Friday, August 13, 2010

So what's Cleaver hiding?

Congressman Cleaver was recently quoted in the San Francisco Examiner in defense of Congressman Rangel's 37 minute rant on the floor of the house saying, "The message I hope everyone got out of it is that this can happen to them.”

As if Rangel was simply UNLUCKY enough to caught? Do all Congressmen cheat on their taxes? What is Cleaver saying here? Rangel avoided a full ethics investigation for YEARS and NOW he's being treated unfairly?

Just when I think Cleaver is finished saying dumb things, he opens his mouth again!

Read the entire article here:

Rangel: Sure there’s an economic emergency, but ‘what about me?’ | San Francisco Examiner

Wednesday, June 9, 2010

And he's not even running for office!

Few people understand health insurance and related laws better then Cary Hall. So when Mr. Hall received a lame letter from Congressman Cleaver concerning health care reform, he let Cleaver have it with both barrels in this KMBZ radio ad!




Audio used with permission of Cary Hall.

Saturday, May 15, 2010

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Money isn't EVERYTHING, but . .

The most recent quarterly campaign finance report on the Missouri 5th District race is downright unsettling. You can read the report here at Open Secrets:
Congressional Elections: Missouri District 05 Race: 2010 Cycle | OpenSecrets

The take-away message here is that Cleaver has received over six times more money in PAC (Political Action Committee) contributions than Jacob Turk has in TOTAL contributions! Turk has received NO PAC money, and NO Leadership PAC money from the Republican Party. They've decided that the 5th District belongs to Cleaver until the day he doesn't want it anymore. This is ridiculous thinking, especially in THIS election cycle!

Until such time as the Republican Party pulls it's head out of it's A$$ and wakes up, Jacob Turk is totally dependent on individual contributions from people like you and me to win this battle for Missouri's 5th District.

So here are two things we can do NOW to help ensure Cleaver is NOT reelected in November:

1. Make a contribution TODAY to Jacob Turk for Congress.

2. If you know any of "The Powers That Be" in the Republican Party, send them this image and tell them to WAKE UP and FUND their 5th District candidate!

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

The "Racism Narrative"

Really, what it all comes down to is blackmail. What else could you call it?
    Citizen: "What you're doing is WRONG!"
    Government: "Be silent or we'll call you a racist."
    Citizen: "But I'm not a racist!"
    Government: "When we say you are, everyone will believe us and the media will support our claims. So be silent, or else."

This is the racism narrative, and it's not fiction. It's the last tool in the toolbox when the other side can't win the argument with logic. Unfortunately, it's effective. It works like blackmail even if the accusation is false. It makes good people back down.

Did over a dozen people yell the "N"-word at Representatives Carson and Lewis on March 20, 2010? It sure doesn't look that way. But thanks to a willing media and the racism narrative, it's unlikely the truth will ever be widely disseminated.

So does all this really matter? Yes, it matters to us; the people who are paying attention, the people who care. The people who will vote.

Saturday, April 24, 2010

This stuff writes itself

A few weeks ago I posted something that was making the rounds on Facebook that I found offensive. Here it is:
    "May I offer this heartfelt prayer from a friend of mine... Dear Lord, In the past year you have taken away my favorite actor (Patrick Swayze), my favorite actress (Farah Fawcett), my favorite musician (Michael Jackson) and my favorite salesperson (Billy Mays). Just wanted to let you know my favorite TV and radio personalities are Bill O'Reilly, Glen Beck, Rush Limbaugh, Ann Coulter, M Malkin and Sarah Palin. AMEN."

I posed the question; What kind of outrage would there be if somebody replaced the conservative leaders names in this post with liberal names?

Well, somebody tried it. Here's the post (and group):
    "DEAR LORD, THIS YEAR YOU TOOK MY FAVORITE ACTOR, PATRICK SWAYZIE. YOU TOOK MY FAVORITE ACTRESS, FARAH FAWCETT. YOU TOOK MY FAVORITE SINGER, MICHAEL JACKSON. I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW, MY FAVORITE PRESIDENT IS BARACK OBAMA. AMEN"

So, what's the reaction? The creation of a group titled, "Petition to remove facebook group praying for President Obama's death." To date this group has over 300,000 members.

Here are some of the most recent comments:
    Absolutely! We don't want our forum defaced and poisoned by these hatefull people. Please FB block them permanently!

    So called Christians should not pray for anyone to be taken, do some think its just funny, WELL IT IS NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    WISHING FOR SOMEONE'S DEATH IS JUST PLAIN CRAZY!!!

Interesting, isn't it. To date there is NO Facebook group calling for the censoring of the anti-conservative "joke."

Surprised? You shouldn't be.