Russell Brand Tells VMA Audience To Vote For Obama: Are You Serious?

My wife wanted to watch the Video Music Awards on MTV mainly because they have been marketing Britney Spears as one of the opening acts. She wanted to see if Britney has recovered from her recent struggles.

Britney did open it with two lines, then there was a performance. Next, the host of the VMAs, Russell Brand took the stage. The next thing that happened outraged me, and my wife agreed that we should protest MTV.

Russell Brand, a celebrity from the UK told the audience that we should vote for Barack Obama. The world wants him as president. ARE YOU SERIOUS? The powers that be are using MTV’s Video Music Awards to promote their agendas?

I know that a cable network is entitled to their opinion, but to push that opinion on the American people is outrageous. It is probably no surprise that I am a Republican, but I don’t think it is one bit fair for an entertainment channel to push either candidate.

It is disrespectful and unethical to have someone push one political candidate in a public forum such as the Live VMA’s. Had someone got on there are promoted McCain, the media would blast MTV, the VMA’s, and everyone else they could, but since most of the media has been paid for or owned by some left wing liberal, it must be okay to promote Obama.

Fortunately, the viewers of MTV’s VMAs will probably be too worried about what celebrity is in rehab on November 4th, so we won’t have to worry about their vote!

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Will we actually allow some freaked-out creackhead foreigner to insult our country? It is one thing if an Obama supporter insults Bush. Maybe they have a point, and they are hoping to better our country, but this guy is a worthless freak and is using an American outlet to insult our country. You people really agree with this kind of thing? He even insulted Palin’s daughter for choosing life, and the Jonas Brothers for choosing to be virgins… Good job MTV, way to be a positive role model for teenagers everywhere!

Did you see who attended the national conventions?

I have discovered something, and I’m not sure why the media hasn’t picked up on this. When you watched the Democratic National Convention, did you see all of the celebrities that were there? So and so was here, so and so was there. The other night Michelle Obama had a fund raising dinner for celebrities. I heard they raised about a million dollars at that dinner. Congratulations!

Now this week at the Republican National Convention, celebrities were not everywhere. No one made mention of Ben Affleck listening to John McCain. BUT… You know who was there? Our nations veterans. The real heroes of our country were in attendance, and there were quite a few. This strikes me as odd. The people that have defended our freedoms and the freedoms of the world support the Republicans. The people who make their money (and vasts amount of it) pretending to be other people and doing nothing really important were at the Democratic National Convention… Actually, if you think about it… they kind of sound like the Democrat politicians. Chew on that!

Diddy calls out McCain as “Bugging the F**k Out!”

My wife told me about Diddy’s comments in response to Sen. McCain’s choice for VP. He said that McCain was “…bugging the f**k out!” (Click here to read the story) He goes on to cite a few “interesting” reasons why McCain made a poor choice.

Diddy was quoted saying, “Sarah you need to be down with the whole cabinet. You are not ready to be no vice president. What is the reality in Alaska? There isn’t even any crackheads in Alaska. There isn’t any black people, no crime. There isn’t even any foreign policies in Alaska. You need to get versed on black policies. We are the future.”

This is quite interesting to me. I didn’t realize that crackheads were an important target for ANY politician. With this statement, does that mean that Obama is out campaigning to all of the crackheads of the country? I wish celebrities, who are extremely out of touch with the real world, would be careful what they say and how they word it. This is almost another Kanye West, “Bush hates black people,” type comment. Are you serious?

The second part of his absurd statement, “There isn’t any black people,” is actually incorrect. Had he made a more educated statement such as, “There is a very small black population in Alaska,” it may have been more worthy of actually speaking about. In fact, 3.7% or 24,791 of the 670,053 people in Alaska are black (US Census). Another interesting figure that we should address is the number of American Indians and Alaskan natives (non-white). 15.4% of Alaska’s population is American Indian or Alaskan native. As a descendant of American Indians, I actually am happy to see someone in the government that may actually be sympathetic to this segment of the population.

Also, let’s compare Illinois, the state of Barack Obama. Illinois actually has a larger percentage of white population (79.3 versus 70.7) than Alaska (Census info for Illinois). Now, since Barack Obama was raised by his white family and comes from a state where there is a larger population of white people, wouldn’t that say that Obama is out of touch with the black population also, especially the crackheads? I know Obama hangs out with some low-lifes, but I don’t think cracheads are on that list!

Third, I don’t understand the comment on foreign policies. First of all, it is a state. States deal with foreign policies in respect to imports and exports. Beyond that, isn’t foreign policy a federal issue? Why would Alaska be dealing with foreign governments and negotiating policies that would affect our entire nation. I believe Diddy has gone beyond the scope of Palin’s job description. Also, Palin did establish a few awards and programs to bring heightened attention to foreign relations in Alaska. (Read background here)

Finally, I believe we should address Obama’s experience, since Palin’s the VP candidate, is being attacked for her lack of experience with certain areas. Barack Obama , who only has 3 years of federal government experience, and only 7 years of state government experience before that, is pretty fresh on the scene as far as government is concerned. His ability on any issue should be questioned since he has not been around the national political world mroe than 3 years. I bet he has a lot of foreign policy experience.

I like to end Obama blogs with a quote from our friend Barack:

“My friends, we live in the greatest nation in the history of the world. I hope you’ll join with me as we try to change it.”

Barack Obama’s Lack of Confidence Shows

Barack Obama has chosen a running mate!!! The long-anticipated moment has arrived. It is not Hillary. It is Senator Joe Biden, another old white guy.

Don’t get me wrong. I have nothing against another old white guy… I am supporting McCain. But as a proponent for change, shouldn’t Obama have picked someone different? He picks a senator that has 30 years of experience, served at various times as chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, and has twice sought the White House.

Is this not the complete opposite from Obama’s message of, “Change… you can believe in?” This just reaffirms my idea that Obama is definitely about change: changing his idea, mind, policy, and decisions if he feels it will get more votes. In fact, he has been different than most other candidates. There is not one thing he has stuck by firmly throughout the entire election race.

How will Biden affect Obama’s chances? Well, according to Ron Fournier, an Associated Press writer, Biden said in a 2007 interview on ABC that he said he would stand by an earlier statement that Obama was not ready to serve as president. I guess Obama thought Biden would make him ready.

Chalk another one up for the Democrats… say one thing and do another!

Where is the American Spirit?

I am very distraught that America has lost so much Spirit. We are in the middle of the greatest sporting events in the world, and the U.S. population cares less and less.

Many people have said they don’t care or that the Olympics are stupid. Unfortunately, they know what is happening with VH1 reality shows and what celebrity is in rehab. What is wrong with the U.S.?

I saw an interview from Yao Ming, the center for the Houston Rockets and for the Chinese National Basketball Team. He said it is nice to play in the NBA and make lots of money, but his ultimate dream is to play in the Olympics. That is what is prized in his country. Most countries around the world have similar sentiments, but not the U.S.

We must rekindle our American Spirit. It is what has provided the country we have today. If we don’t, we will see a steady and continual decline of the U.S. as a world power. Think about it…

Gas Prices Are Falling: Should We Be Happy?

Gas prices are starting to fall. In Houston, I have seen as low as $3.59 for regular (it may be even cheaper). I am very thankful they have started to fall, but are they supposed to start making us happy?

Everyone has started backing off of the high-gas complaints. I know it went on for a while, and can get tiresome, especially when Congress takes a recess without doing ANYTHING about it, but why?

A year ago gas was $2.50 a gallon and that was expensive. Now we are still more than a $1 higher, and people are adjusting to it. We must continue to push on our representatives to do something. We must continue to look for alternatives, and we must decrease our foreign oil dependency.

The American society is so right now, it hurts. We are just happy it is not $4 a gallon any more. What happens when there is another crisis: $4.50, $5.00 a gallon? We have to continue to fight our oil dependency!

Is Barack Obama a baby-killer advocate?

I receive emails from various political groups, including Mick Huckabee’s HuckPAC. In the email today, they shared some interesting information about Barack Obama.

“We now know he voted against the state equivalent (in the committee which he chaired) of the federally passed “Born Alive Infants Protection Act.” To put that in perspective, the House and Senate of the U.S. Congress voted unanimously six years ago to pass it and not even NARAL campaigned against it. Yet Barack Obama did in the Illinois legislature.”

What does this mean in regards to the presidential election? What does this mean in regards to Obama?

First let’s review what the Born-Alive Infants Protection Act is:

“The Born-Alive Infants Protection Act states that any baby that has been born alive is to be legally considered a person. As such, she or he would automatically be granted full protection under the U.S. Constitution. Other existing laws require that newborns must receive medical attention as needed. Killing a born-alive infant would be considered murder.(http://www.religioustolerance.org/abo_aliv.htm)”

Although this act passed through the house with only 15 nay votes and unanimously passed through the Senate, Obama could begin pushing for more anti-life legislature. With a Democratic Congress, they would have nothing to hold them back from making it legal to kill whatever. Kill babies, kill old people… the list could get longer with both Congress and the Presidency controlled by liberal, radical Democrats!

I have had debates about these issues with many so-called Democrats. They all say they want to have the choice. It is their body and they should have the choice. I AGREE! They do have the CHOICE! They have the choice to have sex or not… Once you engage in sex, regardless if you are on birth control or use a condom, you still are making the CHOICE. Don’t have sex and you don’t have to worry. If you must have sex, then you have to live with the results of your actions. What is so hard about this? Why must we continue to even entertain this debate on whether it is okay to kill a child?

Answer To Our Economy: FairTax

I’m not sure how many people know about the FairTax system, but I would guess it is not many. Through years and years of research and studies, the FairTax proposal would restore the U.S. economy, bring home many jobs, alleviate the current loss of taxes, and further our country in so many ways.

I would like for everyone to check out fairtax.org for more information about the FairTax system. I will be posting several entries about the FairTax proposal, but here are a few unique facts to think about. Once you digest the following facts, take a look at fairtax.org or read The FairTax Book by Neal Boortz and John Linder. This book is an easy read and will explain the FairTax system and the arguments against it!

Did you know that Congress had to pass an amendment to the Constitution to install an income tax? February 12, 1913 marks the day the Sixteenth Amendment was ratified and making it “constitutional” to tax our income!

Did you know that it costs America $265 billion a year to prepare and file tax returns and 6 billion hours to do it?

Did you know it took us 113 days of work to pay for our tax burden? This is longer than any other thing we pay for: (we work 108 days to pay for food, clothing, and housing combined)

I bet you didn’t know that 32.58% of all tax returns paid no tax?

Business decisions made to reduce tax burden versus increase revenue results in an 18% loss to GDP.

There are many more staggering statistics out there about our current tax system. The FairTax is the answer to our economy, our country, and our lives. Look into it and let your congresspeople know you are for this kind of change.

Obama: “You should learn Spanish!”

Obama told a group gathered to hear about his flip-flopped ideas of change in Powder Springs, GA that instead of worrying about immigrants learning English, because they will learn English, we should worry about our children learning Spanish.

I have a problem with this. I agree with the fact that we should be learning multiple languages. I learned two languages in school, Japanese and Latin. I chose not to learn Spanish. I do think that students should be pushed to learn about other cultures and languages, but i don’t think we should have to learn a certain language because immigrants won’t acknowledge they speak English.

Some liberals say that we are taking this video out of context. He is talking about the school systems. If he was talking about our school system and what we need to improve it, that is a different story. Instead, he refers to immigrants learning English. This is another issue.

I live in Houston, TX where I am now a minority. As a resident of the US, I don’t think it is my responsibility to learn Spanish so I can read billboards, product packages, and speak to other citizens (oh, wait, are illegals consider citizens?). If the billboard were in Latin, I could read it. What about French?

We are talking about two different issues here. Why must we conform to learning someone else’s language so they have an easier time of becoming a citizen. I don’t see other countries bending for us. In fact, when we can’t speak their language, we are criticized and condemned for it. If you want to be a citizen of the US, you should have to speak English. Period!

The second issue that has been tied to Obama’s speech is the school systems. This should be addressed on separately. I firmly believe we are behind much of the rest of the world when it comes to schools. The more we allow Democrats to decide on legislation, the further behind we will get. I was an over-achiever in school. I took college courses in middle school. The biggest problem I faced was the fact that I was not “average.” I was even told I would have to retake some classes so I could fit in line with everyone else. For the same reason we have welfare and other “average” programs, our school systems don’t reward success.

Instead of dumbing it down, so every kid can pass each grade, why don’t we step it up and force our kids to rise to that level. We want to act like the biggest and best country in the world, but we allow our children to barely read and get through high school. Democratic legislation has tried to penetrate schools, the work force, and just about every other part of life to make sure everyone has a chance. If they can’t succeed, we will just give it to them. I know I have taken this on a tangent, so I will write about this separately.

The bottom line is the more we lose the identity of America, cater to EVERYONE else, the closer we are to extinction as a world power.

Obama: Can’t Get Iraq Policy Right!

Barack Obama doesn’t really know what to say to who when it comes to his policy on Iraq. He has made it more than obvious that he says what he thinks he needs to in order to get elected. He flip-flops according to the response from the press. Obama hasn’t learned how to hold true to some principles while dancing around all of the rest like seasoned politicians do.

Most Obama supporters think he wants to pull out of Iraq completely. He has said, “…that I would bring our troops home in the pace of one to two brigades per month and that that pace we would have our combat troops out in 16 months.” All of you Democrats: did you see the most important part of this statement? COMBAT TROOPS! How many of Obama’s so-called residual troops will remain? Has any asked that question? Will he even answer it? He doesn’t know.

Another thing most Obama supporters don’t realize or want to talk about: Obama’s voting results on puling out of Iraq. Obama has not been very consistent with pulling out as he talks on the campaign trail. In fact Obama has voted both against the withdrawal of troops from Iraq (on June 22, 2006) and for forcing the withdrawal of troops by cutting off funding for military operations in Iraq (on May 24, 2007 and Nov. 16, 2007). This is odd coming from a presidential candidate that is playing on the Iraq war as grounds for getting elected. What will he do different next?

I’m sure once he gets elected, he will flip-flop again. He has already set us up for it. When asked about how many troops will remain, what kind of counter-terrorist strike force will we have, and other questions like how many trainers and researchers will be necessary, he didn’t have any other answer than, “Those are all issues that obviously are going to be determined by the facts on the ground.” It sounds like he is saying, “Once we start pulling out like I said we would in order for me to win the election, I might change my mind and do something completely different!”

I want to applaud and thank Obama supporters. We must have some ignorant, uneducated supporters out there otherwise I would have nothing to write about!

I ask anyone to please respond! I want someone to tell me I’m wrong! I want a true Obama supporter to bash all of my comments. At least then, I may find out what Democrats and Obama really stands for!