Late Night Cartoons.....

some of these "borrowed" from liberal guy

I tell you what - I will wear it on MY forehead if he brings the damned thing out.....

I KNEW IT!!!

Hahahahaaha.......you fell for Obama's teleprompter speeches and voted for him.......

Nut Job Award

While Grouchy Old Cripple has the AOTW award, I would have to come up with my own award for something other than being worthy of receiving the AOTW.

So I decided to make the "nut job award."  Nut Job of the Week? I dunno. Nut Job of the month?  I dunno.  Whenever and wherever I suppose.

The nut job award is seen at left.  I made it myself. I may need to put a fancy little award stand on it - but this is the first one so far.

The nut job award indicates an individual has achieved a very high public unawareness of reality with ideas so far out there as to be unable to be captured in modern media. It can even be awarded for outright stupidity absent a developmental disability or otherwise visible mental handicap. However, the award itsself is indicative of mental retardation, deliberate or ignorant deviance and psychopathy.  The screw is symbolic of the fact that most nut jobs ideas end up screwing us over.

So - who to give it to? 

I think the first ever awarding of the esteemed Nut Job Award (NJA) (esteemed because those who get it are the ones who come up with stupid ideas that get hailed as revolutionary while destroying lives and nations) should go to Kathleen Sebelius, secretary of health and human services for saying that America needs to be re-educated on Obamacare because we don't understand it and obviously aren't happy with it and don't like it - so OBVIOUSLY we need to be told about it again.

I thought we would like it when we got it. 

And needed to pass it to know what was in it.

So we don't like it and know enough about it that we don't want to know more....but noooooooo.....Kathy thinks we need to do this all over again.......

KEEEEP telling us about it and indoctrinating us with it until we get it - yesssss - you are getting sleepy - obamanomics is washing over youuuuuu......the utopia that is magic unicorn land is a happy place......avoid reality.....shun it......turn away from it....dismiss it....it doesn't really matter.........

Here's your award Kathy!

Wear it with pride.  It might get you into harvard. 

There are more congressional medals of honor than there are these - so congratulations on being the first ever to get it.

I hope there wasn't anyone stupider I could have given it to.....but - here's for a good show Kathleen.

Designated Decoy

Only a person in North Carolina could think of this. From the country where drunk driving is considered a sport, comes this true story.


Recently a routine police patrol was parked outside a bar in Kinston , North Carolina. After last call, the officer noticed a man leaving the bar so apparently intoxicated that he could barely walk.

The man stumbled around the parking lot for a few minutes, with the officer quietly observing. After what seemed an eternity, in which he tried his keys on fi ve different vehicles, the man managed to find his car and fall into it. He sat there for a few minutes as a number of other patrons left the bar and drove off. Finally he started the car, switched the wipers on and off--it was a fine, dry summer night--flicked the blinkers on and off a couple of times, honked the horn and then switched on the lights. He moved the vehicle forward a few inches, reversed a little, and then remained still for a few more minutes as some more of the other patrons' vehicles left. At last, when his was the only car left in the parking lot, he pulled out and drove slowly down the road. The police off icer, having waited patiently all this time, now started up his patrol car, put on the flashing lights, and promptly pulled the man over and administered a breathalyzer test. To his amazement, the breathalyzer indicated no evidence that the man had consumed any alcohol at all! Dumbfounded, the officer said, 'I'll have to ask you to accompany me to the police station. This breathalyzer equipment must be broken.'

'I doubt it,' said the truly proud Redneck. 'Tonight I'm the designated decoy!'
 
(I completely oppose drunk driving however)

Celebrity Quack of the Day: John Cusack

One of my favorite actos is John Cleese (British guy? Sir Lancelot from Monty Python's Quest for the Holy Grail?). 

And then....I hear him open his mouth and wax philosophical on politics....annnnnd he sounded like a drunken rambling sophist who was full of himself.

I won't go too hard on him though because he is one of my favorite comedians still.

But now, John Cusack. 

One of my wife's favorite actors.......calls for the Satanic Death of the GOP and a bunch of other mental nonsense: link HERE.

And is a Barak Obama Supporter.

What do I do about it? 

Just remind her he's not the nice guy we see on screen whenever I have to watch a movie of his I don't like.

At any rate, yeah....wing nut.

Good thing he's only a cultural icon that we look to for entertainment and let our American kids by influenced by him by setting them down in front of one of his shows while we walk away and tend to our lives and let the TV babysitter raise them for us.

Whew!  Could be worse!

God's Flyover - 8/28/10 - 'Restoring Honor"

I heard Glenn Beck speak of this, this morning.  For the "Restoring Honor" Rally, he had tried so hard to get a military contingent - bugler - gun salute - flyover - color guard.....anything, and nothing came.

So the Boy Scouts of America posted the colors, and then at precisely 10:00am as the event began after the music and opening remarks, God provided a flyover of His creations in a stamp of approval (And I believe it was) to the gathering in His name as a nation.

Isaiah 31:4 For thus hath the Lord spoken unto me, Like as the lion and the young lion roaring on his prey, when a multitude of shepherds is called forth against him, he will not be afraid of their voice, nor abase himself for the noise of them: so shall the Lord of hosts come down to fight for mount Zion, and for the hill thereof. 5 As birds flying, so will the Lord of hosts defend Jerusalem; defending also he will deliver it; and passing over he will preserve it. 6 ¶ Turn ye unto him from whom the children of Israel have deeply revolted.


(By the way, I think this is a Royal Canadian (Geese) Flyover)

Morning Cartoons - and what is this thing?

What is this? (I really don't know)

Very Nice......I wonder if he will have to "make himself clear" with this one....

The remodels that were done while Obama was trysting around over the last week....

 (No I don't think Obama's a Muslim, I know he's not a christian by the things he does and I don't think anyone who knows him or about him except the extremists would consider him an honorable member)

Facts About Outer Space (For my son who LOVES astronomy)

Via: Online School

What's Right With Islam? Is Islam Responsible For.....?

Okay - all the other bloggers are posting this, and normally that in itsself would be reason enough not to.

But!  This guy has his own views, makes some interesting points.

So is Islam responsible for the GZM?

Is it ISLAM?

First, if you didn't know, Islam is about as fractured as Christianity in terms of denominations and interpretations of the scriptures.

There are moderate Muslims even inactives who don't really practice it.  Actually one of my fellow veterans I used to go on patrol with, a USAF seargent was a Muslim - which was really annoying at times because we'd have to stop so he could pray.  But whatever - I respected his religion, he respected mine - though he DID try to convert me.

At any rate - I would argue that there IS a difference between Islam and its denominations and Islamofascism - however, it can be hard to tell the two apart - I wish they'd make it easier and speak out a bit more.  Its pretty obvious the GZM imam has specifically done this to provoke a war just like any psychopath would do as an excuse to go on a rampage - and the peaceful muslims are caught in the middle but....sometimes you don't choose the fight, the fight chooses you and you have to decide which side you're going to be on.

So with that - I oppose islamofascism and sharia but I do believe peaceful muslims are perfectly capable of living in our country and we can live with them together. 

BUT - here's a couple thoughts on the GZM from another commentator.

Metal Detecting with the Minelab Explorer II: Lincoln City, Oregon - Taft Beach

Took the kidlets out to Lincoln City on the Oregon Coast yesterday to Taft Beach.  Took the Minelab Explorer II as well.  Did a bit of exploring over on the beach and had a bit of success as well.


I really don't use it all that much - especially for as much as I paid for it.  But I'm still figuring it out and figured out why some places seemed so "clean."  I had the discriminator set to overlook a bunch of things I might be interested in digging up.

So, once I figured that out (you know if I read the owner's manual I might have figured that out sooner) all of a sudden the beach that just a moment previous was the "world's cleanest beach that nobody litters on" suddenly became the future prospect site of the "World Corps Beach Strip Mine" with the world's motherload of aluminum pull tab deposits and iron ore from dock nails. 

I managed to set it so that it filtered out iron and pretty soon was able to figure out the difference on the digital display between a coin and a pop bottle top and then - all of a sudden - WHAM! WHAM! WHAM!   I found a small handful of change in short order - quarter, nickel, dime, penny - a spanish gold coin from Queen Isabella in 1492 buried in the sand remained elusive however.  I remain optimistic though.

By that time I was pretty tired from the pace as I'd been going for an hour and a half trying to figure the thing out some more while pulling my kids off the hotel rocks and making sure they weren't bothering the childless liberal tourists who might not be acquainted with "little people" in their effort to extinguish their genes and thereby make the planet a better place. I think that's a reasonable plan - just don't try to extinguish mine through public education while you're at it.

On a political note - where does that fit in with evolutionary psychology if there's no God?   The desire to not have kids to improve the planet?  In my evolutionary psychology studies, it seemed every abberation was explained in terms of "helping others" genes survive. 

Example - weak shark gets eaten by strong shark in an effort to help the strong shark propagate its genes - it is therefore using the "altruistic-helping-other-sharks-kick-and-eat-my-ass-so-they-can-have-a-better-life-than-me-and-kick-the-rest-of-my-relatives'-asses-and-fins-across-the-ocean-floor" gene. 

The homo gene?  Also known as the "altruistically-helping-others-have-a-manlier-sex-life-than-me-and-perpetuate-their-genes-and-not-minebecause-I-care-so-much-about-their-genes" gene.

At right is shown the "fat-person-altruistically-helping-skinnier-peoples'-genes-survive-by-killing-myself-so-I-don't-consume-as-much-food-so-their-genes-have-a-better-chance-of-surviving" gene played out to its full extent.

What does this have to do with metal detecting? 

Absolutely nothing.

It's just the politically incorrect stab at the world we live in.

But I think I've got it almost down to where I can really start going to town with the thing.  If y'all want to help me out just go out and drop your jewelry somewhere and then let me know where to go look.....or you can just mail it to me so I don't have to use batteries in the Minelab.   Thanks!

Or you can just search my blog for other Minelab Explorer entries using the sometimes-broken Google Search Tool at the top.

Boogers.....explained.......

Not sure if this is "tasteful," "Common sense," "Education," or "Old Fashioned values" and I doubt it's a "Politically incorrect stab" but - here ya go.


Via: Online Schools

Sunday (Wedding) Humor.....

A three year old girl had a habit of sucking her thumb.

In order to "scare" her into quitting they told her if she kept sucking her thumb, they told her that she would swell up like a balloon and everyone would know that she sucked her thumb.

Finally it worked.

She quit sucking her thumb.

A few weeks later, the family went to a wedding of a friend.

As they moved down the line to greet the bride and bridesmaids, one of the bridesmaids was clearly pregnant by about 8 months.

The little girl, proud of her achievement, but remembering what mom and dad had said, started smiling when she saw the pregnant bridesmaid's stomach. 

When they got down to meet the bridesmaid and the little girl was introduced as part of the family, she smilled knowingly and pointed at the bridesmaids stomach in front of everyone and started laughing and said in the sing-song-playground tone "I know what YOUVE been doingggggggg!"

HHO powered van - update!

Well - the HHO continues to work quite well.

It is very clear I have more power - still trying to get a "constant" for a reference on the whole thing though because driving is so inconsistent - i.e. city with highway and it's just never constant. 

However, the coils inside the unit do corrode over time with the electricity pouring through them.  It's actually eaten through a part of the coil in there.

So I may have to reduce the amperage running through there.  A test with an ammeter the other day showed I had nearly 20 amps running through them.

And that might be contributing to the corrosion as well - but not sure.

Friends said to try lye instead of baking soda for the conductor in the water (word escapes me right now - other word for conductor) because it would be easier on the parts.

However, it still continues to crank out the HHO and it does run better.

I was at 4k miles and the oil was looking pretty darned good but decided to do the change and then flush out the HHO system and refill it - so I did.

SO! we'll see how everything works for a while longer, I may put a pulse width modulator in and a bit heftier coils but we'll see how that goes. 

At any rate for now - it's still working and seems to be working quite well.

DEMOTIVATION TIME!!!!!

Nothing like getting the bigest question on your mind about your date out of the way before you even meet.....

Good to know.....all these years I was getting it wrong.....

I'll have to remember this......scissors.......(Shouldn't that be spelled with two Z's?)

Trolling for tolerance......

Would I be in trouble if I said I support the murder of Code Pink?  Since they are talking about me at one time....just wondering if that's a two way street.....

And THIS is why the chicken crossed the road.....

Republican Truck Vs. Democrat Truck

I stopped by the Toyota Dealership yesterday for a look at the new Tacoma. Just for fun, I took it out for a test drive. I wanted to sense that new "feel" before they become extinct...
The salesman (wearing an Obama "change" lapel pin) sat in the passenger seat describing the truck and all its "wonderful" options.
The seats were of particular interest. He explained that the seats directed warm air to your butt in the winter and directed cool air to your butt in the summer heat.
Feeling like messing with his mind, I mentioned that this must be a Republican truck.

Looking a bit angry, he asked why I thought it was a Republican truck.
I explained that if it were a Democrat truck, the seats would blow smoke up your ass year-round.
I had to walk back to the dealership........guy had no sense of humor.

late night cartoons....

I think Oklahoma looks like a safe state to move to....zero counties for Obama (not that McCain was America's messiah - poison vs. poison lite....)

Tired of the racist thing? me too....so here's some more.....

Since the girl with the maggots the other day was such a big hit....hopefully this cute and furry fuzzy cat will make you feel better....

Games Rednecks Play: Man jumps in hay bailer........???

Swiped from Theo Spark.

A Man Walks Into A Bar.....

A guy goes into a bar, where there's a robot bartender. The robot says, "What will you have?" The guy says, "Martini." The robot brings back the best martini ever and says to the man, "What's your IQ?" The guy says, "168." The robot then proceeds to talk about physics, Space exploration and medical technology

The guy leaves, but he is curious... So he goes back into the bar. The robot bartender says, "What will you have?" The guy says, "Martini." Again, the robot makes a great martini gives it to the man and says, "What's your IQ? The guy says, "100." The robot then starts to talk about NASCAR, Budweiser and John Deere tractors. The guy leaves, but finds it very interesting, so he thinks he will try it one more time.

He goes back into the bar. The robot says, "What will you have?" The guy says, "Martini," and the robot brings Him another great martini. The robot then says, "What's your IQ?" The guy says, "Uh, about 50." The robot leans in real close and says, "So, you people still happy you voted for Obama?"

Portland Mayor Wants To Require Gun Locks In Your Home

Apparently the Mayor of Portland wants to pass a law requiring gun locks on guns in your home - Here is a link to the info on the bill, and below is my letter and my experience and perspective on this issue:


Mayor Adams,

I am a police officer veteran of the U.S. Navy and currently am becoming a doctor of psychology working with criminal and violent sex offenders here in Portland Oregon.

As a police veteran who responded to myriad domestic violence issues and even street crimes, I can tell you personally, I CAN. NOT. GET. THERE. FASTER. THAN. SOMEONE. WHO. CAN. DEFEND. THEMSELVES. Even with lights and sirens blaring and doing fifty over the speed limit while trying to respect little old ladies in the crosswalk and school buses with children. I can't make it.

I usually would show up to faces opened up and hanging by a jaw or blood puddles 20 feet long the sidewalk and guts in the kitchen from violence on domestic patrol. My job was to clean up after it was done. Do first aid. Get an ambulance. Transport the body. And these injuries and deaths didn't happen from firearms - these were done by regular household items - beer bottles - kitchen knives - steel toed boots - brass knuckles - bare fists.

If someone was being raped? It was over by the time I got there.

But a firearm or even the sound of one being cocked would often get peoples' attention and bring a dangerous situation to a halt if I got there before it happened.

Further, my wife is handicapped and cannot defend herself or even run but can handle a firearm to protect herself and our children. In fact the other night she had to "safety off" and put her hand on her pistol in a very unsafe situation in public as a warning to someone who was a threat to our family. Guns and the ability to access them protect women who are otherwise weaker than men and level the playing field for them in this world. It gives them a chance. Why would you want to make it even harder for them with more hurdles to jump through to defend themselves?

Your laws would literally make her a victim as well as my children. I have had a break in right next door to me even from a bunch of thieves on a drug rush and I can tell you as a police veteran - any amount of time you spend hampering peoples' ability to swiftly respond to a crisis only creates more victims.
Higher healthcare costs from increased victims. More welfare for families left fatherless or childless or motherless. More counseling for people who can't even feel safe in their homes who are already victims. Higher crime as people engage in more of it. What will this help?

The desire to require gunlocks in our homes to make the city safer is academic and not even applicable to the REAL problems we face in our city/society.

I can also tell you as a counselor who sits and has  sat in a room with some of the most dangerous rapists in the city of Portland and state of Oregon while getting inside their heads - your laws would be a dream come true to them. The would LOVE you Mayor Adams.

Are you campaigning for the rapist vote? Are you supporting rapists? Because that's who you're advocating for with this idea. Whether you think so or not.

And only those who do not respect the law will be following this gun law - creating even more victims.
This gun proposal is a bad idea. A dangerous idea. A deadly idea.

I can also tell you that having served in the military among thousands of armed men, our violence among ourselves from guns when we are armed is the lowest in the nation - it's not the guns that are the problem - it's the inability to defend yourself that creates an opportunity for someone who's otherwise a coward to take advantage of.

Further - I believe your law may be illegal or have some hitches to it given that we are allowed to carry a concealed weapon in public if licensed but then would have to lock it in our own home? How would that work? How would you enforce the law in the home? By illegal searches?

If I can (for fun) quote Gomer Pyle from the movie "Good Morning Vietnam" and compare drugs to guns on the Vietnam War: "You see, here in Vietnam...drugs...really aren't a problem....see?.....cuz.....like if everybody's....got 'em....how can they be a problem?" Lets apply that to the ability to defend ourselves.

How many robberies occur at police stations? What if the police had to have their guns locked and locked up "just to be safe?" Could they do their job? Isn't safety - personal safety - everyone's job - everyone's RIGHT?

As a police veteran I prefer a public that can defend its self - because I simply can't get there fast enough - nor can I be everywhere - and it absolutely infuriated me the number of violent crimes that occurred in public AFTER I drove by and they were safe from being seen or caught by me until it was too late. Further, people aren't even able to fire me or sue me if they get raped or hurt because I wasn't there, it was just "tough luck!" There's no accountability to protect from police or even sheriff's departments if they failed to protect people. I knew it and you know it. It's better that people are free to defend themselves if they choose and not have to protect themselves from criminals as well as a government that wants to help criminals by making it harder to defend themselves.

Don't do this.

It's not the solution.

(I should have asked if he was going to require gun locks on the guns people use to attack people with - okay - I did - and I told him I thought the assailants should be charged with assault with a deadly weapon without a gun lock for a nice double whammy).

Come see the world's largest tumor! (More news!)

The tumor weighed some 50 pounds.  They cut it out in Argentina. There's not much to say besides that. So question and thought time!  

I wonder if you could put it in a jar or donate it or something.

Are these things useful for anything other than charging people to have them removed?

Could you create tumors just so people would have to come back to have them removed - kind of like manufacturing a crappy car so you can charge them for maintenance?

I think she should name it.  Howie.  That's a good name for a tumor like that.

What do you do with something like that when you pull it out?   Just put it in the trash where the trash man is going "what....the hell?"

Recycle it for fertilizer?  Just....wondering.  That's a 40 pound ball of just flesh right there......that's insane.

Halloween IS coming.....put it in a bin of formaldahyde with some Mr. Potato Head accessories and some eerie light on it and put it on a shelf as part of your haunted house display.....there ya go.  That's what they should do with it.   That's the winning idea right there.

Republicans To Demand Obama Birth Certificate - if they take the house.....

Okay - so I made that headline up - it's one I'd like to see so I put it up.  It wasn't on the list, but the Republicans ARE planning massive investigations into EVERYTHING - from the Black Panther Party fiasco to the Government Spendulus Program - if they get the house back: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0810/41506.html

Apparently the guy in charge of all this really is looking forward to investigating the most transparent government in history.

EPA May Ban Lead Bullets (Affecting 2nd Ammendment)

So - the EPA can't regulate ammo, it can regulate a bit of the manufacturing process since non-lead alternatives are available.  However, the price of ammo will go up.

But!  There is a petition where you can publicly comment to the EPA as it reviews the prospect within this link HERE  and the link to comment I believe is this one.

My thoughts?  Lead is a very plentiful and easy to process metal - other metals are more harmful to the environment with their highe temperatures and higher purity requirements.

Just....it's the law of unintended/intended consequences.  It never goes as simple as they plan and everything gets totally hosed up along the way then they blame republicans.  Yeah yeah yeah, we know.

Friday Feature

I really hate the hypocrisy of pop-culture with its fads and fashions.

Which is why I *LOVE* this song since the first time I heard it.  Lily Allen: The Fear.

It kind of caught my ear while I was driving along thinking "catchy beat....nice sound..." and then I heard "I'll take my clothes off and it will be shameless 'cuz everyone knows that's how you get famous...." and I knew she was on to something.   But actually I thought to myself...."..wwha hwah  what? Did I just hear that correctly?" before I thought ".....true....sad but true...."

You know - it's all there (everything!)  for you for the taking if you're willing to do what it takes to get there.   Sacrifice yourself and everything you ever/never believed in or simply be dedicated.  When you get to the top I hope the view is what you were hoping for.  Though in my experience it never seems to be what I thought it would be.  Is that because my imagination is incorrect or are the experiences incorrect?

At any rate, she seemed to hit every single cliche that exists in our pop culture.  It's very cynical but very direct - and I can be both unfortunately/fortunately.   Meanwhile it rips on pop culture it's produced a video that's a part OF pop culture.

So - I thought I'd just post it for fun.  However, the embed code doesn't work but I did want to post the link here just because it looks nicer than just a link - you'll have to go to the youtube page (and endure a painful 10 second commercial in either English or Spanish (ay-yi-yi) before it starts).

Or you can just click the link here.....

I want to be rich and I want lots of money

I don’t care about clever I don’t care about funny

I want loads of clothes and I want lots of diamonds

I heard people die while they are trying to find them

And i’ll take my clothes off and it will be shameless

Cause everyone knows that’s how you get famous

I’ll look at the sun and I’ll look in the mirror

I’m on the right track yeah I’m on to a winner

[Chorus]

I don’t know what’s right and what’s real anymore

I don’t know how I’m meant to feel anymore

When do you think it will all become clear?

‘Cause I’m being taken over by the fear

Life’s about film stars and less about mothers

It’s all about fast cars and cussing each other

But it doesn’t matter cause I’m packing plastic

and that’s what makes my life so f-ing fantastic

And I am a weapon of massive consumption

And its not my fault it’s how I’m programmed to function

I’ll look at the sun and I’ll look in the mirror

I’m on the right track yeah we're on to a winner

Chorus

I don’t know what’s right and what’s real anymore

I don’t know how I’m meant to feel anymore

When do you think it will all become clear?

‘Cause I’m being taken over by the fear

[Bridge]

Forget about guns and forget ammunition

Cause I’m killing them all on my own little mission

Now I’m not a saint but I’m not a sinner

Now everything's cool as long as I’m gettin thinner

[Chorus]

I don’t know what’s right and what’s real anymore

I don’t know how I’m meant to feel anymore

When do you think it will all become clear?

‘Cause I’m being taken over by fear

Ground Zero Mosque stats.....

Apparently the Ground Zero Hammasque can accomodate 1,000 Al Qaeda Pilots during their worship services....or so I've heard.....

I wonder if they will fly rugs or airplanes again.....

You know - my favorite in all this was the "underwear bomber" with Big Sister Napolitano saying "The system worked the way it was supposed to!" as for why it failed.

Yes.  

This is our plan.

We hire Swedes to tackle them right as they burn their crotch lighting the underwear on fire and save the day and after we spend billions on screening and ignoring our screening results....good plan.  Good plan.  I like it.

Socialism: Then and Now (Uh, we still have a problem)

I like how this guy breaks it down by the numbers.....and when you realize nothing's changed except the dollar amounts we WASTE billions of dollars in this country on government programs.  This is an amazing speech. Well worth the time it takes to listen to it. 

Memorable Quotes: Ronald Regan! (hooyah)

"Socialism only works in two places: Heaven where they don't need it and hell where they already have it."
-Ronald Reagan

'Here's my strategy on the Cold War: We win, they lose.' - Ronald Reagan

'The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help.' ~Ronald Reagan

'The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they're ignorant; it's just that they know so much that isn't so.'
-Ronald Reagan

'Of the four wars in my lifetime, none came about because the U.S. was too strong. - Ronald Reagan

'I have wondered at times about what the Ten Commandments would have looked like if Moses had run them through the U.S. Congress. ~Ronald Reagan

'The taxpayer: That's someone who works For the federal government but doesn't have to take the civil service examination.' - Ronald Reagan

'Government is like a baby: An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other' - Ronald Reagan

'The nearest thing to eternal life we will ever see on this earth is a government program.' - Ronald Reagan

'It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first' - Ronald Reagan

'Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it' - Ronald Reagan

'Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed, there are many rewards; if you disgrace yourself, you can always write a book.' - Ronald Reagan

'No arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is as formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women.'- Ronald Reagan

'If we ever forget that we're one nation under GOD, then we will be a nation gone under.'-Ronald Reagan

1% transaction tax proposed by congress on all transactions you make

One percent transaction tax is proposed


President Obama's finance team is recommending a transaction tax. His plan is to

sneak it in after the November election to keep it under the radar. This is a 1%

tax on all transactions at any financial institution i. e. Banks, Credit Unions,

etc.. Any deposit you make, or move around within your account, i. e. transfer

to, will have a 1% tax charged. If your pay check or your social Security or

whatever is direct deposit, 1% tax charged. If you hand carry a check in to

deposit, 1% tax charged, If you take cash in to deposit, 1% tax charged.This is

from the man who promised that if you make under $250,000 per year, you will not

see one penny of new tax. Keep your eyes and ears open, you will be amazed at

what you learn.



Some will say aw it's just 1% are you kidding me it's a 1% tax increase across

the board... remember once the tax is there they can raise it at will.
 
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h111-4646
 
Here's the promise we received - on this that this would never happen:
 



What's more than this - is this sets you up for "unreasonable search and siezure" as well as violates the premise to be secure in your property and possessions.   So the IRS can say "Oh, you bought x,y and z" with whatever or they can decide they don't like what you're buying - and all your purchases will become public record.

Yah - anyone happy about all this? 

I'm sorry but power in government hands historically has a tradition of being abused.....always.....when unchecked.....

Holocaust Survivor Cursed Out By GZ Mosque Supporter

Link HERE.

I'm only putting the link to this one as it is a protest laced with profanity - but - this was a shame and it was somewhat inspiring to see an 82 year old man stand up to an idiot on this issue.   At any rate, here's a man who's already been through it all and lending his voice behind those of us that oppose this.

Freedom doesn't mean getting to do whatever you want.

Freedom requires responsibility, discernment, judgment and self restraint.

While it is true they have the right to build there, given the nature of the associations and the backing behind this, we would be idiots to remain silent on it to just let it be built there.

Homo Devil Machine.....YOURE ON IT! RUN!

As a public service to my readers, I thought I'd post this and warn you that you're apparently on the homo devil machine.....I love living in the land of free speech that gives mental people a voice and a cloak of legitimacy with groups like Code Pink and Obamabots and the anti-homo-devil-machine-groups.....I wonder if this means Bawney Fwank wuvs his homo devil machine......and talks to it and tells it its naughty.....

Those voices don't speak for us.....

Communist Monopoly - you HAVE to play.....

So the commercial isn't high quality.....what do you expect from a communist regime?

An Arabian Proverb: The Camel and the Tent.

So, now that Mayor Bloomberg (who's police force in New York City covers a single city who's population is greater than all of Oregon - an entire state) has decided that appeasment of terrorism is the game of the day with the Al Qaeda victory mosque - I thought I'd post an Arabian Proverb. 

Again - FOR THE RECORD - I find the Arab culture beautiful - I have family that have lived for DECADES in Saudi Arabia working on the oil wells over there.  But - just - don't commemorate in a building that has the wreckage of that assault.  Someplace more appropriate.  Come enjoy freedom - religious and secular - but don't use your religion to insult those of us who've suffered as a nation and as individuals. (By the way - for this story....camels can talk - at least this one can).  

It was a cold night in the desert, as most desert nights are, but Ahab the Arab was not concerned.


He was quite comfortable in his tent, with its waterproof goats hair outer covering (not that it often needed to be waterproof out there!) and its rich tapestry hangings lining the walls and ceiling. The desert sand of the floor was covered with a thick carpet, over which were strewn huge, soft cushions.

Ahab was curled up on these, his blankets pulled about him, when he felt a slight draught from the direction of the tent door. Funny, he thought, for the double flap was heavy enough to keep out even the strongest desert winds.

Turning, he saw in the flickering light of his lamp that something was intruding through the tent door. What was it?

Unable to discern the shape, he reluctantly threw back his blankets, and dragging himself from the comfort of his cushions, padded over to take a look.

As he came near the door, he suddenly realized what it was: a nose! A camel ' s nose, to be precise!

Ahab was cranky enough at having been forced to leave his bed: now he was really mad. He slapped the camel hard about the nose several times, all the while yelling at the top of his voice, “You mangy camel! You flea-bitten son of a desert dog! Who do you think you are? How dare you stick your nose in my tent? Get out! Get out! GET OUT! Back to the dunes where you belong!”

The camel shook his nose sharply to escape the slaps, then spoke in a low, pleading drone.

“Please, Master,” he drawled, “have mercy. You are comfortable here in you tent, but the desert night outside is freezing. It is so cold that my poor nose is developing chilblains!

"I knew that you are a good, kind master, and that you would not wish your poor, faithful camel to suffer in this way, so I was sure that you wouldn ' t mind me sticking my nose in here where it can be warm. Please, Master, it ' s just my nose! It will take up such little space! Please, Master!”

The camel was making Ahab feel bad. Besides, it was late, he was tired, and his bed was beckoning him. He really didn ' t feel like arguing with a determined camel.

“Oh, all right,” he grumbled. “I suppose just your nose won ' t hurt. But just your nose! Nothing more! Is that clear?”

"Of course, Master. Thank you so much. You are indeed a wonderful Master.”

“Hrmph!” grunted Ahab as he shuffled back to bed.

Just as the mists of sleep were beginning to swirl about his mind, he felt it again. He raised one arm out of the blankets to be sure.

Yes, there was that slight draught coming from the tent door again. Groaning, he rolled over and looked toward the door.

This time he didn ' t need to get closer to see what it was - the camel ' s whole head was sticking through the flap. Springing out of bed, her rushed to the door and began to buffet the camel around the head.

“You lousy bag of jackal food! Didn ' t I tell you, your nose and nothing else? Didn ' t you agree to that? How is it that now your whole head is in my tent? Don ' t you know that your nose is just the part on the end of your head? Out, fleabag, out!”

“Oh dear, kind Master,” pleaded the camel. “Surely you would not deny your faithful servant this one thing!

“You see, Master, my ears are very sensitive, particularly the tips. And the desert night is so cold! They were really burning with the cold, Master! In fact, they were in grave danger of falling off! It would not be good for my master to be seen riding a camel with no ears!

“In your great kindness, Master, let me keep my head in the tent!”

“Oh, all right,” muttered Ahab, unable to think of anything to say in reply. “But just your head, hear me! Nothing else!” He turned and stomped back to bed.

Not a great length of time had passed before Ahab felt that slight draught. With a sigh, he again lifted his head and looked toward the door.

Sure enough, there was the camel with his front legs inside the tent.

Ahab jumped up and ran to the door, where he kicked the camel hard in the shins. However, he had forgotten that he had bare feet, and it hurt his toes far more than the camel ' s leg.

After hopping about on one foot for several minutes, he turned on the camel.

“You vermin-infested apology for a beast! Is this your head? I told you, nothing but your head! And now your legs are inside my tent! Get out, before I use your hide as a rug for the new camel I shall buy!”

“Wait, Master. Do not let your anger hide your kindness, for you are a good master who would not wish his faithful servant to suffer. You see, Master, it ' s my knees. I have arthritis, you know, and this cold does effect them so. Sometimes it gets so I can hardly bend.

“My master would not want his faithful camel to be unable to kneel for him to climb aboard. So I knew that my master would not mind me keeping my knees warm in his tent.”

Ahab spluttered and fumed, but finally agreed. “Very well, but just your legs. Hear me, you no-good camel! Just your legs!”

Time passed, and Ahab was again drifting into sleep when again the draught came - this time a little stronger. Without even looking first, Ahab staggered to the door, where the camel was standing with his hump inside.

He didn ' t bother hitting or berating the camel this time, but simply stood with his hands on his hips.

“These four times you have disobeyed me, camel. What is it this time?”

“Well, most good and kind master, it ' s my hump, you see. As you well know, Master, my hump holds many days ' supply of water, and in the cold of this desert night it has turned to ice. Have you any idea, Master, what it feels like to have a hump full of ice?

“I knew my good master would not wish this for his faithful servant and companion.....”

“All right, all right, ALL RIGHT!” sighed Ahab, cutting him short. “But not one inch more! I mean it this time, camel. If you disturb me again, and I find any more of you in this tent, I will take my faithful sword and slit your no-good throat from one flea-bitten ear to the other.”

Quite some time passed without disturbance, and Ahab sank into a deep sleep. Then he began feeling cold. Really cold.

This was far more than a draught from the door. He tried to pull the blankets closer around him, but there were no blankets. When he reached down and patted around to find them, his hands met not the smooth plumpness of his cushions, but rough, cold sand.

His eyes sprang open. Above him was not the dark warmth of his tapestries softly lit by the flickering of his lamp, but a black sky studded with millions of stars.

He looked around. He was lying, minus both cushions and coverings, in the open desert. Some yards away he could see his tent.

Picking himself up, he hurried to the door and peered through the opening. There, lounging on his cushions and covered by his blankets, was the camel.

He had just enough time to take in the scene before two large hooves hit him squarely in the chest, sending him flying back out into the desert

As the sand settled around him, he heard a hoarse, mocking voice from the tent: “AND STAY OUT!”

Moderate Muslims Pushed Towards Extremism By GZ Mosque

Herman Goering, one of Hitler's right hand men was quoted on how easy it was to start the Third Reich: "The people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same way in any country."

Sooooo....we again see this strategy being used by the Extremist Imam over the Ground Zero Mosque.   Do something provocative.  Act innocent.  Claim it's your right.  Then when people complain after you've provoked them, claim they are attacking you.  Claim those who don't join you are traitors.  And voila - instant coalition built of the feeble minded and weak willed useful idiots.  Instant war.  Much to their glee.

Story here.

We're having an issue in my family over this.

One of my family members works with some very wonderful Muslims who are as patriotic as anyone.  I agree they are welcome here and would defend their right to worship and live here.  Unfortunately, in his eyes, by attacking the extremist muslims by suggesting fun things like we let a herd of pigs loose at the Al Qaeda Victory Mosque on the opening ceremony inside instead of doves, it's believed that I'm some sort of infidel and am attacking the peaceful muslims as well.

SOOOOO!  Unfortunately - or fortunately - I won't back off.  I didn't serve my country in harms way to come home and shut my mouth in fear of political correctness and watch my country go under while I remain silent trying to not rock the sinking boat.

I know the GZ Imam is an extremist. 

And the peaceful muslims who follow him?  Lend their weight to the cause - wittingly or unwittingly it doesn't matter.  And those Americans who are stupid enough to be suckered by trying to be politically correct are the kinds of tools these sycophants just LOVE to use.  Way to go.

America isn't at war with Islam.

We're at war with islamofascism.

We're at war with ignorance and idiocy and corruption.

So what do we do?

Do we back off for fear of alienating them?

Or do we keep it up and let the fight come?

Well for those who say "You can't win either way" - then you miss the point.

We're not out to make muslims love us.

We don't need muslims to love us.

We don't need muslims to love America.

We need people to respect the right of Americans to speak out.
We need muslims to know the difference between what this guy is doing and the difference between legitimate cultural centers.
We need them to realize they live in a land where others have rights as well and that this is a multicultural country that has a history of disputes and unity despite and if they can't deal with that....go home.
We need them to respect the fact that 3,000 of our people were killed - innocent people - by an extremist religion and that what they are doing is not appropriate whether they believe it is or not.
They need to realize if they are going to TRY to start a war on our soil - a culture war - and throw their weight behind islamofascism - then they need to pack up and move to another country.

They won't win.

And some people just aren't worth being liked by.  And being liked isn't the point anyways.

If they don't love this country or respect the fact that we would welcome them to build their building somewhere else gladly - then they can shove it and move to someplace else.  And that goes for the Americans who can't tell the difference either.

We know what they are doing.

And we won't be intimidated or cowed by stupid protests or looking bad in the news because it's all lies anyways.

What good is it to "look good" and lose your country?

This isn't peaceful islam we're talking about.

This is extremist Islam.

"This is right, that is wrong, and By God I know the difference."

And what they are doing is wrong.  And who is backing them - is wrong as well. And we can't afford to let them set up shop here.

God and the Motorcycle Rider

A woman was at work when she received a phone call that her small daughter was very sick with a fever. She left her work and stopped by the pharmacy to get some medication.

She got back to her car and found that she had locked her keys in the car.

She didn't know what to do, so she called home and told the baby sitter what had happened.

The baby sitter told her that the fever was getting worse.

She said, 'You might find a coat hanger and use that to open the door.'

The woman looked around and found an old rusty coat hanger that had been left on the ground, possibly by someone else who at some time had locked their keys in their car. She looked at the hanger and said, 'I don't know how to use this.'

She bowed her head and asked God to send her help.
Wthin five minutes a motorcycle pulled up, with a dirty, greasy, bearded man who was wearing an old biker skull rag on his head.

The woman thought, 'This is what you sent to help me?'
But, she was desperate, so she was also very thankful. The man got off of his cycle and asked if he could help.

She said, 'Yes, my daughter is very sick. I stopped to get her some medication and I locked my keys in my car. I must get home to her. Please, can you use this hanger to unlock my car?"

He said, 'Sure.' He walked over to the car, and in less than a minute the car was opened.

She hugged the man and through her tears she said, 'Thank You So Much! You are a very nice man.'

The man replied, 'Lady, I am not a nice man. I just got out of prison today. I was in prison for car theft and have only been out for about an hour.'

The woman hugged the man again and with sobbing tears cried out loud, 'Oh, thank you God! You even sent me a Professional!'

(Actually the guy above could be my dad - I got to  ride with my dad one time up in Washington - I learned to ride overseas in the Navy and bought my first bike over there - anyways - my Dad...you don't want to let him drive your car.  But put him on a motorcycle and he does very well.  Anyways - he always wanted to ride with me when we got a chance so I got to use my step mother's harley (I'd sold my bike) and dad just wanted to "see what I had" and next thing I know we're doing like 140+ up the highway (225kmh for those of you not in the US) with him just wanting to see if I could keep up with him. Ahhhh memories.)

Basic Driving Rules for Utah

I've heard from friends who've been there or people who've lived there and seen from my own experiences that Utah has some of the worst drivers in the US.

One of my friends who grew up there sent me this on how to drive in Utah.

1. Turn signals will give away your next move. A real Utah driver never uses them.


2. Under no circumstance should you leave a safe distance between you and the car in front of you, or the space will be filled in by somebody else, putting you in an even more dangerous situation.

3 The faster you drive through a red light, the smaller the chance you have of being hit.



4. Never, ever come to a complete stop at a stop sign. No one expects it and it will result in you being rear-ended.

5. Braking is to be done as hard and late as po ssible to ensure that your ABS kicks in, giving you a nice, relaxing foot massage as the brake pedal pulsates. For those of you without ABS, it's a chance to stretch
your legs.

6. Never pass on the left when you can pass on the right. It's a good way to scare people entering the highway.

7. Speed limits are arbitrary figures, given only as a suggestion and are apparently not enforceable in Utah during rush hour.

8. Just because you're in the left lane and have no room to speed up or move over doesn't mean that a Utah driver flashing his high beams behind you doesn't think he can go faster in your spot.

9. Always slow down and rubberneck when you see an accident or even someone changing a tire.

10. Learn to swerve abruptly. Utah is the home of high-speed slalom driving thanks to the State Highway Department, which puts potholes in key locations to test drivers' reflexes and keep them on their toes.

11. It is traditional in Utah to honk your horn at cars that don't move the instant the light turns green.

12. Remember that the goal of every Utah driver is to get there first by whatever means necessary.

13. If a driver stupidly signals to get into your lane, accelerate as fast as possible so that they can move in behind you. They either don't know what they're doing or are from out of state. Remember, using your
blinkers confuses Utah drivers. (I actually had a family member who went to dinner with us here in Portland who was at Utah State and said he thought it was odd that when he put on his turn signal people made room for him)

14. If you haven't maneuvered into the correct lane to exit, because you are on an important cell phone call, feel free to swerve across 3 lanes without signaling. You wouldn't want to waste the extra fuel by waiting
for the next one. Besides, that's why they widened the highway.

15. Whenever in the left lane, drive a few miles per hour under the speed limit and don't move over to let other drivers through. It's your duty to make sure people aren't speeding.

(In Oregon I never do more than 10mph over and that's even in the fast lane - in Oregon even 10 over is asking for it - we always have those idiot out of state drivers who sit behind me and flash their lights like morons and then go speeding through someplace like North Plains where the small-town-cop got a piece of the big-state-highway running through his small town and they pull over idiots like Al Gore (Al Gore Who???).  I have actually watched Oregon State Troopers set up to pull over the out-of-state guys.)

16. Slam on your brakes whenever you see a police officer. It's a good way to warn other drivers that they should all fall in line behind the officer to form a traffic bottleneck. Once he has safely exited, resume
speeding.

A Panther Prepares To Eat A German Shepherd......

One day an old German Shepherd starts chasing rabbits in a field and through the woods and before long, discovers that he's lost. Wandering about, he notices a panther heading rapidly in his direction with the intention of having lunch.

The old German Shepherd thinks, 'Oh, oh! I'm in deep squat now!' Noticing some bones on the ground close by, he immediately settles down to chew on the bones with his back to the approaching cat. Just as the panther is about to leap, the old German Shepherd exclaims loudly, 'Boy, that was one delicious panther! I wonder, if there are any more around here?'

Hearing this, the young panther halts his attack in mid-strike, a look of terror comes over him and he slinks away into the trees. 'Whew!' says the panther, 'That was close! That old German Shepherd nearly had me!'

Meanwhile, a squirrel who had been watching the whole scene from a nearby tree, figures he can put this knowledge to good use and trade it for protection from the panther. So, off he goes.

The squirrel soon catches up with the panther, spills the beans and strikes a deal for himself with the panther.

The young panther is furious at being made a fool of and says, 'Here, squirrel, hop on my back and see what's going to happen to that conniving canine!

Now, the old German Shepherd sees the panther coming with the squirrel on his back and thinks, 'What am I going to do now?', but instead of running, the dog sits down with his back to his attackers, pretending he hasn't seen them yet, and just when they get close enough to hear, the old German Shepherd says...

'Where's that squirrel? I sent him off an hour ago to bring me another panther!

Moral of this story...

Don't mess with the old dogs... Age and skill will always overcome youth and treachery! BS and brilliance only come with age and experience.






Sent to me by David....

Ground Zero Imam Says US Worse than Al Qaeda

This is the problem with this kind of soft sophistry.....you'll notice that the crime is number of people killed - not the circumstances in which they are killed.  He doesn't hold the appropriate sources accountable never mind that regimes in the middle east routinely slaughter their own people including women and children so they can blame it on someone else  - for the feeble minded you can get sucked in by this but to the astute observer you'll notice that he makes comparisons and doesn't make assertions but leaves you to draw the "logical" conclusion......sorry y'all.....I'm convinced he's not on our side and is one of "them."

Your Obamacare Costs & Benefits Breakdown

Rush has a caller who works for an insurance company who calls in periodically to explain the legalese for health insurance.

She called in the other day and gave a breakdown of how much the free obamacare is going to cost.

For example - you get $15k for a hospice - um, pre-existing conditions costs about $1,000 a month has to have been uninsured for 6 months (in which time you go to jail for not having it) and has a $2,500 deductible plus required quarterly checkups that are paid out of pocket in order to keep your coverage.

It's pretty bad.  Anyways - for those who aren't regular readers of Rush I thought I'd post this.

Your Obamacare Benefits

Early Morning Cartoons (With Maggoty Skin!)

Not that I support this but at least China is serious about what it does.....has anyone noticed that China has over 10x the available working population that the US does and it's economy is still only second to ours?  What does that tell you about the poverty in China under communism?

This was just disturbing so I put it in just to bug someone else besides myself.....someone took a lotus flower seeds picture and put it on a jpg file toi make it look like maggoty worms looking out of someone's skin.....

Not sure if this is pro or con and what it'd be pro or con for but thought I'd post it anyways.....it's about what it feels like here more and more with speaker blinky and the kenyan in chief and the attorney general suing American states.....