Diary of a Forgotten Man

Progressives have nothing left to offer

2017-06-02T20:07:00.001-05:00

So I'm on facebook reading all the threads about Kathy Griffin and her "press conference" today where she starts blaming others for her misfortune. (the whole sordid thing is at the link above)
Pretty much the consensus is that she brought it on herself and disbelief that she is trying to find blame elsewhere.
Which seems to be a popular thing to do what with Hillary pinning the blame for her loss on everyone but.

Anyway I digress.

A few misguided but brave souls appeared in the threads and proceeded to try and defend Griffin by using the Ted Nugent equivalency.

Well I pointed out that most normal people don't depend on Ted Nugent to shape their political views but progressives slobber uncontrollably over the wisdom spewed by comedians and that is the difference.

The response was a diatribe of insults about me where I lived and what sex acts I wanted to perform with the Donald.
The last took me by surprise cause I thought progressives were cool with gay sex. I guess they are unless they can use it as an insult.

Anyway it occurred to me that progressives aren't even trying to make a persuasive argument anymore. When Trump won the election it's like something just completely snapped.
Now all we get is name calling, beheading photos and gay slurs.

It's like they think if they keep sputtering and screaming and pulling their hair out that the whole country will change it's mind, throw Trump out and inaugurate Hillary making things all right in the world.
Kind of childish huh?

I honestly don't see how this could work, not for 2018 and not for 2020, As time goes on the loci of this behaviour will get smaller and smaller just out of pure exhaustion with the hate and despair.

Progressives are finally committing suicide of their cause and this could be a good thing. Common sense may again prevail.

Leftist become further unhinged

2017-06-01T21:37:00.000-05:00

Since Trump decided to pull us out of the Paris climate accord leftists have pretty much gone ballistic.
It's really a non-binding agreement that other countries could use as a cudgel to beat us over the head with to extort taxpayer money and hobble our economy so my opinion is good deal.

Anyway here's some over the top drama queen reactions.

THE 11 DUMBEST REACTIONS TO TRUMP QUITTING THE PARIS CLIMATE ACCORD [UPDATED!]

Seems like their reaction to everything is,"WE'RE DOOMED!!!!!" and, "DAMN YOU DONALD TRUMP!!!".

Pass the popcorn please.

Politics killed Comedy

2017-06-01T16:26:00.002-05:00

Tucker Carlson has a point here I mean I have to think back for decades to remember a really funny comedian.

It's pretty predictable nowadays, attack Trump run the laugh track then repeat endlessly night after night.
Plenty of comedians skewered politicians in the past and it was funny because they would find humour in their policies or personality quirks. But repeating the same old mantra of racist, fascist, narcissist ad nauseum can only go so far.

I guess it's too much to ask that we go back to a time when comedians really put an effort into making people laugh instead of making political statements.
One of the shortest comedy careers that I know of was Vaughn Meader, he had an act that depended on JFK's administration and when he was assassinated the guy faded away as far as I know.
But he was funny and not the least bit vile.

No one tried to make comedy from Kennedy's assassination because no matter who you were or your politics it would have been considered in very poor taste. I'm not so sure that is the case nowadays.
In this era comedy seems to be based on the possibility.
What's funny about that?

Sununu challenges CNN........

2017-05-31T15:03:00.000-05:00

.....to identify the veniality.

OK I'll admit I had to look up Veniality and somehow that definition doesn't seem to apply as well as the definition of Venality does.

the condition or quality of being venal; openness to bribery or corruption.

Which would be more correct as to the hopeful allegations being made by the democrat owned media.
He's correct that there has been no indication or proof.

Kathy Griffin, just another media whore

2017-05-31T12:57:00.000-05:00

Whelp now that the well deserved cycle of "artistic" defiance, desperate justification, then boot-licking apology has elapsed over the last 24 hours for Kathy Griffin we can reflect on the true reasons the whole episode transpired.

Griffin, like all desperate celebrities, is really just a simple media whore.
It was all about getting attention by latching onto the new "trendy" activity among leftists which is "the resistance". The goal wasn't art or comedy or to even make a political statement the goal was to receive accolades from the liberal media to get publicity for being "edgy".

But the truth is if she, or any number of has beens, could gain an advantage by being seen with Trump they wouldn't hesitate.

Partisanship never gets in the way of the bottom line for these folks, she took a shot and it shot back. People need to realize that those in the media and those who try to use the media are not on anyone's "side" except their own and they will use and manipulate each other for their own ends.

So don't expect this kind of foolishness to end.

Stuart Smalley goes butch

2017-05-27T14:07:00.000-05:00

Apparently Al Franken, Minnesota's fighting senator, went medieval on a protester.

AL FRANKEN KNOCKS DOWN DEAN HECKLER

EXETER, N.H. – Wise-cracking funnyman Al Franken yesterday body-slammed a demonstrator to the ground after the man tried to shout down Gov. Howard Dean.

The tussle left Franken’s trademark thick-rim glasses broken, but he said he was not injured.

Franken – who seemed in a state of shock and out of breath after the incident – was helped back to his feet by several people who watched the tussle. Police arrived soon after.

“I got down low and took his legs out,” said Franken afterwards.~snip~

No word yet on whether he's being charged with assault like Greg Gianforte, as a matter of fact I doubt this will get anywhere near the media.
But that's the state of journalism these days, if a republican does it it's a horrible act of violence. If a progressive liberal does it it's a heroic defense of free speech.

Not a lot of sympathy for the media

2017-05-25T20:51:00.000-05:00

I'm going to leave judgment about this incident to the courts but the reality is I think a lot of people have felt the same frustration for the prissy elitist media.

There are a few times in my life where I wouldn't have minded slapping the shit out of a couple of the talking heads in the media.

Montana Voters Are Supportive Of Congressional Candidate Body Slamming A Reporter

Several Montana voters like that Republican congressional candidate Greg Gianforte body slammed a Guardian reporter, according to local reports.

Gianforte threw down reporter Ben Jacobs to the ground at a campaign event Wednesday night. This came the day before a special election in Montana where Gianforte has held a solid lead in the polls over Democrat Rob Quist.

The Montana Republican was charged with misdemeanor assault by local police, but has denied Jacob’s version of the incident, saying that the reporter was aggressive and grabbed him by the wrist.

MSNBC political correspondent Garrett Haake tweeted Thursday that a Gianforte voter told him, “I think reporters have it coming.” Haake tweeted yesterday that he told a gas station clerk about the incident and she replied, “My kind of politician.”~snip~

There maybe more than a few as the article states, anyway if he loses then the media will crow about how they "got" him.
If he wins then they'll cry about being victims.

An eyeball just fell down into my lap

2017-05-25T17:16:00.000-05:00

I knew someone years ago who actually needed an abortion. A woman who was diagnosed with a particularly aggressive type of cancer and happened to be a couple of months pregnant at the time.

It was so advanced and so aggressive that it was recommended that she begin chemo right away and even still she passed about 5 months later.
I never felt the need to condemn someone who has to choose between possibly living and losing a baby.
There was no joy on her part surrounding the whole thing.

But this and other very rare and extreme examples don't justify or make it right. People who revel in the carnage cheapen the seriousness and sadness of the rare instances of medical necessary abortion.

A shocking new undercover video exposes the grisly reality of ripping apart fetuses.

A shocking new video has just been released by the Center for Medical Progress, the undercover investigative group that in 2015 released videos showing that Planned Parenthood affiliates have profited from selling the body parts of aborted babies.

This latest video is a preview of footage that CMP investigators gathered at the 2014 and 2015 National Abortion Federation conventions, attended by hundreds of members of the abortion industry each year. (The NAF is a major trade group of North American abortion providers, and Planned Parenthood makes up about 50 percent of its members and leadership.)~snip~

The video in the article at the link shows the stark reality of slaughter for profit with the callousness and laughter of those who make their living butchering the unborn.
Watch at your own risk.

When will the lies about terrorism stop?

2017-05-24T15:18:00.000-05:00

You would think that at some point people will stop believing the lying pandering politicians and media and finally demand some kind of resolution to the problem of terrorism.

Tucker Carlson nails the frustration that a lot of people feel.

They're not our friends

2017-05-24T11:07:00.000-05:00

This can, of course, be extended to all of the legacy media.

For decades the only thing coming from the media is news and opinion as it pertains to the east and west coasts. What's important to them and forcing their attitudes and opinions on the rest of the country.
So I say we should all feel the same way.

Trump: 'F—k the New York Times'

The latest round of White House staff shake-up stories has prompted a change in how President Trump's team handles the media, shifting away from engaging in issue debates with reporters to a blunt yes-no approach.

Insiders said it is driven by Trump who was angered by a New York Times story predicting a staff shake-up that included dumping spokesman Sean Spicer. It was headlined: Looking Like a Liar or a Fool: What It Means to Work for Trump.

"Fuck the New York Times," Trump said. "They're not our friends. We're never going to win them over," he added, according to a Trump insider.

The change was most notably seen in Spicer's latest White House briefings. Where he used to battle with reporters, he shifted to saying little beyond policy statements. For example, in a short eight-minute Air Force One gaggle, he referred to earlier statements six times.

The goal "is to get across to the public that the media are assholes," the insider said.~snip~

To Leftists they all look the same

2017-05-23T15:42:00.000-05:00

After the cowardly terrorist attack at Ariana Grande's concert in Manchester the left wing media is doing everything they can to cover for Jihadists.

Cosmopolitan Praises Muslim Taxi Drivers In Wake Of Terror Attack But There’s One Problem…

Apparently they can't tell the difference between a Sikh or a Muslim, Which makes you wonder who the real bigots are, with all their supposed "journalist" sources they couldn't be bothered to look up the difference.

Kudos to this guy for his humanity and decency in the face of cowardly barbarity.

The Forgotten men and women roar.....

2017-05-21T17:47:00.002-05:00

....and liberals throw a snit fit.
It would be funny if it wasn't so pathetic.

I've been watching events since Trump won the election and I find it both funny and sad at the same time. Pointing out the fact to #NeverTrumpers that not one of the "establishment" candidates could muster enough support to best Trump in the primaries is fruitless and the excuses why are fast and furious.

No one trusts establishment politicians anymore let alone Hillary and when you think about it that puts Hillary and RINOs on the same page.
Trump ran on what people wanted, jobs, border security, an end to unfettered immigration of unvetted refugees and against trade deals that screwed Americans.
Even when Trumps support rose the RINOs still couldn't bring themselves to stand on any issues that voters cared about.

Now the legacy media, democrats and unhinged progressives are doing everything possible to undermine Trumps administration and entertain fantasies of impeaching him and throwing him out of office.
In other words they want to negate your vote and install a puppet government that they will have control of instead of the voters.

We need to keep that in mind at all times and especially during the next midterm elections.

Hey Glenn Beck...Here's your brown shirts

2016-03-11T22:33:00.000-06:00

I'm wondering if Glenn Beck is going to denounce these clowns as brown shirts for violently shutting down a Trump rally?
Or is he going to be in solidarity with them and Cruz advocating the shutting down of speech he don't agree with?

Rebooting in January

2015-12-22T19:21:00.001-06:00

I'll be back next month and blogging steady leading up to the election.

Flying Pig Alert

2015-11-02T18:08:00.000-06:00

Here's one of those no shit Sherlock moments, after twisting and lying every which whay she could (in spite of all the evidence otherwise).Rachel Dolezal admits she's white.

I wonder how this would have played out for her if she admitted from the get go that she was white but identified as black?
I'm sure there would have been some backlash but it wouldn't have been near the amount she got by insisting she wasn't white.

Halloween is almost here

2015-10-30T14:37:00.000-05:00

Storm gusts blow giant, inflatable pumpkin through Peoria

Halloween came early for drivers and pedestrians as a giant, inflatable pumpkin emerged from a group of trees before bouncing through a Peoria intersection and down the roadway in video captured on Thursday.

12 News viewer Diego Ramirez caught the pumpkin's journey on video near Peoria High School, by 83rd Avenue and Peoria.

The video shows the 25-foot-tall, 350-pound orange jack-o'-lantern roll every which way and even across multiple lanes of traffic before it got stuck beneath a streetlight pole. It then broke free and rolled off into the distance to enjoy its freedom, but the chase to capture it was on.~snip~

Republicans Slap Back at the Media

2015-10-28T22:43:00.000-05:00

So, I watched the republican debate tonight on commie/liberal CNBC and was pleasantly surprised to watch the GOP candidates serve some backlash on the spineless moderators.

Republican debate turns into all-out war as Donald Trump bashes John Kasich, Jeb Bush hits his protege Marco Rubio, and EVERYONE hammers CNBC's moderators

CNBC hosts progressively lost control of the event

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz turned openly hostile, accusing them all of being Democrats intent on damaging the GOP field

Florida Sen. Marco Rubio and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie soon piled on the network

Donald Trump wrapped up his night by claiming he had strong-armed them into shortening the debate 'so we could get the hell out of here'

'CNBC should be ashamed of how this debate was handled,' Republican Party chairman Reince Priebus said

I gotta say it's quite the change from Mitt's squishy performance against Obama and Candy Crowley. They both tag teamed him and he went off into a corner.
That's the one thing that's been missing in the GOP, a little back bone.

If you really want to know where it came from then you gotta give Donald Trump the credit.
Most of his critics are the lapdog media and squishy RINO types but you have to admit that he showed the way for the republican candidates not to sit there and take it from the mainstream media....which is basically just another arm of the democrat party.

Cruz, Rubio and Christie got in some good slaps at the lick spittle media but the Donald showed them the way.
Maybe they'll finally grow some spines.

Deputy Ben Fields Fired over Slamming Student

2015-10-28T14:15:00.000-05:00

I'm sure all the social justice warriors are rejoicing.

Arrest video fallout: Spring Valley High Officer Ben Fields fired

(CNN)The South Carolina deputy who slammed a disruptive student on the floor and tossed her several feet has been fired.

Other students in the classroom at Spring Valley High School caught the incident on video.

Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott suspended Deputy Ben Fields without pay, and then fired him Wednesday.

Fields violated police regulations when he threw the girl, the sheriff said.

Fields was the Spring Valley High School resource officer whose actions Monday were recorded by students and ignited a firestorm on social media. Among the criticisms: his admitted use of "muscling techniques" to get the student out of her chair.~snip~

There's an argument to be made that the officer over reacted but what's really missing here is the outrage over the student being disrespectful to the teacher and principle and to her fellow students.
Let's just say for a moment that government schools ain't about indoctrination but education, defying the "powers that be" disrupts the learning environment.
The student sat through several attempts to get her to leave and purposely defied each one so the question that needs to be answered is what now?
The only option left was to physically remove her from the class room.
So while we're having a discussion about the how we also need a discussion as to the why.
Why did the situation have to escalate to the point of physically removing the student. What has gone wrong with society that this kind of thing happens?
As I said, you can argue that the officer over reacted but at that point what was anyone supposed to do?

Hang on for a Bacon Tax

2015-10-26T18:29:00.000-05:00

Because you know that's where this is going if democrats have their way.

OMG! Bacon causes cancer

Pigging out will kill you, the World Health Organization said Monday — warning that bacon, sausage and other processed meats are now in the same category of cancer risk as smoking cigarettes and inhaling asbestos.

Hot dogs, ham, corned beef and almost every other salted, cured or smoked delicacy have been officially classified as “carcinogenic to humans” — and red meat as “probably carcinogenic” — based on a study by 22 scientists from the WHO’s International Agency for Research on Cancer in Lyon, France.

Experts concluded that each 50 gram portion of processed meat eaten daily increases the risk of colorectal #cancer by 18%

— WHO (@WHO) October 26, 2015

The agency revealed their findings Monday.

“For an individual, the risk of developing colorectal cancer because of their consumption of processed meat remains small, but this risk increases with the amount of meat consumed,” said Dr Kurt Straif, head of the IARC Monographs Programme. “In view of the large number of people who consume processed meat, the global impact on cancer incidence is of public health importance.”~snip~

Before long we'll hear the howls from the liberal moonbats that they'll have to levy a tax on bacon and other processed meats to price them out of range for the vulnerable poor.
Just like they did for cigarettes and want to do for carbon dioxide, soda drinks, red meat, alcohol and anything else they can think of to confiscate our money for them to spend.

Rumours? Jeb to drop from Race

2015-10-25T00:54:00.000-05:00

This is kind of unconfirmed but to tell you the truth I've been hard pressed to find anyone online who really supports the Hispandering Jeb Bush.

DEVELOPING: Amidst insults to GOP voters JEB to drop out Monday

Jeb Bush is to drop out Monday according to political insiders and leaked memos from top aids to Jeb’s campaign team disclosed to the press this evening.

Jeb is in huge trouble as he has lost coveted ground to Marco Rubio, and the GOP nomination is all but assured for Donald Trump.

Mr. Trump’s surge in the polls took many for surprise, and he is still growing more powerful by the day.~snip~

I'm sure he's a nice guy but the last thing we need is another spineless squishy RINO.

Income Equality BS

2015-10-19T17:14:00.001-05:00

The democrat party couldn't exist without constant crisis. It's how they whip up their base.

Actually all politicians are guilty of it.
The immigration crisis, the "gay" marriage crisis, the "war on women crisis, the rape culture crisis and so on.
Only one candidate constantly puts out the theme that he wants America to become great again economically and that's not crisis talk. It's just positivity amongst all the crisis.

Of course income inequality is supposed to be another crisis.......or is it really?
Or just another manufactured crisis to whip up the liberal/democrat base?

Wealth inequality isn’t a ‘crisis’ — and voters know it

Inequality is the defining challenge of our time, President Obama says. “There’s too much inequality,” Hillary Clinton said in the debate Tuesday night. And the United States, Bernie Sanders noted at the same event, has more wealth and income inequality than any other country.

Inequality certainly is a symptom of a persistent underlying condition: It may be the leading cause of bulls–t in America today. To put it simply, there is no inequality crisis.

Sanders, the Grandpa Simpson of economics, has been repeating the nonsense about the US leading the way in inequality for months even though FactCheck.org reported his claims were bogus back in May.
The US is only 42nd (out of 117 countries measured) in income inequality, according to the World Bank. We’re only 16th when it comes to the wealth held by the top 1%.

Inequality is to some extent a residual effect of success: If there weren’t any billionaires or millionaires, inequality would be vastly diminished.

America attracts and breeds success so brilliantly that we nearly beat the rest of the world combined in some respects: 42% of the world’s millionaires are Americans, and 49% of those with $50 million or more in assets.
The American tendency to respect, and expect, success runs counter to the progressive plan to tax it away. Not only does constant chatter about inequality tend to make Americans more supportive of free enterprise, but it also leads to a blanket suspicion about what the regulatory and taxation elves really mean to do.~snip~

Most voters do know that it's BS but the liberal base eats it up. The majority of voters want too see more jobs created. They know then that income inequality will take care of itself.

Colts Confuse Themselves

2015-10-19T14:31:00.000-05:00

Tom Brady's Dad wanted the Patriots to put 60 points on the board against the Colts. They didn't quite make it but it appears that the Colts were trying to help them out.
There are explanations why this "play" was attempted out there on the web so you can search for them but to me they kind of fall flat.

This wasn't a good idea at all.

Halloween PC Police

2015-10-17T18:19:00.000-05:00

Here's some tips on how not to get the PC police on your case this Halloween.

McDonald’s all-day Disaster

2015-10-16T16:28:00.000-05:00

It seemed like a good idea at the time.

McDonald’s all-day breakfast has been a disaster

They’re in no way “lovin’ it.”
McDonald’s franchisees say the launch of all-day breakfast has been a disaster — griping that it has slowed down service, lowered average bills and sparked chaos in the kitchens.

Mark Kalinowski, an analyst for the Japanese finance company Nomura, surveyed 29 operators overseeing 226 different locations in the US and found that many were pulling their hair out due to the new menu options, which rolled out last Tuesday to much praise from Egg McMuffin lovers.

“In small stores, the problems are vast with people falling over each other and equipment jammed in everywhere,” one franchisee wrote in response to Kalinowski’s survey.~snip~

In my opinion service at fast food restaurants has been declining quite a bit, there's several I won't go to any more because the fast in fast food has left the building
That's a shame because there's a few I used to really like, Chick-fil-a seems to be the only one left in my neck of the woods that continues to be fast and friendly.

Jersey Devil?

2015-10-13T15:46:00.001-05:00

Now that we're in October and Halloween is on everyone's mind it's time to start contemplating the spooky and weird.

Is the Jersey Devil in Galloway Township? | Paranormal Corner

For more than 200 years, people living in or passing through New Jersey's Pinelands have reported seeing a strange, winged creature that has come to be known as the Jersey Devil.

There are tons of stories about the monster, and thousands of witnesses who claim they have encountered it.

Late Tuesday night, I received an email from a reader who recently became one of those witnesses.

Dave Black of Little Egg Harbor Township was driving home from his security guard job in Atlantic City when he saw what he thought was a llama running in and out of the trees lining the road.

"I was just driving past the golf course in Galloway on Route 9 and had to shake my head a few times when I thought I saw a llama," he wrote in his email.

What happened next is the bizarre part.

"If that wasn't enough, then it spread out leathery wings and flew off over the golf course." ~snip~

I always take these kinds of things with a grain of salt but the question I always have to ask is why are all the "supernatural" or "UFO" videos always of poor resolution or slightly out of focus or, like this one, dark with poor contrast?
Come on people let's brush up on those photo skills huh?