Pregnant Pause President

Computer glitch?  How about an entire Administration built upon a glitch supported by lies?  Okay, I've reached the point -- if the American people don't seriously consider running and electing Ted Cruz and Mike Lee for prez and VP with just a touch of Rand Paul, then we're finished as anything but a disconnected socialist society of worthless tech-savvy boobs  from coast to coast.  My advice for the wide-eyed youth currently in love with being digitally zucked by Zuckerberg, playing endless video games and bathing in other computer-spawned charms:  Wake up and experience reality before reality experiences you into disaster.

Oh, how appropriate, that televised "glitch" speech by President Obama.  First, above all, he wasn't speaking to the nation simply because he felt obligated to calm American fears over signing up online for "Obamacare."  No, he was there because he's in trouble, his extremist ideas are in jeopardy and there's little to do but continue throwing fairy dust at Americans starting to catch on -- even if just a little -- to the coarse identity of the fabric of which the emperor's new clothes are spun.  In the end, he sounded like any common door-to-door salesman, hard-pressed to impress anybody with his New And Improved Acme Fart Slicer.  Nobody who thinks twice wants a sample of that.

Best of all?  The poor woman standing behind him, pregnant and ready to faint where she stood, only to be "rescued" by the president -- the perfect symbol of an ideologue's pregnant intentions, teetering and in danger of collapse.  But no matter, the cursed ACA thing is law now.  Maybe a good old class action lawsuit will materialize when we least expect it and take the monster out? 

It all comes down to powerful people who aren't about to sacrifice the goodies with which they have blessed themselves.  They do whatever it takes, and regarding Obamacare -- you just know this creature was written page by devious page, years ago, just waiting to pop out of its deceptively handsome shell.

And still, small business owners and employees of all kinds of businesses throughout the country come forward with outrageous reports of unexpected health insurance cancellations, dramatic cost increases and outrageous accelerations in co-pay rates -- all as a consequence of the Affordable Care Act monster. 

I may be just an old guy who refuses to embrace Facebook and kiss up to Our Bright Digital Future, but my opinion will always be that the digital revolution is more likely to destroy than save us.  There likely will be something else down the road, but it won't be remotely digital.  It can't be.   Now, as far as Obamacare is concerned, isn't that just the greatest thing since sliced farts. . .?

Cheering on the 400 Million Dollar (and Counting) Baby

The 400 million dollar computerized Obamacare sign-up disaster is reprehensible enough, but popping up like willow trees of discontent all over the country are honest, hard-working folks whose health insurance is either being canceled or their rates and co-pays are shooting sky-high.  But not to worry -- 16,000 freshly jackbooted IRS agents will be ready to "assist" Americans in complying with everything that logic, fairness and the Constitution warn should be avoided like pipe bombs.  All of this, even as both Great Britain and now Canada report serious problems with the "single payer" (government) concept  -- which is where we're eventually headed by design.  And because Obama is superb at, and apparently intent upon dragging Third World or Any World  ideology in to fundamentally transform America, we may look forward to similar nausea.

Meanwhile, ABC-TV's Diane Sawyer and the rest of the worthless network TV junk-journalism crowd spent Friday evening figuratively shaking their heads in disbelief over the "glitch" affecting sign-up for the Affordable Care Act.  It seems they could barely contain themselves as they remained awe-stricken, perhaps because they couldn't blame this one on the Tea Party.

Particularly because of the major media and members of the celebrity community who take every opportunity to blame the Republicans for everything, consistently giving their buddies the Democrats a pass, the polls have taken a dip for the GOP -- not that the president or Congress in general are doing that well.  One hopes the public remembers that President Obama refused to negotiate in any way with the House as the days dragged on -- even though it was his obligation to do so.  He and his are likely too busy formulating and writing regulations behind closed doors to handcuff the American spirit.

But who's getting the lion's share of blame, per media efforts?  Ted Cruz and Mike Lee, of course -- and they just happen to be probably two of the most decent and honest members of Congress.  They were elected to defeat Obamacare and, say what you will, they did, with fervor, the utmost to satisfy what their constituents elected them to do.  In fact, so dedicated and proper are these and a few other Tea Party gentlemen that their own vile Republican associates condemn them. 

The president's speech following a temporary agreement on the debt ceiling revealed the same old spiteful, arrogant image he carries everywhere, with or without teleprompter infusion.  Aside from his childish comments intended to chide, but not actually name, the Tea Party (his party calls them "extremists" -- hah, they should talk) and blaming Republicans for not somehow corralling them to keep them out of the way, I was particularly amused by his comments berating radio talk shows and bloggers -- hey, that's me!

Now, in today's world of, primarily, leftists who don't give a damn about the military, may I suggest that, as a blogger who also happens to be a military veteran, my right to blog and opine  about Obama's incompetence or deceit (I waver over which is which and which is when) is worth its weight in gold against a former community organizer who got lucky in the world of politics with a little help from his leftist friends?  Oh yes, I say this even as various Dems very much wish to legislate something defining Just Who Is A Journalist And If Not Who Do You Think You Are?  All of this because the "blue dog" Democrats are nearly extinct and the radicals have commandeered the flight.  History indicates that, in the end, there are always prisons waiting to confine thugs like these.

By the way:  Tea Party folks DO have brains.  Yes, a Yale University professor had to nearly swallow his tongue when his research flew in the face of expectations and he discovered that Tea Party members seem to have an excellent understanding of scientific principles.  I assume this study also supports a theory that the only science the Democratic National Committee's public relations people understand is that sh** floats in campaign handouts.

Beware the immigration demons.  Watch for progressive political thugs on both sides of the aisle to rush to "reform" perfectly good but unenforced immigration legislation.  Radio talk show host (you know, one of the variety Mr. Obama seems not to appreciate) Michael Savage, broadcasting from the San Francisco area last week, recounted a scene (see news reports) where illegal folks were blocking a deportation bus filled with border-jumpers from returning criminal aliens to Mexico -- and nobody was arrested by the police. 

Again I ask -- why aren't Governor Brown and other alleged public servants who took a constitutional oath to protect THIS country arrested, tried and imprisoned?  Sanctuary cities are ideal locations for new prisons on all levels for activities either bordering on or encompassing treason.

Speaking of San Francisco, oh yeah,  I'll bet there were people chomping at the bit to see the rescue worker who accidentally ran over and killed a Chinese girl (covered with foam and invisible to rescuers) at a plane crash site convicted, fined and jailed for decades.  Fortunately, authorities found no lawbreaker here, and it was absurd that this case even received a review.

And then there's the Los Angeles Times, and, hmm, that's in California, too.  In a stroke of pure genius, their editors decided not to publish any more letters from deniers of global warming.  Wow, how open minds have changed!   This might be reason No. 274 why newspapers are failing all over the country.  This is one frightening development for anything left of journalism and open public opinion  -- making, logically, those bloggers and radio talk shows (those of a conservative bent only, I'm sure) condemned by President Obama all the more important for daily attention by those who wish to stay truly informed.

I should add that I have no interest in the political beliefs of those whose Web sites I list in the Links sections.  I host those links because they might be of interest to my readers.  The UFO-related sites are reliable, and beyond that I urge readers of any political persuasion to check The Drudge Report frequently.  Matt Drudge's ever-evolving news links might just change the political leopard's spots for those who give him a chance.

Scraping Bottom

Everything was said and done for me when Obama's minions closed down the World War II and Vietnam veterans memorials -- yet allowed, encouraged and praised an assembly of illegal criminal border-jumping illegitimates on the National Mall.  With several Democrat members of Congress in the mix, of course.   If ever a reason existed to defeat the Obama bunch at the polls, this was it.  How much different could it be to have a flock of communists running the country, rather than progressive terrorists who don't give a hoot about what American citizens think or want?  These intellectual frauds dictate the stuff of which dictators are made. 

Then two more military generals were fired, or is that "removed."  For what?  Poker chip scandals and for acting. . . how?  I think this president has even less respect for the military and veterans than I suspected.  His "fundamental transformation" of the country is the very nightmare, the two-ton elephant in the room that goes unnoticed because a nation prefers to ignore it.  My political party, right or wrong, do or die.  All or nothing.

One hopes that the country's young people soon come to the stark realization that they are the ones stuck with a quickly growing bill lovingly known as Obamacare.  Some polls are said to suggest their continuing love affair with this president, but as the expenses roll in over the next several years, and people discover that the Affordable Care Act is a personally costly venture, the name Obama may be destined to become a new epithet, a curse word for the generations.

Yet, we live in the Here and Now, and we wonder, will young folks otherwise engaged in electronic entertainment pursuits and lies taught in universities eventually comprehend that the Tea Party attempted to save them from a bureaucratic health care nightmare?  Will faithful GOP members embrace the Tea Party instead of its hoary and moldy elite of  far too many years?

Meanwhile, somebody out there really is getting free health care right now:  The terrorist just brought to New York from Libya.  Bringing this cockroach to the USA was incredibly stupid enough on the part of this consistently dumb-ass Administration, but it turns out he has hepatitis (hepatitis-C, according to early reports) and you can bet he's receiving the best health care a radical Islamic insect can get anywhere from coast to coast.  Seems that a little interrogation  followed by a lead bullet cocktail and a deep ocean swim would effect a suitable cure for this mass killer.

Halloween passes by in a few days and I've written a story appropriate for the season.  As always, it's free for the looking, so that relieves me of any need to endure critical comments.  By the way, it's copyrighted, so be sure to invite all your director and producer friends to stop by and read the thing so's they can offer me giant money and gain permission to adapt it into a TV or motion picture production.  Yeah, oh, and remember to get them drunk first, too.  We'll post it in a few days, and the title is "Indeterminate."

Astronaut Scott Carpenter 1925-2013

I wanted to write some little thing about Carpenter's brief UFO comments, as mentioned in the old book, We Seven, but as is so often the case, I was unable to locate my paperback copy.  You can read more about that from other Web sources, but I only wished to make the point that, indeed, here was another astronaut who looked upon UFOs as something real -- and probably influenced in no small way by reports he heard about when speaking with military pilots.  When We Seven was originally published so long ago, Carpenter's UFO reference perked up many in the UFO research community. 

RB's RB Awards for October 7, 2013

Life apparently handed me a quirky twist of fate, because my initials are also those of the term, rat bastard.  I prefer not to make routine use of words bordering upon the profane, but since fate seems to have awarded me the usage of r and b -- and I suppose I'll have to claim rhythm & blues for myself at some other time -- I want to take full advantage of the term by offering my own awards this week.  Thus, this week my Robert Barrow's Rat Bastard Awards go to:

1.  The Obama Administration.  Surprised?  Of course not.  The president who repeatedly professes a willingness to negotiate with Congress lies because he won’t and often says he won’t.    Who decided up front to shut down the Word War II memorial in D.C. and various parks?  Obama.  Who punished military academies by shutting down travel to the Naval Academy to watch the Air Force vs. Navy?  Obama.  Who (tried to) put a stop on allowing military folks overseas to watch football from Armed Forces TV?  Who prohibited military clergy from ministering to military members during the shutdown?  Obama.  Who did everything possible to close down, especially and specifically, things that would hurt Americans – and children -- and make them suffer, though not closing down his own golf course?  Obama.  As one park ranger was heard to say, they were told to make things as miserable as possible for visitors.  Enough said.  A rat bastard Administration if ever I saw one, constructed and maintained on lies.

Last week, I phoned a congressional office in Washington, D.C. and spoke with a staffer.  After explaining why I thought the hell-and-damnation stuff firmly belongs in Democrat laps regarding the shutdown, I mentioned my outrage at the WW II memorial being barricaded.  He interrupted me by reminding me that yes, but the barricade had been taken away "so that World War II veterans could visit the site under their First Amendment rights."  At that point I replied yes, I knew the barriers were down -- and also that I heard on one news program after another that the vets were able to see the memorial under First Amendment rights. 

Given that, I said, if First Amendment rights belong not only to veterans, but to every American, how come everybody can't visit the memorial now?  The stunned congressional staffer responded that this was a good question and nobody had asked it before.  Well, said I, maybe it would be a good question to ask his boss, the congressman.

So -- if I'm nobody's political genius, but can ask a question that stumps a congressional government staffer. . .how much trouble are we in?

2.  The President and Harry Reid.  I've rarely heard such a succession of snotty speeches from government officials.  Obama's talk-down-to-you lectures are just rude and hateful, and Reid's are simply rude and stupid.  They and their supporters are obviously in such a snit over the fact that few Americans want "Obamacare" that they'll do anything to get their way.  The president is obligated to negotiate, and campaigned on negotiating, but won't negotiate with anybody except foreign folks who may not be acting in our best interests.  Rat bastards occupy the White House.

3.  Governor Jerry Brown.  His decision to allow illegal criminal rat bastard aliens in California to have driver's licenses, topped off with his proclamation that this is "just the beginning," qualifies the governor as a true violator of American constitutional principles and a generally all-around genuine rat bastard.  When will these renegade government officials and romancers of "sanctuary cities," all of whom have taken an oath to defend the Constitution, go to trial and see considerable fines and prison time?  The only remedy on the horizon may be the Tea Party, growing in popularity and not nearly as "extreme" as White House rat bastards, scurrying in fear, would have us think.

4.  The Mainstream Media.  I'm thinking particularly of ABC, NBC and its cable affiliates, and CBS, and don't forget PBS, but they're hardly alone.  I used to dismiss those who claimed the network news departments and large city newspapers were in the bag for the Democrats -- until I started paying close attention.  Desert vultures would die of thirst waiting for kind words or stories complimentary to Republicans, Independents, Libertarians or anything that isn't Democrat.  In the bag?  You bet.  Probably the biggest rat bastards in the nation.  As major newspapers and commercial TV networks continue to suck and die all over the country because of the outrageously political partisan lies and kisses they keep feeding to a public which may indeed slowly be catching on, we only hope political rat bastards keep their hands off the Internet -- where at least some truth yet lies.

5.  New York City Democrats.  Heck, they've always been rat bastards, but they have a mayoral candidate who is truly  a communist and actually wants to rule beyond mere communism.  This guy wants even higher taxes on wealthy New Yorkers and his goals are sure to push many more businesses out of the city.  If you entertain plans to move to NY City because it's "exciting" or "fascinating" or something, may we suggest that you go elsewhere (Hell might be nice)?    The state itself is a bullet train wreck, and since the Democrat candidate almost seems assured (per the polls) to be elected by a majority of NYC morons who crave both socialism and nails in the coffins which used to be their lives of economic and entrepreneurial freedom, they're likely gonna get what they want.  Between rat bastards and characteristically giant NY City rats, I wonder how they can tell one from the other. 

6.  The Perpetrators of Gun-Free Zones.  We already know that most of those with firearm evil on their minds purposely seek out gun-free zones because the risk to their lives and intent is negligible.  However, there's word out there that, of all mass shootings since the 1950s, all but two occurred in gun-free areas.  If true, this is shocking and makes advocates for gun-free zones even bigger rat bastards (and negligent homicide proponents?) than they already are.  I'm no NRA member, but even I realize that this country was born at the end of a gun, and it can only perish with the absence of guns..

7.  The United Nations.  Since I was a kid I've heard how the UN is the world's greatest hope.  Anybody notice the world lately?  The UN is much too costly at our end and populated by rat bastards who look upon the United States as nothing more than a conglomerate of fools passing out taxpayer money.  If they really want to be useful, have each delegate take a million or so of our illegal immigrants back to their home countries, and don't forget the extremist Islam crowd.

8.  School Boards.  Some of these folks, not the students (and in many cases, probably not the teachers who have to enforce this absurdity), need to be taken to the woodshed.  For one thing, shame on them if they didn't lift a finger to fight Common Core, an idiotic "education" and testing system obviously  developed and instituted by both academic and government rat bastards.  Further, any school board members who think it's just fine to punish a child playing cops-and-robbers or making a "finger gun" -- or making something vaguely resembling a gun out of a breakfast pastry -- need to be removed at once.  From coast to coast, my oh my, what an established effort grinds forth to make kids fear and hate firearms.  Rather than teaching kids to respect such weapons, the concerted drive among progressive rat bastards infesting the public school system is to shame, punish and remove any thoughts that firearms can be one's best friend.  My suggestion:  Of course, the best thing would be for outraged parents to get together and sue the school boards so they'll, we hope, get an expensive message.  Otherwise, whenever these little punishment incidents regarding play or art over non-existent weapons pop up, parents at the involved school should consider banding together to encourage all their children to repeat the "offense" in unison on a particular day and time -- and make sure to have press coverage standing by at the school so the shame factor can be properly directed to educational rat bastards who seem more concerned with punishing than educating.

 

9.  Me.   No specific reason, I simply wanted to award myself an RB before somebody else nominates me.