I believe and I'm tired

1222 CST – You better believe.

Mike L sent me this. As a one time owner, with my wife, of a small business I understand.

The Texas Department of Labor claimed a small Houston surveying firm was not paying proper wages to his help and sent an agent out to investigate him.

Department of Labor employee: I need a list of your employees and how much you pay them.

Surveyor: Well, there's my rodman who's been with me for 3 years. I pay him $320 a week plus free room and board.

Then there's the mentally challenged worker. He works about 18 hours every day and does about 90% of all the work around here. He makes about $100 per week, pays his own room and board, and I buy him a bottle of scotch every Saturday night so he can cope with life. He also sleeps with my wife occasionally.

Department of Labor employee: That's the guy I want to talk to... the mentally challenged one.

Surveyor: That would be me.

1630 CST – I’m tired

This was sent by Claudia.

This should be required reading for every man, woman and child in the UK, United States of America, Canada, Australia and New Zealand .

"I'm 63 and I'm Tired"

By Robert A. Hall

I'm 63. Except for one semester in college when jobs were scarce and a six-month period when I was between jobs, but job-hunting every day, I've worked, hard, since I was 18. Despite some health challenges, I still put in 50-hour weeks, and haven't called in sick in seven or eight years. I make a good salary, but I didn't inherit my job or my income, and I worked to get where I am. Given the economy, there's no retirement in sight, and I'm tired. Very tired.

I'm tired of being told that I have to "spread the wealth" to people who don't have my work ethic. I'm tired of being told the government will take the money I earned, by force if necessary, and give it to people too lazy to earn it.

I'm tired of being told that Islam is a "Religion of Peace," when every day I can read dozens of stories of Muslim men killing their sisters, wives and daughters for their family "honor"; of Muslims rioting over some slight offense; of Muslims murdering Christian and Jews because they aren't "believers"; of Muslims burning schools for girls; of Muslims stoning teenage rape victims to death for "adultery"; of Muslims mutilating the genitals of little girls; all in the name of Allah, because the Qur'an and Sharia law tells them to.

I'm tired of being told that out of "tolerance for other cultures" we must let Saudi Arabia use our oil money to fund mosques and mandrassa Islamic schools to preach hate in America and Canada, while no American nor Canadian group is allowed to fund a church, synagogue or religious school in Saudi Arabia to teach love and tolerance.

I'm tired of being told I must lower my living standards to fight global warming, which no one is allowed to debate.

I'm tired of being told that drug addicts have a disease, and I must help support and treat them, and pay for the damage they do. Did a giant germ rush out of a dark alley, grab them, and stuff white powder up their noses while they tried to fight it off?

I'm tired of hearing wealthy athletes, entertainers and politicians of both parties talking about innocent mistakes, stupid mistakes or youthful mistakes, when we all know they think their only mistake was getting caught. I'm tired of people with a sense of entitlement, rich or poor.

I'm real tired of people who don't take responsibility for their lives and actions. I'm tired of hearing them blame the government, or discrimination or big-whatever for their problems.

Yes, I'm damn tired. But I'm also glad to be 63. Because, mostly, I'm not going to have to see the world these people are making. I'm just sorry for my granddaughter.

Robert A. Hall is a Marine Vietnam veteran who served five terms in the Massachusetts State Senate.

OnTwitter I am Lesabre1

"Unlimited tolerance must lead to the disappearance of tolerance. If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant, if we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society against the onslaught of the intolerant, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them." - Karl Popper

“Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants. It is the creed of slaves.” - William Pitt

"Logic. There is little logic among the cultural elite, maybe because there is little omnipresent fear of job losses or the absence of money, and so arises a rather comfortable margin to indulge in nonsense." - Victor Davis Hanson

Here's a video of the Democrats practicing for Obama's SOTU speech

Click here for video.

OnTwitter I am Lesabre1

"Unlimited tolerance must lead to the disappearance of tolerance. If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant, if we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society against the onslaught of the intolerant, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them." - Karl Popper

“Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants. It is the creed of slaves.” - William Pitt

"Logic. There is little logic among the cultural elite, maybe because there is little omnipresent fear of job losses or the absence of money, and so arises a rather comfortable margin to indulge in nonsense." - Victor Davis Hanson

Obama Speaks! It's cold outside!

8:30CST – It’s raining and cold and snow is forecasted.

Damn that man made global warming!

If it gets any warmer my heat bill will hit $600 for this month.

9:34 CST - Did China steal our stealth technology?

Anybody besides me remember what happened when we had our last Demo prez?

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We probably threw in stealth as a deal closer.

10: 12 CST - Political cover and the left

I am past tired of the Left using the people who fought WWII as political cover for the Left’s despicable actions during Vietnam and now in WW IV.

Every since Brokaw wrote “The Greatest Generation” we find Leftie after Leftie, and Brokaw was no slouch himself, pounding their chests, rubbing ashes on their faces and sobbing out paeans on how much they love the people who saved the country during WWII.

The Left’s using these people like this is just pissing on their graves.

What, you may ask, is my proof of what the Left did?

What did the North Vietnamese leadership think of the American antiwar movement? What was the purpose of the Tet Offensive? How could the U.S. have been more successful in fighting the Vietnam War? Bui Tin, a former colonel in the North Vietnamese army, answers these questions in the following excerpts from an interview conducted by Stephen Young, a Minnesota attorney and human-rights activist [in The Wall Street Journal, 3 August 1995]. Bui Tin, who served on the general staff of North Vietnam's army, received the unconditional surrender of South Vietnam on April 30, 1975. He later became editor of the People's Daily, the official newspaper of Vietnam. He now lives in Paris, where he immigrated after becoming disillusioned with the fruits of Vietnamese communism.

Question: How did Hanoi intend to defeat the Americans?

Answer: By fighting a long war which would break their will to help South Vietnam. Ho Chi Minh said, "We don't need to win military victories, we only need to hit them until they give up and get out."

Q: Was the American antiwar movement important to Hanoi's victory?

A: It was essential to our strategy. Support of the war from our rear was completely secure while the American rear was vulnerable. Every day our leadership would listen to world news over the radio at 9 a.m. to follow the growth of the American antiwar movement. Visits to Hanoi by people like Jane Fonda, and former Attorney General Ramsey Clark and ministers gave us confidence that we should hold on in the face of battlefield reverses. We were elated when Jane Fonda, wearing a red Vietnamese dress, said at a press conference that she was ashamed of American actions in the war and that she would struggle along with us.

And then we have this regarding Tet, which Walter Cronkite told was a disaster. Walter was wrong and many have come to believe that he knew he was wrong but wanted to force the US out of Vietnam.

Q: What about the results?

A: Our losses were staggering and a complete surprise;. Giap later told me that Tet had been a military defeat, though we had gained the planned political advantages when Johnson agreed to negotiate and did not run for re-election. The second and third waves in May and September were, in retrospect, mistakes. Our forces in the South were nearly wiped out by all the fighting in 1968. It took us until 1971 to re-establish our presence, but we had to use North Vietnamese troops as local guerrillas. If the American forces had not begun to withdraw under Nixon in 1969, they could have punished us severely. We suffered badly in 1969 and 1970 as it was.

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10:44 CST – All hail Obamie!!!!

The Lying Saying Media lost in their attempt to blame Palin and the average American for the Tucson killings. But when President Hussein had his pep rally at the memorial for the victims they have been back in full cry over His Greatness.

As a result, Our Embarrassment has moved up in the polls.

Not to worry. He’ll be back to last October levels by April.



OnTwitter I am Lesabre1

"Unlimited tolerance must lead to the disappearance of tolerance. If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant, if we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society against the onslaught of the intolerant, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them." - Karl Popper

“Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants. It is the creed of slaves.” - William Pitt

"Logic. There is little logic among the cultural elite, maybe because there is little omnipresent fear of job losses or the absence of money, and so arises a rather comfortable margin to indulge in nonsense." - Victor Davis Hanson

The Religion of Peace

1122AM CST – They did it again.

A representative of the Religion of Peace, aka Islam, blew himself up today and killed a few dozen or so Russians.
You know, every time I turn around this is happening or just been prevented from happening.

I think it is time to say, “Hey you moderate Muslims! Hellooooooo! What will it take for you to figure out YOU have a problem that is OUR problem.
Now, should WE fix YOUR problem? No. YOU should fix YOUR problem. Besides. YOU won’t like how WE fix YOUR problem.

Sorry for the yelling, but I mean, really. You know what’s going on.

1414 CST - Jimmy M sent me this.

1634 CST - Huh??

Some Repubs and Demos are gonna set together while Obamie opines and truies to blow smoke our collective asses tomorrow night.

Hey Repub dudes! If I wanted you to get along with the Demos I would have voted for the Demo!

More later!

OnTwitter I am Lesabre1

"Unlimited tolerance must lead to the disappearance of tolerance. If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant, if we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society against the onslaught of the intolerant, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them." - Karl Popper

“Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants. It is the creed of slaves.” - William Pitt

"Logic. There is little logic among the cultural elite, maybe because there is little omnipresent fear of job losses or the absence of money, and so arises a rather comfortable margin to indulge in nonsense." - Victor Davis Hanson

Point Spreads – Jets Pittsburg and Bears Packers. - UPDATE

1930 CST - Did I do right?

There were 9 players left at the final table of the tournament. The chip count was around $1,000,000.

The chip leader was around $300,000. Second was around $150,000. The short stack, who was to my left in 4 position had around $25,000. I had about $100,000. The remaining $425,000 was split about evenly among the other 5 players.

Blinds were at $6,000/$3000 with $1,000 antes so I had about 10-12 blinds left.

The short stack went all in with his $25,000 and 5,6,7 position folded to the No 2 chip leader who was a very aggressive player who had hit a hot streak and had made a comeback from about $20,000 to the $150,000. He called and raised $15,000. The chip leader folded and I looked down to see an Ace of Hearts and Queen of Hearts.

The pot was now around $79,000.

The All In player was a fairly loose player who had made it to the final table by catching some cards. He would play any suited ace and or A 10 and above or pair. The raiser was an aggressive player who would steal if he could.

I gave it a long thought. The All In could have anything. I decided that the raiser had a decent hand and had raised to get everyone else out so he could get heads up against the All In player.

If I could get the raiser out I had a good shot at beating the All In player for $65,000 pot, close to doubling up and getting close to second place in chips. Besides. I could very likely have the best hand.

So I went all in. The raiser thought for a bit and then called. The All In player showed JJ, the raiser showed KK.

I caught a Q on the flop but nothing else and wished everyone good night and cashed out seventh place money. A nice bit but not what I wanted.
Did I do right? I dunno.

I wasn’t really short stacked but close and the money fairly evenly divided between the rest of us. One or more of us was probably gonna double up and that would triple the pressure. I made my decision to try and try to move up on what I knew of the players and gave it a go. It didn’t work.

It ain’t life or death, just money but I still wonder. Did I do right??

8:32AM CST - Last fall I posted “Football truths.”

I thought it to be funny. Others disagreed. The disagreement seemed to be directly connected to the school they supported.
Fancy that. Self interest strikes again.
Anyway, overnight and the post took a ton of hits. It dawns on me that the NFL playoff games are today and anything that promises information is of intense interest.
So I have titled this post “Point Spreads – Jets Pittsburg and Bears Packers.” Let’s see what happens.
I never bet pro sports. Playing poker is my game and one bad habit at a time is all I can stand. (Okay, okay. I have bet drinks, bragging rights and dinners on my beloved UT with friends. But that stopped three years ago.)

8:32AM CST – A minor rant.

I hate it when the very small Right Wing media keep talking about how Obamie is moving to the center while his minions in the FCC is moving to take control of the Internet and his EPA is shutting down coal mines and instituting new “clean air” regulations because of the man made global warming hoax.
Stupid is as stupid does, eh children?

10:54AM CST - What career path should our children pursue??

Anything that relates to REMOVING tattoos should give solid employment in about 10 years.

10:58AM CST - Best musical gadget for geezers.

An AUX input on the car's radio for your MPEG player. I have about 500 songs I like loaded up and I play them and blissfully ignore everything else on the magic machine as I drive down the road. That excludes The Big Guy, of course. (Actually it does, but my Leftie readers will never believe me.)

The First National Rock and Roll Hit

On the road again

More later.


OnTwitter I am Lesabre1

"Unlimited tolerance must lead to the disappearance of tolerance. If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant, if we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society against the onslaught of the intolerant, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them." - Karl Popper

“Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants. It is the creed of slaves.” - William Pitt

"Logic. There is little logic among the cultural elite, maybe because there is little omnipresent fear of job losses or the absence of money, and so arises a rather comfortable margin to indulge in nonsense." - Victor Davis Hanson

Keith Olbermann fired???

January 22, 2011 – Saturday Saturday

8:10AM CST – Snow and snow
My Mother-In-Law said that when snow lays around for more than three days it is waiting for more.
Makes sense. If it is too cold for it to melt so the next front that comes through will have enough moisture to drop some more snow.

8:11 CST – Death of a friend
Yesterday I wrote that a friend was dying. He is now gone and will be missed by his family and friends. Some of us will get together either by phone or in person and remember the good times and the bad times that we shared together. We all came through and now he has left us but we aren’t far behind.

9:45: CST – Dark Avenger has come back,
perhaps because he now understands that I know that he and Harry Saxon are one and the same. He has sent two missives, neither of which will be published.
But the gist of one is that the Tea Party is only as popular now as it was last summer and this is before they got “blood libeled.” 52% is the number. You know, given the hatred poured out by the Lefties and the Lame Stream Media 52% is a wonderful number.

10:00 CST – Keith Olbermann has been fired.
And don’t let the door hit you in the ass on the way out!


OnTwitter I am Lesabre1

"Unlimited tolerance must lead to the disappearance of tolerance. If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant, if we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society against the onslaught of the intolerant, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them." - Karl Popper

“Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants. It is the creed of slaves.” - William Pitt

"Logic. There is little logic among the cultural elite, maybe because there is little omnipresent fear of job losses or the absence of money, and so arises a rather comfortable margin to indulge in nonsense." - Victor Davis Hanson

Rock and roll is what???

January 21, 2011 – Bits and pieces

8:14 CST – Bad news

An old friend is dying. Somehow that doesn’t make sense. He was always large size, active and engaging. Some will try to seek and give solace by saying that he lived a long and happy life. And that is true. I’m sure he feels that he accomplished more with less than many who started with more, and he did.
But the truth is this.
The world will be a worse place when he is gone.
I fear our youngsters will grow old and have no friends, just people they text messages to because they don’t want to have to actually say something without first writing it down and then thinking about it.
I read one time that lead in the joints of the water pipes of ancient Rome is thought to have leeched into the water and drove many people insane leading to the eventual downfall. If true that shows that not all technical advances are good.

My take on the Internet varies from day to day.

8:29 CST – Weather report: 17F and clearing

Southerners do not cope well with snow and ice. This morning we have all of two inches and I face it with a sense of outrage. If I had wanted to have snow I would have stayed in Denver where they had lots of it and people knew how to deal with it.
But it was pretty last night. The security lights created a pool of light that approached daylight and nothing stirred. The birds had fed all afternoon from the feeder off the deck and the squirrels had ran back and forth looking for that especially sweet acorn they had hid last fall.
Time for some beef stew and corn bread for dinner. Maybe some of that frozen okra from the garden as a side with sliced onions and slaw.



9:50 CST – Civility as a lifestyle

I am suffering from boredom regarding politics. The latest buzz word is “civility.” To hell with that. The Left lost the last election and I see no reason to pay them very much attention, especially when they start lying about “hate speech” and sundry items.
In the meantime they write such intelligent comments as this one:

Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "Where's a Special Prosecutor when we need one?":
“You're as stupid as that asshole Lesabre from the Jackson Sun forums.

This is the comment he/she was responding to:

Where is a special prosecutor when we need one

Truth does hurt.

Speaking of hate speech from the Left, and the Sun’s forum, here’s an example. Note that the comment was on 1/6/11, two days before the Tucson killings.

Smileyface: posted at 1/6/2011 4:09 PM CST on jacksonsun.com
They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Lesabre13--Russian Roulette is one of the games I play. Give that a shot, too

Lesabre12 posted at 1/6/2011 4:26 PM CST
smileyface.... You have just suggested that I should be seriously injured or even killed. Wow. That's a nasty and violent attack.

Smileyface posted at 1/6/2011 4:27 PM CST
Hey, I'm still around

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One of the other commentators, CharlesLeeSmith by moniker, was asked if he would condemn the comment by smileyface. This was after the killings in Tucson and you would think that people would be more sensitive. But not CharlesLeeSmith:

Charles posted at 1/10/2011 5:24 PM CST :
Of course I condemn it....that let's you off way too easy.

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Let me see. I am an asshole who should play Russian Roulette but that isn't bad enough.....

Ain't love great?

If it had been The Big Guy kidney failure would have been the wishful curse…. Wait. That’s already been done.
Charles and others deny that this was a threat. For years I couldn’t understand that but I think I have finally figured it out. Hatred of the Right is all they have and they are so fearful of losing that the hate-fear-hate thing just feeds on itself. As an Internet bud, dherring wrote:

"One speaker on the National Review cruise said that we live our lives among the left and understand them. They, on the other hand, live among their own kind and have little association for the right so they form caricatures of the right."

10:12 – Recall the Pima County Sherriff??

Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik has never lost an election, but that was before his remarks assigning blame for the deadly Tucson, Ariz., shooting to political "vitriol" and calling Arizona "a mecca for prejudice and bigotry."
Now it's Sheriff Dupnik who finds himself on the public-opinion hot seat. A group opposed to illegal immigration has begun an effort to recall the sheriff in a special election. Meanwhile, a Pima County tea party group is planning on holding a "Dump Dupnik" rally next week outside his office.
"I haven't been a fan of Dupnik's for a long time, but this really was the straw that broke the camel's back," said Tom Rompel, co-owner of Black Weapons Armory in Tucson. "He's law enforcement. We expect 'the facts, ma'am,' not his opinion. He leans far left, always has, and frankly, people have had enough."

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One can hope that this man will be retired because of his untoward words towards millions of Americans. Not to mention his sorry job of running the department.




OnTwitter I am Lesabre1

"Unlimited tolerance must lead to the disappearance of tolerance. If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant, if we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society against the onslaught of the intolerant, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them." - Karl Popper

“Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants. It is the creed of slaves.” - William Pitt

"Logic. There is little logic among the cultural elite, maybe because there is little omnipresent fear of job losses or the absence of money, and so arises a rather comfortable margin to indulge in nonsense." - Victor Davis Hanson