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Mitt Romney Cares

Radio talker Mark Larson goes a round with Mitt Romney. In typical Mitt style,  Romney is all done with the conversation when he feels like he's getting pressed too hard.

Listen to Mitt demonstrate his deep concern for the little people who struggle to pay their income taxes. Mitt's got his--piss on you.

Straight from Mitt's mouth, you're going to see the government expand.

More of Mitt's greatest hits. In this one, Mitt blows off this guy's question concerning medical marijuana. You can see the concern for the little people just oozing from Mitt.

Mitt loves all living things. Who else would make sure that their dog got plenty of fresh air by leaving the dog on the roof of the car for a 12 hour trip?

The Man Behind The Curtain

by Chuck Baldwin
January 25, 2008

"Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain!" is the famous quote from the wizard in the movie classic, The Wizard Of Oz. However, when it comes to national and international affairs, many, if not most, Americans seem to have taken the mythical wizard's advice. They seem oblivious to the man behind the curtain. And make no mistake about it: there is a man (or group of men) behind the curtain.

The American people seem mesmerized by the smoke and mirrors of the political and media elite. For the most part, the people of this country seem totally unaware that while the global elite who run this country passionately promote the "war on terrorism," those same elite are also violently attacking the liberties of the heartland. While they create a gargantuan Department of Homeland Security for our "protection," they are using that very same department to eviscerate the constitutional protections of our republic. While they insist that we are dependent upon oil from Saudi Arabia, they are ignoring giant oil and natural gas discoveries located under the frozen tundra of our 49th State (and other places).  The elite have brilliantly turned the drumbeats of war against Islamofascism into a giant smokescreen to hide their insidious plans to wage a different kind of war against the American people.

The war against the American people is waged on a hundred fronts and with a hundred agendas. But one word seems to best describe the heart of the strategy. And that word is FEAR. The problem is, the man behind the curtain has misdirected people's fears.

No Pork, But the Locust is Good

In case you missed it, Mike Huckabee (Republican presidential hopeful) recently said we should, “amend the Constitution so it’s in God’s standards rather than try to change God’s standards so it lines up with some contemporary view of how we treat each other and how we treat the family.”

Are we talking Old Testament or New?

Imagine all the amendments if we were to revert to Leviticus. Firstborn animals, no rare steaks, how to properly clean that leprous mobile home. We’d have to convert to shekels — at this point that might not be a bad idea.

There would be advantages for some. 

Federal employees would enjoy even more holidays, only now they would be called festivals and some would last for days on end.

Liberals could certainly get on board with the Year of Jubilee, when all debts would be canceled, land would be returned to the Native Americans, and Halliburton would have to free their corporate slaves.

Progressives could ignore the part about guilt offerings, since surely only conservatives are in need of those. (Libertarians, please make note of the sin offerings.)

Huckabee may have backed into the solution for rising healthcare costs. Instead of doctors, we could go to our local priest or pastor and be dabbed with oil.

Who knows? Huck might be on to something, but this is one Christian who wishes he’d just leave well enough alone.

Hillary Flys Her True Colors

When is the American flag not so American? When it's at a Hillary Clinton rally.

The folks at Ron Paul Forums are buzzing about Hillary's Wiccan/Masonic style flag with upside down stars. The Rumor Mill made sure they caught a screen shot of Clinton's web page before someone at the campaign dummied up.

Is this the new flag we can expect should Hillary be crowned Druid Queen in November?

Talk Radio, Springfield: Chuck Booms, the Other White Meat

Chuck Booms, of Kiley and Booms fame, is a recent addition to KWTO's Morningline. I'd never heard of Booms before, but Jason (Life of Jason) has.

If it weren't for all bitching from callers on the weekends to Morningline, I wouldn't even have known there was a new guy in town. He's causing an insurrection among longtime listeners of that station, seemingly egged along by the remaining old timers at the station.

So what's their beef? Ostensibly, it's his voice, which is unlovely. But if Mark Levin can rocket up the talk radio charts with his voice, it shouldn't be an insurmountable problem for Booms.

No, the real problem is the change in policy. Long-time callers are being banned from calling the weekday show. They can call in on weekends and do, to complain bitterly about the ban. I get the impression that a lot (most) of them have nothing else to do except call KWTO. My heart goes out to them, really it does.

I also completely understand the ban. Most of these banned callers are elderly. Bless their hearts, their halting conversations take a long, leisurely trip, destination nowhere. It's like being seated at a table of  friends who have known each other for 80 years. You're the odd man out because there's a long history there and you are privy to none of it. You have no point of reference. You are left out of the conversation.

Not exactly compelling radio. I'm guessing the ratings verify that. It remains to be seen if Chuck Booms can turn that around. Let's hope, for the sake of Springfield radiophiles, that he does.

*Disclaimer: I'm already favorably inclined toward Booms because, even though a conservative, he has not displayed the usual, knee-jerk dissing of Ron Paul that you hear from right-wing radio talkers. Rather shocking from someone with close ties to Faux News. Kudos Chuck.

Best Huckabee Ad Ever!

impromptu Ron Paul Rally in New Hampshire

Ron Paul's New Hampshire supporters converge on the Radisson Hotel in Manchester for a rally/demonstration. Beauty!

In Iraq for 100 Years?!

Check out the expressions on the faces of these New Hampshire voters as John McCain tells them that it's fine with him if we're in Iraq for 100 years.

Local Landlord Held at Gunpoint

I haven't seen any news reports on this yet. I only know of the situation because we used to rent from the same woman and my husband is a friend of the apartment manager.

A man entered a local landlord's home this morning demanding money.

It gets strange in a hurry. 

The reason the man wanted the check was to pay for legal fees incurred by the father of the last guy that broke in. 

Several months ago, the first robber, who was an evicted tenant, broke into the woman s residence on the 1200 block of East Elm, knocked her out cold and stole all her cash, along with some blank checks. He was caught in Cabool, Missouri, trying cash a $75,000 check he had made out to himself.  Robber #1 is now serving time.

Robber #2  a buddy of robber #1  was angry about the legal fees that #1 s family had incurred in his defense and felt that it was only right that the victim cough up some money to repay the family. He gained entrance into the woman s home at approximately 9 a.m. this morning and held her at gunpoint, demanding that she write out a $250,000 check to donate to his cause. A tenant called the woman as she was in the process of writing out the check.

Concerned that she didn t sound quite right, he called the woman s son, who in turned called his mother to see what was going on. She somehow conveyed that she was not alone and that all was not right with the world. The police were called.

The son called the tenant back, he caused a commotion trying to break into the house, frightening Robber #2 off. Sometime later, the police finally arrive.

#2 is still on the loose at this time.