The Complacenist Papers

I once thought that the American voter was savvy and politically aware, but the inevitable truth is; an enormous number of them have absolutely no idea what they are voting for come November. There's a large contingent of voters who base their opinion and understanding almost entirely on TV ads and past voting habits. As such, there will be millions of voters going to the polls to vote for a D or an R, a black man or a woman, against a Muslim or against Bush (again), without having read a single pamphlet, flyer, book or anything detailing what the candidate is for.

Also, half of the country just won't make it to the polls at all. These are the folks that just don't care. So, for groups one and two I've taken it upon myself to create a new party. They shall now be known as the complacenists. The preamble shall be;

We the people of the Complacenist Party have decided that societies of men are incapable of establishing good government from reflection and choice, that we are forever destined to depend, for our own political constitutions, on accident and force.

Membership is easy and one or more of the following criteria have to be met:

1.If you've ever been pissed because your favorite tv show was preempted by a presidential speech.

2. If the only voting you've ever done involves a phone and an 888 number.

3. The only judges you can think of are either Judy, Roy, Simon, Randy or Paula.

4. The last magazine article you read was from US or People.

5. You have no idea where CNN, MSNBC, or Fox News are on your channel lineup.

6. There is nothing on regular TV on Sunday Mornings from 10 until 12.

7. You have no idea what CSpan is.

8. You use the Internet primarily for shopping, catching up on tv shows or porn.

9. You think the president controls the price of gas.

10. You have no idea who your representatives are.

11. You didn't know there was a state senate.

12. You don't know what states Obama and McCain actually represent.

13. You hurriedly file your taxes so you can get a refund with no regard to what you actually paid.

14. You think the Constitution specifically mentions abortion.

15. You would rather watch a rerun of American Chopper than the local news.

16. You only get the Sunday paper for the coupons.

If you meet any of these criteria, then I advise you to join. Enrollment in the complacenist party can only be done one way; by not voting this November. Your non-vote will send a message to Washington that you won't be just another ignorant voter... you'll just be ignorant.

When Snakes Attack!!

Call Discovery...Call Animal Planet!!

Found this danger to mankind lurking in the garage waiting to sink its teeth into an unsuspecting victim. It wasn't pretty but after much trepidation, we were able to corner the beast and remove it from the garage. I thought I was going to have to call animal control.

You can really get the idea of the size of the beast from the below.

Patriot Day

On this the 7th anniversary of "9/11", we celebrate, with pride, what it means to be American. We will not forget those who have lost their lives, and we salute those who even now stand in harm’s way fighting for the ideals of freedom and democracy upon which this nation is founded.

May this day forever us remind that we came together as one to fight an attack on our soil, to save our citizens, and protect our country!

On this Patriot Day, I hope you are as inspired as I by the words of our sixth president John Quincy Adams:

“And now, friends and countrymen, if the wise and learned philosophers of the elder world, the first observers of nutation and aberration, the discoverers of maddening ether and invisible planets, the inventors of Congreve rockets and Shrapnel shells, should find their hearts disposed to enquire what has America done for the benefit of mankind? Let our answer be this: America, with the same voice which spoke herself into existence as a nation, proclaimed to mankind the inextinguishable rights of human nature, and the only lawful foundations of government. America, in the assembly of nations, since her admission among them, has invariably, though often fruitlessly, held forth to them the hand of honest friendship, of equal freedom, of generous reciprocity. She has uniformly spoken among them, though often to heedless and often to disdainful ears, the language of equal liberty, of equal justice, and of equal rights. She has, in the lapse of nearly half a century, without a single exception, respected the independence of other nations while asserting and maintaining her own. She has abstained from interference in the concerns of others, even when conflict has been for principles to which she clings, as to the last vital drop that visits the heart. She has seen that probably for centuries to come, all the contests of that Aceldama the European world, will be contests of inveterate power, and emerging right. Wherever the standard of freedom and Independence has been or shall be unfurled, there will her heart, her benedictions and her prayers be.

But she goes not abroad, in search of monsters to destroy. She is the well-wisher to the freedom and independence of all. She is the champion and vindicator only of her own. She will commend the general cause by the countenance of her voice, and the benignant sympathy of her example. She well knows that by once enlisting under other banners than her own, were they even the banners of foreign independence; she would involve herself beyond the power of extrication, in all the wars of interest and intrigue, of individual avarice, envy, and ambition, which assume the colors and usurp the standard of freedom. The fundamental maxims of her policy would insensibly change from liberty to force.... She might become the dictatress of the world. She would be no longer the ruler of her own spirit.... America's glory is not dominion, but liberty. Her march is the march of the mind. She has a spear and a shield: but the motto upon her shield is, Freedom, Independence, Peace. This has been her Declaration: this has been, as far as her necessary intercourse with the rest of mankind would permit, her practice”

God Bless America

Diversity

The other day the Post ran a story about the lack of diversity in the Republican Party. The question they so conveniently chose to ignore was; is diversity a reflection of the party or a reflection of minorities? I tend to believe its the latter.

The truth is the Republican Party opens their arms to all minorities. This is a reality based in fact that literally smacks the left in the face and they choose to ignore said fact over and over. If the Republican Party was not open to minorities why then are Condoleeza Rice, Clarence Thomas, Michael Steele, Alan Keyes, J. C Watts, Colin Powell and Thomas Sowell (one of the greatest republican columnists) active members? These are just the ones I can name off the top of my head. I challenge any democrat to do the same.

Its actually sickening the way the left treats republican minorities. In brief (because there are actually far more attacks than I care to discuss), they called Condoleeza Rice an Aunt Jemima, the farcical attack on Clarence Thomas and the most recent was when Michael Steele had oreos thrown at him at a debate for Md State Senate. Who, by the way, lost to a crotchety old white guy democrat.

The fact is we have minorities in the republican party, its just we give them positions of power to gain experience. You see, we give the most qualified candidates the job whether its a supreme court justice or secretary of state or Lieutenant Governor. The democrats have fallen for the cult of personality and nominated an inexperienced Senator who spent his short time in Congress not doing the work of the people who elected him but seemed to spend his time running for president.

The only way Obama should be in the White House is if McCain invites him over for dinner.