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Broken and Worn Out

Most U.S. troops will leave Iraq within a year because the Army is “broken, worn out” and “living hand to mouth,” – Rep. John Murtha (D – PA)

After reading some MILBLOGs over the past week, one could conclude that the target of Rep. Murtha‘s remarks, the Army in Iraq, is alive and well, motivated, and defiant of ex-Marine Murtha’s remarks (although rare, there are a few actual ex-Marines).

My conclusion is that the only thing “broken” and “worn out” is the Democratic party who are “living hand to mouth” by spreading disinformation and smearing our men and women in uniform.

03 Dec 2005 by Congress Islamic Terrorism Media Military Whacko Politics

Bad Wal-Mart? A Liberal Myth

Y’know, Wal-Mart is under attack from the left because of their politics; but unions and the liberal media attack Wal-Mart in the context of being bad for poor and working class Americans. Senator Edward M. Kennedy and other politicians from the Senate all the way down to municipalities attack Wal-Mart on completely unfounded charges:

From a South Bay Daily Breeze editorial:

As the world’s largest retailer and America’s largest private employer, Wal-Mart inevitably will be the target of criticism. Given the company’s disdain for unions, it’s no wonder unions loathe it so. But what doesn’t make sense is how the unions’ assertion that Wal-Mart is the enemy of poor people has become close to conventional wisdom among Democrats and many journalists. The case for this claim is flimsy.

This is made plain by a new study, “Wal-Mart: A Progressive Success Story,” by New York University professor Jason Furman.

Furman shows that Wal-Mart’s prices for consumer goods are almost uniformly the cheapest around. Not only that, in areas with Wal-Marts, other retailers also lower their prices.

Read the complete editorial Wal-Mart hardly enemy of poor.

As it is, Wal-Mart offers opportunities for motivated individuals and lower prices to the consumer – something that unions, democrats and many journalists hate.

Now, if Sam Walton, or one of his clan, had drowned a woman while being stupid, reckless and negligent, then perhaps Wal-Mart should be criticized for their policies and business practices today.

02 Dec 2005 by Money and Business Whacko Politics

Same Death Penalty, Different Day

Notable people asking for clemency in the Tookie Williams case are not a new phenomenon. Moreover they don’t give a shit about Williams; they are merely against the death penalty.

Quite a long time ago, San Quentin death-row convict Caryl Chessman was defended by the anti-death-penalty crowd of the day:

The unusual case, along with the popularity of [Chessman’s four] books [he wrote while on death row], led to an outpouring of pleas on his behalf from throughout the world. Among those who wrote: Eleanor Roosevelt, Pablo Cassals, Aldous Huxley, Ray Bradbury, William Inge, Norman Mailer, Dwight MacDonald, Christopher Isherwood, Carey McWilliams, Billy Graham, and Robert Frost.

These people were from both ultra-left and religious-right anti-death penalty groups. They also didn’t give a shit about Chessman.

Ironically, the Governor of California who finally allowed the execution saying his hands were tied, was an avowed opponent of capital punishment, [Democrat] Edmund G. Brown.

Governor Schwarzenegger needs to follow the law and and let the execution proceed, just as Governor Brown did.

See Caryl Chessman page in the University of Southern California archives.

28 Nov 2005 by California Degenerates Whacko Politics

Kullyfonyans Lose, Not Ahnold

Stan Katten, a former RAND Corp. analyst and a San Pedro, California resident, wrote an interesting article about the real losers in the November 8th special elections (emphasis added):

People, not governor, are real losers in special election

Immediately following the Nov. 8 special election, several editorials and opinion columns said Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger was the big loser because all four propositions he supported were soundly defeated. Wrong! The big losers were all the people of California.

Why, given all the political mistakes Schwarzenegger allegedly made, including calling for the special election in the first place? Well, we elected a non-politician to be governor, didn’t we? Weren’t we fed up with career politicians who made most decisions to retain their offices rather than for the benefit of the people? Then, like the maverick, unpredictable, gullible voters we are, we failed to give the governor the tools he needed to do our work.

So aren’t the majority who voted for the dysfunctional status quo, and thus all of us, the big losers?

Katten concludes who the actual losers were:

Don’t capitulate to Democrats

Where do we go from here? The governor said he recently had a very good meeting with the legislative leaders, who said they sought to solve the state’s problems in concert with the governor because they thought that was what the people wanted. (They didn’t want this earlier in the year?)

Let’s fervently hope so, but compromise with the Democrats heretofore has meant “do it our way,” and their way means bankruptcy or higher taxes, already among the highest in the nation, or huge bond issues, which are higher taxes in disguise, paying $2 for every $1 spent.

No, the governor wasn’t the big loser, and the unions weren’t the big winner. All the people of California were the big losers, and the election likely was only the beginning of their losses.

Read the whole article in the Daily Breeze.

25 Nov 2005 by California Whacko Politics

The Moron Magpies

Some of the talking heads on the left make no more sense than the Moron Magpies, Beckel and Jeckle . . .

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Did these birds ever say anything that made sense?

Appologies to Paul Terry and Terrytoons©.

25 Nov 2005 by Media Whacko Politics

Democrats from Ohio

While reading an article yesterday, I saw mention made of “Dennis Kucinich (D-OH).” I wondered if that shouldn’t be “Dennis Kucinich – d’oh!” Or, is he even from this planet? I dunno – some of the ignorant things he says . . .

20 Nov 2005 by Whacko Politics

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