Archive for May, 2010
ACTION ITEM: Republicans should push to replace Andrew Jackson with Martin Luther King Jr. on the $20 bill
If Republicans pushed for this change, it would cripple the Democrat Party in the end.
In the mid-90s, there was a great show on FOX called “Sliders”, in which a band of adventurers “slid” through parallel dimensions, where history turned out differently, using a suped-up remote control. In some worlds, the British won the Revolutionary War, and the royal family lived in a palace in Cleveland. In another, Egypt conquered Rome and pharaohs built their pyramids in San Francisco in the 20th Century. Same Earth, same date, different circumstances.
A bit of Sliders lives on in the current CBS series “Fringe”, which dabbles in the multiverse on occasion. Sometimes it’s an X-Files creature of the week clone, with a little CSI and police procedural shows tossed in too, but during the season finale the show played out mainly on “the other side”, where Andrew Jackson was never president, and Martin Luther King Jr. appeared on the $20 bill.
People, in the vernacular, referred to these bills as “Juniors”. When someone brought a “Jackson” over from our world to theirs, police examined our bill by comparing it to a “Junior”, and marveled at the care that went into creating such a perfect counterfeit.
When we saw this scene, all we could think of was how brilliant a strategic move it would be for Republicans to push for Martin Luther King Jr. to replace Jackson on the $20.
This would achieve a number of things, long term, if Republicans had foresight to see the many benefits (which, we know, is like wishing we were in another dimension where Republicans took chances, planned ahead, and devoted any time at all to strategy that would cripple the Left and divide its voting coalition).
(1) Since the DNC and Lamestream media created the Obama cult of personality, Dr. King’s legacy has been shunted to the side. Honoring Dr. King with the $20 would do much to reclaim that focus. It would take some of that spotlight away from Obama, and focus it on a man who was much more deserving of attention and honors. The Norwegians awarded Obama the Nobel Prize for being awesome. Dr. King’s legacy surely warrants another honor, if the bar has been lowered for recognition to such an extent that Obama’s receiving Nobel Prizes with no accomplishments to justify them.
(2) The Socialist-Democrat Party depends on lockstep, unthinking, blind black voting. Dr. King was a Republican. Many in the black community don’t know that. The Republican Party should push to honor one of its own by loudly calling for Dr. King to be honored on the $20. If Democrats try to block this, or impede it in any way, it’s politically damaging to them. The black community is told day in and day out that Republicans are evil, and the Left tells the black community that anyone who does not agree with Liberals is RAAACIST. So, Republicans should think of creative ways to shake that paradigm up. It would be very hard to argue against giving Dr. King this honor…especially if the idea started in conservative circles. Who would be the bad guys then?
(3) There’s no valid argument anymore for refusing to update our currency, since new versions of our bills are seemingly created every few years anyway, with the claim that there are increasingly new and vital security measures that render old bills obsolete. A new round of $100s is due to be unveiled soon. Why not seize this opportunity to make the switch to Dr. King now, before the new $20s are rolled out?
(4) The $50 bill should honor Ronald Reagan. President Grant has had a long and comfortable stay on that bill, but America is not a stagnant nation mired in the past. We are vital and forward moving, and leaders from the 20th Century, such as Dr. King and President Reagan, should be included in the ongoing redesigns of our currency to illustrate the fact that America’s best days have never been in its past. We believe Dr. King would be the precedent that would allow Reagan to follow very soon after. And we’d love to have Eleanor Roosevelt put onto the $100. Alexander Hamilton, Benjamin Franklin, and other non-presidents who have appeared on our currency through the years already serve as precedent for Dr. King and Mrs. Roosevelt to be honored with appearances on our bills.
(5) Going into the 2012 Election, having the public rediscover Dr. King would be an immense boon to Republicans, as a renewed focus on his legacy would truly put Obama and his Golden Age of Hope and Change into clear focus. Obama promised he would change the way Washington works, but didn’t. Obama promised he would unite the country, but didn’t. Obama promised he would lower the oceans and “fix (our) broken souls”, but didn’t. Obama promised everyone jobs, a revived economy, and a rainbow of other marvelous changes towed to all of us by teams of gallant unicorns. The Lamestream Media still proclaims Obama to be the greatest orator they’ve ever encountered…but his TelePrompTer performances are not in the same league as Dr. King’s unforgettable speeches and sermons. If people are reminded of just how great a man like Dr. King was, then they will debate whether or not the current president lives up to his own hype, and how great that hype even is when those who came before him were so much better than anything the media hoped to make Obama into.
(6) Putting Dr. King on our currency would also permanently remove another “first” Obama no doubt dreams of owning — being the first black person to appear on United States currency. Give this honor to a deserving man, like Dr. King. Give it to a deserving woman, like Harriet Tubman or Sojourner Truth. Do not let Obama have this “first” some day in the far future because no effort was ever made to give it to someone whose lifetime of accomplishments calls out for such an honor.
We don’t think Republicans can in our lifetimes win more than a small percentage of the black vote, no more than they could ever win a tiny fraction of the gay vote. Blacks and gays keep drinking the Democrats’ Kool-Aid, believing the lies the DNC tells them, and voting blindly however Democrats tell them to vote.
BUT, things like this Action Item could help muddle things a bit, and could make blacks start to question WHY they are blindly loyal to Democrats. What have Democrats ever really done for them, except keeping them in the situation the black community is in, which is the ideal condition for Democrats to control them and make them forever dependent on Democrats’ welfare programs.
If Republicans can make it harder for Democrats to paint them as the evil villains in every script they send out into the black community, then a window opens for blacks to apprise the political situation for themselves, and start to wonder WHY they’ve been pulling that same D-lever their whole lives, without getting much of anything in return, and things never getting any better in places like Chicago’s Southside.
Anytime the Left is forced to devote time and energy, and commit resources, towards shoring up the Democrats’ blind-voting racial blocs, the less focus the Left is able to muster for all the crazy things it’s been pushing in this Golden Age of Hope and Change.
Class vs. Crass: A History of American First Spouses, from Martha Washington to Michelle Obama and Beyond — Episode 13: Todd Palin
H/t Chrissy the Hyphenated
Todd Palin served as the unprecedented and historic first First Gentleman of the state of Alaska.
In January of 2013, he will become the unprecedented and historic first First Gentleman of the United States of America. Our first FGOTUS.
But, he’ll probably just call himself “First Dude”, like always.
And we’ll continue to call him a stone-cold-fox and America’s sexiest and most awesome grandpa.
Michelle Obama will be living in Honolulu, Hawaii in 2013 — no doubt with her mother, Mrs. Robinson, who will probably still be forced to work for her daughter, doing all the things she doesn’t want to do. If you think Michelle Obama behaves badly now, when she has everything her heart ever dreamed of…just imagine what she’ll be like in 2012 and beyond, once her husband is defeated and her family’s evicted from the People’s House.
Which First Spouse should Chrissy the Hyphenated illustrate for Class vs. Crass next?
Wednesday Open Thread: May 26th, 2010
What’s on your minds today?
What are people talking about in your part of the country?
Question: Why won't the most "transparent and open", unicorn-stuffed administration in history answer questions about the bribe offered to Joe Sestak to drop out of the Pennsylvania Democrat primary?
Chime in with your theories on what’s going on here, but Robert Gibbs sweats profusely whenever the media asks a question about the bribe the White House offered Joe Sestak to drop out of the Pennsylvania primary so that Arlen Specter could have won the Democrat nomination.
Gibbs flat out refuses to answer these questions. If Saturday Night Live really did its job, they’d lampoon this by having Gibbs start reading favorite family recipes instead of talking about what he was asked. ”Why did the White House offer Sestak that bribe?”. ”Uh, here’s Aunt Sally’s pound cake recipe. First, you need some butter, then…”
It really is that bad.
Our gut feeling is this business has legs, if Republicans can find a way to make the general public aware of it.
We think Rahm Emanuel is behind the bribe. It’s the sort of thing Emanuel does, when he’s not screaming nude at someone in a gang shower, or doodling “Rahm Beiber” in his notebooks in the bulbous empty space inside large, swooping hearts.
This is the sort of job-offer-for-quitting-something that happens every day here in Chicago. Chicago went to Washington January 20th, 2009 to make things extra hopeychangey, so if pressure is really put as to who dreamed up and offered this bribe — which appears to be a federal crime — it could very well land Emanuel in an orange jumpsuit.
While, knowing him, he’d love the accommodations and adventures that come with it, that color’s still a bitch to accessorize.
Even for someone as talented as the current White House Chief of Staff.
QUESTION: What were some great things Todd Palin did as First Gentleman of Alaska?
We need you to put on your research caps and find us some good facts and links to articles about Todd Palin’s tenure as First Gentleman of Alaska. It’s not much of a stretch for you to figure out what project we need this for.
We’d also love your very best pictures of Todd. Please put them in this thread as links…and Chrissy the Hyphenated will have a great time using them in a nice surprise for Friday.
You betcha.
Tuesday Open Thread: May 25th, 2010
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What’s on your minds this Tuesday?
What are people talking about in your part of the country?
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Question: What do you know about Alan West?
We keep hearing really great things about Alan West…and want to learn more about him.
Can you tell us what you know about him and if you think he’s destined for higher national office? He’s running for Congress now, but there’s an electricity surrounding him that’s much bigger than becoming one of 435 representatives.
We also can’t read enough about Michael Williams in Texas, either.
Do you think either West or Williams could end up as Palin’s VP in 2012?
What think you?
It's official, people. Sarah Palin is the Slayer. The rest of us need to be her hard-working Scoobies.
H/t Mizz Jodee
One woman, in every generation, to stand against the thugs, bullies, and all who want to do this nation harm.
One woman, with courage, conviction, and strength to every day take down the Left, beat them at their own game, and rally behind others the Left is attacking.
Sarah Heath Palin…the Slayer…is throwing her Facebook Ninja Stars again…this time at those attacking Nikki Haley in South Carolina.
Behold the might of a Momma Grizzly roaring back at the Left.
Now, can you ever in your lives imagine Romney, Pawlenty, Daniels, or anyone else in the cucumbers-and-mayonnaise-guild being as forceful or effective as this?
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UPDATE: When you read this latest Ninja Throwing Star, you can clearly see why we like Palin so much, on a personal as well as policy level.
First off, she talks like us.
She does not mince words and goes for the throat, which we love.
She really hammers the idiotic media, and she takes the fight right to the Left.
She does NOT play the usual Republican game of sitting around quietly, twiddling thumbs, and “ignoring all this” so they can “take the high road”.
The Left and the media, together, long ago taught Republicans to be battered housewives that take punch after punch without complaint, forever afraid to stand up and fight back because they DESPERATELY yearn for media love and affection, and have been told that will never come if they ever “don’t take the high road” and speak up.
Well, Palin’s in the kitchen now, folks, and she’s cooking with gas. When the media hits her or someone she supports, Palin grabs the nearest skillet and she starts whacking those responsible upside the head. This is Pioneer Feminism, and sign us up for as much of it as we can possibly get.
Republicans should have been behaving like this for the last 30 years.
What were Muslims doing breaking into Heinz Field in Pittsburgh?
Three agents of The Religion of Peace were apprehended breaking into Heinz Field in Pittsburgh. They claim they were looking for a lost wallet.
The catch: no games have been played in Heinz Field since December.
It’s now May.
The stadium has a customer service/guest affairs/security/lost-and-found department that’s probably open every weekday during business hours. These Muslims could have contacted someone about a lost wallet at any time. Without having to break into the stadium to look for it themselves.
The Pittsburgh Post Gazette reports those apprehended as:
(1) Shazad Hosi Mehta (28) — Elmhurst, IL
(2) Adil A. Minocherhomjee (22) — La Jolla, CA
(3) Neville Noshir Medhora (27) — Austin, TX
As noted in the HotAir piece linked above, it’s just so strange three men from states so far apart would converge upon Heinz Field early one weekend morning, climb a fence, sneak into the stadium…FOR WHAT?
What were they up to?
Are Muslims doing this at other stadiums across the country too?
We’ve always been surprised, actually, that The Religion of Peace has never attempted to take out a major sporting event, Tom Clancy-style. Maybe they have, but the FBI, NSA, and others have stopped them. For every 9/11, we know there are dozens of attacks Islam has attempted, but failed to execute because of the work of our intelligence and police agencies.
Scary, scary, stuff.
Democrats are going down coast to coast — just watch Patrick Murphy worm and squirm in Pennsylvania
Patrick Murphy in Pennsylvania sure looks like toast to us.
We hope constituents confront every single Democrat out there like this — make them all justify what this administration has been doing to the country. Make them all account for the massive, wasteful spending and generational theft. Make them all go on record defending the hubris and incompetence of The Golden Age of Hope and Change.
Make them all look foolish.
