Something In The Air

The college football season has been tremendous this year, from outstanding Color & Pageantry to fantastic finishes.  There have been several Hail Mary touchdowns to win games, notably Nebraska taking down Northwestern in Lincoln, but nothing can compare to the Prayers In Jordan Hare, where Auburn used a miraculous reception and extremely rare return of a missed field goal, of 108 yards mind you, to win back to back games in the rugged Southeastern Conference.

 

Not to be outdone, the National Football League games on week fourteen were the most dramatic ever, with longstanding records having been broken in rapid pace. 

Matt Prater, a UCF product kicking for the Denver Broncos, broke the record for the longest field goal in NFL history, a 64 yarder.  Tom Dempsey, who kicked with club foot, set the record, which has been equaled twice since, in 1973 with the New Orleans Saints.

Among the records were the most fourth quarter lead changes and the most total touchdowns on a single day.  In the final 2:05, five scores took place exchanging the lead before Baltimore edged Minnesota with :09 left.  Miami had not won in Pittsburgh in decades, but as underdogs did so on this day. 

Barely.

The Steelers, took a page from the Cal-Berkley in the Big Game of 1982 by successfully navigating a series of laterals to score the winning touchdown, only to learn the player to hit paydirt stepped out unforced at the thirteen yard line.  The Dolphins win.
 

Let it snow.

 

Several games were played in a winter wonderland.  The dream of most every youngster, to play the game in field of covered snow, was played out on HD screens around the world for all to see.

 

Impacted games included the Minnesota Vikings at the Baltimore Ravens, the Kansas City Chiefs at the Washington Redskins, the Atlanta Falcons at the Green Bay Packers and the Miami Dolphins, pictured below, at the Pittsburgh Steelers.

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Nothing can compare to the game at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia as the Philadelphia Eagles hosted the Detroit Lions.  The conditions during the game were incredible, a wild whiteout.

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Having followed both the collegiate game (my favorite) and The National Football League from my earliest memory some 45 seasons ago, I cannot remember searching for the pigskin in such a winter wonderland.  The whiteout got the attention of the nation, deservedly having been the topic of conversation at public schools and water coolers across the fruited plain.

Sadly, the global warming enthusiasts, who failed to find themselves in front of HD television, or for heaven sakes, in the stands of one of these contests.  In fact, on the day following the snowstorms, the administration held it first annual White House Task Force on Climate Preparedness.

As reported on Jim Hoft's Gateway Pundit, "The task force was established to advise the Obama administration “on how the Federal Government can respond to the needs of communities nationwide that are dealing with the impacts of climate change,”

Perhaps they discussed sending some snow plows down to Dallas, who was blanketed over the weekend with ice and frigid temperatures.

Additionally, former Clinton chief of staff John Podesta, who was co founder of The Center for American Progress, has been brought in to help retrieve the sinking second term of President Obama.  Podesta will be tasked to help save Obamacare, which has turned into a catastrophe, and to, according to The Washington Post, "be broad and include climate change issues and executive actions."

The description by the Post is most troubling for those of us who see the real directive behind the actions take by our president.  Among those sounding an alarm is Rush Limbaugh, who nailed it in describing the objective of shredding the Constitution.

As such, it is important to note that global warming, or the newly defined global climate change, is not about weather.  These people have no idea if it is going to rain next Tuesday in their own back yard.  It is about governmental control, the transfer of wealth, and limitations on real property, restricting property rights under the global premise of social justice.

If it was about weather, we all could conclude given the NFL frolicking around in a winter wonderland over the weekend that the earth is not warming.  Certainly, the those pushing climate change regulatory action know it as well.

This weekend, there was something in the air.  In more ways then one.

Hillary Lurking in Shadows

It is quite apparent that the presidency of Barack Obama, for reasons that are much to lengthy to list, is an epic failure and his poll numbers are in free fall. Mr. Obama shows absolutely no sign of reversing course as he truly believes in the social justice and redistribution of wealth paths he is taking America down. With every passing day, suspicion grows that Obama recognizes he will be a one term Office holder and will make every effort to ram his policies into law before he gets thrown out of office.

While this may sound great to most Americans, and it is, it appears America will be given an unexpected choice to perhaps guide the future of our nation. I fear many Americans will tend to be comfortable with this potential candidate, with many thinking this is who they wanted in the first place. That person is Hillary Clinton, and the narrative is already being placed out for public consumption. Remember how America supposedly thinks Hillary is most qualified to be President?

I am going to illustrate to you that should she be elected, most of the policies Obama championed will be continued or enacted and America as you once knew it will be gone forever.

Of note, although they both admire and subscribe to the teachings of Saul Alinsky, there are political differences between Obama and Clinton. Obama subscribes to the black liberation theology, where governmental control through mechanisms like heath care initiates wealth redistribution not only as a vehicle toward socialism but to act as a form of reparations, having the oppressors give back what they supposedly stole. Hillary is simply behind wealth distribution as a tenant of socialism, control and global governance.

First, it must be emphasized that Hillary Clinton is a Progressive, and you may recall her adamantly stating that in on of the 2008 Democratic Debates.



Secondly, evidence suggests she is part of a radical clique under the direction of billionaire hedge fund operator George Soros that seeks to impelment a socialist structure and undermine American power and exceptionalism. This was outlined in a book by David Horowitz and Richard Poe called The Shadow Party: How George Soros, Hillary Clinton and Sixties Radicals Seized Control of the Democratic Party. Front Page magazine interviewed author Richard Poe, who offered extensive details on the subject.

Although the book was written in 2006, we can see the premise was spot on. The Democratic Party our Parents were part of no longer exists, having been hijacked by the Progressives. Globally, Soros has almost single handily wrecked the currencies of a few countries and has interjected himself and his policies into the political landscape through organizations he funds like MoveOn.org and The Center for American Progress, left wing think tanks and enormous fund raising arms. He is also heavily involved in the cap and trade debate and was recently among the largest, if not the largest, shareholders of Pertrobras, a Brazilian Oil Company the Obama administration has helped fund. Soros is a known socialist, and as Poe details in the interview, in his book The Age of Fallibility, Soros writes, “The main obstacle to a stable and just world order is the United States".

According to the book, although Clinton was not directly associated with the Shadow Party group, she is closely tied to Soros and his organizations. For example, John Podesta, chief of staff to Bill Clinton, is the president of The Center for American Progress.

What can we learn from Hillary herself about the direction she would be taking America if she were in charge. We can look no further than her speech at the Kyiv Polytechnic Institute in Kyiv on June 2, 2010:

It’s important, too, that we look at how to promote broadly-based prosperity. One of the problems in societies around the world today is that too much of the productivity of the economies are going to too few. Too few people, the political and economic elite, are realizing the vast majority of benefits from economic activity. It’s true in my own country where, unfortunately, economic inequality is increasing. And it’s true in Ukraine. It’s true in Europe and Asia and Africa and South America. So part of the challenge of economic growth and prosperity is to make sure it gets down and equally spread among people. And we have to work towards spurring investment and long-term growth in Ukraine. And we have to work together to end corruption in both the public and the private sectors.

Certainly, that statement about the redistribution of wealth speaks volumes and gives strong indication Clinton subscribes to the current redistributive policies Obama is enacting.

Obviously, there was a large contingent of support for Hillary Clinton in 2088. Given the epic failure of President Obama, smelling blood and running out of years, I think there is a strong possibility Hillary challenges Obama.

Given the abysmal behavior of our news media, there is likely to be an overwhelming group of moderate, independent voters who may think Hillary is who represents them and allows for them to right the wrong of electing Obama, win one for the women and support the candidate many of them think they wanted in the first place.

If this should occur, these voters will be burned again as the policies implemented by President Obama will be expanded upon as the socialistic movement of the Progressives will cement their spot in the American fabric and life as our parents Democrats, and us, once knew may be gone forever.

Let BHO Tell You How It Will Be

Bararck Obama said he would not raise taxes on anyone making over $250K annually. You Lie!

I do not make over $250K annually but with the passage of the health care bill few if any legislators read, my taxes are going up.

After inheriting the deficits from prior administration's, this administration has reacted to a bubble bursting by making all the wrong moves and exponentially escalating the debt in an immoral fashion. How will this be paid for? Not only will our children and grandchildren be saddled with it, so will we. Our taxes are going up!

Once America wakes up and sends this Marxist leader we have to the Center for American Progress, it will likely take America moving to the Fair Tax or a straight flat tax of say 15% to get us back on track.

Don't get me started on the some 47% who do not pay taxes and get handouts from the government.

In the meantime, for your listening pleasure, George Harrison performs his Beatles composition from the Revolver album along with Eric Clapton: