Michelle Obama speaks at presidential rally in Skibo Gym
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While the crowd was indeed diverse, some students at the event questioned the practices of Mrs. Obama’s event coordinators, who handpicked the crowd sitting behind Mrs. Obama. The Tartan’s correspondents observed one event coordinator say to another, “Get me more white people, we need more white people.” To an Asian girl sitting in the back row, one coordinator said, “We’re moving you, sorry. It’s going to look so pretty, though.”
“I didn’t know they would say, ‘We need a white person here,’ ” said attendee and senior psychology major Shayna Watson, who sat in the crowd behind Mrs. Obama. “I understood they would want a show of diversity, but to pick up people and to reseat them, I didn’t know it would be so outright.”
Like most "diversity" programs this is all about numbers, but it upsets liberals if race based quotas are "so outright" as to become apparent.
Some see this much ado about nothing except to the "frustrated commentariat."
From The Moderate Voice;
Unlike the student setting up this event, however, when you advance in your career as a campaign worker and actually start getting paid, you learn not to say idiotic things out loud like, “Give me more white people!” Still, this is yet another of the all too common cases of a bored, frustrated commentariat looking for something - anything - to report on as this endless campaign season drags on.
I'm not frustrated. I am not tired of this "endless campaign". I'm not looking for something - anything - to comment on. I don't have to, it comes to me just like "Get me more white people" has. And it does tell me something about the mindset and attitude of Democrats and of the Obama campaign. Campaign based racial quotas for public dissemination to unaware voters. Racial theater.
UPDATE: Gateway Pundit has more!
Wednesday, April 09, 2008
Tuesday, April 08, 2008
What Price Sympathy?
Ireland has been at war forever. Vietnam, aka Annan, has been a badminton set for China since before the birth of Christ. Russian hearts only see darkness because the Russian heart only desires darkness.
Africa. Africa is setting itself up to continue to be the sob story for the next many centuries. Is this because they were victims of slavery in Rome, the world and the southern states of America or because they captured and sold thier own brothers as slaves to Europeans to sell to the world that they will continue to slaughter, rape and rob their way into the next millennium?
Vietnam now has graveyards aplenty and a communist government constantly building more out of necessity of its own actions. Ireland has finally found Kennedy money is too dirty even for them. Its sad when a group of filthy little socialists bent on murder feel they are better than a family of rum running whore mongers.
Africa. Darfur. Congo. Rhodesia. Libya. Mau-Mau. The washing of the spears.
As long as I have been alive I have heard of the dark heart of Africa. A heart that loves hate. I have hunted in Kenya and the then country of Rhodesia. I especially treasure my time at Nairobi Ranch with my aunt and friends. Of African friends I only hope for their good.
Other than them, I just can't care anymore. That is bad, but when does a continent's badness become part of one's nightly prayers.
At what point does hope become sadness when those you hope to help refuse help?
Africa is more of a mess than Asia which is almost as much a mess as the Russias which makes Latin America almost appear sensible.
That which has been called the cradle of life appears the crib of death.
I am just plain out of sympathy for those that refuse to rise out of their sewer. The Iraqis and Afghans have risen above their prior leadership of arrogance and planned sectarian hatred to attempt freedom.
When will Africa?
Africa. Africa is setting itself up to continue to be the sob story for the next many centuries. Is this because they were victims of slavery in Rome, the world and the southern states of America or because they captured and sold thier own brothers as slaves to Europeans to sell to the world that they will continue to slaughter, rape and rob their way into the next millennium?
Vietnam now has graveyards aplenty and a communist government constantly building more out of necessity of its own actions. Ireland has finally found Kennedy money is too dirty even for them. Its sad when a group of filthy little socialists bent on murder feel they are better than a family of rum running whore mongers.
Africa. Darfur. Congo. Rhodesia. Libya. Mau-Mau. The washing of the spears.
As long as I have been alive I have heard of the dark heart of Africa. A heart that loves hate. I have hunted in Kenya and the then country of Rhodesia. I especially treasure my time at Nairobi Ranch with my aunt and friends. Of African friends I only hope for their good.
Other than them, I just can't care anymore. That is bad, but when does a continent's badness become part of one's nightly prayers.
At what point does hope become sadness when those you hope to help refuse help?
Africa is more of a mess than Asia which is almost as much a mess as the Russias which makes Latin America almost appear sensible.
That which has been called the cradle of life appears the crib of death.
I am just plain out of sympathy for those that refuse to rise out of their sewer. The Iraqis and Afghans have risen above their prior leadership of arrogance and planned sectarian hatred to attempt freedom.
When will Africa?
Phil Donahue On Hannity & Colmes
Donahue must have pulled the stake from his heart to appear on H&C and once again interrupt, change the subject and spout the same crap he did back when Marlo still felt it possible to appear in public.
Donahue's emotionalism and repetitive monotone delivery hasn't the power it did when people accepted it as new thus true.
Colmes' genuflections are embarrassing.
Donahue's emotionalism and repetitive monotone delivery hasn't the power it did when people accepted it as new thus true.
Colmes' genuflections are embarrassing.
Duneblane Cathedral, Perthshire Scotland
This print is over 100 years old. The engraver was Radclyffe, the original drawing was done by Allom.
History - Dunblane is very important to Stirling family members. I've been told, but not able to verify that many of the timbers in the roof were taken from Stirling of Keir forests when the roof was repaired in the 1890's. The Stirlings of Keir have the North Chapel, with many monuments on the wall.
Although Dunblane was already an ecclesiastical centre in Celtic times, it was David I who created the bishopric cira 1150. The cathedral led a peaceful existence and numbered among its bishops, Clement (1233-58), the builder of the cathedral, and that rare ecclesiastic Robert Leighton (1611-84), (many Stirlings are related to his line) an enlightened conciliator during the religious strife of the 17C. Leighton sorely regretted leaving Dunblane when translated to Glasgow c 1671. Despite 15C alterations, neglect following the Reformation, but no pillaging, and finally several 19th and 20th century restorations, the cathedral is a fine example of 13th century Gothic architecture.
Adjoining the nave on the south side to the left of the entrance is a 12th century tower which belonged to the early Celtic building. The upper storeys and parapet are later additions. Around, to the west end, overlooking the Allan Water where the masterful design of the west front combines a deeply recessed doorway with a tall triplet of lancets and Ruskin's small vesica (oval window) above, all framed by two buttresses.
Interior - This 210 ft-long building passes from nave to choir uninterrupted by transepts or crossing. The initial impressions are of simplicity, height and soaring lines (mostly achieved by the predominance of the pointed arch). Built after the Lady Chapel, the pointed arcades of the eight-bay nave descend onto clustered columns and are surmounted by a double clerestory where window tracery is repeated inside the gallery. This device is copied at the west end, where the great window shows the Tree of Jesse (1906). Below are two sets of the canopied 15C Chisholm stalls deeply and vigorously carved with a wealth of detail. The misericords are of great interest. Like the nave, the wooden barrel-vaulted roof with tinctured armorials has also been restored (19C). Around the pulpit are carved figures of St Blane, who gave his name to the town, King David I, Bishops Clement and Leighton, and John Knox, while those on the screen depict Biblical personages.
The glory of the building is the choir with its great height emphasized by soaring lancers in the south and east sides. Level with the high altar are the early 15C Ochiltree stalls, showing a similar verve of execution. The present stalls and organ case were designed by Robert Lorimer during his 1914 restoration of the choir. Three stone slabs in the floor mark the burial places of the Drummond sisters, allegedly poisoned in 1501 to prevent Margaret, the eldest, from becoming James IV's Queen in preference to Henry VIII's sister, Margaret Tudor. The effigy in the north wall tomb recess is said to be that of Clement, the builder bishop. The oldest part, the Lady Chapel opening off the north side of the choir, has ribbed vaulting with carved bosses. The memorial windows, panelling and flooring are all 20C.
Historic Architecture Restored
Clover Hill Tavern - Appomattox Court HouseRectangular (four-bay front), two stories, gable roof, two exterior end chimneys; two-room plan; rear lean-to; two-story brick guest house with projecting gable roof; two-story brick kitchen-guest house. Built early 19th C.; restored, lean-to removed; guest house projecting roof now shelters two-level porch on two sides. 2 ext. photos (1939); HABSI (1957).
Monday, April 07, 2008
Rankin, Hillary & The Timeless VRWC
Hillary thinks she talks to Eleanor Roosevelt and now compares herself to Jeanette Rankin, a Montana "republican" who screwed the Republican party by voting for union rights at a time when unions were incredibly corrupt and violent and twice voted to give Germany free reign to terrorize the world. The second time, in 1941, Rankin thought Roosevelt had conspired to force Japan to attack Pearl Harbor, no doubt an early vast right wing conspiracy of neo con Jews wanting war profits.
Wait, maybe she is Jeanette Rankin.
Clinton invokes legend of Montana female trailblazer
Hillary Rodham Clinton is hoping to channel the legend of Montana's female trailblazer who in 1916 became the first woman ever elected to Congress.
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Clinton gave another nod to her status as the only female candidate in the field. She said it takes her much longer to prepare for a day on the campaign trail than her opponents. She said, "I think I should get points for what I do, plus having to spend so much time getting ready."
Getting points for getting ready? Is she a candidate or a ditzy star talking to a tabloid?
Wait, maybe she is Jeanette Rankin.
Clinton invokes legend of Montana female trailblazer
Hillary Rodham Clinton is hoping to channel the legend of Montana's female trailblazer who in 1916 became the first woman ever elected to Congress.
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Clinton gave another nod to her status as the only female candidate in the field. She said it takes her much longer to prepare for a day on the campaign trail than her opponents. She said, "I think I should get points for what I do, plus having to spend so much time getting ready."
Getting points for getting ready? Is she a candidate or a ditzy star talking to a tabloid?
Sunday, April 06, 2008
John F. Kerry On Fox Sunday
Basically, Obama is more qualified to be President because he disagrees with George W. Bush's policies.
Thank you Lord. We almost had this fool as our leader.
Thank you Lord. We almost had this fool as our leader.
Captain Queeg As Hillary Clinton
I have nothing to add to this fine piece of insight which defines Hillary, what's his name and her liberal friends.
P.M. Carpenter at BuzzFlash;
Hillary Clinton's Self-Swiftboating into Irrelevance
As the New York Times put it: "In what proved to be an awkward juxtaposition, the disclosure of the records — which revealed the Clintons to be in the top one-hundredth of 1 percent, or roughly 14,500, of all taxpayers — came on the day that Mrs. Clinton called for the creation of a cabinet-level post to tackle poverty."
As understatements go, awkward, indeed. But at least that wretched insult publicly overpowered, for the moment, the wretched insult of delaying, once again, the release of her 2007 returns. And as we know, the Clintons live for nothing more than the moment. Lord, just get us through one more day. We'll deal with today's backlash in defense of yesterday tomorrow.
But, oops, what did tomorrow bring, which today would be yesterday? You got it. Another scandal.
Hillary, it seems, has been fibbing again. According to the New York Times,
But I'm sure Hillary knew nothing about it. She's a perpetual victim; either subjected, like Captain Queeg, to the machinations of disloyal subordinates, or, like Richard Nixon, to the machinations of a hostile press.
I wonder if secretly Hillary still checks the fridge for errant strawberries when her hired help leaves.
P.M. Carpenter at BuzzFlash;
Hillary Clinton's Self-Swiftboating into Irrelevance
As the New York Times put it: "In what proved to be an awkward juxtaposition, the disclosure of the records — which revealed the Clintons to be in the top one-hundredth of 1 percent, or roughly 14,500, of all taxpayers — came on the day that Mrs. Clinton called for the creation of a cabinet-level post to tackle poverty."
As understatements go, awkward, indeed. But at least that wretched insult publicly overpowered, for the moment, the wretched insult of delaying, once again, the release of her 2007 returns. And as we know, the Clintons live for nothing more than the moment. Lord, just get us through one more day. We'll deal with today's backlash in defense of yesterday tomorrow.
But, oops, what did tomorrow bring, which today would be yesterday? You got it. Another scandal.
Hillary, it seems, has been fibbing again. According to the New York Times,
That abomination speaks for itself. As does this one, which is to say, yet another one from merely the past couple days:For five weeks Hillary has featured in her campaign stump speeches the
story of a health care horror: an uninsured pregnant woman who lost her baby and died herself after being denied care by an Ohio hospital because she could not
come up with a $100 fee. The woman, Trina Bachtel, did die last August, two
weeks after her baby boy was stillborn at O’Bleness Memorial Hospital in Athens,
Ohio. But hospital administrators said Friday that Ms. Bachtel was under the
care of an obstetrics practice affiliated with the hospital, that she was never
refused treatment and that she was, in fact, insured. "We implore the Clinton
campaign to immediately desist from repeating this story," said Rick Castrop,
chief executive officer of the O’Bleness Health System. Linda M. Weiss, a
spokeswoman for the not-for-profit hospital, said the Clinton campaign had never
contacted the hospital to check the accuracy of the story.
Mark Penn, chief campaign strategist to the New York senator, has apologized
for meeting with Colombia's U.S. ambassador in his separate role as a lobbyist
hired by the South American country to win congressional approval of [a] trade
deal with the United States [that his candidate opposes].
I wonder if secretly Hillary still checks the fridge for errant strawberries when her hired help leaves.
Hillary's Great Story A Lie
Ohio Hospital Contests a Story Clinton Tells
Over the last five weeks, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York has featured in her campaign stump speeches the story of a health care horror: an uninsured pregnant woman who lost her baby and died herself after being denied care by an Ohio hospital because she could not come up with a $100 fee.
The woman, Trina Bachtel, did die last August, two weeks after her baby boy was stillborn at O’Bleness Memorial Hospital in Athens, Ohio. But hospital administrators said Friday that Ms. Bachtel was under the care of an obstetrics practice affiliated with the hospital, that she was never refused treatment and that she was, in fact, insured.
“We implore the Clinton campaign to immediately desist from repeating this story,” said Rick Castrop, chief executive officer of the O’Bleness Health System.
Linda M. Weiss, a spokeswoman for the not-for-profit hospital, said the Clinton campaign had never contacted the hospital to check the accuracy of the story, which Mrs. Clinton had first heard from a Meigs County, Ohio, sheriff’s deputy in late February.
I think the really terrible thing about this story is that she forgot to mention the snipers in Athen's, a dangerous place for her because of the Greek separatists that threatened Chelsea if then President Clinton didn't give free pot to everybody in Meigs County. The Clinton campaign did not return calls from Heaven and Hell where Hillary is personally negotiating pardons for friends and family.
Over the last five weeks, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York has featured in her campaign stump speeches the story of a health care horror: an uninsured pregnant woman who lost her baby and died herself after being denied care by an Ohio hospital because she could not come up with a $100 fee.
The woman, Trina Bachtel, did die last August, two weeks after her baby boy was stillborn at O’Bleness Memorial Hospital in Athens, Ohio. But hospital administrators said Friday that Ms. Bachtel was under the care of an obstetrics practice affiliated with the hospital, that she was never refused treatment and that she was, in fact, insured.
“We implore the Clinton campaign to immediately desist from repeating this story,” said Rick Castrop, chief executive officer of the O’Bleness Health System.
Linda M. Weiss, a spokeswoman for the not-for-profit hospital, said the Clinton campaign had never contacted the hospital to check the accuracy of the story, which Mrs. Clinton had first heard from a Meigs County, Ohio, sheriff’s deputy in late February.
I think the really terrible thing about this story is that she forgot to mention the snipers in Athen's, a dangerous place for her because of the Greek separatists that threatened Chelsea if then President Clinton didn't give free pot to everybody in Meigs County. The Clinton campaign did not return calls from Heaven and Hell where Hillary is personally negotiating pardons for friends and family.
Saturday, April 05, 2008
Selfish Charity For Political Gain
Nothing says giving like giving to yourself, getting a tax break for it and being able to tout your 'caring' in dollar amounts to amaze your friends, neighbors and voters.
Clintons Made $109 Million in Last 8 Years
During that time, the Clintons paid $33.8 million in federal taxes and claimed deductions for $10.2 million in charitable contributions. The contributions went to a family foundation run by the Clintons that has given away only about half of the money they put into it, and most of that was last year, after Mrs. Clinton declared her candidacy.
Might Bill and Hill be a tad narcissistic?
Speaking to a statewide convention of North Dakota Democrats in Grand Forks on Friday, Mrs. Clinton criticized the Bush administration’s tax cuts, which she said favored the rich, then referred to the tax data she and her husband released earlier in the day.
“Now don’t get me wrong, I have absolutely nothing against rich people,” she said. “As a matter of fact, my husband, much to my surprise and his, has made a lot of money since he left the White House, by doing what he loves doing most — talking to people. But we didn’t ask for George Bush’s tax cuts. We didn’t want them, and we didn’t need them.”
Maybe if you and little Billy gave your tax cut to a real charity or spent it on goods and services you'd be able to grasp the concept that maybe you don't need your tax cut, but there are a lot of small business and individuals that do and want you to get them, even against your will.
My, oh my, being a couple who much to their surprise have made a lot of money makes it so tiresome to deal with the little people and their wearisome demands. Jeeves, bring me an ashtray or a lamp, I feel the need to speak with William.
Clintons Made $109 Million in Last 8 Years
During that time, the Clintons paid $33.8 million in federal taxes and claimed deductions for $10.2 million in charitable contributions. The contributions went to a family foundation run by the Clintons that has given away only about half of the money they put into it, and most of that was last year, after Mrs. Clinton declared her candidacy.
Might Bill and Hill be a tad narcissistic?
Speaking to a statewide convention of North Dakota Democrats in Grand Forks on Friday, Mrs. Clinton criticized the Bush administration’s tax cuts, which she said favored the rich, then referred to the tax data she and her husband released earlier in the day.
“Now don’t get me wrong, I have absolutely nothing against rich people,” she said. “As a matter of fact, my husband, much to my surprise and his, has made a lot of money since he left the White House, by doing what he loves doing most — talking to people. But we didn’t ask for George Bush’s tax cuts. We didn’t want them, and we didn’t need them.”
Maybe if you and little Billy gave your tax cut to a real charity or spent it on goods and services you'd be able to grasp the concept that maybe you don't need your tax cut, but there are a lot of small business and individuals that do and want you to get them, even against your will.
My, oh my, being a couple who much to their surprise have made a lot of money makes it so tiresome to deal with the little people and their wearisome demands. Jeeves, bring me an ashtray or a lamp, I feel the need to speak with William.
Friday, April 04, 2008
Boutique Gas In Iraq?
Our Empress, Nana Pelosi, has duly warned General Patraeus "not to put a shine" on the situation in Iraq and all of her children have duly noted that in their little red books. Now though comes the incredibly worrisome news that Iraqis may be paying less for the refined crude their houses are built on top of. The horrors!
Deeper in Nana's threat was this gem of green economic realism:
"The stretch and strain on our military is like never before," said Skelton. "I am terribly worried about this."
Underscoring the Democrats’ economic points, Pelosi asked why the U.S. military in Iraq and Americans back home are paying more for gasoline than the Iraqis are.
“Our troops in Iraq are paying about $3.25 a gallon for gas in Iraq, comparable to what we pay here, while the Iraqis are paying $1.36 a gallon,” Pelosi said. “This is a raw deal for the American taxpayer.”
While this fact is unacceptable there is a solution. Boutique fuels. I say most of Baghdad must have sweet smelling gas fumes that would never think of polluting a single terrorist while areas in which Sadr has his forces the gas fumes must pollute and smell like Sadr's left hand. It's kind of like the difference between Cleveland and Berkeley only smaller.
Other cities in Iraq can summon up their best smarm and demand sweeter fuel in different mixtures that will make their babies stronger (because it is really all about the children unless they become loggers in which case the Hell with them) and saving Mother Earth from capitalist running dog pig Republicans.
You go Nana. You're on this like white on rice.
Deeper in Nana's threat was this gem of green economic realism:
"The stretch and strain on our military is like never before," said Skelton. "I am terribly worried about this."
Underscoring the Democrats’ economic points, Pelosi asked why the U.S. military in Iraq and Americans back home are paying more for gasoline than the Iraqis are.
“Our troops in Iraq are paying about $3.25 a gallon for gas in Iraq, comparable to what we pay here, while the Iraqis are paying $1.36 a gallon,” Pelosi said. “This is a raw deal for the American taxpayer.”
While this fact is unacceptable there is a solution. Boutique fuels. I say most of Baghdad must have sweet smelling gas fumes that would never think of polluting a single terrorist while areas in which Sadr has his forces the gas fumes must pollute and smell like Sadr's left hand. It's kind of like the difference between Cleveland and Berkeley only smaller.
Other cities in Iraq can summon up their best smarm and demand sweeter fuel in different mixtures that will make their babies stronger (because it is really all about the children unless they become loggers in which case the Hell with them) and saving Mother Earth from capitalist running dog pig Republicans.
You go Nana. You're on this like white on rice.
Republicans Are Racists
This from John Legend, who is a great musician, but also a man who would probably be disgusted by stereotypes, like so many Democrats say themselves. Why do they constantly stereotype people and groups? Whites are racist, but blacks are not capable of being racist. Republicans are all rich except those without money, but they are dupes for the rich. Democrats are not dupes, but thoughtful individuals who just happen to have the same thoughts as their leaders even though some of them have never thought about what they are agreeing about.
John Legend: I think America is ready to elect Barack. It's not insert-any-black-man-here and they would vote for him, but Barack is a unique and special person. And so I don't really like the question of "is America ready for a black president?" because it's more about the specific individual. And the thing is, the people who wouldn't vote for a person because they're black wouldn't vote for a democrat anyway.
This proto-black thinking flies directly in the face of the diversity leftists and blacks tell us they desire. Republicans are not racist, but we are told whitey won't vote black. How long until this is stated in white face while doing a countryclub shuffle to country music?
John Legend: I think America is ready to elect Barack. It's not insert-any-black-man-here and they would vote for him, but Barack is a unique and special person. And so I don't really like the question of "is America ready for a black president?" because it's more about the specific individual. And the thing is, the people who wouldn't vote for a person because they're black wouldn't vote for a democrat anyway.
This proto-black thinking flies directly in the face of the diversity leftists and blacks tell us they desire. Republicans are not racist, but we are told whitey won't vote black. How long until this is stated in white face while doing a countryclub shuffle to country music?
Thursday, April 03, 2008
Randi Rhodes - Hillary & Geraldine Haven't Spent Time With Eliot 'Black Socks' Spitzer and Stabenow
Left Dining On Themselves
It 
appears that the lovely and vivacious Randi Rhodes of Air (Err) America mugged herself this time. It hasn't been enough for her to lie about being attacked, nor was it thrilling enough to ask that President Bush be shot, now she has attacked Former First Lady Hillary Clinton and former vice presidential candidate, Geraldine Ferraro because they aren't messiah enough for her nation.
appears that the lovely and vivacious Randi Rhodes of Air (Err) America mugged herself this time. It hasn't been enough for her to lie about being attacked, nor was it thrilling enough to ask that President Bush be shot, now she has attacked Former First Lady Hillary Clinton and former vice presidential candidate, Geraldine Ferraro because they aren't messiah enough for her nation.It's a hard task to make Hillary and Geraldine look lady-like, but Randi is just the right little girl to get that done. I love liberals and progressives eating their own. It smells like victory in November. I hope their buffet is 24/7/365.
Pelosi Proves She Is Dumber Than A Box Of Rocks - II
Pelosi warns Petraeus on Iraq testimony
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) warned Gen. David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker on Thursday “not to put a shine on recent events” in Iraq when they testify before Congress next week.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) warned Gen. David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker on Thursday “not to put a shine on recent events” in Iraq when they testify before Congress next week.
It seems Nana didn't learn the last time she tried to question Gen Patraeus' credibility and honesty. America believed him and showed nothing, but scorn for her. As it should be.
Conservatives Aren't Smart Enough To Bar Barr
Barr bid could hurt McCain
Republican campaign pros said a Barr bid could range from causing them some damage all the way to being the equivalent of Ross Perot's 1992 presidential bid, which many Republicans think split their party's voters, unseating then-President Bush and electing Democrat Bill Clinton.
I am so sick of arrogant conservatives acting like little Kennedys who think they're smarter than anyone else. The one man/one vote two party system has kept America strong, but these clowns want us to be an Italian Camelot with a party and platform for every naive person who is too lazy to work within the Republican Party to make changes. Maybe some of these people might remember a fellow named Ronald Reagan or another guy named Newt Gingrich. Jack Kemp might come to mind. Ever hear of Vin Weber?
Oh, that's right, it isn't about money. It's about political purity and the American way.
You people are setting up our failure by electing an Obama or a Hillary and don't give me the we win by losing. We win by winning and we lose by losing.
Electing Democrats is losing. Period.
Republican campaign pros said a Barr bid could range from causing them some damage all the way to being the equivalent of Ross Perot's 1992 presidential bid, which many Republicans think split their party's voters, unseating then-President Bush and electing Democrat Bill Clinton.
I am so sick of arrogant conservatives acting like little Kennedys who think they're smarter than anyone else. The one man/one vote two party system has kept America strong, but these clowns want us to be an Italian Camelot with a party and platform for every naive person who is too lazy to work within the Republican Party to make changes. Maybe some of these people might remember a fellow named Ronald Reagan or another guy named Newt Gingrich. Jack Kemp might come to mind. Ever hear of Vin Weber?
Oh, that's right, it isn't about money. It's about political purity and the American way.
You people are setting up our failure by electing an Obama or a Hillary and don't give me the we win by losing. We win by winning and we lose by losing.
Electing Democrats is losing. Period.
Wahhabi Mecca Is A Bin Laden/Saudi Money Maker
I wrote a piece earlier about Disney does Mecca and now Gateway Pundit has more news about the why.
These projects not only allow the Saudis to profit more from the hajj, which religious Muslims are obliged to make at least once, but also have imposed a Wahabi straitjacket on the pilgrimage. Formerly, Shia and sufic pilgrims observed the hajj with all so
rts of individual rituals and visits to shrines and tombs they referred. Now, thanks to the Bin Ladens' demolition and construction projects only a Wahabi version of the pilgrimage is possible.
rts of individual rituals and visits to shrines and tombs they referred. Now, thanks to the Bin Ladens' demolition and construction projects only a Wahabi version of the pilgrimage is possible.Abraj al-Bait is just part of it, but a big part since it is essentially a Saudi abomination and a Saudi profit center to make huge profits of Islam and the pilgrams that revere Mecca as a holy site.
Wahabis destroying the past to ensure the future? Nah, that would just make them cheap little revisionists like the liberals and progressives here in the United States. Would they aim that low?
Arlen's Spector Of The Public's Basic Right Is Right
A great piece on Arlen Specter by Ben Keeler. The Democrat's press hacks at the NYT probably won't want to cover this.
Senate Shutdown?
The Democrats are banking on winning the White House and ramming through their liberal judges to advance their agenda which isn't popular enough to win at the ballot box.
This is a classic liberal tactic skulking the halls of congress dressed up as parliamentarianism. It's not. It's their standard arrogance polished up to appear merely as being a bully for the people.
Hey, Harry and Nana, acting like Teddy R won't ever make you Teddy R. You ain't got the big stick nor the ability to speak softly. It's beyond your range. Try bigger pearls on your pig, that might work better.
Senate Shutdown?
The Democrats are banking on winning the White House and ramming through their liberal judges to advance their agenda which isn't popular enough to win at the ballot box.
This is a classic liberal tactic skulking the halls of congress dressed up as parliamentarianism. It's not. It's their standard arrogance polished up to appear merely as being a bully for the people.
Hey, Harry and Nana, acting like Teddy R won't ever make you Teddy R. You ain't got the big stick nor the ability to speak softly. It's beyond your range. Try bigger pearls on your pig, that might work better.
Wednesday, April 02, 2008
No Longer The Party Of 'Free' Love
Stabenow's husband caught in Troy prostitution sting, police report says
The co-founder and former CEO of the liberal-progressive Democracy Radio and husband of U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow was caught in February by a Troy police sting aimed at catching prostitutes, according to a police report.
Thomas L. Athans was stopped Feb. 26 by undercover officers investigating a possible prostitution ring in a room at the Residence Inn near Big Beaver and Interstate 75. Athans paid a 20-year-old prostitute $150 for sex in a Troy hotel but was not arrested, according to police reports obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request by The Detroit News. The police report said officers observed Athans enter a room under surveillance and leave 15 minutes later. Detectives followed and stopped Athans' silver 2002 Cadillac DeVille on Interstate 75 near Square Lake Road.
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"(Detectives) stop people coming and going and interview them. If they have a cooperative witness, they will use that person to testify against the ring rather than arrest them. That's what happened in this case," Scherlinck said.
Questions:
Why would a nice young lady be with a "kiss and tell" type of guy?
Why is there such a difference in price between NYC/DC and Troy Michigan?
Why would a prostitute work a cheap motel near Big Beaver?
15 minutes???
Why is a power-to-the-people type guy driving a Cadillac DeVille?
The co-founder and former CEO of the liberal-progressive Democracy Radio and husband of U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow was caught in February by a Troy police sting aimed at catching prostitutes, according to a police report.
Thomas L. Athans was stopped Feb. 26 by undercover officers investigating a possible prostitution ring in a room at the Residence Inn near Big Beaver and Interstate 75. Athans paid a 20-year-old prostitute $150 for sex in a Troy hotel but was not arrested, according to police reports obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request by The Detroit News. The police report said officers observed Athans enter a room under surveillance and leave 15 minutes later. Detectives followed and stopped Athans' silver 2002 Cadillac DeVille on Interstate 75 near Square Lake Road.
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"(Detectives) stop people coming and going and interview them. If they have a cooperative witness, they will use that person to testify against the ring rather than arrest them. That's what happened in this case," Scherlinck said.
Questions:
Why would a nice young lady be with a "kiss and tell" type of guy?
Why is there such a difference in price between NYC/DC and Troy Michigan?
Why would a prostitute work a cheap motel near Big Beaver?
15 minutes???
Why is a power-to-the-people type guy driving a Cadillac DeVille?
Sarkozy Defies Pantywaist's Nyet
The French are scaring our francophiles.
via Vodka Pundit
France eyes bigger Afghan deployment
Francois Fillon, speaking at the National Assembly amid domestic opposition to a bigger French deployment, said NATO and its allies must stop Afghanistan from again becoming a hub of international terrorism.
Jacque Kerry, Sir Hillary Clinton and Baroque Obama are not going to be pleased with this. Their spokesperson said, "Nous sommes mouillage sur nos pantalons."
via Vodka Pundit
France eyes bigger Afghan deployment
Francois Fillon, speaking at the National Assembly amid domestic opposition to a bigger French deployment, said NATO and its allies must stop Afghanistan from again becoming a hub of international terrorism.
Jacque Kerry, Sir Hillary Clinton and Baroque Obama are not going to be pleased with this. Their spokesperson said, "Nous sommes mouillage sur nos pantalons."
Hillary's 34 Years Of Lying VS Obama's New Found Skills
via Gateway Pundit
It appears that Hillary has a long history of being a liar and a conniver to either get what she wants or is told to get by her betters. She went from a Goldwater Girl to a gold digger girl at the speed of ambition.
Watergate-Era Judiciary Chief of Staff: Hillary Clinton Fired For Lies, Unethical Behavior
Jerry Zeifman, a lifelong Democrat, supervised the work of 27-year-old Hillary Rodham on the committee. Hillary got a job working on the investigation at the behest of her former law professor, Burke Marshall, who was also Sen. Ted Kennedy’s chief counsel in the Chappaquiddick affair. When the investigation was over, Zeifman fired Hillary from the committee staff and refused to give her a letter of recommendation – one of only three people who earned that dubious distinction in Zeifman’s 17-year career.
Why?
“Because she was a liar,” Zeifman said in an interview last week. “She was an unethical, dishonest lawyer. She conspired to violate the Constitution, the rules of the House, the rules of the committee and the rules of confidentiality.”
Common thieves
One of the most forceful criticisms of the Clintons was by President Carter’s former Chief of Staff, Hamilton Jordan. On February 21, 2001 Jordon published an article in the Wall Street Journal titled The First Grifters, stating that in describing the Clintons:
A word comes to mind: grifters -- a term used in the Great Depression to describe fast-talking con artists who roamed the countryside, profiting at the expense of the poor and the uneducated, always one step ahead of the law, moving on before they were held accountable for their schemes and half-truths.
Wow! What a choice we have for our country. Hillary who loves only herself or Obama who agreed to cut Wright loose if Wright's message of hate became known.
MATTHEWS: Yes, well, let me show you what the Reverend Jeremiah Wright, the man we‘re looking at right now, Reverend, said to “The New York Times” last year. He, like, gave political advice to his friend, Barack Obama. Quote, “If Barack gets past the primary, he might have to publicly distance himself from me. I said it to Barack personally, and he said, yes, that might have to happen.”
So they apparently had a conversation, according to Reverend Jeremiah Wright, where they both agreed they had to separate ways, disconnect their connections. So they saw the political hazard ahead, and yet they did not make the move. In other words, Barack Obama was warned that the radical statements which he was warned about firsthand by the minister would cause him trouble politically, which they are doing this weekend right as we speak, and he failed to separate himself. What does that tell you about his political judgment?
Two despicable people vying to be the leader of a country that is good and strives to be better each day.
UPDATE: Hot Air is on this as well. Also;
Slublog
Blog-o-Fascists
Maggie's Farm
Maggie's Notebook
Classical Values
Wizbang
Powerline
Ace of Spades
Buzz Blog
Public Secrets: from the files of the Irishspy
Blue Crab Boulevard
Patterico
Accuracy in Media
Fausta
Campaign Standard
For more on Hillary, lying, and the meaning of the Tall Tale of Tuzla
It appears that Hillary has a long history of being a liar and a conniver to either get what she wants or is told to get by her betters. She went from a Goldwater Girl to a gold digger girl at the speed of ambition.
Watergate-Era Judiciary Chief of Staff: Hillary Clinton Fired For Lies, Unethical Behavior
Jerry Zeifman, a lifelong Democrat, supervised the work of 27-year-old Hillary Rodham on the committee. Hillary got a job working on the investigation at the behest of her former law professor, Burke Marshall, who was also Sen. Ted Kennedy’s chief counsel in the Chappaquiddick affair. When the investigation was over, Zeifman fired Hillary from the committee staff and refused to give her a letter of recommendation – one of only three people who earned that dubious distinction in Zeifman’s 17-year career.
Why?
“Because she was a liar,” Zeifman said in an interview last week. “She was an unethical, dishonest lawyer. She conspired to violate the Constitution, the rules of the House, the rules of the committee and the rules of confidentiality.”
Common thieves
One of the most forceful criticisms of the Clintons was by President Carter’s former Chief of Staff, Hamilton Jordan. On February 21, 2001 Jordon published an article in the Wall Street Journal titled The First Grifters, stating that in describing the Clintons:
A word comes to mind: grifters -- a term used in the Great Depression to describe fast-talking con artists who roamed the countryside, profiting at the expense of the poor and the uneducated, always one step ahead of the law, moving on before they were held accountable for their schemes and half-truths.
Wow! What a choice we have for our country. Hillary who loves only herself or Obama who agreed to cut Wright loose if Wright's message of hate became known.
MATTHEWS: Yes, well, let me show you what the Reverend Jeremiah Wright, the man we‘re looking at right now, Reverend, said to “The New York Times” last year. He, like, gave political advice to his friend, Barack Obama. Quote, “If Barack gets past the primary, he might have to publicly distance himself from me. I said it to Barack personally, and he said, yes, that might have to happen.”
So they apparently had a conversation, according to Reverend Jeremiah Wright, where they both agreed they had to separate ways, disconnect their connections. So they saw the political hazard ahead, and yet they did not make the move. In other words, Barack Obama was warned that the radical statements which he was warned about firsthand by the minister would cause him trouble politically, which they are doing this weekend right as we speak, and he failed to separate himself. What does that tell you about his political judgment?
Two despicable people vying to be the leader of a country that is good and strives to be better each day.
UPDATE: Hot Air is on this as well. Also;
Slublog
Blog-o-Fascists
Maggie's Farm
Maggie's Notebook
Classical Values
Wizbang
Powerline
Ace of Spades
Buzz Blog
Public Secrets: from the files of the Irishspy
Blue Crab Boulevard
Patterico
Accuracy in Media
Fausta
Campaign Standard
For more on Hillary, lying, and the meaning of the Tall Tale of Tuzla
Tuesday, April 01, 2008
Saddam's 'useful idiot' Owes Boehner $1 Million
Boehner can collect $1 million in legal fees, judge says
A federal judge says House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, can collect more than $1 million in his lawsuit against Democratic Rep. Jim McDermott of Washington state.
The decision was issued in a decade-long dispute over an illegally taped telephone call. In the 1996 call, Republican leaders discussed an ethics case against then-House Speaker Newt Gingrich, R-Ga. A Florida couple recorded the cell phone call on a radio scanner and McDermott leaked the tape to two newspapers.
Boehner sued and a federal court found that McDermott had no right to release the calls. The Supreme Court decided in December not to revisit the case.
McDermott called the court fight with Boehner “a long and costly battle,” but said the million-dollar judgment was “a small price to pay in defense of so fundamental a principle, and freedom, as the First Amendment.”
Because of the protracted legal challenge, “the First Amendment is stronger today, and shielded by new case law that will buttress its capacity to protect the publication of truthful information on matters of public importance long into the future,” McDermott said in a statement Tuesday. “ Knowing this, I am proud of my role in defense of the First Amendment.”
Yes, McDermott must be proud in his role as defender of the First Amendment after he so rigorously defended his boss, Saddam's, right to say he was going to wage the Mother of All Battles against the evil United States of America. Or maybe he was just defending his right to speak as a useful idiot of Saddam.
“The President of the United States will lie to the American people in order to get us into this war.”
McDermott has done so much damage to this country it is hard to calculate. It is easy to calculate how much money McDermott will personally pay Congressman John Boehner because the Left's and McDermott's useful idiots will foot the bill.
A federal judge says House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, can collect more than $1 million in his lawsuit against Democratic Rep. Jim McDermott of Washington state.
The decision was issued in a decade-long dispute over an illegally taped telephone call. In the 1996 call, Republican leaders discussed an ethics case against then-House Speaker Newt Gingrich, R-Ga. A Florida couple recorded the cell phone call on a radio scanner and McDermott leaked the tape to two newspapers.
Boehner sued and a federal court found that McDermott had no right to release the calls. The Supreme Court decided in December not to revisit the case.
McDermott called the court fight with Boehner “a long and costly battle,” but said the million-dollar judgment was “a small price to pay in defense of so fundamental a principle, and freedom, as the First Amendment.”
Because of the protracted legal challenge, “the First Amendment is stronger today, and shielded by new case law that will buttress its capacity to protect the publication of truthful information on matters of public importance long into the future,” McDermott said in a statement Tuesday. “ Knowing this, I am proud of my role in defense of the First Amendment.”
Yes, McDermott must be proud in his role as defender of the First Amendment after he so rigorously defended his boss, Saddam's, right to say he was going to wage the Mother of All Battles against the evil United States of America. Or maybe he was just defending his right to speak as a useful idiot of Saddam.
“The President of the United States will lie to the American people in order to get us into this war.”
McDermott has done so much damage to this country it is hard to calculate. It is easy to calculate how much money McDermott will personally pay Congressman John Boehner because the Left's and McDermott's useful idiots will foot the bill.
John McCain For President
It isn't just stop Hillary or Obama anymore, but there is that.
From Instapundit.
THE IMPACT OF VIRAL MEDIA: An email from a former student of mine in the UK:
It has been a long time since I e-mailed you.Anyway, my wife and I have been living in the UK since early 2000 and have been experiencing the US political scene from a distance since then. I watched the anti-Obama videos you linked today with some interest. I have always been a conservative so I would not vote for the Democractic nominee in any event, but I haven't been an enthusiastic McCain guy. He seemed too much like Bob Dole the Sequel to me. He came to London and I could have met him, but I couldn't be bothered at the time even though I deeply respect the sacrifices he made during his captivity.
Now I have watched Obama's commercial to "slow down" the development of weapon's programmes and more importantly saw the "Man in the Arena" ad linked on YouTube. I have to say that now I am a convert. I am not like the fake Republicans that the NY Times seems to find that support whatever liberal agenda the Times is pushing at the moment. There is a lot I would not like about a McCain Presidency. On the other hand, I love my country and, notwithstanding what Mickey Kaus thinks about having a president with dark skin somehow deterring a potential terrorist, it does us no good if Obama throws away our real defences. I can never see Obama saying or even thinking that "Do not flinch. Stand Up. We're Americans and we will never surrender. They will." That is the most important issue for me. It must trump all others.
I must say that now I will have to donate to the McCain campaign. I was going to sit this election out (except for voting), but now I see I need to do everything I can to help. I am a father. How could I not do as much as I can to make the world safe for my little girl? Anything less is negligent.
That one commercial made me a reluctant convert to the McCain campaign.
McCain has to hope that this will happen a lot between now and November.
From Instapundit.
THE IMPACT OF VIRAL MEDIA: An email from a former student of mine in the UK:
It has been a long time since I e-mailed you.Anyway, my wife and I have been living in the UK since early 2000 and have been experiencing the US political scene from a distance since then. I watched the anti-Obama videos you linked today with some interest. I have always been a conservative so I would not vote for the Democractic nominee in any event, but I haven't been an enthusiastic McCain guy. He seemed too much like Bob Dole the Sequel to me. He came to London and I could have met him, but I couldn't be bothered at the time even though I deeply respect the sacrifices he made during his captivity.
Now I have watched Obama's commercial to "slow down" the development of weapon's programmes and more importantly saw the "Man in the Arena" ad linked on YouTube. I have to say that now I am a convert. I am not like the fake Republicans that the NY Times seems to find that support whatever liberal agenda the Times is pushing at the moment. There is a lot I would not like about a McCain Presidency. On the other hand, I love my country and, notwithstanding what Mickey Kaus thinks about having a president with dark skin somehow deterring a potential terrorist, it does us no good if Obama throws away our real defences. I can never see Obama saying or even thinking that "Do not flinch. Stand Up. We're Americans and we will never surrender. They will." That is the most important issue for me. It must trump all others.
I must say that now I will have to donate to the McCain campaign. I was going to sit this election out (except for voting), but now I see I need to do everything I can to help. I am a father. How could I not do as much as I can to make the world safe for my little girl? Anything less is negligent.
That one commercial made me a reluctant convert to the McCain campaign.
McCain has to hope that this will happen a lot between now and November.
Monday, March 31, 2008
The psychology of voting
via Tony Phyrillas
[He] received an e-mail from a New York University student who is conducting a research study on how people pick a president as part of his work toward a degree in psychology.
Matthew Schottland is conducting a Web survey as part of his study.Schottland assures [him] that the project is not to sell anything, make a profit, or promote any sort of political agenda
You can take the survey at:
http://www.psychsurveys.org/brietruesdell/2008primaries
[He] received an e-mail from a New York University student who is conducting a research study on how people pick a president as part of his work toward a degree in psychology.
Matthew Schottland is conducting a Web survey as part of his study.Schottland assures [him] that the project is not to sell anything, make a profit, or promote any sort of political agenda
You can take the survey at:
http://www.psychsurveys.org/brietruesdell/2008primaries
Health Nazis Ally With Communists To Ban Butts
Beijing to ban smoking ahead of Olympics: official media
In addition to cleansing the air China's new anti-flooding program will consist of female children with 2 or more vowels in their first name to use their fingers to plug holes in the country's dikes on alternate days during the rain season. Officials have already announced the complete success of both programs.
In addition to cleansing the air China's new anti-flooding program will consist of female children with 2 or more vowels in their first name to use their fingers to plug holes in the country's dikes on alternate days during the rain season. Officials have already announced the complete success of both programs.
Sunday, March 30, 2008
James Earl Carter Report To Your Gate For Immediate Departure
Mugabe apparently faces major defeat in Zimbabwe
How can Robert win without your ballot expertise Jimmah? Oh, and while you're there the roof and foundation of Democracy need repair. Maybe you can help habitat it after you make sure the election is fair and Mugabe wins. I mean, don't you and Andy Young want Mugabe's reign of terror to continue to further freedom and justice by murdering anybody that dares disagree with him? Get on board Jimmah, Bobby Mugabe needs you!
How can Robert win without your ballot expertise Jimmah? Oh, and while you're there the roof and foundation of Democracy need repair. Maybe you can help habitat it after you make sure the election is fair and Mugabe wins. I mean, don't you and Andy Young want Mugabe's reign of terror to continue to further freedom and justice by murdering anybody that dares disagree with him? Get on board Jimmah, Bobby Mugabe needs you!
"Earth Hour" goes globally silly
Speaking of bogus science such as aLgORE's global warming, now his minions of those that care more than you and are smarter than thee have brought us;
"Earth Hour" goes global
"It is not just about turning off the lights, it is about raising awareness," San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom said. "Energy efficiency is low-hanging fruit. Energy efficiency is the easiest thing we can do" to reduce global warming.
I think the truest thing said during the entire event is that Gavin seems to like the dark better while promoters like the limelight. What a crock.
"Earth Hour" goes global
"It is not just about turning off the lights, it is about raising awareness," San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom said. "Energy efficiency is low-hanging fruit. Energy efficiency is the easiest thing we can do" to reduce global warming.
I think the truest thing said during the entire event is that Gavin seems to like the dark better while promoters like the limelight. What a crock.
Bogus Science
I grew up in a family wedded to the sciences so this headline is sad;
Mobile phones 'more dangerous than smoking'
They may be right, but who knows and fewer are caring every day because "scientific" activists have been lying to us for decades. To make a name or make a fortune "scientists" have released information that is premature, incomplete or an outright lie concerning Alar, DDT, global warming, secondhand smoke, etc., and now cell phones.
Would I like to believe them, yes. Will I, no because science has been sullied by "scientists" and an out of control and overweight government attempting to justify the billions of dollars they steal from us each year by backing wild claims with little or no factual support.
Science and the NIH, for example, have become part of the health problem.
Mobile phones 'more dangerous than smoking'
They may be right, but who knows and fewer are caring every day because "scientific" activists have been lying to us for decades. To make a name or make a fortune "scientists" have released information that is premature, incomplete or an outright lie concerning Alar, DDT, global warming, secondhand smoke, etc., and now cell phones.
Would I like to believe them, yes. Will I, no because science has been sullied by "scientists" and an out of control and overweight government attempting to justify the billions of dollars they steal from us each year by backing wild claims with little or no factual support.
Science and the NIH, for example, have become part of the health problem.
Saturday, March 29, 2008
Only 34% Of West Virginia Have Real Jobs
Well, if 50% of the state population works for some form of government and 1 in 6 are on food stamps that means approximately 34% have jobs that are worth having. Ex-Kleagle pay appears to be pretty good though. Kinda like a US Senator might have if one can quote Cato in response to any question and wear a toga with headgear.
Friday, March 28, 2008
Murdering Murtha Wrong Again
Via Gateway Pundit who has been on this in depth
ALL CHARGES DROPPED Against Haditha Marine LCpl. Tatum
Marine LCpl. Tatum has had all charges dropped for his actions in Haditha, but I am sure Jack Murtha is at a fund raiser or is face down in a pork trough and hasn't heard. Otherwise he would publicly apologize right after getting off the phone from apologizing personally to each of the Marines. Just remember, he loves the troops just like Harry and Nancy do which is why Murtha publicly convicted them before they were tried.
None of the Marines will be charged with "cold blooded murder." Can Murtha be charged with character murder? How will Murtha help these men get their lives back? To paraphrase Secretary of Labor Ray Donovan, "What office do they go to get their reputation back?"
Marines killed Iraqis ‘in cold blood’
"there was no firefight, there was no IED (improvised explosive device) that killed these innocent people. Our troops overreacted because of the pressure on them, and they killed innocent civilians in cold blood."
Why do sad old loads like this keep getting reelected? Anyone in Pennsylvania know?
ALL CHARGES DROPPED Against Haditha Marine LCpl. Tatum
Marine LCpl. Tatum has had all charges dropped for his actions in Haditha, but I am sure Jack Murtha is at a fund raiser or is face down in a pork trough and hasn't heard. Otherwise he would publicly apologize right after getting off the phone from apologizing personally to each of the Marines. Just remember, he loves the troops just like Harry and Nancy do which is why Murtha publicly convicted them before they were tried.
None of the Marines will be charged with "cold blooded murder." Can Murtha be charged with character murder? How will Murtha help these men get their lives back? To paraphrase Secretary of Labor Ray Donovan, "What office do they go to get their reputation back?"
Marines killed Iraqis ‘in cold blood’
"there was no firefight, there was no IED (improvised explosive device) that killed these innocent people. Our troops overreacted because of the pressure on them, and they killed innocent civilians in cold blood."
Why do sad old loads like this keep getting reelected? Anyone in Pennsylvania know?
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Twenty-Somethings Arming The World All By Themselves! Really.
AEY is a great company except for its bad products, having a twenty-something masseur for a VP, a psycho twenty-something President and probably a connection to the Eastern European and Russian mafias. Other than that, well, it's a great company.
It's listed with the Defense Procurement agency as being in Miami Beach and it shares its telephone number with another company by the same name that lists its business as the construction of buildings. Phone: 305-672-2479.
SNAFU LIVES!
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Barack Obama Missed Jeremiah Once Again
via Gateway Pundit from
Obama's Pastor Wright: "Italians Look Down Their Garlic Noses... Jesus Got Public Lynching Italian Style"
Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr., pastor emeritus of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago where Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) has been a member for two decades, slurred Italians in a piece published in the most recent issue of Trumpet Newsmagazine."
(Jesus') enemies had their opinion about Him," Wright wrote in a eulogy of the late scholar Asa Hilliard in the November/December 2007 issue. "The Italians for the most part looked down their garlic noses at the Galileans."
Wright continued, "From the circumstances surrounding Jesus' birth (in a barn in a township that was under the Apartheid Roman government that said his daddy had to be in), up to and including the circumstances surrounding Jesus' death on a cross, a Roman cross, public lynching Italian style. ..."
He refused to be defined by others and Dr. Asa Hilliard also refused to be defined by others. The government runs everything from the White House to the schoolhouse, from the Capitol to the Klan, white supremacy is clearly in charge, but Asa, like Jesus, refused to be defined by an oppressive government because Asa got his identity from an Omnipotent God."
Garlic noses? Jeremiah, you pompous illiterate old fool, just stop running your mouth. Everything you see wrong in the world was caused by someone else and that someone was never colored except those "uncle toms" that don't agree with your crap. Now that we've learned of your hate we're told that most African -American Churches spew the same hatred of America and whites. If that's true, then Houston, we've got a problem.
Jeremiah, Barack, Michelle and Otis, Jr - Everything does NOT come down to slavery. That was then and this is now. Jesus doesn't believe in afro-centrism anymore than He's going make sure the Irish are in heaven a hour before the Devil knows they're dead, plus attempting to tie apartheid to the Bible ain't gonna make St Peter mucho happy.
Garlic noses? My Italian wife says you're a hypocritical racist and she'd be right Wright, you pathetic excuse for a pastor for the Lord.
20 years Barack? The marriage, the house, the babies? You must privately believe this man which makes you a public liar and racist because no one is so stupid to be around a fool like this and not know he is a fool. Even a hustler knows another hustler without being told.
Obama's Pastor Wright: "Italians Look Down Their Garlic Noses... Jesus Got Public Lynching Italian Style"
Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr., pastor emeritus of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago where Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) has been a member for two decades, slurred Italians in a piece published in the most recent issue of Trumpet Newsmagazine."
(Jesus') enemies had their opinion about Him," Wright wrote in a eulogy of the late scholar Asa Hilliard in the November/December 2007 issue. "The Italians for the most part looked down their garlic noses at the Galileans."
Wright continued, "From the circumstances surrounding Jesus' birth (in a barn in a township that was under the Apartheid Roman government that said his daddy had to be in), up to and including the circumstances surrounding Jesus' death on a cross, a Roman cross, public lynching Italian style. ..."
He refused to be defined by others and Dr. Asa Hilliard also refused to be defined by others. The government runs everything from the White House to the schoolhouse, from the Capitol to the Klan, white supremacy is clearly in charge, but Asa, like Jesus, refused to be defined by an oppressive government because Asa got his identity from an Omnipotent God."
Garlic noses? Jeremiah, you pompous illiterate old fool, just stop running your mouth. Everything you see wrong in the world was caused by someone else and that someone was never colored except those "uncle toms" that don't agree with your crap. Now that we've learned of your hate we're told that most African -
Jeremiah, Barack, Michelle and Otis, Jr - Everything does NOT come down to slavery. That was then and this is now. Jesus doesn't believe in afro-centrism anymore than He's going make sure the Irish are in heaven a hour before the Devil knows they're dead, plus attempting to tie apartheid to the Bible ain't gonna make St Peter mucho happy.
Garlic noses? My Italian wife says you're a hypocritical racist and she'd be right Wright, you pathetic excuse for a pastor for the Lord.
20 years Barack? The marriage, the house, the babies? You must privately believe this man which makes you a public liar and racist because no one is so stupid to be around a fool like this and not know he is a fool. Even a hustler knows another hustler without being told.
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
More Gore Bore?
Mark Tomasik: Don't discount Gore-led ticket
When a Clinton or Obama just won't do, run Al run. If Al can expel enough hot air it could aid his global warming cause.
When a Clinton or Obama just won't do, run Al run. If Al can expel enough hot air it could aid his global warming cause.
Monday, March 24, 2008
Barack Obama Is Too Progressive To Be Called Liberal
Obama's promise of a new majority, and the question it prompts
Obama, in an interview, said that "a lot of these old labels don't apply anymore."
He said he was a progressive and a pragmatist, eager to tackle the big issues like health care and convinced that the Democrats could rally independents and disaffected Republicans to their agenda.
...
Obama says he understands the criticism of his voting record, but argues that the Senate is so ideologically polarized it is hard not to end up on one side or the other.
"The only votes that come up are votes that are purposely designed to divide people," he said. "It's true that if I'm presented with a series of votes like that, I'm more likely to fall left of center than right of center. But as president, I would be setting the terms of debate."
...
They say he is ready for a new, self-assured progressive era in which progressives (few have returned to the word liberal) make no apologies about their goals - universal health care, withdrawing troops from Iraq, ending tax breaks for more affluent Americans - and assume that a broad swath of the public shares them.
Progressive Platform
Introduction:
With this platform, we declare our commitment to common cause and our desire for clear commitments from our elected officials. This platform is founded in a shared vision of a sustainable and just economy with respect for the environment, human rights, and a culture of peace. It is grounded in the values of the United States Constitution and Bill of Rights, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and the Earth Charter. Our platform is a collection of bold, uncompromised positions on the most fundamental questions of our democracy.
This is a living document, the contents of which will evolve. We hope the spirit of common cause will guide us toward establishing a foundation built from our ability to agree, rather than our penchant for argument.
Obama, in an interview, said that "a lot of these old labels don't apply anymore."
He said he was a progressive and a pragmatist, eager to tackle the big issues like health care and convinced that the Democrats could rally independents and disaffected Republicans to their agenda.
...
Obama says he understands the criticism of his voting record, but argues that the Senate is so ideologically polarized it is hard not to end up on one side or the other.
"The only votes that come up are votes that are purposely designed to divide people," he said. "It's true that if I'm presented with a series of votes like that, I'm more likely to fall left of center than right of center. But as president, I would be setting the terms of debate."
...
They say he is ready for a new, self-assured progressive era in which progressives (few have returned to the word liberal) make no apologies about their goals - universal health care, withdrawing troops from Iraq, ending tax breaks for more affluent Americans - and assume that a broad swath of the public shares them.
Progressive Platform
Introduction:
With this platform, we declare our commitment to common cause and our desire for clear commitments from our elected officials. This platform is founded in a shared vision of a sustainable and just economy with respect for the environment, human rights, and a culture of peace. It is grounded in the values of the United States Constitution and Bill of Rights, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and the Earth Charter. Our platform is a collection of bold, uncompromised positions on the most fundamental questions of our democracy.
This is a living document, the contents of which will evolve. We hope the spirit of common cause will guide us toward establishing a foundation built from our ability to agree, rather than our penchant for argument.
Roger Stone Cold Revisits The Spitzer Family
Eliot, you were arrogant, nee stupidly arrogant, but you've always been an incredibly stupid egotist. It never endeared you to anyone, not even your overpaid hookers, but it has warmed the hearts of those you've dissed off as they watch your fall into a pond of slime of your own making.
He that may have the warmest heart is the Rog. The Rog is also known as Roger Stone, the elegant badboy who loves his work. The Spitzer and those like him hate Roger's work, but those that love creativity love Roger's work and Roger pin-pricking the Spitzer's bubble with unshorn mid-calf socks worn in mid-sex activity as corroborating evidence to the FBI is indeed creative.
Eliot's ego was and is too stupid to screw with Roger.
Stone, known for shutting down the 2000 presidential election recount effort in Miami-Dade County, is a longtime Spitzer nemesis whose political experience ranges from the Nixon White House to Al Sharpton's presidential campaign. His lawyer wrote the letter containing the call-girl allegations after FBI agents had asked to speak to Stone, though he says the FBI did not specify why he was contacted.
''Mr. Stone respectfully declines to meet with you at this time,'' the letter states, before going on to offer ''certain information'' about Spitzer.
''The governor has paid literally tens of thousands of dollars for these services. It is Mr. Stone's understanding that the governor paid not with credit cards or cash but through some pre-arranged transfer,'' the letter said.
''It is also my client's understanding from the same source that Governor Spitzer did not remove his mid-calf length black socks during the sex act. Perhaps you can use this detail to corroborate Mr. Stone's information,'' the letter said, signed by attorney Paul Rolf Jensen of Costa Mesa, Calif.
The letter also notes that while Stone believes the information is true, he ''cannot swear to its accuracy'' because it is second-hand.
Alas, poor Eliot, you thought yourself wonderfully vicious in your vengeance, but it is Roger who is smiling at your mid-calf blackies now.
The letter was written several months after allegations were leveled at Stone that he had left a threatening phone message at the office of Bernard Spitzer, the ex-governor's father, regarding ''phony'' campaign loans involving his son's unsuccessful 1994 bid for attorney general. Stone denied making the call but resigned as a consultant for state Senate Republicans in Albany.
Never screw with Roger.
''We trust this information was helpful to federal authorities in making their case against Mr. Spitzer,'' Buschel said.
Never.
He that may have the warmest heart is the Rog. The Rog is also known as Roger Stone, the elegant badboy who loves his work. The Spitzer and those like him hate Roger's work, but those that love creativity love Roger's work and Roger pin-pricking the Spitzer's bubble with unshorn mid-calf socks worn in mid-sex activity as corroborating evidence to the FBI is indeed creative.
Eliot's ego was and is too stupid to screw with Roger.
Stone, known for shutting down the 2000 presidential election recount effort in Miami-Dade County, is a longtime Spitzer nemesis whose political experience ranges from the Nixon White House to Al Sharpton's presidential campaign. His lawyer wrote the letter containing the call-girl allegations after FBI agents had asked to speak to Stone, though he says the FBI did not specify why he was contacted.
''Mr. Stone respectfully declines to meet with you at this time,'' the letter states, before going on to offer ''certain information'' about Spitzer.
''The governor has paid literally tens of thousands of dollars for these services. It is Mr. Stone's understanding that the governor paid not with credit cards or cash but through some pre-arranged transfer,'' the letter said.
''It is also my client's understanding from the same source that Governor Spitzer did not remove his mid-calf length black socks during the sex act. Perhaps you can use this detail to corroborate Mr. Stone's information,'' the letter said, signed by attorney Paul Rolf Jensen of Costa Mesa, Calif.
The letter also notes that while Stone believes the information is true, he ''cannot swear to its accuracy'' because it is second-hand.
Alas, poor Eliot, you thought yourself wonderfully vicious in your vengeance, but it is Roger who is smiling at your mid-calf blackies now.
The letter was written several months after allegations were leveled at Stone that he had left a threatening phone message at the office of Bernard Spitzer, the ex-governor's father, regarding ''phony'' campaign loans involving his son's unsuccessful 1994 bid for attorney general. Stone denied making the call but resigned as a consultant for state Senate Republicans in Albany.
Never screw with Roger.
''We trust this information was helpful to federal authorities in making their case against Mr. Spitzer,'' Buschel said.
Never.
Sunday, March 23, 2008
Saturday, March 22, 2008
Christians That Do Not Understand Christianity
"In order to be sensitive to the physical, intellectual, and emotional development of preschoolers, First Look has chosen not to include the Easter story in our curriculum. Instead, we are focusing on the Last Supper, when Jesus shared a meal and spent time with the people He loved. We have made this choice because the crucifixion is simply too violent for preschoolers. And if we were to skip the crucifixion and go straight to the resurrection, then preschoolers would be confused."
Maybe if more Christians just put away that whole "Jesus just wants to be my friend" schtick they might get a tad closer to Christianity. I don't want to bill myself as a scholar (I am most assuredly not) or even a particularly good Christian ( I try), but Jesus wasn't looking to find buddies when he was chasing the money changers from the temple. When I was a child the story of the crucifixtion and the resurrection did not scare me, it spoke a solemn and then joyful truth that gave me purpose.
Maybe if more Christians just put away that whole "Jesus just wants to be my friend" schtick they might get a tad closer to Christianity. I don't want to bill myself as a scholar (I am most assuredly not) or even a particularly good Christian ( I try), but Jesus wasn't looking to find buddies when he was chasing the money changers from the temple. When I was a child the story of the crucifixtion and the resurrection did not scare me, it spoke a solemn and then joyful truth that gave me purpose.
Lizard Head Makes Judas Call RE Satan's Sister
Pot calling kettle black, etc.
First a Tense Talk With Clinton, Then Richardson Backs Obama
“An act of betrayal,” said James Carville, an adviser to Mrs. Clinton and a friend of Mr. Clinton.
“Mr. Richardson’s endorsement came right around the anniversary of the day when Judas sold out for 30 pieces of silver, so I think the timing is appropriate, if ironic,” Mr. Carville said, referring to Holy Week.
I would venture a Carville ancestor loaned the 30 pieces of silver to the High Priest Caiaphas, for payment to Judas.
First a Tense Talk With Clinton, Then Richardson Backs Obama
“An act of betrayal,” said James Carville, an adviser to Mrs. Clinton and a friend of Mr. Clinton.
“Mr. Richardson’s endorsement came right around the anniversary of the day when Judas sold out for 30 pieces of silver, so I think the timing is appropriate, if ironic,” Mr. Carville said, referring to Holy Week.
I would venture a Carville ancestor loaned the 30 pieces of silver to the High Priest Caiaphas, for payment to Judas.
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Obama II; Wright Is Wrong, But Meeks Ain't Meek
HT to Bizzy Blog. Another good catch.
Another ‘Close Religious Adviser’ to Obama Old Media Has Ignored
State Senator/Preacher and influential leader (just ask him) James Meeks bills himself as a "close advisor" to Obama. As a close advisor Meeks believes his use of "nigger" is an endearment, but any blacks who don't believe as he does is a "house nigger" and white politicians are "slave masters." But Tony Rezko's money shows no color.
Another ‘Close Religious Adviser’ to Obama Old Media Has Ignored
State Senator/Preacher and influential leader (just ask him) James Meeks bills himself as a "close advisor" to Obama. As a close advisor Meeks believes his use of "nigger" is an endearment, but any blacks who don't believe as he does is a "house nigger" and white politicians are "slave masters." But Tony Rezko's money shows no color.
Denison Does Fugly II
Denison weighs possible Cleveland Hall appealDenison University president Dale Knobel said the university will make a careful evaluation of its options before deciding whether to appeal a judge's decision overruling the village's approval of a proposed modern addition to Cleveland Hall.
In a March 10 ruling, Licking County Common Pleas Court Judge Jon Spahr decided Village Council was in error when it upheld a February 2007 Granville Planning Commission
ruling allowing an all-glass addition to the building, which is located in a historic district.
ruling allowing an all-glass addition to the building, which is located in a historic district....
Lost in the whirl of legal action, Knobel said, is the university's effort to preserve a historic building that when improved "would serve the educational needs of students and faculty."
Not lost in the whirl of legal action is inappropriate behavior by Denison, the village council and the hopes and desires of the citizens of Granville, but the Knobel really doesn't care about that.
In an earlier piece, Teh Fugly, is some background on how the modern addition to the historic Cleveland Hall was wrong in design, wrong in how Denison University handled getting permission and wrong in how the Granville council and the planning commission handled the process. The permit should never have been given. Whether one thinks the addition "good" or not is not the question. The addition goes against the historic restrictions on the area and 
Denison is not a super-citizen of Granville that can waive the rules and have them only apply to the little citizens. Denison has already played the bully by erecting totally inappropriate (and incredibly ugly) buildings across the street from Cleveland Hall and on nearby streets against the will of the community that supports and welcomes the university.
Denison is not a super-citizen of Granville that can waive the rules and have them only apply to the little citizens. Denison has already played the bully by erecting totally inappropriate (and incredibly ugly) buildings across the street from Cleveland Hall and on nearby streets against the will of the community that supports and welcomes the university.To envision the impact on the village generally and the nearby residents who abide by the historic rules of the area specifically, one only has to listen to the words of Denison's $160 million Higher Ground Campaign co-chair:
"Cleveland Hall is a defining structure on our campus skyline," Armacost said. "It is on one of the major paths between the upper and lower campuses, meaning students pass by it every day. Renovation will return it to its pristine beauty and preserve it for future generations."
As discussed before, pristine and tacking a modernistic glass box onto a historic building are two different things, especially on the defining structure on the campus skyline. Pristine is how it was in its pure form that became historic. Pristine in Armacost's sense would be like attaching a quonset hut to the Alamo for better storage.
Good for the judge and good for the village. Also, in the long run good for Denison. We don't need a redux of the horrible 60's style building campaigns still blighting campuses and their surrounding areas.
If Denison has to spend a significant amount of money to remove the illegally erected structure in place then maybe Denison can explain that expense as a lesson in how not to be a good member of a community.
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Bank of Goracle Hoping To Bank A Trillion Globally
In light of more and more scientists refuting the teachings of the Bank of Goracle leave it to MSNBC to state as fact that which is not considered fact; that man is destroying the ecological balance of earth thus hastening the demise of all living things on the planet. Mean old man. Bastard.
Global warming hastens arrival of springtime
The capital's famous cherry trees are primed to burst out in a perfect pink peak about the end of this month. Thirty years ago, the trees usually waited to bloom till around April 5.
In central California, the first of the field skipper sachem, a drab little butterfly, was fluttering about on March 12. Just 25 years ago, that creature predictably emerged there anywhere from mid-April to mid-May.
And sneezes are coming earlier in Philadelphia. On March 9, when allergist Dr. Donald Dvorin set up his monitor, maple pollen was already heavy in the air. Less than two decades ago, that pollen couldn't be measured until late April.
Pollen is bursting. Critters are stirring. Buds are swelling. Biologists are worrying.
"The alarm clock that all the plants and animals are listening to is running too fast," Stanford University biologist Terry Root said.
Blame global warming.
The fingerprints of man-made climate change are evident in seasonal timing changes for thousands of species on Earth, according to dozens of studies and last year's authoritative report by the Nobel Prize-winning international climate scientists. More than 30 scientists told The Associated Press how global warming is affecting plants and animals at springtime across the country, in nearly every state. (emp mine)
How else can the shareholders in the Bank of Goracle share in the trillions of dollars that they hope will be spent globally to combat that which is poppycock.
Global warming hastens arrival of springtime
The capital's famous cherry trees are primed to burst out in a perfect pink peak about the end of this month. Thirty years ago, the trees usually waited to bloom till around April 5.
In central California, the first of the field skipper sachem, a drab little butterfly, was fluttering about on March 12. Just 25 years ago, that creature predictably emerged there anywhere from mid-April to mid-May.
And sneezes are coming earlier in Philadelphia. On March 9, when allergist Dr. Donald Dvorin set up his monitor, maple pollen was already heavy in the air. Less than two decades ago, that pollen couldn't be measured until late April.
Pollen is bursting. Critters are stirring. Buds are swelling. Biologists are worrying.
"The alarm clock that all the plants and animals are listening to is running too fast," Stanford University biologist Terry Root said.
Blame global warming.
The fingerprints of man-made climate change are evident in seasonal timing changes for thousands of species on Earth, according to dozens of studies and last year's authoritative report by the Nobel Prize-winning international climate scientists. More than 30 scientists told The Associated Press how global warming is affecting plants and animals at springtime across the country, in nearly every state. (emp mine)
How else can the shareholders in the Bank of Goracle share in the trillions of dollars that they hope will be spent globally to combat that which is poppycock.
Modern Messianism
At the risk of exciting many of our Progressive Democrats:
Messianism is any field of philosophy which concerns itself with the interpretations of stories about a world hero or the establishment of a Utopian world. The four most common topics of messianism are the Messiah, the Saoshyant, the Maitreya, and the Kalki found in Christianity, Judaic adventism/Zionism and Islam, Zoroastrianism, Buddhism, and Hinduism respectively, though Marxism and many other fields also present messianisms.
Tom Blogical Is Back!
Even though the Easter Bunny is probably gonna poop in Tom's basket instead leaving an egg or two, I am glad he is back writing.
It's only blogical.
It's only blogical.
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Can You Tell One Socialist From Another?
I saw this quiz at Bob's Blog and it is quite an eye opener. See if you can tie the quote to the Socialist.
The Hawaiian Kenyan Indonesian LA NYC Southside Chicago Messiah Is An Imperfect Vessel
Obama walks arrogance line
The power of his message lies in its humility. As he told 7,000 supporters at a rally last month, "I am an imperfect vessel for your hopes and dreams."
To save you some time reading the transcript of his speech earlier today;
Blah, blah, blah. Believe in me and you shall not perish. Blah, blah, blah. The last twenty years happened the way I remember them, not the way you white people remember. Blah, blah, blah. I'm addressing your deepest concerns, not the deepest concerns you think you have. I AM the messiah! Blah, blah, blah. Oh, and, CHANGE! CHANGE!! CHANGE!!!
It appears that little Andy Sullivan attended the Michelle Obama church school of Johny-come-lately in his post speech piece about loving Orama and America in one breathless moment. Jeez guys, get a room why don't you.
Bill Clinton once said that everything bad in America can be rectified by what is good in America. He was right - and Obama takes that to a new level. And does it with the deepest darkest wound in this country’s history.
I love this country. I don’t remember loving it or hoping more from it than today.
I agree with Snarky Bastard, "Blech."
The power of his message lies in its humility. As he told 7,000 supporters at a rally last month, "I am an imperfect vessel for your hopes and dreams."
To save you some time reading the transcript of his speech earlier today;
Blah, blah, blah. Believe in me and you shall not perish. Blah, blah, blah. The last twenty years happened the way I remember them, not the way you white people remember. Blah, blah, blah. I'm addressing your deepest concerns, not the deepest concerns you think you have. I AM the messiah! Blah, blah, blah. Oh, and, CHANGE! CHANGE!! CHANGE!!!
It appears that little Andy Sullivan attended the Michelle Obama church school of Johny-come-lately in his post speech piece about loving Orama and America in one breathless moment. Jeez guys, get a room why don't you.
Bill Clinton once said that everything bad in America can be rectified by what is good in America. He was right - and Obama takes that to a new level. And does it with the deepest darkest wound in this country’s history.
I love this country. I don’t remember loving it or hoping more from it than today.
I agree with Snarky Bastard, "Blech."
Michigan & Florida In Counseling
After what appears to be some financial counseling from the Clintons;
REPORT: Dem Michigan 'Re-do' Said Unlikely...
Florida Dems Abandon Primary Re-Vote Plan...
Helping them decide not to redo -- A couple mill$
Making them accept looking like fools -- A couple more mill$
Screwing democray to get what you want -- Priceless
REPORT: Dem Michigan 'Re-do' Said Unlikely...
Florida Dems Abandon Primary Re-Vote Plan...
Helping them decide not to redo -- A couple mill$
Making them accept looking like fools -- A couple more mill$
Screwing democray to get what you want -- Priceless
Monday, March 17, 2008
A Discordent Note In The Politics Of Now
I love this country. I choose to say so now because of the HBO presentation of John Adams.
Part one of the presentation allowed me to mentally wander through the teachings of my parents, teachers and numerous readings and visits of historical America. It is a wonderful roam to make. The inspiration garnered from the echoing walls of Independence Hall, Valley Forge, Yorktown and Williamsburg is an inspiration that lifts one's life.
Franklin's statement "We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately" is at the core of the birth of our nation. That John Adams believed it possible that God might not shine his grace on the endeavor, but saw the wondrous rays of hope in freedom that played to the hopeful self doubt on the Founders.
Members of my family have been involved in every conflict since Europeans came to America, sometimes on both sides such as the Revolution and the Civil War. Ironically some of those who fought the British lost everything only to see their Tory relatives slink off to Britain with the family silver and everything else. In the Civil War, some, such as my great grandfather with the VA 8th, were wounded, lost their entire estate to carpetbaggers (aka, scum of the earth) and still recovered with the help of their cousins up north.
The bond that all shared was the belief in and love of their country. This may not be a central part of the political dialogue of today, but it it always at the core of how I think.
Part one of the presentation allowed me to mentally wander through the teachings of my parents, teachers and numerous readings and visits of historical America. It is a wonderful roam to make. The inspiration garnered from the echoing walls of Independence Hall, Valley Forge, Yorktown and Williamsburg is an inspiration that lifts one's life.
Franklin's statement "We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately" is at the core of the birth of our nation. That John Adams believed it possible that God might not shine his grace on the endeavor, but saw the wondrous rays of hope in freedom that played to the hopeful self doubt on the Founders.
Members of my family have been involved in every conflict since Europeans came to America, sometimes on both sides such as the Revolution and the Civil War. Ironically some of those who fought the British lost everything only to see their Tory relatives slink off to Britain with the family silver and everything else. In the Civil War, some, such as my great grandfather with the VA 8th, were wounded, lost their entire estate to carpetbaggers (aka, scum of the earth) and still recovered with the help of their cousins up north.
The bond that all shared was the belief in and love of their country. This may not be a central part of the political dialogue of today, but it it always at the core of how I think.
Saint Paddy Wagon Day
If you have ever been to bars or have, say, a family member in medicine you are aware that Saint Patrick's Day is actually amatuer's day. So is New Year's Eve.
Besides, Saint Patrick didn't become a saint by spewing dyed beer green all over the commons of Boston.
The Irish genes tell my Welsh genes that Paddy Wagons were called Paddy because come midnight they were Irish inside and out for the trip to the hooscow.
Besides, Saint Patrick didn't become a saint by spewing dyed beer green all over the commons of Boston.
The Irish genes tell my Welsh genes that Paddy Wagons were called Paddy because come midnight they were Irish inside and out for the trip to the hooscow.
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