Why is that these crybabies wail and scream about "You attacked me!" when they are criticized, especially in the context of a campaign. Shouldn't one expect his opponent to criticize?

Recently, in a speech to the Israeli Knesset, Pres Bush said that appeasement was bad. Immediately, Obama, Clinton, Reid and Pelosi started crying about how it was unfair to criticize them and that it was below the office of the presidency. What the hell are they talking about? First, he never said he was talking about them. They just claimed that label for themselves. But even if he had named Obama, why should this be off limits?

Why doesn't Obama explain how that label shouldn't apply to him and not cry about someone using it?

Remember, "sticks and stones" and all that? If an attack is not legitimate, your defense should be a clear articulation why it is illegitimate, not just crying about being criticized.

What is Obama going to do when world leaders criticize him or when he goes to a G8 summit in Europe and a couple of thousand protesters are there burning him in effigy?

Come on, Obama, this is a game for the grown-ups. It's time to put on your big boy panties and quite crying.

If you are expecting the typical Philly fan that has turned on her team now that they've lost...you won't find that here. My boys did awesome --WAY better than anyone predicted.

Here's the thing, I wonder what Pittsburgh fans would be belly aching about if they had to play this series minus three of their best players? I won't do that though. Even though we held our own without Gagne, Timonen and Coburn things would have been very different WITH them on the ice. I'm happy we got to the semi-finals.

There is something that bothers me though. The NHL draft operates much like the federal government. Bad behavior is rewarded and good behavior goes unnoticed. The worse the team, the better the draft picks. I guess that's a consolation for Flyers' fans though --if the Penguins wouldn't have sucked for so damn long, they wouldn't have the stellar lineup they have now. In essence, they were only able to beat us because they were highly rewarded for being SO terrible for so long --I can live with that.

And Jpck, it bothers me that you, a staunch Conservative, would pick the team full of undeserved, number one draft picks over the underdogs! Shame!

Next year.

Do you think this is effective?

Barack Obama got his ass kicked in West Virginia. He knows he's gonna get his ass kicked in Kentucky. So he has decided to concentrate his efforts elsewhere.

I have no problem with that. I think that's a very good decision. I think he ought to write off those racist, gun hugging, bible thumpin' bigots and go on out to Oregon, where he can talk to people who "understand."

However, my big problem with him has always been his inherent dishonesty. He simply can't tell the truth in public, no matter how much it hurts. In private, he was honest in his opinion regarding those small town hicks in Pennsylvania. He can't do it in public.

His wife, Michelle, is going to campaign in Kentucky on Monday. Wow, good luck with that. I hope the attendees have to go through rotten tomato detectors or she'll be wearing a salad.

Obama said he just won't have time to campaign in KY before the primary on Tuesday. Seems he got called back to Washington for some votes. Geez, I guess that makes TWO votes he attended this year? But he does have time for campaigning, even in states that have already held their primaries:

Obama spoke to more than 8,000 supporters in Louisville Monday night — his first time in the state since August. He said he had hoped to spend more time in Kentucky earlier this week but was called back to Washington, D.C. for votes on Tuesday.

Since then, he’s stumped in Oregon, which will hold its primary by mail on Tuesday, and South Dakota, where Democrats vote June 3, as well as in states that have already held their primary elections, such as Michigan and Missouri.

But this is what really set me off, his BS explanations and rationalizations:

Obama conceded that he has a steep challenge to get his message and background to voters in states such as Kentucky — where he trails Sen. Hillary Clinton by 27 points, according to a poll published earlier this week — and West Virginia, where voters chose Clinton over Obama by 40 points on Tuesday.

"What it says is that I'm not very well known in that part of the country," Obama said. "Sen. Clinton, I think, is much better known, coming from a nearby state of Arkansas. So it's not surprising that she would have an advantage in some of those states in the middle." (source)

Well, Senator Obamama, I have reproduced a map of those "middle" states for you. BTW, Illinois is one of those states in the middle. If you look carefully, you will note that Illinois is closer to both WV and KY than Arkansas is. Hell, IL even shares a border with KY, unlike AR.

Does anyone actually believe what this ass-wipe says?

The California State Supreme Court has invalidated a 1977 state law, upheld in 2000 by Prop 22, that defined marriage as the union of a man and a woman. This paves the way for gays to marry in CA. See this and this.

How did Karl Rove manage this? Prop 22 won by over 1.2 million votes. This is a sure fire way to get conservatives to the ballot box in November.

Personally, I think the divorce lawyers are behind this. They see a section of the population that hasn't been paying them and want in on the action.

OK, really, this is just gay. I'm sure it's fine for women, girls and boys raised by single mothers, but no real man would get near it.

Not that it isn't a great idea. My daughter works up quite a sweat with her Wii Hannah Montana game, but I prefer the gym, myself.

That won't stop me from buying one. My daughter and wife will love it.

I was more comfortable when it was just Hillary and Barry yapping back and forth and McCain was just sitting back and watching the show. Now that McCain's talking again, I'm feeling increasingly uncomfortable. He's gotta realize that many 'Reagan Conservatives' are already making a HUGE concession in voting and arguing in his favor --but does he need to make it harder on us each time he opens his mouth?

"I'm not interested in partisanship that serves no other purpose than to gain a temporary advantage over our opponents. This mindless, paralyzing rancor must come to an end. We belong to different parties, not different countries," [John] McCain told several hundred in the capital city of Ohio, a general election battleground. "There is a time to campaign, and a time to govern. If I'm elected president, the era of the permanent campaign will end; the era of problem-solving will begin." (source)

This week has been a doozy for reluctant McCain supporters --first with the blanket affirmation of man-made global warming and now with an admonishment of PARTISANSHIP differences? Isn't DEBATE essential for DEMOCRACY? Aren't there TONS of things WORTH fighting for?!

Ugh.

This was a letter to the Editor in a Philly paper yesterday:

White firemen are unfairly treated
"Dear Mayor Nutter:
I thought you were going to be a different kind of mayor, according to your campaign promises, than the previous mayors of Philadelphia. You were going to get rid of the bad guys and clean up the city. Well, you were informed, both in a meeting and in a letter, about the racism that runs rampant in the Fire Department, among other places. There is a double standard in the department that no one seems to care about.
When a black fireman gets in trouble, he is simply moved to another station instead of punished. When a white fireman is falsely accused of something, without any proof, he is punished without a fair hearing to clear his name.
The white firemen are afraid to complain for fear of retaliation.
These firemen put their lives on the line every day and should be treated with more respect. When promotions come up, the more qualified people are always passed over to put minorities in those positions of higher rank. There are some black firemen who have been moved from station to station to station more than once just so their trouble can go away. There are many black firemen in positions of authority who are utterly unqualified for the job, and some get the position simply because they know, or are related to, someone who holds a high rank.
Well, Mr. Nutter, if you want to clean up the problem, I suggest you start at the top with the commissioner, since he looks the other way and helps perpetuate the problem. Well, so much for campaign promises!" (source)

I have asked reporters at the Philadelphia Inquirer repeatedly where the investigative journalism was on this issue. They claim it's a budget thing and not a scared to say anything because it deals with race thing.

The situation is terrible because these guys (and girls) are brothers that are risking their lives together --the color of their skin should be a total non-issue because once burnt they will all look the same. Some of the stories would make your head spin. I wonder if the Police Department's "we all bleed blue" motto works because they (unlike the PFD) did away with their racial quotas...or if they have the same problems and I just haven't heard about them...

"...As the fast-food goers worked up an appetite, two former employees at the drive-in worked on a concoction of their own, spiking cola with saliva.

A Sonic spokesman says they have thoroughly investigated and taken action.

"It was brought to my attention by the manager of the store that the incident was brought to his attention that an employee had spit in a drink of a customer," Steve Richard say. "(The manager) confronted the employee involved and they were terminated immediately."

Sonic customers say the thought makes them sick to their stomach..." (source)

Any of my close friends will tell you, there's a "NO complaining at restaurants when you're with me" rule if you'd like to share a meal. I've worked in restaurants and I am well aware of what employees do to customers that are causing a problem (spitting in drinks is MINOR people!). I have seen unspeakable things -so someone that complains when they are out with me will have found one of the few things that instantly pissed me off...and ensures we never break bread again.

Last night I was thinking that there were a lot of similarities between America's worst president, Jimmy Carter and America's worst candidate, Barry Hussein. I Googled "Jimmy Carter + Barack Obama" to see if anyone else had the same thought.

I found a few articles making the case for the Carter-Obama comparison:

"...Actually, the similarities between Carter and Obama are considerable. Like Obama, Carter’s resume included service in a state Legislature (rare for a president), and only a very brief stint in high-profile office, his single term as Georgia’s governor from 1970 to 1974. Obama, of course, has only been in the U.S. Senate since 2005, after an eight-year run in the Illinois state Senate.

Most significantly, both men came along at exactly the right time. Carter’s peanut-farmer-from-Plains simplicity and his oft-repeated promise that he “will never lie to you” were powerful political weapons after Nixon and his wiretapping, his plumbers and his pardon from Ford. And Obama’s message of hope—and his own life story—resonates with an electorate that, after these past eight years, feels utterly disconnected from its government and simply wants to believe in someone again." (source)

That's a good article, but I was thinking more about ideological likenesses (not just timing, slogans and comapigning)...and then I came across this gem of a piece in the Amercian Spectator:

Jimmy Carter’s Second Term, By Jeffrey Lord

"...Consciously or not, Obama has selected the philosophical template of the Carter administration, from defunding the military, fighting the "special interests" down to imposing the windfall profits tax on the rich. Well, as Justice Clarence Thomas might say: whoop-dee-damn-do! This is precisely the philosophy of Jimmy Carter, although Carter had the good sense not to campaign as the pacifist he really is in 1976, waiting until the moment his hand came off the bible for that.

IS IT POSSIBLE that America really wants to return to those depressing days of gas lines and leisure suits? Of malaise and shock over the aggressiveness of America's enemies? The days when the policies Obama is advocating raised unemployment rates, interest rates and inflation rates into the double digits? When America's enemies looked the President of the United States in the eye -- and found he really wanted to kiss them on the cheek?" (Read the Whole Article!)

Maybe Democrats are already experiencing voter's remorse... I heard yesterday that 70+% of Democrats WANT Hillary to stay in the race...

It's perfectly okay for Liberals to call the President of the United States a monkey and depict him as such on signs, websites and t-shirts...but point out the similarity between Curious George and Obama and you're a racist throwback. Why is that? I thought the Left was all against 'Intelligent Design' and all believed we weren't 'created', but 'evolved'...from monkeys. Well, then why wouldn't some of us (Bush & Obama) still resemble them? And if it's scientific fact --what would be wrong about acknowledging it?

"The owner of the Georgia Tavern insists that the shirts weren't meant to offend and has described them as "cute," but protesters disagreed, saying that it is a racist slam against Barack Obama.

Several people as well as community groups held protests outside of Mulligan's Bar and Grill on Tuesday. Those groups included, Southern Christian Leadership Conference, the Nation Of Islam, and the Cobb Immigrant Alliance." (source)

"SAN FRANCISCO -- Public schools don't violate students' freedom of expression by requiring them to wear uniforms, a federal appeals court in San Francisco ruled Monday.

In a 2-1 decision, the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a Nevada school district's clothing rules against challenges from students, including a high school junior who was suspended five times for a total of 25 days for wearing a T-shirt with religious slogans." (source)

I find this very amusing. The MOST liberal court in the land rules that uniforms aren't a violation --the same court that probably admires the uniformity of communism and subscribes to the "we're all winners!" mentality... Let's turn our kids into the North Korean army --maybe if we make them indistinguishable it will be easier to mold them into one and keep their minds from straying to thoughts of their own...

I know many of you don't agree and are cool with uniforms...but you're wrong --it's the first step.

This is moveon.org's "Obama in 30 Seconds" contest winner, John Weiler. He claims to be a lifelong Republican, a Veteran Air Force Master Sergeant and currently a SoCal detective. I want to know if this is on the up and up. Maybe he was registered with the GOP, but was he an active voter...had he ever voted or become involved before? I don;t know, I'm just having trouble swallowing a life long Repub & military member endorsing Obama so blindly wholeheartedly...

"I will not shirk the mantle of leadership that the United States bears. I will not permit eight long years to pass without serious action on serious challenges. I will not accept the same dead-end of failed diplomacy that claimed Kyoto. The United States will lead and will lead with a different approach — an approach that speaks to the interests and obligations of every nation" (source)

McCain made this affirmation of man-made global warming and took this swipe at President Bush on Monday...the coldest May day here in Philly since some time in the 1800s.

This is more disheartening to me than the illegals thing --at least that could come from a soft spot, but this can only come from complete ignorance or lack of reading/research...

I saw this today. Obama is trying to frame the coming vote on the new GI Bill as McCain and Republicans not supporting veterans. Nothing could be farther from the truth. The question is “how” to expand the GI Bill, not “should we expand it”?

This all stems from Democratic Senator Jim Webb’s bill (GI Bill SS22). There is currently a great debate in military circles about the pro’s and cons of each program with junior soldiers supporting one, and career soldiers supporting the other.

In reality, both are good Bills that will nicely compensate a lot of troops.

The Democrat Bill has many pros, but doesn’t have some of the more attractive features of the Republican Bill and appears to create a whole new GI Bill bureaucracy. The Republican Bill doesn’t offer as much money to one-term members, but has key features in it that make it hugely attractive to career military members.

I am supporting John McCain’s bill for several reasons, but mainly because it provides a sliding scale where the longer you serve, the more benefits you get. If you serve a lot of years you end up with more benefits that with SS22. Most attractive of all- the Republican bill allows a member to “give” their GI Bill benefits to a family member. I think that will enhance retention in the service for troops by allowing the option to give the Bill to their children or spouse.

Its not that I’d like to see one term troops get screwed... but I think I should get more for 10 years of service than the guy who served three. I don’t want to get into a military class war here. Were I still a private I’d be contemplating a “Fuck you Sergeant” to be honest. Bottom line as far as I’m concerned is this- I’ve “put in” more so I should get more.

This issue is of course near and dear to my heart, having gone to school myself on the GI Bill. I’m now done with it. I won’t need it again, and McCain and Lindsey Graham’s bill has a provision for guys like me. After a period of years (of which I already qualify as I’ve served 10 now) I can pay into the GI Bill and “give it” to my daughter. Obviously this for my situation is highly advantageous. In fact, I can see myself supporting SS22 if it had this feature, as it’s the one most attractive to me.

In the end this situation is good for veterans because if either passes, it will be good for service members. But don’t let anyone tell you McCain doesn’t support veterans. He’s cosponsoring the Bill this vet would like to see passed.

-by free0352

It seems that allergies and autism numbers are rising daily. I don't remember there being even one autistic kid in my school growing up, yet my kids' school has to have two classrooms for 'autistic support.'

I know many fault 'mercury in vaccines', Actually there are families suing the U.S. over this claim... As far as I have read, autism numbers are still rising even after the 'guilty vaccine' was eradicated. I understand them wanting to scapegoat the mercury in light of the new autism study out of the University of North Carolina which points to the correlation between kids with autism and parents with mental illness and depression.

It's strange that certain things are increasing so rapidly and it's frustrating there is never a definitive answer as to why. Isn't it wild though that the more anal parents get (recalls, organic foods, anti-bacteria wipes, etc.) the more problems seem to be cropping up?

I wonder if they've explored the possibility that the rise in autism is related to the fact that so many women are waiting so much longer to start having children...

As many of you know, I have wanted to stop smoking forever. There have been many reasons why I haven't--topping them is recent smoking bans, sanctimonious non-smokers and ever more sanctimonious ex-smokers. I am not a person that is told what to do very easily... A few years ago Kali gave me "The EASYWAY to Stop Smoking" by Allen Carr. It sat in my bookshelves for years. Maybe I didn't believe a book could help you quit, maybe I didn't really want to quit or maybe I just needed to do it in my own time without nagging and condescension...

I got the kind of space and advice I needed from both Kali and Allen Carr. Kali bought me the book and just gave it to me. She didn't preach or bug me about reading it...she just bought it and sent it. Allen Carr isn't some dude that's never smoked --he was a hardcore 5 pack a day smoker. He doesn't employ 'scare tactics': which bore the pants off of smokers btw. While you are blathering on about all the ills of smoking, the smoker you are talking to is looking you up and down and thinking about all of your faults and belittling you in their mind. Trust me.

Though I am no longer a smoker, I will NEVER turn into a PITA ex-smoker. The smokers among us are not the weak ones --they are normally the strong willed over-achievers (who else could force poison into their lungs 20+ times a day)...

I'm not sure why this book/method isn't more talked about -especially by doctors. In the past I have tried hypnotism, the patch, nicotine gum, and willpower: and all failed.

Thank you Kali for your gift(s)...the book and the non-judgmental attitude!!!

I saw this today. Apparently, pointing out that the terrorists in Hamas just love Barry Obama is now a smear-- instead of just stating a fact.

"This is offensive, and I think it's disappointing, because John McCain always says, 'Well, I'm not going to run that kind of politics,'" Osama said. "And then to engage in that kind of smear, I think, is unfortunate

I’m pretty sick of whiny little Democrats crying and moaning every time someone says something they don’t like about B Hussein Obama, especially when it's him doing the limp wristed liberal panty waste whining. If this is any indication of his campaign strategy, criticizing him in any way means either you’re racist or smearing poooooor Barry.

Hey B. Hussein Obama, quit being such a little bitch! If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the election!

Bottom line, Hamas isn’t afraid of Obama. Six day old kittens aren’t afraid of Obama. He’s definitely one of the black men his grandmother isn’t terrified of. Obama isn’t the kind of guy you’re scared of robbing you in a dark alley, Obama is the kind of guy criminals rob in dark alleys. Maybe that’s why liberals identify with him so much, he’s a wimp just like they are. Bill Clinton is John Rambo compared to this guy. Perhaps the Democrats can dig up John Edwards to teach Obama about being a tough.

John McCain endured years of torture at the hands of radical socialists; Obama means to give us years of torture as President by being a radical socialist, only not a very intimidating one. I’d love to see his reaction for five minutes to a few of John McCain’s Viet Min interrogators. Judging by his reaction to simple (and accurate) criticism like this I bet he’d have signed an Air Pirate confession in about 20 seconds and bent over for the nearest communist.

McCain makes Hamas tremble in their turbans. Looks to me Obama is more worried about how nice McCain is going to be than forming a coherent policy on terrorism. What a pussy. Besides, how can Obama stand up to Hamas when half his supporters actually rally for the terrorists!

(Berkeley protester Photo Courtesy of Zombietime)