Like always, uber-hypocrite Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) said that because of the Supreme Court’s ruling, the country will be less safe. Keep in mind Feinstein has a California Concealed Weapons Permit, yes, a gun, that she keeps on her at all times because she said that if someone wanted to take her out, she’d take “that bastard” out with her.

Now, doesn’t that sound like something that I would say? Sure does. Amazing how someone could be that hypocritical. Well, what do you expect from the anti-gun crowd? They have no respect for our Constitution.

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We have a serious energy crisis, my friends. Now is not the time to point fingers but the time to take action. It’s time we started taking Solar Energy seriously. Get the ball rolling. Start putting out massive Solar Power projects.

It’s not just about the environment any more. It’s about slavery. Do we want to be slaves to foreign oil? No. $400 billion over 40 years is chump change. It’s less than we spend on farm subsidies and much less than we’d spend on foreign wars because of oil. If I had my fingers on the budget, I guarantee you I could cut $10 billion a year in pork, easily.

If you want to hear more about what I’m talking about, read the January 2008 issue of Scientific American. It has all the details, and shows that your energy bill will actually go down, not up. Plus, we won’t have to worry about foreign oil at all.

Imagine, telling the Middle East where they can stick their oil. Following the plan detailed in Scientific American, we can ditch foreign oil altogether.

Did you see the market today? The Dow dropped around 350 points. Why? Because of the price of oil. We need to kick this crack habit.

As for extra drilling here, no. Why not? Because there really isn’t that much. Certain lobbies would like you to believe it’s the greenie meanies who are holding us back but in reality, it’s the scientists. They know it’s not enough to be even worthwhile.

Solar on the other hand is limitless. Twenty years ago, I would have dismissed this concept as a bad joke but technology changes. Solar has grown leaps and bounds in the past decade and has become not only a lot more efficient, but much cheaper, and will continue to be more efficient and cheaper. Unlike oil, there’s an unlimited supply. Well, I take that back. We only have five billion years left of it.

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I’m proud of this last shot. No, I do not have a telephoto lens. I was really this close to the squirrel. By request, I’m going to start posting more pictures that I took.

Huh? Is she saying that it’s the parents’ job to raise their children? That’s strange.  I was under the impression that parents are only supposed to breed them, then leave them, and let the government raise the children.

I don’t get it.  I’m really busy.  I work 40 hours a week, and when I get home, I don’t want to spend time with my kid.  Let the government and the schools work on his self-esteem.  I just want to watch t.v.

Geez.  The next thing you know, parents might even have to monitor the movies their kids watch and the music they listen to.  I’m too busy for that.  Let the government do that.  She’s telling us we need to be responsible for our gonads? Come on.  Let the taxpayers pick up the bill.

How could someone actually have the audacity to say a parent should parent their children? Doesn’t she know how busy we are? I bet she doesn’t even have children.  If she did, she’d think otherwise.

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I had this satire already written, but this morning I found out George Carlin passed on.  It’s a shame.  He will be missed.  My favorite comedians of all-time in order are Dave Chappelle, Eddie Murphy, Bill Hicks, George Carlin,  Sam Kineson, Bill Cosby, and Rodney Dangerfield.  It sucks only three of them are still alive.  My condolences go out to his loved ones.  Carlin has made me laugh many, many times.

Should Bush be impeached? My honest answer is I don’t know, but as far as I know, I’m more leaning towards a yes. We’re in a war because of lies in Iraq. We know that now. I fully support the War in Afghanistan, as you know. I want Osama bin Laden’s head on a pike on the White House lawn. But bin Laden is NOT in Iraq and has never been there. He’s either in Afghanistan or Pakistan, and because we’re wasting our time in Iraq, he’s still on the loose. If we had put 100% of our efforts into capturing bin Laden, we’d have him by now.

What’s worse is 4100 Americans are now dead. I’m hearing that morale there is horrible, and a disgustingly high rate of soldiers are on Prozac. WTF!

I’d like to hear more about the impeachment resolution, but apparently it’s a non-issue to our media. So maybe it’s up to us bloggers to discuss it further.

Agree or disagree with Bush’s impeachment, I’d love to hear why you feel the way you do. My personal opinion is he’s been not only an economic disaster, but he’s betrayed our beloved Constitution as well. He’s been horrible to the 1st, 2nd, and 4th Amendments. Yes, he’s been bad for the 2nd Amendment too. That’s not a misprint.

Of course economics has nothing to do with the impeachment, I just threw that in there because today’s economy sucks and I’m pissed off about it. The real reason he may be impeached is because of lying about the Iraq War. I got friends there and of course they’re doing a great job serving our wonderful nation, but they should be killing bin Laden’s followers instead of wasting our time in Iraq.

UPDATE: Thanks, Laura. I’ve read them now, and these Articles I most strongly agree with. I’d now like to see him impeached. Won’t happen though, because the Democrats, led by Nancy Pelosi, are a bunch of pussies who would rather play politics than do the right thing. Like I told Laura, Nancy Pelosi is so full of political b.s. that I can practically smell her letters before I read them. (I regularly correspond with local politicians).

Read here for more info.

Article I
Creating a Secret Propaganda Campaign to Manufacture a False Case for War Against Iraq.

Article II
Falsely, Systematically, and with Criminal Intent Conflating the Attacks of September 11, 2001, With Misrepresentation of Iraq as a Security Threat as Part of Fraudulent Justification for a War of Aggression.

Article III
Misleading the American People and Members of Congress to Believe Iraq Possessed Weapons of Mass Destruction, to Manufacture a False Case for War.

Article IV
Misleading the American People and Members of Congress to Believe Iraq Posed an Imminent Threat to the United States.

Article VII
Invading Iraq Absent a Declaration of War.

Article XXIII
Violation of the Posse Comitatus Act.

Article XXIV
Spying on American Citizens, Without a Court-Ordered Warrant, in Violation of the Law and the Fourth Amendment.

Article XXV
Directing Telecommunications Companies to Create an Illegal and Unconstitutional Database of the Private Telephone Numbers and Emails of American Citizens.

My boss’s boss said I work too hard and told me to take some vacation, so I’ve been taking a lot this year.  Some days, I’ll just take a day or two off and do nothing.  Some days, I’ll go somewhere with the family.  I’ve taken equivalent to three weeks so far this year and will take another two weeks worth before the year is over.

My wife has been saying the same thing.  I’m just a hard working guy.  I came from a different Class and sometimes I feel like I’m playing catch up with everyone else around here.

We talk Race to death in this country, but contrary to popular opinion, there are huge differences in Classes and when you leave your Class, you notice it.

So with my boss’s boss, my wife, and even my Doctor saying I need to work less and relax more, I’m realizing I should shut up and listen for once.  It’s been nice.  I’ll have some pics, and I’ll post them later.

I really should remember to bring the camera every place I go.  You’re missing out on what should be some really nice pictures.  California is gorgeous, and for those of you who have never been, definitely come visit.  Those of you who live here already I hope you get outside and appreciate it.

For his American unhappiness, he uses a figure that 81% of Americans don’t like the way America is headed. Huh? Can you be a little bit specific? I don’t like the way this country is headed, but there’s not one other country in the world I’d rather be (and yes, I’ve been to plenty). OK, I’ll admit, I’d rather be vacationing back in the Caribbean right now, but to live, that’s what I meant.

For one thing, this guy is seriously biting the hand that feeds. India would be just another run of the mill third world country had it not been for America. You know this. The whole world knows this. But his head is too far up his ass to admit it, apparently.

Then he brags about Bollywood being bigger than Hollywood. So what! Let me get something straight. NOBODY in the world other than Indians watch the crap that comes out of Bollywood. The only reason it’s bigger is because there are 1.1 billion Indians in India alone. Their middle class alone is bigger than the entire United States’ population. Of course Bollywood is bigger. That still doesn’t change the fact that their movies suck.

United States, England, Japan, France, Spain, Italy, and Mexico all produce good film. I’m not too crazy about Hong Kong film, as I think it’s overblown, but it’s also considerably better than Bollywood film. Not saying much.

Now, don’t get me wrong. I’m not anti-Indian. I’m just anti-this guy. Being in Software, of course I have close friends who are Indian.

I get defensive of my country. That’s how I am. Sure, we make mistakes. Our current President is corrupt and not very intelligent. The President before that may have been a sociopath. The one before that is the guy who taught the current President how to be corrupt. Yet, America chugs on. A President, no matter how bad, can only do so much damage.

So, I’m betting on America. I’m putting my money where my mouth is. When the Dow dipped below 12k, I went all out straight up Dow. Say what you will about America, but we’ll see who’s laughing in 10 years.

America leads the world in inventions. Still. Japan is #2. NO ONE else is even close. The #3 spot is a joke, and so unworthy I won’t even mention them.

America leads the world in Nanotechnology and also Biotech, two markets which will be huge in the near future. The amazing thing about those numbers is in both categories, America leads every other country in the world combined. Yes, that is not a misprint.

Doubters talk all day about the rise of China and India. I’m not worried. China is Communist, and we all know how Communism punishes the strong and rewards mediocrity. The Chinese have had a long history of being innovative people. This generation’s innovative Chinese have been run over by tanks, or are keeping their mouths shut because they don’t want to rock the boat.

India on the other hand never had a history of innovation. It’s not in their culture. They make excellent workers, but innovation? No. Their schools teach how to be employees, but not how to create. Copy? Sure. Create? No.

Europe has had better days. They’ll rise again, sure. But too many Europeans are obsessed with both political correctness and Socialism, two things that will cripple them and hold them back from achieving their utmost potential.

Don’t believe me? Fine. Think of the ten coolest things invented in the past 50 years. Bet at least nine on your list would be invented by America or Japan.

As for Japan, they’re our best friends. I’m not worried about competing with them, because of all our allies, besides Canada and the Thais, they’re probably my favorite.

Now Latin America on the other hand, I really see a strong future and America is making a HUGE mistake by trading too much with China and not enough with Latin America. If I were running this country, I wouldn’t miss this opportunity.

So if you think America is doomed, fine. Sell all your American stock. Get rid of all your American dollars. Invest elsewhere. Just don’t cry to me if you see everyone else get rich investing in America.

That concentration camp gaffe the other day by Obama was downright silly. Get your history straight, Barack. Ok, fine, I’ll give you that his mind slipped and he named the wrong concentration camp. But he’s done it on more than once occasion. What this does is it shows how poor Obama’s knowledge of History is.

The Red Army never gets enough credit from Americans when it comes to WWII. We pretty much can take credit for defeating the Japanese. That’s a given. But if you had to name the one country that deserves the most credit for defeating the Nazis, it would be the Soviet Union. Yes, them, not us. And certainly not Britain or France.

It was the Red Army that liberated Auschwitz. I’m not accusing Obama of lying, but rather of his poor knowledge of history. And we want this guy running this country? The least he could do is give me a job as a fact checker. Of course, he wouldn’t do that because I’ll expose him to be just as dumb as our current President.

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I can’t stand McCain either. His record on guns and illegal aliens is every bit as bad as Obama, and in some cases worse. It was McCain who tried to get the Amnesty bill passed. It was McCain who tried to get a lot of the anti-gun bills through the Senate, working hand and hand with the worst of the Democrats. And now, he has the audacity to speak before the NRA and say he’s going to be better than Obama?

It’s like one of those drunk relatives who you kicked out before for wrecking your house and suddenly, a year later, they show up again and promise to behave. No. Get lost and stay lost.

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McCain has one serious edge in my book over Obama. If there’s anything he’s good at, it’s at cutting pork. We need more pork cut, and McCain has been one of the best politicians at exposing needless spending and trying to eliminate it.

But it will all be for naught though. McCain is for the Iraq War, and when it comes to needless spending, that stupid war takes the cake. Let’s not forget the more than 4000 American lives already lost. For what? You tell me. I’m tired of worrying about my friends whenever they get shipped there.

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So I’m voting Third Party once again. Obama and McCain aren’t worthy of my vote. When it comes to real issues like balancing the budget, doing something about the deficit, or deciding which way America will go with energy, someone like Ron Paul had more knowledge than both of them put together on this issues. At least we do have one thing to look forward to though - the next President will NOT be a Clinton or a Bush.

Favorite food - Sushi or a good American steak

Favorite drink - right now, it’s probably Guinness. Non-alcoholic - a good white blended mocha

Favorite music - Judas Priest, Nightwish, H.I.M, Tchaikovsky, and Brahms

Favorite movie - Once Were Warriors

Favorite book - This always changes. Right now it’s Harry Potter 5. Ask me a week from now and it will be something completely different.

Car I want - Tesla Motors. It’s an electric sports car that goes 0 to 60 in under 4 seconds and gets approximately 135 mpg. How cool is that?

Favorite thing to shoot - pumpkins with a .308. I know that’s meatheadish, but nobody’s perfect.

Favorite guitar - I was an Ibanez guy but that might change when I purchase my next one sometime this year.

What I’m reading - I put aside my Peter Lynch book and now am reading Jim Cramer, the guy from Mad Money. He’s easier to read. I know Ben’s a big fan of his and Ben knows his stuff. Ben told me to buy Google right after it IPO’ed and Apple when it was in the 20s.

What I’m watching - Just watched Captain Blood (1935 with Errol Flynn) with some fellow bloggers.

What I’m listening to - Don’t laugh. Jewel. I like some of her songs from her first album although that album does have a few songs on there I skip.

Before that was Opeth. If you’re into Metal, Opeth is one of the best Metal bands out there today.

What I’m eating - I’m just about to fix myself a big, fat mocha almond fudge milk shake.

Now, other folks might dislike rap for the violence, the misogyny, or whatever. That has nothing to do with why I don’t like rap.

It’s because every single song is all about me. This song is about - me. This next song - me. The song after that - me and my money. The next song - how much money I have. The song after that - me and my ego. The song after that - me and my Mercedes Benz.

I am a proud American capitalist, and absolutely love American capitalism. I strongly believe it’s the most fair system out there. No, it isn’t perfect, but it’s the best we’ve got so far.

However, rap is the dark side of American capitalism. It glorifies the people who only care about money and nothing else. Hearing some of the words make me cringe, and make me embarrassed to be an American. Seriously, for you non-Americans - we’re not all a bunch of egocentric egomaniacs. Honestly, we’re not.

My wife said it best - it’s music that’s written by a perpetual two-year-old. You know how two-year-olds are. Those are rappers. It’s all about me. This is mine! Me! Mine! That’s mine!

I was listening to a comedian the other day and he was explaining the difference between comedians and rappers. Comedians have Dads. Rappers don’t. That explains everything.

Have you ever noticed that whenever a ref calls a foul on the Lakers, they always show Jack Nickelson’s expression? I’m tired of seeing that. I don’t care how cool Jack might be, he’s not coming into my anti-zombie compound until he renounces his love the Lakers!

“Zombieslayer! Please! They’re coming!”

“You know the password, Jack.”

“Lakers suck!”

“I can’t hear you.”

“Lakers suck!”

“Ok, Spencer, let Jack in.”

No, I didn’t go. You know why I didn’t go? Tickets were $22.50 (not including the Evil Empire’s, I mean Ticketmaster’s inconvenience fee) and they weren’t even the headlining band. Some other band I never heard of was headlining, so I’m not spending $30 to see my dear Chibi for only a 35-40 minute set.

Still, I got dibs on Chibi. Yes, she’s much cuter in real life than this shot:

So when the plague starts, I got dibs on Chibi, Christina Ricci, and Monica Bellucci. He did get dibs on Keira Knightley which greatly pissed me off. I got Salma Hayek too, but I haven’t told him that yet. I hope that ruins his day.

Who do you got dibs on? Remember, you better do it now. The zombie plague starts a lot sooner than you realize.

Speaking of the zombie plague, some Democrats in the California Assembly are trying to get a $25 tax each time you buy ammo passed. So, they’re showing their true colors. They only want the rich to survive the zombie plague. Told you that you can’t trust them.

I am not going to talk about social or religious conservatism, but rather fiscal and Constitutional conservatism.  Fiscal conservatism is simply an economic philosophy favoring prudence when it comes to economic spending and debt.

The last fiscal conservative President we had was Bill Clinton, who balanced the budget and gave us a surplus by cutting spending. When George W Bush came to office, he almost immediately gave us a deficit by increasing spending to ungodly levels.  Bush sympathizers like to put the blame on Congress and especially on Congressional Democrats, but the President has the power to Veto any bill Congress tries to get through.

I actually will give him credit for the tax cuts.  I like tax cuts.  But you have to cut spending when you cut taxes.

The problem with President Bush is he almost NEVER used the Veto.  According to the Wall Street Journal (May 15, 2008), Reagan used 78 Vetoes.  George HW Bush used it 44 times.  Bill Clinton used it 37 times.  George W Bush only 9 times.  9 times, folks.  Want to know why the deficit is so bad? There ya go.

Putting it in human terms, it’s like if your parents died and left you a surplus of money.  You go out and spend it all, then pick up some credit cards and max them all out, leaving you in fat debt.  Then you get married and your spouse inherits that debt.  That’s what our next President will get.

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As for Constitutional matters, a true Conservative believes in the Constitution.  There have been numerous things Bush has done that are unconstitutional, from the Patriot Act to continuing the War on Drugs (which in Bush’s defense the next President will most likely to as well).

The one thing that really irks me is when Bush got elected, I was relieved that the 2nd Amendment was safe.  Turns out, it wasn’t so.  I had to fight just as hard protecting Gun Rights under Bush.  Luckily, the biggest attack never made his desk.  The Democrats tried to get Clinton’s ‘94 gun ban renewed and we fought tooth and nail to kill this because Bush promised he’d sign it if it landed on his desk.

Lastly, a true Conservative realizes the damage illegal immigration does to the country.  Bush is openly for illegal immigration, as his record plainly shows.

So, folks, Bush is NOT a conservative.  He is neither a fiscal conservative nor a friend of our beloved Constitution.  Historians and Economists will look back at his eight years unfavorably.