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Thursday, March 29, 2012

Richard Nixon Library: ‘1969 Inauguration of Richard Nixon’



Source:Richard Nixon Library- President Richard M. Nixon (Republican, California) being inaugurated as President, January, 1969.

Source:The FreeState 

“From the holdings of the Richard Nixon Presidential Library

From the Motion Film File

File ID: MFF 624 and MFF 625

NARA Record Group: 128.2

Produced by Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies and Naval Photographic Center.

Technical production by the Senate Recording Studio and the Naval Photographic Center.

1/20/1969

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This film just gives you a good idea of what everyone goes through before the actual official inauguration of the new President and that ceremony takes place. As well as the last day of the outgoing President who happened to be President Lyndon B. Johnson on this day. As well as how power is transferred from one President to the new President who was Richard Nixon on this day. And the transfer of power from The White House from the Democratic Party which had it since 1961, to the Republican Party in 1969.

Sunday, March 25, 2012

Real Time With Bill Maher: Overtime With Ann Coulter

Source:Real Time With Bill Maher- talking to Alt-Right loudmouth Ann Coulter.

Source:The Daily Post 

“Bill and his roundtable guests (Ethan Nadelmann, Chaz Bono, Ann Coulter, Amanda Foreman, Christopher Hayes) answer fan questions.” 

From Real Time With Bill Maher

I’m not sure if I’m willing to give credit to anyone who is willing talk to Ann Coulter about anything, or just think maybe that person has more time to throw away than me, which would be a good thing, or just think maybe this person is just very chartable. Because generally I think she’s just doing a crazy monologue and not expecting to be taken seriously, except she doesn’t seem to have a comedic timing and just throws out all of this crazy nonsense (to be overly generous) with a completely straight face and acting like she’s being serious.

Ann Coulter actually said on Real Time With Bill Maher that the Obama Administration threaten to bomb Egypt, if their dictator Hosni Mubarak didn’t leave office. That’s just one example and she was completely serious about that.

Monday, March 19, 2012

Washington Times: ‘The Left’s War On Rednecks’

Source:The Washington Times- Real Time With Bill Maher.

Source:The Daily Post 

“In their own minds, liberals are open-minded and promote diversity – unless they’re talking about a white, southern, conservative believer. In that case, it’s open season for intolerance.

Tuesday’s Republican primaries in Mississippi and Alabama brought out the worst in some liberal commentators. HBO’s Bill Maher added to his recent difficulties by tweeting “Toothless Tuesday too tight to tally! We’re gathered around the magic picture box with a bowl of grits watching the returns come in!” This was a mean-spirited dig based on cartoonish stereotypes of the South.

Mr. Maher’s defenders might point to Jeff Foxworthy’s brand of humor, listing the alleged characteristics of rednecks. Mr. Foxworthy – who last week endorsed Mitt Romney for president – always delivers his lines with a wink, whereas Mr. Maher has developed a permanent smirk. Mr. Foxworthy’s blue-collar fans might nod and admit that some jokes ring a little true; Mr. Maher’s privileged left-wing devotees are already certain that the people in those states are illiterate hillbillies. To paraphrase Lynyrd Skynyrd, southern folk don’t need them around anyhow.”


I agree with The Washington Times (which is a big city, Mid-Atlantic newspaper, in the heart of Blue America) as far as how the American-Left defines rednecks and Southern-Anglo-Saxon-Protestants in America. But similar to how making fun of ghetto people and hip hop culture or left-wing elitist culture is not bigoted or racist, neither is making fun of SASP (Southern Anglo Saxon Protestants) either.

Both sides have their faults and their strengths. I’m not comfortable with either group, because I tend to see urban leftists as snobs, bigots, and even at times as racists towards European-Americans, or at least English-Protestants. And I tend to see political rednecks as bigots who seem to be stuck in some 1950s time warp and never got the memo (perhaps because they can’t read) that America has moved past Ozzie and Harriet’s, Beaver Cleaver, John Wayne’s 1940s and 50s America.

We’re just a lot more diverse as a society now and not just ethnically and racially, but culturally, with all sorts of new, mainstream lifestyles and definitions about what the American Dream is and what it means to be a real American today.

Rednecks or the Christian-Right has been revolting against the Cultural Revolution since the 1960s and again wants to take us back to the 1950s culturally and politically. Urban hipster-leftists, would try to erase redneck or (SASP) culture and force their way of life onto everyone else. Which is why you have this modern culture war going on between these two political fringes.

Thursday, March 15, 2012

The Daily Caller: Nicholas Ballasy- U.S. Representative Jesse Jackson Jr: 'President Obama Should Declare a National Emergency'

Source:The Daily Caller- U.S. Representative Jesse Jackson Jr (Democrat, Illinois) talking about a direct government jobs program.

"Jesse Jackson Jr Obama should declare a national emergency." 


Representative Jesse Jackson who's not shy when expressing his opinions (similar to Muhammad Ali, who he resembles) he's one of the most vocal members of Congress we have as far as expressing exactly what he's feeling, his opinions are always clear. And I'll give him a lot of credit for that, he's one of the most honest members of Congress that we have. (Which is like being the best rapper from South Dakota) 

Whether you agree or disagree with Representative Jackson (from Chicago) or not, I generally disagree with him, Representative Jackson who is with the so-called Progressive Caucus (closeted Democratic Socialists, in actuality) a bit left of myself. (To put it mildly) And I'm a Liberal Democrat. 

What Representative Jackson is talking about here is having President Obama essentially declare a state of emergency as it relates to the American economy. That our economy is so bad that so many people are unemployed right now, that the Administration can't wait for Congress to (get back from playing golf or raising campaign money) solve our economic problems. That President Obama has to step in and solve these problems on his own. And essentially try to solve these problems and implement his American Jobs Act by executive order. 

Executive orders aren't laws (otherwise they would be called executive laws) they can be repealed simply by Congress. The House and Senate coming together to repeal them and with a divided Congress, thats not likely, unless the President writes and executive order thats clearly Unconstitutional and is very unpopular. 

The problem that the President would have is essentially implementing new law constitutional or not, Representative Jackson has called Congress a "Rebellious Congress" similar to the times of the Civil War. That Congress wants to prevent the President from passing any new agenda by essentially not doing anything, that the House has blocked the American Jobs Act by not taking it up. And the Senate Republican Leadership, even though they are the Senate minority, has blocked the AJA with the cloture rule. 

It takes sixty votes in the Senate to debate or pass anything. So what Representative Jackson is saying is that President Obama should circumvent Congress and implement the AJA on his own administratively on his own and bypass Congress. Saying that Congress won't get around to passing the AJA or any jobs bill, we have almost no economic or job growth in the Country right now. We have 9.1% unemployment and that the President should declare a national economic emergency and deal with these issues on his own with his Administration, because no one else is prepared to deal with these issues. 

This is a very risky advice that could bring Congressional investigations. (House and Senate) I don't see how the President could do this without bringing a lot of heat to him (while he's up for reelection) and causing a lot of political problems for him that President Obama doesn't need. 

What the Obama Administration should be doing is trying to pass the AJA in several different steps: focusing on infrastructure investment in one step. Regulatory reform in another step. Tax reform in another step. 

Congress has already passed three trade agreements and then tax reform. Thats the best shot that President Obama has at passing a jobs bill.