Driving home yesterday, I saw the usual protesters at the corner of Indianapolis and Ridge in Highland, at the military memorial.
Only they weren't the usual protesters.
Instead of the warmed over neo-hippies protesting Iraq, there were normal looking dudes with "No Bailout" signs.
Surprising. Very surprising. I guess people are pretty pissed out there.
Democrat Congressman Visclosky bucked the leadership in his own party and voted against it. He must be getting a lot of calls from constituents against it.
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
More FEMA follies
I drove by the FEMA center in Munster again today, this time at 5:30 in the morning.
Once again, the line must have been a hundred people deep. Once again, the line was mostly African American.
What the heck is going on?
Once again, the line must have been a hundred people deep. Once again, the line was mostly African American.
What the heck is going on?
Monday, September 29, 2008
Gary and the B word
It is not clear that municipalities in Indiana can even file for bankruptcy.
That won't stop Gary from trying!
That won't stop Gary from trying!
Rumors about the flood that I heard in church
Besides about the standard Christian speel that we should pray for the flood victims, volunteer, etc. I heard that there have been instances of people going to FEMA for flood relief even though they were not flooded in any way.
That's pretty low. I have a hard time believing that people would actually do that. Maybe I'm just naive.
That's pretty low. I have a hard time believing that people would actually do that. Maybe I'm just naive.
We're here from the government...
FEMA is in Munster, to help flood victims. They're outside the Munster Animal Hostpital at 45th and Calumet.
I've driven by there a number of times in the last few days, and the lines are always hundreds deep, literally. There were so many people there on Friday when I drove by that they were turning people away.
I drove by at about 5:45 this morning, and there were already 50 to 100 people lined up.
Unbelievable. Maybe they need more flood relief centers?
Another observation: everybody I saw was African American. Now, Munster is as white as white bread. They're not from Munster. Where are they from?
I know there's a flood relief center in Lake Station, maybe there needs to be one in Gary.
I've driven by there a number of times in the last few days, and the lines are always hundreds deep, literally. There were so many people there on Friday when I drove by that they were turning people away.
I drove by at about 5:45 this morning, and there were already 50 to 100 people lined up.
Unbelievable. Maybe they need more flood relief centers?
Another observation: everybody I saw was African American. Now, Munster is as white as white bread. They're not from Munster. Where are they from?
I know there's a flood relief center in Lake Station, maybe there needs to be one in Gary.
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Democrat Dan Repay to head Little Cal Development Commision?
In wake of the massive flooding, Democrat Congressman Pete Visclosky is calling for the head of the Little Cal Development Commision, which has responsibility for building the levee that should have protected Munster.
Who will be the replacement? How about Democrat Hammond Council President Dan Repay?
Repay is everything that is wrong with Northwest Indiana. He is a public employee in the Lake County Auditors Office. While slightly more competant than your average Democrat hack... he's still a cog in the machine.
At a time when the failure of this commision is so evident, do we really want to put this entity even more into the hands of the Democrat machine?
Why can't someone from Munster head the commision?
Who will be the replacement? How about Democrat Hammond Council President Dan Repay?
Repay is everything that is wrong with Northwest Indiana. He is a public employee in the Lake County Auditors Office. While slightly more competant than your average Democrat hack... he's still a cog in the machine.
At a time when the failure of this commision is so evident, do we really want to put this entity even more into the hands of the Democrat machine?
Why can't someone from Munster head the commision?
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
What's it going to take to save the earth from climate change
Answer: living like "The Greenest Man in Chicago".
How did he win?
Besides riding a bike, growing some of his own food, and heating his miniscule apartment with a wood stove, he eats discarded and expired food that he gets for free.
As explained in the article, the level of CO2 production from this guy is roughly that that "scientists" say will be necessary to prevent catastrophic global warming by the year 2100.
Got that? Mmmm, discarded and expired food.
How did he win?
Besides riding a bike, growing some of his own food, and heating his miniscule apartment with a wood stove, he eats discarded and expired food that he gets for free.
As explained in the article, the level of CO2 production from this guy is roughly that that "scientists" say will be necessary to prevent catastrophic global warming by the year 2100.
Got that? Mmmm, discarded and expired food.
Democrat Lake County Councilman Tom O'Donnell sides with government over taxpayers
That's my reading of this opinion piece from the good Councilman.
I am sick and tired of people on the government dole, which O'Donnell is (being a councilman and a part time public defender), complaining that property tax reform is going to cause cuts in "vital services".
Go after the waste and corruption, Mr. O'Donnell, of which there are mountains. Consolidate. Simplify. Cut. Layoff. These are words you need to speak more of, and do less complaining about what Indianapolis does or does not do.
Governor Mitch Daniels is right. The crisis in Lake County is of our own making. There will be no bailouts from Indianapolis. And taxpayers deserve the relief that they're getting. So stop bitching about it and get to work.
I am sick and tired of people on the government dole, which O'Donnell is (being a councilman and a part time public defender), complaining that property tax reform is going to cause cuts in "vital services".
Go after the waste and corruption, Mr. O'Donnell, of which there are mountains. Consolidate. Simplify. Cut. Layoff. These are words you need to speak more of, and do less complaining about what Indianapolis does or does not do.
Governor Mitch Daniels is right. The crisis in Lake County is of our own making. There will be no bailouts from Indianapolis. And taxpayers deserve the relief that they're getting. So stop bitching about it and get to work.
Local politicians look to throw somebody under the bus over flooding
Democrat Congressman Pete Vislosky got the bus rolling on who to blame for the Great Munster Flood of '08.
He blames the Little Cal Development Commisioner, and is calling for his head.
It didn't take long for the usual suspects to jump on the bus.
It's funny. Visclosky has been the money man on this project for its entire existance. But only now is he converned that it is 15 years overdue, and can't be completed before 2010 at the earliest.
And Mayor McCheeze of Hammond and Mayor Clay of Gary are just clowns. Who cares what they think?
A lot of people need to be thrown under the bus on this one, and not just the Little Cal Development Commissioner. The who levee building process stinks of the typical Democrat incompetance and corruption.
He blames the Little Cal Development Commisioner, and is calling for his head.
It didn't take long for the usual suspects to jump on the bus.
It's funny. Visclosky has been the money man on this project for its entire existance. But only now is he converned that it is 15 years overdue, and can't be completed before 2010 at the earliest.
And Mayor McCheeze of Hammond and Mayor Clay of Gary are just clowns. Who cares what they think?
A lot of people need to be thrown under the bus on this one, and not just the Little Cal Development Commissioner. The who levee building process stinks of the typical Democrat incompetance and corruption.
Saturday, September 20, 2008
The good, the bad, and the ugly in the Munster Flood of '08
I've seen the best and worst of people in the great Munster flood of '08.
I heard that Councilman Mike Mellon had his life threatened by an itate homeowner. That's the ugly.
The flood, caused by a failed levee that should have been built higher years ago, is the bad.
The good, of course, are most of the people of Munster, who stepped up big time to help the people affected. I helped a friend of my wife gut her basement today. It got totally flooded. A nice woman and her family were going around, giving out sandwiches, water, and snacks. Westminster Presbetyrian was ground zero for the relief effort, we went over there to drop off some Home Depot gift cards, and there were tons of people donating and helping out.
It sucked to see peoples' basements trashed, and all their accumulated crap out on the parkway. But it was an amazing amount of rain, and if that's the worst that happened to people, I suppose we're lucky. And it showed what a great community Munster is, and how great the people who live here are.
I heard that Councilman Mike Mellon had his life threatened by an itate homeowner. That's the ugly.
The flood, caused by a failed levee that should have been built higher years ago, is the bad.
The good, of course, are most of the people of Munster, who stepped up big time to help the people affected. I helped a friend of my wife gut her basement today. It got totally flooded. A nice woman and her family were going around, giving out sandwiches, water, and snacks. Westminster Presbetyrian was ground zero for the relief effort, we went over there to drop off some Home Depot gift cards, and there were tons of people donating and helping out.
It sucked to see peoples' basements trashed, and all their accumulated crap out on the parkway. But it was an amazing amount of rain, and if that's the worst that happened to people, I suppose we're lucky. And it showed what a great community Munster is, and how great the people who live here are.
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Another thing about the Munster flooding
It was made worse by the failure of a pump station owned by the Hammong Sanitary District:
These were acts of God. The unfinished levee was breached, and the pump station got knocked out. They had nothing to do with the Town's response.
Trying to make political hay out of a disaster like this is despicable.
Flooded pump station delaying water removal
The Cal-Munster pump station could be back in service early Wednesday, which would aid water removal efforts, Hammond City Engineer Stan Dostatni said Tuesday. Once the pump station is restored, Dostatni estimated the speed of the water's removal should at least double.
Had the pump station been able to do its job, flooding between Calumet Avenue and Columbia Avenue may be have been limited to 8 inches, Dostatni.
Instead, flood waters rose to more than three feet.
The pump station -- between the Hammond Clinic and the Little Calumet River -- is the only Hammond Sanitary District station to have failed due to the record rainfall, said Dostatni, who chairs the Hammond Sanitary District Board of Commissioners, which is comprised of Hammond and Munster representatives.
"With that station out, water cannot do down in that area," Dostatni said.
Dostatni said the pump station lost power when water from the overtopped level got into the control panel and the pumps and shorted out the electrical system.
"There's 3 and one-half feet of water in there," he said.
Until the system can be dried out enough to start the pumps, the sanitary district has installed a syphon to move water toward the river, but it operates at only a rate of three inches every hour, Dostatni said, adding even if the pump stayed functional, it might not have made much of a difference initially.
"It wouldn't have been able to keep up with the amount of water flowing over the levee," he said.
These were acts of God. The unfinished levee was breached, and the pump station got knocked out. They had nothing to do with the Town's response.
Trying to make political hay out of a disaster like this is despicable.
Democrats are politicizing the Munster floods
It started with Democrat State Rep Reardon throwing the Town of Munster under the bus for not sandbagging as early as Hammond did. And it continued with Democrat Dave Kusiak on WJOB.
The talking point is that the Town of Munster, which everybody knows is controlled by Republicans, did not do a good job in response to the flooding.
And nothing could be further from the truth:
Ms. Reardon, native of East Chicago but now a Munster resident (why did she move, I wonder?) owes her adopted town an appology.
The talking point is that the Town of Munster, which everybody knows is controlled by Republicans, did not do a good job in response to the flooding.
And nothing could be further from the truth:
The levee project along the Little Calumet should be completed in 18 months to two years, but it was the incomplete portion that breached Sunday and flooded north Munster, said Dan Gardner, executive director of the Little Calumet River Basin Development Commission.
Ms. Reardon, native of East Chicago but now a Munster resident (why did she move, I wonder?) owes her adopted town an appology.
Monday, September 15, 2008
Joe Biden is a cheap bastard
We all know that Democrats advocate welfare, but give very little to charity.
Joe Biden is no different, but perhaps cheaper than most:
Here is a chart of the Bidens’ giving for the years covered by the tax returns:
Adjusted
Gross Income Charity
1998 $215,432 $195
1999 $210,797 $120
2000 $219,953 $360
2001 $220,712 $360
2002 $227,811 $260
2003 $231,375 $260
2004 $234,271 $380
2005 $321,379 $380
2006 $248,459 $380
2007 $319,853 $995
Total $2,450,042 $3,690
Joe Biden is no different, but perhaps cheaper than most:
Here is a chart of the Bidens’ giving for the years covered by the tax returns:
Adjusted
Gross Income Charity
1998 $215,432 $195
1999 $210,797 $120
2000 $219,953 $360
2001 $220,712 $360
2002 $227,811 $260
2003 $231,375 $260
2004 $234,271 $380
2005 $321,379 $380
2006 $248,459 $380
2007 $319,853 $995
Total $2,450,042 $3,690
Candelaria-Reardon slams Munster on flooding
So we got about 9 inches of rain in Munster, and of course the Little Calumet River is floodling like crazy. It's pretty much the worst flooding ever.
Hammond started sandbaging their side of the river on Friday. Munster didn't sandbag until Saturday.
My favorite person, Democrat State Rep. Mara Candelaria Reardon, bitched that Munster should have started sandbaggind earlier.
I think that the whole concept of sandbagging is bullshit. So Hammond sandbagged first and essentially pushed the flood waters into Munster. If Munster had done more sandbagging, it just would have pushed the problem downstream.
Maybe I'm just a Communist, but saving yourself by destroying someone elses property just seems wrong to me.
Sandbagging should be illegal. If you live in the flood plain, you should just accept what God throws at you. If you don't like it, move.
BTW, my street flooded up to my knees. Jackasses kept driving through the water, I think because they were trying to find a way through to Highland. I was yelling at people for making a wake as they drove through. I was getting water in the basement, and the water in the street wasn't helping anything.
It's amazing to me that people are being yelled at by someone not to drive through water, and they just keep on going. I was seriously considering pulling someone out of the car and beating them after they drove through the water TWICE!
Hammond started sandbaging their side of the river on Friday. Munster didn't sandbag until Saturday.
My favorite person, Democrat State Rep. Mara Candelaria Reardon, bitched that Munster should have started sandbaggind earlier.
I think that the whole concept of sandbagging is bullshit. So Hammond sandbagged first and essentially pushed the flood waters into Munster. If Munster had done more sandbagging, it just would have pushed the problem downstream.
Maybe I'm just a Communist, but saving yourself by destroying someone elses property just seems wrong to me.
Sandbagging should be illegal. If you live in the flood plain, you should just accept what God throws at you. If you don't like it, move.
BTW, my street flooded up to my knees. Jackasses kept driving through the water, I think because they were trying to find a way through to Highland. I was yelling at people for making a wake as they drove through. I was getting water in the basement, and the water in the street wasn't helping anything.
It's amazing to me that people are being yelled at by someone not to drive through water, and they just keep on going. I was seriously considering pulling someone out of the car and beating them after they drove through the water TWICE!
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Sheriff's employees resist working normal hours
Add Lake County Sheriff employees to the list of public employees resisting efforts to come in compliance with the tax caps.
LCS deputites work 4-2's: 4 days of work, then two days off. The Sheriff would like them to work 5-2's, just like everyone else on earth. The 4-2's result in unnecessary overtime.
Strangely, the LCSD's negotiate with the County Council, not the Sheriff himself, so the Sheriff has little power to actually impose this schedule on the employees.
Just another reason that the whole structure of county government needs to change. The Sheriff should serve at the discretion of one elected County Executive, who in turn would have the ability to delegate working hours to the Sheriff.
The system we have now is complex, combersome, and because there is little clear authority or responsibility, very wasteful. It also works to the benefit of the Democrat machine (who the hell knows who to vote for for Coroner, or Surveyor? Just vote Democrat, baby) and public employee unions.
LCS deputites work 4-2's: 4 days of work, then two days off. The Sheriff would like them to work 5-2's, just like everyone else on earth. The 4-2's result in unnecessary overtime.
Strangely, the LCSD's negotiate with the County Council, not the Sheriff himself, so the Sheriff has little power to actually impose this schedule on the employees.
Just another reason that the whole structure of county government needs to change. The Sheriff should serve at the discretion of one elected County Executive, who in turn would have the ability to delegate working hours to the Sheriff.
The system we have now is complex, combersome, and because there is little clear authority or responsibility, very wasteful. It also works to the benefit of the Democrat machine (who the hell knows who to vote for for Coroner, or Surveyor? Just vote Democrat, baby) and public employee unions.
Candidates who are public employees...
...and use the perks of their jobs to campaign are under scrutiny.
This is yet another reason that public employees should be barred from running for office. Besides obvious conflicts of interest, they can and have been using the faxes and computers provided to them by taxpayers to illegally campaign.
We'll see if any prosecutions occur with this latest round of accusations. Note that the people involved don't deny that the illegal campaigning occured.
This is yet another reason that public employees should be barred from running for office. Besides obvious conflicts of interest, they can and have been using the faxes and computers provided to them by taxpayers to illegally campaign.
We'll see if any prosecutions occur with this latest round of accusations. Note that the people involved don't deny that the illegal campaigning occured.
Friday, September 12, 2008
Who will be first to be bankrupted by HB 1001?
I've been speculating that the City of Gary would be the first municipality to be bankrupted by the new tax caps.
I may be wrong.Gary airport could be first.
Good riddance. The Gary airport is the biggest boondoggle in a county full of them. In this economic environment, a third Chicago area airport is not needed. It's not like low-fare airlines are breaking down the doors over there.
It was a surprise to me that the airport got property tax money. Why exactly should the poor citizens of Gary pay taxes to an airport that mostly serves wealthy airplane owners?
Another thing: NIPSCO is trying to demolish the Mitchel Generating Station, which is on the lake just north of the airport. One reason for the demo is because the station's stacks are in the landing pattern for the airport.
Now, Indiana is one of those places that doesn't have enough power in the summer. We don't have enough generating capacity. Why is this power station being demo'd? If anything, get rid of the airport and keep the power station! The station has a lot more opportunities than the airport does, and the jobs there are high paying union jobs, instead of the McJobs you find at airports.
I may be wrong.Gary airport could be first.
Good riddance. The Gary airport is the biggest boondoggle in a county full of them. In this economic environment, a third Chicago area airport is not needed. It's not like low-fare airlines are breaking down the doors over there.
It was a surprise to me that the airport got property tax money. Why exactly should the poor citizens of Gary pay taxes to an airport that mostly serves wealthy airplane owners?
Another thing: NIPSCO is trying to demolish the Mitchel Generating Station, which is on the lake just north of the airport. One reason for the demo is because the station's stacks are in the landing pattern for the airport.
Now, Indiana is one of those places that doesn't have enough power in the summer. We don't have enough generating capacity. Why is this power station being demo'd? If anything, get rid of the airport and keep the power station! The station has a lot more opportunities than the airport does, and the jobs there are high paying union jobs, instead of the McJobs you find at airports.
The Lake County Government Center is being renamed "Geezerville"
No wonder service sucks so bad at the Lake County Government Center in Crown Point. There are 140 employees over the age of 65!
Lake County offered a buyout to these geezers, I mean employees, and only 30 of them took the bait.
In all seriousness, I had to deal with one of these geezers when I was filing my homestead exemption. Slower than mollases. It was one reason that it took me so long to file the damn exemption.
There is a reason that the standard retirement age is 65. Congnitive skills decline rapidly at this age.
I've got one word for these people: "You're Fired". Take the buyout or else!
Lake County offered a buyout to these geezers, I mean employees, and only 30 of them took the bait.
In all seriousness, I had to deal with one of these geezers when I was filing my homestead exemption. Slower than mollases. It was one reason that it took me so long to file the damn exemption.
There is a reason that the standard retirement age is 65. Congnitive skills decline rapidly at this age.
I've got one word for these people: "You're Fired". Take the buyout or else!
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Public Employees aren't only bankrupting Gary
George Will has a column about how public employees literally bankrupted Vallejo, California.
This is not unlike what is happening in Northwest Indiana. Public employees make too much money, work too much overtime, have too generous benefits, and have simply stupid pensions and retiree health care.
What saved the poor taxpayers of Vallejo is Prop 13, which capped their property taxes back in the '70s.
Thankfully, we taxpayers of Northwest Indiana are now similarly protected by the tax caps.
So how long before Gary, Hammond, East Chicago, and Lake County declare bankruptcy? If that is what it takes for these governments to downsize and shed their pension and retiree health care obligations, then bankruptcy would be a good thing.
This is not unlike what is happening in Northwest Indiana. Public employees make too much money, work too much overtime, have too generous benefits, and have simply stupid pensions and retiree health care.
What saved the poor taxpayers of Vallejo is Prop 13, which capped their property taxes back in the '70s.
Thankfully, we taxpayers of Northwest Indiana are now similarly protected by the tax caps.
So how long before Gary, Hammond, East Chicago, and Lake County declare bankruptcy? If that is what it takes for these governments to downsize and shed their pension and retiree health care obligations, then bankruptcy would be a good thing.
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
The Lake County Democrat Lawyer Gravy Train
There are many ways to rip off Lake County if you're a Democrat lawyer.
The first way works like this: you get a gig as a part time public defender in the County Court system. You work a few hours a week helping speeders and other bad people ;) please guilty. For this, you draw an hourly sallary that is pretty good, and you get full county benefits.
The county benefits are the key. Lawyers with private practice love to get these jobs, because then they don't have to pay for insurance themselves.
Lake County Councilman Tom O'Donnel is one of these attorneys.
As a way to save money, the Lake County Commision wants to ax all the part time public defenders (all 27), and replace them with 5 full time defenders.
As you might expect, the 3 county judges are against it. They'd have less patronage that way!
The second scheme is worse. The three county commisioners can appoint a tax attorney to go after late taxes. They get as much as 15% of any taxes that they collect. There are also tax attorneys to go after delinquent personal property taxes, and they get 25% of the cut.
These guys are making upwards of $200k per year!
Democrat Lake County Commisioner Gary Scheub at least puts his attornery out for bid. His guy does the job for "only" 10% of the cut.
It is crap like this that makes the imposition of a county income tax so unfair. Lake County has ample opportunity to make cuts to live in the 1/2/3% tax cap environment we are entering. No income tax is needed.
The first way works like this: you get a gig as a part time public defender in the County Court system. You work a few hours a week helping speeders and other bad people ;) please guilty. For this, you draw an hourly sallary that is pretty good, and you get full county benefits.
The county benefits are the key. Lawyers with private practice love to get these jobs, because then they don't have to pay for insurance themselves.
Lake County Councilman Tom O'Donnel is one of these attorneys.
As a way to save money, the Lake County Commision wants to ax all the part time public defenders (all 27), and replace them with 5 full time defenders.
As you might expect, the 3 county judges are against it. They'd have less patronage that way!
The second scheme is worse. The three county commisioners can appoint a tax attorney to go after late taxes. They get as much as 15% of any taxes that they collect. There are also tax attorneys to go after delinquent personal property taxes, and they get 25% of the cut.
These guys are making upwards of $200k per year!
Democrat Lake County Commisioner Gary Scheub at least puts his attornery out for bid. His guy does the job for "only" 10% of the cut.
It is crap like this that makes the imposition of a county income tax so unfair. Lake County has ample opportunity to make cuts to live in the 1/2/3% tax cap environment we are entering. No income tax is needed.
Saturday, September 6, 2008
Gary Democrat still advocating Lake County Income Tax
Gary Democrats are still out there pushing for a Lake County Income Tax.
Rogers is state Sen. Earline Rogers, Democrat of Gary.
Nothing changes if Lake County gets an income tax. Gary can keep having separate Fire and EMS services. East Chicago can keep having one in four of its residents on the City payroll. Hammond can keep telling BP to F-off, and to spend millions to put a Statue of Liberty replica in the middle of Wolf Lake.
But without the income tax, all of this changes. Reform will happen.
Lake County Commissioner Gerry Scheub, D-Schererville, lauded the Kernan-Shepard reform goals but decried some revenue-saving ideas, including a state-mandated local income tax in Lake County. County commissioners in December vetoed an income tax approved by the County Council. A week later, the County Council let the proposal die when no one brought it up for a vote.
Scheub vowed to again vote down the tax if it resurfaces this year.
Rogers countered by reminding Scheub that 91 other counties throughout the state have adopted such a tax.
Rogers is state Sen. Earline Rogers, Democrat of Gary.
Nothing changes if Lake County gets an income tax. Gary can keep having separate Fire and EMS services. East Chicago can keep having one in four of its residents on the City payroll. Hammond can keep telling BP to F-off, and to spend millions to put a Statue of Liberty replica in the middle of Wolf Lake.
But without the income tax, all of this changes. Reform will happen.
Thursday, September 4, 2008
Obama and Sarah Palin's baby
I was driving across town to drop something off, and I was listening to O'Reily. Some nutjob Obama supporter called in and said that he thought "real women" would look disfavorably on Sarah Palin allowing her child with Down's Syndrome to be born.
Needless to say, I was flabergasted. But was the caller wrong?
Obama opposed the "Infant Born Alive Protection Act", which would make illegal late term abortions performed by actually delivering the baby and letting it die of exposure. As amazing at it seems, this type of abotion was performed at Christ Hospital in the Chicago area.
And it was a common procedure for aborting babies with Down's Syndrome.
There is no question that abortion is the most common "choice" of women who find out that their baby has Down's Syndrome. The primary purpose of amniocentisis is to find out if the baby has Down's and, if so, get an abortion.
Are these women Democrats? Would they be against Palin because she let her baby live, and they did not?
Needless to say, I was flabergasted. But was the caller wrong?
Obama opposed the "Infant Born Alive Protection Act", which would make illegal late term abortions performed by actually delivering the baby and letting it die of exposure. As amazing at it seems, this type of abotion was performed at Christ Hospital in the Chicago area.
And it was a common procedure for aborting babies with Down's Syndrome.
There is no question that abortion is the most common "choice" of women who find out that their baby has Down's Syndrome. The primary purpose of amniocentisis is to find out if the baby has Down's and, if so, get an abortion.
Are these women Democrats? Would they be against Palin because she let her baby live, and they did not?
The problem with "Community Organizers"
Another "lie" that I'm spreading about Obama is that his job as "community organizer" was no different than being a Communist. Vladimir Lenin was a community organizer. Obama's inspiration was Saul Alinsky, who, while not party member, was certainly a Communist in spirit.
Steve Antler says it more diplomatically than I do:
Amen, brother. "Community organizing" isn't a real job, and "Community organizers" don't represent the community. Obama is a great example. He wasn't from the South Side. What did he know about that community?
And what, exactly, did he accomplish in that job? Other than rack up a resume item that impresses the average liberal?
Steve Antler says it more diplomatically than I do:
A few MSM commentators last night took extreme offense at Republican mocking of Obama's "community organizer" experience. There will be a strong backlash, they said. Folks like Obama are highly valued by all those communities they "organize."
Yet there's a problem with all this, and one simply can't recognize the problem unless one owns and/or works in a small community-based business like mine.
To owners of small community-based businesses, and to the workers who show up at these businesses every day, "community organizers" are more often than not nothing more than shakedown artists. Sometimes they can be friendly and professional. Just as often, however, they present themselves as something between mildly hostile to downright threatening.
Do these visitors really represent the "community?" To small business owners and their workers the answer is "no." It is we -- paricipants in business -- who show up and work in the community day in and day out. We pay our bills, pay our taxes, meet the payroll, and do all this work in this very community. By showing up and doing our daily jobs, we are the true community organizers.
UPDATE: During the coming days let's just see how many angry small business owners and workers throughout the country rise up in righteous indignation at Republican insults to their valued, cherished "community organizers." Listen carefully and to hear just how important are "community organizers" to real people in their everyday lives.
Amen, brother. "Community organizing" isn't a real job, and "Community organizers" don't represent the community. Obama is a great example. He wasn't from the South Side. What did he know about that community?
And what, exactly, did he accomplish in that job? Other than rack up a resume item that impresses the average liberal?
"You stop telling lies about Obama, and we'll stop telling the truth about Palin"
Jerry Davich has this:
Obama supporters have an unprecedented combination of righteousness, hubris, entitlement, pride, hate, condescention, ignorance, and downright wussiness. This quote is a perfect example.
There is no doubt that lies are being spread about Palin. For example, that Trig is not her baby (that Trig is really her grandaughter), that she had an affair, etc.
Democrats are spreading these lies.
What lies are Republicans spreading about Obama? That his middle name is Hussein (it is)? That he's really a Muslim (which he is, his father was a Muslim, and according to that religion, that makes him a Muslim)? That he has a close relationship with an unrepentant terrorist (Bill Ayers, which he does).
How about this one: Obama's mom got pregnant before she was married to his father, and she was only 18 when he was born.
Here's a timely yet timeless political quip that someone recently shared with me, most likely referring to the ongoing brouhaha over Republican vice president nominee, Gov. Sarah Palin.
"I have been thinking that I would make a proposition to my Republican
friends... that if they will stop telling lies about the Democrats, we
will stop telling the truth about them."
Obama supporters have an unprecedented combination of righteousness, hubris, entitlement, pride, hate, condescention, ignorance, and downright wussiness. This quote is a perfect example.
There is no doubt that lies are being spread about Palin. For example, that Trig is not her baby (that Trig is really her grandaughter), that she had an affair, etc.
Democrats are spreading these lies.
What lies are Republicans spreading about Obama? That his middle name is Hussein (it is)? That he's really a Muslim (which he is, his father was a Muslim, and according to that religion, that makes him a Muslim)? That he has a close relationship with an unrepentant terrorist (Bill Ayers, which he does).
How about this one: Obama's mom got pregnant before she was married to his father, and she was only 18 when he was born.
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