On November 4th 2008, I like most Americans went out to vote. Rather than risk the dreaded hanging chad, I choose to use one of Missouri’s new high tech, touch screen ballot systems. The system is easy to use and records the voters selections electronically, but also simultaneously to a tape style printout located inside the machine. Each election or issue is presented on one page at a time. After the voter makes a selection the screen moves to the next page presenting another race or piece of proposed legislation.

As I moved through the ballot making my selections, I was suddenly presented with the race for Missouri’s 1st Congressional District. I stared at the screen in disbelief. My choices were, William Lacy Clay (D), and …. nobody. There was only one choice. Clay was running unchallenged for the seat! The choices presented on the screen were, Vote (for Clay), or Next, move on to the next election.

At this point it was quite obvious to me, Mr. Clay was going to win this election, but that didn’t mean I wanted to vote for him, I pushed the Next button to move on. The machine balked.

“Warning, you did not cast a vote! Are you sure you want to skip this election?”

Yes, I was sure, I pressed the button to move on.

As I neared the end of the voting process I was presented with a screen that informed me that this was it. If I pressed the final voting button, my votes would be cast and no changes could be made. If I wanted to make some changes I should hit the back button. I selected the final voting button. Once again the machine balked.

“Warning! Your ballot is incomplete!”

The machine then returned to the screen for the 1st District election. My choice was the same as before, vote for Clay, or don’t vote. I pressed the button to move on and was forced to review all of my previous selections before finally being presented with the last screen. I pressed the button to cast my votes and was once again electronically slapped by the machine for not voting in the 1st District election.

“Are you sure?” the machine would ask.

Yes, I sure.

“Are you sure you’re sure? You won’t be able to change your mind after this point.” the machine protested.

Yes! I’m sure. I’m 100% absolutely &*!@$# sure!

Finally, it was over.

As I returned home, I began to wonder how many people had voted for Mr. Clay out of sheer frustration. I made a mental note to contact the RNC. Obviously, there will never be a Republican in Missouri’s 1st District if a Republican never runs.

I tried to put Mr. Lacy out of my mind as our Country faced bigger problems that evening. The shock of having Barack Hussein Obama as President of the United States overshadowed Missouri’s 1st District problems, and Mr. Clay was quickly forgotten. Until recently.

Back mid December, one evening my wife, Marcia, informed me that my oldest daughter, Bonnie (who is 18 now), would be going to Florida with friends for Spring Break. Marcia and several other mother’s were going along to keep them in line. This left me and my youngest daughter, Sarah, alone for the break. Marcia suggested I take her to Washington D.C. for some sight-seeing. While there, we could visit my good friend and magic mentor, Peter Monticup, who lives about an hour away in Charlottesville Virginia. Not to mention, Monticello, which is also located in Charlottesville.

I thought this sounded good and Sarah loved the idea. It looked like we were going to Washington.

I began to plan for the trip. Many of the tours in Washington require reservations and of course the White House tour is no exception. If you want to tour the White House, the Capital Building, or the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, you must have a reservation made for you via your Congressman. Enter, Mr. William Lacy Clay.

According to the White House website, reservations must be made at least 30 days in advance. No problem, I thought, I’ve got over 3 months!

I looked up the phone number for Mr. Clay’s office in Washington and dialed it. I was connected with a recording stating the office hours.

“You have reached the Congressional Office of William Lacy Clay. Our office hours are 9am to 5pm, Monday thru Friday.”

I looked at my watch, it was 2pm in Washington.

The recording continued, “Please leave a message at the tone.”

As I prepared to speak, suddenly the recording returned and said, “Unable to leave voicemail, mailbox full. Goodbye.” The line went click, and I was disconnected. Uh oh.

I then looked up Mr. Clay’s website. I clicked on the contact link. “Page not found” was the web’s reply. This was not looking good.

I returned to the home page of the poorly designed, almost illegible site and then scrolled down to the bottom. Along the bottom of the page was listed the address’s and phone numbers for all 3 of Mr. Clay’s offices. The one in Washington, and two additional offices in St. Louis. I dialed one of the St. Louis numbers and was connected with a live person. Relieved, I began to explain my request and was told I needed to fill out a form located on the website. I informed the young lady I was looking at the website at that very moment and did not see any such form. She then kindly walked me through the convoluted menus of the site and directed me to the proper form, which I would have never found on my own.

I filled out the form and waited. I’m still waiting.

I don’t think it’s an unreasonable request. I simply want to take my 13 year old daughter to the White House.

After this disappointing experience, I decided to look into Mr. Clay a little, do a little cost vs. benefit analysis, and see what it was, I was actually getting in return for his $174,000 salary.

The first thing of note is, Mr. Clay took over Missouri’s 1st District from his father, Bill Clay, who served as the district’s congressman from 1969-2001. That means for 41 years, St. Louis has been mindlessly pushing the Clay button at the polls.

Here is a map of Mr. Clay’s District. The population, according to the 2000 census is 621,690. The median income is $36,314. That data is 10 years old and the income number sounded low to me so I did a quick search for some more recent data. According to payscale.com, the annual income for the average American worker is $55,000. Below is a chart illustrating median salary by job for the city of St. Louis.

As you can see, average salaries range from about $33,000 to $90,000 (for the attorneys, of course). So, no matter how you slice it, Mr. Clay is earning multiple times the salaries of his constituents.

I wish I had realized in high school that becoming a Congressman would be one of the most lucrative jobs in America. I would have kept my nose a little cleaner.

Sadly, Mr. Clay’s salary isn’t the only cost to American tax payers. In addition to his office in Washington, Mr. Clay maintains two additional offices in St. Louis. Mr. Clay also sports a healthy staff that, according to legistorm.com, costs in excess of $1,000,000 a year. Final reporting for 4th quarter 2009 is not yet in, but as of the 3rd quarter, Mr. Clay spent $735,106 in staff salaries. In 2008, total staff salaries were, $1,085,050. For 2007, staff salaries were reported at $1,120,341. You would think for that kind of money, Mr. Clay could find somebody to transcribe voicemail and empty the voicemail box!

So there it is. The cost. Let’s now look at the benefit. The illustration below is a listing of Mr. Clay’s sponsored legislation.

So in the 9 years Mr. Clay has been a congressman, he hasn’t brought one thing to the table. Zero. Absolutely nothing. What a shock! Everything must be great in St. Louis, the man does nothing and runs unchallenged!

Well, it’s not exactly fair to say he does nothing. Mr. Clay has co-sponsored quite a few bills. Co-sponsoring a bill means basically, you sign your name to someone else’s paperwork. Let take a look at some of this important legislation. According to the Library of Congress, Mr. Clay as co-sponsored 271 House Bills. Obviously too many to list here, so let’s just look at a sampling.

H.CON.RES.14 : Supporting the goals and ideals of Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week.
Sponsor: Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9] (introduced 1/8/2009)      Cosponsors (115)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce; Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 3/6/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

H.CON.RES.35 : Honoring and praising the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People on the occasion of its 100th anniversary.
Sponsor: Rep Green, Al [TX-9] (introduced 1/28/2009)      Cosponsors (109)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 2/13/2009 Passed/agreed to in Senate. Status: Received in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.

H.CON.RES.50 : Honoring and saluting Motown Records of Detroit, Michigan, on its 50th anniversary.
Sponsor: Rep Conyers, John, Jr. [MI-14] (introduced 2/12/2009)      Cosponsors (20)
Committees: House Oversight and Government Reform
Latest Major Action: 2/12/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

H.CON.RES.128 : Expressing the sense of Congress that Africa is of significant strategic, political, economic, and humanitarian importance to the United States.
Sponsor: Rep Rush, Bobby L. [IL-1] (introduced 5/18/2009)      Cosponsors (34)
Committees: House Foreign Affairs
Latest Major Action: 5/18/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Is there an Africa Missouri? I’ve heard of Mexico Missouri, and California Missouri, but Africa Missouri?

And my personal favorite…….

H.CON.RES.155 : Supporting the goals and ideals of “Complaint Free Wednesday”.
Sponsor: Rep Cleaver, Emanuel [MO-5] (introduced 6/17/2009)      Cosponsors (2)
Committees: House Oversight and Government Reform
Latest Major Action: 6/17/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

I am quite sure, that “Complaint Free Wednesday” is a top priority for the people of Missouri’s 1st District.

H.CON.RES.215 : Supporting the goals and ideals of World AIDS Day, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Jackson-Lee, Sheila [TX-18] (introduced 11/19/2009)      Cosponsors (9)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce
Latest Major Action: 11/19/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

H.CON.RES.227 : Supporting the goals and ideals of National Urban Crimes Awareness Week.
Sponsor: Rep Towns, Edolphus [NY-10] (introduced 1/13/2010)      Cosponsors (12)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 1/13/2010 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

H.RES.16 : Supporting the goals and ideals of National Life Insurance Awareness Month.
Sponsor: Rep Biggert, Judy [IL-13] (introduced 1/6/2009)      Cosponsors (59)
Committees: House Oversight and Government Reform
Latest Major Action: 9/29/2009 Passed/agreed to in House. Status: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 394 – 1 (Roll no. 741).

Thank God for National Life Insurance Awareness Month! Which month is it anyway?

H.RES.31 : Expressing support for designation of January 28, 2009, as “National Data Privacy Day”.
Sponsor: Rep Price, David E. [NC-4] (introduced 1/7/2009)      Cosponsors (51)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce
Latest Major Action: 1/26/2009 Passed/agreed to in House. Status: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 402 – 0 (Roll no. 30).

Now that’s a big one! At least I can be sure 1 day a year my data is private.

H.RES.57 : Recognizing the persistently high rates of drowning fatalities among children.
Sponsor: Rep Sires, Albio [NJ-13] (introduced 1/13/2009)      Cosponsors (101)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce
Latest Major Action: 9/14/2009 Passed/agreed to in House. Status: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.

Mr. Chairman! I would like to recognize the high rates of drowning children! Here, here! I agree! So recognized!

H.RES.83 : Recognizing the significance of Black History Month.
Sponsor: Rep Green, Al [TX-9] (introduced 1/23/2009)      Cosponsors (79)
Committees: House Oversight and Government Reform
Latest Major Action: 2/24/2009 Passed/agreed to in House. Status: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 420 – 0 (Roll no. 78).

Mr. Chairman! I would like to recognize the significance of Black History Month. Here, here! So recognized!

H.RES.95 : Supporting the goals and ideals of “National Girls and Women in Sports Day”.
Sponsor: Rep Sires, Albio [NJ-13] (introduced 1/27/2009)      Cosponsors (51)
Committees: House Oversight and Government Reform
Latest Major Action: 1/27/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Do we really have enough days, for all these days?

H.RES.110 : Congratulating the National Football League champion Pittsburgh Steelers for winning Super Bowl XLIII and becoming the most successful franchise in NFL history with their record 6th Super Bowl title.
Sponsor: Rep Doyle, Michael F. [PA-14] (introduced 2/3/2009)      Cosponsors (63)
Committees: House Oversight and Government Reform
Latest Major Action: 2/13/2009 Passed/agreed to in House. Status: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution Agreed to by voice vote.

Now this is important! Why worry about jobs, the economy, the war, or crime. Let’s talk football!

H.RES.133 : Honoring Barack Hussein Obama and the significance of his becoming the first African-American President of the United States.
Sponsor: Rep Johnson, Eddie Bernice [TX-30] (introduced 2/4/2009)      Cosponsors (37)
Committees: House Oversight and Government Reform
Latest Major Action: 2/4/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Pardon me while I clean up the puke from my keyboard.

On a side note, genetically, he’s not even half “African American.” The male is unable to contribute as many chromosomes to the final dna strand as the female. Barack Obama’s Mama was white. If Barack got everything his father had to offer (which is unlikely), at best, Barack Obama is only 43% “African American.” Personally, I think Bill Clinton is blacker.

Apparently Mr. Clay likes official days, weeks, months etc. I wonder if he has a calendar in his office with all these official occasions marked on it. Now lets see what’s on today’s calendar… Wow! Not only is it National Life Insurance Awareness Month, it’s Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week, and Complaint Free Wednesday! Yahoo! Let’s take the day off!

The list goes on and on with this theme. A whole lot of warm, fuzzy, fluff and almost zero substance. This is an accurate sampling, but if you would like to check out the entire list, you can do so here.

So, for a conservative cost basis of $1.2 million dollars a year, multiplied by 9 years for a total cost of approximately $10.8 million dollars. I got, “Complaint Free Wednesday” or did I? Did it even pass? Whoops, nope, it’s been sent to committee.  Oh well, we can always hope.

So this is what my Congressman (and yours!) has been up to.

Finally, in conclusion, I am ashamed. I’m ashamed it took me wanting to see the White House for this to come to my attention. I’m ashamed I’ve lived in this district almost 30 years and for the past 9 years have allowed Mr. Clay to gorge the gravy train of American tax dollars unchecked. I’m ashamed for my entire district for behaving like mindless sheep.

As an adult, I have relied solely on my ability to vote as my primary political weapon. However it has become clear to me that isn’t enough! This has got to change. I intend to get a little more involved in Missouri’s 1st District. I’m going to make Mr. Clay a project,  a hobby, if you will.

I would encourage you to take a hard look at your Representative and get involved too.

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According to a story released this morning from Associated Press, Barack Obama and newly elected Massachusetts Senator Scott Brown are related. They are in fact, according to the New England Historic Genealogical Society, 10th cousins.

Apparently, Obama’s mama and Brown’s mother both descend from a Richard Singletary of Haverhill, Massachusetts, who died in 1687.

If this is true, I’d think it must be rather embarrassing for Mr. Brown. But, maybe not. After all, we’re talking about a man that posed nude in Cosmopolitan magazine.

Hey no problem dude! You look great! More power to you. If it ever comes up, I suggest you challenge Barack to a centerfold contest.

If this news wasn’t shocking enough, wait, there’s more!

The New England Historic Genealogical Society also claims Obama is related to no less than seven other presidents. That’s right, I said 7.

This must be incredibly awkward for everyone involved. Perhaps, more so for the dead rather than the living.

The Society claims Barack Obama is related to George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush, Jimmy Carter, Gerald Ford, Lyndon Johnson, Harry S. Truman, and James Madison. Not to Mention, Brad Pitt.

I am not making this up! How could I? Here is a link to the article.

Genealogists Say Obama, Sen.-Elect Brown Related

I’m having a hard time swallowing this story. I might believe that Barack Obama is related to Idi Amin, but 7 US presidents? Give me a break, or better yet, get me a drink.

Barack Obama and George H.W. Bush are related… Gee Barack, better stop blaming your cousin.

Maybe you owe your cousin an apology for all those nasty things you said and continue to say or imply.

George Senior too? Of course!

Let’s head right up the proposed family tree and do a little fun comparison.

In these shots of Obama and George the 2nd, you can clearly see the similarities in the chin.

As compared with George W. Bush, one can clearly see the same distinguished forehead.

This relationship is most likely due to both families coming from a familiarity with cattle. This shape forehead typically represents centuries of cattle tipping. This condition can also arise from years of playing “Matador” without actually owning a bull.

One can clearly distinguish the simularities in the nose. Obvisouly developed ofter centuries of smelling cash and brown nosing.

Now let’s take a look at Obama and Jimmy Carter. The resemblance is uncanny!

Now this I can believe!

The eyes, the elbows, the mouth, the breasts!

They are identical!

This must be true! How can it not be? AP say’s it is true, so it must be true.

Jimmy and Barack, who’d of thought.

Free Peanuts for everyone!

Let them eat peanuts!

We now enter the Twilight Zone.

Lyndon B. Johnson and Barack Obama.

Let’s see here….

Yes, clearly these two men are related.

Even this young boy can  see that’s true.

He can tell by the feel of Obama’s hair.

“It feel’s greasy”.

Everyone knows Johnson’s hair was greasy. This fact cannot be ignored, they must be related.

Now we come to Obama and Truman.

This is a controversy.

The hair in both these pictures shows a clear relationship. It also shows clearly that Jack Benny is of no relation to either. I’m pretty sure he was Jewish.

Although a Democrat, it is well documented that Truman had a hefty set of testicles and was quite well hung.

Word on the street’s of Chicago is that Obama is also quite well endowed, however his testies are completely internal.

This discrepancy cannot be ignored.

Finally, we arrive at the most offensive descrepancy in the report.

Barack Obama and James Madison.

This must be a joke, and if true, can only be explained by an apparent trait in Obama’s family to mate with everything in sight.

This explains a lot when it comes to campaign finance.

I wonder what a whore cost back in Madison’s day.

I’m sorry, but I have a hard time believing any of this. If I’m wrong, I’m wrong, but I just don’t believe it.

Maybe it’s true. Maybe any black drunk from Africa can come over here, fuck a white woman, and produce a US President. A President that is also related to 7 other US Presidents.

Excuse me while I vomit.

This story is unbelievable. I’m sorry, I don’t buy any of it.

Finally, we have Brad Pitt. If you believe the New England Historic Genealogical Society, Barack and Brad are soul brothers. I’m sure Angie is very proud.

The resemblence is clear.

You got to be kidding. The spin is amazing. You, Barack, are amazing.

You can provide genealogy to 7 presidents, but not a birth certificate that is unquestioned by the people?

Does my story sound offensive and ridiculous? So does yours.

Armed with a cabinet of criminals and tax cheats, Obama is taking the Presidency to a new, unprecedented low. I find it amusing, although not surprising, that he can hardly find an honest man among his Democratic peers. It’s not surprising, because Obama’s political roots are from the Gomorrah of politics, the great state of Illinois.

I absolutely love Mayor Daley’s comment regarding Chicago’s portion of the stimulus package. I believe he said he wanted the details of the stimulus to remain secret, because he didn’t want the press poking around in it, and asking a lot of questions. I got to hand it to Mayor Daley, at least he’s openly dishonest.

So here we are, less than 70 days into the Obama legacy. How many Executive Orders has Obama issued? I’ve lost count, but I’m pretty sure the number is over 15. Never before in US history has a President assumed so much unchecked power. For comparison, Jimmy Carter issued 2, Ronald Reagan, 0.

Equally as disturbing is the number of Czars Obama is appointing. These Czars have no oversight by Congress or the Senate. They answer only to Obama. Does this sound like Democracy? Does this sound like a President? Or an Emperor? Perhaps more like a Chairman. Chairman Obama.

I have decided the whole thing is an education problem. Clearly Obama, as well as, most of the politicians in America have a very poor knowledge of history. This administration is repeating mistakes made in history by a great variety of people, people like Stalin and Hitler. Mistakes that were questions in the past that have been answered by history. Obama ignores the answers to these questions that history provides us. Instead, he pushes our country toward a proven path of disaster.

The problem goes beyond our politicians, it begins in our schools who apparently teach very little US or World history. What they do teach has been censored and tailored for political purpose. Parents don’t realize, there are certain history books politicians don’t want your children to read. One such book is, The Making of America, The Substance and Meaning of the Constitution, by W. Cleon Skousen. Although I’m not finished with it yet (it’s about 900 pages) I think it is the finest book on US History I’ve ever read.

I was told this book was Ronald Reagan’s favorite history book and that he wanted it to be required reading in our schools, but of course that never happened. However, I think if the American youth had been reading this book there would not be a President Obama, or for that matter a Nancy Pelosi, or a Harry Reed (Dr. Smith), and countless others.

Of course it’s not all ignorance, a good portion of the problem is greed. America has promoted these people to a Royal level. It’s an addiction. Show me a politician that has ever run a hotdog stand successfully, yet they are all rich. How does that happen? Via a life of “Public Service.” These people are leeches sucking the People of America dry. They don’t care about the outcome, they’re rich! And you are, or will be, poor. An indentured slave, working to pay for entitlements you hope to receive.

Igor Panarin, a professor at the diplomatic academy of Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told the newspaper Izvestia on Monday that America will break apart into six regions following the crisis.

“Dissatisfaction is growing, and it is only being held back at the moment by the elections, and the hope that Obama can work miracles, but when spring comes, it will be clear that there are no miracles.”

Panarin predicts the U.S. will split into: the Pacific, the South, Texas, the Atlantic coast, the central states and the northern states, and hinted that Alaska could be Russia’s for the taking. 

Actually, the thought of California succeeding from the Union has never bothered me, it’s like a foreign country anyway. I think Sarah Palin would have other thoughts regarding Alaska and I’ll bet she’s got the weapons to back it up.

America is quite divided today and when the system breaks down, almost anything can happen. However, I view this story as typical, old Soviet Union style, hateful, envious, wishful thinking. Still, it is up to the American people to make sure  something like this never happens. Complacency to the breakdown of traditional American moral values is not the answer.

Clearly, the Russians are delighted by the current chaos in America, and to celebrate, they are off to play Battleship with Hugo Chavez, but that’s another story.

Since when do Presidents “Rule?”

Do we, as American Citizens refer to our President as a “Ruler?”

Perhaps it’s just a sign of the times.

One of the many tricks the Obama campaign used to accomplish this was disabling the security software on their credit card machines that matches a name and address to an account number. This technique allowed the Obama campaign to gather 100 million dollars of completely untraceable money in September alone, much of which involved currency exchange.

The are many advantages to gathering this type of untraceable money. First, it makes it awful hard to return unused (yeah right) or unqualified contributions. Second, this method would also make it possible for anyone to exceed the individual contribution limits. For instance, Osama Bin Laden could eazily dontate $20,000 by making 10 individual contributions of $2000 each.

I imagine, Barack Obama has already begun spreading the wealth around, starting with all his close allies in Chicago.

So, America tolerated this unscrupulous behavior, as well as, a remarkably similar voter registration drive.

Get ready for Obama fraud phase 3. The Obama-Biden Transition Project.

The Obama camp has setup a non-profit corporation to except donations of up to $5000 to supplement the 6.3 million dollars in tax payer funds set aside for the Presidential transition. These funds are normally used to vet potential cabinet members. Apparently Mr. Obama does not feel 6.3 million will be enough.

There are restrictions on how the public funds can be used, but those restrictions don’t exist for these private donations. I guess you have to pay for lavish parties and hookers somehow. Perhaps hire Bill Ayers to do a study on the education system of America. Now that Reverend Wright has resurfaced, maybe there is a slice of the pie for him? The possibilities are endless.

Considering the past track record of the Obama campaign, it is doubtful the source of these donations will ever be revealed, leading to serious questions of who Obama is indebted to, and how that debt will affect his judgement.

Today is a dark day for America. Especially for the mindless lemmings that voted Barack Hussein Obama into office, for they know not what they have done, and have a few surprises coming.

I blame the results of this election on 4 things,

1. Want of a Government handout.
2. Lack of education. 
3. Blind hatred of George Bush, and finally, 
4. Racism. 

That’s assuming you don’t count campaign finance and voter registration fraud.

I think most of the Obama voters have little understanding of the issues at stake, but rather feverishly support him for one of the four reasons above. They like the icon of change, but have no idea what it is. What they don’t realize is, more government equals less freedom.

They think the Government is now going to solve all their problems. They wont have to make their house payment anymore, pay their credit cards, or even buy gas. The Government will do it for them. And a whole lot more.

They hate George Bush so bad, they are willing to do ANYTHING, right or wrong, to escape him or anything that resembles him.

And finally, they voted for him because he’s black. That reason cannot be escaped. A lack of education, almost guarantees racism. He’s black, and that’s all they need to know.

Somehow I feel, there will never be an America like there was yesterday. The future holds an enslaved population stripped of their freedoms, possibly even living with Muslim laws. I’m glad I spent the summer handing out copies of the Constitution. Those lucky people will now have a record of, the way it was.

I live in a very liberal neighborhood. My two daughters are outnumbered 100 to 1. It was a quiet morning here around the Amazing house, but before the girls left for school, I sat them down for a little talk.

Well girls, we lost. They won, and we lost.

On a day like today, there is only one thing to do, and that is, be a good sport. They are going to be celebrating today. They’ll be high five-ing each other and jumping around, acting like drunken idiots.

Don’t you act like an idiot too.

Because they know where you stand, chances are, some of them will try to rub your face in it. There are only two things that need to be politely said.

I’m happy for you, congratulations.

Don’t get sucked into a debate or an argument. There will be a time for that, but today is the day to be a good sport.

I never thought we’d have a President named Barack. I never thought we’d have a President named Hussein. I never thought we’d have a President named Obama. I never thought America would be overrun by laziness, and corruption. 

Do the Catholics think Barack Hussein Obama is going to stand up for the unborn or even the born, that he terms as a pre-viable life form?

Do the Jewish people think Barack Hussein Obama is going to protect Israel?

Will Barack Hussein Obama live by, and protect our Constitution, a document he refers to as, a charter of negative freedoms?

Did Barack Hussein Obama commit treason and violate the Travis Act during his visit to Iraq this summer?

Is his name Barack or Barry?

Here we are, and here we go.

God save the Judges.

I’ve been fooling around with the looks of the site and have finally integrated flickr fairly seamlessly, thanks to their API. I’m very happy about the way it looks and works.

How about that Nobel Peace Prize? What a joke. First Jimmy Carter, now Al Gore? Oh brother!

The presidential election is about a year away, and I’m flat out depressed about it. I guess a lot can change in a year, but none of the candidates look very good. It looks like once again, it will be a case of the lessor of two evils. Just remember, Hillary Clinton is willing to gamble with your safety.

A recent study suggests a lot of women that previously voted republican will vote for Hillary, just because she is a women. That makes sense. I still say Laura Ingraham should be America’s first female president.

The other night, about a dozen FBI agents raided David Copperfield’s warehouse in Las Vegas. Apparently they confiscated a computer, a digital camera, and 2 million dollars in cash. Now there is another story out regarding sexual misconduct and even rape. What next?

The holiday’s are coming and will be here before you know it. Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and then the year end. As usual, I’m not ready. I don’t want the year to end, I don’t want to turn 46.

Speaking of Birthday’s, today is my cousin Ron’s 48th Birthday. Happy Birthday old man, glad you made it.