PUMA For Life

"It does not take a majority to prevail, but rather an irate and tireless minority keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men." -Samuel Adams

"It does not take a majority to prevail, but rather an irate and tireless minority keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men." -Samuel Adams

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It takes a Dem to recognize the political brilliance of Sarah Palin

Amazing!  A week after Sarah Palin resigned from her position of governor of Alaska, we finally have someone who recognizes the brilliance of the move. 

Former San Francisco mayor Willie Brown writes in SF Gate:

The pundits are wrong. Conventional wisdom is wrong. Sarah Palin's decision to step down as Alaska governor was a brilliant move.

He continues:

Palin has some of the best political instincts I have ever seen.  She became a pop-culture superstar overnight when John McCain made her his veep pick, and she's still second only to President Obama among politicians the public is interested in. Even in liberal San Francisco, she'd be front-page news if she ever came to town.

Seems I recall it was another Democrat,Gov Ed Rendell, who also commented on Palin’s political instincts.  (Of course, he had to qualify it by following up with a derogatory comment).

Looks like maybe the GOP has some catching up to do;  McCain and the beltway politicos must be getting the message,  even though they are so inner bred that they appear to be incapable of hearing anything except each other. 

For one thing, McCain  said only positive things about Palin on Meet the Press. Maybe the boys are getting worried that no one other than the MSM is listening to them (and we the people no longer listen to the MSM); so, hey,the Palin bandwagon may pull away without them.

Palin has stated that she will campaign for Independents, Democrats, and Republicans who have conservative values.  Uh oh, this could be scary for the beltway types…what is she saying.  Well, they just don’t understand.  I think they will understand once Palin is out from under the yoke of Alaska and traveling around the country speaking; couple that with her fundraising ability and we just might have a revolution going by spring.

I figure by next April, when people who have always received a tax refund suddenly find out they owe money because that little bump they got in their weekly pay check due to the stimulus is going to be taxed,  there is going to be a revolt of some type.

And that’s when Sarah Palin, with her libertarian-like message, is going to really start resonating.  I agree with Willie Brown, this lady is one of the most naturally politically astute public figures we’ve had in a very long time, if ever.  And you know what, she does things not because they are going to gain her anything, she actually does things because they are the “right thing to do.” 

Whoa, a politician with an inner compass that directs her along the path of righteousness; quite a refreshing change from the sexual antics of the good ol’ boys who just can’t keep it in their pants. 

If you want to hear a good rant on this, listen below to Tammy Bruce, on her radio program.  I guess she is a conservative talk show host, who is a former Democrat and was President of the LA chapter of NOW.  Her website says she has voted for both Republicans and Democrats for President.  Could she be the original PUMA?

This is a great clip.  What a rant.

 

Maybe, just maybe, not only will I live long enough to see a woman in the White House, I might live long enough to see a righteous soul serving the American people.  And it can’t happen soon enough.

Weekend Meditation: Mahamrtyunjaya Mantra

The Mahamrtyunjaya mantra is among the most sacred of Sanskrit mantras. Traditionally, it is considered a chant to Lord Shiva, who is the third member of the Hindu Trinity.

Its continuous chanting, along with meditation on its meaning, can create the power to overcome all obstacles, including the fear of death.

Literally, it is the Great Victory over Mortality Mantra; a prayer to invoke the fullness/ripeness/completion of the practice of letting go of the illusion of limitation (of death).

I purchased a cd of this chant from the American Sanskrit Institute and I have found it very powerful.

Below is a video that you can chant along with, if you like.  The Sanskrit words are:

Om tryambakan yajamahe sugandhim pustivardhanam
Urvarikam iva bandhanan mrtyor muksiya mamrtat.

The English translation of the mantra is:

We meditate on the Creator of the three worlds, of sweet
fragrance, who expands (spiritual) growth.  Like the (fully ripened)
fruit of the vine (easily freed) from its stem,
may I be free from the bondage of death.
May I not be without the nectar of immortality.

Om Shanti

Obama’s approval going negative; sudden improvement reported in jobless claims. Could this be coincidence?

Very interesting…Today, Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Thursday, June 9, shows that Mobama’s Presidential Approval Index is at an all time low of -8.  Simultaneously, we have headlines at both Fox and CNN proclaiming that unemployment filings have mysteriously dropped.

Let’s see, Rasmussen states that his Approval Index has fallen six points since the release of a disappointing jobs report last week.  Further, Rasmussen has reported that “Thirty-nine percent (39%) now give the President good or excellent marks for handling the economy while 43% say he is doing a poor job. Those are by far his lowest ratings yet on the economy.”

Today, we see this bold headline at foxnews.com:

“New Unemployment Claims Drop Sharply to” 565,000
New jobless claims have dropped sharply to 565,000, the government announced Thursday”

And over at moneycnn.com:

Fewer than expected file for unemployment

Could this be coincidence?

I find this amusing.  Hmmm, we the people are so stupid we do not know if we are unemployed or not?  We now have read the MSM and discovered that we are now back to work?

If you read a couple paragraphs into the Fox report you will find things are not so rosy:

The number of newly laid-off workers filing initial claims for jobless benefits last week fell to lowest level since early January, largely due to changes in the timing of auto industry layoffs.

Continuing claims, meanwhile, unexpectedly jumped to a record-high. While layoffs are slowing, unemployed workers are having a difficult time finding new jobs. The unemployment rate rose to 9.5 percent last month and is expected to top 10 percent by the end of this year.

Ditto over at CNN:

The number of Americans filing initial unemployment claims fell sharply last week, while those filing ongoing claims rose to another all-time high, according to government data released Thursday.

This is a test: do Americans read anything below a headline?  Stay tuned and check Rasmussen tomorrow.  If the negatives improve, mission accomplished.  If the negatives remain the same or tank, look for upbeat headlines saying you now have a job.

50 years later and Andy Griffith is still relevant when it comes to women in public office; should I laugh or cry?

Over at The New Agenda they have a video from an old Andy Griffith show about a woman who decides to run for city council.  Now mind you, this was filmed 50 years ago.

At TNA, Judy Silver writes:

In the original show (episode 10 of season one, “Ellie for Council,” in reruns on TVLand), Andy redeems himself.  When he hears Opie bashing women, and realizes that the boy is just parroting his father, Andy becomes ashamed of himself.  I hope America today will have the courage to be as self-reflective and wise.

Here’s the video:

Happy Birthday USA; thank you to our forefathers for their courage, vision, and integrity.

May we remain a beacon of light to the world.  Have a safe and blessed Holiday weekend.

Below is a photo of a copy of the original Declaration of Independence followed by the original text. 

At the end, is a video of the 56 signers.  The video includes four songs from the revolutionary period.

The Unanimous Declaration
of the Thirteen United States of America

When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bonds which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and of nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. That whenever any form of government becomes destructive to these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shown that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such government, and to provide new guards for their future security. --Such has been the patient sufferance of these colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former systems of government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute tyranny over these states. To prove this, let facts be submitted to a candid world.

He has refused his assent to laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.

He has forbidden his governors to pass laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them.

He has refused to pass other laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of representation in the legislature, a right inestimable to them and formidable to tyrants only.

He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their public records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures.
He has dissolved representative houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people.

He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the legislative powers, incapable of annihilation, have returned to the people at large for their exercise; the state remaining in the meantime exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.
 
He has endeavored to prevent the population of these states; for that purpose obstructing the laws for naturalization of foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migration hither, and raising the conditions of new appropriations of lands.

He has obstructed the administration of justice, by refusing his assent to laws for establishing judiciary powers.

He has made judges dependent on his will alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries.

He has erected a multitude of new offices, and sent hither swarms of officers to harass our people, and eat out their substance.

He has kept among us, in times of peace, standing armies without the consent of our legislature.

He has affected to render the military independent of and superior to civil power.

He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his assent to their acts of pretended legislation:

For quartering large bodies of armed troops among us:

For protecting them, by mock trial, from punishment for any murders which they should commit on the inhabitants of these states:

For cutting off our trade with all parts of the world:

For imposing taxes on us without our consent:

For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of trial by jury:

For transporting us beyond seas to be tried for pretended offenses:

For abolishing the free system of English laws in a neighboring province, establishing therein an arbitrary government, and enlarging its boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule in these colonies:

For taking away our charters, abolishing our most valuable laws, and altering fundamentally the forms of our governments:

For suspending our own legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever.

He has abdicated government here, by declaring us out of his protection and waging war against us.

He has plundered our seas, ravaged our coasts, burned our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people.
 
He is at this time transporting large armies of foreign mercenaries to complete the works of death, desolation and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of cruelty and perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the head of a civilized nation.

He has constrained our fellow citizens taken captive on the high seas to bear arms against their country, to become the executioners of their friends and brethren, or to fall themselves by their hands.

He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavored to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian savages, whose known rule of warfare, is undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions.

In every stage of these oppressions we have petitioned for redress in the most humble terms: our repeated petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.

Nor have we been wanting in attention to our British brethren. We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here. We have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured them by the ties of our common kindred to disavow these usurpations, which, would inevitably interrupt our connections and correspondence. They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity. We must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, enemies in war, in peace friends.

We, therefore, the representatives of the United States of America, in General Congress, assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the name, and by the authority of the good people of these colonies, solemnly publish and declare, that these united colonies are, and of right ought to be free and independent states; that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the state of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as free and independent states, they have full power to levy war, conclude peace, contract alliances, establish commerce, and to do all other acts and things which independent states may of right do. And for the support of this declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.

New Hampshire: Josiah Bartlett, William Whipple, Matthew Thornton
Massachusetts: John Hancock, Samual Adams, John Adams, Robert Treat Paine, Elbridge Gerry
Rhode Island: Stephen Hopkins, William Ellery
Connecticut: Roger Sherman, Samuel Huntington, William Williams, Oliver Wolcott
New York: William Floyd, Philip Livingston, Francis Lewis, Lewis Morris
New Jersey: Richard Stockton, John Witherspoon, Francis Hopkinson, John Hart, Abraham Clark
Pennsylvania: Robert Morris, Benjamin Rush, Benjamin Franklin, John Morton, George Clymer, James Smith, George Taylor, James Wilson, George Ross
Delaware: Caesar Rodney, George Read, Thomas McKean
Maryland: Samuel Chase, William Paca, Thomas Stone, Charles Carroll of Carrollton
Virginia: George Wythe, Richard Henry Lee, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Harrison, Thomas Nelson, Jr., Francis Lightfoot Lee, Carter Braxton
North Carolina: William Hooper, Joseph Hewes, John Penn

 

Sexism unabashed: how the press continues to demean Sarah Palin

Exactly how many people in this country know that Sarah Palin was in Kosova and Germany this week visiting members of the Alaska National Guard?  How many know that she met with the Lithuanian Minister of Defense?  How many heard her speak to the troops in Kosovo?

Now, let me ask you this.  How many people heard that John Kerry made a demeaning joke about Sarah Palin?  And that she countered with a Kerry joke?  How many people know that Palin spoke out in defense of her youngest son who was demeaned in a photo shopped picture creator by an official blogger of the DNC and professional Palin-stalker?  How many people know that there have been ethics complaints about Palin in Alaska?

(An aside: have you noticed how the people making the jokes can not bring themselves to offer a serious apology?  The apologies are as bad as the original jokes. I guess liberals can’t take a woman seriously; they demolished one of their own, Hillary Clinton, so clearly any woman is fair game.) 

There are only a handful of people who know about her trip over seas because the MSM did not cover it.  And there are thousands of people who know about the jokes, demeaning photo, and ethics complaints because they were reported by the MSM.  In fact the Kerry joke is the only thing that was covered on the Kosovo trip, along with the photo shopped Trig picture.

The faux, none news story about the ethics complaints was particularly weird.  It was old information sent out by the AP, aka the state-owned news network.  This non-story was carried by everyone, including Fox News.  It was a rehash of past events, trying to make it sound serious and current in some way.

Now there is a completely trashy hit piece in Vanity Fair, released today, just one day before Palin releases the figures for Sarahpac.   I refuse to give a link to it as it is such low-life garbage it is not worth reading.  And, by the way, this is the same author that did a hit piece on Hillary during the campaign, and Bill called him a sleazy, slimy, scumball; some things never change.

Some Repubs think this latest hit piece is the work of “Mittens” Romney, who hopes to win the gold crown in four years. (He has to be kidding…this guy is a Bushy-babe and there is no way in hell he can win against Obama).

Others blame McCain, and I have to say, don’t you think McCain could at least come out and say something?

Frankly, this is an organized attempt to continue to portray Palin as a joke; someone not to be taken seriously; someone who does nothing worthwhile; she is a lightweight, dumb, attractive female (heavens, an attractive woman actually having brains?)  In order to accomplish this goal, no serious stories about Palin's activities see the light of day; only gossip, hit jobs, bad jokes, and attacks on her children appear in the MSM.

The hope I see in all of is to remember that in spite of it all, Hillary kept getting stronger and stronger as the primary season ran on; in fact she won. 

Hillary wins Ohio!

Realclearpolitics has a blog that says the same thing; that all of the hit pieces on Palin just might result in her getting more popular with ‘we the people’…and I think they just might be right.

This is what a president looks like

Weekend Meditation: The Great Smokey Mountains

Today I went hiking in the Great Smokey Mountains. It was a beautiful day; Sunny and warm with a cooling breeze.  A perfect day for a hike.  The rhododendrons and flame azalea were in bloom along with myriads of other wild flowers.  Climbed to the top of a bald and enjoyed a spectacular view of both the Smokey and Blue Ridge Mountains.

Hope you enjoy this Smokey Mountain video.

 

Governor Palin goes to Kosovo: Update

While some governors get their foreign policy experience by visiting their concubines in foreign countries, and some presidents get their foreign policy experience through osmosis, like their father is a foreigner and they spent a couple of years as a child in Indonesia, Gov. Sarah Palin is over in Kosovo  meeting with the Alaska National Guard units that are serving as peace keepers. 

 
Governor Palin at Camp Bondsteel. U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. Adam David Pepper.

While she’s there, she just happened to meet with Rasa Jukneviciene, Lithuanian Minister of Defense.

Courtesy of Sgt. L.Kalvaitis at the Ministry of National Defense Republic of Lithuania.

Interesting how not a word about this in the mainstream media; hey,Michael Jackson died and we all need to know the results of the coroner’s autopsy.  I’m holding my breath: was it morphine or Demerol that he shot into his veins just before his heart stopped? (The real reason for the Jackson blitz and Palin ignoring stunt was to make sure the American public did not know that the House was voting on the Cap and Trade bill, which passed).

In the meantime, Gov. Palin gave a talk to the troops and then said she would be meeting and greeting each of them individually and if they had any needs they should tell her.  She even offered the same assistance to the soldiers from other states who where present, saying she could contact their governor for them and let them know what their needs are. (If any are from South Carolina, hopefully the governor will be able to take a quick break from writing erotic emails and help them out).

Below are two videos: the first is of her talk to the troops; looks like maybe one of the guys or gals did the filming.  Be sure to listen all the way to the end as she pokes some fun at John Kerry and the troops get a laugh out of it.

For some reason, I can not embed these two videos.  So sorry.  Here are the urls.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtt3b9kitK0

The second video is additional footage of Palin; you will see what a competent female person fully in her power looks like.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4s9mJWA2rI

To keep up with the Gov’s busy schedule, you can follow her by clicking on twitter.

You go Gov. Palin; we’ve got your back covered here at home. And thanks to Conservatives4Palin for all of the pictures and videos.

UPDATE: Governor Palin is now in Germany visiting wounded troops.  She tweets:

LtGen Campbell & I now n Germany=visit wounded warriors seek to do more to help these deserving patriots than mere visit they sacrifice much

Also, good article on the Kosovo visits, written by the military.  Click here to read.

Are menopausal men fit to hold public office?

Well, we now have another midlife crisis, male menopausal man, holding public office, who is admitting to having an affair.  This one cries and blubbers about it. 

 

Menopausal man confessing to an affair

Hey, if he was a woman, do you think he would be getting any sympathy as he rides his emotional rollercoaster up and down his lover’s body?  Hell no; why, we would be hearing the usual misogynist comments about women’s hormones and emotions and how can we trust someone who cries to handle that 3 am phone call.

Instead, we get this sympathetic piece that I found on Salon, exclaiming over the menopausal man’s human reactions:

“He broke the formula. He got lost. He went too deep. He exposed his soul. He got all weird and human on us. His life had become an awful train wreck happening in front of the whole country, and it didn't seem like he had any idea of how it was going to end up and he didn't care who knew it.”

I see…when a man cries and show emotions this is a laudable action; he is exposing his soul and getting human on us.  Huh, I thought those were bad qualities to have.  Crying and emotions and being human are signs of emotional instability and weakness; that is, if you are a woman.

Really, is it no wonder the world is in such a mess; too many menopausal men running things.  Lordy, let’s get some women in there; all they have is hot flashes for a brief period of time, and a sweaty, red face that is a result of a hot flash, is  preferable to one that is the result of keeping a concubine in Argentina. At least it is not immoral and hypocritical and a touch of deodorant and makeup will take care of it. (Ok, maybe some black cohash, a legal herb found in most health food stores, may be necessary)

One thing I can say about Obama, he doesn’t have enough hormones to ever be menopausal.

So, let’s take a vote, how many people think menopausal men should be banned from public office?  The ayes have it. Let's get on with it, ladies.  Start running for office; crying is now acceptable and having a sweaty, red face is only human.  Yes we can.

Where was the outrage when students in the USA were killed? Kent State dead are still waiting

Everyone is outraged and saddened by the deaths of young people in Iran, in particular a young woman bystander who appears to have been shot and killed right in front of a camera.  We all know this person as Neda, have seen her picture, and heard Mobama say how heartbreaking this whole thing is.

Purported picture of Neda

I’m still waiting for the outrage to appear for an event that took place 39 years ago in the United States of America when four students were shot and killed and nine students injured on the campus of Kent State University in Kent, Ohio. Some were innocent bystanders; simply changing classes. Some were protesting the invasion of Cambodia.  They were all shot to death by the Ohio National Guard.  It was on May 4, 1970, that the Ohio National Guard fired 67 rounds over a period of 13 seconds, resulting in what some call the Kent State massacre.

Killed (and approximate distance from the National Guard):

Jeffrey Glen Miller 265 ft (81 m) shot through the mouth - killed instantly

When Miller was shot, he was facing the Guardsmen while standing in an access road leading into the Prentice Hall parking lot at a distance of approximately 265 ft.  A single bullet entered his open mouth and exited at the base of his posterior skull, killing him instantly.

 

Allison Krause 343 ft (105 m) fatal left chest wound

An honors student at Kent State University, Ohio, when she was shot and killed by the Ohio National Guard. Her father had been a Holocaust survivor from Germany.

 

William Knox Schroeder 382 ft (116 m) fatal chest wound

Killed with a shot in the back from a single bullet from an M-1 semi-automatic military rifle.  He was not taking part in the Vietnam War protests that preceded the shootings, but simply walking between classes.

 

Sandra Lee Scheuer 390 ft (120 m) fatal neck wound

Did not take part in any of the demonstrations. She was killed when the bullet struck her in the throat while she was walking to her next class

Wounded (and approximate distance from the National Guard):

Joseph Lewis Jr. 71 ft (22 m); hit twice in the right abdomen and left lower leg
John R. Cleary 110 ft (34 m); upper left chest wound
Thomas Mark Grace 225 ft (69 m); struck in left ankle
Alan Canfora 225 ft (69 m); hit in his right wrist
Dean Kahler 300 ft (91 m); back wound fracturing the vertebrae - permanently paralyzed from the chest down
Douglas A. Wrentmore 329 ft (100 m); hit in his right knee
James Dennis Russell 375 ft (114 m); hit in his right thigh from a bullet and in the right forehead by birdshot - both wounds minor {died 2007}
Robert F. Stamps 495 ft (151 m); hit in his right buttock {died June 11, 2008}
Donald Scott MacKenzie 750 ft (230 m); neck wound

Instead of expressing outrage and heartbreak, the Nixon administration stalled an investigation into the murders for years, announcing "investigations" that led nowhere; White House tapes subsequently released show that Nixon thought demonstrators were bums, asked the Secret Service to go beat them up, and apparently felt that the Kent State victims had it coming. As did most of the country; the killings were "the most popular murders ever committed in the United States."

So, forgive me if I sound a bit cynical, but isn’t it always easier to empathize with someone in another country that we can kind of feel sorry for, rather than feel compassion and sadness for our own youth, who were shot down and murdered by our government. (And don't tell me it was self-defense especially when people were shot in the back).

Now this is going to lead me into another segue about our current love affair with our youth.  What the hell is so admirable about today’s youth?  They suck off of their parents as long as they can and then turn around and criticize them for, you know, not doing anything about global warming.  Hell, global warming; there was no such thing as global warming, in fact, we were going through a cooling period.  We were busy marching for civil rights, protesting an illegal war, fighting for women’s equality, and trying not to get shot down dead by our government.   

You know what, we wouldn’t have been caught dead sucking off our parents; we couldn’t wait to get out on our own and we did just that; back to the land, growing our vegetables and making our clothes.  We have hands-on experience taking care of ourselves; what the hell do today’s youth know about anything other than how to spend hours talking on their cell phones, paid for by their parents, of course.  Maybe we should institute the draft again and find out what today’s youth is really all about.  Heck, stop paying for their cell phones and kick them out of the house; wonder what kind of racket that would create.

I’m sorry if this story about Neda is true and she was simply a passerby who got in the way of a bullet.  But like I said, I’m still waiting for a president of the USA to express some heartbreak about the Kent State tragedy.  I won’t hold my breath.