Reading about Webutant's 3,000 mile drive from the great northwest to the beautiful southeast made me think of two things. First how large, varied and beautiful our country is and just how much my rear end hurts.

For a number of years, back when the earth was still cooling, I used to make the big swing from Ohio down through Texas and on to Taos, NM, up to Estes National Park and back to Ohio with stops in between. I did this in about six weeks. How long ago? Well, I climbed to the bottom of the Grand Canyon and face climbed in Estes and it made me feel good. Now I get winded making coffee.

Those trips were great. I mixed a lot of climbing, hiking and rafting with visits to museums and one-on-one time with artists. I was allowed, as an Anglo, to photograph the ancient interiors of Taos Pueblo, but I also got stoned by a then young group called AIM for my effort. A few stitches to the head and knee, but my Leicas and my film were not damaged. NG didn't accept the photos. Bummer.

Canyon De Chelly, Bandelier, Gila and other astounding places are now mixed with "The Shed" (a then rare blue corn tortilla) in Sante Fe, "The Brown" in Denver ( a hotel with more ghosts than there are Teamsters) and sleeping under a sky that only God could have created.

I could bore you, my minion, with more, but I am going to pull out my journals from that time which I have not looked at for some time.

Oh, back to my buns. Just thinking about those drives makes them hurt. All done in a little "2002" with an air conditioner that had to be Union. It only worked when and how long it chose to work and I, as owner, had no say in the matter.

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Liberal Polls Don't Lie

Only corporate and conservative polls lie, because liberals love the children, puppies and everything good in God's their world.

Want more programs, just find a down trodden group. Such as more programs for education even though with all the new programs children are falling behind in the three "R's". Sex education is going swimmingly and children know more about lesser figures in history because of the color of the figure's skin or their sex, not their deeds. To fit all this "important" information in just cut real history, english and the sciences including math. No matter, because now we'll have well-rounded children that can't balance a checkbook, fill out a job application or invent truly life enhancing products and processes. After all, a child that doesn't know the basics will be supported by the government, but a child that doesn't understand multiculturalism is down trodden.

Want to raise taxes, raise them for the children. If the current children's programs might appear a tad over financed to the voters then find a new program for the children. In this case, the liberals are getting two birds with one stone, possibly three. More money, more program and more government power. This is a liberal triple play.

Tax Increase on Tobacco Gains Support in Congress
Recently, the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids presented to House
Democratic aides a survey it funded that showed substantial support -- even
among smokers -- for raising tobacco taxes.

Wow! Give the government and its bureaucracy more power to control save us from ourselves, more people on the public dole, grow a government program and take more taxes from us. All for the children!

This is where polling comes in. If a liberal special interest group funds a survey, it is gospel. Would a gospel lie about smokers wanting smokes taxed more? Of course not, it's gospel.

Who says liberals ain't got no religion?

Free Health Care For Illegals At The Cost of Health Care For Americans

Elvira Arellano Arrested Outside Downtown Church

Arellano defied a deportation order to report to the Department of
Homeland Security on Aug. 15, 2006. Instead, she sought refuge in the Adalberto
United Methodist Church in the Humboldt Park area of Chicago.

According to the New Sanctuary Movement, more than 600,000 families in
the United States have at least one member facing deportation because they are
illegal residents.

Arellano claims she seeks to remain in the United States so her
American-born son can get medical care for his attention-deficit hyperactivity
disorder.

Arellano arrived in the U.S. in 1997 and was soon deported back to
Mexico. In 2000, she returned and moved to Illinois, working at Chicago's O'Hare
International Airport cleaning planes.

She was arrested in 2002 and later convicted of working under a false
Social Security number, prompting the order for her to be deported.

Being illegal means never having to say you're sorry. Even if it costs another their life. I mean, if you've broken the law, you're a victim. Right?

The average American cannot afford basic health care, if you believe the cynics, but those same cynics demand that we give our health care to those that break our laws.

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James River

This is east. My family is from the west. Indian country. I love this house, but it is not Mt Elba. That house is in my blood. And in my heart.

A Note Of Thanks

I have made some friends here since I started Invincible Armor. We're not exactly drinking buddies, but every morning I check in to see their thoughts. And throughout the day.

I know they have become friends in my mind because if I don't see their words I worry that maybe something might be wrong if they haven't posted.

Some are young, some not so young, but none are as juvenile as me. Some have great experience and some gain experience or more experience each day.

Some are new. (er)

Enough said.

Thanks to these people that make my life brighter each and every day.

seejanemom I am in love with C. Jane, but with her Hunky Husband and my Italian wife, well, you know. She is a critical thinker..

Tom Blogical He has a unique view of the world, but enough with real life Tom, blog more. Now. Please..

Bob Asgard This guy married up and his children are the better for it. Through living, together, they whisper America ..

Sniper One The man is business. But he can't hide his heart..

Bloodthirsty Liberal I hate love this site. If I ever write as well it will be by accident. If not for their headlines I'd worry about their seriousness. I am honored to be on their roll and don't know how I got there..

Dinah Lord She'd crush Barbara and Laura Bush in an intellectual WWF tag-team. By herself..

Ben Keeler Ben is Ben and with him I'd drink a beer. I don't really even like beer, but I would with Ben. He's good people..

Jeff Goldstein If he knew how good he is, like we do, well watch out. Writing, thought and humor. It don't get no better and I can say that because I learned grammer from Jeff..

Right Wing Champ As seejane said, he linked to me with no notice. That's class. He is a must read..

Webutante A breath of fresh air. A true lady. Those in the know know what a compliment that is..

Jonn Lilyea He knows where Hell is, writes smart, writes deep and well and has been so incredibly good to me. I hope I deserve it because this boy don't pass out favors..

There are others, but the above were firstest with the mostest in my mind. I will have others to thank in the future.

To all of you, thank you.

Read you tomorrow. Morning.

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Iraq Surge Dichotomy

Half open. Half hidden.

One side hides its will to have the surge fail while the other openly fights to make the surge fail.

To insurgents terrorists, the need for the surge to appear to be failing is their Holy Grail at the moment. Failure will be their victory.

Those here that quietly work to make the surge a failure need to succeed in their political jihad or they fail.

That one side of this believe themselves to be secular humanists while the other thinks themselves to be listening to their god.

Bertrand Russell VS Ayatollah Khomeini or, more correctly Reid VS bin Laden.

The world isn't black and white. A Dichotomy is understood only when both sides are apparent to the observer, otherwise it seems an enigma. Unless the light of a full moon is shone on it.

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Rainy Night Day in Georgia Michigan

Rain forces postponement of Cup race at Michigan

Kasey is starting 3rd. His year can't get worse. The DuPont Dweeb is on the pole. Yeah I do call him the Rainbow Warrior on purpose.

Jr is starting 39th. His Teresa was over tightened, but a wedge made it worse.

My boss is going to be po'd about work tomorrow. Good thing he can't fire me.

Citizens To 'Sanctuary Cities', Illegals and Democrats-Stuff It

71% Favor Requiring Foreign Visitors to Carry Universal ID Card

Fifty-eight percent (58%) of voters nationwide favor cutting off
federal funds for “sanctuary cities” that offer protection to illegal
immigrants.

By a 71% to 16% margin, voters also favor a proposal that would require
all foreign visitors to carry a universal identification card...

By a 56% to 31% margin, voters want the government to continue building
a fence along the Mexican border.

A recent survey found that 79% of voters favor strict measures
requiring employers to fire workers who provide false identification documents.
Seventy-four percent (74%) also believe that proper identification should be
required for anyone to rent an apartment.

What part of "illegal alien" do the others not understand? Maybe they are just filled with love for new Democrat voters their fellow man, which unfortunately is not extended to the people of Iraq and Afghanistan.

Man Bitten By Dog and Other Obvious "Who Knew" Stories

BBC FORCED TO REMOVE 'BASTARD' SLUR ABOUT JESUS FROM ITS WEBSITE...

Edwards Calls Coulter 'She-Devil'...

Dems Meet for Yet Another Debate...

Anne Rice Declares Self Pro-Life, Pro-Hillary...

Climate protesters march at Heathrow airport...

VIDEO: McCain Praises Hillary; Disagrees With Rove Over Her Record...

Ahmadinejad: Israel Is Bearer of Satan...

Richardson aide resigns after arrests, brothel ties revealed

Karl Rove's exit: Presidential emptiness

Are conservatives born that way?

More on the Padilla Legal Atrocity

I'm waiting for a man bites dog story, like Reagan's cold war strategy, "We win, they lose".

Michael Deaver and Ronald Reagan

Michael Deaver 1938-2007

I didn't know Michael Deaver. The top of my stratosphere didn't touch the bottom of his.

People that I did know (and respected) not only respected Mike Deaver, but also trusted and liked him.

High praise indeed.

HT Red State

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It's Cheaper Than Building A Casino

But the illegals are betting...

Tribes Offer Membership to Immigrants

For prices starting at $50, two nonfederally recognized Indian
tribes are offering membership to thousands of illegal immigrants, claiming they
can achieve legal status by joining the groups.

But immigration authorities insist becoming a tribe member gives no protection against being deported. And immigration advocates condemn the practice, saying it defrauds immigrants of money and gives them false hope.

"You can't just decide to become a member of a tribe and all of a
sudden legalize your status," said Marilu Cabrera, a spokeswoman for U.S.
Citizenship and Immigration Services.

In Nebraska, some people reported paying up to $1,200 to join the Kaweah Indian Nation, which became the target of a federal investigation after complaints about the tribe arose in at least five states.

Manuel Urbina, the tribe's high chief, acknowleged his group has
sold at least 10,000 tribal memberships to illegal immigrants for about $50
each.

As usual the (non)house will win. It seems they're already up a half a mill...

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Coulter Edwards Cat Fight

Edwards Calls Coulter 'She-Devil'

An anonymous note to me said Coulter replied, "He's a She-Bitch".

DEAN

Anyone else find it ironic that a hurricane that blows the most, is full of hot moist air and is very destructive is named Dean?

I'm not.

This Ain't Petty and it Earns Hard Feelings

Teresa doesn’t get it

As expected, Earnhardt refused to allow the No. 8
to follow Dale Earnhardt Jr. to Hendrick Motorsports. Or, according to Hendrick
officials, the price was so high it didn’t make sense for Earnhardt Jr.’s new
team to buy it.

So, the No. 8 that Earnhardt Jr. made famous, that was such a
part of the Earnhardt family and that had such a huge fan following will now
fall into the hands of another driver, one, presumably, with absolutely no
connection to the man who founded Dale Earnhardt Inc.

Dale Earnhardt brought the No. 8 to NASCAR specifically for his son. It was the number that Earnhardt Sr.’s father, Ralph, raced on the short tracks throughout the South. It had historical and family significance when it graced the side of Earnhardt Jr.’s car.

Along with the promotional push of Budweiser, it was Earnhardt Jr. who
made the No. 8 the most famous car number in racing. In fact, it had become
arguably the third-most famous and significant car number ever, trailing only
Richard Petty’s No. 43 and Earnhardt Sr.’s No. 3.

Via Return of the Conservatives

GO, BILL, GO!

Rude Little Liberal Plante

Some people didn't like what I wrote here.

CBS’ ‘Rude Little Liberal’

On Monday morning, Karl Rove stood next to President George W. Bush on the
South Lawn of the White House and announced that he would be resigning from the administration at the end of the month. In front of the assembled D.C. press
corp, he read a statement, and the President spoke. There was no formal
opportunity for questions.

Towards the end of the appearance, as the President and his favorite pol
were about to head in the direction of an awaiting helicopter, Bill Plante, CBS
White House correspondent, broke the embargo.

“If he’s so smart,” said Mr. Plante, “how come you lost Congress?”

The president ignored Mr. Plante. But the bloggers did not.

By early afternoon, Mediabistro’s FishbowlDC had reported on Mr. Plante’s
question, which quickly ricocheted around the Web.

Conservative bloggers were not amused.

“Besides being a rude little liberal, Plante also manages to show just how
unqualified he is to be reporting on politics,” wrote Invincible Armor. “No
doubt that’s why CBS hired him.”

A blogger at Planetsave.com, on the other hand, gave Mr. Plante the “balls
of the day award.”

Reached by phone at his home in Washington D.C. on Monday night, Mr. Plante
said he wasn’t surprised by the attention. What people should understand, he
said, was that the question was of less importance than the principle.

“Here’s the point,” said Mr. Plante. “It’s important that we ask questions
even if some people don’t believe that they’re appropriate. They don’t have to
answer them. But we have to ask them. Did I have to ask that question? That’s a
point of legitimate argument.”

Read the rest. If it was video you would be able to watch Plante dance while he offered lame excuses and held his balls of the day.

Nice award.

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This Picture Is a Lie

I have never listened to the Savage Nation, but the San Francisco crowd tried to kill his 1st Amendment rights. You can read about it at Blond Sagacity.

At the pass through I saw photos of protesters and came to this photo. It clearly states a lie.

Whether one believes in Creation or Evolution, they both share a point. Man started somewhere and it wasn't in the southwestern region of the United States.

We're all immigrants, but I love the unintended racial stereotyping by these two geniuses.

Tom Waits - The Piano Has Been Drinking - 1977

Inspired by LGF. Two classics, Waits and Fernwood Tonight.

Padilla Innocent-Bush Guilty

The Kos kids know all the inside skinny which makes them omnipotent. Well, maybe impotent.

Picked up in Chicago, transported to NY (15+ / 0-)
Recommended by:
bawbie, opinionated, jbeach, cosette, inclusiveheart, waitingforvizzini, Simplify, majcmb1, sbdenmon, sherlyle, Ellicatt, donnamarie, wa ma, Residentcynic, paxmonger
but when the government was forced to produce some probable cause they
dropped the NY criminal process and President Bush declared him an "Enemy
Combatant" and whisked him away to the Naval Brig in South Carolina, where he
was held in solitary confinement without access to legal counsel or the outside
world for 3 years.
Then, when it looked like the Supreme Court would rule
against the government (including Scalia, who, to his credit has ruled that the
government just can't lock up U.S. citizens willy-nilly) they "undeclared" him
"Enemy Combatant" and sent him to Florida to face these (previously unheard)
charges.
by Marinesquire on Thu Aug 16, 2007 at 10:26:16 AM PDT
[ Parent
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Thank you for that excellent brief
onf the (3+ / 0-)
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jbeach, waitingforvizzini, Marinesquire
labyrinthine journey Padilla has traveled thus far.
by inclusiveheart on Thu Aug 16, 2007 at 10:29:28 AM PDT
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Breathtaking (4+ / 0-)
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when you put it all togrther like that, isn't it? Members of the executive
branch truly are above the law. The divine right of kings applies more than the
Constitution does at this point. And the press parades on.
Brilliant synopsis.
Government and laws are the agreement we all make to secure
everyone's freedom.
by Simplify on Thu
Aug 16, 2007 at 11:11:06 AM PDT
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THEY DROVE HIM INSANE (9+ / 0-)
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101, real
world chick, donnamarie, Marinesquire, Residentcynic
deliberately.
They knew what they were doing and they did it to one of
us. By that, I mean an american citizen.
In the United States, doing good has come to be, like patriotism, a favorite device of persons with something to sell. - Mencken
by agnostic on Thu
Aug 16, 2007 at 11:14:01 AM PDT
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Breathtaking, we drove Padilla insane just to convict him of crimes he committed. To read Kos' site, why do we need juries when we have this group of superior beings that can read the tea leaves from afar.

Edward's Bumper Sticker VS The Real War On Terror

From Never Yet Melted (cool site)

Global Incident Map

of terrorism and suspicious activity.

Jane Hamsher - Natural Born Kidder

The offense

Markos Moulitsas’s hate-site The Daily Kos, the foul-mouthed fem-blog
FiredogLake, and other ‘netroots’ extremists like MoveOn.org, have become the
dominant fundraisers for Tom Allen’s senate campaign.

The defense

I don't use the "c" word personally, though I'm hardly a saint on that front
— nothing gets Michelle Malkin's blood boiling faster than to remind her that I
once called Kate O'Beirne "sandpaper snatch." Since that time it's been refined
by the community (thanks to punaise) into "Ole 60 Grit" and it has become
something of blogospheric lore — Jim O'Beirne's notorious hiring of Heritage
Foundation interns for the CPA is now commonly referred to as the "60 Grit
Employment Agency." We are, first and foremost, writers (and artists) here on
this site, and I will not impose limitations on how people can express
themselves here. We test the edges of communication, and in doing so often get
perilously close to the edge and occasionally step over. It's what makes us
exciting, challenging and interesting, in the tradition of Lenny Bruce or Hunter
S. Thompson.

The above is actually tame for Ms. Hamsher which probably disappoints the ghost of Lenny the Bruce.

What does one expect from the person who gave us Natural Born Killers .