Payton’s Random Rants

Over the last few weeks I’ve felt refreshed a bit.  So I decided to get back to some things that I love that I hadn’t been able to get into for several years now.  For a long, long time I had wanted to write something significant for the Commodore 128; something that people would use. Read the rest of this entry »

Finally, the divorce is final.

Is it any surprise that Iran is starting to experience the same kind of sectarian violence that they fostered in Iraq?  Did they really think that the Sunnis in Iran would just sit back and do nothing as the Iranian-back Muqtada al-Sadr slaughtered thousands of Sunnis in Iraq?  The Sunnis are fighting back.

Ahm. hates the US so bad that he is destroying his own country.  This is a true sign of a mad man, and really makes him no different than Saddam Hussein, who essentially destroyed Iraq out of fear of both Iran and the USA.  The same thing has been going on in North Korea since 1950.  It’s a damn shame that all of these radicals are in power all over the world.  Their citizens deserve better.  It’s just as much of a shame that our media went on the warpath against Bush for attempting to spread Democracy and Freedom to these people.

Raise your hand if you believe Lincoln was a good president and good person.  If you are holding your hand up then you haven’t studied history on your own, or you happen to share his anti-capitalist beliefs.  Below is a quote of Lincoln’s from 1832.  You should compare it with the Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx.

I am in favor of a national bank … in favor of the internal improvements system and a high protective tariff," Lincoln said in 1832. "[Free trade is a system whereby] some have labored, and others have, without labor, enjoyed a large portion of the fruits…. To secure to each laborer the whole product of his labor, or as nearly as possible, is a most worthy object of any good government.

Obama’s Challenge: What Would Lincoln Do? - Presidential Politics | Political News - FOXNews.com

If you still believe that Lincoln was a good person, you should study Sherman’s March to the Sea.  Lincoln would be on trial in the Hague for such offenses today.

First, the headline from CNN is very misleading.  This guy has a reverse mortgage, which means he is getting paid, not the other way around.  The only way he loses his home is if he doesn’t pay his maintenance and neighborhood fees or his taxes (although I bet the reverse mortgage company takes care of the taxes through a escrow).

Amputee, doctor of poor faces losing his home - CNN.com

Now, what exactly is Congress and Obama supposed to do when people borrow more than they can actually afford?  This guy bought his home in 1985, at a time when it was far, far cheaper than it is now.  Yet, he’s sitting on a reverse mortgage that he cannot buy back because it’s devalued too much.  From a personal finance standpoint, this is no different than paying too much or financing too much on your home.

Yet, this guy blames Wall Street for his troubles, not taking any responsibility whatsoever for his own failed economic planning.  If he wants to blame somebody, he needs to blame the people who are really responsible for this mess.

Now, I understand that he’s physically handicapped, but the story doesn’t say why the good Doctor cannot improve his financial position through a job such as teaching at a college where his experiences would be overwhelmingly appreciated.  Why can’t he move to California, put his home in NY up for lease and collect both the rent and the reverse mortgage payment?  There are so many fishy things about this story that don’t make any sense at all.

Once again, don’t trust bleeding heart activist journalism, always think of the big picture before letting your heart strings be plucked.

What’s a predator?  According to the Oxford English Dictionary: “noun 1 an animal that preys on others. 2 a person who exploits others.”  Now, according to the BBC, there are plant-eating predators, too.  Yes my friends, this is what passes for journalism these days.  Read the rest of this entry »

Did you watch last night’s debate in Nashville?  I did and I cannot fathom why the media keeps calling it a draw (even Fox News) given the tremendous gaffe by Obama on Pakistan.  Clearly, Obama has no clue what diplomacy is about.  First, he insinuates that Pakistan is still ruled by a ruthless dictator (which is nowhere near the case as Musharof WILLINGLY stepped down after WILLINGLY leaving the army); not to mention the fact that it was George Bush and Condoleeza Rice who kept putting the pressure on Musharof to allow the elections that brought about a western-style change of power in Pakistan.  Next, Obama flat out tells the new Pakistani government that he’s going to invade them.  The NATO coalition in Afghanistan has been coordinating with the Pakistani government on the raids that have been happening despite the blustering of some Generals who happen to be Taliban sympathizers.  John McCain called Obama out on it, and he seemed as shocked as I did that Obama just flat out told Pakistan he’s coming in no matter what. 

Do you want a president who is that irresponsible?  It’s one thing to invade a hostile nation with a dictator who has used WMDs on his own people and refuses to verify that they do not have WMDs any longer versus invading a nation that is considered an ally, has a democratically elected government (with a fair election) and has provided material support to us in our fight with the Taliban.

Being a site owner these days is a really big pain in the @$$ when it comes to spammers.  Their creativity knows no bounds, and I’ve gotten sick of seeing dozens of user registrations and comments per day being posted (luckily the comments must all be approved before they are visible).  Well, now I have reCAPTCHA set up and hopefully this will stop.  reCAPTCHA provides a plugin for WordPress that integrates both with user registration as well as comment posting.  I’ll see how this goes and if it makes a dent in the spam then I may even open up comments to anonymous users.

My goodness, will the good news never end? The first quarter GDP growth turned out to be 0.9%, not the 0.6% that our good man Obama and his hysteria-breeding media co-horts have been hailing as a “recession”. Someone, please stop this economic growth before those tax rebates hit the financial numbers in the 3rd quarter!

First-Quarter Gross Domestic Product Revised Higher to 0.9% - FOXBusiness.com

We must end this “recession” immediately! The dollar is up, unemployment is down, and new home sales are up. If we continue on this path then Obama will never get elected!

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