Pol Pot Theater Presents...

You may have read in the news like I did that the Greens were getting some flack for a commercial they had run to allegedly fight global warming that showed, among other things, exploding children. "Okay," I thought, "the Greenies just went a little too far and got caught." Little did I know.

I just watched the video and I am near speechless, which is alright since words don't do this piece of vile and twisted excrement justice. Pol Pot undoubtedly wrote this piece and mass murderers John Gacy and Jeffrey Dahmer (a cannibal too!) handled production. C.S. Lewis said that evil is banal, like Heinrich Himmler. He is right and most of the time this is true, but occasionally the mask slips and the grinning skull behind it peeks out and we see Auschwitz, Buchenwald and the Killing Fields of Cambodia. This film clip provides that same sort of chilling glimpse into the totalitarian souls of people who have not only drunk the Kool Aid, but bathe in napalm, spray it on their children, pets, plants, etc., and then light it all ablaze. This is a look at a Nazi's soul and down into the mouth of hell. It is not for children, but it needs to be watched to understand what we are dealing with.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIsritzu1og

A Constitutional Crisis

CNSNews.com: “Madam Speaker, where specifically does the Constitution grant Congress the authority to enact an individual health insurance mandate?”

Pelosi: “Are you serious? Are you serious?”

CNSNews.com: “Yes, yes I am.”

www.cnsnews.com/news/article/55971

That is a jaw-dropping statement coming from the Speaker of the House. The Constitution of the United States was specifically designed to limit government. "Progressives", including President Obama, have long chafed under this "obstacle" as it reigned in their dreams to use government to remake society in the way they thought best instead of letting each person pursue happiness as they saw fit. What is so disturbing about the above quote from Nancy Pelosi is that it makes clear that the Democrats have now dispensed with even the pretense that they are considering the Constitution and are moving ahead with the New National Order with impunity.

The November 2010 election is really about those who acknowledge Constitutional limits on government and those who do not. The term "Progressive" is a misnomer - such people are really for unrestricted state power to do what they want under the cover of governmental action; to favor whom they will; to arbitrarily decide who we are, what we think, and how we will behave. This is an idea much older than the Constitution and one that the Constitution sought to change in this country by making the United States a government of laws, not men, with the cardinal principle that no one is above the law. Not even Nancy Pelosi and her ilk.

Here's Why Jobs Are Going Overseas

Unions aren't all bad, at least in theory, but here's a story that perfectly illustrates their tendency to cut off their nose (and ours) to spite their face.

GM is closing a parts plant in Indiana where unemployment is an Oregon-esque 10.2%. Another company is interested in buying it if the workforce will accept wage and benefits cuts that bring it into line with other companies in the sector. Current GM workers at the plant could stay on at the new lower wage and retain their union seniority as well as pocket up to a $35,000 bonus, or move to another GM plant at their current salary for 2 years with a "no-cut" guarantee. If the deal goes through it is projected that as many as 3 times the current number of workers would be employed in a region that badly needed jobs. So what did the union do? Yup - shut it down - no deal. Even other UAW members were outraged.

When Frank Borman, the Apollo astronaut, ran Eastern Airlines he knew that he had to slash its unionized labor costs or go under. He presented a proposal to the unions and said if they didn't accept it, he was shutting the airline down. The union bosses didn't believe him or didn't care because they refused. Bought a ticket on Eastern lately?

The same thing is happening today. Those who don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it and that is something that we cannot afford as a country in the deep economic ditch in which we find ourselves. So when you hear about politicians who support "card check" legislation and other laws designed to further entrench unions, just say "NO" on November 2.

townhall.com/columnists/VincentVernuccio/2010/09/29/united_auto_workers_local_costs_650_jobs_in_indiana

Crunch Time for Oregon

Spoil sport! The Oregon Treasurer (a Democrat) is taking away the Legislature's credit card because Oregon has exceeded its debt ratio secured by general fund revenues. Translation: Oregon's constitution requires a balanced budget and we can't handle the debt service with current tax revenues. It will be interesting to watch our elected representatives squirm as they try to balance the next budget without the magic of the credit card to cover the deficit. Government can't be all things to all people and stay solvent. Expect some real blood-letting when things get cut that never should have been added to the budget in the first place. Our governors and legislators have flown the state into the ground and now there is a big hole to crawl out of.

www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2010/09/oregons_treasurer_calls_for_ha.html

Who Do You Say I Am?

The disappointment with Obama on the Left is growing exponentially from Chris Matthews to Margaret Carlson and other high profile lefties. He has failed them; he has failed the Cause. As I have read and listened to their growing angst, there was a dawning realization that many of them were talking in religious terms as if they had been convinced that Obama was the messiah and to their profound chagrin, he has proved to have feet of clay. Listen to what Jon Stewart said on the O'Reilly show the other night:

"I think people feel a disappointment in that there was a sense that Jesus will walk on water and no you are looking at it like, 'Oh look at that, he's just treading water' … I thought he'd do a better job."
politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/09/23/stewart-saddened-by-obama/?iref=NS1

Liberals and leftists are looking for a secular messiah to worship and lead them to the Promised Land and this is a job description that no mere mortal can live up to. Hence the continual cycle on the Left of high hopes,  uncritical worship, inevitably followed by disappointment and despair. It also explains their inability to discern a tyrant and why they are drawn to dictators like moths to a flame.

There is only one Messiah and his name is not Barack, or any other name except Jesus, and His kingdom is not of this world. Yet. Yield unto Caesar what is Caesar's and unto God what is God's - it helps even out the bipolar ride between adulation and despair.

CyberNuke

Here's a name to remember - STUXNET. You will be hearing a lot more about it in the years ahead.

Basically,  it is the first cyberweapon in the nuclear class. It is spread by insertion of a memory stick into a computer system rather than hacking from the outside. Once uploaded, it takes over the operating system of things like nuclear power plants, electrical grids,chemical plants, and the like and waits patiently until its self-contained instructions trigger it to take over the facility's own control system and cause the facility to self destruct. You can imagine how pleasant that might be if you happen to live next to a nuclear or chemical plant that blows up of its own accord.

Stuxnet was clearly designed by a nation, although which nation is unclear. Iran appears to be targeted at the moment, so suspicion focuses on Israel and the U.S. Perhaps. Once this genie is out of the bottle, though, we can expect a cyber race akin to the nuclear weapons race after 1945. In all likelihood, it is already going on. I hope the U.S. plays great defense too - we're going to need it.

news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20100921/ts_csm/327178

I Kid You Not

"Feds Spent $800,000 of Economic Stimulus on African Genital-Washing Program"
cnsnews.com/news/article/75198