What's new, pussycat? #5

These people will be making medical decisions for you
Liberal Congress-person Hank Johnson (he won his seat from always entertaining Cynthia McKinney) recently lost his marbles and publicly asked the US admiral if the presence of 8,000 personnel and their families on Guam would cause that island to tip over. Rather perplexed admiral replied that the military authorities are unaware of such possibility, but that he will make sure that they will start monitoring the island for any signs of tipping. I am not sure if this satisfied Hank's enviromental concerns.

The WSJ recently confirmed that Hank’s worries were far from being misplaced. Below is the letter written by one of the islanders remembering his youth's indiscretions.

We used to go island tipping when we were kids. We'd get a bunch of us together and all run to one end of the island, and just when it started to tip up, we'd race to the other end and create a huge wave as it slammed back down. Then we'd laugh and laugh and laugh--such crazy kids. Our parents would wake up when their bed slid across the room and get so angry.

One time we loaded up our pockets with rocks to make an even bigger splash, and the added weight and speed of cars made it even more exciting. But we were responsible and never actually tipped any islands over. Sure, some of the older kids and even some parents talked about being able to roll the island a full 360 without anything falling off, but I'm still pretty skeptical about that.

To this day you see warning signs on the cliffs in Guam warning you not to get too close to the edge. Some people think it's to prevent you from falling, but the real reason is too many people near the edge is a recipe for island-tipping disaster--an archipelageddon!

Obamacare takes care of bureaucracy
As reported by the media, the new bill contains

a provision that amends the Fair Labor Standards Act to require employers to provide a "reasonable break time for an employee to express breast milk for a nursing child for 1 year after the child's birth each time such employee has need to express the milk." In addition, the employer must provide for this purpose "a place, other than a bathroom, that is shielded from view and free from intrusion from coworkers and the public."

The bill also targets the small companies:

Businesses that employ fewer than 50 employees are exempt from these requirements if they can show that following them would impose an "undue hardship." The burden of proof will be on the employer and may be difficult to meet in most cases.

Let me put my thinking cap at this point, awaken my Russian experience, and explain what is going on here. Remember – what matters is not what they tell us, but what is hidden behind the façade. These regulations serve two purposes.

The first purpose is obvious – the destruction of small businesses. While a large corporation has no problem dedicating an extra room for breast feeding mothers, a small company may find the added cost to be insurmountable. Given that the cost is fixed – it is in economic sense a highly regressive tax. In other words, small businesses will be affected by this new regulation far more than the large businesses. Consequently some small companies will not be able to sustain this new requirement and will either go bankrupt, close down or merge with larger companies. And if you remember from history – welfare socialist regimes normally find it much easier to persuade large businesses to support “Hope-n-Change” – just check the amount of money that the pharmaceutical industry spent on promoting Obamacare.

The second purpose is also obvious. The regulation gives the government bureaucracy unlimited power to decide if a particular business is obligated to have an extra room or not. As anyone who lived in Russia knows – this is a free card to bureaucracy for corruption. Every time when a government clerk receives unlimited power to incur costs on business – it’s a clear invitation for bribery. And moreover – what is more fun than having those proud small-business owners beg a local Obama-to-be bureaucrat to allow the business to survive! Sadism is one of the building blocks of liberalism – or at least the reason why some people cannot wait to join it.

Remembering good old Soviet jokes...

-Do you think it will be possible to control the population growth under the communist regime?
-It's unlikely, because the means of production will continue to be privately owned.

-Why communists cannot accept the Bible?
-Because according to Bible, initially the world was in the state of chaos, and then it was organized according to God's plan. The communist experience shows that initially there was a plan, and then the chaos took over.

-Do you what is the main advantage of the communist system?
-The communist system is capable of solving the most complicated problems which don't exist in other systems.


Before the 1980 Moscow Olympic games, the clerks were instructed to avoid telling the customers that their stores did not carry the goods.
A woman enters the store and starts talking to a clerk:
- Do you have gloves?
- Which kind? Leather? Woolen? Suede?
- Woolen, please.
- Light? Dark?
- Dark.
- Long? Short?
- Short if it is possible.
- You know what, bring us your coat, it would be easier to us to pick the gloves if we could see the coat.
- Do not trust them! -another buyer interrupts the conversation- I have brought them the toilet bowl, I have shown them my ass - and they still won't sell me the toilet-paper.


And last but not least - the joke that can used for Obama-America.
-Do you think we already live under communism, or things will still get worse?



And the very-very last couple of jokes I will reproduce in its original language, because they cannot be possibly translated. The Russians are welcome to laugh at it.

Серебристый лайнер ТУ
развалился на лету,
эта фирма еще ту
выпускает ху...у.


Говорит рязанское радио. Поступили заявки радиослушателей. Сторож совхоза имени тридцатилетия советской медицины Иван Пахомович Пупков просит передать "Интродукцию и рондо каприччиозо" Сен-Санса, "Лярго" Генделя и "Шествие на казнь" из "Фантастической сюиты" Берлиоза. Пахомыч, не пизди!

What did Obama promise the Russians?

A few days ago Obama was on the air, telling the astonished world that he had signed a new nuclear treaty with Russia. He was followed by Hillary Clinton and Robert Gates. I watched only a few minutes of their presentation and I noticed that all three were very uneasy - not a single smile on their faces. On FoxNews, someone commented that particular features were included in order to satisfy Duma, the Russian parliament.

I later checked the Russian newspapers and did not find any information on the details of the treaty. American newspapers are also unusually silent. It seems like Obama and the Russians keep the details in secret. Why?

On the Russian side, Medvedev and Putin have complete control over the country. Their party controls the Duma, and any member who votes against the wishes of this couple will have their balls cut off. And I mean it literally, not figuratively - Russia has very explicit laws against dissing the current president and his dangerous prime-minister. Just ask Khodorkovsky.

So, the only people who risk being rejected are Obama and his friends. I've found official website which gives details on the treaty. I always assume the worst about Obama, and I am rarely wrong - and in this case I have a strong feeling that somehow he found another way to screw this country. For some reason I believe the treaty should include a strong prohibition on the missile defense program. Obama's website says the following:

The Treaty does not contain any constraints on testing, development or deployment of current or planned U.S. missile defense programs or current or planned United States long-range conventional strike capabilities.

Given that Obama cancelled American missile defense program (just ask Eastern Europeans about this) - I can only conclude the Obama put into writing that US will not put the missile defense in Eastern Europe, and won't develop a large scale anti-missile program including space-based defense. Essentially, Obama made the deal with weakenned Russia that Reagan rejected when negotiating with a much stronger USSR.

Any takers who disagree with this prediction?

Global Warming is dangerous...

If you can read this article without giggling - your heart is made of rock. Two environmental activists travelled all the way to Antarctica to document the effects of Global Warming on the fragile climate of the really deep South. Imagine their surprise - instead of battling hot weather caused by humans, the activists had to deal with extremely cold weather (it's Antarctica, dumbasses!) - which in the end killed them both. Ignorance kills - and it definitely kills very quickly and painfully those who think they are smarter than others.

I remember I've heard a similar story some years ago - a group of enviromental activists travelled to Antarctica (or was it the Arctics?) in order to film the devastating effects of Global Warming. Alas, the poor chaps forgot to bring any warm cloth - but they did bring the bathing suits to swim in the ocean. And, as you may imagine, they nearly froze to death and had to be evacuated by a helicopter.

Jimmy Z posted his interview with Hyphenated American

Brothers and Sisters! From now on you have the ability to hear Hyphenated American (HA) spreading right-wing propaganda on the air. Jimmy Z has posted a telephone interview with him on the internet radio talk show. Please, go to Jimmy's site, listen to HA's pontificating and leave a comment. Everyone is also kindly invited to leave feedback on my interview on this blog.

Direct link to the interview is here...

Obama keeps crapping on Israel. Does he even realize how small this country is?

I am sure my readers are now familiar with the horrible treatment that Barry Obama showed to the Prime-Minister of Israel. According to UK Telegraph:

Benjamin Netanyahu was left to stew in a White House meeting room for over an hour after President Barack Obama abruptly walked out of tense talks to have supper with his family, it emerged on Thursday. The snub marked a fresh low in US-Israeli relations and appeared designed to show Mr Netanyahu how low his stock had fallen in Washington after he refused to back down in a row over Jewish construction in east Jerusalem.


… (Mr. Obama) immediately presented Mr Netanyahu with a list of 13 demands designed both to the end the feud with his administration and to build Palestinian confidence ahead of the resumption of peace talks. Key among those demands was a previously-made call to halt all new settlement construction in east Jerusalem.
When the Israeli prime minister stalled, Mr Obama rose from his seat declaring: “I’m going to the residential wing to have dinner with Michelle and the girls.” As he left, Mr Netanyahu was told to consider the error of his ways. “I’m still around,” Mr Obama is quoted by Israel’s Yediot Ahronot newspaper as having said. “Let me know if there is anything new.”

In other words, Obama could not force Bibi to agree to 13 unconditional demands on Israel - and the affirmative action kid stormed out of the room, hissing and cursing. My only question here - is anyone surprised? Barry is a child - a child who can read the teleprompter in a way that could impress some adults - but he is still a child. Intellectually - he never grew up. Unfortunately, he is more than a child (or less) - he is a naughty child, a child who did not have good parents, who grew up with the grandparents who adored him and fullfilled every little desire of little Barry. And now, "first time in his adult life" someone said "No" to Barry - and he is hysterical, he is breaking the toys and storms out of the room. I hope someone keeps the nuclear suitcase away from him - he may do things he will regret later.

Of course, the story did not end here. Currently, different factions inside the Obama clique are throwing insults at each other. "Zionist", "Jew Hater", "UnAmerican", "Jew Lover" are just a few things that the public is allowed to hear. Politico reports deep divisions inside the Obama groupies, and I believe this only the beginning. Dennis Ross is accused of putting Israel's interests above American interests. Dennis Ross counters with a not entirely unreasonable suggestion that Obama should pay a little bit more attention to Iran's rush to build nuclear bombs, and a little bit less attention to the fact that Jews continue to insult Moslems' sensibilities by residing in the ancient Jewish city of Jerusalem.

In addition, I cannot forget to mention a rather peculiar argument proposed by the Wright-Ayers wing in the Obama administration. Some unnamed kommissar said that dropping the issue of Jerusalem would completely undermine Obama's credibility in the Middle East. It's only fair to ask - why did Obama put himself in a position that his credibility depended on whether Israel would forbid the Jews to live in Jerusalem? How dumb was it on his part to make a big deal out of it? Hasn't he been told about the Jewish connection to the city of Jerusalem? It's like asking Moslems to give up Mecca and Medina, and tell the Pope to move Vatican to Detroit.

Another interesting argument was proposed by a left-wing anti-Zionist writer for New Yorker, David Remnick. Dave acknowledges that Israeli public is deeply distrustful of Obama administration. He also says that Israelis completely misread president Obama. Given that there is probably little distance between the mouth of a NY liberal and Obama's ears, I presume Obama took the words of David to heart and decided to come clean with the Jews and  remove all misunderstanding - just watch his treatment of Bibi Netanyahu. According to FoxNews in June 2009 "A new poll shows only 6 percent of Israeli Jews see President Barack Obama's administration as pro-Israel, while 50 percent see it as pro-Palestinian." After Obama's recent attempts to educate Israeli people about his attitude towards the "Zionist entity", it's likely that Jews will see more clearly his policies, and the number of people who see Obama as pro-Israel or who formed no opinion will drastically drop. Thanks for educating the masses, Barry.

Jimmy Z interviews Hyphenated American

A few hours ago I was interviewed by the Jimmy Z show - an internet-based radio talk program. It was an interesting experience - I haven't given any interviews lately to the media due to my very busy schedule (and the fact that media is not aware of my existence). I am quite excited that I was given the opportunity to be speaking truth to power - and I expect the world to finally see the wrongness of its ways.

The interview is supposed to come out this Monday, and I invite every one of my readers to check the Jimmy Z show and listen to my long rant (or rather a series of middle-sized rants). I felt that I was actually landing some good punches during the discussion, but this impression may be deceiving - don't forget that Jimmy Carter and his lackeys believed in their heart of hearts that they won the 1980 debate with Ronald Reagan. I am also curious how much of my Russian accent will be left on the cutting floor - I don't have too many illusions about the difficulty of understanding a flaming rant of a foreigner on the computer. In case there are any questions - I want to emphasize that Jimmy Z is a great interviewer, and all the mishaps are solely due to my undisputed status of a rank amateur.

Among many questions that I discussed with Jimmy Z (I believe I am not pre-empting the show by sharing this detail) was whether American patriots should vote for any Democrat congress-persons during the November elections. I am not sure I was clear on this topic, so let me reiterate my view.

It is my solid belief that we should vote ALL Democrats out of office - even the ones who voted against the Obamacare. Who wants to take the chances with Democrats? They voted against welfarism yesterday, we vote them back into office today, and they vote for welfarism tomorrow. There are no guarantees in politics. American citizens should follow the so-called "precautionary principle" when making a decision on their vote this November.

The best scientific illustration of the "precautionary principle" was given in the movie "Casino". Here are a few quotes that the readers may find entertaining:

Quote 1

Nicky Santoro: When it looked like they could get twenty-five years to life in prison just for skimming a casino, sick or no f*ckin' sick you knew people were going to get clipped.

Quote 2

Vinny Forlano: He won't talk. Stone is a good kid. Stand-up guy, just like his old man. That's the way I see it.
Vincent Borelli: I agree. He's solid. A f*ckin' Marine.
Americo Capelli: He's okay. He always was. Remo, what do you think?
Remo Gaggi: Look... why take a chance? At least, that's the way I feel about it.

Belief in the welfare socialism is like a virus, and it is certain that 70- 80% of the Democrat party apparatchiks have caught the bug. Do you really want to vote for someone who in all likelihood was bitten by Karl Marx? I say - waste those bustards at the voting polls in November, and let God of Elections sort them out.

A few funny pieces....

Yesterday I went to the store to pick up my wife's cold medication. After I paid for the drugs, the clerk dutifully read a long monotonic list of methods of consumption of the cold pills - and then she looked me in the eyes and said the following: "Is your wife pregnant.... at all?" Granted, I am not a medical doctor, so my views can be easily ignored - but this question puzzled me. I believe there are only two options - you are either pregnant or not pregnant - but apparently there are different grades of being pregnant in this store.



Canadian government threatens Ann Coulter with criminal prosecution - while declaring innocence of a Nazi sympathiser
Famous American writer and civil rights activist Ann Coulter recently received a bizarre letter from a "senior administrator" of the University of Ottawa - the same university that she had been invited to visit and give a speech to the students. The "senior administrator" warned her that if she dared to say anything controversial, she may face criminal prosecution by the Canadian government. More specifically, he claimed that "Promoting hatred against any identifiable group would not only be considered inappropriate, but could in fact lead to criminal charges." Of course, the actual details on what constitutes "hatred" is not clearly defined by the Canadian Free Speech Commissars. As luck (and tradition) would have it, the Commissars follow their revolutionary conscience in deciding what kind of speech they would persecute. For example, they persecuted Mark Steyn in part for the fact that he accurately quoted an Islamic cleric.

As a result of this strange letter, Ann Coulter was not able to give speech to Canadian students - the left-wing thugs surrounded the university, organized a riot and force the police to cancell her speech. This is extremely outrageous - and I hope Ann Coulter don't let it go and file charges against the Ottaw administrator for hate crime and calls to violence.

In all fairness, I must note that Canadian justice and free speech is far more diverse and multi-cultural than would appear from the passage above. A famous and respected Canadian politician David Ahenakew (who also happened to be an administrator of a native Canadian group) expressed rather peculiar thoughts about different ethnic groups. In general, David pronounced his negative views about "goddamned immigrants, East Indians, Pakistanis, Afghanis, whites and so forth" - but he saved all his aboriginal fury for the - wait for it - the Jews. According to wikipedia, "during a question-and-answer session following his lecture, Ahenakew said that Jews were a disease in Germany and that Hitler was trying to "clean up Europe" when he "fried six million of those guys." He also proclaimed that "The Jews damn near owned all of Germany prior to the war. That's why Hitler came in. He was going to make damn sure that the Jews didn't take over Germany, or even Europe. That's why he fried six million of those guys, you know. Jews would have owned the goddamned world. And look what they're doing now, they're killing people in Arab countries." Later, the leader of Canadian aboriginals justified the slaughter of 6 million Jews as something which was necessary to protect Germany from disease. After some obvious hesitation (after all, David belongs to a "protected" ethnic group), Canadian authorities decided to prosecute him - and surprisingly their efforts were thwarted. The first conviction was over-turned "by the the Saskatchewan Court of Queen's Bench on the grounds that the trial judge failed to properly take into account that the remarks were uttered in the midst of an angry confrontation with a reporter, and therefore may not have constituted a "willful" promotion of hatred." This is in spite of the fact that David continues to openly proclaim that the Jews started WW2 (this was David shared with Hitler and other socialist luminaries). And, as any conservative would expect, David was acquitted in the second trial because the judge did not see how David's claims were intended to incite hatred of the Jews.  


In all fairness, I must concede that I am for the freedom of speech - but if Canadian government can spend millions of dollars in attempt to prosecute civil rights activists like Mark Steyn (and eventually bankrupt the newspaper that he worked for) - why does it let the affirmative action hero David Ahenakew to publicly announce his support for the murder of 6 million Jews?

Are there any liberals on this board to solve this puzzle?

These people want to regulate your health care....

Chicago Tribune reports that Obama's Education Commissar, Arne Duncan used her position as a Chicago schools chief to make sure that children of powerful politicians are admitted to the best schools in Chicago. I am reproducing the article in full, so you could see how any welfare socialist system works.

While many Chicago parents took formal routes to land their children in the best schools, the well-connected also sought help through a shadowy appeals system created in recent years under former schools chief Arne Duncan.


Whispers have long swirled that some children get spots in the city's premier schools based on whom their parents know. But a list maintained over several years in Duncan's office and obtained by the Tribune lends further evidence to those charges. Duncan is now secretary of education under President Barack Obama.

The log is a compilation of politicians and influential business people who interceded on behalf of children during Duncan's tenure. It includes 25 aldermen, Mayor Richard Daley's office, House Speaker Michael Madigan, his daughter Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan, former White House social secretary Desiree Rogers and former U.S. Sen. Carol Moseley Braun.

Non-connected parents, such as those who sought spots for their special-needs child or who were new to the city, also appear on the log. But the politically connected make up about three-quarters of those making requests in the documents obtained by the Tribune.

Often a sponsor's request was rejected. Principals responded that a student's scores were too low, or that the school was full. In other cases, the student hadn't even taken the required admissions test, and therefore could not be considered, according to the documents.

The list surfaced amid a federal probe and an internal investigation into admissions practices at the city's top high schools. Until Monday, the district had not revealed it had kept such a list.

The list was maintained by a top Duncan aide, David Pickens, currently chief of staff to the president of the Chicago Board of Education. Pickens said he created the log at Duncan's behest to track the flood of calls pouring into district offices from parents, politicians and business leaders trying to navigate the system's mysterious and maligned application process.

But Pickens acknowledged the list was kept confidential. The vast majority of parents who follow the system's school application process never knew they could appeal to Duncan's office for special consideration.

"We didn't want to advertise what we were doing because we didn't want a bunch of people calling," Pickens said.

Pickens said that principals grew tired of getting calls from influential people seeking admission for a student, and that by centralizing it, he could serve as a firewall. After getting a request, he or another staffer would look up the child's academic record. If the student met their standard, they would call the principal of the desired school.

Pickens said the calls from his office were not directives to the principals -- no one was ever told they had to accept a student. Often, students did not get any of their top choices but were placed in larger, less competitive, but still desirable schools such as Lane Technical High School.

Duncan has remained mum on the list. "We never pressured principals or told them what to do or said this person needs to be considered over this person," said Duncan spokesman Peter Cunningham. "It's just a way to manage the information."

The initials "AD" are listed 10 times as the sole person requesting help for a student, and as a co-requester about 40 times. Pickens said "AD" stood for Arne Duncan, though Duncan's involvement is unclear. Duncan's mother appears as a sponsor, as does "KD," whom Pickens identified as Karen Duncan, Arne's wife.

Competition to get into the city's premier selective enrollment schools is fierce. Every year thousands of students apply for openings at the schools, considered the crown jewels of the city's public school system. But parents have long complained the system is rigged, murky and unfair. They tell stories about friends and neighbors whose children were admitted through back channels.

Admission to selective enrollment high schools and gifted elementary centers is supposedly based on merit, while entry into the magnet schools is conducted through a randomized lottery.

For years, Chicago Public Schools officials acknowledged the admission process -- especially in the elite selective-enrollment high schools -- was flawed. Principals were letting students in outside the general application process based on a loosely defined "principal discretion" procedure.

In 2008, Duncan created a formal process where students initially denied acceptance could get in based on five criteria, including outstanding extracurricular activities or ability to overcome hardship. But even that didn't stop principals from violating the rules and enrolling students who did not fit the criteria, district officials have said.

Pickens said that every student on his list applied for principal discretion.

When new schools chief Ron Huberman replaced Duncan, he announced he would implement a series of changes to prevent people from gaming the system.

Many of the politicians named on Pickens' log acknowledged that they made calls on students' behalf because this is how the system works in Chicago. They weighed in on behalf of relatives, friends and campaign workers.

"...Whenever anybody asked me -- whether it was a relative, a distant relative, a next-door neighbor or the guy across the street -- I would write letters," said Ald. Walter Burnett Jr., 27th, who has ended the practice. "Sometimes the kids get in; sometimes they don't.

In 2008, former U.S. Sen. Braun sought help for two students, though she said Monday she does not recall placing a call to Duncan's office. Pickens said she called him, seeking help getting a student into Whitney Young Magnet High School, and he asked Principal Joyce Kenner to call the former senator back.

Braun said she called Kenner to inquire after one child's mother told her the student's application had been "lost in a computer glitch." Braun said Kenner told her: "I'll take care of it."

The child got into Whitney Young, despite a below-average admission score. The Tribune is not naming any students involved because they are minors and it is unlikely they knew about efforts being made on their behalf.

"This process is not pure, and everyone knows it," Braun said. "The process is a disaster, and quite frankly, I don't have a problem making a call. If the process were not as convoluted as it is, parents wouldn't be asking for help."

Kenner, who has testified under subpoena in the federal investigation, said the admissions problems are "old news."


"There is a new framework in place for principal discretion," she said in her e-mail response. "I think we have an opportunity to move on from this issue."


The nearly 40-page log obtained by the Tribune provides a detailed account of calls and requests coming into Duncan's office in 2006 and 2008, though it's unclear if the documents are complete for those years. The log includes detailed information about how the district intervened.

Ald. Richard Mell, 33rd, said that most of the students he sought help for were turned away. Of the seven students found in the records, two got in.

Burnett requested consideration of a student in 2008 whose test score did not get him into Whitney Young. The log suggests the principal offered the student future enrollment as a consolation and notes that Burnett "was OK with that offer."

Burnett also made requests in March 2006 on behalf of other children, including a former city employee's child. In one case, the child was enrolled "without our assistance" according to the documents. Another took the admissions test about a week before school started and is now enrolled at Skinner School, where the student sought a placement.

Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich's office made a request in 2006 on behalf of a student who wanted to get into Walter Payton College Prep but the log carried this notation, "STAY AWAY FROM THIS ONE." It's unclear what happened to the student.

Desiree Rogers, who was a Peoples Gas executive when she contacted Duncan's office, sought help for one student, who did not get in. Rogers said she thought she followed the proper procedure when she wrote a letter on behalf of a student.

Michael Madigan's office said he considered his involvement a part of constituent services. Lisa Madigan's spokesperson said she supported a longtime family friend.

Daley's office also appears on the list. The logs indicate that in 2008 a mayoral staffer made inquiries on behalf of a new out-of-town Daley hire.

"We just offered our help, as you would for anyone who was moving from out of state with his family to work," said Lori Healey, Daley's then chief of staff. "But there was never a commitment to get (the hire's) kids into a 'good school' or a particular school or anything of that nature."

And if you ask yourself - why liberals support more government control - this article answers this question abundantly clear. More government power means more power to the individual corrupt bureaucrats. If Republicans take over Congress in 2010, they need to open congressional hearings on the government corruption. American people will be stunned to find out about the liberal little tricks.

Lets win one for the Gipper!

The passage of the Obamacare bill was greeted by many patriotic Americans with despair. "American dream is dead" was a refrain on too many conservative blogs. I've looked up synonyms to the word "despair" - and they all nicely describe the feeling of many Americans - "hopelessness", "anguish", "depression", "despondency". If I were to believe what I am reading - I would have to conclude that everything is lost, and there is no hope.

Before I plunge myself into the lengthy diatribe, let me first remind everyone that despair is one of the mortal sins. A truly religious person cannot despair because all is in the hands of God. As a Russian Jew, I want to tell everyone that the world did not end on March 21st, 2010 with the passing of Obamacare. America is still America, and we can and should win. Is this the first time that America finds herself on the brink of disaster?

During the Independence War, American troops were outnumbered, outclassed and outgunned by the British. American patriots were in disarray - and yet, America won. In 1812, the British troops burned the entire Washington DC including the White House (on a second thought - bad example), and the nation still persevered. 3% of American population died during the bloody Civil War - more than 1 million people - and America still got through it and became the world strongest super-power.

The United States of America fought with multiple tyrants all over the world - who were smarter, more devious and powerful than Obama - and yet, America was always victorious. If you feel like something is lost, and the battle cannot be won - do you think you would dare to look in the eyes of Texan heroes in Alamo, or the soldiers of Normandy, Bastogne and Ivo Jima - and tell them that you are their grandchildren, and one lousy affirmative action clown managed to turn you into a pussy?! I won't believe this for a second.

Of course, we can and we will win. This won't be easy, this will require one hell of a hard work - but it can be done - and therefore it will be done. Even if the Obamacare bill were written in blood of Satan - we can still repeal it. We are Americans, for God's sake, we are not French. Surrender is not what Americans are good at, now, is it?

Barack Obama chose the wrong time for his little experiment with socialism. As I have written before, liberal system is on the brink of collapse, federal, state and local spending is quickly leading the nation to bankruptcy, liberal programs are unsustainable. United States simply cannot continue to spend at current levels - and Obamacare is the last straw that will break liberalism.

If I were a hard-core leftie, I would not be worried about conservatives abolishing Obamacare - I would be even more concerned that after 2010 and 2012 elections liberals may not be able to defend Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and welfare in their current form. And I would not be too surprised if some of the "heroes" of Obamacare find themselves locked up in a federal penitentiary after the GOP win.

The economic troubles that Western World is experiencing today are only the first trembles of the ground before a 12 point earthquake. No single Western country today can sustain its welfare socialism - and drastic changes will be made one way or another. It is undeniable that the next stage will be massive inflation and further increase in unemployment - and Barack Obama will be the man held responsible for all the hardships.

I clearly remember Neal Boortz, a very astute conservative, predicting in 2005 that the universal healthcare was unavoidable. And yet, in 2010, with super-majority in the Senate and the House, Barack Obama was only able to push through a massively unpopular 2500 page bill, filled with bribery and corruption - and there still is no "public option". And this is the triumph of liberalism?! The left effectively destroyed the Democratic party for a piece of paper that Republicans can repeal in 20 seconds if they win back the Congress and the White House.

I don't want my readers to misunderstand my letter - indeed the Obamacare is a horrible document which will drastically worsen the economic situation in this country. But this is hardly the end of the war for this nation - conservatives are just warming up. The first test of how strong the Tea Party movement is will be in November 2010. This is the time when it will become clear what American people made off - can they still claim that they are the heirs of the Founding Fathers and that they still deserve to call themselves Americans - or we should start calling ourselves "Cheese Eating Surrender Monkeys".

Well, what do you say? Which one do you choose?

I want my country back!

It seems like the ultra-liberals have been able to bribe and coerce enough congress-scumbags to pass the Obamacare. And as I said before, there would be hell to pay for this monstrosity. Obamacare is the very definition of unlimited government - the threat of which was forewarned by the Founding Fathers more than two centuries ago. The federal government, which is up to its neck in debt and unfunded liabilities, decided to launch the biggest entitlement of all times – the medical care for all. The spending on this new entitlement will surely dwarf many if not most of Federal programs and will make the bankruptcy of federal and state governments inevitable. The time of reckoning is at hand, brothers and sisters. Obamacare is the last breath of the liberal order – and it’s time to take America back from the party of thieves and looters.

All patriots of this nation must stand together and fight back. United we will win! There is no blue or red America anymore – there are only those who believe in America the beautiful, America the free, America the shining city on the hill – and those who believe in welfare socialism and government servitude. Today, we fight not only for our personal well-being – but for the dignity and honor of this country, for the right to look into the eyes of our children and say – we defended this nation from the perils of socialism. In November 2010, we will answer the crucial questions of our times - are American people worthy of the Constitutional Republic built by the Founding Fathers - or the Great American Experiment has failed, and we should all go back to Europe, Africa and Asia? Will American people have the right to proudly say “We are Americans” – or will they forever live in infamy and indignity of the European welfare socialism?

I don't know about you, but I am certain of the answer to these questions. I am glad that the Democratic Party passed the Rubicon. From now on, there is no coming back for the liberal elites, no talks of compromise and middle-ground. Today, it is abundantly clear that either we will live in Obama's America or in America that our Founding Father envisioned. You cannot have both.

The November elections will be the most important elections in our lifetime. If you don’t vote for America in November – you don’t deserve to be called an American.

Written by a Russian immigrant who loves America and who loves freedom.

A few good lines from Althouse about Obama...

This exchange is taken from Althouse comment section - people discussing Obama's recent attempt at speechifying:

New Ham: Barack Obama should be pitied. He suffers from Narcissistic Personality Disorder - a recognized mental illness in the DSM-IV issued by the American Psychiatric Association.


Howard: That Barack Obama has Narcissistic Personality Disorder is beyond doubt. But that does not mean he suffers from it. More accurately speaking, he makes you suffer from it.


Here is another series:




Michael: I love the idea that Obama, the ambitious young law student, had to make a conscious choice between being a Democrat or a Republican.
In Chicago.

Nagarajan Sivakumar: Heh. I believe Obama was displaying his audacity. Daley & Co would be laughing their a** off if they listened to that speech in private.

A few notes on the health-care debate

When I listen to liberal arguments about health-care debate, I am always amazed at how illogical their arguments are. Here are a couple of examples...

Liberals want to force people to buy insurance, so that no one could get a free ride. This is their main explanation on why they intend to use the full power of the IRS against those that refuse to purchase the medical insurance. In real life, these is no need for government coercion to achieve this goal. The Federal Government can simply drop the requirement on the health care providers to serve everyone - whether we are talking about emergency rooms or hospitals. And bingo - this would cut medical costs,  increase individual liberty and promote more responsibility. But as someone said long time ago - it's no fun for liberals if people do something voluntarily - they always want to use the government coercion.

You often hear liberals whining about the general unfairness that congressmen get excellent medical insurance plans, while so many people in America have to do without any insurance coverage. Obamacare is supposed to change this inequality. Of course, this liberal argument is not logical, since it is impossible to imagine that the State can provide medical care to 300 million Americans at the level that is achieved for a few hundred very rich politicians. But more importantly - the health care bill itself openly aims to destroy high-quality medical insurance plans for non-politicians by taxing what Obama called "Cadillac insurance plans". In short, if/when Obamacare gets through Congress - no working man will be allowed to have the insurance which even approaches what the politicans have.

How stupid do liberals think we are to believe their arguments? Very stupid, if you watch carefully what Obama pushes on all of us.

Risky prediction for Rahm Emanuel

I am sure a lot of people are familiar with the Obama enforcer by the name of Rahm Emanuel. He is the muscle behind Obama's radical agenda. Quite recently though it appeared that the two had some political differences. It's been rumored that Rahm Emanuel was pushing Obama to follow more moderate policies, but he was rebuked and Obama proceeded implementing far-left ideas, and as a result Obama's popularity took a major hit. Of course, it could be just a distraction, a typical "celebrity magazine" information - but I believe there is some fire underneath the smoke.

Some time ago when I read Rahm's biography on wikipedia, I was surprised to find out that he was a member of a Modern Orthodox Judaism movement. Among other things, Modern Orthodox Judaism believes in "Zionism as a part of a divine scheme finally to result in the resettlement of the Jewish people in its homeland, bringing salvation ("Geula") to the Jewish people, and the entire world." Moreover, if someone were to question Rahm's religion beliefs - his rabbi said this about him: "Amy was one of the teachers for a class for children during the High Holidays two years ago." He added that Rahm's family is "a very involved Jewish family". Rahm's wife was not born Jewish - and in order to marry him she had to convert to Judaism - which also demonstrates the strength of Jewish belief in family. Last but not least, according to wikipedia, "In the first Gulf War, Emanuel served with the Israel Defense Forces as a civilian volunteer helping to maintain equipment."

On a more negative side, I should also quote Rahm Emanuel, demanding Israel to recognize a two-state solution in exchange for the US aid to stop Iranian nuclear program.

So, what does it all mean? It is now understood by many that Obama is openly hostile to the Jewish State of Israel - and that 20 years listening to the anti-semitic lectures of Obama's pastor (and terrorist enabler) rev.Wright decisively influenced the views of the current US president. At some point in time, there will be a riff opening between Emanuel and Obama, and when that happens, conservatives must open their arms to this wandering Jew if they want him to tell the world about Obama's corruption. If I were a republican politician, particularly a Jewish republican politician, I would try to have a secret meeting with Rahm. He may be open to switching sides - particularly when Obama's stock is down and Republicans are posed to take back the Congress. I doubt he wants to be on the bad side of Congressional Investigating Committee in 2011.

On the other side, if Rahm Emanuel decides to stick with president Obama - then I can only conclude that he is "f*cking retarded".

Party Memo to Liberals: Do Not debate the specifics of the health bill...

According to some sources, Democratic Party bosses are telling party spokesmen to avoid at all costs discussing the details of the health care bill. Here are a few passages from the memo:

We cannot emphasize enough: do not allow yourself (or your boss) to get into a discussion of the details of the CBO scores and textual narrative. Instead, focus only on the deficit reduction and the number of Americans covered. ... These anti-reform extremists are making a last-ditch effort to derail reform. Do not give them ground by debating details.

Second, most health staff are already aware that our health proposal does not contain a "doc fix." Some Republicans have repeated CBO's November 18 letter that says "the sustainable growth rate (SGR) mechanism governing Medicare's payments to physicians has frequently been modified ... to avoid reduction in those payments, and legislation to do so again is currently under consideration in the Congress." The inclusion of a full SGR repeal would undermine reform's budget neutrality. So, again, do not allow yourself (or your boss) to get into a discussion of the details of CBO scores and textual narrative. ...


As most health staff knows, Leadership and the White House are working with the AMA to rally physicians support for a full SGR repeal later this spring. However, both health and communications staff should understand we do not want that policy discussion discussed at this time, lest it complicate the last critical push to health care reform.

Powerline blog reacts with humor to the latest revelation of Democrat duplicity:

Knowing whether the healthcare bill merits support is actually easy. If the proponents of X tell you not to be concerned with the details of X, and not to be concerned about the process used to bring about X, then you should oppose X.


It doesn't matter what X is or who the proponents are. If this is what they are telling you, you would be a fool to do what they want. And everyone over the age of ten knows this.

In recent hours, Democrats came out claiming that the memos are fake. Indeed, how can anyone not trust the liberals?! Well, I suggest a simple and effective approach for our liberal brothers and sisters to prove that this memo is fake - start debating the details of the Obamacare bill. Because if they keep repeating like zombies the talking points about 30 million uninsured and deficit reduction - then surely it's obvious to anyone that memo is accurate.