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Hypocrites

This is late in coming..........but freedom of speech takes another wrong turn as we see Imus taken off the airwaves.

"Greek Homos" (Sharpton) and "Hymies" (Jackson) comes to mind. Who's next to be silenced? My vote is for Al Sharpton.

Here's some interesting thoughts:

If Imus was a conservative instead of a liberal would he have been fired? I'm not so sure..........the liberals/msm probably would want that conservative to stay disgorging garbage to nosh the notion that conservatives are racists. Just a theory (a weak one at that....... but just for the sake of argument).

How will this effect politics? The radio is full of Becks, Limbaughs, and Hannitys........? Is Howard Stern the only liberal left..........I guess there's Sharpton--who in my estimation is the biggest racist of them all.

Does anyone else get tired of the fact, that any incident involving a black person/s, Jackson and Sharpton are the first people there absorbing the spotlight? Whether it's a murderer getting the death penalty (the founder of the crypts), a black man getting shot in NYC (one of the cops was black himself), or OJ Simpson......geez--I'm just getting started............I get tired of them making racial issues out of everything............granted--the Imus comment was a nasty racist comment, but I think Sharpton blew it up, was unforgiving, and self-promoting.

I am glad that people were outraged by Imus's mistake.......I'd be worried if America wasn't. But isn't that what it's all about? Even though Imus didn't intend for this, he has promoted argument and discussion regarding racism.........I fail to recognize the benefits of shutting him up.

The Second Coming Is Here!

2 comments Posted by James at 9:28 AM

"All of this is a response to what I've been witnessing and hearing, this idea that Barack is sort of a potential savior that might come and absolve the country of all its sins," Cordero said. "In a lot of ways it's about caution in assigning all these inflated expectations on one individual, and expecting them to change something that many hands have shaped."

Does this offend anyone? It doesn't offend me.....I've been annoyed with Obama's unsubstantiated star status, but I do feel sorry for him and the expectations placed on him by his followers (especially since we skeptics haven't seen anything he's done give his proclamations credence).

The Squirrel Never Had a Chance!

2 comments Posted by James at 6:31 AM

This story is funny. It not only was done by the Boston Globe, but done by a liberal journalist by the name of Scott. I've always had some sort of respect for Scott--partly because he always replies to my emails, but I am blown away that for once--the Globe does something that avoids placing Mitt on the Dark Side.

Long lost twins?

0 comments Posted by Josh at 10:39 AM

I think so.

Newt Gingrich and Garrison Keillor

Incentives or Regulations?

12 comments Posted by James at 8:49 AM

I have serious problems with Republicans who deny the impact we have on our environment. But I have just as many issues with Democrats who want to stifle growth.

We need to be innovative, embrace new technologies and science, and give entrepeneurs incentives.

Saving the environment can have many economic advantages.........especially if WE lead the innovative movement for alternate fuels, transportation, and energy consumption. Imagine the jobs and money created from using our own fuel resources (ethanol, methane, or electricity sans fuel), making our own (and for the world) environment-friendly vehicles (hybrids, fuel-cells, or ethanol engines), and etc. There is so much growth and money to be made.........

I am anxiously awaiting the day we stop buying oil from people who hate us, the government isn't controlled by powerful oil corporations, and we Americans buy into the system--by that, I mean we need to be more pro-active (buying a compact hybrid instead of buying a Hummer could be a nice start).

Check out this debate:

I fail to recognize Kerry's point........besides informing us that Newt has stated that their is insufficient evidence of significant climate change due to human causation.

The Media is Discrediting Romney's Fundraising

1 comments Posted by James at 8:37 AM

The New York times has been pretty annoying this week. They made sure to point out (along with Good Morning America) that 15% of Romney's money comes from Utah.

That's fine, 'cause that's the truth. But you Take 15% from 23 million and that is still more than any Republican.

They seem to forget that Mitt saved the Olympics in Utah.......one would expect more name recognition there even if he wasn't LDS.

I have yet to see newspapers making a big deal about how many blacks support Obama, how many women support Clinton, and how many folks in Hollywood support the both of them.

NYT is trying to discredit Romney's money........what is a man who is down in the polls (now #1 in New Hampshire though) and has little name recognition supposed to do? Deliberately try to make less money so that his funds are respectable??????? I give kudos to Romney with dealing with the hand he is dealt with and being extremely innovative in his campaign.

Here is today's article on Romney.......the title alone is slanderous......the content is almost fair, but too me it's negative and biased. Please tell me what you think of this article: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/06/us/politics/06romney.html?pagewanted=1&_r=2

I Will Not Support Rudy

1 comments Posted by James at 5:39 AM

It's not so much that he's pro-choice......but he expects me to pay for aborted babies. I don't care if the woman is poor..........if she's too poor to have an abortion, I bet she has medicaid and can give up her unwanted mistake for adoption. Besides, the way things are now--any woman can have a free pregnancy--she just has to refuse to pay the medical bill and Uncle Sam will eventually pick it up.

I understand that abortion is a constitutional right, but to have me pay for them infuriates me. http://www.cnn.com/POLITICS/blogs/politicalticker/

Who Elected Pelosi to be President?

7 comments Posted by James at 4:35 PM

I guess the Queen of Bush Slander is just doing her patriotic duty presenting her own foreign policy out there in friendly Syria.

Thanks Nancy for fulfilling your promise to reach out across the aisle to help better unify our nation.

What is she doing?????????

Dear liberals,

feel free to bash our president, the U.S., the soldiers, your republican parents.....but have the courtesy to do it within our borders. After all, this is a time of war......we don't need to be wearing our weaknesses out on our sleeves. Man, wouldn't it be great if unity wasn't a weakness anymore?

Thank you, James McCann

Bring on the mudslinging!

1 comments Posted by Josh at 11:53 AM

As much fun it is to rail on politics, I realized that it is going to be a long haul until the election next year. Both Romney and Clinton have raised absurd amounts of money which doesn't portend well.

Folks, it's gonna get ugly. Real ugly.

Can we call him Moneybags Mitt now?