The Right Rev Rowland

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Our Fearless Leader, President Barack Obama, shuffled off to Copenhagen this week to once again play messiah on the world stage. Diplomats and dignitaries had been haggling all week long to forge a global agreement on reducing carbon emissions, and expected the heads of state to swoop in on Thursday to sign the agreement in a UN-sponsored photo-op.

The week has been roiled by controversy and disagreement, however, starting with the release of the Climategate emails before the conference even began. Then there was the leaking of the scandalous Danish Text papers, the secret plans of more developed nations that excluded emerging third-world countries from their talks. It caused those excluded third-world countries to walk out of the convention.

Enter Obama. In his speech, he was ‘visibly angry’ according to world media reports, and slammed China for not submitting to inspection and accountability for their carbon emission agreements. China, on the same day that Obama scolded them, expressed their sincere doubt that they or the rest of the world can continue to carry the US debt burden.

Coincidence? I don’t think so.

Our President hasn’t a clue how our economy is connected to the debt and the environmental regulations let alone the health care bill that Congress is about to pass. He doesn’t seem to live in reality, but in a progressive fantasy that requires him to fix the world, starting with the US. By confronting China over environmental issues, rather than human rights abuses, he has fired a blank in his gun of influence at the dragon of the east. It only pisses them off, and it doesn’t scare them. Let’s see if they will back us on the sanctions against Iran now.

The MOST INTERESTING aspect of Obama’s speech for me was his admission about his strategy. He admitted in Copenhagen that he wasn’t getting what he wanted, but that was beside the point. The point was to create a foundation that could be built upon in the future by ‘refining’ the original agreement. In other words, “What I agree to today doesn’t mean I’m done, I’ll be back with more demands of you tomorrow.”

When we turn to look at healthcare, we can see the same strategy is at play. A horribly flawed bill is better than no bill at all. This healthcare reform bill that the Democrats are going to force on America is not the end. They will continue to ‘refine’ it to suit their agenda as time goes on. That means it will never be done. Abortion restrictions will be challenged again and again until they are removed. The public option that has been ‘dropped’ will rise, zombie-like year after year until it passes.

The greatest reprieve for common sense on both the climate issue and health care reform is to let them do NOTHING until the science is settled, and the facts and budget are in full view of the American public.

Sadly, as Obama kicked sand in the eyes of China, Hugo Chavez of Venezuela anointed him with the Bush stigma, claiming there was still sulphur in the air after Obama spoke. To rousing applause, Chavez lauded socialism and demonized capitalism. Our Fearless Leader was not able to refute this dictator from South America, because he is himself a socialist politician. How soon the love disappears.

Too bad Obama gave Chavez stature by glad-handing it with him earlier this year and selling books for him. Now we see the credibility he lent to the strongman of Venezuela has been turned against him as a club. Way to go, B. O.!

November of 2010 cannot come soon enough to save us. I am convinced that the progressives currently running our government have a plan to suppress the will of the American people even at the ballot box. I’ll share more in days to come, but with healthcare, cap & trade, hate crimes, and the 2010 census, they are creating a jail-house of legislation that we cannot escape.

stay tuned, bat-fans……..

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The Guardian, a UK-based newspaper and online rag, is in a tizzy. Conservative women are becoming more prevalent and garnering more media attention. Even as the GOP becomes more white and more southern, these ladies (from the West, & Midwest?) are rising stars of the ‘right-wing’ movement. They bemoan the rise of Michelle Malkin, Ann Coulter, Sarah Palin, and Michelle Bachmann.

Michelle Bachmann has received a special drubbing by Paul Harris of The Observer in New York and spread abroad by the British tabloid:

“a cursory glance at her(Bachmann’s) career reveals that this rising star has long trafficked in some extreme positions. In October last year Bachmann called some of her fellow congressmen anti-American. She has said Obama holds socialist views. She has attacked global warming by saying that carbon dioxide emissions are a natural part of the atmosphere. “Carbon dioxide is not a harmful gas, it is a harmless gas,” she said. She has fed into fears of a violent backlash against Obama by saying that “having a revolution every now and then is a good thing”. She has spoken of “gangster government” in a speech viewed more than two million times on the internet. She has dubbed Obama’s plans to increase AmeriCorps – a

Scary? c'mon!

government volunteer service group – as a plan to forcibly indoctrinate young people. “I believe there is a very strong chance that we will see young people put into mandatory service…  there are provisions for what I would call re-education camps for young people,” she told an interviewer. Her language in opposing healthcare reform has been bloodcurdling. At a recent event in Colorado she told her audience: “What we have to do today is make a covenant, to slit our wrists, be blood brothers on this thing. This will not pass. We will do whatever it takes to make sure this doesn’t pass.” She is also extremely socially conservative, strongly opposing abortion and gay marriage, and deeply religious. She has described herself as a “fool for Christ”.”

Where to start? A lot of our current representatives in Congress espouse ideals that are distinctly anti-American and against the Constitution. Recently, one congressman admitted that there was no Constitutional basis for the healthcare legislation. His defense? ‘most’ of what Congress deals with has no basis in the Constitution. nice. So, Bachmann 1 , Harris 0.

She called Obama a socialist? um…… hello? ’spread the wealth around?’; ‘redistributive change?’; ’single-payer healthcare plan?’     Bachmann 2, Harris 0.

She believes Carbon Dioxide is not a harmful greenhouse gas. Wow, this one floors me. Every breath we take, we exhale carbon dioxide, it is a natural part of life. And what happens to it? PLANTS use it for photosynthesis and make OXYGEN!!! You would think the liberals who revere the Circle of Life would pick up on the mutually-beneficial nature of this relationship! Want to save the rainforest? EXPEL MORE CO2!!!! DUH!  Bachmann 3, Harris 0.

She has promoted a ‘violent backlash’ by stating: “Having a revolution every now and then is a good thing.” Why does it have to be physical violence? Can’t it be a ‘revolt’ at the ballot box? Aside from that, does Mr. Harris know his history? The Founding Fathers spoke of the need for vigilance, for defense of  Liberty FROM governmental tyranny, and don’t even get me started on Jefferson’s quote about watering the Tree of Liberty with the blood of tyrants. Bachmann 4, Harris 0.

Americorps leading to mandatory service? um…. it was Rham Emanuel, Obama’s CHIEF of STAFF, who endorses and promotes forced volunteerism by young people! And with all of the Obama kids school videos coming out, how much of a stretch would would re-education camps be? Look at what the WH is doing with FOX News and the media. Report favorably to us, or we’ll attack you and threaten you. That’s the same as Mr. Harris’ next worry, ‘gangster government.’ Any casual observer of this administration can see the thuggish nature it operates in.

Firing the CEO of GM, the war with FOX, the trashing of GM investors when they wouldn’t bend over and take a loss in favor of the UAW, etc. etc. the list goes on. This is the most pro-actively intimidating administration since Nixon.

Bachmann 6, Harris 0.

‘Bloodcurdling’ language to oppose healthcare? Making a blood oath is something we understood growing up, as a solemn vow. Making a small cut on the hands or the wrist and then pressing hands or wrists together meant that you were indivisible in your cause. (that was before HIV Aids was big) Ever heard of the term, ‘Blood Brothers’? It was an imaginative term she used to express the dedication to  opposition to becoming the slave of a government-run healthcare system!

Dude! get a clue, already! Bachmann 7, Harris 0.

“fool for Christ”? This is a common statement in Christianity, stemming from King David’s vow to his wife: ““I was dancing before the LORD, who chose me above your father and his family! He appointed me as the leader of Israel, the people of the LORD. So I am willing to act like a fool in order to show my joy in the LORD. 22 Yes, and I am willing to look even more foolish than this…” 2 Samuel 6:21, 22.

OR, it could be rooted in the Apostle Paul’s assertion: “Instead, God deliberately chose things the world considers foolish in order to shame those who think they are wise. And he chose those who are powerless to shame those who are powerful.” 1 Corinthians 1:27

AND in 1 Corinthians 4:9,10 “ We have become a spectacle to the entire world – to people and angels alike. 10 Our dedication to Christ makes us look like fools, but you are so wise! We are weak, but you are so powerful! You are well thought of, but we are laughed at.”

It’s a statement of being willing to take a hit for what you believe in and not waver. It is a mark of true faith. People with little or no faith don’t understand such devotion, and can’t grasp what it is like. So they fear it.

I don’t know where they grow NY journalists, but I think it’s somewhere in France. The ability to have your head so far up your rear and still write for a nationally-recognized paper and even get international reprints is amazing. But…. wait, so is the National Enquirer, so I guess it has precedent.

I’m Just sayin….

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Black Columbia Professor punches white co-worker, who happens to be a woman, in the face at a local bar. Is it a hate crime? Sexist attack? I guess it would depend on what the meaning of the word ‘is’ is. Did this Professor act ’stupidly’, to put it in President Obama’s terms?

After a weeks-long argument over race relations and what he called, ‘white privilege’, this sterling piece of humanity decks the woman who dared to challenge his ideology. I guess when you run out of intellectual arguments, knocking out your opponent with a jab to the face is always a legitimate fall-back position…

The Professor With the Right Jab

Lionel McIntyre, Professor of Architecture at Columbia University, was at a local bar after work having a heated discussion with another Columbia employee, Camille Davis, who is a production manager in the theatre department. They had argued over race, and it had escalated to the point that McIntyre felt he needed to drive his point home with his fists. Patrons and bartender threw him out of the bar, and he was arrested a short time later. Camille was seen wearing sunglasses the next day to cover her black eye.

The discussion was about race, the participants were of different races, and both people attacked were of the same race. Does this qualify as a hate crime? Should it?

Personally, I think that a crime is a crime, and criminals should be punished. I don’t see the point of adding a qualifier for race, unless you are looking to intimidate. The problem is that when you make it about race, you get away from the crime. If penalties for crimes were stiff enough, we wouldn’t even entertain adding levels of severity for races or special interest groups. OR, if common sense hadn’t died, we could figure these things out without all the over-legislation.

This jerk punched a woman in the face. He should be fired, prosecuted, and sued. If he were white, same thing. If he were white and Camille were black, same thing. If he were purple and she were green, same thing.

Eric Digging up the Truth!

Will our fearless leader sound off on this college-professor incident? Will there be a beer summit? Will Attorney General Eric Holder whip his Civil Rights Division into action over at the Justice Department? You know, the one he recently expanded and over-funded to stop hate-crimes and discrimination before it ever happens?

We know he dropped the charges against the two Black Panther members who were blocking access to a polling place in PA during the 2008 election. We know he has called Americans ‘cowards’ when it comes to discussing race in our nation. But this poses an interesting question: Who would Mr. Holder characterize as the coward in this incident, the attacker who used his fists? Or the lady who wasn’t afraid to discuss her opinions on race?

Holder should actually be proud of Camille Davis, as she obviously isn’t the coward about race. But will he condemn McIntyre without equivocation? Wouldn’t the coward be the one who ran out of intellectual arguments and had to resort to violence?

I think that as long as there are incidents such as this that go unanswered, while the famous Beer Summit got national attention, there will be those who are afraid to discuss race in America. Even the media aren’t rushing to publicize this crime even though it is alive and well in the blogosphere.

This Jerk needs to be made into an example for men who think they can intimidate and abuse women. His punishment should be swift and harsh. But he also needs to be made into an example, by President ‘don’t-jump-to-conclusions’ Obama, and Attorney General ‘Americans-are-cowards’ Holder, because this is precisely the breakdown in civility that we don’t need in our discussions about race. Anything less would be excusing and condoning this despicable behavior.

I’m just sayin’……….

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With her frozen grin flashing across the House floor, Nancy Pelosi celebrated a late-night vote to pass the most onerous and oppressive governmental legislation in American History. Likening passage of this bill to the enactment of Social Security and Medicare, Pelosi’s dreams of grandeur are destined to be short-lived.

With both Social Security and Medicare facing insolvency, and funding for the Healthcare Reform Act made up partly of monies siphoned away from Medicare as well as incoming tax revenues, the pay-as-you go model is an enormous governmental ponzi scheme doomed to failure.

Looming insolvency is only part of the insult of these healthcare proposals. There is also the threat of fines and JAIL TIME for US citizens who do not want to purchase an ‘acceptable’ health insurance policy. Who decides what is acceptable? The IRS will be interpreting the legislation and enforcing compliance. So, why did we need to give the IRS another stick to beat the American Taxpayer with?

What the hell is wrong with you people? How is that in the interest of the economy, liberty, or promoting individual rights? How is this about ANYTHING other than governmental control of the populace? Who ever wants to talk to the IRS or have them involved in their business or their lives? When IRS government employees give WRONG ADVICE 50% of the time to taxpayers who call or come in for help, why should they be given more responsibility over our lives?

The ONLY thing government has ever done well is the military and even at that, they have been caught in enormous waste and abuse of taxpayer dollars. The vote last Saturday was another nail in the coffin of our freedoms, if Harry Reid pushes the senate bill through on a procedural motion, meaning 51 votes rather than the 60 necessary to break a filibuster, then the nation should explode with indignation.

Tea Parties, Townhall protests, the 9/12 March on Washington, and EVERY independent poll shows that a majority of Americans do not want this reform in its current incarnation have had no effect on Democrats in Washington, DC. The true believers of the progressive movement are willing to force this police state on us in the area of our health. Because, of course, they know what is best for us, whether we want it or not.

Ploha, Comrade, ploha bolshoi!

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President Barack Obama declared the H1N1 flu virus a national emergency today (10/24/09) in response the start of the flu season. He said there were no significant developments, but that the ‘crisis’ had lasted more than six months and resulted in over 1,000 deaths.

That made me curious as to what the average seasonal flu mortality rate is, so I looked up the annual statistics. According to the American Journal of Epidemiology, since 1979, we have averaged 41,400 deaths from flu and flu-related complications such as pneumonia EVERY YEAR. Let that sink in. Over 40,000 in the US die every year from the seasonal flu, and in half that time, 1,000 deaths have been recorded from Swine Flu.

THIS is cause for a ‘national emergency’? The loss of 1,000 human lives is a deep loss of loved ones, family, friends and is a tragedy. I sorrow for those who have lost loved ones. But to bring the power of the federal government to bear on this statistical minority in a nation of 350 million people is a gross over-reaction.

National emergency powers don’t stop at streamlining emergency rooms, once the precedent has been set that there is an emergency, and declared by the President, the door is open to quarantine, martial law, forced vaccinations, or any other measure of government intrusion on our liberties that we can’t stop. It is the ’state of emergency’ that allows law enforcement to suspend individual rights.

Now, the Constitution provides for emergency powers for government in order to preserve order in dire circumstances, and very few times in our history have those powers been enacted, such as during the Civil War. I agree those provisions are necessary and good. What I disagree with is that the H1N1 flu virus should trigger this step. No, martial law has not been declared, no the police aren’t dragging barbed wire through the streets and blocking travel. But the first step has been taken by declaring a national emergency.

With a national emergency in place, other powers and options become available to government that are not legal during peacetime or times of civil rest. That’s what I don’t trust this government with. Too much power is a dangerous thing, and with the arrogance already displayed by this administration, the declaration today by Obama makes me wonder what else is coming down the road.

Eyes open, kids….. this isn’t just about the flu.

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