Las Vegas Beckons While Rome Burns by Dr. T

Remember Emperor Nero? A self absorbed boob too busy indulging himself to even notice the chaos around him. Soon under his governance or lack there of, the epicenter of western civilization burned. History has a funny way of repeating itself and in the four years since President Obama's election, our beloved America, the great superpower of the modern world, has been eroding into a country no longer recognizable. The list of egregious missteps, deceptions and down right incompetence by this President, his administration and the Congress is appallingly long. From cover-ups to misuse of taxpayer dollars the citizens have been duped at every juncture. The problem is many folks are too busy watching "Honey BOO BOO" and "Jersey Shore" to give a damn. The latest horrendous blunder is last week's eruption of protests which began in Libya and Egypt and quickly spread to more than 20 countries. The murder of our Ambassador to Libya along with 3 other Americans was touted as a spontaneous assault brought on by an obscure anti-Muslim film on You Tube. This story was a lie from the beginning, yet the willing accomplices in the media ran with the "story" in order to cover up Obama's nonexistant foreign policy. To add insult to injury, while the Muslim flag replaced our flag on our burning embassies, the President was in Las Vegas campaigning. After five days of conflicting stories, the administration finally had to admit that the attacks were preplanned to coincide with the anniversary of 9/11. Why the lies? Why no beefed up security in anticipation of 9/11? Why hasn't the FBI been allowed to begin it's investigation? The pictures of Ambassador Stevens being dragged through the streets of Benghazi before his murder are horrific, yet the President called this a "bump in the road". I don't know about you, dear readers, but I've had enough. Romney had better be on his game - November looms and the Emperor has no clothes.

Playing to the Dumbed Down by Dr. T

It pained me to watch some of the Democrat Convention. In fact, it pained me to the point where I could only bear little snippets at a time. Now, I understand that a certain amount of "poetic license" is expected in an endorsement speech and certainly can be expected from the nominee's spouse, but Michelle Obama's tribute to "her man" was clearly over the top. Oh the struggle, the rusted out car , the shoes too small for his feet; all this when they were courting. This kind of nonsense plays to the non-thinkers, the dumbed down, the masses that lap it up like nomads in the desert. Unfortunately there are far too many of them and possibly just enough to cancel out every analytical thinker's vote. The fact checkers in the mainstream media were nowhere to be found, they simply proclaimed the speech a slam dunk. But no bias here. If you believe that the Obamas were down and struggling I've got a bridge to sell ya. But this is just a small nick in the chain. The whole convention is a contradiction. Lets see ...we're not going to mention God and Jerusalem...oh wait, we are going to mention God and Jerusalem. The President didn't see the platform language before the event, oh wait...the President did see the platform language before the event. Pathetic! The Dems can't even control their infighting and cover ups for three days. The whole convention is in disarray. Moving on to the big acceptance speech. Our ever narcissistic President wanted to speak to the masses in a stadium just like four years ago. Alas he doesn't see that the bloom is off the rose and the stadium would not be filled like the first time around. Lightning doesn't strike twice, especially in politics. Even if his policies weren't such a disaster, the momentum generated in 2008 could never be replicated in 2012. Not for any candidate...not even for him. So now the organizers were forced to scramble for a "smaller forum" using the excuse that there is a possibility of bad weather. I will remind you that the original venue was advertised as "rain or shine". With this 11th hour change it was too late to order balloons for the convention hall. I guess they'll have to be satisfied with some kid skipping across the stage with a sparkler.