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Wednesday, April 29, 2009
II. President Obama's 100th day party
By Chris
Charles 4-29-2009
The
White House hosted a prime-time news conference tonight to mark President Obama’s 100th day in office. The
hour long event was consistent with the president’s two previous prime-time pressers. Unlike the news conferences during
the Bush Presidency, the tone from the press core was warm and positive, if not downright supportive. The press conference
consisted of an opening speech and 13 soft ball questions each followed by 13 mini speeches.
The evening included questions on torture,
abortion, the auto industry, and the highlight of the night from a seemingly amateur NY Times
reporter (and professional Obama worshiper), “what enchants you about the presidency so far?” Seriously,
that was a part of a question to the President of the United States from the New York Times! For a follow up the times should
have asked him what his favorite color is. Respected and esteemed news organizations such as BET were granted questions however
the Fox News Channel did not make the cut. Perhaps if Fox News aired more hip-hop videos and reality shows they might crack
the top 13 national news outlets. Never mind Fox News is by far the highest rated cable news station. This is a Presidential
news conference after all and you wouldn’t want only the top media outlets to be given time.
There were a few worthwhile
questions in an otherwise mind numbing hour of media fawning. Including one from CBS News that asked the president about the
CIA memos that former VP Dick Cheney requested de-classified, that documented the Intel that we gained from enhanced interrogation.
President Obama took a good 10 minutes to answer but the gist of it was that he wanted to maintain the moral high ground and
that he thought we could get the same Intel without “torturing” our enemies. He said that enhanced interrogation
was “taking a shortcut” and would ultimately hurt our intelligence gathering efforts. No follow up was asked,
such as, if a short-cut would prevent a hole in the ground in LA to match the one in New York and prevent another 3,000 dead
Americans, would you use that short-cut? Or, would you use a short-cut to prevent the Brooklyn Bridge from ending up on the
bottom of the East River and stop thousands of New Yorkers from being water-boarded to death as a result? Another interesting
question was one from some leftist that asked the president if he was going to push for the “freedom of choice act”.
President Obama ducked the question but he did say that it was not one of his top priorities. Is there a need for this kind
of legislation? Isn’t abortion legal? Did we all miss Roe v Wade being overturned lately? A better
question would have been, do you support a “freedom to exist act”?
One topic that was not broached
was the tax day protests. The president brought up the subject earlier today in Missouri where he mocked the tea partiers,
with an elitist tone. He also blamed Fox News for the protests, and you were wondering why FNC didn’t get a question.
Another topic overlooked by the 13 lucky questioners was Maverick and Goose taking Air Force One out on a $300,000 joy ride
to buzz NYC’s “towers”. Did you notice that Bloomberg did not get a question either? The president knew
Michael was still pissed because he spilled coffee on himself when the plane flew over. Not that this is be a big issue in
the grand scheme, but do you think President Bush would have been spared the embarrassing question if this happened under
his watch? At least The Times could have used this as a follow-up to the “enchanted” question.
Admittedly, Conservative
Nationalist was not one of the media outlets invited to the White House tonight but we should have been. Our questions are
at least better than those from The New York Times!
-Chris
Thursday, April 16, 2009
I. Isn't a Conservative Nationalist just a Republican?
 by Chris Charles 4-16-2009
Isn't a Conservative Nationalist just a Republican? NO. A Conservative Nationalist
can be a Republican, but many Republicans are not conservative nor are they nationalists.This article is not meant to insult
Republicans, it is meant to point out the areas in which some in the Republican party have abandoned conservative principles.
As a result many Republicans holding office today are in many ways similar to liberal Democrats (only without the
backing of the liberal media). This leads to lost elections. Most conservatives are not inspired by liberal Republicans because most
conservatives will not back someone just because they have an "R" after their name. Conservatives want
representatives who share their core principles, not just a political party. Besides, why vote for "liberal light"
when you can vote for the real thing? Think of liberal Republicans as light cigarettes and liberal Democrats as non-filters,
they can both kill you.
So what is a Conservative Nationalist? and how does a CN differ from liberal Republicans?
A CN believes in a limited federal government, where citizens are free to live their lives with minimal government
interference. Some Republicans support a large federal government. They also support higher taxes to fund the larger
and more intrusive government.
The CN knows that we must maintain a strong national defense to ensure the freedom
that we enjoy. Some Republicans are willing to cut military programs and reduce our military might.
The CN
holds sacred the Constitution of the United States of America. The Constitution is overlooked by some Republican's if
it stands in the way to growing the federal government.
The armed forces of the United States are revered
by CN's. Some Republican's hamper our servicemen with rules of engagement that put them in danger.
A CN
is a student of history and learns from those who have come before them. Some Republicans think that they know better than
our founding fathers who created our system of government.
A CN will defend the innocent and prosecute the guilty.
Some Republican's take advantage of the innocent and defend the guilty.
A CN supports what they believe
is right, they have the courage to act even when doing so is not popular. Many Republican's believe in political expediency,
they will support only what is good for them.
The Conservative Nationalist also welcomes any Republican, Democrat,
libertarian, or independent who share the Conservative Nationalist values.
-Chris
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