Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: VIW

Henry Louis Gates Jr., VIP, was also clearly a VIW... a victim in waiting. He has probably spent his entire adult life waiting for an opportunity to play the victim card, and now an unsuspecting professional has blundered into his trap. Sgt. Crowley should be commended for doing his job, and doing it well. But he's trapped in the morass that is our politically correct society.

To top it all off, Obarrassing decides to set race relations back by about a decade by opening his mouth with absolutely no idea of the specifics of the case, armed only with his own racism and a desire to help Mr. Gates wave the victim flag.

Shame on you, Mr. President.

Supporting the Second Amendment

The Second Amendment to the Constitution reads: "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed."



Lots of liberal-minded folks want us to believe this is intended to mean that the states can arm official militias, not that the average citizen (that's you and me) have the right to bear arms. Well, here are just a few quotes from some folks who might have had some insight into the founders intent:


"To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them." (Richard Henry Lee, Virginia delegate to the Continental Congress, initiator of the Declaration of Independence, and member of the first Senate, which passed the Bill of Rights.)


"The great object is that every man be armed . . . Everyone who is able may have a gun." (Patrick Henry, in the Virginia Convention on the ratification of the Constitution.)


"The advantage of being armed . . . the Americans possess over the people of all other nations . . . Notwithstanding the military establishments in the several Kingdoms of Europe, which are carried as far as the public resources will bear, the governments are afraid to trust the people with arms." (James Madison, author of the Bill of Rights, in his Federalist Paper No. 46.)


I, for one, don't see a lot of ambiguity in these statements. Personally, I don't consider the 2nd amendment as simply bestowing upon me a right; I consider it a call to exercise my responsibility as a citizen. Exercise your 2nd amendment rights - and responsibilities - while you still can.

Where will we go?

When your doctor points to his federal healthcare treatment guidelines manual and says "I'm sorry, Ted, but I'm not allowed to authorized any more chemo," where will you go? You won't get the help you need in Canada, or Mexico.

When "cost-cutting" kicks in under Obarrassing's proposed health care plan, it will be in the form of cutting back pay to doctors and hospitals, fewer choices for medications and treatments, "negotiating" lower prices for medications with the drug companies, and in rationing care. Don't think it won't happen here, it's happening everywhere else where there's socialized medicine.

What's worse here is that the sheepification of the American people has rendered us, it seems, unable to look out for our own best interests. By the time everyone glued to American Idol realizes what's happening to their country, it will be too late. We're like frogs being brought to a slow boil.

MAKE SOME NOISE. Call your representatives. E-mail them. Speak out... while you still have the right to do so.

A Fatal Illness

I just received the dreaded public opinion poll call, and the topic was (fanfare, please) health care reform. I did my reluctant duty as a citizen and took the opportunity to answer "very much opposed" to every facet of the Obarrassing plan, but the frustrating part, as it always is with these surveys, was the loaded questions. For instance:

"What income group do you think should have their health care subsidized by the government?"
- Those who make $30,000-$40,000; $40,000 to $50,000, etc. The problem... there was no "None of them" option for me to choose. That's why these polls, when reported out to whomever the client may be, give them the answers they want, no matter what you want. I chose only the lowest income bands, but only because that was the option closest to what my answer would be.

The lies about the number of uninsured go on and on. How many of the phantom uninsured are that way because they don't want to buy the coverage? Right or wrong, perhaps that healthy 25-year old would rather spend the money on a nicer apartment, or save it for a down payment on a first home. How many people out there "can't afford" health insurance, but they're driving $30,000 SUVS, and have 3 flat screen televisions in the house. How many of these uninsured are already here illegally, and are burdening out emergency rooms beyond capacity, and draining our resources?

It's too bad we can't buy insurance to protect us against the real disease that's killing our Constitution - the tumorous growth that our government has become.

Obarrassing's No Fly Zone

Insects around the world are nervously looking over their shoulders (very easy to do with compound eyes) after Obarrassing today declared war on bugs. In a dazzling display of unilateral extermination, our President fearlessly swatted a fly, and was immediately deluged with gushing praise from all corners of the globe. This display of the manly art of war garnered more praise than Reagan's defeat of the Soviet Union, or Bush 41's expulsion of Saddam Hussein from Kuwait. Rumor has it that ABC will air a 6 hour re-enactment of the tactical coup, broadcast from the bathroom off the Oval Office, this weekend.

We can no longer say that he's accomplished nothing of merit. All hail Obarrasing!

Healthcare's Untimely Demise

Okay, so you're on board with Obarrassing's healthcare plans. Good for you, that's cute. But here's the question you need to ask your elected representatives before it's too late: "Sir or Madam, at what point in the healthcare process will the nice person behind the desk ask me for my political party affiliation?"

Because, you see, unless they give you liberal democrats a different plan than the rest of us will be getting, your healthcare is going to be just as limited and inadequate as that of the Republicans and Independents.

So, if you want any elective surgery, get it done now. If Obarrassing gets his way, only the super-rich and the bureaucrats running the show will be able to get those nose jobs behind the scenes. Something tells me that Congressman Forkbend, from Doorknob, Mississippi will still be able to get the breast augmentation for his "niece," but don't you bother even trying to get that tummy tuck, Poopsie, that's just not in the budget. And if you're 78 years old, and you'd like to get that knee replaced, do it before "they" decide that the return won't be worthwhile. Sure, you might think it's worth it, but "they" may not. Sorry, no knee, hit the road, gramps.

There have been times when I didn't have health insurance, and times when I had to make payments for medical expenses. And yet, I've never gone without care if it was needed, nor have any of my children. There are a ton of people out there right now who "can't afford health insurance," and yet they're driving around brand new SUVs and watching flat screen televisions. And yet, we're told every 2.6 seconds by someone in Washington that the system is "broken."

"Broken" in Obarrassing's world simply means that it's working without him, and that's completely unacceptable.