Convenient Conservatism, Burris in Chains and the Best Job in the World

Personally, I kinda like Bobby Jindal. I think that he may make a formidable candidate in the '12 Republican primary. He has been one of the foremost criticizers of the President's economic plan. He now says that the plan is "irresponsible". I just wonder where his and other Republican voices were just a few months ago when an almost identical package was passed to bail out the banks? This is my column on the GOP all of the sudden finding value in fiscal restraint.

Meanwhile, Obama's plan to leave Iraq is about to be unveiled.

Fed Chair Ben Bernanke tells the American public to ignore their lying eyes/ears and don't believe that we are about to nationalize our banks.

Roland Burris is milking his fifteen minutes of fame. I think that he's about to chain himself to his office desk. Although he is under enormous pressure to resign his Senate seat, he refuses. I guess he thinks he can keep changing his story depending on who's asking.

This is jive!! 102-year-old woman wins lawsuit in court. Those on the losing side try to wait her out by appealing.

How long are we going to keep messing around with North Korea? ...and Syria?

Strong candidate for Best Job in the World.

Emulating Chavez, Syrian Olive Branches and the World's Worst Security Guards

It looks like our country is heading toward the European banking model. Even "typically"right wing Republicans are in favor of some sort of nationalization of the poor banks. I just don't understand why the only alternatives are nationalizing the banks or economic depression. Why can't we simply do what we've always done and let them go through the bankruptcy process? Hugo Chavez nationalized his oil industry. We've nationalized our banks. It's just not official yet.

GM and Chrysler are back at the table requesting $22B in taxpayer funds. In the meantime, they will layoff 47,000 workers. I wonder if we are going to nationalize these guys too.

Yeah, and for those that don't see a problem with the growing size of government, try this one on for size.

Okay, who is really surprised that Roland Burris lied about how he attained his Illinois Senate seat? When he said that he didn't talk to anyone close or related to former Gov. Blagojevich, he didn't know that his brother was included. Yeah, okay.....and the fundraising for Blago? Mere coincidence.

Syrian President Assad extends olive branch to America. In regards to leadership he said "there is no substitute for the United States." Agreed. Now, cut off all military ties to Hizbollah and Hamas and maybe we can meet you half-way.

Obama does his own version of a "surge" in Afghanistan. Hopefully, we'll send a portion of those 17,000 troops to find Omar, bin Laden and Al-Zawahiri while they're up there.

When Mitt Romney has to sell two of his four mansions, you know it has been a bad day on Wall Street.

U.N. announces that five tons of bombs have been stolen in Gaza. By coincidence, they were being guarded by Hamas.

Strippers arrested for being strippers, thanks to a "new law" signed by Gov. Jeb Bush. Charges include soliciting a drink.

The Era of Big Government

Ladies and gentlemen, the era of big government is here. Tomorrow, President Obama will sign the $787B stimulus package into law. This will supplant the previous $700B bank bailout as the largest piece of legislation passed in our country. All over the country, quasi-conservative Republicans are foaming-at-the-mouth angry about the size of the package. However, when the money was going to the banks just a few months ago, they were as quiet as a field mouse. When GWB grew the size of government to stratospheric levels, they hid their heads in the sand. Now, they choose to be outraged over the growth? Yeah okay.

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham is in favor of nationalizing the banking system.

The State of California once again proves that big government socialism does not work. As Margaret Thatcher once said, "Eventually, you run out of other peoples' money." As the state faces a $42B shortfall, I think that ol' Terminator himself would agree.

Hugo Chavez just won a victory that eliminates term-limits and effectively makes him dictator for life.

Facebook determines once you sign up, they own the rights to everything you post indefinitely, even if you close your account.

Okay, I'll change it up a bit from our country's metamorphosis to some things that are a bit more American.

Michael Phelps will not face charges for his infamous bong photo.

Airline crew caught with 5 kilos of cocaine in their baggage.

Fake "evil twin" defense isn't a viable criminal defense strategy.

Bi-partisan stimulus, Half-Empty Darwinists and Proud Women Drivers

Heath Shuler, the Tennessee great, turned NFL bust, turned U.S. Congressman had strong words against the Democratic Congressional leadership on the stimulus bill. According to the Congressman, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid failed to unite the country on a bi-partisan bill. Given the fact that they added all sorts of "non-stimulus" spending, I'd have to agree with him. This bill should be 100% stimulus.

All-star baseball player, Alex Rodriguez admits to using performing-enhancing drugs in 2003, his MVP season. Now, by no means do I condone or agree with using steroids. But, I do not believe that sports is any of the government's business.

Darwinists in favor of a secular society, put up a billboard suggesting that people "Evolve beyond Belief". This is after they ran Ben Stein away from the University of Vermont. I can blast this up in multiple pieces on various levels. Suffice it to say, there are two type of people. Some say "If I can see it, I will believe it." Others say, "If you believe it, you see it." Choose wisely.

Joint Chiefs Chairman Mike Mullen says that we won't need more than 30,000 troops to accomplish the mission in Afghanistan. I wonder how many of those will go to find Osama bin Laden, Mullah Omar and Ayman Al-Zawahiri? Until we get those out of the picture, capturing and killing the pawns will remedy nothing.

Saudi princess says she is ready to defy her country's ban on women drivers and take the wheel herself. They say that driving is too much of a "sinful temptation" for women to handle. Good for her!! Keep on driving sister until you ladies are voting and have equal rights.

Our Country in Turmoil

Please somebody explain to me how the federal government can tell private companies how much they can pay their executives. Oh, they aren't really private anymore? I guess $350B of taxpayer money can do that to you.

I guess when Obama said that buying American is only "common sense", it didn't go over very well in Canada and Europe.

After launching their first satellite into space, Iran says that the United States must get used to their "civilian" nuclear program. Yeah okay. How about you guys getting used to being target practice? Looks like we're going to "talk" first. Let me know how that works out.

As if the price of the so-called "stimulus" package wasn't large enough already, lobbyists want their turn at adding in a few goodies of their own.

Eric Holder promises to be a nice boy and not to go on any "witch hunts" over any Wall Street crimes. Given the state of our economy and the massive fraud on multiple levels, he must have lost either his mind or his courage.