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April 21st 2010
The day our president and congress shredded the Constitution.
Sad, sad, sad
HFBC
dh
Three Coffee Rant
Our Government.
Im sorry to inform you folks, it hasn’t been our government for a while now.
More on that later.
I’m up this Sunday morning having my coffee and reading the latest news online. And it distress me. The guys and girls in Congress are about to pass (through shenanigans and back room dealery (what ever happened to transparency?) the Health Care Reform Act.
Fully one sixth of the economy will now be under the control of our “representatives” in d.c. along with Chrysler, GM and most of the Banks.
When did it become necessary for government to take over an industry to fix it. More importantly, when did we as citizens become so god damn lazy that we let them do it.
A majority of the people believed the “HOPE and CHANGE” rhetoric coming from the candidate Obama, we’ve sure seen the “change”.
I wonder how they feel now?
Oh I’m sure many are dancing in the streets and celebrating for this great “victory”, all the while scoffing at the “uninformed” who opposed such a take over.
There are also those who are more than a little disappointed in his governance.
I wont use the “S” word…o.k. I will… It all smacks of Socialism.
There is a divide in the Country. And it is getting deeper.
The folks in d.c. just keep handing out shovels and wondering why all the discord.
In this respect no one party is less guilty than the other.
With very few exceptions, the whole bunch are guilty as hell. Guilty of not following the will of the people, guilty of bending over for the Lobbyist, guilty of just being Jerks.
I know its not against the law to be a jerk, if it were most of the people on the highway would be behind bars, but why do we keep putting them in such places of power and control over our lives?
Im ranting now, and that wasn’t my purpose. That third cup of coffee must be kicking in.
This government has just really let me down. Both Democrats and Republicans.
Short of winning the lottery and heading off to a remote spot in the Hill Country, I, like the rest of you will just have to deal with it.
I hope my friends who support this type of thing enjoy the day. Revel in your victory over the unwashed and ill-informed masses.
Just remember, November is right around the corner,……. and we can send a whole new crop of Jerks out to do our bidding.
Have Fun
Be Careful
dh
then again, the bill may not pass….
hope shines eternal…
there’s that “HOPE”
Elwood P. Dowd’s ‘Philosphy’ of Life
Years ago my mother used to say to me, she’d say, "In this world, Elwood, you must be" — she
always called me Elwood — "In this world, Elwood, you must be oh so smart or oh so pleasant."
Well, for years I was smart. I recommend pleasant. You may quote me.
James Stewart as Elwood P. Dowd,
I wish I had come up with that,
I am glad some one did..
dh
GIANT HOLES
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A Beautiful Spring Day
Man, It is gorgeous out today.
It’s still early yet and I’m on my third cup of Community but we are getting ready for a nice ride on the scoots.Out and about.Days like this are what living on the Third Coast is all about.
more later.
have fun be careful
The Wood Spider…..
I read a blog this morning.
I have friends and family that that post their thoughts, speculations, ruminations, and occasionally a political belief or two on their blogs.
I love it. It is after all one of the purist forms of free speech still left on the planet, for now anyway.
A recent post I viewed quoted the New York Times with some ridiculous remarks supposedly made by Congressman Ted Poe of Texas. To be fair, Congressman Poe is my Congressman. I may be a little biased. I admit that. But Poe is without a doubt one of the few honest and plain spoken Congressmen left in D.C.
His record as a Federal Judge and his unique and effective sentencing practices speak volumes as to this mans character.
Back to the quote.
In the aforementioned blog, the New York Times, in reporting on congress’s involvement in potential regulation of professional football due to anti trust issues and injuries (?), and sports in general, quoted Poe as saying, “Republican Ted Poe of Texas said that football as we know it could be destroyed if we move toward greater protectiveness”.
Here is the problem and the danger, The times, like the Huffington Post and others continually take “quotes” either out of context or they don’t bother to print the full text. They massage the news to fit their own left leaning agenda. [Lets make the dufus rep. from down south look like a moron.]
The actual quote in its entirety from the Congressional Record is as follows,
“Rep. Lamar Smith of Texas, the top Republican on the panel, said that while Congress can highlight the consequences of playing football, “the NFL does not need Congress to referee this issue.”
“Football, like soccer, rugby and even basketball and baseball, involves contact that can produce injuries,” Smith said. “We cannot legislate the elimination of injuries from the games without eliminating the games themselves.”
Several other Republicans questioned the point of the hearing. Rep. Ted Poe of Texas said that Congress’ involvement in football would mean the end of the sport.
“We’d all be playing touch football,” he said.”
The jest of this was the potential regulation of professional sports by the government, like congress has nothing better to do.
Back to the quote. I had no problem finding the actual quote. I am no journalist, yet the actual quote and the quote attributed to Poe by the Times are not the same.I went to the Times web site and the blog post was correct. What gives?
The moral to this lesson, yes there is a moral, be careful where you get your information. What you may think are unbiased, fair and balanced news gathering BUSINESS’S are in fact (in some cases ) advancing a propaganda that they hope will influence the reader to lean more to their agenda. I’m not blaming the Blog’s author on this error. Like most folks we tend to get our news from sources that tell us what we want to hear, where we are comfortable, its not necessarily the whole truth. This is a problem for everyone. Lets be diligent. Lets do the fact checking, we can’t count on the media to do it.
This is the responsibility of all Americans in so much it is the only way to truly keep tabs on our government and our World. We can no longer allow someone else or something else to tell us what is right or wrong, truth or lies without a little do-dilagence on our part
dh
As a mater of record, I found the actual quote on the HouseCongressional web site via a link from the Fox News Web site. Why couldn’t the Times have done that? Journalism….well kiss my ass.
dh
Ooops, I almost forgot.
GEAUX SANITS!!!!! WHO DAT !!!!!
Here I come to save the day
Aren’t we lucky.
All it took was one more Republican elected to the Senate and Super O is out to save the middle-class.
We’ll see.
Activist should learn to "pick" their battles
NEWS FLASH……..Three Reported Missing After Animal Rights Activists Take “War on Leather” to Motorcycle Rally.
Pennsylvania – ~Three Reported Missing After Animal Rights Activists Take “War on Leather” to Motorcycle Rally.~ Johnstown, PA: Local and state police scoured the hills outside rural Johnstown, Pennsylvania, after reports of three animal rights activists going missing after attempting to protest the wearing of leather at a large motorcycle gang rally this weekend. Two others, previously reported missing, were discovered by fast food workers “duct taped inside several fast food restaurant dumpsters,” according to police officials. “Something just went wrong,” said a still visibly shaken organizer of the protest. “Something just went horribly, horribly, wrong.” The organizer said a group of concerned animal rights activist groups, “growing tired of throwing fake blood and shouting profanities at older women wearing leather or fur coats,” decided to protest the annual motorcycle club event “in a hope to show them our outrage at their wanton use of leather in their clothing and motor bike seats.” “In fact,” said the organizer. “Motorcycle gangs are one of the biggest abusers of wearing leather, and we decided it was high time that we let them know that we disagree with them using it… Ergo, they should stop.” According to witnesses, protesters arrived at the event in a vintage 1960’s era Volkswagen van and began to pelt the gang members with balloons filled with red colored water, simulating blood, and shouting “you’re murderers” to passers by. This, evidently, is when the brouhaha began. “They peed on me!!!” charged one activist. “They grabbed me, said I looked like I was French, started calling me ‘La Trene’, and duct taped me to a tree so they could pee on me all day!” “I… I was trying to show my outrage at a man with a heavy leather jacket. And, he… he didn’t even care. I called him a murderer, and all he said was, ‘You can’t prove that.’ Next thing I know is he forced me to ride on the back of his motorcycle all day, and not left me off, because his girl friend was out of town and I was almost a woman.” Still others claimed they were forced to eat hamburgers and hot dogs under duress. Those who resisted were allegedly held down while several bikers “farted on their heads.” Police officials declined comments on any leads or arrests due to the ongoing nature of the investigation, however, organizers for the motorcycle club rally expressed “surprise” at the allegations. “That’s preposterous,” said on high ranking member of the biker organizing committee. “We were having a party, and these people showed up and were very rude to us. They threw things at us, called us names, and tried to ruin the entire event. So, what did we do? We invited them to the party! What could be more friendly than that? You know, just because we are all members of motorcycle clubs does not mean we do not care about inclusiveness. Personally, I think it shows a lack of character for them to be saying such nasty things about us after we bent over backwards to make them feel welcome.” When confronted with the allegations of force feeding the activists meat, using them as ad hoc latrines, leaving them incapacitated in fast food restaurant dumpsters, and ‘farting on their heads,’ the organizer declined to comment in detail. “That’s just our secret handshake,” assured the organizer.The above is purely fictitious and used without permission of any kind…..But it is damn funny.
dh
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