Lady Liberty Defended

Neda

2009-06-26T16:30:00.000-04:00

If you haven't seen this you should. You should know how despots ultimately control their people who won't do as they're told.

The Dem/S are setting us up for just this sort of "religious" control. Theh only difference is that their Gaia worshipers feel that ever person they kill is the same as killing cockroaches.

Pop Culture Losses

2009-06-26T13:03:00.001-04:00

David Carradine, Ed McMahon, Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson have all died. Depending on your age and ethnicity, you may be more or less affected by any one or more of these cultural losses. I personally had a greater connection to Ed McMahon but in truth it doesn't matter at all.

You see, we are witnessing an even greater cultural loss, the loss of the American Dream. In the next two weeks, starting today, the houses of Congress will be voting on Card Check, Health Care and Cap and Trade. All these bills are promoted as being fair, green and cost saving. In fact all are despotic, completely disregarding environmental and economic science, and ultimately destructive of the United States.

You might argue whether or not those supporting these bills truly have the best interests of the nation at heart or are simple fools or are traitors but it doesn't matter. We either defeat these bills now or pay the price for generations to come.

Call your Senators and Representatives to oppose these bills. Pray for our country. Work to defeat those that support these bills. Only in that way will we have any hope of defending this country from the dodmestic enemies of the Constitution.

Governor Sanford of South Carolina

2009-06-25T13:18:00.000-04:00

DAMN!

That was the first thing I thought when I heard he'd gone missing. Drink, drugs or women. Which is it? It was a woman.

Kicked out of the house by his wife, Sanford went all the way to Buenos Aries for stress relief and lied to state staff and wife about it.

So, this guy was one of the latest greatest (over Jindal and Palin) hope for the Presidency of the Republican party. He's so damn stupid that: 1-he has an affair with a foreigner who could have been compromising him; 2-he communicates with her via e-mail; 3-he has trysts with her; 4-his last tryst he LIES to state staff AND his wife as to his location AND he is unavailable to perform his duties as governor.

To hell with him. Cheater, liar, weak-willed, he is not for us.

Iran's Ayatollahs don't mind killing fellow Muslims...

2009-06-24T18:40:00.000-04:00

The big cheese Ayatollah gave the people more than one choice for President. It isn't as if it would really matter, right? I mean the President of Iran has as much power as the U.S. Senate minority leader, right? Then why do the Iranians think the election results are important enough to risk, even lose their lives? Must be something to it.

Mousavi isn't really much better than Ahmadinejad (sp?) but he ran has being a moderate. THAT moderation is what the people wanted. It is what they are demonstrating for. It is why Neda died. It is why untold numbers of Iranians were killed today.

The world over, people don't like abusive, corrupt governments. They might be in a position where they can't do much about it but they don't like it. Then, when they can do something or recognize that there is a point of no return, they do do something about it. This is what is starting in Iran.

The Ayatollahs won't accept that though. They are going to fight to the bitter end, believing all the while that in doing so they will go to paradise. Many more Nedas will die because of that fanatical intransigence.

Let's hope that all the drums will be distant ones...

2009-06-20T12:56:00.002-04:00

Ma'am is a respectful form of address

2009-06-18T13:18:00.000-04:00

But let's not worry about the actual problem, let's worry about our position first. Never mind that the General (you didn't call him "General" despite how hard he worked to get there) was respectful, only worry that he didn't refer to your "lofty" position as a representative of the people. Oh, wait, you don't care about the representative part, only the title... Sorry, my bad...

"The" Letter

2009-06-17T19:23:00.003-04:00

Glenn Beck received a letter and went on and on about it during his radio show. He might have touched on it on TV as well. You ought to read it. I bet that if you're here it just might represent your feelings as well.

I'm a home grown American citizen, 53, registered Democrat all my life. Before the last presidential election I registered as a Republican because I no longer felt the Democratic Party represents my views or works to pursue issues important to me. Now I no longer feel the Republican Party represents my views or works to pursue issues important to me. The fact is I no longer feel any political party or representative in Washington represents my views or works to pursue the issues important to me. There must be someone. Please tell me who you are. Please stand up and tell me that you are there and that you're willing to fight for our Constitution as it was written. Please stand up now. You might ask yourself what my views and issues are that I would horribly feel so disenfranchised by both major political parties. What kind of nut job am I? Will you please tell me?

Well, these are briefly my views and issues for which I seek representation:

One, illegal immigration. I want you to stop coddling illegal immigrants and secure our borders. Close the underground tunnels. Stop the violence and the trafficking in drugs and people. No amnesty, not again. Been there, done that, no resolution. P.S., I'm not a racist. This isn't to be confused with legal immigration.

Two, the TARP bill, I want it repealed and I want no further funding supplied to it. We told you no, but you did it anyway. I want the remaining unfunded 95% repealed. Freeze, repeal.

Three: Czars, I want the circumvention of our checks and balances stopped immediately. Fire the czars. No more czars. Government officials answer to the process, not to the president. Stop trampling on our Constitution and honor it.

Four, cap and trade. The debate on global warming is not over. There is more to say.

Five, universal healthcare. I will not be rushed into another expensive decision. Don't you dare try to pass this in the middle of the night and then go on break. Slow down!

Six, growing government control. I want states rights and sovereignty fully restored. I want less government in my life, not more. Shrink it down. Mind your own business. You have enough to take care of with your real obligations. Why don't you start there.

Seven, ACORN. I do not want ACORN and its affiliates in charge of our 2010 census. I want them investigated. I also do not want mandatory escrow fees contributed to them every time on every real estate deal that closes. Stop the funding to ACORN and its affiliates pending impartial audits and investigations. I do not trust them with taking the census over with our taxpayer money. I don't trust them with our taxpayer money. Face up to the allegations against them and get it resolved before taxpayers get any more involved with them. If it walks like a duck and talks like a duck, hello. Stop protecting your political buddies. You work for us, the people. Investigate.

Eight, redistribution of wealth. No, no, no. I work for my money. It is mine. I have always worked for people with more money than I have because they gave me jobs. That is the only redistribution of wealth that I will support. I never got a job from a poor person. Why do you want me to hate my employers? Why ‑‑ what do you have against shareholders making a profit?

Nine, charitable contributions. Although I never got a job from a poor person, I have helped many in need. Charity belongs in our local communities, where we know our needs best and can use our local talent and our local resources. Butt out, please. We want to do it ourselves.

Ten, corporate bailouts. Knock it off. Sink or swim like the rest of us. If there are hard times ahead, we'll be better off just getting into it and letting the strong survive. Quick and painful. Have you ever ripped off a Band‑Aid? We will pull together. Great things happen in America under great hardship. Give us the chance to innovate. We cannot disappoint you more than you have disappointed us.

Eleven, transparency and accountability. How about it? No, really, how about it? Let's have it. Let's say we give the buzzwords a rest and have some straight honest talk. Please try ‑‑ please stop manipulating and trying to appease me with clever wording. I am not the idiot you obviously take me for. Stop sneaking around and meeting in back rooms making deals with your friends. It will only be a prelude to your criminal investigation. Stop hiding things from me.

Twelve, unprecedented quick spending. Stop it now.

Take a breath. Listen to the people. Let's just slow down and get some input from some nonpoliticians on the subject. Stop making everything an emergency. Stop speed reading our bills into law. I am not an activist. I am not a community organizer. Nor am I a terrorist, a militant or a violent person. I am a parent and a grandparent. I work. I'm busy. I'm busy. I am busy, and I am tired. I thought we elected competent people to take care of the business of government so that we could work, raise our families, pay our bills, have a little recreation, complain about taxes, endure our hardships, pursue our personal goals, cut our lawn, wash our cars on the weekends and be responsible contributing members of society and teach our children to be the same all while living in the home of the free and land of the brave.

I entrusted you with upholding the Constitution. I believed in the checks and balances to keep from getting far off course. What happened? You are very far off course. Do you really think I find humor in the hiring of a speed reader to unintelligently ramble all through a bill that you signed into law without knowing what it contained? I do not. It is a mockery of the responsibility I have entrusted to you. It is a slap in the face. I am not laughing at your arrogance. Why is it that I feel as if you would not trust me to make a single decision about my own life and how I would live it but you should expect that I should trust you with the debt that you have laid on all of us and our children. We did not want the TARP bill. We said no. We would repeal it if we could. I am sure that we still cannot. There is such urgency and recklessness in all of the recent spending.

From my perspective, it seems that all of you have gone insane. I also know that I am far from alone in these feelings. Do you honestly feel that your current pursuits have merit to patriotic Americans? We want it to stop. We want to put the brakes on everything that is being rushed by us and forced upon us. We want our voice back. You have forced us to put our lives on hold to straighten out the mess that you are making. We will have to give up our vacations, our time spent with our children, any relaxation time we may have had and money we cannot afford to spend on you to bring our concerns to Washington. Our president often knows all the right buzzword is unsustainable. Well, no kidding. How many tens of thousands of dollars did the focus group cost to come up with that word? We don't want your overpriced words. Stop treating us like we're morons.

We want all of you to stop focusing on your reelection and do the job we want done, not the job you want done or the job your party wants done. You work for us and at this rate I guarantee you not for long because we are coming. We will be heard and we will be represented. You think we're so busy with our lives that we will never come for you? We are the formerly silent majority, all of us who quietly work , pay taxes, obey the law, vote, save money, keep our noses to the grindstone and we are now looking up at you. You have awakened us, the patriotic spirit so strong and so powerful that it had been sleeping too long. You have pushed us too far. Our numbers are great. They may surprise you. For every one of us who will be there, there will be hundreds more that could not come. Unlike you, we have their trust. We will represent them honestly, rest assured. They will be at the polls on voting day to usher you out of office. We have cancelled vacations. We will use our last few dollars saved. We will find the representation among us and a grassroots campaign will flourish. We didn't ask for this fight. But the gloves are coming off. We do not come in violence, but we are angry. You will represent us or you will be replaced with someone who will. There are candidates among us when hewill rise like a Phoenix from the ashes that you have made of our constitution.

Democrat, Republican, independent, libertarian. Understand this. We don't care. Political parties are meaningless to us. Patriotic Americans are willing to do right by us and our Constitution and that is all that matters to us now. We are going to fire all of you who abuse power and seek more. It is not your power. It is ours and we want it back. We entrusted you with it and you abused it. You are dishonorable. You are dishonest. As Americans we are ashamed of you. You have brought shame to us. If you are not representing the wants and needs of your constituency loudly and consistently, in spite of the objections of your party, you will be fired. Did you hear? We no longer care about your political parties. You need to be loyal to us, not to them. Because we will get you fired and they will not save you. If you do or can represent me, my issues, my views, please stand up. Make your identity known. You need to make some noise about it. Speak up. I need to know who you are. If you do not speak up, you will be herded out with the rest of the sheep and we will replace the whole damn congress if need be one by one. We are coming. Are we coming for you? Who do you represent? What do you represent? Listen. Because we are coming. We the people are coming.

U.S. Debt Clock

2009-06-16T13:37:00.002-04:00

You ought to see the U.S. Debt Clock.

Achmed and Salim - Banned

2009-06-09T15:34:00.000-04:00

Being banned is reason enough to watch it. For those English speakers in countries which ban the videos I guess this is fair warning.

TOTUS - The Teleprompter Blogs

2009-05-30T08:19:00.002-04:00

TOTUS's blog has been reported on FNC. There are imposters. Visit it and be amazed.

Nomination of Judge Sotomayor to U.S. Supreme Court

2009-05-28T07:50:00.002-04:00

I'm posting this here because I believe this is a 2nd Amendment concern. I don't believe that her ethnicity (it is not race) or her gender are of a concern except they seem to define her in her mind as separate and better than me.

"...I must call upon all members of the administration to step down unless they are Latinas, and upon President Obama to ensure they do so forthwith.”

and

“I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn’t lived that life.”

I suppose that a wise white male with the richness of his personal experiences might reach a better conclusion than a racist/sexist person of any race. I don't feel that I or anyone like me would receive a fair hearing in her court. But, the real concern for me is that this Judge feels it is her prerogative to legislate from the bench. She epitomizes the idea that "empathy" is more important on the bench than impartiality or legal precedence.

True or not, firearms owners are perceived to be white, male and older. This perception is used as a marketing tool by the anti-gun ownership people. Selection of a Supreme Court justice who reviles this group and uses "empathy" as the basis for rulings does not bode well for gun owners.

Memorial Day - 2009

2009-05-23T11:58:00.002-04:00

I know, the "holiday" is the 25th. The 30th is the "traditional" day of observance. If you observed the official thing, I think you're safe if you observe on the 30th as well.

There are many who have served. Many bear scars or rest forever in foreign soil as a result of their service. Many families are forever changed by the loss of these men and women. It is for these cherished national heroes that we take time this day to mark their graves and remember their names.

In Flanders Fields
By: Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, MD (1872-1918) Canadian Army

In Flanders Fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.

In remembrance of those of my own family who have served...
Private Pelitiah Thayer - Revolutionary War
General Freegift Patchin - Revolutionary War
Captain George Richtmeyer - Revolutionary War
Private Henry Parslow* - War of 1812
Quartermaster Sergeant Henry Parslow - Civil War
First Lieutenant Barney Alonzo Parslow - Civil War
First Lieutenant Theodore Sedgewick Van Cott - Civil War
First Lieutenant William Hathaway Van Cott - Civil War
Second Lieutenant Leonard Boole Van Cott* - Civil War
Captain Orrin Lawrence Brodie - World War I
Private First Class Gano H. Jewell* - World War II
Technician 4th Class ____ _____ Dortch - World War II
Seaman 1st Class John Elton Davis - World War II
Sergeant Donald Fancher Parslow - World War II, Korean War
Private Lawrence Broderick - Cold War
Specialist Justin Lee Davis - Global War on Terror

* - died in service

'Splain this to me...

2009-05-21T12:24:00.000-04:00

Why does the POTUS, Barack "Barry" Hussein Sotero Obama, say that we must close Gitmo because having the detention center there is ignoring our core principals while at the same time he's ignoring core principals in how he's handling the banks and car companies?

Just words?

Nancy Pelosi, Incompetent Boob or Liar

2009-05-18T07:53:00.000-04:00

Despite EVIDENCE to the contrary, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi persists in her foolish denials that she was aware of the use of waterboarding, aka enhanced interrogation techniques, a way back when the CIA briefed the House Intelligence Committee. You watch the video of her press conference and you can see that she's lying. Lying, you know, means that she knows she isn't telling the truth when she talks. Now, like former President Bill Clinton, she's having to back down.

All I can say in her defense is that she didn't disclose any secrets as Joe Biden did.

Joe Biden is a Clown

2009-05-18T07:45:00.000-04:00

I can't believe that he is sober when he says some of the things he says. The latest? He discloses the location of a secret bunker intended to keep HIM (as Vice-President) safe. What a putz...

More Like Pelosi vs. the Truth

2009-05-14T21:56:00.000-04:00

I saw this on Drudge hyped as Pelosi vs the CIA. It is more like Pelosi vs. the Truth. Of course this granny can't tell the truth...

Just how damn stupid are people? Stupid enough to think an umbrella is a gun...

2009-05-13T12:06:00.000-04:00

COUNCIL BLUFFS -- The Mall of the Bluffs reopened Tuesday after authorities found their man -- and his umbrella.

Officers race to Mall of the Bluffs, but the "weapon" turns out to be an umbrella.

The mall closed for about 45 minutes after someone reported seeing a man with a gun.

Part of the mall was evacuated, and other areas were locked down at 12:45 p.m. Omaha police were asked to bring trained dogs over to assist in a search of the mall. Two Bluffs schools -- Abraham Lincoln High School and Pusey Elementary -- near the mall were locked down.

The hoopla ended about 1:30 p.m., when police found their "suspect" -- a man carrying a dark umbrella, not a gun.

Police Sgt. Ray Mabbitt said the man walked into the Skeeter Barnes restaurant in the mall with the large umbrella over his shoulder. He was just minding his own business, Mabbitt said.

Cara Remmert was shopping with her infant son at Fred Meyer's Jewelers, near the children's play area in the mall.

"We saw people grab their kids and just start running,'' she said after police escorted her from the mall. "Then we saw cops . . . coming in.''

A steady stream of officers raced to the area from the Council Bluffs Police Department, the Pottawattamie County Sheriff's Office, the Iowa State Patrol, the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation, the U.S. Marshals Service and the Omaha Police Department.

Mabbitt estimated that the first officer arrived within minutes. The Von Maur department store shootings in Omaha taught law enforcement officials a valuable lesson, he said.

"We learned that there has to be a rapid response by multiple agencies in order to have the manpower,'' Mabbitt said.

This report includes material from the World-Herald News Service.

Contact the writer
444-1116, judith.nygren@owh.com

I could go on and on about how stupid one has to be to confuse a gun and an umbrella. I don't think even Mr. Magoo could go that far wrong. Stupid, stupid people. OR maybe with an agenda?

Seriously,

Gun - Umbrella-

Former Vice President Dick Cheny

2009-05-12T12:40:00.000-04:00

Hoorah for VP Cheney. I really admire this guy. He's saying what I say but people listen to him. People like Dem/S Specter and Olympia Snow are not the people I want to support. During the past election I didn't vote for McCain, I'voted for Governor Palin and/or AGAINST Obama. I don't want socialism/communism/statism. I want liberty. I want freedom.

Canadians Can See the President Hates His Own Country

2009-05-07T10:29:00.000-04:00

In the article, The President Who Hates His Country, at least some Canadians acknowledge what we've been saying for at least 2 years now. President Obama hates this country. He's doing all he can to destroy it.

Senator Specter Gets His

2009-05-06T11:13:00.000-04:00

EVERYBODY hates a traitor. E.g. many of us don't much care for our self-serving Senator, Jim Webb. But Specter took the cake and now he's not going to get the seniority he was promised PLUS he'll have opposition in the Democratic primary... Good news.

Domestic Extremism Lexicon

2009-05-06T09:59:00.000-04:00

Here's another wonderful product from the Obama administration's DHS, the Domestic Extremism Lexicon. How are YOU described therein?

Judge Sotomayor, possible nominee for SCOTUS, admits activism...

2009-05-05T08:23:00.000-04:00

Judicial activism has reduced freedom and liberty for ALL Americans. Like those schoolyard baseball umpires who rule for their favorite team, judicial activists so reduce faith in the system that they ultimately destroy it. Here, Judge Sotomayor admits and then self-edits the judicial activism in which she believes. This is NOT the sort of person we want on the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS).

Changing demographics

2009-05-02T08:00:00.000-04:00

Random Thoughts

2009-05-01T15:57:00.004-04:00

Justice Souter is going to retire. I don't know why and I don't care. Now, the talk is all about his replacement and how that person should represent this or that gender, race, ethnicity, etc. Not a word about being an outstanding jurist. Why not? Are "they" afraid that a JURIST would have to rule against their anti-constitutional acts? That's what I'm thinking...

The "swine" flu is apparently cause for great concern. Egyptians are stupidly slaughtering pigs, people are avoiding pork products, wearing masks and otherwise acting like frightened school children. Meanwhile the only people who have died are those who already had compromised immune systems and the total number of dead from this particular disease is about 10 out of 6-BILLION+. That's right, TEN, that's T-E-N. I'm calling BS on this one. What is this distraction REALLY about?

One thing the "swine" flu has showed us is that Joe Biden and Janet Napolitano are idiots. At least a few people are noticing...

Have you noticed how many 50-somethings are dying lately? I'm not including the suicides... Have you noticed how many suicides have been reported lately?

Why do the Republicans in Augusta County (Virginia) think they can fool us with a 10-cent tax rate decrease when the end result of the fraudulent tax assessment is a 10-cent tax rate INCREASE? I wish I could vote in Augusta County. Of course we have the same stupid liars in Staunton...

The stock market has rallied. Ok. So I'll be happy when it is back at 14,000... I'd hate to tell you how much my family has lost in stock value. Clearly the annointed one doesn't want us to have it back either. I'm not holding my breath waiting on that either...

The ecoidiots in Congress want to force cap and trade down our throats to save us all from climate change (they had to change the name from global warming because that was so obviously a lie). Of course these pseudoscientists (actually Gaia religionists) haven't a clue that people can't really control the climate in much of any lasting way. In doing so they will be stealing from us an ever increasing, by estimates, amount of money they haven't the nerve to admit is another tax. The current estimate is in excess of $3,000 a year.

Miss California continues to be the subject of intolerant hateful attacks by gays calling for tolerance of their lifestyle. Here's my take. If you can't help it it isn't a 'lifestyle'. If you can help it it isn't normal which makes it a perversion which makes you a pervert.

I've got another question. Just why is a homosexual man judging a beauty contest?

Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL)admitted that the Obama health care plan will destroy the private health insurance industry. I guess they will shut her up ASAP.

Let me tell you folks. I've had government health care all my adult life, in the military and as a retiree, and it sucks when it is run by people who might actually care about me as one of them. What makes you think it will work when it is run by faceless bureaucrats who don't give a fig if you live or die?

And one more thing about that last, Obama said that old people were costing too much for health care. In other words, old people use too much in health care resources. Has anybody seen "Logan's Run"?

Makin Island Returnees

2009-04-30T14:22:00.000-04:00