What a disappointment....

Watching all this Mark Sanford stuff breaking right now makes my blood boil. I half expect this kind of activity from the 'if it feels good, do it' democrats, but having it come from someone who pretended to be such a principled conservative is sickening.

If Mr. Sanford has one shred of decency left in him, he will immediately resign his post as governor, and disappear AGAIN. I hope the Republicans do not spend time trying to defend his behavior, as all that will accomplish is to make them look extremely hypocritical. Instead, they should do what democrats do NOT do in these situations, and immediately and loudly condemn his actions and demand his resignation....

Fairness?

By now, its a well-known fact that many liberals would love to see a return to the 'fairness doctrine', or something similar that would effectively silence Conservative talk radio.

I would love to ask some of the supporters of the fairness doctrine if their concern for 'fairness' extends to ABC's love-fest for the Obama health plan that will air tomorrow night, where Conservative opposition groups have not even been allowed to PURCHASE airtime to refute the ridiculous claims that will surely be made.

It seems to me that a company that PURPORTS to be a NEWS network, but effectively censors opposing views during a NEWS special is a LOT less 'fair' than a Conservative talk show, of which I have never heard one claim to be anything other than an OPINION show, but yet allow opposing views to be heard quite often in the form of guests and callers.

More blatant hypocrisy from the left, I suppose...

Un-American to buy American?

I found this article over at 'American Thinker' very interesting, which makes the case for boycotting GM and Chrysler, since they have now been effectively 'socialized' by the Obama administration.

I became aware of this article today after listening to Rush Limbaugh, who was denying a media report that he was behind a call for just such a boycott. In fact, he went out of his way to say that a boycott was something he would NOT support.

This is one of the VERY few times I have found myself in disagreement with Rush. I wish Rush, or a conservative leader of his caliber WOULD promote just such a boycott... Having purchased a new vehicle myself this past weekend, I had already came to the decision on my own that, despite the fact that there ARE some excellent deals to be had right now, there is NO way I will be purchasing a GM or Chrysler vehicle anytime in the foreseeable future....

As long as the government continues to have any stake in these companies, or the UAW for that matter, with their new found ownership stake, so obviously stolen and 'gifted' to them by Obama as a thanks for their support, I can not, in good conscience, and as a strong believer in free market capitalism, purchase one...

I sincerely hope that American consumers do not simply 'close their eyes' to the unbelievably UN-AMERICAN series of events that have transpired over the past few months. To ignore the fact that two iconic American companies have been nationalized as if we were living in the old Soviet Union or Venezuela, and simply return to 'business as usual' with them will only make things WORSE in the long run, I am afraid...

Official 'boycott' or not, I fear that if we do not 'vote with our pocketbook', and express our disgust with all this by purchasing from other companies (while we still can), we will only embolden the Obama administration, and the next round of nationalizations could make what is happening now pale in comparison....

Tell us something we don't know...

According to this article, Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez recently joked that after the nationalization of GM, he and Fidel Castro of Cuba might end up more 'to the right' of President Obama, or as Chavez called him, 'comrade Obama'.

What a surprise.....