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Old White Men – UPDATED 11/23/2009

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As an American, I feel that the major political parties should be representative of America.

And that’s the problem with the Republican party. As anyone on the left, or in the traditional media, will tell you, the GOP is the party of old white men.

And they’re right. Just look at these prominent Republicans.

Let’s start with Republican Party chairman Michael Steele:

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Look at the two GOP politicians that have ignite the most passion in Republican followers. First, former Alaska governor Sarah Palin:

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Next, Minnesota 6th District Representative Michele Bachmann:

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And, it’s not just the party politicians, it’s those in the media. Take a look at two of the major Republican pundits that appear most on news shows.

First, Michelle Malkin:

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Then, there’s Ann Coulter:

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It’s old white men like these that are holding the Republican party back. Until the GOP takes actions to make itself more diverse, they’ll never be taken seriously again.

UPDATE:
More Old White Men, as suggested by others…

IMAO commenter Jimmy suggests:

Conservative Christian entertainer AlfonZo Rachel (Zo)

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Author and talk show host Laura Ingraham

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Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal

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IMAO commenter Alice H suggests:

Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski

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Communications strategist Dana Perino

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IMAO commenter Dohtimes suggests:

Talk show host Dana Loesch

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IMAO commenter shiggz suggests:

Actress Patricia Heaton

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UPDATE II

Harvey suggests:

Former Secretary of State Dr. Condoleezza Rice

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Stanford University Hoover Institution Senior Fellow Dr. Thomas Sowell

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Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas

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George Mason University Professor of Economics Dr. Walter Williams

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Top Ten Things Finding Ice on the Moon Means

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The LCROSS explosion has proven there is ice on the moon. Exciting, huh? So what does this mean for us? It means ten things that I can order by importance:

TOP TEN THINGS FINDING ICE ON THE MOON MEANS

10. Super yuppies can drink obscenely-priced moon water.

9. The one NASA scientist who was like, “There is no way there is water on the moon,” now has to pay up five dollars.

8. Government regulations mean that, along with the flag, they now have to put “Caution: Ice” signs on the moon.

7. NASA can save space in the lunar module because now they can just bring empty balloons to the moon and fill them with water when they get there.

6. If the moon catches fire, not a big deal now.

5. Chance of finding frozen cavemen on the moon has increased significantly.

4. Now knowing the moon is covered in ice means the astronauts need to be careful of wampas.

3. There is no reason to go to Mars since we can find ice on the much closer Moon.

2. The movie The Ice Pirates is now much closer to being a reality.

And the number one thing finding ice on the moon means…

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If You’re Going to Bow, You Might as Well Wear a Bow

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What is it with Obama and bowing? Even Japan was like, “Who’s this loser?” Obama’s new nickname should be “Lil’ Bow Wow” for how he wows us with all his bowing.

When you go overseas, Mr. President, you represent the United States of America — the most powerful country on earth and in most of the solar system. You bow to no one; they bow to you! The proper greeting for a foreign leaders is to punch him right in his stupid, foreign face because what in the world is he going to do about it? Nothing, because you lead the USA. Why bow to anyone you can freely punch in the face?

If you want to bow to someone, though, Obama, try bowing to the American people. You may delight us with your obsequiousness and we shall consider sparing you.

Random Thoughts

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Just for the record, A is not A. They’re two different As.

It would be cool if Fonzie were an Objectivist. “Aaay is Aaay!” Or in Canada, it would be, “A is A, eh.”

Gods says you’re welcome about it being Friday.

He also says don’t sin so much because it makes Him sad.

I hope the success at bombing another world leads to more.

I’m surprised Glenn Greenwald is on Twitter. I didn’t think he could make a simplistic point without taking 2000 words.

So are the 9/11 NYC trials the most asinine thing Obama’s done so far? Think carefully before answering; he’s done a lot of asinine things.

I already have a slogan for the Republican nominee in 2012: “Amateur hour is over.”

Why haven’t I heard anything about Jesus and Magneto being in a remake of The Prisoner?

Obama Apologizes For Curtseying to Japanese Emperor

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TOKYO (AP) – After executing what appeared to be an extremely deep bow upon meeting Japan’s Emperor Akihito last Saturday, President Barack Obama later apologized for his “ungainly and ill-executed curtsey”.

Worst. Curtsey. Ever.

“I was just trying to show a little respect for the Emperor’s culture,” said Obama, explaining his poorly-performed gesture, “and I guess I got a little confused. At first I thought ‘I should greet him as a fellow head-of-state’, so I started shaking his hand. Then I thought, ‘I should to show that I’m not some arrogant cowboy like Bush, so I need to bow super-low’. But then I noticed his wife and thought, ‘I should respect her gender, so I need to curtsey’. I kinda ended up doing all three at once, and I guess I didn’t do any of them very well.”

At a press conference on Monday, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs defended Obama’s intention in performing the gesture of feminine subservience.

“The President has a duty to repair the damage done to America’s reputation abroad by the previous administration. Other nations are used to America acting with confidence, assertiveness, and a certain degree of manhood. What better way to repair the damage than by acting like a quavering, spineless little girl?”

President Obama said that, for future trips involving greeting foreign dignitaries, he would wear a dress as a means of helping him adopt a more competent implementation of his womanly genuflections.

“But not one of Michelle’s dresses,” insisted the President. “I wouldn’t put my dog’s lawn-patties in one of those tacky trash-bags.”

Leader of the Free World

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It’s an old term with origins during the Cold War: Leader of the Free World. And it has always meant the president of the United States.

There were three worlds: the Free World, the Communist World, and the Third World (nations not aligned with either of the other two blocs, in case you didn’t know the origin of that phrase).

The Free World, the nations aligned against the threat of communism, referred to the United States, Great Britain, France, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, West Germany, and other U. S. allies.

With the fall of the Soviet Union, the Cold War isn’t what it used to be. But some of the terminology remains. Including referring to the president of the United States as “Leader of the Free World.”

But is that accurate any more?

No.

The Leader of the Free World doesn’t bow to other leaders.

Obama has abandoned the role: he is not the Leader of the Free World.

So, who is?

Certainly not the leader of any communist country, or any dictatorship. And, I’m thinking a leader of the Free World should be the leader of a country with a major presence on the world stage.

No offense to our friends in Australia, New Zealand, or Canada, but those countries just aren’t major players. Certainly, they are more so than, say, Luxembourg or Iceland, but they’re not at the top of the pyramid.

So, who?

Let’s look at the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council: the Unites States, Great Britain, France, Russia, and China.

Obama has already relinquished the title, so the leader of the U.S. is out. Four to go.

China? China is communist. Free World? Just the opposite. Two down, three to go.

Great Britain? They have a queen. A queen? A non-elected monarch? As leader of the Free World? Three down, two to go.

So, who’s left?

Russia and France.

Who’s the president of Russia? Vladimir Putin? Actually, no. It’s Dmitry Medvedev. Former president (and current Prime Minister) Vladimir Putin might be running the show, but Medvedev is president, elected by the people. Forget all the other problems with Russia, the leader isn’t the person elected by the people. So, four down, one to go.

That leaves: France.

Yes, France. The president of France, Nicolas Sarkozy, is leader of the Free World.

France, despite all the jokes we throw her way, has a long, storied military history. The Franks took Gaul from the Romans, Charlemagne controlled much of Europe and the Mediterranean world, France helped the American colonies win the Revolutionary War, Napoleon led France to nearly conquer the world in the early 19th century…

You get my point, I hope. France isn’t a pushover.

The French government, though, has been a problem. It was the French government, not the French people, who were defeated by Germany in World War II. The people, most of them, kept fighting.

And, in recent years, the rise of the left in France has caused the French government to take weak stands against opponents of freedom.

Sarkozy defeated a Socialist Party candidate to assume the presidency in 2007, and has shown himself to be more of a leader on the world stage than Barack Obama.

True, that’s not saying a lot. But, for now, the president of France is the Leader of the Free World.

And that’s a damned shame.

November 6, 2012 can’t get here soon enough.

Boise State Broncos Trick Plays

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I love the Boise State Broncos. They had a great game today against long time rival (though they haven’t beat Boise State in over a decade) the Idaho Vandals. Some of my favorite things about Boise State are their trick plays, and here are some they used in the game today:

BOISE STATE BRONCOS TRICK PLAYS

* The running back threw for a touchdown.

* They made it look like they were going to punt, but the kicker threw for a first down.

* They made it look like they were going to go for it on a 4th down, but then the quarterback kicked a field goal.

* They punted on 1st down (no one saw that one coming).

* They put the quarterback in on defense, and then he stripped the ball from the Vandals quarterback and threw for a touchdown.

* The kicker did a lateral throw to another kicker who handed off to a running back who threw for a touchdown.

* They brought the kicker in on defense, and he kicked the ball out of the hands of the Vandals quarterback for a field goal.

* One of the Broncos cheerleaders went onto the field and then threw for a touchdown.

The final score was 132 to 5.

More on Monkey Colliding

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In my discussion of how to accelerate monkeys to high speed, someone suggested we use the Mexi-Cannon™. One of things people enjoy about IMAO is the intellectual discussions, so please try and think things through, people. The Mexi-Cannon™ is only rated for the firing of Mexicans. If we were to try and fire monkeys out of it, they would most likely just be horribly mangled. While that sounds great, that gets us no closer to colliding them at high speed.

Obviously, a special cannon needs to be designed just for the firing of monkeys. This would be quite an engineering feat as monkeys come in many shapes and sizes. The biggest problem, though, is that monkeys tend to flail about quite a lot when fired through the air. This really throws off the accuracy and makes it very hard to fire two monkeys into each other. And it is not very easily compensated for.

I’ve tried to privately fund this project, but in this economy you don’t make very much money posting video of monkeys flying through the air on YouTube. So I’m going to look into getting stimulus funds. I’ll just tell Obama that the purpose of the Monkey-Cannon™ is to get abortions for poor people, and he should approve the money right away. He’s a numbnut.

A Country Needs to Stand Up for Itself

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One of the disturbing things about the Ft. Hood murders is seeing just how invidious some of our PC instincts have become. There were so many warning signs that Hasan is a crazy jihadist (he even had the initials for “Soldier of Allah” on his business cards), but instead of being thrown out of the military and then shot, no one wanted to do anything out of fear of looking discriminatory. So when people of a certain group do horrific things to Americans, our response apparently is to give that group even less scrutiny.

What the hell?

When someone punches us in the face, our instinct should not be to apologize. We can’t end up like Europe, too unsure to even stick up for itself. Now, it seems to me that the appropriate response from the military right now should not be to assure us diversity will be preserved; that’s secondary and a concern for another day. What they should be doing is vowing that if anyone else in the military is found to have views similar to Hasan, they will be immediately thrown out of the military and gutted like a pig.

Incidentally, one of the things that apparently made Hasan angry was that another soldier ripped an “Allah is love” bumper sticker off of his car. Well, he sure showed him when he shot a pregnant woman in the back.

The Right-Wing Super Awesome Fun Party of Fun Update

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Ace has an update on his yet unnamed Vegas conference. Sounds like it will be happening, and SarahK and I definitely plan to attend.

I think some of you had some good suggestions for it. One great idea is to get it sponsored by Halliburton. We really want absolutely everything about this conference/party to make liberals’ heads explode.

I had another idea of my own that could make a lot of money: A Charles Johnson dunking booth. Charles Johnson will yell at everyone that they’re crazy extremists to goad them into trying to dunk him. $5 for three shots; I think it will make a ton of money.

Also, I think the conference will be a good time to unveil my new invention: The carbon footprint enhancer. It’s a machine you fill with gasoline and then plug into the wall. It then inefficiently uses electricity to burn the gasoline. It’s great if you have lots of gasoline lying around you want to dispose of. I also plan to make one that burns coal.

So remember to clear your calendar for this. And since I have no idea when it’s supposed to be, that means clearing the entire calendar. Who really likes Christmas anyway?