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Arizona Governor Brewer to President Obama “Do your job”

Draper — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 15:39:17 +0000

Watching this is just like watching a successful Thanksgiving Day game against the boys in burnt orange. I don’t care if you call it political posturing or not. It’s dead-on accurate.

Earlier this month, Governor Jan Brewer sat in the Oval Office with President Barack Obama to discuss the critical issue of border security. The Governor personally related to the President the concerns of millions of Arizonans over the lack of security on Arizona’s southern border. During their visit, President Obama committed to present details, within two weeks of their meeting, regarding his plans to commit National Guard troops to the Arizona border and commit to spend $500 million in additional funds on border security.

Arizona Governor Jan Brewer Website

Zucker brothers “Airplane!” :plagiarism or genius?

Draper — Thu, 27 May 2010 22:33:57 +0000

If you’re like me, you recognize 1980’s “Airplane!” as a stroke of absolute comedic genius courtesy of the Zucker brothers. Without the endless parade of groanworthy one-liners and sight gags, we wouldn’t have other gems like its 1982 sequel (“Airplane II: The Sequel”), “Top Secret!”, the “Hot Shots” series, or The “Naked Gun” series. I always thought it was a spoof of those “Airport” disaster movies from the 1970s, but apparently I was wrong.

Reporter: What kind of plane is it?

Johnny: Oh, it’s a big pretty white plane with red stripes, curtains in the windows and wheels and it looks like a big Tylenol.

As revealed to me this afternoon by one of my staff, the Zuckers actually lifted their masterpiece, almost line-for-line, from an obscure 1957 drama called “Zero Hour!”. The plot’s the same (a bad fish dinner incapacitates the crew) and the lead character’s name (Ted Stryker) is even the same. It’s like all they did was re-shoot many of the scenes and tack on a silly punchline at the end.
Anyway, I thought it was interesting…

Berwick: “Heck yeah, there will be rationing!”

Draper — Thu, 27 May 2010 21:56:57 +0000

He answered: “We can make a sensible social decision and say, ‘Well, at this point, to have access to a particular additional benefit [new drug or medical intervention] is so expensive that our taxpayers have better use for those funds.’ We make those decisions all the time. The decision is not whether or not we will ration care–the decision is whether we will ration with our eyes open.”

In the same interview, he also said, “The social budget is limited—we have a limited resource pool. It makes terribly good sense to at least know the price of an added benefit, and at some point we might say nationally, regionally, or locally that we wish we could afford it, but we can’t.”

And don’t forget – Congress has passed a law exempting themselves from this mess.

Photo Credit (Mel’s ATCs)

President Pantywaist

Draper — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 05:34:46 +0000

But I have a question – is calling Obama a “surrender MONKEY” considered a racial epithet?

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/gerald_warner/blog/2009/04/10/barack_obama_president_pantywaist__new_surrender_monkey_on_the_block

It sure was 2 months ago. Just ask Al Sharpton…

http://www.tmz.com/2009/02/18/al-sharpton-monkey-cartoon-obama/

Still, it’s good reading (especially considering it’s from a vinegary old Brit.) It confirms my suspicion that the only thing the world hates more than a strong, sometimes unilaterally-acting America is an apologetic, appeasement-oriented America. At least with the former, they can throw their stones of indignance without fear of being nuked by some bad guy.

I’m just waiting for Obama to officially change his name to Chamberlain.