My neighbor said last night, Obama is rushing to Hawaii to make a birth certificate! It hadn’t dawned on me. That’s a radical view, I realize. What are your thoughts? Is he going to see his sick Grandma, or going to dig up a typewriter from the 1960’s and make himself legit?
You don’t suppose that Senator Obama might have a few folks on his staff that would be willing and able to do such a task? Not to mention…go relatively undetected.
Really, think about it for more than the 1/2 second that you put into the matter.
It is almost a plausible as Senator McCain was delivered to his parents by the aliens at Roswell.
Don’t know Simple. I think the problem of no records from the Obama campaign is starting to take a foot hold. All he has to do is release school records. They will show his citizenship. Right?
AW - I am with you on the birth certificate thought. Hasn’t produced it yet, maybe its in grandma’s attic - it’s worth a sympathy vote here and there to go take a look…
I read that he was not taking his kids and wife with him, does anyone know if that is true.
I mean after the sad story of how he needs to see her before she dies, because he didn’t get that chance with his mother. Seems like you would want your kids to go see their only living great grandmother.
I say its an interesting story. I mean the only pictures his campaign could give of the woman and him together look like they are from the 80s. Also did he ever campaign in Hawaii?
I thought his campaign was not letting him go there for some reason when he claimed we had 58 states…….
A lot of polls coming out now show the race is a statistical tie, despite what the polls the dead tree media is running. It looks like the Obama camp may have gotten a bit overconfident.
so the question is this:
If Barack Obama loses, what would be the reasons people would vote against him?
I was about to write a a thread praising Obama for taking time to take care of his ailing grandmother. Then it dawned upon me that see lives in Hawaii. That’s when I though he was going to talk to grandma and tell her to no longer speak of him being born in Kenya. I didn’t even think of the birth certificate. Perhaps he can send it to Dan Rather “Than The Truth”. I take comfort in that anything produced is subject to examination. Even if the fonts match, which it didn’t with Rather Than The Truth Dan, there are ways to determine the age of the document. As for forgeries, I’m sure Bill Ayers knows some people who do that.
We alread know that when Republicans say they think it’s a good idea to privatize Social Security, it’s because they hate old people and want them all to end up eating dog food.
Powerful House Democrats are eyeing proposals to overhaul the nation’s $3 trillion 401(k) system, including the elimination of most of the $80 billion in annual tax breaks that 401(k) investors receive.
House Education and Labor Committee Chairman George Miller, D-California, and Rep. Jim McDermott, D-Washington, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee’s Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support, are looking at redirecting those tax breaks to a new system of guaranteed retirement accounts to which all workers would be obliged to contribute.
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Under Ghilarducci’s plan, all workers would receive a $600 annual inflation-adjusted subsidy from the U.S. government but would be required to invest 5 percent of their pay into a guaranteed retirement account administered by the Social Security Administration. The money in turn would be invested in special government bonds that would pay 3 percent a year, adjusted for inflation.
The current system of providing tax breaks on 401(k) contributions and earnings would be eliminated.
“I want to stop the federal subsidy of 401(k)s,” Ghilarducci said in an interview. “401(k)s can continue to exist, but they won’t have the benefit of the subsidy of the tax break.”
Of course the difference between the Republican plan and the Democrat one is that the republicans make it voluntary and you get to choose some of your investments—and you get to keep the tax breaks on your 401k, and the big bad business owners we know we all hate match your contributions and get a tax break for it—and we can’t have that kind of incentive for business owners to help workers with thier retirement savings can we? it would spoil the image we’ve created of them.
Higher-income employers provide matching funds to employee plans so that they can qualify for tax benefits for their own defined-contribution plans, he said.
“If the tax deferral goes away, the employers have no reason to do the matches, which primarily help people in the lower income brackets,” Belluardo said.
“This is a battle between liberalism and conservatism,” said Christopher Van Slyke, a partner in the La Jolla, California, advisory firm Trovena, which manages $400 million. “People are afraid because their accounts are seeing some volatility, so Democrats will seize on the opportunity to attack a program where investors control their own destiny,” he said.
That means your employer can no longer write off their contributions to your 401(k), and your capital gains would be taxable year-on-year. In other words, it becomes just another investment or savings account, with no tax benefit at all, and no employer contribution. Instead, Uncle Sam would give you your “matching” funds — up to a whopping $600 per year! Whoopee!
As Michelle Obama says, you could buy a pair of earrings every year … except, of course, you can’t. It’s in The Lockbox, defined by politicians as Locked Away from You but Accessible to Us. It goes there along with 5% of your gross earnings, apparently to play with the 7% of your gross earnings that already goes to Social Security. And what do they do with the money? They give you government bonds as your only investment option.
Maybe you’ll be lucky, and they’ll have Franklin Raines running the agency issuing those bonds.
Golly gee whillikers!
The Deomcrats are going to give me $600 a year to help me invest in Gummint bonds that pay 3% a year.
Sure am glad they’rein there swinging for little old me.
Ok so has anyone seen this hit piece on Paul the tax man on channel 11.
This so called invetigative reporter “Mark Greenblatt” has been trying to make a mountain out of a mole hill on voters being denied on their registration.
He has cut his interview down to 5-6 second blurbs where he tries to make The Tax man look like an idiot.
Here is my take on it. If you are not 18 and are just now registering to vote, you are probably to uninformed to vote in the first place. You really dont care about it, its just popular right now so you want to jump on the bandwagon.
Second thing I see in this article. Many of these cases the people filled out the dang form wrong. It should not be the states job to make sure YOU fill out your form correctly. I bet you don’t accidentally miss check boxes on the loan for your house. I bet you don’t add an extra zero when writing a check.
Voting is one of the best things this country has going for it. If you don’t think its important enough to vote until your 40+ yrs old and fill the form out wrong, well I really don’t want you to vote. You clearly don’t care enough to do it when you were younger and don’t take the time to read the form.
TAKE a look at this part of the transcript:
Greenblatt: “Don’t you think it’s a bit alarmist to call these cases fraud, when you only know one case actually…?
Bettencourt: “No, it’s not one case, it is one person.”
Bettencourt went on to say the one person who was prosecuted, registered 61 cards.
Greenblatt: “You said they were ironclad examples of voter fraud, sir.”
Bettencourt: (pause) “Mark, your point please?”
NOTICE the bold, well if you watch the video, Greenblatt omitted that part of the interview on the news. This is more evidence this guy “greenblatt” is hacking up the video of his interview, to try and make Mr. Bettencourt look bad, and Republicans as well.
So Im done with channel 11 news until they fire this lame reporter.
Broc, I saw it and yes it truly was a hit piece. I always watched 11 news, but no more. Now there is no one left to watch. LST, you need to give me my traffic report in the morning! hehe. I felt bad for Paul. I’m writing a letter to 11
Isn’t Kenya a lot closer to the United States than where ever space aliens live? I guess with a hyperdrive, that would be irrelevant though. and I do think space aliens zapped his brain over the bailout.
(a) B. Obama was born on August 4
(b) B. Obama is registered as being born in Hawaii on August 8
(c) B. Obama’s grandmother said she remembers him being born in Kenya
(d) Philip J. Berg is reportedly in possession of a recording to verify grandma’s statement. He says he’ll release it (I’m still waiting for API’s tape release. We’ll see how these tapes turn out).
We’ll see. If Obama isn’t eleigible for President, he should have said so a long time ago. It would be highly unfortunate if he were to bow out now over this.
AW good for you. I too am letting them know my feelings. You are correct, now there is not any news channels that I want to watch. I actually felt like channel 11 was pretty decent as far as media goes.
I hope everyone that agrees writes a letter to channel 11 and voices their opinion. Maybe we could get all the CLOUT members to email channel 11. I bet that wave of mass emails would have some effect.
AW: If he finally comes out with his birth certificate now, it would be suspicious to say the least. Maybe he’s just asking grandma for forgiveness for calling her a racist.
BJ: You and your lovely bride are invited over for a bbq, just to show that I have no hard feelings. Do ya think there will be leftovers?
Happy B-lated birthday to Lovely Daughter and Mrs. taxed2death and a very happy anniversary to taxed2death and his lovely bride. Congratulations!!!
D.J. carried his demons in clenched fists. The 13-year-old lashed out at teachers, siblings and foster parents. When reprimanded for his behavior, he stared at his feet and apologized in mumbles. D.J. needed hope. That much Andrea Calloway knew. Normal efforts to reach the boy failed. But Mrs. Calloway, his caseworker, recognized D.J. wasn’t a normal child.
When his biological parents finished beating each other, they turned to their five kids. With D.J., they punched him and told him he was worthless.
Mrs. Calloway called him the invisible child.
“He walked around like he was ashamed of being alive. Nothing you did or said would help him be proud of himself,” said Mrs. Calloway, who works for Court Appointed Special Advocates, better known as CASA.
Mrs. Calloway knew that D.J. needed friends – people who cared.
So she took a chance. She found an old business card, picked up the phone and dialed the number for one of the most boisterous, rowdy bunches that society offers.
Kristy “Mustang” Aston, Stan “Tequi” Richardson, Jessie “Chili Pepper” Lopez and Brad “Wolf” Davis rode out on a scorching summer day to meet the boy who struggled for acceptance.
As members of the nonprofit Bikers Against Child Abuse, they wanted to help. But they weren’t sure they could.
“He was on Last Chance Street,” said Mustang, the assertive biker chick with a penchant for motorcycles and Ford Mustangs. “He risked living the rest of his life knowing that he wouldn’t be liked.”
Today, they’re riding in Ellis County to see whether D.J. will accept a few bikers as his friends.
Sitting on the porch of the boy’s foster home, they fire questions. D.J. responds with a low mumble toward the ground.
What’s your favorite color?
Do you like school?
What do you want to be when you grow up?
“A biker,” the boy says.
Then Wolf seizes the opportunity to get down on his level.
“A good-looking young man like you has to be swarmed with girlfriends.”
D.J. looks up, and a crooked smile crosses his face.
A breakthrough.
D.J. must have a road name. He tells the bikers he likes pirates and points to a giant skull on Chili Pepper’s T-shirt. The bikers decide to call him Skull.
By the time the get-to-know-you session ends, Skull climbs on the bikes, shedding his shell.
Note to self: Gotta try #’s 2, 3, & 9 soon. (#1 has been done ).
After Mr. and Mrs. Fenton retired, Mrs. Fenton insisted her husband accompany her on her trips to Wal-Mart. Unfortunately, Mr. Fenton was like most men–he found shopping boring and preferred to get in and get out.
Equally unfortunately, Mrs. Fenton was like most women–she loved to browse. One day Mrs. Fenton received the following letter from her local Wal-Mart.
Dear Mrs. Fenton,
Over the past six months, your husband has been causing quite a commotion in our store. We cannot tolerate this behavior and may be forced to ban both of you from the store. Our complaints against Mr. Fenton are listed below and are documented by our video surveillance cameras.
1. June 15: Took 24 boxes of condoms and randomly put them in people’s carts when they weren’t looking.
2 . July 2: Set all the alarm clocks in Housewares to go off at 5-minute intervals.
3. July 7: Made a trail of tomato juice on the floor leading to the women’s restroom.
4. July 19: Walked up to an employee and told her in an official voice, “Code 3 in Housewares. Get on it right away.”
5. August 4: Went to the Service Desk and tried to put a bag of M&M’s on lay-away.
6. September 14: Moved a “CAUTION - WET FLOOR” sign to a carpeted area.
7. September 15: Set up a tent in the camping department and told other shoppers he’d invite them in if they would bring pillows and blankets from the bedding department.
8. September 23: When a clerk asked if they could help him he began crying and screamed, “Why can’t you people just leave me alone?”
9. October 4: Looked right into the security camera and used it as a mirror while he picked his nose.
10. November 10: While handling guns in the hunting department, he asked the clerk where the antidepressants were.
11. December 3: Darted around the store suspiciously while loudly humming the ” Mission Impossible” theme.
12. December 6: In the auto department, he practiced his “Madonna look” by using different sizes of funnels.
13. December 18: Hid in a clothing rack and when people browsed through, yelled “PICK ME! PICK ME!”
14. December 21: When an announcement came over the loud speaker, he assumed a fetal position and screamed “OH NO! IT’S THOSE VOICES AGAIN!”
And last, but not least ..
15. December 23: Went into a fitting room, shut the door, waited awhile, then yelled very loudly, “Hey! There’s no toilet paper in here!”
After the Kleenex Alert and great story, here is my funny for the morning, before I go to work.
All My Love
I will seek and find you.
I shall take you to bed and have my way with you.
I will make you ache, shake & sweat until you moan & groan.
I will make you beg for mercy, beg for me to stop.
I will exhaust you to the point that you will be relieved when I’m finished
with you.
And, when I am finished, you will be weak for days.
All my love,
The Flu
Now get your mind out of the gutter and go get your flu shot!
I went to the Obama campaign website and entered the following:
Name: John Galt
Address: 1957 Ayn Rand Lane
City: Galts Gulch
State: CO
Zip: 99999
Then I checked the box next to $15 and entered my actual credit card number and expiration date (it didn’t ask for the 3-didgit code on the back of the card) and it took me to the next page and… “Your donation has been processed. Thank you for your generous gift.”
This simply should not, and could not, happen in any business or any campaign that is honestly trying to vet it’s donors. Also, I don’t see how this could possibly happen without the collusion of the credit card companies. They simply wouldn’t allow any business to process, potentially, hundreds of millions in credit card transactions where the name on the card doesn’t match the purchasers name.
In short, with the system set up as it is by the Obama camp, an individual could donate unlimited amounts of money by simply making up fake names and addresses. And Obama is doing his best to facilitate this fraud. This is truly scandalous.
It appears that what might be happening is that folks wiling to donate to Obama started running out at a crucial time and the only way to get more money was to start collecting money from folks who had already donated the maximum allowed, so they fiddled with the Security Settings on the donation website. An Obama donor emais:
Back in August or September (not sure which) Obama’s site definitely would not take my money because I was entering my school address instead of my permanent (parent’s) one. I remember being slightly annoyed at the time. I just tried it to donate again using my school address and it went through no problem. That’s more than a bit disappointing.
Hopefully, the suspect funds will be returned. Almost 2 million was refunded just last month.
There’s definitely no excuse for this though.
In an update, a guy who has just set up his own Credit Card system for his business explains:
I recently set up credit card processing for my startup company and the way it works is the vender (ie me, or Obama’s campaign) selects whether the info must match what is on the card. If they opt not to they accept the risk of being flagged after too many fradulent charges are reported by them to the credit card companies. Since these people are (presumably) using their actual credit card and just giving a different name to avoid the donation limits I doubt they’ll file complaints about the charges with their card company.
So the only time you would ever do this is if you know your clients really well. The only reason I can think of for Obama’s campaign to do this is to avoid the donations cap. The fact that this isn’t all over the media is truly a shame.
Gonna be great having these gusin charge of the Justice Department.
No he wasn’t laughing at all. I think The Tax man realized what was going on and was pretty xxxxxx. Usually I expect to hear that cackle when I hear his voice as well.
Unfortunately this wasn’t a laughing matter.
I like the gov’t bonds thing (/sarc). I’m also not especially confident they’ll be redeemable when they mature, as the Fed gov’t is going to have severe difficulties staying solvent in about 15-20 years.
This explains it all.
Why Men Started Wearing Earrings
A man is at work one day when he notices that his co- worker
is wearing an earring. This man knows his co-worker to be a normally
conservative fellow, and is curious about his sudden change in “fashion sense.”
The man walks up to him and says, “I didn’t know you were
into earrings.”
“Don’t make such a big deal, it’s only an earring,” he replies sheepishly.
His friend falls silent for a few minutes, but then his
curiosity prods him to say, “So, how long have you been wearing one?”
“Ever since my wife found it in my truck.”
Reply to No. 12: I don’t think the Hussein camp got over confident although putting out big victory celebrations plans didn’t help. I think they are trying to demoralize the McCain voters and the independents into believing it is over so don’t bother voting or wasting your vote on the loser.
As far as the reasons why people would vote against Hussein:
1) Race: I don’t think people are ready for a black President especially one named Hussein Obama
2) During bad times, you ultimately want someone with some experience to lead you out.
3) Ultimately the voter has to ask themrselves, “Who is this Hussein Obama?? And what do we know about him??”
4) Women, especially the HELLary women who think that she got a raw deal in the primaries will not vote for Hussein. And if they want to vote for here again, Hussein has to lose so that HELLary can run in 2012. The women have a chance to break the “glass ceiling” with Palin. The “soccer moms” can get one of their own into office. And finally, some of the women are going to be upset at the way the liberal media treated Palin.
Why should a priest who slams “the current democratic candidate” for his views on abortion bother anyone when we’ve seen democrat candidates campaign from pulpits for many years? I do also note that the letter slams TOWBWF for his views, but does not include instructions for whom to vote.
These letters and public statements made by Catholic priests (incl. Bishops & Cardinals) do my heart good. They serve to remind the flock that for Catholics, there is nothing on this earth more valuable than human life. They could also be the reason behind the recent 20-point swing from TOWBWF to McCain among Catholics in the IBD poll released yesterday.
#44
I completely agree with you. The church has sat back and been quite far to long. There is nothing wrong with them defending their beliefs and reminding their members what they believe to be true.
I didn’t ask about the time. I don’t know what type of police officer you are married to or how your CJ degree fits into the equation. But I do take issue with your condemnation of police officers that are acutually working.
I am unable to post after 5 pm because the home computer only gets dial-up and LST is extremely slow in dial-up. That being said I would like to respond to your post to me from yesterday.
I am married to a HCSD. Maybe he has access to information that you don’t and is able to get wants and warrants from other than a municipality (being that he doesn’t work for a municipality, maybe that’s the difference). The reason I mentioned that I was married to a police officer and that my major was CJ was ONLY to put the information out there that I don’t hate cops or condemn them in any way. Actually, if you would be a little more astute and actually read what I wrote you would see that I am against the taxing authorities using the police as their revenue agents. This is not what policing is about. Policing is about protecting the public, apprehending criminals, etc. etc. If someone is driving dangerously then a stop, ticket, and maybe jail is warranted. THAT is police work. However police work is not staking out a lonely country road that gets 1-2 cars per hour and waiting for someone to go 5 mph over the speed limit. As a taxpayer, that is not how I want our LEOs to be utilitized. It is a cheap ploy by politicians to use the LEOs as their fiscal confiscators, instead of holding the line on their budget or asking for a bond election and facing the repercussions at the ballot box. A taxing authority should NEVER depend upon people committing traffic/misdemeanor/criminal offenses in order to balance their budget. Gee, what would happen if everyone obeyed the law for one quarter? The politicos wouldn’t know what to do!
A Chinese couple gets married - and she’s a virgin. On the wedding night, she cowers naked under the bed sheets as her husband undresses. He climbs in next to her and tries to be reassuring: “My darring, I know dis you firs time and you bery frighten. I plomise you, I give you anyting you want, I do anyting you want. What you want?”
“I want numma 69″ she replies.
He looks at her very puzzled and says, “You want…, Beef with Broccoli?”
Dude ties himself to his truck in a firefight in case he passes out from loss of blood so his buddies won’t accidentally leave him behind. After he did that, he felt free to empty several magazines as enemy fire continued to fall all around him. He was eventually evacuated at high speed, still tied to the front of the truck.
The Workers Paradise of Venezuela can’t seem to keep its lights on. The Workers Paradise of Cuba has regressed in the years since Uncle Fidel took over. What used to be the Monte Carlo of the Caribbean is now the Beirut of the Caribbean. The Workers Paradise of North Korea just reduced rations for its people so it can feed its military.
I was born in the late forties and during that time the Hospital and later the county issued a birth certificate. The hospital certificate was diploma sized and was recognized for many years as a legal document. My mom used it to enroll me in school.
The date on the certificate was shown as the 6th of XXXXXXX, but my mom always swore that I was born on the 8th, which was the date we used for birthday parties and whenever I had to include my birthdate on some form.
Skip down a few years when young Simple has to apply for his first driver’s license. The state no longer recognized the hospital certificate as a legal document and I had to go to the county clerk’s office to get a copy of my “legal” birth certificate. This birth certificate showed my birthdate as the 7th of XXXXXXXX
The confusion of the birthdates is joke to my family and friends. I now use the 7th of XXXXXXX as my birthday just to stay legal, but I can easily understand any SNAFU with birth certificates. We just don’t pay clerks very much money and we get the quality of service we pay for sometimes.
Not to get into the whole “Is TOWBWF a legal citizen?” argument, but a difference of a day or two in the birthdate is quite a bit more understandable than getting the whole country wrong.
401K is a 101K. Just wait until the democrats make 401k’s disappear.
>As you know, the average 401K has taken a tremendous hit over the past 9 months; but even scarier is that a democratic congress and president may just make you 401K disappear.
>Let me quote an article for you:
House Democrats recently invited Teresa Ghilarducci, a professor at the New School of Social Research, to testify before a subcommittee on her idea to eliminate the preferential tax treatment of the popular retirement plans. In place of 401(k) plans, she would have workers transfer their dough into government-created “guaranteed retirement accounts” for every worker. The government would deposit $600 (inflation indexed) every year into the GRAs. Each worker would also have to save 5 percent of pay into the accounts, to which the government would pay a measly 3 percent return. Rep. Jim McDermott, a Democrat from Washington and chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee’s Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support, said that since “the savings rate isn’t going up for the investment of $80 billion [in 401(k) tax breaks], we have to start to think about whether or not we want to continue to invest that $80 billion for a policy that’s not generating what we now say it should.”
>Now let me give you some of the author’s thoughts on the results of that:
4) Ghilarducci would offer a lousy 3 percent return. The long-run return of the stock market, adjusted for inflation, is more like 7 percent.
Look at it this way: Ten thousand dollars growing at 3 percent a year for 40 years leaves you with roughly $22,000. But $10,000 growing at 7 percent a year for 40 years leaves you with $150,000. That is a high price to pay for what Ghilarducci describes as the removal of “a source of financial anxiety and…fruitless discussions with brokers and financial sales agents, who are also desperate for more fees and are often wrong about markets.” Please, I’ll take a bit of worry for an additional $128,000.
>Now, allow my to add my input. If, and I admit it’s a big “if” that this ever happens, but is a lot more likely with Obama; you should also have two additional things happen.
One: you should have people contributing less to their retirement funds as the govt. will take on more of a caretaker role for their later years.
Two: With the possibility of lower returns of the mandatory 5% of the government fund and the bigger safety net of this program, less dollars will be put into companies in the US that currently enables them to grow pretty well and more people will be less likely to buy in on new companies because they are not worth the risk as the government has more of the people’s back.
I cannot emphasize enough, think greatly of the possible results of Obama before you vote for him.
Who’d a thunk it… John McCain’s hero was a flaming socialist enamored with progressive income and inheritance taxes.
We grudge no man a fortune in civil life if it is honorably obtained and well used. It is not even enough that it should have been gained without doing damage to the community. We should permit it to be gained only so long as the gaining represents benefit to the community. … The really big fortune, the swollen fortune, by the mere fact of its size, acquires qualities which differentiate it in kind as well as in degree from what is possessed by men of relatively small means. Therefore, I believe in a graduated income tax on big fortunes, and … a graduated inheritance tax on big fortunes, properly safeguarded against evasion, and increasing rapidly in amount with the size of the estate.
–Theodore Roosevelt
But I guess as long as he had a intrusive and imperialistic foreign policy, the socialism part is OK.
Gateway Pundit has this to say and some video of Obama from 1995. Here it is in his own words. I can’t access the video from where I am at so I will not comment on what is there. I am sure it is interesting.
Obama talks redistribution and salvation- bashes whitey:
Obama admits his Redistribution of Wealth is to SAVE the African American community SO HE CAN ENSURE HIS OWN SALVATION! (and Our Countries Salvation) He compares the plight of African Americas to the ethic genocide’s of Bosnia and Africa. He blames all of African American problems on “ONE GROUP” who suppresses them.
And, He says WHITE people don’t want their taxes to help black children.
Obviously, Obama’s plans to redistribute wealth is not something he just thought up.
Does this remind you of anyone? Comments in paranthesis are mine.
What is Narcissism ?
According to the DSM-IV, the disorder begins by early adulthood and is indicated by the subject exhibiting at least five of the following:
1. An exaggerated sense of self-importance (Berlin)
2. Preoccupation with fantasies of unlimited success, power, brilliance, beauty, or
ideal love (I will make you change)
3. Believes he is “special” and can only be understood by, or should associate with, other special or high-status people (or institutions) (Ayers, Wright, Guns and religon)
4. Requires excessive admiration (Hollywood, Berlin, victory party)
5. Has a sense of entitlement (Hope, change, everything he says)
6. Selfishly takes advantage of others to achieve his own ends (Throw grandma under the bus..et al)
7. Lacks empathy (Joe the Plumber, the rest of us)
8. Is often envious of others or believes that others are envious of him (Hates whitey, read his book)
9. Shows arrogant, haughty, patronizing, or contemptuous behaviors or attitudes (Just watch him talk to people, guns and god again)
#64 crazy
Not as bad as you would hope. If you’re looking for something, it’s there, but for the undecideds probably not so much. The KoolAid drinkers will just start calling you a racist.
What would you want to bet that NBC, CBS, ABC, MSNBC, and CNN ignor this latest revelation also? And if it happens to get out on FOX they will run special opinion pieces dismissing it.
I find it hard to believe you cannot accept Obama (he’s 50% white) just because he is 50% black. Go figure. All black and white people should not be hateful of him even if he tends to be more black than white (let’s have some equality here). Is it his name or is it because he identifies with the black group more than the white? Get over this racist rantings and face up to the fact that he is both.
#64 crazy
Not as bad as you would hope. If you’re looking for something, it’s there, but for the undecideds probably not so much. The KoolAid drinkers will just start calling you a racist.
#70: Race has nothing to do with it. I must admit I am not surprised someone who get on me about it.
What I don’t like about Obama is similiar to what has been discussed here before.
No experience, his friends, his politics, taxation, anti-life, condesending attitude.
Take a moment vlou and tell me specifically why I would want to support him please. Hope and Change don’t count. Please be specific, which of his policies will be good for America?
Teddy Roosevelt is way overrated in the history books. He was a remarkable self-promoter, believer in invasive big government and was the first candidate in modern American history to propose a Third Way (non-conservative/non-liberal) ideology. We can also blame him for spoiling the election with Taft and delivering the nation the biggest racist to sit in the Oval Office in the 20th century, the Democrat, Woodrow Wilson.
A small boy was lost at a large shopping mall.
He approached a uniformed policeman and said, ‘I’ve lost my grandpa!’
‘The cop asked, ‘What’s he like?’
The little boy hesitated for a moment and then replied,
‘Crown Royal whiskey and women with big b**bs.’
This stuff about Hussein’s past is slowly but surely coming out. Now, the question will it make a difference or will the Hussein people claim it’s just typical mudslinging from the desparate McCain camp.
If the name of the group is Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Then why do they presume to allow Government to do ANYTHING to a Church?
It looks like the plan is to convert all of your 401K’s to something like social security paying 3% a year. Oh, and Ted Kennedy has been working from his death bed on a health care plan. I feel so comforted. Question. Will they rob this new 101K fund too?
#79 I was really surprised at some of the dumb missteps…like the B is backwards (and why a B instead of an O?), claiming the attack took place at an ATM she was never at….then I saw this.
Police said the student, Ashley Todd, of College Station, Texas
What happens when the Fed can’t lower the Fed Funds Rate any more? It seems like the Japanese had this problem in the 1980’s and had a hard time growing out of it. What do you do when there are no levers left to pull? I hope the gov’t is at least looking into refinancing the debt just now. I don’t know what the costs would be or if it would really be an option, but you’d think it couldn’t hurt.
Okay, let’s look at this again. First thing, any forged document produced would clearly be caught as such. A quick comparison of a valid birth certificate from that year, or a comparison to other birth certificates issed from that same hospital would quickly show it as valid or bogus.
Second - his mother is an American citizen. AGAIN, ergo, Obama is an American citizen. That puts that matter to rest. PERIOD - END OF DISCUSSION ON THAT POINT.
What could make a difference though IS if Obama had lied about his place of birth when submitting forms for background investigations for access to classified material. Obama in his positions in the U.S. Senate has had access to top secret material. If our agencies checking on the forms he submitted did not find a discrepancy that glaring, then they are not doing their job and are incompetent. However, I would presume they would have found the information to be accurate.
Now please, let’s move on to more relevant information regarding the Marxist Obama and his radical associations. They are much more important. This other just serves to distract us from the important issues and his clear incompetence to be POTUS.
#58 Simple - I also used the large certificate my entire life for a birth certificate/ I was born in 1943. I used it for everything, including getting into the Air Force. Not until I applied for Social Security did I find out that I needed an original. So, went to the court house, paid the $23 and found out for the first time that I didn’t have the first name I was told I had when born. Luckily I dropped it anyway when I went into the AF because it wasn’t on the certificate I had. Never thought to look to make sure the date was right. Hey!, I might be younger than I thought.
AW, love ya, but if that fun ends up making us look foolish in the eyes of some voters, what purpose is served other than Obama bin Biden’s purpose? It only lessons the glare of the spot light on him. If you want to dig into a relevant mystery, let’s get that college thesis and other personal papers that have more relative bearing on what’s in his heart - or lack of heart with his support for murdering the unborn, partially born, ro completely born.
Big45 Ok I’m game. I want to see the college papers as much as you do. What do you think of HIllary being put in charge of his campaign while he is in Hawaii? Is this keeping your enemies close? If he looses, he can blame her? She doesn’t dare sabotage him because she is in charge?
As a commercial pilot, I too see the effects of the war in Iraq and Afghanistan. Last month I showed up to start a trip and was approached by a gate agent. “Captain, good morning, I wanted to inform you that we have H.R. on this flight”, she said. H.R. stands for human remains. “Are they military?”, I asked. “Yes”, she said. “Is there and escort?”, I asked. “Yes, I already assigned him a seat”, she said. “Would you please tell him to come to the flight deck, you can board him early”, I said.
About 30 minutes into our flight I received a call from the lead flight attendant in the cabin. “I just found out the family of the soldier we are carrying, is onboard”, he said. He then proceeded to tell me that the father, mother, wife and 2-year-old daughter were escorting their son, husband, and father home.
If you read the story, you will be glad you did.
The LORD bless you and keep you;
The LORD make His face shine upon you,
And be gracious to you;
The LORD lift up His countenance upon you,
And give you peace.
Wagonburner, hope you’re proud of yourself for making an old Marine puddle up.
I must post a little military humor to offet such a serious, yet wonderful story. For those of you who served in the military, regardless of MOS or branch, you’ll likely relate to his easily:
A Medal for Horatius – The True Story By Colonel W.C. Hall
Rome, II Calends, April CCCLX
SUBJECT: Recommendation for Senate Medal of Honor
To: Department of War, Republic of Rome
I. Recommend Caius Horatius, Captain of Foot, CMCMXIV, for the Senate Medal of Honor.
II. Captain Horatius has served XVI years, all honorable.
III. On the II day of March, during the attack on the city by Lars Porsena of Clausium and his Tuscan Army of CMX men, Captain Horatius, with Sergeant Sporius Laritus and Corporal Julius Herminius, held the entire Tuscan army at the far end of the bridge, until the structure could be destroyed, thereby saving the city.
IV. Captain Horatius did valiantly fight and kill one Major Picus of Clausium in individual combat.
V. The exemplary courage and the outstanding leadership of Captain Horatius are in the highest tradition of the Roman Army.
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JULIUS ANTINOUS,
Commander, II Foot Legion
Ist, Ind, AG IV Calends, April CCCLX
To: G-III
For comment.
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G.C.
IInd Ind, G-III IX Calends, May CCC
To: G-II
I. For comment and forwarding.
II. Change end of paragraph III from “saving the city” to “lessened the effectiveness of the enemy attack.” The Roman Army was well dispersed tactically; the reserve has not been committed. The phrase as written might be construed to cast aspersions on our fine army.
III. Change paragraph V from “outstanding leadership” to read “commendable initiative.” Captain Horatius’s command was II men, only I/IV of a squad.
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J.D.
IIId Ind, G-II II Ides, June CCCLX
To: G-I
I. Omit strength of Tuscan forces in paragraph III. This information is classified.
II. A report evaluated as B-II states that the officer was a Captain Picus of Tifernum. Recommend change to “an officer of the enemy forces.”
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J.H.
IVth Ind, G-I IX Ides, January CCCLXI
To: JAG
I. Full name is Caius Claudius Horatius.
II. Change service from XVI to XV years. One year in Romulus Chapter BPOE, has been given credit for military service in error.
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E.J.
Vth Ind, JAG II, February CCCLXI
To: AG
I. The Porsena raid was not during wartime; the temple of Janus was closed.
II. The action against the Porsena raid, ipso facto, was a police action.
III. The Senate Medal of Honor cannot be awarded in peacetime (AB/CVIII-XXV, paragraph XII, C).
IV. Suggest consideration for Soldier’s Medal.
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P.B.
VIth Ind, AF IV Calends, April CCCLXI
To: G-I
Concur in paragraph IV, Vth Ind.
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L.J.
VIIth Ind, G-I I May CCCLXI
To: AG
Soldier’s medal is given for saving lives; suggest star of bronze as appropriate.
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E.J.
VIIIth Ind, JAG II Calends, June CCCLXI
To: JAG
For opinion.
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G.C.
IXth Ind, JAG II Calends, September CCCLXI
I. XVIII months have elapsed since event described in basic letter. Star of bronze cannot be awarded after XV months have elapsed.
II. Officer is eligible for Papyrus Scroll with Metal Pendant.
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P.B.
X Ind, AG I Calends, October CCCLXI
To: G-I
For draft of citation for Papyrus Scroll with Metal Pendant.
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P.B.
XI Ind, G-I III Calends, October CCCLXI
To: G-II
I. Do not concur.
II. Our currently fine relations with Tuscany would suffer and current delicate negotiations might be jeopardized if publicity were given to Captain Horatius’ actions at this time.
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T.J.
XII Ind, G-II VI November CCCLXI
To: G-I
A report rated D-IV, partially verified, states that Lars Porsena is very sensitive about the Horatius affair.
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E.T.
XIIIth Ind, G-I X November CCCLXI
To: AG
I. In view of information contained in preceding XI and XIII the endorsements, you will prepare immediate orders of Captain C. C. Horatius to one of our overseas stations (remote).
II. His attention will be directed to paragraph XII, POM, which prohibits interviews or conversations with newsmen prior to arrival at final destination.
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L.T.
Rome II Calends, I April CCCLXII
SUBJECT: Survey, Report of, Department of War
To: Captain Caius Horatius, III Legion, V Phalanx, APO XIX, C/O Postmaster, Rome.
I. Your statements concerning the loss of your shield and sword in the Tiber River of III March CCCLX have been carefully considered.
II. It is admitted that you were briefly in action against certain unfriendly elements on that day. However, Sergeant Lartius and Corporal Herminius were in the same action and did not lose any government property.
III. The Finance Officer has been directed to reduce your next pay by II-I/IV talents (I-III/IV talents cost on each sword, officers; III/IV talent cost of one each shield, M-II).
IV. You are enjoined and admonished to pay strict attention to conservation of government funds and property. The budget must be balanced next year.
H. MARCUS AURELIUS
Lieutenant of Horse
Survey Officer
ABC’s Michael Malone appears to have had enough of the drive-by media’s duplicity and active campaigning on behalf of TOWBWF. In a column at PajamasMedia, he excoriates his (likely former) brethren for actions that would have gotten them fired 20 years ago.
I’ve begun — for the first time in my adult life — to be embarrassed to admit what I do for a living. A few days ago, when asked by a new acquaintance what I did for a living, I replied that I was “a writer”, because I couldn’t bring myself to admit to a stranger that I’m a journalist.
“I’m the piano player at the Chicken Ranch.”
But nothing, nothing I’ve seen has matched the media bias on display in the current Presidential campaign. Republicans are justifiably foaming at the mouth over the sheer one-sidedness of the press coverage of the two candidates and their running mates.
Preach it, brother.
But in the last few days, even Democrats, who have been gloating over the pass - no, make that shameless support - they’ve gotten from the press, are starting to get uncomfortable as they realize that no one wins in the long run when we don’t have a free and fair press. I was one of the first people in the traditional media to call for the firing of Dan Rather - not because of his phony story, but because he refused to admit his mistake - but, bless him, even Gunga Dan thinks the media is one-sided in this election.
They’re not really saying much, though. It’s like whistling past the graveyard.
Now, don’t get me wrong. I’m not one of those people who think the media has been too hard on, say, Gov. Palin, by rushing reportorial SWAT teams to Alaska to rifle through her garbage. This is the Big Leagues, and if she wants to suit up and take the field, then Gov. Palin better be ready to play. The few instances where I think the press has gone too far - such as the Times reporter talking to Cindy McCain’s daughter’s MySpace friends - can easily be solved with a few newsroom smackdowns and temporary repostings to the Omaha Bureau.
No, what I object to (and I think most other Americans do as well) is the lack of equivalent hardball coverage of the other side - or worse, actively serving as attack dogs for Senators Obama and Biden. If the current polls are correct, we are about to elect as President of the United States a man who is essentially a cipher, who has left almost no paper trail, seems to have few friends (that at least will talk) and has entire years missing out of his biography.
I think we’d all be happy with equal-opportunity skewering.
Why, for example to quote McCain’s lawyer, haven’t we seen an interview with Sen. Obama’s grad school drug dealer - when we know all about Mrs. McCain’s addiction?
Yet if the words “Michelle Obama” are mentioned without falling all over yourself in fawning admiration, you’re subjected to vicious howls from the left.
The absolute nadir (though I hate to commit to that, as we still have two weeks before the election) came with Joe the Plumber. Middle America, even when they didn’t agree with Joe, looked on in horror as the press took apart the private life of an average person who had the temerity to ask a tough question of a Presidential candidate. So much for the Standing Up for the Little Man, so much for Speaking Truth to Power, so much for Comforting the Afflicting and Afflicting the Comfortable, and all of those other catchphrases we journalists used to believe we lived by.
PS: Lovely Daughter is home, and we are celebrating her birthday with fajeetas this evening, and a very cool looking cake! Of course, I had to get a flat just as I was almost at the airport! It DID set me up with an impromptu meeting with my pastor at the tire store, which I needed. I guess He really does guide us in ways mysterious!
Re Obama’s citizenship. I also thought that having an American citizen momma would make him a citizen, but I believe Berg(?) said that when he attended school in Indonesia he would have had to renounce his American citizenship, as no dual citizenship was allowed there. Therefore, when he entered the US, he would have to come in as a naturalized citizen. Naturalized citizens cannot be president, else Governator Terminator could run.
I believe that’s the correct argument being made. If I’m wrong, I stand to be corrected. Right now, I have to prepare for guests. Have a lovely night, all!
The Politico.com background story you cite could probably have been written about any presidential candidate from an incumbent party. There is always much more infighting, second-guessing and backstabbing going on when a candidate has to establish his independent bonafides to distinguish himself from the incumbent. There has been plenty of turmoil in the Obama campaign, but you have to really hunt to find anything written about it. The only reason the plentiful negative news about Hillary’s campaign made the MSM is because it served the purposes of the sympathetic Obama sycophants in the media. There were numerous stories which leaked out about the Gore campaign in 2000 and especially regarding the tensions and hostilities between the Clintons, the DNC, Terry McAuliffe, Donna Brazile and Al Gore himself.
I have had many criticisms for McCain’s campaign, but I also complimented them when deserved. Politico is no friend of genuine conservative ideology so I do read them, which is often, with a jaundiced and skeptical eye. There has been so much manufactured bad news, hysterical political clairvoyance and absurd prognostication about the McCain people this year, I ignore most all of it. Campaigns by nature are insane events conducted by herds of egomaniacs who are all convinced they are the only ones with the right idea. Every campaign has to trample over and reject people and alot of feelings get hurt in the process. Backstabbing and throwing their partisan colleagues under the bus is nothing new.
It’s funny that liberal Iz sees fit periodically to post what could only be decribed as racist jokes like his #48. If a conservative were to do that it would be all over. Well, we always knew what party the real racists belong to. Just ask Robert Byrd.
Fairly and accurately spoken. I like Politico.Com, but I view all news and professional blog sources with a doubting eye. They all have agendas of some sort.
More military humor. I’ve posted this before, but it still is a classic:
General Gray was responsible for a huge turnaround in the Marine Corps, getting rid of the poor performers left over from Vietnam, and turning the Corps back into a really professional fighting team again. He boosted morale and training tremendously. If he had been Commandant before I got out, I likely would have stayed in.
The Commandant of the Marine Corps was General Al Gray, a crusty old ‘Field Marine.’ He loved his Marines and often slipped into the mess hall wearing a faded old field jacket without any rank or insignia on it. He would go through the chow line just like a private (In this way, he was assured of being given the same rations that the lowest enlisted man received. And, woe be it to the mess officer if the food was found to be ‘unfit in quality or quantity’.
Upon becoming Commandant, General Gray was expected to do a great deal of ‘formal entertaining’…fancy dinner parties in full dress blue uniform. Now, the General would rather have been in the field eating cold ‘C-rats’ around a fighting hole with a bunch of young ‘hard charging’ Marines. But the General knew his duty and as a Marine he was determined to do it to the best of his ability.
During these formal parties, a detachment of highly polished Marines from ‘Eighth and Eye’ (Marine Barracks located at 8th and I Streets in Washington, D.C., home of the Silent Drill Team) were detailed to assume the position of ‘parade rest’ at various intervals around the ballroom where the festivities were being held.
At some point during one of these affairs, a very refined, busty, blue-haired lady picked up a tray of pastries and went around the room offering confections to the guests. When she noticed these Marines in dress blues, standing like sculptures all around the room, she was moved with admiration. She knew that several of these men were fresh from our victory in Kuwait. She made a beeline for the closest Lance Corporal, drew near him and asked, ‘Would you like pastry young man?’
The young Marine snapped to ‘attention’ and replied, I don’t eat that s**t, Ma’am.’ Just as quickly, he resumed the position of ‘parade rest.’ His gaze remained fixed on some distant point throughout the exchange. The fancy lady was completely taken aback! She blinked, her eyes widened, her mouth dropped open. So startled was she that she immediately began to doubt what she had heard. In a quivering voice she asked, ‘W-W-What did you say?’
The Marine snapped back to the position of ‘attention’ (like the arm of a mousetrap smacking it’s wooden base). Then he said, ‘I don’t eat that s**t, Ma’am.’ And just as smartly as before, back to the position of ‘parade rest’ he went. This time, there was no doubt. The fancy lady immediately became incensed and felt insulted. After all, here she was an important lady, taking the time to offer something nice to this enlisted man (well below her station in life), and he had the nerve to say THAT to HER! She exclaimed, ‘Well! I never…!’ The lady remembered that she had met that military man in charge of all these ’soldiers’ earlier. She spotted General Gray from across the
room. He had a cigar clenched between his teeth and a camouflaged canteen cup full of bourbon in his left hand. He was talking to a group of 1st and 2nd Lieutenants. So blue haired lady went straight over to the Commandant and interrupted.
‘General, I offered some pastry to that young man over there, and do you know what he told me?’
General Gray cocked his eyebrow, took the cigar out of his mouth and said, ‘Well, no Ma’am, I don’t.’ The lady took in a deep breath, confident that she was adequately expressing with her body language her considerable rage and indignation. As she wagged her head in cadence with her words, and she paused between each word for effect, ‘She said, ‘I - don’t - eat - that - s**t - Ma’am!”
The lieutenants were in a state of near apoplexy. A couple of them choked back chuckles, and turned their heads to avoid having their smirks detected. The next thought that most of them had was, ‘God, I hope it wasn’t one of MY Marines!’ and the color left their faces.
General Gray wrinkled his brow, cut his eyes in the direction of the lieutenants, put his free hand to his chin and muttered a subdued, ‘Hmmm Which one did you say it was Ma’am?,’ the General asked.
‘That tall sturdy one right over there near the window, General,’ the woman said with smug satisfaction. One of the lieutenants began to look sick and put a hand on the bulkhead for support. General Gray, seemed deep in thought,
hand still to his chin, wrinkled brow. Suddenly, he looked up and his expression changed to one indicating he had made a decision.
He looked the fancy lady right in the eyes and said, ‘Well, f**k him! Don’t give him any.’
Kudos to you for being the first person to say something to Iz about his joke. It was a tacky joke at best.
I would counter that we are all racists. I am ashamed to say that I have racist thoughts from time to time, but I stifle the urge to act upon them and have done so most of my life.
I could make all sorts of excuses for this imperfection, but I am getting too damned old to care. I am also doubtful of those who claim they are not racists.
Simple
p.s. There is only one true color, Olive Drab, but some prefer camo.
I disagree that we are all racist as you claim. To be a racist (or anti-semite, or whatever) one has to act on what lies within them. I would submit that the heart is full of darkness no man can describe and that and other tendencies lay dorment till allowed to manifest itself.
Within all of us is the propensity to steal, but as you said above you choose not to act upon it. Does this fact make you a thief also? I would say not.
There are people that are looking for reasons to be offended and at the least little thing they holler racism. We are not “even” allowed to criticize each other without someone taking offense.
Sadder still we have also lost the ability to laugh at ourselves,. And that my friend is the worst travesty of all.
Anybody familiar with Aaron Russo? The New World Order, Microchips, Rockefeller? This is really scaring me. The more I look at TEO: people being enamoured, not caring what his credientials are, coming to see him by the thousands, MTV martial law, computer chips in our heads, and a global monetary system, I think of anti-christ. I am so scared I can’t spell!
We all harbor our own prejudices - from races to religions to nationalities to food and color. It’s how we conquer those stereotypes that determine your ability to socialize with other people who are different. Unless you were a Marine. Then you don’t care because if you ain’t green..you ain’t…..
Press 1 to hear this message in English.
Press 2 to hear this message in Spanish.
Press 3 to hear this message screamed into your ear by a Marine drill instructor.
A man used to be judged by his acts, not his words and certainly not his thoughts.
Motive - reason to act
Intent - the will and determination to act
State of Mind - the emotional state of the actor
Those are each credible and admissible criteria to describe the thoughts and emotions of someone on trial for a crime. They used to be the limited realm which our judicial system could consider when evaluting the guilt or innocence of an accused in ourr society.
We now have “hate crimes” which assume the very inner thoughts and imaginations of a human mind are subject to the public judgement of any and all. It doesn’t matter anymore that your actions speak for your character and integrity. You must have all the proper thoughts and emotional threads running in tandem with acceptable political orthodoxy. This is the real invasion of privacy being violated today. It is moral invasion - not the informational one.
Big’s I am not attacking you here, I am expanding a point.
Unless you were a Marine. Then you don’t care because if you ain’t green..you ain’t…..
So then what you demonstrated is an acceptable form of prejudice? Because I was in another branch of the service or a trucker “I aint….”? That’s interesting.
All I am doing is making a point here. We all harbor our little prejiduces. It is in our nature to flock with the same birds as our kind. In Big’s case it the Marines, a source of pride. (Rightfully so IMO).
I think Izzy’s joke above is tasteless (because of the sexual innuendo) and not really funny, but I can see the humor in the situational comedy. It would be awkward but the same joke could be told of two white people that met and worked at a Chinese Restraunt. It was a freaking joke.
This is too much about nothing and I do not feel i am excusing bad behavior. Then again I suppose some would call me a racist.
You are preaching to the choir here. And the greater travesty is many people have been cowed into a defensive posture, afraid to speak even the smallest of thoughts because someone may take offense.
It wasn’t a funny joke. But it wasn’t racist either. There were two problems with its delivery. First, it was delivered by Izzy… (Know your audience, dude!) Secondly, any humor that depends on spoken accents doesn’t play well when written, duh!
But racist? Not in my opinion. Would Red State Update be nearly as funny if the actors spoke like bland network newscasters?
But… Take that same script and deliver it with a pair of thick British accents and I think you’d have a satirical howler.
Pssst…..Squawk - #110 was tongue in cheek. Just ask any Navy Corpsman who served with Marines, or any Marine who called in an USAF jet for close air support when their butt was in a sling and they needed winged warriors to get them out of a desparate jam, or an Army medevac chopper who they knew would land in the middle of the worst possible ground combat to extract wounded.
Particularly today, my hats off to all our military. They are better trained and more dedicated than what we had in our day. And for those who have worked with them when they have been traumatically wounded, it is a humbling experience to see their bravery, dedication, and professionalism under the worst of circumstances - without complaint, regardless of branch of service.
But I won’t say the truck drivers today are better than they were 40 years ago, when they were considered the knights of the road. Can’t even let kids or grandkids listen to a CB today.
As for truckers…. Just like any other group, ya got yer good and ya got yer bad. Last time I had a CB at my disposal I turned it on for about 2 minutes and shut the thing off.
In recent years I have found that I can no longer tolerate listening to people claim racism. It is like fingernails on a chalkboard. It seems that for every truly horrible example that any of us could easily see, understand and condemn, there are seemingly thousands of race pimps claiming racism that is a subtle racism of thought, even unintended. I am tired of looking at my two youngs sons who will be considered automatically racist because of their skin. Both of them have friends of all races but I am sure that will not count for them. The meaning of racism has been so watered down that it practically has no meaning left at all.
BTW, got out and voted a straight R ticket for only the second time in my life in a Presidential election. McCain/Palin ‘08!!!!
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What a picture. No comment. Want to know what the months after the Obama win will bring? Here’s Barneyfrankinbun’s future.
http://michellemalkin.com/2008/10/24/barney-franks-america/
My neighbor said last night, Obama is rushing to Hawaii to make a birth certificate! It hadn’t dawned on me. That’s a radical view, I realize. What are your thoughts? Is he going to see his sick Grandma, or going to dig up a typewriter from the 1960’s and make himself legit?
Good theory, AW. Could be true.
For all of you who believed George Bush when he said our borders were secure, here’s a reality check. From Fox News.
http://www.foxnews.com/foxreport/index.html
AW
You don’t suppose that Senator Obama might have a few folks on his staff that would be willing and able to do such a task? Not to mention…go relatively undetected.
Really, think about it for more than the 1/2 second that you put into the matter.
It is almost a plausible as Senator McCain was delivered to his parents by the aliens at Roswell.
Simple
Don’t know Simple. I think the problem of no records from the Obama campaign is starting to take a foot hold. All he has to do is release school records. They will show his citizenship. Right?
As to Obama taking care of things himself. Loose lips sink ships.
AW - I am with you on the birth certificate thought. Hasn’t produced it yet, maybe its in grandma’s attic - it’s worth a sympathy vote here and there to go take a look…
nothing is beneath them to win this, nothing.
Following Izzy’s instructions, I will be practicing on this picture too. So here is my “Top Ten” list of captions for this picture:
1) Since I’m going to win anyway I can, let me introduce you to my new Secretary of State, Rev. Wrong.
2) Rev. Wrong will save this country that God has damned.
3) Rev. Wrong has been the father that I never had.
4) Rev. Wrong is not “right”, he’s to the “left” like me.
5) To all my followers, like Izzy, here is your new spiritual leader, Rev. Wrong.
6) I know Rev. Wrong is not “wright” on everything—only I am!!
7) Rev. Wrong and Bill Ayers have been my well paid secret advisers all along.
9) The Reverend and I go way back. It is his principles that my campaign on based on.
10) Okay here’s my real birth certificate and Rev. Wrong is my real father and I was born in Chicago.
So Izzy, do these meet your dislike because that would make me very happy.
I read that he was not taking his kids and wife with him, does anyone know if that is true.
I mean after the sad story of how he needs to see her before she dies, because he didn’t get that chance with his mother. Seems like you would want your kids to go see their only living great grandmother.
I say its an interesting story. I mean the only pictures his campaign could give of the woman and him together look like they are from the 80s. Also did he ever campaign in Hawaii?
I thought his campaign was not letting him go there for some reason when he claimed we had 58 states…….
Mornin all, another day that God has given to us.™
Here’s a topic for discussion.
A lot of polls coming out now show the race is a statistical tie, despite what the polls the dead tree media is running. It looks like the Obama camp may have gotten a bit overconfident.
so the question is this:
If Barack Obama loses, what would be the reasons people would vote against him?
#12 - in no particular order………
common sense
racism
fear
common sense
economic common sense
fear
………………wash rinse repeat…………………..
AW;
I was about to write a a thread praising Obama for taking time to take care of his ailing grandmother. Then it dawned upon me that see lives in Hawaii. That’s when I though he was going to talk to grandma and tell her to no longer speak of him being born in Kenya. I didn’t even think of the birth certificate. Perhaps he can send it to Dan Rather “Than The Truth”. I take comfort in that anything produced is subject to examination. Even if the fonts match, which it didn’t with Rather Than The Truth Dan, there are ways to determine the age of the document. As for forgeries, I’m sure Bill Ayers knows some people who do that.
“Just words. Just politics”
#13
Katfish
inexperience, inexperience, inexperience. etc, etc, etc.
Reasons people would change their minds and vote no to Obama.
1.Biden’s warning of a coming disaster that all Americans will not agree with, but trust he and Obama.
2. Joe the Plumber
12
Heh
So;
We alread know that when Republicans say they think it’s a good idea to privatize Social Security, it’s because they hate old people and want them all to end up eating dog food.
What does it mean when Democrats want to do it?
Of course the difference between the Republican plan and the Democrat one is that the republicans make it voluntary and you get to choose some of your investments—and you get to keep the tax breaks on your 401k, and the big bad business owners we know we all hate match your contributions and get a tax break for it—and we can’t have that kind of incentive for business owners to help workers with thier retirement savings can we? it would spoil the image we’ve created of them.
H/T to Ed Morrisey at Hot Air, who says it all when he says:
Golly gee whillikers!
The Deomcrats are going to give me $600 a year to help me invest in Gummint bonds that pay 3% a year.
Sure am glad they’rein there swinging for little old me.
posty in da bucky
Ok so has anyone seen this hit piece on Paul the tax man on channel 11.
This so called invetigative reporter “Mark Greenblatt” has been trying to make a mountain out of a mole hill on voters being denied on their registration.
He has cut his interview down to 5-6 second blurbs where he tries to make The Tax man look like an idiot.
Here is my take on it. If you are not 18 and are just now registering to vote, you are probably to uninformed to vote in the first place. You really dont care about it, its just popular right now so you want to jump on the bandwagon.
Second thing I see in this article. Many of these cases the people filled out the dang form wrong. It should not be the states job to make sure YOU fill out your form correctly. I bet you don’t accidentally miss check boxes on the loan for your house. I bet you don’t add an extra zero when writing a check.
Voting is one of the best things this country has going for it. If you don’t think its important enough to vote until your 40+ yrs old and fill the form out wrong, well I really don’t want you to vote. You clearly don’t care enough to do it when you were younger and don’t take the time to read the form.
TAKE a look at this part of the transcript:
Greenblatt: “Don’t you think it’s a bit alarmist to call these cases fraud, when you only know one case actually…?
Bettencourt: “No, it’s not one case, it is one person.”
Bettencourt went on to say the one person who was prosecuted, registered 61 cards.
Greenblatt: “You said they were ironclad examples of voter fraud, sir.”
Bettencourt: (pause) “Mark, your point please?”
NOTICE the bold, well if you watch the video, Greenblatt omitted that part of the interview on the news. This is more evidence this guy “greenblatt” is hacking up the video of his interview, to try and make Mr. Bettencourt look bad, and Republicans as well.
So Im done with channel 11 news until they fire this lame reporter.
Yesterday’s was about as obvious as Darth Vader at a Klan rally.
Broc, I saw it and yes it truly was a hit piece. I always watched 11 news, but no more. Now there is no one left to watch. LST, you need to give me my traffic report in the morning! hehe. I felt bad for Paul. I’m writing a letter to 11
Simple;
Isn’t Kenya a lot closer to the United States than where ever space aliens live? I guess with a hyperdrive, that would be irrelevant though. and I do think space aliens zapped his brain over the bailout.
(a) B. Obama was born on August 4
(b) B. Obama is registered as being born in Hawaii on August 8
(c) B. Obama’s grandmother said she remembers him being born in Kenya
(d) Philip J. Berg is reportedly in possession of a recording to verify grandma’s statement. He says he’ll release it (I’m still waiting for API’s tape release. We’ll see how these tapes turn out).
We’ll see. If Obama isn’t eleigible for President, he should have said so a long time ago. It would be highly unfortunate if he were to bow out now over this.
This is for all those guys and gals that love to carve pumpkins.
AW good for you. I too am letting them know my feelings. You are correct, now there is not any news channels that I want to watch. I actually felt like channel 11 was pretty decent as far as media goes.
I hope everyone that agrees writes a letter to channel 11 and voices their opinion. Maybe we could get all the CLOUT members to email channel 11. I bet that wave of mass emails would have some effect.
Did the tax man send out his laugh over that hit piece?
AW: If he finally comes out with his birth certificate now, it would be suspicious to say the least. Maybe he’s just asking grandma for forgiveness for calling her a racist.
BJ: You and your lovely bride are invited over for a bbq, just to show that I have no hard feelings. Do ya think there will be leftovers?
Happy B-lated birthday to Lovely Daughter and Mrs. taxed2death and a very happy anniversary to taxed2death and his lovely bride. Congratulations!!!
KLEENEX ALERT!
Read the rest of the story HERE
here’s a video about BACA and what we do…………..
BACA
“No Child Deserves to Live in Fear”
#23
Darren10
Wild horses couldn’t make him bow out with the power trip he is on.
Note to self: Gotta try #’s 2, 3, & 9 soon. (#1 has been done
).
After Mr. and Mrs. Fenton retired, Mrs. Fenton insisted her husband accompany her on her trips to Wal-Mart. Unfortunately, Mr. Fenton was like most men–he found shopping boring and preferred to get in and get out.
Equally unfortunately, Mrs. Fenton was like most women–she loved to browse. One day Mrs. Fenton received the following letter from her local Wal-Mart.
Dear Mrs. Fenton,
Over the past six months, your husband has been causing quite a commotion in our store. We cannot tolerate this behavior and may be forced to ban both of you from the store. Our complaints against Mr. Fenton are listed below and are documented by our video surveillance cameras.
1. June 15: Took 24 boxes of condoms and randomly put them in people’s carts when they weren’t looking.
2 . July 2: Set all the alarm clocks in Housewares to go off at 5-minute intervals.
3. July 7: Made a trail of tomato juice on the floor leading to the women’s restroom.
4. July 19: Walked up to an employee and told her in an official voice, “Code 3 in Housewares. Get on it right away.”
5. August 4: Went to the Service Desk and tried to put a bag of M&M’s on lay-away.
6. September 14: Moved a “CAUTION - WET FLOOR” sign to a carpeted area.
7. September 15: Set up a tent in the camping department and told other shoppers he’d invite them in if they would bring pillows and blankets from the bedding department.
8. September 23: When a clerk asked if they could help him he began crying and screamed, “Why can’t you people just leave me alone?”
9. October 4: Looked right into the security camera and used it as a mirror while he picked his nose.
10. November 10: While handling guns in the hunting department, he asked the clerk where the antidepressants were.
11. December 3: Darted around the store suspiciously while loudly humming the ” Mission Impossible” theme.
12. December 6: In the auto department, he practiced his “Madonna look” by using different sizes of funnels.
13. December 18: Hid in a clothing rack and when people browsed through, yelled “PICK ME! PICK ME!”
14. December 21: When an announcement came over the loud speaker, he assumed a fetal position and screamed “OH NO! IT’S THOSE VOICES AGAIN!”
And last, but not least ..
15. December 23: Went into a fitting room, shut the door, waited awhile, then yelled very loudly, “Hey! There’s no toilet paper in here!”
Regards,
Wal-Mart..
After the Kleenex Alert and great story, here is my funny for the morning, before I go to work.
All My Love
I will seek and find you.
I shall take you to bed and have my way with you.
I will make you ache, shake & sweat until you moan & groan.
I will make you beg for mercy, beg for me to stop.
I will exhaust you to the point that you will be relieved when I’m finished
with you.
And, when I am finished, you will be weak for days.
All my love,
The Flu
Now get your mind out of the gutter and go get your flu shot!
Hot Air has good linkage to multiple stories about Campaign Finance Fraud at the Obama Donation site.
the crux of the biskit is this:
It appears that what might be happening is that folks wiling to donate to Obama started running out at a crucial time and the only way to get more money was to start collecting money from folks who had already donated the maximum allowed, so they fiddled with the Security Settings on the donation website. An Obama donor emais:
In an update, a guy who has just set up his own Credit Card system for his business explains:
Gonna be great having these gusin charge of the Justice Department.
#26 Darren10
No he wasn’t laughing at all. I think The Tax man realized what was going on and was pretty xxxxxx. Usually I expect to hear that cackle when I hear his voice as well.
Unfortunately this wasn’t a laughing matter.
#19 sarge
Glad to see you’re catching up.
I like the gov’t bonds thing (/sarc). I’m also not especially confident they’ll be redeemable when they mature, as the Fed gov’t is going to have severe difficulties staying solvent in about 15-20 years.
This explains it all.
Why Men Started Wearing Earrings
A man is at work one day when he notices that his co- worker
is wearing an earring. This man knows his co-worker to be a normally
conservative fellow, and is curious about his sudden change in “fashion sense.”
The man walks up to him and says, “I didn’t know you were
into earrings.”
“Don’t make such a big deal, it’s only an earring,” he replies sheepishly.
His friend falls silent for a few minutes, but then his
curiosity prods him to say, “So, how long have you been wearing one?”
“Ever since my wife found it in my truck.”
(I always wondered how this trend got started)
Reply to No. 12: I don’t think the Hussein camp got over confident although putting out big victory celebrations plans didn’t help. I think they are trying to demoralize the McCain voters and the independents into believing it is over so don’t bother voting or wasting your vote on the loser.
As far as the reasons why people would vote against Hussein:
1) Race: I don’t think people are ready for a black President especially one named Hussein Obama
2) During bad times, you ultimately want someone with some experience to lead you out.
3) Ultimately the voter has to ask themrselves, “Who is this Hussein Obama?? And what do we know about him??”
4) Women, especially the HELLary women who think that she got a raw deal in the primaries will not vote for Hussein. And if they want to vote for here again, Hussein has to lose so that HELLary can run in 2012. The women have a chance to break the “glass ceiling” with Palin. The “soccer moms” can get one of their own into office. And finally, some of the women are going to be upset at the way the liberal media treated Palin.
With friends like these, who needs terrorists!?
Weather Underground.
Wright.
Ayers.
Lock and load..
Ack.. Link-o-matic Hal!
#12 sarge
A much shorter list would be the reasons to vote for him, which would be:
#33 sarge
You feeling ok? You’re getting a bit slow lately.
This is interesting;
AN OBAMA PANIC?
MARKETS FEAR HIS POLICIES….Well DUH!!
http://www.nypost.com/seven/10132008/postopinion/opedcolumnists/an_obama_panic__133374.htm
HAL?
re: the front page story,
Why should a priest who slams “the current democratic candidate” for his views on abortion bother anyone when we’ve seen democrat candidates campaign from pulpits for many years? I do also note that the letter slams TOWBWF for his views, but does not include instructions for whom to vote.
These letters and public statements made by Catholic priests (incl. Bishops & Cardinals) do my heart good. They serve to remind the flock that for Catholics, there is nothing on this earth more valuable than human life. They could also be the reason behind the recent 20-point swing from TOWBWF to McCain among Catholics in the IBD poll released yesterday.
A one issue voter? Why yes I Am, without the Second Amendment the rest are useless. Be sure to read the last paragraph.
http://www.gazette.com/opinion/gun_42265___article.html/obama_assault.html
#44
I completely agree with you. The church has sat back and been quite far to long. There is nothing wrong with them defending their beliefs and reminding their members what they believe to be true.
From Yesterday’s Open Thread #177 Luv2Hammer
I am unable to post after 5 pm because the home computer only gets dial-up and LST is extremely slow in dial-up. That being said I would like to respond to your post to me from yesterday.
I am married to a HCSD. Maybe he has access to information that you don’t and is able to get wants and warrants from other than a municipality (being that he doesn’t work for a municipality, maybe that’s the difference). The reason I mentioned that I was married to a police officer and that my major was CJ was ONLY to put the information out there that I don’t hate cops or condemn them in any way. Actually, if you would be a little more astute and actually read what I wrote you would see that I am against the taxing authorities using the police as their revenue agents. This is not what policing is about. Policing is about protecting the public, apprehending criminals, etc. etc. If someone is driving dangerously then a stop, ticket, and maybe jail is warranted. THAT is police work. However police work is not staking out a lonely country road that gets 1-2 cars per hour and waiting for someone to go 5 mph over the speed limit. As a taxpayer, that is not how I want our LEOs to be utilitized. It is a cheap ploy by politicians to use the LEOs as their fiscal confiscators, instead of holding the line on their budget or asking for a bond election and facing the repercussions at the ballot box. A taxing authority should NEVER depend upon people committing traffic/misdemeanor/criminal offenses in order to balance their budget. Gee, what would happen if everyone obeyed the law for one quarter? The politicos wouldn’t know what to do!
A Chinese couple gets married - and she’s a virgin. On the wedding night, she cowers naked under the bed sheets as her husband undresses. He climbs in next to her and tries to be reassuring: “My darring, I know dis you firs time and you bery frighten. I plomise you, I give you anyting you want, I do anyting you want. What you want?”
“I want numma 69″ she replies.
He looks at her very puzzled and says, “You want…, Beef with Broccoli?”
MSM holds back video of Obama toasting Jew hater until after the election:
http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2008/10/confirmed-msm-holds-video-of-barack.html
Ministry of truth..
I forgot where I got this link from, but Obama meant it when he said to rob from Peter to pay Paul.
From Obama’s lips to your ears.
So, how do you feel about that, Peter? I already can hear Paul cheering.
It’s official. This guy is a stud of monumental proportion.
Dude ties himself to his truck in a firefight in case he passes out from loss of blood so his buddies won’t accidentally leave him behind. After he did that, he felt free to empty several magazines as enemy fire continued to fall all around him. He was eventually evacuated at high speed, still tied to the front of the truck.
#48 iz
good one.
The Workers Paradise of Venezuela can’t seem to keep its lights on. The Workers Paradise of Cuba has regressed in the years since Uncle Fidel took over. What used to be the Monte Carlo of the Caribbean is now the Beirut of the Caribbean. The Workers Paradise of North Korea just reduced rations for its people so it can feed its military.
Could this be us soon?
What happened to the ability to add links when editing a just-posted comment?
#53.. has sean peen been back down there recently?
Wagonburner, we still have our guns. No, we won’t let that happen.
Here’s something for BigJolly to try in the smoker. Pig-Wrapped Pig-Stuffed Pig!
Darren,
I was born in the late forties and during that time the Hospital and later the county issued a birth certificate. The hospital certificate was diploma sized and was recognized for many years as a legal document. My mom used it to enroll me in school.
The date on the certificate was shown as the 6th of XXXXXXX, but my mom always swore that I was born on the 8th, which was the date we used for birthday parties and whenever I had to include my birthdate on some form.
Skip down a few years when young Simple has to apply for his first driver’s license. The state no longer recognized the hospital certificate as a legal document and I had to go to the county clerk’s office to get a copy of my “legal” birth certificate. This birth certificate showed my birthdate as the 7th of XXXXXXXX
The confusion of the birthdates is joke to my family and friends. I now use the 7th of XXXXXXX as my birthday just to stay legal, but I can easily understand any SNAFU with birth certificates. We just don’t pay clerks very much money and we get the quality of service we pay for sometimes.
Simple
A fine explanation. If you wre running for President, I’d accept it.
Thanks for the info.
Not to get into the whole “Is TOWBWF a legal citizen?” argument, but a difference of a day or two in the birthdate is quite a bit more understandable than getting the whole country wrong.
#34;
I agree it’s no laughing matter. The Tax Man Paul has done a fabulous job promoting the idea to go out and vote.
401K is a 101K. Just wait until the democrats make 401k’s disappear.
>As you know, the average 401K has taken a tremendous hit over the past 9 months; but even scarier is that a democratic congress and president may just make you 401K disappear.
>Let me quote an article for you:
House Democrats recently invited Teresa Ghilarducci, a professor at the New School of Social Research, to testify before a subcommittee on her idea to eliminate the preferential tax treatment of the popular retirement plans. In place of 401(k) plans, she would have workers transfer their dough into government-created “guaranteed retirement accounts” for every worker. The government would deposit $600 (inflation indexed) every year into the GRAs. Each worker would also have to save 5 percent of pay into the accounts, to which the government would pay a measly 3 percent return. Rep. Jim McDermott, a Democrat from Washington and chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee’s Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support, said that since “the savings rate isn’t going up for the investment of $80 billion [in 401(k) tax breaks], we have to start to think about whether or not we want to continue to invest that $80 billion for a policy that’s not generating what we now say it should.”
http://www.usnews.com/blogs/capital-commerce/2008/10/23/would-obama-dems-kill-401k-plans.html
>Now let me give you some of the author’s thoughts on the results of that:
4) Ghilarducci would offer a lousy 3 percent return. The long-run return of the stock market, adjusted for inflation, is more like 7 percent.
Look at it this way: Ten thousand dollars growing at 3 percent a year for 40 years leaves you with roughly $22,000. But $10,000 growing at 7 percent a year for 40 years leaves you with $150,000. That is a high price to pay for what Ghilarducci describes as the removal of “a source of financial anxiety and…fruitless discussions with brokers and financial sales agents, who are also desperate for more fees and are often wrong about markets.” Please, I’ll take a bit of worry for an additional $128,000.
>Now, allow my to add my input. If, and I admit it’s a big “if” that this ever happens, but is a lot more likely with Obama; you should also have two additional things happen.
One: you should have people contributing less to their retirement funds as the govt. will take on more of a caretaker role for their later years.
Two: With the possibility of lower returns of the mandatory 5% of the government fund and the bigger safety net of this program, less dollars will be put into companies in the US that currently enables them to grow pretty well and more people will be less likely to buy in on new companies because they are not worth the risk as the government has more of the people’s back.
I cannot emphasize enough, think greatly of the possible results of Obama before you vote for him.
Who’d a thunk it… John McCain’s hero was a flaming socialist enamored with progressive income and inheritance taxes.
But I guess as long as he had a intrusive and imperialistic foreign policy, the socialism part is OK.
Gateway Pundit has this to say and some video of Obama from 1995. Here it is in his own words. I can’t access the video from where I am at so I will not comment on what is there. I am sure it is interesting.
http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2008/10/obama-race-baiting-video-discovered.html
Does this remind you of anyone? Comments in paranthesis are mine.
http://drsanity.blogspot.com/2005/04/narcissism-and-society-part-i.html
#64 crazy
Not as bad as you would hope. If you’re looking for something, it’s there, but for the undecideds probably not so much. The KoolAid drinkers will just start calling you a racist.
Sorry if this is a repeat but I think it deserves a repeat even if it is one.
#64
What would you want to bet that NBC, CBS, ABC, MSNBC, and CNN ignor this latest revelation also? And if it happens to get out on FOX they will run special opinion pieces dismissing it.
#66: As I have said before, I just can’t stand the white half.
#68: No bet unless you give me really high odds.
I find it hard to believe you cannot accept Obama (he’s 50% white) just because he is 50% black. Go figure. All black and white people should not be hateful of him even if he tends to be more black than white (let’s have some equality here). Is it his name or is it because he identifies with the black group more than the white? Get over this racist rantings and face up to the fact that he is both.
#66: Didn’t take long did it.
#70: Race has nothing to do with it. I must admit I am not surprised someone who get on me about it.
What I don’t like about Obama is similiar to what has been discussed here before.
No experience, his friends, his politics, taxation, anti-life, condesending attitude.
Take a moment vlou and tell me specifically why I would want to support him please. Hope and Change don’t count. Please be specific, which of his policies will be good for America?
#63 bob42
Teddy Roosevelt is way overrated in the history books. He was a remarkable self-promoter, believer in invasive big government and was the first candidate in modern American history to propose a Third Way (non-conservative/non-liberal) ideology. We can also blame him for spoiling the election with Taft and delivering the nation the biggest racist to sit in the Oval Office in the 20th century, the Democrat, Woodrow Wilson.
Addendum to #71: anti-gun
Still waiting on vlou
From Drudge:
Have a good weekend all, I have to be gone,
Didn’t mean to kill the thread.
This stuff about Hussein’s past is slowly but surely coming out. Now, the question will it make a difference or will the Hussein people claim it’s just typical mudslinging from the desparate McCain camp.
If the name of the group is Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Then why do they presume to allow Government to do ANYTHING to a Church?
Joe the Plumber is considering running for Congress. GO JOE.
http://briefingroom.thehill.com/2008/10/24/joe-the-plumber-says-hes-mulling-run-for-congress/
Mr Crazy Canuk
It seems that Drudge’s report on the “Thugs for Obama” might have been a bit premature.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/6075388.html
Simple
76 Robert,
Yea, the straight shooters will get the information out.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1008/14891.html
Simple
It looks like the plan is to convert all of your 401K’s to something like social security paying 3% a year. Oh, and Ted Kennedy has been working from his death bed on a health care plan. I feel so comforted. Question. Will they rob this new 101K fund too?
#79 I was really surprised at some of the dumb missteps…like the B is backwards (and why a B instead of an O?), claiming the attack took place at an ATM she was never at….then I saw this.
Need we say more??
Hook ‘em.
What happens when the Fed can’t lower the Fed Funds Rate any more? It seems like the Japanese had this problem in the 1980’s and had a hard time growing out of it. What do you do when there are no levers left to pull? I hope the gov’t is at least looking into refinancing the debt just now. I don’t know what the costs would be or if it would really be an option, but you’d think it couldn’t hurt.
Okay, let’s look at this again. First thing, any forged document produced would clearly be caught as such. A quick comparison of a valid birth certificate from that year, or a comparison to other birth certificates issed from that same hospital would quickly show it as valid or bogus.
Second - his mother is an American citizen. AGAIN, ergo, Obama is an American citizen. That puts that matter to rest. PERIOD - END OF DISCUSSION ON THAT POINT.
What could make a difference though IS if Obama had lied about his place of birth when submitting forms for background investigations for access to classified material. Obama in his positions in the U.S. Senate has had access to top secret material. If our agencies checking on the forms he submitted did not find a discrepancy that glaring, then they are not doing their job and are incompetent. However, I would presume they would have found the information to be accurate.
Now please, let’s move on to more relevant information regarding the Marxist Obama and his radical associations. They are much more important. This other just serves to distract us from the important issues and his clear incompetence to be POTUS.
But it’s more fun Big45 to search for a mystery.
#58 Simple - I also used the large certificate my entire life for a birth certificate/ I was born in 1943. I used it for everything, including getting into the Air Force. Not until I applied for Social Security did I find out that I needed an original. So, went to the court house, paid the $23 and found out for the first time that I didn’t have the first name I was told I had when born. Luckily I dropped it anyway when I went into the AF because it wasn’t on the certificate I had. Never thought to look to make sure the date was right. Hey!, I might be younger than I thought.
AW, love ya, but if that fun ends up making us look foolish in the eyes of some voters, what purpose is served other than Obama bin Biden’s purpose? It only lessons the glare of the spot light on him. If you want to dig into a relevant mystery, let’s get that college thesis and other personal papers that have more relative bearing on what’s in his heart - or lack of heart with his support for murdering the unborn, partially born, ro completely born.
Big45 Ok I’m game. I want to see the college papers as much as you do. What do you think of HIllary being put in charge of his campaign while he is in Hawaii? Is this keeping your enemies close? If he looses, he can blame her? She doesn’t dare sabotage him because she is in charge?
Obama: In your heart you know he’s Wright.
Sadly, darkly hilarious.
The Onion: Gunman Kills 15 Potential Swing Voters
If this does not bring a little tear to your eye, nothing will.
If you read the story, you will be glad you did.
The LORD bless you and keep you;
The LORD make His face shine upon you,
And be gracious to you;
The LORD lift up His countenance upon you,
And give you peace.
#82,
FWIW
http://www.kbtx.com/home/headlines/33157979.html
Wagonburner, hope you’re proud of yourself for making an old Marine puddle up.
I must post a little military humor to offet such a serious, yet wonderful story. For those of you who served in the military, regardless of MOS or branch, you’ll likely relate to his easily:
A Medal for Horatius – The True Story By Colonel W.C. Hall
Rome, II Calends, April CCCLX
SUBJECT: Recommendation for Senate Medal of Honor
To: Department of War, Republic of Rome
I. Recommend Caius Horatius, Captain of Foot, CMCMXIV, for the Senate Medal of Honor.
II. Captain Horatius has served XVI years, all honorable.
III. On the II day of March, during the attack on the city by Lars Porsena of Clausium and his Tuscan Army of CMX men, Captain Horatius, with Sergeant Sporius Laritus and Corporal Julius Herminius, held the entire Tuscan army at the far end of the bridge, until the structure could be destroyed, thereby saving the city.
IV. Captain Horatius did valiantly fight and kill one Major Picus of Clausium in individual combat.
V. The exemplary courage and the outstanding leadership of Captain Horatius are in the highest tradition of the Roman Army.
——————————————————————————–
JULIUS ANTINOUS,
Commander, II Foot Legion
Ist, Ind, AG IV Calends, April CCCLX
To: G-III
For comment.
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G.C.
IInd Ind, G-III IX Calends, May CCC
To: G-II
I. For comment and forwarding.
II. Change end of paragraph III from “saving the city” to “lessened the effectiveness of the enemy attack.” The Roman Army was well dispersed tactically; the reserve has not been committed. The phrase as written might be construed to cast aspersions on our fine army.
III. Change paragraph V from “outstanding leadership” to read “commendable initiative.” Captain Horatius’s command was II men, only I/IV of a squad.
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J.D.
IIId Ind, G-II II Ides, June CCCLX
To: G-I
I. Omit strength of Tuscan forces in paragraph III. This information is classified.
II. A report evaluated as B-II states that the officer was a Captain Picus of Tifernum. Recommend change to “an officer of the enemy forces.”
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J.H.
IVth Ind, G-I IX Ides, January CCCLXI
To: JAG
I. Full name is Caius Claudius Horatius.
II. Change service from XVI to XV years. One year in Romulus Chapter BPOE, has been given credit for military service in error.
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E.J.
Vth Ind, JAG II, February CCCLXI
To: AG
I. The Porsena raid was not during wartime; the temple of Janus was closed.
II. The action against the Porsena raid, ipso facto, was a police action.
III. The Senate Medal of Honor cannot be awarded in peacetime (AB/CVIII-XXV, paragraph XII, C).
IV. Suggest consideration for Soldier’s Medal.
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P.B.
VIth Ind, AF IV Calends, April CCCLXI
To: G-I
Concur in paragraph IV, Vth Ind.
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L.J.
VIIth Ind, G-I I May CCCLXI
To: AG
Soldier’s medal is given for saving lives; suggest star of bronze as appropriate.
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E.J.
VIIIth Ind, JAG II Calends, June CCCLXI
To: JAG
For opinion.
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G.C.
IXth Ind, JAG II Calends, September CCCLXI
I. XVIII months have elapsed since event described in basic letter. Star of bronze cannot be awarded after XV months have elapsed.
II. Officer is eligible for Papyrus Scroll with Metal Pendant.
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P.B.
X Ind, AG I Calends, October CCCLXI
To: G-I
For draft of citation for Papyrus Scroll with Metal Pendant.
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P.B.
XI Ind, G-I III Calends, October CCCLXI
To: G-II
I. Do not concur.
II. Our currently fine relations with Tuscany would suffer and current delicate negotiations might be jeopardized if publicity were given to Captain Horatius’ actions at this time.
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T.J.
XII Ind, G-II VI November CCCLXI
To: G-I
A report rated D-IV, partially verified, states that Lars Porsena is very sensitive about the Horatius affair.
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E.T.
XIIIth Ind, G-I X November CCCLXI
To: AG
I. In view of information contained in preceding XI and XIII the endorsements, you will prepare immediate orders of Captain C. C. Horatius to one of our overseas stations (remote).
II. His attention will be directed to paragraph XII, POM, which prohibits interviews or conversations with newsmen prior to arrival at final destination.
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L.T.
Rome II Calends, I April CCCLXII
SUBJECT: Survey, Report of, Department of War
To: Captain Caius Horatius, III Legion, V Phalanx, APO XIX, C/O Postmaster, Rome.
I. Your statements concerning the loss of your shield and sword in the Tiber River of III March CCCLX have been carefully considered.
II. It is admitted that you were briefly in action against certain unfriendly elements on that day. However, Sergeant Lartius and Corporal Herminius were in the same action and did not lose any government property.
III. The Finance Officer has been directed to reduce your next pay by II-I/IV talents (I-III/IV talents cost on each sword, officers; III/IV talent cost of one each shield, M-II).
IV. You are enjoined and admonished to pay strict attention to conservation of government funds and property. The budget must be balanced next year.
H. MARCUS AURELIUS
Lieutenant of Horse
Survey Officer
Yes. Yes I am.
ABC’s Michael Malone appears to have had enough of the drive-by media’s duplicity and active campaigning on behalf of TOWBWF. In a column at PajamasMedia, he excoriates his (likely former) brethren for actions that would have gotten them fired 20 years ago.
“I’m the piano player at the Chicken Ranch.”
Preach it, brother.
They’re not really saying much, though. It’s like whistling past the graveyard.
I think we’d all be happy with equal-opportunity skewering.
Yet if the words “Michelle Obama” are mentioned without falling all over yourself in fawning admiration, you’re subjected to vicious howls from the left.
Could be the turning point.
#95 Wagonburner
SPEAKING FOR ALL OF US!
PS: Lovely Daughter is home, and we are celebrating her birthday with fajeetas this evening, and a very cool looking cake! Of course, I had to get a flat just as I was almost at the airport! It DID set me up with an impromptu meeting with my pastor at the tire store, which I needed. I guess He really does guide us in ways mysterious!
#84
Re Obama’s citizenship. I also thought that having an American citizen momma would make him a citizen, but I believe Berg(?) said that when he attended school in Indonesia he would have had to renounce his American citizenship, as no dual citizenship was allowed there. Therefore, when he entered the US, he would have to come in as a naturalized citizen. Naturalized citizens cannot be president, else Governator Terminator could run.
I believe that’s the correct argument being made. If I’m wrong, I stand to be corrected. Right now, I have to prepare for guests. Have a lovely night, all!
Obama attended Wright’s church for over 20 years BUT HE NEVER INHALED.
Tedtam, food for thought. How can a minor legally renounce their citizenship?
#80 Simple
RE: Your Politico Link
The Politico.com background story you cite could probably have been written about any presidential candidate from an incumbent party. There is always much more infighting, second-guessing and backstabbing going on when a candidate has to establish his independent bonafides to distinguish himself from the incumbent. There has been plenty of turmoil in the Obama campaign, but you have to really hunt to find anything written about it. The only reason the plentiful negative news about Hillary’s campaign made the MSM is because it served the purposes of the sympathetic Obama sycophants in the media. There were numerous stories which leaked out about the Gore campaign in 2000 and especially regarding the tensions and hostilities between the Clintons, the DNC, Terry McAuliffe, Donna Brazile and Al Gore himself.
I have had many criticisms for McCain’s campaign, but I also complimented them when deserved. Politico is no friend of genuine conservative ideology so I do read them, which is often, with a jaundiced and skeptical eye. There has been so much manufactured bad news, hysterical political clairvoyance and absurd prognostication about the McCain people this year, I ignore most all of it. Campaigns by nature are insane events conducted by herds of egomaniacs who are all convinced they are the only ones with the right idea. Every campaign has to trample over and reject people and alot of feelings get hurt in the process. Backstabbing and throwing their partisan colleagues under the bus is nothing new.
#95 WB
As you well know, I like Malone quite a bit. I’ve featured him twice on the front page of LST.
Here is an article on the man who made Obamaramadingdong rich.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/35d28f90-9f13-11dd-98bd-000077b07658.html
#99
The parents would do it for him. Being a minor, they would have made the decision. I am assuming.
It’s funny that liberal Iz sees fit periodically to post what could only be decribed as racist jokes like his #48. If a conservative were to do that it would be all over. Well, we always knew what party the real racists belong to. Just ask Robert Byrd.
100 Tex,
Fairly and accurately spoken. I like Politico.Com, but I view all news and professional blog sources with a doubting eye. They all have agendas of some sort.
Simple
More military humor. I’ve posted this before, but it still is a classic:
General Gray was responsible for a huge turnaround in the Marine Corps, getting rid of the poor performers left over from Vietnam, and turning the Corps back into a really professional fighting team again. He boosted morale and training tremendously. If he had been Commandant before I got out, I likely would have stayed in.
The Commandant of the Marine Corps was General Al Gray, a crusty old ‘Field Marine.’ He loved his Marines and often slipped into the mess hall wearing a faded old field jacket without any rank or insignia on it. He would go through the chow line just like a private (In this way, he was assured of being given the same rations that the lowest enlisted man received. And, woe be it to the mess officer if the food was found to be ‘unfit in quality or quantity’.
Upon becoming Commandant, General Gray was expected to do a great deal of ‘formal entertaining’…fancy dinner parties in full dress blue uniform. Now, the General would rather have been in the field eating cold ‘C-rats’ around a fighting hole with a bunch of young ‘hard charging’ Marines. But the General knew his duty and as a Marine he was determined to do it to the best of his ability.
During these formal parties, a detachment of highly polished Marines from ‘Eighth and Eye’ (Marine Barracks located at 8th and I Streets in Washington, D.C., home of the Silent Drill Team) were detailed to assume the position of ‘parade rest’ at various intervals around the ballroom where the festivities were being held.
At some point during one of these affairs, a very refined, busty, blue-haired lady picked up a tray of pastries and went around the room offering confections to the guests. When she noticed these Marines in dress blues, standing like sculptures all around the room, she was moved with admiration. She knew that several of these men were fresh from our victory in Kuwait. She made a beeline for the closest Lance Corporal, drew near him and asked, ‘Would you like pastry young man?’
The young Marine snapped to ‘attention’ and replied, I don’t eat that s**t, Ma’am.’ Just as quickly, he resumed the position of ‘parade rest.’ His gaze remained fixed on some distant point throughout the exchange. The fancy lady was completely taken aback! She blinked, her eyes widened, her mouth dropped open. So startled was she that she immediately began to doubt what she had heard. In a quivering voice she asked, ‘W-W-What did you say?’
The Marine snapped back to the position of ‘attention’ (like the arm of a mousetrap smacking it’s wooden base). Then he said, ‘I don’t eat that s**t, Ma’am.’ And just as smartly as before, back to the position of ‘parade rest’ he went. This time, there was no doubt. The fancy lady immediately became incensed and felt insulted. After all, here she was an important lady, taking the time to offer something nice to this enlisted man (well below her station in life), and he had the nerve to say THAT to HER! She exclaimed, ‘Well! I never…!’ The lady remembered that she had met that military man in charge of all these ’soldiers’ earlier. She spotted General Gray from across the
room. He had a cigar clenched between his teeth and a camouflaged canteen cup full of bourbon in his left hand. He was talking to a group of 1st and 2nd Lieutenants. So blue haired lady went straight over to the Commandant and interrupted.
‘General, I offered some pastry to that young man over there, and do you know what he told me?’
General Gray cocked his eyebrow, took the cigar out of his mouth and said, ‘Well, no Ma’am, I don’t.’ The lady took in a deep breath, confident that she was adequately expressing with her body language her considerable rage and indignation. As she wagged her head in cadence with her words, and she paused between each word for effect, ‘She said, ‘I - don’t - eat - that - s**t - Ma’am!”
The lieutenants were in a state of near apoplexy. A couple of them choked back chuckles, and turned their heads to avoid having their smirks detected. The next thought that most of them had was, ‘God, I hope it wasn’t one of MY Marines!’ and the color left their faces.
General Gray wrinkled his brow, cut his eyes in the direction of the lieutenants, put his free hand to his chin and muttered a subdued, ‘Hmmm Which one did you say it was Ma’am?,’ the General asked.
‘That tall sturdy one right over there near the window, General,’ the woman said with smug satisfaction. One of the lieutenants began to look sick and put a hand on the bulkhead for support. General Gray, seemed deep in thought,
hand still to his chin, wrinkled brow. Suddenly, he looked up and his expression changed to one indicating he had made a decision.
He looked the fancy lady right in the eyes and said, ‘Well, f**k him! Don’t give him any.’
104, Big
Kudos to you for being the first person to say something to Iz about his joke. It was a tacky joke at best.
I would counter that we are all racists. I am ashamed to say that I have racist thoughts from time to time, but I stifle the urge to act upon them and have done so most of my life.
I could make all sorts of excuses for this imperfection, but I am getting too damned old to care. I am also doubtful of those who claim they are not racists.
Simple
p.s. There is only one true color, Olive Drab, but some prefer camo.
Simple
#107
I disagree that we are all racist as you claim. To be a racist (or anti-semite, or whatever) one has to act on what lies within them. I would submit that the heart is full of darkness no man can describe and that and other tendencies lay dorment till allowed to manifest itself.
Within all of us is the propensity to steal, but as you said above you choose not to act upon it. Does this fact make you a thief also? I would say not.
There are people that are looking for reasons to be offended and at the least little thing they holler racism. We are not “even” allowed to criticize each other without someone taking offense.
Sadder still we have also lost the ability to laugh at ourselves,. And that my friend is the worst travesty of all.
Anybody familiar with Aaron Russo? The New World Order, Microchips, Rockefeller? This is really scaring me. The more I look at TEO: people being enamoured, not caring what his credientials are, coming to see him by the thousands, MTV martial law, computer chips in our heads, and a global monetary system, I think of anti-christ. I am so scared I can’t spell!
We all harbor our own prejudices - from races to religions to nationalities to food and color. It’s how we conquer those stereotypes that determine your ability to socialize with other people who are different. Unless you were a Marine. Then you don’t care because if you ain’t green..you ain’t…..
Press 1 to hear this message in English.
Press 2 to hear this message in Spanish.
Press 3 to hear this message screamed into your ear by a Marine drill instructor.
#108 Squawk
A man used to be judged by his acts, not his words and certainly not his thoughts.
Motive - reason to act
Intent - the will and determination to act
State of Mind - the emotional state of the actor
Those are each credible and admissible criteria to describe the thoughts and emotions of someone on trial for a crime. They used to be the limited realm which our judicial system could consider when evaluting the guilt or innocence of an accused in ourr society.
We now have “hate crimes” which assume the very inner thoughts and imaginations of a human mind are subject to the public judgement of any and all. It doesn’t matter anymore that your actions speak for your character and integrity. You must have all the proper thoughts and emotional threads running in tandem with acceptable political orthodoxy. This is the real invasion of privacy being violated today. It is moral invasion - not the informational one.
Texpat, You stated that so well. Absolutely right.
Big’s I am not attacking you here, I am expanding a point.
So then what you demonstrated is an acceptable form of prejudice? Because I was in another branch of the service or a trucker “I aint….”? That’s interesting.
All I am doing is making a point here. We all harbor our little prejiduces. It is in our nature to flock with the same birds as our kind. In Big’s case it the Marines, a source of pride. (Rightfully so IMO).
I think Izzy’s joke above is tasteless (because of the sexual innuendo) and not really funny, but I can see the humor in the situational comedy. It would be awkward but the same joke could be told of two white people that met and worked at a Chinese Restraunt. It was a freaking joke.
This is too much about nothing and I do not feel i am excusing bad behavior. Then again I suppose some would call me a racist.
Texpat
#111
You are preaching to the choir here. And the greater travesty is many people have been cowed into a defensive posture, afraid to speak even the smallest of thoughts because someone may take offense.
The thought police never sleep.
It wasn’t a funny joke. But it wasn’t racist either. There were two problems with its delivery. First, it was delivered by Izzy… (Know your audience, dude!) Secondly, any humor that depends on spoken accents doesn’t play well when written, duh!
But racist? Not in my opinion. Would Red State Update be nearly as funny if the actors spoke like bland network newscasters?
But… Take that same script and deliver it with a pair of thick British accents and I think you’d have a satirical howler.
Indeed it is.
Pssst…..Squawk - #110 was tongue in cheek. Just ask any Navy Corpsman who served with Marines, or any Marine who called in an USAF jet for close air support when their butt was in a sling and they needed winged warriors to get them out of a desparate jam, or an Army medevac chopper who they knew would land in the middle of the worst possible ground combat to extract wounded.
Particularly today, my hats off to all our military. They are better trained and more dedicated than what we had in our day. And for those who have worked with them when they have been traumatically wounded, it is a humbling experience to see their bravery, dedication, and professionalism under the worst of circumstances - without complaint, regardless of branch of service.
But I won’t say the truck drivers today are better than they were 40 years ago, when they were considered the knights of the road. Can’t even let kids or grandkids listen to a CB today.
Big45
I know
As for truckers…. Just like any other group, ya got yer good and ya got yer bad. Last time I had a CB at my disposal I turned it on for about 2 minutes and shut the thing off.
If the government decides to steal/borrow/print $700 billion, one might think they’d be responsible enough to tell us how they planned to spend it.
Think again…
In recent years I have found that I can no longer tolerate listening to people claim racism. It is like fingernails on a chalkboard. It seems that for every truly horrible example that any of us could easily see, understand and condemn, there are seemingly thousands of race pimps claiming racism that is a subtle racism of thought, even unintended. I am tired of looking at my two youngs sons who will be considered automatically racist because of their skin. Both of them have friends of all races but I am sure that will not count for them. The meaning of racism has been so watered down that it practically has no meaning left at all.
BTW, got out and voted a straight R ticket for only the second time in my life in a Presidential election. McCain/Palin ‘08!!!!