There's not a whole lot of feedback here, so it is really hard to tell sometimes why something is more popular than something else.
That's pretty disappointing. It is one of the heartbreaks of doing this type of thing. You work and slave over something that you think is pretty good and it is a big snooze at the ratings. Sheesh.
I can see where a blogger would just give up and start taking a salary for writing what somebody's whose got the money wants him/her to write. But I won't be doing that. It stands or falls on its own merit. Not what some bigwig wants.
That puts me at odds with the current sentiments and states of reality in this country and leads to a post like this. Now that post is one of the more popular posts on this blog. Go figure.
It also leads me to believe that someone or something may be trying to coopt this blog. Who would put up something negative about Romney but a Obamabot? Someone or something that wants to win above all else?
I get the feeling that the Mahablogger may be reading this blog. I once got a comment from an anonymous commenter that seemed to fit the mold of this lady. She kicked me off of her blog. Why? Because I dissented. She's got an echo chamber over there. And the powers that be only want echo chambers. Not real dissent. Especially from someone on the payroll.
This is how someone loses their independence and goes into groupthink mode.
Now she's attacking Dick Morris. Well, Dick Morris isn't God. He can be wrong, as we all are. But that's not the point. The point is that Morris isn't on the reservation anymore. He was when he worked for Clinton, but not now. For going off the reservation, punishment is indicated. Hence the public flogging.
Yeah, Morris is pretty anti-Obama. But could it be because there's something really wrong with Obama?
Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo. As that no in the movie The Revenge of the Sith.
People need to get a grip on reality. I think this lady is one of them.
Al Fin: "Cowboy Commentary", aka "Eat your veggies" The Flag banner is posted in order to defy those who would make patriotic symbols illegal or disreputable.
Saturday, October 27, 2012
Hot story getting hotter
It seems that POTUS was the one who ordered the military to stand down. Now the lefties are out there saying that this argument--- friendlies!--- are the reason for standing down.
Bullshit.
You don't allow the human shield argument to stop you, otherwise they own you. Otherwise, you can never do anything. Otherwise, the intent is to never do anything---ever. Which is the far left's modus operandi.
The left was against doing anything at all after 9-11. Their argument was offered in order to avoid a humanitarian catastrophe. I remember it very well. Ninety percent of the country wanted something done about it even if it risked war. Well, a humanitarian catastrophe already happened at Ground Zero. The question is and should always be--- what are you prepared to do about it? The liberals' answer--- Seinfeld. Seinfeld was the TV sitcom: which was a show about nothing. It's what you get from liberals---nothing.
The story was hot because it caused my computer to lock up trying to get the web page to load it. Sure, it was probably a linux issue, but it tells me that this story must be super hot. And Maha wouldn't mess it with if it weren't. She's on the payroll, I gather.
Update:
Does Obama seek to be a King? That question comes from a thought--- that this seems rather Machiavellian of him. You see, Ambassador Stevens is expendable, but Obama is not. Hence, Obama cannot fire upon an armed group, lest he appear to be unpeaceable. His reputation was at stake. Consider this quote ( from Wikipedia)
The question isn't what he did in covering this up, but why he did it in the first place. His place is more important than anything to him. That's the point. For that reason, it is Machiavellian.
The Prince was about a hereditary prince, by the way. So, is Obama now royalty? Is the Republic now dead, really dead, as Ann Barnhardt has been saying? Er, could be.
Bullshit.
You don't allow the human shield argument to stop you, otherwise they own you. Otherwise, you can never do anything. Otherwise, the intent is to never do anything---ever. Which is the far left's modus operandi.
The left was against doing anything at all after 9-11. Their argument was offered in order to avoid a humanitarian catastrophe. I remember it very well. Ninety percent of the country wanted something done about it even if it risked war. Well, a humanitarian catastrophe already happened at Ground Zero. The question is and should always be--- what are you prepared to do about it? The liberals' answer--- Seinfeld. Seinfeld was the TV sitcom: which was a show about nothing. It's what you get from liberals---nothing.
The story was hot because it caused my computer to lock up trying to get the web page to load it. Sure, it was probably a linux issue, but it tells me that this story must be super hot. And Maha wouldn't mess it with if it weren't. She's on the payroll, I gather.
Update:
Does Obama seek to be a King? That question comes from a thought--- that this seems rather Machiavellian of him. You see, Ambassador Stevens is expendable, but Obama is not. Hence, Obama cannot fire upon an armed group, lest he appear to be unpeaceable. His reputation was at stake. Consider this quote ( from Wikipedia)
Aside from that, Machiavelli believed that public and private morality had to be understood as two different things in order to rule well. As a result, a ruler must be concerned not only with reputation, but also positively willing to act immorally at the right times. As a political scientist, Machiavelli emphasizes the occasional need for the methodical exercise of brute force, deceit, and so on. [ emphasis added]Therefore, lie about why you did something because an election is the right time. Stonewall about it because an election is the right time. And so on and so forth. Note: some of the emphasis above is that it coincides with post modern thought. Post modernism is the philosophy of the left. Unfortunately, it has infected a large part of Western "thinking".
The question isn't what he did in covering this up, but why he did it in the first place. His place is more important than anything to him. That's the point. For that reason, it is Machiavellian.
The Prince was about a hereditary prince, by the way. So, is Obama now royalty? Is the Republic now dead, really dead, as Ann Barnhardt has been saying? Er, could be.
Cold Fusion News
e-catworld
Hard to tell if anything significant is going on here, but there may be something. Complete set of links at the post.
There is some speculation that he will endorse a Presidential candidate, but Rossi has denied this.
Most of the news isn't news after all. Rossi has them all at the edge of their seats. Something big could be up, or it could take another decade. If it takes another decade, it might as well be a century.
Anyway, I found a link to a book, for what that's worth.
Hard to tell if anything significant is going on here, but there may be something. Complete set of links at the post.
There is some speculation that he will endorse a Presidential candidate, but Rossi has denied this.
Most of the news isn't news after all. Rossi has them all at the edge of their seats. Something big could be up, or it could take another decade. If it takes another decade, it might as well be a century.
Anyway, I found a link to a book, for what that's worth.
Looking at some blog statistics
It may be super paranoid of me, but hey, I don't care. Looking at the blog numbers, I get this feeling that somebody or something may be attempting to coopt this here blog.
Ain't gonna happen, Charley.
It reminded me of something I read on the stock bulletin boards many moons ago. There was this guy who posted as Peter Rotten Tail. He always signed off with his name and this little saying "bite my rotten ass."
Well, a la Peter Rotten Tail, if there really are some "snakes" out there who want to coopt this here blog, I say "Bite my rotten ass!"
By the way, I looked up the name and found a cheesy movie was made by that name. Here's the trailer.
Cheesy indeed, senor.
Ain't gonna happen, Charley.
It reminded me of something I read on the stock bulletin boards many moons ago. There was this guy who posted as Peter Rotten Tail. He always signed off with his name and this little saying "bite my rotten ass."
Well, a la Peter Rotten Tail, if there really are some "snakes" out there who want to coopt this here blog, I say "Bite my rotten ass!"
By the way, I looked up the name and found a cheesy movie was made by that name. Here's the trailer.
Cheesy indeed, senor.
Why are we so screwed up?
A big, big clue right here from this quote ( via Instapundit: subject space)
Here's the problem: they are all trying to do this with BIG ROCKETS. Big rockets are what Congress and big contractors LOVE TO DEATH. But big rockets are killing any missions to Mars because BIG ROCKETS have BIG PRICE TAGS- that's why big contractors love them so much. So, instead of trying to find a way to Mars without these big rockets gets no respect from politicians because those that advocate this don't have DEEP POCKETS. Therefore, Mars has to be done with big rockets, and for that reason, it won't ever get done.
It ain't the lack of funding. It is the insistence upon that which cannot be.
Congress killed Bush's plan, at least partly because NASA estimated it would cost about $500 billion over 30 years. Bush's son, President George W. Bush, and his successor, Barack Obama, have since held up human exploration of Mars as a goal for NASA, but the funding necessary to make it happen hasn't followed during either administration. [emphasis added]
Here's the problem: they are all trying to do this with BIG ROCKETS. Big rockets are what Congress and big contractors LOVE TO DEATH. But big rockets are killing any missions to Mars because BIG ROCKETS have BIG PRICE TAGS- that's why big contractors love them so much. So, instead of trying to find a way to Mars without these big rockets gets no respect from politicians because those that advocate this don't have DEEP POCKETS. Therefore, Mars has to be done with big rockets, and for that reason, it won't ever get done.
It ain't the lack of funding. It is the insistence upon that which cannot be.
Obama and Space
I've written a number of criticisms of Romney's performance in the last debate. What about Obama?
Obama did mention space. Just one word. That was a mistake. It was one area in which he might well have claimed some success and with some justification.
Republicans like to talk a good game of reducing deficits and such, but their words don't always live up to their deeds. That's how they got into so much trouble in 2006. It has been six years though, and people forget. The big deficits of the Bush administration started catching up to him and it led to a "thumping" in 2006.
What does that have to do with space? Answer: The Augustine Commission and the end of the Constellation program. That was a good move because that program was getting out of budget and off its schedule. It would never have succeeded because it would have busted the budget so many times that it would have become a white elephant long before it ever flew. Obama could have mentioned this, but he allowed himself to get dragged into a slugging match over China. A slugging match on that subject, he couldn't win, but a debate about space, he could have won. He could have charged Romney with insincerity and he could have made that stick.
I suspected Romney after he ridiculed Gingrich's moon base ideas. He claimed that it would be a trillion dollar program. It would have been if it were ran as the way that government tends to run things- ergo Constellation. So, Obama canned a Republican initiative that would have led to that outcome- a "Republican" move by a Democrat. Romney is a Republican, therefore let Romney defend Constellation- a winning move for Obama. An argument like that might have lost Florida, but it could have won Ohio. Instead, he decided to argue about China, which is an argument that could lose Ohio for him.
Romney is suspect on this subject. This could only be the "iceberg". As Gingrich had a very good idea that happens to build upon something that Obama has supported--- commercial crew. Yet Romney trashed it. Instead, we could see the resurrection of Constellation and a further runaway government program that Romney pledged to get under control. This is why Romney must be watched and watched very carefully. Party loyalty has to be earned. It isn't earned with cheap words.
Obama did mention space. Just one word. That was a mistake. It was one area in which he might well have claimed some success and with some justification.
Republicans like to talk a good game of reducing deficits and such, but their words don't always live up to their deeds. That's how they got into so much trouble in 2006. It has been six years though, and people forget. The big deficits of the Bush administration started catching up to him and it led to a "thumping" in 2006.
What does that have to do with space? Answer: The Augustine Commission and the end of the Constellation program. That was a good move because that program was getting out of budget and off its schedule. It would never have succeeded because it would have busted the budget so many times that it would have become a white elephant long before it ever flew. Obama could have mentioned this, but he allowed himself to get dragged into a slugging match over China. A slugging match on that subject, he couldn't win, but a debate about space, he could have won. He could have charged Romney with insincerity and he could have made that stick.
I suspected Romney after he ridiculed Gingrich's moon base ideas. He claimed that it would be a trillion dollar program. It would have been if it were ran as the way that government tends to run things- ergo Constellation. So, Obama canned a Republican initiative that would have led to that outcome- a "Republican" move by a Democrat. Romney is a Republican, therefore let Romney defend Constellation- a winning move for Obama. An argument like that might have lost Florida, but it could have won Ohio. Instead, he decided to argue about China, which is an argument that could lose Ohio for him.
Romney is suspect on this subject. This could only be the "iceberg". As Gingrich had a very good idea that happens to build upon something that Obama has supported--- commercial crew. Yet Romney trashed it. Instead, we could see the resurrection of Constellation and a further runaway government program that Romney pledged to get under control. This is why Romney must be watched and watched very carefully. Party loyalty has to be earned. It isn't earned with cheap words.
Romney Obama debates wrap up- Dick Morris Lunch Alerts
Morris offers his opinion of the debates in two parts. In the first part here, says Romney won all three debates. Especially among women.
Romney Gains In Third Debate – Dick Morris TV: Lunch Alert!
In the second, he says that Romney is the next Reagan. I am tempted to hurl. We shall see. He has to win the election first. It does appear that he will do so, but anything can happen.
Romney’s Trajectory – Dick Morris TV: Lunch Alert!
Update:
I'm watching the replay of the debate on video. I'll have some comments later, but this one is the most cogent so far. That is this: Obama is really struggling in this part of the debate about China. It shows when he keeps repeating himself and then launches an attack on Romney. He hasn't got a leg to stand on and he knows it.
Update:
The most important thing to take from this debate is that Obama is just not a clever man. The exchange mentioned above need not have happened. Actually, Obama opened the door early in the debate and that is how Romney was able to exploit it. To Romney's credit, he did. By the end of the debate, this foolish mistake had done in Obama--- with the results as seen from the above post.
Over and over again, Obama demonstrated this weakness. It reminds me of the Clint Eastwood line--- " a man has to know his limitations". Obama doesn't know his limitations. That's how he gets into the messes he gets into. If he knew his limitations, he could avoid a lot of his problems. Even with his record, he might have still won if he knew what he was doing. He doesn't. That's why he has to go.
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