Right As Usual

It was a little slow.  Even the delegates seemed a little sleepy at times. Ann Romney - for someone who is not a professional speaker, she did just fine - the crowd liked her, and she didn't make a mistake.  She didn't drag out of lot of personal anecdotes, but the Romneys are NOT public emoters. Chris Christie - for him, low-key, but passionate.  More about him than Romney, but using his story to make some needed points about values, policies, and how to treat people - take note on that last, Dems, before you try to use your standard slash & burn campaign strategies. Marco Rubio - Boy, is he young!  He spoke well and hit all the Republican high notes.  I didn't know that he was a Tea Party favorite, who trounced Gov. Christ in the primaries.  Likely to have a bright future.  Expect Dems and Liberals to throw money, booze, and women in his path, hoping that he'll bite. Condi Rice - Nice speech.  I didn't notice the lipstick, but then, I was focused on the su...

...located in the southeast corner of Illinois is - wait for it - RACIST!  Because Black people live there. Unfortunately, my eldest daughter just moved to Chi-OMZ, you almost tricked me into being racist!

A little quieter today.  Rick Santorum is talking to the commentators, and is quite charming - much looser and more at ease than he was during the campaign. Patti Bondi (Attorney General from FL) looks SO much like the actress from Reba that played the 2nd wife (Melissa Peterman).  Fortunately, she isn't as ditzy. John Thune (R-SD) is talking - doing a good job, very smooth.  He is QUITE tall - former basketball player. He's good at pacing his speech - Mitt could take a lesson from him. The crowd must be top-heavy with small businessmen - they cheer most loudly when the phrase "I DID build this" is spoken. I'm watching PBS coverage - Judy Woodruff and Gwen Ifill. The commentators are talking about how Republicans are not all on board with Mitt - they seem excited about the prospect of a divided party.  Gwen especially has an ear-to-ear grin on her face. The talk at the table is about the young people - as a result of the massive numbers that voted in the last elec...

When still a Senator, Barack Obama called President Bush: UNPATRIOTIC for adding $4 trillion to the national debt in eight years. Barack Calls Bush "Unpatriotic" Never mind that during that time, Bush had: The 9/11 attack Fought 2 wars, in Iraq and Afghanistan Dealt with the near-meltdown of the financial market (I've always been suspicious of the CAUSE of that "crisis" - it seemed too mysterious in its sudden onset, just before the election - and a near-copy of a Tom Clancy novel's plot). Today, $5 trillion added in just over 3 years is - well - OK.  Not a problem.  Not a reason to hunker down and cut expenses. Oh, come on!  Any sensible family in those circumstances would do the same - it's no time to take on NEW debt, and it's a great time to: Pare away the frills - the gym membership, the nights out on the town, the fancy home entertaining, etc. Ruthlessly comb the budget for ways to save - refinance the home or car, change shopping hab...

The activists' plan has been used before - the violence is PLANNED.  Not violence against the RNC - that will be mostly property damage.   No, I mean plans to provoke violence AGAINST the "protestors".   First, you must understand there are 3 levels of protestors: Red - the hard-core planners and directors, and those willing to commit ANY violence to reach their ends. Yellow - the ones that will put their bodies on the line - chaining themselves to structures, placing themselves in a position to be arrested. Green - those are the innocent ones that will suffer the retaliation.  The plan is for them to have their bodies put in the way of danger, to give the Yellows and Reds time to accomplish their plans - the Greens are, largely, ignorant of the goals of the Yellows and Reds. The plan worked before, in Chicago and other cities that have suffered political riots.  Because the Greens are truly guiltless of intent to commit violence, they can honestly say that the cops...

And, it's almost always non-Muslims that are the victims. The courts won't protect them.  The police will arrest them as "blasphemers". Read the full story, at Pamela Geller's Atlas Shrugs.

I know, how uncivil.  But, crimes is the appropriate word - read the bullet points to see why. Fast & Furious - for those not familiar with the case , the ATF allowed, and, according to some sources, even forced legal gun dealers to sell to shady characters.  The idea was to follow the buyer, who would sell to gangsters south of the border.  Not that different from previous operations, that arrested the "straw buyer", once he re-sold the guns.  However, this time, they didn't arrest at that point.  They wanted to catch bigger fish - the end buyer.  So, over 2,000 guns were illegally sold - many of which the ATF lost track of.  We know, because of the tracking numbers, that about 300 Mexican citizens were killed, others wounded.  And 1 American border agent, Brian Terry.  Only about 1/3 of the guns have been recovered - so there are MANY guns floating around for future crimes - WELL DONE, ATF! Eric Holder - contempt of Congress, for refusing to turn over document...

The 1st Amendment right to free speech is at risk.  Other countries do NOT have that protection (Canada is an example), and have many rules/laws in place that limit their citizens' ability to express themselves, without severe financial and criminal consequences. As a result, many people have come to see these limitations as the norm.  Speech or writing that "demeans" many protected groups (non-white, gay, women, etc.) is forbidden.  The speaker/writer may be sued for engaging in such expression. In addition to these groups, another special interest has been given the right to be free from criticism - Muslims.  It has been interpreted so that CORRECTLY quoting the Koran or other Muslim writings may lead to a court trial - which may involve penalties including fines and jail time. Jail time?  Yes.  For expressing oneself on topics freely - and that DOESN'T involve anything but the truth. There are people who are trying to extend Resolution 16/18 , which makes it a CRI...

That's what too many Romney/other non-Obama candidate supporters have been reporting.   To discuss is the essence of what American politics is about.   To intimidate is: Personal threats - yelling, calling that person "racist", getting in that person's face - invading their personal space, spreading rumors about them, tearing up yard signs or keying cars with Romney stickers.   Also includes going to court to open sealed records of divorce proceedings - which Obama did in 2 cases, to eliminate his opponent's chances of winning an election. Other threats - threatening their livelihood, complaining to their employer, trying to get a list of donors for the purpose of intimidating them ( which is being tried NOW ). Using the IRS , Justice Dept , or other government entity to force opposing views to shut up. Ask yourself - would YOU want those tactics used against you?  If not, don't tolerate it by those you support.

This is a link to an explanation of who Huma Abedin (Weiner) is related to - her mother, who has STRONG ties to many radical Muslim organizations.   Still think her close associates don't need investigation?   More later.