Archive for June, 2011
Message from the Admin
I don’t usually post to HillBuzz, preferring to keep my support to the backend, but since my inbox is now filling up with over a dozen reported comments and things are starting to get out of hand, I feel the need to come out here and say something…
HillBuzz was not sold, it remains the property of Kevin DuJan to do with as he wishes. The people maintaining the site right now are personal friends of his that have met him in that crazy place called “The Real World” and helped him build this new site from the ground up using all of his old content. This includes yours truly, who designed the whole thing (including the new logo and Action Bees) and donated nearly $5,000 worth of time to get this site off the ground (which I was glad to do) without an expectation of a return on investment. I considered it my “Action Item” and my way of being able to contribute to the political process by “getting off the couch and doing something.”
Unfortunately, due to personal, health, or other reasons, Kevin has not been back here to check the site, or been in touch with any of us, for quite some time. We do worry about him often, and continue to keep him in our thoughts and welcome him back with open arms if he returns. But this happened rather abruptly, with not a lot of preparation for us as to what we should do about HillBuzz, after having just finished building a full-featured site for him with very expensive hosting requirements (which used to be free on WordPress.com). So, we’ve tried to keep the site alive as best as we can, so there is still a place for all of you to come to read, talk, and contribute, and so the community that had been built would not die. This is at personal expense to us (like, real dollars, writing checks for high-end hosting) as well as a lot of time where we could be actually earning money.
We weren’t expecting any of this to happen, and we were hoping that Kevin would come back soon and we would be able to go back to normal. While I am sure he will be back, in the meantime we are doing the best we can with limited resources, and even more limited experience in actually running a political blog in my case (I’m a developer and a designer, not a pundit).
Also I just want to clarify- we only have two or three SuperAdministrators on this site, Kevin (obviously) and myself (as the person who built and fixes it) are on that list. We also have many other people who are Contributors- they can write or edit their own posts, but have no other administrative abilities such as comment moderation or the ability to tweak anything on the backend.
So, the conspiracy theories can stop. There’s no sense in dividing factions here- if you don’t like what is being covered or think you can do better, please send in a ground report or guest blog post! We’d love to be able to feature a more wide variety of topics, provided they fit with the rules governing the site and the commenting (which Kevin wrote himself).
Know Thy Enemy
Islam in America
Islam...overseas
I have a very dear friend who was wounded while on patrol in Iraq back in 2008. His armored vehicle hit an IED and he was blown out of the hatch. He suffered a traumatic brain injury and now suffers from PTSD (among other things). Seeing what he and all of our wounded warriors have gone through (and continue to go through) really fills my heart with hate….hate for radical Islam and all the insanity surrounding this demonic culture. They are the enemy…period. They are the enemy of all that is good. They are the enemy of God. This war on terror that we are fighting can be summed up in one phrase…Good vs. Evil.
My friend posted something on his Facebook page last night that actually prompted me to get up on my soapbox and write this post.
He wrote…
My God will kick your God’s ass.
Awesome.
Moderator’s Note: Commenting Rules and Civility
Several Hillbuzz readers have alerted me to a developing flame war between a couple of long-time commentors. I apologize to the readers of Hillbuzz for not jumping on this developing flame war sooner, but I have been incredibly sick this week and not able to post.
One of the commenting rules is “be good to each other.” Personal insults WILL NOT BE TOLERATED. There are plenty of cesspools on the Interwebs where pro-America people like the readers of Hillbuzz can go to be degraded, maligned and insulted. (If I’m not mistaken, I believe that’s in the mission statement over at the Daily Kos.)
One of the wonderful things about Hillbuzz is the fact that it’s a safe place for Pro-America people from across the political spectrum to come together and interact, learn, support each other and work together to defeat Obama and the socialists bent on destroying our great Nation.
Flame wars WILL NOT BE TOLERATED. This is the only warning anyone will receive. If the Moderators don’t like the tone or content of your comments, they WILL be deleted.
If you like Hillbuzz, and interacting with other Pro-America readers, then hang out and enjoy yourself. Contribute your opinions. Share links and stories you think are important. Advocate for your favorite Non-Obama candidate. Share photos of Michelle Antoinette’s latest Klingon Belt ensemble.
Just be respectful and polite when you do it.
If Hillbuzz is not your cup of tea, the Interwebs are full of other sites that would welcome you.
If you see a comment that is in violation of the Commenting Rules, please click on the “Report” link under the comment so the moderators will be alerted.
And now, my 101 degree fever and I are going back to bed.
Saturday Open Thread: June 18th, 2011
Today in History: June 18th
1940 – “Finest Hour” speech by Winston Churchill.
1965 – Vietnam War: The United States uses B-52 bombers to attack National Liberation Front guerrilla fighters in South Vietnam.
1979 – SALT II is signed by the United States and the Soviet Union
1983 – Space Shuttle program: STS-7, Astronaut Sally Ride becomes the first American woman in space.
1996 – Ted Kaczynski, suspected of being the Unabomber, is indicted on ten criminal counts.
So…what’s on your minds this Saturday?
What are people talking about in your part of the world?
Friday Open Thread: June 17th, 2011
Perhaps Anthony Weiner should wear a "Bell of Shame"
Sorry….I couldn’t resist the silly picture. It’s Friday and it’s been a long week.
What’s on your minds today?
Michelle Bachmann is getting a lot of press. I bet it’s making Mitt nervous.
What are people talking about in your part of the world?
Thursday Open Thread: June 16th, 2011
Today in History: June 16th
1903 – The Ford Motor Company is incorporated
1911– IBM founded as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company in Endicott, New York.
1977 – Oracle Corporation is incorporated in Redwood Shores, California, as Software Development Laboratories (SDL) by Larry Ellison, Bob Miner and Ed Oates.
2000 – Israel complies with UN Security Council Resolution 425 after 22 years of it issuance, which calls on Israel to completely withdraw from Lebanon. Israel withdraws from all of Lebanon, except the disputed Sheba Farms.
So…what’s on your minds this Thursday?
What are people talking about in your part of the world?
Wednesday Open Thread: June 15th, 2011
Today in History: June 15th
1916 – U.S. President Woodrow Wilson signs a bill incorporating the Boy Scouts of America, making them the only American youth organization with a federal charter.
1934 – The U.S. Great Smoky Mountains National Park is founded.
1978 – King Hussein of Jordan marries American Lisa Halaby, who takes the name Queen Noor.
1994 – Israel and Vatican City establish full diplomatic relations.
2002 – Near-Earth asteroid 2002 MN misses the Earth by 75,000 miles (121,000 km), about one-third of the distance between the Earth and the Moon.
So…what’s on your minds this Wednesday?
What are people talking about in your part of the world?
Tuesday Open Thread: June 14th, 2011
Did you watch the debate last night?
Who do you think “won”?
I thought Herman Cain was wonderful….as was Michelle Bachmann.
What’s on your minds this Tuesday?
What are people talking about in your part of the world?
Leftists, Liberals and Progressives: They Are Not Like Us
First, who are we? We are HillBuzzers.
We were drawn to Kevin Dujan and his web site like moths to a flame. We came from different backgrounds, from different walks in life, different religious and political backgrounds. We came because Kevin and his crew stood on principles that most Americans hold dear. We came to HillBuzz to get what was not offered elsewhere: a chance to work for honesty and a fair deal for everyone, a chance to make a difference, in a place of true equality.
We HillBuzzers united to remove injustice, as exemplified by acts like robbing Hillary Clinton of the 2008 Democrat nomination with a sleight-of-hand reassigning of delegates, giving Barak Hussein Obama (who is not a Muslim), the nomination. Injustice like the unrelenting attack on a great American, Sarah Palin. We are here to fight hate and injustice.
Okay, who are “they”? “They” are the people, both in public and behind closed doors (and behind our backs), who want everything their way, and will do anything to get it. They don’t believe in individual and human rights. They claim to, but their goal is not to have a good inning in the game of politics; they want to eliminate the game and seize power.
The Soros-funded uber-liberal wing of the party plotted a magnificent strategy to steal the primary elections and Delegates, and hand the crown to their chosen one. How can I say this? If you were alive, like I was, when JFK ran against Nixon, and were not blinded by party loyalty, you would have witnessed Chicago Mayor Richard Daley (the dad of the one who just handed power to Rahmses I) saying “It doesn’t matter who votes; it only matters who’s counting the votes.” Daley rigged the Illinois vote and gave it to JFK, which gave the national election to him, too.
Historical research reveals that Nixon knew of the voter fraud, but to avoid a Constitutional crisis, he declined to pursue the matter, for the good of the nation. What’s the real story with ACORN and the other voter fraud schemes? It’s to rig and re-engineer the elections to never produce an outcome that “they” do not approve.
Why do the uber-liberals scream hatred and shout racist accusations against voter reform? In poll after poll, around 75% of Americans approve the requirement for an ID, like a driver license, be presented before being allowed to vote. “They” claim it is racist and an attempt to suppress the minority voters. If that’s true, then requiring a drivers license to drive a car is racist, too.
But what proof do I have that “they” are not like us?
There is a test that psychiatrists and criminologists administer to some people. Try it for yourself:
A woman’s mother dies. At the funeral, the woman meets a really hot guy. Before they can exchange contact information, while the woman is in the bathroom, the hot guy leaves. A week later, the woman kills her sister.
Here’s the test: Why does the woman kill her sister?
If you can’t answer that question—congratulations. You’re probably not a sociopath, at least as far as this test is concerned. The woman killed her sister because she reasoned that if the hot guy heard about her mother’s death and came to the funeral, then he might hear about the sister’s death and come to her funeral, where the woman would make sure to connect with the hot guy.
Only a sociopath could come up with this answer.
Sociopaths are entirely self-centered. They’re incapable of feeling empathy. Sociopaths take things they don’t own to use or trade for other things they want. They have no morals, and so have no remorse.
We HillBuzzers want to win, but not by stealing the elections. We want our values to win, but win by convincing enough of our fellow citizens to agree with us. Not them. “They” don’t care how they win, as long as they win. They don’t care who they have to ruin, just as long as they win.
I read about how Reprobate AntHorny Weiner (D-NY) got started in politics. He did an anonymous racist character assassination of his opponent in the Democrat primary, which ruined his opponent, so Wiener, an unknown, won by 197 votes. Wiener later admitted he was the source of the racist fliers that inundated his district a few days before the election. In that Democrat stronghold, the winner of the Democrat primary was sure to overwhelm his opponent in the general erection. (Oops, I meant election.)
We HillBuzzers are still naive. We came from nice families in nice neighborhoods, where honesty and fair play were the norm. Well, welcome to the big city of mean, where “they” have learned to broadside and bushwhack innocents like us, eliminating us before we know what happened.
Kevin warns us about Concern Trolls and Eeyores. (See http://hillbuzz.org/2011/05/21/concern-trolls-vs-eeyores-can-you-spot-the-difference/ ) They are the most obvious ones we encounter on HillBuzz, but there are others who are in the “they” group. Think of Shakespeare’s Iago from Othello, the Moor of Venice. Iago derived satisfaction from telling different lies to Othello, Othello’s wife Desdemona, and anyone else he could embroil in his deceitful scheme.
Iago was small-time; he just wanted to see if he could ruin Othello’s marriage and happiness. George Soros is big-time. The Chicago Machine is big-time. They want to remake America the way they want it, and they don’t care who or how many they hurt to get their way. Their public minions like Daily Kos, Media Matters, and others are running the general rabble rousing. It’s the ones behind closed doors and behind our backs that are really dangerous. Those are the ones that make the anonymous and sometimes direct death threats to people attempting to shut them down and keep them from having an impact.
But the “they” are out there. They look like us (human) and even talk like us, but they will stop at nothing to get what they want. They are expert character assassins and are adept at ruining the careers and job prospects of those who they think stand in the way of what they want. You, me, we mean less to them than the sociopath’s sister meant to her. We are fodder to feed to the maw of their political machine.
Barack Hussein Obama (who is not a Muslim) is the top of their current effort. They are behind the throne, and will do anything to make sure he is re-elected. Anything. But even he is not important. He is just the face-puppet in front of their movement at this time. Soon, others will replace him and the new messianic meme will be launched.
Getting back to specifics, the basic difference between “us” and “them” is that we believe in individual rights and freedoms. We believe that everyone has a God-given right to self-determinacy.
As we Lakota say, “They are your feet. You must walk your own path.” They believe in controlling your life and your choices. They don’t eat meat, so you shouldn’t either. They hate guns, so (despite the 2nd Amendment) you shouldn’t have a gun either. They are skinny, so you can’t be fat. They are Liberal, so you cannot be allowed to be Conservative.
Open your eyes. They are not like us! They are essentially sociopaths. They will do anything, ruin anyone, perhaps even kill people to get what they want. They attack us by threatening our livelihood and the health and safety families. And yet, like sociopaths, “they” are a minority. In fact, surveys reveal that Leftists are only about 15% of the electorate.
We love America. We love the Constitution. And we are the majority.
We are HillBuzzers. We must band together to survive.
New Hampshire GOP Debate Reaction Thread
Just finished watching the CNN-sponsored GOP debate in New Hampshire.
I’m very pleasantly surprised at Michelle Bachman’s peformance. She was ON FIRE. Yowsa! (The CNN commentator just called her a “cheerleader.” Really? REALLY? You’re kidding me, right?)
I was also extremely pleased by Newt Gingrich’s performance. As someone who has been essentially written off, I think he could play a “Donald Trump” type of role…he appears to be unafraid of telling it like it is. The man is incredibly sharp in the debate format, and definitely adds to the quality of the discussion.
What’s your take on the debate?
