Month: May 2014

Lamar Advertising caves to the anti-southern crowd

The Southern Nationalist Network reports:

The League of the South’s newest ‘secede’ billboard was only up a day and in that short time became the subject of a lengthy and mostly positive news article by AL.com. That article quotes Dr Michael Hill, president of the League of the South, as saying:

The League of the South has a message all freedom-loving Southerners ought to hear. It is the message of Southern independence from a sinking, corrupt, and destructive government in Washington, DC.

The AL.com article was a hint at what might have been with a great number of people either seeing the billboard in person in Montgomery or hearing of it through the media.

Then, this afternoon, Dr Hill broke the news on a League Facebook page that he had received an email from Lamar Advertising saying that the billboard would be taken down:

Dr. Hill,

As you are aware the League of the South billboard was installed Friday. Since then, we have had several complaints and several customers have stated they will discontinue advertising with us if the ad stays. For these reasons we are forced to have the copy removed. We will issue you a credit for the amount charged.

Thank you in advance for your understanding,

Adam Freeman

Dr Hill has promised ‘We will take all the legal action advised by our attorneys. I cannot discuss any specific legal issues on here.‘ He did mention ‘if y’all so desire, you can call Lamar Rep. Adam Freeman at (334) 281-0780. Perhaps a few pro-LS calls will help us out.’

On their Facebook page Lamar Advertising of Montgomery says:

…[W]e provide a wide range of possibilities to get your message seen and your advertising dollar stretched. Our products include posters, bulletins, and digital billboards. Wherever you may be, we’ve got you covered.

But in this case, clearly Lamar did not have us covered. We do indeed have a message that we want to get out. And Lamar was very helpful in getting that message out in Tallahassee. But when a little pressure was applied in Montgomery the company folded rather than stand by its customers. This is very disappointing.

One thing to come out of this is confirmation that our message of Southern independence is powerful and one which threatens our enemies. Their reaction to the billboard tells us that the message works. We will not allow this setback to halt our campaign for the Southern people.

 

Video: Imperial Decay

Some thoughts here before I post this video. I want it to be publically known; that this video is NOT intended to be a slam against the United States Military As the Miltary simply takes it’s orders from the Government leaders. It is, I feel, a very valid criticism of the United States Government. It is also a legit criticism of both political parties; both of whom have bankrupted this Country. They have done this by wars, ripping out banking regulations which brought on the crash of 2008 and many other things too many to list here.

As this video does state, the jig is up, the game has changed; and more people are paying attention to what the Government is doing. This was clear when the American people protested the idea of going into Libya.

Some people might disagree with some of the opinions expressed in this video; but I believe one thing that we can all agree on, is that the United States Government has become terrible large and overreaching; especially in this day of the Obama Presidency.

Enjoy the video:

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Whoa: NYT supposedly fires female executive editor for demanding equal pay

I missed this yesterday, because my Dad’s been in the hospital for the past week. He is coming home today. The doctor said he had COPD; and thought at first that he might have had a light heart attack, but yesterday told me, that he doubted that now.

Anyhow, this one must have hit late yesterday and I missed it.

Via The New Yorker Blog Currency:

Fellow-journalists and others scrambled to find out what had happened. Sulzberger had fired Abramson, and he did not try to hide that. In a speech to the newsroom on Wednesday afternoon, he said, “I chose to appoint a new leader of our newsroom because I believe that new leadership will improve some aspects …” Abramson chose not to attend the announcement, and not to pretend that she had volunteered to step down.

As with any such upheaval, there’s a history behind it. Several weeks ago, I’m told, Abramson discovered that her pay and her pension benefits as both executive editor and, before that, as managing editor were considerably less than the pay and pension benefits of Bill Keller, the male editor whom she replaced in both jobs. “She confronted the top brass,” one close associate said, and this may have fed into the management’s narrative that she was “pushy,” a characterization that, for many, has an inescapably gendered aspect. Sulzberger is known to believe that the Times, as a financially beleaguered newspaper, has had to retreat on some of its generous pay and pension benefits; Abramson had also been at the Times for many fewer years than Keller, having spent much of her career at the Wall Street Journal, accounting for some of the pension disparity. (I was also told by another friend of hers that the pay gap with Keller has since been closed.) But, to women at an institution that was once sued by its female employees for discriminatory practices, the question brings up ugly memories. Whether Abramson was right or wrong, both sides were left unhappy.

Needless to say, both side of the political aisle are all over this. Seems that the NYT is taking its cue from the 2008 election, where a black man basically pushed out a white woman; ironic isn’t it? What was this thing about the “War on women” that the Democrats are always yowling on about all the time?

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My Contribution to the Ann Coulter Twitter takedown

But, first here is the story:

Ann Coulter’s bullshit conservative troll game is slipping. In her zeal to land a jab against… Twitter? Michelle Obama? Nigerian schoolgirls?… she opened a door for her detractors, and they jumped through it with a two-leg flying kick of Photoshop fury.

The way Coulter’s game is supposed to work is 1) she says something bigoted or just plain dumb and trollish, 2) outraged critics say something she can twist as sexist, 3) she positions herself as the victim, 4) she wins. But if she looks like a fucking tone-deaf joke of a demagogue instead of a victim, it doesn’t really work.

That’s where Twitter comes in. Here’s the backstory: Michelle Obama, among others, made the hashtag #bringbackourgirls trend, a viral if superficial way to draw mainstream attention to the plight of the 234 Nigerian teen girls kidnapped by an Islamist militant group called Boko Haram. Never mind that anti-Islam conservatives were the first folks to scream for media attention to this story; the nascent right-wing meme is now that Michelle Obama trivialized the story by hashtagging it.

via Here Is a Collection of Twitter Trolls Teaching Photoshop to Ann Coulter.

Here are my three that I posted on twitter:

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and this one:

In case you are wondering why I am doing this; It seems that Ann likes to mock people who are disabled, like my Aunt. I used to like her, alot and it shows in my blog archives. Well, now, not so much.

LA Clippers owner Donald Sterling says he was baited into his comments

This does not surprise me one bit.

The Story:

(CNN) — Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling says he’s sorry but feels he was “baited” to make racist comments, nearly two weeks after the NBA fined him and banned him for life for his remarks in a recorded conversation.

“When I listen to that tape, I don’t even know how I can say words like that. … I don’t know why the girl had me say those things,” he told CNN’s Anderson Cooper in an exclusive interview set to air on Monday.

“You’re saying you were set up?” Cooper asked.

“Well yes, I was baited,” Sterling said. “I mean, that’s not the way I talk. I don’t talk about people for one thing, ever. I talk about ideas and other things. I don’t talk about people.”

Sterling, an 80-year-old married lawyer and billionaire real-estate investor, hasn’t spoken publicly about the accusations since celebrity gossip website TMZ posted a 10-minute audio recording of him that drew widespread condemnation from fans, players and the league.

via Donald Sterling tells Anderson Cooper: ‘I’m asking for forgiveness’ – CNN.com.

I do not doubt his word on being baited. Sounds to be like some ex-whatever you wanna call it, coaxed him into saying the stuff he did and recorded it in retaliation for not getting paid or something.

Now I will tell you this; you watch. Donald Sterling will go through a period, where he will have to grovel at the altar of political correctness. Then, after a while, the powers-that-be at the NFL will finally lift his lifetime ban and he will be reinstated, like nothing ever happened. Why? Because he is of the right ethnic background, as is the current NBA commissioner.

Now, had Sterling been a WASP, like myself. He would be finished, personally and financially. However, because he is of the protected minority sort; and did attack someone within the liberal’s protected status, all will be forgiven in a short time and all of this will blow over, as if nothing ever happened.  You watch and see if I am not correct.

Financial, ethnical  and social status have their privileges and we are about to see just what those privileges entail. Now, if I am wrong; I will be quite pleased to see the NFL carry out this sort of a punishment. However, something tells me, that a period of groveling will take place and then a magical forgiveness and restoration will take please. You watch and see, if I am not correct.

 

For my Mother, with Love.

There are many things that I can say about my Mother.

The question is, where do I start?

I want it to be publically known that my Mother has put up with more from me, than *any* other Mother would ever put up with.

While her nieces and nephews were out, being successful, getting married and having kids; her son, was still living at home and single.

While her nieces and nephews were out buying houses and starting families; her son was still living in her basement.

But, My Mother never complained at all. In fact, she likes the help around the house.

When I starting writing about politics, first as a left of center; things were fine, we agreed on much and truth be known, we still do — in 2007, when I realized that I simply did not agree with the Democrats and just could not continue to write in support of them — the first thing I asked myself and worried about was, “What will my Mother think?”

But, much to my shock and surprise, my Mother simply said, “it’s your business.” Which was kind of a let down, I figured she would ball me out, just a little. Truth is, we agree on some things. Between you and me; I think she’s a bit more to the right, than she thinks. 😛

I am thankful that my Mother decided to stay devoted to my Father, no matter what, because giving up and filing for divorce would have been the easy way out. She told me once, long ago; that she married for good and bad, rich or poor; good times and bad. For this alone, I am very grateful. I am sure my Dad is too, especially now.

I am grateful that my Mother decided to tough it out, with a kid who had ADHD and not decide that she couldn’t deal with it and give me up for adoption. I’m glad that my Mother chose life and did not go to some backyard abortion mill and have me aborted. Although, I tend to think that she wished she had, at times. Especially when I was younger.

But, most of all; I am simply grateful for my Mother. I wouldn’t trade my upbringing and life with her, and Dad for anything in this world at all. Money, fame, anything. I have, I must say; the greatest Mother any man could ever ask for.

God bless you Mom. You are the greatest.

Signed,

Patrick

The Obama Administration’s useful idiots and water carriers

First of all, before you read my screed; go read Ed Morrissey’s. He puts it a bit better than I will. 🙂

Quote:

When Jay Carney was grilled at length by Jonathan Karl of ABC News over an email outlining administration talking points in the wake of the 2012 Benghazi attack, it was not, by the reckoning of many observers, the White House press secretary’s finest hour. Carney was alternately defensive and dismissive, arguably fueling a bonfire he was trying to tamp down.

But Carney needn’t have worried. He had plenty of backup.

He had The New Republic’s Brian Beutler dismissing Benghazi as “nonsense.” He had Slate’s David Weigel, along with The Washington Post’s Plum Line blog, debunking any claim that the new email was a “smoking gun.” Media Matters for America labeled Benghazi a “hoax.” Salon wrote that the GOP had a “demented Benghazi disease.” Daily Kos featured the headline: “Here’s Why the GOP Is Fired Up About Benghazi—and Here’s Why They’re Wrong.” The Huffington Post offered “Three Reasons Why Reviving Benghazi Is Stupid—for the GOP.”

It’s been a familiar pattern since President Obama took office in 2009: When critics attack, the White House can count on a posse of progressive writers to ride to its rescue. Pick an issue, from the Affordable Care Act to Ukraine to the economy to controversies involving the Internal Revenue Service and Benghazi, and you’ll find the same voices again and again, on the Web and on Twitter, giving the president cover while savaging the opposition. And typically doing it with sharper tongues and tighter arguments than the White House itself.

via Progressive Bloggers Are Doing the White House’s Job – NationalJournal.com.

The sad part is, I used to be a part of that side of the fence and yes, I even used to read those blogs. What did it for me was when I began to see that the left was not about objectivity; but rather about propaganda.  Heck, even about Bush they were known to lie and distort the truth. The truth is about Iraq; is that Bush invaded, based upon the intelligence that he had at the time; and he didn’t “trust, but verify.” The truth is, our Government just assumed that Saddam had weapons of mass destruction, this was because the inspectors and our Government were being given the run around by Saddam and his Government. Now in hindsight, this was a bad choice, by Bush and Congress, of course. However, that is a far cry from Bush actually knowingly lying and allowing four thousand America servicemen to die. My point is that is what the left says about Bush, all the time.

So, now that Obama is in the White House, things switched up. They are in defensive mode of the President. The progressive blogosphere is really the White House’s useful idiots. The White House uses them, but, they keep them at a distance. The reason is, because the White House doesn’t like it, when they have the gall to actually criticize the President, which does happen from time to time. The sad part is that it is really for nothing at all. You think the Democrats or the progressive Blogosphere actually accomplished anything? Heck no! They did not stop the Iraq War. They never got Bush impeached. So, really, the Leftist blogosphere is a joke, in my opinion. Not to mention that they are really a hate-filled group, that defends things that I simply cannot; which is why I left them for good.

Just my opinion.

Other Bloggers, both sides, your milage may vary: The Democratic Daily, CANNONFIRE, No More Mister Nice Blog, Hot Air, The Daily Caller and Hullabaloo

Quote of the Day

Comes via David Cloud’s Friday Church News Notes:

DID YOU OBEY 1 TIMOTHY 2:1-4 TODAY? (Friday Church News Notes, May 9, 2014, www.wayoflife.org, fbns@wayoflife.org, 866-295-4143) – I am convinced that if the Lord’s Bible-believing churches would earnestly, regularly, and often pray for the nation, great things could happen. This is true for any nation, but here I am referring specifically to America. We are in dire straights. There is no wisdom in high places. If we would stop leaning on the arm of the flesh (e.g., political activity, conservative talk radio, Fox News, complaining and fretting) and instead cast ourselves fervently upon the arms of the Almighty, we might see real supernatural change for the better. Could we not have some special prayer meetings just for this purpose? Could we not pray with fasting? At the very least, could we not bring this matter before God at every meal and in every church service? Is our liberty and our grandchildren’s liberty not worth the effort? Sure, the signs of the end times are everywhere, but the mystery of iniquity has been working for 2,000 years and the reigns of the times are in God’s hands, not the devil’s. Jehovah is the God of the times and the seasons (Daniel 2:20-21). He is the One who “now letteth” or restrains the devil’s program (2 Th. 2:7), and He can restrain as long as He pleases and as much as He pleases. Do we believe that God’s hand has gone slack in these apostate times? “I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour; Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth” (1 Tim. 2:1-4). “If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land” (2 Chronicles 7:14). “Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not” (Jeremiah 33:3).

 

Robert Plant does not want to live in Led Zeppelin’s past

There has been a great deal of talk and hype about Led Zeppelin doing a reunion tour — and Robert Plant is having none of it.

Robert Plant – Just another pissy old, overpaid, overrated rock star

Quote:

It’s been nearly seven years since the show at the 02, and the topic of Zeppelin’s aborted tour still rankles Plant, who has come to a pub near his North London home to talk about the group’s new series of archival release. As explains himself his decision to not tour with Zeppelin, he leans forward with menace, and his eyes nearly double in size. “You’re going back to the same old shit,” he says. “A tour would have been an absolute menagerie of vested interests and the very essence of everything that’s shitty about about big-time stadium rock. We were surrounded by a circus of people that would have had our souls on the fire. I’m not part of a jukebox!”

Nearly all of Plant’s peers are happy to deal with such a circus considering the insane financial rewards. “Good luck to them,” he sneers. “I hope they’re having a real riveting and wonderful late middle age. Somehow I don’t think they are.”

Needless to say, Jimmy Page has a very different take on the situation. “There’s bound to be fallout if you just do one show,” he says. “At the time of the 02 show we were led to believe there were going to be more. You’ll have to ask Robert why he changed his mind. I don’t even know if he considered it. I don’t know what he thinks.”

via Robert Plant Slams Idea of Zeppelin Tour: ‘I’m Not Part of a Jukebox’ | Music News | Rolling Stone.

I hate to say it, but, I do get Robert Plant’s point. He is simply not interested in cashing in on Led Zeppelin’s legendary status.

One thing people have to understand about Led Zeppelin is this: By 1980, when Led Zeppelin’s drummer, John Bonham died the band was basically running on the vapors of a different era. Jimmy Page was doing heroin, John Bonham was going on drinking binges that would last for days. Now Robert Plant and John Paul Jones were living totally different lives; as they were totally sober and trying to be in a band. This lead to friction in the band. This was further compounded when Robert Plant’s five year old son Karac died of a stomach infection. Jimmy Page nor John Paul Jones showed up for the funeral. This angered Plant greatly.

Plus too, and this is the part that nobody really talks about anymore, but it’s the truth; by 1980, Led Zeppelin sounded, well, dated. By 1980, Zeppelin sounded like, well, the 1970’s and young people of that era had moved on. The young people of the 1980’s were listening to punk and new wave. The ones of listened to rock and roll, had found other bands to listen to, seeing that Led Zeppelin was taking forever to release records. So, a bit of their fan base had been peeled off. So, by 1980, Led Zeppelin was seen largely as a novelty act.

Please Note: I do not write the following as a critic, but as someone who really liked Bonham’s drumming and am saddened that Bonham died the way he did and as a grandson of a man, who was a working alcoholic who tragically died really young:

As a drummer, I feel that I can say this: The only reason Led Zeppelin was what they were, is because of John Bonham’s drumming; this is why they did not attempt to replace him, after he died. The other guys were great musicians, but Bonham’s drumming rounded out and really made that sound.  Bonham’s own son does not even remotely sound like him at all. Not only that, but even Bonham’s drumming sound was the result of some old school studio trickery and careful editing of tape; especially in the later years, as the use of alcohol began to cause his drumming ability to suffer. In his later years, Bonham’s inability to do “triplets” was very obvious. Bonham never lost timing, that I’ve ever heard; but his later drumming was not nearly that of his young years. When Bonham was sober, he played well. When he was drunk, he was awful. Bonham, when drunk, would become verbally abusive towards the other band members; this is clear in the intro of one of John Bonham’s isolated tracks of “Fool in the rain.” Bonham could not even count off a song to start a session take without making a mistake.

My point is this: Robert Plant simply does not want to go back to that place again; and quite frankly, I do not blame him one bit.