Month: September 2009

Journalism is dead says Mike Huckabee

Hmmmmm….

Former Arkansas GOP Gov. Mike Huckabee, currently a Fox News talk show host, ripped the media this weekend, claiming that journalism has been reduced to “ink-stained drivel that smeared the pages of paper and the people who attempted to read it.”

“I’m sad to report today a death of a good friend to all of us…..Journalism,” Huckabee wrote in a post on his political action committee’s blog. “The once esteemed 4th estate of our nation and the protector of our freedoms and a watchdog of our rights has passed away after a long struggle with a crippling and debilitating disease of acute dishonesty aggravated by advanced laziness and the loss of brain function.”

via Mike Huckabee: Journalism is dead – Andy Barr – POLITICO.com.

Good Lord, don’t tell Keith Olbermann this, please. If he finds this out. He will never stop crying. 😛 😉

Short stories today, not feeling well

I am not going to be writing essays or long articles today. Here’s why…

I’m distracted.

I have a pain the neck… literally.

For some odd reason; I have a nerve or something on my left side of my body, that travels through my neck area. Every now and again, said nerve gets irritated. I take pain meds and try and take it as easy as I possibly can; and it usually goes away. It is not the laying in the fetal position and crying my eyes out kind of pain….yet. But it is just enough to annoy me and give me a slight headache.

Add to this little fact that I have no health-care insurance at all; so, I cannot just zip off the doctor and have them fix me. Although, I’d rather suffer, than have the Government pay for it. Not like it’s life threatening or dreadfully painful. It is just annoying.

Not something I could consider to be a good writing environment, not to mention a thinking environment.

So, today it would be just a title, a few words and a link to said story.

I will be back in full force hopefully tomorrow or the next day.

Prayers, Good JuJu and whatever else you wanna send my way would be most appreciated.

Two Movies on Liberty

First up is The Most Incredible Challenge from 1965.

Synopsis: This film, narrated by Luis Van Rooten and directed by Robert Braverman, was produced by the Radio Liberty (RL) Committee, the parent organization of Radio Liberty, to publicize RL in the United States. The film features RLs production center in Munich, its news-gathering operations around the world, and its transmitter facilities in Germany, Spain, and Taiwan.

For the Licensed Amateur Radio operators that happen to read this blog; who also happen to be fans of old “Boat Anchors” as they are called, see if you spot the old Rockwell-Collins and other such gear in this piece. The place to see it really good, is at the 18:14 mark. Some really nice gear there from Amateur Radio’s greatest era. 😀

The Second is “This Is Radio Free Europe” from 1964:

Synopsis: This film, narrated by Polish broadcaster Andrzej Kzeczenowicz, gives an overview of Radio Free Europes news-gathering and audience research, its production center in Munich, and its transmission operations in Germany and Portugal. Produced by the Free Europe (RFE) Committee, the parent organization of Radio Free Europe, the film helped publicize RFE in the United States. It thus includes solicitations for contributions to the RFE Fund, successor to the Crusade for Freedom, which helped finance RFE.

Folks, I simply offer these videos with this question: Were these station employees, the political bloggers of that era? Are we now the voices of liberty? I like to think that we are the newspaper writers; the ones encouraging the dissent and the debate. Is Russia of old, just a future picture of America? Those are the questions that we must ask ourselves come 2010.

Remember my follow Americas, dissent is not, not has it ever been unpatriotic. The socialist left calls us racists, tea-baggers, rich people with attitudes; we know the truth and we will not stand by idly and allow a socialist oligarchy defeat us or the Nation and the principles in which it was founded upon.  We must fight, not with guns or weapons; this is a battle of ideas and information. The Media, except for perhaps Fox News, is basically carrying water for the establishment. We are the new fifth estate or even possibly the sixth Estate; if there was such a thing. Being in this position of the minority; we must get our collective act together. We need to, as Bloggers and Conservatives, try to stay away from the stupid and the petty. We need to distinguish ourselves from the Alex Jones Conspiracy theory crowd and stick to the mainstream news and offer a counter-view to the main stream media’s view.

I leave you with this Bible verse:

I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom; Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine. For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables. But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.  (2 Timothy 4:1-5 King James Version)

and this timeless quote from The Lord Jesus Christ himself:

And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth. And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind? Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him. I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work. As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.  (John 9:1-5 KJV)

Why would we as Christians, as Conservatives want to be any different?

In Liberty,

-Pat

Prayers Needed

Over at Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler:

My friend LC Azygos’ cousin could use some divine intervention.

She got laid off in January as so many other people, she’s got three kids, and she’s still unable to find a job. Apparently Porkulus didn’t “create or save” her job. Sorry, I just can’t help it sometimes.

Obviously, LC Azygos and the rest of the family have done all they could and continue to do so, but what the lady really needs is a job. So some prayers for her, and all the others who have been put out of a job due to the wonders of Obamanomics, would be very much appreciated.

I know, we’re all hurting right now, but in our hurt we still have that line to G-d. We’ll never lose it. Time to pick up the phone. I know I will.

I can relate, say a prayer for me too. 🙁

Dear Heavenly Father, please help our friend’s cousin find work so she can support her family on her own the way she wants, nay needs to. I do not ask for free presents, nor does she, I only ask that she and so many others like her have the opportunity to earn a living, because in so doing, we learn the joys of sacrificing for something bigger than us.

We do not ask for handouts, but every once in a while we could use a hand up. And, once we have that hand up and are once again able to take care of ourselves and ours, we will, with Your blessings, be able to extend that hand of help to others, sharing Your love, paying it forward, being living testimony to the unconditional, eternal love that is You.

I ask that, humbly, in the name of Your Son, Jesus Christ,

Amen.

Amen.

A note of thanks

I would like to personally and publicly thank reader Beverly, who lives in New Jersey, for your very nice donation to the blog.

It’s those little donations like this one; that make running this blog a joy. It is also good to know that someone out there enjoys what I serve up here. Not that it is about money, but seeing I am in the position that I am in; No Job, Living with Parents, and no prospects of a job — It makes life a little easier.  I will be the first to tell you, my situation could be much worse than it is now and it would be, if it were not for my parents. However, unlike the socialists, I will not run to the Government for a hand out or a solution to my problems. I will rebuild my life —- on my own. I do not need Barry’s Socialist stupidity to do so.

Also, to those of you on twitter, who follow me, I thank you for “Retweeting” my tweets; you guys are amazing. Here’s some numbers for you. Yesterday alone I had 541 people come look at my posting about the Tea Party Protest up in D.C., today there were 265 views on the tea party story. On that 9/11 story that I posted about, there were 100 people that viewed it yesterday.

I know the question that you are asking yourself. “Well, how much was the donation?” Not that it is anyone’s business; but it was $50.00. (Minus PayPal fees, which were dollar and some change) But, Believe me, I am EXTREMELY grateful to get donation of that, or any size, at all. Especially from people that I do not even know or have never met. Especially seeing that ye ol’ Bank account is, at this moment, at 85 bucks and some change. Of course, that will change when PayPal decides to stop holding my donation hostage, which takes about 3-5 days.

Of course, there are some of you, ahem —  shall we say?  —– Well-to-do Conservatives out there, that look at that Donation amount and chuckle to yourselves and say, “That’s a paltry sum…” Well, let me be the first to tell you; You see that little donation button over there on the right hand side, inner side bar, second from the top? Hit it baby; Hard. I am a “Verified Account”, which in PayPal terms, means that I can receive as much as you want to send! Of course, if some charitable Conservative sends me some huge honking, multi-thousand or ever better Multi-Million Dollar donation, I would have to grab my friend Ryan by the shirt collar and ask him the name of that Company that does the LLC registration service. I would also have to open a separate bank account, if things got really, really big. Then my life would get really complicated really fast! Not to mention the IRS would take a shining to me really quick! (That’s hillbilly for get interested really quick for you Yankee folk….)

But first things first, Again, I am eternally grateful to everyone who has, so far, been supportive of my efforts here. Every time someone retweets my twitter postings, I smile, literally. I mean, I am like a little kid, all pointing and giggling at the fact that someone has retweeting my postings. Which is why I have to close tweetdeck at times; otherwise I would get nothing done! 😉

Okay, enough this Halo-Polishing stuff. Let’s get back to Blogging and criticizing Obama and his socialism! Just a quick note, if you have any sort of a insider tip of anything that is happening in Washington D.C. and want to clue me in, I am always ready for the exclusive! You can do some by going to my “Contact Me” page on my Blog and filling out the information and submit your tip. If it is something huge, please provide a contact number, so I can check it out and make sure it is legit. If you wish to remain anonymous; I will respect your confidentiality when reporting the story.  Just as well, if you just want to write to tell something, feel free! Unlike some of these “High falootin” Bloggers who won’t answer e-mails; I read and usually answer every last one!  Now, if you write me and call my daddy a Redneck or my Momma a street walker or a something ugly like that, I most likely will ignore you or I may just put it on the blog, so, that everyone else can see what kinda idiot you really are…. or if you threaten to get the Mafia after me or the Obama knuckle bustin’ committee after me, I will most likely get the F.B.I. involved and ask them pay you a visit. Then again, I could just get Robert Stacey McCain to run naked through your back yard! I mean, that’s enough to make any lost soul come to Jesus. Don’t believe me? Go look at that poor man’s Picture.

Anyhow, enough this silliness. Thanks to everyone!

To Liberty!

-Patrick

Update: Maybe that wasn’t so short after all. Yeah, I changed the name of the title. I get like that; rambling on. 🙄

Blogger Fight Club

Looks like there’s a huge blog war erupting between two Bloggers.

Go here to read.

Get popcorn and plenty of Soda, this one’s gonna get real interesting.

I will just never understand why bloggers, who worked their tails off to become the huge stars that they are; turn right around and do themselves in like that. It just does not make any sense.

Ah well, at least I’m not in the line of fire. 😉

Lies, Damned Lies and more Lies

I notice in the Blogosphere today that the Liberals are accusing Conservatives of lying about the turn out in Washington D.C.

How ironic that the Socialists are crying foul about lying; seeing that their own dear leader is quite the liar himself.

Let’s review, shall we?

My that’s quite a bit of lying.

I think his nose should be growing…

Remember this little whopper of a big lie?

…and the Kool-Aid Drinkers bought it; hook, line and sinker.

So, perhaps…. Joe Wilson; was right?

Of course, the bill was changed, after Joe Wilson called the President on it. But still, are not these other lies legit? I think they are.

Exit Question: If a Republican lied like this man has, would not he be held to a higher scrutiny? But because he is a black liberal, he skates for free? Isn’t that the honest truth?