Culture Shock Blog

Then It Hit Me

This morning, as I was watching T.V. in the barbershop, Divorce Court was preempted by the presidents Rose Garden speech.  I couldn’t watch it.  The very sight of the president agitated me.  The reason Bush had to have a press conference is because he knew that he had pissed me off.  I am the base that he is trying to reassure with the “trust me” bull crap.  Did he have to have a “trust me” press conference with Judge Roberts?  No.  Why?  Because Judge Roberts had a record.  I don’t trust Bush on this issue because I shouldn’t have to.  He told me that he was going to appoint someone in the tradition of Anthony Scaliea and Clarence Thomas did he?  Gee, don’t know yet, I’ll have to wait ten years to find out and that’s the problem.  I should know right now!

O.k., time to play the race card. Barber Shop!  Why did I have to be in the Barbershop!!! Every week for the last 20+ years I have been going to the same barber to get my haircut.  Now, I am a politically outspoken guy and it is no secret that my barber and I are at odds when it comes to politics.  Not just me and my barber, but me and the whole d*%# barbershop!  Being one of 3 black conservative in the state of Wisconsin, it comes with the territory. 

When the Pres popped on the T.V. somebody yelled “Hey shut up, James T.’s mans on the tube, lets see what he has to say about not putting that Black judge on the court!”

And there it was.

This is why I feel so betrayed by the President.  He swung and missed!  He had the opportunity to hit the trifecta of judicial appointments: Female, Black & CONSERVATIVE!  Holy could of, should of, Why Didn’t You!!! 

I believe that over the term of his presidency Mr. Bush has put forth a valiant effort to make inroads to the black community.  The appointments to his cabinet have been stellar!  He has reached out to African Americans on numerous occasions and I really do believe that he is a sincere and righteous man, however he BLEW IT on the biggest play of the game.  Like Robert Ferguson (the sorry wide receiver of the hapless Green Bay Packers) who let the opposition snatch the ball right out of his hands, on Monday Night Football no less!  Bush, by not appointing someone like Janice Rodgers Brown to the Supreme Court, let the Dems snatch ball right out of his hands by losing the opportunity to let Black conservative fight for themselves on a national stage.  Can you imagine the likes of Senators Ted Kennedy and Herb Kohl taking on the likes of Janice Rodgers Brown?  How many Black Democrats would be willing to support two rich, old, really white trust fund lefties as they lecture the brilliant daughter of a share cropper on the finer points of racism and sexism in this country.  Would have loved to see it!

The spectacle would have opened the eyes of millions.   

For twenty years I have been fighting the good fight.  Some of the “Barbershop battles” that I have fought in have been legendary.  But today I was silenced.  Stabbed in the back by the very man whose water I carried.  In the barbershop. 
At least I looked good.

Huh?

Who is this woman standing by the President?  And why does she look like the cat that just ate the canary? 
BECAUSE SHE DID!  OH DEAR LORD!  This is Bush’s next pick for the Supreme Court???  With all of the brilliant choices out there he goes with this?  The old saying is true:  The acorn doesn’t fall far from the tree, (unless your name is Ron Reagan jr. in his case the nut turned into a fruit and fell miles to the left of the tree.)  With all of that said, cyclically, Bush is still on track.  The nominee is a first wave boomer although a tweener which means she may have the Silent generations tenancy to compromise. 
Hummm
My official prediction:  I’m going to go out on a limb and say that Ms. Harriet Miers is going to get the hook.  The right won’t play ball.  Bush has shown his true color.  He has sold out the Right and they are not going to play nice.

There it is.

Environmental Folly-ism

Here is my take on Global warming: “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.”  Geneses 1:1

Do you know what that means?  It means that the Earth is a BIG girl and she can take care of herself.  We can’t wreck it, break it, or blow it up.  We didn’t make her, don’t really know her and therefore can’t fix her.

That’s it. 

The earth is getting warmer?  So what.  It’s not your problem.  Let’s not get stuck on stupid here.  A great article appeared on the Life Science web site.  It suggests that the sun might be responsible for up to 30% of global warming.  A few weeks ago an article appeared out of London that reported that the planet Mars has been experiencing “global warming” because of solar activities as well.  Imagine that!  The sun being the cause of global warming on at least two planets in our solar system!

Question:  Whatcha gonna do about it?

The answer depends on your political worldview.  If you are a lefty you are going to worry, whine and complain about it!  Then you will get to work advocating meaningless bullshit protocols that will do absolutely nothing to solve the problem, but will make you feel better, because at least you cared!

If your political worldview is based in conservatism you won’t care.  Being the practical person that you are you will realize that there is a God and “global warming is His business, not yours.  And you are cool with that because you know your place.  So, if the excrement hits the fan you will simple move out of the way or die and go to heaven. 

Trying to fix the planet is folly.  Relax and enjoy the ride!

Folly I say! FOLLY!

Bill Bennett is not a racist.  Democratic glee again is the key indicator; they are way to jubilant! Where were they when Jessie Jackson accused President Bush of not caring about Black people?  Where was the outrage from the left when Minister Farrakhan accused the Federal Government of blowing up the levies in New Orleans?  How about Charlie Rangel calling the President “the Bull Connor of our time???”  Or what about the time Senator Bird used the term “White Niggers” on Meet the Press???

FOLLY I SAY!!!!

For those of you who claim to care (i.e. Troy Shaw of “Focus on Diversity”) or want to know the truth, read Bill Bennett’s full statement.  Here, I will make it easy for you: http://www.bennettmornings.com/agnosticchart?charttype=minichart&chartID=11&formatID=1&size=3&useMiniChartID=true&destinationpage=/pg/jsp/general/featured.jsp#0

After you read it apologize for being a sucker and playing leftist media bias.  It’s context stupid! 

AND…

Shame on President Bush for criticizing Bennett’s remarks!  I am so sick of Republicans who eat their own in order to suck up to racist enemies!  If Bennett’s comments were “not appropriate”, what the hell were Mrs. Jackson, Farrakhan and Rangel’s comments?  Mr. President you are starting to piss me off!  You apologize for racist stuff you didn’t do and attack the very people who support you in defense of the racist who hate you.  You rip Bennett and give the true race hustlers a pass!  Who are you trying to please?  Screw the “new tone” and ”compassion” crap? Where is the leadership?  The fairness! Comments not appropriate huh?  How about calling the war on terrorism a crusade!  What the hell was that?
What’s that saying about throwing rocks at glass houses? 

Folly I say!  Folly!!!!!

Folly

Tom Delay is innocent.  Democratic glee is a key indicator; they are way to excited over the indictment.  Like a bunch of losers who finally get a win.  There's nothing there.  Watch, you’ll see… nothing!

NASA Warps Back!

Ask anyone in the western world what the mission of he USS Enterprise is and most will tell you "To boldly go where no man has gone before!"   Which is why for years NASA perplexed me!  Since the 60’s NASA and Star Trek have been inextricable linked.  Which is why for the last twenty years fans of both have been wondering what the heck has happened to NASA?  Why has NASA’s imagination been dry-docked?  Shooting shuttles into space?  To do what?  Building international space stations?  Huh? BORING!!! 

Well today hope “warped” out of the abyss as the head of NASA announced that they have been on a thirty-year diversion.  That they got side tracked, that the agency "gasp" lost its focus, which is another way of saying, forgot their mission!  Well Hallelujah!  Finally!  “Houston we've found a new set of balls!”

"Where there is no vision the people will perish.”  Proverbs 

NASA has been perishing for over thirty years.  Finally the shuttles will be moth balled and the nerds will get back to work on inspiring a nation.  Just in time for new G.I. generation to show their "Right Stuff" and take us to the moon (again) and beyond!  Wow!  What a coincidence!  A boomer president with vision (Bush) and a “can do” generation coming of age that will make it happen.  Has this happened before?  Yeah!  Only last time the G.I. generation did it all!
When a generation embraces a mission the impact will be seasonal!

http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/news/20050928/1a_bottomstrip28.art.htm

Because I'm Sick!

I'm still alive, sort of...
I'm sick!  When will it end?!?  At first I thought it was becasue of the Packers.  It's not.  Something is going around and around and around!  I need a new drug!  (Remember Huey?)  I'll try to shape up soon.  There is much to rant about!

Becasue We Can!

Some say that I am a nay-saying Dooms day pessimist.  O.k.
But how much does it cost to be an optimist in today’s America?  500 billion dollars?!?!!?
I chocked, gagged and screamed as I listened to the President apologize for “crimes” he didn’t commit and pledge to rebuild a better higher cesspool.  It not a question of whether the city can be rebuilt.  The question is should it!  The city is not only 20+ feet below sea level and is sinking… it is also surrounded by three bodies of water!!!  Some are saying that this is an opportunity to address past wrongs: build a bigger and better New Orleans, cure poverty and breach the racial rift that divides America.   Right.   
All we are going to do is pour billions down a sinkhole.  Get this; the Federal government is going to build a city with congressional oversight!   Ha!
They can’t even come together to pick a decent Supreme Court justice!  And what happened to all of the billions that went to fix up the old New Orleans?
When politician start apologizing for attitudes and actions that they own or condoned do you know what they are doing?  Pandering.  The Presidential speech didn’t inspire me last night.  It actually made me sick
(Of course if I am wrong, I will be the first person vacationing in the new southern paradise!  I’m serious…I have no shame!)

What would the main stream media say if this man was white?

Snatched from the ABC News website:

"WHITE CONGRESSMAN VALUES OWN PROPERTY OVER THE LIVES OF POOR BLACKS!"

Sept. 13, 3005 — Amid the chaos and confusion that engulfed New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina struck, a white congressman used National Guard troops to check on his affuent property and rescue his personal belongings — even while black and poor New Orleans residents were trying to get rescued from rooftops, ABC, CNN, MSNBC, NBC, AIR AMERICA, AP, TIME, NEWSWEEK News has learned.

On Sept. 2 — five days after Katrina hit the Gulf Coast — White Rep. William Jefferson, D-La.,R-La, who represents New Orleans and is a senior member of the powerful Ways and Means Committee, was allowed through the military blockades set up around the city to reach the Superdome, where thousands of black and poor evacuees had been taken.

When the news of this incident reached Kanye West, Rev. Jessie Jackson, Rev. Al Sharpton and Minister Louis Farakkan they all had he same comment, "see, I told you!  George Bush hates black people."

I Blame Bush!

Last evening a series of storms blasted through Wisconsin.  I was driving over the high-rise on Hwy 94 when the first wave rolled through downtown.  It was bizarre!  There is nothing more unsettling than driving across a bridge in a 60 mph windstorm!  With street signs and debris whipping across my windshield we watched in awe as downtown Milwaukee became engulfed in a cloud of dust and wind and garbage.  My kid’s thought that it was kind of wild, I on the other hand was enraged!  How could President Bush let this happen!

When we exited the highway we found that the side streets were strewn with trees and even more debris.  This storm was short but fierce.  Upon arriving home we discovered that our house and in fact the whole neighbor hood was without power.  We were in the dark.  How can this be happening?  When will the power be restored?!?  This is an outrage!!! G#% damn Bush!  Where the hell is FEMA?

The power came on around 2:00am.  Which really sucked because my wife had to get up and cut off all of the lights and close all of the windows, which woke me up… dammed Bush.

Now as I look on T.V. I see that Hurricane Ophelia is beating up the North Carolina coastline and where is Bush?  At the U.N. talking about the war on terror!  It is obvious that when it comes to storm victims, George W. Bush is a rich white Nazi, a conservative and a Republican.