Begin with a man in slacks and a button-up shirt with a collar plummeting through the air -- a man who began his day in an office at a desk, and ended his day and his span on Earth hurtling toward the ground in a ten-second fall at one hundred twenty-five miles per hour. Seek out the photographs online. Look at those still shots of terror taken moments before death swooped in and took its victims away. Yes, viewing such grim reminders is a painful, depressing task, but a necessary one for understanding what September 11, 2001 meant. For approximately three thousand people, that day meant death -- and not a quiet, dignified passing at a ripe old age, in a bed surrounded by family and loved ones; but a noisy, confusing cut-off filled with dread, overshadowed by a backdrop of fire and smoke and raining debris. A proper perspective on the tenth anniversary of the September 11 atrocities begins and ends with a human being plunging into eternity.
Paeans to multiculturalism and platitudes about strength through diversity cannot erase this indelible image. No matter what those who rule over us say -- I dare not suggest that they govern -- multiculturalism and diversity were the unreasoning juggernauts that brought the victims low.
It saddens me to say that we are no better off today, ten years later, then we were on that day in September when Musim jihadists struck in Pennsylvania, at the Pentagon, and brought the World Trade Center towers crumbling into rubble. Indeed, the situation is worse than ever.
After the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, it is said that Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto said, in effect, that "I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve." Subsequent events proved him correct. The American people retaliated, declaring war on Japan and defeating the nation in a long, bitter conflict.
Fast-forward to 2001. The evil acts committed in New York City and elsewhere roused the "Sleeping Giant" once again; but this time, the giant's handlers steered its ire in the wrong direction, and dissipated its resolve in fruitless democracy-building projects and assaults on people who had nothing to do with the attacks, while leaving our worst enemies in peace. All the while, people in positions of power assured America's citizenry that the problem was not Islam or Muslims or jihad, but rather "extremism," "terrorism," and the "hijacking" of religion for nefarious purposes. Islam was a religion of peace and goodness and light, and its followers were not that different from Americans. And so after going on an unfocused tear like a drunken sailor on shore leave, the giant settled back down into placidity and sleep.
Today, the "Sleeping Giant" is in a coma. It is an artificially induced coma, brought about by people with motivations as lofty and honorable as those of the man who drags a young woman off the street and chloroforms her into oblivion in the backseat of his car. It is a state of lassitude born in the honied lullabyes of a liar.
Since 2001, the powers-that-be have subjected the U.S. to a daily regimen of pablum regarding the identity of our enemy. We're in a "War on Terror," as if a tactic is an enemy. Listening to the mouthings of liberals and neo-cons like Obama and Bush and their cronies, one would think that the terrorists have no ideology, no over-arching philosophical worldview. They just exercise terror and mayhem for the sheer joy that terror and mayhem bring. They believe nothing. Religion is a tool in their hands, used cynically in the art of destruction. It means nothing to them on a metaphysical level.
Here is a partial post-September 11 list of policies, statements, and positions taken or made by our "leaders":
-- George W. Bush promoted unfettered immigration from the Third World, upping the ante in his second term by supporting amnesty, while lying about his intentions. He did not support true immigration reform, which would entail changes for the better to our chaotic system. He also refused to construct and complete a border security fence of any lasting significance.
-- The Bush Administration launched a war against Iraq, a country that had nothing to do with the atrocities on September 11, 2001. The administration also invaded Afghanistan and toppled the Taliban. After initial victories, Bush initiated democracy projects in both countries, losing far more soldiers in these endeavors than in the earlier fighting. Ten years after the attacks, American troops remain stationed in both nations, in deteriorating conditions. The Iraqi Christian community is under seige, and our Afghani "allies" regularly betray U.S. soldiers and even murder them. Both countries have sharia-based Constitutions.
-- Bush and Obama spent years telling the American people that Pakistan was an ally in the "War on Terror." When the U.S. discovered Osama bin Laden's location, he was living in a compound in the middle of a major city in Pakistan, just down the street from the Pakistan Military Academy, Pakistan's version of Westpoint.
-- In a speech in Cairo, Obama made the statement that "I consider it part of my responsibility as president of the United States to fight against negative stereotypes of Islam wherever they appear."
-- Our military -- the finest in the world -- has become infested with welfare cases, thugs, and foreigners.
-- Obama went on record in 2007, saying that the Muslim call to prayer is "one of the prettiest sounds on Earth at sunset." That same year, Obama recited from memory a portion of the Muslim call to prayer and profession of faith in perfect Arabic in an interview with Nicholas Kristof. Here are the words:
Allah is Most Great. Allah is Most Great.
Allah is Most Great. Allah is Most Great.
I bear witness that there is none worthy of being worshipped except Allah.
I bear witness that there is none worthy of being worshipped except Allah.
I bear witness that Muhammad is the Apostle of Allah.
I bear witness that Muhammad is the Apostle of Allah.
Come to prayer. Come to prayer.
Come to Success. Come to Success.
Allah is Most Great. Allah is Most Great.
There is none worthy of being worshipped except Allah.
The Islamic call to prayer sounds just like something a Christian would recite in an interview, doesn't it?
-- The U.S. government continues allowing Muslim immigrants into our land and even rewards them with citizenship. The number of Muslim immigrants to the U.S. increased after 2001.
-- The Bush and Obama administrations have enacted security measures that make Americans less free than they were before 2001, such as warrantless wiretapping, and intrusive TSA procedures in airports. The federal government's practical policy is that no indignity or inconvenience endured by American citizens is too great, if such intrusions succeed in protecting Muslims from "discrimination" -- i.e., minimal observance and recognition of their threat potential.
-- Muslims continue building mosques across the U.S., backed by virulent Saudi Wahabbism and funding. These mosques serve as bastions of the Dar-al-Islam in the midst of the Dar-al-Harb (Islamic outposts in a sea of infidels). Evangelical Muslims preach hate from their sanctuaries, spreading Islam within the U.S. -- even in the Bible-belt.
-- Cordoba House, an Islamic development group named after a Muslim victory over the Spaniards, plans to construct a lavish mosque at ground-zero in New York City -- with the blessings of the mayor, most of the mainstream media, and the president.
-- Muslims continue serving as prison chaplains, despite using their positions as proselytization platforms for fundamentalist Islam.
-- Muslims continue as members of our military, despite strong evidence that their religious beliefs pose conflicts of interest.
-- A Muslim soldier murdered fourteen people at Ft. Hood, Texas, and wounded thirty-one. He shouted "Allahu Akbar!" just before opening fire. In the aftermath, Chief of Staff of the United States Army George W. Casey, Jr had this bit of enlightenment for America: "I'm concerned that this increased speculation could cause a backlash against some of our Muslim soldiers ... Our diversity, not only in our Army, but in our country, is a strength. And as horrific as this tragedy was, if our diversity becomes a casualty, I think that’s worse."
-- Between 2002 and 2010, Muslims or Muslim sympathizers committed twenty-five other small-scale acts of terrorism or honor killings in the U.S.
-- Muslims in America demand the installation of footbaths for ritual washing in airports, demand that butchers and restaurants prepare food according to Islamic dictates, and call for the institution of sharia. Prior to 2001, such clamoring happened at a much lower level, if at all.
-- The mainstream media has embraced Islamic agitation groups with ties to terrorism and happily indulges their self-mischaracterizations as groups that want peace and interreligious harmony. An example of this media whitewashing is the front-group, CAIR.
-- The U.S. military burns Holy Bibles sent by Americans to Afghanistan, while teaching soldiers to revere the Koran.
-- The mainstream media and most politicians refuse to admit that Islam is a warlike religion chiefly spread by the sword, that this state of being has existed for 1,400 years, and that the violence endemic to the religion may be found in its founder's actions and Islam's "holiest" writings. They also ignore the important fact that one of Islam's tenets, taqiyyah, is a concept that endorses Muslims lying to non-Muslims, if the purpose of their lies is the enlargement of Islam. Deception is a built-in facet of Islam.
I'll stop right there. I easily could write three or four lengthy posts, perhaps even a book, listing the asinine attitudes, utterances, and policies of our leadership post-2001. My readers may feel free to add to this list in the comments section, if they wish.
In summation, I do not believe that we're better off, now. I do not believe that we're more secure, or stronger. It pains me to say that the three thousand people murdered on September 11, 2001 died in vain. And every American who has died a Muslim-related death since then also has died in vain. We did not take this lemon of a scenario and make lemonade. We did not erect a golden monument to liberty out of the ashes of 2001. We did not find lasting unity, greater resolve, or more clarity of purpose in the wake of those deaths. And an unsung victim of that woeful day was the Truth -- only the jihadists did not slam jets into the Truth. They did not kill it or tuck it away, because the presidential administrations and the Congress and media did that for them. They have spent every single day doing it for them, renewing the lies and distortions and wishful thinking. The Truth fell under friendly fire, as it were.
The one bright spot in all this darkness is that the problem has a solution. It's a hard fix, but a real remedy, nevertheless. Later today or tomorrow, I'll post on how I think we can pull ourselves back from the brink.
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Friday, September 2, 2011
How Like a Plague
A LIBYAN father killed his three daughters after pro-Gaddafi soldiers raped them, in an attempt to rid the family of the shame, a human rights group says.
Soldiers raped the sisters aged 15, 17 and 18 , in the town of Tomina, east Libya, US-based Physicians for Human Rights said.
When they returned home, their father slit their throats in what the rights group said was most likely an honour killing.
Our government tells us that Muslims are just like us -- that they value the same things, long for freedom just as we do, love their children, and want to live their lives in peace with the rest of the world. Then we read stories such as the above putridity, wherein a man murders his own daughters because they had the audacity to let men rape them. What kind of sick, twisted, devil-inspired mind would support bringing down the hammer of vengeance not on the perpetrators of the crime, but on the victims? If the word "satanic" describes any real-world scenario, this is it.
The worst part is that murder of the innocent isn't even unusual in the Islamic world. It happens all the time. Violence is as commonplace as fruit in an orchard. Everywhere on Earth that Muslims rub shoulders with non-Muslims violence erupts, usually initiated by Muhammed's Maniacs. Yet our leaders keep letting them into our country by the tens of thousands. They assure us that these demons in the flesh can be democratized -- as if democracy is an end unto itself, not just a means to an end. They throw our young men and women at this insoluble problem and waste their lives, in hellholes like Afghanistan and Iraq.
I'm tired of the seeming invincible idiocy of those in charge. I'm fed up with the lies and the refusal to learn from history, current events, or Islamic "scripture." We should bar the Religion of Hate and War and Death from our shores. We should close our borders and send them packing back to the hives of insanity whence they came. Let the savages fend for themselves.The plague of Islam has offered the human race nothing of note beyond violence and misery for 1,400 years. Pray for them. Send missionaries amongst them. But keep them away from our people and our lands. You may pray for the killer. You may even visit him in his domain and strive to help him see the errors of his ways. But only a madman invites him into his home and calls him family.
Therein lies self-destruction.
Soldiers raped the sisters aged 15, 17 and 18 , in the town of Tomina, east Libya, US-based Physicians for Human Rights said.
When they returned home, their father slit their throats in what the rights group said was most likely an honour killing.
Our government tells us that Muslims are just like us -- that they value the same things, long for freedom just as we do, love their children, and want to live their lives in peace with the rest of the world. Then we read stories such as the above putridity, wherein a man murders his own daughters because they had the audacity to let men rape them. What kind of sick, twisted, devil-inspired mind would support bringing down the hammer of vengeance not on the perpetrators of the crime, but on the victims? If the word "satanic" describes any real-world scenario, this is it.
The worst part is that murder of the innocent isn't even unusual in the Islamic world. It happens all the time. Violence is as commonplace as fruit in an orchard. Everywhere on Earth that Muslims rub shoulders with non-Muslims violence erupts, usually initiated by Muhammed's Maniacs. Yet our leaders keep letting them into our country by the tens of thousands. They assure us that these demons in the flesh can be democratized -- as if democracy is an end unto itself, not just a means to an end. They throw our young men and women at this insoluble problem and waste their lives, in hellholes like Afghanistan and Iraq.
I'm tired of the seeming invincible idiocy of those in charge. I'm fed up with the lies and the refusal to learn from history, current events, or Islamic "scripture." We should bar the Religion of Hate and War and Death from our shores. We should close our borders and send them packing back to the hives of insanity whence they came. Let the savages fend for themselves.The plague of Islam has offered the human race nothing of note beyond violence and misery for 1,400 years. Pray for them. Send missionaries amongst them. But keep them away from our people and our lands. You may pray for the killer. You may even visit him in his domain and strive to help him see the errors of his ways. But only a madman invites him into his home and calls him family.
Therein lies self-destruction.
Sunday, August 21, 2011
Today's Scriptural Passage: Proverbs 26:1-3
As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool.
As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.
A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back.
*****
That last verse tickles me every time I read it. I think it's evidence that God has a sense of humor. Am I warped for finding it funny?
As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.
A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back.
*****
That last verse tickles me every time I read it. I think it's evidence that God has a sense of humor. Am I warped for finding it funny?
Obama's 2012 Campaign Song
How D'ya Like Me Now?
I was always the lucky one.
Was my mother's favorite son.
She read to me from Marx and Chairman Mao.
My old man was an absentee,
A truly brilliant deportee,
But he was more than Kenya could allow.
I only wanted every spotlight on me.
More exaltation than the Trinity.
I only needed constant confirmation --
Applause for my innate divinity.
How d'ya like me now?
Now that I'm president?
Up here in the Black Howse,
Folks think I'm Heaven-sent.
Communistic policies
Are all I dream about.
Still don't know where I was born.
How d'ya like me now?
* with apologies to Toby Keith
I was always the lucky one.
Was my mother's favorite son.
She read to me from Marx and Chairman Mao.
My old man was an absentee,
A truly brilliant deportee,
But he was more than Kenya could allow.
I only wanted every spotlight on me.
More exaltation than the Trinity.
I only needed constant confirmation --
Applause for my innate divinity.
How d'ya like me now?
Now that I'm president?
Up here in the Black Howse,
Folks think I'm Heaven-sent.
Communistic policies
Are all I dream about.
Still don't know where I was born.
How d'ya like me now?
* with apologies to Toby Keith
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Money Well-spent
Taliban, criminals get $360 million from US taxes.
After examining hundreds of combat support and reconstruction contracts in Afghanistan, the U.S military estimates $360 million in U.S. tax dollars has ended up in the hands of people the American-led coalition has spent nearly a decade battling: the Taliban, criminals and power brokers with ties to both.
I'm just glad we're paying them over there, so we don't have to pay them over here.
After examining hundreds of combat support and reconstruction contracts in Afghanistan, the U.S military estimates $360 million in U.S. tax dollars has ended up in the hands of people the American-led coalition has spent nearly a decade battling: the Taliban, criminals and power brokers with ties to both.
I'm just glad we're paying them over there, so we don't have to pay them over here.
Friday, August 12, 2011
Robbing Peter to Pay Juan
Keeping the premeditated economic apocalypse in mind, I'm delighted that the Obama administration has found enough taxpayer dollars for funding community health centers for the treatment of "migrants" and "seasonal farm workers." Now I have a window of insight into the inner workings of "community organization," in which Obama prides himself as an adept. Our unborn great-grandchildren may be in debt when they first pop out of the womb, but at least the undocumented rapists and murderers and welfare cases and drunk drivers and fraudsters will have adequate, inexpensive health care. That's what matters most.
Serving illegal aliens is a conscious objective, as this comment demonstrates:
“Health centers do not, as a matter of routine practice, ask about or collect data on citizenship or other matters not related to the treatment needs of the patients seeking health services at the center,” Andrews said.
“The Program’s authorizing statute does not affirmatively address immigration status,” said Andrews. “Rather, it simply states that health centers are required to provide primary health care to all residents of the health center's service area without regard for ability to pay.”
Given that "illegal immigrants make up an estimated 25 percent of all migrant farm workers," the intent behind this magnanimity with other people's money becomes clear: aiding and abetting lawlessness. Not only does the federal government refuse enforcement of our nation's right and proper immigration laws, but it provides services for criminal aliens at your expense.
That's what I call compassion.
Serving illegal aliens is a conscious objective, as this comment demonstrates:
“Health centers do not, as a matter of routine practice, ask about or collect data on citizenship or other matters not related to the treatment needs of the patients seeking health services at the center,” Andrews said.
“The Program’s authorizing statute does not affirmatively address immigration status,” said Andrews. “Rather, it simply states that health centers are required to provide primary health care to all residents of the health center's service area without regard for ability to pay.”
Given that "illegal immigrants make up an estimated 25 percent of all migrant farm workers," the intent behind this magnanimity with other people's money becomes clear: aiding and abetting lawlessness. Not only does the federal government refuse enforcement of our nation's right and proper immigration laws, but it provides services for criminal aliens at your expense.
That's what I call compassion.
Sunday, July 31, 2011
Today's Scriptural Passage: Matthew 5: 43-48
Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.
But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;
That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?
And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so?
Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;
That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?
And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so?
Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
Sunday, July 17, 2011
Today's Scriptural Passage: Psalm 23
The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.
He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.
He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.
Monday, July 4, 2011
Happy Independence Day
Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. -- 2 Corinthians 3:17
“Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!" -- Patrick Henry, March 23, 1775
When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. -- The Declaration of Independence, 1776
"There, I guess King George will be able to read that." -- John Hancock (after signing the Declaration in large, bold letters)
“Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!" -- Patrick Henry, March 23, 1775
When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. -- The Declaration of Independence, 1776
"There, I guess King George will be able to read that." -- John Hancock (after signing the Declaration in large, bold letters)
Sunday, July 3, 2011
Today's Scriptural Passage: Isaiah 40: 28-31
Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.
He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.
Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:
But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.
Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:
But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
Violation for Violation's Sake
This news is a few days old, but deserves further comment and contemplation:
Jean Weber of Destin filed a complaint with the Department of Homeland Security after her 95-year-old mother was detained and extensively searched last Saturday while trying to board a plane to fly to Michigan to be with family members during the final stages of her battle with leukemia.
Her mother, who was in a wheelchair, was asked to remove an adult diaper in order to complete a pat-down search.
So Porn-O-Matics and grope sessions aren't enough. Now the TSA finds necessity in molesting terminally ill nonagenerians who barely can walk.
This situation is perverse and demented. It's nothing less than unvarnished abuse. The TSA cares not a whit about securing our airports and keeping U.S. citizens safe. At the behest of He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Documented, such actions exist for one obvious reason:
Showing the serfs their proper place, which is a position of complete subservience to the federal government.
Sometimes it truly is that simple.
Jean Weber of Destin filed a complaint with the Department of Homeland Security after her 95-year-old mother was detained and extensively searched last Saturday while trying to board a plane to fly to Michigan to be with family members during the final stages of her battle with leukemia.
Her mother, who was in a wheelchair, was asked to remove an adult diaper in order to complete a pat-down search.
So Porn-O-Matics and grope sessions aren't enough. Now the TSA finds necessity in molesting terminally ill nonagenerians who barely can walk.
This situation is perverse and demented. It's nothing less than unvarnished abuse. The TSA cares not a whit about securing our airports and keeping U.S. citizens safe. At the behest of He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Documented, such actions exist for one obvious reason:
Showing the serfs their proper place, which is a position of complete subservience to the federal government.
Sometimes it truly is that simple.
Saturday, June 25, 2011
The Undocumented Messiah
Joseph Farah's current column sheds more light on the birth certificate issue:
The one and only document expert consulted by any U.S. media to proclaim Barack Obama's "birth certificate" as legitimate has rejected that position, claiming he was misquoted by Fox News. He has further stated that Fox refuses to answer his demand for a correction.
Tremblay told WND none of his comments to Fox would permit the conclusion that the Obama birth certificate is an authentic document.
Isn't that interesting? The one person trotted out by Fox News in Obama's favor now says that the reporter twisted his words and won't air a retraction or a clarification. Sounds like everything's copacetic to me.
Farah continues:
Meanwhile, every document expert WND has conferred with scoffs at the preposterous notion that the document is somehow valid on its face. Many of them are willing to stake their credentials and their professional judgment on the fact that the birth certificate offered up by the White House is as phony as a three-dollar bill. Others confide their belief there are serious problems with the document but don't desire to cross swords with the most powerful office in the world. (emphasis added)
So not one expert has appeared on Fox News, CNN, NBC, ABC, CBS, MSNBC, EIEIO, Al Jasmearya or any other major news network touting the legitimacy of Obama's birth certificate. No one has appeared on tv next to a grinning blonde manniquin in a mini skirt. No one has said, "Speaking in my professional capacity as a government document and/or printing expert, let me assure the citizens of these fifty-seven Disunited States that Obama's long-form birth certificate is the real McCoy. He did not get it as an added bonus while ordering Sea Monkeys from the back of Grit magazine. He didn't create the document with a clerk's help at Kinko's. He did not have it airmailed from Kenya or Shangri-la. He did not consult Alex Jones and wade through a tutorial on the proper crafting of a conspiracy. It's the genuine article, and I would stake my sterling reputation on its authenticity. It has the verity of verisimilitude. Vote Obama in 2012."
In related news an Adobe expert weighs in:
"I could have done a much better replica myself, if the president had asked," Poyssick told The Political Sandbox blog when the birth certificate first appeared and he opened the document in Adobe Illustrator. "The guy that did this is a bimbo in that he forgot to 'flatten' his works to soften the background edges so the fake letters blended, softly into the green paper.
Scrutinizing the media cartel's behavior has led me to the conclusion that no genuine interest in the truth exists. More to the point, the media's actions throughout the birth certificate controversy smack of efforts at burying the truth, not ferreting it out for the American people's benefit.
The one and only document expert consulted by any U.S. media to proclaim Barack Obama's "birth certificate" as legitimate has rejected that position, claiming he was misquoted by Fox News. He has further stated that Fox refuses to answer his demand for a correction.
Tremblay told WND none of his comments to Fox would permit the conclusion that the Obama birth certificate is an authentic document.
Isn't that interesting? The one person trotted out by Fox News in Obama's favor now says that the reporter twisted his words and won't air a retraction or a clarification. Sounds like everything's copacetic to me.
Farah continues:
Meanwhile, every document expert WND has conferred with scoffs at the preposterous notion that the document is somehow valid on its face. Many of them are willing to stake their credentials and their professional judgment on the fact that the birth certificate offered up by the White House is as phony as a three-dollar bill. Others confide their belief there are serious problems with the document but don't desire to cross swords with the most powerful office in the world. (emphasis added)
So not one expert has appeared on Fox News, CNN, NBC, ABC, CBS, MSNBC, EIEIO, Al Jasmearya or any other major news network touting the legitimacy of Obama's birth certificate. No one has appeared on tv next to a grinning blonde manniquin in a mini skirt. No one has said, "Speaking in my professional capacity as a government document and/or printing expert, let me assure the citizens of these fifty-seven Disunited States that Obama's long-form birth certificate is the real McCoy. He did not get it as an added bonus while ordering Sea Monkeys from the back of Grit magazine. He didn't create the document with a clerk's help at Kinko's. He did not have it airmailed from Kenya or Shangri-la. He did not consult Alex Jones and wade through a tutorial on the proper crafting of a conspiracy. It's the genuine article, and I would stake my sterling reputation on its authenticity. It has the verity of verisimilitude. Vote Obama in 2012."
In related news an Adobe expert weighs in:
"I could have done a much better replica myself, if the president had asked," Poyssick told The Political Sandbox blog when the birth certificate first appeared and he opened the document in Adobe Illustrator. "The guy that did this is a bimbo in that he forgot to 'flatten' his works to soften the background edges so the fake letters blended, softly into the green paper.
Scrutinizing the media cartel's behavior has led me to the conclusion that no genuine interest in the truth exists. More to the point, the media's actions throughout the birth certificate controversy smack of efforts at burying the truth, not ferreting it out for the American people's benefit.
Peter Falk: R.I.P.
Peter Falk has passed away. He was 83.
I enjoyed him in the role of Columbo. I found the character's eccentricity appealing. I also liked his acting in everything I've seen him in -- from television to the big screen.
It's a shame that we've lost another fine actor, one from the good old days, as it were.
I enjoyed him in the role of Columbo. I found the character's eccentricity appealing. I also liked his acting in everything I've seen him in -- from television to the big screen.
It's a shame that we've lost another fine actor, one from the good old days, as it were.
Friday, June 17, 2011
Will the Last Chirping Cricket to Leave Please Turn Off the Lights?
Sitemeter tells me that I had 69 visitors to my blog in the past week -- more than a fifty percent decrease from a few weeks back.
That's sixty-nine.
LXIX.
60 + 9.
I will not have my blog identified with Lady GAG-a's favorite number.
Now, some might attribute this drop off to my having posted nothing since June fourth, but I know better. The inactivity of a cold and windswept moor is no excuse for not clicking that link at least five times daily.
Something's rotten in the state of Blogmark.
I blame the gaiety of children -- those mischievous little hobgoblins with a penchant for teeter-totters and merry-go-rounds.
I blame fresh air -- the noxious stuff -- and the cloying emanations from spring flowers.
I blame those stingered buzzers bumbling around their petally crowns.
I blame warbling little winged imps dive-bombing me from the trees as they sing odes of joy.
I blame sunshine -- Aie! how it burns -- and dogs slobbering for a walk through suburbs peopled by Mexicans thirty to a house.
I blame spring break -- what a crummy idea. I thought the whole point of school was letting some faceless cog of the machine raise those little demons. Now you're voluntarily keeping them underfoot for a week? Yecch! I hope you have a T.V. It's somewhat more impersonal than a state drone, but it gets the job done.
I blame employment. Keeping up with the Ahmadenijihads and the Velasquezes and the Shamalamawopbabaloobopawopbamboomaputras. I asked my neighbor what he thought about this problem, and he just stared at me with a baffled expression and said, "Que?"
I've always had difficulty communicating with my fellow man. Que sera sera.
I blame unemployment. After all, how are you supposed to comment or visit blogs if you can't pay your phone and ISP bill? Of course, you can go next door and use Gonzalo's computer, but I realize it's not the same. Thirty's company, but thirty-one's a crowd.
So I think there's a fair chance that if you're reading this right now, I can say "God bless the public liberry."
I blame porn -- the expected stuff, and the off-the-meds whacked out junk like midget, clown, Smurf, tentacular, frilled lizard, and Care Bear porn proclivities. Just ugh, you guys.
I blame alien abductions -- both the illegal human variety, and the extraterrestrial Grays and Burnt Siennas and Anunnaki or whatever else they're calling themselves this week. Close Encounters of the Most Unkind.
I blame Our Serengeti Savior. Too Serengeti. Not enough Savior. You knew I'd work this in here somehow. And his birth certificate's as authentic as a pimp whispering sweet nothings in Bambi's ear.
Crap you can believe in.
Last, I blame the news cycle. There's little going on in the world, besides the Qulling of Qadaffy. Or the Idolization of Iraq. Or the Afghanistan Asininity. Or the Economic Extinction Event. Or the Pulchritudinous Pageantry of Politics. Or the Gushing about Goody Gingrich and the Guidance of her Groovy Gigolo Groom Gnewt. How Gauche of me.
Nope. Instead, the "news" story that has carried the last week or two is a rags to riches story. Part One was known as the Waxing of the Weiner. With his announced resignation from the House of
Rep-uh-zentitives, we have come to Part Two of this riveting two-part saga: The Waning of the Weiner. Wax on, wax off, as Mr. Miyagi warned with terse eloquence. This truism applies to the washing of cars, the phases of the moon, or the political career of a six-foot Germanic sausage.
Confucius didn't hold a candle.
That's sixty-nine.
LXIX.
60 + 9.
I will not have my blog identified with Lady GAG-a's favorite number.
Now, some might attribute this drop off to my having posted nothing since June fourth, but I know better. The inactivity of a cold and windswept moor is no excuse for not clicking that link at least five times daily.
Something's rotten in the state of Blogmark.
I blame the gaiety of children -- those mischievous little hobgoblins with a penchant for teeter-totters and merry-go-rounds.
I blame fresh air -- the noxious stuff -- and the cloying emanations from spring flowers.
I blame those stingered buzzers bumbling around their petally crowns.
I blame warbling little winged imps dive-bombing me from the trees as they sing odes of joy.
I blame sunshine -- Aie! how it burns -- and dogs slobbering for a walk through suburbs peopled by Mexicans thirty to a house.
I blame spring break -- what a crummy idea. I thought the whole point of school was letting some faceless cog of the machine raise those little demons. Now you're voluntarily keeping them underfoot for a week? Yecch! I hope you have a T.V. It's somewhat more impersonal than a state drone, but it gets the job done.
I blame employment. Keeping up with the Ahmadenijihads and the Velasquezes and the Shamalamawopbabaloobopawopbamboomaputras. I asked my neighbor what he thought about this problem, and he just stared at me with a baffled expression and said, "Que?"
I've always had difficulty communicating with my fellow man. Que sera sera.
I blame unemployment. After all, how are you supposed to comment or visit blogs if you can't pay your phone and ISP bill? Of course, you can go next door and use Gonzalo's computer, but I realize it's not the same. Thirty's company, but thirty-one's a crowd.
So I think there's a fair chance that if you're reading this right now, I can say "God bless the public liberry."
I blame porn -- the expected stuff, and the off-the-meds whacked out junk like midget, clown, Smurf, tentacular, frilled lizard, and Care Bear porn proclivities. Just ugh, you guys.
I blame alien abductions -- both the illegal human variety, and the extraterrestrial Grays and Burnt Siennas and Anunnaki or whatever else they're calling themselves this week. Close Encounters of the Most Unkind.
I blame Our Serengeti Savior. Too Serengeti. Not enough Savior. You knew I'd work this in here somehow. And his birth certificate's as authentic as a pimp whispering sweet nothings in Bambi's ear.
Crap you can believe in.
Last, I blame the news cycle. There's little going on in the world, besides the Qulling of Qadaffy. Or the Idolization of Iraq. Or the Afghanistan Asininity. Or the Economic Extinction Event. Or the Pulchritudinous Pageantry of Politics. Or the Gushing about Goody Gingrich and the Guidance of her Groovy Gigolo Groom Gnewt. How Gauche of me.
Nope. Instead, the "news" story that has carried the last week or two is a rags to riches story. Part One was known as the Waxing of the Weiner. With his announced resignation from the House of
Rep-uh-zentitives, we have come to Part Two of this riveting two-part saga: The Waning of the Weiner. Wax on, wax off, as Mr. Miyagi warned with terse eloquence. This truism applies to the washing of cars, the phases of the moon, or the political career of a six-foot Germanic sausage.
Confucius didn't hold a candle.
Saturday, June 4, 2011
James Arness, R.I.P.
James Arness has died.
I remember him as the hulking creature from The Thing from Another World (1951). He also played in a great little gem of a science fiction movie about giant killer ants called Them! (1954). However, most people recall him in the role of Marshall Matthew Dillon on the television show, Gunsmoke (1955 - 1975).
He appeared in a handful of films with his friend John Wayne in the 1950s.
Mr. Arness passed away in his sleep. He was 88.
I remember him as the hulking creature from The Thing from Another World (1951). He also played in a great little gem of a science fiction movie about giant killer ants called Them! (1954). However, most people recall him in the role of Marshall Matthew Dillon on the television show, Gunsmoke (1955 - 1975).
He appeared in a handful of films with his friend John Wayne in the 1950s.
Mr. Arness passed away in his sleep. He was 88.
Update on Graduation Prayer Ban
An update on this post.
A federal appeals panel ruled Friday that a judge here was wrong to bar public prayers from today's graduation ceremony at Medina Valley High School.
Biery's order had said the school district must tell its graduation speakers that they can talk about religion and their personal beliefs but can't pray or call on the audience to pray.
He was responding to a lawsuit filed last week by the parents of Corwin Schultz, an agnostic member of Medina Valley's Class of 2011, that said the district regularly allowed prayers at graduations and other school events, which violated his constitutional rights.
Schultz and his parents declined comment and said through their lawyers at Americans United for the Separation of Church and State that they would not attend the graduation.
A federal appeals panel ruled Friday that a judge here was wrong to bar public prayers from today's graduation ceremony at Medina Valley High School.
Biery's order had said the school district must tell its graduation speakers that they can talk about religion and their personal beliefs but can't pray or call on the audience to pray.
He was responding to a lawsuit filed last week by the parents of Corwin Schultz, an agnostic member of Medina Valley's Class of 2011, that said the district regularly allowed prayers at graduations and other school events, which violated his constitutional rights.
Schultz and his parents declined comment and said through their lawyers at Americans United for the Separation of Church and State that they would not attend the graduation.
Thursday, June 2, 2011
Discrimination Isn't for Everyone
A federal judge in South Texas has banned public prayer at a high school graduation ceremony after the agnostic parents of a senior went to court.
Biery's order, released Tuesday, was in response to a lawsuit filed by Christa and Danny Schultz on behalf of their son, Corwin, to block use of prayer. The judge says speakers cannot call on audience members to bow their heads, join in prayer or say "amen."
The federal court system's prescribed cure for a tyranny of the majority is instituting a tyranny of the minority. Now we all get abused in the hopes of appeasing a handful of perpetually offended jerks who believe it is their Constidelusional right to go through life without ever, ever having their mellow harshed. Isn't that nice for them?
I note that the federal government's position is that offending someone is a concern only if the person-in-question holds non-traditional or non-religious (non-Christian) ideas. If you're a Christian or a conservative type, these federal judges have no problem using your beliefs as a doormat, after clod-hopping in cowpie country.
A whole school barred from an official recognition of God's existence, due to the bellyaching of two people. That's what I call fair play.
By the way, the above does not sound like the behavior of agnostics, but of militant atheists.
I can hear the Schultzes now:
"Son, we know you're about to head out into that great big godless world, but we want to make sure that you remain unexposed to such icky praying nonsense. It might hurt your feelings; it sure as no such thing as hell hurts ours.
"We know that you're a delicate little flower, and we're not certain that your fragile sensibilities can handle the bowing of heads all across an auditorium. And the last time we heard the word A-M-E-N, we both came down with a case of the vapors and woke up having lost two hours, with residual headaches.
"Son, we love you very much; that's why we don't want you deciding for yourself about the efficacy or benignity of prayer. That's our job. However, if you must have a higher power to whom you pray, we'll make one exception. We recommend that lovely mocha gentleman in the White House.
"After all, he truly walks on water."
Biery's order, released Tuesday, was in response to a lawsuit filed by Christa and Danny Schultz on behalf of their son, Corwin, to block use of prayer. The judge says speakers cannot call on audience members to bow their heads, join in prayer or say "amen."
The federal court system's prescribed cure for a tyranny of the majority is instituting a tyranny of the minority. Now we all get abused in the hopes of appeasing a handful of perpetually offended jerks who believe it is their Constidelusional right to go through life without ever, ever having their mellow harshed. Isn't that nice for them?
I note that the federal government's position is that offending someone is a concern only if the person-in-question holds non-traditional or non-religious (non-Christian) ideas. If you're a Christian or a conservative type, these federal judges have no problem using your beliefs as a doormat, after clod-hopping in cowpie country.
A whole school barred from an official recognition of God's existence, due to the bellyaching of two people. That's what I call fair play.
By the way, the above does not sound like the behavior of agnostics, but of militant atheists.
I can hear the Schultzes now:
"Son, we know you're about to head out into that great big godless world, but we want to make sure that you remain unexposed to such icky praying nonsense. It might hurt your feelings; it sure as no such thing as hell hurts ours.
"We know that you're a delicate little flower, and we're not certain that your fragile sensibilities can handle the bowing of heads all across an auditorium. And the last time we heard the word A-M-E-N, we both came down with a case of the vapors and woke up having lost two hours, with residual headaches.
"Son, we love you very much; that's why we don't want you deciding for yourself about the efficacy or benignity of prayer. That's our job. However, if you must have a higher power to whom you pray, we'll make one exception. We recommend that lovely mocha gentleman in the White House.
"After all, he truly walks on water."
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Half Right
Even after Obama bought a box of Cracker Jacks, rummaged around through the sticky mess, and withdrew the document that he now claims is his birth certificate, more than half of Republicans still don't buy what he's selling.
More than a week after the White House unearthed President Obama's original, long-form, Hawaii birth certificate, only 48% of Republicans polled said they believe he was born in the United States.
In a poll conducted by Public Policy Polling from May 5-8 of 610 Americans who usually support Republicans in primaries, 34% said they did not believe Obama was born in the U.S. while 18% said they still aren't sure.
Ha ha. "Unearthed." I like that. I suppose we won't see the real thing until they find Jimmy Hoffa and check his moldering pockets.
More than a week after the White House unearthed President Obama's original, long-form, Hawaii birth certificate, only 48% of Republicans polled said they believe he was born in the United States.
In a poll conducted by Public Policy Polling from May 5-8 of 610 Americans who usually support Republicans in primaries, 34% said they did not believe Obama was born in the U.S. while 18% said they still aren't sure.
Ha ha. "Unearthed." I like that. I suppose we won't see the real thing until they find Jimmy Hoffa and check his moldering pockets.
Sunday, May 8, 2011
Happy Mother's Day
To all the longsuffering mothers out there.
You know who you are.
A man loves his sweetheart the most, his wife the best, but his mother the longest. -- Irish Proverb
You know who you are.
A man loves his sweetheart the most, his wife the best, but his mother the longest. -- Irish Proverb
Saturday, May 7, 2011
Down on the Corner
Early in the morning
Round about praying time,
Barry runs down to the mosque
And gets himself in line.
Waiting for the Mahdi,
Brand-new world to come;
But if you think he's Muslim, well,
You're a racist scum.
Down on the corner,
Out in the street,
Barry and the goat boys are praying.
Hating infidels is neat.
You don't need a long-form
Just to hang around;
But if you've got a fake one,
Won't you lay that booger down?
'Round here we ain't picky
'Bout where you were birthed:
Kalamazoo or Timbuktoo,
Mars, Pluto, or Earth.
Down on the corner,
Out in the street,
Bammy and the aliens are cooking.
Sauteed birthers sure taste sweet.
Let's go get bin Laden.
Kill him till he's dead.
Put a bullet through his beard
And another in his head.
You don't need no snapshots
Or Youtube video.
You'll just have to take the word
Of the Magical Negro.
Down on the corner,
Out in the street,
"Barry in 2012," they're saying.
"Rigged elections can't be beat!"
With apologies to Creedance Clearwater Revival
Round about praying time,
Barry runs down to the mosque
And gets himself in line.
Waiting for the Mahdi,
Brand-new world to come;
But if you think he's Muslim, well,
You're a racist scum.
Down on the corner,
Out in the street,
Barry and the goat boys are praying.
Hating infidels is neat.
You don't need a long-form
Just to hang around;
But if you've got a fake one,
Won't you lay that booger down?
'Round here we ain't picky
'Bout where you were birthed:
Kalamazoo or Timbuktoo,
Mars, Pluto, or Earth.
Down on the corner,
Out in the street,
Bammy and the aliens are cooking.
Sauteed birthers sure taste sweet.
Let's go get bin Laden.
Kill him till he's dead.
Put a bullet through his beard
And another in his head.
You don't need no snapshots
Or Youtube video.
You'll just have to take the word
Of the Magical Negro.
Down on the corner,
Out in the street,
"Barry in 2012," they're saying.
"Rigged elections can't be beat!"
With apologies to Creedance Clearwater Revival
Monday, May 2, 2011
Osama bin Laden Reportedly Ventures for Hotter Climes
The Mendacious Messiah has reported that Osama bin Laden was killed by American forces in Pakistan -- no doubt by utilizing covert operations strategies developed by the president, himself.
It's interesting that this news comes to us a mere four days after Obama released his long-form birth certificate to the American people for the first time. Does anyone find this coincidental?
I suspect two possibilities: either bin Laden has been pushing up daisies for weeks or months, but Obama has kept the story under wraps for a rainy day, or Obama has known of bin Laden's whereabouts for some time, but withheld the killing stroke as a distraction from those other even sillier but damaging distractions -- his birth certificate and eligibility. In fact, given that Obama is the source of this report, taking bin Laden's death with a grain of salt isn't an unreasonable position.
Notice the quickness of Obama in taking credit for the terrorist's death. It's worth noting that Obama gets credited by himself and the media when positive events occur, but when things go awry, Obama shares not one whit of blame.
It's interesting that this news comes to us a mere four days after Obama released his long-form birth certificate to the American people for the first time. Does anyone find this coincidental?
I suspect two possibilities: either bin Laden has been pushing up daisies for weeks or months, but Obama has kept the story under wraps for a rainy day, or Obama has known of bin Laden's whereabouts for some time, but withheld the killing stroke as a distraction from those other even sillier but damaging distractions -- his birth certificate and eligibility. In fact, given that Obama is the source of this report, taking bin Laden's death with a grain of salt isn't an unreasonable position.
Notice the quickness of Obama in taking credit for the terrorist's death. It's worth noting that Obama gets credited by himself and the media when positive events occur, but when things go awry, Obama shares not one whit of blame.
Friday, April 29, 2011
Initial Thoughts on Obama's "Birth Certificate"
I'm sure you know by now that The Vaunted One has released a document that looks like a birth certificate from Hawaii. As for its authenticity, I see three possible angles on the issue:
1. It's fake. After all, he has had three years to perpetrate a fraud.
2. It's genuine, but has received alterations.
3. It's genuine, period.
My instincts tell me that (1.) or (2.) are the most likely scenarios, due to the time-frame and willful cover up involved. Politicians do not pay legal teams gigantic sums of money for the purpose of suppressing information from rightful public scrutiny for no reason. If you believe otherwise, you're probably one of those types who also accepts that certain shifty-eyed adults stalk little children in public parks because they love handing out candy. The whole situation stinks to high heaven, and everyone except blind Obamautomatons and those with the curiosity level of a stump knows it.
The paramount question in my mind is, "What took so long?" The answer seems obvious, and it is two-fold: World Net Daily and Donald Trump.
In the first case, we have a news organization that doggedly went where no man has gone before, that stood at the forefront of the matter since the beginning. Editor Joseph Farah's relentless digging led to a book written by Jerome Corsi, "Where's the Birth Certificate?", which already is a bestseller in pre-orders, despite a May 17 release date.
In the second case, we have a member of the monied elite and a significant television celebrity spending the last month or longer going after Obama with the same level of determination as that exhibited by World Net Daily. I don't know if I would vote for Trump for president, but I'd definitely vote for him for the position of dog-catcher, given his persistence -- which is more than I can say for Obama.
A little context: Obama did not fulfill his obligation and release his birth certificate to the American people during the presidential election cycle of 2008. Nor did he release it to Congress. Nor did he release it to federal or state election officials. Nor did he release it to the media -- mainstream or otherwise. Nor did he release it when questions arose in the political arena. Nor did he release it when citizens filed multiple lawsuits against him for its concealment. Nor did he release it when he came to the realization that defending himself from those lawsuits and keeping the document buried would cost him a pretty penny. Nor did he release it when doing so would have kept Army surgeon Lieutenant Colonel Terry Lakin from languishing in jail for six months (Obama's attitude toward the military in a nutshell: "Theirs not to make reply, Theirs not to reason why, Theirs but to do and die"). Nor did he release it when the controversy stretched into weeks, then months, and now years. Three years.
Take one celebrity bulldog beating him to a pulp like Ali in a fistfight with Stevie Wonder that lasts weeks, one online newspaper promising a revelatory book targeting Obama's obfuscation that Joseph Farah calls a "game-changer," and add fundraising season to the pot. Mix well, and what you have is a recipe that calls for damage control.
Suddenly that gnat flitting around his ear became a maddened hornet. Simple reality stung him. What once posed a minor irritation became a major problem, manifesting itself in this result of a recent Gallup poll: only 38% of respondents declared that they think he definitely was born in the U.S.A. Poll numbers of this nature don't elicit confidence in one's fundraising capabilities, which translate into reelection prospects.
Despite the establishment media's' assurance that everything is copacetic, we know that's not the case. Rank arrogance, a sense of self-entitlement, and a belief that he is above the law brought Obama to his current destination. He shouldn't complain about the lumpiness of the bed he has made.
Obama thinks he's better than you, and he thinks he's better than me. To him, we're nothing but serfs. How dare we question his will to power?
The media believe Obama's release of his birth certificate settles the matter; but as the Carpenters might say, "we've only just begun." Now the real eligibility questions begin, for we still have the sad fact in front of us that no vetting process ever took place. That's as true now as it was in 2008.
It's also true that the media cannot be relied upon to tell the truth and hold Obama's feet to the fire, because they've busied themselves carrying water for him for the past three years. Most media outlets consider Obama "their guy," what with around four-fifths of journalists voting Democrat. It's funny that the simpering Chris Matthews -- an individual who feels a thrill sizzle through his gonadal region every time Obama blows him a kiss -- thinks we just should accept what he says, as if he's an objective authority on anything.
Let me reiterate that I'm skeptical about the authenticity of Obama's birth document. I have good reasons for my doubts, given Obama's long, sordid history of deceptions. A person could write an entire book providing nothing but a litany of his lies, but I'm supposed to embrace his prodigal birth certificate as holy writ? I don't think so. I'm nowhere near that gullible.
Obama doesn't seem to understand that he cannot gain and keep a person's trust, while doing everything in his power to arouse his suspicions. That's not how the real world works.
One final observation: Obama's release of his long-form birth certificate -- fake or not -- proves that the press was lying or speaking from a foundation of ignorance when they insisted that Obama had released his birth certificate online. One cannot release a document to the public for the very first time, if that document already was available on a website. So the "birthers" stand vindicated, in that they were proven correct.
I'm confident that the truth will see the light of day -- not a carbon-copy of the truth, but the real truth of the matter, in good time.
Patience is a virtue.
1. It's fake. After all, he has had three years to perpetrate a fraud.
2. It's genuine, but has received alterations.
3. It's genuine, period.
My instincts tell me that (1.) or (2.) are the most likely scenarios, due to the time-frame and willful cover up involved. Politicians do not pay legal teams gigantic sums of money for the purpose of suppressing information from rightful public scrutiny for no reason. If you believe otherwise, you're probably one of those types who also accepts that certain shifty-eyed adults stalk little children in public parks because they love handing out candy. The whole situation stinks to high heaven, and everyone except blind Obamautomatons and those with the curiosity level of a stump knows it.
The paramount question in my mind is, "What took so long?" The answer seems obvious, and it is two-fold: World Net Daily and Donald Trump.
In the first case, we have a news organization that doggedly went where no man has gone before, that stood at the forefront of the matter since the beginning. Editor Joseph Farah's relentless digging led to a book written by Jerome Corsi, "Where's the Birth Certificate?", which already is a bestseller in pre-orders, despite a May 17 release date.
In the second case, we have a member of the monied elite and a significant television celebrity spending the last month or longer going after Obama with the same level of determination as that exhibited by World Net Daily. I don't know if I would vote for Trump for president, but I'd definitely vote for him for the position of dog-catcher, given his persistence -- which is more than I can say for Obama.
A little context: Obama did not fulfill his obligation and release his birth certificate to the American people during the presidential election cycle of 2008. Nor did he release it to Congress. Nor did he release it to federal or state election officials. Nor did he release it to the media -- mainstream or otherwise. Nor did he release it when questions arose in the political arena. Nor did he release it when citizens filed multiple lawsuits against him for its concealment. Nor did he release it when he came to the realization that defending himself from those lawsuits and keeping the document buried would cost him a pretty penny. Nor did he release it when doing so would have kept Army surgeon Lieutenant Colonel Terry Lakin from languishing in jail for six months (Obama's attitude toward the military in a nutshell: "Theirs not to make reply, Theirs not to reason why, Theirs but to do and die"). Nor did he release it when the controversy stretched into weeks, then months, and now years. Three years.
Take one celebrity bulldog beating him to a pulp like Ali in a fistfight with Stevie Wonder that lasts weeks, one online newspaper promising a revelatory book targeting Obama's obfuscation that Joseph Farah calls a "game-changer," and add fundraising season to the pot. Mix well, and what you have is a recipe that calls for damage control.
Suddenly that gnat flitting around his ear became a maddened hornet. Simple reality stung him. What once posed a minor irritation became a major problem, manifesting itself in this result of a recent Gallup poll: only 38% of respondents declared that they think he definitely was born in the U.S.A. Poll numbers of this nature don't elicit confidence in one's fundraising capabilities, which translate into reelection prospects.
Despite the establishment media's' assurance that everything is copacetic, we know that's not the case. Rank arrogance, a sense of self-entitlement, and a belief that he is above the law brought Obama to his current destination. He shouldn't complain about the lumpiness of the bed he has made.
Obama thinks he's better than you, and he thinks he's better than me. To him, we're nothing but serfs. How dare we question his will to power?
The media believe Obama's release of his birth certificate settles the matter; but as the Carpenters might say, "we've only just begun." Now the real eligibility questions begin, for we still have the sad fact in front of us that no vetting process ever took place. That's as true now as it was in 2008.
It's also true that the media cannot be relied upon to tell the truth and hold Obama's feet to the fire, because they've busied themselves carrying water for him for the past three years. Most media outlets consider Obama "their guy," what with around four-fifths of journalists voting Democrat. It's funny that the simpering Chris Matthews -- an individual who feels a thrill sizzle through his gonadal region every time Obama blows him a kiss -- thinks we just should accept what he says, as if he's an objective authority on anything.
Let me reiterate that I'm skeptical about the authenticity of Obama's birth document. I have good reasons for my doubts, given Obama's long, sordid history of deceptions. A person could write an entire book providing nothing but a litany of his lies, but I'm supposed to embrace his prodigal birth certificate as holy writ? I don't think so. I'm nowhere near that gullible.
Obama doesn't seem to understand that he cannot gain and keep a person's trust, while doing everything in his power to arouse his suspicions. That's not how the real world works.
One final observation: Obama's release of his long-form birth certificate -- fake or not -- proves that the press was lying or speaking from a foundation of ignorance when they insisted that Obama had released his birth certificate online. One cannot release a document to the public for the very first time, if that document already was available on a website. So the "birthers" stand vindicated, in that they were proven correct.
I'm confident that the truth will see the light of day -- not a carbon-copy of the truth, but the real truth of the matter, in good time.
Patience is a virtue.
Sunday, April 24, 2011
He Is Risen
And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified. He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay. (Matthew 28: 5-6)
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Then answered the Jews and said unto him, What sign shewest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things? Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up. Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days? But he spake of the temple of his body. When therefore he was risen from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this unto them; and they believed the scripture, and the word which Jesus had said. (John 2: 18-22)
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For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. (John 3:17)
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Then answered the Jews and said unto him, What sign shewest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things? Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up. Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days? But he spake of the temple of his body. When therefore he was risen from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this unto them; and they believed the scripture, and the word which Jesus had said. (John 2: 18-22)
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For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. (John 3:17)
"We Have Come to Play Hardball, and We Have Brought Our Wiffle Ball Bats."
Good comments on Republican cowardice from Burt Prelutsky:
I'm afraid that when it comes to playing hardball, the Republicans simply aren't in the same division, let alone the same league, as Democrats. Partly that's because the liberals are in control of the MSM, so that when a liberal accuses conservatives of, say, setting out to starve your granny, he can count on the New York Times, the alphabet networks and the numbskulls on "The View" to provide him with a gigantic bullhorn and the world's biggest echo chamber.
But it is also the result of Republican politicians being as gutless as the kid who allows himself to be constantly cowed by the schoolyard bully. The mere notion of being called a racist, a fascist or a homophobe is enough to send them scurrying for cover like a flock of Chicken Littles. Heck, even I wind up wanting to see these punks pantsed, dumped into a trash barrel or given a well-deserved wedgie.
The sad political fact is that if you give a Democrat an inch, he'll take a yard. Give a Republican a yard and he'll resist taking an inch.
I'm afraid that when it comes to playing hardball, the Republicans simply aren't in the same division, let alone the same league, as Democrats. Partly that's because the liberals are in control of the MSM, so that when a liberal accuses conservatives of, say, setting out to starve your granny, he can count on the New York Times, the alphabet networks and the numbskulls on "The View" to provide him with a gigantic bullhorn and the world's biggest echo chamber.
But it is also the result of Republican politicians being as gutless as the kid who allows himself to be constantly cowed by the schoolyard bully. The mere notion of being called a racist, a fascist or a homophobe is enough to send them scurrying for cover like a flock of Chicken Littles. Heck, even I wind up wanting to see these punks pantsed, dumped into a trash barrel or given a well-deserved wedgie.
The sad political fact is that if you give a Democrat an inch, he'll take a yard. Give a Republican a yard and he'll resist taking an inch.
Friday, April 22, 2011
Happy Good Friday
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. (John 3:16)
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For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. (Romans 5:6-8)
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For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. (Romans 5:6-8)
You Learn Something New Every Day
The Earth has 657 more barrier islands than previously thought, according to a new global survey by researchers from Duke University and Meredith College in Raleigh, N.C.
The researchers identified a total of 2,149 barrier islands worldwide using satellite images, topographical maps and navigational charts. The new total is significantly higher than the 1,492 islands identified in a 2001 survey conducted without the aid of publicly available satellite imagery.
This exemplifies how science is a useful tool for mankind -- a tool in constant need of sharpening. No matter how many times this tool of Man's fashioning proves that his knowledge has limits, he continues walking the Earth smug in the belief that he knows more than he actually knows. It's part of the human condition.
The researchers identified a total of 2,149 barrier islands worldwide using satellite images, topographical maps and navigational charts. The new total is significantly higher than the 1,492 islands identified in a 2001 survey conducted without the aid of publicly available satellite imagery.
This exemplifies how science is a useful tool for mankind -- a tool in constant need of sharpening. No matter how many times this tool of Man's fashioning proves that his knowledge has limits, he continues walking the Earth smug in the belief that he knows more than he actually knows. It's part of the human condition.
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Update on Arizona Eligibility Veto
This confirms my suspicions:
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer is admitting it's possible her veto of the state's eligibility bill for office-seekers could be overturned by members of the Legislature.
"Bottom line is that I just have to call 'em as I see 'em, and it doesn't help Arizona," she added. "This bill is a distraction and we just simply need to get on with the state's business."
I couldn't tell you the number of times that I've heard politicians on both sides of the aisle, media robots, and political celebrities like Sarah Palin make comments virtually identical to Brewer's. As I said: typical.
A constituent wrote a letter to Arizona lawmakers, raising a great point:
"The governor says 'one person' should not have power over the ballot – well, she has just single-handedly vetoed a 2/3 vote of the Legislature and the will of those of us who voted you into office. I don't understand how she can veto a veto-proof vote!
"I urgently urge all of you to please override this veto immediately and put HB2177 into law. This is simply a common-sense law which is long overdue and should have always been on the books. This should not even be a partisan issue, let alone a 'controversial' bill. What is the point of having requirements for various offices, if candidates do not have to prove they meet those requirements? To not pass this law is to make a mockery of the Constitution and law itself."
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer is admitting it's possible her veto of the state's eligibility bill for office-seekers could be overturned by members of the Legislature.
"Bottom line is that I just have to call 'em as I see 'em, and it doesn't help Arizona," she added. "This bill is a distraction and we just simply need to get on with the state's business."
I couldn't tell you the number of times that I've heard politicians on both sides of the aisle, media robots, and political celebrities like Sarah Palin make comments virtually identical to Brewer's. As I said: typical.
A constituent wrote a letter to Arizona lawmakers, raising a great point:
"The governor says 'one person' should not have power over the ballot – well, she has just single-handedly vetoed a 2/3 vote of the Legislature and the will of those of us who voted you into office. I don't understand how she can veto a veto-proof vote!
"I urgently urge all of you to please override this veto immediately and put HB2177 into law. This is simply a common-sense law which is long overdue and should have always been on the books. This should not even be a partisan issue, let alone a 'controversial' bill. What is the point of having requirements for various offices, if candidates do not have to prove they meet those requirements? To not pass this law is to make a mockery of the Constitution and law itself."
Arizona Governor Vetoes Presidential Eligibility Bill
Here is her stated reasoning:
"I do not support designating one person as the gatekeeper to the ballot for a candidate, which could lead to arbitrary or politically motivated decisions," she said. "In addition, I never imagined being presented with a bill that could require candidates for president … to submit their 'early baptismal or circumcision certificates' among other records. … This is a bridge too far."
I admire Governor Brewer for her principled stand against allowing her state to be overrun by illegal aliens, and for her grit and determination in the face of a federal government only too happy to see Arizona swamped by foreign criminals.
That said, I don't know what she means when she reveals concern about "designating one person as the gatekeeper to the ballot for a candidate;" that strikes me as an easily solved problem, if indeed this is the current reality.
As for baptismal or circumcision records, those are just some of the acceptable document options. Others are postpartum medical records, long-form birth certificates, or notarized affidavits from two or more people present at the time of birth.
I don't know why such common-sense requirements that ensure constitutional adherence pose an ethical dilemma for the governor. How else does one demonstrate his eligibility for the office? With a wink and a handshake?
Governor Brewer seems to have fallen into the same trap as most of the establishment: worrying more about upsetting that selfsame establishment than holding elitist pursuers of high office to the rule of law. It's a sad and typical failure in current politics, and one I did not foresee from a woman of her caliber.
"I do not support designating one person as the gatekeeper to the ballot for a candidate, which could lead to arbitrary or politically motivated decisions," she said. "In addition, I never imagined being presented with a bill that could require candidates for president … to submit their 'early baptismal or circumcision certificates' among other records. … This is a bridge too far."
I admire Governor Brewer for her principled stand against allowing her state to be overrun by illegal aliens, and for her grit and determination in the face of a federal government only too happy to see Arizona swamped by foreign criminals.
That said, I don't know what she means when she reveals concern about "designating one person as the gatekeeper to the ballot for a candidate;" that strikes me as an easily solved problem, if indeed this is the current reality.
As for baptismal or circumcision records, those are just some of the acceptable document options. Others are postpartum medical records, long-form birth certificates, or notarized affidavits from two or more people present at the time of birth.
I don't know why such common-sense requirements that ensure constitutional adherence pose an ethical dilemma for the governor. How else does one demonstrate his eligibility for the office? With a wink and a handshake?
Governor Brewer seems to have fallen into the same trap as most of the establishment: worrying more about upsetting that selfsame establishment than holding elitist pursuers of high office to the rule of law. It's a sad and typical failure in current politics, and one I did not foresee from a woman of her caliber.
Monday, April 18, 2011
The World's Oldest Man Dies at Age 114
Here's are his secrets to a long life:
1. Embrace change, even when the change slaps you in the face. ("Every change is good.")
2. Eat two meals a day ("That's all you need.")
3. Work as long as you can ("That money's going to come in handy.")
4. Help others ("The more you do for others, the better shape you're in.")
5. Then there's the hardest part. It's a lesson Breuning said he learned from his grandfather: Accept death.
"We're going to die. Some people are scared of dying. Never be afraid to die. Because you're born to die," he said.
1. Embrace change, even when the change slaps you in the face. ("Every change is good.")
2. Eat two meals a day ("That's all you need.")
3. Work as long as you can ("That money's going to come in handy.")
4. Help others ("The more you do for others, the better shape you're in.")
5. Then there's the hardest part. It's a lesson Breuning said he learned from his grandfather: Accept death.
"We're going to die. Some people are scared of dying. Never be afraid to die. Because you're born to die," he said.
Sunday, April 17, 2011
Verse of the Day
And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the LORD be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word. (1 Kings 18:21)
Saturday, April 16, 2011
Arizona: Leading by Example
The Arizona House and Senate have passed a bill requiring candidates for the presidency to prove their eligibility before campaigning in the state. The bill received overwhelming support in both legislative bodies. It remains for Governor Janice Brewer to sign it into law.
This turn of events does not bode well for Obama, given his efforts at hiding his whole documentary history from the American people. Other states are deliberating over similar legislation. I hope they follow where Arizona has chosen to lead.
This turn of events does not bode well for Obama, given his efforts at hiding his whole documentary history from the American people. Other states are deliberating over similar legislation. I hope they follow where Arizona has chosen to lead.
Can You Hear Me Now?
A few days ago I saw a young man riding down the side of a busy street on a bicycle, talking on a cell phone. I kid you not.
What's the world coming to? I couldn't tell you the number of times I've been cut off in traffic, or nearly run off the road, only to see some idiot jabbering on a cell phone as they blithely drove by, unconcerned that they came within a hair's breadth of causing a traffic accident.
What's next, children on Big Wheels with cell phones? A kid pulling a little red Radio Flyer wagon filled with kindergarteners with phones glued to their ears?
It's getting more ridiculous by the day.
I've said this before, but it bears repeating: the mass production and easy access of cell phones has transformed normal people into self-absorbed morons.
What's the world coming to? I couldn't tell you the number of times I've been cut off in traffic, or nearly run off the road, only to see some idiot jabbering on a cell phone as they blithely drove by, unconcerned that they came within a hair's breadth of causing a traffic accident.
What's next, children on Big Wheels with cell phones? A kid pulling a little red Radio Flyer wagon filled with kindergarteners with phones glued to their ears?
It's getting more ridiculous by the day.
I've said this before, but it bears repeating: the mass production and easy access of cell phones has transformed normal people into self-absorbed morons.
Friday, April 15, 2011
Yuckabee
Here's one reason why I'd write in Foghorn Leghorn for president before I'd give Mike Huckabee my vote:
A controversial County College of Morris policy allowing illegal immigrants to enroll and pay the lower, in-county tuition rate received some high-profile support Tuesday night from likely Republican presidential contender Mike Huckabee. (emphasis added)
Huckabee, the guest speaker at the Drew Forum, was introduced by president Robert Weisbuch as having backed legislation providing "tuition assistance to children of undocumented immigrants" when he was governor of Arkansas.
Weisbuch's comment prompted Barbara Eames, a Hanover resident who opposes the new CCM policy, to ask Huckabee his views on it during the question-and-answer period.
Huckabee, in his response to Eames, did not specifically refer to the Randolph-based college, but offered a spirited defense of his viewpoint that those brought to the United States illegally as children should be given the opportunity to complete their education.
He said his support for tuition assistance legislation in Arkansas was inspired by the plight of an undocumented high school valedictorian who, under the state's existing law, would have been ineligible for a public college scholarship.
"I decided I'd rather see that kid become a taxpayer, rather than a tax-taker," Huckabee said.
Huckabee said rather than targeting young children who had no choice in their decision to move to the United States, the battle over illegal immigration should focus on strengthening the borders and cracking down on businesses violating the law.
So in short, Huckabee has a history of supporting in-state tuition for illegal aliens; he approved as governor of Arkansas, and he endorses such policies now.
The final paragraph tells us that, His support for college tuition assistance became an issue in his failed run for the Republican presidential nomination in 2008. I assume he anticipates a second failed attempt at the Oval Office, since he's keeping the status quo on his unpopular stance.
Why do people whose presence within our borders is a violation of federal law deserve preferential treatment -- treatment that U.S. citizens do not enjoy? Better yet, why are they allowed to enroll as students in American schools at all?
Other questions: why does Huckabee assume that all illegal aliens attempting enrollment in college were brought here against their collective will as children? How does he know that some or even many didn't make that trek willingly, as teenagers or young adults? Why is ensuring that illegal aliens complete their educations a duty of American politicians? Notice the unstated assumptions built into his viewpoint.
As for his nonsense about his preference for them becoming taxpayers, not tax-takers, that problem has a solution that doesn't require handing them in-state tuition at U.S. colleges: deport them, or don't let them in the door, in the first place. I suppose that's too much to ask in the days of the Obama administration, when border enforcement is deemphasized and sunny propaganda is the order of the day.
Mike Huckabee is part of the problem, not part of a solution. He's a champion of the idea, "meet the new boss, same as the old boss." If you think pandering to illegal aliens is progress, he's your go-to guy.
A controversial County College of Morris policy allowing illegal immigrants to enroll and pay the lower, in-county tuition rate received some high-profile support Tuesday night from likely Republican presidential contender Mike Huckabee. (emphasis added)
Huckabee, the guest speaker at the Drew Forum, was introduced by president Robert Weisbuch as having backed legislation providing "tuition assistance to children of undocumented immigrants" when he was governor of Arkansas.
Weisbuch's comment prompted Barbara Eames, a Hanover resident who opposes the new CCM policy, to ask Huckabee his views on it during the question-and-answer period.
Huckabee, in his response to Eames, did not specifically refer to the Randolph-based college, but offered a spirited defense of his viewpoint that those brought to the United States illegally as children should be given the opportunity to complete their education.
He said his support for tuition assistance legislation in Arkansas was inspired by the plight of an undocumented high school valedictorian who, under the state's existing law, would have been ineligible for a public college scholarship.
"I decided I'd rather see that kid become a taxpayer, rather than a tax-taker," Huckabee said.
Huckabee said rather than targeting young children who had no choice in their decision to move to the United States, the battle over illegal immigration should focus on strengthening the borders and cracking down on businesses violating the law.
So in short, Huckabee has a history of supporting in-state tuition for illegal aliens; he approved as governor of Arkansas, and he endorses such policies now.
The final paragraph tells us that, His support for college tuition assistance became an issue in his failed run for the Republican presidential nomination in 2008. I assume he anticipates a second failed attempt at the Oval Office, since he's keeping the status quo on his unpopular stance.
Why do people whose presence within our borders is a violation of federal law deserve preferential treatment -- treatment that U.S. citizens do not enjoy? Better yet, why are they allowed to enroll as students in American schools at all?
Other questions: why does Huckabee assume that all illegal aliens attempting enrollment in college were brought here against their collective will as children? How does he know that some or even many didn't make that trek willingly, as teenagers or young adults? Why is ensuring that illegal aliens complete their educations a duty of American politicians? Notice the unstated assumptions built into his viewpoint.
As for his nonsense about his preference for them becoming taxpayers, not tax-takers, that problem has a solution that doesn't require handing them in-state tuition at U.S. colleges: deport them, or don't let them in the door, in the first place. I suppose that's too much to ask in the days of the Obama administration, when border enforcement is deemphasized and sunny propaganda is the order of the day.
Mike Huckabee is part of the problem, not part of a solution. He's a champion of the idea, "meet the new boss, same as the old boss." If you think pandering to illegal aliens is progress, he's your go-to guy.
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Licking the Mailed Fist
Apparently, burning the Koran is worse than burning the Bible, because the Koran is a transcription of "God's" word, whereas the Bible is "written by men."
Watch the minute-and-a-half video where this is explained by the reasonable moral relativists at NBC News.
Notice how the talking head describes Pastor Terry Jones and the Afghani Muslims-in-question in equal terms -- as extremists -- as if there's no discernible moral difference between burning the Koran and murdering human beings.
It's also simplistic and misleading in suggesting that the Bible was "written by men." Christians believe that the Bible is God's holy Word, written down by men under His direct influence. So in both cases, the relevant parties accept that their scriptures contain messages to them that originated with God. Why introduce that Muslims believe the Koran is Allah's literal word, if not as an exercise in excuse-making for murder?
Watch the minute-and-a-half video where this is explained by the reasonable moral relativists at NBC News.
Notice how the talking head describes Pastor Terry Jones and the Afghani Muslims-in-question in equal terms -- as extremists -- as if there's no discernible moral difference between burning the Koran and murdering human beings.
It's also simplistic and misleading in suggesting that the Bible was "written by men." Christians believe that the Bible is God's holy Word, written down by men under His direct influence. So in both cases, the relevant parties accept that their scriptures contain messages to them that originated with God. Why introduce that Muslims believe the Koran is Allah's literal word, if not as an exercise in excuse-making for murder?
Monday, April 11, 2011
See My Hat? Now Watch Me Talk Through It
Have you seen/heard Obama's budget speech from April 8? Here's a link with the full transcript and video of his address.
The video clocks in at just under four minutes. I remember thinking as I watched the speech on T.V. that this guy doesn't even believe in the fertilization properties of the malodorous meadow muffins he's throwing at us. Put another way, he doesn't buy his own crap.
Watch the speech, and pay careful attention to his body language, posture, tone, and most importantly, his eyes. He knows he's full of it, having about as much interest in talking up America as I do in piercing my nose with a rusted nail -- and it probably pains him about the same.
I want to call attention to one short paragraph in his platitude session:
At the same time, we also made sure that at the end of the day, this was a debate about spending cuts, not social issues like women’s health and the protection of our air and water. These are important issues that deserve discussion, just not during a debate about our budget.
Let me translate Obama's biased rhetoric: by "women's health," he means the important, God-given and constitutional right to slaughter one's unborn child; "protection of our air and water" is code for a policy of pleasing pantheists and helping the third world get ahead -- at the expense of U.S. citizens, of course. By all means, such matters should stay far off the table in discussions pertaining to spending cuts.
The video clocks in at just under four minutes. I remember thinking as I watched the speech on T.V. that this guy doesn't even believe in the fertilization properties of the malodorous meadow muffins he's throwing at us. Put another way, he doesn't buy his own crap.
Watch the speech, and pay careful attention to his body language, posture, tone, and most importantly, his eyes. He knows he's full of it, having about as much interest in talking up America as I do in piercing my nose with a rusted nail -- and it probably pains him about the same.
I want to call attention to one short paragraph in his platitude session:
At the same time, we also made sure that at the end of the day, this was a debate about spending cuts, not social issues like women’s health and the protection of our air and water. These are important issues that deserve discussion, just not during a debate about our budget.
Let me translate Obama's biased rhetoric: by "women's health," he means the important, God-given and constitutional right to slaughter one's unborn child; "protection of our air and water" is code for a policy of pleasing pantheists and helping the third world get ahead -- at the expense of U.S. citizens, of course. By all means, such matters should stay far off the table in discussions pertaining to spending cuts.
Friday, April 1, 2011
Monday, March 28, 2011
A Manifestation of a Dying West
US troops in Germany have been banned from wearing their military uniforms in public in the wake of the Frankfurt Airport shooting that left two American airmen dead and two seriously injured.
A 21-year-old Muslim man of Kosovar background, Arid Uka, was arrested for the attack.
Holy frankfurter, Batman, is that stupid, or what? There's so much wrong with this picture, it's hard knowing where to begin.
First, it doesn't speak well for the state of modern Germany that American troops have to worry about being attacked and murdered in the streets by non-German Muslims.
Second, what's next? Should they don German military uniforms and goose-step up and down the sidewalks? Maybe they should scream "Ich bin Deutsch!" every thirty seconds when outside the base, or "Ich bin nicht ein Amerikaner!" Given the Nazi-like tendencies of Muslims, another possible solution is a T-shirt with the words "Ich liebe Hitler!" emblazoned across the front. Of course, the downside is that those blonde, blue-eyed Aryans might rip you to pieces for dredging up their eternal shame and rubbing it in their faces. Not to mention the likelihood that the Kosovar doesn't speak German, anyhow. In which case your last act on Earth would be convincing a bunch of foreigners that you think death camps are pretty swell.
Third, since when do Muslims only froth after military personnel? I realize that wearing the uniform increases the risk, but plenty of Muslims like killing Americans because they are Americans, or westerners because they are westerners, or anyone who has the audacity not to revere every word and unmentionable deed of their holy sand-flea, camel-spit be upon his name.
Fourth, does this policy project strength -- or weakness? Telling our soldiers that they cannot wear the uniform off-base sends this message to Muslims: we are weak, and we fear you.
It's time that we bring our men and women back from Germany. They should have been called home a long time ago.
A 21-year-old Muslim man of Kosovar background, Arid Uka, was arrested for the attack.
Holy frankfurter, Batman, is that stupid, or what? There's so much wrong with this picture, it's hard knowing where to begin.
First, it doesn't speak well for the state of modern Germany that American troops have to worry about being attacked and murdered in the streets by non-German Muslims.
Second, what's next? Should they don German military uniforms and goose-step up and down the sidewalks? Maybe they should scream "Ich bin Deutsch!" every thirty seconds when outside the base, or "Ich bin nicht ein Amerikaner!" Given the Nazi-like tendencies of Muslims, another possible solution is a T-shirt with the words "Ich liebe Hitler!" emblazoned across the front. Of course, the downside is that those blonde, blue-eyed Aryans might rip you to pieces for dredging up their eternal shame and rubbing it in their faces. Not to mention the likelihood that the Kosovar doesn't speak German, anyhow. In which case your last act on Earth would be convincing a bunch of foreigners that you think death camps are pretty swell.
Third, since when do Muslims only froth after military personnel? I realize that wearing the uniform increases the risk, but plenty of Muslims like killing Americans because they are Americans, or westerners because they are westerners, or anyone who has the audacity not to revere every word and unmentionable deed of their holy sand-flea, camel-spit be upon his name.
Fourth, does this policy project strength -- or weakness? Telling our soldiers that they cannot wear the uniform off-base sends this message to Muslims: we are weak, and we fear you.
It's time that we bring our men and women back from Germany. They should have been called home a long time ago.
Saturday, March 26, 2011
I Like the New Look
I just read that Kaddaffi's plastic surgeon has spoken to the public. Apparently, old Mo didn't pay his bill, so the doc is helping the Busybody Coalition ferret out his new disguise. Here's a recent photo. If you see him, please contact the F.B.I. : 
Saturday, March 12, 2011
Thursday, March 10, 2011
More on Obama's Eligibility
Your contentions are flawed:
"The sole documentary evidence provided by Obama of his birth in Hawaii is a Certification of Live Birth, or C.O.L.B., which is a computer-printout document subject to tampering."
Untrue. There are two Obama birth announcements in Hawaiian newspapers dating within a week of his birth. How do you explain their existence?
"Worse, at the time of Obama's birth, the state of Hawaii willingly issued such documents to people born outside Hawaii. How in the world can a document issued to people born outside Hawaii be used as proof that a person was born in Hawaii?"
Two problems with your assertion.
First, Hawaii had no such law until 1982. Therefore, the fact that Obama was issue a certificate number as of August 8, 1961 is pretty clear evidence that the State of Hawaii was convinced at that time that he was born in Hawaii.
Second, pretending that Hawaii did issue birth certificates to foreign-born persons in 1961, such a birth certificate would state the foreign location of that person's birth. No one has ever shown one single example of a person born outside of Hawaii obtaining a birth certificate, original or copy, that incorrectly states he or she was born in Hawaii. If you have such evidence, I'd love to see it.
"As for Mr. Obama's long-form birth certificate, which details the attending obstetrician's name and the hospital's name, as well as the date, time, and location of the birth -- that elusive document has never seen the light of day. Obama has not released it on the Internet. Congress has never laid eyes on it."
This is a fascinating criticism, given that then-Senator Obama was the very first major party presidential candidate to ever publicly release images of documentation of his birth. But when Obama gives an unprecedented inch, his critics want a mile.
""By the way, a CNN poll conducted in August, 2010, revealed that only forty-two percent of Americans believe that Obama "definitely" was born in the United States."
How many of those people polled recognize that the place of one's birth may affect his eligibility to be president? We don't know, and I imagine that would change the
responses a lot.
Here's my response, taking this rebuttal one point at a time:
Untrue. There are two Obama birth announcements in Hawaiian newspapers dating within a week of his birth. How do you explain their existence?
The issuance of Obama's Certification of Live Birth (C.O.L.B.) automatically generated the newspaper birth announcements. If a C.O.L.B. fails as proof that Obama is a natural-born citizen, then announcements based upon information taken from the C.O.L.B. fail as conclusive evidence, as well.
First, Hawaii had no such law until 1982. Therefore, the fact that Obama was issued a certificate number as of August 8, 1961 is pretty clear evidence that the State of Hawaii was convinced at that time that he was born in Hawaii.
Inaccurate. According to Jerome Corsi at World Net Daily: In 1961, Hawaiian law specifically allowed "an adult or the legal parents of a minor child" to apply to the health department and, upon unspecified proof, be given a birth document in the form of a Certification of Live Birth.
The only requirement stated in Hawaiian law is "that the legal parents of such individual while living without the Territory or State of Hawaii had declared the Territory or State of Hawaii as their legal residence for at least one year immediately preceding the birth or adoption of such child."
So there's no way under the sun that possession of a C.O.L.B. constitutes proof that Obama is a natural-born citizen, which is the item in contention.
Second, pretending that Hawaii did issue birth certificates to foreign-born persons in 1961, such a birth certificate would state the foreign location of that person's birth. No one has ever shown one single example of a person born outside of Hawaii obtaining a birth certificate, original or copy, that incorrectly states he or she was born in Hawaii. If you have such evidence, I'd love to see it.
There's no pretending involved, except perhaps on your part. Since no one has seen Obama's actual long-form birth certificate, and since we have had for our examination nothing more than a computer-generated document with less information than the longer, more comprehensive birth certificate, I'm unclear as to what point I'm supposed to glean from this. The key information that you're ignoring is that Obama's full birth certificate remains hidden. You've never laid eyes on it. Neither have I. And neither has Congress or the media. In fact, a congressional document released on the Internet admitted that no official vetting process occured regarding Obama's eligibility.
This is a fascinating criticism, given that then-Senator Obama was the very first major party presidential candidate to ever publicly release images of documentation of his birth. But when Obama gives an unprecedented inch, his critics want a mile.
What fascinates me is your evasion of the point being made. The C.O.L.B. is not the same document as the Certificate of Live Birth. It is a shorter document with less information included. For example, it does not include the attending physician's name, and it omits the birth hospital's name. In addition, the Hawaii Department of Health "refused to authenticate either of the two versions" of President Obama's C.O.L.B. images online -- "neither the image produced by the Obama campaign nor the images released by FactCheck.org."
The burden of proof lies with Obama -- not with me, you, Congress, the media, or election or state officials. So far, it is a burden that he has refused to meet, with the complicity of most media outlets, and Congress.
Friday, March 4, 2011
The Incuriosity of a Dead Cat
Perhaps you've heard about this recent interview of John Boehner by David Gregory of Meet the Press. Gregory takes Boehner to task for not combating "misinformation" and "stereotypes" regarding Obama's nativity myth and his religious beliefs. Boehner's answer isn't a complete disaster, but it leaves a lot to be desired. Here's how he should have responded:
"Mr. Gregory, I think your question conceals certain unstated assumptions -- assumptions that I do not accept.
"First, the American people elected me to represent their interests in Congress. They did not elect me to correct "misinformation" and fight "stereotypes" aimed at Obama. That's not part of my job description. Nor is it my obligation. You seem to think that this is one of my duties. Why? And did you hold Nancy Pelosi to the same standard? Did you interview her during her tenure as Speaker of the House and hold her feet to the fire about defending George W. Bush from perceived injustices? Did you consider that burden her sworn duty as an elected official?
"Mr. Obama has the bully pulpit of the presidency at his disposal to defend his words and actions any time he feels the need. Most radio and television networks would give him free airtime for the purpose of addressing the public and setting the record straight. Mr. Obama also has the Democratic Party in his corner. In addition, he has a press secretary whose whole reason for being is the explication and defense of Obama's policies, actions, and words. No, Mr. Obama doesn't need my help.
"Second, I reject the notion that questioning Obama's birth narrative and religious views is the same as stereotyping or spreading misinformation. The American Heritage New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition, describes a stereotype as: a generalization, usually exaggerated or oversimplified and often offensive, that is used to describe or distinguish a group. I don't see how suspicion that Obama is a Muslim, or skepticism about his birth origin is stereotyping. The issues-in-question seem of a singular nature, not stereotypical.
"As for spreading misinformation, the people most guilty of doing so are those who claim that Obama has proven his eligibility for the presidency. At best, this is a statement of ignorance; at worst, a lie. The standard "birther" position is not that Obama was born in Kenya or Indonesia. The prevailing view is that we do not know the facts of Obama's birth. No one knows -- not the American people, not Congress, and not you, Mr. Gregory.
"Let's stay with the birth issue for a moment. The sole documentary evidence provided by Obama of his birth in Hawaii is a Certification of Live Birth, or C.O.L.B., which is a computer-printout document subject to tampering. Worse, at the time of Obama's birth, the state of Hawaii willingly issued such documents to people born outside Hawaii. How in the world can a document issued to people born outside Hawaii be used as proof that a person was born in Hawaii? The answer is that it does not and cannot constitute proof. Only a liar or an imbecile would suggest otherwise. If my home state suddenly begins issuing driving licenses to anyone who can scrounge up twenty-five dollars -- even if he never has stepped foot inside a car -- then I cannot continue using my license as documented proof that I have taken a written driving exam, a road test, and an eyesight evaluation.
"As for Mr. Obama's long-form birth certificate, which details the attending obstetrician's name and the hospital's name, as well as the date, time, and location of the birth -- that elusive document has never seen the light of day. Obama has not released it on the Internet. Congress has never laid eyes on it. This exemplifies a terrible failure, as determining that prospective presidential candidates fit constitutional criteria was an official duty of Congress -- an obligation that Congress shirked. I'm not climbing up on my high horse, as I was a member of Congress, at the time.
"The simple fact is that Obama's birth origin remains a mystery, and it remains a mystery because he refuses to release his full birth certificate. In fact, he has hired a legal team and spent well over a million dollars keeping the document suppressed. I submit that if this behavior doesn't pique your curiosity, then nothing would drag you away from your uncritical acceptance of everything that Obama says and does. Speaking of job descriptions, I've always understood the media's position as that of a watchdog against government excesses, not as a partisan standard bearer for whoever holds the presidential office. I thought that telling Americans the truth was the highest responsibility of the media, not catching flak for Obama. Mr. Gregory, as long as Obama has you on his side, he'll never need me.
"By the way, a CNN poll conducted in August, 2010, revealed that only forty-two percent of Americans believe that Obama "definitely" was born in the United States. Polling data across the board indicate that Americans have questions about Obama's origins -- questions that cross partisan lines.
"Now let's address Mr. Obama's religious beliefs. His biological father was a Muslim; according to Islamic law, this makes Barack Obama a Muslim, as well. His stepfather was a Muslim. Mr. Obama spent part of his formative years living in his stepfather's house in Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim country. He attended an Islamic school. His records of attending that school remain hidden from the American people.
"In the U.S., Obama attended a church for twenty years led by an anti-white, anti-American pastor (Jeremiah Wright) who promoted black-liberation theology. Obama professed ignorance of Wright's beliefs, despite his long attendance of the "church," his personal friendship with the pastor, and Wright's openness regarding his hatred of whites and America. Videos exist depicting Wright preaching his hatred from the pulpit. An interesting sidebar: Wright is a supporter of Louis Farrakhan, a Muslim black separatist.
"Mr. Obama has a history of talking up Islam and coming to the defense of Muslims in public. In a 2009 speech in Cairo Obama said: 'And I consider it part of my responsibility as President of the United States to fight against negative stereotypes of Islam wherever they appear.' I submit that this statement is alien to the American presidential tradition. This is not the typical focus of a self-proclaimed Christian who governs a Christian people with a Christian heritage. It emanates from far outside the mainstream.
"Does Obama spend significant time extolling the virtues of Christianity and defending Christians against negative stereotypes? No. He's far too busy perpetuating negative stereotypes against Christians. One example is a comment that he made at a 2008 fundraiser:
'You go into some of these small towns in Pennsylvania, and like a lot of small towns in the Midwest, the jobs have been gone now for 25 years and nothing’s replaced them. And they fell through the Clinton administration, and the Bush administration, and each successive administration has said that somehow these communities are gonna regenerate and they have not. So it’s not surprising then that they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren’t like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations.'
"I could go on and on, miring us in the perpetual slime of inconsistencies and peculiarities of Obama's birth narrative and supposed religious views; but I think I've been thorough in making my point: that looking askance at the details of Obama's birth and religion isn't fringe kookery or racism or mere partisanship. Rather, it is a logical and reasonable response to suspicious behavior that belies his claims -- behavior that remains wholly unexplained by Obama, the Democratic Party, or the media."
"Mr. Gregory, I think your question conceals certain unstated assumptions -- assumptions that I do not accept.
"First, the American people elected me to represent their interests in Congress. They did not elect me to correct "misinformation" and fight "stereotypes" aimed at Obama. That's not part of my job description. Nor is it my obligation. You seem to think that this is one of my duties. Why? And did you hold Nancy Pelosi to the same standard? Did you interview her during her tenure as Speaker of the House and hold her feet to the fire about defending George W. Bush from perceived injustices? Did you consider that burden her sworn duty as an elected official?
"Mr. Obama has the bully pulpit of the presidency at his disposal to defend his words and actions any time he feels the need. Most radio and television networks would give him free airtime for the purpose of addressing the public and setting the record straight. Mr. Obama also has the Democratic Party in his corner. In addition, he has a press secretary whose whole reason for being is the explication and defense of Obama's policies, actions, and words. No, Mr. Obama doesn't need my help.
"Second, I reject the notion that questioning Obama's birth narrative and religious views is the same as stereotyping or spreading misinformation. The American Heritage New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition, describes a stereotype as: a generalization, usually exaggerated or oversimplified and often offensive, that is used to describe or distinguish a group. I don't see how suspicion that Obama is a Muslim, or skepticism about his birth origin is stereotyping. The issues-in-question seem of a singular nature, not stereotypical.
"As for spreading misinformation, the people most guilty of doing so are those who claim that Obama has proven his eligibility for the presidency. At best, this is a statement of ignorance; at worst, a lie. The standard "birther" position is not that Obama was born in Kenya or Indonesia. The prevailing view is that we do not know the facts of Obama's birth. No one knows -- not the American people, not Congress, and not you, Mr. Gregory.
"Let's stay with the birth issue for a moment. The sole documentary evidence provided by Obama of his birth in Hawaii is a Certification of Live Birth, or C.O.L.B., which is a computer-printout document subject to tampering. Worse, at the time of Obama's birth, the state of Hawaii willingly issued such documents to people born outside Hawaii. How in the world can a document issued to people born outside Hawaii be used as proof that a person was born in Hawaii? The answer is that it does not and cannot constitute proof. Only a liar or an imbecile would suggest otherwise. If my home state suddenly begins issuing driving licenses to anyone who can scrounge up twenty-five dollars -- even if he never has stepped foot inside a car -- then I cannot continue using my license as documented proof that I have taken a written driving exam, a road test, and an eyesight evaluation.
"As for Mr. Obama's long-form birth certificate, which details the attending obstetrician's name and the hospital's name, as well as the date, time, and location of the birth -- that elusive document has never seen the light of day. Obama has not released it on the Internet. Congress has never laid eyes on it. This exemplifies a terrible failure, as determining that prospective presidential candidates fit constitutional criteria was an official duty of Congress -- an obligation that Congress shirked. I'm not climbing up on my high horse, as I was a member of Congress, at the time.
"The simple fact is that Obama's birth origin remains a mystery, and it remains a mystery because he refuses to release his full birth certificate. In fact, he has hired a legal team and spent well over a million dollars keeping the document suppressed. I submit that if this behavior doesn't pique your curiosity, then nothing would drag you away from your uncritical acceptance of everything that Obama says and does. Speaking of job descriptions, I've always understood the media's position as that of a watchdog against government excesses, not as a partisan standard bearer for whoever holds the presidential office. I thought that telling Americans the truth was the highest responsibility of the media, not catching flak for Obama. Mr. Gregory, as long as Obama has you on his side, he'll never need me.
"By the way, a CNN poll conducted in August, 2010, revealed that only forty-two percent of Americans believe that Obama "definitely" was born in the United States. Polling data across the board indicate that Americans have questions about Obama's origins -- questions that cross partisan lines.
"Now let's address Mr. Obama's religious beliefs. His biological father was a Muslim; according to Islamic law, this makes Barack Obama a Muslim, as well. His stepfather was a Muslim. Mr. Obama spent part of his formative years living in his stepfather's house in Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim country. He attended an Islamic school. His records of attending that school remain hidden from the American people.
"In the U.S., Obama attended a church for twenty years led by an anti-white, anti-American pastor (Jeremiah Wright) who promoted black-liberation theology. Obama professed ignorance of Wright's beliefs, despite his long attendance of the "church," his personal friendship with the pastor, and Wright's openness regarding his hatred of whites and America. Videos exist depicting Wright preaching his hatred from the pulpit. An interesting sidebar: Wright is a supporter of Louis Farrakhan, a Muslim black separatist.
"Mr. Obama has a history of talking up Islam and coming to the defense of Muslims in public. In a 2009 speech in Cairo Obama said: 'And I consider it part of my responsibility as President of the United States to fight against negative stereotypes of Islam wherever they appear.' I submit that this statement is alien to the American presidential tradition. This is not the typical focus of a self-proclaimed Christian who governs a Christian people with a Christian heritage. It emanates from far outside the mainstream.
"Does Obama spend significant time extolling the virtues of Christianity and defending Christians against negative stereotypes? No. He's far too busy perpetuating negative stereotypes against Christians. One example is a comment that he made at a 2008 fundraiser:
'You go into some of these small towns in Pennsylvania, and like a lot of small towns in the Midwest, the jobs have been gone now for 25 years and nothing’s replaced them. And they fell through the Clinton administration, and the Bush administration, and each successive administration has said that somehow these communities are gonna regenerate and they have not. So it’s not surprising then that they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren’t like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations.'
"I could go on and on, miring us in the perpetual slime of inconsistencies and peculiarities of Obama's birth narrative and supposed religious views; but I think I've been thorough in making my point: that looking askance at the details of Obama's birth and religion isn't fringe kookery or racism or mere partisanship. Rather, it is a logical and reasonable response to suspicious behavior that belies his claims -- behavior that remains wholly unexplained by Obama, the Democratic Party, or the media."
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Good Developments
I often decry the plethora of social and political ills plaguing the U.S. So here are a handful of positive turns of events in politics. We'll see what happens:
February 17: House votes to defund nine of Obamas "czars."
The jobs on the chopping block: White House-appointed advisers on health care, energy and climate, green jobs, urban affairs, the closure of the Guantanamo Bay detention center, oversight of TARP, executive compensation, diversity at the Federal Communications Commission and the auto industry manufacturing policy.
This is nowhere near enough; but it's a step in the right direction.
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February 17: House cuts off legislative funding of Planned Parenthood.
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February 18: House votes for defunding of Obamacare.
Granted, this still has to contend with the twin hurdles of the leftist Democratic Party, and the Cypher-in-Chief, but the GOP must start somewhere. If we heap harsh criticism upon Republicans when they follow the mooing herd and shrink from their duty, then we should give them recognition and even praise when they take a principled stand for constitutional government.
Small steps forward are better than no steps at all.
February 17: House votes to defund nine of Obamas "czars."
The jobs on the chopping block: White House-appointed advisers on health care, energy and climate, green jobs, urban affairs, the closure of the Guantanamo Bay detention center, oversight of TARP, executive compensation, diversity at the Federal Communications Commission and the auto industry manufacturing policy.
This is nowhere near enough; but it's a step in the right direction.
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February 17: House cuts off legislative funding of Planned Parenthood.
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February 18: House votes for defunding of Obamacare.
Granted, this still has to contend with the twin hurdles of the leftist Democratic Party, and the Cypher-in-Chief, but the GOP must start somewhere. If we heap harsh criticism upon Republicans when they follow the mooing herd and shrink from their duty, then we should give them recognition and even praise when they take a principled stand for constitutional government.
Small steps forward are better than no steps at all.
Thursday, February 17, 2011
C'est L'amour
I found some Islamic bridal photos online that I thought my readers might enjoy. First, there's the "Palestinian" nuptial vest.
Then there's the polar honeymoon ensemble.
Followed by a representative example of the Assassins' Order.
The mobile deer blind.
The "All-holds-barred" collection.
Tatooine Tusken Raider regalia.
The "spared no expense royalty" set.
I like the elegance of this one, but why does she always sport that blank expression?
Then there's the polar honeymoon ensemble.
Followed by a representative example of the Assassins' Order.
The mobile deer blind.
The "All-holds-barred" collection.
Tatooine Tusken Raider regalia.
The "spared no expense royalty" set.
I like the elegance of this one, but why does she always sport that blank expression?
This is from the "Don't-fear-the-reaper/darth-vader" collection.
From "Ravishing ruminants" outfitting.
And last but not least, the "She'll never be my beast of burden" category.
From "Ravishing ruminants" outfitting.
And last but not least, the "She'll never be my beast of burden" category.
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Now I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Attorneys for Bradley County, Tenn., and several of its officials have submitted a brief to the state Supreme Court arguing that the constitutional idea of "liberty" doesn't actually mean "physical liberty."
That's the way a brief filed by Thomas E. LeQuire of Spicer Rudstrom, PLLC, states it anyway:
"Liberty does not mean physical liberty," explains point DII in the pleading that encourages the high court to reject a request from Jeremy Paul Hopkins for a hearing.
"It is a sad and scary day in America when lawyers actually argue that the liberty protected in the Constitution does not mean physical liberty," Hopkins told WND. "The county's position is stunning. Americans should be very concerned with court opinions declaring the Constitution no longer protects persons from being unlawfully jailed.
"In this case, the county not only jailed me without authority and in violation of law, but they also jailed me in the face of a court order specifically instructing them to release me. Even more disconcerting is the fact that the state attorney general, who took an oath to uphold the Constitution and to defend the citizens, has not intervened to stop this outrageous conduct. If physical liberty is not a fundamental right, it is difficult to think of anything that would be," Hopkins said.
That's the way a brief filed by Thomas E. LeQuire of Spicer Rudstrom, PLLC, states it anyway:
"Liberty does not mean physical liberty," explains point DII in the pleading that encourages the high court to reject a request from Jeremy Paul Hopkins for a hearing.
"It is a sad and scary day in America when lawyers actually argue that the liberty protected in the Constitution does not mean physical liberty," Hopkins told WND. "The county's position is stunning. Americans should be very concerned with court opinions declaring the Constitution no longer protects persons from being unlawfully jailed.
"In this case, the county not only jailed me without authority and in violation of law, but they also jailed me in the face of a court order specifically instructing them to release me. Even more disconcerting is the fact that the state attorney general, who took an oath to uphold the Constitution and to defend the citizens, has not intervened to stop this outrageous conduct. If physical liberty is not a fundamental right, it is difficult to think of anything that would be," Hopkins said.
So if I lock these lawyers in a cage in my back yard for twelve hours, that's not an infringement of their liberty, because constitutional liberty isn't physical freedom. Makes sense to me.
Of course, this means that not one single inmate in a state or federal prison may be considered unfree due solely to the fact that he's being kept behind bars. Just because he can't leave the prison for months or even years doesn't mean that he's lacking in liberty.
Physical liberty is one of the most basic forms of freedom. It serves as a constitutional bare minimum.
The Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution states that no person shall "be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law . . . " If the county's detention of Hopkins violated state law, then in turn it violated his Fifth Amendment-recognized rights, by definition. How can due process entail illegal activity by the county? That's both logical nonsense and authoritarian shredding of the Constitution.
What we have here is a group of people who spit on the rule of law, while claiming that they uphold it.
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
"Who Are You?"
In an article at Big Hollywood, a columnist brings attention to the casting of a British citizen in the role of Superman in an upcoming film.
I think it's more than a little ridiculous that, in a nation of three hundred-plus million people, we cannot find anyone worthy of donning the red cape, so we must look to the British Isles.
That said, this comment below the column jumped out at me:
One of the things I love best about America is we don't care who you are or where you came from. What can you do?
This is a perfect example of succumbing to indoctrination. The commenter loves our political elite's current policies of diversity and non-discrimination. Muslim terrorists murdered three thousand people on September 11, 2001, because the multiculturalists "don't care who you are or where you came from." Nidal Hassan gunned down over a dozen people in cold blood at Fort Hood because no one cared who he was or whence he came. Mosques have sprung up all over our country -- including in unheard of places like Memphis, Tennessee -- preaching hatred, violence, and non-assimilation, because no one cares who they are or where they originated. Illegal aliens storm our borders, commit disproportionate crime, take jobs away from citizens, and receive taxpayer-funded educations in their own languages in public schools, because no one gives a hoot in Hell who they are or where they came from. No one cares for loyalty or societal cohesion.
As for an answer to the question, "What can you do?", all too often the response manifests itself as a negative. "Well, we can murder, rob, rape, deal drugs, form gangs, commit fraud, bankrupt hospitals, falsify documents, swamp the welfare system, bring chaos from order, and throttle division out of unity. That's what we can do, and we're just getting started."
I submit that the commenter loves one of the worst aspects of modern America. He delights in a mindset that the founding generation would have looked upon with horror. He embraces a new outlook alien to the United States of only a few decades past.
Only a fool welcomes people into his home with no concern for their identity or origin. Just as one would shun the idea of inviting a burglar into his house because he is particularly adept in the art of burglary, so, too, must we reject the notion that having a specific skill-set is more important than a commonality of language, religion, and worldview.
"What can you do?" won't cut it for someone interested in preserving his culture.
A more important question is "Who are you?"
I think it's more than a little ridiculous that, in a nation of three hundred-plus million people, we cannot find anyone worthy of donning the red cape, so we must look to the British Isles.
That said, this comment below the column jumped out at me:
One of the things I love best about America is we don't care who you are or where you came from. What can you do?
This is a perfect example of succumbing to indoctrination. The commenter loves our political elite's current policies of diversity and non-discrimination. Muslim terrorists murdered three thousand people on September 11, 2001, because the multiculturalists "don't care who you are or where you came from." Nidal Hassan gunned down over a dozen people in cold blood at Fort Hood because no one cared who he was or whence he came. Mosques have sprung up all over our country -- including in unheard of places like Memphis, Tennessee -- preaching hatred, violence, and non-assimilation, because no one cares who they are or where they originated. Illegal aliens storm our borders, commit disproportionate crime, take jobs away from citizens, and receive taxpayer-funded educations in their own languages in public schools, because no one gives a hoot in Hell who they are or where they came from. No one cares for loyalty or societal cohesion.
As for an answer to the question, "What can you do?", all too often the response manifests itself as a negative. "Well, we can murder, rob, rape, deal drugs, form gangs, commit fraud, bankrupt hospitals, falsify documents, swamp the welfare system, bring chaos from order, and throttle division out of unity. That's what we can do, and we're just getting started."
I submit that the commenter loves one of the worst aspects of modern America. He delights in a mindset that the founding generation would have looked upon with horror. He embraces a new outlook alien to the United States of only a few decades past.
Only a fool welcomes people into his home with no concern for their identity or origin. Just as one would shun the idea of inviting a burglar into his house because he is particularly adept in the art of burglary, so, too, must we reject the notion that having a specific skill-set is more important than a commonality of language, religion, and worldview.
"What can you do?" won't cut it for someone interested in preserving his culture.
A more important question is "Who are you?"
Monday, January 31, 2011
Friday, January 28, 2011
January 28 Headline Reactions
Roof collapse blamed on pigeon droppings
Whatta load of crap
*****
Sleeping with pets exposes owners to nasty diseases
Sorry, Abdul.
*****
Woman falls 23 stories, lands on taxi, survives
When she yells, "Taxi!" she means it.
*****
New couples who Facebook each other end up in bed quicker
That's because they're tired from all that instant massaging.
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'The Green Hornet': Desperately seeking God
They finally made a sequel to Deperately Seeking Susan.
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Not all energy boosts are equal
Yes, they are. But some are more equal than others.
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Travelers from other planets ... or from hell?
If this is a question pertaining to Algore or Obama, I don't think it offers a false dichotomy. The answer fully explains why no one can find Obama's birth certificate.
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Michael Savage on what's 'trickling' from Obama
That's just nasty.
Whatta load of crap
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Sleeping with pets exposes owners to nasty diseases
Sorry, Abdul.
*****
Woman falls 23 stories, lands on taxi, survives
When she yells, "Taxi!" she means it.
*****
New couples who Facebook each other end up in bed quicker
That's because they're tired from all that instant massaging.
*****
'The Green Hornet': Desperately seeking God
They finally made a sequel to Deperately Seeking Susan.
*****
Not all energy boosts are equal
Yes, they are. But some are more equal than others.
*****
Travelers from other planets ... or from hell?
If this is a question pertaining to Algore or Obama, I don't think it offers a false dichotomy. The answer fully explains why no one can find Obama's birth certificate.
*****
Michael Savage on what's 'trickling' from Obama
That's just nasty.
They Come Here to Work
See? Here's proof.
Welcome, Ahmad Jihad Velasquez!
Immigration officials have previously discovered items along the U.S.-Mexico border from Middle Eastern origin, including Iranian currency in Zapata, Texas, and a jacket found in Jim Hogg County, Texas, that was covered in patches including an Arabic military badge that illustrates an airplane flying into a tower.
Those family values and dedication to hard work bring a tear to my eye. This is the stuff of Ellis Island.
Welcome, Ahmad Jihad Velasquez!
Immigration officials have previously discovered items along the U.S.-Mexico border from Middle Eastern origin, including Iranian currency in Zapata, Texas, and a jacket found in Jim Hogg County, Texas, that was covered in patches including an Arabic military badge that illustrates an airplane flying into a tower.
Those family values and dedication to hard work bring a tear to my eye. This is the stuff of Ellis Island.
Saturday, January 22, 2011
Friday, January 21, 2011
E.U.: We've Outgrown Christianity
A 2011-2012 school calendar published by the European Union has omitted Christian holidays, while continuing to note important Jewish and Muslim celebrations.
While Christian holidays such as Christmas and Easter are missing from the calendar's pages, days commemorating “Sikh Baisakhi-Day, the Jewish Yom Kippur holiday, the Muslim holiday Aid-el-Kebir,” remain in place" . . .
There you have it, my friends: the spawn of multiculturalism; the natural outcome of mass immigration; the stinking droppings of apostasy. In the cradle of western civilization, the first great mission field for Christianity where the children of God brought His Good News from the land of Israel -- now the mere acknowledgment that Christians are one religious group among many is too much to expect from the E.U. Perish the thought that Christianity and its two thousand-year influence on Europe and the world might merit a position of privilege. The E.U. school calendar cannot even mention its existence.
Christianity is the only religion in the world that receives transparent disrespect from the powers that be. How interesting that this treatment fits Jesus' words like a hand fits a tailor-made glove:
And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake. -- Luke 21:17
But He leaves us with a promise -- a positive message of hope for the future:
Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake. Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward is great in heaven: for in the like manner did their fathers unto the prophets. -- Luke 6:22-23
While Christian holidays such as Christmas and Easter are missing from the calendar's pages, days commemorating “Sikh Baisakhi-Day, the Jewish Yom Kippur holiday, the Muslim holiday Aid-el-Kebir,” remain in place" . . .
There you have it, my friends: the spawn of multiculturalism; the natural outcome of mass immigration; the stinking droppings of apostasy. In the cradle of western civilization, the first great mission field for Christianity where the children of God brought His Good News from the land of Israel -- now the mere acknowledgment that Christians are one religious group among many is too much to expect from the E.U. Perish the thought that Christianity and its two thousand-year influence on Europe and the world might merit a position of privilege. The E.U. school calendar cannot even mention its existence.
Christianity is the only religion in the world that receives transparent disrespect from the powers that be. How interesting that this treatment fits Jesus' words like a hand fits a tailor-made glove:
And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake. -- Luke 21:17
But He leaves us with a promise -- a positive message of hope for the future:
Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake. Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward is great in heaven: for in the like manner did their fathers unto the prophets. -- Luke 6:22-23
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