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Bailout Plan: Spin city?

September 27, 2008 By: Wess Stewart Category: Economics, Spin, Thoughts 2 Comments →

The bailout plan is retarded. Unfortunately, it has become necessary to do something about the situation, right?

Didn’t McCain say that something needed to be done about the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac risks, I dunno, three years ago?

Wasn’t his proposal shot down by the Dems?

Why did the Democrats say they had a plan when they met with the president when they didn’t really have one?

Why are they blaming McCain and the Republicans for screwing up the meeting?

True, the Reps are not agreeing to the plan that was presented. $700 billion with 20% going to earmarks for groups like ACORN. No conservative in their right mind (or Democrat) would sign on to that thing. Not without lots of reform.

In the meantime, here’s my view of what has just been set up. I could be way off, and this could just be me starting a new conspiracy, or whatever. This is a question that I have though.

This $700 billion bailout ‘plan’ was thrown together as a ploy. The plan was to have something that the Democrats WERE CAPABLE OF PASSING on their own without the Republicans. However, to appear non-partisan, they refuse to do it without the Republicans…all while screaming that something ‘had to be done by Friday’ (yesterday) or the financial world was going to end as we know it. Then when the Republicans reject the plan, they blame McCain for it because he showed up. Forget that he didn’t really say much about the plan during the meeting…

By doing this, a couple of things have happened:

1. The Republicans look like they are stalling. Now that Friday has come and gone, if something major happens (again), the Democrats will blame the Reps for stalling the bailout and not fixing the problem.

2. The Democrats have forced the Republicans into a place that, thanks to the help of the media, looks very bad. They’ve created a sense of urgency and have made it appear that the waiting is all the fault of the Republicans when the Dems have knowingly and willfully presented a bill that they knew without a doubt that the Republicans would not approve of in an attempt to make the Reps look bad to the public.

If the Democrats pass this without the Republicans (which they can), they win by default and the Republicans failed to take action to prevent the harm to the taxpayers, making them look bad.

If the Republicans sign on to this bill, the Democrats win, and in the ensuing crap storm the Republicans will be blamed on them because they were ‘needed’ to pass a bill that was full of garbage, making them look bad.

If the Republicans say no (which they have), the Democrats use the media to make it look like the Republicans are stalling and screwing things up (which the Dems are doing), and any negative fallout will be blamed on the Republicans, making them look bad.

In the meantime, the Democrats are probably sitting around patting themselves on the back and enjoying their success in making the Republicans look like a spectacle to the general public who believe everything the media has fed them.

I will admit that you have to give the Dems credit for such a brilliant and effective strategy, albeit a bit evil. You force your enemy into a posiition where they look bad no matter what they choose to do.

Non-partisan my butt. The Democrats aren’t putting their country first, they are pushing their political agenda with this and trying to win over the taxpayers who ought to know better by using spin and strongarm tactics to make conservatives look like fools. And unless the conservatives continue to fight, and stand up and defend themselves and use some power plays of their own, the taxpayers will lose this fight, no matter who gets what bill passed.



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Obama Trying to Delay Iraq Withdrawl

September 16, 2008 By: Wess Stewart Category: Election 2008, Military Operations, Spin No Comments →

Obama and Petraeus

Seriously? I thought this was a Bush/More Bush tactic! No, I didn’t make this up. This is coming from the New York Post:

According to Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari, Obama made his demand for delay a key theme of his discussions with Iraqi leaders in Baghdad in July.

“He asked why we were not prepared to delay an agreement until after the US elections and the formation of a new administration in Washington,” Zebari said in an interview.

Obama insisted that Congress should be involved in negotiations on the status of US troops - and that it was in the interests of both sides not to have an agreement negotiated by the Bush administration in its “state of weakness and political confusion.”

Now, the question I have is this: why would someone who is so vocal about being anti-war wanting to extend it? Especially when he’s been attacking McCain (and everyone else on the right) for being ‘just another Bush’?

I think I’d have to agree with the Iraqi’s on this answer:

Iraqi leaders are divided over the US election. Iraqi President Jalal Talabani (whose party is a member of the Socialist International) sees Obama as “a man of the Left” - who, once elected, might change his opposition to Iraq’s liberation. Indeed, say Talabani’s advisers, a President Obama might be tempted to appropriate the victory that America has already won in Iraq by claiming that his intervention transformed failure into success.

Maliki’s advisers have persuaded him that Obama will win - but the prime minister worries about the senator’s “political debt to the anti-war lobby” - which is determined to transform Iraq into a disaster to prove that toppling Saddam Hussein was “the biggest strategic blunder in US history.”

Other prominent Iraqi leaders, such as Vice President Adel Abdul-Mahdi and Kurdish regional President Massoud Barzani, believe that Sen. John McCain would show “a more realistic approach to Iraqi issues.”

Obama has given Iraqis the impression that he doesn’t want Iraq to appear anything like a success, let alone a victory, for America. The reason? He fears that the perception of US victory there might revive the Bush Doctrine of “pre-emptive” war - that is, removing a threat before it strikes at America.

Change we can believe in. Whatever makes Obama look good to the liberals is good for Obama’s America.

Whatever.

Read the full New York Post article.



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Barack Obama Details Plan to Keep America Safe

September 09, 2008 By: Wess Stewart Category: Election 2008, Guns, National Defense, Spin No Comments →

At least he’s finally saying what his plans are. Not that they sound very assuring.


Really good plan there, Mr. Obama. Oh, wait, double-plus ungood.



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Sarah Palin: MoveOn Email 2

September 04, 2008 By: Wess Stewart Category: Election 2008, Spin 18 Comments →

More of the MoveOn.org crap about Sarah Palin. These people are IDIOTS.

Did you watch Sarah Palin’s speech last night? The speech told us a lot about her.

It told us that she can distort the facts and deliver mean-spirited zingers with the best of them. It told us that if Rush Limbaugh or Ann Coulter ever need a stand-in, she’d be a great pick.

It told us that she can be condescending and dismissive of the real work Barack Obama did helping real people on the South Side of Chicago. It told us that she can uphold the long Republican tradition of lying about Democratic tax cuts—even though Obama’s plan would give Americans a bigger break than McCain’s.

But the speech—written by one of President Bush’s speechwriters—didn’t tell us the truth about Sarah Palin’s extremist positions. And the more that people know her far-right views, the less they support her. (There’s a partial list below.)

One of the best ways to get the word out about Palin is to write a letter to the editor of your local paper. Today’s a great day to write because this is very relevant—it just happened last night. Plus, our online tool makes it easy and has great tips. Please take a few minutes to write a quick letter to the editor now:
http://pol.moveon.org/lte?campaign_id=95&id=13709-10385501-KFYZ2wx&t=3

Palin’s speech and the reaction to it also made clear why McCain picked her. It wasn’t a decision about who’s most qualified to serve a heart-beat away from the presidency—it was a political decision about pleasing the far-right base of the Republican party.

Writing a letter to your local paper is a great way to make sure voters understand that. The opinion pages are the most widely-read pages of the newspaper. Write today, and your letter’s a lot more likely to get published because it’s so topical. It’ll help sway the editorial board too.

Here are a bunch of points you might want to include in your letter:

* Palin recently said that the war in Iraq is “God’s task.” She’s even admitted she hasn’t thought about the war much—just last year she was quoted saying, “I’ve been so focused on state government, I haven’t really focused much on the war in Iraq.” 1, 2
* Palin has actively sought the support of the fringe Alaska Independence Party. Six months ago, Palin told members of the group—who advocate for a vote on secession from the union—to “keep up the good work” and “wished the party luck on what she called its ‘inspiring convention.’” 3
* Palin wants to teach creationism in public schools. She hasn’t made clear whether she thinks evolution is a fact.4
* Palin doesn’t believe that humans contribute to global warming. Speaking about climate change, she said, “I’m not one though who would attribute it to being manmade.” 5
* Palin has close ties to Big Oil. Her inauguration was even sponsored by BP. 6
* Palin is extremely anti-choice. She doesn’t even support abortion in the case of rape or incest. 7
* Palin opposes comprehensive sex-ed in public schools. She’s said she will only support abstinence-only approaches. 8
* As mayor, Palin tried to ban books from the library. Palin asked the library how she might go about banning books because some had inappropriate language in them—shocking the librarian, Mary Ellen Baker. According to Time, “news reports from the time show that Palin had threatened to fire Baker for not giving “full support” to the mayor.” 9
* She DID support the Bridge to Nowhere (before she opposed it). Palin claimed that she said “thanks, but no thanks” to the infamous Bridge to Nowhere. But in 2006, Palin supported the project repeatedly, saying that Alaska should take advantage of earmarks “while our congressional delegation is in a strong position to assist.” 10

The plain fact of the matter is that Sarah Palin did a bang-up job delivering a Karl Rove-style political attack speech last night. That makes her a skilled politician but it doesn’t make her views any more palatable for voters. Americans don’t really want another far-right, anti-science ideologue in the White House.

Please help get the word out about where Sarah Palin really stands on the issues.

I encourage everyone to use their handy-dandy form to send their own email to the papers. I sent one to every paper on their list. I may even send my letter to Rush, Hannity, Ingram, and Boortz.

They’ve even provided talking points and advice on writing your letter! How nice…you can write what they want you to…WRONG. I don’t do that. But if you DO need some idea of what kind of letter I’d send, here’s mine:

I’m using the ’send a letter’ feature that MoveOn.org spammed me with to send this letter.

Last night, Sarah Palin showed Americans exactly what she’s made of.

Gunpowder and lead.

Nevermind that the liberals have been attacking her CHILDREN, it seems that the MoveOn idiots are enraged because she made some ‘mean-spirited zingers’ against a GROWN MAN.

You know, if someone attacked my children, they’d get much more than a zinger. More like a fist in their face.

The MoveOn.org liberals have guts, I’ll give them that. But beyond that, they simply hide behind a facade of caring while all they do is attack children and call names.

You can’t argue with a liberal. Why? Because no matter what evidence you bring to the fight, they will always be correct. Nevermind that you have documented evidence, witnesses, or audio/video, you will always be wrong.

Let’s see. It seems that MoveOn.org has provided me with some talking points…how gracious. Let’s address some of them.

“Palin recently said that the war in Iraq is “God’s task” and she’s admitted she hasn’t thought about the war much, due to being focused on state government.

GOOD. ISN’T THAT HER JOB? I THOUGHT SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO FOCUS ON LOCAL ISSUES!

Next, let’s talk about this one. “Palin wants to teach creationism in public schools.”

AWESOME. THEY CAN TEACH SOMETHING THAT A LARGE NUMBER OF AMERICANS DISAGREE WITH (EVOLUTION), WHY CAN’T THE OTHER BE TAUGHT? OH WAIT, THEY DON’T WANT TO ‘FEEL’ LIKE THEY ARE WRONG. I THOUGHT THEY SUPPORTED FAIRNESS?

“Palin doesn’t believe that humans contribute to global warming.”

WOW. I DON’T EITHER. I GUESS US ‘CREATIONISTS’ ARE THE SCOURGE OF MANKIND AND LOGICAL THOUGHT. I’D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT CONTRIBUTED TO THEIR ‘ICE AGE’?

“Palin is extremely anti-choice.”

…BECAUSE SHE DOESN’T DESERVE THE RIGHT TO BELIEVE THAT A FETUS IS A LIVING ORGANISM. AGAIN, LIBERALS DON’T WANT TO BE TOLD THAT THEY ARE WRONG…IF YOU DON’T WANT KIDS (AND WANT TO BE CERTAIN YOU DON’T HAVE ANY) DON’T HAVE SEX.

“As mayor, Palin tried to ban books from the library…because some had inappropriate language in them.”

YET WE CANNOT SAY OBAMA’S MIDDLE NAME. WE CAN’T SAY ‘GOD’. WE CAN’T SAY PRAYERS. BUT WE CAN USE EXPLETIVES ANY TIME WE WISH.

Hmm…sounds like the MoveOn liberals have a double standard on almost every issue they have. Go figure.

I’m willing to bet this doesn’t go through, because I’m pretty sure MoveOn censors these letters, to prevent conservative idiots like me from ‘abusing’ their system.

Screw them.

I’m also sick of hearing the term ‘mean-spirited’. What the heck is it when you attack a minor child, even if she did make a moral mistake?

Which one of you MoveOn morons weren’t rebellious when you were that age?

In the meantime, I support Palin. I see no logical reason not to. MoveOn.org and the liberal media are most definitely the scum of the earth.

Wess Stewart
http://verbalthermite.com



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Is the Playstation 2 Killing Children?

July 27, 2008 By: Wess Stewart Category: Foreign Affairs, Spin No Comments →

I came across an article on a gaming website titled ‘Report Claims PS2’s Need for a Certain Metal Helped Fuel a War‘, thanks to my wife hearing about it after it was reported on Yahoo news. Naturally, upon seeing my wife discuss this article (and having just sold our PS2), I had to check it out.

From the article:

A report on Toward Freedom alleges that Sony’s — and other electronics companies’ — need for a material known as coltan has helped encourage Rwandan troops to use prisoners-of-war and children to mine for the rare ore.

According to Oona King, a British politician, “Kids in Congo were being sent down mines to die so that kids in Europe and America could kill imaginary aliens in their living rooms.”

Without elaborating on the actual content of the article (which I encourage you to read), after reading it through I came to a firm decision: the liberals are now trying to make Americans feel guilty for owning technology that requires the elements in question, which include not only Playstations, but cell phones and other things.

And not one mention in the article about the number of cell phones or gaming consoles in Japan. You see, the blame in the article lies solely upon the manufacturer of the PS2, Sony, and Americans.

Why do liberals feel the constant need to make people feel guilty about having stuff? Because it works. It gets your attention. I am actually saddened that children are sent into these mines, and some do in fact die. It’s not the place of a child to do such work.

But according to the article (albeit somewhat smothered in liberal crap), Rwandan soldiers are the ones that are forcing the children into the mines in the first place.

Forgive me, but I fail to see how that is the fault of either Sony or Americans at all.

To be fair to the gaming site, they also state their source for the article; a liberal site known as ‘Toward Freedom’. From the article on their website:

David Barouski, a researcher and journalist from Wisconsin, says it is certain that the coltan from this conflict is also in SONY video game consoles across the world. “SONY’s PlayStation 2 launch (spring of 2000) was a big part of the huge increase in demand for coltan that began in early 1999,” said Barouski, who has witnessed the chaos of eastern DRC firsthand.

“SONY and other companies like it, have the benefit of plausible deniability,” he said, “because the coltan ore trades hands so many times from when it is mined to when SONY gets a processed product, that a company often has no idea where the original coltan ore came from, and frankly don’t care to know.” He adds, “But statistical analysis shows it to be nearly inconceivable that SONY made all its PlayStations without using Congolese coltan.”

SONY still uses tantalum in some of its parts, Satoshi Fukuoka, a spokesperson SONY from Japan, said in an e-mail. He said they are satisfied with responses from suppliers the tantalum they use is not “illegally mined Congo coltan”.

You see, according to liberals, even if Rwandan soldiers are forcing children to do dangerous work, even if you can possibly NOT be using materials from that region, even if the company makes the products you use has been assured that the materials came from legal sources you should still feel guilty, because there’s always the ‘what if’, and to liberals the ‘what if’ is just as good as the real thing.

Frankly, I don’t feel the least bit guilty. These liberals have overlooked the main points of the report and have blatantly tried to attack Americans and Sony to make them look bad and feel bad for having something. I don’t buy it, and neither should you.



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