I just got off the phone with Senator John McCain.
I haven't spoken with him in a good little while, so this morning, out of the blue, he called me.
It was good to hear from him again, actually.
We chatted for a short time, and he finally got around to the real purpose of his call, which was to remind me to vote for Charlie Crist for Governor of Florida (which I had planned to do anyway).
That's one of the things that I really love about Election Season...
You get to find out who your real friends are...
Monday, September 04, 2006
It Was Bound To Happen Sooner Or Later...
Today is a sad day.
From NEWS.com.au...
Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin dead...
He was killed in a freak accident in Cairns, police sources said today.
It is understood he was killed by a stingray barb that went through his chest and reportedly into his heart .
He was swimming off the Low Isles at Port Douglas filming an underwater documentary when the tragedy occured.
I still vividly remember the first time I ever watched this guy on Television.
He was going around Australia, picking up and showing the camera the 10 most deadly snakes in the World.
I sat for an hour with my mouth hanging open.
The MOST amazing thing he ever did, as far as I'm concerned, is find a woman who was just as crazy as he was, and talk her into marrying him. There's someone for everyone, I guess.
My brother-in-law said that his Tomb Stone would say "Here Lies The Luckiest S.O.B. In The Whole World."
Maybe not...
He will be missed.
He lasted a whole lot longer than I ever thought he would...
From NEWS.com.au...
Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin dead...
He was killed in a freak accident in Cairns, police sources said today.
It is understood he was killed by a stingray barb that went through his chest and reportedly into his heart .
He was swimming off the Low Isles at Port Douglas filming an underwater documentary when the tragedy occured.
I still vividly remember the first time I ever watched this guy on Television.
He was going around Australia, picking up and showing the camera the 10 most deadly snakes in the World.
I sat for an hour with my mouth hanging open.
The MOST amazing thing he ever did, as far as I'm concerned, is find a woman who was just as crazy as he was, and talk her into marrying him. There's someone for everyone, I guess.
My brother-in-law said that his Tomb Stone would say "Here Lies The Luckiest S.O.B. In The Whole World."
Maybe not...
He will be missed.
He lasted a whole lot longer than I ever thought he would...
Wednesday, August 30, 2006
It Does A Body Good...
From TampaBays10.com, via Fark.com...
Camel's Milk: Viagra of the desert?
New Delhi, India - One hump or two?
Camel's milk is hot stuff in India because of its supposed effect as an aphrodisiac. The run on camel's milk was prompted by an 88-year-old man who fathered a child.
The Times of India newspaper reports the man attributes his virility to the drink. The paper reports prices for camel's milk have now doubled. But don't bother walking a mile for this camel. Indian medical researchers dismiss the notion that camel's milk could be the Viagra of the desert.
I don't know whether it works or not, but my Wife has ordered 50 gallons.
Camel's Milk: Viagra of the desert?
New Delhi, India - One hump or two?
Camel's milk is hot stuff in India because of its supposed effect as an aphrodisiac. The run on camel's milk was prompted by an 88-year-old man who fathered a child.
The Times of India newspaper reports the man attributes his virility to the drink. The paper reports prices for camel's milk have now doubled. But don't bother walking a mile for this camel. Indian medical researchers dismiss the notion that camel's milk could be the Viagra of the desert.
I don't know whether it works or not, but my Wife has ordered 50 gallons.
Monday, August 28, 2006
High On The Hog...
My Wife and I just returned from a little weekend getaway to picturesque Orlando Florida.
Going to Orlando for the weekend is nothing unusual for us. We live about an hour and a half from Orlando, and we both hold Yearly Passes to the Universal Studios Theme Parks which allow us to walk right in like we own the place. We go all the time.
But this time we did it a little differently.
This time, we got a room in one of the Resort Hotels on the property.
It was obscenely expensive.
But we had been planning for this trip for quite a while, and my plan was to set things up so that all weekend, the answer never had to be "No, we can't afford that."
We were shuttled from the Hotel to the Parks on a little boat, we had Fast Passes (included in the price of the room) which allowed us to skip right to the front of the line on any ride we wanted to ride. We soaked in the Hot-Tub, raided the Mini-Bar, put the "Do Not Disturb" sign on the door, and basked in the lap of Luxury.
My Wife's brother and his Wife went with us, and on Sunday Night, we all dressed up and went to dinner at Emeril's Tchoup Chop (pronounced "Chop Chop", due to the fact that you cut up your credit card when you leave the place), where I paid $170.00 for 16 ounces of Filet Mignon, eleven roasted potatoes (which looked suspiciously like left-over Home-Fries from the Breakfast Buffet at the restaurant next door...), three Scallops and a handful of Onion Straws, shared between my Wife and me.
I could have cooked the whole meal over a can of Sterno in the Hotel Room for about $15, and you would not have been able to tell the difference in the food.
But I did not go there for the food.
I went there to look at the Waterfall on the back wall while I ate. I went to see if there were any fish in the raised Tile Pond in the center of the restaurant. I went to have the waiter fluff my napkin and put it on my lap for me, and ask every two minutes if I wanted more Mineral Water.
I went for the experience.
And it was great.
I have always had to be extremely careful with money my whole life, but for one weekend, I was P.Diddy in Orlando, and it felt wonderful.
I do not know what your financial status may be, but DO THIS.
At least once in your life, just go away somewhere with your Wife/Girlfriend/Boyfriend/Partner/Complete Stranger, and forget about the cost. For just a few days, do whatever you want, no matter what.
And when you get back home, be happy about the fact that you did it. Don't second guess it.
You will not be sorry.
Going to Orlando for the weekend is nothing unusual for us. We live about an hour and a half from Orlando, and we both hold Yearly Passes to the Universal Studios Theme Parks which allow us to walk right in like we own the place. We go all the time.
But this time we did it a little differently.
This time, we got a room in one of the Resort Hotels on the property.
It was obscenely expensive.
But we had been planning for this trip for quite a while, and my plan was to set things up so that all weekend, the answer never had to be "No, we can't afford that."
We were shuttled from the Hotel to the Parks on a little boat, we had Fast Passes (included in the price of the room) which allowed us to skip right to the front of the line on any ride we wanted to ride. We soaked in the Hot-Tub, raided the Mini-Bar, put the "Do Not Disturb" sign on the door, and basked in the lap of Luxury.
My Wife's brother and his Wife went with us, and on Sunday Night, we all dressed up and went to dinner at Emeril's Tchoup Chop (pronounced "Chop Chop", due to the fact that you cut up your credit card when you leave the place), where I paid $170.00 for 16 ounces of Filet Mignon, eleven roasted potatoes (which looked suspiciously like left-over Home-Fries from the Breakfast Buffet at the restaurant next door...), three Scallops and a handful of Onion Straws, shared between my Wife and me.
I could have cooked the whole meal over a can of Sterno in the Hotel Room for about $15, and you would not have been able to tell the difference in the food.
But I did not go there for the food.
I went there to look at the Waterfall on the back wall while I ate. I went to see if there were any fish in the raised Tile Pond in the center of the restaurant. I went to have the waiter fluff my napkin and put it on my lap for me, and ask every two minutes if I wanted more Mineral Water.
I went for the experience.
And it was great.
I have always had to be extremely careful with money my whole life, but for one weekend, I was P.Diddy in Orlando, and it felt wonderful.
I do not know what your financial status may be, but DO THIS.
At least once in your life, just go away somewhere with your Wife/Girlfriend/Boyfriend/Partner/Complete Stranger, and forget about the cost. For just a few days, do whatever you want, no matter what.
And when you get back home, be happy about the fact that you did it. Don't second guess it.
You will not be sorry.
Tuesday, August 22, 2006
Vindication...
I do not discuss the issue of Abortion very often on my own Blog. I will occasionally engage on the subject at other sites, but I know that no agreement will ever be reached between those who believe that a woman should be allowed to abort her healthy unborn baby in order to correct her own mistake, and those who believe that to do so is to cut short the life of an innocent human being.
The one other time that I spoke about my view of abortion here was the first and only time I was ever called a Nazi.
I was called a Nazi because of this statement:
"I think that women SHOULD be allowed to terminate pregnancies. If the Democrat Party wants to continue to Abort their Voter Base, that's fine with me."
And how the fur did fly.
I was told that rooting for the elimination of the children of my political adversaries was immoral. I was told that Democrats were not the only people who have Abortions. (We all know that Pro-Life Right Wing Republicans have Abortions all the time...)
I was told that the type of hatred that I displayed was more in line with Nazi Germany than in Modern Free America, where women can freely choose to kill their own babies, and we are supposed to do nothing to stop them, but we all must pretend to be appropriately sorrowful for them, because they have been forced to make such an unfortunate choice.
But facts are facts.
I am a Conservative because my parents instilled Conservative Values in me from a very young age.
I assume that Liberal Parents would try to encourage Liberal Ideals in their children as well.
But lately Liberals seem to have more and more trouble winning National Elections, and as far as I know, it has occured to no one else but me that there may be a connection between this trend and the insistence of Liberal Democrats to protect the right of their women to abort their children.
Then tonight, I found this at the Drudge Report.
The Fertility Gap
Liberal politics will prove fruitless as long as liberals refuse to multiply.
BY ARTHUR C. BROOKS Tuesday, August 22, 2006 12:01 a.m. EDT
The midterm election looms, and once again efforts begin afresh to increase voter participation. It has become standard wisdom in American politics that voter turnout is synonymous with good citizenship, justifying just about any scheme to get people to the polls...
On the political left, raising the youth vote is one of the most common goals.
The trouble is, while most "get out the vote" campaigns targeting young people are proxies for the Democratic Party, these efforts haven't apparently done much to win elections for the Democrats. The explanation we often hear from the left is that the new young Democrats are more than counterbalanced by voters scared up by the Republicans on "cultural issues" like abortion, gun rights and gay marriage...
But the data on young Americans tell a different story. Simply put, liberals have a big baby problem: They're not having enough of them, they haven't for a long time, and their pool of potential new voters is suffering as a result.
The article does not make the connection, but I do.
Can you imagine how different things would have been, had Thirty Million voting-age people, all raised by Pro-Choice Left Leaning parents (or mothers, as the case may be) shown up to vote in the 2000 Presidential Election?
Is this not further evidence of how Liberalism is ultimately it's own punishment?
The one other time that I spoke about my view of abortion here was the first and only time I was ever called a Nazi.
I was called a Nazi because of this statement:
"I think that women SHOULD be allowed to terminate pregnancies. If the Democrat Party wants to continue to Abort their Voter Base, that's fine with me."
And how the fur did fly.
I was told that rooting for the elimination of the children of my political adversaries was immoral. I was told that Democrats were not the only people who have Abortions. (We all know that Pro-Life Right Wing Republicans have Abortions all the time...)
I was told that the type of hatred that I displayed was more in line with Nazi Germany than in Modern Free America, where women can freely choose to kill their own babies, and we are supposed to do nothing to stop them, but we all must pretend to be appropriately sorrowful for them, because they have been forced to make such an unfortunate choice.
But facts are facts.
I am a Conservative because my parents instilled Conservative Values in me from a very young age.
I assume that Liberal Parents would try to encourage Liberal Ideals in their children as well.
But lately Liberals seem to have more and more trouble winning National Elections, and as far as I know, it has occured to no one else but me that there may be a connection between this trend and the insistence of Liberal Democrats to protect the right of their women to abort their children.
Then tonight, I found this at the Drudge Report.
The Fertility Gap
Liberal politics will prove fruitless as long as liberals refuse to multiply.
BY ARTHUR C. BROOKS Tuesday, August 22, 2006 12:01 a.m. EDT
The midterm election looms, and once again efforts begin afresh to increase voter participation. It has become standard wisdom in American politics that voter turnout is synonymous with good citizenship, justifying just about any scheme to get people to the polls...
On the political left, raising the youth vote is one of the most common goals.
The trouble is, while most "get out the vote" campaigns targeting young people are proxies for the Democratic Party, these efforts haven't apparently done much to win elections for the Democrats. The explanation we often hear from the left is that the new young Democrats are more than counterbalanced by voters scared up by the Republicans on "cultural issues" like abortion, gun rights and gay marriage...
But the data on young Americans tell a different story. Simply put, liberals have a big baby problem: They're not having enough of them, they haven't for a long time, and their pool of potential new voters is suffering as a result.
The article does not make the connection, but I do.
Can you imagine how different things would have been, had Thirty Million voting-age people, all raised by Pro-Choice Left Leaning parents (or mothers, as the case may be) shown up to vote in the 2000 Presidential Election?
Is this not further evidence of how Liberalism is ultimately it's own punishment?
Sunday, August 20, 2006
Oooh, Shiny!
Yesterday was Xena's birthday.
She turned... ahem...a year older than she was.
She has worried about this birthday. She says that she is getting too old.
I think that she has barely gotten grown. As far as I'm concerned, she's just right. If she were any younger she wouldn't have dated me because I would have been too old for her, and if she were any older, she would have been looking for a whole lot more stable and successful man than me.
I managed to catch her right in that perfect phase that women go through between gullible and driven, and I managed to fool her into marrying me.
Over the past couple of weeks I have been trying to decide what to give her for her birthday. That has been harder than I thought it would be. (You see, I normally take such good care of her that she never wants for anything anyway.) ( Ha! You believe that too, don't you?)
She said she wanted a new dishwasher (I don't know why, though...the one we've got works fine...), a new gas grille, a set of pots and pans, or a necklace that I picked out.
Well, I want a new gas grille too, so I can't get her that. If I tried to buy her pots and pans, you can rest assured that I would buy the wrong ones. (Don't ask.)
That leaves the necklace.
So friday night after work, I stopped off at the fine jeweler Jean Claude Penne', and went shopping.
Me: "Ma'am, how much for that little chain with the three stones in the top corner over there?"
Jewelery sales lady: "Well the normal price on that piece is ( ludicrously expensive), but right now it is on sale, and has been marked down to (ridiculously expensive)."
Me: "Cough, Cough, Gag!...I'm sorry, Ma'am... I wasn't looking to buy her a football stadium, I just wanted to get her a necklace. What do you have that is a little more conservatively priced?"
Sales lady: "Well we have this set over here which is the new spider web sized chain with two microscopic stones, and matching imaginary earrings, normally (ridiculously expensive), now marked down to (prohibitively expensive)."
Me: "Where?"
Sales lady: "Right here. Beneath this price tag."
I have always had trouble picking out jewelery. It is tough for me to get okay with spending thousands of dollars for something that doesn't DO anything.
I wound up buying her a 22" Glitter Cut gold rope chain. Plain, simple, elegant (according to the sales lady), and beautiful.
I gave it to my Wife for her birthday on friday night.
And I found out what jewelery DOES.
And I do not regret spending the money on the chain in any way.
It's been a good weekend.
Happy Birthday, Baby!
She turned... ahem...a year older than she was.
She has worried about this birthday. She says that she is getting too old.
I think that she has barely gotten grown. As far as I'm concerned, she's just right. If she were any younger she wouldn't have dated me because I would have been too old for her, and if she were any older, she would have been looking for a whole lot more stable and successful man than me.
I managed to catch her right in that perfect phase that women go through between gullible and driven, and I managed to fool her into marrying me.
Over the past couple of weeks I have been trying to decide what to give her for her birthday. That has been harder than I thought it would be. (You see, I normally take such good care of her that she never wants for anything anyway.) ( Ha! You believe that too, don't you?)
She said she wanted a new dishwasher (I don't know why, though...the one we've got works fine...), a new gas grille, a set of pots and pans, or a necklace that I picked out.
Well, I want a new gas grille too, so I can't get her that. If I tried to buy her pots and pans, you can rest assured that I would buy the wrong ones. (Don't ask.)
That leaves the necklace.
So friday night after work, I stopped off at the fine jeweler Jean Claude Penne', and went shopping.
Me: "Ma'am, how much for that little chain with the three stones in the top corner over there?"
Jewelery sales lady: "Well the normal price on that piece is ( ludicrously expensive), but right now it is on sale, and has been marked down to (ridiculously expensive)."
Me: "Cough, Cough, Gag!...I'm sorry, Ma'am... I wasn't looking to buy her a football stadium, I just wanted to get her a necklace. What do you have that is a little more conservatively priced?"
Sales lady: "Well we have this set over here which is the new spider web sized chain with two microscopic stones, and matching imaginary earrings, normally (ridiculously expensive), now marked down to (prohibitively expensive)."
Me: "Where?"
Sales lady: "Right here. Beneath this price tag."
I have always had trouble picking out jewelery. It is tough for me to get okay with spending thousands of dollars for something that doesn't DO anything.
I wound up buying her a 22" Glitter Cut gold rope chain. Plain, simple, elegant (according to the sales lady), and beautiful.
I gave it to my Wife for her birthday on friday night.
And I found out what jewelery DOES.
And I do not regret spending the money on the chain in any way.
It's been a good weekend.
Happy Birthday, Baby!
Monday, August 14, 2006
Peace At Last!
Well, the War is over! Hooray, Huzzah!
The Bad Guys won.
Hezbollah Claims Win As Cease-Fire Holds
Aug 14, 5:40 PM (ET)By STEVEN R. HURST
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Tens of thousands of Lebanese jammed bomb-damaged roads Monday to return to homes where they found still-smoldering scenes of destruction after 34 days of vicious combat with Israel ended with a tenuous cease-fire.
Hezbollah fighters hugged each other and celebratory gunfire erupted in Beirut when the Islamic militant group's leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah claimed a "strategic, historic victory."
All Hezbollah had to do to win was survive as an organization.
And they have.
Thanks to the meddling of the U.N., and the flacid uselessness of the U.S. State Department, they have not only survived, but have retained their weapons, and have gained status as an organization which now has to be appeased and bargained with.
The World has chosen to reward the spoiled child in our midst, and in doing so, has taught the spoiled child how to get it's way. Throw a big enough tantrum, and you can have whatever you want.
Congratulations to all of us.
Peace. Bah!
Situations like this could cause me to hate the very word.
When did fighting bad guys become so terrible and so difficult that it is no longer worth it?
Why is the whole World more and more willing to put up with unacceptable tactics and inhuman actions from groups like Hezbollah, as long as they promise to behave themselves for a few more weeks?
This is not progress. This is not Peace.
This is a chance for Hezbollah to re-group. To re-arm. To dig in a little deeper.
This was no game-winning touch-down.
This was a punt.
Hezbollah will be back to smack the World in the head.
Let's hope that they do not wait until Iran has a Nuclear Weapon to supply to them to smack us with.
This thing is not over. Not by a long shot.
The Bad Guys won.
Hezbollah Claims Win As Cease-Fire Holds
Aug 14, 5:40 PM (ET)By STEVEN R. HURST
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Tens of thousands of Lebanese jammed bomb-damaged roads Monday to return to homes where they found still-smoldering scenes of destruction after 34 days of vicious combat with Israel ended with a tenuous cease-fire.
Hezbollah fighters hugged each other and celebratory gunfire erupted in Beirut when the Islamic militant group's leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah claimed a "strategic, historic victory."
All Hezbollah had to do to win was survive as an organization.
And they have.
Thanks to the meddling of the U.N., and the flacid uselessness of the U.S. State Department, they have not only survived, but have retained their weapons, and have gained status as an organization which now has to be appeased and bargained with.
The World has chosen to reward the spoiled child in our midst, and in doing so, has taught the spoiled child how to get it's way. Throw a big enough tantrum, and you can have whatever you want.
Congratulations to all of us.
Peace. Bah!
Situations like this could cause me to hate the very word.
When did fighting bad guys become so terrible and so difficult that it is no longer worth it?
Why is the whole World more and more willing to put up with unacceptable tactics and inhuman actions from groups like Hezbollah, as long as they promise to behave themselves for a few more weeks?
This is not progress. This is not Peace.
This is a chance for Hezbollah to re-group. To re-arm. To dig in a little deeper.
This was no game-winning touch-down.
This was a punt.
Hezbollah will be back to smack the World in the head.
Let's hope that they do not wait until Iran has a Nuclear Weapon to supply to them to smack us with.
This thing is not over. Not by a long shot.
Monday, August 07, 2006
NO CEASE FIRE!!
From Ya-Hoooooo-hoo-hooo News...
U.N. Draft Breaks France-U.S. Impasse...
By NICK WADHAMS, Associated Press Writer Sat Aug 5, 7:01 PM ET
( Oh, Boy...)
UNITED NATIONS - The U.S. and France agreed Saturday on a draft Security Council resolution that seeks a full halt to fighting in Lebanon, breaking a three-week impasse caused partly by Washington's refusal to press Isreal to end its offensive against Hezbollah.
Despite the agreement, fighting raged on. Israeli naval commandos struck the southern port of Tyre before dawn, while Israeli air raids killed at least eight people across Lebanon and a rain of Hezbollah rockets on northern Israel killed three civilians.
The resolution would chart a path toward a lasting peace with a cease-fire monitored by international troops.
No, it wouldn't.
I am so sick of this type of thinking that I cannot stand it.
If a U.N. Resolution would bring Peace between Israel and Islamic Terrorists, there would be Peace already.
Do you want to know how the U.N. can bring Peace, LASTING Peace to the Middle East?
They can BUTT OUT.
Sit down, and shut up.
If the World is really interested in lasting Peace in that region, then we all need to get out of Israel's way, sell them whatever they need, and let them handle their business.
And if they take the whole Nation of Lebanon, they should be allowed to keep the land as a Spoil of War, drive the Lebanese People out, and let the rough end drag.
There needs to be an example made here.
Israel was attacked. Their Soldiers were killed and kidnapped.
They responded.
If they take over any land in this conflict, they have paid for it with the blood of their Soldiers and Civilians.
They should be allowed to push this as far as they want, and to keep whatever they take.
The Arab World needs to be shown that there is a price to be paid for allowing this type of hatred and animosity to fester among them.
They need to be shown that there is a price to be paid for teaching this type of hatred to their children in their schools.
They need to pay a price for attacking their neighbors.
Any manipulation of this situation from outside is a Victory for Hezbollah.
All a cease-fire would do at this point is allow Hezbollah to re-arm and re-supply.
The World MUST stay out of this, and let Israel defeat this group of Terrorists. We all need to let Israel cripple Hezbollah as an organization, to the point that they are no longer able to mount an attack against anyone.
We must get out of the way and let Israel make people PAY for what they have done, and what they have tolerated among themselves.
Or else, we will only give the people of the World the impression that they have no responsibility to oppose hatred and bigotry when it flares up among them because the U.N. will save them from the consequences of allowing these things to gain a foothold in their culture.
The World MUST let this play out to it's inevitable conclusion.
It is the only path to Peace.
U.N. Draft Breaks France-U.S. Impasse...
By NICK WADHAMS, Associated Press Writer Sat Aug 5, 7:01 PM ET
( Oh, Boy...)
UNITED NATIONS - The U.S. and France agreed Saturday on a draft Security Council resolution that seeks a full halt to fighting in Lebanon, breaking a three-week impasse caused partly by Washington's refusal to press Isreal to end its offensive against Hezbollah.
Despite the agreement, fighting raged on. Israeli naval commandos struck the southern port of Tyre before dawn, while Israeli air raids killed at least eight people across Lebanon and a rain of Hezbollah rockets on northern Israel killed three civilians.
The resolution would chart a path toward a lasting peace with a cease-fire monitored by international troops.
No, it wouldn't.
I am so sick of this type of thinking that I cannot stand it.
If a U.N. Resolution would bring Peace between Israel and Islamic Terrorists, there would be Peace already.
Do you want to know how the U.N. can bring Peace, LASTING Peace to the Middle East?
They can BUTT OUT.
Sit down, and shut up.
If the World is really interested in lasting Peace in that region, then we all need to get out of Israel's way, sell them whatever they need, and let them handle their business.
And if they take the whole Nation of Lebanon, they should be allowed to keep the land as a Spoil of War, drive the Lebanese People out, and let the rough end drag.
There needs to be an example made here.
Israel was attacked. Their Soldiers were killed and kidnapped.
They responded.
If they take over any land in this conflict, they have paid for it with the blood of their Soldiers and Civilians.
They should be allowed to push this as far as they want, and to keep whatever they take.
The Arab World needs to be shown that there is a price to be paid for allowing this type of hatred and animosity to fester among them.
They need to be shown that there is a price to be paid for teaching this type of hatred to their children in their schools.
They need to pay a price for attacking their neighbors.
Any manipulation of this situation from outside is a Victory for Hezbollah.
All a cease-fire would do at this point is allow Hezbollah to re-arm and re-supply.
The World MUST stay out of this, and let Israel defeat this group of Terrorists. We all need to let Israel cripple Hezbollah as an organization, to the point that they are no longer able to mount an attack against anyone.
We must get out of the way and let Israel make people PAY for what they have done, and what they have tolerated among themselves.
Or else, we will only give the people of the World the impression that they have no responsibility to oppose hatred and bigotry when it flares up among them because the U.N. will save them from the consequences of allowing these things to gain a foothold in their culture.
The World MUST let this play out to it's inevitable conclusion.
It is the only path to Peace.
Saturday, August 05, 2006
This Isn't Rocket Science, It's Brain Surgery!
There hasn't been a whole lot about the war in Iraq in the News for the past few weeks, because the News Media has been terrified that the Israelis might defeat Hezbollah and the Media might not be able to undermine Israel's efforts and prevent Victory from happening somewhere.
But the Democrat Party in America has not forgotten that there are still Political Gains to be realized by opposing the war here at home, and by bashing the Bush administration.
Rumsfeld Spars With Senators, Defends Handling of Iraq
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, facing sometimes hostile questioning Thursday from members of the Senate Armed Services Committee ( Mrs. Bill Clinton), defended his handling of U.S. forces in Iraq as two of his top aides testified that the country is on the verge of sectarian civil war.
"Under your leadership there have been numerous errors in judgment that have led us to where we are," (Mrs. Bill Clinton) said. "We have a full-fledged insurgency and full-blown sectarian conflict in Iraq."
Mrs. Bill Clinton then went on to demand Rumsfeld's Resignation, and to lament the fact that we "can't get new leadership that would give us a fighting chance to turn the situation around before it's too late..."
And on that note, I would like to take this opportunity to call for the resignations of Senator Mrs. Bill Clinton, Senator Dick Durbin, Senator John F. Kerry, Senator Ted Kennedy, Rep. John Jack Murtha, Senator Harry Reid, Rep. Nancy Pelosi, Jeanine Garafalo, Jerry Springer, Al Franken, Cindy Sheehan, and Michael Moore. (Among others.)
Picture this...
Picture a patient who is afflicted with a brain tumor. This tumor has so affected the patient's judgment that he now does nothing but scream threats at everyone around him, and it has even caused him to attack his next door neighbors from time to time.
One team of doctors believes that this patient can be treated by sitting on the floor, burning incense, and talking about his feelings.
Another team of doctors believes that surgery is the only option.
Those in charge of the decision opt for surgery, but in the interest of representing all sides of the debate, the surgery will be performed in a room with the other team of doctors watching, and offering commentary as the surgery progresses, and the whole event will be broadcast to the World via closed circuit TV.
While the surgeon works, the other team of doctors screams and wails. "LOOK at all the BLOOD! He's sawed the top of his HEAD OFF! He can't possibly live with his brain exposed like that! This guy is a Quack! A Chimp! He doesn't know what he is doing! This has to be STOPPED! OH, THE HUMANITY!"
The other team will be allowed to turn off the lights, hide the surgeon's tools, bang drums, chant, march around in circles all over the operating room, and to place the cameras between the surgeon and the patient.
And every ten minutes, a poll is taken of the viewers, and the results will be yelled into the surgeon's ear through a Megaphone. (But only if they are unfavorable).
That's what is going on here.
Senator Mrs. Bill Clinton is on the Armed Services Committee. She wants to be President.
But remember this.
Her Husband and she, the Co-Presidents, had eight years in which to deal with Iraq, and even said that Saddam Hussein was a problem that had to be dealt with, stating in 1998 that the U.S. should adopt a policy of regime change in Iraq.
But they did nothing.
So now, when you hear her criticisms of the way the War is being run, remember that it is armchair quarter-backing, and take it as such.
This War would have been over a long time ago, were it not for the American Left, and the American News Media.
But the Democrat Party in America has not forgotten that there are still Political Gains to be realized by opposing the war here at home, and by bashing the Bush administration.
Rumsfeld Spars With Senators, Defends Handling of Iraq
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, facing sometimes hostile questioning Thursday from members of the Senate Armed Services Committee ( Mrs. Bill Clinton), defended his handling of U.S. forces in Iraq as two of his top aides testified that the country is on the verge of sectarian civil war.
"Under your leadership there have been numerous errors in judgment that have led us to where we are," (Mrs. Bill Clinton) said. "We have a full-fledged insurgency and full-blown sectarian conflict in Iraq."
Mrs. Bill Clinton then went on to demand Rumsfeld's Resignation, and to lament the fact that we "can't get new leadership that would give us a fighting chance to turn the situation around before it's too late..."
And on that note, I would like to take this opportunity to call for the resignations of Senator Mrs. Bill Clinton, Senator Dick Durbin, Senator John F. Kerry, Senator Ted Kennedy, Rep. John Jack Murtha, Senator Harry Reid, Rep. Nancy Pelosi, Jeanine Garafalo, Jerry Springer, Al Franken, Cindy Sheehan, and Michael Moore. (Among others.)
Picture this...
Picture a patient who is afflicted with a brain tumor. This tumor has so affected the patient's judgment that he now does nothing but scream threats at everyone around him, and it has even caused him to attack his next door neighbors from time to time.
One team of doctors believes that this patient can be treated by sitting on the floor, burning incense, and talking about his feelings.
Another team of doctors believes that surgery is the only option.
Those in charge of the decision opt for surgery, but in the interest of representing all sides of the debate, the surgery will be performed in a room with the other team of doctors watching, and offering commentary as the surgery progresses, and the whole event will be broadcast to the World via closed circuit TV.
While the surgeon works, the other team of doctors screams and wails. "LOOK at all the BLOOD! He's sawed the top of his HEAD OFF! He can't possibly live with his brain exposed like that! This guy is a Quack! A Chimp! He doesn't know what he is doing! This has to be STOPPED! OH, THE HUMANITY!"
The other team will be allowed to turn off the lights, hide the surgeon's tools, bang drums, chant, march around in circles all over the operating room, and to place the cameras between the surgeon and the patient.
And every ten minutes, a poll is taken of the viewers, and the results will be yelled into the surgeon's ear through a Megaphone. (But only if they are unfavorable).
That's what is going on here.
Senator Mrs. Bill Clinton is on the Armed Services Committee. She wants to be President.
But remember this.
Her Husband and she, the Co-Presidents, had eight years in which to deal with Iraq, and even said that Saddam Hussein was a problem that had to be dealt with, stating in 1998 that the U.S. should adopt a policy of regime change in Iraq.
But they did nothing.
So now, when you hear her criticisms of the way the War is being run, remember that it is armchair quarter-backing, and take it as such.
This War would have been over a long time ago, were it not for the American Left, and the American News Media.
Sunday, July 30, 2006
Sports Talk with Tugboatcapn...
Did any of you watch the World Cup Soccer Games?
Me neither.
Americans generally do not like Soccer. Some do, but most could not care less.
We won't even call it by the right name. Everywhere else in the World, Soccer is called "Football", and has been forever, but we call it "Soccer".
And I understand why Americans do not like it. It's a stupid, wimpy game. The main rule is that you don't get to use your hands. You kick the ball down the feild and try to get it into an oversized basket, while someone else tries to get in your way.
That's stupid.
Now, American Football, THERE'S a real game. In American Football, you use a ball that absolutely will not roll, you kick it, you throw it, you tuck it under your arm and run with it. You fight against the other team in order to gain territory inches at a time. The rules are complex and complicated, and differ according to what day of the week you are playing, and (judging by some of the referee's calls that I have seen over the past two years,) according to which two teams are playing.
And we choose the dumbest people among us, and force them to learn all of these complicated rules and regulations, and then we put them on the feild, and pay them Millions of Dollars to try to kill each other on Television.
I can't wait for September.
But I really did not want to focus on Football tonight.
What I am thinking about tonight is World Sports, and how the rest of the World gets caught up in sports that do not make any difference, but Americans usually dominate anyway (if one of us becomes interested in a meaningless sport from another part of the World.)
Lance Armstrong won the Tour De France seven times, and the French complained that he was taking drugs. (Which he was. He had Cancer.) He retired last year, having become bored with defeating the French, and moved on to more worthwhile pursuits, mainly raising money for Cancer research and sleeping with supermodels and rock stars.
But this year's winner of the Tour De France was also an American, so he is being accused of using drugs as well.
Landis denies doping...
(Rueters, Thursday.) By Larry Fine
(THE Larry Fine? From the Three Stooges? - TBC)
"Tour de France winner Floyd Landis denied on Thursday taking performance-enhancing drugs during the race and said he would fight to clear his name after testing positive for the male sex hormone testosterone.
"I don't know what the explanation for it is, whether it was a mistake or whether it's an occurrence from some other circumstances that go on in the race or something I did," he told reporters in a teleconference call.
"But it was not from an exogenous outside source of testosterone."
I think the problem here is obvious.
Aparently the French have no idea what the normal level of Testosterone for an average American Male is supposed to be, having only ever gathered that type of data on Frenchmen. No wonder it seems high to them.
This could explain a lot about the behavior of the French throughout History as well.
It's just a theory...
I mean, I'm not a scientist or anything...
Me neither.
Americans generally do not like Soccer. Some do, but most could not care less.
We won't even call it by the right name. Everywhere else in the World, Soccer is called "Football", and has been forever, but we call it "Soccer".
And I understand why Americans do not like it. It's a stupid, wimpy game. The main rule is that you don't get to use your hands. You kick the ball down the feild and try to get it into an oversized basket, while someone else tries to get in your way.
That's stupid.
Now, American Football, THERE'S a real game. In American Football, you use a ball that absolutely will not roll, you kick it, you throw it, you tuck it under your arm and run with it. You fight against the other team in order to gain territory inches at a time. The rules are complex and complicated, and differ according to what day of the week you are playing, and (judging by some of the referee's calls that I have seen over the past two years,) according to which two teams are playing.
And we choose the dumbest people among us, and force them to learn all of these complicated rules and regulations, and then we put them on the feild, and pay them Millions of Dollars to try to kill each other on Television.
I can't wait for September.
But I really did not want to focus on Football tonight.
What I am thinking about tonight is World Sports, and how the rest of the World gets caught up in sports that do not make any difference, but Americans usually dominate anyway (if one of us becomes interested in a meaningless sport from another part of the World.)
Lance Armstrong won the Tour De France seven times, and the French complained that he was taking drugs. (Which he was. He had Cancer.) He retired last year, having become bored with defeating the French, and moved on to more worthwhile pursuits, mainly raising money for Cancer research and sleeping with supermodels and rock stars.
But this year's winner of the Tour De France was also an American, so he is being accused of using drugs as well.
Landis denies doping...
(Rueters, Thursday.) By Larry Fine
(THE Larry Fine? From the Three Stooges? - TBC)
"Tour de France winner Floyd Landis denied on Thursday taking performance-enhancing drugs during the race and said he would fight to clear his name after testing positive for the male sex hormone testosterone.
"I don't know what the explanation for it is, whether it was a mistake or whether it's an occurrence from some other circumstances that go on in the race or something I did," he told reporters in a teleconference call.
"But it was not from an exogenous outside source of testosterone."
I think the problem here is obvious.
Aparently the French have no idea what the normal level of Testosterone for an average American Male is supposed to be, having only ever gathered that type of data on Frenchmen. No wonder it seems high to them.
This could explain a lot about the behavior of the French throughout History as well.
It's just a theory...
I mean, I'm not a scientist or anything...
Saturday, July 29, 2006
Hillary For President!!
In a brilliant and inspirational speech before the DLC (Democratic Loser Committee) on Monday, the former First Lady Mrs. Bill Clinton articulated her plan for a totally new direction for the Democrat Party.
"Americans are earning less while the costs of a middle class life have soared..." she announced.
"A lot of Americans can't work any harder, borrow any more or save any less..." Clinton said. President George W. Bush and Republicans have "made a mess out of the country's finances."
The DLC's "American Dream Initiative," is a package of proposals that claim to make college and home ownership more affordable (?), help small businesses (by reinstating the Death Tax), improve retirement savings and expand health insurance coverage (by taking over all of it).
"This plan will make the basics of life in the middle class -- health care, education and retirement -- affordable for those who take responsibility... These ideas will make sure every American will get a fair wage, access to college and home ownership and a path out of poverty and into the middle class," Mrs. Bill Clinton said.
And then, for the part of the plan that is sure to sweep hordes of Democrats to landslide victorys in the next couple of elections, she announced the new and improved Bumper-Sticker Slogan...
"It's the American dream, stupid!"
So now, let's recap this shiny new plan that Hillary...uhmn, excuse me...Mrs. Bill Clinton and the Democrat Loser Committee have unveiled...
1. Bash the Bush Administration.
2. Talk down the Economy.
3. Capitalize on the incompetence and hopelessness of American Citizens.
4. Socialize EVERYTHING.
And last but not least...
5. Think up and announce a catchy, easily chantable slogan with which to shout down any opposition and divert any real, in depth discussion about the Democrats' plans for the "Workers".
Sounds a lot like the old plan to me.
It's Hillary Clinton, stupid!
Is this insulting to anyone besides me?
Why don't they just come right out and say it and stop beating around the Bush, so to speak?
"Vote Democrat, stupid."
I, personally, can not WAIT for 2008. Please, please, PLEASE, Democrats...choose Mrs Bill Clinton as your Presidential Nominee!
And while you are at it, go ahead and run Barack Osama Obama al Democrati for V.P. too. (We might as well get rid of him in 2008, too.)
We WANT you to!
"Americans are earning less while the costs of a middle class life have soared..." she announced.
"A lot of Americans can't work any harder, borrow any more or save any less..." Clinton said. President George W. Bush and Republicans have "made a mess out of the country's finances."
The DLC's "American Dream Initiative," is a package of proposals that claim to make college and home ownership more affordable (?), help small businesses (by reinstating the Death Tax), improve retirement savings and expand health insurance coverage (by taking over all of it).
"This plan will make the basics of life in the middle class -- health care, education and retirement -- affordable for those who take responsibility... These ideas will make sure every American will get a fair wage, access to college and home ownership and a path out of poverty and into the middle class," Mrs. Bill Clinton said.
And then, for the part of the plan that is sure to sweep hordes of Democrats to landslide victorys in the next couple of elections, she announced the new and improved Bumper-Sticker Slogan...
"It's the American dream, stupid!"
So now, let's recap this shiny new plan that Hillary...uhmn, excuse me...Mrs. Bill Clinton and the Democrat Loser Committee have unveiled...
1. Bash the Bush Administration.
2. Talk down the Economy.
3. Capitalize on the incompetence and hopelessness of American Citizens.
4. Socialize EVERYTHING.
And last but not least...
5. Think up and announce a catchy, easily chantable slogan with which to shout down any opposition and divert any real, in depth discussion about the Democrats' plans for the "Workers".
Sounds a lot like the old plan to me.
It's Hillary Clinton, stupid!
Is this insulting to anyone besides me?
Why don't they just come right out and say it and stop beating around the Bush, so to speak?
"Vote Democrat, stupid."
I, personally, can not WAIT for 2008. Please, please, PLEASE, Democrats...choose Mrs Bill Clinton as your Presidential Nominee!
And while you are at it, go ahead and run Barack Osama Obama al Democrati for V.P. too. (We might as well get rid of him in 2008, too.)
We WANT you to!
Friday, July 28, 2006
Hind Ends And Elbows...
Boy, am I tired.
The Company that I work for has recently expanded the territory that we cover, and the driver who normally runs the new route is on vacation this week. I have been picking up the slack.
His truck has a Piggy-Back Forklift which we have to have to deliver to a lot of the new stops, and I can't carry it on my trailer. My normal trailer is an open flatbed, and his is a curtain-side, so I am having to drive his truck, while my truck is being driven by another guy.
Since Monday morning at 06:30, I have worked 64 1/2 hours in unfamiliar territory in the wrong truck, and with a forklift to babysit.
It's almost Midnight, Thursday night.
Add to all of this the fact that I live an hour and ten minutes from the warehouse that I work out of, and I have been home every night (for a couple of hours, anyway.)
I have wanted to post every night about one current event or another, but for some reason going to bed just seemed more important for the past few nights.
I will rejoin the fray this weekend.
Please bear with me.
I really appreciate all of my friends who check by here, (all except that one guy,) and I do not want you to give up on me.
I've just got my hands full right now.
See you Saturday...
The Company that I work for has recently expanded the territory that we cover, and the driver who normally runs the new route is on vacation this week. I have been picking up the slack.
His truck has a Piggy-Back Forklift which we have to have to deliver to a lot of the new stops, and I can't carry it on my trailer. My normal trailer is an open flatbed, and his is a curtain-side, so I am having to drive his truck, while my truck is being driven by another guy.
Since Monday morning at 06:30, I have worked 64 1/2 hours in unfamiliar territory in the wrong truck, and with a forklift to babysit.
It's almost Midnight, Thursday night.
Add to all of this the fact that I live an hour and ten minutes from the warehouse that I work out of, and I have been home every night (for a couple of hours, anyway.)
I have wanted to post every night about one current event or another, but for some reason going to bed just seemed more important for the past few nights.
I will rejoin the fray this weekend.
Please bear with me.
I really appreciate all of my friends who check by here, (all except that one guy,) and I do not want you to give up on me.
I've just got my hands full right now.
See you Saturday...
Sunday, July 23, 2006
Xena Rules!!
Do you see what this is?This is about a pound of Alaskan Snow Crab Legs, Boiled Shrimp with Coctail Sauce, Garlic Mashed Potatoes, Drawn Butter and Lemon Slices, on a paper plate and paper towel, on a TV tray!
You can even see my old sneaker on the floor underneath the TV tray.
This was my Dinner tonight.
My Wife cooked it all on the stove in her kitchen while I watched television, and when it was done, she brought it to me and I ate it.
You have no idea what it is like to be me.
I had thought that they had stopped making women like my Wife, but they haven't. Before I met her, the women that I dated would have burned the pot of water if they tried to boil an egg.
Totino's Frozen Pizza was a rare delicacy as far as they were concerned. (Because the preparation process was so complicated and difficult.)
My Wife cooks me Snow Crab Legs and Shrimp Cocktail on the stove.
I was 36 years old when I met my Wife, 37 when we got married. Neither of us had been married before, nor did either of us have any children. I had given up on ever getting married, and I think that she had as well.
Show's what we knew.
She works very hard to make me happy, and she has become very good at it. (She has no idea how easy that is for her to do.)
I just had to take this opportunity to brag on her a little.
I wouldn't trade her for any other woman in the World, and I hope she always knows that.
She is my wife, and I love her very much.
And no, you can't have her.
Friday, July 21, 2006
Opinion Poll...
I'm curious...
I know that there are a pretty good number of people who check by my Blog every day.
So I am going to ask a question, and supply the answers.
If you read this, then click on the comment link, and answer it.
I want to know what the people who read my Blog think about the current struggle in the Middle East.
So here is my question:
Should Isreal...
A. Get' Er Done?
Or...
B. Back 'Er Down?
You can elaborate on your answer if you want, but you don't have to.
But I want to know what you think.
See ya on the comments page!
I know that there are a pretty good number of people who check by my Blog every day.
So I am going to ask a question, and supply the answers.
If you read this, then click on the comment link, and answer it.
I want to know what the people who read my Blog think about the current struggle in the Middle East.
So here is my question:
Should Isreal...
A. Get' Er Done?
Or...
B. Back 'Er Down?
You can elaborate on your answer if you want, but you don't have to.
But I want to know what you think.
See ya on the comments page!
Wednesday, July 19, 2006
It's Not Really Human Life that We're Talking About, Right?
From the Washington Post...
Stem Cell Bill Gets Bush's First Veto
Thursday, July 20, 2006; A04
President Bush issued the first veto of his five-year-old administration yesterday, rejecting Congress's bid to lift funding restrictions on human embryonic stem cell research and underscoring his party's split on an emotional issue in this fall's elections.
At a White House ceremony where he was joined by children produced from what he called "adopted" frozen embryos, Bush said taxpayers should not support research on surplus embryos at fertility clinics, even if they offer possible medical breakthroughs and are slated for disposal.
The vetoed bill "would support the taking of innocent human life in the hope of finding medical benefits for others," the president said, as babies cooed and cried behind him. "It crosses a moral boundary that our decent society needs to respect." Each child on the stage, he said, "began his or her life as a frozen embryo that was created for in vitro fertilization but remained unused after the fertility treatments were complete. . . . These boys and girls are not spare parts."
So President Bush has demonstrated that he actually DOES know how to use his VETO pen after all.
And he saved it for this.
Completely and totally irresponsible.
Does the President not understand that Embryonic Stem Cell Research could possibly in the distant future help literally Hundreds of people who suffer from a wide variety of diseases and syndroms, both real and imagined?
Does he not know that these are the Elderly that will benefit from the discoveries that will be discovered someday through Embryonic Stem Cell Research?
Does he not understand that the Generations of Americans who thought up and voted for things like the Great Society and Social Security MUST be preserved, no matter the cost?
If the destruction of thousands of Human Embryos will result in the prolonging or improvement of even one elderly or handicapped person's life in any way, then isn't it worth it?
I mean, it isn't really human lives we are talking about, right?
They're just Embryos, right?
I think that Government Funded, Taxpayer supported creation of Human Embryos to be destroyed in the name of Medical Research is a wonderful idea.
As a matter of fact, I think that we should explore what other uses we can find for both Human Embryos and Aborted Fetuses...
How about this?
We could use them to feed the poor!
Just think of the hunger that could be alleviated, simply by using resources that we are currently throwing away!
Everyone wants to ease the suffering of the less fortunate, right?
We could feed all of our aborted Fetuses to the poor hungry people of America!
We could even create Human Embryos in Embryo Farms, grow them into fetuses suitable for aborting, and then feed them to the poor!
Think of the possibilities!
We would have an unlimited supply, they are made out of meat, and they obviously contain all the nutrients that a human being would require, because they are made up of exactly the same stuff as a human being!
So, all of you supporters of Abortion and Embryonic Stem Cell Research, unite with me now!
Let's put pressure on our elected leaders to implement this plan to feed the poor as soon as possible!
Let's stop wasting this valuable resource, and begin to use it to help the less fortunate!
Isn't it the least we can do?
Stem Cell Bill Gets Bush's First Veto
Thursday, July 20, 2006; A04
President Bush issued the first veto of his five-year-old administration yesterday, rejecting Congress's bid to lift funding restrictions on human embryonic stem cell research and underscoring his party's split on an emotional issue in this fall's elections.
At a White House ceremony where he was joined by children produced from what he called "adopted" frozen embryos, Bush said taxpayers should not support research on surplus embryos at fertility clinics, even if they offer possible medical breakthroughs and are slated for disposal.
The vetoed bill "would support the taking of innocent human life in the hope of finding medical benefits for others," the president said, as babies cooed and cried behind him. "It crosses a moral boundary that our decent society needs to respect." Each child on the stage, he said, "began his or her life as a frozen embryo that was created for in vitro fertilization but remained unused after the fertility treatments were complete. . . . These boys and girls are not spare parts."
So President Bush has demonstrated that he actually DOES know how to use his VETO pen after all.
And he saved it for this.
Completely and totally irresponsible.
Does the President not understand that Embryonic Stem Cell Research could possibly in the distant future help literally Hundreds of people who suffer from a wide variety of diseases and syndroms, both real and imagined?
Does he not know that these are the Elderly that will benefit from the discoveries that will be discovered someday through Embryonic Stem Cell Research?
Does he not understand that the Generations of Americans who thought up and voted for things like the Great Society and Social Security MUST be preserved, no matter the cost?
If the destruction of thousands of Human Embryos will result in the prolonging or improvement of even one elderly or handicapped person's life in any way, then isn't it worth it?
I mean, it isn't really human lives we are talking about, right?
They're just Embryos, right?
I think that Government Funded, Taxpayer supported creation of Human Embryos to be destroyed in the name of Medical Research is a wonderful idea.
As a matter of fact, I think that we should explore what other uses we can find for both Human Embryos and Aborted Fetuses...
How about this?
We could use them to feed the poor!
Just think of the hunger that could be alleviated, simply by using resources that we are currently throwing away!
Everyone wants to ease the suffering of the less fortunate, right?
We could feed all of our aborted Fetuses to the poor hungry people of America!
We could even create Human Embryos in Embryo Farms, grow them into fetuses suitable for aborting, and then feed them to the poor!
Think of the possibilities!
We would have an unlimited supply, they are made out of meat, and they obviously contain all the nutrients that a human being would require, because they are made up of exactly the same stuff as a human being!
So, all of you supporters of Abortion and Embryonic Stem Cell Research, unite with me now!
Let's put pressure on our elected leaders to implement this plan to feed the poor as soon as possible!
Let's stop wasting this valuable resource, and begin to use it to help the less fortunate!
Isn't it the least we can do?
Monday, July 17, 2006
The Tools Of Terror...
The U.S. could learn a lot from Israel.
They know how to conduct a war. Especially THIS war.
Have you ever thought about what the absolute most powerful weapon of a Terrorist Organization is?
It isn't suicide bombers, or missiles, or rockets, or even nukes.
It is the News Media.
Without the help of the Press, it would be absolutely impossible to spread Terror on any large scale.
They could scare people in the immediate area around their attacks, but without a National and International Media falling all over itself to carry the message of Terror and intimidation all over the World, and to sensationalize and inflate news of Terrorist successes, Terrorist Tactics would be virtually useless as a tool of Global Political Manipulation.
Add to that the fact that the Old Media in America has for fifty years been a willing tool of the Left Wing of American Politics, and that they passionately hate the President and will take every opportunity to undermine any endeavor that he or his Administration may undertake, even if their efforts may be damaging to the United States, in order to point out his failings and ineffectiveness, and you have a very useful tool, if you are a Terrorist.
Isreal is not putting up with it, however.
Al Jazeera bureau chief detained again...
Israel police on Monday detained the Jerusalem bureau chief of the Arab satellite station Al-Jazeera, for the second time in as many days, the journalist said.
Walid Al Omari was first taken into custody on Sunday along with the Israel crew of the Qatar-based satellite Arab TV station for a real-time broadcast of a Hizbullah Katyusha attack on Haifa, which disclosed the area of the rocket attack, in violation of Israeli military censorship guidelines.
Military censorship rules ban real-time reporting on the exact location of rocket hits, so as not to help the Lebanese-based Shi'ite terror group refine future attacks.
The rules are very simple.
If a News Organization publishes information that is helpful to the Enemies of Israel, then Israel arrests the publishers of that information, and they put a stop to it.
Right now. In Real Time.
Before any more damage can be done.
They understand that they are engaged in a War. A violent, bloody, and real struggle for their own existance.
They understand that they must win, whatever it takes.
We could learn a lot from the Israelis.
The Enemy in the War on Terror declared War on US.
Not the other way around.
They have called upon the name of their god to help them to prevail in their War against Western Culture. (Our way of life.)
They will use any tool that is available to them to destroy us, whether it is the tool of Diplomacy, our own Constitution, our own Media, the Peace Movement, or the Democrat Party.
It is up to us how useful these things will be to them.
And we had better get it right.
They know how to conduct a war. Especially THIS war.
Have you ever thought about what the absolute most powerful weapon of a Terrorist Organization is?
It isn't suicide bombers, or missiles, or rockets, or even nukes.
It is the News Media.
Without the help of the Press, it would be absolutely impossible to spread Terror on any large scale.
They could scare people in the immediate area around their attacks, but without a National and International Media falling all over itself to carry the message of Terror and intimidation all over the World, and to sensationalize and inflate news of Terrorist successes, Terrorist Tactics would be virtually useless as a tool of Global Political Manipulation.
Add to that the fact that the Old Media in America has for fifty years been a willing tool of the Left Wing of American Politics, and that they passionately hate the President and will take every opportunity to undermine any endeavor that he or his Administration may undertake, even if their efforts may be damaging to the United States, in order to point out his failings and ineffectiveness, and you have a very useful tool, if you are a Terrorist.
Isreal is not putting up with it, however.
Al Jazeera bureau chief detained again...
Israel police on Monday detained the Jerusalem bureau chief of the Arab satellite station Al-Jazeera, for the second time in as many days, the journalist said.
Walid Al Omari was first taken into custody on Sunday along with the Israel crew of the Qatar-based satellite Arab TV station for a real-time broadcast of a Hizbullah Katyusha attack on Haifa, which disclosed the area of the rocket attack, in violation of Israeli military censorship guidelines.
Military censorship rules ban real-time reporting on the exact location of rocket hits, so as not to help the Lebanese-based Shi'ite terror group refine future attacks.
The rules are very simple.
If a News Organization publishes information that is helpful to the Enemies of Israel, then Israel arrests the publishers of that information, and they put a stop to it.
Right now. In Real Time.
Before any more damage can be done.
They understand that they are engaged in a War. A violent, bloody, and real struggle for their own existance.
They understand that they must win, whatever it takes.
We could learn a lot from the Israelis.
The Enemy in the War on Terror declared War on US.
Not the other way around.
They have called upon the name of their god to help them to prevail in their War against Western Culture. (Our way of life.)
They will use any tool that is available to them to destroy us, whether it is the tool of Diplomacy, our own Constitution, our own Media, the Peace Movement, or the Democrat Party.
It is up to us how useful these things will be to them.
And we had better get it right.
Saturday, July 15, 2006
Slow News Week...
I apologize for the lack of new posts lately...
I've tried to think of a subject to post about, but there just doesn't seem to be anything interesting going on this week.
It almost makes me wish that a War would break out in the Middle East, or that there would be some new information in the Plamegate case, or even that the President would hold a Press Conference explaining the effectiveness of his Tax Cuts...
Something like that.
But then again, it would be irresponsible 0f me to wish for War, or bad news for Democrats, or even for things as boring as Presidential Press Conferences, just for the sake of a Blog Post.
Ho hum...
Maybe soon something interesting will happen, and when it does, I will be right on top of it to offer my wisdom.
I promise to keep my eyes and ears open, so that the minute that interesting things happen in the World, I can bring them to your attention and offer my commentary immediately, if not sooner.
Stay tuned...
I've tried to think of a subject to post about, but there just doesn't seem to be anything interesting going on this week.
It almost makes me wish that a War would break out in the Middle East, or that there would be some new information in the Plamegate case, or even that the President would hold a Press Conference explaining the effectiveness of his Tax Cuts...
Something like that.
But then again, it would be irresponsible 0f me to wish for War, or bad news for Democrats, or even for things as boring as Presidential Press Conferences, just for the sake of a Blog Post.
Ho hum...
Maybe soon something interesting will happen, and when it does, I will be right on top of it to offer my wisdom.
I promise to keep my eyes and ears open, so that the minute that interesting things happen in the World, I can bring them to your attention and offer my commentary immediately, if not sooner.
Stay tuned...
Monday, July 10, 2006
Pass the SALT...
Do you want to know how to solve America's problem with North Korea?
Here it is, right here.
From Breitbart.com...
China's Trade Surplus Hit Record in June/July
10 3:06 PM US/Eastern
"China's global trade surplus rose to a record monthly high of $14.5 billion in June, the Commerce Ministry reported Monday, raising the likelihood of more tension over Beijing's currency controls. "
"China's ballooning trade surplus with the United States, which hit a record $202 billion in 2005, has fanned antagonism over the persistent imbalance between the two countries. That figure is bigger than China's global trade gap because China has trade deficits with some nations. "
The biggest problem that the United States has concerning the North Korea Situation is not Nuclear Weapons, not Kim Jong Il, not long range Missiles.
We could deal with all of that, were it not for one specific facet of the situation.
And that is China.
China has been a partner to North Korea ever since before the Korean Conflict. They are the reason that America had to abandon the Police Action there without accomplishing our goal, which was a unified Korean Peninsula.
It was not worth a full scale War with China, and China knew that.
And they still know that neither the U.S., nor China wants a full scale War between us now.
Not YET.
I believe that there will come a time when China may be willing to risk an all-out Military Engagement with the U.S., but they do not believe that they could win such a conflict at this time.
We can possibly stave off that eventuality for a few more years with a show of strength and determination, if we are strong enough and determined enough now, but I do not know if we are.
But China is absolutely addicted to Trade with the U.S.
They sell more stuff here (thank you Wal*Mart) and import more stuff from us than any other Country, and since China is essentially Communist at the bottom, and Capitalist at the top, the Ruling Class can not stand the thought of losing the U.S. as a trading partner.
And don't forget that the Government of China and more specifically the Military/Industrial Complex there, is the main benificiary of their experimentation with the concept of Capitalism.
So, if we were willing to take the steps necessary to bring current the North Korean standoff to a screeching halt, then this is what we need to do:
Tell the Chinese Tomorrow Morning that if they do not tell Kim Jong Il, in no uncertain terms, to knock it off with the threats, the Missile Tests, and the Nuclear Weapons Program, and find a way to behave himself and to get along with his neighbors and with the World, then we will balance the National Budget, pay off the National Debt, and fix our Social Security System over the next three years, all with Tarriffs and Duties on Chinese Goods, going and coming.
Tell them that we will tax exported Automobiles bound for China to the point that only high ranking Governmental Officials will be able to afford a Ford Focus. (They can ALL forget about buying an Expedition...)
Tell them that we will make a Chinese made paper drink umbrella cost Eleven Dollars.
Tell them that we will replace China with Mexico in the U.S./China Trade Partnership, until Mexico will be trying to close their Northern Border because of the influx of Workers crossing Illegally to look for Work.
If we did this, and stuck to it, all of the horsecrap coming from North Korea would dry up within Weeks.
But Big Business would fight that plan tooth and nail, as would the American Consumer.
We are as addicted to Chinese made junk as they are to selling it to us.
So we beg, we plead, we talk tough, and we threaten.
We will waste time with the United Nations, until they eventually agree to some sort of Sanctions on Rice, Fertilizer, and other Food related Items, and condemn thousands of poor North Korean Citizens to death by Starvation by Diplomacy, while the people who caused the problem continue to live in Luxury.
We have become unwilling, as a Nation, to solve Global Problems, no matter how serious or how dangerous these problems are.
So we will continue to put up with the likes of Kim Jong Il, and the whole World becomes more and more convinced that America can be intimidated and toyed with.
While we continue to slice up the carrots for the stew pot in which we will eventually cook.
With a knife made in China.
Here it is, right here.
From Breitbart.com...
China's Trade Surplus Hit Record in June/July
10 3:06 PM US/Eastern
"China's global trade surplus rose to a record monthly high of $14.5 billion in June, the Commerce Ministry reported Monday, raising the likelihood of more tension over Beijing's currency controls. "
"China's ballooning trade surplus with the United States, which hit a record $202 billion in 2005, has fanned antagonism over the persistent imbalance between the two countries. That figure is bigger than China's global trade gap because China has trade deficits with some nations. "
The biggest problem that the United States has concerning the North Korea Situation is not Nuclear Weapons, not Kim Jong Il, not long range Missiles.
We could deal with all of that, were it not for one specific facet of the situation.
And that is China.
China has been a partner to North Korea ever since before the Korean Conflict. They are the reason that America had to abandon the Police Action there without accomplishing our goal, which was a unified Korean Peninsula.
It was not worth a full scale War with China, and China knew that.
And they still know that neither the U.S., nor China wants a full scale War between us now.
Not YET.
I believe that there will come a time when China may be willing to risk an all-out Military Engagement with the U.S., but they do not believe that they could win such a conflict at this time.
We can possibly stave off that eventuality for a few more years with a show of strength and determination, if we are strong enough and determined enough now, but I do not know if we are.
But China is absolutely addicted to Trade with the U.S.
They sell more stuff here (thank you Wal*Mart) and import more stuff from us than any other Country, and since China is essentially Communist at the bottom, and Capitalist at the top, the Ruling Class can not stand the thought of losing the U.S. as a trading partner.
And don't forget that the Government of China and more specifically the Military/Industrial Complex there, is the main benificiary of their experimentation with the concept of Capitalism.
So, if we were willing to take the steps necessary to bring current the North Korean standoff to a screeching halt, then this is what we need to do:
Tell the Chinese Tomorrow Morning that if they do not tell Kim Jong Il, in no uncertain terms, to knock it off with the threats, the Missile Tests, and the Nuclear Weapons Program, and find a way to behave himself and to get along with his neighbors and with the World, then we will balance the National Budget, pay off the National Debt, and fix our Social Security System over the next three years, all with Tarriffs and Duties on Chinese Goods, going and coming.
Tell them that we will tax exported Automobiles bound for China to the point that only high ranking Governmental Officials will be able to afford a Ford Focus. (They can ALL forget about buying an Expedition...)
Tell them that we will make a Chinese made paper drink umbrella cost Eleven Dollars.
Tell them that we will replace China with Mexico in the U.S./China Trade Partnership, until Mexico will be trying to close their Northern Border because of the influx of Workers crossing Illegally to look for Work.
If we did this, and stuck to it, all of the horsecrap coming from North Korea would dry up within Weeks.
But Big Business would fight that plan tooth and nail, as would the American Consumer.
We are as addicted to Chinese made junk as they are to selling it to us.
So we beg, we plead, we talk tough, and we threaten.
We will waste time with the United Nations, until they eventually agree to some sort of Sanctions on Rice, Fertilizer, and other Food related Items, and condemn thousands of poor North Korean Citizens to death by Starvation by Diplomacy, while the people who caused the problem continue to live in Luxury.
We have become unwilling, as a Nation, to solve Global Problems, no matter how serious or how dangerous these problems are.
So we will continue to put up with the likes of Kim Jong Il, and the whole World becomes more and more convinced that America can be intimidated and toyed with.
While we continue to slice up the carrots for the stew pot in which we will eventually cook.
With a knife made in China.
Thursday, July 06, 2006
The Truth Slowly Begins To Seep Out...
I found this interesting.
From (Gasp!) Fox News...
Iraq How-to Manual Directed Arab Military Operatives In Afghanistan...
Thursday, July 06, 2006
Ray Robison
An Arab regime, possibly Iraq, supplied how-to manuals for Arab operatives working throughout Afghanistan before 9/11, and provided military assistance to the Taliban and Al Qaeda.
That's the most likely conclusion drawn from an apparent training manual unearthed in captured Iraqi government computer files translated and analyzed exclusively for Fox News, and made public for the first time.
The document, apparently written before the Sept. 11th, 2001 terrorist attacks, could bolster the Bush administration's contention that Saddam Hussein was providing support forIslamic Extremists who were plotting against America.
The alledged document, supposedly captured in a recent unprovoked and possibly illegal U.S. invasion of an Arab Country, possibly Iraq, and apparently written before 9/11, could possibly bolster the Bush Administration's heretofore uncoroborated contention that an individual claiming to be Saddam Hussein may have been providing a small and insignifigant amount of support for Religious Fundamentalists who may or may not have been followers of Islam, and who might have mentioned in passing their general feelings of negativity toward America, or some other un-named Western Superpower, huh?
In case that was difficult for anyone to understand, let me translate it for you.
Iraq How-to Manual Directed Arab Military Operatives In Afghanistan!
In the above sentence, the words "Arab Military Operatives In Afghanistan", when translated from Journalist into English, means "Al Qaeda Terrorists."
The word "Iraq", means "The Saddam Hussein Regime."
So when we put these two translated phrases back into the orriginal sentence, we get this:
"The Saddam Hussein Regime 'How-To' Manual Directed Al Qaeda Terrorists."
But that doesn't even tell the whole story...
To get the whole story, we must put this translated sentence into context. To do this, we need only to look in the article, and find out when this "How-To" Manual was published by the Saddam Hussein Regime.
And that would be "before the Sept. 11th, 2001 terrorist attacks."
So let's put it all together now.
"The Saddam Hussein Regime 'How-To' Manual Directed Al Qaeda Terrorists before the Sept. 11th, 2001 terrorist attacks."
But wait! There is yet another important phrase that I have not yet added into my sentence, and I do not believe that my translation of this article is complete without it.
I will insert it now.
"The Saddam Hussein Regime 'How-To' Manual Directed Al Qaeda Terrorists who were plotting against America before the Sept. 11th, 2001 terrorist attacks."
Now, tell me how these were not the specific Al Qaeda Terrorists that attacked us on 9/11, and that they were old, and out dated Terrorists, and were no longer effective.
Feel free to recite the Left wing talking points about how this is only Bush Administration Spin, and that Fox News is only a Right Wing Propaganda Machine, and to tell me that I should be getting my news from unbiased and honest sources like Dan Rather, or the New York Times.
Go ahead and deal with this however you need to in order to feel better about being wrong on every single aspect of this War in Iraq.
The Truth is coming out. Slowly but surely.
If you need help understanding it let me know, and I will untangle it for you.
From (Gasp!) Fox News...
Iraq How-to Manual Directed Arab Military Operatives In Afghanistan...
Thursday, July 06, 2006
Ray Robison
An Arab regime, possibly Iraq, supplied how-to manuals for Arab operatives working throughout Afghanistan before 9/11, and provided military assistance to the Taliban and Al Qaeda.
That's the most likely conclusion drawn from an apparent training manual unearthed in captured Iraqi government computer files translated and analyzed exclusively for Fox News, and made public for the first time.
The document, apparently written before the Sept. 11th, 2001 terrorist attacks, could bolster the Bush administration's contention that Saddam Hussein was providing support forIslamic Extremists who were plotting against America.
The alledged document, supposedly captured in a recent unprovoked and possibly illegal U.S. invasion of an Arab Country, possibly Iraq, and apparently written before 9/11, could possibly bolster the Bush Administration's heretofore uncoroborated contention that an individual claiming to be Saddam Hussein may have been providing a small and insignifigant amount of support for Religious Fundamentalists who may or may not have been followers of Islam, and who might have mentioned in passing their general feelings of negativity toward America, or some other un-named Western Superpower, huh?
In case that was difficult for anyone to understand, let me translate it for you.
Iraq How-to Manual Directed Arab Military Operatives In Afghanistan!
In the above sentence, the words "Arab Military Operatives In Afghanistan", when translated from Journalist into English, means "Al Qaeda Terrorists."
The word "Iraq", means "The Saddam Hussein Regime."
So when we put these two translated phrases back into the orriginal sentence, we get this:
"The Saddam Hussein Regime 'How-To' Manual Directed Al Qaeda Terrorists."
But that doesn't even tell the whole story...
To get the whole story, we must put this translated sentence into context. To do this, we need only to look in the article, and find out when this "How-To" Manual was published by the Saddam Hussein Regime.
And that would be "before the Sept. 11th, 2001 terrorist attacks."
So let's put it all together now.
"The Saddam Hussein Regime 'How-To' Manual Directed Al Qaeda Terrorists before the Sept. 11th, 2001 terrorist attacks."
But wait! There is yet another important phrase that I have not yet added into my sentence, and I do not believe that my translation of this article is complete without it.
I will insert it now.
"The Saddam Hussein Regime 'How-To' Manual Directed Al Qaeda Terrorists who were plotting against America before the Sept. 11th, 2001 terrorist attacks."
Now, tell me how these were not the specific Al Qaeda Terrorists that attacked us on 9/11, and that they were old, and out dated Terrorists, and were no longer effective.
Feel free to recite the Left wing talking points about how this is only Bush Administration Spin, and that Fox News is only a Right Wing Propaganda Machine, and to tell me that I should be getting my news from unbiased and honest sources like Dan Rather, or the New York Times.
Go ahead and deal with this however you need to in order to feel better about being wrong on every single aspect of this War in Iraq.
The Truth is coming out. Slowly but surely.
If you need help understanding it let me know, and I will untangle it for you.
Wednesday, July 05, 2006
There's No Place Like Home...
Well, Xena and I just arrived home from a 1400 mile round trip fact-finding mission into the deepest, darkest jungles of North Carolina, with a stopover at the super-secure Tugboatcapn version of Camp David, located in the suburbs of Atlanta GA.
It was good to see the Family, and to scout out various possibilities for the future, but it is also good to be home.
The dog, Sydney, spent most of the trip in the back seat for a change. (He usually rides in Xena's lap.) This was not his idea, but he adjusted quite well, and that left Xena free to read most of Ann Coulter's new book to me while I fulfilled the driving duties.
We spent conservatively $180.00 on Gasoline, $175.00 on food, and another $200.00 between us on incedentals for a grand total of about $555.00 for a week of travel, fun, and frivolity.
We stayed with relatives, (Thank you Miriam, Wilton, and Mr. Dan!) and they fed us some of the time. (Thanks again!)
On Saturday, I went to the North Carolina Old Threshers Reunion in Denton NC with my Dad, my Brother and his son, and my Brother-in-Law. (All VERY cool people.)
Basically this is a Tractor Show featuring every type of old tractor, farm implement, power unit, hit-and-miss engine, lawn mower, car, truck, horse drawn buggy or plow or piece of machinery that you can imagine. I loved every minute of it. I am especially fascinated with the hit-and-miss engines which were used in the late 19th and early 20th Century to power water pumps, hay bailers, grain threshers and cotton gins.
One guy there had built, from scratch, a hit-and-miss engine which was about four inches long. We asked him if it would run, and he said "Oh, yeah."
He put his thumb over the air intake, spun the flywheel with his other hand and quickly let go of the intake, and it fired right up.
I saw the American spirit of ingenuity displayed in no uncertain terms there, over and over.
It is no wonder to me that this Nation is as great as it is. Americans do whatever we want to do, for no other reason than "because we can."
I also saw how close men in America came to being saddled with doing the laundry forever. (The first Washing Machines were gasoline powered.)
Xena spent the day playing with Daffy's kids, and hanging out with the rest of the girls. (I don't know if she had a good time or not.)
(Just kidding. She had a great time.)
Yesterday, we celebrated Independence Day by sleeping late, going to see the new Superman Movie (It's great! Go see it immediately if not sooner!) and grilling Steaks outside on the Deck at Xena's Dad's place. We watched TV late into the night, and talked about what we want to do as a couple over the course of the rest of our lives.
It was a wonderful day, and it made me realize again how God has blessed me in every way.
We made it home today at about 5:30 pm. The house was warm, and smelled like an old Trailer House. (I can't imagine why.)
But I loved it.
This is where we live.
There are nicer houses, better houses, newer houses. And someday, we will own one.
But for now, this is home.
And I am happy to be here.
It is the greatest place on Earth for me, right now.
And I thank God for seeing me and my little family safely back to it.
There's no place like home.
It was good to see the Family, and to scout out various possibilities for the future, but it is also good to be home.
The dog, Sydney, spent most of the trip in the back seat for a change. (He usually rides in Xena's lap.) This was not his idea, but he adjusted quite well, and that left Xena free to read most of Ann Coulter's new book to me while I fulfilled the driving duties.
We spent conservatively $180.00 on Gasoline, $175.00 on food, and another $200.00 between us on incedentals for a grand total of about $555.00 for a week of travel, fun, and frivolity.
We stayed with relatives, (Thank you Miriam, Wilton, and Mr. Dan!) and they fed us some of the time. (Thanks again!)
On Saturday, I went to the North Carolina Old Threshers Reunion in Denton NC with my Dad, my Brother and his son, and my Brother-in-Law. (All VERY cool people.)
Basically this is a Tractor Show featuring every type of old tractor, farm implement, power unit, hit-and-miss engine, lawn mower, car, truck, horse drawn buggy or plow or piece of machinery that you can imagine. I loved every minute of it. I am especially fascinated with the hit-and-miss engines which were used in the late 19th and early 20th Century to power water pumps, hay bailers, grain threshers and cotton gins.
One guy there had built, from scratch, a hit-and-miss engine which was about four inches long. We asked him if it would run, and he said "Oh, yeah."
He put his thumb over the air intake, spun the flywheel with his other hand and quickly let go of the intake, and it fired right up.
I saw the American spirit of ingenuity displayed in no uncertain terms there, over and over.
It is no wonder to me that this Nation is as great as it is. Americans do whatever we want to do, for no other reason than "because we can."
I also saw how close men in America came to being saddled with doing the laundry forever. (The first Washing Machines were gasoline powered.)
Xena spent the day playing with Daffy's kids, and hanging out with the rest of the girls. (I don't know if she had a good time or not.)
(Just kidding. She had a great time.)
Yesterday, we celebrated Independence Day by sleeping late, going to see the new Superman Movie (It's great! Go see it immediately if not sooner!) and grilling Steaks outside on the Deck at Xena's Dad's place. We watched TV late into the night, and talked about what we want to do as a couple over the course of the rest of our lives.
It was a wonderful day, and it made me realize again how God has blessed me in every way.
We made it home today at about 5:30 pm. The house was warm, and smelled like an old Trailer House. (I can't imagine why.)
But I loved it.
This is where we live.
There are nicer houses, better houses, newer houses. And someday, we will own one.
But for now, this is home.
And I am happy to be here.
It is the greatest place on Earth for me, right now.
And I thank God for seeing me and my little family safely back to it.
There's no place like home.
Tuesday, July 04, 2006
Happy Birthday America!
This is number 230.
I vividly remember the National Bicentenial Celebration in 1976. For a whole year, everything you saw had red, white, and blue stripes all over it.
I was ten years old, and I didn't understand what the big deal was at the time, but I remember what a big deal it was.
As the years go by, and I become more and more Politically Aware, Independence Day means more and more to me.
America is the greatest Nation on the face of the Earth, in the History of the World.
No exceptions.
Nowhere, Ever has allowed the Human Spirit to run free, and to realize it's full potential the way that America has.
Nowhere, Ever has the concept of personal Liberty been explored the way that America has explored it.
And as a result, nowhere, ever has the standard of living been as uniformly high as it is here. America's poor live a lifestyle reserved for the Rich in a lot of the rest of the World. Our poorest citizens have Televisions, Air Conditioning, running hot water and indoor plumbing.
The Poor in the rest of the World are starving to death. America's Poor are dying of Diabetes and Obesity.
We are free to look after each other in ways that the rest of the world cannot begin to understand.
And we do.
This is something to celebrate, and to be very proud of.
America is the place to be, by anybody's standards.
I was born here, and that was a blessing from God. I will never get tired of expressing my gratitude.
And I will never get tired of defending the policies and institutions that made America the envy of the World.
Today is America's Birthday.
Celebrate it with pride.
Enjoy spending time with family and friends, eat a burger or a steak, drink your fill of the beverage of your choice, sing, dance, and shoot off fireworks.
But never forget what it is that you are celebrating.
230 years ago today, our forefathers and the Founders of this, the greatest and free-est Nation in Human History declared our Independence from the Crown of England, and thus began this experiment in human freedom and self-sufficiency.
Rejoice today in our success.
I vividly remember the National Bicentenial Celebration in 1976. For a whole year, everything you saw had red, white, and blue stripes all over it.
I was ten years old, and I didn't understand what the big deal was at the time, but I remember what a big deal it was.
As the years go by, and I become more and more Politically Aware, Independence Day means more and more to me.
America is the greatest Nation on the face of the Earth, in the History of the World.
No exceptions.
Nowhere, Ever has allowed the Human Spirit to run free, and to realize it's full potential the way that America has.
Nowhere, Ever has the concept of personal Liberty been explored the way that America has explored it.
And as a result, nowhere, ever has the standard of living been as uniformly high as it is here. America's poor live a lifestyle reserved for the Rich in a lot of the rest of the World. Our poorest citizens have Televisions, Air Conditioning, running hot water and indoor plumbing.
The Poor in the rest of the World are starving to death. America's Poor are dying of Diabetes and Obesity.
We are free to look after each other in ways that the rest of the world cannot begin to understand.
And we do.
This is something to celebrate, and to be very proud of.
America is the place to be, by anybody's standards.
I was born here, and that was a blessing from God. I will never get tired of expressing my gratitude.
And I will never get tired of defending the policies and institutions that made America the envy of the World.
Today is America's Birthday.
Celebrate it with pride.
Enjoy spending time with family and friends, eat a burger or a steak, drink your fill of the beverage of your choice, sing, dance, and shoot off fireworks.
But never forget what it is that you are celebrating.
230 years ago today, our forefathers and the Founders of this, the greatest and free-est Nation in Human History declared our Independence from the Crown of England, and thus began this experiment in human freedom and self-sufficiency.
Rejoice today in our success.
Tuesday, June 27, 2006
Tug's Observations On Life...
Here are a few things that I have noticed over the years.
They are totally random, and may not hold consistently true 100% of the time, but in my personal experience, they hold true most of the time.
So, here they are, in no particular order.
1. Everybody likes to have their back scratched, no matter who they are.
2. Nobody enjoys having their feet tickled. (Not even the dog.)
3. If you ask most women about the fuel milage that their car gets, they will tell you everywhere they have been since the last time they bought gas, and how much gas is left in their tank.
4. Nobody on Television ever has a dropped Cell Phone Call, or has poor Cell Phone Service unless a Killer is after them.
5. The 9 minutes between hitting the Snooze Alarm and actually having to get up are the best 9 minutes of sleep of the whole night.
6. Dogs understand the concept of personal property.
8. Cordless Power Tools are cool.
9. If your Wife is having a bad day, and you can beat her home, Wash the Dishes. (You'll be glad you did.)
10. Albums sounded better than CD's, and CD's sound better than mp3's.
11. Snakes are not as afraid of me as I am of them.
12. Good fences make good neighbors. No neighbors at all make wonderful neighbors.
13. Sometimes it's circumstances. Sometimes it's just bad luck.
And then again, sometimes, it's nobody's fault but mine.
14. Men, if they do manly things, need Pickup Trucks.
15. Nobody really wants to hear you complain...So sing, and let everyone else complain.
16. If you buy something on sale for 10% off, and put it on a credit card at 18% interest, you haven't saved any money.
17. There absolutely IS such thing as a stupid question.
18. Tommorrow is one of the greatest labor saving devices of today.
19. The only good Fly is a dead Fly, and even they don't taste all that great.
And last but not least, a wise old saying that I made up. (You might recognize it from my Blog Header.)
20. Every decision that you make in life boils down to these three questions...
What Do You Want?
What Does It Cost?
Can You Afford It?
They are totally random, and may not hold consistently true 100% of the time, but in my personal experience, they hold true most of the time.
So, here they are, in no particular order.
1. Everybody likes to have their back scratched, no matter who they are.
2. Nobody enjoys having their feet tickled. (Not even the dog.)
3. If you ask most women about the fuel milage that their car gets, they will tell you everywhere they have been since the last time they bought gas, and how much gas is left in their tank.
4. Nobody on Television ever has a dropped Cell Phone Call, or has poor Cell Phone Service unless a Killer is after them.
5. The 9 minutes between hitting the Snooze Alarm and actually having to get up are the best 9 minutes of sleep of the whole night.
6. Dogs understand the concept of personal property.
8. Cordless Power Tools are cool.
9. If your Wife is having a bad day, and you can beat her home, Wash the Dishes. (You'll be glad you did.)
10. Albums sounded better than CD's, and CD's sound better than mp3's.
11. Snakes are not as afraid of me as I am of them.
12. Good fences make good neighbors. No neighbors at all make wonderful neighbors.
13. Sometimes it's circumstances. Sometimes it's just bad luck.
And then again, sometimes, it's nobody's fault but mine.
14. Men, if they do manly things, need Pickup Trucks.
15. Nobody really wants to hear you complain...So sing, and let everyone else complain.
16. If you buy something on sale for 10% off, and put it on a credit card at 18% interest, you haven't saved any money.
17. There absolutely IS such thing as a stupid question.
18. Tommorrow is one of the greatest labor saving devices of today.
19. The only good Fly is a dead Fly, and even they don't taste all that great.
And last but not least, a wise old saying that I made up. (You might recognize it from my Blog Header.)
20. Every decision that you make in life boils down to these three questions...
What Do You Want?
What Does It Cost?
Can You Afford It?
Monday, June 26, 2006
It's The Least We Can Do!
My Wife got a call today from a computer which was taking a poll about the opinions of Americans like her.
It was interested in how she felt about the Democrat proposal on raising the Minimum Wage which failed to pass the senate last week because it was blocked by the Evil, uncaring GOP.
The conversation went like this:
Computer: "This is an automated poll. The Democrats recently proposed a bill in Congress to raise the Minimum wage, which has not changed for the past nine years, from $5.15 per hour to $7.25 per hour.
The Republicans in Congress blocked this bill."
"If you support the democrat's plan to raise the Minimum Wage from $5.15 per hour to $7.25 per hour, press 1 on your phone now."
"If you oppose the Democrat's plan to raise the Minimum Wage from $5.15 per hour to $7.25 per hour, please press 2 on your phone now."
"If you are undecided or not sure, please press 3."
(She pressed 2.)
"For more information about the Democrat's Plan to raise the Minimum Wage, go to www.workingamerica.org."
*Click.*
My Wife and I both oppose the Democrat's Plan to raise the Minimum Wage.
But not for the reasons that you might think.
She is a Public School Teacher. At her job, she deals on a daily basis with children from every walk of life.
And fairly early on, she can identify with a certain amount of confidence which of her students will be wildly successful, and which will probably spend their lives working for Minimum Wage, or pretty close to it.
The Minimum wage kids break her heart. She tries to help them, push them, encourage them, and prepare them in any way that she can, to be successful.
But some of them simply will not be, no matter how hard she tries.
It has nothing to do with their family's Socio-Economic situation. It has nothing to do with their Race.
It really has nothing to do with their Intelligence.
It has everything to do with their willingness to work, and to pay attention, and on how soon they grasp the importance of getting a good education, and investing in themselves.
She opposes the Democrat's Plan to raise the Minimum Wage because she knows that raising the Minimum Wage will not help these people.
The reason that people work for Minimum Wage in the first place is because they do not have any skills. They have not invested in themselves.
They have decided for whatever reason to settle for the Minimum. This is a choice that they have made.
Since it is the least they can do, they do it.
And so, their reward is not very great.
(Obviously I am not talking about high school students working their first jobs, while going to school. These are the only people who should ever take a Minimum Wage job in the first place.
If you are trying to raise a family on a single Minimum Wage job, then you seriously need to re-evaluate your situation, for the sake of your children.)
I, however, oppose the Democrat's plan for a totally different reason.
I do not think that this plan goes far enough.
$7.25 per hour is an insult. Nobody can be expected to live on that, much less raise a family.
I believe that we should raise the Minimum Wage to Ten Million Dollars an hour, with a corresponding raise in pay for everyone who makes more than Minimum Wage now.
My plan would completely eliminate Poverty by Nine O'clock on the first day.
It would eliminate Joblessness by Eleven.
By Two O'clock on the first day, anyone in America who was willing to work at all would be hired immediately, and then become a Millionaire almost as soon as they showed up to work.
By day two, nobody in America would ever have to work again.
And then, as an entire Nation of Millionaires, we could focus on the important issues...
Like fixing Global Warming, fixing the problem of Global Poverty, and Eliminating War and Injustice, wherever it exists.
If we are going to raise the Minimum Wage, we should make it count.
It is the only option.
It was interested in how she felt about the Democrat proposal on raising the Minimum Wage which failed to pass the senate last week because it was blocked by the Evil, uncaring GOP.
The conversation went like this:
Computer: "This is an automated poll. The Democrats recently proposed a bill in Congress to raise the Minimum wage, which has not changed for the past nine years, from $5.15 per hour to $7.25 per hour.
The Republicans in Congress blocked this bill."
"If you support the democrat's plan to raise the Minimum Wage from $5.15 per hour to $7.25 per hour, press 1 on your phone now."
"If you oppose the Democrat's plan to raise the Minimum Wage from $5.15 per hour to $7.25 per hour, please press 2 on your phone now."
"If you are undecided or not sure, please press 3."
(She pressed 2.)
"For more information about the Democrat's Plan to raise the Minimum Wage, go to www.workingamerica.org."
*Click.*
My Wife and I both oppose the Democrat's Plan to raise the Minimum Wage.
But not for the reasons that you might think.
She is a Public School Teacher. At her job, she deals on a daily basis with children from every walk of life.
And fairly early on, she can identify with a certain amount of confidence which of her students will be wildly successful, and which will probably spend their lives working for Minimum Wage, or pretty close to it.
The Minimum wage kids break her heart. She tries to help them, push them, encourage them, and prepare them in any way that she can, to be successful.
But some of them simply will not be, no matter how hard she tries.
It has nothing to do with their family's Socio-Economic situation. It has nothing to do with their Race.
It really has nothing to do with their Intelligence.
It has everything to do with their willingness to work, and to pay attention, and on how soon they grasp the importance of getting a good education, and investing in themselves.
She opposes the Democrat's Plan to raise the Minimum Wage because she knows that raising the Minimum Wage will not help these people.
The reason that people work for Minimum Wage in the first place is because they do not have any skills. They have not invested in themselves.
They have decided for whatever reason to settle for the Minimum. This is a choice that they have made.
Since it is the least they can do, they do it.
And so, their reward is not very great.
(Obviously I am not talking about high school students working their first jobs, while going to school. These are the only people who should ever take a Minimum Wage job in the first place.
If you are trying to raise a family on a single Minimum Wage job, then you seriously need to re-evaluate your situation, for the sake of your children.)
I, however, oppose the Democrat's plan for a totally different reason.
I do not think that this plan goes far enough.
$7.25 per hour is an insult. Nobody can be expected to live on that, much less raise a family.
I believe that we should raise the Minimum Wage to Ten Million Dollars an hour, with a corresponding raise in pay for everyone who makes more than Minimum Wage now.
My plan would completely eliminate Poverty by Nine O'clock on the first day.
It would eliminate Joblessness by Eleven.
By Two O'clock on the first day, anyone in America who was willing to work at all would be hired immediately, and then become a Millionaire almost as soon as they showed up to work.
By day two, nobody in America would ever have to work again.
And then, as an entire Nation of Millionaires, we could focus on the important issues...
Like fixing Global Warming, fixing the problem of Global Poverty, and Eliminating War and Injustice, wherever it exists.
If we are going to raise the Minimum Wage, we should make it count.
It is the only option.
Sunday, June 25, 2006
Sounds Like A Lot Of Bull To Me...
I swiped this from Neal Boortz's Website...
A Midwestern Perspective on Politics and Economics
DEMOCRATIC
You have two cows.
Your neighbor has none.
You feel guilty for being successful.
Barbra Streisand sings for you.
REPUBLICAN
You have two cows.
Your neighbor has none.
So?
SOCIALIST
You have two cows.
The government takes one and gives it to your neighbor.
You form a cooperative to tell him how to manage his cow.
COMMUNIST
You have two cows.
The government seizes both and provides you with milk.
You wait in line for hours to get it.
It is expensive and sour.
CAPITALISM, AMERICAN STYLE
You have two cows.
You sell one, buy a bull, and build a herd of cows.
BUREAUCRACY, AMERICAN STYLE
You have two cows.
Under the new farm program the government pays you to shoot one, milk the other, and then pours the milk down the drain.
AMERICAN CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You sell one, lease it back to yourself and do an IPO on the 2nd one.
You force the two cows to produce the milk of four cows.
You are surprised when one cow drops dead.
You spin an announcement to the analysts stating you have downsized and are reducing expenses.
Your stock goes up.
FRENCH CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You go on strike because you want three cows.
You go to lunch and drink wine.
Life is good.
JAPANESE CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You redesign them so they are one-tenth the size of an ordinary cow and produce twenty times the milk.
They learn to travel on unbelievably crowded trains.
Most are at the top of their class at cow school.
GERMAN CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You engineer them so they are all blond, drink lots of beer, give excellent quality milk, and run a hundred miles an hour.
Unfortunately they also demand 13 weeks of vacation per year.
ITALIAN CORPORATION
You have two cows but you don't know where they are.
While ambling around, you see a beautiful woman.
You break for lunch.
Life is good.
RUSSIAN CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You have some vodka.
You count them and learn you have five cows.
You have some more vodka.
You count them again and learn you have 42 cows.
The Mafia shows up and takes over however many cows you really have.
TALIBAN CORPORATION
You have all the cows in Afghanistan, which are two.
You don't milk them because you cannot touch any creature's private parts.
You get a $40 million grant from the US government to find alternatives to milk production but use the money to buy weapons.
IRAQI CORPORATION
You have two cows.
They go into hiding.
They send audio tapes of their mooing.
POLISH CORPORATION
You have two bulls.
Employees are regularly maimed and killed attempting to milk them.
BELGIAN CORPORATION
You have one cow.
The cow is schizophrenic.
Sometimes the cow thinks he's French, other times he's Flemish.
The Flemish cow won't share with the French cow.
The French cow wants control of the Flemish cow's milk.
The cow asks permission to be cut in half.
The cow dies happy.
FLORIDA CORPORATION
You have a black cow and a brown cow.
Everyone votes for the best looking one.
Some of the people who actually like the brown one best accidentally vote for the black one.
Some people vote for both.
Some people vote for neither.
Some people can't figure out how to vote at all.
Finally, a bunch of guys from out-of-state tell you which one you think is the best-looking cow.
CALIFORNIA CORPORATION
You have millions of cows.
They make real California cheese.
Only five speak English.
Most are illegal.
Arnold likes the ones with the big udders.
A Midwestern Perspective on Politics and Economics
DEMOCRATIC
You have two cows.
Your neighbor has none.
You feel guilty for being successful.
Barbra Streisand sings for you.
REPUBLICAN
You have two cows.
Your neighbor has none.
So?
SOCIALIST
You have two cows.
The government takes one and gives it to your neighbor.
You form a cooperative to tell him how to manage his cow.
COMMUNIST
You have two cows.
The government seizes both and provides you with milk.
You wait in line for hours to get it.
It is expensive and sour.
CAPITALISM, AMERICAN STYLE
You have two cows.
You sell one, buy a bull, and build a herd of cows.
BUREAUCRACY, AMERICAN STYLE
You have two cows.
Under the new farm program the government pays you to shoot one, milk the other, and then pours the milk down the drain.
AMERICAN CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You sell one, lease it back to yourself and do an IPO on the 2nd one.
You force the two cows to produce the milk of four cows.
You are surprised when one cow drops dead.
You spin an announcement to the analysts stating you have downsized and are reducing expenses.
Your stock goes up.
FRENCH CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You go on strike because you want three cows.
You go to lunch and drink wine.
Life is good.
JAPANESE CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You redesign them so they are one-tenth the size of an ordinary cow and produce twenty times the milk.
They learn to travel on unbelievably crowded trains.
Most are at the top of their class at cow school.
GERMAN CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You engineer them so they are all blond, drink lots of beer, give excellent quality milk, and run a hundred miles an hour.
Unfortunately they also demand 13 weeks of vacation per year.
ITALIAN CORPORATION
You have two cows but you don't know where they are.
While ambling around, you see a beautiful woman.
You break for lunch.
Life is good.
RUSSIAN CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You have some vodka.
You count them and learn you have five cows.
You have some more vodka.
You count them again and learn you have 42 cows.
The Mafia shows up and takes over however many cows you really have.
TALIBAN CORPORATION
You have all the cows in Afghanistan, which are two.
You don't milk them because you cannot touch any creature's private parts.
You get a $40 million grant from the US government to find alternatives to milk production but use the money to buy weapons.
IRAQI CORPORATION
You have two cows.
They go into hiding.
They send audio tapes of their mooing.
POLISH CORPORATION
You have two bulls.
Employees are regularly maimed and killed attempting to milk them.
BELGIAN CORPORATION
You have one cow.
The cow is schizophrenic.
Sometimes the cow thinks he's French, other times he's Flemish.
The Flemish cow won't share with the French cow.
The French cow wants control of the Flemish cow's milk.
The cow asks permission to be cut in half.
The cow dies happy.
FLORIDA CORPORATION
You have a black cow and a brown cow.
Everyone votes for the best looking one.
Some of the people who actually like the brown one best accidentally vote for the black one.
Some people vote for both.
Some people vote for neither.
Some people can't figure out how to vote at all.
Finally, a bunch of guys from out-of-state tell you which one you think is the best-looking cow.
CALIFORNIA CORPORATION
You have millions of cows.
They make real California cheese.
Only five speak English.
Most are illegal.
Arnold likes the ones with the big udders.
Friday, June 23, 2006
Matters Of Public Interest...
It has been a busy week in Iraq, and overall another good week for President Bush.
The U.S Military has been kicking butt all week long, acting on information which was recovered from Abu Musab Al Zarqawi's bombed out "Safe House". We have captured yet another top Al Qaeda operative, known as Sheik Mansur Sulayman Mansur Khalif.
American and Iraqi forces have killed 104 insurgents in 452 raids nationwide since al-Qaida in Iraq leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was killed last week, the U.S. military said.
The United States has found 500 chemical weapons in Iraq since 2003, and more weapons of mass destruction are likely to be uncovered, two Republican lawmakers said Wednesday.
That said that WMD were found in Iraq, and that more are likely to be found, in case you missed that fact. All that the Bush-haters will be able to do with that tidbit of information is try to spin it so that you will believe that Saddam Hussein didn't know about them, or that they are not the specific WMD that the President was refering to when he proposed invading Iraq, but facts are very stubborn things.
WMD are WMD.
And when WMD of any kind are found in Iraq, then the statement that there were no WMD in Iraq becomes false.
A lie.
No matter how you slice it.
Liberals lied while American Soldiers died.
Speaking of that subject, The U.S. military recovered the bodies Tuesday of two missing soldiers from an area it said was rigged with explosives. An Iraqi official said the Americans were tortured and killed in a “barbaric” way.
At least their torture was over fairly quickly, and they are no longer suffering at the hands of their captors.
Where is Amnesty International? Where is the U.N. Human Rights Commission? Where are all of the Liberal organizations who should be speaking out against this horrible and unforgivable treatment of U.S. Soldiers engaged in a fight for the Freedom of the Iraqi People?
Oh, yeah, that's right. They are in Europe, bashing President Bush over the Detention Center at Guantanimo Bay, Cuba.
I mean, who can forget all of the photos of those poor, innocent victims of U.S. Aggression, the photos of their mutilated bodies, their eyes gouged out, their sexual organs mutilated, their heads cut off?
THERE AREN'T ANY!!
We don't do things like that.
Americans at our absolute WORST are not as abusive as most of the rest of the World would be to Prisoners of War on a good day.
American Torturers play loud music. They turn off the Air Conditioner. They commit horrible violations of Political Correctness and hurt people's feelings.
Our Enemies castrate and emasculate people, and operate Rape Rooms and employ state Rapists.
They saw off people's heads, and publish video tapes of these events.
Terrorists Gone Wild.
And somehow WE are the bad guys.
But we are winning.
WE ARE WINNING.
Al, Qaeda may have bruised us, but we have bloodied and crippled them, all in the past week.
You will not see the War portrayed that way in the New York Times, but then again, that is no real surprise.
Their focus is, and has been to undermine America's ability to defeat Terrorists, and to over throw the Bush Administration, thereby returning Liberal Democrats to power, at whatever cost.
I say this because of the fact that with all of the success and positive news coming out of Iraq over the past few days, and in spite of the story that displays undeniably the brutality and inhumanity of our Enemies, They have decided that the best use of their time and resources today is to expose a very effective and valuable tactic of tracking Terrorist Activity, and thus render it useless.
Because THAT is a matter of public interest, dont'chya know.
Have you ever thought about the fact that the main weapon of the Terrorists who have declared War on America is the American Media?
Without our own News Media, their attacks would be of absolutely no consequence, except to the immediate victims of those attacks.
The Terror aspect of their tactics only comes into play when the Media broadcasts the news of their success.
And our Main Stream Media seems all too willing to assist them, not only with the spread of Terror, but by alerting the Terrorists to the systems and tactics by which we would thwart their efforts.
But then again, the New York Times has a Constitutional Right to assist Terrorists in any way that they can.
If you don't believe that, just ask the ACLU.
NOTE: Comment Moderation has been enabled. I am currently under attack by a peace loving Liberal Blogger, who only wants to spread love, togetherness, and understanding through his personal attacks, hatred, vulgarity, and profanity.
Bear with me. He will get tired of being ignored soon.
- TBC
The U.S Military has been kicking butt all week long, acting on information which was recovered from Abu Musab Al Zarqawi's bombed out "Safe House". We have captured yet another top Al Qaeda operative, known as Sheik Mansur Sulayman Mansur Khalif.
American and Iraqi forces have killed 104 insurgents in 452 raids nationwide since al-Qaida in Iraq leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was killed last week, the U.S. military said.
The United States has found 500 chemical weapons in Iraq since 2003, and more weapons of mass destruction are likely to be uncovered, two Republican lawmakers said Wednesday.
That said that WMD were found in Iraq, and that more are likely to be found, in case you missed that fact. All that the Bush-haters will be able to do with that tidbit of information is try to spin it so that you will believe that Saddam Hussein didn't know about them, or that they are not the specific WMD that the President was refering to when he proposed invading Iraq, but facts are very stubborn things.
WMD are WMD.
And when WMD of any kind are found in Iraq, then the statement that there were no WMD in Iraq becomes false.
A lie.
No matter how you slice it.
Liberals lied while American Soldiers died.
Speaking of that subject, The U.S. military recovered the bodies Tuesday of two missing soldiers from an area it said was rigged with explosives. An Iraqi official said the Americans were tortured and killed in a “barbaric” way.
At least their torture was over fairly quickly, and they are no longer suffering at the hands of their captors.
Where is Amnesty International? Where is the U.N. Human Rights Commission? Where are all of the Liberal organizations who should be speaking out against this horrible and unforgivable treatment of U.S. Soldiers engaged in a fight for the Freedom of the Iraqi People?
Oh, yeah, that's right. They are in Europe, bashing President Bush over the Detention Center at Guantanimo Bay, Cuba.
I mean, who can forget all of the photos of those poor, innocent victims of U.S. Aggression, the photos of their mutilated bodies, their eyes gouged out, their sexual organs mutilated, their heads cut off?
THERE AREN'T ANY!!
We don't do things like that.
Americans at our absolute WORST are not as abusive as most of the rest of the World would be to Prisoners of War on a good day.
American Torturers play loud music. They turn off the Air Conditioner. They commit horrible violations of Political Correctness and hurt people's feelings.
Our Enemies castrate and emasculate people, and operate Rape Rooms and employ state Rapists.
They saw off people's heads, and publish video tapes of these events.
Terrorists Gone Wild.
And somehow WE are the bad guys.
But we are winning.
WE ARE WINNING.
Al, Qaeda may have bruised us, but we have bloodied and crippled them, all in the past week.
You will not see the War portrayed that way in the New York Times, but then again, that is no real surprise.
Their focus is, and has been to undermine America's ability to defeat Terrorists, and to over throw the Bush Administration, thereby returning Liberal Democrats to power, at whatever cost.
I say this because of the fact that with all of the success and positive news coming out of Iraq over the past few days, and in spite of the story that displays undeniably the brutality and inhumanity of our Enemies, They have decided that the best use of their time and resources today is to expose a very effective and valuable tactic of tracking Terrorist Activity, and thus render it useless.
Because THAT is a matter of public interest, dont'chya know.
Have you ever thought about the fact that the main weapon of the Terrorists who have declared War on America is the American Media?
Without our own News Media, their attacks would be of absolutely no consequence, except to the immediate victims of those attacks.
The Terror aspect of their tactics only comes into play when the Media broadcasts the news of their success.
And our Main Stream Media seems all too willing to assist them, not only with the spread of Terror, but by alerting the Terrorists to the systems and tactics by which we would thwart their efforts.
But then again, the New York Times has a Constitutional Right to assist Terrorists in any way that they can.
If you don't believe that, just ask the ACLU.
NOTE: Comment Moderation has been enabled. I am currently under attack by a peace loving Liberal Blogger, who only wants to spread love, togetherness, and understanding through his personal attacks, hatred, vulgarity, and profanity.
Bear with me. He will get tired of being ignored soon.
- TBC
Tuesday, June 20, 2006
The Reagan Legacy At Work...
Do you remember?
I do.
I remember all of the comedians making fun of "Ronald Ray Gun". I remember the "Star Wars" references, the ridicule directed at the very idea of such a system, and the assertions that it would never work, would cost too much, and could not be done.
I also remember that President Reagan stuck to his guns on it, and as a result, the Soviet Union conceded defeat in the Arms Race.
Thank you President Reagan.
Today, for the first time ever, The Pentagon activated it.
From the Washington Times, via the Drudge Report...
N. Korean threat activates shield
By Bill GertzTHE WASHINGTON TIMESJune 20, 2006
The Pentagon activated its new U.S. ground-based interceptor missile defense system, and officials announced yesterday that any long-range missile launch by North Korea would be considered a "provocative act."
You don't say? Just because they have been announcing for years that they are building a Nuclear Missile with which to attack the U.S. Homeland doesn't mean that their testing a Long Range ICBM is a "Provocative act"...
I mean, maybe the North Koreans want to use their Long Range ICBM for humanitarian purposes...
Like taking out San Francisco, California.
So, North Korea has at last completed assembly of their "Do It yourself Intercontinental Ballistic Nuclear Missile Kit" provided to them by the Clinton Administration.
But do not worry.
President Reagan provided a way for us to protect ourselves from threats like this one.
While the Democrats said in unison that it could not be done.
Just like they always do.
I do.
I remember all of the comedians making fun of "Ronald Ray Gun". I remember the "Star Wars" references, the ridicule directed at the very idea of such a system, and the assertions that it would never work, would cost too much, and could not be done.
I also remember that President Reagan stuck to his guns on it, and as a result, the Soviet Union conceded defeat in the Arms Race.
Thank you President Reagan.
Today, for the first time ever, The Pentagon activated it.
From the Washington Times, via the Drudge Report...
N. Korean threat activates shield
By Bill GertzTHE WASHINGTON TIMESJune 20, 2006
The Pentagon activated its new U.S. ground-based interceptor missile defense system, and officials announced yesterday that any long-range missile launch by North Korea would be considered a "provocative act."
You don't say? Just because they have been announcing for years that they are building a Nuclear Missile with which to attack the U.S. Homeland doesn't mean that their testing a Long Range ICBM is a "Provocative act"...
I mean, maybe the North Koreans want to use their Long Range ICBM for humanitarian purposes...
Like taking out San Francisco, California.
So, North Korea has at last completed assembly of their "Do It yourself Intercontinental Ballistic Nuclear Missile Kit" provided to them by the Clinton Administration.
But do not worry.
President Reagan provided a way for us to protect ourselves from threats like this one.
While the Democrats said in unison that it could not be done.
Just like they always do.
Sunday, June 18, 2006
Happy Father's Day!
I haven't recieved a single Father's Day Gift.
No card, no power tools, no gaudy neck tie, no nothing.
Maybe it is because my children do not appreciate everything I do for them. Maybe they forgot that Father's Day was coming up. Maybe they didn't have any money.
Or maybe they find that it is extremely hard for them to shop for me, because they haven't been born yet. (I can see how not existing yet could seriously hamper your ability to accomplish your goals.)
But that does not mean that I have done nothing for them.
I married their future Mother, so that they will have a stable, two parent household in which to grow and develop.
I work a job, so that when they do arrive, I will be able to provide for them.
I try to stay healthy, so that when they are older, I will be around for them to borrow money from.
I worship God, so that when they are old enough, I can introduce them to Him, and so that I will be qualified to guide them on their voyage of discovery of right and wrong.
And last but certainly not least, I remember and understand the value of the lessons my own father taught me, and the wonderful example that he set for me, and continues to set for everyone around him.
My father is a Southern Baptist Minister. He pastors a small church in Brunswick NC.
He has lived his whole life in faithful, unwaivering pursuit of the Will of God. Nothing was ever more important to him than being in God's Will in all things, and while he was not always perfect, he got a lot closer than most people do.
I was never worried about whether my parents would do the right thing for our family. I was never subjected to the uncertainty and confusion children are forced to face because of their parents' marital instability, or their parents' irresponsible decisions or lifestyle choices.
My parents both believed that they were guided by a higher power, and they actively sought that guidance and leadership.
My father was, and still is the most capable man that I have ever encountered. My whole life, I have watched him do whatever came along that had to be done.
He raised a beautiful garden every year, and we ate what it produced. He repaired his own cars when they broke down, built lawn mowers from scratch and used them for years, and built the house that he and my mother live in now.
He taught me by example that I have just as many fingers and toes as anyone else does, and if they can do something, I can do it too.
He is very active in the Baptist Men's Disaster relief program, and automatically assumes a position of leadership in any situation in which he finds himself. The people around him automatically look to him to organize activities, partly because he carries himself with an attitude of authority, and partly because he has proven himself repeatedly to be a capable and decisive leader.
He taught me from an early age that there are always going to be emergencies and disasters, and when they occur, it is better to be one of the helpers than one of the helpless.
He taught me to depend on myself first, ask for help if I need it, and provide assistance when I can. He taught me never to sit around and wait to be rescued, no matter what my situation might be.
My father raised his children to be productive, responsible adults, and I believe that we all turned out pretty well.
I only hope that I can do as well when my own children arrive.
That would be the greatest tribute that I could ever offer my father.
Happy Father's Day, Dad!
I love you.
No card, no power tools, no gaudy neck tie, no nothing.
Maybe it is because my children do not appreciate everything I do for them. Maybe they forgot that Father's Day was coming up. Maybe they didn't have any money.
Or maybe they find that it is extremely hard for them to shop for me, because they haven't been born yet. (I can see how not existing yet could seriously hamper your ability to accomplish your goals.)
But that does not mean that I have done nothing for them.
I married their future Mother, so that they will have a stable, two parent household in which to grow and develop.
I work a job, so that when they do arrive, I will be able to provide for them.
I try to stay healthy, so that when they are older, I will be around for them to borrow money from.
I worship God, so that when they are old enough, I can introduce them to Him, and so that I will be qualified to guide them on their voyage of discovery of right and wrong.
And last but certainly not least, I remember and understand the value of the lessons my own father taught me, and the wonderful example that he set for me, and continues to set for everyone around him.
My father is a Southern Baptist Minister. He pastors a small church in Brunswick NC.
He has lived his whole life in faithful, unwaivering pursuit of the Will of God. Nothing was ever more important to him than being in God's Will in all things, and while he was not always perfect, he got a lot closer than most people do.
I was never worried about whether my parents would do the right thing for our family. I was never subjected to the uncertainty and confusion children are forced to face because of their parents' marital instability, or their parents' irresponsible decisions or lifestyle choices.
My parents both believed that they were guided by a higher power, and they actively sought that guidance and leadership.
My father was, and still is the most capable man that I have ever encountered. My whole life, I have watched him do whatever came along that had to be done.
He raised a beautiful garden every year, and we ate what it produced. He repaired his own cars when they broke down, built lawn mowers from scratch and used them for years, and built the house that he and my mother live in now.
He taught me by example that I have just as many fingers and toes as anyone else does, and if they can do something, I can do it too.
He is very active in the Baptist Men's Disaster relief program, and automatically assumes a position of leadership in any situation in which he finds himself. The people around him automatically look to him to organize activities, partly because he carries himself with an attitude of authority, and partly because he has proven himself repeatedly to be a capable and decisive leader.
He taught me from an early age that there are always going to be emergencies and disasters, and when they occur, it is better to be one of the helpers than one of the helpless.
He taught me to depend on myself first, ask for help if I need it, and provide assistance when I can. He taught me never to sit around and wait to be rescued, no matter what my situation might be.
My father raised his children to be productive, responsible adults, and I believe that we all turned out pretty well.
I only hope that I can do as well when my own children arrive.
That would be the greatest tribute that I could ever offer my father.
Happy Father's Day, Dad!
I love you.
Response To The Anti-War Patriot...
A commentor over at Mike's America asked the following question:
"How is being anti-war a sign that a person is anti-American? Why a person living in the great democracy such as yours can not be a patriot unless he/she believes in your brand of politics?"
Here is my reply.
"Being Anti-War in itself does not make a person Anti American. No one enjoys War for the sake of War. (Not even Republicans.) But when War becomes necessary, it is necessary.
The more forcefully and decisively it is engaged when it is necessary, the sooner it is over, and the longer it will take for another enemy of America to attempt to engage us in another one. The more effective a threat of war will be at the negotiating table during future contests of Ideology and Policy with Governments who do have America's best interests in mind.
A person living in our great democracy has every right to oppose War as a concept. The right to peaceful dissent is one of our cornerstone Freedoms.
But the vast majority of the Anti-War crowd who are active in America at this particular time are in reality "Anti-Bush". They use an "Anti-War" stance as a tool with which to undermine the Elected Leaders of our country and their policies, and to obstruct progress and depress public opinion about any progress that has been made during the War, all of this in order to attempt to regain Political Power for Democrats.
That is Un-American.
These people waste no opportunity to portray America as a force of evil in the world which goes around attacking Nations which have done nothing wrong simply because those Nations may have Oil.
These people constantly assert that American Troops massacre innocent people and torture prisoners of war, announce to the World that our fighting forces are under equipped, under manned, and unable to win an armed conflict against an enemy who basically fights using sticks and rocks.
That undermines the credibility of our Nation around the World and emboldens enemies who, because of this type of rehtoric, begin to believe that they, too, might be able to win a war against America.
This leads to future attacks against American interests and American Citizens, and more War.
That is Anti-American.
These people constantly call for America to effectively surrender, and pull the Troops out, knowing that when America did this before (in Viet-nam,) it led to the slaughter of millions of innocent people at the hands of Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge, and provided our enemies with an example of how to beat America in Armed conflict. (An example that the current Anti-Bush crowd is following to a T during this War.)
That is Un-American.
I want to stress again the point that the Anti-War people in America are doing all of these things in order to regain Political Power at whatever cost. If Democrats regain their power, and America recieves a Black Eye as a Nation because of their tactics, then that is acceptable Collateral Damage in their opinion.
That is Anti-American.
Anyone is free to oppose War. But once we become entangled in a War, the only option is to WIN the War, and then apologize, restore the victims, rebuild the destruction, and repair the damage on our own terms afterward.
Pushing for American Surrender, Defeat, and International Embarrassment is Anti-American and Un-Patriotic."
"How is being anti-war a sign that a person is anti-American? Why a person living in the great democracy such as yours can not be a patriot unless he/she believes in your brand of politics?"
Here is my reply.
"Being Anti-War in itself does not make a person Anti American. No one enjoys War for the sake of War. (Not even Republicans.) But when War becomes necessary, it is necessary.
The more forcefully and decisively it is engaged when it is necessary, the sooner it is over, and the longer it will take for another enemy of America to attempt to engage us in another one. The more effective a threat of war will be at the negotiating table during future contests of Ideology and Policy with Governments who do have America's best interests in mind.
A person living in our great democracy has every right to oppose War as a concept. The right to peaceful dissent is one of our cornerstone Freedoms.
But the vast majority of the Anti-War crowd who are active in America at this particular time are in reality "Anti-Bush". They use an "Anti-War" stance as a tool with which to undermine the Elected Leaders of our country and their policies, and to obstruct progress and depress public opinion about any progress that has been made during the War, all of this in order to attempt to regain Political Power for Democrats.
That is Un-American.
These people waste no opportunity to portray America as a force of evil in the world which goes around attacking Nations which have done nothing wrong simply because those Nations may have Oil.
These people constantly assert that American Troops massacre innocent people and torture prisoners of war, announce to the World that our fighting forces are under equipped, under manned, and unable to win an armed conflict against an enemy who basically fights using sticks and rocks.
That undermines the credibility of our Nation around the World and emboldens enemies who, because of this type of rehtoric, begin to believe that they, too, might be able to win a war against America.
This leads to future attacks against American interests and American Citizens, and more War.
That is Anti-American.
These people constantly call for America to effectively surrender, and pull the Troops out, knowing that when America did this before (in Viet-nam,) it led to the slaughter of millions of innocent people at the hands of Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge, and provided our enemies with an example of how to beat America in Armed conflict. (An example that the current Anti-Bush crowd is following to a T during this War.)
That is Un-American.
I want to stress again the point that the Anti-War people in America are doing all of these things in order to regain Political Power at whatever cost. If Democrats regain their power, and America recieves a Black Eye as a Nation because of their tactics, then that is acceptable Collateral Damage in their opinion.
That is Anti-American.
Anyone is free to oppose War. But once we become entangled in a War, the only option is to WIN the War, and then apologize, restore the victims, rebuild the destruction, and repair the damage on our own terms afterward.
Pushing for American Surrender, Defeat, and International Embarrassment is Anti-American and Un-Patriotic."
Friday, June 16, 2006
Uhm, Uhh, Well - I Duh..Ahhh, Ahem...
From the Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer on Wednesday:
Wolf: "Murtha wants a redeployment over the next several months. John Kerry wants a redeployment over the next several months. Hillary Clinton, on the other hand, does not, but you, Nancy Pelosi, are saying that Democrats and you are more in line with Murtha than with Senator Clinton?"
PELOSI: Well, e-e-exactly. Yeah, no. I don't think -- in the -- in the House there isn't very much support. I don't exactly know what Senator Clinton's position is.
Well, exactly. Yeah, no. You don't think?
At least she's articulate.
That may be the fastest Democrat Flip-Flop I have ever heard.
This is exactly what America needs. More of this type of leadership.
Wolf: "Murtha wants a redeployment over the next several months. John Kerry wants a redeployment over the next several months. Hillary Clinton, on the other hand, does not, but you, Nancy Pelosi, are saying that Democrats and you are more in line with Murtha than with Senator Clinton?"
PELOSI: Well, e-e-exactly. Yeah, no. I don't think -- in the -- in the House there isn't very much support. I don't exactly know what Senator Clinton's position is.
Well, exactly. Yeah, no. You don't think?
At least she's articulate.
That may be the fastest Democrat Flip-Flop I have ever heard.
This is exactly what America needs. More of this type of leadership.
Thursday, June 15, 2006
Don't Take My Word For It...
From FoxNews.com...
(I wanted a credible news source for this one...)
The Dan Rather Era Is Over
Thursday, June 15, 2006
By Neil Cavuto
There was a time when he was "all that."
So big, so quoted, so "it," that it seems hard to believe he has now become a "so what?"
The Dan Rather era is over. Reports are that he's leaving CBS, not with the bang by which he came in, but with barely so much as a kind whisper on the way out.
CBS executives are apparently not interested in extending his contract.
Not for reporting. Not for commenting. Not for anything.
So Long, Sucker.
I wish him nothing but a long and happy retirement, making up stories for his Grandchildren. Far away from the hassle of public life.
We have heard enough of his made up stories.
I guess, in a way, Republicans owe Dan Rather a profound debt of gratitude. He provided an unquestionable example of the Left Leaning nature of Main Stream Media at a time when a demonstrable example of that was sorely needed.
The case could be made that George W. Bush owes his second term as President to Rather.
We appreciate it.
The "Rathergate" incident marked a turning of the tide, of sorts. It caused a lot of people to realize that the News Media would indeed lie to them, if it advanced their political agenda.
So, ironically, the Legacy of Dan Rather, once the most trusted man in America, is this:
Question everything you hear. The people that you trust will lie to you if it serves their purposes. Do your own research.
I hope we have all learned this lesson well.
The more informed we are, the longer we will remain a Free People.
(I wanted a credible news source for this one...)
The Dan Rather Era Is Over
Thursday, June 15, 2006
By Neil Cavuto
There was a time when he was "all that."
So big, so quoted, so "it," that it seems hard to believe he has now become a "so what?"
The Dan Rather era is over. Reports are that he's leaving CBS, not with the bang by which he came in, but with barely so much as a kind whisper on the way out.
CBS executives are apparently not interested in extending his contract.
Not for reporting. Not for commenting. Not for anything.
So Long, Sucker.
I wish him nothing but a long and happy retirement, making up stories for his Grandchildren. Far away from the hassle of public life.
We have heard enough of his made up stories.
I guess, in a way, Republicans owe Dan Rather a profound debt of gratitude. He provided an unquestionable example of the Left Leaning nature of Main Stream Media at a time when a demonstrable example of that was sorely needed.
The case could be made that George W. Bush owes his second term as President to Rather.
We appreciate it.
The "Rathergate" incident marked a turning of the tide, of sorts. It caused a lot of people to realize that the News Media would indeed lie to them, if it advanced their political agenda.
So, ironically, the Legacy of Dan Rather, once the most trusted man in America, is this:
Question everything you hear. The people that you trust will lie to you if it serves their purposes. Do your own research.
I hope we have all learned this lesson well.
The more informed we are, the longer we will remain a Free People.
Wednesday, June 14, 2006
It's Good To Be On The Right Side...
The past few days have been a good days to be a Conservative Republican.
But then again, every day is a good day for that.
Our Military has finally demonstrated that no matter how brutal and bloodthirsty Terrorists may be, they still have not mastered the art of playing catch with 500lb cans of American Whoop-Ass against the U.S. Air force.
The EEE-VIL Genius Karl Rove, despite overwhelming, undiscovered evidence of his depravity and corruption, has once again escaped the clutches of the Judicial System, and will remain free to engineer the defeat of even more Democrats in the upcoming Elections.
Denny Hastert announced on Monday that no matter how loud the Senate may scream over the decision to do so, the House is actually planning to READ the 500 page Unconstitutional Immigration Bill that the Senate sent them a few weeks ago before they vote to send it to the President to (hopefully) be Vetoed.
The Grocery Bill at The Guantanimo Bay Murderous Bloodthirsty Enemy Combatant Detainment and Interogation Facility has decreased slightly, and there are now enough newly vacated cells there for at least three more Terrorists.
Ann Coulter is on a Book Tour, and has demonstrated without question that the deeper you stab a Jack Ass, the louder it brays. She is #1 on both the Amazon Best Seller list, and the NYT list, as well as several Liberal hit lists, and the Daily KOS Sh... Well, they have her on a list as well.
Which is fine with her. When your opponents absolutely hate your ever-lovin' guts, that means that you are effective.
John Kerry and Jack Murtha have been reduced to pleading for President Bush to bring home the Troops before they mess around and win the War, apparently hoping to relive the Glory Days of the 2000, and 2004 Elections.
The Democrat National Committee has announced that in order to take back America from it's rightful owners (Republicans who BELIEVE in America), they have decided to take the Democrat Party in a "new direction." They are going to turn Left.
Al Gore's new Science Fiction Movie, "An Inconvenient Truth" has finally drummed up enough attention for the myth of Capitalist Induced Global Warming that the Scientific Community are starting to come out and shoot that fairy tale down.
This is common sense. If Global Warming is caused by Human Beings, then why is it happening on Mars?
Oh, that's right. We sent two SUV's up there.
The President demonstrated that he will come to your house if he wants to, and demonstrated it to none other than the Prime Minister of the Newly Formed Government of Iraq. He also proved that he does not have to submit his Itenerary to the Press so that his whereabouts can be published to the Enemy during a time of War.
The President these past few days has demonstrated something that the Democrats absolutely do not understand.
Leadership.
Honest, decisive, straightforward, confident, unapologetic Leadership. The type of Leadership that the President of the Greatest, most prosperous, most powerful Nation in the History of the Human Race should display.
This is a very good thing.
Watch his Poll Numbers rise over the next few weeks. (If you can find any reports of the President's Poll Numbers. When they rise high enough, The Press will stop reporting them.)
These are ALL very good things. And not just good for Republicans.
Good for AMERICA.
So now, since I am a Compassionate Conservative, I am faced with somewhat of a dilemma. A Crisis of Conscience, so to speak.
Is it right to make fun of Democrats when they are struggling?
Beats me.
Sure is fun, though...
Oh, and Happy Flag Day!
(That means Salute it, not Burn it.)
But then again, every day is a good day for that.
Our Military has finally demonstrated that no matter how brutal and bloodthirsty Terrorists may be, they still have not mastered the art of playing catch with 500lb cans of American Whoop-Ass against the U.S. Air force.
The EEE-VIL Genius Karl Rove, despite overwhelming, undiscovered evidence of his depravity and corruption, has once again escaped the clutches of the Judicial System, and will remain free to engineer the defeat of even more Democrats in the upcoming Elections.
Denny Hastert announced on Monday that no matter how loud the Senate may scream over the decision to do so, the House is actually planning to READ the 500 page Unconstitutional Immigration Bill that the Senate sent them a few weeks ago before they vote to send it to the President to (hopefully) be Vetoed.
The Grocery Bill at The Guantanimo Bay Murderous Bloodthirsty Enemy Combatant Detainment and Interogation Facility has decreased slightly, and there are now enough newly vacated cells there for at least three more Terrorists.
Ann Coulter is on a Book Tour, and has demonstrated without question that the deeper you stab a Jack Ass, the louder it brays. She is #1 on both the Amazon Best Seller list, and the NYT list, as well as several Liberal hit lists, and the Daily KOS Sh... Well, they have her on a list as well.
Which is fine with her. When your opponents absolutely hate your ever-lovin' guts, that means that you are effective.
John Kerry and Jack Murtha have been reduced to pleading for President Bush to bring home the Troops before they mess around and win the War, apparently hoping to relive the Glory Days of the 2000, and 2004 Elections.
The Democrat National Committee has announced that in order to take back America from it's rightful owners (Republicans who BELIEVE in America), they have decided to take the Democrat Party in a "new direction." They are going to turn Left.
Al Gore's new Science Fiction Movie, "An Inconvenient Truth" has finally drummed up enough attention for the myth of Capitalist Induced Global Warming that the Scientific Community are starting to come out and shoot that fairy tale down.
This is common sense. If Global Warming is caused by Human Beings, then why is it happening on Mars?
Oh, that's right. We sent two SUV's up there.
The President demonstrated that he will come to your house if he wants to, and demonstrated it to none other than the Prime Minister of the Newly Formed Government of Iraq. He also proved that he does not have to submit his Itenerary to the Press so that his whereabouts can be published to the Enemy during a time of War.
The President these past few days has demonstrated something that the Democrats absolutely do not understand.
Leadership.
Honest, decisive, straightforward, confident, unapologetic Leadership. The type of Leadership that the President of the Greatest, most prosperous, most powerful Nation in the History of the Human Race should display.
This is a very good thing.
Watch his Poll Numbers rise over the next few weeks. (If you can find any reports of the President's Poll Numbers. When they rise high enough, The Press will stop reporting them.)
These are ALL very good things. And not just good for Republicans.
Good for AMERICA.
So now, since I am a Compassionate Conservative, I am faced with somewhat of a dilemma. A Crisis of Conscience, so to speak.
Is it right to make fun of Democrats when they are struggling?
Beats me.
Sure is fun, though...
Oh, and Happy Flag Day!
(That means Salute it, not Burn it.)
Monday, June 12, 2006
Mission Accomplished!
Hey! We got one!
After only three years, and the deaths of only 2,500 or so American Troops, we finally killed a Terrorist!
John Kerry and John Murtha wasted absolutely no time in finding microphones and cameras in order to proclaim that now that we have killed Abu Musab Al Zarqawi, now we can begin to bring the Troops home.
Mission accomplished!
(They were careful not to use that phrase, however... They do not want anyone to beat them over the head with it the way that they did the President over the Banner on that Air Craft Carrier that the President obviously stayed up all night working on...)
I do not know what to think about all of this.
Some in the Media have told me that Al Zarqawi was not really an important figure, and that his death means very little. Some others have told me that he has now become a Martyr, and that the very mention of his name will now be enough to inspire hundreds of thousands of new Terrorists and Insurgents, ( so they make a point of mentioning his name at every opportunity.)
Still others seem to want me to believe that American Troops simply wanted to kill the child who was in the house with Al Zarqawi, and that he was just a collateral casualty. The American Troops were glad to get him however, (according to these people,) because it gave them the opportunity to snatch him off his stretcher and beat him to death while hundreds of witnesses looked on, for the simple enjoyment of watching the blood squirt out of his nose.
(If this is your view of what happened, or if you believe that any part of this happened, then I do not want to hear from you. If you have video of American Troops sawing off his head while he was still alive, or setting his body on fire and dragging it behind a HumVee through the streets of Bahgdad, then we'll talk.)
Enough about Al Zarqawi. He was a bloodthirsty monster, for whatever reason, and he has been rendered incapable of taking any more human life.
Good.
As far as his death being a reason for bringing the Troops home, the mission has not yet been accomplished.
If you are sitting around waiting for an announcement from the Government that we will soon begin to stage a large scale Troop withdrawal from Iraq, you are wasting your time.
There will never be a large scale Troop withdrawal.
Never.
That opportunity for Political Grandstanding will be forever denied.
When the job is done there, and it is time for the Troops to come home, they will be slowly rotated home, and not replaced, until over the course of time there will only be enough Troops there to maintain whatever Military Bases are necessary in Iraq to protect U.S. interests in that area of the World.
America will forever more have Troops stationed in Iraq.
Get used to it.
After only three years, and the deaths of only 2,500 or so American Troops, we finally killed a Terrorist!
John Kerry and John Murtha wasted absolutely no time in finding microphones and cameras in order to proclaim that now that we have killed Abu Musab Al Zarqawi, now we can begin to bring the Troops home.
Mission accomplished!
(They were careful not to use that phrase, however... They do not want anyone to beat them over the head with it the way that they did the President over the Banner on that Air Craft Carrier that the President obviously stayed up all night working on...)
I do not know what to think about all of this.
Some in the Media have told me that Al Zarqawi was not really an important figure, and that his death means very little. Some others have told me that he has now become a Martyr, and that the very mention of his name will now be enough to inspire hundreds of thousands of new Terrorists and Insurgents, ( so they make a point of mentioning his name at every opportunity.)
Still others seem to want me to believe that American Troops simply wanted to kill the child who was in the house with Al Zarqawi, and that he was just a collateral casualty. The American Troops were glad to get him however, (according to these people,) because it gave them the opportunity to snatch him off his stretcher and beat him to death while hundreds of witnesses looked on, for the simple enjoyment of watching the blood squirt out of his nose.
(If this is your view of what happened, or if you believe that any part of this happened, then I do not want to hear from you. If you have video of American Troops sawing off his head while he was still alive, or setting his body on fire and dragging it behind a HumVee through the streets of Bahgdad, then we'll talk.)
Enough about Al Zarqawi. He was a bloodthirsty monster, for whatever reason, and he has been rendered incapable of taking any more human life.
Good.
As far as his death being a reason for bringing the Troops home, the mission has not yet been accomplished.
If you are sitting around waiting for an announcement from the Government that we will soon begin to stage a large scale Troop withdrawal from Iraq, you are wasting your time.
There will never be a large scale Troop withdrawal.
Never.
That opportunity for Political Grandstanding will be forever denied.
When the job is done there, and it is time for the Troops to come home, they will be slowly rotated home, and not replaced, until over the course of time there will only be enough Troops there to maintain whatever Military Bases are necessary in Iraq to protect U.S. interests in that area of the World.
America will forever more have Troops stationed in Iraq.
Get used to it.
Wednesday, June 07, 2006
Cat Fight!
Woo-Hoo!!
Hey, guess what?
Ann Coulter has a new book out. The title is "Godless: The Church Of Liberalism." In it, she speaks out against four 9/11 Widows that she calls "The Witches of East Brunswick."
These women are making a career of selling the memories of their husbands who died in the 9/11 Terrorist Attacks to the Left Leaning Media, and using their husbands' memories to push a Democrat political agenda. They have spoken out in support of an independent commission to examine government failures before the attack (a good idea), and in the 2004 presidential campaign they endorsed Democrat John Kerry (a BAD idea).
The fact that Coulter has chosen to exercise her Constitutional Right to Free Speech and speak out against these Saintly Victims of Republican Policies that created Global Terrorism has angered, of all people, Hillary Clinton.
"Perhaps her book should have been called 'Heartless,"' the senator said. "I know a lot of the widows and family members who lost loved ones on 9/11. They never wanted to be a member of a group that is defined by the tragedy of what happened."
The New York Democrat and former first lady said she found it "unimaginable that anyone in the public eye could launch a vicious, mean-spirited attack on people whom I've known over the last four and a half years to be concerned deeply about the safety and security of our country." (NewsMax.com)
Oh, really? I have known over the last four and a half years that President Bush is deeply concerned about the safety and security of our country, and that has not slowed Mrs. Clinton and her ilk from launching daily, vicious, mean-spirited attacks on him.
Well, Hillary does not scare Ann Coulter, who responded immediately.
"I think if she's worried about people being mean to women she should have a talk with her husband."
"Before criticizing others for being "mean" to women, perhaps Hillary Clinton should talk to her husband who was accused of rape by Juanita Broaddrick and was groping Kathleen Willey at the very moment Willey's husband was committing suicide." Said Coulter. (The Drudge Report.)
Apparently, Hillary believes that she will be running against Ann Coulter in the 2008 Presidential Election. (And in my opinion, Coulter has about as much chance of being elected President in 2008 as Hillary does.)
Why is it that when Democrats accuse Republicans of wanting to starve children, wanting to force people to drink polluted water and breathe dirty air, wanting to force the elderly to choose between eating dog food and buying their prescription medications, wanting to steal from the poor and give to the rich, and wanting to kill brown people all over the world for oil, that is portayed as "Civil Political Discourse", but if Republicans say outrageous things against Democrats, that is "Mean-Spirited and Cruel"?
The truth is that this whole exchange was juvenile and immature. This is Jerry Springer Politics.
We should expect more from figureheads of our respective parties.
I like Ann Coulter, most of the time, but she should have known (and probably did know) that she would be crucified by the Media and the entire Democrat Party over her statements about these 9/11 Widows.
But she is entitled to her opinion.
For the time being.
Hillary, however, should know better than to engage in Playground Politics. She is planning a run for the Presidency, by all accounts.
How about a little Statesmanship?
(Note: I did not post a photo of Ann Coulter, because I do not have to.)
Hey, guess what?
Ann Coulter has a new book out. The title is "Godless: The Church Of Liberalism." In it, she speaks out against four 9/11 Widows that she calls "The Witches of East Brunswick."
These women are making a career of selling the memories of their husbands who died in the 9/11 Terrorist Attacks to the Left Leaning Media, and using their husbands' memories to push a Democrat political agenda. They have spoken out in support of an independent commission to examine government failures before the attack (a good idea), and in the 2004 presidential campaign they endorsed Democrat John Kerry (a BAD idea).
The fact that Coulter has chosen to exercise her Constitutional Right to Free Speech and speak out against these Saintly Victims of Republican Policies that created Global Terrorism has angered, of all people, Hillary Clinton.
"Perhaps her book should have been called 'Heartless,"' the senator said. "I know a lot of the widows and family members who lost loved ones on 9/11. They never wanted to be a member of a group that is defined by the tragedy of what happened."
The New York Democrat and former first lady said she found it "unimaginable that anyone in the public eye could launch a vicious, mean-spirited attack on people whom I've known over the last four and a half years to be concerned deeply about the safety and security of our country." (NewsMax.com)
Oh, really? I have known over the last four and a half years that President Bush is deeply concerned about the safety and security of our country, and that has not slowed Mrs. Clinton and her ilk from launching daily, vicious, mean-spirited attacks on him.
Well, Hillary does not scare Ann Coulter, who responded immediately.
"I think if she's worried about people being mean to women she should have a talk with her husband."
"Before criticizing others for being "mean" to women, perhaps Hillary Clinton should talk to her husband who was accused of rape by Juanita Broaddrick and was groping Kathleen Willey at the very moment Willey's husband was committing suicide." Said Coulter. (The Drudge Report.)
Apparently, Hillary believes that she will be running against Ann Coulter in the 2008 Presidential Election. (And in my opinion, Coulter has about as much chance of being elected President in 2008 as Hillary does.)
Why is it that when Democrats accuse Republicans of wanting to starve children, wanting to force people to drink polluted water and breathe dirty air, wanting to force the elderly to choose between eating dog food and buying their prescription medications, wanting to steal from the poor and give to the rich, and wanting to kill brown people all over the world for oil, that is portayed as "Civil Political Discourse", but if Republicans say outrageous things against Democrats, that is "Mean-Spirited and Cruel"?
The truth is that this whole exchange was juvenile and immature. This is Jerry Springer Politics.
We should expect more from figureheads of our respective parties.
I like Ann Coulter, most of the time, but she should have known (and probably did know) that she would be crucified by the Media and the entire Democrat Party over her statements about these 9/11 Widows.
But she is entitled to her opinion.
For the time being.
Hillary, however, should know better than to engage in Playground Politics. She is planning a run for the Presidency, by all accounts.
How about a little Statesmanship?
(Note: I did not post a photo of Ann Coulter, because I do not have to.)
Tuesday, June 06, 2006
Who Cares?
For some reason I can't seem to Blog anymore.
I sit down at the computer, go to the "Create New Post" screen, and stare at it.
I minimize the window, go to Drudge, NewsMax, the NYT, Rush's website, Hannity, Boortz, the Onion, Mark's Blog, ER's Blog, Lone Ranger's Blog, and Ebay.
Nothing.
I'm not fired up enough about anything to put an opinion into words.
I just do not care.
Illegal Immigration? I know that nothing good will be done on that issue by the self serving political Hacks in Washington, so my getting upset about it serves no purpose.
The Defense of Marriage Act? The Hacks are going to pretty much call each other names, pull every proceedural trick in the sizable book to trip one another up, sling mud, try to enrage their respective bases, and then vote right down Party Lines, all except for just barely enough Republicans siding with the Democrats to keep a Constitutional Amendment from happening.
I, personally do not care one way or the other whether Gay people get married. Do it. Don't do it. Don't do it and say you did.
Just keep it to yourself. Leave me out of it.
I don't care.
Bush's approval numbers are up? Who cares? I didn't believe them when they were low, and I don't believe them now.
Ann Coulter's new book? I love her. Some of you hate her. We are not going to change each other's minds.
Religion? Jesus is the Son of God. He was/is neither Liberal nor Conservative. I will not attempt to hijack Him and use His Message for my own purposes, and if you choose to do so, then in the end, you will answer to Him, not me.
Gas Prices? They are falling, slowly. They are still too high. My crying about it will not change anything.
Iran? Still being run by Maniacs. Still a ticking Time Bomb. Still 10,000 miles away. Israel will deal with them when the time comes. The time has not yet come.
Haditha? The Report is not yet out. Neither I, nor anyone else knows for sure what happened there. The Marines involved are due their Constitutional Rights to Due Process. If they are Guilty, then they will be punished, and it still is not as bad as the attrocities that would have been committed against Iraqi Citizens by Saddam Hussein had he been allowed to remain in power.
To those of you who oppose the War effort, I hope that this incident makes you happy. History will ultimately prove that you have been wrong.
But you will not listen to me about it. Feel free to continue in your self- righteous ignorance.
I don't care what you think either.
I guess I could write about the things that happen around the house...I watched Television, I played with the Dog, I talked to the Wife, I went to work, I came back home.
You guys don't care about that stuff either.
Maybe Tommorrow I will find a subject that makes me angry enough to write about.
Tonight it all seems pointless.
I sit down at the computer, go to the "Create New Post" screen, and stare at it.
I minimize the window, go to Drudge, NewsMax, the NYT, Rush's website, Hannity, Boortz, the Onion, Mark's Blog, ER's Blog, Lone Ranger's Blog, and Ebay.
Nothing.
I'm not fired up enough about anything to put an opinion into words.
I just do not care.
Illegal Immigration? I know that nothing good will be done on that issue by the self serving political Hacks in Washington, so my getting upset about it serves no purpose.
The Defense of Marriage Act? The Hacks are going to pretty much call each other names, pull every proceedural trick in the sizable book to trip one another up, sling mud, try to enrage their respective bases, and then vote right down Party Lines, all except for just barely enough Republicans siding with the Democrats to keep a Constitutional Amendment from happening.
I, personally do not care one way or the other whether Gay people get married. Do it. Don't do it. Don't do it and say you did.
Just keep it to yourself. Leave me out of it.
I don't care.
Bush's approval numbers are up? Who cares? I didn't believe them when they were low, and I don't believe them now.
Ann Coulter's new book? I love her. Some of you hate her. We are not going to change each other's minds.
Religion? Jesus is the Son of God. He was/is neither Liberal nor Conservative. I will not attempt to hijack Him and use His Message for my own purposes, and if you choose to do so, then in the end, you will answer to Him, not me.
Gas Prices? They are falling, slowly. They are still too high. My crying about it will not change anything.
Iran? Still being run by Maniacs. Still a ticking Time Bomb. Still 10,000 miles away. Israel will deal with them when the time comes. The time has not yet come.
Haditha? The Report is not yet out. Neither I, nor anyone else knows for sure what happened there. The Marines involved are due their Constitutional Rights to Due Process. If they are Guilty, then they will be punished, and it still is not as bad as the attrocities that would have been committed against Iraqi Citizens by Saddam Hussein had he been allowed to remain in power.
To those of you who oppose the War effort, I hope that this incident makes you happy. History will ultimately prove that you have been wrong.
But you will not listen to me about it. Feel free to continue in your self- righteous ignorance.
I don't care what you think either.
I guess I could write about the things that happen around the house...I watched Television, I played with the Dog, I talked to the Wife, I went to work, I came back home.
You guys don't care about that stuff either.
Maybe Tommorrow I will find a subject that makes me angry enough to write about.
Tonight it all seems pointless.
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