No Friend Of His

As our nation mourns the passing of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, we are reminded once again of the immaturity of one Barack Hussein Obama.  Once again, our community organizer in chief has chosen to take the moral low road on a issue of great importance.  It is no secret that Hussein Obama is no big fan of conservative Supreme Court justices, or of the constitution for that matter.  His disdain was driven home this week as it was anounced that Mr. Obama would not be attending the funeral of the late justice Scalia.  Now, his personal views aside, I believe that a sitting president has a moral obligation to attend a funeral of such a high ranking official.  Perhaps Barry feels he is immune from this obligation since it was not he who nominated the late justice?  Whatever his reasoning, it should not only be viewed as a slap in the face to the Supreme Court, but to all of America as well.  Of course, most of us already know that Mr. Obama considers the United States to be a rascist, imperialistic nation that needs to be taken down a few pegs!
From James Earl Carter and George H.W. Bush to William Jefferson Clinton, many presidents of our recent history have been in attendance at the funerals of Supreme Court justices.  However, the arrogance of our current sitting president may forbid him from such duties.  The body of Justice Scalia had hardly reached room temperature before Mr. Obama made his anouncement this past week that he would choose a succesor, "In due time."  So, the tradition of choosing a liberal, constitution stomping nutjob justice to succeed justice Scalia must remain intact, but not the tradition of a sitting president attending the funeral of a supreme court justice?  Mr. Obama has once again chosen which traditions are deemed important and which are not.  I'm quite sure that Mr. Obama will be the first one in line to attend the funeral of such elite men as Bill Ayers and Jeremiah Wright.  Whether one shares our presidents views or not, it still must be accepted that traditions such as this are worth keeping.  Of course, with an arrogance born in Ivy League staff lounges, one cannot expect a man of such superiority to make time for a silly funeral of a man who supported a imperfect constitution.

~Scott~

Courting Disater

The nation was shocked over the weekend over the news of the death of Supreme Court justice Antonin Scalia in Texas at the age of 79.  Many will remember justice Scalia as being one of the last bastions of conservatism on a increasingly liberal high court.  Of course, in theory ones political leanings have no place in the desicions handed down by our nations top court.  However, as so many of the decisions of its recent past will attest, even Supreme Court justices have political axes to grind.  Not only that, but we now wait with anxiously for the other shoe to drop.  That clod hopper belongs to none other than our community agitator in chief Barack Hussein Obama.  Mr. Obama has made it well known in theses past seven years just where his political priorities lie, and it's NOT with the well being of our own nation!  If this were true in any form, then our borders would be secure, the real unemployment number would be lower and our nations economy would be growing instead of stagnating.  No, Mr. Hussein Obama has other motives in mind here I'm sure.
For my part, I feared the death of one of the fossils on our nations high court, simply because it becomes the duty of the sitting president to fill this vacancy.  As I've said, ones political leanings should have no grounds for basing a desicion on a succesor to the Supreme Court.  However, if you believe this liberal nation destroyer we have currently  sitting in the oval office will not take this opportunity to shape the agenda of this nation for years to come with one nomination then I have a bridge in hell to sell you.  I believe that Hussein Obama has been salivating over this chance for years.  It is here that he can finaly cement his liberal agenda and cram it down the throats of  all America.  Granted, I'm sure there are plenty of conservative judicial candadites out there to fill this vacancy, but you can bet Mr. Obama will never even consider one of these.  No, this is a opportunity to tilt the political leanings of our nations high court in a liberal direction for years!  I don't want to sound fatalistic, but I could have predicted this fiasco all along.
For their part, congressional Republican leaders are now chiming in that they will thwart any attempt by Obama to fill this vacancy before his term thankfully expires in January of 2017.  For it is this Republican controlled congress that ANY Obama nominee must pass the scrutiny of.  Of course, I have as much faith in our Republican leadership as I have in the Minnesota Vikings winning the Super Bowl anytime soon.  For Time and again they have failed us as they've bent over backwards to pacify the great Hussein Obama.  For all the resistance that Republicans have given to Obama, you'd think that the Republicans were still the minority party in congress!  So it is that I will once again watch our nations congress take a line in the sand stance with Obama and the liberalism that has so damaged our nations core values.  Already, the body of justice Antonin Scalia has hardly reached room temperature before our nations liberal elite await in glee for the next liberal justice to tow the party line.

~Scott~

Sold Out!

This past week the United States Congress finaly reached a budget deal that Democrats and the president could be proud of.  This would be all fine and dandy, were the REPUBLICANS not in the majority in both the Senate and House of Representatives!  To call newly crowned Speaker of The House Paul Ryan a sellout is a understatement.  Throughout the campaign process, Ryan fed his constituents on a steady diet of lies on what he would accomplish if elected.  The American public, weary of over 7 years of the failed policies of Barack Obama, bought in hook, line and sinker!  Finally, here was someone with the power to at least halt the ruthless march of Obamas liberal policies.  Yes, Paul Ryan would have had that power in his new position to deliver a few setbacks to our egotistical President.
The position of Speaker of The House is a important position indeed.  For it is in the House of Representatives that the purse strings of the federal government are controlled.  Many republicans were hoping that Speaker Ryan would finally be a stop measure to the deficit ballooning policies of the democrats.  Good luck with that!  After the anouncement of the budget deal, there was Paul Ryan and Marco Rubio locking arms with Obama and congressional democrats as he praised the new deal.  For their part, the democrats couldn't believe their good fortune.  Believe me, when senate democrats stand at the podium and marvel at their good fortune at getting "everything we wanted" they were expecting a fight!  Instead, they got a modern day quisling.  Paul Ryan has shown just how weak kneed and spineless he can truly be.  Whatever happened to the promises of advancing conservative agendas and putting a stop to the policies of Barack Obama Mr. Ryan?  Your deceit will not be forgotten I'm sure!  The American voters are blessed with long memories.  In case you hadn't noticed in the celebration between Paul Ryan and his new democrat cronies, was the absence of presidential candadite Ted Cruz.  I guess we now know who the true conservatives are.

~Scott~

Really...Mr. President?

May 23, 2014 ~ 7 dead in Isla Vista, California
April 2, 2014 ~  3 Dead in Fort Hood, Texas
September 16, 2013 ~ 13 dead in Washington, D.C.
June 7, 2013 ~ 5 dead in Santa Monica, California
December 14, 2012 ~ 27 dead in Newtown, Conneticut
October 21, 2012 ~ 3 dead in Brookfield, Wisconsin
September 28, 20012 ~ 6 dead in Minneapolis, Minnesota
August 5, 2012 ~ 6 dead in Oak Creek, Wisconsin
July 20, 2012 ~ 12 dead in Aurora, Colorado
April 2, 2012 ~ 7 dead in Oakland, California
October 12, 2011 ~ 8 dead in Seal Beach, California
January 8, 2011 ~ 6 dead in Tucson, Arizona
August 23, 2010 ~ 8 dead in Manchester, Conneticut
February 12, 2010 ~ 3 dead in Huntsville,  Alabaama
November 5, 2009 ~ 13 dead in Fort Hood, Texas

What do these incidents have in common?  These are all incidents of gun violence in the United States during the years that Barack Obama enjoyed a Democrat majority in the United States Congress!  On October 1, 2015, 13 people were killed in Roseburg, Oregon at Umpqua Community College.  Barely had the blood from this tragedy dried when President Barack Obama came out to condem this terrible act and to resume his latest attempt at gun control in the United States.  Obama went so far as to blame the United States Congress for its inaction on the gun control issue.  Really?  Our esteemed president must either have amnesia or a extremely selective memory to make such a claim.  Now, it's my belief that Mr. Obama is merely pandering to the fears and shock of the American people in the wake of this tragedy in order to advance a liberal gun control agenda.  However, that's just my humble opinion, but the facts speak to something different.  From the list of the tragedies above, 127 Americans died during the years when Barack Obama enjoyed a clear cut Democrat majority in the United States Congress.  127 Americans that died and President Obama refused to act on National gun control when he could have rubber stamped ANY legislation his Democrat stooges on Capital Hill sent across his desk.  So, why is the latest gun violence tragedy in Roseburg,  Oregon the fault of a Republican Congress?  I refuse to believe that the United States congress is stonewalling our illustrious president on the issue of gun control as he claims.  It's easy to pass blame in the wake of a national tragedy, our politicians are masters of that art.  However, if president Obama was so interested in passing a national gun control legislation as he has recently stated why, then, did he not do so when he enjoyed the congressional votes to pass such legislation?  I venture that Mr. Obamas recent comments are just lip service to pacify his friends on the liberal side of the political aisle.  Of course, he needed to comment on this tragedy, that comes along with the job of the leader of the free world that he enjoys.  However, coming from a president who has called our Constitution a "flawed document" these are just empty words in my opinion.  For Obama to claim that we need more gun control in our nation in the wake of this most recent tragedy is laughable to say the least.  Not to be outdone, Oregon Governor by default Kate Brown has also come out pleading for more gun control.
See, Umpqua Community College had every gun control measure in place that a non violent liberal could wish for.  The campus itself was a declared "Gun Free Zone" so no evil firearms were even allowed on campus.  In fact, there was even a unarmed security guard in place to enforce this gun free zone.  By all rights, everyone should have been safe from gun violence in these surroundings, right?  I mean, everything that liberals want in the way of gun control was present that day in Roseburg, Oregon.  With no guns allowed on campus, gun violence was out of reach, right?  If there has EVER been a better illustration of the futility of liberal logic on this issue this is it.  We must ask ourselves one question in the wake of this tragedy, would the body count in Roseburg been lower had there been someone there on campus targeting the attacker with their own firearm?  I believe so.  Don't believe me, ask yourselves why so many attackers choose "Gun Free Zones" to commit their acts of cowardice.  It's not the Republican congress who gave birth to the Gun Free Zone after all.  The way I see it, the blood of 127 Americans rests squarely in the hands of Barack Obama.  Sadly, I'm not holding my breath for the national media to hold him accountable for this.  My thoughts and prayers are with the families of the victims of this tragedy in my home state of Oregon.  Instead of consoling the victims and families of this latest tragedy, Barack Obama has chosen to politicize this issue once again.  Really...Mr. President?

~Scott~

The Greatness of America

It's called American Exceptionalism, the belief that the United States of America is one of the greatest nations in history.  Born out of protest, forged in battle, as Americans we have endured the worst the world has had to offer, which has only made us stronger as a nation.  Our citizens have immigrated to our shores from all corners of the world looking for a better life.  Like my great grandparents before me, they came seeking the promise of freedom offered by this fledgeling country.  For generations, the United States has been a beacon of hope for the poor and oppressed of the world.  My own grandparents came to this country escaping the Nazi invasion of Finland in World War two.  It's  no coincidence why they and millions of others chose this nation to make a new start.
Despite the fact that, as a nation, we have grown into a beacon of hope for the rest of the world, it is our people who have made us what we are.  From the patriots fighting against a harsh British rule, to citizens fighting for racial justice, we have always fought for what we believe is right.  We have had our mistakes, but what sets us apart is that our mistakes have never destroyed the fabric of what makes us great.  There are still very few places in the world where people are afforded the economic and political freedoms we enjoy in America.  Our citizens have the right to voice their dissent without fear of being thrown into prison.   Although our history is rooted in christianity, we are free to worship as we choose.  We are free to pursue economic opportunity and prosperity.  Our history is filled with those who have immigrated to our shores to prosper financialy.  If there is one thing that has been the base for our success as a nnation, it's freedom.
In recent years there has been a movement among us to downplay the greatness of this nation.  Our sitting president has often made it a point to publicly appolagize for the past actions of this country.  We have been downplayed and villified by a few leftist career politicians seeking to score votes with those on their side.  Even though this behavior is reprehensible to me, we must continue to defend the freedom of those who choose to voice their opinions.  That is  what continues to make this nation special.  We have, as a nation, lost many generations of young men fighting not only for our own freedoms, but for those of others.  The cemetaries of Arlington and the French countryside attest to our sacrafice as a nation.  We do well to remember that sacrafice.

"Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.  Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
~Inscription on the Statue of Liberty~

I Saw It On TV

I know it's true, oh so true, because I saw it on TV...
"I Saw It On TV"  John Fogarty

For any of you that haven't noticed lately, we live in a information age.  Breaking news can flash worldwide in an instant via satalite TV and/or the internet.  I can recall numerous world changing events flashing across the TV as I watched.  From two gulf wars to the fall of the Berlin Wall, we were witness to history.  In fact, I'd venture to say that not too much is private anymore.  This can be a good thing, but it can also be dangerous.  Relying too much on broadcast media for our news and opinions can open a pandoras box eventually.  If you're the kind of person who will believe just about anything someone tells you, then you may be a good candadate for a fan of broadcast media.  Sadly, there are too many people out there who take what the media says as gospel.  This was not too much of an issue back in the early days of television, when journalists were just that.   However, these days it seems that these so called "journalists" are nothing but overpaid political hacks.  Seriously, each time I dare to watch mainstream media (ABC,CBS,NBC,MSNBC or CNN) I could swear I'm watching a Democrat party pep rally!  There is a reason that conservative outlets like Rush Limbaugh and Fox news are so popular and that outlets such as CNN and MSNBC can barely keep a minimum of viewer base.  Ever wonder why that is?  I think the answer is obvious.  
So, with so much information being spoon fed to us by the media, WE need to be the filter.  Simply put, just because some shmuck with a journalism degree claims that the sky is falling, it's probably not true.  Obviously,  these days it may require a bit of common sense to even watch TV news.  Gone are the days when journalists were there to investigate the news, so take it with a grain of salt.  However, if you're one of those people who still trust in the broadcast media, then you probably still believe that Al Gore invented the internet.

~Scott~

The Value Of Life

Lately I've seen alot of nonsense out there about the "Black Lives Matter" movement.  Some of these terroristic yahoos have even gone so far as to call for the execution of white Americans and police officers.  Now, I'm sure alot of these people got caught up in the hoopla of a few recent police  shootings and needed some way to vent their frustration.  Let's face it, race relations in our country have a pretty ugly history.   However, how long does it take before we all just move on?  Granted, I've never received the type of rascism that many african americans have in this country, but I've had people mistreat me, we all have!  For some black activists to say that their situation is unique is to ignore human history.  There once was a man by the name of Adolf Hitler who thought that if he just eliminated all Jews that all the problems of Germany would be solved.  I'm sure there were far more Jews killed in the Nazi genocide than in the racial killings in America.  However, the liberal media doesn't want people to see this fact.  There are other examples as well, many immigrants to this nation faced discrimination of one kind or another.  Are they any less important?  Now, I agree that anyone killed unjustly by a police officer  has a right to be outraged.  Unfortunately, we've seen this situation in our country as well.  I believe the phrase ""Absolute power corrupts absolutely" comes into play here.  Giving some people the power and authority over others can be a dangerous combination.   Supposedly, the screening process for our law enforcement agencies is designed to filter out these bad apples, but it doesn't always work that way.  The background check for getting into law enforcement is long and intensive for a reason.
In the end, we all need to realize that whether black, white, Asian, European or whatever, EVERY life God has  created matters!