General Patton

General Patton is back with his usual direct solutions for the problems we face.

He was wrong about the surge, but the jury is still out on the remainder.

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"Architects of Ruin," an appreciation

I don't call these a "review" because then I'd have to do quotes, give an outline, etc., etc.

What Peter Schweizer writes is a short, 187 pages, summary of just how the Leftes of the world got the Community Reinvestment Act passed under the Second Worst President in history, AKA Carter, and how the expanded it and how they eventually took over Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac during the Clinton administration and how the Lefie Boomers decided they should get rich and do good using the tax payer's money.

And how "Too Big To Fail" actually didn't start in 2008, but years and years before in Argentia, Russia, Japan, Thailand, etc., etc. Come to find out the Masters of the Universe weren't masters of anything. The game was as fixed as a card mechanic setting up the mark for the big take down.

And the recurring names in the Clinton and Obama administration will blow you away.

And while it is well written, it is a slow read with some 15 pages of notes and references, probably 300 or so.

It isn't a Right Wing rant on the Internet.

And if you aren't seething with anger after you have read it then there is something wrong.

Buy it here or elsewhere but buy it.

And if you have teenager around, do whatever it takes to get them to read it. That way they will know why their future is mortgaged.

And a hat tip to Mostly Cajun for the pic.
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Grrrrrrrrrrrr. I was just trying to do an update and deleted

the original post about who is doing the damage to our foreign policy re Iran

Now I gotta redo it or foget it....

Grrrrrrrrrrr

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Another environmentalist wacko scheme down the tubes

BRUSSELS, April 21 (Reuters) - Biofuels such as biodiesel from soy beans can create up to four times more climate-warming emissions than standard diesel or petrol, according to an EU document released under freedom of information laws.

And I wish I had said this:

Diggs said at April 25, 2010 2:20 PM:
Honestly, when have envirotards ever been correct? Tens of thousands killed by toxic skies over US cities by late 1970s? Nope. New ice age by late 1990s? Nope. Mass starvation by 2000? Nope. Rape of the Amazon rain forest by 2010? Nope. Nuclear Winter? Nope.
If one marches to Al Gore's drum, one deserves all the skepticism that is coming, and more.
Retards.

In the meantime we have idiot Congress critters on both sides that think we should be spending billions....


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I wonder if we can give him to them?

(April 23) -- President Barack Obama is still the world's most respected leader, according to a new six-country poll.

Released today by France 24 and Radio France Internationale, the Harris Interactive Poll asked 6,135 adults between the ages of 16 and 64 who live in the United States, Britain, France, Italy, Germany or Spain to name their favorite world leaders.

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This one is for Mexboy

I think it's time to do this one again/

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Shortage of skinks.... Global warming thought to be the problem

Skinks in the rural south are an important part of the environment. Huge eaters of mosquitoes, flies, ticks, spiders and other insects they play a vital and necessary part in preventing the spread of disease like rocky mountain spotted fever southern version, AIDS, STD's and others.

But this year skinks are in short supply. This reporter sought out noted retired salesman and road grader operator, AKA Poker Player, to discuss this burning issue.

Reporter: Tell us, Poker Player, what is the cause of the shortage?

Poker Player: Well, uh, I'm pretty sure it's global warming.

Reporter: Interesting. What brings you to that conclusion?

Poker Player: Well, we had a super cold winter, one of them thin the herd ones and we all know that global warming causes massive snow falls and cold weather.. And boy did we have one. Why my utility bill last month...

Reporter: Well, I'm sure that bill was higher...

Poker Player: Higher than a cat's back, but then it turned warm and without a lot of skinks around, well, I tell you Old Yeller has ticks galore and fleas out the wazoo! You should see him scratch. I call it "Old Yeller playing his fiddle."

Reporter: So there's no doubt that we have an infestation?

Poker Player: No doubt. It is an inconvenient truth.

Reporter: Just how bad is the problem? Have you engaged the services of some skink scientists?

Poker Player: No need to. I just did a quick survey and found that the two that always lived in that brush pile out back by the garden are gone. Then I found only one out by the rotten oak stump where there were always four or five, so that is a shortage of six. I then figured that since we're talking 20 acres here and since per acre you could have 30 stumps and brush piles on the front ten and 50 on the back ten... and that shows a shortage of 1800 and 3000... If you're having trouble visualizing it think of it as a hockey stick..

Reporter: Hockey stick?

Poker Player: Yeah you know. Starts out smooth and straight and then curves up real fast. Gives you an idea of how serious this is.

Reporter: I see. Have you discussed this with any of your friends?

Poker Player: Oh yeah. Lots of'em.

Reporter: Well, what did they say?

Poker Player: They all agreed that was a mighty slick way to figure out the missing skinks.

Reporter: Hmmmmmmmm

Poker Player: Old man Jones claimed he couldn't make the numbers work for him but then I showed him the trick of assuming that all those trees in his yard had been cut down making excellent skink homes for the skinks that aren't here.

Reporter: That's fantastic. You are a true visionary.

Poker Player: Aw, it ain't nothing.

Reporter: Do you have a solution?

Poker Player: Well, it seems pretty obvious. We need to get in the skink raising business.

Reporter: And how do you do that?

Poker Player: Well, I got me an Alpha male. Now if I can get a government grant for say, $20 million I can capture me some female skinks, make some extra stumps and brush piles and let old Blue Tail go to town.

Reporter: Amazing.

Poker Player: But we need to hurry. I hear STD's and such is spreading fast, especially in certain Ladies of the Evening.

Reporter: Huh?

Poker Player: Yeah. I figure I will need to reform these Ladies and get the men who, uh.... associated very closely with them off the street.

Reporter: And that will cost?

Poker Player: Oh about $50 million for the Ladies and another $20 million for equipment for the men.

Reporter: Equipment for the men???

Poker Player: Yeah, computers. You know, so they can watch porn and play choke the chicken...

Reporter: Wow. How far sighted. But do you actually think the government would pay for such?

Poker Player: Heck, don't know why not. Look what they did for the SEC, and that wasn't even a program to stop disease.........

Poker Player had to leave at that point to go join his previously scheduled game. But he promises to keep us posted on his progress in skink raising.

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