Welcome to Diversity Lane

A couple of weeks back, I was approached by the developer of a new editorial comic series in regards to possibly incorporating their artistic, comedic, and social commentary efforts here at my website. Zack Rawsthorne is the creator of 'Diversity Lane: A Liberal Family Saga' presented as editorial cartoons and with further graphics and audio at the website http://www.diversitylane.com/. As Rawsthorne explains, 'Diversity Lane' "chronicles the chaotic lives of an American family fully engulfed in modern liberalism. As such, they are self-destructive, tormented, and a menace to society - a kind of modern-day Addams Family in a never-ending battle with common sense." It stars little Diversity, the 8-year old daughter of Allison and Alex Lane, who somehow has thus far managed to remain 'normal' despite the liberal chaos all around her. Poor little Diversity has even been called racist for preferring white bread. Her little 6-year old brother Jayson has never been exposed to the good in America, but is instead also bombarded by mom and dad's far-left mantras. These two defenseless children are being indoctrinated by their mommy and daddy, or at least mom and dad are trying their best to get the kids batting lefty. Dad is Alex Lane, an ACLU lawyer who still thinks that Che Guevara is someone to be admired even now, a quarter century after graduating from college. The mom is Allison, a 4th-grade teacher who is described as 'a walking lexicon of PC terminology'. Allison is also a lesbian, and has both current and ex-girlfriends in the series. Mom's ex-girlfriend, Sierra, is a Woodstock throwback, global warming alarmist, and a Wiccan. Her current girlfriend, Devon, is the quintessential angry intellectual lesbian, and is constantly either in or out of therapy. Not only does Alex put up with all of this, he encourages it, and poor little Diversity isn't even sure of which of her "mommy's" is the real birth mother of her brother Jayson. What a mess, huh? Not when you are dealing with ultra-liberals, because this is their life. Rawsthorne presents it with intelligent, biting humor and sarcasm, often through the eyes of one bright, young, and still somewhat innocent little girl who unfortunately has a particularly heavy sociological crutch to bear with her family unit. I am happy to add the editorial comic series 'Diversity Lane' as a regular feature of the website, which will appear just below these main blog story entries and will be updated approximately once per week on the weekends. You can always reach the 'Diversity Lane' website by clicking directly on the comic as well.

Obamacrite

Will the real Barrack Obama please stand up? And this time perhaps show our flag and our national anthem some respect by paying attention, covering your heart with your hand, and perhaps even singing the song? I mean, you are running as the candidate for President of the United States, right? This man has done more flip-flopping in his effort to get elected as the first black American President than his predecessor as the Democratic nominee, John Kerry, did four years ago. You remember Kerry, who famously "voted against the war before I voted for it." Remember all the controversy when Obama refused to wear the iconic American flag pin on the lapel of his suits? The one he claimed was only a "substitute for real patriotism"? The pin is now worn at all times by the candidate. The new claim would appear to be "if a pin can get me elected, whatever its meaning, pin it on me." Obama spent decades attending the Trinity United church under the spiritual guidance of the Reverend Jeremiah Wright. When Wright let loose earlier this year with an anti-American diatribe, Obama immediately defended him, saying that Obama "could no more repudiate his church than his family." So much for that. Wright was tossed under the bus of political expediency, and Barrack left the church. Obama has flip-flopped on trade and the world economy as well, going from a position of vocally denouncing NAFTA to one of strongly supporting free-trade. Now come Barrack Obama's new television commercials, where he extols the "values straight from the Kansas heartland" as taught to him by his suddenly sainted grandma. Wasn't this the same woman who Obama denounced for a racist reaction when she was accosted by a black man on a bus? Obama is doing what politicians do best, and what Democratic politicians do better than any others. He is pandering to what he thinks people want to hear, especially those people who are legitimately undecided in their Presidential preference. If he is talking in front of a group of the military, he will extol their virtues and express his strong support. If in front of a liberal anti-war group, he will talk out of the other side of his mouth. If in front of law enforcement, he will back strong police actions in fighting crime. In front of the ACLU and their buddies, he will talk about police misconduct and abuse. You support the 2nd amendment, he is with you. For handgun control, he's your man. He challenged union contributions to the Edwards and Clinton campaigns as 'special interest' money, and now gleefully accepts those same sources of funding to his own campaign with open arms. In 2004 he stated that it was time to end the embargo with Cuba, but in 2007 he told a group of Cuban-Americans that he would not end the embargo as it was an "important inducement for change." Obama spoke and wrote against the troop surge in Iraq, saying that it wouldn't stop the violence. Now that it has proven an unequivocal success, he says that everyone knew it would work. The man has a 16-month troop withdrawal plan for when he enters office one day, the next he talks about having to stay in Iraq for as long as needed. It all just depends on who he is talking to, and on what the current political climate 'feels' like to him and his team of advisers. It is back to the Clintonista style of campaigning and governing by polling data. Barrack Obama has more faces than a Swiss watch factory, and he has completely misjudged what most Americans want, especially voting Americans. Especially in these difficult times, what we want is a politician who we feel will speak the truth to us. Someone who doesn't feel the need to massage us with what will make us feel good, but instead will tell us how it is and let us in on the discussion to make things better. A vote for Barrack Obama in the fall is a vote for a return to the Clinton days of deception and denial, and of putting off or glossing over problems rather than actually fixing them. Give me John McCain's straight, no-nonsense, tough-love truth any day over this Obama hypocrisy and position-juggling. The Dems have once again given us a hypocrite as their nominee, this time we can perhaps call him the Obamacrite.