A ROCK STAR EVENT FOR OBAMA

This truly is the American Idol election. Yesterday afternoon the big news was the fact that Barack Obama has decided to change venues for his acceptance speech at the Democrat National Convention. Apparently the Pepsi Center, which holds 19,000 people, was not big enough for this American Idol candidate. Now he will accept the nomination in the stadium that is home of the Denver Broncos, which holds 76,000 people. That is quadruple the amount of people originally planned.

But Obama isn't the first candidate to make such a move ... John F. Kennedy apparently did something similar back in 1960. Oh and let's not forget the fact that Obama will be making this acceptance speech on the anniversary of Martin Luther King's "I Had a Dream" speech.

Truth is, if Obama didn't know that he can parlay his rock star, American Idol status into a crowd of 76,000 he would stay indoors. Normally it would be tough for a politician to draw that many discerning, informed an intelligent voters to hear a speech ... but we really aren't talking about discerning, informed and intelligent voters now are we? We're talking about the victims of mass hysteria who faint not at what the object of their worship says, but at the very sight of him.

Seems that there have been other world leader wannabes who have held huge rallies in front of slavishly adoring followers in huge outdoor venues. Things, as I remember, didn't work out all that well for some of them.

Pray for rain.

OBAMA'S ATTACK ON THE ACHIEVERS

To the surprise of absolutely nobody, Barack Obama launched several attacks on achievement yesterday, slamming John McCain's tax proposals. Obama absolutely cannot stand the idea of successful people being allowed to keep more of the money they earn. After all, as Obama would tell you, those people don't actually need that money, so it is perfectly OK for the government to seize that excess cash and use it for various vote-buying schemes.

Obama likes to say that nobody earning less than $250,000 a year would have their taxes increased under his plan. Well, isn't that special. I know that many of you really don't give a damn about those wicked people earning more than $250,000 a year. They're rich, to hell with them. Take their money and spend it on you, right? After all, they were just lucky, or they got that money by relying on their crooked lawyers and cheating ordinary working American. Oh, I can hear the moans in the Democrat coffee klatches now.

How about a dose of reality? And trust me, reality isn't friendly to either The Messiah* or his supporters.

Unless you work for a very large corporation (or the government), and that would cover about 20 percent of you, and if you do, in fact, work ... then you probably work for one of these evil rich people. Think about it ... do you think that someone who runs a business with less than $250,000 in income is going to be out there hiring people?

There are 23 million small business owners in America who file their business income taxes as an individual taxpayer. These small business owners employ people ... tens of millions of people. In fact, the small business owners of this country provide way more than 70% of the private sector jobs out there. When Obama talks about raising taxes on people who make more than $250,000 a year he's talking about raising taxes on the man or woman who writes your paycheck. Now ... would you care to spend a few of your precious minutes thinking about the logical consequences of raising taxes on your employer? Do you think they're just going to cut back on the money they take from their business operation? Oh yeah, sure they will. Now I know that you're government educated, but surely you can see that these people are going to adjust to their increased tax load by cutting back on business expenses. You don't expect them to cut their own pay, do you? Hey! It's their business! They started this thing, and they don't intend to see the lives they've built for themselves be diminished by some Democrats tax dreams - so expenses get cut. Now --- guess what you are? There, that wasn't so hard, was it? You, my friend, are a business expense. Are you going to be the business expense that gets cut? Perhaps so ... and then what happens? The evil rich have now they have taken away YOUR job, and you hate them even more. Hint: It wasn't your job, it was theirs.. when it became a financial burden, they dumped it.

Any way you look at it, a winning formula for the Democrats --- a winning formula until, that is, American voters start to smarten up.

*It has been brought to my attention that I'm not the only talk radio God out there referring to Barack Obama as "The Messiah." Well, flattery is the best compliment. What other name would we give him when newspapers and magazines keep printing those pictures of Obama with a halo?

CAN WE STOP THIS "LOST EVERYTHING" NONSENSE

You're right, this is such a small thing ... but it gets on my nerves big time.

Over the weekend I was watching some Fox News blonde in a Flash Gordon outfit deliver the Sunday afternoon news. She hit one story about an apartment complex somewhere that durned near burned to the ground. Then .. as I held my breath ... she delivered the typical line: The residents of these apartments lost "everything they had."

OK ... let's make a list of some of these things these people didn't lose:

• Their jobs.
• Their savings and checking accounts.
• Their friends and families
• Their health
• Their educations
• Their cars
• Their hopes and dreams
• Their spouses and children
• Their futures

And - considering the fact that they are apartment dwellers - just what DID they lose?

• Stereos
• TVs
• Cheap furniture
• Some clothes
• Groceries.

Take a look at the lists, and then tell me again that these people lost everything they had.

News directors --- print this out and hand it to your reporters and talking heads.

YOUR GLOBAL WARMING SCORE

The state of California has made it mandatory for cars to be labeled with global warming scores. Starting in 2009, all cars will be required to display a sticker on the car that rates it according to its emissions and fuel production.

Cars for sale will be forced, by the government, to display the global warming score, which is on a scale from one to 10. Ten is the best, and one is the worst. The cars will be rated on how vehicles made in the same year compare to one another. The Union of Concerned Scientists estimates that a Toyota Corolla will score about a 7 on the global warming scale; a Dodge Caravan will score a 3; and a Honda Civic Hybrid will score 9 points on the global warming scale.

Mary Nichols, chairman of the California Air Resources Board says, "This label will arm consumers with the information they need to choose a vehicle that saves gas, reduces greenhouse gas emissions and helps fight smog all at once ... Consumer choice is an especially powerful tool in our fight against climate change. We look forward to seeing these stickers on 2009 model cars as they start hitting the showrooms in the coming months." And there you have it, folks. Are you reading what this woman is saying? "Consumer choice is an especially powerful tool in our fight against climate change." This woman, and the global warming crowd, is willing to use the force of government to influence your choices as a consumer. The global warming crowd is not just about the environment - it is about stifling capitalism. It is about government power. I've been saying this for years. When is it finally going to sink in?

Every day more and more people come to realize that this whole global warming bit is based more on anti-consumerism and anti-capitalism than on honest data and science. As people come to this realization they'll look at these stupid stickers as a symbol of leftist disdain for the free market. Can't happen soon enough.

GLOBAL WARMING NUZE

It's been a little while since we have posted some Nuze that you can throw at your global warming friends ... try this one on for size.

Satellites have been tracking the concentration of ice in the Arctic and Antarctic since 1980. And in the Arctic, from May of 1980 until May of 2008, guess how much ice has melted away because of global warming ... none. Zero. Nada. Zip. In May 1980 and May 2008, the total amount of ice concentration is 10.9 million square kilometers. Now let's go to the other side of the planet. Not only is the Antarctic experiencing record ice, but since May 1980 the total ice concentration is up 35%!

Now there's something you won't see reported in the lamestream media. I guess the poor polar bears make better headlines.

HUGO AND HEZBOLLAH

The Bush administration is accusing Hugo Chavez's government of providing financial support and refuge to the militant Islamic group Hezbollah. After an investigation by the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control, the link seems to be between Venezuelan diplomat Ghazi Nasr al Din and an Arab Venezuelan businessman Fawzi Kanan. Naturally, Hugo Chavez denies any connection between his government and Hezbollah. Hugo's a liar. Ugly, too.

The Treasury report says that al Din brought parliamentary representatives of Hezbollah to Venezuela in 2006 to "solicit donations" and open an "Islamic community center." We also learn that Kanan, who runs travel agencies in Venezuela, is a "significant provider of financial support to Hezbollah." Mr. Kanan is also accused of having "met with senior Hezbollah officials in Lebanon to discuss operational issues," as well as having "facilitated the travel of Hezbollah members to and from Venezuela."

Hugo the Horrible ... friend to Islamic terrorist goons. Who woulda thunk it?

TRYING TO EXPLAIN A TRILLION

Yesterday on my fine radio program I told you that the total unfunded liabilities for Social Security and Medicare amounted to $41 trillion dollars. That's with a "T". Our government has promised $41 trillion dollars to Social Security and Medicare recipients without any plan to raise the needed money.

So .. just how much is a trillion? Sure, there are plenty of zeros, twelve, to be exact - but that doesn't begin to explain things. So let me take a stab at it.

Have you ever asked for something from someone and had them reply "Just give me 5 minutes." Fine --- but what if he says "Just give me 1,000 minutes ... or a million? Or a billion?" Here's the breakdown:

• 1000 minutes would equal just less than 17 hours. You'll get what you asked for before the day is out.
• 100,000 minutes would be almost 70 days. Check back with your friend later.
• One million minutes? Look for whatever you need in just less than 2 years.
• One billion minutes? That's going to take a while. Try 1,900 years.
• One trillion minutes? Well, today is 2008. Your wishes will be fulfilled in the year 1,903,377, unless your friend steps things up a bit. That's 1,901,369 years from now. Let us know how that works out for you.

Now .. .do you have a better idea how deep in the red we are for Social Security and Medicare? Thank your local vote-buying politician.

Part of the problem is that most Americans actually think, if that's the word, that there is a Social Security Trust Fund out there. There isn't. There never has been. Every penny of Social Security taxes collected every month that is not needed to pay current benefits is transferred to these hideous vote-buying politicians to be spent. If any private pension company in any State in this Union dared to operate in this manner the company would be shut down and the officers put in jail. But not our congress --- they operate this way openly year after year, and then demand your praise, not your condemnation.

When in the hell are the American people going to wise up?

READING ASSIGNMENTS

And here's a prime example of why ... A former Republican presidential candidate says the issue of homosexual marriage could save the GOP on Election Day.

Mike Adams has assembled a list of "rights" that we have, according to Barack Obama supporters.

Here's something that Obama's old friends at ACORN are really good at ... voter fraud!

The Obama campaign seems eager for their candidate to make an appearance at a NASCAR event.

John McCain says that the government has grown 60% in the past eight years and this is "simply inexcusable." Amen. Wait until you see how much Obama wants to grow it in the next eight years. Government is force. Government cannot grow without our freedoms diminishing.

Officials in D.C. are already working on ways to get around the recent Supreme Court ruling on the right of individuals to bear arms.

Great Britain has decided that it wants to do its part to stop the escalating food prices, so it launching a campaign to make Brits stop wasting their food.

Making your way across the Canadian border? It might not be a good idea to get into a fight with a border patrol agent.

Canada's child services took a girl from her home after she showed up to school with a swastika on her arm.

Orlando city commissioners are really busy these days ... trying to figure out what the government can do with shopping carts that end up where they don't belong. Their first idea: make people pay for them.

Apparently if you really want to make the money, you need to get into the business of Islamic tourism.

Having an affair ... over the telephone? That will be 600 lashes and jail time in Saudi Arabia.

It is costing the tax payers of Britain $40 billion to maintain their "surveillance society."

An architectural firm ranked the best US cities by design ... one of their main criteria was the number of "green" buildings.

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