Maybe Minor, but Complaints Nonetheless

There are several small things that are annoying me currently. There isn't anything I can do about them, besides vent to anyone who wants to read this. And yes, I know how minor and minuscule they are in the grand scheme of things, sometimes you just need to get it out.

1. Mi Casa. I am a homeowner, and I have NEVER had more problems in all the places I have rented than I am having now. For the approx. 5th time in less than 4 months, my condo complex does not have hot water. Apparently, I live in a dump. I'm not sure who I am supposed to blame here, my realtor, the developer, the plumber who can't seem to get it right, or the HOA that just raised my rate $35 a month and FOR WHAT?!?! All I know, is I have been washing my hair in an ice cold sink on the days that it decides to go out, which has been SINCE SATURDAY. Not. happy.

2. Work cleaning crew. I swear, the staff that cleans our offices at night must be in cahoots with the guy that owns the vending machines. Full, empty, or with my name on it, the cleaning crew always THROWS AWAY my water bottle every freaking night. I have to HIDE my own water bottle before I leave everyday! Ridiculous. And sometimes, well I am in a hurry and I forget, so I have to go buy yet ANOTHER water bottle out of the vending machine. Like I said.....cahoots.

3. Michelle Obama : Fashion Diva. WHAT?!?!?! I mean really, WHAT?! All they were talking about on the NEWS this morning is how this woman is single handily saving the economy and getting people buying new clothes. Yet this "Jason Wu" character who designed her inauguration gown is supposedly on PETA's radar for all the fur he has used. My annoyance/question here?? Where the hell is Ashley Judd on this?! I mean, isn't she due another commercial talking about how Michelle is endorsing the death of animals? Or does this only apply to republicans? I hate celebrities who delve into politics. Ugh.

I am sure there are many many more, but for now I am off to work... minor bumps in the road of life, but I think the air in my tires is already low.

A Cluster of This and That

Well last week I attempted the baby steps of “getting out more.” I had wine with a new friend, and really enjoyed it. Thursday my friend Christina and I went to UT to catch a free Gavin DeGraw show. I have always liked his songs, but his live show… and him.. well there isn’t much to complain about there. And hey, I was out on a Thursday and I survived!!!

I want to address a comment now left on a previous blog – it was left on this one – http://senselessjewels.blogspot.com/2008/10/where-does-hate-come-from.html

The Comment is from “Rebecca” (whom I know ATLEAST 5 of so this could be one of them or someone new, I have no clue), and here is what it says.

“To add some objectivity... your region and demographic affects your perspective about hateful propaganda. For example, if you were a first generation Mexican-American living in Los Angeles, there's a good chance you would be fixated on Republican supporters at a recent rally noting that they were "afraid of Obama" and that he is an "Arab". Luckily, McCain grabbed the microphone from the woman and said "no ma'am." I think the candidates have kept the hatefulness to a minimum between them. As for supporters, people get emotional and say terrible things on behalf of both tickets. Racist comments abound regarding Barack and have little to do with his ability or inability to be president. Search and ye will find nastiness on both ends. And remember that it is easy to be biased if you're inundated with the beliefs of those in your community. The only purpose in that is to distract you from making your own decision and to make you focus on an Us vs. Them mentality. We're all citizens for crying out loud.”

Now I must say I am rather offended by this persons “assumptions.” First of all, to state my view of “hateful propaganda” is only because of my demographic and region is ignorant, and not me at all. First of all I live in Austin, TX, a majority of this city is liberal. Second of all 90% of my friends and acquaintances are liberal, I am the minority in my political beliefs here. It does not take any region or demographic to see how incredibly biased the media is on Barack Obama. How either side could ignore that is crazy to me. Yes hateful things are said on and by both sides… but it is the people at the McCain/Palin rallies that have the repetitive media coverage, while the Obama/Biden backers are swept under frivolous stories of Paris Hilton or Angelina Jolie. I am an intelligent young woman and I can think for myself, please do not assume to know my IQ level.

Ok – off that, on to other things.

I woke up last night around 2am and could not fall back asleep until 5am. Wow – the amazing things that come across tv between 2 and 5am.
1. I want me a Kymora body shaper! Those things look awesome! Lose weight, no work out… 39.95, no thanks.
2. Some funky named straightener that can also curl your hair… I’m confused…
3. Bridezillas. I have no fear of dying alone if these crazies can get someone to marry them. One woman actually REFUSED to let her 2 year old walk with her down the aisle because it “was her day.” – Wow. Another was upset her boobs were not falling out the sides of her dress. You read that right.

Quality programming my friends.

I will leave you with my new sign off that my Dad says to me on a regular basis

Stay out of trouble, or don’t get caught.

Where does the hate come from?

This is a late night blog of basic commentary and opinion. It all begins with a question I have posed to many liberal friends of mine.

Where does the hate come from?

From my experience and what I have heard, most of this hate is directed at Sarah Palin. To name a few of the things actual associates/friends have said;

- "Palin should be hung up and shot" (a. hateful, b.. hung up AND shot?!?!?)
- "Her entire family makes me want to vomit"
- "She is a stupid c**t"
- "She is an embarrassment to women"

WHAT?!?! Seriously? Where does this come from? How is it possible to have such hate for someone you do not even know and has only been in the "public eye" for 5 weeks?

Her children - what's wrong with them? We can accept Jamie Lynn Spears pregnancy at 16 and even pay her $1 million dollars to be on the cover of a magazine....so Bristol Palin is pregnant?! She's keeping and raising the baby, what a huge decision. And what a brave girl to do that in the public eye. Who are you to judge? Did you raise a child as a teenager? No... you probably think it's better to follow Obama and support a failed abortion leaving the baby in a soiled linen room breathing and dying ALONE.

I think she's a great woman. What has she done? The problem is she has done more than THEIR CANDIDATE... she;s been a real mayor, he hasn't.. she's been a real governor, he hasn't... she's been in charge of the Alaskan National Guard.. he hasn't.

But don't be down.... he did help "community organize" an organization... maybe you have seen them in the news... ACORN? Heard of them?

Point is.. I have NEVER called Barack Obama a terrorist, said I hated him, or that he should be "hung up and shot", I have only presented FACTS of his past history and voting record.

I know he is "the one" to you and the super candidate, but I have an open mind, and yours is closed. Next time you come to me saying "Go Obama", BACK IT UP. Tell me a policy you believe in, tell me a vote you support or a stance you stand behind. Then, and only then, will I RESPECT YOU as a voter and as an American.

PS - My best friend in the world is a liberal supporting Obama and I still love and admire her. However, she told me in a "not good" tone, "you and Elisabeth Hasselbeck should do lunch. Seriously." For the record, I ADORE and LOVE Elisabeth Hasselbeck.. to be attacked DAILY by 3 women and barely offered a voice is courage in it's finest.. I would be honored to have lunch with her anytime, anywhere.

This is What He Stands For

Everyone needs to read this article. This is disgusting. Babies that have a CHANCE AND ARE ALIVE, even admittedly by Obama, should not have the right to live? I am disgusted.

The Obama Debate Every American Should See Wednesday, October 08, 2008By Terence P. Jeffrey

The most telling debate Barack Obama ever had was not with John McCain but Patrick O’Malley, who served with Obama in the Illinois Senate and engaged Obama in a colloquy every American should read.

The Obama-O’Malley debate was a defining moment for Obama because it dealt with such a fundamental issue: The state’s duty to protect the civil rights of the young and disabled.

Some background: Eight years ago, nurse Jill Stanek went public about the “induced-labor abortions” performed at the Illinois hospital where she worked. Often done on Down syndrome babies, the procedure involved medicating the mother to cause premature labor.

Babies who survived this, Stanek testified in the U.S. Congress, were brought to a soiled linen room and left alone to die without care or comforting.

Then-Illinois state Sen. Patrick O’Malley, whom I interviewed this week, contacted the state attorney general’s office to see whether existing laws protected a newborn abortion-survivor’s rights as a U.S. citizen. He was told they did not.

So, O’Malley—a lawyer, veteran lawmaker and colleague of Obama on the Illinois Senate Judiciary Committee—drafted legislation.

In 2001, he introduced three bills. SB1093 said if a doctor performing an abortion believed there was a likelihood the baby would survive, another physician must be present “to assess the child’s viability and provide medical care.” SB1094 gave the parents, or a state-appointed guardian, the right to sue to protect the child’s rights. SB1095 simply said a baby alive after “complete expulsion or extraction from its mother” would be considered a “’person, ‘human being,’ ‘child’ and ‘individual.’”

The bills dealt exclusively with born children. “This legislation was about preventing conduct that allowed infanticide to take place in the state of Illinois,” O’Malley told me.

The Judiciary Committee approved the bills with Obama in opposition. On March 31, 2001, they came up on the Illinois senate floor. Only one member spoke against them: Obama.

“Nobody else said anything,” O’Malley recalls. The official transcript validates this.

“Sen. O’Malley,” Obama said near the beginning of the discussion, “the testimony during the committee indicated that one of the key concerns was—is that there was a method of abortion, an induced abortion, where the—the fetus or child, as—as some might describe it, is still temporarily alive outside the womb.”

Obama made three crucial concessions here: the legislation was about 1) a human being, who was 2) “alive” and 3) “outside the womb.”

He also used an odd redundancy: “temporarily alive.” Is there another type of human?

“And one of the concerns that came out in the testimony was the fact that they were not being properly cared for during that brief period of time that they were still living,” Obama continued.

Here he made another crucial concession: The intention of the legislation was to make sure that 1) a human being, 2) alive and 3) outside the womb was 4) “properly cared for.”

“Is that correct?” Obama asked O’Malley.

O’Malley tightened the logical knot. “(T)his bill suggests that appropriate steps be taken to treat that baby as a—a citizen of the United States and afforded all the rights and protections it deserves under the Constitution of the United States,” said O’Malley.

But to these specific temporarily-alive-outside-the-womb-human beings—to these children who had survived a botched abortion, whose hearts were beating, whose muscles were moving, whose lungs were heaving—to these specific children of God, Obama was not willing to concede any constitutional rights at all.

To explain his position, Obama came up with yet another term to describe the human being who would be protected by O’Malley’s bills. The abortion survivor became a “pre-viable fetus.”

By definition, however, a born baby cannot be a “fetus.” Merriam-Webster Online defines “fetus” as an “unborn or unhatched vertebrate” or “a developing human from usually two months after conception to birth.” Obama had already conceded these human beings were “alive outside the womb.”

“No. 1,” said Obama, “whenever we define a pre-viable fetus as a person that is protected by the equal protection clause or other elements of the Constitution, what we’re really saying is, in fact, that they are persons that are entitled to the kinds of protections that would be provided to a—a child, a nine-month-old—child that was delivered to term.”

Yes. In other words, a baby born alive at 37 weeks is just as much a human “person” as a baby born alive at 22 weeks.

Obama, however, saw a problem with calling abortion survivors “persons.” “I mean, it—it would essentially bar abortions,” said Obama, “because the equal protection clause does not allow somebody to kill a child, and if this is a child, then this would be an antiabortion statute.”

For Obama, whether or not a temporarily-alive-outside-the-womb little girl is a “person” entitled to constitutional rights is not determined by her humanity, her age or even her place in space relative to her mother’s uterus. It is determined by a whether a doctor has been trying to kill her.

Obama's "Strategy"

According to wikipedia, as well as other news outlets (wiki was my main source), Saul Alinsky is considered to be “the founder of modern community organizing in America.”

Born in Chicago, IL, he is said to be an influence of Barack Obama’s.

Obama answered a help-wanted ad for the job of a community organizer for the Developing Communities Project (DCP) of the Calumet Community Religious Conference (CCRC) in Chicago. Both organizations were built on the Alinsky principle.

In his last book before Saul Alinsky died, “Rules For Radicals” he outlined his view for how to gain mass power over the community. An excerpt from this book follows;

"There's another reason for working inside the system. Dostoevski said that taking a new step is what people fear most. Any revolutionary change must be preceded by a passive, affirmative, non-challenging attitude toward change among the mass of our people. They must feel so frustrated, so defeated, so lost, so futureless in the prevailing system that they are willing to let go of the past and change the future. This acceptance is the reformation essential to any revolution. To bring on this reformation requires that the organizer work inside the system, among not only the middle class but the 40 per cent of American families - more than seventy million people - whose income range from $5,000 to $10,000 a year [in 1971]. They cannot be dismissed by labeling them blue collar or hard hat. They will not continue to be relatively passive and slightly challenging. If we fail to communicate with them, if we don't encourage them to form alliances with us, they will move to the right. Maybe they will anyway, but let's not let it happen by default."


Mike Kruglick, one of Obama’s early mentors in the Alinsky method had this to say to “The New Republic” about Obama.

"He was a natural, the undisputed master of agitation, who could engage a room full of recruiting targets in a rapid-fire Socratic dialogue, nudging them to admit that they were not living up to their own standards. As with the panhandler, he could be aggressive and confrontational. With probing, sometimes personal questions, he would pinpoint the source of pain in their lives, tearing down their egos just enough before dangling a carrot of hope that they could make things better."

Now, watch this video and see how Obama utilizes the strategy and teachings of Alinsky. He was supposedly going to address the crowd concerning the comment he made in Pennsylvania surrounding "bitter people clinging to Bibles and guns." Watch how he riles the crowd, then ends with himself as the answer.




Perhaps most terrifying is the epigraph of Alinsky’s book, seen below;

“Lest we forget at least an over-the-shoulder acknowledgment to the very first radical: from all our legends, mythology, and history (and who is to know where mythology leaves off and history begins -- or which is which), the first radical known to man who rebelled against the establishment and did it so effectively that he at least won his own kingdom – Lucifer.”

I think that speaks for itself, don’t you?

Voter Fraud in Ohio?

You will not find many news reports on this. Thankfully, Lou Dobbs and Glenn Beck at CNN are not completely in the tank for Obama, and appear to believe in fair reporting.

Please watch this video, this is an obscene opportunity for fraud. They do not FACT CHECK these voters registrations, they can vote right away!!!

My own personal "fact check";

There was a moment I found both touching, yet unsettling in Friday’s debate. John McCain, when attacked on the war in Iraq mentioned he was wearing a bracelet for Cpl Matthew Stanley, who lost his life in Iraq. Not to be outdone, Obama reversed to school yard antics and displayed his own soldier’s bracelet for Sergeant Ryan David Jopek.

Now, there are reports (I’d say “breaking news”, but we all know what a joke that would be), hidden deeply and not discussed by our “media”, that this was not a decision supported by Jopek’s family. The mother had emailed Barack Obama to not publicly discuss her son, as the father would later discuss in a radio interview.

“Shockingly, however, Madison resident Brian Jopek, the father of Ryan Jopek, the young soldier who tragically lost his life to a roadside bomb in 2006, recently said on a Wisconsin Public Radio show that his family had asked Barack Obama to stop wearing the bracelet with his son's name on it. Yet Obama continues to do so despite the wishes of the family.”

That interviewed where these statements of Mr. Jopek were heard in APRIL, .. I’m sorry.. so the debate took place in September.. maybe Mr. Obama hasn’t had time to get to his email.

One of Obama’s aides was on FOX news (the only media outlet readily reporting this story), this morning saying that FOXnews didn’t have their facts straight “as always” and should read the AP report. Here’s how that turned out;

“This afternoon the Associated Press was at last able to contact Tracy Jopek, mother of Sergeant Ryan David Jopek, the KIA soldier on the bracelet that Barack Obama is using on the campaign trail. Ryan's Mother is confirming that she gave the bracelet to Mr. Obama, but is also confirming that she asked him to stop using her son's name on the campaign.”

Maybe the AP reports are the ones that need to be “fact checked.”

“But, we have another little mystery with these AP reports. The original headline for this report was "Soldier's mother 'ecstatic' about Obama's bracelet," released at about 7PM the evening of the 28th. But a few hours later, the AP changed it to "Soldier's mom defends Obama's mention of bracelet."
Apparently, Jopek's mother did NOT say she was "ecstatic" about Obama continuing to use her son's name on the campaign trail even after she told him to stop. The AP had to change its headline to reflect the truth.
The fact remains, the woman has repeated that she asked Obama not to mention her son on the campaign trail and this AP report confirms that. Will Obama stop using her son, now that we are sure she said she wanted him to stop?”

Still think the press is fair? Still think Obama is the best man for the job? If so, please refer to blog below entitled “My Dad – Still The Genius.”
Read article in it’s entirety here:

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/warner-todd-huston/2008/09/28/family-told-obama-not-wear-soldier-sons-bracelet-where-media

My Dad - Still the Genius

I was talking on the phone to my father yesterday, concerning the election and the candidates, the media bias, etc. After watching the debate on Friday night, while I did not think it was a "take away" win for either candidate, I certainly didn't think Obama performed "well."

I asked my Dad, "how in the world are people believing CNN and MSNBC's spin on this? How can anyone just take this spin at face value"

To which my ever brilliant father replied;

"No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American People"

Red (or should I say Pink?) Flag People!!!!

If I, a 26 year old in Texas, can find all of these FACTS readily available, where the hell is the media? I'll tell you where, they are up Obama's you-know-what.

New article to check out. One of Obama's "bundlers", someone who collects money for his campaign, and a co-founder of the awful "Codepink" raised between $50,000-$100,000 for his campaign. And guess where she was Wednesday night? With the leader of Iran, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, that's where. The woman who said THIS about the 9/11 horrifying attacks ;

Jodie Evans:"We were attacked because we were in Saudi Arabia, that was the message of Osama, was that because we had our bases in the Middle East, he attacked the United States.”

Paul A. Ibbetson: “Do you think that’s a valid argument?”

Evans: “Sure. Why do we have bases in the Middle East? We totally violated the rights of that country. Why do we get to have bases in the Middle East?” Also in that interview, Evans said Code Pink’s goal is to “undermine the war effort (of the United States") and that she wished Saddam Hussein was still in power.

Did I mention Ole Jodie and Obama are "buds" ??

Check out the complete article here

http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/260293

Frightening stuff people, frightening stuff.

All you have to do is look...

I am appalled by the Main Stream Media. I guess they want our country to be in jeopardy, that is, after all, how they will make more money as the people will be more dependent on them. This article scares the crap out of me. It's amazing how people are being flown to Alaska to look under every housemat of Palin's, yet no one is reporting the scary facts that this reporter found in the Ilinois public library. I fear and pray for our great country daily. Entire article here http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122212856075765367.html Here are some excerpts;

Obama and Ayers Pushed Radicalism On Schools
By STANLEY KURTZ


"Despite having authored two autobiographies, Barack Obama has never written about his most important executive experience. From 1995 to 1999, he led an education foundation called the Chicago Annenberg Challenge (CAC), and remained on the board until 2001. The group poured more than $100 million into the hands of community organizers and radical education activists."

"The CAC was the brainchild of Bill Ayers, a founder of the Weather Underground in the 1960s. Among other feats, Mr. Ayers and his cohorts bombed the Pentagon, and he has never expressed regret for his actions. Barack Obama's first run for the Illinois State Senate was launched at a 1995 gathering at Mr. Ayers's home.
The Obama campaign has struggled to downplay that association. Last April, Sen. Obama dismissed Mr. Ayers as just "a guy who lives in my neighborhood," and "not somebody who I exchange ideas with on a regular basis." Yet documents in the CAC archives make clear that Mr. Ayers and Mr. Obama were partners in the CAC. Those archives are housed in the Richard J. Daley Library at the University of Illinois at Chicago and I've recently spent days looking through them."


. Ayers is the founder of the "small schools" movement (heavily funded by CAC), in which individual schools built around specific political themes push students to "confront issues of inequity, war, and violence."

"The Obama campaign has cried foul when Bill Ayers comes up, claiming "guilt by association." Yet the issue here isn't guilt by association; it's guilt by participation. As CAC chairman, Mr. Obama was lending moral and financial support to Mr. Ayers and his radical circle. That is a story even if Mr. Ayers had never planted a single bomb 40 years ago."