Oprah Winfrey, media mogul form the Mudflats of Kusciuscko, Mississippi, is not just a celebrity, she's not just an icon, she is a revolutionary, a revolution, a movement and an era, a grand 25-year moment in Television History which is now drawing to a close.
She gave away so much. She advised woman, men, young and old, talented and just emerging. She interviewed the most protracted more than her fortune could account for. Cars, cruises, clothes, even careers.
She helped jumpstart the television reality TV self-help careers of two prominent doctors: Psychologist Dr. Phil McGraw and Dr. Mehmet Oz, heart surgeon and medical guru on fitness, health and elaborate excursions into exciting one's love life.
It's in this final development where the real decline in our
Oprah Winfrey, for all her charities, charitable work, notoriety, influence in media and literary circles, what has she really accomplished? What is her pièce de résistance, the one work that she has done with long-term power.
Despite her vocal support for President Obama instead of Hillary Clinton in the 2008 Presidential Election, she did not solidify herself as a populist king-maker. Instead, she crested on the wave of a ground-swell, she topped a movement which was spreading across the nation, a vapid self-absorbed populist agenda, no less, which she merely proddd along, with all of its unhappy prejudices that have handicapped our curretn political discourse. She only helped the beguiling of voters, inducing them to judge people by the color of their skin, and not the content of their character. Dresses in the trappings of royalty, she mesmerized eclectic audiences without ministering the deeped needs brought out by the human condition.
For a woman who advocated the values of finding love and building a happy home life with a life-long mate, how come long-time boyfriend Stedman Graham has remained long-term Beau rather than her happily-wedded husband? Fear of commitment, unwillingness to cooperate in the simple bonds of matrimony, all of it casts a tragic shadow on a life lived so brilliantly in the public eye.
For a woman who has survived abuse, slander, scandal at home and abroad, still to command a multi-billion dollar empire, how come she seems so superficial, so inconsequential.
If nothing, she epitomizes the reality that this life, a run-wild rat-race of fame and finances, dilapidated into a vain vanity of vanities. Her questionable integrity in private betrays any public good which she did on behalf of millions around the world. She may have blessed untold masses, yet is she in turn blessed? Is hers a life that one could envy?
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Tea Party Upsets Republicans, Creates Upset Democratic Victory
Democrat Kathy Hochul won a vacant Congressional Seat in Upstate New York, an upset which the media and political wonks are chalking up to the growing "backlash" against Congressman Paul Ryan's plan to reform Medicare.
One crucial element ignored by the press (surprise, surprise):
Third Party Democrat-turned-Tea Party Candidate siphoned off 9% of the vote, which just as well could have gone to the embattled Republican.
It's not the unpopularity of the budget reform which is turning off voters, it's the needless split among establishment and Tea Party Republicans in convulsive districts which need to start establishing the necessary common ground to achieve political unity and victory over tax-and-spend liberal Democrats.
Didn't we see a replay of this in 2009?
Liberal Republican was slated for doom against the establishment Democratic nominee in another vacant Congressional District in Upstate New York. The Conservative/Tea Party candidate fired off to a meteoric rise, passing the Republican candidate, who suspended her campaign in favor of the Democrat. A reliable Republican district went to the Democratic candidate.
In the words of well-know befuddled New Yorker Yogi Bera, "This is deja vu all over again."
One crucial element ignored by the press (surprise, surprise):
Third Party Democrat-turned-Tea Party Candidate siphoned off 9% of the vote, which just as well could have gone to the embattled Republican.
It's not the unpopularity of the budget reform which is turning off voters, it's the needless split among establishment and Tea Party Republicans in convulsive districts which need to start establishing the necessary common ground to achieve political unity and victory over tax-and-spend liberal Democrats.
Didn't we see a replay of this in 2009?
Liberal Republican was slated for doom against the establishment Democratic nominee in another vacant Congressional District in Upstate New York. The Conservative/Tea Party candidate fired off to a meteoric rise, passing the Republican candidate, who suspended her campaign in favor of the Democrat. A reliable Republican district went to the Democratic candidate.
In the words of well-know befuddled New Yorker Yogi Bera, "This is deja vu all over again."
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
The Exhumation of Salvador Allende, Ressurrection of a Protest
The nation of Chile has authorized the exhumation of the body of deposed (and self-ending) former President of Chile, Salvador Allende. The next of kin of the long-deceased President gave their blessing to the autopsy, yet they believe that the Chilean government will not discover anything new.
What are the Chilean officials trying to find out? During the coup of September 11 1973, did the beleaguered President actually kill himself with a shot to the head (as most official records contend); did a faithful second finish him off after he failed to end his life; or was he killed by the soldiers at the behest of General Augustin Pinochet?
Rather than investigating the death of a former Marxist, Chile and the world should pay attention to the rise of another rabid Marxist-erstwhile-Communist in Peru. Scholars, politicians, pundits, and the public all need to consider how to depose another communistic head of state, Cesar Chavez of Venezuela, a blood-thirsty, deceitful, arrogant tyrant who has all but decimated the domestic economy of his country with socialist ruination, alienating Venezuela from the concord of his nation with his normalizing overtures to Iran and other terrorist entities and his despicable repudiation of Israel and the Jews of his homeland. Not to mention his overt violation of human rights, from shutting down opposition radio stations, to seizing private property, to silencing the very students who had vocally supported him in the past.
Rather that speculating on the cause of death of a defunct Communist President, let us reflect on the heinous folly of the ideology on which he had propelled himself to national office. A communistic regime would more than certainly have dragged Chile into the Soviet Union's baneful sphere of influence. The communist economic program of ubiquitous state control would have destroyed Chile's economy and impoverished the Chilean people long after Allende would have left office (if ever). Past question, if Allende and his Communist ilk had remained in power, Chile would not enjoy the free market prosperity which has propelled the nation past its neighbors and that helped guide the Chilean people through horrendous earthquakes and the near-disastrous humanitarian crisis which imperiled the now world-renowned Chilean miners.
Rather than probing the dead body of socialist President Salvador Allende, who ironically enough would have been anything but a savior to his fledgling country, let us ponder the cold carcass of Communism, a bereft social and economic agenda which has led to the death of hundreds of millions (more than the fascism of Hitler, Mussolini, and Tojo), the degradation of nations throughout the globe to this day, the impoverishment of millions then and now. In spite of the irrefutable evidence of Communism's intellectual and moral bankruptcy, the false prophets of Marx and Engels, armed with Ph.D.'s and protection as tenured University professors, are still indoctrinating Western youth en masse. Seduced into yearning for the phony utopia of a classless society at the barrel of gun, the brazenly sport the vulgar-chic commie icons of Che Guevara and Maoist China, ignorant of the world-wide and long-term destruction waged by these enemies of humanity.
The exhumation of Salvador Allende, rather than merely determining inconsequential causes and verifying long-forgotten reports of a bloody coup, should be the opportunity for the nation of Chile and the world to excoriate once and for all the defeated Communist agenda and glory in the robust prosperity of free-market Capitalism.
What are the Chilean officials trying to find out? During the coup of September 11 1973, did the beleaguered President actually kill himself with a shot to the head (as most official records contend); did a faithful second finish him off after he failed to end his life; or was he killed by the soldiers at the behest of General Augustin Pinochet?
Rather than investigating the death of a former Marxist, Chile and the world should pay attention to the rise of another rabid Marxist-erstwhile-Communist in Peru. Scholars, politicians, pundits, and the public all need to consider how to depose another communistic head of state, Cesar Chavez of Venezuela, a blood-thirsty, deceitful, arrogant tyrant who has all but decimated the domestic economy of his country with socialist ruination, alienating Venezuela from the concord of his nation with his normalizing overtures to Iran and other terrorist entities and his despicable repudiation of Israel and the Jews of his homeland. Not to mention his overt violation of human rights, from shutting down opposition radio stations, to seizing private property, to silencing the very students who had vocally supported him in the past.
Rather that speculating on the cause of death of a defunct Communist President, let us reflect on the heinous folly of the ideology on which he had propelled himself to national office. A communistic regime would more than certainly have dragged Chile into the Soviet Union's baneful sphere of influence. The communist economic program of ubiquitous state control would have destroyed Chile's economy and impoverished the Chilean people long after Allende would have left office (if ever). Past question, if Allende and his Communist ilk had remained in power, Chile would not enjoy the free market prosperity which has propelled the nation past its neighbors and that helped guide the Chilean people through horrendous earthquakes and the near-disastrous humanitarian crisis which imperiled the now world-renowned Chilean miners.
Rather than probing the dead body of socialist President Salvador Allende, who ironically enough would have been anything but a savior to his fledgling country, let us ponder the cold carcass of Communism, a bereft social and economic agenda which has led to the death of hundreds of millions (more than the fascism of Hitler, Mussolini, and Tojo), the degradation of nations throughout the globe to this day, the impoverishment of millions then and now. In spite of the irrefutable evidence of Communism's intellectual and moral bankruptcy, the false prophets of Marx and Engels, armed with Ph.D.'s and protection as tenured University professors, are still indoctrinating Western youth en masse. Seduced into yearning for the phony utopia of a classless society at the barrel of gun, the brazenly sport the vulgar-chic commie icons of Che Guevara and Maoist China, ignorant of the world-wide and long-term destruction waged by these enemies of humanity.
The exhumation of Salvador Allende, rather than merely determining inconsequential causes and verifying long-forgotten reports of a bloody coup, should be the opportunity for the nation of Chile and the world to excoriate once and for all the defeated Communist agenda and glory in the robust prosperity of free-market Capitalism.
Janice Hahn's Endorsements Her Greatest Detractors
Councilwoman Janice Hahn now proudly claims to have rounded up the endorsements of the following high-profile Democracts for the CA-36th:
Governor Jerry Brown--Overwhelmed Governor serving his second run in the highest office of the (now-tarnished) Golden State, the former mayor of one of the most troubled cities in the State-Oakland, a near police state with a burdensome local taxes, hardly commended for its safety and stability. Incidentally, this same liberal is actually pursuing some of the "Extremist, Tea Party" policies denounced by Janice Hahn, including taking a machete to all the duplicitous, doubled-up state agencies and offices carved out for former lawmakers and friends of friends in high places.
Lt. Gavin Newsom-failed Gubernatorial candidate now serving in a stuffy ceremonial role, this crass mayor cheated on his wife with no lingering shame or incrimination, a statist who spent more time regulating plastic bags and palm readers in the City, he oversea the City by the Bay throwing up hostile regulations which have needlessly priced out minorities from the Bay Area Housing Market.
Congressional Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi--Is Councilwoman Hahn actually proud to have the endorsement of this out-of-touch East-Coast, West-Coast San Francisco liberal? FORMER majority leader Pelosi presided over a Democratic coalition with an allied Senate Majority and liberal-sympathizing President, only to watch this growing Democratic Constituency slip through her hands. The number of seats which switched Republican more than equaled all the seats which the Democrats had previously gained in the two previous election cycles. A failed leader, inarticulate, she lead the passage of the extensively unpopular "ObamaCare" medical mandate, forced on an unwilling nation, which fought back by firing her from her leadership post.
If Councilwoman Hahn really wants to get elected, she ought to find statesmen, not outrageous, arrogant politicians whose adherence to the Democratic Party line has only undermined any long-term economic recovery for the United States, the State of California, and the 36h.
Come to think of it, there really is not Democrat who meets this standard. For all her glorying in national-level endorsement, she has nothing to stand on but a flimsy, if not minimal records, as Councilwoman, plus the backing of a disparaged political party still retreading the same empty arguments that more state control and more government intrusion will somehow improve the lives of American citizens.
Governor Jerry Brown--Overwhelmed Governor serving his second run in the highest office of the (now-tarnished) Golden State, the former mayor of one of the most troubled cities in the State-Oakland, a near police state with a burdensome local taxes, hardly commended for its safety and stability. Incidentally, this same liberal is actually pursuing some of the "Extremist, Tea Party" policies denounced by Janice Hahn, including taking a machete to all the duplicitous, doubled-up state agencies and offices carved out for former lawmakers and friends of friends in high places.
Lt. Gavin Newsom-failed Gubernatorial candidate now serving in a stuffy ceremonial role, this crass mayor cheated on his wife with no lingering shame or incrimination, a statist who spent more time regulating plastic bags and palm readers in the City, he oversea the City by the Bay throwing up hostile regulations which have needlessly priced out minorities from the Bay Area Housing Market.
Congressional Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi--Is Councilwoman Hahn actually proud to have the endorsement of this out-of-touch East-Coast, West-Coast San Francisco liberal? FORMER majority leader Pelosi presided over a Democratic coalition with an allied Senate Majority and liberal-sympathizing President, only to watch this growing Democratic Constituency slip through her hands. The number of seats which switched Republican more than equaled all the seats which the Democrats had previously gained in the two previous election cycles. A failed leader, inarticulate, she lead the passage of the extensively unpopular "ObamaCare" medical mandate, forced on an unwilling nation, which fought back by firing her from her leadership post.
If Councilwoman Hahn really wants to get elected, she ought to find statesmen, not outrageous, arrogant politicians whose adherence to the Democratic Party line has only undermined any long-term economic recovery for the United States, the State of California, and the 36h.
Come to think of it, there really is not Democrat who meets this standard. For all her glorying in national-level endorsement, she has nothing to stand on but a flimsy, if not minimal records, as Councilwoman, plus the backing of a disparaged political party still retreading the same empty arguments that more state control and more government intrusion will somehow improve the lives of American citizens.
The Tea Party: Extremist?
Some people just can't hold their tea. . .
The TEA Party, i.e. Taxed Enough Already, is the rallying cry of more Americans across the country.
It is the vain, vapid effort of reactionary liberals to paint any top-down change within the United States in the interests of personal and local liberty as extreme, dangerous, to be shunned at all costs.
Such is the tired argument of LA City Councilwoman Janice Hahn, attempting for a second time in so many years to capture the House seat for the California 36th Congressional District.
Here is a short summary of some of the Tea Party Movement's "Extreme" positions:
Eliminate Excessive Taxes: Now, who is opposed to shouldering a lower tax burden? Who in this country would object to keeping more of their hard-earned money out of the hands of wasteful, inept government and spending it on providing for themselves, their families, their local businesses, and their communities? One of the reasons why the Founders of this Country rebelled against Great Britain was the growing tax burden which the Mother Country wanted to force upon the colonists, without their consent. There is nothing extreme in operating by the same principles in our expectations from the Federal Government.
Eliminate the National Debt: $14 Trillion in debts, with trillions more in unfunded liabilities from the Entitlements like Social Security and Medicare, will cripple future investment in this country, force upon future generations a heavier tax burdens, raise the cost of borrowing for this country, the several states, and individual entrepreneurs, as well as pricing out a college education for future high school grads. Only an extremist would dismiss these deleterious consequences and keep on spending.
Protect Free Markets: Economist Milton Friedman made the tried and true argument that "Free Markets make Free People." Free Markets create jobs. Free Markets open up commerce, release the prosperous flow of capital for producers and consumers. Consider: more business, more businesses, more jobs, more sales, more sales tax, more revenue for the state, and all without robbing people of their rightly-earned income.
Upholding the Constitution of the United States: This simple plank in the Tea Party platform is an essential element in every national statesman's oath of office. There is nothing extreme about expecting elected officials to do what they have sworn to do, protect and defend the U.S. Constitution. Just look at the fate of the majority of Democratic House Reps and Senators after the 2010 elections.
The Tea Party . . Extreme? Hardly! If nothing else, the Tea Party is right in line with the hopes and frustration of the American People.
The only extremists are the reactionary, regulatory liberals who slander the Tea Party like House Minority leader Nancy Pelosi and President Barack Obama, politicians who have stomped on the Constitution in their zeal to subjugate business and citizen to unworkable, unjustified regulations and mandates.
The TEA Party, i.e. Taxed Enough Already, is the rallying cry of more Americans across the country.
It is the vain, vapid effort of reactionary liberals to paint any top-down change within the United States in the interests of personal and local liberty as extreme, dangerous, to be shunned at all costs.
Such is the tired argument of LA City Councilwoman Janice Hahn, attempting for a second time in so many years to capture the House seat for the California 36th Congressional District.
Here is a short summary of some of the Tea Party Movement's "Extreme" positions:
Eliminate Excessive Taxes: Now, who is opposed to shouldering a lower tax burden? Who in this country would object to keeping more of their hard-earned money out of the hands of wasteful, inept government and spending it on providing for themselves, their families, their local businesses, and their communities? One of the reasons why the Founders of this Country rebelled against Great Britain was the growing tax burden which the Mother Country wanted to force upon the colonists, without their consent. There is nothing extreme in operating by the same principles in our expectations from the Federal Government.
Eliminate the National Debt: $14 Trillion in debts, with trillions more in unfunded liabilities from the Entitlements like Social Security and Medicare, will cripple future investment in this country, force upon future generations a heavier tax burdens, raise the cost of borrowing for this country, the several states, and individual entrepreneurs, as well as pricing out a college education for future high school grads. Only an extremist would dismiss these deleterious consequences and keep on spending.
Protect Free Markets: Economist Milton Friedman made the tried and true argument that "Free Markets make Free People." Free Markets create jobs. Free Markets open up commerce, release the prosperous flow of capital for producers and consumers. Consider: more business, more businesses, more jobs, more sales, more sales tax, more revenue for the state, and all without robbing people of their rightly-earned income.
Upholding the Constitution of the United States: This simple plank in the Tea Party platform is an essential element in every national statesman's oath of office. There is nothing extreme about expecting elected officials to do what they have sworn to do, protect and defend the U.S. Constitution. Just look at the fate of the majority of Democratic House Reps and Senators after the 2010 elections.
The Tea Party . . Extreme? Hardly! If nothing else, the Tea Party is right in line with the hopes and frustration of the American People.
The only extremists are the reactionary, regulatory liberals who slander the Tea Party like House Minority leader Nancy Pelosi and President Barack Obama, politicians who have stomped on the Constitution in their zeal to subjugate business and citizen to unworkable, unjustified regulations and mandates.
Monday, May 23, 2011
Debt Crisis in European: Don't Fatten the PIIGS
The PIIGS (Columnist Pat Buchanan's acronym for the debt-ridden countries of the European Union: Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece, and Spain) do not deserve the opportunity to trample the pearls of hard-earned wealth from more stable European countries.
If these nations refused to be responsible enough to save state money for a rainy day (and this is a diluvian disaster), they do not deserve any bailout, large or modest, for France and Germany, of which the latter state is propping up the greatest share of the Euro.
The Southern European nations (and Ireland) chose to play fast and loose with tax-payer money, dive head first into a racing-hot housing market, which was destined to bust after the boom like any other speculative bubble (tulips, anyone?).
Even worse, socialist policies in welfare states which have propped the able-bodies to skip work and skirt taxes created the morass of societal helpless which grips these nations, both preventing them from acquiring new sources of revenue in the face of economic stagnation and social unrest. The masses, from the ditch-diggers to the University professors, have no interest in paying up, just in more pay out, a lecherous lifestyle induced by a nanny state headed by timorous politicians who, like indulgent parents, wouldn't say "No" in the better interests of their wards.
Do not fatten the PIIGS with any more bailouts. The euro will certainly collapse with this intervention, but the currency is destined to fail in light of the schlerotic regulations which inhibit its status as a sovereign trading commodity. If Greece, or another other nation defaults, it will ripple shock waves throughout the world, economic pain which at this point is simply inevitable. Yet better for the PIIGS to get slaughtered now than for the entire world to be carved up in economic stagnation, market seizures, and fiscal anarchy.
If these nations refused to be responsible enough to save state money for a rainy day (and this is a diluvian disaster), they do not deserve any bailout, large or modest, for France and Germany, of which the latter state is propping up the greatest share of the Euro.
The Southern European nations (and Ireland) chose to play fast and loose with tax-payer money, dive head first into a racing-hot housing market, which was destined to bust after the boom like any other speculative bubble (tulips, anyone?).
Even worse, socialist policies in welfare states which have propped the able-bodies to skip work and skirt taxes created the morass of societal helpless which grips these nations, both preventing them from acquiring new sources of revenue in the face of economic stagnation and social unrest. The masses, from the ditch-diggers to the University professors, have no interest in paying up, just in more pay out, a lecherous lifestyle induced by a nanny state headed by timorous politicians who, like indulgent parents, wouldn't say "No" in the better interests of their wards.
Do not fatten the PIIGS with any more bailouts. The euro will certainly collapse with this intervention, but the currency is destined to fail in light of the schlerotic regulations which inhibit its status as a sovereign trading commodity. If Greece, or another other nation defaults, it will ripple shock waves throughout the world, economic pain which at this point is simply inevitable. Yet better for the PIIGS to get slaughtered now than for the entire world to be carved up in economic stagnation, market seizures, and fiscal anarchy.
Republican Revival in the South Bay
Throw up your hands and shout "Hallelujah!" A new day is dawning in the South Bay: the Resurrection of the Republican Party.
For years, the socially moderate, fiscally conservative California 36th Congressional District (The "CA-36th") stretching from Venice to San Pedro has elected confirmed Democrats. The previous representative, Jane Harman, spouse of wealthy (are recently deceased) media magnate Sidney Harman, championed local industries and national security, but on all other issues the Blue Dog Democrat voted the Donkey Democrat party line.
Now that she has been raptured away to head some inane Washington Think Tank, the CA-36th must choose a candidate to replace her, who will either be life or death to the economic recovery of this district:
1) Janice Hahn, established and well-known incumbent of the Los Angeles City Council, current representing LA City's 15th Council District, which includes San Pedro, Wilmington, and Watts.
or
2) Craig Huey, an outsider from politics and small businessman of Rancho Palos Verdes, who has articulated a cogent message to promote fiscal discipline for a district and a nation too long on the wrong track.
For too long, the CA-36th tolerated a Blue-Dog Democrat who voted more and more like a stubborn statist mule pulling delegated powers into the hands of government while pushing out constitutional rights and guarantees. The best remedy for this reactionary liberalism is an infusion of fresh, fiscally-conservative, constitutional sound values to the CA-36th. This Republican, sticking staunchly to fiscal discipline, may carry the day against an established liberal incumbent with family name and district-wide recognition.
As a newly-elected member of Congress, Mr. Huey can help redeem this district, whose business climate has struggled in the midst of the Great Recession that has covered the land. With small-business sense and savvy, he can protect the needs of the large business constituency in the CA-36th as well as champion the larger corporations burdened with heavy taxes and onerous job-killing regulations. At the top of that list of Government intrusions, list ObamaCare, an outrageous unnecessary and dysfunctional mandate which Mr. Huey will assist in repealing while in office.
A firm supporter of Israel and the United States, Mr. Huey wishes to strengthen our ties with our closest ally in the Middle East, rather than pressuring to give up their land, as did President Obama in his proposal for the Jewish state to revert to its indefensible 1967 borders. Mr. Huey also supports a robust foreign diplomacy which defends this nation's at home and abroad, neither gutting or undermining the core constitutional mission of the U.S. Armed Forces.
Despite a list of impressive and respectable values, many may challenge that Craig Huey has no business seeking political office in light of his lack of political experience. In response, it is precisely his outsider status that makes him an excellent and well-qualified candidate for national office. He is even pledged to term limits both for himself and for all members of Congress to avoid becoming an out-of-touch career politician.
In contrast, Janice Hahn has a penchant for seeking higher office at every opportunity, having sought the CA-36th seat in 1998, then lost, then ran for LA City Council (riding on the power of the Hahn brand more than her own qualifications
), and while in office running for Lieutenant Governor. She seems to spend more time running for office instead of running her office, a controversy which has not enlarged her following. A number of constituents have denounced her lack of attention to the district. She has pretty much sat by, watching the near-decay of Downtown San Pedro, including the exorbitant hike in parking fees for a region desperate to create business, not scare it away. The Cruiseline Industry is also is also suffering, despite the tepid recovery in the Port of Los Angeles port traffic. Where is Janice Hahn to help her constituents. Contrary to the assertions of her campaign, her political discretion has betrayed her inexperience with creating jobs and improving local economies.
An political opportunist who supports state intervention in the economy ( a dead-on-arrival approach to any economic recovery), she touts her long-standing endorsement of green technologies, which siphon away jobs rather than create them. Janice Hahn has not demonstrated that she would be worthy of representing the greater CA-36th.
Let us hope in the ensuing months that residents in the CA-36th will pay attention to the fiscally-conservative argument of native son Craig Huey, whose views and attitudes will jump-start a district still struggling to increase trade and prosperity in the aftermath of a decimating housing crash and an anemic recovery.
Political, Fiscal, and Moral Revival is sweeping the land. Let's just hope that everyone gets swept up in the spirit of the new times!
Vote Craig Huey for the CA-36th!
For years, the socially moderate, fiscally conservative California 36th Congressional District (The "CA-36th") stretching from Venice to San Pedro has elected confirmed Democrats. The previous representative, Jane Harman, spouse of wealthy (are recently deceased) media magnate Sidney Harman, championed local industries and national security, but on all other issues the Blue Dog Democrat voted the Donkey Democrat party line.
Now that she has been raptured away to head some inane Washington Think Tank, the CA-36th must choose a candidate to replace her, who will either be life or death to the economic recovery of this district:
1) Janice Hahn, established and well-known incumbent of the Los Angeles City Council, current representing LA City's 15th Council District, which includes San Pedro, Wilmington, and Watts.
or
2) Craig Huey, an outsider from politics and small businessman of Rancho Palos Verdes, who has articulated a cogent message to promote fiscal discipline for a district and a nation too long on the wrong track.
For too long, the CA-36th tolerated a Blue-Dog Democrat who voted more and more like a stubborn statist mule pulling delegated powers into the hands of government while pushing out constitutional rights and guarantees. The best remedy for this reactionary liberalism is an infusion of fresh, fiscally-conservative, constitutional sound values to the CA-36th. This Republican, sticking staunchly to fiscal discipline, may carry the day against an established liberal incumbent with family name and district-wide recognition.
As a newly-elected member of Congress, Mr. Huey can help redeem this district, whose business climate has struggled in the midst of the Great Recession that has covered the land. With small-business sense and savvy, he can protect the needs of the large business constituency in the CA-36th as well as champion the larger corporations burdened with heavy taxes and onerous job-killing regulations. At the top of that list of Government intrusions, list ObamaCare, an outrageous unnecessary and dysfunctional mandate which Mr. Huey will assist in repealing while in office.
A firm supporter of Israel and the United States, Mr. Huey wishes to strengthen our ties with our closest ally in the Middle East, rather than pressuring to give up their land, as did President Obama in his proposal for the Jewish state to revert to its indefensible 1967 borders. Mr. Huey also supports a robust foreign diplomacy which defends this nation's at home and abroad, neither gutting or undermining the core constitutional mission of the U.S. Armed Forces.
Despite a list of impressive and respectable values, many may challenge that Craig Huey has no business seeking political office in light of his lack of political experience. In response, it is precisely his outsider status that makes him an excellent and well-qualified candidate for national office. He is even pledged to term limits both for himself and for all members of Congress to avoid becoming an out-of-touch career politician.
In contrast, Janice Hahn has a penchant for seeking higher office at every opportunity, having sought the CA-36th seat in 1998, then lost, then ran for LA City Council (riding on the power of the Hahn brand more than her own qualifications
), and while in office running for Lieutenant Governor. She seems to spend more time running for office instead of running her office, a controversy which has not enlarged her following. A number of constituents have denounced her lack of attention to the district. She has pretty much sat by, watching the near-decay of Downtown San Pedro, including the exorbitant hike in parking fees for a region desperate to create business, not scare it away. The Cruiseline Industry is also is also suffering, despite the tepid recovery in the Port of Los Angeles port traffic. Where is Janice Hahn to help her constituents. Contrary to the assertions of her campaign, her political discretion has betrayed her inexperience with creating jobs and improving local economies.
An political opportunist who supports state intervention in the economy ( a dead-on-arrival approach to any economic recovery), she touts her long-standing endorsement of green technologies, which siphon away jobs rather than create them. Janice Hahn has not demonstrated that she would be worthy of representing the greater CA-36th.
Let us hope in the ensuing months that residents in the CA-36th will pay attention to the fiscally-conservative argument of native son Craig Huey, whose views and attitudes will jump-start a district still struggling to increase trade and prosperity in the aftermath of a decimating housing crash and an anemic recovery.
Political, Fiscal, and Moral Revival is sweeping the land. Let's just hope that everyone gets swept up in the spirit of the new times!
Vote Craig Huey for the CA-36th!
Congratulations, Mr. Huey
Dear Mr. Huey:
Congratulations on entering the two-candidate run-off out of sixteen candidates for the 36th Congressional District.
Janice Hahn has already attempted to tarnish you as some out-of-touch Tea Party candidate. Yet if more people become aware of how devastating Democratic, statist principles have undermined the core power and values of this country, patriotic voters throughout the South Bay will choose you.
I also submit that attention to fiscal issues at the expense of divisive social issues will be more effective in reaching moderates who vote their wallet more than their Bible.
In her campaign, Hahn hammers stresses she can create jobs. I wonder how successful she has been at promoting commerce in her own council district, which includes the struggling San Pedro downtown area (where she allowed parking fees to be jacked up an astounding 400%!) and the troubled Watts area which still languishes economically. One resident sarcastically commented that her only real achievement for her district was finding a new home for Reggie, the pet alligator run amok in Lake Machado, a costly effort which tied up needed resources for a community still struggling with gang crime and unemployment.
For all purposes, Hahn is an out-of-touch career politician who has already sought higher office while still the rightfully and dutifully elected representative for the 15th Council District in Los Angeles. She has not ingratiated herself to the residents of her district. She has even been exposed by local media for using excessive energy, even when the LA City Council directed her I sincerely hope that the residents of this long and diverse congressional district will appreciate the momentous implications of this race and elect a tried-and-true fiscal conservative who will tackle this nation's budgetary problems and invigorate economic recovery.
Before I end this letter, I submit one question to you, which I am sure you and your staff have already deliberated on at length:
How do you, a small businessman from Palos Verdes, plan on reaching out to the independents and the large number of registered Democrats in this seaside district, which stretches from San Pedro to Venice?
I do not ask this question to mock or disparage your chances, for if New Jersey Governor Chris Christie could win the governorship in a state with a 2-to-1 Democratic majority, you certainly have more than a remote chance of replacing Jane Harman as the 36th's next House Representative.
Thank you for your time. Good luck to you, Mr. Huey.
Congratulations on entering the two-candidate run-off out of sixteen candidates for the 36th Congressional District.
Janice Hahn has already attempted to tarnish you as some out-of-touch Tea Party candidate. Yet if more people become aware of how devastating Democratic, statist principles have undermined the core power and values of this country, patriotic voters throughout the South Bay will choose you.
I also submit that attention to fiscal issues at the expense of divisive social issues will be more effective in reaching moderates who vote their wallet more than their Bible.
In her campaign, Hahn hammers stresses she can create jobs. I wonder how successful she has been at promoting commerce in her own council district, which includes the struggling San Pedro downtown area (where she allowed parking fees to be jacked up an astounding 400%!) and the troubled Watts area which still languishes economically. One resident sarcastically commented that her only real achievement for her district was finding a new home for Reggie, the pet alligator run amok in Lake Machado, a costly effort which tied up needed resources for a community still struggling with gang crime and unemployment.
For all purposes, Hahn is an out-of-touch career politician who has already sought higher office while still the rightfully and dutifully elected representative for the 15th Council District in Los Angeles. She has not ingratiated herself to the residents of her district. She has even been exposed by local media for using excessive energy, even when the LA City Council directed her I sincerely hope that the residents of this long and diverse congressional district will appreciate the momentous implications of this race and elect a tried-and-true fiscal conservative who will tackle this nation's budgetary problems and invigorate economic recovery.
Before I end this letter, I submit one question to you, which I am sure you and your staff have already deliberated on at length:
How do you, a small businessman from Palos Verdes, plan on reaching out to the independents and the large number of registered Democrats in this seaside district, which stretches from San Pedro to Venice?
I do not ask this question to mock or disparage your chances, for if New Jersey Governor Chris Christie could win the governorship in a state with a 2-to-1 Democratic majority, you certainly have more than a remote chance of replacing Jane Harman as the 36th's next House Representative.
Thank you for your time. Good luck to you, Mr. Huey.
Yemeni President Refuses to Resign . . Will Civil War Ensue?
President Saleh of Yemen has repudiated the UEA resolution for him to step down in thirty days and turn over power to his vice president.
Now as before, Saleh is playing off his usefulness to the United States in stalling his much-wanted departure. A stable Yemen prevents Al-Qaeda operatives from swarming the country and setting up terrorist operations against Saudi Arabia and the United States. Like other strongmen in the region, Saleh intuitively senses the long-term fears of the United States, that a power vacuum in the Southern Arabian Peninsula will lead to more political unrest.
At this point, however, there is so much political fervor demanding Saleh's ouster, it is nothing short of a miracle that Al-Qaeda has not struck out any more than it already has. Still, United States' foreign policy must construct a new calculus which factors in the removal of former rogue heads of state, no matter how much more this nation's national security may benefit more from a stable dictator than an unknown or unstable democratic ally.
If the United States Diplomatic core presented a United Front, one which expressly endorsed Democratic regimes, with the conditions respecting the integrity of indigenous peoples, their cultures, and their religions, we would be well-positioned to call for the immediate--if necessary, forceful--removal of President Saleh and an interim government to settle long-standing differences.
What if another civil war breaks out like in Libya? Despite the loss of life and civil order, Al-Qaeda still will not be able to launch more permanent bases against targeted states. Tribes fighting tribes, cities against countryside, any military disorder would severely inhibit contrived terrorist operations.
Beyond that, the United States must accept that we must be resigned to watching on the sidelines as the Arab Spring unfolds in directions we may or may not favor.
Now as before, Saleh is playing off his usefulness to the United States in stalling his much-wanted departure. A stable Yemen prevents Al-Qaeda operatives from swarming the country and setting up terrorist operations against Saudi Arabia and the United States. Like other strongmen in the region, Saleh intuitively senses the long-term fears of the United States, that a power vacuum in the Southern Arabian Peninsula will lead to more political unrest.
At this point, however, there is so much political fervor demanding Saleh's ouster, it is nothing short of a miracle that Al-Qaeda has not struck out any more than it already has. Still, United States' foreign policy must construct a new calculus which factors in the removal of former rogue heads of state, no matter how much more this nation's national security may benefit more from a stable dictator than an unknown or unstable democratic ally.
If the United States Diplomatic core presented a United Front, one which expressly endorsed Democratic regimes, with the conditions respecting the integrity of indigenous peoples, their cultures, and their religions, we would be well-positioned to call for the immediate--if necessary, forceful--removal of President Saleh and an interim government to settle long-standing differences.
What if another civil war breaks out like in Libya? Despite the loss of life and civil order, Al-Qaeda still will not be able to launch more permanent bases against targeted states. Tribes fighting tribes, cities against countryside, any military disorder would severely inhibit contrived terrorist operations.
Beyond that, the United States must accept that we must be resigned to watching on the sidelines as the Arab Spring unfolds in directions we may or may not favor.
Cautious Optimism Gives Way to Muted Pessimism
Thrilling to behold the thug-state Syria slowly unraveled by its people, finally breaking through, climbing over breaking down the barrier of fear which kept them isolated and subjugated for so long.
The world is witnessing how the plight to public suicide of one frustrated fruit vendor has enraged docile populations to overthrow their "elected" leaders.
Yet when Egyptians rumbled under the yoke, yearning for the same freedom from dictatorship masquerading as democracy, the world took more pensive notice, worried as well as welcoming potential positive change. Mubarak, a stalwart ally of the United States and Israel, a leader who protected the Coptic Christian minority from engulfing encroachments, was threatened.
Would his protracted peace disappear with his departure? Would moderate reformers craft a stable government which respects natural rights? Or would a zealous Muslim majority take power and reshape the face of an already troubled Middle East?
It would appear that the latter scenario is developing. The Muslim Brotherhood has already established an operational political party to seize power. Egypt has opened diplomatic channels with Hamas and Iran, both sworn, virulent enemies of Israel and the United States. Anti-Israeli, Anti-Semitic, Anti-Western government is poised to influence politics as usual in the Middle East.
Recently, operators behind the scenes have even insinuated the dubious gossip that Libyan strongman Col. Moammar Gadhafi is actually a Jew! Another article in the LA Times also detailed a make-shift tent of the Libyan rebels, which lampooned Gadhafi as a poodle of the Jewish State, repleted with Stars of David on his military regalia. Future forces in power throughout the Middle East seem to be galvanizing hatred and hostility of the Jewish State.
All of this has been rolling out, with culminating mobs cresting over the borders of Northern Israel from Syria and Palestinians demanding an independent state.
The desire for freedom across these Arab States is transforming into a sinister solidarity which guarantees Sharia law and threatens the one viable Western democracy in the region.
The world is witnessing how the plight to public suicide of one frustrated fruit vendor has enraged docile populations to overthrow their "elected" leaders.
Yet when Egyptians rumbled under the yoke, yearning for the same freedom from dictatorship masquerading as democracy, the world took more pensive notice, worried as well as welcoming potential positive change. Mubarak, a stalwart ally of the United States and Israel, a leader who protected the Coptic Christian minority from engulfing encroachments, was threatened.
Would his protracted peace disappear with his departure? Would moderate reformers craft a stable government which respects natural rights? Or would a zealous Muslim majority take power and reshape the face of an already troubled Middle East?
It would appear that the latter scenario is developing. The Muslim Brotherhood has already established an operational political party to seize power. Egypt has opened diplomatic channels with Hamas and Iran, both sworn, virulent enemies of Israel and the United States. Anti-Israeli, Anti-Semitic, Anti-Western government is poised to influence politics as usual in the Middle East.
Recently, operators behind the scenes have even insinuated the dubious gossip that Libyan strongman Col. Moammar Gadhafi is actually a Jew! Another article in the LA Times also detailed a make-shift tent of the Libyan rebels, which lampooned Gadhafi as a poodle of the Jewish State, repleted with Stars of David on his military regalia. Future forces in power throughout the Middle East seem to be galvanizing hatred and hostility of the Jewish State.
All of this has been rolling out, with culminating mobs cresting over the borders of Northern Israel from Syria and Palestinians demanding an independent state.
The desire for freedom across these Arab States is transforming into a sinister solidarity which guarantees Sharia law and threatens the one viable Western democracy in the region.
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