Nude Photos Of Hannah Giles

I haven't been here in awhile - so many others say what I'm thinking, and no one reads this anyway.

But I can't pass up the opportunity to promote a rumor going around, that supporters of ACORN are looking for lewd photos of the babe that is bringing them down.

How very Liberal of them. Since she posed as a hooker, they ass u me there's a pic of her somewhere being nasty.

Lot's of luck with that ACORNites.

Cynicism

There's not much positive to write about these days.

Sarah decides to resign as governor and the left goes into full attack mode, so fearful are that she might be running for president.

It is shameful what America has done to that woman and her family. We know more about the birth and parentage of Trig Palin than we do of B-HO's nationality.

Where are the conservative voices, then ones that will drive the debate, the ones that will make the Liberals go into defense mode?

Sadly missing.

Conservatives are busy with jobs and businesses and the pursuit of happiness.

Liberals are busy with building political power, finding offense at innocuous slights, and outrage at government granted rights that are as easily created as they are denied.

The Republic is in jeopardy.

Global Warming

Not!

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/01/business/01deese.html?_r=3&ref=todayspaper

Memorial Day

From Cassie:

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On behalf of ACT for America staff and I , we honor you this Memorial Day
A note of thanks to our military
By Brigitte Gabriel

Words tremble on my lips and emotions swell in my heart in my attempt
to humbly thank you for all the things you do to protect America and
the world. Words cannot express my depth of gratitude to your service,
to your sacrifice, to all that you leave behind to go forth into the
world and protect America’s interests around the globe.

Let my grateful tears thank you for the nights you slept freezing in a
tent or sweating in the desert, for the lonely days you spent missing
your loved ones, for the hours you spent sick in pain and without
someone holding your hand, for the moments of sheer fright in the
heart of battle, for the wounds you have suffered fighting evil, for
the endless days in hospitals undergoing painful surgeries, for the
precious occasions you have missed back at home. For all of these
sacrifices I thank you on behalf of millions of Americans who are so
grateful for you. We truly appreciate these sacrifices.

A special thank-you is in order to your families, to the parents who
raised you and made you be the man or woman you are today. I thank
your wives, husbands, and your loved ones who stand by you and support
you with their love and dedication.

And for those who returned in eternal sleep, may your legacy be
honored for generations to come, may the tears shed over your coffins
fertilize the fields of patriotism in our nation to raise a new
generation built on strength and honor, able and willing to follow in
your footsteps when duty calls to defend America. May your blood not
have been shed in vain. May we prove worthy of your sacrifice. May we
always honor your parents so they will always know that they are the
parents of an American hero.

You are our brave ones, our heroes, and our national treasures. You
are the pride of our nation, our strength and our foundation. Thanks
to you, millions have been freed around the world. Thanks to you,
those who criticize our country, burn our precious flag, and speak ill
of you, are able to do so because their freedom is built upon your
blood and your sacrifice.

I salute you one and all. I bow before you in respect and humility.
May God bless you and bless America, land of the free and home of the
brave, and the dream that became my address.



Brigitte Gabriel

"Arrogant Americans"

From my friend Jo.

Arrogant Americans, Mr. President?
Peter Heck - Guest Columnist - 4/14/2009 7:50:00 AM
As I was sitting in church waiting for the start of the service, my
grandpa came walking towards me pointing his finger. No matter how old I
get, and no matter how long he’s been out of the U.S. Navy, that’s still an
intimidating sight. As he approached me, his voice quivered as he said, “We
saved that continent twice...how dare my president apologize for this
country’s arrogance.” My grandpa is right. Americans need not apologize to
the world for their arrogance; rather, Americans should apologize to their
forefathers for the arrogance of their president.
Barack Obama’s first foreign trip as President of the United 0A States has
confirmed the naiveté so many of us feared during the election cycle. But
worse than that, it has also demonstrated that our president suffers from
either a complete misunderstanding of our heritage and history, or an utter
contempt for it. Neither is excusable.
Garnering cheers from the French of all people, President Obama declared,
“In America, there is a failure to appreciate Europe’s leading role in the
world. Instead of celebrating your dynamic union and seeking to partner with
you to meet common challenges, there have been times where America has shown
arrogance and been dismissive, even derisive.” Consider that Obama spoke
these words just 500 miles from the beaches of Normandy, where the sand is
still stained with 65-year-old blood of “arrogant Americans.”
Indeed, columnist Mark Whittington observes, “One should remind Mr. Obama
and the Europeans how America has ‘shown arrogance’ by saving Europe from
itself innumerable times20in the 20th Century. World War I, World War II,
the Cold War, and the wars in the Balkans were largely resolved by American
blood, treasure, and leadership.” But all that appears lost on the president’s
seemingly insatiable quest to mend fences he imagines have been tarnished by
the bullish George W. Bush.
If Obama wishes to continue trampling the presidential tradition of
showing class to former office holders and publicly trash Bush for his own
personal gain, so be it. But all Americans should make clear that no man –
even if he is the president – will tarnish the legacy of those Americans who
have gone before us. Ours is not a history of arrogance. It is a history of
courage, self-sacrifice, and honor.
When abusive monarchs repressed the masses, Americans resisted and
overthrew them. When misguided policies led to the unjust oppression of
fellow citizens, Americans rebelled and overturned them. When millions of
impoverished and destitute wretches sought a new beginning, Americans threw
open the door and welcomed them. When imperial dictators were on the ma rch,
Americans surrendered their lives to stop them. When communist thugs
threatened world peace, Americans bled to defeat them. When an entire
continent was overwhelmed with famine and hunger, Americans gave of
themselves to sustain it. When terrorist madmen killed the innocent and
subjugated millions, Americans led the fight to topple them.
This is the legacy that generations of Americans have left. If President
Obama seeks stronger relations with the world community, perhaps he should
begin by reminding them of these very truths, rather than condemning his own
countrymen on foreign shores.
This “obsessive need to put down his own country,” has caused blogger
James Lewis to call President Obama a “stunningly ignorant man” who has
evidently never spoken to a concentration camp survivor, a Cuban refugee, a
boat person from Vietnam, a Soviet dissident, or a survivor of Mao’s purges.
Unfortunately, I can no longer bring20myself to give Mr. Obama that
benefit of the doubt. Not after looking at the pain in my grandpa’s eyes...a
man who still carries shrapnel in his body from his service to this country.
As a student and teacher of history, I recognize that America has made
mistakes...plenty of them, in fact. But one of the great things about our
people has been their courage and humility in admitting and correcting those
mistakes. God willing, they will prove that willingness again in four years
and correct the mistake that is the presidency of Barack Obama.

Outrage

Got this from a friend. Whether the source is an actual person with a PhD is irrelevant, so spare me the Snopes commentaries.

The thoughts behind it are valid, no matter who came up with them.

Liberty Card

BT

Wall Street Letter of Outrage

This letter was sent to the Wall Street Journal on August 8, 2008 by Alisa Wilson, Ph.D. Of Beverly Hills , CA . in response to the Wall Street Journal article titled "Where's The Outrage?" that appeared July 31,2008.

Really, I can tell you where the outrage is. The outrage is here, in this middle-aged, well-educated, upper-middle class woman. The outrage is here, but I have no representation, no voice. The outrage is here, but no one is listening for who am I?

I am not a billionaire like George Soros that can fund an entire political movement.

I am not a celebrity like Barbra Streisand that can garner the attention of the press to promote political candidates.

I am not a film maker like Michael Moore or Al Gore that can deliver misleading movies to the public.

The outrage is here, but unlike those with money or power, I don't know how to reach those who feel similarly in order to effect change.

Why am I outraged? I am outraged that my country, the United States of America , is in a state of moral and ethical decline. There is no right or wrong anymore, just what's fair.

Is it fair that millions of Americans who overreached and borrowed more than they could afford are now being bailed out by the government and lending institutions to stave off foreclosure? Why shouldn't these people be made to pay the consequences for their poor judgment?

When my husband and I purchased our home, we were careful to purchase only what we could afford. Believe me, there are much larger, much nicer homes that I would have loved to have purchased. But, taking responsibility for my behavior and my life, I went with the house that we could afford, not the house that we could not afford. The notion of personal responsibility has all but died in our country.

I am outraged, that the country that welcomed my mother as an immigrant from Hitler's Nazi Germany and required that she and her family learn English now allows itself to be overrun with illegal immigrants and worse, caters to those illegal immigrants.

I am outraged that my hard-earned taxes help support those here illegally. That the Los Angeles Public School District is in such disarray that I felt it incumbent to send my child to private school, that every time I go to the ATM, I see "do you want to continue in English or Spanish?", that every time I call the bank, the phone company , or similar business, I hear "press 1 for English or press 2 for Spanish". WHY? This is America , our common language is English and attempts to promote a bi- or multi-lingual society are sure to fail and to marginalize those who cannot communicate in English.

I am outraged at our country's weakness in the face of new threats on American traditions from Muslims. Just this week, Tyson's Food negotiated with its union to permit Muslims to have Eid-al-Fitr as a holiday instead of Labor Day. What am I missing? Yes, there is a large Somali Muslim population working at the Tyson's plant in Tennessee. Tennessee , last I checked, is still part of the United States. If Muslims want to live and work here they should be required to live and work by our American Laws and not impose their will on our long history.

In the same week, Random House announced that they had indefinitely delayed the publication of The Jewel of Medina, by Sherry Jones, a book about the life of Mohammed's wife, Aisha due to fear of retribution and violence by Muslims. When did we become a nation ruled by fear of what other immigrant groups want? It makes me so sad to see large corporations cave rather than stand proudly on the principles that built this country.

I am outraged because appeasement has never worked as a political policy, yet appeasing Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is exactly what we are trying to do. An excellent article, also published recently in the Wall Street Journal, went through over 20 years of history and why talking with Iran has been and will continue to be ineffective. Yet talk, with a madman no less, we continue to do. Have we so lost our moral compass and its ability to detect evil that we will not go in and destroy Iran's nuclear program? Would we rather wait for another Holocaust for the Jews - one which they would be unlikely to survive? When does it end?

As if the battle for good and evil isn't enough, now come the Environmentalists who are so afraid of global warming that they want to put a Bag tax on grocery bags in California; to eliminate Mylar balloons; to establish something as insidious as the recycle police in San Francisco. I do my share for the environment: I recycle, I use water wisely, I installed an energy efficient air conditioning unit. But when and where does the lunacy stop? Ahmadinejad wants to wipe Israel off the map, the California economy is being overrun by illegal immigrants, and the United States of America no longer knows right from wrong, good from evil. So what does California do? Tax grocery bags.

So, America , although I can tell you where the outrage is, this one middle-aged, well-educated, upper middle class woman is powerless to do anything about it. I don't even feel like my vote counts because I am so outnumbered by those who disagree with me.

Alisa Wilson, Ph.D. Beverly Hills , California

B-HO's record

Obama's Foreign Failures By Ralph Peters New York Post Thursday, March 26, 2009 AMERICA'S enemies smell blood and it's type "O." All new administrations stumble a bit as they seek their footing. But President Obama's foreign-policy botches have set new records for instant incompetence. Contrary to left-wing myths, I wasn't a fan of the Bush administration. (I called for Donald Rumsfeld to get the boot in mid-2001.) But fair's fair. Despite his many faults, Bush sought to do good. Obama just wants to look good. Vice President Dick Cheney was arrogant. Vice President Joe Biden is arrogant and stupid. Take your pick.

Don't worry about the new administration's ideology. Worry about its terrifying naivete.

Consider a sampling of the goofs O and his crew have made in just two months:

China: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (you know that gal married to the Saudi hireling) crawled to Beijing to tell the party bosses that human rights don't matter. Our "relationship" is more important than freedom and human dignity.

Beijing's response? A staged military confrontation with an unarmed US Navy vessel; continued screw-America currency cheating; a renewed crackdown on dissidents and, yesterday, a call for a new global currency to replace the dollar.

Thanks, Hill. You're a sweetheart.

Pakistan: With viral corruption throughout and Islamist fanatics sweeping half of its territory, Pakistan's coming apart. Its Dem-adored prez tries to ban opposition parties and gut the judiciary. It has nukes and seethes with hatred of America. And Islamabad controls our primary supply route into Afghanistan, using it as an extortion tool.

Obama's response? Billions in new aid for Pak pols to pocket. We'd be better off handing the money to AIG to pay out more bonuses.

Afghanistan: Obama's Vietnam. Am I the only American who remembers that candidate Obama had a plan to capture Osama bin Laden and fix our previous "mistakes" in Afghanistan? President Obama doesn't have a clue.

Iran: Obama tried to reach out, to talk. After all, talking got him to the White House. But America-bashing is what keeps Iran's leaders in office, it's their political essence. After 30 years of fierce hostility, hasn't anyone figured out that the senior mullahs need us as an enemy? Without the Great Satan America to blame, they'd have some real explaining to do to their homies. So O got the left-hand finger.

He wanted to chat with the Taliban, too. They told him he could stick it where the sun don't shine.

North Korea: Obama wanted a fresh start. North Korea's response? Threats of war with South Korea and the kidnapping of two American journalists. And the renewed pursuit of weapons of mass destruction, along with rocket tests.

Cuba: Obama would like to liberalize our relationship. The Castro boys told him to kiss off. They need an enemy, too. (Dear Mr. President: It's not always about us or how evil America is.)

Venezuela: Guess who else needs an enemy?

Mexico: The good news: Obama knows where it is on a map and recognizes that Mexico's government faces a narco-insurgency that threatens our country, too. His first action? Cave to the Teamsters, violate a lawful treaty on cross-border trucking, reignite fading anti-Americanism and undercut President Felipe Calderon.

Poland: Obama's stance on our bravest ally on the European continent? The Russians are more important than you are. He's sending the same message to Ukraine and Georgia.

Russia: Bolshie Biden, the commuting commissar, knows he's the man who can turn Russia into our best pal. After "Friend of Bill" Strobe Talbott tried and failed disastrously. And after poor W saw into Putin's soul, only to get his butt handed to him. "Uncle Joe" Biden has nothing to learn from past failures, though: He's got a re-set button.

Moscow's response to the Obama administration's bid for a new start? It threatens NATO members it once occupied and continues to back Iran's nuclear program. Plus, it bribes Kyrgystan to kick us off the critical-to-Afghanistan Manas airbase (then offers to help replace that supply lifeline, giving Russia a choke-hold on our troops).

Next, the Kremlin threatens massive re-armament and demands the abandonment of the dollar as the international reserve currency.

Obama's response? Push that re-set button again. And again.

At what point does naivete become cowardice?

As for our allies, Obama apparently needs them less than Bush did. O treated Britain's prime minister like the deputy Paraguayan veterinary inspector, and he blindsided the leaders of the Czech Republic, Poland, Mexico and Canada on issues ranging from missile defense to trade. But he'd like them to take the Gitmo terrorists off our hands, please.

The one bright spot thus far has been Iraq, where Obama quickly tossed aside his campaign promises. The O-man doesn't want to be on the blame-line for snatching defeat from the jaws of victory in Baghdad. And his MoveOn.org supporters can throw all the tantrums they want. (Breaking news, folks: O's a professional pol, not the messiah . . . )

Apart from Iraq a success Sen. Obama did all he could to prevent his foreign policy's an instant wasteland. By comparison, the Carter administration is starting to look like a model of manly strength, courage and patriotism.

URL: http://www.frontpagemagazine.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=8BEDAA61-AF24-4D5F-BC12-1FB161A5AE83

Learn From History?

Ya, but what lesson?

So here it is. What have we learned in 2,064 years?

"The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed lest Rome become bankrupt. People must again learn to work, instead of living on public assistance."
- Cicero - 55 BC

May I Salute You?

Provided by my friend Maj Bob: From Hoot Gibson


Thank you Captain Salwei,
Yes, you may and I will snap a smart salute in return.
Bob, Pops, G'Pa

A point of view

By Patricia Salwei

I approached the entrance to Fort Belvoir’s medical facility last year
as an old veteran puttered towards me. Easily over 80 years old,
stooped and slow, I barely gave him a second glance because on his
heels was a full bird colonel.

As they approached, I rendered a sharp salute and barked, “Good
morning, Sir!” Because they were heel to toe, I began my salute as
the old veteran was about two paces from me. He immediately came to
life!

Transformed by my greeting, he rose to his full height, returned my
salute with pride, and exclaimed, “Good morning Captain!” I was
startled, but the full bird behind him was flabbergasted. The
colonel stopped mid-salute, smiled at me and quietly moved on.

As I entered the clinic, the utter beauty of the encounter preoccupied
me. What prompted the old man to assume that I was saluting him.
Perhaps he just thought, “It’s about time!” After all, doesn't a
veteran outrank us all? I turned my attention to the waiting room
taking a moment to survey the veterans there. Service people rushed
around, loudspeakers blared, the bell for the prescription window kept
ringing. It was a whirl of activity and the older veterans sat
quietly on the outside seemingly out of step, patiently waiting to be
seen. Nobody was seeing.

My old friend stayed on my mind. I began to pay attention to the
military’s attitude towards its veterans. I witnessed indifference:
Impatient soldiers and airmen plowing over little old ladies at the
commissary; I noticed my own agitation as an older couple cornered me
at the Officer’s Club and began reminiscing about their tour in
Germany.

To our disgrace, I have also witnessed disdain: At Ramstein Air Base
terminal, an airman was condescending and borderline cruel with a deaf
veteran flying Space Available; An ancient woman wearing a WACS button
was shoved aside by a cadet at the Women’s Memorial dedication in
D.C.; A member of the color guard turned away in disgust from a drunk
Vietnam vet trying to talk to him before the Veteran’s Day Ceremony at
the Vietnam War Memorial.

Have you been to a ceremony at the Wall lately? How about a Veteran’s
Day parade in a small town? The crowds are growing faint. Why do we
expect the general public to care if we don't? We are getting
comfortable again.

It is not my intention to minimize the selfless service of our modern
military; my comrades are the greatest people I know. But lately I'm
wondering if the public’s attitude towards the military isn't just a
reflection of the active duty military’s attitude towards its own
veterans.

It’s time to ask -- do we regard them, do we consider them at all?
How does our attitude change when the hero is no longer wearing a
uniform?

I was proud to wear my uniform. Can I admit that I thought it was
cool? There is no denying that there is something about our
profession, combined with youth, that feeds the ego a little.

We have all seen a young pilot strut into the Officer’s Club with his
flight suit on. He matters; he takes on the room; he knows he can
take on the world. But, one day he will leave his jet for a desk, and
eventually he will have to hang up that flight suit. A super hero
hanging up his cape. How will we measure his value then? He will no
longer look like a pilot, an officer, a colonel. He'll just look like
an old man coming out of the clinic with his prescription.

But, he is he less of a hero? Will anybody remember or care about all
the months he spent away from his newborn daughter while making peace
a possibility in the Balkans? Probably not.

Our society has a short memory. Maybe it is not for the protected to
understand. Rather, it is my hope that when a young lieutenant walks
by him they will each see themselves reflected in the other – one’s
future, the other’s past. In that moment, perhaps, the lieutenant
will also see the hero, now disguised as an old man, and thank him.

The truth is there are heroes in disguise everywhere. I used to
wonder why people would want to chat with me when I was in uniform,
telling me about their four years as a radio operator in Korea. So
what? I wasn't impressed relative to my own experiences. Now I
understand that they were telling me because nobody else cared. Proud
of their service, no matter how limited, and still in love with our
country, they were trying to stay connected. Their stories were a
code for “I understand and appreciate you, can you appreciate me?”
The answer is yes.

I separated from the military in February. I'm out of the club.
Still, I want you to know that I'll attend the parades, visit the
memorials, and honor you while my kids and your kids are watching.

Then, maybe someday when I'm an old woman riding the metro, a young
airman will take a moment of her time to listen to one of my war
stories. I, in turn, will soak in her beauty and strength, and
remember.

Today as I reflect on my adventures in the Air Force, I'm thinking of
that ancient warrior I collided with at Fort Belvoir. I'm wondering
where he is, if he’s still alive, if it’s too late to thank him. I
want to start a campaign in his honor – Salute a Veteran. Yes, this
started out as a misunderstanding on my part. But, now I get it.
That day was the first time in my life that I really understood what
it meant to salute someone.

Dear veteran, I recognize and hail you! I do understand what I have
and what you have given to make it possible. So I'm wondering if we
meet on the street again…may I salute you?

A Good Start

From my good friend Merlsie:

rom: STEPHEN SMITH

To: Undisclosed-Recipient:;

Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2009 11:08 AM

Subject: Obama's 1st 2 weeks in office

What a start.....this says it all :

O ne Big A ss M istake, A merica! OBAMA'S TWO-WEEK RECAP The American people elect a radical president with a total of 42 days experience as a U S Senator from the most politically corrupt state in America whose governor is ousted from office. Eighteen states are currently being investigated for massive voter fraud. Obama has still never produced a legal (long form) birth certificate to prove that he is a "natural born" citizen and eligible for the office of President. Here's a recap of his first two weeks... 1, The President's first "official act" was to close Gitmo and make sure Terrorists civil rights are not violated. 2, The U.S. Congress rushes to confirm his Attorney General nominee, Eric Holder, whose law firm we later find out represents seventeen GitmoTerrorists. 3, Appoints a CIA Boss, Leon Panetta, who has absolutely no experience to qualify him for the job. 3. We get the most corrupt female in America as Secretary of State; bought and paid for. 5. We got a Tax Cheat for Treasury Secretary who files his own taxes and had to pay $37,000 in unpaid back taxes due to IRS findings of errors and omissions.. 6. A Commerce Secretary nominee who withdrew due to corruption charges. 7. A Tax cheat nominee for Chief Performance Officer who withdrew under charges. 8. A Labor Sec'y nominee who withdrew under charges of unethical conduct. 9. A Sec'y HHS nominee who withdrew under charges of cheating on his taxes. And that's just the first two weeks . . . but who's counting. America is being run by the modern-day Three Stooges ~ Barack, Nancy , and Harry ~ and they are still trying to define the stimulus. (Perhaps, "Stimulus is where the government gives a smidgen of your tax dollars back to you making you feel so good about yourself [stimulated] that you want to run out to Wal-Mart and buy a new Chinese-made HDTV and go home and watch Crescent News Network!) O ne Big A ss M istake, A merica! The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who are not. ~Thomas Jefferson~

Osama Usama bama, bama Obama who is he now?

Was it last year, or the year before? I think when the candidacy of B. Hussein Obama became viral, we were treated to admonitions that the evil mastermind behind 9-11 was actually named Usama Bin Ladin. http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/terrorists/terbinladen.htm

Where is that name now? He's back to Osama in popular media. Why?

I think sinister forces are at work, and I would remind you that being paranoid is no evidence that black helicopters aren't tracking you.....

Taxes

Somethings never change. I think this was around during the Johnson, or maybe Kennedy, administration:

HT Uncle Jerry

Citizens of America we need to take back our nation. What happened to the motto we are governed "by the people for the peopled"!!!. Good ALWAYS triumphs over all else.

---

> At first I thought this was funny...then I realized the awful truth of it. Be sure to read all the way to the end!

>

> Tax his land,

> Tax his bed,

> Tax the table

> At which he's fed.

>

> Tax his tractor,

> Tax his mule,

> Teach him taxes

> Are the rule.

>

> Tax his work,

> Tax his pay,

> He works for peanuts

> Anyway!

>

> Tax his cow,

> Tax his goat,

> Tax his pants,

> Tax his coat.

>

> Tax his ties,

> Tax his shirt,

> Tax his work,

> Tax his dirt.

>

> Tax his tobacco,

> Tax his drink,

> Tax him if he

> Tries to think.

>

> Tax his cigars,

> Tax his beers,

> If he cries

Tax his tears.

>

> Tax his car,

> Tax his gas,

> Find other ways

> To tax his a*s.

>

> Tax all he has

> Then let him know

> That you won't be done

> Till he has no dough.

>

> When he screams and hollers,

> Then tax him more,

> Tax him till

> He's good and sore.

>

> Then tax his coffin,

> Tax his grave,

> Tax the sod in

> Which he's laid.

>

> Put these words

> upon his tomb,

> 'Taxes drove me to my doom...'

>

> When he's gone,

> Do not relax,

> It's time to apply

> The inheritance tax.

>

> Accounts Receivable Tax

> Building Permit Tax

> CDL license Tax

> Cigarette Tax

> Corporate Income Tax

> Dog License Tax

> Excise Taxes

> Federal Income Tax

> Federal Unemployment Tax (FUTA)

> Fishing License Tax

> Food License Tax

> Fuel Permit Tax

> Gasoline Tax (42 cents per gallon)

> Gross Receipts Tax

> Hunting License Tax

> Inheritance Tax

> Inventory Tax

> IRS Interest Charges IRS Penalties (tax on top of tax)

> Liquor Tax

> Luxury Taxes

> Marriage License Tax

> Medicare Tax

> Personal Property Tax

> Privilege Tax

> Property Tax

> Real Estate Tax

> Service Charge Tax

> So Social Security Tax

> Road Usage Tax

> Sales Tax

> Recreational Vehicle Tax

> School Tax

> State Income Tax

> State Unemployment Tax (SUTA)

> Telephone Federal Excise Tax

> Telephone Federal Universal Service Fee Tax

> Telephone Federal, State and Local Surcharge Taxes

> Telephone Minimum Usage Surcharge Tax

> Telephone Recurring and Non-recurring Charges Tax

> Telephone State and Local Tax

> Telephone Usage Charge Tax

> Use Tax

> Utility Taxes

> Vehicle License Registration Tax

> Vehicle Sales Tax

> Watercraft Registration Tax

> Well Permit Tax

> Workers Compensation Tax

>

> STILL THINK THIS IS FUNNY?

>

> Not one of these taxes existed 100 years ago, and our nation was the most prosperous in the world.

> We had absolutely no national debt, had the largest middle class in the world, and Mom stayed home to raise the kids

> What in the hell happened? Can you spell 'politicians!'

> And I still have to 'press 1' for English!?!?!?!?

> I hope this goes around THE USA at least 100 times!!!!! YOU can help it get there!!!!

> GO AHEAD - - - BE AN AMERICAN !!!!!

B-HO Derangement Syndrome?

From one of my friends:

He has some good points, don't shoot the messenger but I could not have said it better:

Yes I'm still seething with rage. Call it BO derangement syndrome or just pure derangement - I. DON'T. CARE. I have put up with disgusting, vile and contemptible comments about my country and My President for 8 years so excuse me if I forego the "gracious loser" mantra. I have watched a fat pig congressman throw Marines under the bus for some face time and as a political ploy. I have put up with politicians publicly taking a dump on our Soldiers and Marines while the complicit media played right along with the game. Two years of listening to the bleating of a dumbo-earred socialist crap-cake calling for "hope" and "change" while eating from the same plate as Rashid Khalidi, Bill Ayers and Jeremiah Wright.

To all those bitter gun clinging Bible thumping racist rednecks in Pennsylvania - you get the representation you deserve. What kind of dumbasses re-elect a "man" like John Murtha? Like they said in The Departed - "What are you, - f'ning retarded or something?"

To all the Jews who voted for Obama - I wash my hands of you. I don't want to hear a damn word from you when Iran lets loose on Israel while B. O. shares tea and crumpets with All-My-Jihad. Shame on you The blood of dead Israelis will be on your hands.

And the Catholics who elected the abortionist in chief?? I still haven't figured that one out. It's a shame the Church can't get a roster of those that voted for B. O so you could be barred from communion. Every time a child is left in a soiled utility room to die after a botched abortion, I hope you get a black mark on your soul.

Fox News - A big old F-U to you. When it looked like B. O would be coronated, you dropped all pretense of fair and balanced and turned into a clone of MSNBC. When will Olbermann get his own show on your network? He could join Shep Smith and they could fly off the handle together (or whatever sordid little things they like to do).

Those throwing Sarah Palin under the bus can kiss my big old white ass. I can't decide if it's insecurity due to a woman with power or if it's just pure jealousy that a woman can look good, raise a family and be a governor but there would not have been 1/3 of the votes for McCain without Palin on the ticket.

I don't want to hear another peep about racism or affirmative action. We've got our first "affirmative action president". White guilt? Take your white guilt and shove it where the sun don't shine. Don't want to hear no bitching when the New Black Panthers become part of an Obama administration - after all, they helped him out in Philly so he owes the brothers. All race cards have expired and are no longer valid in this country.

I look forward to watching the Koolaid effect wear off over the next 4 years. It's hard to believe in hope and change when you're standing in the unemployment line. Free college education? Handouts? Help with your mortgage? Dream on - you'll be lucky to still have a pot to piss in when the Dems get through with you. But don't complain or Raehm "ballerina" Emmanuel will send you a dead fish...

Gracious Loser - no damn way. Not at the cost of my Country and the Constitution. Taking a cue from the new "first lady" - For the first time in my adult life, I'm ashamed of my country.

Ralph Neil Doolin
282 Maple Circle West
Lakewood Development
Dyersburg, Tennessee 38024
http://www.neildoolin.com

Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress.... But then I repeat myself. -Mark Twain

Chicago Tea Party

Looks like people have had enough.

Let's show them who's boss. Go here and sign: http://americanfuturefund.com/sign-the-petition-for-a-chicago-tea-party/

The Insurance Scam

I'm talking about the government mandated car insurance you have.

Take a look at the premiums you pay. How much? Go ahead, look. I'll wait.

OK, it should be about $300 per year.

It's not? Why? Because if you get injured in an accident the health care costs are so high? No that's not it.

Because car repairs are so spendy, and if it's you're fault, it's twice as much (not to mention what it would be if you smack a Lexus - YOW)? No that's not it either.

It's because the Trial Lawyers want the right to sue when there's an accident.

That's right, the premiums you pay just go to pad the ins companies' law suit fund, because no matter how much they pay out, they're going to be sued. Even if they win, the cost of the law suit is astronomical. Your premiums don't really protect you at all. If you cause an accident that hurts someone, you and your insurance company (because they are the deep pockets party) are going to be sued.

Why bring this up now? Well, if states would pass no fault insurance, and limit law suit payouts, your insurance premiums would be about $300 $400 per year.

Do the math, would you spend the extra money, oh I don't know, buying a new car, TV, or BluRay player?

Can you say 'stimulous'?

Storm The Bastille Edition

The Stimulous Bill is illegal. But then most of the laws passed by the federal government violate the 10th Amendment with the full acquiescence of the peeps who either want the state to care for them, or don't sweat the small stuff that don't affect them too much.

Well, your chickens are coming home to roost.

"Until the 1930s, the Constitution served as a major constraint on federal economic interventionism. The government's powers were understood to be just as the framers intended: few and explicitly enumerated in our founding document and its amendments. Search the Constitution as long as you like, and you will find no specific authority conveyed for the government to spend money on global-warming research, urban mass transit, food stamps, unemployment insurance, Medicaid, or countless other items in the stimulus package and, even without it, in the regular federal budget." --Independent Institute senior fellow Dr. Robert Higgs

"Americans have long ago abandoned respect for the constitutional limitations placed on the federal government. Our elected representatives represent that disrespect." --economist Walter E. Williams in a worthwhile read

"[W]hat could possibly be more reckless than spending a trillion dollars you don't have on a plan that you have no evidence will work? What could be more irresponsible than doubling the generational debt for your partisan pet projects in a time of crisis? And what could be more selfish than stifling debate by deploying fear to induce voters into supporting it all?" --columnist David Harsanyi

Thanks to the Patriot Post for these quotes.

T Jefferson Quote

From an old shipmate:

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Thomas Jefferson warned us 206 years ago

Thomas Jefferson warned us 206 years ago

JFK once said "I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered at the White House - with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone."

Let's review TJ's wisdom:

When we get piled upon one another in large cities, as in Europe, we shall become as corrupt as Europe. Thomas Jefferson

The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not. Thomas Jefferson

It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A principle which if acted on would save one-half the wars of the world. Thomas Jefferson

I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them. Thomas Jefferson

My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government. Thomas Jefferson

No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms. Thomas Jefferson

The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government. Thomas Jefferson

The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. Thomas Jefferson

To compel a man to subsidize with his taxes the propagation of ideas which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical. Thomas Jefferson

Very Interesting Quote:

In light of the present financial crisis, it's interesting to read what Thomas Jefferson said in 1802:

'I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around the banks will deprive the people of all property until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered.'

"The price of liberty is eternal vigilance" - Thomas Jefferson

Winds Of Change

Hypocrisy edition.

Some comments on current events, in no particular order.

The woman with eight new hatchlings. Why all the ink? Even the No Spin Meister is prattling on about her.

So what, I say. She's got a bidness plan, let it sink or swim.

B-HO, excuse me, President B-HO has issued an edict on CEO pay capping it at $500K, Barney Frank says, hey it's good for some so let's cap every CEO's pay. Ask the average doofus on the street if he thinks it's fair that CEOs make so much while the proletariat is starving, and you'll be lucky if his or her manic lamentations against the CEOs doesn't get spittle on you. The Big Nanny dictates minimum wage, it dictates maximum wage, how long before it dictates all wages? One of my customers e-mailed me that he had talked to a salesman on the floor who told him that the selling price of the car he wanted was $800 more than what I quoted him on the same car. Evidence, he said, if our criminal attempt to maximize profit. Not long, I'm betting.

Kelloggs' Corn Flakes has sacked Phelps as a spokesman (heh, heh, heh, a flake pimping Flakes, and they don't want him?) because of the video of Phelps smoking dope. Sends the wrong message to our young, no doubt. Course, the Chief Executive of the USA smoked dope (and yes, he inhaled, 'that was the whole point' don't you know?) and snorted some crack, but he's just dreamy and mommas is naming theys babies after him. Maybe Kelloggs should put B-HO on the cover, or maybe the country should have the standards of Kelloggs for those we lavish with public adolation.

The Porkulous bill, described by The One as a spending bill because that's what pork, I mean stimulous is all about, should be a budget bill. WTF don't these people elected to leadership positions in our country understand about the government?

The One has delayed the prosecution of the mastermind of the USS Cole bombing. The Left is is high dudgeon over the decision because the poor mister Nashiri was tortured or something in order to get his confession. Course, The One didn't free Nashiri, just took his case off the court docket so he can languish in Club Gitmo interminally while B-HO figures out what his policy on the these sphincters of humanity will be. Isn't holding detainees without charge, without trail something the left wants to prosecute Bush, Cheney, and Rumsfeldt for?

There's more, but my honey needs me......

Civics 101

From Lew Waters, comes this primer on government.

There are so many good websites out there, it's a pity this one doesn't get more ink:

http://www.wimp.com/thegovernment/

From Big Dog's Site

Oh dear, someone is way off the reservation and has made the spot on observation that being independent isn't the same as being an Independent......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h61kZ2Oyljs&eurl=http://www.onebigdog.net/zos-new-post-i-pledge/comment-page-1/

Woe Unto Us

WE ARE IN 'BIG TROUBLE' AND IT JUST ISN'T ALL POLITICAL!!

We are in trouble... The population of this country is 300 million. 160 million are retired. That leaves 140 million to do the work. There are 85 million in school. Which leaves 55 million to do the work. Of this there are 35 million employed by the federal government. Leaving 15 million to do the work. 2.8 million are in the armed forces preoccupied with killing Osama Bin-Laden. Which leaves 12.2 million to do the work. Take from that total the 10.8 million people who work for state and city Governments. And that leaves 1.4 million to d o the work. At any given time there are 188,000 people in hospitals. Leaving 1,212,000 to do the work. Now, there are 1,211,998 people in prisons. That leaves just two people to do the work. You and me. And there you are, Sitting on your ass, At your computer, reading jokes. Nice...Real nice.

My thanks to my old shipmate and crop dusting pilot extraordinaire, Pat, and his lovely wife Joe.

Change You Can Believe In

I like this guy!

Subject: SHERIFF JOE IS AT IT AGAIN!

You all remember Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Arizona , who painted the jail cells pink and made the inmates wear pink prison garb. Well.........

SHERIFF JOE IS AT IT AGAIN!

Oh, there's MUCH more to know about Sheriff Joe!

Maricopa County was spending approx. $18 million dollars a year on stray animals, like cats and dogs. Sheriff Joe offered to take the department over, and the County Supervisors said okay.

The animal shelters are now all staffed and operated by prisoners. They feed and care for the strays. Every animal in his care is taken out and walked twice daily. He now has prisoners who are experts in animal nutrition and behavior. They give great classes for anyone who'd like to adopt an animal. He has literally taken stray dogs off the street, given them to the care of prisoners, and had them place in dog shows.

The best part? His budget for the entire department is now under $3 million. Teresa and I adopted a Weimaraner from a Maricopa County shelter two years ago. He was neutered, and current on all shots, in great health, and even had a microchip inserted the day we got him. Cost us $78.

The prisoners get the benefit of about $0.28 an hour for working, but most would work for free, just to be out of their cells for the day. Most of his budget is for utilities, building maintenance, etc. He pays the prisoners out of the fees collected for adopted animals.

I have long wondered when the rest of the country would take a look at the way he runs the jail system, and copy some of his ideas. He has a huge farm, donated to the county years ago, where inmates can work, and they grow most of their own fresh vegetables and food, doing all the work and harvesting by hand.

He has a pretty good sized hog farm, which provides meat, and fertilizer. It fertilizes the Christmas tree nursery, where prisoners work, and you can buy a living Christmas tree for $6 - $8 for the Holidays, and plant it later. We have six trees in our yard from the Prison.

Yup, he was reelected last year with 83% of the vote.
Now he's in trouble with the ACLU again. He painted all his buses and vehicles with a mural, that has a special hotline phone number painted on it, where you can call and report suspected illegal aliens. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement wasn't doing enough in his eyes, so he had 40 deputies trained specifically for enforcing immigration laws, started up his hotline, and bought 4 new buses just for hauling folks back to the border He's kind of a 'Git-R Dun' kind of Sheriff.

TO THOSE OF YOU NOT FAMILIAR WITH JOE ARPAIO

HE IS THE MARICOPA ARIZONA COUNTY SHERIFF

AND HE KEEPS GETTING ELECTED OVER AND OVER
THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY:

Sheriff Joe Arpaio (In Arizona ) who created the ' Tent City Jail':
He has jail meals down to 40 cents a serving and charges the inmates for them.

He stopped smoking and porno magazines in the jails. Took away their weights Cut off all but 'G' movies.

He started chain gangs so the inmates could do free work on county and city projects.

Then He Started Chain Gangs For Women So He Wouldn't Get
Sued For Discrimination.

He took away cable TV Until he found out there was A Federal Court Order that Required Cable TV For Jails So He Hooked Up The Cable TV Again Only Let In The Disney Channel And The Weather Channel.

When asked why the weather channel He Replied, So They Will Know How Hot It's Gonna Be While They Are Working
ON My Chain Gangs.

He Cut Off Coffee Since It Has Zero Nutritional Value.

When the inmates complained, he told them, 'This Isn't The Ritz/Carlton......If You Don't Like It, Don't Come Back.'


More On The Arizona Sheriff:

With Temperatures Being Even Hotter Than Usual In Phoenix (116 Degrees Just Set A New Record), the Associated Press Reports:
About 2,000 Inmates Living In A Barbed-Wire-Surrounded Tent Encampment At The Maricopa County Jail Have Been Given Permission To Strip Down To Their Government-Issued
Pink Boxer Shorts.

On Wednesday, hundreds of men wearing boxers were either curled up on their bunk beds or chatted in the tents, which reached
138 Degrees Inside The Week Before.

Many Were Also Swathed In Wet, Pink Towels As Sweat Collected On Their Chests And Dripped Down To Their PINK SOCKS.

'It Feels Like We Are In A Furnace,' Said James Zanzot, An Inmate Who Has Lived In The TENTS for 1 year. 'It's Inhumane.'

Joe Arpaio, the tough-guy sheriff who created the tent city and long ago started making his prisoners wear pink, and eat bologna sandwiches, is not one bit sympathetic. He said Wednesday that he told all of the inmates: 'It's 120 Degrees In Iraq And Our Soldiers Are Living In Tents Too, And They Have To Wear Full Battle Gear,
But They Didn't Commit Any Crimes,So Shut Your Mouths!'

Way To Go, Sheriff!

Maybe if all prisons were like this one there would be a lot less crime and/or repeat offenders. Criminals should be punished for their crimes - not live in luxury until it's time for their parole, only to go out and commit another crime so they can get back in to live on taxpayers money and enjoy things taxpayers can't afford to have for themselves.

Liberty

There is no doubt, Walter E. Williams should be Sec of Treasury, or maybe POTUS.

From today's Patriot Post:

LIBERTY

"President Obama can be forgiven for celebrating the hypocrisy of Abraham Lincoln because the victors of wars write their history and glorify the winners. The recognition that slavery is a despicable institution does not require hero worship of a president who made the largest contribution to the unraveling of our Constitution. After all when it is settled by brute force that states cannot secede, as they thought they had the right to in 1787, then the federal government can ride roughshod over states and their people's right -- in a word make meaningless the Ninth and Tenth Amendments." --George Mason University economics professor Walter E. Williams

Bears Repeating

From my friend Poison Pero, though I read the original on the WSJ.

On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 7:26 PM, Jay C wrote:

Let's not celebrate more ordinary speeches
By: Juan Williams
Original & Complete Article @ Wall Street Journal

I hope you will take a few minutes to read this entire article, it is superb and as honest an assessment as you will find in the media.

"If his presidency is to represent the full power of the idea that black Americans are just like everyone else -- fully human and fully capable of intellect, courage and patriotism -- then Barack Obama has to be subject to the same rough and tumble of political criticism experienced by his predecessors. To treat the first black president as if he is a fragile flower is certain to hobble him. It is also to waste a tremendous opportunity for improving race relations by doing away with stereotypes and seeing the potential in all Americans."

"Every American president must be held to the highest standard. No president of any color should be given a free pass for screw-ups, lies or failure to keep a promise."

"...to allow criticism of Mr. Obama only behind closed doors does no honor to the dreams and prayers of generations past: that race be put aside, and all people be judged honestly, openly, and on the basis of their performance. President Obama deserves no less."