This is a sad note to be starting the week off with, but I just heard that music legend Jeff Healey passed away at the age of 41 after his life-long fight with cancer.
Healy lost his sight when he was one, but taught himself to play guitar by laying it flat on his lap when he was only three.
Following a lengthy struggle with cancer,
Healey passes away on the eve of the
release of a new blues rock album
Two extremely talented guitarists united together again. RIP
He is the “Candy Man” and Rush Limbaugh’s use of the Sammy Davis Jr. classic is right on the mark. Sammy Davis Jr. didn’t know it but he made a prophetic song in foreshadowing the arrival of Barak Obama on the political scene.
“Mixing things with love and making the world taste good,” is actually the basis of the Obama philosophy on global terrorism and foreign policy. Is that what we need to fight Al-Qaeda and jihadists worldwide?
A Marine was coming home from the Pentagon one day. He noticed that there was a lot more traffic than normal. As he got further up the road all of the traffic had come to a halt. He saw a policeman coming towards his car, so he asked the cop what was wrong. The cop said, “Man we are in a crisis situation. Bill Clinton is in the road very upset. He does not have the $33.5 million that he owes his lawyers. He is threatening to douse himself in gasoline and start a fire.” The marine asked the cop exactly what he was doing there.” The cop said, “I feel sorry for the former president so I am going car to car asking for donations.” The marine asked, “How much do you have so far?” The cop replied, “Well as of right now only 33 gallons, but many people are still siphoning as we speak!”
Liberal or not, at least she recognizes that the future is about succeeding in Iraq and that’s the best way to bring peace; not leaving and allowing Al Qaeda to regroup.
I am glad to see what she is doing to help the people of Iraq. This is one of those rare instances where putting aside political differences to help suffering people proves to be the best hope and the answer to solving the problems of the world.
If only more celebrities would take a productive role in the fight against terrorism and human rights abuse.
As for the question of whether the surge is working, I can only state what I witnessed: U.N. staff and those of non-governmental organizations seem to feel they have the right set of circumstances to attempt to scale up their programs. And when I asked the troops if they wanted to go home as soon as possible, they said that they miss home but feel invested in Iraq. They have lost many friends and want to be a part of the humanitarian progress they now feel is possible.
Here is more evidence that the main stream media is in the tank for Obama.
In this Reuters photo, Hillary Clinton smiles with a picture of her mentor peering over her shoulder.
A picture speaks a thousand words.
