I've just discovered why there was so much interest in the tiny snail darters a few years back. They're to be bred for industrial use. Don't scoff! It has to be something sensible like that. Surely, people wouldn't put themselves and their neighbors out for a bunch of tiny creatures---only one of the millions of species that have lived on this Earth, some 90 percent or so which are naturally extinct. Would they?
I'm not sure what that use will be, but It'll certainly benefit Americans in a big way. Maybe through new medical drugs or new candy flavors or snail darter pins. Look at how many years we used horses in the glue factories. It's been a fine use for worn-out nags. [No, I won't go there.] [And don't the European 'frogs' like to eat horse meat?}
And for many years, we've used animal hooves for sources of natural gelatin. When flavored and colored, it's tasty stuff if you don't think about the source. And, then we have the many uses of animal hides for blankets, warmers, baseballs, handbags, wallets, boxing gloves, fetishes, lounge chairs, etc. and you can see the importance of animal husbandry. Even alligators and snakes can get into the mix, what with exotic food [they taste like chicken] and leathers. Monkey brains and baby snakes were eaten on an Indiana Jones set, along with beetles and eye balls.
And we can tune into current TV to watch various idiots eating snakes, worms, maggots, beetles, fire ants, etc. to our hearts' content. It's not often you get to eat free on the job. That's probably why the shows were developed in the first place. And when such people have finished eating their strange fare, they can bungee jump or sky dive or fight in a cage.
Now recently, some researchers in India have come up with another useful animal. Tree frogs. The scientists are interested in why the frogs can continually stick and re-stick to trees without losing the adhesive quality of their feet. Great will power? Their technology must be moved from the biological to the industrial so there'll be another product to sell to 'we the American consumers.' And how far a jump is it to expect another development or two? Either the tree frogs legs' will be boiled down to produce a natural glue, or our new packing tape will have hundreds of tiny tree frog feet imbedded every few millimeters. Personally, I'd investigate the dentist's friends, peanut butter or taffy, for their stickiness quality.
The mystery to all this is why the vocal, vicious, and self-serving people at PETA haven't said a word about the bugs and snakes being eaten on live TV. I guess those 'animals' aren't important enough. A classification of the importance of various types of animals is apparently in use. Maybe bugs and snakes don't look good on a poster? And who wants to see a naked snake on a TV commercial?
In any case, I still enjoy beefsteak, turkey, chicken, ham, and other meats bred for our consumption. Let others have their tofu-led vegetarian Christmas [er, I mean Winter Solstice Holiday.] And remember, although we share the Earth with other species, we are decidedly not on an equal footing. "...and God said unto them [mankind], Be fruitful and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth." We can be responsible and moral without giving away the store.
Mankind [who, by the way, has not created global warming] is in charge and should act that way. We shouldn't despoil the environment, for it contributes to or detracts from our own health and provides the natural scenery of our God-given land. But the climate is out of our hands. Nature does what Nature wants. We can only try to deal with the results. Terraforming is still science-fiction.
So, when Mother Nature meets Al Gore, it will be a heavily one-sided fight. And they won't need a cage. Too bad Al's too 'portly' to quickly run away.
Tuesday, December 25, 2007
Thursday, November 8, 2007
Chinese Food for Thought?
Welcome to the World of China Trade for 2007! Do you ever wonder about the propriety of decisions to utilize Communist Chinese goods and services to the extent of $205 million through August of this year---with more to come?
*****
In January 2007, China exported to the United States c$26 million of Chinese-made goods.
From Fox News - "Wednesday, August 22, 2007 Wal-Mart Stores Inc...said it pulled two Chinese-made dog treats from its shelves nearly a month earlier, and tests now show they had traces of melamine, a chemical found in pet food that was blamed for the deaths of pets and led to a massive recall earlier this year.
The two types of dog treats — Chicken Jerky Strips manufactured by Import-Pingyang Pet Product Co. and Chicken Jerky manufactured by Shanghai Bestro Trading — were removed from its stores on July 26, Wal-Mart spokeswoman Deisha Galberth said in a statement."
After 17 sets of tests, "the latest advice from our testing laboratory shows trace levels of melamine," Galberth said."
In February 2007, China exported to the United States c$23 million of Chinese-made goods.
Fox News - "Friday , September 21, 2007...Simplicity Inc., a supplier of baby furniture to Wal-Mart Stores Inc...and other big retailers, is recalling about 1 million Chinese-made baby cribs which have been linked to at least two infant deaths, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said Friday.
The drop-side can detach from the crib, which can create a dangerous gap that leads to an infant being trapped and suffocated, the safety agency said in a statement. It urged parents to check all Simplicity-made cribs to ensure the drop-side is installed correctly."
In March 2007, China exported to the United States c$23 million of Chinese-made goods.
Financial Times - "By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai...August 20 2007...The safety problems affecting Chinese goods spread from toys to textiles on Monday as New Zealand said it would investigate allegations that imported children’s clothes contained dangerous levels of formaldehyde.
The government ordered the probe after scientists hired by a consumer watchdog programme discovered formaldehyde in Chinese clothes at levels of up to 900 times regarded as safe. Manufacturers sometimes apply formaldehyde to clothes to prevent mildew. It can cause skin rashes, irritation to the eyes and throat and allergic reactions.
The Warehouse, a New Zealand retailer, issued a recall at the weekend for children’s pyjamas made in China after two children were burned when their flannelette nightclothes caught fire."
In April 2007, China exported to the United States c$24 million of Chinese-made goods.
New York Times - "August 15, 2007...Some Baby Bibs Said to Contain Levels of Lead
By Eric Lipton...Certain vinyl baby bibs sold at Toys “R” Us stores appear to be contaminated with lead, laboratory tests have shown, making the inexpensive bibs another example of a made-in-China product that may be a health hazard to children."
In May 2007, China exported to the United States c$25 million of Chinese-made goods.
My Way - "August 9, 2007...A tire importer said Thursday it would recall 255,000 Chinese-made tires it claims were defective because they lack a safety feature that prevents tread separation."
In June 2007, China exported to the United States c$27 million of Chinese-made goods.
"Sunday, September 16, 2007...Chinese authorities ordered the recall of tainted leukemia drugs blamed for leg pains and other problems, state media reported Sunday, the latest crisis to strike the country's embattled food and drug industries.
Most of the drugs involved — methotrexate and cytarabin hydrochloride — have been recovered and authorities have traced the remainder, the Xinhua News Agency said. The report did not say if any of the drugs had been exported."
In July 2007, China exported to the United States c$29 million of Chinese-made goods.
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard - September 8, 2007 "The Chinese government has begun a concerted campaign of economic threats against the United States, hinting that it may liquidate its vast holding of US treasuries if Washington imposes trade sanctions to force a yuan revaluation.
Two officials at leading Communist Party bodies have given interviews in recent days warning - for the first time - that Beijing may use its $1.33 trillion...of foreign reserves as a political weapon to counter pressure from the US Congress."
In August 2007, China exported to the United States c$28 million of Chinese-made goods.
David Barboza - October 12, 2007...Shanghai: "Despite a spate of product recalls from China this year and growing scrutiny over the quality and safety of its goods, the Chinese export boom continues to accelerate, according to trade statistics released Friday.
China said that it had exported $878 billion worth of goods through the first nine months of this year, up 27 percent from its record shipments a year ago.
Analysts say global worries about contaminated pet food, tainted seafood and toxic toys and toothpaste are hardly enough to slow down the powerful Chinese export engine, which has quickly come to dominate everything from electronics to textiles."
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In addition to the above, Chinese-made goods - SpongeBob SquarePants Address Books; Dora the Explorer, Big Bird and Elmo; blankets; toothpaste; seafood; and other products were recalled or investigated for dangerous properties.
Given the seriousness of the quality problems and the invasive nature of Chinese products in the marketplace---it seems everything I buy says 'Made in China'---more action needs to be taken by the President, Congress and Businesses to reduce our reliance on such imports. Bite the bullet and provide more manufacturing and assembly here or in non-communist nations.
*****
In January 2007, China exported to the United States c$26 million of Chinese-made goods.
From Fox News - "Wednesday, August 22, 2007 Wal-Mart Stores Inc...said it pulled two Chinese-made dog treats from its shelves nearly a month earlier, and tests now show they had traces of melamine, a chemical found in pet food that was blamed for the deaths of pets and led to a massive recall earlier this year.
The two types of dog treats — Chicken Jerky Strips manufactured by Import-Pingyang Pet Product Co. and Chicken Jerky manufactured by Shanghai Bestro Trading — were removed from its stores on July 26, Wal-Mart spokeswoman Deisha Galberth said in a statement."
After 17 sets of tests, "the latest advice from our testing laboratory shows trace levels of melamine," Galberth said."
In February 2007, China exported to the United States c$23 million of Chinese-made goods.
Fox News - "Friday , September 21, 2007...Simplicity Inc., a supplier of baby furniture to Wal-Mart Stores Inc...and other big retailers, is recalling about 1 million Chinese-made baby cribs which have been linked to at least two infant deaths, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said Friday.
The drop-side can detach from the crib, which can create a dangerous gap that leads to an infant being trapped and suffocated, the safety agency said in a statement. It urged parents to check all Simplicity-made cribs to ensure the drop-side is installed correctly."
In March 2007, China exported to the United States c$23 million of Chinese-made goods.
Financial Times - "By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai...August 20 2007...The safety problems affecting Chinese goods spread from toys to textiles on Monday as New Zealand said it would investigate allegations that imported children’s clothes contained dangerous levels of formaldehyde.
The government ordered the probe after scientists hired by a consumer watchdog programme discovered formaldehyde in Chinese clothes at levels of up to 900 times regarded as safe. Manufacturers sometimes apply formaldehyde to clothes to prevent mildew. It can cause skin rashes, irritation to the eyes and throat and allergic reactions.
The Warehouse, a New Zealand retailer, issued a recall at the weekend for children’s pyjamas made in China after two children were burned when their flannelette nightclothes caught fire."
In April 2007, China exported to the United States c$24 million of Chinese-made goods.
New York Times - "August 15, 2007...Some Baby Bibs Said to Contain Levels of Lead
By Eric Lipton...Certain vinyl baby bibs sold at Toys “R” Us stores appear to be contaminated with lead, laboratory tests have shown, making the inexpensive bibs another example of a made-in-China product that may be a health hazard to children."
In May 2007, China exported to the United States c$25 million of Chinese-made goods.
My Way - "August 9, 2007...A tire importer said Thursday it would recall 255,000 Chinese-made tires it claims were defective because they lack a safety feature that prevents tread separation."
In June 2007, China exported to the United States c$27 million of Chinese-made goods.
"Sunday, September 16, 2007...Chinese authorities ordered the recall of tainted leukemia drugs blamed for leg pains and other problems, state media reported Sunday, the latest crisis to strike the country's embattled food and drug industries.
Most of the drugs involved — methotrexate and cytarabin hydrochloride — have been recovered and authorities have traced the remainder, the Xinhua News Agency said. The report did not say if any of the drugs had been exported."
In July 2007, China exported to the United States c$29 million of Chinese-made goods.
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard - September 8, 2007 "The Chinese government has begun a concerted campaign of economic threats against the United States, hinting that it may liquidate its vast holding of US treasuries if Washington imposes trade sanctions to force a yuan revaluation.
Two officials at leading Communist Party bodies have given interviews in recent days warning - for the first time - that Beijing may use its $1.33 trillion...of foreign reserves as a political weapon to counter pressure from the US Congress."
In August 2007, China exported to the United States c$28 million of Chinese-made goods.
David Barboza - October 12, 2007...Shanghai: "Despite a spate of product recalls from China this year and growing scrutiny over the quality and safety of its goods, the Chinese export boom continues to accelerate, according to trade statistics released Friday.
China said that it had exported $878 billion worth of goods through the first nine months of this year, up 27 percent from its record shipments a year ago.
Analysts say global worries about contaminated pet food, tainted seafood and toxic toys and toothpaste are hardly enough to slow down the powerful Chinese export engine, which has quickly come to dominate everything from electronics to textiles."
*****
In addition to the above, Chinese-made goods - SpongeBob SquarePants Address Books; Dora the Explorer, Big Bird and Elmo; blankets; toothpaste; seafood; and other products were recalled or investigated for dangerous properties.
Given the seriousness of the quality problems and the invasive nature of Chinese products in the marketplace---it seems everything I buy says 'Made in China'---more action needs to be taken by the President, Congress and Businesses to reduce our reliance on such imports. Bite the bullet and provide more manufacturing and assembly here or in non-communist nations.
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Pumpkins in the Pea Patch?
Iowa Democrats will have their caucuses in early January. Iowa tax coffers are scheduled to be augmented by additional sales tax within this quarter from the sales of pumpkins. Pumpkins you say? Of course. Numerous governments at all levels have become creative taxers: if it moves, tax it! If it doesn't move, tax it anyway!
As reported by Ken Fuson of the Des Moines Register: "Renee Mulvey, the department's [Iowa Department of Revenue] spokeswoman, said officials decided that pumpkins are used primarily for Halloween decorations, not food, and should be taxed. Previously, they had been considered an edible squash and exempted from the tax."
Wow! Golly Gee! That's great logic used by the Department. Tax the kids for carving their pumpkins. Tax the adults for decorating their porches. But, wait! There is an exemption. If the consumer fills out an exemption form stating that the pumpkin will be used for food, then it remains non-taxable. I suggest getting the exemption and cleaning, roasting, and eating the seeds. You can carve or discard the unused container as you wish. Now, does the Department really expect total consumer honesty on the exemption form? Many embattled consumers will say the pumpkins purchased are for food and then go ahead and carve them.
Naturally, the only way for the Department to protect its new tax is to create a task force of armed state police to go to the houses of the signed exemptees and check whether or not the aforesaid pumpkins are really in the pumpkin pie and not on the front porch.
In the near future, will the State determine as taxable all oranges and cloves used together for Christmas decorations? And cranberries and popcorn used to trim a tree? Or peppermint canes used for house decoration? Or rice used at weddings? Or tomatoes thrown at bad actors? Or the eggs so often on my face? The list goes on.
Congratulations and a large, one-handed applause to the Iowa Department of Revenue for a job well done.
Flash!!! Per CNN: "Iowa Governor Chet Culver on Wednesday ordered the Department of Revenue "to do the common sense thing" and offer refunds for anyone affected by the 'ridiculous' policy." [It took him long enough. People all over the country are laughing at the Io-way of taxation.]
*Wow! I didn't realize I was so influential. I just wrote this thing and bam! The Governor woke up from his beauty sleep and---'acted wisely.'
As reported by Ken Fuson of the Des Moines Register: "Renee Mulvey, the department's [Iowa Department of Revenue] spokeswoman, said officials decided that pumpkins are used primarily for Halloween decorations, not food, and should be taxed. Previously, they had been considered an edible squash and exempted from the tax."
Wow! Golly Gee! That's great logic used by the Department. Tax the kids for carving their pumpkins. Tax the adults for decorating their porches. But, wait! There is an exemption. If the consumer fills out an exemption form stating that the pumpkin will be used for food, then it remains non-taxable. I suggest getting the exemption and cleaning, roasting, and eating the seeds. You can carve or discard the unused container as you wish. Now, does the Department really expect total consumer honesty on the exemption form? Many embattled consumers will say the pumpkins purchased are for food and then go ahead and carve them.
Naturally, the only way for the Department to protect its new tax is to create a task force of armed state police to go to the houses of the signed exemptees and check whether or not the aforesaid pumpkins are really in the pumpkin pie and not on the front porch.
In the near future, will the State determine as taxable all oranges and cloves used together for Christmas decorations? And cranberries and popcorn used to trim a tree? Or peppermint canes used for house decoration? Or rice used at weddings? Or tomatoes thrown at bad actors? Or the eggs so often on my face? The list goes on.
Congratulations and a large, one-handed applause to the Iowa Department of Revenue for a job well done.
Flash!!! Per CNN: "Iowa Governor Chet Culver on Wednesday ordered the Department of Revenue "to do the common sense thing" and offer refunds for anyone affected by the 'ridiculous' policy." [It took him long enough. People all over the country are laughing at the Io-way of taxation.]
*Wow! I didn't realize I was so influential. I just wrote this thing and bam! The Governor woke up from his beauty sleep and---'acted wisely.'
Friday, October 26, 2007
Welcome to the 21st Century 103
From the Associated Press - "Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT) reached an annual target of selling 100 million energy-efficient light bulbs ahead of schedule after heavily marketing them as a way for consumers to save money and fight global warming, the retailer said Tuesday" [a month or so ago.]
Previously [April 15, 2007 - income tax filing deadline day; I wonder if there's a connection?], many manufacturers agreed to "cap the total mercury content in [fluorescent lights] of less than 25 watts at 5 milligrams (mg) per unit. The total mercury content of [fluorescent lights] that use 25 to 40 watts of electricity will be capped at 6 mg per unit."
You do the math, although I've done some of it. 100 million bulbs at, probably, 6 mg per unit equals around 13,227 pounds of mercury. And that's just one retailer. Assuming that Walmart has, oh say, 20% of the market, it means that total sales might be around 500 million bulbs, thus potentially producing about 66,135 pounds of mercury discarded. This must pleasure the environmentalists. Tons and tons of mercury from discarded and broken lights to foul our wetlands, dumps, and general suburbs. Brought to you by the greenies---protectors of the helpless snail darters and tree frogs. Now, don't get me wrong. I'm not necessarily against snail darters or tree frogs. I just don't think they should be getting precedence over human beings. And I dislike the idea of promoting a light bulb that will foul the environment so much more than incandescent bulb production and use. The 'greenies' are pushing for power plants to become so pollution free as to make oil and coal impossible to use. I suppose then, we can run our power plants on really big batteries?
From the Associated Press: Silly String, a children's toy that was used to subdue Cosmo Kramer a few years back [and made a guest appearance in the movie 'BIG'], is useful to US soldiers in Iraq as a bomb detector of sorts. "Soldiers can shoot Silly String, which travels up to 12 feet [3.6 meters], across a room before entering. If the foamy string hangs in the air, that indicates a possible trip wire...The effort to ship the Silly String has taken months because its aerosol can is considered a hazardous material, and only certain companies can ship it." And, I can guess, some of the soldiers are shooting each other with it during the off hours.
I suppose a 'grass roots' organization [from San Francisco, especially] will now start with an effort to ban the dangerous substance because the military uses it. Kids beware! Your toy may be banned everywhere except your hidden tree houses.
The City of Los Angeles removed a cross from its official seal. Why? Because the ACLU insisted. It's a Christian symbol, after all, and they can't condone that. Naturally, there was a pile of protests leading to a high court petition to review the decision. The cross has been part of the seal since 1957. Incidentally, the first settlers of the LA area were Spanish missionaries, and the name, Los Angeles, is short for the original name: El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles del Río de Porciúncula, [The Town of Our Lady the Queen of the Angels on the River Porciúncula.] Will ACLU demand a name change? How about San Francisco? San Diego? San Gabriel? and all the other Sans?
I was going to mention a few items about the Democrats wanting to raise taxes, but I suddenly remembered that such a desire is not new with the 21st Century. They've been doing it for years, and people like Charles Rangel always go that route. If you're a Democrat, honk! If you're a Democrat, kneel down before the enemy! If you're a Democrat, raise taxes!
In May 2007, the 'Liberal' group MoveOn.org warned Democrats that if they appeared to capitulate to 'Bush' and not remove the troops from Iraq and thus give up on protecting the lives of millions or Iraqis and securing the protection and freedoms of the US citizens...pant...rest...pant...rest, the unity they enjoy will immediately disappear... Why threaten them? If the Democrats weren't around, nobody would pay attention to MoveOn.org anyway. Perhaps the threat should be the other way around.
Carlyle Group [one of the world’s largest private equity firms; $75.6 + billion under management; 55 investment funds] sold a 7.5% stake in its ownership to Mubadala, a part of Abu Dhabi's government. And of course, if Carlyle goes public and the price share drops, Abu Dhabi will be compensated. Previously, Blackstone Group [a global alternative asset manager and provider of financial advisory services...total assets under management of about $91.8 billion...] sold a 10% stake to the Chinese government. Abu Dhabi also bought part of Apollo Management in July.
WorldNetDaily.com tells us - the Emirate of Dubai is acquiring about 20% of NASDAQ and 28% of the London Stock Exchange.
Well, I guess you just open the door, invite the adversary in, and let him take over the household. Offer him his slippers, a drink and bodyguard. Light his narghila. After all, using tents is a cheap alternative for us anyway.
As noted by the International Herald Tribune, even the neutral Swiss are having their problems. A poster of the Swiss Peoples Party [SVP] in the mountain country shows: Three white sheep stand on the Swiss flag, as one of them kicks a single black sheep away. The Liberals say it is racist and polarizing the country's electorate. Rocks and tear gas are the tools of the day.
The illegal immigrant message is appealing to the voters who have seen the country become "a haven for foreigners, including political refugees from places like Kosovo and Rwanda." "Our political enemies think the poster is racist, but it just gives a simple message," said Bruno Walliser, a chimney sweep who is running for Parliament on the party ticket at the Schwerzenbach rally, on a farm outside of Zurich. "The black sheep is not any black sheep that doesn't fit into the family. It's the foreign criminal who doesn't belong here, the one that doesn't obey Swiss law. We don't want him."
Over a million and a half Swiss residents are foreign nationals, "and the SVP argues that a disproportionate number of them are law-breakers. The party says many of the country's drug dealers are foreign, and according to federal statistics about 70 percent of the prison population is non-Swiss."
From Ian Traynor, of the Guardian [British newspaper]: "Switzerland's rightwing People's party [SVP], accused of racism and fanning Islamophobia, strengthened its position as the country's leading political force yesterday, gaining more than 2 percentage points to win a general election for the second time in a row, according to projections."
I'm not close enough to the Swiss news to make a determination about 'racism', but I believe there's little substance in the opponents' derisive use of 'Islamophobia.' A fear of Islam. Certainly, any clear thinking adult recognizes the extreme danger from Islam as practiced today. And the lawlessness of non-citizens in a country is not a phenomenon only of Switzerland. Many countries, including the US, face similar problems. But, like those countries, we have a plethora of Liberals willing to look the other way while the house is robbed and the family raped.
From Yahoo News - "Mexican President Felipe Calderon criticized the planned U.S. border fence designed to stem illegal immigration, saying countries should be "building bridges, not fences"...
On ABC television's "Good Morning America," Calderon ...said the way to stop illegal immigration is to build economic growth and opportunities in Mexico, not fences."
I guess that means that we should pay Mexico to keep its citizens in its own country? And, of course, Mexico doesn't have to do anything, does it?
The Windsor [Ontario] Star - notes that "city shelters filled and a surge of further refugee claimants expected to flood into Windsor...Mayor Eddie Francis is pleading for financial help from Ottawa. "When there is a possibility of adding thousands to the local social assistance system as a result of refugee claimants crossing the border into Windsor, we will become overwhelmed and our current resources will not suffice," Francis wrote in a letter sent Wednesday [a few weeks ago] to Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
"I don't believe that Windsor's residents and taxpayers should have to foot the bill for U.S. immigration policy," Francis told The Star. He was referring to the suspected source of the problem -- a recently begun crackdown on illegal immigrants in economically struggling regions of the U.S. South.
Let's see...hmmm...Illegal Mexican immigrants are the fault of the US. I know, I know. The Mexican government is blameless. The great satan US is responsible for everything. Blame Bush! Blame Cheney!
And so goes the 21st Century. I believe that by the advent of the 22nd Century, the World may very well be under stronger Islamic influence. No Western culture per se; burqas and prayer rugs everywhere; female circumcision, honor killings and misogynism rule the day; cheap oil but no cars left because nobody built any; Edwin the camel-driver, now appearing in major cities; New York City Jinrickshaws Inc.; Jews and Christians hiding in catacombs; Liberals cowering in fear and panic wondering what the h*ll happened to their martinis and designer clothes and seaside homes; and all due to our own stupidity.
Thanks Liberals.
Our 218 year experiment at a democratic republic is failing, and the modern Liberals are pulling it down, along with denigrating and destroying Christians and Jews, Conservatives, Republicans, national security, national influence, and economic prosperity. Is this the end of Rico?
Previously [April 15, 2007 - income tax filing deadline day; I wonder if there's a connection?], many manufacturers agreed to "cap the total mercury content in [fluorescent lights] of less than 25 watts at 5 milligrams (mg) per unit. The total mercury content of [fluorescent lights] that use 25 to 40 watts of electricity will be capped at 6 mg per unit."
You do the math, although I've done some of it. 100 million bulbs at, probably, 6 mg per unit equals around 13,227 pounds of mercury. And that's just one retailer. Assuming that Walmart has, oh say, 20% of the market, it means that total sales might be around 500 million bulbs, thus potentially producing about 66,135 pounds of mercury discarded. This must pleasure the environmentalists. Tons and tons of mercury from discarded and broken lights to foul our wetlands, dumps, and general suburbs. Brought to you by the greenies---protectors of the helpless snail darters and tree frogs. Now, don't get me wrong. I'm not necessarily against snail darters or tree frogs. I just don't think they should be getting precedence over human beings. And I dislike the idea of promoting a light bulb that will foul the environment so much more than incandescent bulb production and use. The 'greenies' are pushing for power plants to become so pollution free as to make oil and coal impossible to use. I suppose then, we can run our power plants on really big batteries?
From the Associated Press: Silly String, a children's toy that was used to subdue Cosmo Kramer a few years back [and made a guest appearance in the movie 'BIG'], is useful to US soldiers in Iraq as a bomb detector of sorts. "Soldiers can shoot Silly String, which travels up to 12 feet [3.6 meters], across a room before entering. If the foamy string hangs in the air, that indicates a possible trip wire...The effort to ship the Silly String has taken months because its aerosol can is considered a hazardous material, and only certain companies can ship it." And, I can guess, some of the soldiers are shooting each other with it during the off hours.
I suppose a 'grass roots' organization [from San Francisco, especially] will now start with an effort to ban the dangerous substance because the military uses it. Kids beware! Your toy may be banned everywhere except your hidden tree houses.
The City of Los Angeles removed a cross from its official seal. Why? Because the ACLU insisted. It's a Christian symbol, after all, and they can't condone that. Naturally, there was a pile of protests leading to a high court petition to review the decision. The cross has been part of the seal since 1957. Incidentally, the first settlers of the LA area were Spanish missionaries, and the name, Los Angeles, is short for the original name: El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles del Río de Porciúncula, [The Town of Our Lady the Queen of the Angels on the River Porciúncula.] Will ACLU demand a name change? How about San Francisco? San Diego? San Gabriel? and all the other Sans?
I was going to mention a few items about the Democrats wanting to raise taxes, but I suddenly remembered that such a desire is not new with the 21st Century. They've been doing it for years, and people like Charles Rangel always go that route. If you're a Democrat, honk! If you're a Democrat, kneel down before the enemy! If you're a Democrat, raise taxes!
In May 2007, the 'Liberal' group MoveOn.org warned Democrats that if they appeared to capitulate to 'Bush' and not remove the troops from Iraq and thus give up on protecting the lives of millions or Iraqis and securing the protection and freedoms of the US citizens...pant...rest...pant...rest, the unity they enjoy will immediately disappear... Why threaten them? If the Democrats weren't around, nobody would pay attention to MoveOn.org anyway. Perhaps the threat should be the other way around.
Carlyle Group [one of the world’s largest private equity firms; $75.6 + billion under management; 55 investment funds] sold a 7.5% stake in its ownership to Mubadala, a part of Abu Dhabi's government. And of course, if Carlyle goes public and the price share drops, Abu Dhabi will be compensated. Previously, Blackstone Group [a global alternative asset manager and provider of financial advisory services...total assets under management of about $91.8 billion...] sold a 10% stake to the Chinese government. Abu Dhabi also bought part of Apollo Management in July.
WorldNetDaily.com tells us - the Emirate of Dubai is acquiring about 20% of NASDAQ and 28% of the London Stock Exchange.
Well, I guess you just open the door, invite the adversary in, and let him take over the household. Offer him his slippers, a drink and bodyguard. Light his narghila. After all, using tents is a cheap alternative for us anyway.
As noted by the International Herald Tribune, even the neutral Swiss are having their problems. A poster of the Swiss Peoples Party [SVP] in the mountain country shows: Three white sheep stand on the Swiss flag, as one of them kicks a single black sheep away. The Liberals say it is racist and polarizing the country's electorate. Rocks and tear gas are the tools of the day.
The illegal immigrant message is appealing to the voters who have seen the country become "a haven for foreigners, including political refugees from places like Kosovo and Rwanda." "Our political enemies think the poster is racist, but it just gives a simple message," said Bruno Walliser, a chimney sweep who is running for Parliament on the party ticket at the Schwerzenbach rally, on a farm outside of Zurich. "The black sheep is not any black sheep that doesn't fit into the family. It's the foreign criminal who doesn't belong here, the one that doesn't obey Swiss law. We don't want him."
Over a million and a half Swiss residents are foreign nationals, "and the SVP argues that a disproportionate number of them are law-breakers. The party says many of the country's drug dealers are foreign, and according to federal statistics about 70 percent of the prison population is non-Swiss."
From Ian Traynor, of the Guardian [British newspaper]: "Switzerland's rightwing People's party [SVP], accused of racism and fanning Islamophobia, strengthened its position as the country's leading political force yesterday, gaining more than 2 percentage points to win a general election for the second time in a row, according to projections."
I'm not close enough to the Swiss news to make a determination about 'racism', but I believe there's little substance in the opponents' derisive use of 'Islamophobia.' A fear of Islam. Certainly, any clear thinking adult recognizes the extreme danger from Islam as practiced today. And the lawlessness of non-citizens in a country is not a phenomenon only of Switzerland. Many countries, including the US, face similar problems. But, like those countries, we have a plethora of Liberals willing to look the other way while the house is robbed and the family raped.
From Yahoo News - "Mexican President Felipe Calderon criticized the planned U.S. border fence designed to stem illegal immigration, saying countries should be "building bridges, not fences"...
On ABC television's "Good Morning America," Calderon ...said the way to stop illegal immigration is to build economic growth and opportunities in Mexico, not fences."
I guess that means that we should pay Mexico to keep its citizens in its own country? And, of course, Mexico doesn't have to do anything, does it?
The Windsor [Ontario] Star - notes that "city shelters filled and a surge of further refugee claimants expected to flood into Windsor...Mayor Eddie Francis is pleading for financial help from Ottawa. "When there is a possibility of adding thousands to the local social assistance system as a result of refugee claimants crossing the border into Windsor, we will become overwhelmed and our current resources will not suffice," Francis wrote in a letter sent Wednesday [a few weeks ago] to Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
"I don't believe that Windsor's residents and taxpayers should have to foot the bill for U.S. immigration policy," Francis told The Star. He was referring to the suspected source of the problem -- a recently begun crackdown on illegal immigrants in economically struggling regions of the U.S. South.
Let's see...hmmm...Illegal Mexican immigrants are the fault of the US. I know, I know. The Mexican government is blameless. The great satan US is responsible for everything. Blame Bush! Blame Cheney!
And so goes the 21st Century. I believe that by the advent of the 22nd Century, the World may very well be under stronger Islamic influence. No Western culture per se; burqas and prayer rugs everywhere; female circumcision, honor killings and misogynism rule the day; cheap oil but no cars left because nobody built any; Edwin the camel-driver, now appearing in major cities; New York City Jinrickshaws Inc.; Jews and Christians hiding in catacombs; Liberals cowering in fear and panic wondering what the h*ll happened to their martinis and designer clothes and seaside homes; and all due to our own stupidity.
Thanks Liberals.
Our 218 year experiment at a democratic republic is failing, and the modern Liberals are pulling it down, along with denigrating and destroying Christians and Jews, Conservatives, Republicans, national security, national influence, and economic prosperity. Is this the end of Rico?
Friday, October 19, 2007
Welcome to the 21st Century 102.
More signs of the times and what is awaiting us in the 21st Century.
Many Christians in Iraq, including converts, are being crucified by terrorists says a Dutch politician.
Great Britain is considering a law to provide for Islamic studies for all students. In addition, they would employ Muslim scholars to teach Islamic theology, and the schools must have Islamic chaplains and Muslim prayer rooms,
Ever heard of Jamaat ul-Fulqra? - "We are fighting to destroy the enemy. We are dealing with evil and its roots and its roots are America," says Sheikh Mubarek Ali Gilani, Founder of Jamaat ul-Fuqra, a Pakistani terrorist organization. Jamaat ul-Fuqra has created more that 45 training compounds throught the US. The compounds, which have firing ranges and obstacle courses, are actually paramilitary training grounds for new recruits, most of whom are African American converts to Islam during their prison time. Where are they? you might ask?: Hancock NY; Hyattsville MD; Falls Church VA; York SC; Dover TN; Buena Vista CO; Talihina OK; Tulane Country CA; Squaw Valley CA. And, of course, Macon GA; Red House VA. Two are near Toronto. Some even have landing strips and elaborate bunkers.
A "charitable organization", Muslims of the Americas, provides money to Jamaat ul-Fuqra, which has officers in Tallahassee FL; Binghamton NY; Springfield MA; Dover DE; and Roanoke VA.
As long as they don't sell Girl Scout cookies, eh Nancy?
Portland Press Herald - Maine Sunday Telegram...rest...pant...rest...pant..."Students who have parental permission to be treated at King Middle School's health center would be able to get birth control prescriptions under a proposal that the Portland School Committee will consider Wednesday." [Students in the middle school are generally between 11 and 13 years old, and no notification of parents would be required.]
And Yahoo News: "After an outbreak of pregnancies among middle school girls, education officials in this city have decided to allow allow one school's health center [King Middle School] to make birth control pills available to girls as young as 11."
Newsbusters tells us - Singer Sheryl Crow wants us to save toilet paper, using only two or three sheets per visit, perhaps washing them out like paper towels.
Says Sheryl: "Although my ideas are in the earliest stages of development, they are, in my mind, worth investigating. One of my favorites is in the area of forest conservation which we heavily rely on for oxygen. I propose a limitation be put on how many squares of toilet paper can be used in any one sitting. Now, I don't want to rob any law-abiding American of his or her God-given rights, but I think we are an industrious enough people that we can make it work with only one square per restroom visit, except, of course, on those pesky occasions where 2 to 3 could be required. When presenting this idea to my younger brother, who's judgment I trust implicitly, he proposed taking it one step further. I believe his quote was, 'how bout just washing the one square out.'"
Now I know why I have always kept my distance from Sheryl. I don't want to be a brown noser or anything.
Global Warming up? British Energy Minister Malcolm Wicks, spoke to a group of environment ministers: "humankind is in a race for life against global warming," and doubters are "the equivalent of the Flat Earth Society."
But, I thought the Earth was flat! Isn't that a Muslim belief? I mean, those guys are still living in the 7th Century, right?
From Vin Suprynowicz of Red Orbit - "There are some who, lacking the ecstatic thrill of any other faith-based religion, wish to believe that the Earth is in the early stages of an unprecedented climatic change which will see temperatures soar, the polar ice caps melt, rising sea levels flood our coastal cities - general devastation on the biblical model - all because we insist on driving petroleum-fueled private automobiles and using electricity generated by burning coal. - Now, this is almost entirely fantastic nonsense. The planet is currently warming at a rate of perhaps one degree a century, part of an ongoing cycle of global warming and cooling which (ice cores and other fossil records tell us) has been ongoing for millions of years. This is caused not primarily by CO levels - changes in atmospheric CO loading actually trail temperature shifts by decades or even centuries - but rather by fluctuating solar activity. Even if CO were a factor, most of the CO in the atmosphere comes from volcanoes and the natural processes of the oceans, not from man- made sources."
Again, 'Nuff said.
Some scientists are claiming that humans, one of only millions of earthly species, use almost a quarter of the sun's energy captured by plants. And, of course, that's tragic. I guess we have to get rid of our sun rooms, sunny dispositions, sun bunnies, Sundays, and 'sunbitches.'
According to Fox News, there's a report that fat Americans can blame it all on a virus. Human stem cells, exposed to a certain virus [no idea which one] turned to fat cells. Well, why not loose that virus on the Middle East, and we can 'fat' them to death.
Is anyone unsure about the Liberal sway of the Nobel Prize committee anymore? For 2007, they gave the Peace Prize to AlGoracle and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [IPCC,] a UN sub-division. Lying and misrepresentation remains high among the Prize Committee's criteria for the peace prize. The IPCC doesn't do research itself, it just picks and chooses other scientists' work based on it's own criteria---firmly entrenched in the global warming fiasco.
In 2006, they bestowed it on Muhammed Yunus and his Grameen Bank, pretty much for lending money to poor Bangladeshis.
For 2005, we had another UN sub-division in the International Atomic Energy Agency and its leader Mohamed ElBaradei.
Anyone wonder why the Peace Prize keeps finding Arabs, fat people and UN agencies? None of them has anything to do with the propagation of what they ostensibly regulate.
In 2004, we had Dr. Wangari Muta Maathai of Kenya receiving the prize for 'her contribution to sustainable development, democracy and peace.' She's an environmental and political activist [Liberal] best known for organizing the planting of 30 million plus trees.
In 2003, the committee went to Iran for Sirin Ebadi or her 'significant and pioneering efforts for democracy and human rights, especially women's and children's rights. Her claim to fame is apparently being a lawyer and activist. I can't find out much about her. And Iran remains a violently repressive society.
Most of these people are probably good people, but hardly deserving of a $$$ prize for World peace. A high majority of the World population wouldn't recognize their names or benefit from their efforts.
Now, we arrive back at 2002 and Jimmy Carter. Carter was our 39th President, and barely managed to raise himself to 39th position on the best President chart. The Nobel committee claimed the prize was for 'his decades of untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development.' Actually, I think it was mostly for his outspoken anti-semitism [a UN specialty] and ability to inspire high unemployment, general malaise, and 22% interest rates in the US during his Presidency. Other than that, he helps build a few houses [photo ops] for the poor and bashes the US in venues outside the country. His policy of peace is to allow the enemy to walk all over him and our country. In short, he's been a disgrace since he landed on the national and international scenes.
Finally, in 2001, we have Kofi Annan, the Secretary General of the UN. I believe he received his prize for his stout anti-Americanism [another UN specialty] and finely-tuned corruption in the UN organization.
Personally, I don't think any of the 21st Century prize recipients do or did much for peace. They were thoroughly Liberal, though.
Returning to the Goracle and his 2007 prize, Patrick Ruffini and others wonder what climate change paranoia and junk science has to do with peace. One would better side with the opinion of a British judge who wisely ruled that Gore's movie was littered with untruths. He specifically identified nine major ones, and "some of the claims were wrong and had arisen in 'the context of alarmism and exaggeration.'” Most intelligent Americans could come up with many other errors and misrepresentations. Global Warming is a god and the Goracle is his prophet. God [the real one] help us all!
See you again shortly.
Many Christians in Iraq, including converts, are being crucified by terrorists says a Dutch politician.
Great Britain is considering a law to provide for Islamic studies for all students. In addition, they would employ Muslim scholars to teach Islamic theology, and the schools must have Islamic chaplains and Muslim prayer rooms,
Ever heard of Jamaat ul-Fulqra? - "We are fighting to destroy the enemy. We are dealing with evil and its roots and its roots are America," says Sheikh Mubarek Ali Gilani, Founder of Jamaat ul-Fuqra, a Pakistani terrorist organization. Jamaat ul-Fuqra has created more that 45 training compounds throught the US. The compounds, which have firing ranges and obstacle courses, are actually paramilitary training grounds for new recruits, most of whom are African American converts to Islam during their prison time. Where are they? you might ask?: Hancock NY; Hyattsville MD; Falls Church VA; York SC; Dover TN; Buena Vista CO; Talihina OK; Tulane Country CA; Squaw Valley CA. And, of course, Macon GA; Red House VA. Two are near Toronto. Some even have landing strips and elaborate bunkers.
A "charitable organization", Muslims of the Americas, provides money to Jamaat ul-Fuqra, which has officers in Tallahassee FL; Binghamton NY; Springfield MA; Dover DE; and Roanoke VA.
As long as they don't sell Girl Scout cookies, eh Nancy?
Portland Press Herald - Maine Sunday Telegram...rest...pant...rest...pant..."Students who have parental permission to be treated at King Middle School's health center would be able to get birth control prescriptions under a proposal that the Portland School Committee will consider Wednesday." [Students in the middle school are generally between 11 and 13 years old, and no notification of parents would be required.]
And Yahoo News: "After an outbreak of pregnancies among middle school girls, education officials in this city have decided to allow allow one school's health center [King Middle School] to make birth control pills available to girls as young as 11."
Newsbusters tells us - Singer Sheryl Crow wants us to save toilet paper, using only two or three sheets per visit, perhaps washing them out like paper towels.
Says Sheryl: "Although my ideas are in the earliest stages of development, they are, in my mind, worth investigating. One of my favorites is in the area of forest conservation which we heavily rely on for oxygen. I propose a limitation be put on how many squares of toilet paper can be used in any one sitting. Now, I don't want to rob any law-abiding American of his or her God-given rights, but I think we are an industrious enough people that we can make it work with only one square per restroom visit, except, of course, on those pesky occasions where 2 to 3 could be required. When presenting this idea to my younger brother, who's judgment I trust implicitly, he proposed taking it one step further. I believe his quote was, 'how bout just washing the one square out.'"
Now I know why I have always kept my distance from Sheryl. I don't want to be a brown noser or anything.
Global Warming up? British Energy Minister Malcolm Wicks, spoke to a group of environment ministers: "humankind is in a race for life against global warming," and doubters are "the equivalent of the Flat Earth Society."
But, I thought the Earth was flat! Isn't that a Muslim belief? I mean, those guys are still living in the 7th Century, right?
From Vin Suprynowicz of Red Orbit - "There are some who, lacking the ecstatic thrill of any other faith-based religion, wish to believe that the Earth is in the early stages of an unprecedented climatic change which will see temperatures soar, the polar ice caps melt, rising sea levels flood our coastal cities - general devastation on the biblical model - all because we insist on driving petroleum-fueled private automobiles and using electricity generated by burning coal. - Now, this is almost entirely fantastic nonsense. The planet is currently warming at a rate of perhaps one degree a century, part of an ongoing cycle of global warming and cooling which (ice cores and other fossil records tell us) has been ongoing for millions of years. This is caused not primarily by CO levels - changes in atmospheric CO loading actually trail temperature shifts by decades or even centuries - but rather by fluctuating solar activity. Even if CO were a factor, most of the CO in the atmosphere comes from volcanoes and the natural processes of the oceans, not from man- made sources."
Again, 'Nuff said.
Some scientists are claiming that humans, one of only millions of earthly species, use almost a quarter of the sun's energy captured by plants. And, of course, that's tragic. I guess we have to get rid of our sun rooms, sunny dispositions, sun bunnies, Sundays, and 'sunbitches.'
According to Fox News, there's a report that fat Americans can blame it all on a virus. Human stem cells, exposed to a certain virus [no idea which one] turned to fat cells. Well, why not loose that virus on the Middle East, and we can 'fat' them to death.
Is anyone unsure about the Liberal sway of the Nobel Prize committee anymore? For 2007, they gave the Peace Prize to AlGoracle and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [IPCC,] a UN sub-division. Lying and misrepresentation remains high among the Prize Committee's criteria for the peace prize. The IPCC doesn't do research itself, it just picks and chooses other scientists' work based on it's own criteria---firmly entrenched in the global warming fiasco.
In 2006, they bestowed it on Muhammed Yunus and his Grameen Bank, pretty much for lending money to poor Bangladeshis.
For 2005, we had another UN sub-division in the International Atomic Energy Agency and its leader Mohamed ElBaradei.
Anyone wonder why the Peace Prize keeps finding Arabs, fat people and UN agencies? None of them has anything to do with the propagation of what they ostensibly regulate.
In 2004, we had Dr. Wangari Muta Maathai of Kenya receiving the prize for 'her contribution to sustainable development, democracy and peace.' She's an environmental and political activist [Liberal] best known for organizing the planting of 30 million plus trees.
In 2003, the committee went to Iran for Sirin Ebadi or her 'significant and pioneering efforts for democracy and human rights, especially women's and children's rights. Her claim to fame is apparently being a lawyer and activist. I can't find out much about her. And Iran remains a violently repressive society.
Most of these people are probably good people, but hardly deserving of a $$$ prize for World peace. A high majority of the World population wouldn't recognize their names or benefit from their efforts.
Now, we arrive back at 2002 and Jimmy Carter. Carter was our 39th President, and barely managed to raise himself to 39th position on the best President chart. The Nobel committee claimed the prize was for 'his decades of untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development.' Actually, I think it was mostly for his outspoken anti-semitism [a UN specialty] and ability to inspire high unemployment, general malaise, and 22% interest rates in the US during his Presidency. Other than that, he helps build a few houses [photo ops] for the poor and bashes the US in venues outside the country. His policy of peace is to allow the enemy to walk all over him and our country. In short, he's been a disgrace since he landed on the national and international scenes.
Finally, in 2001, we have Kofi Annan, the Secretary General of the UN. I believe he received his prize for his stout anti-Americanism [another UN specialty] and finely-tuned corruption in the UN organization.
Personally, I don't think any of the 21st Century prize recipients do or did much for peace. They were thoroughly Liberal, though.
Returning to the Goracle and his 2007 prize, Patrick Ruffini and others wonder what climate change paranoia and junk science has to do with peace. One would better side with the opinion of a British judge who wisely ruled that Gore's movie was littered with untruths. He specifically identified nine major ones, and "some of the claims were wrong and had arisen in 'the context of alarmism and exaggeration.'” Most intelligent Americans could come up with many other errors and misrepresentations. Global Warming is a god and the Goracle is his prophet. God [the real one] help us all!
See you again shortly.
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Welcome to the 21st Century 101
Here we are in the Century of technology. We're all living lives of comfort and satisfaction; lives of safety and happiness. The Liberals of the World have made it safe for all of us, so long as we wear burqas, have homemade circumcisions, and pray to the East five times a day.
Liberals fix the Earth! Our income will lightly taxed---excuse me, lightly left after tax, and our dozen soldiers will be brightly outfitted and fiercely trained.
Horrors to all this! We have to join together to prevent the 'Liberalization' of our society. Be afraid, be very afraid.
These words are not meant to trash Islam, per se, or immigration, per se, but to acknowledge the perversion of these two concepts in the 21st Century. We live in reality, so we must acknowledge and deal with it.
From Jennifer Korducki of ABC15.com - Two illegal immigrants were indicted for armed robbery, theft, and aggravated assault. One, of course, blamed the crime on Arizona's new employer sanctions law. He needed the money after being laid off. The devil made him do it. Suggested Action: deport his butt.
From Atlas Shrugs - Cliffside Park, NJ schools closed for a Muslim holiday [October 11] this year. The school district is the first in Bergen County to observe the Muslim holiday marking the end of Ramadan, the month of fasting.
But, still no mention of Christmas or Channukah in the classroom, eh?
From Fox News, we hear that "A dentist [Woodland CA] accused of fondling the breasts of 27 female patients is trying to keep his dental license by arguing that chest massages are an appropriate procedure in certain cases. Mark Anderson's lawyer says dental journals discuss the need to massage the pectoral muscles to treat a common jaw problem. Police say Anderson said during recorded phone calls that he routinely massaged patients' chests to treat temporo-mandibular joint disorder, or TMJ, which causes neck and head pain."
Now that's an explanation to cherish. I'm sure the women understood perfectly.
From Atlas Shrugs - Stefanie Coyote, Executive Director of the San Francisco Film Commission refused permission to the United States Marines to film a recruiting spot on California Street, or on the pedestrian walkway on the Golden Gate Bridge. A quote of Stefanie says: "Not on my bridge are you going to put your Marines."
Apparently, Stefanie owns the bridge and city streets and lets the public use it out of the goodness of her heart. And keep in mind that, if another Dirty Harry film is scheduled for SF, she'll welcome it with open arms. "I just love Mr. Westplant! or SouthTwig! or whatever the heck his name is." "Film your commercials on empty streets and you won't get recruits. So there!"
From Michael Medved - California's new 'civil unions' law permits convicts---who had gay partners before incarceration---to have 'conjugal visits', the same as marrieds. Besides the fact that the state is condoning perversion, what ever happened to the concept of punishment for crimes against your fellow citizens?
From the Catholic World News - Bolivia's President Evo Morales wants to replace the feast of Corpus Christi [Body of Christ; a Bolivian national holiday] with a day dedicated to the Sun god. The socialist President is a sun-worshipper. [I wonder if he'll require nude romps on the sun-baked beaches for the new holiday?]
Atlas Shrugs again - University of Michigan-Dearborn is scheduled to spend tuition receipts of $25,000 for Muslim foot-washing stations at the school. And you thought a quiet invasion was impossible.
Dr Sanity says - "This is a world where there is no objective reality or truth; a world where, if you believe something is true, then it is. In other words, it is a world where something can be considered "fake but accurate"; where a "religion of peace" beheads people regularly and is so terrified of women's sexuality they must "liberate" them by forcing them to wear sacks over their bodies. It is a world where this religion, with a straight face, promotes blowing one's self up in a crowd as a devout religious act; and where 21st century men dance around a man in a coma, celebrating his "out of body" experience." 'Nuff said.
Tampa Florida - Two women dressed complete with abayas and burqas robbed a bank. A great disguise since the PC Liberals would never ask a Muslim woman to uncover her head. I can just see the line-up now. "Number three, don't close your eyes. We need to see your eyeballs." By the way, the local paper made no mention of the disguises. [Didn't want to confuse the issue, I guess. Or maybe the editor couldn't spell burqa or abaya] This type of thing also occurred in the Poconos, Canada, and several other places---little of which was reported by the accurate and open main-stream media.
From somewhere else - "A Christian in Pakistan is under a death sentence for for insulting Islam." And "There were deadly Muslim riots in Denmark because of some anti-Islam cartoons."
Remember the recent plot to explode a bomb at JFK airport? It was traced to Muslim terrorists, but the NY Times, in its infinite wisdom, buried the story on page 37---and then had the gall to defend the placement!
How many Islamic women have had their throats slit by [un-punished] Muslim males because they didn't cover themselves properly?
Per Insight Magazine - “Our initial investigation has concluded there are between 400 to 500 radical Islamic centers in the U.S.,” said David Gaubatz, the director of counterintelligence and counterterrorism for the Society of Americans for National Existence. “In those places, they preach an extreme version of Islam that says America and the West is the enemy. They espouse violence, hatred and the need for terrorism.”
Thanks to Claus Christian Malzahn - Almost half of Germans think the US is more dangerous to World Peace than Iran. This from the people of the Kaiser, Hitler, Auschwitz and the rest of the Third Reich.
WND Reports - Kansas City International Airport built foot-washing benches to appease the growing number of Muslim taxi drivers who wanted them for daily Muslim prayers. Isn't it bad enough we have them driving our taxis?
The al-Muhajiiroun network marches on - A member repeats the group's mantra: 'we do not seek to coexist with other religions in America, we seek to dominate them. And the Muslims march on. MIT liguistics professor, Noam Chomsky, praises Hamas and denounces America on Hezbollah Television---they can't feed and clothe their people, but they can broadcast Muslim nonsense. Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone, invited the suicide-attack supporter, Sheikh Yosef al-Quaradawi to visit his city. Columbia University invitee, Iranian President Ahmadinejad wants a World without America, or so he says at a Teheran Peace Conference attended by American Mennonites, Quakers, Episcopalians, Methodists, et al.
In Tennessee, the Muslim contract employees of Dell Inc. reached a settlement with the company. After a month or so of striking, they will be reinstated with back pay and granted religious accommodation. And, of course, managers will recive sensitivity training.
Again from Pamela at Atlas Shrugs - The Saudis can continue to cover-up their support for al-Qaeda and Hamas, thanks to Saudi billionaire Khalid bin Mahfouz and Cambridge University Press. After forceful requests of the billionaire, the publisher pulped surviving copies of 'Alms of Jihad: Charity and Terrorism in the Islamic World. An apology was issued to the gentle giant from Saudi Arabia, and the Press paid his legal expenses and damages. Furthermore, the Press asked Librarians around the World to pull the book from their shelves. 'Holy Cowardness, Batman!'
From Pamela again - An ACLUless public school in San Diego set aside a quarter of an hour of classroom instruction for Muslim students' prayers---while other students stare at the ceiling. the school cafeteria has banned pork and other non-Islamic foods. Arabic was added to the curriculum, and the classes were segregated by sex.
Luckily, a public outcry required the rollback of some of these things. The school gave the Muslims a separate lunch period for their prayers. Do the teachers have to carry scimitars?
But, sooner or later, public outcry will come too late to stem the tide of assininity.
See you again shortly.
Liberals fix the Earth! Our income will lightly taxed---excuse me, lightly left after tax, and our dozen soldiers will be brightly outfitted and fiercely trained.
Horrors to all this! We have to join together to prevent the 'Liberalization' of our society. Be afraid, be very afraid.
These words are not meant to trash Islam, per se, or immigration, per se, but to acknowledge the perversion of these two concepts in the 21st Century. We live in reality, so we must acknowledge and deal with it.
From Jennifer Korducki of ABC15.com - Two illegal immigrants were indicted for armed robbery, theft, and aggravated assault. One, of course, blamed the crime on Arizona's new employer sanctions law. He needed the money after being laid off. The devil made him do it. Suggested Action: deport his butt.
From Atlas Shrugs - Cliffside Park, NJ schools closed for a Muslim holiday [October 11] this year. The school district is the first in Bergen County to observe the Muslim holiday marking the end of Ramadan, the month of fasting.
But, still no mention of Christmas or Channukah in the classroom, eh?
From Fox News, we hear that "A dentist [Woodland CA] accused of fondling the breasts of 27 female patients is trying to keep his dental license by arguing that chest massages are an appropriate procedure in certain cases. Mark Anderson's lawyer says dental journals discuss the need to massage the pectoral muscles to treat a common jaw problem. Police say Anderson said during recorded phone calls that he routinely massaged patients' chests to treat temporo-mandibular joint disorder, or TMJ, which causes neck and head pain."
Now that's an explanation to cherish. I'm sure the women understood perfectly.
From Atlas Shrugs - Stefanie Coyote, Executive Director of the San Francisco Film Commission refused permission to the United States Marines to film a recruiting spot on California Street, or on the pedestrian walkway on the Golden Gate Bridge. A quote of Stefanie says: "Not on my bridge are you going to put your Marines."
Apparently, Stefanie owns the bridge and city streets and lets the public use it out of the goodness of her heart. And keep in mind that, if another Dirty Harry film is scheduled for SF, she'll welcome it with open arms. "I just love Mr. Westplant! or SouthTwig! or whatever the heck his name is." "Film your commercials on empty streets and you won't get recruits. So there!"
From Michael Medved - California's new 'civil unions' law permits convicts---who had gay partners before incarceration---to have 'conjugal visits', the same as marrieds. Besides the fact that the state is condoning perversion, what ever happened to the concept of punishment for crimes against your fellow citizens?
From the Catholic World News - Bolivia's President Evo Morales wants to replace the feast of Corpus Christi [Body of Christ; a Bolivian national holiday] with a day dedicated to the Sun god. The socialist President is a sun-worshipper. [I wonder if he'll require nude romps on the sun-baked beaches for the new holiday?]
Atlas Shrugs again - University of Michigan-Dearborn is scheduled to spend tuition receipts of $25,000 for Muslim foot-washing stations at the school. And you thought a quiet invasion was impossible.
Dr Sanity says - "This is a world where there is no objective reality or truth; a world where, if you believe something is true, then it is. In other words, it is a world where something can be considered "fake but accurate"; where a "religion of peace" beheads people regularly and is so terrified of women's sexuality they must "liberate" them by forcing them to wear sacks over their bodies. It is a world where this religion, with a straight face, promotes blowing one's self up in a crowd as a devout religious act; and where 21st century men dance around a man in a coma, celebrating his "out of body" experience." 'Nuff said.
Tampa Florida - Two women dressed complete with abayas and burqas robbed a bank. A great disguise since the PC Liberals would never ask a Muslim woman to uncover her head. I can just see the line-up now. "Number three, don't close your eyes. We need to see your eyeballs." By the way, the local paper made no mention of the disguises. [Didn't want to confuse the issue, I guess. Or maybe the editor couldn't spell burqa or abaya] This type of thing also occurred in the Poconos, Canada, and several other places---little of which was reported by the accurate and open main-stream media.
From somewhere else - "A Christian in Pakistan is under a death sentence for for insulting Islam." And "There were deadly Muslim riots in Denmark because of some anti-Islam cartoons."
Remember the recent plot to explode a bomb at JFK airport? It was traced to Muslim terrorists, but the NY Times, in its infinite wisdom, buried the story on page 37---and then had the gall to defend the placement!
How many Islamic women have had their throats slit by [un-punished] Muslim males because they didn't cover themselves properly?
Per Insight Magazine - “Our initial investigation has concluded there are between 400 to 500 radical Islamic centers in the U.S.,” said David Gaubatz, the director of counterintelligence and counterterrorism for the Society of Americans for National Existence. “In those places, they preach an extreme version of Islam that says America and the West is the enemy. They espouse violence, hatred and the need for terrorism.”
Thanks to Claus Christian Malzahn - Almost half of Germans think the US is more dangerous to World Peace than Iran. This from the people of the Kaiser, Hitler, Auschwitz and the rest of the Third Reich.
WND Reports - Kansas City International Airport built foot-washing benches to appease the growing number of Muslim taxi drivers who wanted them for daily Muslim prayers. Isn't it bad enough we have them driving our taxis?
The al-Muhajiiroun network marches on - A member repeats the group's mantra: 'we do not seek to coexist with other religions in America, we seek to dominate them. And the Muslims march on. MIT liguistics professor, Noam Chomsky, praises Hamas and denounces America on Hezbollah Television---they can't feed and clothe their people, but they can broadcast Muslim nonsense. Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone, invited the suicide-attack supporter, Sheikh Yosef al-Quaradawi to visit his city. Columbia University invitee, Iranian President Ahmadinejad wants a World without America, or so he says at a Teheran Peace Conference attended by American Mennonites, Quakers, Episcopalians, Methodists, et al.
In Tennessee, the Muslim contract employees of Dell Inc. reached a settlement with the company. After a month or so of striking, they will be reinstated with back pay and granted religious accommodation. And, of course, managers will recive sensitivity training.
Again from Pamela at Atlas Shrugs - The Saudis can continue to cover-up their support for al-Qaeda and Hamas, thanks to Saudi billionaire Khalid bin Mahfouz and Cambridge University Press. After forceful requests of the billionaire, the publisher pulped surviving copies of 'Alms of Jihad: Charity and Terrorism in the Islamic World. An apology was issued to the gentle giant from Saudi Arabia, and the Press paid his legal expenses and damages. Furthermore, the Press asked Librarians around the World to pull the book from their shelves. 'Holy Cowardness, Batman!'
From Pamela again - An ACLUless public school in San Diego set aside a quarter of an hour of classroom instruction for Muslim students' prayers---while other students stare at the ceiling. the school cafeteria has banned pork and other non-Islamic foods. Arabic was added to the curriculum, and the classes were segregated by sex.
Luckily, a public outcry required the rollback of some of these things. The school gave the Muslims a separate lunch period for their prayers. Do the teachers have to carry scimitars?
But, sooner or later, public outcry will come too late to stem the tide of assininity.
See you again shortly.
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Prop-a-Panda?
From time to time---actually regularly---we hear the Liberals spouting about right-wing propaganda and whining about how damaging it is to America. From the Liberal Answers.com, we get the Liberal definition of ideas and comments contrary to their own: Propaganda - "information which is false or twisted." They and it are definitely off the path of truth.
The situation is, propaganda---as the Liberals define it [see above]---comes strictly from the Left. In their own definition, they are culpable at promoting lies and twisted truths to their own ends. They and no one else.
Conservatives, on the other hand, view Propaganda in themselves in the classical sense where it is neutral in presentation and effect. It's an attempt at persuasion of the emotions and intellect to the speaker's point of view. Nothing wrong with that, is there? I'm sure Rush and the other radio hosts would agree. Conservatives are interested in truth and exchange of ideas.
The American History Dictionary defines Propaganda as: "The systematic propagation of a doctrine or cause or of information reflecting the views and interests of those advocating such a doctrine or cause." Score one for the Conservatives.
From Barron's Marketing Dictionary: Propaganda - "Message conveyed in order to support and spread a particular opinion or point of view, engaging both the intellect and the emotions of the audience." Score two for the Conservatives.
Finally, from the Military History Companion [Oxford University Press] we have: Propaganda is a word derived from the Vatican's establishment of the Sacre Congregatio de Propaganda Fide in 1622. It is a process of persuasion designed to induce ideas, opinions, or actions beneficial to the source. As a process, it is value-neutral although the word has acquired pejorative meaning. Analysis of propaganda would more profitably benefit by examination of intentions." Score three for the Conservatives. The Liberals tried a slide but they missed the plate. "Yer out!"
Whether or not Rush Limbaugh is a source of propaganda remains to be seen. He may irritate some people---usually Liberals---but he doesn't lie. Any mistakes made or erroneous data are not lies, and I think everyone knows it. So, Liberal people and trolls, get off the 'Bash Rush' bandwagon and try disseminating what few---if any---truths there might be in the Liberal philosophy or intentions. Anything positive to say about yourselves?
One of the things that keeps America strong and alert is talk radio, whether it be about politics, music, or sports. Speech and exchange of ideas is vital to life, and the Liberal attempts at the official 'fairness' doctrine [or giving the Liberals an equal, unappreciated and unpopular voice for their inane ideas] are directly opposed to sanity. If a particular broadcast can't draw an audience [such as Air America], then there's something wrong with the message, the hosts, or both. No big surprise there. Conservative hosts reach ready and willing ears [long bombarded by the slanted, oftimes vicious and erroneous Liberal media] interested in truth and viable ways of creating change and better living conditions---whether on the local or national scene.
Liberals only want Panda-moan-ium, don't they
The situation is, propaganda---as the Liberals define it [see above]---comes strictly from the Left. In their own definition, they are culpable at promoting lies and twisted truths to their own ends. They and no one else.
Conservatives, on the other hand, view Propaganda in themselves in the classical sense where it is neutral in presentation and effect. It's an attempt at persuasion of the emotions and intellect to the speaker's point of view. Nothing wrong with that, is there? I'm sure Rush and the other radio hosts would agree. Conservatives are interested in truth and exchange of ideas.
The American History Dictionary defines Propaganda as: "The systematic propagation of a doctrine or cause or of information reflecting the views and interests of those advocating such a doctrine or cause." Score one for the Conservatives.
From Barron's Marketing Dictionary: Propaganda - "Message conveyed in order to support and spread a particular opinion or point of view, engaging both the intellect and the emotions of the audience." Score two for the Conservatives.
Finally, from the Military History Companion [Oxford University Press] we have: Propaganda is a word derived from the Vatican's establishment of the Sacre Congregatio de Propaganda Fide in 1622. It is a process of persuasion designed to induce ideas, opinions, or actions beneficial to the source. As a process, it is value-neutral although the word has acquired pejorative meaning. Analysis of propaganda would more profitably benefit by examination of intentions." Score three for the Conservatives. The Liberals tried a slide but they missed the plate. "Yer out!"
Whether or not Rush Limbaugh is a source of propaganda remains to be seen. He may irritate some people---usually Liberals---but he doesn't lie. Any mistakes made or erroneous data are not lies, and I think everyone knows it. So, Liberal people and trolls, get off the 'Bash Rush' bandwagon and try disseminating what few---if any---truths there might be in the Liberal philosophy or intentions. Anything positive to say about yourselves?
One of the things that keeps America strong and alert is talk radio, whether it be about politics, music, or sports. Speech and exchange of ideas is vital to life, and the Liberal attempts at the official 'fairness' doctrine [or giving the Liberals an equal, unappreciated and unpopular voice for their inane ideas] are directly opposed to sanity. If a particular broadcast can't draw an audience [such as Air America], then there's something wrong with the message, the hosts, or both. No big surprise there. Conservative hosts reach ready and willing ears [long bombarded by the slanted, oftimes vicious and erroneous Liberal media] interested in truth and viable ways of creating change and better living conditions---whether on the local or national scene.
Liberals only want Panda-moan-ium, don't they
Thursday, September 27, 2007
Pathways of Insanity
Dennis Prager wonders why so many atheist books are best sellers. Well, nobody claims to really understands why pornography sells so well either. Opinions are a dime a dozen, and they range from free sex, free speech, to anti-religious feeling. And these seem to have arisen or expanded with the Great Society. One has to ask why there is such a current hate for Christians and Jews and their religions? Critics of Dennis certainly have immediate disdain for him, his opinions, and religion in general---almost fanatically.
One consideration is that Christianity and Judaism require common sens
e, reverence, respect, toleration, and charitableness among other qualities of good people. These are not jokes. They are expectations of adherents of traditional religion. And it's too bad so many people can't follow these normal characteristics of real men and women, religion or not.
As Dennis has noted, the current batch of 'adults' has been brainwashed by the Liberals for years towards hedonism and distaste for anything that puts a bar in front of complete freedom to do as you will. Without restrictions, such behavior is far from free. It's inherently dangerous to other people who have to deal with the results of such 'freedom.' Tell me how restrained and moral the periodic gay parades and celebrations are in San Francisco these days.
But these people will read and buy anything that agrees with their way of life or provides them an excuse not to behave in a reasonable manner. Are you surprised? The First Amendment to the Constitution states: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or
prohibiting the free exercise thereof;" Somehow, the hedonists and atheists have convinced many people that this means a complete separation of 'Church and State.' Not hardly.
The American founders were concerned about a State religion in the manner of Britain, not with the denying religion in secular life. It's as simple as that. Our founders were deists, and they certainly wanted religion in daily life---just not a required State religion.
So the modern judiciary and the Liberals have been convinced by ??? that no mention or display of religion on public property is proper. Manifestations of religion or religious feeling can't be part of society. Christianity, Judaism, and other traditional religions are considered juvenile and these Leftists are totally wrong---but try and convince them of that.
So why the tolerance for Islam? Why the footbaths? Why the prayer rooms? Why the burqas et al? This is America and not the Middle East. We don't routinely wear masks around here unless it's Halloween or we're hiding for some nefarious reason. In Islam, Women are put down, executed or maimed if they don't adhere to what the men prescribe. Jihads are routinely called to kill Americans, Jews, and anyone who disagrees with the current interpretation of the Koran. So why the Liberal tolerance for Islam?
Contradictorily to the usual leftist rant and expectations, Islamic men are executed in the Middle East when caught in the pornography game. But then, they're also executed for homosexuality too. No wonder Ahmadinejad can claim there are no homosexuals in Iran. So, why the Liberal tolerance for Islam? Do the Liberals wish to accomplish such things here? Better ask them---but then, they'll probably evade the question and answer and blame Bush.
One consideration is that Christianity and Judaism require common sens
e, reverence, respect, toleration, and charitableness among other qualities of good people. These are not jokes. They are expectations of adherents of traditional religion. And it's too bad so many people can't follow these normal characteristics of real men and women, religion or not.As Dennis has noted, the current batch of 'adults' has been brainwashed by the Liberals for years towards hedonism and distaste for anything that puts a bar in front of complete freedom to do as you will. Without restrictions, such behavior is far from free. It's inherently dangerous to other people who have to deal with the results of such 'freedom.' Tell me how restrained and moral the periodic gay parades and celebrations are in San Francisco these days.
But these people will read and buy anything that agrees with their way of life or provides them an excuse not to behave in a reasonable manner. Are you surprised? The First Amendment to the Constitution states: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or
prohibiting the free exercise thereof;" Somehow, the hedonists and atheists have convinced many people that this means a complete separation of 'Church and State.' Not hardly.
The American founders were concerned about a State religion in the manner of Britain, not with the denying religion in secular life. It's as simple as that. Our founders were deists, and they certainly wanted religion in daily life---just not a required State religion.
So the modern judiciary and the Liberals have been convinced by ??? that no mention or display of religion on public property is proper. Manifestations of religion or religious feeling can't be part of society. Christianity, Judaism, and other traditional religions are considered juvenile and these Leftists are totally wrong---but try and convince them of that.
So why the tolerance for Islam? Why the footbaths? Why the prayer rooms? Why the burqas et al? This is America and not the Middle East. We don't routinely wear masks around here unless it's Halloween or we're hiding for some nefarious reason. In Islam, Women are put down, executed or maimed if they don't adhere to what the men prescribe. Jihads are routinely called to kill Americans, Jews, and anyone who disagrees with the current interpretation of the Koran. So why the Liberal tolerance for Islam?
Contradictorily to the usual leftist rant and expectations, Islamic men are executed in the Middle East when caught in the pornography game. But then, they're also executed for homosexuality too. No wonder Ahmadinejad can claim there are no homosexuals in Iran. So, why the Liberal tolerance for Islam? Do the Liberals wish to accomplish such things here? Better ask them---but then, they'll probably evade the question and answer and blame Bush.
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Awardi Liberali
When I was a kid, I had a lot of respect and awe for the winners of the Nobel Prizes, Pulitzer Prizes, Emmies and Oscars. I watched the latter every year with bated breath. [I also voted for Miss Rheingold] For they were all awards for excellence in my young eyes.
As I grew older [past 12], I realized that there were a lot of somethings wrong with these awards. [Of course, not the Miss Rheingold election---that was one of real consequence.] Reality grew on me slowly---but it did grow. And now, I see so much Liberal crap tied up into these awards---well, they are virtually worthless in my estimation. C'mon now! An award of excellence for Al Gore? Sally Fields a relevant voice?
Now, we know that a lot of Liberals get these awards for being Liberal and promoting Liberal propaganda. Can't refute that. Do a little research, and you'll find the processes disgustingly unfair and slanted with just that result. Oscars, Emmies, Pulitzers, Nobels---all in the hands of Liberals these days. Consequently, the awards are not effort-driven but politically-correct-Liberalism driven.
I've tried to watch, listen to, or read columns and articles by some of these prominent Liberals: Cynthia Tucker; William Raspberry; Michael Moooore; Maureen Dowd; Al Frankenstein; Ellen Goodman; Anthony Lewis; Tom Wicker---and of course those delightfully sensitive whackos on the radio, Don Imus and Howard Stern.] I can't do it. They turn me off very quickly with the misinformation, assumption of divinity, vitriol in their hate of anything Republican or Conservative [or in some cases, common decency], and basically poor or gutter-like writing or communicating skills. And they're often hypocrites. Remember when William Raspberry wrote columns that promoted gun control and getting all guns off the street and out of the hands of citizens? It was shortly thereafter that he was arrested for having an unlicensed gun in his possession---and of course, he was released quickly with a slap on the wrist, and the story was conspicuously missing from the Liberal Press after the first, small print revelations. [I imagine if he had been a Conservative columnist, we'd still be hearing and reading about it.]
Liberal Mantra: do what I say, not what I do. And the mantra is normally written by its propagandists in many forms. I recently visited the Daily Kos---soiling my mind---and found little there but the usual vitriol against Bush and the Republicans and---oh yes, some reporting of rumors in an attempt to find someone [other than the shooter] to blame for the VA Tech tragedy. For each issue---or non-issue---occurring or reported about on the National scene, the Kos Kids empty their spleens with vitriolic rants of hate and venom against the assumed enemy. Blindness there is an asset.
Yes, Liberals do, as a rule, write nonsense, and they shouldn't be awarded anything for it. Some see an improvement in their grammar and basic skills as the years progress---but most don't. I wouldn't even give them an 'A' for effort because they usually fall flat in truth and reality.
I found out recently an Australian scientist claims that cremation is causing global warming [the furnaces, you know] and we should bury our dead in cardboard boxes underneath trees so the decomposing bodies can nourish them to great heights. I can just see Uncle Fred's countenance budding on a hundred branches. Owwwww! Anyway, isn't there a scientific award just for him? [The scientist, not Uncle Fred.] The Al Gore Award for Scientific Accuracy? Or the Michael Moooore 'Truth' in Liberal 'Science' Award?
One political blog poster claims that, since 'the left controls the awards, left wing writers should be winning most of them.' Well, the last time I checked, being a Liberal [in its current or recent manifestation] was not among the original criteria for any of these awards. As I remember it, the word "Excellence" was always bandied about. And there aren't any Liberals of excellence---or at least I haven't come across any. Propaganda is NOT excellence. So again, why no excellent Conservative writers in the chase? Too sane for the judges?
I once owned a book store, and after Maya Angelou won the Pulitzer prize, I tried to read her books of poems and autobiography. They are unreadable, uninteresting, and definitely not worth the time invested. I found the same problems with other Liberal authors---whose books never sold.
Let's get back to 'excellence' instead of 'ideology' as the basis for awards. And, personally, I think my blog should receive and award from Joe Pulitzer or somebody. At least it's not Liberal.
As I grew older [past 12], I realized that there were a lot of somethings wrong with these awards. [Of course, not the Miss Rheingold election---that was one of real consequence.] Reality grew on me slowly---but it did grow. And now, I see so much Liberal crap tied up into these awards---well, they are virtually worthless in my estimation. C'mon now! An award of excellence for Al Gore? Sally Fields a relevant voice?
Now, we know that a lot of Liberals get these awards for being Liberal and promoting Liberal propaganda. Can't refute that. Do a little research, and you'll find the processes disgustingly unfair and slanted with just that result. Oscars, Emmies, Pulitzers, Nobels---all in the hands of Liberals these days. Consequently, the awards are not effort-driven but politically-correct-Liberalism driven.
I've tried to watch, listen to, or read columns and articles by some of these prominent Liberals: Cynthia Tucker; William Raspberry; Michael Moooore; Maureen Dowd; Al Frankenstein; Ellen Goodman; Anthony Lewis; Tom Wicker---and of course those delightfully sensitive whackos on the radio, Don Imus and Howard Stern.] I can't do it. They turn me off very quickly with the misinformation, assumption of divinity, vitriol in their hate of anything Republican or Conservative [or in some cases, common decency], and basically poor or gutter-like writing or communicating skills. And they're often hypocrites. Remember when William Raspberry wrote columns that promoted gun control and getting all guns off the street and out of the hands of citizens? It was shortly thereafter that he was arrested for having an unlicensed gun in his possession---and of course, he was released quickly with a slap on the wrist, and the story was conspicuously missing from the Liberal Press after the first, small print revelations. [I imagine if he had been a Conservative columnist, we'd still be hearing and reading about it.]
Liberal Mantra: do what I say, not what I do. And the mantra is normally written by its propagandists in many forms. I recently visited the Daily Kos---soiling my mind---and found little there but the usual vitriol against Bush and the Republicans and---oh yes, some reporting of rumors in an attempt to find someone [other than the shooter] to blame for the VA Tech tragedy. For each issue---or non-issue---occurring or reported about on the National scene, the Kos Kids empty their spleens with vitriolic rants of hate and venom against the assumed enemy. Blindness there is an asset.
Yes, Liberals do, as a rule, write nonsense, and they shouldn't be awarded anything for it. Some see an improvement in their grammar and basic skills as the years progress---but most don't. I wouldn't even give them an 'A' for effort because they usually fall flat in truth and reality.
I found out recently an Australian scientist claims that cremation is causing global warming [the furnaces, you know] and we should bury our dead in cardboard boxes underneath trees so the decomposing bodies can nourish them to great heights. I can just see Uncle Fred's countenance budding on a hundred branches. Owwwww! Anyway, isn't there a scientific award just for him? [The scientist, not Uncle Fred.] The Al Gore Award for Scientific Accuracy? Or the Michael Moooore 'Truth' in Liberal 'Science' Award?
One political blog poster claims that, since 'the left controls the awards, left wing writers should be winning most of them.' Well, the last time I checked, being a Liberal [in its current or recent manifestation] was not among the original criteria for any of these awards. As I remember it, the word "Excellence" was always bandied about. And there aren't any Liberals of excellence---or at least I haven't come across any. Propaganda is NOT excellence. So again, why no excellent Conservative writers in the chase? Too sane for the judges?
I once owned a book store, and after Maya Angelou won the Pulitzer prize, I tried to read her books of poems and autobiography. They are unreadable, uninteresting, and definitely not worth the time invested. I found the same problems with other Liberal authors---whose books never sold.
Let's get back to 'excellence' instead of 'ideology' as the basis for awards. And, personally, I think my blog should receive and award from Joe Pulitzer or somebody. At least it's not Liberal.
Immigration or Entry?
Just a short opinion. I'm all for immigration control. My grandparents were immigrants, and they arrived legally and went through their processing. They came for freedom and got it.
But illegal immigration is a whole other thing. As far as I'm concerned, these people should be rounded up and deported. Until we do that, we're not going to be safe within our borders. The United States is a haven for oppressed people, but let them make the effort to come here in accordance with our laws.
While my personal jury is still out regarding the Y Visas, I'm against the Z Visas. Wouldn't they be pretty much the same thing as a rich person buying his way out of a criminal case? Charging them fees is not going to be a solution.
Despite the problems involved, I think the day has come for a wall between us and Mexico to control the illegal entry problem. Nothing short of that solution will be effective.
Mexico isn't going to do anything to solve the illegal entries to the United States. Why not? Getting rid of the oppressed population to the US is good social policy for the Mexican government. It likes the idea that its ex-citizens will receive migrant jobs and welfare from good old Uncle Sam instead of the Mexican system.
Proficiency in English should also be a requirement of citizenship. The same with the proposed Y Visa. I'm tired of dual-language signs and allowances. Our country's population should be speaking the same language in all it's endeavors. English is English, and it isn't Spanish.
Immigration is good. Illegal entry is bad. See how simple that is.
But illegal immigration is a whole other thing. As far as I'm concerned, these people should be rounded up and deported. Until we do that, we're not going to be safe within our borders. The United States is a haven for oppressed people, but let them make the effort to come here in accordance with our laws.
While my personal jury is still out regarding the Y Visas, I'm against the Z Visas. Wouldn't they be pretty much the same thing as a rich person buying his way out of a criminal case? Charging them fees is not going to be a solution.
Despite the problems involved, I think the day has come for a wall between us and Mexico to control the illegal entry problem. Nothing short of that solution will be effective.
Mexico isn't going to do anything to solve the illegal entries to the United States. Why not? Getting rid of the oppressed population to the US is good social policy for the Mexican government. It likes the idea that its ex-citizens will receive migrant jobs and welfare from good old Uncle Sam instead of the Mexican system.
Proficiency in English should also be a requirement of citizenship. The same with the proposed Y Visa. I'm tired of dual-language signs and allowances. Our country's population should be speaking the same language in all it's endeavors. English is English, and it isn't Spanish.
Immigration is good. Illegal entry is bad. See how simple that is.
Monday, September 17, 2007
Manifesto Destiny?
There's a cult-religion in these here woods, and it's a pervasive one. It's adherents proselytize on every street corner in America. It's not recognized as a cult {religion} yet, but it is one, and it's value system and beliefs sometimes defy the imagination.
It used to be that Liberalism was the defender of freedom for the individual and protector of human rights for everyone. No more. It has morphed into a cult that hates all people and things Conservative, Republican, sane, family oriented, or named after a plant. Some psychiatrists follow it, some treat it.
Early last week, I confessed my petty sins to the Right Reverend Joseph Motther, and he gave me a difficult penance. Father Motther told me to pray for the sad, truculent Liberals, or I would sure as h*e*l*l end up in H*e*l*l listening to them. I did my best, but still feeling guilty, I went to sleep and had a dream.
I dreamed that I was wandering the Elysian Fields riding a maidenform donkey {a symbol which the Liberals will soon rename Burro} who, true to her type, didn't know where she was going. We meandered about until we came upon a gaudy, blue gate, dripping with vitriol, opening to a large field of Hollywood brain trusts managed by a ghostly Ms Bernice. There I sold the donkey as raw material for her 'Stupid-Glue.' Among the many rings in the field there was a sewage plant, and there I found the document below---and present it for your perusal. Yet, I must continue to endure the vitriolic donkey called Rosie badgering my every dream. Oh, won't you please help me?
NOTE: Words or phrases stricken from the first draft by the truth-telling faction appear between { and }
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LIBERALIST MANIFESTO [sic for everything] {Daft} Draft
[NB This document must be kept secret from the vast, right-wing conspiracy. Those people and their habit of keeping things secret from the public is abhorrribibble.]
We gather together, without a defined God {because we don't really know anything about her,him,it,they,them}---in order to keep ourselves free from any taint of religiosity or anything like that---to promote {ourselves} our principles of Liberalism and stuff.
We agree to criticize and, like, attack those vile 'publicans and conservativees every chance we get, without regard to who's right or who's wrong about anything.
We agree to defend our {poll-driven} belief system and actions in debates, {even if it takes changing the subject whenever a valid question makes us uncomfortable.}
We believe that all political polling data must come from approved Liberal sources, such as the Washington Post, USC Berkeley, New York Times, Slate, Bozo the Clown College, Huffington Post and The Daily Kos.
We believe that if, in any elections, the Liberal-approved exit polls are different from the election results, we must assume fraud on the part of the non-Liberal. If said exit polls are 1% different from the election results, there must be a recount in favor of the Liberal. All hanging Chads should be interviewed until converted.
{We believe that every vile 'publican and conservativee in private life or politics is always wrong in action, inaction, statement, and silence.}
We agree to be as {anti-American} pragmatic as we can be {because we disagree with everything that's going on in this country---even if we did it.} We rather like the laws and government of Upper Mongolia instead. Even France has had better laws and national defense position than us.
We believe in tolerance of other religions {as long as they aren't Christian or Jewish in nature. We especially distrust Catholics and Fundamentalists because we don't understand them. We don't want the Pope to run the United States but an Imam or Generalissimo is Okay.} All other {religions} belief systems are equal, except that Liberalism is more equal than others.
We believe in apologizing for everything the vile 'publicans and conservativees do and say at all times to all people and all countries {especially when they use words we don't like or understand or can't spell.}
We apologize to {the late} {early} omnipresent William Jefferson 'Bill' Clinton for the great wrong done by the House of Representatives in impeaching him way back when. We offer the same apology to his lovely wife, the should-be-President Hillary Clinton---the smartest woman in the World---and her {only begotten} daughter, Chelsea, who-should-also-be-president.
We believe in the {sanctity} preferability of human life as long as it's wanted and out of the womb {and away from our knives and other weapons}, especially if it's on death row for murder.
Mental illness in mass murderers must be addressed through counseling and not prison. It's not their fault, but probably due to childhood abuse in not being spoiled but forced into personal responsibility and listening to conservative values. We are against the death penalty {so we can hang on to every vote possible.}
We believe in diplomacy at all times. Every problem in the World can be solved if we could just all sit down and get along {in the manner we say.} Foreign governments are all legitimate {as long as they're not Conservative}, and we can believe and rely on their honor at all times, especially if Communist, Islamic, or Fascist. Self-styled and un-appointed roving ambassadors for our country---providing they're adherents to our {religion} {party-line} beliefs---can come from the ranks of our Party in Congress at any level. {We will side-step any traitorous or defeatist comments made by them in foreign countries, and our country will abide by any agreements they negotiate.}
We firmly believe in mankind's sad and complete causing of global warming {as for the normal climate change in an aging World? forgeddabboutit! It don't serve our purpose,} and assign to the United Nations the un-vetoable right to guide us in saving the globe from such global warming---by taking it to Americans---and other {phony schemes} business as it sees fit.
We believe in "An Inconvenient Truth", "Fahrenheit 9/11," "Bowling for Columbine," "Sicko" and the {crap} gems of wisdom they impart. Al Gore should be proposed for UN Secretary General; Michael Moore for US Secretary of {Mal} Information. Markos Moulitsas Zuniga for Attorney General. They will each be given a cubit zirconium ring as a {sacred} serious sign of engagement.
We must continue a dialogue with our friends, the Islamic {Terrorists} Friendship Councils {aka al Quaeda and CAIR}, so that we can all live in {pieces} peace. {Besides, we still need Middle Eastern oil for our SUVs.}
We must reduce our dependence on foreign oil without additional oil drilling in or near the United States, use of vile nuclear power plants, use of selfish hydro-electric power, or the use of our abundant filthy coal---the latter which we need to hold the topsoil on the salt mines below. We prefer and promote wind-mills, solar panels, hot air, and power plants run by really big batteries.
We believe these {things} tttrrruyuutthhs {that's a tough word to say, ain't it Rosie?} to be self-evidence, in alphabetical order:
Privacy is a guaranteed right by the US Constitution {right next to the right to write right---er left. Right?}
The first amendment to the US Constitution applies only to Liberals and their {prodg} {prag} {pradg} children.
The second amendment to the US Constitution really doesn't exist, and it has been lied into existence by the vast right-wing conspiracy. It is not seriously meant for Americans in general. But, the right to bare arms can certainly be exorcised by anyone over the age of 75.
Liberal politicians are never subject to the search and seizure of any of their {drugs} {stash} personal property.
The sixteenth amendment to the US Constitution applies only to the rich, non-Liberals of the country---if any exist after our policies take effect.
Any rights not in the US Constitution are reserved to the States run by the Democrat/Liberal Party.
{Murder} Abortion on demand is a guaranteed right by the US Constitution {somewhere, we think.}
The US Constitution must be interpreted in the approved Liberal way, formally or informally. The Supreme Court must be enlarged to insure proportional representation of black-Americans, women, transgenders, gay and lesbian Americans, Native Americans, Creole-Americans {and mustard}, Chinese-Americans, French-Americans, Canadian-Americans, Welfare Moms, Mexican-Americans, Arab-from wherever, Convicts and other special interests the Liberal Congress courts in the future.
Our country's borders must remain porous to help out the poor, unfortunate Muslims and Mexicans of the World. Citizenship should be granted when the proper short form {post-it note} is mailed into the Immigration Department {free franking, of course.}
The national voting age should be lowered to, like, eleven [11], the same age as for abortions without, like, un-necessary parental consent.
Salary for federal Representatives and Senators should be on a two-tiered, tax-free basis with the Democrat/Liberals receiving payment in the ratio of four to one [4:1] to that of the non-Liberals.
Democrat/Liberal Congressman deserve retirement pay at age fifty [50] no matter how long they have served the public {heh heh}, and at a rate equal to twice their Congressional salaries with a liberal expense account as voted on by the Democrat/Liberal caucus.
Democrat Presidents may serve up to sixteen years without a new vote, {especially if their last name is Clinton.}
Having to spend the night {or more than one hour} alone with Rosie O'Donnell is not to be considered cruel and unusual punishment {no matter what Donald Trump says.}
We hereby appoint and anoint the following individuals as elders of our Democrat/Liberal {religion} Party, with the power to speak and create national policy on behalf of all of us dues-paying members and change their comments depending on the above approved polls:
Hillary {Twang} Clinton; Bill {I Didn't Have Sex With That Woman} Clinton; Al {Do as I Say and Not as I Do} Gore; Nancy {Travelin' Nan} Pelosi; Chuckee {Cheese} Schumer; Harry {Lost} Reid; Teddie {The Swimmer} Kennedy; Robert {Fling the} Byrd; Barack {Mr Experience} Obama; Joe {Bye} Biden; Barbara {The} Boxer; Rosie {Mouth} O'Donnell; Barbra {Color Me Dumb} Streisand; Tom Cruise {-o-matic}; Robert {The} Redford; Diane {Great Beer Goblet} Feinstein; Carolyn {Phony} Maloney; Sean {Glib Ambassador} Penn; George {Lib$$$$} Soros; John {Ranting} Murtha; Tom {Mr Syria} Lantos; Barney {Downstairs to the Left} Frank; Major {Minor} Owens; Charles {Home on the} Rangel; Aaalll Shhhharptin; Jesse {Reparations for Me} Jackson; Jimmy {The Carpenter} Carter; Maxine {Muddied} Waters; Cynthia {My Pulitzer Ha Ha!} Tucker; James {Always a Kind Word} Carville; Cindy {I Know Everything} Sheehan; Al Franken {stein}; Don {Prune Face} Imus; and Howard {the Duck} Stern.
Signed: {Rosie has the list! It's restricted so those vile 'publicans and conservativees can't keep it secret.}
***
It used to be that Liberalism was the defender of freedom for the individual and protector of human rights for everyone. No more. It has morphed into a cult that hates all people and things Conservative, Republican, sane, family oriented, or named after a plant. Some psychiatrists follow it, some treat it.
Early last week, I confessed my petty sins to the Right Reverend Joseph Motther, and he gave me a difficult penance. Father Motther told me to pray for the sad, truculent Liberals, or I would sure as h*e*l*l end up in H*e*l*l listening to them. I did my best, but still feeling guilty, I went to sleep and had a dream.
I dreamed that I was wandering the Elysian Fields riding a maidenform donkey {a symbol which the Liberals will soon rename Burro} who, true to her type, didn't know where she was going. We meandered about until we came upon a gaudy, blue gate, dripping with vitriol, opening to a large field of Hollywood brain trusts managed by a ghostly Ms Bernice. There I sold the donkey as raw material for her 'Stupid-Glue.' Among the many rings in the field there was a sewage plant, and there I found the document below---and present it for your perusal. Yet, I must continue to endure the vitriolic donkey called Rosie badgering my every dream. Oh, won't you please help me?
NOTE: Words or phrases stricken from the first draft by the truth-telling faction appear between { and }
***
LIBERALIST MANIFESTO [sic for everything] {Daft} Draft
[NB This document must be kept secret from the vast, right-wing conspiracy. Those people and their habit of keeping things secret from the public is abhorrribibble.]
We gather together, without a defined God {because we don't really know anything about her,him,it,they,them}---in order to keep ourselves free from any taint of religiosity or anything like that---to promote {ourselves} our principles of Liberalism and stuff.
We agree to criticize and, like, attack those vile 'publicans and conservativees every chance we get, without regard to who's right or who's wrong about anything.
We agree to defend our {poll-driven} belief system and actions in debates, {even if it takes changing the subject whenever a valid question makes us uncomfortable.}
We believe that all political polling data must come from approved Liberal sources, such as the Washington Post, USC Berkeley, New York Times, Slate, Bozo the Clown College, Huffington Post and The Daily Kos.
We believe that if, in any elections, the Liberal-approved exit polls are different from the election results, we must assume fraud on the part of the non-Liberal. If said exit polls are 1% different from the election results, there must be a recount in favor of the Liberal. All hanging Chads should be interviewed until converted.
{We believe that every vile 'publican and conservativee in private life or politics is always wrong in action, inaction, statement, and silence.}
We agree to be as {anti-American} pragmatic as we can be {because we disagree with everything that's going on in this country---even if we did it.} We rather like the laws and government of Upper Mongolia instead. Even France has had better laws and national defense position than us.
We believe in tolerance of other religions {as long as they aren't Christian or Jewish in nature. We especially distrust Catholics and Fundamentalists because we don't understand them. We don't want the Pope to run the United States but an Imam or Generalissimo is Okay.} All other {religions} belief systems are equal, except that Liberalism is more equal than others.
We believe in apologizing for everything the vile 'publicans and conservativees do and say at all times to all people and all countries {especially when they use words we don't like or understand or can't spell.}
We apologize to {the late} {early} omnipresent William Jefferson 'Bill' Clinton for the great wrong done by the House of Representatives in impeaching him way back when. We offer the same apology to his lovely wife, the should-be-President Hillary Clinton---the smartest woman in the World---and her {only begotten} daughter, Chelsea, who-should-also-be-president.
We believe in the {sanctity} preferability of human life as long as it's wanted and out of the womb {and away from our knives and other weapons}, especially if it's on death row for murder.
Mental illness in mass murderers must be addressed through counseling and not prison. It's not their fault, but probably due to childhood abuse in not being spoiled but forced into personal responsibility and listening to conservative values. We are against the death penalty {so we can hang on to every vote possible.}
We believe in diplomacy at all times. Every problem in the World can be solved if we could just all sit down and get along {in the manner we say.} Foreign governments are all legitimate {as long as they're not Conservative}, and we can believe and rely on their honor at all times, especially if Communist, Islamic, or Fascist. Self-styled and un-appointed roving ambassadors for our country---providing they're adherents to our {religion} {party-line} beliefs---can come from the ranks of our Party in Congress at any level. {We will side-step any traitorous or defeatist comments made by them in foreign countries, and our country will abide by any agreements they negotiate.}
We firmly believe in mankind's sad and complete causing of global warming {as for the normal climate change in an aging World? forgeddabboutit! It don't serve our purpose,} and assign to the United Nations the un-vetoable right to guide us in saving the globe from such global warming---by taking it to Americans---and other {phony schemes} business as it sees fit.
We believe in "An Inconvenient Truth", "Fahrenheit 9/11," "Bowling for Columbine," "Sicko" and the {crap} gems of wisdom they impart. Al Gore should be proposed for UN Secretary General; Michael Moore for US Secretary of {Mal} Information. Markos Moulitsas Zuniga for Attorney General. They will each be given a cubit zirconium ring as a {sacred} serious sign of engagement.
We must continue a dialogue with our friends, the Islamic {Terrorists} Friendship Councils {aka al Quaeda and CAIR}, so that we can all live in {pieces} peace. {Besides, we still need Middle Eastern oil for our SUVs.}
We must reduce our dependence on foreign oil without additional oil drilling in or near the United States, use of vile nuclear power plants, use of selfish hydro-electric power, or the use of our abundant filthy coal---the latter which we need to hold the topsoil on the salt mines below. We prefer and promote wind-mills, solar panels, hot air, and power plants run by really big batteries.
We believe these {things} tttrrruyuutthhs {that's a tough word to say, ain't it Rosie?} to be self-evidence, in alphabetical order:
Privacy is a guaranteed right by the US Constitution {right next to the right to write right---er left. Right?}
The first amendment to the US Constitution applies only to Liberals and their {prodg} {prag} {pradg} children.
The second amendment to the US Constitution really doesn't exist, and it has been lied into existence by the vast right-wing conspiracy. It is not seriously meant for Americans in general. But, the right to bare arms can certainly be exorcised by anyone over the age of 75.
Liberal politicians are never subject to the search and seizure of any of their {drugs} {stash} personal property.
The sixteenth amendment to the US Constitution applies only to the rich, non-Liberals of the country---if any exist after our policies take effect.
Any rights not in the US Constitution are reserved to the States run by the Democrat/Liberal Party.
{Murder} Abortion on demand is a guaranteed right by the US Constitution {somewhere, we think.}
The US Constitution must be interpreted in the approved Liberal way, formally or informally. The Supreme Court must be enlarged to insure proportional representation of black-Americans, women, transgenders, gay and lesbian Americans, Native Americans, Creole-Americans {and mustard}, Chinese-Americans, French-Americans, Canadian-Americans, Welfare Moms, Mexican-Americans, Arab-from wherever, Convicts and other special interests the Liberal Congress courts in the future.
Our country's borders must remain porous to help out the poor, unfortunate Muslims and Mexicans of the World. Citizenship should be granted when the proper short form {post-it note} is mailed into the Immigration Department {free franking, of course.}
The national voting age should be lowered to, like, eleven [11], the same age as for abortions without, like, un-necessary parental consent.
Salary for federal Representatives and Senators should be on a two-tiered, tax-free basis with the Democrat/Liberals receiving payment in the ratio of four to one [4:1] to that of the non-Liberals.
Democrat/Liberal Congressman deserve retirement pay at age fifty [50] no matter how long they have served the public {heh heh}, and at a rate equal to twice their Congressional salaries with a liberal expense account as voted on by the Democrat/Liberal caucus.
Democrat Presidents may serve up to sixteen years without a new vote, {especially if their last name is Clinton.}
Having to spend the night {or more than one hour} alone with Rosie O'Donnell is not to be considered cruel and unusual punishment {no matter what Donald Trump says.}
We hereby appoint and anoint the following individuals as elders of our Democrat/Liberal {religion} Party, with the power to speak and create national policy on behalf of all of us dues-paying members and change their comments depending on the above approved polls:
Hillary {Twang} Clinton; Bill {I Didn't Have Sex With That Woman} Clinton; Al {Do as I Say and Not as I Do} Gore; Nancy {Travelin' Nan} Pelosi; Chuckee {Cheese} Schumer; Harry {Lost} Reid; Teddie {The Swimmer} Kennedy; Robert {Fling the} Byrd; Barack {Mr Experience} Obama; Joe {Bye} Biden; Barbara {The} Boxer; Rosie {Mouth} O'Donnell; Barbra {Color Me Dumb} Streisand; Tom Cruise {-o-matic}; Robert {The} Redford; Diane {Great Beer Goblet} Feinstein; Carolyn {Phony} Maloney; Sean {Glib Ambassador} Penn; George {Lib$$$$} Soros; John {Ranting} Murtha; Tom {Mr Syria} Lantos; Barney {Downstairs to the Left} Frank; Major {Minor} Owens; Charles {Home on the} Rangel; Aaalll Shhhharptin; Jesse {Reparations for Me} Jackson; Jimmy {The Carpenter} Carter; Maxine {Muddied} Waters; Cynthia {My Pulitzer Ha Ha!} Tucker; James {Always a Kind Word} Carville; Cindy {I Know Everything} Sheehan; Al Franken {stein}; Don {Prune Face} Imus; and Howard {the Duck} Stern.
Signed: {Rosie has the list! It's restricted so those vile 'publicans and conservativees can't keep it secret.}
***
Friday, September 14, 2007
Better Than Idleness?
Researchers from Europe revealed recently that carnivorous sponges have been found in the deep, dark seas near Antarctica, and now there is talk about turning them into a profitable resource. Big surprise there.
Called 'Carnisponges', their use in the modern kitchen will be highly advantageous to the 'homemaker', retailer, and manufacturer. They actually eat dirt, thus cleaning hands and dishes in one fell swoop. We've been telling people to eat dirt---among other things---for years, but this is the first time it will be said in the market place. No retail price or further information is available for these new sponges. The concept is still quite new, and the accountants are still busy pencil pushing because these sponges can only be harvested by the nearby Emperor Penguins, and these critters are hard negotiators, as they aren't too anxious to have their snouts or fins finished off by a hungry sponge during a hunt.
And...
The Sydney Morning Herald reports: "HUMANS are just one of the millions of species on Earth, but we use up almost a quarter of the sun's energy captured by plants - the most of any species...An agriculture professor at the University of Melbourne, Snow Barlow, said the paper showed humans were taking up too much of an important natural resource [the Sun.] 'Here we are, just one species on the earth, and we're grabbing a quarter of the renewable resources … we're probably being a bit greedy.' [Maybe he should work at night?]
San Franciscans were astounded by these facts, and they have taken it upon themselves to try to alter this disgusting exhibition of human cupidity. They do this knowing that all fads and trends begin in California. And, since there are approximately 15,745,329.2 million species estimated to be on the Earth---80 percent or so unknown [does that include bacteria?]---San Franciscans believe we humans should be stepping aside so these other species can enjoy more sun and less grief.
Accordingly, several ordinances have been passed by the City government: all residents and visitors must remain in the shade at least two-thirds of each day; sunbathing is restricted to one hour per day; people with a sunburn are subject to arrest, large fines and confinement; the words sun, sunny, sunshine, bosun, sunburn, sunbitch, sunbelt, sundry, sungod or -goddess, and the like are considered epithets in San Francisco, and persons heard using them are subject to arrest, large fines and confinement. At most local watering holes, the 'Tequila Sunrise' has been renamed 'Mexican Juiced Juice,' an especial Liberal treat when made with illegally imported Tequila.
And...
An Australian scientist recently claimed that cremation is causing global warming [the furnaces, probably---little bits of cousin Charlie may be melting the glaciers] and we should bury our dead in cardboard boxes underneath trees so the decomposing bodies can nourish them to great heights. They'll be heads and shoulders above their neighboring Elms.
I can just see Uncle Fred's countenance budding on a hundred branches. [Or if Aunt Tildy is buried beneath the same tree, will there be two new branches above arguing with each other every night---perhaps scaring the tomcats off the backyard fence?]
Makers of corrugated cardboard saw their stock prices immediately rise, while casket makers jumped from their windows. Anyway, isn't there a scientific award for this man? [The scientist, not Uncle Fred.] The Al Gore Award for Scientific Accuracy? Or the Michael Moooore 'Truth' in Liberal 'Science' Award? Professor Hsu's Corrugated Man of the Year?
Well, in the future when you get a new appliance, make sure you save the box for Mom or Dad. If they're Conservative, the Liberals will consider them evil and undeserving of ceremony when the time comes, so a simple planting will suffice. Liberals, though, are buried through different Churches they've denied the existence of during their lives.
Called 'Carnisponges', their use in the modern kitchen will be highly advantageous to the 'homemaker', retailer, and manufacturer. They actually eat dirt, thus cleaning hands and dishes in one fell swoop. We've been telling people to eat dirt---among other things---for years, but this is the first time it will be said in the market place. No retail price or further information is available for these new sponges. The concept is still quite new, and the accountants are still busy pencil pushing because these sponges can only be harvested by the nearby Emperor Penguins, and these critters are hard negotiators, as they aren't too anxious to have their snouts or fins finished off by a hungry sponge during a hunt.
And...
The Sydney Morning Herald reports: "HUMANS are just one of the millions of species on Earth, but we use up almost a quarter of the sun's energy captured by plants - the most of any species...An agriculture professor at the University of Melbourne, Snow Barlow, said the paper showed humans were taking up too much of an important natural resource [the Sun.] 'Here we are, just one species on the earth, and we're grabbing a quarter of the renewable resources … we're probably being a bit greedy.' [Maybe he should work at night?]
San Franciscans were astounded by these facts, and they have taken it upon themselves to try to alter this disgusting exhibition of human cupidity. They do this knowing that all fads and trends begin in California. And, since there are approximately 15,745,329.2 million species estimated to be on the Earth---80 percent or so unknown [does that include bacteria?]---San Franciscans believe we humans should be stepping aside so these other species can enjoy more sun and less grief.
Accordingly, several ordinances have been passed by the City government: all residents and visitors must remain in the shade at least two-thirds of each day; sunbathing is restricted to one hour per day; people with a sunburn are subject to arrest, large fines and confinement; the words sun, sunny, sunshine, bosun, sunburn, sunbitch, sunbelt, sundry, sungod or -goddess, and the like are considered epithets in San Francisco, and persons heard using them are subject to arrest, large fines and confinement. At most local watering holes, the 'Tequila Sunrise' has been renamed 'Mexican Juiced Juice,' an especial Liberal treat when made with illegally imported Tequila.
And...
An Australian scientist recently claimed that cremation is causing global warming [the furnaces, probably---little bits of cousin Charlie may be melting the glaciers] and we should bury our dead in cardboard boxes underneath trees so the decomposing bodies can nourish them to great heights. They'll be heads and shoulders above their neighboring Elms.
I can just see Uncle Fred's countenance budding on a hundred branches. [Or if Aunt Tildy is buried beneath the same tree, will there be two new branches above arguing with each other every night---perhaps scaring the tomcats off the backyard fence?]
Makers of corrugated cardboard saw their stock prices immediately rise, while casket makers jumped from their windows. Anyway, isn't there a scientific award for this man? [The scientist, not Uncle Fred.] The Al Gore Award for Scientific Accuracy? Or the Michael Moooore 'Truth' in Liberal 'Science' Award? Professor Hsu's Corrugated Man of the Year?
Well, in the future when you get a new appliance, make sure you save the box for Mom or Dad. If they're Conservative, the Liberals will consider them evil and undeserving of ceremony when the time comes, so a simple planting will suffice. Liberals, though, are buried through different Churches they've denied the existence of during their lives.
Thursday, September 13, 2007
And Shmoo to You Too!
Pacifism as usually practiced today in the Liberal/Democrat philosophy reminds me
greatly of Al Capp's Shmoos.
Born August 31, 1948, the Shmoo was almost exterminated because it refused to fight back against any danger whatsoever. And, wow, was it ever friendly! If you looked hungry, it would jump into a frying pan for you---after which it would taste like chicken; baked it would taste like roast beef; raw like oysters. It was no physical threat to anyone, reproducing asexually [the feminists would like that], and only using air for sustenance.
Sound familiar? It should. The Democrat/Liberal version of pacifism is leading us right down the road to the historic Valley of the Shmoon. Cute maybe, responsible no.
We have the freedoms endowed to us by our Creator and guaranteed by our Government as set out in the US Constitution. Our lives are detailed from day to day in accordance with the laws enacted through the judicious use of that Constitution: our guaranteed freedoms include free speech; right to bear arms; freedom against incriminating ourselves; freedom from slavery; right to a speedy trial; trial by jury; etc. And we had to fight hard to be able to guarantee these freedoms with reasonable surety, and we sure as h*e*l*l are going to fight to retain them.
The "rights" to privacy and abortion [murder] are not enumerated in the Constitution, despite what so many shmoos want us to believe, and we're going to continue to point that out. Privacy is handled nicely through the Bill of Rights, and abortion---being murder---has no business being in the Constitution, Bill of Rights, or actuality of our daily lives.
We must have responsibility and the will to defend our liberties. Pacifism doesn't allow for this, and a pacifist nation will only go under the thumb of whatever aggressor gets the best idea first. Sometimes war is required to preserve our rights and lives, for after all everyone is human and subject to the human frailties of greed, power-lust, evil purpose, and extermination. We must defend ourselves against such peoples. And if a war is not legally in progress, we must be aware of potential dangers from foreign and domestic sources, and nip them in the bud before they endanger our lives.
Al Capp 1909-79
Reasonable people can disagree about the 'how' part of carrying out our responsibilities, but they should not be fighting against them in principle. The latter is what the 'peace-loving' Liberals/Democrats are doing, and they should be thoroughly drummed out of all political power which would enable them to pursue their roads to the Valley of the Shmoon and oblivion.
greatly of Al Capp's Shmoos.Born August 31, 1948, the Shmoo was almost exterminated because it refused to fight back against any danger whatsoever. And, wow, was it ever friendly! If you looked hungry, it would jump into a frying pan for you---after which it would taste like chicken; baked it would taste like roast beef; raw like oysters. It was no physical threat to anyone, reproducing asexually [the feminists would like that], and only using air for sustenance.
Sound familiar? It should. The Democrat/Liberal version of pacifism is leading us right down the road to the historic Valley of the Shmoon. Cute maybe, responsible no.
We have the freedoms endowed to us by our Creator and guaranteed by our Government as set out in the US Constitution. Our lives are detailed from day to day in accordance with the laws enacted through the judicious use of that Constitution: our guaranteed freedoms include free speech; right to bear arms; freedom against incriminating ourselves; freedom from slavery; right to a speedy trial; trial by jury; etc. And we had to fight hard to be able to guarantee these freedoms with reasonable surety, and we sure as h*e*l*l are going to fight to retain them.
The "rights" to privacy and abortion [murder] are not enumerated in the Constitution, despite what so many shmoos want us to believe, and we're going to continue to point that out. Privacy is handled nicely through the Bill of Rights, and abortion---being murder---has no business being in the Constitution, Bill of Rights, or actuality of our daily lives.
We must have responsibility and the will to defend our liberties. Pacifism doesn't allow for this, and a pacifist nation will only go under the thumb of whatever aggressor gets the best idea first. Sometimes war is required to preserve our rights and lives, for after all everyone is human and subject to the human frailties of greed, power-lust, evil purpose, and extermination. We must defend ourselves against such peoples. And if a war is not legally in progress, we must be aware of potential dangers from foreign and domestic sources, and nip them in the bud before they endanger our lives.
Al Capp 1909-79
Reasonable people can disagree about the 'how' part of carrying out our responsibilities, but they should not be fighting against them in principle. The latter is what the 'peace-loving' Liberals/Democrats are doing, and they should be thoroughly drummed out of all political power which would enable them to pursue their roads to the Valley of the Shmoon and oblivion.
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