Hi all – sorry for the delay once again. As it turns out – this was Stars Wars Weekend at Disney’s Hollywood Studios (Formerly MGM). As the geek that I am, I couldn’t resist taking my family over there this weekend. Given that I finally finished my semester and got all the exams out of the way as well as the papers, I just couldn’t find myself bringing the ‘puter along this weekend.
Yes, I left the date as yesterday – don’t want to throw the carnival off. Anyway – before we get in to this past week’s submissions, today is Memorial Day. Today is a day of remembrance and of thanks. Today we should all take a little time out to remember what makes this country great and the sacrifices made of all the soldiers before us that gave their lives for FREEDOM and DEMOCRACY in defense of the American way. We are the greatest country in the world despite what the Obamessiah and the O-bots are trying to do to us. We will overcome the attempts by our socialist leaders to bring us down. One thing to remember today is that when Americans (we the regular citizens of this country) have our backs up against the wall – we fight back. We haven’t forgotten what we believe in and we will do what we need to keep our liberties and to ensure that our children and grandchildren can have the save liberties and freedoms that we enjoyed.
Let us not forget the unnecessary death of thousands of lives on 9/11. Let them not die in vain. It seems that many in this country have returned to a 9/10 mentality. Keep their memories alive on this day as well. Let us remember our history and all that has made this country great and let us not forget it. For, if we forget it, the Obama sheeple will have won.
Finally, if you see a servicemember, not only today, but on any given day, please be sure to tell them thanks. They are today’s defenders of freedom. The need to hear they have the hearts and thanks of regular citizens. They never hear the truth in the media – which often times is their only link to the outside world – especially for those on deployment.
With having said all that – Welcome to the Carnival! There were not very many submissions this past week – but – the ones whe did get are all great. Make sure you visit the contributors and let them know what you think.
Conservative
John Kaduk presents CAFE Kills posted at The Right Wing.
John – what are you doing? You’re actually using facts, man! Don’t you know that facts and truth don’t mean anything these days? This post goes along with the one submitted by Steve Farber down there. Make sure you check his out. I’m sure you’ll have some comments for him. Yours is a factually based response to his emotionally based support of the CAFE standards. It seems to me he supports them to help reduce carbon emissions and get people of out their cars – or – maybe – I just totally misread him.
Silicon Valley Blogger presents How To Kill Your Credit Instantly With Mortgage Fraud And Subprime Borrowing posted at The Digerati Life, saying, “I wanted to spotlight how mortgage fraud has impacted our nation.”
I would say that you accomplished that with this post. I think your pointers are good info for the uninformed and vulnerable. However, I still have no sympathy for boneheads who got in to homes they knew they could not afford. They should lose them. For those who are thinking about buying homes – this post is helpful. Also, I would hope anyone buying a home now would absolutely have to go through the entire vetting process – verification of employment, verification of income, verification of identity, and a minimum 20% down payment. I’m sure if this process was still in place, that family you mentioned would not have had $100,000 to put down and never would have found themselves in that predicament.
The Smarter Wallet presents How A Swine Flu Pandemic Affects Our Economy posted at The Smarter Wallet, saying, “What could happen if a pandemic hits? How will it affect our nation?”
You should also look at the economy during the 1918 pandemic. You’ll see that this does indeed affect our economy. This epidemic is not anywhere near done. Being a public health scholar at this time, I can tell you that with a mortality rate of 1,000 people – this means there are at least 100,000 that have been infected. This will be a full-blown pandemic within the next 6 months. Otherwise – I think you are spot on with your assessment.
Liberal
Madeleine Begun Kane presents The “We Did Nothing Wrong, & Nancy Should Have Stopped Us” Song posted at Mad Kane’s Political Madness.
Actually, this is pretty good. I realize this is supposed to be sarcasm – but – your words actually ring true whether you really meant it or not. We don’t torture and we did not torture. Sorry – but – waterboarding is not torture no matter what you guys on the left think. It doesn’t even come close to the definition. But, given the fact you guys on the left actually believes it is – then surely, Pelosi should also be your enemy now as she knew every step of the way. She is a liar and needs to step down.
Miscellaneous
C. E. Dowalt presents The Rape of Chrysler and the New Progressive Mafia posted at Money Confidential.
C.E. – great post. I’ve been searching for the right term – and now I have it – The New Progressive Mafia. You have done an excellent job of defining it using real-world examples. We’re gonna have to put those crime bosses in Washington out of business ourselves. They don’t believe in the sanctity of contracts – what more do we need as proof this madness will just continue?
News
Wenchypoo presents The Protectionist Plastic Police posted at Wisdom From Wenchypoo’s Mental Wastebasket.
When I first heard about this proposal – I wasn’t sure how I felt about it. However, the more I learned about it – the more I began to hate it. Those guys on the left will say we on the right only want to protect this big corporations. What they don’t understand is that this new bill undermines our constitutionally protected rights to enter in to contracts. Again, as you so rightly pointed out, this is the Obamessiah coming to the rescue of those idiots that don’t want to take responsibility for their own actions. Anybody who gets a credit card without reading the contract is an idiot and doesn’t deserve a credit card.
This law needs to be repealed. It is a direct assault on the constitution and once again keeps people from learning how to be responsible with their money. Those fees and increased interest rates were punishment. Where I grew up – if you broke the rules – you got punished. You deserved to be punished and you took the punishment knowing exactly why.
The best way to avoid punishment is to not break the rules. The best way to avoid this problem altogether is not to get a credit card and not to go in to debt. I now live by a cash only rule. If I don’t have enough money in the bank to buy it and if I can’t pay for it in cash – I can’t afford it.
Politics
Wenchypoo presents Piety is No Substitute for Technique posted at Wisdom From Wenchypoo’s Mental Wastebasket.
Awe Wenchypoo – let’s call a spade a spade – they are losers! Your assessment of the Obamessiah and his sheeple are 100% on spot. But, given the fact that since his election the number of Independents have grown and both the numbers of Dems and Repubs have fallen – I would say he is a one-termer and people are starting to wake up. Great post.
Steve Faber presents How We?ll Be Forced To Drive the Most Fuel Efficient Cars – Even if We Don?t Want To posted at super gas saver.
Howdy Steve – a very excellent discussion. I realize you are probably very serious about your discussion and you actually support the legislation that the Obamessiah admin is about to force down our throats. However, I see a huge revolt going on in this country. We Americans will not stand idly by while our government forces socialism down our throats. We will not allow the government to dictate our choices – not even which cars we want to drive. What you will see happening around this country is that more and more people will be holding on to their cars longer to avoid purchasing these idiotic killer machines that the government wants us to drive. You will see a huge used car market opening up. You will see mechanics becoming more popular and more widely utilized to keep our cars running longer so that we can keep our larger more safe cars. We will see Americans as a whole rise up against the government and tell them Hell No! We’ll vote out idiots like Waxman, Obama, Reid, Pelosi, Feinstein, Boxer, McCain, and any other idiot politician that goes along with these socialist plans. We regular every day citizens are a helluva lot smarter than what those idiotic elitist politicians give us credit for. As I stated in a previous discussion – we are Americans and when our backs are put up against a wall – we come out fighting. We’re already being pushed – it’s not going to be too much longer before we’re up against that wall.
Wenchypoo presents Now I’M Changing the Marketing Plan posted at Wisdom From Wenchypoo’s Mental Wastebasket.
All I can say to this is – Bwahahahaha!
Eric Gargiulo presents The future of America? We Need To Look Else Where, Fast! posted at CamelClutchBlog.com, saying, “So now the republicans want change? They seem to have a new leader in the form of ultra conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh. Since when did he become such a powerful force in the Republican Party? That is scary.”
Welcome to the Carnival Eric. I read this post and I read your about page – still can’t figure out where you stand politically. I guess that’s a good thing. The only one’s who are saying that Rush is the leader of the Republican party are those in the lefty media. For regular Americans out here like myself Rush is just another talking head. Sure, he makes some great points as far as conservatism goes – but – he’s an entertainer.
Here’s the deal – We actually know how to use our brains. We can actually listen to people like Rush, Hannity, Beck, and O’Reilly and make up our own minds. We agree with a lot of what they say and we can also disagree with those things they say that are way over the top. Unfortunately, those on the left that listen to Olbermann, John Stewart, Maddow, and Maher actually believe those idiots and absolutely everything they say. The difference between those of us on the right and those on the left is that we actually use our brains and we can discern the difference between over-the-top entertaining, rhetoric, and truth. Rush is an entertainer and a lot of what he says is just to drive those guys on the left out of their minds.
Allen Scott presents Piracy posted at Journey Across the Sky, saying, “The more things change the more they remain the same. From the halls of montezuma to the shores of tripoli once again our navy is sent to fight pirates on the high seas but we at home are called upon to fight piracy on the sea of commerce.”
Allen – I love this analogy! I must say this is probably the must read post of the week. I think you’ve nailed it. There will be a lot of wings sprouting soon.
SpkTruth2Pwr presents Dear Cheney: Torture is NOT a Path to Jusitce posted at The Apathy Remedy, saying, “A blog about why Cheney should have spoken publicly while VP or forever hold his peace…especially on the issue of torture”
I can answer the question as to why Cheney is speaking out now – it’s because Obama and his administration have openly and directly accused him of committing “war crimes.” They have called him out by name while he was attempting to live his retirement on the sidelines. The lefty loonies in D.C. forced him to defend himself and the policies that he supported. In those immortal words of Rambo – they “drew first blood.”
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