High Ground Underground

Obama’s second 100 days have gone by since my last post – I’ve been dying to post but pre-occupied with higher priority projects and deadlines. I’m working from a few rushed notes and memory, and hardly know where to begin. The Emperor’s Clothes There actually does seem to be some evidence of Obama’s divinity – he has seemed almost omnipresent lately. Except at Fox News. But the true Christ went even to preach to the spirits in prison, so it would appear that Obama is not the Messiah, after all. And many believed greatly in Obama’s almost divine powers of speech and persuasion. Until those powers were proven lacking against the Olympic selection committee (even with the similarly divine Oprah), and Ahmedinejad, and the blue dog Democrats, and American opinion polls and townhalls, and..... But perhaps there’s another explanation – perhaps all of those are Philistines, Scribes and Pharisees who just can’t appreciate true personal greatness when they see it – such seemed to be the ex...

Voices from Iran The Iranian regime’s violence and killing has escalated against the peaceful mass protests in Teheran. The regime has banned foreign reporters from the streets & from filing reports, and cut cell phone service & otherwise slashed internet & twitter reports being sent from Iranians to the outside world. But we do know there have been massive protests defying their being outlawed by the “supreme leader,” the cleric in absolute power behind Ahmadinejad, and even chants of death to the “supreme leader” (in addition to the dictator) – this is serious stuff. There are reports of over a hundred protesters killed, and many brutal attacks by the plainclothes militia. In opposition, police motorcycles have been burned, a suicide bombing at the national shrine, and a massive natural gas line explosion at the militia headquarters where militia had barricaded inside, and several of them killed. Now reports of demonstrations in several other major cities. And that M...

“Leader of the free world” is not just an honorary title defaulting to the president of the most powerful free country. As Sarah Palin so aptly put it in another context during the campaign, “it has some actual responsibilities.” It requires exhibiting actual leadership in the cause of freedom. But Mr. Obama has by silence, inaction and slow action (waiting to see which way the wind blows) renounced that title. It is now being carried by the likes of the president of France, Mr. Sarkozy. Sarkozy has the guts to condemn Iran’s election farce and support those marching in the streets, rather than hedge his bets and legitimize a dictator by keeping the lines of communication open to fruitlessly attempt to negotiate away their nuclear weapons program. Sarkozy also has the guts (along with other European leaders) to say no to more state bailouts, subsidies and taxes. And yes to immigration reform and enforcement. And yes to nuclear power. And to take action against pirates before O...

The Tax Revolt Begins There may yet be hope for the bluest state (California), and by induction the rest of the country, when the voters finally showed some fiscal responsibility the other day. The small turnout may have been due to ballot fatigue, but those who care and voted clearly had done their homework to see through the deceptive smokescreens endorsed by the LA Times, etc., and the 7-to-1 funding of ads. They resoundingly (2 to 1) showed they want no more burdensome state taxes (already the highest in the nation, and driving wealth-creators out of state), with some of the poorest services (education, infrastructure, etc.). And they want no more deceptive smokescreen propositions crafted by sly legislators who endlessly go for band-aid solutions that are shell games, gambles and borrowing against the future. Doesn’t that sound like Obama’s national approach? And so it’s back to the drawing board (or dart board?) for the legislators. Not that they got the message, or have an...

If I hear conservatives called Nazis & fascists again I think I’ll literally scream to straighten them out. If it’s a witch-hunt they want, it is the current liberals in power and their henchmen who are using the brown-shirt, fascist tactics described in the previous 2 posts, including the “Gangster Government” tactics used in the Chrysler bailout. “Nazi” is an abbreviation for the German “National Sozialisten” – national socialists. It is the Obama administration that is implementing national socialism. Hitler came to power with the people thirsting for promises of change, mesmerizing articulate speeches, and enthralled with his image & personality. Sound like anyone you know today? Hitler found scapegoats aplenty, too – just like Obama’s greedy capitalist profiteers, the previous administration, or evil conservative spokesmen/women who dare oppose. Liberal/leftist Obama supporters and their flunkies largely control the media propaganda machine nearly as completely and ...