Busy!

Sorry for the lack of posts, no, I didn't fall off the planet, I'm busy starting a new business and it's been taking all of my time, should calm down a bit in a few months and maybe I'll have time to at least stop by your blogs once and a while.

Code Pink, where are you?

Why arn't all the pinko's protesting Mayor Ritchie Daly? calling HIM a warmongering evil, do-nothing Chicago top executive, it is, after all governments fault, right?

Nearly 125 Shot Dead In Chicago Over Summer

Total Is About Double The Death Toll In Iraq

CHICAGO (CBS) ― An estimated 123 people were shot and killed over the summer. That's nearly double the number of soldiers killed in Iraq over the same time period.

Information from wire service reports and the Chicago Police Major Incidents log indicated that 123 people were shot and killed throughout the city between the start of Memorial Day weekend on May 26, and the end of Labor Day on Sept. 1.

According to the Defense Department, 65 soldiers were killed in combat in Iraq. About the same number were killed in Afghanistan over that same period.

In the same time period, an estimated 245 people were shot and wounded in the city.


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RECALL CONGRESS!

Rep. Eric Cantor has a petition out asking to recall congress to deal with the energy problem:

Congressman Eric Cantor

Dear Friend,

Last Friday, the United States House of Representatives, under Democrat Leadership, adjourned for a 5-week vacation. Normally, no one would raise an eyebrow; however, when the Democrats left, they did so without passing any form of energy legislation. They have left for over a month without doing anything to help lower gas prices. That means we'll see another month of inaction on the energy crisis.

The Democrats left, they turned off the lights, they turned off the cameras and they turned off the microphones. But, House Republicans did not leave. That's right, House Republicans are still here, talking to the American people, demanding that House Democrats come back and ease the increasing burdens on families. Republicans are fighting so that the American people are not left high and dry.

Now, we need your help. Join us by signing this petition to call on the Democrat Leadership to return to Washington , DC, to pass a bill that will increase American energy supply, open up offshore drilling and eliminate our reliance on foreign oil.

This is supposed to be the People's House. It's unfortunate that the Democrats don't see it that way.

Sign the Petition at www.CallCongressBack.com today.

Regards,


Eric Cantor
United States Congressman

P.S. Sign the petition to Call Congress Back to lower the price of gas.

Change I REALLY can't believe in

Video stolen from Always on watch 2, please go read the rest of the story.

Change I can't believe in

In order for people to want change, they must be dis-satisfied with their current situation, right? so, just what dire circumstances do Americans find theirselves in by the worlds standards that change is so important to them? let's see, is it housing? Americans live in the largest, best equipped homes in the world. is it poverty? no, America is the most affluent country in the world. is it tyranny? no, America is home to the most personal freedom in the world. is it lack of medical care? no, America has the best medical care in the world. is it education? no, Americans have access to the best education in the world.

so, If Americans live in the best homes, have kids in college, have a fine hospital on the nearest street corner, have money for not just cars, but unlike even Europeans, probably have TWO cars in the driveway, a boat, motorcycle, and a few other toys in the garage. just what are Americans SO unhappy about? is it that they can't afford a nintendo wii AND a microsoft x-box? could it be maybe that their i-pod nano does not have enough memory to hold ALL the songs they want? what is it that has Americans so disrought they want CHANGE!?!

Could it be, that Americans, those that were born of the can-do generation that won world war 2, are a bunch of whiny-assed, pansy, sniveling, crying, spoiled ass little brats? I think that is perhaps a possibility.

Our founding fathers wanted change, and we can thank them and God for it. but one must consider, Cubans wanted change, and they got Castro, China wanted change, and they got Mao, Russia wanted change, and they got Lenin, Cambodia wanted change, and they got pol pot.

Ideas, philosophy, facts, and intent makes one hell of a difference, Americans better consider this before they get all cought up in unreasoning emotionalism.

Iraq bound troops penalized for breaking apartment lease

From Texas Fred,

Please go to Fred's site to get an address to send some hate mail to those most deserving.

Iraq-bound guards penalized for breaking apartment lease

July 26th, 2008 (1 hour ago) . by TexasFred

MCKINNEY - A North Texas couple is getting ready for their second deployment overseas.

They’re leaving to serve their country but instead they’ve been served with fees from their landlord.

“It’s a job, we have to do it,” said Chris Horvath.

But they’re leaving with added stress, since they’ve been in a fight with their apartment complex - McKinney’s El Lago development.

The couple, both of whom are sergeants in the Texas National Guard, are soon headed to Iraq.

Full Story Here:
Iraq-bound guards penalized for breaking apartment lease

^%&! political correctness!

Joe Ligotti makes a salient argument against political correctness. but tender ears be warned, the guy's from Boston.

Energy in the USA

I just got this from my representative. and I've got to say, I like his position! It's a rare thing for me these days to agree with a politician, and I'm happy to see there are a few smart people in the house who have their constituents best interests at heart.

Energy

Congressman Boozman is committed to helping provide relief at the pump. It's the number one concern he's heard from you and he wants you to know where he stands on this issue. If you would like to get updates on energy issues please click here to sign up.

Boozman Bulletin: Energy

Luckily we’re not paying the national average of $4.06 when we're filling up in Arkansas, but as the average price for a gallon of regular gas nears $4 in the Natural State, it’s taking a toll on our budgets and we’re forced to stretch our dollar more than ever.

Budgets all across the state are feeling the same strains. The Benton County Sheriff’s Department changed its patrol routes in an effort to reduce fuel costs, Fort Smith’s Parks Department implemented plans to make sure its crews are more efficient with the vehicles and the State Highway Department blamed the increase in gasoline prices for having to increase its budget. That doesn’t even skim the surface of the stories you’ve told me.

The reality of rising gas prices is a costly reminder of how dependent the U.S. is on foreign oil. To alleviate the pain we’re feeling at the pump Congress needs to encourage more production of U.S. resources. This is the only developed country in the world that refuses to use its natural resources. Opening up Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), building refineries and more nuclear power plants as well as opening offshore drilling are all things Congress seriously needs to consider to help increase our domestic energy supply.

President Bush recently lifted an executive ban on offshore drilling. This is a great step and one that a clear majority of Americans are supporting. A recent Reuters/Zogby Poll found that 60% of Americans surveyed say they favor efforts to increase domestic drilling and refinery construction. This is a realistic approach that isn’t being taken advantage of. Minerals Management Service (MMS), an office of the U.S. Department of the Interior estimates only 3% of this country’s 1.76 billion acres Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) is leased for oil and gas exploration and development and more than 86 billion barrels of oil exists in undiscovered fields. At a time when we’re strapped for oil and gas, this is an area we must tap into.

There is no time like today to pass legislation to fully utilize the resources of this country. I’m a proponent of increasing the supply of domestic energy and have continually cosponsored and voted on legislation that aims to make us more energy independent. It’s in our best interest to bring legislation to the House Floor to give us what we need most, a break from high fuel prices.

Members of the House of Representatives have been challenged to sign a pledge that states "I will vote to increase U.S. oil production to lower gas prices for Americans,” and I gladly signed on. In encourage my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to support this issue. The hardships the high cost of fuel is causing isn’t a partisan issue, it’s a matter of wellbeing and I’m ready and willing to take immediate action.

Click here to read more of Congressman Boozman’s opinion on energy.

Boozman’s Plan to Help Lower Gas Prices Savings

Bring onshore oil online (ANWR, Shale) $.70 - $1.60

Bring deepwater oil online (OCS) $.90 - $2.50

Bring news refineries online (none since 1976) $.15 - $0.45

Halt oil shipments to SPR $0.05

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Savings (at least) $1.80


FACT

In 2007, the United States consumed over 142 billion gallons of gasoline.

Source: Energy Information Administration

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Congressional plan to combat high fuel prices

I'm not suprised Pelosi and co. are proposing this, just suprised they are doing so in an election year. but, then, they figure Obamessiah is a slam dunk shoe in. considering McCains tireless effort to lose, they are proably right.

secondly, do you need quality sleepwear that shows support for Obamessiah? well, in consideration of my readers I have found a source for just that, enjoy!

It's the Isms that'll get ya every time

This video is long, but it's worth it. see if you recognize Obama, who's in the cast.

Satire, funny, huh?

A German's view of Islam

A man, whose family was German aristocracy prior to World War II, owned a number of large industries and estates. When asked how many German people were true Nazis, the answer he gave can guide our attitude toward fanaticism."Very few people were true Nazis," he said, "but many enjoyed the return of German pride, and many more were too busy to care. I was one of those who just thought the Nazis were a bunch of fools. So, the majority just sat back and let it all happen. Then, before we knew it, they owned us, and we had lost control, and the end of the world had come. My family lost everything. I ended up in a concentration camp and the Allies destroyed my factories."We are told again and again by "experts" and "talking heads" that Islam is the religion of peace, and that the vast majority of Muslims just want to live in peace.Although this unqualified assertion may be true, it is entirely irrelevant. It is meaningless fluff, meant to make us feel better, and meant to somehow diminish the spectra of fanatics rampaging across the globe in the name of Islam.

The fact is that the fanatics rule Islam at this moment in history. It is the fanatics who march. It is the fanatics who wage any one of 50 shooting wars worldwide. It is the fanatics who systematically slaughter Christian or tribal groups throughout Africa and are gradually taking over the entire continent in an Islamic wave. It is the fanatics who bomb, behead, murder, or honor-kill. It is the fanatics who take over mosque after mosque. It is the fanatics who zealously spread the stoning and hanging of rape victims and homosexuals. It is the fanatics who teach their young to kill and to become suicide bombers.The hard quantifiable fact is that the peaceful majority, the "silent majority," is cowed and extraneous.

Communist Russia was comprised of Russians who just wanted to live in peace, yet the Russian Communists were responsible for the murder of about 20 million people. The peaceful majority were irrelevant. China's huge population was peaceful as well, but Chinese Communists managed to kill a staggering 70 million people.

The average Japanese individual prior to World War II was not a warmongering sadist. Yet, Japan murdered and slaughtered its way across South East Asia in an orgy of killing that included the systematic murder of 12 million Chinese civilians; most killed by sword, shovel, and bayonet. And, who can forget Rwanda, which collapsed into butchery.Could it not be said that the majority of Rwandans were "peace loving"?

History lessons are often incredibly simple and blunt, yet for all our powers of reason we often miss the most basic and uncomplicated of points: - Peace-loving Muslims have been made irrelevant by their silence. Peace-loving Muslims will become our enemy if they don't speak up, because like my friend from Germany, they will awaken one day and find that the fanatics own them, and the end of their world will have begun.

Peace-loving Germans, Japanese, Chinese, Russians, Rwandans, Serbs, Afghans, Iraqis, Palestinians, Somalis, Nigerians, Algerians, and many others have died because the peaceful majority did not speak up until it was too late.

As for us who watch it all unfold, we must pay attention to the only group that counts; the fanatics who threaten our way of life.

Here, and here are a couple of posts from today. You wonder what Islam's intentions are? I don't.
Here's another good post on "moderate" Islam

I'm on the wrong side of the law

My Son-in-law sent me this little eye opening bit of information.


Don't forget to read comparison chart after the pics...
CAN YOU GUESS WHAT THIS IS?

New Cook County Correctional Center, Chicago , Illinois

( I guess if I ever break the law, I'd better do it in Illinois!
Homeless people should have it so good!)
Once again the taxpayer gets stung.

It also shows that in most cases the quality of life for prisoners has improved considerably from what you might expect.
And I always thought prison was for punishment.!!!!!
Just in case you ever get these two environments mixed up, this comparison chart should make things a little bit clearer:

@ PRISON You spend most of your time in a 10X10 cell	@ WORK You spend most of your time in a 6X6 cubicle
@ PRISON You get three fully paid for meals a day	@ WORK You get a break for one meal, and you have to pay for it
@ PRISON For good behavior, you get time off	@ WORK For good behavior, you get more work
@ PRISON The guard locks and unlocks all the doors for you	@ WORK You must carry a security card and open all the doors yourself
@ PRISON You can watch TV and play games	@ WORK You could get fired for watching TV and playing games
@ PRISON You get your own toilet	@ WORK You have to share the toilet with People who pee on the seat
@ PRISON They allow your family and friends to visit	@ WORK You aren't even supposed To speak to your family
@ PRISON All expenses are paid by the taxpayers with no work required on your part	@ WORK You must pay all your expenses to go To work, and they deduct taxes from Your salary to pay for prisoners
@ PRISON You spend most of your life inside bars wanting to get out	@ WORK You spend most of your time wanting To get out and go inside bars

Looks like a hell of a place to live, eh?

Training for Congress

Just trying to help those of you who might want to learn a new trade.

An Indian walks into a cafe with a shotgun in one hand pulling a male buffalo with the other. He says to the waiter: 'Want coffee.' The waiter says, 'Sure, Chief. Coming right up.' He gets the Indian a tall mug of coffee. The Indian drinks the coffee down in one gulp, turns and blasts the buffalo with the shotgun, causing parts of the animal to splatter everywhere and then just walks out. The next morning the Indian returns. He has his shotgun in one hand, pulling another male buffalo with the other. He walks up to the counter and says to the waiter 'Want coffee.' The waiter says 'Whoa, Tonto! We're still cleaning up your mess from yesterday. What was all that about, anyway?' The Indian smiles and proudly says .. ! ; 'Training for position in United States Congress: Come in, drink coffee, shoot the bull, leave mess for others to clean up, disappear for rest of day.

NOZZLERAGE!!

Don't be a victim.

Insightful, accurate commentary about U.S. politics from...Egypt

I think Americans tend to underestimate forigners a great deal. this Egyptian has an amazingly accurate grasp of our presidential politics, this is definitely a worthwhile read.

Advice for tourists in the African bush

My Uncle sent me this little tidbit of advice for those visiting the African plain. (click on pic for a larger image)

Rodent abatement advice

In my humble opinion, these are a better choice than these in ridding your home of rodents, most people want to get rid of mice because of the damage mice can to to your home, if your solution to the problem damages yourself, your family, and your home worse than the rodents themselves, perhaps you should form a better plan of attack.

If you have, say, a wild boar infestation in your living room, okay, I can see using a .44mag. or a wild bear infestation in the kitchen, yeah, sure. But mice? c'mon now.....

I'm no tech wiz

But I humbly suggest you get firefox 3, you will like the speed, and the security.

read c/net story on internet explorers chronic security flaws

Happy Independence day

stolen from Bloviating zeppelin

Lord who grants salvation to kings and dominion to rulers, Whose kingdom is a kingdom spanning all eternities; Who places a road in the sea and a path in the mighty waters - may you bless the President, the Vice President, and all the constituted officers of government of this land. May they execute their responsibilities with intelligence, honor and compassion. And may these United States continue to be the land of the free and the home of the brave.

Independence day prayer stolen from Yid with lid

I like guns too Jackie

Hope and Change

I think I found the demographic that Obamessiah's message appeals to.

Despite the anxieties of these times, happiness has been on the rise around the world in recent years, a new survey finds.

The United States ranks 16th.

Previous research has found that happiness is partly inherited and that money doesn't buy much of it.

and here's the juicy part:

A survey released last week found one reason America doesn't top the list: Baby Boomers are generally miserable compared to other generations. Further, a public opinion poll released by the Pew Research Center in April found that 81 percent of Americans say they believe the country is on the "wrong track." The response is the most negative in the 25 years pollsters have asked the question.

Yup, the boomers, the generation that had everything handed to them, who've lived in the most prosperous times of the most prosperous country. America's whiny-assed generation. go figure.

source

WAKE UP AMERICA!

three stories, from just one news website, on one day, just bowled me over. I dunno whether to laugh, cry, spit in somebody's eye, slap myself, or puke. read this bullshit!
story 1

story 2

story 3

The coming world order government

Socialism on a global scale, bought and paid for by your tax dollars, coming to you (or, is that FOR you?). does anybody care about the USA, our personal freedoms outlined in our Constitution? are we going to allow politicians to throw that all down the shitter by treaty? it's looking like it.

Read this

The right to keep and bear arms

Those who hammer their guns into plows will plow for those who do not.

~ Thomas Jefferson ~

FIREARMS REFRESHER COURSE

1. An armed man is a citizen. An unarmed man is a subject.

2. A gun in the hand is better than a cop on the phone

3. Colt: The original point and click interface.

4. Gun control is not about guns; it’s about control.

5. If guns are outlawed, can we use swords?

6. If guns cause crime, then pencils cause misspelled words.

7. If you don’t know your rights, you don’t have any.

8. Those who trade liberty for security have neither.

9. What part of ’shall not be infringed’ do you not understand?

10 The Second Amendment is in place in case the politicians ignore the others.

11. 64,999,987 firearms owners killed no one yesterday.

12. Guns have only two enemies; rust and politicians.

13. Know guns, know peace, know safety. No guns, no peace, no safety.

14. You don’t shoot to kill; you shoot to stay alive.

15. 911: Government sponsored Dial-a-Prayer.

16. Assault is a behavior, not a device.

17. Criminals love gun control; it makes their jobs safer.

18. If guns cause crime, then matches cause arson.

19. Only a government that is afraid of its citizens tries to control them.

20. You have only the rights you are willing to fight for.

21. Enforce the gun control laws we ALREADY have; don’t make more.

22. When you remove the people’s right to bear arms, you create slaves.

23. The American Revolution would never have happened with gun control.

The 2nd Amendment to the Constitution of the Unites State of America: A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.

Stolen from Texas Fred

Hooray for Gov. Jindal!

Jindal condemns Supreme Court, signs castration bill
Governor glad for new law to punish sex offenders on same day as 'atrocious ruling'

Louisiana Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal Shortly after the U.S. Supreme Court announced it struck down the death penalty for child rape in his state, Louisiana Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal signed a bill authorizing castration of sexual offenders.

You just gotta love this guy, wish he was our Pres. nominee!!

read story

The symbol of the 2008 presidential elections

This, is IT, IT should be the symbol of this year's Presidential election!! since we are gonna get hosed no matter the outcome.....

picture source

This ought to be used extensively throughout Washington! in the white house, in congress, in the senate! in the supreme court too!! there is entirely too much shit stopping up too much plumbing all over Washington!! if this can be used to cleanse the cranial cavity of our leaders, by all means, USE IT!!

Humor, too close to the truth?

The life and times of a self-absorbed jackass

Do you want a DVD of a self-absorbed prick telling you how he's going to save you from yourself? In a genuine fake leather case? then go here.


Hat tip: MK Ham

Ayatollah Sistani is smarter than a 5th grader, are you?

Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani knows politicians make false promises just because they are power hungry bastards who will say anything to get elected. Do you?

In a recent comment by his representative, Ayatollah Sistani told Iraqi officials not worry about the politicians who are running on a cut and run platform (Obama)...
They are just saying that because it's election time

"The pledges to withdraw from Iraq given by (officials) from occupation forces countries are only for elections sake ", Ahmed al-Safi, a representative of Shiite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, said at Friday prayer speech in Karbala.
The cleric noted "the reality of their pledges is that they desire their troops to stay in (Iraq)".

former Obama advisor, Samantha Power, said the same thing to the BBC before she was let go by the Obama campaign:

The only thing I believe Obama on is his desire to raise taxes, disarm the U.S. in the face of hostile enemies, keep us from energy independence, and piss money away on the popular hysteria of the month, global warming, so he can help his buddy Al Gore make millions on our tax dollars.

source: Gateway pundit

Read 'em and weep

Two good posts worth reading. Abouna Gregori on the origins of political correctness, and Bloviating Zeppelin on some of the sad results of said political correctness. our insane energy policy that takes a backseat to environmental hysterics.
For entertainment, we have Jackie and Dunlap's take on Obama's refusal to go to Iraq.

You'll never see two roosters walking arm in arm

The very basic truth

You've got to stand for something, or you'll fall for anything.

I'm adding this video I stole from Gayle's blog to show what's in the bargain, a fool, who thinks if we just disarm ourselves the world will love us! what a dumbass.

Farewell HamNation

The best, and sadly, the last HamNation is good 'un! we're going to miss your posts and videos at Townhall.
Congratulations on the new Job at the D.C. Examiner.


I found another good Obama video:

Parenting skills, and the lack thereof

Now that we can watch TV and see there are MANY people who are NOT smarter than a 5th grader, we have this story of an 8 year old girl from Indiana that begs the question, How stupid can humans get? really? and how do you protect the stupid from themselves? sue toy companies? I mean shit, if a kid will swallow magnets and ball bearings they will swallow anything, rocks, broken glass, whatever.
what ever happened to teaching kids the difference between food and hardware?

Thanklessness

Update: this was one of those random E-mails I get and it was supposed to be written by Jay Leno, but I've now had time to source this and it was written by Craig R Smith.

'The other day I was reading Newsweek magazine and came across some poll
data I found rather hard to believe. It must be true, given the source,
right?

The Newsweek poll alleges that 67 percent of Americans are unhappy with the
direction the country is headed, and 69 percent of the country is unhappy
with the performance of the President. In essence, 2/3's of the citizenry
just isn't happy and want a change.

So being the knuckle dragger I am, I started thinking, ''What are we so
unhappy about?''

Is it that we have electricity and running water 24 hours a day, 7 days a
week?

Is our unhappiness the result of having air conditioning in the summer and
heating in the winter?

Could it be that 95.4 percent of these unhappy folks have a job?

Maybe it is the ability to walk into a grocery store at any time, and see
more food in moments than Darfur has seen in the last year?

Maybe it is the ability to drive from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic
Ocean without having to present identification papers as we move through
each state?

Or possibly the hundreds of clean and safe motels we would find along the
way that can provide temporary shelter?

I guess having thousands of restaurants with varying cuisine from around the
world is just not good enough.

Or could it be that when we wreck our car, emergency workers show up and
provide services to help all, and even send a helicopter to take you to the
hospital.

P erhaps you are one of the 70 percent of Americans who own a home. You may
be upset with knowing that in the unfortunate case of a fire, a group of
trained firefighters will appear in moments and use top notch equipment to
extinguish the flames thus saving you, your family, and your belongings.

Or if, while at home watching one of your many flat screen TVs, a burglar or
prowler intrudes, an officer equipped with a gun and a bullet-proof vest
will come to defend you and your family against attack or loss.

This all in the backdrop of a neighborhood free of bombs or militias raping
and pillaging the residents. Neighborhoods where 90 percent of teenagers
own cell phones and computers.

How about the complete religious, social and political freedoms we enjoy
that are the envy of everyone in the world?

Maybe that is what has 67 percent of you folks unhappy.

Fact is, we are the largest group of ungrateful, spoiled brats the world has
ever seen. No wonder the world loves the U.S. , yet has a great disdain for
its citizens. They see us for what we are. The most blessed people in the
world who do nothing but complain about what we don't have, and what we hate
about the country instead of thanking the good Lord we live here.

I know, I know. What about the President who took us into war and has no
plan to get us out? The President who has a measly 31 percent approval
rating? Is this the same President who guided the nation in the dark days
after 9/11? The President that cut taxes to bring an economy out of rec
ession? Could this be the same guy who has been called every name in the
book for succeeding in keeping all the spoiled ungrateful brats safe from
terrorist attacks?

The Commander-In-Chief of an all-volunteer army that is out there defending
you and me? Did you hear how bad the President is on the news or talk show?
Did this news affect you so much, make you so unhappy you couldn't take a
look around for yourself and see all the good things and be glad?

Think about it...are you upset at the President because he actually caused
you personal pain OR is it because the 'Media' told you he was failing to
kiss your sorry ungrateful behind every day.

Make no mistake about it. The troops in Iraq and Afghanistan have
volunteered to serve, and in many cases may have died for your freedom.
There is currently no draft in this country. They didn't have to go.

They are able to refuse to go and end up with either a ''general'' d
ischarge, an ''other than honorable'' discharge or, worst case scenario, a
''dishonorable'' discharge after a few days in the brig.

So why then the flat-out discontentment in the minds of 69 percent of
Americans? Say what you want, but I blame it on the media. If it bleeds,
it leads; and they specialize in bad news. Everybody will watch a car crash
with blood and guts. How many will watch kids selling lemonade at the
corner? The media knows this and media outlets are for-profit corporations.
They offer what sells, and when criticized, try to defend their actions by
'justifying' them in one way or another. Just ask why they tried to allow a
murderer like O.J. Simpson to write a book about 'how he didn't kill his
wife, but if he did he would have done it this way'...Insane!

Stop buying the negativism you are fed everyday by the media. Shut off the
TV, burn Newsweek, and use the New York Times for the bottom of your bird
cage. Then start being grateful for all we have as a country. There is
exponentially more good than bad.

We are among the most blessed people on Earth, and should thank God several
times a day, or at least be thankful and appreciative.

'With hurricanes, tornados, fires out of control, mud slides, flooding,
severe thunderstorms tearing up the country from one end to another, and
with the threat of bird flu and terrorist attac ks, 'Are we sure this is a
good time to take God out of the Pledge of Allegiance?'

Energy production activisim

Do you think producing more energy stateside might be a good idea? Do you think less dependence on foreign dictators might be a good idea? then check this out

Our self-destucting country

Because I couldn't say it better myself, I'm referring you to Fr. Gregori

The blame game

Time to suck it up and take responsibility for our actions America!
Why do we have a government that behaves like a spoiled bratchild? because WE elected f--kin idiots into office! we value beauty over brains! WHY! WTF for? what's next? elect Paris Hilton as President? sadly, I don't see that too far from the truth. look at who we weeded out and who we kept this primary season!
Why do kids shoot up their school? because their parents did not bother to instill values in them, and probably let the TV babysit them at every opportunity. why are kids today so stupid? because we let stupid people run the DOE, and the school boards, and let our schools buy history textbooks from revisionists, social studies curricula from communist social engineers. What the hell is wrong with us? why are we allowing the globalist agenda to march forward undeterred by even a few questions about the future, and what that might mean? why did we allow ourselves to get addicted to foreign oil? and refuse to produce oil on our own, which our fathers used to do? even in light of today's prices nobody even wants to consider opening production and our government continues to vote against any such proposal. thank you representatives!
We are trading our freedoms for a few promises of free shit from a government that can't deliver, and we KNOW IT!! why don't we do something about it?

High school antics have changed

since I was in school

Subject: Montbello High School in CA
I guess they already finished their English homework!!! Montebello High School in California

You will not see this heart-stopping photo on the front page of the NY Times, nor on the lead story of the major news networks. The protestors at Montebello High School took the American flag off the school flag pole and hung it upside down while putting up the Mexican flag over it. (*See pictures below*)










I predict this stunt will be the nail in the coffin of any guest-worker/amnesty plan on the table in Washington. The image of the American flag subsumed to another and turned upside down on American soil is already spreading on Internet forums and via e-mail.

Pass this along to every American citizen in your address books and to every representative in the state and federal government. If you choose to remain uninvolved, do not be amazed when you no longer have a nation to call your own nor anything you have worked for left since it will be 'redistributed' to the activists while you are so peacefully staying out of the 'fray'. Check history, it is full of nations/empires that disappeared when its citizens no longer held their core beliefs and values. One person CAN make a difference.
One plus one plus one plus one plus one plus one........ .

The battle for our secure borders and immigration laws that actually mean something, however, hasn't even begun.
If this ticks YOU off...PASS IT ON! IF IT DOESN'T IT SHOULD.

Local governments filing for bankruptcy

I fear the city of Vallejo will give other local and maybe even state governments ideas, deficit spending, it's not just for federal government anymore.......

Gun control

I think I've figured out why liberals support gun control, so many people around them die of gunshot wounds!


h/t TexasFred

Guns and ego

Bet you thought this was going to some kind of psychological-sociological essay? no, not so much, just the observation that some guns, no matter how much you like to shoot are just too big to be any fun, but only the older and wiser gun nuts will admit it. so, if you have one of these in your locker and want me to try it out, forget it, I'm not interested.



Gun is a .577 t-rex

Red Army Rock!!

Okay boys and girls!, It's time to play name that dance, and name that hairstyle!!

Humm, I don't think my wife has any shoes like that, hell, I thought she had at least one pair of everything!



The Finnish rock band "the Leningrad cowboys" and Russian "choir Aleksandrov" performing "sweet home Alabama" . I'm sure Skynerd would be proud.

Florida, your tax dollars at work!

If this issue merits debate in the Florida senate, the Florida legislature simply needs to adjourn, go home, without pay until next year. foolishness like this, in fact, reinforces my belief that elected officials should NOT be paid, period. and should be living on their own nickel, or on small independent donations from their constituents.

What next? require ranchers to dress their bulls in bermuda shorts? jeez! what stupidity.

update: if you want to show support for the fake nut industry, here ya go, they've got nuts of all colors and sizes, even nuts made of stone! I understand the blue ones are for us married guys....

Make up your Frickin minds!

Jackie and Dunlap make a good point.

Who'd a thought it!

Created by OnePlusYou

I saw this on Shoprat's blog and had to try it out, I'd have thought it would get a higher score, not that I cuss that much but talking about politics these days tends to bring the worst out in me.

Selective outrage?

Well, it seems the phone call was just a hoax, why didn't the police not trace the call before this military style raid on the FLDS compund?

Do you think this shrink would say this about separatist fundamentalist Muslims too? who share this same passion for forced marriages of young girls? I won't hold my breath for that. what you see in Britain today will probably be here tomorrow.

I'm not supporting the FLDS here, What I would like to see is some equal treatment under the law. You see teenage girls in secular schools pregnant all the time, is there any military style raids taking place in public schools over this issue? no.

You see forced marriages in the Muslim, Hindu, and Sikh communities all the time, any military style raids to combat this problem? no.

So, what's the difference?

The Arab Man's knee jerk response to every problem

Murder

How terribly rude of me to point this out.

Economic stimulus explained

Thanks uncle jay!

The necessary bill of 'aint's

NEW PREAMBLE TO THE CONSTITUTION

This is probably the best e-mail I've seen in a long, long time. The following has been attributed to Lewis Napper who was the Libertarian Party candidate for U.S. Senate in Mississippi at the time he wrote it.

"We the sensible people of the United States, in an attempt to help everyone get along, restore some semblance of justice, avoid more riots, keep our nation safe, promote positive behavior, and secure the blessings of debt-free liberty to ourselves and our great-great-great-grandchildren, hereby try one more time to ordain and establish some common sense guidelines for the terminally whiny, guilt ridden, delusional, and other liberal bed-wetters. We hold these truths to be self evident: that a whole lot of people are confused by the Bill of Rights and are so dim they require a Bill of NON-Rights."

ARTICLE I: You do not have the right to a new car, big screen TV, or any other form of wealth. More power to you if you can legally acquire them, but no one is guaranteeing anything.

ARTICLE II: You do not have the right to never be offended. This country is based on freedom, and that means freedom for everyone -- not just you! You may leave the room, turn the channel, express a different opinion, etc.; but the world is full of idiots, and probably always will be.

ARTICLE III: You do not have the right to be free from harm. If you stick a screwdriver in your eye, learn to be more careful; do not expect the tool manufacturer to make you and all your relatives independently wealthy.

ARTICLE IV: You do not have the right to free food and housing. Americans are the most charitable people to be found, and will gladly help anyone in need, but we are quickly growing weary of subsidizing generation after generation of professional couch potatoes who achieve nothing more than the creation of another generation of professional couch potatoes . (This one is my pet peeve...get an education and go to work....don't expect everyone else to take care of you!)

ARTICLE V: You do not have the right to free health care. That would be nice, but from the looks of public housing, we're just not interested in public health care.

ARTICLE VI: You do not have the right to physically harm other people. If you kidnap, rape, intentionally maim, or kill someone, don't be surprised if the rest of us want to see you fry in the electric chair.

ARTICLE VII: You do not have the right to the possessions of others. If you rob, cheat, or coerce away the goods or services of other citizens, don't be surprised if the rest of us get together and lock you away in a place where you still won't have the right to a big screen color TV or a life of leisure.

ARTICLE VIII: You do not have the right to a job. All of us sure want you to have a job, and will gladly help you along in hard times, but we expect you to take advantage of the opportunities of education and vocational training laid before you to make yourself useful. (AMEN!)

ARTICLE IX: You do not have the right to happiness. Being an American means that you have the right to PURSUE happiness, which by the way, is a lot easier if you are unencumbered by an over abundance of idiotic laws created by those of you who were confused by the Bill of Rights.

ARTICLE X: This is an English speaking country. We don't care where you are from, English is our language. Learn it or go back to wherever you came from! (Lastly....)

ARTICLE XI: You do not have the right to change our country's history or heritage. This country was founded on the belief in one true God. And yet, you are given the freedom to believe in any religion, any faith, or no faith at all; with no fear of persecution. The phrase IN GOD WE TRUST is part of our heritage and history, and if you are uncomfortable with it, TOUGH!

If you agree, share this with a friend. No, you don't have to, and nothing tragic will befall you if you don't. I just think it's about time common sense is allowed to flourish. Sensible people of the United States speak out because if you do not, who will?