Farewell War On Terror, Hello New World Order

Was Obama put into the White House by the global media elite, to sell a new world order to the American people?

Did the 125 richest and most influential people in the financial world purposefully orchestrate the sub-prime mortgage lending failure, throwing the U.S. economy into the worst tailspin since the great depression?

Where did Hillary and Barack disappear to for nearly two days in 2008?

In Bill O’Reilly’s latest column, entitled Farewell, War On Terror, one of the commenters posted a link to a 2-hour HQ full-length documentary on YouTube called, The Obama Deception. This may be one of the most important works of non-fiction you will watch this year.

The film has had over 2 million views, it is rated 4.5 out of 5 stars, has received nearly 20,000 ratings and over 53,000 comments.

A couple of interesting quotes:

“Inspite of what you might have heard, I wasn’t born in a manger.”   — Obama

“They put a black face on the new world order, and everybody happy. KRS ain’t buyin’ it.”  – KRS One

Obama Spending is Destroying the U.S. Economy

British Coverage of Obama in Telegraph

Why Does Obama Hate America So Badly

Obama in the British Media   

The Brits see right through Obama & are not afraid to say so.   It’s too bad that the media in the U.S. is just part of Obama’s cheerleading squad, with just a few exceptions.    

If you haven’t seen this article, Mr. Warner cuts right to the chase, doesn’t mince words, and delivers a punch that may wake you up.

I really must commend @AcePilot101, @ExpatInTheUSA on truly biting comments.

Business Leader’s Open Letter to Obama

Whenever a friend or realative sends (fwd:'s) me a really original
piece of content, I check on Google and Snopes. This one checks out.
Thank you for expressing your opinion, Mr. Pritchett!
(This is exactly how the plain-text email arrived.) 

AN OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT OBAMA

By Lou Pritchett

Dear President Obama:

You are the thirteenth President under whom I have lived and unlike any of the others, you truly scare me.

You scare me because after months of exposure, I know nothing about you. 

You scare me because I do not know how you paid for your expensive Ivy League education and your upscale lifestyle and housing with no visible signs of support.

You scare me because you did not spend the formative years of youth  growing up in America and culturally you are not an American.

You scare me because you have never run a company or met a payroll.

You scare me because you have never had military experience, thus don’t understand it at its core.

You scare me because you lack humility and ‘class’, always blaming others.

You scare me because for over half your life you have aligned yourself with radical extremists who hate America and you refuse to publicly denounce these radicals who wish to see America fail.

You scare me because you are a cheerleader for the ‘blame America’ crowd  and deliver this message abroad.

You scare me because you want to change America to a European style country where the government sector dominates instead of the private sector.

You scare me because you want to replace our health care system with a government controlled one.

You scare me because you prefer ‘wind mills’ to responsibly capitalizing  on our own vast oil, coal and shale reserves.

You scare me because you want to kill the American capitalist goose that lays the golden egg which provides the highest standard of living in the world.

You scare me because you have begun to use ‘extortion’ tactics against certain banks and corporations.

You scare me because your own political party shrinks from challenging you on your wild and irresponsible spending proposals.

You scare me because you will not openly listen to or even consider opposing points of view from intelligent people.

You scare me because you falsely believe that you are both omnipotent and omniscient.

You scare me because the media gives you a free pass on everything you do

You scare me because you demonize and want to silence the Limbaughs, Hannitys, O’Relllys and Becks who offer opposing, conservative points of view.

You scare me because you prefer controlling over governing.

Finally, you scare me because if you serve a second term I will probably  not feel safe in writing a similar letter in 8 years.

Lou Pritchett

Note: Lou Pritchett is a former vice president of Procter & Gamble whose career at that company spanned 36 years before his retirement in 1989, an d he is the author of the 1995 business book, Stop Paddling & Start Rocking the Boat.

Mr. Pritchett confirmed that he was indeed the author of the much-circulated  ”open letter.” I did write the ‘you scare me’ letter. I sent it to the  NY Times but they never acknowledged or published it. However, it hit   the internet and according to the experts has had over 500,000 hits.  

American Family Association
Tupelo, MS 38803
www.afa.net

North Korea Tests Nuke, Missle; Obama, Hillary Talk

In case you missed it, North Korea recently detonated a nuclear bomb and also tested a long-range missle. I thought it may be worthwhile to dissect the Fox news report on this so we’re all clear what the heck is going on.

The timing of the test caught U.S. officials by surprise, though President Obama noted talked about the fact that recent North Korean statements previewed such a move.

So… even though we knew they were going to build and test nukes eventually, we had no idea they had them already. Boy, I’m so relieved Obama’s talking about this.

The White House rushed to respond talk, with Obama condemning talking about the detonation in a written statement (probably penned by a staffer) and then during brief remarks a short talk in the Rose Garden before heading to Memorial Day services. He called on talked to the world, asking the world to “stand up” to North Korea. 

So… after a bunch of talking, Obama suggested that The World ought to do something about it. Now that’s leadership.

But the United States was already at risk of encouraging such behavior, said analysts, who advised talked to the Obama administration to take a firm stance against Kim Jong Il and his regime. 

So… analysts said we brought this on ourselves, us dastardly Americans. It’s always our fault. Which analysts?

John Bolton, former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations warned … that North Korea has been encouraged in such “belligerence,” since its 2006 test was followed by the resumption of the six-party talks – discussions talks among the U.S., China, Japan, Russia and the two Koreas aimed at encouraging North Korea to give up its nuclear program. Those talks later stalled again.

Oh, I see. So… basically by only ever talking about the problem and never doing anything about it, Kim Jung Il realizes he can test nukes, build missles, or do whatever else he wants. Those crazy dictators are so megalomaniacal. Let’s keep going.

Stephen Bosworth, special envoy for North Korea policy, said just two weeks ago that “everyone is feeling relatively relaxed” and “there is not a sense of crisis.” Bosworth  said “dialogue talking and negotiation more talking” is the best course…

So… who’s Stephen Bosworth and what is he smoking? That’s all you can come up with, Steve? It’s no biggie? Let’s discuss it some more? What part of Nuclear Bomb Detonation and Long Range Missle Test don’t you understand?

Defense Secretary Robert Gates said talked about it in March that there’s nothing the United States could do about such a firing, though officials nevertheless warned talked sternly to North Korea not to go ahead with the test.

So… our Defense Secretary basically told Kim Jung Il in advance we wouldn’t retaliate. Great Strategy Bob. Which officials talked sternly, and to whom? I wonder… when [we] warned North Korea not test nukes, did Kim Jung Il reply, “Or what?” 

North Korea fired the missile a week later.

Of course they did. We are all talk. Our words proclaimed we wouldn’t do anything about it (other than talk some more).

The U.N. Security Council condemned talked bad about the action, and then North Korea threatened to restart its nuclear reactor. 

Well that proves they’re nuts. Power your cities cheaply with totally clean energy! Now there’s a wacky idea!

Not only could North Korea be sharing information about nuclear technology with Iran, but North Korea’s behavior could embolden Iran. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad also rejected a proposal to “freeze” nuclear work and rejected talks with world powers on the matter, according to Reuters. The news agency reported that the Iranian navy also sent six warships into international waters. 

So… two of the biggest whack-jobs on the planet are helping each other build nukes. I wish I was making this stuff up, but truth is stranger than fiction.

Obama said the tests pose a “grave threat” to international security and that the world “must take action in response.”

Not I Will Take Action. Not We Will Take Action. Not The United States of America Will Take Action. Oh no, now that He’s elected, no Global Thermonuclear War is going down on His watch. This is the world’s problem now. I see. It was the world who loved Obama, and the world who elected Obama. We’ll see if it turns out to be anything other than the USA coming to the World’s Rescue as history repeats itself over and over.

According to the State Department, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spoke with the Japanese and South Korean foreign ministers Monday morning about the tests and later planned to speak with her counterparts in China and Russia.  ”Secretary Clinton is engaged in intensive diplomacy,” spokesman Ian Kelly said in a statement. 

So… I bet Kim Jung Il is really scared now that you sicked Hillary on him, o wise American left. She’s clearly on track to talk him to death. I love this whole idea of “intensive diplomacy”. What exactly does that entail? Waterboarding? Or just a very stern talking to?

American Idol AT&T Vote Count Conspiracy?

Adam Lambert & Kris Allen

Fox News recently reported that prior to the final vote on Season 8 of American Idol, AT&T provided phones with free “power texting” capabilitites to Kris Allen fans at a few Arkansas parties. No such promotion was held in San Diego for Adam Lambert. This controversy has led many bloggers and blog commenters to cry foul, and complain that Adam Lambert should’ve won after all.

MTV says the American Idol winner and runner up are “downplaying reports” of the controversy, but even Late Show’s Jimmy Fallon referred to the mixup as “TextGate”.

But conspiracy? C’mon. If you believe there were just under 100 million votes recorded for the two candidates, just based on the sheer numbers alone, AT&T would have had to go to a serious number of Kris Allen parties, give out a serious number of power-texting-capable phones, to a serious number of fans to make a dent in a pool of votes that size. I’m calling this one a simple case of Yet Another Marketing Blunder By A Corporate Goliath. 

My $0.02 on the subject: Kris is arguably a better musician and more skilled arranger, while Adam is by far the better vocalist. Is American Idol a singing contest, or a search for a great entertainer? Either way, American teens win, and hopefully we’ll see more of both of them.

Mustard Plug

I just discovered that a friend of mine from high school plays trumpet in the band Mustard Plug from Grand Rapids, Michigan.

How cool is that?! Go Brandon! I had no idea.

Mustard Plug MySpace page has some awesome inie ska / punk / rock music videos if you like ska bands.

Check it out!

Tosca No Hassle

Slow down. Relax. Take a deep breath. Steal back an hour from your busy life. This is really worth your full attention. 

So the info page opens on the microsite for the new release album No Hassle by Tosca. The Austrian duo of Richard Dorfmesiter and Rupert Huber are “back with their most magical and mesmerizing album yet, a luxurious tapestry of analogue and digital sounds, submerged samples, live instruments, soundscapes and sensual rhythms,” - Steven Dalton  

In the interview video on the microsite, Dorfmeister says, “It was a really nice experience at the first concert. We didn’t use a normal P.A. with, you know, left and right. We didn’t do the whole left-right thing. We had six speakers on the first floor, and two more upstairs. It was crucial, because you can do so many things that nobody’s used to.  So we had 8 channels to mix sounds with. We looked for special locations. Churches are perfect, because the feeling of the room is like an instrument. Churches have a feeling. A feeling 10 times deeper than any club situation that we’re normally used to. It’s more like a concert, in which to invest 1 hour of your attention, more like an ‘audio massage’.”

“We didn’t do any of it on purpose. It’s just our sounds. We love this merging of different things from anywhere. If you can explain the way we do it, then like this. We’ve been reducing all the time, to try to get rid of things. We really tried to keep it as minimal as possible. We have much more material, but we’re choosing the stuff that off from the sound. Unpretentious. We’re not trying to be different, we just like it this way. it’s perfectly uncommercial, but this is just how we like it.”

Dorfmeister: “This is what everyone wants but what nobody has: no hassle. We just want no hassle. Not too much of anything. A good balance. Feel right music, without boringness.” 

Huber: “I think it’s a human right not to have to deal with reality all the time.”

Your job? Forget about it. Things to do? Ignore it. Put the crackberry down. Just take an hour and chill out to the most unique and original ambient electronic album to come out in a very long time, and certainly one of the best for 2009.

Great Piano Tunes

I was trying to remember the other Scott Joplin piano piece I used to play as a kid. Of course the most famous song of his (that just about everyone has heard) is The Entertainer, which many people mistakenly call, The Sting, since the song was used as the 1973 Robert Redford & Paul Newman movie’s theme.

I don’t love the bridge toward the end as much as the beginning part of the song, but Maple Leaf Rag is a terrific ragtime melody. Also I think that The Entertainer has a much better bridge. Anyway, this performance of the song by Glenn Hardy, as many commenters suggest, is played at the correct tempo. I love the interplay of major and minor chords in ragtime music.

Here are some more amazing piano songs…