High Ground Underground

Contents: 1.        The Middle East & Russia 2.        Harry Reid, the Real Loser 3.        The 2016 Race 4.        Religious Rights 5.        Correcting the Record on Vietnam – a Hot part of the Cold War The Middle East & Russia According to Hirsi Ali (former Somali Muslim and author of “Heretic” and “Infidel”) there are 3 classes of Muslims: 1.        Mecca Muslims – mainstream 2.        Medina Muslims – follow the words/actions of Mohammed after he moved from Mecca to Medina – violent, the literalists/radicals 3.        Reformers – labeled “heretics” by the others (esp. by the Medina Muslims) Hirsi is a strong advocate of reforming Islam, and she has some rare, courageous company like the president of Egypt....

The “Shellacking” Clearly Nov. 2, 2010 was a very good day for the country, in restoring some fiscal and constitutional sanity, with a historical 61 GOP seats gained in the House, and several in the Senate. We did, indeed, fire Pelosi, and I may now need to modify my byline – we’re now no longer completely out of power. Now they’d better do what they were sent there to do – lower spending & government growth, stop tax increases, and repeal the most egregious parts of Obamacare, if the entire bill is not found unconstitutional in the multi-state attorneys general case. But Obama & his cohorts appear to continue to be tone deaf in understanding the reasons for their reversal of fortune. And this does not bode especially well for the battles ahead. They believe, apparently still, that it was just some irrational fear & lashing out due to the poor economy, and the electorate’s ignorance of the greatness of what he’s done – maybe only in part because he hasn’t explained it w...

And here's Jerry Brown confessing "It's all a lie": http://www.megwhitman.com/media/video/11821/ In other news, Obama on Jon Stewart: "Yes, we can, BUT....." Obama & the Dems/Libs/Left denounce opposition to them & their agenda as based on irrational fear. Right, and who is it that invokes that ultimate fear of the Left by labeling us Nazis? Or fascists? Or that we'll be plunged into the Dark Ages if we return Republicans to power? If you think about it, though, staggering debts and alarming government growth are irrational things to be feared.

Here's my considerably revised letter to the editor, still trying to get published [update 10/29/10 -- it was published today in the local Daily Breeze]: "If ever there were a time to vote for change, it is now, for our formerly great state – before we can no longer dig ourselves out. Surely California can do much better than Jerry Brown and Barbara Boxer, with their long, failed political careers and policies that have only exacerbated California’s economic crisis. The well-worn quote bears repeating until heard: “Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” -- Albert Einstein. Meg Whitman and Carly Fiorina provide exactly what the doctor ordered to turn around the exodus of businesses -- our tax base -- and citizens, and restore fiscal sanity. What gall, to accuse Fiorina and Whitman of making difficult business decisions to save their businesses in the very climate Boxer and Brown have fostered! Those taxes, extremist policies ...

From the Campaign Trail First, some observations from recent TV spots run by California Democrat candidates. Here’s a still-relevant statement by Bill Clinton during an earlier presidential primary race: “Jerry Brown continues to reinvent himself.” Now Brown's seen the writing on the wall of the Tea Party movement (and California’s financial disaster) and is touting living within our means! After championing living outside our means for many years. Of course, being liberal means never having to say you’re sorry, or wrong – you just go on like nothing happened. Liberals seem to have a blindspot when it comes to consistency, introspection & hypocrisy. Another example of that is when Barbara Boxer has the audacity and stupidity to blame Carly Fiorina for her outsourcing HP jobs abroad when she was CEO. Of course the rest of the story is that the Democrats’ negative business climate (taxes, regulations) has driven business and jobs out of California in droves, and forced bus...