What a Country!

This morning I went to sign my dogs up for welfare. At first the lady said,

"Dogs are not eligible to draw welfare." So I explained to her that my dogs are mixed in color, unemployed, lazy, can't speak English and have no frigging clue who their Daddys are.

They expect me to feed them, provide them with education, housing and medical care.

So she looked in her policy book to see what it takes to qualify.

My dogs get their first checks Friday.

hat tip: ww

Merry Christmas to All

How Federal Security Works, 24/7, 364 Days a Year

http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid35146384001?bckey=AQ~~,AAAACC1lKhk~,ZvV6UsgbjjbyRIyjCwZ1LlCJagPsiGNo&bctid=721841881001

Just Can't Spend YOUR Money Fast Enough

Dear Senator Merkley:
Please cast your vote against the "DREAM" Act in its present incarnation. The bill is poorly written, vaguely worded, rife with "loopholes" and is virtually impossible to enforce at nearly every level. Worse yet is the undue burden it piles upon American citizens and taxpayers, with the promise of more to come.

Ill-conceived, poorly written, dishonestly vague, spuriously benign, unenforceable, irredeemable, astoundingly racist in tenor, and unwanted by the majority of Oregonians and other Americans: what's not to love?
Please vote against it.
neonleon in PDX

Dear Neonleon,
Thank you for contacting me to share your concerns about the Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act (S. 729). While we may disagree about this legislation, I appreciate knowing your views and value the opportunity to share my perspective.
I believe every student deserves the opportunity to attend college and achieve his or her full potential, and that children should not be held responsible for their parents' actions. The DREAM Act would allow undocumented students who have been in the United States for at least five years the opportunity to earn legal status. I believe it is in our nation's best interest to ensure that all children receive the opportunities of higher education so that they can join the workforce and fully contribute to the economy and society.
Thank you, again, for sharing your thoughts with me. I hope you will continue to keep me informed about the issues that matter most to you.

Sincerely,
Jeffrey A. Merkley
United States Senator

Oklahoma vs. Shariah

If you wonder why the good voters of Oklahoma wish to exclude Shariah Law from their courtrooms,

watch this rather graphic video of Islamic "justice" in action, and then the justification for such brutality by the president of Sudan:

The link takes you to the source, MEMRI

http://www.memritv.org/clip/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/2722.htm

Notice that, in accordance with Shariah, the switches being used are NOT bigger around than the officers' thumbs, so it's all good. 

And remember, at least TWO of our nations's Senators have openly expressed their support of Shariah law becoming a part, if not the whole, of the American justice system.

"Dear Abby"

Dear Abby:

My husband has a long record of money problems. He runs up huge credit-card bills and at the end of the month, if I try to pay them off, he shouts at me, saying I am stealing his money. He says pay the minimum and let our kids worry about the rest, but already we can hardly keep up with the interest.
Also he has been so arrogant and abusive toward our neighbors that most of them no longer speak to us. The few that do are an odd bunch, to whom he has been giving a lot of expensive gifts, running up our bills even more.
Also, he has gotten religious. One week he hangs out with Catholics and the next with people who say the Pope is the Anti-Christ, and the next he's with Muslims.
Finally, the last straw.
He's demanding that before anyone can be in the same room with him, they must sign a loyalty oath. It's just so horribly creepy! Can you help?

Signed, "Lost in DC"


Dear Lost:
Stop whining, Michelle.
You can divorce the jerk any time you want. The rest of us are stuck with him for two more years!

hat tip: JOG                                            

You Can't Make this Stuff up, Folks

On Thursday, December 16, 2010,  Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano announced that her department is creating a new task force to battle the effects of climate change on domestic security operations.


Speaking at the "first" (of many, many more) White House Forum on Environmental Justice (insert WTF here)  on Thursday, Secretary Napolitano discussed the initial findings of the department's recently created "Climate Change and Adaptation Task Force." 
Oh, goodie, another rathole down which to pour even more of the taxpayers' money, as if we did not have far too many jefe's already..  No sense in fighting terrorists (that's the FBI's job, apparently) nor in stopping drug-smuggling and murders along our southern border (again, "Not my job."  Oh, wait...yes, here it is, on page 2,196.  My bad.)  Let's have the Coast Guard saving the polar bears, and the TSA capturing breast implant and ostomy-bag patients, but NOT ONE would-be bomber to date, as long as we can save the planet from BIG OIL and the ee-vil Bush empire.

And you wonder why I think she's a clown?

"Affordable Housing" Plan Revealed

Rep. Barney Frank (D.- Ben Dover) and Senator Chris Dodd (D.-Funct) today revealed their "Affordable housing Creation, Restructuring, And Provision" ( Ah-CRAP) bill late Thursday as the House was passing the "Bush Tax Cuts" bill which effectively re-named the ee-vil "Bush Tax Cuts" to become the new "Obama Benificence Program" which allows the top 50% of wage-earners to keep part of what they earn rather than "re-distribute" it to the bottom 35% of welfare recipients.  Unemployment benefits will be extended for another year, guaranteeing that fewer than 2% of benefit recipients will stop playing Wii and pot-smoking long enough to actually look for a job. Funding for the additional year of unemployment benefits will now be paid in Yuans, as the American Dollar is currently virtually worth about as much as a Kleenex tissue.
Which brings us to the housing plan:  Your new home, courtesy of the Democrat-controlled Congress' last-gasp proposal, awaits.  Live long and Prosper:

WELCOME TO PELOSIBURG

Texas Says It Best, But Berkeley Is , Well, Berkeley

hat tip: JOG

Hmmmm.  "Old-Growth Desert?"  I need a minute to digest that one...nnnnope.  Still no clue.  You?

hat tip:  TL, at AT

Keeping the 'X' in Xmas

A gem from National Review Online:

AP Afflicted with PMS

PMS has indeed afflicted the Associated Press.  Not that PMS, I mean Palin Malevolence Syndrome.  I am confident that none of my readers waste time reading the Huffington Post, inasmuch as one gasbag a day is enough, so I'll show you the pics from AP which got HuffPo's pantyhose in a knot:

Palin has hair "done" in Haiti.

 Palin family on bench next to Rev. Franklin Graham.  The "hairdresser" second from right is Bristol Palin, not Kenneth of Beverly Hills.

I can hardly wait for MSLSD's take on this one.  Betcha see it on tonight's Diane Sawyer and Katie Couric, too.

Obama Names Bill Clinton to Presidential Post

WASHINGTON DC - Ending weeks of speculation and rumors, President-Elect Barack Obama today named Bill Clinton to join his incoming administration as President of the United States, where he will head the federal government's executive branch.

"I am pleased that Bill Clinton has agreed to come out of retirement to head up this crucial post in my administration," said Obama. "He brings a lifetime of previous executive experience as Governor of Arkansas and President of the United States, and has worked closely with most of the members of my Cabinet."

Clinton said he was "excited and honored" by the appointment, and would work "day and night" to defeat all the key policy objectives proposed by Mr. Obama during the campaign.
"I am gratified that the President-Elect has entrusted me with this important responsibility," said Clinton. "I'm looking forward to getting back behind, and under, the Oval Office desk again. As I have told the President-Elect, I pledge to do whatever I can to serve his historic administration by making sure that none of that bullshit he talked about during the campaign will ever see the light of day. Americans can rest assured that he will be safely confined to the East Wing, as far away as possible from any potentially dangerous office equipment or nuclear buttons."

The long anticipated naming of Clinton to head Obama's Oval Office team comes after a week that saw Obama appoint dozens of Clinton associates to his transition team including John Podesta, Rahm Emanuel, Eric Holder, Larry Summers, and Hillary Rodham Clinton. Hundreds of other Clinton Administration holdovers are rumored to be in line for remaining appointments, including Bill Richardson, Janet Reno, Webb Hubbell, Chelsea Clinton, zombie Vince Foster, and zombie Socks the cat.

"Let's face it, it's obvious I'm in way over my head here," explained Obama. "Anyone paying attention knows I am a disaster waiting to happen, and who can blame them? I mean, just look at the stock market. That's why I think it's in the best interest of the country that I hand over the reins to people who, whatever their ethical shortcomings, at least have a faint clue about what they're doing. Come on, man. I've got a 401-k, too."

While the naming of Clinton appears to have momentarily calmed jittery financial markets, it sparked ripples of disapproval at liberal websites like Huffington Post and DailyKos. The progressive blogosphere was an early key source of support for Mr. Obama's candidacy, but a steady stream of Clinton-era appointees since the election has left some charging that he had betrayed his campaign promises to bring them to Washington as part of a sweeping culture of change -- a charge that Mr. Obama vehemently accepted.
"Oh, for Chri... Are you kidding me? Are you friggin' kidding me?" asked Obama. "Of course I betrayed those g**dam**d idiots. Have any of you actually spent five minutes with them? I have, unfortunately. Nothing personal, but I wouldn't trust these internet windowlickers with a plastic spork from Taco Bell, let alone a freaking $3 trillion dollar budget global superpower. Look, I may be naive, but I'm not stupid. And if Kose or Koz or whatever the f*** his name is thinks for one second I give a rat's a** about who he wants in charge of the Treasury Department, he's even stupider than he looks."
"Look, I'm sorry I kinda snapped there, and pardon my French," added Obama. "But I just spent the last two years surrounded by these starstruck moonbat retards, and I'll be damned if I'm gonna spend the next four with them parked in the next cubicle over."

Obama also announced that he had accepted his own appointment of himself as an assistant Undersecretary in the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
"It's a fairly low-stress job that I'm reasonably qualified for," said Obama. "I really can't do much damage there, and it will give me plenty of free time for Oprah specials. Plus work on my next autobiography and re-election campaign."


With heartfelt thanks to iowahawk.typepad.com

I Want to Shake That Montanan's Hand

(Retired Senator Alan Simpson (D-Big Surprise), co-chair of Obama's "Deficit Reduction Commission,"  calls American seniors the "Greediest Generation.")


WARNING:   Some salty language, but the point is made.

From a man in Montana....who - like the rest of us - has had enough

 Hey Alan,

 Let’s get a few things straight…
 1. As a career politician, you have been on the public dole for FIFTY YEARS…
 2. I have been paying Social Security taxes for 48 YEARS (since I was 15 years old. I am now 63)…
 3. My Social Security payments, and those of millions of other Americans, were safely tucked away in an interest bearing account for decades until you political pukes decided to raid the account and give OUR
money to a bunch of zero ambition losers in return for votes, thus bankrupting the system and turning Social Security into a Ponzi scheme that  would have made Bernie Madoff proud…
4. Recently, just like Lucy & Charlie Brown, you and your ilk pulled the proverbial football away from millions of American seniors nearing retirement and moved the goalposts for full retirement from age 65 to age 67. NOW, you and your shill commission is proposing to move the goalposts YET AGAIN…
5. I, and millions of other Americans, have been paying into Medicare from Day One, and now you morons propose to change the rules of the game. Why? Because you idiots mismanaged other parts of the economy to such an extent that you need to steal money from Medicare to pay the bills…
6. I, and millions of other Americans, have been paying income taxes our entire lives, and now you propose to increase our taxes yet again. Why? Because you incompetent bastards spent our money so profligately that you  just kept on spending even after you ran out of money. Now, you come to the American taxpayers and say you need more of our money to pay of YOUR debts…To add insult to injury, you label us “greedy” for calling “bullshit” on  your incompetence. Well, Captain Bullshit, I have a few questions for YOU…

1. How much money have you suckled from the American taxpayers during your pathetic 50-year political career?
2. At what age did you retire from your pathetic political career, and how much are you receiving in annual retirement benefits from the American taxpayers?
3. How much do you pay for YOUR government provided health insurance?
4. What cuts in YOUR retirement and healthcare benefits are you proposing in your disgusting deficit reduction proposal, or, as usual, have you exempted yourself and your political cronies?

It is you, Captain Bullshit, and your political co-conspirators who are “greedy”. It is you and they who have bankrupted America and stolen the American dream from millions of loyal, patriotic taxpayers. And for what?
Votes.
That’s right, sir. You and yours have bankrupted America for the sole purpose of advancing your pathetic political careers. You know it, we know it, and you know that we know it.

And you can take that to the bank, you miserable son of a bitch.



Hat Tip:  Dr. GOG

How ALL phones SHOULD be answered!

GOOD MORNING,

WELCOME TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Please Press '1' for English..

Press '2' to disconnect until you learn to speak English.

Hat Tip: JOG

From Randall Hoven, Via American Thinker

A funny thing happened on the way to spreading the wealth: wealth dried up.


A good class warrior wishes for three things (at least).
(1) For tax rates to be highest on the richest. Ideally, only the rich would pay taxes. The Father of Class War, Karl Marx, made "a heavy progressive or graduated income tax" one of the ten planks of his Manifesto.
(2) For no one to be super-rich. Ideally, no one would make more than some amount considered too much. Barack Obama, the Son of Class War, once said, "I do think at a certain point you've made enough money."
(3) For Government to have plenty of money so that it can spread the wealth and help the needy. The Democratic Party, the Holy Ghost of Class War, put in its 2008 platform, "For families making more than $250,000, we'll ask them to give back a portion of the Bush tax cuts to invest in health care and other key priorities."

Now think about that for a moment. If the class warriors got their first two wishes, their third wish would be impossible. If you tax only the rich, yet you have no rich, then government collects no revenue. You can't spread wealth if there is no wealth.

And here is the punch line: that is exactly what is happening now, just not as starkly.
In 2007, those making over $200,000 per year did not pay all federal income taxes -- just 52% of them. Then came the Great Recession. Taxable income of that group declined 16% from 2007 to 2008. Taxable incomes went up slightly for the middle class, or those households making between $40,000 and $200,000.
And what about the really rich: those with gross incomes over one million dollars? There were 18% fewer tax returns from such households and 25% less taxable income. As a result, the federal government collected $60 billion less from such households in 2008 than in 2007. (See tables at the end of this article.)
The Great Recession was a great time for class warriors. Incomes for the rich went down quite a bit in a single year (and only the first year of the Great Recession) while those for the middle class stayed about the same.

The result was predictable: much less revenue for the government. Federal income taxes from the middle class ($40,000 to $200,000) went up by $2 billion, but those from the rich (over $200,000) went down by $73 billion. This was not because of tax rate cuts; there weren't any. It was because there were fewer rich households and less income for such households.
Real GDP fell only 2.8% from 2007 to 2008, but federal revenue fell almost twice as much: 5.2% in constant dollars. Through 2009, federal revenues were down 21% from 2007, leaving a gaping shortfall in revenue of over half a trillion dollars (inflation adjusted) and an unprecedented federal deficit. (Tax figures for 2009 are not yet available. I suspect they will show the same pattern: loss of federal revenue due to loss of income at the higher levels.)
Revenues did not fall because of a tax rate cut; there was no tax rate cut between 2007 and 2009. Revenues did not fall because of some give-away to the rich. In fact, the problem was just the opposite.
Revenues fell because there were fewer rich and the rich made less money -- just as class warriors wanted.
We had a progressive tax structure that relied on the rich getting richer. Then we got what we wished for: for the rich to become like us. So now we're all broke. We had a bubble-based tax system, and the bubble burst.

Why do you think revenues fell by over 20% to the federal government and states like California during the Great Recession, when GDP fell only 4%? Because the federal government and states like California have extremely progressive tax structures. You get rid of the rich, and you get rid of government revenues (and job creation). Believe it or not, the rich lost more money in the Great Recession than the rest of us did. Our golden goose is cooked.
Discussions of how much to tax the rich are ever more akin to fiddling while Rome is burning. Before you can get money from the rich, you have to have rich households and they have to have money. You can't tax what you've destroyed.

Be careful what you wish for. Or vote for.
Randall Hoven can be contacted at randall.hoven@gmail.com or via his web site, randallhoven.com.

Words to the Wise

"The danger to America is not Barack Obama but a citizenry capable of entrusting a man like him with the Presidency. It will be far easier to limit and undo the follies of an Obama presidency than to restore the
necessary common sense and good judgment to a depraved electorate willing to have such a man for their president. The problem is much deeper and far more serious than Mr. Obama, who is a mere symptom of what ails America .

Blaming the prince of the fools should not blind anyone to the vast confederacy of fools that made him their prince. The Republic can survive a Barack Obama, who is, after all, merely a fool. It is less likely to survive a multitude of fools such as those who made him their president." -author unknown, but spot on.


Hat Tip:  Dr. GOG

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas...

My, my, my.  Christmas is drawing near, you can tell by the chill in the air, the twinkling lights and cheery music, and the increased FBI activities:  Another American citizen attempts mass-murder in the name of Allah the wonderful, that Islamic version of the Grinch:
This morning, the feds arrested Muhammed Hussain, a Muslim convert formerly known as Antonio Martinez, in the Baltimore area on charges related to a bombing plot against military recruitment centers.  
He was using the identical cell-phone technology as the Portland choirbo, I mean, accused mass-murder attemptee  Mohammad Osman Mohammud, and was arrested by the FBI after his attempts (again, plural: attempts) to detonate a false bomb. 
Of course, MSLSD will identify this latest jihadist as "Mr. (or perhaps Senor) Martinez, just as Richard Reid and Jose Padilla were identified in the dying lamestream media outlets NBC, CBS, ABC, and PMS.  After all, they might be misunderstood if identified by their chosen new names: Jose Padilla chose to become Abdullah al-Muhajir. Richard Reid preferred Abdel Rahim,  Antonio Martinez wants to be known as Muhammad Hussein.  All Mormon converts.  No, wait:  I meant MUSLIM converts, you know, "the religion of PEACE."
Oddly, the media had no problems with Muhammad Ali, nee Cassius Clay, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, nee Lewis Alcindor, Jr. (daddy must be so proud), nor "Cat" Stevens, now Yusuf Islam.  Sayyyy, you don't think we're being deliberately mislead, do you?  Naahhhh.  Not by Diane Sawyer nor Keith Olbermann!! 


Am I sensing a pattern here?  Or would that be "profiling?"  After all, Mohammed O. Mohamud is "a nice boy, drank the occasional beer, seemed quiet, not fitting the typical radical's profile..."  hey, wait a minute, is "profiling" OK when trying to prove that "profiling" is wrong?  


 "Oh, Mister Game Warden,  I'm so confused:  Is it Wabbit season, or is it Duck season?"

Thank God that Janet Napolitano doesn't run the FBI.

SEMPER FI

Monday night, I had the distinct honor and privilege of helping to entertain the wounded at the Fort Vancouver Medical Center.
I met men with missing legs, shattered skulls, missing eyes, hands or fingers,  but none lacking spirit, none feeling self-pity.  No, they insist upon thanking us for our time, yet it is we who ought thank them for their sacrifice.  One, a Korea vet with parts of his skull and brain blown to powder more than 60 years ago, has not seen his family for years, not even at Christmas nor his birthday, nor for any other occasion.  Save for the attendant nurses, he is alone, utterly, irredeemably alone.  Thanks for your service, sarge.

I Have Seen The Future, Part XXXVIII

For those who still believe that Government can solve all of mankind's problems, via the London Daily Mail, here's a tidbit  from Great Britain,  the shining example toward which Obamacare advocates and mega-bureaucracy fans so gleefully point:

A hero soldier who lost a leg in Afghanistan has been denied a disabled parking badge three times by council bosses.

Lance Corporal Johno Lee has clocked up £800 (about $2100 American) in fines for parking in disabled bays in his home town of Newark, Nottinghamshire, on days when he uses a wheelchair or feels unable to walk very far.
When he first applied to Nottinghamshire County Council for a blue badge, he was advised:   "he was young and 'may get better.'"
His right leg was amputated below the knee after he was caught up in an explosion in Helmand Province in 2008 and was catapulted into a minefield.
He said yesterday: "I replied that they possibly did not quite understand the situation and that I thought it unlikely my leg would grow back."
In a public statement, the Council's Service Director Mr Paul McKay said: "We are looking into the matter and have arranged for a member of staff to meet Mr Lee to review the situation. We will urgently assess whether he meets the criteria for a disabled parking badge as laid down by the Department of Transport."

There are no words.  Be afraid, citizen.  Be very afraid.

T-Shirt from LarsLarson.com

Islam and America, Politically Incorrect Version

Exerpted from Dr. Peter Hammond's book: Slavery, Terrorism and Islam:  The Historical Roots and Contemporary Threat

Islam is not a religion, nor is it a cult. In its fullest form, it is a complete, total, 100% system of life.
Islam has religious, legal, political, economic, social, and military components. The religious component is a beard for all of the other components.
Islamization begins when there are sufficient Muslims in a country to agitate for their religious privileges.
When politically correct, tolerant, and culturally diverse societies agree to Muslim demands for their religious privileges, some of the other components tend to creep in as well.
Here's how it works:
As long as the Muslim population remains around or under 2% in any given country, they will be for the most part be regarded as a peace-loving minority, and not as a threat to other citizens. This is the case in:
United States -- Muslim 0.6%
Australia -- Muslim 1.5%
Canada -- Muslim 1.9%
China -- Muslim 1.8%
Italy -- Muslim 1.5%
Norway -- Muslim 1.8%
At 2% to 5%, they begin to proselytize from other ethnic minorities and disaffected groups, often with major recruiting from the jails and among street gangs. This is now happening in:
Denmark -- Muslim 2%
Germany -- Muslim 3.7%
United Kingdom -- Muslim 2.7%
Spain -- Muslim 4%
Thailand -- Muslim 4.6%
From 5% on, they exercise an inordinate influence in proportion to their percentage of the population. For example, they will push for the introduction of halal (clean by Islamic standards) food, thereby
securing food preparation jobs for Muslims. (Just ask McDonalds and KFC) They will increase pressure
on supermarket chains to feature halal on their shelves -- along with threats for failure to comply.
This is occurring in:
France -- Muslim 8%
Philippines -- 5%
Sweden -- Muslim 5%
Switzerland -- Muslim 4.3%
The Netherlands -- Muslim 5.5%
Trinidad & Tobago -- Muslim 5.8%
At this point, they will work to get the ruling government to allow them to rule themselves (within their ghettos) under Sharia, the Islamic Law. The ultimate goal of Islam is to establish Sharia law over the
entire world.
When Muslims approach 10% of the population, they tend to increase lawlessness as a means of complaint about their conditions. In Paris , we are already seeing car-burnings. Any non-Muslim action offends Islam and results in uprisings and threats, such as in Amsterdam , with opposition to Mohammed cartoons and films about Islam. Such tensions are seen daily, particularly in Muslim sections in:
Guyana -- Muslim 10%
India -- Muslim 13.4%
Israel -- Muslim 16%
Kenya -- Muslim 10%
Russia -- Muslim 15%
After reaching 20%, nations can expect hair-trigger rioting, jihad militia formations, sporadic killings, and the burnings of Christian churches and Jewish synagogues, such as in: Ethiopia -- Muslim 32.8%
At 40%, nations experience widespread massacres, chronic terror attacks, and ongoing militia warfare, such as in:
Bosnia -- Muslim 40%
Chad -- Muslim 53.1%
Lebanon -- Muslim 59.7%
From 60%, nations experience unfettered persecution of non-believers of all other religions (including non-conforming Muslims), sporadic ethnic cleansing (genocide), use of Sharia Law as a weapon, and Jizya, the tax placed on "infidels," such as in:
Albania -- Muslim 70%
Malaysia -- Muslim 60.4%
Qatar -- Muslim 77.5%
Sudan -- Muslim 70%
After 80%, expect daily intimidation and violent jihad, some State-run ethnic cleansing, and even some genocide, as these nations drive out the infidels, and move toward 100% Muslim, such as has been experienced and in some ways is on-going in:
Bangladesh -- Muslim 83%
Egypt -- Muslim 90%
Gaza -- Muslim 98.7%
Indonesia -- Muslim 86.1%
Iran -- Muslim 98%
Iraq -- Muslim 97%
Jordan -- Muslim 92%
Morocco -- Muslim 98.7%
Pakistan -- Muslim 97%
Palestine -- Muslim 99%
Syria -- Muslim 90%
Tajikistan -- Muslim 90%
Turkey -- Muslim 99.8%
United Arab Emirates -- Muslim 96%
100% will usher in the peace of 'Dar-es-Salaam' -- the Islamic House of Peace. Here there's supposed to be peace, because everybody is a Muslim, the Madrasses are the only schools, and the Q'uran is the only word, such as in:
Afghanistan -- Muslim 100%
Saudi Arabia -- Muslim 100%
Somalia -- Muslim 100%
Yemen -- Muslim 100%

Unfortunately, peace is never achieved, as in these 100% states the most radical Muslims intimidate and spew hatred, and satisfy their blood lust by killing less radical Muslims, for a variety of reasons.
'Before I was nine, I had learned the basic canon of Arab life. It was me against my brother; me and my brother against our father; my family against my cousins and the clan; the clan against the tribe; the tribe against the world, and all of us against the infidel.' -- Leon Uris, 'The Haj'
It is important to understand that in some countries, with well under 100% Muslim populations, such as France, the minority Muslim populations live in ghettos, within which they are 100% Muslim, and within which they live by Sharia Law. The national police do not even enter these ghettos. There are no national courts, nor schools, nor non-Muslim religious facilities. In such situations, Muslims do not integrate into
the community at large. The children attend madrasses. They learn onl the Q'uran. To even associate with an infidel is a crime punishable with death. Therefore, in some areas of certain nations, Muslim Imams and
extremists exercise more power than the national average would indicate.
Today's 1.5 billion Muslims make up 22% of the world's population. But their birth rates dwarf the birth rates of Christians, Hindus, Buddhists, Jews, and all other believers. Muslims will exceed 50% of the
world's population by the end of this century.

President Obama recently appointed two "devout Muslims" to Homeland Security posts. Doesn't this make you feel safer already?
Arif Alikhan, a "devout Muslim," is Assistant Secretary for Policy Development.
DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano swore in Kareem Shora, a "devout Muslim," as ADC National Executive Director as a member of the Homeland Security Advisory Council (HSAC).


NOTE: Has anyone ever heard a new government official being identified as a "devout Catholic," a "devout Jew" or a "devout Protestant"...? Just wondering.

John Quincy Adams stated,  "he [Muhammad] declared undistinguishing and exterminating war as a part of his religion, against all the rest of mankind.  The precept of the Koran is perpetual war against all who deny that Mahomet is the prophet of God."

Battle of Derna  "To the shores of Tripoli"
In 1805, the United States government refused to continue paying Barbary Coast pirates to refrain from raiding American merchant ships.  (Note:  sounding at all familiar?)

When negotiations for a treaty failed, President Thomas Jefferson assembled an expeditionary force of Marines to respond.
Lieutenant Presley O'Bannon and his Marines marched across 600 miles of the Libyan Desert to successfully storm the fortified Tripolitan city of Derna and rescue the kidnapped crew of the USS Philadelphia.
The Marines’ victory helped Prince Hamet Bey reclaim his rightful throne as ruler of Tripoli. In gratitude, he presented his Mameluke sword to Lt O’Bannon.
This famous sword became part of the officer uniform in 1825, and remains the oldest ceremonial weapon in use by United States forces today.
The Battle of Derna was the Marines' first battle on foreign soil, and is notably recalled in the first verse of the Marines’ Hymn: "From the Halls of Montezuma to the shores of Tripoli, we fight our country’s battles in the air, on land and sea."   -- http://www.marines.com/
Call it what you wish, it's still the truth.  The more who understand this, the better it will be for our country and our future. The religious war is bigger than we know or understand.

Oh, Those Snarky Brits!

From The London Daily Telegraph Editor On Foreign Relations

"Let me be clear: I'm not normally in favor of boycotts, and I love the American people. I holiday in their country regularly, and hate the tedious snobby sneers against the United States. But the American people chose to elect an idiot who seems hell bent on insulting their allies, and something must be done to stop Obama's reckless foreign policy, before he does the dirty on his allies on every issue."
One of the most poorly kept secrets in Washington is President Obama's animosity toward Great Britain, presumably because of what he regards as its sins while ruling Kenya (1895-1963).

One of Barack Hussein Obama's first acts as president was to return to Britain a bust of Winston Churchill that had graced the Oval Office since 9/11. He followed this up by denying Prime Minister Gordon Brown, on his first state visit, the usual joint press conference with flags.
The president was "too tired" to grant the leader of America's closest ally a proper welcome, his aides told British journalists.
Mr. Obama followed this up with cheesy gifts for Mr. Brown and the Queen. Columnist Ian Martin described his behavior as "rudeness personified." There was more rudeness in store for Mr. Brown at the opening session of the United Nations in September. "The prime minister was forced to dash through the kitchens of the UN in New York to secure five minutes of face time with President Obama after five requests for a sit down meeting were rejected by the White House," said London Telegraph columnist David Hughes. Mr. Obama's "churlishness is unforgivable," Mr. Hughes said.

The administration went beyond snubs and slights last week when Secretary of State Hillary Clinton endorsed the demand of Argentine President Cristina Kirchner, a Hugo Chavez ally, for mediation of Argentina 's specious claim to the Falkland Islands, a British dependency since 1833. The people who live in the Falklands, who speak English, want nothing to do with Argentina. When, in 1982, an earlier Argentine dictatorship tried to seize the Falklands by force, the British -- with strong support from President Ronald Reagan -- expelled them.
"It is truly shocking that Barack Obama has decided to disregard our shared history," wrote Telegraph columnist Toby Young. "Does Britain 's friendship really mean so little to him?" One could ask, does the friendship of anyone in the entire world mean anything to him?
"I recently asked several senior administration officials, separately, to name a foreign leader with whom Barack Obama has forged a strong personal relationship during his first year in office," wrote Jackson Diehl, deputy editorial page editor of the Washington Post, on Monday. "A lot of hemming and hawing ensued." One official named French President Nicolas Sarkozy, but his contempt for Mr. Obama is an open secret. Another named German Chancellor Angela Merkel. But, said Mr. Diehl, "Merkel too has been conspicuously cool toward Obama."

Mr. Obama certainly doesn't care about the Poles and Czechs, whom he has betrayed on missile defense. Honduras and Israel also can attest that he's been an unreliable ally and an unfaithful friend. Ironically, our relations with both Israel and the Palestinian Authority have never been worse.
Russia has offered nothing in exchange for Mr. Obama's abandonment of missile defense. Russia and China won't support serious sanctions on Iran. Syria 's support for terrorism has not diminished despite efforts to normalize diplomatic relations. The reclusive military dictatorship that runs Burma has responded to our efforts at "engagement" by deepening its ties to North Korea.

And the Chinese make little effort to disguise their contempt for him.
For the first time in a long time, the President of the United States is actually distrusted by its allies and not in the least feared by its adversaries. Nor is Mr. Obama now respected by the majority of Americans. Understandably focused on the dismal economy and Mr. Obama's relentless efforts to nationalize and socialize health care, Americans apparently have yet to notice his dismal performance and lack of respect in the world community.

They soon will.

--London Daily Telegraph Editor -- Alex Singleton



hat tip: JOG

This is ART??

To the Smithsonian, regarding their current "National Portrait Gallery" display which currently receives some $5.8 million of your tax dollars annually .

Sirs:
My tax dollars are being wasted on "art" such as a crucified Jesus covered in ants, Ellen DeGeneres fondling herself, and homo-erotic posturing? This is your idea of the National Portrait Gallery??
ARE YOU INSANE??

I may not be some Harvard-educated elitist art critic, but, having been a garbage collector for 15 years, and having worked with horses since childhood, I know a thing or two about garbage, and also about recognizing horse manure. Your walls are littered with both, at taxpayer expense: at my expense.

Freedom of expression is sacrosanct in this country, but using tax dollars to promulgate filth is unconscionable.
When did the Smithsonian opt to become a brothel or a gay bar??
If this is your idea of art, when it comes to financial support, you may "include me out."

Neon Leon

p.s.  It Worked!  At last they removed this trash from their walls:  One branch of government that responds to the People!

Just Another Monday

Would-be homicide bomber Mohamed O. Mohamud (how charmingly predictable) was unable to detonate a bogus bomb which he obtained from an undercover FBI agent.  Mr. Mohamud, a naturalized U.S. citizen, apparently purchased the ersatz materials in a failed attempt to murder a thousand Portlanders who were attending the Pioneer Square politically-correct "Holiday Tree Lighting Ceremony."   He seemed to believe that he would get bonus Allah-points through performing mass murder, and his contingent suicide, thereby entitling himself to 6 dozen virgins, which are now all assumed to be 45-year-old men who still endlessly play "Warcraft" while living in their parents' basements.
You and I, nevertheless, are to be treated as if we were the terrorists:  pat-downs, scanners, investigative gropings of places only our spouses and our doctors normally touch, simply in order to visit grandma's house in Philadelphia by means of air travel.  By the way, are we expected to tip for the TSA feel-up?  Meanwhile, Arizonans who attempted to persuade this Administration to actually enforce current immigration laws are  reviled as bigots, and sued by the very Administration sworn to protect them.  Our southern border remains nearly as secure as an unlocked liquor store in East Los Angeles, and we are now treated as prime suspects.

As DHS Secretary Napolitano was thought to remark:  "Terrorists come in all sizes and shapes, but you can easily spot them by noticing Irish red hair, Scandanavian blue eyes, Teutonic stout builds, Italian hot-bloodedness, Yiddish dialect, Icelandic calm, Germanic ire, Scottish temper, Spanish romanticism, and French savoir-faire.  But we do not recognize any racial or religious characteristics:  that would be profiling, which is frowned upon by our entire government."

Attorney General Eric Holder, fresh from another round of depositions against Arizona Governor Jan Brewer, was believed to say:  "Withholding civil rights from illegal aliens and Guantanamo prisoners is worse than shredding their fourth-amendment rights, which the framers of the Constitution plainly sought to confer on all the world, even white folks, except just not for all you white folks."

Obviously, the inmates are still running the asylum, and until we experience something akin to a military coup d'etat, our civil liberties will continue to disappear faster than Barack Obama's school records. Without being bigoted, ask yourself this:  

"What do ALL of the terrorists identified since 9/11/2001 have in common?"

Remember, in Final Jeopardy, spelling counts...

p.s  If you are the slack-jawed moron who set fire to the Islamic center in Corvallis, I sincerely hope you get housed in the halal section of OSP.  I'm sure they'll appreciate and reward your efforts.

Happy Thanksgiving!!

Thursday is Thanksgiving day, and as a way of thanking my legions of readers, I wish to express my thanks:.
I thank God that I am loved by a beautiful and forgiving woman, and that I have been blessed with children and grandchildren and even great-grandchildren in one lifetime.
I thank God for my family, who shapes me, and chastises me, and irritates me, and makes me who I am.
I thank God for my friends, who correct me, and reflect me, and direct me.
I thank God for my "church family," that group of believers who now worship in widespread and distant buildings, yet remain connected because of the Spirit of God who indwells them all.
I thank God that he loves all sinners, even me.
I thank God that I am an American;  that American soldiers are still willing to sacrifice their own freedoms, their own families, their own livelihoods to protect mine.

I thank God that America is still a Constitutional Republic, no matter what sort of assaults are waged upon Her.

I thank God that our country changes leaders frequently, or at least has the power to do so when needed.
I thank God that the United States of America is still the land of the free because of the brave.
I thank God that I'm not flying anywhere this weekend, and that Barney Frank isn't head of the TSA.
And, I thank God that the TSA has caught all those would-be bombers...wait, what?  How many??  NONE????  Maybe, just maybe they're looking in all the wrong places.....

                                           AND CHANGE YOU CAN BELIEVE IN:

WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS TO BE....INCONVENIENT AT CNN.

CNN's (formerly known as the Clinton News Network) "objective and unbiased" reporting is revealed here:
CNN's Kathleen Parker, while stressing the need for "comprehensive immigration reform," rather bizarrely and disturbingly inaccurately claimed that Alexander Hamilton came to the United States illegally: "Let's remember..(She said)..a lot of Americans did "come through the back door" such as Alexander Hamilton. He got off the boat from the West Indies, and all he did was write the Constitution and become the first Secretary of the Treasury."
An absolutely brilliant and revealing statement, Kathleen. Perhaps you could be so kind as to elucidate for us, the unwashed masses, precisely how Mr. Hamilton could "illegally" enter into the United States of America  a mere FOUR YEARS prior to the signing of the Declaration of Independence, and a full  NINE YEARS before the Constitution, which, by your own acknowledgement, he himself  helped compose and which was finally ratified by the 13 member states of the newly-created United States.  I'd love you hear your explanation and/or timeline. I'm certain that it will be as charming as your anecdotal pleas for amnesty for today's illegals.
Apparently Ms. Parker confounds bloviation for information.  Too much Wiki, Kath?
Perhaps one ought not sleep through high school Journalism and U.S. History classes, eh Kat?
   Who is the PINHEAD?                                                                                    And who the PATRIOT!


11/19/10  courtesy of NewsBusters.org:

To My Favorite Radio Host, Lars Larson

'Morning Lars,
As you can see from the time stamp, I have insomnia due to this "lame-duck" session of Congress resurrecting what they deceitfully call "comprehensive immigration reform:" the DREAM Act, which obviously stands for Democrats Rewarding Every Anomalous Mexican. It's their last-gasp chance to spit in the eyes of the citizenry for slamming the door on their sorry tailfeathers. After the way they "fixed" the economy with the trillion-dollar stimulus, and "fixed" the finest health care system in the world with Obamacare, and "fixed" airport security, and "fixed" Gitmo terrorist trials, why don't they stop all the nonsense and cut to the chase on this latest version of "Scamnesty for Illegals" and simply grant citizenship to every illegal who contributes $100.00 or more to B.S. Obama's re-election campaign fund? If a mere 12 million of the twenty million illegals pitch in, that would raise 1.2 billion dollars for Barry-O, enough to mollify even a most acerbic George Soros.

Then from Puerto Tierra, Oregon to Buffalo, New Yucatan;  from Detroit, Michoacan to San Jalisco, Califexico, and in Washington, Distrito Federal, we can all join hands and be happy and healthy. And safe, don't forget safe. And working. Yes, oops, my bad, I meant: si, senor.

Oh, what the h-e-double-hockeysticks. I'm off to the gun range to maim a few mallard silhouettes with either the M&P .40 or the Sig 1911.

Keep Preachin'
Neon Leon

Another Blow to the Bill of Rights? One Step Closer to Shariah

The TSA, that friendly hands-on branch of the Department of Homeland Security, is ordered to closely inspect every airline traveller.  Even CAIR, the Muslim Brotherhood's storefront cover, is crying out for exclusions to the full-body scan and/or the full-body pat-down, which apparently violates shariah law concerning Muslim women by allowing intimate contact from, or observation by, an infidel. Thankfully, murdering one's own daughter still seems to be still OK with Allah.

"The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized."

Nothing about airplanes in the 4th Amendment, you'll notice.  But, in all fairness to the authors of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, nothing was ever said about requiring an elected official to provide documentation of birth, degrees, or grade transcripts, either.  For that matter, the term "competence" nowhere appears in the Constitution.  Lucky for us, eh?
So, let's endure full searches of every potential airline passenger, including all elected and appointed government officials.  One never can tell what Joe Biden might be transporting in his underwear, and don't even think about Barney Frank's man thong.  Oddly, 87-year-old Granny Bess from Okanogan seems to fit the profile of a terror suspect to Sec'y Clownitano et.al., as does little 9-year-old Timmy Swensen from Warroad, Minnesota.  You must remember, airline travel is voluntary, and if it takes scans or "touching your junk" to keep even one maniac from blowing up another three thousand innocent people, then oh, well.  It's rather like taking a pre-employment drug screen or a roadside breathylizer test:  a nuisance, to be sure, but a necessity given the tools allowable.  So take the train, drive, charter a bus or a boat.  You are free to choose your preferred method of travel, but just one lucky extremist can wreak considerable and irreparable damage upon thousands.  Personally, I'd prefer to drive:  I can "carry" and remain able to defend myself and my family, at least at close range; a box-cutter being no match for a well-kept Glock.  Gee, maybe if we were all allowed to "carry" on flights.......naahh, never happen.

The point is that jihadists are actively and resolutely seeking the means to duplicate and improve upon the attacks of 9/11/01, and they will continue relentlessly to seek new means of mass murder: ala the Terminator, they will not stop until We. Are. All. Dead.  To them, it is YOU who is deserving of a gruesome death, even if it means blowing themselves to confetti in the process.  The Muslim concept of "martyrdom" is vastly different from the Judeo-Christian concept.  But our problem lies in the hard, cold fact that the jihadists will use grannies and infants or whomever they can in order to carry out their malignant, satanic plottings, so we must endure these invasive precautions until violent jihadism is absolutely repudiated and abjured by "moderate Muslims," or until the last jihadist is sent to his just reward, which will more likely involve brimstone and pitchforks than it will 6 dozen virgins.  Ominously, one of their own has said, "You may have the watches, but we have the time."

Like so many other cancers, radiation seems to be jihadism's only cure: exceptionally high doses of radiation.  Personally, I'm tying a pork chop around my neck before I go to the airport.

"WE the PEOPLE" on YouTube

A Must See.


http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=JVAhr4hZDJE&vq=medium#t=19

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Dear Senator Kay Bailey Hutchinson

Dear Senator Hutchinson:
First of all, thank you for your years of dedicated service to the United States, and to Texas, my father's homestate.

Here in Oregon, we don't face the same border issues as Texas, unless one regards the border with California as being dangerous. But we do have a state government which is virtually oblivious to illegal aliens and the damage caused by them: the taxpayer burden of providing services such as no-cost medical, subsidized food, housing, transportation, education, bi-lingual state employees and documents: the list is virtually endless. ESL is a six-year course in Oregon schools. Six Years. "Rosetta Stone" offers competent language learning in six MONTHS.

I am the child of "immigrants," French, Irish, Mexican, English, Scandanavian, and Canadian Indian. ALL LEGAL. This "open borders" nonsense is pure hypocricy from every leftist who has a lock on the front door of his/her own home or a fence around his/her own private property.

Gert Boyle, 80-year-old CEO of Columbia Sportswear, can attest to the absurdity of porous borders, since she was brutally assaulted, kidnapped and robbed by a long-term illegal alien who broke into her home last week.

As wise old Dr. J. Vernon Mcgee, a fellow Texan, often said: "Come to my front door, and I'll welcome you with open arms, but creep through my open window, and you'll meet my shotgun."

My very best to you,
NeonLeon

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American Pride, Califexico Style

The unconscionable spinelessness of this school administrator is mind-boggling, although his attitude helps explain how a dope-smoking buffoon could be re-elected to a third term as governor.
Rather than corral the thugs who are "offended" by an American flag and may therefore become pugnacious, it seemed better to humiliate a young patriot.  Someone needs to hogtie those school officials to a chair and force them to watch the opening 8 minutes of the movie "Patton" until they can recite that speech word-for-word.  Then let them watch "300" a few times to learn about Duty and Honor and Sacrifice.

I hereby apologize to each and every veteran for serving, and for having served and sacrificed in order to protect gutless, brainless wimps like these who "educate" the next generation.  And may God save our republic.

Shariah Law is Comin' to Town

Asia Bibi, a Pakistani wife and mother of five, has been sentenced to death by hanging.  Her crime?
"Blasphemy against the Prophet Muhammed." *Gasp!* How utterly heinous!  Imagine, not kowtowing to the founder of Islam and its "holy" Shariah Law edicts.  This horrid woman has the audacity to believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of the Living God (NOT "Allah"), that He was raised up out from among the dead, and that He is her personal Savior. 
Obviously deranged, this woman poses a threat to all of Islamic society, and must therefore be expunged for the greater good.  Score yet another atrocity for the "religion of peace."

By the way, a Federal judge in Oklahoma has (temporarily) blocked implementation of a law in Oklahoma, passed Nov. 2 by a 70-to-30 margin of voters, which would bar Oklahoma courts from considering any "other nation's laws or Shariah law" in determining cases.  Muslim groups such as CAIR were immediately offended, indignant and insulted and filed suit to inflict "Allah's Law" on Oklahoma.
Let's let the marital rapes, clitorectomies, "honor killings" and Christian hangings begin, just like in Eachandeverystan.  Submission or Scimitar, your choice.

Oregon may be next.  So here's the Danish cartoon that got so many burqas in a wad:

From Dennis Praeger:

What's the difference between California (and Oregon) voters and the passengers on the Titanic?

The passengers on the Titanic didn't vote to hit the iceberg.

"It's for the CHILDREN..."

Yesterday, I received an e-mail signed by Superintendent Carole Smith, informing me that she was "excited" to propose a brand new half-billion-dollar property tax increase, with the proceeds to provide "modern learning environments" for all Portland Public School students.  Said "modern learning environments"  will include:
1.  Stage Rigging.  No, this is not new vote-counting equipment, but new and improved mechanics to hoist and lower scenery for stage productions, which, as we all know, ensures a well-rounded little Johnny.
2.  Science Lab Upgrades.  These will include new furniture and equipment, because nothing inspires our little chemists  like shiny new desks.  Gum deposits and carvings will be pro-rated.
3.  "Mobile Media Bundles."  No kidding, "interactive white boards" responsive to student-held electronic "clickers,"  a projector, camera, and speakers and more, enabling students to remain in their PS2-designed environments even while at school.
4.  Covered Play Areas.  Remember when you played outside on nice days and in the gym on rainy days?  Not anymore, thanks to covered outdoor play areas, 'cause nothing spells fun activities like wrestling or tumbling on an asphalt surface during a 40 mph gale.
5.  The Best Part.  All the above will only cost the "median homeowner" a pittance of $25.00 more on their annual property tax bill for the next twenty or thirty years.  Median homeowners, of course, does not include renters whose property taxes are concealed in rent increases, and a large portion of families with school-aged children are renters.  The actual effect will be about double the Superintendent's rose-colored estimates.  Of course, the current education bond obligations, nearly 30% of general property taxes, will not be affected.  I don't know about you, but my property taxes have more than doubled over the past ten years, one "insignificant bit" at a time, sort of like boiling the proverbial frog.  And we still seem unable to get more than 2/3 of the students to perform at grade level, doubtlessly due to the lack of interactive white boards.  Let's not even talk about the graduation  or dropout rates, both of which are abysmal at best.
The bottom line?  I find it amusing that our school administrators believe that borrowing half a billion dollars during Oregon's worst economic depression in the past 50 years is somehow a good idea.  This proposal epitomizes their ivory tower perspective.

Worth 1,000

Your Vote Counts

While walking down the street one day a US senator is tragically hit by a truck and dies.
His soul arrives in heaven and is met by St. Peter at the entrance.
"Welcome to heaven," says St. Peter. "Before you settle in, it seems there is a problem. We seldom see a high official around these parts, you see, so we're not sure what to do with you."
"No problem, just let me in," says the man.
"Well, I'd like to, but I have orders from higher up. What we'll do is have you spend one day in hell and one in heaven. Then you can choose where to spend eternity."
"Really, I've made up my mind. I want to be in heaven," says the senator.
"I'm sorry, but we have our rules."

And with that, St. Peter escorts him to the elevator and he goes down, down, down to hell. The doors open and he finds himself in the middle of a green golf course. In the distance is a clubhouse and standing in front of it are all his friends and other politicians who had worked with him.
Everyone is very happy and in evening dress.. They run to greet him, shake his hand, and reminisce about the good times they had while getting rich at the expense of the people
They play a friendly game of golf and then dine on lobster, caviar and champagne.

Also present is the devil, who really is a very friendly guy who has a good time dancing and telling jokes. They are having such a good time that before he realizes it, it is time to go.
Everyone gives him a hearty farewell and waves while the elevator rises...
The elevator goes up, up, up and the door reopens on heaven where St. Peter is waiting for him.

"Now it's time to visit heaven."
So, 24 hours pass with the senator joining a group of contented souls moving from cloud to cloud, playing the harp and singing. They have a good time and, before he realizes it, the 24 hours have gone by and St. Peter returns.
"Well, then, you've spent a day in hell and another in heaven. Now choose your eternity."
The senator reflects for a minute, then he answers: "Well, I would never have said it before, I mean heaven has been delightful, but I think I would be better off in hell."
So St. Peter escorts him to the elevator and he goes down, down, down to hell.

Now the doors of the elevator open and he's in the middle of a barren land covered with waste and garbage.
He sees all his friends, dressed in rags, picking up the trash and putting it in black bags as more trash falls from above. The devil comes over to him and puts his arm around his shoulder.
"I don't understand," stammers the senator. "Yesterday I was here and there was a golf course and clubhouse, and we ate lobster and caviar, drank champagne, and danced and had a great time. Now
there's just a wasteland full of garbage and my friends look miserable.  What happened?"

The devil looks at him, smiles and says, "Yesterday we were campaigning.. ..
Today you voted."



hat tip: jog

From Clark County, Nevada

"Is this Harry Reid different from that Harry Reid?  Why is one Harry Reid a Democrat and the other Harry Reid a Republican?  And why does the box next to Sharron Angle's name say 'Do not write here under penalty of law'?"

From Their Own Mouths

From Kurt Schrader:  "I am proud to have had the opportunity to vote in support of this historic effort to overhaul America's failing healthcare system."

From Ron Wyden:  "I am working to pass real (healthcare) reform that gives Americans real choices."
 

What Will Happen Next Tuesday?

"I See...Dead People...and non-citizens...

thousands...thousands...all of them...

voting...voting for.....Democrats!"

"Call Me Senator..."

David Zucker, Hollywood director ("Airplane!" et. al.) is a reformed liberal.
As an apology for having supported Barbara Boxer in past elections, he offers this video:

Clairvoyant Ad ?

The Big "O" on the Stump

President pro-tem Obama stumped for fellow liberals John Kitzhaber and Patty Murray yesterday, quoting himself over and over and over again before choirs of sycophants.  Amazingly, only one car wreck resulted from his incarn, ummmm, appearance in Portland.
"This recession started long before I took office."  Well, yes, it started in 2007, when liberals took majority control of both House and Senate.
"Sometimes HOPE fades."  Hmmmm.  Like when $800 billion of borrowed money goes down a rathole?  Or when the Speaker of the House sniggers:  "You'll just have to pass this (Obamacare) bill to see what's in it."  Or when "Cash for Clunkers" costs more to administer than it distributes? Care to buy another pig-in-a-poke?
"Republicans drove the car into the ditch, and now they want the keys back"  Ditch?  Ohh, you mean the 4.8% unemployment rate, the 12,500 Dow, the ever-increasing GDP, the lower taxes, the restricted, smaller government:  that ditch?

I did want to hear "Spread the wealth around," and "Change we can believe in," but, once again, Mr. O let me down.  The only bright spot was the absence of Kurt Schrader, who stayed away to avoid Mr. O's kiss-of-death.  You're still gonna lose, Kurt, sorry.  Buh-Bye. DLTDHYOTWO.

On November 2nd, remember:

Detroit and Tri-Met

Here's a video I stol...ummm, redistributed from YouTube.  At every mention of "Detroit," substitute "Portland," or "Tri-Met."  This should be fun.  Oh, and the snarky politician?  "Civil Servant of the Year" for Michigan.  I rest my case.

Peace Comes To Iraq

A U.S. Marine squad was marching north of Fallujah when they came upon an Iraqi terrorist, badly injured and unconscious. On the opposite side of the road was an American Marine in a similar but less serious state. The Marine was conscious and alert and as first aid was given to both men, the squad leader asked the injured Marine what had happened.


The Marine reported, "I was heavily armed and moving north along the highway here, and coming south was a heavily armed insurgent." We saw each other and both took cover in the ditches along the road.
I yelled to him that Saddam Hussein was a miserable, lowlife scum bag who got what he deserved.
He yelled back that Barrack Obama is a dumb, good-for-nothing, left wing, weak, liberal faggot.
So I said that Osama Bin Ladin dresses and acts like a frigid, mean-spirited lesbian!
He retaliated by yelling, "Oh yeah? Well, so does Hillary Clinton!"



"And, there we were, in the middle of the road, shaking hands, when a truck hit us."

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This is best viewed full screen.  

Are you listening, Drs. Schrader and Kitzhaber?  "Representatives" Wu, Blumenauer, and de Fazio?  Senator Wyden?   I thought not.

hat tip: jog

Shari 1946-2010

My high school sweetheart died last Thursday in Mexico:  "complications" after radical cancer surgery. She did not live to see 65.

I met her when I was 12, working in a popcorn-and-sno-cone truck at Grant Park.  She thought I was too flirty, and never gave me a second thought until we shared a study hall time as sophomores, passing notes back and forth about her troublesome latest boyfriend:  I considered him to be a thug and far beneath her dignity.  Time proved that opinion to be correct when he was arrested and incarcerated, and, somehow, our passed notes morphed into a dating relationship as sophomores to "going steady" as juniors.  I asked her to marry me (at 16, mind you) and set the date as June 19th, 1966.

But her parents moved to Nevada soon thereafter, absolutely and irreparably shattering my heart : I thought she was gone from me forever.  We wrote one another constantly.  She invited me to visit that summer, and I rode the bus a thousand miles to be with her for a week, sleeping in her brother's bunk bed.  I hated leaving, but, at last I again had hope for "us."

I was the one who could not stand the separation, the loneliness.  I started dating other girls, all mere stand-ins, few memorable.  None lasted longer than a couple of weeks.  Then, suddenly, she was there at my doorstep!!  I cannot express the joy!  But, alas, again her family moved away, leaving us back to mere writings.  I caved:  foolishly, I asked her to return my "pin," the symbol of a steady girlfriend.  Tearfully, she acquiesced.  I dated furiously, vainly trying to mask my heartbreak.  All of it was empty, all of it a waste of time.  No one else mattered.

Then, on the first day at college, she was there!!  The same dorm complex, the same dining area, the same "rec room," the same laundry room.  She bravely, sweetly asked if we could start anew together.  Oh, how I wanted to, but I had been far too faithless, I had gone too far astray, I had broken every vow.  I was not worthy of her. Fool that I was, I said simply: "No."
And I watched her heart break as she turned away.

Soon, too soon, I married the wrong woman:  thirteen years of torment followed, culminating in a painful, ugly divorce, but for which I now thank God.  My sweetheart-become-dear-friend also married, also divorced, and she flew to Mexico to begin a new life.  We had rejoiced at each others' children, we had sent Christmas and birthday cards, but we rarely saw one another.  Once, and I don't remember when, we had dinner together as she passed through town:  we walked the halls of our old school together, we visited her old home, we laughed and hugged and shared one sweet, tender kiss at the end of the evening.  Then, she was gone from me, again.

Eventually, I married a truly beautiful woman, whom I dearly love, twenty-five years ago.
At first, she was jealous of my "pen-pal."  Until they met. Those two hit it off like two long-separated sisters, often excluding me from their conversations and shared giggles.  They even have remarkably similar names, as if twins separated at birth.

So, through marriages, children, divorces, lovers, successes, and failures, we stayed in touch:  always gently loving each other, but always apart.  She always forgave me for my pig-headedness.  But I never got to tell her goodbye, and so I write this eulogy:

She was always more loving, more forgiving, more caring than any of us knew.  She will always be treasured inside my heart in that special place reserved for first love:  that innocent, tender, child-like affection which vanishes like dew in the morning sun.  May she truly be at peace at last, safe in God's loving hands.
And perhaps God will be kind to me and let me be her next-door-neighbor in heaven.

I'd like that.