gp_archives / 2008 / February

Obama’s NAFTA doublespeak confirmed

Posted 29 Feb 2008 in 2008 election, Barack Obama, hypocrisy

Looks like doublespeak really isn’t hyperbole when it comes to Barack Obama’s obsequious promises to unions that he would “fix” NAFTA. Captain Ed has details on Canadian Television’s bombshell story about the double-dealing of Obama’s campaign.

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New extended Iron Man trailer

Posted 29 Feb 2008 in movies, pop culture

This is the extended (and HD) version of the new Iron Man trailer that ran on Lost last night. And when I say “extended,” I don’t mean Iron Man is extended, of course. I mean your pants will be. Inspired casting of Robert Downey Jr. + sardonic humor + kickass AC/DC, Audioslave, and Black Sabbath songs + repulsor rays + killer new self-assembling armor = schwing!

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Religion of Peace update: ONLY 91 million radical Islamists

Posted 29 Feb 2008 in Islam, jihadists, Religion of Peace update, terrorism

Abe Greenwald puts a positive spin on the percentages of Muslim terrorists and those who agree with them. (h/t: Hot Air) A new Gallup poll is being touted as a “challenge” to western misperceptions of Islam. The survey was done on three continents and took six years to complete, and as the French news agency AFP reports, we’ve all been a little alarmist over here: “About 93 percent of the world’s 1.3 billion Muslims are moderates and only seven percent are politically radical, according to the poll, based on more than 50,000 interviews.” Seven percent of 1.3 billion leaves us with . . . 91 million radical Islamists. And to think we were concerned! That piddling handful is nothing...

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Rick Astley would never:

Posted 28 Feb 2008 in humor

Seen in the men’s room. This is what I get for working with computer geeks all day.

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Obama on nuclear disarmament

Posted 28 Feb 2008 in 2008 election, Barack Obama, foreign policy, stupidity, war, wise quotes

Obama’s foreign policy naivete in his own words. (h/t: Mean ‘ol Meany) …I will cut investments in unproven missile defense systems… …I will not weaponize space… …I will slow development of future combat systems… …and I will institute a “Defense Priorities Board” to ensure the quadrennial defense review is not used to justify unnecessary spending… …I will set a goal of a world without nuclear weapons… …and to seek that goal, I will not develop nuclear weapons… …I will seek a global ban on the development of fissile material… …and I will negotiate with Russia to take our ICBMs off hair-trigger alert… …and to achieve deep cuts in our nuclear arsenals… Wow, that’s quite a list. It would appear...

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Kampf We Can Believe In

Posted 27 Feb 2008 in 2008 election, Barack Obama, wise quotes

Ok, I know this is in complete violation of Godwin’s Law, but I just can’t help myself! I saw some things today that were too good to pass up. So indulge my hyperbole and take it with a moderate size grain of salt. The Democrats’ constant drumbeat of “change” – while irritating – is really nothing new. Just look back a few years. Tundra Politics noticed a similarity in their propensity for slogans: “The receptivity of the great masses is very limited, their intelligence is small, but their power of forgetting is enormous. In consequence of these facts, all effective propaganda must be limited to a very few points and must harp on these in sloans until the last...

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I’m a liberal?

Posted 27 Feb 2008 in 2008 election, Barack Obama, Democrats, Hillary Clinton, liberals, socialism

Yes, you read that right. According to this passage on liberalism from Wikipedia, I’m a liberal. Whodathunkit? (h/t: Say Anything) * Political liberalism is the belief that individuals are the basis of law and society, and that society and its institutions exist to further the ends of individuals, without showing favor to those of higher social rank. Magna Carta is an example of a political document that asserted the rights of individuals even above the prerogatives of monarchs. Political liberalism stresses the social contract, under which citizens make the laws and agree to abide by those laws. It is based on the belief that individuals know best what is best for them. Political liberalism enfranchises all adult citizens regardless...

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Pick Your Pain ’08

Posted 26 Feb 2008 in 2008 election, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, humor, John McCain

It occurred to me today, this upcoming election will be not unlike a choice between a punch in the nose, a punch in the stomach, or a kick in the groin. (I’ll leave it to you to decide to which candidate is which) Nyuk nyuk nyuk!

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Barack Obama: The Left’s Reagan or Big Brother?

Posted 26 Feb 2008 in 2008 election, Barack Obama

The Wall Street Journal has an interesting article today which illustrates Barack Obama’s Reagan-esque use of hope as well as his mastery of doublespeak in his so-far-successful attempt to be all things to all people. More important for the race ahead, Mr. Obama has the unique ability to offer doctrinaire liberal positions in a way that avoids the stridency of many recent Democratic candidates. That he managed to do this in the days before the Iowa caucuses—at a time when he might have been expected to be at his most liberal—was quite striking. His rhetorical gimmick is simple. When he addresses a contentious issue, Mr. Obama almost always begins his answer with a respectful nod in the direction of...

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Top 9 Little Known Facts About Barack Hussein Obama

Posted 25 Feb 2008 in 2008 election, Barack Obama, humor

No wonder people faint when Obama enters the room: 9. He defecates hope, urinates dreams, perspires justice, expectorates butterfly kisses, and cries tears of racial equality.5. After doctors removed kidney stones from the senator in 2006, they accidentally dropped them on the operating room floor. Within minutes, fifty money trees sprang up, neatly framing the entrance to the newly formed gum-drop swamp and hot fudge waterfall. (The other seven can be seen at The Nose On Your Face.)—UPDATE: Louis Farrakhan is praising Obama as the “hope of the entire world.”—UPDATE: On a more serious note, Captain Ed opines on the recent Obamamania: “That’s not a political campaign; it’s a secular revival. Regardless of how one feels about Obama –...

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