The STEELE curtain

The STEELE curtain

How the hell can you talk about football and the new RNC leader on the same post..??

When the weekend news is about the Republican National Committee Chairman Michael STEELE and (at the same time) the Pittsburgh STEELERS are in the Super Bowl.



Having lived most of my life just a one hour drive from Pittsburgh, you can imagine that I have been a Steelers fan for many years.



(Except for the time that I lived in LA and watched the SF 49'ers and Joe Montana,) I have focused on Chuck Knoll, Bill Cowher, and now Mike Tomlin; as these men have "somehow" brought the Steelers to the big game.

I’m not sure how they do it..??

Pittsburgh is NOT a "big money" city. We lose some great players over the years because we cannot offered them the big money deals.

The Steelers have been a very lucky and scrappy / ruff team, with some players who become very loyal.

That has to be the reason, because they could make better cash somewhere else.

Maybe some players stick around because Pittsburgh becomes their best chance to make it to the Super Bowl?

Whatever the reason is, I have never seen a team that gets into the Super Bowl, like the Steelers do.

So, I was already happy and looking forward to this weekend...

And then- Friday; I was really surprised that the republicans nominated Michael Steele as the new Chairman of the RNC. (Republican National Committee.)



Steele was the person that I was hopeful would get the republican leadership position, and I will tell you why in a minute.

Yes, I realize that Michael Steele and the Pittsburgh Steelers share very little in common with each other. (Other than a section of their names.) But, it is two subjects that I am happy about, and I wanted to talk about both of them. Besides, the: "Steele Curtain" kind of fits.

Why Michael Steele..??

Steele is the perfect person for the direction that we must take.

Let’s face it, the republican party has been like a ship with no captain.



The party has drifted FOR YEARS relying on things that "we did in the past." Hoping that people would vote republican, because: "Hey, what would Reagan do..??"

Well, I’m sorry to say that Reagan might not vote for this current Republican Party?

I have listened to Michael Steele for many years. He is very smart man and a hell of a good guy. I like his ideals and his image of the future for the Republican Party.

Listen to these words from Steele:

"..For so long we’ve allowed the Democrats to define us. We’ve allowed the media to define us, And so it’s important for us to be able to establish with clarity what we believe..."

Steele went on and had this to say about President Obama:

"I would say to the new president, congratulations. It is going to be an honor to spar with him," Steele said. "And I would follow that up with: How do you like me now?"

Folks, you gotta love it..!! ("How do you like me now?")

Yes, as modern as we are today...

There are those who are still prejudice. (I know, I know. But they are out there.)



Oh, I’m not talking about the "Archie Bunker" types. White guys who hate everyone who is not White.

I’m not talking about the "Fred Sanfords" of the world who hate everyone who isn’t Black.

I’m not talking about these bigots.

Actually, there is something that is comforting about these racists. They do not hide their racism. They stick it out there, for all to see. You know who you are dealing with and you can move on with your life.

It is the ones who hide their racism that scares me:

The news reporter who is afraid to comment on an Obama cabinet appointment because "Obama is Black, and people might think that I am picking on a Black man.."

The editorial editors that are afraid to print an editorial cartoon of President Obama, because: "Well, they are making his ears really big and that might offend someone.."

These are the racists that scare me the most because they hide. They actually tell you that they are very "sympathetic to minorities", but yet they capitulate the divide between Whites and Blacks even more.



I have always felt that I am on equal ground with everyone else.

It is up to each of us to define our worth in life. Skin color (to me) has nothing to do with this definition.

With this comes the realization that a Black person is my equal; then I am equally free to criticize a Black President. (Just the way that I have done with the many White presidents we have had.)

As much as I would have hoped that today we would treat all men equal. We still have problems in this area.

There are things that a "White man in a business suit" cannot say on national TV about a Black President. (The TV editors would NOT allow it.)

If republicans elected another White guy as their chair, (or even a White female) we would still have to watch our words carefully.



When trying to cut the spending on some social program, democrats would hit us over the head with: "You’re a freaking White guy in a business suit. What the hell do you know about the suffering in the Black community..??"

We have taken away that weapon from the Democratic Party with the appointment of Steele.

Now, when a democrat tries to say that republicans do not care for the Black community, Steele can fire back: "Aaahh, do you need glasses? Let me take you to Chicago. To one of the poorest sections of town. I will PROVE to you that social programs keep people poor. People do not need a hand out. They need a hand up. President Obama has been giving people "hand outs" for years in Chicago and there are MORE poor people today, than 20 years ago.."

What can President Obama say to that..?? We have taken away his weapon.

The left will attack Michael Steele on a personal level. (Because they cannot defeat his ideals.)

This can be expected.

However, Michael Steele brings intelligence and wit to this old party.

Lets face it folks...

There are things that us old White people cannot say on national TV.

Michael Steele can say these things that we cannot.

Steele takes the issue of "skin color" out of the equation.

With skin color gone, what is left is a debate on the issues.

An "equal" debate on the issues.

Isn’t that what we ask for in a country..??

An equal debate..!!

Written by AR Babonie for The Angry Republic



Prediction- Steelers over the Cardinals 17- 10

You have offended me for the last time

You have offended me for the last time



I just read a story in which some people are offended that White actor: Robert Downey Jr was nominated for an award for playing a Black Man in the movie "Tropic Thunder."



Actually, Robert plays a White actor who is playing a Black man. So it isn’t Robert playing a Black man. (Although he is.) You following me on this..??



So, some people feel that a White guy playing a Black guy is a little Queer.



(I’m sorry. I didn’t mean "queer" as referring to a persons sexual preference.)

Let me try this again...

Some people are offended that a modern movie and a present day actor would actually have a White man paint his face dark and play a Black man.

Do these "offended" people have a point here? Or are they just being gay?



(OK, I screwed up again. I didn’t mean "gay" as in homosexual. I meant "gay" as in "weird.")

Oh.. Crap..??

I didn’t mean to say that "gay" was weird. I meant "gay" in the sense like they would have used the term "gay" back in the 1940's. Back when a White man could play a Black Man in a movie and no one would be offended.


OK, I didn’t mean that Black people in the 1940's were more "tolerant" than Black people today. No, I didn’t mean that at all.

What I was trying to say is that in the 1940's, you didn’t have people getting offended if a White man played a Black man or an Indian.



Hey, in the 40's, they called Native Americans: "Indians."

What the hell does that have to do with me..!!



What the #@$# could I have possibly said that would have offended a cow..??



Hey, all of you "offended" people are really starting to piss me off..!!

I can’t say anything without "offending" someone.


I have never been this "offended" in all my life..!!

I am happy to see liberals happy (again.)

I am happy to see liberals happy (again.)

You think that this last 8 years was a long period FOR YOU..??

It was a freaking nightmare for me..!!

It was a nightmare for me because I read your editorials and your blog posts, and I began to believe that half of the people in this country hated America. By reading your thoughts, it sounded like democrats want to tear this country down and start over. (Like you folks had lost your minds.)

Some went as far as saying that they hated America and wanted to leave.
But that has all changed. Yesterday, I watched as millions of Americans got themselves "happy" again.

I am happy to see that you are happy, again.



However, the conservative inside of me has to ask: Obama hasn’t done anything yet. What are you happy about?

Are you imagining what President Obama MIGHT do, and that makes you happy..??

Or are you just happy that President Bush has left the building..??


Either way, I guess I can understand it.

However, why would you let "one person" effect your "happiness" about your country..??

Every person who has lived through 4 or 5 decades can recite several GREAT presidents and a couple of terrible ones. (Does it really matter which party they are affiliated with..??)


Good presidents transcend any one political party. Bad presidents redefine their political party. (Or FORCE the redefinition of.)

Since you are going to see your fair share of good and bad presidents, why would you ever let one president shape your opinion of this country?

I know that my statement above begs for someone to write back: "we liberals never hated America, we hated Bush.."

Yes, I believe that to be true.

However, I can go back into your blog sites and point to past posts in which you accused the American military of targeting innocent people.

Now, you freaking know that the American military doesn’t target innocent people for the hell of it. You know that..!! We spend a million dollars on ONE BOMB that can be remotely flown into it’s target just so that we do not hit innocent people.

You accused Sarah Palin of not giving birth to her child and you claimed that Sarah wanted to burn library books.

You built countless conspiracy theories on how hundreds of US officials (covered up) and killed it’s own people during 9/11.

You told small children that the president of the United States is a "War Criminal", when no charges of war crimes have been proven in a court of law and Americans- (all Americans) are innocent until proven guilty.


Do you really think that all of this "stuff" that you created in your mind, got Barack Obama elected..??

(If you do, than you might as well stop reading this editorial, because you will never comprehend what I am saying.)



Barack Obama didn’t win this election because people believed the lies that were told about Bush.

Obama didn’t win this election because you were able to "boo" President Bush during his speech.

Obama won the 2008 election because he is a gifted writer and speaker.
Obama won because America was ready for him. America was ready for change.

Obama won because President Bush was never able to communicate why he needed to do, (what it was that he was doing.) Yes, Bush kept us safe from another attack on our soil. But Bush never could explain why we needed waterboarding, or Gitmo, or warrantless wiretaps.



In the end, Obama won because he did a better job of campaigning than John McCain and Sarah Palin. (Yes, I left out Joe Biden on purpose.)

None of the lies, or the conspiracy theories got Obama elected.

The only thing that this "crap" did, was create a DEEP divide between you and me.

Why do you want to "divide" the country..??

On that note, I want to repeat the title of this editorial and say; I am happy that liberals are happy again.

I would love to show you how you can oppose a political party WITHOUT condemning America, or the military as a whole.

The last thing that I want to do is cause some young mind to think that the whole country is going to hell because President Obama did something that I didn’t like.

One person doesn’t have that kind of power, in America.

Because we have freedom, (and we have guns.)

One person cannot destroy this nation..!!

Anything that a bad president does, can be "undone" later on.

We lived through Nixon. He was a crook, but he didn’t destroy the country.

We lived through Clinton. He was a liar, but he didn’t destroy the country.



We lived through Bush. He took liberties with the constitution to go after terrorists. He didn’t watch the economy like he should have. But he didn’t destroy America. We are still here.



We are still here and we will be here after President Obama has left the building.

Everyone wants their "political party" to be in charge. It makes us feel safe. (For some people, I think it is more of a game, like football; trying to get your team to win.)

But you have to admit, none of the "bash Bush" stuff won this election.
Democrats won this election because Barack Obama was the first good candidate that the democrats have run in 10 years. John Kerry had no appeal and Al Gore was a bore.

Obama won because he inspires hope in many people. I have to give him that.
So, in conclusion, I will leave this editorial with some words from President Obama..

(I have altered this passage slightly.)

"...If you liberals want to unclinch your Bush bashing, Bush hating fists for a minute; I am reaching out my hand to shake yours..."


There is much I do not like about Obama’s policies. However, President Bush did some things I am not too happy over...

Time will tell.

I, along with hundreds of conservatives, will keep a watchful eye on President Obama. (I am hopeful that we do not turn into a "mirror image" of what liberals did to President Bush.)

OK, with that said; here is my favorite section of President Obama’s speech:

"...We will not apologize for our way of life, nor will we waver in its defense, and for those who seek to advance their aims by inducing terror and slaughtering innocents, we say to you now that our spirit is stronger and cannot be broken; you cannot outlast us, and we will defeat you.

For we know that our patchwork heritage is a strength, not a weakness. We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus — and non-believers. We are shaped by every language and culture, drawn from every end of this Earth; and because we have tasted the bitter swill of civil war and segregation, and emerged from that dark chapter stronger and more united, we cannot help but believe that the old hatreds shall someday pass; that the lines of tribe shall soon dissolve; that as the world grows smaller, our common humanity shall reveal itself; and that America must play its role in ushering in a new era of peace.

To the Muslim world, we seek a new way forward, based on mutual interest and mutual respect. To those leaders around the globe who seek to sow conflict, or blame their society's ills on the West — know that your people will judge you on what you can build, not what you destroy. To those who cling to power through corruption and deceit and the silencing of dissent, know that you are on the wrong side of history; but that we will extend a hand if you are willing to unclench your fist..."

If you would like to read President Obama’s speech:

LINK: Here is a link

http://news.aol.com/main/inauguration/article/text-of-obama-inaugural-address/312186


Watch the video-

Famous Democrats claim that they are going to change their lives for Obama. They will care for each other and not waste stuff anymore.

They are going to ONLY flush the toilet when they have to..??

(They couldn’t do this when Bush was in office..??)

Watch the video-

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My LAST post on President Bush

My LAST post on President Bush

I thought about NOT doing a final editorial on President Bush. (What’s left to say..??)
If you like the guy; you are going to talk about how George Bush kept this country from being attacked again, like it was in September of 2001.
If you hate President Bush; you are going to take this last moment to kick the guy in the face, one more time.
So, really; what is left for me to say?
However, after thinking about it, I should do at least (one) editorial. After all, I supported this president, the least I can do is explain why I supported Bush.
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President Bush has become an image of a slice of America, frozen in time.
There are those people who believe that 9/11 was a "police matter." That terrorism is a crime not unlike theft, and should be dealt with by cops and US courts.
However, most people feel that terrorism is NOT an average crime. Because of the nature of the funding, the reach of the organization, and the death and destruction that terrorists can claim; the US military is a better defense than using a traffic cop to catch terrorists.
That is why most Americans believe that the invasion of Afghanistan was justified.
It is the invasion of Iraq that has America divided.
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OK, back to the FINAL President Bush editorial.
President Bush’s decision to remove Saddam from Iraq is the turning point for many Americans. (Note) I didn’t notice many anti- Iraq War sentiments until the Iraq War started to go bad. During the "Shock and Awe" portion, through the Saddam statue coming down, on up to Saddam being dragged from a hole in the ground, most people were in support of the War.
(Even democratic politicians were on board with the war at first.)
It was when strategic errors were made and terrorists began entering Iraq, did people began to question the logic of removing Saddam.
President Bush won his reelection.
However, Bush lost much support from middle America over the federal response after hurricane Katrina.
President Bush lost the support of many conservatives from his spending spree on federal projects.
During this whole period, the Bush administration was never able to communicate "why" it was doing "what it was doing?"
This LACK of communication left many "blanks" in the media.
Liberals were able to fill in those "blanks" and were able to win in the 2006 and 2008 elections.
President Bush was never able to communicate that President Lincoln took a few liberties with the constitution to win the Civil War. FDR did the same with WW2. (So why is it wrong to take liberties with the constitution to win a war against terrorists..??)
President Bush was never able to explain to conservatives why he felt that amnesty for illegals, or funding a senior drug program, were important to him and not necessarily anti- conservative. (President Reagan had no problem granting amnesty for illegals?)
President Bush NEVER had the support from the far left. (Because of politics and the screwed up 2000 election.) However, Bush went from a 90% approval rating, (just after 9/11) to the current low: which is in the twenties. Bush lost support from most of America. Why..??
Because Bush was never able to explain why he was doing- what he was doing.
In the end, (at the risk of sounding redundant) it was President Bush’s lack of communication that brought him down. (And Bush placed trust in some people that he shouldn’t have.)
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Back to Bush.
My personal feelings on President Bush is:
"What you see, is what you get."
There is nothing "phony" with this guy. And that is very refreshing in a political world where politicians will say one thing, and do another.

Bush said he would not fund embryonic stem cell research. (And he didn’t.)
Bush said he would remove Saddam from Iraq. (And he did.)
Bush said he would stop terrorists from attacks on our soil. (And he did.)
Bush said we could win the War in Iraq. (And we pretty much have.)
Bush said he would find Osama bin Laden. (And...)
Hence; the problem...
Bush was never flexible enough to change; when change was required.
President Bush was NOT conservative.
Bush was mostly republican, (with a little hint of liberalism thrown in.)
I believe President Bush was a good man who did the best that he could.
I rank Bush WAY below President Reagan, but above President Carter. I believe Bush was better than President Clinton on defense, but way below Clinton on the economy and domestic issues.
In my opinion...
President Bush is a good man who tried to do the right thing.
In my life, I have never seen this much "stuff" thrown at one president.
The biggest attack on American soil since Pearl Harbor, by an enemy who comes from no particular country and doesn’t identify itself on the battlefield with uniforms, or follow the Geneva Convention.
(I sometimes wonder how FDR or Lincoln would have handled an enemy that doesn’t reveal itself and hides in the civilian population?)
Bush had to deal with a massive hurricane and flood that destroyed a major US city.
Plus an economy that could have rivaled the great depression if "things" weren’t done quickly to stop it.
("Things" that both republicans and democrats seemed to agree on?)
When you put it all together;
I believe that President Bush is a good man who did the best that he could, during a difficult time in American history.
As more time passes, and secure documents are released; we will find out how close and dangerous certain elements where during this time that we live in. This will change a few people’s minds on "why" Bush did what he did.
President elect Obama has already changed his mind on a few things, now that Obama has been privileged to inspect this inside information.
More will be revealed...
Time has a funny way of changing what you believe to be true.
Written by AR Babonie for The Angry Republic

Do you think you know President Bush..??
Take the President Bush test.
(I got 17 of 20 questions right.)
One question that I missed...
What has NOT been thrown at President Bush during his term in office?
A shoe
A pumpkin
A grenade
(I guessed the wrong answer to that one..??)

LINK: Take the BUSH quiz

http://news.aol.com/article/20-moments-that-defined-a-presidency/308620

5,000 toilets for Obama

Democrats and liberals everywhere are worried if Barack Obama has enough toilets for the inauguration.


Matter of fact, a professor of law at George Washington University warns that Obama could be sued over toilets. (The lack of enough toilets.)


It was only 7 years ago that we were worried about terrorists flying planes into our buildings and killing innocent people.
Just a few months ago, we were worried about the economy, and that we might head into a great depression.
However, today- that has all changed.



Democrats are (almost) in the White House, and we are worried about toilets.
Hey: Toilets are important..!!
So, I want to ask you…
How many toilets should Obama have?
5,000 are fine
20,000 toilets
100,000 toilets
300 billion toilets- one for everyone



Since all of the "BIG" issues like the War, the economy, and stuff like that are solved (or at least- tucked away somewhere), why not talk about toilets..??
I voted for 5,000 toilets because I know that Obama has researched this and I am sure that Obama has given toilets much thought.


Besides, why should we worried about the BIG issues, look at who Obama has selected to lead us forward:
Leon Panetta, who has never worked in the CIA, or been an agent, is going to be the top CIA boss.
(What could go wrong here..??)

Tim Geithner, (who didn’t know that he needed to pay his taxes) will head up the US Treasury Department. Geithner, who helped cut restrictions on banking which helped Citi Group go on a risky loan spree, which caused Citi Group’s demise. Geithner will now helm US taxes and banking.
(Really, people; you are in good hands..!!)

Hillary Clinton: who’s husband takes money from friends, enemies, and just about ANYONE who will deliver millions to the Clinton library. Hillary will run the State Department.
(So, I ask you again: "What could go wrong..??")
I think I now understand why liberals are talking about toilets.
Written by AR Babonie for The Angry Republic




LINK: It’s flushing and gushing- toilets are the talk of the town.
http://www.wtopnews.com/?nid=780&sid=1572281