* I have a New York Post column explaining why so much money is needed in presidential campaigns.
It’s a bit like when two people try to call a dog to them at the same time, except in this scenario they’re using firecrackers and other loud noises to scare the dog from going to the other side. It seems cruel — and under the barrage of negative ads, many undecideds do end up whimpering in a corner — but no one said democracy is pretty.
* The Drudge Report pulled up a speech Rick Santorum gave about Satan going after America, and it’s become a bit of a story. Apparently it’s not “hip” or “groovy” to talk about Satan as if he’s a real thing. DrewM had a good point on Twitter: Since Obama is all like Christian and stuff, shouldn’t a reporter ask him if he thinks Satan is real?
“The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist.” And now you get mocked for even bringing him up. That guy is pretty slick. But why worry about ancient silly things like Satan when we live in a modern world where we can force other people to buy it abortifacients?
* The Supreme Court is going to be looking into affirmative action again. Some people think we need it to get over racism, but we tried affirmative action on a national scale where we chose an unqualified minority for presidents over many more much more qualified people, and it hasn’t exactly been a boon in the area of race. When you look at someone’s skin color instead of his skills, it leads to high unemployment, high gas prices, and skyrocketing debt. Bad idea.
* The White House is pretty nervous about the whole Keystone pipeline thing since it was something that would both create jobs and alleviate gas prices, but they went against it because it would anger stupid environmentalists. Even the New York Times acknowledges that Obama only went against it for political reasons. But now the WH is pretending that the Republicans who were strongly pushing it were the ones that blocked it. I think that will be just a little too Orwellian for the public to swallow. If they’re making arguments that desperate, that’s a good sign to hit them harder.
And it’s not that Obama doesn’t care about jobs or gas prices — it’s just that they’re not that high on his list of concerns. For one thing, he can afford gas and has a job. And he’d like to keep that job. That’s his big concern.
* Wisdom of the Day from Stephen Green:
If there’s a candidate this year you feel really passionate about, consider professional help.
Other things Obama will blame on Republicans:
– Mosquitos
– Monkeypox
– Satan
– Ice
– Black ice
– Calling black ice “black”
– Tsunamis
– Not enough tsunamis to account for crappy economy
– Crime
– Death
– Megadeth
– People who cut the line
– Traffic
– Dutch elm disease
– Elmpox
– Tickle Me Elmpox
– Bedbugs
– Bad novels that you kind of think are stupid around page 133 but you figure you’ve put that much time into it so might as well keep going, but it doesn’t really get any better and ends ambiguously which the writer probably thought was profound but is really just annoying
– Hayfever
Good gosh, Frank J., another gem in the Post. Don’t give CPAC another thought. A few years down the road, and you’ll be able to reject their invitation to be a speaker.
@Mxymaster: You got death and megadeth, but you missed Teradeth.
@Mxymaster: Obama might fairly blame Megadeth on the Republicans. Bassist Dave Ellefson is training to be a Lutheran pastor. Metal is the anti-hippie music. Just ask any service man.
President Obama: Holy underwear! Pipeline canceled! Gas prices going up every day! We have to protect our phony baloney jobs here, gentlemen! We must do something about this immediately! Immediately! Immediately! Harrumph! Harrumph! Harrumph!
If a reporter asked Satan if he was real, he’s going to lie…duh.
When I saw this bacon t-shirt I immediately thought of Frank. It’s Bacon!
http://6dollarshirts.com/product.php?productid=11330&cat=249&page=1#detailed
Republicans are always trying to stop Big Oil from drilling, piping, refining and making money.
Grrr, my fists just ball up at the thought of them stopping the Democrats from expanding our fossil fuel industry.
What someone believes in Satan? What’s the world coming to? Next you’ll be telling me Jesus is the only way to heaven! I heard Big O say all religions were valid and eventually got you to the right place. Christ was only kidding when he said “No man comes to the Father except through me.” As my cemetary professsor used to say when I was awake in class, “Saying all roads leads to God makes as much sense as saying all roads lead to the airport.”
5: zzyzx says:We have to protect our phony baloney jobs here, gentlemen! We must do something about this immediately! Immediately! Immediately! Harrumph! Harrumph! Harrumph!
..”I didn’t get a Harrumph from that guy”. ‘Give you 3 guesses who “that guy” refers to !! (HINT: all of our initials are I.M.A.O.- with the notable exception of Monkey Faced Liberal, of course).
I’ll bet the obamas have satan sheets on their bed.
“Apparently it’s not ‘hip’ or ‘groovy’ to talk about Satan as if he’s a real thing.”
Unless you’re a member of the Manson family! Then it’s hip, groovy, AND far-freakin-out!
“Apparently it’s not “hip” or “groovy” to talk about Satan as if he’s a real thing. ”
Unless you’re lobbying the Pentagon to provide Satanist and Wiccan chaplains for the troops. Then it’s really cool to believe in Satan and/or witchcraft.
But not God.
You shouldn’t believe in a church that teaches that Satan exists. You should believe in that church where Obama went for 20 years.
If you actually believe Satan exists then you’re probably a religious extremist – like that nutty Pope guy or Jesus.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad believes in Satan, as does Louis Farrakhan. The media seem okay when these guys talk about him.
FrankJ:
I think you might have forgotten one key news item — there was a Republican presidential debate tonight!
Did you tune in? Will you provide a recap, and let us know which of those statesmen on stage tonight you feel will be able to take the country back from the man you think is an incompetent, socialist who hates religion?
Also, which one will best “take it to” Satan? I know Romney might seem to have the height and reach, but my money would be on Santorum. He is scrappy!
Best Regards,
Monkey Faced Liberal
P.S. Did you know a recent poll shows Obama running even with both Romney and Santorum in Arizona? He lost the state by 9 points in 2008. Pretty good comeback for an incompetent socialist who hates religion, no?
Not only does Ahmedinejahd believe in Satan, but he’s pretty sure the USA IS Satan. Farrakhan just thinks you’re Satan if you’re white.
This is just a guess on my part as I’m not particularly a religious person…but maybe MFL is Satan.
Nah, zzyzx — just one of his tools.
Satan is already defeated. He just doesn’t know it yet.
“It is written, “Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.” No; but the Lord thy God may tempt Himself; and it seems as if this was what happened in Gethsemane. In a garden Satan tempted man: and in a garden God tempted God. He passed in some superhuman manner through our human horror of pessimism. When the world shook and the sun was wiped out of heaven, it was not at the crucifixion, but at the cry from the cross: the cry which confessed that God was forsaken of God. And now let the revolutionists choose a creed from all the creeds and a god from all the gods of the world, carefully weighing all the gods of inevitable recurrence and of unalterable power. They will not find another god who has himself been in revolt. Nay (the matter grows too difficult for human speech), but let the atheists themselves choose a god. They will find only one divinity who ever uttered their isolation; only one religion in which God seemed for an instant to be an atheist.”
― G.K. Chesterton
Of course Obama believes in Satan, and he believes he is the president of it. – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Satan