
...Virtue, morality, and religion. This is the armor, my friend, and this alone that renders us invincible. These are the tactics we should study. If we lose these, we are conquered, fallen indeed... Patrick Henry (1736-1799) US Founding Father
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Things You Can't Do In Islam
Levin Uses Maliki To Stab America In The Back
John Lilyea of This Ain't Hell discusses the war and Irani duplicity as well as Irani torture and execution of prisoners. That one of the young punks that stormed our Tehran embassy and captured and held American citizens for 444 day is now the President of Iran is irony enough.
The bitter irony is that Senators and Representatives in the US Congress are aiding and abetting this now middle aged punk in undermining our effort every step of our march. Ahmadinijahd
Carl Levin is the newest replacement in the Democrat's game of blaming the U.S. for every ill in the world and doing so in the most public venue possible. This time every one's favorite Uncle Carl just returned from Iraq and wearing his most senatorial smugness declared:
Senator Calls for Maliki's Ouster
Declaring the government of Iraq “non-functional,” the influential
chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee said yesterday that Iraq’s
parliament should oust Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and his cabinet if they
are unable to forge a political compromise with rival factions in a matter of
days.
“I hope the parliament will vote the Maliki government out of
office and will have the wisdom to replace it with a less sectarian and more
unifying prime minister and government,” Sen. Carl M. Levin (D-Mich.) said after
a three-day trip to Iraq and Jordan.
Why would a Senator say this publicly knowing it would hurt our effort in Iraq? This man is fully aware that of the damage talk like this does and in my mind any glib retort he may offer would be a lie.
The easy answer is that Levin wants to hurt President Bush or just plain BDS and tactically using this talk for regaining power for the Democrat Party. The less easier answer is that Levin wants to hurt our effort in Iraq. Is the real answer either of these or is the answer something much worse? Is Levin a traitor?
Levin is just one of the talking heads in Congress along with Reid, Schumer, Pelosi and others. When one hears others such as a Kucinich and Paul jabber, it is easy to dismiss their talk because they are little and a little off, but not Levin, et al. They are intelligent people who are fully aware of what they are doing.
So why? They know they are empowering our enemy which results in more American deaths in Iraq and Afghanistan. They have also known that America is moving in a positive direction in Iraq, but have doggedly stated the opposite and when even the press admits some success, then Levin et al pivot and say it's really about Maliki, or the inability of Iraqi's to accept self rule or some such nonsense.
What is it that a Levin wants? I truly believe he knows we are succeeding in Iraq, just as he knows that he is assisting the enemy. Yet he knowingly continues on with words and tactics that harm not just our troops, but our country as well.
I really can't believe that this is just a cheap and horrific method to defeat Republicans and regain political power for the Democrats. That is too tawdry a goal made even more tawdry by using dead American troops as stepping stones to that victory.
It is easier to believe their hatred of George W. Bush has clouded their sense of reasoning, but still, are they so blinded that they knowingly embolden those that have pledged to kill us just to assuage that hate? I truly hope to God it is not, but even that amount of hate wouldn't make them turn on America. Would it?
When the Jane Fonda's of the world aided and abetted the enemy during Vietnam they did aid the greater effort of communism, but MAD and Vietnam's small military stature didn't allow for them to bring the fight here to our shores. Terrorists have and can still bring the fight here to America and Levin knows it. The fight is different today. Our enemy doesn't wear uniforms on the battlefield nor do they use tactics of truth and debate in negotiations, but as radical Muslims they have a uniform belief that America needs to be destroyed and that they can accomplish this goal because America is soft, has no faith nor faith in herself.
Levin et al prove them right everyday.
But why?
The Media, The Mob And, Of Course, The Myopic Madness Of Elitist Liberalism
The Media Mob
The Big Media are a mob. That should be Politics 101. They are a tiny,
unchecked power elite, locked into life-long careers in the remnant of a
crumbling monopoly over America's national conversation. Like other
unaccountable elites, they are monumentally fickle, self-indulgent, snobbish,
vain, vulgar, entitled, incestuous, arrogant, ignorant, unprincipled,
hysterical, and demagogic. They sound like a unified chorus for the same reasons
that street mobs run as a group -- because by and large, they don't dare to
stand alone. Media snobs are always looking over their shoulders to see if they
are still singing from the same hymnal as The New York Times. The US media
have been one-sidedly Leftist, while piously proclaiming their devotion to
impartiality. Thus, they are also institutionally mendacious. Telling the truth
is hardly their job. They're just not qualified.
My father started his professional career not as a doctor, but as a reporter. As a reporter he wrote an obituary for a couple he loved almost as much as he loved his mother. The couple had been his rock as he grew up in a family ravaged by alcoholism and the depression. They were murdered.
They were murdered by the Irish mob because they were Italian and they wouldn't sell booze in their little place. They had stood up to the mafia which was made up of Sicilians, not the mythical Italians mafia of film and earned the respect of good people. Unfortunately mobs are made up of bad people who convince themselves of their own honor.
He wrote and rewrote the obituary right up to the print deadline. My father was small in stature, tenacious and burned with a sense of what was right and what was wrong. He also knew the police were in on the cut. He named the names of the groups and trigger men in the obituary.
He never could tell me what happened in the next 24 hours. His grief was too deep and anguish filled his heart. Friends got him out of Akron as the Irish mob looked for him to avenge their "honor"and the police searched for him to "protect" him. The other mob looked for the trigger men and those that ordered the hit to avenge the deaths of "Italians" by Micks who had trespassed onto turf that was "protected".
Sometimes mobs have carried pitchforks, sometimes guns and sometimes they are armed with words. The noose that ties them together is that somebody gets hurt by false senses of honor, delusions of what is right, and lies. They lie to support what they believe to be right out of their twisted sense of honor.
There are still two mobs and today they are working together to lie for their "truth" for the "honor" of America. Yes, people are getting hurt.
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Liberals: What Facts, I Know What I Feel
As I wrote about yesterday Liberal Polls Don't Lie. George Bush Doesn't Care About Sick Kids
'Compassionate' Bush fails children on healthPoor excuse one:
"The legislation dramatically expands federal spending far beyond what is
necessary to reauthorize S-CHIP responsibly."
Poor excuse two: The proposed expansion "essentially extends a welfare benefit to middle class households."
Poor excuse three: The proposed expansion "would cause millions of individuals to drop their private insurance in order to be involved with a government insurance plan."
Poor excuse four: "It transforms the program into an effectively unlimited entitlement program."
Monday, August 20, 2007
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
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
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?
Sunday, August 19, 2007
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

A Note Of Thanks
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
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.
Rainy Night Day in Georgia 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
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
Man Bitten By Dog and Other Obvious "Who Knew" Stories
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".
Saturday, August 18, 2007
Michael Deaver and Ronald Reagan
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
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
DEAN
I'm not.
This Ain't Petty and it Earns Hard Feelings
Via Return of the ConservativesAs 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.
GO, BILL, GO!
Friday, August 17, 2007
Rude Little Liberal Plante
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.
