S'marty Says...

That "Other" Blog

noreply@blogger.com (S'marty Says) — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 07:34:00 +0000

After many struggles and a lot of pulling out of the hair, I have finally managed to hook up to a new router. This means I am back at my other blog, doing my blog thing. It's too time consuming to try to keep up with two of them, although I have been advised by other bloggers that it's better to have more than one blog site.

I suppose if one wasn't working that might be feasible. It might also be more feasible if I could simply copy and paste one blog into the other, after having spent many hours writing, editing, formatting and re-writing said blog. However, when I have tried this, the formatting gets all wonky and I end up spending another couple of hours re-formatting, re-writing, and re-this'n'that to the danged thing.

In summary, the point of this nonsensical diatribe is to ask my former blogspot readers to please go to my other blog, S'marty Says, at wordpress. In those pages you will find my most recent works. I would also really love to receive more comments. Wordpress gives me the ability to see how many "hits" I have on my blog, so when I see 25 hits in one day with only one comment, it tends to make me feel rather discouraged. Even if you only write "I read it. The end." I would be quite satisfied.

Thanks for checking back here, and please stroll over to my other blog!

To Blog or Not to Blog...

noreply@blogger.com (S'marty Says) — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 16:51:00 +0000

I've had some trouble with my internet router. It has effectively locked me out of my other blog at Wordpress. In fact, I can't go to anything on Wordpress - including other people's blogs.

But I will soldier on and return to my blogger site.

Watch for some new blogs - short and long - over the next few days!

New Blogsite for S'marty Says!

noreply@blogger.com (S'marty Says) — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 16:29:00 +0000

I've spent a lot of time editing and customizing this blog. I have been frustrated by some of the limitations in blogger, but kept plugging away, trying to fix the layout issues as they came up, etc.

I have found another blogsite that I like much better, so I am asking my readers to bookmark my newest blog, "S'marty Says II" and to start reading that one rather than this one. I will let this one "fade out" as I am much more active on the wordpress blog.

Thanks for the readership! Please keep following me and share my blog around!

Thanks,
S'marty

No More Spending

noreply@blogger.com (S'marty Says) — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 15:51:00 +0000

A Visit to the White House!

noreply@blogger.com (S'marty Says) — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 20:07:00 +0000

I visited the White House website today. It's chock full of blogs, articles, blurbs, words, and pictures that are meant to convey happy happy joy joy.

Here's what one of the blurbs said:

"The President's position on health care insurance reform is informed by the ten letters he reads every day. Watch a behind-the-scenes video showing how these letters are chosen from the tens of thousands he receives daily."

There are only 26 letters in the alphabet, so I don't know how he gets tens of thousands everyday, but I'll assume some of those are repeat and double letters.

I wonder which ten he usually picks? I know which ones I would pick for him:

L-O-A-D-O-F-C-R-A-P

Watching Obama pour through tens of thousands of letters sounds as exciting as watching grass grow. I'd rather see a behind-the-scenes video of his speechwriters uploading his audacious speeches onto Sir Teleprompter.

There's a little blurb at the bottom of the front page asking people to tattle on other people who are spreading rumors and disinformation about the health care reform bill. They want the tattle tales to email them with the rumor-monger's blog or chain letters (not to be confused with chain mail which is what I wear under my clothing everyday - made of mithril, of course), links, or whatever.

I think I'll send them all of their own propaganda. They want to know who's putting out misinformation, I'll happily let them know it's them. Using an anonymous email address on a public computer in an internet center 100 miles from my hometown, of course.

There's an article about "Green the Block" and the "Hip Hop Caucus." Is that cool sounding or what?

Us racist Redneck backwoods right-wing nutjobs should come up with something snazzy like that. The "Hoedown Caucus?" Or maybe the "Astroturf Caucus?" I think it's best to make fun of the terms the left comes up with to make fun of us by using those terms to make fun right back at them by making fun of ourselves, therefore rendering their taunting powerless.

Speaking of green... Has anyone, besides me, noticed that whenever anything "Goes Green" the actual "green" disappears and the whole venture ends up going into the "red?" If Obama really supported "green," he would tell people to "Go Black!" No business wants to see their green disappear and the bottom line go red because they've "gone green" - they want it to be in the black, whether they're green or not. Of course, we all know today's "green" really means yesterday's "Red" - eh KGB, nudge, nudge, wink, wink?

Personally, I fully support the "greening" of America. After all, if the entire population has a lot of green, we can become the power brokers behind the puppets and we could then control their movements. We could oust those nasty money-grubbing, power-grabbing, back-stabbing creepy bankers.

When I think about creepy bankers, I can't help but picture Dick Van Dyke in "Mary Poppins." And Mr. Potter in "It's a Wonderful Life." Do you suppose they based those characters on the Rockefellers and J.P. Morgans of this world? I know the movies were filmed before George Soros became the slimy slug that he is today, but he does bear a striking resemblence to Mr. Potter.

Back to the White House...

The Prez signed a new bill called the Lily Ledbetter Act. I think all bills should have a "Harry Potter" (no relation to Mr. Potter mentioned above) type of name given to them. I'll address this frivolity in another blog.

Anyway, here's his quote:

"Ultimately, equal pay isn't just an economic issue for millions of Americans and their families, it's a question of who we are -- and whether we're truly living up to our fundamental ideals," President Obama said. "Whether we'll do our part, as generations before us, to ensure those words put on paper some 200 years ago really mean something -- to breathe new life into them with a more enlightened understanding that is appropriate for our time."

One might think the 200 year old paper he's talking about is the United States Constitution, but he's actually talking about Mrs. Washington's grocery list:
1. 50 lbs. of flour
2. 100 lbs. of sugar
3. 100 lbs. of lard
4. Fine grit sandpaper for George's teeth

You have to admit, the rhetoric contained in the above quote is breathtaking in the extreme. In fact, it's so rhetorical that I am bound by the Law of Grammar to not actually respond.

As a side note, we are indeed a much more enlightened people. We no longer use lard. Oh, and I do like the idea of "equal pay." Mr. Prez: I want to earn as much as you earned last year. That's my fundamental ideal.

I ended my tour of the White House website by checking out the link to "A New Era of Responsibility." Obama's quote on this page:

"A budget is more than simply numbers on a page. It is a measure of how well we are living up to our obligations to ourselves and one another."

I always thought a budget went something like this:
Money coming in: $1,000.00 per month
Money going out: $750.00 for rent and car payment
Money left over: $250.00 - put $100.00 in savings, use the rest for food, etc.

Obama's budget goes something like this:
Money coming in: A couple hundred billion
Money going out: A couple hundred trillion
Money left over: None, borrow a couple hundred more trillion from China

You'll notice Obama's budget doesn't actually have "numbers" - just letters. Tens of thousands of them, in fact.

Emergency! Triage Health Care!

noreply@blogger.com (S'marty Says) — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 18:31:00 +0000

Let's say you have a car. All in all, the thing runs fine and gets you where you need to go. However, the brakes are starting to squeal, the battery won't hold a charge, the rear passenger window won't roll down, and the radio isn't working.

Do you take your car to a mechanic and have the entire thing rebuilt because of the few broken parts? No, you fix the broken parts, leave the working parts alone, and start driving the car again.

Why, then, do so many people think it's okay for our government to rebuild the entire health care system when many parts of it are working just fine?

Our Congress is approaching this problem from the wrong perspective. They need to use a medical diagnosis approach as their guide to fixing the health care problem:

TRIAGE

1. Identify and treat the most dire problem first, just as in an ER they take care of the most serious problem first. Those who are bleeding out take precedence over those who have a sore throat.
- Right now, Medicare and Medicaid are failing. They are bankrupting our nation as they are bankrupting themselves. Before adding more tax/spend burden on an already vulnerable situation, fix the programs that are not working FIRST.

2. Identify and treat the people who are uninsured because they can't afford private insurance and are not qualified for public aid.
- Those who can afford their own private insurance, but chose not to, should not be required by law to participate in the public option. Conversely, they should not be mandated by law to purchase their own private insurance. The government has no business dictating what Americans may or may not choose to do with their health. To interfere in this way is unconstitutional.

3. Identify and deport illegals who have been accessing health care at others expense. They are draining an already weak patient. It must stop.

4. Do not offer the public option to anyone who is currently insured through their employer. They should be excluded from the public option as long as they are working; however, in the event that they lose their job, they should then be eligible for the public option until another job with health coverage benefits is secured, or another job with wages high enough to purchase their own insurance is secured (in the event that the employer is unable to contribute to a health insurance plan).

5. Allow small businesses to participate in the plan, offering their employees the option of the public plan, with each party contributing a nominal fee in order to offset costs. However, it should be an option for the small business to participate - not a mandatory law. Just as auto insurance works, those fees are collected and invested, and a pool of funding is created.

6. The law should be written so as to offer a smorgasbord of benefits for the participant, rather than a "one size fits all" type of plan. Those people who are healthy have different medical needs than those who suffer from chronic ailments, such as diabetes, asthma, or high blood pressure.

7. The public option should be designed as a safety net - not as a government health insurance single payer system. People would be much more willing to invest their tax dollars in a system that doesn't create dependency on the government, but that helps those in need during exceptional times of financial distress.

8. Most importantly, none of these steps should be rushed. They need to be carefully examined (just like a patient), ruling out all other options (just as diagnosis are ruled out in order to reach the correct diagnosis), and a prescribed treatment that is efficient and effective should be applied.

There is no reason to throw out the good parts of American health care with the bad. Leave the good parts in place - and leave them alone so they can continue to function and expand with innovation and technology.

Just as Clouseau said while resuscitating Chief Inspector Dreyfus: "Out with the bad! In with the good!"

What's a Person to do, Part Deux

noreply@blogger.com (S'marty Says) — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 16:48:00 +0000

When in doubt, check it out. That's my philosophy.

Let's say you open a puzzle box with no picture on the outside showing what the puzzle will be when completed. You dump out the pieces and find that half of them are missing.

You proceed to move the pieces around, eventually putting together one half of the picture, which turns out to be a mountain with a bit of snow on it. All of the pieces of the puzzle to complete the right side are missing, so you gaze at the left side and try to picture what the right side must look like.

Looking at the left side of the mountain, you assume the right side is basically a mirror image, as it's just a mountain and they tend to be conical. There's a little creek or river that runs along the base of the mountain, but which, of course, ends abruptly at the edge of the nothingness that is the right side. There are small trees here and there, and the sky appears to be blue, with a few high white clouds that look to continue on the right side of the picture.

The next day you are at the store, Puzzles R Us, and you see a box with that very same puzzle. This puzzle box, however, has a picture of the entire puzzle.

You examine the picture to see what was missing in your puzzle from the day before. Imagine your shock when you find that the right half of the mountain is not at all a mirror image of the left, but is instead a large dark grey crater. There's a plume of steam coming out of the center of the crater where a volcanic dome has grown. The steam rises into the sky where it appears to have been blown by the wind onto the left side of the picture, giving the illusion of white, puffy clouds.

The little creek that ran along the base of the mountain meanders over to the right side of the picture and empties into a large lake. The day before, you had assumed it would just disappear into the tree line. The lake takes up the entire lower right half of the puzzle, creating an upsidedown mirror image of the destroyed side of the mountain.

While there are a few small, scattered trees visible through the patchy snow dotting the left side of the mountain, the right side is a burnt wasteland. The blast from the eruption destroyed the trees on the right side of the mountain, leaving a charred landscape of debris and fallen timber in its wake.

The picture from your puzzle of yesterday didn't represent this picture before you at all. What appeared to be a typical snow covered mountain scene turned out to be Mt. St. Helens, in Washington state, several years after its eruption.

This is what the mainstream media does: it gives you the left side of the picture, leaving out details from the right side so that the picture you are seeing is not complete. As that old saying goes, "There are two sides to every story."

Today's hot buttons of health care reform, cap and trade, and multiple "stimulus" bills are presented by the MSM with one point of view only: theirs, which is left. There are valid sources for opposing points of view out there, but the MSM rarely gives these entities a stage upon which to present the other side.

Liberals are not the only people who populate this country, but it would appear as though their point of view is the only valid p.o.v., since that is the only one presented in the news. This is why people like me scour the internet for validation, verification, and additional information. I take what I find and I write about it. Is it one sided? Hell yes. Why should I take the time to add the left side into my writing when it's already been exhaustively covered by the MSM?

My next blog will be devoted entirely to health care reform - the way I see it. Warning: it will be presented from the right.

Disclaimer: I don't know if such a picture of Mt. St. Helens actually exists as I have depicted here, but I do know that for many years after the eruption, the mountain presented this contrast of nature until trees began growing in abundance once again.

What's a Person to do?

noreply@blogger.com (S'marty Says) — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 17:33:00 +0000

If I were standing on the street corner and I saw a little kid run out into the street chasing an errant ball, and I saw a car approaching, I would run after the kid and grab him out of the way of the car.

If I were sitting around out on my deck visiting with my family and a large bee landed on one of them, and I knew this person was allergic, I would alert them and help them divest their arm of the offending interloper.

Most people would do the same: you see someone in trouble or possibly in life threatening danger, and you take action. We are not called to stand idly by while others are hurt. I've got your back if you've got mine, right? Give and take. Some people go one step farther: I've got your back, even when you aren't looking. Don't worry about returning the favor. I've got your back because I love you.

In essence, this is what I am trying to do with my blogs and constant postings on facebook. I am trying to cover my loved ones' backs. More than that, though, I am trying to educate.

I share the links and information that I come upon in my Internet travels as a way of supplementing the information that is provided by the mainstream media. I am so very grateful that we have this great new invention called the Internet.

I think some of my family and friends are growing weary of my constant tirades. They complain that this is all I think about. Truly, I do think about other things, but admittedly, the events that are taking place in our country today are at the forefront of most of my thoughts.

I'm not trying to shove my opinion down anyone's throat - I am trying to open people's eyes. I'm not trying to turn everyone I know into little mini-me's. I am trying to share what I believe to be the flip side of the MSM coin.

Would you walk into a car dealership and purchase a used car without questioning the salesman about the condition of the car? You might even take that car to a mechanic you know and have him give it the once over, just for your peace of mind. You would never accept what the salesman says at "face value." He's in it for the money. He isn't there to become your best friend.

Why, then, do people take what the MSM reports at "face value" without questioning the contents of their reports? If I turn on the news and the reporter declares "The president has won the support of the American Medical Association for the new socialized medicine plan being debated in the House today," I would want to know who represents the AMA, what the proposal and debates are saying, and mostly, how this affects Americans, not just myself.

And so I sit at my laptop everyday, reading articles and clicking the links provided for verification of the validity of the article. If I find something that I consider to be relevant, I share it. If not, I move along.

I will continue to throw the information out there for any and all to see, to read and to watch. What is done with it after the exposure I have provided is entirely up to the reader.

We should never be too old to question or to learn. We should never be too complacent to care.

This is why I continue my toil: I have your back.

Time to Hit the MSM

noreply@blogger.com (S'marty Says) — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 19:25:00 +0000

We the people have been emailing and calling the wrong people with our concerns about the growing deficit, government spending, gigantic bills that are being passed without being read first, and the disregard by our government to adhere to the tenets of the Constitution. Our "representatives" no longer represent us - they represent special interest groups and themselves.

Those of us who pay attention and dig deeper than the crumbs thrown out to the public by the mainstream media know what's going on. Those other folks, who don't really knows what's happening, are going about their usual business because they don't dig deeper than the MSM's crumbs. What if the MSM stopped behaving like Pravda and started behaving like true investigative journalists? How do we get them to do this?

We need something powerful to supplement the T.E.A. Parties - we need to send a message where it will possibly be heard. We need to flood the MSM with our emails and phone calls. The recent internet event in South Korea, where literally thousands of emails caused servers to overload and shut down, has given me this idea.

What would happen if, in a concerted effort, the MSM (ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, and MSNBC) all received, simultaneously, thousands of letters from viewers demanding a return to journalistic integrity and unbiased, objective investigative journalism? What would happen if those emails contained a promise to boycott these stations until the MSM started acting like news reporters rather than media puppets for the current administration? What would happen if those letters spelled out a plan to bombard the MSM's advertisers with similar letters and promises to boycott their products/services until/if the MSM starts behaving with integrity and professional ethics?

The letter might look something like this:

Dear News Director:

I am no longer going to watch your station, and I am encouraging everyone I know to stop watching your station. Furthermore, I am sending a similar letter to all of your advertisers, letting them know that I will no longer buy any products they advertise during your news programs.

You have abandoned any pretense of "journalistic integrity" and are no longer reporting events objectively, fairly, or with an unbiased slant. Your reports are typically skewed to the far left, leaving out vital information which would allow the viewer an opportunity to draw their own conclusions, rather than have the media tell them what they should be thinking.

You have spent far too much time investigating and reporting trivial, inconsequential details of some people's lives - who did not deserve such biased scrutiny - while you under-reported or completely omitted crucial information about other people whose past dubious acquaintances and activities should have been highlighted on the front page or at the top of the news hour.

You bury important details that need to be known by your viewers - details that could potentially have a profound impact on their lives, while at the same time you spend countless hours focusing on the death of a celebrity, whose demise has very little impact on most people's lives.

I am just one person and this might just be one little letter, but I am spreading the word and encouraging everyone I know to follow my lead. They, in turn, will encourage everyone they know to do the same.

Perhaps when YOU become the focus of intense scrutiny and investigation, you will recognise the folly of conducting yourselves as though you are the only source of information for the people of this country. There are many other options available, besides the big MSM, and it is my intention to get as many people as possible to turn you off and seek out those other options.

Signed,

John Q. Public

A follow-up to the influx of emails to the big stations might be to conduct T.E.A. Party protests outside their affiliates. Again, this would need to be a concerted effort in order to have any impact at all. ABC has already shown their biased with the infommercial they ran from the White House. I suggest a Tea Party right in front of their affiliates.

If we can't get the attention of our representatives, maybe we can get the attention of their mouthpieces. Perhaps these events can coincide with one of Obama's many public addresses.

What, Exactly, Are We Supposed to Apologize For?

noreply@blogger.com (S'marty Says) — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 02:03:00 +0000

http://www.wjpbr.com/eurocemetery.html

The Unionized Statists of Obama

noreply@blogger.com (S'marty Says) — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 23:10:00 +0000

Dear Tax Paying Citizen of the United States of America,

Your Congress and White House Administration are hard at work! Here are some of the issues we have been debating and deciding on:

1. After much debate and consideration, we have decided to change the name of our country, and we would like you to know that you may write or email us with your own ideas for a new name, but that we won't actually read any of your suggestions, and we certainly won't take any of your own desires into account as we consider a new name. We just wanted to let you know that we are actually doing something here.

We tossed around several ideas, hoping that a new name will better reflect the current "mood" of our nation. "The United States" will soon be a superfluous term, as it is becoming more apparent that we are turning over the authority of this nation to labor unions. The name "The Unionized States of America" was bandied about, but was finally rejected as it wasn't quite on target in representing the type of nation we are happily evolving into.

The next suggestion, "The Unionized Statists of America" was nearly a perfect name, as it represents our union-centric central government, and it describes the type of government we are ascending to. Additionally, as everything becomes more nationalized, legislation on the state level will become more obsolete. Eventually, we will no longer need any states at all, so we decided using "Statists" was similar enough to "States" that most people would either not object or simply would not notice, as they are typically fixated on philandering celebrities and philandering politicians.

That name, however, was finally rejected when it was brought to our attention that the word "America" is actually an homage to a dead white guy. As a more appropriate homage to the new and improved multi-cultural divinity that we are, we felt it would be much more precise to honor the One man who has been the catalyst for all of our recent joyous accomplishments. We feel that you will surely agree with our decision, and that it will certainly make you feel good knowing we have chosen this path.

Therefore, the new name of our country shall henceforth be known as:

"The Unionized Statists of Obama"

New coinage and bills are being printed bearing this new name as this letter is being dictated. All government stationary will now be imprinted with the new name and the new symbol for our nation.

2. It was also decided, unanimously, to replace the stars and stripes with our new symbol, which represents unity and Oneness with each other. New flags are being sent to all public and private schools, the Unionized Statists Post Offices, and state capitols (which will soon house federal offices for the millions of jobs the One created).

3. In the spirit of unity, your hard working Congress decreed today that there will no longer be a two party political system, as the only discernible difference between the two parties is the letter "D" and the letter "R." In order to reflect our more enlightened society, we have decided to adopt a new political party name: Utopicrat. All serving politicians will now have the letter "U" behind their name - not as a label, since that is no longer necessary, but as a symbol of our homogeneous Unity.

Over the next few months, you will be receiving occasional updates on the progress being made by your hard working Congressional members. We encourage you to keep apprised of new developments so that you will be prepared for the inevitable tax increases that will ensue.

Please, don't hesitate to not call our offices or send us emails, as we are more than happy to not have to take into consideration our "constituents" complaints or suggestions.

Thank you,

Your Hard Working Congress - U and the White House Administration - U

Dear Barry,

noreply@blogger.com (S'marty Says) — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 16:01:00 +0000

Dear Barry,

Joe was right! You (and our nation) are being tested in unprecedented ways just six months after taking office. Who could have guessed that for once Biden wasn't talking out of his nether regions?

Iran, North Korea, Russia, China... The bullies of the world are getting ready to beat up our nation, and what are you doing? Posturing like a 120 pound asthmatic, violin playing weakling. Were you the kid who was never allowed out of the house to play with the other kids in the neighborhood? I can see you standing at the window while they run around and play with each other, learning all of those vital social skills that will come into play later in their lives.

North Korea is proudly announcing they are going to test another missile - this time aimed in the "general vicinity" of the Hawaiian Islands. What is your response? "Sanctions!" Not just any sanctions, though: "U.N. sanctions!" Oh my, those really are the worse kind of sanctions.

Look, Barry, all you have to do is threaten that little tyrant with an air strike. Just get in his face and do some of that finger pointing you did with Chavez (just what did you say to Chavez during that exchange?).

Look, I'll even send you the correct words to use on your Blackberry: "Hey you little marshmallow. Just who the do you think you're messing with?" At this point, you jab him in the chest with your index finger. Keep jabbing until he flinches.

"Where do you get the cajones to threaten ME and mine? Hey, and while I'm at it, what's with all the animosity towards Hawaii?" Make sure you are making your trademark Obama "stern" face, which will cause Kim to recoil in terror. Then continue: "Look, Kimmie, I'm the only tyrant big enough for this planet, you insignificant little slug, so step down or I'm gonna send you down."

Mr. Jong should, by this point, be stuttering and unable to coherently respond. Make sure all of his ministers, administrators, and family are around, then point to each of them and tell them "And the same goes for you guys too!" Arrange to have a horse head waiting for him in his bed that night, and set up daily deliveries of dead fish wrapped in newspaper - these should be sent to various members of his staff and family. Make sure the fish are not just dead, but stinky and rotten, otherwise the recipients may mistake them for gifts and eat them.

As for Iran, you are for once taking a logical stance (voting "present"), although I'm sure it's for all of the wrong reasons. You probably had orders from your mullah masters to keep your continuously flapping lips shut about what's happening over there.

Chances are, the real reason to keep mum right now is because the Iranian people are protesting for the Type B Tyranny rather than the Type A Tyranny. When the dust settles, I'm sure the mullahs will be back at their sworn jihad against The Great Satan. It's nice of you to help them in this cause, by the way, with your hatred of all things American and your constant demoralization of the people who elected you to office. Thanks, by the way, for the bowing and the apologies to our enemies. Oh, and for the insulting treatment you gave our allies.

The best way to deal with Russia is to recirculate ALL of Reagan's old speeches. Send all of them over to Putin with a note attached: "What he said." It probably won't stop Russia's desire to re-incorporate, but it might slow them down a bit as they try to figure out just what the hell you really stand for.

Our hands are unfortunately, tied when it comes to China. They own us now, so we can't really do much about it, other than learn Chinese and develop a tolerance for MSG. Just look the other way when they send money to our enemies.

Meanwhile, back at the ranch called the Unionized States of America... those of us who already have a health insurance plan and are satisfied with it may keep it, right? Gosh, that's so generous of you! Gee, thanks.

Who do you think you're fooling? First off, this just means that we will be getting double dinged: we'll be paying for our own employer-provided group insurance via reduced wages while at the same time paying higher taxes in order to fund your socialized health care program.

Secondly, you will phase out private insurance. It's inevitable and inexorable. It will happen, of course, because the goal is to create a dependent and wholly new "class" of citizens.

Duh.

And it's all being done, from the front side, for our own good and for the betterment of society and for fairness and equality. However, it's the unions who are going to reap the benefits from the backside. As Milton Friedman said, behind every piece of "good intention" legislation you will find someone behind the scenes pushing for its advancement, whose only interest is for their own gain. Once you have succeeded in socializing every aspect of medical care, it will be a very simple process to turn over the management of the professionals to unions.

The audacity of your complete disregard for our Constitution is breathtaking. Your masters have taught you well. The ignorance of the American people is alarming. You are a magician of some worth, making Houdini look like a cheap card trick amateur on the street corner.

I do hope your policies fail, but that they don't destroy our country in the process.

Sincerely,

A Constitutionalist

The Really Real News - TRRN

noreply@blogger.com (S'marty Says) — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:40:00 +0000

In today's headlines (insert "dit dit dit dot dot dot" teletype sound)....

It has been learned that the Iranian people who are protesting the rigged election are just as likely to blow up Israel as the current Mullah regime. President B. Hussein Obama issued the following statement regarding the protests: "Present."

Obama is attempting to rush through his nationalized health care proposal in order to secure the country's guaranteed transition into socialism and tyranny. His slogan for nationalized health care, "It'll be free! Really!" is receiving unexpected accolades from the public. Upon release of the new slogan, Obama's approval rating hit an all-time high of 66.6%.

Sonia Sotomayor confesses to being a white male bashing sexist/racist. She adds "My own biases as a wise Latina woman are justified based upon the fact that I am a wise Latina woman who is a wise Latina woman and is wiser than non-Latina women and white men."

The union that represents comics, The American Association of Hilarious and Funny People, or AAHFP, issued a statement today condemning David Letterman's recent crude remarks about Alaskan governor Sarah Palin and her daughter(s). In the statement, the union denounces Letterman as a comic, saying "It is the consensus of this union that David Letterman has never been funny. We are taking expulsion requests from women's groups under advisement. Meanwhile, we have recommended Letterman join the Wash-ups and Has-Beens Union (WUHBU).

Bill Maher, in an unprecedented moment of clarity, berated President Barrack Hussein Obama during his monologue last night. It was later found that he had suffered the vapors and was revived with an ammonium tablet. Upon regaining consciousness, Maher burst into tears and expressed great remorse for his harsh rant against B. Hussein. It was learned that Maher was later contacted by WUHBU who offered Maher an application for membership.

ABC is now the official Pravda of the B. Hussein Obama administration. Charles Gibson has changed his name to "The Mouth of Sauron." They will broadcast from the White House as President Hussein discusses our current health care emergency disaster crisis tragedy urgent situation catastrophe calamity predicament debacle.

The Global Warming Constituency has changed their name to The Climate Change Constituency, due to the apparent changes that are happening in the climate around the world. Their press release expressed concern about the variations in temperature throughout the year.

In a graph issued by the CCC, global temperatures above the equator are shown to fluctuate from severe cold in January and February, with the temperature slowly rising throughout March and April - which incidentally brings rain showers - then continuing to rise through May (when flowers begin appearing), June, July and reaching its peak in August. Some regions experience prolonged warmness in September, which is said to be influenced by Native Americans. The chart shows temperatures beginning to cool in October and November, with the chance for snow as temperatures decrease throughout December, when Jack Frost begins nipping at one's nose. The dire consequences of this type of fluctuation has alarmed the scientists at the CCC, who are issuing a "Save the Earth from Fluctuating Temperatures!" alert.

In another press release, the CCC has requested a hearing before a congressional panel to explore the possibility of prohibiting breathing by all human and animal forms on earth, as the emission of breath increases dangerous unsafe hazardous risky perilous harmful treacherous CO2 levels. The CCC added that gaseous emissions by human and animal forms contribute exponentially to climate change and gagging.

Neti Pot! The New and Improved Interrogation Techinique!

noreply@blogger.com (S'marty Says) — Sun, 24 May 2009 04:08:00 +0000

Dear CIA,

As your president, I am sure you are all aware by now that I am a bit squeamish and squishy when it comes to water boarding. I really don't know if it qualifies as torture or not - the international community, where I borrow most of my opinions, is undecided, and as a result, I am, of course, undecided as well.

So, in keeping with my goal of looking like a nice guy, I am hereby rendering water boarding illegal. I have come up with a much better alternative, however, and after reading the following, I am sure you will agree.

Henceforth, the CIA will conduct Enhanced Interrogation Techniques via the use of the Neti Pot (Neti Pot Enhanced Interrogation Techniques: NPEIT, or "Ne-peet"). This ancient method of cleaning out the sinuses has not only been deemed safe by the AMA, it is also considered to be the most effective method of cleaning the nasal air passages in the event of allergies or a severe cold and comandeering a confession from known terrorist suspects (see package insert for full disclaimer as to efficacy of confession).

Many people are unaware of the severe allergies that afflict most terrorists; the arid climate, constant dust storms, and genetically reduced size of sinus cavities have rendered the typical terrorist unable to defend himself against both seasonal allergies, and household born allergens. Additionally, camels produce a particularly virulent form of dander that is caustic, causing eye irritation and hives.

The use of the Neti Pot will be, in effect, like killing two birds with one stone:

1. No one, not even terrorists, like having something poured up their nose. The threat of a Neti Pot will induce the uncooperative terrorist to tell the truth.

2. Once all non-torture-type interrogation techniques have been exhausted, with no discernible valuable information gathered, the interrogator will have the lawful authority to threaten the terrorist with "The Neti Pot." One way to approach this technique might be to say to the terrorist: "You aren't being very helpful. You've given us no choice: unless you tell us what we need to know, we will be forced to use the Neti Pot Sinus Wash on you." This will strike terror into the terrorist, as it has been the consensus of most climate change scientists that terrorists don't like Neti Pots.

3. If the inevitable occurs, and the interrogator is forced to use the Neti Pot, remind the terrorist that he will receive immediate relief of:

Nasal congestion
Sinus infections
Allergies
Dry air
Post Nasal drip (an especially troubling problem most terrorists have)
Rhinitis of Pregnancy (very few terrorists suffer from this ailment)

4. Remind the terrorist that the Neti Pot is "Doctor developed, scientifically proven and that it uses the gentle flow of gravity." The interrogator may omit the word "gentle" if it causes the terrorist to not take him seriously enough.

5. Make sure the terrorists understands, before Neti Pot application, that this method is "All natural, and safe for both children and adults!"

6. Provide the terrorist with a list of the Neti Pot ingredients, before application of this product (Sodium Bicarbonate 700 mg and Sodium Chloride 2300 mg). Reminder: the interrogator must secure the terrorists signature before proceeding with the Neti Pot application (ACLU reg. gov-31.2009.sec.A).

7. After administering the Neti Pot, query the terrorist as to its effectiveness:

Are your allergy symptoms improved?
Do your sinuses feel clearer?
Do you need a tissue?
Are you going to tell me the truth now?

8. Important warning! Stop use if washing is uncomfortable or symptoms are not relieved - consult the attending physician immediately for advice on how to proceed.

I think you will find the Neti Pot to be a very effective tool for Enhanced Interrogation Techniques. The international community will applaud my progressive ideas and my ability to effectively extract neccesary information from terrorist suspects, while simultaneously relieving them of their allergy symptoms.

A full disclaimer and description of the exact procedure for administering the Neti Pot may be found at www.obamasalternativeinterrogationtechnique_netipot.sinus.gov/

Thank You,

B.H.O.

To Those of Us Who are Gifted: I Salute Us!

noreply@blogger.com (S'marty Says) — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 22:18:00 +0000

I've been spouting for awhile on myspace, then on Townhall, and now on Smart Girl Politics. I recently added blogger to that list, so now I'm up to four blogsites.

And I'm not even getting paid.

So I've decided to devote all of my future blogs on myspace to the stuff going on in my life - a sort of "Family and Friends" edition. I'll save my political rants for this venue, Townhall, and SGP. I'll cross post at each one.

What a chore.

I have no idea how to garner followers, but I can say that receiving comments is very important to me! I reply to every comment as well - I think one of the best things about being able to blog is the ability to engage in dialogue afterwards. How many times have you read a magazine or newspaper article and thought to yourself "Dammit! I want to dialogue with someone about this crap!"

My last couple of posts have been relatively serious ones, although my open letter to jeaneane garololololow was kind of fun.

By the way, here's an open message to Mr. O: I'm not a tea bag waver. I'm a flag waver.

I'm not a community activist or organizer or a political rabble rouser. I'm just an ordinary person who is witness to the current trend of unprecedented and extraordinary events.

I've been amazed at how many other people I have found who are like me: gifted. That's right - all of us conservatives who are scouring the internet, looking for yet another article and more information and reading each others blogs and leaving comments... we are ALL gifted.

We have been blessed with the gift of discernment. How else can one explain the vast difference between what we hear Obama say and do and what liberals hear him say and do? This is bigger than the difference of political and social beliefs between liberals and conservatives during Bush's reign. This difference runs much deeper to the core of who we are, not just what we think.

We have something innate - some kind of radar or warning signal that blares "Warning! Warning! Incoming Lies! Incoming Lies!" whenever he starts to read his teleprompter.

We have also been gifted with the ability to see the connections and patterns, even when the dots aren't prefectly lined up.

For example, I read a quick little something during the presidential campaign about Obama being involved with some guy named Ayers. So I looked him up. Wow!

Then I read about Obama being connected with some guy named Tony Rezko, so I looked him up. Wow!

Then I read about Obama receiving campaign donations from some guy named George Soros. Wow!

Three times doth a pattern make. After that, I started finding names and organizations in practically every article I read: ACORN, Moveon.org, Democratic Socialists of America, The Tides Foundation... one link after another. One connection after another. And most of these names appeared in MSM articles. They didn't know it, but it was the MSM who provided the ammunition I needed to finalize my opinion about Obama.

I would see that Michelle Obama worked for someone and got paid a fee, then find out that this someone was a former chair of some committee that some other nefarious acquaintence of Obama's had established using money donated from this guy who also donated to Obama, etc., etc. I started to wonder if I was reading too much into all of these connections - perhaps I was degenerating into a *gasp* conspiracy theorist!

Then I discovered some conservative websites, and LO! I started reading other blogs and comments and articles written by conservative pundits and I said "Fantastic! I'm NOT just seeing dust motes in the air! There really ARE connections and links between all of these people and organizations and Obama! See? Other people say so, too! I am validated! Woop!"

Then, of course, I would remember that figuring out Obama's real motivation was not an occasion for wooping it up.

And now here I am, on a path - a road - with other like-minded people who are worried and frightened, and pissed off and sick of the bullshit. And who sit here, day after day, absolutely flabbergasted by the outrageous conduct of this so-called POTUS. And the outrageous conduct of the MSM and their sycophantic shoe licking. And the outrageous refusal of the starry-eyed to consider for even one moment that they might have elected into power a true blue ringer.

Well, there ya have it: an introduction to S'marty, a nifty little nickname bestowed upon me by a dear friend who likes to tease me about being a know-it-all.