Former Gov. Mike Huckabee and Donald "You're Fired!" Trump have both decided not to run for the GOP nomination in 2012.
"They're all backing out," one person recently quipped to me. "Its all because Obama killed bin Laden. They're afraid to run against him because they won't have a chance."
First, Obama did not kill Usama bin Laden. SEAL Team Six killed bin Laden. It was a concerted effort over three Presidencies to find and take out this delusional, sick madman. Clinton tried, backed off when the first attempt failed. Then Bush directed concentrated resources to find him. And finally, Obama was President when it happened. He did not personally do the intelligence, fly the mission or pull the trigger.
It is certainly a plus that he got to tell the public that America's Number One bad guy was gone. But this one act cannot cover up all the negative he has done for this country. At least in the eyes of conservatives. (You all are welcome to comment and dispute this if you like.) And any true conservative would not balk at the challenge to stop him from continuing down this road.
In 2008, President Obama somehow got into his mind the absolutely erroneous idea that a 49% to 51% is a "mandate from the people" to go ahead with all his crazy programs and policies. He was decidedly slapped down on that notion with all the TEA party activity and the 2010 midterms. The country cannot allow this man to be unchallenged on a serious level in his bid for re-election. There is no telling how much he will believe a re-election win will be a new "mandate" for his policies.
Second, I would not like to think that anyone such as Mike Huckabee would fear running against the President. I would HOPE that no true conservative with the chance to run for the GOP nomination would back out because he or she was intimidated by the President being the one in office when bin Laden was taken out.
Let's face it. No matter who was President, the intel would still have been gathered. (It is absurd to think that our intelligence community would give up even if the President didn't give it high priority.) The order to follow up would still have been given. The approval to go in and take him out would still have happened. Even if Donald Duck or Rumsfeld or Cythia McKinney were sitting in the oval office. Because no intelligence liaison or Sect. of Defense or Joint Chief would have allowed a President to miss an opportunity (again).
So, for The Donald, I believe it was mere ploy (as it was in 1988 and 1992) and he is and always has been the consummate showman who will do what is needed for good PR. Irish author Brendan Behan once quipped, "All publicity is good, except an obituary notice." I am sure Trump is very familiar with this.
As for Gov. Huckabee, he said doesn't feel the sense that God has a nomination in mind. He said when supporters were encouraging him, he felt the love and commitment. But when he was alone, his inner voice differed. He said it best on his blog on HuckPAC website. "All the factors say GO, my heart says NO."
I think the 2012 election cannot be a cake walk for Obama. The death of Usama bin Laden cannot be the deciding factor for millions of Americans. The whole body of work this President has undertaken to steer this country in the wrong direction needs the attention of the American people and they need to speak out loud and stop being led like sheep by the left wing pundits, the liberal leaning mainstream media or the charismatic voice of a President.
American voters need to look deep inside themselves and see the reflection of the ideal America, the one where the American Dream still lives. And they need to then look at the facts of what Obama has done / is trying to do, and they need to make a choice.
The GOP cannot roll over as well. It needs a strong conservative leader who will not back away from the challenge of getting America back on track and getting Americans back to thinking for themselves instead of thinking like sheeple.
Agree or disagree, as usual, and it is fine by me. So long as I got you thinking about other things, looking at things in another light and closing off your ears to the PR spins of everyone out there (yes, even me) and doing some self reflection, then I have done my job. Because hey, this is just me, thinking out loud.
Have a great day.
Monday, May 16, 2011
Sunday, May 15, 2011
Some much needed changes
A very smart group of people were discussing writing, from a professional perspective. I found myself lucky enough to have been nearby to listen in. (Thanks, Angela.) They had some very practical and real world ideas on bringing in clients to their freelance work, what the best way to do some promoting of your work to garner more clients and ways to present yourself in a professional manner.
I found these insights very helpful and took the advice of a very smart man. (Thanks, Vincent.)
So, as you may have noticed, I have made some much needed changes to the site. I hope you like. Let me know.
As for making much needed changes, I suggest that the voting public also needs to make some changes.
With the advent of more corporate money flowing into political campaigns, a one sided media (that may be coming around because us alternate media types are making them look pretty foolish), and a campaign season that is determined to be sleazier, hazier and even more of a popularity contest than ever before.
Stop listening to the commercials.
Stop listening to the rhetoric from the media and from the candidates themselves.
Stop listening to all the radio, television and internet talking heads. (Yea, that means me, too. Even though I won't stop talking.)
And when I say "stop listening," I don't mean stop taking in the information they put out. I mean "STOP LISTENING" and taking it all to heart as gospel. I mean STOP LETTING THEM DO YOUR THINKING FOR YOU!
There is this incredible gray matter stuffed into your skulls between your ears that has all sorts of uses. And one such use is for logical thinking. It has amazing capacity for sniffing out the BS and sifting through the information to get at the facts.
There are so many unbiased places you can find out about the people who want to represent us. Find out what they believe in by finding out what they have done. If it is an elected official, check out his / her votes. Check out the bills they have personally sponsored as opposed to ones they jump on board with after the bill is written. (Some of these just may be repaying favors.) Check out the speeches they make in public, in office and during interviews.
If they have not held office, scrutinize where they come from and what they have done in their lives. If they espouse giving to the poor and homeless and the uneducated, see what they have done in their own loves to this end. have they donated to charities (money or time)? If they have a business, how well was it run? Did the employees like working for them? Have they had any SEC or ethics violations against them?
The American voter needs to know what they believe in as well, and how committed they are to those beliefs. If a the public doesn't know what they believe in with a passion unmatched, then how can they judge the people they elect on their beliefs?
We've got 18 months before the next general election. Between now and then there will be a lot of rhetoric flying around out there. It is about time we cut through all the crap and get to the heart of the truth. It is about time we have leaders who are more interested in leading then filling their own pockets or expanding their own influence. We need leaders who are willing to lead through the hard times and the good, and not just interested in exploiting a "good crisis" to further their own agenda. It is time we stand up and let Washington know that we are tired of the in-fighting, the ideologue mentality and the "we're better than you" mentality. We are tired of back and forth bickering when we need a fix to our problems in the PRESNT not in the FUTURE. Because without leadership and solutions now, we will have no future.
As always, agree or disagree with me, it makes no matter. So long as I make you stop listening and start thinking for yourself, I have done my job. But hey, this is just me, Thinking out Loud.
Have a great day.
Charles
I found these insights very helpful and took the advice of a very smart man. (Thanks, Vincent.)
So, as you may have noticed, I have made some much needed changes to the site. I hope you like. Let me know.
As for making much needed changes, I suggest that the voting public also needs to make some changes.
With the advent of more corporate money flowing into political campaigns, a one sided media (that may be coming around because us alternate media types are making them look pretty foolish), and a campaign season that is determined to be sleazier, hazier and even more of a popularity contest than ever before.
Stop listening to the commercials.
Stop listening to the rhetoric from the media and from the candidates themselves.
Stop listening to all the radio, television and internet talking heads. (Yea, that means me, too. Even though I won't stop talking.)
And when I say "stop listening," I don't mean stop taking in the information they put out. I mean "STOP LISTENING" and taking it all to heart as gospel. I mean STOP LETTING THEM DO YOUR THINKING FOR YOU!
There is this incredible gray matter stuffed into your skulls between your ears that has all sorts of uses. And one such use is for logical thinking. It has amazing capacity for sniffing out the BS and sifting through the information to get at the facts.
There are so many unbiased places you can find out about the people who want to represent us. Find out what they believe in by finding out what they have done. If it is an elected official, check out his / her votes. Check out the bills they have personally sponsored as opposed to ones they jump on board with after the bill is written. (Some of these just may be repaying favors.) Check out the speeches they make in public, in office and during interviews.
If they have not held office, scrutinize where they come from and what they have done in their lives. If they espouse giving to the poor and homeless and the uneducated, see what they have done in their own loves to this end. have they donated to charities (money or time)? If they have a business, how well was it run? Did the employees like working for them? Have they had any SEC or ethics violations against them?
The American voter needs to know what they believe in as well, and how committed they are to those beliefs. If a the public doesn't know what they believe in with a passion unmatched, then how can they judge the people they elect on their beliefs?
We've got 18 months before the next general election. Between now and then there will be a lot of rhetoric flying around out there. It is about time we cut through all the crap and get to the heart of the truth. It is about time we have leaders who are more interested in leading then filling their own pockets or expanding their own influence. We need leaders who are willing to lead through the hard times and the good, and not just interested in exploiting a "good crisis" to further their own agenda. It is time we stand up and let Washington know that we are tired of the in-fighting, the ideologue mentality and the "we're better than you" mentality. We are tired of back and forth bickering when we need a fix to our problems in the PRESNT not in the FUTURE. Because without leadership and solutions now, we will have no future.
As always, agree or disagree with me, it makes no matter. So long as I make you stop listening and start thinking for yourself, I have done my job. But hey, this is just me, Thinking out Loud.
Have a great day.
Charles
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
North Charleston Boeing workers have another option - Columbia Conservative | Examiner.com
Unions used to be important, now they are just greedy, power hungry slugs. And guess who the union leaders have in their pockets? Stealing jobs and stomping on state sovereignty is becoming the hallmark of this Administration.
North Charleston Boeing workers have another option - Columbia Conservative | Examiner.com
North Charleston Boeing workers have another option - Columbia Conservative | Examiner.com
Monday, May 9, 2011
Gingrich’s fatal mistake in snubbing SC GOP - Columbia Conservative | Examiner.com
You know, it would not have been such a big deal if Newt Gingrich had waited until next month (or even in a couple of weeks), to declare his candidacy for the GOP nomination for President in 2012.
It might not have been such a big deal if he decided to declare his candidacy in Iowa or Oregon or New York.
But he decided to declare in Georgia and make a speech to the Georgia GOP during their convention.
Why is this such a big deal? Because he snubbed the 1st in the South GOP Primary state of South Carolina. He is declaring his candidacy in Georgia, right next door to South Carolina and a week after South Carolina's convention. He could not have picked a worse time or a worse location. (Except maybe in North Carolina, but lets not quibble which border.) Voters in South Carolina will not shortly forget his lac of consideration for the Primary state that GOP nominees need if they ever want to be elected. (Not since Reagan has a GOP won the Primary without winning South Carolina.)
Read on:
Gingrich’s fatal mistake in snubbing SC GOP - Columbia Conservative | Examiner.com
It might not have been such a big deal if he decided to declare his candidacy in Iowa or Oregon or New York.
But he decided to declare in Georgia and make a speech to the Georgia GOP during their convention.
Why is this such a big deal? Because he snubbed the 1st in the South GOP Primary state of South Carolina. He is declaring his candidacy in Georgia, right next door to South Carolina and a week after South Carolina's convention. He could not have picked a worse time or a worse location. (Except maybe in North Carolina, but lets not quibble which border.) Voters in South Carolina will not shortly forget his lac of consideration for the Primary state that GOP nominees need if they ever want to be elected. (Not since Reagan has a GOP won the Primary without winning South Carolina.)
Read on:
Gingrich’s fatal mistake in snubbing SC GOP - Columbia Conservative | Examiner.com
Saturday, May 7, 2011
GOP members should stop worrying about "no-shows" at 1st SC debate - Columbia Conservative | Examiner.com
GOP made rules for who could show up at 1st SC debate. But many people, including a US Senator who should have known better, were upset by the "no shows," the popular candidates for the 2012 GOP Primaries. Silly arguments and even sillier statements.
GOP members should stop worrying about "no-shows" at 1st SC debate - Columbia Conservative | Examiner.com
GOP members should stop worrying about "no-shows" at 1st SC debate - Columbia Conservative | Examiner.com
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Rep. Jackie Speier is Lying for Money!
Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA), acting as an agent for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, has decided to send out a "scare" email in order to raise money. And in that email, she is lying.
In the email, Speier states "Last night House Republicans voted in favor of an appalling piece of anti-choice legislation that could force victims of rape and incest to relive their trauma during an IRS audit and deny millions of American women access to life-saving reproductive health care."
But according to the actual Bill (which can be seen here), there is no such language. In fact, it says just the opposite of what Rep. Speier is alleging.
"19 ‘‘§ 308. Treatment of abortions related to rape, incest,
20 or preserving the life of the mother
21 ‘‘The limitations established in sections 301, 302,
22 and 303 shall not apply to an abortion—
23 ‘‘(1) if the pregnancy is the result of an act of
24 rape or incest; or
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•HR 3 EH
1 ‘‘(2) in the case where a woman suffers from a
2 physical disorder, physical injury, or physical illness
3 that would, as certified by a physician, place the
4 woman in danger of death unless an abortion is per
5 formed, including a life-endangering physical condi
6 tion caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself."
Read in (page 5) line 22. It specifically states the bill does NOT impact women pregnant due to rape or incest or with physically dangerous conditions. Therefore, she is lying just to get you to send money to the Democrats for "Rapid Response ads."
This is the lowest of the low and quite frankly I am tired of this type of politics from ALL sides of the political spectrum. If you can't stand on your own merit without trying to scare voters with outright lies, you don't deserve to be a leader of our country.
I know Speier's constituents from California and would never in a million years attempt to recall her. (These loons have some of the most messed up laws in the country, have the most loathsome moral ideas and the loosest sets of values around.) But that is exactly what I think they should do. I think that people like Speier, and the larcenous Jefferson, and the sick child molesting and tax cheating and the money laundering scum that inhabit our highest political offices should all be recalled. But no one is going to recall Schumer, or Jefferson, or any of these other offensive individuals.
It is about time we take our government back from the losers who keep convincing us to re-elect them and then return to their sleazy way of politicking they were up to in between elections. I think it is about time we DEMAND they set term limits, so they don't get comfy in the DC roles. Then we can make them come back to the real world where the rest of America lives before they lose all concept of reality. No more 30, 40, 50 year political office holders. No more politicians beholden to special interests who pay millions to their campaigns.
And along those lines, we should DEMAND that any laws regarding THEM, like raises, should be put before the public in referendum votes. I am tired of Congress giving themselves raises while the rest of us suffer through tough economies. But I digress from the point.
(Here is a copy of the entire text of the email from Speier.)
******************************************************************************************
Charles --
Last night House Republicans voted in favor of an appalling piece of anti-choice legislation that could force victims of rape and incest to relive their trauma during an IRS audit and deny millions of American women access to life-saving reproductive health care.
Their assault on women has nothing to do with saving money and everything to do with forcing extremist beliefs into the tax code of the United States of America.
And they didn't stop there. They used the occasion to sneak in a provision restricting the definition of rape to deny victims access to reproductive health care -- even after they claimed to have removed the language in the face of overwhelming public opposition.
We must take immediate, decisive action against this attack on women's health and reproductive freedom.
Help us hold House Republicans accountable: Contribute $3 or more right now so we can get hard-hitting Rapid Response ads up holding Republican extremists in Congress accountable for their radical assault on women’s health care and reproductive freedom.
Republicans’ H.R. 3 bill would drastically restrict women's options for reproductive services by imposing burdensome new regulations on public and private insurance coverage. If made law, women would be denied using money from their personal health savings accounts to pay for abortion services.
I know how important it is for all women to have access to reproductive health care and it is unconscionable that one party would hold women's health hostage and use the tax code as a moral club to force their religious beliefs on every American.
We are just $27,215 short of our emergency Rapid Response goal of $100,000 by Midnight Tonight to fight this Republican extremism.
Help us hold House Republicans accountable: Contribute $3 or more right now so we can get hard-hitting Rapid Response ads up holding Republican extremists in Congress accountable for their radical assault on women’s health care and reproductive freedom.
With your help, we will stand up to this extremism and protect women’s reproductive freedom.
Thank you.
Rep. Jackie Speier
P.S. House Republicans will stop at nothing to appease their extremist anti-choice Tea Party backers. Please contribute right now so Democrats can get hard-hitting Rapid Response ads up to hold the extremists in Congress accountable for their radical assault on women’s health care and reproductive freedom.
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Agree or disagree, it makes no matter to me. So long as it makes you think for yourselves and stop letting these nimrods tell you what and how to think. But hey, you know, this is just me, Thinking Out Loud.
Have a great day.
In the email, Speier states "Last night House Republicans voted in favor of an appalling piece of anti-choice legislation that could force victims of rape and incest to relive their trauma during an IRS audit and deny millions of American women access to life-saving reproductive health care."
But according to the actual Bill (which can be seen here), there is no such language. In fact, it says just the opposite of what Rep. Speier is alleging.
"19 ‘‘§ 308. Treatment of abortions related to rape, incest,
20 or preserving the life of the mother
21 ‘‘The limitations established in sections 301, 302,
22 and 303 shall not apply to an abortion—
23 ‘‘(1) if the pregnancy is the result of an act of
24 rape or incest; or
PAGE 6
•HR 3 EH
1 ‘‘(2) in the case where a woman suffers from a
2 physical disorder, physical injury, or physical illness
3 that would, as certified by a physician, place the
4 woman in danger of death unless an abortion is per
5 formed, including a life-endangering physical condi
6 tion caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself."
Read in (page 5) line 22. It specifically states the bill does NOT impact women pregnant due to rape or incest or with physically dangerous conditions. Therefore, she is lying just to get you to send money to the Democrats for "Rapid Response ads."
This is the lowest of the low and quite frankly I am tired of this type of politics from ALL sides of the political spectrum. If you can't stand on your own merit without trying to scare voters with outright lies, you don't deserve to be a leader of our country.
I know Speier's constituents from California and would never in a million years attempt to recall her. (These loons have some of the most messed up laws in the country, have the most loathsome moral ideas and the loosest sets of values around.) But that is exactly what I think they should do. I think that people like Speier, and the larcenous Jefferson, and the sick child molesting and tax cheating and the money laundering scum that inhabit our highest political offices should all be recalled. But no one is going to recall Schumer, or Jefferson, or any of these other offensive individuals.
It is about time we take our government back from the losers who keep convincing us to re-elect them and then return to their sleazy way of politicking they were up to in between elections. I think it is about time we DEMAND they set term limits, so they don't get comfy in the DC roles. Then we can make them come back to the real world where the rest of America lives before they lose all concept of reality. No more 30, 40, 50 year political office holders. No more politicians beholden to special interests who pay millions to their campaigns.
And along those lines, we should DEMAND that any laws regarding THEM, like raises, should be put before the public in referendum votes. I am tired of Congress giving themselves raises while the rest of us suffer through tough economies. But I digress from the point.
(Here is a copy of the entire text of the email from Speier.)
******************************************************************************************
Charles --
Last night House Republicans voted in favor of an appalling piece of anti-choice legislation that could force victims of rape and incest to relive their trauma during an IRS audit and deny millions of American women access to life-saving reproductive health care.
Their assault on women has nothing to do with saving money and everything to do with forcing extremist beliefs into the tax code of the United States of America.
And they didn't stop there. They used the occasion to sneak in a provision restricting the definition of rape to deny victims access to reproductive health care -- even after they claimed to have removed the language in the face of overwhelming public opposition.
We must take immediate, decisive action against this attack on women's health and reproductive freedom.
Help us hold House Republicans accountable: Contribute $3 or more right now so we can get hard-hitting Rapid Response ads up holding Republican extremists in Congress accountable for their radical assault on women’s health care and reproductive freedom.
Republicans’ H.R. 3 bill would drastically restrict women's options for reproductive services by imposing burdensome new regulations on public and private insurance coverage. If made law, women would be denied using money from their personal health savings accounts to pay for abortion services.
I know how important it is for all women to have access to reproductive health care and it is unconscionable that one party would hold women's health hostage and use the tax code as a moral club to force their religious beliefs on every American.
We are just $27,215 short of our emergency Rapid Response goal of $100,000 by Midnight Tonight to fight this Republican extremism.
Help us hold House Republicans accountable: Contribute $3 or more right now so we can get hard-hitting Rapid Response ads up holding Republican extremists in Congress accountable for their radical assault on women’s health care and reproductive freedom.
With your help, we will stand up to this extremism and protect women’s reproductive freedom.
Thank you.
Rep. Jackie Speier
P.S. House Republicans will stop at nothing to appease their extremist anti-choice Tea Party backers. Please contribute right now so Democrats can get hard-hitting Rapid Response ads up to hold the extremists in Congress accountable for their radical assault on women’s health care and reproductive freedom.
Contributions or gifts to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee are not tax deductible.
Paid for by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee | 430 South Capitol Street SE, Washington, DC 20003
(202) 863-1500 | www.dccc.org | Not authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee.
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Agree or disagree, it makes no matter to me. So long as it makes you think for yourselves and stop letting these nimrods tell you what and how to think. But hey, you know, this is just me, Thinking Out Loud.
Have a great day.
New Superheroes
The latest Conservative Cartoon from Townhall is great. Check it out.
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As a Navy vet and a proud conservative, I totally agree.
USA! USA! USA!
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As a Navy vet and a proud conservative, I totally agree.
USA! USA! USA!
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