Archive for February 25th, 2008
A slip of the tongue or wishful thinking?
February 25th, 2008
Via Brietbart:
Listen carefully and then you decide.
Hint..who’s the actual candidate in the presidential race?
(I have removed the video as it has an autoplay feature which unless manually shut down will allow it to continuously play.)
Don’t miss it though..just too funny.
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An Original Composition Well Worth a Listen
February 25th, 2008
Greyhawk has listened to the pleadings of his wife and those in their comment section at Mudville Gazette and completed a version of “The Free and the Brave” in which the audio is much clearer than his initial attempt. (For those who still have a bit of difficulty with the lyrics, they are posted below the video at the site.)
This is a video which I hope receives some attention (and while we are small, every little bit helps), as not only does Greyhawk perform the song, he is also the composer.
A very rough cut of a song I wrote during my second tour of duty in Iraq, as part of the “surge” operation in the summer of 2007. I had no guitar or recording equipment on hand over there and this had to remain “in my head” for months until I returned home. I believe I’ve managed to transfer that music of the mind into digital reality without losing any of the original…
A salute to you sir, for your service to this country and for sharing with us personal feelings which I am certain would be echoed by many not only active duty or retired military, but those of us in civilian life who understand your sacrifice leads to our freedom.
Artists of the Week
February 25th, 2008
Over the years I have seen many beautiful sand sculptures, but the team of international artists who labored over the work in this video did the medium proud.
What a beautiful way to enjoy “Animals of the World.”
This is Just Too Hypocritical
February 25th, 2008
The DNC wants the FEC to investigate a loan John McCain took out from a bank because they say it violates money in politics laws.
Here’s part of the deal. The FEC is supposed to have six commissioners, with four being a quorum. One of the commissioners was recessed appointed and his appointment expired in January.
The panel is set up to have one Republican and one Democrat rotate off and on at the same time.
Now here’s the kicker: I read earlier in the Wall Street Journal that none other than Senator Barack Obama put a hold on the nomination of said candidate and therefore Harry Reid’s man can’t go on the committee, leaving it without a quorum.
Barack Obama is promising to end partisanship in Washington, and here’s a place to start: He could stop playing politics with the Federal Election Commission in a way that could hamper John McCain’s campaign against, well, Mr. Obama.
The Illinois Senator is blocking confirmation of one of President Bush’s appointees to the FEC, which administers election laws. This has left the agency two commissioners short of the quorum it needs to make decisions — with the potential for direct harm to Mr. McCain’s campaign. As we’ve been writing, the Arizona Senator took out a controversial $1 million loan that FEC Chairman David Mason has said might lock him into the public finance system for the primary season. Mr. McCain doesn’t want to do that because he’d have to abide by spending limits that would reduce his campaigning this spring and summer. Mr. Mason says the FEC needs to rule on the matter, but without a quorum Mr. McCain is left hanging.
The FEC must also vote to certify that Mr. McCain can receive an estimated $85 million in public funds for the November election. The Republican has already pledged to accept those funds, and the spending limits that go with them, and he is counting on the money to make him competitive against a Democratic nominee. However, no FEC quorum, no public McCain funds in the fall — and a potentially big advantage for Mr. Obama, who is raising far more in private donations.
The FEC dispute centers on Hans von Spakovsky, a Bush appointee whose two-year recess term ended in December and who has been renominated. Before coming to the FEC, Mr. von Spakovsky was a lawyer in the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, where he supported voter-ID laws that Democrats claim will harm black voters but have been vindicated in court. Mr. von Spakovsky’s nomination was approved by the Rules Committee in September, but then Mr. Obama intervened with a “hold.” Other Democrats have since joined him.
Mr. von Spakovsky was supposed to be voted on in a package of four FEC nominees. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid instead demanded that all four get individual votes, hoping to tank only Mr. von Spakovsky. The six FEC commissioners have staggered terms, and one Republican and one Democrat are supposed to end their terms simultaneously so there is no partisan advantage. Mr. von Spakovsky is paired with Steven Walther, a Nevada lawyer with close ties to Mr. Reid. The Majority Leader can hardly expect to get his hand-picked choice, while throwing Mr. Bush’s overboard.
Just what is it the Democrats have against voter ID laws? How hard is it to get a government ID? If one is too poor then the law should provide they get it free.
But then they couldn’t count the votes of the dead and the illegals, could they?
Hypocritical? Nah!
Fair Weather Republicans
February 25th, 2008
My original blog was Oh, How I Love Jesus and I had one other writer with me for the first part.
Then people began to visit the site and we started discussing politics as well as faith issues. I invited two of them to blog with me.
After awhile, it became apparent we were discussing politics more than faith and I suggested to the two newest members that maybe we should start a political blog. I was willing to foot the bill if they would be a part of that blog.
At first they declined, but after speaking to their husbands about it they decided it was a good idea afterall and the dominant one said she would pay for the domain registration and design of the blog.
The one who wanted to be friends with everyone said she insisted on paying for half the cost of designing the blog. They said I had already paid for one blog and could share in the cost the next year.
I had three other themes made up for the elections and to show the White House for this cycle and Congress for the off-year elections, so I contributed as much as they did.
We started in May 2006 and had 200 hits the very first day. I contacted people I knew in the blog world to tell them about our new blog and soon we were getting comments that we were the first stop in the morning.
By March of 2007 it had become apparent that the dominant partner and I were not as compatible as we should have been, with her sending emails to me telling me how awful it was that I wrote about such and such and I should do it this way.
On March 8, 2007, after my dear neighbor had died four days before and my best friend’s father died that day I received an email from the peacemaker telling me that she and the dominant one had discussed it and decided they didn’t want me to be a partner in the blog. Instead of having administrative privileges I would be just an editor, which meant there were a lot of things I could see and do as administrator that would be blocked from me now.
I declined their offer and left that day after removing every post I had ever put up and the one announcing our first blogiversary.
That made them mad and when I questioned the dominant one in the comments section she went off on a rant. The next day someone posted something about Fred Thompson and I agreed I thought he’d be a good candidate. My comment was blacklisted, as was this blog.
I cannot comment there nor can I give them any credit for using some of their material in our posts.
This is a long story to get you to this point. In June 2007 the peacemaker made a decision to have me do a trackback to their blog if I would write something about the soldiers in Iraq needing air conditioners. I would have done it without the trackback, but since that’s good blogiquette I did the trackback.
About 2 hours later the trackback was gone, and so was the peacemaker.
Now the dominant one had the place all to herself and began to get some other bloggers besides the ones the other two of us had suggested. We had a great blog up until all this happened.
Now if I go to that blog I find everyone caterwauling that we didn’t nominate someone who is conservative and therefore we should vote for him anyway. The next day the story is we didn’t nominate someone who is conservative so we should not vote for him but vote for the down-ballot candidates.
And every day the dominant one shows her ignorance by telling us how smart she is. She hasn’t quit whining since it became clear McCain would win the nomination.
Before, she would never vote for Mitt Romney because he is a Mormon and her sister converted to Mormonism and she knows all about them. By the last month or so she was Mitt Romney’s biggest supporter.
She’s not going to vote, nor are her two daughters and husband. At least that’s what she says now.
This is a perfect example of fair weather Republicans and the reason we lost the Congress two years ago. We’d rather cut off our noses to spite our faces than go with the one who is more like you and whose ideas for governing are more like yours.
All I can say is although I was deeply hurt when I was kicked off the blog the Lord knew what He was doing. I would have gone insane trying to play both ends against the middle and He knew it.
