The Score

If we are keeping score, it is Romney 1, Obama 0. Well, unless you are in complete denial, which means that you are (a) a leftist in good standing, (b) a member of Obama’s immediate family, or (c) part of the Axelrod disinformation team.

If there is such a thing, several non-partisan academicians have said Romney was a clear winner. One even offered that it was apparent to anyone who muted the television and watched the body language. It didn't take long to notice how Obama rarely looked at Romney. I initially thought he was taking notes, but as it turns out, he was only pretending to do that. It was a ploy to avoid looking at his opponent; Romney didn't have any trouble at all appearing respectful of the president while he was talking.

Was Mr. Obama simply being rude, or is there another explanation? Was he suffering from altitude disengagement syndrome, as suggested by Uncle Al Gore, or was Mr. Obama angry? We can’t pretend to know what was going on inside Obama’s empty head … all we can do, and should do, is observe the following: one of these gentlemen looked presidential; the other individual was wearing a blue tie. One surmises [it was] “… an act of passive hostility.”

For Obama, there was no charming smile, no sense of humor, no affability, no personality, and no confidence. Where was the sportsmanship between two competitors? Where was the acknowledgement at the end that the contest was fairly won?

In a televised debate, we have to assume that visual cues matter. They matter to the television audience, they matter to those sitting unseen, behind the lights, and they matter to each contestant. Some have said it was painful to watch … and this could lead us to an over-simplification. No one expected Romney to do quite as well, but it is also true that no one expected Obama to do so poorly.

All we heard in the period leading up to the presidential debate was that Obama had the edge because of his “likability” factor. I must confess I don’t even know why such a thing is important. After all, we aren't selecting a prom king; we are selecting the next leader of the free world. Still, the so-called likability discussion seemed absent in the period following the debate. Is this yet another example of the media’s leftist bias, or have we simply to pretend that likability was never, ever, ever a factor in the first place?

The contest continues. Even if Mr. Obama doesn't like to study, there is little doubt that he’ll be taking his preparations more seriously in the future. One wonders, though … should a fully engaged sitting president even require preparations? As for Mr. Romney, people suddenly know who he is, and what he’s capable of … so the next debate should really be something to watch.

—Mustang Sends

The War on Birds

I knew it was only a matter of time before the Republican Party declared war on Big Bird. You know what I’m referring to, right? The monstrously over-sized piñata with a person inside that, for some unexplained reason has captured the hearts and minds of the American left. Personally, I was never much impressed with Big Bird —but before you throw yourself from a one-story window, let me assure you that it is only a matter of preference. You see, Bugs Bunny was a friend of mine; Big Bird is no Bugs Bunny.

I suspect there is more to this assault than targeting a gangling fowl. I believe the underlying issue is this: an American ambassador lost his life because the United States government could not afford security, but our government can afford to pay the leftists at The Muppets Studio extraordinary sums of money to concoct foolishness.

Let’s hold off making the argument that Muppets materially assisted our children to grow into psychologically balanced adults, shall we? There is no evidence that any of that is true. In fact, the divorce rate quadrupled since the invention of Big Bird and, since the introduction of these “creatures,” our children have increased body tattoos and facial disfigurations by ten thousand percent. Great job, Jim Henson … way to go, Ernie.

Even worse, thousands of cartoonists are out of work and there’s no longer a demand for truly talented vocalists like Mel Blanc.

I seem to recall that Tim Allen once defined PBS as something women get once a month. Now, according to the screamers on the left, Public Broadcasting Service is too big to fail … and I suspect that the reason for this is that our government is spending tens of millions of dollars creating public service ads which air on PBS, reminding people to wash their hands after they use the restroom. One may recall that the same idiot who saddled us with the “Great Society” signed the Public Broadcasting Act into law. Let’s all give a shout out to Lyndon Johnson.

Now the fact is, when you begin to put all of these pieces together, you begin to understand why we are paying so much foreign aid to Belize. It is to prevent them from launching a successful invasion against the United States, and defeating us in less than a week because Jim Henson and Kermit have transformed most of our citizens into blithering idiots.

By the way, the emotional reaction to Mr. Romney’s notion that we defund PBS (because it isn't worth the cost of borrowing money from China to pay for it) illustrates the childishness of leftist politics. A sane society will concern itself with defeating any notion that unless we pump billions of dollars of taxpayer monies into an enterprise, it will simply collapse like Barack Obama’s ego following the first presidential debate.

—Mustang Sends

Sunday Faith Blog

Do you believe in ghosts?   Or spirits?

"For this God is our God for ever and ever; he will be our guide even to the end."  Psalms 48:14
Does it fit?

have a great Sunday....
Z and Mustang 

Obama and Marx....a bit of history

Talk about clever.  thanks, Ellen....
z

A personal moment

photo by Mr. Z...Santa Monica.

I don't usually share personal things too much...not since the little sharing I did when my husband died, including information regarding the disease he suddenly got, hoping people would gain some awareness about it (Amyloidosis)......I did a few Valentine's Day posts to him and the rare other post for him, but not much.  By the way, I want to mention again that  I will always appreciate all of your comments and support during that terrible time, October 10, 2009.   Yes, 3 years ago, imagine?

Our 22nd anniversary would have been tomorrow, Saturday........I wanted to write something, but didn't know what to write here....until just ten minutes ago, when I found something in an old phone book.

I was looking for a phone number and couldn't find it, so I opened an older phone book knowing it was there...it wasn't,  but, there were many folded papers and cards inside that older book.  One caught my eye and I pulled it out from the others... I won't say what it said exactly but I'll tell you it was an amazingly precious Anniversary note from my Mr. Z written for our 12th anniversary....If I could be so disloyal as to share the wording, you'd flip even more at the 'coincidence' of my finding this today.

Is something like this really just a coincidence?  I never believe in coincidences.  I call them "something that happens when God wants to stay anonymous."

Happy Anniversary, Mr. Z.  I miss you.
By the way, Mr. Z wrote a lot of articles for geeeeZ....his label is MR Z'S OPINION on my sidebar.  THIS WAS HIS MOST IMPORTANT.  I hope it blesses you as it did so many people; he wrote it just before he suddenly passed away.

Z

Prominent American Traitors

Note: The following email comes from a friend who lives in Japan. What strikes us about this is not simply its thoughtfulness, but the potential ramifications of what the email suggests. After reading these two short paragraphs, we would appreciate your point of view.

“Benedict Arnold may have been our first traitor, but he certainly wasn't our last … not even our most highly placed. Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr conspired with a British Ambassador to seize the Louisiana territory. Others have included John Walker, Jr., Major Nadal Malik Hasan, Robert Hanssen, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, Alger Hiss, Iva Toguri D’Aquino (also known as Tokyo Rose), Aldrich Ames, Adam Yahiye Gadahn, and many Americans regard Jane Fonda as a traitor to her country.

“And in terms of prominence, there could be one more: a man whose lofty position and race may ultimately exonerate him from prosecution. An unwillingness to prosecute doesn't alter the fact of his transgressions against the American people, however. Unlike Benedict Arnold, who sold his country cheaply —in exchange for a promotion to major general, the American people will be paying for the treachery of Mr. Obama decades into the future."

Let us know what you think.

What do you think?

Good morning, class

Today’s assignment will be your unfettered opinion about how the presidential candidates fared last night. Please tell us:

(a) What you liked about each candidate

(b) What you disliked about each candidate

(c) Did either candidate “seal the deal?”

(d) Is the press treating each candidate fairly in terms of the aftermath of this debate?

You WILL be graded.  :-)

M and Z

Tonight's Presidential Debate

The Commission on Presidential Debates has approved the following topics for the Presidential Debate scheduled for 3 October 2012:

• The Economy - I

• The Economy - II

• The Economy - III

 • Health Care

• The Role of Government

• Governing

 

 " Who here has no idea how the economy works?  Psssst... Put your hand down, sir."

 
Obviously, the economy is getting most of the attention with moderators hoping that they run out of time before Barack Obama gets around to announcing that he’s changed the name of his cabinet to politburo.


With that barb out of the way, pretend for a moment that Romney’s chief of staff just called you on the phone and asked you to offer advice on what Romney should say about the Economy. What would your advice be?

-M and Z

The Game Plan

Here are a few more ...

Diplomacy? Diplomacy?

We don’t need no stink’in diplomacy …

This post is for all those folks who are still sniffing pixie dust in Never-Never Land, who breathed a sigh of relief when there was no longer a cowboy in the White House. But let us just say that while Dubaya wasn’t our fair-haired boy, no one in Iran thought to threaten the United States with an attack on our forward deployed bases when Bush was president.

According to one news source, Iranian Aerospace General Amir Ali Hajizadeh has warned that his country will target US bases in the region in the event of war with Israel [Source]. This could actually signal two things: first, that the Iranians believe Israel is getting ready to strike and have filled their Depends, or that Iran is hoping Øbama will send Israel to a time out.

Sorry Charlie … that won’t happen; Barack Insane Øbama no longer has any influence over Israel. By now, Israel knows that it stands alone in the Middle East. Iran knows that, too. This is why Iran wants to drag Øbama kicking and screaming back to the table. Iran is sweating bullets because if Israel does attack Iran, no matter what else happens after that, the Iranian government will need to keep an equally focused eye on the Iranian people, who we think have had it with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

The fact that Geeez is not a Barack-friendly blog should come as no surprise to anyone. We think Øbama is bad for America. But this isn't about D’s or R’s … nor even conservative vs. liberal philosophy. It’s about common sense. The present administration doesn't have any. Well, let us hedge on that just a little bit. If the present administration has any common sense, it’s a better-kept secret than Dick Cheney’s location on 11 September 2001.

If there was any common sense, someone from the State Department would be sending back-channel signals to the Iranians to this effect: “Bluster all you want to, but remember these words: if you attack Israel, if you attack any US base, if you attack any ally of the United States, we will miraculously and immediately transform Tehran into a Wal-Mart parking lot. And we won’t even give you a fair warning that the egg is on its way. And also, tell your Russian buddies to back off because we’re not in the mood for any of their crap either.”

We feel certain that a sincere communiqué, sent back-channel (allowing Iran to save face), would cause Iran to sit down and shut up. It would also reassure Israel and cause them to curtail their threatening rhetoric. That’s what should happen. That is what would defuse a situation growing more dangerous by the day.

But is that what is really happening? We doubt it. We think Barack Øbama is consulting with Hillary Clinton at this very hour, devising an apology to Iran, the promise of $16 trillion in foreign aid, and complete access to our nuclear weapons secrets if the Iranians promise not to do anything that will disrupt the president’s bid for reelection. All of which suggests that we don’t need no stink’in diplomacy when an apology will do.

—M&Z