Who Is The Anti-Something Or Other?

When The New York Times Magazine, in March, did their tongue-in-cheek-hit-piece titled "The Anti Obama" Newt Gingrich probably wasn't surprised.

Although he has been as consistent as Rush Limbaugh, Newt has been all the more diplomatic. So why on earth did The Times story demonize Newt, replete with a magazine cover that does the same?

Simple. Newt has graciously come against many of the present U.S. administration's key policies while at the same time agreeing on those (albeit few) policies that his opinion won't change.

The newest point made by Newt, however, isn't being heard on American soil and in my opinion Mr. Gingrich needs to speak a bit more bolder. The issue is about how the present U.S. administration is pushing Israel 'out in the cold' and the potentially catastrophic result it will produce.

"There's almost an eagerness to take on the Israeli government to make a point with the Arab world," Newt Gingrich told The Jerusalem Post in an interview last week.

Foreign affairs analysts and political pundits alike agree. In the new book "The Late Great State Of Israel" Aaron Klein makes the point that ignoring the problem in Israel will only force Israel to defend itself in the harshest way: a preeminent attack on Iran before Iran does, what it has threaten to do, destroy Israel. Klein further makes the point that Jerusalem has already been divided and that the 'land for peace' bargaining chip never really worked and never will.
The book, that almost seems like an after-read once you have re-read "The Late Great Planet Earth" by Hal Lindsey, was endorsed by Lindsey himself. Hal has said it is a "must-read for anyone seeking to understand the Mideast."

If Gingrich, Klein and others are right, however, you may not have enough time to read the book. Circumstances are changing so fast it may be a book historians will be referring to; with future generations, and possibly even The New York Times, referring to Obama as the anti-something-or-other.

Today Is National Day of Prayer

Hey Lord,

This is Barack... it's been a while, but I've been really busy. By the way, I didn't mean to leave you out of my administration's observances... it's just that... well... you know... I don't want anyone to think... ummm... I mean you understand, right? You know I'm right... right Lord? Ok, well, gotta go now. Oh, and before I forget, Michelle says hello.

Takecare
Amen

FAA MEMO: Government Knew NYC Would Panic

When Matt Lauer interviewed Janet Napolitano, just last week on the NBC Today show, she was insistent that the FAA gave the approval on the now infamous Airforce One 'low buzz' flight over New York City. An FAA Memo now says that the government knew.

The memo, obtained by CBS 2HD and reported on by Marcia Kramer, tells a different story:

"the agency was aware of 'the possibility of public concern regarding DOD (Department of Defense) aircraft flying at low altitudes' in an around New York City. But they demanded total secrecy from the NYPD, the Secret Service, the FBI and even the mayor's office and threatened federal sanctions if the secret got out."

Yes, you read correct... AND EVEN the mayor's office

Is this a shadow government conspiracy replete with psyche-ops or just unforeseen circumstances or a simple misunderstanding or is it a chance for the involved politicians to just fake-the-sentiment because they could care less what you think... and did you think the rest of the media (sans CBS) cared to get the full story?

READ THE FULL STORY HERE

Cinco De Rush

He was in rare form today. Enough for me to say that 09's Cinco De Mayo might well be the day Rush Limbaugh won a war of words. Words, that were mostly propagated by Democrats (and re-voiced by a Republican minority) insisting that conservatives must be more center left and liberal.

You can't say that Mr. Limbaugh was on a 'teaching tour.' After all he is the one voice that has been consistent, in all his years on radio, about the philosophy of the conservative. The points made reflect the attitude of today's republican party majority and the whole enchilada can all be encapsulated in a song lyric: Don't Go Changing.

Change, as promoted within the present democratic majority (complete with the constant teaching tour) is going to be quite destructive within four years according to Rush; so much so that an eight year term won't solve.

Today the 'party mind' was displayed so succinctly that it has set 'a million bloggers a blogging' and 'a hundred hosts a talking.' I predict May fifth may very well be the date remembered, when the Republican Party held their ground and defeated the enemy (the few left moving members of the R party and what appears to be a democratic majority).

The bottom line is that Rush Limbaugh is just vocalizing what Republican voters have been saying inside themselves. And while it doesn't give much fodder for a Vanity Fair piece, it does secure a place for Republicans in the next two major elections. Watch this space and this issue or you just might miss the party.

Time To Move Doomsday Clock Forward?

It has been two years since the British reported, in the Mail Online, that the keepers of the "Doomsday Clock" would move it forward. It hadn't been moved for four years but the threat of atomic annihilation, at the time, was considered to be all the more imminent.


The clock which is based on a a metaphorical 'midnight of mass destruction' is an ongoing project of the "Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists" and has been moved forward and backward since it's inception in 1947.

Now, with what is and is not going on, we should ask that question again: Is it time to move the Doomsday Clock forward?

Consider a threat in Pakistan, a threatening North Korea, a double threat within Iran and Israel, as well as, atomically armed nations coming to the defense of their allies and you have the reasons (now more than ever) for it to be moved forward.

I am saying the Doomsday Clock should be one minute before midnight. Don't think so... then read for yourself and see if it doesn't appear apocalyptic.


Pakistan Strife Raises U.S. Doubts on Nuclear Arms

North Korea Missile Launch: How Serious a Threat?

Clinton says Israel risks losing support on Iran


Obama must not take his eye off of Pakistan. Obama must be strong with North Korea. Obama must meet with Netanyahu. The solutions, however simple as they appear, seem to be far from the mind of America's President.

Correction?

I need to make a correction. In an earlier post I said we are in an age of ignorance, I was wrong. We are really in an age of Queer Fascism.

This revelation came from a conversation, about the Miss America Pageant, I had with a friend. I was embarrassed, a little bit there, for Mario Lavandeira (aka Perez Hilton) by the scathing comments made.

Of course after some thought, it made a whole lot of sense. My friend, who is gay, referred to him as Perez Hitler; only to add that his last name literally translates into "washtub" and what did I expect? The backbiting went on until I changed the subject. All I kept saying, at the time, was couldn't the whole thing be handled better?

Anyone will tell you that the gay and lesbian community is better served by NOT having manic depressive characters represent them. Let's be honest here, Mr. Lavandeira was not defending gay and lesbian issues on the Miss America pageant but rather using the community (as he has for some time) to gain a name.

It was obviously a self interest move by a man whose childish anger proves he's unstable. Does he have some warped need for rejection or some identity problem that gives him the impetus to compete with a beauty queen contestant? Is it as simple as a need for true acceptance?

The real question is, have we not had enough of the swish-swish, be rude, loud, sarcastic, fast moving, always chatty caricatures of gay men? Because it really defines nothing more that ridiculous behavior in the short run and serves no real purpose in the long run. At least not for the community.

Isn't it obvious that only a foolish man demands tolerance but doesn't give it. Wait, let's retract that correction. I was right at first, this IS the age of ignorance.


FOOTNOTE: Did you know that queer is a preferred descriptive by members of ACT UP and that the necessity to mention this further proves my point?

They Live

Like something out of a John Carpenter movie, airport screeners in Singapore are screening for signs of the live H1N1 virus . The World Health Organization has Asia and Europe on heavy alert. But who can say for sure when it will all unfold?


Some would say this pandemic tracking isn't exactly an exact science, but I think different. It can be effectively tracked, only, if the information is exact and not being skewed by irresponsible reporting of the facts.

The Mexican government is the chief culprit in the faulty reporting. The reported number of real cases coming out of Mexico are of major concern being that they are ground zero for the virus. At best the reporting is sloppy, at worst, deceptive. If Mexico reports an epidemic of apocalyptic proportions the government stands to gain (monetary) support from the world over but trade and tourism will lose more than whatever gains are made. If it under reports the toll of H1N1 and this virus becomes truly apocalyptic, it will compromise it's global reputation, a timely financial gain and the concern of the world in response to the deaths of their countrymen. No wonder.

The media major-domos come a close second to this hyper-reporting. The fourth estate seems to be 'all over this' but what effect will they have if the headline story is no longer. Will we think it's all over? You may insert the 'boy who cried wolf' analogy here. There are better ways to report the story without the grand alert-alert sound effects and 'man on the street' type reporting which only speaks to the public's perceptions and not the formative facts.

The third in the line of guilt is the WHO itself. The World Health Organization either knows something the rest of us don't or their "Shock Room" is in shock and in CYA mode. By the time of this writing the WHO has raised their alert level again and while it is good to be prepared 'alert overload' does desensitize a population. Equally, if it is under reported or irresponsibly reported and the virus does get out of control people may refuse to accept the gravity of the event; in all cases though, the real danger may lie in a delayed out break. Public perception will be worse if the virus resurfaces in sixty days.

Now, it has only been a week since this pestilence was first reported and I have my beliefs. I haven't fully discounted that it may be, no kidding, a poorly bio-designed virus brought through Mexico. After all, let us not forget that the virus has a swine, bird, human component or that this is a virus cooked in the west and not in the east as viruses often do. I suspect though that by the end of the month it will amount to nothing more than a mild 1968 Hong Kong Flu and not as critical as the 1918 Spanish Flu. For me to believe that it is a virus of epic proportions it has to out rank the yearly flu that kills a minimum of 100 people per day. A resurfacing of the virus in sixty days or later this year concerns me more in that we may be psychologically immune.

By then we will know for sure if this was a bio lab 'break out' or a real virus out break. We'll also know by then whether to call it H1N1 or N1H1 or something else.