Black XXIX: "Shed Powers!!"

The MudCave | 29 July 2004 | Mudboy Slim

[Mudboy Slim]

"Shed Powers!!"
(To be sung to the Rolling Stones' "Dead Flowers")

Folks, when you're sitting there, thinkin' 'bout supportin' Kerry...
Votin' fer some rich bloke you don't know...
Well, Hanoi John LOATHES the FRee...prefers Sosh'list Tyranny!!
He's a Massachusetts Lib'ral to the bone!!

Devolve Power, Prez'dent Dubyuh!! Devolve Power!!
Our Righteous dreams can be real if Bush leads US now!!
That's Right...we can devolve Power to individuals...
Must devolve Power to the States...
States, devolve Power to the Counties...
Folks, it's time we Liberate the U.S. of A.!!

Now hear me, DemonRATS...Right did Liberate Iraq!!
Folks're FRee 'cuz George Dubyuh led the way!!
Ol' MUD'll be in his basement room, laughin' while FReepin' Leftist tunes...)8^D!!
In a Righteous Quest fer Independence Day!!

Devolve Power, RightWing Congress!! Devolve Power!!
Our Righteous dreams can be real if Bush leads US now!!
That's Right...we can devolve Power to individuals!!
Must devolve Power to the States!!
States, devolve Power to the Counties!!
Bush, it's time we Liberate the U.S. of A. - yeah!!

(guitar-pickin' and strummin' interlude)

Devolve Power, Prez'dent Dubyuh!! Devolve Power!!
Our Righteous dreams can be real if Bush leads US now!!
That's Right...we can devolve Power to individuals!!
Must devolve Power to the States!!
States, devolve Power to the Counties!!
Folks, it's time we Liberate the U.S. of A.!!
Bush, it's time we Liberate the U.S. of A.!!

Mudboy Slim

[Mudboy Slim]

Hey there, my FRiend...good to see you again!!

"Rove is calculating we're more scared of Kerry than the flood of illegals. It may be true. But there are states where they might end up wishing they'd gone after every vote."

I know it's cynical of me, but I can see a scenario wherein Dubyuh is proposing this to reach out to the Hispanic vote, but he knows the House will NEVER allow it to become law!! I for one will go ballistic if this ever comes outta committee in the Senate, and I know many who realize what bad policy this is and will do the same!! House-members will know they are potentially sacrificing their seat if they accept this "Non-Amnesty" Amnesty program of Dubyuh's!! It's bad, ill-conceived policy and will NEVER become law!!

FReegards...MUD

[Mudboy Slim]

"We're the Far Right!!"
(To be sung to Eric Clapton's version of J. J. Cale's "After Midnight")

We're the Far Right...we're gonna scale Big Guv'ment down!!
We're the Hard Right...we're gonna whup Dem Libs in a rout!!
We're gonna help Bush git some traction...
Right's gonna demand satisfaction....
Left's gonna find out what Right is all about.
We're the Far Right...we're gonna FReep DemRATS from Power!!

We're the Far Right...we'll fulfill Founding Father's dreams...
Truth yields our Might...righteous gonna make Dem sosh'lists scream!!
We're gonna FReep talk and television...
Left shall heap on their vile derison...
Left's gonna find out what Truth is all about!!
RATS, we don't bite...still gonna FReep yer slime from Power!!

(Guitar-jammin' interlude)

Yeah, yeah...We're the Far Right...we're gonna FReep Dem RATS from Power!!

We're the Far Right...we'll fulfill Founding Father's dreams...
Traitors we'll fight...RightWing's gonna make Dem Leftists scream!!
We're gonna FReep Rush and Hanni-vision...
Left shall fear our deadly precision...
Left's gonna find out what Truth is all about!!
America's Right...still gonna FReep RATS' SCUM from Power!!

We're the Far Right...we're gonna FReep Dem fools from Power!!
Ain't 'fraid to fight...Right's gonna WHUP Dem Lefties down!!
Left, say "GoodBye"...November's when yer goin' down!!
We're the Far Right...we're gonna scale Big Guv'ment down!!

Mudboy Slim (5/19/04)

[Mudboy Slim]

Rasmussen's "Electoral College Projections"

FReegards...MUD

[Mudboy Slim]

Bush team keeps conservative agenda in check
By Ralph Z. Hallow
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Published August 27, 2004

NEW YORK -- President Bush's strategists outmaneuvered conservatives at every turn in Republican platform proceedings here, achieving nearly total success in pushing through the planks favored by the president's
re-election campaign.

"By the time everyone got to New York, the battle was over -- the fix was in," said Richard Lessner, American Conservative Union executive director. "The committee simply rubber-stamped whatever the administration desired."

Conservative activists outside the platform committee got almost none of their language or policy goals into the platform that will be presented to next week's Republican National Convention.

During breaks in platform deliberations Wednesday and yesterday at the Javits Center in Manhattan, officials from the White House and the Bush campaign mingled with the 110 platform committee members, all handpicked by the White House.

Eagle Forum President Phyllis Schlafly, the point person for conservative forces in the platform process, lobbied to strengthen the platform's opposition to stem-cell research and to oppose amnesty for illegal aliens.

White House representatives told Mrs. Schlafly they wouldn't budge on the stem-cell plank. Mrs. Schlafly also failed in her attempt to add language opposing Social Security benefits, driver's licenses, federal student loans and in-state college tuition for illegal aliens. Despite her efforts, the platform endorses Mr. Bush's "guest worker" proposal -- which critics call an amnesty plan for illegals -- while also declaring the GOP opposes amnesty.

One of the few conservative successes was the addition of language supporting federal and local law enforcement working together to secure the nation's borders.

"The process was very controlled, as everyone knows," said Schlafly aide Lori Waters.

"Conservatives were badly outflanked by the Bush operation," Mr. Lessner said.

Many conservative critics privately admit to grudging respect for the discipline and secrecy shown by the Bush campaign team and the Republican National Committee -- now essentially united as Team Bush -- in getting exactly the platform the party establishment wanted.

The discipline began months ago with White House selection of the platform chairman, Sen. Majority Leader Bill Frist of Tennessee, and co-chairmen Gov. Bill Owens of Colorado and Pennsylvania Rep. Melissa A. Hart.

The Bush forces believe that with a moderately worded platform, they will win over more weak John Kerry supporters among Democrats and independents and more undecided voters than they will lose from disgruntled voters among the ranks of Mr. Bush's conservative base.

Some conservatives doubt that the moderately worded platform favored by Team Bush will do anything to attract independent voters and wobbling Democrats.

"Soft Democrats and moderate voters will never see the platform," Mr. Lessner said. "The only people who will pay attention are his base of grass-roots Republicans and a lot of them will be very unhappy."

But a Los Angeles Times poll of 1,352 registered voters, taken Saturday through Tuesday and released yesterday, suggests Mr. Bush is doing a better job than Mr. Kerry, the Democratic presidential nominee, of consolidating his base.

SHEEEESH...Dubyuh's "non-Amnesty" AmnestyProgram fer ILLEGALS is asinine!! We'll haveta defeat Dubyuh in the House...he's simply WRONG!!

FReegards...MUD

[FBD]

RE: a political bumper stickers spoof on Kerry-Edwards;
>"Hmmmm...I like the "SKerry" but we gotta work on the second part, imho..."backwards"?..."deadwood"?...come on, we can git it!!"<

How about:
[Skerry-Bedheads]
[Skerry-Backwoods]

I still like [ SKerry-BEdwetterds ]
As for a slogan;
"For more French looking America."
or:
"Appeasers for a more sensitive war on terror"

[FBD]

RE:
>"BTW...does anybody know if there are any spots available in the FReeper fantasy league?!"<

Not there Mud, but we do have a Sultan Memorial league.

c
Check with Yankhater. His bro-in-law is the league Commissioner of the Sultan Memorial league.
I have a buddy that would like to play, and there are ten teams now. But possibly we could go to twelve? What do you think, Yank?

[Mudboy Slim]

"...the Sultan Memorial league."

That's football, right?! I don't know baseball worth diddley...MUD

[George W. Bush]

I know it's cynical of me, but I can see a scenario wherein Dubyuh is proposing this to reach out to the Hispanic vote, but he knows the House will NEVER allow it to become law!!

Well, I guess he might. And he only wants the AWB passed so he can sign it because he knows the House will stop that.

Of course, there's always a chance that he really does want the AWB and alien amnesty. Just like he wanted the National Endowment for the Art and Kennedy's No Child Left Behind and the Department of Education and the Pill Bill and through-the-roof deficit spending.

Does it occur to some of you that this isn't some secret conservative code he's sending but that he actually wants the things he says he wants, that he intends to pass them?

Freedom of speech becomes a strange thing when we start to assume that everyone is saying the opposite of what they mean. It's effectively the end of meaningfull discourse.

If this is all true, then there is no reason to listen to anything he says. If he says he is against something, you all agree that he's against it. If he says he's for something that you don't want, you just say that he's really truly secretly sneakily craftily against it and how brilliant it is for him to lie to you and everyone else this way.

I dunno, Slim... Does that scenario really make sense? You tell me. I've misplaced my decoder ring.

[Mudboy Slim]

Seriesly, dude, put yer Pink Floyd CD in the entertainment station and read yer way thru "Right's Fightin' FEAR!!"

That there's a keeper...MUD

[Mudboy Slim]

"Reagan!!"
(To be sung to Eric Clapton's acoustic version of "Layla")

What did we do to deserve Ronnie?!
Communicatin' fer what's Right...
Gip's been suff'rin' and fightin' much too long...
But now he's sittin' by His side!!

Reagan!! The Champion of the FRee!!
Reagan!! Yer Strength, it produced Peace!!
Reagan!! Gipper showed you win by being Right!!

Gave the Oppressed liberation...
While Dem Leftists just tore you down!!
RATS're fools!! Right fell in love with you!!
Changed the whole world...Righteous Power!!

Reagan!! The Champion of the FRee!!
Reagan!! Yer Strength, it produced Peace!!
Reagan!! Ronnie proved you win by being Right!!

Found humor in ev'ry situation...
Yer quips drove DemonRATS INSANE!!
FReepers say, "We'll meet again someday!!"
Heaven rejects the Lib'rals' pain!!

Reagan!! Created Liberty!!
Reagan!! Yer Strength, it produced Peace!!
Reagan!! Dutchman showed you win by being Right!!

Reagan!! The Champion of the FRee!!
Reagan!! Yer Strength, it produced Peace!!
Reagan!! Gipper proved you win by being Right!!

FReegards...MUD (06/06/2004)

[Mudboy Slim]

AFAIK=As Far As I Know
OIC= Oh, I see
PITA= Pain in the ass
RKBA= Right to keep and bear arms
RTM (or RTFM)= read the (bleeping) manual
WAG= Wild ass guess
TIA= Thanks in advance
TANSTAAFL= There ain't no such thing as a free lunch
FMCDH= From my cold dead hands

Acronymns I did not know...MUD

[Mudboy Slim]

"...there's always a chance that he really does want the AWB and alien amnesty. Just like he wanted the National Endowment for the Art and Kennedy's No Child Left Behind and the Department of Education and the Pill Bill and through-the-roof deficit spending."

Remember how close the 2000 election was?! Some of Dubyuh's supporters will tell you those were the costs of his election, and we needed to pander to those voting blocs who benefited from these ridiculous expenditures by the Federal Leviathan!! I believe differently...I think Dubyuh's Girleyman expenditures are muddling the differences between the GOP and the Socialist DemonRATS...and costing the GOP votes!!

"Does it occur to some of you that this isn't some secret conservative code he's sending but that he actually wants the things he says he wants, that he intends to pass them?"

You mean Dubyuh's a damned Milquetoast Moderate like his ineffectual Daddy?! Say it ain't so, but it just might be!!

"Freedom of speech becomes a strange thing when we start to assume that everyone is saying the opposite of what they mean. It's effectively the end of meaningfull discourse. If this is all true, then there is no reason to listen to anything he says. If he says he is against something, you all agree that he's against it. If he says he's for something that you don't want, you just say that he's really truly secretly sneakily craftily against it and how brilliant it is for him to lie to you and everyone else this way."

Hey George W., I ain't defending the action, I'm just pointing out a possibility. I trusted Ronald Reagan when he said, "The Federal Leviathan ain't the solution, it's the problem" and I still believe it today!! Dubyuh's more like his daddy than he's like Ol' Dutch, but I gotta believe he's learned SOMETHING from his Daddy's utter FAILURE as POTUS!!

"I dunno, Slim... Does that scenario really make sense? You tell me. I've misplaced my decoder ring."

I'm with you, I believe a smaller, less-intrustive Federal Leviathan is preferable and every POTUS oughtta do his durnedest to make progress in the direction of down-sizing the Bureaucracy in DeeCee!! No decoder ring required...MUD

[Mudboy Slim]

"RATS Loathe Liberty!!"
(To be sung to U2's "Shadows and Tall Trees")

Out on the cold DeeCee streets we fight...
I FReep to myself 'bout empowerin' the Right!!
We counter-protest...our bravest ain't lame...
Rejectin' Left's Power's the name of the game!!

Who loves Left's Power?!!
Oppressin' what's Right...
RATS want folks on their knees...
Sedition's unwise!!
Left mocks Christ's pain...Reagan's Liberty!!
Rush'll talk o'er Left's spin...
Right shall FReep fer the FRee!!

Yes, I know...you'll know...
Truth be told...Right's BOLD!!
Yes, I know...

RATS LOATHE Liberty...
Right loves bein' FRee...
RATS LOVE Tyranny...
Right loves Liberty!!

Life's not fer Lib'rals...
Left KILLS...no shame...
Ronald Brown's MURDER is SlickWillie's stain!!
RATS mock and blame...Reagan's Legacy!!
We shall FReep fer the FRee!!

Yes, I know...you know...
Must be bold...good folks...
'Cuz Right knows!!

(Git there...)

Do YOU fear the FRee?!
Slav'ry thwarts big dreamin'...
'Tis why LeftWing's squealin'!!
Socialists deny hope...
That's why Left is reelin'!!

Yes, I know...you'll know...
Go and VOTE...yes, VOTE!!
Right shall vote!!

RATS LOATHE Liberty!!
Right loves bein' FRee!!
RATS LOVE Tyranny!!
Right loves Liberty!!

FReedom!! FReedom!! FReedom!!
FReedom!! FReedom!! FReedom!!

RATS LOATHE Liberty!!
Right loves bein' FRee!!
I LOVE LIBERTY!!

FReegards...MUD (06/14/2004)

[Gabz]

I believe a smaller, less-intrustive Federal Leviathan is preferable and every POTUS oughtta do his durnedest to make progress in the direction of down-sizing the Bureaucracy in DeeCee!!

I agree. But there is NO possible way that could possibly happen if Skabby gets elected...........

will check in tomorrow - I have a pillow calling me right now!!!

[George W. Bush]

No decoder ring required...

Well, you made a good case for him. The only electable alternative to Bush is pretty shabby after all. Still, he has no reason to offer more conservative leadership if voters are willing to let him and the Congress off the hook so easiily. And he only needs us one more time, on election day.

[MeekOneGOP]

[visualops]

I think Dubyuh's Girleyman expenditures are muddling the differences between the GOP and the Socialist DemonRATS...and costing the GOP votes!!

I have to disagree with you. There are miles of difference, even with Bush's moderate "compassionate conservatism". Just a few of the glaring differences are: pro-life, our military and the use of, global position re: UN/ICC/KYOTO etc, school choice, judiciary, tort reform, RKBA, and taxes. My belief is this country is roughly divided into 50%, 25% & 25%. Each of the 25 being decidely conservative or liberal/leftist both socially and financially. The other 50% is comprised of people who are moderate or go either way depending on the issue. The usual split is socially liberal and fiscially conservative which as you know is not entirely compatible. As far as the guest worker program it's a way to get the illegals documented which is the first step in control- since short of building a wall it's extremely difficult to stop the flow.
And what's up with the "girleyman" appellation?

[Mudboy Slim]

"...there is NO possible way that could possibly happen if Skabby gets elected..."

Very true...however, it AIN'T gonna happen if we let Dubyuh avoid the issue fer another election. Bush Administration spending is outta control and needs to be reined in...the number I've heard is that domestic discretionary spending has grown 24% in three years!! That's 24% MORE BLOAT in a Federal Leviathan which was already bloated from 8 years of Clinton/Gore expenditures!!

We could FReeze domestic discretionary spending fer the next three years and we'd STILL be over-spending come 2006!!

Dubyuh needs to play ball with the Conservatives...MUD

[Mudboy Slim]

"...he has no reason to offer more conservative leadership if voters are willing to let him and the Congress off the hook so easiily."

Very well-said, El Presidente...MUD

[Gabz]

You're preaching to the choir, my FRiend!