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Surrendering Israel to Alinsky

Fri, 20 May 2011 19:38:55 +0000

Whenever self-anointed arbiter of border etiquette Barack Obama awkwardly interjects Scripture into a speech, his disingenuous inner core is exposed. Recently, in defense of an unaddressed porous US border, the President attempted to add weight to his argument by introducing Bible verse into the discussion. Barack misconstrued Scripture so badly he compared illegal usurpers with ancient Hebrews enslaved in a foreign land whose escape from bondage required ten plagues and Moses parting the Red Sea.

To support a liberal stance on amnesty, Bible opportunist Barack misquoted the Book of Deuteronomy citing “moral imperative” and “a greater understanding from our faith.” In defense of officially pardoning illegal aliens and in an effort to cultivate guilt and project a false image of righteousness, Obama revealed a counterfeit identity by dragging out a Bible Bazooka and haphazardly shooting poorly-interpreted verse at those who oppose granting lawbreakers a reprieve.

In a more recent border debate, Obama requested Israel relinquish land to Ishmael. This time Obama supported the appeal by choosing to disregard Deuteronomy 30:5, which refers to Israel when it says: “The LORD your God will bring you into the land which your fathers possessed, and you shall possess it; and He will prosper you and multiply you more than your fathers.”

Although Obama attempts to prove otherwise, his Bible knowledge is clearly limited to specific, out-of-context verses scrolling by on the Teleprompter. Yet, when quoting Saul Alinsky’s book, Rules for Radicals, a flow takes place that lacks the clumsiness of Barack misusing Scripture to lend validity to imprudent solutions to the U.S. border dispute.

Even Barack Obama is astute enough to realize that citing Scripture in a Middle East and North Africa speech would contradict the proposition of Israel surrendering God-given land to people who’ve vowed to push the Jewish nation into the sea. Instead, tucked within Obama’s proposal to core the apple of God’s eye lies a direct quote from a tactical primer promoting “realistic” radicalism.

Speaking from the State Department, self-appointed international border expert Barack Obama presented a “new chapter in American diplomacy” that includes advancing America’s values (as defined by Obama), as well as tried-and-true Obama-style change as it applies to the Israeli/Palestinian border dispute.

The President’s lengthy speech chronicled ongoing, rapid-fire adjustments presently coming about “Square by square, town by town, country by country,” in a portion of the world engulfed by a set of circumstances where “the people have risen up to demand their basic human rights,” in a manner strangely similar to the Saul Alinsky technique.

Speaking like a true community organizer, Obama said: “It’s not America that put people into the streets of Tunis or Cairo — it was the people themselves who launched these movements, and it’s the people themselves that must ultimately determine their outcome.”

In what sounded like the present state of affairs in America and Barack Obama’s Middle East rhetoric described an all too familiar “relentless tyranny…refusal to pay taxes to a king… power concentrated in the hands of a few” and “change that cannot be denied.”

Obama, who heartily sanctions the “slaughter of innocents…for a better life” in America, also argued that in the Middle East, “the slaughter of innocents [does] not answer [the people’s] cries for a better life.”

Slowly winding his way toward the borders of Israel, the President – broached “fresh air” in Cairo; the “end of night” in Sanaa; words of freedom in Bengazi; “dignity” in Damascus, and an expository review of the situation in Libya. Failing to provide details, Border Patrol President Obama warned, “We will not tolerate aggression across borders, and we will keep our commitments to friends and partners,” a pledge that came with a committed resolve to “change our approach” to avoid a “spiraling of division” between the US and the Arab world.

Then, in order to avoid further division, in a telling use of words Obama, clearly more familiar with Saul Alinsky than Saul of Tarsus, took Middle East cues not from the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, but rather from Alinsky’s controversial handbook Rules for Radicals.

Alinsky tenets maintain that: “The standards of judgment must be rooted in the whys and wherefores of life as it is lived, the world as it is, not our wished-for fantasy of the world as it should be.“ Based on the President’s constant promotion of reckless chaos, one would assume Obama’s world is not a world as he thinks it should be – at least not yet.

Without a doubt, the President’s ‘standards of judgment’ remain ‘rooted in’ more concern over Palestinian border issues than those of Arizona, Texas and California. Which may explain why Barack chose to insert Alinsky principles into the Middle East solution when he said: “after decades of accepting the world as it is in the region, we have a chance to pursue the world as it should be.”

Obama’s ‘wished-for fantasy’ concerning Israel was revealed with the shocking suggestion that 40+ years later the “borders of Israel and Palestine should be based on the 1967 lines with mutually agreed swaps, so that secure and recognized borders are established for both states.”

America’s President explicitly stated “The United States,” which in his mind is represented solely by the opinions of Barack Obama, “believes that negotiations should result in two states, with permanent Palestinian borders with Israel, Jordan, and Egypt, and permanent Israeli borders with Palestine.”

Texas and California should proceed with caution, because with Alinsky’s Lucifer-lauding “world as it should be” guiding the way the next thing Obama may decide to do in an initial effort to resolve yet another border crisis is to return the two states to Mexico.

Either way, one important issue has finally been resolved. In a misguided attempt to grant America’s Promised Land to illegals through the exploitation of out-of-context Scripture and then the attempt to deny the actual Promised Land to its rightful heirs using a quote from the mouth of an atheistic mentor, the world as Barack Obama believes “it should be” has been finally been laid bare.

Posted at: Jeannie-ology

The Smartie Stogie Craze

Thu, 19 May 2011 16:59:45 +0000

A Michigan Middle School principal has banned ‘Smarties’ and ‘Pixy Stix,’ a fruit flavored tablet and powdery sugar in a straw “because students are believed to be inhaling the sugary treat[s] as they pretend to smoke … possibly causing maggots to feed off the students’ noses.”

Candy is not the only culprit; school districts all over America are joining Northern Hills Middle School in taking child safety to heart by making radical executive decisions like banning chocolate milk from school premises.

After spies and lookouts provided “several reputable reports” Northern Hills school principal Nancy Susterka contacted parents to inform them that ‘Smarties” and “Pixie Sticks” are strictly prohibited.

Susterka wrote to parents in a “Newsflash” email, “In short, we have seen huge numbers of Smartie wrappers throughout the building and heard some rumblings about kids smoking it.” Wrappers throughout the building? Wait! Isn’t middle school about the time public schools generally start pushing condoms?

All the same, the candy craze is not limited to Michigan. Kids in Oregon and California have also been caught making smoke rings with crushed candy, causing alarm among lunch monitors, teachers, and school administrators.

Thankfully, for the sake of smoking children as well as those who just chew bubble gum, “This type of smoking does not require a match light.” However, “it can cause some significant health issues,” like sugar highs and sticky hair when the candy dust cloud eventually lands.

According to Principal Susterka, “candy is crushed and then re-rolled into a cigarette looking type object,” kind of like the ones the kiddies roll when smoking doobies. Then the candy is “inhaled which can cause infections, chronic coughing, choking and even maggots feeding off the sugar coated area in your nose (very extreme cases),” like when a fly lands in close proximity to your left nostril.

Dr. Holger Link, a pediatric pulmonologist at Doernbecher Children’s Hospital said he “researched medical case reports and found no record of harmful reactions from Smarties” and laughed at the maggot suggestion.

The larger question here is: Haven’t these people ever toked on a candy cigarette?

To date, the jury is still out on the artificial flavors and colors, but so far dextrose, corn syrup, maltodextrin, citric acid, and calcium stearate have not caused irreparable “brain damage” or provided the kiddies with the added bonus of a “typical buzz.” Even still, there is the “potential of choking on the aspirated wrapper or large chunk of uncrushed candy,” a hazard also associated with banned chocolate milk and nitrate-infused hot dogs.

Principal Susterka summed up her correspondence to candy smokers’ parents by telling them something they didn’t already know, which is: “The bottom line is this isn’t good and there certainly aren’t any nutritious benefits from the consumption of this candy.” Then again, candy smoking does have benefits over cigarette smoking, especially for junior high school girls taking birth control pills, which like Smarties also come in a charming array of colors.

While most public school educators agree that handing out condoms to young impressionable school children does nothing to promote teen “sex” – safe or otherwise – it does seem that although not technically a drug, smoking Smarties can encourage the “behavior of inhaling,” which may be “attributed to the use of other inappropriate substances.”

One student in California said, “I thought it was pretty cool. It tasted good,” a pleasurable pursuit that sounds strangely like “If it feels good do it,” which apparently still applies to school age children for everything except candy.

Originally posted at Jeannieology

The Tamale Tells All

Thu, 19 May 2011 16:54:51 +0000

On Cinco de Mayo, while making a joke at Michelle’s expense, unbeknownst to the President he mistakenly revealed the philosophy behind all the opulent excess he and the First Lady enjoy while the rest of America suffers.

For the common good, both Barry and Michelle justify dividing and doling out a small piece of pie to every American. However, over at the White House, when it comes to the Obama gullet, the epicurean elitists have been know to fly in a pizza chef and scarf down unlimited amounts of deep dish and thin crust pies.

Obviously, the issue isn’t pizza, pie or otherwise, it’s about a one-sided philosophy that exempts the privileged from the strident standards they impose on everyone else. Thus, even tamales have the power to confirm what America has surmised all along.

Take for example the recent White House/East Room celebration of Cinco de Mayo, hosted by the President and the effervescent Michelle. Guests included: “Hispanic politicians, Hispanic Americans serving in the Obama administration, and members of a commission on exploring the creating of a new national museum of the American Latino were among those in attendance.”

The only Mexican-American missing from the crowd was border security expert/Desperate Housewife Eva Longoria who just last week, in an effort to “reframe the immigration argument,” was called upon to “brainstorm” with Obama.

Amidst green and red revelry, a Margarita bar and “corn and plantain chips served with Guacamole, Salsa and Pico de Gallo Tuna,” the President gave a warm “Welcome to Cinco de Mayo at the White House.” Then, omitting the rolling Rs, Obama attempted to speak Spanish and vowed he “wouldn’t speak too long” – an enviable promise that would be warmly welcomed by those not in attendance at the celebration.

Nevertheless, sticking to his script, Obama called Cinco de Mayo “a chance to commemorate the shared heritage between Mexicans and Americans. It’s a day for remembering that America is a richer, stronger, more vibrant place thanks to the contributions of Mexican Americans to the life of this nation.”

However, when Obama deviated from scripted remarks and shared a little “tidbit about the first lady,” that was when tamales confirmed his ongoing double standards.

Playing to a full house and lost without Jon Stewart writing the jokes, Obama attempted to make a funny when he said, “I asked Michelle the other day, I said, ‘What’s your favorite food’ … She said, ‘Ah, Mexican food.’” Then Obama issued a comedic warning: “You do not want to be between Michelle and a tamale.”

According to the President’s bad joke, a woman who’s making a career of policing the plates of the whole nation does not let anything or anyone come between her and a tamale hankering.

Obama caught himself and attempted a complimentary backpedal, saying “It’s true. It’s true. But she’s moving, though, so she can afford to have as many tamales as she wants,” but it was too late. Michelle’s determination to gain access to a less-than-healthy favorite food was laid bare and in the process, the liberal tendency toward hypocrisy exhibited by both of the Obamas was further exposed.

Abiding within Barack’s tamale “tidbit” lays the crux of what irritates a large portion of those presently suffering from policy ramifications inflicted by a President and his spouse who dictate much, yet suffer nothing.

Someone in the crowd should have raised their hand and, in Spanish of course, asked in a perplexed yet astonished tone, “You mean while we all split one stale taco Michelle gets to decide for herself the quantity and content of what she eats?”

And so it goes – once again “Let’s Move”-Michelle circled another buffet table filling her plate with Grilled Lamb Chops Sopes and Mushroom, Cheese, Roasted Peppers, moving in time to Tito Puente’s “Oye Como Va,” which means “Hey, how’s it going?” Meanwhile back in the real world, for Americans stuck with a small sliver of a carved up pie, thanks to Barack Obama, it really isn’t going so well.

Originally posted at: Jeannieology

Barack’s 9-11 Mosquerade

Sun, 15 Aug 2010 02:20:56 +0000

Self-professed but yet-to-practice Christian Barack Obama and his family do not attend church services in DC for fear of disrupting a prayerful congregation. In an effort to “reach out to other faiths,” the iconoclast Obamas prefer to celebrate “non-religious Christmas [es].” Last year, the President and First Lady even requested the Nativity scene be removed from the East Room of the White House – a request that, thankfully, was overridden by long held tradition.

Reaching out to other faiths appears to be defined by Barack Hussein Obama as holding Easter egg rolls that focus on frivolity, while excluding mention of the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Apparently, Obama’s idea of religious inclusiveness requires warmly hosting openly Islamic events in the White House, while proudly proclaiming that America is no longer “a Christian nation” and blatantly disrespecting Israel’s Jewish Prime Minister.

Obama, although purportedly a supporter of the National Day of Prayer, has yet to hold an interfaith prayer observance at the White House. In his first year as President, Obama distanced “himself from the National Day of Prayer by nixing a formal early morning service and not attending a large Catholic prayer breakfast.”

It appears Obama has a previous commitment whenever time-honored prayers are involved. To Chicago on Memorial Day instead of the prayerful wreath-laying ceremony at Arlington Cemetery, but back to DC in time to honor Paul McCartney. The reason why is “Known but to God.” On the 100^th Anniversary of the “Duty to God” Boy Scouts, Obama is on “The View” paying homage to himself.

Yet, last year Obama, shunner of religious tradition, in honor of breaking the Ramadan fast hosted an Iftar Dinner in the White House State Room, compliments of the American taxpayer

The “inclusive” President, desirous of downplaying Christmas, made the following opening statements at 2009’s Ramadan Iftar Dinner: “And most of all, I want to welcome all the American Muslims from many walks of life who are here. This is just one part of our effort to celebrate Ramadan, and continues a long tradition of hosting Iftars here at the White House.”

By “long tradition of hosting Iftars,” Obama was referring to the genuinely inclusive supporter of the National Day of Prayer, George W. Bush, hosting a Ramadan event during his tenure.

Obama, who has yet to show a modicum of respect to this nation’s Judeo-Christian heritage, continually lauds Islam. This year, the observant Barack Hussein once again plans to use the people’s house to accommodate the traditional Muslim meal where Islam’s faithful break fast in the evening.

In a statement issued prior to the 2010 Iftar celebration, the President verbally celebrated Muslim rituals that “remind us of the principles that we hold in common, and Islam’s role in advancing justice, progress, tolerance, and the dignity of all human beings.”

In between vacation stopovers, someone must have alerted Obama to the fact that polls show 70% of Americans disagree with the plan to build a mosque near the site of the 9-11 terrorist attack. Iftar celebrant, Barack Obama felt compelled to address the mosque uproar on the night of a Ramadan dinner at the White House

True to form, the President officially sided against the will of the America people and “forcefully endorsed building a mosque near ground zero, saying the country’s founding principles demanded no less.” What divisive affront will Barack Obama sanction next, building a monument to Volkswagen at Dachau?

Cross posted: www.jeannie-ology.com

Box O’ Heads

Sat, 19 Jun 2010 19:27:01 +0000

IImagine the surprise of a Southwest Airline employee in Little Rock, Arkansas, when a package destined to be transported to Medtronic, a medical research company, was discovered filled with 40-60 human heads.

One wonders whether bubble wrap or packing peanuts were used to avoid damage.

According to Southwest Airlines, the parcel of human heads wasn’t “labeled or packaged properly.” Airline officials “called the local authorities” to ascertain if dozens of decapitated heads were “properly obtained.”

The “packaged improperly” part of this scenario is really creepy. What were sixty heads doing tossed into a heavy-duty, double-walled corrugated box? Obviously, based on the crudely addressed label, it was relatively easy to see the body parts were headed toward Minnesota. The more pressing question that arises is: Where did the box o’ heads come from?

After making the discovery, Little Rock police rolled the heads on over to the “county coroner, who questions where they came from and if they were properly obtained.”

“We’ve come to the conclusion that there is a black market out there for human body parts for research or for whatever reason,” said coroner Garland Camper. ”We just want to make sure these specimens here aren’t a part of that black market and underground trade.”

Did Mr. Camper actually say, “Or for whatever reason?”

One hint would be if all the heads were all of Asian descent. Another would be if the shipment came from a Middle Eastern “head shop” supplier where no order is too big to handle and all heads are valued.

Medtronic spokesman Brian Henry said it is “common to ship body parts for medical education and research,” but that “it is rare for a shipment to be seized.” Henry also added, “We expect our suppliers to follow proper procedures.”

Does the Medtronic supply standard also pertain to obtaining heads for shipment? Or does adherence to “proper procedure” relate only to transporting heads to the Minnesota facility for technological research?

According to Brian Henry, Medtronic’s head supplier of heads is JLS Consulting of Wynne, Arkansas. Charlie Daniels, Arkansas Secretary of State, not the guy with the cowboy hat who plays “one mean fiddle,” has the license status of JLS Consulting of Wynne, Arkansas listed as “revoked.” JLS, shipper of heads, is listed as an “LLC Member [whose] information is now confidential per Act 865 of 2007.”

Act 865 has something to do with tax liability issues, which raises additional questions. How long were those heads rolling around Arkansas before being discovered and, if a company doesn’t pay taxes, would it also be willing to get heads-for-money from nefarious sources?

JLS Consulting founder Janice Hepler has avoided telephone calls ever since the controversy unfolded. In an earlier interview with a local Arkansas newspaper, Ms. Unhelpful “blamed the problem on the private courier she hired to transport the body parts.” “Nothing is wrong,” the newspaper quoted Hepler as saying. “We’re providing the documentation.”

One small problem: Garland Camper said the paperwork has “discrepancies.” Maybe the coroner is misinterpreting documentation written in Chinese or even Arabic to be a discrepancy. If, in fact, the macabre carton comes from either one of those two areas of the globe, documentation on a box full of heads is probably in perfect order.

Cross posted at: www.jeannie-ology.com

Official White House Spokesperson, Helen Thomas

Thu, 10 Jun 2010 03:06:38 +0000

Helen Thomas is like a senile granny you take to a barbeque who exposes everyone by blurting out long held family secrets.

No one should be shocked by Helen’s remark that Jews should “get out of Palestine.” Thomas, daughter of Lebanese immigrants, was just articulating the feelings of the Obama administration.

The Helen Thomas controversy arose during a Jewish Heritage celebration, when the octogenarian was questioned by Rabbi David Nesenoff for RabbiLIVE.com. The Rabbi asked Thomas, “Any comments on Israel, we’re asking everybody today?”

Thomas’s response; “Tell them to get the hell out of Palestine.” Rabbi Nesenoff respectfully replied, “Whoa. Any better comments on Israel?” Obviously not, because Thomas railed on, “Remember these people are occupied and it’s their land. It’s not German and it’s not Polish.”

The Rabbi’s retort, “So where should they go? What should they do?” Without wavering, Thomas shot back, “Go home.” Asked where “home” was, Helen suggested, “Poland. Germany. And America and everywhere else.”

Helen Thomas was at ease making anti-Israeli comments on Jewish Heritage Day, because the White House press matriarch is surrounded on all sides with those who agree. Haven’t Obama’s actions and rhetoric expressed a similar viewpoint?

Prior to the election Barry made the following comment, ““Nobody is suffering more than the Palestinian people.” Helen Thomas would heartily agree.

Then in Cairo a few months after the inauguration the President set the good Palestine, bad Israel tone by expressing sympathy for the “daily humiliations, large and small, that come with occupation.” Obama said Americans “will not turn our backs on the legitimate Palestinian aspiration for dignity, opportunity and a state of their own.”

So, what’s with all the uproar? Grandma Thomas was just expressing sentiments conveyed by Barry’s flotilla full of harsh criticism for Israel.

Pro-Palestinian Obama has pressed the Jewish state to reverse the controversial choice to “build housing units in East Jerusalem and to commit to substantive negotiations with the Palestinians to repair the damaged peace process.”

Statesman Netanyahu has been beckoned to the White House numerous times where Benjamin has been subjected repeatedly to Barack Hussein’s disparagement of Israel in favor of Palestine.

Take for example the occasion where Netanyahu arrived at the White House, assured that the “worst of the crisis in his country’s relationship with the United States was over.” The Israeli prime minister was “feted by senior Republicans and greeted warmly by members of Congress. He received a standing ovation from the American Israel Public Affairs Committee.”

However, Barack was “less inclined to be so conciliatory.” During their meeting, Obama “presented Netanyahu with a list of 13 demands designed both to the end the feud with his administration [by agreeing to build] Palestinian confidence ahead of the resumption of peace talks. Key among those demands was a previously made call to halt all new settlement construction in east Jerusalem. “

“When the Israeli prime minister stalled” in his response, a dismissive Obama stood up in the middle of the discussion and declared: “I’m going to the residential wing to have dinner with Michelle and the girls,” leaving the humiliated Prime minister sitting there.

Newspaper reports recounted that “The atmosphere so soured by the end of the evening, the Israelis decided that they could not trust the telephone line [and] went to the Israeli Embassy to ensure that the Americans were not listening in.”

Helen Thomas merely verbalized Barack’s true feelings towards the Jewish state. It may be wiser for Netanyahu to take Thomas’s Germany-Poland suggestion than for the Prime Minister of Israel to attend another pro-Palestinian meeting in Obama’s blatantly antagonistic White House.

Cross posted at: www.jeannie-ology.com

Magnum Gold Moochers

Sat, 05 Jun 2010 15:14:16 +0000

The new trend in public response to Government Issue appears to be grievance induced upgrades. For years the government distributed processed food to people in need of assistance. If welfare recipients had been a tiny bit savvier unappetizing cheese could have been replaced with a more expensive choice.

Presently, however, the complaints are not about cheddar versus Swiss, but quality, size and brand of free condoms.

The complaint from Washington DC school kids is that the prophylactics, handed out during homeroom, are of substandard “quality and are too small.” Grateful to not have to drive to the drugstore and spend cigarette money on condoms, college and high school students have asked for larger sizes to accommodate lads raised on hormone-injected chicken.

Another complaint registered was that asking the school nurse for a free birth control is ‘just like asking grandma or auntie’.” Ninth graders, preferring to not be subjected to Nurse Ratchet’s disapproving grimace, requested the condoms be dispersed from a cooler, preferably male “Master of Condoms.”

What happens in DC if a fifteen year old finds it impossible to get to the Master of Condoms between 3^rd period and study hall? No need to worry, the government also distributes tax subsidized birth control better known as “Free condoms …at more than 100 locations, including barbershops, liquor stores and youth centers.”

In addition to size and distribution complaints many of the 57% of the sexually active Washington DC teens have not availed themselves to school condoms mostly because of the brand offered.

The perception amongst school children is that government cheese condoms are cut-rate and certainly not as cool as Trojan brands. Students prefer trendy “shiny gold wrapped” Magnum Golds. The little, square gold package with “a little bit of the bling quality.”

Health officials have been “grappling over how to make government-issued condoms more appealing.” The Magnum Gold brand is popular and so the belief is substituting Durex with Magnum will succeed in making condom use more fashionable with children, which is the definitive goal.

City officials seem more than willing to “spend an extra few thousand dollars a year to try to persuade sexually active teenagers to practice safer sex.” So, in addition to Magnums, “Durex condoms will still be offered.”

One knows high school children need to learn how to make better choices. Take for instance should a kid join drama club or edit the school newspaper? How about the basketball team instead of the yearbook? What’s better, a thinner sheath or Magnum Gold?

David A. Catania, D.C. Council member and chairman of the health committee said, “We thought making condoms available was a good thing, but we never asked the kids what they wanted.”

Washington DC should set up a buffet table, outside lunch rooms, where, discriminating condom connoisseurs can be provided an array of the best rubbers available, compliments of the American taxpayer. Afterwards, in place of gold grillz or 14-karat diamond necklaces, bling can decorate Washington DC in the form of torn, discarded gold condom packages.

Truth is the condom controversy is more a Blackberry Curve versus IPhone issue because Consumer Reports magazine claims “Trojans, which is the preferred brand and Durex…both scored 100 percent in tests of strength, reliability and leakage and package integrity.”

Either way, regardless of condom quality, high school students needn’t worry. If pregnancy results from leaky, broken, or absent government issued prophylactics, “Wrap MC” Condom Master will likely escort girls to the local women’s health center for a government subsidized abortion at the coolest most stylish clinic in town.

Cross posted at: www.jeannie-ology.com

McCartney’s Classless Conga Night Comment

Sat, 05 Jun 2010 00:51:01 +0000

Nothing, not even a flotilla, sludge creeping toward the Florida panhandle or bribery charges could stand in the way of cultural Conga night, better known as Wednesday at the White House.

The most recent musical guest to perform live in the East Room was Sir Paul McCartney. Music aficionado and world-renowned expert Barack Obama presented the ex-Beatle with the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song.

Mr. McCartney, still sporting a head full of hair and already four years older than sixty-four, is the third winner of the Gershwin Prize, the highest American award for popular song. McCartney is the first, non-American recipient of the award, a revelation that coaxed a “We stole you” comment from Obama, who may also fall into a first, non-American category.

Paul McCartney’s music apparently had the “White House in flames.” The ex-Beatle kicked things off with a “rocking rendition” of “Got to Get You into My Life,” which had the East Room occupants “on the edges of their seats.” Mr. McCartney also sang the unofficial Obama theme song, “Let it be.”

Meandering down a “Long and Winding Road” of empty rhetoric President Obama did the honors and introduced McCartney. Interjecting politics into a music award venue, Obama vowed to “see to it,” that the lives and communities of Gulf residents are “made whole again” but, as usual, failed to elaborate.

Metaphorically speaking, Obama credited the Beatles with ushering in “an era of endless possibility and of great change,” but the President’s words were tinged with visionary nuances of an even greater “rock star.”

Immediately following the President’s monologue, Young Boy Barry was affectionately praised by the guest of honor. An ebullient McCartney appeared more excited about being handed a lifetime achievement award by an underachieving Taxman than he was receiving homage for fifty years of musical accomplishment.

“Getting this prize would be good enough,” Mr. McCartney said. “But getting it from this president…” brought an adoring grin to Paul’s cherubic face.

The evening was supposed to be about McCartney but, as usual, attention turned toward Obama when Paul mentioned the self-inflicted “difficult times” the president is presently undergoing. Paul assured Barry “billions of us … are rooting for you.” Apparently, the President remains Paul’s “Hope of Deliverance” despite Barry’s 46% approval rating,

A liberal gathering would be incomplete without at least one Bush joke. Sir Paul didn’t disappoint. After thanking the Library of Congress Paul said, “After the last eight years, it’s great to have a president who knows what a library is.”

If mentioning the Library of Congress brought to mind Bush’s supposed library lack, maybe humming a few bars of “Yellow Submarine” could conjure up inspiration for Obama to address the oilrig crisis in the Gulf of Mexico.

McCartney and Obama were not the only superstars in attendance. Elvis Costello sang “Penny Lane,” in honor of the penniless street where all Americans presently reside. Stevie Wonder did an apropos rendition of “We Can Work It Out,” for those in attendance who’ve compounded America’s problems.

Stevie and Paul serenaded biracial Barry with “Ebony and Ivory” an “earnest duet” lauding racial harmony. “Blackbird,” was sung by two black songbirds, Herbie Hancock and Corinne Bailey Rae; and Jack White, of the White Stripes, provided racial balance and musical diversity.

The evening ended with a McCartney-Obama family sing-a-long to “Hey Jude.” Maybe after Conga night Obama, who “carries the world upon his shoulders,” can persuade Sir Paul to assist in the Gulf by burning off the glut of crude oil, like a rock and roll fire boom, by singing “Fixing a Hole.”

Cross posted at: www.jeannie-ology.com

Of Rats and Rain

Thu, 03 Jun 2010 12:39:56 +0000

Last week, when Obama stepped up to the podium, in the Rose Garden a rodent showed up. Obama didn’t notice.

Memorial Day, Obama stepped up to the podium to speak at the Abraham Lincoln Ceremony and “bolts of lightning, booming thunder and torrential downpour” followed. This time, Obama was forced to notice or be impaled by a bolt of lightning.

Barack should have stayed in Washington DC where a US president belongs on Memorial Day. It was there that the sun was shining when Vice President Joe Biden, in the vacationing President’s stead, laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns in Arlington Cemetery. Biden paid honor to America’s fallen heroes saying,

Today is a day [in] which sorrow mixes with incredible pride,” Biden said. “We mourn those we lost and we hold fast to their memories. … May God continue to bless the memory of all those who have died [so] that we may live.”

Fresh from a barbeque with friends, instead of sharing prepared remarks in Chicago, President Obama was forced to shelter his glorious personhood beneath a stadium umbrella. Shouting loudly above turbulent weather conditions, Obama urged crowds to take refuge from the downpour.

Concerned only for “wanted” children, a child-friendly President entreated the crowd saying, “We don’t want to endanger anyone, particularly the children, in the audience. A little bit of rain doesn’t hurt anybody, but we don’t want anybody struck by lightning.” Obama may have had some sentiments to share, but apparently, a voice louder and more powerful than Barry’s had other plans

Is it possible Barry finally comprehends mere mortals don’t control nature?

The president may have had sincere sentiments to share about fallen heroes on Decoration Day but apparently, a more powerful voice had other plans. “Listen closely to the thunder of His voice, And the rumbling that goes out from His mouth” (Job 37:2).

A couple of weeks ago Obama spoke in the Rose Garden and a rat stole the show. Obama attempted to speak at Elwood cemetery, the clouds opened and God drowned out the President’s voice with claps of thunder, lightning bolts and driving rain. Genuine intervention was on full display as divine power set the stage and then delivered the address, which caused an exceedingly arrogant politician to high tail for cover.

It must be frustrating for a calculating individual like Barack Obama to be victimized by out of control circumstances. Barack shunned being dictated to by American tradition and instructed the nation about presidential autonomy by choosing Chicago over Memorial Day at Arlington Cemetery. Then suddenly Barry lost jurisdiction over an erroneous choice by being surrounded by a tempest “so loud his words could barely be heard through the amplifiers.”

“And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm,” (Mark 4:29). On the other hand, it was quite the contrary in Elwood’s Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery because, after a half-hour, “it became obvious that the storm was not going to ease…Obama would not make his speech.”

Before the storm, Obama silently laid a wreath at another part of the graveyard and stood head bowed in reverence as a bugler played “Taps,” also called “Day is Done.” Unbeknownst to the President, Obama-makeshift Memorial Day festivities were what was about to be laid to rest.

In recent days, America’s very own man-god has been forced, one too many times, to humbly submit to something other than a huge ego. Therefore, after being embarrassingly shut down by divine-directed-weather one can only hope, for Obama’s next attempt at verbal communication, the weather holds and vermin don’t re-emerge in front of the presidential podium.

Cross posted at www.jeannie-ology.com

Who Done DADT?

Thu, 03 Jun 2010 11:41:15 +0000

Once again, political correctness takes precedence over the welfare and security of the nation. Democrat homosexuality crusaders are preparing to use the US military as a political platform to make a statement on gay rights by repealing the 1993 “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” law, which bans gays and lesbians from openly serving in the military.

Why does sexual preference have to be made public? Heterosexuals don’t march in parades with signs that say: “Straight is great” and “Your mother wears combat boots.” So if no one asks, and no one tells, does sexual proclivity really matter?

Moreover, why the incessant drumbeat to coerce American soldiers to care? Isn’t dealing with the Taliban and al-Qaeda enough for the US military to endure? Guess not, because in the midst of two wars, while trying to avoid driving over improvised roadside devices, politicians plan to put DADT burdens on fighting soldiers making the controversial policy the object of political debate.

Top US military officer Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Mike Mullen, while in support of repealing the law banning gays from serving openly in the military, cautioned it was crucial to get the military’s views on the ground level.

Mullen declared the military policy DADT “obsolete.” However, based on recent comments, Admiral Mullen seems to be reassessing the feelings of active duty service men and women. Mike Mullen’s statements suggest the Pentagon might be considering how to resolve fighting wars while dealing with glitches that would arise in the barracks if male cross dressers choose to change yet another rule and fight for the right to forgo wearing Army fatigues.

The Admiral stated that before lifting the ban it was “key” the Pentagon certify it was ready to implement the policy. What does the military plan on doing, making Y.M.C.A. an official anthem and establishing separate quarters for every “transitioning-cross-trans-sexual-gender” category?

Admiral Mullen said, “I still think, and so does the secretary of defense, it is really critical to understand the points of view of those it will affect the most as we look at the implementation challenges should the law change.” Mullen said the issues “that are the top of the list for me (include) readiness, unit cohesion, recruiting, retention.”

Good thing Mullen is considering vital issues because wresting a feather boa from Elton John before combat patrol might present a “readiness” quandary. Encouraging female soldiers to tolerate Chaz Bono hogging the latrine mirror to shave is sure to imperil unit cohesiveness; and unquestionably, Rosie O’Donnell would deter chances for anyone, regardless of sex or sexual preference, from ever reenlisting.

Apparently, lifting the ban is contingent on the Pentagon reviewing open homosexuality’s effect on the military. In addition, President Obama, Defense Secretary Gates and Admiral Mullen would all have to verify whether soldier morale would be affected by individuals showering for reasons other than personal hygiene.

Admiral Mullen’s recent unhurried approach to lifting the ban and taking into consideration the feelings of the larger majority of military personnel is supported by Senator Jim Webb (D-Va) who has expressed disappointment “in the way this process was accelerated.” Webb, who voted against the repeal, said, “we had a process in place and to preempt it in some ways showed a disrespect for people in the military.”

Therefore, the battle rages on. Yet truth is, the discussion is for naught because military acceptance of homosexuality was actually settled back in 1998 when GLAAD Media award winner, gay icon Cher paved the way for lifting the ban on “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” by singing aboard the USS Missouri.

Cross posted at: www.jeannie-ology.com