I found this appropriate in the extreme. Obama is the allegorical Saul of the Scriptures. He relies on witches and thugs to get what he wants. He uses the media like Saul used his corrupt prophets. But Samuel knew there was a better man. As it turned out, so the Scriptures tell, David brought his people to greatness. David wasn't perfect, but he was so much better than Saul. I thought about these things as I watched Marco Rubio. I thought about these things as I watched Mitt.

And, yes, Clint absolutely incinerated the current resident of the White House!!!!

August 30, 2012
Good Mix! Good Deal! and ¡Muchas Grácias!

What an amazing bunch of gals and guys speaking at the Republican Convention! Even if you are not a Republican, you have to admit that Ruis Fortuño, the Governor of Puerto Rico, is as sharp a young man as there is in politics. As a natural-borne American, as everyone is who is born in PR, he is someone to look to for leadership, in the future.

One of the freshest and most uplifting things about the quadrennial meeting, is the wonderful mix of Americans. Lots of different colors, but no hyphens. Lots of different accents, but no divisions. Just a unified vision of real hope and real solutions.

Yes, Gov. Pawlenty delivered a good speech, and Gov. Huckabee has always been a well-deserved favorite, and Paul Ryan's speech was exciting and on-point ("Isn't it about time he [Obama] accepted responsibility?"). But the real point was the number of powerful, brilliant, and experienced women who are party LEADERS, not just appointees. Real American, Condi Rice, was outstandlingly spot-on when she chided Obama, saying, "..you cannot lead from behind... peace really does come from strength..." and, "...it doesn't matter where you come from, it matters where you are going..."

Sound like Rah-Rah? Yeah, maybe. But at least, I see a dawn, where before, there was only the wrong answer of government.

August 29, 2012
Republican Convention Contretemps

The less likely you are to need a job, the more likely you'll vote for Obama. But even that ratio is slipping. This is why the man who would be king is making speeches in front of small, controlled, college audiences. It makes for great TV, and Lord knows, he needs it.

Unfortunately, for the current occupant of the Whitehouse, the Republican Convention is a contretemps to his barrage of words over accomplishments. Since the only things he's done that worked are things that Bush left for him to do, he cannot run on them unless he admits the other things didn't work. So, he says things that aren't true and makes jokes that even John Stewart wouldn't.

And as a side comment, I'd just like to say that Ann Romney is so much classier that the Michelle Obama. But then, Mrs. Romney doesn't have a maid, either.

I know one person who can blow Upstate Debbie Downer, Russ Cassels, off the air - Chris Christie is da MAN. And he's right about what Romney can do. You can't just whine because your candidate didn't win. You have to fight for a chance even if it's just to have another chance. Christie IS a TEA Party gut-issue guy. And, no, he's not perfect, but who is?

August 27, 2012
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August 25, 2012
Northern Exposure

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When Rachel Carson wrote Silent Spring, in 1962, people actually thought she was right about DDT and the thinning of bird eggs. The sad part of all of this, is that her conclusions were based on fantasy and bad scientific practice. We now know that DDT does not effect Birds or any other warm blooded animals in amounts that will kill insect pests, other than that the smell is obnoxious.

Nevertheless, there is STILL an almost world-wide ban on DDT insecticide, which is a major mistake, as the deaths of millions of South Americans and Africans will attest. But you won't hear any evidence from them because THEY'RE DEAD! - Dead from West Nile Virus; Dead from Equine Encephalitis; Dead from untreated Dengue Fever, Malaria, Rift Valley Fever (Africa), and Yellow Fever.

I'm Hungry - Who's Next?

It has also been pointed out, since the "science of DDT" was found to be not-science, a lot of this fantasy was done in Rachel Carson's name, but was never her idea.

West Nile Virus is real. It's lethal. It now exists in South Carolina. And the mosquitoes which carry it are now native to the Palmetto State. Just once. Just ONCE, could we please do something intelligent when is comes to DHEC DDT policy, and spray DDT in areas we KNOW promulgate West Nile Virus carrying mosquitoes? Please?

I want to explore an idea with you. It's an idea that used to be fundamental to the American Revolution and the Judeo-Christian Ethic. It's an idea that comes from the very creation of liberty and justice. The idea is that YOU ARE YOUR OWN PRODUCT.

A lot of people - many well intentioned - believe that jobs are somehow magically created, either by government or some other imaginary source. Certainly, there is no imaginary source and unless you are working FOR the government, they CANNOT create private jobs. In fact, the whole idea is ass-backwards anyway.

The Tsalagi have always known the value of freedom and commerce

Since you are your product, then, your employer is the person buying that product. Many people sell their product to more than one person. We call that a second or third job. But the idea is exactly the same as Jacques and his brother Poquelin who have a lawn service, or Ernesto and Filio who have an advertising agency and many clients. Product - Buyer. Buyer buys Producer's Product.

A "full-time" job is no different. Your "Boss" is the gal or guy who buys your product (you). If your product is good, and there is a continued need for it, he or she will want more of it. This is where company vision and contracts come in - a smart business person will "stock up" on a good product to insure his company will have a good supply of that commodity. This is where long-term employment comes in.

But ALL employment is, after all is said and done, temporary. And this is the scary part.. No product has an infinite need. The finest buggy whip maker will eventually have to retrain. The finest scientist will have to come to grips with new discoveries. The most productive salesperson will eventually need to find fresh pastures. The best teacher will always have to do more research.

Here's the bottom line: Robert A. Heinlein said that something given has no value. The Tsalagi (Cherokee) have a saying that if you want to make your enemy a slave, give him what he needs. If you are one of the people who think that someone GIVES you a job, you are a slave. Hence, if you think like a slave, you will work like a slave. If you think like an entrepreneur, you will work like one. The difference is how you see yourself. See, if you are your product then nobody but you can build that.

Are you free and are your product, or are you a slave and just "do work"?

Did you know that Health and Human Services has its own police force? Did you know that NOAA has its own police force? Me neither.

I was alerted to this fact a couple of days ago, when I got an alert from one of the various news services I subscribe to. They were all ripped up over the fact that the Weather Service had ordered guns and bullets by the thousands. Social Security Department, too! After getting stonewalled by the usual suspects, I started my underground search. It's all true. They have their own police forces. And today, you can read about it in some of the major news outlets.

With the Obama administration deciding which laws they intend to enforce, and ignoring the others, it seems perfectly logical that they can continue to abandon the Constitution in other ways. And, please, don't go running around talking about how the Republicans have done nothing about it - they have. But as long as Harry Reid controls the Senate and "that man" is in the White House, you will not get a conviction for impeachment or anything else worthwhile done.

The next time somebody says that the League of Women Voters' national election system or the mainstream media isn't left-wing or is fair, would you just slap them in the face, for me, please? CNN's Candy Crowley, who is no honest person's idea of a fair reporter, has been chosen as a moderator for one of the debates this fall. In fact, says MSNBC, Ms. Crowley was chosen because a petition, with thousands of googly private high school girls' signatures, was submitted, recommending her. Yes, they also got googly public high school girls' signatures..

CNN's Candy Crowley - only a pawn

Like, Soooo lame! The committee that, "just thought it up," happens be run by David Axelrod's daughter. "Oooooh," gushed the girls in an interview on MSNBC, yesterday, "we just thought it was such a neeet idea, and y'know.." No collusion at all among the mainstream media. None at all. Fortunately, Candy's debate will feature Paul Ryan eviscerating bumbling "Stand up Chuck" Joe Biden, which means it will be WAY above her pay grade, anyway, and show her up for the pawn she is.

Party on dudettes! Another backfire.. fer sher! I can hear Dylan tuning up, now.

Presidential advisor, Austan Goolsbee is on his way to becoming a hack. The same man who has been caught on tape talking about how wonderful Paul Ryan's budget plan is, is now saying that it's not very good and that Ryan is a handicap. This is sad, but it IS Chicago style thuggery.

The only extremism in this election is the extreme abandonment of the Constitution by Obama and his brownshirts.

If you really like the economic solutions of Barack Hussein Obama, then you should not read this article. The rest of us need to look at Japan.

In the last 20 years, the Japanese have taken a distinctively Keynesian approach to their recession of the late '80's. To say that their recovery has been really, really slow is stating the obvious. It was explained to them that this would happen, but they did the Keynesian thing, anyway. This week, you will read or hear that these inheritors of culture and honor have one again, taken an economic step backwards, as their economy continues to shrink. They simply refuse to get past the ideas of keiretsu (a type of economic fascism) in favor of real capitalism.

Obama wants to turn America into Japan. He has said as much. And while we can learn much from the beauty of Japanese culture and the honor of the Samurai, Keynes was wrong and so are the Japanese. And so is Barack Hussein Obama. We do NOT want to be turning Japanese.

In picking Cong. Paul Ryan as his Vice Presidential candidate, Mitt Romney has crystallized the argument against the radical abandonment of the Constitution by the Obama Administration. The question is, do you want a 20th Century Economic Fascist, whose ideas are so bad they have radically destroyed whole portions of the economy, or do you want a real capitalist, who wants everybody to participate.. yes, even the rich.. with the heart to help those who are the truly helpless among us.

Congressman Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.)

The presence of Paul Ryan in the election process means that Democrats will have to ramp-up their half-truths and outright lies. But it also means that the bigger lies will be easier to spot. It also means that I may actually donate to a presidential campaign for the first time since 2004.

And we will be there throughout the mess to spot them for you. Here's to The Real Deal as opposed to the other "wars" and "deals." Ryan looks good for real Conservatives and Reagan libertarians.

When Democrats talk about Obama, they like to liken him to TR, FDR or Lincoln. The comparisons are apropos. My second cousin, Teddy, was a misguided progressive, who actually believed that Government had solutions to market problems. FDR, was also a progressive, only ten times worse. Lincoln was a snake and a liar, who suspended habias corpus, and was willing to keep blacks in slavery just to keep the union together - ideas which were both corrupt and unconstitutional.

When Republicans talk about Romney, they don't refer to any other President, and for the most part, they are correct. But there is one President that is similar to Romney, at least in performance and spirit. Calvin Coolidge. According the Bob Murphy, a scholar, commentator, and author of The Politically Incorrect Guide to Capitalism, The Human Action Study Guide, in his article on Hoover wrote:

How big were Hoover's deficits? Well, his [Herbert Hoover's] predecessor Calvin Coolidge had run a budget surplus every single year of his own presidency, and he held the federal budget roughly constant despite the roaring prosperity (and surging tax receipts) of the 1920s. In contrast to Coolidge - who was a true small-government president - Herbert Hoover managed to turn his initial $700 million surplus into a $2.6 billion deficit by 1932.

Silent Cal.. hmmmmm.. yep.. that's Mitt Romney. Coolidge could not campaign his way out of a flimsey, wet paper bag. He was remarkedly a man of few words. A man of extreme integrity, Coolidge belonged to a religion that, in its infancy, was considered a cult - Puritan Congregationalism.

"Silent Cal" - Calvin Cooldge -
one of America's most successful Presidents.

He was a man of extraordinarily excellent executive abilities, but he was as exciting as a Georgia dirt road (in Georgia they say, "a South Carolina Dirt road").

Coolidge was a true capitalist, and under his eight years, America thrived. It was only under Herbert Hoover - who like Nixon, thought government could screw with natural forces - that the economy began to go sour.

Now, it IS true that Mitt Romney had a small governmental disease lapse - his health care system - but we all screw up, and unlike Obama, Romney has been cured of that governmental disease. In any case, Obama and his people embarrass our Nation every day - did you see our Secretary of State doing the grind, yesterday? Saints preserve us!

So, Mitt Romney is boring.. let's just admit it. Yet, he could be the most successful president since Reagan. But understand, he won't be Reagan. Hopefully, though, he might just be Silent Cal.

Gamecock Medals!
Congratulations to Gamecock Lashinda Demus - Silver in the Hurdles at the London Olympic Games! Love her gumption, too. She says she won't quit until she gets gold! Congrats to Alyson Felix from the other USC for her 200m Gold! Another SEC Medal - GOLD for Ole Miss! - Brittney Reese

SEC did well in Men's medals - Aries Merritt (U Ten) won gold in 200m Hurdles.

Why is anyone surprised that someone is finally calling the King of the Senate Liars a liar? His falsehoods are legendary. He gives honest Senators a bad name. He's the Nancy Pelosi of the Senate.

It IS nice, however, that the liars are being outed by themselves. Sen. Harry Reid is a liar. None of his crowd are truth tellers - don't leave out the Amateur-in-Chief. And keep hanging up on poll-takers, so that the Democrats continue to think they're winning - research shows that they interview Democrats 10%-15% more, anyway. That is NOT a surprise, and there's no reason to get angry - just vote in November.

Kudos to both Jim DeMint, Lindsey Graham, and our House reps (except one, of course) for not backing down. And remember what I told you about the "Chicago Way," Moussilini, and "the big lie."

SC Gas Price Averages for 8/6/12

Call me a nerd, I don't care. It was wonderful watching us landing the Volkswagen-sized space probe on Mars, this morning at 1:31am. We are still the technical leader of the world. But it will mean nothing, if we don't start landing people on both the Moon and Mars. That's not even on the screen of the current administration. But you can bet their cronies already got lots of the research money that could have gone to NASA, instead.

The Kiowah Ocean Golf Course has never been what we duffers call an "Old Man's Course.," ie., no hills, few ponds, few and easy traps. It may not be the hardest course in our State. "The Monster," at Harbortown on Hilton Head, still holds that title, followed closely by the Spring Valley Country Club Course - that wretched, short, vertical course laid down on the side of the sandhills of Columbia. It's not even the hardest classical Scottish-type golf course in South Carolina. The Charleston Country Club Course has gotten that honor since its establishment some time in the 18th Century - where there is goarse, at Kiowah, there's sand - "waste area." But the Ocean Course at Kiowah will crush all but the best professional golfers - it has been refurbished to be so. This year's PGA Championship is being held there, this week.

Kiowah Ocean Course 18th Hole

"What?" you say. August? In South Carolina? R U kidding me? Well.. no. And there's a very good reason: The Atlantic Ocean is always 5° to 15° cooler than the land a mile inland from it, during the day. It will be hot, but not terminally so, like, say, Hell, or its companion city, Columbia. A good, steady sea breeze will ameliorate most heat. Also, with luck, a tropical storm or hurricane might just graze the state, and that would make for perfect Scottish golfing weather, making things even more interesting.

All joking aside, if you've never been to a South Carolina beach, this is a perfect opportunity to go there. They are marvels of God's creation - beautiful sand sloping gently to the mighty Atlantic, teaming with life, both indigenous and sailboat denizens.

A lot of people moved a lot of paper and begged a lot of favors to get this wonderful PGA event to this beautiful golf course, in our wonderful State. And I don't know about you, but being there sounds like a great idea.. if you can still find tickets.

I'm thinking that most of the people in television news are just plain stupid. Over the past two years there has been a litany of complaints by reporters and talking heads over the so-called inaction of Congress to "do anything."

Did these people grow another head, forgetting that most new Republicans were elected to block everything new that the Democrats would propose? TEA partiers had hoped that Republicans could have captured the Senate as well, but the jackwagons in the Cocktail wing of the Republican party, desperately hoping to hang onto their ill-gotten power, sabotaged candidates who could have won for them.

I wrote this before Rush did his rant Thursday, but I can't prove it.

The word is out that Sen. Harry Reid is a cross-dressing satanic nun. If he can prove he's not, then, let him prove it. It's so simple - all he has to do is show the evidence that he's not a cross-dressing satanic nun, and the issue will be put to rest.

According to an un-named source, the rumor is that David Axelrod steals adult marital aids from helpless 13-year-olds and sells them on the black market to Sen. Harry Reid. It's obvious that if this rumor is not true, that either Axelrod or Reid can simply provide the evidence, and the entire matter will go away.

There is an anonymous source that says he knows for a fact that Barack Obama is having an affair with a circus pony. This source goes on to say that the pony is ready to identify Obama is her lover, and is 0nly waiting for a book deal before coming out.

In an unnamed manuscript, Bill Ayers has been named as a.. oh well.. I think you get the point. By the way, when did YOU stop beating your wife?

Andy Capp - the laziest man in England

The Obama election team tried to destroy Joe the Plumber, called "Jody Plumber" by one operative half-wit, when he had the audacity to show up Obama for the Marxist-lite he was. The majority of Americans closed their eyes and hoped for change and lost. And more people are on the "dole" in one way or another.

If you are old enough, you will remember the comic strip, Andy Capp©, the laziest man in England. It was in almost every newspaper in the state. We all used to laugh at the lengths to which he had to go in order not to have gainful employment. There was great merriment as he battled with his wife over not ever doing any work around the house either.

We aren't laughing anymore. As Obama's "solution" to unemployment progresses, more people are being forced out of the workplace and onto a form of permanent welfare, usually reserved for people who have genuine physical or mental disabilities, just to stay alive.

Hopefully, after November, when businesses are no longer afraid to grow into a higher tax bracket, and the welfare rolls are purged of the Andy Capps, sanity will return to the job market and real jobs will become available.

This is my second essay on banks involved in trading, possibly being influenced by the government.

Tuesday, the government was in the stock market, again. Yes, it ought to be illegal, but there is a technicality that allows it. Some trading companies are also banks who need the favor of government, in order to stay afloat. They stay afloat by receiving cheap money from the Fed who uses our tax money. And they use some of that tax money to buy stocks for their portfolios. What happens to the market when they buy stocks? The market goes up.

I have never seen Bigfoot. I have never seen a ghost or a UFO. But I have met an honest politician. Jim DeMint is one. And knowing Jim, and the abuse that he receives for living by his principles, I can vouch for the fact that they are very rare in the circles of real power. Most turn out like Jim Clyburn, who rides the lightning and will some day wind up being electrocuted by it. Others, like Ben Bernanke, run into the Peter Principle, and wind up being the pawns of the very powerful and very ruthless.

Not all bankers are bad. Not even most. Many, however, are self-deluding pitiable creatures, who pray that people will not find out what a real fraud their bank is. They are the ones who believe that paper has the same validity as things with real value, like diamonds or silver or oil. They are the ones who will "help" the market by moving it upward, trying to make the administration look good - fruitless endeavor. Sometimes it works. Sometimes it fails Look at any chart of the market volume for Tuesday and you will see their handiwork, moving the market up, only to have smart people sell into the rise.

Soon, a real sell-off will cause these "helpers" another billion dollar loss which "just can't be explained, except as bad decisions on our part," they'll grouse. I'm not even going to try to explain what happened to the so-called chinese curtain that's supposed to exist between the trading section and the banking section so that one can't influence the other. It's all legal, and it doesn't matter that it's unethical.

This story went online at 10:45pm Tuesday night. Today we get a "glitch" from a company that moves millions of shares of stock a day, serves eight of the ten biggest banks, and makes a market in over 680 different stocks. The SEC is investigating. Fox Business is reporting that there is a rumor the FBI is beginning to ask questions.