Monday, July 16, 2007
Sunday, July 15, 2007
Ron Paul On Who Killed 3,000 + WTC Victims
Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush, Clinton, Bush
And all of us.
ALL of US, except RonPaulBoy (RPBs) supporters. They knew. THEY KNEW!
Oh, and the architect of WTC 1 & II. Wasn't he an Arab or something? Or a middle eastern type guy. Or gal. Or weirdo.
THEY PLANNED. As did Osama bin Laden. Oh, my dear God, don't forget George W. Bush. Ooh, and George Herbert Walker Bush. And the ghost of Ronald Reagan. And Roosevelt, Teddy not Franklin D. and Jefferson.
Black helicopters are swarming. Unfortunately, the rest of us can't see them.
Luckily e-bay is selling RP paraphernalia hand over fist.
40,000 sales at present. Out of 301,139,947 people in America. That is smoking. Just like the first Monkees album. Without Davy Jones. Or a beat.
Stevie Ray Vaghan would cry a river. Make a Texas flood.
There is Texas and there is texas.
Would the defenders of the Alamo buy this crap? No.
We, the United States of America, caused 9/11? No.
The only people more crazy than RP are RPBs. They are at least two genetic steps below Lyndon LaRouche.
Don't come a knockin...
This country is rockin...
Without their help.
Or without the help of Lyndon "I'm outta prison" LaRouche.
And all of us.
ALL of US, except RonPaulBoy (RPBs) supporters. They knew. THEY KNEW!
Oh, and the architect of WTC 1 & II. Wasn't he an Arab or something? Or a middle eastern type guy. Or gal. Or weirdo.
THEY PLANNED. As did Osama bin Laden. Oh, my dear God, don't forget George W. Bush. Ooh, and George Herbert Walker Bush. And the ghost of Ronald Reagan. And Roosevelt, Teddy not Franklin D. and Jefferson.
Black helicopters are swarming. Unfortunately, the rest of us can't see them.
Luckily e-bay is selling RP paraphernalia hand over fist.
40,000 sales at present. Out of 301,139,947 people in America. That is smoking. Just like the first Monkees album. Without Davy Jones. Or a beat.
Stevie Ray Vaghan would cry a river. Make a Texas flood.
There is Texas and there is texas.
Would the defenders of the Alamo buy this crap? No.
We, the United States of America, caused 9/11? No.
The only people more crazy than RP are RPBs. They are at least two genetic steps below Lyndon LaRouche.
Don't come a knockin...
This country is rockin...
Without their help.
Or without the help of Lyndon "I'm outta prison" LaRouche.
Bully Beats on Wimp Over Iraq, Both Lose
Mr. James Webb showed his talent for working with his peers while remaining stenatorial in his normal practice of brow beating.
Webb is an amoral ass. He is also a semi-intellectual moron. Polls? Might as well be Poles. Allen gave him the seat by being one seat down the food chain.
Why are Democrats so afraid of beating the terrorists in Iraq. Better put, why do they want to lose?
Webb is nothing more than a school yard bully. My sister would have kicked him in the .......
UPDATE: Oh yeah, I've had e-mail. My little sister is about four years older than me and a total, absolute pistol and I love her unto death. At a threatening 5'2", she can kick the air out of whatever soccer ball you want to put in front of her. You wanna play field hockey? You will lose. She is that good.
And that deadly. I know.
Tempers flare on Iraq
"Why don't you go look at the polls, Lindsey, instead of the seven or
eight people that are put in front of you when you make your congressional
visit?"
Webb is an amoral ass. He is also a semi-intellectual moron. Polls? Might as well be Poles. Allen gave him the seat by being one seat down the food chain.
Why are Democrats so afraid of beating the terrorists in Iraq. Better put, why do they want to lose?
Webb is nothing more than a school yard bully. My sister would have kicked him in the .......
UPDATE: Oh yeah, I've had e-mail. My little sister is about four years older than me and a total, absolute pistol and I love her unto death. At a threatening 5'2", she can kick the air out of whatever soccer ball you want to put in front of her. You wanna play field hockey? You will lose. She is that good.
And that deadly. I know.
Chairman Finally Sees Eye To Eye With Enemy
Squirrels
Chairman Short met his match. Squirrels with eavesdropping devices have been listening in on Iranian defenses. My Mahmoud gnawed on a pistachio as he interrogated the squirrels one by one chucking the shell to the side as he wistfully gazed at the horizon of his future. Local villagers rushed to grab the shell hoping to make a meal for their families as Ahmadinejad retreated to his matchbox for reflection.
The lucky winner praised Allah as his provider. The others stoned him as an apostate. The shell's location is unknown, but Pakistani authorities expressed an opinion that the shell had been detained for questioning.
When asked for comment the squirrels squeaked before they were ushered off for formal finger printing, but their Iranian lawyers stated that Ziomericans are not allowed to be quoted in the Free Republic of Iran.
Chairman Ahmadinejad stated before leaving for a viewing of naked finger tips in a neighboring village that "These damned Zionist rodents are everywhere. First we will nuke the Jewish ant and then the Zionist rodent. With the grace of Allah, Bush will learn what burning really means. Get it? Burning, Bush, but I only chuckle myself."
Alice, in Wonderland, has not returned repeated calls for comment.
HT Dinah Lord for a great read...
Chairman Short met his match. Squirrels with eavesdropping devices have been listening in on Iranian defenses. My Mahmoud gnawed on a pistachio as he interrogated the squirrels one by one chucking the shell to the side as he wistfully gazed at the horizon of his future. Local villagers rushed to grab the shell hoping to make a meal for their families as Ahmadinejad retreated to his matchbox for reflection.
The lucky winner praised Allah as his provider. The others stoned him as an apostate. The shell's location is unknown, but Pakistani authorities expressed an opinion that the shell had been detained for questioning.
When asked for comment the squirrels squeaked before they were ushered off for formal finger printing, but their Iranian lawyers stated that Ziomericans are not allowed to be quoted in the Free Republic of Iran.
Chairman Ahmadinejad stated before leaving for a viewing of naked finger tips in a neighboring village that "These damned Zionist rodents are everywhere. First we will nuke the Jewish ant and then the Zionist rodent. With the grace of Allah, Bush will learn what burning really means. Get it? Burning, Bush, but I only chuckle myself."
Alice, in Wonderland, has not returned repeated calls for comment.
HT Dinah Lord for a great read...
Syria
"The Krak of the Knights, described by T.E. Lawrence as 'the best preserved and most wholly admirable castle in the world,' is the easternmost of a chain of five castles sited so as to secure the Homs Gap...The castle stands upon a southern spur of the Gebel Alawi, on the site of an earlier Islamic 'Castle of the Kurds.' In 1142 it was given by Raymond, Count of Tripoli, into the care of the Knights Hospitallers, and it was they who, during the ensuing fifty years, remodelled and developed it as the most distinguished work of military architecture of its time.
Tick Off a RINO & a Liberal - Fight Back for Iraq
This not just a great read, but a great idea as well.
My Cyber Counter-jihad
by Shannen RossmillerMiddle East
QuarterlySummer 2007
On September 3, 2004, a nine-member officer's panel at Fort Lewis,
Washington, found Specialist Ryan G. Anderson guilty of five counts of seeking
to aid the enemy during a time of war and attempted espionage. The court martial
subsequently sentenced him to five concurrent life terms for his crimes. To
date, the sentence represents the most severe penalty meted out to a U.S.
citizen in President George W. Bush's global war on terror. The case also marked
the triumph of the new field of cyber counterterrorism, which I helped develop.
Working from my home computer, I enabled Anderson's capture. There have since
been more than 200 other cases although many of these were intelligence cases
that, for various reasons, did not result in criminal prosecution.
Hmmm, do they teach a Jihadi 101 language course at OSU?
Big HT to My Vast Right Wing Conspiracy for this.
My Cyber Counter-jihad
by Shannen RossmillerMiddle East
QuarterlySummer 2007
On September 3, 2004, a nine-member officer's panel at Fort Lewis,
Washington, found Specialist Ryan G. Anderson guilty of five counts of seeking
to aid the enemy during a time of war and attempted espionage. The court martial
subsequently sentenced him to five concurrent life terms for his crimes. To
date, the sentence represents the most severe penalty meted out to a U.S.
citizen in President George W. Bush's global war on terror. The case also marked
the triumph of the new field of cyber counterterrorism, which I helped develop.
Working from my home computer, I enabled Anderson's capture. There have since
been more than 200 other cases although many of these were intelligence cases
that, for various reasons, did not result in criminal prosecution.
Hmmm, do they teach a Jihadi 101 language course at OSU?
Big HT to My Vast Right Wing Conspiracy for this.
Congress Wants Mid-Course Mulligan
Republican Senators Call for New War Authorization
“Senator Warner and I recognize that there is broad disagreement in
Congress on what I have called the ‘binary choice between surge and withdrawal,’ ” Mr. Lugar said. “Nevertheless, we also have sensed a palpable desire in this
body to achieve greater bipartisanship.”
Mr. Lugar, do you ever get a palpable desire to destroy the terrorists in Iraq and shame them worldwide?
Friday, July 13, 2007
John Edwards Takes Campaign Fundraising Hit?
Spain seizes ship in treasure row
Spain says to Edward's poor half of his campaign for America, Arrgh, Matey, I gotchur booty right here.
The rich half of his campaign had no comment.
Spain says to Edward's poor half of his campaign for America, Arrgh, Matey, I gotchur booty right here.
The rich half of his campaign had no comment.
FUGLY or Architectural Heresy
The first time I went to the Guggenheim Museum in Manhattan I was really excited. I had heard all about it, seen photographs and was totally stoked to see it.
Ugh. The exterior did not live up to its hype, but the exhibition space inside was so wrong from every aspect.
The building stole from the art and it gave back nothing to art. The light, the wall shapes and the floor in the main entrance building could destroy Mona Lisa's smile.
The Guggenheim is unique, but the art and building are like a couple that love each other so intensely, but are not a match. They eventually only find each other's fault.
The Dean of the Art Department where I attended college became a good friend of mine. When I first gave this explanation to him he cried "Heresy" and if he reads this now he will shake his head and whisper "heresy" twice, but that's my story and I'm sticking to it.
Mugger Murtha and the Marines
Don't know about you, but I've started calling and writing and I am leading with that Voin of a Vich Senator of mine.
Our troops are facing an enemy in Iraq and Afghanistan that doesn't have the guts to face them in battle except when cornered. It appears the troops are facing the same tactics in Congress.
Marine's Parents Want Murtha Censured for Haditha Remarks
Sharratt said that he, his wife Theresa and other supporters of their
22-year-old son were planning to visit Martha's office, and "we're going to ask
for more than an apology."
"We need this man censured by our Congress," he said, because "he
denied my son -- and the other Marines involved -- their constitutional rights
to a fair trial and a presumption of innocence."
"This is what we've been fighting for in Iraq," Sharratt added. "This
is what we've been fighting for -- what soldiers and Marines have been dying for
-- for the past 200 years."
Our troops are facing an enemy in Iraq and Afghanistan that doesn't have the guts to face them in battle except when cornered. It appears the troops are facing the same tactics in Congress.
Republican Gang of Four - Wanting to Lose in Iraq
Key vote on the Iraq war keeps House GOP united
July 13, 2007
House Republican leaders largely kept their party together on the issue of
Iraq last night, with only four members breaking with their party to support a
withdrawal of troops by April.
Reps. Jo Ann Emerson (R-Mo.) and John Duncan, Jr. (R-Tenn.) were the
only new defectors though Duncan voted against the 2002 war authorization
measure. The other two GOP members to vote with Democrats were Reps. Walter Jones (N.C.) and Wayne Gilchrest (Md.), who have consistently broken with their party on Iraq this year.
I went to college with Jo Ann and I do not understand this vote from her. Duncan, huh? Jones left the building long ago and Gilchrist is definitely a lights are on, but nobody is home type of guy.
Boehner is doing great, but just in case he needs it I am sending a pig-sticker. Just in case.
Just one stick. That'll wake you up in the morning.
Ohio Shouldn't CAIR
CAIR Helps OH Muslims Obtain Driver Photos with HijabCINCINNATI-July 12, 2007 - The Cincinnati office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations Ohio chapter (CAIR-Ohio) announced today that two Muslim women in that city were able to have driver's license photographs retaken with their Islamic headscarves, or hijab, after initially being asked to remove the scarves.
Might be time for retinal scan IDs. That's not in the Koran is it? Don't ask CAIR, they'll find that indeed the Koran does forbid it, but I don't really care what they say. Toss'em.
HT Dinah Lord .
Thursday, July 12, 2007
Mugger Murtha's Haditha
So where is Mugger Murtha on this? He sullied the military that he says he loves so much. He convicted troops, without proof, of actions in combat without any knowledge.
Now it appears he was wrong all along and was using our troops to further his political career.
Sharratts hope for celebration (Haditha Marine family)
The difference here is that people all over our nation have waited to hear what the reviews show. Unlike Mugger Murtha we waited hoping that it wasn't true. Believing in our soldiers and praying for them.
Where is Mugger's apology to the troops? To the troop's families who have been living in Hell? To the military that he shamed?
He has been raking in deals and pounding pork through Congress to further his career.
When will you apologize and resign your office you shameless sad little man?
Now it appears he was wrong all along and was using our troops to further his political career.
Sharratts hope for celebration (Haditha Marine family)
The difference here is that people all over our nation have waited to hear what the reviews show. Unlike Mugger Murtha we waited hoping that it wasn't true. Believing in our soldiers and praying for them.
Where is Mugger's apology to the troops? To the troop's families who have been living in Hell? To the military that he shamed?
He has been raking in deals and pounding pork through Congress to further his career.
When will you apologize and resign your office you shameless sad little man?
Great News! Protein Wisdom!
Last weekend I was explaining to my son the meaning of Samuel Langhorne Clemens' pen name as we were all sailing so it is appropriate to quote him here in reference to Protein Wisdom and whether he will be back.
“Rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated!"
What Jeff and his family have had to endure because of a rather sad ex-quasi professor is a telling tale of the dark side of the internet.
Thanks, everyone
“Rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated!"
What Jeff and his family have had to endure because of a rather sad ex-quasi professor is a telling tale of the dark side of the internet.
Thanks, everyone
The Rural Ten
Anybody that has spent time in the country knows this version well. I heard this many times here in Ohio working on a farm in beautiful Delaware County.
Kentucky version of the Ten Commandments:
(1) Just one God
(2) Honor yer Ma & Pa
(3) No tellin' tales or gossipin'
(4) Git yourself to Sunday meetin'
(5) Put nothin' before God
(6) No foolin' around with another fellow's gal
(7) No killin'
(8) Watch yer mouth
(9) Don't take what ain't yers
(10) Don't be hankerin' for yer buddy's stuff
Via e-mail from a great person, Lori Viars of Family First.
Kentucky version of the Ten Commandments:
(1) Just one God
(2) Honor yer Ma & Pa
(3) No tellin' tales or gossipin'
(4) Git yourself to Sunday meetin'
(5) Put nothin' before God
(6) No foolin' around with another fellow's gal
(7) No killin'
(8) Watch yer mouth
(9) Don't take what ain't yers
(10) Don't be hankerin' for yer buddy's stuff
Via e-mail from a great person, Lori Viars of Family First.
I Love This Guy
No, don't get excited Andrew Sullivan.
Via This ain't Hell
Boehner Calls Iraq Defectors in GOP 'Wimps'
House Republican leader John Boehner blasted GOP defectors in the Senate, calling them "Wimps," as lawmakers awaited the Bush administration's assessment Thursday of political, economic and military progress made by Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's government.
Via This ain't Hell
Chapter 39 of the Book of Jeremiah
Via Return of the Conservatives
This very cool. As a kid I played make believe that I was archaeologist. In our neighbor's yard, but that is another discussion...
This very cool. As a kid I played make believe that I was archaeologist. In our neighbor's yard, but that is another discussion...
Ancient Document Confirms Existence Of Biblical Figure
But Michael Jursa, a visiting professor from Vienna, let out such a cry
last Thursday. He had made what has been called the most important find in
biblical archaeology for 100 years, a discovery that supports the view that the
historical books of the Bible are based on fact.
Nobel Death Products Enable Peaceniknut Platform to Threaten Bush
Nobel laureate calls for removal of BushBetty Williams, doing her best Doris Day impression, stated to a crowd of the International Women's Peace Conference in Dallas:
"Right now, I could kill George Bush," she said at the Adam's Mark Hotel and Conference Center in Dallas. "No, I don't mean that. How could you nonviolently kill somebody? I would love to be able to do that."
It appears that such an expert as Betty isn't quite up on the presidential succession nor what is happening in the "Muslim world". If she is speaking of Iraq and Afghanistan maybe someone should remind her of how they used to live. For the rest of the "Muslim world" maybe someone can give her a history lesson on, oh, say "Muslim world" history for the last 50 - 60 years.
Betty is in good company with Jimmy "one note" Carter who has as much gravitas as a 9.6 volt Black and Decker cordless drill.
The Confederacy of Morons grows everyday.
Protein Wisdom RIP?
The “the goodbye post” post
Later, all.
Posted by Jeff G. @ 4:15 pm Trackback Share This
I can't remember how I found PW, but there have been few days that I have not checked in. I believe Jeff Golstein that good.
PW/Goldstein had punch. Other blogs fluttered.
Many people who have been PW fans have written kind things about Jeff and they should, but I will miss the intellect. Gordian's knot didn't have a chance once sighted by Jeff.
An academic who faced down the inbred brilliant ignorance of the academy.
I will search for his return. With hope.
Later, all.
Posted by Jeff G. @ 4:15 pm Trackback Share This
I can't remember how I found PW, but there have been few days that I have not checked in. I believe Jeff Golstein that good.
PW/Goldstein had punch. Other blogs fluttered.
Many people who have been PW fans have written kind things about Jeff and they should, but I will miss the intellect. Gordian's knot didn't have a chance once sighted by Jeff.
An academic who faced down the inbred brilliant ignorance of the academy.
I will search for his return. With hope.
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
Thank God They Weren't Korans
Or Japan would be burning
Money found in toilets across Japan
Envelopes containing Y10,000 ($A95.65) bills and well-wishing notes have been discovered in municipal toilets across Japan, media reports said, baffling civil servants and triggering a nationwide hunt.
Local media have estimated that over Y2 million ($A19,131) worth of
bills were found at men's rooms in city halls in at least 15 prefectures
(states) in recent weeks.
Each package of 10,000-yen bills, some wrapped in traditional
Japanese washi paper, was accompanied by handwritten letters that read "Please
make use of this money for your self-enrichment," and "One per person,"
according to reports.
Officials are baffled over the identity of the benefactor or any
motives, the reports said. Packages turned over to police were to be kept for
some time in case someone claimed them.
Lal Masjid, Clerics in Burkhas, Kidnapping and Murder? Blame America
Deadly Pakistan Mosque Siege Ends
"This (mosque attack) is part of our government's action against religious
elements to please America," said Shabbir Khan, a lawmaker from an opposition
Islamic party, at the demonstration.
About 15 other Islamic opposition lawmakers gathered in front of the
Supreme Court in Islamabad, blaming Musharraf for Pakistan's troubles, including
the mosque attack, and calling for his resignation.
In neighboring Afghanistan, a senior Taliban commander, Mansoor Dadullah,
urged Muslims to launch suicide attacks on Pakistani security forces, calling
the assault "a cruel act."
"I would have sent 10,000 mujahedeen to support the (Red Mosque) students
but we are busy in Afghanistan and Islamabad is far from Afghanistan. I wished
to go myself to support them," he told The Associated Press by telephone.
Oh yeah, a brave one, that one. What the AP isn't saying is that their crack reporter was probably sipping an espresso just off the dangerous Piazza Navona and the brave murderer Dadullah was calling from his headquarters in a Starbucks in Istanbul where he defending his faith by buying little girls. And I'm not talking about his Starbucks Coffee Liqueur.
World Map of Freedom
For a 2007 map Go HEREIf Congress succeeds in its desire to run away from Iraq, Afghanistan and the Greater War on Terror, the map may change considerably in the near future.
Not coincidentally, countries subjugated by Islamofascists will be colored green.
Republican Chicken Littles and the Personal Power of Cowardice II
Do Senators and Representatives actually read the Iraq reports that are delivered to them or are they just listening to staffers that slavishly watch network news as if theirs jobs depend on it? If so, their jobs are safe for a while, but also so are our lives as we know them.
I propose pop quizzes on the floors of Congress with public grading on C-SPAN. Those who fail should get swats in the well aired on network nightly news right after the film by al Qaeda segments are aired.
I propose pop quizzes on the floors of Congress with public grading on C-SPAN. Those who fail should get swats in the well aired on network nightly news right after the film by al Qaeda segments are aired.
How Al Qaeda is Winning Even as it is Losing
But al Qaeda's largest harvest from "random slaughter" strategy was realized in America. Through acts of indiscriminate violence transmitted by the media, insurgents brought their war to America's living rooms. The atrocity-of-the-day is the principal informational input most Americans receive. This forms their knowledge base. The public does not live in the villages and mahalas of Iraq. Patterns of recovery, of normalcy, are not evident.
This is the essence of 4th Generation Warfare. And al Qaeda is clearly winning
it. . . . Al Qaeda is running its war on smoke and mirrors - or, more accurately, on bytes of sound and sight. Congress could act on General Petraeus' reports from the ground, rather than broadcasts generated by insurgents. This requires a simple commitment - one foreign to many in the elective branch: Leadership.
Republican Chicken Littles and the Personal Power of Cowardice
It is a given that the MSM is doing all it can to undermine educational efforts, welfare reform, cutting tax rates and Iraq, in short, any program supported by President Bush, because they hate President Bush. The elected officials in Congress should be working for the security and the betterment of the United States of America, but they are more interested in elections and power. In short, most of them have become partisan hacks that hump special interest projects, earmarks and whatever else they feel they need to give them more power to make them more important to their party by making their party more powerful.
This has traditionally been a Democrat persona, but Republicans have defied the physics of stupidity and caught up in record time
To the point here, the Republicans that are squealing like scared piglets that the sky is falling in Iraq are moral and political cowards. Their cowardice is nestled in their arrogance of power and importance. In their helping the forces of chicken littles to gain a personal victory they have fashioned their own legacy. They are the Benedict Arnolds of today without the gall of Benedict Arnold.
Tygrrrr Express states it very well:
Will crying George have another bolt of Bolton remorse or will he cut to the chase and pull out that old tie-died t-shirt kept in the back of his political closet?
This has traditionally been a Democrat persona, but Republicans have defied the physics of stupidity and caught up in record time
To the point here, the Republicans that are squealing like scared piglets that the sky is falling in Iraq are moral and political cowards. Their cowardice is nestled in their arrogance of power and importance. In their helping the forces of chicken littles to gain a personal victory they have fashioned their own legacy. They are the Benedict Arnolds of today without the gall of Benedict Arnold.
Tygrrrr Express states it very well:
Given that all we are dealing with is the fate of the free world and
civilization versus death, destruction and barbarism, I think I will trust
General Petraeus and the soldiers with boots on the ground to handle this
matter.
We can either support General Petraeus, and contribute to saving
the world, or we can undermine him. When the history books are written, those
who chose to undermine him will be seen as uglier than the souls of those
currently at antiwar rallies.
Mr. President, you picked the right man for the job. My friends and
I are going to patiently back him, and are confident that he will deliver the
desired results in due time.
Good luck to both of you. You deserve nothing less.
eric
Will crying George have another bolt of Bolton remorse or will he cut to the chase and pull out that old tie-died t-shirt kept in the back of his political closet?
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
Candidates Flock to First Ever Amish Debate
Presidential Candidates In First Ever Amish Debate
(Plain City, Ohio) For the first time the leading candidates for the presidency will hold a televised debate devoted solely to Amish issues.
The one-hour event will be held on August 9 and broadcast on Amish network DARK at 9:00 pm ET (6:00 pm ET) and through live streaming yelling at Amishoffline.com for people outside the event.
Ron Paul, Jim Gilmore, Tom Tancredo and Sam Brownback have confirmed they will participate. Several other Republican candidates also may join the debate. Newt Gingrich, who in the past has underwritten several grants for horse mechanics programs, who is said to considering an appearance stated “You can't trust anybody with power which is why all Americans love horse and buggies”
The debate will be conducted with a live audience in Plain City at the Der Dutchman Restaurant. On the panel questioning the four Republicans will be Amish Defense League president Friedrich von Steuben and seamtress Esther Stoltzfus.
The debate was put together by DARK and ADL.
"In the 2008 presidential election, issues of concern to the Amish community have already been at the forefront of the national conversation,” said von Steuben.
"From the repeal of “Don’t Cask, Don’t Yell” to the recent signing of apple butter legislation in Pennsylvania, there is no doubt that voters will demand answers to important questions affecting our community."
The panelists in a statement said they plan to cover a range of issues including inter-family relationship recognition, Hochmut and Demut, workplace fairness and child labor laws, current conscientious objector status, buggy safety, Ellis-van Creveld syndrome and other important issues such as Rumspringa.
The Amish vote is considered a decisive electoral force and according to exit poll data make up an unknown percent of the voting population.
Plain City was chosen as the site for the event because of the city's outstanding Snicker Doodles, Chow Chow and Schnitz and Knepp. Besides, if the debate were held in Columbus, it would be all night getting home.
"We're honored to give the presidential candidates an historic opportunity to share their views directly with the Amish audience," Amos Stoltzfus, Elder, Entertainment, DARK Networks Music Group, and Elder, DARK said in a hand written statement.
"This forum continues DARK Networks’ tradition of engaging vital niche audiences with voting and the electoral process. It's just too darned sad that we have no broadcasting equipment, but heck, no Amish have televisions. It's like, stups, no electricity"
In addition to questioning by von Steuben and Stoltzfus people will be able to pose their own questions through DARKoffline.com and ADL.org representatives who will be taking notes outside the restaurant prior to the event.
(Plain City, Ohio) For the first time the leading candidates for the presidency will hold a televised debate devoted solely to Amish issues.
The one-hour event will be held on August 9 and broadcast on Amish network DARK at 9:00 pm ET (6:00 pm ET) and through live streaming yelling at Amishoffline.com for people outside the event.
Ron Paul, Jim Gilmore, Tom Tancredo and Sam Brownback have confirmed they will participate. Several other Republican candidates also may join the debate. Newt Gingrich, who in the past has underwritten several grants for horse mechanics programs, who is said to considering an appearance stated “You can't trust anybody with power which is why all Americans love horse and buggies”
The debate will be conducted with a live audience in Plain City at the Der Dutchman Restaurant. On the panel questioning the four Republicans will be Amish Defense League president Friedrich von Steuben and seamtress Esther Stoltzfus.
The debate was put together by DARK and ADL.
"In the 2008 presidential election, issues of concern to the Amish community have already been at the forefront of the national conversation,” said von Steuben.
"From the repeal of “Don’t Cask, Don’t Yell” to the recent signing of apple butter legislation in Pennsylvania, there is no doubt that voters will demand answers to important questions affecting our community."
The panelists in a statement said they plan to cover a range of issues including inter-family relationship recognition, Hochmut and Demut, workplace fairness and child labor laws, current conscientious objector status, buggy safety, Ellis-van Creveld syndrome and other important issues such as Rumspringa.
The Amish vote is considered a decisive electoral force and according to exit poll data make up an unknown percent of the voting population.
Plain City was chosen as the site for the event because of the city's outstanding Snicker Doodles, Chow Chow and Schnitz and Knepp. Besides, if the debate were held in Columbus, it would be all night getting home.
"We're honored to give the presidential candidates an historic opportunity to share their views directly with the Amish audience," Amos Stoltzfus, Elder, Entertainment, DARK Networks Music Group, and Elder, DARK said in a hand written statement.
"This forum continues DARK Networks’ tradition of engaging vital niche audiences with voting and the electoral process. It's just too darned sad that we have no broadcasting equipment, but heck, no Amish have televisions. It's like, stups, no electricity"
In addition to questioning by von Steuben and Stoltzfus people will be able to pose their own questions through DARKoffline.com and ADL.org representatives who will be taking notes outside the restaurant prior to the event.
Republicans Piddling Themselves for Peace Reelection
Weak Kneed RINOs United For Losing
Still, the one factor that could give the Democrats their biggest boost is also the one that’s largely beyond their capacity to control. If more Republicans break ranks and call on Bush to start bringing troops home from Iraq, as Sens. Richard
G. Lugar of Indiana, George V. Voinovich of Ohio and Pete V. Domenici of New Mexico have already done, Democrats might not have to spend as much of their limited time on efforts to end the war.
Republican poster children for failure.
Richard Lugar
Lamar Alexander
Judd Gregg
Pete Domenici
Chuck Hagel
George Voinovich
Olympia J. Snowe
Way to go people. You make us proud. Just don't all cry at the same time. Losers.
Peter Kirstein, a Thoroughly Modern Moron
Now this is a smack down. COB is the man.
Pete is very intelligent, no doubt in my mind:
Last time I checked, getting stitches here in bad 'ole America was a tad cheaper than a ticket to France. And a drive to Canada. Whatever.
Oppressed peoples of the earth? I get depressed that professors still today can't figure out who is oppressing who. Churchill, if alive, would bitchslap Pete.
Oh, that's right. The U.S. is an "imperialist force" subjugating the world so NASCAR can hold races for ignorant hillbillies in the south. That is part of Rove's oil for grits vote program.
Nothing gets past good 'ole Pete. He's a sharp one, he is.
UPDATE: I referred to "without AAA" in e-mail to cadet. Some have deliberately misquoted me in saying I was criticising attacking nations with AAA. It would make no sense. other than that, feel free to disagree with me.
This was not so in the screen shot of the e-mail you sent (that was my reference point), but I do give you large kudos for being polite.
Pete is very intelligent, no doubt in my mind:
SiCKO is one of the greatest movies in the history of cinema. It ranks with Citizen Kane, Apocalypse Now and On the Waterfront as an epic masterpiece.
...
These are “fellow Americans” who have to stitch their own wounds; these
are our neighbors that have to flee to Canada or France to receive basic health
coverage. Peter Kirstein July 4th, 2007
Last time I checked, getting stitches here in bad 'ole America was a tad cheaper than a ticket to France. And a drive to Canada. Whatever.
Vladimir Putin, the courageous and bold president of the Russain Federation, has responded to the 60th anniversary of the Stalin Purges. This has been another Churchillian moment for the emerging spokesperson for the oppressed peoples of the Earth. Peter Kirstein June 24th, 2007
Oppressed peoples of the earth? I get depressed that professors still today can't figure out who is oppressing who. Churchill, if alive, would bitchslap Pete.
Oh, that's right. The U.S. is an "imperialist force" subjugating the world so NASCAR can hold races for ignorant hillbillies in the south. That is part of Rove's oil for grits vote program.
Nothing gets past good 'ole Pete. He's a sharp one, he is.
UPDATE: I referred to "without AAA" in e-mail to cadet. Some have deliberately misquoted me in saying I was criticising attacking nations with AAA. It would make no sense. other than that, feel free to disagree with me.
This was not so in the screen shot of the e-mail you sent (that was my reference point), but I do give you large kudos for being polite.
Episcopals United Against Jesus and Victory in Iraq
Okay, I was on the high seas of Erie which means my cell and my puter didn't work. Thankfully the bottle opener, the on board grill and the compass did. My best friend and his wife, both liberals of the nth degree, graciously invited my wife and I for a long sail, good conversation and vast amounts of fun with drink, food and friends and no politics.
Bonus points were scored when mRed Jr (who has me by 4"s) and girlfriend joined us all on Kelley's Island where he immediately brought up just how stupid liberals were for wanting to lose in Iraq. The wife and I immediately ran for the bar as a Canadian couple joined the ensuing argument over Amerinazis. My friend, who is a practicing non-practicing Episcopalian, and wife quickly joined us to commence a nonstop communion of shots stated that the Church we both grew up in had become a joke which made the communion quip relevant. I let it slide until this morning I came across this article.
Doctrinal dispute? Convenient time? God's will? Does this babe moonlight as a vegan reviewer for Ruth's Chris?
No wonder the episcopal church is no longer a Church.
My son made the Canadians beat a hasty retreat by using facts and joined us. It was fun and even my friend and his wife had to chuckle.
Did I mention his girlfriend is smart and beautiful.
Bonus points were scored when mRed Jr (who has me by 4"s) and girlfriend joined us all on Kelley's Island where he immediately brought up just how stupid liberals were for wanting to lose in Iraq. The wife and I immediately ran for the bar as a Canadian couple joined the ensuing argument over Amerinazis. My friend, who is a practicing non-practicing Episcopalian, and wife quickly joined us to commence a nonstop communion of shots stated that the Church we both grew up in had become a joke which made the communion quip relevant. I let it slide until this morning I came across this article.
Episcopal priest suspended after saying she also is Muslim
The Rev. Ann Holmes Redding must take a year from her position at
Seattle's St. Mark's Episcopal Cathedral and should "reflect on the doctrines of
the Christian faith, her vocation as a priest, and what I see as the conflicts
inherent in professing both Christianity and Islam," the Rt. Rev. Geralyn Wolf,
bishop of the Diocese of Rhode Island, wrote in an e-mail to church
leaders.
dotdotdot
"Since entering Islam," she told the newspaper, "I have been, by my own
estimation, a better teacher, a better preacher and a better
Christian."
dotdotdot
Since being suspended from the priesthood, Redding said, she realizes
many believe "the last thing the church needs to deal with at this time is this
type of doctrinal dispute. I wish it could've been at a more convenient time,
but as far as I know I am responding to God's will and God's timing."
Doctrinal dispute? Convenient time? God's will? Does this babe moonlight as a vegan reviewer for Ruth's Chris?
No wonder the episcopal church is no longer a Church.
My son made the Canadians beat a hasty retreat by using facts and joined us. It was fun and even my friend and his wife had to chuckle.
Did I mention his girlfriend is smart and beautiful.
Man in Dress By 10, Unannounced Second and Ron Paul Cleaning Up the Rear
The breakdowns:
Republicans.
Giuliani has the support of 30% of "Republicans and Republican
leaners," vs. 28% a month ago; Thompson comes in with 20%, vs. 19% in June;
McCain has 16%, vs. 18% a month earlier.
Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney remains in fourth, at 9%
vs. 7% in June.
The current numbers for the rest of the Republicans included in the
survey: Former House speaker Newt Gingrich, 6%; former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee, 2%; Rep. Duncan Hunter, 2%; Rep. Tom Tancredo, 2%; Sen. Sam Brownback, 1%; Sen. Chuck Hagel, 1%; former Wisconsin governor Tommy Thompson, 1%. Neither former Virginia governor Jim Gilmore nor Rep. Ron Paul registered any support.
None of the Republican numbers change significantly if Gingrich is
removed from the poll. The survey of 394 Republicans and voters who "lean"
Republican has a margin of error of +/- 5 percentage points.
The odds makers are busy and they haven't even left the gate.
Sunday, July 08, 2007
Sex Can Be Fugly
"Erotic Gherkin"
Poor England. How many indignities can she take?
Oh, I forgot about Howard.
Never mind.
How Many More Lies By the Media?
Via Sniper One at 7.62MM Justice
A poor wittle terrorist gets a hang nail or gets so upset over a cartoon, let alone bogus, lying stories about the Koran and a toilet and our media piddles all over themselves getting the story a headline in the local rag.
Al Qaeda slaughters a village and it isn't newsworthy.
Read Michael Yon, who does not hang out in a green zone nor pay money to known liars as sources, but actually goes to the scene and reports the good and the bad. You should go with him...
Bless the Beasts and Children
Every day we put up with shoddy reporting, morons passing as reporters and editors and, now, outright lies and censorship.
Fire everyone of the bastards. Oh, pass this story on. The author says it is okay.
A poor wittle terrorist gets a hang nail or gets so upset over a cartoon, let alone bogus, lying stories about the Koran and a toilet and our media piddles all over themselves getting the story a headline in the local rag.
Al Qaeda slaughters a village and it isn't newsworthy.
Read Michael Yon, who does not hang out in a green zone nor pay money to known liars as sources, but actually goes to the scene and reports the good and the bad. You should go with him...
Bless the Beasts and Children
Every day we put up with shoddy reporting, morons passing as reporters and editors and, now, outright lies and censorship.
Fire everyone of the bastards. Oh, pass this story on. The author says it is okay.
Thursday, July 05, 2007
Wednesday, July 04, 2007
To Our Current Sunshine Patriots This July 4th
THOMAS PAINE
December 23, 1776
THESE are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives every thing its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed if so celestial an article as FREEDOM should not be highly rated. Britain, with an army to enforce her tyranny, has declared that she has a right (not only to TAX) but "to BIND us in ALL CASES WHATSOEVER" and if being bound in that manner, is not slavery, then is there not such a thing as slavery upon earth. Even the expression is impious; for so unlimited a power can belong only to God.
Whether the independence of the continent was declared too soon, or delayed too long, I will not now enter into as an argument; my own simple opinion is, that had it been eight months earlier, it would have been much better. We did not make a proper use of last winter, neither could we, while we were in a dependent state. However, the fault, if it were one, was all our own [NOTE]; we have none to blame but ourselves. But no great deal is lost yet. All that Howe has been doing for this month past, is rather a ravage than a conquest, which the spirit of the Jerseys, a year ago, would have quickly repulsed, and which time and a little resolution will soon recover.
I have as little superstition in me as any man living, but my secret opinion has ever been, and still is, that God Almighty will not give up a people to military destruction, or leave them unsupportedly to perish, who have so earnestly and so repeatedly sought to avoid the calamities of war, by every decent method which wisdom could invent. Neither have I so much of the infidel in me, as to suppose that He has relinquished the government of the world, and given us up to the care of devils; and as I do not, I cannot see on what grounds the king of Britain can look up to heaven for help against us: a common murderer, a highwayman, or a house-breaker, has as good a pretence as he.
'Tis surprising to see how rapidly a panic will sometimes run through a country. All nations and ages have been subject to them. Britain has trembled like an ague at the report of a French fleet of flat-bottomed boats; and in the fourteenth [fifteenth] century the whole English army, after ravaging the kingdom of France, was driven back like men petrified with fear; and this brave exploit was performed by a few broken forces collected and headed by a woman, Joan of Arc. Would that heaven might inspire some Jersey maid to spirit up her countrymen, and save her fair fellow sufferers from ravage and ravishment! Yet panics, in some cases, have their uses; they produce as much good as hurt. Their duration is always short; the mind soon grows through them, and acquires a firmer habit than before. But their peculiar advantage is, that they are the touchstones of sincerity and hypocrisy, and bring things and men to light, which might otherwise have lain forever undiscovered. In fact, they have the same effect on secret traitors, which an imaginary apparition would have upon a private murderer. They sift out the hidden thoughts of man, and hold them up in public to the world. Many a disguised Tory has lately shown his head, that shall penitentially solemnize with curses the day on which Howe arrived upon the Delaware.
As I was with the troops at Fort Lee, and marched with them to the edge of Pennsylvania, I am well acquainted with many circumstances, which those who live at a distance know but little or nothing of. Our situation there was exceedingly cramped, the place being a narrow neck of land between the North River and the Hackensack. Our force was inconsiderable, being not one-fourth so great as Howe could bring against us. We had no army at hand to have relieved the garrison, had we shut ourselves up and stood on our defence. Our ammunition, light artillery, and the best part of our stores, had been removed, on the apprehension that Howe would endeavor to penetrate the Jerseys, in which case Fort Lee could be of no use to us; for it must occur to every thinking man, whether in the army or not, that these kind of field forts are only for temporary purposes, and last in use no longer than the enemy directs his force against the particular object which such forts are raised to defend. Such was our situation and condition at Fort Lee on the morning of the 20th of November, when an officer arrived with information that the enemy with 200 boats had landed about seven miles above; Major General [Nathaniel] Green, who commanded the garrison, immediately ordered them under arms, and sent express to General Washington at the town of Hackensack, distant by the way of the ferry = six miles. Our first object was to secure the bridge over the Hackensack, which laid up the river between the enemy and us, about six miles from us, and three from them. General Washington arrived in about three-quarters of an hour, and marched at the head of the troops towards the bridge, which place I expected we should have a brush for; however, they did not choose to dispute it with us, and the greatest part of our troops went over the bridge, the rest over the ferry, except some which passed at a mill on a small creek, between the bridge and the ferry, and made their way through some marshy grounds up to the town of Hackensack, and there passed the river. We brought off as much baggage as the wagons could contain, the rest was lost. The simple object was to bring off the garrison, and march them on till they could be strengthened by the Jersey or Pennsylvania militia, so as to be enabled to make a stand. We staid four days at Newark, collected our out-posts with some of the Jersey militia, and marched out twice to meet the enemy, on being informed that they were advancing, though our numbers were greatly inferior to theirs. Howe, in my little opinion, committed a great error in generalship in not throwing a body of forces off from Staten Island through Amboy, by which means he might have seized all our stores at Brunswick, and intercepted our march into Pennsylvania; but if we believe the power of hell to be limited, we must likewise believe that their agents are under some providential control.
I shall not now attempt to give all the particulars of our retreat to the Delaware; suffice it for the present to say, that both officers and men, though greatly harassed and fatigued, frequently without rest, covering, or provision, the inevitable consequences of a long retreat, bore it with a manly and martial spirit. All their wishes centred in one, which was, that the country would turn out and help them to drive the enemy back. Voltaire has remarked that King William never appeared to full advantage but in difficulties and in action; the same remark may be made on General Washington, for the character fits him. There is a natural firmness in some minds which cannot be unlocked by trifles, but which, when unlocked, discovers a cabinet of fortitude; and I reckon it among those kind of public blessings, which we do not immediately see, that God hath blessed him with uninterrupted health, and given him a mind that can even flourish upon care.
I shall conclude this paper with some miscellaneous remarks on the state of our affairs; and shall begin with asking the following question, Why is it that the enemy have left the New England provinces, and made these middle ones the seat of war? The answer is easy: New England is not infested with Tories, and we are. I have been tender in raising the cry against these men, and used numberless arguments to show them their danger, but it will not do to sacrifice a world either to their folly or their baseness. The period is now arrived, in which either they or we must change our sentiments, or one or both must fall. And what is a Tory? Good God! What is he? I should not be afraid to go with a hundred Whigs against a thousand Tories, were they to attempt to get into arms. Every Tory is a coward; for servile, slavish, self-interested fear is the foundation of Toryism; and a man under such influence, though he may be cruel, never can be brave.
But, before the line of irrecoverable separation be drawn between us, let us reason the matter together: Your conduct is an invitation to the enemy, yet not one in a thousand of you has heart enough to join him. Howe is as much deceived by you as the American cause is injured by you. He expects you will all take up arms, and flock to his standard, with muskets on your shoulders. Your opinions are of no use to him, unless you support him personally, for 'tis soldiers, and not Tories, that he wants.
I once felt all that kind of anger, which a man ought to feel, against the mean principles that are held by the Tories: a noted one, who kept a tavern at Amboy, was standing at his door, with as pretty a child in his hand, about eight or nine years old, as I ever saw, and after speaking his mind as freely as he thought was prudent, finished with this unfatherly expression, "Well! give me peace in my day." Not a man lives on the continent but fully believes that a separation must some time or other finally take place, and a generous parent should have said, "If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace;" and this single reflection, well applied, is sufficient to awaken every man to duty. Not a place upon earth might be so happy as America. Her situation is remote from all the wrangling world, and she has nothing to do but to trade with them. A man can distinguish himself between temper and principle, and I am as confident, as I am that God governs the world, that America will never be happy till she gets clear of foreign dominion. Wars, without ceasing, will break out till that period arrives, and the continent must in the end be conqueror; for though the flame of liberty may sometimes cease to shine, the coal can never expire.
America did not, nor does not want force; but she wanted a proper application of that force. Wisdom is not the purchase of a day, and it is no wonder that we should err at the first setting off. From an excess of tenderness, we were unwilling to raise an army, and trusted our cause to the temporary defence of a well-meaning militia. A summer's experience has now taught us better; yet with those troops, while they were collected, we were able to set bounds to the progress of the enemy, and, thank God! they are again assembling. I always considered militia as the best troops in the world for a sudden exertion, but they will not do for a long campaign. Howe, it is probable, will make an attempt on this city [Philadelphia]; should he fail on this side the Delaware, he is ruined. If he succeeds, our cause is not ruined. He stakes all on his side against a part on ours; admitting he succeeds, the consequence will be, that armies from both ends of the continent will march to assist their suffering friends in the middle states; for he cannot go everywhere, it is impossible. I consider Howe as the greatest enemy the Tories have; he is bringing a war into their country, which, had it not been for him and partly for themselves, they had been clear of. Should he now be expelled, I wish with all the devotion of a Christian, that the names of Whig and Tory may never more be mentioned; but should the Tories give him encouragement to come, or assistance if he come, I as sincerely wish that our next year's arms may expel them from the continent, and the Congress appropriate their possessions to the relief of those who have suffered in well-doing. A single successful battle next year will settle the whole. America could carry on a two years' war by the confiscation of the property of disaffected persons, and be made happy by their expulsion. Say not that this is revenge, call it rather the soft resentment of a suffering people, who, having no object in view but the good of all, have staked their own all upon a seemingly doubtful event. Yet it is folly to argue against determined hardness; eloquence may strike the ear, and the language of sorrow draw forth the tear of compassion, but nothing can reach the heart that is steeled with prejudice.
Quitting this class of men, I turn with the warm ardor of a friend to those who have nobly stood, and are yet determined to stand the matter out: I call not upon a few, but upon all: not on this state or that state, but on every state: up and help us; lay your shoulders to the wheel; better have too much force than too little, when so great an object is at stake. Let it be told to the future world, that in the depth of winter, when nothing but hope and virtue could survive, that the city and the country, alarmed at one common danger, came forth to meet and to repulse it. Say not that thousands are gone, turn out your tens of thousands; throw not the burden of the day upon Providence, but "show your faith by your works," that God may bless you. It matters not where you live, or what rank of life you hold, the evil or the blessing will reach you all. The far and the near, the home counties and the back, the rich and the poor, will suffer or rejoice alike. The heart that feels not now is dead; the blood of his children will curse his cowardice, who shrinks back at a time when a little might have saved the whole, and made them happy. I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death. My own line of reasoning is to myself as straight and clear as a ray of light. Not all the treasures of the world, so far as I believe, could have induced me to support an offensive war, for I think it murder; but if a thief breaks into my house, burns and destroys my property, and kills or threatens to kill me, or those that are in it, and to "bind me in all cases whatsoever" to his absolute will, am I to suffer it? What signifies it to me, whether he who does it is a king or a common man; my countryman or not my countryman; whether it be done by an individual villain, or an army of them? If we reason to the root of things we shall find no difference; neither can any just cause be assigned why we should punish in the one case and pardon in the other. Let them call me rebel and welcome, I feel no concern from it; but I should suffer the misery of devils, were I to make a whore of my soul by swearing allegiance to one whose character is that of a sottish, stupid, stubborn, worthless, brutish man. I conceive likewise a horrid idea in receiving mercy from a being, who at the last day shall be shrieking to the rocks and mountains to cover him, and fleeing with terror from the orphan, the widow, and the slain of America.
There are cases which cannot be overdone by language, and this is one. There are persons, too, who see not the full extent of the evil which threatens them; they solace themselves with hopes that the enemy, if he succeed, will be merciful. It is the madness of folly, to expect mercy from those who have refused to do justice; and even mercy, where conquest is the object, is only a trick of war; the cunning of the fox is as murderous as the violence of the wolf, and we ought to guard equally against both. Howe's first object is, partly by threats and partly by promises, to terrify or seduce the people to deliver up their arms and receive mercy. The ministry recommended the same plan to Gage, and this is what the tories call making their peace, "a peace which passeth all understanding" indeed! A peace which would be the immediate forerunner of a worse ruin than any we have yet thought of. Ye men of Pennsylvania, do reason upon these things! Were the back counties to give up their arms, they would fall an easy prey to the Indians, who are all armed: this perhaps is what some Tories would not be sorry for. Were the home counties to deliver up their arms, they would be exposed to the resentment of the back counties who would then have it in their power to chastise their defection at pleasure. And were any one state to give up its arms, that state must be garrisoned by all Howe's army of Britons and Hessians to preserve it from the anger of the rest. Mutual fear is the principal link in the chain of mutual love, and woe be to that state that breaks the compact. Howe is mercifully inviting you to barbarous destruction, and men must be either rogues or fools that will not see it. I dwell not upon the vapors of imagination; I bring reason to your ears, and, in language as plain as A, B, C, hold up truth to your eyes.
I thank God, that I fear not. I see no real cause for fear. I know our situation well, and can see the way out of it. While our army was collected, Howe dared not risk a battle; and it is no credit to him that he decamped from the White Plains, and waited a mean opportunity to ravage the defenceless Jerseys; but it is great credit to us, that, with a handful of men, we sustained an orderly retreat for near an hundred miles, brought off our ammunition, all our field pieces, the greatest part of our stores, and had four rivers to pass. None can say that our retreat was precipitate, for we were near three weeks in performing it, that the country might have time to come in. Twice we marched back to meet the enemy, and remained out till dark. The sign of fear was not seen in our camp, and had not some of the cowardly and disaffected inhabitants spread false alarms through the country, the Jerseys had never been ravaged. Once more we are again collected and collecting; our new army at both ends of the continent is recruiting fast, and we shall be able to open the next campaign with sixty thousand men, well armed and clothed. This is our situation, and who will may know it. By perseverance and fortitude we have the prospect of a glorious issue; by cowardice and submission, the sad choice of a variety of evils — a ravaged country — a depopulated city — habitations without safety, and slavery without hope — our homes turned into barracks and bawdy-houses for Hessians, and a future race to provide for, whose fathers we shall doubt of. Look on this picture and weep over it! and if there yet remains one thoughtless wretch who believes it not, let him suffer it unlamented.
December 23, 1776
December 23, 1776
THESE are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives every thing its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed if so celestial an article as FREEDOM should not be highly rated. Britain, with an army to enforce her tyranny, has declared that she has a right (not only to TAX) but "to BIND us in ALL CASES WHATSOEVER" and if being bound in that manner, is not slavery, then is there not such a thing as slavery upon earth. Even the expression is impious; for so unlimited a power can belong only to God.
Whether the independence of the continent was declared too soon, or delayed too long, I will not now enter into as an argument; my own simple opinion is, that had it been eight months earlier, it would have been much better. We did not make a proper use of last winter, neither could we, while we were in a dependent state. However, the fault, if it were one, was all our own [NOTE]; we have none to blame but ourselves. But no great deal is lost yet. All that Howe has been doing for this month past, is rather a ravage than a conquest, which the spirit of the Jerseys, a year ago, would have quickly repulsed, and which time and a little resolution will soon recover.
I have as little superstition in me as any man living, but my secret opinion has ever been, and still is, that God Almighty will not give up a people to military destruction, or leave them unsupportedly to perish, who have so earnestly and so repeatedly sought to avoid the calamities of war, by every decent method which wisdom could invent. Neither have I so much of the infidel in me, as to suppose that He has relinquished the government of the world, and given us up to the care of devils; and as I do not, I cannot see on what grounds the king of Britain can look up to heaven for help against us: a common murderer, a highwayman, or a house-breaker, has as good a pretence as he.
'Tis surprising to see how rapidly a panic will sometimes run through a country. All nations and ages have been subject to them. Britain has trembled like an ague at the report of a French fleet of flat-bottomed boats; and in the fourteenth [fifteenth] century the whole English army, after ravaging the kingdom of France, was driven back like men petrified with fear; and this brave exploit was performed by a few broken forces collected and headed by a woman, Joan of Arc. Would that heaven might inspire some Jersey maid to spirit up her countrymen, and save her fair fellow sufferers from ravage and ravishment! Yet panics, in some cases, have their uses; they produce as much good as hurt. Their duration is always short; the mind soon grows through them, and acquires a firmer habit than before. But their peculiar advantage is, that they are the touchstones of sincerity and hypocrisy, and bring things and men to light, which might otherwise have lain forever undiscovered. In fact, they have the same effect on secret traitors, which an imaginary apparition would have upon a private murderer. They sift out the hidden thoughts of man, and hold them up in public to the world. Many a disguised Tory has lately shown his head, that shall penitentially solemnize with curses the day on which Howe arrived upon the Delaware.
As I was with the troops at Fort Lee, and marched with them to the edge of Pennsylvania, I am well acquainted with many circumstances, which those who live at a distance know but little or nothing of. Our situation there was exceedingly cramped, the place being a narrow neck of land between the North River and the Hackensack. Our force was inconsiderable, being not one-fourth so great as Howe could bring against us. We had no army at hand to have relieved the garrison, had we shut ourselves up and stood on our defence. Our ammunition, light artillery, and the best part of our stores, had been removed, on the apprehension that Howe would endeavor to penetrate the Jerseys, in which case Fort Lee could be of no use to us; for it must occur to every thinking man, whether in the army or not, that these kind of field forts are only for temporary purposes, and last in use no longer than the enemy directs his force against the particular object which such forts are raised to defend. Such was our situation and condition at Fort Lee on the morning of the 20th of November, when an officer arrived with information that the enemy with 200 boats had landed about seven miles above; Major General [Nathaniel] Green, who commanded the garrison, immediately ordered them under arms, and sent express to General Washington at the town of Hackensack, distant by the way of the ferry = six miles. Our first object was to secure the bridge over the Hackensack, which laid up the river between the enemy and us, about six miles from us, and three from them. General Washington arrived in about three-quarters of an hour, and marched at the head of the troops towards the bridge, which place I expected we should have a brush for; however, they did not choose to dispute it with us, and the greatest part of our troops went over the bridge, the rest over the ferry, except some which passed at a mill on a small creek, between the bridge and the ferry, and made their way through some marshy grounds up to the town of Hackensack, and there passed the river. We brought off as much baggage as the wagons could contain, the rest was lost. The simple object was to bring off the garrison, and march them on till they could be strengthened by the Jersey or Pennsylvania militia, so as to be enabled to make a stand. We staid four days at Newark, collected our out-posts with some of the Jersey militia, and marched out twice to meet the enemy, on being informed that they were advancing, though our numbers were greatly inferior to theirs. Howe, in my little opinion, committed a great error in generalship in not throwing a body of forces off from Staten Island through Amboy, by which means he might have seized all our stores at Brunswick, and intercepted our march into Pennsylvania; but if we believe the power of hell to be limited, we must likewise believe that their agents are under some providential control.
I shall not now attempt to give all the particulars of our retreat to the Delaware; suffice it for the present to say, that both officers and men, though greatly harassed and fatigued, frequently without rest, covering, or provision, the inevitable consequences of a long retreat, bore it with a manly and martial spirit. All their wishes centred in one, which was, that the country would turn out and help them to drive the enemy back. Voltaire has remarked that King William never appeared to full advantage but in difficulties and in action; the same remark may be made on General Washington, for the character fits him. There is a natural firmness in some minds which cannot be unlocked by trifles, but which, when unlocked, discovers a cabinet of fortitude; and I reckon it among those kind of public blessings, which we do not immediately see, that God hath blessed him with uninterrupted health, and given him a mind that can even flourish upon care.
I shall conclude this paper with some miscellaneous remarks on the state of our affairs; and shall begin with asking the following question, Why is it that the enemy have left the New England provinces, and made these middle ones the seat of war? The answer is easy: New England is not infested with Tories, and we are. I have been tender in raising the cry against these men, and used numberless arguments to show them their danger, but it will not do to sacrifice a world either to their folly or their baseness. The period is now arrived, in which either they or we must change our sentiments, or one or both must fall. And what is a Tory? Good God! What is he? I should not be afraid to go with a hundred Whigs against a thousand Tories, were they to attempt to get into arms. Every Tory is a coward; for servile, slavish, self-interested fear is the foundation of Toryism; and a man under such influence, though he may be cruel, never can be brave.
But, before the line of irrecoverable separation be drawn between us, let us reason the matter together: Your conduct is an invitation to the enemy, yet not one in a thousand of you has heart enough to join him. Howe is as much deceived by you as the American cause is injured by you. He expects you will all take up arms, and flock to his standard, with muskets on your shoulders. Your opinions are of no use to him, unless you support him personally, for 'tis soldiers, and not Tories, that he wants.
I once felt all that kind of anger, which a man ought to feel, against the mean principles that are held by the Tories: a noted one, who kept a tavern at Amboy, was standing at his door, with as pretty a child in his hand, about eight or nine years old, as I ever saw, and after speaking his mind as freely as he thought was prudent, finished with this unfatherly expression, "Well! give me peace in my day." Not a man lives on the continent but fully believes that a separation must some time or other finally take place, and a generous parent should have said, "If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace;" and this single reflection, well applied, is sufficient to awaken every man to duty. Not a place upon earth might be so happy as America. Her situation is remote from all the wrangling world, and she has nothing to do but to trade with them. A man can distinguish himself between temper and principle, and I am as confident, as I am that God governs the world, that America will never be happy till she gets clear of foreign dominion. Wars, without ceasing, will break out till that period arrives, and the continent must in the end be conqueror; for though the flame of liberty may sometimes cease to shine, the coal can never expire.
America did not, nor does not want force; but she wanted a proper application of that force. Wisdom is not the purchase of a day, and it is no wonder that we should err at the first setting off. From an excess of tenderness, we were unwilling to raise an army, and trusted our cause to the temporary defence of a well-meaning militia. A summer's experience has now taught us better; yet with those troops, while they were collected, we were able to set bounds to the progress of the enemy, and, thank God! they are again assembling. I always considered militia as the best troops in the world for a sudden exertion, but they will not do for a long campaign. Howe, it is probable, will make an attempt on this city [Philadelphia]; should he fail on this side the Delaware, he is ruined. If he succeeds, our cause is not ruined. He stakes all on his side against a part on ours; admitting he succeeds, the consequence will be, that armies from both ends of the continent will march to assist their suffering friends in the middle states; for he cannot go everywhere, it is impossible. I consider Howe as the greatest enemy the Tories have; he is bringing a war into their country, which, had it not been for him and partly for themselves, they had been clear of. Should he now be expelled, I wish with all the devotion of a Christian, that the names of Whig and Tory may never more be mentioned; but should the Tories give him encouragement to come, or assistance if he come, I as sincerely wish that our next year's arms may expel them from the continent, and the Congress appropriate their possessions to the relief of those who have suffered in well-doing. A single successful battle next year will settle the whole. America could carry on a two years' war by the confiscation of the property of disaffected persons, and be made happy by their expulsion. Say not that this is revenge, call it rather the soft resentment of a suffering people, who, having no object in view but the good of all, have staked their own all upon a seemingly doubtful event. Yet it is folly to argue against determined hardness; eloquence may strike the ear, and the language of sorrow draw forth the tear of compassion, but nothing can reach the heart that is steeled with prejudice.
Quitting this class of men, I turn with the warm ardor of a friend to those who have nobly stood, and are yet determined to stand the matter out: I call not upon a few, but upon all: not on this state or that state, but on every state: up and help us; lay your shoulders to the wheel; better have too much force than too little, when so great an object is at stake. Let it be told to the future world, that in the depth of winter, when nothing but hope and virtue could survive, that the city and the country, alarmed at one common danger, came forth to meet and to repulse it. Say not that thousands are gone, turn out your tens of thousands; throw not the burden of the day upon Providence, but "show your faith by your works," that God may bless you. It matters not where you live, or what rank of life you hold, the evil or the blessing will reach you all. The far and the near, the home counties and the back, the rich and the poor, will suffer or rejoice alike. The heart that feels not now is dead; the blood of his children will curse his cowardice, who shrinks back at a time when a little might have saved the whole, and made them happy. I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death. My own line of reasoning is to myself as straight and clear as a ray of light. Not all the treasures of the world, so far as I believe, could have induced me to support an offensive war, for I think it murder; but if a thief breaks into my house, burns and destroys my property, and kills or threatens to kill me, or those that are in it, and to "bind me in all cases whatsoever" to his absolute will, am I to suffer it? What signifies it to me, whether he who does it is a king or a common man; my countryman or not my countryman; whether it be done by an individual villain, or an army of them? If we reason to the root of things we shall find no difference; neither can any just cause be assigned why we should punish in the one case and pardon in the other. Let them call me rebel and welcome, I feel no concern from it; but I should suffer the misery of devils, were I to make a whore of my soul by swearing allegiance to one whose character is that of a sottish, stupid, stubborn, worthless, brutish man. I conceive likewise a horrid idea in receiving mercy from a being, who at the last day shall be shrieking to the rocks and mountains to cover him, and fleeing with terror from the orphan, the widow, and the slain of America.
There are cases which cannot be overdone by language, and this is one. There are persons, too, who see not the full extent of the evil which threatens them; they solace themselves with hopes that the enemy, if he succeed, will be merciful. It is the madness of folly, to expect mercy from those who have refused to do justice; and even mercy, where conquest is the object, is only a trick of war; the cunning of the fox is as murderous as the violence of the wolf, and we ought to guard equally against both. Howe's first object is, partly by threats and partly by promises, to terrify or seduce the people to deliver up their arms and receive mercy. The ministry recommended the same plan to Gage, and this is what the tories call making their peace, "a peace which passeth all understanding" indeed! A peace which would be the immediate forerunner of a worse ruin than any we have yet thought of. Ye men of Pennsylvania, do reason upon these things! Were the back counties to give up their arms, they would fall an easy prey to the Indians, who are all armed: this perhaps is what some Tories would not be sorry for. Were the home counties to deliver up their arms, they would be exposed to the resentment of the back counties who would then have it in their power to chastise their defection at pleasure. And were any one state to give up its arms, that state must be garrisoned by all Howe's army of Britons and Hessians to preserve it from the anger of the rest. Mutual fear is the principal link in the chain of mutual love, and woe be to that state that breaks the compact. Howe is mercifully inviting you to barbarous destruction, and men must be either rogues or fools that will not see it. I dwell not upon the vapors of imagination; I bring reason to your ears, and, in language as plain as A, B, C, hold up truth to your eyes.
I thank God, that I fear not. I see no real cause for fear. I know our situation well, and can see the way out of it. While our army was collected, Howe dared not risk a battle; and it is no credit to him that he decamped from the White Plains, and waited a mean opportunity to ravage the defenceless Jerseys; but it is great credit to us, that, with a handful of men, we sustained an orderly retreat for near an hundred miles, brought off our ammunition, all our field pieces, the greatest part of our stores, and had four rivers to pass. None can say that our retreat was precipitate, for we were near three weeks in performing it, that the country might have time to come in. Twice we marched back to meet the enemy, and remained out till dark. The sign of fear was not seen in our camp, and had not some of the cowardly and disaffected inhabitants spread false alarms through the country, the Jerseys had never been ravaged. Once more we are again collected and collecting; our new army at both ends of the continent is recruiting fast, and we shall be able to open the next campaign with sixty thousand men, well armed and clothed. This is our situation, and who will may know it. By perseverance and fortitude we have the prospect of a glorious issue; by cowardice and submission, the sad choice of a variety of evils — a ravaged country — a depopulated city — habitations without safety, and slavery without hope — our homes turned into barracks and bawdy-houses for Hessians, and a future race to provide for, whose fathers we shall doubt of. Look on this picture and weep over it! and if there yet remains one thoughtless wretch who believes it not, let him suffer it unlamented.
December 23, 1776
The 4th of July
The rights of the people, but also the responsibility of the people.
"If once [the people] become inattentive to the public affairs, you and
I, and Congress and Assemblies, Judges and Governors, shall all become
wolves. It seems to be the law of our general nature, in spite of
individual exceptions." --Thomas Jefferson to Edward Carrington,
1787.
Tuesday, July 03, 2007
Bush Libby "Crimes Against the Constitution"
Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. says Congress needs to look into Bush's "crimes agains the Constitution."This man is too stupid to be a Rep, Rev, whatever.
Sunday, July 01, 2007
Congress Lied, White Bread Died
Meditations on Immigration Reform
Surprise. A whole hell of a lot of us have neither forgotten, nor
forgiven Congress for lying through their snaggle teeth to us back in
1986.
Read the rest. As Barking Moonbat Early Warning System says, "This one nails it."
Saturday, June 30, 2007
Make a Wonderful Weekend & 4th of July
Write a letter to a Marine and thank them for their service
rct-6lettersfromh@gcemnf-wiraq.usmc.mil
You'll feel better. The soldier will feel better. Especially if you ask others to write and ask them to ask others and so forth.
HT My Vast Right Wing Conspiracy
What do we celebrate on the 4th of July? No not BBQ. Think. Just for a second.
Now do it. No, not right after whatever. Now, before you forget. Forgetting about our troops is just so liberal. Don't be a Pelosi.
Thank you.
rct-6lettersfromh@gcemnf-wiraq.usmc.mil
You'll feel better. The soldier will feel better. Especially if you ask others to write and ask them to ask others and so forth.
HT My Vast Right Wing Conspiracy
What do we celebrate on the 4th of July? No not BBQ. Think. Just for a second.
Now do it. No, not right after whatever. Now, before you forget. Forgetting about our troops is just so liberal. Don't be a Pelosi.
Thank you.
Friday, June 29, 2007
Question
Why will illegal aliens not follow the law and immigrate legally?
Okay, I cheated, a second question.
Why will our legislative body not enforce the law?
Okay, I cheated again, another question.
Why do soccer moms wilt at the knees and go sappy over immigration?
Okay I am cheating once more, but this is the last cheat of the evening.
Why do liberals hate the idea of 50+ million brown skinned people being free?
Why are these people jerks?
Okay, I cheated, a second question.
Why will our legislative body not enforce the law?
Okay, I cheated again, another question.
Why do soccer moms wilt at the knees and go sappy over immigration?
Okay I am cheating once more, but this is the last cheat of the evening.
Why do liberals hate the idea of 50+ million brown skinned people being free?
Why are these people jerks?
Roseanne Barr MUST DIE
IMPEACH THE PRESIDENT AND THE VICE PRESIDENT, THEY ARE TRAITORS TO AMERICA, AND SO ARE ALL OF THEIR SUPPORTERS. IMPEACH! ANYONE IN CONGRESS WHO REFUSES TO SAVE OUR UNION FROM THESE TRAITORS BY DOING NOTHING NEEDS TO BE RECALLED. SAVE OUR TROOPS!!! SAVE OUR SCHOOLS AND HOSPITALS AND JOBS. FEED OUR HUNGRY AND POOR!
SAVE THE DROWNING PEOPLE IN NEW ORLEANS! ANYONE WHO MENTIONS PARIS HILTON ONE MORE TIME MUST DIE!
ROFLMAO
Save a baby seal House, Move It
Watching a house move is so cool. Saving an older house is cooler still.
Reagan's 11th Commandment
Though I disagree on the Shamnesty Bill, Big Lizards makes an excellent point in his post.
I believe the handlers in the Democrat party have figured out that the way to fracture the Republican and Conservative base is by helping to highlight the differences between them and Bush. This is their plan for winning the presidency and retaining congress. I see it working.
Bush is stubborn. This stubbornness is applauded when discussing Iraq and disdained when speaking of immigration among conservatives. ReedPelosi see this and are using it to make Bush, thus Republicans, more unpopular. We are getting played.
I won't participate because I am too busy working towards a Republican victory in 2008. Democrats scare me more than any Republican. Their policies mean a nightmare for not just the 50+ million newly freed people of Iraq and Afghanistan, but also for hundreds of millions of people around the world and here in America.
It's a complex world. Get used to it.
But conservative Republicans, no matter how angry they are at Bush
today, in fact agree with nearly all of his major initiatives:The areas of disagreement, while often intense, are dwarfed by the
- Aggressively fighting the war, expanding and rebuilding the military, and
trying to transform it into a 21st-century fighting force;- Lowering taxes and making the cuts permanent;
- Security measures such as the Patriot Act, the NSA al-Qaeda intercept
program, the SWIFT surveillance program, National Security Letters, and so forth;- Allowing faith-based organizations to fully participate in charitable
governmental functions;- Reform of Social Security, MediCare, and other
entitlement programs to introduce at least some element of privatization;- The various border-security and employer-enforcement provisions of the
recently killed immigration bill, all of which Bush supports (and none of which the Democrats support);- Appointing federal judges who believe in judicial restraint;
- Firm opposition to abortion and embryonic stem-cell research,
particularly federal funding;- Unwavering support for traditional marriage and opposition to same-sex "marriage".
areas of complete agreement; and in one of the areas of disagreement, federal
spending, Republicans are just as complicit as the president and hardly in a
position to throw stones.
I believe the handlers in the Democrat party have figured out that the way to fracture the Republican and Conservative base is by helping to highlight the differences between them and Bush. This is their plan for winning the presidency and retaining congress. I see it working.
Bush is stubborn. This stubbornness is applauded when discussing Iraq and disdained when speaking of immigration among conservatives. ReedPelosi see this and are using it to make Bush, thus Republicans, more unpopular. We are getting played.
I won't participate because I am too busy working towards a Republican victory in 2008. Democrats scare me more than any Republican. Their policies mean a nightmare for not just the 50+ million newly freed people of Iraq and Afghanistan, but also for hundreds of millions of people around the world and here in America.
It's a complex world. Get used to it.
Thursday, June 28, 2007
Illegal Aliens
No Cloture
UPDATE: After an electronic mugging yesterday Voinovich votes NO.
46 - 53
Reid: "I twisted a few arms, but not often."
UPDATE: After an electronic mugging yesterday Voinovich votes NO.
46 - 53
Reid: "I twisted a few arms, but not often."
Voin of a Vich
RINO. At best.
A round up of the world according to George.
Bizzy Blog Wow, Was That Weak (Hannity Skunks Voinovich)
Allah Pundit Audio: Voinovich humiliates himself in shamnesty debate with Hannity
Interested Participant Voinovich's Platform for Defeat Senator George Vo...
WKSU News Voinovich Calls for Withdrawal From Iraq
Nix Guy Voinovich Update
The Left Coaster Voinovich Joins Lugar - The Dam Has Broken
mRed Voinovich, Immigration Tin Ear
Left of Ohio Voinovich Flips Again
Blue Ohioan Voinovich caves!
Embolden Voinovich Pushing Powell to Run
Conservative Culture Voinovich: The Way of the Dems
One Oar in the Water Voinovich: Bozo RINO Award
Lifelike Pundit ONE COULD CONCLUDE THAT I DON’T LIKE GEORGE VOINOVICH (R-OHIO)
Boring Made Dull George Voinovich
Just a sampling. From Google.
Will George listen to his constituents?
A round up of the world according to George.
Bizzy Blog Wow, Was That Weak (Hannity Skunks Voinovich)
Allah Pundit Audio: Voinovich humiliates himself in shamnesty debate with Hannity
Interested Participant Voinovich's Platform for Defeat Senator George Vo...
WKSU News Voinovich Calls for Withdrawal From Iraq
Nix Guy Voinovich Update
The Left Coaster Voinovich Joins Lugar - The Dam Has Broken
mRed Voinovich, Immigration Tin Ear
Left of Ohio Voinovich Flips Again
Blue Ohioan Voinovich caves!
Embolden Voinovich Pushing Powell to Run
Conservative Culture Voinovich: The Way of the Dems
One Oar in the Water Voinovich: Bozo RINO Award
Lifelike Pundit ONE COULD CONCLUDE THAT I DON’T LIKE GEORGE VOINOVICH (R-OHIO)
Boring Made Dull George Voinovich
Just a sampling. From Google.
Will George listen to his constituents?
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
Iran's Gas Riots Are Nixon's Bush's Fault
IranThere was more than just one station destroyed in the violence as the news reports suggested... There were several stations torched.
But......
United States
Gas stations abandoned during the fuel crisis in the winter of 1973-74 were sometimes used for other purposes. This station at Potlatch, Washington, west of Olympia was turned into a religious meeting hall.
The 1973-1974 gas shortages in the US were mostly because OPEC members decided not to ship any petroleum to the US and some western European nations because of our support for Israel during the Yom Kippur War.
I remember some thefts, some fist fights and lotsa swearing, but for what ever reason, I do not remember rioting and gas stations being burned.
Fairness Doctrine
WAAAAAAAAAAAAAA (hiccup) WAAAAAAAAAAAA
Sen. Durbin: 'It's time to reinstitute the Fairness Doctrine'...
JOHN KERRY FOR FAIRNESS DOCTRINE IN MEDIA TO CORRECT 'IMBALANCE'...
Embarrassing Bush Through Illegal Immigration
I got this from 7.62mm Justice. It is important that all of us get involved.
Momentum Good for Winning on Next Amnesty Cloture Vote
I have info stating that Voinovich's office was inundated with calls, e-mails and letters opposing the immigration bill, but Voinovich either ignored it or for another reason voted Y on the cloture vote.
Lott, who I have respected in the past, has made a series of statements and taken a series of stands that have those who stood by him in the past shakeing their heads. Maybe he has gone through a Hagelilation procedure.
I am truly stunned by McConnell.
Many people believe it a waste of time for the Senate to spend time on such a loser bill. I am thinking that this is a win-win-win situation for Reid and the Demo leadership, because they get to show their "compassion", show bi-partisanship by working with Bush and, most importantly, take Bush's credibility down another notch by embarrassing him.
Momentum Good for Winning on Next Amnesty Cloture Vote
I have info stating that Voinovich's office was inundated with calls, e-mails and letters opposing the immigration bill, but Voinovich either ignored it or for another reason voted Y on the cloture vote.
Lott, who I have respected in the past, has made a series of statements and taken a series of stands that have those who stood by him in the past shakeing their heads. Maybe he has gone through a Hagelilation procedure.
I am truly stunned by McConnell.
Many people believe it a waste of time for the Senate to spend time on such a loser bill. I am thinking that this is a win-win-win situation for Reid and the Demo leadership, because they get to show their "compassion", show bi-partisanship by working with Bush and, most importantly, take Bush's credibility down another notch by embarrassing him.
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Immigration Madness
Dear George and other Republicans,
Since you obviously can't read polls, mail to your office and memos from your staff, here are some pictures. Have an aide read to you what is on the placards.
Citizen Unhappy
Amnesty Cloture: Paid To Play?
A good friend working on the Hill told me that arm twisting went on using the carrot and the stick method, but in a way that they had never seen before.
Republicans voting Yea.
Bennett (R-UT)
Bond (R-MO)
Brownback (R-KS)
Burr (R-NC)
Coleman (R-MN)
Collins (R-ME)
Craig (R-ID)
Domenici (R-NM)
Ensign (R-NV)
Graham (R-SC)
Gregg (R-NH)
Hagel (R-NE)
Kyl (R-AZ)
Lott (R-MS)
Lugar (R-IN)
Martinez (R-FL)
McCain (R-AZ)
McConnell (R-KY)
Murkowski (R-AK)
Snowe (R-ME)
Specter (R-PA)
Stevens (R-AK)
Voinovich (R-OH)
Warner (R-VA)
The person I spoke with in Voinovich's Senate office this morning sounded resigned when I called. He didn't even ask if I was in support or opposed to the cloture. He just said "I suppose you're opposed," He was right.
I hope it is worth it to them.
Republicans voting Yea.
Bennett (R-UT)
Bond (R-MO)
Brownback (R-KS)
Burr (R-NC)
Coleman (R-MN)
Collins (R-ME)
Craig (R-ID)
Domenici (R-NM)
Ensign (R-NV)
Graham (R-SC)
Gregg (R-NH)
Hagel (R-NE)
Kyl (R-AZ)
Lott (R-MS)
Lugar (R-IN)
Martinez (R-FL)
McCain (R-AZ)
McConnell (R-KY)
Murkowski (R-AK)
Snowe (R-ME)
Specter (R-PA)
Stevens (R-AK)
Voinovich (R-OH)
Warner (R-VA)
The person I spoke with in Voinovich's Senate office this morning sounded resigned when I called. He didn't even ask if I was in support or opposed to the cloture. He just said "I suppose you're opposed," He was right.
I hope it is worth it to them.
Country Chapel
1911Saint George's Chapel
Neubäu, Czechoslovakia (Bohemia)
Destroyed by the communists in 1949
Amnesty Vote
Voinovich blows it again.
He voted with his good buddy Chuckie Schumer to give American citizenship away to 12+ million illegal immigrants.
They don't even know who these illegals are.
In a post 9/11 world that is a very scary and dumb thing to do.
64 votes. Four more than needed.
Really great work George.
He voted with his good buddy Chuckie Schumer to give American citizenship away to 12+ million illegal immigrants.
They don't even know who these illegals are.
In a post 9/11 world that is a very scary and dumb thing to do.
64 votes. Four more than needed.
Really great work George.
We Are Not Worthy
We are stupid. Trust me on this. As are the many highly esteemed scientists speaking out against the "man made" theory of global warming by media star scientists.
So get with.
If you don't believe in the catastrophic predictions, then we must surmise that you just don't get it.
Where's your Oscar??
So get with.
Three Quarters Believe Global Warming A 'Natural Occurrence'
ALMOST three quarters of people believe global warming is a 'natural
occurrence' and not a result of carbon emissions, a survey claimed
today.
This goes against the views of the vast majority of scientists who
believe the rise in the earth's temperatures is due to pollution. The online
study which polled nearly 4000 votes found that a staggering 71 percent of
people think that the rise in air temperature happens naturally. (emp.
mine)
And 65 percent think that scientists' catastrophic predictions if
pollution isn't curbed are 'far fetched'.
If you don't believe in the catastrophic predictions, then we must surmise that you just don't get it.
Where's your Oscar??
Voinovich, Immigration Tin Ear
Sen. Voinovich has to have heard of the great distaste Ohio has for the amnesty shamnesty bill that is being foisted on Congress with no debate and being foisted on the people as a real immigration solution.
Bizzy Blog has a wrap up of available info.
George Voinovich ‘Has Not Indicated’ on Immigration-Bill Cloture; Help Him Decide
Call Sen. Voinovich's office to give your opinion. I have. I have. I have. and. I have.
202-224-3353
Bizzy Blog has a wrap up of available info.
George Voinovich ‘Has Not Indicated’ on Immigration-Bill Cloture; Help Him Decide
Call Sen. Voinovich's office to give your opinion. I have. I have. I have. and. I have.
202-224-3353
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