Barr Endorses Impeachment… Media Doesn’t Seem to Care

On Friday whilst speaking to the House Judiciary Committee, Barr endorses an impeachment inquiry of the sitting President, George W. Bush.  Shocking, eh?  Besides a few bloggers and the Barr campaign itself, NO ONE has covered what I felt was an obvious statement of no confidence in the President.  Take a look at what he had to say below in text and in the video.

We have heard even though this is not, as the Chairman correctly points out, an impeachment inquiry. This committee has the awesome responsibility whether or not at some point in time to conduct such a momentous inquiry. It is not a responsibility of myself now as a private citizen. But if in fact the decision before this committee and the American people is constitutional inquiry or constitutional silence, then by God, I choose constitutional inquiry.

Perhaps the Obama world tour has occupied all of the political news media, and this just slipped into the cracks, as the mainstream media slobbered all over itself on their way back from Europe.

Bob Barr Testifies in House Judiciary Committee Hearing

Today, Bob Barr had the opportunity to serve his country by testifying in a Congressional hearing today.  He spoke about Executive Power and Its Constitutional Limitations in a hearing on Dennis Kucinich’s impeachment resolution.  He spoke extensively about how President Bush has used the Executive Branch to achieve greater control of the country than was ever anticipated, and how neither of the other two branches did their duties to balance the power he wielded from the office of President.  You can read the transcript (which I highly recommend reading in full) here on Bob’s campaign blog.

This Guy OBVIOUSLY Does Not Live In the South

As most of you know, I am writing from Atlanta, GA.  I am one of the few native Atlantans found here, as we were surpassed in population while I was still in college by out of town visitors who end up staying here.  Most of these transplants are “Yankees” who moved here for jobs, school, or to escape the harsh winters.  After college, I moved around the country with my job to Indianapolis, Savannah, Dallas-Ft. Worth, and Montgomery before I chose to move back to my home.  For those of you who have never had the chance to visit during July or August, believe me when I say that it is HOT.  And not hot like it is in the desert, but a thick, sticky, sweltering heat.  Having been in the desert near Las Vegas in July, dry heat does not even compare to the misery that a summer in Atlanta without air conditioning would be.  I just had a new Carrier unit installed yesterday for my home, and keeping my cool, in the house, in the car, or at the pool, is very important to me, since I am VERY hot-natured.  In fact, I sweat THINKING about going for a walk.  The programmable thermostat I have keeps my home from burning up in the day, yet provides a conservation of energy, and more importantly to me, a conservation of funds from departing my checking account.  I have taken the time to find out which cost-cutting methods will result in a larger pool of money from which I can retire, buy a new vehicle, or purchase the latest gadget that strikes my fancy.  Call me selfish, but when it comes to conservation, the end result is all about ME.

Today, I was reading a piece on Time.com where the writer, Joe Klein, suggests that “both [Presidential] candidates call for an immediate 5 deg.F thermostat adjustment”.  I had no idea that there were only two people running for the American Presidency, nor did I know that they were so concerned with the temperature of my home.  His suggestion comes under the guise of conservation for the environment, since “air-conditioning is bad for the planet, and for national security, and for our balance-of-payments deficit.”  If you are an anti-capitalist (using the term environmentalist to disguise your intentions), the global warming argument probably makes sense.  Since no one has been able to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that it exists, I am not a believer, but the other two negatives of using air conditioning are interesting, and I am not sure how A/C directly contributes to them.  Luckily, there is no further explanation in the article.  The piece goes on further to blame the “energy crisis” on George W. Bush’s lack of a call to sacrifice after the events of 9/11/01.  Interesting.

Quick Question: Where are the FEMA Screamers?

After all of the flooding in the Midwestern US, I am wondering where all of the people demanding FEMA aid and help to assist those less fortunate who were “trapped” in flooded areas are.  In September 2005, you could not turn on the TV without seeing yet another “victim” of Hurricane Katrina whining about having lost everything and being trapped by the flood waters.

To play a little conspiracy theorist, I am going to assume that the floods in Iowa, Indiana, Illinois, and others were caused by the weather manipulator operated by George W. Bush.  The same one he used to create Hurricane Katrina, blow up the levees, and is most likely on the same computer that he uses to control gas prices.  How did he fail with this plan to ruin the corn crop for his oil buddies by not causing the same media sensationalism he did when he had the hurricane hit New Orleans to “knock out the oil refineries along the Gulf” so his cronies could arbitrarily raise prices for record profits?

**Please note that the ridiculous conjecture in the previous paragraph is NOT reflective of my true beliefs, but rather a poor attempt at humor at the expense of Ray Nagin, Kanye West, and Nancy Pelosi for the absurd theories to villify a man who may in fact have trouble planning how to put on his pants in the morning.**