Hey, Don't Touch My Junk

"Hey man, touch my junk, I'm going to have you arrested." This young man -- in refusing to be subjected to TSA groping of his "privates", after refusing to be nude scanned at the LAX Airport earlier this week -- surely is our generation's Paul Revere, or just another California guy in need of self-esteem counseling. Come on, what "Junk" is he talking about?

Please, President Obama, stop the madness. Intrusive pre-boarding screening should be intelligently targeted based only upon objective threat factors raising the probability that the putative passenger is a terrorist, preparing for an immediate attack on America.

TSA now arbitrarily selects every tenth passenger for enhanced pre-boarding body screening. Why? We are not at war with every 10th airport traveller; We are at war with radical Islamic jihadists. Accordingly, TSA experts should interview passengers fitting the profile of the previous 200 or so terrorists who have attacked us. This is not racial profiling; indeed, it is the exclusive means to stop the absolutely useless harassment of 85 year old nuns and 8 year old girls from offensive groping due only to their misfortune to have been the tenth person in line for routine screening. I am very tired of being "defended" by cowards afraid to offend arab-looking, young male travelers, but not bothered at all by assaulting sexually thousands of obviously harmless Americans, both very old and very young, and those without sufficient self-esteem. Just saying ...

Let the Good Times Roll Again

As your Humble Blogger has noted in this forum often, the Universe has a way of comforting the Just and not Evil Doers. I say "the Force" protects some, more than others, simply because of the power of Positive vs. Negative Karma.

Accordingly, here is my year fourth quarter tally of infinite justice. Bart Favre - head exploded, again. Brad Childress - got Favre's brains all over his face. Air Force Academy - Winner of the Commander-in-Chief Trophy. Dallas Cowboys - dead with head coach buried. Jerry Jones - owner of the Greatest Ego Edifice in All of History, with no legitimate NFL team to play in it.

Now for the Good: Davidson College commences its 103rd year of Division I Men's Basketball Saturday nite at the great shrine to BB, the Palestra in Philadelphia. My first hand, court side account of this amateur tussle will appear in this space early Sunday morning. So, to all you have been burdened by the cares of this crazy world, be of good cheer, the 'Cats are back on the Prowl.

After the Cheering Stops - Buy gold

Yes, loyal listeners, Elections do have Consequences. Accordingly, I offer three certainties:

(1) President Obama will now focus on his Administration's only job, which is JOBS, JOBS, JOBS. Oh wait, he said that he will start to focus on jobs after returning from his 10 day trip to India (to see the festival of lights) Indonesia (to see the statute of himself) and South Korea (to see where the North Korean Navy sunk a RSK vessel, with no consequences, as killing dozens of innocents is not an election). This "Happening" is reported to include a 3000 person presidential entourage, forty-four US warships and a cost to taxpayers in excess of 500 million dollars. At least Mr. Obama didn't tell us that he knows that the electorate wants him to stop spending (our money, not his own) beyond the nation's ability to pay as we go.

(2) The MSM will continue to extoll President Clinton as the one sure thing as a political force in the Democratic Party. Why you ask? Beats me, as just about everything Bubba touches turns to complete SH*T. First, he moves in to shore up Pa.'s "Magic Bullet" turncoat senator, by offering a no pay job to Joe Sestak. Then, after that fiasco, he embraced the loser Admiral in his contest against Senator-Elect Toomey. Third, Bubba goes south to try to dump his very good buddy, Congressman Meeks, asking him to drink a cup of hemlock, in favor of turncoat Charlie Crist. Well, I imagine Hillary can't wait for her Better Half to take the reigns of her soon to be launched bid to dump the Non-Anointed One-Half.

(3) The Federal Reserve, our nation's Central Bank, will go into its basement, print more than 600,000,000,000.00 (over six hundred billion dollars) to purchase newly issued Treasury Bonds. As the ChiComs no longer want our ever cheaper dollars, we are forced to buy our own federal debt by just printing paper with no backing whatsoever. If such a ploy sounds unprecedented, it is not. See, Weimar Republic, 1920s Germany, when no economic activities were behind a massive expansion of paper money ("Marks"), run away inflation resulted, forcing people using wheelbarrows to carry sufficient currency to the market to buy a loaf of bread. So, my friends, Buy Gold (or wheelbarrows) now.

To All Americans, I say Congratulations

Yes, it is again morning in America. Today, we can all say to Ben Franklin: "We have kept the Republic strong and alive through the imperfect, but best possible way - the withdrawal of the consent of the governed to the ruling party by voting in the Party of the Outs." And with no shots fired and no tanks in the streets, the Party of the "Ins" will peaceably leave office.

Today, I am assured that there are no Republicans, no Democrats, no Tea Party members, and most certainly no political enemies, nor even opponents this morning. We all are Americans today; we can now come together in unity to confront our very real enemies abroad who are seeking to murder as many Americans as they can. We can come together in unity to confront the very real challenges at home that threaten the health and welfare of even more millions.

My vote yesterday, and even more strongly this morning, is for all Americans to unite behind limited government which balances its budget, to allow everyone to achieve his own life goals, not the life path chosen for each of us in far away and hidden bureaucrat offices.

Hey Dude, Take Your Endorsement and Shove It

It's now fifty-four hours w/o. sleeping; Jon Runyan demands nothing less of us and of himself, I know. But enuff already about my tirelessness. This morning's Clarion Call is much greater in scope, as it is, after all, "Morning in America" again, because witchcraft aside, the Tea Party Movement is ascendent on November 2, 2010. Why U ask? Because Americans believe in themselves, and not in faraway bureaucrats solving our economic troubles by imposing tens of thousands of pages of new across-the-board, nation-wide employment stifling regulations.

Nonetheless, while the Nation is focused almost exclusively on domestic issues, the World beyond our borders continues to spin out of control, and not in America's favor. Look again at this Post's ironic title - two examples of Presidential shrinkage that have not gone unnoticed in Russia, China, North Korea, Iran, and even in, dare I say, France. I remember well the horde of editorial cartoons showing President Jimmy Carter sitting at his Oval Office desk, getting smaller and smaller with each daily cartoon. Our nation's enemies took President Carter's measure, found him too weak to deter attacks on America, so more than 100 U.S. diplomats were held hostage in Tehran, Iran for, it seemed, forever.

Well loyal listeners, history is repeating itself again. So, all you Rush acolytes out there cheering on the "failure" of President Obama, think again. The world will not wait until 2012 to aggressively challenge our interests abroad. First, the Demo candidate for Governor in Rhode Island tells Mr. Obama: "Take your endorsement and shove it." Then, only a day later comedian Jon Stewart tells Barry to his face: "don't go with that phrase, Dude." Such overt disrespect and absolutely nothing happens to the disrespecters. (Let me be clear, I am not advocating any punitive responses against anyone exercising 1st Amendment Rights).

Nonetheless, America is being put at great risk, having our only Commander-in-Chief seen world-wide as a wimp, a midget, a "leader' who no one fears or follows. So, as we all go to the polls on Tuesday, and I urge u to go early and go often, remember no one should needlessly ridicule or belittle President Obama. Funny isn't it that the two best examples of this dangerous conduct emanated from the far left wing of the Democratic Party. Just saying ...

One Nation, Under God, with Liberty and Justice for All

Let me be Frank here for one moment, er, I mean totally candid. While I did vote for Senator Barry Hussein Obama, just once, I did not support his presidential candidacy in the 2008 general election. Why U ask? My preference is for the Presidency of the United States to be occupied by an experienced executive with a substantial real world business/military background.

Let's face it, the toughest job in the free world is just not an entry level position. Mr. Obama's background consisted mainly of academic teaching, community organizing and voting "Present" hundreds of time in the Illinois Legislature. Despite his "Not Ready for Prime Time" posture, I remained hopeful, optimistic even, that as President, Mr. Obama would be an inspirational, unifying leader, bringing our nation together in a post-partisan era of all Americans seeking consensus and fair compromise for the common good. I based my trust in Mr. Obama's leadership prowess (when he was thrust upon the national stage at the 2004 Demo. Convention) on his vow to stop the DC vitriol and bring us all together as one people:

"The pundits like to slice and dice our country into Red States and Blue States

... But I've got news for them, too. We worship an "awesome God" in the Blue

States and we don't like federal agents poking through our libraries in the Red

States. There are patriots ...in both the Red and Blue States. We are ONE PEOPLE,

all of us pledging allegiance to the stars and stripes, all of us defending the United

States of America." Keynote Address; 7/27/04.

That was then, this is now: Yesterday, President Obama on the campaign trail:

"If Latinos sit out the election, instead of saying: 'We're going to punish our enemies

and we're going to reward our friends'. [Republicans] aren't the kind of people

who represent our core American values." 10/25/10 Univision Radio Speech.

I know, as an absolute historical truth, that Richard Nixon earned his designation as the most reviled and mistrusted President in my lifetime because he was a hater, a divisive pol who created the infamous "Enemies List" of people he directed his Administration to punish, corruptly using the IRS, DOJ and other federal agencies to harass his policy opponents.

It is for this reason that I am so disappointed in Mr. Obama's offensive political rhetoric. He is not bringing Americans together in post-partisan unity to confront our mutual challenges. Getting down to the level of Dick "Everyone not supporting me is an Enemy" Nixon was just too retrograde, too inside the Beltway business-as-usual for this "First Citizen of the World" new style American President. Now, u might also have a fuller understanding of my opposition to unfettered Presidential power to terminate with extreme prejudice designated enemies of the state. Just saying...

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Ten Days to Go

In putting into practice this Blog's creed - an informed citizen is an involved citizen - I spent the better part of Friday working in the campaign headquarters of the first time Republican candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives for the Third District of New Jersey (not my district). The House candidate for whom I have volunteered is Mr. Jon Runyon, a retired offensive lineman for the Philadelphia Eagles (not my team), former University of Michigan footballer (definitely not my team), and Tea Party fave (certainly my team). Jon is opposed in this "toss up" election by two candidates, John Adler, first term Democrat, and by a fictitious Tea Party candidate invented by the Demos to siphon just enuff mislead voters from Mr. Runyon to keep Pelosi devotee, Adler in DC.

The highlight of my participatory day in democracy occurred when Governor Christie arrived with Mr. Runyon to speak to the troops. His talk was almost perfect, after he and the rock hard, six foot five, still very athletic Runyon walked to the podium, we could all see the gleam in the Governor's eyes, as if the obvious difference in physical stature even amused him. Mr. Christie first dazzled the assembled campaign staff with his self deprecating humor, before extolling Jon's many small government, greater freedom convictions and finishing up by assuring us that our collective efforts were essential to the Candidate's victory on November second.

Most assuredly, this face time with the Candidate, the Governor and some fifty fellow citizens instilled in me more fervently than anything (other than writing this Blog) that individuals can make a real difference in the Life of the Nation. As Ben Franklin told us so famously in responding to the crowd question - "what have you given us?" - as he left Independence Hall after the ratification of the Constitution - "A Republic, for so long as you can keep it."

Now with less than ten full days until November 2, 2010, I urge everyone to actively campaign for these final crucial days , so when your Grandchildren ask you decades from today - "What did you do during the Great Election that saved/lost the Republic, Grandpa/ma?" - your answer will be a resounding - "everything I could do" and not - "nothing" . Just imploring...