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By Ed Furey
Friday, Nov 7 2008, 08:31 AM
By Ed Furey
Tuesday, Nov 4 2008, 05:50 AM
For the last couple of months, I have tried to put into my posts both the reasons for voting for John McCain as well as those reasons not to vote for Obama. I’ve discussed their difference in tax plans, healthcare plans, and decisions about the war as well as John McCain’s positive experience factors. Patrick McIlheran is a paid writer that can express in words better than I can and more concisely the case for John McCain, and rather than force you to click to his site I have included his blog posting here. It also includes links to other columns he has written about specific topics.
What you should know by Tuesday morningBy Patrick McIlheran of the Journal Sentinel Nov. 3, 2008 11:31 a.m. | Still undecided? I can see how that happens. May I submit, then, the affirmative case for McCain?I’ve been making it in pieces in my print column in the Journal Sentinel for a few weeks now.Mind you, I don’t think John McCain is perfect -- far from it. He wasn’t my choice for president. But when it comes to November, one grades on a curve: I think he’d make a much better president than Barack Obama, and for many reasons.Among them are these:The two differ fundamentally on taxes. Obama says he’ll give tax cuts to 95% of all taxpayers -- but that includes the 40% who now pay no federal income tax. What he’s really proposing is to fully embrace federal taxation as a kind of a money pump to take money from those who earned it and redistribute it to those he thinks should have earned it.This is consistent with his past as a “community organizer,” stirring resentments for gain. McCain seems to have the main idea right: lower tax burdens when possible to encourage economic growth and without the aim of evening things up.This is still more important when you consider what liberals among congressional Democrats, convinced their day is dawning, are now toying with. Some chairmen of committees that govern retirement plans, for instance, are talking about acting on their enmity toward 401(k) plans. They’ve heard testimony about one think-tank plan to repeal such accounts’ tax advantage and, instead, pressure people into some government-run plan offering paltry but guaranteed returns.Obama’s not said a word, for or against, but when he talks about wanting to “spread the wealth around,” it suggests he’s got only a tenuous grasp on why it isn’t the wealth but is your wealth or my wealth or Joe the Plumber’s wealth. If he doesn’t grasp that distinction, and if his party controls the White House as well as Congress, would Obama be a check on the kinds of whack redistributionist schemes Congress hatches? Probably not.Not that McCain would mire Washington in gridlock. In fact, I think the signs are that he’s much better at being reasonable rather than dogmatic. Take a look, for instance, at how he broke with his own side in the war on terror to fault the Bush administration on interrogations. Note, also, that this man who was tortured by the regime now ruling Vietnam has for decades been one of the foremost advocates of improved diplomatic and trade relations with it because he believes that would be to our benefit, regardless of his feelings.By contrast, Obama, when given a chance to find some bridge over a yawning fissure in American politics, rejected it utterly. He opposed, when in the Illinois legislature, a measure to offer legal protection to infants who survive botched abortions. His explanations on this were evasive, and in the end, he rejected even a version offering all the protections for a right to abortion that the federal version of the law contained – a federal law that won unanimous support in the U.S. Senate, even from staunch defenders of abortion’s legality. He could not transcend partisanship when he had a chance.I think McCain is far better on health care: His plan, which spreads the current tax benefits for those with generous employers more equitably, does nothing at all to discourage employers who want to go on offering health coverage – and yet it makes room for letting markets start to work again in health insurance.Obama, on the other hand, talks of letting people keep their doctors, but the fact is that, by mandating expenses, his proposal would force more and more people into a government-sponsored plan by making private insurance too costly. Obama’s plan enshrines the principle that everyone’s care must be paid for by someone else, exactly the mechanism that has made health care too costly, while McCain’s makes room for innovations that might bring prices under control.On war, Obama touts his consequence-free decision before he attained national office to oppose the toppling of Saddam Hussein. In this, he differs not just from McCain but from many leading liberals in his own party.But he’s touting the wrong decision: Obama was wrong and McCain right on the really important call, whether to give up when in 2006 America look beaten by al-Qaida in Iraq and various others seeking to undo our liberation of that country. Obama called the surge wrong and said it wouldn’t work. McCain called it necessary and said it would. Now, of course, it turns out it has worked, something even Obama reluctantly concedes. And while the decision to go to war was one on which thoughtful minds at that time could disagree, the question on the surge was simpler: Does America end wars by accepting a loss?The correct answer is no. Accepting a loss leads to more Americans getting killed in the long run. On the surge, McCain showed he knew the correct answer: You end the war by winning it.But, say critics, America isn’t really at war, for it’s asked for no sacrifice from most people. Obama would do that, surely?Not by what the candidate is saying. Again, take a look at the tax pitch. Obama keeps hammering on how he’s going to give a tax “cut” to practically everyone, to be paid for by the Monopoly Man.Only this is nonsense. His promises far outrun the underlying numbers. McCain’s don’t tote up, either, but McCain, at least, can name federal programs he’d slow or eliminate to cope with hard times. He has decades of being a cheapskate with federal spending, something Obama shows no sign of. When it comes to shared sacrifice, Obama is saying it will be someone else, not you, who do any of it. McCain has a much more realistic take on the straits our country is in.That’s because he’s the grown-up in the race. His experience in federal office far exceeds Obama’s experience in pretty much everything put together, and this has produced far better judgment.McCain’s critics are reduced to saying that Sarah Palin is plainly unacceptable – though, of course, even she has a more credible resume when it comes to executive experience than Obama does – or that McCain was “erratic” during the mortgage meltdown. Certainly, McCain said some goofy things about firing Chris Cox, but in the end, he and Obama ended up in much the same place, backing the bailout, only Obama spent a week utterly frozen up. The difference was that he looks graceful frozen up, as he looks graceful in most things.Looking graceful is nice, and some people backing Obama seem to be hoping that that will carry him until he grows into the role. I say otherwise: Experience is better, and with McCain, it means you get growing is accomplished.The best speech McCain delivered was at his nomination, and its heart was his story of war imprisonment. What started sounding like a boast turned out to be its opposite. McCain told of how his captors broke him. This shamed him, he said, but also took away his youthful self-regard. He learned, he said, "the limits of my selfish independence," to understand that "I wasn't my own man anymore; I was my country's." Those are the words of a man who has had time to think and comprehend the meaning of freedom, something Obama may someday achieve – but something he plainly hasn’t yet had the time to do.Note, please, that I have only sketched reasons very quickly here: I do hope that, if you’re undecided, you follow those links to where I make the arguments more fully.
Or you can read what the Wall Street Journal says this morning: That in the end, Obama’s appeals of hope and change amount to mere gauze, a gamble unsupported by much of anything. So, as you head to the polls today, please give yourself enough time in case your polling place is crowded. Be patient, because what you are doing is important. Our country needs John McCain, and John McCain needs the support of those that have taken their time or have had a difficult time deciding on a candidate.
Thank you for your consideration!
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By Ed Furey
Monday, Nov 3 2008, 12:07 PM
By Ed Furey
Sunday, Nov 2 2008, 01:59 AM
The question is: In 4 years will you feel safer than today?
Answer yes, by electing John McCain on November 4th.
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By Ed Furey
Saturday, Nov 1 2008, 12:27 AM
OBAMA'S 'NOT EXACTLY'
1.) Selma 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 Obama, is Odinga's follower. You interrupted your New Hampshire campaigning to speak to Odinga on the phone.
Obama's cousin Odinga in Kenya ran for president and tried to get Sharia muslim law in place there. When O dinga 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.
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 would n'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.....
http://www.arcadeathome..com/newsboy.phtml?B arack_Hussein_Obama_-_Arab-American,_only_6.25%25_African
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'' http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=60559
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 t here from the ages of 6 to 10, and couldn't even speak the language. What did you learn, 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 Nation al 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 of 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 Lobbyists - 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 Again st 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
GOD HELP US IF WE JUST SIT IDLY BY AND LET THIS PERSON BECOME OUR NEXT PRESIDENT.. IT WOULD BE SUICIDAL FOR US TO DO NOTHING TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING. PASS THIS ON TO ALL THE ONES YOU VALUE, JUST AS I AM DOING. IT'S TIME TH E 'SILENT MAJORITY' TAKES A STAND! GET OUT AND VOTE! PLEASE! | |
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By Ed Furey
Thursday, Oct 30 2008, 06:43 PM
John McCain, along with Democratic Senator Russ Feingold, has been a champion of Campaign Finance Reform. The Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act, also known as McCain-Feingold for its sponsors, was the first major overhaul of campaign finance laws in almost 30 years.
In 2007 Barack Obama and John McCain both promised to accept public financing if the other party's nominee did. McCain, being a man of honor (how's that working out for you John?), stuck to that promise. Obama deceived the public and broke that promise.
It's easy to see why Obama makes himself out to be a liar; once he realized how much money it would take to defeat more qualified candidates, he had no real choice but to accept the money. Due to the limitations on spending from public financing, Obama is outspending McCain by about 7-1. He promises to outspend McCain as president by an even higher number. Can you say higher taxes everyone, despite another soon to be broken promise by Obama.
Did McCain make a mistake by sticking to his promise and following up on his beliefs that campaign finance ought to be a fair fight. It's possible that it might cost him the election, but not his integrity. This is something that he believed strongly in and has fought for, once again against his own party's wishes, and he stayed true to himself.
What about all this money that the Obama campaign has collected? Is it all legal? Probably not. In this day of Internet donations, prepaid debit/credit cards and an unwillingness to verify the validity of these donations by his campaign, too much opportunity exists for illegal money to be flowing in. The campaign is fond of saying that many of its contributions come from millions of small donors, but what it doesn't say is that a greater percentage of funds are coming from those contributing more than $200. Obama will also have received more than twice as many contributions of over $1,000 than any candidate in history.
What are they doing with all that money? Spending more money on negative campaigning than any candidate in history.
With an ad spending disparity of 7 - 1 and an opposition party incumbent in the White House with an extremely low opinion rating, why is it that polls show Obama with leads of only 2%-11%? Frequency of message is extremely important in selling something and Obama has a clear advantage. The answer lies in the fact that the product and the message are not strong enough and without the extraordinary amounts of cash, Obama would stand no chance.
What will be the future of campaign finance reform? There will still be a few attempts to fix it, but since Democrats were the ones screaming for it before and one of their own showed everybody what could be accomplished with private money, it will mostly disappear. Obama has caused me to change my mind on one thing; I am now in favor of eliminating the public financing route and applaud Americans for supporting their political beliefs with their dollars. The one thing that will be needed is to make certain that we can have more checks in place to keep out the corruption.
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By Ed Furey
Wednesday, Oct 29 2008, 07:52 PM
I just finished watching the Obama infomercial and I have to say that he has a lot to learn from Ron Popeil. Frankly, I think the country would do better listening and watching Ron get people pumped up about his ovens and food dehydrators.
Here's the short version of what Obama's selling. "My plan is to spend over a trillion dollars for new programs. Pay for it? Did I say no tax increases if you make less than $250,000? That was a republican smear that they spread. What I said was no tax increases if you make less that $250." The rest of his spiel was more of his same lies, distortions and not quite truths. Some of it would have been comical, if I didn't realize that there are some people out there gullible enough to buy it.
If ABC had carried this they could have called it Extreme Makeover: The Marxist Government Edition.
Hey Obama's in good company in doing the infomercial. Nixon used to do these.
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By Ed Furey
Wednesday, Oct 29 2008, 10:34 AM
Here are the reasons I'd vote Democrat in this election.
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H/T Charlie Sykes
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By Ed Furey
Tuesday, Oct 28 2008, 01:13 PM
Sometimes, you come across a post that nothing less than a copy and paste will do. This is one of those posts. I can’t add anything to it, other than I fear our children will never know the truth and freedoms that we once enjoyed.
From Musings from the Elephant Man:
At A Loss...
Ever since I began this blog, I have had plenty to say on a whole host of issues. I addressed the state of our nation, the current economic crisis, the biased media, the humorous side of politics, Ronald Reagan, conservatism vs. liberalism, and so on and so forth.
But, as many of you know, the most frequent subject that this blog has dealt with is that of Barack Obama. I have done my very best to relay why I do not believe that he is qualified nor fit to be our next president. I have discussed his past relationships, his socialistic philosophies, his racist remarks and stereotypical views, his weak and naive military strategies, his utter disregard for human life, his numerous lies, and the list goes on.
Within the last 48 hours, new audio tapes have surfaced further demonstrating that Obama is a truly dangerous man. If Obama had it his way, he would completely change the entire makeup of this country. Everything that has made the United States what it is today; the Constitution, personal responsibility, capitalism, the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness; somehow repulses Obama. He, and people like him, don't see America as a shining city on a hill; rather, they see her as a country that is in need of radical change; a country that no man can love; a country that is the scorn of the world. This is why Obama refused (or did until it was politically expedient) to salute our flag or wear it on his chest. This is why Obama disparages our troops and downplays their heroic actions.
Obama has preached a message of change and hope, but very few people actually know, or in some cases, care what that change will be. Even more disturbing are the people who embrace Obama's change while understanding what it means. In the guise of defending the American Dream, Obama seeks to destroy it. In the guise of fairness, Obama seeks to steal from those who have achieved success and silence those who oppose him. In the guise of safety and equality, Obama will rewrite the Constitution. In the guise of world peace, Obama seeks to make America truly defenseless and befriend our enemies without counting the cost. In the guise of bringing hope and prosperity, Obama will bring despair and widespread poverty.
I don't think Obama wants to destroy America, I think he actually believes that he can make her better. I don't think he hates America, but on the other hand, I know he doesn't love her. Instead of viewing America as already great, Obama sees her as something that he can make great.
Obama is the most radical liberal/leftist candidate in US history; simply put, Barack Obama is a communist. I'm not afraid to say it because in America one can speak the truth without fear (at least for now). Obama's idea of "spreading the wealth around" and of "fairness" and "change" show us that he thinks it is the government's place and responsibility to control the economic well-being of it's people. Obama believes that a citizen's income belongs to the state and not to the individual. "From each, according to his ability; to each, according to his need," as Karl Marx so eloquently put it. In order to pay for his proposed 1 trillion dollar spending plan on top of America's recent bailout package (which I must say was a blatant and sad step in the direction of socialism), Obama will have no choice but to create a welfare state. The free market, which currently exists more in name than in substance, will be a thing of the past entirely as will private enterprise and capitalism. We have all seen what happens to a country when it does away with economic freedom, and it is not a welcoming thought (ex. USSR, Cuba, Venezuela, etc.).
One of the most disturbing aspects of Obama's rise to power is that the American media have embraced him and manipulated his image in such a way that the average naive and politically apathetic American has no idea of what Obama really stands for. When balanced and objective journalism dies, democracy dies with it and free speech soon thereafter.
If given a filibuster proof congress and with an adoring media already in his back pocket, Barack Obama will have unprecedented power comparable to that of Vladimir Lenin, Adolf Hitler, and Benito Mussolini. He will reign supreme and have the ability to implement all of his changes without interference or opposition.
For all of those who believe in Obama; for all of those who view him as a heroic savior descending from the heavens to save us; I would ask you to remember how the Germans hailed Hitler.
And so I write tonight, eight days before the most important election in United States history (I really do believe this), with a heavy heart and at a complete loss for words. What more can I say? The country that I love like nothing else on this mortal earth is eight days away from selling her soul in exchange for lies and false promises. My country is eight days away from giving up on everything that made her great.
Are we as Americans truly this blind? Have we given up on the American Dream? Have we given up on the greatest experiment in the history of mankind? Have we given up on America?
And while these questions will ultimately be answered eight days from now and in the coming years, as I look at what America is turning into, I can not help but feel sorrow at the present.
John F. Kennedy's mantra of "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country," has been turned into "Ask not what your country can do for you, demand it!"
With such a selfishness pervading our culture is it any surprise that we are losing sight of what made America the greatest nation on earth?
When I contemplate our present situation, I am reminded of a famous quote by one of our founding fathers.
"We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion... Our constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other."
- John Adams
Now take a look at America in 2008. Wickedness is applauded and glorified in our streets. Our children are taught lies in our schools. The sanctity of life is a foreign concept to us. Personal responsibility has become a thing of the past. Those who strive to live a moral life are labeled as "intolerant" and "bigots." Those who believe in God and live their lives in honor of him are seen as weak-minded people in need of a crutch. America has lost her ability to blush.
No matter what happens a week from tomorrow, we as Americans are on a slippery slope leading to ruin. As we continue to move further and further away from God, religion and morality, it will only be a matter of time before this nation ceases to exist and the land of the free and the home of the brave is no more.
H/T An Ol'Broad's Ramblings
Filed under: McCain, Obama, Election, Liars, Media Bias, Marxism, Morality, God, Religion, Mussolini, John Adams, Children, American Dream, Lenin, filibuster proof, Hitler
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By Ed Furey
Monday, Oct 27 2008, 05:07 PM
Watch this short video that explains the truth on the Obama tax plan. Warning: language in the video is PG-13.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=491_5WxfcgI
What Obama is telling people on taxes is just not possible. He is proposing trillions of dollars in spending on new programs. He can tax the crap out of the top 50% and it would not be enough to cover this. People buying into this are akin to the followers of Jim Jones, because this is financial suicide.
I was wrong to suggest that what Obama wants is Socialism, because in truth it borders on Marxism.
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By Ed Furey
Sunday, Oct 26 2008, 12:25 AM
Here is a creative approach to redistribution of wealth as offered in a local newspaper...
Today on my way to lunch I passed a homeless guy with a sign that read, "Vote Obama, I need the money." I laughed.
Once in the restaurant my server had on an "Obama 08" tie, again I laughed as he had given away his political preference--just imagine the coincidence.
When the bill came I decided not to tip the server and explained to him that I was exploring the Obama redistribution of wealth concept. He stood there in disbelief while I told him that I was going to redistribute his tip to someone who I deemed more in need--the homeless guy outside.
The server angrily stormed from my sight. I went outside, gave the homeless guy $10 and told him to thank the server inside as I've decided he could use the money more. The homeless guy was grateful.
At the end of my rather unscientific redistribution experiment I realized the homeless guy was grateful for the money he did not earn, but the waiter was pretty angry that I gave away the money he did earn even though the actual recipient deserved money more.
I guess redistribution of wealth is an easier thing to swallow when it is someone else's money.
Thanks to DF for e-mailing this one to me.
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By Ed Furey
Thursday, Oct 23 2008, 09:21 AM
Some people will vote for a candidate, while others will vote against a candidate. Here is a great compilation source with many, but certainly not all, of the reasons that build a strong case against voting for Obama. http://hotair.com/archives/2008/10/21/the-comprehensive-argument-against-barack-obama/
The greatest hits include: Obama's lack of experience; his extreme pro-baby killing (abortion) stance; historical proof of his extreme socialist tax and spend agenda, including his desires to tax everyone and spread the wealth around; his radical associations with friends and mentors like Bill Ayers, the terrorist who continues to have the same views today as he did in the 60's, and Rev. Wright, his family pastor for the past two decades; his close ties to ACORN (Association of Corrupted Organizations Registering Non-voters) that has illegally used taxpayer money for political activities and promotes vote fraud; his poor foreign policy judgment which includes his mistake on the surge and reckless approach to the Middle East; his disdain for Middle America; his consistency in playing the race card; his lack of accomplishments; his desire to cut anything that helps keep this country secure.
Please read the entire article. It includes a number of videos; many of them use Obama's own words to make the case against him.
As if that weren't enough you can also go to http://smokefilledbackroom.blogspot.com/2008/10/barack-obamas-laundry-list-of-lies.html to see Obama's laundry list of lies.
This post is not designed to change the fogged up minds of those that have been drinking the Blue Kool-Aid. But, for those of you that are undecided and not sure how to vote, this should be more than enough to alarm you about Obama and come Election Day cast your vote for John McCain.
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By Ed Furey
Friday, Oct 17 2008, 12:23 PM
John Murtha: Why would a politician say this even if it were true? John Murtha is a Democratic Congressman from Pennsylvania commenting on why Obama would not win in Western Pennsylvania: "There is no question that western Pennsylvania is a racist area''. Maybe he’s the one that advised Obama, when Obama said that the same people are bitter and cling to religion and guns. Murtha’s divisive and racially insensitive comments will cost him his job.
Jennifer Brunner: Democrat Jennifer Brunner is the Ohio Secretary of State violating federal law requiring her to verify the lists of new registrations. In her own quick check of the lists she has said there are over 200,000 registrations that are questionable. At first, when the District Court ordered her to fulfill her duties she said she would, but now has challenged this ruling sending it to the Supreme Court. What made her change her mind? Probably the Obama campaign telling her that we need to keep as many on the list as possible so that they can steal the election by having others commit voter fraud.
Early Voting - Vote From Home: A group of recent college students is bragging about the fact that they voted illegally in Ohio. Here is the complete story.
Voter ID is a bad idea why? Watch other morons comment.
Joe Biden: Joe can’t seem to count. How many letters in the word J-O-B-S Joe? If Sarah Palin made this comment she would be skewered in the media. Dan Quayle did and was. Watch Joe here:
But we all know that the media is not without it’s own agenda.
Tim Mahoney: Democratic Florida Congressman, Tim Mahoney, won his seat in Congress by promising to return morals and family values to Washington. He has admitted to paying off a former aid, whom he had an affair with and then fired, to try to buy her silence. He is now being accused of having a second affair around the same time. Morals and family values, you can’t make this stuff up.
Left Wing Loonies: I do not lump all democrats into this category, just the ones involved. Joe the Plumber, who happened to be in the right place at the right time for the McCain campaign, was home in his neighborhood where Barrack Obama decided to do some door-to-door canvassing. Joe asked a question and got an answer from Obama that clearly showed Obama’s true intent. The redistribution of wealth – Socialism. Screw the American Dream said Obama. But because this fairly ordinary citizen asked the question that pulled back the curtain on the truths of the Obama campaign, many from Obamanation have taken it upon themselves to try to dig up dirt on this average Joe. Joe is not the point, Obama’s answer to his question is.
Comedy: McCain and Obama both took part poking fun at one another and themselves last night. This was better than any debate.
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By Ed Furey
Wednesday, Oct 15 2008, 11:37 AM
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Barrack Obama is using the “Kitchen Sink” appeal on taxes allowing him to pose as a middle class tax cutter. Posing is something Obama does well; after all he has posed as a US Senator while campaigning for President for most of his term. Kitchen Sink means that he is promising tax cuts for everything and everyone. Let’s combine that with the billions of dollars needed for the government programs that he wants to implement or expand. Unless you are completely ignorant, common sense will tell you this is not possible. One of Obama’s biggest campaign promises is that he’ll cut taxes for 95% of working families. Hell, who wouldn’t love a promise like that? Remember Bill Clinton, he made similar tax cut promises and less than a year later American taxpayers got the bill for Clinton’s reality. So how does Obama back up this 95% claim? Since 33% of tax filers pay no taxes it’s not possible to cut their taxes. Remember when Clinton tried to change the definition of what “is” is? The same thing is happening here. Obama is trying to change the meaning of what a tax cut is. | |