I listen to quite a bit of radio when out driving in the car, or even sitting at my keyboard as I am now. The first part of my title for this post is something of which most of us are painfully aware, although we may not all be familiar with the term "hackney/hackneyed/hackneying". Quite simply put, when a phrase becomes "hackneyed" it has been made trite or banal though overuse. In other words, we have tired of hearing it! One of my most unfavorite (if they can create words, so can I) of these is the wearying overuse of the phrase "At the end of the day..." - which I just heard "America's National Treasure" use on the radio. At the end of the day, I could just scream, "Are you talking heads incapable of turning a phrase?" Just for a change of pace, why not try throwing out an occasional, "When all is said and done...", or "When the dust settles...", or "As the sun begins to set on...", or tell us how "The bottom line is..."? Better yet, how about just a simple "As I see it...", or "The outcome of this situation will/may/should be...". I am fully aware that most of those recommended phrases have themselves become hackneyed, but if they all would be frequently interspersed by broadcast personalities, they would not be nearly as noticeable.
Fox News Radio is particularly bad for hackney and creation. The personalities on Fox are apparently lexicographers (by network acclamation), and are therefore permitted to create new, non-existent words for the English language. Recently the popular non-word seems to be "political strategerist". THERE'S NO SUCH WORD AS "STRATEGERIST"! What was wrong with using the dictionary defined word of "strategist"? Did it sound too mundane? Were there not enough letters in it to emphasize the importance of this critical occupation (sarcasm)? Does a "strategerist" do something other than analyze, recommend and implement strategy... as does a strategist?
Call it one of my (many) "pet peeves" if you like, but there is something inherently wrong about anyone who uses the English language as the means of earning a living, using that language incorrectly. To me, it's virtually impossible to ignore. It's like seeing a Volkswagen Minibus attempting to navigate the slalom course at a Sports Car Club of America rally. For the most part, our beloved "Talking Heads" are not uneducated people., so why are they so cavalier in their use of the English language?
Ragnarok
Ragnarok: chaos; the end of the cosmos in Norse mythology. "Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war!"
Thursday, May 2, 2013
Thursday, April 18, 2013
Horrendous Boston Marathon Bombings - Courtesy of "Religion of Peace"?
According to our soulless leader, BHO, Islam is a "religion of peace", and we should embrace them as members of our loving world family of religions. On the other hand, WND reported today that (fair use applies)...
"A source within Iranian intelligence services told WND the Islamic regime was behind them and to look for trails through Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.
The source said the bombs were planted near the end of the race so that the horrific images of the blasts would be captured by all the media there and be replayed over and over throughout the world.
A senior commander of the Islamic regime had warned less than two months ago that terrorism was coming to America.
The source for today’s information blamed the Islamic regime for the Boston attack and pointed to the collaboration of the regime’s Quds Forces with Hezbollah and elements of al-Qaida with links to individuals in Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. He said that under Quds Force guidance, Hezbollah recruited Sunni terrorists allied with al-Qaida factions in Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, who then entered the U.S. for terrorist activities.
The information has been shared with U.S. officials.
But until the FBI and other U.S. agencies complete their investigations, all information regarding the bombings must be considered with great caution and any conclusions would be premature.
If the source is correct, however, then three individuals will likely have had a hand in planning and preparing for the attack:
In the aftermath of the Boston bombings, FARS News Agency put out a piece headlined, “Obama in deep trouble if Boston bombing was by Salafis (ultraconservative Sunni Muslims).”
FARS said one reason that Obama has not linked the Boston bombing to al-Qaida is that his administration wants to show it has defeated al-Qaida and any mention of the terrorist group would undermine his position.
FARS, as with the earlier warning by Jazayeri, denounced Obama’s decision to help the opposition in Syria and hinted that the Boston attack is related to al-Qaida and the hardcore Sunnis. It concluded that Obama would likely not name them as the guilty party to save face."
(If you are surprised by the above information, please raise your hand. In fact... raise both your hands [as if in a gesture of surrender] since you have obviously surrendered your brain to our left-wing administration.)
It's time to "connect the dots of believability"...
"A source within Iranian intelligence services told WND the Islamic regime was behind them and to look for trails through Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.
The source said the bombs were planted near the end of the race so that the horrific images of the blasts would be captured by all the media there and be replayed over and over throughout the world.
The source for today’s information blamed the Islamic regime for the Boston attack and pointed to the collaboration of the regime’s Quds Forces with Hezbollah and elements of al-Qaida with links to individuals in Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. He said that under Quds Force guidance, Hezbollah recruited Sunni terrorists allied with al-Qaida factions in Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, who then entered the U.S. for terrorist activities.
The information has been shared with U.S. officials.
But until the FBI and other U.S. agencies complete their investigations, all information regarding the bombings must be considered with great caution and any conclusions would be premature.
If the source is correct, however, then three individuals will likely have had a hand in planning and preparing for the attack:
- Mustafa Badr Al Din, the brother-in-law and cousin of the dead terrorist Imad Mugniyah, who now serves as Mugnyiah’s replacement as the military leader of Hezbollah and who also serves as the deputy of Qasem Soliemani, the head of the Islamic regime’s Quds Forces.
- Mohammad Ali Hamadei, on the FBI’s most-wanted list, a Hezbollah operator responsible for operation and infiltration of forces into America who was based in New Mexico with a Latin American passport and who was also seen last year in England.
- Talal Hamieh, the head of Hezbollah’s External Security Organization responsible for operations outside of Lebanon. He has been in Mexico collaborating with drug cartels to raise funds for Hezbollah cells and facilitates the transfer of arms and terrorists into the U.S.
In the aftermath of the Boston bombings, FARS News Agency put out a piece headlined, “Obama in deep trouble if Boston bombing was by Salafis (ultraconservative Sunni Muslims).”
FARS said one reason that Obama has not linked the Boston bombing to al-Qaida is that his administration wants to show it has defeated al-Qaida and any mention of the terrorist group would undermine his position.
FARS, as with the earlier warning by Jazayeri, denounced Obama’s decision to help the opposition in Syria and hinted that the Boston attack is related to al-Qaida and the hardcore Sunnis. It concluded that Obama would likely not name them as the guilty party to save face."
(If you are surprised by the above information, please raise your hand. In fact... raise both your hands [as if in a gesture of surrender] since you have obviously surrendered your brain to our left-wing administration.)
It's time to "connect the dots of believability"...
- In an act of unprecedented ignorance, BHO (with the enthusiastic assistance of DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano and Secretary of State John Kerry) has granted members of Islamic countries special, privileged, front-of-the-line treatment in matters of VISA issuance and immigration.
- Shrapnel deploying bombs in public places are a favorite destructive tool of the Islamic terrorists.
- Paraphrasing one of the tenets of the Qu'ran, it says (essentially), "Convert the infidels or put them to the sword." (That is a figurative "sword", not a literal sword. Any weapon used to murder the non-repentant infidel will suffice. Islam gets the maximum "return on investment" from a bomb.If you are a non-Muslim, or even a Muslim deemed to be apostate in practice, you are that infidel.)
- Islamists have a history of murdering the innocent - a long history of doing so in Israel, and a shorter, more recent history of doing so in the USA (World Trade Center bombing in 1993, and the Twin Towers bombing in 2001). They have also killed and/or made prisoners of tourists and journalists around the world.
- BHO admitted to "his Muslim faith" during an ABC television interview.
- A TWO MONTH WARNING by a senior commander of the Islamic regime that, "terrorism was coming to America", apparently went unheeded by federal law enforcement agencies.
- The original "person of interest" in the Boston Marathon bombing. 20 year old Abdul Rahman Ali Alharbi, is being deported back to Saudi Arabia next week. Why is he being deported? His student visa is still good. Could he have done something more than "witness" the explosion? Will we ever be told the truth about his role in this massacre? The State Department claims it is to avoid embarrassment to the Saudis. If he did nothing wrong then where is the "embarrassment" factor? Is this just the latest in the long line of government coverups? The administration does not want the bomber to be a Muslim - they're hoping for a white, Christian, right-wing radical to be charged.
Friday, March 22, 2013
"Universal Pre-School" is the Government's Plan...
In his State of the Union address, President "Screwtape" Obama said he wanted to
“make high-quality preschool available to every child in America” and
“make sure none of our children start the race of life already behind.”
The public education system, along with institutes of "higher learning", has been co-opted by the radical left. This is not anything new, inasmuch as the teachers of today were taught by yesterday's left-wingers (or those teacher's who taught the teachers of yesterday's left wingers). I believe it began in the late 1960's - when the so-called "anti-establishment drug and free-love" sub-culture of the 1960's (or at least those who weren't too stoned to pass their finals) were awarded their teaching certificates. Most of these left-wing liberal-"progressives" went directly to teaching in the public system, many at the K-6 level, and some at the 7-12 level. What's wrong with that?
The public "educational system" has been replaced with the Federal Indoctrination System, replete with revisionist history (history retold the way the left wishes it had been), political correctness, studies of aberrant sexual behaviors now deemed "normal" by the government, marginalization of Christianity, and other left-wing absurdities. To effectively indoctrinate a body of people, you must begin the process of indoctrination as early in their lives as possible. In "teaching" children in grades K-6, the process is simplest. The political minds of children ages 5-11 are essentially "dry sponges" ready to absorb any liquid in which they are immersed. Whether it be the purest of spring waters, or the liquid waste from the sewers of political belief. "Common Core" education, being forced upon us by the federal government, is the most blatant transference of liquid waste to date.
The goal of Common Core education is absolute and total indoctrination of the youth of America into the belief that all people should achieve the same rewards for their labors - regardless of education, experience, competence, employment status, or difficulty and/or hazards involved in the performance of those labors. Quite simply put, those slackers who elect to do nothing, should be able to have the same standard of living as those who work 40-80 hours per week. That is the socialist mindset that currently governs and indoctrinates the children of our Republic.
The federal government is not the solution to any educational/social problem - it is source of the problem. "Project Head Start" has been in existence for 50+ years, at the cost of trillions of tax dollars, yet the accomplishments of those who have had access to the program, are no better than those who did not have access. Wasteful effort? Obviously.
Education should be controlled at the state level, not the federal level. State boards of education should determine the content and conduct of the learning process for our children. Our educational emphasis should be on the 3R's, not on "Heather Has Two Mommies" - history, not homosexuality, math not Muslims, and science not (left-wing icon) Sol Alinsky.
Our founders gave us a Constitution designed to benefit those who made the effort to become self-sufficient through apprenticeship (training), self-motivation, and hard work. Our Constitution also was designed to limit areas of our daily lives in which the federal government could involve itself, and - regarding those areas where involvement was permitted - it places further restrictions upon how deeply the government may involve itself. Our founders saw the potential for abuse of power by any governing body, and took steps to minimize the possibility that the federal government could someday seize all power from the people. They insured, through our Constitution that necessary means of recourse would always be available to the citizens, in the body of the Second Amendment - which contains the phrase "shall not be infringed".
Sadly, the Constitution is only as good as the people's will to protect and defend it - and there is some question over whether We the People yet possess that will. The administration "end-runs" the Constitution at every opportunity, circumventing it's original intent, ignoring the requirements of government therein, and constantly chipping away at the people's Bill of Rights. The circumstances under which such flagrant violations of the Constitution will end is not yet clear. The "checks and balances" are not working as they were designed - Congress rubber stamps the malfeasance (bordering upon treason) of the administration, and the Federal Court system only fails to support their inaction when a blind man can see the criminality.
An "Oath of Office" is only an oath when it is sworn to by people of honor. There is little-if-any honor in the Federal District of Columbia, so that part of the "Oath of Office" where they swore to "protect and defend the Constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic..."
The public education system, along with institutes of "higher learning", has been co-opted by the radical left. This is not anything new, inasmuch as the teachers of today were taught by yesterday's left-wingers (or those teacher's who taught the teachers of yesterday's left wingers). I believe it began in the late 1960's - when the so-called "anti-establishment drug and free-love" sub-culture of the 1960's (or at least those who weren't too stoned to pass their finals) were awarded their teaching certificates. Most of these left-wing liberal-"progressives" went directly to teaching in the public system, many at the K-6 level, and some at the 7-12 level. What's wrong with that?
The public "educational system" has been replaced with the Federal Indoctrination System, replete with revisionist history (history retold the way the left wishes it had been), political correctness, studies of aberrant sexual behaviors now deemed "normal" by the government, marginalization of Christianity, and other left-wing absurdities. To effectively indoctrinate a body of people, you must begin the process of indoctrination as early in their lives as possible. In "teaching" children in grades K-6, the process is simplest. The political minds of children ages 5-11 are essentially "dry sponges" ready to absorb any liquid in which they are immersed. Whether it be the purest of spring waters, or the liquid waste from the sewers of political belief. "Common Core" education, being forced upon us by the federal government, is the most blatant transference of liquid waste to date.
The goal of Common Core education is absolute and total indoctrination of the youth of America into the belief that all people should achieve the same rewards for their labors - regardless of education, experience, competence, employment status, or difficulty and/or hazards involved in the performance of those labors. Quite simply put, those slackers who elect to do nothing, should be able to have the same standard of living as those who work 40-80 hours per week. That is the socialist mindset that currently governs and indoctrinates the children of our Republic.
The federal government is not the solution to any educational/social problem - it is source of the problem. "Project Head Start" has been in existence for 50+ years, at the cost of trillions of tax dollars, yet the accomplishments of those who have had access to the program, are no better than those who did not have access. Wasteful effort? Obviously.
Education should be controlled at the state level, not the federal level. State boards of education should determine the content and conduct of the learning process for our children. Our educational emphasis should be on the 3R's, not on "Heather Has Two Mommies" - history, not homosexuality, math not Muslims, and science not (left-wing icon) Sol Alinsky.
Our founders gave us a Constitution designed to benefit those who made the effort to become self-sufficient through apprenticeship (training), self-motivation, and hard work. Our Constitution also was designed to limit areas of our daily lives in which the federal government could involve itself, and - regarding those areas where involvement was permitted - it places further restrictions upon how deeply the government may involve itself. Our founders saw the potential for abuse of power by any governing body, and took steps to minimize the possibility that the federal government could someday seize all power from the people. They insured, through our Constitution that necessary means of recourse would always be available to the citizens, in the body of the Second Amendment - which contains the phrase "shall not be infringed".
Sadly, the Constitution is only as good as the people's will to protect and defend it - and there is some question over whether We the People yet possess that will. The administration "end-runs" the Constitution at every opportunity, circumventing it's original intent, ignoring the requirements of government therein, and constantly chipping away at the people's Bill of Rights. The circumstances under which such flagrant violations of the Constitution will end is not yet clear. The "checks and balances" are not working as they were designed - Congress rubber stamps the malfeasance (bordering upon treason) of the administration, and the Federal Court system only fails to support their inaction when a blind man can see the criminality.
An "Oath of Office" is only an oath when it is sworn to by people of honor. There is little-if-any honor in the Federal District of Columbia, so that part of the "Oath of Office" where they swore to "protect and defend the Constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic..."
Friday, March 15, 2013
The "Ship of State" is Crewed by FOOLS!
Those "running the country" are not stupid, but they are very foolish.
They foolishly follow a political belief system that has proven, time
and time again, to be unsustainable over the long haul . Their support
comes from both the foolish and the stupid among us. The single issue
voter, the "What's in it for me" people, the uneducated, the uninformed
and the unconcerned.
We the People are being led down the proverbial "Garden Path" by the current administration, whose hope is that we will be distracted from the quicksand by all the pretty flowers. We are irrecoverably mired in international debt, and yet we continue to borrow more! The government continues to print currency with nothing behind it, devaluing the few dollars that the average working person manages to retain after taxes. Nationally, we have the highest unemployment since the Great Depression, and more jobs are being lost daily to foreign countries and foreign nationals here on work visas. Yet the voracious appetite of our Behemoth federal government grows, demanding more taxes to support it's weight. The elected "leader" of our government lives the lavish lifestyle of a Potentate... while simultaneously demanding that We the People "tighten our belts". And, exactly where are those 1.6 billion rounds of hollow point ammunition for which DHS has contracted (ammunition that is prohibited by International Law from use in "war" - going to be used? Is our government so afraid of We the People, that they must have a supply of ammunition sufficient to kill every living American almost 6 times over? A supply great enough to fight a sustained war for more than 20 years. A government that serves the will of the people has no reason to fear them. What we are observing is the gradual erosion - and intentional usurpation - of our Constitution, and with it our God-given rights.
The "Ship of State" is captained and crewed by fools who desire to rule their subjects, rather than appropriately govern the citizens. How did this happen? We have an over-abundance of fools who are of legal voting age, who refuse to recognize the political, economic and social "reefs" that lie ahead in the Sea of Socialism! The ruling class in Washington D.C., is composed of anti-Americans, and a Congress that lacks the moral courage to challenge them.
I hope those who supported this desecration of our country and ourConstitution by their ballots are proud of themselves. "Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall." The "destruction" and "fall" are visible on the horizon, for those who care to look.
We the People are being led down the proverbial "Garden Path" by the current administration, whose hope is that we will be distracted from the quicksand by all the pretty flowers. We are irrecoverably mired in international debt, and yet we continue to borrow more! The government continues to print currency with nothing behind it, devaluing the few dollars that the average working person manages to retain after taxes. Nationally, we have the highest unemployment since the Great Depression, and more jobs are being lost daily to foreign countries and foreign nationals here on work visas. Yet the voracious appetite of our Behemoth federal government grows, demanding more taxes to support it's weight. The elected "leader" of our government lives the lavish lifestyle of a Potentate... while simultaneously demanding that We the People "tighten our belts". And, exactly where are those 1.6 billion rounds of hollow point ammunition for which DHS has contracted (ammunition that is prohibited by International Law from use in "war" - going to be used? Is our government so afraid of We the People, that they must have a supply of ammunition sufficient to kill every living American almost 6 times over? A supply great enough to fight a sustained war for more than 20 years. A government that serves the will of the people has no reason to fear them. What we are observing is the gradual erosion - and intentional usurpation - of our Constitution, and with it our God-given rights.
The "Ship of State" is captained and crewed by fools who desire to rule their subjects, rather than appropriately govern the citizens. How did this happen? We have an over-abundance of fools who are of legal voting age, who refuse to recognize the political, economic and social "reefs" that lie ahead in the Sea of Socialism! The ruling class in Washington D.C., is composed of anti-Americans, and a Congress that lacks the moral courage to challenge them.
I hope those who supported this desecration of our country and ourConstitution by their ballots are proud of themselves. "Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall." The "destruction" and "fall" are visible on the horizon, for those who care to look.
~My admonition to all patriotic Americans~
BE CONCERNED... BE VERY CONCERNED!
Monday, March 11, 2013
WARS AND RUMORS OF WARS - American Revolution Part II, and the10th Crusade
The world would be a wonderful place to live, if there weren't people in it to screw things up! As of March 1, 2013 there were 60 countries at war, and 391 "armed conflicts" underway within those countries.
We find ourselves in a chaotic world, although for the most-part peace currently reigns at home. Yet, to many, it seems as if we may be on the brink of Part II of the American Revolution. We have an administration composed entirely of left-wingers, Marxists, Socialist-"progressives", and other varieties of Communists. We also have high unemployment, a devalued currency, ever-increasing taxation, outrageous international indebtedness, circumvention - by our government - of our Constitution, the use of military drones within the borders of the USA, lax border control, the abridgement of the Bill of Rights, Amendments I, IV, VIII and X, and a push to infringe upon Amendment II, which our founders specifically prohibited. Why is the administration is pushing the envelope of what We the People will quietly tolerate? First because our elected Congress lacks the courage to say "ENOUGH!". They will not unite for the good of the country and say no to the spoiled, "my way or no way" attitude of our President, Barry the Bankrupter.
There are a few of us who are actually paying attention, and connecting the dots. Individually, the actions of our government may appear innocuous... but, when looked upon individually as the pieces of a much larger puzzle, a highly disturbing picture develops.
The motto of the left-wing is not only, "Never let a crisis go to waste", it includes the adjunct phrase, "If there is no crisis create one you can solve" (exercising direction by misdirection and smoke and mirrors leadership). Eventually, the American people will become unsettled over this incompetence at all levels of government, and there will be an uncivil civil reaction. This reaction is just what the Commies-in-Charge want, as it will supply them with much-needed justification to impose martial law upon the people, and within that construct reduce the population.
The opening shots of the Tenth Crusade were fired on September 11, 2001, when Islamists attacked the World Trade Center, using aircraft as flying bombs, and taking over 3,300 lives. The goal of Islam is to dominate the world as the single religion, while the goal of the rest of the world is to choose their own religious beliefs, or to choose none at all. The followers of Islam are involved in the majority of those 391 "armed conflicts" mentioned in my first paragraph. They are "eating the elephant... one bite at a time". Conquering other people's right to choose by use of "the sword". If they are not stopped, and stopped SOON, they may just succeed in accomplishing their goal. Just my 2¢ worth. If you choose to disagree with my assessment, I will support your right to remain ignorant, and to perish forthwith from the Earth.
We find ourselves in a chaotic world, although for the most-part peace currently reigns at home. Yet, to many, it seems as if we may be on the brink of Part II of the American Revolution. We have an administration composed entirely of left-wingers, Marxists, Socialist-"progressives", and other varieties of Communists. We also have high unemployment, a devalued currency, ever-increasing taxation, outrageous international indebtedness, circumvention - by our government - of our Constitution, the use of military drones within the borders of the USA, lax border control, the abridgement of the Bill of Rights, Amendments I, IV, VIII and X, and a push to infringe upon Amendment II, which our founders specifically prohibited. Why is the administration is pushing the envelope of what We the People will quietly tolerate? First because our elected Congress lacks the courage to say "ENOUGH!". They will not unite for the good of the country and say no to the spoiled, "my way or no way" attitude of our President, Barry the Bankrupter.
There are a few of us who are actually paying attention, and connecting the dots. Individually, the actions of our government may appear innocuous... but, when looked upon individually as the pieces of a much larger puzzle, a highly disturbing picture develops.
The motto of the left-wing is not only, "Never let a crisis go to waste", it includes the adjunct phrase, "If there is no crisis create one you can solve" (exercising direction by misdirection and smoke and mirrors leadership). Eventually, the American people will become unsettled over this incompetence at all levels of government, and there will be an uncivil civil reaction. This reaction is just what the Commies-in-Charge want, as it will supply them with much-needed justification to impose martial law upon the people, and within that construct reduce the population.
The opening shots of the Tenth Crusade were fired on September 11, 2001, when Islamists attacked the World Trade Center, using aircraft as flying bombs, and taking over 3,300 lives. The goal of Islam is to dominate the world as the single religion, while the goal of the rest of the world is to choose their own religious beliefs, or to choose none at all. The followers of Islam are involved in the majority of those 391 "armed conflicts" mentioned in my first paragraph. They are "eating the elephant... one bite at a time". Conquering other people's right to choose by use of "the sword". If they are not stopped, and stopped SOON, they may just succeed in accomplishing their goal. Just my 2¢ worth. If you choose to disagree with my assessment, I will support your right to remain ignorant, and to perish forthwith from the Earth.
Friday, February 15, 2013
My favorite Obama quotes...
Memorial Day address: "On this Memorial Day, as our nation honors its unbroken line of fallen
heroes -- and I see many of them in the audience here today -- our sense
of patriotism is particularly strong." (The White House probably had them disinterred just for this special occasion... in an effort to prove Obama's "superior vision" for the country.)
"It was also interesting to see that political interaction in Europe is not that different from the United States Senate. There's a lot of -- I don't know what the term is in Austrian, wheeling and dealing." --confusing German for "Austrian," a language which does not exist, Strasbourg, France, April 6, 2009 (I find it surprising that there isn't a linguist among his speech writing staff)
"The Middle East is obviously an issue that has plagued the region for centuries." --Tampa, Fla., Jan. 28, 2010 (Ummmm... the Middle East IS "the region")
"We're the country that built the Intercontinental Railroad." —Cincinnati, OH, Sept. 22, 2011 (Apparently he's never heard of the Transcontinental Railroad that we actually DID build.)
"No, no. I have been practicing...I bowled a 129. It's like -- it was like Special Olympics, or something." --making an off-hand joke during an appearance on the Tonight Show, March 19, 2009 (An offhanded, insensitive remark - one that probably wasn't on his teleprompter. However, he is challenged enough [or perhaps TOO much] to qualify for the Special Olympics.)
"The reforms we seek would bring greater competition, choice, savings and inefficiencies to our health care system." --in remarks after a health care roundtable with health care providers, Washington, D.C., July 20, 2009 (If anybody can bring us greater inefficiencies in all things, it's the Obama administration!)
"Let me be absolutely clear. Israel is a strong friend of Israel's. It will be a strong friend of Israel's under a McCain...administration. It will be a strong friend of Israel's under an Obama administration. So that policy is not going to change." --Amman, Jordan, July 22, 2008 (Isn't he absolutely amazing in his grasp of the obvious?)
"I've now been in 57 states -- I think one left to go." --at a campaign event in Beaverton, Oregon (Apparently he was counting the soon to be included Islamic nations and Mexico)
"In case you missed it, this week, there was a tragedy in Kansas. Ten thousand people died -- an entire town destroyed." --on a Kansas tornado that killed 12 people (Obviously Obama can't count accurately after he runs out of fingers. This explains why he hasn't been offered an anchor slot on the nightly news. He should have, however, been offered an anchor - while swimming in Hawaii.)
And the Dumocrats and liberals made fun of Gee Dubbya when he was in the Oval Office!
"It was also interesting to see that political interaction in Europe is not that different from the United States Senate. There's a lot of -- I don't know what the term is in Austrian, wheeling and dealing." --confusing German for "Austrian," a language which does not exist, Strasbourg, France, April 6, 2009 (I find it surprising that there isn't a linguist among his speech writing staff)
"The Middle East is obviously an issue that has plagued the region for centuries." --Tampa, Fla., Jan. 28, 2010 (Ummmm... the Middle East IS "the region")
"We're the country that built the Intercontinental Railroad." —Cincinnati, OH, Sept. 22, 2011 (Apparently he's never heard of the Transcontinental Railroad that we actually DID build.)
"No, no. I have been practicing...I bowled a 129. It's like -- it was like Special Olympics, or something." --making an off-hand joke during an appearance on the Tonight Show, March 19, 2009 (An offhanded, insensitive remark - one that probably wasn't on his teleprompter. However, he is challenged enough [or perhaps TOO much] to qualify for the Special Olympics.)
"The reforms we seek would bring greater competition, choice, savings and inefficiencies to our health care system." --in remarks after a health care roundtable with health care providers, Washington, D.C., July 20, 2009 (If anybody can bring us greater inefficiencies in all things, it's the Obama administration!)
"Let me be absolutely clear. Israel is a strong friend of Israel's. It will be a strong friend of Israel's under a McCain...administration. It will be a strong friend of Israel's under an Obama administration. So that policy is not going to change." --Amman, Jordan, July 22, 2008 (Isn't he absolutely amazing in his grasp of the obvious?)
"I've now been in 57 states -- I think one left to go." --at a campaign event in Beaverton, Oregon (Apparently he was counting the soon to be included Islamic nations and Mexico)
"In case you missed it, this week, there was a tragedy in Kansas. Ten thousand people died -- an entire town destroyed." --on a Kansas tornado that killed 12 people (Obviously Obama can't count accurately after he runs out of fingers. This explains why he hasn't been offered an anchor slot on the nightly news. He should have, however, been offered an anchor - while swimming in Hawaii.)
And the Dumocrats and liberals made fun of Gee Dubbya when he was in the Oval Office!
Monday, February 4, 2013
TEA Party A Bit Overboard?
I try to be as objective as I can with my posts, but my life experiences undoubtedly "color" my views somewhat. I received an email this morning from the TEA Party claiming:
"Open your eyes and look at the past two years objectively:
"Open your eyes and look at the past two years objectively:
Killer drones primed to kill U.S. citizens - Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), also known as "drones", are quite capable of delivering devastating, terminal payloads. Yes, they can kill from above, and do so quite effectively in combat zones. The proposed, purported (1. To have or present the often false appearance of being or intending; profess) use of drones within the geographical United States is for observation in high crime areas. Is that a fact? Only our government knows for sure. Do I trust the government to keep it's word? No. Ask the Native Americans about the truthfulness of government promises. Politicians are noted for their ability to tell half-truths - and outright lies - in order to accomplish their goals, and the government is run by politicians. Politics is a profession of smoke and mirrors. Would they use drones to kill U.S. citizens? I am not naive enough to believe they wouldn't. Is that the plan? Who knows? Jailing citizens without due process - This is now possible, thanks to the so-called "Patriot Act", the National Defense Authorization Act, and the left-wing administration. The government now has the authority to conduct warrantless searches, detain, arrest, seize personal property, and incarcerate citizens for indeterminate periods based solely upon "suspicion of ________". Those two "acts" have abridged the First and Third Amendments in the Bill of Rights under the guise of keeping the country safe... and it is safe - just not from the actions of the government itself. Assassinations of citizens endorsed by the Obama regime - The only verifiable instance I am aware of (and one verifiable instance does make the claim true) concerns the termination of one Anwar al- Active seeking out of top military officials willing to fire on U.S. citizens - According to reports from several usually reliable sources: "Dr. Jim Garrow (a Nobel Peace Prize winner) made a shocking claim about what we can expect to see in Obama's second term. Garrow made the following Facebook post" I have just been informed by a former senior military leader that Obama is using a new “litmus test” in determining who will stay and who must go in his military leaders. Get ready to explode folks. “The new litmus test of leadership in the military is if they will fire on US citizens or not.” Those who will not are being removed.So, who is the source? Garrow replied: “The man who told me this is one of America’s foremost military heroes.” There are other, background goings-on which make Garrow's claim believable. The next item is one of those goings-on. Stockpiling of billions of hollow point killer rounds by the alphabet agencies - DHS alone, has ordered FOUR BILLION (4,000,000,000) rounds of ammunition. That's enough to shoot every person in the USA ten times, and then eradicate Lichtenstein, Monte Carlo and Vatican City. More recently, DHS has also requested the purchase of 7,000 semi-automatic AR-15 carbines (rifles). One can only guess at the intended use... my guess is that these are not for deer hunting, or recreational shooting. Obama's regime demanding the disarmament of America - This is in agreement with the UN "Small Arms Trade Treaty", which Obama (and I assume his new Sec'y of State, John Kerry) can barely wait to sign, since it is the first step toward taking guns away from law abiding citizens. Luckily, treaties do not have the force of law unless they are ratified by the Senate. Ratification also requires that two-thirds of the senators present concur. "Present" is the word that gives me some concern - politicians have been known to have votes without informing the opposition party. Grabbing your guns without rhyme or reason - See Obama's recent 23 asinine Executive Orders for "gun control" - these are the first steps toward registration, which is the first step toward confiscation. The left is nibbling away at our rights, one bite at a time. Destruction of the Constitution and the targeting of the Second Amendment - Obama never misses an opportunity to circumvent the Constitution, which borders upon a violation of his Oath of Office, and treason. The Constitution seems to be an annoyance - a stumbling block - to Obama and the other left-wingers in the country. The Second Amendment recognizes our God-given right to self defense by affirmation of our "right to keep and bear arms". As such, Amendment II is the keystone to all our Constitutional rights, and was included in the #2 spot to protect our citizenry from the imposition of a tyrannical form of government. If the Second Amendment is ever abridged or deleted, the rest of our rights will be eliminated in short order. Again, the above is based upon reports and personal observations over the last 7 decades. Nothing more than my thoughts on what's happening in our country. |
Saturday, February 2, 2013
American Women In Combat Roles - A BAD IDEA!
Although
several, if not many, smaller countries use women in combat, the cultures of those
countries are significantly different from that of the United States of
America.
Throughout history (as we are taught history), Muslims have traditionally been a warlike people... at least since there has been the Islamic Muslim faith. Islam was created by a man named Muhammad, who had "visions" in a cave near Mecca in 610AD, and spent the next 12 years preaching on the streets of Mecca. Islam became recognized as a religion in 622AD, with the creation of the Islamic calendar. One of the goals of Islam is world domination, by means of conversion or execution of "the infidels" (anybody that is not Muslim, or apostate Muslims ), and the establishment of a world Caliphate.
Among
those countries, Israel immediately comes to mind, as do most Islamic
countries. Israel is a country predominantly populated by ethnic and religious
Jews. The Jews have been persecuted since biblical times. Their survival as a
people has always depended upon their ability to effectively defend themselves against
those who sought to overpower, enslave, or eliminate them from the face of the
Earth. It is a common misperception that Israel allows women in combat units.
In fact, women have been barred from combat in Israel since 1950, when a review
of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War showed how harmful their presence could be. The
study revealed that men tried to protect and assist women rather than continue
their attack. As a result, they not only put their own lives in greater danger,
but also jeopardized the survival of the entire unit. The study further
revealed that unit morale was damaged when men saw women killed and maimed on
the battlefield.
Throughout history (as we are taught history), Muslims have traditionally been a warlike people... at least since there has been the Islamic Muslim faith. Islam was created by a man named Muhammad, who had "visions" in a cave near Mecca in 610AD, and spent the next 12 years preaching on the streets of Mecca. Islam became recognized as a religion in 622AD, with the creation of the Islamic calendar. One of the goals of Islam is world domination, by means of conversion or execution of "the infidels" (anybody that is not Muslim, or apostate Muslims ), and the establishment of a world Caliphate.
The
history of the United States is similar to the above in some respects, and
totally dissimilar in others. Our culture raises men to respect and protect
women, or at least it did until the most recent generation. The majority
of men still see women as "the weaker sex" and therefore in need of their
protection. Therein lies the "problem". Just as the Israeli's
experienced men trying to "protect and assist their female counterparts
rather than continue their attack", American men will be culturally and psychologically
inclined to do exactly the same. And the end result will unquestionably be
the same - they not only will put their own lives in greater danger, but will
also jeopardize the survival of the entire unit.
Wherever
men and women are put together there is, always has been, and always will be
- "fraternization". Fraternization is a military crime punishable by
a maximum of two years in prison, and a dishonorable discharge for enlisted
personnel and dismissal for officers. (Why enlisted personnel can be imprisoned,
and officers just dismissed from the military is beyond me. The crime
is the same, but the elitists get to walk away, while the working-class
military go to the "Gray Bar Hotel") While the Army defines
fraternization differently from the other services, the maximum penalty is the
same in all. As a practical matter, though, fraternization alone is rarely
prosecuted; instead, most such cases are handled with administrative punishment
like a letter of reprimand. Essentially, "fraternization" is a
euphemism for inappropriate social interactions between different ranks
(I will leave the details of what may constitute "inappropriate
social interactions" up to your imagination). When interpersonal
relationships (beyond those required to perform one's assigned military duties)
arise, there is always the possibility of an unexpected, often unwanted
pregnancy. What do we then do with a pregnant "warrior"?
Why
is the United States Government even considering assigning women
to combat units as combat soldiers, when the DoD has access to this
information - “Few serious armies use women in combat roles. Israel, which
drafts most of its young women and uses them in all kinds of military work, has
learned from experience to take them out of combat zones. Tests show that few
women have the upper-body strength required for combat tasks. Keeping combat
forces all male would not be discriminatory, as were earlier racial segregation
schemes in the military, because men and women are different both physically
and psychologically,” said the Feb. 5, 1990, National Review.
Who
am I to argue with those who have investigated the consequences of women
serving in combat roles? It is not that they are afraid to fight, it is
that they will be a greater liability in a combat zone than would their male
counterparts. If the fight is brought to them, I feel certain
that the majority of American women would pick up a weapon and defend
themselves and others. But, if the combat should become hand-to-hand,
they will most probably not be victorious. Just my thoughts on the subject. I
could be wrong… and the Sun could rise in the west tomorrow morning.
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
A Comprehensive List of Obama's POSITIVE Accomplishments As A "Public Servant"
This depiction is as close to "positive" as I could find. Based upon verifiable fact, Obama has positively ruined our economy.
We can expect no positive change prior to November of 2016, and then, only if the supporters of the left choose to forgo their own selfish interests for the benefit of our Republic.
Thank you for your interest.
(You may now return to what remains of 8 years of utter disappointment in the majority of your countrymen.)
Thursday, January 24, 2013
Death By A Thousand Cuts - The Gradual Destruction of Our Constitution
The
Obama Administration has proven time and again its disdain for the U.S.
Constitution - which is viewed as an impediment to accomplishing their
surreptitious goal of imposing their will on the American people.
Yes,
this Architect of Destruction was
re-elected by a majority of voters. That particular majority is composed of those who
benefit primarily from government "entitlement programs", such as
Welfare and Medicaid, in which the beneficiary has no investment. Programs into
which the worker's taxes are diverted to support those who are uninterested in
becoming self-supporting. This is an obvious conflict of interest, and these
people should not be allowed to vote. Who comprises this "majority
of voters"? Single issue voters - the under-informed and those
unconcerned about the continued success of our country - they are the, "What's
in it for me?" crowd.
·
Those
who choose to let the government support them, as opposed to those who are
self-sufficient - 4th and 5th generation welfare
recipients. For them, living off the earnings of others has become the
"family business", passed along from parent to child. They are lured
into the voting booth by the promise of continued - and increased - government
support. (Single issue voters)
·
Those
who are in this country illegally, who also benefit from those same government
entitlement programs, and who are promised amnesty and citizenship
by the government's incumbent leadership, as a reward for circumventing
our country's immigration laws. They are criminals from the day
they enter our country… if not before. (Single issue voters)
·
The
extended resident families of illegal residents, who wish their relatives to be
closer so they can interact with them on a more regular basis. (Single issue
voters)
·
Socialist-"Progressives",
who believe that the fruits of those who labor should be evenly divided between
the worker and those who choose not to work. These people are the
self-appointed "social conscience" of our nation. They have a warped
philosophy that demands those who do nothing for themselves have an
inherent, God-given right to live as well as those who actually work
to provide for themselves and their family. (Single issue voters)
·
Those
who suffer from White Guilt Syndrome, and who feel the only cure is to
vote for anybody who is not of the Caucasian persuasion. (Single issue voters)
·
Those
who are unfamiliar with, and unconcerned about, the overreaching
long-term effects of socialist-style governance. The "Can I reasonably
expect this to have any impact upon my
daily life?" gang. (Single issue voters)
Swatches
of Obama's life reveal little… but, when viewed as "whole
cloth", the influences on Obama's life comprise a who's who of the radical
leftist movement, and it becomes painfully apparent that not only is Obama a
willing participant in that movement, he has spent most of his adult life
deeply immersed in it.
I
will now introduce Richard Cloward and Frances Fox Piven, authors of …
The Cloward-Piven Strategy
of Orchestrated Crisis
This
strategy was first seen in the May 2, 1966 issue of The Nation magazine by a
pair of radical socialist Columbia University professors - Richard Andrew
Cloward and Frances Fox Piven. David Horowitz encapsulates it thusly:
The strategy of forcing political change through orchestrated crisis. The "Cloward-Piven
Strategy" seeks to hasten the fall of capitalism by overloading the
government bureaucracy with a flood of impossible demands, thus pushing society
into crisis and economic collapse.
Cloward
and Piven were inspired by radical organizer [and Hillary Clinton mentor] Saul
Alinsky:
"Make
the enemy live up to their own book of rules," Alinsky wrote in his 1989
book Rules for Radicals. "When pressed to honor every word
of every law and statute, every Judeo-Christian moral tenet, and every implicit
promise of the liberal social contract, human agencies inevitably fall short.
The system's failure to 'live up' to its rule book can then be used to
discredit it altogether, and to replace the capitalist 'rule book' with a
socialist one."
Cloward
and Piven were specific about the kind of "crisis" they were trying
to create:
By
crisis, we mean a publicly visible disruption in some institutional
sphere. Crisis can occur spontaneously (e.g., riots) or as the intended result
of tactics of demonstration and protest which either generate institutional
disruption or bring unrecognized disruption to public attention.
No
matter where the strategy is implemented, it shares the following features:
1.
The
offensive organizes previously unorganized groups eligible for government
benefits but not currently receiving all they can.
2.
The
offensive seeks to identify new beneficiaries and/or create new benefits.
3. The overarching aim is always to impose new
stresses on target systems, with the ultimate goal of forcing their
collapse.
The preceding is
Cloward-Piven in a nutshell (see diagram of C-P at the end of this post - for specific details Google Cloward Piven Strategy).
This constitutes the crux - the backbone - of the Cloward-Piven
Strategy. Now, in light of this explanation of strategy, look back and review
Obama's actions over the past four years…
·
Extending
unemployment benefits beyond anything this country has ever seen. As the
economy slowly tanked, due to the surreptitious efforts of our currently
left-wing dominated government, unemployment naturally increased. If
people are buying fewer products made by XYZ Corporation, XYZ will necessarily
have to reduce their overhead costs of production in order to satisfy their
obligations to stockholders. Where can they most easily do this? The costs of
labor and quality of materials used to produce the product. This is achieved
through layoffs of ambiguous/redundant personnel, and reduction in the quality
of ingredients/ parts/components used in the manufacturing process. These
reductions also activate "trickle down unemployment", in that their
suppliers of materials may be forced to follow suit in their factory based
upon reduced product demand, and on and on. (See above C-P "…thus pushing
society into crisis and economic collapse.")
·
Increasing
Welfare benefits by providing goods and services well beyond those of
"necessities". Instead of
providing only food "staples" (Flour, Wheat, Salt, Pepper,
Rice, Dried Beans, Yeast, Butter, Milk, Cheese, etc.), EBT (Electronic Benefits
Transfer) Cards can be used for frozen meals, cut meats, sectioned poultry,
shrimp, lobster, etc. - food items that many working people cannot afford.
They can now even be used at fast food restaurants! (Another
wound "…thus pushing society into crisis and economic collapse.")
·
The
"Occupy" movement(s) - designed to disrupt the flow of various
private financial, educational and government institutions. (C-P strategy:
"Crisis can occur spontaneously (e.g., riots) or as the intended result
of tactics of demonstration and protest." and "… thus pushing
society into crisis and economic collapse.")
·
Creating
a Cabinet replete with persons whose political philosophies are inimical to the
interests of the United States, and giving aid and support to foreign political
entities (like Egypt, now run by the Muslim Brotherhood, and
linked to
numerous terrorist organizations, to whom our government just sold 20 F-16
fighter jets and 200 Abrams M1 tanks) whose avowed goal is the annihilation of Israel,
and the establishment of a world-wide Islamic theocracy and Caliphate,
governing by the draconian laws of "Sharia". Giving "aid
and support" to our enemies was once considered to be an act of
treason. Why has Obama not been impeached for this treasonous act (just one of
his many violations of our Constitutions)?
We also have an
abuse of power through Executive Order. Obama uses it as a tool to bypass
Congress when he doesn't want a vote. "Executive Order 13621: WHITE HOUSE
INITIATIVE ON EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS" is a prime
example of this. Executive Office racism! Why should African-Americans - specifically
- need an edict from the White house on "educational excellence"?
Why not specify Native Americans, or Latino Americans… or simply Americans
in general? Why not issue an EO demanding that all Americans become self-motivated
to excel in their educational endeavors?
An Executive
Order becomes law 30 days after signing… unless it is challenged
by Congress. Where are the
Congressional challenges? Where are our "checks and balances"? Where
are the few elected representatives of the people who may have
the cojones to question the demands of The Great Usurper? (I say "may"
because the existence of any such people in Congress is highly questionable.)
The demonstrated irresponsibility of our "leadership" in all three
branches of Government is appalling!
(More wounds to the Constitution)
Socialism as a
practical form of government is anathema to a still slight majority of
Americans… those who yet believe in the
Democratic Republic, and those who toil for wages. As Margaret Thatcher so
succinctly worded it, “The problem with socialism is that you eventually run
out of other people's money. ”
Obama's solution
to that noteworthy "problem", is to borrow more money to
distribute frivolously, and then, to print more money
which is worth less because there are no reserves behind the paper that it's
printed on! We are not only on the financial path to becoming the world's
next Greece, we are on the Hyperinflation Expressway to becoming the
world's next Zimbabwe. (During the height of inflation from 2008 to
2009, it was difficult to measure Zimbabwe's hyperinflation because the
government of Zimbabwe stopped filing official inflation statistics.
However, Zimbabwe's peak month of inflation is estimated at 6.5 sextillion
percent in mid-November 2008. In March of 2008, a loaf of bread cost
10,000,000 $Z. Yes, that's TEN MILLION ZIMBABWE DOLLARS! In 2009,
Zimbabwe abandoned its currency. As of 2012, Zimbabwe still had no national currency;
currencies from other countries are used.)
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