Going His Own Way

Yesterday, out in the Nevada desert, a disaffected group of has beens, wipeouts, dingbats and God knows what else descended on the hometown of Harry Reid to vent their anger at him and Obamanation. They were lead by Sarah Palin, in her latest reinvention of whatever she claims to be these days. Theirs, a lost cause from the beginning, is rapidly taking a transformation to irrelevancy, much like the period of the early 20th century when the automobile overtook the horse and buggy.

These 10, 000 stong calling themselves a movement for "taking back America". Funny, last time I looked more than 30 milliom Americans were without health insurance. For some reason the media seems to be fixed on the former, watching and recording every move they move.

President Obama chose to concentrate on the 30 million because those numbers matter most. The cabal protesting yesterday are a throwback to the 20th century, a time when America became a world power and while we continue to hold that status we are not alone on the perch anymore. There are others, like China, who feel more worthy and want to replace America on that mantle. The people protesting our President yesterday are wasting their time. Change has come and people better get use to the new "world order" or get swept away in it.

The GOP felt that they could break President Obama, but he has exposed them as a silly, bratty bunch of whining nincompoops with no ideas, in conclusion, a clueless bunch. When they said NO! Our President said YES WE CAN! When the G no P talked about Federalism and Conservative Principles, our President talked about making all Americans lives better.

The crowd out in the desert yesterday are suckers, still holding out for the America of yesteryear. The woman leading them has profited from Obama's change mantra more than anyone, yet she still is living the illusion that she got her fame and fortune based on her merits, savvy and intellect.

Last week, the GOP got a lesson, one that they need to heed and take seriously. That message is that President Obama is finished with warm ups and the real game has begun. It's time to either work with him, which he wants to do, or risk alienation and irrelevancy, it's just that simple.

Our President has chosen his road, his path to the promise land and those out in the desert? They're driving home in Yugos.

One Year Ago

There is no way to convey or put on paper the previous 365 days of my life. A year ago on a rainy, bleary Friday morning, I was let go by my previous employer. Now there are those who think that me and the 11 others who were let go deserved the pink slip, but my answer to them is that if what they think is true, then why hasn't my present employer come to the same conclusion. I along with the others were let go purely for economic reasons, or that was the story, but some of the people left behind contributed to the company's demise. Now, they may not see it that way, but my old manager, Jim Johnston, sure hasn't done anything to justify his still being there. His luck was that when he fell into the job, he was given the best talent in the building, hence he has been more caretaker than boss. The people he has hired since have not worked out and were let go for one reason or another and these moves are a more realistic example of his non-leadership.

But, I'm not here to rehash the past, if my previous employer wants to revel in stagnation and incompetence, then the owner, Charles Koch, has every right to lead his company into atrophy.

Me, the new lease on life given last year signaled a rebirth, one that I'm harnessing to carry me into the next decade and beyond.

What I was given last year was a gift, a gift to start anew, fresh and unfettered of all the trials and drama of where I used to be. The new position, venue and environment has taken me to a level where I've never been before. All through the years I was passed over for one reason or another. Not anymore because now I'm in a pipeline that will measure me for who and what I am, not what piece of paper and status I possess.

Companies complain and whine about the economy and how tough it is. While some of that is justified, the real story is that these entities strangle themselves by making bad after bad decision, keeping the incompetent and non-performing while releasing those who contribute the most value.

Another example of who I speak is Joseph Komen. Joseph is a brilliant individual who could have made his previous employer a lot of money. His services ended a month after mine. Now he's in Memphis with me and from the initial results I've seen, he has the potential to make our present employer a lot of money.

Last year, a jerk named Robert Wolff, gave me my walking papers. This individual is one of the biggest jerks I've ever come in contact with. He relishes firing and eliminating people. All I have to say to this idiot, Jim Johnston and Charles Koch is - THANK YOU! Why? Because to your own detriment you freed me, freed me to come back and spit in your faces. GP will not succeed at anything other than mediocrity.

Incompetent people breeds mediocrity. Sorry Charles Koch, you forgot to add that to the Ten Guiding Principles.

Broken

If were able to stop Obama on this, it will be his Waterloo. It will break him.

Jim DeMint R-SC

As the final showdown for health care draws near, one side has momentum on their side while the other is doing all it can to stay afloat and relevant. When Jim DeMint made this comment last year who would have thought that it's him and his party that is broken. President Obama used every conceivable tool at his disposal to get this done and if present thinking holds true, health care will be one more accomplishment for a President who has accomplished nothing.

The GOP at this moment stands in quicksand. It's leaders clueless and the party in complete disarray. Only several weeks ago was this same party, one hijacked by conservative Tea Party hopefuls basking in the glow of a second revolution. Now, the only thing the GOP and Tea Partier's have to show for it are a mid-seventies year old white male and a woman who scribbles notes on her hand with the goal of becoming a late night comedian.

The first national Tea Party convention, held in Nashville, the capital of the state where the KKK was founded. The next convention(if there is one)will be held in Las Vegas, founded by Bugsy Seigel et al.

This was not suppose to happen, surely the righteous right was going to defeat President Obama, controlling him and in minions, keeping them in check. What they forgot was one thing, Barak Obama. Our President has proven time and again why he, not John McCain, was best suited to run our nation at this moment in history. For all the obstacles and debris thrown in our President's lap,he is standing tall, kicking ass and taking names. He's blown away all the so-called competition who now have to go back to the drawing board, wondering what went wrong.

Michael Steele, who was all over the place when President Obama was in trouble is nowhere to be found, either being muzzled by his own party, Rush Limbaugh or both. Even the faithful flock has become desperate, with mobs doing all they can to enforce their will on anyone who wants to vote for the other side, but the more desperate the become, the more futile the effort. Why? Because "real Americans', the ones who previously stood on the sidelines are now stating their cases. It is them, not the others who are the majority and will pave the way for this bill to get done.

What the Tea Party and the GOP fail to realize that it was these people who really and truly mattered. They sat back listened and waited for our President to take complete ownership and responsibility. When he did in the end, these people jumped in right behind him, helping to bridge the divide.

Weeks ago a GOP takeover seemed to be a sure thing, now this same party are worried about their status and previous iron clad districts are now venerable, ripe for the taking.

Jim Demint's quote last year had nothing to do with health care, it had all to do will controlling a black man, putting him back in his place. Jim, sorry buddy, those days are over! What you need to worry about is your own political future.

Waterloo has come to breakfast.

The Noose Is Tightening(On All Of You)

I think Barak Obama is a one-term President - Dick Cheney


Today marks yet another example why the right choice was made on 4 November 2008. Adam Ghadhn, the American al-Qaeda, was captured in Pakistan. We knew he and the other 9-11 henchmen were there all along, but Bush-Cheney would come up with every excuse for not finding them. Well, our President has been using every resource at his disposal to find them at a rapid pace. Ever since President Obama's speech on sending more troops into Afghanistan several months ago, the rats are either being exterminated or flushed out in the open at a rapid pace.

For reasons still not known, the last administration was inept at this but the chorus from their quarter has grown louder about the inertia of the present one. However, with each passing day that shrill is falling deaf on America citizens who are beginning to see why our President took this approach. Have there been setbacks, sure have, the recent decision to try terrorists in military instead of civilian courts is a big set back, but one that was done as it became clear that nobody wanted these trials on their turf. Our President tried and was not successful, but I'm not going to quibble about that, at least he tried.

Over the last several weeks more of us in America have become tone deaf from the rantings of the GOP and Tea Party activists. Our nation is coming to light at the end of the tunnel, albeit slowly, but lest we forget where we were 18 months ago, teetering on the brink of financial collapse. President Obama has done a Herculean job under the circumstances and things will only get better with time. The GOP on the other hand has shown themselves to be devoid of ideas, heck, they never had any, just the same old worn out themes of yesteryear, and the Tea Party? Just let's say Ronald Reagan is rolling in his grave listening to others trying to hijack his message 30 years later.

We are at the stage where the wheat and chaff are being separated with the culmination being some eight months from now. What was a sure thing weeks ago now seems a lot less certain because that guy with the funny name decided to keep on keeping on.

Azzam, the American had more of a chance surviving under another Republican administration than this one. The day President Obama took the oath of office sealed the fate of many who praised 9-11 as the dawn of a new era. For eight years we were told that these guys would never be caught. Our President shrugged that off and has been catching big fish ever since. There are only three big ones left and I surmise they're right where Azzam the American was caught. Its time to catch the rest and bring these vermin to justice.

It time for Dick Cheney to shut the hell up.

Reality Bites

Several weeks ago the GOP, giddy in their recent successes, we brimming in confidence that they would take America back from Obamanation. Well, sometimes it's not good to get what you wish because all of a sudden, trench warfare has arrived. A series of missteps and misfires have let the GOP reeling in such a way that it will be difficult for them to recover.

Just like the Democrats, they misread the mood of the people, putting too much stock in the Tea Party masses and forgetting that there is more to our country than angry, white males. Now they have become exposed, with President Obama outflanking them at every turn. The GOP has just now awaken to the fact that President Obama has put them in a box. He exposed the House leadership weeks ago, making them look completely clueless at what was suppose to be their coronation. Last week, GOP senators got their turn in the whipping shed, and the nation saw it all, a party and group so out of touch with the average American. Couple that with Jim Bunning's hold up of the Jobs benefit program and you see where this is going.

The GOP forgot that more than 10 per cent of our nation is unemployed and while the Tea Party may have some "loud voices" out there, they need to be reminded that their voices are few. The real masses haven't spoken - yet. They're waiting until the fa;l elections for that and whatever the GOP thought they could get, is slipping away fast. The neurotic behavior of Sarah Palin isn't helping their cause, she's to smitten with Hollywood and could care less, and besides, no one is going to vote for a person who uses their hand for a post-it note.

Democrats aren't out of the woodshed yet, but some light is shining at the end of their tunnel. The real winner is our President because he has shown great leadership in the toughest of times. Most sensible people are not going to heap blame on him because he is doing all he can to get our nation back on track. And if he gets HC to pass by early April, he will have scored a major victory, snatching victory out of the jaws of certain defeat.

The tide has turned folks, and for those who don't think just ask Michael Steele. Seen him lately?