Silly Season - Goose the Fat Broad

Thank God it's almost over.

The final Presidential Debate proved one thing - the current Officeholder should never have been elected in the first place.  He demonstrated this fact throughout the debates, never ONCE mentioning his record of "accomplishment."  Instead, it was the usual "Blame Bush / disparage the opponent / act like a rock star" tactics that {somehow} got him elected in the first place.  Barry even mentioned "organizing the world Community" several times during the foreign policy segments, for crying out loud!!!

Over the last four years we've seen everything from international concerns to the domestic economy proceed in a totally negative direction.  While BHO's policies aren't the root causes, they're nevertheless major contributing factors.  Say what you will about Dubya, his Daddy, or even Dutch Reagan, but NONE of them would have allowed our enemies to become so emboldened as to kill a US Ambassador, let alone innocent civilians - and get away with it.  Reagan put Gaddafi in his place for a good fifteen years with one swift missile strike in 1985; Bush-41 liberated Kuwait and muzzled Saddam Hussein within a week in the 1990's; Dubya had troops in Afghanistan and over Baghdad within a few weeks of 9/11 {and eventually put Saddam out of business for good}.

Barry Hussein?  Well, there was the "Apology Tour" throughout Europe, the Middle, and the Far East in 2009.  I have never seen so much ass French-kissed before in my life!  Bill Clinton must've been insanely jealous.  Is it any wonder that our military's casualty-count began a steep increase immediately AFTER Barry's ridiculous exercise? "American Resolve & Determination?"  For the most part it has been stuck up some foreign dignitary's poop-chute the last four years - and all our enemies know this.  No more "speak softly and carry a big stick;" Barry's philosophy is a limp-wristed handshake, apologetic words, an embarrassed bow, and all the respect that a five year old child can command; whilst leaving the heavy lifting to those beacons of "brilliance" in the UN.

Domestically it's no different.  BHO "saved the US auto industry" by tossing the UAW-thugs billions in Government cheese.  Nobody ever mentions how this killed both the Pontiac and Saturn divisions within GM, nor how the bailouts forced Chrysler entirely out of American ownership {Italian government-subsidised Fiat has the majority interest in the Pentastar brand these days}.  Only the Ford Motor Company passed on the Kool-Aid when it was offered - and their stock is as healthy as ever, and is AMERCAN-controlled to boot.

Our energy policy is in shambles - BHO has cheerfully let EPA regulators run rampant the last four years, and their regulations have killed three major oil pipelines, several proposed methanol refineries, dozens of coal-fired power plants; all while propping up failed endeavors like the Solyndra fiasco.  Almost two million energy-related jobs have been lost as a result, and this doesn't address the ongoing harassment in the oil, coal, and natural-gas fields, either.  I trust I don't have to mention how all of this seriously impacts the rest of our economy - you can easily see for yourself with the five-buck-a-gallon gasoline in California, or even the four-buck-a-gallon MILK in your local grocery store.

Unemployment is stagnant - and has been four four years.
The deficit is growing out of control - and has been for four years.
Congressional spending has been outrageous - and has been for SIX years, which directly led to Bush's fall, Barry's rise, and the awful malaise we've all been enduring under the laughable mantra of "Hope & Change" since January of 2009.  Barry Hussein will never man up and take credit/blame for his disastrous term in office - which is why it should be his ONLY term in office.  His smoke and mirrors have done far more harm than good both here and abroad, and has resulted in American blood being spilled time and again, amongst all the other damage wreaked so far.

Getting Barry out of office is just the tip of the iceberg, though. For any true change to be real and effective, we also need to clean house in the Congress as well.  Pelosi, Reid, and their ilk are just as responsible - if not moreso - than the President for the multiple messes this country is in.  They got the ball rolling midway through Dubya's final term, then cleverly made him the scapegoat just before Barry got the nomination.  They all deserve to be fired with prejudice just like Barry does.  Only then perhaps we can finally start emerging from this liberal Democratic cesspool we've all been in the last four {six, really} years.

For now though, I'm just glad that yet another Silly Season is almost history - they really do keep getting worse after each cycle, and I'm beyond fed up with it all.  Let's all do what needs to be done in a couple weeks, and send these idiots packing!!!  The final power still rests with We the People, but we have to exercise it first.  A 56% voter-turnout ain't gonna cut it, Boys and Girls.  Strength in numbers, dig?

More shortly.

For The Ox & Winston Legthigh

Remembering the Two Johns on their respective {shared} birthdays.

Both had tremendous impact on my life, and both left us way, WAY too soon.  Thanks to a third John {who was great friends to both, and also had somewhat of an impact on me}, a perfect tribute was created about two years after Winston "left the building."  Twenty years later when The Ox cashed in his chips, I was motivated to concoct my own interpretation, which my old band performed numerous times between 2002 and 2004.  To make it fit The Ox as well as Winston, I simply substituted "Vegas sunset" for "New York sunset" in the lyric.  It's one of a handful of songs that always gives me chills and goosebumps every time I play it.

When it was new though, I was fortunate enough to see Sir Reg perform it live with his classic band of Davey, Dee and Nigel on three separate occasions.  Each time reinforced my desire to one day perform it myself, and each time was also a chilling, haunting experience.  I fully intend to revive it as soon as I'm back on my musical feet again; as I said earlier, it's a perfect tribute to the Two Johns {no waiting}.

Oh - what's it called, then?

Empty Garden - and it goes just like this:

Go carefully, Lads - you're both missed tremendously.............

More shortly.