You'd think after a couple of weeks there'd be new material. Well...there is. But first, a thanks to you for waiting as long as you did for new stuff. I honestly didn't mean not to post stuff last week...shortly after my "tease", there was some stuff going on at the homefront that took my time. But now that we're all settled down, it's time to get back to the business of HSNterprizing America...
Here are a few quips about some events from last week, and their segue into current events.
First, I'm glad the whole Sarah Palin/David Letterman situation is diffused. Many people, including myself, felt that Letterman went to far with his joke about Governor Palin's 14-year-old daughter, Willow, being "knocked up" by New York Yankees' infielder Alex Rodriguez while the Palin family was in New York City. After a few days of apologies and comments, the Alaskan Governor accepted the late-night comic's 2nd apology for the "knocked up" joke...saying he was meaning to talk about the Governor's 18-year-old daughter, Bristol, who recently graduated from high school after giving birth to a child of her own.
Bottom line...Letterman's jokes about both the Governor and her daughter were both in poor taste. Not to mention, I know there would've been a lot more flack for the late-night host if he had told jokes like that about a liberal Democratic politician. You see...Palin is a conservative Republican, and any shots taken in her direction were as frequent as ever during the last Presidential campaign. Even though organizations like the National Organization for Women have spoken out against Letterman's jokes, I'm more convinced they would speak out much louder and more harshly against a conservative commentator/comedian. The protests going on outside the Ed Sullivan Theater would've been much more louder, more attended, and more sponsors would've been threatened if Letterman wasn't pulled off the air. Still, once all the smoke cleared, an aging late-night comedian learned a big lesson...while it's not good to make sexually-related jokes about an underaged girl, he should be thankful the target the was offspring of a conservative Republican. Liberals tend not to be so upset if someone on the other side of the political fence gets smeared.
Here are a few quips about some events from last week, and their segue into current events.
First, I'm glad the whole Sarah Palin/David Letterman situation is diffused. Many people, including myself, felt that Letterman went to far with his joke about Governor Palin's 14-year-old daughter, Willow, being "knocked up" by New York Yankees' infielder Alex Rodriguez while the Palin family was in New York City. After a few days of apologies and comments, the Alaskan Governor accepted the late-night comic's 2nd apology for the "knocked up" joke...saying he was meaning to talk about the Governor's 18-year-old daughter, Bristol, who recently graduated from high school after giving birth to a child of her own.
Bottom line...Letterman's jokes about both the Governor and her daughter were both in poor taste. Not to mention, I know there would've been a lot more flack for the late-night host if he had told jokes like that about a liberal Democratic politician. You see...Palin is a conservative Republican, and any shots taken in her direction were as frequent as ever during the last Presidential campaign. Even though organizations like the National Organization for Women have spoken out against Letterman's jokes, I'm more convinced they would speak out much louder and more harshly against a conservative commentator/comedian. The protests going on outside the Ed Sullivan Theater would've been much more louder, more attended, and more sponsors would've been threatened if Letterman wasn't pulled off the air. Still, once all the smoke cleared, an aging late-night comedian learned a big lesson...while it's not good to make sexually-related jokes about an underaged girl, he should be thankful the target the was offspring of a conservative Republican. Liberals tend not to be so upset if someone on the other side of the political fence gets smeared.
According to a poll featured on a recent issue of USA Today, the Republican Party is having a hard time finding out who their "voice" is. In other words, while Democrats are holding strong under President Obama's leadership, Republicans are struggling behind-the-scenes trying to find someone who will speak for their party's values and positions on issues. The poll said amongst those who are familiar with popular names within the Republican ranks, 13% said talk show host Rush Limbaugh is the party's voice, with 10% choosing former Vice-President Dick Cheney, who made headlines not too long ago by commenting on President Obama's handling of Guantanamo Bay's detainees.
My only question is why are the Democrats and the mainstream media worried about how the Republicans are handling themselves? Maybe...is it because they feel threatened by the recent outcries of people who don't like how our President is handling our economic situations? Or maybe recent comments by Vice President Joe Biden on how parts of this massive spending bill will be "inevitibly wasted"? Or it could be the fact that more and more people are learning about what the billions and billions of dollars authorized in this spending bill be spent on. But whatever the case, more and more people are starting to lean away from the "Yes We Can" mantra said so loudly during President Obama's campaign, and are leaning more towards the "What Were We Thinking" question. Even Obama supporters who passionately supported the "Hope" and "Change" themes of 2008 are getting more and more skeptical about the competence of the current administration. My guess is the more people can see what President Obama is all about...the person who believes that government, and more government, is the answer to life's problems...the more people will shy away from the anti-American train of thought that says, "Government will take care of everything."
The Reverend Jeremiah Wright made his way back into the news again not too long ago with a comment that made just about everyone at least turn their heads, if not their stomachs. When the minister was asked by a Virginia newspaper writer about his interactions with President Obama since his inauguration, Reverend Wright left no stone unturned as to how he felt. He said...
"Them Jews ain't going to let him talk to me .... He's got to do what politicians do. And the Jewish vote, the AIPAC vote that's controlling him, that will not let him send representation to the Darfur Review Conference, that's talking this craziness on Israel because they're Zionists, they will not let him talk to somebody who calls a spade what it is. Ethnic cleansing is going on in Gaza—the ethnic cleansing of the Zionists is a sin and a crime against humanity."
The Reverend Jeremiah Wright made his way back into the news again not too long ago with a comment that made just about everyone at least turn their heads, if not their stomachs. When the minister was asked by a Virginia newspaper writer about his interactions with President Obama since his inauguration, Reverend Wright left no stone unturned as to how he felt. He said...
"Them Jews ain't going to let him talk to me .... He's got to do what politicians do. And the Jewish vote, the AIPAC vote that's controlling him, that will not let him send representation to the Darfur Review Conference, that's talking this craziness on Israel because they're Zionists, they will not let him talk to somebody who calls a spade what it is. Ethnic cleansing is going on in Gaza—the ethnic cleansing of the Zionists is a sin and a crime against humanity."
Reverend Wright did apologize after saying his comments, but in my view, there's a scripture in the Bible that can explain this rhetoric. In the New Testament book of Luke, the 6th chapter, and the 45th verse, it says this...
"The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For out of the overflow of his heart his mouth speaks."
Simply put...whatever is in Reverend Wright's heart is going to come out of his mouth. His supporters would say the same thing if his "enemies" said something even remotely racist, let alone anti-Semetic. But the saddest part is that it took 20 years and a presidential campaign for President Obama to leave Wright's church. Only God knows what other kind of hatred was planted in our President that could end up as legislature.
Okay...enough about older topics. Let's get on this week's fare. Seems like the ABC Network is devoting itself more and more to giving President Obama all the airtime he wants to tout his new healthcare initiative. On June 24th, the network will devote much of its news-related programming, from Good Morning America to Nightline, or touting the President's plan, and that includes a prime-time special including a question and answer session with Obama himself. Since word of this got out, several Republicans have complained about the overwhelming favorable coverage the President is getting. Even Obama supporters are starting to wonder if all this attention is warranted. San Francisco Gate writer and blogger Phil Bronstein even said in a recent entry that the media and the President need to "get a room" because of all the "fawning" the mainstream media seemingly does day by day.
And speaking of the President's healthcare plan, it seems like no matter how much he tries to assure us his plan is only an "option" in getting affordable health insurance, there are more and more critics making noise saying if the plan goes through, a government-run healthcare system will endup being the "only" option for people. Even at a speech given in Chicago recently, he seemed to be more defensive about what he wants to do rather than be assertive in presenting his plan. And now, despite the President's and supporters' claim of over 47 million people being uninsured, several reports are showing that number is exaggerated. So is the President using bogus numbers to promote a government-run healthcare system? More importantly, why is the President not allowing any dissenting voices to air their concerns on this "infomercial" airing June 24th? Here's what I think...we all know the media is so "in the tank" for the President that as far as they're concerned, he can do no wrong. The White House says it will have a diverse audience during the "question and answer" phase of the all-day "love fest", but as we've seen before...the President isn't all that keen on answering "tough questions" at events like this. Personally, I don't expect too many hard questions...and I don't expect him to really hit home why the Government must take over the entire healthcare system. And no matter what he says...I believe he ultimately feels if the government isn't in control of whatever the entity is, it's doomed to fail.
Whew...that was a lot of stuff. Thanks for taking the time to read it. More coming soon. Until then...keep enterprising, everybody.
Simply put...whatever is in Reverend Wright's heart is going to come out of his mouth. His supporters would say the same thing if his "enemies" said something even remotely racist, let alone anti-Semetic. But the saddest part is that it took 20 years and a presidential campaign for President Obama to leave Wright's church. Only God knows what other kind of hatred was planted in our President that could end up as legislature.
Okay...enough about older topics. Let's get on this week's fare. Seems like the ABC Network is devoting itself more and more to giving President Obama all the airtime he wants to tout his new healthcare initiative. On June 24th, the network will devote much of its news-related programming, from Good Morning America to Nightline, or touting the President's plan, and that includes a prime-time special including a question and answer session with Obama himself. Since word of this got out, several Republicans have complained about the overwhelming favorable coverage the President is getting. Even Obama supporters are starting to wonder if all this attention is warranted. San Francisco Gate writer and blogger Phil Bronstein even said in a recent entry that the media and the President need to "get a room" because of all the "fawning" the mainstream media seemingly does day by day.
And speaking of the President's healthcare plan, it seems like no matter how much he tries to assure us his plan is only an "option" in getting affordable health insurance, there are more and more critics making noise saying if the plan goes through, a government-run healthcare system will endup being the "only" option for people. Even at a speech given in Chicago recently, he seemed to be more defensive about what he wants to do rather than be assertive in presenting his plan. And now, despite the President's and supporters' claim of over 47 million people being uninsured, several reports are showing that number is exaggerated. So is the President using bogus numbers to promote a government-run healthcare system? More importantly, why is the President not allowing any dissenting voices to air their concerns on this "infomercial" airing June 24th? Here's what I think...we all know the media is so "in the tank" for the President that as far as they're concerned, he can do no wrong. The White House says it will have a diverse audience during the "question and answer" phase of the all-day "love fest", but as we've seen before...the President isn't all that keen on answering "tough questions" at events like this. Personally, I don't expect too many hard questions...and I don't expect him to really hit home why the Government must take over the entire healthcare system. And no matter what he says...I believe he ultimately feels if the government isn't in control of whatever the entity is, it's doomed to fail.
Whew...that was a lot of stuff. Thanks for taking the time to read it. More coming soon. Until then...keep enterprising, everybody.
