Showing posts with label Politically Correct. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Politically Correct. Show all posts
Thursday, April 26, 2012
News Item: Mad Cow Disease reported in California
Really...No kidding. Many were already aware of this.....A "Mad Cow" has been there for far too long.
Saturday, December 3, 2011
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Col. Alan West - "One of the critical things that if we do not get beyond will end up destroying this country is political correctness."
There is a reason why we need more Military Leaders in our Congress.....they are used to being part of large organizations but also work in small teams.
They also have dedicated their lives to something larger than themselves....
Col. Alan West knows this all too well - he dedicated himself to selfless service and the creed of all Army Officers:
Soldier's Creed
I am an American Soldier. I am a member of the United States Army-- a protector of the greatest nation on earth. Because I am proud of the uniform I wear, I will always act in ways creditable to the military service and the nation it is sworn to guard.
They also have dedicated their lives to something larger than themselves....
Col. Alan West knows this all too well - he dedicated himself to selfless service and the creed of all Army Officers:
Soldier's Creed
I am an American Soldier. I am a member of the United States Army-- a protector of the greatest nation on earth. Because I am proud of the uniform I wear, I will always act in ways creditable to the military service and the nation it is sworn to guard.
I am proud of my own organization. I will do all I can to make it the finest unit in the Army. I will be loyal to those under whom I serve. I will do my full part to carry out orders and instructions given to me or my unit.
As a soldier, I realize that I am a member of a time-honored profession--that I am doing my share to keep alive the principles of freedom for which my country stands. No matter what the situation I am in, I will never do anything, for pleasure, profit, or personal safety, which will disgrace my uniform, my unit, or my country. I will use every means I have, even beyond the line of duty, to restrain my Army comrades from actions disgraceful to themselves and to the uniform.
I am proud of my country and its flag. I will try to make the people of this nation proud of the service I represent, for I am an American Soldier.
I hope he continues to "take the hill" as we need more like him. NOW, more than ever when we have feckless idiots like Barry-from-Chicago taking our country into the ground.
You don't need to agree with himon the issues, but he is obviously head & shoulders above the normal political fools we see on a daily basis in Washington.
Rookie U.S. Rep. Allen West taking bulldog's approach
By Alex Leary, St. Petersburg Times Staff Writer
Posted: Feb 13, 2011 01:53 PM
WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Allen West recoils at the word.
"I am not a freshman," the Florida lawmaker says. "I turned 50 yesterday. I spent 22 years in the United States military. I led troops in combat."
Only a month on the job, West is bucking the seen-not-heard advice given to new lawmakers. He is taking a bulldog approach, barreling to the top of political insiders' lists of the most vulnerable members of Congress. A complex figure, West is:
• A Republican who joined both the liberal Congressional Black Caucus and the rigidly conservative tea party caucus.
• A sharp-talker who rebuked the first elected Muslim lawmaker in Congress and accused his own party leaders of not working hard enough, not cutting the budget deep enough.
• A retired Army colonel with credentials to land an appearance on Meet the Press and regular spots on other national TV shows.
• A provocative speaker who on Saturday delivered the closing speech at a major gathering of conservative activists in Washington, a slot that had been Sarah Palin's before she canceled.
"We welcome the beliefs of others in America, but our co-existence must be based on a simple premise: When tolerance becomes a one-way street, it leads to cultural suicide. An American cultural value shall never be subjugated to any other as long as I have air in my lungs," West said, stirring thousands to their feet at the Conservative Political Action Conference.
It was 25 minutes of red meat, accusing China of using capitalism "as a weapon against us," pillorying "liberal progressivism," and saying the country needs to reclaim its Judeo-Christian values.
"I have goose bumps," Jane Lawler-Savitske, a 63-year-old tea party follower from Springfield, Va., said after the speech.
One-on-one, West seems detached from the wild campaign persona, the man who spewed invective toward President Barack Obama and "liberals," draped himself in tea party yellow, covered his flat top in a red-white-and-blue bandana, the YouTube sensation.
In white shirtsleeves and with bookish round glasses, West looks like a middle manager – except for the camouflage bag he carries instead of a briefcase. He barely gets animated during a 30-minute interview in his hyper-organized, seventh-floor office, which by coincidence is next to one held by the man who headed the 2010 Democratic campaign effort, Rep. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland.
"There's some kind of crazy, mythical perspective of who I am out there," West said, insisting he is not a "radical right wing nut" but "rational, kind of intelligent." To prove a point, he quotes Nietzsche.
• • •
West arrived in Washington after defeating two-term Democrat Ron Klein, who argued that his opponent's views were out of step with the 22nd congressional district, a span of mostly-white and fairly affluent voters that runs from north Palm Beach County to Fort Lauderdale in Broward County.
In normal times, West likely would not be able to get elected. The district is nearly divided politically, favoring a moderate. (He failed two years earlier.) But in 2010, the economy was hurting and the president was fairly unpopular. Conservative politics were on the rise and West had a fitting less-government, less-Obama message that he delivered in aggressive tones.
"If we sit complacent and if we don't pay attention to what's going on right now, we will find ourselves once again becoming slaves to a tyrannical government," he said at a tea party rally. "You cannot stand down. You cannot stop being vigilant. And just as this T-shirt says ... we must tell this government, 'Don't tread on me.' "
An incident from when he served in Iraq and fired a gun near a detainee's head to force him to give up information about a possible attack on U.S. troops spread on the Internet. West raised millions from admirers and drew Palin's endorsement.
Before he even took office, West was ensnared in controversy. He picked as his chief of staff an ultra-conservative radio talk show host with no experience. Critics circulated comments Joyce Kaufman made at a tea party rally that implied violence was justified against the government. "If ballots don't work," she said, "bullets will."
Kaufman was replaced with a Capitol Hill veteran, but West kept pushing. When the new Republican leaders of the House announced a work schedule that had members back in their districts more often, he complained to House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, "an unusual power play move by a freshman," as the Capitol newspaper The Hill put it.
"The American people are depending upon us to be up here and doing the business of righting the ship," he said.
He was also among freshman Republicans who criticized their leaders' budget-cutting effort, which fell far short of the $100 billion promised on the campaign trail. "You start to look like a back-tracker," West said.
The pressure has caused budget officials to take another look, and has given weight to the 87 new Republican members. West seems determined to emerge as a voice for the group.
In January, West drew fire for saying that Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., the first Muslim member of Congress, "really does represent the antithesis of the principles upon which this country was established." A group of religious leaders condemned West, who insisted he was referring to Ellison's support for the Council on American Islamic Relations.
"One of the critical things that if we do not get beyond will end up destroying this country," West said, "is political correctness."
• • •
West's actions recall another tough-talking Florida politician who generated national media attention — former U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson of Orlando. Grayson is West's complete opposite politically but the men are remarkably similar in style.
But attention cuts both ways and Grayson is a cautionary tale. He became a villain for Republicans and was defeated in November after only one term.
Democrats have already run radio ads against West for his support of deep budget cuts.
West says he'll use the attention to rally supporters. His goal is to exceed the $6.5 million he raised for 2010, to make himself "so formidable that people will scratch their heads as far as whether they really want to jump into this race."
Klein has not ruled out a re-match: "His rhetoric has been so over the top. It's up to him to make his case to the public that he represents their interests."
Deerfield Beach Mayor Peggy Noland, a Democrat, said West has already demonstrated that by reaching out to her and pledging to work on a sewer line issue. "I think he's going to be a worker," Noland said.
At the conservative conference Saturday, West sneered at those who say he could be headed for defeat in 2012.
"Standing here before each and every one of you," he said, "I don't feel so vulnerable."
Alex Leary can be reached at leary@sptimes.com. Follow him on Twitter @learyspt
Rookie U.S. Rep. Allen West taking bulldog's approach
By Alex Leary, St. Petersburg Times Staff Writer
Posted: Feb 13, 2011 01:53 PM
WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Allen West recoils at the word.
"I am not a freshman," the Florida lawmaker says. "I turned 50 yesterday. I spent 22 years in the United States military. I led troops in combat."
Only a month on the job, West is bucking the seen-not-heard advice given to new lawmakers. He is taking a bulldog approach, barreling to the top of political insiders' lists of the most vulnerable members of Congress. A complex figure, West is:
• A Republican who joined both the liberal Congressional Black Caucus and the rigidly conservative tea party caucus.
• A sharp-talker who rebuked the first elected Muslim lawmaker in Congress and accused his own party leaders of not working hard enough, not cutting the budget deep enough.
• A retired Army colonel with credentials to land an appearance on Meet the Press and regular spots on other national TV shows.
• A provocative speaker who on Saturday delivered the closing speech at a major gathering of conservative activists in Washington, a slot that had been Sarah Palin's before she canceled.
"We welcome the beliefs of others in America, but our co-existence must be based on a simple premise: When tolerance becomes a one-way street, it leads to cultural suicide. An American cultural value shall never be subjugated to any other as long as I have air in my lungs," West said, stirring thousands to their feet at the Conservative Political Action Conference.
It was 25 minutes of red meat, accusing China of using capitalism "as a weapon against us," pillorying "liberal progressivism," and saying the country needs to reclaim its Judeo-Christian values.
"I have goose bumps," Jane Lawler-Savitske, a 63-year-old tea party follower from Springfield, Va., said after the speech.
One-on-one, West seems detached from the wild campaign persona, the man who spewed invective toward President Barack Obama and "liberals," draped himself in tea party yellow, covered his flat top in a red-white-and-blue bandana, the YouTube sensation.
In white shirtsleeves and with bookish round glasses, West looks like a middle manager – except for the camouflage bag he carries instead of a briefcase. He barely gets animated during a 30-minute interview in his hyper-organized, seventh-floor office, which by coincidence is next to one held by the man who headed the 2010 Democratic campaign effort, Rep. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland.
"There's some kind of crazy, mythical perspective of who I am out there," West said, insisting he is not a "radical right wing nut" but "rational, kind of intelligent." To prove a point, he quotes Nietzsche.
• • •
West arrived in Washington after defeating two-term Democrat Ron Klein, who argued that his opponent's views were out of step with the 22nd congressional district, a span of mostly-white and fairly affluent voters that runs from north Palm Beach County to Fort Lauderdale in Broward County.
In normal times, West likely would not be able to get elected. The district is nearly divided politically, favoring a moderate. (He failed two years earlier.) But in 2010, the economy was hurting and the president was fairly unpopular. Conservative politics were on the rise and West had a fitting less-government, less-Obama message that he delivered in aggressive tones.
"If we sit complacent and if we don't pay attention to what's going on right now, we will find ourselves once again becoming slaves to a tyrannical government," he said at a tea party rally. "You cannot stand down. You cannot stop being vigilant. And just as this T-shirt says ... we must tell this government, 'Don't tread on me.' "
An incident from when he served in Iraq and fired a gun near a detainee's head to force him to give up information about a possible attack on U.S. troops spread on the Internet. West raised millions from admirers and drew Palin's endorsement.
Before he even took office, West was ensnared in controversy. He picked as his chief of staff an ultra-conservative radio talk show host with no experience. Critics circulated comments Joyce Kaufman made at a tea party rally that implied violence was justified against the government. "If ballots don't work," she said, "bullets will."
Kaufman was replaced with a Capitol Hill veteran, but West kept pushing. When the new Republican leaders of the House announced a work schedule that had members back in their districts more often, he complained to House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, "an unusual power play move by a freshman," as the Capitol newspaper The Hill put it.
"The American people are depending upon us to be up here and doing the business of righting the ship," he said.
He was also among freshman Republicans who criticized their leaders' budget-cutting effort, which fell far short of the $100 billion promised on the campaign trail. "You start to look like a back-tracker," West said.
The pressure has caused budget officials to take another look, and has given weight to the 87 new Republican members. West seems determined to emerge as a voice for the group.
In January, West drew fire for saying that Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., the first Muslim member of Congress, "really does represent the antithesis of the principles upon which this country was established." A group of religious leaders condemned West, who insisted he was referring to Ellison's support for the Council on American Islamic Relations.
"One of the critical things that if we do not get beyond will end up destroying this country," West said, "is political correctness."
• • •
West's actions recall another tough-talking Florida politician who generated national media attention — former U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson of Orlando. Grayson is West's complete opposite politically but the men are remarkably similar in style.
But attention cuts both ways and Grayson is a cautionary tale. He became a villain for Republicans and was defeated in November after only one term.
Democrats have already run radio ads against West for his support of deep budget cuts.
West says he'll use the attention to rally supporters. His goal is to exceed the $6.5 million he raised for 2010, to make himself "so formidable that people will scratch their heads as far as whether they really want to jump into this race."
Klein has not ruled out a re-match: "His rhetoric has been so over the top. It's up to him to make his case to the public that he represents their interests."
Deerfield Beach Mayor Peggy Noland, a Democrat, said West has already demonstrated that by reaching out to her and pledging to work on a sewer line issue. "I think he's going to be a worker," Noland said.
At the conservative conference Saturday, West sneered at those who say he could be headed for defeat in 2012.
"Standing here before each and every one of you," he said, "I don't feel so vulnerable."
Alex Leary can be reached at leary@sptimes.com. Follow him on Twitter @learyspt
Saturday, June 26, 2010
Apologies not being offered at this time...so sorry.
There has been a marked increase in the whole " Apology " concept in our society....we see daily demands from one politician that another has done something and the allegedly aggrieved person is now demanding an apology. We hear a constant stream of people from politics, business and all other spectrums demanding apologies for some slight....we see that people are being counseled to be "more sensitive" to others so as not to offend....We have POTUS running around on his " World Apology Tour" telling our allies and enemies that America is sorry for all the things we allegedly did....
Hold on, I just threw up in my mouth a little...geez.
Can I ask, “WHERE in this God's green Earth did the need for all this apologizing come from and who decided that it needed to be done in the first place???"
Google News reports that the word “Apology" in news stories generates 27,800 hits .....Are you kidding me???? What the heck happened that every little slight now must require a public lashing and an apology??? How Oprah-fied has this country become that whenever anyone complains, we all need a Dr. Phil intervention and a group dissertation AND a public apology.....Give me a Frickin break.
This all goes back to the lack of accountability that has been the hallmark of the people in power now who were the Hippies, a.k.a. as " Flower Children". They took the " Do whatever feels good" philosophy into later adulthood and raised a whole group of idiots who were told, " Well, we don't want to damage his self esteem...", as if correcting little Johnny on when he does something patently wrong would somehow wreck his psyche for life.
I have heard these idiots spouting off about, " Well we don't want to offend anyone.." - I disagree, we NEED to offend some people especially when they act like idiots and expect everyone else to tilt toward their warped view of the world....Offending some is the only way you can snap them out of their self-indulgent comas.....It is " Political Correctness" gone astray - like "Micro-management", it is a flawed concept from it's inception.
I grew up in a house where you were held accountable for your actions and also expected to follow the rules. You were also taught that the world doesn't owe you anything and you need to have a bit of a thick skin. Nowadays, we have a world full of crybabies who take any slight as reason to throw a hissy fit and demand the whole world cater to their self-indulgent sense of outrage and need for an apology.....Like we really cared about how they "feel" about anything.
Here's a clue for you little Johnny and your Parent/Leaders/Whomever who thinks they need an apology for whatever you feel has been done to you, real or imagined - and this goes especially for the alleged indignant religious fanatics who say we have defamed their beliefs - ready??
GET OVER YOURSELF....you are not the center of the universe and the world and others don't owe you an apology. You need to pull your head outta the place you stuck it, and get back to doing the work instead of focusing on the imagined slights you have manufactured...You need to have a little bit more of a thick skin.
Those of us who are adults, that have a well placed sense of honor and understand what really must be done are sick & tired of your petty arse stupidity...It was rejected by society when you were immature adolescent hippies and we STILL reject it now that you are aging politically correct hippies.
That's also why those in charge in Washington are being rejected by the American people - Pelosi, Reed, POTUS, Napolitano, Geitner - They are all from this ilk of addled brained idiots who think the world revolves around them and their view of how things "should be" is correct when in reality, the majority of clear-minded people can't stand to listen to how clueless these idiots are....That's why the November 2010 election cycle will be a joy to witness.....the idiots in WASH DC will be getting some "friendly fire" that's for sure.
The rules of how real men/women behave have not changed and the world could give a rat's arse less about your need for an apology. You haven't done anything worthy in your life and the sooner you get out of the way, the sooner the rest of us can go about the business of doing what is needed, and not worrying about your warped sense of indignation.
Waiting for an apology from me for whatever it is you think I've done to offend you??
Can I ask, “WHERE in this God's green Earth did the need for all this apologizing come from and who decided that it needed to be done in the first place???"
Google News reports that the word “Apology" in news stories generates 27,800 hits .....Are you kidding me???? What the heck happened that every little slight now must require a public lashing and an apology??? How Oprah-fied has this country become that whenever anyone complains, we all need a Dr. Phil intervention and a group dissertation AND a public apology.....Give me a Frickin break.
This all goes back to the lack of accountability that has been the hallmark of the people in power now who were the Hippies, a.k.a. as " Flower Children". They took the " Do whatever feels good" philosophy into later adulthood and raised a whole group of idiots who were told, " Well, we don't want to damage his self esteem...", as if correcting little Johnny on when he does something patently wrong would somehow wreck his psyche for life.
I have heard these idiots spouting off about, " Well we don't want to offend anyone.." - I disagree, we NEED to offend some people especially when they act like idiots and expect everyone else to tilt toward their warped view of the world....Offending some is the only way you can snap them out of their self-indulgent comas.....It is " Political Correctness" gone astray - like "Micro-management", it is a flawed concept from it's inception.
I grew up in a house where you were held accountable for your actions and also expected to follow the rules. You were also taught that the world doesn't owe you anything and you need to have a bit of a thick skin. Nowadays, we have a world full of crybabies who take any slight as reason to throw a hissy fit and demand the whole world cater to their self-indulgent sense of outrage and need for an apology.....Like we really cared about how they "feel" about anything.
Here's a clue for you little Johnny and your Parent/Leaders/Whomever who thinks they need an apology for whatever you feel has been done to you, real or imagined - and this goes especially for the alleged indignant religious fanatics who say we have defamed their beliefs - ready??
GET OVER YOURSELF....you are not the center of the universe and the world and others don't owe you an apology. You need to pull your head outta the place you stuck it, and get back to doing the work instead of focusing on the imagined slights you have manufactured...You need to have a little bit more of a thick skin.
Those of us who are adults, that have a well placed sense of honor and understand what really must be done are sick & tired of your petty arse stupidity...It was rejected by society when you were immature adolescent hippies and we STILL reject it now that you are aging politically correct hippies.
That's also why those in charge in Washington are being rejected by the American people - Pelosi, Reed, POTUS, Napolitano, Geitner - They are all from this ilk of addled brained idiots who think the world revolves around them and their view of how things "should be" is correct when in reality, the majority of clear-minded people can't stand to listen to how clueless these idiots are....That's why the November 2010 election cycle will be a joy to witness.....the idiots in WASH DC will be getting some "friendly fire" that's for sure.
The rules of how real men/women behave have not changed and the world could give a rat's arse less about your need for an apology. You haven't done anything worthy in your life and the sooner you get out of the way, the sooner the rest of us can go about the business of doing what is needed, and not worrying about your warped sense of indignation.
Waiting for an apology from me for whatever it is you think I've done to offend you??
Good Luck with that - you are in for one hell of a long wait.... you got a better chance of seeing the President show up at his next news conference in a pink party-dress than thinking I will ever subscribe to your need for an "apology" over every little slight.....or supply one to you....what a joke.
" I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the blanket of the very freedom I provide and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you," and went on your way. Otherwise, I suggest that you pick up a weapon and stand a post. Either way, I don't give a damn what you think you are entitled to..."
That quote from A Few Good Men" just about sums it up...
I am accountable for my actions and will recognize a mistake when it is made but have no patience for the self-appointed idiots who think they have the right to inflict upon the rest of us what they believe is right/wrong in life....you have no more moral ground to stand on and definitely have no right to lecture to me, or anyone else. That is my main gripe with the Oprah/Dr. Phil idiots - They are "self-appointed" as no one told them they could be the deciders of what's right or wrong in life - they just decided to appoint themselves and expected everyone to blindly follow them.....Get lost.
It's in line with what Clint Eastwood's character Gunny Highway said to the Officer who was his perrinial pain-in-the-neck in the movie Heartbreak Ridge;
I am accountable for my actions and will recognize a mistake when it is made but have no patience for the self-appointed idiots who think they have the right to inflict upon the rest of us what they believe is right/wrong in life....you have no more moral ground to stand on and definitely have no right to lecture to me, or anyone else. That is my main gripe with the Oprah/Dr. Phil idiots - They are "self-appointed" as no one told them they could be the deciders of what's right or wrong in life - they just decided to appoint themselves and expected everyone to blindly follow them.....Get lost.
It's in line with what Clint Eastwood's character Gunny Highway said to the Officer who was his perrinial pain-in-the-neck in the movie Heartbreak Ridge;
" With all due respect, sir, you're beginning to bore the hell out of me.."
Then followed up with the other line that fits from the Colonel who admired Gunny Highway for being a hard-charger and wonders why Highway and Sgt. Major Choozoo are still standing there after they finished up their assault on the enemy
Colonel Meyers: “What the hell are you two sorry assed individuals looking at? Get the hell off of my LZ !”
That's what I feel like telling these self-indulgent Oprah-fied/Dr. Phil, Hippie-philosophy, Politically correctness, apology requesting idiots can do -
Get the Hell off my LZ !
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