November 2009 Archives

Posted as a gentle reminder...

As you sit in your comfortable home, watching your big screen tv and munching on your favorite fat-inducing snack, I hope you'll take the time to remember the folks who made it all possible:  The United States Military.

For more than two centuries, American men and women, of all ethnic and racial backgrounds, of all religions and no religion have provided the security necessary for you to enjoy life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.  

At a time when we are fighting enemies, both external and internal, we need to realize the importance of the gift the American soldier has given us: the gift of freedom.  It didn't come easy.  It didn't come quickly and it didn't come cheap.  Many paid the ultimate price; too many.

But we sit here today, taking the breath of liberty because of them.   Not because of some cheap politician handing out free money, but because of the dedication to ideals set forth by the founders of this great republic.  Just as our heroes in uniform do today, they pledged their lives, their fortunes and their sacred honor.  Unfortunately too many of us are unwilling to do the same.
.
So to those of you who served, thank you.  To those of you who didn't, say a prayer for those who did.  Especially for the ones that didn't come back.

After the killings at Fort Hood, Texas, President Barack Hussein Obama made a short reference to the tragedy by admonishing the American people to "not jump to any conclusions" about who or why these murders occurred.  That was, of course, after the three-minute "shout" out to his Native American audience.  Don't you just love the sensitivity of this American icon?  Oh, did I mention how he didn't "jump to conclusions" at the white Cambridge police officer who arrested the black college professor.  No jumping involved there; right?  Actually, it was more of a pole vault.

Alas, we all have our conclusions.  Whether we jumped to them or not, depends I guess, on your point of view.

So, in the spirit of peace, love and Hooter's chicken wings, I've put together a little test to see if you are a conclusion jumper.  I cannot claim originality though, I got the idea from Bill Cunningham.  He's just another evil Conservative talk-show host you know.  Many thanks Willie!

Now put your thinking cap on and see if you can come up with the right answers.  But I warn you, someone from the government may be watching.

Question #1:  On November 4, 1979 under the watch of President Jimmy "Mr. Peanut" Carter, the American Embassy in Teheran, Iran was invaded and its staff held hostage for 444 days.  Who was responsible?  Was it:

a. The 1969 Mets
b. Albert "Cubby" Broccoli
c. The Marx Brothers
d. Muslim men between the ages of 18 and 40

Question #2:  In the 1972 Olympics in Munich, Germany, 11 Israeli athletes were slaughtered in their Olympic Village apartment.  Who did it?  Was it:

a. The 1969 Mets
b. Alec Baldwin
c. Curly, Larry & Moe
d. Muslim men between the ages of 18 and 40

Question #3:  In October of 1985, the Italian luxury liner, The Achille Lauro was attacked.  A disabled American Jew named Leon Klinghoffer was murdered and his body dumped overboard.  The murderers were nice enough to toss in his wheelchair after him.  What folks were in on this?  Was it:

a. The 1969 Mets
b. Ted Kennedy (He does have a history with water you know)
c.  The Beatles
d. Muslim men between the ages of 18 and 40

Question #4:  In 1983 a monstrous bomb blew up the US Marine barracks killing 299 American soldiers in Beirut, Lebanon.  Who was responsible?  Was it:

a. The 1969 Mets
b. The American Bar Association
c. Lynard Skynard
d. Muslim men between the age of 18 and 40

Question #5:  In 1993 an enormous explosion went off in the basement of the World Trade Center.  Some blind person took credit.  Was it:

a. Ray Charles
b. Jose Feliciano
c. Stevie Wonder
d. A Muslim man between the ages of 18 and 70

Question #6:  On September 11, 2001, two American Airlines jumbo jets plowed into the World Trade Center killing almost three thousand people.  Who was driving?  Was it:

a. Parnelli Jones and Jim Nabors
b. Mario Andretti and Dom DeLuise
c. The 1969 Mets
d. Muslim men between the ages of 18 and 40

Question #6:  In 2009 an American journalist named Daniel Pearl had his head sawed off.  It was filmed on the Sony High Def Betacam to make sure all the exciting action was captured.  Who did the sawing?  Was it:

a. Paul Bunyan
b. Gepetto
c. The Vienna Boys Choir
d. Muslim men between the ages of 18 and 40

Question #6:  In 2009 a plot to blow-up Fort Dix in New Jersey was foiled by the FBI.  Who were the plotters?  Was it:

a. The Miami Dolphins
b. The Rolling Stones
c. The cast of the Broadway Show "Cats"
d. Muslim men between the ages of 18 and 40

Question #7:  In 2002 10 people in the Washington DC area were murdered by a sniper who poked his rifle through the trunk of his car.  Who did the shooting?  Was it:

a. Hoss Cartwright
b. Wild Bill Hickock
c. Marshal Dillon
d. A Muslim man between the ages of 18 and 40

Question #8:  In 2009 two American soldiers were shot to death in front of an Army Recruiting Station in Little Rock, Arkansas.  Who was responsible?  Was it:

a. Ben Stein
b. Ringo Starr
c. Godzilla
d. A Muslim man between the ages of 18 and 40

Question #9:  In Irag and Afghanistan IEDs are killing American soldiers.  Who is making them?  Is it:

a. Henry Ford
b. Yves St. Laurent
c. Homer Simpson
d. Muslim men between the ages of 18 and 40

Question #10:  In 2009 13 people were shot to death at Fort Hood, Texas.  Who pulled the trigger?  Was it:

a. Annie Oakley
b. Bono
c. Al Gore
d. A Muslim man between the ages of 18 and 40

If you picked D for all your answers, you aced the test.  However, you are guilty of jumping to conclusions.  So, you are a candidate for the new re-education camps; coming to a neighborhood near you.

Real soon.


    
 

There is something I truly don't understand and maybe you can explain it.  There are 15 million Americans who are chronically without health insurance.  Oh, I know the administration says there are 45 million, but any thinking individual knows that's a flat out lie.  So, if we take the more accurate number of 15 million and divide it by the current population of the US (which is 307,856,993 as of today) that means .048 % of Americans are without health insurance.  Not health CARE, but health INSURANCE.

Also, let me mention that according to the Congressional Budget Office, if Obamacare passes, 25 million people will still be without health insurance.  Now, how do we go from 15 million uninsured to 25 million uninsured if we pass a government healthcare system that is supposed to insure everyone?  Only the federal government can make that happen.  And we actually want them to control healthcare?

There is no doubt, except in the land of mental midgets (and large bellies) peopled by the likes of Michael Moore, that the US has the best healthcare in the world.  If you don't believe that, ask yourself why 90% of all medical innovation comes from America.  Why does the majority of new drug treatments come from here and why do so many foreigners (who have "free" healthcare), come here for treatment?  So, I'd like to know why we want to remake the best healthcare system in the world for less than 5% of the population at a cost, which, if the history of government programs is any guide, will end up costing 10 times the projected cost and in this case, several TRILLION dollars that we cannot afford.  Especially when our national debt is $11,982,245,269,249 and is increasing by almost 4 billion a day.

It would seem to me to make infinitely more sense to find a way to insure the 15 million uninsured and leave everyone else alone.  After all, 85% of Americans are happy with their medical insurance plan.  For $30 billion annually we could insure the uninsured.  I'm very sure that insurance companies would be stepping all over themselves to bid on a contract that would bump up their bottom line by $30 billion each and every year.

Now, you and I both know, this is not about insuring the uninsured.  It's not about making healthcare cheaper or better.  It's simply about power.  The federal government wants more control of our economy and our personal lives.

I urge you to go back and read the papers of Jefferson, Adams, Washington and Franklin.  None of our Founding Fathers ever espoused any principles that would grant a national government such power.  And that's the problem.  The people in the White House and the leaders in Congress don't turn to the heroes of The American Revolution.  They turn to Mao, Fidel and Karl Marx.

Thankfully, in spite of the government-run schools, that have dumbed-down our children and taught them that America and capitalism are evil, the spirit of liberty is alive and well.  We realize our freedoms are not bestowed upon us by some benevolent politicians in a far-away capital, and cannot be taken away by the same.  Not without a fight.

The American people understand that their freedom comes from God.  The REAL God, not the one who reads a teleprompter.

Americans, traditionally, are the last to come to the dance.  We didn't get into World War II until we were ruthlessly attacked by Japan.  It took a devastating attack on our greatest city before we realized that there were forces of evil bent on our destruction.  And we never wanted to believe our government wasn't a government of the people, by the people, and for the people.  Until now.

As our enemies have always learned the hard way:  it's not a good idea to start a fight with an American.  The British learned that in 1775; the Nazis in 1941 and Al Qaeda in 2001.  It's a lesson our current government should take to heart.

Looks like the band is playing and we finally arrived at the dance.  So everybody mambo!

All politics is local - as Tip O'Neil was so often quoted as saying ...

And right Tip was-  on so many levels! But, if that is so, why do so many House of Representatives get elected on one platform then go to DC and vote against the wishes and interests of their own districts to support the wishes of their party bosses? But - I digress...

As demonstrated in New York district 23  - politics does make strange bedfellows: and you can spin it how ever you like - e.g.

1. Arguably the democrat winner of such a staunchly conservative district was more conservative than heretofore Republican Party proffered candidate
2. or if those still voting for the resigned candidate had voted for the conservative instead the outcome would have been different ...  

That 'talking headed' mumbo-jumbo aside, the local party hacks served up to their constituents a "Soup Sandwich" of 'spoils and patronage' and the result of this election should serve to put the party apparatchik's on-notice that such jackassery should forthwith be curtailed.

Regardless of party politics - if you don't like what is going on - GET INVOLVED! Go down to the local executive committee for your party and sign up!

I mean -holy moley - those involved in the vetting and installing of Scozzafava  as a candidate should be more than embarrassed - they should all loose their seats on the committee that approved such insanity and 'frog-marched' through a gauntlet of disgruntled constituents ...

I mean really, can you image -  such a squandering of party : time, money and volunteers on a candidate that who at the last minute withdraws from the race and endorsed the political opposition?

But, this is where you - we - US can make a difference,  if you are on the committee that helps scrutinize, evaluate and recommends candidates  then no doubt you will be more happy with the result than with the current tomfoolery - which is bordering on criminal neglect.