When does change become more of what was?

I'm just sayin'....doesn't it seem like there are an awful lot of old Clinton era names populating Cabinet positions (or at least being talked about ) for positions?
2 of the scariest is the talk of bring Frederico Pena and Jane Garvey back to the Dept. of Transportation. Our dinosaur air traffic system would become fossilized with that duo in charge.

I truly hope that Barak Obama harnesses the greatest group of people and turns our problems into triumphs of American success that continues far into the future....but I get the nagging feeling he is like the character from the movie "Being There" Peter Sellers takes sound bites and TV coverage as his basis for knowledge and becomes a vapid hero of modern culture. Is "Being There" anything like "voting present"? I'm not the first person to find a connection with Being There....some would say it is Sarah Palin who is most like the Peter Sellers part, but she is too much her own person....while O seems to take what other want to see and wear it as a reflection. Lets pray it is thicker than the silver coating on the back of a mirror.

I thought the market would hold at 8,000....that being broken has me concerned...even if bargain hunting brings it back into the mid 8,000's for some periods...I used to think Glen Beck was too much drama and dire....now he is appearing to be more of a visionary. Know what you believe,and hold fast...it is likely to be challenged. It is said that our government was created by geniuses to be run by idiots...the last 8 years has seen much testing of that....it's time for some incarnations of founding fathers to permeate all branches of government and keep things from going too far off track. The stopping of a government bailout of the auto companies is a start....

Play a Game of "Who Am I"??

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Obama "Not Exactly's"

Obama's Not Exactly's:


1. Selma got me born - NOT EXACTLY, your parents felt safe enough to have you in 1961 - Selma had no effect on your birth, as Selma was in 1965. (Google 'Obama Selma' for his full March 4, 2007 speech and articles about its various untruths.)

2. Father was a goat herder - NOT EXACTLY, he was a privileged, well educated youth, who went on to work with the Kenyan Government.

3. Father was a proud freedom fighter - NOT EXACTLY, he was part of one of the most corrupt and violent governments Kenya has ever had.

4. My family has strong ties to African freedom - NOT EXACTLY, your cousin Raila Odinga has created mass violence in attempting to overturn a legitimate election in 2007, in Kenya . It is the first widespread violence in decades. The current government is pro-American but Odinga wants to overthrow it and establish Muslim Sharia law. Your half-brother, Abongo Obama, is Odinga's follower. You interrupted your New Hampshire campaigning to speak to Odinga on the phone.
Obama's cousin Odinga in Kenya ran for president and tried to get Sharia muslim law in place there. When Odinga lost the elections, his followers have burned Christians' homes and then burned men, women and children alive in a Christian church where they took shelter. Obama SUPPORTED his cousin before the election process here started. Google Obama and Odinga and see what you get. No one wants to know the truth.

5. My grandmother has always been a Christian - NOT EXACTLY, she does her daily Salat prayers at 5am according to her own interviews. Not to mention, Christianity wouldn't allow her to have been one of 14 wives to 1 man.

6. My name is African Swahili - NOT EXACTLY, your name is Arabic and 'Baraka' (from which Barack came) means 'blessed' in that language. Hussein is also Arabic and so is Obama.


Barack Hussein Obama is not half black. If elected, he would be the first Arab-American President, not the first black President.

Barack Hussein Obama is 50% Caucasian from his mother's side and 43.75% Arabic and 6.25% African Negro from his father's side. While Barack Hussein Obama's father was from Kenya , his father's family was mainly Arabs. Barack Hussein Obama's father was only 12.5% African Negro and 87.5% Arab (his father's birth certificate even states he's Arab, not African Negro). From.... and for more.... go to.....
http://www.arcadeathome.com/newsboy.phtml?Barack_Hussein_O bama_-_Arab-American,_only_6.25%25_African

7. I never practiced Islam - NOT EXACTLY, you practiced it daily at school, where you were registered as a Muslim and kept that faith for 31 years, until your wife made you change, so you could run for office.
4-3-08 Article 'Obama was 'quite religious in Islam'' http://www.wnd.com/index.php? fa=PAGE.view&pageId=60559

8. My school in Indonesia was Christian - NOT EXACTLY, you were registered as Muslim there and got in trouble in Koranic Studies for making faces (check your own book).


February 28, 2008. Kristoff from the New York Times a year ago: Mr. Obama recalled the opening lines of the Arabic call to prayer, reciting them with a first-rate accent. In a remark that seemed delightfully miscalculated (it'll give Alabama voters heart attacks), Mr. Obama described the call to prayer as 'one of the prettiest sounds on Earth at sunset.' This is just one example of what Pamela is talking about when she says 'Obama's narrative is being altered, enhanced and manipulated to whitewash troubling facts.'

9. I was fluent in Indonesian - NOT EXACTLY, not one teacher says you could speak the language.

10. Because I lived in Indonesia , I have more foreign experience - NOT EXACTLY, you were there from the ages of 6 to 10, and couldn't even speak the language. What did you learn -- how to study the Koran and watch cartoons?

11. I am stronger on foreign affairs - NOT EXACTLY, except for Africa (surprise) and the Middle East (bigger surprise), you have never been anywhere else on the planet and thus have NO experience with our closest allies.

12. I blame my early drug use on ethnic confusion - NOT EXACTLY, you were quite content in high school to be Barry Obama, no mention of Kenya and no mention of struggle to identify -- your classmates said you were just fine.

13. An Ebony article moved me to run for office - NOT EXACTLY, Ebony has yet to find the article you mention in your book. It doesn't, and never did, exist.

14. A Life magazine article changed my outlook on life - NOT EXACTLY, Life has yet to find the article you mention in your book. It doesn't, and never did, exist.

15. I won't run on a national ticket in '08 - NOT EXACTLY, here you are, despite saying, live on TV, that you would not have enough experience by then, and you are all about having experience first.

16. Voting 'Present' is common in Illinois senate - NOT EXACTLY, they are common for YOU, but not many others have 130 NO VOTES.

17. Oops, I mis-voted - NOT EXACTLY, only when caught by church groups and Democrats, did you beg to change your misvote.

18. I was a professor of law - NOT EXACTLY, you were a senior lecturer ON LEAVE.

19. I was a constitutional lawyer - NOT EXACTLY, you were a senior lecturer ON LEAVE.

20. Without me, there would be no ethics bill - NOT EXACTLY, you didn't write it, introduce it, change it, or create it.

21. The ethics bill was hard to pass - NOT EXACTLY, it took just 14 days from start to finish.

22. I wrote a tough nuclear bill - NOT EXACTLY, your bill was rejected by your own party for its pandering and lack of all regulation - mainly because of your Nuclear donor, Exelon, from which David Axelrod came.

23. I have released my state records - NOT EXACTLY, as of March 2008, state bills you sponsored or voted for have yet to be released, exposing all the special interests' pork hidden within.

24. I took on the asbestos Altgeld Gardens mess - NOT EXACTLY, you were part of a large group of people who remedied Altgeld Gardens . You failed to mention anyone else but yourself, in your books.

25. My economics bill will help America - NOT EXACTLY, your 111 economic policies were just combined into a proposal which lost 99-0, and even YOU voted against your own bill.

26. I have been a bold leader in Illinois - NOT EXACTLY, even your own supporters claim to have not seen BOLD action on your part.

27. I passed 26 of my own bills in one year - NOT EXACTLY, they were not YOUR bills, but rather handed to you, after their creation by a fellow Senator, to assist you in a future bid for higher office.

28. No one on my campaign contacted Canada about NAFTA - NOT EXACTLY, the Candian Government issued the names and a memo of the conversation your campaign had with them.

29. I am tough on terrorism - NOT EXACTLY, you missed the Iran Resolution vote on terrorism and your good friend Ali Abunimah supports the destruction off Israel .

30. I want all votes to count - NOT EXACTLY, you said let the delegates decide.

31. I want Americans to decide - NOT EXACTLY, you prefer caucuses that limit the vote, confuse the voters, force a public vote, and only operate during small windows of time.

32. I passed 900 bills in the state senate - NOT EXACTLY, you passed 26, most of which you didn't write yourself.

33. I believe in fairness, not tactics - NOT EXACTLY, you used tactics to eliminate Alice Palmer from running against you.

34. I don't take PAC money - NOT EXACTLY, you take loads of it.

35. I don't have lobbyists - NOT EXACTLY, you have over 47 lobbyists, and counting.

36. My campaign had nothing to do with the 1984 ad - NOT EXACTLY, your own campaign worker made the ad on his Apple in one afternoon.

37. I have always been against Iraq - NOT EXACTLY, you weren't in office to vote against it AND you have voted to fund it every single time.

38. I have always supported universal health care - NOT EXACTLY, your plan leaves us all to pay for the 15,000,000 who don't have to buy it.

Heros at home

Pararescueman Staff Sgt. Lopaka Mounts receives a hug from a resident after Hurricane Ike, Sept. 13, 2008. Sergeant Mounts is assigned to the 331st Air Expeditionary Group on Randolph Air Force Base, Texas. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. James L. Harper Jr.

Another conquest for Sarah! Bigfoot taken out!

Sarah hunts down Bigfoot!

Is there NOTHING this woman can't do?
What will she do to Biden?!

Financial crisis or bitter mediine to get better?

Those in the mainstream media seem to be linked (again) (still) with the Democrats in fanning the fears of a Depression!,, Run on banks!...Worst situation in 50 years! as part of the daily headlines. But why is it that the same Congress that wanted to hold days of sessions concerning performance enhancing drugs in baseball, is silent on the issue of the financial malfeasance, greed and lack of controls in the board rooms of these "stalwarts of Wall Street" and mortgage giants??? Political contributions to both parties perhaps from these companies and exposing the kind of ill conceived social programs the Dems want more of, for gays, illegals and other "communities" he is so good at organizing.

Maybe because not only are these same government officials who claimed...........

”These two entities — Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac — are not facing any kind of financial crisis,” said Representative Barney Frank of Massachusetts, the ranking Democrat on the Financial Services Committee. ”The more people exaggerate these problems, the more pressure there is on these companies, the less we will see in terms of affordable housing.”

Representative Melvin L. Watt, Democrat of North Carolina, agreed.

”I don’t see much other than a shell game going on here, moving something from one agency to another and in the process weakening the bargaining power of poorer families and their ability to get affordable housing,” Mr. Watt said.

And not just the Democrats were saying things like this,,,,,but now these same Congressmen and Senators are claiming that the Evil Bush and his staff are behind yet another failure.... but a closer look at history shows a different story............

The New York Times reported this five years ago:

The Bush administration today recommended the most significant regulatory overhaul in the housing finance industry since the savings and loan crisis a decade ago.

Under the plan, disclosed at a Congressional hearing today, a new agency would be created within the Treasury Department to assume supervision of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the government-sponsored companies that are the two largest players in the mortgage lending industry.

The new agency would have the authority, which now rests with Congress, to set one of the two capital-reserve requirements for the companies. It would exercise authority over any new lines of business. And it would determine whether the two are adequately managing the risks of their ballooning portfolios.

The plan is an acknowledgment by the administration that oversight of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac — which together have issued more than $1.5 trillion in outstanding debt — is broken. A report by outside investigators in July concluded that Freddie Mac manipulated its accounting to mislead investors, and critics have said Fannie Mae does not adequately hedge against rising interest rates.

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With hindsight, we can see that the Bush administration had accurately diagnosed the problem in the lending market and had a plan to address it. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac reluctantly supported the plan. However, Democrats objected.

Among the groups denouncing the proposal today were the National Association of Home Builders and Congressional Democrats who fear that tighter regulation of the companies could sharply reduce their commitment to financing low-income and affordable housing.

Nothing to see here, no crisis on the horizon. Everybody just move along, now. The Democrats had forced lenders to assume more risk at lower interest rates in the 1990s.

It was the Clinton administration, obsessed with multiculturalism, that dictated where mortgage lenders could lend, and originally helped create the market for the high-risk subprime loans now infecting like a retrovirus the balance sheets of many of Wall Street’s most revered institutions.

Tough new regulations forced lenders into high-risk areas where they had no choice but to lower lending standards to make the loans that sound business practices had previously guarded against making. It was either that or face stiff government penalties.

The untold story in this whole national crisis is that President Clinton put on steroids the Community Redevelopment Act, a well-intended Carter-era law designed to encourage minority homeownership. And in so doing, he helped create the market for the risky subprime loans that he and Democrats now decry as not only greedy but “predatory.”

Yes, the market was fueled by greed and overleveraging in the secondary market for subprimes, vis-a-vis mortgaged-backed securities traded on Wall Street. But the seed was planted in the ’90s by Clinton and his social engineers. They were the political catalyst behind this slow-motion financial train wreck.

And it was the Clinton administration that mismanaged the quasi-governmental agencies that over the decades have come to manage the real estate market in America.

It was the Bush administration that wanted to rein in the madness in the credit markets, and the Democrats who wanted to extend the Clinton policies that created the crisis we have now. After the fit hit the shan, these same Democrats want to shift blame back to the administration that wanted to increase oversight and curtail risk in lending practices.

The Bush administration has much to blame in letting this get out of hand and failing to ensure proper oversight for so long, but clearly the origins of the disaster and the efforts to keep bad policies in place fall on the Democrats in this case. A classic case of "Be Careful What You Wish For"...unfortunately millions have had to suffer for this Social Experiment. Obama's views on things would lead one believe he wants to expand "Social Experimentation".

My thanks to Hotair.com for much of the info and inspiration to this post.

Saturday Night Live

Pretty funny stuff.