Happy St. Patrick's Day (With Reservations)

Happy St. Patrick's Day (With Reservations)

 

Forget for now the annual upheaval involving homosexuals demanding that they be accorded special treatment that has recently  accompanied and sullied the celebration of the Christian Feast of St. Patrick, more commonly known as St. Patrick’s Day.  (See below.)

Forget for now the fact that March 17th commemorates Lá Fhéile Pádraig, the date on which St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, died in the fifth century after bringing Christianity to that pagan land, and to many people who subsequently dedicated their lives to sharing their new religion with those less enlightened to the faith.  

Forget for now that Lá Fhéile Pádraig was intended to celebrate the religious heritage and culture of Irish men, women, and children worldwide with parades and festivities to demonstrate their pride and resilience, their very survival, in the face of centuries of violent invasions, brutal oppression, deadly famines, and a diaspora that spread the population around the globe, including the 34.7 million who claim Irish ancestry in our country.

Forget for now that the tiny island called Ireland which encompasses a mere 32,599 square miles populated by less than 7 million souls, versus the United States’ 3.5 million miles and over 318 million, has produced the greatest number of saints, scholars, writers, etc. per-capita than any other nation on the planet. 

Forget all that for now but do remember , . . (Read more at http://www.genelalor.com/blog1/?p=36335.)

Guns, Egyptians, Nitwits, and Black Swans

Guns, Egyptians, Nitwits, and Black Swans

 

The following four videos involve a young girl instructing grown men and women on the inherent fallacies of gun control, an Egyptian woman demonstrating gross ingratitude toward America’s president, a black congresswoman showing that ignorance isn’t confined only to the illiterate, and swans and goldfish setting an excellent example for race relations in our country.

On Thursday, a superspunky 9 year old New Jersey girl, who will remain  unidentified here to protect her from anti-gun nuts since she happens to be an active, competitive shooter, testified before the New Jersey Law and Public Safety Committee. 

The subject at hand related to a proposed 10-round gun magazine limit and Ms. Spunky had to school the Garden State legislators on the realities, legalities, and practicalities of the useless proposal.

Amazingly, she was received respectfully and applauded enthusiastically by the predominantly-Democrat, predominantly-gun control advocates.  It remains to be seen whether her testimony will sway the Dems to vote rationally or whether they will succumb to pressure from misguided constituents who still ardently believe that guns and not people kill other people.

See lil Ms. Spunky’s riveting testimony and the reaction here http://tinyurl.com/pow28r6.
A much different vid captured an Egyptian woman and supporter of deposed Egyptian dictator Mohamed Morsi demanding that the Muslim world’s once-favorite American president, Barack Hussein Obama, “shut up your mouth.”

The rather incensed, gap-toothed woman clearly articulates her venom by screaming the obviously-rehearsed rant, “I’d like to convey the following message to Obama. Listen, Obama. We are Egyptian women. You are listen, Obama? Shut up your mouth, Obama. Shut up your mouth, Obama!” (http://tinyurl.com/obmluks)

How utterly rude of her!  It seems she is unaware that the guy she is telling to shut up is the same guy who has often expressed his deep love and admiration for all things Islamic and is widely suspected of being a closeted Muslim!

Texas Democrat Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee proved once again that low-information voters will cast their ballots for just about anyone . . . (Read more and see the other videos at http://www.genelalor.com/blog1/?p=36311.)

The Rotten Core of the Common Core: Part Nine

The Rotten Core of the Common Core: Part Nine

 

As expected, the rotten core of the Common Core gets more rotten by the week, if not by the day.  That’s the bad news.  The good news is that Lincoln has been proven absolutely right in saying, “You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time.” 


Parents and elementary school kids have almost become accustomed to Core’s Byzantine solutions to simple math problems; parents of high schoolers are regularly shocked with the trashy novels their tenth graders are required to read; educators are bewildered as to the necessity of the constant testing and their resulting need to “teach to the test.”

Now comes verification of the reality many of us have been saying all along, namely that the basic principles of the Common Core State Standards Initiative were not state initiatives at all.  They were not hatched in America’s 50 states, nor by the National Governors Association and the Council of Chief State School Officers but were in fact the misbegotten brainchildren of President Barack Hussein Obama’s liberal-leftist White Houses coterie who are using arm-twisting to coerce states to adopt the rotten Core.

Last week, Andy Smarick at Core-supporter Thomas B. Fordham Institute complained that Obama’s education budget proposal gave the administration credit for so many states signing on to Common Core not because it was untrue but because, “The anti-Common Core forces will likely use this language as evidence that Common Core was federally driven,” which it obviously is.

Furthermore, according to the Cato Institute, President Obama is not only now taking credit for the idea but “almost certainly wants to make the Core permanent by attaching annual federal funding to its use.”  That would be the aforementioned federal coercion cudgel employed to keep cash-strapped states and school districts obsequiously in line or risk being denied access to the fed money pot.  


When your enemies attack you, it’s anticipated.  When your friends attack you, it’s either a sign they’re not true friends or that they don’t like what your saying or doing.

The National Education Association, the largest teachers’ union in America, is one of the truest friends of the federal government and the president so when the NEA turned on the Core, it means trouble in River City and across the nation. . . . (Read more at http://www.genelalor.com/blog1/?p=36137.)

The Zach and Barry (6-Minute) Comedy Hour

The Zach and Barry (6-Minute) Comedy Hour

 

President Barack Hussein Obama would be the last to deny he’s infatuated with all things Hollywood and sometimes seems to be auditioning for a role in a comedy flick.  In fact, many people believe he’s entertaining and often as laughable as Vice President Joseph Robinette Biden, especially when Barry commits one of his many alleged gaffes and bloopers. 
They must be intentionally idiotic remarks since they’re so dumb they make Joe look like a Rhodes Scholar and they couldn’t possibly have been true gaffes and bloopers allegedly uttered by a noted constitutional scholar!

After all, maybe America really does have 57 or 58 states and maybe “corpse” is an alternate pronunciation of “corps” and maybe Special Olympics kids are as klutzy as Obama is at bowling, etc. etc. etc. 

Barry has already tried his hand at stand-up comedy–during his rare press conferences in front of friendly audiences consisting predominantly of his avid fans among the White House Press Corps. 

However, he really went Hollywood when he went toe-to-toe in a sit-down skit with comedian Zach Galifianakis on Galifianakis’ Web show “Between Two Ferns” on the website Funny or Die in which Galifianakis asks celebs uncomfortable questions hoping his they will say something funny.

Well, the president of the United States didn’t disappoint in his Bud Abbott-like straight man role opposite Galifianakis’ Lou Costello.  He was indeed funny but not in the usual sense of the word.  He was funny as in odd and incongruous considering he holds the disputable position as Leader of the Free World and here he was trying to pull off a comedy sketch that, as per most accounts, flopped Big Time.

As ShowBiz411.com observed, . . . (Read more at http://www.genelalor.com/blog1/?p=36274.)

AARP's Two Masters, Mammon and Obama (Part One)

AARP's Two Masters, Mammon and Obama (Part One)

 

PART ONE: AARP and Mammon

AARP’s advertised motto, “To serve, not to be served,” mischaracterizes both the purpose and function of the 56 year old organization.

Formerly known as the American Association of Retired Persons, a name changed when it decided it could rake in more money by opening its doors to anyone over 50 retired or not, and originally known as the National Retired Teachers Association until it branched out for the same reason, AARP principally serves two masters, their pagan god of greed, Mammon, and their political god, Barack Hussein Obama.  

Any services provided to AARP’s 40 million gullible members are entirely tangential. 

For those unaware, when you hit the ripe old age of 50 and whether you’re interested or not, AARP will undoubtedly send you a membership card and invite you to join the ranks of those millions of others who foolishly believe they are in the business of looking out for the best interests of America’s elderly and soon-to-be elderly and who are oblivious to the truth that the organization makes over a billion dollars annually from advertisers and promoters of its wide variety of offerings.

None of this is meant in any way to disparage money-making in our capitalistic economic system. 

Rather, what’s repugnant is that AARP still presents itself as a peoples’ advocate or, as CEO A. Barry Rand says on their website, “AARP helps you live the best life at any age.” 

Add to that baloney the fact that it is deep in President Obama’s pocket and subserviently supports every policy the administration supports however detrimental to members those policies may be, AARP could very well be the greatest corporate charlatan in America. 

AARP hopes to accomplish the lofty goal of bettering everyone’s lives by peddling, at a hefty profit, everything from life insurance to long-term care insurance to health insurance to auto insurance to homeowners’ and renters’ insurance, to the biggest boondoggle of all, Medigap policies. 

In addition, they sell loss leaders like driver safety courses as well as a whole slew of other “benefits” you may never need or want but all of which accrue to the benefit of AARP’s bottom line. . . (Read more at http://www.genelalor.com/blog1/?p=36254.)

Lena Dunham, Exposed on SNL!

Lena Dunham, Exposed on SNL!

 

What Lena Dunham lacks in talent and grace and taste she apparently thinks she can compensate for with chutzpa and crudeness and an insatiable appetite for public exhibitionism, all of  which proclivities Lorne Michaels and his “Saturday Night Live” cohorts must have felt would be the ingredients for a spectacular show and great ratings.

They were miserably wrong on all counts–mainly in picking “Girls” creator and star Dunham to host last Saturday.  Dunham bombed with her chutzpa, crudity, and exhibitionism as well as in the ratings game.

And, it’s not as if NBC didn’t hype her appearance by putting Dunham on its Today and Late Night with Seth Meyers shows prior to her hosting “SNL,” all to little avail. 

According to Deadline.com, the 27 year old presumptuous actress/comedienne pulled in a “4.1 household rating in the metered markets and a 2.1 in adults 18-49 in the markets with Local People Meters. That was down 11% in households and down 19% in 18-49 from last week’s show hosted by Jim Parsons. These are SNL‘s second-lowest results of the season in both households and 18-49.”

Those lousy numbers prove once again that it’s impossible to make a silk purse out of a sow’s rump no matter how much promotion a network does.

“SNL” long ago lost the luster that made it one of the most popular shows on NBC before its decline from the “not ready for prime time players” into the “not ready for any time hosts.”  Three nights ago the show lost whatever claim to fame it ever had as well as any shred of decency it had left, all thanks to Lena Dunham.

“SNL” also long ago lost its satirical sense of purpose and instead of ridiculing foolishness and corruption through biting humor, last Saturday, Lorne and Company resorted to a mocking, borderline-blasphemous skit posed as comedy and featuring a naked Lena Dunham in the role of Eve and Taran Killam as a similarly-naked Adam satirizing the Bible’s Book of Genesis, life in the Garden of Eden, and God Himself.

Clearly a product of her parentage, of her Protestant father, Carroll Dunham, who paints “overtly sexualized pop art” and her Jewish mother, Laurie Simmons, who “photographs artistic domestic scenes with dolls” . . . (Read more at http://www.genelalor.com/blog1/?p=36233.)

Mostly Good Abortion News!

Mostly Good Abortion News!

 

It's difficult to imagine anything good about legally or illegally snuffing out the lives of innocent pre-born infants since the “procedure” is inherently evil but, still, there is some good news concerning the status of abortion in America today.

CBSNews, an avid abortion supporter, bemoaned the fact that “The last abortion clinic in the vast, impoverished Rio Grande Valley closed Thursday, along with the sole remaining clinic in the 400-mile stretch between Houston and the Louisiana border.”

Those closures mean that 19 Texas abortion clinics, with 24 left to go, have now shut their doors thanks to last year’s imposition of “tough new abortion restrictions.” 

Not mentioned by CBS, those restrictions were designed to provide crucial safeguards to protect the health of Texas women who now receive substandard care in unregulated and unsafe abortion mills and to save the pre-born from excruciatingly painful executions by banning abortions after 20 weeks.

Other good news regarding the abortion industry includes the encouraging reality that more U.S. states have restricted abortions in the last two years than in the previous decade and that the Oklahoma House of Representatives just passed a bill vitually identical to the Texas law.

Abortion truths tend to hurt, and hurt badly, but they don’t hurt at all when the people most affected choose to ignore the truths or are misled into thinking they are lies.

Last month, NationalReview.com posted a story titled, “More Black Babies Are Aborted than Born in New York City” which cited data from N.Y.C.’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to prove that very sad truth.

In fact, the complete data are worse.

While blacks comprise approximately 25% of the population, the Big Apple recorded that, of the 73,815 abortions performed in 2012, 42.4% took the lives of black babies; more than 6,500 more blacks, 31,328 as opposed to 24,758, were aborted than born.  The stats are chilling and support the contention that an African-American genocide is in progress thanks to Roe v. Wade, abortion mills like Planned Parenthood of Ameica, and black activists such as Al Sharpton who persistently defend PPoA and its founder, the racist geneticist, Margaret Sanger.

(Incidentally, that NationalReview.com article gained national attention after pro-life actress Patricia Heaton bravely tweeted the link, http://tinyurl.com/l2lt3xx.)

Valerie Gatto, newly-crowned Miss Pennsylvania 2014, and her mother represent something of a counterbalance to the atrocious black genocide going on in New York and, with any luck, should be role models for women and girls contemplating abortion since Gatto came close to being aborted.

Her mother was brutally raped at knife-point and nearly murdered. . . (Read more at http://www.genelalor.com/blog1/?p=36195.)