America Is Watching

The current Administration and Congress is acting like they think no one is paying any attention to what they are doing. It would be wise for Washington to understand America is watching. Those that support the 2nd Amendment are not sitting on their hands. In fact those that belief in the 2nd Amendment are bringing the economy out of recession. Since the November election companies producing firearms and ammunition are doing record business. The next time you go into your favorite sporting goods store, try to buy ammunition, reloading supplies, or certain models of guns. If you haven't been their in awhile, you'll probably be amazed to see empty shelves, signs stating shortages of certain items, and back order dates of weeks or months.

Washington - America is watching and understanding what you are doing.

Umpire Incompetance

I watch many baseball games over the course of the season as well as most of the playoff and World Series games. I've followed baseball very closely for over 25 years and I continued to be amazed at the arrogance of the Major League umpires. Granted there are some very good ones, however if you look at the collective group their incompetence amazes me. Tonight's Twins vs. Royals game provided a prime example. Home plate umpire Larry Vanover ignored the fact that Kubel hit a foul ball off of his shoe or leg protector and allowed Kubel to be called out at first base. Replays with sound clearly proved it hit Kubel in the batters box. When Gardenhire asked Vanover to ask the third base umpire whether it hit Kubel in the batters box, Vanover refused. As expected Vanover ejected Gardenhire for having the audacity to question him. The situation even got more pathetic for Major League baseball when crew chief Charlie Reliford finally wandered up to home plate. Instead of being the "leader" he's paid to be and make the foul ball call, he started yelling at Gardenhire. In the end this was yet another example of the umpires covering each other's ass instead of getting the call right.

Baseball commissioner Bud Selig faces quite a delima with the advent of state of the art technology. High Definition TV, sensitive field mics, and the k-zone have finally exposed the incompetance of the umpires. Mr. Selig, are you even remotely interested in improving the quality of the game?

Where is the pork?

The market plunge today was a real vote of confidence for the Senate version of the "Spendulous" bill. It certainly disingenuous to say there are no earmarks in this bill. No earmarks were required - the pork was loaded into the bill right from the beginning. I started to read the bill - it is a real page turner. I'm going to post the ludicrous spending items here on my blog.

Pork in the stimulus bill.

• $50 million for new TSA uniforms
• $4 billion for community activist programs such as ACORN
• $400 million for global warming research
• $335 million for STD prevention
• $50 million for National Endowment of the Arts

Hey Washington - WAKE UP!!

For the past couple of weeks I've been listening to the debate in Washington on the economic crisis. The more I learn what is in this bill the more I think I am watching a horrible movie and wonder when the credits will roll so that I know it's over. There must be something in the air in Washington DC that makes our elected leaders lose all common sense when they arrive. The pork and outright payoffs in this stimulus bill are unconscionable! This congress is on the verge of saddling the American people with ANOTHER trillion dollars of debt.

Hey congress why don't we keep it simple! The economy will get going when people have money to spend. A bill could be passed next week and made retroactive to January 1 with the following elements. 1) $50,000 tax credit for buying a new home 2) $20,000 tax credit for buying a new car 3) low interest home loan guarantees for existing homeowners 4) suspend the payroll tax for the first 90 days of the year. Once this is done, the debate can begin on what type of government involvement should be for maintaining our existing infrastructure and investing in the future infrastructure.

Americans have had enough of government bailouts. Especially when we learn that $78 billion was overpaid. Companies receiving bailouts paid for prostitutes and took lavish and excessive junkets. When is congress going to wakeup and realize that economic recovery starts from the bottom up and not the top down.

Tim Johnson, Susan Collins, Olympia Snowe, and Arlen Specter please think twice before voting for this massive pork bill. VP Joe Biden is right when he says there could be a backlash. American's did not send the congress to Washington DC to turn us into a debtor nation.

The British called - They want their guns back!

A friend of mine sent me this link to a video on youtube. For those of you that are defenders of the Second Amendment, I'd ask that you invest a few minutes. It is eye-opening.

SR-71 Blackbird

The SR-71 is one of the most impressive airplanes the US has ever built. A friend sent me this flash video - it is very well done. Take a few minutes and watch.

What Do We Know About Barack Obama?

I just completed reading "The Case Against Barack Obama" by David Freddoso. To say the least it raises some very important questions on Obama's judgment. It also says a lot about the man that wants to be President of the United States when he votes "present" over 130 times in the state senate on controversial issues instead of taking a position. I find it amazing that I actually agree with Hillary Clinton on something - the mainstream media has given Obama a complete pass. When Obama can't even support the Born-Alive Infants Protection Act, one needs to ask yourself what do we really know about this man.

It is not mean-spirited or divisive to ask ligitimate questions about Obama's past. His ties to the corrupt Chicago political machine, a radical minister, and an unrepentent terrorist are starters. I for one would like to know when the mainstream media is going to start asking him the tough questions that every American has the right to know the answer to before voting in November.