The Audacity of that statement leaves me agape. Not a word about the Democrats and the whole anti-Bush crowd fighting the present incessantly, vehemently, and irrationally. Not a word about BHO and Harry Reid et al declaring the war was lost… Not a word about those who STILL blame Bush for Islamic Terrorists’ hatred of the west… “It was all Bush’s fault, and he even screwed that up.”

I don’t know how all this shakes out; the forces against change in this region are very powerful — see Iran — and ruthless. But for the first time in a long time, the forces for decency, democracy and pluralism have a little wind at their backs. Good for them.

It’s too bad Barack Hussein Obama is on the wrong side of those forces.

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Today’s Shuffle

Posted by oceanguy | June 12, 2009

1. Dance Me to the End of Love… Leonard Cohen
2. Latet… Boaz Sharabi
3. Chuck E.’s in Love… Rickie Lee Jones
4. Lets’ Have a Ball… Ry Cooder
5. I’ll Forget You… Lior
6. Just Call Me Lonesome… Radney Foster
7. Just Like a Woman… R.L. Burnside
8. Catskill Serenede… Bob Dylan
9. City Boy… Keb Mo
10. I’m in the Mood… John Lee Hooker

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“Don’t Know much about history…”

Posted by oceanguy | June 5, 2009

I can’t decide if BHO’s misstatements of history are ignorant or malicious… or both. Especially regarding the Middle East his perception is astoundingly inaccurate, seemingly having bought the chimeric Arab narrative completely. Listening to his speech yesterday, through the bits that were well written and well read as well as the rest, I kept thinking… I kept thinking about the song I thought fit as BHO’s Campaign theme… Sam Cooke’s “What a Wonderful World.”

The President, for a man purportedly so brilliant, is remarkably ignorant about a number of major issues. Middle East History and Anthropogenic Global Warming are two.

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Two Murders

Posted by oceanguy | June 2, 2009

Dr. George Tiller, murdered in church.
Private William Long, murdered at work.

Private Long’s Commander in Chief has thus far ignored the murder even though the murderer was acting against the United States Military which he commands, in the name of Islam. In other words a terrorist act on US soil against a member of the Armed Forces and the Commander in Chief is silent.

For Dr. Tiller the Commander in Chief issued a statement,

I am shocked and outraged by the murder of Dr. George Tiller as he attended church services this morning. However profound our differences as Americans over difficult issues such as abortion, they cannot be resolved by heinous acts of violence.

What messages might we take from these choices?

My prayers are with both victims’ families and with Pvt. Quentin Ezeagwula who was injured by the Muslim terrorist. And my prayers are with BHO, that his eyes will be opened to the danger that Islamic violence and Islamic ill will pose to our society and to the damage it is doing every day. Our President encourages it with his tacit support of their point of view. I don’t know if it’s more maddening or more saddening.

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Compelling Stories

Posted by oceanguy | May 27, 2009

Judge Sotomayor may make a fine Supreme Court Justice, but then again, maybe she won’t. I certainly don’t look forward to the hearings and the time between now and her confirmation, the nasty politics bother me, and we’re not likely to get a very accurate picture of her or her record… but there’s something in particular about this nomination that REALLY bothers me.

We are about to witness an historic appointment to one of the most powerful and influential positions in our government… one with a lifetime tenure… and the most important qualification is her “compelling story?” Only in government is that possible, and in favoring compelling stories over superior performance, our government is on an extremely slippery slope to mediocrity… and worse.

If the most meaningful thing to say about the nominee… to a person we ought to expect to be a superlative performer… or the first remarks offered in her defense, or her lead qualification presented as introduction is simply, “A bright Latina with a compelling story,” we should be offended, and worried.

It’s well past the time when substance should replace style as the most desired characteristic. Or as the Barrister puts it at Maggie’s Farm:

The “progressive” identity politics of the Dems meets primitive tribalism. Politics gets very strange when the shape of your genitalia and your ancestry determine your career and power.

I’d choose a stronger word than “Strange,” but the idea is the same.

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“Had to clinch me bum cheeks…”

Posted by oceanguy | May 22, 2009

I’ve just put Boat Harbor Australia on my places to visit… I love surf fishing… and you have to love the fighting chair.

Hat Tip: Maggie’s Farm

Shabbat Shalom!

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How Long?

Posted by oceanguy | May 19, 2009

Will BHO wait until his hoped for second term before he proposes salary limits for those in the Entertainment Industry? Actors, Directors, Producers… Athletes?

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Friday Random Ten

Posted by oceanguy | May 15, 2009

1. Dream in Blue… Los Lobos
2. Carolina in my Mind… James Taylor
3. Can’t Stop Loving You… Van Morrison
4. Heart of Gold… Neil Young
5. Sugar on the Floor… Etta James
6. Dark Streets of London… The Pogues
7. Walkin’ Blues… R.L. Burnside
8. Vikingman… Rodrigo y Gabriela
9. Lovely Day… Donavon Frankenreiter
10. Brighter Days… Mofro

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New Orleans Benefit Blues Concert

Posted by oceanguy | May 4, 2009

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BHO from a Brit’s Eyes: President Pantywaist

Posted by oceanguy | April 25, 2009

Obama's problem is that he does not know who the enemy is. To him, the enemy does not squat in caves in Waziristan, clutching automatic weapons and reciting the more militant verses from the Koran: instead, it sits around at tea parties in Kentucky quoting from the US Constitution. Obama is not at war with terrorists, but with his Republican fellow citizens. He has never abandoned the campaign trail.

BHO’s enemies are all of us Americans who think the power of our Federal Government should be limited, and that individual liberty and personal responsibility should trump government bureaucracy. Indeed, BHO is still campaigning… trying to get people to like him by hating the country he leads.

BHO hates the country he was elected to lead and apologizes for American History in every trip abroad. Meanwhile he uses his unwarranted popularity to execute power grabs at home to remake America in a way that doesn’t embarrass him. He is apparently making America into a nation his wife can be proud of for the first time in her life… and the only way race plays as a factor is in the liberal guilt that keeps otherwise bright people from criticizing the President.

The President is dong great harm to our country under the cover of a fawning press. As Mr. Warner concludes: