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1. #1
   On July 4th, 2010 at 12:29 pm, rightisright said:

   Happy Birthday America…it’s still the greatest and best county to live in, even if there is a communist living in the White House. We’ll neuter him soon enough and start the recovery.

   Now about “exploding budgets” why is it most Americans do not understand exactly who it is that controls the givernments purse strings?

2. #2
   On July 4th, 2010 at 12:29 pm, letget said:

   Well, President Bush gets blamed for everything under the sun from this bho and team daily. This is really getting old big time!
   L

3. #3
   On July 4th, 2010 at 12:30 pm, RedDog said:

   Good Marxist pimps pushing the message as classic useful idiots. Willful ignorance is no excuse. The Pocket Lenin in the White House will soon get his due. Come 2011 we can cut the taxes and spending and start the grand jury investigations, and begin true Constitutional reform to cage this statist beast forever..

   These crimes must be trumpeted constantly before the people.

4. #4
   On July 4th, 2010 at 12:32 pm, jsmiddleton4 said:

   Blaming Bush is not going to go away. Even if it backfires on Obama it doesn’t matter. Its one of the symptoms causing me to conclude some of the political animals in this country need to be in recovery. Despite the facts to the contrary and the damage they are doing to their own credibility, they still keep blaming Bush. Its like an addiction.

   I have a brother who is quite intelligent and successful. Makes more money then me. Just filed for his third divorce and finds any possible explanation to keep blaming Bush. And he sees no connection between his serial divorcing, the way he thinks and maybe him blaming Bush is not about Bush deserving blame buy about a way of thinking that is unhealthy.

   He feels better about his life by blaming Bush.

   You know, how folks feel better about their drinking because their wife/husband/boss/kids don’t understand them?

   This Bush blaming thing is a symptom of an unhealthy way of thinking.

5. #5
   On July 4th, 2010 at 12:34 pm, jsmiddleton4 said:

   And don’t get him started on Big Oil, conservative Bible believing Christians, Dick Cheney and Fox News……

6. #6
   On July 4th, 2010 at 12:35 pm, rightisright said:

   These crimes must be trumpeted constantly before the people.

   And these crimes have to be punished not swept under the rug due to the prestige that normally would accompany such an august group of individuals. Hardly the case with this group of liars and thieves.

7. #7
   On July 4th, 2010 at 12:36 pm, letget said:

   jsmiddleton4 #6,
   You must have a fun time at holiday dinners with your brother!
   L

8. #8
   On July 4th, 2010 at 12:38 pm, jsmiddleton4 said:

   This an off to do some early chores before too hot….

   We on the right have to be on guard in doing the same thing with Obama. We seem to spend a lot of time blaming Obama and working real hard at being “right” in our criticism. As if being “right” in our criticism is the same as moving forward in a positive direction.

   We need to educate and implement conservative ideals and show people what conservative governing looks like as an option. Just being negative, even when we are right, falls into the same trap as these folks have fallen into by their Bush blaming. It feels good to blame someone. However even in being right, does little to further the cause or change anything.

9. #9
   On July 4th, 2010 at 12:41 pm, rambler said:

   People with no solutions or good ideas have to live in the past. Continuing to Bush bash may make them feel better, but it does nothing to correct the very things they say are wrong. We can’t take our little time machines back and replace Bush with Gore or Kerry. Whinny voters need to get over themselves. Bho isn’t fixing anything either and yet those with BDS don’t focus on that. Bho’s failure is not Bush’s fault but the Bho voters fault for installing a teleprompter focused community organizer instead of a Constitution loving patriot.

10. #10
    On July 4th, 2010 at 12:44 pm, jsmiddleton4 said:

    “You must have a fun time”

    There was some stammering and stuttering going on when I showed my brother how IF BP had listened to Big Oil there would have been no oil spill and asked “How can one blame Big Oil when Big Oil told BP to knock it off?”

    Then it was Dick Cheney’s secret meetings with Big Oil that was the problem because Cheney allowed Big Oil to drill only one well and everywhere else in the country Big Oil has to drill two wells at the same time in case a leak they have a relief well in place.

    So I showed him all the information that there is no requirement to have two wells in place, environmental groups are opposed to two wells because it is in the drilling that spills happen and two wells is twice as risky and NO WHERE are two wells required.

    Then it was Bush’s fault.

    The point?

    Folks that are blaming Bush are not about facts. They are about what makes them feel better. It makes them feel better to have someone to blame. Its Bush’s fault is not going to go away because we on the right can factually show them it is not Bush’s fault. Their minds are made up because their minds are made up. Its a waste of time to argue with them.

    It is not a waste of time to move forward with positive plans, educating folks on why conservative ideals are THE and ONLY answer.

    Blaming Obama, while true, is likely to get us no where as its preaching to the choir.

    If our response to the blame Bush stuff is to blame Obama louder, we’re doomed.

11. #11
    On July 4th, 2010 at 12:47 pm, bjc said:

    *There is a P-BO named firework out there all over the country; We call them duds!
    *BDS will always be with us, and it’s ok to comment on it from any perspective, but we must heed the call of todays’ Paul Revere, Glenn Beck, as he claims, “The progressives are coming, the progressives are coming”; He’s right, so we Tea Party Patriots must intently focus on doing battle at the ballot box; It may be our last chance.

12. #12
    On July 4th, 2010 at 12:48 pm, jsmiddleton4 said:

    I thought Glen Beck’s cry was “Buy my book, buy my book…”

13. #13
    On July 4th, 2010 at 12:57 pm, zorro said:

    Bush Derangement Syndrome indeed.

14. #14
    On July 4th, 2010 at 12:59 pm, no2pcbs1 said:

    To all American patriots, Happy 4th of July.

15. #15
    On July 4th, 2010 at 1:04 pm, Speakup said:

    Dems are absolutely demented.

    I constantly see them rail in a frothing tirade about deficits, spending and wars in every past Republican administration and then libs just about have a cave in when I ask.

    Wow, you must be just ready to revolt over what this President’s doing, huh?

16. #16
    On July 4th, 2010 at 1:12 pm, letget said:

    I was watching Cavuto on Fox last week, and the guest host Varney, has a d gal on trying to say we need new stimulus money to get jobs. The very first words out of her mouth were, what we inherited from the Bush administraion! I thought it was funny, Varney told the gal her first words were to blame Bush.
    L

17. #17
    On July 4th, 2010 at 1:19 pm, Hangfire said:

    Ten years after Obama is out of office, he will be revered as an elder statesman and be completely rehabilitated.

    Look at Jimmah Cawder.

18. #18
    On July 4th, 2010 at 1:36 pm, graysonret said:

    Folks that are blaming Bush are not about facts. They are about what makes them feel better

    Also, many are ignorant on how government works. Presidents don’t spend the money. Congress does. He can suggest and try to influence someone to sponsor his ideas, but congress is the ultimate decider. If I recall, a lot of democrats voted for spending. Nothing, of course, is mentioned about that. But, then again, it’s easy to lie to ignorant “useful idiots”.

19. #19
    On July 4th, 2010 at 2:20 pm, Sea_Dog said:

    On July 4th, 2010 at 12:38 pm, jsmiddleton4 said:

    We on the right have to be on guard in doing the same thing with Obama… We need to educate and implement conservative ideals and show people what conservative governing looks like as an option.

    No truer words, a friend who by his own admission is a yellow dog democrat finally saw the light after I explained, with facts, how the Obama administration is subjecting everyone’s rights and headed towards pure socialism. He has even taken to watching Fox News and (gasp) Glenn Beck.

20. #20
    On July 4th, 2010 at 2:35 pm, 11B said:

    Other than Roberts and Alito, Bush was a disaster, and I cannot defend him. His incompetence led to Obama getting elected.

21. #21
    On July 4th, 2010 at 2:55 pm, ArizonaNeanderthal said:

    Bush was not my favorite and I find more than just a few things to quarrel about; but the weenie attacks on him force me to defend him. As with his father he was big government and all too internationalist. His understanding of the Bill of Rights was lacking. All too much of the Party got overly generous with our money in the last few years-they need to retire.

    But in no way was he the traitor we have in the White House now. But follow the SOBs-know your enemy-think of it as reconnaissance.

    ===
    Let your sidearm be like Master Card:
    Don’t Leave home without it.

22. #22
    On July 4th, 2010 at 3:39 pm, NestingHawk said:

    People don’t know as much as they need to about how government works; that’s why they don’t always have good grasps on what the President can and can’t do. Does anyone else get grouchy when the media starts talking as though the President is in charge of Congress in some way? To be fair, I think some members of Congress need the actual situation there clarified as well…
    It’s relatively easy to get copies of the Constitution and read it to get a clearer view of who does what. So there IS hope.

    Bush had flaws, but in no way deserves the level of hatred he gets, and I’d definitely take him over Obama. I have some admiration of Bush, too, for a couple of different reasons, even though I felt he was much too big government.

23. #23
    On July 4th, 2010 at 3:41 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:

    it was called “The Tingler”

    Trade mark infringement!
    I’m sorry Doug, but you must cease and desist the use of this term without prior written permission from my wife, as that name has been reserved for me, or at least a very special part of me.

24. #24
    On July 4th, 2010 at 3:44 pm, Living in the PSRK said:

    Would like to see letters mailed by MILLIONS of Americans to the F’ing morons in Washington DC that state the following (Ripped off from George Ure):

    An email going around which I mentioned in yesterday’s column suggests that all members of the senate and house be summarily stripped of their ‘special’ retirement and medical programs.

    This resonates at a core level with me as a real implementation of democracy at a fundamental level. Distasteful in the halls of power, no doubt.

    Instead of having a separate retirement, put all members of congress in the same Social Security mess as the rest of us, and when they retire, given them nothing more (or less) than the same Medicare benefits.

    And while they are in office, they should receive the same medical treatment at the same medical facilities that an enlisted person in the military would receive at a rate like E-8. Same military dental work, too.

    No private schools for the kids, unless they demonstrate how they paid for it out of their elective office paycheck and managed to keep up a house and so forth.

    All travel in coach, or on military transports going to (wherever) and then in common with all others on flights that are normally operated. Same food as our troops, same seats. No special jets.

    Bar all riding in corporate-supplied aircraft. I’ve ridden a few with politicians during my news days and boy, is that a cushy deal: A member of the senate, a corporate jet with a good bar, and two pilots up front. A little too rich, methinks. “They’re just friends” I was told by a late senator. “…nothing wrong it with…” This was an out-of-state senator stumping for candidates in Washington state, squired around in a paper/timber company jet

    There’s a whole level of accountability that’s easy to implement at the local level, too.

    For example, if a city or county council is in charge of running low income housing (as many are around the country) make it mandatory that legislative decision-makers spend at least one unannounced night per month in such housing projects and that they have to go through a whole day there with their families. That means going to the laundry room to leave clean sheets for the next legislator – and the room should be equipped at a level appropriate to the community.

    If the place is locked and gets busted into before the legislator (and their family) arrives, then they get to call the police (response times might improve) and finding the stolen (LCD TV or whatever) might be suddenly more effective.

    My point is that there is a gulf between citizens and their lawmakers and lawmakers who are willing to ‘put it out there’ and ‘walk a mile in our shoes’ might be much better at long-term decision-making in ‘the people’s’ interests.

    *sigh*

    Like it did any good for the healthcaare bill, StimulUS, TARP and other Bull$hit that passes for legislation these days…at least they will be on notice for what will happen (God-willing) when they are voted off the island…

25. #25
    On July 4th, 2010 at 3:50 pm, Blackstone said:

    On July 4th, 2010 at 2:55 pm, ArizonaNeanderthal said:

    Bush was not my favorite and I find more than just a few things to quarrel about; but the weenie attacks on him force me to defend him.

    It’s kinda the same way with Palin for me. I don’t like her support for John McCain at all, and I don’t know if she’s ready for the Oval Office, but the attacks on her from the Left go way above and beyond what’s justified.

    Problem is, there’s a fine line between defending someone from attacks, and attaching yourself to that person because of those attacks. I think that’s a mistake a lot of conservatives made with Bush. They were so incensed (justifiably) by the insane attacks from the moonbats that they were willing to brook no (or very little) criticism of him from their own side. And so by attaching themselves so tightly to him, his failures became looked upon as conservative failures in the eyes of the public.

26. #26
    On July 4th, 2010 at 4:14 pm, ThunderHawkk said:

    Things were pretty darn good until the Demonrats took Congress at the end of 2006. Everything has sucked since 2007. What a coincidence.

    Of course, 98% of Obama Lovers have NO IDEA what Congress is. No clue about a House and Senate, etc. Clueless.

27. #27
    On July 4th, 2010 at 4:16 pm, Dimsdale said:

    If that little can of fireworks is what Bush gets for his piddling deficit, then they should paint Øbama’s picture on a case of C-4 with the phrase “Fast track to the Øbamanation” or something similar.

28. #28
    On July 4th, 2010 at 4:21 pm, BlameAmericaLast said:

    Probably leftover inventory from 2 years ago. Wait until next year, when you’ll see a dumpster sized unit with Obama’s name on it.

29. #29
    On July 4th, 2010 at 4:29 pm, plymouthacclaim said:

    If someone made an Obama firecracker, the Secret Service would be all over them. They would be manhandled and abused, their homes and places of business searched and trashed, and they would be charged with threatening the President.

30. #30
    On July 4th, 2010 at 5:38 pm, Living in the PSRK said:

    http://www.jpfo.org/articles-assd02/martial-law.htm

31. #31
    On July 4th, 2010 at 5:52 pm, Flyoverman said:

    I’d ask the fireworks maker what he is going to do for a living after Progressives take away his right to sell fireworks, because all pyrotecnics will be placed under government control.

32. #32
    On July 4th, 2010 at 6:29 pm, jsmiddleton4 said:

    Aren’t these shotgun shells?

33. #33
    On July 4th, 2010 at 6:36 pm, Flyoverman said:

    On July 4th, 2010 at 6:29 pm, jsmiddleton4 said:

    Aren’t these shotgun shells?

    By then if they could, even made Twinkies would be illegal.

34. #34
    On July 4th, 2010 at 6:52 pm, Politicalguano said:

    What! Fireworks are the running dogs of carbon footprints Yankee Imperialists!
    It is a lie that the glorious People’s Republic of China invented these deadly planet smothering devices which were the creation of reactionary forces! You will all be sent for re-education in a labor camp making fireworks for spreading these lies!

35. #35
    On July 5th, 2010 at 2:38 am, plymouthacclaim said:

    Watched local fireworks show then set off a few myself including the “Bin Laden Noggin.”

    Generated some more CO2 in the firebowl. It was a good night.

36. #36
    On July 5th, 2010 at 11:15 am, vickisoup said:

    Who among us doesn’t long for the good ol’ days when the deficit was only $436 billion?

37. #37
    On July 5th, 2010 at 1:13 pm, dan708 said:

    While Bush deserves criticism for his enormous deficits, I can’t accept that the fireworks merchant mentioned by “Mark” was unaware of Obama’s far-more-gutwrenching deficits. The seller was another example of an Obamanite who couldn’t handle the truth.

38. #38
    On July 5th, 2010 at 1:28 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    By the way, somebody did make an Obama firework — it was called “The Tingler”

    I had one of these and it dripped oil everywhere. BTW, the only way to get it to explode is to insult it until it blows up. Ok, technically it threatens to blow up…

39. #39
    On July 6th, 2010 at 9:05 am, md1964 said:

    Obama fireworks: Big banner promising to have a huge bang… only to be a 100% DUD!!!

40. #40
    On July 6th, 2010 at 11:41 am, BadIdeaGuy said:

    Funny, I parked next to a guy with a “9-11 is Bush’s Reichstag Fire” sticker yesterday and politely asked him if Bush is a dictator yet.

41. #41
    On July 6th, 2010 at 7:09 pm, cwbois said:

    Well according to a few noobs at work the Obombies debt woudnt be so big if Bush hadnt been President. Logic from these noobs is not to be expected.