State of the "Onion" address

A 'union" is partially defined as follows:

a number of persons, states, etc., joined or associated together for some common purpose: student union; credit union.


a group of states or nations united into one political body, as that of the American colonies at the time of the Revolution, that of England and Scotland in 1707, or that of Great Britain and Ireland in 1801.


the Union. the United States: The Union defeated the Confederacy in 1865.

I submit to you that our country is no longer a "union" as defined. In fact, our whole government stinks to high heavens and could easily make one cry; so I refer to us as an "onion", not a union.

The Presidents's State of the Union address to Congress tonight promises to be more of the same. It will be all about what HE is doing to SAVE our country from the dangerous Tea Party faction, right- wing talk radio hosts and others of us too stupid to know what is good for us. Of course, he is too smart to name these "threats" outright, but he nevertheless is determined to wipe any and all opposition off the map in any way possible.

I have discerned a move toward the center from Obama, but he remains a very dangerous union- destroying Socialist and Statist. Statism is defined as:

"the theory or practice of concentrating economic and political power in the state, resulting in a weak position for the individual or community with respect to the government."

Obama's constant use of executive orders to legislate from the White House is a major threat to our democracy as we know it. His actions are much more like those of a dictator than a President elected to look out for the welfare of the citizens of his country.

Obama will propose a budget freeze and a ban on earmarks in tonight's speech, but that is just try to appease his political enemies and make the American people think that he actually is a fiscal conservative: smoke and mirrors folks, smoke and mirrors!!

This is a dangerous man folks, and he hasn't changed a bit. He is indeed a wolf in sheep's clothing and in my opinion a true "Manchurian candidate".

Bringing Civility to Sports

Recent events in Arizona have increased the call for civility, at least for we Conservatives to be more civil. The Libs, Statists, Socialists, Marxists and other ne'er- do- wells will be allowed to continue using their fiery, demeaning rhetoric and not be called on it by the Obamaphilic press corps.

I promise that I will do my part to be more civil in my everyday discourse. I am a big sports fan and am myself subjected to this uncivil language from the mouths of Sports Announcers and Analysts. I often emulate their coarse discourse. Here are some of the changes that I will make and I implore all of my Conservative brothers and sisters out there to follow my leadership in the effort toward more civil discourse:

When I am watching a basketball games, pro or college, I will no longer use the term "shoot the ball into the basket". This conjures up images of death and mayhem. Instead I will say, " propel the spherical orb into an arc with a fixed cylindrical goal in mind." Of course, in the time that it takes for me to say this, a guy like Kobe Bryant could score at least ten points. This is a rather cumbersome way of expressing my desire for success in scoring points, so maybe I will just shut up and watch the game passively!

Also in sports, the term "sudden death" is often used. This is a rather barbaric way to describe the ending of an athletic contest. I will NEVER use that terminology again. I will instead say, "Concurrent shut down of major bodily organs, resulting in the lack of vital signs indicating the presence of life being sustained." Or again, I can just sit there are watch the continuation of the exhibition of athletic prowess resulting in relative success for one team and moral victory for the other team.

In baseball, one of the pitcher's main goals is to strike out the opposing batter. There are several "flash point" terms here that need correcting. First of all "strike out" could mean that the pitcher (a better term would be thrower of the ball) wants to harm the batter ( a better term would be proponent of unregulated logging, since he uses a wooden bat) in some way. Think of all the environmental damage that a pitcher like Mariano Rivera of the Yankees has done over the years due to breaking hitters bats with his wicked "cutter" pitch. I 'll bet that several acres of trees have been needlessly cut down to supply bats for the poor, unfortunate players who have tried to hit (make contact) with his pitches over the past 15 years. The word "cutter" also portends something evil; perhaps "ball that breaks sharply down and in toward the batter" would be more appropriate. Of course in the time it takes to say this, Mr. Rivera has probably struck out, I mean disposed of, I mean finished off, I mean destroyed, I mean eliminated, I mean... oh heck, I don't know what I mean; how about "expunged" the batter!! So as Mr. Rivera walks off the mound with another save (is he a Messiah??) to his credit, he has expunged another batter. It will probably take a few years for this to become accepted sports jargon!! The word "batter" needs to be replaced with perhaps "flailer." If you have watched much baseball lately, "flailer" might be more accurate than "batter" in describing what happens.

In the two or three minutes of my life that I have watched volleyball matches, I have heard the term "kill shot". This is both shocking and appalling to my sensitivities. At least it gives me an excuse not to watch any sport with this obvious level of barbarism! Please, please, please replace "kill shot" with something more acceptable such as "stifle" shot. Except for the fact that it rhymes with "rifle" it doesn't conjure up such terrible images in one's mind, and will allow me to sleep without having the image of an exploding ball keeping me up all night. After all, when Archie Bunker told Edith to "stifle" nothing terrible happened!

Don't get me started on ice hockey, one of the most barbarous of sports! The players use sticks with ends shaped like half of a boomerang and they hit a frozen piece of vulcanized rubber called a "puck" with this stick. They are allowed to crash other players into the boards surrounding the rink. The skates that they use have razor- sharp edges. They do things like slash, cross- check, spear, board, trip, hip check, back check, elbow, high stick, hold and hook. A player good at finishing plays is called a "sniper". A player who fights a lot is called an "enforcer". There is just too much in this sport to clean up to make it palatable to the easily offended. When two teams play each other, it is called a "match": talk about incendiary language!! The name of the N.H.L. should be changed to the "Neanderthal Hitman League". This game has gone way too far to be rehabilitated. It is my considered opinion that President Barack H. (H for Hitman?) Obama should appoint a commission to study the violence in hockey and recommend changes to make it less violent. In college we played broomstick hockey, hitting a soccer ball instead of a puck. This change alone would be a good beginning in bringing civility back to sports.

There are other sports which need looking at. Boxing, which is called "The Sweet Science", has the goal of beating your opponent into submission or knocking him senseless for a count of ten. How can anyone stand to watch this mayhem?? Oh, by the way, you can see old Muhammad Ali (Cassius Clay) fights on the Prime Time on Demand channel on Time Warner Cable. The "Thilla' in Manila" fight with Joe Frazier is my favorite fight of all time. Ali said after the fight that he was as close to death as he had ever been. Hey people, at least boxing is not trying to disguise what is really is, so why don't we just leave it alone?? Oh, sorry. I got carried away. Moving on...

Soccer, or "Futbol" is as close to a non- violent sport as there is. Oh, sure people trip each other and run into each other occasionally, but overall there is not much contact... or much scoring either. A score of 2 to 0 (nil) is a major beatdown; and there is 90 minutes of this non -stop excitement, plus a few minutes tacked on at the end for "stoppage time." I guess you could call most soccer matches "the thrill that ends in nil'". The only major problem with the terminology used in soccer is the use of the term "shootout" to break ties in some leagues. If this were changed to "kick the ball until someone FINALLY scores", I would be satisfied. I will be forwarding this recommendation to FIFA,(the governing body of soccer) forthwith.("forthwith" sounds like a soccer term)...

There you have it; my take on what is wrong with sports terminology today. If we are going to be made to be politically correct and civil, what better place to start than with sports? I have obviously just scratched the surface. It would take a Presidential Commission several years to come up with recommendations, get them implemented, and screw up another segment of American society, all in the name of... wait for it... POLITICAL CORRECTNESS!!

Save the Planet ???

Global warming,

Glaciers forming,

Weather storming,

Insects swarming;

Climate cooling,

Countries dueling,

Need more schooling,

Need retooling,

It’s so grueling,

Water pooling;

From the rain,

We’re still in pain,

We need a brain;

Like the tin man,

We've  got no plan,

Eat some wheat bran,

Get a cat scan,

Throw a beer can;

Into the trash,

Now that’s so brash,

You’ll get no cash,

And in a flash;

You’ll hurt the planet,

That’s made of granite;

And other stone,

You’ll be alone,

If crops aren’t grown,

And you’ll bemoan,

That you’re a drone;

That works for free,

A worker bee,

And you can’t see;

What you’ve created,

You've never mated;

With the queen;

You’ve got no life,

Or kids or wife;

Or those who care,

About the air;

Or land or sea,

Now let’s agree,

To disagree,

If the degree,

Of temperature;

Is up or down,

And will we drown;

In our own waste;

Or if our earth,

Will have rebirth;

All on it’s own,

If left alone..

The New CCC

It's been a while since I blogged and a lot has happened. Probably the most significant event was the trouncing that was put on our country's so- called Liberal leadership in the November mid- term election.

The recent shooting of Congresswoman Giffords was a traumatic event to be sure. However, the Liberal left is trying to use this horrible episode to advance their political agenda. They are taking from the liberal playbook and blaming everyone except those who really share responsibility for this recent unfortunate happening. I have heard their talking point that we Conservatives should engage in "civil discourse" from now on. They, however, say nothing about their responsibility to participate in this discourse. It is my considered opinion that they have no intention of reciprocating during this process, and in fact, are just trying to shut down any and all criticism of the Obama regime by Conservatives.

Their are a couple of things in play here. The Fairness doctrine, which was abolished by the FCC in 1987, basically states that differing opinions (mostly political) must be given equal time on the airways. If it were in effect now, when Rush Limbaugh is on the air for three hours a day there would have to be a three hour show giving the liberal point of view also. The big problem with this is hardly anybody would listen to the liberal point of view. It has been tried (remember "Air America"?) and it has failed. Look at the TV ratings. Fox News Channel, basically a conduit for conservative talk and opinion, pulls in as many viewers as CNN, MSNBC, CNBC and HLN combined. I do not see even liberal Americans supporting the Fairness Doctrine in its present form.

Now to the main point of my blog. I am proposing a new CCC. What is, or was, the CCC you ask? During the Great Depression, President Roosevelt, our first socialist President, proposed several programs to put Americans to work. The following is a description of the CCC from Wikipedia:
"The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was a public work relief program in the United States for unemployed men age 18-25, providing unskilled manual labor related to the conservation and development of natural resources in rural lands owned by federal, state and local governments from 1933 to 1942. As part of the New Deal of President Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR), the CCC was designed to provide relief for young men in relief families who had a very hard time finding jobs during the Great Depression while implementing a general natural resource conservation program on public lands in every state and territory. Maximum enrollment reached 300,000 and in nine years some 2.5 million young men participated. The U.S. Army was in charge of operations, but there was no military training nor uniforms."

I am proposing a new CCC to deal with this "civil discourse" matter. I am calling it the "Civil Conservative Clique." As a member of the new CCC, Conservatives will deal civilly in discussing politics with liberals by following a few simple rules:

Rule 1: Do not engage in name-calling. Liberals love to call names and if you join them you are just feeding their rage;

Rule 2: State facts, not opinion. Liberals are immediately disarmed when presented with valid facts and they will immediately resort to name calling and character assassination. Refer back to Rule 1 at this point;

Rule 3: Do not offer a Liberal any hope that you will compromise with him or her. They are looking for you to back down from your principles and will take it as a sign of weakness if you do;

Rule 4: Smile a lot, do not show negative emotions or body language. Always nod in the affirmative, even if you disagree with what is being said. It will put your liberal opponent on the defensive;

Rule 5: Repetition. Keep repeating your talking points. Make it like a mantra if you have to. I have heard about the liberal mantra over and over. Give 'em some of their own medicine!;

Rule 6: Quote famous Conservatives such as Ronald Reagan, Sarah Palin, George W. Bush, Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity as much as possible. Liberals hate everyone on this list, and by bringing up their names over and over you will surely shorten the duration of your argument or discussion;

Rule 7: Insist that your Liberal opponent show proof for every fact and figure that they purport to know. This is assuming that they will attempt to sway you with facts in the first place;

Rule 8: Use phrases such as "I see", "that's an interesting point", and other non- committal words. It makes them think that you are indeed listening to them, whether you really are or not;

Rule 9: When you are finished with your discussion, offer your hand for a handshake. This often drives Liberals crazy, and makes them invoke excuses such as, "I have a cold", "my hand is injured", when they refuse to shake hands with you.

Rule 10: As soon as you are finished, take out your cell phone and pretend to call an important Conservative such as Rush. Make sure that you are still within earshot of your Liberal opponent. It'll start the wheels turning in whatever grey matter they possess.

Some of the above discussion was serious, and some of it was written in jest. We do, however, need to change the tenor of discussion between both sides. There will never be an equal exchange of ideas given the presence of the Liberal "State-Run" media. We Conservatives need to do our part to get our message out. Come to think of it, given the present state of our economy, maybe it's time to bring back the real CCC!