Month: March 2014

On the Stephen Colbert flap #CancelColbert

This is not a blog posting to defend Stephen Colbert; I am not a fan of his show at all.

However, it is a posting to basically point out some obvious things here. I am sure you all have heard about the flap that Colbert has found himself in. You can read more about that, as well as the blogging reactions by clicking here.

I also notice that Michelle Malkin is one of the people, on the so-called “right” that is leading the charge against Colbert. Allow me to say here, what I said over at The American Spectator in the comments section there:

Michelle Malkin is a NEOCONSERVATIVE. Neocons are just like Democrat progressives. They like freedom of speech — just as long as it is inline with THEIR worldview. They are right up there with the progressive Democrats; as they are progressives themselves — when it comes to issues of so-called “offensive speech.”

In the old days, Neocons were called communist conservatives, and for a very good reason.

Hence my reason for ID’ing myself as a paleoconservative, like Pat Buchanan. A former “blue-dog” Democrat tuned Paleoconservative. Because the neocons are not much different than the progressive left, just a new label and not much else.

Did you notice some of the comebacks to the so-called offensive tweet, were actually anti-white? That’s not by accident. Most Progressives and most progressive conservatives AKA neocons are also anti-white. Michelle Malkin is one of those types. Praise the white man, until he does something that is out of bounds on the progressives reservation and then, BAM! Turn on him, like a rabid dog.

That’s the progressive way —- left or right.

Take it from someone who knows the drill; and very well, I might add.

Now, was Colbert’s tweet and segment offensive? Of course it is, snarky satire usually is. But, is that any reason to be going around trying to get Colbert’s show cancelled? No. It is not. If anything, Colbert’s show ought to be cancelled, because his show is quite unfunny. His show, basically, is a send up of Bill O’Reilly’s show; and believe me that little parody got stale eons ago.

As for the protected minorities; they need to seriously look at getting over themselves. Minorities need to stop with the radical Islam approach to freedom of speech. The whole idea that if you insult them, you will be attacked, marginalized and even threatened; is a page right out of the Al-Qaeda playbook. It is called intolerance and it is the antithesis is what America is truly about; and that is freedom of speech.

LOCAL NEWS: Detroit homeowner fatally shoots 2 suspected home invaders

More homeowners in Detroit are finally discovering that guns stop crime cold.

The Story:

Detroit — A homeowner on Tuesday fatally shot two men who’d broken into his west-side house — the latest in a string of self-defense shootings this year.

The incident happened on the 14800 block of Dexter, Detroit Police Sgt. Michael Woody said, although further details were not immediately available.

“Investigators are on the scene as we speak gathering information,” Woody said.

Pastor Barak Holmes of Diverse Deliveren stared across the street from the scene, where the two bodies of the suspected home invaders laid behind a pickup.

“I was sitting in my office, and I heard four shots, and I didn’t think much of it,” Holmes said. “It’s horrific what’s going on in the city, where people have to defend their homes with guns. We have to pray for our city.”

via Detroit homeowner fatally shoots 2 suspected home invaders | The Detroit News.

This is why Detroit homeowners are having to do this:

There have been several home invaders shot or fired upon in recent weeks, and the city has had at least 10 justifiable homicides in 2014.

Detroit has traditionally had a large percentage of the nation’s justifiable homicides by citizens. In 2012, for instance, the last year for which national figures are available, there were 25 justifiable homicides in Detroit, which made up 8 percent of the 310 seen nationwide. Last year, there were 15 justifiable homicides in the city.

Detroit Police Chief James Craig said at a press conference last week that in his 37-year career, he’s never seen as many homeowners defending themselves by shooting intruders. Craig told The News in January he felt the crime rate could be lowered if more “good Americans” were armed, because he said criminals would think twice about attacking them.

“It does appear more and more Detroiters are becoming empowered,” Craig said. “More and more Detroiters are getting sick of the violence. I know of no other place where I’ve seen this number of justifiable homicides.”

It is a simple, undeniable fact: Guns stop crime. Period, end of discussion.

A list of recent examples of this:

■On March 7, a woman in her 50s shot and killed a man trying to break into her home in the 22000 block of Grove Street. She heard noises at her rear window and shot the intruder in the chest.

■On Feb. 22, two home invaders were killed: At 2 a.m., two men broke into a house on the city’s southwest side; the homeowner shot both men. A 21-year-old man died and the other man escaped.

■Earlier on Feb. 22, at 12:30 a.m., a woman who was surprised by a gunman when she pulled her car into the garage was able to reach for her own gun and fatally shoot the man.

■A woman on Feb. 17 opened fire on three teens who kicked in her door. The alleged intruders, ages 14, 14 and 15, were caught by police, and charged with home invasion.

I wonder what people like Dianne Feinstein would say about this?

Exit Quote:

“People who are faced with a dangerous situation are taking matters into their own hands,” Craig said. “We’re not advocating violence; we’re advocates of not being victims. We’re advocates of self-protection. We want people to be safe.

“This should be a message to those who continue to perpetuate violence on Detroiters that enough is enough. You’ve got to be concerned about good Detroiters who aren’t going to stand for it,” Craig said.

“Detroiters are fed up and they are taking action.”

Good for them; Americans have a God-given right to protect themselves against criminals. People like Democrat Dianne Feinstein want to take this right away from you as an American citizen — remember this come 2014 and 2016, and vote accordingly.

Thoughts and Prayers to those in Oso, Washington

Some sad news to report… 🙁

The Video:

The Story:

(Reuters) – The death toll rose to four and 18 people were missing on Sunday from a landslide in Washington state that buried homes and cars under mud and debris up to 15 feet deep, authorities said.

Eight people were also injured when rain-soaked embankments along State Route 530 near Oso, Washington, about 55 miles northeast of Seattle, gave way on Saturday morning and washed out at least six homes.

Snohomish County Fire District 21 Chief Travis Hots said rescuers had found a fourth victim, but they had yet to recover the body.

“I am disappointed to tell you that after searching a very large area of that debris field on foot, we didn’t find anybody alive. There was no sign of life,” Hots told a televised news conference.

The tally of missing was likely to grow, he said. The rescue mission will halt at dusk because of treacherous, quicksand-like conditions, and will resume at dawn on Monday, Hots said.

Washington Governor Jay Inslee flew over the area on Sunday. He told the news conference, “I have a sense that we’re going to have some hard news here.”

via Four dead in Washington state landslide, 18 missing | Reuters.

May the Lord Jesus Christ be with those who are in the affected area and with the families who have lost loved ones in this tragic event.

I think that we all the need to realize; regardless of political stance, that we are all one disaster away from losing everything. My family has been truly blessed that we have not been in anything like this, but we do not gloat about such things. The Lord blessed us greatly. So, I always pray for people who find themselves in this sort of situation.

I think everyone should do likewise.

 

Textbook example of partisan media hypocrisy

One of my many gripes with the liberal media, as opposed to the Conservative media is the utter hypocrisy of the entire thing.

What I talking about?

This:

It seems that one of Tucker Carlson’s employees ever at The Daily Caller got himself into some hot water over some so-called “Sexist Tweets.” Progressive blog Talking Point Memo has the back story on it. Now, I am not saying the guy was right or wrong; in fact, I could honestly care less about what he wrote. However, I have to point something here; utter hypocrisy!

This is what a contributor to Rolling Stone magazine, who is a supposedly a marxist said on twitter:

https://twitter.com/lachlan/statuses/446676805404360704

Michelle Malkin’s former startup blog, Twitchy has this backstory on it.

Now here’s my beef with this whole thing. Tucker Carlson had actually apologize for his employee’s tweet. Now, do you honestly think that Rolling Stone magazine is going to have to apologize for its contributor’s Anti-Semitism? I think not. Which brings me to the point of this posting.

The point is that there is a horrific double standard in the liberal media. If a liberal progressive says something, like this douche-nozzle did; he gets off without any sort of repercussions. However, you let a Conservative say anything that is even remotely sexist, racist or even remotely anti-semitic and there is a utter media frenzy over it. Not to mention that the person who did it and his employer end up have to give an offering to the gods of political correctness.

Now to be clear here; I am not much into tossing around the Anti-Semite card, because I have been accused of that stuff myself. Which, by the way, is a crock of crap. However, I just find it quite amusing that the liberal progressive left; does not live up to the very standards that they like to set for others, who happen to disagree with their political beliefs and personal worldview.

The bottom line is this: If you are going to preach political correctness and are going to insist that we on the political right to conform to some sort of idiotic politically correct code —- at least try to live up to the code yourselves. Otherwise, do not preach to us on the right who decide that we want to say something that does not live up to your idiotic standards.

Controversial Baptist Pastor Fred Phelps has died

Now unlike these people here, I will not make this a hate post.

The Story:

TOPEKA, Kan (WIBW) Fred Phelps Sr., the former head of the Westboro Baptist Church, died late Wednesday night, according to a family member.

Phelps’ son, Timothy told 13 News that his father died just before midnight. Timothy Pheps works at the Shawnee Co. Jail.

Ironically, another son who is a member of the church, attorney Jonathan Phelps told us Thursday morning, “Pastor Phelps is doing just fine.” That, of course, could have been a spiritual reference.

Over the weekend, we learned that Phelps was reportedly “on the edge of death.”

In a statement on his Facebook page, Nathan Phelps, who has been estranged from his father for 30 years, said the senior Phelps was dying in hospice care in Topeka, Kan., and that he had been ex-communicated from his own church in August of 2013.

Fred Phelps was a man bent on delivering a message. He did it by becoming a lawyer and by becoming a minister.

Despite being disbarred in 1979, Fred Phelps pushed his name into the public eye, through the political arena in campaigns to vie for Senator and Governor. Phelps scored 30-percent of the vote in his 1992 senate bid.

In the early 90s, wearing sunglasses and a windbreaker, Fred Phelps was making a name for the family church by holding one of a barrage of picket signs, with the stark messages decrying homosexuality.

via Fred Phelps, former head of Westboro Baptist Church, died, family member says.

I previously wrote about this man and his status within his Church. It also appears that Phelps daughter has confirmed it as well.

Now, a few words on Fred Phelps:

Fred Phelps — No matter what you think about him and his religious beliefs; one thing cannot be denied and that is that Fred Phelps stood for what he believed in — to the point of being an annoying person. Yes, he created a monster. Yes, his beliefs were wrong according to mainstream Christian beliefs and yes, even among mainstream Baptist beliefs, even among Fundamentalists like myself. Yes, He did write and say, and even did things that would be construed as hateful to the rest of America.  However, at least he actually stood for something. Which is rare in these days of “go along to get along.”

These days you cannot even get a Christian or even a Baptist for that matter; especially a high-profile one to even admit that they actually believe that homosexuality is even a sin! Not to mention that, if someone sticks a microphone in front of a Christian and asks them if they think homosexuals are going to hell, you usually get mindless stammering and double-talk.

One can say what they will about Fred Phelps, but one thing that cannot be said about him and that is that he was some sort of a coward. I cannot begin to unwind or even begin to understand what made Fred Phelps tick. However, what I can tell you is this; Fred Phelps had a conviction that drove him to do what he did; even to the point of putting himself and his followers in harm’s way.

To Christians and Baptists alike, Fred Phelps should be remembered as someone who was actually bold enough to take a Biblical stand against homosexuality. Fred Phelps should be remembered as someone who did stand for and believe in the Authority and superiority of the King James Bible. Sure, he was a hardcore Calvinist. Sure, his theology was a bit off by most and even his actions were not considered in good taste. But, at least the man had the audacity to actually stand up and protest against the homosexual lifestyle as a vile, awful, sexual lifestyle that is roundly condemned in the Word of God; Old Testament and New Testament —- Something that of which this writer concurs

May Fred Phelps Rest in Peace and may God be with the Phelps Family this day in their time of loss.

Update: Blogger reactions via Memeorandum

Keith Olbermann was right, The NSA was/is recording every phone call!

The Video:

The Story:

The National Security Agency has built a surveillance system capable of recording “100 percent” of a foreign country’s telephone calls, enabling the agency to rewind and review conversations as long as a month after they take place, according to people with direct knowledge of the effort and documents supplied by former contractor Edward Snowden.

A senior manager for the program compares it to a time machine — one that can replay the voices from any call without requiring that a person be identified in advance for surveillance.

The voice interception program, called MYSTIC, began in 2009. Its RETRO tool, short for “retrospective retrieval,” and related projects reached full capacity against the first target nation in 2011. Planning documents two years later anticipated similar operations elsewhere.

In the initial deployment, collection systems are recording “every single” conversation nationwide, storing billions of them in a 30-day rolling buffer that clears the oldest calls as new ones arrive, according to a classified summary.

The call buffer opens a door “into the past,” the summary says, enabling users to “retrieve audio of interest that was not tasked at the time of the original call.” Analysts listen to only a fraction of 1 percent of the calls, but the absolute numbers are high. Each month, they send millions of voice clippings, or “cuts,” for processing and long-term storage.

At the request of U.S. officials, The Washington Post is withholding details that could be used to identify the country where the system is being employed or other countries where its use was envisioned.

via NSA surveillance program reaches ‘into the past’ to retrieve, replay phone calls – The Washington Post.

I tend to believe that this program was going on long before 2009. In fact, Keith Olbermann talked about it on his show.

Here’s the videos:

So, again, I have to ask; why is this news? I knew about this, back when Keith was still on MSNBC. Which proves another theory that I was always believed; that no matter which political party is in office, the government is still big, the government still does stuff, like this here, and no matter what kind of political posturing goes on, stuff like this here, will continue to happen.

This is also why I simply do not much get into partisan politics. The same stuff that went on, during the Bush Administration; is still going on during the Obama Administration.  Hope and Change was nothing more than a political slogan. The Government had no intention on stopping this sort of a thing. All in the name of “National Security” against something that the United States Government created themselves in the first place! (That being terrorism)

The truth is, that if the United States of America had not opened that military base in Saudi Arabia, the towers in NYC would have never been hit. If we kept our noses out of Arab peninsula; we would not be in the place we are now.

Before anyone says it; this is not a liberal blog posting. I am not a Democrat at all. I voted for Bob Barr in 2008 and Mitt Romney in 2012. I voted for John Kerry in 2004 and Al Gore in 2000. I do not vote party, I vote for whom I think can do a better job, than the current person in office. However, I am not a fool. I know how this Government operates and I do not trust it at all. This above, is a classic example of such. I came into this blogging stuff in 2006, as a skeptical left-of-center, knowing full well what happened during the Clinton Administration with the Waco disaster in Texas. I did not trust the Government after that little event and I still do not. Of course, we all know that the Waco siege led to the Oklahoma City bombing.

I will not lie to you; I have been literally on pins and needles, worried that something, like the Oklahoma City bombing, will happen again. Paranoid people, who are scared of their Government, who have access to things, like Timothy McVeigh did; tend to lash out like that. So far, we have been quite lucky that this sort of a thing has not happened again.

I tend to believe that the reason things like that have not happened again, is because of this beautiful thing we call the internet is in place now and with the advent of blogs, and social media; people tend to be more connected and are able to communicate more and are not as isolated. Which tends to make people feel like they are not alone in their feelings about the Government.

Anyhow, back to the point of this posting. The truth is that this Government of ours, has been doing this sort of a thing for a very long time. I tend to believe that the program as described above, has been going on for a very long time. Just under a different name or something to that effect. Anyone who believes anything other than this; is fooling themselves.