The Mood I'm In

Dinah Washington - Cry Me a River (remix)

Dirty Deeds Done "Czar" Cheap

C'mon America, when will the mainstream media actually cover the real issue of WHY this WH Administration is appointing "Czars" when the cabinet positions have not even been filled? I know, I'm dreaming that the media would actually care more about the people and report the facts not just their Leftist agenda....

But the truth is, these Czars do not answer to Congress. So Congress can't stop their actions unless they impeach the President. So people... this puts all the power in the hands of the President. This is a very slippery slope and that kind of power is not what democracy is about.

This scares the hell out of me and it should scare you too.

Van Jones' (Green Job Czar or "Special Advisor") comments right after 9/11 slamming the US for it's "Imperialist Agenda" and then recently calling Republicans "a-holes" is a VERY CLEAR SIGN (they are called "signs" for a reason - pay attention!) that Obama is and always has been aligned with people who want to create division in this country.

I see a lot of wolves in sheep's clothing.

In the words of Joss Stone, "You're a dirty, dirty man", Mr. President.

The FDIC - In the Red?

Interesting story on Fox News this morning about the FDIC.

"Eighty-one banks have failed so far this year, and hundreds more are expected to fall in coming years because of souring loans for commercial real estate."

Didn't our fearless Leader say that "things aren't as bad as they seem"? Perhaps he was hoping that the lack of coverage in the media lately on this issue would help the people forget about the financial mess we are truly in. The taxpayers will be paying for more of these "failures" that are a bottomless pit - and that includes the bailouts, cash for clunkers, and every other rebate program that we are financing.

"The Government Can" Come on. Sing along!

Hilarious, yet so true! You must watch this!

A Free Man, Thinking Freely:
"The Government Can" Come on. Sing along!

Lessons in Love, by Way of Economics

Practical article on Love by Ben Stein.

"In love, the data is even clearer. Stay with high-quality human beings. And once you find that you are in a junk relationship, sell immediately. Junk situations can look appealing and seductive, but junk is junk. Be wary of it unless you control the market.....You want to have monopoly bonds with your long-term lover. At least most situations work out better this way." Link to Article

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/13/business/13every.html

Sometimes, You Just Need to Laugh!

This is just funny!

Triumph, the insult comic dog @ Bonnaroo Music Festival

First, You've Got To Get MAD

I'm tired of the business-as-usual kind of politicians. What ever happened to these "leaders" being a leader in the literal sense? Our founding fathers are turning over in their graves as our country is being lead down the garden path by a bunch of nincompoops. Yes, i just used the word "nincompoop" and I meant it. It seems that the majority of elected officials in this country are simpletons, with a clear lack of leadership ability and no sense of personal responsibility. This leads me to wonder how did these non-leaders get elected in the first place? Of course, by the people.... right? So is the root cause of our national leadership crisis in our hands? Yes it is and we need to own it.

We need politicians that are held accountable to their job performance. Where is their yearly review and performance evaluation? Isn't it true that when one is held accountable, that performance and productivity improves, just simply by paying attention to it? I.E.: The Hawthorne Effect. The US government is such a huge business, that accountability has become almost non-existent. Heads only roll when the press gets hold of some scandalous information and the people become outraged. If the fortune 500 companies ran their organizations the way the government does, America would not be the rich and prosperous country that she is (or shall I say, once was..).

I don't know what the answer is, but I know that more people are becoming disenchanted with the way things are being run in this country (on the left & right), and the "I'M MAD AS HELL and I'm-not-going-to-take-it-anymore" movement is growing stronger everyday.

Beale:

I don't have to tell you things are bad. Everybody knows things are bad. It's a depression. Everybody's out of work or scared of losing their job. The dollar buys a nickel's worth; banks are going bust; shopkeepers keep a gun under the counter; punks are running wild in the street, and there's nobody anywhere who seems to know what to do, and there's no end to it.

We know the air is unfit to breathe and our food is unfit to eat. And we sit watching our TVs while some local newscaster tells us that today we had fifteen homicides and sixty-three violent crimes, as if that's the way it's supposed to be!

We all know things are bad -- worse than bad -- they're crazy.

It's like everything everywhere is going crazy, so we don't go out any more. We sit in the house, and slowly the world we're living in is getting smaller, and all we say is, "Please, at least leave us alone in our living rooms. Let me have my toaster and my TV and my steel-belted radials, and I won't say anything. Just leave us alone."

Well, I'm not going to leave you alone.

I want you to get mad!

I don't want you to protest. I don't want you to riot. I don't want you to write to your Congressman, because I wouldn't know what to tell you to write. I don't know what to do about the depression and the inflation and the Russians and the crime in the street.

All I know is that first, you've got to get mad.

You've gotta say, "I'm a human being, goddammit! My life has value!"

So, I want you to get up now. I want all of you to get up out of your chairs. I want you to get up right now and go to the window, open it, and stick your head out and yell, "I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore!!"