Sarah Palin had this to say about John Murtha on her Facebook:
Todd and I would like to express our condolences to the Murtha family on the passing of Rep. John Murtha. Rep. Murtha served his country honorably as a Marine in Vietnam and later became the first Vietnam veteran elected to the House of Representatives. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family. Semper Fidelis. – Sarah Palin
Setting all politics aside it’s never enjoyable to lose a human being and certainly not one that you love and is a friend or loved one. God Bless all those affected by this man’s death and may God bring Peace, Love and Joy to his family directly as they grieve their loss.
The idea for the “show,” which launches Monday, was inspired, of all things, by Barack Obama’s commencement address at Notre Dame University last year. When the president said he wanted “to find ways to communicate about a workable solution to the problem of unintended pregnancies,” executive producer Dominic Iocco conceived “Bump.”
Kathleen Parker goes on to say this towards the end of her article about this new online reality TV show:
We’re not supposed to judge anyone, of course, but to feel their pain and offer thoughts. Regardless of one’s position on abortion, one thought is inescapable: The babies deserve better. Perhaps there will be an adoption sequel?
At this point, the stories are only partly sketched and will be fleshed out based on what Internet denizens proffer. In the end, self-selecting strangers will become as a thousand Caesars, offering a thumbs up or down on the unborn. That some might struggle with their decision on behalf of the voiceless is some consolation. Otherwise, even in the faux world of a not-quite reality show, presenting such a profoundly personal and literally life-altering conflict as interactive entertainment is disturbing and slightly creepy.
In a nutshell each pregnancy scenario gets played out on this online “game show” and the people watching and participating will decide whether or not the baby should be aborted based on the circumstances and situation of the parents.
How is any of this fair for the unborn baby should a portion of the audience decide that they get a thumbs down? Don’t they realize that it’s not fair for the baby? Don’t they realize that the baby would want to live? Doesn’t the baby get to participate in the game show? Obviously they can’t because they can’t speak up or out from the inside of their mother’s womb.
I believe it is sad that it has come down to the creation of a “game show” on whether or not there should be an abortion. It’s so sad to me that it seems like nobody has any reverence for the miracles that God has created in His image. Now some random stranger gets to decide if these unborn babies will live or die. I don’t care if the pregnancies are real or not. It’s not right.
For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place. When I was woven together in the depths of the earth, your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be. Psalm 139:13-16
Wouldn’t it be nice if everyone chose life and allowed God to be our judge and jury instead of people off the street playing in an online game show about abortion?
RUSH: I penned a message to Obama that I would like to deliver now. Because Mr. Obama, I think it’s time we had a heart-to-heart talk. Let me be the father that you never had or never really knew, because I think you need some guidance. It’s time to man up. It’s time to grow up. That speech last night was an embarrassment. You couldn’t focus, you lashed out in all directions, you refused to accept responsibility for your own actions, and you were angry.
And he was, folks! He was mad. Being president is a big job. It’s a big responsibility. You wanted the position, Barack. You campaigned for it. You told the public to trust you with it, and they elected you — and you’re now president of the greatest country mankind has ever known, and yet you act like this was all coming to you, like you deserve it, that you’re better than the people you are supposed to serve and that you have no tolerance for debate or dissent. That’s not the way it works as president, Barack. We have a Constitution, we have checks and balances, we have separation of powers, we have states — and most of all, we have the people. You don’t get to impose your programs and policies on the nation and the people without our consent.
This is a representative republic, not a banana republic, and let me remind you: Karl Marx and Saul Alinsky are not our Founding Fathers. This is a nation built on individuality, built on liberty, free markets, and faith. Yet you, Barack, demand fidelity to a different belief system: A system that crushes individual initiative and free will. The president does not berate Supreme Court justices who are guests of the Congress and who have no ability to respond to your attacks. You’ve made such a mess of things, Barack, and it’s time to stop deluding yourself. It’s time to stop blaming others. You are delusional. You are delirious. It’s time for you to assume the responsibilities of a president rather than pretending to be one.
You’ve driven the nation’s debt over the edge. It is your responsibility to fix it now. Otherwise, our young people will have no future. You were wrong to grant terrorists constitutional rights. Even the libs in New York don’t want the trial there now! You, Mr. President, are endangering the security of this nation. Now fix it! Reverse course, and end the terrorists — all of them — back to Guantanamo Bay, where they belong. You are wrong to nationalize one industry after another from automobiles to banks. You are destroying competition and jobs. You need to stop what you were doing before millions of more families go broke from your misguided policies. It’s not too late to stop this. I know you’re not going to stop it because last night you said you don’t quit, and I know what you mean.
You’re gonna keep plugging for the same agenda, which is going to destroy this country even more — which makes me think, Barack, that’s your objective. You know, Barack, unlike most presidents you’re dealing with a Congress that has super majorities in both houses, fellow Democrats. It amazes me that with all the talk about your ability to persuade and communicate, that you can’t even hold your own party members together anymore. Is that Bush’s fault, too? Is it is fault of the banks and the insurance companies and the lobbyists that you can’t keep your own Democrat Party unified — or is it a problem with your leadership, Barack, or lack of leadership? It’s the latter, Mr. President. I’ll tell you, you are not a leader. You are an agitator and an organizer, and a process guy, but you are not a leader. It is you who are doing something wrong.
The people in Virginia don’t like it. The people in New Jersey don’t like it. The people in Massachusetts don’t like it. The people in Massachusetts and all over the country have the ability to inform themselves outside of your sycophant press corps, and they are doing so. Members of your own governing majority don’t like what you are doing. I mean, this calls for some self-reflection and some circumspection. Has it occurred to you, Mr. President, even once that you’re not as cool as you think you are? Has it occurred to you that you are screwing up? And if it has, are you happy about that? Has it occurred to you that you have a great deal to learn and that you need to take your own measure, or are you Mr. Perfect? Are you God-sent?
Are you The One that you’ve been waiting for? See, I have a little concern there may be a psychological issue at play here. I don’t say this to demean you, Barack. I say it because I’m concerned. I mean, Tom Daschle was always “concerned” and I like the word. I’m concerned. You seem to have a whole lot of enemies, at least in your own mind. A partial list would include Fox News, insurance companies, banks, oil companies, the “special interests,” the Supreme Court, Republicans, talk show hosts, executives, anyone or any business that earns over $250,000 a year, mortgage companies, credit card companies — and the list goes on and on and on. You have the longest enemies list of anybody I’ve ever known.
These people are not your enemies, though, Barack. They are Americans. They are part of this country. They are part of what makes the nation work. You are not. You have nothing to do, and have had nothing to do, with this nation’s greatness. You can’t lay claim to greatness on any scale, not even rhetorical. But you have no direct relationship to the greatness of this country. You are damaging the possibility of further greatness. Nevertheless, like a bully, you continue to threaten all of these people. The Supreme Court, Big Oil, Big Pharmaceutical, Big Retail, talk show hosts, Fox News, the list goes on. You threaten anybody who does not agree with you. You try to intimidate them. You smear them. Your sycophantic media goes right along and carries your water. But this is not what presidents do.
You’re supposed to lead not by threatening people but by encouraging them, by embracing them, by thanking them, by inspiring them. Most of all you don’t seem to appreciate the magnificence of this nation! I know you don’t. The way you’ve been educated about this country it’s painfully obvious. You think this country is guilty, period. Guilty and unjust. You seem to think this country needs to be torn down so you can rebuild it. But you were elected to be president, not some kind of dictator. You must operate within the confines of the Constitution. You are not bigger than the law, and you are not bigger than the people. You were elected to serve the people, not dictate to them. Anyway, I’m sure this little lecture will not do you much good, particularly given the spectacle of your speech last night. You really are full of yourself. But I truly hope that this little talk does do you some good down the way, because something is going to have to change in you or we are doomed for at least the next three years.
Maybe Sarah Palin could call on the Alaskan Glaciers to put out the fire. Barack Obama complaining about where the deficit came from and not really doing anything about it is like me complaining about the neighbor’s dogs pooping in my yard. If I never get out there to clean up the poop I will wind up with a yard full of poop. Obama is squandering his inheritance. The more he continues to complain and spend the more I loathe that he lives in the white house.
What a joke of a speech night before last! He was all over the friggin’ place. It was the most contradictory speech I have ever heard. The Audacity of Hopelessness. He says he’s going to freeze government spending, something he said he would never do, but he’s only going to freeze it starting next year so that he can spend a couple more trillion. Disgusting.
His transparency for the American People is working out well. He is so transparent that we are seeing exactly what he is doing and what he is made of. He will not be re-elected as President of the United States. He is the biggest liar out of all the liars in politics. (That’s not to say all politicians lie because many do not.) I don’t think he knows what he is doing – AT ALL. I honestly didn’t think it was going to be quite THIS bad. Did You?
President Barack Obama delivers his State of the Union address on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010. (AP Photo/Tim Sloan, Pool) (Tim Sloan – AP)
When you inherit something what do you do with it? Do you sit and stare at it? Do you complain about it? Or do you take your inheritance and do something about it?
Barack Obama quit your complaining about George Bush and make your words correspond with your actions! Stop Spending out the WAZOO! Why are we waiting until next year to cut spending?
Transparency, Lobbyists, and Earmarks. He talks about those things but behind closed doors he does the exact opposite of what he said was wrong with this country!
Where is my C-Span coverage!? Uh Hello!? Bribes, Wheeling, and Dealing… I’m so tired of hearing about the Cornhusker Kickback! When I think of the Cornhuskers I think of college football. How embarrassing for Nebraska!
That’s only part of what bugged me about his speech. I’d actually like to hear from you. What did you think of the President’s State of the Union Speech?
President Obama on Saturday promised to fight a Supreme Court decision easing limits on political donations by corporations and unions, saying he couldn’t “think of anything more devastating to the public interest.”
In its 5-4 decision this week, the high court overturned two decisions and threw out parts of a 63-year-old law that said companies and unions can be prohibited from using their own money to produce and run campaign ads that urge the election or defeat of particular candidates by name.
The case involved a film by conservative group Citizens United, which criticized then-presidential candidate Hillary Clinton during the 2008 Democratic presidential primary campaign.
Supporters called the decision a big win for free speech.
But in his weekly radio and Internet message Obama said it was unacceptable.
“This ruling opens the floodgates for an unlimited amount of special interest money into our democracy,” the president said. “It gives the special interest lobbyists new leverage to spend millions on advertising to persuade elected officials to vote their way — or to punish those who don’t.”
Obama said that means public servants who stand up to Wall Street banks, oil companies, health insurers and other powerful interests could find themselves under attack when election time rolls around.
“The last thing we need to do is hand more influence to the lobbyists in Washington or more power to the special interests to tip the outcome of elections,” he said.
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell disagreed, calling the ruling a “monumental decision” that restores First Amendment rights to those who want to “express themselves about political candidates.”
“Our democracy depends upon free speech, not just for some but for all,” he said in a statement.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, AFL-CIO, National Rifle Association and other groups also sided with Citizens United in calling for a loosening of restrictions.
“This is a victory for Citizens United, but even more so for the First Amendment rights of all Americans,” said Citizens United President David Bossie. “The fault line on this issue does not split liberals and conservatives or Republicans and Democrats. Instead, it pits entrenched establishment politicians against the very people whom they are elected to serve.”
The court issued its ruling just as crucial midterm election campaigns are getting under way and as Obama’s Democratic Party feels the pressure from a string of losses in New Jersey, Virginia and in Massachusetts, where this week Republican Scott Brown came from behind to win a Senate seat Democrats had held for decades.
Obama said the decision will make it harder to enact financial reforms, close tax loopholes, promote energy independence and protect patients from insurance company abuses — key elements of his domestic agenda.
“We don’t need to give any more voice to the powerful interests that already drown out the voices of everyday Americans,” he said. “And we don’t intend to.”
He said he has instructed his administration to work with Congress to “fight for the American people” and develop a “forceful bipartisan response” to the decision.
“It will be a priority for us until we repair the damage that has been done,” Obama said.
Barack Obama has absolutely NO IDEA what he is talking about. If it isn’t crystal clear to you that he has his priorities all mixed up.. then by now it should be.
This is the show my husband and I enjoy watching at the end of the day when we are looking for something fun that we know will make us laugh. Keith Olbermann is horrible isn’t he? He is considered “newsworthy” to many and I am repulsed by that. I can not stomach Keith Olbermann or Chris Matthews. Chris Matthews will not even let anybody he interviews get a word in. Jon Stewart putting Keith Olbermann in his place through his comedy made me laugh, it was funny, and I felt vindicated! I Laughed my butt off!
