Wednesday, October 08, 2008

Is Obama a Racist?

His two books seem to indicate that he is a bigot. And the fact that he belonged to a radical black separatist church for 20 years, doesn’t help.

Like I said before, there is no way I could vote for a racist. White or black. Obama acts like he isn’t one, but he leaves a lot of unanswered questions. Like, why is he so quick to accuse others of racism when no one is bringing up his race?

Imagine what would happen if a Republican candidate attended a white separatist church for 20 years, and then claimed he had no idea it was like that. I mean, please. 

The Other Thunderball Theme

A few weeks ago I had a post about the new James Bond theme, which I liked, but some critics called the worst Bond Theme Ever. Reader Brian Swisher said in the comments that he thought Thunderball was the worst. I found this version of the credits with the Alternate theme for Thunderball, Mr Kiss Kiss Bang Bang by Dionne Warwick. I like this song, but it would have to sync up better with the credits to work. 

Polls Tightening

Obama’s bump is fading according to two new polls. Zogby and Hotline. So it doesn’t look like Obama has a run away success yet. Far from it. This election will probably be close.

UPDATE: John Zogby says the race too close to call.

Tuesday, October 07, 2008

No Depression

I hear people around me talking about how we’re about to enter another great Depression. But I find that fairly absurd. The economic conditions aren’t there yet and this article backs me up.

I definitely think we’re in a recession that may last awhile. Probably a lot longer if Obama gets elected.

I remember when the the 90s rolled around. Comedian Dennis Leary was on MTV saying that the 90s will be like the 60s upside down. Well, the 2000s are reminding me in some ways of the 70s. And I think the decade will close out the way the 70s did, with a stagnant economy and a foolish, inept president who will only serve one term.

Hopefully, I’m wrong. 

Tonight’s Debate Open Thread

What did you think? Who came off the best and the worst. Did Obama fumble around without a teleprompter or did he maintain? Did McCain bring it?

UPDATE: Obama has a lot of explaining to do. Will McCain bring this up on the campaign trail?

29 Days to Hell?

Reeducation camps churning out ideological worshipers. All in a recession with inflation out of control. Shades of the 70s, man. 

Tuesday’s Zen Moment

BS of the Day

The climate creeps are really out of their minds in England. Here’s yet another example.

Britain must abandon using almost all fossil fuels to produce power in 20 years’ time, the government’s climate change watchdog will warn today.

The independent Climate Change Committee will publish its advice to the government that the UK should set a 2050 target of cutting all greenhouse gas emissions by at least 80% - including the emissions from aviation and transport, which were previously excluded.

Because it is unlikely that emissions from aviation and shipping will be cut so dramatically, other sectors, particularly power generation, would have to reduce emissions by much more, with big increases in energy efficiency, wind and tide power, and probably new nuclear generators, Lord Turner of Ecchinswell, the committee chairman, told the Guardian.

“We have to almost totally decarbonise the power sector by 2030, well before 2050,” he said.

The committee will say the far-reaching changes would cost about 1-2% of the value of the economy in 2050, although growth would still be strong. “Rather than be twice present levels, [gross domestic product] would be 1 or 2% less than that,” added Turner.

If they think a move like that would only effect 1 to 2% of the economy, they really are insane. They are apparently unaware of the realities of energy. Yet they are trying to dictate to the rest of their countrymen how it’s got to be, based on an unproven theory. One that is being disproved all the time. .

The left may want to deride capitalism for the economy, but they are doing a lot on their own to ruin it even more. 

Monday, October 06, 2008

Outrages Dujour

The Democrats are up to their old tricks, except they’re doing it before the election.

Volunteers supporting Barack Obama picked up hundreds of people at homeless shelters, soup kitchens and drug-rehab centers and drove them to a polling place yesterday on the last day that Ohioans could register and vote on the same day, almost no questions asked.

The huge effort by a pro-Obama group, Vote Today Ohio, takes advantage of a quirk in the state’s elections laws that allows people to register and cast ballots at the same time without having to prove residency.

Republicans have argued that the window could lead to widespread voter fraud because officials wouldn’t have an opportunity to verify registration information before ballots were cast.

And if that wasn’t bad enough, this tidbit came out today.

In the 1990’s, Barney Frank’s efforts to deregulate Fannie Mae may have been a serious conflict of interest because his lover, Herb Moses, was an executive for Fannie Mae at the time Frank’s was on the House Banking Committee, which had jurisdiction over Fannie Mae.

Unqualified home buyers were not the only ones who benefitted from Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank’s efforts to deregulate Fannie Mae throughout the 1990s.

So did Frank’s partner, a Fannie Mae executive at the forefront of the agency’s push to relax lending restrictions.

So the pol responsible for overseeing Fannie Mae was sleeping with one of its execs. And the same politician is still sitting in his position of power as the ship sinks. Yet the Dems try to pass the buck on Republicans and capitalism. Gee, what a surprise they endorsed this crypto-socialist bailout program.

Finally, the LA Times blatantly lies in favor of Obama. The press makes no bones about being propaganda arms of the Democrats.We night as well be living in a Communist country because the press are doing their best imitation of state run media. 

Musical Interlude: Alive and Kicking

I love this early 70s tune.