Message to my fellow Republicans

Barack Obama is an American.

Barack Obama is President.

Deal with it.

It makes Republicans look bad to continually harp on this "birth certificate" nonsense.

John McCain, for the record, was born in PANAMA because his family was serving in the military at the time.

You didn't hear any Democrats crying about that, did you?

(Children of Americans that are born abroad are generally granted American citizenship.)

So even if Obama was born in Kenya, (and I don't think he was) his mother is an American and he would be granted American citizenship.

The "birther" crowd needs to take a step back and concentrate on 2012.

Obama is never going to get tossed out of the White House because of a missing birth certificate.

Trust me, I want to see him gone as soon as possible, but the birth certificate thing is dumb.

It needs to go away.

People who continue to dwell on it get viewed as fringe lunatics.

It doesn't help general Republican causes to dwell on that.

More of "Our Jackass Mayor"

This video clip is just perfect and it comes courtesy of City Activist and former Daily News editor Ron Kaye.

I found it on his YouTube page.

Synopsis: Our phony Mayor goes on a phony TV show to discuss a phony search for phony jobs that will never exist in Los Angeles.

In Villaraigosas twisted sense of right and wrong... he believes this segment is crucial and has something to do with actually performing the job duties of the Mayor of Los Angeles.

Pure synergy.

Or dark comedy...depending on how you look at it.

Mike Gatto fact-checks The Jennerjahn Report

I have had some contact over the last day or so with Mike Gatto, the newly-elected State Assemblyman.

Some of his staffers were disturbed by a blog post I had written, titled "Is Mike Gatto Going After Michael Higby?"

In the blog post, I said that Gatto and his staff members may have been involved in creating a nasty blog about Mayor Sam creator Michael Higby. I didn't accuse them outright, but I did list them as one of several suspects.

Higbys Mayor Sam blog has been a thorn in the side of many local politicians... with many political figures admitting that they read it first thing every morning... to make sure they are not being talked about in a storyline there.

Gatto had taken a severe beating recently by the Mayor Sam blog, which was fairly one-sided in its support for Gatto's opponent in the recent election, Republican businessman Sunder Ramani.

Gatto was obviously not happy about this blog post and the way it portrayed him. He contacted me to state very clearly that he and his staff were not involved in this petty attack on Michael Higby.

His quote:

I wondered why Michael Higby was bashing me so hard, so untruthfully, and so personally. I was like, "what did I ever do to this guy, for him to 'have it out for me' so much?"

So I asked around, and found out that he thinks my team put up a blog calling him a slanderer and other things. As stupid as it is to try to prove a negative, I think it is worth saying that I, my team, my staff, my consultants, my friends, etc. did not put up that blog. In the grand scheme of things, I suppose this matters little, unless of course you value the truth. As someone who had to deal with a lot of very nasty and untrue personal attacks, I would never let anyone associated with me make similar personal attacks, in any format, including a web site.

Gattos explanation seems sincere enough to me, and I tend to believe believe him because as an elected official, it would be beneath him to act in this manner. So there you have it.

Gatto and staff clear the air. Let's see what Mayor Sam will have to say about his.

For the record...I do not support Mike Gatto or his politics. But I am happy to let someone respond if they feel they have been unfairly accused of something.

Thank You, President Bush

In opposition to the wild-eyed lefties at Griffith Park Wayist, who are promoting a survey of fellow lefties that criticizes President George W. Bush... I salute President George W. Bush.

History will look back and recognize that he fully supported American ideology and goals.

He was feared and despised by tyrants all over the world because he was a strong leader.

The stock market hit record highs when George W. Bush was President.

He inspired confidence in free-market capitalism.

You will never be able to say that about the current President.

Barack Obama: The New King George

On this Independence Day, it is interesting to take a look at our current President and see how far he has become removed ideologically from the great men who founded our nation.

Benjamin Franklin said "Neither a borrower nor a lender be."

Barack Obama decides to print up billions of dollars out of thin air, creating a situation which threatens to bankrupt our entire financial system and cause a worldwide economic collapse.

John Adams said "A Constitutional Government, once changed from Freedom, can never be restored. Liberty, once lost, is lost forever."

Barack Obama and the Democrats voted in a health care law that gives Free Citizens no choice when it comes to purchasing health insurance.

Thomas Jefferson said "But with respect to future debt; would it not be wise and just for that nation to declare in the constitution they are forming that neither the legislature, nor the nation itself can validly contract more debt, than they may pay within their own age, or within the term of 19 years."

Barack Obama and the Democrats exploded the National Debt to a point where it is now mathematically impossible to pay it off -- jeopardizing the futures of all citizens here in America.

Food for thought on this Independence Day....

Recall effort facing daunting obstacles

Well, all the ninnys and NIMBYS of this City just might get the last laugh on me.

My effort to Recall Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa is facing some daunting obstacles, and if the situation does not change, this initial Recall attempt will not succeed.

1) With six weeks left, we do not have the required signatures. We do have hundreds and hundreds of returned petitions filled with signatures, but nowhere near the 240,000 we need by August 18th.

2) We started this Recall Campaign with less than $10,000 ... and we still have less than $10,000. Part of the crucial element here is that even though 1,000 City workers are about to lose their jobs, they are for some reason not interested in writing the Recall campaign a check for $20. Businesses who lose hundreds of thousands to excessive and Socialist City tax policies will not write a check for $50 to rid themselves of these accursed politicians.

3) The timeframe is working against us. Even if we had the money to enact our battle plans, there is slim chance we could get everything done by August 18th.

Most likely scenario is that we have to let this Recall expire and start raising money to do a new one.

I have a feeling that some of the newly-laid-off 1,000 City employees might get interested this time around.

We need to raise money to do a direct-mail campaign.

We plan on mailing instructions and petitions to over 200,000 voters.

It will cost over $50,000 to do this.

If those 1,000 about-to-get-laid-off City employees had been willing to write us a check for $50, we might be talking about the November Recall election already. But they didn't do that.

I can't do everything on my own, people.

I ran for Mayor against Villaraigosa and asked people to vote for me... they didn't.

I launched the Recall against Villaraigosa and asked people to help out financially...they didn't.

I can't help a City that won't cooperate.

I am willing to re-file against the Mayor one more time, but if larger organizations and groups won't step to the plate to help out financially, then the voters will be left to pay the price for their poor voting choices.

They will feel the sting of having Villaraigosa in charge until 2013. Yes...that's right..2013!

I think it is time for me to concentrate on talking to voters in CD 4 and hoping that they have smartened up a little bit since voting for Villaraigosa in 2009.

If not, they will have to deal with the pain of having the Al Bundy of L.A. politics as their Council Member...

Tom La Bonge.

Our Jackass Mayor Hangs Out With Other Cartoon Characters

Is there anything this guy won't do?

Reminds me of the joke about lawyers and rats.

There are some things that a rat won't do.....