Reflections From a Murky Pond

A man walked into the local welfare office to pick up his check. He marched straight up to the counter and said, “Hi. You know, I just hate gettin’ welfare. I’d really rather have a job.”

The social worker behind the counter perked up and said, “Your timing is excellent. We just got a job opening from a very wealthy old man who wants a chauffeur and bodyguard for his beautiful 21 year-old daughter.”

“You’ll have to drive around in his 2008 Mercedes-Benz CL, and he will supply all of your clothes. Because of the long hours, meals will be provided. You’ll also be expected to escort the daughter on her overseas holiday trips.”

“This is rather awkward to say, but you will also have as part of your job assignment to satisfy her sexual urges, as the daughter is in her early 20’s and has a rather strong sex drive,” The social worker added uncomfortably.

“A two-bedroom loft type apartment with plasma TV, stereo, bar, etc. located above the garage, will be designated for your sole use and the salary is $200,000 a year.”

The guy,  wide-eyed with shock and wonder, said, “You’re bullshittin’ me!”

The social worker said, “Yeah, well … You started it.”

He’s Barack Obama, President of the United States of America, Messiah to the Masses, and apparently a Superhero – at least in what passes for the minds of many people.

From JibJab: He’s Barack Obama

Yes, it’s Barack Obama – strange visitor from another land who came to America with powers and abilities far beyond those of mortal men. Barack Obama – who can change the course of mighty financial markets, brake the steel industry with his bare hands, and who, disguised as the POTUS, elected leader of a once great metropolitan nation, fights the never ending battle against Truth, Justice and the American Way. 😉

People are different. The genders, tribes, and races of Man are neither homogeneous nor necessarily equal, especially when it comes to cognitive ability and the capacity for decision making.  No matter how often the Liberals scream otherwise, you cannot change the fact that we’re not the same in our ability to think.

I’m an American, an American born of Americans whose family has been in the United States for long time. I obviously would make different, and probably better, decisions concerning anything American than a foreigner or the spawn of foreigners would.

I’m also White and male and so was raised to be an American White Male. That means I was raised to think, to evaluate, to decide things, and to shape the course of my own life and guide the lives of those women and children who are beholden to me for support and protection. That’s a totally different upbringing than that of women, of foreigners from radically different cultures, and of many of the minorities – Blacks and Hispanics – in America who were never raised with the same cultural tools and expectations.

And the above doesn’t even take into account the basic physiological differences between the genders and races of Man. We evolved in different ways due to environmental stresses. It’s just not logical to believe that people of middle or upper class White population would choose mates based upon the same criteria as Blacks, Hispanics, Arabs, or Asians would. The natural selection process guarantees that that, over the course of just a comparably few generations, differences would arise based upon those reproductive choices and decisions as to what were survival traits.

One only has to look at the education, employment, and income demographics to see what the various races and the genders evolved towards over time. It is far more likely that decisions made by those who bred for intelligence are going to better than those made by scions of groups who evolved for physical strength and endurance.

These are the fact of our existence. There little reason to discount them and less to abhor them.

At this point many of my regular guests are probably shocked by my diatribe. Others who’ve just found this blog by accident are probably ready to lynch me for being all manners of a bigot.

My apologies to my regular readers. Trust me though; I’m only trying to make a point as you will see below.

To those of you who are readily to vilify me, at the very least, as a sexist, racist, classist, and rabid nationalist I have to say that I would agree with you assessment of whomsoever espoused such villainous and anti-American – Hell! Anti-Human – sentiments in all seriousness

Thankfully for my opinion of my self, they’re not my sentiments. I’ve only interpolated the basis of someone else’s sentiments

The rather vile ideas expressed above were presented in wordy and less than felicitous style. They can be, and have been, so much more eloquently stated by someone who considers herself quite wise.

Whether born from experience or inherent physiological or cultural differences, a possibility I abhor less or discount less than my colleague Judge Cedarbaum, our gender and national origins may and will make a difference in our judging.

— Judge Sotomayor
2001 Speech, UC Berkeley, School of Law

All I did was flesh out Sotomayor’s statement in an un-nuanced, though less eloquent, manner while spinning it around 180 degrees from Sotomayor’s perspective of relative values of the races and genders. So, if you have a problem with what I wrote, I would think you would have a similar problem with what Sotomayor said to an auditorium full of attorneys and law students.

Nice pick for the SCOTUS, President Obama. Who’s your fallback nominee, Al Sharpton?

Remember the old adage about detecting prejudice and bigotry? Just replace Black for White? Well it has to work in all pertinent directions or it’s a worthless measurement. Of course I doubt that most Liberals see it that way…

Governor Sarah Palin of Alaska recently tendered her resignation for reasons that, as yet, remain murkily unclear.

She told ABC’s “Good Morning America” that she knows that she may not have political staying power after her surprise resignation Friday, which came just as she had been expected to elevate her national profile ahead of a possible 2012 GOP presidential run.

One of her key points was:

You know, politically speaking, if I die, I die. So be it

Liberal Pundits and talking heads have made many disparaging remarks, mostly crude and vituperative, about Gov. Palin’s “If I die” comment. Perhaps it’s because their fear and hatred of Gov. Palin clouds what little reason they have. Perhaps it’s because they’re ignorant of context unless it is spoon-fed to them. Perhaps, and rather likely, they’re clueless about history and about the Bible.

Gov. Palin’s statement carries with it the additional, though unsaid, context of, “But if not…”

But If Not

“But if not.” Those three small words were the entirety of the message sent from the remains of British Expeditionary Forces, 345,000 English and French soldiers, trapped on the beach at Dunkirk during May, 1940 by General Rommel’s Blitzkrieg.

The gentle slope of the shore made it impossible for many of the British Navy’s ships to get in close enough to bring the stranded soldiers to safety.  And during the first day of attempting to evacuate they only managed to get 7000 men to safety. It was very clear that it would take a miracle to get the remaining 338,000 soldiers off that beach in time given the ships at the disposal of the Royal Navy. Without that miracle these soldiers would either have to surrender or be killed.

They let England and world know what their choice was with those three words, “but if not.” Those words are from the King James Bible, specifically Daniel 3:13-18.

Then Nebuchadnezzar in his rage and fury commanded to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. Then they brought these men before the king. Nebuchadnezzar spake and said unto them, Is it true, O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, do not ye serve my gods, nor worship the golden image which I have set up?

Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the image which I have made; well: but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who is that God that shall deliver you out of my hands?

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in this matter.

If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king.

But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.

Governor Palin may well not know the history of Dunkirk and the brave soldiers there who pledged to die rather than surrender – but she does know the Bible.

I do not for one minute think Sarah Palin will surrender and go gently into that long night. I think she will instead counterattack in some manner.

In 1940 the British civilian population came to the aid of those brave soldiers at Dunkirk and saved most of them from the Nazis. Now the question is whether or not Americans will come to Palin’s aid against the Liberals, or if she will be left to – politically speaking – die in all honor on this more figurative beach.

Unfortunately for America it turns out there was some metaphorical truth to Sen. Hillary Clinton’s 3:00AM campaign ad. Sadly, the President of the United States seems determined to sleepwalk through these crises rather than waking up and “taking the call.”

It’s 3:00AM, Boy! Wake The Fuck Up!

With the rapidly accelerating threat of nuclear attack upon America and/or her allies by either or both of the murderous vermin ruling Iran and North Korea, we are at the point described in Clinton’s campaign ad.

Well, maybe America will get lucky and the Teleprompter will still be on.  If so, hopefully it can manage to deal with the problem its meat puppet has exacerbated. 😉