Congress - Is thy name Treason?

Ok - stay with us on this, the back-story will take a minute - but it is key to understanding this outrage.

In 1915 (yes, 1915) there was a conflict between Armenia and the Ottoman Turks. In the midst of that conflict, a large number of Armenians were killed. The Armenians say 1.5 million, the Turks say not that many. Doesn't really matter at this point.

Since then, the Armenians have been pushing for people to recognize this a genocide - rather than a tragedy of war - which is the Turkish position. Lots of passion around it - no agreement even as to the basic facts.

Fast forward to today. Turkey is part of NATO. More relevant, the are a key ally in our military efforts in IRAQ. We use their air bases as key staging areas for our operations. Ok, so what? Here's what.

Every so often, some dim-bulbed Congressman puts forth a resolution. It's purpose is to officially recognize the events in 1915 as a genocide by Turks against Armenians.

Why would one do this? Well, you could hope that congress is just so concerned about recognizing an event that happened 95 years ago, 6,000 miles away -- that it just has to act? Could there be another reason? Let us ponder.

The Turks have made it clear they would be very offended by such a resolution. When even one committee in the House passed a similar resolution in 2007 the Turks recalled their ambassador. (That is diplomatic speak for 'I am pissed'). They are now even more irate. The worst case scenario? They deny us use of their air bases, thus screwing up operations in Iraq. Ding Ding Ding Ding.... that's it, isn't it.

Those treasonous (yes, I said the T word) bastards in the House that vote for this are taking this action SOLELY to screw up our military operations. They don't give a damned about what happened in 1915. And apparently they don't give a damned about our soldiers either. They hate the operation in Iraq and still are not over it.

And Obama? He is barely any better. On the campaign trail, he promised to recognize the 'genocide'. Now? Well now he is staying silent. George Bush called congressman at home to stop the 2007 action from going to the entire house. Where is Obama? Doing nothing to protect the military. Wow, paint me shocked...not.

Charlie Rangel - Part Deux

We have written about Charlie Rangel before. For those who may not know, Charlie is a Democratic CongressCritter from New York. He is Chairman of the House Ways and Means committee. This is the committee that writes our tax laws. So, he is a pretty big deal.

In our original post, we detailed how the congressman was in hot water. He had neglected to report hundreds of thousands of dollars in income on rental property - on property he owned in the Caribbean! He claimed he had forgotten about the properties. Really!! If I owned property in the Caribbean, I suspect I would remember.

Well now Charles The Forgetful is in trouble again. The House Ethics Committee (an oxymoron at best) has ruled the Rangel violated house rules by accepting corporate funded trips to.....the Caribbean!

He claims he did not know how the trips were funded - that it was his staff that is to be blamed. Really? You went on overseas trips and did not know who was paying for them?

Two possibilites present themselves. Either he is too corrupt - for knowingly taking the trips. Or - he is too stupid - for going on trips without knowing who was paying?

I would go with corrupt.

Which brings us to Nancy Pelosi. Nancy is, unbelievably, the Speaker of the House. In the run-up to the election she accused the Republicans of having a 'Culture of Corruption'. She promised to 'Drain the Swamp' and 'Clean House' and have the 'Most Ethical Congress Ever'.

Not that anyone believed her of course. Since then, William Jefferson (D) was convicted of taking bribes. You remember him - he was the one with 90,000 bucks in his freezer.

Now we have Charlie. Judged by the House Ethics committee of breaking house rules. But, as one would expect, Queen Nancy is letting him keep his Chairmanship.

Wait - let me find my shocked face. It is in this video at about 0:25

Just like we have been saying-global warming is bunk

As we have been saying since our first post, we believe that Man-Made Global warming is nonsense. Our believe is the warming is a natural part of the earths cycles, and is not caused by man. We are called deniers and skeptics - names we wear proudly.

Well, now it seems, the 'scientific' community is may finally be catching up. Many already have, but the guy in today's news, Phil Jones, has been at the center of the hoax. Jones is the former head of the Climate Research Unit in England. His group supplied a lot of the data used by scientists who created the theory of global warming. He was forced out by the 'Climat-Gate' scandal - where charges were made that data had been manipulated to make warming appear where none existed.

In this article, Jones admits several things that we have stated all along:

• There has been no warming since 1995
  
• It was warmer in Medieval times than now - prior to the invention of the SUV
  
• Much of the data for the theories about warming are 'missing' - hence one cannot validate them
  
• The two recent warming periods from 1910 to 1940 and 1975 to 1998 could be explained by natural phenomena.

Despite all of this, poor Mr. Jones still clings to his believe in Man Made global warming. This is sad. As a so-called scientist, he should be re-evaluating things.

But, warming is a religion. Al Gore is it's high priest. Driving a hybrid is it's sacrament. People do not let go of religious convictions easily. Worry not, we at Right of Center are patient. We will welcome you for de-programming when you are ready.

OH Canada

Those on the Left love to berate our 'broken' health care system. They chafe when someone tries to tell them it is the best health care system in the world.

They try to convince us of the superiority of the Canadian system - the so-called 'single payer' model. You know, the one where the 'government' pays all the bills. Where everyone gets the care they need, when they need it. The one where there is no rationing, no long waits, no shortage of specialists who are experts at new and emerging curative procedures.

Well, a funny thing happened up there in our 51st state. As this article outlines, the Premier of one of their provinces (I guess like a big state) has developed a heart condition requiring surgery.

Can you guess, gentle reader, where in Canada he is going? Toronto? No. Montreal? No. Somewhere else in Canada? No.....

He is coming to the United Freaking States of America to get his life saving surgery!! Why is that? I mean, he is a powerful guy. Can you imagine Obama, or your governor, going to England for cancer treatment? Not hardly.

One can only imagine that a) there are no specialists capable of doing this surgery, or b) There is too long of a wait (in other words - he will die first), or c) The specialist is a French speaker and won't do the surgery for an English speaker. In any event - pack your backs honey, we are heading to the U S of A.

So, once again, American exceptionalism is on parade. Think those dumb asses in Washington who are still trying to cram ObamaCare down our throats are watching...Nah.