Monthly Archives: November 2010

The pompous, little anarchist wuss responsible for wikileaks should be either assassinated for waging war on the US or at the very least “grabbed” and put on trial for sedition, espionage, and whatever other charges you want to throw at him. That said, buried beneath the digital mountain of information and titillating political gossip were some very interesting tidbits.
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Don't ask this chick for "a little tongue"!

Yes, the dialogue is cheesy, and yes, the characters spend waaaay too much time sitting around talking about their feelings instead of chopping up Zombies, and yes, the filmmakers drive them to do stupid stuff that nobody in the real world would consider doing in, like, a zillion years*, for dramatic effect. But the fact remains that when this short series ends in a few weeks there will be a big, gaping bloody hole in this Beast’s Sunday night. It’s flawed, but it’s still the best short horror series television’s seen since “The Stand”.

Neck nibbles

*Catalog of Stupidity So Far (SPOILER ALERT):

1. At the start of episode one,  the Sherrif walks out of the hospital barefoot in a button-down-the back-johnny. After negotiating the trashed hallway (which would be hell on his feet) it never occurs to him to go back to his room and put on some damn clothes.
2. With a plethora of abandoned vehicles about he abandons his cruiser when it runs out of gas and opts for the very very minimal security of a horse to get about. Granted, gas pumps don’t work with no power, but a siphon hose and a bit of gravity can cure that problem.
3. Horsie gets chomped in Atlanta and Sheriff hides from zombies in an abandoned Abrams tank. It never occurs to him to jump on the tank’s 50 Cal to grease said  zombies. In the end he abandons the tank, never even trying to start it up. According to military types on other forums the Abrams comes with an operator’s manual in its glove box. And how do unarmed zombies take out a tank in the first place?
4. Cuffed to a piece of threaded rod and awarded a hacksaw, guess what the redneck character chooses to cut?
5. Two chicks sit in a canoe fishing fly rods like bait rods and blathering about “Dry Lures”, which do not exist. Maybe they meant “Dry FLIES” which do exist, but you have to cast them. At least they weren’t holding the fly rods upside down.
6. The survivors set up camp on a mountain with no defenses and no guards. They do string cans on strings around it as a perimeter warning device, but at the end of episode four the Zombies walk right into camp and chomp away with hardly a jingle to alert the under-gunned campers. These must be the only people in the South who can’t lay their hands on a large supply of firearms at a moment’s notice.

Willful suspension of disbelief is an essential element for any kind of storytelling, but it’s especially important for fantasy. Accepting that dead people walk is tough enough without characters doing stupid stuff they’d never attempt in real life. When this happens (and it’s all too common) it usually comes about because the storyteller wants a dramatic moment and he takes the lazy way out, just directing the character to do whatever bone-head maneuver required to bring it about.  This jolts the viewer out of the story and makes it harder to accept the fantastical elements.

At least in “The Walking Dead” these jolts come less frequently than in other horror stories. Season 2 could be better.

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I am watching headlines for any more information, but since it is coming out of Iran and possibly hearsay, one really may not know.  It might be a wish or a schtick, or maybe something more to come.  Either way rumors are casting about that Ahmadinejad may actually be cut loose.

Why?  From what I have been reading, it may actually be due to oil, Oil Company’s leave and Iran’s own parliament.  No matter how devote a muslim may be, even in Iran, there is still a need for money to run a dictatorship.  And with 4 different oil companies leaving in the last couple years, as they are American or American Friendly, it leaves a sour taste in the mouth of the parliament of Iran.  As the Iran government was sucking so much money out of the Oil Companies to drill in their sands, I really do not blame them for leaving….  Even with the death threats to all who worked on the rigs.

Here is a exert from DW-World DE:

“The charges are quite serious on the face of it,” notes Shahram Chubin, a Geneva-based Iran analyst with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. The 14 grievances listed range from a lack of transparency to the misappropriation of money and accusations that the president repeatedly acted without the approval of lawmakers.

Oh that has got to sting!  Here is an exert from the Jerusalem Post:

In July 2007, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ordered the dissolution of the Management and Planning Organization of Iran, a 60-year-old, largely independent government body that had been responsible for much of the country’s economic oversight.

Unemployment is officially hovering in the 13 percent range and inflation at about 10%, though unofficial estimates suggest the true figures in both cases may be twice as bad. Unsustainably high subsidies mean, for instance, that Iran is among the cheapest places on earth to fill up your car with gas – just five or six dollars a tank. And because those levels of subsidy simply cannot be maintained, the president is replacing them with cash handouts, which in turn are proving ever-more expensive and hard to sustain.

All this is unfolding in a climate of intensifying, though far from hermetic, international sanctions. No Western oil companies are active in Iran, there is inadequate technical assistance to maintain extraction, and oil and gas production are down. Financial sanctions have sent the cost of doing business soaring, and exports are being hit.

As you can see, it isn’t just America having financial issues due to bad “management”.  Yet, as many are noticing the issues with Iran and how much their unemployment has gone up, their costs of import vs exports as well as just having a business in general with the taxing of their citizens… I find this interesting article from the Tehran Times:

The subsidy reform plan envisages a cutting of subsidies on fuel, electricity, and certain goods over the course of five years. The administration has decided to pay cash subsidies for an undecided period of time to compensate low-income families for the inflationary repercussions of the plan. The government has announced the main stage of the plan will go into force in the Iranian calendar month of Azar, which began on November 22.

“They (the West) say we have imposed sanctions on Iran and in sanctions situation, it (the subsidy plan) will not benefit Iran, while I tell them that Iran’s economy is growing but when you (the West) disagree, it is clear that this plan will benefit Iran’s people,” he stated.

Does something sound familiar?  I think you can see the jist of what I am trying to say.  Honestly, this is bothersome.  We know this is a lie, but what can you tell the people of Iran?  Is this the start of another “riot” for Iran as it seems that they are on the verge of collapse?  And if this keeps up, the Nukes Iran has won’t be the only problem the “West” as well as other Countries face.  This will be some economic holy war, as they blame others more so than they blame themselves. 

Time may change, but actions do not.

Whereas it is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits, and humbly to implore His protection and favor; and Whereas both Houses of Congress have, by their joint committee, requested me to “recommend to the people of the United States a day of public thanksgiving and prayer, to be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many and signal favors of Almighty God, especially by affording them an opportunity peaceably to establish a form of government for their safety and happiness:” 
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From all of us at Con Club, to all of you, your Family and Friends.

Personally, I am thankful for much.  My Family, as some do not have one.  My Friends, as some may not have any where they are at the moment.  The job I have at the moment, as many do not.  The house I recently bought, even though it was a trial due to the sellers realtor.  My health, even if it isn’t the best.  I don’t have a lot, but what I do have I like to share it with others.

What makes you thankful?

I thought this was a well-written and timely opinion piece…

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-11-24/gop-puts-the-lame-back-in-lame-duck-session-commentary-by-caroline-baum.html

The poor TSA workers. I bet most of them wish they were back working at Taco Bell…

Now, see, I shouldn’t have said that, and that is an undoubtedly unfair thing to say. And it might not even be fair to the nice, hard-working high school kids at Taco Bell. But it’s just too darn easy. When a government entity, especially one charged with the unenviable task of trying to thwart would-be terrorists by harassing passengers and confiscating shampoo bottles, not only seems to be incompetent and insensitive but also just plain worthy of derision then you are in trouble. Everything the government touches just seems to be broken, inefficient, and just a darn, plain old mess while the American public is increasingly willing to challenge anything that violates their long dormant but reawakening feelings of liberty topped off with a bit of “don’t tread on me” attitude. It just seems like something is fundamentally wrong with the circus we see unfolding before us even as we spend untold billions trying to stop some lone Akmed who may or may not be an actual, bona fide, member of the religion of peace from trying to ignite some powder secreted in his crotch.

On a side note, what ever happened to bomb-sniffing dogs? Do they just not exist anymore or might that offend someone somewhere? The TSA is looking for bombs in grandma’s underwear even as they steal fingernail clippers from old ladies and pen knives from boy scouts, aren’t they? Please tell me they are. I think all we need at every terminal are half a dozen trained dogs, some burly looking and well-armed ex-cops, and a few metal detectors. Perhaps with some Israeli-style profiling thrown in for good measure. Combine that with some armored and locked cockpit doors and armed pilots and I think we’d have it covered.

Most stories, and therefore the public pressure that may be generated by them, generally only last a few days. On the net, there is generally the ‘story of the week’ that usually lasts from just a few days to maybe a week. If the print or tv media really picks it up usually a few more days are added as the blogs feed off the press and the press feeds off the blogs. In many stories there is some sort of closure in which the ‘issue’ is somehow resolved or the public at large is not really affected. Here we have an increasingly outraged public up against an immovable government behemoth. And no resolution is in sight. This gives the TSA story legs that is now perpetuated as every new TSA bungle makes national news and then traverses the blog and facebook rounds. The TSA, and the administration, has already lost the public relations battle in regards to this and contributes even more to the disgust and distrust that Americans feel towards the government and undermines what little credibility it still maintains.

For the TSA, the hits keep on coming…

SNL depicts TSA agents as sex workers

I had it recorded as I had something going on, but it is put on hold.  So I am watching it and smiling.  It is cute so far… but I want to make sure that people know, Sarah and her Family have it a little better than most Alaskans.  Most Alaskans do not have a small airplane.

So watching the fishing was cute.  Piper saying she was never going to catch a fish … was typical for most Alaskans.  It is a streak thing, sometimes you catch bunches and other times you don’t catch for years it seems like.  I remember having a 2 yr run with very few salmon caught.  It is okay Piper.. most people will understand!  But watching the bears was fun and made me smile.  Both small brown bears, one with cubs and all very hungry. 

On too where Sarah and Family are going to be climbing.  Well the Alaska Mountaineering School is in Talkeetna and is renowned to be a very good climbing school.  You meet people from all over the world due to climbers going for the gold.  It is a neat little building.  As it is not huge.  And it is on coveted land as it is across the tracks.. on the east side of Talkeetna.  The little shots you got of Talkeetna as of the little town and the Fairveiw Inn.  If you want to learn some cool history, look for the book “The Mystery of the Cache Creek Murders” by Roberta Reeve Sheldon.  She tells the story of Talkeenta and Trapper Creeks first Serial Murders…. which the FBI couldn’t investigate as the start of WWII.  Or google Roberta Reeve Sheldon…. as she is a bit of history all herself.

So Sarah Palin is climbing the glacier.  Well I have to say I would be a tad worried.  It is a tad slick due to the rain.  It rained and rained and rained up here this summer.  It was the rainiest ever for south central for decades.  But Ruth Glacier is very pretty and you can only get there by little airplane.

Now here is a little trivia that NO ONE will tell you about on TLC or possibly even on any other blogs.  The guy that takes Sarah Palin and Todd up in his plane, is a well-known trapper who has taken many other men and women all over and in the bush.  But can you guess who he is?

All in All it was cute.  It was cute.  Any other Alaskan who saw it, please chime in and tell use what you thought as well.

And for those who wonder when this was going on… July 15th.  Enjoy!

“Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn’t mean politics won’ t take an interest in you.”

 – Pericles (495-429 BC)

Because I firmly believe in beating a dead horse. And because this is the internet’s overblown topic of the week. And the outrage of the month. And an outrage that the American people need to collectively reject. Idiocy and pretend security shenanigans in a PC world end up looking like this. Actually having an effective, Israeli-type security model would require intelligent people making actual, common-sense decisions on the spot and trusting security professionals to make real world decisions and perhaps profiling actual, potential terrorist suspects. But in America, such simple concepts were jettisoned long ago. And we wonder why civilization crumbles, culture disintegrates, the government can’t do anything right, and logic and common sense molder in the grave.

From the homepage of Senator Mike Doherty, New Jersey’s 23rd Legislative District:

Senator Michael J. Doherty (R- Hunterdon, Warren) and Senator James Beach (D- Camden) announced they will present resolutions to the Senate and Assembly calling on the U.S. Congress to end TSA screening procedures requiring full body scans and pat downs at U.S. airports Their action comes in response to widespread concerns over privacy and radiation, as well as reports of inappropriate conduct by TSA agents during the screening process.

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Man Makes Ridiculously Complicated Chart To Find Out Who Owns His Mortgage CHART – techwags posterous.

From a friend of mine…and I agree 100%:  “People who have a problem with security screening at the airport need to look at the big picture. It’s for safety’s sake people, not for the pleasure of the TSA screeners. If you don’t like the process, drive your happy ass to your destination, ride the bus, or take a train. Flying is a convenience, not a right”. – James Hagerman, Fort Collins, CO.

God Bless America and our safety amidst the war on terror. Yes, I said it Mr. Obama…the war on terror.  God, I miss President Bush.

Have a great  day my fellow Americans. Happy flying as you enjoy your convenience to get where ya need to go and make it back home to where your family needs ya…

Regular visitors to this blog (all seven of them) are undoubtedly aware of the rumors circulating capital hill: the Dems are furious with Obama and they’re worried he’s destroying the party. Monday began with the start of the lame duck Congress, and fresh crop of rumors that all is not well at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

One of the consequences that comes with pissing off your own is that they start leaking to the press. This is the same press that acts more like the Palace Guard than the fifth estate, but it’s not 1981 and the days of the big three networks anymore – leakers gots options – lots of em. And what are they leaking?
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SodaHead asks, “Should Beck Be Suspended for His Comments About Soros ‘Sending Jews to Death Camps’?”

Beck is being vilified for exposing the facts about Soros’ boyhood in Hungary. At that time the circumstances of Soros’ survival required complicity with the anti-Jewish activities of his guardian. Fast forward 60+ years, Soros backs Barack Obama (and just about every other pinko cause he can find). Of course the man is the archetypal elite, so why would anyone be surprised. At the back of my Bible we know the world is going to oppose Israel. The real problems are that 1) Soros is, himself, a Jew, and 2) anyone who criticizes the elite will pay dearly.
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For the second year in a row I am an “official” volunteer project leader for Operation Christmas Child. I’ve been in overdrive for the last two weeks. My youngest daughter has been faithfully helping me organize, supplement, assemble, and inspect the many boxes now coming into the house. And my wife has been busy gift wrapping each one so it looks like a true Christmas present one would find under the tree.  Thanks to the generosity of my church and Reconciliation Ministries I have 53 finished boxes in my family room with more on the way. It is encouraging and touching to see the giving and sharing of others to bless a child they will never see or meet in this life.
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He started the Declaration of Independence in 2000 and worked on it, little by little, over the years until it was near completion. A stroke, though, less than a year ago put the project, and his life, in peril.

Luckily, Kested emerged from his ordeal far better than some others do. He can no longer feel any sensation in one hand, but is able to still use it and still has a strong grip. His speech is slower and he sometimes struggles to find words, but ultimately he’s made a good recovery, he said. After some therapy he was able to resume work on his project, carving the final bits of punctuation and adhering them to the birch background.

He said he hopes his experience inspires others who deal with a similar issue.

“I feel really blessed. I want people to know that you can still do things, that they shouldn’t give up, they should keep on going,” he said.

Navy Veteran Carves the Declaration of Independence » Highland Woodworking Blog.

Well, the Washington Post puts up a bit of a shocker in the editorial section today, via Instapundit:

To be a great president, Obama should not seek reelection in 2012. “We do not come to this conclusion lightly. But it is clear, we believe, that the president has largely lost the consent of the governed.”

It’s a rare day indeed when this Beast agrees with the WaPo, but he’s willing to bring the thought a step farther: to be a really awesome President, Obama should resign now!

UPDATE: To be fair (as pointed out by the readers at Free Republic), this is not  theWashington Post’s Editorial opinion, it’s an Op-ed by two Dem pollsters. But WaPo did publish it, which is yet another sign that that behind the scenes, Dems are very unhappy with their Lord and Master.

While we’re at it, there’s more on the Palace revolt in progress, also via Instapundit: Joe Scarboro says top Senate Democrats have told him Obama doesn’t know what he’s doing.

As the Beast noted in a prior post, the cracks are widening and the leaks floweth forth.

And of course none of this has ever, ever actually caught or exposed an actual terrorist. Feeling up some buxom teenage girls or basically molesting granny does absolutely nothing to make us safer. But at least it makes you feel safer and makes the government look like it is really trying. Now how do I go about applying for one of these “feeler” positions? It’s like I was born for that job.

Kittery is the southernmost town in Maine. It’s right on the ocean, across the Harbor from the three hundred and eighty eight year old seaport city of Portsmouth, NH.  Portsmouth and Kittery kids have always had a bit of a rivalry going on. Maine Comic Juston McKinney, a Kittery lad, offers his his hilarious perspective on our state. This bit was filmed at The Portsmouth Music Hall, on the good side of the harbor.

H/T NRO’s The Corner:

And this one is even better:

And she doesn’t look happy about it at all. Heck, at home we can’t even get her to wear sleeves, not look like a black widow, or otherwise dress appropriately at even rather solemn and serious occasions like Congressional Medal of Honor ceremonies. But she takes one foot onto the soil of a Muslim nation… Must have been that NASA outreach to followers of Islam thing kicking in. Dare I say it reminds me of a loose-fitting Hillary Clinton pantsuit?

And after only two episodes has already been renewed for a second season! From the site:

AMC announced today the renewal of The Walking Dead for a 13-episode second season. Since debuting Sun., Oct. 31, The Walking Dead has broken ratings records, with the series reaching more Adults 18 to 49 than any other show in the history of cable television.

This is classy stuff, believe it or not. 10 pm Sunday will never be the same.

Watch the pilot episode on your puter here.

Now all we need is the next season of Breaking Bad and the world will be perfect.

Seriously? Yep folks, that’s MoveOn.org’s response to the shellacking the Left and the Obama agenda received on Nov. 2nd. So over some potato salad our progressive friends are going to strategize their return to power and influence. You just can’t make this stuff up. I think it is time for MoveOn to just move on…

Dear David,

After an election like this one, there’s only one thing to do: EAT!

Well, eat and figure out together how we’re going to get our country back on track.

Republicans are promising “no compromise” on repealing health care reform and giving another big tax bailout to millionaires.¹ We need to show President Obama that we want him to fight—and that we’ll help him win if he does.

So on Sunday, November 14, we’re organizing “Potlucks for Progress” around the country to share some home cooking and figure out together what comes next.

Can you host a potluck? We want to make sure progressives have a place to gather. Click the link if you can host: (link removed)

Hosting a potluck is super-easy and fun. All you have to do is provide the space and some plates and silverware to eat with, and we’ll do all the recruitment to let people know the event is happening.

The best time to hold your potluck is at 7 p.m. Eastern Time (that’s 4 p.m. Pacific Time), when we’ll have a live conference call with a special guest (to be announced).

Lots of people need a breather after working day and night for weeks or months. But this is no time to let down our guard. The Republicans have already shown that they will do nothing but obstruct and attack. We need to show President Obama that if he fights back, progressives will stand behind him.

These potlucks will be the first important step to fight back and get America back on track. Can you host a potluck?

Thanks for all you do.

–Justin, Duncan, Steven, Marika, and the rest of the team

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bh3Rb3xBeU0&feature=related

You don’t send scores of your faithful blithely off the electoral precipice without consequences.

Last January, in the thick of the Obamacare debate, nervous Blue Dog Democrats met with Obama and communicated their unease. They specifically brought up Clinton’s electoral backlash in 1994, caused – to some degree – by Clinton’s failed effort to do exactly what Obama was having them do now: pass a healthcare plan. According to retiring democratic Rep Marion Berry, as reported in ADG (subscription only, but here’s a good link from Politico to get the general gist), Obama dismissed their concerns, claiming his popularity would provide them adequate political cover. He told told jittery Dems “Well, the big difference here and in ’94 was you’ve got me.”

Fat load of good it did. One imagines Napoleon said the same to his generals before he invaded Russia. Yes, the Dems passed Obamacare, and yes, the French captured Moscow, but a month later Napoleon marched back out again and ultimately earned himself a long vacation at Elba. Now Obama’s in India and the word around the capital is the Dems sent him there to be rid of him while they assess the wreckage.

From Opinion Maker:

According to sources close to the White House, who put themselves in great danger by even talking to members of the media, the plans to have Obama leave for a visit to India, Pakistan, Indonesia, South Korea, and Japan are an attempt to get Obama out of the country while top Democrats can sort through the political disaster created for the party by Obama’s increasingly detached-from-reality presidency.

Expect the trickle of leaks to go a-gusher in the coming days. Now that Obama has lost his rainmaker mojo and earned much enmity within his own party (not just for political setbacks, but also for his pettiness, arrogance and condescension), insiders have already started scheduling private meetings with journalists who have suddenly started paying attention for the first time in three years. The party is terribly alarmed at the prospect that Obama’s doing serious, long-term damage to the brand. The kind of damage that could take decades to undo. And that’s why the Obami are in India playing Sultan: the Dems are deciding what to do about him.

The Democrats stuck with Clinton in ’94 and they may well decide to stick with Obama too, but judging by the number of rats already swimming away from the sinking ship, the rest could decide to leap over the rail before they all get sucked down together. Clinton didn’t have a rival Hilary equivalent waiting to challenge him – Obama does. And there’s signs that our POTUS is coming a bit unglued. Again from Opinion Maker:

On October 5, Obama was addressing Fortune magazine’s “Most Powerful Women” summit in Washington, DC. During the middle of Obama’s speech, the presidential seal fell off the podium. Publicly, Obama took the incident as a joke, but WMR has learned from White House insiders that Obama went on a tirade after the incident, accusing White House staffers of purposely not anchoring the seal to the podium. The White House supplies all the podiums and seals at all presidential addresses and the seal is usually well-anchored with four screws affixed to the podium. Obama reportedly “freaked out” and accused White House staffers of engaging in a conspiracy against him. The presidential tirade over such a trivial matter was not lost on senior administration officials who have witnessed Obama’s lackadaisical behavior during the consideration of much weightier issues, for example, the war in Afghanistan.

And it gets worse:

Some White House staffers have described a “reign of terror” in the White House over continued leaks and a troika of leadership that is making decisions without any input from the president. The troika reportedly consists of First Lady Michelle Obama, presidential adviser Valerie Jarrett, and the president’s mother-in-law, Marian Robinson, who resides in the White House.Not to be deterred, some White House staffers have sought out journalists and have arranged to meet them at nearby Starbuck’s cafes to discretely convey to them inside information about the current disarray within the Obama administration. Some staffers have personally born the brunt of Obama’s temper and witnessed his extreme narcissistic behavior. WMR has also learned from White House sources that Obama is taking prescription anxiety medication.

We are starting to see a portrait of a man who is quite brittle, prone to fits of rage, and disengaged. Up til now all political calculus as to how Democrats should respond to their electoral rout last Tuesday has been based on the assumption that Obama is, at least, right in his mind. That may not be true, and if it isn’t we may be in for a big surprise this winter.

UPDATE (11/13/10): The Cracks Widen.

Obama has to worry about the Republicans, but he left the USA to avoid Democrats.

They are sharpening the long knives.

“Any group that says, ‘I’m young, I’m Democratic, and I’m a socialist,’ is all right with me. You know that’s no light thing to do — to actually say, I’m a socialist — because you guys know right now we are living in a time which is going to dwarf the McCarthy era. It is going to dwarf the internment during World War II. We are right now in a time that is going to dwarf the era of Jim Crow and segregation.

“This is not rhetoric or hyperbole — this is real. This rise of this Tea Party so-called movement — bowel movement in my estimation — and this blatant uncovering and ripping off the mask of racism.” 

-ACORN CEO Bertha Lewis

Can you believe this crap was supported by your tax dollars? Disgraceful beyond belief.

When your friends can’t explain why they voted for Democrats, give them this list. They can then pick a reason:

9. I voted Democrat because I believe oil companies’ profits of 4% on a gallon of gas are obscene but the government taxing the same gallon of gas at 15% isn’t.

8. I voted Democrat because I believe the government will do a better job of spending the money I earn than I would.

7. I voted Democrat because Freedom of speech is fine as long as nobody is offended by it.

6. I voted Democrat because I’m way too irresponsible to own a gun, and I know that my local police are all I need to protect me from murderers and thieves.

5. I voted Democrat because I believe that people who can’t tell us if it will rain on Friday can tell us that the polar ice caps will melt away in ten years if I don’t start driving a Prius.

4. I voted Democrat because I’m not concerned about the slaughter of millions of babies through abortion so long as we keep all death row inmates alive.

3. I voted Democrat because I think illegal aliens have a right to free health care, education, and Social Security benefits.

2. I voted Democrat because I believe that business should not be allowed to make profits for themselves. They need to break even and give the rest away to the government for redistribution as the democrats see fit.

1. I voted Democrat because I believe liberal judges need to rewrite the Constitution every few days to suit some fringe kooks who would never get their agendas past the voters.

You keep the Change…

“Even though it was predicted, it was still a shock to see voters humiliate a brilliant and spellbinding young president, who’d had such a Kennedy-like beginning, while electing a lot of conservative nuts and promoting this central-casting congressman as the face of the future: a Republican who had vowed in a written pledge to restore America to old-fashioned values, returning to a gauzy ‘Leave It to Beaver’ image that never existed even on the set of ‘Leave It to Beaver.’” – Maureen Dowd, stomping the sour grapes with a vengeance, today.

Just thought I’d provide a place to discuss any results or thoughts on the mid-term elections. I’m glad to see a Senator Rubio and a Senator Paul in the US Senate. Lost West Virginia where I was hopeful and O’Donnell went down in predicatable defeat. The Senate will remain in Democratic hands but I suspect we may be seeing a blowout in the House. A good night to be a Republican and a conservative.

Live election coverage at Pajamas media

Live blogging here also here . More here.

It’s election day! I feel like a kid in a candy store! President Reagan…let’s make you proud and get you rolled back on over to your initial position in that grave. God Bless America! God Bless We The People! God Bless you Mr. Reagan…we are going to send a message today. God willing.

Be sure to vote.

Declaration of Independence

Here is the complete text of the Declaration of Independence.
The original spelling and capitalization have been retained.

(Adopted by Congress on July 4, 1776)
The Unanimous Declaration
of the Thirteen United States of America

When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and of nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. That whenever any form of government becomes destructive to these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shown that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such government, and to provide new guards for their future security. –Such has been the patient sufferance of these colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former systems of government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute tyranny over these states. To prove this, let facts be submitted to a candid world.
He has refused his assent to laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.
He has forbidden his governors to pass laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them.
He has refused to pass other laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of representation in the legislature, a right inestimable to them and formidable to tyrants only.
He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their public records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures.
He has dissolved representative houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people.
He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the legislative powers, incapable of annihilation, have returned to the people at large for their exercise; the state remaining in the meantime exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.
He has endeavored to prevent the population of these states; for that purpose obstructing the laws for naturalization of foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migration hither, and raising the conditions of new appropriations of lands.
He has obstructed the administration of justice, by refusing his assent to laws for establishing judiciary powers.
He has made judges dependent on his will alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries.
He has erected a multitude of new offices, and sent hither swarms of officers to harass our people, and eat out their substance.
He has kept among us, in times of peace, standing armies without the consent of our legislature.
He has affected to render the military independent of and superior to civil power.
He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his assent to their acts of pretended legislation:
For quartering large bodies of armed troops among us:
For protecting them, by mock trial, from punishment for any murders which they should commit on the inhabitants of these states:
For cutting off our trade with all parts of the world:
For imposing taxes on us without our consent:
For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of trial by jury:
For transporting us beyond seas to be tried for pretended offenses:

For abolishing the free system of English laws in a neighboring province, establishing therein an arbitrary government, and enlarging its boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule in these colonies:
For taking away our charters, abolishing our most valuable laws, and altering fundamentally the forms of our governments:
For suspending our own legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever.
He has abdicated government here, by declaring us out of his protection and waging war against us.
He has plundered our seas, ravaged our coasts, burned our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people.
He is at this time transporting large armies of foreign mercenaries to complete the works of death, desolation and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of cruelty and perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the head of a civilized nation.
He has constrained our fellow citizens taken captive on the high seas to bear arms against their country, to become the executioners of their friends and brethren, or to fall themselves by their hands.
He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavored to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian savages, whose known rule of warfare, is undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions.
In every stage of these oppressions we have petitioned for redress in the most humble terms: our repeated petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.
Nor have we been wanting in attention to our British brethren. We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here. We have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured them by the ties of our common kindred to disavow these usurpations, which, would inevitably interrupt our connections and correspondence. They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity. We must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, enemies in war, in peace friends.
We, therefore, the representatives of the United States of America, in General Congress, assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the name, and by the authority of the good people of these colonies, solemnly publish and declare, that these united colonies are, and of right ought to be free and independent states; that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the state of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as free and independent states, they have full power to levy war, conclude peace, contract alliances, establish commerce, and to do all other acts and things which independent states may of right do. And for the support of this declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.