A guy at worked was playing this music this morning and I thought it was too cool not to share. Apparently these guys travel the globe and find street performers and put them together on video and with sound.
Via The Gateway Pundit and PISSED, the Feral Irishman-- This is the apology that should have been made to Karzai, not the obsequious tripe uttered by the Academician-in-Chief.
So in Afghanistan, NATO personnel burn some Korans because they were being used to pass clandestine messages back and forth between various terrorists. And someone finds the charred remains. And our "President Bows-a-Lot" throws our military under the bus again (our people are 'defending' themselves with rubber bullets and the Pentagon is going to make everyone go through sensitivity training). But Afghani SOLDIERS are murdering our people over there. I have only one thing to say to the Afghan people:
The lot of you misogynistic-stuck-in-the-8th-century freakazoids can blow yourselves to hell and gone--leave us out of it and stop blaming us for trying to bring you into the 21st century.
Listening to the news this morning, the talking heads were talking about a multi-vehicle crash on the Edens Expressway (whichever highway that it since it's Chicago code). But the verbiage they used was interesting: "the icy conditions caused the crash". It wasn't that "dude was a moron and was driving too fast for conditions" or "the woman over-corrected when she slid and caused the crash". It's like the conditions just materialized under the car much to the surprise of all drivers in the area.
But the passive meme is pervasive. Any life event just happens. All are victims of circumstance. It's the idea on which the Dems have based the last fifty years of policy--people are poor because they're victims, not because of the decisions they've made. Just last week, the federal government removed the last FEMA trailer out of New Orleans--almost six years after the storm because people just waited for someone else to do something--they did not do for themselves. We're all just chips on the stream of life, according to the Progressives.
It goes against everything the United States was built on--personal responsibility; pursuing life, liberty, and happiness. Controlling our own destiny, whatever that might be. I refuse to accept that I am a victim or that I am not in control of at least the portions of my life that I can be--how I spend my money, where I live, my associates and my friends.
My choices are my own and are mine to pay for in whatever currency--money, sweat, tears, that is required.
So what is it about this election cycle where one's opponents are demons?? One Jesse Jackson Jr. supporter said that Debbie Halvorson's campaign “has been prepared by Satanic forces.” and in a prayer said:
“We stand together, united behind this congressman, who stands in the forefront, battling political demonic forces that would keep us from receiving that which you have ordained for us to have,”.
He was quick to say later that Halvorson herself was not a "political demonic force" (seriously, he said that).
"I saw pictures of Boehner and Cantor on our screens. Don't ever let me see, again in life, those Republicans in our hall, on our screens, talking about anything."
"These are demons," she screamed.
Now I'm not an expert on demonology, and I haven't squirted any of the folks in question with holy water to see if they start smoking, but it seems to me that when a demon-meme starts making the rounds, maybe some action needs to be taken--like getting them on holy ground or getting them in a demon-trap a la the television show 'Supernatural' just to make sure.
On the other hand, I'm pretty sure the Constitution does not exclude demonic beings from holding office (how else to explain the last fifty years of federal government?) so aside from a banishing ritual, I'm not seeing any way to get them out of there (hmmm... maybe not a bad idea--it'd be interesting to see if it would work). But it would be fun to see who actually gets sent back to the Pit (kind of like seeing who gets swept up in the Rapture 'cause I kind of bet some folks might be surprised to see where they end up).
All snark aside (and believe me I could take this schtick and run all day with it), what kind of reflection is it on the people spouting such nonsense? In Waters' case, this is an elected official, presumably educated, who is screeching that Republicans are demons. Ministers are praying for divine intervention and protection for their chosen messiahs without so much as a fish-eye from the folks for whom the prayers are said. Cultural differences aside, does this count as civil discourse? I don't think so......
I guess we have no choice but to all get pictures of Pat Sajak in order to fight off the demons......
The free ice cream hasn't been served this week due to a plethora of life-events. Just want to give kudos points to my brother who stepped up out of the blue, took care of some stuff that needed to be done, picked people up in the middle of the night to get them home and blew off my thanks as 'it's what family does.' But what he did kept my head from popping clear off of my shoulders like that scene from "Scanners".
Bear with me and I'll try to get back to it sometime later next week.
The latest iteration of Obama's paranoia are called Truth Teams. Seriously, let's just call them what they are--lying propagandists. The only way he can stand on his record is to lie about it or blame it on someone else. One of these teams has actually stated that they are out to intimidate voters.
As long as they're black, they won't have to worry about the DoJ taking action to prosecute them.
