FIREMEN ARE SPECIAL PEOPLE!

Well, we had a pretty exciting day today, one which I believe we would have been happy to go without. Those fire trucks are in front of our house!

Yep... an exiciting day indeed. We've been rearranging furniture and cleaning house for the last couple of days. Washing windows, curtains, etc., spring cleaning in the middle of summer because spring is too nice to waste that way and in the summer it's far to hot to do anything else. Around 1:00, after eating lunch, I pleaded "I'm pooped! I'll finish the living room after I get a nap." As I was all comfy and drifting off I heard "GAYLE! GAYLE!" I don't think I've ever heard Walt yell that loud before. Scared half to death I jumped up to see what was wrong. Walt yelled "CALL 911... THE HOUSE IS ON FIRE!" Wonderful way to wake up, don't you agree? Of course I called 911! Smoke was billowing down the stairs from the second story and the house was filling up with it fast. "Dang!" I thought to myself... and I just finished washing the windows and the curtains!" The strangest things pass through your mind when you are facing a crisis. I swear I thought "On nooooo. All my friends are going to melt in my computer!" Don't laugh... it's true!

I searched for the cats. The younger one, Munchkin, decided to be playful and wanted to play hide and seek. I finally grabbed him and got him into his carrier. The older one, Mrs. Norris, I couldn't find at all. So I took Munchkin outside and came back for Tantrum the Fish, and my purse. In the meantime Walt was throwing buckets of water on the fire that was coming out of the wall. I left the front door open to let the smoke escape, and that was all I could do. The smoke was too much. Walt yelled "I think I've got it out" and was running around in that awful smoke opening windows. I yelled at him to get out of the house, and I swear I thought of you guys frying in my computer! As I said, the strangest things run through your head!

I was quite relieved when the firemen showed up. They were here in about 10 minutes, which is very good considering we live in the country. I really felt sorry for those guys having to put on all that heavy gear in this abominable heat!

Mrs. Norris, the older cat was still nowhere to be found.

Here's what happened. We rennovated this house and when we put in central air, the upstairs wasn't finished yet. It's an extremely large bedroom with a walk in closet far larger than many bathrooms. It's our daughter's bedroom (I'm glad she's away in college). But we had a window unit AC and had put that in. Evidently the extreme heat we've been experiencing here for weeks with very little relief did in the window unit. It overheated and for some unknown reason it didn't trip the circuit breaker. Most of the smoke was coming out of the burned-up air conditioner and not the place where the fire was in the wall, which was about seven feet from the window unit.

Walt had smelled the smoke about the same time the fire alarm went off. That was really thick smoke, and I'm not so trusting of fire alarms any more!

The volunteer Fireman (bless their hearts) explained that the fire was still smoldering in the wall and they would have to put a hole in the wall in order to get it out. They didn't look too happy about that, because our walls are very thick and are not made of plasterboard. They are solid wood and not easy to get through. They had to borrow one of Walt's electric saws to cut a hole and make certain the fire was dead. Then they took a large fan and blew all the smoke out of the house, which is the only reason that I'm sitting in my living room drinking a Rum and Coke and writing this. You nice people aren't going to be fried in my computer after all! Yay!

I won't be posting tomorrow; got to wash curtains and stuff. Might not post on Saturday either, but I can assure you I will be visiting.

Oh, by the way, Mrs. Norris is fine. I don't know where she hid, but she showed up about an hour after the Firemen left.

We have four dogs, all excellent watch dogs. Three of them, Tiger, Angel and Prince, are outdoor dogs. Nothing gets past them. They are in a large yard fenced in with a Tornado fence because they are dangerous to anyone who tries to sneak up on this house. Sweety, a Black Lab, is an indoor dog, and nothing gets by her either. When the Firetrucks and the ambulance showed up, they didn't make a peep. About 12 people running in and out of the house, and not one dog made a sound. No one can ever tell me that dogs don't have a sixth sense. Nothing moves within 50 feet of this house without our dogs telling us about it, but today they were as quiet as mice. I'm pretty sure that my dogs are smarter than liberals.

Walt and I could have grabbed a beer, called 911 and waited for the Firemen to do the work. You know, sort of like New Orleans in a crisis. After all, we do pay our taxes! Guess we're just stupid conservatives who like taking care of ourselves.

We're going to visit our Fire Department tomorrow and make a generous donation; they deserve it!

New Orleans' 9th Ward Was a Mess Long Before Katrina!

This picture is old and was taken with a polaroid approximately 16 years ago, and so it has yellowed, but it's of the Winnebego Walt and I were traveling in when we accidently drove into the 9th ward in Louisianna in 1990. Incidently, we still own the Winnebego but it is in very bad need of a couple of thousand dollars worth of work, if not more!

I want to assure you that we did not know we were in the 9th Ward. We were unfamiliar with New Orleans. Walt worked for Martin Marietta, and we were on our way to El Paso, where they had sent him to teach an anti-aircraft system mounted on the Bradley Fighting Vehicle. We knew that assignment would only last several months, and then they would send us elsewhere; thus the Winnebego. We had not adopted our granddaughter as of yet, and our biological children were already grown, so it was just the two of us. The Winnebego was a hoot. Brand-spanking new at the time, and I loved it!

The 9th Ward was not caused by Hurricane Katrina. It was a mess back in 1990 when we accidently wound up there, and I suspect for far longer than that. Now, I can't swear to you it was the 9th Ward, but everything I've read or seen on TV seems to jive. Besides which, I cannot possibly imagine that any other place in New Orleans - or anywhere else in this country - could be any worse!

Walt, not wanting to purchase gas for this monster RV right off of I-10 where they jack up the prices, went searching for a more reasonable gas station. He went over some railroad tracks and suddenly we were in a third world country. I have never seen anything as bad as that anywhere in this country and I have lived in Watts! Torn up couches and chairs were in the middle of the street. There was no traffic whatsoever; just us in that huge Winnebego! We had to dodge furniture. Bottles, trash, garbage... totally unbelievable. People were running around pointing at us, two white people, obviously rich by their standards, in the middle of the 9th Ward; or on the outer edge of it. Neither can you turn a 38 foot Winnebego around in the street, let alone in a street crowded with furniture. Were people living in the street? I don't know, but I even saw two or three beds! So, in order to get the hell out of there, we had to circle a block and I can't even begin to describe to you the living conditions we witnessed. It was horrifying, but even worse than horrifying, it was scary. We were in Juarez, Mexico long before this, and Juarez, with kids trying to sell you their "seesters" and streetwalkers trying to run off with Walt, looked better than this!

As I remember it I had been asleep when Walt accidently ventured into this mess; I woke up, sat down on the passenger seat, took one look out the front window and said: "Damn it Walt! Get the hell out of here!" That's exactly what I said. I remember it as though it were yesterday. I also remember him saying "I will, but we have to go around the block!" Go around the block as fast as possible while dodging all kinds of stuff in the street, including people, is what we did. I have never been so glad to be clear of anyplace on this planet as I was to be clear of that abomination.

We talked about it later. We were so unbelievably shocked that a place like that could actually exist in the United States of America. Remember, that was in 1990; I can only imagine that it had grown worse in between 1990 and the time Katrina hit.

Check out this article: "It Didn't Begin With Katrina." It begins with: "Welcome to the Third World..." I read this article and that's what reminded me of our short - and fast - trip through there. Let me assure you, most Americans have never seen anything like it in real life. The only thing I can compare it to is... well, I really can't compare it to anything other than a nightmare.

What Does Ray Nagin Have in Common With Kofi Annan?

To answer my own question: evidently quite a bit! Both of them seem to be cut from the same bolt of cloth.

How can anyone trust someone with those eyes? He looks like he's on something to me.

The following is from Fox News:

The U.N. peacekeeping force UNIFIL has been criticized for doing little to stop the fighting in southern Lebanon. But one critic points out they did plenty: by advertising Israeli troop movements on the Internet.

Writing in the conservative Weekly Standard, Zionist Organization of America's Lori Lowenthal Marcus notes that daily postings by the organization listed precise information about IDF deployments and weaponry, even specifying the placement of Israeli safety structures, sometimes just 30 minutes after they were built.

Marcus claims UNIFIL also violated its mandate requiring "impartiality and objectivity," never once describing Hezbollah movements or locations in any significant detail.
*snip*
Whose side are they on, anyway? The answer seems pretty obvious, doesn't it?

Then there's this from about.com:

Kofi Annan's time as secretary-general of the United Nations comes to an end December 31, 2006. Despite a number of scandals that have dogged his most recent years, it appears he will serve out his entire second term.
So now, behind the scenes in New York and world capitals, a mysterious process is unfolding. There have been only seven secretaries-general of the U.N. in its 60 year history. And the selection has never been marked by transparency or even common agreement on the job's requirements.

Officially, the final candidate for the job is nominated by the U.N. Security Council and approved by the U.N. General Assembly. In the Security Council, the permanent five members (the "P5" are the United States, United Kingdom, France, Russia, and China) have veto powers. And this means each of those countries can effectively stop any candidate they don't like. The secretary-general serves for a five year term. And there really aren't any other official rules.
*snip*
The article also states that the French will veto anyone who doesn't speak French and any person who really wants the job is generally considered ineligible!

I'm totally disgusted with the UN and our participation in it. I cannot understand why we don't simply tell the UN where to go, and withdraw from it altogether. Waiting for the UN to do anything constructive is like waiting for water to run uphill!

I'm going to be interested more than ever in the comment section of this post! Fire away, friends! I'm running out of gas here. Total disgust seems to have robbed me of my ability to rant.
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On another note entirely, since most of my internet friends already have my e-mail address I'm going to remove it from my profile. Trolls have not been bothering this blog as of late, but I have been getting some pretty obnoxious stuff in my e-mail, and suspicious as well. No, I haven't opened them. In Outlook Express they can be read without opening; still, I don't want to chance it.

If Ahmadinejad and Sick Little Puppy Keep Messing Around They Can Kiss Their Asses Goodbye!

(This is a joint effort. This is a Gayle and Walt (hubby) rant... just so my wonderful readers know.)

Before I enter my opinion (I promise you good folks, this is no brag) one of my highest military scores was in tactical evaluations. I don't consider myself an expert; Army military qualification was 110. Mine was 138. 165 is considered a genious in that field. So I'm not a genious, but I'm good! (This by Walt; the rest is a joint effort.)

We've watched newsreels of World WarII as children, along with the Superman cliffhangers. We remember the beginning of the Korean war. We brought that war to a stalemate, but there has never been a piece treaty. North Korea, because of the poverty of its citizens and the theology of their leader dominating the country, is a menace to all of the free world.

Kim Jong il's (which should be spelled "Kim Jong ill" because he is one sick puppy) preocupation with his countrie's military buildup, so he can unleash the "dogs of war", goes along with him being a sick puppy! Seriously, the only problem is that he's so far out, and wants so desperately to modernize his military that once he proves he has either an operational atomic or nuclear bomb, he will sell them to the highest bidder. Guess who that's gets to be? Three guesses: Iran, Iran or Iran, because they have the money to buy it.



For the last two months Japan has been advising the rest of the world that North Korea is about to test a Nuclear bomb underground to prove that they have it. The test will simply be a verification to Ahmadinejad and the rest of his cronies that they don't have to wait until they have their own weapon systems. They can buy one now. Who knows whether they have or not? If they have bought a pig in a polk, a North Korean nuclear test will prove that the weapon they bought is undeniably usable and therefor a means of mass destruction. Even if we take one half of Ahmadinejad's political speaches as BS, the other half is so dangerous it can no longer be ignored. We don't know whether Israel, which he regards as his nemosis - and is his obsession to conquer - would be his first target; ie., Tel Aviv, or the chief supporter of Israel, the United States of America. The United States Capitol and it's industrial giants would be his first choice.

We are not positive that one of the earthquakes reported in North Korea over five years ago wasn't an initial test of a low grade Atomic bomb. The current test - when performed - will undoubtedly read much higher on the Richter scale and will be used as proof to Iran that they have bought - or can buy - atomic bombs from North Korea now, and they don't have to wait until the secret information that North Korea has sold them - and/or how to built the bomb - has given them bombs of their own.




When the invasion of Iraq began, no one knew that we had stealth fighter bombers. Surprise surprise! We aren't saying that Iran is dumb for showing the rest of the world their offensive capacities. What they don't know - and we citizens don't know - and we pray to God that the New York Times will never know, is the secret defensive and offensive weaponry that we may have in order to counter the ACCESS OF EVIL!

The new and most disturbing factual offensive ability is that of a nuclear submarine, or any submarine with a capacity to launch a missile from an undersea environment. If the Iranians have submarines that can launch missiles underwater from outside of territorial waters into our major cities, then we have no other option than Kennedy had during the Cuban Missile Crisis. They must be stopped or illiminated. WE HAVE NO CHOICE!

Knowing what we know, because of our faith in Christ, we can - and have - figured out just exacltly what the Muslim Extremists are going to get when they blow their sorry asses up! Those 72 virgins are all going to look like Helen Thomas. We hope they enjoy!

Really do hate to do this to you, my friends. I'm going to use a Moonbat excuse: The Devil made me do it!

Okay... this is really weird: Photo Bucket won't let me download a picture of Helen Thomas. You have been saved by the Grace of God! Consider yourselves lucky! I tried four times! You have been spared.

JOHN KERRY FOR 2008?

(All italics on this post are mine.)

From Fox News:

*Lots of snips*

Substantively speaking, Edwards, like Hillary, has to deal with his vote in favor of the war resolution. Positioning himself on the war is one challenge. (I'ts a challenge for him to position himself on the war? How come?) He also has to figure out how he positions himself with respect to his own 2004 running mate, John Kerry, who seems to have less residual popularity and organization in Iowa than Edwards does. (Sounds to me like Edwards can't make up his mind on anything... why is it that doesn't surprise me?)

*snip*
But Edwards definitely has advantages this time, in addition to experience. From now on, the presidential contest must be evaluated in light of the new rules adopted by the Democratic Party as a result of changes recommended by its Rules Committee earlier this month. Those changes moved Nevada and South Carolina to the first two weeks of the schedule, along with the traditional first in the nation Iowa caucus and the first in the nation New Hampshire primary. So now you have to think in terms of four states, instead of the usual two.

Primary politics is all about expectations, and bettering them. One of the obvious beneficiaries of the move of South Carolina should be the man who used to represent the neighboring state in the United States Senate. The question this time around is whether he will be able to do a better job than he did the first time capitalizing on a better than expected Iowa showing in (Nevada and) New Hampshire before South Carolina. That will require going beyond the Two Americas theme, the challenge Edwards has yet to conquer. If he does, watch out.

From The New York Times: "With an Eye on Politics, Edwards Makes Poverty His Cause"

*Snip*
Now Mr. Edwards, a former senator from North Carolina and a presumed contender for his party's 2008 presidential nomination, has made curbing poverty the centerpiece of his work and his political approach.

This is his true passion, he said in an interview, and he thinks that voters may be more responsive in the coming years, both because the middle class is becoming less secure and because of a shared sense of fairness.

Hoo boy! I haven't got a clue as to what his solution to poverty is; I'm not sure he does, since he doesn't seem to know what his position is on anything else, but my guess would be throwing more of our taxpaying dollars at it. It seems to me that the solution to poverty would be education, a conclusion I have reached by watching people live from paycheck to paycheck. I personally know people who have no clue whatsoever as to how to manage their money. We have gotten them through the month where food is concerned when our gardens are going good. But I have seen these same people eat shrimp and buy fast food at the beginning of the month. Now I have the personal experience of having once been dirt poor, and I promise you during those years I never ate shrimp, nor did I eat out, period! You tighten up and deny yourself and try to set something aside for the last part of the month, otherwise you starve! Simply throwing money at such people does not educate them in how to go about managing their funds. Some of them need to be taught finances; how to write checks and balance a checkbook; etc. Without that knowledge you can throw all the money in the world at them and they will spend it like water and still not wind up with anything. I'm not saying that is true of all poor folks, but it is true of many of them, and I know because I've seen it!

As for Edwards, if he is going to be their primary candidate for 2008, I don't think we conservatives have much to worry about. But who can really tell for certain? We still have an enormous amount of people in this country with their heads buried in the sand.

THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY

NOTE: So much for resting on Sunday! I can't even take my own advice, but dang... there's just so much going on! Especially "The Bad" section of this post! GRRRRR! But I am going to go get a nap, I promise!

THE GOOD:

I was quite happy to delete my post regarding Steve Centanni and Olaf Wiig, which I said I would leave up top until that issue had been resolved one way or the other.

For anyone who may not know the story of their release, click here.

*************************THE BAD:

From Fox News:

"TEHRAN, Iran — Iran test fired a new submarine-to-surface missile during war games in the Persian Gulf on Sunday, a show of military might amid a standoff with the West over its nuclear activities.

A brief video clip showed the long-range missile, called Thaqeb, or Saturn, exiting the water and hitting a target on the water's surface within less than a mile. The test came as part of large-scale military exercises that began Aug. 19.

"The army successfully test fired a top speed long-range sub-to-surface missile off the Persian Gulf," the navy commander, Gen. Sajjad Kouchaki, said on state-run television.
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But Sunday's firing of the missile came as Iran remains defiant just five days before a deadline imposed by the U.N. Security Council for Tehran to suspend the enrichment of uranium, which can produce both reactor fuel and material usable in nuclear warheads."

This doesn't look good, friends. In fact, this looks very bad, but we need more information. We don't yet know what range the missile had, but it was seen exiting the water which makes it extremely dangerous. Imagine a sub-surface launch from a submerged submarine in international waters off of our coast! Even without a nuclear warhead; with eiter a chemical or biological warhead, this is still extremely dangerous and that's a bit of an understatement. This raises the anti! Perhaps now we'll quit sitting on our hands.

Another Bad: "Ernesto" is heading toward Florida. There are some places I just wouldn't consider living in any more, and Florida is one of them. New Orleans tops the list though. I would like to know who names these friekin' storms anyway? "Ernesto?" Don't we have enough illegal immigrants in this country without naming tropical storms/hurricanes after them? *sigh* Yes, I know there are also legal immigrants named "Ernesto", but the timing here seems rather strange. Could be I'm getting paranoid. Gee... I wonder why?

*************************...AND THE UGLY:

Karen at www.byzfaith.com has a post regarding convicted child-molesters suing for state-sponsored sex change operations. A "HUGE HAT TIP" to Karen.

I really like one of the comments Karen made. Way to go, lady! Here it it is:

"I haven't even touched on the implication that a man who thinks he's a woman trapped in the "wrong" body can be "treated" by using surgery to indulge his delusion-- or is a person who thinks that he's the "wrong" gender not considered to have a psychological problem these days? If someone thinks he's Adolf Hitler, should we "treat" him by giving him a swastika arm band and painting a little square mustache on him? It's really pathetic the way we actually legitimize the idea that someone could be born the "wrong" gender, instead of acknowledging that the person who feels this way has a serious psychological problem."

For the article covering this and more of Karen's rant, please visit her!

Take a Load Off... It's Sunday!

It's Sunday. A time I choose to go to church. Whatever you choose to do today, remember to rest, at least for awhile.

Take a break. Do something different. Smell a flower; read a newspaper.... ooops! Scratch that!

Take a picture of something outdoors, a bug, butterfly or boob! ("Boob" meaning person, not female anatomy, guys!)

Whatever you choose to do, have a wonderful Sunday. As for me, the following is as political as I'm going to get today. It's from a personal friend named Glen:

Only two defining forces have ever offered to die for you,
Jesus Christ and the American G.I.
One died for your soul;
the other for your freedom.

Hugo Chavez Compares Israel to Hitler

(All emphasis in the following article is mine.)

- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez slammed Washington on Friday for opposing his bid for a U.N. Security Council seat and condemned Israel's strikes in Lebanon as comparable to the acts of Adolf Hitler.
The left-leaning Chavez also said Venezuela wants to expand ties with China, giving Beijing a bigger role in its oil industry and drawing on the communist government's experience in modernizing its economy.

- President Hu Jintao on Thursday endorsed Venezuela's campaign for a Security Council seat. The bid has unsettled Washington because of Chavez's efforts to foster relations with North Korea and Iran. U.S. officials are backing Guatemala for the seat instead.

- "The U.S. government has employed every means to block my country from joining the Security Council," Chavez told reporters. "The American imperialists are trying to stop us." (Ya think?)

- Chavez condemned Israeli attacks in Lebanon since July 12 that have killed civilians. He compared them to the acts of Hitler, the leader of Nazi Germany, and said Israeli leaders should be prosecuted for genocide before the International Court of Justice.
*snip*
There's more here.

"He compared them to the acts of Hitler, the leader of Nazi Germany, and said Israeli leaders should be prosecuted for genocide before the International Court of Justice." I don't understand it... Isn't Chavez a friend of Ahmadinejad? According to Ahmadinejad, Hitler didn't commit genocide. Hitler was a nice guy! The entire Holocaust is merely an elaborate hoax that was manufactured by us. So why then - since these idiots are such buddies - don't they at least agree on the basics?

You know what I think? I think that if they were to destroy us, it would be a very short time afterward that they would begin destroying each other. With friends like Chavez, Ahmadinejad, Kim Jong-il, etc., one doesn't need any enemies. After all, remember that rats are omnivores, and will even eat smaller rats when hungry. Both oils in Cedar and Pine are toxic to rats... perhaps that's what we should be fighting these assrats with.

REMINDER: Let's not forget who owns

T.G.I.F.!

Because it's Friday, some serious and not so serious stuff.

This first cartoon is absolutely right on! I filtched it from the Ranting Republican's Blog.

Heh! Sure they will!

This one I found on both Rick's and Mr. Tastic's blogs. (I believe I've seen it on several other blogs as well, but I can't remember them all.)

The caption reads: AMERICAN FLAG: $25GASOLINE: $2CIGARETTE LIGHTER: $2.50CATCHING YOURSELF ON FIRE BECAUSEYOU ARE A TERRORIST A$$H*LE: PRICELESS!

(Only they didn't clean it up like I did.)

This is from Malinda's blog. This man who puts these signs up has many signs and even more guts! He is Mr. Balsamico who runs a successful restaurant and bar in North Varsailles, PA. To see more of his signs click on the link to Malinda's post. All of his signs are priceless!

The following is from Eyes All Around's blog and is one of the strangest pictures I've ever seen. It's titled "A Smoke Angel From Airplane Flairs".

And just because it's Friday:

"Two men were driving through TEXAS when they got pulled over by a State Trooper. The cop walked up and tapped on the window with his nightstick.

The driver rolled down the window and WHACK, the cop smacked him in the head with his nightstick.

"What the hell was that for?" the driver asked.

"You're in Texas, son," the trooper answered. "When we pull you over in Texas, you better have your license ready by the time we get to your car."

"I'm sorry, officer," the driver said, "I'm not from around here."

The trooper runs a check on the guy's license--he's clean and gives the guy his license back. The trooper then walks around to the passenger side and taps on the window. The passenger rolls down the window and "WHACK", the trooper smacks him on the head with the nightstick.

"What"d you do that for?" the passenger demands. "Just making your wish come true," replied the trooper.

"Making WHAT wish come true?" the passenger asked.

"Because I know your type," the trooper says, "two miles down the road you're gonna turn to your buddy and say, 'I wish that a$$h*le would've tried that crap with me!"

Have a great weekend, everyone!

Israel to Help Build Our Walls?

...but we've already let everyone in!

From News Max:

An Israeli company that helped build a border wall in the Middle East is reportedly bidding for the rights to help the United States secure its borders with Canada and Mexico.

Elbit, Israel's largest privately held defense contractor, declined to comment in Tel Aviv, saying it does not announce when it or any of its units is bidding for a particular contract.

But a senior official at Elbit Systems of America was quoted in an interview with the New Hampshire Union Leader as saying that its unit Kollsman, a maker of surveillance technology, was part of the bidding group.

The paper said the contract being bid for by the Boeing-led group was called the Secure Borders Initiative Program, a plan to secure America's borders and reduce illegal immigration by integrating cameras and sensors with communications systems.
*snip*
"Which country has the most secure border? It's Israel," Donald Goff, Elbit America vice president of government relations, told the newspaper.
*snip*

While I suppose "late" is better than "never" by the time they decide who wins this contract it may be far too late, if it isn't already. I used to work for Lockheed Martin. I know just how long it takes to get a contract going even after the contract has been won. Seems to me, by the time we get any walls built, we will simply be keeping our illegal immigrants in instead of keeping them out! Grrrrr!

AHMADINEJAD'S BUDDY.... A JEW!

You may already know who this nutjob is, but I didn't. Just in case you didn't either, let me introduce you. This is Rabbi David Weiss who leads the New York based group, "Jews United Against Zionism."

Well, now I guess I have heard everything!

From News Global:

In part:
Members of an orthodox Jewish sect have met top Iranian officials in Tehran to show support for the Iranian president's call for the destruction of Israel, reports say.

Leading rabbis of Neturei Karta, an anti-Zionist group of ultra-Orthodox Jews who consider the existence of Israel an abomination, met with Gholamreza Aghazadeh, Iran's Vice President, the top-selling Yediot Aharonot reported.
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Rabbi David Weiss, the group's spokesman, was quoted as supporting Ahmadinejad's call during an interview on Iranian television last week.

Although all of the rabbis who visited Iran live in either New York or London, there are some 400 Neturei Karta families living in Jerusalem who refuse to recognise Israel's authority.

"The issue of the Holocaust has to do with the Zionist use... the Zionists are using this issue. We, the Jews who were killed in the Holocaust, do not use the Holocaust as a tool for promoting our cause" Rabbi David Weiss - Neturel Karta

I repeat this because it's so insane: "We, the Jews who were killed in the Holocaust, do not use the Holocaust as a tool for promoting our cause." What pray tell, is he doing running around in New York if he was killed in the Holocaust? Hmmmm? Also, he is befriending Ahmadinejad, who is trying to prove that the Holocaust never even occured! Ahmadinejad has many times stated that the Holocaust is a myth. For proof of that to anyone who needs it, go here. I suppose all those pictures taken of the poor starving people in concentration camps were a lie, as were all the pictures of the bones of the dead! We paid people to starve themselves half to death so that we could manufacture the entire thing. I suppose we also dug up graves and tore apart bodies in order to supply the massive amount of bones found in both Germany and Poland at the end of World War II. This dispicable man is an insult to his own people, and especially to anyone who lost family members in the Holocaust!

Another statement from Rabbit... er... Rabbi Weiss: "And, it creates anti-Semitism. And we know that for close to 100 years already, Zionism is the root cause for the pain, suffering and bloodshed of the Jewish people, let alone who is talking about the Palestinian people and what has been going on in Palestine. And they, (the Zionists), are the greatest factory of anti-Semitism worldwide. So, that is what we are here for, to let the world know that Judaism and Zionism is not one and the same. They are diametrically opposite. And, we should not be mistaken one for the other. And, we shouldn't be responsible for the actions of what the Zionists do." Link

It's unbelievable that any Jewish person who is aware of the valient struggle that the Zionists fought and died for in the Warsaw ghettos could come up with such a misguided and idiotic philosophy. The Zionists tied up an entire German Division for months, and their valient effort is the only thing that saved any Jews at all and by doing so helped to establish the Jewish state of Israel.

THIS MAN AND HIS FOLLOWERS ARE DISPICABLE PIECES OF SH*T!

Terrorists; Liberals; Maniacs.... Don't Worry About it!

I have, as I said on my previous post, been out of the loop regarding the news for about a week. I watched no television whatsoever, and listened to only a little of the news one day on the radio on the trip home; a desperate measure to be sure, but I really tired of talking to a fish and not getting any answer. (This is where you scroll down to the previous post if you haven't read it, so that the last comment will make sense.)

I've been visiting folks trying to catch up.

Canadian Sentinal has a post called "Ahmadinejad Ominously Promises 'Response' Tomorrow on Nukes". It's a good post, and incidently, right now in Iran it is "tommorrow" already. I am honestly not worried about asshat Ahmadinejad. The reason I'm not worried about him is because it is useless to worry about anything you don't have any control over. If worrying would help then I would be very glad to do that, but I've found that normally worrying is a complete and utter waste of my time.

Then we have John Mark Karr. Many people have posted about this idiot and the media is acting like it's completely lost it's mind over this. I don't understand it. Why do they keep on keeping on? Why don't they wait until they know one way or the other whether he did this horrible thing or not? All this speculation drives me nuts, and even Fox News is paying far too much attention to it. It's as though nothing else is going on in the world! But I ain't gonna worry about it! Good Journalism is a poor dead critter of the past.

Then there is the big bad Wal Mart. *Sigh* I like Wal Mart and I shop there often. Why do the lieberals worry about Wal Mart? If they want to worry, aren't there more important issues to worry about? It confuses me, but then liberals in general confuse me. So I guess I'm confused. It's okay; I'm not gonna worry about it! I have the solution to their problem regarding Wal Mart; quit worrying about it. If you don't like it don't shop there. Problem solved! After all, that's what the liberals keep telling us conservatives about television. "If you don't like it change the channel!" Well, I do that, so why don't they take their own advice regarding Wal Mart? Another enigma that I'm not gonna worry about.

Then we have Chavez, Carter, Dean, etc., oh, and let's not forget the cowardly French, but I'm not going to worry about any of them either. Please don't get the wrong idea... not worrying about them doesn't mean I'm not going to fight them. There's a huge difference between fighting back and being a worrier. I shall pick my fights, but I simply refuse to worry about it.

Terrorism I must admit is worrisome. How the media is covering Iraq is worrisome. How the liberals fight President Bush tooth and nail while he tries to protect us is worrisome. There are so many issues that we can drive ourselves nuts worrying about. Don't do it! Enjoy each day that God has given you and know always that He is watching. He will, in the end, sort out evil from good, and He above all, knows the difference. Put yourself in His hands and don't worry about it!

One more thing; the terrorists believe we are a paper tiger. They will, if necessary, find out they are wrong. It may take America a long time to act, but when pressed America, though slow, does wake up. When it does, the asshats are in for it!

A Traveling Fish and Helpful Drunks

My daughter took over 500 pictures on the way to Arizona, and although she left some of them on my camera, I can't upload them. She remembered to return the camera to my purse but forgot about the USB cord, which isn't doing me much good right now because it's in Arizona.

Jessica went camera happy, using her camera, my camera and a disposable camera. When she would use up all the memory on either her camera or mine, she would download the pictures to her lap top and begin again. She had never seen real mountains before in her life and just loved them. Before anyone says "Aha! You had access to a computer, I assure you that she didn't have internet access. The above picture is from www.thuntek.net

The trip was beautiful, the sky was the bluest sky I have ever seen, much bluer than in the above picture and I've got pictures and can't download them. Arrrggh! This particular picture is of the Organ Mountains that Las Cruces nestles under.

We drove into Phoenix, AZ on the 16th of August around 1:00pm. Our motel was reserved and was located at the intersection of Indian Trail Drive and Black Canyon Highway, which probably doesn't mean didly-squat to most of you, but that intersection is right there by Interstate 10 and was easy to find. The motel however, was not! I circled around the intersection three times and couldn't spot it, so I finally gave up and decided to ask somebody. I pulled up in front of a store, which turned out to be a liquor store. Oh well... they should be able to answer a simple question, so I walked in and asked the first person I saw; a small, older black man who was waiting at the counter. When he opened his mouth to answer me the smell of what I think was whiskey was so strong it nearly took my breath away. But he was very nice and explained that my motel sat on the access road, which was a one-way road, and so I would have to drive north on another road for a block, turn right and go down the access road. I did, and voila' (pardon my French) there it was!

We checked in and unloaded our car and the fish. Jessica thought they would let her keep her beautiful blue, purple and red Betta Fish, but she was wrong. Because so many students have let the water go black; their fish die, and have stunk up their apartments, not even fish are allowed. We didn't find that out until the next day, the 17th, when we checked her into college. But I digress...

Next, a trip to Wal Mart where I spent nearly $300 on supplies for Jessica. But first, how to find it? Well, I said to Jessica "drunks seem to give good directions. I'm going to ask another one." Jessica just laughed and said "Mom, you're crazy!" I pulled up to another liquor store and found my drunk right off the bat. He was standing in front of the store holding his bottle in a brown paper bag and getting ready to take off on his bike. Thank goodness he wasn't driving because this guy was a bit wobbly! But he was very nice and gave accurate directions to Wal Mart. One thing I don't understand: Phoenix is hotter than what I imagine Hades to be, and just when you think it can't possibly get any hotter, a blast of wind hits you, and the wind is hot. I have to wonder how drunks survive because alcohol is dehydrating, but they seem to be surviving quite well.

On the 17th I attended orientation at High Tech Institute with Jessica, which happened to be 45 blocks from where we were staying, but I got there just fine. Didn't even have to ask a drunk for directions as I had taken the time to find it the day before. I also have a sneaky suspicion that most drunks know more about motels than they do colleges. That's probably not a very pc think to say. Oh well...

During the orientation we found out that even fish were a no-no, but Jessica dealt with that piece of news quite well, although she got a bit angry and said to me she thought that was a bs rule. After orientation I helped her load her stuff into her apartment which she shares with three other girls, then said my goodbyes and went back to my now lonely room, with only the fish for company. Before my return trip was over I found myself talking to a fish. Whenever I had to brake a bit hard I could hear his water slosh and I'd say, "Oops! Sorry Tantrum! Couldn't help it!" Later on I'd just talk to him to be talking to something. "It's beautiful country, Tantrum, wish you could see it!" He rode home in his glass bowl secured in a small ice-chest on the floor to keep his water from being heated by the sun through the windows.

I took a break from politics and didn't even watch television so I don't have much of a clue as to what is going on. I heard a little bit about them thinking they caught the guy who murdered that poor child in Boulder, Colorado ten years ago, but I don't believe he did it. Today I heard a reporter on Fox News saying "...and we're awaiting the landing of the plane at LAX. At that time we will cover it live. It will be interesting to find out what kind of mood he is in." What kind of mood he is in??? Does anyone really care what kind of mood this maniac is in? No, I don't think he did it, but I think he's loving all the attention, and the media is sure giving him what he wants. I think anyone who would go to this extreme for attention is a maniac!

I only had one slightly scary incident happen on the entire trip, and that was in El Paso while I was bringing my luggage from the car to my room. I was standing by the car and saw this huge man walk toward me out of the dark. I'm 5'9" and he towered over me. There wasn't anyone else around and before he got any closer I hollered "Stop right there. You come any closer and I'll hurt you!" He turned around and walked toward the access road. Guts I've got plenty of; brains are debatable!

I couldn't stand the thought of yet another motel, so I left El Paso early on the 19th, Saturday, and arrived home the same day. It was really tiring as I don't sleep well in motels and never got over 6 hours sleep at one time during the time I was away. I pulled in here last night at 7:00 pm and I must tell you that there's no place like home!


This isn't Tantrum, but it looks exactly like him.

A New School Prayer

I do not know the author who is said to be an Arizona student. I think the prayer is quite timely, considering the amount of political correctness that has been in the news lately. At any rate, see if this touches your heart the way it did mine.

Happy Lord’s day and God bless all.

Now I sit me down in school
Where praying is against the rule
For this great nation under God
Finds mention of Him very odd.

If Scripture now the class recites,
It violates the Bill of Rights.
And anytime my head I bow
Becomes a Federal matter now.

Our hair can be purple, orange or green,
That's no offense; it's a freedom scene.
The law is specific, the law is precise.
Prayers spoken aloud are a serious vice.

For praying in a public hall
Might offend someone with no faith at all.
In silence alone we must meditate,
God's name is prohibited by the state.

We're allowed to cuss and dress like freaks,
And pierce our noses, tongues and cheeks.
They've outlawed guns, but FIRST the Bible.
To quote the Good Book makes me liable.

We can elect a pregnant Senior Queen,
And the 'unwed daddy,' our Senior King.
It's "inappropriate" to teach right from wrong,
We're taught that such "judgments" do not belong.

We can get our condoms and birth controls,
Study witchcraft, vampires and totem poles.
But the Ten Commandments are not allowed,
No word of God must reach this crowd.

It's scary here I must confess,
When chaos reigns the school's a mess.
So, Lord, this silent plea I make:
Should I be shot; My soul please take!

Amen

Politically Correct Insanity

Reference this WorldNetDaily article: Controversial Muslim group gets VIP airport security tour.

From the article:

"The Department of Homeland Security took a Muslim group with known past ties to terror organizations on a VIP tour of security operations at the nation's busiest airport at the same time British authorities were working to break up a plot to blow up U.S. airlines.

"On June 21, a senior DHS official from Washington personally guided Muslim officials from the Council on American-Islamic Relations on a behind-the-scenes tour of Customs screening operations at O'Hare International Airport in response to CAIR complaints that Muslim travelers were being unfairly delayed as they entered the U.S. from abroad. (Oh, poor babies.)
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"Customs agents involved in the CAIR tour at O'Hare tell WorldNetDaily they were outraged that headquarters would reveal sensitive counterterrorism procedures to an organization that has seen several of its own officials convicted of terror-related charges since 9-11.

"Isn't that nice of CBP," one agent said, to provide a "group like CAIR with a guided, behind-the-scenes tour of our customs facilities, explaining how programs designed to catch Muslim terrorists work."

Read the whole article - it's not long.

I have a real problem exposing our airport security processes and procedures designed to counter terrorism to an organization that has members who have been convicted of terrorism. I also have a problem with giving away states secrets like the NYT has done. I guess my Bushchimpmchaliburtonhitler tendencies are showing through. Color me dated, but when I was in uniform we went to great lengths to PROTECT state secrets, not give them away in VIP guided tours.

Someone please put a bullet in the head of political correctness before more of our citizens are needlessly slaughtered on the Islamofascism alter of Jihad. 81 daze and counting!

Democrats Attack... Wal-Mart?

I'm sorry folks, but once again, from the NYT comes this article entitled "Eye on Election, Democrats Run as Wal-Mart Foe" written by Adam Nagourney and Michael Barbaro.

"DES MOINES, Aug. 16 - Senator Joseph R. Biden Jr. of Delaware, a likely Democratic presidential candidate in 2008, delivered a 15-minute, blistering attack to warm applause from Democrats and union organizers here on Wednesday. But Mr. Biden's main target was not Republicans in Washington, or even his prospective presidential rivals.

It was Wal-Mart, the nation's largest private employer.

Among Democrats, Mr. Biden is not alone. Across Iowa this week and across much of the country this month, Democratic leaders have found a new rallying cry that many of them say could prove powerful in the midterm elections and into 2008: denouncing Wal-Mart for what they say are substandard wages and health care benefits.

We have a radical group of jihadist Muslims who have stated emphatically that we are the great Satan; that they want to kill as many of us as possible and rule the world; radicals that killed 2,996 innocent people on 9-11 and have perpetrated another 5,600 terrorist attacks worldwide since 9-11, and the Democrats attack... Wal-Mart. This is a party we should take seriously when it comes to national security?

I know I'm being facetious and mixing apples and oranges, here, but seriously, does anyone out there (other than Democrats) believe Wal-Mart is a big evil in our country? The Democrat's issue is focused on pay and healthcare; claiming Wal-Mart is doing nothing to help middle class families. (You mean the Democrats care about the middle class? Someone pinch me!)

I have two brief points: one, if the pay and benefits aren't enough to fulfill a family's needs then freedom allows seeking employment elsewhere, and two, where would you go to buy a pair of $15 work jeans - Wal-Mart or Neman Marcus?

And I thought this election cycle was going to be challenging; that the Democrats were going to be formidable opponents. They are not going to pick up the House or Senate by attacking Wal-Mart, that's for sure. (I know, Gayle, I started a sentence with 'and'. It's okay, I did it intentionally.)

Non-Controllable Immigration

From the originators of the new media concept of 'Fauxtography' (Reuters) comes "Town sued over strict immigration law" written by John Hurdle. This is proof that common sense is dead among the PC crowd. From the article:

"PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Civil rights campaigners sued the Pennsylvania town of Hazleton on Tuesday, seeking to block one of America's toughest local laws against illegal immigrants.

"The suit was filed in federal court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania by groups including the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund and the American Civil Liberties Union. They accuse Hazleton of overstepping its authority on the federal matter of immigration and say the law discriminates against immigrants.
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"This mean-spirited law is wrong for many reasons but the most obvious is that the city does not have the power to make its own immigration laws," Omar Jadwat, an attorney for the ACLU's Immigrants' Rights Project, said in a statement.

"Hazleton Mayor Lou Barletta, a proponent of the Illegal Immigration Relief Act Ordinance, says illegal immigration from Mexico and Central America has increased crime, overburdened schools and hospitals, and eroded the quality of life in the town of some 31,000 people."

First of all, I applaud Hazleton in their measures to control the fallout of uncontrolled illegal immigration. Alabama, as a state, is considering very similar measures, which I certainly hope will pass referendum.

Hazleton's ordinances are aimed at businesses who hire or rent to illegal immigrants; yet the ACLU and long with the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund (PRLDEF) twist that to insinuate that the town is unlawfully trying to control legal immigration.

Why am I not surprised that the ACLU is knee deep in this? Certainly uncharacteristic for me, I happen to agree with the ACLU attorney Jadwat in that Hazleton does not have the authority to make laws to control legal immigration. However, unlike Jadwat, I acknowledge that they do have a right to regulate the issuance of business licenses based upon compliance with laws; local, state and federal.

If I remember correctly, (if I'm wrong someone will correct me, I'm sure), illegal entry into the USA is a felony. That would make illegal aliens fugitives. Now the ACLU wants to demand that a city not regulate businesses that may make it a practice to hire or rent to fugitives? The last I knew aiding and abetting criminals was also unlawful.

According to Hazleton Mayor Barletta, the city will fight the ACLU and PRLDEF all the way to the Supreme Court if necessary indicating, "we're not going to be bullied." Well, bully for you, Mister Mayor! God's speed and I hope common sense prevails.

Democrats See Security as Key Issue for Fall

So reads the headlines from this article written by Carl Hulse of the 'New York Times'.

I have news for the Democrats, security is a "key issue" all the time, not just for the election cycle... and that is where they have been remiss; they believe it is solely an election issue. It just illuminates the seriousness (or lack thereof) with which the Democrats view national security.

"WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 - After being outmaneuvered in the politics of national security in the last two elections, Democrats say they are determined not to cede the issue this year and are working to cast President Bush as having diminished the nation’s safety.

"They are not Swift boating us on security," said Representative Nancy Pelosi of California, the Democratic leader in the House.

"Seeking to counter White House efforts to turn the reported terrorist plot in Britain to Republican advantage, Democrats are using the arrests of the suspects to try to show Americans how the war in Iraq has fueled Islamic radicalism and distracted Mr. Bush and the Republican Congress from shoring up security at home. They say they intend to drive that message home as the nation observes the coming anniversaries of Hurricane Katrina and the Sept. 11 attacks.

"But they are not waiting. A video Monday on the Web site of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee showed footage of Osama bin Laden, referred to an increase in terror attacks, highlighted illegal immigration and pointed out the nuclear aspirations of Iran and North Korea.

"Feel safer?" it concludes. "Vote for change."

To the Democrats, it's all about maneuvering for the election, not about seriously taking care of national security business year round. Anyone who thinks that appeasing or ignoring the bully prevents further bullying episodes has been out in the Sun way too long. Confrontation and the resolve to use overwhelming force is the only thing bullies and terrorists understand.

Do you want to feel safer after the Fall election? Better get out there and campaign hard for the party that understands that terrorists cannot be appeased. While you're at it, tell your GOP representatives and candidates to get on the stick concerning illegal immigration or they will be usurped by the party that is only concerned about border security and illegal immigration once every two years.

Be sure to read the rest of the 'NYT' article. I know, it's the 'NYT'... well, every now and then you have to see what the opposition is up to.

Constitutional Rights for These People?

There are those within our borders who believe that those who desire nothing more than to kill us should be given access to our courts and be afforded all the rights of our constitution (you know, the "rights" normally reserved for citizens.). Some of our Supreme Court justices believe that terrorists captured by our forces should be afforded all the rights of the Geneva Accords. Yet these people wake every morning trying to figure out ways to use our values and traditions against us in their endeavors to destroy us.

First case in point. Go to the Texas Rainmaker and read Islam's "Bring Your Children to Work" Day… It will make the hair on the back of your neck stand up. Muslim mothers are willing to kill themselves and their infant in the name of jihad. That was one of the planned ways of subverting security to smuggle bombs aboard airliners. Is that a religion that would appeal to you for conversion? The only reasonable conversion that comes to mind for me is to convert these sick bastards to plant food.

Next, go to Mike's America and read Making Excuses Muslim Style. Mike has some well rounded examples of the Muslim counter claims, excuses, examples of child indoctrination, and some powerful examples of the religion of peace hard at work proselytizing the gathered masses. Oh, yes, be sure to play the clip at the end of the post; it will really give you a warm feeling for all those peaceful folks.

Adding insult to injury is the American liberal tendency to favor Islam over Christianity. Christianity is banned from government, from schools, from sports events, etc., but tolerance is the order of the day for Islam. Somewhere along the way these folks have lost there anchor in reality. They are adrift and it is a danger to the nation; like a lose cannon aboard a frigate.

THE "COLD" WAR IS STILL HOT

Here be Gayle for the last time until I return from Arizona. One more time I want to let all who visit know that comment moderation has been turned on. Also, my partner, Old Soldier, will be monitoring this blog during my absence. Thanks again, Old Soldier. You are appreciated so much!

What follows is a "Walt Rant" (my hubby), who is also an "Old Soldier." I have great blogging partners. I'll be here until early Monday morning (really early). See you when I return, and keep up the good fight! Blessings to all.
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During Ronald Reagan's presidency the U.S. - because of Ronald Reagan - caused the downfall of the USSR. American weapons shipped to Afghanistan forced the Soviets to leave that country. President Kennedy won the showdown in Cuba in the 60's, and during these events the current leaders of Russia, including the KGB official Alexander Putin, sat back and said to themselves "our day will come"!

Please ask yourselves these questions:

1. Who blocks progress against terrorism in the U.N.?
2. Who is the main suplier of arms, ammo, technology, and nuclear knowledge to Iran?
3. Who supplied N. Korea with the technology to become nuclear?
4. Who supplies N. Korea with missile technology?
5. Who is in the process of putting a muzzle on the Russian Press?
6. Who is now using the oil and gas reserves of their country to inflate oil prices?
7. Who put the squeeze on the Ukrain as far as fuel supplies are concerned?

Of course, if you didn't know the answer to the above questions, you probably recognized the flag anyway. It's obvious that "Russia" is the "who".

We need a man who is as strong as Reagan was to lead us through this, and I pray to God that President Bush is up to the task, for it is a burdensome task indeed. We cannot relent without going the way of the French. We will become a second class power in danger from Russia economically, and China both economically and militarily, for China is now going cajones to the wall to upgrade their military, while becoming one of the strongest economies on our planet.

We had better wake up and smell the coffee while we can still get it!

Let's not forget Chavez for he is a bigger threat to us than Castro ever was. Chavez holds the oil card. We must trump that card with new wells, Atomic Energy plants and new technology, in spite of the liberals who could not be doing more to hurt our country if they were working at it, which I believe with all my being that they are! How else to explain their blocking every effort to expand our oil-drilling capacity, build new refineries and new atomic energy plants? Yes, I know... I heard them too! I truly don't believe they are all that concerned about conservation, global warming, etc.. Socialism is their one true goal, and it becomes clearer each and every waking hour.

"PROPAGANDA"

It's not my title; it's Old Soldiers. He has a good read at "An Old Soldier". It's the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. Go see.

I'll be posting a "Walt Rant" later on sometime today, and turning this blog over to Old Soldier. Comment Moderation will be enabled at that time. I won't leave until early Monday morning, and will try to visit as many of you wonderful people as possible over the weekend. I'm going to miss all of your rants! (sob)

Zarqawi Was a Madman... and There Are Many to Take His Place

I know... he's dead, but there's a whole bunch more of these murderous, unscrupulous sheetheads out there! Am I not being politically correct here? Well, to anyone it bothers, get over it! What if the plot that was in the making today had not been uncovered? Many innocents would have been killed; who knows how many? I think it's time we quit being politically correct and started doing a bit of profiling. Okay... enough. Here's Zarqawi:



From http://www.state.gov/p/nea/rls/31694.htm.

A Zaqawi rant. Actually, it's called a letter, but for all intents and purposes, it's a rant!

I'm not going to post the entire thing... his rant is extremely long. For my purposes all I need is his lunatic rantings regarding his enemies, and in this rant he lists the Americas first... naturally.

I may, of course, interject from time to time. When I do, I'm the nut in italics. Bold emphasis is mine.

1. The Americans

These, as you know, are the most cowardly of God’s creatures. They are an easy quarry, praise be to God. We ask God to enable us to kill and capture them to sow panic among those behind them and to trade them for our detained shaykhs and brothers. (I must... I simply must strongly interject here. My response to this is courtesy of Patty at This,That and Frog Hair. Thanks Patty! My, I am having so much trouble trying to maintain a family friendly blog! My response to this you will find at the end of this post.)

2. The Kurds

These are a lump [in the throat] and a thorn whose time to be clipped has yet to come. They are last on the list, even though we are making efforts to harm some of their symbolic figures, God willing. (He had his priorities folks, and we are still his survivors priorities.)

3. Soldiers, Police, and Agents

These are the eyes, ears, and hands of the occupier, through which he sees, hears, and delivers violent blows. God willing, we are determined to target them strongly in the coming period before the situation is consolidated and they control arrest[s].
It goes without saying here that Zarqawi never dealt any violent blows; he was simply a peace loving soul who only wanted wonderful things for everyone. (gag)

4. The Shi`a

These in our opinion are the key to change. I mean that targeting and hitting them in [their] religious, political, and military depth will provoke them to show the Sunnis their rabies … and bare the teeth of the hidden rancor working in their breasts. If we succeed in dragging them into the arena of sectarian war, it will become possible to awaken the inattentive Sunnis as they feel imminent danger and annihilating death at the hands of these Sabeans. Despite their weakness and fragmentation, the Sunnis are the sharpest blades, the most determined, and the most loyal when they meet those Batinis (Shi`a), who are a people of treachery and cowardice. They are arrogant only with the weak and can attack only the broken-winged. Most of the Sunnis are aware of the danger of these people, watch their sides, and fear the consequences of empowering them. Were it not for the enfeebled Sufi shaykhs and [Muslim] Brothers, people would have told a different tale. (The Sunnis are rabid, like mad dogs, and they, like us, are cowards. Are you who believe that people like this can be reasoned with paying any attention at all? Probably not!)

This matter, with the anticipated awaking of the slumberer and rousing of the sleeper, also includes neutralizing these [Shi`a] people and pulling out their teeth before the inevitable battle, along with the anticipated incitement of the wrath of the people against the Americans, who brought destruction and were the reason for this miasma. The people must beware of licking the honeycomb and enjoying some of the pleasures from which they were previously deprived, lest they surrender to meekness, stay on the[ir] land, prefer safety,, and turn away from the rattle of swords and the neighing of horses. (I do realize he didn't mean "pulling out their teeth literally, although I'm sure he wouldn't have had a problem with that if any of their teeth were gold.)

Peace and the mercy and blessings of God be upon you. (PEACE AND THE MERCY AND BLESSINGS OF GOD BE UPON YOU??????? Please tell me he was kidding! What, pray tell, do any of these people know about peace and mercy... or God?)

President Bush, speaking about the death of Zarqawi on June 8, 2006, the day Zarqawi went to collect his 72 virgins:

"Through his every action, he sought to defeat America and our coalition partners and turn Iraq into a safe haven from which al Qaeda could wage its war on free nations."

*Sigh* President Bush is a gentleman and a statesman. Nothing seems to really rattle him. I'm afraid I wouldn't have said that. I probably would have said something like this, which is why I could never run for public office:






I posted a lot today, at least for me. Probably trying to make up for the fact I'll be gone for a week or more. Scroll down for this morning's post.

America Under Attack on Many Different Fronts

(Update: US Airline security has moved to orange due to a thwarted terrorist attack. Also, Shoprat has pictures posted of the eleven foreign "students" who never showed up for school, three of which have been caught. I would post them here, but suddenly blogger decided to have another brainfart.)

We are under attack on many fronts: Extremist Muslims;Crazy Politicians;Communism... and that's only three. This post would be far too long if I tried to cover the pedophiles, moonbat homosexuals parading around naked, extremist liberal moonbats cheering for Hezbollah, etc., so I'll just cover the first three:

Picture courtesy of "The Discerning Texan." (Yes... I stole it!)
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Nightcrawler over at "America Under Attack" has a very scary post up:

**The following is reprinted from the Congressional Record. It details a list of 45 goals of the Communists in America. As you read this list, I want you to keep score as to how many of these goals they've achieved or are close to achieving. The next post will be more on this topic.**

Communist Goals (1963) Congressional Record--Appendix, pp. A34-A35 January 10, 1963.

It's amazing and frightening how many of these goals have been accomplished. Go see!
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The following is from The Religious Freedom Coalition (Italics are mine):

SENATE DEMOCRAT LEADERS ARE STILL TWO FACED LIARS (No surprise there!)

Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) actually voted for the Child Custody Protection Act (S-403), a law which would stop adults from taking underage girls across state lines for abortions. He then had his assistant move to kill the bill by refusing to appoint conferees. The conferee step is required because the Senate bill differs from the version passed by the House by even a greater margin of victory. The Senate and House conferees must work out the differences to send the bill to the President to sign. Because the Democrat Senate leadership bows to every demand made by the abortion industry, they have effectively killed the bill. Senator John Ensign (R-NV), who sponsored the bill, is outraged by the actions of his fellow Nevada Senator who is leading the blockage of CCP. Click here to read Senator Ensign's statement. Click here to contact Senate Democrat Leader Harry Reid about his duplicity on the Child Custody Protection Act.

I seriously considered posting a picture of Harry Reid here, but we've been looking at enough disturbing pictures as of late so I have decided to spare you... and me!

MOST AMERICANS BACK ISRAEL

TO ISRAEL WITH LOVE (From: www.economist.com)

ANYBODY who doubts the size of the transatlantic divide over Israel should try discussing the Middle East conflagration in Britain and then doing the same in America. Everybody watches much the same grisly footage. But, by and large, people draw very different conclusions. The emphasis in Britain is overwhelmingly on the disproportionate scale of the response. Americans are much more inclined to give Israel the benefit of the doubt—and to blame Hizbullah. Some Jewish organisations are so confident of support for Israel that they even take out slots during news programmes, pleading for donations.

Opinion polls confirm that Americans are solidly on Israel's side. A USA Today/Gallup poll conducted on July 28th-30th showed that eight in ten Americans believed that Israel's action was justified—though a majority were worried about the scale of the action. A plurality (44%) thought that America was doing “about the right amount” to deal with the conflict. An earlier USA Today poll found that 53% put “a great deal” of the blame for the current crisis on Hizbullah, 39% put the blame on Iran and only 15% blamed Israel.

Most of you know I don't put a whole lot of faith in polls, but this is one I really hope is true. The blame surely should be put on Hezbollah, because after all, they threw the first stone! There's many more reasons than that to hope Israel wipes Hezbollah out, but even if that were the only reason, it is enough. I simply cannot understand how any thinking person can not see that Hezbolla - and Iran and Syria - are to blame for this. I suppose the key word here is "thinking".

Most of us have probably seen the television ads where Jewish organizations are asking for donations for Israel. I too take that as a sign that most Americans back Israel. Everyone I've talked to does, even though I live in a liberal county. Most liberals in the "red states", like Texas, or the "fly-over" country as the leftists from both the west and east coast like to refer to us, are not of the same stripe as the one's living on either coast, thank the good Lord. I don't think I could take living among people who would side with Hezbollah and not take Israel's side. How can anyone side with people who think like this:



Yeah... that's one tolerant religion, isn't it? Wonder what would happen if I went out on the street with a large sign that read "Behead Those Who Insult Christians!" I don't think it would be pretty!

Hezbollah; A Silent UN, Illegal Immigrants, and Rep. Bolton

First off, on a personal note, I'll be posting my last post for awhile on Friday, August 11th, and it will be another "Walt rant". At that time I'll turn on comment moderation and Old Soldier will be in charge of this blog while I'm away. I don't know how long I will be gone, but it will be approximately one week. I'll still be here this weekend and may come in to post a comment or two, and even visit a bit, but I will be far too busy getting ready for my trip to Arizona to post.

The majority of links on this post are by way of Phil, who shall be known from this point forward as my roving reporter. Phil is very dedicated in searching the internet, and I could never use everything he sends unless I sat here 24/7, but I appreciate his contributions. I just can't keep up!
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Michelle Malkin posts a link to Geoffrey's MG's Beyond Wallacia has the following:

- Hizb'Allah hits UN post: Kofi Annan not yet outraged

A Hizb'Allah rocket attack on an UNIFIL monitoring base in southern Lebanon today, injured three Chinese members of the interim peace keeping force, just hours after China called on the United Nations to ensure the security of UNIFIL forces, China's official Xinhua News Agency announced.
*snip*
- The silence from the United Nations secretariat and world media about this attack contrasts dramatically to the reaction to an Israeli attack on a UNIFIL observer post in July which killed four UN monitors.

As with all that is posted here, there is more at the links.
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From CNS News comes this:

- - Almost half of the illegal aliens arriving in the U.S. from terrorist-sponsoring or "special interest" nations in the past few years have been released into the American population following their apprehension. This key finding is published in an internal audit of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) obtained by Cybercast News Service .

-The so-called "catch and release" policies have allowed more than 45,000 illegal aliens from countries that are well known for their anti-American views or considered "hotbeds of Islamic fundamentalism" to be freed.

-U.S. Rep. Ted Poe (R-Texas), in conversations with sheriffs operating along the Texas-Mexico border, learned that illegal aliens of Middle Eastern descent have been able to blend into the culture south of the U.S. border and pass themselves off as Mexicans.

-"They learn Spanish and assimilate into the population," Poe said. "Coming across the Canadian border they would be more conspicuous."

Ya think? Talk about stating the obvious!
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Here's a link to a petition to help confirm President Bush's nomination of John Bolton to be our next Ambassador to the United Nations:
BOLTON'S LATEST REMARKS ON Israel/Islamic War: www.volpac.org

Reporter: I have two questions. Mr. Ambassador, would you ask Israel to withdraw from Shebaa Farms first? And second, would you invite here Hassan Nasrallah to go to come and discuss directly with him the issues of prisoners?

Ambassador Bolton: I have zero desire to discuss any issues with leaders of a terrorist group. And in terms of what we do on Shebaa Farms, that's one of the reasons we asked the Secretary General for proposals. The Security Council, all five permanent members, concluded that Israel had fully withdrawn from Lebanese territory some years back and that's a clear decision by the Council. If there's going to be a change in the condition of Shebaa Farms, that's for Syria and Lebanon to decide.

I found a link to a site that lists all statements made by John Bolton, so if you want to know what he said publicly at any time, you may go here.

I really like this: "I have zero desire to discuss any issues with leaders of a terrorist group." The man says what he believes and makes no bones about it. I wish every politician would be so forthright and outspoken! I haven't done the petition yet... I'm going there now.
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For what should happen to Hezbollah, see Richard Fishback's post "The Bullies" over at Just Ramblin's. You won't be able to stop reading, I promise. Here's just a taste:
I once witnessed a bar fight in downtown Olongapo (Philippines) that still haunts my dreams. The fight was between a big oafish bully and a rather soft-spoken, medium sized Latino sailor from my ship.

All evening the bully had been trying to pick a fight with one of us and had finally set his sights on this diminutive shipmate of mine...figuring him for a safe target. When my friend refused to be goaded into a fight the bully sucker punched him from behind on the side of the head so hard that blood instantly started to pour from this man's mutilated ear.

If you want to know how this works out, you'll have to follow the link.

THE LIGHTER SIDE AND THEN SOME!

Do you ever feel like you have two heads, and you are only talking to yourself? I feel like that when I debate liberals and don't get anywhere, but I never really enjoyed debating people. In spite of some of my rants, I'm really a mellow person... unless I'm crossed.

But this isn't a rant. This is a break from the political side of things... I'VE BEEN TAGGED! At first I thought, "Ohhh, nooooooooooooo!" But then my left head stared at my right head and said, "Why not? It's a break. Enjoy!" And my left head, which is sometimes not too bright said: "You're right!" So here it is, and WTR at White Trash Republican is the one you should blame for the following nonsense because she's the one who tagged me.

I don't expect any of you to read all this; if you proceed, you do so at your own risk:

1. The book nearest me –

First of all that's not a question. A question has one of these thingies at the end: "?" See? When you ask a question put a question mark there, for goodness sake. There is no book near me. My books are either on my bookshelves or on my nightstand by my bed, or on a table by a chair. I don't read books and work a pc at the same time. There's a magazine called "The Limbaugh Letter sitting on top of my printer. It's the July issue "Hunger for Conservative Leadership." I love that title!

2. Stretch out your left arm, what do you touch? –

If I stretch out my right arm right now I touch either a Rum and Coke, or I can move it a tiny bit and touch my printer. I prefer the Rum and Coke!

3. Last thing watched on television? –

Like everyone else, the madness going on in the Middle East. I wouldn't be doing this stupid quiz if I wanted to talk about that!

4. Without looking, what time is it?

I don't care what time it is. If I cared what time it was I would look!

5. What is the actual time?

It's 7:07pm Central. Why? You gotta be somewhere?

6. With the exception of the computer what can you hear?

What makes you think I can hear my computer? My computer isn't talking just now! I can hear Walt laughing at moonbats on television though!

7. When did you last step outside?
About 10 minutes before I started answering these stupid questions. Had to let my dog in. Have you ever been outside? Seems to me you spend your time thinking up these silly questions.

8. Before this survey what did you look at?

This is a survey? I thought it was one of those tag thingy's bloggers amuse themselves with from time to time. Who knew?

9. What are you wearing? –

Clothes! Did you just come in off of a space ship or something? What else would I be wearing?

10. Did you dream last night? –

Yes. In technicolor. I always dream in technicolor. Phyciatrists say that means you're crazy. BWAAAHAAAHAAAHAAAAAHAAAAAAAAAHAAAAAAAA!

11. When did you last laugh?

During the last question! Wasn't that obvious?

12. What is on the walls in the room?

Paint!

13. Seen anything weird lately? –

Absolutely. This "survey!" BWAAAAHAAAAHAAAAAHAAAAAHAAAAAA!

14. What do you think of this quiz?

Quiz? I thought it was a survey! Really, that is the dumbest question you've asked so far! If you haven't concluded what I think of this quiz, survey, or whatever it is, you haven't been paying attention!

15. What is the last film you saw? –

"Master and Commander - The Far Side of The World." Good flick. Any flick where the French get their butts kicked is a good flick.

16. Tell me something we don't know.

You don't know much. You want me to be here all day?

17. If you could change one thing about the world, what would you do.

Teach people like you to put a question mark at the end of your questions, for one. But more importantly, if I had my druthers, I'd druther the Koran had never been written. (Thanks for that one, Patrick!)

18. Do you like to dance?

Not particularly... unless it's the Tango and I'm three sheets to the wind, with a Marguarita in one hand and a rose between my teeth.

19. George Bush?

"George Bush?" ??? That's neither a question or a statement. What about George Bush? Grief, will you please try to concentrate!

20. Imagine your first child is a girl –

No... you imagine your first child was a girl. My first child was a boy, so I can't go there.

21. Imagine your first child is a boy-

Now I know you're not wrapped very tight. I just told you my first child was a boy! Sheesh!

22. Would you consider living abroad? –

Yay! You did it! You asked a question and even used a question mark! I'm proud of you! Kudos! Warm Fuzzies and all that crap! As to my answer... NO!

23. What would God say to you when you reach the pearly gates? –

You did it again! A real question! Dumb one though because I'm not God and I haven't a clue.

23. Six people who will do this quiz-

*sigh!* That wasn't a question either. If I were pc I would say you are "mentally challenged." But, as I'm not pc, you've just got to be plain stupid!

End of the tag thingy, or quiz, or survey, or whatever. I'm not going to consign anyone to putting up with this moron. If you all want to do it, go for it. But I must add here that I feel better now. This was definitely a change of pace. So even after all the aggravation I may have caused the author, I'm grateful to him/her!

IRAN'S GOING FOR IT!

The following is from Jihad Watch. Phil sent this link. Title: "Iran seeking bomb-making uranium from the area that produced the Hiroshima bomb."

IRAN is seeking to import large consignments of bomb-making uranium from the African mining area that produced the Hiroshima bomb, an investigation has revealed.

Jihad Watch doesn't have much more on this but the Times On Line does. Go to this link if you want the entire story.

I'm in a hurry and don't even have time for a good rant. Sorry! I have to cook supper. All I have time to say is that we sit and fiddle-fart around while Iran puts together a nuclear bomb to blow our recalcitrant butts away with! ARRRRGGGGH!

Please go to either one of the links. Funny... I've been listening to Fox News on and off all day and have yet to hear anything about this.

Update: I simply had to take the time to add this cartoon from Little Miss Chatterbox's blog. It's totally appropriate for this post. Thanks, LMC!

HEZBOLLAH, CASTRO, AND LITTLE SHEETHEADS!

From Patty's Blog: "Little Sheetheads!" Heh! You've just gotta love it!

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Phil sent the following in an e-mail:
I love this one too! I watched a special on Fox News last night on Oliver North's "War Stories." It was about how Castro got started and was quite interesting. His pretending to liberate Cuba and then betraying the people of Cuba was sickening, but then he's an extremely sickening man, and if he's still alive I really hope he gets much sicker; dead sick, to be exact!

I stole this one from The Discerning Texan. It's the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. Why doesn't everyone see it? I believe we are all getting completely frustrated with what is going on not only in the middle east, but in this country as well. I know I am! I'm sitting here with Fox News running on the screen behind me, listening to all this crapola while I type this (guess I'm "multi-tasked") and I'm thinking that when I take my daughter to Arizona next week to attend college, the drive through Texas and Arizona will be a welcome break!

Our country is in deep doo-doo on more than one front. There are so many issues to confront, and I hate to be pessimistic, but stuff like the following leads me to believe that we may never get our country back. Have we let it all go on too long? Are Americans starting to wake up to all that is taking place? I certainly hope so!

Speaking of sh*theads, the following is from KC. The name of this post is "Kids Are Learning this Crap and You are Paying For It!"


The caption of this picture reads: "Workshop Leader. Grace Sterling Stowell (formerly male, now female). Photo from 'Bay Windows' Boston-based homosexual newspaper. Media credit: Marilyn Humphries."

KC says: "EWWWWWW! Look at the size of the adams apple and it has breasts? Can You say BEASTLY?" Yes, KC... I can say "beastly" and a lot of other things as well! This asshat is teaching a workshop full of kids! If you can take it, all the information on this is over at KC's blog, just click on the link. If you've eaten recently I suggest you wait until your food digests. Thank you for this KC... I think. This sort of stuff just kind of takes the wind out of my sails.
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An afterthought....

A great Newt Gingrich quote that I found in the July issue of The Limbaugh Letter which I subscribe to: "Reagan understood that you could either talk common sense to the American people or you could talk nonsense to the New York Times, but you couldn't do both." Exactly right! I loved Reagan and I feel the same way about Newt.
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UPDATE AND OFF TOPIC: (*sigh* How can anyone possibly keep up with everything that's going on?) Phil just sent this from Stop the ACLU (Thanks, Phil): "Sidney Blumenthal in Salon claims that Israel is receiving intelligence from the US’s National Security Agency"

One of the comments left there: If his claim is true he should meet a grand jury for such a treasonous leak. Lefties, please tell me how sharing intelligence that would help track weapon transfers from Iran to terror networks fighting Israel is justified to be leaked? This in no way violates any American civil liberties. It will be interesting to watch the left excuse this.

Yes... won't it though?

HORSES OF A DIFFERENT COLOR

Sub-title: A WALT RANT! For those who don't know who "Walt" is, he's my husband.

When I was just a young boy I would climb into my grandfather's lap and plead with him to tell me a story. He would tell me all about the many fights he had been in. Some were to protect my grandmother's honor and some were just because he liked to fight. From what I heard from him and others, he was quite a scrapper in his younger years. I also heard stories about WWI and how scary the fighting was. I had a deep and profound pride in my grandfather and loved him with all my heart. He always treated me as though I were his son.

My first memories were of my grandfather and of playing "soldier". I remember my mother crying for pure joy because WWII was over. My dad did not fight in WWII, he delivered milk and therefor was exempt. The truth of the matter is that he deliberately landed a job delivering milk so that he would be exempt. When he found out that having two children and being the solitary bread-winner would also help, he hurried to sire another sibling who turned out to be the oldest of my two younger sisters. I have never understood my father and the pride he took in evading serving our country during WWII. One of the reasons I joined the Army out of high school and made a career out of it was to make up for the fact that my dad did not serve in WWII. The spirit of service to America and to the memory of all who have fought and died for this great country was - and still is - very strong in many of us. I would fight for this country now if needed. I say this because there are so many people today that just don't get it and that truly is sad; it's also infuriating! My grandfather was a conservative to the core, my father a liberal. Conservatives and liberals; horses of an entirely different color!

Hundred's of thousands of people came to this country because of it's freedom and a great majority were more than willing to fight and die to keep it free. The menace that we are facing today with the Islamofascists who believe everyone who isn't extremist muslim doesn't deserve to live, is the same philosophy that caused the Holocaust. If they had their way it would be worse that the Holocaust; we would never see prison camps. They want us dead! Period! End! Kaput! Done for! Also, preferably blown up into little bitty pieces, and the more the merrier! Lovely people, don't you agree?

So here we are in America in the year 2006, 5 years close to the day the Twin Towers were demolished by the same type of people who make up Hezbollah. While we are sitting here watching Israel doing what Israel must do, I am also listening to many people on the news that say Israel shouldn't be doing what it is doing! That is what reminds me of my grandfather and my father, two horses of a completely different color, one a good role model, the other an example of what not to be. The people who are backing Hezbollah are causing almost as much resentment in my heart as Hezbollah itself.

We must learn from the development of Hezbollah because the militia of al-Sadr in Iraq is the same sort of organization. We can't allow it to develop to the point that Hezbollah has, otherwise everyone who has fought and died in Iraq will have fought and died in vain. We can't go easy... the Israelis would not be fighting now if the United Nincompoops had done their job to begin with. If al-Sadr has his druthers, he will become a carbon copy of Shiek Hassan Nasrallah and there will never be peace. In his own way, al-Sadr is as bad, if not even worse, than Saddam Hussein. Those two are definitely not horses of a different color!

Gayle here: I added "United Nincompoops"! I simply couldn't help myself.

I just heard that a Katyusha rocket fell in Haifa, killing three and wounding 40. I'm getting pretty sick of hearing this crap, and I wish we were helping Israel instead of sitting here with our heads stuck up our butts!

This picture may depict old-fashioned weaponry, but it truly reflects both my feelings and Walt's. GO ISRAEL!

BEATING A DEAD HORSE AND OTHER STUFF

This is my weekend post; light content but still political. Thanks to all of you who unknowingly contributed to this post.

The following pictures are stolen (lifted? Kiped? Snitched?) from various great blogs that I visit. I've got a lot more, but I can't post too many at one time as it makes it hard for folks like me with a dial-up internet connection to load the page.

This first one is from Chrys at Pettifog:



I had a link posted for this one too, but it was wrong, and now I have no clue who's it is. If anyone knows, please tell me because I distinctly remember that the blog administrator had a contest going regarding a caption for the picture:


Phil came up with a great caption: "Now be vewy, vewy, still and say 'cheeeeeese!'" ROTFALMAO! I really like that one!

John Wayne is everywhere these days, but I really love this one; also from Chrys at Pettifog:


(It says: Now, just why in the Hell do I have to press one for English?)
This really great pic is from Benning at Benning's Writing Pad.



If you are the person I stole this one from, please let me know. I obviously messed up and didn't title it when I downloaded it, but in the post I stole it from, the blogger posted it in reference to Kerry saying that if he were president none of this would have happened. This "beating a dead horse" picture is perfect!



Nightrider aka Phil at Welcome to the Nightrider's blog, left this poem in the comment section of the blog that's presently up top. I love it! Thanks, Phil.

From Tarzana Joe:

When Hugh Hewitt asked Martin Peretz, a Democrat, if he wanted Democrats to win House and Senate majorities in the next election, he honestly and with self-admitted cowardice, refused to answer. Here then.is…



A Cowardly Refusal to Answer

Or A Serious Democrat’s Lament

By Tarzana Joe



For years, I served my party’s goals

Walked precincts over red hot coals

Whispered when I was youthful

Spoke out when it was truthful

Shouted as I got bolder

Spoke eloquent when I was older

Stuffed envelopes with grey-haired ladies

And marched when it was hot as Hades

Ate rubber chicken every night

Because I knew that WE were right

Did everything and all I could for

I believed what my party stood for



Now as the next election looms

I wander through the smoke-filled rooms

And think above the growing din

Do I really want these guys to win?

Are candidates I’ll put in power

Worthy of this desperate hour?

Who like drunkards on a binge

Got cosy with the nutter fringe

And who, before the job is done

Believe we ought to cut and run?

Alas, I think my side is filled

With folks who’re going to get us killed



And so when asked whom I would choose

To speak, I cowardly refuse



At last, all I can say is that

It’s tough to be a Democrat.


(I added the picture. I've had it so long I don't remember where it's from.)

Another tip from Phil from Radio Blogger. Along with the picture came this quote from Jed Babbin:

Going to war without France is like
going deer hunting without an accordion.
You just leave a lot of
useless noisy baggage behind.

CNN... FRIENDS OF IRAN, SYRIA AND HEZBOLLAH???

SUB TITLE: IS CNN SIMPLY FRIENDS OF ALL TERRORISTS IN GENERAL?


The above poster is from This, That and Frog Hair. Thanks, Patty!"
Patty has an idea, and she posted it on her blog:

"I have a challenge/suggestion to all the bloggers out there.

A few days ago on CNN and HNN they were talking , actually bemoaning the bloggers and how we have 39% of the population in this nation listening, writing and reading blogs. We are starting to change politics. And Oh My, the Media. The Media is beginning to fear us. Whoo Hoo!!

If this is true then there is another way to get the attention of the beltway and support our Military.

So here is my idea. A new type of meme if you will. We all say prayers for our Troops and Military. Our President. We have our likes and dislikes on everything.

Pick something with substance on your mind and blog about it. Your point of view on the state of world politics; why you support/don't support the troops. Then send it to your reps with your blog address.

Send it to the President; send it to everyone, Fox News, ABC, CBS,CNN, NBC; anyone that will listen. It only takes a few minutes of your time. An example of this is the previous post I wrote. I added a different header, found the addies for my reps, the President/Vice-President, and sent it. It took me about 30 minutes to do this. It made me feel better. I included my blog address with it."

Well, if CNN is squawking about bloggers, and it seems as though they are (I wouldn't know, I never watch CNN, but I'll take Patty's word for it) then why not give them something to squawk about? If you don't feel like sending it to everyone, at least send it to the Communist News Network, and to the President. Let's prove to CNN that they have every right to be worried. There's that old saw: "Where there's smoke, there's fire." CNN has detected a bit of the smoke; let's make sure they get the fire to go along with it.

I believe I shall send them my "Let's Not Feed the Alligators" rant, along with the above poster. I was thinking about writing a new rant for it, but it's not necessary since I already have one that's more than adequate. For anyone who doesn't really want to write a rant, just send them the poster. Perhaps they'll get the idea that we aren't amused. I wish every conservative blogger out there would at least send this poster.

I found a most telling post at Atlas Shrugs. The administratoress is a woman living in Jerusalem. She is not pleased with CNN and that's putting it mildly. In part, this wonderful blogger who gives us more information on what is really going on than even Fox News has this to say:

Returning to my room and turning on the news (No FOX!), I can not make it official, CNN (Crescent News Network) makes Goebbels propaganda look like childs play. At least then we knew it was Naza state propaganda but CNN is "independent" They are anything but. They are jihad TV. Their portrayal of events in Lebanon are such lies, such Jew hatred -- it is nothing short of frightening. Nothing is as they say it is.It is as if they are getting their talking points straight from Hezb'Allah. If I hear the "Israeli war machine" one more time, I'll scream. It's a handful of Jews fighting for their lives. Where are the news reports of the bombing of Nahariyah Hospital and the destruction of its fourth floor and the Department of Eye Diseases, in which Arabs and Jews have been treated, and where Arab and Jewish interns wor? All this whining about the Lebanese people not having enough money to leave their towns (as the benificent Israel has told them to do.) Tell Hezb'Allah to stop buying armaments and bombs and buyt their human shields a one way ticket out.

CNN screaming all day for a HUDNA so that the jihadis can rearm. Sick, sick, sick. Why? For access as they did by covering for Saddams heinous acts of barbarism? These CNN dhimmis will be the first ones getting their pretty little heads chopped off if the savages they are supporting should win. A CEASEFIRE IS A DEATH SENTENCE FOR ISRAEL.


The following was going to be it's own post, but it is more evidence of what Patty is talking about, and of what all of us are angry about... media bias:


(Tip to this story came from my roving reporter "Phil".)

CNN's Robertson Now Admits: Hezbollah 'Had Control' of His Anti-Israel Piece

Better late than never? On CNN’s Reliable Sources on Sunday, CNN’s senior international correspondent Nic Robertson added all of the caveats and disclaimers that he should have included in his story last week that amounted to his giving an uncritical forum for the terrorist group Hezbollah to spout unverifiable anti-Israeli propaganda.

Back on July 18, Hezbollah took Robertson and his crew on a tour of a heavily damaged south Beirut neighborhood. The Hezbollah “press officer” even instructed the CNN camera: “Just look. Shoot. Look at this building. Is it a military base? Is it a military base, or just civilians living in this building?”

In his original story, Robertson had no complaints about the journalistic limitations of a story put together under such tight controls, and Robertson himself at one point seemed to agree with the Hezbollah propaganda claim that Israeli jets had targeted a civilian area: “As we run past the rubble, we see much that points to civilian life, no evidence apparent of military equipment.”

Challenged by Reliable Sources host (and Washington Post media writer) Howard Kurtz on Sunday, Robertson suggested Hezbollah has “very, very sophisticated and slick media operations,” that the terrorist group “had control of the situation. They designated the places that we went to, and we certainly didn't have time to go into the houses or lift up the rubble to see what was underneath,” and he even contradicted Hezbollah’s self-serving spin: “There's no doubt that the [Israeli] bombs there are hitting Hezbollah facilities.”

The remainder of this story is at Newsbusters including a very revealing interview of Robertson conducted by Kurtz.

One of the questions asked by Kurtz: “To what extent do you feel like you're being used to put up the pictures that they want — obviously, it’s terrible that so many civilians have been killed — without any ability, as you just outlined, to verify, because — to verify Hezbollah’s role, because this is a fighting force that is known to blend in among the civilian population and keep some of its weapons there?”

Robertson's answer sounds logical on the surface, but why, pray tell, did he not give it when he first came out with this drivel? We know why, don't we folks?



NOTE #1: I've already sent my Let's Not Feed the Alligators post; I'm going to send this one as well. If I don't show up for a few days, don't fret too much; I will have called my Lawyer! :)

NOTE #2: This post is going to stay up top for awhile; please scroll down for new content.

"Support our Vets" & "Hezbollah Internet Hijacking of Texas ISP!"

Old Soldier has a very important post up titled:"Please Support Our Retired Veterans". Old Soldier writes: "The following is taken from an email I received from NAUS (National Association of Uniformed Services). They are one of the organizations that watch what is going on legislatively in regards to the military and specifically issues pertinent to veterans. At the bottom of this post is a link to an action page by which you can send an email to your two federal senators and representative based upon your Zip Code. Please consider sending emails to your legislators in support of our retired veterans. What is proposed in the '07 NDAA is discriminatory toward military retirees and has the potential to adversely impact many folks. Your support will be greatly appreciated."

Please folks, click on the link and pay old soldier a visit; it's the right thing to do!


*************************On a different subject entirely, from the Java Report... Link is courtesy of Phil.

Title: Hizballah Hijacks internet Service From Texas ISP

Hizballah's propaganda wing, Al Manar TV, hijacked the service of a customer of Broadwing Communications, a Texas Internet Service Provider:

In an exclusive interview, Broadwing executives told us how Al Manar TV, the propoganda arm of the Lebanese terror organization was able to get on the Internet. It was done by hijacking the Web service of one of Broadwing's customers linking Al Manar to a Broadwing Internet address.

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Terror experts say Al Manar's Web site is key to Hezbollah's fundraising, recruiting and communication. After being disconnected by Broadwing, they say it's already popped back up through India, but apears to have been shut right back down.

Just an observation but I see that "Hezbollah" is spelled both ways in the same article. Fox News spells it "Hezbollah" and I've seen it "Hizballah" and "Hizbollah." I don't know who's right, so I have decided on "Hezbollah." However it's spelled, I've also noticed that Hezbollah and Holocaust both begin with an "H" and both have the same amount of letters. Coincidence? I dunno... I just threw it out there because it's something I noticed.

Another observation regarding this article: It looks like Hezbollah is ignoring our signs. Perhaps we need to word them in Arabic! (Just attempting to be clever folks; the one's who can read wouldn't pay any attention.)

I PLAN ON TELLING ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR. WHERE HE CAN PUT HIS "GRAY WOLF" TOTE BAG!

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ROTFALMAO! This is just too priceless for words. No links here. This came in snail mail! I wasn't going to post, but I can't help myself. I received mail from Robert F. Kennedy, Jr! NRDC Senior Attorney. Well I'm impressed! I repeat, ROTFALMAO! (Sorry).

What happened is my husband came into the room and said "We got some junk mail from Robert F. Kennedy, Jr." I asked him, "Where is it?" He answered that he had torn it up and thrown it out. "Oh noooooo!" said I in a rather screetchy tone of voice (for me anyway) "can you salvage it?" "Why?" asked he, "Surely you don't want it!" I assured him I did want it because I wanted to post about it, so he valiently dug it out of the garbage, bless his wonderful soul, and taped it back together for me. Most of you, if you haven't already, will probably be receiving this in you mailbox soon. Thankfully Walt only tore the stuff in half, and that's why there's a slight crack in the picture if you enlarge it.

Well, that flyer wasn't the only thing in the envelope, and it's definitely not the only thing that's cracked; it's pretty obvious that Kennedy Jr., is cracked as well, but then, like we've been saying, the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. There is three pages of moonbat nonsense included, and it starts out like this:

Dear Fellow Environmentalist, (where the hades did he get that idea??? Just because we don't throw trash out the window of our car? Maybe it's because we grow our gardens organically??? *sigh*) The next seval months will be "do or die" for America's environment.

Why? Because the Bush White House is quietly putting radical new policies in place that will let its corporate cronies poison our air, foul our water and devastate our wildlands for decades to come.

This sweeping onslaught will cripple many of the safeguards that protect us from the very worst excesses of the oil, coal, logging and chemical industries.

It took thirty years to put these vital protections in place. But over the next 12 months, this Administration will be close to wiping them out. (I'm typing everything exactly the way it was written. This moonbat doesn't know you don't begin a sentence with "but".)

That's not exaggeration. That's not hyperbole. It's a fact. (It's also a fact that that wasn't a paragraph either, fool; it belonged in the same paragraph. Okay... I'll quit editing now. Except I'm only going to post part of the three pages, of course!)

Here are the highlights of this piece of trash junk mail I'm refering to, which is against everything that would help us to help overcome our dependency on foreign oil:

1. They would allow major industries to spew more cancer-causing pollution into the air we breathe.
2. They want to speed up oil and gas drilling.
3. They plan to keep pumping mercury into our air.
4. They would open all 155 of our national forests to logging.

Each of the statements above is followed with a long diatribe trying to convince me that he/they/whoever, knows what he/they/whoever is talking about. ROTFALMAO! (Ooops, sorry, I did it again. I needed this!)

Oh, and last but not least:

The Coming Attack on Women and Children

(Say what? That's Islamofascists, idiot! They do that! We don't do that. Oh well, that's what it says, I swear! It's also in bold... I swear to that too.)

We've known about the dangers of mercury since the 1700's. It can cause neurological damage to infants exposed in the womb and learning disorders in developing children.

So it's practically obscene that the Bush Administration has issued a new rule that will treat mercury pollution from power plants as if it were not hazardous.

This cynical sleight-of-hand (sorry for the interruption, but this is all the same subject, and they have broken the paragraph up! I can't stand it!) will allow 500 coal-fired plants to dodge the tough controls that the Clean Air Act demands for other sources of hazardous pollution. Instead, the Administration's new rule will allow these polluters to go on spewing excessive and illegal tons of mercury into our air for decades to come.

While big polluters profit, pregnant women and children will suffer as mercury continues to rain down on our streams, lakes and oceans -- accumulating in fish and winding up on our dinner plates.

NRDS is taking the Bush Adminstration to court (lots of luck, asshat!) to block this dangerous rule! And we will keep on fighting until all Americans are finally protected against mercury pollution from power plants.

Unh... you don't begin a sentence with "And" (There I go again... sorry).

Of course there is a petition, and they are asking for money. The only money they will get from this quarter is if they ask for help for whatever it costs to get them admitted to a really good phsyciatric clinic for necessary treatment regarding brain cells that have gone missing!

ROTFALMAO! This is the most amusing thing I've received in the mail for months. I'm going to see if there's a website for these fools (there's got to be) and send them a copy of this post! I'll probably end up getting arrested yet. Hope they wait until I drive my daughter to Arizona so that she can attend college. Y'all may need to help me make bail! ROTFALMAO!

I really need a picture of a dragon laughing hysterically!

SUBURBAN WARFARE IN LEBANON

(Caption reads: Suburban Warfare: Hezbollah fighters are ready for action in a residential area.) Phil sent me the link for this in an e-mail. Thanks again, Phil!

Above picture and following text is from www.news.com. There are more pictures at the link.

THIS is the picture that damns Hezbollah. It is one of several, smuggled from behind Lebanon's battle lines, showing that Hezbollah is waging war amid suburbia.

The images, obtained exclusively by the Sunday Herald Sun, show Hezbollah using high-density residential areas as launch pads for rockets and heavy-calibre weapons.
Dressed in civilian clothing so they can quickly disappear, the militants carrying automatic assault rifles and ride in on trucks mounted with cannon.

(Lots of snips!)

Mr Egeland blasted Hezbollah as "cowards" for operating among civilians.
"When I was in Lebanon, in the Hezbollah heartland, I said Hezbollah must stop this cowardly blending in among women and children," he said.

I realize that most of us conservatives who watch Fox News and are blogging about this subject are aware that Hezbollah indeed cares nothing for civilians, be they men, women or children. I am certain they care less for the women and girl children than they do the men and boys, but when it comes to fighting dirty, Hezbollah and Islamofacsists of any stripe, care nothing about innocent life, period. Still, I keep throwing stuff like this up here, hoping that some silent reader who may be unaware will see it and think; also hoping that perhaps someone who is on the side of Hezbollah may change his/her mind. There is nothing wrong with hope, even in the most hopeless situations. Faith and hope are sometimes all we have left.

On a more personal note, I'm not going to be posting here for a couple of days. When I do sit down to this habit forming monster pc, I am going to be visiting or answering comments, which I try to do religiously but sometimes fail at. It is my intention to visit as many of the links under "My Patriotic Friends" as I possibly can before I put up another post. If I don't get to all of you it will be because of my slow dial-up. I am having a problem loading blogs that have two sidebars on them.

I also need to catch up on personal chores, so no new posts at MRB until I get more time. Besides, I believe I'm in need of a bit of a break from all of this depressing stuff. My sense of humor seems to be in danger, as evidenced by the fact that I took offense at something Phil said about a picture of Castro in my last post. Seems as though I was the only one offended, but I was sure my readers would be too. Seems also that I was wrong and it was just me. Sorry folks... I've decided I'm overly tired and need a break. My sincere apologies to Phil as well, and blessings to all!

...and just to sooth our spirits (especially mine) a gorgeous picture of the top of Mount Everest from Patty at This, That and Frog Hair:

CASTRO'S HEALTH IS FAILING... WHO WILL REPLACE HIM?

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In part, from News Max : The intestinal bleeding that forced Fidel Castro to temporarily relinquish his presidential powers appeared to be the most serious of a number of recent health problems that have plagued the Cuban leader as he approaches his 80th birthday.

Cubans were reminded of Castro's advancing age when he fell on Oct. 20, 2004, after a public speech, shattering a kneecap and breaking an arm. But the Cuban leader was back on his feet less than two months later, attending to visiting leaders and making public appearances.

Castro, who turns 80 on Aug. 13, laughed off persistent rumors that his health was failing. Most recently, a 2005 report said he had Parkinson's disease.
On June 23, 2001, Castro fainted briefly while giving a speech in the searing sun, stunning Cubans.

Fact (sorry... I don't have any links to prove this following statement): "None of us get off this planet alive, not even Castro." Looks like his health is going downhill fast, but of course he's in denial. Well, I would be in denial too if I were going where he is going. The question remains, who will take over after he is gone? Will it be an improvement, or even worse than it is? I'm not really in-the-know where Cuba is, these days... far to busy trying to keep up with things in the middle east. There's so much going on everywhere, isn't there? It takes someone with more time on their hands - and probably more brains - than I, in order to keep up with it all. If I sat at a pc 24 hours a day and didn't require food or sleep, I still wouldn't be able to keep up with it all. The world is changing faster than I can say "Jack Jumped Over the Candelstick" and it's not changing for the better. So if any of you have any idea of what may happen with Cuba after Castro's demise, I'd be happy to hear it.

Another thought: Bill O'Reilly said on Fox News the other day that we should be prepared for major power outages. We should all have generators - just in case. I have a generator because we often suffer power outages where I'm at, and I have a large freezer. I can't afford to be without a generator. Perhaps you who are reading this might consider taking Bill O'Reilly seriously.
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On a personal note, I'll be away from the pc for most of today. I may find time this evening to answer comments/visit friends, but I'm not sure. I will try my best, I promise!

Blessings to all of you good folks, and try to have a great day today in spite of all the crap that's taking place.