to the utmost extent of our power

Some simple things... Politics, you gotta love it!

2012-01-25T12:36:00.000-08:00

Ain't this the sad, sad truth!!!

An anonymous post on Yahoo
01/24/12

Bill Ayers, Reverend Wright, Tony Rezko, George Soros, Van Jones, Eric Holder Fast and Furious, Solyndra, GE and Jeffrey Immelt, Keystone Pipeline, Fiskar, 57 states, special Olympics, Lazy, First Time Proud to be an American, 1.8 mil jobs lost, Obamacare, school transcipts, birth certificate, illegal aunt and uncle, suing Arizona, black panthers, Joe the Plumber, Obama gonna pay my mortgage, Acorn, Chevy Volt, cap and trade, ClimateGate, $4 gas, enemies, Joe Biden, welfare state, cash for clunkers, give kids a breathalyzer, Fort Hood was workplace violence, Jon Corzine, Maxine Waters, Franklin Raines, Barney Frank housing collapse, Corpse Men, Bill Daley, gitmo closure, Afghanistan escalation, non-wars in Libya, etc., no budget, etc...... Obama lol

And that’s just the tip of the iceberg.

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Posted By: Citizen with Common Sense (Yahoo I.D.)...
• St Louis, Missouri • 01/06/12

Listed below are several of the arguments that have been used by misguided people to try and justify illegal immigration. Next to each is the reason why that argument has no merit.

1) They are an economic necessity - Not true. The idea that a bunch of desperately poor, uneducated, unskilled, non-English speaking foreigners are an economic necessity is ludicrous. In fact, when you compare cost vs. benefit, it is obvious that they are not only NOT a necessity, they are not even an asset. Rather, they are a liability and a huge one at that.

2) They do work Americans won’t do - Not true. They do work Americans won’t do for $7 an hour (especially if Americans can collect welfare and unemployment instead). Of course, if you got rid of the illegals, the jobs wouldn’t pay $7 an hour. The people who wanted the work done would have to pay a wage that was attractive enough to get Americans to do the work. And it might even be enough to get Americans off the unemployment and welfare dole and back into the taxpaying workforce!

3) We benefit from all that “cheap” labor - This is nonsense. The only people who benefit from the cheap labor are the unscrupulous people who hire illegal immigrants. Taxpayers are left holding the bag. Ultimately, it is they who must pay to support all the Americans who have been put out of work by illegals and must also provide billions of dollars in services and benefits to the illegals themselves.

4) They are just trying to make better lives - Aren’t we all? The difference is that most of us understand that we DO NOT have a right to acquire by illegal means those things that we find difficult to acquire by legal means. And we certainly don’t have the right to do it in a foreign country.

5) It is impossible to round up and deport the illegals - We don’t have to. All we have to do is remove the incentives that brought them here in the first place. No jobs. No housing. No taxpayer financed services or benefits (including education). Once we remove the incentives that brought them here, they will leave on their own.

6) Immigration control is racist / xenophobic - This is just another play of the race card by people who have no other cards to play. Immigration control is the world-wide status quo. There is nothing racist about it. Furthermore, the USA welcomes LEGAL immigrants of all races and ethnicities from all over the world who have gone through the legal immigration process. This is not just a bad argument, it is an attempt to create racial hatred and division.

7) We are a nation of immigrants - This is the “BIG LIE”. The vast majority of Americans are native-born. I am not an immigrant. Nor were my parents. Nor were my grandparents. We are a nation that has, historically, allowed and even encouraged LEGAL immigration. And we continue to do so. The issue at hand is illegal immigration, which has nothing to do with legal immigration.

8) They are people. We must treat them humanely - Yes & yes. But lets not pretend like they are victims who were dragged here kicking and screaming against their will. Nothing could be further from the truth. They came of their own free will and for their own benefit and they broke the law to do it. People should not be rewarded for breaking laws and committing crimes. Sending them home is the right thing to do. There is nothing “draconian” or “mean-spirited” about it.

9) It is wrong to break up families- Yes. Unfortunately, families are often broken up by criminal activity. If you don’t believe it, just drop by any prison or jail on visiting day. We can’t keep families together if some family members choose to participate in criminal activity.

10) They work & contribute to our society - So do I. And if I break the law and commit crimes, I can expect to pay a penalty of some kind. Anything from a small fine to the death penalty. I do not receive a reward. Why should we treat foreign criminals better than our own citizens?

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A citizen's comments regarding Illegal Immigration in the U.S.A.

2012-01-06T15:09:00.000-08:00

A citizen’s comments in response to a report on “The Blaze” entitled: Obama Admin Will Circumvent Congress With New Illegal Immigration Rule

Posted By: Citizen with Common Sense (Yahoo I.D.)... • St Louis, Missouri • 01/06/12

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Listed below are several of the arguments that have been used by misguided people to try and justify illegal immigration. Next to each is the reason why that argument has no merit.

1) They are an economic necessity - Not true. The idea that a bunch of desperately poor, uneducated, unskilled, non-English speaking foreigners are an economic necessity is ludicrous. In fact, when you compare cost vs. benefit, it is obvious that they are not only NOT a necessity, they are not even an asset. Rather, they are a liability and a huge one at that.

2) They do work Americans won’t do - Not true. They do work Americans won’t do for $7 an hour (especially if Americans can collect welfare and unemployment instead). Of course, if you got rid of the illegals, the jobs wouldn’t pay $7 an hour. The people who wanted the work done would have to pay a wage that was attractive enough to get Americans to do the work. And it might even be enough to get Americans off the unemployment and welfare dole and back into the taxpaying workforce!

3) We benefit from all that “cheap” labor - This is nonsense. The only people who benefit from the cheap labor are the unscrupulous people who hire illegal immigrants. Taxpayers are left holding the bag. Ultimately, it is they who must pay to support all the Americans who have been put out of work by illegals and must also provide billions of dollars in services and benefits to the illegals themselves.

4) They are just trying to make better lives - Aren’t we all? The difference is that most of us understand that we DO NOT have a right to acquire by illegal means those things that we find difficult to acquire by legal means. And we certainly don’t have the right to do it in a foreign country.

5) It is impossible to round up and deport the illegals - We don’t have to. All we have to do is remove the incentives that brought them here in the first place. No jobs. No housing. No taxpayer financed services or benefits (including education). Once we remove the incentives that brought them here, they will leave on their own.

6) Immigration control is racist / xenophobic - This is just another play of the race card by people who have no other cards to play. Immigration control is the world-wide status quo. There is nothing racist about it. Furthermore, the USA welcomes LEGAL immigrants of all races and ethnicities from all over the world who have gone through the legal immigration process. This is not just a bad argument, it is an attempt to create racial hatred and division.

7) We are a nation of immigrants - This is the “BIG LIE”. The vast majority of Americans are native-born. I am not an immigrant. Nor were my parents. Nor were my grandparents. We are a nation that has, historically, allowed and even encouraged LEGAL immigration. And we continue to do so. The issue at hand is illegal immigration, which has nothing to do with legal immigration.

8) They are people. We must treat them humanely - Yes & yes. But lets not pretend like they are victims who were dragged here kicking and screaming against their will. Nothing could be further from the truth. They came of their own free will and for their own benefit and they broke the law to do it. People should not be rewarded for breaking laws and committing crimes. Sending them home is the right thing to do. There is nothing “draconian” or “mean-spirited” about it.

9) It is wrong to break up families- Yes. Unfortunately, families are often broken up by criminal activity. If you don’t believe it, just drop by any prison or jail on visiting day. We can’t keep families together if some family members choose to participate in criminal activity.

10) They work & contribute to our society - So do I. And if I break the law and commit crimes, I can expect to pay a penalty of some kind. Anything from a small fine to the death penalty. I do not receive a reward. Why should we treat foreign criminals better than our own citizens?

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A whole mess of Obummer firsts...

2011-11-14T07:09:00.000-08:00

I copied this from a comment posted on a Yahoo news story about Obummer giving China a bunch of crap over their economy, etc.

HISTORIC OBAMA FIRSTS:

-First President to refuse to show a valid Birth Certificate.
-First President to apply for college aid as a foreign student, then deny he was a foreigner
-First President to have a social security number from a state he's never lived in
-First President to Preside over a Cut to the Credit Rating of the United States Government
-First President to Violate the War Powers Act
-First President to Orchestrate the Sale of Murder Weapons to Mexican Drug Cartels
-First President to be Held in Contempt of Court for Illegally Obstructing Oil Drilling in the Gulf of Mexico
-First President to Defy a Federal Judge's Court Order to Cease Implementing the 'Health Care Reform' Law
-First President to Require All Americans to Purchase a Product From a Third Party
-First President to Spend a Trillion Dollars on 'Shovel-Ready' Jobs-- and Later Admit There Was No Such Thing as Shovel-Ready Jobs
-First President to Abrogate Bankruptcy Law to Turn Over Control of Companies to His Union Supporters
-First President to Bypass Congress and Implement the DREAM Act Through Executive Fiat
-First President to "Order a Secret Amnesty Program that Stopped the Deportations of Illegal Immigrants Across the US , Including Those With Criminal Convictions"
-First President to Demand a Company Hand Over $20 Billion to One of His Political Appointees
-First President to Terminate America's Ability to Put a Man into Space
-First President to Encourage Racial Discrimination and Intimidation at Polling Places
-First President to Have a Law Signed By an 'Auto-pen' Without Being "Present"
-First President to Arbitrarily Declare an Existing Law Unconstitutional and Refuse to Enforce It
-First President to Threaten Insurance Companies if they Publicly Speak out on the Reasons for their Rate Increases
-First President to Tell a Major Manufacturing Company In Which State They Are Allowed to Locate a Factory
-First President to File Lawsuits Against the States He Swore an Oath to Protect (AZ, WI, OH, IN, etc)
-First President to Withdraw an Existing Coal Permit That Had Been Properly Issued Years Ago
-First President to Fire an Inspector General of Ameri-corps for Catching One of His Friends in a Corruption Case
-First President to Propose an Executive Order Demanding Companies Disclose Their Political Contributions to bid on Government Contracts
-First President to appoint 45 'czars' to replace elected officials in his office.
First President to Golf 73 separate Times in His First Two-and-a-Half Years in Office
-First President to hide his medical, educational, and travel records
-First President to win a Nobel Peace Prize for doing NOTHING to earn it
-First President to coddle America's enemies while alienating America's a l lies
-First President to publicly bow to Americas enemies while refusing to salute the US flag
-First President to go on multiple Global apology tours.
-First President to go on 17 'vacations', including 'date nights' paid for by the taxpayer.

Obama is NOT MY PRESIDENT!

I sure wish I knew who to credit for this outstanding list.

A Family Tradition... osama bin laden style...

2011-05-11T16:04:00.000-07:00

Regarding obl’s recent passing and subsequent service as fish food all I can say is good riddance! I’d preferred to have heard or read that obl was taken alive and whisked away somewhere whilst the whole world believed he was dead. If for no other reason but to allow our “researchers” an opportunity to tinker on him from time to time… you know a tooth here, an ear there, a toenail here a fingernail there… etc. I also believe a video recording of obl held in captivity begging for his life as he’s being sodomized by a very large boar would be one huge best seller in a matter of hours… it’d probably outsell the top box office shows of recent past and if released on al-jazeera first would rocket Hillary's favorite news source to the very top of the list!

But in the end it appears it just ain't going to happen that way. I truly do believe obl was snuffed and snuffed good.

Personally, I think we all got cheated by his death. But crap happens.

And now his “family”… his son, omar… making a scene about his insane, piece of crap, blood thirsty, mass murdering father getting snuffed... about his piece of crap father’s impromptu burial at sea!

Quite frankly, who cares what the remaining bin laden's think!

Media folks, quit trying to make their lunacy our news!

Oh yeah! As for this little "crown prince of terror" freak that allegedly got away, well... hunt him down and destroy the little germ. If this here omar fellow keeps up with his incessant whining thump him too.

I mean we’re talking about a mass murderer here… this obl maggot. If obl was my father I'd be dropping any associations I ever had with him and joining in on the hunt to snuff his flame like most others did. Especially if I knew he was responsible for the 9-11 massacres! The old saying that "blood is thicker than water" only holds true for innocuous character flaws etc. not friggin' mass murder!

Get a life!

The very fact that this omar guy keeps mentioning that "It is unacceptable--humanely and religiously--to dispose of a person with such importance and status among his people, by throwing his body into the sea in that way, which demeans and humiliates his family and his supporters and which challenges religious provisions and feelings of hundreds of millions of Muslims" simply confirms that islam is, for the most part an evil that needs to be confronted once and for all.

One thing your president obummer and I do agree with is that those who complain about the disposal of the maggot obl's body and who continue to suggest islam is a religion of peace need to have their heads examined. According to son omar, obl was revered by "hundreds of millions" of mooslums for the atrocities he committed!

Now I don't know, I'm a pretty slow guy on the uptake sometimes but that's pretty much a testament to that there previously discussed "religion of peace" crap, eh!

Peace my arse!

a bit of other news relating to freedom...

2010-11-27T11:58:00.000-08:00

Here's a bit of other news relating to our freedoms and rights as they disappear a bit at a time in the grand old U.S. of A!

Check out this link to Torrent a once very active, very well known website. Another one falls victim to this country's government.

The fed's, they are a'working hard to strip us clean. Who's next?

the liberal assault on free speech expands, intensifies...

2010-11-27T09:05:00.000-08:00

Obama, Sharpton, Jay Rockefeller (WV senator) and many other left wing liberals are encouraging the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to censor and tighten up the regulations on free speech in this country. They're calling for the FCC to remove conservative Rush Limbaugh's radio talk show from the airwaves of the Fox network. Sharpton wants it banned and is calling for stricter standards and guidelines to regulate "free" speech.

You can find the Newsmax.com story here. It's actually quite revealing and shows the direction Obama and friends want to take this country... you and I.

Sharpton is encouraging the FCC to take Rush Limbaugh off the air because of "perceived offenses toward racial minorities and other groups".

Perceived!!! Hey Al, just exactly what are those perceived offenses toward racial minorities and other groups you keep vaguely bringing up? Cite them if you're going to demand the destruction of certain freedoms, the censoring of information. Bring them out in the open so we all can become informed, so we all can candidly discuss them.

I'm believing Sharpton's latest call for censorship, for silencing his competition is because Al's most likely upset with Rush, et.al. on Fox. After all, they're literally slaughtering their competition! Rush's and Fox news viewership grows larger by the month. Sharpton is one of their competitors... albeit a tiny, tiny one. That's actually stretching it. In the sense that yeah, Sharpton has his little left winged, racially slanted gossip show that airs on some forlorn stations out there he is, by definition, competition. But then in that same sense so are the little neighborhood youth football 4th graders when they share the same playing field with their college counterparts. Sharpton's ratings can't seem to get out of the swamp. So again in the sense of the word "competition" I guess he can claim that. But really? c'mon, get real. He's a loser in the ratings wars. I'm believing only his relatives "listen" to him and at that they probably tune their radios in and turn down the volume so they won't have to listen his incessant rants and raves.

However, it's not just Sharpton calling for this loss of freedom. We also have West Virginia Senator Jay Rockefeller calling for Fox and MSNBC's head. He wants them not only censored but removed entirely... 'Out. Off. End. Goodbye.'

In a senate hearing Rockefeller claimed the removal of Fox News and MSNBC from the airways entirely would "be a big favor to political discourse; to our ability to do our work here in Congress; and to the American people, to be able to talk with each other and have some faith in their government and, more importantly, in their future."

In short Rockefeller is saying we should be fed what liberals want us to hear, not what needs to be heard. He wants to keep us in the dark, give us only that information which will benefit the liberal reshaping of America. Afford the politicos the opportunity to do their work in congress without interference from those who disagree. Dummy up the population... us who know no better... who are ignorant and simply don't understand. Dummy us up and impose upon us the will of the government and the duty to follow that will, their direction without question, without hesitation.

Now those are some truly scary thoughts Rockefeller offered up at that hearing. It makes you wonder what truly is happening in our world, our country behind the scenes, behind closed doors.

More importantly Obama is wholly in their camp.

As mentioned in the previously cited Newsmax.com article he's expressed concern that we, the fine citizens of this once great nation are simply fueling the "sad state of political discourse" solely to distract, divert and even distort the information for the purpose of entertainment rather than "empowerment and emancipation".

Yes, I can see where they want to take this country. I can see how "empowerment and emancipation" will be divvied out only to those who blindly follow without hesitation, without question the liberal cause.

I fear for our children's future. I fear for their freedom, their right to exist without government interference, influence, indoctrination.

OBAMA! GIVE IT UP!!!!

2010-09-01T18:09:00.000-07:00

Obama, walk away with whatever dignity you might have. You're not what you think you are.

Walk away and take what ever dignity you can take with you.

You're not what we need. Go... go and we'll make do... but take that Biden guy with you.

We're rapidly losing our freedoms!

2010-07-18T09:16:00.000-07:00

The Obama regime has taken another step in their efforts to silence their many, many critics. The most recent has been the assault on "WordPress" (blogetry)... 73,000 blogs removed as a result of federal regime censorship.

Taken down by the DOJ. The same DOJ who refused to press charges against the New Black Panthers members for their blatant and reprehensible intimidation of legal voters waiting to vote. The same DOJ who filed a lawsuit against the state of Arizona for having the balls, the guts to enforce the federal laws on the books and protect our borders, our freedoms from illegal entries... a duty to protect and serve us, the citizens of this once great nation that the federal government refuses to do.

We're becoming victims of a growing anarchy. It's an intentional growth... well thought out, by design.

Check out the story here or you can also check it out here.

Either way, we are beginning our indoctrination towards socialism whether we like it or not. If we choose to criticize, to speak out against this overbearing, over reaching government we're silenced by their backroom actions. How long are we going to have to put up with these Chicago socialists taking our rights away one right at a time? They're not even trying to hide the fact that they're hell bent on stripping us of our freedoms, our rights.

This current regime is in place and in pace to destroy our nation as we know it. To destroy our freedoms, our rights, our lives and drag us into that social experiment that's failed everywhere it's been tried... socialism.

The politicos... democrats, independents and republicans alike are making it or letting it happen. It has to stop!

The current regime serves roughly 32% of this nation's people and is running roughshod over the remaining 68%. How do you like that "change" now, Obama voters? Like it or not we're well on our way to anarchy.

There's more to read at the Noisy Room! site. Get educated.

We are being consumed from within.

Our President And Constitutional Scholar... Obama

2010-07-10T08:29:00.000-07:00

This is an anonymous post to another blog from a very rational individual... it makes total sense and paints a really ugly picture of our current state of affairs. In short... y'all have been duped!

Remember? I didn't vote for him or his "change"... most of you did. How are you liking that "change" now fools?

Here goes... read it and learn something:

FROM: An individual who wishes to remain anonymous...

"Our fearless leader is absolutely amazing! I think I love him more and more each day. I have to admire the brazen bravery it takes for a constitutional scholar to stand and say, “So after they drove the car into the ditch, made it as difficult as possible for us to pull it back, now they want the keys back. (Laughter.) No! (Laughter and applause.) You can’t drive! (Applause.) We don’t want to have to go back into the ditch! We just got the car out! (Applause.) We just got the car out!”

Really it is amazing nerve to be the President of the United States and know that you can look the American people in the eye and lie to them with the knowledge that a complicit media will either be so ignorant of the constitution or so lock step with your agenda that they won't challenge you!

Remember the prosperity of the 80's when Reagan lead and convinced the congress into accepting his plans? Remember the prosperity of the 90's? Things really got hot after the Republicans took control of the House (constitutional purse strings) in 1995. By 1998 we had budget surpluses and our economy was on fire. By 2001, a natural down swing began and just as the constitution allowed, the leader, Bush asked the Congress to follow his agenda and create a business friendly environment using tax breaks and tax cuts. We managed to keep our economy sailing even though we had 2 wars and natural disasters to set us back. By 2004, the climate in our country was changing. Folks against the wars were disgruntled and began roaring for change. Americans weren't worried about a glowing economy and allowed the DEMS to take the house. By 2006 the DEMS had both houses and Barney Frank and company held the purse strings. They had some marvelous ideas … ratcheting up spending for their pet projects and forcing Fanny and Freddy to make loans to folks who had no means of paying for the money. In 2008, gas prices nearly tripled in a 4 month span and all of us were tapped out of cash... the poor most completely. The housing crisis exploded and we brought President Obama in to save our world. Just what was he able to convince his Congress to do?

Well, the first thing he did was make sure the folks that borrowed money they could never repay were helped out by those of us who could never afford to borrow the money in the first place. (I am a tax payer but wasn't dumb enough to be seduced by the loan offers of the time) Then, he found a way to force Health Care on us … which folks... read it and find out... raises the cost of health care for folks that pay for it. (me again!) Now, he's going to destroy domestic oil production and put all those folks out of work so that he can get his Congress to pass the Cap and Tax scam!

Folks, the Republicans aren't much better drivers than the DEMS – but let me say this – when your constitutional scholar president stands in front of you and smiles as he purposely misleads you – PLEASE don't let him get away with it! The Republicans drive poorly, but the DEMS are the ones who put the car in the ditch and the DEMS are the ones who maxed out the American Tax Payer Credit Card trying to fix the wreck with patch work parts that are going to fall off as soon as we get a few miles down the road. SHAME on you Mr. President and shame on all of us for being so ignorant that we would allow him to speak falsely without challenge."

Very well put! Sadly, it's on the mark.

You Just Have To Love It!

2010-03-04T15:57:00.000-08:00

Here's a copy of an actual passport application letter that was forwarded to me by a good friend the other day. He did not write it, he had it sent to him by someone else. I have no idea who the author is but I have to admit it's darned good! The problem is that it's so true!!!

Dear Mrs. Ms. or Sir:

I'm in the process of renewing my passport and still cannot believe this.. How is it that Radio Shack has my address and telephone number and knows that I bought a cable TV from them in 1987 (22 years ago), and yet, the Federal Government is still asking me where I was born and on what date.
For Christ sakes, do you guys do this by hand? Ever heard of computers? My birth date you have in my social security file. It's on EVERY income tax form I've filed for the past 30 years. It's on my Medicare health insurance card and my driver's license, It's on the last eight damn passports I've had, It's on every stupid customs declaration form I've had to fill out before being allowed off the plane for the last 30 years. And it's on all those census forms that we have to do at election times. Would somebody please take note, once and for all, that my mother's name is Maryanne, my father's name is Robert and I'm reasonably confident that neither name is likely to change between now and when I die. Between you an' me, I've had enough of this bureaucratic bullshit! You send the application to my house, then you ask me for my f______g address. What is going on? You must have a gang of bureaucratic Neanderthal morons working there! Look at my damn picture. Do I look like Bin Laden? And "No," I don't want to dig up Yasser Arafat, for shit sakes. I just want to go and park my ass on a sandy beach.

And would someone please tell me, why would you give a damn whether I plan on visiting a farm in the next 15 days? If I ever got the urge to do something weird to a chicken or a goat, believe you me, I'd sure as hell not want to tell anyone!

Well, I have to go now because I have to go to the other end of the city and get another f______ g copy of my birth certificate - to the tune of $100. Would it be so difficult to have all the services in the same area so I could get a new passport the same day? Nooooo, that would require planning and organization. And it would be too logical for the f_______g government.
You'd rather have us running all over the place like chickens with our heads cut off. Then, we have to find some asshole to confirm that it's really me on the damn picture - you know, the one where we're not allowed to smile. Hey, you know why we can't smile? We're totally pissed off!

Signed - An Irate Citizen.

P.S. Remember what I wrote about getting someone to confirm that the picture is me? Well, my family has been in the United States of America since 1776. I have served in the military for something over 35 years and have had security clearances up the yingyang. However, I have to get someone important to verify who I am - you know, someone like my doctor WHO WAS BORN AND RAISED IN INDIA ! And you assholes want to run our health care system?????

health care reform???

2009-12-12T09:15:00.000-08:00

I was reading some health highlights for December 11, 2009 today and there was this one particular highlight that bothered me a lot...

"Senate Bill Would Let Insurers Limit Annual Medical Costs

Patient advocates are upset about language in the Senate health care bill that would allow insurers to put yearly limits on medical care costs for people with expensive-to-treat illnesses such as cancer.

The bill would permit annual limits, as long as they're not "unreasonable," the Associated Press reported. But there's no actual definition of what level of limits would be permitted.

Such limits would have been banned under legislation passed by the Senate health committee last summer. However, a weakened version of that provision is in the bill the Senate is now considering.

The change surprised officials at the American Cancer Society Action Network, who said they haven't been able to get a satisfactory explanation, the AP reported.

"We don't know who put it in, or why it was put in," said group policy expert Stephen Finan."

The current health "care" discussions and proposals happening in the "other Washington" are really, really catching my eye. I'm not sure where anyone else stands relating to the proposed health "care" reform ideas being debated in this country but I think putting yearly limits on payment for care paid out by the insurance companies smacks of favors and sellouts to those companies. I'm of the belief that if there are to be any limits placed on anything relating to health care have those limits be for payouts relating to litigated monetary awards and settlements! Certainly not on yearly limits of those health care costs an insurance company pays out annually.

That's just another not so subtle attempt to create those alleged death lists. Cutting off care for the terminally ill or others in need of specialized care simply because it's too expensive isn't and should never be an option!

That IS unreasonable!

As the AP article mentioned, those limits were banned by last summer's legislation and now the politicos are trying to sneak it past us again in this boondoggled universal health care fiasco.

What gives? Why are our "representatives", those politicos we sent to D.C. to represent us... why are they trying to ram this legislation, this poorly written vessel of pork down our throats?

If there's to be universal health care do it right! Take your time, don't set a timeline on it. Gather your experts, your reasonable and practical people together (if they exist) and create a proposal that not only makes sense but can be fairly and reasonably applied to every citizen of this fine country without limitations. If you can't do that then get out of the way and let others do it. Don't do what you're doing! Don't piecemeal something together, don't cater to the special interests of lobbyists, insurance companies and the health care industry, don't play politics with our health... don't effect change just to effect change... it doesn't make sense.

Represent us, the citizens of this fine country who entrusted you to represent us not them, those who stand to gain politically and monetarily if or when the legislation passes.

This stuff simply makes no sense outside of greed!

Facts Relating to the Second Amendment...

2009-10-07T16:43:00.000-07:00

These were sent to me in an email. How true they are!

1. "Those who hammer their guns into plows will plow for those who do not."
~Thomas Jefferson

2. “Those who trade liberty for security have neither.” ~John Adams

3. Free men do not ask permission to bear arms.

4. An armed man is a citizen. An unarmed man is a subject.

5. Only a government that is afraid of its citizens tries to control them.

6. Gun control is not about guns; it's about control.

7. You only have the rights you are willing to fight for.

8. Know guns, know peace, know safety. No guns, no peace, no safety.

9. You don't shoot to kill; you shoot to stay alive.

10. Assault is a behavior, not a device.

11. 64,999,987 firearms owners killed no one yesterday.

12. The United States Constitution (c) 1791. All Rights Reserved.

13. The Second Amendment is in place in case the politicians ignore the others.

14. What part of 'shall not be infringed' do you NOT understand?

15. Guns have only two enemies; rust and politicians.

16. When you remove the people's right to bear arms, you create slaves.

17. The American Revolution would never have happened with gun control.

Don't let Obama and his cronies take our rights away!

What this government can do for you!

2009-08-16T09:01:00.000-07:00

Whether you want it or not.

I read an interesting post over at the Blue Crab Boulevard site this morning. Gaius posts an interesting suggestion that the "left" in this country is far removed from liberal. It's argued that those politicos who comprise the current left "are more authoritarian than the culture that the Woodstock generation rebelled against."

I'm inclined to agree. I've thought this for quite some time... that the "left", the current politicos in power are beyond liberal. Granted, some of their ideologies were spawned in liberalism (social health care, immigrant amnesty, cap and trade, global warming, etc.) but that's where it ends.

Step back and take a look at what's happening. Peel back the rhetoric, the glossy spin by the media, the veil of deceit. This particular political administration is building a foundation of control! A foundation that will support total, tyrannical social and economic dependence. A foundation to support subtle (for now) yet suffocating government influence in our daily lives.

This government is not "liberal" or "conservative" as we know it. They tapped into the liberal base of this fine nation to garnish support for their overall agenda and got it with promises yet to be realized. They tapped into that base to divide, conquer and control... to deflect from their true agenda. Their agenda was not created for us, the citizens. It's not designed to be a four or eight year ride and it's certainly not a new, innovative theme. The basic plan is clear... control, AUTHORITY!

Given their current agenda, they propose that the government feeds off of communal wealth, the government shall provide to the populace what the government deems necessary, the government shall deny to the populace what the government forbids, the government shall punish and tax individual success.

It's quite frankly an agenda of control and authority that we're being force fed. Currently, we're not buying it. We're questioning their intentions, their goals and we need to! We need to continue to question, to deny, to resist this administration's attempts to herd us into their paddocks of authority, control. We're independent sorts with freedom, individuality, independence and pride flowing through our veins.

Why would we give up what we have, what we want, what we know... our dreams, our very existence to blindly follow a shadowy group of politicos into a future of servitude?

Nope, this new LEFT government is not liberal by any means! They're very authoritarian, very controlling and very focused on their goals. Quite frankly they're a threat to our freedoms, our very existence as we know it. To them it's all about control, authority, POWER!

Yeah, we were promised change! Personally, I can live without their proposed changes.

Power corrupts!

What the socialized health care proposal can do for you!

2009-08-14T07:05:00.000-07:00

Here's the full Health Care bill that sits in the House. Here is a link to the House Bill, H.R.3200. It's a long read!

The following information was forwarded to me from a blogger in Montana. If you're even curious about whether the proposed socialized health care is good for us as citizens, as a nation you might want to look at the comments made by Peter Fleckstein as Peter wades through the 1,000 plus pages of the bill. He's taken the time to analyze in layman terms what the bill is all about.

Here's some of his comments he "tweeted" over the past several days:

Peter Fleckstein (aka Fleckman) is reading it and has been posting on Twitter his findings. I'm not sure who Peter is but I will google him after I make this post. This is from his postings (Note: All comments are Fleckman's)

Pg 22 of the HC Bill MANDATES the Govt will audit books of ALL EMPLOYERS that self insure!!
Pg 30 Sec 123 of HC bill - THERE WILL BE A GOVT COMMITTEE that decides what treatments/benefits u get
Pg 29 lines 4-16 in the HC bill - YOUR HEALTHCARE IS RATIONED!!!
Pg 42 of HC Bill - The Health Choices Commissioner will choose UR HC Benefits 4 you. U have no choice!
PG 50 Section 152 in HC bill - HC will be provided 2 ALL non US citizens, illegal or otherwise
Pg 58HC Bill - Govt will have real-time access 2 individs finances & a National ID Healthcard will b issued!
Pg 59 HC Bill lines 21-24 Govt will have direct access 2 ur banks accts 4 elect. funds transfer
PG 65 Sec 164 is a payoff subsidized plan 4 retirees and their families in Unions & community orgs (ACORN).
Pg 72 Lines 8-14 Govt is creating an HC Exchange 2 bring priv HC plans under Govt control.
PG 84 Sec 203 HC bill - Govt mandates ALL benefit pkgs 4 priv. HC plans in the Exchange
PG 85 Line 7 HC Bill - Specs for of Benefit Levels for Plans = The Govt will ration ur Healthcare!
PG 91 Lines 4-7 HC Bill - Govt mandates linguistic approp svcs. Example - Translation 4 illegal aliens
Pg 95 HC Bill Lines 8-18 The Govt will use groups i.e., ACORN & Americorps 2 sign up indiv. for Govt HC plan
PG 85 Line 7 HC Bill - Specs of Ben Levels 4 Plans.#AARP members - U Health care WILL b rationed
-PG 102 Lines 12-18 HC Bill - Medicaid Eligible Indiv. will b automat.enrolled in Medicaid. No choice
pg 124 lines 24-25 HC No company can sue GOVT on price fixing. No "judicial review" against Govt Monop
pg 127 Lines 1-16 HC Bill - Doctors/#AMA - The Govt will tell YOU what u can make.
Pg 145 Line 15-17 An Employer MUST auto enroll employees into pub opt plan. NO CHOICE
Pg 126 Lines 22-25 Employers MUST pay 4 HC 4 part time employees AND their families.
Pg 149 Lines 16-24 ANY Emplyr w payroll 400k & above who does not prov. pub opt. pays 8% tax on all payroll
pg 150 Lines 9-13 Biz w payroll btw 251k & 400k who doesnt prov. pub. opt pays 2-6% tax on all payroll
Pg 167 Lines 18-23 ANY individual who doesnt have acceptable HC accrdng 2 Govt will be taxed 2.5% of inc
Pg 170 Lines 1-3 HC Bill Any NONRESIDENT Alien is exempt from indiv. taxes.(Americans will pay)
Pg 195 HC Bill -officers & employees of HC Admin (GOVT) will have access 2 ALL Americans finan/pers recs
PG 203 Line 14-15 HC - "The tax imposed under this section shall not be treated as tax" Yes, it says that
Pg 239 Line 14-24 HC Bill Govt will reduce physician svcs 4 Medicaid. Seniors, low income, poor affected
Pg 241 Line 6-8 HC Bill - Doctors, doesnt matter what specialty u have, you'll all be paid the same
PG 253 Line 10-18 Govt sets value of Dr's time, prof judg, etc. Literally value of humans.
PG 265 Sec 1131Govt mandates & controls productivity for private HC industries
PG 268 Sec 1141 Fed Govt regulates rental & purchase of power driven wheelchairs
PG 272 SEC. 1145. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN CANCER HOSPITALS - Cancer patients - welcome to rationing!
Page 280 Sec 1151 The Govt will penalize hospitals 4 what Govt deems preventable readmissions.
Pg 298 Lines 9-11 Drs, treat a patient during initial admiss that results in a readmiss-Govt will penalize u.
Pg 317 L 13-20 OMG!! PROHIBITION on ownership/investment. Govt tells Drs. what/how much they can own.
Pg 317-318 lines 21-25,1-3 PROHIBITION on expansion- Govt is mandating hospitals cannot expand
pg 321 2-13 Hospitals have oppt to apply for exception BUT community input required. Can u say ACORN?!!
Pg335 L 16-25 Pg 336-339 - Govt mandates estab. of outcome based measures. HC the way they want. Rationing
Pg 341 Lines 3-9 Govt has authority 2 disqual Medicare Adv Plans, HMOs, etc. Forcing peeps in2 Govt plan
Pg 354 Sec 1177 - Govt will RESTRICT enrollment of Special needs ppl! WTF. My sis has down syndrome!!
Pg 379 Sec 1191 Govt creates more bureaucracy - Telehealth Advisory Cmtte. Can u say HC by phone?
PG 425 Lines 4-12 Govt mandates Advance Care Planning Consult. Think Senior Citizens end of life
Pg 425 Lines 17-19 Govt will instruct & consult regarding living wills, durable powers of atty. Mandatory!
PG 425 Lines 22-25, 426 Lines 1-3 Govt provides apprvd list of end of life resources, guiding u in death
PG 427 Lines 15-24 Govt mandates program 4 orders 4 end of life. The Govt has a say in how ur life ends
Pg 429 Lines 1-9 An "adv. care planning consult" will b used frequently as patients health deteriorates
PG 429 Lines 10-12 "adv. care consultation" may incl an ORDER 4 end of life plans. AN ORDER from GOV
Pg 429 Lines 13-25 - The govt will specify which Doctors can write an end of life order.
PG 430 Lines 11-15 The Govt will decide what level of treatment u will have at end of life
Pg 469 - Community Based Home Medical Services=Non profit orgs. Hello, ACORN Medical Svcs here!!?
Page 472 Lines 14-17 PAYMENT TO COMMUNITY-BASED ORG. 1 monthly payment 2 a community-based org. Like ACORN?
PG 489 Sec 1308 The Govt will cover Marriage & Family therapy. Which means they will insert Govt in2 ur marriage
Pg 494-498 Govt will cover Mental Health Svcs including defining, creating, rationing those svcs

And Peter's not done!!! How in the hell can we expect our political representatives to adequately represent us when they're advocating crap like what's been divulged in this proposed bill so far?

Peter hasn't even got half way through the bill! And look at the common language, plain text explanations of what's being proposed.

Folks, THIS IS SERIOUS!!! I don't know about you but I for one don't want to lose my current coverage, doctor and existing health plan. I also don't want a bunch of fat cat politicos who think they're my supreme advisor making decisions for me that will eventually affect my and my family's quality of life.

I don't want our employees, those who were selected by us, the fine citizens of this fantastic nation to stuff an ill advised, socialized, dangerous health care bill down our throats against our will!

Those senators, representatives and other drones back there in Washington D.C. had better WAKE UP and LISTEN! They work for US! We sent them back to that political circus to get things done that we want done! Not what they think needs to be done even though we, the citizens are against it!

I say NO! to this health care reform bill! NO! to any politico who supports it! NO! to the Brian Bairds, Patty Murrays, Adam Smiths, Arlen Specters, Nancy Pelosis, Ted Kennedys, Howard Deans, Jim McDermotts, Barney Franks, Barbara Boxers, Joe Bidens, Barry Obamas and all others who insist they know what's best for us! NO! to those who support this bill!

I am not a political terrorist. I am not a Nazi. I am not a racist! I am not politically inclined! I am not a hooligan! I am in fact, more patriotic than you, our elected politicos evidently!. I am a blue collar, well educated, average, everyday, hard working, taxpaying, proud American family man, a citizen of this fine, fine United States of America! I don't need some political fat cat so far removed from my life, my existence to force feed me something I don't want for me or my family!

It appalls me to see some of these politicos who thought for years that they're untouchable try to belittle and degrade the very citizens of this country who elected them into that fat cat job they have in the first place. Where's that REPRESENTATION we were promised when you first campaigned and were elected into your office by us, the citizens of this fine nation!

Just because some of us speak out against your foolhardy, politically inclined socialist plans doesn't mean we're unpatriotic, racists, radicals, terrorists, nazis who have nothing better to do than complain and disrupt your process of gaining control.

We're done with you. We're speaking out and we're demanding answers. You work for US! Don't abandon your morals to gain control! Do what's right for once and listen to the citizens that put you where you are! Drop this socialized nonsense... health care reform, immigration, cap and trade, bailouts, etc. Drop this stuff and work on something real, something that will positively affect this country, us citizens as a whole!

If you want health care reform start focusing on TORT REFORM! Limit the damages awarded to attorneys and their clients when it comes to malpractice lawsuits! Tighten the rules and protect the health care we currently have. Reduce the costs of drugs by sharing the costs of development with the rest of the world. Provide free or reduced priced health care to those who truly need it but don't take away what's already here! Don't deprive my family and I of the health care I currently have!

Finally, if you're going to shove it down our throats... if you still insist on that politicos then abandon your health care that we provide to you and sign on to the plan you're proposing and insisting is better for us, the general population!

I say vote them all out and start over!

This whole health care reform idea currently on the table is a fiasco. It's poorly authored, caters to special interest groups, establishes unwarranted and dangerous controls on the lives of the fine citizens of this country and is wrought with greed, contempt and corruption!

The Manning Report...

2009-08-10T16:35:00.000-07:00

I had the following link sent to me early last week. His "The Manning Report" is captivating. Watch it, WOW!

Reverend James David Manning is trying to make a difference? He sure is. He appears pretty fed up with the way things are going. Just listen in on one of his reports posted. After listening to him there's really not much left to say!

If you're interested in learning more about Reverend Manning and his views go to his ministries site HERE.

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Now a Response From a Senator...

2009-08-09T11:11:00.000-07:00

...to the same email.

Patty Murray (D- Washington State) answered the same email with the following message.

On Wed, 7/29/09, Senator@murray.senate.gov wrote:

From: Senator@murray.senate.gov
Subject: Response from Senator Murray
To: ########
Date: Wednesday, July 29, 2009, 2:49 PM

Dear ########:

Thank you for writing me to share your thoughts on health care reform. It is good to hear from you.

Health care reform is one of the most critical issues facing our nation. Our current health care system is unstable and unsustainable. Too many people do not have health care coverage and many of those who have coverage are worried about losing it in this uncertain economy. Businesses and families are finding it harder and harder to deal with increasing health care premiums.

In addition, Washington state family budgets cannot sustain the continual rise in health care costs and hidden taxes in the form of rising premiums to cover the uninsured. If we do not get health care costs under control, local, state and federal government budgets will have to take on the weight of rising health care costs. While health care reform may require an initial cost investment, I strongly believe that it will pay off in the long term and the cost letting the system become more unstable is much greater. Without reform to our health care system, premiums will continue to rise, coverage will become more uncertain, businesses will lose competitiveness and it will be harder for Americans to have access to care.

After months of hearings and over 50 hours of public markups, I was pleased that on July 15th, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee passed the Affordable Health Choices Act. The Affordable Health Choices Act lays out policy changes for health care reform in America. This package works to rein in health care costs with a goal of lowering them in the long term and ensure that all Americans have access to high quality, affordable health care coverage. It allows those who like their health insurance to keep it and provides options to those who do not have access to health insurance coverage.

This bill includes provisions to implement several key health insurance reforms. For example, insurance companies would no longer be able to refuse coverage to individuals due to preexisting conditions, patients' out-of-pocket expenses would be limited and all annual and lifetime caps on insurance coverage would be eliminated.

The passage of the Affordable Health Choices Act out of the HELP Committee is a major step in the longer process of health care reform. The Senate Finance Committee is also working on many aspects of health care reform and the Affordable Health Choices Act will need to be combined with this legislation in the future. The Finance Committee is expected to release their proposal soon. In addition, the House of Representatives is working on a separate version of health care reform legislation.

As the Senate moves forward on health care reform legislation, I will be weighing the many concerns that I am hearing from constituents all across Washington state. As this effort continues, I will certainly keep your thoughts in mind. You can find more information on my Website at http://murray.senate.gov/healthcarereform/.

Again, thank you for contacting me about this important issue. If you would like to know more about my work in the Senate, please feel free to sign up for my weekly updates at http://murray.senate.gov/updates. Please keep in touch.

I hope all is well in Lacey.

Post comments.

Again, general discussion about the professed evils of our current system yet no real substantive fixes. I took particular note of her comments...

"This package works to rein in health care costs with a goal of lowering them in the long term and ensure that all Americans have access to high quality, affordable health care coverage.

Yet the plan is to provide health care to everyone! Including the illegal aliens who are pouring across our borders daily. Once we get this health care reform shoved down our throats we won't be able to fit into the hospital's and clinic's reception areas. They'll be crowded with non-citizens demanding health care.

Further, she states "It allows those who like their health insurance to keep it and provides options to those who do not have access to health insurance coverage. But what she really fails to mention is the fact that we, those of us who chose to purchase health care, already have our coverage! and those who didn't opt to purchase health care already have coverage via the emergency rooms and free clinics throughout the nation! albeit lacking at times. But then again, they get what they pay for. That's the chance they took when they opted not to participate in a health care plan.

Now, a reply to Murray's letter:

Ms. Murray,

Does this mean you'll be participating in the same health care system you're trying to compel your constituents to participate in? Will you be foregoing your publicly provided blue ribbon health care as a Senator to participate in the version being prepared for us, the citizens? I'd be real interested in knowing the answer to that question... from you and your "colleagues", our public servants. I realize there's a proposed provision that "allows those who like their health insurance to keep it" however, with the proposed plan I see no incentives for the private Fee For Service providers to maintain certain coverages.

Unlike the health care plans Congressional, Judicial and Executive government employees are provided by the public I don't see those of us who do have reliable and reasonable health care coverages being carried much longer by the private companies after this proposed "plan" kicks in. Be realistic Senator, your plans are to tax us and them out of our coverages! Tell the truth!

So, until you and all of the other PUBLIC SERVANTS in Washington D.C. sign on to the proposed public health care plan (without perks!) I will continue to be opposed to it... and to you and to every other public servant who votes for it... republican, democrat, whatever.

If you want true control of costs associated with the health care system you should look to establish some sort of tort reform to the current structure. Eliminate those HUGE, exorbitant payouts to attorneys for attorney fees, etc. Face the REAL problems and fix those! Don't create a problem that really doesn't exist and certainly don't label it a "critical issue"!

Get on with the tort reform relating to health care lawsuits, not health care reform. My health care works great.

There's a bunch of us out here who aren't buying into government's health care proposals.

Thanks for your reply.

######,
A taxpaying Washington State, USA citizen.

P.S.

Things are fine in Lacey, thank you.

A Representative's Reply...

2009-08-09T10:36:00.000-07:00

...to a health care query emailed to him in July.

Here's Representative Adam Smith's (D- Washington State) reply to an email to him addressing concerns regarding the government's proposed health care reforms. The letter was much like the open letter that I posted on this blog last month.

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--- On Fri, 7/24/09, Representative Adam Smith wrote:

From: Representative Adam Smith
Subject: Re: IMA MAIL ON WEBHEA
To: dher490@yahoo.com
Date: Friday, July 24, 2009, 8:12 AM

July 24, 2009

Dear ######,

The United States Congress is entering a critical stage in the effort to reform our country's health care system. I believe very strongly that, with the right legislation, we can provide quality, affordable care to all Americans while controlling costs and improving quality.

The House has now introduced, through a tri-committee process, its first bill aimed at substantially changing that system. I fear, however, that this bill doesn't recognize the need for reform that will not only create universal access for all Americans, but that also fundamentally changes our broken and inefficient health care system to control costs and improve quality. The cost of adding the nearly 50 million uninsured Americans into our current health care system without structural changes in health care delivery, as this bill does, could collapse the health system. And, by so doing, we will have missed a tremendous opportunity to change how all Americans receive health care in ways that will address the significant shortfalls that currently exist in the quality of that care.

The Tri-Committee legislation, while it makes great strides toward covering more Americans, is unsustainable. The draft is too expensive and misses the most fundamental problems with our current system. We will be unable to provide quality care for those Americans who would gain coverage under this legislation if we do not remedy the current wasteful spending and out of control costs in health care. Further, I am concerned that the Obama Administration has released several promising ideas but has not yet put forth a solid legislative proposal around which Congressional leaders can coalesce.

Achieving the essential goal of affordable health care and universal access to care can only be achieved and sustained through cost containment measures. In this country we do too many unnecessary tests, prescribe too many unnecessary drugs, perform too many unnecessary surgeries, and have too many unnecessary hospitalizations. With greater emphasis on primary care, prevention, and paying for quality outcomes instead the amount of services there is a way to reform health care that could not only rein in costs, but could also improve the quality of care dramatically.

If we are going to be able to provide universal coverage to all Americans without bankrupting our economy, we have to eliminate fee-for-service (FFS) medicine. It has led to massive overutilization of treatment and tests. The current FFS model, and basis of our health system, rewards the quantity of services provided rather than the quality of care. In this system, providers are overburdened and incentivized to fit in too many patients. Providers must rush through appointments, which means that they can often order treatments, tests, and specialists that they may have otherwise determined to be unnecessary if they were afforded more time with their patients.

Unfortunately, however, the debate on overhauling FFS medicine has taken a disappointing turn in Congress. The argument has been made that, if we move away from FFS, it will lead to rationing of necessary tests and treatments. Correcting the flawed FFS system is not about rationing medicine or valuing one kind of care over another. Rather, it is about more efficiently expending resources. There are studies that show that regions of the country that spend the most on health care and perform the most tests and procedures have a lower quality of care than those areas that have lower costs. The debate, then, should not be about denying care but about reducing overutilization of unnecessary services and promoting higher quality care, both of which save money.

The problem is particularly apparent in Medicare where the reimbursement rate formula fails to reward efficient health care regions at a fair rate and overutilization is rampant. As a result, Washington state and others like it with very efficient health systems, where providers order fewer unnecessary tests and treatments, have very low reimbursement rates compared to other regions of the country.

This system is not only unfair to states like Washington, it is incredibly wasteful and unsustainable for the entire health care system. Providers are paid for the amount of care whether or not it is of high quality and in the best interest of the patient. The Tri-Committee bill does nothing to reform this system, and also adds to the problem by basing the public option on this same failed fee-for-service reimbursement model.

If health care reform rewarded doctors for the quality of the care they provide, rather than the quantity of tests, referrals, and visits, we could greatly reduce the amount of services and provide better, more efficient care and cover more Americans in a sustainable way.

I believe a public plan option and broader health reform is our opportunity to get off of fee-for-service medicine. I am supportive of a public option that includes both a reformulated reimbursement system and a focus on preventative care with discounts for people that make progress on preventable and controllable heath conditions.

As you know, preventative care is about more than tests and taking medications, it is also about promoting healthy behaviors and individual engagement. Health care should be a shared responsibility between patients and providers and that should be reflected in how people pay for insurance. There are several common preventable, controllable, health conditions that can lead to larger problems such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol, obesity, and smoking. Pricing that rewards efforts to improve or control these problems is not only fair, but also incentivizes individuals to actively engage in their own health, ultimately driving down the cost of care.

Many companies that self-insure their employees have had great success with risk-based pricing. The system they uses gives discounts to people who make progress on or control the issues mentioned above and charges people who don't control them more. Using this model, these companies have had great success with not only improving the health of their employees, but also with keeping health care costs low while the rest of the country saw inflation in costs. There is no reason why this model could or should not be applied to all federal health care programs including the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP) in which Members of Congress participate.

The Tri-Committee bill makes great progress toward covering more Americans. But, the introduced legislation makes minimal progress toward containing costs which will mean that our health system will remain unsustainable, our federal debt will continue to grow, and the burden of an excessively expensive health care system will continue to be an impediment to economic growth.

It is also important for the White House to take a more active role in formulating health care reform legislation. To date, the Obama administration, while very supportive of Congressional efforts to reform health care, has not yet introduced its own legislative text. It is necessary for the White House to contribute concrete ideas to this debate so that Congress and the American people can know exactly where President Obama stands. I would encourage you to contact the White House and urge the President to present his own version of health care reform legislation.

Now is the time to fundamentally reform our health care system in a way that expands access while containing costs to instill efficiencies in the system that pay for the expansion. I am hopeful that these issues will be addressed as health care reform moves forward and I look forward to working with my colleagues and President Obama on these important issues.

Sincerely,

Adam Smith

Member of Congress

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If you'd like to receive occasional e-mail updates from my office, please visit my website to sign up - http://www.house.gov/adamsmith/IMA/newsletter.shtml.

Sincerely,

Adam Smith
Member of Congress

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Post comments:

Obviously, from the response given by Smith it's apparent the government has every intention of shoving this half baked plan down our throats! Smith discusses costs, preventive care, Fee For Service care, availability, etc. but fails to provide any real substance to the discussion. He does allude to expanding access while containing costs but has offered up no real ideas.

Bottom line, he's offering cool aid to us. He's lost my vote!

Here's the reply that was sent to Smith. Short and sweet. Let's see what Smith's reply will be to this query. I'll bet he won't reply.

August 09, 2009 10:43 a.m.

Adam Smith
Member of Congress

Adam,

Does this mean you'll be taking the lead and abandoning your current health care plan(s) to participate in this one that is being advocated for all of us?

######
A taxpaying Washington State, USA Citizen

An open letter regarding health care reform

2009-07-21T09:28:00.000-07:00

From: A United States Citizen

To: Every politician in America!

Re: That proposed health care fiasco you've all got in the works back there in Washington D.C.

Hi Folks,

Let me set the record straight at the "get-go" here... I'm a normal, well educated blue collar guy who has absolutely no political party affiliation... just contempt and disgust for the politics of the day.

You politicos are making us, your fellow citizens, your "constituents" the most recent victims of your political shenanigans. I'm tired of it. I'm tired of being lied to, cheated, deceived and taken for granted. Take your political crap elsewhere, you're ruining our lives here!

I'm a mid 50 yrs. old Washingtonian. I'm a son, brother, uncle, husband, friend, father and grandfather. Like my father and several brothers before me I served our country as a soldier the United States Army. I was and still am very well aware that my health would always be one of those priorities in life. I knew I had to provide for it's care. I also learned early on that our U.S.A. citizenship everyone of you politicos seem to want to trade off or give away nowadays is an earned citizenship and should be respected, cherished and protected by everyone who possesses it. It should not, cannot, will not be handed out willy nilly or traded off for political favors or future votes.

It needs to stay that way!

Anyways, back to this health care thing you got brewing back there in ol' D.C. land.

When I married in the mid 70's I took on those shared responsibilities associated with marriage, family... life. I've always worked... from the age of 13 years old through today I've always had a job of some sort. I've always willingly participated in a health care plan offered by any of my several employers. I sacrificed financially in other areas of my life so I could afford those health care premiums. That was my choice. Most of the time those "sacrifices" were nominal... including foregoing certain unnecessary "perks" such as premium cable t.v., coffee, "sin" comforts (cigarettes, candy, soda, etc.), fancy cars and trucks, season tickets to sporting events, recreational vehicles, vacations, gourmet meals, fine wines, trendy clothes, etc. to ensure I had the money to pay the necessities for my family. My wife and I both contributed to the cause of raising and providing for our family since we married over 32 years ago.

I've lived with, befriended and otherwise witnessed those who, unlike us willingly chose to forego some of those same "necessities" in life like health care in favor of some of those life's perks I previously mentioned. At times I've seen them scramble to sell what they can, to liquidate some of their "toys" just to make a medical payment of one type or another for medical services that resulted from some unexpected mishap or illness. Now more-so than earlier in life... attribute that to age and health. I watch as they now sacrifice what we sacrificed for years and realize they made the choice, the decisions earlier in life that brought them to where they are today... older with poor or no health insurance coverages and having those pre-existing conditions they never thought they, themselves would ever have.

I want to feel sorry for them and help them but then again I think about the overall situation they're in and realize they're the reason they're having the health and medical issues that they're having. They made bad choices earlier and now the results of those choices are difficult if not impossible to turn around.

I've made several bad choices myself over the years but I've learned to account for them, learn from them and adapt however difficult it was. That's part of what I thought being and American was all about… the freedom and ability to choose, to negotiate hardships and to reason and succeed, or fail if you so choose. I do believe in helping my neighbor but I don't believe in giving up what I know works and what I've sacrificed to maintain just so those who want what I have can have it without making the same sacrifices I've made most of my life.

I'm certainly not alone.

They see the care we've paid for all these years and now they want it too...

Let it be known that we have "free" clinics, medicare, medicaid, mandatory emergent health care requirements imposed on health care providers, reduced rate health care options, co-pay options, veterans care, etc. available for some of the best health care in the world. People who cannot afford or choose not to subscribe to private health care plans regularly utilize these "free" or reduced fee social health cares.

I truly don't want to see the health care that I've contributed to and participated in all of these years be taxed out of existence or otherwise rendered defunct because our federal government wants to socialize the whole health care system in this, our fine country. I don't want my neighbor paying for my government proposed health care simply because that fine neighbor took certain risks that I wouldn't take earlier in life and generated an income greater than $250,000.00. I don't want to have others carry my weight for me. I can do it on my own as I have for the past 40 or so years. I've planned ahead and realize I'll still have to make some sacrifices in life to maintain adequate health care coverage for myself and my wife... not to mention those in our family who aren't able to yet. I don't want to see our existing health care be reduced to another government boondoggle. I don't want the government making medical choices for me or my loved ones. I'll pay the premiums and I'll accept the service provided by my current provider but I surely don't want to see government interference in the care that we currently have.

I'm not in favor of the health care reform as it exists. You're all moving way to fast! You haven't convinced this taxpayer that you know what you're doing, you aren't being "fair and unbiased" and you certainly aren't looking out for what's best for us, the citizens!

Finally, I recognize health care in one form or another... primarily emergent health care should be available for everyone in this country when the need arises for that emergent care. However, I will not vote for any public servant who insists general, socialized health care paid for by the very citizens of this country should be available to those who are in this country illegally or without citizenship status.

For what it's worth politicos, I'm urging you to vote "NO" against this proposed health care reform. Democrat-Republican- I don't care! Lose the partisan politics crap and think about us, the voters, this country's citizens, your employers for once! This health care reform bill... it's a boondoggle and it's a very, very bad idea!

If reform's necessary (and in many ways I believe it is) then let's slow down, study it and do it right. I don't want to be force fed another federal government mess and I sure as heck don't want my children and grandchildren left to carry the water for me and others. It's a matter of practicality, principle and pride... not to mention knowing what's right from wrong.

Wake up, do the right thing and abandon this plan. It's a horrible plan and will surely cost us more than we can afford collectively as a nation!

Thanks for reading this. Hopefully it will be supported by scores of thousands of others who share the same or similar thoughts or beliefs.

Sincerely,

A proud, voting, blue collar, tax paying citizen of the United States of America

World information, events and political contacts...

2009-07-18T10:42:00.000-07:00

Links:

Honduras Information...

Wall Street article on Zelaya, Honduras' exiled president. Why was he exiled? This article is no longer available.

Dennis Prager regarding Honduras…

Kirk Florida posts. An interesting site.

Iran!

Tracking internet users, Iran style…

Polls...

Vote Of The Day. A place to go to vote for or against… whatever.

How Do I Contact My Senator or Representative?

U.S. Senate. Find your senator using the drop down menu on upper right side of the site.

U.S. House of Representatives. Find your representative’s contact information by using the zip code entry on the upper left corner of their site.

What about the White House?

White House. Dial 1-202-456-1111 and ask to speak to Barry (or Barack).

“The Ten Commandments According to Obama” - A Free Press for the Conservative Revolution

2009-07-18T09:12:00.001-07:00

Obama's done a lot of damage to us in the little bit of time he and his cronies have been in office. We should all be up at night worrying about what he and his policies are going to leave us with (without) when they're defeated and removed in 2012.

In the meantime here's Barack Hussein Obama's ten commandments. Read them, study them, memorize them and obey them! Especially if you're a conservative, Republican or a christian.

“The Ten Commandments According to Obama” - A Free Press for the Conservative Revolution

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Pass it around! Before we lose our freedom to do so. Many thanks to those at The Patriot for posting these commandments initially.

And remember, let's keep the limit on term limits! Protect our 22nd Amendment! Four years of this guy is too much!

shari'a law coming to a neighborhood near you...

2009-07-07T22:14:00.000-07:00

Get used to it.

I was bouncing around my "links" list looking for active and inactive links, culling the inactive ones.

I went over to the Anti Mullah blog, scrolled to the article entitled "Tuesday, July 07, 2009 ISLAM IN THE USA - SHUTS US UP - FORBIDS US USING OUR OWN NATIONAL FREEDOMS OR OUR RELIGIONS, WHILE THEY ABUSE THOSE AND US - YouTube Proof" and watched as they captured on video a blatant display of arrogance. See for yourself how the shari'a security use minors, women and other seemingly non-descript persons to help them run interference and eventually assault a couple of individuals who are simply trying to ask some questions at an islamic "informational fair" in Dearborn, Michigan.

Also check out the movie linked with the article. You can find that link HERE! It's a must see too!

islam, the religion of peace??? I think not!

UNDERSTAND THIS!!! They, the muslims want what you have!

And they're here trying to get it from you.

But then again, what would you expect from the followers of a murdering, slaughtering pedophile that is worshipped by their cult as a prophet? moohamood, muhammud... whatever you want to call that fool.

What a sham this "religion" truly is.

Independence Day!

2009-07-04T09:49:00.001-07:00

Have a safe and happy fourth of July everyone! Enjoy your family, friends and freedom today!

Stay safe, play sane and enjoy the holiday.

Honduras, from the inside...

2009-07-03T13:56:00.000-07:00

I found this email posted on The Jungle Hut, a blog I recently discovered while reading posts at On The Skyline and following a link to it.

Rita at "the Jungle Hut" has a very good post regarding the Honduras situation. It's insightful and definitely relates to the local Honduran thoughts and attitudes about the recent Honduran reaction to their ex president Zelaya's attempt to create yet another Central and South American dictatorship. The people have had enough, it would appear.

Here's the email Rita received and posted to her blog:

Dear friends of the Mission,

I know you have heard on the news about the recent change in government in Honduras. I am writing in an effort to address the questions and anxieties you may be experiencing concerning the safety of our missionaries, staff and teams in Honduras.

The Honduran President was forcefully removed from office by command of the Honduran Congress and Supreme Court. For many months, the Congress and Supreme Court warned President Zelaya to refrain from specific activities which were deemed to be illegal and unconstitutional.

Last week, Zelaya fired the commander of the armed forces and the chief of the national police because of their unwillingness to assist Zelaya in carrying out the very activities that the Supreme Court and Attorney General deemed unlawful and unconstitutional. (Many understood these firings as Zelaya’s attempt to force change within the government at any cost.) Later, the Congress reinstated the leaders of these armed forces and the Supreme Court affirmed that reinstatement.

Unfortunately, the international media is portraying these events a military coup d’etat. However, it is absolutely clear that the Congress and the newly appointed President are in control of the government – not the military. In forcefully removing the ex-President, the Honduran military acted at the request of the Congress and Supreme Court. The Honduran government has clearly and plainly announced that if ex-President Zelaya returns to Honduras, he will be arrested and put on trial for eighteen outstanding warrants for crimes and treason he has committed against the country of Honduras.

I want to assure you that all of us missionaries feel that neither we nor our teams have been placed in any danger. We are evaluating the situation daily and will not permit any team to come to Honduras if we feel that they are in imminent danger. As of today, (Wednesday, July 1) business in Honduras is pretty much as usual; most schools and businesses are open and operating as normal. Public transportation is moving as well, although some highways have been closed due to damage by some of Zelaya’s supporters and/or due to some demonstrations in localized areas. For the most part, these demonstrations have been peaceful.

Please pray for Honduras, that tomorrow and all of the coming days would be peaceful.

Many thanks to Rita and all of the brave Honduran souls who are standing up to tyranny and marxism, defending their liberties in spite of what the rest of the world thinks!

Including Obama and his entourage! U.N., get out of our country!

I do love the cartoon she posts as well. It's so on the mark!

Long Live Freedom and Democracy in Honduras!

Sarah Palin calls it quits!

2009-07-03T13:01:00.000-07:00

Announced by Sarah Palin earlier today, July 03, 2009.

Effective July 26, 2009 she will step down as Alaska's Governor.

Can you blame her?

Now maybe she can get some respite from the mainstream media.

She'll be missed but I'm thinking she's not out of the game entirely. Okay, I'm hoping she's not.

Good luck Sarah. Thanks for your service to this fine country and to the state of Alaska.

Relax. Go enjoy your family and be at peace with yourself. You've been put through crap that not to many of us would have subjected ourselves to. You're one helluva person! Thanks.

The Twenty Second Amendment...

2009-07-03T08:43:00.000-07:00

It's under attack!

Remember when Barrack Hussein Obama said the constitution should be treated as a living document and should be susceptible to change? Remember his discussions on this before and during the primaries?

Well, there's a pretty big target of his hidden behind the current veil of those other pesty domestic and global distractions being tossed up in our faces. Those activities taking place in Honduras, North Korea, Iran although serious and in need of attention are not as critical to us as a nation than this latest assault by Obama, et.al. on our freedoms! Neither is the Crap and Trade... err, "cap and trade"... (my error), universal health care, illegal immigrations, financial meltdown, etc.

There's a move afoot by the Obama camp to modify the Twenty Second Amendment:

"Section 1. No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once. But this article shall not apply to any person holding the office of President when this article was proposed by the Congress, and shall not prevent any person who may be holding the office of President, or acting as President, during the term within which this article becomes operative from holding the office of President or acting as President during the remainder of such term.

Section 2. This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States within seven years from the date of its submission to the States by the Congress."

I have a problem with this movement... BIG TIME.

You should too! No wonder Obama went ballistics when Honduras enforced their law and ousted their president for trying to do the very thing Obama's cronies are trying. Honduras, by effectively removing the traitor from office exposed the whole dictatorial scheme to the rest of the world. A dictatorial scheme that has been used to change existing democracies into dictatorial, socialist states now ruled by tyrants and dictators. The very scheme used so effectively by Chavez, Ortega, Castro, Morales, et.al. to strip their country's citizens freedoms from them.

Yes, Obama's outrage has meaning now.

Obama's camp is doing the exact same thing! They're trying to eliminate the President of the United States term limits... quietly, behind our backs. Honduras inadvertently exposed that scheme to us. It all makes sense now why Barry was upset with Honduras yet kept relatively silent about Iran... until pressed.

If the link above doesn't work for you try THIS LINK or simply cut and paste this url "http://www.end22.com/" into your browser. As a fellow American you NEED to read it. Poke around on the site. Give it a good read.

Sure, the proposed changes have been tried before and failed but there's a full court press going on behind the scenes to get it done this time.

If they are successful IT WILL AFFECT YOU!

This must be one of those "major challenges" for Obama during his first year that Biden was referring to. You know, one of those challenges where Obama was going to have to make several "difficult decisions" that wouldn't necessarily sit well with us, the citizens of this fine country.

Well he's right, this isn't sitting well... with me at least!

Obviously, the challenge to Barry is how he and his cronies can get this passed quietly without upsetting us, the citizens too much. Surely they could try to do it by keeping it veiled... much like their amnesty plans, their socialized medicine (squeezing the private insurances out of business), their energy boondoggle, their "no pork" pork, etc...

It appears now that Biden knew full well those challenges, those threats to us and our constitution would be coming from within the United States, from the Oval Office and congress. From the very people we elected to represent us. Silly me, I thought he was thinking more along the lines of threats, challenges, influences that would have had foreign origins. Shame on me!

Shame on you!

This president is downright scary! We're totally screwed if this crap goes through!

Honduras has a cure for tampering with term limits. Maybe we should amend the 22nd. amendment accordingly. Let's have it say something to the effect of Anyone who attempts to increase the term limits of the President of the United States shall be tried for treason, immediately impeached, removed from office and imprisoned as a traitor!

Just thought I'd share this info and my opinion... for what it's worth.

Oh yeah as an aside... while you're out bumping around check out the availability and price of ammunition, primers, powder, bullets and casings in your local area, or for that matter on the internet. From 22's to high caliber.

I have to go for now. I have a new flag and want to get it hung out in front of the house before the 4th.

Take care all and STAY ALERT!

Washington State was sold out!

2009-06-27T10:24:00.000-07:00

...as was our nation!

Dave Reichert, Washington State Representative, Republican, how did you read the entire 1,500 plus pages of Cap and Trade bill in the very, very limited time you had to review it before you voted for it?

And after you read it (which I'll bet didn't happen) how the hell in good conscience did you bring yourself to vote for it?

What part of "Representative" do you not understand Reichert?

This is a sell out to higher energy prices, bigger government, special interests, more financial assaults on the working Joes and blatant catering to the George Soros' of the world!

ACORN, et. al. never had it so good. You helped line their nests at our (the taxpayers, the citizens) expense.

Those who tell us they read the bill in it's entirety and understood what they read are liars! Our whole national existence is GONE as we knew it! Our government has taken us hostage and is demanding unimaginable and unachievable ransoms for our freedoms... one chunk at a time.

We are very, very rapidly becoming a socialist, tyrannical state and our politicos are laughing all the way to the bank.

Even as we overloaded the phone lines to congress yesterday... even as we spoke to their staffers we were betrayed! Betrayed by the very people we put in those positions to "represent" us!

Reichert! Did Barack Hussein Obama promise to make you a Csar somewhere? Somehow?

Are you going to vote for this absurd Health Care Reform Bill? In otherwords, are you going to vote for socialized medicine too? Are you in favor of diluting our medical care and making us a socialist or communist state? Or will it be a tyranny? Will you tell us now?

I doubt it... you're not that type of person. Not that type of individual who tells things like it is. Tells things as he sees them. I thought you were, many of us thought your were but you're not! You certainly showed your true colors yesterday.

Reichert, you betrayed us! You caved to desperation... caved to keeping your seat in congress. You've lost your spine you used to have when you were the local Sheriff in King County, Washington.

I'm not in your district, not one of your "voters" but I and my family are directly affected by your cowardly vote for this crap... err, excuse me... cap and trade fiasco!

The damaage is done! You've helped put a knife in the back of our freedom as we knew it! You and those like you are now twisting that knife.

What I want to know is just who in the hell do these politico nutcases like you Reichert think you are when it comes to deciding what is best for me and mine in every day life? We've managed to live our lives without much of yours and their unwanted intrusions until now, what makes you and them think you know what's best for us and ours???

In my humble opinion and for what it's worth Dave Reichert you're a coward, a sellout and a fraud. You are a disgrace to our state. I will do all in my power to ensure you do not get re-elected to that "representative" position you're so desperately trying to keep!

There was a day when I respected and admired you for your accomplishments. You lost all of my respect and admiration yesterday, Friday, June 26, 2009 when you buckled under pressure.

See there, republicans are no different than democrats! They'll sell your soul to keep theirs!

A Message From Montana...

2009-06-27T09:37:00.000-07:00

While wandering around on the internet news this morning I found a citizen's post to a page at the Great Falls Tribune. Hopefully, if this link works you can read it HERE.

The post says a lot about how us, the normal everyday working Joe's perception is regarding what's happening behind the scenes in our "new" country, "Obamaland".

I'm posting it below in case the link doesn't work. It's entertaining and oh so onthe mark!

An interesting read!

"I would just like to say thank you"

Posted 6/26/2009 7:22 PM MDT on greatfallstribune.com

Ladies and gentlemen, I want to thank you for showing up. I know its been some time since we've had our last meeting and it was behind closed doors as was necessary. Mr. Soros, I thought now would be an appropriate time to give an assessment of the situation and convey my appreciation. Mr. treasurer, Tim I want to thank you and commend you on the way you've handled that nasty corporation scandal and affairs of General Motors and Chrysler. I think you did an exemplary job on the bailout and the stimulation package as well. I realize Mr. Barney Frank was in the background working side-by-side with you. Between the two of you, you managed to get control or least leverage on the banks and the mortgage industry, good job, well done. I do think the unions may become a problem later down the line however right now we have them mollified and they're happy with the situation because they are blind with greed. Nancy, Nancy, Nancy, you amaze me, every time I think the spotlight is about to swing onto me, you come up with some new diversion or stir up something in Congress and or in the news media. you totally and completely divert the attention of the public away from me and onto you and Congress, it's amazing I don't know how you do it. I thought the part when the news media captured you at that meeting with the illegal aliens telling them, it was un-American not to allow illegal aliens medical, dental, drivers licenses, and Social Security. It was really great and timely when once again you diverted attention from me and what I was upto,and onto yourself with that CIA fiasco, what was that all about anyway? did they really lie?or were you just having fun?. Joe you need to learn to clam up, you give too much away. Oh yes and Mr. Gibbs thank you so much, you have controlled the press releases in exactly the right manner. We now have almost total control of the media with the exception of Fox and the Washington Post. The Washington Post however is starting to swing our way since I quietly removed the chief editor.(that was almost as good as when I fired those CEO's, oh that was fun) OH yeah somebody needs to do something about Glenn Beck, he is starting to be a problem. Gibbs, see if you can handle that or at least censure him. also, another great bonus was that Republican Senator what's his name? You know the one that flew to Argentina so he could cheat on his wife? Anyway that's not important what is important was Gibbs arranged for the media to go into a feeding frenzy over this one senator cheating on his wife to divert attention away from the clean energy bill that was on the floor of the House. Of course you and I know this bill as a cap and trade bill. I was desperate to have attention diverted away from this vote I did not want all the people calling their congressmen and telling them don't vote for it. I just can't believe our luck, the day before this bill was to go in front of the house Michael Jackson passed away. It only took a little nudging from Gibbs (as we now have most of the control over the media) to turn this into a media frenzy. Even Fox failed to report on the cap and trade bill being passed. The whole news media much to my joy was entirely involved in the life and Times of Michael Jackson. OH this is great, Don't get me wrong, I'm very sad that he passed away but as Hillary said we need to make the most out of every bad situation and believe me I intend to make the most out of Michael Jackson passing away and totally diverting attention from the clean energy bill. Oh what a break. "Now let me be clear about this" please understand, we own General Motors, we own Chrysler, we have mostly control over the banks. With the passage of the clean energy bill we will have total control over people's heat over their lights and over their income and with the health bill we will be able to make people even more dependent our government. Stick with me and you'll see what I mean, Even as we speak acorn is gathering personal information from every person in this country(28 pages) that we will be able to use against them. Continuing though, I also want to thank homeland security, and the rest of you people that worked so hard to help us take over this country. I can honestly say I believe that the people of this country will be better off with a benevolent dictator such as myself who also has his appointed assistants or czars if you wish to be called that. We are the elite we know what's best for this country the general population does not. Do not look back, look forward, we have a great and growing partnership with China and together with China we can establish a world order in which we can rule the world.
Once again I want to thank you for a job well done, even though the clean energy bill has passed, there is still a lot of work to be done in the takeover and conversion of this country but we are well on our way. Just think of this as a giant shell game with the need to divert attention to win. allright everybody, thank you, now let's get back to work and would somebody please find my prayer mat and show me which direction is East?
"Obamas meeting"

Many thanks to the Great Falls Tribune for their service to the community!

And thanks for your post Rocco!

Before our very eyes!!!

2009-06-27T07:56:00.000-07:00

We're being gang-raped as a nation. Obama and his entourage are accomplishing exactly what they've set out to do. They are changing America just like they promised they would... from the land of the free to the land of the subservient. They will not stop until we, as individual citizens and collectively, become slavish to them... to their changes!

I watch as the press villifies those dumb ass republicans and wonder whatever happened to all of the scandals brought out over the years... and currently being mentioned about the demoncrats. What about Senator "Cold Cash" Jefferson and his frozen bundle of "payoff" money? Why isn't he in prison by now? You and I surely would be! Hell, we'd still be in prison awaiting trial from back when we were first accused.

How about Barney Frank, one of the co-masterminds of the failures of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac? What about Frank and the ethical conflict of interest he had with his "boyfriend" who served on that there financial oversight committee or whatever it was? How about the charges that his boyfriend "allegedly" ran an escort service out of Frank's home? Why isn't Frank being held accountable for his inept handling and cover ups that led to the Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac banking failures and subsequent housing crash?

What about Harry Reid's sons "alleged" unethical lawyering and business "deals"? If I recall, information "suggested" these lucrative deals involved extensive inside information being sent their way... millions were and still are being made by them. Why is he not at least probed a bit more regarding these allegations? And why are the results not publicly posted?

Let's talk about Nancy Pelosi's husband making off with a great deal of cash in another sweetheart deal "allegedly" handed out by insiders in congress? What about her cozy arrangements with all of the illegals in waiting? Will it be amnesty or will it be amnesty? More voters for the dems. What about Chris Dodd's bundle he made by selling stock and other securities just before the market crashed worldwide? That kind of smacks as a conflict of interest. What about his part in the Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac fiasco? Why is there no accountability here???

...it can and should go on! Repubes and Demoncrats alike!

We could get into the Demoncrats backing the failure of the auto industries, housing markets/finance, health care "reform", witch hunt at Gitmo, etc. but why do the repubes work for them?

There's a feeding frenzy going on of the likes that I've never seen before and the repubes are running with their tails between their legs. Every friggin' politico has abandoned us, the citizens... their "employers" for the sake of saving themselves, of personal greed and to protect their individual nest eggs they've created!

I'm of the belief that the repubes are scattered and hiding in individual spider holes throughout this land when not at mandatory appearances in DC and elsewhere. I'm of the belief that these cowards are hiding and hoping that they individually are not next... abandoning any thought about protecting and serving us, the citizens of this once fine nation!

We're watching the demoncrat thugs as they travel in packs take out individual repube politicos throughout the world... let alone the country. I mean, it's a simple chore. All any politico from either party has to do is sit back and watch for a bit. Observe their adversaries activities, listen, collect information and strike like the belly crawling snakes in the grass they are!

The demoncrats have it down to a fine art. The repubes are in disarray and truly have no collective direction. They're simply looking out for themselves like a bunch of shell shocked hostages.

It's sickening, maddening and downright wrong watching our country being torn to shreds by these selfish, fat cat, greedy, grubbing, scum of the earth politicos... repubes and demoncrats alike!

And it's happening to us right before our eyes! We're just not collectively understanding how we've allowed these freaks to ruin our nation as we know it!

They have no soul... and they're taking ours one soul at a time.

a bit of clarity here, please...

2009-05-30T11:04:00.000-07:00

Hi, it’s me. Just another human being, another United States citizen, another man on the planet here. No more, no less.

I've been wondering lately, thinking about the plight of our grand nation.

I'm considered to be a "moderate" politically because I tend to believe in a mix of things, some conservative, some liberal and some off the charts one way or the other. I'm also somewhat literate, educated and prefer to review those facts presented to me as the foundation of a discussion... whatever that discussion may be. That's one of my many quirks: I want to review what's being discussed with an open mind and if relevant, possibly change my belief (heaven forbid!) … or at least have a more educated, well rounded view of the topic at hand. Simply put I can be and have been persuaded by facts presented to me.

For the most part I’m a simple, fact oriented guy. I try not to engage in personal affronts, name-calling, party bashing, etc. but must admit I haven’t been all that successful in avoiding that crap. I've voted for candidates from the independent side and almost every party at one time or another in my life so I'm certainly not party bound.

In many comments following particular articles I’ve read in the “news” lately there are threads of facts posted by some that are interrupted by very personal affronts, drivel if you will from individuals who seem to represent the beliefs of this fine country’s current administration.

It appears the common theme, the common practice amongst a lot of supporters of the Obama administration are to attack the messenger, not the message of those who dare question Obama’s rationale, his direction.

For some time now I've been longing for some factual data that will help me understand exactly how we got into this mess as a nation, why we're addressing our woes as we are and how the proposed corrective actions employed and suggested by Obama, et.al. will truly benefit us as a nation, as a world.

I'm at a loss. I don't see where we’ll benefit from printing money without security, where more taxation leads to a more robust economy, where socialization of health, commerce, and manufacturing contributes to independence and prosperity. I as an individual citizen, as a father, grandfather, husband, brother, uncle, friend and veteran am concerned we're not heading in the right direction and I implore anyone out there to provide me with relevant details and facts that will support the arguments that we ARE better off now than we were two years ago, four years ago, six years ago... and we'll be much better off in 2012 than we were in 2004, 2002, 2000... etc.

So please save me the name-calling, the drivel. Direct me to as many of those facts that you can which support, or at least lend to the explanation of this current administration's assertions. I really don't care about revisiting the talking points of Democrats, Republicans, Independents, Socialists, Communists, Libertarians, etc. I really don't care about full party politics. I'd just like to get a bit more educated, a bit more assured that we're heading in the right direction.

Because quite frankly friends, I don't think we are.

I realize I'm only one individual out here and folks don't really need to put much stock in what any one individual might think or do. But collectively, all of us 'one individual' types do eventually add up.

I do care about our country, my neighbors, my family, my friends... about where we're heading and whether the choices being made, the directions we're heading are the most prudent, the most worthwhile, the most rewarding for us as a nation and subsequently, as a world.

As a friend, as a neighbor I'm simply asking for some clarity here not party line politics.

Thanks in advance.

Ah, Obama sells us out...

2009-04-29T10:15:00.000-07:00

...again. All in the interests of appeasement, apology... enablement, the ultimate goal.

Those select, hand chosen, redacted, classified documents obama and his political cronies released to the world last week... You know the ones that allege "torture", immoral conduct, illegal shenanigans perpetrated by president Bush and his administration on those helpless, God fearing, misunderstood clumps of humanity we incarcerated at Gitmo and elsewhere.

Yeah, those documents. Not ALL of them, just some of them... choice documents... redacted documents... documents that serve obama's purpose, documents that individually tell a tiny fraction of the whole story of how this country, we the citizens were kept safe for seven years by the previous administration.

Yup. Those documents. The ones that define torture, define "enhanced" or "harsh" interrogation techniques and afford our protectors to practice these enhanced or harsh interrogation techniques on some folks who were (and most likely still are) hell bent on slaughtering the whole lot of us. They'd slaughter us wholesale if they could... no doubt. Just ask them.

Yep. Those documents that were declassified, released to the "press" and exported to our enemies throughout the world. The ones that go into detail, define the parameters of the business of "enhanced interrogations". The documents that ensure those practitioners of these techniques do not cross the line and stray into the "torture" side of things.

Those very documents that help prepare our protectors for a more humane extraction of information from their subjects than say, well... their Al Qaeda or Taliban or... hmmm... radical muslum counterparts. The documents that define waterboarding, sleep deprivation, humiliation, face "slapping" as the type of "torture" applied to me and other soldiers decades ago when we were in this fine country's military and being trained on resisting minimal interrogation techniques commonly practiced by "civilized" nations.

Those documents that define "enhanced interrogation techniques" not necessarily practiced by our "enemy" at the time... the North Vietnamese (and their allies... uh hum... Soviets, Chinese, etc.) because they weren't intense enough... didn't really do much to extract the information desired from our fellow countrymen who fell into their hands as captives. Or they were modified... increased by our enemy in frequency, duration and intensity to apply the fear of God, the pressure on their subjects, our countrymen to chat it up and give up information they might or might not really have.

Yeah... those vile, vicious enhanced interrogation techniques that were cast aside by our earlier enemies as ineffective, not intense enough for them to employ as a part of their own information gathering game plan.

It seems our enemies have softened considerably. They're weak... Though the al qaeda, taliban... radical mooslums who live to see us destroyed tend to lean towards drilling holes in knees, faces, arms, legs with drills, cutting off fingers, hands, heads... burning their prisoners and much worse to extract information... it seems they can't really stomach our country's "enhanced interrogation techniques" (that are applied to our very own warriors in training) when those very same techniques are applied to them. It seems our soldiers, sailors, marines, airmen and contractors who are subjected to this training are far, far more resilient, able and immune to this "torture" than their al qaeda, taliban or radical muslim "counterparts" are.

Either way the hapless, self serving, inept president... obama and his corrupt den of politicos have stooped to a new low and have declassified documents that have effectively weakened our defense, threatened our existence... once again.

I just can't help it. I'm inclined to think it's all by design. I'm thinking he's trying to do as much damage as he can to our fine nation in the four years he's got. I'm thinking he's all about failure and shame. I don't know why but I'm thinking he's intent on ruining our life as we know it.

In a nutshell... here's a comment from obama's snake in the grass attorney general sham Eric Holder regarding some friggin' Spanish Judge's decision to open an investigation of the torture and atrocities allegedly practiced at Gitmo. Spain's feeble attempt to play their socialist card and police the world accordingly. A Spaniard's attempt to try those in America responsible in an open "world" court in Spain... a laughable concept at best.

This is from a recent AP article:

"U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, speaking with reporters in Berlin before the investigation was announced, did not rule out cooperating with such an investigation.

"Obviously, we would look at any request that would come from a court in any country and see how and whether we should comply with it," Holder said.

"This is an administration that is determined to conduct itself by the rule of law and to the extent that we receive lawful requests from an appropriately-created court, we would obviously respond to it," he said.

Asked if that meant the U.S. would cooperate with a foreign court prosecuting Bush administration officials, Holder said he was talking about evidentiary requests, and would review any such request to see if the United States would comply."

You really have to respect Holder's position of "an administration that is determined to conduct itself by the rule of law..."

Hey Eric, have you paid your taxes for 2008 yet? How about '07? '06?

I wasn't sure... I just thought I'd help you out and remind you...

Just in case.

I mean, you gotta carry that "rule of law" torch high Bub... you know, set an example, live as you preach type stuff.

Ah what the heck, 1,360 days left of this senseless, dhimmifying age of appeasement and change.

We can only hope that we, as a nation can survive this idiocy.

CHANGE! An obama promise. We're getting it! Royally!

Gun Control...

2009-03-15T09:12:00.000-07:00

...as designed.

From an email...

Shooting in Butte , Montana
Shotgun preteen vs. illegal alien Home Invaders:

Butte, Montana November 5, 2008

Two illegal aliens, Ralphel Resindez, 23, and Enrico Garza, 26, probably believed they would easily overpower home-alone 11 year old Patricia Harrington after her father had left their two-story home.

It seems the two crooks never learned two things: they were in Montana , and Patricia had been a clay shooting champion since she was nine.

Patricia was in her upstairs room when the two men broke through the front door of the house. She quickly ran to her father's room and grabbed his 12 gauge Mossberg 500 shotgun.

Resindez was the first to get up to the second floor only to be the first to catch a near point blank blast of buckshot from the 11-year-old's knee crouch aim . He suffered fatal wounds to his abdomen and genitals.

When Garza ran to the foot of the stairs, he took a blast to the left shoulder and staggered out into the street where he bled to death before medical help could arrive.

It was found out later that Resindez was armed with a stolen 45 caliber handgun he took from another home invasion robbery. That victim, 50-year-old David Burien, was not so lucky. He died from stab wounds to the chest.

Ever wonder why good stuff never makes NBC, CBS, PBS, MSNBC, CNN, or ABC news? An 11 year old girl, properly trained, defended her home and herself... against two illegal immigrants... and she wins, she is still alive.

Now that is Gun Control !

Thought for the day:

Calling an illegal alien an 'undocumented immigrant' is like calling a drug dealer an 'unlicensed pharmacist.'

OBAMA, CEASE AND DESIST!

2009-01-28T20:23:00.000-08:00

Obama!

Don’t apologize for me, for my family, for my friends, for my neighbors, for our country to our enemies!

CEASE AND DESIST!

Stop it!!!

Don’t grovel to Cuba, North Korea, Iran, Al Q’aida, Hamas, radical Islam and so many others you’re planning on humbling up to! You’re only here for four years… eight at the most. I’ve done no wrong… my family, friends and neighbors have done no wrong so don’t apologize for us!

If anything tell THEM we realize we showed our weakness multiple decades ago... back when we bailed out and defended those in need, back when we showed our weakness by being compassionate, responsive. Back when we believed in global peace, back when we believed in open and honest communication! We fell into their traps by acquiescing to their “demands”, by relinquishing our identities and selling our souls to them for peace!

Obama, stop selling out our country.

We’re good people who are and will protect what we have. We’ll help neighbors in need, we’ll work with those who are suspicious of us to ensure they know we mean no harm. But Barack, I can’t follow you down this path of giving up our soul to our enemies… apologizing to them for having provoked an attack on our country on 9/11. I’m not into dhimmifying myself, my family, my friends, my neighbors.

If you’re up to that Barack then do it alone. Leave our country out of it.

Quit kissing ass with our collective lips!

For what it’s worth.

Mine aren't kissing.

Nations condemn Israel's Gaza invasion!

2009-01-04T11:51:00.000-08:00

"by Samer al-Atrush Samer Al-atrush – Sun Jan 4, 7:10 am ET

CAIRO (AFP) –

(Picture: This religious freak's creed to his fellow muslims.)

Israel's ground offensive in the Gaza Strip was roundly condemned across the Middle East on Sunday, with Egypt also accusing the UN Security Council of failing to act quickly to resolve the crisis.

Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit said Israel's incursion into the impoverished territory on Saturday night came in "brazen defiance" of international calls to end the fighting.

"The Security Council's silence and its failure to take a decision to stop Israel's aggression since it began was interpreted by Israel as a green light," he said in a statement as Israeli forces rumbled into Gaza."

(Picture: hamas freak with missile)

Okay, you hit a nerve here...

Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Syria, Turkey… hell, all of the middle east fanatics are condemning Israel… CONDEMNING ISRAEL for kicking ass on the friggin’ Hamas clan! You know, the same clan that launches missiles into Israel on a daily if not hourly basis. The same clan that uses “peace” as a weapon and hides behind women and children. The same clan that's killed Israelis over and over and over again without provocation.

It's a given that the middle east zealots CONDEMN ISRAEL. The question is where were these same biased sons of pigs when Hamas missiles rained down on Israel over the years. Where were these piglets when the Hamas tribe terrorized innocent citizens of Israel?

(Picture: hamas missiles they claim they don't have)

You, you middle east "leaders"... where was your CONDEMNATION OF HAMAS when all of that was going on you friggin’ one sided islamic, ass kissing, piglet pricks?

Your “condemnation” carries no weight, means nada when it’s not equally enforced.

Piss up a rope you middle east fanatics. You're all nothing but a friggin' bunch of pompous cowards. Your supposed condemnation is a poorly veiled, pathetic attempt to protect a nest of terrorists bent on destroying Israel. Let the terrorist be destroyed!

(Picture: jihad terrorists with mortar)

You CONDEMN a nation for defending itself? You CONDEMN a nation for wanting to stop the killing of its innocent citizens? You CONDEMN a nation for wanting to end the fight once and for all? You CONDEMN a nation that simply wants to live in peace?

You’re all sick. You’re so full of yourselves over there in that cesspool of sand called the middle east. I can only hope the proud and valiant Israelis finish their fight this time rather than succumb to your shameless global politics.

“Saudi's Al-Riyadh attacked US President George W. Bush "who started his first presidential mandate with wars of occupation in Iraq and Afghanistan and ends his (White House) days welcoming the spilling of Palestinian blood."

(Picture: Remnants of terrorist missile in Israeli field.)

Damned straight Riyadh baby! Take it up with your pedophile prophet mohamud if it bothers you so. What would you, a Saudi know about protecting your citizens? You've always relied on others to do that for you. George Bush is only doing what the Jimmy Carters of this world wouldn’t and couldn’t do. Bush is standing up to all of you fanatics and is finally bringing the fight to you... you know, we call that taking the fight to the enemy. Something you and your saudi royalty know nothing about.

Israel is protecting it's very right to exist... plain and simple!

And furthermore SAUDI idiots, where was your condemnation when we were hit on 9-11? If I recall you tried to dhimmify us by telling us how wrong WE were and what WE did to provoke the attacks. Then you tried to buy our good will with a check, a handout of corrupt oil money… money that Rudy Giuliani promptly and righteously turned down.

Yeah, Middle Eastern “CONDEMNATION” means nothing to us. The clans of the middle east have always condemned what Israel and the United States have done. Why change now you freaks.

We CONDEMN YOU, our middle eastern friends!

Israel, go kick some terrorist ass! Don’t stop with Hamas!

Don't poke sticks at a beehive...

2009-01-02T10:44:00.000-08:00

(Photo by Michael Freeman)

Here's a lesson in life... when I was young growing up in the great Pacific Northwest, U.S.A. I learned a lot from my four older brother’s accomplishments and mistakes… primarily their mistakes. I'd watch and listen to what they did that just didn't work out the way they thought it would at the time they did it. I'd listen to them rationalize their failed activity to themselves and those who would listen and I'd watch them re-enact their fruitless (and quite often painful) activity... fine tuning everything for the next go 'round. Yeah, I watched and learned. By the time I was able to experience some of my own life activities I had a pretty well rounded education as to what worked and what didn't work... basically.

So, I've never poked a stick at a bald faced hornets nest. I've never teased yellowjackets, animals with young and geese up close. I've thrown rocks from a distance at bee’s nests but never really stood close enough to poke sticks at an active hive. That's just not logical. It's not a wise thing to do even for those who aren't all that wise. You don't mess with wildlife and you don't taunt your neighbors. Those are facts of life learned early in life... at least they should be. Most sensible people realized these things within their first six years.

Most...

So, what the hell is going on with that freaky Hamas clan? Are they brain dead or something? Are their skulls thicker than believed? Are they high?

Blithering lunatics! What the hell are they thinking?

They had a truce with a neighbor who simply wanted to be left alone. I have neighbors. I don’t like all of them but I don’t throw rocks over the fence at them. I don’t sabotage their property, I don’t harass or kill their children or pets and I don’t dig tunnels into their back yards.

That’s just not right! It’s not sane!

In a nutshell Israel and Hamas arrived at a cease fire/truce/whatever months ago. Hamas saw the truce as an opportunity to rebuild, resupply and retrain their obsessed and utterly insane “army” of miscreants. All the while they’d lob a missile or two towards Israel at whim, improve their crazy little tunnel system, arrest and abuse dissenters (Christians) within their communities, terrorize bordering Israeli settlements, kidnap, torture and maim innocents and otherwise carry on their Hamas business as usual. Nothing really changed for Hamas during the cease fire/truce/whatever. They viewed it as a sign of Israeli weakness… a time for Hamas to regroup.

When the truce ended they showered Israel with rockets and mortars for days on end. Israel like the bees in the hornets nest stirred, complained, called for the activity to cease to no avail. Hamas viewed Israel’s refusal to fight as cowardice.

Eventually Israel had enough. Using necessary force Israel hammered the Hamas network in Gaza leveling buildings, killing Hamas commanders, militants and their supporters. Hamas was hit and hit hard… on the chin and boy did they feel it!

Hamas cried and continues to cry to the international community to make Israel stop. Israel continues to pummel Hamas (and those who support Hamas) mercilessly, making a very loud statement… LEAVE US ALONE!

To this day the international community condemns Israel… the victim in this fight. The neighbor who has had enough. The patient, bullied neighbor now kicking the bully’s inept ass.

I say let the fight end the way it will end. Let the bullied teach the bully a lesson they’ll never forget. A good ass whupping promotes respect, at least for those who have any semblance of sanity.

There are calls from the islamic community to rise up against Israel and the United States of America.

Hell, they’ve been making that call for decades. Mooslums everywhere, always calling for our heads. Citing the pedophile prophet moohamad’s name somewhere in their never ending gibberish. So what’s new?

In short, Hamas don’t poke sticks at the beehive. You’re going to get stung and stung bad!

Lesson in progress.

Barack Hussein Obama! Was it Kenya or Hawaii???

2008-10-26T09:56:00.000-07:00

We, the citizens of this fine country demand to know where you were born!

Were you born in Kenya?

Barack Hussein, were you born in Kenya to muslim parents as you've stated in the past? Were you born in Kenya and adopted in Indonesia as you've said in the past? Were you born in Hawaii as your bogus 1970 Hawaii certificate of live birth suggests?

Where were you born and what are your true allegiances?

Why are you refusing to produce a REAL certificate of live birth. Your arrogance is overwhelming. You place yourself well above us regular Joe and Joanne Blue Collar citizens. You hide behind your DNC and Chicago cronies. You talk in circles and avoid the hardball questions. Your gang of thugs have tried to humiliate and destroy anyone who asks legitimate questions about you, your past and your candidacy.

Isn't it about time that you answer these questions? Don't you think you should serve the public you so desperately want to serve by letting us know more about you?

While you're producing that vault copy of your live birth certification why don't you produce the other information all of the other candidates had to produce. You know your health records, your various college transcript, etc. We don't want to see a one page letter from your doctor. We want you to be truly vetted! ...not powdered over by your gloss team.

As you've probably figured by now I'm not voting for you. Nope. I'm not one to throw away a very important vote on a person who won't reveal his true identity let alone on a person who ignores a righteous hue and call to explain his relationships with terrorists, radical preachers and priests and con men.

What do you have to hide Barack Hussein Obama?

As mentioned in an article entitled "Obama Refuses to Answer Birth Certificate Lawsuit" authored on Friday, October 24, 2008 4:16 PM By: Kenneth R. Timmerman... "Lawyers for Obama and the DNC did not return calls for comment on the current status of the case, or explain why the Obama campaign did not simply put to rest the whole controversy by releasing the birth certificate that Obama apparently cherished as a teenager."

I mean, afterall in order to be considered as a legitimate candidate for the president of this great United States you have to be a natural born citizen of this country. It's a simple rule... a simple and safe requirement. If you aren't a natural born citizen of this fine country then you cannot run for the presidency.

Pretty simple...

So, if you are who you claim to be and are truly legitimate you shouldn't have a problem complying with such a simple request. And while you're at it fill in the holes you have regarding the other issues too.

The American public has every right to know!

Hillary Whored to Barack...

2008-08-26T21:16:00.000-07:00

Well, by now we all know now that Hillary whored herself to Barack Hussein Obama (however he spells his name). It was quaint, not much on the facial side so she slid by and was the ultimate subservant, cuckold Bill watched and cleaned up afterwards.

This is embarrassing.

An ex president wallowing in the quivers, shakes and juices of his wife and her master.

My oh my.

What a freak show.

I'm not going to vote for a wannabe.

And I'm independent as hell.

Hillary's gone!

2008-02-28T07:21:00.000-08:00

She's done! She's against the ropes and there's no mercy in sight!

Obama isn't winning, Hillary's losing!

Everything she does gets turned against her. The whole world knows the Clintons now. They've been exposed.

Exposed a little but exposed nonetheless.

And it ain't pretty.

The Left is claiming it's because of her pro war vote, her tacit support of the Iraq war.

Let's paint a clearer picture. She's married to one of the most allegedly corrupt president's we've ever had, she has her hooks into questionable money, her past and present business dealings are certainly worth probing, her army of "investigators" who were sent out to gather information so she could smear opponents were met with more formidable dynamic competition, her integrity and honesty has been publicly questioned, her temperament is borderline psychotic, like her primary opponent (Barack Hussein Obama) she's borderline communist... willing to socialize everything!

Yup, Hillary's an artifact, a has been.

Thank God! the Clinton's are done.

Now, break out the prayer rugs... Obama might have a shot at it after the Clinton elimination.

It's all about "change" in the Obama camp... it's just not clear what "changes" are in store for us if he does win in November.

Can we say "convert"?

A true patriot!!!

2007-10-03T21:31:00.000-07:00

I so admire this guy!!! He's a hero in my book!

He individually changed the order of how a mexican bar owner flew the United States flag. This particular incident took place in Reno, Nevada where some so-called "citizens" believe it's okay to fly that mexican piece of shit flag above our beloved Stars and Stripes!!!

Nevada... the home state of Harry Reid, that "loser" senator.

Check it out!!!

This is a perfect response to the mexican invasion. We all need to take a page out of his book and use it.

BUILD THAT WALL NOW!!!

I picked this little tidbit up from Texas Fred's blog.

Fred Thompson!!!

2007-09-06T07:39:00.000-07:00

In case you haven't heard, Fred Thompson threw his hat into the ring last night!

I like his style, his charisma, his directness. He seems like a good fit for the country and a bit of a curveball for those whose interests were straying elsewhere.

Let's hope Fred will bring everything back into focus.

So, he's now officially a POTUS candidate!!!

Yeah!!!

Let's see what happens. Hopefully things will get clearer regarding our choices.

Bailed out and on the lam!

2007-09-06T06:40:00.000-07:00

So Norman Hsu is a free man again!

He had his bail reduced enough so he could pay it (a cool million... don't expect THAT money to be going to anyone's campaign) and high tail it to parts unknown! (Wink, wink)

Yah, parts unknown... lol. How funny! A fugitive again.

This time he's hiding!

Some folks think he's back in his native home, Hong Kong. You know, that city in China that just keeps pumping out corrupt and less than scrupulous folks. It's been doing it for decades!!!

I find it more than just a little odd that the Chinese nationals and Hong Kong business representatives are elbows and knees deep involved in our United States politics... in the selection of our next president of the United States, among the elections of other politicos at ALL levels of government.

Has someone overlooked China's "reclamation" of Hong Kong? Has someone overlooked the very real possibilities that those Chinese who are raising funds for the dhimmicrats are most likely not as loyal to our causes as they are to, well... maybe China's causes.

Hmmm. Let's see. The bulk of the funds Hsu's raised for political contributions during these past several years are going to the dhimmicrat, Hillary Clinton. You know... Hill, the wife of Bill, our ex president and strong ally of China.

Hillary's the one who reduced the size and effectiveness of our military back in the day of Bill. Well, she did it through Bill. After all, a husband who's been getting it regularly on the side is going to do whatever he can to placate his wife after she discovers his many affairs, eh?

But I don't think that's the whole story behind this China, Clinton, dhimmicrat, ally thing. I'm thinking it goes back quite aways... at least to the early 1980's, most likely well before that.

In short, China found our achille's heal and has tapped into it. The dhimmicrats are beholden to the almighty dollars that China has routed into their campaigns and China, through it's agents is trying to assert it's political influence, political clout into the selection of our next president much like it did when Bill was elected.

If the dhimmicrats win then the markers will be called in one by one.

It's not the first time China's pretty much had it's way with us. There's already history of sellout to China by a previous Clinton regime.

It's pretty pathetic... politicos doing whatever they're told just so they can get another almighty buck. The politicians in this country are money grubbing whores on a global scale.

They'll sell us out to win an election!

So, Hsu's allegedly "back home" in Hong Kong. I wonder how long it will be until we hear he's "committed suicide".

I mean after all, he did let a lot of his compatriots down for all of the wrong reasons. His private, greedy little swindles brought the Chinese connections back out of the shadows again.

Isn't it odd that it just happens to be another Clinton and the dhimmicrats who were benefitting from the bulk of Hsu's "fund raising" activities.

Can we say "snookered"... again?

The Paw family gives a bunch...

2007-09-03T04:57:00.000-07:00

(Photo by Steve Schwartz)

It seems a good friend of Hillary Clinton's, Norman Hsu, woke up the other morning and found himself in a bit of hot water.

You see, he's been sought by California authorities for "Grand Theft". A bit embarrassing, I know but true.

Hsu admitted to some California authorities awhile back that he took a BUNCH of money from some people... errr, swindled folks out of a BUNCH of their money back in the early 1990's.

It seems he set up some potential investors, took a cool million bucks from them in exchange for importing a bunch of latex gloves or something and well, after getting the money he forgot to import the gloves.

Yup he got the money, no one got the gloves. Go figure... latex gloves.

Big bucks- no gloves- no lube. Poetic.

As the story goes, in 1991 Hsu pleaded guilty and agreed to spend three short years of his life in prison for the, errr... well, theft. Oh yeah, and he agreed to pay restitution.

Herein lies the problem. Hsu actually forgot he copped the plea.

No shit!!! He forgot!!! Just ask Larry, his D.C. attorney.

Here's proof he forgot! The following is an excerpt from an August 29, 2007 story found in the L.A. Times written by Chuck Neubauer and Robin Fields, Los Angeles Times Staff Writers.

Larry is quoted in the article. He explains everything. It's gotta be honest and factual, right? After all, Larry is an attorney!

"Barcella said his client did not remember pleading to a criminal charge and facing the prospect of jail time. Hsu remembers the episode as part of a settlement with creditors when he also went through bankruptcy, Barcella said."

So what we're supposed to believe is that in 1991, shortly after Hsu copped his plea and agreed to do all of those little legal things like serving time and paying restitution he simply forgot. Much like he forgot to import the gloves. Much like he forgot where he lived when he dropped out of sight... except in plain view. He dropped out of sight in plain view. Difficult to understand, I know but he did.

Call it politics. Call it political influence. Call it "making money for the dhimmicrats" type of protection or whatever.

Yup, outta sight in the national media. 15 years worth of hiding in plain view.

So what's Norm got to do with Hillary?

Well, he's one of her major fund raisers. He's already established that he's pretty dat-gammmed good at swindling folks out of their hard earned cash... hell, he's a man of his word and has even agreed to serve 3 years in prison, trust him.

Yup, he's been pretty adept at gathering cash for Hillary and friends, a bunch of dhimmicrats.

I mean, just ask the Paw's.

Their financial contributions to Hillary splashed them onto the front pages of many of our national fish wrappers. Not just Ma and Pa Paw and but the Kid Paws too.

They're one example of the kind of first-time donors Hsu has worked with over the years.

The Paws are a family of six adults, most of whom live together in a small house near San Francisco International Airport. They've allegedly never donated to national candidates until 2004. Since 2005, after meeting Hsu they've donated $213,000 to the dhimmicratic cause. $55,000 to Hill Clinton and $14,000 to various New York state candidates. Not to mention a bunch of money to several other dhimmicrat candidates and politicians... you know "fat cat" Senator Ted Kennedy, U.S. Representative Joe Sestak of Pennsylvania, U.S. Representative Michael Honda of California and political wannabe, comedian Al Franken, a U.S. Senate candidate in Minnesota to mention a few. In all their donations are kind of like a grab bag of donations.

(AP Photo by Jeff Chiu)

So, one might reasonably ask how a blue collar family living in a small, "modest" home in San Francisco can afford to shell out $213,000.00 to the dhimmicrats over the past two years.

You be the judge. Let's take a closer look at this hard working family.

Pa Paw (William Paw) is a mail carrier and Ma Paw, his wife Alice is a homemaker. Both of them are contributors.

Winkle Paw, a son who evidently works for or with Hsu is another contributor. The other contributors include another son who works for a California school board and two daughters, one who works for a hospital and another who works for a computer company. They all opted to max out their contributions to the dhimmicrat cause.

Either way, at least six members of the Paw family... evidently dedicated dhimmicrats... donated at least $55,000 to Hillary Rodham Clinton since 2005.

Not bad for a bunch of blue collar stiffs.

Understandably, there's some questions regarding the source of funds donated by the Paws and many others like them. Reasonable folks are asking themselves how the Paws could afford those sizable donations to the dhimmicrats and why they'd even be donating to dhimmicrats who are running for New York state's government positions rather than California's.

I'm just wondering if Hsu's seeding the pot here. I guess not... Larry's already explained things to us.

"They have the financial wherewithal to make their own donations," Hsu's Washington D.C. attorney, E. Lawrence Barcella Jr. said. "It didn't come from Norman."

Hey Larry, who'da thunk it? Ya' nervous about things dude? Why would you jump to that conclusion?

In the meantime Hsu's got some legal wankering to do and Hill and friends are scrambling to "get rid" of the money Hsu's given them.

Yeah, right! Trust them! They're going to give it all away.

Uh huh...

Yawn. I tire of the dhimmicrat's corruption.

Time for a lesson.

2007-09-02T11:10:00.000-07:00

Run on over to GuyK's blog, "Charming, Just Charming" and catch up on your Sunday sermon.

He's got a great rendition of David, Goliath, Saul and all going.

Go on, bring some religion back into your day!

Corruption only Democrats can love...

2007-09-01T05:06:00.000-07:00

Let's start with...

Representative Alcee L. Hastings, Dhimmicrat, Florida 23rd. Congressional District.

Alcee's an impeached federal judge now serving as a United States Representative. He holds the distinction of being one of six federal judges in the history of the United States who's been removed from office by the United States Senate.

He was impeached in 1988 by a Dhimmicrat controlled House of Representatives for accepting a $150,000.00 bribe and committing perjury regarding his testimony against Frank and Thomas Romano during their racketeering case. The vote was a whopping 413-3 in favor of impeachment.

In 1989 he was then convicted by the United States Senate of the first article levied against him and he was removed from office. The vote on the first article was 69 for and 26 opposed, five votes more than the two-thirds majority of those present that's needed to convict. The first article accused the judge of conspiracy. A conviction on any single article was enough to remove him from office.

According to Hastings he's simply an innocent victim of politics.

Hasting's "alleged" co-conspirator, William Borders refused to testify against Hastings and was sent to jail for contempt. He was later pardoned by slick Willy Bill Clinton, dhimmicrat.

One of Willy's many controversial pardons.

No corruption here though! Yeah, right.

Now let's chat about Representative William J. Jefferson, Dhimmicrat, Louisiana 2nd. Congressional District.

...not to be confused with William Jefferson Clinton, aka: Slick Willy, aka: Whitewater Bill, aka: Monica's Main Man... ah, you get the idea.

Don't confuse William Jefferson with the ex prez though there are many, many similarities.

Nope. William J. Jefferson has the distinction of being the first and only sitting member of congress to have ever had their congressional office "raided" by the FBI... or any law enforcement agency for that matter.

In a nutshell, here's what's going on with Mr. Jefferson...

On July 30, 2005 Jefferson was videotaped by the FBI receiving $100,000 worth of $100 bills in a leather briefcase at the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Arlington, Virginia. Jefferson told an investor, Lori Mody, who was wearing a wire that he would need to give Nigerian Vice President Atiku Abubakar $500,000 "as a motivating factor" to ensure they obtained contracts for a Kentucky based internet company (iGate) and Mody's company in Nigeria.

Shortly after the exchange of money, on August 3, 2005 FBI agents raided Jefferson's Washington D.C. home and found $90,000 of the cash in the freezer, in $10,000 increments wrapped in aluminum foil and stuffed inside frozen-food containers... lasagna style!

The serial numbers found on the currency in the freezer matched those serial numbers of funds that were previously recorded by the FBI and subsequently given to the informant.

On May 20, 2006 agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation raided and searched the congressional office of William J. Jefferson as part of an investigation regarding an ongoing corruption probe.

Some of the allegations used by the FBI in their affidavit to secure the search warrant included...

- Jefferson being videotaped as he received a stock certificate from Mody for a company set up in Nigeria to promote iGate's technology. On the tape Jefferson predicted the deal would generate $200 million annually after five years.

- Jefferson telling Mody that he wants a similar financial stake in the business in Ghana.

- Jefferson sought $10 million in financing from Mody to take over iGate and install "confidants" on the new board. In two payments, Mody wired $89,225 to the ANJ Group LLC, a company controlled by Jefferson's family.

- Jefferson lent $4,800 of the money Mody gave him to an unnamed congressional aide. Another $4,900 was given back to the FBI by one of Jefferson's attorneys.

- The FBI claims it has uncovered "at least seven other schemes in which Jefferson sought things of value in return for his official acts

Now, this really pissed off those congressional folks who believe they're above the law.

There's still a turf war going on over the very legal and fruitful FBI search and recovery of evidence.

Jefferson claims he's innocent. Another victim of entrapment, of police running amok. An innocent victim of vile politics.

Yet one of his former aides, Brett M. Pfeffer tells it a bit differently. Particularly after he's plead guilty to federal bribery charges.

Ah, yeah. We can go on with the dhimmicrat corruption parade but I'm tiring of it for now. I'll pick up on Jerry Stubbs and his past "diddlings", Barney Frank and his alleged business association with Steve Gobie, a male escort whom Frank had befriended, the 52nd. Governor of New Jersey, Jim McGreevey and his closeted sexual exploits, Fat Jack Murtha and his "Let's talk about this later" tape and many, many more dhimmicrats from Bill and Hill on down.

Where doesn't the corruption lead us?

Who are these guys???

2007-08-26T09:43:00.000-07:00

The Seattle Post Intelligencer and the Seattle Times both refused to print this photograph of two individuals who have made multiple trips on several of the Puget Sound ferries over the past couple of weeks.

The trips themselves weren't all that suspicious. The activities associated with these two mid-eastern appearing males while they made the trips evidently were.

According to witnesses who observed and at times interacted with them, these two reportedly inquired about the structure of the ferries, the routes, the passenger loads, the schedules, security, rush hours and other less than likely things that other ferry passengers wouldn't normally inquire about.

In fact, the information gleaned from those observations and interactions was passed along to the FBI and piqued the Fed's interest. The FBI, in turn passed copies of the photograph shown here to major news outlets located in the fine state of Washington in the interest of public safety.

According to reports, several witnesses were concerned enough by the "suspicious passenger's" activities and inquiries to take it upon themselves to photograph the pair.

Several of the local televised news sources posted the photo on the air along with the accompanying story, adding that the FBI is simply trying to locate the pair so they can chat with them. All the FBI wants to do is identify them and determine the basis of their curiousities and to establish what their intentions are.

The FBI... they simply want to do their job!

...and the Seattle Post Intelligencer and the Seattle Times both refused to publish the picture. Both papers claimed the subjects haven't done anything wrong.

Nothing's been proven, no charges have been levied, they have done nothing wrong. No publishing of pictures. It's as simple as that.

Yet they publish Michael Vick pictures. They publish Barry Bonds pictures. They published Gary Ridgeway pictures... and oh so many more!

All before anyone is charged, tried, convicted, etc.!!!

Those faces sell papers.

The picture of these two guys won't. They're not media celebrities... not yet!

I'm inclined to believe the Seattle Times and the Seattle Post Intelligencer are certainly not acting in the best interests of public safety. I'm inclined to believe the Seattle Times and the Seattle Post Intelligencer are serving their own special, skewed political interests by not aiding in the search for two individuals who, during a time of war act suspiciously and deserve to be interviewed, at least by our FBI.

I'm inclined to believe that the Seattle Times and the Seattle Post Intelligencer are both on the wrong side of this nation's best interests!

Let's hope those two who were photographed truly have no sinister desires. Let's hope they're truly, simply curious as to what makes our ferry system work so well.

Nothing more!

As for the Seattle Times and the Seattle Post Intelligencer... well, I've refused to read their crap for years now. I opt to get my news from unbiased, well informed, public oriented sources.

I can only hope others would drop their subscriptions of these long time America hating rags as well.

They're not worthy of wrapping my fish... among other things.

Thank you 2006!!! We have been saved!!!

2007-08-20T17:22:00.000-07:00

Not!!!

Can someone please explain to me why anyone would want to vote for the dhimmicrats in 2008?

I mean, a majority of “someones” out there handed them their “victory” in 2006… you know, their pronounced “taking back the country” campaign! Those “someones” gave them the control they wanted… the control they claimed they needed to regain the confidence of the populace.

Well, they got that “control”. Now, what do we have to show for their “victory”?

It’s obviously not our victory… as a nation.

I didn’t vote for them. Personally I have no party affiliation. In 2006 I voted for Independents, Libertarians, Republicans… anything but a dhimmicrat. If there were unopposed dhimmicrats on the ballot I simply didn’t vote for them. I’m not to blame for their 8 months (and counting) of hapless “government”… this rudderless ship we call the United States steered by dhimmicrats is a disaster!

The dhimmicrats, the most inept political party to have ever assembled in America.

They’re inept. They’re incensed about Republicans and quite frankly us for having failed to support them and their corrupt political and personal agendas over the past decade, at least.

They’ve sold their collective souls to the ultra liberal special interest groups.

The dhimmicrats most recent political victory includes inquiries and investigations into the firing of 8 U.S. Attorneys. These politically charged probes continue to occur at our expense… these go nowhere, do nothing probes into a President’s privilege to hire, retain and fire at will those employed in unprotected jobs.

Slick Willy and his significant other were pretty adept at it. They dumped 93 U.S. attorneys. As dhimmicrats they’re pretty well versed at getting rid of those who might threaten their waning and very questionable credibility. They crushed their adversaries or otherwise nudged them out of the way so words like “Whitewater”, “Vince Foster”, “Monica”, “Gennifer Flowers”, “Somalia”, “Haiti”, “impeachment”, “Bosnia”, “Paula Jones”, “Kathleen Willey”, “Kenneth Starr”, “Linda Tripp”, “Madison Guaranty Savings and Loan”, “health care reform”, etc. wouldn’t become household words associated with the Clinton’s obvious corruption and failures.

And to think I voted for Clinton. The second time.

Would someone please tell me what significant piece of legislation has been passed by this defunct, inept defeatistcrat Congress?

Aside from sitting on their fat asses and collecting exorbitant salaries, per diem, perks and bribes while conducting useless, meaningless “congressional investigations” what’s really been accomplished?

Aside from passing a “token” minimum wage bill what’s really been accomplished?

Aside from cutting off funding to our military in the middle of a war what’s really been accomplished?

Aside from aiding and abetting an enemy during a time of war what’s really been accomplished?

Aside from calling our heroic troops killers, murderers, terrorists what's really been accomplished?

They're a party of traitors and defeatists. They're praying the war will be lost for their own political survival. It has to be!

Or they die as a party!

Nah, I think Ted (I can’t swim) Kennedy, Pat (Leaky) Leahy, John (let’s talk about this money later) Murtha, Nancy (I’ve finally made history) Pelosi, Chuck (trust me, wink-wink) Schumer, Harry (I should be president—Yee Haw) Reid, William (you mean it isn't spinach lasagna??) Jefferson, Patty (yeah, what they said.) Murray, Hillary (Where’s Bill at now?) Clinton and oh-so-many more can take their collective dhimmicrat, defeatistcrat party and head back to their happy little communes. They all look good with those silver spoons in their mouths as they continue to pat themselves on their backs while we, the citizens of this fine country seek strong, confident, progressive, responsive leadership!

Nope, there’s nothing under any of these dhimmicrat rocks that I would even begin to care to support.

One of my impromptu rants for what it’s worth.

Enough IS enough Obama!

2007-07-23T15:34:00.000-07:00

(Picture credit, U.S. Veteran Dispatch)

BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA!!!

It’s time for you to get down off of your high horse and take a lesson from those REAL Americans around you.

You showed the world that you are not of presidential ilk! When you declare "Enough is enough" and state that Bush should not get "a blank check to continue down this same, disastrous path" you’ve stepped from behind the curtain. You are not the wizard that you tried to convince the good portion of this fine country’s populace that you are. You’re simply another spiteful, vile, self serving politico with camouflaged, yet to be revealed intentions and ambitions.

How can you claim this fight against terrorism, against a declared and growing jihad movement is a “disastrous path”? How can you bury your head in the sand and ignore what is happening globally in the Middle East, in Europe, in Africa, in Asia, in North America and expect anyone to take you seriously?

Do you disagree with those who have quantified these threats, this growing hatred for western culture, western society, Christianity?

Are you aligning yourself with those who wish us converted, enslaved or dead? Are you suggesting we appease, convert or be dhimmified? Are you suggesting we abandon those who seek democracy--- seek relief from oppression by religious zealots? Simply walk away from them?

To abandon a cause such as this is a despicably traitorous act beyond comprehension! Leaders don’t abandon people in need. Leaders don’t run from terror, from oppression, from threats, from battle!

Leaders protect the innocent, the righteous, those seeking protection. Leaders expose, prevent and destroy evil!

You OBAMA, you are not a leader! You will not be a leader I will follow now nor in the future. You have exposed yourself for what you truly are--- a vile, contemptuous, self serving, power hungry politico looking for God only knows what from the American public!

Obama, wake up! There’s real threats out there, real people who want to destroy our very culture, real people--- organized, covert, well armed, wealthy, industrious and sophisticated terrorist and militant groups out there who want nothing more than to destroy us and you’re suggesting we abandon our troops on the battlefield, abandon our friends who sought our help, abandon those who will be slaughtered when we do prematurely withdraw and let those terrorists, those religious zealots, those militants have their way.

I suggest you step aside and let those with a spine, those with some semblance of pride, of desire to preserve the young but proud culture of the United States of America step up and offer their fine leadership to us, the citizens of this fine country!

I’m now-oh-so suspicious of your past, Obama. (When you get to the link scroll down to the December, 2006 Obama article... informative!)

A vote against funding the troops, those troops who are in harm’s way is a vote against America.

And you know that!

OBL's son OBL---

2007-07-15T10:40:00.000-07:00

---is married, again. To a second wife who has MS, one helluva sexually active past and is a heckuvalot older than his 27 years.

All I can think of is she must have some good looking grand daughters or grandsons or something.

Jane Felix-Browne (aka: Paula Joy Hanson, aka: Zaina Bint Mohamad Al-Sabah) is a six times married, many times bred Cheshire parish councillor who's wed one of the 18 son's of the world's most wanted man. She's a Brit. Born and raised a Brit. She claims she's lived a pretty wild and firebrand life and she claims to be partially from Kuwaiti descent--- so now, she's Omar's latest in his harem of two.

But, all of her self professed promiscuity is going to change isn't it?

Sure. She's a mooslum bride now. You know, one of those Religion of Peace women.

Currently, she's looking to sell her life story for 10 million pounds so she can provide for her family and Omar. But, she's also asking for money so she can return "home" and hire an attorney. Hmmmm, I wonder why the attorney's needed?

Any donors???

Let's just say she's still a bit confused about things right now---

Especially after ol' Omar upped and married her in April then left her sorry ass in Cairo where she was being treated for multiple sclerosis. Seems Omar married the woman who's almost twice his age and dumped her shortly after the euphoria wore off.

What? A night or two?

There's a pretty good article about her life and current dilemma at the Daily Mail. It's not the most upstanding news rag out there but it usually has some pretty good gossip information.

The information's especially accurate when the person who's the object of the gossip is providing the information to the rag directly.

It seems she's not all that in tune with Omar's desires yet. Evidently Omar isn't happy about how things are being reported and he can't be all that satisfied with his new bride running to the press and chatting with them.

In a recent Associated Press article Omar said he was "stunned and outraged" by the publicity.

Yo! Omar! Wake up Dude! She's the one hand feeding the press the information you twit! She's trying to sell her "life story" so she can provide for your scrap dealing, money grubbing, sorry assed self like a true mooslum bride. You two just have to communicate better. It's difficult at first but gets easier with practice.

I'll bet money her life story's going to be of the "XXX", "Adult" type variety given what I've read about her so far. Biker parties, sex with one of her many husband's younger brothers, multiple affairs, personal claims of working as a "call girl", party parties, etc.

Did you have any idea Omar? Any idea at all? Holy crap this is funny!

WOO HOO!!! What a life!

Yup, right up OBL's alley. Either one... she's gonna make you guys proud! A wonderful mooslum bride.

I couldn't help but find Omar's comments in an article on Yahoo pretty amusing. According to ABDULLAH SHIHRI, the Associated Press writer who wrote the article posted in Yahoo earlier today Omar bin Laden said---

---Felix-Browne — whom he identified by the Arabic name Zaina Bint Mohamad Al-Sabah — was a Muslim of partly Kuwaiti descent.

"Her nationality is not an issue," Omar bin Laden said in the statement. "What is important is her religion and manner."

Omar bin Laden (states) he was also married to a Saudi woman.

"I live a happy life with her," he said. "She has agreed to my (second) marriage ... Polygamy is not strange in our Arab and Islamic society."

Hell, your whole islumic society is strange Omar, not just the "poligamy" thing.

I'll bet the most important issue is her "religion and manner". You have to believe it, right? Hey Omar, she's most likely not going to count as one of your virgins if you decide to take up with your Dad again and happen to martyr yourself.

What a HOOT! Only in islum. I can't wait for the movie!

Happy Independence Day!

2007-07-04T12:38:00.001-07:00

(This awesome picture can be purchased from art.com.)

Every American should take this Independence Day to enjoy with their families, friends, neighbors and fellow citizens!

Thanks to everyone past, present and future who have done what they could to secure, protect, defend and ensure our continued independence!

Enjoy the day!

BE SAFE!

Be proud to be an American!

Today and always!

Alan Johnston...

2007-07-04T12:28:00.001-07:00

(AP Photo)

...has been released by the Army of Islam, that little known muslim terrorist group in Gaza.

Hamas "secured" his release. I'm not sure how, I'm not sure what was promised, given, paid, whatever but Johnston's release is welcome news!

Maybe, just maybe things might make a bit more sense in that middle east corner of the world now.

You think?

Not!

It just doesn't seem to be the islamic way. You know peace... freedom... respect and acceptance of other religions. This from the religion of peace?

That's just not going to happen.

Wanna bet?

In response to a recent email...

2007-06-29T13:17:00.000-07:00

Let's not forget our immigrant "friends" from the south who seek our wealth and happiness.

Isn't this whole illegal immigration discussion primarily focused on those from Central and South America?

Let's be honest with ourselves. Isn't that what this whole discussion's about? I know we've had some attempts to "smuggle" in Chinese Nationals via shipping containers, etc. But they're normally discovered and sent back. What about those from Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia? What about them. We're not seeing the huge, coordinated outcry from their advocates.

Who's the folks hanging their flag above ours? Who's the folks hanging our flag upside down under theirs? Who's the one's showing up at immigration protests waving the Mexican flag?

Are the Koreans, Chinese, Hungarians, Thai, Vietnamese protesting in our streets and demanding all rights be granted to them, regardless of their allegiance?

Nope, it's the Mexicans... The Mexicans and their Latin American cronies.

They're not willing to take the legal route like those before them did. They're not willing to become true citizens of this country. They just want the money, the land and whatever buildings might be left behind for them to keep. Oh yeah, and maybe a low rider or two.

They don't want us, they don't want our compassion.

They want what we have. Nothing more, nothing less.

If it makes you feel any better call me a racist.

I'm not but if it makes you feel any better call me one.

You truly are avoiding the truth when you start dishing out that "racist" label though. If you're crying racist because folks see what's happening around us and are bringing it to other peoples attention... if you're calling us racists because we're aware, we're observant, we're realizing there's a drive to force us out of our life, our possessions, our country then I suggest you pull your head out of the sand or learn to subject yourselves to their demands, if you haven't already.

Call me paranoid while you're at it too. That label might help as well.

I'm not but call me that if you feel compelled to hang a label on me. I'm not paranoid because I know where I'll be twenty years from today. I know how I'll respond to an infestation of illegals... especially when they're demanding all I have.

So, let's look back at the wonderful education the students at Montebello, California High School got this year. Let's look back at that education and learn from it ourselves.

Let's put an end to this madness and stop the flow of illegal immigrations now!

How about this for some great news!!!

2007-06-29T10:48:00.000-07:00

This is coming from an article I read on Yahoo news yesterday. I was going to comment on it yesterday but got tied up at work. Go figure!

Here’s the info with some of my comments tossed in…

"Fla. sheriff targets illegals
By MELISSA NELSON, Associated Press Writer Wed Jun 27, 2:27 PM ET

PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. - The sheriff's department has developed a remarkably effective — and controversial — way of catching illegal immigrants: Deputies in patrol cars pull up to a construction site in force, and watch and see who runs.

Those who take off are chased down and arrested on charges such as trespassing, for cutting through someone else's property, or loitering, for hiding out in someone's yard, or reckless driving, for speeding off in a car.U.S. immigration authorities are then given the names of those believed to be in this country illegally.

"It's not wrong for them to run, but it's not wrong for us to chase them either," said Sheriff Frank McKeithen, who created his Illegal Alien Task Force in April to target construction sites in this Florida Panhandle county."

I hate to break the news to some of you folks but this has been around for quite awhile. I’ve seen it used on lumber and cedar mills up here in the Pacific Northwest. It’s very effective and although “controversial” to illegal immigrant advocates (i.e. the ACLU, Catholic Church, Mexican American Legal Defense Fund, etc.) it’s been dubbed an effective, proper and legal tactic in this neck of the woods anyways.

”Immigrant advocates say the technique is repugnant, and the ACLU says its constitutionality is questionable.

Illegal immigrants are leaving town. And builders are worried the crackdown will deprive them of the labor they need to take part in a building boom in which Panama City's Beach cheap spring-break motels are being torn down and replaced with high-rise condos."

”Illegal immigrants are leaving town.” Isn’t that the overall goal of immigration reform? Convince those who are in this country ILLEGALLY to leave. Wouldn’t it make sense to get those who are going through the proper legalization process LEGALIZED ahead of the line-cutting, demanding, want it all now cockroaches who infested this fine country over the past couple of decades?

Why aren’t the ACLU, the Catholic Church, the Mexican American Legal Defense Fund and the other immigrant advocate groups out there defending those who are trying to get things done the RIGHT WAY? Why do these organizations insist upon protecting those who are here ILLEGALLY? Why defend the criminals over the righteous?

”The sheriff said the raids are justified under a long-standing Florida law prohibiting employers from knowingly hiring illegal immigrants.

His department has conducted dozens of these raids over the past three months, sometimes using five or six patrol cars, and has reported more than 500 people to immigration officials since November.”

Finally, someone with balls who will stand up and work WITH the INS. I heard yesterday that the 25 largest cities in the United States are sanctuary cities for ILLEGALS. Go figure! But if you or I were to cross the street outside of a crosswalk in any of those cities, if we were to inadvertently run a red light we’d be stopped, cited and our entire pedigree would be run through the computer. They’d certainly be identifying us, the LEGAL citizens.

”The Mexican American Legal Defense Fund is investigating the arrests because "the intimidation factor is of great concern," said Elise Shore, regional counsel for the organization.

Benjamin Stevenson, an attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union in Florida, said he finds the tactic troubling."Why are they sending out six or seven agents to investigate a paper crime, and are they causing them to run in the first place through intimidation?" he asked.”

What would be the source of intimidation? Perhaps uniformed law enforcement officers driving up to a work site to do their job. The ILLEGALS surely know their status and are going to run… why not? That’s not intimidation, that’s good police work. It’s a simple drive up and watch the roaches flee type of work. Then they simply follow those who flee until they break a law. Once a law is broken the officers intervene and do their job to protect and serve the taxpaying public who’s paying their salaries.

I thought that’s what the whole law enforcement profession was all about… to protect and serve.

When I was a kid growing up out here in the Pacific Northwest we would have little parties in the woods called “keggers”. Someone of legal age would buy at least one keg, give out a location and we’d all go to that location after school, usually on a Friday evening. We’d be partying down pretty good and the local deputies would quite often pull up in force. Those of us who were under the legal age would take off running through the forests. The deputies would chase some of us. Some would get caught, most wouldn’t. Those who didn’t run were identified by the deputies and were “released” because they were of legal age.

This is not a new tactic… just an effective one.

”As the debate over illegal immigration plays out in Washington, McKeithen is among a growing number of state and local officials taking it upon themselves to enforce immigration laws that up to now were regarded as a federal responsibility.

For example, Farmers Branch, Texas, is trying to prohibit apartment rentals to illegal immigrants in the Dallas suburb. Georgia passed a law requiring employers to verify the immigration status of all new employees.

Barbara Gonzalez, a spokeswoman for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Miami, would not comment on the sheriff's tactics.

McKeithen has asked Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum for a legal opinion on his tactics. A spokeswoman for McCollum said the office is researching the request.”

Yea Baby!!! The dhimmicrats and those few spineless republicans had it handed to them yesterday, eh? I think the debate over illegal immigration was pretty much put on ice with yesterdays IN YOUR FACE defeat of that Kennedy/McCain amnesty bill congress tried to shove down our throats.

”McKeithen is already under fire from civil rights groups over the videotaped 2006 death of a 14-year-old boy who was roughed up by guards at a juvenile boot camp operated by the sheriff's department. Eight former employees are facing manslaughter charges.”

Although tragic, what the hell does this have to do with the deputies chasing ILLEGAL immigrants? Those who “roughed up” the 14 years old inmate are facing manslaughter charges. Give them their day in court. It’s not as if someone tried to cover the incident up and really has no relevance to the ILLEGAL roach infestation currently at hand.

”The sheriff said that more recently, his officers have been making fewer arrests of workers who flee, and are concentrating more on asking employers for the paperwork on their employees. Sheriff's deputies then arrest workers whose documents are found to be fraudulent.”

More good police work! What’s wrong with sending deputies to check the documents of employers to ensure the documents are not fraudulent? Isn’t that what this whole law enforcement thing is all about? To follow up on tips, leads, to act on trends to ensure the community they’re sworn to protect and serve is protected and served appropriately?

If these officers weren’t doing their jobs the community would most likely be in an uproar. And rightfully so!

”Mexican illegal immigrant Jose Madrid, 28, said he has been unable to find a construction job over the past six weeks because of the crackdown, and hasn't been able to send money to his parents and his 7-year-old son back home.”

Oh… poor Jose! If he can’t find a job then something right is happening for once.

All of those folks who have been saying the laws we currently have in place ”just simply aren’t effective enough” should stand up and take notice of Jose’s plight.

He can’t find a job in construction because the police are enforcing the immigration laws… those VERY laws that are currently on the books. The money that he can’t send home to his parents and his 7 year old son can be earned by a fellow citizen and used here in this country to support his or her family.

What a concept!

"We immigrants, we are leaving Panama City. People are afraid they will be deported," he said. "The companies don't want to hire illegal people. Now they're only hiring those with papers."

Cool! Especially the part about ”The companies don’t want to hire illegal people. Now they’re only hiring those with papers.” Spoken by one of the very ILLEGAL's himself!

Wow! So what MELISSA NELSON, the Associated Press Writer is telling us in her recent article is that the Sheriff’s law enforcement tactics are working very well!
Those laws that our congressmen and congresswomen have been claiming to be unenforceable, those very tactics that we’ve been told are inept and simply won’t work are being used quite effectively by Sheriff Frank McKeithen in Florida.
Fantastic work Sheriff!

“Developer Louis Breland is finishing the first phase of a $750 million beach condo project. "Subcontractors could not function without immigrant laborers for painting, rebar and steel work. They are the best workers," he said. "Without them, the cost of construction would be 10 times as much and nothing would get built."

How about cutting back on your fat cat profits you get from using the ILLEGAL crowd? How about doing things right? How about hiring those who live in this country LEGALLY and paying them a wage for once? How about supporting those families who ARE your fellow citizens rather than sending the money home with those who have no intentions of spending any of it here?

I have no compassion for ILLEGAL immigrants who are being hunted down like the dogs they are and shipped back to where they came from. I also have no compassion for those "contractors" who are circumventing the system, taking advantage of our "social" medicine and aren't paying their fair share of labor and industries insurance for their "employees". They're making huge bucks by cheating the system.

No compassion! NONE!

I'd provide the direct link to the article but Yahoo's archived it by now. So go to Yahoo and do a search if you're interested in reading it in its entirety.

Sheehan found a sucka!!!

2007-06-09T10:07:00.000-07:00

She found a sucker to buy her 5 acres for a pretty hefty profit. She sold the land for $87,000 to Bree Walker, a radio talk show host in California. Walker paid Sheehan $26,500.00 more for the property than what Sheehan paid.

Sheehan bought the property close to Bush's ranch in Crawford, Texas so she could be the never ending pain in his ass that she was so good at being. She bought the property for $52,500 cleaned it up a bit, punched a road into it and dubbed it "Camp Casey" in honor of her 24 yrs. old son who was killed while serving in Iraq.

Sheehan became well known for her anti-war antics as well as her anti-America, anti-Bush, anti-family, anti-anything that she can be anti to antics just so long as she could get her ugly mug in the press.

She's seen here with another anti-everything person, Representative Jim McDermott (Democrat, Washington State) at one of McDermott's fund raisers.

According to reports, Sheehan is going to drop out of the anti-everything movement and try to salvage what's left of her life and family. She should have done that some time ago.

I feel terrible for her loss but I also think there's a point in time where you grieve and move on. She has a right to protest. I don't deny that but I don't believe she should sell out our country, "bud up" to our enemies, turn traitor to serve her "cause"--- whatever her cause was for any particular day.

Even her liberal "friends" abandoned her freak show. She became a liability to them.

Overall, I guess that's what finally brought her to her "senses". She found herself a media has been. No longer news worthy, dumped alongside the road of anti-everything, crumpled and meaningless, no longer worthy of attention--- filled and abandoned like a used condom.

A tired, used, abused, wore out media whore. How poetic.

Abused and devoured by those very liberals she trusted.

Who cares.

Remember!

2007-05-28T10:03:00.001-07:00

Remember those who gave all so that we can live safely, in freedom, with little fear of those who wish our demise.

Remember those who influenced our lives, mentored us, loved us, provided for us--- those who helped make us who we are.

Remember our family and friends who are no longer with us.

Remember those strangers--- citizens, police officers, fire fighters, soldiers, sailors, airmen, marines--- all of those who put their lives on the line so that we can "carry on".

If not for them where would we be today?

Thank God for those who share, for those who sacrifice, for those who care!

Thank God for them!

Have a safe, memorable Memorial Day.

It's okay to feel humbled today.

Thank You!

Yes, enough IS enough Obama!

2007-05-25T13:16:00.000-07:00

It’s time for you to get down off of your high horse and take a lesson from those REAL Americans around you.

You showed the world that you are not of presidential ilk!

Much like Hillary did when the two of you voted against funding the troops in harm's way. You both showed your inability to lead during trying times, your shared cowardice and your failure to recognize threats--- evil. When the two of you cast your vote against supporting our troops you supported surrender to a vicious enemy.

However, when you went on to declare "Enough is enough" and stated that Bush should not get "a blank check to continue down this same, disastrous path" you stepped from behind the curtain. You showed us you are not the wizard you tried to convince a good portion of this fine country’s populace that you are. You’re simply another spiteful, vile, self serving politico with camouflaged, yet to be revealed intentions and ambitions.

How can you claim this fight against terrorism, against a declared and growing jihad movement is a “disastrous path”? How can you bury your head in the sand and ignore what is happening in the Middle East, in Europe, in Africa, in Asia, in North America, Australia? How can you do this and expect anyone to take you seriously?

Do you disagree with those who have quantified these threats, this growing hatred for western culture, western society, Christianity?

Are you aligning yourself with those who wish us converted, enslaved or dead? Are you suggesting we appease and dhimmify ourselves? Are you suggesting we abandon those who seek democracy--- seek relief from oppression by religious zealots? Simply walk away from them?

To abandon a cause such as this is a despicably traitorous act beyond comprehension! Leaders don’t abandon people in need. Leaders don’t run from terror, from oppression, from threats, from battle!

Leaders protect the innocent, the righteous, those seeking protection. Leaders expose, prevent and destroy evil!

You OBAMA, you are not a leader! You will not be a leader I will follow now nor in the future. You have exposed yourself for what you truly are--- a vile, contemptuous, self serving, power hungry politico looking for God only knows what from the American public!

Obama, wake up! There’s real threats out there, real people who want to destroy our very culture, real people--- organized, covert, well armed, wealthy, industrious and sophisticated terrorist and militant groups out there who want nothing more than to destroy us and you’re suggesting we abandon our troops on the battlefield, abandon our friends who sought our help, abandon those who will be slaughtered when we do prematurely withdraw and let those terrorists, those religious zealots, those militants have their way.

I suggest you step aside and let those with a spine, those with some semblance of pride, of desire to preserve the young but proud culture of the United States of America step up and offer their fine leadership to us, the citizens of this fine country!

I’m now-oh-so suspicious of your past, Barack Hussein Obama.

And here's a blog that has some interesting comments as well.

Bottom line Barack, a vote against funding the troops, those troops who are in harm’s way is a vote against America.

And you know that!

"Fatah al-islam will take it's fight---

2007-05-22T06:57:00.000-07:00

---beyond Nahr al-Bared and Tripoli!"

If the Lebanese military will ever let them that is.

I mean after all, the islamic terrorists fatah al-islam provoked this fight. They tried to bloody the nose of the Lebanese government by setting off a couple of bombs and getting into some pretty wild shootouts here and there over the past couple of days. Now they're huddled in a squalid refugee camp hiding out amongst the "refugees", using the innocents as human shields--- the way of the islamic terrorist.

But the Lebanese commanders wouldn't fall for it. As the islamo rats ran back into their rat hole the Lebanese commanders sent their military after them. They showered the islamic pigs with artillery, an occasional bullet here and there whenever one of the islamo freaks mustered enough courage to shoot at them and a tank shell or two.

Having had enough of it for the time being the fatso al-islam "terrorists" are now calling for their second cease fire in as many days---

---or is it their third?

Who knows, I lost count.

Either way, the military tactics of this pathetic group of islumo terrorists are pretty damned sorry and predictable. Like the rodents they are they sneak out of the refugee camp during the cease fires, plant some bombs here and there to slaughter some innocents, shoot at a couple of folks and run back to the camp. Once there, they request another cease fire. That's it! I imagine this tactic can be found on page 4 of the fatso al-islum manual of terror and warfare (draft).

I even think there was at least one "truce" declared in this little "war". I read about it somewhere but when I went back to reference the article an hour or so later I couldn't find it. Besides, both sides were fighting again so I figured the news of "peace" was old news.

One has to admit though, this butt kicking that the Lebanese army is applying to this fatso al-islam gang is pretty impressive.

You have to hand it to the Lebanese troops. Their tactics are simple and effective. They respond to stimuli. It's a pretty natural and basic rule. Don't shoot at us and we won't shoot at you!.

That's the truth. That's their message to this fatso al-islum band of thugs. Here's the quote right out of Earth Times. "The Lebanese army on its part said that they will not shoot if they are not shot at."

Now any dolt should be able to figure that particular rule out.

Go figure.

Kentucky Amber Alert!!! UPDATE!!

2007-05-20T22:41:00.000-07:00

Update:

Amber Alert cancelled for 5 Year Old Kentucky Girl

Posted: Monday May 21, 2007: 12:05 AM CDT
Updated: Monday May 21, 2007: 2:07 AM CDT

The Kentucky State Police cancelled the Amber Alert early Monday morning after the child was recovered by Louisville, PD. There is no further information available on the suspect at this time.

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Amber Alert Issued for 5 Year Old Kentucky Girl
Posted: Monday May 21, 2007: 12:05 AM CDT

The Kentucky State Police issued the Amber Alert on Sunday night after the child was apparently abducted during a car jacking in Louisville.

Cerra Stott is described as being a 5 year old black female, black hair, brown eyes, 3' , 50lbs hair was put up with clear ball barrettes. She was last seen wearing a turquoise shirt and blue Jeans.

The suspect is described as being a male, black short hair wearing a light colored t-shirt

The suspect vehicle is a Brown 1998 Dodge Durango SUV with Kentucky license number 038AZL. with dark tinted windows and a Jay decal on back above the bumper

If you have any information on this incident, please call 911 or contact the Kentucky State Police Headquarters at 502-574-7111.

A mix of world news. My tirades for the week of May 19---

2007-05-20T08:41:00.000-07:00

Okay, so the "Tirade" posts aren't actually posted on a weekly basis but hey, they're posted.

That's my nature. I'm one of those sporadic, spur of the moment, seat of pants, impromptu, when I feel the urge type of guys. It doesn't mean I didn't have any tirades over the past several weeks. It means I didn't commit them to this blog.

So, let's get started.

---This isn't the only border this nation has.

A whole bunch of folks from California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas seem to think it is. These folks seem to think they're the authority on our borders and the "border" is not a problem.

They'll argue we are the problem. Us, the citizens of the United States are the problem. We're the problem for wanting to keep our borders in check. For wanting to know just exactly who is coming into our country. We're the problem for wanting to know who's here, how long they intend on staying, what they intend on doing while they're here and where they're planning on staying, what they're bringing with them and what their criminal history might be in their own country.

In fact, quite a few of them believe we shouldn't even have border security. They believe leisurely trips across the borders on weekends or weeknights for a bit of grub, a cup of coffee, an exchange of smiles should occur unfettered, totally without government intervention.

The 1,900 plus miles of the Mexico - United States border is a troublesome border. There are thousands of well intended individuals crossing it daily in search of employment, of a better life, in pursuit of a personal dream--- in search of all sorts of things. These people travel across this border in BOTH directions yet, we only focus on the immigrants coming here to the U.S.

What about when we go there? What about the lines at immigrations, at the borders. The searches of luggage, vehicles. What about the arrogance of their border security people? Their open disdain for the American tourist. Their intentions are simple to read--- "come in, spend your money and leave. Go home as soon as you can."

So yes, for those of you who live on this little southwest border it's most likely not an issue for you. You've become familiar with the attitudes, the belligerence. In fact some of you even share these attitudes with them.

You share their dreams for open borders for your own personal satisfaction. Your own greed. Like them you want to be able to come and go as you please. You want to take advantage of systems, of others that you would normally not be able to take advantage of. You've done it for years but not without hassles. At times you've had to jump through some hoops to get your way and that annoys you. So now, "while the iron's hot" you want to strike! You want to reform this nation's immigration laws. You want to forgo border security because YOU do not perceive any threat there.

Personally, I have a problem with that. And yes, I do live in a border state. This particular border isn't all that secure either but we certainly don't have the problems you folks have. And this border is twice as long as yours.

My suggestion to our wonderful neighbors from the south--- Do it legally.

As a side note, did any of you hear Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's speech last week regarding immigration reform.

You know, the speech where he addressed hundreds if not thousands of immigrants, illegal and otherwise, in the streets of Los Angeles.

The speech where he claimed that this nations immigration laws are in sore need of repair. The speech where he alluded to amnesty, hinting that amnesty was in order.

The speech he made in spanish.

Not Vietnamese, not Cambodian, not Swahili, not Russian, Finnish, Arabic, Mandarin but in Spanish!

It seems he's locked in on that southwest mentality as well. A bit biased I'd say. Can we say "Racist"?

There are other borders and there are other immigrants. The huge difference is that most of those immigrants are trying to do things right.

There should be no amnesty for those who are here illegally. It's as simple as that.

Secure the borders, round up the illegals, send them home and show them the right way to come back.

Work on immigration reform! But let's enforce the laws we currently have on the books while we do.

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---The dhimmi-crats and their version of "troop support".

Another funding package with timetables, deadlines. Another veto bill.

They know in advance they're not going to get anywhere with these half assed "troop funding" bills. They've been in "power" for months and they haven't passed a single piece of legislation! They're obsessed with their hatred of George Bush. They're obsessed with bringing Bush's leadership to it's knees. They're obsessed with smearing the Republican party's past successes, with shaming whoever they can shame, with promoting angst in this nation's political arena.

The dhimmi-crats are not representative of our American tolerance, progression, patience, unity.

The dhimmi-crats are obsessed with dividing the American populace, obsessed with fear.

They're desperate, they're scared and they're on the brink of panic. They know the 2008 elections are rapidly approaching and they know their popularity is waning.

They know their "leadership" is a shambles, devoid of an relevance, any integrity, credibility.

Pelosi, Reid, Kennedy, Murtha??? Are these the leaders we want for our nation tomorrow?

Do we want this leadership coupled with the likes of Clinton or Obama?

Personally, I don't. I voted for Bill Clinton years ago. Perhaps that's why I'm not going there again.

All I can say is the Republicans are letting it happen to them. They aren't united and they've become the whipping boys the dhimmi-crats have made them out to be. They're spineless and embarrasingly weak.

It's a rant, but it's mine!

For what it's worth.

Ahmadinejad rocks on---

2007-05-19T12:42:00.001-07:00

I'm not sure whose creation this is but it's good, entertaining and funny!

Many thanks to our friends over at Irate Nation for providing the initial link to the short video.

Amnesty---

2007-05-19T10:01:00.000-07:00

---It’s as simple as that!

There’s nothing more to this “bi-partisan” sell out than that! Some of those in the United States government, some of OUR ELECTED LEADERS are selling out our very ethics, morals, values--- OUR COUNTRY, OUR YOUNG BUT RICH CULTURE by trying to force feed us another “Amnesty” program.

LISTEN UP!!!

SECURE OUR BORDERS! ROUND UP THE ILLEGAL ALIENS AND SEND THEM HOME! Back to where they came from. Back to their own countries so they can learn a bit about the difference between right and wrong, respect of values, laws, assimilation.

Let them know they’re in this country ILLEGALLY! Tell them that! Help them understand it and send them home.

If they wish to apply and come back through the legal process, so be it! Great! Let them apply, help them with the process, work with them and welcome them if and when they get approved. Help them adapt, assimilate.

But, let’s don’t reward people for bad behavior, lawlessness. Let’s have them go through our “immigration” process--- Our LEGAL “immigration” process. I mean, it’s worked for scores of thousands before them.

Let it work for them!

If the process needs streamlining, tweaking then let’s streamline it! Tweak it! Don’t wholesale it and don’t abandon it!

If it’s broken fix it and use it!

The dhimmi-crats and republicans need to get their respective heads out of their asses and listen to what the public is saying.

Kennedy, McCain, Bush, Feingold--- all of you jumping onto this giveaway bill--- you need to listen up a bit. You need to hear what is being said and understand that you’re not actually understanding what is being said now!

WE DON’T WANT AMNESTY!

If we grant amnesty to these illegal aliens we’re affording those who entered this fine country for whatever purpose, whatever motive the opportunity AND SUPPORT to carry on, regardless of the circumstances.

As we’ve learned from history that’s a dangerous practice.

Ask these illegal aliens why they’re fleeing their countries. Ask these illegal aliens why their home countries vigorously protect their borders. Ask these illegal aliens if non-citizens in their countries can openly protest and demand government AND CITIZEN concessions and get them. Ask these illegal aliens if non-citizens in their countries can demand free health care, education, welfare, transportation, legal representation and get it.

Ask them then ask them again why the left their homeland.

Fred Thompson responds to Michael Moore

2007-05-17T06:57:00.001-07:00

Fred's response to Mikey Moore, the king pig of docufiction after Moore's "challenge" for a debate on health care.

I sure hope Fred Thompson gets into this presidential race.

He's what we need in this country right now. Once he gets in and gets elected the dhimmi-crats will be scrambling to make things right and the republicans will be rushing to clean their sorry acts up, grow some vertebrates and get back on track.

Update re: islamic state in Iraq executions---

2007-05-11T08:22:00.000-07:00

I discovered this post over on The Muslim Question 2 blog regarding the previously reported kidnappings and subsequent murders of some of the Iraqi Ministry of Defense and Interior personnel.

As mentioned in one of my April 19 posts on this blog, the islamic state in Iraq claimed responsibility for kidnapping 20 Iraqi soldiers and police officers. They claimed the prisoners were executed because the Iraqi government failed to meet the group's absurd demands within a given time period.

I had no doubt that these cowards, these criminals murdered the soldiers and police officers as claimed. However, I found this article on TMQ2's blog today. It's a recently released video claiming (and displaying) that 9 of the group were executed. Keep in mind that these soldiers and police officers were Iraqi government employees simply out doing their jobs. I wonder what the condition of the other eleven prisoners is. If they're still alive they're most likely being tortured and "toyed" with by these muslim animals.

After their kidnapping they were tried by a Shari’a Court and the “Rule of Allah” was imposed upon them. Their "crimes"?? Being government employees in Iraq.

It's a graphic display of muslim savagery! Watch it at your own risk. See how peaceful islam truly is. Here's the video.

islam--- you gotta love it. Love it or die!

Ah yes, murder in the name of allah--- that so called good muslim "god". It's so damned contradictory and misleading this allah = God thing.

This allah lady cannot be compared to God!

al-Sadr, be honest with us!

2007-05-05T09:18:00.000-07:00

We know in islam it's acceptable for you to lie. That qur'an thing says it's okay to lie to a non-muslim, to deceive so long as islam benefits.

But, define "islam" and "benefits". Is "islam" narrowly defined as the way of the shi'a or does the definition of islam include the sunnis and others?

I'm just curious, not that I really care--- just curious. However, I do believe the answer does have some connection to what's been happening in Iraq lately with this Al-Qaeda "insurgency" and all.

According to what I've been reading it's difficult to believe that the shi'a (fully blown nut case) cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has nothing to do with Al Qaeda like he claims!

Remember him? He's the shi'a freak, the shi'a coward who fled to Iran when the latest "surge" began, leaving his loyal Mahdi army butchers behind to fend for themselves as the surge moved forward.

He's the same freak who tried to establish an "alternative cabinet" to the existing Iraqi government back in October of 2003.

Now we're seeing an increase in sectarian violence between the shiites and the sunnis. Certainly something right out of fatboy al-Sadr's playbook. I mean, afterall he is a "cleric", a muslim icon.

And, catch a glimpse of this latest plot. A school for girls wired to be blown up. The school's construction (financed by the Americans, being built with Iraqi labor and American military oversight) was almost complete and was six weeks away from opening when American military personnel uncovered the plot.

There could have been as many as 400 young, innocent school girls in the building. Imagine the slaughter of these innocents by those so called Religion of Peace practitioners had the plot not been discovered!

I question this plan, this plot to slaughter. Would it have been "okay" and in accordance with the teachings found in the qu'ran and other so-called religious books relating to islam? Would it have been "acceptable" because it would have happened solely to muslim females?

This islam thing just ain't seeming to be what it's all cracked up to be, now is it.

But you still have the appeaser of the house, senate dhimmi-crat leader and the rest of the dhimmi-crats all calling for our surrender and withdrawal.

Yah, we surrender and withdraw- you know, subscribe to the Pelosi, Reid, Murtha plan- and watch as the bloodbath begins--- err, continues--- err, increases.

Wonderful idea you politico idiots!

Straw Poll!

2007-04-30T00:15:00.000-07:00

I sure hope this works. Kudo's to you dhimmi-crats. You got me posting this stuff on my blog in spite of you!

A mix of world news. My tirades for the week of April 28---

2007-04-28T07:09:00.000-07:00

The Dhimmi-crats are well on their way to suggesting total, unconditional surrender.

Problem is they can't seem to put their finger on who they want to surrender to and that's a shame.

They've spent weeks, months writing surrender speeches, rehearsing dhimmification ceremonies, running straight pins through the Bush doll to no avail.

Now, when they've finally mastered the art of appeasement, perfected their version of dhimmi-crat cowardice they can't seem to find anyone to surrender to.

According to dhimmi-crat (majority appeaser) Reid, fat cat "let's do business later" Murtha and appeaser of the house Pelosi the war against terrorism is lost.

I guess someone forgot to tell the rest of us. Someone forgot to inform the thousands of citizens in this country, in the world that America lost the war!

If you were here in front of me right now Reid I'd spit in your face. I can't stand fat cats like you, Murtha, Pelosi, Kennedy, etc. who sit on your high horses, preach to everyone else and demand respect.

You get none from me! NONE!

I'm of no consequence to you though. I'm not one of your constituents so my disgust of you and your spineless party falls on deaf ears. However, there is Patty Murray and Maria Cant"-do-anything-"well, both dhimmi-crats who are affected by my vote, my influence--- however slight.

And trust me I will do all in my power to help put an end to this arrogance, this path to appeasement, this blatant display of cowardice over the course of the next 18 months.

Now, back to the main theme "Who to surrender to?"

Perhaps you might try the French. You'd better do it quick though, I hear they're looking for someone too! In fact, I believe they're currently negotiating for their right to be dhimmified as we speak.

And what about Representative Adam Smith? He's already running for the door.

Another dhimmi-crat.

Pathetic politicians!

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Do we quit this battle too?

Do we Reid? Murtha? Pelosi?

How about it Smith? How about it Murray? How about it Cantwell? Do we quit this battle too? Do we give up on Afghanistan, on destroying Al-Qaeda? Do we walk away and try to forget and forgive?

Do we appease? Do we convert?

Do we simply "call it a day"? Tell ourselves "we gave it our all"?

Do we? Is this what you want? Is it?

What are your pathetic answers dhimmi-crats? What do you suggest?

You too you spineless republicans? Where are you great "leaders" of this country going to lead us today?

Are you going to lead us to yet another politically lost war? Are you going to lead us to defeat?

Are you wanting us to quit? To 'cut and run'?

And where is it you intend to send us running?

I'm sick. Sick and tired of hearing the political crap from both sides of the aisle. You're a pathetic, classless group of self important politicos who are not acting in the best interests of this country, us--- the people of this country who plopped your fat asses where they are.

For what it's worth, I'm sick of you! Sick of the Peloshis, the Murthas, Reids, Murrays, Cantwells, Adams, Kennedys, Reicherts--- sick of all of you and more!

I, for one am an American that is sick of your infighting, of your despicable behaviors in public AND private (eh, Murtha. Don't worry, that money's most likely still waiting for you--- wink, wink)! You people are disgusting!

While you posture, position, point fingers, cry (that is a bit petty John, tone down those tears), kowtow. While you insist on appeasing and appease with junkets to our enemy's camp--- AT OUR EXPENSE!!! While you continue to humiliate all of us, globally on this world's stage, while you do all of this and more, people--- soldiers, civilians, innocents, terrorists, police, scholars, students continue to die.

And they'll die whether we're fighting this war on terrorism or not. In short, they can't be abandoned. They can't be left to do without!

I agree with one thing you "nay sayers" are saying. This fighting does have to end! It does have to stop sometime!

But walking away, leaving the war in the middle of a battle does not bring an end to this wholesale slaughter.
It only serves to embolden the enemy. To appease and encourage more energetic assaults against our very mettle, our character, our purpose--- us!

You know that better than any of us yet you continue! You cater to them!

I remember them bringing the fight to us, several times--- on our soil. We didn't go looking for a fight with them, this enemy of enemies! They brought it to us!

And they'll do it again, and again, and again until we put an end to it!

That Mr. Reid, Mr. Murtha, Ms. Pelosi, Ms. Murray, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Adams and the rest of you sorry assed excuses for Senators and Representatives is how this humble, blue collar, all American, Pacific Northwest citizen sees things---

I'm wholly embarrassed, frustrated and bewildered.

For what it's worth.

Al Qaeda group claims responsibility for executions!

2007-04-19T09:41:00.000-07:00

On April 17, 2007 the islamic State in Iraq (possibly the same as the mujahideen shura council), an Iraqi terrorist group linked to Al-Qaeda claimed that the previously kidnapped 20 Iraqi police and soldiers that they claimed responsiblity for would be killed.

According to information released by an internet posting from the group on April 17, 2005, the Iraqi government failed to meet the group's original demands within the deadline provided. Those demands included that all female sunni prisoners being held in Iraqi jails be released AND that the government release to the group those Interior Ministry agents who were "accused of involvement in the widely publicized alleged rape of a Sunni woman and other reported rapes and killings of Sunnis."

"Our Islamic court ... has ruled (to execute) them and we shall soon issue pictures of it," the internet posting stated.

I found the story today on Yahoo News. I tried to link it but, as usual with Yahoo the link wouldn't work.

Here's the story as it was released.

Terror group posts execution video
By OMAR SINAN, Associated Press Writer

"CAIRO, Egypt - Al-Qaida-led Iraqi insurgents issued a video Thursday purporting to show the killing of 20 kidnapped Iraqi police and soldiers, shot in the head execution-style as they knelt in a row.

The video showed a masked gunman walking down the row of captives, who were blindfolded with hands bound behind their backs outdoors in a clearing near trees. He shot them one by one, sending each tumbling forward as three other masked militants stood nearby, holding a black banner of the Islamic State of Iraq.

The Islamic State of Iraq, a coalition of Sunni insurgents including al-Qaida in Iraq, claimed on Saturday to have abducted the 20 and threatened to kill them after 48 hours unless the government freed female prisoners and handed over police accused of rapes in the northern town of Tal Afar.

The authenticity of the six-minute video could not be independently confirmed. It was posted on an Islamic militant Web forum where the Islamic State of Iraq has issued previous videos.

The Iraqi government has denied that 20 police and soldiers were kidnapped. Interior Ministry spokesman Brig. Gen. Abdul-Karim Khalaf said Thursday that the men in the video could not be identified and said the insurgents may have dressed up civilians to kill them.

"We checked with our commands then and all the troops were accounted for," Khalaf told The Associated Press. "They are immoral criminals. They have used all criminal methods and we don't rule out that they executed civilians whom they dressed in military uniforms."

The video first showed the 20 men inside a room, lined up in three rows with black blindfolds over their eyes and their hands tied behind their backs. In front of a black Islamic State of Iraq flag, they wore blue police uniforms or military fatigues, and the camera focused on ID badges from the Defense or Interior Ministry on their chests. Some can be heard identifying themselves on the video and giving their positions in the military or security forces.

"I call upon the brothers in the national guards to agree to throw down their weapons and return to the path of God and Islam," said one after identifying himself as Mizher Jassem Mohammed Hussein, an engineer and army captain.

One of the men, wearing army fatigues, was seen shaking and swaying back and forth as he stood, then collapsing as his colleagues spoke.

The Islamic State of Iraq has claimed responsibility for attacks on Iraq's security forces, denouncing them as "apostates" helping U.S. troops, and has carried out numerous suicide bombings, most targeting Shiite civilians."

When will this senseless slaughter end?

islam, the peaceful religion???

I think not!

Wyrsch fundraiser---

2007-04-17T14:06:00.000-07:00

The following was copied from a recent comment to a March 26 post of mine on this blog entitled "To all". I'm passing the information along and will be posting it onto the sidebar until the fundraiser occurs.

"We are having a fundraising auction to help support the Shane Wyrsch family. Planning for the event tentatively scheduled for June has just commenced. You can get updates, info on making donations and buying tickets to this event at: http://www.wyrschbenefit.com/.

Thank you for your support!"

I should note that the link provided links to a website that's still under construction.

You can go to the link here.

I encourage those of you who wish to attend to bookmark the url and visit it periodically until you find the information you need.

On the trail of a panther!

2007-04-16T19:04:00.000-07:00

Malik Zulu Shabbaz is the leader of the racist and
anti-Semitic New Black Panther Party.

He's been a bit vocal over the past several years.

How about this little clip?

During a protest in front of the B’nai B’rith building in Washington, D.C. (April 20, 2002), Shabazz led chants of:

"death to Israel," "the white man is the devil," and "Jihad." Shabazz also said, "Kill every goddamn Zionist in Israel! Goddamn little babies, goddamn old ladies! Blow up Zionist supermarkets!"

Ah, hints of that religion of peace, islam.

But then, what can be told about this malik ZULU shabbaz, shabazz, shabaz other than what is told here.

The following is a copy with my comments and edits---

"Malik Shabazz formerly known as Michael Jones was born June 28, 1965 in Mobile, ALABAMA!!!! (Not in the holy land, the mecca, the middle east like most good mooooooslums.)

No, Michael was plagued with trouble since his early childhood. (He was a friggin' thug... hoodlum!!!). He was the oldest of his mother's three sons. He never knew his father which filled his heart with anger (and) caused a rage that no one could control. After his mother's untimely death when he was twelve he and his brothers were sent to New York to be raised by their grand parents in Brooklyn, NY.

As time passed the rage seemed to grow stronger and more out of control. He always stayed to himself but soon was known as a neighborhood thug.(see, I told you the freak is a thug!) He stayed in and out of juvenile homes and county jails for crimes such as assault, armed robbery, car jacking, thief, etc. At the age of 18 he was sent to state prison for a man slaughter charge. His days as a free man were now over.

While serving his time he met many people but none like Kareem mooohammad.(another friggin' muhammad??? Hell, when does this muhammad crap end?)

Kareem was a member of the nation of islam (read, Kareem was a perverted friggin' freak and turned to islam so his activities would not only be accepted but encouraged) and he told Michael about the Nation of islam beliefs. Kareem recognized Michael's hurt and told him that allah could take all the hurt and anger away.(read Kareem took a particular fancy to Michael, among other things--- wink, wink!) Kareem became the father Michael never knew and he also taught him the ways of the Islamic religion.

Michael later became a muslim and changed his name to Malik Shabazz after the slain civil rights leader known as Malcolm X. With Kareem's teachings and help Malik finally made parole. After finally becoming a free man both physically and mentally he put all his efforts into making all his wrong right.

One day while doing some work in the community he saw a flyer about wrestling tryout. He thought why not since it was so hard getting a job being a black ex-convict. At first he wasn't much of a wrestler but he was a genuine physical specimen.

With a lot of hard work and training his first major fed appearance was in the OLWF. Being such a loner he never had many friends. After joining the RWL he was befriended by three wrestlers, the Outlawz [Gris Lee, Kane, Abel]. These four began working together a lot then Malik joined the group. They changed the name to Outlawz Immortal. After the RWL closed Malik mysteriously disappeared. The Outlawz went on destroying competition but loaned for ''The Honorable One'' returned.(I have no idea what this dude is trying to say here unless it "longed for the 'honorable one' to return.

On his return in the AGW, he became the Outlawz mentor hanging up his boots. Malik's return put a new flame under the Outlawz but it also regenerated Shabazz's fire. He soon took down the boots and replaced them tight joining his fellow friend in the warzone. whatever!"

Anyways, you get the point--- this big 6-02, 300 pound wrestler, murderer, thug who turned to islam and subsequently emerged to the "chief counsel" position of that there Black Panther hapless, rag tag unit got his royal ass kicked by that big-little, stand up and tell it like it is Michelle Malkin on the O'reilly factor!

Yup Shabazz, you were spanked! And spanked good!

---and you liked it didn't you Mikey!

Hah! That was one fantastic interview.

And Michelle "yes, you earned a merit badge!"

All's quiet in Gaza---

2007-04-15T11:45:00.000-07:00

---or is it?

According to this report found at The Jawa Report things may not be all that quiet in that troubled area of the world.

The Battalions of Jihad and Tawheed in Palestine released a flyer dubbed "An Announcement of the Killing of British Journalist Alan Johnston".

It claims BBC journalist Johnston has been executed and that it intends to release a video of his execution soon. To date, there's been no confirmation to their claim.

Let's hope the report's in error.

Johnston is the BBC journalist that was kidnapped over a month ago by this previously unknown terrorist group. According to information the Palestinian group claims to have close associations with Al-Qaeda.

UPDATE--- 04/19/2007

BBC announces that Alan Johnston is fine!.

Still captive but alive and well.

Let's hope this can be resolved soon and Alan Johnston will be released under the proper conditions.

Nilofar Bakhtiar, she fears for her life!

2007-04-15T07:48:00.000-07:00

She fears for her life because of a hug! Or was it a pat???

She allegedly hugged her parachuting instructor. Or was she allegedly patted by him!

I know there were times when I got to the ground safely after jumps that I'd made from planes and helicopters where I wanted to hug anyone near me! But, by the time I gathered my gear and took off for the rally point those thoughts had left me.

However, I would have had anyone been close enough!

So, who is this alleged fiend? This alleged blight on morality? This hugging muslim woman? None other than Pakistan's Minister of Tourism, Nilofar Bakhtiar.

Her crime to humanity?? She hugged (and/or was patted by) a foreigner!

A FOREIGNER!!! She friggin' hugged (and/or was patted by) a foreigner!

In short two whacky, self righteous, insane chief clerics of a radical mosque in the Pakistani capital have issued a decree calling on the government to fire Bakhtiar after a photograph was published showing her hugging a foreign man, her French parachute instructor. She was in France last month raising money for victims of that devastating earthquake in Pakistan in 2005.

It was a FUNDRAISING JUMP idiots! Sheesh!

Damned French anyways! They always seem to be stirring it up somewhere.

In an article found at Women Living Under Muslim Laws authored by SADAQAT JAN, Associated Press Writer

"10/04/2007 - Photos in the Pakistani media have shown Bakhtiar being helped by a male instructor during a charity parachute jump in France last month to raise money for victims of the devastating October 2005 earthquake in Pakistan. Another picture shows a woman - apparently Bakhtiar - hugging the instructor.

This was "an illegitimate and forbidden act,"the clerics said in their edict, or fatwa. "Without any doubt, she has committed a great sin," the fatwa said. It declared that Muslim women must stay at home and must not venture out uncovered. The fatwa demanded that Bakhtiar be fired, given another unspecified punishment and that her family "force her to ask for forgiveness so that she does not repeat this un-Islamic act."

You can read the whole article here.

Ah, but when and where will that self professed tolerance practiced by those clerics who are an integral part of this religion of peace, islum ever surface?

Here's a dated but great little piece of history about Nilofar Bakhtiar that I found in Asia Week. It shows just how much of an uphill struggle she and other women like her truly have in a muslim culture if they wish to make something of their lives outside of the traditional muslim roles for women.

For humanities sake I apologize to oppressed muslim women. Hell, all oppressed women... all oppressed people!

I'm embarrassed for these freaky littly clerics actions. They're idiots to the "nth" degree.

These fat, radical, insane little clerics are of the belief that muslim women "must stay at home and must not venture out uncovered".

I have an idea--- make those fat, radical, insane little cleric freaks stay in their mosques and practice their cultish, demonic beliefs amongst themselves inside the mosque's perimeter. I mean, that would fair. That would be an equitable balance.

Make them "stay at home and not venture out!" For the good of the order, of the world!

Make them stay in their little walled up mosque, threatening and harming no one from the outside. Doing their little cultish things, practicing their little perverse acts--- harming no one of any real substance, character--- just themselves.

And if for some perverse reason, if someone from the outside wishes to "join" these little perverted cleric freaks let them "join"--- after they're screened by a mental health professional of course

Yes, this would be a viable solution to silencing these run amok, all important, freaks of nature clerics..

FATWAH THIS! oh great, freaky little muslim cleric dolts!

You're not as all important as you'd like to be.

God I tire of them---

---freaky clerics anyways!

A mix of world news. My tirades for this week---

2007-04-14T09:59:00.000-07:00

What can I say, it was a pretty crappy week!

Associated Press image
-Don Imus, you idiot! Just what in the hell were you thinking?

Never mind, you said what you were thinking!

And because you did, because you opened your mouth and shouted "nappy headed hos" the coffins have been opened and those vampirish blood suckers like Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton are infesting the news again.

Everywhere I look I'm getting blasts of their pathetically hypocritical, self important, bigoted mugs! And I don't like their mugs!

Look what you've done! It's a feeding frenzy and you're the main course!

I mean, I don't like you. I didn't listen to or watch you.

Okay--- well, I have to admit I did watch you once for about five minutes. All the time I was watching your simulcast I was asking myself why I was watching it. A quick flick of the remote button changed that little annoyance though.

So now you've gone out and really screwed things up for yourself, haven't you!

It's fitting that the last thing you tasted before your impromptu retirement was your foot. I hear a foot is a bit more palatable if there's condiments served with it. Did you get any? Probably not.

One of the many questions I have regarding your brain fart of an outburst is---

"Just what in the hell are your dhimmi-crat politico friends going to do now?"
And, look at the new spin you've given Hillary! Hop on over to Classical Values and check it out!

The dhimmi-crats have lost one of their rare left wing radio hosts! And Hillary's already trying to make the most of your demise.

Overall though, you've empowered Sharpton and Jackson again! You've given them renewed vigor and purpose!

You should have resigned on Sharpton's radio show the day he gave you the opportunity to. At least that would have had a bit more of a positive spin to all of this than you getting fired by CBS and MSNBC.

Oh well. I don't really care about you and your career. I DO care about the furor you caused for the likes of those bigoted hypocrites like Jackson and Sharpton.

But, for what it's worth I thought your firing was way, way overboard. Another knee jerk appeasement by the left wing main stream media to hate mongering radicals.

Way to go! Sheesh.

Thanks to Eric Scheie for the link to his work at Classical Values.

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-Appeaser of the House, Nancy Pelosi and her half assed planned Iranian Adventure. A sequel to her half assed planned Syrian Adventure.

Are the Appeaser of the House, (California dhimmi-crat) Pelosi and sidekick Representative (California dhimmi-crat) Tom Lantos going to follow through with their plan to visit Iran and Iran's little prick of a president, Ahmadinejad?

If so, can we say Logan Act? C'mon Bush--- give it a shot, assign a special prosecutor to at least investigate the possibility of a violation of the act.

See what Curt has to say about it at Flopping Aces. It's pretty informative.

Also, check out Richard's post at Hyscience. Both are good reads.

Stay tuned for their Cuba and Venezuela adventures coming to a theater, television, radio or whatever probably pretty damned soon.

Remember, this is all in the spirit of fostering peace and goodwill with our radical friends from that there so called religion of peace, islam and their dhimmified allies.

If only they'd take Rosie along for the ride! But then what would little prick president Ahmadinersclub or whatever his name is do with all of that pork?

Oh, and just for the record I think Nancy's twin melons got a bit perkier somehow. Perhaps it was when she had her face stretched the last time.

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-Chavez.

Need I say more? He's like a friggin' fly that won't go away.

Damn, now he's telling his military top brass that if they don't want socialism then they need to find work elsewhere!

I wonder how many turned in their resignations?

Hey, pork's okay to eat in Venezuela!

Rosie! Rosie! Nancy and Tom might be planning a trip soon. See if you can hook up with them.

Be proud Appeaser of the House, be proud!

2007-04-13T09:45:00.000-07:00

Appeaser of the House, Nancy Pelosi's and the demoncrats path to peace.

So much is being told in this work of art. Humorous but so darned "on the mark".

Many thanks to those at Town Hall for posting this cartoon created by Mike Shelton.

What should we be looking for?

2007-04-13T08:32:00.000-07:00

I've received emails and comments over the past couple of years from individuals, fellow concerned citizens who have thanked me (and others) for bringing to the forefront the threats to our global community brought about by the radical, fundamentalist islamic movement.

A lot of those emailing and commenting ask what they can do themselves in their daily lives to help recognize and subsequently abate these threats.

I've provided information to those that I thought were relevant and on the mark however, Spree at Wake Up America has pretty much summed up seven logical signs that could suggest terrorist activity is occurring.

Keep in mind these signs are not necessarily attributed solely to terrorist activity but if observed individually they should warrant more attention than say, two individuals whispering in a remote area of a park, etc.

If observed as clustered signs then awareness and attention should be heightened. Pay notice to the activities and report them to the appropriate authorities. Let those authorities determine the scale and purpose of them.

So, in short---

Seven telltale signs of possible terrorist (and other criminal) activity

1. Surveillance

If there is a specific target that terrorists have chosen, that target area will most likely be observed during the planning phase of the operation. They do this in order to determine the strengths, weaknesses and number of personnel that may respond to an incident. Routes to and from the target are usually established during the surveillance phase. Therefore, it is important to take note of such things as someone recording or monitoring activities, drawing diagrams or annotating on maps, the use of vision-enhancing devices, having in one's possession floor plans or blue prints of places such as high-tech firms, financial institutions, or Government / military facilities. Any of these surveillance-type acts MAY be an indicator that something just is not right. Nothing is too menial and should not be discarded as such.

2. Elicitation

The second sign or signal is elicitation. What this means is anyone attempting to gain information about a place, person, or operation. An example is someone attempting to gain knowledge about a critical infrastructure like a power plant, water reservoir, or a maritime port. Terrorists may attempt to research bridge and tunnel usage, make unusual inquiries concerning shipments or inquire as to how a military base operates. They may also attempt to place "key" people in sensitive work locations.

3. Tests of Security

Tests of Security are another area in which terrorists would attempt to gather data. This is usually conducted by driving by the target, moving into sensitive areas and observing security or law enforcement response. They would be interested in the time in which it takes to respond to an incident or the routes taken to a specific location. They may also try to penetrate physical security barriers or procedures in order to assess strengths and weaknesses. They often gain legitimate employment at key locations in order to monitor day-to-day activities. In any event, they may try to gain this knowledge in order to make their mission or scheme more effective.

4. Acquiring Supplies

Another area to be cognizant of is anyone acquiring supplies. It may be a case where someone is purchasing or stealing explosives, weapons or ammunition. It could also be someone storing harmful chemicals or chemical equipment. Terrorists would also find it useful to have in their possession law enforcement equipment and identification, military uniforms and decals, as well as flight passes, badges or even flight manuals. If they can't find the opportunity to steal these types of things, they may try to photocopy ID's, attempt to make passports or other forms of identification by counterfeiting. Possessing any of these would make it easier for one to gain entrance into secured or usually prohibited areas.

5. Suspicious People Who Don't Belong

A fifth pre-incident indicator is observing suspicious people who just "don't belong." This does not mean we should profile individuals but what it does mean is that we should profile behaviors. This includes suspicious border crossings and stowaways aboard a ship or people jumping ship in a port. It may mean having someone in a workplace, building, neighborhood or business establishment that does not fit in because of their demeanor, their language usage or unusual questions they are asking. If you are a police officer or a security employee* you may respond to a complaint that may appear to be a routine investigation but results in something much bigger in scope.

6. Dry Runs

Another sign to watch for is "dry runs." Before execution of the final operation or plan, a practice session will be run to work out the flaws and unanticipated problems. A dry run may very well be the heart of a planning stage of a terrorist act. If you find someone monitoring a police radio frequency and recording emergency response times you may very well be observing a "dry run." Another element of this activity could include mapping out routes and determining the timing of traffic lights and flow. It is during this stage that it is actually our best chance to intercept and stop an attack. Multiple dry runs are normally conducted at or near the target area.

7. Deploying Assets / Getting Into Position

The seventh and final sign or signal to look for is someone deploying assets or getting into position. This is a person's last chance to alert authorities before the terrorist act occurs.

It is also important to remember that pre-incident indicators may come months or even years apart. Therefore, it is extremely important to document every fragment of information, no matter how insignificant it may appear and forward this information.

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As an aside, it's important to understand that this type of behavior does not necessarily suggest there's terrorism afoot. It does warrant scrutiny and if clustered, certainly warrants some sort of review and subsequent intervention by appropriate authorities.

I'm not a terrorism expert nor am I pretending to be. However, Spree has provided some fundamentally sound indicators of activity that could lead to things less than appropriate and I felt it appropriate to share these indicators with you.

I'm not suggesting paranoia, simply suggesting vigilance when warranted.

* The italicized portion of this sentence was my edit.

A mix of world news, my tirade of the past week---

2007-04-08T08:58:00.000-07:00

---Over at the MEMRI Blog there's the latest information on German hostage Hannelore Marianne Krause's fate in the hands of the islamist terrorist group "the arrows of god". This renegade terrorist group has extended the execution deadline of Ms. Krause and her son for another ten days, affording Germany an opportunity to comply with their demands.

Their very name--- "the arrows of god" is deceiving. They should be calling themselves "the arrows of allah" for no real God would allow the kidnapping, mistreatment, torture and slaughter of innocents.

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---And what about the suggested "amnesty" for illegal aliens? How's that little topic coming along?

You might want to learn a bit more about our friends, the "illegals" over at IllegalAliens.US before you start supporting their efforts.

It's just a suggestion, nothing more. Keep in mind that they're not that innocent, not that friendly, not that responsible and not your friend.

If any citizen of the United States was to go to Italy, France, Canada, Mexico, China, Sri Lanka or any other sovereign nation in this world and demand citizenship without having to apply and earn it what type of official government response do you think we'd get from the respective government?

Amnesty???

Citizenship???

Nah, I think not. And let's take it a step further. Let's say we demand citizenship, the government refuses to give it to us and sends us back to the United States. Within months we're back in the "other" country illegally (again) demanding that citizenship with no strings attached (again). But this time we're demonstrating--- blocking traffic, commerce, throwing bottles, waving placards with vile, hate driven messages stenciled on them. Belittling the very government and people we're demanding this amnesty from!

With the exception of France, do you think we'd be warmly received and catered to?

Would you honestly expect our demands to be met?

The arrogance of our illegal alien population is astounding.

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---And finally, my third little addition to this tirade of the week---

Britain 0- Iran 15!

Sorry, but it has to be said! Britain crumbled. I love the U.K. Love the U.K. dearly but what were the brit politicos thinking?

Don't get me wrong, I'm delighted to see the fifteen military personnel returned to their homeland after their harrowing ordeal but at what expense?

What has this lesson taught the rest of the world about the west?

Check it out here and here!

I'll put money on an increase in kidnappings of military and government personnel worldwide!

And why not! Tehran got exactly what it wanted--- more time for their nuclear program to continue, distraction from Syria's and Iran's support for global islamic terrorism, recognition and respect from their middle east neighbors and global allies, bolstered morale, unfettered ingress/egress to Iraq and the cessation of the boarding and interdiction operation in the gulf.

Ah, a face only a mullah would love---

2007-04-03T17:15:00.000-07:00

This is a face only a fat cat mullah could love!

Pelosi and her group of wannabes are wallowing around in Syria making pathetic, political asses of themselves.

This brings back memories of Hanoi Jane partying it up with the enemy in North Vietnam while American prisoners of war were being tortured and killed.

Yah, pelosi is really taking the appeasement road isn't she. It's actually embarrassing.

These pathetic politicians will stop at nothing to advance their own personal agendas, won't they!

This is actually a very disturbing photo. She's pretty much dhimmified herself up front.

Damn. And she's one of this countries "leaders"????

God help us!

***UPDATE***
April 06, 2007

For a far more informative post check out Carl's post at:

Israel Matzav: 'Palestinian' terrorists endorse Pelosi's visit to Syria; WaPo pans it#links#links

Why wouldn't they endorse her visit? She did more to support the oppression of women and non-muslims than anyone of her western political stature has done in a long, long while!

Visions of the Jimmy Carter days--- appease and be dhimmied.

The interesting parts of Carl's post includes possible legal remedies that can be taken against "appeaser of the house" Pelosi on behalf of the real United States. On behalf of us, the citizens of this great country I hope someone in the legal community will follow up on these remedies and pursue some course of legal action to curtail future excursions and misrepresentations by her and other politicos.

It's evident these appeasement junkets are solely for these politico's personal and political gains--- nothing more.

When will it end?

Lest we forget this peaceful religion---

2007-04-03T09:43:00.000-07:00

If you've ever wondered about the penalty "stoning" that's practiced in islam check out the information here. There's also a video at the site but take care it's very, very graphic, disturbing and certainly not for the squeamish.

This is not "made up", "fictionalized" information. It's direct, "on the mark" and still practiced by this so called Religion of Peace.

My many thanks to Uspace at Hard to Swallow for sharing the link and special thanks to The Apostates of Islam for making this information available to the rest of us.

Islam and pedophilia---

2007-03-31T16:17:00.000-07:00

This was a comment left on Winds of Jihad's blog. The particular post on the blog discusses the Ayatollah's views on sex with infants (read- pedophilia--- a crime!!!)

Also as disturbing as the short post was a comment left by Sir Henry Morgan---

Sir Henry Morgan Says:

March 31st, 2007 at 10:59 pm
”When it was time to sleep, the guests had all left, except for the inhabitants of the house. Al-Khomeini laid his eyes on a young girl who, despite being only four or five years of age, was very beautiful.

So, the Imam requested from her father, Sayyid Sahib, that he spend the night with her in order to enjoy her. Her father happily agreed, and Imam al-Khomeini spent the night with the girl in his arms, and we could hear her crying and screaming.’”

Read it all

http://ibloga.blogspot.com/2007/01/ayatollah-khomeinis-fling-with-four.html"

This "religion" is sick! Perverse!

moohamud my ass!

Some bits and pieces in the world's news---

2007-03-31T07:48:00.000-07:00

Rest in peace Shane, you're missed!

Moving on---

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This revealing discussion with British mullah Anjum Chaudri. Throughout the discussion he identifies the killing of innocent non muslims in Britain's most recent suicide bombing as a "legitimate" muslim act.

Check out the guy's cavalier attitude towards non-muslims deaths.

All this while Muammar Gaddafi announces that islam is the only "universal religion".

According to Gaddafi, "It is a mistake that another religion exists alongside Islam. There is only one religion which is Islam after Mohammed,"

"All those believers who do not follow Islam are losers," he added. "We are here to correct the mistakes in the light of the teachings of the Koran."

As for Jesus, the son of God...

Gaddafi also said it was a mistake to believe that Jesus had been crucified and killed. "It is not correct to say that. Another man resembling Jesus was crucified in his place."

...another man resembling Jesus?????

But the best part of his entire discussion was his answer when he was asked about why he had shunned (again) his fellow Arab leaders at a recent summit in Saudi Arabia.

Being the only Arab chief of state to shun the gathering, Gaddafi announced "Libya has turned its back on the Arabs ... Libya is an African nation. As for Arabs, may God keep them happy and far away."

Now that's a precious statement!

Who knows, maybe Nancy Pelosi will mend some fences with Gaddafi while she's over in Syria this week.

Perhaps she might discuss conversion from islam to Christianity with Gaddafi--- you know, help him to the light.

Pelosi's taking a couple of other politicos with her on her little field trip, presumably at taxpayers expense. Those folks include Democratic Representatives Keith Ellison of Minnesota, Henry Waxman and Tom Lantos of California, Louise Slaughter of New York and Nick Rahall of West Virginia and a token Ohio Republican, David Hobson.

Apologize, dhimmify and appease--- rapidly becoming the battle cry of the democratic party and their little subserviant republican friends.

As a side note, in case you didn't know or forgot, Ellison is the first and sole muslim member of congress.

Let's hope someone packed a qur'an!

Oh, and don't be a christian if you want to touch it!

That's another story to be told another day about this islam thing, this so called Religion Of Peace.

Yah, believe it or else!

To all.

2007-03-26T06:04:00.000-07:00

This is a comment that was left on the blog.

"Thank you to everyone who has helped our family in this terrible time. Words can not express our sorrow but we are so thankful for the support from everyone that was touched by Shane.

God Bless You All!
Shane Wyrsch Family"

We all are affected by Shane's loss.

Take care.

Shane Wyrsch Family donations-

2007-03-24T09:46:00.000-07:00

Thanks to everyone who's been asking. I found the information and am posting it below.

For those wishing to make a donation, an account has been set up at Bank of America. The account name is the Shane Wyrsch Family Benevolent Fund. For out of state donations, please specify to the bank that this is a state of Washington account.

Take care all!

Shane Wyrsch's memorial service.

2007-03-23T06:46:00.000-07:00

A memorial service for Shane will take place today, Friday, March 23, 2007 at 1 p.m. at the Sacred Heart Parish, 1614 Farrelly Street in Enumclaw. A reception will follow at the King County Fairground Log Cabin in Enumclaw.

In Memory Of...

2007-03-21T06:16:00.000-07:00

...Shane Wyrsch, United States Forest Service Law Enforcement Officer, husband and father. Rest in peace Shane, you're going to be sorely missed. (Photo is a USFS file photo).

I hate saying those words. Especially when they relate to someone I've known for years. I worked with Shane on several assignments. We'd call each other and chat, pass along information, check up on each other. He'd always ask about my son. He got to know my son when my son was helping me teach a man tracking course that Shane was attending in the Morton area. Shane was concerned when my son went to Pakistan... the Middle East and was relieved when he learned my son was no longer in the military. He wanted to see my son become a law enforcement officer for the Forest Service.

When Shane and I worked together we would always get the job done. Because of politics, budget, etc. you can't always say that about every job assignment in this business.

Several of our assignments would take us weeks to complete... weeks away from home. On the hottest, muggiest days of the year... when the woods were full of bugs, bees and bad guys we'd follow helicopters all over the state in search of those less than legal cash crops that were being grown in our forests.

Shane loved his job, he loved the outdoors and he loved his family.

He was a big man... "powerfully built"... not one to mess with. His shoulders were huge, his arms the size of most men's thighs, his grip vice like. Yet, he moved up and down the mountains of Washington State effortlessly, trail or no trail.

Shane Wyrsch was killed by a drunk... an "alleged" drunk... the night before last as he was travelling home on Highway 410 just outside of Buckley, WA. I drove past the site yesterday while I was heading to Enumclaw for a meeting. I saw the spent road flares, the paint on the road put there by the investigators, the tire marks and gouges. I remember thinking to myself that the road must have been blocked for awhile simply because of the remnants of the flare patterns.

As I passed by the site I thought about the accident, the people involved and hoped no one was seriously injured but knew better because of the condition of the scene.

I had no idea this was the site where Shane was killed... I didn't even know Shane was dead yet. Not until I was told by a good friend when I walked through the door at the meeting.

I don't like drunk drivers.

Shane didn't either.

This is such an avoidable tragedy.

Here's the story as told by "King 5 News":

"U.S. Forest Service officer killed in crash

06:16 PM PDT on Tuesday, March 20, 2007

By: BERNARD CHOI / KING 5 News

Troopers say the driver had a suspended license

BUCKLEY, Wash. – A suspected drunk driver involved in a horrific crash that killed a respected law enforcement officer should never have been on the road.

The Washington State Patrol says U.S. Forest Service Officer Shane Wyrsch was driving home on Highway 410 near Buckley Monday night when a pickup crossed the center line and slammed into him head-on. Witnesses say the man who hit Wyrsch was driving very erratically. Troopers say he was likely drunk, and driving with a suspended license.

All that's left of Shane Wyrch's truck is a mangled pile of metal.

U.S. Forest Service

Shayne Wyrsch was killed in a head-on crash near Buckley Monday night.
The 16-year veteran patrolled the Mount Baker Snoqualmie National Forest and the communities nearby.

"Each and every one is like a brother, and losing Shane will be very similar to losing a family member," says Enumclaw Police Officer Don Banner.

"He lived in this community and anything he could do to further make it a good place to live, he never hesitated."

Wyrsch died Tuesday morning, leaving behind a wife, two children and countless colleagues.

A spokesperson says the entire U.S. Forest Service family is devastated by Wyrsch's passing. The State Patrol plans to investigate this as a vehicular homicide."

Dammit all anyways!!!

This has to stop!

2007-03-17T12:33:00.000-07:00

If you take the negative campaigning out of politics you won't have politics as we know it today.

Hillary Rodham Clinton--- she needs to be shown the door--- out. She's an emotionless animal. Her mouth smiles but her eyes don't.

Besides, no one knows what she's doing. She says one thing one day (with a very bad southern drawl I might add) and says the opposite thing the very next day. Her political machine is mining negative information on all of her competition (including Obama's unpaid parking violations) and she's skirting the difficult questions thrown her way by some of those conservative interviewers who might still have some semblance of a spine.

For instance, Whitewater! Why was it that Bill Clinton just happened to fire 93 federal prosecutors approximately a month before information was going to be released regarding his and Hillary's involvement in the Whitewater scandal? That's a bit curious wouldn't you think.

Oh yeah, executive privelege. They served at his pleasure. I forgot.

When Bush's staff reviews and releases 9 federal prosecutors there's an uproar--- a Democrat "look what he's done now" furor!

There's calls for more investigations, more committees, more probes, more waste of our tax money to further muddy those already muddied waters.

I'm sick of it. I know this much, I'm not a republican nor a democrat. I used to vote for the person. I've voted for republicans, democrats, independents, libertarians--- all kinds and shapes.

However given the Murtha, Pelosi, Schumer, Reid, Clinton, Kennedy--- the list can go on forever--- agendas I'm not voting democrat again. I may not vote republican all the way down the line but I'll swear right now that I'll definitely not vote democrat. I'll do everything in my power to defeat the democrats. And I'm just one of many who feels this way!

One of many!

These most recent democrat distortions of truth are sickening, frightening, polarizing, self serving antics designed to simply GET POWER--- to seize the day!

We, the citizens of this fine country are not adequately being represented and all who are force feeding us this rubbish should be held accountable in the end.

We sent these politicos to Washington D.C. to pass legislation, create law, enhance our standards. We pay them very good money to make good decisions, do their job and not succumb to distractions or serve personal agendas. We ensure they're well compensated for their travel and lodging while they're "representing" us.

So, why aren't they getting the job done? Why are they voting on "non-binding" legislation that has nothing to do with what they were sent to do? Why are they attaching pork barrel attachments to otherwise sound bills?

Why are they muddying these waters?

And why aren't we calling foul and firing each and every one of them?

My humble opinion, for what it's worth.

It's a matter of choice, isn't it?

2007-02-24T08:43:00.000-08:00

What are our choices? What does islam have in store for us?

Me, I'm a Christian. Maybe not a good one, not a devout one but I am still a Christian.

I'm not a church going, bible quoting, everyday active Christian but I am still a Christian. I was raised with Christian morals, Christian beliefs, Christian values and I passed those along to my children.

No matter the faith Christianity seems to have a common thread--- peace.

Oh sure you have the fanatics, the "spin off" groups, those folks who are really "out there" serving their own personal causes under the guise of Christianity. Every religion has those.

It's just some religions have an abundance of those groups--- those "fundamenalists", "hard liners". islam seems to be one of those religions that's driven by these folks. Wherever there's a conflict today, wherever in the globe there's slaughter, killing, torture, rape you'll find a connection to islam, the religion of peace.

Why the "moderates" of this religion condone these "radicals", "fanatics"--- "fundamentalists" is becoming more evident with each passing incident. These fundamentalist muslims are islam's army of conversion.

They are doing the dirty work for those more "moderate" muslims, the one's who claim they are the "peaceful, tolerant" muslims that islam is all about.

With the silent support of the moderates, the fundametalist muslims continue to impose sharia law. Converting, dhimmifying wherever they can. Demanding concessions, slaughtering those who refuse to convert, those who denounce islam, those who resist sharia law and all that islam stands for.

It's no surprise that imams and muftis throughout the world are speaking out with more angst, more urgency than ever before. They have the backing of the moderates and the strength of the fundamentalists. They are encouraging their fellow muslims to act out, to impose their customs, their beliefs, their "religion" on the rest of the world.

They're advocating the destruction of the United States, conversion of all jews and christians--- dhimmification of those who fail to convert--- slaughter of those who refuse to subject and those whose religious beliefs are not favorably mentioned in the qur'an.

Americans have a price tag on our heads wherever we go. Primarily Christian Americans.

Nope, I'm not one of those mainstream, every day practicing Christians but I am a Christian.

I won't convert and I won't be dhimmified, which leaves the muslims no other choice for me. It's a pretty simple answer, isn't it.

What about you?

Special thanks to The Jihad Watch and so many other sources listed in the side bar for relevant links and information over the past couple of years.

(What happened to the "Discuss" option?)

2007-02-13T16:00:00.000-08:00

You've seen that sentence at the bottom of the "news" posts on Yahoo haven't you? The one that links to several paragraphs explaining why the "Discuss" option was removed from the Yahoo boards.

I'll spare you some linking and reading.

In short Yahoo management states the option was removed so as to provide for the creation of a more impartial, moderated (read censored), less informative alternative to the previously candid, frank discourse that occurred daily.

Although I wasn't addicted to discussing my view of world events with others after reading certain Yahoo posts, I did "Discuss" them--- quite often. And boy, it was apparent that islam was not to be discussed in a "bad light". Hence, the truth about islam was rarely told by those in the forums who chose to defend it's very existence.

However, I wasn't there for islam's defense. I was there to expose some of the fallacies of islam, some of the lies, the deceptions, the greed. Some of those truths shared with me by some of you.

I always supported my discussions with links to facts about islam. Of course, the bulk of those links--- well, let's just say they were condemned as "lies" by those mooslums arguing in defense of their satanic, islamic, bloodthirsty cult.

As these frank, candid discussions continued the mooslum's angst would increase in proportion to the facts and information revealed. Invariably, this angst would reach it's peak, resulting in complaints to Yahoo by the packs of mooslums frequenting that particular board. Those complaints quite often resulted in the (temporary) individual revocation of the "Discuss" option for the conveyor of facts.

This tactic effectively cleared the way for those "offended" mooslums packs to lie, deceive, berate and belittle the remaining readers as those particular muslims do.

Anyway, for what it's worth that's my take on this most recent little annoyance on Yahoo.

(What happened to the "Discuss" option?)