<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248265584948260234</id><updated>2011-11-27T19:53:31.943-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Counter-Stupid</title><subtitle type='html'>Yin and Yang; matter and anti-matter; good and evil; me and stupid.  Commenting on the social and political topics of the day.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Darth T</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_V1TLD96gxpo/SIkX0mtvx3I/AAAAAAAAAAo/uYIAeRhdCIo/S220/darth-vader.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>76</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248265584948260234.post-6639004560534059339</id><published>2011-08-19T19:41:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2011-08-19T19:43:07.334-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Slut Walk Revised.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JoO0chYssS8/Tk71BJbzLsI/AAAAAAAAAEA/ZjkwmYWBxoo/s1600/slut-walk-fixed2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 243px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JoO0chYssS8/Tk71BJbzLsI/AAAAAAAAAEA/ZjkwmYWBxoo/s320/slut-walk-fixed2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5642716783203004098" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7248265584948260234-6639004560534059339?l=counterstupid.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/feeds/6639004560534059339/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7248265584948260234&amp;postID=6639004560534059339&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/6639004560534059339'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/6639004560534059339'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/2011/08/slut-walk-revised.html' title='Slut Walk Revised.'/><author><name>Darth T</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_V1TLD96gxpo/SIkX0mtvx3I/AAAAAAAAAAo/uYIAeRhdCIo/S220/darth-vader.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JoO0chYssS8/Tk71BJbzLsI/AAAAAAAAAEA/ZjkwmYWBxoo/s72-c/slut-walk-fixed2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248265584948260234.post-1647558749797665289</id><published>2010-05-25T07:00:00.006-04:00</published><updated>2010-05-25T07:56:57.230-04:00</updated><title type='text'>This shows what happens to minorities who don't tow the line.</title><content type='html'>"Know your enemies..."  That is what Sun-Tzu once said.  There are few more wise statements.  If there is one thing that I know about the Democrat Party and Liberals it is this: They play the race card and they play it often.  There is good reason for this, it is effective.  Being called a racist is a charge that's weight alone is enough to finish someone off regardless of the facts.  If you tell the big lie enough it becomes the truth.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;However, something I have contended for a long time is that Liberals are in fact the racists in this country.  They are obsessed with it.  From the time Obama started running for President (AKA, his Senate career) any and all criticism of Obama has been labelled 'racist.'  Don't like Obama's take over of the auto industry?  Racist.  Don't like Obama's 400% increase in spending over W's?  Racist.  Ad nauseum.  Keith Olbermann's rant where he asked the Tea Party, "how many black people do you see?" is not a fluke.  I've talked to several liberals and they are ALL taking racial inventory.  Race really does matter to these people.  It is of the utmost importance, ahead of silly things like merit and ideas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please have a look at Les Phillip's ad for Congress:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="640" height="385"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/0M2ewuAASqI&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/0M2ewuAASqI&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I love the ad, but, "...and they're not going to call me a racist."???&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Les, that's what they do.  You criticized Obama.  It can't be anything other than you are a racist, right?  That was the immediate response swirling around in my head.  However, I know my enemy.  I knew that something darker and more disgusting was going to come forth from the Left.  I found &lt;a href="http://wonkette.com/415607/alabama-wingnut-candidate-thinks-liberals-will-shut-up-because-hes-black"&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; at Wonkette.com.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Not only do they play the "he's a racist card", arguably tongue-in-cheek.  But, check out the comment section.  Count the use of "Uncle Tom" and other slurs.  This is rule numero dos of the Democrat race playbook.  If a minority espouses anything but adoration for the Democrat Party and Liberalism, let it loose.  In the eyes of the Left the fact that Les Phillip is not even a black man at all.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Left gets so angry when minorities dare to have their own political beliefs and it is not Liberal that they show who they really are and how they really feel.  Perhaps this is a fluke?  I'll go ahead and let you bask in some Liberal artwork directed at Michael Steele and Ken Blackwell.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_V1TLD96gxpo/S_u5ASdAhCI/AAAAAAAAADg/NNwZJg7alcc/s1600/Blackwell-oreo.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_V1TLD96gxpo/S_u5ASdAhCI/AAAAAAAAADg/NNwZJg7alcc/s320/Blackwell-oreo.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475173186603615266" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_V1TLD96gxpo/S_u5AAzeErI/AAAAAAAAADY/PuIdm54Jug4/s1600/steele.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 228px; height: 190px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_V1TLD96gxpo/S_u5AAzeErI/AAAAAAAAADY/PuIdm54Jug4/s320/steele.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475173181865988786" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you are a minority reading this and think those images are OK because you disagree with these mens' political leanings please think real hard about who has REALLY sold out.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7248265584948260234-1647558749797665289?l=counterstupid.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/feeds/1647558749797665289/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7248265584948260234&amp;postID=1647558749797665289&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/1647558749797665289'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/1647558749797665289'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/2010/05/this-shows-what-happens-to-minorities.html' title='This shows what happens to minorities who don&apos;t tow the line.'/><author><name>Darth T</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_V1TLD96gxpo/SIkX0mtvx3I/AAAAAAAAAAo/uYIAeRhdCIo/S220/darth-vader.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_V1TLD96gxpo/S_u5ASdAhCI/AAAAAAAAADg/NNwZJg7alcc/s72-c/Blackwell-oreo.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248265584948260234.post-299167150411344198</id><published>2010-03-22T07:39:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-03-22T07:58:19.610-04:00</updated><title type='text'>It's not a pill, it's a supository.</title><content type='html'>Last night, the Democrat led House passed the Democrat Senate's take over of the American health care system.  Betweenweighing in at around $1 Trillion, and knowing that no government entitlement EVER has stuck to a budget this thing could very well bankrupt the country.  After it's passage, Obama stated the following, "We proved that this government — a government of the people and by the people — still works for the people."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Really?  At the last count, 45% strongly opposed the bill while 24% strongly support it.  Well more than half of the people oppose it in general.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Make no mistake, this was not done to cover more people with health insurance.  This was done to control more of our lives and more of our economy.  There were six ways from Sunday to expand coverage.  This bill will not start dishing out benefits until 2013, meanwhile you get taxed for it now.  This gives the illusion that it is budget neutral.  In fact we will be Trillions in the hole.  Another trick is that they are cutting Medicare by $500 Billion, then using it to fund the new bill TWICE!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Let's get to Bart Stupak.  This is the guy who could have stopped this.  Stupak ran with the ruse that he was pro-life.  In the end he caved and threw pro-life overboard with Obama making an executive order that there would not be federal funding of abortion.  Problem is, it's in the bill.  The President cannot override legislation with an executive order.  It was a sham.  The myth of the pro-life Democrat has been shattered.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Republicans are vowing to fight the additional crap the Dems are trying to put in this bill.  But the real fight change this starts with us.  We have to remove the Democrats from power in November.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7248265584948260234-299167150411344198?l=counterstupid.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/feeds/299167150411344198/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7248265584948260234&amp;postID=299167150411344198&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/299167150411344198'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/299167150411344198'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/2010/03/its-not-pill-its-supository.html' title='It&apos;s not a pill, it&apos;s a supository.'/><author><name>Darth T</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_V1TLD96gxpo/SIkX0mtvx3I/AAAAAAAAAAo/uYIAeRhdCIo/S220/darth-vader.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248265584948260234.post-3222381330215069932</id><published>2009-11-04T05:48:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-04T05:51:07.644-05:00</updated><title type='text'>My letter to the Blue Dog Coaltion</title><content type='html'>It is obvious one of the only things that will keep the nightmare of "ObamaCare" from coming true is the Blue Dog Democrats.  These congressmen and women purport to be fiscally conservative and have resisted thus far.  I have written them the following email.  I urge you to write them as well.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;bluedog@mail.house.gov&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Good morning ladies and gentlemen,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I wanted to take this opportunity to contact regarding the current healthcare reform proposals that are working their way through Congress.  I am urging you to vote no on any form of the current proposals.  Last August, the citizens of the United States showed up in force to show their displeasure toward a large bloated healthcare reform proposal; and the sentiment has not changed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The two proposals known as the "Baucus Bill" and the recent House bill unveiled by Speaker Pelosi are completely unacceptable for the following reasons:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1.  Both of these are too expensive.  Topping out around (or over) $1 Trillion neither of these bills are sustainable.  Healthcare legislation in this form cannot be paid for without massive amounts of borrowing, skyrocketing taxes, or cutting funds to other necessary programs.  Piling on huge amounts of debt will further weaken the US dollar.  Additionally, excessive borrowing is one of the things that bottomed out Wall Street and helped make the current recession worse.  The amount of taxes and fees associated with this will cripple the private sector of the economy, especially small businesses and their employees.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2.  Too much government control over citizens' healthcare.  Both of these bills show that there will literally be a government official involved in your healthcare from cradle to grave.  I don't know anyone who wants the government to be a buffer between them and their doctors.  I don't know anyone who wants a bureaucrat involved in their treatment plans.  Additionally, this level of control by government will stifle medical research for new treatments.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3.  This level of government involvement in healthcare will kill the private industry.  Health insurance companies simply cannot compete with the government when the government is one making the rules and setting the prices.  Doctors will have no negotiating power with the government as the government dictates to the doctors what they will pay.  A congresswoman was caught on YouTube stating that a private insurer once said that this will kill their profits, and she gloated that he's "absolutely right."  Does Congress not realize that by killing of private insurance companies that millions will be left without jobs?  In the end there will be less competition, not more (as is promised.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Make no mistake.  The people of this country do not want this.  Please don't think that just because you are not wading through a room full of angry constituents that we have forgotten about this issue; we have not.  Please don't buy into the line that Republicans and people like myself don't want any reform.  Nothing could be further from the truth.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If this were a matter of insuring the uninsured, that would not be such a big deal.  However, the current proposals go far beyond that and do not touch on things that could really make a difference in the cost of healthcare.  Things such as tort reform, there are good programs in Texas and Indiana.  What about allowing interstate sale of health insurance?  What about treating personally purchased health insurance with the same benefits as employer provided health insurance?  What about allowing medications in from certain other countries?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thank you for your time and consideration,"&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7248265584948260234-3222381330215069932?l=counterstupid.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/feeds/3222381330215069932/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7248265584948260234&amp;postID=3222381330215069932&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/3222381330215069932'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/3222381330215069932'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/2009/11/my-letter-to-blue-dog-coaltion.html' title='My letter to the Blue Dog Coaltion'/><author><name>Darth T</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_V1TLD96gxpo/SIkX0mtvx3I/AAAAAAAAAAo/uYIAeRhdCIo/S220/darth-vader.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248265584948260234.post-7204512592626453436</id><published>2009-10-02T06:53:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2009-10-02T07:07:27.733-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The REAL Minority Report; or Well It's OK for Obama Part 53</title><content type='html'>As is completely evident, Obama's "Bash-Bush" train is not pulling into station anytime soon.  Obama gave a speech recently blasting former President Bush's imprisonment of terrorist detainees at Gitmo, as he has done throughout his five minute career.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;However, yesterday was different.  While Obama was badmouthing Bush he was laying out his own plans to indefinitely imprison people who were threats, could not be tried for past crimes; but needed to be prevented from committing future crimes.  That's right, he is taking the evil, despised, constitution hating Bush's plan... a step further.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Obama makes it clear that Bush/Gitmo was illegal because Bush said it was legal based on advice from a legal team, but Obama's plan will be legal because Obama is the one doing it.  This whole attitude of "It's OK, it'll work, because I'M the one doing it now" that defines Obama would be funny if he were not actually in charge.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At least the people that Bush imprisoned at Gitmo were captured on a field of battle in the act of going after our troops, or caught in a plot here in the US.  Obama's plan is for people to be imprisoned whether they have or are committing/planning an attack or crime.  Just like Minority Report.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/w7qGWb0FLmo&amp;color1=0xb1b1b1&amp;color2=0xcfcfcf&amp;hl=en&amp;feature=player_embedded&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/w7qGWb0FLmo&amp;color1=0xb1b1b1&amp;color2=0xcfcfcf&amp;hl=en&amp;feature=player_embedded&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7248265584948260234-7204512592626453436?l=counterstupid.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/feeds/7204512592626453436/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7248265584948260234&amp;postID=7204512592626453436&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/7204512592626453436'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/7204512592626453436'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/2009/10/real-minority-report-or-well-its-ok-for.html' title='The REAL Minority Report; or Well It&apos;s OK for Obama Part 53'/><author><name>Darth T</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_V1TLD96gxpo/SIkX0mtvx3I/AAAAAAAAAAo/uYIAeRhdCIo/S220/darth-vader.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248265584948260234.post-3387555737836326715</id><published>2009-08-12T19:45:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2009-08-12T20:01:17.308-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Dem run House of Representatives represent anything but the people - Part 2.</title><content type='html'>One would think that after witnessing the groundswell of public sentiment against the Obamacare plan the Democratic run Congress would start paying attention. Not only are We The People being insulted, being called a mob, being accused of being Nazis, it gets worse. Now the Dems are making no effort to hide the fact that they could care less what their constituents have to say as evidenced by Sheila Jackson Lee. Have a look at Jackson as a concerned citizen and cancer survivor voices her concerns.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/-L3FnWNkIzU&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/-L3FnWNkIzU&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sheila Jackson Lee is a poor excuse for a public servant and deserves to be thrown out on her duff. In 2010 if we don't make this a reality we deserve what we have coming.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7248265584948260234-3387555737836326715?l=counterstupid.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/feeds/3387555737836326715/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7248265584948260234&amp;postID=3387555737836326715&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/3387555737836326715'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/3387555737836326715'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/2009/08/dem-run-house-of-representatives_12.html' title='Dem run House of Representatives represent anything but the people - Part 2.'/><author><name>Darth T</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_V1TLD96gxpo/SIkX0mtvx3I/AAAAAAAAAAo/uYIAeRhdCIo/S220/darth-vader.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248265584948260234.post-1265162330035681749</id><published>2009-08-09T06:33:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2009-08-09T06:55:47.964-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Dem run House of Representatives represent anything but the people.</title><content type='html'>As Congressmen and women return to their districts for the August recess they are being met with a hard dose of reality.  That reality is that the majority of people do not want Obamacare.  They just don't want it and they are showing up to let their representatives know it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So how have the Democrats running Congress reacted?  They have insulted their constituents that have shown up.  The opposing citizenry has been called "a mob", they have been called "astroturf", "villains" and so on. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So how does the President of the United States react and instruct his party?  He sets up a snitch email address, so that those who do not agree can be found.  He gets the unions involved to show up at town meetings to intimidate the people.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You have members of the Service Employees International Union &lt;a href="http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2009/08/tea-party-protesters-attacked-1-man.html"&gt;attacking&lt;/a&gt; and beating down TEA Party protesters.  You have AFL-CIO members &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kxaGfClPws"&gt;shoving&lt;/a&gt; people out of town hall meetings.  You have representatives &lt;a href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/weblogs/back-story/2009/aug/08/georgia-democrat-rages-against-local-doctor-over-h/"&gt;shouting&lt;/a&gt; at constituents.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When did the violence start at these meetings?  When the Dems sent in the unions, ACORN and their "grassroots" organizations.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7248265584948260234-1265162330035681749?l=counterstupid.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/feeds/1265162330035681749/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7248265584948260234&amp;postID=1265162330035681749&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/1265162330035681749'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/1265162330035681749'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/2009/08/dem-run-house-of-representatives.html' title='Dem run House of Representatives represent anything but the people.'/><author><name>Darth T</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_V1TLD96gxpo/SIkX0mtvx3I/AAAAAAAAAAo/uYIAeRhdCIo/S220/darth-vader.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248265584948260234.post-5280426703215164580</id><published>2009-07-24T20:18:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2009-07-24T20:51:44.050-04:00</updated><title type='text'>52 Race Card Pickup</title><content type='html'>Earlier this month Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. was arrested for disorderly conduct.  Since this incident, the arresting officer's treatment has ranged from being called a racist (again) by the man he arrested to being insulted by the President of the United States.  The policeman says he was just doing his job.  Professor Gates says he was arrested because he was, "a black man in America."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But what are the facts?  Here's what we know.  A woman called 911 and reported that she saw two men, with backpacks breaking into a house.  The police arrived and confronted Gates, not knowing who he was.  Shortly thereafter Gates was arrested.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gates asserts that his civil rights were violated.  The officer asserts that Gates became beligerent, would not cooperate, and continually referred to the fact that he is a "black man."  Based on how many times I've seen Gates on TV pointing out the obvious fact that he's a black man, I'd say he did.  Gates also stated that when inside the house after telling the police officer he lived there, he said he went to get his ID and the policeman followed him.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Som let's say that you are a police officer.  Let's say you get called to a potential burgularly in progress.  Let's say that the first person you see on site starts screaming at you about how he's a black man and you are a racist.  Are you going to be suspicious of the person?  OK so now the person tells you that they live in that house.  Are you just going to take their word for it?  So the suspect says they are going to get their ID in just the other rooom.  Are you going to think to yourself they may be running?  Or getting a gun?  And now the suspect gets even more agitated and demands you get out.  Are you going to be suspicious?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you are a cop worthy of your badge, sure you will be.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Keep in mind that none of this has to do with race or black men in America.  It has to do with good police procedure.  Cops can't afford to take peoples' word for much, or else they end up shot.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So what is it with Gates?  Perhaps he believes too much of his own BS.  Maybe he takes himself too seriously.  Maybe had that race card burning a hole in his pocket, maybe he had a whole deck.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Regardless, Henry Gates is cheapening what the pioneers that fight the REAL civil rights fight.  He is crying wolf to the detriment of those who really suffer from racism in this country.  Everytime a Henry Gates surfaces playing 52 Race Card Pickup, the rest of America sighs and shakes their heads.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7248265584948260234-5280426703215164580?l=counterstupid.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/feeds/5280426703215164580/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7248265584948260234&amp;postID=5280426703215164580&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/5280426703215164580'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/5280426703215164580'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/2009/07/52-race-card-pickup.html' title='52 Race Card Pickup'/><author><name>Darth T</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_V1TLD96gxpo/SIkX0mtvx3I/AAAAAAAAAAo/uYIAeRhdCIo/S220/darth-vader.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248265584948260234.post-5698986668906911308</id><published>2009-07-23T08:16:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2009-07-23T08:23:34.380-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The Monstrosity that is Obamacare</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Do you remember when the US healthcare system was you, going to the doctor? Maybe you had private health insurance and paid a $10-$50 co-pay? Then you'd go the pharmacy to get some prescritpions? The good old days when your healthcare was between you, your family, your doctor and your pharmacist?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Well my friends, those days could be gone! I present to you: ObamaCare!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.grassfire.org/122/images/char_sm.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 231px;" src="http://www.grassfire.org/122/images/char_sm.gif" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;If you'd like a closer look at this beast have a look here:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://grassfire.org/122/images/chart_lg.jpg"&gt;http://grassfire.org/122/images/chart_lg.jpg&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;In the mean time get on the phone to your Congressman and tell them to vote NO on this.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7248265584948260234-5698986668906911308?l=counterstupid.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/feeds/5698986668906911308/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7248265584948260234&amp;postID=5698986668906911308&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/5698986668906911308'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/5698986668906911308'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/2009/07/monstrosity-that-is-obamacare.html' title='The Monstrosity that is Obamacare'/><author><name>Darth T</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_V1TLD96gxpo/SIkX0mtvx3I/AAAAAAAAAAo/uYIAeRhdCIo/S220/darth-vader.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248265584948260234.post-7940071365479472025</id><published>2009-07-05T10:05:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2009-07-05T10:13:15.964-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Bunking one of The Left's cases for "Cap and Trade"</title><content type='html'>When confronted with the fact that the US is not even close to being the world's largest emitter of greenhouse gasses; that we infact come in well behind China in that realm.  When these facts are presented in the CO2 tax/cap/trade/regulate/&lt;insert&gt; debate we are often told the following:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"It's time for America to lead the way, when America begins regulating carbon, China and the others will follow our lead."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My response is, "Like they have on human rights?"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Call your Senator and tell them no on Cap and Trade.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7248265584948260234-7940071365479472025?l=counterstupid.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/feeds/7940071365479472025/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7248265584948260234&amp;postID=7940071365479472025&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/7940071365479472025'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/7940071365479472025'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/2009/07/bunking-one-of-lefts-cases-for-cap-and.html' title='Bunking one of The Left&apos;s cases for &quot;Cap and Trade&quot;'/><author><name>Darth T</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_V1TLD96gxpo/SIkX0mtvx3I/AAAAAAAAAAo/uYIAeRhdCIo/S220/darth-vader.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248265584948260234.post-7906185057120066930</id><published>2009-07-05T09:31:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2009-07-05T10:04:44.729-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Obama chooses not to 'meddle' unless leftists are on the losing end.</title><content type='html'>A few weeks ago Iran was engulfed in civil unrest, that's putting it lightly.  Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad "won" re-election to that office over someone seen as a reformer.  The people of Iran felt like they'd just been had.  And with the number of ballots cast exceeding the number of those eligible to vote by 25% or more I think they were on to something.  The people came out in numbers to protest and were met with nothing short of brutal oppression by the regime, including the outright murder of protesters.  The violence raged on for what seemed like an eternity with no comment of even acknowledgement from President Obama.  When Obama did speak on these events, the commentary was bland, at best.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;More recently, President Manuel Zelaya, noted leftist and all around lackey of Hugo Chavez and the Castros, was kicked out of office.  Honduras has a constitutional ammendment limiting the President to one term.  Zelaya's term was to be up in 2010.  That was not enough time for President Zelaya's liking.  He insisted that the constitution be ammended so he can stay in power.  The other branches of government and even Zelaya's own party refused this.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Zelaya basically said, screw you, and moved forward to have referrendum ballots handed out (printed by Hugo Chavez's regime.)  The other branches of government used their constitutional powers to have Zelaya removed from office.  Zelaya was arrested, taken out of the country and let go.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hugo Chavez, Daniel Ortega, Fidel Castro and Barack Obama were very quick to denounce the government of Honduras for this "military coup" (you're one to talk Fidel.)  President Obama quickly lost his distaste for "meddling" when a dedicated socialist leftie was on the losing end of the stick.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here are a few facts about the situation in Honduras:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Zelaya was attempting to subvert the Constitution of the Honduras.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-The actions taken by the Judicial and Legislative branches and the military were prescribed by the law.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-There was no bloodshed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Zelaya was removed by members of his own party; this was not a case of idealogues overthrowing each other.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So why does Obama not like what is going on in Honduras?  It is a reminder that his power grabs are being watched and he does not like it when socialists lose.  Ask yourself, would Obama meddle if instead of Honduras it were Columbia (with a conservative/capialist President)?  I thing not.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7248265584948260234-7906185057120066930?l=counterstupid.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/feeds/7906185057120066930/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7248265584948260234&amp;postID=7906185057120066930&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/7906185057120066930'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/7906185057120066930'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/2009/07/obama-chooses-not-to-meddle-unless.html' title='Obama chooses not to &apos;meddle&apos; unless leftists are on the losing end.'/><author><name>Darth T</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_V1TLD96gxpo/SIkX0mtvx3I/AAAAAAAAAAo/uYIAeRhdCIo/S220/darth-vader.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248265584948260234.post-7287541554213380780</id><published>2009-06-29T07:51:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2009-06-29T07:55:15.880-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Democrat Honesty on Cap and Trade:</title><content type='html'>Catch them when they've forgotten they are being taped.  Here's John Dingell talking about Cap and Trade.  Keep in mind that Dems publicly say that Cap and Trade will not effect your wallet and merely a plan to save mother "earf" from being destroyed by home theaters, air conditioning and SUVs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/GgUHol_WkDk&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/GgUHol_WkDk&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He said it's a tax.  A big one.  One that they are trying to sneak in under false pretenses.  Call your Senator.  Kill this bill.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7248265584948260234-7287541554213380780?l=counterstupid.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/feeds/7287541554213380780/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7248265584948260234&amp;postID=7287541554213380780&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/7287541554213380780'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/7287541554213380780'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/2009/06/democrat-honesty-on-cap-and-trade.html' title='Democrat Honesty on Cap and Trade:'/><author><name>Darth T</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_V1TLD96gxpo/SIkX0mtvx3I/AAAAAAAAAAo/uYIAeRhdCIo/S220/darth-vader.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248265584948260234.post-2057975091808196511</id><published>2009-06-29T07:47:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2009-06-29T07:56:03.747-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The Houses passes Cap and Trade; let's Abort it in the Senate.</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;The House of Representatives passed the absurd suicide pact known as Cap and  Trade.  The bill passed with 219 votes.  Eight Republicans “reached across the  aisle” and apparently flipped the country the bird.  If enough pressure is  applied this can be killed in the Senate.  I have already contacted my Senator  you should do the same.  This is especially true if you live in a state with a  RINO Senator (I’m looking at you Maine.)  Also let’s keep pressure on  McCain.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;If you don’t know what Cap and Trade is, it is essentially a scheme where  companies are “capped” on the amount of greenhouse gasses they can emit.  If  they go over the “cap” then they are fined.  Of course the cap will be set to an  impossibly low level ensuring that there will be lots of fines.  All of this is  to fix the fiction of man-made global warming.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The Dems are saying that this will not cost the people anything.  President  Obama on the other hand was caught in a moment of honesty:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;object width="560" height="340"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/BqHL404zhcU&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/BqHL404zhcU&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Did you hear that?!  He didn’t say prices will go up slightly, he didn’t say  it would be a gradual increase.  He said “SKYROCKET!”&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Get on the horn to your Senator, pronto.  If you are in a position to do so  contact the RINOs listed at Moonbattery:&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="http://www.moonbattery.com/archives/2009/06/eight_rinos_let.html" href="http://www.moonbattery.com/archives/2009/06/eight_rinos_let.html"&gt;http://www.moonbattery.com/archives/2009/06/eight_rinos_let.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7248265584948260234-2057975091808196511?l=counterstupid.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/feeds/2057975091808196511/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7248265584948260234&amp;postID=2057975091808196511&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/2057975091808196511'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/2057975091808196511'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/2009/06/house-of-representatives-passed-absurd.html' title='The Houses passes Cap and Trade; let&apos;s Abort it in the Senate.'/><author><name>Darth T</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_V1TLD96gxpo/SIkX0mtvx3I/AAAAAAAAAAo/uYIAeRhdCIo/S220/darth-vader.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248265584948260234.post-4670795161683265968</id><published>2009-05-30T14:16:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2009-05-30T14:32:47.376-04:00</updated><title type='text'>On waterboarding hoopla.</title><content type='html'>OK I am back from a hiatus.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I was talking to a liberal friend and he brought up a video he saw of Mancow getting waterboarded. If you have seen this video it is pretty interesting.  He is being volunarily waterboarded by US Military personnel.  In the video the waterboarding begins and Mancow quickly ends the waterboarding session.  Mancow states that even though he hates to admit it, it is torture.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;This led me to a video of Christopher Hitchens getting the same thing.  Hitchens was challenged that if he did not believe waterboarding was that big of a deal then he should get waterboarded.  Hitches accepted the challenge.  Like Mancow, Christopher Hitchens lasted only seconds when actually getting waterboarded.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The left and the YouTube communists have labelled this as a victory about the horrors and torture of waterboarding.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;But let me ask this.  Is it REALLY torture?  I mean honestly.  Everything is relative.  What did the NVA do to John McCain?  What did Saddam Hussein do to his prisoners?  When you enter that realm, that is REAL torture.  Limbs broken, fingernails pulled out, burning.  Look at what they did to people in the middle ages.  When you compare waterboarding to these things that were and are being done today.  Waterboarding does not even rate.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I'm sure waterboarding sucks to have done to you.  I'm sure it is a very unpleasant experience.  And I'm sure Mancow and Hitchens hated every minute of it.  But the fact that both of these men stepped up and willingly had this done to them makes it not torture.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;You don't see people lining up to the get the interogation techniques favored by say, Kim Jong Il, applied to them.  You don't see people asking to have their teeth broken off with pliers a la John McCain.  The fact that media types are lining up to have this done like its the next big ride at Six Flags makes it not torture.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7248265584948260234-4670795161683265968?l=counterstupid.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/feeds/4670795161683265968/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7248265584948260234&amp;postID=4670795161683265968&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/4670795161683265968'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/4670795161683265968'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/2009/05/on-waterboarding-hoopla.html' title='On waterboarding hoopla.'/><author><name>Darth T</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_V1TLD96gxpo/SIkX0mtvx3I/AAAAAAAAAAo/uYIAeRhdCIo/S220/darth-vader.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248265584948260234.post-6179100035274896206</id><published>2009-04-03T22:47:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2009-04-03T23:08:07.980-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Defending the Cop.</title><content type='html'>Texas police officer Robert Powell has been dragged all over the place this past week after video came out of him at a traffic stop in which he pulled over NFL player Ryan Moats.  Moats and his wife ran a stop sign on the way to Moats' mother-in-law's deathbed.  Moats was detained by what appears to be a cocky, arrogant, jerk of a cop.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The circumstances are that the Moats family was detained and failed to be present during the mother in law's last moments.  And there are a lot of people saying that this is just another example of how all cops are jerks.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;However, there is something that people are not thinking about.  Ryan Moats ran a red light.  Officer Powell did not know the circumstances, he just knew that someone ran a light.  It is his job to pull people over who run red lights.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;OK, so Ryan Moats told the officer that his mother in law was dying in the hospital.  Here's the ugly truth, next time you see a cop, any cop I want you to ask him a question.  Ask the cop how many times he's been lied to.  That's right everyone lies to the police.  Everyone.  It would be nice if everyone told the truth or if police always believed me when I told them something, but guess what?  It doesn't work that way.  I cops let their guard down they die.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The thing to keep in mind is that when a police officer pulls you over, when he walks up to your car he has no idea whether you are going to have license and registration or a pistol.  He doesn't know if you hurry is to get to the hospital to see a sick loved one or because you've got a little kid you snatched in your trunk.  The police don't know.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;It would be nice if they could take you at your word, but bad guys think up excuses.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Here's a scenario.  A car runs a red light.  A police officer gives chase.  The card does not stop and continues to drive.  The car stops in the hospital parking lot, the man jumps out and begins shouting that his mother is dying in the hospital.  The cop says, go right ahead, go about your business.  The man runs in the hospital doors a few minutes later the report comes over the radio.  The man the policeman just pulled over and let go shot someone 30 minutes ago.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;And the police officer in question let the culprit go.  Don't you think people would impune him for that?  Well well well, look at Barney Fife, just let a murderer go!  And that my friends is a no win situation.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7248265584948260234-6179100035274896206?l=counterstupid.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/feeds/6179100035274896206/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7248265584948260234&amp;postID=6179100035274896206&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' 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Cheney after Cheney criticized Obama's order to close Gitmo.  This is what the Obama administration had to say about legitimate criticism from a former VeeP, "I guess Rush Limbaugh was busy so they trotted out the next most popular member of the Republican cabal,"&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Charming.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Let's see, Obama's policy on Gitmo is to apparently bring enemy combatants to our country, give them access to our liberties and rights (more than we'd get), and give them a nice high profile trial complete with liberal protesters calling for amnesty a la Tookie Williams.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;"For seven-plus years, the very perpetrators that the vice president says he's concerned about weren't brought to justice," Gibbs said.  Oh really?  What do you call being locked up in a prison?  Granted liberal panty wastes like you protested and cried enough to get them nice cushy prayer blankets, better food than I eat and lots and lots of Qurans.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Gibbs also stated, "The president has made quite clear that keeping the American people safe and secure is the most serious job that he has each and every day,"&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Well that makes me feel better.  Based on the level of incompetence we're dealing with here, as evidenced by the economy, I'd feel better if Obama said he was trying to sink the country and convert it to Sharia Law.  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7248265584948260234-169438861117183247?l=counterstupid.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/feeds/169438861117183247/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7248265584948260234&amp;postID=169438861117183247&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' 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style="font-family: arial;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;I usually try to avoid anything to do with the entertainment crowd, but the recent Chris Brown mess is just to stupid to pass up.  If you don't know, and I don't blame you if you don't, Chris Brown was recently charged with beating the holy hell out of his girlfriend Rihanna.  In this particular scenario Rihanna got into Chris Brown's car looking like a sexy little pop star at point A.  When the car arrived at point B, Rihanna looked like the dead Apollo Creed in Rocky IV.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Where am I going with all of this?  Since this has happened, Brown has been charged, etc.  There have been several people going to various web outlets like My Space, Facebook, and so on, just giving huge amounts of outpouring adulation.  Not like, "Hey Chris, you messed up, you don't deserve to ever see that woman again.  Hope you do better when you get out in 5 to 10."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;I mean these people are flocking to him and basically they don't care what he did because basically he's in rap videos.  Here are some samples, get a bucket:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;"One day I..ll meet this crazy man :D and we will make music together. Yeahh!! &lt;br /&gt;My heart aint a brain but I think that I still love hiiim"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;"you absolutally amazing you dont do anything wrong i will support you intill the day i die. you are wonderful dont let a single thing put you down you deserve the best because you are the best please be happy and get back out there and show them what your mad of."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;"SHOWING LOVE AND SUPPORT AND I JUST WISH THAT CHRIS WOULD COME BACK FROM THIS A STRONGER PERSON AND KEEP MAKING THE WOUNDERFUL MUSIC THAT HE MAKES AND HE STILL MY SEXI VA PRINCE AND I STILL LOVE HIM"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="  font-weight: bold; line-height: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="  font-weight: bold; line-height: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="  font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;I find it amazing how shallow these people are.  Absolutely no substance (and no spelling.)  I guess anything he does is OK because he makes music and is "sexi"?  I especially love the part where they say that everyone makes mistakes, but they leave off the second part of the mistake equation, consequences.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Sure everyone makes mistakes, but we pay for them.  You run a red light?  Mistake.  Consequence you get a ticket and pay a fine.  You beat the crap out of your girlfriend bad enough that she has to have plastic surgery?  You need to go to jail.  That's the way it should work.  I have not seen any outpouring of support for Rihanna, though.  You hear all about how hard it is what Chris Brown is going through.  WTF's he going throuhg?!  Did he bruise his knuckles?!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;And now Rihanna has taken him back, stating that he cries and is sorry sweet after he beats her.  Hello, dummy it's called the honeymoon phase.  No sympathy moving forward, now you are asking for it.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7248265584948260234-2359823553953504075?l=counterstupid.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/feeds/2359823553953504075/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7248265584948260234&amp;postID=2359823553953504075&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/2359823553953504075'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/2359823553953504075'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/2009/03/lemmings-flock-to-chris-brown.html' title='Lemmings flock to Chris Brown.'/><author><name>Darth T</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_V1TLD96gxpo/SIkX0mtvx3I/AAAAAAAAAAo/uYIAeRhdCIo/S220/darth-vader.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248265584948260234.post-8196761991949306418</id><published>2009-03-10T07:49:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2009-03-10T08:11:10.464-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Obama foreign policy incompetence is overshadowed by the economic incompetence.</title><content type='html'>The economy is all over the news right now.  Obama is still trying to play the blame game on Bush.  I particularly love that little diddy of his where he says that "we inherited a $600 Billion deficit from the previous administration" is the problem; and then he goes on to say he's going to fix the problems caused by said deficit with a $2 Trillion deficit.  Anyway the economy is in the crapper, it's the patient, and he's Dr. Kevorkian.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;But I am not here to talk about that right now.  Let's talk about foreign policy.  Remember when Obama said during the campaign that basically the answer to foreign policy was to elect him and everyone would love us again?  Remember how he said he was just going to talk to all those people we didn't have a good relationship with?  It isn't quite working out.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Remember that Obama said that he would talk with Iran, with no pre-conditions?  As soon as he offered that officially he was snubbed.  The Iranian response went something like this, "Well we have pre-conditions for you.  Withdraw all your military forces to within your border, get rid of capitalism and convert to Islam."  Great.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;How's it going with Venezuela?  Hugo Chavez has said that Obama is the same is Bush until he saw our economy.  Then he started praising Obama for taking a step in the right direction; and then said he needed to fully adopt socialism.  Great.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Oh, Iraq and Afghanistan.  We are out of Iraq, he essentially gave al Qaeda a date on when they could resume operations.  And did you know we are losing in Afghanistan?  Yeah, according to him we are.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Then there's Russia.  Obama offered, "Dear President Medvedev, we will stop building that missile defense shield that you don't like if you please please please make the Iranians stop building nuclear weapons."  Medvedev responded with, "How about this?  Screw you.  Dismantle the missile shield and we will not give you any help with Iran.  We are not going to barter with you.  We are going to keep helping Iran build nukes.  Have a nice day."&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Finally, there's the UK.  Our closest allies.  First Obama snubs the PM saying he was too tired.  Then the PM gives the Obamas really nice gifts.  Obama gives a DVD box set and some models of Marine One ($15 at the White House gift shop.)  As if the British Prime Minister can't buy DVDs.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;This administration is a joke and since he's making our country the punchline, it is not a funny joke.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7248265584948260234-8196761991949306418?l=counterstupid.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/feeds/8196761991949306418/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7248265584948260234&amp;postID=8196761991949306418&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' 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has become official, with a story in Politico about the Obama Administration targeting Rush Limbaugh that the White House has an enemies list.  It's not as if anyone with a brain didn't know that already based on the way the Obama team went after Joe the Plumber for not agreeing Obama on the plundering of our society.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Here's the thing a lot of people aren't getting, it is more than just Limbaugh they are going after.  Sure, Limbaugh is a figure many do not like for one reason or another.  But the Obama enemies list goes deeper than radio hosts and financial reporters.  Obama recently remarked tha that stock market is not important.  If you are like most people with 401k's, IRAs and 403b's you have your retirement plan wrapped up in that market.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Obama is going after our employers, the people who give us work to do, employers are going to shut down.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;It goes like those auto dealer commercials, "Do you have a job and $99?"  Then congratulations, you are on the Obama Enemies List.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7248265584948260234-7265047254843953855?l=counterstupid.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/feeds/7265047254843953855/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7248265584948260234&amp;postID=7265047254843953855&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/7265047254843953855'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/7265047254843953855'/><link 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Roger Simon of Politico.com wrote a piece describing why Michael Steele just doesn't get it.  He goes on to characterize that Steele wants the party to court minorities (as Steele has said) and that "hardcore" Republicans, like Limbaugh, are not interested in this.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mr. Simon goes on to state that hardcore Republicans are more interested in guns, gays and abortion, while Democrats are more interested in "kitchen table" issues of jobs, healthcare and the environment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;OK, let's throw down the B.S. card on the environment being an issue at all.  Polling shows the environment and global warming at the bottom of the heap.  Then as if to say that Republican voters, pardon me, hardcore Republican voters are not concerned with jobs and healthcare?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mr. Simon, we are concerned about jobs and healthcare.  At this point I am concerned with what the Obama administration is going to do to ruin jobs and healthcare for everyone.  Just because we do not support Obama does not mean we don't want jobs!  The point here is that Obama's policies are already losing jobs.  Healthcare will soon follow.  Obama wants to socialize healthcare, look at how that has worked out in Europe, Cuba and Canada.  There are businesses whose sole trade is to get Canadians medical treatment in America, because they cannot get it in Canada!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Finally, this whole thing about not being willing to "reach out" to minorities.  False, Republicans are willing to reach out to all people, here's the trick, regardless of race, gender, etc.  We refuse to put people into different categories or groups.  We are supposed to be a classless society where such things do not matter.  We are looking for people who share our ideas and beliefs of financial freedom, smaller government and personal responsibility.  The notion that someone does not want these things because they are black is asinine.  Period.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7248265584948260234-6726887739107654842?l=counterstupid.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/feeds/6726887739107654842/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7248265584948260234&amp;postID=6726887739107654842&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/6726887739107654842'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/6726887739107654842'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/2009/03/why-politico-just-doesnt-get-it-when.html' title='Why Politico Just Doesn&apos;t Get It When Saying Steele Just Doesn&apos;t Get It.'/><author><name>Darth T</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_V1TLD96gxpo/SIkX0mtvx3I/AAAAAAAAAAo/uYIAeRhdCIo/S220/darth-vader.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248265584948260234.post-2672279189228003485</id><published>2009-02-21T19:49:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2009-02-21T20:05:32.157-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Addressing the tired line of "Blaming the poor, for being poor."</title><content type='html'>I've heard this line before and am starting to hear it again in light of the resistance by the public against the porkzilla spending bill.  This is a strawman if I have ever heard one.  I don't blame (all) the poor for being poor (many have brought it on themselves.)&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;First and foremost, I blame liberalism and liberal policy makers.  Let's not kid around here, the housing crisis was the final straw that broke this camel's back.  But how did the housing market get in such bad shape?  Liberalism!  We are seeing the effects and it is being reported as the problem.  Years ago, liberals dictated that banks had to give loans that they would not make money on.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Not only were these loans unprofitable, they were not going to get repayed.  It isn't just politicians that set this table.  Organizations, like ACORN, extorted banks and threatened boycotts, civil suits, protests and all the other liberal tricks if the banks did not make these bad loans.  So you take unprofitable loans, and then flat don't pay them.  The only way for the banks to control the losses is to repossess the houses.  But banks were prevented from doing this too.  The banks have no choice but to fold.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;So now here we are.  There are a lot of people who do what they are supposed to do and now we are being told we have to pay for those who did not.  Do you think everyone who makes their payments are just lucky people who just fell into a pile money we didn't earn or deserve and it is all fun and games?  No!  I scrape by every month and work long hours and everything else in my power to meet my obligations.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;So don't sit there and act like you are owed something.  I had an offer to get a loan far more than I ended up getting.  I chose to get less of a loan so I could be sure to make it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;It is called personal responsibility, but I guess it is now a thing of the past.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7248265584948260234-2672279189228003485?l=counterstupid.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/feeds/2672279189228003485/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7248265584948260234&amp;postID=2672279189228003485&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/2672279189228003485'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/2672279189228003485'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/2009/02/addressing-tired-line-of-blaming-poor.html' title='Addressing the tired line of &quot;Blaming the poor, for being poor.&quot;'/><author><name>Darth T</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_V1TLD96gxpo/SIkX0mtvx3I/AAAAAAAAAAo/uYIAeRhdCIo/S220/darth-vader.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248265584948260234.post-4223895589329404053</id><published>2009-02-21T13:06:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2009-02-21T13:40:41.676-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I am no coward, on race Mr. Holder.</title><content type='html'>Attorney General Eric Holder, this week, referred to the people of the United States of America as "cowards" on issues concerning race.  He feels that we as a nation do not discuss this enough openly.  I take his meaning to mean that white people have no apologized enough (and frankly never will.)  I will admit that there are many white people who do not talk about their thoughts about race (actually culture.)  But why would any white person want to get into this discussion?  They can never be right and it is a losing battle.  If a white person engages in this discussion and expresses any opinion other than, "It's all our fault" they are immediately branded a racist.  And being branded a racist is the single worst thing you can be branded in the United States today.  Don't believe me?  Look at how much anger there was when terrorist Zawahiri referred to President Obama as "house slave."  That was just too much, it was over the top and the last staw.  This is one of the masterminds of 9/11 for crying out loud and people get that upset over him making a racial slur?!&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The other problem is that the "racist" label is thrown around so much now that if you listen to certain people then everyone is a racist.  As it stands today, if you oppose ANY portion of the liberal agenda you are racist.  Period.  Don't want tax raises?  Racist.  Don't support the stimulus package?  Racist.  Don't support abortion?  Racist.  Don't want more of your tax dollars going to welfare?  Racist.  Didn't vote for Obama?  Racist.  And I could go on all day.  It's like taking a trascript of Joe McCarthy, hopped up on acid and replacing "communist" with "racist."  And everyone is afraid of having that label aimed at them.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;In that respect, maybe AG Holder is right.  Too many people afraid to speak the truth out of fear they will be labeled racists.  So speak your mind, and labels be damned.  The truth is, the civil rights movement was meant to make us a classless society.  How can we be a classless society if so much emphasis is put on segregating us into demographic groups such as, I don't know... RACE?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Attorney General Holder, the way that you will know we no longer have a racial problem is when no one cares about the color of your skin, including you.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7248265584948260234-4223895589329404053?l=counterstupid.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/feeds/4223895589329404053/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7248265584948260234&amp;postID=4223895589329404053&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/4223895589329404053'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/4223895589329404053'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/2009/02/i-am-no-coward-on-race-mr-holder.html' title='I am no coward, on race Mr. Holder.'/><author><name>Darth T</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_V1TLD96gxpo/SIkX0mtvx3I/AAAAAAAAAAo/uYIAeRhdCIo/S220/darth-vader.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248265584948260234.post-8464847188658945402</id><published>2009-02-19T06:50:00.014-05:00</published><updated>2009-02-19T08:30:04.783-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Leftie Thought Police and Race Baiters are on the march...  again.</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;New York Post cartoonist Sean Delonas published this cartoon rich has quickly brought out the hyper-sensitive victim class and PC crowd, including race baiter in chief Al Sharpton.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_V1TLD96gxpo/SZ1c8BuIJGI/AAAAAAAAACQ/5s1Xte0N9QY/s1600-h/Post+crazed+monkey+2009-02-18-cartoon-thumb-425x289.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;img style="text-decoration: underline;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 218px; " src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_V1TLD96gxpo/SZ1c8BuIJGI/AAAAAAAAACQ/5s1Xte0N9QY/s320/Post+crazed+monkey+2009-02-18-cartoon-thumb-425x289.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304498122436125794" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;The debate is still fresh, was the cartoonist referring to Obama as the monkey or wasn't he?  For those of you who don't know, President Obama did not write the stimulus bill.  Congress wrote it as a group.  The Congress, basically compiled a wish list for all of their pet projects and pork into one massive spending bill, slapped a title on it and called it stimulus.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;But what if he was referring to Obama?  What then?  How about this, so what?  As long as I can remember Presidents have been constantly compared to chimps and other primates.  As a matter of fact, this is an indicator of equality.  Obama is being treated no differently than any other President.  And really, this is nothing.  Compared with what the President of the United States has to deal with on an hour by hour, minute by minute basis Obama had better have a thicker skin than his advocates or GTFO.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Let's keep in mind that the cartoon does not implicitly say that the chimp in this cartoon is Obama.  The detractors of the cartoon are just assuming that themselves.  Since they associate Obama as the only person invlolved with the stimulus bill as being comparable to a chimp doesn't that make them the racists?  Anyway, here's some of the handy work of people pulling off Bush=Chimp and even Clinton=Chimp.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_V1TLD96gxpo/SZ1c4MWM7yI/AAAAAAAAACI/hq1OdLhzwJ8/s1600-h/bush_chimp2.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 245px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_V1TLD96gxpo/SZ1c4MWM7yI/AAAAAAAAACI/hq1OdLhzwJ8/s320/bush_chimp2.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304498056569089826" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_V1TLD96gxpo/SZ1cz2b8I6I/AAAAAAAAACA/TaQ9A0G0iIE/s1600-h/images.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 140px; height: 105px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_V1TLD96gxpo/SZ1cz2b8I6I/AAAAAAAAACA/TaQ9A0G0iIE/s320/images.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304497981968098210" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I know, "but comparing white people to chimps isn't the same."  Spare me.  But I'll humor you.  Ok let's assume that this is an attack on a minority.  Let's look at how so called "progressives" handle a Democrat who does not tow the line a la Joe Lieberman.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_V1TLD96gxpo/SZ1cuTHiONI/AAAAAAAAAB4/7vqvq71f9c8/s1600-h/2006-08-02-Lieberman.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 227px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_V1TLD96gxpo/SZ1cuTHiONI/AAAAAAAAAB4/7vqvq71f9c8/s320/2006-08-02-Lieberman.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304497886587926738" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_V1TLD96gxpo/SZ1cp8Qz_yI/AAAAAAAAABw/Dy0lAYLNj3I/s1600-h/lieberman.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_V1TLD96gxpo/SZ1cp8Qz_yI/AAAAAAAAABw/Dy0lAYLNj3I/s320/lieberman.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304497811733348130" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;In case you don't know comparing the black person to a chimp is the same as comparing a Jew to a rat.  Oh and WTF with the black face on Joe Lieberman?  Speaking of black face, let's have a look at what "progressives" had to say about Michael Steele.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_V1TLD96gxpo/SZ1b7o4gOZI/AAAAAAAAABg/nZaFz7d237k/s1600-h/157_blackwell.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_V1TLD96gxpo/SZ1b7o4gOZI/AAAAAAAAABg/nZaFz7d237k/s320/157_blackwell.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304497016257132946" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Progressives are always the first to the gutter.  And they are the quickest to justify and excuse their own racist behavior.  I don't know about you, but I would rather be called a chimp than Hitler; and Bush took that for 8 years.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7248265584948260234-8464847188658945402?l=counterstupid.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/feeds/8464847188658945402/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7248265584948260234&amp;postID=8464847188658945402&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/8464847188658945402'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/8464847188658945402'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/2009/02/leftie-thought-police-and-race-baiters.html' title='Leftie Thought Police and Race Baiters are on the march... &lt;sigh&gt; again.'/><author><name>Darth T</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_V1TLD96gxpo/SIkX0mtvx3I/AAAAAAAAAAo/uYIAeRhdCIo/S220/darth-vader.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_V1TLD96gxpo/SZ1c8BuIJGI/AAAAAAAAACQ/5s1Xte0N9QY/s72-c/Post+crazed+monkey+2009-02-18-cartoon-thumb-425x289.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248265584948260234.post-3495404158650302043</id><published>2009-02-14T04:42:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2009-02-14T05:13:38.236-05:00</updated><title type='text'>President Obama and Julio...</title><content type='html'>I ran into this today.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object height="344" width="425"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/vY84fF2hzhY&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/vY84fF2hzhY&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At first all I can say is wow. Then, "This guy is a plant."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But let's look at his message.  Julio works at McDonald's (and has been for four years) and wants to either find a better job or get more pay and more benefits than he is currently getting at McDonalds.  First and foremost, the trade between the President and Julio about whether Julio is getting healthcare at McDonald's is flat our false.  McDonald's most certainly &lt;a href="http://www.mcdonalds.com/corp/career/employee_benefits/health_protecton.html"&gt;does&lt;/a&gt; offer healthcare benefits.  Not only do they offer healthcare coverage, they also offer &lt;a href="http://www.mcdonalds.com/corp/career/employee_benefits/Investing.html"&gt;retirement, investing and profit sharing&lt;/a&gt;; and &lt;a href="http://www.mcdonalds.com/corp/career/hamburger_university/our_college_degree.html"&gt;college&lt;/a&gt; assistance.  Granted its not a dream job but I've seen worse.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What is at the heart of Julio's message?  Here it is: I work at McDonald's, and have been for four years.  There are other people out there who make more money than me and I don't like that.  Mr. President I want you to either give me that high paying job I've always dreamed of or make McDonald's pay me more.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here is my official response:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Julio, I think it is great that you are working and getting educated to improve your life.  However, there is a pecking order.  As you gain experience and qualifications your income will go up, provided the demand is there.  That's what your income is based on.  You are selling your skills to the highest bidder.  The fewer people who can do your job, and the more places that need that role filled, the more your skills are worth.  You can teach anyone how to push grocery carts in about 30 minutes.  This job pays around $7 per hour depending on where you are.  Compare that with say an electrician journeyman makes about $18 per hour.  Why the difference?  Because as it stands today, you cannot do an electrician's job, but he can do yours.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The day that a cart pusher or cashier makes the same as a dentist the world will be broken.  And once you get your communications career rolling you will feel the same way.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Finally, here's a secret of success.  Don't depend on the person in the White House to "give" you a job, opportunity or anything.  I recommend that the only thing you ask of the government is to get out of your way.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7248265584948260234-3495404158650302043?l=counterstupid.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/feeds/3495404158650302043/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7248265584948260234&amp;postID=3495404158650302043&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/3495404158650302043'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/3495404158650302043'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/2009/02/president-obama-and-julio.html' title='President Obama and Julio...'/><author><name>Darth T</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_V1TLD96gxpo/SIkX0mtvx3I/AAAAAAAAAAo/uYIAeRhdCIo/S220/darth-vader.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248265584948260234.post-7803938774568855137</id><published>2009-02-10T06:46:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2009-02-14T04:40:26.084-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Leftard Fairy Tales.</title><content type='html'>That's right. I'm about to ruin breakfast. Judith Warner has a &lt;a href="http://warner.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/05/sometimes-a-president-is-just-a-president/"&gt;piece&lt;/a&gt; in the New York Times (as if anywhere else) on how the many masses are enthralled by the glowing perfection of the Obamas. This ranges from petty envy of the, public, "perfection" of the Obama marriage to sexual fantasies about the One.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pathetically, one laments while explaining that he was at Columbia the same time as the Obamas, "I feel like if I’d been a better person I would have gotten to know them." Still others cry out why are they so perfect and not me? Still others have recurring nightmares, apparently, where they have a chance to interact with Barack and to be inadequate to win the favor of the One.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is akin to all of the writings we saw in the 1990s about how many women wanted to bang Bill Clinton. It is for certain that, as Rush Limbaugh so aptly pointed out, Barack Obama appears to be the ultimate empty suit or blank slate. People just make him, in their, minds whatever they want him to be. It is also stands to reason that since the left had such a primal hatred for W, HW and the Gipper that they would have an equal and opposite reaction to any moonbat that comes on the scene.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If these worshippers weren't enabling someone to cause such great damage to our nation's rights, economy and national security it would be amusing. They are on even keel with the celebrity worshippers who gaze on celebrity pictures and obssess over whether Britney Spears is pregnant in the line at the supermarket. You can expect to see more articles like in the New York Times as the focus tries to shift to how the Obamas are like "Camelot" and away from the already increase in aggressiveness of other nations, the cost of the "stimulus package" and more.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7248265584948260234-7803938774568855137?l=counterstupid.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/feeds/7803938774568855137/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7248265584948260234&amp;postID=7803938774568855137&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/7803938774568855137'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/7803938774568855137'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/2009/02/leftard-fairy-tales.html' title='Leftard Fairy Tales.'/><author><name>Darth T</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_V1TLD96gxpo/SIkX0mtvx3I/AAAAAAAAAAo/uYIAeRhdCIo/S220/darth-vader.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248265584948260234.post-360257283362224672</id><published>2009-02-06T11:03:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2009-02-06T11:46:37.181-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Abortion clinic kills born alive baby.</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;As seen &lt;a href="http://www.buffalonews.com/260/story/570428.html"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;, a Florida woman was 18 and pregnant went to an abortion clinic to kill her baby.  She was given a drug to dilate her cervix and the doctor did not make it to the office in time.  Instead of an abortion Sycloria Williams gave birth to a "live" baby girl.  The owner of the clinic promptly cut the umbilical cord and tossed the baby in a bio-hazard bag and right in the trash.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Seems as if everyone is handlin this one with the kid gloves.  The local rep for NOW said "It reall disturbed me."  And young miss Williams had even give the baby a name.  Well Ms. NOW, it really disturbed you?  This is what you are about!  This is what you define as a fundamental part of being a woman, or pardon me &lt;em&gt;womyn&lt;/em&gt;.  What difference does it make that the baby fell out of this woman before having its brains sucked out?  And Sycloria, you don't name someone that you are out to kill.  Did you think up this name before or after you went to have your baby murdered?  Why is everyone so shocked about this?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Is it because Williams actually saw the living baby before it was killed.  I guess that does make it easier to kill someone you never have to see.  I case you don't know the score, that baby was alive and I mean it was alive before Sycloria Williams set foot in that abortion mill.  Don't believe me?  Go to an OB and check out a 4-D ultrasound.  I don't know what it is about these stupid women who view their nether regions as some magical portal that grants life and turns all "unviable tissue" mass that passes through into humans with full rights.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I can't figure out if Williams is so stupid that she didn't know that her baby was a living person until she saw her die or if she is trying to milk this for cash.  Either way she's one who deserves to be in a bio-hazard bag.  The NOW folks are acting this way because they don't want what they're really about to get out.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I want you to remember though.  This is what we voted for.  This is the change.  Barack Obama opposed "born alive" legislation.  Expect more.  And everytime this or something like it happens there will be plenty of us to remind you.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7248265584948260234-360257283362224672?l=counterstupid.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/feeds/360257283362224672/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7248265584948260234&amp;postID=360257283362224672&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/360257283362224672'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/360257283362224672'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/2009/02/abortion-clinic-kills-born-alive-baby.html' title='Abortion clinic kills born alive baby.'/><author><name>Darth T</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_V1TLD96gxpo/SIkX0mtvx3I/AAAAAAAAAAo/uYIAeRhdCIo/S220/darth-vader.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248265584948260234.post-3106839222138800328</id><published>2009-02-01T09:32:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2009-02-01T09:52:57.948-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Looks like loving your country, being patriotic, and helping others is the "new black"</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;Get your bucket ready.  Now watch &lt;a href="http://www.myspace.com/presidentialpledge"&gt;this&lt;/a&gt;.  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Well looky there.  Looks like the beautiful people of Hollywood have found a couple new trends.  Being patriotic, loving you country, helping others?  Look at them all proud.  They remind of a small child that finds an Indian arrowhead and thinks it's something new.  They stand there and tell us how they pledge to love their country and help others and so on.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Well welcome aboard, we're glad you can make it!  But to most of us, love of country and others means more than your latest hand bag or exotic car.  For most of us, patriotism isn't a fad to engage in based on who sits in the Oval Office.  Most of us have always support our country.  The faux patriotism and love of country shown in this video is as shallow as Demi's facelift is obvious.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The truth is, this is not about love of country or patriotism.  This is about love of someone, Barack Obama.  These celebritards didn't give a damn about this country when Bush (either one) was in office, they didn't care about this country when Reagan was in office and they would not care if it were John McCain in the White House instead of Barack.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;They preach about the country and "others" but they tip their hand at the end when they pledge to be a servant to Barack Obama.  The truth is that if they did not have feelings of patriotism, caring for others, and sacrifice before, they don't have them now.  These feelings are likely to prove fleeting.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;But hey, if those celebrities are really all about love of country and helping, then good.  Glad to see you could finally make it, but we got started without you.  No offense.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7248265584948260234-3106839222138800328?l=counterstupid.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/feeds/3106839222138800328/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7248265584948260234&amp;postID=3106839222138800328&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/3106839222138800328'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/3106839222138800328'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/2009/02/looks-like-loving-your-country-being.html' title='Looks like loving your country, being patriotic, and helping others is the &quot;new black&quot;'/><author><name>Darth T</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_V1TLD96gxpo/SIkX0mtvx3I/AAAAAAAAAAo/uYIAeRhdCIo/S220/darth-vader.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248265584948260234.post-3530936431796865579</id><published>2009-01-29T08:50:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-29T09:10:28.447-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The Soda Tax explained.</title><content type='html'>Years ago, President Clinton with help from Congress imposed higher taxes on cigarettes under the guise of funding healthcare and encouraging people to stop smoking.  In other words, to control behavior.  Public support for this measure was gained by promising to help "the children."&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Conservatives were scorned and ridiculed for not supporting this measure.  We were told we didn't care about peoples health, the children's health.  The conservative position, is one of personal freedom, responsibility and limited government.  Conservatives also warned that if this were allowed it would set a precedent on other items the left will deem unhealthy.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Fast forward to 2009, Governor Patterson of New York is set to impose a tax on non-diet soda.  Soda is a boogeyman for the Left because of sugar, and of course the justification of the tax is so it can help the children.  Looks like we were right, huh?  But is this really about help anyone, let alone children?  I say absolutely not.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Let's look at the "purpose" of these taxes.  The first purpose is to pay for healthcare.  The second purpose is to encourage people into consuming less of these evil items.  One purpose will kill the other purpose.  First of all the "healthcare for children" argument is a joke.  Since taxing the cigarettes for this purpose in the 1990's there has been no significant change in children's healthcare.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;But let's look at the real problem.  Let's say that government collects money and allocates it for healthcare.  Fine and wonderful.  Now let's say that tax meets its second "goal" and fewer people consume non-diet soda.  Revenue (for healthcare) collected by the tax will drop.  What then?  I dunno, maybe raise the tax even more like they did for cigarettes?  That may even out the money, but then fewer people will consume soda.  Then what?  They will find something else to tax, that's what.  What will it be next time?  Chocolate?  Coffee?  Or how about tea?  We've been down that road haven't we?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;It comes down to this.  Liberal politicians (and a lot of "conservatives") are only interested maintaining and growing government.  To reach this goal they have to get ever deeper into the pockets of the taxpayers.  If Governor Patterson were concerned that soda pop were killing people why would he not just ban it all together?  I mean afterall, it's a health emergency.  The mistake of the governments prohibition on alcohol in the 20th century was that they were trying to legislate morality.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Now, the government just wants more of your money and want to be more subtle about telling you how to live.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7248265584948260234-3530936431796865579?l=counterstupid.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/feeds/3530936431796865579/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7248265584948260234&amp;postID=3530936431796865579&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/3530936431796865579'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/3530936431796865579'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/2009/01/soda-tax-explained.html' title='The Soda Tax explained.'/><author><name>Darth T</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_V1TLD96gxpo/SIkX0mtvx3I/AAAAAAAAAAo/uYIAeRhdCIo/S220/darth-vader.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248265584948260234.post-5113055052055998324</id><published>2009-01-26T09:21:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-26T09:32:28.847-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Michelle Obama "chided" for wearing "whitey's" designer clothes.</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Who knew that affirmative action reached all the way into what clothes you wear?  According to &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0109/17938.html"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Politico&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt; Michelle Obama has received criticism from the Black Artists Association for the crime of her inaugural outfits not being designed by black designers.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;I have to go with Michelle on this one.  Who cares?!  The Black Artists Association asked:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;"It's fine and good if you want to be all 'Kumbaya' and 'We Are the World' by representing all different countries. But if you are going to have Isabel Toledo do the inauguration dress, and Jason Wu do the evening gown, why not have Kevan Hall, B Michael, Stephen Burrows or any of the other black designers do something too?"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Here's  a novel idea, maybe she didn't like anything Kevan Hall or any of the other black designers had to offer.  I mean she is still a free person, free to choose what clothes to wear right?  Why is there this notion within minority communities that you have to be beholden to anything and everything within your particular miniority group?  It's asinine.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;On the other hand the Obama's are part of the machine that created this monster.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; line-height: 18px;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7248265584948260234-5113055052055998324?l=counterstupid.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/feeds/5113055052055998324/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7248265584948260234&amp;postID=5113055052055998324&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/5113055052055998324'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/5113055052055998324'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/2009/01/michelle-obama-chided-for-wearing.html' title='Michelle Obama &quot;chided&quot; for wearing &quot;whitey&apos;s&quot; designer clothes.'/><author><name>Darth T</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_V1TLD96gxpo/SIkX0mtvx3I/AAAAAAAAAAo/uYIAeRhdCIo/S220/darth-vader.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248265584948260234.post-8321605338107787530</id><published>2009-01-25T18:03:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-25T18:34:27.473-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Obama's new rules already don't apply... to him that is.</title><content type='html'>Peter Schweizer wrote a &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Do-As-Say-Not-Hypocrisy/dp/0767919025/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;s=books&amp;amp;qid=1232925672&amp;amp;sr=8-1"&gt;book&lt;/a&gt; in 2006 that can now be considered prophetic when it comes to the new presidency of Barack Obama.   One the first day of his administration President Obama signed an executive order regarding lobbying and ethics rules.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="480" height="295"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/HzRGrFB-io8&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/HzRGrFB-io8&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="295"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;If you can make it through to about the 3:25 mark President Obama begins outlining his rules for lobbyists in his administration.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;1.  Former lobbyists entering Obama's administration will not be allowed to work on things that they lobbied on or agencies they lobbied during the previous 2 years.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;2.  After leaving the Obama administration you will not be allowed to lobby the Obama administration as long as Obama is President.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;3.  There will be a ban on gifts from lobbyists to anyone in the administration.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;That was on the "first day" of work Jan 20th or 21st.  Well guess &lt;a href="http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/groups-urge-senate-to-reject-lynn-2009-01-23.html"&gt;what?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;That's right kids, less than a week and President Obama has already waived his own ethics rules to appoint a lobbyist and executive at Raytheon (a defense contractor) as Deputy Secretary of Defense.  When President Obama stated that his administration would be transparent we had no idea.  What good are rules if you don't follow them?  Obama's ethics rules are about as on the up and up as playing one on one with Kim Jong Il.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7248265584948260234-8321605338107787530?l=counterstupid.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/feeds/8321605338107787530/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7248265584948260234&amp;postID=8321605338107787530&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/8321605338107787530'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/8321605338107787530'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/2009/01/obamas-new-rules-already-dont-apply-to.html' title='Obama&apos;s new rules already don&apos;t apply... to him that is.'/><author><name>Darth T</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_V1TLD96gxpo/SIkX0mtvx3I/AAAAAAAAAAo/uYIAeRhdCIo/S220/darth-vader.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248265584948260234.post-5962733130238754880</id><published>2009-01-23T07:17:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-23T08:03:17.938-05:00</updated><title type='text'>America's problems or race and expectation.</title><content type='html'>First and foremost, we the United States of America, have a race problem.  We do, it's as simple as that.  The nation is obssessed with race.  I watched the inauguration of President Obama on Tuesday.  All of the coverage was about race.  From the reporters covering it to Rev. Lowery praying for the day "when WHITE will embrace what's RIGHT."  I got up this morning this morning to a video on MTV, "My President is Black." completely with caracitures of skinny, bitter whites protesting President Obama.  Were the film of this video shown as a negative with the word black replaced with white it would be hauled off the air like a dump trunk full of gravel.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;But this video's wording is very telling.  It speaks in relation to a myth.  That myth is that the President of the United States "gives" to people.  Barack Obama is going to give handouts.   Going to give people a better job, hell a better life.  This implies that George W. Bush and the presidents before him "gave" (to the white man I guess.)  This further evidenced by this voicemail left at CitiBank's collection &lt;a href="http://ace.mu.nu/archives/WEnotrich1.wav"&gt;department&lt;/a&gt;.  Notice how the fact that this woman doesn't make her car payment is going to be remedied by President Obama.  I also like the phrase, "WE'VE got Barack Obama."  Lady, he's my president too.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The expectation is there that Barack Obama is going to make their lives better.  That they will not be expected to pay their bills or be responsible or to work.  What it comes down to is that in the mind of these folks Barack Obama's sole purpose is to stick it to "whitey."  Also ,I really think, as scary as it is, that the expectation is for President Obama begin punishing "whitey" for, well, being white.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Tavis Smiley, said on &lt;a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28719411/page/4/"&gt;Meet the Press&lt;/a&gt; that Obama's election as president is merely a down payment on Rev. King's dream.  That is patently false.  Obama's election is proof of King's dream as being fullfilled.  Have you ever Rev. King's "I have a dream" speech.  I highly recommend that you do.  You can read it &lt;a href="http://www.usconstitution.net/dream.html"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;If you actually read the speech, what Rev. King is stating is that all of us should be equal, regardless of race, gender or religion and so on.  In mathematical terms:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Not: white people &gt; black people or black peolple &gt;white people or red people &gt; black people.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;More like:  white people = black people or black people = red people or how about white = black = red = brown = yellow = green.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Or even better yet, shed the group mentality of color and class all together?  If that were the case it would be:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;people = people = people OR just PEOPLE.  That's what King was getting at.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;It is going to take all of us to get past race.  It is going to take organizations like the NAACP, La Raza to drop the race classification and getting with the program.  President Obama's election has demonstrated that there is still work to be done.  You will know that we have turned the corner when comments such as, "You have a black President." or "...and she's Mexican." or "...but he's white." are met with, "So?"&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Bottom line, in a post racial society, race does not matter and is not a factor.  That's why it's called POST racial.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7248265584948260234-5962733130238754880?l=counterstupid.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/feeds/5962733130238754880/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7248265584948260234&amp;postID=5962733130238754880&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/5962733130238754880'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/5962733130238754880'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/2009/01/americas-problems-or-race-and.html' title='America&apos;s problems or race and expectation.'/><author><name>Darth T</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_V1TLD96gxpo/SIkX0mtvx3I/AAAAAAAAAAo/uYIAeRhdCIo/S220/darth-vader.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248265584948260234.post-3160193649534242783</id><published>2009-01-19T09:35:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-19T10:31:55.049-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Idiotic, race obsessed bloggers don't get Gran Torino.</title><content type='html'>I watched Clint Eastwood's Gran Torino last night and it was an excellent film.  Yesterday I was browsing for news bits on the shooting of Oscar Grant by a BART officer and came across a review of Gran Torino skrewing as a typical racist Hollywood film.  This led me to another negative racially motivated review of the film.  I decided to bring this up since Eastwood had recently taken heat from a race baiting Spike Lee; and few things aggravates me more than small minded twits crying about how one group or another is portrayed in movies, from To Kill a Mockingbird to Hostel. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The charges against GT is that it is a typical cast of stereotypical minority characters (e.g. 'nerdy asian', 'asian gangster', 'black thug' and so on.)  All of this is centered around a "God-like" white man who comes to everyone's rescue.  This a bogus notion.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Eastwood's character, Walt Kowalski, is a racist and when he is introduced to his Hmong neighbors he makes the "gook" assumption about them.  He does not know them.  The Hmong fought WITH the US in Vietnam and faced holocaust afterward.  The "nerdy asian" and "gangbanger asians" server a purpose here.  It demonstrates that race has nothing to do with evil or virtue.  Thao is the most innocent character in the film and his cousin, Spider, is the most evil.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Walt doesn't save them, they save him.  Sue is a particularly good character.  Despite Walt's insults and attitudes she still shows him hospitality and does not give words any power. She is better than he is.  The Hmong neighbors prove to be better people than Walt.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;What people don't seem to understand is that Walt Kowolski is the central character in this film, everything is about his transformation.  So it stands to reason that the character is surrounded by characters that are minorities, good and bad.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;With all of the racially obsessed people out there Clint Eastwood could not please them with this film.  Right now, Clint is being ostracized because his "savior" character is white.  But what would happen had Eastwood cast Morgan Freeman in the role of Walt?  How would it be received for Morgan Freeman to play the racist Korean War vet throwing out generous helpings of "gook" and "swamp-rat"?  I have no doubt that there are black men that share this view of Asian, but Clint would be picked apart for potraying this negative black character.  These race baiters are looking for Klansmen under every rock.  They are literally the Joe McCarthy's of racism.  I never heard a complaint about the barber or foreman being stereotypical.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;There is something to be said for realism in movies as well.  The setting of film is around Detroit, MI.  Eastwood could have thrown in some Aryan Nation type gangs for "balance" but it would have been completely un-authentic.  Just for S&amp;amp;Gs I ran a google search on "white gangs" of Detroit.  The only thing a I came across was a white supremicist message board discussing that they don't want to go to Detroit because of the small white population. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;In closing, I thought this a fantastic film that demonstrates our pre-conceived notions about people are often wrong and that we have more in common with each other than we think.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7248265584948260234-3160193649534242783?l=counterstupid.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/feeds/3160193649534242783/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7248265584948260234&amp;postID=3160193649534242783&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/3160193649534242783'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/3160193649534242783'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/2009/01/idiotic-race-obsessed-bloggers-dont-get.html' title='Idiotic, race obsessed bloggers don&apos;t get Gran Torino.'/><author><name>Darth T</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_V1TLD96gxpo/SIkX0mtvx3I/AAAAAAAAAAo/uYIAeRhdCIo/S220/darth-vader.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248265584948260234.post-1754235704225898759</id><published>2009-01-16T06:42:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-16T07:36:51.126-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Farwell Mr. President.</title><content type='html'>I was at the gym last night getting a workout in.  I felt kind of crazy getting out in the single digit weather, but I am determined.  While on the treadmill I saw the President Bush give his farewell speech.  I say "saw" because the volume was muted on the television.  When I got home I made it a point to read the transcript on Politico.com.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;President Bush made it a point to be gracious, respectful and non-partisan.  This is the new tone that Bush entered office on.  What really caught my eye was the tone of the comment section of the article.  I am very familiar with trolls and moronic people leaving comments on the web.  But for some reason it really hit me hard.  What I saw was a gathering of the minds of the most un-educated, un-appreciative, simple-minded, angry people in one place.  My thought was, you know, these people&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; deserve&lt;/span&gt; the President and government they are getting.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;From day one President Bush has gotten the shaft and viewed with disdain; disrespected more than any President.  It all started from the myth of the "stolen" 2000 election, which in fact Al Gore tried to &lt;a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=v57liuaew3YC&amp;amp;dq=how+al+gore+tried+to+steal+the+election&amp;amp;printsec=frontcover&amp;amp;source=bn&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;sa=X&amp;amp;oi=book_result&amp;amp;resnum=4&amp;amp;ct=result#PPP1,M1"&gt;steal&lt;/a&gt;.  It only went downhill from there.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Let's look at the circumstances of Bush's presidency.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On day one, President Bush inherited a recession from the outgoing Clinton presidency (aptly called the Bush recession by the media and liberals.)  Bush fixed this recession.  Less than a year into his Presidency our nation was attacked.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I know that Democrats, liberals and the media do not like to talk about 9/11 other than the kooks who say Bush planned it or otherwise blame him.  The reason they do not like to talk about it is because President Bush handled 9/11 and its aftermath in exceptional manner.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At this time the US economy is in dire straits.  Let's remember that President Bush pulled us out of an earlier recession with his tax cuts and deregulation.  The US economy survived for years despite thousands of attempts to talk it down and stifle it to have something to lay on Bush.  The truth is, what killed the economy stems from oil prices and Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The price of oil was too high for the American people to pay.  President Bush tried several times to increase our supply of oil and make us less dependent on foreign sources.  Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac (aka the DNC piggy bank) forced banks to loan money to people that could not make the payments then would not let them collect.  This collapsed the banking industry.  Bush also tried to fix Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac only to be rebuffed.  It's not that Bush has no blame here.  Simply put he should have fought harder for ANWR, investigations into Fannie Mae, etc.  But these problems are at the feet of the Democrats.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the national security realm President Bush has done the impossible.  After we were attacked on 9/11 Bush was charged with preventing further attacks.  The expectation from Bush's opponents was that there were to be no more attacks.  In their mind they were setting him up for failure.  The realist expectation was that there would be more attacks.  Period.  The table set for President Bush by the opposing two parties (Democrats and Media) was anything less than no more attacks is failure.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Basically, it was a game of "Keep the country safe" but:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-You can't secure our borders from people entering illegally&lt;br /&gt;-You can't send the armed forces after the enemy&lt;br /&gt;-You can't put enemy combatants in prison&lt;br /&gt;-You can't interrogate enemy combatants with anything more than cupcakes and puppies&lt;br /&gt;-You can't intercept phone calls originating from outside the US&lt;br /&gt;-France has to agree with your every decision&lt;br /&gt;-No civilians can be killed by action of anyone including the enemy&lt;br /&gt;-No US soldiers can be put in harms way.  Ever.&lt;br /&gt;-US intelligence agencies cannot gather intel on suspicious people inside the country.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Make no misake, the President was set up to fail.  And he did not.  But he has been dragged through the mud for 8 years and will likely be dragged through the mud for a few more.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mr. President, I think I speak for those of us with a brain when I say, you have done well and you will be missed.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7248265584948260234-1754235704225898759?l=counterstupid.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/feeds/1754235704225898759/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7248265584948260234&amp;postID=1754235704225898759&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/1754235704225898759'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/1754235704225898759'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/2009/01/farwell-mr-president.html' title='Farwell Mr. President.'/><author><name>Darth T</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_V1TLD96gxpo/SIkX0mtvx3I/AAAAAAAAAAo/uYIAeRhdCIo/S220/darth-vader.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248265584948260234.post-5130273247031920663</id><published>2009-01-14T07:57:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-14T08:14:18.623-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Randi Rhodes demonstrates the divide between conservatives and liberals.</title><content type='html'>I heard Olbermann whining about this too and I am a little late commenting on this, but here goes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Basically, the Obamas asked to stay in the Blair House, which is the the guest house for the White House.  The Obamas were denied their request because the house was already booked.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I caught clips of Randi Rhodes griping and complaining about this last week.  The gist of her statements are ,who is George W. Bush to deny anything to Barack Obama?  Who is so important that they would not be bumped out of the way of Barack Obama?  As it turns out it was former Australian Prime Minister John Howard (referred to as 'disgraced' former Prime Minister...)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;John Howard is a guest of this country, you do not treat your guests like that.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But more importantly, Randi uses a lot of 'who' there.  That's the point, to the liberals it is all about status.  Barack Obama is a more important person (to them) than John Howard.  I mean afterall, Barack Obama is the messiah to these people.  There is no equality here, and it surely does not matter that President George W. Bush entered into a commitment with John Howard.  All things are to bend to the will of Barack Obama.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Randi Rhodes, once again demonstrating the elitist attitudes of the left.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7248265584948260234-5130273247031920663?l=counterstupid.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/feeds/5130273247031920663/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7248265584948260234&amp;postID=5130273247031920663&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/5130273247031920663'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/5130273247031920663'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/2009/01/randi-rhodes-demonstrates-divide.html' title='Randi Rhodes demonstrates the divide between conservatives and liberals.'/><author><name>Darth T</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_V1TLD96gxpo/SIkX0mtvx3I/AAAAAAAAAAo/uYIAeRhdCIo/S220/darth-vader.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248265584948260234.post-1051405631231445116</id><published>2009-01-12T08:27:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-12T08:47:02.185-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Global Warming is going to jump the shark.</title><content type='html'>I love the History Channel, make no mistake about it.  When I come home from work or get up in the morning, my TV goes to the History Channel first.  That is why it pains me to write this, but here goes:  History Channel, stop with all the global warming BS!  They are literally tying the global warming hoax into anything and everything.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They recently had "Armageddon Week" on the History Channel, complete with Nostradamus, Edward Cayce, the Bible Code and everything.  And don't you know, everything, was tied into global warming.  The Bible Code end of the world - global warming.  What was Nostradamus talking about?  Global Warming.  Why do the Mayans predict the world is going to end in 2012?  If you guessed GLOBAL F'N WARMING you win a cigar!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But here's the thing.  The History Channel is all about, well, history.  And some of the history they reviewed debunks the global warming hoax out of hand.  While reviewing all of the predicted doom and gloom; famine, drought, floods all the things a good end of the world scenario needs we revisited past instances of famine, drought, floods, etc.  And guess what?  All of these things have happened before.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That's right boys and girls.  For the billions of years that this planet has been here there have been floods, droughts, ice ages, global warming, earthquakes, entire species of animals dying off.  And guess what?  Not a single SUV in sight.  No smoke stacks, no power plants, no Leer Jets, no PCs, no Macs, no incandescent light bulbs.  Nothing but nature.  And some cases there were no humans around for any of this.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The day is coming, and it is already starting, when people are going to be sick and tired of being preached to by the global warming crowd.  And global warming is going to jump the shark.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7248265584948260234-1051405631231445116?l=counterstupid.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/feeds/1051405631231445116/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7248265584948260234&amp;postID=1051405631231445116&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/1051405631231445116'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/1051405631231445116'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/2009/01/global-warming-is-going-to-jump-shark.html' title='Global Warming is going to jump the shark.'/><author><name>Darth T</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_V1TLD96gxpo/SIkX0mtvx3I/AAAAAAAAAAo/uYIAeRhdCIo/S220/darth-vader.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248265584948260234.post-251724604246352415</id><published>2009-01-03T18:37:00.006-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-12T08:18:52.737-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Wash, Rinse, Repeat</title><content type='html'>So here we are again with an escalating battle in Israel.  And I also see that the usual cast of characters are on full display.  The UN, the peacenicks, the Muslim apologists.  And we are hearing the same tired line.  There must be a stop to the violence.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Funny, nobody gave a crap about the violence when it was a one-sided affair that involved Hamas launching rockets as Israeli civilians; and during a "ceasefire" no less.  Where was the UN?  Where was ANSWER?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For all the good it is going to do, I am going to play mythbusters.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;MYTH: Israel is the oppressive aggressor.&lt;br /&gt;TRUTH:  Israel has always shown great restraint (and are now) when dealing with the Palestinians.  This last example showed Israel enduring daily rocket attacks with no counter-attack during the latest ceasefire.  The fact that Israel defends itself and counterattacks does not back them the aggressor.  There is nothing wrong with defending yourself.  And there is nothing wrong with defending yourself with overwhelming force.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;MYTH:  Israel is targeting civilians; committing genocide.&lt;br /&gt;TRUTH:  Israel, like the US, take great pains to avoid civilian casualties.  The Palestinians on the other hand not only aim specifically at Israeli civilians, they also deliberately put their own civilians in the path Israeli counter attacks.  Hence, Hamas launches rockets from school yards and hospitals.  Have noticed that Israel is using more and more "smart" weapons, bombs that are smaller and smaller but more and more accurate?  This is because they would rather drop a 500 lb bomb directly on an enemy's head as opposed to a 5000 lb bomb on a large area.  Both will get the job done, but the smaller bomb lessens civilian deaths.  Contrast this with Hamas, they really don't care where their bombs go other than Israel.  If Israel's goal was to wipe out the Palestinians, it would have been done 25 years ago.  It does not take laser guided bombs to wipe out a population (see Dresden, Germany.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;MYTH:  Israel is a racist society.&lt;br /&gt;TRUTH:  How many Jews do you see welcome in Gaza?  In the West Bank?  Or how about anywhere within 300 miles of Israel?  On the other hand, Israel will accept anyone who does not wish to kill them.  There are several Arab-Israelis who work, live and thrive in Israel.  They are fully integrated into the society, the only problem is those darn rockets.  Of course, these individuals are viewed with contempt in the rest of the Arab world.  Were we talking about the US, they would be called "Sell Outs" or "Uncle Toms."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Regardless, this is not coming to an end soon.  Hamas will spend the next weeks or days get trounced all over Gaza.  They will continue to put their women and children in the line of fire so they can be paraded around for the cameras.  The Moonbats will continue to protest Israel for engaging in the crime of self defense.  The UN will continue to posture.  Then after completely mopping the floor with Hamas, Israel will sign a ceasefire.  Finally, Hamas after suffering combat casualties of 250 to one, gaining no ground, strategic or tactical advantage will declare victory and start shelling Israel again.  What a joke.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7248265584948260234-251724604246352415?l=counterstupid.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/feeds/251724604246352415/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7248265584948260234&amp;postID=251724604246352415&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/251724604246352415'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/251724604246352415'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/2009/01/wash-rinse-repeat.html' title='Wash, Rinse, Repeat'/><author><name>Darth T</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_V1TLD96gxpo/SIkX0mtvx3I/AAAAAAAAAAo/uYIAeRhdCIo/S220/darth-vader.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248265584948260234.post-5469433275370208111</id><published>2008-11-17T06:10:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2008-11-17T06:29:05.687-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The blame Bush train is coming to its last stop.</title><content type='html'>Something I have observed in the last eight years is that there has been an exponential increase in the amount of mud that is thrown at the President.  It's always existed, but not to this degree.  If you talk to the radical left, everything is George W. Bush's fault; and I mean everything.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Even more bothersome is that if there was nothing really bad going on at the time problems to blame on Bush were manufactured.  The Democrats have been talking down the economy for years.  For crying out loud they complained about unemployment rates when they were under five percent.  And the problems that we do have, gas prices, housing crash it all gets laid at the feet of Bush; even though these are all issues caused by Democrat policies (refusal to drill, running Fannie and Freddie into the dirt.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here's the thing, the Dems own it now.  They don't know it, but they own it.  We already know that Obama will capitalize on the blame Bush line with that old chestnut "cleaning up after the last administration."  This will only get Obama so far.  It won't be long before this starts to annoy the American people.  The normal ones that is, the kool-aid drinkers will never be swayed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just like at your place of employment, everyone hates that incompetent guy who never gets anything done and always blames the person before them.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7248265584948260234-5469433275370208111?l=counterstupid.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/feeds/5469433275370208111/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7248265584948260234&amp;postID=5469433275370208111&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/5469433275370208111'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/5469433275370208111'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/2008/11/blame-bush-train-is-coming-to-its-last.html' title='The blame Bush train is coming to its last stop.'/><author><name>Darth T</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_V1TLD96gxpo/SIkX0mtvx3I/AAAAAAAAAAo/uYIAeRhdCIo/S220/darth-vader.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248265584948260234.post-6968901057351778035</id><published>2008-11-13T13:50:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2008-11-17T06:34:54.825-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Hollyweird makes pro-illegal immigration propaganda.</title><content type='html'>I just watched the trailer on the internet for "Crossing Over" Hollyweird's latest attempt to show the United States of America as the bad guy.  This time the issue of the day is "immigration" (really illegal immigration) and guess what?  America sucks and is this horrible place where the only way to get a green card is sex with Ray Liotta.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This film apparently follows the vignette format of following several different characters' stories while dealing with (illegal) immigration.  In each case the (illegal) immigrant is the victim.  It is really quite nauseating.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In one moving moment Ashley Judd's character questions an offscreen ICE or INS official if she will uproot a 15 year old girl because her parents snuck across border when she was 3.  Here's a novel approach.  If you have kids you are absolved of any wrong you do.  It was bad enough that Spiderman 3 established that the Sandman is excused for killing, maiming and destroying the city of New York because he has a sick daughter (Hey Sandman, get a job!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here's the reality check.  If Mr. IllegalImmigrant hadn't broken the law 12 years ago his daughter wouldn't be getting uprooted.  How about that?  How about a little responsibility?  How about a little accountability?  If you do stuff you are not supposed to do you and your family are likely to suffer the consequences.  But not in Hollyweird, no all is forgiven.  The sad thing is this sort of stuff happens all the time.  People run Meth-houses with their kids in tow, they shoplift, they hit and run they run the gambit.  All with their kids right there.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And all the time, they try to hide behind their kids.  People will blow their lives and then exploit people who care about the children.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The tag line of this film is, "The only thing greater than what divides us... is the dream we share."  Give me a break.  We don't share a dream.  Because part of my dream, is to live in a world where people obey the law, and don't mooch off of the taxpayers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Let's make one thing clear.  Conservatives are not against immigration.  We are against illegal immigration and we are against rewarding those who break the immigration laws.  I have a friend who's wife is an immigrant, but guess what?  She is immigrating according to the law.  Period.  And I welcome her with open arms and admiration.  And the liberal side of the argument is a slap in the face to all people like her who have immigrated legally.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here is the link for the trailer, get you dramamine:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;http://movies.yahoo.com/premieres/10645602/standardformat/&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7248265584948260234-6968901057351778035?l=counterstupid.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/feeds/6968901057351778035/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7248265584948260234&amp;postID=6968901057351778035&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/6968901057351778035'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/6968901057351778035'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/2008/11/hollyweird-makes-pro-illegal.html' title='Hollyweird makes pro-illegal immigration propaganda.'/><author><name>Darth T</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_V1TLD96gxpo/SIkX0mtvx3I/AAAAAAAAAAo/uYIAeRhdCIo/S220/darth-vader.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248265584948260234.post-4349123889821228734</id><published>2008-11-10T10:32:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2008-11-10T10:40:47.466-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Man arrested at Obama rally for wearing a McCain T-Shirt</title><content type='html'>A youtube video has surfaced, filmed in Philadelphia, PA, of a man at an Obama victory rally.  The man makes the mistake of wearing a McCain/Palin T-Shirt.  The is promptly confronted by the police and arrested shortly thereafter.  Why was this man arrested?  Why is it that liberals are allowed to show up and hang Sarah Palin in effigy?  Why are liberals allowed to burn dummys made up to look like George W. Bush.  But this man is only wearing a T-Shirt and is jailed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Another scary thing is look at the video.  Look at how the "non-McCain supporters" or "Obama supporters" react.  You know, these are the "Obama's gonna pay my rent" crowd.  Look at how they scream and jump up and down, barely able to contain their hate and almost savage aggression.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If Barack Obama gets shown the door ala Jimmy Carter expect his "supporters" not let him go without a fight.  And I don't mean they'll get out the vote.  I mean they'll get out the guns.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/94N1TkuLWss&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/94N1TkuLWss&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7248265584948260234-4349123889821228734?l=counterstupid.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/feeds/4349123889821228734/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7248265584948260234&amp;postID=4349123889821228734&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/4349123889821228734'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/4349123889821228734'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/2008/11/man-arrested-at-obama-rally-for-wearing.html' title='Man arrested at Obama rally for wearing a McCain T-Shirt'/><author><name>Darth T</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_V1TLD96gxpo/SIkX0mtvx3I/AAAAAAAAAAo/uYIAeRhdCIo/S220/darth-vader.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248265584948260234.post-3798939098241221731</id><published>2008-11-05T05:27:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2008-11-05T05:28:56.366-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Here's why McCain lost:</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style=" white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'Lucida Grande';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;1.  Republicans were not energized by him.  He has not been a conservative in recent years.    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style=" white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'Lucida Grande';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;2.  He has spent the past 8 years being the "Maverick" and reaching across the aisle.  He did this because he thought he would be a media darling and would get cooperation from Democrats this year.  Democrats don't break party lines period.  When they do, they get exiled ala Joe Lieberman.  You can be a Republican and a media darling so long as you are not running.  When you run they turn on you like the jackals they are.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style=" white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'Lucida Grande';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;3.  His Hail Mary move of threatening to suspend the debate and going to Washington backfired.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style=" white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'Lucida Grande';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;4.  He allowed the economic crisis brought on by Democrat management of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to be pinned on him.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style=" white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'Lucida Grande';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;5.  Towards the end Obama started running as a pseudo-conservative, as the Dems did in 2006.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7248265584948260234-3798939098241221731?l=counterstupid.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/feeds/3798939098241221731/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7248265584948260234&amp;postID=3798939098241221731&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/3798939098241221731'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/3798939098241221731'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/2008/11/heres-why-mccain-lost.html' title='Here&apos;s why McCain lost:'/><author><name>Darth T</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_V1TLD96gxpo/SIkX0mtvx3I/AAAAAAAAAAo/uYIAeRhdCIo/S220/darth-vader.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248265584948260234.post-3982356115046975649</id><published>2008-11-05T05:11:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-11-05T05:11:47.509-05:00</updated><title type='text'>An open letter to the Republicans in Congress.</title><content type='html'>If you are reading this post, then John McCain has failed in his bid for President.  This also means that the United States of America is in for a long, hard ride.  With Liberal Democrats running the House, the Senate and now the White House the damage to this country can take decades to undo.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Average Americans can expect to have their private earning raided and their property ripped from their grasp.  The liberal agenda will be force fed to the American people with a steady stream of tax hikes and draconian regulations.  You, the remaining Republicans in Congress are all that stand between the American people and this liberal nightmare.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I don't know if you noticed, but we are on the fringe.  The conservative movement is now an underground resistance movement; and don't think for a moment that the Democrats are going to make it easy on us.  One of the things I learned from the Bush administration, is this:  There is no "new tone."  Democrats will not include us in their government.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;We need to take back the country and here's how:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;1.  Block Obama's court appointments.  We cannot afford for Barack Obama to be allowed to appoint ONE justice to the Supreme Court.  An Obama justice will be as far to the left as you can imagine.  I will be hard and congressional Republicans will take a lot of abuse; but we need for you to stick together.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;2.  Block the fairness doctrine.  The Democrat Party will now move to keep the conservatvie message from getting out.  The fairness doctrine is a blatant violation of the 1st ammendment.  The Fairness Doctrine is one of the first things that the Democrat run table will attempt in th e new session.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;3.  Block the "Employee Free Choice Act."  It is your obligation to protect every citizens right to a private ballot.  Card check is unacceptible, and will allow workers to be intimidated.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;4.  Keep your noses clean and avoid scandal.  You do not get passes from the media the way Democrats do.  The media is not your friend.  If they can't find a scandal to put on you they'll make one up.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;5.  Take back the House, period.  The House can be taken in 2010, the Senate will take longer but the work starts now.  Run as conservatives, BE conservative.  Stand up against the high taxes Obama wants.  Stand up against welfare state he will prop up.  Stand up against the military cuts.  Fight for our national security.  Build your record on that, then run on it.  You will not win a new seat or keep your incumbant seat running to the "center" or to the left.  You have to run to the right.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The fight begins now. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7248265584948260234-3982356115046975649?l=counterstupid.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/feeds/3982356115046975649/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7248265584948260234&amp;postID=3982356115046975649&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/3982356115046975649'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/3982356115046975649'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/2008/10/open-letter-to-republicans-in-congress.html' title='An open letter to the Republicans in Congress.'/><author><name>Darth T</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_V1TLD96gxpo/SIkX0mtvx3I/AAAAAAAAAAo/uYIAeRhdCIo/S220/darth-vader.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248265584948260234.post-2788758135343128891</id><published>2008-10-29T21:20:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-29T21:30:21.952-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The Baltar Scenario.</title><content type='html'>Do you watch Battlestar Galactica?  For those who don't, let me get you up to speed.  The 12 Colonies of Cobal is under attack by the Cylons.  The Colonies are caught by surprise and suffer a defeat.  A small band of survivors flee in search of Planet Earth.  The Colonies attempt to return to normal as much as possible, including preserving their government.  During the 2nd season of the show the presidential election is coming up.  Opposing Laura Roslin is Gaius Baltar.  Gaius Baltar, as no one knows, assisted the Cylons in their sneak attack.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Here's the thing, Baltar is slick, good looking, charismatic and very popular.  There is one small problem, he is a complete d-bag.  Everyone on Galatica knows that a Baltar presidency would be a disaster.  He primary issue is selling the people of the fleet to stop running from the Cylons and settle on a barely habitable planet.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;On the eve of the election president Roslin has the means to steal the election.  She is faced with the moral dilemma of whether she should violate the trust and steal the election; knowing it is the best thing for all the people or should she play by the rules and let the people step in front of the train they are intent on stepping in front of?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Well Barack Obama IS Gaius Baltar.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7248265584948260234-2788758135343128891?l=counterstupid.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/feeds/2788758135343128891/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7248265584948260234&amp;postID=2788758135343128891&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/2788758135343128891'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/2788758135343128891'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/2008/10/baltar-scenario.html' title='The Baltar Scenario.'/><author><name>Darth T</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_V1TLD96gxpo/SIkX0mtvx3I/AAAAAAAAAAo/uYIAeRhdCIo/S220/darth-vader.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248265584948260234.post-2144456198349189403</id><published>2008-10-19T10:32:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-19T11:13:32.222-04:00</updated><title type='text'>A scary thing happened on the way to the election.</title><content type='html'>Here's a joke.  A presidential candidate, a news crew and  a guy named Joe run into each other in the street.  The news crew films as the candidates asks Joe if he has any questions.  Joe asks a question the candidate isn't prepared for and the candidate admits that his plans are socialist in nature.  Then everybody piles on Joe to ruin his life.  The punchline?  This is not a joke!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you are not familiar with this story I'm sure you can google it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyway, "Joe" called Barack out on his tax plan and will he be taxed more, etc.  Predictably, Barack's answer was that if Joe bought that plumbing business, then sure he'd raise his taxes to "spread the wealth around."  Sound familiar?  How about if I phrase it like this: From each according to his ability, to each according to his need.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Also predicably, after he met with Joe he mocked and scoffed at him.  "...a plumber is the guy he's fighting for..." referring to McCain.  And, "...how many plumbers you know making a quarter of a million dollars..."  This is all predicable on Obama's part.  First, he scoffs at this mere plumber, as if to see what is peasant doing?  Even more telling is the second statement.  Barack Obama cannot fathom a plumber making $250,000 per year.  That does not fit into Barack Obama's world view.  Barack Obama, apparently, has a pre-conceived notion of what you should or should not earn based on your trade. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In other words you should not be free to earn your maximum potential, you have to fit into a category.  A nurse can't make more than $70,000 per year.  An insurance agent can't make more than $80,000 per year.  But a "community organizer" can sure as hell make $4.5 million per year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But now we get to the scary part.  The really scary part.  Since "Joe" has dared to stand up to Barack Obama the media, the Obama supporters and Obama himself have gone after this guy.  Some in the media call it the spotlight.  I call it magnifying glass/ant trick.  The man is now being harrassed and impugned on a day by day basis.  He is being punished for speaking out.  The MSM stories on Joe have included the following:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;His real first name isn't Joe!&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;He is not a licensed plumber (his employer is which allows him to work in Ohio, but don't expect to read it in the newspaper.)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;He owes back taxes!&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;And he voted in the Republican primary!  That bastard!  (Because we know no "average Joe" votes Republican.)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;The bottom line is Joe is a private citizen of the United States of America who is being punished for speaking out against a public official.  And this guy is a one of the "middle class" that Barack says he cares so much for.  There is a full blown attack on this guy, he is going to be silenced, slandered, his reputation will be ruined and he will be made to suffer for daring to stand up to the One.  If an Obama presidency is anything like an Obama candidacy I fear for the Constitution, the country and all those who live here.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7248265584948260234-2144456198349189403?l=counterstupid.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/feeds/2144456198349189403/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7248265584948260234&amp;postID=2144456198349189403&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/2144456198349189403'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/2144456198349189403'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/2008/10/scary-thing-happened-on-way-to-election.html' title='A scary thing happened on the way to the election.'/><author><name>Darth T</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_V1TLD96gxpo/SIkX0mtvx3I/AAAAAAAAAAo/uYIAeRhdCIo/S220/darth-vader.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248265584948260234.post-4398332449495876579</id><published>2008-09-30T20:42:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-09-30T20:52:46.345-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Bailout bill goes down in flames.</title><content type='html'>Today the notorious $700 Billion bailout bill went down in flames.  This is after the Republicans in the house and Senate stood up for the American people and carved out the most distasteful portions of the bill, such as a few million dollars for Obama campaign organization ACORN.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Before the vote today SanFranGranNan Pelosi made a speech where she tipped her hand and made it clear that she was going to pin everything on the Republican Party.  She lectured all us today about how bad we were for engaging in capitalism while leaving out the truth that mess started with a combination of Democrats looting and blocking any oversight for Freddi Mac and Fannie Mae.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;With that the American people shut down the Congressional switchboard, and the House Republicans served speaker Pelousy a heeping helping of shut your pie-hole.  And with that the bill went down in flames.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The truth of the matter is that sure, the American people want this fixed, but:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;1. We are not stupid.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;2. We don't want you to use this as an opportunity to loot the treasury, &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;our &lt;/span&gt;treasury.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;3. We won't fall for you giving goodies to your buddies.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;4. We are sick of this do-nothing Congress proving time and time how inept they are and trying to make everything into a partisan attack.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;5. This is not an opportunity for you enact socialism.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;6. We deserve better.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Now kindly pull your head out of your butt and get to work and quit being such a partisan hack.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7248265584948260234-4398332449495876579?l=counterstupid.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/feeds/4398332449495876579/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7248265584948260234&amp;postID=4398332449495876579&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/4398332449495876579'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/4398332449495876579'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/2008/09/bailout-bill-goes-down-in-flames.html' title='Bailout bill goes down in flames.'/><author><name>Darth T</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_V1TLD96gxpo/SIkX0mtvx3I/AAAAAAAAAAo/uYIAeRhdCIo/S220/darth-vader.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248265584948260234.post-6047091477601601593</id><published>2008-09-30T20:12:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-09-30T20:41:54.559-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Barry Obama to put off working until he is elected President.</title><content type='html'>First Barack Obama balked at going to D.C. to work on the financial bailout plan as he was too busy neglecting his job on behalf of trying to be President.  Now his latest comments are that he will get around to reviewing the bailout bill... when he's President.  That's right.  Barry Obama is not interested in doing his job as a US Senator and he proves it yet again.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;If that's the case Barack, I hope you never have to be troubled with looking at the bailout plan...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7248265584948260234-6047091477601601593?l=counterstupid.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/feeds/6047091477601601593/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7248265584948260234&amp;postID=6047091477601601593&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/6047091477601601593'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/6047091477601601593'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/2008/09/barry-obama-to-put-off-working-until-he.html' title='Barry Obama to put off working until he is elected President.'/><author><name>Darth T</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_V1TLD96gxpo/SIkX0mtvx3I/AAAAAAAAAAo/uYIAeRhdCIo/S220/darth-vader.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248265584948260234.post-3843944125584475147</id><published>2008-09-26T22:28:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-09-26T22:31:38.258-04:00</updated><title type='text'>How many times is Obama going to try to interrupt during this debate?</title><content type='html'>It's really funny to watch.  Obama says his piece and in some cases you can see McCain grit his teeth; but he doesn't interrupt.  Obama on the other hand can't seem to let McCain finish a statement without trying to but in.  What's funny about it is Obama looks like a little kid trying to get a word in while the grown folks are talking...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7248265584948260234-3843944125584475147?l=counterstupid.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/feeds/3843944125584475147/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7248265584948260234&amp;postID=3843944125584475147&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/3843944125584475147'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/3843944125584475147'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/2008/09/how-many-times-is-obama-going-to-try-to.html' title='How many times is Obama going to try to interrupt during this debate?'/><author><name>Darth T</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_V1TLD96gxpo/SIkX0mtvx3I/AAAAAAAAAAo/uYIAeRhdCIo/S220/darth-vader.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248265584948260234.post-6838623688463242027</id><published>2008-09-24T21:29:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-09-24T21:43:03.314-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Barrack Obama wants to be President so bad he will completely neglect his real job.</title><content type='html'>In light of the Democrat engineered financial mess we are dealing with John McCain has announced that he will leave the campaign trail to go back to the Senate.  McCain contacted Obama and requested that they cancel the upcoming debate.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Obama's response?  What and actually do my job?!!!  Are you kidding me?!!!  Like the true D-Bag that he is Obama postured and stated that the next President should be able to handle more than one thing at a time.  Oh really?  So let me ask you this you moron, how can you be campaigning and doing your job in the Senate at the same time?  I realize that your kool-aid guzzling followers think that you are the Messiah, but you cannot be in two places at once.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;But this is really what we have grown to expect from Obama.  Afterall, he started campaigning for President the moment he was sworn into the Senate and hasn't done his job since.  Can you imagine if this guy wins the election.  He will start neglecting his job in favor of running for re-election on day one.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7248265584948260234-6838623688463242027?l=counterstupid.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/feeds/6838623688463242027/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7248265584948260234&amp;postID=6838623688463242027&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/6838623688463242027'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/6838623688463242027'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/2008/09/barrack-obama-wants-to-be-president-so.html' title='Barrack Obama wants to be President so bad he will completely neglect his real job.'/><author><name>Darth T</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_V1TLD96gxpo/SIkX0mtvx3I/AAAAAAAAAAo/uYIAeRhdCIo/S220/darth-vader.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248265584948260234.post-5108037667671475630</id><published>2008-09-21T22:01:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2008-09-21T22:13:55.641-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Belated response to Matt Damon on Sarah Palin.  Matt needs to be honest.</title><content type='html'>Apparently Matt Damon did an interview where he stated his disapproval of Sarah Palin.    Matt is frightened by Sarah's Christianity because as we all know Christians are weird people burn "witches" and believe something about dinosaurs.  Matt says that he needs to know more about Palin since she could have access to the "button."&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Matt you need to be honest here buddy.  You know all you need to know about Sarah Palin.  You know that she is a Republican.  From the word go it doesn't matter if Sarah Palin walk on water, eat bullets and crap ice cream you would not vote for her.  So spare us the bad attempt to act objective.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I mean come on.  Someone from Hollyweird being scared of someone else's beliefs?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Whenever I think of Matt Damon offering political commentary for some reason I can't get this out of my head:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZWTzyU5MFgM&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZWTzyU5MFgM&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And of course the nutroots are already talking about how all the yokels in flyover country are going to burn their Bourne DVDs.  Please.  I love the Bourne movies and I think that Matt Damon can make some good movies.  But you know what?  There's a place where I go to buy my kid's birthday cakes; they make awesome cakes.  The person that makes the cakes, when you talk to them it becomes apparent that they are a moron.  That doesn't mean I don't their cakes...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7248265584948260234-5108037667671475630?l=counterstupid.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/feeds/5108037667671475630/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7248265584948260234&amp;postID=5108037667671475630&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/5108037667671475630'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/5108037667671475630'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/2008/09/belated-response-to-matt-damon-on-sarah.html' title='Belated response to Matt Damon on Sarah Palin.  Matt needs to be honest.'/><author><name>Darth T</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_V1TLD96gxpo/SIkX0mtvx3I/AAAAAAAAAAo/uYIAeRhdCIo/S220/darth-vader.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248265584948260234.post-1873099653740878863</id><published>2008-09-13T19:24:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-09-13T19:39:07.191-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Dem Obama=Jesus line is not only insulting, but telling as well.</title><content type='html'>Recently the Dem/Left line has been to push comparing Obama to Jesus.  Even to the point of making the argument that Pilate/Palin was a governor and Jesus/Obama are community organizers.  Oooooh and Pilate and Palin also start with the letter P!&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;In a huge waste of taxpayer money Steve Cohen a Democrat from Tennessee pushed this notion on the House floor.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_091208/content/01125115.guest.html"&gt;"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_091208/content/01125115.guest.html"&gt;Well, he was several things, but he was an agent for change and he was outside the system."&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 18px;"&gt;This is not only an insult, which is obvious.  But also it is insight into how liberals, even "Christian" liberals view Christ.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 18px;"&gt;"...outside the system."???  You idiot.  He was the system.  Everything that transpired leading up to the crucifixion was according to the will of God.  The Roman occupation of Judea was in the prophecies as was Jesus.  Everything had to happen as it did for mankind to have a chance at salvation.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 18px;"&gt;Jesus was a community organizer?  No.  He was/is Lord and Savior.  But that's just it.  Liberals do not see Jesus as Lord.  They see him as a guy that did good deeds.  Does not occur to them to bow down and worship him, they cannot lower themselves to that level.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7248265584948260234-1873099653740878863?l=counterstupid.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/feeds/1873099653740878863/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7248265584948260234&amp;postID=1873099653740878863&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/1873099653740878863'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/1873099653740878863'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/2008/09/dem-obamajesus-line-is-not-only.html' title='Dem Obama=Jesus line is not only insulting, but telling as well.'/><author><name>Darth T</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_V1TLD96gxpo/SIkX0mtvx3I/AAAAAAAAAAo/uYIAeRhdCIo/S220/darth-vader.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248265584948260234.post-1577707442207185144</id><published>2008-09-12T08:53:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2008-09-13T09:07:07.089-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The leftosphere tries to indict Palin on abstinence.</title><content type='html'>Forgot where I heard this, it may have actually been a combination of reading and hearing it.  Anyway, the Democrat Reality Distortion Field is really in gear out there.  The Dems are mocking Sarah Palin because she support teaching abstinence over teaching 4 and 5 year olds how to properly engage in intercourse (straight and gay.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The punchline of this joke is that Bristol Palin is pregnant.  And to the left this is proof that abstinence doesn't work.  One kid gets pregnant in Alaska and abstinence doesn't work.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well let's look at the unwed mothers in states where the libs have it there way on shoveling sex-ed to little kids.  Where to start, I dunno how about California and New York?  How many thousands of unwed, teenage mothers are in those states?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But with the more obvious failure of liberal sex ed, they cite as proof that more of the same is needed.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7248265584948260234-1577707442207185144?l=counterstupid.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/feeds/1577707442207185144/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7248265584948260234&amp;postID=1577707442207185144&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/1577707442207185144'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/1577707442207185144'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/2008/09/leftosphere-tries-to-indict-palin-on.html' title='The leftosphere tries to indict Palin on abstinence.'/><author><name>Darth T</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_V1TLD96gxpo/SIkX0mtvx3I/AAAAAAAAAAo/uYIAeRhdCIo/S220/darth-vader.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248265584948260234.post-3262842720208390884</id><published>2008-09-12T08:39:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-09-12T08:53:30.422-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Seminar callers target Palin.</title><content type='html'>I was listening to Sean Hannity on the way from a business trip to Cincinatti.  A woman calls in, obviously a seminar caller, and begins explaining how impressed she is that we have a woman running for national office.  Then comes the &lt;a href="http://www.lauraingraham.com/"&gt;but... monkey&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The woman goes on to say how terrible a parent Palin is for exposing her daughter to national scrutiny, blah, blah, blah.  She would nevverrrr do that to her daughter.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Here's the thing.  If one should not run for or serve in public office because the MSM and the opposing side will invade your personal life then shouldn't anyone with a family NOT run for office?  I mean Obama has two children.  They might have opposition researchers scrutinizing their school work, or diciplinary records, right?  So shouldn't Obama withdraw?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Look at the Clintons, look at all the scrutiny he exposed his family to.  Shouldn't he have resigned from office?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The fact of the matter is, Sarah Palin's daughter is not an issue and it should not be.  As a matter of fact the Clinton drama was more relevant because he was directly involved.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Don't fall for it folks.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7248265584948260234-3262842720208390884?l=counterstupid.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/feeds/3262842720208390884/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7248265584948260234&amp;postID=3262842720208390884&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/3262842720208390884'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/3262842720208390884'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/2008/09/seminar-callers-target-palin.html' title='Seminar callers target Palin.'/><author><name>Darth T</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_V1TLD96gxpo/SIkX0mtvx3I/AAAAAAAAAAo/uYIAeRhdCIo/S220/darth-vader.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248265584948260234.post-373210222386554178</id><published>2008-09-06T06:48:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2008-09-06T06:51:55.433-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Countering an attack on Palin.</title><content type='html'>I know that this is old news, but I was just thinking about Obama's attack on Palin.  You know the one where he referred to the town where she grew up and was mayor as "Wasilly."  The point of that attack was that Palin did not have experience, talk about the pot calling the kettle black, in large government.  See, her town is small government, being a governor of Alaska is a small government.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well guess what dipwad?  Conservatives LIKE small government!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7248265584948260234-373210222386554178?l=counterstupid.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/feeds/373210222386554178/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7248265584948260234&amp;postID=373210222386554178&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/373210222386554178'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/373210222386554178'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/2008/09/discrediting-attack-on-palin.html' title='Countering an attack on Palin.'/><author><name>Darth T</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_V1TLD96gxpo/SIkX0mtvx3I/AAAAAAAAAAo/uYIAeRhdCIo/S220/darth-vader.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248265584948260234.post-8408844177607440619</id><published>2008-09-01T16:30:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2008-09-01T17:07:58.644-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Bristol Palin is pregnant, but if it was Obama's daughter?</title><content type='html'>Sarah Palin announced today that that her 17 year old daughter is pregnant.  Bristol Palin is said to have been pregnant, is keeping the baby and marrying the father.  Palin and McCain knew when Sarah Palin accepted the Republican Party's nomination earlier this week.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The pregnancy came to light after liberals have ramped up the smear machine on Palin.  Among Obama's brand of "new politics" is a web site claiming that among other things that Sarah Palin is not the mother of her son Trig, Bristol is.  After some &lt;a href="http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/31096_Whos_Behind_Anti-Palin_Smear_Site"&gt;detective&lt;/a&gt; work, it was found that smear site shares the same IP address and server as, get this, Obama's "Fight the Smears" site.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The kooks are taking an at all costs approach over at &lt;a href="http://www.moonbattery.com/cgi-bin/new2.cgi/3831"&gt;Democratic Underground&lt;/a&gt; have the following to say:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;"Repeat ANYTHING or raise false concern over ANYTHING and it is likely to be planted in the conscious/subconscious of many voters.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;If people start to think that there might be something fishy with Palin's last kid (if hers), then that's FINE. One more doubt (whether tied to reality or not) is another hesitation at the ballot box."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Of course Dems are going to play the hypocrite card on Palin.  They will mock Republicans on values, etc (these are the same folks that gave us the Clinton psycho-drama and the John Edwards affair.)  However, what is the source of this?  You see, Trig has Down Syndrom.  In the mind of a liberal a Down Syndrome baby is to be aborted.  Period.  And now we have a 17 year old girl that is pregnant.  In the mind of a liberal that unborn baby should be aborted.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So let's compare and contrast Sarah Palin and Barack Obama.  Sarah Palin has referred to the situation as a blessing.  Obama, has stated that he would not want either of his daughters "punished" with a baby.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Let's face it.  If one of Obama's daughters got pregnant, we would never know.  That girl would be at the abortion clinic before the Clear Blue Easy stick was dry.  And we all know the Obama philosophy on abortion: If at first you don't succeed, put the baby in the trash.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7248265584948260234-8408844177607440619?l=counterstupid.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/feeds/8408844177607440619/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7248265584948260234&amp;postID=8408844177607440619&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/8408844177607440619'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/8408844177607440619'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/2008/09/bristol-palin-is-pregnant-but-if-it-was.html' title='Bristol Palin is pregnant, but if it was Obama&apos;s daughter?'/><author><name>Darth T</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_V1TLD96gxpo/SIkX0mtvx3I/AAAAAAAAAAo/uYIAeRhdCIo/S220/darth-vader.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248265584948260234.post-5817837897886726603</id><published>2008-08-31T23:31:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-08-31T23:38:12.995-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Don Fowler "apologizes" for hurricane remark; blames "right wing nutcase."</title><content type='html'>In a statement reported by &lt;a href="http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/08/ex-dem-chair-ap.html"&gt;ABC News&lt;/a&gt; Don Fowler "apologizes" for joking about about the coming hurricane Gustav.  In typical fashion he led his apology with the old "if anyone was offended..." fake apology.  In other words he wasn't wrong.  He's just upset that the true Don Fowler was exposed to the public.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He then goes on to lay blame on the "right wing nutcase" who exposed him.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One thing is perfectly clear, Fowler is not sorry for what he said.  He is sorry it was made public.  Liberals cannot afford to have their true selves exposed to the light of the public eye.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7248265584948260234-5817837897886726603?l=counterstupid.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/feeds/5817837897886726603/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7248265584948260234&amp;postID=5817837897886726603&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/5817837897886726603'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/5817837897886726603'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/2008/08/don-fowler-apologizes-for-hurricane.html' title='Don Fowler &quot;apologizes&quot; for hurricane remark; blames &quot;right wing nutcase.&quot;'/><author><name>Darth T</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_V1TLD96gxpo/SIkX0mtvx3I/AAAAAAAAAAo/uYIAeRhdCIo/S220/darth-vader.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248265584948260234.post-2605625849817399701</id><published>2008-08-31T18:00:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2008-08-31T18:20:24.866-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Prediction:  Now Democrats will accuse Republicans of playing politics with Gustav.</title><content type='html'>As we've seen in the past couple of days, Democrats and Liberals are ecstatic that Hurricane Gustav is on track to hit New Orleans during the Republican National Convention.  From Michael Moore to Don Fowler they laughed, joked and even praised God that the hurricane could be used to make Republicans look bad.  The fifth column in the MSM was sure to display side by side video of hurricane damage and refugees along side the RNC.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now there has been a monkey wrench thrown in those works.  The RNC is canceling most of its activities for tomorrow.  President Bush has been in contact with Gulf coast governors and mayors; and has been in contact and on site at FEMA.  John McCain has stated that the tone of the convention will change as well.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Without footage of Republicans celebrating while a hurricane strikes what is the Democrat-Liberal-Media alliance to do?  The answer is easy.  They will accuse the Republicans of playing politics.  Bush doesn't really care, he visited FEMA for a "photo op."  Ad nauseam.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Simply disgusting.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7248265584948260234-2605625849817399701?l=counterstupid.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/feeds/2605625849817399701/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7248265584948260234&amp;postID=2605625849817399701&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/2605625849817399701'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/2605625849817399701'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/2008/08/prediction-now-democrats-will-accuse.html' title='Prediction:  Now Democrats will accuse Republicans of playing politics with Gustav.'/><author><name>Darth T</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_V1TLD96gxpo/SIkX0mtvx3I/AAAAAAAAAAo/uYIAeRhdCIo/S220/darth-vader.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248265584948260234.post-3258514218098997489</id><published>2008-08-31T00:21:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2008-08-31T00:31:23.314-04:00</updated><title type='text'>For Democrats and Liberals, your pain equals their gain.  Part 2.</title><content type='html'>So we have Michael Moore relishing the fact that Hurricane Gustav will likely ravage New Orleans as Katrina did three years ago because it can be used to make Republicans look bad.  But surely this is not all Democrats that feel this way, right?  I mean Michael Moore is the exception, right?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well, &lt;a href="http://www.redstate.com/diaries/absentee/2008/aug/30/fowler-fouls-hurricane-is-gods-favor-to-dem/"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; is Don Fowler, former head of the DNC, laughing and joking about Hurricane Gustav hitting New Orleans during the RNC.  Will chuckling about the impending disaster he remarks that "God is on our side."  Party of the little guy?  How about party of the little guy serving as a sacrifice?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/TrBus8ORR78&amp;color1=0xb1b1b1&amp;color2=0xcfcfcf&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/TrBus8ORR78&amp;color1=0xb1b1b1&amp;color2=0xcfcfcf&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7248265584948260234-3258514218098997489?l=counterstupid.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/feeds/3258514218098997489/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7248265584948260234&amp;postID=3258514218098997489&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/3258514218098997489'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/3258514218098997489'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/2008/08/for-democrats-and-liberals-your-pain_31.html' title='For Democrats and Liberals, your pain equals their gain.  Part 2.'/><author><name>Darth T</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_V1TLD96gxpo/SIkX0mtvx3I/AAAAAAAAAAo/uYIAeRhdCIo/S220/darth-vader.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248265584948260234.post-5770282118354285817</id><published>2008-08-30T23:54:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2008-08-31T00:34:11.852-04:00</updated><title type='text'>For Democrats and Liberals, your pain equals their gain.</title><content type='html'>Vile left wing propagandist Michael Moore has made fortune from exploiting the tragedies of others.  From Bowling for Columbine to Fahrenheit 9/11 to Sicko Michael Moore has managed to turn the suffering of others into a pile of cash and an attack on Republicans and conservatives.  All the while he masquerades himself as a champion of the little guy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;With Hurricane Gustav bearing down on the Gulf of Mexico and possibly headed toward New Orleans what is on Michael Moore's mind?  Is it sympathy for the people forced to flee that are still trying to pick up the pieces after Katrina and now must face this?  Is it that he should donate to the Red Cross?  No.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Michael Moore sees gain.  Michael Moore sees benefit.  Michael Moore is welcoming this tragedy with open arms.  While appearing on Keith Olbermann's show Michael Moore had this to say, "I was just thinking, this Gustav is proof that there is a God in heaven..."  Michael Moore is tickled that the Hurricane will make landfall as the Republican National Convention starts as it will allow him and other Democrats take political advantage of the situation. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You can watch the video of Michael Moore yucking it up with Olbermann &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOrI6L3z_10"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the evil, diseased mind of a hardcore leftard like Michael Moore, it is acceptible that hundreds and thousands suffer so long as it can be used to make Republicans look bad and for political advantage.  This is who he is and who the left is in this country.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/nOrI6L3z_10&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/nOrI6L3z_10&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7248265584948260234-5770282118354285817?l=counterstupid.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/feeds/5770282118354285817/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7248265584948260234&amp;postID=5770282118354285817&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/5770282118354285817'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/5770282118354285817'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/2008/08/for-democrats-and-liberals-your-pain.html' title='For Democrats and Liberals, your pain equals their gain.'/><author><name>Darth T</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_V1TLD96gxpo/SIkX0mtvx3I/AAAAAAAAAAo/uYIAeRhdCIo/S220/darth-vader.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248265584948260234.post-8329343129571832549</id><published>2008-08-30T14:49:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-08-30T14:52:57.600-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Interesting Obama supporter input</title><content type='html'>I'm in a public place this afternoon, a waiting room.  I here two people talking over a news paper.  The &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;woman&lt;/span&gt; scoffs, "This must be some kind of joke.  Choosing a woman to be vice president.  What the hell is a woman supposed to do as vice president.  Barack has got this sewn up.  They just made it easier, good."  Her husband/boyfriend/baby-daddy just laughs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That's right ladies, find your way back to the kitchen.  You have no place in the man's world.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7248265584948260234-8329343129571832549?l=counterstupid.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/feeds/8329343129571832549/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7248265584948260234&amp;postID=8329343129571832549&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/8329343129571832549'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/8329343129571832549'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/2008/08/interesting-obama-supporter-input.html' title='Interesting Obama supporter input'/><author><name>Darth T</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_V1TLD96gxpo/SIkX0mtvx3I/AAAAAAAAAAo/uYIAeRhdCIo/S220/darth-vader.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248265584948260234.post-5818819728553778216</id><published>2008-08-29T22:37:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-08-29T22:43:19.673-04:00</updated><title type='text'>McCain's VeeP pick.</title><content type='html'>I was on lunch today when the announcement came out about Sarah Palin as McCain's running mate.  I ate lunch in my car and listened to her acceptance speech.  For all of the buzz I hear about Obama's speeches, this lady blew any of Obama's speeches out of the water.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mrs. Palin's speech was exciting, positive and moving.  She did not talk about how bad America is.  She didn't run anyone down.  She didn't play anyone against each other.  She conveyed that she takes her role as a public servant as just that, a servant; not a messiah.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sarah Palin also did something that Obama has been unable or unwilling to do: Go down the list point by point, bullet by bullet what she has accomplished while in office.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7248265584948260234-5818819728553778216?l=counterstupid.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/feeds/5818819728553778216/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7248265584948260234&amp;postID=5818819728553778216&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/5818819728553778216'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/5818819728553778216'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/2008/08/mccains-veep-pick.html' title='McCain&apos;s VeeP pick.'/><author><name>Darth T</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_V1TLD96gxpo/SIkX0mtvx3I/AAAAAAAAAAo/uYIAeRhdCIo/S220/darth-vader.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248265584948260234.post-8626354897875441319</id><published>2008-08-29T06:58:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-08-29T07:07:56.829-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Obama America Part 1</title><content type='html'>So what can you expect from an Obama America?  ABC News producer Asa Eslocker found out first hand.  While doing a story for ABC News on special interests and big money lobbyists cuddling up with Democrats at Obama's corronation, Eslocker was roughed up and arrested.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Eslocker was not given a real reason why he was being arrested, just that the complaint came from the hotel where he was filming Democrats and lobbyists rubbing elbows.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For all the lefties talking about Bush stripping our rights, how about that first ammendment?  Freedom of the press so long as it cannot hurt Barack Obama.  You can read the story and watch the arrest video &lt;a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/Conventions/story?id=5668622&amp;amp;page=1"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.  See if you can spot the part where the cops offer to knock Asa out.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7248265584948260234-8626354897875441319?l=counterstupid.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/feeds/8626354897875441319/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7248265584948260234&amp;postID=8626354897875441319&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/8626354897875441319'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/8626354897875441319'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/2008/08/obama-america-part-1.html' title='Obama America Part 1'/><author><name>Darth T</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_V1TLD96gxpo/SIkX0mtvx3I/AAAAAAAAAAo/uYIAeRhdCIo/S220/darth-vader.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248265584948260234.post-8369414054143973002</id><published>2008-08-14T21:29:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-08-14T21:41:17.373-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Clinton conspiracy afoot at convention?</title><content type='html'>There has been alot of buzz around the web and news that Hillary will make one final attempt for the nomination at the Democrat National Convention.  The belief here is that all the delegates will be seated and counted.  This will make the pledged delegate count close, showing Hillary to be a strong candidate.  This will, in theory, be followed by some form of "draft Hillary" movement on the floor or whatever.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As much as a I would love to see it, this is not going to happen.  Hillary will not try to hijack the nomination at the convention, there will be a revolt against her.  However, Hillary &lt;em&gt;does&lt;/em&gt; have a plan.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When the new President of the United States is sworn in she will be 61.  If she were to run in 2012 she will be 65, if she runs in 2016 she will be 69.  Hillary cannot wait until 2016 to become POTUS, she can however wait 4 years.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My prediction is that from the shadows, the Clinton machine will undermine the Obama campaign with designs to prevent an Obama presidency.  McCain wins, Clinton runs against McCain in 2012.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7248265584948260234-8369414054143973002?l=counterstupid.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/feeds/8369414054143973002/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7248265584948260234&amp;postID=8369414054143973002&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/8369414054143973002'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/8369414054143973002'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/2008/08/clinton-conspiracy-afoot-at-convention.html' title='Clinton conspiracy afoot at convention?'/><author><name>Darth T</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_V1TLD96gxpo/SIkX0mtvx3I/AAAAAAAAAAo/uYIAeRhdCIo/S220/darth-vader.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248265584948260234.post-8322832911736930366</id><published>2008-08-14T19:05:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-08-14T19:18:23.941-04:00</updated><title type='text'>How stupid is Obama and his supporters?</title><content type='html'>The answer has to be pretty friggin's stupid.  Obama recently stated that if he were elected president that we would stop importing no foreign oil in ten years.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Let's take three things into consideration:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1)  Obama will not allow the US to drill our own oil.&lt;br /&gt;2)  Gasoline is not the only petrolium based product in use in the US.&lt;br /&gt;3)  There are approximately 140 million automobiles in the US.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If we are not going to import oil and we are not going to drill our own oil, where exactly are we going to get the oil for the thousands of petrolium based products?  Are we going to replace them all with non-oil?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Let's just stick with the automobile angle.  No oil means no internal combustion engine.  How is Obama going to replace 140,000,000 automobiles in ten years?  The answer is he cannot.  It took us nearly 100 years to get this many cars on the road.  Now Obama thinks it can be undone in ten?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The technology to replace the internal combustion engine does not exist.  And even if it existed it would take the better half of 50 years to replace all of the automobiles.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sorry eco-kooks, the automobile will be causing your imaginary warming for decades to come.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7248265584948260234-8322832911736930366?l=counterstupid.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/feeds/8322832911736930366/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7248265584948260234&amp;postID=8322832911736930366&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/8322832911736930366'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/8322832911736930366'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/2008/08/how-stupid-is-obama-and-his-supporters.html' title='How stupid is Obama and his supporters?'/><author><name>Darth T</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_V1TLD96gxpo/SIkX0mtvx3I/AAAAAAAAAAo/uYIAeRhdCIo/S220/darth-vader.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248265584948260234.post-2474913993941660888</id><published>2008-08-08T23:01:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-08-08T23:04:53.092-04:00</updated><title type='text'>John Edwards admits to affair...</title><content type='html'>Based on the social morality of the Democrat Party he should have come clean on this during the primaries, then he could have cinched the nomination.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Honestly, notice how the Left, Dems and MSM types are circling the wagons and playing the not so bad card?  When several months ago the NYT &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;made up&lt;/span&gt; an affair story on McCain.  More proof the MSM is in the collective pocket of the Dems.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7248265584948260234-2474913993941660888?l=counterstupid.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/feeds/2474913993941660888/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7248265584948260234&amp;postID=2474913993941660888&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/2474913993941660888'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/2474913993941660888'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/2008/08/john-edwards-admits-to-affair.html' title='John Edwards admits to affair...'/><author><name>Darth T</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_V1TLD96gxpo/SIkX0mtvx3I/AAAAAAAAAAo/uYIAeRhdCIo/S220/darth-vader.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248265584948260234.post-107173356604342566</id><published>2008-08-08T22:58:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-08-08T23:00:29.676-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Russia Invades Georgia... no Senator Obama, not the state.</title><content type='html'>Russia sent tanks and soldier into Georgia.  Does this mean that Code Pink is going over there to protest?  No?  Too bad.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7248265584948260234-107173356604342566?l=counterstupid.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/feeds/107173356604342566/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7248265584948260234&amp;postID=107173356604342566&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/107173356604342566'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/107173356604342566'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/2008/08/russia-invades-georgia-no-senator-obama.html' title='Russia Invades Georgia... no Senator Obama, not the state.'/><author><name>Darth T</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_V1TLD96gxpo/SIkX0mtvx3I/AAAAAAAAAAo/uYIAeRhdCIo/S220/darth-vader.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248265584948260234.post-2260074182584323687</id><published>2008-08-06T22:12:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2008-08-08T22:57:32.124-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Paying too much for gas?  They don't think so: Part 3</title><content type='html'>The vampire, known as Bela Pelosi, that is sucking the country, its people and its economy dry has a new message for her underlings in the House of Representatives.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That message is to lie to their constituents, that they are for drilling for more oil.  Representatives were encouraged to state that they are for more drilling if it will help them keep their seats.  On the backend Bela Pelosi will make sure that any bill featuring more drilling will not make it to the floor.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pelosi's job is to represent the will the of the people and she refuses to do so.  Call your congressperson, and demand your voice be heard.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Don't forget in November who has your best interests in mind.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7248265584948260234-2260074182584323687?l=counterstupid.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/feeds/2260074182584323687/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7248265584948260234&amp;postID=2260074182584323687&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/2260074182584323687'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/2260074182584323687'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/2008/08/paying-too-much-for-gas-they-dont-think.html' title='Paying too much for gas?  They don&apos;t think so: Part 3'/><author><name>Darth T</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_V1TLD96gxpo/SIkX0mtvx3I/AAAAAAAAAAo/uYIAeRhdCIo/S220/darth-vader.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248265584948260234.post-823572529056728320</id><published>2008-08-04T17:04:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2008-08-04T17:09:47.853-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Paying too much for gasoline?  They don't think so: Part 2.</title><content type='html'>House Republicans have been trying to debate, on the floor of the House of Representatives, the issue of removing the Congressional blockade of drilling for oil in ANWR, off shore and elsewhere.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How does Nancy Pelosi and the Democrat elite respond the prospect of getting more resources to us little people?  She and her cohorts go on vacation!  She ordered the CSPAN cameras to stop recording and the lights turned out.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That is the Democrat party, the self-described party of the little guy.  Going on vacation while the rest of us are paying way too much for gasoline.  I mean, after all why should San Fran Nan care how her fuel costs, we pay for that too.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7248265584948260234-823572529056728320?l=counterstupid.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/feeds/823572529056728320/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7248265584948260234&amp;postID=823572529056728320&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/823572529056728320'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/823572529056728320'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/2008/08/paying-too-much-for-gasoline-they-dont.html' title='Paying too much for gasoline?  They don&apos;t think so: Part 2.'/><author><name>Darth T</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_V1TLD96gxpo/SIkX0mtvx3I/AAAAAAAAAAo/uYIAeRhdCIo/S220/darth-vader.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248265584948260234.post-1329958471602829535</id><published>2008-07-24T20:08:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2008-08-04T07:48:41.776-04:00</updated><title type='text'>When I hear Barack Obama I want to puke.</title><content type='html'>Here's something that gets me.  Everyone (everyone meaning media types) just goes on and on about how great Barack Obama is at giving speeches, etc.  I can't stand to listen to Obama, I have never made it through one of his speaking engagements (on TV that is, I would not be caught dead at an Obama rally.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Quite honestly, his speeches suck.  What are his speeches about?  Everytime the opens his mouth it is all about how screwed up America is, how miserable our lives are, how "evil" America is/was; and finally, he goes on and on how just his mere presence is going to make everything better.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Senator Obama, I am not miserable, America is not evil and has not been evil.  As a matter of fact I have prospered under the presidency of George W. Bush than I ever have.  I am by no means wealthy, will likely never be, but I really don't care.  I have a house that is mine, I have vehicles that are mine and I can take care of my children.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;W didn't do anything to make this happen, he made it government policy to get the hell out of my way and let me do it.  That's what you fail to understand Senator, America doesn't need a political messiah, we need for government to get out of our lives as much as possible.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sure, America is not without her problems, but you Senator are not being part of the solution and you will most certainly be part of the problem.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7248265584948260234-1329958471602829535?l=counterstupid.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/feeds/1329958471602829535/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7248265584948260234&amp;postID=1329958471602829535&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/1329958471602829535'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/1329958471602829535'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/2008/07/when-i-hear-barack-obama-i-want-to-puke.html' title='When I hear Barack Obama I want to puke.'/><author><name>Darth T</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_V1TLD96gxpo/SIkX0mtvx3I/AAAAAAAAAAo/uYIAeRhdCIo/S220/darth-vader.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248265584948260234.post-2175397064325924266</id><published>2008-07-24T20:06:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-08-04T08:07:23.906-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Global Warming will destroy the world as we know it, but not in the way you think.</title><content type='html'>Here's the good news.  People are starting to reject the global warming hype and hysteria.  People are standing up and throwing down their bulls$&amp;amp;t cards.  But we have to keep up the fight, because if we don't global warming will destroy the world as we know it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please note when I say "global warming" I am referring to the moronic notion of man made global warming that will melt all the glaciers, flood all the plains, make more hurricaines, make it too hot to live, usher in a new ice age, cause wars and make people sick or whatever it is the global warming hustlers are pushing at the moment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We have to stand up to global warming nazis and we have to do it today.  It is not enough that we continue to live our lives and not bow  to the idiotic demands of the environmentalist nutjob crowd.  We have to get eco-kooks out of our government as well.  Not just the elected officials that are pushing this but also the lobbyists.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The means to the proposed end (completely "green" world with no CO2) is total and complete control of our lives and lifestyles.  CO2 is the currently villian of the eco-kook crowd, and for good reason.  We will never be rid of it.  The eco-villain in the past has been litter, poluted water, aresol cans.  All of these things we have been able to elimate (or greatly decrease.) &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The environazis needed something else, something that wouldn't go away.  Hence Carbon.  Carbon Dioxide, Carbon footprint, ad nauseum.  Check out the wikipedia entry for "carbon-based life"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Carbon forms the backbone of all life on Earth."  All life on Earth!  CO2, we produce CO2 everytime we exhale.  Make no mistake, the eco-kooks what to control all aspects of your life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Their great fiction, global warming, will destroy the world as we know it.  If we let &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;them&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7248265584948260234-2175397064325924266?l=counterstupid.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/feeds/2175397064325924266/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7248265584948260234&amp;postID=2175397064325924266&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/2175397064325924266'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/2175397064325924266'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/2008/07/global-warming-will-destroy-world-as-we.html' title='Global Warming will destroy the world as we know it, but not in the way you think.'/><author><name>Darth T</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_V1TLD96gxpo/SIkX0mtvx3I/AAAAAAAAAAo/uYIAeRhdCIo/S220/darth-vader.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248265584948260234.post-233189444890229971</id><published>2008-07-24T08:00:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2008-07-24T08:02:36.969-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Paying too much for gasoline?  They don't think so.</title><content type='html'>Everyday on our way to work, or to carry out our daily errands we pass gas stations.  Looking at the signs the price of gas per gallon is around $4 or more.  Everyone is in agreement that we are paying too much for gasoline.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our Democrat controlled congress promised in 2007 to fix the gasoline prices.  Since then prices have gone up.  As prices go up or Democrat controlled congress tells us that we are not allowed to drill for our own oil.  Senator John McCain has proposed a gasoline tax holiday where basically, we don't pay taxes on gasoline at the pump.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Democrat controlled congress led by Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid have not only nixed the gas tax holiday, but they are trying to raise gasoline tax.  If their plan comes to fruition the price of gasoline and diesel will rise by 10 cents per gallon in taxes alone.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We have done our part.  The trend in America is that people are buying more fuel efficient cars.  Demand is down.  Now we need to increase the supply.  We will have the opportunity to make that decision in November.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;http://www.newsday.com/news/politics/wire/sns-ap-gas-tax-highways,0,4896157.story&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7248265584948260234-233189444890229971?l=counterstupid.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/feeds/233189444890229971/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7248265584948260234&amp;postID=233189444890229971&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/233189444890229971'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/233189444890229971'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/2008/07/paying-too-much-for-gasoline-they-dont.html' title='Paying too much for gasoline?  They don&apos;t think so.'/><author><name>Darth T</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_V1TLD96gxpo/SIkX0mtvx3I/AAAAAAAAAAo/uYIAeRhdCIo/S220/darth-vader.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248265584948260234.post-1865692872457034880</id><published>2008-07-24T07:14:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2008-07-24T07:29:01.616-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Barack Obama will break the back of our economy.</title><content type='html'>The economy is not doing well right now.  It is yet to be determined if we are actually in a recession, but I am sure that the Dems and MSM are crossing their fingers so they will finally be able to talk about "The Bush Recession."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It will also give Barack Obama more opportunity talk about his plans for "change" in the economy.  The corner stone of this change will be a raise in taxes.  Obama asserts that he will not tax us middle and lower class Americans only those who are "rich" or even "super-rich."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He will accomplish this by raising the tax rate on those in the upper income tax brackets, but also by increasing capital gains tax rate.  Barack's assumption is that trading stocks and selling commodities (such as real estate) is only the playground of the American blue-bloods.  This mindset is naive and stupid.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Most Americans today trade in stocks and bonds through 401k and IRA retirement plans.  With Obama raising taxes on capital gains it will damage your prospects for retirement.  With Obama's tax increases you will get less of the profits when you sell your house for  another one.  He is not attacking the rich, he is attacking you and me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What is the point of Obama's proposed tax increases?  It can't be for increased revenue to the government.  The Bush tax CUTS of 2003 vastly increased the whole amount of revenue that the US Treasury took in from the rich.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So why is Obama sticking to these tax increases?  I wish I knew.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7248265584948260234-1865692872457034880?l=counterstupid.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/feeds/1865692872457034880/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7248265584948260234&amp;postID=1865692872457034880&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/1865692872457034880'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/1865692872457034880'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/2008/07/barack-obama-will-break-back-of-our.html' title='Barack Obama will break the back of our economy.'/><author><name>Darth T</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_V1TLD96gxpo/SIkX0mtvx3I/AAAAAAAAAAo/uYIAeRhdCIo/S220/darth-vader.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248265584948260234.post-6573279392518722498</id><published>2008-07-05T09:57:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-07-05T10:00:46.787-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Rebuttal to the idiot at progressive.org or Why I AM Patriotic</title><content type='html'>Some dimwit at the Progressive wrote &lt;a href="http://www.progressive.org/mag/wx070208"&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; article about how bad America sucks.  I posted a comment in response and here it is:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Your view of the US is warped &amp;amp; bitter, the glass will always be half empty.  You named a series of bad things, Nazis, Imperial Japan, etc.  The US is what stopped those things.  You say that we need to give more of our resources to Africa et al.  It doesn't matter how much we give, there are always bad men (Mugabe) to take the money and resources out of where it is intended.  See Mogadishu.  At some point they will need to stand up and take care of themselves.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We are the greatest nation. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our 10,000 nuclear weapons?  Yes, because with those we faced down the USSR who with their thousands of nuclear warheads would have spread their totalitarian regime across the globe.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our troops stationed in 120 countries?  Most those troops stationed at embassies, stations of diplomacy, meaning that we have peaceful relations with most countries and are there invitation, that makes us great.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We consume more resources because we are more productive &amp;amp; industrious.  This adds to our wealth which we (both government and private citizens) are more generous with.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The distribution of our wealth demonstrates that we are MORE equal.  Before the birth of this nation the distribution of wealth was the one man (king) controlled all of the wealth while everyone else had nothing and the trend continues to this day in other totalitarian states.  In the United States, anyone and everyone has the opportunity become wealthy.  That makes us great.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Corporations represent democracy and freedom.  Corporations are embodied by many people (often times the people who work there) taking ownership of a company and sharing its profits among themselves (ironically this is what socialism purports to do but fails at.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our infant mortality rate is worse than you think and is a strike against the "great" column, I call it abortion.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At Abu Graib, we put a stop to it once it came out that is more than can be said for others.  At Guantanamo, the prisoners have it better than our own prisoners.  So much so that the bad stories have to made up (Koran flushing anyone?)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For all of the babble about Bush/Cheney assaulting rights and liberties?  Exactly which of your rights have been violated by Bush/Cheney?  Compare that to the recent fight we just had in the Supreme Court where so called "Progressives" tried to literally remove an amendment from the Constitution.  But the people won that one, the Constitution won that one and that makes us great.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The United States of America, whether you love it or whether you hate it, it's the best thing going today.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7248265584948260234-6573279392518722498?l=counterstupid.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/feeds/6573279392518722498/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7248265584948260234&amp;postID=6573279392518722498&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/6573279392518722498'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/6573279392518722498'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/2008/07/rebuttal-to-idiot-at-progressiveorg-or.html' title='Rebuttal to the idiot at progressive.org or Why I AM Patriotic'/><author><name>Darth T</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_V1TLD96gxpo/SIkX0mtvx3I/AAAAAAAAAAo/uYIAeRhdCIo/S220/darth-vader.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248265584948260234.post-77200317920782509</id><published>2008-06-03T08:49:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-06-03T09:03:57.970-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Obama associations are too much to ignore.</title><content type='html'>As &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;Barack&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;Obama&lt;/span&gt; tries to distance himself from yet another 20+ year association in Father &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;Pfleger&lt;/span&gt; the truth has come to light.  &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;Barack&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;Obama&lt;/span&gt; does not love this country, he does not like this country, despises this country, the United States of America.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is one thing for someone you are associated with to make the statements we have heard.  You could make the case that it is a fluke.  But we are seeing pattern here.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Michelle &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"&gt;Obama&lt;/span&gt;, is proud of country for the first time ever because her husband is in the running for President.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah Wright, "God damn America!"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Michael &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"&gt;Phfleger&lt;/span&gt;, "America is the greatest sin against God."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bill Ayers of the Weather Underground basically felt bad that he was overshadowed by &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7"&gt;al&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8"&gt;Qaeda&lt;/span&gt; on 9/11.  During an interview on 9/15/2001 when asked if he regretted planting bombs in the US he had this to say, "I don't regret setting bombs" and "I feel we didn't do enough."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is more than a coincidence as Obama would have you believe.  These people are who he is, they are a reflection of him.  You know what they say about "birds of a feater."&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7248265584948260234-77200317920782509?l=counterstupid.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/feeds/77200317920782509/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7248265584948260234&amp;postID=77200317920782509&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/77200317920782509'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/77200317920782509'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/2008/06/obama-associations-are-too-much-to.html' title='Obama associations are too much to ignore.'/><author><name>Darth T</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_V1TLD96gxpo/SIkX0mtvx3I/AAAAAAAAAAo/uYIAeRhdCIo/S220/darth-vader.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248265584948260234.post-5766161036868794537</id><published>2008-06-01T09:57:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-06-01T10:00:17.448-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Obama quits Trinity church.</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="Section1"&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Barack Obama announced that he was quitting the Trinity United Church of Christ after reports of a “sermon” made by Father Michael “Uncle Ruckus” Pfleger.  In this self-loathing white priest’s sermon he asserted that all white people are in debt to the black community.  Especially those who make the statement that they are not accountable for what their ancestors did 150+ years ago.  Pfleger answered this by stating that all white people have benefited from racism of the past and that basically “walked” into our jobs etc, because of racism of the past.  To Father Pfleger: I have “walked” into nothing.  I have worked, I have shred blood, sweat and tears for everything that I have, which is not much.  This is racial stereotyping at its finest.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Anyway, Obama has quit the church “with much sadness.”  Now don’t be mistaken here, he didn’t quit because Rev. Wright is a racist, hate-mongering, afro-nazi; not because Father Pfleger is self-loathing white man who propagates hatred to satisfy his own ego; but because of the negative impact it will have on the parishioners and the image of the church.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Let’s remember where Obama in on this church.  At first, he never heard those comments that Rev. Wright made.  Then, Rev. Wright was the crazy but loveable uncle that Obama could not criticize.  Then, when Rev. Wright made a statement about Obama, Wright was gone.  So that brings us to Pfleger.  Obama has left the church, because they are the victims here and anything that a guest preacher says will be pinned on Obama and the congregation.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Here’s the thing Senator Obama.  You don’t get it.  You and the congregation of United Trinity are not just innocent bystanders, stuck as a captive audience while these statements are made.  Watch the videos of Rev. Wright and Father Pfleger, the parishioners are not captive, they are not dumbfounded, they howl and glee and approval.  Like mobs at the Roman Colossuem when people were fed to lions they cheered, they applauded and they overwhelmingly approved.  And you have been a part of this for 20 years.  That’s why people are concerned, angry and frightened.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7248265584948260234-5766161036868794537?l=counterstupid.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/feeds/5766161036868794537/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7248265584948260234&amp;postID=5766161036868794537&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/5766161036868794537'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/5766161036868794537'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/2008/06/obama-quits-trinity-church.html' title='Obama quits Trinity church.'/><author><name>Darth T</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_V1TLD96gxpo/SIkX0mtvx3I/AAAAAAAAAAo/uYIAeRhdCIo/S220/darth-vader.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248265584948260234.post-3050899646883149337</id><published>2008-04-29T09:04:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-29T09:42:21.474-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Rev. Wright says America must "confess" for slavery.</title><content type='html'>In an interview with Bill Moyers, Rev. Jeremiah Wright stated that he would &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;go after&lt;/span&gt; Barack Obama if he were to become President.  Wright's reason for this is that Obama will be the leader of a broken system.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wright then went on to say that he will not stop until America confesses to slavery and apologizes for slavery.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Reverend Wright, the government of the United States of America has confessed to slavery.  It is called, the &lt;a href="http://www.nps.gov/ncro/anti/emancipation.html"&gt;Emancipation Proclamation&lt;/a&gt;  and the &lt;a href="http://www.nps.gov/archive/malu/documents/amend13.htm"&gt;Thirteenth Amendment&lt;/a&gt;.  America did better than apologize for slavery, America (the Union) laid down 364,511 men dead and 281,881 men maimed on the battlefield to end slavery.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Despite what you said, this is not about America, this is about you.  It is insufficient to you, that America confessed to slavery and ended slavery 140+ years ago.  You want America to confess &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;to you&lt;/span&gt;, to apologize &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;to you&lt;/span&gt; when in fact you should be thanking America.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rev. Wright, no one in America today was a slave or a slave owner.  In other words, no one today has anything to confess or apologize for in terms of slavery.&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://http://www.nps.gov/ncro/anti/emancipation.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7248265584948260234-3050899646883149337?l=counterstupid.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/feeds/3050899646883149337/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7248265584948260234&amp;postID=3050899646883149337&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/3050899646883149337'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/3050899646883149337'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/2008/04/rev-wright-says-america-must-confess.html' title='Rev. Wright says America must &quot;confess&quot; for slavery.'/><author><name>Darth T</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_V1TLD96gxpo/SIkX0mtvx3I/AAAAAAAAAAo/uYIAeRhdCIo/S220/darth-vader.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248265584948260234.post-6656068047508136334</id><published>2008-04-26T13:29:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-26T13:49:04.273-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Debating Operation Chaos</title><content type='html'>I was on a road trip with my family and the subject of Operation Chaos came up with my brother.  For those who don't know Operation Chaos is the brainchild of Rush Limbaugh.  The premise is simple, listeners in states that have upcoming primaries vote in the Democrat primary (as the Republican candidate is already chosen.)  If you live in a state that does not have open primaries, switch your registration to Democrat and vote in the primary.  The goal is chaos for the sake of chaos.  Keep both Clinton in Obama close enough in the primary that neither will drop out.  The effect is two-fold, the primary last longer, both candidates beat up on each other and the Democrats spend all of their money.  This will force the DNC to lose time on McCain but also to select the nominee based on party insiders and not the voters.  Rush, I hope I did you justice there...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyway, the topic of Operation Chaos came up because various Democrats are making noise about investigating Limbaugh for voter fraud or some other trumped up charge.  My brother does not support Op Chaos citing that it is "manipulation" of the process and thus is not fair.  My brother also feels that it is beneath Republicans to participate in this process.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Manipulation.  That is the operative word.  The entire premise of voting is manipulation.  You go down to the booth and try to alter the outcome of the election.  I can vote for whoever I choose and so can anyone else, no matter how ridiculous.  If we ever get to the point where the government or anyone else tells us who or why to vote we are finished as a nation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Also, if we are going to just line up all Republicans and say they can only vote Republican and registered Democrats can only vote Democrat then why bother with voting at all?  Why not just count by registration?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The vote is what is important.  I can vote for who I want for any reason.  That concept transcends anyone in this election.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7248265584948260234-6656068047508136334?l=counterstupid.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/feeds/6656068047508136334/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7248265584948260234&amp;postID=6656068047508136334&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/6656068047508136334'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/6656068047508136334'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/2008/04/debating-operation-chaos.html' title='Debating Operation Chaos'/><author><name>Darth T</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_V1TLD96gxpo/SIkX0mtvx3I/AAAAAAAAAAo/uYIAeRhdCIo/S220/darth-vader.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248265584948260234.post-8888959978674865539</id><published>2008-04-26T12:51:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-26T13:26:30.639-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Dear Senator McCain, It is not racist to criticize Barack Obama...</title><content type='html'>There is a power struggle in the Republican Party.  I saw this struggle coming months ago when it became clear that John McCain was going to be the Republican candidate for President.  Since losing the Republican primary in 2000 John McCain has steadily dumped his own party for 8 years.  John McCain made a name for himself as a liberal enabler or, as they say in the media, a maverick.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Senator McCain apparently wants to conduct this years presidential race on the basis that he is going to play nice with the opposing team.  Apparently this includes not criticizing the character of his potential opponents.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This week the RNC in North Carolina let out an ad for the gubernatorial race criticizing Obama and the Democrat candidates for Governor.  The criticism is directed toward Obama's association with lunatic, racist pastor Jeremiah Wright and his anti-America/anti-Caucasian rhetoric.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Senator McCain demanded that the ad be ditched as he found the ad "deplorable."  And the struggle ensues.  McCain has made it clear that he does not need conservatives and that he does not respect conservatives; and now he wants to issue marching orders?  I don't think so.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Is race a factor in this election?  Yes.  Is racism is a factor in this election?  You bet.  Are there people out there who will not vote for Obama because he is black?  Absolutely.  Are there also people who will vote for Obama specifically &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;because&lt;/span&gt; he is black?  Without a doubt.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Let me make this perfectly clear to everyone.  Criticizing Barack Obama's character, policies and associations is not racist.  I don't like Barack Obama's socialist policies, I don't like his elitist attitude, I don't like his assumption people want &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;more&lt;/span&gt; government and I don't like his apparent dislike of this country.  And it is not racist to say so.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7248265584948260234-8888959978674865539?l=counterstupid.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/feeds/8888959978674865539/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7248265584948260234&amp;postID=8888959978674865539&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/8888959978674865539'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7248265584948260234/posts/default/8888959978674865539'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://counterstupid.blogspot.com/2008/04/dear-senator-mccain-it-is-not-racist-to.html' title='Dear Senator McCain, It is not racist to criticize Barack Obama...'/><author><name>Darth T</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_V1TLD96gxpo/SIkX0mtvx3I/AAAAAAAAAAo/uYIAeRhdCIo/S220/darth-vader.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
