Say what? — Mike Tyson: ‘I want to sing and dance in musicals’

I do believe I have heard it all.

Former heavyweight world champion Mike Tyson says he wants to “dance and sing” in musicals as his next challenge.
“I want to dance and sing. I want to do some dancing and singing musicals,” Tyson saids during a visit to Hong Kong when asked what he wanted to do with his life next.
The 46-year-old Hall of Fame boxer who served time in jail for rape and infamously bit off part of Evander Holyfield’s ear during a fight in 1997, said he now just wanted to “hang out and entertain”.
via Mike Tyson: ‘I want to sing and dance in musicals’ – Telegraph.

Now, at the risk of sounding like a “RAAAACIST” — this comes to mind, for some reason.

My Thoughts on the situation in Egypt and Libya

I remember seeing this news breaking early this morning, before I finally drifted off to sleep. I remember thinking to myself, “oh crap…” and thinking, here we go again, another situation in the middle east.

At first, I heard it was over a lamely produced Movie trailer, which was produced by someone claiming to be a Israeli Jew — who might not even be a Jew after all; then I hear it might be a coordinated attack in retaliation over the number 2 of Al-Qaeda’s being killed.

Meanwhile, an couple of Americans are dead today. Their bodies being drug through the streets in some God-forsaken Country. What does our President do? Act like some aloof jackass, who cannot be bothered with the situation. As for Romney, he takes advantage of the Situation and points out that this President’s foreign policy has been a utter failure. In response, the media tries to portray Mitt Romney as not ready for Prime time. A typical tactic that was used on John McCain as well. Not to mention the fact that the media is coordinating to try to tear down Romney in this election.

I could sit here and yowl on about this shows that America and Judeo-Christian Values are under attack by Islam and Muslims. However, I believe most of you, that read this blog already know this. Whatever the cause of these American Embassies being attacked, it is a tragic thing.

However, as a Non-Wilsonian Conservative, allow me to float this idea. Could this be a piece of living, in color, proof that the United States of America ought to just withdraw from these Countries and not have American Embassies in those Country? Perhaps that this is one of the signs that America needs to stop kowtowing down to the United Nations and stop trying to be the world’s policeman. Perhaps we should stop getting involved in the affairs of other Nations. Perhaps we should being to restrict our immigration polices more and stop allowing a free flow of Muslims into this Country.

Perhaps we as a Nation need to take a second look at the practice of Islam and how it is intolerant to other Religion and to criticism; and possibly pass laws banning the Religion in this Country, on grounds it is threat to Nation security. After all, this attack happened one day after the 11 year anniversary of the terrorist attacks in NYC and at the Pentagon, and Shakesville, Pa.

Again, is it wrong to ask such questions? I am not hating on any religion of any sort. I am looking at the protection of our Republic and all I really know, is that foreign citizens have killed Americans working abroad; this is unacceptable and something needs to be done. However, with the current leadership in the White House, nothing will be done, at all. Yes, I know, Military has been dispatched; at this point, that is nothing more than window dressing and buttocks covering by the White House. The truth is, that once again, leadership in the White House has failed us.

This is why we must vote differently, come November.

Videos: Obama in his own words

I saw this over at HotAir.com and I thought I would share it here:

Not that this is anything new really. I have been writing about this crap sack’s lies since 2007 on my old blog.

Here are some more of Obama’s lies:

and they wonder why Joe Wilson said this:

Welcome to reality Democrats! This is what you elected and what you are about to be stuck with, when he LOSES!

Vote for Mitt Romney, he might not be perfect; However he will tell us the truth — whether we like it or not.

Marxist Filmmaker Rick Denny chides me for being a capitalist

I thought I would share this little humorous story with you. From time to time I get requests for promotion on films and such. Well, a Rick Denny contacted me via my old blog for a request to help promote a film. The film is on oil exploration here in America. Here is the original e-mail from this man:

Delivered-To: chuckk8cpa@gmail.com Received: by 10.58.68.39 with SMTP id s7csp79493vet; Sun, 9 Sep 2012 12:29:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.50.160.228 with SMTP id xn4mr13220979igb.1.1347218944402; Sun, 09 Sep 2012 12:29:04 -0700 (PDT) Return-Path: Received: from rainy.privatestratus.com (rainy.privatestratus.com. [50.28.94.19]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id cw2si20171291icc.88.2012.09.09.12.29.04 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sun, 09 Sep 2012 12:29:04 -0700 (PDT) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: best guess record for domain of k8cpa@rainy.privatestratus.com designates 50.28.94.19 as permitted sender) client-ip=50.28.94.19; Authentication-Results: mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: best guess record for domain of k8cpa@rainy.privatestratus.com designates 50.28.94.19 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=k8cpa@rainy.privatestratus.com Received: from k8cpa by rainy.privatestratus.com with local (Exim 4.77) (envelope-from ) id 1TAnBn-0003vm-OK for chuckk8cpa@gmail.com; Sun, 09 Sep 2012 15:29:03 -0400 To: chuckk8cpa@gmail.com Subject: [Political Byline] Contact Me Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2012 19:29:03 +0000 From: Rick Denny Message-ID: X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: PHPMailer 5.2.1 (http://code.google.com/a/apache-extras.org/p/phpmailer/) Reply-To: seerasylum@gmail.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - rainy.privatestratus.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - gmail.com X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [655 652] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - rainy.privatestratus.com
Name: Rick Denny
Email: seerasylum@gmail.com
Website: http://www.AllAmericanOilProject.com
Message: Regarding: ALL AMERICAN OIL (Documentary in Pre-Pro)
Good morning;
I’m reaching out to any and all of like mind and concern who have a national following, asking for support in our efforts in producing our Documentary titled ALL AMERICAN OIL.
This is an Independent, Non-Profit Educational Documentary (intended for national broadcast distribution) being produced under the 501c3 covering of the IFP (www.ifp.org). Our budget is just under $200K; all donations to the project are tax deductible.
As Producer, Director and Interviewer for this production, I am donating my time to this project and will take no income from the budget.
We will be focusing our lens on the hardworking, middle American’s who live, work and play in the clean and charming oil town of Van,Texas. We have been contractually granted unfettered access to all township properties and personnel by city council and Attorney, and not one citizen we have contacted has declined access to property or to be interviewed. It is noteworthy that some years back Katie Couric’s producers contacted the town leaders requesting to film a piece there, and they flatly declined that National Broadcasts request. — This project they believe has merit and benefit for all American’s.
Additionally, we will be interviewing leading experts in relevant fields, and have to date garnered commitments from The Brookings Institute and the Institute for Energy Research, both highly regarded institutes located in Washington DC.
PREMISE / OUTLINE
1. We have enough oil (Proven Reserves) to supply our nations needs for the next 200 years
2. Oil producers are competent at extracting oil safely when held to a high standard (as evidenced in the town of Van, Texas)
3. We need the cost of petroleum products to come down; sky rocketing prices are crushing middle-America
4. We need a flush of high paying, enduring career jobs.
5. We are still buying approximately 45% of our nations crude oil from other countries.
6. The Department of Energy was created in 1977 to promote energy independence. With an operational budget in excess of $24 Billion, why have they continued to fail us and their mission?
Please visit our dedicated site (presently undergoing revision and updates).
www.AllAmericanOilProject.com
Rick Denny
Seer Asylum Studio
Time: Sunday September 9, 2012 at 2:29 pm
IP Address: 166.249.195.179
Contact Form URL: http://politicalbyline.com/contact-me/
Sent by an unverified visitor to your site.

Well, anyhow, I sent a reply back explaining my situation:

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In a Capitalistic Society, if you want promotion, you pay for it.
My current blog is here:
http://www.thoughtsandrantings.com
There are ad slots available, in case you are too lazy to find them, they are here:
http://www.adbrite.com/mb/commerce/purchase_form.php?opid=2208326&afsid=1
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http://www.adbrite.com/mb/commerce/purchase_form.php?opid=2209286&afsid=1
There is no such thing as a free lunch and I do not write about nor promote anything outside of my personal writings on my blogs.
In this economy and the fact that I have not worked in 8 years, I just cannot afford to give away anything anymore. I pay over $80 a year for hosting and for my 3 domains, that money usually comes from my parents, as I am not working. Put simply, this blog is not making enough revenue for me to just give anyone free promotion.
I hope you understand, and I apologize for the terse tone. But, this is one of my pet peeves with blog. People that want a free ride.
Thank You,
*-Charles Patrick Adkins Owner KJV Hosting and Web Design Inc. http://www.kjvhost.com My Personal Blog: http://www.thoughtsandrantings.com My Old Blog: http://www.politicalbyline.com "A Fraternal Member of the Bitter and Clingy Club!" * * * *P.S. Before you ask, the business "KJVHost" is inactive. Due to lack of investment capital. *

This was this jokers response back to me:

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Your greed is showing. We have no need of you.
[image: logo] *Rick Denny** Seer Asylum Studio * click here for info

This is what I wrote back:

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....and your leftist roots are showing too. and guess what? I am going to blog about this, and show just what sort of two-bit phony you really are.
Greed my ass.
-Pat

Furthermore, this jackass accuses me of being greedy. I suppose that being unemployed for 8 solid years and simply requesting that this guy pay for advertising, on my blog, like I would ask everyone else, is greedy. This is clear sign of Marxism, wanting something for nothing, which is a-typical of the liberal left. I have zero clue who is behind this project; but I would advise them to reassess who it is that is working on this film project. Because the last time I checked requesting someone to pay for advertising is standard operating procedure.

Also to Rick Denny; I will be e-mailing this blog posting to the other Conservative bloggers and letting them know, just how you truly feel about having to actually pay for advertising, so they will not have to bother with even promoting your little phony conservative film.

This goes well beyond politics, this is a attempt to pass something off, as something that it is not. This is nothing more than a Marxist trying sell goods to Conservatives, on the cheap.

Just thought you all would like to know.

Piss poor jobs report proves that Obama’s rhetoric does not match his performance as President

I hate to be the one to say it, but I told you so. I even wrote it early this morning; that Obama’s rhetoric in his speeches does not match realities on the ground and that includes his performance.

Buzzfeed even noticed the lack of mention of the Unemployed:

CHARLOTTE, NC — President Barack Obama’s acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention Thursday night didn’t include language targeted at the nation’s unemployed.
Despite boilerplate language about the job losses four years ago and his plans to create jobs, Obama did not specifically address the millions of Americans still struggling to find a job or a job that meets their needs.
Obama’s speech also avoided any mention of the unemployment rate, which is still above 8 percent and fell in August because 368,000 Americans left the workforce. Obama was briefed on the August jobs report yesterday afternoon, hours before he took the stage in Charlotte.
The latest data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that the nation created only 96,000 jobs in August, well below what analysts expected, while the previous two months of job gains were also revised downward. On the surface the jobs report is a mixed bag for Obama, but nearly every underlying statistic reveals lingering economic weakness.

Mitt Romney weighed in:

“If last night was the party, this morning is the hangover. For every net new job created, nearly four Americans gave up looking for work entirely. This is more of the same for middle-class families, who are suffering through the worst economic recovery since the Great Depression. After 43 straight months of unemployment above 8 percent, it is clear that President Obama just hasn’t lived up to his promises, and his policies haven’t worked. They aren’t better off than they were four years ago. My plan for a stronger middle class will create 12 million new jobs by the end of my first term. America deserves new leadership that will get our economy moving again.”

The American Enterprise Institute weighs in with charts galore and a bit of commentary:

and….:

AEI lays out the truth in grim detail:

– Nonfarm payrolls increased by only 96,000 in August, the Labor Department said, versus expectations of 125,000 jobs or more. The manufacturing sector, much touted by the president in his convention speech, lost 15,000 jobs.
– Since the start of the year, job growth has averaged 139,000 per month vs. an average monthly gain of 153,000 in 2011.
– As the chart at the top shows, the unemployment rate remains far above the rate predicted by Team Obama if Congress passed the stimulus. (This is the Romer-Bernstein chart.)
– While the unemployment rate dropped to 8.1% from 8.3% in July, it was due to a big drop in the labor force participation rate (the share of Americans with a job or looking for one). If fewer Americans hadn’t given up looking for work, the unemployment rate would have risen.
– Reuters notes that the participation rate is now at its lowest level since September 1981.
– If the labor force participation rate was the same as when Obama took office in January 2009, the unemployment rate would be 11.2%.
– If the participation rate had just stayed the same as last month, the unemployment rate would be 8.4%.
– The Labor Department also said that 41,000 fewer jobs were created in June and July than previously reported. The change in total nonfarm payroll employment for June was revised from 64,000 to 45,000, and the change for July was revised from 163,000 to 141,000.
– The broader U-6 unemployment rate, which includes part-time workers who want full-time work, is at 14.7%.
– The employment-population ratio is perhaps the broadest measure of the health of the labor market. It just shows how many Americans — not in the military or in prison — as a share of the population actually have some sort of a job. That number fell last month to 58.3%, just off its Great Recession lows.
– Each month, The Hamilton Project examines the “jobs gap” — the number of jobs that the U.S. economy needs to create in order to return to pre-recession employment levels while also absorbing the people who enter the labor force each month. If we added 96,000 jobs every month, we would not close the jobs gap until after 2025, as this chart shows.
– The average workweek for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls was unchanged at 34.4 hours in August. The manufacturing workweek declined by 0.2 hour to 40.5 hours, and factory overtime was unchanged at 3.2 hours.
– The average workweek for production and nonsupervisory employees on private nonfarm payrolls was unchanged at 33.7 hours.
– In August, average hourly earnings for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls edged down by 1 cent to $23.52. Over the past 12 months, average hourly earnings rose by just 1.7 percent.
– In August, average hourly earnings of private-sector production and nonsupervisory employees edged down by 1 cent to $19.75.

As President Obama likes to say on in his campaign speeches; when his supporters boo Mitt Romney or the Republicans — “Don’t Boo, VOTE!” Well, I think it is quite obvious that it is time for Americans to vote differently. Because it is quite obvious to this writer that President Obama has done nothing to match his flowing rhetoric in his speeches.

Even Jennifer Rubin over at the Washington Post, which is very liberal says the following:

We can surmise that Obama’s lackluster performance last night was due in part to an early look at a jobs report that not even his most dogged media shills can spin. Mitt Romney put out a statement that read: “If last night was the party, this morning is the hangover. For every net new job created, nearly four Americans gave up looking for work entirely. This is more of the same for middle class families who are suffering through the worst economic recovery since the Great Depression. After 43 straight months of unemployment above 8%, it is clear that President Obama just hasn’t lived up to his promises and his policies haven’t worked. We aren’t better off than they were four years ago. My plan for a stronger middle class will create 12 million new jobs by the end of my first term. America deserves new leadership that will get our economy moving again.”
The job numbers will likely harden the perception that the president is in over his head. The voters do not see a “recovery.” A call for “more time” is unconvincing if one has the sense neither that four nor 40 years would make a difference under this president.
Romney will continue to hammer away at the president’s failures. But he would be wise to push (as he is doing in 15 new ads in eight states) his own plans for middle-class Americans, and most especially domestic energy development. Voters are certain things are bad; they now need to be reassured Romney will be better. With these jobs numbers the public might well conclude: How could he do any worse?

To this I can only add a very hearty Gentile Protestant Christian —- Amen. 😉 😀

Vote for Mitt Romney, because America can do much better this —– much better.

Others: The Moderate Voice, BuzzFeed, Reuters, JOSHUAPUNDIT, The Right Scoop, Ed Driscoll,Questions and Observations, Instapundit, Sister Toldjah, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Blue Crab Boulevard,NewsBusters.org blogs, Power Line, Fausta’s Blog, National Review and Patterico’s Pontifications (via Memeorandum)

Clint Eastwood on his Appearance at the RNC Convention: “Mission Accomplished”

I have to like a guy like this:

AFTER A week as topic No. 1 in American politics, former Carmel Mayor Clint Eastwood said the outpouring of criticism from left-wing reporters and liberal politicians after his appearance at the Republican National Convention last Thursday night, followed by an avalanche of support on Twitter and in the blogosphere, is all the proof anybody needs that his 12-minute discourse achieved exactly what he intended it to.
“President Obama is the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people,” Eastwood told The Pine Cone this week. “Romney and Ryan would do a much better job running the country, and that’s what everybody needs to know. I may have irritated a lot of the lefties, but I was aiming for people in the middle.”
via Eastwood says his convention appearance was ‘mission accomplished’.

He goes on:

Eastwood is a liberal on social issues such as gay marriage and abortion, but he has strongly conservative opinions about the colossal national debt that has accumulated while Obama has been president, his failure to get unemployment below 6 percent, and a host of other economic issues.
“Even people on the liberal side are starting to worry about going off a fiscal cliff,” Eastwood said.

So true. Eastwood is no “go along to get along” either, he has stood up to both parties in the past. Good show Mr. Eastwood, good darned show. 😀

Blogger round up here.

Drew Peterson guilty of first degree murder

This is good thing.

Video: (Via Fox News)

The Story:

JOLIET, Ill. – DEVELOPING: Jurors convicted Drew Peterson of murdering his third wife Thursday, capping a sensational, five-year legal saga that began after the swaggering former Illinois police officer’s fourth wife vanished.
Peterson, 58, sat stoically looking straight ahead and did not react as the verdict was read, but several of Savio’s family members gasped before hugging each other as they cried quietly in the courtroom. Illinois has no death penalty, and Peterson now faces a maximum 60-year prison term when sentenced on Nov. 26.
The trial was the first of its kind in Illinois history, with prosecutors building their case largely on secondhand hearsay thanks to a new law, dubbed “Drew’s Law,” tailored to Peterson’s case. That hearsay, prosecutors had said, would let his third and fourth wives “speak from their graves” through family and friends to convict Peterson.
Hearsay is any information reported by a witness that is not based on the witness’ direct knowledge. Its use at the trial could also be grounds for an appeal from Peterson.

Here is hoping this scumbag loses the appeal and spends a long time in jail.

Videos: Republicans tell the truth about Obama, Democrats hurl death threats

This is mildly interesting to say the least.

Mitt Romney has released a new Ad (H/T HotAir.com)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-21wrrmpxzE&hd=1

John Sununu also speaks the truth:

Meanwhile this is what is coming from the delegates at the DNC’s convention:

Via the Blaze:

The Story quote:

During the second day of the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, TheBlaze took to Time Warner Cable Arena to speak with delegates about the most pressing issues of our time. Most of those interviewed were good sports, answering questions about the trajectory of the country under Obama, the Affordable Care Act and even Socialism.
One of our conversations took an unexpected turn, however, when we asked New York delegate Julia Rodriguez about her views on the direction of the country. Rodriguez promptly shouted that she would, in fact, like to “kill” Mitt Romney.

Yes, I know she is a little old lady, but that does not excuse what she said. According to LifeNews the Secret Service is investigating:

UPDATE: The Secret Service is reportedly looking into the threat from the DNC delegate, according to the Daily Caller.
A spokesman for the Secret Service told The Daily Caller that the agency is aware of video showing a delegate at the Democratic National Convention expressing a desire to “kill” Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney.
“We are aware of it,” Secret Service spokesman George Ogilvie told TheDC on Thursday.
He said the department is “taking the appropriate follow-up steps” with the woman.

So much for all that so-called “New Tone” that we heard about during the election eh? I mean, this is just unbelievable. So, the next time some idiot liberal Democrat decides that he is going to lecture you on civility; show them this and kindly tell them to piss off. I mean, this is what the liberals do, they talk civility out of one side of their mouths and out of the other, they do stuff like this. It is a Anti-American shame and they should be called out on it.

These are President Barack Obama’s people and we should never let anyone forget that at all. This is what he and his Democratic Party goons feed on and thrive upon. This is what gets them votes.

Joe South RIP

This is some seriously sad news and comes via The American Spectator Blog.

My Favorite song of his and the chorus of this song is timeless sounding…:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoznjbKVnmw

ATLANTA (AP) — Singer-songwriter Joe South, who performed hits in the late 1960s and early 1970s such as ‘‘Games People Play’’ and ‘‘Walk A Mile In My Shoes’’ and also penned songs including ‘‘Down in the Boondocks’’ for other artists, died Wednesday, his music publisher said. South was 72.
South, whose real name was Joseph Souter, died at his home in Buford, Ga., northeast of Atlanta, according to Marion Merck of the Hall County Coroner’s office. Merck said South died after having a heart attack.
‘‘He’s one of the greatest songwriters of all time,’’ said Butch Lowery, president of the Lowery Group, which published South’s music. ‘‘His songs have touched so many lives. He’s such a wonderful guy and loved by many.’’
via Joe South, singer-songwriter from 70s, dies at 72 – A&E – Boston.com.

Lyrics to “Walk a mile in my shoes” and believe me; this should be a prayer for America.

If I could be you and you could be me for just one hour
If we could find a way to get inside each other’s mind
If you could see you through my eyes instead of your ego
I believe you’d be surprised to see that you’d been blind

Walk a mile in my shoes, walk a mile in my shoes
Yeah, before you abuse, criticize and accuse
Walk a mile in my shoes

Well, your whole world you see around you is just a reflection
And the law of common says you’re gonna reap just what you sow

So unless you’ve lived a life of total perfection
Mm-mm, you’d better be careful of every stone that you should throw

Yet we spend the day throwin’ stones at one another
’cause I don’t think or wear my hair same way you do
Well, I may be common people but I’m your brother
And when you strike out and try to hurt me it’s a ‘hurtin you,

Walk a mile in my shoes, walk a mile in my shoes
Yeah, before you abuse, criticize and accuse
Walk a mile in my shoes

There are people on reservations and out in the ghettos
And brother, there, but for the grace of God, go you and I

If I only had the wings of little angels don’tcha you know I’d fly
To the top of the mountain and then I’d cry?

Walk a mile in my shoes, walk a mile in my shoes
Hey, before you abuse, criticize and accuse
Better walk a mile in my shoes

Walk a mile in my shoes, walk a mile in my shoes
Oh, before you abuse, criticize and accuse
Walk a mile in my shoes,

Walk a mile in my shoes, walk a mile in my shoes
Hey, before you abuse, criticize and accuse
Walk a mile in my shoes

DNC changes course on God and Israel

Now that is what you call putting the bus in reverse —- real quick!

Heck, at least they changed course, from this right here.

The Video:

The Story:

This has become a disaster for the Democrats and a boon to the Romney campaign. The DNC has now added God back into their platform language after originally taking it out. They have also added language back in that says Jerusalem is the capital of Israel. When they tried to change the language on the convention floor, there were boos! Oy-gevalt.
Despite the corrections by the Democrats, the Romney campaign can now argue that the Democrats don’t know what they believe on two very important topics. They can also argue that the Democrats only did this because of the pushback. That’s true. The Brody File first pointed it out and the media followed, making this a story that the DNC wants to make go away. The problem is it’s not going away. Expect the Romney campaign to push this until Election Day. These last second changes really just make the issue worse and make the Democrat Party look bad.
In a way it’s unfortunate for the party because speakers at the DNC have been talking about God from the stage and there have been plenty of faith-filled events down here in Charlotte. But party officials should have known this would get scrutinized. The issue is either political malpractice or something far worse.
via DNC Almighty Nightmare In Charlotte: Now Dems Put God And Jerusalem Language Back Into The Platform.

I have to hand it to David Brody, his story went viral and things changed because of it. Good job!