Just before the trading deadline the NY Yankees acquired one of my favorite players in MLB, Lance Berkman. Berkman has been one of the most productive players in baseball over the past decade palying for the Houston Astros. He’s also a throwback type player who keeps his mouth shut and lets his play do the talking.
Lance Berkman is officially a Yankee!
Berkman, who went 0 for 4 in his Yankee debut tonight, will be used mostly as a DH for the remainder of the season. However, I believe that Berkman will have a monster second half with the Yankees, and most likely become the regular firstbaseman next season. Teixeira is a solid defensive firstbaseman, but he doesn’t compare to Berkman. Although I’m a long time Yankee fan, I haven’t been a fan of many of their moves over the years. Getting Lance Berkman is a move that I believe will benefit the NY Yankees for years to come.
Todd Kinsey posted this video as his video of the day on ToddKinsey.com. He couldn’t have made a better choice! I admit to never hearing of Ava Aston before, but she is definitely an act that we can all get behind.
In this day and age of mindless liberals dominating the entertainment industry, it’s great to have an up-and-coming star that appreciates the fundamentals that made America the greatest country in the history of civilization. You can find out more about Ms. Aston on avaaston.com.
Once again the liberal establishment has taken the side of illegal law breaking foreigners over the average tax-paying American citizen. This latest judicial atrocity was perpetrated by U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton. Surprise, surprise…Bolton was nominated by the impeached Perjurer-in-Chief, Bill Clinton. Bolton pretty much dismantled Arizona’s SB 1070 law that would have taken effect tomorrow.
*Note to morally superior Independents*
Presidential elections actually mean a lot more than any personal issues you may be experiencing at a given moment!
More and more, liberal-progressive federal judges are overruling the will of the people. The basis for most of their decisions has little to do with the constitution, and a lot to do with their personal view of fairness. They have taken it upon themselves to morph the U.S. Constitution into some “living & breathing” document that can be perverted to support whatever the politically correct flavor of the day happens to be. For this bunch, the Constitution is no more than an annoying obstacle that stands in the way of their social utopian fantasies.
Bolton’s ruling seems to have been entirely based on her idiotic opinion that legal “Hispanic” residents of Arizona would be “swept up” by the requirements for police to question people about their immigration status once they are stopped.
Give me a freakin break already!
The “legal” Hispanic residents of Arizona (or anywhere else in America) should be loyal to America, and not to illegal law-breakers with whom they happen to share a common birthplace or language. Too damn bad if some “legal” people are inconvenienced by having to prove their legal status. When Americans travel to Mexico, they’re required to have their passports and other identification on them at all times. Unlike SB 1070, the Mexican authorities don’t even need a reason to ask foreigners for their papers. I may give a damn when I hear the “legal” Mexican immigrants complain about the unfairness of the Mexican system, but until then, I don’t!
Hopefully, this sickening ruling and the behavior of the Obama Justice Department will result in the following:
- More people will get off their fat asses this November to throw the congressional Liberal/Progressives out of power once and for all.
- This will finally embolden fence-sitting so-called Independents to come over to the right side and take a stand for once in their lives.
- Average law-abiding, tax-paying Americans will realize that the liberal ruling class in this country doesn’t give a rat’s ugly ass about them.
- America’s sleeping majority will finally wake up and take their country back!
As usual, the Left is lying about the extension of unemployment benefits to the millions of Americans who have lost their jobs. They are trying to use this sensitive issue as a cynical election year ploy to paint Republicans as horrible ogres who don’t care about people in need. We can’t really be surprised; we all remember the motto of the Obama administration – “a crisis is a terrible thing to waste.”
The Democrats (a.k.a. pathological liars) and their allies in the mainstream media have been pretty successful in claiming that Republicans don’t want to extend unemployment benefits. As we all know, the Republicans just want the benefits to be paid for by cutting other spending. When the Democrats rejected that common sense proposal, the Republicans suggested that the billions upon billions of unspent “stimulus” dollars be used; Democrats rejected that proposal as well. They actually claimed with a straight face that the “stimulus” is for creating new jobs.
The fact of the matter is that the stimulus has never been about creating jobs or quick-starting the economy. The stimulus has always been nothing more than an Obama/Democrat slush fund. The main reason that less than half of the $787 billion emergency stimulus has been spent is because Obama and the Democrats are saving it for the 2010 and 2012 elections. This October, a large chunk of that unspent stimulus cash will be released. It will go to big city Obama loyalists. It will be used as get out the vote money. It will be used to fund the extensive voter fraud that the Democrats are so known and loved for. It will be used to fool the ignorant masses into believing that Democrat policies are working.
Using this money (stimulus) to extend unemployment benefits without further adding to the deficit? Come on… that’s an outrageous idea that only racist Obama haters could possibly come up with!
Win or lose this November, another large chunk (a much larger one) will be spent in order to get Barack Hussein Obama reelected in 2012. All of the remaining stimulus money will suddenly be used up during the last six months before November 2012. They won’t leave one red cent in the stimulus piggybank!
Predictably, the Republican Party has been pretty ineffectual in getting the truth out about the Democrat’s shameless shenanigans. It’s all been left up to certain elements within Fox News and the alternative media to expose the truth about the politics being played with people’s unemployment benefits. I would wager a fortune that if people whose unemployment benefits are about to expire were polled on how best to extend the benefits, the vast majority would be for cutting other spending or using the stimulus money. Even many dummies probably realize that it will be harder to ever find a job if the deficit and national debt continues to expand at its current rate.
As always, the despicable liberals in the mainstream media are leaving out half the story in this debate. They are running interference for Obama and the Democrats. By doing this, they are hoping that they can turn the millions of unemployed and their families against the mean spirited Republicans, thus helping Democrats to keep control of the congress this November.
Shame on the Democrats and double shame on the media for exploiting this issue.
New York City’s Nanny in Chief, Michael Bloomberg, defended aide, Andrea Batista-Schlesinger for telling (tweeting) Sarah Palin to “mind your business” and inferring that she and opponents of the Ground-Zero Mega mosque were racists. (“Whose hearts? – Racist hearts?”)
In yesterday’s post, I opined that Bloomberg should fire Ms. Batista-Schlesinger because she basically called everyone who is opposed to the evil Mega mosque plan racist. There is no way around that! If Sarah Palin is a racist because she dare speak out against this vile proposal, then it only stands to reason that this applies to all people who are against it! In fact, her tweet said “Whose hearts” and “Racist Hearts”, not Whose heart and Racist Heart. To me, this proves that the despicable Batista-Schlesinger meant that all who hold that view are racist.
Remember Mr. Bloomberg; the (s) at the end of Heart means plural. In other words, she wasn’t just referring to Sarah Palin, but to all who disagree with her! That includes me and millions of other New Yorkers who believe that the Ground-Zero mosque is a hateful and provocative project!
Bloomberg went on to say that he didn’t agree with Batista-Schlesinger in regards to Palin (and the rest of us – I guess) being racists. However, he did it in his usual underhanded way by taking the opportunity to defend the mosque plan as a matter of “religious freedom.”
Here’s what I mean.
Bloomberg: “In terms of her comments on Sarah Palin, I don’t agree at all. But I certainly agree that freedom of speech is just as important as freedom of religion.”
This pompous elitist attempts to supposedly defend Palin while justifying his gung-ho support for the mosque project.
Bloomberg also comes out and admits that Ms. Batista-Schlesinger is a far left-winger.
He said: “You know, anybody that’s read Andrea Batista Schlesinger’s book ‘The Death Of Why?’ should know what her views are. I’ve always tried to have an administration with people from all the ends of the political spectrum and everything in the middle.”
Really Mr. Bloomberg? Would you please let all of us know the name of the Conservative who is part of your administration? Conservative, Mr. Bloomberg – not Republican! Is there anyone in your administration who is an open supporter of the Tea Party movement, or of Sarah Palin? The answer is a resounding big fat NO!
The bottom line is that Bloomberg is a thin skinned statist who doesn’t take well to anyone questioning his all-encompassing wisdom. Bloomberg has set himself firmly with the Islamists who want to pour rock salt on the wounds of all the families and friends of the 9/11 victims. To hide from his cowardice, (God forbid he go against anything Islam wants!) Bloomberg has tried to use the concept of religious freedom as a smokescreen; the very same concept that simply doesn’t exist in Islamic nations.
Mayor Bloomberg, if you want to keep Ms. Batista-Schlesinger in your administration, at least order her to apologize to the people you both supposedly serve for calling them racists. Once again, I won’t hold my breath.
Note: Quotes supplied by the NY Daily News
On Sunday, Sarah Palin sent out two tweets dealing with the disgusting Ground Zero Mosque plan to build a $100 million mega-mosque just a few steps from ground zero.
She tweeted the following:
Peaceful New Yorkers, pls refute the Ground Zero mosque plan if you believe catastrophic pain caused @ Twin Towers site is too raw, too real
And:
Peace-seeking Muslims, pls understand, Ground Zero mosque is UNNECESSARY provocation; it stabs hearts. Pls reject it in interest of healing
Shortly after, an aide to NYC mayor/king Michael Bloomberg responded with two of her own tweets. The aide is a woman by the name of Andres Batista-Schlesinger. This woman seems to be just as pompous and ignorant as her liberal elitist boss. Before joining the Bloomberg administration regime, Schlesinger worked for the liberal think-tank, Drum Major Institute. Whoa…what a surprise!
In response to Palin’s tweets, Batista-Schlesinger tweeted the following:
Mind your business
And:
Whose hearts? Racist hearts?
I would like to ask Ms. Batista-Schlesinger who the hell appointed her to speak for New Yorkers. You don’t speak for me, Ms. Schlesinger! You don’t speak for the majority of New Yorkers who oppose this evil mega-mosque plan! Furthermore, how dare you imply that people who are opposed to this sick plan are racist! Is this the only way you leftists know how to debate? You are just another self-loathing liberal elitist who’s tall on arrogance and short on brains – you’re disgusting! As a New Yorker, I’m outraged that my tax dollars go to pay your salary.
While Ms. Batista-Schlesinger is telling Sarah Palin to mind her own business, I’d like to take this opportunity to tell her boss, Michael Bloomberg, to do the same.
Hey Bloomberg; stop telling New Yorkers what to eat and drink! Stop telling restaurants how they should cook their food! Stop telling people how to run their lives! Stop sticking your nose in the business of other states in regards to their gun laws! Why don’t you try taking the advice that your aide gave Mrs. Palin, and Mind Your Own Business for a change!
P.S.
The gutless Batista-Schlesinger has since removed her two tweets. Mr. Bloomberg should fire Ms. Batista- Schlesinger for inferring that the majority of New Yorkers are racist. He should be outraged that someone who works for his office would use the “race card” to further fuel the already intense fire over this mega-mosque issue. If Ms. Batista-Schlesinger had an ounce of integrity, she would do everyone a favor and resign her taxpayer funded post. I won’t hold my breath!
Friday evening I found myself on a Queens underground subway platform waiting for the E train. At that late hour the trains seem to come as frequently as Haley’s Comet so I started to pace back and forth across the platform in a futile effort to pass the time. After a while I noticed an MTA employee on the opposite platform using some sort of a buffing machine to clean the floor.
The man was pushing the machine back and forth squirting liquid over the filthy floor, and then using the circular brushes to spread and scrub the detergent in. I then noticed that there was a man sleeping on a nearby bench with his feet dangling on to the floor. I thought it amusing when the bravely meticulous MTA worker actually woke the man up to ask him to lift his feet so he could clean that area. Surprisingly, the man complied immediately without a problem.
Suddenly another MTA worker came down the stairs at the end of the platform and approached the worker who was cleaning the floors. They greeted each other then went into a conversation that I was able to hear word for word due to the quiet emptiness of the station. Not having anything better to do, I listened closely.
After some initial small-talk, the second MTA employee asked the guy working the machine if he would be agreeable to an idea where current MTA employees would give $5 a week to go for MTA employees who have been laid off. The man explained that they (I’m guessing MTA union) were asking around to see how others felt about the proposal. He explained that it would amount to a $10 deduction per bi-weekly paycheck.
I could see by the body language of the first guy that he wasn’t crazy about the idea. He took several seconds before he gave this ineloquent yet straight forward answer which I immediately stored into my Smartphone.
“I feel bad for the people who are laid off, but I have to take care of my shit too!”
I guess the second guy took it as a no, and walked back up the stairs and out of sight. The first guy cleaning the platform shot me a quick look; the kind of look when you realize that someone may have been listening to your conversation. I nonchalantly stared towards the tunnel pretending to be oblivious.
So much for looking out for your fellow union members! I was a lot more amused than I was surprised.
I want to really step out on a limb today and make a dangerously bold prediction. I know that most of my readers will probably think that I’ve gone out of my mind for saying something that’s so outrageous – so over the top!
Ready?
Here it is!
I BODLY PREDICT THAT OBAMA WILL ATTEMPT TO TAKE CREDIT FOR FINALLY CAPPING THE BP OIL WELL AFTER 86 DAYS!
Seriously, how long will it take before Obama’s sycophants and lackeys in the media start spinning about the great success with which Obama handled the crisis. Morons like Kirsten Powers will come on Fox News and tell us with a straight face that without Obama’s leadership the crisis would have been much worse. They’ll most likely bring up George Bush’s response to Katrina and proclaim that Obama did a far better job in managing a catastrophe. In comparing Katrina with the BP fiasco, they’ll point out that the BP situation was far more challenging than Katrina.
After BP received all of the criticism for the spill, they’ll get absolutely no credit whatsoever for fixing it. Instead, Obama will probably go on TV and pat himself on the back for the leadership that he provided in finally capping the well. He’ll also take that opportunity to once again push for his outrageous Cap & Trade legislation. He’ll try to convince the dummies of America that initiating Cap & Trade will prevent further environmental accidents.
If only the rest of life were as predictable as this bunch in the White House and Media, I’d be 10 times wealthier than Bill Gates and Warren Buffet combined. Unfortunately, the only thing that I’m really good at predicting is the behavior of morons and radical left-wing liberals.
P.S. Please stay tuned for future gloating when Obama and his cronies prove me right once again!
