Facebook and Liberals – Again

by rex on July 14, 2010

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People post the dumbest things. Somehow, a liberal friend of a friend became a friend of mine on Facebook. That wouldn’t be so bad since I do have a few liberal friends.  In this case, I finally couldn’t stand it.

Byron Gates, Jr, posted a complaint on his wall about the billboard in Iowa from the North Iowa Tea Party. It put Hitler, Obama, and Lenin on the same level, and contained the “outrageous” phrase Live Free or Die at the bottom. This has caused an uproar in many liberal, progressive, and socialist circles.

To think that such imagery would be used! How could such a violent phrase – live free or die – be used! Here’s the funny thing.

Live Free or Die is the state motto of New Hampshire. It’s even on their license plates.

Classic failure on the part of liberals. They forget the vile rhetoric aimed at Bush/Cheney, Clinton/Gore, Bush/Quayle, and Reagan/Bush. Of course Carter deserves everything that was said about him – then and now.

So what does this have to do with Facebook and Byron Gates, Jr? Well, he put up his wall post with the statement: “Can you believe the assholes. Even if you love the Tea Party, even if you are a conservative at any level, this is just downright offensive.”

Then he later stated, “Too much money, too little brains. They are a joke.” Of course, he was referring to conservatives and Tea Party people. Therein lies the problem for Byron. He tries, like most liberals, to put himself on a pedestal above others. That simply doesn’t hold water with his weak debate skills and zero command of the facts.

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He simply feels good preaching to the choir of his friends where they can pat each other on the back and feel good. Naturally, I posted a reply and was promptly “blocked” from his wall.

Perfect ending.

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KTBS 3 Gun Grabbing Mayor Cedric Glover

by rex on June 16, 2010

This story originally ran on KTBS 3 in Shreveport as “Gun Grabbing Mayor” and was posted in streaming video on their website. Apparently, they have taken it down. Now, they could remove videos and stories after a certain period of time (which is stupid and not necessary), but it sure is close to the mayoral elections.

I requested a copy from KTBS 3 last year after it ran. Ron Thoma sent me a copy pulled from KPXJ 21 (sister station). I’ve posted it to Youtube – and if I get a take-down notice there, I will just post it directly on my site.

As a side note, KTBS did NOT try to contact Baillio nor me – even though they showcased my site. Robert would have certainly spoken to the news about the situation.

One thing most people overlook is that this whole story is not really about the weapon seizure. It’s about HOW the weapon was taken. The officer searched the vehicle with no probable cause and no warrant. The weapon itself is irrelevant. Then you add Mayor Cedric Glover’s comments: Your rights are suspended – and you have a complete breakdown in common sense, law, and rights.

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Budget Funding for Louisiana War Veterans

June 8, 2010

While I am normally very conservative on government spending, there is one area that I believe should always be funded – taking care of our soldiers and specifically our War Veterans. A good friend and technology client of mine alerted me to the $2 million budget cuts slashed from the 5 War Veterans Homes this [...]

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California is full of racists

May 17, 2010

In case you didn’t know (because you were hiding in a cave), there has been an ongoing “hypocritical righteous war” waged against Arizona’s SB1040. But what about those that are screaming the most? Let’s look at San Francisco first. If you didn’t know, SF is a “sanctuary city”. No, that is not a label from [...]

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Elena Kagan and Socialism Thesis

May 15, 2010

My good friend and former classmate, Lance A. Ward, forwarded me a copy of Elena Kagan’s thesis on socialism. Granted I have only skimmed though it so far, but I did find the following paragraph at the opening of her conclusion. In our own times, a coherent socialist movement is nowhere to be found in [...]

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Because Cops are always good guys

May 9, 2010

Let me make this clear from the outset. I fully support police officers and law enforcement in the their lawful duties. However, I do not “trust” them just because they are cops. As a matter of fact, that is exactly why I trust them less. I am big into self-responsibility. In the event of trouble [...]

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Mike McConnell on Illegal Aliens

May 2, 2010

Mike McConnell’s show is great. He doesn’t tend to be left or right – he just makes sense. Listen to at least the first few minutes of his radio show from 5/1/2010 2nd hour. He absolutely exposes the hypocrisy and comedy of the whole Arizona situation.

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Glover loves fiber

May 1, 2010

Apparently Cedric “Your Rights are Suspended” Glover thinks Google is going to vote in the Shreveport Mayor’s Race this fall. Rather than doing something innovative for Google’s Community Fiber project, he simply did a campaign speech. How lame. Oh yeah, the next time you are trying to bring fiber into the area – you might [...]

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Reminder of New Orleans Gun Grab

May 1, 2010

Of course, this took place in 2005; however, I think a lot of people go around thinking that the government wouldn’t actually “come get your guns.” This is a reminder of what can happen when you have a very stupid governor, such as Kathleen Blanco, a absolute whining moron for a city mayor (Ray Nagin), [...]

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Uh Oh – Immigration Hypocrisy Alert

April 30, 2010

Well, much has been made of the “racist Republicans” over the Arizona Senate Bill 1070 aka “The Immigration Bill”. Of course, most of the chatter is from people who have not read the bill whatsoever. Much of the discussion is just based on a quick-rising urban myth phenomenon. As a matter of fact, we had [...]

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