Are we going to go through this whole Jackie Robinson self flagellation, or should I say “self flatulation”, every 10 years now? My God, how many times do we have to bow at the altar of Jackie Robinson and Branch Rickey? Blacks have been playing major league baseball longer than were kept out of it. But still we have to go through this exercise every so often with Jackie Robinson having blazed the trail for blacks in baseball. In the last 60 years, how many records have been set by blacks in the Majors? Too numerous to count. For goodness sake, it has been 60 years now and thanks to Robinson, some sports like basketball for example are entirely dominated by black athletes and football is moving toward basketball percentages. But for some reason, baseball participation by blacks is falling and this bothers all the liberals who are in a twit or snit about this wondering what has happened to blacks in baseball and why the Hispanics are now dominating Baseball. Could it be that Blacks are just choosing the other sports over baseball? Why is this happening? My theory is that it takes a lot of time to develop excellence in baseball and I think for that reason, Blacks gravitate toward basketball and football for the instant gratification that they provide. The road to glory in these sports is not only quicker but more is more high profile. Even in high school, basketball and football are the two primary sports with high attendance while baseball brings up the rear in the Spring with little or no attendance. Same is true in college. NCAA basketball and football are televised nationally and its stars are nationally known figures before they finish their college careers. But college baseball is relegated to late night viewing on ESPN 2.

The way participation by Blacks in baseball is dwindling, how long will it be before they celebrate not only the first Black baseball player but also the last one?

What’s that, Republicans activists? All we have heard since 2000 and again in 2004 is how Bush corrupted the system in Florida and Ohio. Almost every week, you hear some liberal talking head mention this. Now all of a sudden it’s the Republican activists that are leading the charge for voter fraud? My God, do they ever know how to spin a story. This 5 year study fully validates the presidential elections in 2000 and 2004, yet the Times tries to turn the story upside down to disparage the Republicans once again. As they say, the best defense is a good offense. 

Why wouldn’t the British Navy come to the assistance of their own sailors when they were hijacked 2 weeks ago? I’d like to believe the Brits when they say they were in Iraqi waters and not Iranian waters when this all happened but if they are telling the truth, why did they let the soft Iranians waltz off with 15 Brits? Nothing makes sense in this episode to me. A) If the Brits were in Iraqi waters supposedly at the mandate of the UN, then the Iranians must have been trespassing in Iraqi waters. Why did the Brits let that happen and not escort them back into Iranian waters? B) How do the Brits just sit and watch the Iranians capture their sailors without any effort to save them or fight back? It defies credulity.

Further, the nearly comic posturing from the Brits in all this; the huffing, the puffing, the meaningless threats (“The Iranians will risk becoming further isolated”) that would make a 3 year old snicker in reply, is just so ‘Jimma Cahter’- like, that its frightening in its weakness.

I’m sorry, but I feel that the Brits are either guilty of trespassing and just won’t admit it or if they weren’t trespassing are even more guilty in the eyes of free people of the world for not having made any effort to stand up for themselves and 15 sailors. Which is it?

John Kerry, recently in Davos, Switzerland for the World Economic Conference, called the United States an “ international Pariah".  Click here for story. Here is the definition of “Pariah”.

–noun

So he considers the United States to be an outcast or a nation to be avoided or despised. If we are despised by the Islamic extremists, who cares? We already know that but they hate everyone. If we are talking about the European countries, again who cares? They can’t wipe their own butts without help from us.

I have just one thought on this. The same countries which Kerry thinks so highly of, those countries that think the U.S. is a pariah, if they get in to any kind of trouble, be it economic, be it natural disaster, be it threats from neighboring countries, which country to you think they will look to for assistance first? You have 5 seconds to answer…… Time is up. We all know which country that is, the same one that has pulled the bacon out of the fire for every troubled nation on earth for the last 60 years. The United States of America. Yes, that same pariah that no one wants to be associated with ….UNLESS THEY UP TO THEIR BUTTS IN ALIGATORS, THAT IS.

Seems to me that given Kerry has been rejected by his own party and has seen fit to drop out of the 2008 presidential sweepstakes, he himself fits the definition of a pariah much more easily than his own country does.

I should never be surprised at how the liberal press tries to portray the news of the day but today I'm just a little incensed. What have we heard from the press ad nauseam for the last 3 years? What is Bush's definition of success in Iraq, what is his plan? Yesterday Bush made a clear and concise statement about our intentions in Iraq. He said "I've heard some ideas that would lead to defeat, and I reject those ideas - ideas such as leaving before the job is done.....We're not going to give up. The stakes are too high and the consequences too grave to turn Iraq over to the extremists". Further, he told the US troops that he has no intention of leaving Iraq until they finish the job of establishing a stable democracy. Now these are clear statements.

So if the press is so concerned about what Bush's intentions are, why on earth are statements this important to the American people buried on page A12 of the Cleveland Plain Dealer today? Why aren't these statements in the headlines in today's paper? And what does the article go on to say about Bush's statements? Following these clear statements of intent by the president, the comments say "The president's comments offered clues to his thinking as he prepares to announce a revised policy for Iraq early next month." "Clues"??? Oh come on. Even Inspector Clousseau would not consider these clear statements as mere clues. Like the family dog who has been trained not to eat the biscuit until he hears exactly the words he needs to hear, the Press sits there, eyes fixed on the biscuit called "Defeat and Retreat", and does not hear or will not hear any other words the President says until he finally says "Exit, Redeploy or Withdraw". Only then will the Press respond and gobble up the defeat and retreat biscuit. And they will savor every bite knowing that they have brought down the Hated Bush. This is their one and only goal and they won't give up until he is gone. The security of America means nothing to them. Only serving their own agenda does.

Let’s see if I have this right:

The Dems are going to talk about scrapping the 700 mile border fence with Mexico that was approved weeks ago and set the stage for amnesty for 12-15 million illegals and allow at least that many more of their families to arrive over the next 5 years.

The Dems are going to initiate plans to exit from Iraq.

The Dems are going to haul the Sec. of Defense up for daily hearings to establish oversight on the Iraq war.

The Dems want to eliminate the Bush tax cuts which will be a tax hike for every tax paying citizen.

The Dems will not approve John Bolton as the UN Ambassador

The Dems are going to appoint John Murtha, the man who was an unindicted co-conspirator in the ABSCAM scandal 20+ years ago to a leadership position in the House while spouting the line that they will bring integrity back to the Congress.

The Dems are going to push for an increase in the national minimum wage.

Why exactly did we as a nation put these guys back in charge?

With the help of his liberal friends in congress, Ahmadinejad will soon be free to do whatever he desires in the Middle East and the first thing he wants to do is destroy Israel. So how does he go about doing that? First, he has to get rid of the US presence in Iraq and he and his terrorists have been doing a great job of terrorizing our media and left wing nut jobs. So much so that we are now very seriously discussing a way to get out “with honor”. Does anyone recall that phrase? But it’s all working very well for Iran right now. They are achieving their goal of freeing up Iraq for the taking. This buys them time to work on their bomb and there is no country out there with the will or the guts to stop them including and especially the United States. We have morphed into the European model of turning the other cheek and hoping for the best, all the while knowing that this cancer is growing out of control.

Unless Israel takes the initiative and does it soon, they will have no choice but to pack their bags and leave their homeland yet again or remain there either in slavery or entombed.

Have you seen AARP’s “Don’t Vote commercial”? If not, Click Here. This is insidious if you ask me. How many of our senior citizens are going to see this and understand the message? AARP will tell you all day long that this is a public service message that is to have an informed electorate. For those who have the attention span to watch the entire commercial, that comes through clear enough. But what of those how only see the first half of it? How many of our Senior citizens are going to see the first part only and then feel that AARP is telling them not to vote? How many of those Seniors and non-seniors for that matter, think to themselves, “you know what, I really don’t know all the issues and all the candidates, maybe it would be better if I did just stay home on Nov 7”? Those usually reliable Seniors that the Republicans count on to get out to the voting booth may not be so reliable anymore.

The real message that AARP wants to get across is to STAY HOME!!! The surest way for the Democrats to win this election is for the Republicans base to boycott the polls and stay home and this commercial goes right to the core of the great number of Republican voters.

AARP’s commercial is a devious plan to keep the Republican turnout low and I think we should all let AARP know about it. Start by canceling your membership today. Click here to give them a piece of your mind.

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Of course, this is designed to set the stage for invalidating any results that may go against the Democrats just like they tried to do in 2004, especially in Ohio.  If the Democrats win, you will not hear a word about any chaos at the polls even if there is major chaos but God help us all if the Dems lose. If there is so much as a 10 minute wait or snafu anywhere in one of the tight races, there will be much wailing and gnashing of teeth about how the Republicans once again stole the elections, which will set off recounts and challenges nationwide. Nevermind the fact that in most of the major cities, the Democrats control the Board of Elections. I predict that there will never be another unchallenged election in which the Democrats lose.