I May Be Losing Touch With Reality!

I never thought I'd see the day that I'd miss these two people.  I remember when they did their jobs, I was left thinking that sticking needles in my eyes would be more fun than listening to them.  But I should be more careful for that which I wish.

The Previous Migraine

The first of these two talking crucibles is Sean Hannity.  When he first reached national prominence, he was almost acceptable.  You could tell he wasn't the sharpest tool in the box, but he was personable and self-depricating in a genuine and funny way.  But soon after getting his own radio gig, he got arrogant and lazy.  The arrogant part was the most grating.  He was too far below par to have ever let go of his original "aw shucks" personae.  He developed a pathetic phony laugh and wouldn't have had a show but for the Drudge Report.

He is also a terrible interviewer.  When you don't want to know what a guest has to say, just watch Hannity or catch his radio show.  He filibusters, then asks some of the most blatantly loaded Have-you-stopped-beating-your-wife questions.  His unfortunate guest would get two words out and Hannity would be off again.  He's like O'Rielley without the presence.  (Full disclosure:  I dislike O'Reilly for the same reasons.  O'Reilly should do his opening commentary and sign off every night.)

I used to get empathetically embarrassed for Hannity when he'd run out of material while interviewing any liberal.  You would know this because he'd shout,  "What about Bill Ayres?  What about Jeremiah Wright?"  And he'd be totally out of context.  I haven't watched his TV show for a while, but I imagine he still does it.

A Migraine on Steroids

So it was such a relief to hear that WMAL was taking his drive-time slot away.  That is radio prime-time.  It belongs to talented, interesting people.  Little did I know how much worse a drive time talk show could be.  Enter Michael Savage.  As a radio host, he is the worst of all worlds.  He is unfocused.  He can barely maintain a train of thought unless he is reading someone else's work, or worse, his own.  He reads passages (long ones) from his own books frequently, peppering the segments with claims about how he never reads his own stuff on the air because he really hates to do so.  He frequently misses points his callers are making and launches into the most ignorant rants that not only grate, but often leave the caller and listeners frustrated.  He frequently blots out the seeds of great points that could have been made.

His most  ludicrous attribute is his claim to have discovered everything and to have been the first to have explained it.  About some of the most mundane and stale topics he'll say something like, "You (the listener) don't know this.  Only I know this.  And I will explain it to you."  The emphasis on "I" is his.

Marry all this to a stereotypical New York accent and the most whiney, self-important delivery you are ever likely to hear from a paid radio personality and you have what many Americans hear during every evening commute.  I have tuned in recently to see if this clown had a single redeeming quality worth mentioning for this article.  I quickly return to oldies or even subject myself to NPR (whichever of their radio stations' isn't trying to sell me a coffee mug for $75).

Is it possible that I actually miss Hannity?!

A Glimmer of Hope?

There is a rather witty and interesting talk jock, Larry O'Connor who has been co-hosting the morning drive with Brian Wilson, inarguably the gentleman journalist of DC.  O'Connor came to WMAL from Breitbart and has been doing a bang-up job in a chair that has changed hands quite a few times over the years.  For a few months now, in addition to his morning show, O'Connor has been bumping Savage from his third hour, every night with show called "The Drive at Five." It's not exactly a title you precede with a drum roll.  But it is bloody good radio.  O'Connor holds his own very nicely, has good "gets" to interview and makes the hour fly by.  I now find myself tuning into WMAL to check and see if he is on yet.  If I hear a jackass talking about his digestive disorders or demonstrating a complete misunderstanding of some of the most common events, I know O'Connor isn't on yet.

I'd like to respectfully request WMAL find a new sidekick for Wilson and give Larry his own gig from 3-6 every afternoon.  But for the love of knowledge and reason, dump Savage.  He makes the station look stupid.  Even Hannity would be an improvement, but there is enough real talent out there that you shouldn't have to bring Hannity back.  You could try putting the Conservative Black Chick on with Wilson in the morning and O'Connor in the afternoon.

From the Weird to the Absolutely Hysterical

The other guy I miss is Jay Carney.  He makes appearances here and there, now and then, commenting on the issues of the day.  But that isn't the same as watching his lip curl from the White House podium.  I found him an annoyance on his best day.  Little could I know that his replacement would make him appear almost human; hell, practically likable.

The present WH press secretary is Josh Earnest (now there's a name for you).  This guy is the most self-righteous, grating, smug spokesbitch to ever disgrace the podium.  Don't you want to just whole-hand him across the side of his head him every time he opens his smarmy mouth?   He is perfect for this administration.  For Carey's part, you knew when he was lying, something he did every single day, because his lip would curl.  At least he had enough dignity to be uncomfortable with the task.  But Earnest?  He glides through the cesspool of crap like a ballerina.  And if any of the two or three REAL journalists in the room DARE to question his endless stream of crap, he is nakedly condescending.  First you lie, then you condescend.  A perfect fit for the entire administration.

I would like to offer my sincere apology to every American for being personally responsible for the downfall of Carney and the rise of Earnest.

Okay, okay!  So MAYBE it wasn't this blog that was ENTIRELY responsible.  But I still feel bad.  I feel especially guilty when I think of the fake reporters who not only sit through the gelatinous flow of feces that stinks up the press room; they have to pretend to believe it and THEN write or talk about it.  Poor, illegitimate bastards.   (Wait…that was redundant, but not.  I am really not questioning their parentage, only their professional ethics and skepticism.)

If anyone sees Jay, tell him I'm sorry and the poker invitation still stands.

He's going to do it!

I have said here and to friends many times that the only way Obama enacts the policies issued to him by Valerie Jarrett is through authoritarianism.  I also said I suspect the cabal in the White House to be arrogant enough to thwart the election process.

Obama has a large ego but it is as delicate as a light bulb.  He is easily manipulated while at the same time believing that he is relevant.  Before the end of 2015 he will say words to this effect:  "Things are just too crazy.  Look at the border.  People are flocking in because the Republicans refuse to pass comprehensive immigration reform.  The Tea Party is causing unrest.  Ebola is spreading.  We are at war with ISIS (pick your phony crisis).  I'm sorry, but we just cannot have an election in 2016. We can't have that divisiveness in this crisis!" He is that dim-witted.  He is that easily handled. The real power behind him is that hungry for power.

The "executive actions" are just trial balloons.  The term executive action has been reduced to mere euphemism here.  Executive implies he is carrying out the will of congress.  That is his only function as Chief Executive.  He can suggest legislation till the cows come home and advocate for it.  But he cannot create the laws to execute.  So these actions, "agreements" with China* that break it off in our asses while they pretend to think about doing anything, extending the business mandate, and especially the freebies for illegals, are just a test to see if he will get away with the big announcement next year.

Are you, the American voter (white, black, hispanic, male, female, liberal, conservative, Cubs fan); are you stupid enough to let it all slide by?

Support Operation Moron!!!  Stay tuned here!

* The agreement with China over green house emissions is so lop-sided as to be laughable.  It will be handed to the EPA for action and congress will be ignored.  That's because McConnell and Boehner lack the sack to do their jobs.

Ebama Takes On Obola "Scientifically"…(which is to say arbitrarily and without the capacity for reason)

Of all the scandals and crimes committed by the Obama administration, the ebola debacle shines as the most stupid.  AND IT AIN'T OVER.

What is the science here?

Let's establish real parameters here.  The primary lies about ebola are the ways we are told the virus works.  We are told that if you don't show symptoms in 21 days, you don't have ebola.  The evidence for this is anecdotal.  Not statiscian can say otherwise.  The CDC admitted early on that there has been no study with a control group to prove the 21 day stat.  How the hell could you do that?  What they have as evidence is this:  

Question:  When did your sister who had ebola last puke on you?  

Answer:  About three weeks ago.  

Question:  And you are just testing positive today?  

Answer: Yes.  

Comment to colleague:  Well that's the longest lead time I've seen.  You? 

From colleague:  Yep, 21 days;  I haven't seen longer.  I'll make a note of that.

The "science" surrounding the symptoms is even more deserving of ridicule.  We are told you ARE NOT contagious until you show symptoms (lately, among some commentators the phrase has been "until you have full-blown ebola").  But no virus, including this nasty booger, works so mechanically. It's not a trip wire.  You don't walk down the street whistling and having sex with your girlfriend, then at 11:30:00 one morning develop a fever and 11:30:01become officially contagious.  If you have a strong constitution, you may feel a very slow onset (the doc who tested positive here most recently said he felt very fatigued while he was irresponsibly putting his friends at risk in the bowling alley). The truth is that around the time you start to feel some of the symptoms, sometime before or after, you are shedding virus.  You are contagious.

But the amateurs in the White House want you to believe they are fully in charge of the biology.  They are smarter and cooler than anyone, right?  But they can't be "in charge" of something if it doesn't conform to their narrative.  So, they make up a narrative.  Everyone around you is ebola proof until you have a specific temperature.  Before that…you're good.  

Another bit of science we are being treated to is, "Well, this thing just isn't that terribly contagious."  You'd think you would have to take a bath in the bodily fluids of someone with massive boils, bleeding from every orifice, and toss back a tumbler of it for good measure before you'd be in any danger of actually contracting the virus.

This virus is highly contagious.  stop all traffic from West Africa until it is DECLINING.  I think the west will survive without all the dozens to tourist dollars we earn from that region.

Operation Moron

May '15 Update:  The idea is catching on.  But your representatives don't fear you yet.  So this sorry state of affairs will only continue until they hear from you.  Still, it's good to see that most people are paying attention.

Sneak Preview

These are the key points of the project:

• For my Democratic friends (this would be not fun without you) and my Republican friends, we have to dump the clowns who have headed up our congressional caucuses for the past several years.
• Harry Reid - How did this whiney, mealy-mouth, lying little man ever land his position?  What did he and his Las Vegas people have on members of congress to cause them to put him a position of leadership?  He hasn't uttered an honest worthwhile phrase in years.  Dump him!  Find a statesman!
• Mitch McConnell - As I write I am listening to him making his acceptance speech.  The ONLY thing this pasty face, chinless non-player has going for him is his amazing wife.  He has been weak and useless throughout his entire tenure.  Dump him!  Find a statesman!
• Nancy Pelosi - Shrill, idiotic, dishonest, staggeringly immature.  "Deemed to have voted" for Obamacare?  Is there a thinking person on the planet who doesn't see how such disingenuousness does damage to the very fabric of this country?  If you can't see it, go away.  I am not talking to you and you are of no value in this conversation. She is an embarrassment to her party and to this nation.  Dump her!  Find a statesman!
• John Boehner - This guy can hardly walk. He has called on the President for "leadership". He was the leader in the legislative process!  Does he not get this?  Does he understand a word of the Constitution of the United States?  Dump him!  find a statesman!
• Here's the best part.  Under the Constitution that Mr. Suntan doesn't understand, the Speaker of the House does not have to be a member of Congress.  Draft a person of real political heft.  Condi Rice?  Bobby Jindal?  Chris Christie? W?  You tell me - WHO?  Put a name in the comment section.  We'll get this as much exposure as we can and hit those goons inside the beltway with it.

What Else?

• Keystone pipeline - no compromise!
• Dump Obamacare - no compromise!
• Slash corporate tax rates - Can you say automatic 2 Trillion Dollar stimulus without the public spending a dime?

We'll get into investigations of crimes and incompetence over the next day or two.  

To all, it is shaping up to be an interesting night.  What an amazing election season it has been.  But it is time to put the political prostitution behind us and get serious about pulling this economy out of the toilet.

Cheers,

MJ

Since Everyone Else is Already Thinking About '16…

Alright, the speculation for 2016 has already started.  Pretty pointless because anyone who peaks now will be out of the race by the New Year.  But since were already engaging in the mental masturbation, there is a chance for me to impart some of my limitless wisdom on the arguments now shaping up.

First, everybody put their egos back in their pockets.  I keep hearing people over react to the prospect of a Paul, Bush or Romney.  Do the Republican Party a favor; tout who you think it should be and don't tell us who should not be nominated.  We have such propensity for shaping the argument for the opposition.  "Eeeeeew!  Not Bush!  We've had enough Bushes."  "Eeeew!  Not Romney.  He only knows how to lose!"  Instead, don't pretend these guys came down with the last drop of rain and at the same time, promote your guy.  My guy is Jindal.  He is by far the most underrated, under appreciated player on the field today.  He's got executive experience and knows what he's talking about.

Second, celebrate a strong field of recognizable names and punish severely the first one of them that seriously damages a Republican opponent.  We have so much to dump on the Democrats that any 10 Republicans can debate all night on 100 points, makes gains for themselves and never utter a single ill word toward another Republican.  But this will take vigilance on our part.  When I say punish, I mean when they get done bashing another Republican, we take to the web and talk shows until that guy couldn't run for dog catcher.  Our candidates should fear us as much as the government should fear their citizenry.  Sadly neither entity is very scared of us right now because they know we (all of us in both parties) have had our heads up our asses since Reagan.  So let's pull out heads out and exercise a bit of discipline for a year or two, eh?

Next, avoid small ball.  (You better sit down my Christian friends.  This will give you vapors.)  By small ball I mean all those things that subset politicians use to make you think they really give a shit about your single-issue narrow-mindedness.  Prayer in school, the ten commandments in front of Jerkwater city hall, American flags in HOA developments, gay marriage, Hollywood…these are drags to winning BIG in the general election.  Shame your mayors and governors and state and local legislatures into dealing with those issues.  That's their job.  When national politicians jump on those band wagons, you are being played.  That applies to all of them. Yes, even (brace yourself) Ted Cruz.  I love the guy.  I want him to run as well.  He's the shit, to put it in Navy terms.  But he doesn't give a rat's ass about any of the things I just listed. He pretends to now and then.  But he is smart and he is a pragmatist.  He knows that if he is to make a difference and really nail his name in the pages of history, it won't because he help Henry Overalls fly his VFW flag on his apartment balcony.  It will be because he kept this gargantuan monster we call the US government from sliding over a fiscal cliff, and then he butchered the monster.

So think big and sting the other guy with your worst venom.  Push fiscal conservatism, promote your Republican, get behind the nominee, then flay his Democratic opponent.  That's how you win general elections.

Do You Want to WIN This Month? Well, Do you?!?!

Let's Start With Assumptions.

I'm going out on a limb and assuming that republican women take their voting franchise more seriously than men.   So I will address the men here.

I am further assuming you want to know what it takes to sweep the midterms and create a different political environment.

Well, then, I tell you the secret…

Turn out!!!!!!!

Don't be a lame ass.  Don't skip the polls on the way to work by convincing yourself the democracy will collapse if you are not at you desk at 0630.  Hell, Valerie Jarrett's puppet hasn't been at his desk in six years.  We're still afloat - barely.  And don't tell yourself that there might be a line at the polls in the evening.  Hell, most of those reading this have as much as a month to actually vote.  So do it!

But why should you, really?

Well, do you want to stop the IRS from being used as a weapon against political enemies?  TURN OUT!  Sure the Republicans could do it too.  But they don't know the post election surprise we are cooking up.  Neither do you, although the more astute among you may have figured it out.

Do you want to smack the State Department whole hand in the side of the head and REALLY prevent another Benghazi?  TURN OUT!

Do you want to track down and imprison the people who got Brian Terry killed by running guns to Mexico to create a political narrative?  TURN OUT!

Do you want to shut down travel from West Africa?  TURN OUT!

Do you want to shut down the Department of Education?  They haven't educated a single child or done anything any state can do.  In fact, everything they touch turns to shit.  TURN OUT!

Do you want to shut down the Jarrett Administration?  TURN OUT!

Do you want to see ISIS treated like the dogs shit they are?  TURN OUT!

Do you want to see the senate actually vote on something of significance and find out just how many surviving dems will actually vote for a Republican initiative and not go home to their voters and explain why they chose to keep Obamacare alive?   TURN OUT!

For that matter, do you want to see Obamacare replaced by tort reform and interstate, competitive insurance as opposed to crony capitalist insurance? TURN OUT!

D you want to stop worthless, stupid, race-baiting, sissy-boy punks from standing in front of polling places with clubs?  TURN OUT!  That's correct.  To the members of the New Black Panthers; you are 

worthless, stupid, race-baiting, sissy-boy punks!

I could go on all night.  If you want to see all the garbage I just outlined continue, then by all means, be pussies and stay home.  But if any of the above rings a bell, put on your big boy pants and vote.

I can hear it already.  Some of you will say that I am just mean and that isn't doing anyone any good.  We must be affirming and uplifting in order to get out the vote.  Well, I feel your pain.  And I have given the a lot of thought.  My carefully considered response to you is…SHUT UP!!!!!!

What People Really, Really Want.

Isn't organized religion a handy contrivance?  There isn't anything that you can say, not a single phrase you can mutter that can't be tied into a phrase or idea in any grand holy book.  At the end of this article is a link.  For those entrepreneurs studying for the religion business, this link is a very poor example of how to structure your sermons.  It's rather pathetic in terms of even religious symbolism.  If you want a high-calibre, self-serving sermon that's going to make you extra relevant in the eyes of your parishioners, you might want to consult Joel Olsteen.  He's got morons thinking you can find god on the radio for $5.95 a month.  Just a few platitude from a guy who learned his craft as his preacher Daddy's sound man, and you too can find Jeeeeeeesus.

But the reason I included this clip at the end is because it demonstrates what people will swallow and what you can convince them of under the guise of "spiritual leadership".  Most of the people in the "pastor's" congregation that day knew that every word coming form his mouth was ridiculous.  A few, I'm sure, actually bought it.  There's always a few.  But for all present, there was a reason to at least pretend they bought it.

At about 6:48 in the video, this "pastor" compares a punk and petty thief to that which is the model of perfection to Christians, the Christ figure himself.  This, he tells us, is the result of his conversation with the holy spirit.  His personal conversation that occurs because he is the guy on the podium and so much closer to the center of all existence than those to whom he speaks.  (If a word this guy said were true, you'd have to assume that the holy spirit has a serious problem communicating.) The comparisons he draws are even more stupid than the premise itself.  But, no matter, it was raw meat to those wanting to insinuate themselves into the narrative in front of the TV cameras. They wanted to be part of the hype supplied by this "pastor" and mob rat #7 and violent race baiter the "reverend" Al Sharpton.  This was a media party. This was the place, among many others, where people were getting "permission" from the charlatans to behave in any manner they wished with regard to the law and social norms.  And Al is a pro.  He has enriched himself making irresponsible accusations and encouraging hate and violence. He lacks the nads to take part in it.  But he didn't mind seeing a Jewish shop burned down after he fired up some hate in a mob a few years back.

And even now, so many weeks after people rioted, burned shops and stole merchandise (because some punk they neither knew or cared about broke a cop's face and ended up shot) the people of Ferguson look for any excuse the speak nonsense to power and try to provoke a confrontation with police.

There was a time when this would have been shocking.  But it is now a rather tame example of what has become the norm.

If you can convince a large groups of people in the middle east that stomping babies and beheading people because they won't validate you and your stupid god, well then you could probably convince a few Americans to try it too.  It has already happened here.  If you can do that, then you could probably persuade your credulous followers to picket funerals and denounce soldiers because there are gay people in the military.  It follows that you could also convince people, having not a shred of evidence, that a man dying of a virus with a 50% kill rate was the result of racism.*  And if you can do all that, you can certainly use race baiting and emotional manipulation to get people to act like animals and tear their own town apart.  All you need do is pretend a worthless bully is a precious flower and spew stupid chants like, "No justice, No peace!"

Why?  Because that is what so many people want.  They WANT to be lied to.  They want to be led by the nose.  They want to feel like they are moving with the mob and are therefore more important than they once were.  They want to subjugate themselves to celebrity and call it religion.  They want to vote for political whores (statesmen require the listener to think).  They want to make as many decisions as possible based on pure emotion.  And they never want actions to have consequences.  So, when guys like mob rat #7 and the "pastor" tell them it is okay, they want to behave like mindless children.

To the looters and screamers in Ferguson, grow up. (It cannot be emphasized enough that the overwhelming majority of this cadre never knew the punk, Brown and don't really care about him.) Learn to resent those who would separate you from the rest of society based on your skin color and join the rest of us at the grownups' table.  Tell Shaprton, Farrakhan, et al to piss up a rope and sell their debasing shit somewhere else.

To the responsible citizens of Ferguson, I can only wish you well and assure you that eventually the others will run out of cool shit to steal and give themselves migraines screaming mindless chants.  When that day comes it will be up to you to rebuild you city.  It probably goes without saying, "no matter what your skin color" because that isn't what makes you responsible or irresponsible.

To the rest of the country I can only suggest that you not draw the MSNBC lesson from Ferguson.  Justice doesn't come from emotionalist rants and riots and mob mentality.  It comes from deliberative responses to crime and social ills.  By all means, monitor you police and government.  But don't pretend you believe that the proper answer to the death of a punk is to praise the punk.  Wait until there is evidence before you decide to burn down your own neighborhood.

*"Reverend" Jesse Jackson, in a desperate bid to rebuild his own relevance blames the death of an ebola patient on racism.  But hey, he got on TV!  The collection plate and the next Rainbow Push rally should net a tidy profit.

How the "pastor" made is nephew's funeral all about himself and other stupid stuff