Eureka Iron Works

No Mas

I just about broke the TV remote the other day trying to avoid the Obama commercials.  The McCain ones are not much better, but at least he's not trying to take more money from my pocket, or promising to run from Iraq or some other redistributionist/socialist bullshit. 

The mainstream media is worse, totally in the tank for Obama.  While they hunt down writs for Joe the Plumber, Obama's minions get a pass.  I suppose the media is now interviewing Sarah Palin's 3rd Grade classmates to see if she "shared" or not.  

So, no more campaign for me.  I've got 12 UNIT episodes to watch, some CSI's from last year, the DVD set of Victory at Sea and an assortment of other movies.  Hell, I may even watch Sex and the City with Mrs. Iron Works to avoid the Obama Blather-A-Thon he's buying.  Frankly, I hope lots of people watch it and they will realize what an empty, annoying and truly condescending person he really is.  

See you in 2 weeks.  Gotta go clean the basement. 

Grey's Anatomy This Week

Been a while since I blogged Grey's Anatomy.  Mrs. Iron Works is back on this show with a vengeance.  I was reading some work stuff last week, and did catch a few "oh crap the hospital is flooding" scenes, ala ER.  This show is kinda new, but they already jumped that shark?  

This week seems started out whiny.  And kept going.  Everyone his whining, like a bunch of Democrats who just watched CNN do a mildly critical story on Obama-Hood.  

In another ER ripoff, we had a rancorous youth run about the hospital.  And more yelling.  And another fight.  I'd rather watch the View ladies take their best shot at Sarah Palin than see more of this dribble.  

And now they are talking about the va-jay-jay and going to Africa.  Gotta go, have ta take the trash out or change the oil in the car or something.

God help us.  Bye.  

Obama Hood

You remember the story:  he robs from the rich and gives to the poor.

Obama's plan is not exactly that, since the folks he wants to rob are not rich relative to the income spread between the rich and the poor during the 12th century. (the rich were WAY richer!)

I offer the following quote from the "Joe the Plumber" encounter:  (HT: NY Post)

"Your new tax plan is going to tax me more, isn't it?" the blue-collar worker asked. 

After Obama responded that it would, Wurzelbacher continued: "I've worked hard . . . I work 10 to 12 hours a day and I'm buying this company and I'm going to continue working that way. I'm getting taxed more and more while fulfilling the American Dream." 

"It's not that I want to punish your success," Obama told him. "I want to make sure that everybody who is behind you, that they've got a chance for success, too. 

Then, Obama explained his trickle-up theory of economics. 

"My attitude is that if the economy's good for folks from the bottom up, it's gonna be good for everybody. I think when you spread the wealth around, it's good for everybody."

But who, pray tell, is qualified to decide what is good, how much is enough, and who gets what?  Obama?  Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid?  Carolyn Cheeks-Kilpatrick?  225 Democratic Congressfolks?   The failed precedents of this scheme litter history:  Marx, Engels, the USSR, Communist China, Cuba, North Korea.  

Better we do what McCain said, which is to cut spending and debt, restrain government, improve education and work our way out of this situation.  Taking money from hard working folks and giving to others will not solve the problem.

We did delegate the power to rule to them through elections, but we didn't send them to Washington to be 21st century redistributionists.  And if they do think it's their job, then we have to get rid of every single one of them.  Obama Hood, too.  

Now, before it's too late.  

Senator Government

McCain mistakenly, but accurately, called Obama "Senator Government" in tonight's debate.  

Based on his "spread the wealth around" comment, and the plentiful "free money for everyone" promises made by Obama in the last few weeks, it's obvious to see who wants to take from the earners and give it to others.  

I don't agree with all of McCain's policy prescriptions, but he's clearly a disciple of smaller government.

Most folks who are working and pulling the wagon would want McCain.  Those who are just along for the ride want Obama.  That's the defining paradigm of this election, and a big cause of future tension in our society. 

If McCain wins, it will be a bumpy ride, but I think we'll get there ok.  If Obama wins, get ready for some 1930's style tragedy on a global scale.  And watch 2010 be a repeat of 1994.  

Wyandotte's New Police/Court Building

Tonight we went to the Grand Opening Ceremony for Wyandotte's new Police/Court Building.  

It's a great facility that should give fine service to our City for many years to come.  I believe there is a public open house this Saturday where you can go through the building.  It's state of the art in most respects and will be a much safer facility to operate.  It's also set up to be a productive and congenial environment for the police staff and court employees.  

Thanks are in order to the Citizens and their elected representatives who chose to fund and build this facility.  It is a worthwhile project.  

Go see it!

Another Anti-American Movie Tanks at the Box Office

The latest anti-American screed from Hollywood is under-performing its expectations:

"Rival Hollywood studios sensed weak wannasee around Warner Bros' debut of the war on terror spy thriller Body of Lies -- but no one expected it to under-perform this badly. Its weekend estimate is only $13 million, not the $20M that the studio expected, and that's disastrous for the huge budget/high-profile drama, after taking in just $4.4 million Friday from 2,710 dates. "For what it cost to make and spent to market it, this is less than a satisfying result,"  (from Hollywood Daily)

Boo freakin' hoo.  

If Hollywood would do movies like "Back to Bataan", "Death Before Dishonor", "Battle of the Bulge" or "Flying Tigers", folks would go see them.  Memo to studio dumbasses:  making anti-American war movies during a time of war is not a good business plan.  

Oh, well, the new James Bond and Harry Potter movies open soon.  

Reprehensible Man

Krauthammer has a super post today on NRO regarding Obama's past associations:

Questions of Character:  Obama's radical pals shed light on his cynicism, his ruthlessness, and his tolerance for the obscene.

A good quote:

" Today, on the threshold of the presidency, Obama concedes the odiousness of these associations, which is why he has severed them. But for the years in which he sat in Wright’s pews and shared common purpose on boards with Ayers, Obama considered them a legitimate, indeed unremarkable, part of social discourse. 

Do you? Obama is a man of first-class intellect and first-class temperament. But his character remains highly suspect. There is a difference between temperament and character. Equanimity is a virtue. Tolerance of the obscene is not."

Well said.  

And a bit more from Victor Davis Hanson on Obama's character:

NRO:  Not Over Yet

"Obama somehow still remains an unknown — and for apparently good reason. He has almost no record in the Senate to speak of — other than one as America’s most predictably partisan and liberal Senator. What is known of his Chicago associates is not reassuring, and so the only defense can be silence rather than exegesis. No one knows anything of his record at Columbia University, how he got into Harvard Law School, or what he was doing until he reached Harvard, or exactly what he did as a community organizer in Chicago, or how a person with no record of legal scholarship was about to be offered tenure at the Chicago Law School."

Also well said.

Markets are Down, and Obama's not even President Yet

Not a big surprise, given Obama's socialist, high tax, high government intervention policies:

"One reason Wall Street has fallen so sharply in the past month is the increasing evidence that the Democratic Party candidate Barack Obama will be the next president. Intrade, the political futures market, now has Obama’s chances of winning at 74% compared to 26% for McCain. Obama is almost universally admired outside the U.S., but domestically, he favors a sharp increase in taxes on investors and entrepreneurs, more government intervention in health care and business, and more union power. He is the most pro-union candidate in recent memory who favors the “card check” bill that would end the secret ballot for workers, a bedrock of American democracy"

Read it here at Human Events if you dare:  Are You Prepared?

Who Is Barack Obama?

We've seen some things about the man and his life, but a glaring exception is his time at Columbia, Harvard and early years in Chicago.  It's not a surprise that his campaign is hiding things, and that the drive-by media is not pressing the issue.  

Here's a bit of sunlight on the story:

Why Won’t Obama Talk About Columbia?

"In short, Bill Ayers and Barack Obama moved in the same circles, were driven by the same cause, and admired the same radicals all the way from Morningside Heights to Hyde Park. They ended up publicly admiring each other, promoting each other’s work, sitting on the same boards, and funding the same Leftist agitators.

You could conclude, as I do, that it all goes back to a formative time in his life that Obama refuses to discuss. Or you could buy the fairy tale that Bill Ayers first encountered an unknown, inexperienced, third-year associate from a small Chicago law-firm over coffee in 1995 and suddenly decided Barack Obama was the perfect fit to oversee the $150 million pot of gold Ayers hoped would underwrite his revolution."

Does it matter?  Sure, if you want to know about the man and the company he keeps as a way to evaluate his fitness for office.  Besides, if you already drank the kool-aid, whatever I say won't convince you of anything.

What a Fine Idea

From Rasmussen Reports:

"59% Would Vote to Replace Entire Congress"

"When the Constitution was written, the nation’s founders expected that there would be a 50% turnover in the House of Representatives every election cycle. That was the experience they witnessed in state legislatures at the time (and most of the state legislatures offered just one-year terms). For well over 100 years after the Constitution was adopted, the turnover averaged in the 50% range as expected. 

In the twentieth century, turnover began to decline. As power and prestige flowed to Washington during the New Deal era, fewer and fewer Members of Congress wanted to leave. In 1968, Congressional turnover fell to single digits for the first time ever and it has remained very low ever since."

What we need are a bunch of new folks who who would apply some down home common sense to our national issues.

Folks like Sarah Palin.