Wisconsin, you are a bunch of schizophrenics

You elected a conservative Republican as governor twice in two years.

You returned both houses of the State Legislature to the conservatives in this election.

Yet you voted to re-elect the pResident, and you also voted to send the most radically liberal member of the House to the Senate.

What, in the name of all that is Good and Holy, were you thinking?

You exchanged the Treasure of Liberty for the promise of shiny trinkets and baubles.

Idiots.

The essay that follows is by Robert Stacy McCain from The American Spectator. I agree with what he says.(Link: http://spectator.org/archives/2012/11/07/doomed-beyond-all-hope-of-rede)

Doomed Beyond All Hope of Redemption

Late Tuesday night, the pundits on TV began jabbering incomprehensibly along the lines of, "What does it mean?"
The American people -- or, at the very least, a sufficient plurality of them -- decided that they want another four years of clumsy policy failures and vengeful "progressivism," as Democrats nowadays describe their agenda for wrecking what remains of our constitutional republic. Even before the unmitigated political disaster of November 6, 2012, a date that will live in infamy, the prospects of salvaging the United States were not particularly hopeful. Now, however, we are permanently and irretrievably screwed.
Let's not mince words, eh? It was one thing, obviously, for the electorate to choose Barack Obama in 2008, when Bush-era "brand damage" was still a fresh irritant in the wounds of a war-weary nation. Four years ago, Obama was untested and enshrouded in the glowing mantle of Hope. No intelligent person could possibly believe that "Lightworker" crap anymore, but then again, it's been a long time since any intelligent person believed anything a Democrat said. The cretins and dimwits have become an effective governing majority, and the question for conservatives at this point is perhaps not, "What does it mean?" but rather, "Why should we bother ourselves resisting it any longer?"
Alas, as always, the duty of the Right is to manfully endure, to survive the defeat and stubbornly oppose the vaunting foe, and so this brutal shock, this electoral catastrophe, must be absorbed and digested. At some point next week or next month or next year, then, we shall recover our morale and plot some new stratagem for the future. In the immediate aftermath of Tuesday's debacle, however, it is difficult to see any glimmer of light amid the encroaching gloom. Surely, there are many Americans who now sympathize with that New York infantryman who, in the bleak winter of 1862, when the Union's Army of the Potomac was under the incompetent command of Gen. Ambrose Burnside, wrote home in forlorn complaint: "Mother, do not wonder that my loyalty is growing weak.… I am sick and tired of the disaster and the fools that bring disaster upon us."
The search for scapegoats always attends political defeat, and Republicans have no shortage of candidates for the role, beginning with Todd Akin, whose ill-considered remarks about "legitimate rape" during an August interview set off a nationwide demand that he quit as the GOP nominee against Sen. Claire McCaskill in Missouri. Akin went down to ignominious defeat Tuesday, as did Indiana's Richard Mourdock, who upset Republican Sen. Richard Lugar in the primary but then imploded after making Akin-esque comments about rape and abortion. Perhaps pro-life groups should sponsor a training session for political candidates, teaching them how to answer "gotcha" questions without either ceding anything to the abortion lobby or offending voters with off-the-cuff comments about rape. But Akin and Mourdock were just two names on a long list of bloodbaths for GOP Senate candidates, a massacre that also defeated Republican candidates in Virginia, Florida, Ohio, Wisconsin, Maine, Massachusetts and elsewhere.
The list of fools who have brought this disaster upon us certainly also will include New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, the gelatinous clown who (a) hogged up a prime time spot at the Republican convention to sing his own praises; (b) embraced Obama as the hero of Hurricane Sandy; and (c) then refused to appear at campaign events in support of Romney's presidential campaign. Good luck with the remainder of your political future, governor. It is unlikely Republicans shall soon forget your perfidious betrayal.
Well, then, what shall we say of Mitt Romney himself? He did not run a bad campaign. He excited the party's conservative base with his choice of Rep. Paul Ryan as his running mate, and Romney's stunning victory in the first presidential debate Oct. 3 ignited a surge of momentum that seemed destined to carry him all the way to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. I fondly recall the night after the debate when, in Fisherville, Virginia, a crowd twice the size of the town turned out to cheer Romney and Ryan at a jubilant rally. A few minutes before 1 a.m. this morning, the TV networks called Obama the winner in Virginia, a result that seemed impossible a month ago. The margin of Romney's defeat in Virginia -- as in the other major battleground states of Florida and Ohio -- was quite slender, but it was a defeat nonetheless.
Romney's campaign staff furiously challenged the fact of their defeat, so that the loser's concession speech was postponed until the wee hours of the morning. One can scarcely blame them for refusing to admit such a grim reality, but the reality could not be escaped. When Romney finally took the stage in Boston, he graciously said, "I pray that the president will be successful in guiding our nation." Prayers notwithstanding, the only success the current president is likely to have is in guiding our nation straight toward a destination that proverbially waits at the end of a road paved with good intentions.
What is left to hope for? That the American people will soon regret their choice? That another four years of economic stagnation and escalating debt will cure them of their insane appetite for charismatic liberals? If four years of endless failure have not rid them of this madness, the disease may well be terminal. Perhaps others will still see some cause for hope, and in another few weeks my friends may persuade me to see it, too. But today I will hear no such talk, and I doubt I'll be in a better mood tomorrow. At the moment, I am convinced America is doomed beyond all hope of redemption, and any talk of the future fills me with dread and horror.

God help us all.

As I type this, the stock market is down 350 points. That's a fine confidence builder, isn't it?

This is our last chance...

Tomorrow Americans will go to the polls and participate in a sacred right: We will vote to elect this nation's leaders.

When we do, what will we tell the world?.

Will we tell the world that the individual still matters?
Will we say that we still believe in the hope of the Founding Fathers and that the power belongs to the people?
Will we declare that the individual is sovereign and responsible only to the Creator of the Universe?
Will we tell the world we are still willing to work hard, sacrifice, and take ownership of our own actions and lives?
Will we honor the memories of the millions of men and women who have served, fought, and died to keep this Great Land "the last best hope of man on earth"?


Or


Will we surrender?
Will we announce to the world that we are too soft to govern ourselves?
Will we admit that "rugged individualism" is an ideal we are no longer willing, or able, to attain?
Will we, like many European nations, simply say "take care of me, please"?
Will we allow ourselves to be placed in shackles and chains and to slurp from the bowl of Big Government gruel simply because it's easier?
Will we tell the Patriots of the past that their sacrifice has been in vain?


Your call, folks.


Father God, YHWH, it is my prayer that you fill the doorway to every polling place in this great land with your Holy Spirit, and that every citizen who chooses to cast a ballot pass through Your Spirit and be convicted by the same. Almighty God I pray that those who who would cheat. lie, or deceive in this most important election be convicted by You before they defraud me or any others of the rights and voice You have given us. As Your Son prayed, I pray: Not my will, but Yours be done. I know that all that has happened in the last two thousand years has been to fulfill Your Word and to usher in the return of Your Son.
May that day come soon.
Amen. Come Lord Jesus!

"Undecideds"

The second Presidential debate will be held tonight.

There will be approximately 80 people in the audience for the "town hall style" debate.

All 80 members of the audience are currently "undecided".

We are less than one month from the single most important election in the lives of all living generations.

And you're undecided?

Worse, you're asking the questions of the candidates?

Let me tell you  something: If you are currently "undecided" you are a moron, uninformed, not nearly as intelligent as you think you are, your life is based on no particular world view, you have no moral compass, and you probably live in Mom's basement.

Yet I'm supposed to give weight and credence to the questions you ask of the two men running for the most powerful elected office in the world?

Really?

Do me a favor, go vote on "Wake and Bakers Wednesday", extended election hours for you people who just can't get up and going like the rest of us.

Now will you go away?

Now that the foul protests in our State Capitol are over.
Now that the urine and feces have been cleaned from the marble floors.
Now that the ridiculous temper tantrum you threw is over.
Now that PEU collective bargaining "rights" have been repudiated by the fine people of the great State of Wisconsin.
Now the Gov. Walker and Lt. Gov. Kleefisch have been kept in office.

Now?

Now?

Now will you all Just.Go.Away.?

How about y'all just stay the hell out of my business

My wife and I are very financially conservative. We have lived in our house for 15 years and have done very little for ourselves in that time. We regularly deny ourselves the pleasures so many believe they are entitled to.

We do not have cable or satellite TV, not do we have a giant flat-LCD-plasma-hi def TV.
We do not have fancy cell phones.
We do not have fancy clothes or shoes.
We do not have ATVs, motorcycles, snowmobiles, or even a fancy car.

This year we decided it was our time to have something nice for ourselves.

She has wanted new living room furniture for a very long time. (In the 15 years we have lived in our house, we have always had second hand furniture.) We found a set we liked, and have given each other the green light to buy it.

Somehow we still feel guilty about it.

I am an avid outdoor cook, and I have an extensive collection of grills and barbeque pits. They are stacked in the garage, stored in the rafters, and some are left outside in the elements. I have wanted a dedicated space to store my toys for as long as I can remember.

This year, we gave each other the green light to build it; a humble 12' x 12' storage shed next to the garage in easy reach of where I do my cooking. I had the floor completed and the walls up (when some jackwagon apparently reported me for not getting a building permit), and my dad and I had just set the rafters when I received a letter from the building inspector that I have not obtained the proper permits.

It's a movable shed! WTF do I need a permit for?

First off, whoever reported me ought to just mind their own farking business and STHU!

Second, it's my property, it's my money, it's my liability, why do I need permission from the farking "nanny-state" to do something on my own property?

Don't think it's a "nanny-state"? Any electrical work I do in my house that is beyond changing a light switch or outlet requires a building permit.

Thanks to some nosey prying neighbor, my humble storage shed will cost $300 more than budgeted.

And if it's a neighbor who has benefited from my largess in the past? The gravy train ain't leaving the station for you anymore. Kiss my Big.Red.Ass.

I don't need the "nanny-state" government to protect me from me.

Just stay the hell out of my business.

When...

(I received this in an e-mail from my brother, and I felt it worthy of posting here.)

Looking back thru the past 4 years, many "Whens" pop up. Read them all to better understand where we are going as a country.


WHEN - he refused to disclose who donated money to his election campaign, as other candidates had done, people said it didn't matter.

WHEN - he received endorsements from people like Louis Farrakhan, Muramar Kaddafi and Hugo Chavez, people said it didn't matter.

WHEN - it was pointed out that he was a total newcomer and had absolutely no experience at anything except community organizing, people said it didn't matter.

WHEN - he chose friends and acquaintances such as Bill Ayers and Bernadine Dohrn who were revolutionary radicals, people said it didn't matter.

WHEN - his voting record in the Illinois Senate and in the U.S. Senate came into question, people said it didn't matter.

WHEN - he refused to wear a flag lapel pin and did so only after a public outcry, people said it didn't matter.

WHEN - people started treating him as a Messiah and children in schools were taught to sing his praises, people said it didn't matter.

WHEN - he stood with his hands over his groin area for the playing of the National Anthem and Pledge of Allegiance, people said it didn't matter.

WHEN - he surrounded himself in the White House with advisors who were pro-gun control, pro-abortion, pro-homosexual marriage and wanting to curtail freedom of speech to silence the opposition, people said it didn't matter.

WHEN - he said he favors sex education in kindergarten, including homosexual indoctrination, people said it didn't matter.

WHEN - his personal background was either scrubbed or hidden and nothing could be found about him, people said it didn't matter.

WHEN - the place of his birth was called into question, and he refused to produce a birth certificate, people said it didn't matter.

WHEN - he had an association in Chicago with Tony Rezco - a man of questionable character and who is now in prison and had helped Obama to a sweet deal on the purchase of his home - people said it didn't matter.

WHEN - it became known that George Soros, a multi-billionaire Marxist, spent a ton of money to get him elected, people said it didn't matter.

WHEN - he started appointing White House Czars that were radicals, revolutionaries, and even avowed Marxist /Communists, people said it didn't matter.

WHEN - he stood before the Nation and told us that his intentions were to "fundamentally transform this Nation" into something else, people said it didn't matter.

WHEN - it became known that he had trained ACORN workers in Chicago and served as an attorney for ACORN, people said it didn't matter.

WHEN - he appointed cabinet members and several advisers who were tax cheats and socialists, people said it didn't matter.

WHEN - he appointed a Science Czar, John Holdren, who believes in forced abortions, mass sterilizations and seizing babies from teen mothers, people said it didn't matter.

WHEN - he appointed Cass Sunstein as Regulatory Czar who believes in "Explicit Consent," harvesting human organs without family consent and allowing animals to be represented in court, while banning all hunting, people said it didn't matter.

WHEN - he appointed Kevin Jennings, a homosexual and organizer of a group called Gay, Lesbian, Straight, Education Network as Safe School Czar and it became known that he had a history of bad advice to teenagers, people said it didn't matter.

WHEN - he appointed Mark Lloyd as Diversity Czar who believes in curtailing free speech, taking from one and giving to another to spread the wealth, who supports Hugo Chavez, people said it didn't matter.

WHEN - Valerie Jarrett, an avowed Socialist, was selected as Obama's Senior White House Advisor, people said it didn't matter.

WHEN - Anita Dunn, White House Communications Director, said Mao Tse Tung was her favorite philosopher and the person she turned to most for inspiration, people said it didn't matter.

WHEN - he appointed Carol Browner, a well known socialist as Global Warming Czar working on Cap and Trade as the nation's largest tax, people said it didn't matter.

WHEN - he appointed Van Jones, an ex-con and avowed Communist as Green Energy Czar, who since had to resign when this was made known, people said it didn't matter.

WHEN - Tom Daschle, Obama's pick for Health and Human Services Secretary could not be confirmed because he was a tax cheat, people said it didn't matter.

WHEN - as President of the United States , he bowed to the King of Saudi Arabia, people said it didn't matter..

WHEN - he traveled around the world criticizing America and never once talking of her greatness, people said it didn't matter.

WHEN - his actions concerning the Middle East seemed to support the Palestinians over Israel, our long time ally, people said it didn't matter.

WHEN - he took American tax dollars to resettle thousands of Palestinians from Gaza to the United States, people said it didn't matter.

WHEN - he upset the Europeans by removing plans for a missile defense system against the Russians, people said it didn't matter.

WHEN - he played politics in Afghanistan by not sending troops early-on when the Field Commanders said they were necessary to win, people said it didn't matter.

WHEN - he started spending us into a debt that was so big we could not pay it off, people said it didn't matter.

WHEN - he took a huge spending bill under the guise of stimulus and used it to pay off organizations, unions, and individuals that got him elected, people said it didn't matter.

WHEN - he took over insurance companies, car companies, banks, etc., people said it didn't matter.

WHEN - he took away student loans from the banks and put it through the government, people said it didn't matter.

WHEN - he designed plans to take over the health care system and put it under government control, people said it didn't matter.

WHEN - he claimed he was a Christian during the election and tapes were later made public that showed Obama speaking to a Muslim group and 'stating' that he was raised a Muslim, was educated as a Muslim, and is still a Muslim, people said it didn't matter.

WHEN - he set into motion a plan to take over the control of all energy in the United States through Cap and Trade, people said it didn't matter.

WHEN - he finally completed his transformation of America into a Socialist State , people woke up--- but it was too late. Add these up one by one and you get a phenomenal score that points to the fact that Barrack Hussein Obama is determined to turn America into a Marxist-Socialist society. All of the items in the preceding paragraphs have been put into place. All can be documented very easily. Before you disavow this do an Internet search. The last paragraph alone is not yet cast in stone. You and I will write that paragraph.

Will it read as above or will it be a more happy ending for most of America ?

Don't just belittle the opposition. Search for the truth. We all need to pull together or watch the demise of a free democratic society. Pray for Americans to seek the truth and take action for it will keep us FREE. Our biggest enemy is not China, Russia, North Korea or Iran. Our biggest enemy is a contingent of politicians in Washington, DC . The government will not help, so we need to do it ourselves.

Question....will you delete this, or pass it on to others who don't know about Obama's actions and plans for the USA , so that they may know how to vote in November, 2012 and the ensuing years?

It's your decision. I believe it does matter. How about you?

WHEN - November 2012 comes, it will matter who you vote for!

Ouch, that hurt

I didn't go to worship today.
Might have been a little immature on my part.
My birthday was Friday.
My wife wished me a happy birthday.
My kids wished me a happy birthday.
Both of my brothers wished me a happy birthday.
Even my best friend called, wished me a happy birthday and invited me to lunch.
But my mom and dad didn't call.
Didn't call Saturday either.
I figured they forgot.
Since we go to the same church, I skipped today. Didn't want to see them.
They came to the house afterwards, and I said I didn't want to talk. They were both a little indignant. They said they thought of me.
And how would I know? Is it that hard to call and leave a message?
Really?
Am I overreacting?