Pierre Legrand’s Pink Flamingo Bar

heh…She will crush Obama if he makes it to the 2012 election.

Good evening. It’s great to be in Washington and I am loving the weather.

I braved the elements and went out for a jog! Or, as Newsweek calls it, a cover-shoot.

It’s a privilege to be here tonight at the Washington DC Barnes & Noble. Tonight, I’ll be reading excerpts from my new book. Perhaps you’ve heard of it? “Going Rogue”

Yukon wasn’t sure if I’d go with that title and somebody suggested I follow the East Coast selfhelp trend and go with, “How To Look Like A Million Bucks…For Only 150 Grand.”

Todd liked, “The Audacity of North Slope.” Hey, I considered not having a title at all.

I’ve said it before, but you Beltway types just don’t seem to get it. You don’t need a title to make an impact. But anyway, let’s get started. I’ll begin my first reading on Page 209.

It was pitch black when we touched down in Arizona late on August 27, 2008. The next morning we drove to John McCain’s ranch in Sedona. John was waiting on the porch. Before he can say a word, I tell him, I’m quoting now:
I know why I’m here, and I’m ready. But, I’m worried. The cost of credit protection for the largest U.S. banks is rising precipitously. Have you given any thought to the run on the entities in the parallel banking system? Do you realize the vulnerability created when these institutions borrow short term in liquid markets to invest long term in illiquid assets?

John said, “You betcha!” I thought, “You betcha?” Who talks that way?

Well, sometimes you just have to trust your instincts. When you don’t, you end up in places like this.

Who would have guessed that I’d be palling around with this group? At least now I can put a face to all the newspapers I read.

It is good to be here and in front of this audience of leading journalists and intellectuals. Or, as I call it, a death panel.

To be honest, I had some serious reservations about coming to visit your cozy little club. The Gridiron still hasn’t offered membership to anyone from my hometown paper in Wasilla, the Matanuska-Susitna Valley Frontiersman.

And my dad thought it was just a plain bad idea to leave the book tour for some football game. He might have a point!

I’ve been touring this great, great land of ours over the last few weeks. I have to say, the view is much better from inside the bus, than under it!
But really, I am thrilled to be with you. And I’d like to thank the Gridiron for the invitation and Dick Cooper for his introduction.

To paraphrase John F. Kennedy, this has to be the most extraordinary collection of people who have gathered to viciously attack me since the last corporate gathering at CBS.

Despite what you have read, or more likely, despite what you have written, I do feel a real bond with all of you. I studied journalism, earned a communications degree and for a time only wanted to be a journalist. I was even a television sportscaster back home.

I’m guessing some of you probably got your start the exact same way… once there was television.Let me get back to the book. I know that many of you are still upset because I wouldn’t play that silly Washington game. You know, the one where all of you read a book in its entirety, from the first page of the index to the last.But think about it, because you actually had to read the whole book in the vein hope of finding your name, you now know all about Denali, mom, dad, ungulate eyeballs, slaying salmon on the Nushagak and Ugashik near Alegnigak, where we make AGOOTAK and moose chili! You’re welcome.

Still, I want to do something very special for this audience of Washington elite. So, I’ll read from the index–which I chose not to include in the hardback. Would you believe me if I said I didn’t include it because we wanted to save trees?

Under A we have…
Alaska, media not understanding. Pages 1-432.
Under B…
Biased media. Pages 1-432
And under C…
Conservative media. See acknowledgments.
I’ll stop there.

I know this can be a long night, and as I understand it, we’re going to break with a Gridiron tradition. Normally, the Democrat speaker would deliver a speech after me. But instead, John McCain’s campaign staff asked if they could use that time for a rebuttal. A lot has been made of a few campaign relationships. The closeness. The warm fuzzy feelings. John and I both agree all those staffers should just move past it. It’s history.

Let’s just say, if I ever need a bald campaign manager, it appears all I’m left with is James Carville.

I don’t want to say that I’ve burned a bridge, but I know all about cancelling a bridge to nowhere. That Democrat speaker I referred to is, of course, the one-and-only Barney Frank.And I’m the controversial one?

Barney, the nation owes you and the government a debt. A huge, historic, unbelievable debt. But, it’s good to be here with you, Mr. Chairman.
Because by Chairman, I don’t just mean the House Financial Services Committee. As far as I can tell, Barney’s also the Chair of AIG, CITI, and the Bank of America.

I don’t want to say that the U.S. Government is taking over the role of the private sector, but I have to admit, on the flight here, thumbing through a magazine and looking at a photo of President Obama with the President of China, the person next to me pointed at it and said, “Hu’s a communist.”

I thought they were asking a question.

Still, when I see this administration in action, I can’t help think of what might have been. I could be the Vice President overseeing the signing of bailout checks. And Joe Biden would be on the road, selling his new book, "Going Rogaine."
Speaking of books…. Did I mention mine? “Going Rogue”
Makes a great stocking stuffer. Available now at a bookstore near you.

Hey, I have to pay for my campaign vetting bill somehow. Really, the response has been great. So I’ll close by reading a final passage. Page 403:
I’ve been asked a lot lately, “Where are you going next?’ Good question!

Wherever I go I know that, as with anyone in the public eye, I’ll continue to have my share of disagreements with those in the media. Maybe even more than my share. It will come as no surprise that I don’t think I was always treated fairly, or equally. But despite that, I respect the media very much. It’s important. A free press allows for vigorous debate! And that debate is absolutely vital for our democracy. So as hard as it can sometimes be, we must all look past personal grievances. We must move beyond petty politics. And we must allow these incredibly talented and hard-working women and men to ask the hard questions and hold us, and our government, accountable.Because their mission is as true as the sun rising over the Talkeetna and Susitna Mountains.

OK – so none of that is actually in the book. Not a word. But I do believe it!
And I believe we live in a beautiful country blessed with so many different people who want the best for their children, families and for our great nation. I’m so proud to be an American.

And that is what I’ll be talking about when I travel to, really where I’m headed. No better place than here to announce where I’m going.

I’m going to Iowa!

I’ll be there tomorrow from noon to 3:00 pm at the Barnes & Noble on Sergeant Road in Sioux City. Come early. Long lines are expected.
Thank you everyone. God Bless the U.S.A!   Sarah Palin speech: The view’s better from inside the bus than under it (Updated with text) | Top of the Ticket | Los Angeles Times

More fun testing of the system or a real try? Anne Jacobson wrote about this same sort of thing years ago and it was all put down to a nervous woman.

This is the account of a ex-Navy diver whose very existence has depended on not becoming nervous. I wonder what the apologists for this sort of event will claim now? Sounds like it is a good time to keep your guard up as these cowardly shits seem to pick on women…if you see that happening remember stand up and help.

Testing… testing…

This has been a subject of discussion amongst a few of us for a couple of weeks. The person’s account below is known to three of our group, and he is NOT a whiner or complainer…

He’s an ex-Navy diver, working for a government organization; he has travelled extensively world-wide. This is his account of what happened on Flight 297 on the taxiway and at the gate in Atlanta…

One week ago, I went to Ohio on business and to see my father. On Tuesday, November the 17th, I returned home. If you read the papers the 18th you may have seen a blurb where a AirTran flight was cancelled from Atlanta to Houston due to a man who refused to get off of his cell phone before takeoff. It was on Fox.

This was NOT what happened.

I was in 1st class coming home. 11 Muslim men got on the plane in full attire. 2 sat in 1st class and the rest peppered themselves throughout the plane all the way to the back. As the plane taxied to the runway the stewardesses gave the safety spiel we are all so familiar with. At that time, one of the men got on his cell and called one of his companions in the back and proceeded to talk on the phone in Arabic very loudly and very aggressively. This took the 1st stewardess out of the picture for she repeatedly told the man that cell phones were not permitted at the time. He ignored her as if she was not there.

The 2nd man who answered the phone did the same and this took out the 2nd stewardess. In the back of the plane at this time, 2 younger Muslims, one in the back, isle, and one in front of him, window, began to show footage of a porno they had taped the night before, and were very loud about it. Now….they are only permitted to do this prior to Jihad. If a Muslim man goes into a strip club, he has to view the woman via mirror with his back to her. (don’t ask me….I don’t make the rules, but I’ve studied). The 3rd stewardess informed them that they were not to have electronic devices on at this time. To which one of the men said “shut up infidel dog!” She went to take the camcorder and he began to scream in her face in Arabic. At that exact moment…
Nobody Asked Me…: Testing… testing…

Great our economy is imploding, we have a Marxist who hates this country as President and now these Islamist assclowns are probing us. It might be a good time to review some advice on how to deal with these Islamic assclowns.

Apparently it is becoming something of a sport to disrupt Western Airlines with Islamic Stand up humor…or maybe something more sinister is going on? Who knows but I do know something, pay attention on flights. Be a sheepdog, not one of the sheep.

“Dear God, I wish I could have been on one of those planes. Maybe I could have made a difference.” When you are truly transformed into a warrior and have truly invested yourself into warriorhood, you want to be there. You want to be able to make a difference.

Don’t be prominent just be ready. Don’t be belligerent or obnoxious but don’t sit there on your ass if you see one of these assclowns stand up. Be polite, friendly and absolutely unafraid of smiling in their faces and asking if you can help them. Don’t let fear rule your day. Overcome it, stand up and be Mister helpful. If it is sinister you are going to die anyways so go down fighting, if it is not sinister your Mister Friendly smile is spreading good cheer to our fellow Middle Eastern citizens. Whatever you do, don’t let some poor 5′ 5″ Flight Attendant fight your fight.

Yea sorry about the title I am still upset that my 74 soon to be 75 year old Mother can absolutely count on getting the full monty search every goddamned time she flies. As if some 74 year old Grandmother is going to remove a mirror and tunnel into the cockpit to do what…overwhelm the pilots? I am pretty damn skeptical of that nonsense.

Great Cartoon!

Move over, Rosie the Riveter. Here comes Sarah, and it’s not just rivets she’s packing. –All Right Magazine

No matter how you feel about Alaska’s former governor, everyone has an opinion. Today, America is arguably in peril from forces potentially as destructive as Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan. During WWII Rosie the Riveter kept ‘em flying, and today when most of our "conservative" leaders are majoring in hand-wringing, the girls are stepping up. –Dale

Out of Order the Blog: Sarah Para Bellum

Sometimes folks tend to underestimate how rough the common man can be in the United States!

Same sort of shit different day. Gosh darn, people who voted for him, can we pray that next time you might tear yourselves away from Jerry Springer for a couple of minutes to do at least the slightest bit of vetting? All of this sort of behavior was PREDICTED…it was OBVIOUS…and yet you folks were blind to it. Here are some old posts proving the point.

Michael Barone Sounds The Alarm About the Coming Thugocracy of Obama…"First They Came for the Communists" MSM and Some Conservative Elite Tone Deaf to Their Mortal Danger.

“Well what is going to happen to those people we can’t reeducate, that are diehard capitalists?” What if the Left put up a Candidate so far left that no one would believe how dangerous he was…

Obama Bombshell Redistribution of Wealth Audio Uncovered…WBEZ.FM Interview where he discusses the best way to redistribute your work.

Here is Obama AGAIN dishonoring our troops…the same troops that have freed untold millions of people around the world.

Today’s Picture: The picture on our front page today.
Taken at Veterans Day ceremonies at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Lucianne.com News Forum – HomePage

Let’s not forget what his dear wife was wearing at the same event because we shouldn’t question their patriotism.

Then we can remember Obama in this position…

He would have kissed his ass but the King couldn’t understand Obama’s request that he turn around.

With sales of Ayn Rand’s books skyrocketing it is obvious that the premise of this article is spot on. Obama has done those of us who value freedom a service. Whether we can take advantage of it or not is left in the hands of the party that has done such a terrible job of defending it in the past. Heaven help us because the Republicans will do all they can to subvert the tea-party. Neither party loves the idea of individual freedom. But the Republicans used to at least give lip service to the idea…perhaps out of self preservation they can finally rise up and back their words up with actions?

The Democrats—shocked in their own way by the public response to their transparency—spent the late summer trying to obfuscate these issues. They have portrayed the protesters as “un-American,” the Republicans as obstructionist, and themselves as reasonable. Such attempts are further isolating the Democrats from millions of Americans, many of whom are beginning to see that the Democrats rather than the protesters are opposed to America’s founding principles. Unlike the atomic bombs dropped on Japan—which turned Japan away from dictatorship and toward freedom and individual rights—Obama’s bomb is intended to move America more quickly into authoritarian rule, and ultimately into dictatorship. Rather than acquiesce to the ultimatum, however, many Americans are standing against it.

The protests and the polls are clear: Americans have, by and large, rejected the radical leftist agenda. But the issue is not yet closed. The Democrats have one last resource—one secret weapon—with which they can save their plans while avoiding political suicide in the next election. That weapon is the Republicans.

If the Republicans compromise—if they accept federally-mandated health insurance in the guise of a “co-op” or the like, or a cap-and-trade bill that is marginally less draconian than the Democratic version—they will have once again capitulated to their opponents, abandoned liberty, and ruined the opportunity to redirect this nation toward its founding moral principle: individual rights, protected under a constitution in a free republic.“Obama’s Atomic Bomb: The Ideological Clarity of the Democratic Agenda” by John David Lewis

Sarahcuda had this to say about Joe Biden.

There’s one way to tell Vice President Biden that we’re tired of folks in Washington distorting our message and hampering our nation’s progress: Hoffman, Baby, Hoffman! Sarah Palin Notes | Facebook

Read both the books and respect his opinion. The reasons he outlines are clearly described and sourced…if you aren’t buying food, ammo and finding a bug out retreat after you read this then you are not paying attention.

Twenty-Two Reasons Why this Recession is Different and Why it Will Endure

I find it surprising that I’m now getting inquiries from readers, asking if "we’ve reached bottom" in the current economic recession, and asking if the time has come to start buying stocks or residential real estate. It seems that the talking heads of mainstream media are using some sort of voodoo. How can anyone think that we’ve hit bottom, and an economic recovery is in progress? To dispel the myths from the CNBC Cheering Section, please consider the following. (And note that I’ve provided references for each assertion, just so you know that I’m not talking out of my camouflage hat.):

1. A broken global credit market that has not fully recovered. See: After Lehman, U.S. firms adjust to new face of credit
2. Lack of transparency in Mortgage-Backed Securities and other re-packaged debt instruments. See: Geithner Blames Lack of Transparency for OTC Derivatives Hit on Market.
3. The increasing Federal debt, which is growing at an unprecedented rate. See: The National Debt Clock.
4. Mountains of consumer and corporate debt. See: Observations on the US Debt.
5. The Federal budget deficit. See: Federal Deficit Hits All-Time High of $1.42 Trillion.
6. Ever-expanding bailouts. (I call this The MOAB.) See: As More Companies Seek Aid, ‘Where Do You Stop?’
7. Monetization of the National Debt. See: Fed Could Expand MBS Purchases. (Can you spell Oroborus?):
8. The destruction of the American consumer economy. (It had been artificially credit-driven). See: A Year After The Crisis, The Consumer Economy Is Dead.
9. Chronic unemployment, possibly much higher than officially reported. See: Alternate Data at ShadowStats.
10. More than $500 Billion USD in hedge funds that have borrowed short and lent long. See: Assets invested in hedge funds increase by $100bn 

Click on through to read the rest of the list and check out a fantastic site.

SurvivalBlog.com

This post was written by a friend who captures my sentiments exactly.

Posted by guest blogger Reluctant Scribe.

Disclaimer:  what I write here has not been "calibrated" for political correctness, but rather to speak truth as I know it.

Recently, I have read a number of discussions of the Kevin Jennings scandal.  What I found interesting was that they all focused on the more narrow pedophilia angle, and largely brushed off the larger issue of the man’s active promotion of the so-called "gay" movement and the furthering of its agendas in our public schools, and the broader harm deriving there from.  It is sad commentary on our society that we have lost our collective spine in the face of a blatant attack on the fabric of our nation, by way of the "gay rights" gambit.

Let me explain.

The "gay rights" and "gay movement" agenda is dishonest.

The fundamental purpose of pushing "gay rights" on society at large is to promote the disruption and destruction of the American family unit.

Any permanent political takeover of this country requires that the stability of the family be undermined wherever possible, driving whatever wedges are available to push wives and husbands apart, splintering children away from parents, and making the concept of traditional "family" as irrelevant as possible.  As long as conventional/traditional morality and values can be transmitted from one generation to the next via the family unit, the social breakdown required to make tyranny plausible will take too long to satisfy the patience of any aspiring tyrant.

The stability of any culture has always been reposed in the family.  The hijacking of a culture requires the hijacking of the youth.  Hijacking of the youth requires either accelerated cultural decay through dismantling the family or the direct application of force and intimidation to interpose indoctrination in place of the traditional transfer of cultural knowledge.

The "gay rights" approach is only one avenue pursued toward this end.  The "free love" movement had this same vector.  Sex education in schools is the governmental effort to achieve the same thing.

My insights into the gay movement and its strategies date back to the late eighties and early nineties, when I worked as one of a number of independent contractors for the NEA & NSEA (Nat’l Education Assn & Nevada State Education Assn) in Las Vegas.  After months of being a commonplace "fixture" on their premises, I became, in effect, invisible.  Conversations were held near me — in the adjoining office, in the hallway, even in the office where I was working — as though I were just another piece of furniture.  I overheard discussions of how to present the gay agenda to parents, educators, legislators, and children.  "In this setting, we promote the idea that being gay is a natural condition — you know, it’s not something that can be helped — and over here, we will promote the idea that joining our movement is a liberating thing, and here’s what we need to do to recruit more straights over to our side . . ."

Yes, intentional misrepresentation.  I was treated to this data stream, in snippets and vignettes, over the course of some years.  I watched and listened as people were hired in preference to others because they were known to be gay, watched as strategy was formulated to protect a teacher accused of misbehavior "because he’s one of us," and so on.  With the passage of nearly two decades, some of those anecdotes blur together.  Others remain clear in form, if not in intricate detail.  Like the week when preparations for a Gay Pride event (in Washington D.C.) were being made, openly in the office, and with the approval of supervisors, and with the evident indulgence and funding of the organization’s executives (based only on what I overheard), resulting in a significant bloc of the office staff being "at large" (read:  back East) for about a week.  Remember, this is a group whose purported purpose was to represent the interests of its members, those members being educators.  To what degree, I wonder,  has this infiltration, by a group whose common theme is a sexual fetish, influenced the actions of these educators whose dues they collected and spent to advance the group’s causes as well as those of the educators themselves.  Like many, I suspect, I’m almost afraid to know.

You probably won’t be surprised in the least to learn that neither entity, NEA or NSEA, as best I could tell, gave a rat’s ass about what school children actually learned or how well the kids were actually doing in school.  It was entirely about 1) politics, and 2) protecting their members.  And, of course, the proper indoctrination of students into tolerance of, and sensitivity to, gay issues.

Until I worked with these people, I was pretty much "live and let live" about the whole gay scene.  Not so afterwards.  The organized promotion of "gay rights" and "gay community" as a "legitimate" cultural construct is a deliberate exercise in a disingenuous moral and cultural relativism ploy.  While protesting that "we just want to be left alone to live our lives the way we want," the people whose tool this is work relentlessly to impose and enforce this horribly misnamed "lifestyle" on the youth as broadly as possible.

They demand tolerance, but they do not reciprocate.  They demand the freedom to slander those outside their "culture" while actively working to muzzle any criticism of their validity, methods, and practices.  Any disagreement is "hate" speech.

This is stuff I can’t say in public.  This is stuff I can’t even say around many of my friends.  This is stuff which, nonetheless, needs to be voiced.

Frankly, if it weren’t for the incessant effort to encroach on my family, my culture, my freedoms and liberties, I wouldn’t care tuppence whether two guys want to make out or whether two gals want to set up house together.  You want to pervert the normal order of things for yourselves?  Go ahead.  Knock yourselves out.  Just don’t tell me I have to accept it as normal and embrace it as a valid social order.  It isn’t either of those.  And don’t make it a mandatory part of my kids’ education.

Don’t be taking your perverse jackhammer to the moral bedrock that is my family, or to the cultural bedrock that is this nation’s family.

Lose the family, lose the nation.

Save the family, save the nation.

And, even though it be heresy, there you have it. Brutally Honest: An Assault On American Culture: Disrupting The Family

Yes indeed! The list of communists, pedophile enablers, thieves, tax evaders, racists who are part of the Obama administration just gets longer and longer. Change You Can Believe In! Obama is not trying to fix anything…he is trying to break it all! He wants to destroy this country…wake UP America!

Thought this comment in a thread about the fight between evolutionists and creationists was funny and to the point.

Christians: In the beginning, there was God. And he created the world.

Atheists: In the beginning, there was nothing. Then it exploded.

Hot Air Headlines » By the numbers: Conservatives, Republicans, and evolution

Remember the President’s Speech to school children? Remember how everyone was making fun of folks like me for thinking this was a blatant attempt to indoctrinate our kids…well your kids since mine homeschool? Well guess what? Apparently, He Who Lies was fully intending on giving a speech to indoctrinate our children before the uproar from conservatives forced a change in plans. How do I know he changed his plans? Well look at this test that was given to children after the speech. These questions seem a little prejudicial don’t they? Here is a portion of the test…go to Smart Girl Nation to see the rest.

Course this video isn’t going to help those who believe that Obama’s speech to the children was not a propaganda ploy…heh.

Follow along with the lyrics! Oh Dear Leader Thou Art My Light And My Sustenance! Thou Leadest My Way Amidst The Wingnuts!

About now I think we could do with an inspirational poster… oh by the way if you are wondering where the lying liar bit comes from…are you hallucinating? He lied about healthcare, he lied about giving a lying speech to our children…well your children…and he is lying about his motives for wanting to screw up a major portion of our economy. Lying Liars…

Anyways here is the inspirational poster.

The President Speaks to Our Children: Information or Indoctrination? : Smart Girl Nation

Hat tip Michelle Malkin

Given all the Bullshit that is flying out of the Old Line Media regarding supposed Green Shoots it is almost refreshing to see a statistic that doesn’t seem to be affected by the Hopey Changey Spin. Well it would be refreshing if it weren’t pointing to what looks like a freefall in our economy.

Weekly US Railroad Carloading Decline Accelerates, Hits 1993 Levels | zero hedge

Matt Burden has been known to me for years as a member of a terrific email list and as the owner of BLACKFIVE the best military blog on earth.

We clamor for good men to run for office…well there are none better than Matt! Go now and support him. We need him in government to go after those bastards who are actively trying to ruin our beautiful country! He has to start somewhere and State Representative in Illinois is as good a place as any!

For more than 20 years, I’ve served my country, fighting to protect and preserve the American freedoms, rights, and values that make this country great, first as an Airborne Soldier – and then as one of the leaders of the Internet political revolution that has held arrogant and corrupt leaders accountable from city halls all the way to Washington D.C.

After much thought and one helluva exploratory committee, the green light is on and I’m ready – I have decided to run for office.  I will change Illinois’ political landscape and culture of corruption.  But I can’t do it without your help.

BLACKFIVE: Running for Office is Like Jumping Out of Airplanes

Take a look at his campaign site as well!

Heh…Well at least Baghdad Bob’s shtick was original…Gibbs not so much. Sipsey Street Irregulars make a funny…

"Baghdad Bob" Gibbs’ "9-12 Truth" Commission

"Group? What group? There are no Tea Party infidels in the capitol. Never!"
"My feelings – as usual – we will slaughter them all"
"Our initial assessment is that they will all die"
"God will roast their stomachs in hell at the hands of ACORN activists."
"No I am not scared and neither should you be!"
"We have them surrounded in their SUVs"
"They are most welcome. We will butcher them."
"We will welcome them with bullets and shoes."
Sipsey Street Irregulars