They will lie about us.

Tomorrow, April 15th there will be a Tea Party protest held in Cincinnati, Ohio. The protesters will assemble at Fountain Square and march, peacefully to City Hall. The picture to your left is of the Tea Party we held at fountain square on March 15th. There were over 5,000 people crowding the square peaceably protesting the insane spending of the Obama administration and one Obama supporter. So who did the first media on the scene latch on to? Yup, the lone Obama supporter. You can read more about that here. The rumor is that there will be counter protesters at the Tea Party, some of them pretending to be Tea Party protesters and will be misbehaving and displaying signs with ridiculous messages in an attempt to discredit the Tea Party movement. This a typical tactic of the left and I hope that all those in attendance have heeded the warning not to react to these folks except to point them out as frauds. They will not be subtle, their goal will be to get media coverage and to try and portray the actual protesters as racists, as violent or in favor of censorship or any other nasty thing they can think of. The media will of course fall for it hook line and sinker, because most of them are unaware that they are being played like a cheap fiddle. As far as the media is concerned, mainly television media, the truth is secondary to a good story. I will be working tomorrow, but I hope to catch the end of the protest as it wraps up at City Hall. But do not despair, your buddy Scootertrash will have boots on the ground and I will have a full report!

Who's in charge of this stuff?

An Ipod, they gave the Queen of England an Ipod! Barack Obama and Michell Obama visited Queen Elizabeth and gave her an Ipod, and she already has one! You don't give someone of that stature an electronic toy, you give them something meaningful. But apparently whoever is in charge of these gift exchanges has again dropped the ball. What an embarrassment. You may recall President Obama's previous visit to London to meet with Prime Minister Gordon Brown. The gift exchange was equally disastrous in it's thoughtlessness. President Obama gave Gordon Brown a box set of classic American movies on DVD in a format that is not compatible with the DVD player Prime Minister Brown most likely has. What did Prime Minister Brown give President Obama. Ohhhh, nothing special really, just an ornamental pen holder carved out of the timbers of the Victorian anti-slave ship the HMS Gannet. And that of course goes with a desk made of oak from her sister ship the HMS Resolute that has sat in the Oval Office in the White House since 1880. But wait, there's more, also a framed commission of the HMS Resolute and a first edition of the seven-volume biography of Churchill by Sir Martin Gilbert. Just some things he threw together at the last minute. I ignored this story when it first came to light. I chalked it up to him being new on the job, still learning the international ropes so to speak. It can no longer be ignored, we can now see they learned nothing, and embarrassed us yet again. My advice to President and Mrs. Obama, find somebody to help you with the gift thing before this becomes insulting.

ACORN and the Connecticut Working Families Party

I learned an interesting fact earlier this week regarding the protest by the Connecticut Working Families Party in front of AIG headquarters and at private residences. The useful idiots pictured to above were recruited by ACORN, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now. ACORN also paid for the bus and apparently co-founded the Connecticut Working Families party. Where does one have to learn this? Everywhere but the mainstream media. Let us not forget that ACORN was organized and it's leader trained by none other than President Obama. These thuggish tactics are not only ACORN's, they are also his. And speaking of President Obama, did you know he fired the CEO of General Motors Rick Wagoner? You can read about it in detail here. Of course President Obama said he doesn't want to run the auto companies, but yet he fired GM's CEO. This is an unprecedented abuse of power but typical of the heavy handed tactics of the Obama administration. So, the next time you hear of poor or unethical behavior by ACORN, remember where it comes from.

Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely

"They should voluntarily return them (the bonuses). If they don't we plan to tax virtually all of it." These are the words of the man to your left, Representative Charles Schumer referring to the bonuses paid to American International Group employees. When I heard him say that, a chill ran down my spine. Keep in mind, that when the bailout money was given to AIG, they knew of these contractually obligated bonuses, agreed upon before any taxpayer money went to the ailing firm, and it was included in the agreement. Then in an abrupt about face, they pass a bill specifically targeting these bonuses taxing them at a rate of 90%. This is such a grotesque abuse of power, it defies description. This is not the kind of behavior we should expect from our elected officials.

In related news. A busload of protesters took a little tour of Connecticut and staged a protest, organized by the Connecticut Working Families Party, in front of AIG headquarters to show their displeasure at the employees taking the bonuses that they earned. Certainly their right as citizens of these United States. But what they did next was, in my opinion, over the line. They protested in front of private homes of AIG employees. This plucky band of Obamatons held up signs and read letters in front of these homes with a barrier of private security between them and the private property. The below You Tube video give us a glimpse of the type of person who would attend such a protest.

What I find interesting about this video is how the subject of mortgages shows up immediately in the coverage by CNN. What does the earned bonuses of AIG employees have to do with people failing to pay their mortgages? The last woman interviewed tells us, she would like to use the bonus money to " help the foreclosed people who don't have food in they home" That's the exact quote by the way, I'm not making fun of the woman. One activist, who is said to be an unemployed steel worker, was according to the CNN announcer is "putting his faith in President Obama". When he should be relying on himself. In a campaign speech in Colorado President Obama made the following pronouncement: "We cannot continue to rely on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we've set. We've got to have a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well funded." Are we seeing the beginnings of that movement? Will there be more protests in front of private residences? We know that this was a favorite tactic of the group ACORN. A group at one point who was organized and trained by President Obama. All of this together is too much to be considered a coincidence. So I guess we have to ask ourselves, what is the next move? Who will be the next group to be vilified? I have been avoiding a certain word that I thought too strong to describe what is going on here. But now I have to say it, these are the tactics of fascists, which have no place in our Republic.

I spent my Sunday afternoon attending the Cincinnati Tea Party with my lovely wife, her mother our friends Rob and Jo and their daughter River and 5,000 of my closest friends. It was a beautiful day, sunny and mild with a light breeze and a comfortable temperature of 65 degrees. We listened to several passionate speakers and enjoyed the company of like minded patriots. So you can imagine my surprise when I came home, turned on the local news and found out the event I just attended was "violent". Channel 9 news (WCPO) reported that they had to leave the event due to fear for their safety and having been spit on by people involved in our protest. Never mind that they showed no footage of such activities even though they had a cameraman with them. As it turns out, Channel 9 may have had decided how they were going to report the story before they left the studio. This information was in an email was sent out by the Cincinnati Tea Party Organization which is revealing to say the least. When you read this, steam will come out of your ears.

"The true story is that they found the lone Obama supporter amidst a sea of 5,000 and went to interview her. The crowd that was nearby noticed and was upset and let their displeasure be voiced, but were clearly peaceful.

I (Mike Wilson, founder of Cincinnati Tea Party) just watched the 11p.m. version of their (Channel 9) newscast and it was much less slanted, but retained the accusation of threats, but without providing proof.

Now the truly interesting thing is that WCPO interviewed me on Friday March 12th. The interview went well but I was cornered by the assistant news director, Jeff Brogan. He was upset that emails flooded the station about the tea party and asked that we do what we can to stop them. I pointed out that I don't control anyone and that I had sent an email to our entire mailing list that I would be on WCPO He pointed out too much email contact was a good way to get on their bad side and we should stop if we wanted to get good coverage. I guess he and WCPO lived up to those words."

Now you know why I've never relied on my local TV stations, any of them, for my news. This is something I have first hand experience with. These people are not journalists, they are driven by ratings and are slaves to their consultants. It's a sad state of affairs that the recommendations for improvement of a news program mainly include using younger talking heads and redecorating the set. I watched an entire morning show revamped in this manner. The naked truth is that sensationalism rules the local news room. The truth be damned, we want a story! But despite the lies and distortions, they cannot dampen our spirits because we know the truth of our intentions and now we know the truth of theirs.

Tim Geithner should be charged with tax evasion

Tim Geithner should either be charged with tax evasion or he should resign his post as Secretary of the Treasury. In his position as director of the Policy Development and Review Department of the International Monetary Fund no payroll tax was withheld from his pay. Which of course means that you need to pay your own taxes. Well, it didn't mean that to our new Treasury Secretary! He failed to pay 34,000 dollars in income tax over the 4 years he was with the IMF, blaming it on "Turbo Tax", the software that assists you in filing your income tax. This brings me to two possible conclusions: 1: He deliberately did not pay his taxes. 2: He was unaware that as an independent contractor with the IMF that he had to pay his own taxes (he signed a document every quarter that said he was supposed to be paying his own taxes). The first conclusion makes him a criminal, the second, renders him unfit to be with the Treasury department which oversees the IRS. But yet, there he is, in the administration of President Obama. In addition to the tax cheats, we have the lobbyists. There is nothing wrong with lobbyists, but President Obama sure thought they were a problem back when he was campaigning saying: "I don't take a dime of their money, and when I am president, they won't find a job in my White House." Except for..... William J. Lynn III, his choice to become the number 2 official at the Defense Department, who lobbied for military contractor Raytheon. And William Corr, selected to be deputy secretary at Health and Human services who lobbied through most of 2008 as an anti-tobacco advocate. So we see example after example of the continuation of lies from his campaign right into the White House. And his first 100 days aren't even up. I need a drink.

One reason why liberals shouldn't be in charge of anything.

The man to your left is Robert Reich, an advisor to President Obama. In a recent congressional testimony on economic recovery he said the following:

"I am concerned, as I’m sure many of you are, that these jobs not simply go to high-skilled people who are already professionals or to white male construction workers…I have nothing against white male construction workers, I’m just saying there are other people who have needs as well.”

So if you think somehow I am misinterpreting that statement, here is what he wrote on his blog:

"The stimulus plan will create jobs repairing and upgrading the nation’s roads, bridges, ports, levees, water and sewage system, public-transit systems, electricity grid, and schools. And it will kick-start alternative, non-fossil based sources of energy (wind, solar, geothermal, and so on); new health-care information systems; and universal broadband Internet access.
It’s a two-fer: lots of new jobs, and investments in the nation’s future productivity.
But if there aren't enough skilled professionals to do the jobs involving new technologies, the stimulus will just increase the wages of the professionals who already have the right skills rather than generate many new jobs in these fields. And if construction jobs go mainly to white males who already dominate the construction trades, many people who need jobs the most — women, minorities, and the poor and long-term unemployed — will be shut out.
What to do? There’s no easy solution to either dilemma…
People can be trained relatively quickly for these sorts of jobs, as well as many infrastructure jobs generated by the stimulus — installing new pipes for water and sewage systems, repairing and upgrading equipment, basic construction — but contractors have to be nudged both to provide the training and to do the hiring.
I’d suggest that all contracts entered into with stimulus funds require contractors to provide at least 20 percent of jobs to the long-term unemployed and to people with incomes at or below 200 percent of the federal poverty level. And at least 2 percent of project funds should be allocated to such training. In addition, advantage should be taken of buildings trades apprenticeships — which must be fully available to women and minorities."

Where does one start with this. It is most certainly social engineering and wealth redistribution on a grand scale and additionally, it's racist on two levels. One, it excludes white males specifically from federal funds because they are white. And two, it presumes non-white people need liberal saviors like Robert Reich to succeed in life. That they are incapable of doing if left to their own devices. This is a spectacular example of the bigotry of the left. They treat the poor and minorities like they're children and they have disdain for those who succeed. Reich is actually suggesting that we pass over skilled workers, to quite literally punish those who had the audacity to prepare themselves for the workforce, and give those jobs to people who have to be trained to do that job. How backwards is that? How would you like to be driving towards a bridge and read a sign that says "this bridge was built by people who just learned how to build a bridge" He tries to deny that what he said was racist on his blog in an open letter to Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and Michelle Malkin. In this letter he accuses them of distorting what he said and taking it out of context. What a laugh, when pinkos like Reich get caught expressing what they truly believe, and worse, try to use taxpayer money to promote it, they deny it. On top of being liars, they haven't the courage of their convictions to stand up for what they say. If this is the kind of advice President Obama will be getting, his administration and the country are in for a long four years.

Reverend Wright, lite... and ewww you're a nasty poet!

The following quote is from Reverend Joseph Lowery at the inauguration of President Barack Hussein Obama: “We ask you to help us work for that day when black will not be asked to get in back, when brown can stick around, when yellow will be mellow, when the red man can get ahead, man; and when white will embrace what is right.” So far so bad, the man who promised to be the President to all, including those who did not vote for him selected Reverend Lowery who then proceeds to lecture white people, urging them to "embrace what is right" News flash Rev. Lowery, if it wasn't for white people, Obama would still be a Senator.

At the inauguration, a poem was read, a bad poem. It was that modern, free form style of poetry that more resembles a speech with an annoying cadence than a poem. While, the inaugural poem, written and performed by Elizabeth Alexander entitled "Praise Song for the Day", was innocuous at best, another poem by Alexander is quite disturbing. If you have a weak stomach, read no further.

"Neonatology
Is
funky, is
leaky, is
a soggy, bloody crotch, is
sharp jets of breast milk shot straight across the room, is
gaudy, mustard-colored poop, is postpartum tears that soak the baby’s lovely head.
Then everything dries and disappears
Then everything dries and disappears

Neonatology

is day into night into day,
light into dark into light,
semi-and full-fledged,
hyperconscious, is funky, is funny: the baby farts,we laugh.
The baby burps, we smile, say “Yes.”
The baby poops, his whole body stiffens, then steam heat floods the pipes.
He slashes his nose with nails we cannot bear to trim,
takes a nap, and the wounds disappear.
The spirit lives in your squirts and coos.
Your noises and fluids are what you do.

Neonatology"

This is an excerpt, not the complete poem, but it doesn't get any better. There is another lovely passage about the afterbirth that is truly insipid and ridiculous. Keep in mind, these two people were CHOSEN by President Obama to be at his inauguration. Yet another racist reverend and a writer who considers the grotesque and scatalogical to be poetry. The main stream media ignored the associations of now President Obama, and by ignoring them labeled them as not newsworthy. President Obama now has a free pass to bring anybody he wants into the governmental fold. This is going to be an unpleasant 4 years.

Why do they hate Sarah Palin?

What inspires the irrational and all consuming hatred of Sarah Palin? Why would some some people go to such lengths to make up lies that are so ridiculous that it simply cannot be believed (think 'aliens built the pyramids' ridiculous). I'll give you a couple of good reasons.

1: They simply cannot compete with her on a level playing field, so they have to try and disparage her and make her look like a hypocrite. All this in an effort to tear her down rather than competing with her in the arena of ideas, where they would always lose.



2: A woman who doesn't play the victim card and is successful without the help of the left, simply does not compute in the mind of the average liberal moonbat. Here is a woman who has earned everything she has, and did so on her own merit. Not riding any one's coattails. Feminists should be cheering her, not savaging her.


3: She committed the unpardonable sin the left cannot forgive under any circumstances, she's pro-life.



4: She's a hunter.


5: She does the right thing even when it's not going to be easy. She knew her baby boy had down syndrome before he was born, but did she abort the child?

I'm sure Sarah Palin will return to the public eye someday and the twits on the left will try to prove that one of her babies was fathered by bigfoot or something. Being on the McCain/Palin ticket was a great learning experience for Sarah and she is stronger for it. The next time we see Sarah Palin will be after 4 or possibly 8 years of Barack Obama and it will be huge. Rather than find that people have forgotten her, I believe that she will find people have been waiting for her.

Our new President

First, before I begin the criticism, which may not be allowed under the new administration, I say congratulations to President elect Barack Obama, and I wish him well. It is truly an historic event, the first black president.


I guess we still haven't learned. The examples of the old Soviet Union, Chairman Mao, Pol pot, Kim Jung Il or Fidel Castro taught us nothing. The voters elected a socialist. Which is problematic in that it has never worked anywhere it's ever been tried. Taking money from the productive and giving it to the unproductive is, on it's face, illogical.



These are my predictions:



1. Under the Obama administration he will try to make things "fair" by taxing those making over 150,00 a year and sending checks to those who pay no federal income tax at all. I know he said 250,000 dollars a year but that of course was a lie.



2. He will attempt to silence the opposition by reenacting the fairness doctrine. An Federal Communications Commission regulation that was enacted in 1949 and abolished in 1987. Needless to say it's not relevant today. But it could be an effective tool in killing conservative AM talk radio. Which is why they will try to do it.



3. You folks in the middle class expecting a tax cut, you won't see a dime.



4. His energy policy will see the cost of all the fuels we use increase. Let's take coal for instance, here's what President elect Obama said. "I was the first to call for a 100% auction on the cap and trade system, which means that every unit of carbon or greenhouse gases emitted would be charged to the polluter. That will create a market in which whatever technologies are out there that are being presented, whatever power plants that are being built, that they would have to meet the rigors of that market and the ratcheted down caps that are being placed, imposed every year. So if somebody wants to build a coal-powered plant, they can; it’s just that it will bankrupt them because they’re going to be charged a huge sum for all that greenhouse gas that’s being emitted." Where I live, we get our electricity from coal. Thanks Barack.



5. If he is successful in pulling all troops out of the middle east, it will be seen by Islamic fundamentalist terrorists as a victory and they will bring the fight to our country. So we have that to look forward to.



6. Unemployment will go up. His tax plan will force small businesses to pay more in taxes and that will likely result in people losing their jobs. I see an unemployment jump of at least 2 percentage points if he gets the tax plan he promised.

All of this I believe will happen, I really really want to be wrong about this but I don't think I am. It's Jimmy Carter all over again. But what I'm really concerned about is that he will do to the country and the constitution what was done with the flag at the Democratic convention.