Hope and Change for a $100 Bill

So this is what "hope and change" looks like. 8.9% unemployment, $3.39 a gallon for gasoline, the president all but ignores the rulings of our judiciary, and our currency and standing in the world are diminished to microscopic levels. What the Hell happened? Is this the new "normal," now? Seriously? When the Persian people of Iran, our enemy, took to the streets in 2009, our government didn't want to meddle, but when the people of Egypt rose up against our ally Mubarak, well, he's got to go! Since when does America backhand it's allies and bow to its' enemies? Gas prices keep going up, and the news organizations tell us it's due to the conflict in Libya, even though we know for a fact Libya isn't even in the top fifteen of countries we get our oil from. We have plenty of oil here at home, but we aren't allowed to drill for it because of the potential for environmental disaster! Remember the BP oil spill? They told us if we didn't cap the well, it would just keep pouring out, maybe for a decade! If I learned anything from the BP oil spill, it was that there is no shortage of oil in the Gulf of Mexico and that America can bounce back pretty quickly from disasters. Yet, in a time when most Americans are short on cash, our government puts a moratorium on drilling, which not only kills jobs, increases our demand for foreign oil, and drives up the cost of gasoline, it makes us look down-right idiotic when the Chinese are drilling all over the world. Of course, that moratorium was struck down by a federal judge almost a year ago, but we're still not allowed to drill. 33 exploratory drilling projects were held up by the government, but don't worry, right? We're putting our money on "new" technology like windmills! But what do the windmills run on when there's no wind? Oh, that's right, they run on generators which need OIL and GAS! Meanwhile, as our economy gets worse, we're told by our news media that it's actually getting better! Sure, break out the booze, we're down to 8.9%! It's been a hard crawl, but the administration insists that this was handed to them by George Bush...no, wait- George Bush left office with unemployment at 7.9%, didn't he? And weren't we promised it would never go above 8%? Right. because of all of those "shovel-ready" jobs. Well, I know what to do with my shovel. But while we're on the topic, what ever happened to the $787 billion dollars we didn't have but spent anyway on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009? Well...according to http://www.recovery.gov $259 billion went to "tax benefits," $180.7 billion went to "contracts and grants," and $184.4 billion went to "entitlements." Where are the shovels? Where are the jobs? And where is the other 8% of your money? You see, our economics teachers in high school used to lie to us and tell us that we owed the money to ourselves, but the truth is we've been borrowing it from the Chinese communists for YEARS. So, knowing that we- no, wait...our grandchildren owe China, what does our government do? Well, the Federal Reserve wants us to print more money, and the people we just sent to Congress to deal with out of control spending and debt want to raise the ceiling on our "national" debt! And while all of this is going on, the states are in trouble with the union mobs because they just don't have the money to keep paying workers after they've stop working for the states!But the best part, the real gravy, here, is that if you disagree with our "post-racial" president on any of these things, or illegal immigration, or on the justice department, or anything at all, you're a racist. So- why aren't you angry? There are three possibilities- 1) You like what's happening to America. 2) You are so jaded that you don't even care. 3) You are too busy trying to figure out how to stay afloat to be angry. But if you are angry, then what are you going to do about it besides hope the cashier at the gas station has change for a $100 bill?

Crazy Venezuelan Bastard Prepares For War With Uninterested Super Power

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Hugo Chavez, the Mussolini of South America, is preparing for a war with the U.S., according to a story from worldnetdaily.com. He got all dressed up like G.I. Joe and told his soldiers, "We must continue developing the resistance war, that's the anti- imperialist weapon. We must think and prepare for the resistance war everyday." The funny thing to me is, this guy thinks we care. Look at this guy. I'd be more threatened if I saw Mr. Potatohead wearing a red Beret. Come on, Hugo, this really is a bit like an ant gearing up for war against an Elephant. Until he called our president the devil, I never gave him a second thought, did you? If I did, it was something like, "Venezuela? Who the hell cares about Venezuela?" Anyway, this twerp apparently thinks we care enough about them to attack them, because Venezuela just bought up a whole mess of junky old Russian weapons for $3 billion dollars ("is bargain, comrade, Buy 100,000 Kalashnikov rifles, get 1 SU-30 Sukhoi fighter jet free!") . Chavez was quoted as saying, "The American empire is doing all it can to consolidate its system of domination. And we cannot allow them to do that. We cannot allow world dictatorship to be consolidated." This coming from a guy who tells his citizens what T.V. channels they can watch. Pot, meet kettle. Listen, Venezuela, America is NOT coming to kill you, trust me. In fact, we're going to start burning our food in our gas tanks so that we don't even need your oil, okay? That Castro-loving crazy needs a good kick in the pants, but not from America, from his own people. Unless he was harboring Osama ben Laden. Then it would be his ass.

CBS Execs Loose Their Damn Minds, Cancel Only Great Show

Yeah, it's true. Sad to say, but Jericho will not have a season two. I don't think there has ever been a show on television that captured my attention so immediately and held it for so long, and if you were a kid like me, it's not hard to see why. I grew up during the Cold War, when the threat of global nuclear war was always hovering over our heads, during the Iran hostage crisis, when, on the CBS evening news, I watched as young Arab radicals burned our flag and proclaimed America the Great Satan. The nation was still licking the wounds of Viet Nam, scared by an energy crisis, tired of losing economic ground to foreign countries, and angry at Jimmy Carter for telling us it was all our fault. If you grew up in these times, too, you probably know, as I know, that Jericho maybe fiction, but it's pretty close to being a prediction. Add to that a superior cast of actors and actresses, exceptional dialogue, realistic outcomes, and enough mystery to keep a person in suspense to the very point of screaming at the T.V., "Oh! I've got it! Hawkins is in league with the Chinese," and you have got a show that beats the tar out of 24 any day of the week. So why would CBS cancel such a show? Well...one angry viewer believes CBS is run by liberals who don't want to seem sympathetic to the president and the war on terror. Another suggests that it's part of a conspiracy. Some people blame CBS for pitting such a show against American Idol. I'm not in the mind of CBS execs, so I can't say why they cancelled it, but I can tell you this: NBC tried to cancel Quantum Leap and were met with scores of angry viewers holding signs that read, "Keep The Leap!" Not only did the show survive, it now lives on and does well on the SCI-Fi Network. Folks, let me tell you something. I've often said that we don't live in a democracy, we live in a republic, but this time the people really have a say. Here's what I want you to do. Don't just go to CBS and bitch, go to Proctor & Gamble, or Chase Manhattan, and tell them you want Jericho back. If they don't put the money back into Jericho, assure them they will loose money. Then make it happen. Normally, I'm against boycotts, but just this once, I'm willing to compromise to support good television. Jericho is the one show on Television that spoke to Americans without speaking down to them, and it had a huge future, not to mention a huge following and incredible social relevance. Save This show, people. It's more important than American Idol, and more important than you know.

"Patriot"

The shining city on the hill,
for this, I'd die, for this, I'd kill;
For liberty, for justice, fight,
not from the left, nor from the right
but from the heart, my very core,
I would let loose the dogs of war
upon the so-called holy men
who'd make our land the serpent's den;
Quite true, we still have problems here,
but I refuse to live in fear
of those who think to solve with flame
and blaspheme such a holy name;
Though towers fall, though blood may rush,
'76 cannot be crushed!
September villains cannot flee;
America! God's grace on thee!

an original poem by A. Christensen Johnson, 9/11/02