Author: Patrick

Short Bio: I started blogging about politics in 2006, as a populist, skeptical left of center type, with a blog called simply, "The Populist."I suspect, but cannot prove; that my blog might have been hacked by some evil neoconservatives. I cannot prove that at all and also too, around the same time. Hackers from China where attacking wordpress blogs. I believe either the Neocons or the Chinese got my site. I don't know honestly know which.Either way, by 2007, I began to see that I really did not fit within the Democrat Party and liberal circles and after my blog was hacked; I created a blog called "Political Byline" and I kept writing; first as a Centrist and then as a Conservative PopulistFor my long bio, see the "About Me" section on this blog.

Another short note of thanks

Just another thanks to Sisir in Sharjah, Dubai in the United Arab Emirates for his donation of $60.00 ( 😯 😮 )

I e-mailed him to make sure it was legit, here is his reply:

Haha!

You must be thinking that because its from Middle East, maybe its a Sting type operation (Obama IRS posing an Arab sheikh..)

That’s cool , I understand

Actually I’m from India residing in Dubai (Dubai for Indians is like Miami for Cubans)

I’m a Glenn Beck wingnut, I resided in U.S and being from a semi third world country, I know how precious freedom is and I’m alarmed at the creepy cult of personality and throttling of free speech and economy that the current administration perpetuates.

In the words of Peter Hitchens on Nov 5th 2008 “what will happen to the last good hope of the world”
I was saddenned by your employment predicament and thought I’d help out. Every now and then , I have a fit of doing something good! Us conservatives should stick together (its hard for us admittedly to so as we tend to be individualists and exist to disagree and dispute!)

I work for (redacted)

Hope the above placates your worries

Take care

Cheers

I must confess; I let out a rather loud snort about that Miami for Cubans joke…  heh!  😆 The IRS and Arab sheik thing was funny too. 😛

Only reason I did inquire about it is that, people do steal credit cards and sometimes do funny stuff with them. Been there and did that. Cleared me out! Fought with the bank for weeks! 😡 Anyhow, it’s cool. He’s legit and I’m quite the happy camper at the moment.

Anyhow, thank you Sisir! 😀

Video: The Southern Avenger on "The Myth of Objective Journalism"

I do not always agree with Jack Hunter; however I do on this video here. Especially on his views of the Main Stream Media in the lead up to the Iraq War. Whether it is his anti-Military bias or an honest disgust with the Bush Administration; that Jack can only answer. But he is right, and very sadly so. The media was laying down on the job during that time period.

Having said all that, let me be absolutely clear; while I am quite happy that Bush’s surge worked and that Iraq, outside of the occasional car bomb, is much more stable than it was in 2006. But that does not take away from the fact that Bush’s invasion of Iraq and occupation of it was not justified. I believe that this will be a black mark on America for a long time to come.

Enjoy the Video:

Car Bombs in Iraq kills over 100

First CNN Video:

and from the AP:

The Story via CNN:

At least 132 people were killed and 520 wounded in twin suicide car bombings in central Baghdad Sunday, officials said — the deadliest attack on civilians in Iraq this year.

Two car bombs detonated in quick succession near Iraqi government buildings about 10:30 a.m. Sunday, as the Iraqi work week began, an Interior Ministry official said.

Among the wounded were three American security contractors, the U.S. Embassy told CNN. The embassy would not give any more details.

One of the bombs exploded outside Baghdad’s governorate building. The second was outside the Justice Ministry, about 500 meters (1,600 feet) away. The Ministry of Municipalities and Public Works, which is about 50 meters from the Justice Ministry, also sustained severe damage.

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki surveyed the carnage shortly after the explosions.

“The cowardly attack that took place today should not affect the determination of the Iraqi people from continuing their battle against the deposed regime and the gangs of criminal Baath party and the terrorist al Qaeda organization, who have committed the most heinous crimes against the civilians,'” al-Maliki said in a statement.

Countdown to the Liberal Democrats and Lefty Blogs saying “See? We need to leave, right now!” in 5…4…3..2…

This is what will happen, if we leave, before Iraq is ready to stand on its own. But multiply that by 1000%.

Feminist Nazis come out against President Obama

Oh brother…. Ol’ floppy ears can’t do anything right —- or make anyone happy for that matter!

Via the NYT:

WASHINGTON — Does the White House feel like a frat house?

The suspicion flared in recent weeks — and not for the first time — after President Obama was criticized by women’s advocates and liberal bloggers for hosting a high-level basketball game with no female players.

The president, after all, is an unabashed First Guy’s Guy. Since being elected, he has demonstrated an encyclopedic knowledge of college hoops on ESPN, indulged a craving for weekend golf, expressed a preference for adopting a “big rambunctious dog” over a “girlie dog” and hoisted beer in a peacemaking effort.

He presides over a White House rife with fist-bumping young men who call each other “dude” and testosterone-brimming personalities like Rahm Emanuel, the often-profane chief of staff; Lawrence Summers, the brash economic adviser; and Robert Gibbs, the press secretary, who habitually speaks in sports metaphors.

The technical foul over the all-male game has become a nagging concern for a White House that has battled an impression dating to the presidential campaign that Mr. Obama’s closest advisers form a boys’ club and that he is too frequently in the company of only men — not just when playing sports, but also when making big decisions.

While the senior adviser Valerie Jarrett is undeniably one of the president’s closest White House confidantes, some women inside or close to the administration complain that Mr. Obama’s female advisers are not as visible as their male colleagues or, they suspect, as influential.

“Women are Obama’s base, and they don’t seem to have enough people who look like the base inside of their own inner circle,” said Dee Dee Myers, a former press secretary in the Clinton administration whose sister, Betsy, served as the Obama campaign’s chief operating officer.

Ms. Myers said women have high expectations of the president. “Obama has a personal style that appeals to women,” she said. “He is seen as a consensus builder; he is not a towel snapper and does not tell crude jokes.”

Memo to the Nazi Feminist Bitches: It’s a guy party and your fat, nasty, hoe asses are not invited; now please, get the hell over it and move the hell on!

NEXT!

Others: Vox Popoli and American Power

Updated: Living proof the Socialist Liberals are classless assholes

It seems that the Socialist Liberal Traitor Charles Foster Johnson is continuing his swirl down the drain.

Here are some links:

Charles Johnson Lies

LGF attacks an Autistic Man.

Charles Johnson attacks Governor Huckabee

(H/T R.S McCain for the e-mail)

Update: Hmmmmmm… Looks like said Blog is a Parody site.

Update #2: Reader Sally says that Jim Hoft is full of it…. and that is a fair point. Maybe Jim did jump the gun. You decide.

Cartoons of the Day

Playing Rough?
Playing Rough?

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Glenn Beck interviews Doug Hoffman on his radio show

I realize that yesterday, I poo poo’ed Glenn for supposedly canceling Doug Hoffman’s appearance on his TV show. Of which I later found out has supposedly not Glenn’s fault, but was supposedly Hoffman’s campaign’s fault. Sorry, I never fully trust anything written by the corporate media.

However, this here, more than makes up for it. (H/T R.S. McCain)

Thank you Glenn, for standing up for us Americans. Thank you for having the brass balls to stand up to the Republican establishment.

We need more Glenn Beck types, we need more Ronald Reagan types, we need more William F. Buckley types. We need more voices that will be heard that say, “We will not allowed the socialists to steal our damned Country!”

One of those voices is Robert Stacey McCain; described as the Hunter S. Thompson of the Conservative Blogosphere. His Blog is a daily read of mine. McCain has been derided by some opportunist 9/11 Liberals as a White Supremacist. But that is nothing more abject balderdash. R.S. McCain is one of the best twenty first century contrarian writers. I highly recommend him to everyone.