October 2004 Archives

The surprise will be here Monday, right on time. I really do hope you like it. See you then.


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I said several months ago that if we were going to have another terrorist attack, it would occur around two days. If they were going to release a bio-agent, it would have been around the 10th of October, to give time for it to bloom before election day. If we are going to have a chemical or nuclear attack, it will be on Halloween. That weekend is now here.

Just for the occasion, a tape has surfaced making such claims. CIA, FBI AUTHENTICATE NEW QAEDA TERROR TAPE; ABCNEWS EXECUTIVES CONSIDER POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS OF AIRING. Actually, ABC has already aired it Thursday night to my knowledge (I was wargaming at the time).

It makes the standard terrorist threats, but after the Madrid train bombings and their result, this one cannot be ignored. Cross your fingers and keep your emergency kit handy.

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Here's some more documentation: Another document ties Kerry to Hanoi: 3rd Vietnamese communist paper discovered in archive.

It seems that more and more evidence is coming out that describes Kerry as a traitor to the United States. It's sad, really, that he thought he was doing the right thing. He wasn't, of course, because he swore and oath to uphold the Constitution and he violated that oath.

It's funny how Liberals can violate their oaths when they feel they have a "higher duty" to some ideal, usually made up to give them comfort and a reason to violate the oath. A true person is careful about the oaths they take, and adhere to them no matter the personal cost.

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This article, A Plea for Democracy, calls for peace and civility should Senator Kerry win the Presidency.

I think not.

The man is a documented traitor, who gave aid and comfort to the enemy in a time of war. He operated under their instructions and was instrumental in the US losing the war in Vietnam. He also received a less-than-honorable discharge from the Navy. Both of these actions disqualify him from holding the office, and I for one intend not to let up on this issue if he should be elected.

This man would refuse to react to a terrorist attack if our "allies" didn't want us to (and they don't). If he did react, he would treat it as a law-enforcement issue, which we have seen is a useless tactic. Terrorists who are willing to give their lives aren't afraid of a little jail time.

Heaven help us if he should be elected.

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Never take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night.

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I found this post on LiveJournal the other night, and I wanted to share it with you.

It describes the tribulation a young person went through when he opened his keyboard without regard for the consequences.

He has deleted the original post, but evidently he offered some rather disparaging things towards President Bush and the Patriot Act. He apparently suggested/offered/asked for a violent solution to his problem to befall the President. Details are hazy.

Anyway, someone who doesn't like this person turned him into the FBI, and this young person and his family received a visit from the Secret Service.

While the meeting was nice and it was obvious from the start that this young person was no threat, he now has an FBI file on him.

This just goes to show you that actions have consequences, and this will have life-long ramifications. Anybody that does a background check on him will likely discover the file and the reason for the file. This could lead to denial of things, like a CCW permit, or a good paying executive job.

This is a classic case of "keep your words light and sweet, you never know when you might have to eat them."

If you read my blog, you will never find an instance where I have wished or promised anything bad befall anybody. It's not that I am a non-violent person, push my buttons the right way and I'll beat the crap out of you. But I know the line he crossed and I refuse to cross it. Violence is reserved for only the situations where violence is necessary, and anything that I put on this blog is not necessary for violence.

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It turns out that not only did Kerry's "380 tons" was moved before the war, it was moved by Soviet troops. Russia tied to Iraq's missing arms.

Russian special forces troops moved many of Saddam Hussein's weapons and related goods out of Iraq and into Syria in the weeks before the March 2003 U.S. military operation, The Washington Times has learned.

Hmmm. You know, we always guessed that Iraqs missing WMD's were in Syria, this is one more piece of evidence that we were right. The question is, what do we do about it?

This certainly presents some interesting options for whoever wins on Tuesday. Do we go in and get them, do we blow them up with airstrikes, do we say, "Give them to us PLEASE?"

Russia was covering their own ass when they did this, and I can fault them for it because they should have known that they would eventually be presented with the photographic evidence of their hand in the cookie jar. That day is here.

The question is, what are we going to do about it? Vote on Tuesday to decide.

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I'm going to keep pounding on this issue. Why Won’t Kerry Release Military Record?

He hasn't (and likely never will) sign his SF 180, fully releasing his military record. Certainly the MSM will never press him on this issue, simply because they are giving him considerations that they would never give President Bush (you did read "the memo", right?). The MSM would rather beat a dead horse of the Presidents boring military records than call for Senator Kerrys fireworks filled records.

We have already been able to surmise that he is a deserter (didn't attend drills while in the Reserves) and received some kind of Less Than Honorable Discharge. Documents have also surfaced that he acted at the behest of the Communist North Vietnamese government while part of VVAW. Evidence has come out that his famous "war crimes" speech was written by the North Vietnamese.

This is a man that 46% of the country wants to put into office.

I have been asking those who are not voting for Kerry but voting against Bush, "What if Kerry's worse than Bush?" I have yet to get a coherent answer.

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Only in our public school system. The World Becomes Ever More Bizarre.

Item 1. A Washington State school district canceled its annual Halloween celebration because it’s disrespectful to real witches. "Witches with pointy noses and things like that are not respective symbols of the Wiccan religion and so we want to be respectful of that," said Puyallup School District spokeswoman Karen Hansen.

You want to be respectful of Wiccans, you teach the tenets of Islam including Jihad, but you persecute Christianity like you were the Turks during the Ottoman Invasion. I guess the sense in this is that it makes no sense.

Item 2. The City of Oakland, California has stopped setting up roadblocks to check whether drivers are under the influence because of a rash of complaints from the Latino community. It seems the DUI checkpoints are trapping more than drunks. Apparently they have ensnared dozens of illegal aliens who are not licensed to drive "yet otherwise obey the law."

I'm sorry, but people who are murderers also "yet otherwise obey the law," so why aren't they let loose? And the further point that the police are notifying Latinos of roadblocks is simply ludicrous.

It seems nobody wants to do anything about the illegal immigration problem. Oh, sure, you hear about "big" busts here and there, but these illegals are like a field mouse you find in your house. You take him outside to let him go and you'll more than likely find he's beat you back to your house. We drop these people off at the border and there back in the States the next day.

I have some ideas, but they wouldn't be very popular, especially with the Mexicans. They would probably cause other problems as well, which is why I won't go into details with them.

Why is common sense rare anymore?

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A new document has surfaced, this one documenting that Kerry actively worked with the Communist North Vietnamese. Discovered papers:Hanoi directed Kerry

I think the starting paragraphs says it all:

The first documentary evidence that Vietnamese communists were directly steering John Kerry's antiwar group Vietnam Veterans Against the War has been discovered in a U.S. archive, according to a researcher who spoke with WorldNetDaily.

One freshly unearthed document, captured by the U.S. from Vietnamese communists in 1971 and later translated, indicates the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese delegations to the Paris peace talks that year were used as the communications link to direct the activities of Kerry and other antiwar activists who attended.

Read it and make your own decision.

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Michelle Malkin has a wonderful new piece, The Illegal Alien Swing Vote.

The right to vote is precious, the politicians preach. Our democracy hangs in the balance, the pundits screech.

Yes, but if we all value the sanctity of the voting process so highly, why is it that I've never once been asked to produce identification of any kind in the 16 years I've been a voter, from Ohio to California to Washington state to Maryland?

And why is it that we can't protect our elections from people who have no right to vote, no right to be here, and no right to undermine our safety or sovereignty?

What we need to do is tighten up our identification card procedures and use them to positively identify the person before they vote. Linking the identification databases along with the voter rolls is a small technical hurdle considering both are already computerized.

We need to limit our voter rolls to citizens, and one citizen one vote.

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While I hold the teachers up to a high standard to teach, not babysit our children, the students themselves are also largely responsible for their performance. Here's Boortz on this:

FACE REALITY LADY .. YOUR SON MAY BE A SLACKER

I was perusing the Naples Daily News on line yesterday and came across a story about some woman whining because her son got a C in English instead of a B. His overall score was 79.8. Diane High says that the grading system is not "beneficial to our children." She's also afraid that the C score will affect her child's chances of getting into honors classes when he goes to high school next year. She says "He's an A student."

Lady ... your kid isn't an A student. He just got a 79.8 in English in today's generally dumbed-down schools. That's not an A, and it wasn't a B when I was going to school either. If I remember my days at Pensacola High I believe I had to get close to an 85 before a B showed up on my report card. Giving an unearned grade to your child would not be beneficial, as you put it. But I'll tell you what would be beneficial. Instead of showing your child that you'll rush to his defense when he slacks off and gets a merely average score in a subject, yank his Play Station away and lock his butt in his bedroom for a few hours of after-school hard-core studying until those grades come up.

And quit whining. If you really gave a flying damn about your kids education you wouldn't have him in a government school in the first place.

While a lot of people don't have a choice as to public vs. private school, that doesn't mean the parents can't help out and teach their children after school as well.

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Ending Voter Fraud, especially in this troubling election, sounds like a good idea. But the execution leaves much to be desired.

This thought actually occurred to me the other day, but I dismissed it as unworkable and still cheatable. Short of a National ID card with biometrics and a digital thumbprint cross-referenced with everybody else's (and even then), there is no way that an open ballot would fix the problem.

In fact, it would invite more. We have seen vandalism and shots fired at Republican HQ's in various states. It is not a large stretch of the imagination for voter rolls of who voted for what candidate made available to these violent people to target those who don't agree with them. This is a very bad idea.

Merely enforcing some kind of picture ID with an address, and then using mapping software to verify the addresses would solve many of the voter fraud problems we have today. It's a simple solution to a complex problem, and the best you're going to get without throwing the baby out with the bath water.

This is one of those ideas that sound good rather than a good, sound idea.

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TechCentralStation has an interesting article on the Law of Unintended Consequences. The Media's Shrinking Free-Speech Zone.

The Media has always had a lot of room to maneuver because of the Free Press part of the First Amendment. But with the airing of Stolen Valor, it seems that a back door has been opened.

By attacking Sinclair Broadcasting through their corporate side to get at the free speech part, a rather disturbing precedent has been set.

It shows that if you attack and threaten the corporation, you can affect the decisions they make about exercising their free speech.

The DNC, by complaining to the FEC, has in fact muzzled the free speech of Sinclair. If the precedent is set, then anybody can complain about partisan leanings in any network, and just might get away with it.

This is very bad news. I would rather have a partisan press playing politics then find a way to stifle them. Because people I do listen to (Glenn Beck, Rush, Sean, et. al.) would be next on the list. And believe me, they would be on the top of any Liberals list. To stifle anybodies voice is a bad thing.

Which is why I was against CFR from the beginning.

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Dr. Laura has an excellent article on the degradation that Television has slipped into, 'Reality' TV is Child Abuse.

For the life of me I can't figure out how the title "Reality Television" came into being as a description of the sick, exploitive, vulgar, humiliating, dangerous, and often cruel programming gimmicks masquerading as entertainment.

I can. It started with the talk shows like Montel, Rikki Lake, et. al. These shows where people come on and bare their souls and their problems. Some shows like Montel help those who come on and raise the awareness of the audience. But it leads to other shows, each of which push the envelope a little farther. Then you have The Jerry Springer Show and it's Katy bar the door. I can feel my brain melting whenever I watch that show.

It is precisely these shows that give us a vicarious look into other peoples lives that intrigue us. And the more outrageous, the better.

I am ashamed to see this happening today. I believe Television is not a reflection, but a precursor to our society today. It will take years, and possibly ratings, but we can shift our culture back to a more moral time.

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Well, work is progressing quite nicely on my surprise to you, and I plan on unveiling it next Monday. I was going to wait until the first of the year, but this is just as good of a time, if not better.

Without revealing too much, this is going to be a big step up for me. I have a couple of friends onboard as a reality check to make sure I'm not screwing it up. I look forward to having all of you tell me what you think about it after it's been unveiled.

I hope you'll be pleasantly surprised.
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A while back I asked someone who was in a market to see "Stolen Valor" to record it and send me a tape. Well, the truncated version wasn't much to see from what I understand.

The good news is you can view the whole thing by following this link. It goes to a message board with the direct link to either dial-up or broadband connections.

I have yet to see it, I've been a little busy with my surprise, but I do plan on watching it this week.

Enjoy.
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I found this, Kerry Could Bring Armageddon and I wanted to share it with you.

History is replete with "what if's" and such that you almost wish you had a time machine to change the past. But there are times when it is obvious and you don't have to guess about yesterdays "what if's" because it is not to yesterday yet.

We stand on a precipice, and looking into it we can see our future as clearly as we have ever been able to do. To not take the proper path today, as shown by our mistakes in the past, will have dire consequences tomorrow.

If we do not continue the fight against the terrorists in Iraq, sometime in the future we will have to confront a much more deadly enemy. If John Kerry is elected and he retreats from the offensive, the terrorists will be emboldened. At some point in the future a nuclear device will be detonated in our country and millions will die. At that point our only alternative may be to wipe several countries off the face of the earth. Armageddon could occur due to a failure to act now. These things could happen anyway, but they will happen if we do not go after terrorists where they are and go after the countries that harbor them. This election is about life and death. A few die to protect us now or millions die later.

And to keep things in perspective, for every soldier killed to protect our way of life, 40 die on our roads and highways in vehicle crashes, about 20 of them alcohol related. That's 40 men, women and children who's lives were wasted.

While the Left argues that the combat deaths are wasted, I beg to differ. As long as we can keep the terrorists busy in Iraq, they are not here in America. That alone is worth the cost.

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I would like to point out this article, Kerry and guns, and take a moment to go over this important subject.

Kerry may be an avid hunter, but the SA is more than just about hunting. It's about a lot more than that.

In 1787 when the Constitution was being written, these men were fresh from a war of Independence. They had faced a brutal government and did not want themselves or their children to suffer a similar fate. Which is why the Articles of Confederation were drawn before the Constitution, but the Articles were too week and failed miserably.

The Bill of Rights was drawn up separately because at first the Founding Fathers thought that the Constitution was clear enough on these points, but after the Constitution was ratified, they decided to put them in just to make it clear. The Second Amendment is one of those assumed freedoms.

They won their independence by force of arms, and the Founding Fathers never wanted to see a disarmed American. Not only for national defense, but to again overthrow a brutal government that did not respect the rights and freedoms of the American Citizen. They wanted the average citizen to be as well armed as any standing Infantryman. While we are not armed to that standard today, any group meaning us harm (Federal troops, invading army or rioters) who invade the wrong area will certainly get their moneys worth if they want to win.

The Second Amendment is not about hunting. It's about survival. If you don't want to survive, then leave it alone to those of us who do.

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You know, after posting all of that stuff about being a General yesterday, I feel pretty dumb. The short story is I lost.

I went up against orks again, and got beat fair and square. He brought a Basilisk, which is an artillery piece that can reach anywhere on the board. In a game that is measured in inches, it has a range of 10 FEET.

His Basilisk did major damage to two of my squads. I tried taking it out with my Land Speeder, but he kept it stunned (unable to move or fire) for three turns. On the right flank, he destroyed my Dreadnought on the first turn, the only thing that could have hurt his 'ard boyz. He collapsed my right flank, and I collapsed his. But over all, he did way more damage to me than I did to him.

Next week is going to be a bear, as I can't take any Dreadnoughts with me. Not to mention I go up against my son. He's doing pretty good, while I have a 2-1 record, he's got a 1-1-1 and he's accumulating more points than I am.

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A remark from Cox and Forkum:

The American system is not a democracy. It is a constitutional republic. A democracy, if you attach meaning to terms, is a system of unlimited majority rule; the classic example is ancient Athens. And the symbol of it is the fate of Socrates, who was put to death legally, because the majority didn't like what he was saying, although he had initiated no force and had violated no one's rights.

Democracy, in short, is a form of collectivism, which denies the individual rights: the majority can do whatever it wants with no restrictions. In principle, the democratic government is all-powerful. Democracy is a totalitarian manifestation; it is not a form of freedom...

The American system is a constitutionally limited republic, restricted to the protection of individual rights. In such a system, majority rule is applicable only to lesser details, such as the selection of certain personnel. But the majority has no say over the basic principles governing the government. It has no power to ask for or gain the infringement of individual rights.

(from The Ayn Rand Lexicon, edited by Harry Binswanger)

We talk about the United States being a Democracy, when it is the farthest thing from the truth. A true Democracy is nothing more than mob rule, two wolves and a sheep deciding what to have for lunch...

Our basic freedoms in the Bill of Rights were put in there because our Forefathers wanted to make clear what they meant. They thought these things were clear in society already, but they realized that they needed to be spelled out in such a place that they can never be threatened again. The process needed to change the Constitution is set to an insanely high degree on purpose, so as to protect those rights from mere mob rule. There has to be a consensus from 2/3rds of the Congress and 2/3rds of the states to change the Constitution.

And so it should be.

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Senator Kerry's minions are pulling out all of the stops to prevent Sinclair Broadcasting from showing "Stolen Honor." And it appears to be at least partly successful.

Here's why. Why Kerry Fears 'Stolen Honor'

For starters, "Stolen Honor" offers a compelling indictment of John Kerry as a man and as an American. This is powerful stuff. Any reasonable, independent American would likely be swayed by it.

This election could be so close that every vote will count. Kerry has to pay attention to what Sinclair will air in battleground states where it has stations, places like Charleston, W.V.; Cincinnati, Columbus and Dayton, Ohio; Madison and Milwaukee, Wis.; and Pensacola, Tallahassee and Tampa, Fla.

Kerry cannot risk this.

He cannot risk it because his entire campaign rests on obfuscation of the facts. While he touts he is a Vietnam war hero, he doesn't want you to know about his Less Than Honorable Discharge from the Navy. He hardly talks about his 20 years in the Senate, because he has absolutely nothing he can stand on there. He wanted to cut military spending, increase taxes and not much else. He never talks about his stint as Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts, simply because that is the most Liberal state in the Union.

Senator Kerry is relying on tap dancing and hoping you don't see the real him behind the curtain. You cannot trust this man with any power.

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I must admit, it is harder to vote for somebody than it is to vote against his opponent. You always feel you are voting for the lesser of two evils.

But don't look at it that way.

You should pick a candidate that best fits you as a whole. You will never be 100% in agreement with any candidate, unless you are the one running. Always keep that in mind.

With that being said, here is an endorsement: Why I'm voting for Bush.

WHEN TERRORISTS attacked the United States on Sept. 11, 2001, President Bush had to decide how to respond.

He could have treated the attacks as if they were a crime and appealed to the United Nations to help apprehend and punish al Qaeda operatives in Afghanistan.

Instead, Bush chose to send U.S. troops to hunt down al Qaeda and oust the Taliban regime that protected the terrorist group, even as the anti-war left accused him of killing innocent Afghans in an act of misguided vengeance.

Today, Afghanistan is a democracy. Women participated in the country's first direct presidential election. Iraq is about to hold an election, and Libya has begun disarming its nuclear weapons.

Changes, positive changes have come about from the actions of this man. He took decisive action, and in this post 9/11 world, that is what is needed. If you hem and haw around about nuances, you will be dead, or at least thousands of your countrymen will be.

The United Nations is worthless. It has not ever acted in any substantial way unless the United States was involved, leading the way. It cannot do so even if it wanted. Oh, sure, it can send some French or Ghanaian troops to some part of Africa, but they are just laughed at by the locals as they use the blue berets for target practice. And the "peacekeepers" are limited to how much force they can use back. They may only fire one bullet back for every bullet fired at them. It makes sense, just not to me.

Let's keep this guy around a while longer. 9/11 proved he is the right man in the right place, at the right time.

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In case you haven't noticed, I have included a couple of new graphics for you. One is quotes from Liberals, so we can throw their words back in their faces. It comes from the Museum of Left Wing Lunacy. I find them quite amusing.

Second is a day-by-day account of how the states are polling. It is from electoral-vote.com and while it is run by an admitted closet Democrat, it looks to be accurate on the surface. I would rather appear to be a couple of votes behind so as to energize our base and overcome the polling data.

It is quite a well-documented site, as it explains the electoral college, breaks down the polling data in spreadsheets and gives cartograms as well as the regular map.

Read it. It is very enlightening. Just go out and vote for Bush in the Tuesday after next.

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Something from Cox and Forkum:

Read the writeup that goes along with the picture. It talks about Kerry's draft, where high school students are forced into mandatory community service. At least you have a chance to avoid a military draft, this one is for everybody. And where is the money going to come from to pay for all of the supplies, salaries for leaders, etc.? That's right! MORE TAXES!

Ain't life grand?

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John Kerry is hunting this morning near where I used to live. He's hunting in Youngstown, Ohio, hunting for geese and votes.

I wonder if he is using that shotgun. You know, the one he received unlawfully, the one that he would have banned if one of his few bills had passed?

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From the Washington Times Inside the Beltway:

Bush intolerance

It's getting ugly out there.

With less than two weeks before Election Day, Willa Untiedt, a grandmother who lives in Northern Virginia, was in Hancock Fabrics in downtown Vienna to pick up a pattern to make her 5-year-old grandson a red velvet vest.

"Here I am buying thread," observes Mrs. Untiedt, "and there is this woman next to me looking at trim who is wearing a button. Now I wear bifocals, so I had to move forward to see this button, and ... then I stepped back very quickly. I have learned to keep away from people like that."

The button read "Kill Bush."

"She was in my age range," says the widowed Mrs. Untiedt, daughter of John Kelso, Washington correspondent for the old Boston Post newspaper.

So what did Mrs. Untiedt do next?

She felt it her civic duty to contact the Secret Service, which frowns upon such expressions of presidential demise, regardless of party or campaign season. The president's bodyguards went so far as to patch the loving grandmother into Uncle Sam's new terrorist hot line.

Go get 'em Grandma!

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It's nothing serious, but I think my depression is acting up a bit. I'm just not enthusiastic enough this morning to post my missives. I can't find anything that interests me.

Hopefully I will feel better soon so I can start work on the surprise.


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But it's not ready yet. I just started working on it this morning and it will take a couple of weeks to get it ready for you. Aren't you excited?

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Here are some wonderful anecdotes of how informed and full of common sense people in general Americans are. These people would fail the test for Jay Leno's Jay-Walking.

While looking at a house, my brother asked the real estate agent which
direction was north because, he explained, he didn't want the sun
waking him up every morning. She asked, "Does the sun rise in the
north?"
When another person jumped in and explained that the sun rises in the
east (and has for some time), she shook her head and said, "Oh, I don't
keep up with that stuff."
And then she voted.
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I used to work in technical support for a 24x7 call center. One day I got
a call from an InDUHvidual who asked what hours the call center was
open. I told him, "The number you dialed is open 24 hours a day, 7
days a week." He responded, "Is that Eastern or Pacific time?"
Wanting to end the call quickly, I said, "Pacific.."
And then he voted.
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So my colleague and I were eating our lunch in our cafeteria when we
overheard one of the administrative assistants talking about the
sunburn she got on her weekend drive to the shore. She drove down in
a convertible, but "didn't think she'd get sunburned because the car
was moving."
And then she voted.
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I was in a high school advanced physics class and the teacher was
talking about a new military weapon that uses sonic waves on the
battlefield to burst enemy soldier's chests. One InDUHvidual in the
class spoke up and said, "Well that's stupid! Why don't they just wear
headphones?"
And a few years later, he voted.
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My sister has a lifesaving tool in her car. It's designed to cut through a
seatbelt if she gets trapped. She keeps it in the trunk.
And then she voted.
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My friends and I were on a beer run and noticed that the cases were
discounted 10%. Since it was a big party, we bought two cases. The
cashier multiplied two times 10% and gave us a 20% discount.
And then they all voted.
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I was hanging out with a real liberal friend of mine when we saw a
woman walk by us with a nose ring attached to an earring by a chain.
My friend said, "Wouldn't the chain rip out every time she turned her
head?" I had to explain to her that a person's nose and ear remain the
same distance apart no matter which way the head is turned.
And then she voted.
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I couldn't find my luggage at the airport baggage area. So I went to the
lost luggage office and told the woman there that my bags never
showed up. She smiled and told me not to worry because they were
trained professionals and I was in good hands. "Now," she asked me,
"has your plane arrived yet?"

And then she voted.

I am reminded of a Darwin Award where a man had his car stall on a railroad crossing. He was trying to obtain help when a train came along. The Darwin Award part comes along when he is standing on the tracks, cellphone in one hand, the other hand to he ear so he can hear over the trains whistle. Of course the train hits and kills him before it destroys his car.

Sheesh.

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I came across this site from one of my message boards. It's a simplistic stick-man movie on the evils of war. The art is good (for being a stick man movie) and the soundtrack is beautiful, as it fits the movie perfectly. Here it is.

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From the Washington Times Inside the Beltway:

A fourth-generation logger from Montana, Bruce Vincent, was in tears
when he walked out of the Oval Office.

As executive director of Provider Pals, a youth cultural-exchange
program, Mr. Vincent was among a small group of people invited to
the White House on May 3 to receive the first Preserve America
Presidential Awards.

His first impression of President Bush: "a firm handshake and a look
that can be described only as penetrating. Warm, alive, fully engaged,
disarmingly penetrating."

But then Mr. Vincent came face to face with a personal side of Mr.
Bush that few have seen, particularly in the Oval Office - his spiritual
side.

"After about 30 or 35 minutes," Mr. Vincent recalls, "the president
and first lady made one more pass down the line of awardees, shaking
hands and offering congratulations. When the president shook my
hand, I said, 'Thank you, Mr. President. God bless you and your
family.'

"He was already in motion to the next person in line, but he stopped
abruptly, turned fully back to me ... and said, 'Thank you - and God
bless you and yours, as well.' "

Mr. Vincent then took the opportunity to request that Mr. Bush
remember his stepmother, Loretta Vincent, in prayers that day. At that
exact moment, Mrs. Vincent was having a tumor removed from her
skull at a hospital in Kalispell, Mont. What occurred next is worthy of
presidential, if not religious, history books.

"He grabbed me by the arm and took me back toward his desk as he
said, 'So that's it. I could tell that something is weighing heavy on your
heart today. I could see it in your eyes. This explains it,' " were the
president's words to Mr. Vincent.

Mr. Bush then discussed with the award recipient the importance of
family and the strength of prayer. "He said, 'If it's okay with you, we'll
take care of the prayer right now. Would you pray with me?' I told him
yes, and he turned to the staff that remained in the office and hand
motioned the folks to step back or leave. He said, 'Bruce and I would
like some private time for a prayer.'

"As they left he turned back to me and took my hands in his. I was
prepared to do a traditional prayer stance - standing with each other
with heads bowed. Instead, he reached for my head with his right hand
and, pulling gently forward, he placed my head on his shoulder.

"With his left arm on my midback, he pulled me to him in a prayerful
embrace. He started to pray softly. I started to cry. He continued his
prayer for Loretta and for God's perfect will to be done. I cried some
more. My body shook a bit as I cried, and he just held tighter. He
closed by asking God's blessing on Loretta and the family during the
coming months."

Mr. Vincent's wife, Patti Jo, told Inside the Beltway from the couple's
home in Libby, Mont., yesterday that Loretta Vincent is undergoing
radiation for the tumor and "so far, so good." Sadly, Mr. Vincent lost
his mother to the same form of cancer in 1996.

This is the man who resides in the White House. A kind of man who treats regular citizens like his own family. He does more than "feels their pain", he does something about it. He brings a degree of spirituality and humanity to the office not seen since Reagan.

I for one am glad he is there, and I hope he gets to stay for another four years.

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This just in: Moore's Pre-Election TV Special Nixed.

iN DEMAND has decided NOT to run Fahrenheit 9/11, which the article says, "is sharply critical of President Bush." That's kind of like saying the sun is somewhat bright.

Anyway, the article goes on to explain that Moore is upset because he isn't getting his way and he threatens to sue. He has, however, graciously offered to let Sinclair Broadcasting air it for free. *snicker*.

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P E T A, the group who likes to blow up people and places that they don't agree with, has done something really bad this time: They've infringed on McDonald's copyright. I found this on one of the message boards that I frequent, and it just goes to show how far Left-Wingers are willing to go to make their point:

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Found on Jib Jab. A new parody song, it premiered on The Tonight Show when I wasn't looking. "Good to be in D.C.!" is the name of the tune, based on 'Dixie.' While it's not as uproariously funny as the first, it's still pretty good.

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Here are two related stories, Dems urge 'pre-emptive strike' on voter intimidation, and Hate speech and goon squads.

These two stories detail how Dems must spread the lies that they do, from the Right disenfranchising Blacks to the Right reinstating the Draft. Never mind the facts, come up with any divisive strategy and blame it on the Right.

The other article shows who the Brownshirts are today. Shootings, break-ins, vandalism and disruptions of Republican offices, you'd think it's a new version of Kristallnacht. And they call us the Nazis.

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I doubt if this is a true story, but it nonetheless points out something very important. Don't Close Your Blinds - Must Read !

The other day, my nine year old son wanted to know why we were at war. My husband looked at our son and then looked at me. My husband and I were in the Army during the Gulf War and we would be honored to serve and defend our Country again today. I knew that my husband would give him a good explanation.

My husband thought for a few minutes and then told my son to go stand in our front living room window. He told him: "Son, stand there and tell me what you see?"

"I see trees and cars and our neighbor's houses." he replied.

"OK, now I want you to pretend that our house and our yard is the United States of America and you are President Bush."

Our son giggled and said "OK."

"Now son, I want you to look out the window and pretend that every house and yard on this block is a different country" my husband said.

"OK Dad, I'm pretending."

"Now I want you to stand there and look out the window and see that man come out of his house with his wife and he has her by the hair and is hitting her.
You see her bleeding and crying. He hits her in the face, he throws her on the ground, then he starts to kick her to death. Their children run out and are afraid to stop him, they are crying, they are watching this but do nothing because they are kids and afraid of their father.
You see all of this son.... what do you do?"

"Dad?"

"What do you do son?"

"I call the police, Dad."

"OK. Pretend that the police are the United Nations and they take your call, listen to what you know and saw but they refuse to help. What do you do then son?"

"Dad, but the police are supposed to help!" My son starts to whine.

"They don't want to son, because they say that it is not their place or your place to get involved and that you should stay out of it," my husband says

"But Dad...he killed her!!" my son exclaims.

"I know he did...but the police tell you to stay out of it. Now I want you to look out that window and pretend you see our neighbor who you're pretending is Saddam turn around and do the same thing to his children."

"Daddy...he kills them?"

"Yes son, he does. What do you do?"

"Well, if the police don't want to help, I will go and ask my next door neighbor to help me stop him." our son says.

"Son, our next door neighbor sees what is happening and refuses to get involved as well. He refuses to open the door and help you stop him," my husband says.

"But Dad, I NEED help!!! I can't stop him by myself!!"

"WHAT DO YOU DO SON?" Our son starts to cry.

"OK, no one wants to help you, the man across the street saw you ask for help and saw that no one would help you stop him. He stands taller and puffs out his chest. Guess what he does next son?" "What Daddy?"

"He walks across the street to the old ladies house and breaks down her door and drags her out, steals all her stuff and sets her house on fire and then...he kills her. He turns around and sees you standing in he window and laughs at you. WHAT DO YOU DO?"

"Daddy..."

"WHAT DO YOU DO?"

Our son is crying and he looks down and he whispers, "I close the blinds, Daddy."

My husband looks at our son with tears in his eyes and asks him... "Why?"

"Because Daddy.....the police are supposed to help...people who needs it...and they won't help....You always say that neighbors are supposed to HELP neighbors, but they won't help either...they won't help me stop him...I'm afraid....I can't do it by myself ...Daddy.....I can't look out my window and just watch him do all these terrible things and...and.....do nothing...so....I'm just going to close the blinds....so I can't see what he's doing........and I'm going to pretend that it is not happening."

I start to cry.

My husband looks at our nine year old son standing in the window, looking pitiful and ashamed at his answers to my husbands questions and he tells him..."Son"

"Yes, Daddy."

"Open the blinds because that man.... he's at your front door..."WHAT DO YOU DO?"

My son looks at his father, anger and defiance in his eyes. He balls up his tiny fists and looks his father square in the eyes, without hesitation he says:
"I DEFEND MY FAMILY DAD!! I'M NOT GONNA LET HIM HURT MOMMY OR MY SISTER, DAD!!! I'M GONNA FIGHT HIM, DAD, I'M GONNA FIGHT HIM!!!!!"

I see a tear roll down my husband's cheek and he grabs my son to his chest and hugs him tight, and cries..."It's too late to fight him, he's too strong and he's already at YOUR front door son.....you should have stopped him BEFORE he killed his wife. You have to do what's right, even if you have to do it alone, before......it's too late." my husband whispers.

THAT scenario I just gave you is WHY we are at war with Iraq. When good men stand by and let evil happen is the greatest EVIL of all. Our President is doing what is right. We, as a free nation, must understand that this war is a war of humanity. WE must remove evil men from power so that we can continue to live in a free world where we are not afraid to look out our window. So that my nine year old son won't grow up in a world where he feels that if he just "closes" that blinds the atrocities in the world won't affect him. "YOU MUST NEVER BE AFRAID TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT! EVEN IF YOU HAVE TO DO IT ALONE!"

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This is funny! High School Answering Machine Message!

Here is the actual voicemail greeting for the school:

"Hello! You have reached the automated answering service of your school. In order to assist you in connecting the right staff member, please listen to all your options before making a selection:

* To lie about why your child is absent - Press 1

* To make excuses for why your child did not do his/her work - Press 2

* To complain about what we do - Press 3

* To swear at staff members - Press 4

* To ask why you didn't get information that was already enclosed in your newsletter and several flyers mailed to you - Press 5

* If you want us to raise your child - Press 6

* If you want to reach out and touch, slap or hit someone - Press 7

* To request another teacher for the third time this year - Press 8

* To complain about bus transportation - Press 9

* To complain about school lunches - Press 0

If you realize this is the real world and your child must be accountable and responsible for his/her own behavior, class work, homework, and that it's not the teachers' fault for your child's lack of effort, hang up and have a nice day!"

See? I told you it was funny!

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Here is the Warhammer 40k Batte Report from last night. I'm not that good in writing fluff, so forgive me for any gaffes:

It was on Ultramar, in the valley of Laponis, on the Hera River. Not far from Hera's Falls where the child Robute was found, our Chapter Founder.

Here there exists two towers used by our battle brethren to learn the arts of advanced warfare. Two bridges span the Hera River to join the two towers.

It is on this small plain that Battles of Promotion are held. Four squads of Third Company were deemed ready to take the test.

Supported by two Drednoughts, a Predator Annihilator, a Landspeeder Tornado and two Devastator squads, two of the four squads took the field, opposed by Second Company Squads Azure and Cyan. It was the objective of the Third Company to capture as many of the towers and bridges as possible.

But the Second Company would not make it easy. Second Company immediately deepstriked on this side of the river an Assault Squad. Tactical Squad Silver moved to intercept the Assault squad. Second Company's tactical squads took up covering positions on both of the bridges.

On the second turn, Terminators from Second Company deepstriked in, again on the Third's side of the river. All of the Third's units except for Tactical Squad White came in to help out. Tactical Squad Silver and the Assault squad traded shots and became entangled in close combat. When the smoke cleared, all of Silver was down, but Tactical Squad Red was standing nearby and took up the fight, wiping the Assault Squad out.

Everybody in range, Red, Dreadnought Brother William and both Devastator squads shot up the Terminators, but only some fell. The rest marched into close combat with William and Red squad, plus Chaplain Cassius.

On the left flank, Tactical Squad Green kept Second Company at bay from the first bridge, supported by Dreadnought Brother Marcus. Predator Mortis kept firing at the Second Company Predator, keeping him from firing the entire exercise. Mortis finally eliminated the enemy Predator on turn 5.

On the right flank, Second Companies Squad Azure secured the second bridge with ease, and Third Company was never able to contest it. Their forces were concentrated on holding the first bridge and their tower.

The Terminators were able to immobilize then eliminate brother William before turning on and eliminating Red Squad, then sweeping into White Squad, who was finally allowed on the battleground. The Terminators finally fell to Brother Cassius's Crozius Arcanum, but not before eliminating White Squad to a single member.

The landspeeder was flying around, trying to take out the Land Raider Crusader that came on the battlefield. The Crusader stunned the speeder, but they quickly recovered and sped away out of range. Brother Marcus was able to eliminate the Crusader with a well placed Lascannon shot.

Things were getting tight. Time was running out and things were not clear. Devastator Squad Alpha moved to control Tower Resolute, after firing at Second Company's Squad Cyan.

In a tactical move meant to force a draw and contest the first bridge, Squad Cyan left controlling Tower Meditation and charged toward the bridge, where Squad Green had finally moved up to firmly control, with Brother Marcus right behind them. To protect Cyan, their Rhino moved up to the foot of the bridge and blocked Green from advancing further. Brother Burt raised his Melta and made short work of the Rhino.

In the closing minute, it looked like a draw. Squad Alpha controlled Resolute, Azure controlled the second bridge, no one controlled Meditation. Cyan and Green were both contesting the first bridge.

With quick thinking, Brother Marcus stepped sideways to see around the now dead Rhino so he could see Cyan. Both Brother Marcus and Mortis pumped Lascannon fire into Squad Cyan, felling several Brothers.

With three seconds left to go, Brother Marcus felled one Marine from Cyan, knocking them below 50% and preventing Cyan from contesting the first bridge.

Third Company Won!

With Squad Green being the only squad left, they were promoted to the ranks of Second Company. The other three squads were left to three days of fasting and studying the battle to see where they could have done better. They may retake the Battle of Promotion in six months.

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From my inbox:

I'm sad this happened in Tennessee. A local legislator has been handing out these fliers and it has me enraged.

It was already an offensive picture, because it originally read, "Arguing on the Internet is like running in the Special Olympics: Even if you win, you're still retarded."

Where I work, I have to deal with people who have mental illnesses. It's the reason for the job. But a lot of my clients also have some degree of mental retardation as well. Just think about it, being a 7 year old trapped in an adults body, AND being schizophrenic. It's not a pretty picture.

To have someone do this (either picture) shows a large amount of cruelty in their personality. I can't imagine be purposefully cruel like this. I hope he gets censured by the State Legislature for this, but he probably won't.

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This shows more taste than the last post:

This picture is not a personal attack on Kerry. It represents the good old Southern logic of his "plans" and positions (both for and against) don't fly in the face of good old common sense, which more people in this country have than you think.

Contrasted against the post above, it shows the difference between Conservatives and Liberals. We can attack the position and not the person, but Liberals must always attack the person because they can't attack the position. There are too many facts in the way that they can't ignore.


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I have here two related stories, Kerry Backfire: New TV Stations Want to Air Vietnam Film, and The Lucky Cities That Get to View 'Stolen Honor'.

Of course it's the Liberals who are screaming to censor this film. It doesn't agree with them. But it's perfectly fine when FORGED and FALSE documents are passed off as the real thing. The double standard is so blatant that Ray Charles could have seen it.

If you're in one of the cities listed, could someone volunteer to record me a copy of it? Please let me know in the comments for this post. Thanks.

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This interesting article, Mystery Surrounds Kerry's Navy Discharge, talks about how we can observe Senator Kerry's OTH (Other Than Honorable) discharge by circumstantial evidence.

Since the good Senator has not signed his form 180, releasing the last 100 pages of his service jacket that the Navy admits it has, we must use somewhat the same indirect technique that scientists use to observe planets around other stars.

An official Navy document on Senator Kerry's campaign Web site listed as Mr. Kerry's "Honorable Discharge from the Reserves" opens a door on a well kept secret about his military service.

The document is a form cover letter in the name of the Carter administration's secretary of the Navy, W. Graham Claytor. It describes Mr. Kerry's discharge as being subsequent to the review of "a board of officers." This in it self is unusual. There is nothing about an ordinary honorable discharge action in the Navy that requires a review by a board of officers.

According to the secretary of the Navy's document, the "authority of reference" this board was using in considering Mr. Kerry's record was "Title 10, U.S. Code Section 1162 and 1163. "This section refers to the grounds for involuntary separation from the service. What was being reviewed, then, was Mr. Kerry's involuntary separation from the service. And it couldn't have been an honorable discharge, or there would have been no point in any review at all. The review was likely held to improve Mr. Kerry's status of discharge from a less than honorable discharge to an honorable discharge.

Ah, but there's more. And it clears the mystery even as it deepens it.

There are a number of categories of discharges besides honorable. There are general discharges, medical discharges, bad conduct discharges, as well as other than honorable and dishonorable discharges. There is one odd coincidence that gives some weight to the possibility that Mr. Kerry was dishonorably discharged. Mr. Kerry has claimed that he lost his medal certificates and that is why he asked that they be reissued. But when a dishonorable discharge is issued, all pay benefits, and allowances, and all medals and honors are revoked as well. And five months after Mr. Kerry joined the U.S. Senate in 1985, on one single day, June 4, all of Mr. Kerry's medals were reissued.

There are just some things that make you go "Hmmm..." and this is one of them.

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