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Waiting...waiting...waiting...

Posted by DBowes on Wednesday, April 01, 2009 12:08:37 PM
After the election, I made a pledge to give the new president 100 days in office before criticizing any of his policies.  I just can't wait any longer.  What we are witnessing is a full-fledged headlong plunge  into statism.  The creation of a new order in American political governance is before us.  When the president "fired" the CEO of General Motors two days ago, I was astonished!  But this initial astonishment paled with the realization that the event garnered so little MSM coverage as a cataclismic happening.  There is so much to talk about and so much marshalling of an effort to stop this movement to government domination of our lives, and those who love liberty and the principles upon which this great country was formed have a serious task at hand.  Moral dilemmas surround us everywhere, so where to begin.  Here is a starting point:  the president speaking at Notre Dame and receiving an honorary degree.  Check out these comments from Francis Beckwith:
 
http://www.firstthings.com/onthesquare/?p=1355
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Professor Hanson Checks In

Posted by DBowes on Monday, November 24, 2008 7:12:30 PM
I can think of no better way to express what I am thinking these days than to refer you all to a great piece written by Victor Davis Hanson of the Hoover Institute at Stanford.  I see these 10 thoughts as a good jumping off point for discussion over the next several months as we contemplate the political circus we have just come through, the dangers that we face from evil enemies,  and what lies ahead not only for our country but for Western Civilization as a whole. Read this, chew it over for awhile, discuss with friends, and read the things you need to read to maybe catch up.  Best wishes.
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Worse Than I Thought

Posted by DBowes on Tuesday, November 18, 2008 7:49:06 PM
Oy!  Check this out here.  Sadly, this mirrors what I have experienced from some of my own personal conversations, and are sort of like, ya know, the man in the street interviews held periodically by Jay Leno.  Twelve intelligent people without a clue when it came to important questions, but they sure did well on the $150K clothing deal.  Egad!
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Victory is At Hand

Posted by DBowes on Monday, November 17, 2008 6:25:51 PM
For all intents and purposes, we have won the war for Iraq.  All that remains now is to implement the gradual withdrawal of American combat troops according to the plan agreed upon between the Iraqi government and US Forces on the ground.  As Hugh Hewitt says in his recent article here, no one, except for those crazies still infected with Bush Derangement Syndrome, can be unhappy with the results that have ocurred over the last year.  Certainly there are still some pockets of unrest within and without, (so what else is new in the world and within the USA) but how can we fail to understand the remarkable achievement of our military in this monumental effort.  A much-maligned president George Bush has kept us safe for seven years from further attack, removed and disposed of a hideous and evil dictator, protected our great allies in the region, and insured that a democracy will soon flourish in the midst of the Middle East.  We owe him and our brave troops a great debt.  History will look kindly on this effort and the brave sacrifice of thousands of American warriors.
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Unraveling and Unmasking

Posted by DBowes on Sunday, November 16, 2008 7:15:26 PM
The appalling actions of the last week by misguided "opponents" of Proposition 8 on the CA ballot are indicative of hard-left disingenousness.  If people believe the constitution is wrong, they have the right to change or amend it by one method only.  They can gather the appropriate amount of signatures and place the issue on the ballot for a VOTE!  In two instances over the last eight years, the people of California have voted overwhelmingly to affirm that marriage is a sacred act between a man and a woman.  The only reason the issue was brought to the ballot initiave process for the second time was because the California court system decided to take matters into its own hands and invalidate by a 4-3 vote the will of the people.  Once again, this is yet another case of disaster and disruption when the courts decide to take it upon themselves to legislate from the bench, thumbing their noses at the people and subverting the constitutional process. 
The hideous actions of the demonstrators, refusing to accept the will of the people, are so outrageous that even the main stream media is compelled to cover their threatening and dangerous behavior.   The new president-elect could show true leadership by condemning these actions and affirming the principle that makes America great, the rule of law.  Read Matt Barber's column on this.
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Praying for America

Posted by DBowes on Wednesday, November 05, 2008 10:01:20 AM
Let us pray.  Almighty awewome God, You who created the Universe, who hung the stars in the heavens, we humble ourselves today and ask that You forgive our sins, for they are many.  As a nation that was created and founded by those who love You, we have strayed from Your principles with our political correctness, afraid to speak the truth too often in the public square.  We have remained silent too long.  Forgive us God for not being more bold when You have called us to be the light in a dark world.  We thank You for all the good things You have provided for us.  We thank You for the liberty we have, a right we claim from You, and we are grateful that we live in this nation where we can openly disagree on so many things without being killed for those opinions. 
 
Today, Lord, we find ourselves with a president-elect who is not experienced in the affairs of the world, has never managed anything in his lifetime, and who supports policies and positions that are in direct violation of Your Word.  In a short time, he will assume the office of President of the United States and become the commander in chief.  Help us, Lord to stand strong in the face of what may be coming our way.  We admit that we do not understand why You have allowed this to happen, but we accept that Your will be done.  To that end, we ask that you protect and counsel this young man who will become our leader.  Please God, give him the wisdom that can only come from You.  Help him to choose wisely those who would surround him and give him advice on how to govern.  We pray for our troops who are in the dark places of the world, protecting the freedom that we treasure so greatly and bringing liberty to those who desperately seek it.  Lord, keep them safe and bring them home to their families, but Lord, let them not come home dishonored.  We pray that this young man who has ascended to the highest office in the land, will understand what victory in war means.  We pray that he will understand the struggle between good and evil, and that there are those who wish to accomplish evil and kill Americans wherever they may be.  We pray for the nation of Israel, Your chosen people, surrounded by enemies who wish to destroy her, that you would raise up a strong leader in that nation who would not be afraid to act defensively.
 
Help us God to keep our heads up today and be the people You want us to be in the world.  You have commanded us to love our enemies.  We confess how hard that is and how often we fail at it.  We need you, Lord.  We understand that these will be times of great trials, that Your principles will be trampled on.  We ask You to raise up strong leaders who will stand in the gap now.  We ask for Your great mercy on this nation, that You hear our prayers and heal our land.  We pray this in the name of Jesus.  Amen
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The Dimensions of Obama

Posted by DBowes on Saturday, November 01, 2008 1:23:15 PM
As we head into the final days before Americans choose a president, the man who will be commander-in-chief of our military in a time of war, the man who will be CEO of the largest beurocracy in the world, and for all intents and purposes, the man who will become the leader of the free world, it is my fervent prayer that those who have decided already to vote for Senator Obama simply because they are "tired" of Republican "rule" and want a "change" will re-think this decision and consider the possibility that they just may have been profoundly duped.  If you were born before 1980, ask yourself these simple questions:  "Has there ever been a candidate for the office of President of the United States that you have ever known so little about?"  (Not referring here to the narrative struck by the candidate himself in his two egoistic tomes).  "Has there ever been a candidate for the office of the President of the United States with abolutely no record of any substantial accomplishment that would qualify him for this office?"  "Do I really want to entrust my safety and security to a man who has been wrong time after time on issues that affect our national security, who would embolden our enemies and endanger our faithful allies in dark places of the world?"
 
If you were born after 1980, do you understand the difference between fixing something that is broken and total transformation? 
 
I urge you to read this great piece by Mark Steyn, the author of America Alone, a book btw that may change your perspective on seeing American exceptionalism as something that is to be treasured.  Our way of life is on the verge of being threatened for a long time to come.  I hope you all understand what is at stake.  Here is the Mark Steyn piece.
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The Big Government Logjam

Posted by DBowes on Thursday, October 30, 2008 4:40:07 PM

New Deal News (NDN). Monday, May 26, 2009. Matters became worse for the Obama Administration today when attorneys for the defunct L.A. Times released a controversial video tape that has serious implications that threaten to derail efforts of the Kerry Peace Junket. The attorneys admitted in sworn testimony that there was never any agreement on the part of the L.A. Times and the source of the video tape to not release it to the public. The video tape shows President Obama at a 2003 gala held to honor Rashid Khalidi, a  former spokesman for the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). On the tape, Obama is seen laughing at an anti-Israeli poem and then later praising Khalidi. The video tape was the source for an article that had been written by Times reporters in the spring of 2008, and it became a bone of contention during the final week of the election of 2008 when Senator John McCain demanded that the Times release the tape so that Americans could see it. The Times refused, stating that it had agreed with its source to keep the tape confidential. This has turned out to be untrue.

As Secretary of State John Kerry prepares to leave tomorrow for Tel Aviv to meet with Prime Minister Netanyahu, a fragile relationship between the US and Israel that is on the brink of total collapse remains in grave danger. Kerry hopes to convince the Israeli government that it should “stand down”, in the words of Obama, from its military build-up on the border of Lebanon. Kerry hopes to re-assure the Israeli leader that, in spite of Obama’s recent visit to Teheran where he met with Supreme Ruler Ayatollah Khamenei for tea, that the president has always been a friend to Israel and will continue to support Israeli interests in the Middle East. The video tape in question would severely impair that impression and cause concerns for the Israelis. Israeli leaders have also been uneasy since Vice President Joe Biden was interviewed on MSNBC last week and stated that he was planning to meet with King Assad of Syria in the near future and then joked that he hoped he wouldn’t “be shot at by Hamas”.

Appearing on Fox News today, former talk show hosts Rush Limbaugh and Laura Ingraham reminded viewers of the controversy surrounding the video tape. During the three minutes allocated for a conservative viewpoint, Limbaugh and Ingraham indicated that, had the tape been released and voters allowed to see it for themselves before the election, the results may have been different. It is not certain that the tape would have swung the election in the other direction, but the edge for Obama at 49.2% to 48.3% for McCain could have been the other way around. Limbaugh also pointed out that a significant amount of voters in the critical state of Pennsylvania, that eventually swung the electoral college to Obama, may have changed their minds. During the three minutes allocated to the liberal point of view, the standard picture of President Obama was shown with the words “Change you Can Now See” with the soundtrack of a John Bon Jovi/Bruce Springsteen mix. As is usually the case with stories on Fox News, no spokesperson for the liberal view was in attendance, even though they were invited by the Network.

The bad news for the Obama Administration comes on the heels of a controversy that broke out last month regarding a story that appeared in the Wall Street Journal that exposed wide-spread fraud and federal campaign financing violations for the Obama 2008 Campaign with regards to the campaign accepting pre-paid credit card contributions via the internet. This has caused outrage among Republican members of congress who are demanding that a special prosecutor be appointed by Attorney General Lanny Davis to investigate the matter fully. Last week Atty Gen Davis commented that his department is “overwhelmed” with the ongoing investigation of ACORN and the voter fraud that was uncovered in 11 states throughout the nation and that he would have to seek additional funds from Treasury Secretary Barney Frank in order to proceed with a new investigation.

Appearing on Meet the Press last Sunday, Senator John McCain stated that it is becoming increasingly obvious that President Obama is “finding it nearly impossible to govern effectively given all the scandal surrounding him.” In his remarks, McCain encouraged the American people to stay alert and remain strong in their convictions. Host Chris Matthews asked him if he had to resist saying “I told you so”? McCain graciously smiled and shrugged his shoulders.  

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What Did He Know and When Did He Know It?

Posted by DBowes on Wednesday, October 29, 2008 12:58:47 PM
Back in the seventies, a young lawyer from Tennessee, who was assisting Sen Howard Baker on the Watergate senate investigation, asked:  "What did the wanna-be president know, and when did he know it?"  That young attorney later became a senator himself and a presidential candidate in this last  Republican primary election.  Fred Thompson's question is apropos today for the latest scandal to break in Team Obama.  It now appears that the Obama campaign has turned off its fraud prevention mechanism on accepting credit card donations via the internet.  This means that there is no way that they, or any of us for that matter, would know who was contributing what and how much.  This is a clear violation of federal campaign contribution laws and is beyond egregious.  See this key graph from a recent article in the Washington Post just yesterday:

"Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign is allowing donors to use largely untraceable prepaid credit cards that could potentially be used to evade limits on how much an individual is legally allowed to give or to mask a contributor's identity, campaign officials confirmed.  Faced with a huge influx of donations over the Internet, the campaign has also chosen not to use basic security measures to prevent potentially illegal or anonymous contributions from flowing into its accounts, aides acknowledged.  Instead, the campaign is scrutinizing its books for improper donations after the money has been deposited.  The Obama organization said its extensive review has ensured that the campaign has refunded any improper contributions, and noted that Federal Election Commission rules do not require front-end screening of donations.  In recent weeks, questionable contributions have created headaches for Obama's accounting team as it has tried to explain why campaign finance filings have included itemized donations from individuals using fake names, such as Es Esh or Doodad Pro. Those revelations prompted conservative bloggers to further test Obama's finance vetting by giving money using the kind of prepaid cards that can be bought at a drugstore and cannot be traced to a donor.  The problem with such cards, campaign finance lawyers said, is that they make it impossible to tell whether foreign nationals, donors who have exceeded the limits, government contractors or others who are barred from giving to a federal campaign are making contributions.  "They have opened the floodgates to all this money coming in," said Sean Cairncross, chief counsel to the Republican National Committee. "I think they've made the determination that whatever money they have to refund on the back end doesn't outweigh the benefit of taking all this money upfront." The Obama campaign has shattered presidential fundraising records, in part by capitalizing on the ease of online giving. Of the $150 million the senator from Illinois raised in September, nearly $100 million came in over the Internet ....Page AO2, Washington Post, Tuesday, October 28, 2008 
(Hat tip to Beldar via Hugh Hewitt blog)
 
Who is giving millions to the Obama campaign?  Why is the candidate himself not outraged at what his staff has done.  Why has no one been fired and a full investigation launched?  If Obama is elected because the MSM fails to alert the public of this "flesh eating bacteria" (thank you, Beldar), he will be unable to govern with such a scandal hanging over his head, thereby opening our country up to attack from our enemies.  Wake up, everybody!   This is bad stuff!
 
Look!  Obama is a charming individual and a great orator.  He has a lovely smile and can hit a three from 24 feet; however, do not lose sight that he is a shifty Chicago pol with close ties to very disreputable individuals.  What, I ask you, was he doing at a gala in 2003 praising and honoring Rashid Khlidi, a known mouthpiece for the PLO.  Why did he not walk out of that gala when an anti-Israel poem was read, a poem that was anti-zionist and advocated violence against Israel.  Well, Khalidi was his friend.  He and his wife baby-sat the Obama children and had dinner together on a number of occasions.  IT WASN'T JUST SOMEONE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, MR. ROGERS!!!    Also, for your information, William Ayers was also at that gala to honor Khalidi.  The LA Times ran a story on this in the spring and is in possession of a tape that shows all this.  The Times is refusing to release the tape.   The McCain campaign has demanded that this tape be released to the public, but the Times is stating that the story they ran is sufficient.  For greater detail see  this.
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Obamaland

Posted by DBowes on Tuesday, October 28, 2008 10:34:48 AM
While not necessarily agreeing with everything Pat Buchanan says, I think this is a fairly good assessment of what the first 100 days of an Obama presidency will look like:  BUT DON'T CALL IT SOCIALISM!!  JUST CALL IT THE NEW OBAMA DEAL.
 
Just imagine what the troika of Obama/Pelosi/Reid could accomplish with a super majority and then later with a Supreme Court laden with progressive judges who think they are smarter than everyone else and know what is best for America.
 
Just remember that never in the history of this democracy has there been a candidate so far to the left, the radical left that is.  Not even when all the smart liberal elites from university campuses were brought in to "change" America during the Wilson presidency.  People, get ready.  Kindergarten was created back then so that children could be taken away from their parents earlier so as to begin re-programming them to think right.  Remember this radical approach to education, and then consider that Obama might actually believe in the radical educational ideas of William Ayers.  He did promote his book, didn't he?
 
It's not over yet.  The election is a lot closer than the polls are telling us.  Gore was farther ahead in 2000 at this point, and Carter was up over Reagan too.  Get out the vote.  Don't give up!
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Obama's Godfatwa

Posted by DBowes on Monday, October 27, 2008 2:36:59 PM
"Some day, and that day may never come, I'll call upon you to do a service for me.  but until that day, accept this justice as a gift on my daughter's wedding day"
 
...Vito Corleone to Bonasera in The Godfather.
 
 
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He Can't Close the Sale

Posted by DBowes on Friday, October 24, 2008 5:57:56 PM
Obama had a terribly difficult time dragging himself across the finish line in the Democratic Primary with literally every member of the MSM pushing and pulling.  Hilary's brave minions just couldn't withstand the final push.  Had there been another week of campaigning, she might easily have caught and overtaken Obama, his huge early string of victories and his vast war chest filled with internet collections notwithstanding.  
With over $600 million raised in campaign contributions, after re-neging on his agreement to accept public funds, with a country fed up with the "failed policies of George Bush" making it easy for guilt by association,  and now an economic crisis, arguably caused by the lack of oversight by Democrats, although successfully blamed on Republicans, Obama should be way ahead.  Instead, he is barely holding on to a slim lead in the polls.  This is remarkable.
 
K-Lo, a regular contributor to NRO (National Review Online) has an interesting piece that speaks to this phenomenon, and you can read about it here. 
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Parsed Economic Phraseology and Robo-SPIN vs. THE WORLD

Posted by DBowes on Friday, October 24, 2008 5:37:49 PM
I don't think anyone summarizes the vast difference between the two presidential candidates better than Charles Krauthammer.  See this for an argument well put.  Word is also coming in that Netanyahu may be positioned to take over power in Israel in a snap election held in early 2009.  See here for further detail.  Netanyahu, the conservative, who will take pre-emptive action to protect the sovereinty and safety of Israel.  This would greatly challenge an Obama presidency.  Maybe Slow Joe Biden knows what he is talking about.
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Obfuscation and Dissembling as a Fine Art

Posted by DBowes on Wednesday, October 22, 2008 3:12:57 PM
I just finished watching the Obama Press Conference Extroadinaire.  This event had been hyped by cable news outlets by showing scenes of Obama meeting in his "cabinet room", that looks purposely like a White House meeting room I might add, with his "foreign policy advisors" seated around the large table, all eyes focused on the One.  Then it was on to the actual press conference behind a podium that had the Obama Seal on it and two carefully folded American flags -- quite presidential.  If I didn't know that it was only October 22, I would have thought that this was sometime after the, you know, election! 
 
What pontificating!  Obama the Great telling us about how the world works.  How dangerous the world is, and of course how we can't afford four more years of failed foreign policy!  Only he, Obama, knows the way out of this quagmire.  After the pontificating, there were several questions related to the strange and disturbing comments made by Slow Joe Biden regarding the imminent "testing" of a young president that will definitely come within the first six months of an Obama presidency.   Was this meeting of his foreign policy advisors called as a result of those comments?  Of course not, Obama said.  This was planned weeks ago!  Yeah, right!  And then came the great dissembling.  He smiled that dismissive smile that he is now quite good at and stated:   "Look, Joe often is given to rhetorical flourishes" -- what he really meant to say, Obama went on to say, was that any new president will be tested by the dangerous forces in the world, and that John McCain has shown such extraordinary erratic behavior that he can't be trusted to be put to that test.  Of course, he, the Great One, can.  Unbelievable!!
 
Team Obama has also been using another one of its surrogates, the LA Times to further obfuscate the nature of Obama's relationship with the un-repentant terrorist, Willima Ayers.  See this, courtesy of Bill Dyer via Hugh Hewitt.
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Developing the Closing Argument

Posted by DBowes on Tuesday, October 21, 2008 6:33:31 PM
OK.  Courtesy of Guy Benson and Mary Katherine Ham, here is a great closing argument for you to use and send to all your Obama-leaning friends and associates.http://hotair.com/archives/2008/10/21/the-comprehensive-argument-against-barack-obama/
Clear, concise and quite rational without any diatribe. 
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