Music and Noise

Is it just me or what? Has anyone noticed that what passes for the most part as music today is mostly noise, or more aptly just plain racket. Mozart said, "Music is not intended to offend the ear." Yet, we are constantly bombarded by "music" with repetitious three-word lyrics and not an iota of rhythm or measure of serenity. My wife and I go to a gym three days a week to workout. They pipe in "music" that offends the ear. I'd like to drop a hundred pound barbell on the darn thing. Oh, for the days of Glenn Miller, Guy Lombardo, and Bennie Goodman when music was music.

Illegal Immigrants & Stupidity

Let's see now. Chicago has over 13,400 sworn police officers, the second largest police force in the country. Yet, crime is so rampant they are asking the Feds to call in the national guard to help control crime. The U.S. Border Patrol has over 20,200 agents responsible for patrolling the 6,000 miles of Mexican and Canadian land borders and 2,000 miles of coastal waters around the Florida Peninsula and the island of Puerto Rico. Most of the agents are assigned to the U.S.- Mexican border to control illegal immigration and drug trafficking. Yet, the Obamanicks refuse to deploy the national guard to assist the Border Patrol with control of illegal immigration and drug trafficking. In fact, Attorney General Holder is dispatched by Obama to investigate the just passed Arizona law to determine it's constitutionality. Does Obama not understand it is the constitutional duty of the federal government to protect the borders? Or, does he choose to ignore it to court the Latino vote? I heard on TV just today that some nit-wit congressman said we need a law to make it against the law for illegal immigrants to enter the U.S. Stupidity compounded is still stupidity.

Oh, P.S. I wonder why Obama never comes to Texas?

Obama and Wall Street

Obama went to Wall Street to tell us the fat cats and con men are scamming us out of our money and he is going to put a stop to it. True to form he has it only half right. There have been the Madoffs but they pale in comparison to the scams of our own government. We don't need new laws and a new bueauracy. We need to enforce the laws and regulations we now have.

Government Motors

Today on national television the CEO of General (Government) Motors announced in several commercials they had repaid their loan in full with interest and five years ahead of time. That's just a little disingenuous. The Washington Post published today that:

"General Motors is expected to announce Wednesday that it will pay off $5.8 billion in government loans ahead of the June deadline, according to sources familiar with the plans.The Detroit automaker will repay $4.7 billion to the U.S. Treasury and $1.1 billion to the Canadian government. It has already repaid $2.3 billion on both loans.

It will probably take years, however, before the government can get back the $50 billion it has put into GM. Even after the loans are repaid, the Treasury will continue to own about 60 percent of the automaker."

The last paragraph is noteworthy. General Motors is still $50 billion in hock to the public Treasury which will continue to own 60 % of the company. GM repaid the loans with OUR money. It wasn't a matter of robbing Peter to pay Paul. It was robbing Peter to pay Peter. The Obama crowd of thugs will continue to run General (Government) Motors.

So much for honesty and transparency by the Obama administration.

The Center

The center is an exact point equal distant between two given points. Or, it is the exact point within a circle that is equal distant from all points on the circumference of the circle. There is no question as to where the exact center is. But, in politics the center can be almost anywhere. Its relative to where you stand. On the ABC Sunday morning talk show Cokie Roberts said Obama is a centrist. I about up chucked. She is so liberal she sees him as being at the center of the political spectrum. I'm a conservative. I see Obama falling off the far left end of the political spectrum. So, where is the center? You decide.

Prostitutes and Politics

Prostitutes are not paid for what they do. Almost anyone can do that. What they're paid to do is keep their mouth shut. That is a lot more difficult for them to do especially when big bucks are involved. Its a matter of trustworthiness. Just ask Tiger Wood. Its not much different in the arena of politics. Almost anyone can do what politicians do. They more often than not prostitute their positions in return for favors. Its a matter of trustworthiness. The problem is they have trouble keeping their mouths shut. Just ask Bart Stupak.

Rasmussen Poll Results

The following was taken from today's Rasmussen Poll:

Fifty-five percent (55%) of U.S. voters oppose President Obama's new policy prohibiting the use of nuclear weapons in response to chemical or biological attacks on the United States.

Is there anything this man can do that meets with the majority approval of the people? Never in my memory as far back as the early 1930's has a president governed (ruled?) so much against public opinion. We are being ruled by a mob of Chicago thugs with a radical agenda to transform (destroy) America. Obama clearly said during the presidential campaign that he wanted to transform the country. "Change we can believe in." Well, we have change, and IT AIN'T GOOD! Elections have consequences.

Republicans the Party of KNOW

Following is my Letter-to-the-Editor that was published in the April 7 issue of the Brenham newspaper:

In a Letter to the Editor published April 2nd in The Banner-Press Mr. Henry Brans said, "The Republicans appear to be the party of 'no' disagreeing with anything the Democrats say." Mr. Brans is correct. He just got the spelling wrong. The Republican Party is the party of know. They know when the Constitution is being trampled upon. They know when a Democrat controlled congress and administration cram through the most wide ranging legislation in the history of the nation in spite of the will of the people. They know when the national debt is in the $trillions, out of control and unsustainable. They know redistribution of wealth is not in keeping with the American ideals of free enterprise. They know it is impossible to spend the nation into prosperity. They know the government has no business running banks, car, and insurance companies, or any other kind of private enterprise. They know Pelosi and Reid must go in November. They know Obama must be a one term president.

Yes, the Republicans are the party of "no" spelled K-N-O-W. Now you know.

"girly-boy" President

Have you seen Obama throw a baseball? I've seen him twice on television. Once at the start of the baseball season last year and again today at the start this year. He does not know how to throw a baseball. He throws like a girl, and not very accurate at that. I betcha Sarah Palin throws better than he does. Any red-blooded American boy by age eight or nine knows how to throw a baseball. I'm embarrassed to have a "girly-boy" president that can't even throw a baseball. This may seem like a small picky matter, but it speaks volumes about his early upbringing in Indonesia. He was not exposed to nor instilled with those precious American traditions, including youth baseball, and values we all hold so dearly. I wonder just how good Obama is at shooting baskets? I would like very much to see him take on Sarah Palin one-on-one shooting baskets. I dare say she would beat him. I wonder if Obama has ever fired a firearm. How would he do in a firearm shooting match with Sarah? I betcha he can't hit the side of a barn. Sarah can nail a moose at two hundred yards with a clean neck shot. Is there any manly thing Obama could do better than Sarah? I think not. He's a "girly-boy" and he is president. How sad!