MY HEALTH INSURANCE BILL

if you can answer the following questions, all "YES", then the government will pay your premium, you pay co-pays, in the health insurance plan all federal amployees currently use. This is a work in progress, but I believe I might capitulate a little and agree to providing insurance for these people.

1. Are you and can you prove that you are an American citizen?

2. Is you annual gross income less than 50,000? (flexible on that number)

3. Are you currently ineligable for any other goverment run health care program and can you show proof of declination?

4. Are you willing to submit to random drug screenings and, if positive, willing to complete a drug abatement program? (note: positive test will NOT disenroll, but failure to complete abatement plan in prescribed time would)

5. If unemployed or reporting no federal income on taxes, are you willing to volunteer for some type of public service in your particular field of expertise 15 hrs/wk.

"Today, our nation saw evil, the very worst of human nature, and responded with the best of America"- President George W. Bush, September 11, 2001

Meet Me In The Stairwell
Author: Ms. Stacey Randall

You say you will never forget where you were when you heard the news On September 11, 2001. Neither will I.

I was on the 110th floor in a smoke filled room with a man who called his wife to say "Good-Bye." I held his fingers steady as he dialed. I gave him the peace to say, "Honey, I am not going to make it, but it is OK...I am ready to go."

I was with his wife when he called as she fed breakfast to their children. I held her up as she tried to understand his words and as she realized he wasn't coming home that night.

I was in the stairwell of the 23rd floor when a woman cried out to Me for help. "I have been knocking on the door of your heart for 50 years!" I said. "Of course I will show you the way home - only believe in Me now."

I was at the base of the building with the Priest ministering to the injured and devastated souls. I took him home to tend to his Flock in Heaven. He heard my voice and answered.

I was on all four of those planes, in every seat, with every prayer. I was with the crew as they were overtaken. I was in the very hearts of the believers there, comforting and assuring them that their faith has saved them.

I was in Texas, Kansas, London. I was standing next to you when you heard the terrible news. Did you sense Me?

I want you to know that I saw every face. I knew every name - though not all know Me. Some met Me for the first time on the 86th floor.

Some sought Me with their last breath. Some couldn't hear Me calling to them through the smoke and flames; "Come to Me... this way... take my hand." Some chose, for the final time, to ignore Me. But, I was there.

I did not place you in the Tower that day. You may not know why, but I do. However, if you were there in that explosive moment in time, would you have reached for Me?

September 11, 2001 was not the end of the journey for you. But someday your journey will end. And I will be there for you as well. Seek Me now while I may be found. Then, at any moment, you know you are "ready to go."

I will be in the stairwell of your final moments.

Remember...I love you.

Would be funny if it were not coming at us like a freight train...

Watch...and be afraid...

If this does not terrify...

White house states facts are a stubborn thing. How right they are, but how would they know as they cannot differentiate between facts and fantasy. Here is the scary part of the story...

There is a lot of disinformation about health insurance reform out there,
spanning from control of personal finances to end of life care. These
rumors often travel just below the surface via chain emails or through casual
conversation. Since we can’t keep track of all of them here at the White
House, we’re asking for your help. If you get an email or see something on the
web about health insurance reform that seems fishy, send it to flag@whitehouse.gov.

Scary...and so in line with this. Scroll down to the "Suppressing ideological subversion" part.

I recomment EVERYONE with a blog push this idea. Write to flag@whitehouse.gov and report Obama, Biden, Pelosi, Reid, Hoyer, Spector, etc for spreading lies misinformation.

An email from Grand Dad

Background
John (Grand Dad) is 63 years old and owns his own business. He is a life-long Republican and dreamed of retiring next year. This dream is now impossible because of the current economy. With the stock market crash and all of the imminent tax hikes, John now knows he will be working for many years to come.

John has a Granddaughter, Ashley, who is a recent college grad. She drives a late model car, wears all the latest fashions, and enjoys “going out” and eating in restaurants. Ashley campaigned hard for Obama, and after he won the election she made sure her Grandfather (and all other Republican family members) understood that the world is now going to be a much better place.

Ashley recently found herself short on cash-again, and she cannot pay her bills. As she has done many other times in the past, she e-mailed her Grandfather and asked for some financial help.

Here is his reply

Sweetheart,

I am replying to your request for more money. Ashley, you know I love you dearly and am sympathetic to your financial plight. Unfortunately, times have changed and I am unable to help you. With the election of President Obama, your Grandmother and I have had to set forth a bold new economic plan for our lives.

Let me explain.

As you know, your grandmother and I have worked hard at growing our small business for many years. We have lived a “comfortable” life, but have forgone many “extras” like fancy vacations and luxury cars. We were looking forward to retiring soon, but this is no longer a possibility. Our new President is significantly raising personal and business tax rates. He says it is so he can give our hard earned money to other people. But for us, it means that we must cut back on many business and personal expenses.

We were forced to let our receptionist go today. You remember her. She always gave you candy when you visited my office. Did you know she worked for us for the past 18 years? I can’t afford her anymore.

Obama’s tax plans also affect our ability to help you. Over the years your grandmother and I have given you thousands of dollars in cash, tuition assistance, food, housing, clothing, gifts, and so forth. But with the current economy and President Obama’s new liberal policies, we no longer have disposable income to give to you. Remember how you told me, “Only the richest of the rich will be affected”? Guess what, honey. Because of our business, your Grandmother and I are now considered to be wealthy. On paper, it might look that way. But the reality is, we are far from it. As you said while campaigning for Obama, some people will have to carry more of the burden so all of America can prosper. Since we are unable to help you, I suggest that you give the White House a call at 202-456-1111 and see if Mr. Obama can send you a check.
Remember, we love you dearly.

Good luck, sweetheart.
Love,
Grampa.

PS: How was your recent trip to Jamaica? I have never been there but I hear it is lovely this time of year

"WHY I VOTED DEMOCRAT"

Why I voted Democrat

I voted Democrat because
I love the fact that I can now marry whatever I want.
I've decided to marry my horse.

I voted Democrat because
I believe oil companies' profits of 4% on a gallon of gas are
obscene but the government taxing the same gallon of gas
at 15% isn't.

I voted Democrat because
I believe the government will do a better job of
spending the money I earn than I would.

I voted Democrat because
Freedom of speech is fine as long as nobody is offended by it.

I voted Democrat because
When we pull out of Iraq I trust that the bad guys will stop what
they are doing because they now think we are good people..

I voted Democrat because
I'm way too irresponsible to own a gun, and I know that my local
police are all I need to protect me from murderers and thieves.

I voted Democrat because
I believe that people who can't tell us if it will rain on Friday can
tell us that the polar ice caps will melt away in ten years if
I don't start driving a Prius.

I voted Democrat because
I'm not concerned about the slaughter of millions of babies so long
as we keep all death row inmates alive.

I voted Democrat because
I think illegal aliens have a right to free health care,
education, and Social Security benefits.

I voted Democrat because
I believe that business should not be allowed to make profits for
themselves. They need to break even and give the rest away to
the government for redistribution as the democrats see fit.

I voted Democrat because
I believe liberal judges need to rewrite The Constitution every few
days to suit some fringe kooks who would never get their agendas
past the voters.

I voted Democrat because
My head is so firmly planted up my butt that it is unlikely that I'll
ever have another point of view.

visible vote

For all of us who are connected via blackberry/iphone. This app keeps you informed on what legislation is pending and how your reps voted. In addition it is a 3 click process to alert your rep on how you feel.

Awesome "keep in touch" tool

iphone app here

blackberry app here

"Tolerant" left...

Those that know me know I am never afraid to speak my mind, but generally do it in a thoughtful manner. I know that we (Christians) are judged constantly, so I try to choose my words carefully. I use the same mentality when putting politcally charges signs up on my car.None have vulgarity of any type.

Over the past months I have been flipped off, cut off, yelled at (they would nnot disuss issues, just wanted to paint me a racist and move on), and had what I believe to be a firearm brandished at me...but nothing really bad. Imaging my suprise yesterday when I left work to find this done to my car:







If you can't tell, the last picture shows the word "Obama" scratched into my driver's door with a sharp object of some sort.

Techically this is change. Noone has ever been quite so gutless toward me before. Oh well, I guess freedom of speech only applies if that speech agrees with the left.

Signs on the rear window of my car...

'Nuff said!!!

here we go...


Like it???


How bout...

"From each according to his ability..."

...to each according to his needs.

From the Democrat VP candidate...

In an interview on ABC's "Good Morning America," Biden said wealthier taxpayers would indeed pay more under the proposals of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama. Under his plan, people earning more than $250,000 a year would pay more in taxes while those earning less — the vast majority of taxpayers — would receive a tax cut.
"We want to take money and put it back in the pocket of middle-class people," Biden said. Of those who would pay more, he said: "It's time to be patriotic ... time to jump in, time to be part of the deal, time to help get America out of the rut."

This brings to mind 2 obvious questions...
1- Take from whom?
2- How do you put back that what which was never removed?

What this clown is advocating is unabashed reditribution of wealth, classic marxism. While taxing "the rich" sounds so robinhood, what many americans unfortunately do not understand is the heavy and disproportionate percentage those "rich" already pay.

Raising taxes is not patriotic, it's economically irresponsible.

Mick's Art...

This is an example of some artwork done by Mick. Those who only know me "on-line", Mick is 16 years old. He was diagnosed with Autism at age 4. He is an extremely gifted artist and here is some of his work...Enjoy

Obama lies...50 and counting

I looked around for these and found many sites with the top 10 then a link...I wanted to put them all in one place. Admitedly this is not my own work. I would credit the writer if I knew him/her, but since I don't I know who it is I'll just say "Thanks".
(and I researched about 1/2 of these and they were accurate which means I fact checked 1200% more than the mainstrseam media would have)

1.) Selma Got Me Born - LIAR, your parents felt safe enough to have you in1961 - Selma had no effect on your birth, as Selma was in 1965.

2.) Father Was A Goat Herder - LIAR, he was a privileged, well educatedyouth, who went on to work with the Kenyan Government.

3.) Father Was A Proud Freedom Fighter - L IAR, he was part of one of themost corrupt and violent governments Kenya has ever had.

4.) My Family Has Strong Ties To African Freedom - LIAR, your cousin Raila Odinga has created mass violence in attempting to overturn a legitimate election in 2007, in Kenya. It is the first widespread violence in decades.

5.) My Grandmother Has Always Been A Christian - LIAR, she does her daily Salat prayers at 5am according to her own interviews. According to the New York Times: "I am a strong believer of the Islamic faith," Ms. Obama, 85, said in a recent interview in Kenya.' Not to mention, Christianity wouldn't allow her to have been one of 14 wives to 1 man.

6.) My Name is African Swahili - LIAR, your name is Arabic and 'Baraka' (from which Barack came) means 'blessed' in that language. Hussein is also Arabic and so is Obama.

7.) I Never Practiced Islam - LIAR, you practiced it daily at school, where you were registered as a Muslim and kept that faith for 31 years,until your wife made you change, so you could run for office.

8.) My School In Indonesia Was Christian - LIAR, you were registered as Muslim there and got in trouble in Koranic Studies for making faces (check your own book).

9.) I Was Fluent In Indonesian - LIAR, not one teacher says you could speak the language.

10.) Because I Lived In Indonesia, I Have More Foreign Experience - LIAR, you were there from the ages of 6 to 10, and couldn't even spea k the language. What did you learn, how to study the Koran and watch cartoons.

11.) I Am Stronger On Foreign Affairs - LIAR, except for Africa (surprise) and the Middle East (bigger surprise), you have never been anywhere else on the planet and thus have NO experience with our closest allies. You seek to disarm America while our avowed enemy, Iran, will not subject itself to a nuclear ban. Top Hamas politica l adviser Ahmed Yousef said the Hamas terrorist group 'supports Obama's foreign policy vision'.

12.) I Blame My Early Drug Use On Ethnic Confusion - LIAR, you were quite content in high school to be Barry Obama, no mention of Kenya and no mention of struggle to identify - your classmates said you were just fine.

13.) An Ebony Article Moved Me To Run For Office - LIAR, Ebony has yet to find the article you mention in your book. It doesn't, and never did, exist.

14.) A Life Magazine Article Changed My Outlook On Life - LIAR, Life has yet to find the article you mention in your book. It doesn't, and never did, exist.

15.) I Won't Run On A National Ticket In '08 - LIAR, here you are, despite saying, live on TV, that you would not have enough experience by then, and you are all about having experience first.

16.) Present Votes Are Common In Illinois - LIAR, they are common for YOU, but not many others have 130 NO VOTES.

17.) Oops, I Misvoted - LIAR, only when caught by church groups and Democrats, did you beg to change your misvote.

18.) I Was A Professor Of Law - LIAR, you were a senior lecturer ON LEAVE.

19.) I Was A Constitutional Lawyer - LIAR, you were a senior lecturer ON LEAVE.

20.) Without Me, There Would Be No Ethics Bill - LIAR, you didn't write it,introduce it, change it, or create it.

21.) The Ethics Bill Was Hard To Pass - LIAR, it took just 14 days from start to finish.

22.) I Wrote A Tough Nuclear Bill - LIAR, your bill was rejected by your own party for its pandering and lack of all regulation - mainly because of your Nuclear Donor, Exelon, from which David Axelrod came.

23.) I Have Released My State Records - LIAR, as of March, 2008, state bills you sponsored or voted for have yet to be released, exposing all the special interests pork hidden within.

24.) I Took On The Asbestos Altgeld Gardens Mess - LIAR, you were part of a large group of people who remedied Altgeld Gardens. You failed to mention anyone else but yourself, in your books.

25.) My Economics Bill Will Help America - LIAR, your 111 economic policies were just combined into a proposal which lost 99-0, and even YOU voted against your own bill.

26.) I Have Been A Bold Leader In Illinois - LIAR, even your own supporters claim to have not seen BOLD action on your part.

27.) I Passed 26 Of My Own Bills In One Year - LIAR, they were not YOUR bills, but rather handed to you, after their creation by a fellow Senator, to assist you in a future bid for higher office.

28.) No One Contacted Canada About NAFTA - LIAR, the Candian Government issued the names and a memo of the conversation your campaign had with them.

29.) I Am Tough On Terrorism - LIAR, you missed the Iran Resolution vote on terrorism and your good friend Ali Abunimah supports the destruction of Israel. You state you will open friendly communication with the Leader of Iran who is attempting to develop nuclear weapons to destroy us, but refuse to speak to FOX news. You are against provisions of the Patriot act which would all wiretapping of the phones of suspected terrorists in the USA.

30.) I Am Not Acting As President Yet - LIAR, after the NAFTA Memo, a dead terrorist in the FARC, in Colombia, was found with a letter stating how you and he were working together on getting FARC recognized officially.

31.) I Didn't Run Ads In Florida - LIAR, you allowed national ads to run 8-12 times per day for two weeks - and you still lost.

32.) I Won Michigan - LIAR, no you didn't.

33.) I won Nevada - LIAR, no you did not.

34.) I Want All Votes To Count - LIAR, you said let the delegates decide.

35.) I Want Americans To Decide - LIAR, you prefer caucuses that limit the vote, confuse the voters, force a public vote, and only operate during small windows of time.

36.) I passed 900 Bills in the State Senate - LIAR, you passed 26, most of which you didn't write yourself.

37.) My Campaign Was Extorted By A Friend - LIAR, that friend is threatening to sue if you do not stop saying this. Obama has stopped saying this.

38.) I Believe In Fairness, Not Tactics - LIAR, you used tactics to eliminate Alice Palmer from running against you.

39.) I Don't Take PAC Money - LIAR, you take loads of it.

40.) I don't Have Lobbysists - LIAR, you have over 47 lobbyists, and counting.

41.) My Campaign Had Nothing To Do With The 1984 Ad - LIAR, your own campaign worker made the ad on his Apple in one afternoon.

42.) My Campaign Never Took Over MySpace - LIAR, Tom, who started MySpace issued a warning about this advertising to MySpace clients.

43.) I Inspire People With My Words - LIAR, you inspire people with other people's words.

44.) I Have Passed Bills In The U.S. Senate - LIAR, you have passed A BILL in the U.S. Senate - for Africa, which shows YOUR priorities.

45.) I Have Always Been Against Iraq - LIAR, you weren't in office to vote against it AND you have voted to fund it every single time, unlike Kucinich, who seems to be out gutting you Obama. You also seem to be stepping back from your departure date - AGAIN.

46.) I Have Always Supported Universal Health Care - LIAR, your plan leaves us all to pay the 15,000,000 who don't have to buy it.

47.) I Only Found Out About My Investment Conflicts Via Mail - LIAR, both companies you site as having sent you letters about this conflict have no record of any such letter ever being created or sent.

48.) I Am As Patriotic As Anyone - LIAR, you won't wear a flag pin and you don't put your hand over your heart during the Anthem. There is a Cuban Flag with Che Guevara Displayed at Barack Obama Campaign Office which you allow to be displayed. You voted against making english the official language of the United States. You voted to give illegal aliens social security benefits, which would bankrupt the social security system for Americans legally paying into it.

49.) My Wife Didn't Mean What She Said About Pride In Country - LIAR, your wife's words follow lock-step in the vain of Rev. Wright and Louis Farrahkan, in relation to their contempt and hatred of America.

50.) Wal-Mart Is A Company I Wouldn't Support - LIAR, your wife has received nearly a quarter of a million dollars through Treehouse, which is connected to Wal-Mart.

Tribute to Mike Lange...

For those who might not know, Mike Lange is one of the most colorful play by play announcers in sports. He calls games for the Pittsburgh Penguins (can you tell I'm a fan? No??? scroll down).
Some of his most colorful calls are (and here is the link for the ESPN top 10 video...http://watch.tsn.ca/nhl/clip53003#clip53003)


10. scratch my back with a hacksaw
9. smoked ‘em like a bad cigar
8. get that dog off my lawn mower
7. Michael, Michael motorcycle
6. Cry or wind his watch
5. Get in the fast lane grandama, the bingo game is ready roll
4. Buy sam a drink and get his dog one too
3. Elvis has left the building
2. He bBeat him like a rented mule

And the top call from 1992...
Lord Stanley, Lord Stanley, get me the brandy

Questions?

Pens pics

Game winner Shootout goal

Taxes...

It is amazing how many people that fall into the categories below think Bush is screwing them and Bill Clinton was the greatest President ever. If Obama or Hillary are elected, they both say they will repeal the Bush tax cuts and a good portion of the people that fall into the categories below can't wait for it to happen. This is like the movie The Sting with Paul Newman; you scam somebody out of some money and they don't even know what happened.



Taxes under Clinton 1999
Single making 30K - tax $8,400
Single making 50K - tax $14,000
Single making 75K - tax $23,250
Married making 60K - tax $16,800
Married making 75K - tax $21,000
Married making 125K - tax $38,750

Taxes under Bush 2008
Single making 30K - tax $4,500
Single making 50K - tax $12,500
Single making 75K - tax $18,750
Married making 60K- tax $9,000
Married making 75K - tax $18,750
Married making 125K - tax $31,250

**Updated** 19May- 2pm

Thanks RV, thought these were in the initial post. Guess it helps to review after posting.

Sources:
http://www.taxfoundation.org/publications/show/151.html

Cost of War...put into perspective

You think the war in Iraq is costing us too much?

Think on this...
1. $11 Billion to $22 billion is spent on welfare to illegal aliens each year by state governments.
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2. $2.2 Billion dollars a year is spent on food assistance programs such as food stamps, WIC, and free school lunches for illegal aliens.
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3. $2.5 Billion dollars a year is spent on Medicaid for illegal aliens.
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4. $12 Billion dollars a year is spent on primary and secondary school education for children here illegally and they cannot speak a word of English!
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5 $17 Billion dollars a year is spent for education for the American-born children of illegal aliens, known as anchor babies.
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6. $3 Million Dollars a DAY is spent to incarcerate illegal aliens.
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7. 30% percent of all Federal Prison inmates are illegal aliens.
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8. $90 Billion Dollars a year is spent on illegal aliens for Welfare & social services by the American taxpayers.
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9. $200 Billion Dollars a year in suppressed American wages are caused by the illegal aliens.
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10. The illegal aliens in the United States have a crime rate that's two and a half times that of white non-illegal aliens. In particular, their children, are going to make a huge additional crime problem in the US
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11. During the year of 2005 there were 4 to 10 MILLION illegal aliens that crossed our Southern Border also, as many as 19,500 illegal aliens from Terrorist Countries. Millions of pounds of drugs, cocaine, meth, heroin and marijuana, crossed into the U. S from the Southern border.
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12. The National Policy Institute, 'estimated that the total cost of mass deportation would be between $206 and $230 billion or an average cost of between $41 and $46 billion annually over a five year period.'
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13. In 2006 illegal aliens sent home $45 BILLION in remittances back to their countries of origin.
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14. 'The Dark Side of Illegal Immigration: Nearly One Million Sex Crimes Committed by Illegal Immigrants In The United States '
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The total cost is a whopping $ 338.3 BILLION DOLLARS A YEAR.

Want change?

Remember the election in 2006? Thought you might like to read the following:
2005
1) Consumer confidence stood at a 2 1/2 year high
2) Regular gasoline sold for $2.19 a gallon
3) The unemployment rate was 4.5%.

Since voting in a Democratic Congress in 2006 we have seen:
1) Consumer confidence plummet
2) The cost of regular gasoline soar to over $3.70 a gallon
3) Unemployment is up to 5% (a 10% increase)
4) American households have seen $2.3 trillion in equity value evaporate (stock and mutual fund losses)
5) Americans have seen their home equity drop by $1.2 trillion dollars
6) 1% of American homes are in foreclosure.

America voted for change in 2006, and we got it!

The most significant accomplishment by the Democrat controlled Congress in 2007:
THEY VOTED TO INCREASE THEIR PAY

Remember it's Congress that makes law not the President. He has to work with what's handed to him.

Quote of the Day........'My friends, we live in the greatest nation in the history of the world. I hope you'll join with me as we try to change it.' -- Barack Obama

Palestinians for Obama...

This picture just about sums it up. Seen today in Louisville, KY as our primary approaches.

Green Eggs and Jihad

I so wish I could take credit for this...but I heard it on Bill Bennett's "Morning in America" and found the text. It's lengthy, but for those with small children (or have had at one point) the sing-song will rhythm will come to you in an instant..BRILLIANT!!!

(tempo and pattern of Green eggs and Ham)
That mission-plan!
That mission-plan!
I do not like that mission plan!

Do you like the soldier-man?
I do like the soldier-man!
I just don't like the mission plan!

Would you like it here or there?
I do not like it here or there.
I do not like it anywhere.
I do not like the mission plan.
But I like the soldier-man.

Can you see the jihad-man?
Can you see him in Iran?
I cannot see him in Iran.
I cannot see the jihad-man!
And if I saw him in Iraq,
I'd have to take my protest back!
I do not see the jihad-man,
I do not like this mission-plan!

Would you fight him in St. Paul?
Would you oppose jihad at all?

Not in St. Paul,
nowhere at all!
Not in Iran,
Not in Iraq!
I will not fight him here or there,
I will not fight him anywhere.
I still support the soldier-man,
although I hate the mission-plan!

Would you? Could you? Cut the funds?
Take the money, and then run?

I would not, could not, cut the funds!
You may cut them. You will see!
Take the cash for AFDC!
I would not, could not cut the funds.
Nor give the cash to anyone!
I need to get elected soon.
I cannot cut the money, loon!

I do not like this mission plan,
but the voters are big fans!
al-Sadr left his cozy house,
bin Laden's hiding like a mouse!
The mission-plan is working well!
My strategy may go to hell?

A vote! A vote! A vote! A vote!
Could you, would you, take a vote?

Not on the floor,
nor in committee,
A vote right now would be a pity!
I could not vote now to de-fund,
Two thousand eight is all but won!
I will not criticize Barack,
Or Clinton's vote to hit Iraq.

I do not like the mission-plan.
Or the ignorant soldier-man!
Whoops I didn't say that right,
please don't quote me, I was tight!

Say! In the dark?
You're in the dark?
Did you just make a dumb remark?
I will not comment on that remark.

Would you, could you, on the news?
I would not, could not, on the news!

I support the soldier-man!
I just don't like this mission plan!
I do not see jihadi-man, in Iraq or in Iran!
I did not say "I don't respect?"
I told a joke, to bad effect.
The Right can all just go to heck!

You do not want to win the war?
I do not want to, anymore.
Won't you fight the bad jihadi?
I'm afraid of Sadr's Mahdi
Do you want to flee right now?
No, let's "redeploy" somehow!

I cannot vote to cut supplies—
voters prize our soldiers' lives.
But I so hate the Bushie-man, that I need to have a plan!
I'll say I love the soldier-man!
Really, truly, I'm a fan!
Just 'cause I don't want to pay him,
Does not mean I'm seeking mayhem...

Since I cannot cut the money,
I'll try to make the PLAN look funny.
(And also call the Prez a dummy)

I do not like this mission-plan!
But I do love the soldier-man!
You love the soldier- man, you say.
Then support him, every day!
Read the plan again, I say.

Say! If you will let me be,
I will read it. You will see.
Oops! This is a groovy plan!
This plan could make a better land.
This surge-y plan, this "take and hold,"
Could make jihadis much less bold?

I will not support it, though!
My party says it has to go!
Two thousand eight is near, we'll win it;
I can't switch parties, like Bill Bennett.
I do not have the courage to,
defeat's my only happy news.
And I will focus on the bad.
And I will make Iraqis sad.
I will not fight jihadis there.
I will not fight them ANYWHERE!
This is Bush's mission-plan.
I can't support it...
until Hillary flip-flops and says it was hers.

Imigration protester...please read!!!

Recently large demonstrations have taken place across the country protesting the fact that Congress is finally addressing the issue of illegal immigration. Certain people are angry that the US might protect its own borders, might make it harder to sneak into this country and, once here, to stay indefinitely.

Let me see if I correctly understand the thinking behind these protests.
Let's say I break into your house.
Let's say that when you discover me in your house, you insist that I leave. But I say, "I've made all the beds and washed the dishes and did the laundry and swept the floors. I've done all the things you don't like to do. I'm hard-working and honest (except for when I broke into your house).

According to the protesters:

• You are required to let me stay in your house
• You are required to add me to your family's health insurance plan
• You are required to educate my kids
• You are required to provide other benefits to me and to my family (my husband will do all of your yard work because he is also hard-working and honest, except for that breaking in part).

If you try to call the police or force me out, I will call my friends who will picket your house carrying signs that proclaim my RIGHT to be there. It's only fair, after all, because you have a nicer house than I do, and I'm just trying to better myself. I'm a hard-working and honest, person, except for well, you know, I did break into your house.

And what a deal it is for me!!! I live in your house, contributing only a fraction of the cost of my keep, and there is nothing you can do about it without being accused of cold, uncaring, selfish, prejudiced, and bigoted behavior. Oh yeah, I DEMAND that you to learn MY LANGUAGE!!! so you can communicate with me.

Why can't people see how ridiculous this is?!

Only in America .....if you agree, pass it on this link (in English). Share it if you see the value of it.

Those who doubt...

This is one of the most succinct summary of what we are fighting against.

Worldwide Shariah law is their only objective, so let's give them the west bank, let's run out of Iraq and leave it to the wolves...

Snippetts of strategies and goals gleaned from Musab Al-Zarqawi before he was drafted as a first round 500lb bomb catcher:

As for our political agenda as some people call it, so we find it summarized richly in the saying of the Prophet (peace be upon him), "I have been sent with the sword, between the hands of the hour, until Allah is worshipped alone".

We fight in the way of Allah, until the law of Allah is implemented, and the first step is to expel the enemy, then establish the Islamic state, then we set forth to conquer the lands of Muslims to return them back to us, then after that, we fight the kuffar (disbelievers)

And by Allah if it wasn't that the Americans were fighting us, and they did not attack our homes, they and the Jews, it is better for Muslims not to sit back from jihad in the way of Allah until the law of Allah is implemented on this basis and Islam would spread everywhere.

Our political agenda now is to expel the imposing enemy, this is the beginning, and our agenda after it is to establish the Shariah of Allah on earth.

We are working to spread the equality of Islam throughout the globe, to wipe away the darkness of disbelief and the misconceptions of the other religions. We pray to Allah to increase the fighting skills of the Ummah for that reason. We pray to Allah to bless us so that we may expel this occupying enemy to retrieve the rights of Muslims and purify their houses from the uncleanness of the unbelievers and shirk. And then, we spread the religion of Allah on earth. We do not find any reason to hide this clear matter for it is a matter that our Lord has written in His book and made it obligatory on His slaves.

We, the Muslims are one nation and the lands of Islam are one land, we fight for the sake of "there is no god but Allah". We do not fight for merely a land but because we are ordered to protect the people of Islam and we must can not escape the protection of the egg (referring to land) of the Muslims and helping all our brothers and sisters in Islam. This is the very basis; that the Muslim helps his brother Muslim

So we fight in Iraq for its sake and for others. We fight in Iraq and our eyes or on Bait al Maqqdis (Jerusalem).

Israel is the controller of the American government and has the longer hand in the political decisions of America and some other large countries. The Jews are using them to fulfill their dream of creating a great nation from the Nile to the Euphrates. At the same time, they are using them to control the Arabian Peninsula and the riches of the Muslims the way they want.

When will the left learn that you don't negotiate with terrorist, you can't compromise with evil. When good compromises with evil evil wins every time. C'mon folks, wake up!

5 Things You Probably Didn't Know About Me (thanks R_V)

OK, R_V tagged me...
So without any further ado, here are my 5 things

1. I definately married up! My wife is an absolute knockout and I am often asked how I managed that. Don't Know
2. I was an all conference Rugby player in college (played fullback for California University) for 3 years (played 5 years) (you would probably never guess given my current physical stsate)

3. If given the chance to return to any point in history and live there for a period of time I would like to go to the "wild west" and be a cowboy.

4. If I were to win the stupid money lottery I would make it a goal of mine to see a football game in every venue in a single season. (I would also employ "vertically challenged" individuals to stand as lantern jockeys at the entrance to my driveway and also employ some for various outdoor parties to dress as lawn gnomes. I'm 100% serious and would pay them well)

5. I have a very warped sense of humor so much so that my boss refers to me periodically as "S.B." (for sick bastard)

Given that I have only had R_V, Jonathan, Stephaine and Hewhocannotbenamed have ever been and posted on my blog and 3 have already been tagged, I can really ony "Tag" hewho (if he reads this)

World History - As it really Happened

Humans originally existed as members of small bands of nomadic hunters/gatherers. They lived on deer in the mountains during the summer and would go to the coast and live on fish and lobster in the winter.

The two most important events in all of history were the invention of beer and the invention of the wheel. The wheel was invented to get Man to the beer. These were the foundation of modern civilization and together were the catalyst for the splitting of humanity into two distinct subgroups: Liberals and Conservatives.

Once beer was discovered, it required grain and that was the Beginning of agriculture. Neither the glass bottle nor aluminum can were invented yet, so while our early humans were sitting around waiting for them to be invented, they just stayed close to the brewery. That's how villages were formed.

Some men spent their days tracking and killing animals to B-B-Q at Night while they were drinking beer. This was the beginning of what is known as the Conservative movement.

Other men who were weaker and less skilled at hunting learned to live off the Conservatives by showing up for the nightly B-B-Q's and doing the sewing, fetching and hair dressing. This was the beginning of the Liberal movement. (scientific sidenote: Some of these liberal men eventually evolved into women, the rest became known as Girliemen)

Some noteworthy liberal achievements include the domestication of cats, the invention of group therapy and group hugs, wealth redistribution and the concept of democratic voting to decide how to divide the meat and beer that conservatives provided.

Over the years conservatives came to be symbolized by the largest, most powerful land animal on earth, the elephant. Liberals are symbolized by the jackass.

Modern liberals like imported beer (with lime added), but most prefer white wine or imported bottled water. They eat raw fish But like their beef well done. Sushi, tofu, and French food are standard liberal fare. (another interesting evolutionary side note: most of their women have higher testosterone levels than their men) Most social workers, Personal injury attorneys, journalists, dreamers in Hollywood, and group therapists are liberals. Liberals invented the designated hitter rule because it wasn't fair to make the pitcher also bat.

Conservatives drink domestic beer. They eat red meat and still provide for their women. Conservatives are big-game hunters, rodeo cowboys, lumberjacks, construction workers, firemen, medical doctors, police officers, corporate executives, athletes, soldiers and Marines, and generally anyone who works productively. Conservatives who own companies hire other conservatives who want to work for a living.

Liberals produce little or nothing. They like to govern the producers and decide what to do with the production. Liberals believe Europeans are more enlightened than Americans. That is why most of the liberals remained in Europe when Conservatives were coming to America. They crept in after the Wild West was tamed and created a business of trying to get more for nothing.

Here ends today's lesson in world history: It should be noted that a Liberal may have a momentary urge to angrily respond to the above before forwarding it. A Conservative will simply laugh and be so convinced of the absolute truth of this history that it will be forwarded immediately to other true believers. And to more liberals just to piss them off.

Another brick in the wall that is [BS] Multiculturalism

This shook me enough to take a moment and post it...does not happen often (as you can see from my posting frequency)...

America, Not Keith Ellison, decides what book a congressman takes his oath on

By Dennis Prager

Tuesday, November 28, 2006 Keith Ellison, D-Minn., the first Muslim elected to the United States Congress, has announced that he will not take his oath of office on the Bible, but on the bible of Islam, the Koran.

He should not be allowed to do so -- not because of any American hostility to the Koran, but because the act undermines American civilization.

First, it is an act of hubris that perfectly exemplifies multiculturalist activism -- my culture trumps America's culture. What Ellison and his Muslim and leftist supporters are saying is that it is of no consequence what America holds as its holiest book; all that matters is what any individual holds to be his holiest book.

Forgive me, but America should not give a hoot what Keith Ellison's favorite book is. Insofar as a member of Congress taking an oath to serve America and uphold its values is concerned, America is interested in only one book, the Bible. If you are incapable of taking an oath on that book, don't serve in Congress. In your personal life, we will fight for your right to prefer any other book. We will even fight for your right to publish cartoons mocking our Bible. But, Mr. Ellison, America, not you, decides on what book its public servants take their oath.

Devotees of multiculturalism and political correctness who do not see how damaging to the fabric of American civilization it is to allow Ellison to choose his own book need only imagine a racist elected to Congress. Would they allow him to choose Hitler's "Mein Kampf," the Nazis' bible, for his oath? And if not, why not? On what grounds will those defending Ellison's right to choose his favorite book deny that same right to a racist who is elected to public office?

Of course, Ellison's defenders argue that Ellison is merely being honest; since he believes in the Koran and not in the Bible, he should be allowed, even encouraged, to put his hand on the book he believes in. But for all of American history, Jews elected to public office have taken their oath on the Bible, even though they do not believe in the New Testament, and the many secular elected officials have not believed in the Old Testament either. Yet those secular officials did not demand to take their oaths of office on, say, the collected works of Voltaire or on a volume of New York Times editorials, writings far more significant to some liberal members of Congress than the Bible. Nor has one Mormon official demanded to put his hand on the Book of Mormon. And it is hard to imagine a scientologist being allowed to take his oath of office on a copy of "Dianetics" by L. Ron Hubbard.

So why are we allowing Keith Ellison to do what no other member of Congress has ever done -- choose his own most revered book for his oath?

The answer is obvious -- Ellison is a Muslim. And whoever decides these matters, not to mention virtually every editorial page in America, is not going to offend a Muslim. In fact, many of these people argue it will be a good thing because Muslims around the world will see what an open society America is and how much Americans honor Muslims and the Koran.

This argument appeals to all those who believe that one of the greatest goals of America is to be loved by the world, and especially by Muslims because then fewer Muslims will hate us (and therefore fewer will bomb us).

But these naive people do not appreciate that America will not change the attitude of a single American-hating Muslim by allowing Ellison to substitute the Koran for the Bible. In fact, the opposite is more likely: Ellison's doing so will embolden Islamic extremists and make new ones, as Islamists, rightly or wrongly, see the first sign of the realization of their greatest goal -- the Islamicization of America.

When all elected officials take their oaths of office with their hands on the very same book, they all affirm that some unifying value system underlies American civilization. If Keith Ellison is allowed to change that, he will be doing more damage to the unity of America and to the value system that has formed this country than the terrorists of 9-11. It is hard to believe that this is the legacy most Muslim Americans want to bequeath to America. But if it is, it is not only Europe that is in trouble.

Pens Win Again

I'm a huge Pittsburgh Sports fan.
The Penguins are on a pretty good roll to start the season this year. No, I'm not a bandwagon jumper. In fact I had season ticket the year BEFORE Lemieux was drafted (what a year that was). Pens beat the Flyers yesterday 3-2. The more I see Malkin and Crosby play and Fleury netmind the more hopeful I am of their chances this year. I just hope they keep those two on the same line more, as they are pure majic to watch!
LETS GO PENS!!!

The Steelers are another issue...But they will probably go on a bit of a streak and accomplish nothing more than ruining a really good draft pick next spring. But that's OK, I'll just watch my DVD collector set of Superbowl IX, X, XIII, XIV and XL (that's for all you Bungle and Colts Fans out there). One of the worst parts of living here in Louisville is the lack of professional sports. You have to drive 1 1/2 hours to see a pro football game, and that's the bungles so it really doesn't even count. I miss watching every Steelers and Penguins game on TV. Watched some Pirates too but baseball as a whole is too slow of a game for me.

Wow, it just occurred to me. If the Steelers miss the playoffs this year, and then for the next 14 straight years, I'll know what it is like to be a bungles fan.

What lost yesterday

This is what the oh so informed voters rejected yesterday (among other things):

• No Terrorist attack on american soil since 9-11-01
• Gas prices at $2.08/gallon
• Dow-Jones average at an all time high
• Take home pay increased
• Unemployment at a low 4.4%
• wages/productivity up

So give it a few months and the main stream media will start to tout optomistic outlook for the country because of the above listed items (which may change a little) which have absolutely nothing to do with the shift in parties.

I give the dems credit, thay managed to win the election with absolutely no policies, plans or ideas.

So now the Dems own responsibility for things. Let's see what happens in the next 2 years, and I pray that I am wrong about what it will be.

Are we really fighting a war???

SUBTITLE: I DON'T CARE

• Are we fighting a war on terror or aren't we? Was it or was it not started by Islamic people who brought it to our shores on September 11,2001?
• Were people from all over the world, mostly Americans, not brutallymurdered that day, in downtown Manhattan, across the Potomac from our nation's capitol and in a field in Pennsylvania?
• Did nearly three thousand men, women and children die a horrible, burning or crushing death that day, or didn't they?
• Am I supposed to care that a copy of the Koran was "desecrated" when an overworked American soldier kicked it or got it wet?

Well, I don't. I don't care at all.

I'll start caring:

• When Osama bin Laden turns himself in and repents for incinerating all those innocent people on 9/11.
• About about the Koran when the fanatics in the Middle East start caring about the Holy Bible, the mere possession of which is a crime in Saudi Arabia.
• When Abu Musab al-Zarqawi tells the world he is sorry for hacking off Nick Berg's head while Berg screamed through his gurglingslashed throat. (TOO LATE. HE'S DEAD! GO USA)
• When the cowardly so-called "insurgents" in Iraq come out and fight like men instead of disrespecting their own religion by hiding in mosques.
• When the mindless zealots who blow themselves up in search of nirvana care about the innocent children within range of their suicide bombs.
• When the American media stops pretending that their First Amendment liberties are somehow derived from international law instead of the United States Constitution's Bill of Rights.

In the meantime:

• When I hear a story about a brave marine roughing up an Iraqi terrorist to obtain information, know this: I don't care.
• When I see a fuzzy photo of a pile of naked Iraqi prisoners who have been humiliated in what amounts to a college-hazing incident, rest assured that I don't care.
• When I see a wounded terrorist get shot in the head when he is told not to move because he might be booby-trapped, you can take it to the bank that I don't care.
• When I hear that a prisoner, who was issued a Koran and a prayer mat, and fed "special" food that is paid for by my tax dollars, is complaining that his holy book is being "mishandled" you can absolutely believe in your heart of hearts that I don't care.

If you do not agree with this post that is your right, but please don't complain when more atrocities committed by radical Muslims happen here in our great country because:

• There are some people who want to bestow "constitutional rights" upon the terrorists
• There are some people who want to remove the ability of our government to listen to phone calls to known terrorists
• There are some people who think the best option for the war on terror is to withdraw all of our troops and hope the problem goes away
• There are some people who think we should try diplomacy with the terrorists

"Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they made a difference in the world. But, the Marines don't have that problem."-- Ronald Reagan

"If we ever forget that we're One Nation Under God, then we will be anation gone under." also by... Ronald Reagan

Muslims, terrorist and the USA. A different spin on Iraq war.

This WAR is for REAL!
Dr. Vernon Chong, Major General, USAF, Retired
Tuesday, July 12, 2005.
To get out of a difficulty, one usually must go through it. Our country is now facing the most serious threat to its existence, as we know it, that we have faced in your lifetime and mine (which includes WWII).
The deadly seriousness is greatly compounded by the fact that there are very few of us who think we can possibly lose this war and even fewer who realize what losing really means.
First, let's examine a few basics:

1. When did the threat to us start?
Many will say September 11, 2001. The answer as far as the United States is concerned is 1979, 22 years prior to September 2001, with the following attacks on us:
* Iran Embassy Hostages, 1979;
* Beirut, Lebanon Embassy 1983;
* Beirut, Lebanon Marine Barracks 1983;
* Lockerbie, Scotland Pan-Am flight to New York 1988;
* First New York World Trade Center attack 1993;
* Dhahran, Saudi Arabia Khobar Towers Military complex 1996;
* Nairobi, Kenya US Embassy 1998;
* Dares Salaam, Tanzania US Embassy 1998;
* Aden, Yemen USS Cole 2000;
* New York World Trade Center 2001;
* Pentagon 2001.
(Note that during the period from 1981 to 2001 there were 7,581 terrorist attacks worldwide).

2. Why were we attacked?
Envy of our position, our success, and our freedoms. The attacks happened during the administrations of Presidents Carter, Reagan, Bush 1, Clinton and Bush 2. We cannot fault either the Republicans or Democrats as there were no provocations by any of the presidents or their immediate predecessors, Presidents Ford or Carter.

3. Who were the attackers?
In each case, the attacks on the US were carried out by Muslims.

4. What is the Muslim population of the World? 25%.
5. Isn't the Muslim Religion peaceful?
Hopefully, but that is really not material. There is no doubt that the predominately Christian population of Germany was peaceful, but under the dictatorial leadership of Hitler (who was also Christian), that made no difference. You either went along with the administration or you were eliminated. There were 5 to 6 million Christians killed by the Nazis for political reasons (including 7,000 Polish priests).
(see http://www.nazis.testimony.co.uk/7-a.htm or
http://www.nazis.testimony.co.uk/7-a.htm> )
Thus, almost the same number of Christians were killed by the Nazis, as the six million holocaust Jews who were killed by them, and we seldom heard of anything other than the Jewish atrocities. Although Hitler kept the world focused on the Jews, he had no hesitancy about killing anyone who got in his way of exterminating the Jews or of taking over the world - German, Christian or any others.
Same with the Muslim terrorists. They focus the world on the US, but kill all in the way -- their own people or the Spanish, French or anyone else. The point here is that just like the peaceful Germans were of no protection to anyone from the Nazis, no matter how many peaceful Muslims there may be, they are no protection for us from the terrorist Muslim leaders and what they are fanatically bent on doing -- by their own pronouncements -- killing all of us "infidels." I don't blame the peaceful Muslims. What would you do if the choice was shut up or die? 6. So who are we at war with?
There is no way we can honestly respond that it is anyone other than the Muslim terrorists. Trying to be politically correct and avoid verbalizing this conclusion can well be fatal. There is no way to win if you don't clearly recognize and articulate who you are fighting.

So with that background, now to the two major questions:
1. Can we lose this war?
2. What does losing really mean?
If we are to win, we must clearly answer these two pivotal questions. We can definitely lose this war, and as anomalous as it may sound, the major reason we can lose is that so many of us simply do not fathom the answer to the second question - What does losing mean?
It would appear that a great many of us think that losing the war means hanging our heads, bringing the troops home and going on about our business, like post Vietnam. This is as far from the truth as one can get.
What losing really means is:
We would no longer be the premier country in the world. The attacks will not subside, but rather will steadily increase. Remember, they want us dead, not just quiet. If they had just wanted us quiet, they would not have produced an increasing series of attacks against us, over the past 18 years. The plan was clearly, for terrorist to attack us, until we were neutered and submissive to them.
We would of course have no future support from other nations, for fear of reprisals and for the reason that they would see, we are impotent and cannot help them.
They will pick off the other non-Muslim nations, one at a time. It will be increasingly easier for them. They already hold Spain hostage. It doesn't matter whether it was right or wrong for Spain to withdraw its troops from Iraq. Spain did it because the Muslim terrorists bombed their train and told them to withdraw the troops. Anything else they want Spain to do will be done. Spain is finished.
The next will probably be France. Our one hope on France is that they might see the light and realize that if we don't win, they are finished too, in that they can't resist the Muslim terrorists without us. However, it may already be too late for France. France is already 20% Muslim and fading fast!
If we lose the war, our production, income, exports and way of life will all vanish as we know it. After losing, who would trade or deal with us, if they were threatened by the Muslims. If we can't stop the Muslims, how could anyone else?
The Muslims fully know what is riding on this war, and therefore are completely committed to winning, at any cost. We better know it too and be likewise committed to winning at any cost.
Why do I go on at such lengths about the results of losing? Simple. Until we recognize the costs of losing, we cannot unite and really put 100% of our thoughts and efforts into winning. And it is going to take that 100% effort to win.
So, how can we lose the war?
Again, the answer is simple. We can lose the war by "imploding." That is, defeating ourselves by refusing to recognize the enemy and their purpose, and really digging in and lending full support to the war effort If we are united, there is no way that we can lose. If we continue to be divided, there is no way that we can win!
Let me give you a few examples of how we simply don't comprehend the life and death seriousness of this situation.
President Bush selects Norman Mineta as Secretary of Transportation. Although all of the terrorist attacks were committed by Muslim men between 17 and 40 years of age, Secretary Mineta refuses to allow profiling. Does that sound like we are taking this thing seriously? This is war! For the duration, we are going to have to give up some of the civil rights we have become accustomed to. We had better be prepared to lose some of our civil rights temporarily or we will most certainly lose all of them permanently.
And don't worry that it is a slippery slope. We gave up plenty of civil rights during WWII, and immediately restored them after the victory and in fact added many more since then.
Do I blame President Bush or President Clinton before him?
No, I blame us for blithely assuming we can maintain all of our Political Correctness, and all of our civil rights during this conflict and have a clean, lawful, honorable war. None of those words apply to war. Get them out of your head.
Some have gone so far in their criticism of the war and/or the Administration that it almost seems they would literally like to see us lose. I hasten to add that this isn't because they are disloyal. It is because they just don't recognize what losing means. Nevertheless, that conduct gives the impression to the enemy that we are divided and weakening. It concerns our friends, and it does great damage to our cause.
Of more recent vintage, the uproar fueled by the politicians and media regarding the treatment of some prisoners of war, perhaps exemplifies best what I am saying. We have recently had an issue, involving the treatment of a few Muslim prisoners of war, by a small group of our military police. These are the type prisoners who just a few months ago were throwing their own people off buildings, cutting off their hands, cutting out their tongues and otherwise murdering their own people just for disagreeing with Saddam Hussein.
And just a few years ago these same type prisoners chemically killed 400,000 of their own people for the same reason. They are also the same type of enemy fighters, who recently were burning Americans, and dragging their charred corpses through the streets of Iraq.
And still more recently, the same type of enemy that was and is providing videos to all news sources internationally, of the beheading of American prisoners they held.
Compare this with some of our press and politicians, who for several days have thought and talked about nothing else but the "humiliating" of some Muslim prisoners -- not burning them, not dragging their charred corpses through the streets, not beheading them, but "humiliating" them. Can this be for real?
The politicians and pundits have even talked of impeachment of the Secretary of Defense. If this doesn't show the complete lack of comprehension and understanding of the seriousness of the enemy we are fighting, the life and death struggle we are in and the disastrous results of losing this war, nothing can.
To bring our country to a virtual political standstill over this prisoner issue makes us look like Nero playing his fiddle as Rome burned -- totally oblivious to what is going on in the real world. Neither we, nor any other country, can survive this internal strife. Again I say, this does not mean that some of our politicians or media people are disloyal. It simply means that they are absolutely oblivious to the magnitude, of the situation we are in and into which the Muslim terrorists have been pushing us, for many years.
Remember, the Muslim terrorists stated goal is to kill all infidels! That translates into ALL non-Muslims -- not just in the United State, but throughout the world.
We are the last bastion of defense. We have been criticized for many years as being 'arrogant.' That charge is valid in at least one respect. We are arrogant in that we believe that we are so good, powerful and smart, that we can win the hearts and minds of all those who attack us, and that with both hands tied behind our back, we can defeat anything bad in the world!
We can't!
If we don't recognize this, our nation as we know it will not survive, and no other free country in the world will survive if we are defeated.
And finally, name any Muslim countries throughout the world that allow freedom of speech, freedom of thought, freedom of religion, freedom of the press, equal rights for anyone -- let alone everyone, equal status or any status for women, or that have been productive in one single way that contributes to the good of the world.
This has been a long way of saying that we must be united on this war or we will be equated in the history books to the self-inflicted fall of the Roman Empire . If, that is, the Muslim leaders will allow history books to be written or read.
If we don't win this war right now, keep a close eye on how the Muslims take over France in the next 5 years or less. They will continue to increase the Muslim population of France and continue to encroach little by little, on the established French traditions. The French will be fighting among themselves, over what should or should not be done, which will continue to weaken them and keep them from any united resolve. Doesn't that sound eerily familiar?
Democracies don't have their freedoms taken away from them by some external military force. Instead, they give their freedoms away, politically correct piece by politically correct piece.
And they are giving those freedoms away to those who have shown, worldwide that they abhor freedom and will not apply it to you or even to themselves, once they are in power. They have universally shown that when they have taken over, they then start brutally killing each other over who will be the few who control the masses. Will we ever stop hearing from the politically correct, about the "peaceful Muslims"?
I close on a hopeful note, by repeating what I said above. If we are united, there is no way that we can lose. I hope the factions in our country will begin to focus on the critical situation we are in, and will unite to save our country. It is your future we are talking about! Do whatever you can to preserve it.
After reading the above, we all must do this not only for ourselves, but our children, our grandchildren, our country and the world.
Whether Democrat or Republican, conservative or liberal and that include the Politicians and media of our country and the free world!
Please forward this to any you feel may want, or NEED to read it. Our "leaders" in Congress ought to read it, too. There are those that find fault with our country, but it is obvious to anyone who truly thinks through this, that we must UNITE, share our concerns and hold the blind accountable for misleading the masses!
If you would like to see who this fellow is go to this Air Force web sight and look him up. http://www.af.mil/bios/alpha.asp?alpha=C

New Bookshelf

Had to include Peanut's bookshelf as well...



















Here are a few pictures of Joshua's new bookshelf. In case it is too hard to really see, it is in the shape of a castle with the walls looking like cracking stone.

New Direction?!?

Anyone else as amazed as I am to read the Dems "New Direction for America"? In a nutshell:

Make Health Care More Affordable
Lower Gas Prices and Achieve Energy Independence
Help Working Families
Cut College Costs
Ensure Dignified Retirement: Prevent the privatization of Social Security\Require Fiscal Responsibility

(For full article: http://www.democraticleader.house.gov/press/releases.cfm?pressReleaseID=1628 )

No matter how you examine these, what jumps out is...WE ARE GOING TO RAISE YOUR TAXES!

Noticeably abscent in this list:
Global war on terror- They cannot agree on what to do, so play osterich and stick your head in the sand and hope it goes away.
Immigration- I guess they figure billions wasted in illigals getting benefits, healthcare, etc is OK...it can be paid for by higher taxes
Economy/job creation: If it is so bad as they keep saying, why are they not addressing it as a platform topic? Truth is there is nothing to attack, as the economy is strong and unemployment is very low...why? Say it with me...TAX CUTS WORK, every time they are tried.

Bottom line, nothing new:
We (democrats) are weak on defense, will raise taxes to pay for creating an entitlement class which is ever growing, whereby solidifying their dependency on government and, ultimately, keeping us in power so as not to lose those "entitlements"

Response to hewho

had to post this here...didn't want to tie up RV's...
To answer hewho's question of where have the been for the past 10 years, 20 years. And ohby the way...I stopped listing because I got weary...

1961
April 8: Omani terrorists blow up the passenger liner MV Dara, killing 238 people

1968
December 26: Two Palestinian gunmen travel from Beirut to Athens, and attack an El Al jet there, killing one person

1970
May 8: Avivim school bus massacre by Palestinian PLO members, killing nine children, three adults and crippling 19.
1972
September 5: Black September kidnaps and kills 11 Israeli Olympic athletes and one German policeman in the Munich Massacre.

1973
March 1: Black September takes ten hostages (five of them diplomats) at the Saudi embassy in Khartoum, Sudan. Three western diplomats are killed in the Khartoum diplomatic assassinations.

1974:
January 31: Laju incident: JRA–PFLP attack on a Shell facility in Singapore and the simultaneous seizure of the Japanese embassy in Kuwait.
April 11: Kiryat Shmona massacre at an apartment building by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine members, killing 18 people, 9 of whom were children
May 15: Ma'alot massacre at the Ma'alot High School in Northern Israel by Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine members: 26 of the hostages were killed, 66 wounded.
September 8: TWA Flight 841: Bomb kills 88 on jetliner.

1975:
March 5: In the Savoy Operation PLO gunmen from Lebanon take dozens of hostages at the Tel Aviv Savoy Hotel eventually killing eight hostages and three IDF soldiers, and wounding 11 hostages.

1976
June 26–July 4: Hijacking of Air France Flight 139 (Tel-Aviv-Paris); Operation Entebbe: 4 hostages, one IDF soldier and 45 Ugandian soldiers killed.

1977
October 13: Lufthansa flight LH 181 was kidnapped by a group of four Arabs around the leader "Captain Martyr Mahmud".

1978 March 11: Coastal Road massacre: Fatah gunmen killed several tourists and hijack a bus near Haifa; 37 Israelis on the bus are killed.

1980
April 30: Iranian Embassy siege: Iraqi agents take over the Iranian Embassy in London, gaining hostages. After a number of days, one hostage was killed by the Iraqis, and the Special Air Service assaulted the building to rescue the remaining hostages. One hostage died during the assault.
27 July: Members of the Abu Nidal Organization carried out a grenade attack on an Antwerp synagogue killing a child and wounding twenty others.
October 3: Four congregants were killed and twelve others injured in a bomb attack on the rue Copernic synagogue in Paris, France. Responsibility was claimed by the National European Fascists (FNE), but the police investigation concluded that Palestinian terrorists were involved.

1981
October 6: Assassination of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat by Islamic Jihad.

1982
August 9: Rue des Rosiers, Paris gunning and bombing of Goldenberg restaurant : 6 killed 22 wounded - Fatah - the Revolutionary Council
September 14: Assassination of Lebanese Prime Minister Bashir Gemayel and twenty-five others in a car explosion at the Kataeb headquarters.

1983
April 18: U.S. Embassy Bombing in Beirut, Lebanon kills 63.
October 23: Marine Barracks Bombing in Beirut kills 241 U.S. Marines. 58 French troops from the multinational force are also killed in a separate attack.

1985
February 23: Paris Marks & Spencer shop, 1 bomb, 1 dead, 18 wounded, attributed to pro-Iranian Lebanese Hizbollah
March 8: Car bomb explodes in Beirut, killing 80, injuring 175.
March 9: Paris, Cinema Rivoli, 18 injured, pro-Iranian Lebanese Hizbollah
June 14: TWA Flight 847 skyjacking, Hezbollah, see FBI Most Wanted Terrorists
October 7 – October 10: Achille Lauro cruise ship hijacking by Palestinian Liberation Front, during which passenger Leon Klinghoffer is shot dead.
November 23: EgyptAir Flight 648 hijacked by Abu Nidal group, flown to Malta, where Egyptian commandos storm plane; 60 are killed by gunfire and explosions.
December 7: Paris, Galeries Lafayette and Printemps shops, two bombs, 51 injured, attributed to pro-Iranian Lebanese Hizbollah

1986
February 3: Paris, Claridge passage (Champs Élysées) 7 injured, another bombe failed to explode in the Eiffel tower, pro-Iranian (Fouad Ali Saleh group)
February 4: Paris, Gibert book shop, 7 injured, Fouad Ali Saleh
March 20: Paris, Galerie Point-Show bombed, 2 dead, 21 injured
April 2: TWA Flight 840 bombed on approach to Athens airport; four passengers (all of them American), including an infant, are killed. Fouad Ali Saleh
April 6: the La Belle discotheque in Berlin, a known hangout for U.S. soldiers, was bombed, killing three and injuring 230 people, for which Libya is held responsible. In retaliation, the US bombs Libya in Operation El Dorado Canyon and tries to kill Colonel Muammar al-Qaddafi.
September 5: Pan Am Flight 73, an American civilian airliner, is hijacked; 22 people die when plane is stormed in Karachi, Pakistan.
September 8: Paris town hall's post office bombed, 1 dead, 16 injured Fouad Ali Saleh
September 12: Paris La Défense, Casino Supermarket's restaurant bombed, 43 injured Fouad Ali Saleh
September 14: Paris, pub Renault bombed, 2 dead, 1 injured Fouad Ali Saleh
September 15: Paris, police headquarters bombed, 1 dead, 45 injured Fouad Ali Saleh
September 17: Paris, Rue de Rennes a bomb explodes in the street, 7 dead, 54 injured. Fouad Ali Saleh

1988
December 21: Pan Am Flight 103 bombing over Lockerbie, Scotland. At the time, it was the worst act of terrorism perpetrated against the United States, and among the worst acts of terrorism in European history, see FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives

1989
September 19: Suitcase-bomb destroys UTA Flight UT-772 en route to Paris, killing all 171 passengers and crew. Lybian intelligence involved.

1992
March 17: Israeli Embassy bombing by "Islamic Jihad" in Buenos Aires, Argentina; 29 killed, 242 injured.
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1993
January 25: Mir Aimal Kansi, a Pakistani, fires an AK-47 assault rifle into cars waiting at a stoplight in front of the Central Intelligence Agency headquarters. Two CIA employees died, see FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives
February 26: World Trade Center bombing kills 6 and injures over 1000 people, by coalition of five groups: Jamaat Al-Fuqra'/Gamaat Islamiya/Hamas/Islamic Jihad/National Islamic Front [1], see FBI Most Wanted Terrorists, FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives, Ramzi Yousef
June: Failed New York City landmark bomb plot, Omar Abdel-Rahman

1994
July 18: Bombing of Jewish Center in Buenos Aires, Argentina, kills 86 and wounds 300. Generally attributed to Hezbollah acting on behalf of Iran.
July 19: Alas Chiricanas Flight 00901 is bombed, killing 21. Generally attributed to Hezbollah.
July 26: Israeli Embassy Attack in London and a Jewish charity are car-bombed, wounding 20. Attributed by Britain, Argentina, and Israel to Hezbollah.
December 11: A small bomb explodes on board Philippine Airlines Flight 434, killing a Japanese businessman. Authorities found out that Ramzi Yousef planted the bomb to test it for his planned terrorist attack, see FBI Most Wanted Terrorists, FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives

1995
January 6: Operation Bojinka plot to bomb 11 U.S. airliners is discovered on a laptop computer in a Manila, Philippines apartment by authorities after an apartment fire occurred in the apartment, by Jemaah Islamiyah/Konsojaya/Abu Sayyaf Group/Ramzi Yousef/Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, see FBI Most Wanted Terrorists

1996
February 25 - March 4: A series of four suicide bombings in Israel leave 60 dead and 284 wounded within 10 days.
June 25: Khobar Towers bombing -- In all, 19 U.S. servicemen and one Saudi were killed and 372 wounded, by Hizballah Al-Hijaz (Saudi Hizballah) with Iranian support, see FBI Most Wanted Terrorists

1997
November 17: Luxor Massacre – Islamist gunmen attack tourists in Luxor, Egypt, killing 62 people, most of them European and Japanese vacationers.

1998
August 7: U.S. embassy bombings in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and Nairobi, Kenya, killing 225 people and injuring more than 4,000, by al-Qaeda, see FBI Most Wanted Terrorists

1999
December: Jordanian authorities foil a plot to bomb US and Israeli tourists in Jordan and pick up 28 suspects as part of the 2000 millennium attack plots
December 14: Ahmed Ressam is arrested on the United States–Canada border in Port Angeles, Washington; he confessed to planning to bomb the Los Angeles International Airport as part of the 2000 millennium attack plots
December 24: Indian Airlines Flight 814 from Kathmandu, Nepal to Delhi, India is hijacked. One passenger is killed and some hostages are released. After negotiations between the Taliban and the Indian government, the last of the remaining hostages on board Flight 814 are released.
2000
September 27: an Israeli soldier killed in Gaza Strip..
September 29: an Israeli border patrolman killed by his Palestinian counterpart on a joint patrol near Kalkiliya.
October 1: an Israeli soldier of Druze descent killed while guarding a Jewish sacred site in Nablus.
October 2: an Israeli civilian and a soldier are killed in separate attacks by gunfire in West Bank.
October 8: an Israeli settler found dead in Nablus.
October 12: two Israeli reserve soldiers lynched by Palestinian mob after erroneously entering Ramallah.
October 12: USS Cole bombing kills 17 US sailors and wounds 40 off the port coast of Aden, Yemen, by al-Qaeda, see FBI Most Wanted Terrorists, the Buffalo Six Lackawanna Cell [2]
October 19: an Israeli settler group touring near Nablus is fired upon, and one of them is killed.
October 28: the body of an Israeli citizen is found in his burnt car.
October 30: an Israeli security guard is killed while protecting the local Social Security office. A Jerusalem resident is found dead near Beit Jala.
November 1: two Israeli soldiers killed in a shooting incident near Bethlehem, and another one while guarding a town in Jordan Valley.
November 2: two Israeli civilians killed in a car bombing in Jerusalem. The Islamic Jihad claims responsibility.
November 8: an Israeli citizen is killed while driving to her job in Gaza.
November 10: an Israeli soldier killed by a Palestinian sniper while guarding a Jewish shrine in Bethlehem.
November 11: an Israeli soldier killed in a shooting attack in the Gaza strip.
November 13: two civilians and two soldiers die in three shooting incidents in West Bank and Gaza.
November 18: an Israeli soldier killed by a senior Palestinian preventive security officer while guarding a settlement in Gaza strip. Another dies of his wounds obtained earlier.
November 20: two adults killed while escorting a schoolbus in Gaza. 5 children and 4 adults are injured.
November 21: an Israeli settler youth killed by sniper in Gaza.
November 22: two Israeli women killed and 60 civilians wounded in a car bomb attack in Hadera.
November 23: a soldier killed by sniper fire in the Gaza strip. An Israeli officer killed in an explosion at the joint Israeli-Palestinian District Coordination in the same region.
November 24: an Israeli officer killed by sniper fire in Gaza strip, and an army-employed civilian killed in the West Bank.
December 8: An Israeli teacher travelling in a van and the van's driver killed in a drive-by attack in the West Bank. An Israeli soldier killed in a gunfire attack on a civilian bus.
December 21: an Israeli civilian ambushed and killed near Jerusalem.
December 28: a soldier and a border police officer killed while dismantling a road-side bomb, by another explosive device, in the Gaza strip. The Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.
December 31: Binyamin Zeev Kahane (the son of Meir Kahane) and his wife, Talia killed in an ambush by Palestinian snipers. 5 of their children driving with them injured.


2001
The World Trade Center towers ablaze following the September 11 terrorist attacks.
Terrorism against Israel in 2001.
August 9: A suicide bomber in Jerusalem kills seven and wounds 130 in the Sbarro restaurant suicide bombing; Hamas and Islamic Jihad claim responsibility.
The attacks on September 11 kill almost 3,000 in a series of hijacked airliner crashes into two U.S. landmarks: the World Trade Center in New York City, New York, and The Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. A fourth plane, originally intended to hit The White House, crashes in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, by al-Qaeda
Paris embassy attack plot foiled.
December 22: Richard Reid, attempting to destroy American Airlines Flight 63, is subdued by passengers and flight attendants before he could detonate his shoe bomb.

2002
January: Kidnapping and murder of journalist Daniel Pearl.
March 27: A Palestinian suicide bomber kills 30 and injures 140 during Passover festivities in a hotel in Netanya, Israel in the Netanya suicide attack.
March 31: A Hamas suicide bomber kills 15 and injures over 40 in Haifa, Israel, in the Matza restaurant massacre.
April 11: A natural gas truck fitted with explosives is driven into a synagogue in Tunisia by an al-Qaeda member, killing 21 and wounding more than 30 in the Ghriba Synagogue Attack.
May 8: May 8 Bus Attack in Karachi kills 11 Frenchmen and two Pakistanis.
May 13: 12 people are killed in the Jaunpur train crash in India, caused when Islamic extremists cut the rails.
June 14: Car bomb at US Consulate in Karachi kills 12.
July 4: An Egyptian gunman opens fire at an El Al ticket counter in Los Angeles International Airport, killing 2 Israelis before being killed himself.
September 25: Two terrorists belonging to the Jaish-e-Mohammed group raid the Akshardham temple complex in Ahmedabad, India killing 30 people and injuring many more.
October 6: Limburg tanker bombing in Yemen.
October 12: Bali bombing of holidaymakers kills 202 people, mostly Western tourists and local Balinese hospitality staff.