Former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi had a message for the Republican majority last Friday. I'm paraphrasing, here, but the message seems to be, don't listen to those boobs who voted for you. "There's so many things at risk right now ... but the fact is is that elections shouldn't matter as much as they do, (there) should be some place on the spectrum where we respect each other's views and all the rest," she told the crowd at Tufts University. I've been trying to dissect that for hours now...what the hell does she mean, "elections shouldn't matter as much as they do?" Near as I can figure, it means, "elections only matter if Democrats win." I think she believes that the Republican party has been hijacked by the Tea Party Movement, and she's not alone, but the Tea Party Movement will tell you that government in general has been hijacked by career politicians. If she's saying that the Republican majority doesn't have a mandate from the people, I think she's wrong. The message from voters seemed pretty clear- "stop spending." If Republicans fail to hear that message, then I think the new message will be, "you're fired." Simple as that. Then again, she also mentioned embracing our shared values, education, the economy, and defense. I'm not convinced the former Speaker and I have a lot in common when it comes to those issues, and I doubt the freshman House members have much in common with her, either. It sounds like she's calling for compromise...but compromise basically means, "you give us what we want and give your constituents the middle finger." All of this "elections shouldn't matter" stuff is kind of weird coming from Democrats when you consider that when they won, we were told, "Elections have consequences." I seem to remember very clearly that the Democrats claimed to have a mandate from the people in '06 and '08, and they basically told Republicans, "screw you, we won." Maybe they've had a change of heart. Now, it's "let's not get caught up in all of this 'democracy' stuff." I know what you're going to say- "Compromise is important, Mr. Johnson! Would you prefer gridlock, you red state red neck puke bag?" Well, Lefty, there's a difference between coming to an accord and basically backhanding the people who put you in office. Pelosi also said, "To my Republican friends, take back your party, so that it doesn't matter so much who wins the election..." Wait- take it back from whom? The voters? Yeah, good idea, ignore the will of the people and just do whatever Nancy wants! That'll get you places! I've got news for you, Lefty...the Tea Party Movement didn't hijack the Republican party. What actually happened was Democrats ignored the voters and just did what ever the hell they wanted to...so they were voted out. If the Republicans fail to deliver, then you Dems will probably get another whack at it. Will elections matter then?
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/04/13/pelosi-elections-shouldnt-matter/#ixzz1JS0yHwEl
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Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Sunday, March 13, 2011
What Big Bird Really Thinks of You
Those of us who like to flap our right wing more than our left have always believed the media in America slants to the left, but thanks to James O'Keefe and his recent sting, now we know the mighty ship that is the corporation for public broadcasting doesn't just have a port-side list, it's practically ready to capsize. I've personally believed this since I was old enough to know what the words "liberal democrat" mean, but whenever I brought it up, I was told to shut up, it's just a kids' show. Well, here is what Big Bird really thinks about you and your kids. If you live in the south or Midwest, you are a Hun. A barbarian. You wake up in the morning hating brown people. You ride to work on a cow. When you've finished sloping the hogs and tending to your moonshine, you clean your gun and go to a KKK rally (which is what they think all Tea Party rallies are) in your evil gas-guzzling pick-up truck. After that, you snap on your 1939 RCA radio and tune in to Hitler's evening broadcast (which is who they think is broadcasting on talk radio), because you aren't educated enough to read a newspaper. You eat your corn bread for dinner, then pray to your outdated christian god before passing out from all of the moonshine you've been drinking all day. If you live in the north, east, or west, there isn't a fence high enough to keep you out (although they abhor fences). You are the barbarian next door. You wake up in the morning to the sound of the factory whistle and then head to the docks to haul in the fish. Because you are selfish, and don't care about mother earth, you pave over everything in site to make it easier for you to get to the mall in your buses and taxis and cars instead of relying on safe, clean, reliable, wind-powered trains. You are greasers and punks and yuppies, who are polluting the globe with your filthy cities, and there are just too damned many of you. It's because of you evil Zionists and Jews that we have so many wars. Unless you're an immigrant. Then, you poor dear, you must be catered to in order to offset all of the racism you face here. Shall we translate that into Arabic for you? Perhaps Spanish? Oh, you're from Poland? Italy? Japan? Well, never mind, then. The only hope for you and your ignorant little children is Big Bird and NPR. Big Bird will teach you tolerance (unless you're a Muslim), sharing (because that's what socialism is all about, right?), and how to care for Mother Earth (don't listen to those flat-earthers who tell you petroleum comes out of the ground and carbon dioxide is not a pollutant). Once you've grown, hopefully you won't want to be an ignorant pig farmer or longshoreman like your dads. You'll go on to college and become big-brained lawyers and social workers. And you'll tune in to PBS and NPR so that we can tell you what the evil Israelis are up to and how the greedy capitalists (anyone who owns a business or makes money from a non-taxpayer funded job) are destroying the lives of the people in the Third World and making health care so expensive. How do I know this is what Big Bird thinks? Because Ron Shiller told us so when he thought he was having a private conversation with a group supported by the Muslim Brotherhood. Well, thanks for telling us all how you really feel, Big Bird. Now that we know, we'll take our tax money back now. Without that, I think your ship will sink and you and your Jew-hating elitist snob crew can tread water until Hell freezes over.Here's a link for the sting video. You should watch this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xd9OYJMX9t4
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