Christie Apologizes About the Bridge Thing, Ted Kennedy Didn't

Chris Christie went on an apology tour today, took responsibility and actually fired people. He totally denied knowledge of the situation in Fort Lee, NJ, where lanes were closed on the Jersey side of the George Washington Bridge, the busiest bridge in the country. 

When it comes to bridges, Democrats need to tread carefully. They have Ted Kennedy and his bridge, when, in 1969, in a drunken state, he drove his car off the Chappaquiddick Bridge into the river, and his female passenger, Mary Jo Kopechne, not his wife, drowned while Teddy saved his own butt by leaving her and swimming to safety. He didn't report the incident for nine hours and later plead guilty for leaving the scene. He could have plead guilty to being a coward, but he was a Kennedy, and that option was never offered. He was given  a slap on the wrist with a two month suspended jail sentence. Now that's a bridge with a bigger story than Christie.

The liberals are going nuts with the Christie story. Rush Limbaugh believes it's the media's way of not having to talk about Bob Gates' book that slams Obama and his inability to be a leader. The left is acting like Chris Christie drove off a bridge and killed a woman by failing to go back to save her.

While I'm not a huge Chris Christie fan, if he gets the nomination for the '16 presidential election, I would vote for him. I don't know if he was telling the truth, but he has done all that he should have done under the circumstances. Compared to Obama's scandals, this was as significant as Debby Wasserman Schultz's dental work. If Christie was a Democrat, the media would laugh it off and discuss Hillary's last award. But as a Republican, they would like to perform an orchiectomy without anesthesia just for laughs.


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We'll Have Fun Fun Fun Now That Barry Took Incentive Away Now

President Obama wants to extend unemployment benefits for at least a million Americans, in spite of the fact that four million jobs are actually available at this time. But who can blame our president--he just wants to give a helping hand to those Americans who are too incapacitated to work. 

"My Teleprompter says . . . "

Wait. . . this just in: these unemployed people are actually able-bodied men and women who have grown accustomed to  staying home studying law via Judge Judy, and social science, via As the World Turns. Some of these unemployed are going so far as to study medicine via General Hospital. And like the soap operas and Judge Judy shows, the benefits seem to go on and on, having no end in sight.

When you pay people to stay home, they tend to stay home. When unemployment poses no emergency, they have no incentive to get off their duff and look for work, or even when they do, the jobs they interview for aren't exactly what they're looking for, so they keep looking. They become very selective.

A Same-Sex Marriage Marathon

Imagine you're at a same-sex wedding and all the big-shot liberals are there. The music is playing and there's Hillary and Bill doing the Hustle. Obama and Mooch are next to them doing the Funky Chicken and John Kerry and his billionaire wife are dancing something called The Chicken of Nam Dance. Of  course, we have Joe Biden doing the Jerk.

Along the walls of the reception area ballroom are various doors, resembling changing rooms or closets. Out of door number one, steps Anderson Cooper and Ben Maisani, his beau, stepping out of the closet and dancing with the others. Not long ago, Ben was caught playing tonsil hockey with another man, but they had since reconciled and walked together down the aisle.

From door number two steps Robin Roberts and Amber, her new bride. They hold hands and walk to the center of the room, plant deep, wet kisses deep down into each other's tonsils, and dance as one. Both look around the room to see if anyone is watching. Nobody is watching.

Door number three features Rosie O'Donnell and her wife, Michelle Rounds. They came here to the marathon wedding to renew their vows.  Rosie grabs her butt and leads her out onto the dance floor where they dance something that resembles the Lambada. 

Rachel Maddow diddy-bops out of door four with her wife, Susan who is woman wearing comfortable dance shoes, a loving smile, and an Obama button. They make a lovely couple as Rachel glides her along the floor as they dance The Bristol Palin Stomp.

Finally, our of door number five steps Don Lemon and his husband, Ben Tinker. Ben is doing his best Putin impression as he dances shirtless with Don, doing a rakish cha-cha.

Good to see he found his Schmuck hat

And off in a corner, all by himself, we see Michael Moore twerking with Piers Morgan to a song by Pink Floyd entitled "Money."

The wedding is sponsored by GLAAD, CNN, MSNBC, ABC, CBS, and Chris Matthews.

Finally, I want to be clear; I have nothing against same-sex marriage or homosexuality, or lesbians, or guys who become gals and vice versa. I don`t have anything against it, but I DO NOT CARE ONE IOTA WHETHER YOU ARE GAY OR STRAIGHT OR THINK YOU`RE A WOMAN TRAPPED IN A MAN`S BODY, AND VICE-VERSA. I DON`T CARE AND NEITHER DO MOST PEOPLE. Even if you`re a celebrity, who you share body fluids with, who you love, how you love them, is not my concern nor my business. If you are proud to be gay, I can say with confidence that I am proud to be straight. You are lucky your parents are or were straight, for the most part, or you`would have never been born. If everyone was like you, this would be the last generation of humans on earth, so don`t be so nasty to us straight people. We are just as nice, as good, and as intelligent as you believe you are.

Why you think you need to "come out of the closet" and announce to the world that you are gay, is beyond my ken. Keep it to yourself. Ditch the parades or at least leave us to have ours without you having to be the gay contingent. Be gay, be lesbian, be discreet. 

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Islamists at the Olympic Hunger Games?

Volgograd--formerly known as Stalingrad--is located about 600 miles (or 983.7 km) from Sochi, Russia.  It would take you about 15 hours to go from Volgograd to Sochi by car (without a radar detector). As you probably know, the 2014 Winter Olympic Games will be held in Sochi next month.

As you may also know, last month, two suicide bombers set off their bombs in Volgograd, two days apart. The death toll stands at 34 for scores of injured. This is making many people who plan to attend the Olympics, and those involved with its security, a bit anxious, to say the least. (Edward Snowden is likely staying away from the event.) But Vladimir Putin is not scared.

Russian President Putin vowed to annihilate "terrorists" who would dare to carry out these cowardly acts. These uncompromising statements came New Year's Eve at his first public address on the bombings. "I am certain that we will fiercely and consistently continue the fight against terrorists until their complete annihilation", Putin said, according to Russian news agencies. He was wearing a long-sleeved shirt at the time, so it isn't clear just how serious he was.

Putin wearing shirt

Putin (a.k.a. "Hairy Nipples" to his friends) first became president when Boris Yeltsin stepped down and named him to the post exactly 14 years ago on New Year's Eve. Putin still has been unable to rid the country of the Islamist vermin in the Muslim provinces of the North Caucasus, (which brings to mind another president who also hasn't been able to rid the White House of Islamic vermin).

On Tuesday, Russian police detained scores of people in sweeps throughout Volgograd. So far there have been no indication that any of the detainees are connected to the attack, and nobody has claimed responsibility. However, MSNBC is poised to blame the Tea Party International for the carnage, and should they turn out to be incorrect, already have an apology in place.

People in Volgograd are scared, and rightfully so. Many are afraid to go to crowded areas and who can blame them?

There was a female suspect in the train station bombing the Russians were considering. Oksana Aslanova. She is, or was, a 26 year old Muslim woman who was married to a militant warlord, Mansur (pronounced Man Sewer) Velibekov. He was a Chechen Muslim who practiced his faith in an orthodox manner, which would have made Muhammad proud. (See the Koran). He was killed in the act of jihad against the unbelievers. This didn't stop Oksana from hooking up with Israpil Validshanov, another religious Muslim looking for a world caliphate. He too went to his 72 brown-eyed virgins and young boys, where the rivers of wine flow, and no Jews can be seen or found. Thus, Oksana outlived both of her husbands, and did so by the age of 26. 

But now the Russians aren't 100% certain that it was Oksana that killed all those innocent people, including one child. They couldn't find enough of the bomber to put all the pieces of the puzzle together, so to speak. Therefore, it's possible the "Sharia Widow" is still alive, and like Katnis Everdeen from the Hunger Games, will continue to play the role of hunter. But in Oksana's case, the hunted are we, the innocent.

Will these suicide bombings effect the Olympics? Probably. Just like the stupid choice of Sochi effects them. It's amazing how stupid the Olympic Committee can be. I'd say they are almost as stupid as the Nobel Peace Prize Committee.

My latest novel, Jihad Joe, is about Islamic terrorism and suspense.  In it I challenge the precepts of the religion through my protagonist, Zed Nill, a journalist, captured by terrorists and who is destined to be killed if the American President refuses to release three Gitmo prisoners.  Of course, American policy demands we never give in to terrorists, and for Zed, the clock is ticking.

                                             

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Hey, Mr. Obama, They're Running the Wrong Way

They fought a bloody three-day war, and when it was over the Al Qaeda – affiliated jihadists raised their flag over government buildings of Fallujah, Iraq. If you recall, Fallujah had been secured by the US who withdrew from the country two years later.

Eight people were killed, dozens injured while the Iraqi army tried to regain control of the city. Tribesmen from Ramadi, a Sunni stronghold, joined forces with the Army. The death toll from the fighting, which began earlier in the week, is still unknown.

To Kind Of Uphold the Constitution of the United States

Sergio Garcia, an illegal immigrant, or undocumented American, or Mexican, has finally got his wish. Serge is now an illegal immigrant lawyer, having fulfilled the illegal immigrant dream of crossing the border successfully, accepting work at menial jobs that actual Americans refuse to take, (unless we increase the minimum wage to at least $15 an hour) and going to school paying in-state,resident-level tuition. 

Serge, who is now 36, illegally came to the US about 20 years ago, attended law school and passed California's bar exam. He challenged a 1996 law that denied illegal immigrants professional licenses. Not to worry, however, since Jerry I-Never-Met-An-Anarchist-I-Didn't-Like Brown, later changed the rule to allow illegals the same privileges as those of us who are Americans, pay taxes, vote, and defend the nation against all enemies foreign and domestic, not including Jerry Brown.

Garcia was born in Mexico in 1977 and was illegally brought to this country about two years later by his family. When Serge was nine, he returned to Mexico but discovered that, compared to the USA, Mexico sucked chili dogs. So he returned here again at age 17.

Serge's father had obtained legal resident status and filed for a visa for his son, but the wait was long and Serge felt that he didn't want to wait like the other suckers who followed the law, so he didn't return to Mexico and worked in the states picking almonds and working in a grocery to pay tuition at Cal Northern School of Law.

In spite of not being an American citizen, he was able to challenge American law; the 1996 federal law barring those living in the US from illegally receiving professional licenses from government agencies with the use of public funds.The federal government argued the California courts were funded by public money, and this precluding him from being granted a licence.But in stepped Jerry Brown back in October, and he signed legislation that allowed illegal aliens the right to obtain law licenses. Viva America.

Yesterday, California State Supreme Court ruled in favor of Serge, determining he "possesses the requisite good moral character to qualify for a law license." In other words, breaking the laws of the USA does not disqualify you from being considered moral, if those laws are not liberal enough. And swearing to uphold the Constitution of the United States of America, doesn't count when California says it doesn't count.

I wish Mr. Garcia all the best for 2014--he certainly got a gift from US that keeps on giving. Perhaps he will specialize in immigration law. I'm sure he'll give his clients interesting advice.

I guess being an undocumented immigrant is the same as being an unlicensed physician.

My latest novel, Jihad Joe, is about Islamic terrorism and suspense.  In it I challenge the precepts of the religion through my protagonist, Zed Nill, a journalist, captured by terrorists and who is destined to be killed if the American President refuses to release three Gitmo prisoners.  Of course, American policy demands we never give in to terrorists, and for Zed, the clock is ticking.

                                             

Jihad Joe Soft Cover

click here for ebook version  

My other blog New York Canuck

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Yo Dude, Don't Bogart the Bong

Well, today is the first official workday of the new year and the first day that marijuana can be purchased legally in Colorado, dude. Many conservatives think that it's a terrible thing to legalize pot, but did you know that there was a time in our history when drugs like heroin, opium and pot were legal and alcohol wasn't? Yes, that was Prohibition.

Uh Oh Obamacare

Today is the first official workday of the new year. Hope you had a great celebration ushering the year in, now let's get to work.

Obamacare has also officially begun yesterday and it seems that Obama has to finish making changes to it so we can know what's in it. About 6 million people lost their coverage, and 2 million people have signed on and put themselves in a position to be covered, but it isn't yet clear whether or not they are actually covered. Now Obama wants to refer to his signature bill as the Affordable Care Act (see oxymoron) and stop calling it Obamacare, I think he knows just how affordable and effective this law is. 

Peter Morici of the University of Maryland believes Obamacare will hurt the economy. The taxes on health items and the costs of policies will hurt us. Premiums that were supposed to save us $2500 per year on average, is a Choom pipe-dream; cost has gone up. According to Morici, Obamacare has created "little monopolies in this country, and this is going to hurt small business." The deductibles will slaughter us and if the cost of healthcare, he says, is greater than 10 percent, then our lifestyles just to pay for it will be altered to the point that people will not be able to afford to go on vacations, pay for their child's college, and where the deductible is so high, for many it will be the same as not having insurance at all.

But we shall see what Obamacare will bring us. Oh, and calling it Obamacare is not racist. It's simply giving credit where credit is due.

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