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How The Press kisses up to the White House

Posted by AuVox on Wednesday, March 04, 2009 11:07:30 AM
Think the Obama Kneepads satire yesterday was a little harsh?
 
Turns out, not so much.
 
In fact, you should see the animation in the Washington Post of weenie Republicans kissing Rush Limbaugh's posterior...but imagine the sycophantic suckups as "the press", and Rush's backside as "the Administration".
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Things that make you go "Hmmmm"

Posted by AuVox on Tuesday, March 03, 2009 7:47:01 PM
A friend sent me an email today telling me that he likes his job.  He has taxes withheld which are then redistributed by the government in the way that they see fit.  Part of the job requirement is that he has to pass a urine test.  He has no problem with that.
 
He does have a problem, however, with busting his fanny six days a week while a certain segment of society gets high while on welfare.
 
He suggests that from now on, everyone on public assistance has to pass a random urine test before they get their check every month.
 
I can't--for the life of me--find a reason why that's not a good idea.
Tags: urine test  
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Now THAT was a speech

Posted by AuVox on Tuesday, March 03, 2009 2:32:03 PM
I don't listen to Rush Limbaugh as a rule.
 
Nothing personal, I just prefer Dennis Prager, and they're on at the same time.
 
That said, no one in modern broadcast history has had more influence on a medium as Rush has had.  His detractors in the broadast industry have actually referred to him as a "failed DJ".  In the same way, I guess, as Ronald Reagan was a "failed sportscaster".
 
I'd heard about Rush's speech at CPAC last Saturday, but didn't want to blog on it until I had seen the whole thing.  I'd also seen, heard, and read the many criticisms of said speech linked by Newsbusters, among others; and the ubiquitous insults from people like Letterman.  But I have seen the speech, and I'm with Hugh Hewitt:
 
 
I also agree with Michelle Malkin, in her marvelous piece in the New York Post:  The Democrat Demonization of Rush will be their undoing.  Like Obi-Wan said in "Star Wars:  A New Hope"..."You can't kill me, Vader.  If you strike me down I will return more powerful than you can imagine..."  (or something.  fellow StarWars geeks, forgive me for paraphrasing.)
 
In particular, Michelle quotes Rush as follows:
 
"Remember, the Left needs a villain, a demon, to advance their agenda. They cannot win a single argument in the arena of ideas, so they have to try and destroy the credibility and reputation of the person they feel most threatened by. In that sense I guess I have taken the place of President Bush."
 
As they say, read the whole thing.
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I watch too much TV

Posted by AuVox on Tuesday, March 03, 2009 2:11:28 PM
 
Tags: too much tv  
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Surprise, surprise

Posted by AuVox on Tuesday, March 03, 2009 10:51:50 AM
People are actually looking at ways to decrease their taxes.  Including not working so hard.
 
And why not?  After all, as a Louisiana attorney said,
 
"Why kill yourself working if you're going to give it all away to people who aren't working as hard?"
 
According to ABC News, Dr. Sharon Poczatek runs her own dental practice in Boulder, Colo.  She too is trying to figure out ways to get out of paying the taxes proposed in Obama's plan.

"I've put thought into how to get under $250,000," said Poczatek. "It would mean working fewer days which means having fewer employees, seeing fewer patients and taking time off."

"Generally it means being less productive," she said.
 
And therein lies the problem.  Obama and the Democrat party base their decisions on policies that are actually bad for the nation.  Not just wrong, bad.  How is a society supposed to grow its way out of a recession with laws that punish its most productive tax payers? With policies that actually contribute to higher unemployment?
 
But to me, the biggest shocker in the story was the embedded ABC poll that actually asks the question, "Is it fair to reduce your salary in order to avoid paying higher taxes?"  As if it's our responsibility to pay for your programs.  As if we should work even harder to pay for your bad lifestyle choices.
 
Is ABC News really so deranged?  Are they really sucking that far into the darkness of the Leftists in the Administration?
 
Pitiful.
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You might be a Conservative if...

Posted by AuVox on Tuesday, March 03, 2009 10:27:18 AM
...personal responsibility is one of your core values.
For example, you'd never dream of calling 911 because McDonald's was out of McNuggets.
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Thank you Paul Harvey; Godspeed and Good Day.

Posted by AuVox on Monday, March 02, 2009 12:08:34 PM
This is days late, but that's what happens when you leave town:  stuff continues to happen.
 
I spent more than 25 years doing daily radio, and I always dreamed that I'd eventually make a connection with listeners the way Paul Harvey did naturally and--seemingly, at least--effortlessly.  It didn't matter where I was or what I was doing, I made a real effort to listen to his newscasts.  The way he wove information into an entertaining listen was masterful--yet not nearly as masterful as the way he connected his sponsors with his listeners.
 
If I could make that kind of connection doing voiceovers I'd be wealthy beyond my wildest dreams.
 
Yet despite the long, fruitful, and unabashedly patriotic career of Mr. Harvey, despite his life-long love affair with his "Angel" of a wife, and despite all the joy that he brought to millions every day, the vile, cowardly cockroaches from the Left have slimed their way to their keyboards.  They didn't have the courage to do so when he was alive.
 
Mr. Harvey was a proud Conservative, but I never heard him criticize any American he disagreed with by name, including any President.  Any criticism I ever heard from him was as dignified as his nature.  Hysterical media whores like Olbermann and Maher might look to his memory for guidance on their own pathetic lives.  But they won't.
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Eric Holder was right.

Posted by AuVox on Monday, March 02, 2009 11:43:35 AM
I wasn't at all disturbed by Eric Holder's contention that we are "a nation of cowards" when it comes to talking about race problems.  Because every time the subject even begins to come up, we're accused of being "racist".  Can't cite statistics: racist.  Can't quote black leaders: racist.  Can't even ask questions: racist.

In this excellent piece, Bill Maxwell points out that the black community is even more to blame than the rest of America for the lack of conversation.
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Obama vs. Jindal

Posted by AuVox on Wednesday, February 25, 2009 2:04:55 PM
There's no doubt that our President is a dynamic, charismatic man who can read a pretty speech. His This-Isn't-A-State-Of-The-Union Address last night was soaring rhetoric. 
 
Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal is also dynamic and charasmatic.  But performace with a scripted piece is not his forte.  As Britt Hume said last night on Fox, "the speech read better than it was delivered." 
 
Obama and Jindal have several things in common.  Both children of immigrants (or "immigrant" singular in his father's case), both hard working, dedicated, intelligent men.  Both minorities with unusual names.
 
What I find interesting is that Obama is far more impressive when he's reading than when he's speaking off the cuff, whereas exactly the opposite is true with Governor Jindal.  He was far better during his interview with Meredith Viera this morning.
Tags: obama   Jindal  
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You may be a Taliban if...

Posted by AuVox on Monday, February 23, 2009 1:22:49 PM
Reportedly this was compiled by some of our nation's finest.  Whether the author(s) is/are in uniform is immaterial.  The best humor comes from absolute truth.

"YOU MAY BE A TALIBAN IF...."

1. You refine heroin for a living, but you
have a moral objection to beer.

2. You own a $3,000 mach ine gun and
$5,000 rocket launcher, but you can't
afford shoes ..

3. You have more wives than teeth.

4. You wipe your butt with your bare left
hand, but consider bacon "unclean."

5. You think vests come in two styles:
bullet-proof and suicide.

6. You can't think of anyone you haven't
declared Jihad against.

7. You consider television dangerous, but
routinely carry explosives in your clothing.

8. You were amazed to discover that cell phones
 have uses other than setting off roadside bombs.

9. You have nothing against women and think
 every man should own at least two.

10. You'll satisfy yourself with your neighbor's goat/camel/donkey,
but if your sister holds a boy's hand
you'll eagerly behead her.
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Because people will buy ANYTHING!

Posted by AuVox on Monday, February 23, 2009 1:07:50 PM

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Stifling excellence to achieve mediocrity

Posted by AuVox on Monday, February 23, 2009 12:24:11 PM
What a fantastic idea!  Allowing middle-school students who work hard enough to excel to take high school classes!  Well, "fantastic idea" except for those who are up in arms because the majority of those kids who excel are white.
 
But the nation's foremost scholars in middle-school education are worried the fast-growing trend is leaving minority children behind. They also question whether the practice is legal because, nationwide, it has tended to result in students being segregated by race.
 
So tell me:  is it a good idea to hold back the best and brightest children--you know, the ones who are eventually more likely to be running things as adults--because more minority kids don't have the ability or inclination to take certain classes?  Is it wise to stifle the thirst for learning challenges exactly when they're most likely to pay dividends later in life?
 
Let me think about it for a min...No.
 
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I just can't argue with this

Posted by AuVox on Wednesday, February 18, 2009 10:36:08 AM
 
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Performance Excellence, not quotas

Posted by AuVox on Tuesday, February 17, 2009 3:25:25 PM
Radio Personality Kevin Ross of BlogTalkRadio was recently quoted in Don Barrett's LA Radio People (subscription required) about the ethnic makeup of talk radio hosts on the air in Los Angeles: 
 
“Up until recently this wasn’t even on my radar. I thought there was something here and it was a big issue. In 2009 when we have an African American President and people are saying racism is over and we’re color blind, and yet on the airwaves there is segregation.”
 
Truly, is there anything more color-blind than radio?  You can't see skin color on the radio!

Ross is hoping that this revelation might bring more harmony between terrestrial radio and Internet radio. “I am already operating in the space of Internet radio, so I would love getting back on terrestrial radio again. If the opportunity doesn’t come my way, however, that’s okay. But the public airwaves need hosts who can engage the ever-growing on-line audience. And those hosts need to look less like Mt Rushmore, and more like Southern California.”


While I think it's an interesting fact, and I'm not convinced that Mr. Ross himself finds it much more than "interesting", I am so over the politically-correct horse manure regarding ‘racial balance.’ Isn't there the possibility that the current Talk-show hosts are in place because they’re the ones their employers have found will make them the most money? That maybe they’re on because they’re the best at what they do?

As a small-business owner, and someone who’s had to make hiring decisions myself over the years, it completely fried my onions that I was prohibited by law from hiring the best qualified person for the job. I had to take someone who filled a different quota slot.

I’d love a big-money career in the NBA. Sadly, I’m a short, slow, middle-aged white guy with a lousy jump shot. Now what adjective in that sentence is completely immaterial?

Until [and unless] we get back to being a society that rewards excellence, and gives people a reason to strive to be the best, we are doomed to be less than we can be.

It says something about us where the only two areas in American society that are truly race-blind and performance-based are pro sports, and military special forces.
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Truth In Advertising

Posted by AuVox on Monday, February 16, 2009 12:28:52 PM
OK... I completely support the concept of "full disclosure"... but even I was a bit taken aback by this:

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