Poll This!

    I’ve spent the last few days listening to poll results on TV, reading about them on news sites on the web and listening to the experts break down what the polls mean…   Some polls in the “Blue States” (traditional Democratic voting states) show Mr. Obama with ridiculous leads.  You would wonder, have the people in these states had their eyes and ears closed for the past 4 years?  I don’t think so; Hang with me for a bit…

    Let’s look at Wisconsin, could just as well be Michigan or Minnesota but I’ve got a thing for Wisconsin (I’ll explain later).  Anyway reading the comment following one of the articles I came across one that caught my attention by a gentleman I’ll call “Mac”.  He’s been getting 3 to 4 call a day (sometimes as many as 8) over the past several weeks asking him who he will be voting for, each time Mac says “Obama of course” all the while he will be voting for Romney.  He thinks they keep calling because he’s giving the answer they want to hear…  That could be, but not very smart on the pollsters part.  Mac also said in his town there very few if any Obama signs or bumper stickers when they were everywhere in 2008.  I’ve seen comments like this over and over with many admitting that they had voted for Obama last time. 

    I could see this and let me tell you why.  The states of the upper mid-west have always been traditionally affiliated with the Democratic Party but that was the Democratic Party of years gone by.  The Democratic Party of today is nothing like the one their Fathers and their Grandfathers supported.  Today’s Democratic Party has become the party of individual failure, destruction of the family and dependency, this goes against the values of most in the region.  Folks in Wisconsin, Michigan and Minnesota believe in giving an honest days work, being self-reliant, independent, they believe in family and God.  They also have a bit of smart-ass in’em, they watched as their values have been trampled and I think they have taken on that old “Fool-Me-Once” attitude.  Come November 6^th the Democratic Party is going to get a surprise from the people they turned their backs on and took for granted.   Come November 6^th while the Power Brokers of the Democratic Party sit back thinking to themselves “The people of the upper mid-west will just blindly follow and do what we say”, the people will vote their values not a letter that no longer holds any meaning for them (D).  Just remember the recall of Governor Walker, after outside agitators came into the state and told them they made a mistake by electing him.  After all the money spent and efforts of out-of-state forces, Governor Walker won the recall by a higher percentage than in the original election.  Folks in Wisconsin don’t like to be told what to think and do.    Mac, I salute you… Now go out and give’m hell

    Some years back me and the wife made the pilgrimage to Green Bay WI.  Lambeau Field, row 10 on the 50 yard line, Monday Night Football, Brett Farve and THE PACK against the Vikings (BOO, HISS), It was ice cold on those metal benches… One of the most memorable nights of my life.  Everyone should go once; you’ll meet some of the nicest and friendliest people in the world and you won’t even mind the cold.  I’ll always have a little something inside for Wisconsin.

The TOMCAT      

Sent to Time-Out

    I’ve been at this now going on 8 to 9 months and having a blast, posted 55 little stories with close to 3,300 page views and the audience is from every corner of the earth.  I’ve never held back on speaking my mind.  My wife half jokingly has said the “FBI’s going to show up on our porch one of these days.”  I never considered that to be a real threat, if they want to censor someone there are bigger fish out there than me.  Little did I know the web (or parts of it) is censoring the users all on its own. 

    Like most people my age I had a front row seat to watch the birth of the internet (both military and civilian sides).  I can’t even remember the first time I logged onto a web site but I managed to adapt to it.  Then came the e-mail account (now I’ve got 5, active). Followed by joining a few groups (now I’m a member of 40 to 50, mostly news outlets).  Then came E-bay, I really loved it when it was people instead of cookie cutter store fronts (with all the same stuff at the same price).  Toss in some retail merchant sites and various other sites.  Of course THE TOMCAT BLOG and Twitter. I think my plate is full.  So I never got into Face Book, but my wife did so I just kind of look over her shoulder now and again.  I’ve liked the results from Face Book, when one of my stories is shared on it I’ll see 20 or 30 hits within an hour or so (same with twitter).  I kind of figured Face book was a quicker but shorter version of a blog or a bigger/slower version of twitter.  Just didn’t peak my interest.  Come to find out I would most likely not be all that welcome in the Face Book world at lest not by its management.

On Saturday following the news that backup had been denied to the men fighting for their lives in Benghazi Libya, Special Operations Speaks PAC (SOS) posted a photo on Face Book criticizing Obama’s decision to let the Americans in Benghazi stand alone.  Within 24 hours (after a few hundred thousand views) Face Book sent out this warning:

The picture was re-posted (with the warning) and again within 7 hours the operators of Face Book removed the picture and suspended the SOS page for 24 hours (they sent the SEAL’s to TIME-OUT). 

    Yes their needs to be monitoring of the Face Book world, there have been too many sad stories of cyber bullying of children and others but this ventures into censorship of political speech.  The free and robust exchange of ideas, opinions and dissenting views is what America was founded upon.  During these times of politicians bent on misinformation and mainstream news outlets that have become nothing more than an outlet for the politician’s talking-points, social networks like Face Book should embrace their position of being the only haven for those willing to speak out, a haven for those who will call politicians on their missteps and over-reaches.  After all what good is a social media if you have to hide your true feelings and opinions?  Maybe they would like to post our updates for us to read so we know what our opinions should be…

If this get’s my wife sent to Face Book TIME-OUT my weekend’s going to suck.

The TOMCAT           

 What is SOS? Former Special Ops officers from four separate branches of the military have joined ranks for one specific purpose – to remove Barack Obama from office. 

For more information on Special Operations Speaks visit

http://specialoperationsspeaks.com/index

On Oct 31 Face Book relented and allowed the photo to stand. (They couldn’t stand the heat… Liberals…)

Bueller…, Bueller…, Bueller…..

    Well look who decided to stop in today…  As hurricane Sandy began to make landfall along the north-east coast of the United States the Obama re-election campaign announced they would be canceling the scheduled campaign rally in Orlando FL. so the president could monitor the situation as the storm progressed.  I find it fascinating that they felt it was necessary to make a national announcement that he would actually be going to work today; then again after the past 1,350+ days he’s been on the job, the American public has come to expect he’d be a no show at the office.  Much like the teacher of the happy, go lucky teenager in “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” we’ve been left standing without answer as we called out, Obama…, Obama…, Obama…, silence the only reply.

    The job of President of the United States is one of the most critical jobs in the world, decisions made by the person holding the office easily could impact every person on the earth.  That being said, the President has to be continually informed on a vast number of subjects.  The President needs to keep up with ever changing situations and formulate contingency paths to address these situations.  To assist him, daily briefings are held that inform him of a varied number of situations, options and proposed courses of actions.  These briefings are probably one of the best tools a president could have, he would be able to question and discuss options with some of the best minds available.

That is if the briefings were attended…

    Over the past 4 years Mr. Obama has attended less than 45% of the daily briefings and in the past year it has dropped to below 35%.  Un-Employment has been a major concern in the U.S. over the past 4 years and for all of the speeches he’s given touting how hard he’s working to put America back to work, he has never met with his Jobs Council.  Even during times of crises he chose to pass on attending critical briefings of national importance opting to get his information from talking point papers.  During and after the murder of Ambassador Stevens and three other Americans in Benghazi Libya instead of taking a moment to do the job he was hire to do he ran away to Las Vegas for a political fund raiser.   Myself, I’m not all that surprised he avoids the briefings.  In his mind his opinions are the only ones that count.  The only viable courses of actions would be ones that benefited him politically.  Besides it would most likely crush his fragile ego once others figured out “He’s NOT the smartest person in the room”.  How do you hide your incompetence from someone… never meet with them or talk to them.    

    It seems the only time we can count on Mr. Obama showing up is for political fund raisers (he’s never missed one in his career).  If he’s missing, check the local golf course or basketball court.  If you want him to show up say Jay-Z, Beyonce or Clooney will be there.  He won’t stop-in to speak with the White House Press Corps but Letterman, The View, The Pimp with a Limp… He’s There!   Now all of the sudden, 6 days before his contract is up, he’s going to buckle-down and show-up for work.  Thanks, but no thanks; I think the Governors of the eastern costal states can manage… After all they’ve been doing it without you (or is it, in spite of you?).  Mr. Obama just go do whatever it is you do…  By the way you may need this 1-800-GO-UHAUL, one way D.C to Chicago.

The TOMCAT

    He could have learned a thing or two from these troops.  They stand and do their job when times are good… They stand and do their job when times are bad… They show up to work 365 days a year.

“…small things.”

      Big Bird, Binders and Bayonets, Ya got’a LOVE IT!  According to Mr. Obama, his re-election team and of course the mainstream media; Big Bird, Binders and Bayonets are the big concerns of the American voting public.  Yes, Mr. Obama has his finger on the pulse of America. 

    Let’s take a look at these three little nuggets of Obama wisdom:

Big Bird

Mr. Obama wants to save “Big Bird” from the economic distress of being self-funded. 

Mr. Romney’s point was, all government spending should be reviewed and prioritized.       

    “Is the program so important that we should borrow money from China to continue it?”

I’ve already been through this in Choices (Oct. 10^th) Big Bird is going to do just fine at $500 million plus in merchandizing.   Can you say the same?  Right now the national debt is at $16,211,268,916,232.26 and climbing at a rate of $3,880,000,000.00 every day.   As of this moment every man, woman and child owes about $52,000.00.  Can you pay up?  By Mr. Obama’s own numbers, under his economic plan, by the year 2022 the national debt will exceed $25,000,000,000,000.00. 

(Side Note:  If you can’t pay up now how will you manage in 2022?  Or will it just be a matter of dumping it off on the kids?  Myself, I’ve always paid my own way and I’m willing to sacrifice now to keep from burdening future generations but if government spending isn’t reined in the debt will never be cleared.  Sooner or later it will crush our nation and we’ll bring the rest of the world’s economies down with us.)        

Binders (Full of Women)

Mr. Obama wants to equate having files of perspective female candidates as somehow demeaning and additional evidence of the imaginary “War on Women”.

Mr. Romney (with foresight) collected data on qualified male and female candidates to fill high ranking positions in his corporate, volunteer and government dealings.  No quota system needed, he was only looking to give a fair chance to the best of the best.  From his history women did quite well in getting top jobs.

(Side Note:  I’d rather be listed in Mr. Romney’s “Binders Full of Women” than Obama’s list… The last American citizen on one of Obama’s list didn’t do so well, something about a drone and a missile… not quite the trial and jury of peers’ thing I heard about.  Just saying, if I have the choice.)    

Bayonets (we don’t need as many)

Mr. Obama’s attempt at belittling Mr. Romney, insinuating that he doesn’t know what the military needs.

Mr. Romney’s remark about the Navy’s fleet levels being at their lowest levels since 1917 actually is a scary observation when you think about it.  The reason we haven’t fought a modern battle on our shores is because we’ve always had a mobile fighting force able to take the fight to our foes doorstep and the number of Navy ships plays a major role.  You can’t just pick-up an air base and move it.  You can’t just decide to move Fort Bragg.  But a carrier taskforce parked in international waters can move right into a hot spot and back out as needed.      

(Side Note:  I like to backup my thoughts with facts and stats so I poke around some obscure web sites to see if different numbers come up.   I kind of surprised myself when searching navel strength I pulled up the Chief of Navel Operations guidance for 2011 maritime strategy document.  Within the document I found the fleet strength to be at 288 ships but they identify this as a shortfall noting the “Navy requires a minimum of 313 ships to meet operational requirements globally.” But their optimal fleet size would be 320 ships.  So the Navy is 32 ships short… It would seem Mr. Obama was the one that doesn’t know what the military needs or even what the military has at the moment.)

    Yes Mr. Obama sure hit the mark with his wisdom.   For all the talk on who won each of the debates (Presidential and Vice Pres.) all four looked relatively the same to me.   Romney and Ryan tried to focus on the major issues we face as a nation and their plans to overcome them.  On the other hand, Obama and Biden both came off as… well to put it nicely, juvenile.  But then again I’m not one for sugar coating the facts;

Obama and Biden were both Smartass Pompous JERK’s. 

   I’d like to leave you with this quote (it puts the debates into perspective and why Obama and Biden acted the way they did).

“If you don’t have any fresh ideas, then you use stale tactics to scare voters.  If you don’t have a record to run on, then you paint your opponent as someone to run from.  You make a big election about small things.”  

Barack Obama, 28 Aug. 2008 at the Democratic National Convention

(His acceptance speech)

How big is this election?  How small are his issues, Big Bird, Binders and Bayonets? 

Mr. Obama is a small, deceitful man with a big ego…

The TOMCAT

Bits of Plastic

    Sometimes it’s the subject that’s off the radar is the one getting the most action, the behind the scene and under the table type action.  Both President Obama and his Attorney General Eric Holder have a history of wanting stringent gun control laws, the type of laws that would restrict private legal ownership but do little to curb illegal possession by the criminal element.  In fact between 2009 to 2011 the Obama Justice Department intentionally facilitated the transfer of 2,500 firearms to Mexican drug smuggling cartels.  This transfer of weapons to extremely violent criminals was done under the cover of a poorly thought-out scheme called “Operation Fast & Furious”.   The supposed purpose was to track the illegally purchased guns to the drug cartels in Mexico then prosecute the cartel members for having illegal guns.  There were three problems with their scheme.

   1.) The Justice Department never bothered tracking the guns (until someone died and

        then did little about it).

   2.) Even if they had, being on Mexican soil the cartel members were out of the Justice    

        Departments jurisdiction (drug cartels already had illegal guns, why didn’t the

        Justice Department arrests them for the guns they already had?)

  

   3.) As the Mexican death toll began to rise the Mexican government was never

        informed of the operation so there was no cross border law enforcement follow-up

        or interdiction (not that there was any “this side” of the border follow-up).

    So what was the purpose of Operation Fast & Furious?  That question takes us back a few years, to a comment made by then U.S. attorney Holder.  During a 1995 C-SPAN interview Mr. Holder stated:

“…brainwash people into thinking about guns in a vastly different way.”

    Wow, his choice of words were pretty revealing as to his thought process.  Not that we need to educate the public or crack down on criminal violence.   No, he considered manipulation and “brainwashing” of the American public as the appropriate course to follow. 

    The next paragraph is pure speculation!    I’m just drawing lines from dot to dot, to see what picture it makes.  But the events are factual.  Fill free to connect the dots and see what picture you come up with…  

    This brings us back to the 2009 Obama administration.  With the absence of an appetite for most senators or congressmen to get into a Second Amendment squabble (again),   the administration looked to manipulate the emotions of the American public by creating an emergency that would spark public outcry for action (and of course they would be ready to act).  In the early days of Ops. F&F few if any knew what was happening but the mainstream media began reporting on increasing gun violence occurring along the Mexican boarder and there were murmurs of the need for action and control of weapons.  The foundation had been laid, the crisis was unfolding, the compliant media was reporting the stories of tragedy in Mexico almost nightly and public opinion was being molded.  All was falling into place as scripted, the calls for action were beginning to take shape and gain momentum.  All as scripted, that is until 14 December 2010.   On that day Border Agent Brian Terry was shot to death by one of the guns that had been allowed to “walk” during Ops. F&F.  The violence had begun to spillover the boarder.  By February of 2011 an agent involved in the operation began to speak out and the scheme began to crumble.  Questions were being asked, questions that could prove detrimental to Mr. Obama so he invoked executive privilege.  The always compliant press halted reports on the continuing violence along the Mexican border (not wanting to give credence to the calls for answers).  The American public was again shuttled off with the “Nothing to see here, move along” reporting of the mainstream media news.   So today here we stand almost two years after Agent Terry’s’ death,  almost two years after operation Fast & Furious was exposed and what do we have to show for it?  No criminals arrested on gun charges, 300+ deaths (Mexican and American) attributed to the mismanaged operation, 2,000+ weapons still in the hands of violent criminals and NO Answers.  And people wonder why I think Mr. Obama is evil, while I wonder why a Mexican-American would vote for Obama after the blood that has been spilled. 

     After reading this you may think I’m just bringing up old news, rehashing the past.   Actually the story was just a prelude for a little test, a self exam if you will.  Look at these two guns and see what comes to mind.

    The top gun looks like your everyday rifle, something a youth may get for their 15^th birthday to go squirrel hunting with Grandpa.  But the lower one looks dangerous, something no ordinary person would need.  You may be surprised they are both the same, a basic Mossberg 702 Plinkster .22 caliber semi-automatic rifle.  The only difference is the bits of plastic screwed to them.  Neither shoots further, faster, harder or more than the other.  If you ban one you ban both.  A rifle is nothing more than a tool not unlike a hammer, a screwdriver or a car.  Any of them used improperly or placed in the wrong hands can be used to hurt someone.  Now go back to your original thought when you looked at the picture, gun owner or not, like them, dislike them or indifferent.  Did you see one as more dangerous than the other? Have you been manipulated, conditioned, “BRAINWASHED”?

Romney & Ryan 2012

The TOMCAT

What Does C-N-N Stand For?

    I have a new zest for the battle ahead, shining the light, pointing and screaming as needed, so Y’all get a two subject post today. 

    I had to work Tuesday night so I got the initial bits of the second presidential debate from twitter.  Nice how the moderator Candy Crowley often came to the rescue of Mr. Obama (so heroic).  This is the behavior that confuses the American public and does a disservice to the viewing audience.  One such (Oh, Let me get that for you Sir) instance was on Mr. Obama saying the death of Ambassador Stevens (and three others) was a result of a mob action spurred on by an ant-Muslim “Video”.   She inserted herself into the point being made by Mr. Romney that Mr. Obama for two weeks repeated a lie to the American public blaming an obscure video, instead of admitting it was an al Qaida linked terrorist attack.  As late as September 25^th in front of the United Nations General Assembly no less, Mr. Obama continued with the blame the “video and mob action narrative”, a bold face lie to the American people   But Ms. Crowley had to step-in, she stated that Mr. Obama immediately linked it to “terror” in his rose garden address.  She missed the point entirely that the President and his administration attempted to spin the violence in Benghazi to a non-existent mob inflamed by a video they never seen.  Obama and his minions repeated the lie again and again hoping it would take hold as the Obama truth (normally so quickly accepted and forwarded by the media as gospel). 

    Later (I guess after someone showed her a recording of the address) she admitted Mr. Romney was correct in the point he was trying to get to about the following two weeks of lies before she injected herself into the discussion.  That was nice, noting the debate audience was now gone and the damage was done.  In Ms. Crowley’s eagerness to show herself as an iatrical part of the debate process she forgot her most important duty, get to the TRUTH!!!  For days now she has been stating how she intended to expand her role during the town-hall style debate (town-hall means Q&A with the public, not moderator grandstanding).  As to be expected, blinded by her self-importance, she blew it.  Well if nothing else she had a personal audition with Mr. Obama as a future spokesman.  It’s strange that an old man in Sothern Indiana farm country is more knowledgeable on a subject of national importance than a DC based “Chief Political Correspondent” for CNN.  But then again…  CNN, Can’t Nail the News or is it Crowley Navigates the Narrative.

See her backstepping video here http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2012/10/16/cnns_candy_crowley_romney_was_actually_right_on_libya.html

 

One less voice in the choir?

    Last week I posed a question to myself, I aired my own doubts for everyone to see.  To those of you that voiced your support, I Thank You.  It meant a lot to me.

    I spent some time reading my post from last Sunday over and over, picking at the words for a clue as to what I would do next.  All the time the answer was glaring at me.  Before I had even finished last Sundays post I had an answer to my self-doubt.  In one simple phrase “Evil can only succeed if good men fail to speak out.”  I will not be the ONE that failed to speak out!  I refuse to be the ONE less voice in the choir.  I am not preaching to the choir, I’m adding to the power of its voice.  If I were to allow myself to walk away, who would be next?  How long till there would be no voices in the choir?  By duty and by choice I will stand with those screaming the warnings of the avoidable calamity and devastation that is laid on the path before us.  If my voice sparks one more voice, I’ll have made a difference.  If that voice can spark another and another, evil will be defeated and pushed back into the dark recesses that it creped from.  Do I want Mr. Obama out of the White House?  You BET-CHA!!!  But more than that, I want him out by a landslide!  I want the American public to send a message that we know who and what he is.  I want the American public to send a message to those like him that we know what they are up to and we will shut them down…

    As far as the brick-walls that I’ll face in life…  Be forewarned.  You may not want to listen but you will hear me.  You may not want to believe but you will be shown the evidence I find.  You may not be willing to admit aloud you’ve followed a lie but inside you will know.  I will continue to verbally beat my head and fist against the brick-walls of life in hopes of making that one little crack.  That one crack that lets the light of truth shine in.  That one little crack that brings the wall down.

There’s a fire in me now…

The TOMCAT

Is It’s Time

10, October 2012

    Today I sent out my 49^th post (Malala’s Courage) to date it was my most active posting, taking 130 hits on the blog page in about twelve hours.  You would think this would be exhilarating and motivate me to press forward, to reach for more challenging milestones.  But today was the day I started thinking maybe its time to find a stopping point and step away from this journey.  I need to find a quiet place to think it over…

    A simple 3 minute conversation with a, (I’ll say) friend put my thought process behind my writing into a whole new light.  I had always believed (and still do) that people naturally know the difference between good and evil.  When they are in the presence of an evil person they somehow know it.  Some people trust their instinct and walk away while others don’t trust their feelings for whatever reason and stay.  For the people that stayed in the presence of evil to trust their instincts and walk away I thought all they needed was a guide to help them trust what they knew inside.  So I attempted to guide the best I could, the only way I knew how.  I had heard a phrase someplace that “Evil can only succeed if good men fail to speak out.”  So I spoke out, not that I think of myself as a good man, I have come up short in the eye’s of others and in my own eyes.  I guess in this little journey I’ve failed in my own eyes.

    After my friend read the post we were talking on the phone, I asked them “What did you think?”  (My friend is a big Obama supporter)  They said the “First part was very good” Then I asked “What about the end?”  I had written it with my friend in mind thinking if I shined the light on the evil I saw so clearly my friend would see the evil also.  Their reply floored me “Some of its true, some of its not”.  What? I thought to myself you just said I lied to you.  We’ve known each other all of my life.  I really have nothing to gain in lying to them but evil gains everything.  That’s when I realized people prefer to close their eyes to the truth and make their own truth to fit what they want to believe.  My friend’s truth is in the (D) following a politician’s title, all the evidence in the world will not change their mind.

    When the election comes, the choice will be between two men.  Mr. Obama and Mr. Romney there is no other viable option, its one or the other.   Is Mr. Romney a good man, I can’t say yes, he’s 100% good but I do know Mr. Obama is an evil man.  His lies crumble around him and no one seems to want to notice.  He has placed his personal political ambitions above the wellbeing of others and sadly people have lost their lives because of it and it’s sloughed off.  I’ve seen the evil, pointed at it and screamed warnings.  But now I know I’ve been preaching to the choir (they know the sermon, they don’t need me) or I’ve been screaming at a brick wall (it doesn’t want to listen to me)…  In the world of black and white you can have gray, neither black nor white.  With good and evil it’s either or, there is no in-between.  Follow what and who you will, believe as you wish.  In the end you are what you allow yourself to be, you are what you believe in.

    For now I’m going to have a cup of coffee, watch the sun set on another day and think things over…

Till next week?

The TOMCAT