrs. Palin has meanwhile passed an ethics law. She's tightened up oil oversight. She forced the legislature to rewrite the oil tax law. That new law raised taxes on the industry, for which Mrs. Palin is now taking some knocks, but the political background here is crucial.
The GOP machine has crumbled. Attorney General Renkes resigned. Mr. Ruedrich was fined $12,000. Jim Clark-Mr. Murkowski's lead pipeline negotiator-pleaded guilty to conspiring with an oil firm. At least three legislators have been convicted. Sen. Ted Stevens is under indictment for oil entanglements, while Rep. Don Young is under investigation.
Throughout it all, Mrs. Palin has stood for reform, though not populism. She thanks oil companies and says executives who "seek maximum revenue" are "simply doing their job." She says her own job is to be a "savvy" negotiator on behalf of Alaska's citizens and to provide credible oversight. It is this combination that lets her aggressively promote new energy while retaining public trust.
Today's congressional Republicans could learn from this. The party has been plagued by earmarks, scandal and corruption. Most members have embraced the machine. That has diminished voters' trust, and in the process diminished good, conservative ideas. It is no wonder 37 million people tuned in to Mrs. Palin's convention speech. They are looking for something fresh.
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By Jim Hayett
Thursday, Sep 4 2008, 10:27 PM
It’s now time that Americans realize the difference between Obama and McCain and see it for themselves. The only change we will get from Obama is higher taxes for all and home sales taxed at historically high levels (this will hit the elderly the hardest). And for those that forgot Presidents 101, it’s NOT the Vice President who runs this country, or who you vote for, but the person running for the Oval Office. Below are the major differences between Obama and McCain. Now that the DNC and the RNC are over, you have an idea as what our two candidates will try and do for America.
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Presidential Candidate Comparisons - Simple Info. for all voters!
ISSUE |
JOHN McCAIN
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BARAK OBAMA
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Favors new drilling offshore US |
Yes |
No |
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Will appoint judges who interpret the law not make it |
Yes |
No |
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Served in the US Armed Forces
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Yes |
No |
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Amount of time served in the US Senate |
22 YEARS |
173 DAYS |
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Will institute a socialized national health care plan |
No |
Yes |
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Supports abortion throughout the pregnancy |
No |
Yes |
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Would pull troops out of Iraq immediately |
No |
Yes |
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Supports gun ownership rights |
Yes |
No |
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Supports homosexual marriage |
No |
Yes |
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Proposed programs will mean a huge tax increase |
No |
Yes |
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Voted against making English the official language |
No |
Yes |
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Voted to give Social Security benefits to illegals |
No |
Yes |
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CAPITAL GAINS TAX |
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MCCAIN |
0% on home sales up to $500,000 per home (couples). McCain does not propose any change in existing home sales income tax. |
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OBAMA |
28% on profit from ALL home sales. (How does this affect you? If you sell your home and make a profit, you will pay 28% of your gain on taxes. If you are heading toward retirement and would like to down-size your home or move into a retirement community, 28% of the money you make from your home will go to taxes. This proposal will adversely affect the elderly who count on the income from their homes as part of their retirement income.) |
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DIVIDEND TAX |
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MCCAIN |
15% (no change) |
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OBAMA |
39.6% - (How will this affect you? If you have any money invested in stock market, IRA, mutual funds, college funds, life insurance, retirement accounts, or anything that pays or reinvests dividends, you will now be paying nearly 40% of the money earned on taxes if Obama becomes president. The experts predict that 'Higher tax rates on dividends and capital gains would crash the stock market, yet do absolutely nothing to cut the deficit.') |
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INCOME TAX
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MCCAIN
(no changes) |
Single making 30K - tax $4,500
Single making 50K - tax $12,500
Single making 75K - tax $18,750
Married making 60K- tax $9,000
Married making 75K - tax $18,750
Married making 125K - tax $31,250 |
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OBAMA (reversion to pre-Bush tax cuts) |
Single making 30K - tax $8,400
Single making 50K - tax $14,000
Single making 75K - tax $23,250
Married making 60K - tax $16,800
Married making 75K - tax $21,000
Married making 125K - tax $38,750
Under Obama, lower taxes could almost double! |
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INHERITANCE TAX
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MCCAIN |
- 0% (No change, Bush repealed this tax) |
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OBAMA |
Restore the inheritance tax!
Many families have lost businesses, farms, ranches, and homes that have been in their families for generations because they could not afford the inheritance tax. Those willing their assets to loved ones will only lose them to these taxes. |
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NEW TAXES PROPOSED BY OBAMA
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New government taxes proposed on homes that are more than 2400 square feet. New gasoline taxes (as if gas weren't high enough already!). New taxes on natural resources consumption (heating gas, water, electricity). New taxes on retirement accounts. And certainly not least... New taxes to pay for socialized medicine so we can receive the same level of medical care as third-world countries!!!
If you have any inheritance coming from your parents or others? Forget it. Obama wants to abolish the inheritance tax cuts passed by the Senate a few years ago. Bush doesn’t think that children should be taxed on money their parents already paid taxes on at both state and federal levels. Obama does. And if you are 55 or older? These differences will frighten you. |
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