Inside Out

Your President's Heart

noreply@blogger.com (ewtotel) — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 15:25:00 +0000

His first week in office, your President made sure to protect him:

... And did nothing to protect this:

(Photo byKellyandApril)

Way to go, America.

Pick up your change, losers.

noreply@blogger.com (ewtotel) — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 10:34:00 +0000

Watch this and take a look at what the Obamatrons left behind in our nation's capitol.

This, boys and girls, is what an Obamanation looks like.

Compare that to they way the mall looked after 500,000 bikers who are veterans of our armed forces rolled into DC:

The difference?

Respect.

Honor.

Personal Responsibility.

There is Good News!

noreply@blogger.com (ewtotel) — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 01:27:00 +0000

In 1981, before we had tons of satellite TV channels, Cable news channels, and before we had TiVo to record shows for us to watch later ... Four million more people watched Ronald Reagan's first inauguration than watched President Obama's botched coronation on Tuesday.

Only four witnessed the second, official, coronation. (I even made sure to link to Entertainment Tonight instead of an actual news agency, so that all you Obamatrons out there would find the story more credible.)

In other good news: as ridiculously stupid as American Idol is, apparently more people thought that the Obama Coronation coverage was even more ludicrous, because more people watched Idol than Obama's evening media love-fest.

Viva Reagan!

So much for the "Most Transparent" Administration Ever

noreply@blogger.com (ewtotel) — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 15:03:00 +0000

Obama won't let news photographers into places they were always allowed in the past, (Including under the evil, secretive Bush administration) preferring instead to use his own, trusted photographers.

The Obama Administration picks a small, select, group of only four trusted reporters to witness his do-over inauguration, a-la ITAR-TASS 1970. (As an aside, President Bush ... you know, the "dumbest president ever" only had to take his oath of office once for each time he was elected.)

The Obama Administration won't let news agencies cite administration sources used during background briefings on GTMO. (How did that lack of source-checking work out for Dan Rather? I can understand why the media is a little gun shy over Obama's secrecy and paranoia.)

The hypocrisy of Obama and his ilk is only beginning to pour out. We're going to see more and more of this over the next few days, months, and years. The chasm between what Obama promised us and what he's planning on imposing on us is disgusting.

On the bright side, I think I'll have plenty to blog about for the next 1458 Days.

Kool Aid, Anyone?

noreply@blogger.com (ewtotel) — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:21:00 +0000

Am I the only one who finds it absolutely freakin' hilarious that the Leader of the Kool Aid Drinkers just picked a guy named Jim Jones as his National Security Advisor?

Socialized Dessert

noreply@blogger.com (ewtotel) — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 15:35:00 +0000

Well, we got our asses handed to us. (Sort of. More on that later.)

For now, I thought I'd just share a funny moment I had with my 12 year old son, who happens to be a little overly erudite for his age.

On election day, Congressman Portman stopped by HQ and gave me a cookie with Senator McCain's head painted on it. I took the cookie home and left it sitting on the kitchen counter.

Wednesday afternoon as I was making dinner, my son walked into the kitchen, looked at the cookie, and said, "Can I have this?" Being the good dad who didn't want his child to ruin his appetite thirty minutes before dinner, I replied, "No." He started to object (something about not getting a snack after school) and, annoyed, I simply firmed my voice a little and answered again, "No."

Sensing that I was being stared at, I looked over at my son who was looking at me with that special look he gets in his eyes when he's about to be a spectacular smartass.

"What?" I asked, with more than a little irritation in my voice.

He just grinned and said, "Dad, Obama won. That means that people with cookies have to give them to people who don't have any cookies."

I gave the little smartass the cookie, I figured he'd earned it. I also made him cut it in half and share it with his little brother.

Cookie redistribution at it's best...

Democrat Culpability...

noreply@blogger.com (ewtotel) — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:08:00 +0000

This montage speaks for itself.

I've just gotta add... who the hell votes for Barney Frank and Maxine Waters, anyway? What is wrong with the people who repeatedly put those two in office?

And... note the appearance of Frank Raines, Obama's economic advisor.

Are these people you want to put in charge of your child's piggy bank? Never mind the entire economy of the United States.

Say what?

noreply@blogger.com (ewtotel) — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 05:05:00 +0000

Someone from the Democrat party better call Governor Strickland and fill him in on the Obama talking points:

Governor Stickland: Ohio Economy Doing Fine

An open letter to my liberal friend...

noreply@blogger.com (ewtotel) — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 15:15:00 +0000

My favorite liberal friend (one of the only ones I can stand, actually) left the following comment for me on facebook this morning:

"at 8:48am
How's the GOP gonna get the Evangelicals now that they
have a WOMAN running for VP? That's about as ludicrious (sic) as a black man
runnin' for PRESIDENT! ....a woman..with authority...that's a good
one....hahah"

It was complete with her new profile photo, a McCain-Palin bumper sticker that had been photoshopped to instead read, "McCain-Gimmick." I started to leave a comment back for her on facebook, then realized this would take a little more space, so I'll jot my thoughts down here:

Friend:

Someone asked me Saturday if I'd heard anything out of you since the Palin selection. I said, "No, she'll have to wait until after the weekend to have her talking-points fed to her."

In typical liberal democrat fashion, you manage to prove that it is the LEFT, not conservatives, who are closed minded, bigoted, race-minded slave-traders:
"McCain-Gimmick?" Puhhhleeeease! If ANY Republican claimed the same about ANY liberal candidate, you people would be all over it. The double standard is (as always) obvious and laughable to any thinking person. Just last week you were emailing me extolling the virtues of the Hildabeast, who (unlike Gov. Palin) rose to where she (almost) got by riding on the coat-tails of her philandering husband as he spread his DNA across trailer parks all over the Bible-belt. Hillary is a weak woman; when an independent, strong, self-made woman comes along (exactly the kind YOUR side is supposed to be all in favor of) it doesn't take you long to break from your women's lib philosophy and attack, does it? Hmm... kind of reminds me of Clarence Thomas. "Wait! He's not OUR black dude! Attack! Attack!"
You obviously have not spent much time around evangelical Christians, or you would know that Governor Palin is exactly the kind of woman they rally around. You see, Governor Palin was raised in a nice family life with two married parents, a warm and loving family, and a happy childhood with lots of friends. In other words, there were no neurotic incidents to turn her into a liberal. (Paraphrasing some conservative author I once read.) The left's inability to understand what makes the rest of America tick never ceases to amaze me. But go ahead and continue. If there's one thing I love, it's watching a liberal scratch their head when one of thier "sure thing" attacks falls flat.
"... a black man runnin' for president..." huh? Again, it's the liberals who want to push Barry Obama's melatonin levels on us, not the conservatives. I could give a flying shit what color the man is... he's a leftist, and that makes his ideas 100% in opposition to mine. It's liberals, with their guided-by-feelings outlook on the world, who can't wait to vote for a black man, no matter the substance (or lack thereof) behind him. I seem to remember a real black leader mentioning something about the content of one's character instead of the color of his skin.
Take care of yourself. And keep registering those NoBama voters. (They aren't going to bother to show up at the polls, anyway.)

Oh, yes.

noreply@blogger.com (ewtotel) — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 09:29:00 +0000

Mayor McClin's Plan to Bring People Downtown

noreply@blogger.com (ewtotel) — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 10:16:00 +0000

Like just about everyone else who's passed through downtown Dayton lately, I found myself wondering, "What the hell is with all the statues?" I believe I have figured it out.

I think Mayor McClin came up with what I'm sure she thought was an ingenious ploy to bring more people downtown. Knowing that people tend to congregate around places where other people already are, Mayor McClin decided to put fake people all over downtown in order to provide the illusion that people actually visit and enjoy the downtown area.

On a recent jaunt downtown I found out that an apparently unintended consequence of this mayoral plan is that the statues are serving as confusing decoys for the other residents of downtown Dayton ... the criminals. I managed to snap a few photos of the kinds of people who were interacting with these statues:

Flashers:

Pedophiles:

Hookers:

and muggers:

I think I also saw some ACORN representatives registering the statues to vote for Obama!

Relax and have another drink, Madam Mayor, the city is as safe as ever!

Why I'll Vote for McCain

noreply@blogger.com (ewtotel) — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 11:45:00 +0000

I've always said that my ideal candidate couldn't win an election. I'm certainly no McCainiac, but McCain is our man. He's what we have, and he can win.

I received an email link to the following article yesterday:

John McCain and the American Electorate

I hope that any conservative who is thinking of sitting out this election or voting for Bob Barr or RuPaul will take the time to read the article. It explains why a McCain-like candidate is practically a necessity for us given the makeup of the American electorate. Rush, Hannity, and even Michael Savage make great radio personalities, but they'll never win an election. McCain can.

A good summary from the article:

It is time to recognize that four years of Obama will do such damage to this country that every conservative who doesn't vote will quickly rue that decision. McCain is our best hope for America's future because he stands between the ideology of the far left and the presidency.
Obama is dangerous. Scary Dangerous. Don't give him a chance to make it to the White House just because we are upset we didn't get our "ideal" candidate.

Our Mayor

noreply@blogger.com (ewtotel) — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 18:20:00 +0000

Mike was nice enough to email me the following story, which features the honorable Rhine McLin... our mayor.

Click here to read stupid USA Today article

I think Mike's main purpose in sending me the story was so that I could laugh at the photo below:

... and it's appreciated, for there is much to laugh at. I'm headed somewhere else with this just now, but later on we might get to a little game of Mayoral I-Spy.

For those who don't have the time or desire to read the article, it explains that prior to the primary election earlier this week, McLin was being solicited by both the Obama and Hildabeast camps for her support as a super-delegate. Reading the article from USA Today, something immediately jumped out at me:

Not, "Who will advance my democratic ideals?"
Not, "Who will best serve the country?"
Not, "Who will keep our children safe and economy strong?"

No, instead of worrying about which candidate is the best person for the job based on their ideas, McLin is having a hard time deciding between the black guy and the chick.

It would be one thing if McLin's attitude were an aberration in the democratic party, but I don't believe it is.

This blog entry is starting to irritate me, so let's get on with Mayoral I-Spy. I'll post the picture again, so you don't have to scroll up:

I spy a stupid hat.
I spy an American flag leaning against the wall!!!
I spy a mirror made to look like a stupid hat.
I spy an index card Rolodex (in the year 2008.)
I spy a candy cane (?) in March.
I spy a PC speaker facing the wrong way.
I spy C.J. McLin.
I spy a chartreuse rain coat.
I spy an ugly scarf.
I spy lilies.
I spy a disinterested looking mayor playing solitaire while ignoring someone on the phone.

The first one to email me the picture back with all the items I've spied circled, wins a special prize.

Vote for... me!

noreply@blogger.com (ewtotel) — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 06:45:00 +0000

Yes, I went to the polls today and voted for my favorite candidate ever, ME!

It's not like I ran for any sort of actual office or anything... I was simply on the ballot to keep a place on the county central committee that I was appointed to after the 2004 election. It's still weird to see one's name on a ballot, though. Even weirder to see that nineteen people (other than me) voted for me:

I'm also quite amused that thirteen people went, "Who?" and skipped that line altogether. Additionally, I'm rather surprised that thirty-three Republicans showed up to vote in my precinct. I didn't know that there were that many of us in my 'hood.

Strange...

Go Huck!

noreply@blogger.com (ewtotel) — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 22:09:00 +0000

Chuck Norris endorsed Huckabee ... I think I've gotta jump on the Huckabee bandwagon now.

John Edwards, Idiot

noreply@blogger.com (ewtotel) — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 16:34:00 +0000

Killing time, I decided to watch the Breck Girl address a bunch of dumb students in New Hampshire. It's amazing that anyone can get away with being such an idiot and still be taken seriously.

First, Edwards was 28 minutes late. Impressive.

Second, I'm watching online, and there is a little "feedback" window where the viewers can offer "real-time" reaction to the "spontaneous" questions by the students. For the first question, the feedback box popped up with "What do you think about Senator Edwards responses to the questions about education?" a full twenty seconds before anyone asked any questions at all... a bit scripted, perhaps?

Edwards is now going on about his plan for "College for everyone." Her plan is that everyone in American should be able to go to four years of college, "paid for by America" if they agree to work ten hours a week while in college. Then, She goes on to say that when She was governor of South Carolina, She tried the program and it was "hugely popular" although they could only offer the program for the first year of school due to the expense.

WTH? Is She really that stupid?

The answer is, "No, the Breck Girl isn't really that stupid." The students he's talking to really are that stupid... because they eat this crap up... they're falling for it.

I've gotta turn this idiot off and get ready for work. These moronic students are giving me a headache.

It's almost enough to make me hope my kids don't go to college...

noreply@blogger.com (ewtotel) — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 03:34:00 +0000

OK, not actually... but seeing how incredibly stupid many college kids can be now days, it really worries me about sending my kids off to fruit loop land.

This moron got what he deserved but yet all the know-nothing sophomoric imbeciles who go to school with him want to jump right to his defense

Where will all the Hippies Go ?!?!?!?!?

noreply@blogger.com (ewtotel) — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 06:57:00 +0000

Antioch College is closing!

I write this entry from a somewhat unique perspective... since I was a wee lad of thirteen or fourteen I have been tip-toeing in-between the boundaries of the liberal "alternative" culture and the conservative "traditional" culture. In high-school and beyond I hung out in Yellow Springs; always stopping at Ha-Ha Pizza for a bean sprout and Canadian bacon pizza or an eggplant and Parmesan pizza on whole-wheat crust after a day of climbing at Clifton Gorge or Springfield Gorge... I played lousy guitar with the punk rockers of the 80's and sported a bumper sticker on my 1986 Cavalier that said, "War Doesn't Decide Who's Right, Only Who's Left" (As it turns out, the bumper sticker was correct... but as long as I'm the one who's left, I'm good with it.)

It was in large part the hippies from Antioch and their ilk that taught me to be conservative. Liberalism of the Antioch variety is a dangerous thing because it tries to convince us that socialism is the one church that can lead us all to salvation: that only by embracing their ludicrous social ideals can the world be saved... common sense and history be damned. I said in one of my other blogs that liberalism shouldn't be extinguished... we should always keep a few liberals around as bad examples. In the case of Antioch, their weird, over-the-top brand of liberalism is the sort of thing that should be extinguished... and the fact that Antioch is down to 400 enrolled students from their previous 2,000 should tell us that in spite of what we are lead to believe by the liberals in the media, we are winning in the the arena of ideas.

I hope that Ha-Ha Pizza and some of the other really cool shops can stay open without the college kids... but seriously, Yellow Springs is for the most part a town that has been choreographed to look like a college town. 400 hippies couldn't keep a single head shop open, never-mind a whole town. Yellow Springs is populated by millionaire liberal elitists who moved there to avoid the real world.

Yellow Springs will be fine without the students... it's the people from outside Yellow Springs that keep the posers sitting pretty... which reminds me, perhaps I'll stop by there next week for a new pair of Tevas.

Thanks, Vets

noreply@blogger.com (ewtotel) — Mon, 28 May 2007 16:03:00 +0000

Keep Your Statutes Outta my G-String!!!

noreply@blogger.com (ewtotel) — Sat, 26 May 2007 05:40:00 +0000

I must admit that it is with some trepidation that I write this short entry. After kicking it around in my head for the last few months, I've got to come out against the whole "Six-foot Pole rule" as it applies to strip clubs being passed by the Ohio legislature.

My (true) conservative roots demand that I ask myself, "How does this affect me, or any other citizen's right to live their lives?" My answer has got to be that it doesn't. It doesn't matter to me if Susy Syphilis wants to shake her money maker for a bunch of dirty old men. It doesn't matter to me if Merv the Perv wants to hang out at strip bars and stuff his unemployment check into some meth-addict's G-string... it has nothing to do with me. It has nothing to do with you.

With all the problems that face Ohio, I can't possibly see any point in supporting legislation that regulates how close a dirty old man is allowed to come to a pair of fake boobies.

Liberal Twit Crossing...

noreply@blogger.com (ewtotel) — Fri, 18 May 2007 15:57:00 +0000

Leaving the bank downtown this morning, I come to a cross walk with a clearly illuminated little "don't walk" hand shining at me from across the street. I stop at the corner, enjoying the beautiful morning. Within a few seconds, some hemp-laden Dennis Kucinich voter and his flip flop wearing hairy-legged girlfriend walk up on my right. Ms. Chewbacca stops to wait, only to be chastised by doper-boy: "That's just another sign they put up to control our movements! Think for yourself, they program you to obey, 'cmon!" and he pulls her by the arm into the street. (Dumb sheep that she is, she of course walks along with little, if any, resistance.)

Just as I'm barley containing myself from screaming, "No you effin' moron, I'm obeying the sign because I don't want to get run over by a car!" a delivery van turns left (one-way street to one-way street) and darn near decreases the Hillary '08 vote count by two. Ignorant hippie yells at the driver, "Watch where yer goin'!!" (Because not even walking against the signal and into the path of a moving truck can be the liberal's fault, I guess.)

Thank you, Dayton!

noreply@blogger.com (ewtotel) — Wed, 09 May 2007 15:53:00 +0000

Voting down this tax raise, Dayton residents voted the right way this time:

Dayton CSD 15.17 Mil
Total Number of Precincts 173
Precincts Reporting 173 100.0 %
Total Votes 21034
Times Blank Voted 169
FOR THE TAX LEVY 8784 41.76%
AGAINST THE TAX LEVY 12250 58.24%

As David Bowman wrote on his Voice blog: distorting the data is no way to show an "improvement." Where I work, if the union members want a raise, they come to management and say, "Look at all the things we've done! Look how good out outcome has been!"

Percy Mack and the teachers union that hauls him around by the short hairs expected Dayton tax payers to give an abysmal school system an advance pay increase with a promise that the money would be used wisely. Sorry, Mr. Mack ... we've seen what you do with the money you have, why would we ever want to trust you with more?

Mack and the school board told us there would be deep cuts if this levy didn't pass -and they told us, "... those aren't scare tactics."

OK, Mr. Mack... time to pony up. Let's see those deep cuts.

Nuts in the Crosshairs

noreply@blogger.com (ewtotel) — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 12:59:00 +0000

Have I mentioned that I'm in love with Ann Coulter? Well, I am. Anyway, you should read her article from yesterday titled Nuts in the Crosshairs. Ann makes a good case for limiting first amendment rights based on insanity.

SB 117 sucks

noreply@blogger.com (ewtotel) — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 13:11:00 +0000

Just my opinion... but after spending the last hour reading The Summary of SB 117, I've come to the conclusion that it's a steaming pile.

If you read it, can understand it and care to change my mind, please feel free to try.

For now, I'm a huge "no" vote.

Sorry, Jacobson.

The Price Tag

noreply@blogger.com (ewtotel) — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 12:26:00 +0000

In her April 9 column titled What's the true cost to Ohio for the war in Iraq? Jessica Wehrman , the DDN's "Washington Bureau Reporter" regurgitates a list of numbers provided by the National Priorities Project (one of those "non-partisan" left wing think tanks.) Near the end of her story, Wehrman states:

"That money could've paid for health care for 127,549 children during the length of the Iraq war, they say. It could've built 8,367 affordable housing units. It could've built 81 elementary schools."

Excessive contraction use aside, in true liberal form Wehrman wastes no time in trying to redirect the debate from an area of legitimate government responsibility (Defense) in order to try to get her readers to focus on feel-good liberal ideals. Guess what, Jessica? It is not the federal government's responsibility to provide health care for children, to build houses for people, or even to build elementary schools. It simply isn't in the Constitution. It is; however, the responsibility of the federal government to protect my family and my children militarily.

The same article claims that every single American has spent $1,500 and every American household has spent $4,100 to support the war in Iraq. I have no way of knowing if those figures are inflated or not... but even so, I'll pay that. I'd double it. I'd write a $4,100 check right now to help protect my children from islamo-fascists and to make sure that we were killing terrorists over there instead of fighting them here. Do you know a single parent who wouldn't pay $4,100 to protect their kids?