The Politics of the Special Olympics

The White House has a disability problem. Over the last 10 months, the White House has had three major gaffe’s making fun of individuals with mental disabilities. First, President Barack Obama showed the true content of his character when he used mental retardation for cheap jokes on Jay Leno’s show. Then, White House Press Secretary Gibbs fired off in a White House meeting. Now, White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel goes off on the left-wing of the Democratic party as being “fucking retarded.” It seems that “retard” is the default insult for anyone who doesn’t agree with Obama’s Administration. And the Special Olympics organization is more than the willing to look the other way.

The Special Olympics has a huge credibility problem. The organization accepted Obama’s apology within moments of learning about it – even before the segment aired on TV and seeing what Obama actually said. The Special Olympics completely ignored Gibbs statement. Last week, Special Olympics moved quickly to bury Rahm Emanuel’s bigotry, while at the same time launching an offensive against Rush Limbaugh for also using the retard word. It would seem that Special Olympics (founded by the Kennedy family and currently run by Tim Shriver) is playing politics with the R-word.

Of course, I’ve been baffled that Special Olympics organized a huge boycott of the movie Tropic Thunder which belittles people with mental illnesses, yet they seem perfectly happy to tolerate the repeated use of the R-word by President Obama and members of his Administration. Why is the make-believe world of the movies more offensive to the Special Olympics than the real-world bigotry of the President of the United States and his closest advisors?

The Special Olympics organization has a huge credibility problem. By refusing to get serious on the use of the R-word by President Obama and his Administration, they undermine all of their efforts and are making their organization irrelevant. Special Olympics is fast becoming a political organization, not a reputable non-profit focusing on the lives of those with mental disabilities.

Lucy in the Studio with Stickers

I love Lucy Wainwright Roche. My wife and I discovered her several years ago when she played 1 song in the middle of an Indigo Girls concert in Peekskill, New York. Then, we saw her open for the Indigo Girls in Philadelphia about a year later and she was fantastic!

Today I learned that Lucy Roche is getting ready to put out another album and she’s looking for folks to pre-order (to help subsidize the cost of production). So...if you’re a fan of Lucy Wainwright Roche, consider signing up! If you do sign up, you might get some stickers.

The Deficit of Leadership

President Barack Obama just doesn’t get the Independent voters. There’s a reason why voters like me are not only abandoning Obama, but are wishing he’d fail...fast. I’m ready for ANYONE but Obama. Absolutely anyone – black, white, Republican, Democratic, ANYONE. America is facing a Deficit of Leadership.

I find it interesting that Obama is now trying bipartisanship. KUDOS. It only took a year. Better late than never. Despite this, Obama’s partisanship was ugly. So much for Change. Obama just doesn’t get Independent voters.

Here’s my message to Obama: It’s the Economy Stupid. As Obama drives us further and further into debt (trillions and trillions thanks to his pork spending projects), he has created a jihad against working Americans. With millions of Americans out of work, I have to wonder why Obama continues to wage war on economy. During Obama’s Administration, my wife lost her job. As a family, we’re still struggling. And I’m PISSED OFF. Obama isn’t the solution – he’s part of the problem.

The more I listen to Obama, the more he sounds like George Bush. And the more I’ve realized we’ve made a MAJOR mistake. Obama isn’t an improvement – he’s a paint job.

A National Embarrassment

President Dipshit (a.k.a., B-HO, a.k.a. Barack Obama) is going to give the State of the Dis-Union here in 20 minutes.

God, what an embarrassment.

Return to the Center

The Republicans captured Ted Kennedy’s former Senate seat and breaking the Democrats ability to ram their agenda down the throats of working Americans. In short, the balance of power in Washington is being restored.

America is returning to the political center. From the 8 years of radical right-wing America to 1 year of whiplash to radical leftist policies.

A loud message is being sent to President Obama from the American people – the people that he so loathes and views with contempt. We matter.

Conan, Leno and the Publicity Stunt

I’ve watched the whole Conan O’Brien vs. Jay Leno slug fest with only passing interest. Frankly, I’ve never been an either an O’Brien or Leno fan and find them barely funny on a good night and rather sad on a bad night. I stopped watching either of them year’s ago.

I don’t care who gets the late-night spot, who get’s relegated to the middle of the night or even who gets cancelled. Frankly, I think this whole thing is a NBC-initiated publicity stunt to pull their shows out of the crapper. Sure, NBC might drive viewers to both Leno and O’Brien in the short term, but in the long term, both shows still suck and I’m not watching.

Good luck to NBC with its publicity stunt.

Senator Harry Reid a Racist

Senator Harry Reid says he's really not a racist and he loves niggers.

LOL.

One has to wonder how Barack Obama can stand by and defend a bigot like this. When a Republican says offensive things, they get forced to resign their leadership role in Congress. When a Democrat like Harry Reid utters racist comments, our great black President stands up for him.

Just gotta love this.

Hey, Ho, Harry Reid has got to go.