Robert G. Yetman, Jr.

Just When You Think We’d Hit Bottom…

By now, you’ve heard about, or even seen, leftist comedian Stephen Colbert’s recent appearance in front of Capitol Hill, wherein he showed up as his character…whatever that is, exactly…and made a mockery of the issue of illegal immigration.  Colbert appeared in front of the House Judiciary Committee’s subcommittee on immigration, on behalf of a discussion about immigration and farm workers’ rights.  More than embarrassing himself, he embarrassed his fawning Democrat enablers (as if they needed any more assistance to that end) in Congress who actually thought his appearance was pretty great; yes, that idiot Nancy Pelosi really did say the following about Colbert’s appearance: “He can bring attention to an important issue like immigration. I think it’s great."

(An aside: This whackjob has been in Congress for 23 years now; given that, how is it that her constituents are still not required to submit to drug testing just prior to entering the voting booth?)  

Honestly, I don’t whether to be distressed at the poor judgment demonstrated by the members of Congress who thought that Colbert’s appearance was wonderful, or thrilled to see it, given that this is even more ammunition for the level-headed come November.

On a related note, I’m glad Colbert thinks the matter of illegal immigration is so terrifically funny.  Maybe he could show up and do his “routine” at the home of Jamiel Shaw, an L.A. teenager who was gunned down two years ago by an illegal alien; or, how about making a special Christmas Eve appearance in front of the family of Gary Gryder, a Houston, Texas police officer who was killed in the line of duty by an illegal alien?  Perhaps a special Stephen Colbert show might make the holidays a bit more festive for the Gryders.  Maybe Colbert’s “shtick” would be considered especially funny by the family of Frank Brooks, a five-year-old boy killed in 2008 when he was run down by an illegal alien; Colbert could show up each and every May 24, the anniversary of the boy’s killing, and do a special routine just for his folks, one that highlights all of the amusing features of illegal immigration that they can’t seem to notice because they are so selfishly consumed by their own grief.

What say, you, Mr. Colbert, Ms. Pelosi, and Ms. Lofgren (that would be Zoe Lofgren, the U.S. Congresswoman and mental midget who beckoned Colbert to appear before Congress in the first place)?  Don’t you think that would be some really funny stuff??

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Bob Yetman, Editor-at-Large at Christian Money.com (www.christianmoney.com), is an author of a variety of materials on personal finance and investing, as well as on topics of fitness and self defense, to include the recently-released book Investor's Passport to Hedge Fund Profits (John Wiley & Sons, Inc; www.investorspassport.com)  and the new unarmed combat training DVD Thunderstrikes - How to Develop One Shot, One Kill Striking Power (Paladin Press; www.mikereevesonline.com).

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The Quran-Burning Idea Was A Stupid One, But…

Personally, I think the whole idea of burning symbols is silly; juvenile, really.  Burning flags, Bibles, Qurans, images of world leaders, whatever.  It’s the classic case of symbolism over substance, as though burning religious texts is really tantamount to somehow causing physical damage to the belief system itself.  Pastor Terry Jones’ idea of burning Qurans on 9/11 was dumb, more than I think it was “outrageous.”  Once again, the word “juvenile” comes to mind.

 

That said, there is once aspect to the furor that I find curious: namely, where were all of the First Amendment “usual suspects” throughout the discussion of Pastor Terry’s proposed plans?   You know…those of the leftist persuasion who have, in the past, elevated the act of spitting on symbols near and dear to both patriotic Americans and devout Christians to an art form?  Where are you people, anyway? 

 

Where are the flag-burners?  The filth-mongers?  Where are all those who always seem so vocal, so strident, in their support of purposeful, graphic, visceral acts that test the wills of even the most ardent of First Amendment supporters?  Where in the world are the people like Andres Serrano, the photographer whose contribution to his art includes his masterpiece called Piss Christ, which is his photographic rendering of a crucifix submerged in a glass of (his own) urine?  Should he not be standing in outspoken solidarity with the Pastor?

 

If only the Pastor had declared that the act of burning the Quran was to be an example of “artistic expression.”

 

Like I said, I think the idea of destroying symbols that have so much meaning to so many is pretty stupid, but I marvel at the hypocrisy, the double standards…that are in evidence when the symbols targeted are those out of favor with the leftist, traitorous scum we know all too well.

 

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Bob Yetman, Editor-at-Large at Christian Money.com (www.christianmoney.com), is an author of a variety of materials on personal finance and investing, as well as on topics of fitness and self defense, to include the recently-released book Investor's Passport to Hedge Fund Profits (John Wiley & Sons, Inc; www.investorspassport.com)  and the new unarmed combat training DVD Thunderstrikes - How to Develop One Shot, One Kill Striking Power (Paladin Press; www.mikereevesonline.com).

 

 

 

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A Slice of American Pie…Just As It Should Taste

During this period of what we can only hope is a substantive reawakening of the original American spirit, more and more career politicians are finding themselves being dumped, quite abruptly, on the unemployment lines that so many of their policies have gone such a long way to establishing in the first place.

 

Taking their places, in an attempt at realizing the sort of a change we all truly need (rather than the type that our president and his minions seek to continue to foist upon us), are so many earnest Americans who recognize we could be in the last days of an America that has any real connection to the principles upon which this country was founded.  Some are high-profile, well-heeled citizens vying for some of the country’s most recognizable political offices, while others are just much more “average” folks whose inherent sense of duty to this nation compels them to do what they can for all of us in helping to see America get back to its philosophy of origin.

 

One of the latter is a guy named Bruce MacMahon.  Bruce is running for state representative in New Hampshire this political season (www.bruceforstaterep.com).  He’s running as a Republican, but that matters little in these days when Republicans and Democrats have each had far too heavy a hand in destroying traditional American ideals; what matters is what he stands for, and it’s primarily for something for which any sane person should stand: the belief that a government which governs least does indeed govern best.

 

Bruce is not the privileged scion of a patriarchal political family, nor a representative of vapid Hollywood pseudo-success who’s decided, whimsically, to dabble in politics.  He’s one of us; a real American, who is on his own real American journey; a family man, a business owner, and a guy who has had to re-invent himself professionally in the wake of a global economic mess that occurred at the behest of an army of idiots whose paychecks always seem to come uninterrupted, no matter how many other lives they disrupt.

 

I first became acquainted with Bruce when I tripped over a blog he used to maintain as an avocation.  Eventually, the passion that drove him to devotedly write his blog pieces ultimately served as the catalyst that prompted him to seek out a role in public service, and while he dropped the blog writing in the face of the demands posed by his campaign, you can still see what he had (has?) to say by visiting the blog at www.massbackwards.blogspot.com.  It has a regional flavor, so you’ll get more out of it if you have some connection to New England, but the unapologetically-expressed ideas in support of personal liberty and small government are universal and transcendent.  Conservative Christians won’t agree with all of his positions, but neither will they agree with mine all of the time, either; as I’ve said many times before about myself, when my conservative Christian values find themselves crossing swords with my libertarian ones with respect to the matter of public policy, I generally opt for my libertarian leanings; my personal spiritual feelings notwithstanding, I ultimately believe that all Americans should be, in the words of the late economist Milton Friedman, “free to choose.”

 

It is easy to be dismissive of political contests that take place outside of the precincts, districts, and/or states in which they are most directly relevant to us as voters, but I would propose we not be quite so hasty in our disregard; we, as citizens of the United States, will always be better served when one who represents the ideals of small, limited government is in a position to replace…anywhere…a politician who does not.  I cite Bruce MacMahon here in his own right, but also as an example of the kind of person running this season to whom the rest of us should be indebted and of whom we should be supportive.

 

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Bob Yetman, Editor-at-Large at Christian Money.com (www.christianmoney.com), is an author of a variety of materials on personal finance and investing, as well as on topics of fitness and self defense, to include the recently-released book Investor's Passport to Hedge Fund Profits (John Wiley & Sons, Inc; www.investorspassport.com)  and the new unarmed combat training DVD Thunderstrikes - How to Develop One Shot, One Kill Striking Power (Paladin Press; www.mikereevesonline.com).

 

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