And it is enough. Move on.
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This post was written by bobsikes on April 25, 2009
Don’t let Dems name someone as the leader of the conservative movement
Yesterday’s courageous and brilliant performance by former Speaker Newt Gingrich who testified with Al Gore at a House subcommittee meeting regarding “cap and trade” (more apporopriately “cap and tax”) makes me realize that one Alinsky-like technique used by Dems is to anoint a “leader of the conservative movement.”
I fully expect Gingrich at some point soon to be the LOTCM of the week at some point in one of the propoganda techniques to demonize Republicans and their conservative principles. Sean Hannity seemed to be it during Tea Party week. At various times recently, its also been Rush Limbaugh, Sarah Palin, Michael Steele, George Bush, Dick Cheney, etc.
You get the picture.
But something Republicans of conservative principles don’t realize – as all of these leaders – is that there really is no leader of the conservative movement (LOTCM). Its a movement, yes. And its a large one that a vast majority of Americans and their families live by. Americans have allowed Democrats to make such principles evil with the likeminded MSM.
Notice there doesn’t ever seem to be a leader of the liberal movement.
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This post was written by bobsikes on April 25, 2009
John McCain’s vanity at work again in statement that 9-11 terrorists came through Canada
No they didn’t. They were Saudis whom came here directly via a fast track State Department program for “students” that made detection impossible. The origins and justifications for the policy were never really taken to task effectively by the commision which turned into a CYA effort to cover Clinton era Democrats. But that’s beside the point.
McCain cannot be that naive to not know the 9-11 terrorists did not come through Canada. Even Janet Napolitano apologized for saying so. Republicans are used to this sort of baby talk from McCain when he seems to be in the mood to make nice with the Dem leaning MSM. Maybe it makes sense that his daughter is becoming an operational arm of the DNC.
UPDATE: A similar take by Drew at Ace of Spades HQ
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This post was written by bobsikes on April 25, 2009
METS: The Suits are Losing their Cool
Adam Rubin is too responsible of a journalist to speculate aloud that Mets coaches are on the hot seat. It had to come from a non-uniform source. For whatever reason the off-field person tipped Rubin, it demonstrates panic and blame mongering. The season is not even a month old. Firings of coaches during the season by the front office backfire in the long term as they undermine the manager and ruin morale of both players and coaches. Leaking the theat to the media is equally foolish. See the disaster that occured after Minaya fired Rick Down. Its not sign that someone in the front office is making a stealth threat against coaches as is far more worrisome than the current early season struggles.
Rubin will understandably protect his source. If someone spoke out of turn, it will be publically refuted by Omar Minaya or higher – and soon. If not, the Mets hiearchy above Jerry Manuel could be attempting to deflect blame away from for the bad hand that they dealt him in the first place.
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This post was written by bobsikes on April 24, 2009
METS : So its the rotation – sans Johan – thats the ball and chain around the neck….and maybe a little more hitting with runs in scoring position might do it, too
The BAs of the line-up are steady. Just not at the right time. A starter with and early leave might make all the difference in the game by a pitcher still not with his best stuff,Alttle meeting of the ways between the two will prove dividends. .and rescue Danial Murphy from being a scrificial lame – another Met infielder made to play another position. the club has a historical habit of going here in Gregg Jefferries, Howard Johson, Jeff Kent, etc. History tends to repeat. The only resolution will be a trade of Murphy(unliklely) or a let go of Carlos Delgado to give Murphy a position. The way a young players carreer is mananged often can overwhelm his talent. It can here, too, with the constant drama that goes on with any Murphy mistep in the OF. No way this helps his hitting.
A further trouble is that the Mets have rarely been decisive in player development until having their hand forced.They cannot let Murphy go the year with the label of being an outfiled pariah that sours on fans and kills his hitting. They’ve done this before. Nvermind what this does in the clubhouse. It is here where the Manual – Minaya realtionship will be tested. If it has too much Tony Bernazard, its too bad for all parties concerned. Its conceivable that Murphy could go to Buffalo to save his season and career.
If the Mets had done just this with Gregg Jefferries in 1989 with a Juan Samuel and a Mookie Wilson still in their prime, it could have been the Mets and not the Cubs whom won the division. Sammy at second with Mookie in center batting 1-2. Lets do this and go get the division title
Over dinner one night in St. Louis in 1989, I pressed this upon Mookie Wilson and he said it was too late for that. The next day he was traded for Jeff Mussleman from Toronto and Frankie Viola was acquired from the Twins. Wilson knew it had already been done and wanted to have a last dinner with the turds before he left.
So with Daniel Murphy the Mets cannot repeat themselves. While Jefferries was a bit of a social recluse, Murphy seems to have the support of his teammates. Hopefully they won’t let him get down as he finds himself in and out of the line-up depending on the defensive needs of the club.
Citi Field is big and Murphy might give way to Ryan Church and Jeremy Reed. Even the elevation of Fernando Martinez makes sense at a certain point. The Mets are faced with the reality that their outfield is going to have to be more athletic now. The Mets need to make sure they dont lose Murphy in the mean time.
NOTE: From my just a though category. Look for the Mets to consider giving Casey Fossum a start. He wasn’t bad last year, pretty good in the spring and frankly the best starter they had out of an abysmal Buffalo staff.
Is anyone but me shocked at how flippant the Mets seem with pitching….Darren O’Day: why bring him in at all if he’s going to be lost when the first stress is put on the roster. The Mets wasted good company time and mound time on someone they knew might pitch so little they want folks to forget about it. …….Nelson Figueroa is another story. Why burn him? Geez, it seems almost reckless.
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This post was written by bobsikes on April 23, 2009
What they were saying right after 9-11, but now are obsessed with Bush hate
From Victor Davis Hanson’s column today in Pajamas Media:
IV. The whole “torture” controversy took me back to fall 2001 and fall 2002. I was reading some old essays by various people written right after 9/11 and on into 2002-3. Thomas Freedman had a dramatic, but sensible piece warning us we were in World War III and worrying that the Bush administration was doing too little and bogged down in Norman Minetta’s security quirks. Andrew Sullivan in one of his earlier manifestations (which one, I am not sure) was dreaming of using nukes against Saddam should he be tied to biological weapons, and earlier whining that Bush, like his Dad, would wimp out and not have the guts to go into Baghdad. David Frum was proud of his contributions to the Axis of Evil speech, and busy writing his book, The Right Man. I could go on, but you get the point.
Some others who signed the “Take out Saddam” letter to Bill Clinton, later proved to be the most ardent critics as they turned on Bush. Pundits who used to talk about Bush’s moral clarity now talk about?—Obama’s moral clarity. Call me a cynic, but there is only one constant with this Powellism: whatever is in power and riding high, the DC-NY nexus wants a part of; whatever is in decline and unpopular, they were scarcely ever for. This is the rise/fall/and rise of Harry Truman all over again.
Do the Obamians realize that no one is exempt from such cycles of adulation/vituperation? Should this $1.7 trillion deficit gambit fail, or should we be hit again after so publicly trashing the Bush-security measures, do they grasp that the present aficionados will be the first to reincarnate yet a third time and denounce them for security laxity and economic stupidity?
Generally on war, Orwell was right: the quickest way to end one is to lose it. We should think hard about going into one (we did from December 2001 to March 2003, through the debates at the UN, both houses of Congress, an off-year congressional election, national protests and rebuttal, etc.), but once in one, we should win, since the consequences of defeat outweigh all the pundits’ points about ‘my brilliant war, their stupid occupation”
All the above should not be contrarianism, but simply common sense.
Is it that the Dem-Left allowed their own partisanship to overwhelm their moral compass?
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This post was written by bobsikes on April 23, 2009
What did Nancy Pelosi know and when did she know it?
Its quite clear that Speaker Pelosi’s story is conveniently changing over the release of the enhanced interrogation memos. Its so obvious. Those among her own party have to be concerned that she is so blind to partisanship, she’ll go here. Is she so insulated and certain in her speakership and her district that she can act with such recklessness?
UPDATE: Another story about Pelosi’s dishonesty. Look for her to say something like she misremembered as this is an avalanche.
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This post was written by bobsikes on April 23, 2009
AP poll on Obama’s “right track” oversampled Dems
Not that anyone should be surprised. Look for this attempt get squashed by truth withing hours. I wonder how many polled attende a Tea Party last week.
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This post was written by bobsikes on April 23, 2009
Being against gay marraige now evil and profane vilification is ok
The recent disturbing comments by openly gay entertainment blogger, Perez Hilton against Miss California - and all his cheerleaders – are indicating a chilling trend in American discourse. As MSM outlets are enabling Hilton and his supporters, we are endanger of allowing a topic to be redifined in a manner that defies logic. If gay marraige advocates are allowed to now define disagreement this way, it will give rise new almost violent ways at debating social policy.
With a significant number of Americans being opposed to gay marraige, resistance and disagreement with it should be politely accepted. Simply, one can be opposed to gay marraige without being called obscene terms.
It is Perez Hilton and his supporters whom should be condemned. Miss California Carrie Prejean has demonstrated class and grace. The incivility and potential danger of the gay marraige advocacy movement has been unmasked.
We need to be able to say that there are good people on both sides of this issue. Right now we cannot.
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This post was written by bobsikes on April 23, 2009
Now here’s a love story worth following
Even a cold hearted right-wing SOB like me had his heart warmed by this one.
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This post was written by bobsikes on April 22, 2009
