OBAMA MOVING STEADILY RIGHT

Are you enjoying this? June was a month of changed positions for The Messiah. Why, he's even saying that we can't just withdraw from Iraq until the situation there has stabilized. That's quite a switch from the position he adopted during the primaries. As with most politicians Obama's run for the presidency is more a quest for personal power than it is a crusade to change our government. The fact is, though, that there are millions of Obama supporters out there who would vote for him no matter how much he flops and flips. Their support isn't based on philosophy ... more on idol worship.

DISNEY SAYS 'NO' TO GUNS IN CARS

Florida recently passed a law that allows employees to keep firearms locked in their cars in the parking lots of where they work. But apparently that will not be the case for Walt Disney World employees. Disney has determined that much of its property is exempt from the new law.

Here's the loophole. Florida's new "Preservation and Protection of the Right to Keep and Bear Arms in Motor Vehicles Act of 2008" has an exemption for companies "whose primary business is to manufacture, use, store or transport explosives regulated under federal law." Essentially, it was intended for Air Force bases, defense plants, places of this nature. But the exemption was revised to include "property owned or leased by an employer who has obtained a permit" under federal law for such explosives. And guess what has such a permit ... Disney. They have the permit because of their extensive fireworks displays.

Therefore, Disney World Vice President of Public Affairs Shannon McAleavey has declared that this law doesn't apply to Walt Disney World owned and leased properties. And it will continue its zero tolerance policy.

You know who the real culprit here is, don't you? Insurance companies. We have become such a litigious society that insurance companies are constantly looking for ways to reduce risk. If they thought they would get away with they would make us work in padded cells so we wouldn't hurt ourselves. This is why you'll find many employers with these "no guns in our employee parking lot" rules. The truth, I suspect, is that these companies really don't give a flying you-know-what whether you have a gun in your car or not. They drive the same roads you do and have the same concerns for safety. It's more of a "This is the rule, we've done our job, so don't ask, don't tell" type of situation.

ASININE NUZE FROM THE UK

We seem to have been getting a lot of truly asinine stories from Great Britain recently. And it turns out that today is no different. So here, for your reading pleasure is a quick run-down of Britain's latest nanny state antics ...

• The most senior judge in England has officially declared that it is OK to use sharia law to resolve issues among Muslims. The Judge says that Islamic legal principles should be allowed in order to deal with Muslim families, marital arguments and to regulate finance. Inch by inch. So much for being a government of law. Now they're setting the stage for different religions to develop their own legal systems ... and then live under them. This could get confusing.
   
• A few weeks ago we told you about Muslims who were upset that dogs were being used to sniff for explosives on passenger trains in the UK. Then we had the outrage over the government's non-emergency campaign using a puppy on its posters. Well we have the latest news on Muslims and dogs ... Police sniffer dogs will now have to wear dog booties when searching homes that belong to Muslims so as to not cause offense. They might as well go ahead and wear the booties full time as to never upset Muslims. Sounds like another "Muslims outraged" headline to me. Maybe they should wear little booties on their noses too.
   
• A government minister in the UK has decided that school children should be locked up inside school grounds in order to stop them from buying unhealthy food. Apparently students who are allowed off campus for lunch or other breaks are eating foods that are unacceptable to the government therefore their solution is to not let students leave school grounds. When it came down to it, researchers found that more children were opting to leave campus for lunch because the government school cafeterias had long lines, lousy facilities and high prices. What a surprise.
   
• And perhaps the most ridiculous story of today ... two government school children were given detention because they refused to kneel down and "pray to Allah" during a religious education class. The boys did not want to take part in the demonstration on how Allah is worshipped, a demonstration which included wearing Muslim garb. Now they will serve detention for insulting the supreme, loving religion of Islam.

Now ... for the Muslim outrages detailed above. Do you think that the rank-and-file Muslims in Great Britain are protesting these ridiculous policies? You can't help but think that a tide of resentment against Muslims might be building in response to these absurd situations (not to mention the killings), but the Muslims who might want to assimilate into British society say nothing!

Can you pronounce "Eurabia?"

GO GREEN ... DITCH YOUR FLAT SCREEN

For all of you OwlGore, global warming cultists out there ... it turns out that your flat screen TV is contributing to global warming. A greenhouse gas called nitrogen trifluoride is used to make the TVs, but it turns out that it is 17,000 times more potent than carbon dioxide. And researchers are now saying that production of the gas is "exploding." They are particularly concerned because it remains in the atmosphere for 550 years.

And guess what folks, this greenhouse gas isn't restricted or limited by the Kyoto protocol or other similar agreements. Don't worry ... it won't take long before the government puts restrictions on this latest global warming pollutant. Say good bye to your flatscreen.

Like hell.

CAN'T LEAVE WITHOUT YOUR TAXES

In mid June, Congress passed the Heroes Act of 2008. The main headline to the bill was that it increases benefits for veterans and families of deceased military soldiers. All well and good ... but someone seems to have snuck in a little provision into the bill that has nothing to do with our military or veterans.

The act states that anyone who voluntarily gives up his or her citizenship will be taxed on all of his assets as if he or she had sold them, which means that they will pay capital gains on assets that have increased in value, even though they haven't been sold.

Decades ago the Communists built a wall in Berlin to keep East Berliners seeking to be free from crossing the border. The congress of the United States has just set up an economic Berlin Wall around the United States. If you get tired of the increasing encroachment of government into our lives ... and you look for greener (freer) pastures ... hand over your stuff. It is yours no longer.

WEALTH ENVY-HATE TRIGGER WORDS

When politicians want to trigger wealth envy for political gain they know just what words to use. They should, they've spent enough money trying to figure that one out.

The local newspaper yesterday carried a profile of some of the leading candidates for the Democrat nomination to run against Georgia's Republican Senator Saxby Chambliss. Quite a bunch. The newspaper asked these Democrats to state their positions on our failed Social Security system. The responses were, of course, typical. No privatization and higher taxes.

One of the candidates running for the Senate is a former television newsman named Dale Cardwell. I had enough of Cardwell when he was a "reporter." I certainly don't need to deal with his lack of ethics and outright dishonesty as a U.S. Senator. While reporting for WSB-TV in Atlanta, Cardwell worked overtime to ingratiate himself to the local anti-airport activists. He would buy their rhetoric hook, line and sinker and then report it as "news" on TV without ever trying to talk to airport advocates to clear up some "facts." He became their biggest public relations arm. I have an airplane hangared at that particular airport, and I spent six years on the airport authority - so I recognized his lies (or his failure to pursue the truth) immediately. It was more fun than a man should be allowed to have exposing this hack on my radio show.

Well ... anyway, to get to the subject at hand. In Cardwell's reply on Social Security he started yammering about "the richest 1%". This is another favorite Democrat focus group term. Democrat researchers sit people down in a room and test their reactions to certain phrases. They found out that the phrase "the richest 1%" evokes feelings of almost outright hatred on the part of core Democrat voters. The force of wealth envy is strong with these people. So it is no surprise that Cardwell picked that phrase to include in his comments.

Wealth envy is not new, folks. It's been around since the beginnings of civilization. We can thank wealth envy for our current tax system. Without playing on wealth envy income tax proponents would never have been able to ratify the 16th Amendment. The ploy was simple: Income tax advocates merely went to states in the South, Midwest and west - states other than New England states - and told the people that they should urge their legislators to ratify the 16th Amendment because, after all, only those evil rich people in the Northeast would ever actually pay anything. Wealth envy worked then, and Democrats hope it will work now. Sadly, they're probably right.

MADE MY DAY

This email from someone who read "Somebody's Gotta Say It" absolutely made my day yesterday ... that and riding the bike with some friends into the North Georgia mountains:

After that, it's going to be tough to have a bad week. Thanks, Kathy!

WHERE IS OBAMA'S SEAL

Oh come on now, don't tell me you didn't see it! Just a few weeks ago The Messiah suddenly showed up on the campaign trail with his own version of the Obama Presidential seal! There it was ... an American Eagle clutching the arrows and an olive branch. How pompous can you get? You aren't even officially nominated yet, and you already have redesigned the presidential seal? Then, as suddenly as it appeared it was gone! I haven't seen it for weeks? What's the matter? Did the comments by the punditry that Obama was getting a little too impressed with himself have an effect? At any rate, in case you missed it ... here's your link. I doubt we will see this again. Now we'll wait for Obama to repaint his campaign airplane to look like Air Force One.

AND JUST A SIDE NOTE

I had my first outing on the motorcycle since the surgery yesterday. About 170 miles driving through the North Georgia mountains. Temperatures ranged from 85 to 69 - right in the middle of that nifty thunderstorm. I'll bet those raindrops felt pretty good on all that bare skin - like those women riding with nothing but halter tops on - at 60+ miles per hour.

It just amazes me that only about five percent of the people riding those motorcycles are wearing any type of road gear. Two different phrases come to mind: "I'd rather sweat than bleed" and "Dress for the slide, not for the ride." If some of these people went down cornering in that rain I'll bet they left a few square feet of skin on the pavement. I just don't get it.

The real trouble is if they end up on an emergency room I'll wager that the taxpayers end up picking up most of the tab.

READING ASSIGNMENTS

Plans for the Democrat convention are already $6 million over budget ... and to think that these people have control of your tax dollars! Then again, when have politicians - and that includes Democrats and Republicans, ever done anything within a budget!

Senator John Warner suggested that Congress should reimpose the national speed limit. That would do nothing but help local governments raise revenue through speed traps.

Think that freedom of speech is guaranteed on the Internet? Think again.

People in the Caribbean have been swept up in Barack Obamamania and are creating songs in his honor. By the way, American Idol is huge on television in the Caribbean.

I know that you are not surprised to hear that Barack Obama has won the endorsement of the National Education Association. Duhhhhhh.

Liberal bloggers have their panties in a wad because Barack Obama is moving more towards the center. Well, he is the most liberal Senator in Washington so he has a ways to go.

The Netherlands has decided to ban Iranian students from studying nuclear technology at its universities.

Two supervisors at a kosher meatpacking plant in Iowa were arrested after hundreds of illegal aliens were found working at the plant. I just can't get over my shock at this news. Now ...slam the supervisors in jail.

Some people are complaining that the government is taking money out of their stimulus checks to pay outstanding debts. Pay debts? Are you kidding? Since when should these people have to pay debts?

This is the epitome of a government outrage ... it involves a sidewalk, handicapped accessibility, government agencies that don't agree, and at least $500,000 of your tax dollars.

A pagan couple painted a religious symbol on their private fence and the neighbors threw a fit. So now the city council says they can keep the symbol, but they have to buy a $35 sign permit.

Have you been the victim of "green rage?" Apparently they are having a big problem with this in the UK.

We've got it folks! The solution for all you climate change victims is here ... the Lilypad city. Once you move in we'll just cut it loose. Look out for that firs typhoon!

Street-ready golf carts are apparently becoming more popular because of rising gas prices.

The UK's hug-a-hoodie campaign, which encourages people to give hugs to teenage thugs, doesn't seem to be working out too well.

Here are some pictures of the world's swankiest prison located in Austria.

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