Setting Up "Meet the Candidates"

Election 2009 is over -- time to get ready for Election 2010!

As promised here in the Valley, allow me to introduce "Meet the candidates,"

Meet the Candidate - Any Conservative and/or Republican candidates from the Southland and San Diego to your part of the country will be highlighted. Email me and I will promote your candidate, from Dog catcher to Congress, and their fundraising site. 2010 here we come!

But there are pre-requisites before I interview your candidate:

1) I need a recommendation of the candidate by one local Blogger and one local activist.

2) The candidate must be involved with the local Conservatives and Republicans before Nov. 2008 (or the OK from the activist in your area).

3) The candidate must have a working relationship with any or all: County Central Committee, their local Assembly District Committee and Precinct captains (+1 of the Central Committees).

4) A website with a place to donate. After the Valley introduces the candidate and interviews him or her, the link will go up for people to donate.

5) If you reside in the Southland, I am the local Blogger, and I need the recommendation from Gary Aminoff who works at the LAGOP and the San Fernando Valley Republican Club (where you can find me). San Diego, I have other contacts.

Ready to begin? Good! 2010 awaits!

Is there a candidate that you think I should interview?

20 Years Ago Today: The Fall of the Berlin Wall

20 years ago, there were Nation States against nation States and the world was a chessboard between Communism and Capitalism.

The Berlin wall was erected during the Kennedy years to keep dissidents inside the sphere of influence of the Stasi and their allies, the KGB. The twilight of my teenage years were spent watching the two giants, the US and USSR, fight each other.

In 1993, I went to see Checkpoint Charlie, scene of many spy novels. What caused the Berlin Wall to fall? One American President's belief in Democracy overseas.



Today, there are still dictators overseas and in parts of the world both Nation States competed for. The question today is: Does this current President believe in Democracy Overseas? If so, how?

Doctor Who -- Horror At Fang Rock

This is the first Dr. Who I ever watched. Watch, enjoy and comment. Every weekend, a new Who in the Valley. (unless you want Eugene Delacroix paintings?) Discuss anything you like.

The Fort Hood Shooting -- What is to be done?

In the Blogosphere, there are Blogs you turn to when certain news stories come across the wire:

When it is internal Conservative/Republican Politics -- Go to The Other McCain;
The intersection of Gay Rights and Conservative Politics -- GayPatriot;
Someone to call BS on political rhetoric from all sides -- Althouse;
Understanding Politics, Policy and their real world usage (and parliamentary or political tactics) : The Valley of the Shadow!

When a story such as the Fort Hood shooter comes across the wire, I start with the Mudville Gazette; They are soldiers who have a ground eye view of what is going on in the military.

With Fort Hood, they have the detailed minute by minute information of what happened. Read it and understand.

Here is President Obama (Transcript):



Then there is the Blogs where they look deeper into stories. May I introduce the lovely and talented Pam Geller of Atlas Shrugs? She is investigating the background of the shooter. Atlas Shrugs is also studying Honor Killing of young girls and women in the States and in Europe. Is there a pattern?

When Al-Queda (via Osama Bin Ladin) declared war on the United States in 1996, he said this:

The regime is fully responsible for what had been incurred by the country and the nation; however the occupying American enemy is the principle and the main cause of the situation . Therefore efforts should be concentrated on destroying, fighting and killing the enemy until, by the Grace of Allah, it is completely defeated. The time will come -by the Permission of Allah- when you'll perform your decisive role so that the word of Allah will be supreme and the word of the infidels (Kaferoon) will be the inferior. You will hit with iron fist against the aggressors. You'll re-establish the normal course and give the people their rights and carry out your truly Islamic duty. Allah willing, I'll have a separate talk about these issues.

Military targets (such as USS Cole and Fort Hood, perhaps?) and soft targets (Two Embassies in 1998 and the Twin Towers in 1993 and 2001) are all on the table. By forcing Al-Queda to fight in Iraq, the taliban and Al-Queda could not force the US military down the Khyber pass. Iraq was America's battlefield. Afghanistan was the Democrat's choice of battlefield.

If Al-Queda is hiding among our troops, then what? Is President Obama ready to defend America from a Fifth Column?

Once there is a place to donate money for those fallen at Fort Hood, I will put it in the sidebar.


As I asked in the title, what is to be done? What are your ideas?
Can President Obama and the Democrats defend America? How?

How President Obama LOST Election 2009

Sometimes at the Valley, I get ahead of the news, and sometimes I analyze.

Last year, all the media and the Democrats were talking about "40 year Democratic party Re-alignment," Sorry, Charlie. This year's election proved that theory false. let's break it down and then show how it was President Obama's fault:

Virginia Elections: if you want to know how people feel about their Leaders in the Beltway, the first studies is Maryland and Virginia. This year, like every first year after the Presidential, Virginia had major elections. Governor, Lt. Governor, Attorney General and House of Delegates. How did the Democrat re-alignment hold up?

A) In the House of Delegates (the Lower House), the Republicans picked up 7 seats, the Democrats picked up 2;
B) Governor, Lt. Governor and Attorney general (all Statewide Elections): All 3 seats won by Republicans. And Obama brought his people onboard Deed's campaign to try to get a win. Obama failed here.

New Jersey Gubernatorial race: Again, Obama campaigned here and tried to keep former Senator, now Governor Jon Corzine in office. However, let's go to Clifton B's Blog and see how that all changed. I used to live in Ocean Township and Clifton lives in New Jersey today and the cause of the Democrats fall (as well as being incumbents) can be found in the corruption in the State. And Obama's help did nothing to change that view of Democrats. If you want to know NJ Political news, read Clifton B.

NY-23: Even though the Democrat, Bil Owens won; NY-23 is history repeating itself. Does anyone remember the CT 2006 election? The nutroots deemed Senator Lieberman not Liberal enough, so he was primaries and lost by 4%. Lieberman won as an independent in the General Election, but the nutroots laid the groundwork for 2008.

When Rep. McHugh was appointed by Obama, the NY State party, run by Mondello, appointed Dede. She was a Democrat in disguise. Few of her positions were Conservative or even Moderate Republican. Hoffman jumped in. And with a month to go, Palin endorsed and NY-23 bnecame the demarcation line for 2012. (Also, read the great Robert Stacy McCain reporting directly from NY-23). I know one thing that RS did not know, Mondello lost the Long Island machine in early 2000, why was he chosen to lead?

The Conservatives and Tea Partiers have done their dry run supporting Hoffman. But before you say, "Small tent," Look -- over there! Liberals are trying to purge the Blue Dog Democrats out of office. All we Conservatives and Tea Partiers want is smaller Government and a less corruption; all the Liberals want is more power.

I suggest the Left clean the Congress of their corruption or there will be blood come Election 2010. Even that might not help.

The problem with President Obama is that he always campaigns, he is always looking for publicity. If he actually Governed and made hard choices that might anger people, he would be known as a leader instead of a "Ditherer," Obama wants to be loved, and as a leader during elections, that will not happen. Had Obama governed as a "post-racial," "Post-Partisan," President, we on the Right would not be surging.

Keep President Obama in the White House until unemployment drops below 5%, that's free advice. And also, enjoy dissent. Until President Obama acts as President, the Democrats will lose. Obama owns Election 09 and 10.

If the Left does not like it, resign, let the Right run things.

My question:

Did the Lieberman purge help the Left ready themselves to attack the Blue Dogs?

How President Obama will lose Election 2012

When I'm right, I'm right. Look at this post written during Summer 2008:

With at least 90% of Entertainment people are Democrats and they can't get together to make Movies and TV shows, how the hell can they run Government?

That post was called: Why a President Obama will fail: Look at Hollywood.

And finally, another 2008 post another post with predictions:

If Democrats can't run their own Primary without highlighting an obscure committee during an election, how can they run Health care?

That post was titled: If Democrats can't run their own Election, how can they run the country?

So, as always, the Valley is ahead of the news by saying, President Obama will lose election in 2012, even if there is a Republican Congress, like in President Clinton's case. You read it here first, so subscribe, subscribe, subscribe.

Now why do I say he will lose?

1) President Obama is surrounded by sycophants in the media and in the White House; He knows no opposition, he will lose.

In The Prince by Machiavelli, the author writes:

I DO NOT wish to leave out an important branch of this subject, for it is a danger from which princes are with difficulty preserved, unless they are very careful and discriminating. It is that of flatterers, of whom courts arc full, because men are so self-complacent in their own affairs, and in a way so deceived in them, that they are preserved with difficulty from this pest, and if they wish to defend themselves they run the danger of falling into contempt. Because there is no other way of guarding oneself from flatterers except letting men understand that to tell you the truth does not offend you; but when every one may tell you the truth, respect for you abates.

Is there a magazine where the Obama family has not been on the cover? Has the Fourth estate held President Obama to his campaign promises? Who in the White House ever tells President Obama, "No?"

Because the media and his staff have a light touch with this president, he can be lobbied easily because he holds no core values (hence the expression, "The Harold Saxon Presidency, " in the Valley). The best test of anyone is to have people fight against your values. It strengthens.

Look at what Dan at GayPatriot wrote. When the Blogosphere was young, the Right learned to defend; Now in opposition, it's easy. Most Lefty Bloggers and commenter's only recite rote, and never debate. Heh.

2) President Obama worries more about American Emmanuel Goldstein's, such as Rush and Fox, then Overseas Troubles.

Again, The Prince:

Nevertheless, liberality exercised in a way that does not bring you the reputation for it, injures you; for if one exercises it honestly and as it should be exercised, it may not become known, and you will not avoid the reproach of its opposite. Therefore, any one wishing to maintain among men the name of liberal is obliged to avoid no attribute of magnificence; so that a prince thus inclined will consume in such acts all his property, and will be compelled in the end, if he wish to maintain the name of liberal, to unduly weigh down his people, and tax them, and do everything he can to get money. This will soon make him odious to his subjects, and becoming poor he will be little valued by any one; thus, with his liberality, having offended many and rewarded few, he is affected by the very first trouble and imperilled by whatever may be the first danger; recognizing this himself, and wishing to draw back from it, he runs at once into the reproach of being miserly.

Between Cap and Trade, the oncoming foolishness of Public Health Care and Government Motors, people will oppose. But President Obama and the Democrats are not focused on singing praises of any program, only with silencing American opposition such as Rush and Fox.

In President Clinton's first year, he helped the Republican party pass NAFTA; In President George W. Bush's first year, he helped Senator Ted Kennedy's idea of No Child left behind become law. President Bush also lobbied his own party to help Senator Kennedy's vision.

President Obama did nothing to appeal to the Opposition Party. NO-THING. President Obama did not find out what Conservatives and Republicans wanted, so the opposition became louder (plus the residual effect of the Hate laid against Bush and Palin occurred too).

And rather then focus on Afghanistan, he blamed Bush. More opposition from the opposition party. When the Republicans take over Congress in 2010, our memories will be long. And since there was no concession like with President Clinton, no inch will be given either.

3) President Obama does not Govern, but wishes to be Loved as a leader.

Machiavelli, The Prince:

Upon this a question arises: whether it be better to be loved than feared or feared than loved? It may be answered that one should wish to be both, but, because it is difficult to unite them in one person, is much safer to be feared than loved, when, of the two, either must be dispensed with. Because this is to be asserted in general of men, that they are ungrateful, fickle, false, cowardly, covetous, and as long as you succeed they are yours entirely; they will offer you their blood, property, life and children, as is said above, when the need is far distant; but when it approaches they turn against you. And that prince who, relying entirely on their promises, has neglected other precautions, is ruined; because friendships that are obtained by payments, and not by greatness or nobility of mind, may indeed be earned, but they are not secured, and in time of need cannot be relied upon; and men have less scruple in offending one who is beloved than one who is feared, for love is preserved by the link of obligation which, owing to the baseness of men, is broken at every opportunity for their advantage; but fear preserves you by a dread of punishment which never fails.

Surrounded by sycophants, unable to deal with opposition, yet the need to be loved in America and the world. Each of these flaws in a person are not terrible, but when one is leader of the Free World, it is dangerous.

Because of Obama's wish to be loved, he will never see through the eyes of his electoral (and parliamentary) opponents. By having his people go after Palin without abandon, he generated an anger that will not be sated until he is voted out of office. Because Palin was martyred, because she opposes and knows where the Conservatives and Republicans are going, it will be Karmic majesty if she defeats Obama in Election 2012. No one else matters.

The opposition has found many weakness' to President Obama: Breitbart found corrupted ACORN, some of us noticed that the 60 Minutes Producers are in your pocket and Advance Publications need to be tackled before 2012.

Had any Liberal or Democrat ever thought of being kind to the Right, these attacks would not happen. But again, asking for love means giving some in return. Both Democrats and Obama failed this.

Tomorrow, thanks to Robert Stacy McCain (hit his Tip jar), Hoffman will beat the Democratic candidate and the impostor Republican. Virginia will be lost due to arrogance and NJ will be a fight to the finish. But if there is any corruption at all in NJ, it falls to this President, and will increase his chances of losing in 2012.

President Obama does not stand for any issues. He thinks he is better then most Americans, he is not humbled by being chosen (contrast with former President Bush [either] or Reagan). Obama does not understand the lessons of Icarus. President Obama cannot decide what to do with Afghanistan. Not Iraq, but Afghanistan!

My prediction: Palin will beat Obama 58% - 38% (4% for third party).

My question, Why do you think Obama will fail or succeed by 2012?

Frank Rich, American Idiot

Would you trust someone whose job is to write about the two party system who always gets one party, their people and their philosophies always wrong? Well, someone fire Frank Rich, the man has no understanding of Republican party politics.

It was the post on Memeorandum this morning.

How many ways was Rich wrong? Let me count them....

1) First, by Rich: "The New York fracas was ignited by the routine decision of 11 local Republican county chairmen to anoint an assemblywoman, Dede Scozzafava, as their party’s nominee for the vacant seat. The 23rd is in safe Republican territory that hasn’t sent a Democrat to Congress in decades. And Scozzafava is a mainstream conservative by New York standards; one statistical measure found her voting record slightly to the right of her fellow Republicans in the Assembly. But she has occasionally strayed from orthodoxy on social issues (abortion, same-sex marriage) and endorsed the Obama stimulus package. To the right’s Jacobins, that’s cause to send her to the guillotine.
Sure enough, bloggers trashed her as a radical leftist and ditched her for a third-party candidate they deem a “true” conservative, an accountant and businessman named Doug Hoffman. When Gingrich dared endorse Scozzafava anyway — as did other party potentates like John Boehner and Michael Steele — he too was slimed. Mocking Newt’s presumed 2012 presidential ambitions, Michelle Malkin imagined him appointing Al Sharpton as secretary of education and Al Gore as “global warming czar.” She’s quite the wit."

If Rich actually knew any Conservatives or tea-partiers, he would have known that support of President Obama's stimulus package by any Republican means their job was in danger. And if Rich needs to know about the different branches, he can read this.

Since the loss of November 2008, the fiscal Conservatives have gauined ground within the party. Newewt's idea of taking any or all people with an R by their name is Old School. if you have an R next to your name, know what issues are important. Hoffman did.

2) More Rich: "The right’s embrace of Hoffman is a double-barreled suicide for the G.O.P. On Saturday, the battered Scozzafava suspended her campaign, further scrambling the race. It’s still conceivable that the Democratic candidate could capture a seat the Republicans should own. But it’s even better for Democrats if Hoffman wins. Punch-drunk with this triumph, the right will redouble its support of primary challengers to 2010 G.O.P. candidates they regard as impure. That’s bad news for even a Republican as conservative as Kay Bailey Hutchison, whose primary opponent in the Texas governor’s race, the incumbent Rick Perry, floated the possibility of secession at a teabagger rally in April and hastily endorsed Hoffman on Thursday.
The more rightists who win G.O.P. primaries, the greater the Democrats’ prospects next year. But the electoral math is less interesting than the pathology of this movement. Its antecedent can be found in the early 1960s, when radical-right hysteria carried some of the same traits we’re seeing now: seething rage, fear of minorities, maniacal contempt for government, and a Freudian tendency to mimic the excesses of political foes. Writing in 1964 of that era’s equivalent to today’s tea party cells, the historian Richard Hofstadter observed that the John Birch Society’s “ruthless prosecution” of its own ideological war often mimicked the tactics of its Communist enemies.
The same could be said of Beck, Palin and their acolytes. Though they constantly liken the president to various totalitarian dictators, it is they who are re-enacting Stalinism in full purge mode. They drove out Arlen Specter, and now want to “melt Snowe” (as the blog Red State put it). The same Republicans who once deplored Democrats for refusing to let an anti-abortion dissident, Gov. Robert Casey of Pennsylvania, speak at the 1992 Clinton convention now routinely banish any dissenters in their own camp."

I don't think Rich and the Democrats remember 2006 where they kicked out Senator Joseph Lieberman of CT over foreign policy. In fact, when the Democrats were in the wilderness, I do not remember any policy they proposed over Iraq other then the Neville Chamberlain option (which they are proposing for Afghanistan).

In fact, since December 12, 2000, the Democrats moved Left and threw out the old rules of engagement by Tip O'Neill. Witness the rise of Firedoglake, Daily Kos and Huffington Post. Would Tip be pleased? I say, NO.

If Rich wants to complain on how the Conservatives are treating the GOP, maybe he should put Robert Stacy McCain, Dan Riehl, the lovely and talented Pam Geller, Jim Hoft, and yours truly in his Rolodex.

But if you want to meet closed minded people, look at the Manhattanites. They think they are better then you. And they work in all manners of the media (to be discussed soon). If Rich cannot take the time to know and understand his fellow Americans (that goes for most Democrats too), then they should lose their privileges.

When the Conservatives and Republicans take over Congress in 2011, the Commerce committee should subpoena "Pinch" Sulzburger and see if he puts his paper in tandem with the Democratic party. There might be some RICO issues involved as well.

And Rich? May he lose his apartment on the Upper West Side (or wherever he lives) and be forced to work among Republicans. Who is up for shorting NYT Stock on 1/20/10?

So much for "Smart Diplomacy," in Afghanistan

While the Obama Administration is reading books about Vietnam to understand Afghanistan (rather then reading books about Afghanistan to understand Afghanistan); While President Obama takes the press to watch the fallen in Dover, Delaware, History moves on without "the best and the brightest," of the Obama Administration.

President Karzai won the Afghan election back on September 16; Now, like Chicago Alderman finding Zombie voters, the Obama Administration days later found issues with Karzai's election. According to the media, there was supposed to be a runoff this week (after America's first off-year elections during this Harold Saxon Presidency).

However, international politics is like Domestic politics in one way: if an American president is seen as weak and vacillating, he usually cannot be counted to support allies with strength (Hello Israel!), thus no one will follow the Presidents lead.

From (G-d help me) Al-Jazeera US, watch and understand:



If the Obama Administration could not make it easier for Dr. Abdullah Abdullah comfortable for a run-off, how can the same Administration keep you healthy?

Former Vice President Cheney said President Obama was "dithering," in making a decision about what strategy to use in Afghanistan. That was mentioned earlier this Summer in the Valley.

President Obama is the Commander in chief. This was the so-called "war of necessity," (Read the speech at the link to show yourself how much Senator Obama understood Afghanistan.) Where is Obama's so called great decision making skills?

Why should President Obama be trusted domestically when his allies overseas are wary of him now?

The True test if Global Warming is Real....

In Copenhagen this December, either President Obama or members of his Administration will be going to argue why the world is ending RIGHT NOW. Here is an earlier take in the Valley about Global warming.

However, I believe in the Scientific Method when it comes to any theory, be it scientific or social. What is the Scientific method?

1. Observe

2. Hypothesize

3. Test Hypothesis

4. Answer to accept or reject hypothesis

So, what are we in the Valley going to Observe and hypothosize about regarding Global warming?

One street in one city. If on this cool October day in Los Angeles, Global warming is real, then the proof will out.

Let's follow the Scientific method on Global warming:

1. Follow Google maps to Malibu Colony Road in Malibu, California. Why this street? This street is closest to the Pacific Ocean. And, if Global warming theorizes that the Oceans will rise, then the people living at Malibu Colony Road will be in the Ocean's way. Correct?

2. Now let us hypothesize that if Global warming is real, a majority of houses will be on the market for pennies per square foot. I'm sure we can find out how many homes are up for sale today on Malibu Colony Road. Out of 124 Homes, only 4 are for sale.

3. What is the test? Simple, if former Vice President Gore (and partisan Nobel Prize Winner) is right, then a majority of houses will be on the market (cheaply) by the end of the conference. If not, then if these people living by the Ocean are not worried about their homes, why should you?

4. The answer? If the folks at Copenhagen are right, by December 18 (two days after my birthday), most of these homes will be for sale, cheaply. If not, maybe Global warming should be known as this decade's "EST"

My question to you: Do you have any way to test if Global warming is real using the Scientific method? Or if you belive in Global warming, what is your proof?

How to Live in the Universe (Thanks to the Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy)

After a few serious posts, lets have a laugh.

This is from the BBC version of Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. I think this is cooler then the Hollywood version. Even though they did the show on the cheap, the BBC kept the characters and plot correct and understood the Margaritaville attitude of most of the characters (save for Arthur Dent).

So, Hollywood: don't spend millions on special effects, spend thousands on a character and plot based movies! Better then doing another Re-make that no one sees!

I must warn you, this is NSFW. Enjoy!

Discuss Shaking the Disease

Read them all and decide if you want Government Run Health Care [GRHC] for yourself:

Prologue;

Shaking the Disease: 1, Quem Deus Vult Perdere, Dementat Prius;

Shaking the Disease: 2, Hic Sunt Dracones;

Shaking the Disease: 3, Pendent Opera Interrupta; and

Shaking the Disease: 4, Aut Vincere Aut Mori

Do you still support GRHC? Why or why not? What will you do for your cause?

And here is a video of Depeche Mode singing, of course, Shaking the Disease:

Shaking the Disease: 4, Aut Vincere Aut Mori

Karv, Todd, Dan, RS, Professor Jacobson, and Former Governor Palin,

Aut Vincere Aut Mori means "Victory or Death," and Victory came from an unlikely source. A source, we on the Right are proud to call an ally: Sean Hannity.

he mentioned on his radio show about how Pill companies help. I followed up, called; sent paperwork, any voila: My pills were at my Therapists office in September.

However, because he worked for an office funded by the State (of CA), I could not pick them up. Welcome back to the land of Escher!

So I had to run around and find another Psychiatrist to help me get the pills. Then, through a third party, I got them. And of course, let me give a shout out to one of my late father's friend, SK, who really helped my Therapist see the light. Both my father and SK were great salesmen, I learned a little of the trade too.

Hello October! 4 and 1/2 months gone. Still not working, still not in my career path and still not in the Beltway. Oy!

For two weeks I had to transition. It took two Fridays and watching Southland Tales at my friends house (with her dogs) to get me awake and to fight again.

Now, since I focused all that time on the Pills, my disability has run out.

The lesson here from Shaking the Disease is the Government, any offer of help, can keep you in thrall to a Caesar. And not every Caesar was Marcus Aurelius, more were like Caligula. If GRHC goes national, there are many problems. More problems? yes, such as:

A) If GRHC is off-budget, it can be demagogued like the Iraq war was. Then, more fun ensues when....

B) GHRC goes on-budget. Look at the California Budget Crisis. They squeezed people who are out of work for funds. Forced many to make choices between funds for rent and car or their health. This is the future if President Obama gets his way.

Let this story help. Spread it wide from the palm Trees of Hawaii to the cold rocks of Maine -- GRHC will hurt more then it helps.

My next step is to find work in the Political/Policy field and if anyone can give me a step up to DC, let me know.

And don't forget: Donate to Hoffman NY-23!

Shaking the Disease: 3, Pendent Opera Interrupta

Karv, Todd, Dan, RS, Professor Jacobson, and Former Governor Palin,

If you ever read the Stephen King short story, "The End of the Whole Mess," the narrater writes less as the mystery opens up. Here, in the Valley, was no mystery, just the fact that sans pills and added heat wave meant I was unable to focus on writing.

Or look for work.

Or plan for the beltway.

I contacted my (Democratic) Assemblyman to fight Medi-cal. And other then giving me an Escher like solution, even they couldn't crack my caseworker. Now, if GRHC were enforced, that meant anyone who had a troublesome caseworker could not have help.

That is a talking point. Use it.

I had an idea for a fundraiser, but I could not persue it because, I was unable to focus. On anything.

The fight continued to no avail. If I took a job that paid less then my disability, i would get the pills. No. that was what got me into this situation to begin with.

And the answer came over the radio from an ally of all of us.

Thus, Pendent Opera Interrupta, or the work hangs interrupted, was coming to an end. But it was still August.

Next, Chapter 4, and donate to Hoffman at NY-23!

Shaking the Disease: 2, Hic Sunt Dracones

Karv, Todd, Dan, RS, Professor Jacobson and Former Governor Palin,

What is that saying? Man plans and G-d laughs

My plans at the begining of June were simple:

1) Continue writing The Republican Encyclicals, Part II The battlefields;

2) Write and work (The Plague year left me without a job);

3) Work out a plan to get back east to the Beltway by fall for the 9/12 protest. Hopefully, live near the Capitol.

G-d laughed. How?

I was on medi-cal. This is the GRHC for CA. And if you understand how the budget is falling apart across the State, all the way down to local cities, everything Public was in the Red. When I was in DC, I interned for Rep. Dan Miller (R-FL-13) who worked on the Appropriation Committee. Since I left DC and moved to CA, I understood the importance of the 13 subcommittees and continuing resolutions.

Without a budget (especially a balanced one on the State level), things don't work.

And here is where we meet Hic Sunt Dracones: Here there be Dragons.

My caseworker at Medi-cal then said to see my Doctor would cost $200 (and more to get my perscription). And for my pills? $400. I explained to my caseworker that my disability barely covers both. She didn't care and the process to appeal would take over six months.

Now, my favorite writer is Joseph Conrad. Why? Heart of Darkness is the best story about men's souls, both the good and the bad. What made Conrad a better writer then most of our current age is he actually lived a life and then wrote about what he had seen.

Before I get into Government work, I would like to know myself if these programs work or not. Someone with real world experience trumps an Ivy degree any day of the week. I'd would like to hear if Program ABC on the chopping block really did help someone or hurt them. So, what was supposed to be a three hour tour into GRHC turned into a me being stranded because of a devil's choice.

My disability funds or my pills? I chose my funds.

The Dragons smiled with all their teeth.

Next: Chapter 3 and donate to Hoffman at NY-23!

Shaking the Disease: 1, Quem Deus Vult Perdere, Dementat Prius

Karv, Todd, Dan, RS, Professor Jacobson, and Former Governor Palin,

If my earlier tale, The Plague Year showed Liberal Hypocrisy in regards to human suffering (and quiet Conservative goodness), these posts, Shaking the Disease is about Liberal Policies and the damage they cause to the general population Outside the Beltway (and possibly Inside the Beltway too).

As I've mentioned in earlier posts, I am active partisan and I'm a Goth and I enjoy studying policy enough to understand that I want to work in a future Republican White House Chief of Staff's office (hint, hint), by way of working in a Think Tank, an LA/LD on the Hill or in a Lobbying firm.

My disease, which is Bipolar I, can be handled. I spent the Plague year learning how to control it. How does it work for me? (because everyone who gets it is an individual, different people handle it different ways)

1) Talk Therapy once a week. If I'm traveling for work or fun, I can postpone until the next week. We do have the invention of phones and emails to compensate.

2) Anti-depressants to keep me focused. Without it, I am all over the place. My mind is my most important tool. It helps me write, it helps me argue and it helps me put my ideas into reality.

So, why Shaking the Disease? Depeche Mode is a good band to hear, and this quote stands out:

You know how hard it is for me

To shake the disease

That takes hold of my tongue

In situations like these

And each chapter I will be quoting Latin. This one, Quem Deus Vult Perdere, Dementat Prius, means: Whom the gods would destroy, they first make insane. With creativity, unfortunately, comes madness.

So, by the tail end of the Plague year I knew how to fight my disease. I was ready to look for work again and then plan my way back to the Beltway.

Then, hello Government intervention to screw things up royally. And it was at the onset of Summer.

Next, Chapter 2 and donate to Hoffman at NY-23!

Shaking the Disease: From Plague Year to Red Tape Nightmare

These next few posts will be addressed to a contingent of people because each person can help make this story reach the airwaves, printed page or the intellectual caves.

I will address these next few posts to my mentors on the Hill, Karv and Todd (whom I also address at The Republican Encyclicals); Dan and RS for Dan Riehl of Riehl World View and RS McCain at the Other McCain; Professor Jacobson of Legal Insurrection who has spent time studying the theoretical issue of Government Run Health Care [Herinafter written as: GRHC]and former Governor Palin. Why her? Because she reaches a wider audience then the media.

Hopefully, this story will be told by Rush, by Levin, by Beck (heck, if the latter two make peace, I'd think they would be twice as dangerous), by the American Spectator, by the National Review and finally on the floor of the House and Senate (with a mention in the Congressional Record).

Read and understand, this is what Liberals are theorizing about. I have lived the actual experience. Unfortunatly, there are no Unicorns that came with it.

Hear the story, let's change some votes so no one has to suffer the same thing I did.

Comments will be turned on again at the conclusion. And oh, donate to Hoffman at NY-23.

Ready? Let's go!

An Anti-Hero for the Next Decade: Avery Cates

While I was dealing with Government Run health care, I started reading a great series by Jeff Somers. For the past two months, I have been in the Post-Unification World of Avery Cates, and it is worth every penny.

First, start with: The Electric Church.

In this novel, the encroaching influence of the Electric Church is causing problems for the head of internal affairs, Richard Martin. The Electric Monks take people and actively convert them. Converting, by the way, means that your head and mind become electronic and follow the directives of the head of the Electric Church.

Richard Martin hires Anti-hero Avery Cates to stop the Church from Converting more people. In the post-unification world, who has your back is most important (especially in a political Blog).

The next novel, The Digital Plague, has Avery Cates searching for the cause of his disease. It is nanobots who attack people and when Cates leaves the area, they spread and kill their host. It starts in Newark and knowledge of The Electric Church is important. Who started it and why? Worth reading as winter comes.

And the current novel, The Eternal Prison, finds Cates stuck in a prison with no escape. The book carries the life of Cates for two years and Richard Martin ties tightly into the story. And throughout the book, civil war is occuring. How does Cates survive and what side does Cates choose? Read and enjoy.

Somers' also has an interesting Blog. Here he writes on the futility of Origin stories (Is he a Marvel fan too?). I will only contribute two things to his post-unification world. Since this is a political Blog, how did Unification come about? And maybe one piece of Avery Cates' life. To be used or not by Somers' discretion. Onward into the muck!

From my standpoint, Unification started fifteen years after today. The UN finally proved to be a waste of funds and people, that a super secret group decided that World Government is needed with a police force. Only Western nations could apply. And thankfully, there was a rebellion in the States, all 50 of them. The fight led to a tightening of Police and Stormers. The parliament in charge dissolved and we have Parliament 2.0 in the Electric Church.

Unification wins, but no one is happy. NYC is destroyed and robots have all the jobs. Trouble brews and........

Ok, that's just my take. And on Cates?

I think he became a Gunner by being involved with the Battle of Austin Street that ended in McDonalds on 71st Continental Avenue. He fought from Flushing Meadow Park down 108th Street to Austin Street. And he learned to be a Gunner.

Ok, that's just my theories. (I grew up in Forest Hills, just wanted to give it a shout out)Read those books and enjoy. As the election gets closer, we might need a little Cates in all of us.

Vivere Militare Est or "To Live is to Fight,"

And I have fought. And fought.

Against the upcoming ideals of the Liberals and the Democrats: Government Run health care.

The battle is over, I am ready to write again (in all manner of places).

Here is what you can look forward to in the Valley (as always, subscribe and you can be months ahead of Politico):

A) Shaking the Disease. It's the story of the battle fought and the time lost. And why Government should not run health care. By someone who lived the nightmare. RS McCain and Prof. Jacobson, pay attention to these posts (later this week).

B) Flunking Flank will be a regular feature. On permanent Flank Flunkers: Conor Friedersdorf for never supporting any Conservative, on air or on the net. Conor, stop running with Mucus.

C)*** The Republican Encyclicals.**** If you want to know where the idea for the Town Hall protests started -- read it here.

D) Meet the Candidate - Any Conservative and/or Republican candidate from the Southland and San Diego to your part of the country will be highlighted. Email me and I will promote your candidate, from Dog catcher to Congress, and their fundraising site. 2010 here we come!

E) Science Fiction, the Technological Singularity and Surrealism -- because Blogging is supposed to be fun too!

Another post later! Keep reading the Valley.

Coming back Tomorrow

Tanned.

Rested.

Ready.

There are many things to discuss. For now, a video and a question.

The question:

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

In my lifetime, I have not known any "progressive," to fight for the Free Speech Rights of the Right (i.e. Rush, Beck, Levin); Why not?

And now, a fun video (a little salty, but I'm a fan of P &T):

Whisky Tango Foxtrot on the Nobel Peace Prize?! or Why Subscribing to the Valley is good for you.

If it wasn't for today's news, I would not be posting.

Let me start by saying Whisky Tango Foxtrot?!

How did President Obama receive the Nobel Prize for Peace after only being in office for a few days? (The Nobel Nomination Committee receives the nominations for the year postmarked February 1)

Who was in competition for the prize this year? (h/t M.K. Ham of the Weekly Standard)

Sima Samar, women's rights activist in Afghanistan: With dogged persistence and at great personal risk, she kept her schools and clinics open in Afghanistan even during the most repressive days of the Taliban regime, whose laws prohibited the education of girls past the age of eight. When the Taliban fell, Samar returned to Kabul and accepted the post of Minister for Women's Affairs.

Ingrid Betancourt: French-Colombian ex-hostage held for six years.

Dr. Denis Mukwege: Doctor, founder and head of Panzi Hospital in Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo. He has dedicated his life to helping Congolese women and girls who are victims of gang rape and brutal sexual violence.

Handicap International and Cluster Munition Coalition: These organizations are recognized for their consistently serious efforts to clean up cluster bombs, also known as land mines. Innocent civilians are regularly killed worldwide because the unseen bombs explode when stepped upon."

Hu Jia, a human rights activist and an outspoken critic of the Chinese government, who was sentenced last year to a three-and-a-half-year prison term for 'inciting subversion of state power.

Wei Jingsheng, who spent 17 years in Chinese prisons for urging reforms of China's communist system. He now lives in the United States.

And what did President Obama do from January 20 until February 1? Bueller? If this was President Obama's Third or Fourth year in office and he actually got people stop fighting, yes I would say fine -- but against these folks above? Obama never had to struggle against a State determined to kill him; He never did the hard work of clearing out loose ordinances; Civil Rights leaders in Congo and Afghanistan did more.

By the way, why was President Obama the first American President not to meet with the Dalai Lama, another Peace Prize winner? President Obama has chosen Nixonian Realism to deal with Ahmadinijad and Hugo Chavez. And, like most of the Left, faults Israel first before holding Palestinian bombers to task.

I guess if you have an Ivy degree, hate Bush and Republicans, you too can be an Anti-Semite. (See Andrew Sullivan and Fareed Zakharia for more examples).

As William Jacobson and Ann Althouse wrote, this is a form of lobbying by the European Left regards putting more troops in Afghanistan. Remember what General McChrystal said:


Does the Nobel Committee or the Democrats support General McCrystal? Nope.

Now, why you should Subscribe or follow the Valley (and Instapundit should throw his links here more often):

There are two reasons: The Valley is ahead of the news cycle by months or years. Let's take issues on this post alone:

A) I wondered about Afghanistan long before the White House did, back in August. Read and weep:

It seems President Obama has planned to increase the troops into Afghanistan. But what is his long term goal?

When he was Senator Obama, he opposed nation and Democracy building overseas. So did all the Liberals and Democrats. Following that logic, the increase in troops is not to build a stable, democratic nation into Central Asia.

Is he using the troops to prop up Karzai and stop elections there? As President, President Obama has not supported any Democracy movement overseas. For instance, look at how Obama treated the Iranian protesters.

If he is fighting the Taliban and Al-Queda, what are his benchmarks? And has President Obama read Peter Hopkirk's Great Game series? Does President Obama know the history of the Khyber pass?

B) The Nobel Prize is a partisan prize, written in 2007. Read and understand:

By those basic precepts, the prize should go to someone who has made people's lives more freer and peaceful.

In the last two decades, the prize has gone to Anti-semites such as Yassir Arafat, Mohammed El-Baridi and the United Nations (famous for it's 1975 "Zionism is racism" and always voting against Israel save for the United States), Democratic partisans such as, (anti-Semite) Jimmy Carter and Albert Gore. Receiving the Nobel Peace prize does not change the sins, but it should not redeem the sinner. An Anti-Semite is still an Anti-Semite after they win the award.

By the way, how many wars and massacres have the United Nations stopped? The same amount as the League of Nations.I could think of other, more deserving people, who should get the Peace Prize: How about the Burmese Monks? How about an Iranian dissident? or a Cuban one? Or a Palestinian organization which believes in non-violence?

The last Republican who was given the prize was Henry Kissinger; Does removing dictators and theocrats count as bringing peace and freedom? If the Nobel Prize is the guide, people can suffer under dictators or theocrats. Thanks Norwegians!

C) The Democratic Party would rather deal with dictators then support Democracy Overseas, written February 2008. Read and wonder:

Meanwhile, Israel is under fire for protecting itself. The murder of the Head of Hezbollah has caused Israel to put it's embassies on High Alert. Oh, and the head of Hezbollah was no innocent -- read his crimes here.

The Democrats don't support American allies outside of Europe or East Asia. They don't support Iraqi democracy (Wilsonianism was a Democratic idea, last used during the Clinton Administration); They don't support Israel during it's time of need and because they shut down FISA, no one can hear the networks talk. (And take a listen to the Anti-war protesters, they don't support Israel either or Democracy overseas).

Got it? Good.

And another reason for Conservatives, Republicans and the media: I actually know whats going on within the Party. I point my rhetorical cannon at Liberals and hypocritical media. I would trust Dan Riehl, RS McCain, Clifton B.and Pam Geller before I would trust Conor or Frum. And seriously, the New York Times has not endorsed a Republican since Eisenhower (and before that Teddy Roosevelt's re-election) re-election.

And finally, a debate question:

Would the Nobel Committee give the next award to Hamas since they hated President Bush too? Or do Leftists put themselves above ideals?

Health Update, a Video and a Question

My battle with Government Run health Care ended last Friday.

However, now that I am in "Mop up," I am tired. I was hoping, instead of this summer fighting for my pills, to have used that season to get back to DC and East Coast time. It's going to take a week and a half before I'm back up to speed, so forgive the time lapse between posts. There are other things I need to bring up to speed, so I ask for some time. I will make up for it.

So, very tired, very annoyed and very frustrated. I lost the narrative of my own life and I want it back.

I have offered RS McCain (The Conservative Jules Winnifield) first bite at the apple with the story. I am still waiting for his reply.

OK, that's enough of the complaints, now let's watch a funny Video:



I am taking Animal's advice: SE-RENE!

In this next week and a half, I might not reach out, but if you have my phone number, check in. If you don't, but want to, email me. For now, I am hiding from the world in plain sight.

Since I'm feeling philosophical tonight, here is my question:

Liberals believe World peace begins by taking away weapons, even if countries philosophies differ (i.e. see Eastern Bloc ), Conservatives believe that if a country or a random attack by a non-affiliated NGO or Antagonistic Nation attacks, we need weapons to maintain peace. Now the question:

How does the next Republican President reconcile (after our current President draws down American weaponry until 2012) a peaceful existence with the idea of a rouge NGO or antagonistic nation (i.e. Iran) still ready to attack the US or her allies (i.e. Israel)?

Have at it. Hope to be back sooner rather then later.

On Friday, President Obama Rolled Snake Eyes. No chance for Boxcars until 2013.

On Friday, President Obama failed domestically and internationally.

Let's start domestically:

1) The Unemployment numbers rose for September 2009. 9.8% for September. 9.7% in August. 9.6% July and 9.5% in June. Last I checked, President Bush is residing in Texas, president Obama is in the White House. Who owns those numbers?

2) From, General (government) Motors, the Saturn line is closing. How many jobs will be lost from design, production to fixing these cars? By the way, President Obama owns GM. How's that working out for everybody?

Now, internationally:

1) President Obama made a surprise announcement taking away the missile defense of Czechoslovakia and Poland against Iran and an encroaching Russia. He did it without talking with either of these nations at any level.

2) After a major lobbying effort by Oprah and President Obama, Chicago came in dead last with the International Olympic Committee.

In craps, President Obama rolled a snake eyes. The lowest roll on the board. Losing allies overseas, losing a public relations battle overseas, losing jobs and GM failing under his watch. You can't spin it. He lost on all fronts.

Why were Conservative and Republicans smiling on Friday? Because for 8 years, we have heard how smart and intelligent Liberals and Democrats were, and once they ran the Federal Government, all will be well.

Guess what? Wrong!

When new York City lost 2012 under the Bush Administration, people at the Daily Kos (and Kos himself) cheered. Hello Karma.

Here are some basic rules of politics:

A) Always back your friends and allies (see Israel, Poland and Czech).

B) If you say you're better then the last guy, better come through (see GM).

C) Tactics and attitudes during the opposition of the last Administration will bite the administration of the other party. As I say, don't like it, don't start it. Liberals cheered Bush losing the NYC bid.

They never gave President Bush support on anything. Look at how Liberals danced on the head of a pin on Iraq. And NOW they're flustered with Afghanistan.?!? Reap what you sow.

We on the Right (especially in the Blogosphere) are playing proposition bets, while President Obama and the Democrats are staying on the hardaways. Guess who wins?

For my friends on the Left, here's a hint:

If your financial and philosophical allies are backing Roman Polanski, stop calling yourselves more intelligent then average Americans. You aren't. Look at the rising (still) unemployment rates.

For my friends on the Right:

If anyone on the Polanski list gave funds to a Congressional candidate, highlight that. How many more companies will shed jobs? Highlight that. How many more Overseas Allies will be hurt by President Obama? Keep asking.

As long as President Obama and his allies think they are smarter, better and nicer then the Average American, we win in 2010 and 2012.

For now, President Obama rolls the dice and he keeps rolling snake eyes and betting on the hardaways. That's can't even hit Pass.

My questions:

i) Do you know anyone who has been hired for a full time non-governmental job since Obama's inauguration?
ii) Why does President Obama treat Iran nicer then Israel?
iii) What bets would you place on the Obama Administration? Craps terms please.

Next shooter!

No Bullets in the Valley, only Ballots

Two years ago, I railed against a Blogger on the Huffington Post talking of relieving President Bush of his duties. He was wrong. But because it came from the Left, no one disowned it. It was called a joke. Yeah, I was laughing.

Let me link and quote:

General Pace - you have the power to fulfill your responsibility to protect the troops under your command. Indeed you have an obligation to do so.

You can relieve the President of his command.

Not of his Presidency. But of his military role as Commander-In-Chief.

You simply invoke the Uniform Code Of Military Justice.

....
If you have reason to believe that the President is responsible for "disorders and neglects to the prejudice of good order and discipline in the armed forces" and for "conduct of a nature to bring discredit upon the armed forces, and crimes and offenses not capital" then you have the obligation to act.

In addition to relieving him of his command as Commander-In-Chief, you also have authority to place the President under MILITARY arrest.

...

In all your 39 years of service you have shown total loyalty to the chain of command.

However, given the current imperilment of US troops, and the "Conduct Unbecoming Of An Officer And A Gentleman" of this President - you have a greater responsibility to your nation, your code of honor and to the US Constitution.

I wish you well as you prepare to undertake the most heroic action of your distinguished career.

General Pace - please save the US.

Respectfully yours,
Martin Lewis

Now from the Right, on News max, there is this (again, more at the link). Even memeorandum has gotten involved today:

What happens if the generals Obama sent to win the Afghan war are told by this president (who now says, “I’m not interested in victory”) that they will be denied troops they must have to win?

Do they follow orders they cannot carry out, consistent with their oath of duty? Do they resign en masse?

Or do they soldier on, hoping the 2010 congressional elections will reverse the situation? Do they dare gamble the national survival on such political whims?

Anyone who imagines that those thoughts are not weighing heavily on the intellect and conscience of America’s military leadership is lost in a fool’s fog.

Will the day come when patriotic general and flag officers sit down with the president, or with those who control him, and work out the national equivalent of a “family intervention,” with some form of limited, shared responsibility?

Imagine a bloodless coup to restore and defend the Constitution through an interim administration that would do the serious business of governing and defending the nation. Skilled, military-trained, nation-builders would replace accountability-challenged, radical-left commissars. Having bonded with his twin teleprompters, the president would be detailed for ceremonial speech-making.

Military intervention is what Obama’s exponentially accelerating agenda for “fundamental change” toward a Marxist state is inviting upon America. A coup is not an ideal option, but Obama’s radical ideal is not acceptable or reversible.

For the left, I hope they understand the word Karma. By not following the laws of civility for a President you didn't like, you opened the door when the electoral cycle entered in your favor. Only the Left can stop what they started. We on the Right are still pissed on how you treated Bush and Palin, don't forget that.

I am a partisan, but I believe in the power of honest elections and a free press. Thanks to ACORN, most on the Right don't think the first is possible. And the press, seriously, I've met some activists who think the media has played sides against us since 1960 and 1964. Where is Columbia Journalism Review [CJR] or Democracy in America [DiA] to dispute that fact? Well, CJR is run by a former left leaning Nation magazine editor, and DiA never references Right leaning Blogs. Start there, go deeper.

When is 60 Minutes going after ACORN Voter fraud? Hint: Never.

And if Conservatives and Republicans feel that our views are not getting addressed (as an opposition party)? What happens then?

If I were President Obama, I would bring former Governor Dean, Speaker Pelosi and Senator Reid to the White House for a public statement apologizing on how they treated Bush and Palin. And make a promise to treat Americans who differ, better.

But no Liberal will stand up for First Amendment Rights of dissent (or actual officeholders) for Conservatives and Republicans. This is blow back.

I don't want a Military (or any other) Coup D'etat in America. Period. I don't even like to joke about it on the Political sphere. In a fiction book, fine. But this door was opened during the past 8 years. Only those who opened this door can close it.

But, since I said fiction, what is your idea for an American Coup D'Etat? Describe either 2004 or 2012. Go. Maybe you can sell the movie rights.

Be ready to Shake the Disease

For the latter part of the year, I have been dealing with Government Run health care.

The failure of it (in detail) ties into my plague year story. I have been focusing on my health and fighting the bureaucracy. Thus, too many plans have been fallen by the wayside. I am still working on them, but give it time.

When the battle is won (as I plan to win it), I will tell the tale. It will be addressed to the Beltway Contingent of mentors, friends and Bloggers.

If anyone of the Left wants to convince you of how well, in theory, Government Run health care works, be ready for my story. Actual real life examples usually trump theoretical unicorns.

When it is told, I want it in the Congressional record or entered into a magazine piece (if you have access to either of these beforehand, I am available for an interview -- just email me).

And the title of the piece will be titled: Shaking the Disease. Of course it's Goth. Here is the song it was named for: