The American Dream! Now that small phrase sounds good. The American Dream. I remember the first time I hear it. A politician was running for office and he was promising to furnish, if elected, the great American Dream. His political opponent’s answer was, his American dream is a chicken in very pot and a [...]
Monthly Archives: May 2011
Dave’s Quote of the Day
“I know some of you are concerned about when the Navy SEALs raided Osama’s compound, whether he was then shot in the face in accordance with Islamic tradition. Well, don’t worry; he absolutely was. The very last thing anyone wanted was for Osama to think while he was being killed, ‘They’re doing this to me because I’m Muslim!’ Because, again, that would definitely not be true. So great care was taken, and he was shot in the face in a religiously respectful way. For instance, none of the Navy SEALs in the raid were eating a pork sandwich as they did it. And none of them had on them any depictions of Muhammad (PBUH). Also, the raid was done between prayer times — not during! And when Osama was shot in the face, he was facing westward. I’m not sure that’s actually religiously important, but if it is, then, yes, he was doing that. And when he was shot, the traditional Muslim expression of ‘Allahu Akbar!’ was shouted  except it was an English translation, so it was something like, ‘Thank you, Jesus!’”
–humor columnist Frank J. Fleming
The Middle Class – Part III
May 9
My last post in this space demonstrated that the Middle Class in America has gotten larger, not smaller, over time. I made the point that more and more people are making more and more money even as we keep the dollar values locked into 2008 values: In 1967 [earliest data available] 83.7% of the families [...]
Teach Our Children Well?
May 9
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If it is any wonder why several young adults and minors are filing federal and state lawsuits to promote the legal theory that government is failing in its duties to protect “Nature’s Trust”, the reasons are only a few clicks away. Just search “children” and “climate change” and enjoy the tour of sites dedicated to [...]
Obama to Honor Rapper Known for Cop-Killing Lyrics
May 9
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“Tell the cops – my Uzi weighs a ton – I walk like a warrior – from them I won’t run – I got the black strap – to make the cops run” The President of the United States will celebrate American [...]
A Gaseous Situation
May 9
Perhaps we are learning of a first of its kind. At least my quick perusals of Google did not reveal any previous episode of this nature nor magnitude. A patient was admitted to St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, Ann Arbor. He was admitted for ingesting mole poison (rodent poison). It appears that he began some sort [...]
Remembering Those in Chains
May 9
Private First Class Bowe Bergdahl of Sun Valley, Idaho went missing on June 30, 2009 in Paktika Province, Afghanistan. He is currently being held in an unknown location, possibly moved to Ghazni Province or smuggled across the border to Pakistan making the logistics of rescue even more difficult. The Taliban has released several videos where [...]
It just doesn’t get any better than this…
May 9
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It appears as though another one of those failed policies of the Bush administration may be what allowed Captain Awesome to go into Pakistan unannounced and take down Osama Bin Laden. While the photograph establishes his alibi, this author still has his doubts.
Continuing Justice Probe of Interrogators is an Outrage
May 9
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Attorney General Reopened Investigation Two Years Ago In the wake of the killing of Osama bin Laden, with Barack Obama fresh off his “I killed bin Laden” victory tour, Attorney General Eric Holder’s criminal investigation into the interrogation techniques utilized by CIA officers against captured terrorists is front page news again. Holder reopened the previously reviewed [...]
THOSE PEACE-LOVING MUSLIMS ARE AT IT AGAIN
May 8
Muslim mobs burn Egyptian churches, killing 12 and injuring hundreds With the ink barely dry on Hosni Mubarak’s resignation letter, angry Muslim mobs set fire to two Cairo churches over the weekend, as attacks against Egypt’s Christians intensified. The escalating violence left 12 dead and more than 200 injured. So much for the New Egypt. [...]
Japanese Teen Swingers…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7N6slVrQeY
Compare this to America’s current teen icons…and meditate on progress.
Progress in art, in music and especially, in how best to live.
Osama Bin Laden’s Abbottabad house ‘was al-Qaeda hub’
You don’t say! All these nay-sayers who saw OBL as a mere figurehead can apologize for their misdirected comments. Waiting… Waiting…
Our Children, the Climate Change Plaintiffs
The regulatory aims of the EPA to curb CO2 emissions; the continued push for carbon cap and trade legislation; and, the ongoing attempts by the international body politic to arrive at an operating framework to address climate change, all of these are now joined by our children’s efforts to get the judiciary to act to protect the planet. Well, maybe not your child or mine, but some youths throughout the country are now plaintiffs in various lawfare battles intended to obtain from the courts what climate change activists cannot seem to accomplish through the legislative and regulatory processes. Read the rest of this entry
6 Common Misconceptions About Evolution
May 7
There are certain falsehoods about evolution that are surprisingly wide spread among both creationists and believers in evolution. The goal of this article is not to argue for or against evolution, but rather to dispel certain myths that both sides often fall for when debating the issues. Hopefully, this will result in better and more [...]
2012: The Birth Certificate, Bin Laden and What’s Next?
May 7
If being about to hang concentrates the human mind, facing elections seems equally productive for politicians. Our Captain Preppie has been in full campaign mode for weeks now; releasing his at least, alleged birth document to head off the distracting concern over his right to run and suddenly discovering Bin Laden’s whereabouts plus a means to get [...]
Of Sorcerers and Magicians: The Lunacy in Iran
May 7
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And we thought these guys couldn’t get any crazier? While we’re all too familiar with the loony antics of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the zealotry of the ayatollahs, things have taken an extra screwy turn for the nut jobs in Iran. I know, you didn’t think these clowns could get any crazier. Me neither. All is not well [...]
Earth Day Idiots Exposed
I know Earth Day has come and gone but this is just too good to not share. Now don’t get me wrong, I believe that conservation and ‘wise use’ of resources is a good thing, but environmentalism is a dangerous ideology. It’s truly a watermelon belief system. Green on the outside but Red on the inside. This is what happens when you put the earth above all else.
SEMI-NEWS: A Satirical Look at Recent News
May 6
by John Semmens – President Almost Single-Handedly Kills bin Laden Osama bin Laden, al-Qaeda mastermind of the 9-11 attack on America, was slain at his hideout in Pakistan last weekend by the incredibly brave and gutsy US President Barack Obama’s timely action. Admittedly, others may have played minor supporting roles. Interrogators working under former President [...]
Tinker Toys Won’t Fix the Deficit – The Patriot Post
May 6
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The Foundation “I regret, as much as any member, the unavoidable weight and duration of the burdens to be imposed; having never been a proselyte to the doctrine, that public debts are public benefits. I consider them, on the contrary, as evils which ought to be removed as fast as honor and justice will permit.” [...]
Promise I’ll Stop After This But – More Praise for President Obama
Enough already, I know. But I get a kick out of the Tribal Update. I didn’t catch it at www.latma.co.il because it hadn’t yet hit the English site and my Hebrew isn’t what it should be so, I missed this one on the original language site. But one of the Jawas was kind enough to post it after it hit YouTube. Thought I should share -
Bin Laden’s Funeral at Sea
The President provided Bin Laden appropriate Moslem last rites at sea. Why? Bin Laden wasn’t concerned with last rites for the 3 thousand plus victims he murdered. If Obama wants to look good to Muslims, why doesn’t he care what his American non-Muslim constituents think?
We keep hearing that Bin Laden did not represent the “Religion of Peace” that is Islam. If he did not, he wasn’t entitiled to the recognition of its last rites. His singling out for that ceremony says that he did represent Islam and deserved such recognition. That means, Islam is no “Religion of Peace” and Bin Laden’s was a justified attack. You can’t have it both ways.
If Bin Laden was no representative of Islam and his attack on helpless and innocent people was unjustified, then he was evil, deserved no such confusing consideration and should have been tossed into the sea like the dog he was. That he was not, accepts the righteousness of his cause by our leader.
Federal Government Quickie: Are You Expert?
http://www.isi.org/quiz.aspx?q=9C43CB91-617F-498E-AE55-2E66BC97A0AB
Do you know enough to complain about the Federal Government? This short civics quiz finds average college professors earn about a 55%.
How much do you know?
Where Goest Thou, GutsyCall.com?
DID IT TAKE THE WHITE HOUSE SIXTEEN HOURS TO MAKE THIS DECISION?
In a post yesterday, I mused about Barack Obama’s reasoning behind his decision not to release images of a dead bin Laden. While the president was saying “spiking the football is not who we are,” GutsyCall.com was purchased and used as a link to Obama’s reelection site.
A funny thing happened on the way to the site today, as you can see above. It doesn’t appear that the president took sixteen hours to make this decision, does it?
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Talk about snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.
GERONIMO!
May 6
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FROM THE “HERE WE GO AGAIN” DEPARTMENT Taking a break from filing lawsuits against sports teams and their mascots, native Americans are circling the wagons over the use of “Geronimo” as the mission code name for Osama bin Laden. Geronimo was an Apache leader who spent many years fighting the Mexican and U.S. armies until [...]
Sensing a great disturbance…
In case you missed International Star Wars Day and the things it brought with it, check this out.
A Late Dose of Thursday Therapy
Sometimes we all get stuck in a rut. Events around us seem to be ever-changing but we just can’t seem to motivate ourselves to change with them. We do the same things we have always done and we end up with the same results we always get and there just doesn’t seem to be a way break the routines with which we have saddled ourselves.
If this is you, let us provide you with some ideas – gleaned from literally a fraction of an hour of research on the internet – tailored to your specific situation. Let us help you get out of that rut now and back on track to being the rising star you were meant to be. Read the rest of this entry
Racist Leader Convicted for Trying to Murder Wife
May 5
Edgar Steele guilty on all counts – Idaho attorney Edgar Steele is a real scumbag. He came to prominence when he served as a defense counsel for hate group Aryan Nations, the group lost the case and was bankrupted and dissolved by the Southern Poverty Law Center. Following this he gained notoriety as the go to [...]
The Real War on Women
May 5
Of late, various Americans have opined that there is a war on women. Usually, this claim is made when funding to Planned Parenthood operations is on the federal budget table or when peer reviewed medical studies are released that conclude that now routine testing is not necessary for female specific diseases. Along these lines, one [...]
Will Sasso Locked As Curly In Farrely Bros. ‘The Three Stooges’
There’s going to be a Three Stooges Movie? That could be either bad or good depending on the cast. One encouraging development, MADtv Alum Will Sasso as Curly.
The Beast never heard of this Will Sasso guy, but he’s a dead ringer for Curly, and a talented comic. Witness his perfect take as Tony Soprano:
“We Ain’t Got No Gabbagool!”
Not bad.
Does Obama Want to Tax You by the Mile?
May 5
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PLAN WOULD TAX DRIVERS BASED ON HOW MANY MILES THEY DRIVE The Obama administration has floated a transportation authorization bill that would require the study and implementation of a plan to tax automobile drivers based on how many miles they drive. Seriously. After an undated draft of the plan was obtained by Transportation Weekly, the White House said [...]
Guess Who’s Politicizing Bin Laden’s Death?
SPIKING THE FOOTBALL?
In part from Meredith Jessup: Just hours after the news that Osama bin Laden had been killed in a firefight with U.S. commandos, John Brennan, the White House counter-terrorism advisor, hailed Barack Obama’s “gutsy call,” (which it was), that gave approval for the Special Forces mission to proceed.
While the president does indeed deserve credit for ordering the raid, (and by all accounts, has accepted it), he told us yesterday that we musn’t “spike the football” because “it’s not what we do.”
But…if you visit www.gutsycall.com, guess whose re-election website you’ll find? You guessed it; Obama’s 2012 campaign has apparently purchased “gutsycall.com.”
So much for not politicizing bin Laden’s death.
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And Obama’s trip to Ground Zero today?
“What indeed has Athens to do with Jerusalem?”
Tertullian asked this question sometime during the 3rd Century and has been often quoted in both the study of early Christianity and religious philosophy. Though his inquiry relates to conditions within the Church during his time, particularly the Hellenization of Christian thought, at its very heart, his question regards whether it is appropriate to apply reason to faith. Since recently reading The Rat’s article “Why Do Atheists Ridicule Christianity?”, posted at The ConClub, I thought I would take some liberties with Tertullian’s quote to offer at least one possible explanation. Read the rest of this entry
Hmmm, Do I “Want to Believe?”
I have to admit, I read some of the early Ulsterman articles. Have you?
I should clarify though, I’ve always thought his articles only represented a clever fiction. The unknown author, the unidentified DC insider, the high level of information covering a broad spectrum partisan politics that cannot be confirmed, all of it screams fantasy. However, I have to wonder if it is possible that a political fiction, presented in Ulsterman’s Deep Throat style of outing interesting insider information, could end up proving prescient. Read the rest of this entry
Why Do Atheists Ridicule Christianity?
May 4
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“RELIGION SHOULD BE TREATED WITH RIDICULE, HATRED AND CONTEMPT” Atheism, or “antitheism,” which was once considered taboo in America, has become mainstream in today’s society; books like Christopher Hitchens’s God Is Not Great, Richard Dawkins’s The God Delusion, and Sam Harris’s The End of Faith have all become New York Times bestsellers. Faith-bashing films, such as Bill Maher’s Religulous and Ricky [...]
Christian Group Declares: World Will End May 21st 2011
May 4
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-preacher-warns-end-of-the-world-is-nigh-21-may-around-6pm-to-be-precise-2254139.html Harold Camping is a radio preacher who runs a massive ministry with 66 stations in the US alone, 120 million dollars in assets, and tens of thousands of followers across the globe. Camping believes that he has uncovered a mathematical code within the Bible that points to the date of the Second Coming, May [...]
Reasons to Bring It In at the Turn
You have got a good game going. You’re only a few strokes over your handicap but you are feeling no stress because there’s nothing but short grass and the rest of a Sunday afternoon in front of you. But, as you finish up the eighth with a chip and a three putt, this nagging sense that something just might spoil today’s outing starts tickling the back of your neck. Read the rest of this entry
Dave’s Quote of the Day
“There is but one straight course, and that is to seek truth and pursue it steadily.”
–George Washington
Color Me Happy – Guest Submission
May 3
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by Nancy Morgan – Color me happy. For the first time in over 10 years, crowds of Americans are waving flags and singing the Star Spangled Banner, celebrating an American victory – the death of bin Laden. Who’d a thunk? Just when I felt progressives had succeeded in turning America into a self-loathing, guilt ridden, [...]
Case Closed on the Osama File
May 3
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The Foundation “What a glorious morning this is!” –Samuel Adams The Osama File: Case Closed Osama bin Laden Osama bin Laden was killed in Pakistan by Navy SEALs on Sunday and his remains were discarded at sea. The raid was conducted with little input from Pakistan. Osama’s death marks a long-awaited triumph for the United [...]
Senator: Enhanced Interrogations Led to Bin Laden Kill
CIA Interrogators Developed First Strands That Led to Bin Laden
A member of the US Senate Intelligence Committee has told CNBC that the death of Osama Bin Laden was a direct result of enhanced interrogations.
“The information that eventually led us to this compound was the direct result of enhanced interrogations; one can conclude if we had not used enhanced interrogations, we would not have come to yesterday’s action,” US Senator Richard Burr in a telephone interview with CNBC. Read more at cnbc.com.
Current and former U.S. officials say that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, provided the nom de guerre of one of bin Laden’s most trusted aides. The CIA got similar information from Mohammed’s successor, Abu Faraj al-Libi. Both were subjected to harsh interrogation tactics inside CIA prisons in Poland and Romania. Read more at washingtonpost.com.
Facts are stubborn things when they get in the way of “the truth,” aren’t they?
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Oh oh, here come the hateful accusations of hatred again!
Naïve, Jaded, or Something Else?
When referring to several callers who had questioned whether or not to believe the official story about OBL’s death, a local talk radio host asked the question, “Why are some people not just happy that bin Laden is dead?” It’s an interesting question – why not just be happy? Read the rest of this entry
Birth Cert Bingo: Bonus Question
Real/Fake is distracting; if the BC has actually been released, can we or can’t we order a copy from Hawaii?
Is it Wrong to Celebrate Bin Laden’s Demise?
May 2
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Is It Wrong To Celebrate Bin Laden’s Death? - The bleeding hearts at NPR (funded by you) are worried that Americans are celebrating the death of Osama Bin Laden (world hide and seek champion 2001-2011). “Is there moral philosophical justification for rejoicing over the demise of someone like bin Laden?” the article asks, the argument seems [...]
Was Pakistan Sheltering Osama Bin Laden?
May 2
It is doubtful the American public will ever know the real story behind the killing of the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks. The details of the operation are likely to be shrouded by layers of secrecy for decades to come. However, even the most casual assessment of what transpired suggests that the government of Pakistan, [...]
What Follows Osama’s End?
A fading symbol of murdering innocents as Jihad is himself killed by an illegal alien death squad. Now, what?
Will the President of Mexico send commandos into Washington, DC after his most-wanted? Why not, the precedent is set, isn’t it?
And what did President Obama pay Pakistan to permit this that George Bush wasn’t willing to pay? Obama clearly needed something to crow about; in his time, so did Bush. But Bush didn’t try to buy it this way.
Finally, Bin Laden was the excuse for invading Afghanistan; now we can bring the kids home, right?
Osama was bad news and his death improves the world but he was old news; the handling of these and other effects that have followed him are now what matters.
KILLING BIN LADEN AND THE ARROGANCE OF THE BOY KING
May 2
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- IS ANYONE SURPRISED THAT BARACK OBAMA TOOK THE CREDIT? – It should certainly be noted that Barack Obama continued this country’s efforts to track down Osama bin Laden and bring him to justice. Rat chose “noted” and “continued” vs. “credited” and “spearheaded” for a reason: Did America, the world, or the al Qaeda mastermind [...]
We Got Him, Osama bin Laden is Dead! – Open Thread
May 1
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Nearly ten years after striking at the heart of the American economy and military on 9-11-01, the mastermind behind Al-Qaeda’s war on the West has finally been tracked down and killed by covert forces. Reports state that the United States is in possession of his body as well. It took a long time for justice [...]
APReturning From a Long Strange Trip
Just when I thought my new blogging career was about to take off, the paying job reared its ugly head and has kept me from posting for the past few weeks. Yet, it seems that world and national events have passed by fine without comment from me and, my fellow bloggers here at the Constitution Club have covered all the hot topics that popped up during my absence rather nicely. Read the rest of this entry
Dave’s Quote of the Day
“Every step we take towards making the State our Caretaker of our lives, by that much we move toward making the State our Master.”
~Dwight D. Eisenhower
Chap Hop
Just for fun…
Courtesy of Wired, I’ve discovered a new genre of music–chap hop, which is hip hop reimagined as the pastime of bored English gentlemen. Here’s one of the original works, by Mr. B (aka the Gentleman Rhymer) with his send-up of NWA, “Straight Out of Surrey”:
And the response to it by Professor Elemental:
Carry on.
NATO on defensive over strikes close to Gadhafi
NATO have given a picture-perfect representation as to why they cannot and should never have been trusted in leading air raids against Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi’s government.
That they would begin to cower from people like China, Russia and Brazil (the first two are utter Human Rights abusers, and in Brazil, they indigenous community may have some unflattering words for the central government in Brasilia) shows that they have neither the spine nor the stomach to finish off Gadhafi.
It is far better that they pack their bags and go home rather than try to impress fellow Euro-weenies and play soldier.
Are Americans Tolerant?
May 1
It is amusing that protesters claim Americans are not tolerant. Especially so when the protesters are Muslim, it is quite ironic. The question is are Americans intolerant or do the Muslims use the term as a smoke screen. You can decide for yourself, but it is clearly a smoke screen to transfer the Muslim intolerance [...]
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