It seems that this week in Missouri a grand plan to destroy
this nation by bringing down President Obama was revealed. When a rodeo clown put on an Obama mask and
the announcer asked the crowd if they wanted to see Obama run over by a bull, (1) he was prematurely revealing a plan by racist
rodeo clowns to lure Obama to a State Fair Rodeo and have a bull run him
over. Fortunately, for the President
this plan was prematurely revealed and now there are calls for a full
investigation by the Attorney General and the Secret Service to determine the
extent of this plan. (2)
The Main Stream (aka Lame Stream) Media has completely blown
this incident out of proportion. Our nation
has a history since 1960 of making presidential masks. (3) Comedians often put on these masks as part of
their comedy routine. Quite often these
comedians actually support the candidate they are mocking. In this instance, a rodeo clown used an Obama
mask as part of his routine and I do not believe he had any racist intentions. It appears to me that we have totally lost
our ability as a nation to laugh at ourselves and have a good time. In fact, rodeo clowns using presidential
masks is not uncommon as we see in the following account from 1994
The big white gate flew open. The
bull came out bucking. The rider flopped from side to side and the bullfighters
held back, letting the bull make his moves until the rider dropped off.
Licciardello crouched in a heavily padded barrel, a human target should the
bull decide to charge. Hawkins waited near the barrel, holding his big inner
tube. A dummy with a George Bush mask stood beside the clown, propped up by a
broomstick. [...]
T.J. Hawkins rolled out the big
inner tube, and the bull lowered his head, shot forward and launched into the
tube, sending it bounding down the center of the arena. The crowd cheered. Then
the bull saw the George Bush dummy. He tore into it, sending the rubber mask
flying halfway across the sand as he turned toward the fence, sending cowboys
scrambling up the fence rails, hooking one with his horn and tossing him off
the fence. (4)
Then we have the Oprah story. You know the story where Oprah goes into a
shop in Switzerland and is treated rudely by a retail clerk. The cries of racism and even size bias were
heard throughout the media. (5) It is interesting to
note however that when a similar situation happened to another celebrity,
regarding being kicked out of the hotel lobby of the hotel he was staying in,
no cries of racism or bias were heard.
I am talking about the situation involving Jase Robertson of
Duck Dynasty who was recently thrown out of the hotel lobby of the hotel he was
staying in by an employee that mistook him as a homeless man. (6) Jase simply laughed off the situation claiming
he was “facially profiled.” At least
Jase has not lost his sense of humor and can still laugh at things without
having to make some political statement about how he was the victim of some
great plot designed to take away his liberties.
So why has the media created such a big uproar over the
incident s of the rodeo clown and Oprah?
I believe that the media is attempting to distract us from some serious
issues that are coming up when congress reconvenes after their August
recess.
The media is attempting to distract us from the fact that
the government will be running out of money on October 1 and that the
government will have to shut down unless they pass a continuing
resolution. Of course, if they would
just pass a budget we would not have to continually pass these continuing resolutions
but that is the topic of another post.
However, this continuing resolution does provide an opportunity for
conservatives to delay the implementation of Obamacare. (7)
The main entitlements of Obamacare are scheduled to take
effect on January 1, 2014. It is
estimated by the Congressional Budget Office that the cost of these
entitlements will be $48 billion in 2014 and grow to nearly $1.8 trillion
through 2023. (7) In addition, President Obama by executive
order has delayed implementation of the employer mandate until 2015. Some believe that with the delay in the
mandate until 2015 coupled with the rollout of the exchanges in 2014 will cause
many more people to enroll in the exchanges.
These exchanges are proving to be quite costly, and the states will incur
the cost of these exchanges. In essence,
we will only be shifting deficits from the federal budget to the states. (8) If politicians on both sides of the aisle are
truly interested in reducing the deficits, defunding the legislation is the
only viable option at this time.
The media is also attempting to distract us from the pending
fight in the House over the recently passed immigration reform/amnesty bill
passed in the Senate. (9) Both Republicans and Democrats like this
legislation because it creates a path to citizenship for those in our country
illegally and believe they will be able to register these new citizens to vote
with their party. (10) However, the truth is that these new citizens
are more likely to register Democrat then Republican, a fact Senator John
McCain, one of the supporters of the Senate Bill, conceded recently. (11) Passing this legislation will result in
Democrat Majorities in the House and Senate for many years as well as insuring
Democrat Presidential victories.
As political avengers, we must not allow ourselves to be
distracted by side issues such as a rodeo clown wearing an Obama mask or alleged
racism against Oprah Winfrey by a Swiss retail clerk. We must keep our eye on the ball for the
future of our nation is at stake.
In closing, I would like to promote a book that was released
this week. Mark Levin, The Great One as Rush
Limbaugh calls him, released his recent book “The Liberty Amendments” this week. The book is actually the third in the series
that includes “Liberty and Tyranny” and “Ameritopia.” Even though I have not had an opportunity to
read the latest book, I have read the previous two books in the series.
The first two books lay out the case for the belief that we
are currently living in a post-constitutional America. In this third book, Mark Levin lays out a
plan of action to save our Constitution by actually using a clause in article 5
of the Constitution. In essence, he
outlines a plan to save the constitution by using it. The book has surged to number one on Amazon,
and is causing quite a stir from both Democrats and Republicans.
From what I have heard from those that have read the book,
the plan bypasses the apparatus in Washington DC and uses state legislatures to
propose amendments to the Constitution. The
book proposes several amendments designed to stop the slide towards tyranny and
statism that our country is currently on and protect us from going down that
direction in the future.
I am providing a link on the right top portion of this blog
so you can join me in purchasing this book and working towards using our
Constitution to save our Constitution.
1. Wingerter, Justin. Clown Banned, Announcer
Resigns After State Fair Rodeo. stlouis.cbslocal.com. [Online] CBS St.
Louis, August 12, 2013. [Cited: August 15, 2013.] http://stlouis.cbslocal.com/2013/08/12/clown-banned-announcer-resigns-after-state-fair-rodeo/.
2. Breitbart News.
NAACP: DOJ, SECRET SERVICE SHOULD INVESTIGATE RODEO CLOWN. www.breitbart.com.
[Online] Breitbart News, August 13, 2013. [Cited: August 15, 2013.]
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/08/13/Missouri-NAACP-rodeo-clown.
3. Green, Amanda.
A Brief History of Political Halloween Masks (and What They Tell Us About the
Election). mentalfloss.com. [Online] Mental Floss, October 24, 2012.
[Cited: August 15, 2013.]
http://mentalfloss.com/article/12859/brief-history-political-halloween-masks-and-what-they-tell-us-about-election.
4. Christopher,
Tommy. You Would Not Believe How Common Rodeo Clown Mockery of Presidents
Is. www.mediaite.com. [Online] Mediaite, August 14, 2013. [Cited: August
15, 2013.]
http://www.mediaite.com/online/you-would-not-believe-how-common-rodeo-clown-mockery-of-presidents-is/.
5. Moore, Heidi.
Oprah faced not just fashion retail racism, but size bias too. www.theguardian.com.
[Online] The Guardian, August 9, 2013. [Cited: August 17, 2013.]
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/aug/09/oprah-fashion-retail-racism-size-bias.
6. Houston, CBS.
NYC Hotel Kicks Out ‘Duck Dynasty’ Star After Confusing Him For Homeless Man. houstoncbslocal.com.
[Online] CBS, August 15, 2013. [Cited: August 17, 2013.]
http://houston.cbslocal.com/2013/08/15/nyc-hotel-kicks-out-duck-dynasty-star-after-confusing-him-for-homeless-man/.
7. Erickson, Erick.
Defunding Obamacare: Questions & Answers, Excuses & Responses. www.redstate.com.
[Online] Red State, July 29, 2013. [Cited: August 17, 2013.]
http://www.redstate.com/2013/07/29/defunding-obamacare-questions-answers-excuses-responses/.
8. Roy, Avik.
White House To Delay Obamacare's Employer Mandate Until 2015; Far-Reaching
Implications For The Private Health Insurance Market. www.forbes.com. [Online]
Forbes, July 2, 2013. [Cited: August 17, 2013.]
http://www.forbes.com/sites/theapothecary/2013/07/02/white-house-to-delay-obamacares-employer-mandate-until-2015-far-reaching-implications-for-the-private-health-insurance-market/.
9. Boyle, Matthew.
SENATE PASSES AMNESTY BY VOTE OF 68-32, HOUSE REPUBLICANS EXPRESS 'CONCERNS'. www.breitbart.com.
[Online] Breitbart News, June 27, 2013. [Cited: June 28, 2013.]
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/06/27/Senate-passes-amnesty-68-32.
10. McKay, Tom.
2013 Immigration Reform: Republicans And Democrats Both Want a Path to
Citizenship. www.policymic.com. [Online] Policymic, February 2013. [Cited:
July 5, 2013.]
http://www.policymic.com/articles/24317/2013-immigration-reform-republicans-and-democrats-both-want-a-path-to-citizenship.
11. Lee, Tony.
MCCAIN CONCEDES IMMIGRATION REFORM BILL WON'T GAIN GOP 'A SINGLE HISPANIC
VOTER'. www.breitbart.com. [Online] Breitbart News, July 31, 2013.
[Cited: August 17, 2013.]
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/07/31/McCain-Concedes-Immigration-Reform-Bill-Won-t-Gain-GOP-a-Single-Hispanic-Voter.
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