President of all Iranians — both living and dead in the streets — Ahmadinejad still wants to build a few nukes even though Mr. Obama has told him not to. Colonel Qaddhafi, or Gaddahfi or Khaddafi, or Kaddafy or however you spell it, isn’t on board the love train either.

This has not deterred President Obama! Moving swiftly, he said he will name a new Apology Czar, rumored to be either Jimmy Carter or Maxine Waters and set a schedule for more apologies to settle all past wrongs of the United States.

The President is planning a public World Apology Tour for the interventions, imperialism and mistakes the United States has made in the past. The President believes that only then will everyone hold hands with us and join in a rousing chorus of “Kumbaya.”

The Tour Schedule

November 1st – The President will travel to Berlin, Germany to make amends to the German people for our interference in domestic European politics during the First and Second World Wars. Our nation building efforts were unwarranted and resulted in unforeseen liberty and economic development. The President will recommend the return of Poland and France to German control in reparation.

November 4th – The President will stop in Pyongyang, North Korea to offer our apologies to Kim Jong-il for getting involved in what was basically a civil war. The unintended consequence of this action left half of the Korean people living a comfortable and successful lifestyle while their country stole untold millions of car sales from the Japanese.

November 5th - In Tokyo the President will announce the return of the Philippines and Hawaii to the Japanese for our unwanted interference in Asian-Pacific affairs in the 1940s.

November 11th – Set to coincide with Veteran’s Day celebrations, the President will travel to Appomattox, Virginia to apologize to the former Southern states for the Civil War.  He will apologize to the South for imposing the morality of the North and imposing their Judeo-Christian view of slavery on Southern plantation owners.

TBA - Trip to France for apology for taking advantage of them during the Louisiana Purchase.  Date for apology to the British for the American Revolution…

In this episode, “NewsBusted” covers: President Obama, the Federal Deficit, Nancy Snyderman, ObamaCare, NASA, Cap and Trade, Global Warming, Hugo Chavez, Fidel Castro, Billie Jean King, and North Korea.

Which brings me to my subject; did anyone besides me see the irony in sending Bill Clinton, perhaps the most famous serial philanderer of the past two centuries, to pick up two hot Asian girls in North Korea? Was it the ultimate in Asian carry out!

How did that go down? Was Bill sitting in his Laze-E-Boy while Hillary was talking on the phone to the North Koreans? She hangs up and says, “I got the release all worked out. Now ,if I could just find someone who wouldn’t mind sitting on a private jet for twelve hours with two hot Asian women.” Before you can say Paula Flowers, Bill is on his way to the airport with a blue suit and a bottle of Viagra.

Did the women know the ride home was going to be with the biggest snake of them all on the plane? I wonder how the North Koreans broke the news.  “Listen ladies, you can go home with Bill Clinton or stay here for ten years of hard labor.” They look at each other and say, “How many years was that?”

Don’t get me wrong, I’m very happy for Ms. Laura Ling and Ms. Euna Lee. There are some questions that need to be answered: Why were two of Al Gore’s employees hanging on the China/North Korea border? Why didn’t Big Al hop on one of his carbon-neutral personal jets and go pick up these two women? What were they doing there to begin with? Did the Chinese government know they were there?  What did we give the North Koreans for the release of these two women?

Call me cynical but I don’t think a few pictures with Bill Clinton and some carbon credits from Al Gore would do the trick. Once again the Obama administration has shown that it’s business as usual in Washington where the same old people get all the good gigs.

It all played out a little too perfect — a surprise last-minute swoop by Clinton into enemy territory to heroically stare down the world’s most blood-thirsty dictator and rescue two damsels in distress.  The press asked the White House how Bill Clinton became involved in the rescue of the two American women, Laura Ling and Euna Lee, trespassing into North Korea and sentenced to “10 years hard labor.”  They said they had no involvement.  Of course, Bill Clinton’s wife Hillary works for President Obama as Secretary of State; certainly, the press surmised, she must have been responsible.  The response from the State Department was that Bill Clinton was on a “private humanitarian mission.” How does one pull off such an extempore feat without government help?  Why, call a movie mogul — of course!

Steve Bing, the multimillionaire behind “Beowulf” and “The Polar Express,” now has a new blockbuster in his collection — call it “The Pyongyang Express.”  Clearly a man who knows how to make things happen, Bing didn’t have time for protocol, pesky nuclear disarmament concerns or international law.  He fueled up his private Boeing 737 and before you could yell “Action!” a former U.S. President was on his way to meet Kim Jong Ill, a sworn enemy of the United States — who just a month ago was launching missiles aimed precariously close to Hawaii.

But it doesn’t stop there.  As any mogul knows, making the picture is one thing — but it’s all about marketing it big, baby!  No worries, Bing’s Hollywood P.R. firm Rogers & Cowan was brought in to arrange a spectacular homecoming.  Since the women being rescued worked for a company of Academy-Award winning, greenie Al Gore, the firm wisely chose a solar powered facility to accommodate press events.  Meanwhile, the pictures coming back from North Korea were playing out beautifully.  Clinton looked so glum and stern next to a clearly delighted, but frail Kim Jong-Il.  It reminded the world how wonderful Clinton can play emotions for the cameras: “In this scene, Bill, you are meeting a man who wants to take over the world — remember, you’re Luke Skywalker, and he’s Darth Vader.”

Back in Tinseltown, the set folks were readying a hangar at Bob Hope International Airport in Burbank for our hero’s triumphant return.  No official U.S. government personnel in this scene.  No, this is where tears are shed, and father-figure Al Gore emerges to hug the dear employees he feared were lost forever.  One of the rescued women said Clinton’s team was “super-cool,” and she was right.  Welcome to the A-List sweetheart.  No disrespect to the woman, but the team may have done too much of a super-cool perfect job — usually prisoners look a little more shaken and stirred as they descend the airplane steps back into captivity.

These rescued prisoners had make-up, wardrobe and perfect hair that gleamed under the lights of the awaiting cameras.  Thankfully, no hard labor evident.  But something about this blockbuster leaves the audience feeling a tad anxious after the credits roll.  After all, the bar has certainly been raised.  Will there be more cinematic rescues of American captives — servicemen and women in Afghanistan who are taken by the Taliban or captured in Iraq by roving militias?  The three “hikers” who crossed into Iran and were taken prisoner?  Should Clinton be dropped by helicopter onto ships seized by Somali pirates?

We’ll have to wait for the sequel.

(Ringggggggggggggg.)

Todd, the assistant to the assistant of Ms. Clinton:

Mrs. Clinton? Mr. Clinton is on the phone for you.

Hillary:

That’s MS. Clinton. Give me that phone.

Hello…?

Bill: 

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA BWAAA HAHAHHAHHAHHAHHAHHAHHA! Ho ho ho HOOO HOOO BWAAAAAAAAH HAHA HA HA HA, uh Heee hee heeee………Ohhhhhh hey, Hun!

Hillary:

Helloooooooo?

Bill:

Bwaaaaaaa Heee hee hee heee… Ehh hmm.. Hey, Hillary, how’s it going?  See me on the TV?

Hillary: 

Yes saw you. How’s it going with me? Oh pretty well, Bill. Very busy over here in….. ah… this country he’s got me in.

Bill:  

Yeah, Barry sure has got you on the run, huh?

Hillary:

No Bill, I’ve got me on the run to important things. What is it you want, Bill?

Bill:

What is it I want?  BWAAAAAAAAAA HA AH AH AH AH AH HA HA HA HA HA HA. Just to let you know babe:… I’M BAAAAAAAAAACKKKKKK! The Slickster! The Reuniter! I’M BAAAAAAAAAACK! No more walking that rotten dog! No more boring lunches in Harlem! No more MISTER Hillary. BWAAAAA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA AHAAA HAHA BWAAA Heee hee hee. Oh ho ho… sorry hun.

Hey all kiddin’ aside Honey, did you see Al with that green ‘welcome home’ banner? And that lil’ commercial for that radio station he’s hawkin’?

Hillary:

It’s a TV station, Bill.

Bill: 

Yeah, whatever… I mean is he a hoot or what? And what about Barack ‘Dr. Distraction’ Obama. This guys slick meter is on the uptick.

Hillary:

Quite a compliment coming from you. Bill, is there anything important you need to tell me? I mean I am very busy here.

Bill:

Oh sure you are, I know, honey. I just wanted to talk to you first… as soon as I got off the plane.

Hillary:

Oh, I planned on hearing from you, Bill.

Bill:

Okay babe, being I’m in L.A., I’m gonna go hit the strip tonight with Al and a few of his greenies. He’s got a super stretch that runs on mouse crap, or something. I’m just gonna go have a few laughs.

Hillary:  

Hopefully no more than you’re having on this conversation, Bill.

Bill:

Oh I am sorry, Hill, it’s just… it’s just… don’t you just find this ironic? I mean I call the Obama camp a fairytale, and he has me go out there and save the day.  Bet you wish it was you, huh Hillary?

(Click)

Bill: 

Awww… she hung up. Hey, H.W., you still on the line? 

President George Herbert Walker Bush:

Yeah, Bill, I’m here.. You still got it bro!

Bill:

Pretty good huh?

H.W.:

Oh man I am cryin’ here. I gotta call the boy and tell’m about this one. BWAAAAAAA HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. See ya on the golf course, Billy!

It has been six months since the Administration took office and the far left have taken complete control of the government.  Has our capitalist past been improved upon?  Or, is the socialism we have had thrust upon us making us worse off?  Has the foreign policy of appeasement and apology made the world a safer place?  To put it more simply, are you better off now than you were six months ago?  Unfortunately, the answer is not only “no,” but “much worse.” 

When the President took office in January, the entire world was full of “Hope.”  The far left and moderates that put him there were hoping for “Change.”  Well, they got the change, but I do not think they were “hoping” to get the type of change they got. 

Foreign Affairs 

After three trips abroad, the President may have made a lot of friends, but he has not done much to make us safer.  Iran has continued its nuclear program unabated and continues to threaten both the west and Israel.  North Korea is testing missiles and nuclear bombs and nobody does anything about it.  Obama apologizes for American arrogance in the past and then cannot get the EU or anyone else to agree to his foreign policy or to spend more money on their own domestic stimulus plans. 

In Russia, he speaks, declares the meetings successful, but nothing happens.  Then, in a video that was not played at all by the liberal media in the United States, none of the Russian government officials shake his hands.  In fact, they snub him. 

Pakistan came very close to falling to the Taliban and is still fighting them off.  That was not a typo, Pakistan, not Afghanistan.  We have increased our presence in Afghanistan, but we still can not make any inroads.  In fact, the past few months in Afghanistan have been the bloodiest from an American standpoint in years.  The Taliban grows stronger and stronger each day.  Maybe we need a Bush like surge in order to finally end the quagmire there? 

To give the President some credit, we have begun our withdrawal of troops from Iraq.  This appears to be working as there has not been any major incidents since the withdrawal began.  Iraq has not fallen to the radical groups and the government seems to be stable.  However some troops should stay just to maintain the peace and calm that is currently in that country. 

Grade:  D 

Domestic Policy 

The stimulus package that is costing taxpayers almost 800 billion dollars is a failure.  That is a fact.  Actually, it is such a failure that the President’s numbers are tanking probably almost exclusively because of this.  His approval rating has dropped nine points in two weeks to under 56%.  He now has the tenth lowest approval rating over all presidents at this point in their presidency.  As we all know the stimulus package was passed with the President’s usual statement that it had to be done now.  The economy could not wait.  A crisis was about to occur. 

It was promised in order to get the stimulus passed, that unemployment would not go above eight percent.  It is now at 9.6% and easily on its way to over ten.  In fact, the latest estimates say ten is not even a top figure.  Jobs have not been saved.  They are being lost at an alarming rate.  There are even allegations that Obama’s office is keeping economic statistics from the American people so that his health care plan can pass.  If Americans knew the true numbers on the economy, health care would be dead on arrival.  But to listen to the President last night, the stimulus has worked.  I do not know what figures he is looking at, but they definitely are not the same ones the general public is seeing. 

Keynesian stimulus plans do not work.  As I have said before in this column, a stimulus did not work in the Great Depression.  It did not work in Japan in the 90’s and it will not work now.  Recessions are cyclical as are growth periods.  Time will end this recession and nothing else.  The only difference now is that when this one ends our future will be laden with more debt than anyone could have imagined on November 4, 2008, when this president was elected.  And, the Federal Reserve will be stronger and have more control of the economy as a result therefore. 

At the current pace, the Federal Debt will be doubled in less than eight years.  It took 43 Presidents to get the debt to ten trillion dollars.  Obama will double it in less than eight.  The current deficit of 1.3 trillion dollars is more than the last five years of Bush’s deficits combined.  And, last night in his sales pitch on health care, Obama says that this year’s deficit is inherited from President Bush.  Who is he kidding? 

Obama is now losing his own party members.  The so called “Blue Dog,” Democrats are running from him.  Maybe it is out of fear because of the “Cap and Trade,” debacle.  Maybe it is out of fear for deficits.  Actually, it is out of fear for their jobs.  If you were a Democrat from a conservative Southern or Midwestern State what would you do now?  We have the worst case of “Tax and Spend” in American history. 

Oh, I’m sorry; to correct myself so far it has just been Spend.  The Tax portion has not hit yet.  At some point, one of these spending sprees is going to break its own back and then the tax increases will come.  And, when they come, mark my words, it will not be just the rich that are going to feel them in their pocketbooks. 

“Cap and Trade,” has some of the largest penalties for capitalism in the history of the United States.  If you pollute, you will pay.  Thank God this bill looks like it is dead in the Senate.  And, thank God, the aforementioned Blue Dog Democrats are killing this proposed health care plan as well. 

Everyone in this country would love to have a health care plan that guarantees health care to everyone; that stops insurance companies from denying coverage based upon pre-existing conditions and that stops doctors from over treating.  But, a single payer system will not work.  It will ruin the best medical care in the world.  And, that assumes that someone actually figures out how to pay for it. 

Of course, Obama wants the “rich” to pay for it.  Keep the lower classes covered without having to pay.  Make the rich, evil capitalists pay for health care.  Make them pay for everything.  That will make life fairer. 

Grade:  F 

After all, isn’t that what this is all about?  This is about making life fair.  It is socialism pure and simple.  Since January 20, 2009, the government has taken over the insurance, banking and automobile industry.  We are regulating whatever industries we have not taken over.  And, now we want to create the biggest bureaucracy in the history of mankind; a government run health care industry. 

It is time to stop.  Life is not fair.  There will always be rich.  There will always be poor.  Is it fair for one child to be born on the Upper East Side of Manhattan with rich parents?  Is it fair for another child to be born into poverty in Calcutta?  Is it fair for the Far Left Liberals to take away all of the incentive for personal improvement and gain that have made this country different from India and the European Socialist countries.  No.  It is not fair.  And, hopefully 2010 is coming quickly so that all of the Far Lefties can be sent into retirement.  That includes specifically; Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Chris Dodd, Barbara Boxer, and Barney Frank. 

Oh, by the way, I sent a letter to Barbara Boxer this week saying that I was against the health care plan and that she should not vote for it under any conditions.  This is the response I received: 

Dear Mr. DeMartini:

Thank you for writing to me about the need for health care reform.  I am committed to enacting comprehensive health reform that controls rising health care costs and ensures high-quality, affordable health care for all Americans. 

Congress recently passed a budget that lays out some basic principles for health care reform: making health care coverage affordable, guaranteeing Americans a choice of health plans and physicians, investing in prevention and wellness, improving patient safety and quality care, and making health care reform fiscally sustainable.  

As the number of uninsured Americans grows rapidly, more people are suffering and forgoing needed care.  It is estimated that more than 45 million Americans are without health insurance, including 6.7 million people in California. 

Escalating health care costs are hurting our families and our economy.  In order to put our economy on a sound path to recovery, we must address the costs and inefficiencies of our health care system.  As we move forward in the debate on health care reform, I will continue to fight for common goals of constraining costs, expanding access, and improving quality. 

I look forward to working with the Obama Administration and my colleagues to enact legislation that will put these principles for health care reform.

Again, thank you for writing to me. Please feel free to contact me again about this or other issues of concern to you.

Barbara Boxer
United States Senator

She did not even read my letter.  This woman should be the first to be put into retirement when she is up for reelection.

Letter of Appreciation [click to enlarge]

And they live across from us.   One such Hero is Adolph Arujo who served in the Korean war as a medic in the 2nd Infantry Division in the Punchbowl.  This area had some of the fiercest fighting of the war such as Heartbreak Ridge.

We have never spoken in detail about the War nor will we.  Courtesy of Hollywood movies, I can imagine the devastation of a friend’s horrible death at your side. I can imagine the onslaught of an attack and gut-bending fear that does not deter one from duty. I can imagine the alienation between a soldier and civilian life. But, of course, I’m still just imagining and not living this role. My words are wholly insufficient. Their valor, courage and service is far too incomprehensible in my experience.

I got to talking one day in general about the Korean War with Adolph, including marksmarnship, and then he said, “Nobody remembers and nobody cares.”  He shrugged and we parted.  That bothered me for a number of years and I had to take action. I wanted to get a letter, a declaration, anything from a Korean government official thanking him for his service.  I called the Korean embassy but they didn’t understand.  I tried to limp through conversation.  I even wrote a letter.  Nothing.

Flash forward five, six years.  I am working on a film, “Body and Seoul” that is set in Korea.  My producing partner, Robert Lennon, speaks Korean fluently, married a Korean woman and served in Korea.  He is in Korea for two months to arrange talent, finance and locations. Over this time, he speaks to numerous officials, politicians and others in pursuit of our film project – and this letter.   He is meticulous, unfailingly polite and determined.   At last, he gets a former Minister of Defense, a Major General, Chairman of their Joint Chiefs of Staff, Deputy Commander of South Korean-US Combined Forces Command, etc., to write a letter thanking my Korean War-vet friend.

In part, the letter says, “On behalf of the Korean people and government, I would like to express my belated appreciation for your extraordinary courage, noble sacrifice and contribution to the war effort that you have show during times of war.  We owe a debt of gratitude to you for your service in the Korean War and you will be remembered forever by the Korean people as our true friend, who protected our nation.”

Today, fifty-five years after the cessation of hostilities on the Peninsula, the Socialist Left-wing dictatorship of North Korea still threatens the Freedom and Liberty of the South Korean people.  The recent missile and rocket launches, blustering rhetoric and refusal to discuss its nuclear proliferation make the border between North and South Korea one of the most dangerous areas in the world. The thirty-eight miles between the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) and the South Korean capital of Seoul is sewn with defense mines, huge tank traps and other methods to block any massive North Korean attack.

I got the letter, and with a family, career and other obligations, I found months had gone by trying to find the right day and time to present it. And then suddenly the Fourth of July was coming.  I hustled and put the letter in a frame, his other wartime photos and documents supplied covertly by his son.

I presented it to him on the Fourth of July, telling Adolph that as long as I am alive, that as long as my children are alive, that his sacrifice will never be forgotten for our Freedom and that of the South Korean people. Amazingly, my friend, Robert, and Adolph were both in the 2nd Infantry Division in Korea and share the same birthday. I do not believe that this is coincidence.

Freedom does not know time. The fight for Freedom comes full circle from generation to generation. My guess is that the experiences of Adolph in the Punchbowl are as real to him today as they were 55 years ago. But, hopefully, today and tonight, he and all our vets sleep a little better at night from the horrors of war. I believe that War is the second worst condition that humanity can experience.

The first is slavery. The South Korean people do not know of the first and the North Korean people know nothing other than slavery, starvation and brutality.

“We owe a debt of gratitude to you for your service in the Korean War and you will be remembered forever by the Korean people as our true friend, who protected our nation.”

What did I get out of all this?  The idea that we have to remember their sacrifices like they happened yesterday.  For them, it still does. And the  best Fourth of July.  Ever.

In this episode, “NewsBusted” covers: North Korea, Sarah Palin, Tina Fey, U.S. Marines, Afghanistan, President Obama, EPA memos, global warming, Michael Jackson, Joe Biden, Senator Al Franken, Best Buy, and Spike Lee.

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Note: No Koreans were harmed during the making of this video… Unless you count South Koreans. Then there were probably thousands of them hurt through oppression and starvation. Bear witness, folks!