New Venture

At the invitation of Peter Heck, I began a new venture a few weeks ago. Actually, it's an old venture in a new skin. I was one among some others he invited to participate in Liberty Tree, the "official blog of the Peter Heck Radio Show."

Peter is working to create a current events style site that attracts a variety of regular readers. Those currently writing at the site are invited to submit articles frequently on current, breaking, and out of the ordinary news items. For the time being, it is free-wheeling; we'll see if Peter "reigns" us in along the way.

So my invite to you is to give Liberty Tree a go. Go to the site regularly to see what the recent happenings are. Leave some comments if you wish, but don't feel under any obligation. The goal is to achieve frequent viewer volume through quality posts.

I do not plan to take down ChucksChants, but as you can already tell, this new venture, along with older ones, may slow down my volume here. I'll see what happens.

Thanks!

Just a Bit ironic

I caught a part of some ESPN radio while driving yesterday. They reported on further developments in the case against Roger Clemens, who is accused of lying to Congress while under oath.


Oh, the horrors of it all! Lying to Congress! You mean, we mere mortals can get into trouble for lying to Congress? Of course we can.

So, when does Congress get into trouble for lying to us? They do it every session. They all take an oath when sworn into office that they will protect and defend the Constitution of the United States of America. They break that oath most every session. They feed the American all lines of nonsense in the hopes that it will garner them votes.

Roger Clemens in trouble if he is convicted of lying to Congress. Ironic, isn't it?

Upset

A few days ago (9/7/10), FOX News printed a report detailing United Nation concerns about Iran’s nuclear program…

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The U.N. atomic agency expressed alarm Monday about Iran's decision to bar some of its inspectors, suggesting that its efforts to monitor the country's nuclear program were suffering as a result.

The unusually blunt International Atomic Energy Agency warning was voiced in a restricted report on Iran made available to The Associated Press that otherwise contained few surprises. It followed Iran's recent decision to strip two experienced inspectors of the right to monitor its nuclear activities after the two reported what they said were undeclared nuclear experiments.

"The IAEA's reports of obstruction and Iran's failure to cooperate are troubling to all who care about non-proliferation and global security," White House spokesman Tommy Vietor said. (“U.N. Nuclear Agency Sounds Alarm Over Iran,” FOXNews, 9/7/10)

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With world peace hanging in the balance, what is top priority with Big Media? Why some heretofore obscure pastor in Florida who plans to burn some Korans on Saturday, 9/11. Oh, the horror of it all!

Left, right, centrist (if there is really such an animal)… everyone is up in arms over some pastor declaring that Korans will be burned on Saturday. Imagine… if he was inviting the world to burn the American flag or religious texts of the Judeo-Christian faith, he would be hailed a hero and receiving offers from all across the fruited plane to assist him in his endeavor to perpetuate freedom of speech. But Korans? Again, oh, the horror of it all!

Let’s see… who to focus media attention on? A belligerent, Islamic terrorist-sponsoring nation that is on record declaring that it wants to vaporize the Jewish nation and its “great Satan” ally or an obscure pastor in America who wants to burn a few Korans. Yeah, certainly a no-brainer there… a private expression of dislike toward the ideological underpinnings of a group that attacked America and carry that protest out in a free nation. Let’s get the world agitated over that. There’s the ticket!

Must Have Forgotten

A Laborious Day announcement from our Fearless Leader:


Obama lays out $50 billion infrastructure proposal (MarketWatch, 9/6/2010)

He must have forgotten about the other billions already earmarked for infrastructure repairs. Maybe his money czars will help him find that account.

Liberals Are Dangerous

"It would be good... if he could be a dictator for a few years because he could do a lot of good things quickly." -- Woody Allen on President Barack Obama. Allen expressed frustration with Republicans who have tried to block the president's agenda.


"Traveling for tourism today is a right." -- European-Union commissioner Antonio Tajani on an EU plan to subsidize vacations for people who cannot afford them.

"It may be necessary to put democracy on hold for a while." -- Prominent scientist James Lovelock, arguing that governments must fight global warming over public opposition. (The Guardian, 3/29/10)

"It may sound like a hollow defense, but in Hollywood I am not sure a 13-year-old is really a 13-year-old." -- Washington Post television critic Tom Shales on the arrest of director Roman Polanski in Switzerland for the 1977 rape of a 13-year-old girl.

When you let them speak for themselves, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out why liberals are dangerous.