Wednesday, September 30, 2009

School board says you can't bike or walk to school...

Proving again that far too many in the education field have no common sense.

The 12-year-old and his mother, Janette Kaddo Marino, are defying Saratoga Springs school policy by biking to Maple Avenue Middle School on Route 9. The Jackson Street residents pedal more than four miles together each way to the middle school on nice days despite being told not to by school officials and police.

"I guess you can say that we continue to do what we feel is our right," Kaddo Marino said recently. "We feel strongly we have a right to get to school by a mode of transportation we deem appropriate."

snip.....

While the school district does not allow elementary school or Maple Avenue students to ride bikes to school, that could change in the coming weeks, Superintendent Janice White said. The Board of Education could vote to amend the policy on Oct. 13, when it is scheduled to discuss a recommendation from a district-formed committee.

"Supervised, parent/guardian bike riding may be permitted at specific sites in the future," White said in an interview Friday. The school has no legal responsibility over what occurs on Route 9, she added.

The biking debate started last spring, when school district officials told Kaddo Marino that Adam was violating school rules by biking to class. Walking to the school also is not permitted.


Is this stupid, or what? And what business is it of the school district how a child gets to school as long as they get there??

I guess my walking two miles to school every morning after I had worked for an hour made me a wanted man. Probably on the 10 Most Wanted List.

Gesh. Our country gets dumber everyday!

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My exit strategy from Afghanistan and Iraq



I wish I had said that, but I didn't. So click here to be connected to the blog that did.

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

The Catastrophe and the end.


If you are tired of all the fun and games, drop over to the Brussels Journal and get a mind full reading The Catastrophe Pt 1 and Pt 2.

Interesting and thoughtful and they will give you a headache... But then many adult things are painful and maybe our studied avoidance of such for the past 40 years is why Thomas Bertonmeau is writing about the collapse of civilization.

Pay close attention to what he writes about barbarians..

Pray to Obama

We thought this was funny..




This one was a scream.







This one a giggle.







I mean, all just good clean political fun, right?



Well.....




click here for a video that will give you nightmares.

Amazing new product

Apple announced today that it has developed a breast implant that can store and play music. The 'iTit' will cost from $499 to $699, depending on cup and speaker size.

This is considered a major social breakthrough, because women are always complaining about men staring at their breasts and not listening to them.


Blame Jimmy M.

Obama's economy tanks.

He's read the book, but is incapable, if he even cares, of doing anything about this.

Retailer's Closing Their Doors
Announcements continue to roll in from retailers that have decided to close stores, slow expansion plans or cease operations altogether.

From Blockbuster to Payless, we update our 2009 roundup with the latest news from the third quarter. See which retailers are closing (at least some) of their doors.

Payless ShoeSource
Announced: September 3, 2009

Collective Brands Inc., the operator of Payless ShoeSource, announced that during the quarter it closed 33 Payless stores and relocated four stores. During fiscal year 2009, the company expects to close another 143 Payless stores.

Zales
Announced: August 6, 2009

The Texas-based jewelry company has shut down 118 locations over the past quarter and 191 so far in 2009. 160 were stores, while 31 were kiosks. There are almost 2,000 locations still in operation.

Blockbuster Video
Announced: September 15, 2009

The struggling video rental chain said they may shut down up to 20% of their stores before 2011. The move would mean closing between 810 and 960 of its 4,356 U.S. stores.

Smith & Hawken
Announced: July 9, 2009

The upscale garden store said it will shut down all of its 56 stores, currently located in 22 states and D.C. The 30-year old chain tried to find a buyer for over a year. The CEO said "While this is a sad outcome, the combination of a weak economy and the lack of scale proved too great to overcome."

Crabtree & Evelyn
Announced: July 1, 2009

The bath and body chain, founded in 1973, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The 126-store chain plans to close underperforming stores in the coming months.

Big 10 Tires
Announced: July 29, 2009

According to CoStar Group, Mobile, AL-based Big 10 Tire Stores filed chapter 11 bankruptcy in April. At the time of the filing, the 104-store chain announced no intention to close stores but said it would attempt to obtain rent relief from its landlords. Through bankruptcy reorganization, Big 10 is now requesting lease cancellations on eight stores in Alabama, 14 in Florida and 10 in Georgia.

Bank of America
Announced: July 28, 2009

CEO Ken Lewis said he is planning to shrink the bank's 6,100-branch network by about 10 percent. The move would be a pullback from the bank's two-decade expansion.

Citigroup
Announced: September 24, 2009

Citigroup announced that it is going to lower the number of U.S. retail outlets, limiting the banks to six major metropolitan areas. It is likely the bank will be a presence mainly in New York, Washington D.C., Miami, Chicago, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. It will release its plans in October.

PacSun
Announced: August 20, 2009

In its most recent quarterly report, PacSun said it expects it will close a total of 40 stores during 2009 -- it closed 16 of them during the first half of this year. As of August 1, PacSun leased and operated 916 U.S. stores.

AND, THERE ARE 55 MORE CHAINS GOING DOWN OR UNDER!
HOW MUCH MORE OBAMA ECONOMICS CAN WE TAKE? IMPEACH HIM NOW!


Hat tip to wtuckerlll. Hat tip to Larry P for the picture.

Of course Obamie has such great help!

Monday, September 28, 2009

This from the New Delhi Pioneer



He may not relish the comparison but it is now becoming increasingly obvious that Mr Barack Obama is the most hostile American President for India since Richard Nixon. In the eight months he has been in office, Mr Obama has snubbed India more than once. He has sent repeated signals that New Delhi is not integral to his Asian security architecture.


The writer acts surprised and I wonder why. Obama has done nothing but attack our friends and apologize to our enemies. And the answer to this is simple.

First, he is a Marxist.

Secondly he is forgiving to Muslim countries. This should come as no surprise. He was raised as a Muslim, went to Muslim schools, until he was nine. He then received no counter education to the undoubted glorification of the Islamic faith he received at this young age. He then spent 20 years in a church that taught Black Liberation Theology.

He was been taught that Christians are bad and white Christians even worse and that Islam is good. Remember, he said that America is "no longer a Christian nation."

So naturally India, with its conflict with Pakistan cannot be "good" and if not opposed, certainly not supported.

Are you surprised at what he is doing? If so then you are dumb. Get busy and educate yourself.
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Hat tip to Urgent Agenda.

Saturday, September 26, 2009

Alaska Bound

Rick had been in Police work for 25 years. Finally sick of the stress, he quits his job and buys 50 acres of land in Alaska as far from humanity as possible.

He sees the postman once a week and gets groceries once a month. Otherwise it's total peace and quiet.

After six months or so of almost total isolation, someone knocks on his door. He opens it and a huge, bearded man is standing there.

'Name's Cliff, your neighbour from forty miles up the road. Having a Christmas party Friday night. Thought you might like to come at about 5:00....'

'Great', says Rick, 'after six months out here I'm ready to meet some local folks. Thank you.'

As Cliff is leaving, he stops. 'Gotta warn you. Be some drinking'.'

'Not a problem' says Rick.. 'After 25 years in the business, I can drink with the best of 'em'.

Again, the big man starts to leave and stops. ' More 'n' likely gonna be some fighting' too.'

'Well, I get along with people, I'll be all right! I'll be there. Thanks again.'

'More'n likely be some wild sex, too,'

'Now that's really not a problem' says Rick, warming to the idea. 'I've been all alone for six months! I'll definitely be there. By the way, what should I wear?'

Rick had been in Police work for 25 years. Finally sick of the stress, he quits his job and buys 50 acres of land in Alaska as far from humanity as possible.

He sees the postman once a week and gets groceries once a month.
Otherwise it's total peace and quiet.

After six months or so of almost total isolation, someone knocks on his door. He opens it and a huge, bearded man is standing there.

'Name's Cliff, your neighbour from forty miles up the road. Having a Christmas party Friday night. Thought you might like to come at about 5:00....'

'Great', says Rick, 'after six months out here I'm ready to meet some local folks. Thank you.'

As Cliff is leaving, he stops. 'Gotta warn you. Be some drinking'.'

'Not a problem' says Rick.. 'After 25 years in the business, I can drink with the best of 'em'.

Again, the big man starts to leave and stops. ' More 'n' likely gonna be some fighting' too.'

'Well, I get along with people, I'll be all right! I'll be there. Thanks again.'

'More'n likely be some wild sex, too,'

'Now that's really not a problem' says Rick, warming to the idea. 'I've been all alone for six months! I'll definitely be there. By the way, what should I wear?'













'Don't much matter. Just gonna be the two of us.'



Hat tip to Terry M!


If I remember correctly Terry first told this joke around 1979 at a sales meeting, only it was an Arkansas man who had moved to San Francisco and a neighbor dropped by to invite him to a welcoming party.... The second time... I can't remember who told it... but it was about a New Yorker moving to north Georgia... the third time it was a New Yorker moving to West Virginia.

Old jokes never die...they just adapt away.

Wow - Proving again that it is not what you know but who you know...

WASHINGTON -- A tiny car company backed by former Vice President Al Gore has just gotten a $529 million U.S. government loan to help build a hybrid sports car in Finland that will sell for about $89,000.

The award this week to California startup Fisker Automotive Inc. follows a $465 million government loan to Tesla Motors Inc., purveyors of a $109,000 British-built electric Roadster. Tesla is a California startup focusing on all-electric vehicles, with a number of celebrity endorsements that is backed by investors that have contributed to Democratic campaigns.




The four-door Karma, powered by a lithium-ion battery, will be able to run solely on electric power for 50 miles, and will achieve an average fuel economy of 100 mpg over the span of a year, the company says. Production is scheduled to start in December, with about 15,000 vehicles a year expected to hit the U.S. market starting next June.

...

Fisker's top investors include Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, a veteran Silicon Valley venture-capital firm of which Gore is a partner. Employees of KPCB have donated more than $2.2 million to political campaigns, mostly for Democrats, including President Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, a nonpartisan group that tracks campaign contributions.


What a rip off. These people have discovered Chinese captialism...

Link

If I ever see one of these on the side of the road with the driver waving at me to stop you can depend on me just giving him the middle finger salute as I drive on by.

...and yeah, I know that's juvenile but this whole green thing has gone beyond stupid.

If George Bush was an idiot



Click on photo for larger image

If George W. Bush had been the first President to need a TelePrompTer installed to be able to get through a press conference, would you have laughed and said this is more proof of how he inept he is on his own and is really controlled by smarter men behind the scenes?

If George W. Bush had spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to take Laura Bush to a play in NYC, would you have approved?

If George W. Bush had reduced your retirement plan's holdings of GM stock by 90% and given the unions a majority stake in GM, would you have approved?

If George W. Bush had made a joke at the expense of the Special Olympics, would you have approved?

If George W. Bush had given Gordon Brown a set of expensive and incorrectly formatted DVD's, when Gordon Brown had given him a thoughtful and historically significant gift, would you have approved?

If George W. Bush had given the Queen of England an iPod containing videos of his speeches, would you have thought this embarrassingly narcissistic and tacky?

If George W. Bush had bowed to the King of Saudi Arabia, would you have approved?

If George W. Bush had visited Austria and made reference to the non-existent "Austrian language," would you have brushed it off as a minor slip?

If George W. Bush had filled his cabinet and circle of advisers with people who cannot seem to keep current in their income taxes, would you have approved?

If George W. Bush had been so Spanish illiterate as to refer to "Cinco de Cuatro" (the 5th of 4th) in front of the Mexican ambassador when it was the 5th of May (Cinco de Mayo), and continued to flub it when he tried again,
would you have winced in embarrassment?

If George W. Bush had misspelled the word advice would you have hammered him for it for years like Dan Quayle and potato as proof of what a dunce he is?

If George W. Bush had burned 9,000 gallons of jet fuel to go plant a single tree on Earth Day, would you have concluded he's a hypocrite?

If George W. Bush's administration had okayed Air Force One flying low over millions of people followed by a jet fighter in downtown Manhattan causing widespread panic, would you have wondered whether they actually get what happened on 9-11?

If George W. Bush had failed to send relief aid to flood victims throughout the Midwest with more people killed or made homeless than in New Orleans, would you want it made into a major ongoing political issue with claims of racism and incompetence?

If George W. Bush had ordered the firing of the CEO of a major corporation, even though he had no constitutional authority to do so, would you have approved?

If George W. Bush had then proposed to double the debt again within 10 years, would you have approved?

So, tell me again, what is it about Obama that makes him so brilliant and impressive?

Can't think of anything? Don't worry.

He's done all this in 9 months -- so you'll have three years and seven months to come up with an answer.

Now that I think about it, who is the idiot?


Hat tip to wtuckerlll

Friday, September 25, 2009

Thursday, September 24, 2009

How Obama sees himself




How our enemies see Obamie!

Brussels Journal shows how frree speech is dead in Europe


In a week in which the NEA has called for "artists" to create "art" that pushes Obama's agenda....On a day when we have a Senator attacking Humana for communicating with their customers...In a month in which we have had Lefties attack Congressman Wilson for being truthful and calling Obama a liar... In a year in which we have elected a President that school teachers feel compelled to teach their students to worship him...

You may well wonder how we got here.

I have my ideas but rather than worry over the past, I give you the link below to a video that will show you were it will end.............

if we don't stop it now.

Link to video.

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Teaching school kids to worship Obama



You have to see this to really believe.

I mean hear we have a teacher in a public school teaching children to praise Obama. This while the NEA is using tax payer dollars to tell "artists and other such" to figure out how they can push Obama's agenda.

And on the same day that Senator Baucus has the Medicare management send out a letter to Humana telling them to toe the line.

People, what in hell is going on here? Get off your lazy behinds and call your Congress critters. Here are links to the telephone numbers.


Tel number link

bin Ladin told the truth and what to do

A few days ago I posted on how Afghanistan has become Obama’s war, and how the issue isn’t our ability, but our will.

One of my readers, Claudia, made this interesting comment.

“Now if you could just convince Canadians. Our soldiers believe in the mission. But not the old people. I get in trouble every time I speak about Afghanistan. People don't understand the war, and why we're there. The word Taliban means very little to them. And they're not too concerned about what would happen in that strange country if we withdraw. Those people are not stupid. Many of them did important work before they retired. It's simply that proper information (like what I read here) are not given. Also the last election in that country revealed that the Afghanistan women are not well treated by their Government. It was very disappointing. People ask what are we fighting for if things don't get better for the women. It's a good question.”


It is a very good question and it cuts all the way through to the wrong headed policy that Bush pursued after 9/11 and the even more wrong headed policy that Obama is pursuing.

The problem goes directly to our schools that started teaching forty years ago that there is no right and there is no wrong. Democracy was equivalent to communism. Everything was about choice and doing “your own thing.” Movie stars that had been banished for unacceptable actions started being worshipped for having children out of wedlock and many of our children followed them. First generation welfare recipients became second, now third with no end in sight.

Any criticism of this was, and is, always met with illustrations on how hypocritical our culture is. And it is. All cultures are hypocritical.

While the Romans were enforcing the Pax Romana that improved the lives of millions within their empire they were using slaves to serve the upper class.

While the early Catholic Church was bringing Christianity, and fighting to keep it in place among the new converts, some of the early Popes were having sex parties, committing incest and other sundry things that are condemned.

And I could go on and on. But the facts are that slowly but surely the western culture improved. Today western culture offers a civilization that is the freest in history. And yes, it still has problems.

But the facts are that it is being challenged on three fronts. The first is within by people who love the collective and hate freedom. They call themselves “liberals” when they are not. They call themselves “progressives” when they are not. I call them “Lefties.” You can easily see them by listening to them condemn America in specifics while glorifying in generalities. Free speech is good, but publishing Danish cartoons that show Mohammed in a bad light is bad. Electing a black man President is good, but criticizing his health care reform is racism.

The second front is a sustained and constant stream of terrorist attacks from radical Muslims who live in the distant past and who pursue the goal of converting the world to Islam. Let’s not misunderstand this point. Let’s not forget or ignore what bin Ladin said in an interview with Peter Arnett, then of CNN, in March of 1997.

“REPORTER: Mr. Bin Ladin, will the end of the United States' presence in Saudi Arabia, their withdrawal, will that end your call for jihad against the United States and against the US ?

BIN LADIN: The cause of the reaction must be sought and the act that has triggered this reaction must be eliminated. The reaction came as a result of the US aggressive policy towards the entire Muslim world and not just towards the Arabian peninsula. So if the cause that has called for this act comes to an end, this act, in turn, will come to an end. So, the driving-away jihad against the US does not stop with its withdrawal from the Arabian peninsula, but rather it must desist from aggressive intervention against Muslims in the whole world. “

Link to bin Ladin interview.

All that we saw before that and all that we have seen after that prove that bin Ladin was truly speaking the goals and ambitions of al-Qaeda and the various other terrorist groups.

The third group is Islamic extremists that, while not willing to commit terrorist acts, find the acts of the terrorists useful and who do not condemn the acts.

So what to do?

Treating the acts of terror as a criminal justice matter did not work as 9/11 amply demonstrated.

Bush, understanding this before 9/11, almost immediately moved to counter the threats.

“Clarke: So, point five, that process which was initiated in the first week in February, uh, decided in principle, uh in the spring to add to the existing Clinton strategy and to increase CIA resources, for example, for covert action, five-fold, to go after Al Qaeda.”

Link to Richard Clarke interview.

And it had results:

"At the special meeting on July 5 were the FBI, Secret Service, FAA, Customs, Coast Guard, and Immigration. We told them that we thought a spectacular al Qaeda terrorist attack was coming in the near future." That had been had been George Tenet's language. "We asked that they take special measures to increase security and surveillance. Thus, the White House did ensure that domestic law enforcement including the FAA knew that the CSG believed that a major al Qaeda attack was coming, and it could be in the U.S., and did ask that special measures be taken."

Link to interview with Rice.

But 9/11 did happen. We invaded Afghanistan and Iraq. First because Afghanistan was harboring terrorists and because we though Iraq had WMD’s . Whether or not Saddam had moved his WMD’s into hiding, etc., can be argued later. We do know that he gave cash to the families of suicide bombers in Palestine and agreed to not move against al-Qaeda in an “enemy of my enemy is my friend” type of thing as noted by Fitzgerald and has moving rapidly towards restarting his WMD programs as noted by David Kay. The emphasis was on “regime change.”

It should have been on culture change.

Bush started early, telling us all that Islam was a religion of peace and that we must not blame all Muslims for the actions of a few radicals. Good and sound advice except for one thing. Across Iraq, Iran, SA and other countries of the Middle East, Africa and Asia the more drastic components of Islam is and was still being pushed.

Facts be facts. Stonings, hangings of gays, honor killings, treating of women as chattel of men, etc., are part of Shari law according to some, and it isn’t going away. And telling Muslims that “you’re okay and I’m okay” isn’t going to make it happen. Someone is going to have to step up and tell the Muslim world, “Stop it. These actions are not acceptable and if you do not change we will change it for you.”

Now those are harsh words but they need to be said. It is time for us to step up and say them. It is time for our leaders to say them. It is time for the governments of Europe and Asia to say, “You are welcome here but as the newcomers you must change to our ways. If you do not you must return to your native lands.”

Until we do this we will continue to lose because, as Claudia’s Canadian friends note, what are we fighting for? You can kill terrorists continually but if you don’t change the culture that creates them you cannot win. And it is not just money, but how too many Muslims see the dictates of their religion.

Will we? Not with this President and not with this media driven culture. But just as Carter created the climate that started this in 1979, his political son will create the climate that will elect leaders that will understand that the goal in the cold war was not a new regime but the destruction of communism. In WWII the goal was not a regime change in Japan, but a new culture with new norms and new laws. In Germany and Italy it wasn’t new regimes that were sought but the elimination of Nazism and Fascism because they, as do all “isms,” took the liberal improvements to capitalism and perverted them into reasons to squelch freedom.

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Energy Secretary thinks we are stupid.


How do I know? Do I think so because he said this?

Speaking on the sidelines of a smart grid conference in Washington, Dr. Chu said he didn’t think average folks had the know-how or will to to change their behavior enough to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions.

The American public…just like your teenage kids, aren’t acting in a way that they should act,” Dr. Chu said. “The American public has to really understand in their core how important this issue is.” (In that case, the Energy Department has a few renegade teens of its own.)


No. I think he thinks we are stupid because of this:

An update: Energy Department spokesman Dan Leistikow added: “Secretary Chu was not comparing the public to teenagers. He was saying that we need to educate teenagers about ways to save energy.


If he thinks he can get away with a full of shit denial like that he truly thinks we are stupid.

Well Chu, as Forest Gump said, "Stupid is as stupid does."

Link

Why I did not retire in Denver



09/22/2009 06:52 PM MDT
The first day of fall in Colorado feels more like winter, and tomorrow's weather should be even more so, with up to 16 inches of snow predicted in some areas.


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Sixteen inches???

That global warming stuff is pure hell!

Rhode Island GOP Hispanic politican resigns over illegal alien stance of R.I.'s governor

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The chairman of the Rhode Island Republican Hispanic Assembly and member of the Republican Central Committee says he has quit the GOP because he was embarrassed by South Carolina Rep. Joe Wilson's outburst during President Obama's address to Congress on Sept. 9.

Wilson shouted "You lie," when President Obama said illegal immigrants would not receive benefits under his health care plan.

Ivan Marte tells The Providence Journal that Wilson's behavior was "shameful" and "uncivilized."

Marte says he has been disenchanted by the GOP since Gov. Don Carcieri ignored his advice concerning the 2008 executive order cracking down on illegal immigration.


Well, we might as well be truthful, eh?

The final group of DC pics

And I hope you have made copies and distributed them to your local authorities. Lyin' Nancy warned us. Now it is up to us to run these tax paying hard working patriotic citizens down!






Hat tip to Larry P!

Monday, September 21, 2009

Barackside



Hat tip to wtuckerlll!

Love and marriage and golf

Ed and Dorothy met while on a singles cruise and Ed fell head over heels for her. When they discovered they lived in the same city only a few miles apart Edwas ecstatic. He immediately started asking her out when they got home. Within a couple of weeks, Ed had taken Dorothy to dance clubs, restaurants, concerts, movies, and museums. Ed became convinced that Dorothy was indeed his soul mate and true love. Every date seemed better than the last.

On the one-month anniversary of their first dinner on the cruise ship, Ed took Dorothy to a fine restaurant. While having cocktails and waiting for their salad, Ed
said, "I guess you can tell I'm very much in love with you. I'd like a little serious talk before our relationship continues to the next stage. So, before I get a box out of my jacket and ask you a life changing question, it's only fair to warn you, I'm a total golf nut. I play golf, I read about golf, I watch golf on TV. In short, I eat, sleep, and breathe golf. If that's going to be a problem, for us, you'd better say so now!"

Dorothy took a deep breath and responded, "Ed, that certainly won't be a problem. I love you as you are and I love golf too; but, since we're being totally hones with each other, you need to know that about the last five years I've been a hooker."

















"Oh wow! I see," Ed replied. He looked down at the table, and was quiet for a moment, deep in serious hought then he added, "You know, it's probably because you're not keeping your wrists straight when you hit the ball."


Blame Terry M!

Obama's war




The top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan warns in an urgent, confidential assessment of the war that he needs more forces within the next year and bluntly states that without them, the eight-year conflict "will likely result in failure," according to a copy of the 66-page document obtained by The Washington Post.


Link


Ah, the age old question.

Shall we cut off the leg to save the patient or shall we let the disease devour the patient, mutate and move into the general population? And then from there to the wide wide world of people who can't bring themselves to believe that yes, stonings, hangings and honor killings do exist along side bombings and chemical weapons attacks.

The issue, Dear Hearts, isn't if we can win, but if we are tough enough to win. To say to the world, "Like it or not we are your best chance at being free so you are just going to have to suck it up and let us do the work."

Yes, Dear Europeans, Asians and Africans and whatever Muslim group that is being bombed at this moment by another Muslim group, life is hard. Sometimes you just have to let someone else die for your freedom.

We haven't been able to answer this question since 1979 and Carter's surrender. Bush had the right idea but wasn't willing to clear out the problems at home. So he did a partial on Iraq which is now scabbing over with the infection bleeding through from Iran while Obama is acting as if he will not do anything drastic about the poison in Afghanistan besides trying to get the Russians to act as traffic cops.

Even Biden could see this coming, although his timing was off a bit.

In the meantime the military is telling Obama what the price is and what they need. I pray that twenty years from now some Jihad Johnny is not saying the equivalent of this:

Q: How could the Americans have won the war?

A: Cut the Ho Chi Minh trail inside Laos. If Johnson had granted [Gen. William] Westmoreland's requests to enter Laos and block the Ho Chi Minh trail, Hanoi could not have won the war.


Link

And I also pray that if Obama doesn't give them what they need and let the military fight the war then some Generals tell him to fight his own war, the military quits.

We don't need another wall erected as a memento to the stupidity of god damn politicians.

Portions of the above are part of a comment I made in TalkLeft.

More pics of the Washington, DC riots

that Lyin' Nancy warned us about.






Hat tip to Larry P!

Sunday, September 20, 2009

Obama paints

Don H sent me this.

I think it captures the narcissism in Obamie quite well.

Crookedness at Chrysler


This is unbelievable.

This could be a scandal of epic proportions and one that makes Nixon's
Watergate or Clinton 's Monica Lewinsky affair pale by comparison. Why
was there neither rhyme nor reason as to which dealerships of the
Chrysler Corporation were to be closed? Roll the clock back to the weeks
just before Chrysler declared bankruptcy. Chrysler, like GM, was in dire
financial straights and federal government graciously offered to "buy
the company" and keep them out of bankruptcy and "save jobs." Chrysler
was, in the words of Obama and his administration, "Too big to fail,"
same story with GM.

The feds organized their "Automotive Task Force" to fix Chrysler and GM.
Obama, in an act that is 100% unconstitutional, appointed a guy named
Steve Rattner to be the White House's official Car Czar- literally,
that's what his title is. Rattner is the liaison between Obama,
Chrysler, and GM.

Initially, the national media reported that Chrysler had made this list
of dealerships. That is not true. The Washington Examiner, Newsmax, Fox
New and a host of other news agencies discovered that the list of
dealerships was put together by the "Automotive Task Force" headed by no
one other then Mr. Steve Rattner. Now the plot thickens. Remember
earlier we said earlier that there was neither rhyme nor reason why
certain dealerships were closed? Actually there's a very interesting
pattern as to who was closed down. Again, on May 27, 2009, The
Washington Examiner and Newsmax exposed the connection. Amazingly, of
the 789 dealerships closed by the federal government 788 had donated
money, exclusively, to Republican political causes, while contributing
nothing to Democratic political causes. The only "Democratic" dealership
on the list was found to have donated $7,700 to Hillary's campaign, and
a bit over $2,000 to John Edwards. This same dealership, reportedly,
also gave $200.00 to Obama's campaign. Does that seem a little odd to
you?

Steve Rattner, the guy who put the list together. Well he happens to be
married to a babe named Maureen White. Maureen happens to be the former
national finance chairman of the Democratic National Committee. As such,
she would have access to campaign donation records from everyone in the
nation, Republican or Democrat. But of course, this is just a wacky
coincidence, we're certain.



Then comes another really wacky coincidence. On that list of dealerships
being closed down, a weird thing happened in Arkansas , North Louisiana ,
and Southern Missouri . It seems that Bill Clinton's former White House
Chief of Staff, Mack McClarty, owns a chain of dealership in that
region, partnered with a fellow by the name of Robert Johnson. Johnson
happens to be founder of Black Entertainment Television and was a huge
Obama supporter and financier. These guys own a half dozen Chrysler
stores under the company title of RLJ-McClarty-Landers. Interestingly,
none of their dealerships were ordered closed - not one- while all of
their competing Chrysler/Dodge and Jeep dealership were! Eight
dealerships located near the dealerships owned by McClarty and Johnson
were ordered shut down. Thus, by pure luck, these two major Obama
supporters now have virtual monopoly on Chrysler sales in their zone.
Isn't that amazing? Go look in The Washington Examiner, the story's
there, and it's in a dozen or so other web-based news organization, this
isn't being made up.

Now if you thought Chrysler was owned by Fiat, you are truly mistaken.
Under the federal court ruling, 65% of Chrysler is now owned by the
federal government and the United Auto Worker's union- Fiat owns 20%.
The other 15% is till privately owned and presumably will be traded on
the stock market. Obama smiles and says he doesn't want to run the auto
industry.

As horrifying as this is to comprehend, and being as how this used to be
the United States of America , it would appear that the president has the
power to destroy private businesses and eliminate upwards of 100,000
jobs, just because they don't agree with his political agenda. This is
Nazi Germany stuff, and it's happening right here, right now, in your
back yard. There are voices in Washington demanding an explanation, but
the "Automotive Task Force" has released no information to the public or
any of the senators demanding answers for what has been done. Keep your
ear to the ground for more on this story. If you've ever wanted to make
a difference about anything in your life, get on the phone to your
national senator or representative in the House and demand an
investigation on this.

Benjamin Franklin had it right when he said, "All that's necessary for
evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing."

Car Czar No More

An amazing thing happened as this story was going to press. Obama's Car
Czar, Steve Rattner, resigned on July 13 and was promptly replaced by
former steel workers union boss Ron Bloom. According to CBS News,
Rattner left "to return to private life and spend time with his family."
Treasure Secretary Tim Geithner said, "I hope that he takes another
opportunity to bring his unique skills to government service in the
future." By the way, Rattner is under investigation for a multi-million
dollar pay-to-play investment bank scandal in New York . Uh-oh! But,
we're certain that had nothing to do with his resignation. And,
according to several news sources out there, there are rumors he's being
investigated for what could be pay-to-play scandal involving the closing
of Chrysler and GM dealerships. Really? Again, that couldn't have
anything to with his resignation- that's ridiculous! Like CBS said, this
guy just wants to spend more quality time with his family. Obama has
thirty-two personally appointed "czars" that answer to no one but him,
all of whom are acting without any Constitutional authority. But hey,
we're sure they all have "unique skills," as Tim Geithner likes to say.


Hat tip to Terry Mitchell


And the media can't figure out why we're pissed off.

Good advice??

Keep this philosophy in mind the next time you hear, or are out to repeat a rumor.

In ancient Greece (469 - 399 BC), Socrates was widely lauded for his wisdom. One day the great philosopher came upon an acquaintance, who ran up to him excitedly and said, "Socrates, do you know what I just heard about one of your students...?"

"Wait a moment," Socrates replied. "Before you tell me, I'd like you to pass a little test. It's called the Test of Three."

"Test of Three?"

"That's correct," Socrates continued.

"Before you talk to me about my student let's take a moment to test what you're going to say. The first test is Truth. Have you made absolutely sure that what you are about to tell me is true?"

"No," the man replied, "actually I just heard about it."

"All right," said Socrates. "So you don't really know if it's true or not. Now let's try the second test, the test of Goodness. Is what you are about to tell me about my student something good?"

"No, on the contrary..."

"So," Socrates continued, "you want to tell me something bad about him even though you're not certain it's true?"

The man shrugged, a little embarrassed. Socrates continued, "You may still pass though because there is a third test - the filter of Usefulness. Is what you want to tell me about my student going to be useful to me?"

"No, not really..."

"Well," concluded Socrates, "if what you want to tell me is neither True nor Good nor even Useful, why tell it to me at all?"

The man was defeated and ashamed and said no more.

This is the reason Socrates was a great philosopher and held in such high esteem.

It also explains why Socrates never found out that Plato was banging his wife.


Hat tip to Terry M.

On sex



Hat tip to Jimmy M.

More pics of the angry mob

that Lyin' Nancy has brought to our attention. Don't they look dangerous! Wow! Thanks Lyin' Nancy. What could we do with out you?







Hat tip to Larry P!

Saturday, September 19, 2009

groan


Two Mexican detectives were investigating the murder of Juan Gonzalez.
'How was he killed?' asked one detective.
'With a golf gun,' the other detective replied.
'A golf gun! What is a golf gun?'
'I don't know. But it sure made a hole in Juan.'

Blame Mac E!

Bill Mauldin - a brief introduction


If you have never read/looked at the cartoons of Bill Mauldin your education is incomplete.

He was unique in that he actually was a soldier and actually fought before his basically free lance work brought him to the attention of Stars and Stripes.

His work got him into trouble from time to time but unlike 99% of today's war reporters and cartoonists he understood that winning was the only thing. He said this about Patton:

"I always admired Patton. Oh, sure, the stupid bastard was crazy. He was insane. He thought he was living in the Dark Ages. Soldiers were peasants to him. I didn't like that attitude, but I certainly respected his theories and the techniques he used to get his men out of their foxholes."[2]


Mauldin understood that Patton's way was to train and train and train and then fight as hard as possible using every advantage you have. Think about Vietnam and our battles in Iraq and Afghanistan and how we have lost more and more men and women because we have been "proportional" in our response.

To hell with that. And if you think I am wrong, look where we are at.

But Mauldin's real talent was writing a thousand words with one picture. This one I first saw at about age 14 and it took me a few days to figure out what he was saying.

He understood men. He understood men and war. He never saw it as pretty but he always understood the human side.



Check Amazon for his books.


Link

Link to more Mauldin.

Obama won't do Fox

Hey, it isn't the first time he has ducked answering tough questions!

Include me in and include me out


Keep this in mind when selecting a hotel to stay at.

The New York Helmsley Hotel last night abruptly canceled a long-planned banquet for next week after finding out that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was scheduled to attend and speak, The Post has learned.

Helmsley representatives told Ahmadinejad to beat it after being informed by the security group United Against Nuclear Iran that the Israel-hating, Holocaust-denying America basher was going to be in the house next Thursday.

Helmsley execs were unaware that Ahmadinejad -- who will be in town for a meeting of the UN General Assembly next week -- was involved in the event until informed by UANI yesterday.



"Neither the Iranian Mission nor President Ahmadinejad is welcome at any Helmsley facility. The Helmsley organization is grateful to United Against Nuclear Iran for bringing this matter to its attention so that appropriate action could be taken."


Link

Also, please keep this in mind when selecting a hotel to stay at.

Hizb ut-Tahrir, an international movement seeking to re-establish an international Islamic state and indoctrinate Muslims into supporting jihad, wants to step up its recruitment efforts in the U.S. On July 19, the group, whose alumni include 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammad, will hold a conference entitled "The Fall of Capitalism and the Rise of Islam" in the Grand Ballroom of the Hilton Hotel in Oak Lawn, reports Investigative Project. This YouTube circulated by the group at its website confirms the Khilafah Conference 2009 date. Oak Lawn and Bridgeview host one of the nation's largest mosques.



Link

Friday, September 18, 2009

Thank God for guns

Hat tip to Jimmy M who sent this over to me from commonsenselogic and it's kind cute. Watch for the revealing line about the need to conceal what Obamie is gonna bring.

Here are some pictures

of the rabid mob Lyin' Nancy is worried about.







Hat tip to Larry P!

Sex, Lies, Video Tape and ACRON

You have probably seen the video of Jon Stewart slamming the lame stream media. But if not, click here.

Hmmmmmmmmmmm

Wish I would have said this.

OBSERVATION: Have you noticed that only four groups have benefited from Obama's foreign policy? They are Russians, North Koreans, Latin American reds, and Iranian mullahs. Think about it.


Link to Urgent Agenda.

Obama - Make illegals legal and then it would not be illegal to give health care to the legals

who use to be illegals but who we just made legal.




President Obama said this week that his health care plan won't cover illegal immigrants, but argued that's all the more reason to legalize them and ensure they eventually do get coverage.

He also staked out a position that anyone in the country legally should be covered - a major break with the 1996 welfare reform bill, which limited most federal public assistance programs only to citizens and longtime immigrants.



Mr. Obama added, "If anything, this debate underscores the necessity of passing comprehensive immigration reform and resolving the issue of 12 million undocumented people living and working in this country once and for all."


Link

Putin and Poland and dinner and peace in our time redux



Putin: "What's for dinner?"

Voice off stage: "Poland and the Czechs."

Putin: "Again?"

Voice off stage: "Yes. Obama had his Chef send them over."


Link

Thursday, September 17, 2009

Thursday Thursday


The okra continues to shine. All the cool wet weather.. global warming you know... has brought forth a plethora of new blooms and the plants are 10 plus feet tall.

I shall declare myself King Okra and have an Okra Festival... if I can find the wine.

In less important things Obamie has decided to give the Russians what they want and back down from the plan to put an intercontinental missile defense in Poland against Iran. Their reasoning is that Iran is running behind their estimates so what we need is a defense against short and medium range missiles to protect our forces in Europe.

Uh, noble thought but it is the capability of Iran to hit the US that worries most of us. If we get hit in Europe we have time to react... from the US... without a million dead..

I also note that the Dark Avenger has been unable to obtain a globe and see the trajectory of missiles from Iran coming over the polar regions to the US. He has become frustrated with my repeated advice that I trust scientists more than him.

He has linked to Tall Cotton in TalkLeft to prove that I am not sarcastic and that I intensely dislike Obamie.

You think I been thrown in the briar patch??

I feel further chastised by just knowing that Lyin' Nancy has called us all down for complaints about taxes, illegal aliens, a goofed up attempt at improving health care and Obamie supporting ACRON while shutting down all attempts at new energy sources....

Of course Nancy has a chunk of stock in windmills but that doesn't mean she would favor them over your local service station.

Really. Honestly.

In the meantime both the House and the Senate have voted to defund ACRON.

Anybody want to bet me that this bill never, never, never, never hits Obamie's desk?