"It's painfully obvious he didn't get there by himself,"

File this quote under "Duh"

Seems some guy was found under a concrete slab, and police think (but only think, mind you) that there might have been foul play. It could be that he walked to the scene of his death and fell into the hole just before they poured cement over him, and no one noticed....

"Somebody put that body in that hole," Gee said. "This isn't by any means just where we find someone on the side of the road. Somebody has obviously put him there."

Only the finest go into public service, it would seem.

Why would anyone utter such a stupid quote to a reporter? Cops have enough trouble being though of as smart as it is, without having this guy as a representative sample.

Found via JayG

How time changes things:

HT: Walls of the City


Original at http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/NateBeelerToons/Hope-or-Nope-82222172.html

“If you just hold the phone a minute, I’ll let you talk to one of the bastards.”

Balls. Big brass ones that clanked when he walked.

Would that men like that were prevalent today, and running this country.

Instead we get metrosexual, feminized, socialist liberals.

First draft of the STFU SOTU speech:

Ladies and gentlemen: My fellow Americans.

I am here tonight to discuss the state of our Union. I and my fellow Party members have been in charge for a year now, and while the state of the union was less than optimal last year at this time, I am proud to say that we have made many changes to our union.



The state of our union today is, well, disgusting. Our financial institutions are not lending, our economy is in shambles, our citizens are either unemployed or expecting to be, our industry is stagnant, and our military is demoralized.

Our once strong country is weakened by fear, and uncertainty. Our once proud citizens are choosing not to spend the little disposable income they have, for fear of using their last reserves of cash, and and they are not able to borrow money to purchase anything because they (and their financial institutions) fear that they will be unable to repay their loans.

Our once strong industrial base is in a waiting mode, unwilling and unable to expand because of several things; A tight credit market, and uncertainty as to what their future operating costs might be because our legislative and executive branch cannot give them a clear future. Due to the Health Care Reform debacle, and pending Carbon Cap and Trade legislation, we have left them an uncertain future that has effectively stalled any real growth.

Under my leadership I and the legislative branch have effectively made our economy worse than it was. Our TARP program initiated by my predecessor, and the additional Stimulus plan have effectively caused a decline in the buying power of our dollar, and have effectively enslaved our citizens for generations to come with a debt that no one knows how to repay, all with no measurable effect on our economy. But hey, we tried...



The State of our union is: Angry. So angry in fact, that we have effectively killed our chances of passing any of the our grandiose, overreaching legislation that we, in our hubris, would have passed for all of you, my fellow citizens, because we know what is best for you. You folks are angry enough to have overwhelmingly rejected any candidate in those special elections who might have any relationship to me or my fellow Democrats. You folks just don't know what is good for you.



Our Union is: Demoralized. We have many folks who want to work, and are productive when they work, but there is no work for them to do. My policies have stagnated our economy, and for that I am proud. Where there was once a vibrant economy, there is now unemployment. I will fix that. I will give special treatment to our union Brothers and Sisters with whom we stand shoulder to shoulder in solidarity, in order that they will be able to grow their ranks and force industry to hire even more nonproductive workers. I will help unions to take even more control of major industries, and if you will let me, I will nationalize even more industries that are in trouble and will absorb them into the Government sphere, creating more opportunities for additional union power and control. Under my leadership we will change this economy into what it should be: a government controlled service based economy dominated by unions that will decrease productivity and hamper growth and change.




The state of our union is:...less than it was before.....Our foreign policy has confused the rest of the world. Under my leadership, we have angered our allies with insult after insult, we have, through my policies, helped our enemies, and we have confused the rest of the world. I have done what I can to weaken the military, and will continue to do so. Our policy in Iraq and Afghanistan, while not what I said that I would do during my campaign, has been forced to change because reality has been a harsh teacher. It appears that my predecessors' policies are not actually that bad. We will, however, do our best to send a muddled and unclear message to the world in the future in order to keep them off balance and prevent any significant changes or forward strides in stability among countries that might make this country safer. I will continue to support the ineffective and corrupt United Nations organization because they support me.


The state of our union is: Confused.....That confusion is because many of you do not realize who I am and what I intend to do. You have not been listening to my message, nor have you surrendered to the belief that I know better. Many of you mistakenly think that if you work hard, and are productive, and take responsibility for your own lives things will get better. You seem to think that all of you can handle your own lives and take care of yourselves. You are mistaken. You must realize that the State should be your caretaker. It is not your responsibility to run your own lives; it is the States responsibility. It is the role of the Government that I head that will take care of you. Give me an ever increasing portion of your wages as taxes and I will increase the help and guidance that the government provides for each and every one of you.




Now: I have something to say to all of you, all of the Citizens of this nation. Let me be clear: I have the path out of darkness: I alone have the key to unlock this society's ills. You must understand that. I, Barack Hussein Obama, know the one true way out of this...



Let me be clear: if you folks would have just let me do what I wanted I would have made your lives better. I, and my fellow Democrats know what is best for you. I would have taken care of you, and would have changed things so that everyone would have been equally unhappy, rather than a few of you getting more than everyone else and the unproductive segment of our society would have been elevated to the level of the rest of you productive citizens. Understand me here: I, and those I surround myself with are EDUCATED. We know better, and are smarter, than the rest of you., and you folks had damned well better learn that.

Now stop whining and getting in my way and let me remake this country into what it should be.

Global warming explained (I tole ya so)

Go HERE to see a video about GW and/or the denial thereof.

Very long, but worth the view.

Watch the whole thing.

Then, you can deny all you wish.

HAH!

ETA: Better link HERE

we can only hope

Via Insty come this greta news...

Seems that Senator Bayh may be on his way out....

Good riddance to bad rubbish, if it happens.

I wouldn't unzip to put him out if he were laying at my feet on fire.

If you live in Indiana, you may not like him as much as I do though.

Damnit!

HEH

The last one:

The last Cartwright dies: Adam Cartwright, of Ponderosa fame, died at the age of 81, on Sunday, Jan 24th.

The Cartwright family , were in the series, a slightly imperfect, yet always striving, upstanding bunch. While they were, as I have said, imperfect, they generally did what was right, even of it wasn't the easy or comfortable way.

Millions of kids grew up watching the moral dilemmas and how the Cartwright family handled the difficulties that life presented them. We all watched the way that they made decisions based (mostly) on what was the Right Thing, rather than the easy or quick thing. Even when it cost them money, or time, or forced them into a fight that really was not theirs, they did the Right Thing. Standing up for those less fortunate or less strong than they were. they and their council were respected throughout the valley as upstanding men.

In the world of the Ponderosa, men were expected to be Men. Stand tall, be strong, do what is right, be honest, respectful to others, keep your own council, and treat women with respect.Women were expected to be (but not always portrayed as) strong, thoughtful, and helpful to their men.

Were that people in real life were as portrayed by the series. Bad men were easily identifiable, good men the same. Moral dilemmas were easily solved, with Right being easily identified and Bad easy to spot. Seldom were there shades of grey, and the path to take was always apparent. Doing what was Right was not always easy, but it was always good in the end.

Think, for a moment, how many children were raised with the Cartwrights as an example of how to act and interact with others. I do not think that there is a modern series today that does as well.

Raise a glass to the actors who portrayed the Cartwrights. The last of them are gone, but the lessons they imparted to millions (hopefully) live on in each and every one of us.

May they live forever in reruns on TVLand.

Don't get cocky here folks!

You and I both know that this terrible setback for the liberal socialists (sorry for the redundancy) caused by the BROWN win is not going to stop their attempts to instigate socialized medicine.....Instead of One Big Bill that they tried (and failed!) to jam up our asses, they will now retrench, and slowly make the same reforms that they wanted, one piece at a time. Slowly, they will achieve their goals if we are not vigilant and vociferous in our opposition. Expect things to be piggybacked onto other bills, and expect stealth and subterfuge.

In other words, rather than throwing us into boiling water, they will turn up the heat incrementally. Either way, we boil IF WE LET THEM. They found out (and, God willing, will learn more in Nov. 2010) the hard way that their wants and beliefs are NOT the will of the voting citizens of the US.

Mark my words, they are still aware that they have a majority (although now, at least, not a supermajority) in the Senate, and they will never stop trying. Much like firearm legislation, we need to be ever vigilant in watching what the liberals do. They never stop trying.

Watch for more attempts to make Illegal Amnesty happen as well. The DNC leadership is aware that this is their One Big Chance, and they do not seem to care that they will destroy their party and it's power base in order to socialize this country.

ETA: It might mean that the Copenhagen agreement is DEAD though....

One state down

Brown wins

only 56 states left.....

Bad idea

Just got a call from a "volunteer" (with a hispanic accent)telling me I needed to call Senator Bayh (spit) and tell him how much I supported amnesty for illegal aliens legislation immigration reform to provide a path to citizenship...

I laughed, and politely suggested that he might have had the wrong house, as I could not support such legislation. When he began to proselytize, I asked if he was a citizen....He would not answer, which was, IMHO, an answer in itself. I asked if he was aware of how much financial damage illegal immigration does to the country. No answer. I asked if he sent money back to Mexico. He said I was being offensive and should be more open minded....I said that I was open minded, but a patriot. He began to call me a right winger....I said that most of my friends found me way too liberal. That gave him pause...

One would wonder what these people are smoking, calling up folks to try and drum up support in this manner.

Caller ID shows that it was a 925 area code, which Yahoo says is in northern California.

Which answers the above question.

Another awesome video

Go HERE to find it....

Worth the click....

Awesome video

H/T: Eric...

The bigger question in the Massachusetts special election is:

Which way did Teddy Kennedy vote, and how many of his newly found friends voted with him????



Srsly.

How to make vacancies happen in government...

It's easy....Push this agenda and wait for the bloodshed...

He had a dream...

This speech from MLK was the one that have heard so many times....

One wonders what he might think of the members of the black race and culture in the US today...

I think he'd bury his head in his hands and cry in shame.

I think he'd be angry.

Make no mistake, many have fulfilled his dream, but so many have squandered it.

So many "Civil Rights" leaders who exist for themselves, not to help their brothers. So many "successful" athletes who fail to help even one other person from their neighborhood. So many black businesspersons who fail to teach others the methods of success.

And so many people who use the color of their skin to collect money from a government, and squander it, and fail to take advantage of the opportunity.

And so many people, black and white, who cannot see beyond the color of the skin, rather than the content of the character.

I think he'd be ashamed.

Kwikie gunshow report

Indy1500...spent the weekend selling Strike-Hold and other stuff for my company, 3 part supply...

Had only a few breaks, as budgetary considerations meant that we were one person short....

A few quick observations...:

Primers are back down to nearly what they should be.

.380 was available, if not as cheap as it should be....Same for nearly all other common calibers of pistol ammo.

Rifle ammo is also available, and again, not at the price it should be, although it is trending slightly downward. Really cheap surplus military calibers, however, seem to be MIA.

Cheap pistols did not seem to be selling, nor were expensive ones. Middle of the road stuff was selling briskly.

Rifle sales seemed to be slowing down, (except for collector stuff) and a LOT of .22 lookalikes/and conversion kits and/or dedicated uppers for AR and/or 1911's were selling briskly as well.

The polikticians were out in full splendor, along with hordes of volunteers to tell us how pro second amendment and how conservative they all are.

Donate link

Go here for a place to donate for Haiti relief.

C'mon, we all got ten bucks we can spare, right?

Just a few less rounds to shoot this month, or a drink or two less on Saturday night..

But those small donations add up.

Weekend

I'll be at the Indy1500 for the weekend....If yer there, find me at the 3 Part Supply table. and say hi...

I'm the taller one with the longer hair.

Yup, there's a pattern here..

Seems the folks in Haiti are upset because no one is coming to their aid fast enough.

Now look. I'm feeling real sorry for these folks, and I pray that they get help as soon as possible. But to come up with that much response instantaneously is nearly impossible.

As it is, the amount of supplies is staggering, and they are arriving faster than they can be transported to those who need them. The infrastructure (roads) were bad enough BEFORE the quake. Now getting supplies to the needy is even harder.

So how do the citizens of Haiti (and especially on Port-Au-Prince help themselves? They loot shops and pile up roadblocks of corpses in protest.

Not dig others out, not clear roads. not build shelters. Loot and protest.

This behavior is much like some other poor people in another tragedy, in one of our southern states populated by folks with an African and French heritage and culture...Is it the culture? The genetics? Or is it the poverty which forces them into this sort of entitlement behavior? I have my own theory.....You draw your own conclusions.

Realize that other nearby countries are not nearly such shitholes as Haiti is (was)

But the pattern is there if you care to see it.

Put the "intellgence" back into the Intelligence game...

This piece via American Thinker hits the nail right on the head....It's not a lack of intelligence, it is, rather, a lack of intelligence in dealing with it.

Like any bureaucracy, the intelligence game is full of mindless drones. And in normal times, that is ok. But now that is not ok. Just not getting fired is not enough. We need intelligent people, who can "connect the dots", and do things right, each and every time.

Having people who are just putting in their time towards retirement is NOT going to keep the citizens of (and visitors to) this country safe.

"They" (the enemy, the jihadists) will keep trying. We must have people who are at least as cunning as "they" are to thwart "them". Drones will not get the job done.

Civil service laws be damned. Get the right folks in there, and the pencil pushing REMFS who just need to get their time in, and their proper tickets punched the hell out of the "intelligence" game.

Or soon, we will have airlines falling from the skies, or a city turn into a green glass parking lot.

Perhaps I should start a church....

Here is why....If it's good enough for the Amish, then it's good enough for me.


We could call it the "First church of Phred".....

Whatever we should call it, it's main tenet would be that we object on "religious grounds" to paying into a government run and mandated health care system, rather than making our own choices.

Think it would fly? I'm almost willing to give it a shot...

Might include mandatory firearm ownership in there as well.....might could come up with some other stuff too.

But as leader of the church, I'd most likely have to collect tithes and such...probably be a bookkeeping nightmare

Perhaps we should find a hall and work out what the gods will require of us.

Interested?

While the plural of Anecdote is not Data:

The plural of "anecdote" may indeed demonstrate a pattern.

Here is another anecdote, and observation about the "security" procedures we have at our airports. As is this. And this.

The Kabuki Theater we have instead of security (performed by the mindless TA workers) does little to enhance our security. It isn't designed to do that. It is designed to discourage people who are security threats, and to force people into compliance. It does little (if not less) to create a secure environment, and it is possible that you are, when you fly today, less secure than you were before 9/11/01.

Look: I have no doubt that this is a tough job. And I have no doubt that many of the TSA folks are doing the best they can. But the system is designed for failure, and the workforce is, I have noticed, not what you might call the highest motivated nor drawn from the least murky gene pool...Not to mention a management pyramid that does not cause the best and brightest to rise to the top.

We have here, a largely poorly trained force that costs a significant amount of money, which inconveniences a large number of people every day for little, if any, gain.



But hey, it employs a lot of people who otherwise might have worked at McDonalds, or Taco Bell, thus making it harder for those establishments to hire, and to make a profit. And it does, no doubt, give them something to do, and probably influences them to vote for the current stars of the DNC. And, of course, provide them with some sort of health care benefits and such....


What it does NOT do is to make you safer.

If you think othersise, then you are a fool.

There is hope!

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Scott Brown does fairly well at fund raising in a blue state....

Perhaps (just perhaps) the tide is turning, even in Mass.

It may be that there is hope for this country yet.

Choosing to love an animal also means choosing to break your own heart. But, oh...that purr makes it all worth it in the end.

Breda loses a friend.

Think good thoughts for her.

The day is coming soon for me and my dog.
May I have the courage to take the step when necessary.

More TSA Kabuki Security Theater

Honey.

Explosive???

Chemical Fumes??? From Honey???

Hospitalization of TSA Agents....For honey exposure...RIIGHT....

Methinks they need retraining...

Or better acting lessons.

Or an ass kicking.



I feel safer already knowing the professionals from the TSA are on the job.


And I can't wait for the new Health Care Workers....

Look, I understand that honey might show up on a scanner looking like an explosive....But from there the theater gets creepy. How is it that they found both TATP and TNT in the initial swab, but not after that? And how is it that these agents were struck ill by honey fumes? (or were they just acting??) I would think that after all this mess that they might could be fired?

Yeah, I didn't think so either.

Good point

as posted by HoosierBoy....

SHOW US THE HEALTH CARE HEARINGS, ASSHOLES!


And, as he states, we should all be saying it. Call yer congresscritters.....Hound them. Make them do what they should be doing....Shame then, tie up their phone lines....

But keep the pressure on.

It's about time...

only like 9 years late

Seems that there is now a fatwa prohibiting attacks against the US and Canada by extremists.....It is no longer a good idea..In fact, anyone with knowledge of such an attack or plans thereof should expose such plans....

Well, it is a step in the right direction, if a little late.

And, in order to make it stick, they had to state that any attack against either country was an attack against the Muslim citizens of our countries.....Not just that the attacks themselves are wrong (apparently as the rest of us are infidels it might not be wrong to attack us?????)

Hey, Imams....It's wrong to kill people....Not just Muslims, EVERYONE who is not attacking you. Call it wrong. Condemn those who commit such acts...Stand up, move your religion into this century....

Anyway, enough said. It's at least a start.

Confidence inspiring, ain't it?

So once again the TSA is in the spotlight. Since they are now 8 years old, one might expect that the management of the TSA would have had time to get their shit together in one sock, and be able to keep it there. But apparently once a person becomes a government employee, their IQ and attention span decreases by at least 10%.

The "security breach" at Newark on 1/3/10 shows just how much we have gained in security.....It's not just that some guy who took the job because the local McDonalds wasn't hiring that day was not paying attention. It was also because the folks in charge of the cameras had apparently not bothered to make sure that this important piece of technology was operating....

I'm sure that everyone involved, the techs, the officer(s) and especially the management will be beaten and then "thrown roughly to the floor" disciplined and then summarily dismissed.

The fact is that you need very few credentials in order to be hired to be a TSA agent. IIRC, you do not need a H.S. diploma or G.E.D., nor are their any IQ tests. In fact, these are the same people (and their friends and siblings) who were doing your security BEFORE 9-11, only with better benefits and more comfortable (and official looking) uniforms....

So why, after nearly 8 years, can they not do any better?

It is frightening to me that we have examples like this, and that of the Post Office USPS, to inspire confidence in the government operation of our health care apparatus.

The USPS loses more and more money every year, at a higher and higher cost for the same service......The TSA cannot even stay awake long enough to do its job of keeping US air travel safe. More and more stupid regulations implemented, not for additional safety nor in response to a specific threat, but rather to make up for the shortcomings of the TSA personnel.

Remember this when you cannot get care because the Big Government Health Care clerk (transferred from the TSA, and probably cohabitating with a USPS mail sorter) decides you really don't need that heart operation this week.....

We all know that a job created by a government bureaucracy attracts only the best and brightest folks, with the highest work ethic....

I just can't wait for Health care.....Really, The TSA makes me feel so safe with it's "Kabuki Security Theater" ever changing and poorly thought out rules, and I am so inspired by the thought of such behavior in my Health Care masters.

Not just a bunch of happy go lucky hard drinkers

Seems that the Aussie government is getting SERIOUS with the folks who are against the government screwing with a farmer. Crushing of dissent and all that. Watch what happens. I would not put such tactics past our own dearly loved Jack Booted Thugs government officials.

Remember, this is a peaceful protest, planned in support of a farmer whose hunger strike is in protest of a government whose policies have resulted in a situation where his land has been essentially taken away from him with no compensation and no recourse.

The Aussie government is beginning to notice the protesters, judging by their tactics.

Perhaps they are getting scared.

How soon 'til these tactics are used against the Tea Party protesters? How soon until they decide to get serious about squelching protests?

Stay tuned. Seems that when one government does it, the rest soon follow...

Thanks to Bore Patch for the info.

This will help those mid term elections.......

Adding 12+ million illegals (probably more, if they can stay around long enough without jobs) to the DNC voting bloc might not be enough to offset the anger it will engender.....

But I doubt that that will stop the administration from trying.

Should help those midterm elections for the democrat incumbents though....

Random thought of the day...

"If at first an idea isn't absurd,

There is no hope for it."

Albert Einstein.

No half measures

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Damn. I have been drunk before....I have gone way over the edge before....

But I am an amateur when it comes to BAC.

This lady, apparently knows how to do it right....

In a stolen car too.

Remind me not to EVER get into a drinking contest with this lady.

First post of the year

may you all have a good 2010. If 2009 was good for you, may that goodness continue. If it was less than stellar for you, may the new year improve your fortunes.


Be good, this new year, and leave room for luck to smile upon you.

peace.

Out.

HOLEEKrap, this is funny

Iowahawk, at his best.

I LOL'ed.

Via Insty.

"What are ya gonna do, shoot me?"

"Absolutely".

While no one wants to see anyone dead, this Darwin Candidate ended up that way.

Let's see here.....intruder (thief), accosted by man with gun (homeowner). Cooperate? Nah.

One might say that he deserved what he got.

Then again, the homeowner must now defend himself against murder charges.

Me? I say give him a medal, a small gratuity, and free beer for a week.

Might well cause other miscreants to rethink their profession.

I know, I know, you ask...."Is your property worth another man's life?"

Well, the Darwin Candidate obviously thought so.....

Sorry

about the lack of any postings lately....


I got nuthin

When I do, you'll be the first to know.

They have no idea what kind of a shitstorm this will bring

Healthcare passed

This is going to bring a shitstorm upon those who voted for it. Yet another notch forward on the cog of revolution...

Personally, I'd like to see what happens when (if) the public finds out how much of our money has been spent to bribe senators buy votes.


Were we a less civilized people, we might riot, burn, hang and behead our senators. Think torches and pitchforks, rope, tar, and feathers, tree branches.....

Of course, I would not advocate such violence.......yeah, that's it.

Methinks our forefathers would, however, have expressed their dissatisfaction in a physical way when said senators return home. Good thing for then that we are less inclined to do so. Otherwise homes and cars might burn and families flee in fear.

I expect that the elections in 2010 shall be interesting. It's always a bad idea to poke the sleeping giant dragon....

perhaps our newly elected representatives and senators will repeal this disastrous legislation

And once again, we follow the money

I tole a ya so (again).

Follow the above link. Read and follow HIS links.

I told ya,I told ya, I told ya.

This isn't about the climate....It's about money and power.

And, of course, control.

Period.

Someday soon, we will burn climate scientists at the stake (along with AlGore).

ETA: More HERE (via Insty).....Read more on the good Doctor at page 3

Words from a wise man now dead

Posting this again. It bears repeating. Again.

Listen to it.



True then. True today.

What, other than the incremental step forward for socialism, do the democrats get out of passage of this bill? Fully 1/3 will lose their comfortable positions in congress or the house. The DNC loses its majority, perhaps for many years.

What do they get? Other than advancing the cause of socialism forward.

I don't get it. Is socialism that important to them?

Or am I thinking checkers when they are playing chess?

On buying shirts for men

Ladies:
Pay attention HERE to find out what kind of shirts you should buy for your "real man".

I could not agree more....

So now that they have 60

Does that mean that we can begin assembling the gallows and making pretty loops and such out of rope?

'cause we all know that a majority of their constituents oppose the "reforms" that they are soon to vote upon.

Personally, I'd sooner see their heads on pikes outside the capitals. Hanging's too good for 'em.

But then again, I am reactionary.

One wonders if they will ever be able to come home.

Were I that type of person, I'd make 'em afeared to do so.

I am sure that someone will....Glad it doesn't have to be me. If I were that type of person (I am not!) I would make them afraid to show their face in their home state...and make 'em afraid for the safety of their families and such.....Make'em afraid that their houses would suddenly catch fire..... afraid of car backfirings and such that sound like gunfire and all that......stuff like that.

Lucky for them that their constituents are civilized and all.....right?

(this is in no way a suggestion that anyone else should take any action discussed here...we are all adults and should take appropriate measures, never resorting to violence of any sort......!)


I'm just sayin'

Had this been just a citizen they'd be in jail

More proof that there is a double standard...One for "citizens" and one for cops.....

The upshot is that the cop pulled a gun after being hit with SNOWBALLS. Had I tried that, I'd have been hit with several charges: Displaying a weapon, intimidation, using a weapon in a threatening manner,Threatening deadly force...etc. Probably lost my carry permit as well (and as it should be).

Displaying a weapon should only be done when there is a need for the use of deadly force. Not as a threat.

The cop in question "detective Baylor" should not be allowed to possess a weapon, nor should he be in the position to protect the public nor make decisions affecting the public.

There is no (zero, none, nada, zilch,) reason for this behavior.

And the shame is that (so far) he has gotten away with it. And he is supposed to "protect and serve".

Look, Cops are human. But this is beyond bad judgement.

And they should be held to standards at least as stringent as the rest of us.

Cops should police their own.

No blue wall.

As I said, had this been any of us, we'd likely be in jail, for sure have had our weapon confiscated (even in a carry state) and likely be looking at having our ccl revoked.

http://www.nbcwashington.com/weather/stories/Eyewitness_Confirms__Cop_Freaks_Out_Over_Snowball_Fight_Waves_Gun-79729162.html





More/better/longer video here....




Y'know....Someday the crowd is going to decide NOT to allow this. then what?

Then the line will be crossed...

And someone will be shot or dead. Maybe a cop, maybe a civilian....But dead or shot, nonetheless. And all because a cop went WAAAY over the line and wasn't man enough or just couldn't bring himself to back down....

At least they didn't try to tell folks that they couldn't use video.....or confiscate cameras...

Reasons why not to drive while impaired....

You'll never see any part of this ad campaign in the US (especially not on broadcast TV), as it might actually make someone think, and it might be effective.....

Warning, somewhat graphic scenes.

Hope this disturbs you.

Watch it. Show it to those it might help.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2mf8DtWWd8



Or don't. Your choice.

"The president said that the costs of Medicare and Medicaid are on an "unsustainable" trajectory and if there is no action taken to bring them down, "the federal government will go bankrupt.""

But if we reatly expand the government run systems, and include everyone in the risk pool, things will get better? Yep, I believe that. See also the Post Office for ean example.....

Why should we think that a greatly expanded goverenment version of medicare will save even one thin dime????

If they can't even make medicare work, why should we believe that a greater plan encompassing everyone will do any better?

I realize that the thought of a government run health care plan makes big government liberals lose continence...The thought of having control of another 1/6th of the economy makes them salivate (so both ends become moist).

Really, they should give up. They couldn't force things through in the early days of the year, and now that "we the public" has seen the plans a bit more closely, we don't like anything that is contained therin.

and let us not forget the damage they are doing to the economy with the uncertanity that this looming bill brings to business planning....they shoud simply adjourn, and stop the debate and give up.

But the lapdogs of the DNC hve not the best interests of the people of the US uppermost in their hearts, but rather the advance of their ideology at any cost.

Sad, that we elect these people to represent us.

The American people get the government we deserve....

'nuff said

So someone explain to me...

Why CHINA is considered a "developing country" at the climate change talks?

I mean, seriously....It is arguably the 2nd or third in the world as far as industries....It is a nuclear (nukkular?) capable power, with the 2nd biggest army (mabee the first, I don't have latest figures).

It was able to muster up enough resources to host the latest olympics, makes it's own weapons(rather than buying them form other countries) has a space program....


So why are they listed as a third world "developing country" for the climate taxation talks in Copenhagen?

anyone?

Why Britain is circling the drain

Seems that when attacked in your own home, tied up, and beaten during an attempted robbery, the best thing you should do (in Britain) is just lie there and take it.

It beats lying there in prison and taking it....

Srsly....What is Britain coming to?

This once proud nation, which literally ruled the world, which hung on with such quiet desperation against the Germans in WWII (until the US came along to save their bacon)....This country, once so strong, with stalwart citizens....Has come to THIS.

Sad. Isn't it?

Wonder what might happen to such unwanted visitors in MY home....Best not to contemplate such things...But methinks there would be no complaints post incident....

At least, with British healthcare, the robber will get only the best care available for the rest of his life....snicker

can someone explain to me

What the difference is between military prisoners over there>>>>>>
In Gitmo, and military prisoners over here, in the Peoples Republik of Illinois?

I mean, other than the fact that the military watches them over there, and civilians will watch them here???

WTF difference does it make, except that The Obama promised to close Gitmo, and is apparently doing so....Same folks, same crimes, same interrogators, just a different venue and different guards?

I guess he can claim that he HAS indeed done what he promised (close Gitmo), in fact, if not in substance.

And where are all the NIMBYs crying about dangerous prisoners being in their neighborhood? I can't wait until one escapes and terrorizes some poor unsuspecting neighbor of the prison.....(actually, I hope it doesn't happen, But it could, and might, and if it does....)

What really, does this accomplish?

Can anyone answer?

I'd reeeeally like to know.

on RHPS and other (apparently) incurable afflictions

This says it all.

As I am currently cohabitating with someone so afflicted (RHPS, not the other, AFAIK), I can tell you that the RHPS affliction can be an issue for those of us not so afflicted.

They say that it can be cured (RHPS affliction, that is) with the proper deprogramming, and (possibly) electroshock therapy....But I am not sure.

Tell us how you really feel....

Stingray has some interesting ideas...


His prose is much better than mine, so I will trash my post and link to his instead.


What he said.

In spades.

He is more restrained than I, (I am much more homicidal in my reations to things) but I can agree with him on principal.

Self control is indeed an underrated life skill.

Laughter...

I am very tempted to try this...

But then again, enough people are apalled by my sense of humor...

I blame climate change...

But who knows WTF this was?

Seems not everyone buys the bullshit

So where is the "consensus"?

And where is the "settled" science?

Read the letter below:
Ask yourself: Where is the MSM on this??

Posted under fair use guidelines:



His Excellency Ban Ki Moon

Secretary-General, United Nations

New York, NY

United States of America


8 December 2009


Dear Secretary-General,


Climate change science is in a period of ‘negative discovery’ - the more we learn about this exceptionally complex and rapidly evolving field the more we realize how little we know. Truly, the science is NOT settled.


Therefore, there is no sound reason to impose expensive and restrictive public policy decisions on the peoples of the Earth without first providing convincing evidence that human activities are causing dangerous climate change beyond that resulting from natural causes. Before any precipitate action is taken, we must have solid observational data demonstrating that recent changes in climate differ substantially from changes observed in the past and are well in excess of normal variations caused by solar cycles, ocean currents, changes in the Earth's orbital parameters and other natural phenomena.


We the undersigned, being qualified in climate-related scientific disciplines, challenge the UNFCCC and supporters of the United Nations Climate Change Conference to produce convincing OBSERVATIONAL EVIDENCE for their claims of dangerous human-caused global warming and other changes in climate. Projections of possible future scenarios from unproven computer models of climate are not acceptable substitutes for real world data obtained through unbiased and rigorous scientific investigation.


Specifically, we challenge supporters of the hypothesis of dangerous human-caused climate change to demonstrate that:




1.Variations in global climate in the last hundred years are significantly outside the natural range experienced in previous centuries;

2.Humanity’s emissions of carbon dioxide and other ‘greenhouse gases’ (GHG) are having a dangerous impact on global climate;
3.Computer-based models can meaningfully replicate the impact of all of the natural factors that may significantly influence climate;
4.Sea levels are rising dangerously at a rate that has accelerated with increasing human GHG emissions, thereby threatening small islands and coastal communities;
5.The incidence of malaria is increasing due to recent climate changes;
6.Human society and natural ecosystems cannot adapt to foreseeable climate change as they have done in the past;
7.Worldwide glacier retreat, and sea ice melting in Polar Regions , is unusual and related to increases in human GHG emissions;
8.Polar bears and other Arctic and Antarctic wildlife are unable to adapt to anticipated local climate change effects, independent of the causes of those changes;
9.Hurricanes, other tropical cyclones and associated extreme weather events are increasing in severity and frequency;
10.Data recorded by ground-based stations are a reliable indicator of surface temperature trends.



It is not the responsibility of ‘climate realist’ scientists to prove that dangerous human-caused climate change is not happening. Rather, it is those who propose that it is, and promote the allocation of massive investments to solve the supposed ‘problem’, who have the obligation to convincingly demonstrate that recent climate change is not of mostly natural origin and, if we do nothing, catastrophic change will ensue. To date, this they have utterly failed to do so.

http://www.copenhagenclimatechallenge.org/

An early climate gate history lesson.

Note the date:

Told ya so

Seems that those who investigate such things have found that not only are the weather data stations that are used for climate data cherry-picked to show a trend of warming, but actually some of the "data" is actually a lie.

Told ya.


ETA: Bore Patch has much much more.....Huge amounts in fact.

Take the time to read THIS POST and follow his links..

As I have been saying.... It is all lies. Lies designed to let someone else control the economies of the major industrialized nations....

And so many of you thought that my tinfoil hat was on a bit too tightly....

So in light of all the private planes, limos, etc used by the so called Climate Specialists (or world domination asshole flunkies....take your choice), one might wonder how they justify their behavior...

I mean, how many attendees plane-pooled (like carpooling, only faster and at a higher altitude), Limo Pooled (like plane pooling, only at a slower speed and a lower altitude but with more and more convenient stops), or made any attempt to lower their massive contribution to the Global Warming causing carbon emissions.

Really, if they actually believe that, then they would live the word....walk the talk....

But they don't.

When the Global warming folks pledge to never attend a conference like this again.....But rather use videoconferencing....When they stop flying in private aircraft.....When they carpool....when they stop heating their houses with carbon based fuels (or use electricity generated using carbon based fuels)....When they begin to bicycle to work and only buy food grown locally.....

Until then, I will be a sceptic. Until then, I will not believe the dire warnings....I will not believe in any global warming caused by man, nor the so called danger we and the world are in because of it.

When these people live as they suggest we do, then I will begin to think about deciding to believe....

But I always figured these sorts of gatherings are for them to preen in the light of their "Peer reviewed" reports, congratulate each other in a circle jerk of adulation....and, of course, eat free hor'dourves and caviar and (because it is Copenhagen) aquavit by the glass....All on someone else's dime...

But I think they are just plain everyday hypocrites

The output of a small country

Or, actually, a not too terribly small country.

The carbon output of MOROCCO for an entire year (2006)....Now, I know that Morocco is not the most industrialized, nor the largest, nor the most populated country in the world, but still....

40,584 tons of carbon generated for this one month of "conferences".

If they really believed that mankind was a part of the problem, then, like Bali before, they'd not fly in, but would rather watch the presentations via videoconferencing at major cities around the world.

But they act like either:

Reducing emissions is for the little people, not them,

or

They really don't believe that AGW is an issue.

Set an example, and all that.

ETA:::: "Taking a private jet to a conference on stopping global warming is a bit like traveling in a sedan chair carried by indentured servants to a summit on stopping human trafficking."

It must be a really thankless job.

No one is ever satisfied, especially the Congressional Black Caucus.

Seems that they expected Mr. Obama to give yet more goodies and freebies and handouts to the nations poor downtrodden and ignored African-Americans. Like they don't get enough already. Seems that the CBC wants even more.

Hey, don't look at me like that....Where's MY free cheese?

KThnxBye

"Nah, I think I'll sit this one out..."

Seems that Al the Gore has CANCELLED his appearance at Copenhagen...

Perhaps his busy social schedule leaves no room for such an important meeting as this? I mean, discussion of how to limit CO2 to save the planet from suddenly overheating and all that...?

Perhaps he doesn't want to face a mob waving Hockey Sticks....

Or perhaps he does not want to face an "Inconvenient Truth"....

Climat Gate (more of)

Note the date on THIS article....and read the whole thing. If you are not disturbed by this, then you have the sensibilities of a head of cabbage....and most likely the intellgence and cognitave ability as well.

The men referred are experts at "climate change"....not climate science....

Their whole reason for existence is to find more funding for "climate change", not climate research......It has become a business.

Sadly, that business has influenced the whole economic structure of the free world.

Read the linked article....

It's all about power....money, fueled by propaganda, used by power seekers, funded by taxpayers, for social engineering.

Period.

Still waiting for some real reporting via the MSM.

Checkers Vs. Chess.....

Mr Obama wants a clean quick end to the war win Afghanistan.....So, no doubt, do we all.

But he fails to realize that our opponents in this are long term thinkers. They play chess.

Mr Obama, on the other hand, is thinking like a man used to playing checkers. He is, no doubt, a very skilled checkers player. But this sort of decision is not for those without a longer term strategy. To actually announce that 2011 is our goal (albeit with the caveat that we might have to stay longer) telegraphs to his opponent (AlQueda and others) that all they have to do is wait, and the current regime will lose heart and fail to pay attention long enough to win in the interval.

Were I on the opposite side in Afghanistan, I would take the intervening 2 (+/-) years to reorganize, re-equip, and train, saving my strength for the day when the deadline passes.....At which time, Mr Obama will be under the gun to finish things quickly. He will do nearly anything to meet that goal, even to the point of cut and run, and failure..... I would save my men and materiel for the future, and only pursue a strategy of harassment, never committing or allowing my forces to engage for any length of time, nor ever take risks that might lead to any real defeat or damage to my forces.

Our opponents understand that this will be a long war, and grueling one, and now they know that there will be a point at which the "Great Satan" will decide to leave, job finished or not, leaving the people of Afghanistan to their own devices. Thus leaving a void which they can fill at their leisure.

Make no mistake, I am not sure that we can win in such a place. The people and their culture is foreign to our way of living, and even, perhaps to our understanding. It may be that creating a stable democratic style government is impossible with the afghans at this time. It may be that there needs to be 2 countries rather than on Afghanistan...

Whatever the outcome, it is certain that the Bush Administrations failure to find and neuter Osama Bin Laden was indeed, a failure. After that, the war in Afghanistan became, in my opinion, a waste of men and materiel. Having said that, if we do not prune away the vines of evil continuously in areas such as Afghanistan, they will regrow, and strangle the countries and the people in that region, and regain strength and marshall their forces to strike the western wold once again. Bush (W) knew that, and warned the American people that this would be a long war.

Chess.

Mr Obama told the foes of the US, in Afghanistan, that we would leave in 2 years(more or less) and we have not the strength of will nor the fortitude to continue the fight... He essentially told them how to win.

Checkers.

Now if they can just grow BACON!

Seems that scientist have found a way to grow "meat" in the laboratory.....

Meat. Artificial meat.

MMMMM. Now Vegetarians can enjoy bacon. And Steak. And Porkchops....

Frankenfoods, coming soon to a store near you.

More Climat-Gate..

Go see Bore Patch for a really really really good series of posts on "climate gate" and the "science" (or lack therof) therein.

He points out that there is NO warming that is not "adjusted".

None

Zero

Nada.

And he shows that if you run the so called climate model, you GET A "HOCKEY STICK" no matter what data you input.

In other words. this whole thing is BULLSHIT.

But you already knew that.

Didn't you.

The backlash begins

The SWISS seems to be angry enough at the Muslim attempts to change the country to which they emigrated that they have banned the erection of new minarets.

This is serious. The SWISS have done this. If it had been the Germans, or the French I could understand....But the SWISS?

Here is a quote that should tell you why....and it is the same thing that OG and myself have said....."Backers said the growing Muslim population was straining the country "because Muslims don't just practice religion."".

Seems that some of the Swiss (57.5 to 42.5 percent)as Og and I do, the rest are with RobertaX.

ETA: Seems that the WOMEN of Switzerland were the larges supporters of the ammendment....

Climat-Gate links

Ivan Kenneally has commentary on the politics of GW "science...

Jonah Goldberg has a point about the double standard of scrutiny for these leaked emails and documents...

Some snark

Others take a look at the code that is used in the program that "models" the climate.

And Megan points out that we are basing a change in our entire lifestyle and it's costs on a fairly faulty model.

Here we have a report that another bunch of climate data (from NZ of all places?) is "adjusted" to fit the preexisting theory, not the theory adjusting to real data....One wonders about the veracity of all of the other data used in light of these revelations....IS there any climate data that is not "adjusted" to make it fit the theory of global warming ???

Here we have the point that it's not about the science, it's about the funding...No one is going to pay anyone to do a report that says "all is well, we have no issues, you can relax now"....at least not more than once.

And, Via Insty, we have a piece that points out that it is all about the money and control....Not about the science, not about the environment, and not about the climate.....

Look: World leaders are going to Copenhagen in a few days to discuss how they are going to strangle their respective economies in order to reduce carbon emissions. I have no issue with reducing carbon, nor making our use of energy more efficient. But the fact is that this is, and always has been, based upon poor science and half assed computer models that were written to make the outcome fit a predetermined outcome that fits the "hockey stick" graph/theory. It's not like there is any real proof that WE HUMANS are causing the planet to warm. In fact, we might not be. then agaibn, we might. But science like this proves nothing except that many people have gotten a lot of money for a very poor "research" product.

If the ice is all gonna melt, and the oceans are gonna rise, then why did Al the Gore just buy a bunch of oceanfront property in California??? Kinda like the "End of the World is Near" prophet buying long term investments...

Follow the links here, decide for yourself. Look at the evidence that is mounting. If this were business (Global Warming Research IS a busines, but I am talking about a private, stockholder owned business) then the FBI would be all over this, investigating for racketeering and fraudulent use of governmnet money....

Ask yourself why, if the MSM had the time and resources to fact check Sarah Palin's book with a bunch of people, can't they devote a portion of those resources to investigating this bogus climate "research"? Why are they whitewashing this? Who benefits?

And ask yourself why you hear very little from the MSM about it?

ETA: I have been getting HUGE traffic from Google search. For those of nyou that found me that way. Please, take the time to read some of my other posts.....Hope you like them, and if not, well, your comments might just make me take the time to re-think my opinion....I hope you enjoy my blog...

SO now...The M4 needs fixin'

Seems that the ARMY wants to fix the M4. Seems that the fixes are what everyone already says they need....A piston, and a barrel that is thicker, and a better trigger.

So maybe they are gonna buy the new Ruger??? Or maybe an SU-16?

Srsly. Why now? Not that these fixes haven't been needed. And no I am not bashing the M4. It is a good system, albeit with some issues. But what firearms platform doesn't have issues? (with the possible exception of the designs of JMB......)

One wonders though...Why now?


Who benefits from this? (other than the military men and women who may (and I say may) get a better, more reliable rifle.

LOL

Ya gotta admit....If he IS smokin' da spliff, it would explain a lot....

HT: TB2K

More on the failure of Global warming to be real

THIS points out that the earth hasn't warmed in over a decade.

At all.

None.

Nada.

The average temperature rise over the last decade:

0.00 degrees C.

None. Not even a teensy teensy tiny bit.

Makes one go HMMMMM.....

Good question:

Via Hoosierboy, I found THIS.

Ask yourself: How do YOU answer his question?

I know my answer......

Thought for the day....

A nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves.
- Edward R. Murrow

Lies, lies, lies.....

Via Devi's Kitchen

We have THIS.....

......have presented, as fact, data which privately they have acknowledged to be, at best, flawed.

Further, many members of The Club are editors of the reports submitted to the IPCC, and the emails show that they have deliberately cherry-picked those that agree with their position—and conspired to discredit or reject those that do not agree with their political position.

The Club has also conspired to suborne journals, and to oust editors of other journals who are perceived as being unsympathetic to their cause. And they have been successful.

The emails show that, whilst claiming that sceptics' papers are not peer-reviewed, The Club have actively and deliberately used blackmail and smears to prevent such peer-review or, when review is unavoidable, to have conspired to skew the review process to discredit their opponents.

All of these actions render the scientific reports produced by the IPCC extremely suspect. At best.

And they most certainly destroy the concept of the "scientific consensus".

None of these emails disprove anthropogenic climate change: but they do shatter the idea that there is no dissent and, crucially, they absolutely annihilate the idea that scientists are impartial and uncorrupt.

And these emails most certainly explode the proposition that we should reorder the world economy because of an impending climate disaster.

So we have "scientists" who have skewed data to present (and "prove") a foregone conclusion.....That Global Warming is actually happening, and happening at a rate which will cause widespread damage to our way of life very soon..... It is incontrovertable...

Except it isn't...and the "consensus" doesn't exist....

While the MSM hasn't run with this (yet) we can only hope that they will.

Spread the truth wherever you can.

SHOW people what the truth is....

Make this become mainstream.

In other words...

"Don't piss down my back and tell me it's raining"

Wow. SNL had actual satire....

Now if only that were just satire.....


HT: Anarchangel

So is Al the Gore

A buffoon for believing the Global Warming bullshit, or a co-conspirator in the whole thing?

Either he is a tool (and a fool), or he is a liar.

It doesn't look good for him no matter which you believe.

Will this destroy the Church Of Glowbal Warmening?

Free speech for me, but not for thee...

Arianna Huffington feels that Free speech I.E. First ammendment rights, should not be equally applied.

Bitch.

I dislike her with a passion, but would fight to the death defending her right to be stupid in her comments. She has the right to show her stupidity as much as the next person. Free speech is, after all, free speech.

Muzzling your opponent is not a way to win. Win on your merits. Or fail. Either way, let us not even consider stepping on THAT particular slippery slope.

This comment shows how foolish the left wingers are.

The left must be getting scared.

Breaking news! Global Warming IS a scam..Climate gate!

File this under "I tole ya so"!

Seems that hacker broke into a "Global Climate Center" and hacked their database of emails and other documents.....Go to the link and read. I am not sure where the "Global Climate Center" is, other than the referenced "University of East Anglia Climate Research Center....A yahoo search shows one such named university in Norwich, UK, and Wikipedia has an entry for the University....The Register reports that a massive data breach has occured..... Apparently there is a huge file containing all sorts of interesting emails and such oput thereand available to those interested parties. Wonder what will come of this???

If (and I say "if" because I cannot confirm the report) this information and the supposed file is confirmed, then this should blow the lid off of the whole scam....If the MSM does it's job. (bets?)

Let us see how this pans out....

"The truth shall set ye free"

ETA: HERE is the link to the (alleged) files...

ETA 2: At lest some of the files have been verified by their authors....If this is what they DIDN'T delete, one would wonder what they DID delete.....

Cowardly congresscritter?

Sen. Evan Bayh seems to have an issue at his offices....For some reason, he is "experiencing extremely high call volume" and no one is able to answer the published phone number for any of his offices.

Seems that this problem has existed for about the last two weeks. Strange.

Or, it could be that the spineless asshole doesn't want to hear from any of his constituents before the Health Care vote.

Could be that the high call volume thing is true......For the past two weeks...at all offices.....It could happen.

I am most likely wasting my time, but.....

I will try once more, then I will mosey down to the local office and make sure my opinion is heard.

Please, donate generously to my bail money fund.

Thanks in advance.

Think I'll have some Cheeze with that Whine

This is a perfect example of why these people have no clue. This person wants his health care back ....I understand that. He wants health care that he can afford. I understand that too. He has no job, so he can't afford the COBRA cost for the same coverage his employer subsidized. I understand THAT too. But the fact is that he has no clue as to what the health care really cost, not just his share, but with the amount that the employer had to kick in. This amount was pre-tax wages, and he fails to realize exactly what the cost for his health care was. Now all he can see is that he wants his cheap health care. He (like most liberals,..... actually, like most people, but conservatives don't expect it) wants something for nothing.

Guess what dude: your health care is gonna be expensive. If you think that your health care is expensive now, just wait until it is free. It's gonna cost you something like $350 a month as it is for the Obamacare plan. Since you have no job, what are you gonna use to pay for it? How are you gonna find the money for the plan that YOU HAVE NO CHOICE TO PAY FOR?

Your employer subsidized your health care plan when you were employed. Who is gonna do it now? Others are, that's who. Your employer will be taxed to make up the difference. Bet he doesn't hire too many people then. You think unemployment is bad now? Just wait.

All you seem to care is that you want what you had before.You had free or low cost health care because your employer paid for (subsidized) most of it. Now you want free or low cost health care and you want some other person or group of persons (like the "government") to subsidize your health care.

Who is gonna pay the bills?

More commentary

on the "Islam is not evil" discussion started by Og and Roberta X....

Best one is HERE. Pay particular attention to the quote by Jefferson.

Since my stance seems to be twisted by peoples replies, I will state things as I see them.

1. Islam, in it's fundamentalist form, is incompatible with the laws of the US.

2. You cannot be a practicing Muslim and be a good citizen, something must give.

3. "Tolerance" does not mean that you have the right to kill, maim, or in any way harm your daughters or other female family members because your religion says it is OK. Your personal beliefs must be subject to the laws of the US. Deal with it however you please, or go back home.

4. If you hate this country, leave. We like it with the laws that exist now. Want it to be like the Islamic shithole you left? Too bad. You wanna live under Islamic rule? Find another country that is ruled by the Koran. This one isn't. You left that country for a reason. Good or bad, you came here. Live under these laws. We revere another document, called the constitution. Live under that law, or be punished. Same goes for fundamentalist whatevers (Christians, Buddhists, Hindus, etc.)

5. You have no right to the US taxpaying public funding mosques, foot washing basins, prayer rooms, etc. Want them? Find a space and make your own. Pay for it out of your pocket, not the states.

6. For those that are ignorant, realize what the Koran tells it's followers regarding your status as an infidel. Learn what it says. Realize that while many Muslims just want to get along, they support the mosques that preach hate and preach such things as Dhimmitude. Understand that they support the preaching of hate, and murder, and death and Sharia. Understand that the ultimate goal of the Islamic world is domination and eventual conversion (or death) of all infidels. It is OK to lie, cheat, or whatever is necessary to further this goal, as long as the lies are to an infidel. It is OK to murder an infidel.

Don't hide the truth. Understand it.

7. I, in no way, wish to see any Muslims deported, corralled, hurt, injured, incarcerated, harassed, or in any way wish to see their civil rights trampled. But neither do I wish to allow them to either trample my rights, nor should they be given any extra rights just because they are a Muslim minority.

8. Freedom to practice your religion is a fundamental right, recognized and stated in the Constitution. But those rights to practice your religion have limits when it comes to others. Deal with the limits or find another country.



Rant off

Please resume your normal day. Thank you for reading.

ETA: for those Muslims reading this, HERE are a few hints on how to get along.

I am so

JEALOUS......

Interesting animation

showing counties and unemployment vs time:

link HERE:

Note: I have no way of verifying if this is correct. But, it does seem to be somewhat realistic...scary too.

Interesting point is that the "blue" (DNC Controlled) states started out higher, then the cancer spread to the rest of the country..

Seen at the Gun Show:

Sign:


"Do you need a silencer to shoot a Mime?"

Some people

are alive only because killing them would require too much work to explain why.

Self control is vastly underrated as a life skill.

Question:

Did Catholics in WWII fighting for the US only fight non-Catholics in Germany?

Or Protestants the same?

Or did they fight for their country (and countrymen) and against the soldiers of the other country?

IF the latter, the n why do we give Major Hasan a pass for not wanting to fight against other Muslims? He is a citizen, right? and a volunteer in the US army, right?

So why does the MSM make excuses for him?

Yikes!

Near miss.

No warning.

Makes ya wonder....

Heh

Heh:

In Union Square [Manhattan] An earnest lass ran up to me and said "Would you like to feed starving children?" I said "To what?"

HT: NewPaltzJournal via Tam

Parable:

It goes something like this:....

There once was a man walking through the woods in the winter.
During his walk, he chanced upon a snake frozen in the snow.

Being a kind soul, he picked up the frozen snake along with the snow and ice that encased it, and carried said snake back to the cabin, where he warmed the snake, freed it from the snow and ice, and held it against his body, sharing warmth with the snake that it might thaw and live again.

After a time, the snake stirred, raised it's head, and promptly bit the man, injecting venom.

"I am dead!", cried the man. "You have killed me with your bite!"

"How could you do this? I brought you into my house, warmed you, and nurtured you back to life!"

The snake replied, as the man lay dying...."You knew what I was when you picked me up."



Compare this to Ft. Hood and other terrorist actions in our country.

Draw your own conclusions.

Today

....

Is Veterans day.

Thank you all.

Assholery

For all the effort involved in the Kelo decision (for those that don't know, this was the theft of a private residence using Eminent Domain, but the property ended up in the hands of a corporation), the Pfizer corporation abandoned the plan to build it's new R&D plant, leaving New London, Conn holding the bag. And after all that the city did for the corporation, in the hope that they would stay and bring new jobs with them.

And, Of course, Susan Kelo is forever without her family's home.

Yeah, she got paid for it under Eminent Domain, but she lost the house her parents left to her, and the site is now just a field, with all the houses torn down.

For nothing. No new R&D plant, no development. Nothing.

Assholes.

Happy Birthday Marines!

Nov 10, 1775, IIRC.

Thank you all.

Og and RobertaX are having a (sorta) discussion (or argument) regarding Islam. Her side starts HERE, his is HERE.

While I enjoy talking with them both, and can see both sides, I must say that Roberta is being soft hearted and Pollyanna-Ish in her viewpoint.

Og has the right of it. Read back a few of his posts for some history. Same with Roberta....

While there are many nice, decent, law abiding citizens who are of the Muslim faith, the fact remains that the religion does have the Koran as it's word. These are (supposedly) the words of Muhammad. And they must be followed. Or you aren't a good Muslim. Period. If you haven't read the Koran (I have), it is full of hate for infidels, and it's rules for society make women no better than cattle. My thanks to CAIR for providing me with the book that opened my eyes to Islam. If you haven't read it, then you should, especially before making such judgements.

Sadly, Islam does not allow it's followers to pick and choose. It is not an ala-carte sort of religion. You cannot be a devout Muslim and be a good citizen of the US. Period. Nor can you be a devout muslim and be a member of the US military. The society mandated by Islam is at odds with the society of the US.

(You cannot be a practicing Catholic and work at an abortion clinic, either, and for the same reasons.)

While not all Muslims are terrorists, the fact remains that most terrorists are Muslims.
And the major Muslim organizations do nothing to purge the radicals from their religion. They are supported by someone.....

Not all spree shooters are Muslims. But not all spree shooters cry "Allah Akbar!" before shooting people. Christians, Muslims, Jews, etc have been murderers in this country. But few others do the deed in the name of their god or their faith. And they are condemned by their church immediately.

Sadly, not so with Islam.

Interesting read at Ferfal's blog.....

It could happen here. In fact, as he pints out, it IS happening here.

We elected the politician he talked about (more than one, actually) and his experiences in Argentina demonstrate that the US is following a similar path.

Will we end up in the same place? Who knows? But we are firmly on the same path, and we are now electing the same types of leaders that the Argentines already have.

Some places in large cities in the US already have the conditions of which he speaks.

Go...Read....Think.

Why elections matter....

It isn't always about what judges they will allow a president to appoint...

Here is another reason to get out the vote, and to campaign for the politician you want, (or at least against the one you don't).

Sometimes it matters more than you realize.

Today is one of those days.

Pelosi should be hung for violating her oath.

Do you ever get

the impression that the news media hopes and prays for tragedies like the FT Hood Massacre just so that they have something to bloviate upon for days and days afterwards?

One wonders.

even in Canada, the 2nd is winning

Canada MP s vote to repeal the long gun registry. (like it had been working anyway)....

It isn't a done deal, but it is a start.

If the semi socialist countries are failing in their control, then why do we have a socialist portion of government that keeps trying to assert even more control? It would seem that "our" supposed "Intellectuals"(spit) can't even learn from their brethren about what works and what doesn't.

But they will keep trying, with YOUR money of course. It is the way of the socialist.

Pravda

Pravda has the right of it. Read this article (it's long and windy, but indeed, it is correct) about the EU, and the fact that it is moving farther and farther towards the state that was behind the Iron Curtain. It is, of course, Pravda, with all that that implies, but being Pravda does not make the message any less correct.....

Seems that the socialists have won, they just had to wait for the effects to occur. All that posturing, all the military hardware they had in order to bring socialism to the masses of Europe, and yet, the Europeans have gone and brought their own socialism to themselves. Either this is a really, really well crafted long, long, long, range plan coming to fruition, or they were just lucky...

Either way, the socialists seem to have won. And even Pravda notices.

And we, as Americans, have elected a socialist "Great Leader" who wants to emulate the EU in its drive towards a more socialist state.

He is bankrupting the country, socializing our industries, and controlling our banks.

What is next? There is already an attempt at the curtailing of free speech........

Hey, this Kool-Aid tastes bad!!!!!

Seems that those who jumped on the Obama Bandwagon are unhappy. Not too many people like him nearly as much as they thought they would after they voted for him.

Many of those who drank the Kool Aid seem to have become disenchanted with the flavor of the drink, now that they have had a chance to reflect on the taste for a while......It seems to be leaving a bad taste in even his most ardent supporters mouths.


D'OH!!!!

Did you really think that Mr.Obama, the poster child for DNC Liberalism, was going to be able to make everyone happy at the same time? Srsly folks, who among us really thought that he would? Seems that reality has smacked the nice Obama in the face, and he is realizing that doing the job is harder than campaigning for it....

Seems that they can't even sell Obama memorabilia in D.C. anymore....

The cracks continue to widen...... This statement is priceless....(HT: the Blogfather)

Things look good for the GOP in 2010 and 2012, if they just get their heads removed from their anal orifice.

What Copenhagen is really all about:

Socialism. Plain and simple. Evening out all of the world's population in order that there is an even amount of misery. Everyone (except,of course the self appointed ruling class) will share in the lack of things. This is a tax upon the developed countries of the world, for the (supposed) benefit of the less developed countries. (go HERE for more info) THIS IS ABOUT CONTROL.

(It might well be that the Global Conspiracy Theorists have been right all along?) I know that this sounds like I am a crackpot (and maybe I am), but the actual reality is WORSE! Take the time to read the links, then decide.....IF you don't get angry, then you aren't paying attention. Read what they admit they want to do.




Let us not forget the fact that the US, much of Europe, and many other countries have both taken (and paid for) and used the resources from those poorer countries that Copenhagen wishes to help by damaging those more successful countries, but that we have spent billions of dollars trying to help those same poor countries elevate their standard of living, to no avail.


Were it not for the World Health Organization, those same poorer countries would have fewer people in them (due to disease) and were it not for the food that was given to those countries by the US and Europe in aid, many of their citizens would have died from starvation. Now we have to tax the "richer" countries in order to make things "fairer". And much like contributions to the UN, most of the value given to the organizations will be used internally, for the benefit of the organization, and little actually flowing to the intended recipients.


It's not like they didn't have the chance to drag themselves out of the mud with all the help that was given....What happened was that the best and the boldest left their third world shitholes for better opportunities and the socialist weenies want to give the rest of them that stayed behind the same benefits without the effort.


Expect to pay big carbon taxes soon so that the poorer countries can reap big rewards for their failure to become something (it probably won't help, but they will try, and at our expense.)



(Of course, my first thought about shooting anyone (including government officials) who wants to tax this country for it's success is probably over the top, so we'll have to come up with a better, more nuanced version idea).

If this treaty is passed, I see big discussion fodder in the next election cycle, and big changes, even bigger that what might occur due to health care. The thought that any official of this government would undermine the sovereignty of this nation is utterly abhorrent to me. The thought that they think that they can get away with is is even more shocking. The thing is, we, the people, by voting such folk into power, HAVE GIVEN THEM THE RIGHT TO TRY!

Me, I am a neanderthal, and would advocate for torches and lampposts and rope and such (some assembly required) for those that would ratify such actions against the interests of the US and it's citizens.