Jon Stewart’s “Baracknophobia” [The audacity of fear] is a humorous skit summarizing all the players like Laura Ingraham, Bill O’Reilly, Sean Hannity and Dick Morris with their quotes forecasting gloom and doom starting January 20, 2009. Jon Stewart said “If you think it is bad in America you should see it in Hannity’s America.” …Like the last eight years was a model of governing.
Jon Stewart had Bill O’Reilly as his guest. In order to calm O’Reilly down, he offered him some cookies, chocolate milk and a small teddy bear, he could pet(which O’Reilly called a panda bear) while they discussed the culture war against Barack Obama. O’Reilly started with the socialist tag, because Obama was going to raise his taxes. Stewart fired back with a classic “Since Obama will raise your taxes from 36% to 39%, what part of that 3% is socialists?”
While I was driving around last week I decided to see what Rush Limbaugh was talking about. He didn’t disappoint. Rush Bag was blaming the president-elect’s for the fall of the stock market, and the coming recession. Amazing; ‘such powers of the main shock jock.
Since November 4, 2008 we’ve had more threats and Internet postings, of any past presidential elections. In Vay,Idaho; there was a sign on a tree with Obama’s name and an offer of a free public hanging, in North Carolina racist graffiti was found on the tunnel wall close to the North Carolina State university campus, and finally a Maine convenience store had a betting pool called “Osama, Obama shotgun pool” at a dollar per entry for correctly guessing the date the president or the president-elect might fall victim to an assassination. One local poster wants to have racial harmony in case the unthinkable happens. If it really was unthinkable, then don’t think about it.
Gun sales have gone up since Obama was elected. We don’t have any pending second amendment legislation. We do have a lot of gulliable and paranoid people out there.
Last night’s 60 minute segment with Barack and Michelle Obama had a large audience(25 million) in which he vowed to keep its pledge to bring our troops home back from Iraq, close Guantanamo Bay, and remove torture as an acceptable interrogation method.
If only the naysayers could have taken such interest eight years ago,they would not be surprised when the whistle-blowers come out with their stories on January 21,2009.
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Oh I get it now. You are one of those Ayn Rand worshipers. Objectivism. That would explain the atheist ideology. You can learn a lot about people on here!
November 20, 2008 at 1:07 a.m.I don't see Mike that way at all.
Jealous Mike????
Reading what you post, you remind me of a character in a book, took me a while to place it, but it came to me the other day. Ellsworth Toohey.
November 20, 2008 at 12:09 a.m.And Alton it was 53%.
November 19, 2008 at 10:31 p.m.Good points Ragman but you have to remember this is a party that thought Joe the Plumber was an asset to their team, and Sarah Palin was a rising star and able to be POTUS...Not much credibility there.
November 19, 2008 at 4:42 p.m.$250,00 ....That's what he would have to make to make his statement true...swbones said "One thing he did state clear, he will work to increase the amount of taxes I pay. jerk..." ..I doubt he makes $250,000. and it's only a 3% increase.
Since the Clinton administration was the last Democratic administration; where else would he get an experienced staff? From Bush? Now that would be a hoot.
November 19, 2008 at 3:58 p.m.Not to mention Clinton was great, so maybe his ole' pals will be even greater..........Let the bashing begin.
$250,000. ? When pigs fly.
swbones
November 19, 2008 at 2:25 p.m.Congratulations for making over $250,000.
Listen close to the terms used when or "Politicians" are talking about pulling troops out of Iraq.
Are there words like "Combat Troops" and "Permanent Bases" being used? You might want them to define those words for you.
America did not have a great choice this last election. 52.4% of the voters wanted what Obama was promising. Question is what exactly is his promise? From the news I read looks like it should have been "I'll bring back the Clinton Staff for you"
We will see what comes of it all. One thing he did state clear, he will work to increase the amount of taxes I pay. jerk...
Congress and the current President is giving away the farm at an incredible rate and both of the jerks that just finished what most likely is the most expensive election season ever are in support of the mess.....
We are in for a long hard row.....
November 19, 2008 at 6:28 a.m.Cspitt
November 18, 2008 at 9:54 a.m.Bleeding heart Democrats, as opposed to knee-jerk neocons who got us into this mess in the first place..The Bush Doctrine of preemptive war and democratizing the Middle East with our armed forces…I’ll take the bleeding heart Democrats…BTW I believe in our justice system..Besides about half of the prisoners are innocent and a lot of them have been tortured so their plea of guilt is inadmissible….Have not been attacked since 9/11 because of the actions Bush took is not a truth certain.
SmarteePantz
Scott McClellan reveals more with each outing…lol
Beakus
Good advice and I assure you I have curtailed my political habits quite a bit since the election.
Jon Stewart gives me that important comic relief I need, after watching and hearing about this economic mess we are in.
Vietnam Vet, you old entrepreneur, Sell them what they want…lol
Red rage & Vet I was a bit premature on my Rockets (3-0) fast start…Suffered some set backs since then, even a close loss to Spurs….lol
Legion357
November 18, 2008 at 9:32 a.m.Obama said he would pull two brigades from Iraq to send to Afghanistan and He would continue the mission Bush has in Pakistan like sending in small forces or aerial drones to catch or kill al Qaeda leaders .He did say after inauguration, he would sit down and discuss the path forward with the The Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Alton
You keep comparing a failed presidency to a president elect George W. Bush worked hard for his criticism such as
1) Invading Iraq
2) His response to Katrina
3) Nominating Harriet Meirs for the Supreme Court & threaten Alberto Gonzales as his second choice.
4) Torture, circumvetting the constitution, displace the Geneva Convention and habeas corpus etc.
Criticism or dissent of any president is in keeping with our rights and freedoms. The incidents I wrote about crossed the line in one example, and the entertainers I mentioned can never called themselves journalist.
The right to bear arms is not in jeopardy. I have lived in Victoria for 63 years and I cannot remember a single issue where a homeowner or citizen ever used a gun in self defense. I really dont care if a person buys a gun for self defense (he is not a fool) or for any other lawful reason, but just dont try and pass that logic on to me. I could use that $500 to buy a laptop for my one of my grand kids. Different priorities.
Genocide does not happen in industrial nations, poor example. A prosperous country has less paranoid people because they are working.
Mike, I'm running down to open up a gun shop. It may include sales of tanks and battleships. I may have to sharpen up my sniper skills, too. You know, just in case we want to secede from the union like some idiots in Alaska want to do.
November 18, 2008 at 8:21 a.m.Sorry, but I will watch The Daily show and the Colbert Report before I watch Fox news. Oh wait I don't even get Fox news!n
November 18, 2008 at 6:46 a.m.beakus
November 18, 2008 at 6:13 a.m.Ignorance is bliss
Mike,
November 17, 2008 at 11:54 p.m.Would you like to have more joy and contentment in your life? This really has worked for me, but it may not be something you would be interested in trying. Anyway, DO NOT spend one minute watching Jon Stewart's Daily Show, O'Reilly Factor, Colbert Report, MSNBC, and DO NOT listen one minute to Rush Limbaugh for at least two weeks. Limit national news {ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox, CNN} to about 30 minutes a day. Read a good book or watch a movie when you get bored or tempted to listen to the far left or far right garbage. Scanning Yahoo or Goggle news items keeps me informed and I don't have to hear the left/right spin that is helping pull our country apart. lol...
I stumbled across the CSPAN book thing on 22 on Saturday. Scott McClellan was speaking to folks at a book fair in Florida about his new book, What Happened. Very interesting. He does not mince words. Ought to be a very good read.
November 17, 2008 at 9:10 p.m.…Like the last eight years was a model of governing.
November 17, 2008 at 8:59 p.m.We did not get attacked again did we? now the bleeding heart Dems want to give the terrorist at Guantanamo the same opportunity to get off on a technicality in a "fair trial".
Mike, I hope you don't have to eat your many many words.....you're gonna put on a few pounds if you do.
November 17, 2008 at 8:16 p.m.Mike, why should the 47% of Americans that voted against President Elect Obama give him any more of a pass on his ideology than those who did not give President Bush a pass on his positions and leadership. President Elect Obama deserves no more or no less criticism than has been given to President Bush. After all it is clear President Elect Obama has been leading the crowd in criticism of the office of the President.
November 17, 2008 at 8:01 p.m.I consider anyone that will rely upon law enforcement for protection as fools. A gun in hand is better than a hundred law enforcement officers on the way, when I or my family is being attacked. Just look at all the women whom are killed, even when they have protection orders. Paper, words, and someone on the phone is not going to be able to protect you.
I will always consider the right of easy access to firearms and ammo the fourth balance of power. Looking at history, not a single genocide has occurred in any country in which citizens had easy access to firearms and ammo.
I don't know Mike, Obama seemed to be saying that the troops will just be shifted from Iraq to Afghanistan, which was the main point anyway. He didn't really say he would end the war, just shift it around, and hopefully he will rethink his statements about Pakistan, I fear that "could", a big COULD , cause even more problems than Iraq. IMO
November 17, 2008 at 6:13 p.m.I hope Barack Obama nominates two Supreme Court justices.
November 17, 2008 at 5:35 p.m.I don't own a gun and I have lived 63 years without one (except for that 3 year stint in the army) but enforcing the laws on the books is what Obama will do....Seems like a never ending fear mongering will always give a boost to gun sales..What are you afraid of?..I think gun nuts are hardwired paranoiacs......lol
We have a lot bigger problems than made up fears.
Oh, the paranoia!
November 17, 2008 at 5:28 p.m.Mike...It wouldn't do any good to have any Second Amendment legislation pending yet. BHO needs to replace at least one SCOTUS justice with an anti-gun nut before any legislation is filed which he certainly will sign. If one is wanting to buy guns (especially handguns), now might be the last, best time to get'em.
November 17, 2008 at 5:23 p.m.