Angry Conservative

Why did McCain lose?

shout@angryconservative.com — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 15:59:00 GMT

A lot of people are Monday Morning Quarterbacking as to why McCain lost, so I figured I'll throw my worthless opinion into the matter. Ultimately, he was the accidental candidate. He was never able to excite Republicans and more importantly conservatives, and so fewer actually showed up at the polls. Don't believe me? See what the American University's Center for the Study of the American Electorate says about voter turnout (man that's a mouthful to say):

"Compared to 2004, Republican turnout declined by 1.3%"

The two big (and arguably best) Republican candidates were Mitt Romney and Rudy Giuliani. I'm not sure what happened to Juliani's campaign, it sorta fell apart, but Romney was swimming in money. He was running a great campaign, when suddenly Mike Huckabee entered the race and split the conservative vote and so the moderate or "Maverick" McCain won. This really disheartened the base, meaning that most conservatives were not only discourage but some didn't even go out and vote. Even with Sarah Palin's pick as VP, we still were ultimately discouraged. McCain was definately not the conservative candidate.

Which really makes me wonder, how well a Giuliani or a Romney would have done against Obama. Guess we'll find out in 4 years...

An Environmentalist I can agree with!

shout@angryconservative.com — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 06:16:00 GMT

A lot of my friends don't believe me when I say there are known, respected scientists and climatologists that don't believe in Global Warming. Check out this story:

Naturalist David Bellamy shunned because he doesn't toe the Global Warming line

David Bellamy is venting that the BBC has pulled him off the air because he doesn't believe in Global Warming. Unfortunately, the article lists his feelings more than any actual facts, however, the botanist has written 35 books and presented over 400 programmes over the years. He's a pretty respected fellow.

Here's a couple highlights:

According to official data, in every year since 1998 world temperatures have been getting colder, and in 2002 Arctic ice actually increased. Why, then, do we not hear about that?

and

I’ve seen evidence, which I believe, that says there has not been a rise in global temperature since 1998, despite the increase in carbon dioxide being pumped into the atmosphere. This makes me think the global warmers are telling lies – carbon dioxide is not the driver.

(I really want to see the evidence he's talking about)
But ultimately, here's the *real* point he makes, that I've been making for years now:

The thing that annoys me most is that there are genuine environmental problems that desperately require attention. I’m still an environmentalist, I’m still a Green and I’m still campaigning to stop the destruction of the biodiversity of the world. But money will be wasted on trying to solve this global warming “problem” that I would much rather was used for looking after the people of the world.
(emphasis added)

As I see it, there are two big problems with Global Warming/Climate Change/Modern Hysteria: A) it's diverting attention, energy, resources, money from the real problems to a "guess" problem. And more importantly B) any fix we try to implement will probably make matters worse! Whenever man tries to muck around with nature, we just screw it up big time. If you haven't yet, read the late Michael Crichton's speech on Complexity Theory and Environmental Management. It explains how man tried to "manage" Yellowstone, and truly made a huge mess of things. Now take that and multiply it on a global scale, and you'll see why Global Warming is dangerous...

Our condolences, Michael Crichton

shout@angryconservative.com — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 21:49:00 GMT

One of my personal favorite authors died today, Michael Crichton.

Michael Crichton died at the age of 66 fighting cancer.

I remember when I read Jurrasic Park for the first time, and was really impressed with the different points of view from all the different characters. I really enjoyed the book. Then he wrote State of Fear, and I was hooked. I loved how he was able to systematically call into question the "common" knowledge of Global Warming into fiction, and then back it up with an intense bibliography, showing the facts behind the matter.

If you haven't read it yet, pick up State Of Fear, a really good book (though the ending was kind of a let down):

In addition to his fiction, he wrote a few good essays on Global Warming and many other things. Check them out at http://www.michaelcrichton.net/essays.html. They're a really good take on why Conservatives are at least leery of Global Warming.

A new trend: Journalist recognizing the bias in their own media

shout@angryconservative.com — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 18:32:00 GMT

As I commented a few days ago, Orsen Scott Card who is himself a Democrat and a Columnist was amazed and ashamed at the blatent bias in the current media covered for Democrats and against Republicans. Another article has surfaced today from Micheal Malone, expressing similar regrets:

ABCNews' own Micheal Malone is ashamed to be a journalist

Here's a quick snippets:

The sheer bias in the print and television coverage of this election campaign is not just bewildering, but appalling. And over the last few months I've found myself slowly moving from shaking my head at the obvious one-sided reporting, to actually shouting at the screen of my television and my laptop computer.

Tell me you haven't felt that way before?

Orsen Scott Card chimes in on Economic crunch

shout@angryconservative.com — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 21:57:00 GMT

Writer, Democrat, and Columnist Orsen Scott Card has something to say about the current economic crunch, and particularly how it's being reported:

Card's "Would the Last Honest reporter Please Turn On The Lights?"

In brief, Card is amazed at the double standard in the media over the reporting in the housing crisis, all because it stems back to a Democratic Administration (Clinton's) and a law created by Democrats (Dodd and Frank) and doing so might hurt the election of a Democrat into the White House.

Here's a snippet:

I have no doubt that if these facts had pointed to the Republican Party or to John McCain as the guilty parties, you would be treating it as a vast scandal. "Housing-gate," no doubt. Or "Fannie-gate."

Instead, it was Senator Christopher Dodd and Congressman Barney Frank, both Democrats, who denied that there were any problems, who refused Bush administration requests to set up a regulatory agency to watch over Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and who were still pushing for these agencies to go even further in promoting sub-prime mortgage loans almost up to the minute they failed.

As Thomas Sowell points out in a TownHall.com essay entitled "Do Facts Matter?" ( http://snipurl.com/457townhall_com] ): "Alan Greenspan warned them four years ago. So did the Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers to the President. So did Bush's Secretary of the Treasury."

Yes, and people wonder why the media is accused of being in favor of the Democrats?

McCain gets more negative news coverage than Obama

shout@angryconservative.com — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 23:10:00 GMT

And you wonder why conservatives feel the main stream media is liberally biased?

Washington Post: More Negative Ads for McCain than Obama

Here's the news coverage breakdown:

- McCain : 57% Negative, 14% Positive
- Obama: 29% Negative, 36% Positive

Almost DOUBLE the negative news coverage on McCain than Obama! And you wonder why he's slipped in the polls? The drive-by media is Obama's free propaganda machine. That, and the fact that Obama has paid for almost the most attack ads in history.

Why a line needs to be drawn with Same Sex Marriage

shout@angryconservative.com — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 05:09:00 GMT

Some of my friends don't understand why Conservatives are so against same sex marriage. Well, NPR recently had a great article why:

NPR: When Gay Rights and Religious Liberties Clash

Besides the general erosion of morality, redefining the traditional definition of marriage affects what religious institutions can and can't do. Whether homosexuals intend this to happen or not is besides the point, the fact of the matter is many relgious institutions are no longer able to perform the services they have provided in the past because they are not allowed to follow their beliefs. Whether their beliefs are "right" or not doesn't matter. Good services are now being denied our society because of the redefinition of marriage.

The worst part of all of this is that there is *nothing* gained from homosexuals being able to marry that they don't already have. Through wills, power of attourney, and "common law", a gay couple has the exact same rights as a straight couple, married or not. All that is gained by redefining marriage to include same sex marriages is a psychological one, but much is lost.

What is a Zombie?

shout@angryconservative.com — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 05:20:00 GMT

Bob Hope understands Zombies better than anyone...

Transcript:
Bob: You live here?
Guy: Yes.
Bob: Well maybe you know what a zombie is.
Guy: When a person dies and is buried, it seems a certain voodoo priest who, who has the power to bring him back to life.
Girl: How horrible.
Guy: It's worse than horrible, because a zombie has no will of his own. You see them sometimes, walking around blindly with dead eyes, following orders, not knowing what they do, not caring.
Bob: You mean like Democrats?

Happy 4th!

shout@angryconservative.com — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 07:37:00 GMT

A little entertainment for your 4th of July Weekend!

Happy 4th :)

Obama Gaffs: SexEd for Kindergarten

shout@angryconservative.com — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:18:00 GMT

Barak Obama is so relatively new to the political sphere, he is going to perform a lot of Gaffs. Here is a simple one:

Sex Education for Kindergarten? This is old news, but very pertinent. And I like Romney's response (and he would make a great VP, I'll post about that another day). The interesting thing about Obama's gaffs is that they are great insight into how the man thinks. A lot of liberals feel that Bush is an idiot because he has the, admittedly, many gaffs. So what should we think about Obama with his, admittedly, many gaffs?

Over the next few weeks, I'll post up a series of Obama Gaffs.

The new diet fad: Go To Jail!

shout@angryconservative.com — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 16:06:00 GMT

This one made me chuckle:

Innmate loses 100lbs: Complains Jail not feeding well enough!

This is priceless:

"An inmate awaiting trial on a murder charge is suing the county, complaining he has lost more than 100 pounds because of the jailhouse menu." Prisoner Broderick Lloyd Laswell

He was over 400lbs going into jail, and is now a little over 300lbs. I don't know why he's complaining, sounds like the best diet regime I've ever heard of!

A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words

shout@angryconservative.com — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 04:37:00 GMT

'nuff said.

Surprising? ABC digs up 4 soldiers who support Obama

shout@angryconservative.com — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 17:56:00 GMT

Classic. ABC has a report that has "surprising" endorsements from our troops, and guess who got the endorsements? Of course, the Democrats.

ABC News "Surprising Political Endorsements By U.S. Troops"

Nothing surprising about the headline. The only kind of "troop endorsement" story that ABC News would come up with would of course be one that supports their agenda. Read the story and notice what was left out. A) they don't mention how many troops they interviewed. B) and of course no mention of ANY Republican support. A whopping FOUR soldiers endorsed Obama and one endorsed Hillary.

Knowing ABC News, you are likely to see EVERY SINGLE ENDORSEMENT of their candidates. What does this mean? Of the hundreds of soldiers they talked two, ONLY four endorsed Obama and one endorsed Hillary. If there were more, you'd see them all in the story.

I should note that THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH MEDIA-BIAS.The problem is that these media sources "claim" that they are unbiased, when it's pretty obvious that the reverse is true, that is what bugs me.

Global Warming or Global Cooling?

shout@angryconservative.com — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 16:50:00 GMT

A recent comment on an earlier blog produced this result:

GLOBAL WARMING or GLOBAL COOLING? by Angelos Backus

It's a relatively brief article that defines the whole root of the problem of trying to determine if global warming is man made or not. Ultimately, there are SO MANY UNKNOWNS in our environment that we cannot say one way or another if we are the cause of global warming (questionable statement at best).

What REALLY bugs me about Global Warming is that if these environmentalists would just get off of the whole "Global Warming" agenda and just talk about pollution in general, a lot of conservatives would line up behind and agree!

Soldier Casualties, will Hillary repeat Bill's track record?

shout@angryconservative.com — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:03:00 GMT

4-15-08 CORRECTION
The original post erroneously reported the numbers from the congressional report, and have been adjusted.

The 4000 soldier has died in Iraq. A moment of silence for the soldier and the others who have sacraficed themselves in the line of duty.

Now, here's an interesting question you have to ask yourself: If Hillary is elected, will she repeat her husband's track record on soldier deaths? You must be thinking, "Surely she can do better than Bush!" Well, before you jump to any conclusions, how about we look at the facts.

The Clinton years cause more soldier casualties than the Bush years?

Last year (June of 2007), Congress commissioned a report of all casualties in all the conflicts America has been in and it is interesting to see:

Year	Casualties	President
1980	2,392	Jimmy Carter
1981	2,380	Ronald Reagan
1984	1,999	Ronald Reagan
1988	1,819	George H W Bush
1990	1,507	George H W Bush
1991	1,787	George H W Bush
1992	1,293	George H W Bush
1993	1,213	Bill Clinton
1994	1,075	Bill Clinton
1995	1040	Bill Clinton
1996	974	Bill Clinton
1997	817	Bill Clinton
1998	827	Bill Clinton
1999	796	Bill Clinton
2000	758	Bill Clinton
2001	891	George W Bush
2002	999	George W Bush
2003	1,228	George W Bush
2004	1,874	George W Bush
2005	1,942	George W Bush
2006	1,858	George W Bush

The total number of deaths during Clinton's reign: 7500
The total number of deaths during Bush's reign so far: 8792

The total number of wars during Clinton's reign: 0
The total number of wars during Bush's reign: 2

Even with two wars, under Bush only roughly 15% more deaths have occurred...