I recently stumbled across a compact hybrid tankless water heater system over at Village Plumbing in Houston. Seemed unique because it's 98%+ efficient, has a nice small footprint, and works equally well in new homes and with older plumbing.
You should look at this 98% efficient tankless system I think!
8.03.2010
8.02.2010
7.31.2010
Mood Music for Time Travellers
Mood Music for Time Travellers will be out on August 10
The Either/Orchestra's first new CD in five years will be hitting the internet stores, some brick and mortar stores (are there any left?), and Itunes and the other download operations on Tuesday, August 10.
Check out Mood Music for Time Travellers!
The Either/Orchestra's first new CD in five years will be hitting the internet stores, some brick and mortar stores (are there any left?), and Itunes and the other download operations on Tuesday, August 10.
Check out Mood Music for Time Travellers!
7.14.2010
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6.04.2010
5.07.2010
Creative Writing Under Obama
It has been a great season for creative writers in the political realm. Today's US NEWS Headline:
Why a Rising Unemployment Rate is Good News is a good example of how Democrats have been tap dancing for over a year now explaining to us why spending is necessary. Why unemployment would've been worse, and how it's Bush's fault anyway. Imagine where we'd be without Barack. In the story In Search of an Adjective we visited a little bit of how creative these writers can get, as they seek to label, somehow, the enormity of electing a white person into the Presidency. Or, wait a minute. Is he black? Who decides that? Is there some magic skin ratio formula used to decide who gets the affirmative action goodies? (h/t Steve Sailer)
But it has been a season for creative liberal writers, and for thinking on your feet among liberal guests on cable. The best strategy seems to be to mention that a Republican seemed to agree, therefore... "Well, Lindsey Graham yada yada, therefore how can you say that?"
Is it fair to say that these creative writing jobs are saved jobs? Although isn't the term du jour preserved? Good to know that the Daily Show wrote some stand up material for BHO's performance at the Correspondent's dinner, but one has to wonder if they're not also writing his speeches, because they are a joke! Obama's speeches as of late sound much more J. Stewartesque than they do presidential. Bash the Republicans, Fox, Palin, Wall Street, BP, coal miners, banks... pretty much anyone that lives in the world of factual information. And how about Gibbs misquoting FOX repeatedly re: the oil spill? "They said we did it on purpose. Yes they did. Yes they did." No, but they may have said you put it in your ignore pile until it was too late. They may have said that, and when I say they, I mean the former FEMA Director, Michael Brown. Any story on that will inevitably digress over to Katrina bashing. Another creative strategy of avoidance.
By the way, I started writing this story BEFORE Rush Limbaugh brought it up, and before I realized Obama was actually using these 9.9% unemployment figures to celebrate. But it's good to know I was in the right zone. Let we wrap by saying how disappointed I'd be if the unemployment rate had dipped to 6%, or any similar Bush-era number. How can you build an historic crisis agenda around numbers like that? No, 9.9% is a really good number, and heightens my creative juices.
Why a Rising Unemployment Rate is Good News is a good example of how Democrats have been tap dancing for over a year now explaining to us why spending is necessary. Why unemployment would've been worse, and how it's Bush's fault anyway. Imagine where we'd be without Barack. In the story In Search of an Adjective we visited a little bit of how creative these writers can get, as they seek to label, somehow, the enormity of electing a white person into the Presidency. Or, wait a minute. Is he black? Who decides that? Is there some magic skin ratio formula used to decide who gets the affirmative action goodies? (h/t Steve Sailer)
But it has been a season for creative liberal writers, and for thinking on your feet among liberal guests on cable. The best strategy seems to be to mention that a Republican seemed to agree, therefore... "Well, Lindsey Graham yada yada, therefore how can you say that?"
Is it fair to say that these creative writing jobs are saved jobs? Although isn't the term du jour preserved? Good to know that the Daily Show wrote some stand up material for BHO's performance at the Correspondent's dinner, but one has to wonder if they're not also writing his speeches, because they are a joke! Obama's speeches as of late sound much more J. Stewartesque than they do presidential. Bash the Republicans, Fox, Palin, Wall Street, BP, coal miners, banks... pretty much anyone that lives in the world of factual information. And how about Gibbs misquoting FOX repeatedly re: the oil spill? "They said we did it on purpose. Yes they did. Yes they did." No, but they may have said you put it in your ignore pile until it was too late. They may have said that, and when I say they, I mean the former FEMA Director, Michael Brown. Any story on that will inevitably digress over to Katrina bashing. Another creative strategy of avoidance.
By the way, I started writing this story BEFORE Rush Limbaugh brought it up, and before I realized Obama was actually using these 9.9% unemployment figures to celebrate. But it's good to know I was in the right zone. Let we wrap by saying how disappointed I'd be if the unemployment rate had dipped to 6%, or any similar Bush-era number. How can you build an historic crisis agenda around numbers like that? No, 9.9% is a really good number, and heightens my creative juices.
5.02.2010
Ann Coulter Captioned by CNN
funny - I posted an old story today I wrote under the name Typical White Person called Extreme Advertising that was about an Ann Coulter controversy that originated in 2007. And looking over the CNN story that covered the whole thing, I saw that they described Coulter like this:
That's how they described her. Not bestselling author, not popular commentator, mind you. CNN that bastion of fairness. That story was from 2007, and I don't know about you, but I'd say that since then Edwards has been called a lot worse. I'd have to say that Coulter was some kind of oracle to have that kind of insight into Edwards future personality, but at the time "she was widely criticized." FLASHFORWARD 2010 he also lied about the child. Now this guy was a Democrat on the ticket for Vice President of the United States. But all you hear about is PALIN, PALIN, PALIN in a negative fashion of course. Stories such as this where CNN leaves a comment on their respectable journal calling Palin an ignorant twit. No way to edit those pesky comments I guess.
At least Edwards earned it.
Cool thing was AnnCoulter.com linked to my Extreme Advertising article from her front page and left it there for over a month. Thanks Ann, popular commentator and bestselling author. I dug getting the additional traffic. American Sentinel was shut down because some guy living on a yacht in DC claimed ownership of the name. But what was once TWP is now Soo Do-nim. Although I'm still a *typical white person.
Speaking of which here are a couple of campaign slogans I'm willing to share with the Democrat Party:
or
Conservative commentator Ann Coulter has been widely criticized for calling presidential candidate John Edwards a 'faggot.'
That's how they described her. Not bestselling author, not popular commentator, mind you. CNN that bastion of fairness. That story was from 2007, and I don't know about you, but I'd say that since then Edwards has been called a lot worse. I'd have to say that Coulter was some kind of oracle to have that kind of insight into Edwards future personality, but at the time "she was widely criticized." FLASHFORWARD 2010 he also lied about the child. Now this guy was a Democrat on the ticket for Vice President of the United States. But all you hear about is PALIN, PALIN, PALIN in a negative fashion of course. Stories such as this where CNN leaves a comment on their respectable journal calling Palin an ignorant twit. No way to edit those pesky comments I guess.
At least Edwards earned it.
Cool thing was AnnCoulter.com linked to my Extreme Advertising article from her front page and left it there for over a month. Thanks Ann, popular commentator and bestselling author. I dug getting the additional traffic. American Sentinel was shut down because some guy living on a yacht in DC claimed ownership of the name. But what was once TWP is now Soo Do-nim. Although I'm still a *typical white person.
Speaking of which here are a couple of campaign slogans I'm willing to share with the Democrat Party:
Keep Racism Alive!
Join the Democrat party, where we still care (VERY much)
about the color of your skin.
or
Join the Democrat Party, where you're not an American,
you're a hyphenated-American.
That's on the house, no extra charge.
*This was my TWP bio back then:
My journal's name TWP was inspired by Barack Obama's grandmother whom he referred to as a typical white person during his attempt to explain why he'd portrayed her as a racist during a speech designed to explain his 20-year relationship with Rev. Wright. During his campaign he needed to prove he was more 'down with black folk' than Hillary Clinton, whose phony gospel accent wasn't playing well to audiences in Selma. Seems like it worked as Obama carried 96% of the black vote in November. How many half-blacks voted for him is TBD.
~ TWP
~ TWP
Extreme Advertising
Monday, April 6, 2009 at 8:39PM
TWP in Coulter, Coulter, Verizon, double standard, hypocrisy, hypocrisy
TWP in Coulter, Coulter, Verizon, double standard, hypocrisy, hypocrisy
Back in 2007 upstanding companies (barf) such as Verizon, Sallie Mae and Georgia-based NetBank were taking their marching orders from "mainstream" political Web site the Daily Kos, as they retracted in horror upon discovering that some of their ads had appeared on an "extreme political Web site," AnnCoulter.com. May it never be!
Could there be a more hypocritical stance for a company to take?
A spokesperson for NetBank said Coulter's page "is not the kind of site we want to be on." To know that, he/she/trans would have to have read it, and you know that didn't happen. Since NetBank was the 1st bank to fail, it's good to know that their ads don't appear ANYwhere these days, including AnnCoulter.com.
"Per our policy, the networked Web site ad purchases are supposed to be stripped of certain kinds of Web sites," said a Verizon spokesperson. "This one could be considered an extreme political Web site, should be off the list, and now it is off the list." Good for you, Verizon! It would be a shame to have your alleged "deceptive and misleading" ads that got you sued by the state of New Jersey run on a Web site so extreme as Ann Coulter's.
Could there be a more hypocritical stance for a company to take?
A spokesperson for NetBank said Coulter's page "is not the kind of site we want to be on." To know that, he/she/trans would have to have read it, and you know that didn't happen. Since NetBank was the 1st bank to fail, it's good to know that their ads don't appear ANYwhere these days, including AnnCoulter.com.
"Per our policy, the networked Web site ad purchases are supposed to be stripped of certain kinds of Web sites," said a Verizon spokesperson. "This one could be considered an extreme political Web site, should be off the list, and now it is off the list." Good for you, Verizon! It would be a shame to have your alleged "deceptive and misleading" ads that got you sued by the state of New Jersey run on a Web site so extreme as Ann Coulter's.
Update on Tuesday, April 7, 2009 at 1:54AM by TWP
When I first wrote this I missed that the source article for this was posted on CNN in 2007. A friend shared the story with me just yesterday and I thought it was a current news item and jumped on the story and posted this. Then I rewrote it once I realized it was pre-Socialism. Now it makes sense why NetBank was out there spouting off. In 2007 they actually thought they had some swagga. Perhaps they didn't give enough to Obama, and now they're history.
Regardless, it's still funny to me.
Regardless, it's still funny to me.
4.25.2010
Regulation Nation
Regulation nation, man your stations.
Do your part for the EPA.
Propaganda bonanza, paid for by you.
$2500 and a pat on the back. Good job!
Regulation - that's right!
Good for the nation - oh yeah!
Regulation - worker's unite!
Federal bureaucracy, used to be democracy.
Maybe the new EPA videos by the drones can be
like the old Schoolhouse Rock!
Conjunction Junction, what's your function? Hooking up words and phrases and clauses.
4.13.2010
The Right Wing Force Field
I keep waiting for someone to say this but I haven't heard it yet, so... you heard it here first: the left is trying to brand tea parties as racists and vitriolic etc. not to hurt their feelings... tea party folks all know they're not racists and that it's bunk. But it's more to scare potential Democrats, Independents, and yes black people, away from joining up, or even listening.
Same tactics used to scare people away from actually hearing the message of Rush, or Fox News, or Glenn, et al. Very important to scare people away from these messages of sanity. Because if your trusted CNN tells you to avoid El Rushbo and FOX, then you'll stay far away. Hey, Democrats: you're being played. Funny how the "open minded ones" become completely shut down at the mention of a right wing movement of which they've only seen clips from an MSNBC type angle. Just try mentioning El Rushbo or Mark Levin or Glenn Beck to a devoted Democrat to witness the phenomenon.
Same tactics used to scare people away from actually hearing the message of Rush, or Fox News, or Glenn, et al. Very important to scare people away from these messages of sanity. Because if your trusted CNN tells you to avoid El Rushbo and FOX, then you'll stay far away. Hey, Democrats: you're being played. Funny how the "open minded ones" become completely shut down at the mention of a right wing movement of which they've only seen clips from an MSNBC type angle. Just try mentioning El Rushbo or Mark Levin or Glenn Beck to a devoted Democrat to witness the phenomenon.
2.17.2010
Obama deemed More Obnoxious than an Exhaust Fan
Which is less obnoxious? The exhaust fan above my stove, or a speech by Barack Obama?
Well, I'd say the exhaust fan, because it doesn't lie, has some useful function, and the best part is, can be turned off.
Well, I'd say the exhaust fan, because it doesn't lie, has some useful function, and the best part is, can be turned off.
2.01.2010
Consumer Reports Recalls 4 Million Magazines
Ya know, I've always looked at Consumer Reports as a skeptic as they constantly recommended Japanese cars that looked almost exactly the same with no originality (Accord, Camry... Camry, Accord). Now that Toyota is recalling half of their fleet, can we also recall Consumer Reports?
3 Thoughts
If you still believe that FDR didn't greatly extend the Depression, then just observe what's happening today.
Liberal government... always better in theory than in practice. Mark Steyn
The Grammys were revealing, all fluff, no substance. These were the people who elected Obama... see the connection?
Liberal government... always better in theory than in practice. Mark Steyn
The Grammys were revealing, all fluff, no substance. These were the people who elected Obama... see the connection?
1.26.2010
Ladies and Gentlemen!
Testing 1, 2, 3. Mike check. Hello? Testing. <* clears throat *>
Ladies and Gentlemen! Your education has certainly suffered during the past 8 years. But I'm here to change that.... bringing what's called NEW MATH to Washington, where 4 million lost jobs equals a gain of 2 million (saved or created, or saved, or created, or created/saved), where taxes raised on health care, cigarettes, and the repealing of the Bush tax cuts equals a tax break on the middle class. Where thousands of government employees now making for the first time over $175k equals cutting back and reducing the deficit, while the debt ceiling has been raised (hallelujah) to over 14 trillion. And did I mention that bankers (one industry making a profit) are evil?
2 3 4
I’m gonna blame Bush forever, forever & ever amen
As long as old men sit & talk about the weather
As long as old women sit & talk about old men
If you wonder how long I’ll be blaming him
I’ll be happy to tell you again
I'm gonna blame Bush, forever & ever, forever & ever amen
I’m gonna blame Bush forever, forever & ever amen
As long as old men sit & talk about the weather
As long as old women sit & talk about old men
If you wonder how long I’ll be blaming him
I’ll be happy to tell you again
I'm gonna blame Bush, forever & ever, forever & ever amen
You may think that I’m acting foolish
You’ve heard that I’m new & I’m green
You may wonder how I can promise you now
We’ll spend a trillion dollars while we still owe three
And it’s not my blood that is spilling
When I give up memos of the CIA
It’s not my money that I will be spending
On every left-wing program that enters my brain
one more time
I’m gonna blame Bush forever, forever & ever amen
As long as old men sit & talk about the weather
As long as old women sit & talk about old men
If you wonder how long I’ll be blaming him
I’ll be happy to tell you again
I'm gonna blame Bush, forever & ever, forever & ever amen
You’ve heard that I’m new & I’m green
You may wonder how I can promise you now
We’ll spend a trillion dollars while we still owe three
And it’s not my blood that is spilling
When I give up memos of the CIA
It’s not my money that I will be spending
On every left-wing program that enters my brain
one more time
I’m gonna blame Bush forever, forever & ever amen
As long as old men sit & talk about the weather
As long as old women sit & talk about old men
If you wonder how long I’ll be blaming him
I’ll be happy to tell you again
I'm gonna blame Bush, forever & ever, forever & ever amen
Okay - are we done here? Can we just let the computer deliver the speech next time? All the words are in there already, so why do I have to actually speak them? I'll form a committee to look into that. Thank you very much.
1.23.2010
Recklessly Courting Disaster
"You should not be reading this book. I should not have been able to write it."
Courting Disaster by Marc A. Thiessen
Few know more about these CIA operations than Thiessen, and in his new book, Courting Disaster, he documents just how effective the CIA’s interrogations were in foiling attacks on America, penetrating al-Qaeda’s high command, and providing our military with actionable intelligence. Thiessen also shows how reckless President Obama has been in shutting down the CIA’s program and releasing secret documents that have aided our enemies.
Courting Disaster by Marc A. Thiessen
Few know more about these CIA operations than Thiessen, and in his new book, Courting Disaster, he documents just how effective the CIA’s interrogations were in foiling attacks on America, penetrating al-Qaeda’s high command, and providing our military with actionable intelligence. Thiessen also shows how reckless President Obama has been in shutting down the CIA’s program and releasing secret documents that have aided our enemies.
1.22.2010
Score One for the First Amendment
here are a couple of excerpts from today's ruling that makes ridiculous Government intervention to trample free speech seem silly. Schumer, and Obama, they'll disagree loudly:“It’s poisonous. It’s poisonous to our democracy,” Schumer said. “This threatens the viability of our democracy.”
But those who support Democrats look carefully... these politicians want to prohibit free speech, except from those organizations they deem fit. Free Speech is for everybody! Even corporations (oh my!).
My excerpts:
If the First Amendment has any force, it prohibits Congress from fining or jailing citizens, or associations of citizens, for simply engaging in political speech. If the antidistortion rationale were to be accepted, however, it would permit Government to ban political speech simply because the speaker is an association that has taken on the corporate form. The Government contends that Austin permits it to ban corporate expenditures for almost all forms of communication stemming from a corporation. See Part II-E, supra; Tr. of Oral Arg. 66 (Sept. 9, 2009); see also id., at 26-31 (Mar. 24, 2009). If Austin were correct, the Government could prohibit a corporation from expressing political views in media beyond those presented here, such as by printing books. The Government responds "that the FEC has never applied this statute to abook," and if it did, "there would be quite [a] good as-applied challenge." Tr. of Oral Arg. 65 (Sept. 9, 2009). This troubling assertion of brooding governmental power cannot be reconciled with the confidence and stability in civic discourse that the First Amendment must secure.
Political speech is "indispensable to decisionmaking in a democracy, and this is no less true because the speech comes from a corporation rather than an individual." pg 33
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The law's exception for media corporations is, on its own terms, all but an admission of the invalidity of the antidistortion rationale. And the exemption results in a further, separate reason for finding this law invalid: Again by its own terms, the law exempts some corporations but covers others, even though both have the need or the motive to communicate their views. The exemption applies to media corporations owned or controlled by corporations that have diverse and substantial investments and participate in endeavors other than news. So even assuming the most doubtful proposition that a news organization has a right to speak when others do not, the exemption would allow a conglomerate that owns both a media business and an unrelated business to influence or control the media in order to advance its overall business interest. At the same time, some other corporation, with an identical business interest but no media outlet in its ownership structure, would be forbidden to speak or inform the public about the same issue. This differential treatment cannot be squaredwith the First Amendment. pg 36
to learn more:
http://bigjournalism.com/f
But those who support Democrats look carefully... these politicians want to prohibit free speech, except from those organizations they deem fit. Free Speech is for everybody! Even corporations (oh my!).
My excerpts:
If the First Amendment has any force, it prohibits Congress from fining or jailing citizens, or associations of citizens, for simply engaging in political speech. If the antidistortion rationale were to be accepted, however, it would permit Government to ban political speech simply because the speaker is an association that has taken on the corporate form. The Government contends that Austin permits it to ban corporate expenditures for almost all forms of communication stemming from a corporation. See Part II-E, supra; Tr. of Oral Arg. 66 (Sept. 9, 2009); see also id., at 26-31 (Mar. 24, 2009). If Austin were correct, the Government could prohibit a corporation from expressing political views in media beyond those presented here, such as by printing books. The Government responds "that the FEC has never applied this statute to abook," and if it did, "there would be quite [a] good as-applied challenge." Tr. of Oral Arg. 65 (Sept. 9, 2009). This troubling assertion of brooding governmental power cannot be reconciled with the confidence and stability in civic discourse that the First Amendment must secure.
Political speech is "indispensable to decisionmaking in a democracy, and this is no less true because the speech comes from a corporation rather than an individual." pg 33
###
The law's exception for media corporations is, on its own terms, all but an admission of the invalidity of the antidistortion rationale. And the exemption results in a further, separate reason for finding this law invalid: Again by its own terms, the law exempts some corporations but covers others, even though both have the need or the motive to communicate their views. The exemption applies to media corporations owned or controlled by corporations that have diverse and substantial investments and participate in endeavors other than news. So even assuming the most doubtful proposition that a news organization has a right to speak when others do not, the exemption would allow a conglomerate that owns both a media business and an unrelated business to influence or control the media in order to advance its overall business interest. At the same time, some other corporation, with an identical business interest but no media outlet in its ownership structure, would be forbidden to speak or inform the public about the same issue. This differential treatment cannot be squaredwith the First Amendment. pg 36
to learn more:
http://bigjournalism.com/f
1.20.2010
Obama Spin of the Decade
President Obama said today that the anger that elected Brown is the same anger that elected him.
"Here's my assessment of not just the vote in Massachusetts, but the mood around the country: the same thing that swept Scott Brown into office swept me into office," the president said in an exclusive interview with ABC News' George Stephanopoulos. "People are angry and they are frustrated. Not just because of what's happened in the last year or two years, but what's happened over the last eight years." LINK
And we know that "the past 8 years" is code for anti-Bush... think post-hypnotic suggestion, and triggered response, etc. This has to be the spin of the year (and there have been so many)... to tie the Brown victory into the same anti-Bush sentiment that got Obama elected. Bravo. Another great day for creative writing. In other words, Obama is just like Brown. The people's man. Never mind the fact that he was there campaigning for Coakley, and that Brown stands in opposition to Obamacare etc.
Also, may I say that simply voting for Brown doesn't indicate anger, or frustration. Could be that many people were voting calmly and in peace out of happiness to finally have someone to vote for who gets it. Would the same be said if most voted for Coakley? Would that be out of anger and frustration? Those that vote Republican are called "angry." More spin.
"Here's my assessment of not just the vote in Massachusetts, but the mood around the country: the same thing that swept Scott Brown into office swept me into office," the president said in an exclusive interview with ABC News' George Stephanopoulos. "People are angry and they are frustrated. Not just because of what's happened in the last year or two years, but what's happened over the last eight years." LINK
And we know that "the past 8 years" is code for anti-Bush... think post-hypnotic suggestion, and triggered response, etc. This has to be the spin of the year (and there have been so many)... to tie the Brown victory into the same anti-Bush sentiment that got Obama elected. Bravo. Another great day for creative writing. In other words, Obama is just like Brown. The people's man. Never mind the fact that he was there campaigning for Coakley, and that Brown stands in opposition to Obamacare etc.
Also, may I say that simply voting for Brown doesn't indicate anger, or frustration. Could be that many people were voting calmly and in peace out of happiness to finally have someone to vote for who gets it. Would the same be said if most voted for Coakley? Would that be out of anger and frustration? Those that vote Republican are called "angry." More spin.
1.19.2010
Coakley Polls
Main Stream Media Spin alert: if Scott Brown wins tonight, be assured that it'll be all about how Martha Coakley ran a poor race... in fact it has already been set up that way, despite the fact that her liberal speech is indistinguishable from any other Democrat in the Senate. And it will not have anything to do with Scott Brown and his talent in winning the debate and connecting with the actual people he hopes to represent.
Amazing but true, the media misses the mark in Boston. However, one can't forget the old "this election was stolen" angle. In case of a loss, don't accept the results.
Amazing but true, the media misses the mark in Boston. However, one can't forget the old "this election was stolen" angle. In case of a loss, don't accept the results.
“We have seen a number of disturbing incidents this evening that have called into question the integrity of this election,” Coakley campaign manager Kevin Conroy said.That'll take at least 6 weeks to sort out, eh? And then magically, Coakley, just like Pat Paulsen... er, Al Franken, will end up on top.
1.17.2010
Democratic Translation of Limbaugh's CPAC Speech now available
originally posted Tuesday, March 3, 2009 at 2:35PM by me on a different blog
When Rush Limbaugh took off last Saturday on a passionate CPAC speech that laid out conservative principles, and explained many of the steps to take to build a strong future for the Republican party, I couldn't help thinking that if a Democrat were listening, they might be thinking "what the heck is this guy even talking about?" since many of the ideas of reducing the size of government, cutting taxes to help jump start an economic recovery, and personal freedoms through less government regulation, must have sounded like a foreign language to any liberals listening at the time. Fortunately, now that a few days have passed, the thinkers on the left have translated Rush's CPAC speech for easier consumption.
Here are a few excerpts from the speech with a good explanation, from a liberal viewpoint, of what the man was getting at:
1. We believe that a person can be the best he or she wants to be if certain things are just removed from their path like onerous taxes, regulations and too much government.
DEMOCRATIC TRANSLATION: Rush Limbaugh said that he wants Obama to fail.
2. You know what the cliche is, a conservative: racist, sexist, bigot, homophobe. Excuse me, ladies and gentlemen of America. If you were paying attention, I know you were, the racism in our culture was exclusively and fully on display in the Democrat primary last year.
DEMOCRATIC TRANSLATION: Rush Limbaugh said that he wants Obama to fail.
3. We want the country to succeed, and for the country to succeed, its people -- its individuals -- must succeed. Everyone among us must be pursuing his ambition or her desire, whatever, with excellence. Trying to be the best they can be. Not told, as they are told by the Democrat Party: You really can't do that, you don't have what it takes, besides you're a minority or you're a woman and there are too many people that want to discriminate against you. You can't get anywhere. You need to depend on us.
DEMOCRATIC TRANSLATION: Rush Limbaugh said that he wants Obama to fail.
4. Now, let me speak about President Obama for just a second. President Obama is one of the most gifted politicians, one of the most gifted men that I have ever witnessed. He has extraordinary talents. He has communication skills that hardly anyone can surpass. No, seriously. No, no, I'm being very serious about this. It just breaks my heart that he does not use these extraordinary talents and gifts to motivate and inspire the American people to be the best they can be. He's doing just the opposite. And it's a shame.
DEMOCRATIC TRANSLATION: Rush Limbaugh said that he wants Obama to fail.
5. The freedom we spoke of earlier is the freedom, it's the ambition, it's the desire, the wherewithal, the passions that people have that gave us the great entrepreneurial advances, the great inventions, the greatest food production, the human lifestyle advances in this country. Why shouldn't that be rewarded? Why is that now the focus of punishment?
DEMOCRATIC TRANSLATION: Rush Limbaugh said that he wants Obama to fail.
6. Ladies and gentlemen, there ought not be any poverty except those who are genuinely ill equipped. But most of the people in poverty in this country are equipped for far much more. They've just been beaten down. They're told don't worry, we'll take care of you. There's nothing out there for you anyway; you'll be discriminated against.
DEMOCRATIC TRANSLATION: Rush Limbaugh said that he wants Obama to fail.
7. Spending a nation into generational debt is not an act of compassion. All politicians, including President Obama, are temporary stewards of this nation. It is not their task to remake the founding of this country. It is not their task to tear it apart and rebuild it in their image.
DEMOCRATIC TRANSLATION: Rush Limbaugh said that he wants Obama to fail.
Etc. etc. you get the drift. Rush Limbaugh was, as they say, en fuego at CPAC, and you can get the whole transcript and see video of the speech online on Rush's Web site. The point I'm trying to make is that people on the left should be insulted by the way their leaders have tried to take what was a profound speech, a thinking person's speech, and boil it all down for their constituents into a talking point. The fact is that they assume you, the average Democratic voter, will not actually read the transcript for yourself. You won't read it, ponder it, and draw your own conclusions, no, you'll agree that Rush Limbaugh had the audacity to pray for Obama to fail.
CBS News obliges the administration by reporting on Rahm Emanuel's Face The Nation appearance using the headline: Emanuel: Rush Prays For Obama's Failure.
I ask Democrats of this country to stop for a moment and realize what is happening. Your administration is assuming that you'll swallow this blue pill of a summary of the Limbaugh speech. They know that Limbaugh is a caricature in many ways and can be easily, mindlessly dismissed by people who have already made up their minds. If you think back a few months, you were sold Obama in much the same way. Don't think about it too deeply... just believe. I'm asking you - don't let your leaders insult you like this! Be smart enough, at least, to read and analyze the CPAC speech, and decide ... for ... your ... self. Read some books by conservative thinkers and then explain your positions. You don't think we're headed towards Socialism? Good for you... then explain how the Federal defecit increased 300% in Obama's first 6 weeks in office, and we're just getting warmed up. Let's reason together. You don't like Ann Coulter? Mark Levin? Try reading a book by either author, ingesting it, and then defend your position. Don't just take the blue pill and accept what everybody says. It's like being in high school all over again. You know how some people are considered to be really cool and they turn out to be jerks, and others are considered geeky and they turn out to be Bill Gates? Look deeper.
When Rush Limbaugh took off last Saturday on a passionate CPAC speech that laid out conservative principles, and explained many of the steps to take to build a strong future for the Republican party, I couldn't help thinking that if a Democrat were listening, they might be thinking "what the heck is this guy even talking about?" since many of the ideas of reducing the size of government, cutting taxes to help jump start an economic recovery, and personal freedoms through less government regulation, must have sounded like a foreign language to any liberals listening at the time. Fortunately, now that a few days have passed, the thinkers on the left have translated Rush's CPAC speech for easier consumption.
Here are a few excerpts from the speech with a good explanation, from a liberal viewpoint, of what the man was getting at:
1. We believe that a person can be the best he or she wants to be if certain things are just removed from their path like onerous taxes, regulations and too much government.
DEMOCRATIC TRANSLATION: Rush Limbaugh said that he wants Obama to fail.
2. You know what the cliche is, a conservative: racist, sexist, bigot, homophobe. Excuse me, ladies and gentlemen of America. If you were paying attention, I know you were, the racism in our culture was exclusively and fully on display in the Democrat primary last year.
DEMOCRATIC TRANSLATION: Rush Limbaugh said that he wants Obama to fail.
3. We want the country to succeed, and for the country to succeed, its people -- its individuals -- must succeed. Everyone among us must be pursuing his ambition or her desire, whatever, with excellence. Trying to be the best they can be. Not told, as they are told by the Democrat Party: You really can't do that, you don't have what it takes, besides you're a minority or you're a woman and there are too many people that want to discriminate against you. You can't get anywhere. You need to depend on us.
DEMOCRATIC TRANSLATION: Rush Limbaugh said that he wants Obama to fail.
4. Now, let me speak about President Obama for just a second. President Obama is one of the most gifted politicians, one of the most gifted men that I have ever witnessed. He has extraordinary talents. He has communication skills that hardly anyone can surpass. No, seriously. No, no, I'm being very serious about this. It just breaks my heart that he does not use these extraordinary talents and gifts to motivate and inspire the American people to be the best they can be. He's doing just the opposite. And it's a shame.
DEMOCRATIC TRANSLATION: Rush Limbaugh said that he wants Obama to fail.
5. The freedom we spoke of earlier is the freedom, it's the ambition, it's the desire, the wherewithal, the passions that people have that gave us the great entrepreneurial advances, the great inventions, the greatest food production, the human lifestyle advances in this country. Why shouldn't that be rewarded? Why is that now the focus of punishment?
DEMOCRATIC TRANSLATION: Rush Limbaugh said that he wants Obama to fail.
6. Ladies and gentlemen, there ought not be any poverty except those who are genuinely ill equipped. But most of the people in poverty in this country are equipped for far much more. They've just been beaten down. They're told don't worry, we'll take care of you. There's nothing out there for you anyway; you'll be discriminated against.
DEMOCRATIC TRANSLATION: Rush Limbaugh said that he wants Obama to fail.
7. Spending a nation into generational debt is not an act of compassion. All politicians, including President Obama, are temporary stewards of this nation. It is not their task to remake the founding of this country. It is not their task to tear it apart and rebuild it in their image.
DEMOCRATIC TRANSLATION: Rush Limbaugh said that he wants Obama to fail.
Etc. etc. you get the drift. Rush Limbaugh was, as they say, en fuego at CPAC, and you can get the whole transcript and see video of the speech online on Rush's Web site. The point I'm trying to make is that people on the left should be insulted by the way their leaders have tried to take what was a profound speech, a thinking person's speech, and boil it all down for their constituents into a talking point. The fact is that they assume you, the average Democratic voter, will not actually read the transcript for yourself. You won't read it, ponder it, and draw your own conclusions, no, you'll agree that Rush Limbaugh had the audacity to pray for Obama to fail.
CBS News obliges the administration by reporting on Rahm Emanuel's Face The Nation appearance using the headline: Emanuel: Rush Prays For Obama's Failure.
I ask Democrats of this country to stop for a moment and realize what is happening. Your administration is assuming that you'll swallow this blue pill of a summary of the Limbaugh speech. They know that Limbaugh is a caricature in many ways and can be easily, mindlessly dismissed by people who have already made up their minds. If you think back a few months, you were sold Obama in much the same way. Don't think about it too deeply... just believe. I'm asking you - don't let your leaders insult you like this! Be smart enough, at least, to read and analyze the CPAC speech, and decide ... for ... your ... self. Read some books by conservative thinkers and then explain your positions. You don't think we're headed towards Socialism? Good for you... then explain how the Federal defecit increased 300% in Obama's first 6 weeks in office, and we're just getting warmed up. Let's reason together. You don't like Ann Coulter? Mark Levin? Try reading a book by either author, ingesting it, and then defend your position. Don't just take the blue pill and accept what everybody says. It's like being in high school all over again. You know how some people are considered to be really cool and they turn out to be jerks, and others are considered geeky and they turn out to be Bill Gates? Look deeper.
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