I get so irritated each time I hear someone talk about Sarah Palin's little boy and how devastating it must have been for her family. I know that having a child with special needs can be a huge challenge, one that families do not often anticipate. I get that. What I dont get is the societal opinion that a child with Down's Syndrome, or Autism, or Cerebral Palsy is anything less than perfect. On Friday, I actually heard a talk show host who I admire tell a caller whose child is Down's that he was "sorry". Sorry for what? Sorry that her child didnt turn out "perfect?" Do we live in Nazi Germany? No one is perfect. NO ONE. God made us for a reason. All of us. He gives all of us challenges - some more difficult than others. We all have a purpose. Even the tiniest little mustard seed has a purpose on this earth. Whether it sprouts up for a single solitary day or blossoms for centuries.
I have family members with special needs (one of whom has Down's Syndrome) and I can tell you - they are much more decent than you or I.
If you are a Christian, you know that true perfection is measured by your closeness to God. These children are the closest you can get to perfection.
Sunday, September 7, 2008
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Only Liberal Women Can Shatter the Glass Ceiling?
When Hillary Clinton was vying for the Democratic Nomination, did anyone ever question her relationship with Chelsea? Has anyone ever implied that Nancy Pelosi is abandoning her 5 children by serving as the Speaker of the House? So why do I keep hearing, over and over, criticism of Sarah Palin's relationship with her children? Of comments being made that it isn't appropriate for a mother of 5 children, including an infant with Down's Syndrome, to be running for this office?
Washington Post writer Sally Quinn said "Not only do we have a woman with five children, including an infant with special needs, but a woman whose 17-year-old child will need her even more in the coming months. Not to mention the grandchild. This would inevitably be an enormous distraction for a new vice president (or president) in a time of global turmoil. Not only in terms of her job, but from a media standpoint as well."
So all those years of girls being told that we can have a happy family AND a successful career were lies? So the male sex is the only gender capable of simultaneously managing their family's needs and the requirements of their business? Is Sarah Palin not smart enough or strong enough to do the job as well as any man?
Or is the question whether a conservative woman is capable of doing the job? Apparently women's rights only apply to bra-burning, pro-abortion democrats, not for all American women. I pray that Sarah Palin kicks some serious ass.
Dont Talk Barack!
Talking to Anderson Cooper on Monday, Barack Obama said he is better prepared to handle a disaster like Hurricane Gustav because of his pursuit of the White House. When asked about the public's concerns with his inexperience, Barack said...
“Well, my understanding is that Governor Palin’s town of Wasilla has, I think, 50 employees. We’ve got 2,500 in this campaign. I think their budget is maybe $12 million a year. You know, we have a budget of about three times that just for the month. So I think that our ability to manage large systems and to execute I think has been made clear over the last couple of years,” Obama said.
Hahahaha. If he was really so talented at running a campaign, he'd know that sometimes it's just best to take the high road. Or just not to speak at all. Being that he said "Governor Palin", surely he realizes that she isn't "Governor" of the town of Wasilla. As current Governor of the largest state in the union, with 15,000 employees under her and a 2008 budget of $11 billion, Palin is in charge of some of the most valuable land in the United States. Because of it's location, the state of Alaska likely deals with international matters more than any other state - having to contend with Russia, Canada, and even the indigenous peoples of Alaska. As an Alaskan, she's knowledgeable about the untapped resources within her state, not only the vast oil reserves but the clean-burning natural gas that can provide us with a bridge into an era of renewable energy sources. In addition, as Governor, Sarah Palin is commander-in-chief of the state's National Guard.
Obama is like a talking donkey, every once in a while, he says something that makes sense. But most of the time, he just makes an ass of himself.
“Well, my understanding is that Governor Palin’s town of Wasilla has, I think, 50 employees. We’ve got 2,500 in this campaign. I think their budget is maybe $12 million a year. You know, we have a budget of about three times that just for the month. So I think that our ability to manage large systems and to execute I think has been made clear over the last couple of years,” Obama said.
Hahahaha. If he was really so talented at running a campaign, he'd know that sometimes it's just best to take the high road. Or just not to speak at all. Being that he said "Governor Palin", surely he realizes that she isn't "Governor" of the town of Wasilla. As current Governor of the largest state in the union, with 15,000 employees under her and a 2008 budget of $11 billion, Palin is in charge of some of the most valuable land in the United States. Because of it's location, the state of Alaska likely deals with international matters more than any other state - having to contend with Russia, Canada, and even the indigenous peoples of Alaska. As an Alaskan, she's knowledgeable about the untapped resources within her state, not only the vast oil reserves but the clean-burning natural gas that can provide us with a bridge into an era of renewable energy sources. In addition, as Governor, Sarah Palin is commander-in-chief of the state's National Guard.
Obama is like a talking donkey, every once in a while, he says something that makes sense. But most of the time, he just makes an ass of himself.
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Monday, September 1, 2008
No Country for Old Men or Young Men or Anyone but Plants and Polar Bears
It's 2 o'clock in the morning and I am really pissed off. I just got done wasting 3 hours of my life watching a movie called No Country for Old Men. I'm so sick and tired of this message that keeps being spit out. That we are all just driven by money and greed and selfishness. That the world has degraded into senselessness and good people can't do anything because it's just no use. Nee, they shouldn't do anything because the Anton Segars of the world will just kill us anyway. Why try? Lets just get addicted to drugs. Since when did we become such pansies? Is this the legacy of the draft-dodgers? Or the influence of the French? Making it socially acceptable to be cowards?
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
All clear?
How in the hell is Barack Obama going to get a Top Secret Security Clearance with his association with William Ayers?
Security clearances are super-stringent. Top Secret Clearances are even more so. In your clearance investigation, they dig into EVERYTHING. A friendship with someone who has repeatedly and unapologetically bombed government buildings and targeted law enforcement officers would be a huge red flag and, I assume, would earn an instant rejection.
Security clearances are super-stringent. Top Secret Clearances are even more so. In your clearance investigation, they dig into EVERYTHING. A friendship with someone who has repeatedly and unapologetically bombed government buildings and targeted law enforcement officers would be a huge red flag and, I assume, would earn an instant rejection.
Guilt by Association?
Let's say that you are desperate for a babysitter. Your neighbor has a 20 year old daughter. She's always seemed like a nice kid but you know for a fact that some of her closest friends are bad apples. One of them has committed some violent acts and pledged to wreak anarchy on society and the other is a racist who believes the government invented H.I.V. as a tool of genocide. Now as nice as the neighbor girl seemed to you, wouldn't you be wary of her being around your child? Wouldn't you, simply because of her associations, assume that this girl had a few screws loose?
Here are Barack Obama's loose screws:
1) William Ayers, Founder of the 60s terrorist group "The Weather Underground" - In the 60s and 70s, American radical William Ayers founded "The Weathermen" and "The Weather Underground" to protest "American Imperialism".
"The group’s members assumed clandestine identities and began detonating bombs at courthouses, correctional facilities, police stations, the Capitol and the Pentagon. Between October 1969 and September 1973, the Weather Underground claimed credit for some twenty bombings across the country." (FoxNews, August 26, 2008) This homegrown terrorist and his wife escaped federal terrorism charges on a technicality - improper surveillance techniques by investigators. (Chicago Sun-Times, April 16, 2008) Many years later, Ayers is a professor at the University of Illinois and still unrepentant. In a 2004 interview, "Ayers claimed the Weathermen were driven by “hope and love,” not despair, and said he did not think the group’s violent acts, targeting federal officials and local law enforcement officers, were 'a big deal.' ".
Barack Obama has been friends with William Ayers for over 13 years. Ayers launched Obama's political career in Illinois by hosting one of Obama's first campaign events at his Hyde Park home in 1995.
As passionate and even crazed as William Ayers is, do you think that he would support (and host events to launch) the political career of someone who didn't share at least some of his radical beliefs?
2) Reverend Jeremiah Wright - former pastor of the Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago: An inflammatory speaker, Rev. Wright has stated that "the government gives [black people] drugs and "treats them as less than human." (ABC News, March 13, 2008)
"We bombed Hiroshima, we bombed Nagasaki, and we nuked far more than the thousands in New York and the Pentagon, and we never batted an eye," Rev. Wright said in a sermon on Sept. 16, 2001. "We have supported state terrorism against the Palestinians and black South Africans, and now we are indignant because the stuff we have done overseas is now brought right back to our own front yards. America's chickens are coming home to roost," he told his congregation 5 days after September 11th. (ABC News, March 13, 2008) Wright has also claimed that US scientists engineered the AIDS virus.
"An ABC News review of dozens of Rev. Wright's sermons, offered for sale by the church, found repeated denunciations of the U.S. based on what he described as his reading of the Gospels and the treatment of black Americans." (ABC News, March 13, 2008)
Rev. Jeremiah Wright has been Barack Obama's pastor for over 17 years. Not only did Wright marry Barack and Michelle, he also baptized both of Obama's daughters and is even credited for coining the title of Barack's autobiography, "The Audacity of Hope."
"In a statement to ABCNews.com, Obama's press spokesman Bill Burton said, 'Sen. Obama has said repeatedly that personal attacks such as this [one on Rev. Wright] have no place in this campaign or our politics, whether they're offered from a platform at a rally or the pulpit of a church. Sen. Obama does not think of the pastor of his church in political terms. Like a member of his family, there are things he says with which Sen. Obama deeply disagrees. But now that he is retired, that doesn't detract from Sen. Obama's affection for Rev. Wright or his appreciation for the good works he has done.' " (ABC News, March 13, 2008)
Clearly Barack agrees with what Wright has to say, he's stuck with him for over 17 years! The Obamas are so close to Wright that he married them and baptized both their children - if you think your pastor is off his wad, you don't ask him to participate in every facet of your religious life - or name your book after one of his sermons.
3) Tony Rezko - indicted slum-landlord and Obama's friend, neighbor and fundraiser. Too much to type. Read this article. Or this one.
Here are Barack Obama's loose screws:
1) William Ayers, Founder of the 60s terrorist group "The Weather Underground" - In the 60s and 70s, American radical William Ayers founded "The Weathermen" and "The Weather Underground" to protest "American Imperialism".
"The group’s members assumed clandestine identities and began detonating bombs at courthouses, correctional facilities, police stations, the Capitol and the Pentagon. Between October 1969 and September 1973, the Weather Underground claimed credit for some twenty bombings across the country." (FoxNews, August 26, 2008) This homegrown terrorist and his wife escaped federal terrorism charges on a technicality - improper surveillance techniques by investigators. (Chicago Sun-Times, April 16, 2008) Many years later, Ayers is a professor at the University of Illinois and still unrepentant. In a 2004 interview, "Ayers claimed the Weathermen were driven by “hope and love,” not despair, and said he did not think the group’s violent acts, targeting federal officials and local law enforcement officers, were 'a big deal.' ".
Barack Obama has been friends with William Ayers for over 13 years. Ayers launched Obama's political career in Illinois by hosting one of Obama's first campaign events at his Hyde Park home in 1995.
As passionate and even crazed as William Ayers is, do you think that he would support (and host events to launch) the political career of someone who didn't share at least some of his radical beliefs?
2) Reverend Jeremiah Wright - former pastor of the Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago: An inflammatory speaker, Rev. Wright has stated that "the government gives [black people] drugs and "treats them as less than human." (ABC News, March 13, 2008)
"We bombed Hiroshima, we bombed Nagasaki, and we nuked far more than the thousands in New York and the Pentagon, and we never batted an eye," Rev. Wright said in a sermon on Sept. 16, 2001. "We have supported state terrorism against the Palestinians and black South Africans, and now we are indignant because the stuff we have done overseas is now brought right back to our own front yards. America's chickens are coming home to roost," he told his congregation 5 days after September 11th. (ABC News, March 13, 2008) Wright has also claimed that US scientists engineered the AIDS virus.
"An ABC News review of dozens of Rev. Wright's sermons, offered for sale by the church, found repeated denunciations of the U.S. based on what he described as his reading of the Gospels and the treatment of black Americans." (ABC News, March 13, 2008)
Rev. Jeremiah Wright has been Barack Obama's pastor for over 17 years. Not only did Wright marry Barack and Michelle, he also baptized both of Obama's daughters and is even credited for coining the title of Barack's autobiography, "The Audacity of Hope."
"In a statement to ABCNews.com, Obama's press spokesman Bill Burton said, 'Sen. Obama has said repeatedly that personal attacks such as this [one on Rev. Wright] have no place in this campaign or our politics, whether they're offered from a platform at a rally or the pulpit of a church. Sen. Obama does not think of the pastor of his church in political terms. Like a member of his family, there are things he says with which Sen. Obama deeply disagrees. But now that he is retired, that doesn't detract from Sen. Obama's affection for Rev. Wright or his appreciation for the good works he has done.' " (ABC News, March 13, 2008)
Clearly Barack agrees with what Wright has to say, he's stuck with him for over 17 years! The Obamas are so close to Wright that he married them and baptized both their children - if you think your pastor is off his wad, you don't ask him to participate in every facet of your religious life - or name your book after one of his sermons.
3) Tony Rezko - indicted slum-landlord and Obama's friend, neighbor and fundraiser. Too much to type. Read this article. Or this one.
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