the Non Partisan Puppet Show

Unbalanced Scales

This past weekend I heard Mitch McConnell say that it is the president's Constitutional right to nominate a Supreme Court Justice,

It is?

Then why did he and other Republicans refuse to accept President Obama's Supreme Court Justice nominee near the end of Obama's term?

HAPPY CHECKERS DAY!

Today is National Checkers Day.  Nixon’s dog Checkers came to mind.  September 23, 1952, Nixon gave his famous “Checkers speech”.  Nixon was then a candidate for vice-president and found himself in hot water because he was accused of improprieties of campaign funds.  His approval ratings were losing points.

He called a press conference and said some people were critical of him accepting  the dog Checkers as a gift.  He said they named it Checkers.  He went on to say how cute Checkers was, and Pat and the girls loved it.  And regardless of criticism he gets, They were going to keep it.

It was a stroke of genius of feeling the public’s pulse.  Checkers had nothing to do with the campaign funds.  The public fell for the heart-warming story.  The public loves dogs.  His approval ratings went up and he was elected vice president.  I think his running mate Ike probably privately shook his head.

I think Trump needs to get a dog.

God Said:

And it came to past that God, twiddling  his thumbs said, “I’m bored, lets have a little fun…”

Alternative Facts Explains All

I love this new "ALTERNATIVE FACTS"   system that now exists.   And as far as I can tell it is just not reserved for a president or his chosen followers.

I think I'll write my autobiography.

Please Mr. Postman....

In Virginia Beach, Va. 23 year old Dominyk Antonio Alfonseca was arrested because he handed a bank teller a note asking for $150,000 and added, "Please" with a smiley face.

His defense is that with the word "Please" it was not a demand.  It was a request.

I immediately thought of something I did, or didn't do:

One time in the time keepers' office of the Atlanta Post Office a supervisor  asked me to "Please " to something, which I forgot what it was.  Because some other people were not gainfully employed at the moment and I thought he should have chosen them for the chore I kept doing my other work and  the next day when he found out the job wasn't done he called me into his office and told me he was going to write me up for refusing to  obey a direct order.

My  defense was that I was the only person doing something at the time so he should have picked one of the others, and I said, "besides, when he said "Please" it became a quest not an order.

I wasn't punished.  It was swept under the rug. 

Is a Picture Worth a thousand Words?

I have always respected Jimmy Carter.   I think  he tries to do the right thing, bring peace, be truthful and make the world a better place to live.

But no matter how good a person is - if there enough pictures of him or her, you will be able to find some not so complementary.   For instance, the picture above, Carter looks like an insane disturbed individual on the verge of drooling.

Instead of "Would you buy a used car from this man?"  for this picture, "Would you bend over in front of this man?"

I think there is a demand for someone with the knack of finding this type of picture to be used in every political race.  And they are so easy to find.  It would be an easy job.

Hold My Hand Like Kim Jong Un

He's got the whole world in his hands, in his hands, in....BOOM!

The Over-the-Hill Gang in the Waiting Room

Today in a waiting room at the Wellstar Hospital complex THE VIEW came on TV.  The View ladies started out talking about gun control and the Newtown shooting.

There were other men and one woman in the room.  We are all retirement age and we all have gray hair.  The below are actual quotes of the three strangers interacting.

One of the men said those stupid women did not know what they were talking about and neither probably ever even touched a gun.  He said "us Southern Boys" grew up loving guns and playing cowboys and indians.

One said he had news for those crazy women on TV, guns don't kill people, people do.

The other two agreed.  One said he never seen a gun walk up to somebody and bend over and shoot them.  They all agreed. 

One said the wise thing to do was to buy two guns.  One legal one and one illegal one.  Then, when "they" come to pick up the guns give them the legal one and they won't know any better.  They all chuckled over that.

One said every American should join the NRA.  The NRA is number one in protecting Americans' rights.  Show them support.  And besides, one added, they have a good magazine you will get with your membership, and they know some PREEE-TY important people.

Then the talk drifted to know your gun and how to use it, you may have to use it someday.  And, have a healthy fear of it.

One of the men said he has a healthy fear because he knew what a gun can do in the hands of someone that didn't know what they were doing.  He said, "My brother was shot by our father's gun.  He got it out playing with it when it went off."

Huh? 

PANTS ON FIRE!?

The other day on TV a political analyst talked about Paul Ryan's speech at the Republican Convention.  The analyst said his speech was good and very well received; he is the new Republican hero.  And then the poltical analyst quickly added, "He just needs to deal with 'the pants on fire' thing."

On This Date March 9th:

1954 Edward R Murrow criticizes Senator Joseph McCarthy (See it Now).

1961 Sputnik 9 carries Chernushka (dog) into orbit

Why People like to watch Politicians Run for Office

Bang!

House Bill 981: Georgians would be allowed to carry concealed weapons in bars, public schools, most government buildings, college campuses and other locations under a sweeping gun bill filed in the House. – ajc.com.

You know, they have a point. What if it is hunting season and you are sitting in a waiting room of a public place like at the hospital or outside the principal’s office to talk about your child and suddenly a 10 point buck is galloping down the hall (it happens, I saw it on American's Funnyest Videos)?

Or maybe you are visiting a mental hospital and suddenly an inmate pulls out a gun? Remember, they will have the right to have a concealed weapon too. With this new law, you can pull out your gun too out and defend yourself!

Also, under this bill it would be illegal to disarm anyone during a states of emergency. That means if a group of anarchists broke into the capital and held a gun to the head of every elected official there and threaten them if their terms were not met, I think that would qualify as a State of Emergency, it would be illegal to disarm them.

On this Date, December the 17th in History:

1775: 9 old women burnt as witches for causing bad harvests, Kalisk, Poland

Since those primative times people finally realized that witches cannot control the natural elements to cause bad crops. That was truly the dark ages! It was reallly Democrats! Everybody knows that Democrats are responsible for everything that goes wrong, including floods and earth quakes.

Age Old Question: Should People in Glass Houses Throw Rocks?

The news media has reported that Freddie Mac has been paying Newt, through their lobbyist, millions in "consulting fees" in the early 2000s. Isn't that sort of thing is what Newt was criticizing the Democrats for?

SUNDAY FUNNIES!!! WONDER WART-HOT & SUPER PATRIOT

This is another installment of WONDER WART-HOG, this one he meets SUPER PATRIOT by GILBERT SHELTON.

Once you get into the story you will see the SUPER PATRIOT is condemning communism. Aha! You might say the anti-communism story-line certainly dates the article. You might go on to say we can’t condemn communism too much, after all they (China) might repossess everything this country has.

To keep this comic current, please substitute either of the following scapegoat symbols when Communist or Communism is mentioned: Liberal(s), Democrat(s), Muslim(s), or Mexican(s).

Lets see if I got this right, if we treat the wealthy right they will treat us right and let some of their money dribble down and create a some jobs, look! Here is an example now.

Damn If He Does and Damn If He Doesn't

President Obama announced last night that he is ording 10,000 troops home from Afghanistan this year. And more, bringing the total to 33,000 by next summer.

I have already heard some people critical saying the Afghanistanians will be left high and dry without the American support.

Some people has criticized him for not bringing them home sooner. I know some people will just not be pleased, regardless what he does as president, they will always find something wrong with how he handled something.

This "Damn if you do and damn if you don't" surety means the President can do more what he wants. He is going to be criticized anyway.

This Day in History

On May the 29th 1849 Lincoln said "You can fool some of the people all of the time, & some of the people some of the time, but you can't fool all of the people all of the time"

And that is proven correct daily in both major political parties.

Who Do I Think I am? Wow! part 7

Bert Lance is another from the Hunter/Lance gene pool.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lance was an adviser of Jimmy Carter during Carter's successful 1976 campaign. He had become acquainted with Carter during the latter's time as Governor of Georgia, and served as state highway director during his administration. Lance was an unsuccessful candidate to succeed Carter during 1974, losing a bid for the Democratic nomination. Lance finished third in the first primary, behind Lester Maddox and the eventual winner, George Busbee. Lance accrued campaign debts of nearly $600,000, partly by manipulating loans of his bank.[2] After Carter's victory over President Gerald Ford, Lance was named director of the Office of Management and the Budget (OMB). According to former OMB officials, it was well-known in the department that Bert Lance and President Carter prayed together every morning.


Within six months, questions were raised by the press and Congress about mismanagement and corruption when Lance was Chairman of the Board of Calhoun First National Bank of Georgia. William Safire's article written during this time, Carter's Broken Lance, later earned a Pulitzer Prize.
This embarrassment for Carter's administration, particularly as it occurred fairly soon after the Watergate scandal and an election victory with respect to President Ford (Richard Nixon's pardoner), caused Lance to resign as OMB director on September 21, 1977.

He went back to being president of a bank in Calhoun, Georgia, but stayed active behind the scenes in the Democrat Party.