Dawn in America

The only way Democrats can win is by running America down:  the president stinks, the economy stinks, Iraq is still a failure, Afghanistan is weak, there's no Middle East peace, Americans are morose and depressed, and the deficit is out of control.

Well, that last point is correct.  Republicans and Democrats have spent like drunken sailors, and it's been disgraceful.

But everything else, frankly, ain' t that bad.

It may not yet be Morning in America, but the Dawn is certainly upon us.  Given the daily left-wing media fandango of negativity, you'd never know it.  So, here's an alternative newscast with the good news:

We are winning the war in Iraq.  Thanks to the astonishing bravery of our combat troops, we have secured what General David Petraeus calls "durable" progress there.  Violence is at its lowest level since the U.S.-led invasion in 2003.  Iraqi security forces are stronger and more self-reliant every day.  The Iraqi government is more stable and self-sustaining every day.  And organized terrorists from al Qaeda to the Iranian-backed Shia militias are almost thoroughly crushed.  Freelancing terrorists will continue to strike, and there will be some backsliding.  But what we have accomplished there is nothing less than stunning.  Troop levels can now be reduced, based on breathtaking success, not humiliating defeat. Progress continues in Afghanistan (with more cooperation from the Afghan government than the Pakistani one), and the al Qaeda strongholds are now in ever-narrower locations. 

The U.S. economy GREW by 1.9 percent in the second quarter this year.  This is up by a full percentage point from the first quarter.  While it's not bounding robust growth, the economy is moving in the right direction.  And in the opposite direction from what many doomsayers were predicting: that we'd have at least two consecutive quarters of economic contraction that would qualify as a recession.  The stock market has responded to the growth, and stocks are climbing again.  There are still challenges in the financial, credit, and housing sectors, but the positive numbers show how resilient and powerful this economy is.

At the mere talk of drilling here at home, OPEC freaked out a little, the much-maligned speculators began speculating that the price of oil would come down, and voila!  The price of oil has dropped significantly over the past two weeks, meaning filling your tank is still crazy expensive, but less so.  And the trend is for gas prices to continue to fall.

As the New York Times reported this week, homelessness has fallen a staggering 30% over the past three years.  And alas, with a "compassionate conservative" in the White House!  Democrats never produced such a drop in homelessness, despite all of their supposed care for the issue.

Let's recap:  wars being won, enemies being decimated, economy recovering and growing, gas prices coming down, homelessness plummeting.  And this is all just this week. 

The sun is peeking over the horizon.

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[gringoman]

Pro-God, Pro-life, Pro Mama an' Papa, Pro-gun, Pro-America!
Atheists got a problem with that?

----Reverend Gringo, revved up and testifying.

God Bless
Pray for the sodomites and liberals
Cling to a Bible today.

(In association with the Gringo Advisory Board)

[gringoman]

Let's recap: wars being won, enemies being decimated, economy recovering and growing, gas prices coming down, homelessness plummeting. And this is all just this week.

The sun is peeking over the horizon.

Yo Monca you fine thang you----

I like that. You right. Sun peekin' up an' all that. 'conomy goin'. War goin', we on the sunny side a the street esetra. But you forget jus' one thing, girl. It even better than what you say. Why? ....The Messiah comin'. He comin', yeah.(With all due respeck to Rev Gringo, this a Messiah with some color an' some Hahvit, know what I sayin'?)

Yeah, I know, my man Barra get into some trouble today 'cause of Ludicrous. You hear Ludicrous new Hip=Hop for "the first black president is destined"?

Hillary hated on you, so that biiiiiiiitch is irrelevant.

McCain doan belong in any chair unless he paralyzed

Let's turn that White House black....

Monca, I know, these lyrics might give some bigots the wrong idea about my man Barra, but look, he spank Ludicrous for bein' "shameful." Don't that show what a stateman he is? He like Ludicrous, call him "very talented," got him all in his I-Pod an' stuff. Yet he still spank him in public, like David Axelrot tell him he got to do. Show you what a edjoocated stateman he is.

You right, Monca. We in a new dawn. See it comin' on up over the White House? I bet you Michelle can.

[SteveOk]

(Obama speech in Berlin):"I know my country has not perfected itself. At times, we've struggled to keep the promise of liberty and equality for all of our people. We've made our share of mistakes, and there are times when our actions around the world have not lived up to our best intentions."
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His main theme in this speech was "This is the moment..." To Obama everything is messed up in America including the people who cling to their religion and guns and he is very sorry that America is the way it is, but the moment has arrived when he is ready to offer his services to straighten everything out. With his gifted leadership everything in America will be fine, the war will end (even if we have to surrender), the Depression will end (even if there isn't one), the rich will pay their fair share of taxes (and he will decide who is rich), the borders will be wide open for anyone to come to America and get their free benefits (as long as the vote Democratic), and the Supreme Court with be packed with people like Ruthie B. Ginsburg (who will restore the democracy to America by rewriting the Constitution).

So to the Europeans he has apologized for America and told them to be patient and wait. When he takes over he will make everything right and they won't have to worry anymore about the big bad USofA and we will request permission from the United Nations before we burp.

[Dgscol]

PANIC of 1893 :

The 1880s had seen a period of remarkable economic expansion in the United States. In time, the expansion became driven by speculation, much like the "tech bubble" of the late 1990s, except that the preferred industry was railroads. Railroads were vastly over-built, and many companies tried to take over many others, seriously endangering their own stability so to do. One of the first signs of trouble was the bankruptcy of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, which had greatly over-extended itself, on February 23, 1893.[2]
(actually the Boxer Rebellion occurred in 1889) and the need to transport goods overland from China rapidly contracted)

As concern of the state of the economy worsened, people rushed and caused bank runs. The credit crunch rippled through the economy. Smart european investors only took payment in gold, weakening the US gold reserve, which further dropped the US dollar's value. People attempted to redeem silver notes for gold; ultimately the statutory limit for the minimum amount of gold in federal reserves was reached and U.S. notes could no longer be successfully redeemed for gold. The investments during the time of the Panic were heavily financed through bond issues with high interest payments. The National Cordage Company (the most actively traded stock at the time) went into receivership as a result of its bankers calling their loans in response to rumors regarding the NCC's financial distress. As the demand for Silver and Silver notes fell, its price and value dropped. Holders worried about a loss of face value of bonds, and many became worthless.

A series of bank failures followed, and the price of silver fell. The Northern Pacific Railway, the Union Pacific Railroad and the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad all failed. This was followed by the bankruptcy of many other companies; in total over 15,000 companies and 500 banks failed (many in the west). About 17%-19% of the workforce was unemployed at the Panic's peak. The huge spike in unemployment, combined with the loss of life savings by failed banks, meant that a once secure middle class could not meet their mortgage obligations. As a result, many walked away from recently built homes. From this, the sight of the vacant Victorian (haunted) house entered the American mindset.[3]

[Dgscol]

Meanwhile Sen. McCain seems to not be acting like himself, the man who once wanted to confront corruption and excess. It almost makes a person believe that Karl and his lobby friends have pictures.

[Ummahgummah]

B. HUSSEIN Obama is playing the Europeans vs, the Americans. Let's be clear that there are many Europeans who do NOT want Obama and the socialism he represents.

His European poll numbers should be viewed with the following in mind: a. Liberals and Communists usually have more time on their hands because they work less than we do. Ergo they have more time to answer a poll.

Libs are more likely to agree to take a poll.

b. The "I don't want the pollster to think I am a racist effect". This one is self-explanatory.

a + b = unusually inflated pro-Obama poll in Europe. MSM know this full well but why bother to mention it if this poll can be used to influence Americans at home?

[Ummahgummah]

"Kenya Uber Alles"

I am Senator Barak Obama
My aura smiles
And never frowns
Soon I will be president...

Carter Power will soon go away
I will be Fuhrer one day
I will command all of you
Your kids will meditate in school
Your kids will meditate in school!

[Chorus:]
Kenya Kenya Uber Alles
Kenya Kenya Uber Alles
Uber Alles Kenya Kenya
Uber Alles Kenya Kenya

Zen fascists will control you
100% natural
You will jog for the master race
And always wear the happy face

Close your eyes, can't happen here
Big Bro' on white horse is near
The hippies won't come back you say
Mellow out or you will pay
Mellow out or you will pay!

[Chorus]

Tought it's 1984
Knock-knock at your front door
It's the suede/denim secret police
They have come for your uncool niece

Come quietly to the camp
You'd look nice as a drawstring lamp
Don't you worry, it's only a shower
For your clothes here's a pretty flower.

DIE on organic poison gas
Serpent's egg's already hatched
You will croak, you little clown
When you mess with President Barak
When you mess with President Barak

[gringoman]

UG,

"Kenya Uber Alles."

Dedicated to Fredka?

[Ummahgummah]

No that's a tribute to B. Hussein Obama's homeland which is likely to receive BILLIONS in aid IF this buffoon ever becomes POTUS,

I thought the Dead Kennedys might fit in somehow somewhere since Ludacris is doing the soundtrack for B. Hussein Obama.

Actually I think Jello Biafra is way ahead of Ludacris.

[Dgscol]

Well it is the Dawn. Actually it is pretty dark, so it must be the Dawn soon. No Monica here, but there is Light. I see a planet. Could it be Barack's father in heaven? He is the light, and the symbol of Hope. He sounds like the Pharoah, rather than a presidential candidate. Actually more like a boy king. Does he believe in predestination?

[FK]

It's about time things got better in Iraq. Bush and his people screwed it up for so long. And we never should have been here in the first place.

Don't start singing "The Sun Will Come Out Tomorrow" quite yet, Little Orphan Monica. Things are pretty hard for a lot of people in this country. And, yeah, they are looking for a change.

[Ummahgummah]

Keep preaching the dhimmicrat mantra, Freak, Keep whistling in the dark..

[FK]

I always expect you to be uncivil and idiotic, Ummah, and you never disappoint me.

[FK]

Here's Ummah's version of political dialogue:

"You pitiful SELF-HATING Jew! And u r a SELF-HATING excuse for an "AMERICAN" as well.

PFUI!! SPIT!!!! RIGHT IN YOUR FACE."

[Ummahgummah]

You were uncivil and rude the day I got on this board, FreaK and don't try to turn it around now.

But hey, you are hopelessly LIBERAL!

Lying is part and parcel to your game.

For YOU to talk about civility is like your hero Arafart renouncing terrorism.

[FK]

Do you mean the day you got on as "Ummah Gummah" or the day you got on under another screen name? Because you were here before I was, Ummah Adkisson. I even remember when you announced that you were changing your on-line name.

So, as usual, you are full of BS.

Just don't go into any churches fully armed, ok? Yeah, that guy was a conservative nutcase just like you.

[FK]

Is this what you mean by civility, Ummah Adkisson? --

"You pitiful SELF-HATING Jew! And u r a SELF-HATING excuse for an 'AMERICAN' as well.

PFUI!! SPIT!!!! RIGHT IN YOUR FACE."

[Ummahgummah]

MuHAMfred.. i don't need a diet, Thank you very much. Atkins or son of Atkins..

[Ummahgummah]

MuHAMfred.. the Fifth Columnist.. go hand in your resume at "n"pr.. Ha! ur probably one white guy too many there.. no matter how much u hate America and urself..

So ur stuck doing whatever u do now.

[FK]

I don't have time to hate myself while I have you, darling.

Just please tell me you don't have any bullets, Ummah Adkisson.

http://edition.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/07/28/church.shooting/?imw=Y&iref=mpstoryemail

[Ummahgummah]

ur such a JOKE MuHAMfred.. ur fake "outrage".. directed at a blogger on Monicamemo.. meanwhile u never uttered a word when a MuHAMfredan shot up a Jewish Center in Seattle.

Nor did I hear a word from u when the perp got off courtesy of a misguided LIBERAL jury!

Sorry if that makes me think u r a self-hating Jew!

[FK]

I don't care if you think I'm Osama bin Laden himself. What you think of me is not my concern. What concerns me is if you are unstable enough to do what Adkisson did. You are clearly unstable. I've said many times that there is something not right about you. I'm not even kidding now. I'm totally serious.

[Ummahgummah]

Look in the mirror, pal. Then repeat your words ad nauseam as you've been doing all over this blog already.

TBH ur more like Joseph Goebbels that OBL.

[FK]

And you are more like Jim Adkisson than anyone else on the planet. I bet you are glad he did what he did.

[Ummahgummah]

Right back atcha..

[FK]

That made no sense, like most of what you say.

[Ummahgummah]

right back atcha biatch, Momo.

[FK]

Wow. You really are a total loser.

[Ummahgummah]

Right back atcha.

[Ummahgummah]

Hey MoHAMfred.. you're not a loser, u r a Fancy PEloser.. ROFLMAO!!!!

[Ummahgummah]

Here's what a commenter on Jihadwtahc had to sday about it:

On top of those acquittals of jihadists by cowardly jurors in NYC, Tampa, Miami, Chicago, Dallas and Seattle, a cowardly judge in San Francisco acquits another one! The desease of cowardice has spread throughout this country. "The home of the brave" it is not. Disgrace, disgrace! Coward Country USA! It is inviting something worse than 9/11.

[FK]

So does that mean you want to spit on my "self-hating Jew" a s s ?

[Ummahgummah]

What it means is I think you should move on .org

[FK]

I'll move on at a time of my choosing, not the choosing of a loser wingnut.

[Ummahgummah]

You're not getting any "converts" to LiEEEberalsim here, MoHAMfred!

Liberalism is a MENTAL DISORDER!!!

Mu-aaahh!

[FK]

Pot calling the kettle black. They should name a mental disorder after you, loser. And your mother.

[Ummahgummah]

MoHAMfred.. Mmmmuuuu--aaahhh!!!

Thank you for proving me right each and every time.. :-)

Luv ya babe.

[FK]

You prove me right. You keep demonstrating that you are a member of a lunatic fringe that doesn't matter anymore, that you are a bigot, and that you are happy as long as Muslims and liberals are getting killed.

Your mommy must be so proud. If you even know who she is.

[Ummahgummah]

Bis repetitia non placent.

[FK]

That was not a denial. By your own standards, it constitutes an admission of everything I said.

[Ummahgummah]

Don't put words in my mouth moHAMfred!

I can speak for myself thank you very much.

What are u anyway.. some kind of a "Gesinnungs-KKKommissar"?

Things are going to get scary when people like this attain unchecked political power.

The MSM do this already so the likes of moHAMfred are taking their cues.

Keep making accusartions no matter how abstruse and if the person doesn't continually deny them they are "guilty by way of non-denial:.

Well let me tell you moHAMfred.. YOU never denied that u are a moslem!

So by absence of ur denial.. alla snackba!

[Ummahgummah]

Don't put words in my mouth moHAMfred!

I can speak for myself thank you very much.

What are u anyway.. some kind of a "Gesinnungs-KKKommissar"?

Things are going to get scary when people like this attain unchecked political power.

The MSM do this already so the likes of moHAMfred are taking their cues.

Keep making accusartions no matter how abstruse and if the person doesn't continually deny them they are "guilty by way of non-denial:.

Well let me tell you moHAMfred.. YOU never denied that u are a moslem!

So by absence of ur denial.. alla snackba!

[Ummahgummah]

moHAMfred you are a red diaper doper baby and if u don't deny it that means u admit it!

ROFLMAO!!

[FK]

Dude, that is your philosophy, not mine. You have accused me of supporting Muslims shooting up Jewish Centers because apparently one time you mentioned it and I didn't respond? I don't remember this, but, with your usual brand of logic, you say I support it. I'm merely mocking you, but you have no sense of what sarcasm is. Apparently the part of the brain that comprehends sarcasm does not work for you.

[FK]

Ummah to me:

"You pitiful SELF-HATING Jew! And u r a SELF-HATING excuse for an 'AMERICAN' as well.

PFUI!! SPIT!!!! RIGHT IN YOUR FACE."

[Cias]

But a small bone to pick, Mon. You state that, "Republicans and Democrats have spent like drunken sailors, and it's been disgraceful." Disgraceful indeed. However...

At least when drunken sailors spend excessively, they do so with their own dough.

Too bad Congress gets to play with the tax dollars our grandchildren have yet to pay. Perhaps the adage, when the Navy arrives in port, should be changed to allege that drunken sailors are spending like our crooked Congress.

[Ummahgummah]

moHAMfred keeps spamming the blog against me so I have taken the time to compile a very incompleat list of threats and insults he's thrown at me.

I also thought I should remind people of how he's treated Gringoman so a few of those are thrown in as well.

As if all this weren't bad enough we all shoudl be reminded of how he treated Monica until some of us jumped in and said something every time he did that.

I am loath to repeat all the nasty and demeaning things he said to our gracious hostess but hoiw can anyone forget.

we all know he did.

So when someone comes along and dishes it out to him, moHMfred becoems rather thin-skinned and undable to take it.

Kinda like Barak HUSSEIN Obama..

moHAMfred to me:

I'm getting personal with you, Ummah, because I think you are a loser prick. That's why.

You are a useless prick, Ummah.

Just don't shoot up any liberal churches, Ummah. Please tell me you have a job.

You are unbearable. Really. And you are part of a lunatic fringe that no one cares about anymore. Why don't you go to your Ann Coulter Fan Club Meetings and shut your stupid wingnut face.

What exactly are you saying, Ummah? Are you suggesting that I supported what Germany did with the Munich terrorists? Because I think that was one of the most diabolical incidents of modern times. And if you are suggesting that I agree with how that was handled, then maybe we should meet face to face at that sushi restaurant. I'll give you a piece of my mind and kick a piece of your a##. F***ing bastard.

Posted by: FredK2929 | July 10, 2008 at 05:57 PM

I wouldn't douse you with kerosene, m o r o n, but if you ever told me you were going to off yourself by drinking it, I'd gladly pay your tab.

Posted by: FredK2929 | July 10, 2008 at 06:06 PM

I'm not diverting attention from anything. Just taking a moment to insult you.

Posted by: FredK2929 | July 11, 2008 at 08:27 AM

Ummah --

You want some kerosene with that Koolaid?

Heh, heh, heh. Yeah, I'm such a scary liberal, huh?

Posted by: FredK2929 | July 10, 2008 at 12:00 PM

If Ummah wanted milk, I'd bring him a jar of kerosene, throw it on him, and light a match. I'M FREAKING KIDDING, UMMAH!!!!!!

Posted by: FredK2929 | June 26, 2008 at 10:27 AM

moHAMfred to Gringoman:

You're an idiot, Gringohole.

Posted by: FredK2929

Gringohole --

Let's hear your theory.

Posted by: FredK2929

Imagine anyone would ever make Gringohole a real judge.

Posted by: FredK2929 | July 17, 2008 at 04:25 PM

What would you do if I left? Just come in and keep agreeing with Gringohole? That's not fun.

Posted by: FredK2929 | July 15, 2008 at 09:49 PM

[FK]

None of these are like calling someone a self-hating Jew. I even advise that I'm kidding at one point so you don't keep throwing the kerosene remark in my face.

[Ummahgummah]

stick and stones, fred. Your inital kerosine comment was made in earnest and you've since tried to smooth it over as if it had been a joke all along.

Perhaps "..maybe we should meet face to face at that sushi restaurant. I'll give you a piece of my mind and kick a piece of your a##. F***ing bastard."

was also "just a joke".

You can certainly dish it out.

Finally if you think Dhimmi Carter and Ed Brzezinski are friends of Israel then you are indeed a moslem ro a self-hating Jew.

You can add Noam Chmosky to the mix. He's a self-hater too.

Let's remember there were Jews and Christians and all sorts of other folks in the Midle East long before a drunken caravan raider started hallucinating and proclaiming that he was commanded by "allah" to kill all the non-believers and strike terror in their hearts and to kill them whereever you find them.

To hear Westerners now taking the side of Kain is a travesty of reality andd i won't back down on that.

[Jack Flynn]

Hi,
Thought I'd drop in and see what was happening on Monica's Crotchford Ranch. Looks like things haven't changed much at the ranch. Ummah Upchuck is still spitting vile bile and Fred is still jousting courageously with the multiple anachronistic souls who hang around the ranch and continue to misunderstand the dimensions of process to an extreme degree, and really do belong on some unnamable planet, which of course does not exist.
Unfortunately, the world doesn't yet have a place for them, which in the face of the serious economic reality of rapidly vanishing supplies of pabulum, is dire news. We all know that their hidden agenda is to bomb the underground pabulum factories in Iran in the hope that their "Army of Forgotten Liberators" can go in there with shopping bags and salvage what little remains.
After that, I guess the only solution would be for them to migrate to George's property in Texas and if they are lucky they will get employed as bike path maintenance people, which of course will require them to give up their American citizenship, which shouldn't be too difficult for them, as they have long forgotten what it means to be an American anyway.

But . . . all said, I greatly admire your endurance Fred. The flag, although tattered, is still visible.