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The liberal newscaster Katie Couric has brought CBS News to another all-time ratings low.  In fact, they have pulled the lowest ratings in Nielsen history. Brian Williams and NBC held the top spot amongst the 3 news networks. Williams is able to hide his liberal side a little better than Couric during the newscast, although he was caught bowing to Barack Obama during a recent interview. How liberal do you have to be to be left of that?

CBS continues to choose liberal ideology even over ratings, as Couric has been dragging the network news into historic lows for over 2 years. Even so, it still seems unlikely to me that she will make it till her contract runs out in 2011. Then again, when you look at the New York Times or MSNBC you can see the cause is more important than anything. Running cover for those like Barack Obama and Nancy Pelosi is their duty.

Fox News continues to flourish, outdoing cable rivals CNN and MSNBC combined.  That’s the reward for giving 2 sides to the story. Meanwhile, CBS News and Katie Couric continue to swear allegiance to the liberal state.

Hope that Barack Obama would pick a Supreme Court judge who would represent all the people and uphold the constistution appears to have hit a brick wall with his selection of controversial appeals court judge Sonia Sotomayor. Her own quotes show her lack of credibility and trustworthiness for being on the Supreme Court:

The court of appeals is where policy is made. And I know — I know this is on tape, and I should never say that because we don’t make law. I know. O.K. I know. I’m not promoting it. I’m not advocating it. I’m — you know. — Sonia Sotomayor

She said those words all the while her supporters are chuckling in the background and she herself chuckles while she said it. She is like a schoolgirl who says: “no Mom, I don’t smoke pot,” while giggling with her friends. If that is not the proverbial wink and a nod then nothing is. See/hear the video of Sonia Sotomayor basically admitting to being okay with flushing the Constitution down the toilet in favor of her own biases. Now you know Barack Obama’s pick is fine with legislating from the bench, but what about her belief in the equality of the races and sexes?

“I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male…” — Sonia Sotomayor

Could you imagine if a white man had uttered words of superiority like that? This same Sotomayor voted against a discrimination case brought when 20 firefighters filed suit after the city of New Haven, Conn. threw out the results of 2 promotion tests because there weren’t any black applicants who passed the test. One of the firefighters was also Hispanic. In a color blind society 20 people who worked hard to get a promotion would not be slapped down based on the color of their skin. This is Barack Obama’s pick for Supreme Court. That particular case is ironically before the Supreme Court. The controversial Sotomayor has been overturned by the Supreme Court 80% of the time, further showing her lack of competence to take on such a lofty seat where she is supposed to defend the constitution, not rewrite it.

The Barack Obama Administration is denying that the President bowed down to the King of Saudi Arabia. They say he had to bend over to shake the King’s hand. This may be the most obvious lie we have ever heard coming from an American President’s camp. He bowed down far enough to lick King Abdullah’s boots. I would have said “shine his shoes,” but that would have been improperly interpreted by some. Either way, it was a subservient act from an American President during the same week he declared America was not a Christian Nation. Needless to say, the words of our founding father’s and many others indicate otherwise.

“One of the great strengths of the United States is that it does not consider itself a Christian nation or a Jewish nation or a Muslim nation. We consider ourselves a nation of citizens who are bound by ideals and a set of values. I think modern Turkey was founded with a similar set of principles.” — Barack Obama

China is a nation of citizens, so what’s the point? Turkey was founded on Muslim principles, which bare little resemblance to the principles the United States was founded on. Millions of Muslims today believe that people who don’t convert to Islam should be killed. Remember when Michelle Obama said she wasn’t proud of her country? Obama did not sound very proud of his during his bash America tour.

While freedom of religion was a big part in the founding of the country, the principles that made this the greatest country in history were certainly Christian principles. Back when the Constitution was followed these principles made the United States prosperous and free. You remember back when people used to live free? When people believed in and lived the American dream. Back when enjoying life was not considered wasteful. Back when it wasn’t a sin to succeed. Back when every part of life wasn’t regulated and taxed by the government. When there were so many jobs the politicians said we needed illegal aliens to fill the job openings. When you could have a sense of humor without it being a hate crime. Do you remember those things?

The secular world isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Watching the power hungry blood thirsty politicians go unchecked even when they are caught in their brazen lies is what happens when we abandon the very principles that made America great.

“Providence has given to our people the choice of their rulers. And it is the duty as well as the privilege and interest of a Christian nation to select and prefer Christians for their rulers.” — John Jay, the first chief justice of the United States, appointed by George Washington

Does anyone out there still believe Barack Obama is a Christian? I know some people don’t care, but don’t you care that he proclaimed himself one? He looks more like an atheist or Islama Obama than a Christian. Visiting Reverend Wright’s church for 20 years was enough for me to know he subscribes to a religion that more resembles hate than love. How does the President of the United States of America bow to a leader of a country that oppresses women?  President Bush was criticized all the time for being too nice to these guys. Did he bow down to King Abdullah? Did he travel the world, putting down his country and building up those who hate America and the freedom it represents?

“We will convey to the Turkish Parliament Monday, our deep appreciation for the Islamic faith, which has done so much over the centuries to shape the world — including in my own country.”

Does anyone know the contributions from the Islamic faith he is talking about? Honestly? That is not to say that there aren’t good peace loving Muslims, but what great contributions to American society are there?

Obama also went on to say that we are not at war with Islam. I don’t remember anybody declaring war on Islam. They know who we are at war with - the radical element who use terrorism to acheive their goals. This being afraid of offending anyone has gotten so out of hand. This guy makes Neville Chamberlain look good. The President of the United States going around the world licking boots and putting down the greatest nation in history is nothing short of an abomination.

“America didn’t get where it is bowing down to anybody.” — Richard Petty, Nascar racing legend said on the Sean Hannity Show

I knew it wouldn’t take long, but Joe Biden tipped the liberal playbook when he said something needs to be done to stop the “violence” right after the Binghamton, NY tragedy. No time to grieve, just time for political opportunity. History tells us the only real effort that is made by these guys to stop this kind of thing is to take away the rights of Americans to bear arms. Let’s be clear about one thing - if a couple of law abiding citizens in that building had guns many lives would have probably been saved. This murderer and guys like him already have these weapons and would find a way to get them if they didn’t. Law abiding citizens are the only ones who will be without. The very same people who could stop this terrible rampage. The same thing was true of the Virginia Tech massacre. Truth is, evil people found a way to murder long before these  kinds of weapons were around.

I wrote about how politicians would try to take advantage of the Virginia Tech massacre and they did. What is different this time is liberals are in control of everything. They are going to push like never before. Hillary Clinton has already been pushing for a weapons ban. An NRA spokesman said recently that it is naive to think that Americans giving up their freedoms is somehow going to affect the operations of the Mexican drug cartels. Of course that is just an excuse for liberals like Hillary Clinton. Make no mistake, going after more serious weapons is just the starting point to go after the others. They have already proven that. They take one step and then another. It is what they do with taxes and regulations and everything else. It is what they do.

When a tragedy like this happens they play on people’s emotions to try to take away fundamental rights. I swear I think these vermin pray for this so they can use it to pass more laws. They are always ready for it. Of course people want this kind of violence stopped. However, taking away people’s rights to bear arms is taking away people’s rights to protect themselves. Monsters like these would not only be stopped quicker if more people had guns, they might be deterred from even trying. Although people like that are usually prepared to take their own lives they also interestingly tend to be cowards and choose easy marks and avoid sure confrontation.

“A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.”

Back when that was written the people were the militia.The militia was not a select few doing more to protect the lawmakers than the citizens. Well regulated does not mean ban. Is there any common sense to be used when trying to interpret something that can confuse people? It was meant to be simple and not to have a future need of lawyers or corrupt politicians to interpret. Most people had guns when that was written. Only someone deceptive could possibly try to interpret that to mean only a police force or military should be allowed to have guns. What part of “the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed” don’t you understand? Again, keeping with common sense, regulated probably just means that those who are violent might lose that right. They weren’t regulated in the modern day sense back then so how does one conclude that to mean anything else?

The right to bear arms was actually an assumed right back then. Like breathing the air is an assumed right. That was an amendment meant to clarify something that obviously many people do not understand today. Something that people who wish to take away all your rights are using to deceive. What was the threat to a free state back then? The government itself. They weren’t worried about China’s military or Iran building a nuke. They were worried about the government taking away freedom. Something a few more people might want to start worrying about before all your constitutional rights are gone.

If Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama want to stop these kinds of violent acts, they need to push for more law abiding citizens to have guns, not less. But this is not about protecting people. It is about taking away rights and especially taking away their own fear that people will get angry enough to revolt. It is part paranoia and part a revelation of what plans they have in their hearts if they can completely stop all resistance. You see it happening in your freedom of religion and freedom of speech. Add that to your right to bear arms and you can surely see what their vision of America is. It is a vision that is closer to that of Adolf Hitler than of Abraham Lincoln or George Washington.

It was reported a while ago that Google is looking to put it’s data centers 7 miles offshore, potentially skirting privacy protection laws and property taxes… It is noteworthy because Google has been allowed to get away with so much the last few years. In this case let’s see if they get to use loopholes in the law that offshore gaming companies couldn’t.

Google has already gotten far too powerful. I’m not just talking about their power over the content you see. They have cameras watching just about anywhere you go. They have posted more pictures showing the exact location of individuals and sensitive locations than any terrorist, murderer, rapist or thief could have ever dreamed of.

Think of how much power Google does have over what you see. Do you trust them? Can they be trusted after unapologetically getting away with aiding communist China in censoring the oppressed Chinese citizens? They tried to justify it by saying some information is better than none. Isn’t brain washing basically giving “some information?”

Germany’s Office for Information Security warned to only use Google’s recently launched Chrome browser sparingly because of spying/privacy concerns. The chrome browser has features that will store about 2 per cent or more of all user details, including people’s search terms and IP addresses. I’ve done a lot of watching of google and comparing the search engines looking for bias. I truly believe that googlebot has certain political persuasions. I don’t know if certain political algorithms are written into the code or if it is just giving outright preference to left wing sites such as the radical Huffington post.

The Huffington rag has inexplicably been at the top of competetive Google searches countless times in web search, news search and blog search. This is from a site edited by a large number of people and thus, as a whole is far from optimized for that kind of success. They are there because they are big. They got big in large part by Google. If that isn’t enough for you, this radical rag has a history of stealing content. Google preaches that unique content is the path to success. Wikipedia got a similar building up by Google and can now maintain high rankings on it’s own, as a result of it’s popularity made possible by Google giving it incredible exposure in the first place. I don’t think you were supposed to notice the connection. You get the point. If left alone, do you think Google’s favoritism will get better or worse?

Where do most people go when they are trying to find information? Think about the power Google has in what comes in front of your eyes. If there is no transparency, do you think the “don’t be evil” Google will rightly choose good or greed and power? Maybe they will help evil thinking they are somehow doing good in abusing their power. Do you like the idea of liberals choosing what you see? For most things most people don’t search more than a couple pages of search results. Just giving preference to certain content/sites carries enormous power. Right now I think their power and influence has put them on a dangerous path. We now live on that same path. Beware…

Should Google be able to be the internet police and decide what is good and what isn’t? We know they don’t seem to have a problem with porn. We know they are unable or unwilling to keep spam sites out of it’s search engine. If you do much searching you know about the bogus search pages that come up that somehow tricked Google into thinking they were legitimate sites - at the expense of legitimate sites… You know, the content-less sites that are nothing but paid links. One of the biggest reasons Google gives for wanting secrecy is to keep spammers away. How is that working?

We know googlebot has meltdowns. Most webmasters know about it’s history of wild and unexplainable fluctuations. We also know that recently a google error nearly bankrupted an airline. You can see the power they have in the posting and prioritizing of just a small amount of information. Even if you trust Google you know they are far from infallible. If you trust Google you are far from infallible.

You don’t suppose if a hurricane wipes out the offshore supercomputers they might get a government bailout? Huge companies don’t get bailouts for making stupid decisions, do they? Maybe we can spend a couple billion dollars trying to save employees who aren’t smart enough to get out of the way of the hurricane. If they set ship off America’s shores we will show up with food, water and buckets of money. Do we all get to set up shop 7 miles offshore and break various laws and when we get too foolish, then we get a bailout from the government?

Perhaps the offshore plan will flop. One can only hope. But the danger of an out of control Google is more serious than most people think. The best thing you can do to protect yourself is to not rely on Google for finding all of your information. Maybe at the moment they are a necessary “evil” for many, but there are other ways to get your information. Save all trusted sites you are familiar with to your favorites for future use and use various search engines. Everything out there is not in Google and the most relevant things you are looking for do not always show up anywhere near the first couple pages of search results. Back when most people had never heard of Google I was singing their praises. It’s not the same Google anymore…

Interesting blog facts:

Data centers consumed 1 percent of the world’s electricity in 2005. Computers that run the internet will have a larger carbon footprint than the airline industry by the year 2020. This according to a recent study by McKinsey and the Uptime Institute.

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Jerry Seinfeld is the executive producer and creator of a new television series called ‘The Marriage Ref’ to be aired by NBC. Celebrities, comedians and athletes will give comedic advice to fighting couples. The details aren’t real clear yet. While it may not sound too exciting on the surface, Jerry Seinfeld has a pretty good record. His other show ‘Seinfeld,’ the “show about nothing” is widely accepted as the best television series of all-time.

The show sounds a little like another show on cable called ‘World’s Dumbest’ or something like that, in which people like Danny Bonaduce and Leif Garrett make comments about botched robberies and such. You can be sure the celebrity guest list for ‘The Marriage Ref’ will be entertaining with Jerry Seinfeld behind the show. It will likely have a little more depth than the ‘World’s Dumbest’ show. Its kinda funny - the man behind he greatest TV show is doing a show with a similar premise to the ‘World’s Dumbest’ TV show. There’s some irony in there.

The show doesn’t start until the fall and it currently has six episodes on order for NBC. Reminds me of ‘Jerry,’ the pilot television show on ‘Seinfeld’ that was a spoof of the real show. This one is iffy, as was a show about nothing. If you really want a surefire hit just put out a show based on the characters of George Costanza or Cosmo Kramer. Guaranteed winners. I think maybe Jerry Seinfeld has been afraid they would be a little too successful.

Barack Obama tried hard to regain the faith he has lost with the American people in his address to Congress. He has lost a lot of luster in the past month. His job approval rating is down 10% after one month. U.S. consumer confidence hit an all-time low of 25 this month under Mr. Obama. Consumer confidence was over 60 under George W. Bush just this past September. 

Then came the economic crisis, much of which was preventable. Fifteen Republicans on the Senate Banking Committee tried to address the problem, but liberals led by Barney Frank blew it off. Add to that the part played by those such as Chuck Schumer and ACORN and you can start to see that Obama, by association is in the middle of the original problem. He has rewarded some of those responsible for it all after gaining power by pointing the blame at the outgoing President. Now he is using the crisis as a power grab.

Obama continues to point the finger at George W. Bush and play the victim that inherited the mess, all the while ignoring the events that actually brought on the crisis in the first place. Constantly talking down the economy has been a self-fulfilling prophecy. Many businesses started to lay people off in anticipation of an economic collapse. Remember when unemployment was a forgotten word when George W. Bush was in office? They pushed illegal immigration by saying illegal immigrants had to do the jobs Americans wouldn’t do.

The markets have reacted poorly to Obama’s approach to the economic crisis. Huge bailouts and additional spending doesn’t sit well with investors. One thing you don’t see is Barack and his cohorts letting the free markets do their thing. Big government is the solution, despite the fact that big government caused the problems in the first place. Its not the approach Ronald Reagan used when he inherited a worse mess from Jimmy Carter than this administration inherited.

The enormous spending in the so-called stimulus bill was a breach of trust right out of the box by Barack Obama. His sending 17,000 troops to Afghanistan after being the anti-war candidate doesn’t sit well with the people of that movement. He has now added to that problem by proclaiming that American troops will be finished in Iraq by August of 2010. That’s a ways off. What did we need Obama for? George W. Bush would have probably brought the troops home by then - with honor and victorious.

We have a President who is clearly over his head. His mouth is bigger than his ideas. A lot of people are waking up to Barack Obama’s talking out of both sides of his mouth, as well as his anti-capitalism, big government approach. Of course the media is slow to notice all this. So with their cover the new President can do a lot of damage, in addition to all his hypocrisy.