Costco and Bahar BBQ Catering

It appears to me that Bahar BBQ Company has endorsed Costco chicken. What an endorsement of Costco and its famous Costco Rotisserie Chicken!

Bahar BBQ Catering proudly proclaims on its website that it "caters for corporate and social events, weddings and any other special and celebratory events in life."

Amongst other things, including its menu along with some very appetizing, mouth-watering, pretty pictures of prepared food items, he website also states:

"Welcome to the home of great-tasting BBQ!

BBQ catering service in Toronto and surrounding area is our speciality and we are proud of serving fabulous food; we are an institution that’s been pleasing the discerning palates of our customers in Europe and North America for over 30 years.
We use only the freshest, top quality ingredients and slow cook all meats to lock in the delicious flavor that’s associated with our name...."

Wonder of wonders, you say! I bet you wonder why I postulate that Bahar BBQ Catering has endorsed Costco and its famous Costco Chicken.

Well, dear readers, to understand that premise, you need to read:
Costco Chicken from Judy's Jewels
and
Is Bahar BBQ Catering a Fraud? from Roland's Ramblings

Gee, I wonder how many other catering firms and individual Costco customers have made an endorsement of Costco chicken.

At the very least, it does seem as though Bahar BBQ Catering has partnered with Costco in its (Bahar BBQ) catering business venture.

Car Deal Shams

I am so angered by the alleged car deals being foisted on the American public! Most of these so-called car deals are nothing but shams.

I really got peeved by the advertising campaign I first noticed a few months ago of the Yark Automotive Group in Toledo, Ohio when they claimed they would pay off the car a person used as a trade-in for a new car.

Bullfeathers! as Teddy Roosevelt would say.

Yark Automotive Group does not pay off the trade-in car. That is a bald-faced lie! Well, they do pay it off in a way, but they do so with money the customer borrowed from a new lender to give to Yark for the new car purchase. You see, the car dealer sets the customer up with a lending company who in turn rolls the balance of the trade-in car, i.e. the payoff, over into a loan the customer takes out for the new car. The balance of the old car loan is paid to the former lender by the car dealer who gets the money from the new lender who in turn adds that amount to the new car loan that the customer takes out - AND now you may even be paying more interest than you had been paying before on the previous loan.

I do not know how Yark Automotive Group and others just like them can get away with what I consider to be false or misleading advertising. Where are the consumer advocacy groups and government watchdogs on this one? Shame on all of them for letting the auto dealers bait and trick and financially gouge the American buying public. And shame on the auto dealers for being less than honest. Is it no wonder that the stereotype of the car salesperson is that of a sleaze-ball?

Then, there are the other shams in the auto sales industry. Take for example all these good offers that you can read about in the Yahoo online article Best Car Deals: August 2010.

Well, I consider them shams, even if you do not. Why? You may ask me that question or not. Makes no difference to me. I am going to tell you regardless of whether you ask.

Think of the phrase: "Show me the money." Now, stop and think a minute about cash on the barrelhead when purchasing a new automobile and these car deals in that article to which I linked. Where is the deal for the person who does not plan to finance the purchase of the car. It seems to me as though all those deals, in one way or another, are geared toward the customer who goes into debt. With the gimmicks used by the automobile sales industry and others, such as the real estate industry and credit card companies, is it no wonder that America is in such terrible financial difficulties?

Car dealers, I say to you:
Give me a real, true, honest to goodness deal. Better yet, just lower the damn inflated car prices to something that is realistic for the buying public and that will still provide a fair profit to the car sales industry. Oh, yeah, the same goes for trucks and motorcycles.

Universal Health Care in the United States Long Overdue

"Medical providers gouge non-insured people. Capitalistic swine that they are. ...
How dare, I SAY HOW DARE, the anti-universal heath care supporters advocate the denial of adequate health care for all Americans regardless of their economic abilities!!! I wonder if any of those tea-party type people have been in the position of needing necessary health care but were unable to get it because they either had no insurance or could not afford to pay for it themselves."

The above quotation is just part of a comment I made in response to an entry from Judy Hansen Commentary.
You may read Judy's entire entry and my complete response to it by going on over to:
Medical Cost Ripoff

Oh, by the way, if you did not previously read, or do not remember reading, a commentary I made a few years ago, I suggest you click on over now to read the Roland Hansen Commentary: Giuliani Illness Insurance Plan.

American Government Reflects The People

I am so darn sick and tired of the apathetic, crybaby, complaining Americans who want to blame "The Government" for all the ills in American society. You know, the ones who keep yelling that we are supposed to have "government of the people, by the people, for the people" and yet they have no clue how our system of government (called federalism) works.

These are the same type of people who blame the "terrible" two-party system for the "crooked politicians" in office and corruption in government.

There are so many people who scream for more "Independents" to be elected. What would happen if all "Independent" candidates or even a lot of "Independents" got elected? They would all have different perspectives on the issues, different ideas on that in which our government should be involved, different approaches to obtain solutions, and so on and so forth. How would they ever agree on anything, good or bad?

Do these complainers not know how a republic, a representative democracy, works? I mean, come on people, the United States is not a direct democracy; nor does the U.S.A. have a parliamentary form of government.


For goodness' sake, I wonder if all these supposed outraged Americans ever took the time to truly be actively involved in the political process. How many of these crybabies actually vote, or better yet, how many of the "We need more Independents" proponents have ever gone out and actively worked for an "Independent" candidate? How are independent-minded aspiring politicians ever going to be elected if "The People" do not work on behalf of "Independent" candidates?

The moaning groaning typical American and those people involved in the Tea Party movement need to bone up on the American politics, the American electoral process, and on the basics of American Government.

In the United States, it really is "government of the people, by the people, for the people" - the people being those who actively participate in electoral politics. All the others are just mindless drones.

The American people get the government they deserve. After all, it is the government that got into power by a vote of the people.

Just Blowing Smoke...: The Rules of Laws

Immigration, illegal immigration, and immigration reform are all hot buttons in the realm of present-day American politics.

Charges of racial profiling, prejudice, and discrimination are being shouted from the mountaintops.

The State of Arizona seems to be at the epicenter of the debate on the very polarizing issue of American public policy regarding legal and illegal immigration.

Yes, indeed, it is all very emotional. And yet, should such debate be based on emotions or is the debate better served by taking a more rational approach?

Perhaps, you just may find the answer to the preceding question by reading:
Just Blowing Smoke...: The Rules of Laws

I know I did. A tip of the hat to Tim Higgins.

mud_rake

Okay, so some people are wondering what the Hmmm ..... entry here on Roland Hansen Commentary is about.

Okay, for you then, I will tell you.

It is about a gutless slimeball troll who goes by the pseudonym of mud_rake.

I have saved some of the dialogues and postings of that worthless piece of fecal matter and am now placing copies of some them here for you to read for yourself so that you may hopefully understand why I do not allow comments by the scum mud-rake or any other trolls and flamers.

Here is some of the dialogue and comments made by the a-hat over on Glass City Jungle:

July 3rd, 2007
The Scarlett Golf Outing…Strippers or Waitress

mud_rake Said: @1:36 pm
One thing that this event proved: Domenic Montalto continues to reign as the local Dem’s most dopey figure [and there are a lot of candidates for this spot].


July 3rd, 2007
Press Release: Lucas County Democratic Party on Golf Outing…

mud_rake Said: @8:09 pm
He’s the consummate politician. He knows that his position is safe because Chris Redfern is incompetent.

Roland Hansen Said: @8:30 pm
Chris Redfern — why in the world would his name be brought into this?

mud_rake Said: @7:44 am
To Ronald Hansen: Redfern is the incompetent head of the Ohio Democratic Party who has not been able to reign in the shenanigans of the LCDP.

Roland Hansen Said: @1:14 pm
Hey mude_rake,
My name is Roland, not Ronald. I have a brother by the name of Ronald, and I would not wish that he be attributed to remarks that I make.
Now, in regards to the topic at hand:
To the best of my knowledge, Chris Redfern as Chair of the Ohio Democratic Party organization has no legitimate authority over the 88 county Democratic party organizations just as the Governor of Ohio has no legitimate authority over the elected officials in each of Ohio’s 88 counties. These are all separate entities with each having its own electoral jurisdictions.
I ask that you cite the rules, regulations, policies, organizational constitution, bylaws, or whatever that give Chair of the Ohio Democratic Party authority over the elected leadership of the County Democratic Party.
While you are most assuredly entitled to your opinion, I believe you need to provide some objective facts to be credible in your allegation.

Roland Hansen Said: @9:46 am
Hey mude_rake, UH, I mean mud_rake, aka Man with the Muck-rake,
Have you got those facts for me, yet?
By the way, aren’t these your own words: “One blunder after the other has caused them to loose …. credibility.”
I am calling for you to establish your credibility with facts as opposed to allegation, innuendo, speculation, name-calling, sarcasm, and the like.
I’m trying to establish whether your commentary is legitimate or just flaming.

Roland Hansen Said: @9:39 pm
Mud must be on someone’s face. The silence is deafening. Facts are absent. Seems to make one blunder after another. Maybe, it is just plain easy for mud and misinformation to be thrown rather than to base opinion on fact.
Give us the facts, not conjecture, supposition, and malinformed perspective. Yellow journalism I can do without.


July 5th, 2007
Allison Perz blames Carty for the delay in Charter School opening…

mud_rake Said: @3:17 pm
Perz and Carty: two scam artists

Roland Hansen Said: @4:59 pm
Can the name-calling mud_rake ever provide some contributing positive commentary rather than the constant barrage of derogatory insults?
Or, at a bare minimum, can mud_rake stop flaming and at least provide some thoughtful commentary of any kind? Even negative commentary can be constructive if done in a manner that uses cognitive processes.

mud_rake Said: @8:52 pm
Mr. Hansen: Sure, come over to my blog. By the way, neither of these two people deserve more than I said about them.
Perhaps you could give us a few postive comments about each of them.
For me, nuff said about these two clowns.

Roland Hansen Said: @9:06 pm
Wow, mud_face, I mean mud_rake, your credibility is now nonexistent. Fools call other persons clowns when they themselves need to belittle others in order to feel good about themselves. Small minds deserve small places.
Been to your blog, won’t be back. The National Enquirer is more credible than you. Regardless, I prefer not to read trash.

mud_rake Said: @8:13 am
Last evening I was trying to figure out Mr. Hansen’s sudden anger with my postings. Then it dawned on me: over in Toledo Talk many weeks ago, I challenged one of his postings.
Apparently Mr. Hansen keeps a record of folks like me who dare challenge his perspective.
But, LisaRenee does not deserve this babble on her blog. Come over to my posting today [Friday] and the two of us can hash it out.


July 5th, 2007
McNamara V Irish…Szollosi…WSPD…”Strippergate” and Trash…

mud_rake Said: @8:13 pm
What a bunch of garbage, literally. This city takes 3 steps backwards for every one foreward. No wonder the voters don’t come out on election day.

Roland Hansen Said: @8:56 pm
Even more trash from mud_slinger, er I mean mud_rake.
The maker of mud pie should step up to the plate and become a candidate for elective office. Slinging mud is easy. Criticizing others is easy. Being the eternal pessimist is easy. Hiding behind a pseudonym is easy. Taking cheap pot shots from the shadows of anonymity is easy.
Talk is cheap. Stand up and be counted. Run for office. Show us what you got.

Roland Hansen Said: @9:57 pm
I love FACTUAL information!

And here is a copy of the mud-rake trash that I deleted from Roland Hansen Commentary:

mud_rake has left a new comment on your post "Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan: Facing anti-Sem...":
Sorry, Roland, to see that your blog has been infected by Barb and Jeanette. They bring a very stubborn and intolerant virus with them that is very difficult to eliminate.
Best wishes on effectively disposing of said pests.
Posted by mud_rake to Roland Hansen Commentary at July 12, 2010 9:42 AM

mud_rake has left a new comment on your post "Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan: Facing anti-Sem...":
...I even called the Orkin Man but he couldn't help, either.
Posted by mud_rake to Roland Hansen Commentary at July 12, 2010 1:30 PM


mud_rake has left a new comment on your post "Sandy Isenberg, Political Hack and Big Time Loser":
What is your present-day beef with Isenberg? She's gone, out of the political arena. What made you choose to go off on her?
Posted by mud_rake to Roland Hansen Commentary at July 14, 2010 10:01 PM

mud_rake has left a new comment on your post "I Told You So: Lucas County Democratic Party and U...":
I notice that you deleted my comment. Any particular reason? Or did Maggie tell you to?
Posted by mud_rake to Roland Hansen Commentary at July 15, 2010 7:13 PM

mud_rake has left a new comment on your post "Sandy Isenberg, Political Hack and Big Time Loser":
You, Mr. Hansen, are also a political hack by not allowing my comments. What a fraud you are.
Posted by mud_rake to Roland Hansen Commentary at July 16, 2010 4:04 PM

mud_rake has left a new comment on your post "Conklin and Company with Sandy Isenberg: Disservic...":
Wow! BFD!
Posted by mud_rake to Roland Hansen Commentary at July 20, 2010 10:50 PM

Apparently mud_rake the troll cannot read the message up there by the header of Roland Hansen Commentary that was specially put there for him and others such as he. As you can see, it reads:

Trolling Not Allowed
Comments from anonymous trolls are not permitted and are deleted if posted by the offending pest.

Do you understand why mud-rake and others like mud_rake are not welcome here on Roland Hansen Commentary?

It is that type of sleazeball who is allowed to post on Glass City Jungle that brought about my disillusionment with that blog and why I have chosen not to participate on that blog.

Oh and by the way, the information contained in the Roland Hansen Commentary "Hmmm ....." is what I was able to discover about the originating location of the the comments being made by mud_rake here on my Roland Hansen Commentary blog.

Hmmm .....

I wonder who this may be:

Domain Name adelphia.net internic.net (Network)
IP Address 24.53.140.# (Comcast Cable)
ISP Comcast Cable
Location
Continent North America
Country United States
State Ohio
City Chillicothe
Lat/Long 39.3335, -83.0168

Give ya three guesses; the first two don't count.

Conklin and Company with Sandy Isenberg: Disservice to Community

I do not agree with the "Conklin and Company" television program hosted by Lee Conklin having Sandy Isenberg referring to her as a political analyst on the weekly program. IT'S JUST NOT RIGHT!

When it comes to the subject politics and political science, I am not without a clue. I do have some background in the field having taught political science classes at the University of Toledo and at Owens Community College. Additionally, I am an inductee of Pi Sigma Alpha, the National Honor Society for Political Science and also an inductee of Pi Alpha Alpha, the National Honor Society for Public Administration. Not to mention that I have experience as the Political Action Chairman of a major organization, been the campaign manager of quite a few candidates, worked on many campaigns for issues, and have run for elective office on seven occasions winning three times. I have a pretty good idea of what a real political analyst does in the real world; and, it is not what Sandy Isenberg does.

I am of the strongly held opinion that the producers of Conklin and Company are denigrating true political analysts every time they refer to Sandy Isenberg as one of that elite group of people. The producers at 13abc WTVG-TV Toledo, OH are doing a disservice to the community by leading the viewers into thinking that Sandy Isenberg is a "political analyst" - in my opinion, Sandy Isenberg is nothing more than a walking and talking loud mouth yenta, plain and simple.

Sandy Isenberg with her roof and ethics isn't credible in any way, shape, or form.

Sandy Isenberg, Political Hack and Big Time Loser

This Roland Hansen Commentary has been brewing for quite some time and is still being formulated.
None-the-less, I thought I would give a preview (or maybe I should use the word prequel) here and now.
My commentary is triggered by the continued appearance of Sandy Isenberg on a local Toledo area television station in its Sunday morning local production of a community and political talk show.

Some refer to her as SWMBO, as you may read in this article, some have called her "Queen" while others describe her as foul-mouthed, and still others like these ill-advised television people refer to her as a political analyst, which she is not.

In my opinion, Sandy Isenberg is nothing more than a political hack and a big time loser.

More about SWICAS, i.e. She Who I Consider A Slimeball, will be written in a future Roland Hansen Commentary.

Politics can be interesting. Ohio politics are definitely interesting. Politics in Lucas County, Ohio are peculiar, to say the least.

I Told You So: Lucas County Democratic Party and Unity

Awhile back, I wrote on several other blogs and e-bulletin boards my thoughts on the Lucas County Democratic Party under the then-new chairmanship of Ron Rothenbuhler. Those comments resulted with me (there's no polite way to say this; well, yes there is, but I don't care) taking an ass-beating on those sites.

So, I said to myself, the heck with those idiots, I'll write about it on my own blog, where hardly anyone ever comments - I think that is because I don't allow cowardly anonymous trolls as do some e-bulletin boards and as do so many other blogs just so their authors or administrators can have a "large" readership to inflate their ego by enhancing their low self-esteem and in order that they can brag and feel important about themselves.

At any rate, way back in 2007 on Roland Hansen Commentary, I made this statement:
"I predict that the Lucas County Democratic Party will come together on a united front in the not-too-distant future."
Click on over to read the entire Roland Hansen Commentary - OHIO: Lucas County Democratic Party and Unity.

While I was poopooed by quite a few people across the blogosphere, I stood by my prediction.

Well, here it is, almost three years later. I do believe enough time has elapsed to have validated my predication. I wonder how all the a-hats that belittled me back then like eating crow.

To those naysayers and pessimists and incompetent wanna-be political analysts, I say:
I TOLD YOU SO!