Here is a story of swift justice for all which a friend recently sent me and which I found well worth repeating in my blog.
What small steps are taken to achieve freedom for us all. This is a true account of a scene that took place on a British Airways flight between Johannesburg, South Africa and London.
A white woman, about 50 years old , was seated next to a black man. Very disturbed by this, she called the flight attendant. 'You obviously do not see it then?' she asked. 'You placed me next to a black man. I did not agree to sit next to someone from such a repugnant group. Give me an alternative seat.' 'Be calm please,' the attendant replied. 'Almost all the places on this flight are taken. I will go to see if another place is available.'
The attendant went away and then came back a few minutes later. 'Madam,' she said, 'just as I thought, there are no other available seats in Economy Class. I spoke to the captain and he informed me that there is also no seat in Business Class. All the same, we still have one place in First Class.' Before the woman could say anything, the attendant continued. 'It is unusual for our company to permit someone from Economy Class to sit in First Class. However, given the circumstances, the captain feels that it would be scandalous to make someone sit next to someone so disgusting.'
She turned to the black guy and said, 'Therefore, Sir, if you would like to, please collect your hand luggage, a seat awaits you in First Class.'
At that moment, the other passengers, who'd been shocked by what they had just witnessed, stood up and applauded.
That was a shrewd flight attendant. She and the airliner's Captain sure did British Airways proud.
Monday, March 31, 2008
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
UNDER SNIPER FIRE
In my blog, NO, NOT GOD BLESS AMERICA, GOD DAMN AMERICA! (3-18-08), I put it bluntly - "Barack Obama is a liar!" In order to be evenhanded, I will now be just as blunt about Obama's Democratic rival for the presidency - Hillary Clinton is a liar!! Here are just two examples of her lies.
Clinton's main campaign theme has been her claim that she has had years of foreign policy experience and that she is prepared to respond immediately should our nation be threatened or attacked by an enemy. In a speech last week, Clinton recalled her trip to Tuzla, Bosnia in 1996. She went there, accompanied by daughter Chelsa, to visit U.S. troops enforcing the 1995 Dayton Peace Agreement. Here is what she had to say about the trip:
"I certainly do remember that trip to Bosnia and ... there was a saying around the White House that if a place was too small, too poor, or too dangerous, the president couldn't go, so send the first lady. That's where we went. I remember landing under sniper fire. There was supposed to be some kind of greeting ceremony at the airport, but instead we just ran with our heads down to get into the vehicles to get to our base."
Unfortunately for Hillary, news video and the recollection of accompanying reporters tell a far different tale. Instead of sniper fire, Hillary and Chelsea were greeted on the airfield's tarmac by dignitaries and a group of children. The only time Hillary had to put her head down was to accept a kiss on the cheek from a little girl.
The media accused Clinton of "embellishing" her experience. Embellishing, my ass! Why can't the media call it what it is? - a lie! Only after the media had revealed the truth, Clinton admitted she "misspoke," blaming her description of the event on sleep deprivation. A lie on top of a lie!! On at least two prior occasions, she told campaign audiences the same story, that she had landed in Bosnia under sniper fire.
Hillary also claims to have played a crucial role in bringing about peace in Northern Ireland. Here is an example of what she has said during the campaign: "I remember a meeting that I pulled together in Belfast, in the town hall there, bringing together for the first time Catholics and Protestants from both traditions, having them sitting in a room where they had never been before with each other..."
Those in the know at the time found Hillary's assertion "laughable." This is how author and columnist Lindy McDowell, who attended that meeting, responded to Clinton's claim in a recent Belfast Telegraph column: "I remember the visit to the cafe (town hall) well. It was what's known in the business as a photo opportunity. Something to keep the presidential spouse occupied while the actual office bearer was getting down to business. It was a short, staged event 'pulled together' by local organisers. Amid all the secuirty men and press photographers it was hardly conducive to real business."
The participants at that meeting were all women. They often held such meetings, contratry to Clinton's statement that she had brought them together for the first time. And it was local organizers who pulled the meeting together, not Hillary. Just a couple more Clinton lies, that's all. And how crucial was this meeting? It was merely a photo-op for the first lady while her husband was busy elsewhere trying to broker a peace.
Here is another example of "Hillary the Liar." Clinton takes credit for her "successful effort to create" the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). Actually, her name rarely appeared in news accounts about the SCHIP negotiations, which lasted for several months back in 1997. And she never testified before Congress or held a news conference on the bill.
When Senator Orrin Hatch, the lead GOP negotiator on the bill, heard that Hillary was claiming to be SCHIP's main advocate, he told reporters, "I had to blink a few times." Hatch could not recall a single conversation with Clinton about SCHIP, nor even the mention of her name. "If she was involved, I didn't know about it," he said. And Senator Jay Rockefeller, one of the Democrats pushing the bill, joked "You know how she (Clinton) says, 'I started SCHIP'? Well, so did I."
So, here you have a prominent Democratic senator joking about Hillary's obvious lie and a highly respected Republican senator, who often cosponsors legislation with Democrats, challenging her false claim. Once again, let me put it bluntly - Hillary Clinton, like Barack Obama, is a liar!! However, in fairness to both it must be concluded that Obama is a better liar, while Clinton is a much bigger liar.
Clinton's main campaign theme has been her claim that she has had years of foreign policy experience and that she is prepared to respond immediately should our nation be threatened or attacked by an enemy. In a speech last week, Clinton recalled her trip to Tuzla, Bosnia in 1996. She went there, accompanied by daughter Chelsa, to visit U.S. troops enforcing the 1995 Dayton Peace Agreement. Here is what she had to say about the trip:
"I certainly do remember that trip to Bosnia and ... there was a saying around the White House that if a place was too small, too poor, or too dangerous, the president couldn't go, so send the first lady. That's where we went. I remember landing under sniper fire. There was supposed to be some kind of greeting ceremony at the airport, but instead we just ran with our heads down to get into the vehicles to get to our base."
Unfortunately for Hillary, news video and the recollection of accompanying reporters tell a far different tale. Instead of sniper fire, Hillary and Chelsea were greeted on the airfield's tarmac by dignitaries and a group of children. The only time Hillary had to put her head down was to accept a kiss on the cheek from a little girl.
The media accused Clinton of "embellishing" her experience. Embellishing, my ass! Why can't the media call it what it is? - a lie! Only after the media had revealed the truth, Clinton admitted she "misspoke," blaming her description of the event on sleep deprivation. A lie on top of a lie!! On at least two prior occasions, she told campaign audiences the same story, that she had landed in Bosnia under sniper fire.
Hillary also claims to have played a crucial role in bringing about peace in Northern Ireland. Here is an example of what she has said during the campaign: "I remember a meeting that I pulled together in Belfast, in the town hall there, bringing together for the first time Catholics and Protestants from both traditions, having them sitting in a room where they had never been before with each other..."
Those in the know at the time found Hillary's assertion "laughable." This is how author and columnist Lindy McDowell, who attended that meeting, responded to Clinton's claim in a recent Belfast Telegraph column: "I remember the visit to the cafe (town hall) well. It was what's known in the business as a photo opportunity. Something to keep the presidential spouse occupied while the actual office bearer was getting down to business. It was a short, staged event 'pulled together' by local organisers. Amid all the secuirty men and press photographers it was hardly conducive to real business."
The participants at that meeting were all women. They often held such meetings, contratry to Clinton's statement that she had brought them together for the first time. And it was local organizers who pulled the meeting together, not Hillary. Just a couple more Clinton lies, that's all. And how crucial was this meeting? It was merely a photo-op for the first lady while her husband was busy elsewhere trying to broker a peace.
Here is another example of "Hillary the Liar." Clinton takes credit for her "successful effort to create" the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). Actually, her name rarely appeared in news accounts about the SCHIP negotiations, which lasted for several months back in 1997. And she never testified before Congress or held a news conference on the bill.
When Senator Orrin Hatch, the lead GOP negotiator on the bill, heard that Hillary was claiming to be SCHIP's main advocate, he told reporters, "I had to blink a few times." Hatch could not recall a single conversation with Clinton about SCHIP, nor even the mention of her name. "If she was involved, I didn't know about it," he said. And Senator Jay Rockefeller, one of the Democrats pushing the bill, joked "You know how she (Clinton) says, 'I started SCHIP'? Well, so did I."
So, here you have a prominent Democratic senator joking about Hillary's obvious lie and a highly respected Republican senator, who often cosponsors legislation with Democrats, challenging her false claim. Once again, let me put it bluntly - Hillary Clinton, like Barack Obama, is a liar!! However, in fairness to both it must be concluded that Obama is a better liar, while Clinton is a much bigger liar.
BRILLIANT EXPLANATIONS
Every so often, someone sends me a priceless story or joke. This past week, I received two which are worthy of inclusion in my blog.
THERMODYNAMICS
The following is an actual question given on a University of Washington chemistry mid term.
The answer by one student was so 'profound' that the professor shared it with colleagues.
Bonus Question: Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat) or endothermic (absorbs heat)?
Most of the students wrote proofs of their beliefs using Boyle's Law (gas cools when it expands and heats when it is compressed) or some variant.
One student, however, wrote the following:
First, we need to know how the mass of Hell is changing in time. So we need to know the rate at which souls are moving into Hell and the rate at which they are leaving. I think that we can safely assume that once a soul gets to Hell, it will not leave. Therefore, no souls are leaving. As for how many souls are entering Hell, let's look at the different religions that exist in the world today.
Most of these religions state that if you are not a member of their religion, you will go to Hell. Since there is more than one of these religions and since people do not belong to more than one religion, we can project that all souls go to Hell. With birth and death rates as they are, we can expect the number of souls in Hell to increase exponentially. Now, we look at the rate of change of the volume in Hell because Boyle's Law states that in order for the temperature and pressure in Hell to stay the same, the volume of Hell has to expand proportionately as souls are added.
This gives two possibilities:
1. If Hell is expanding at a slower rate than the rate at which souls enter Hell, then the temperature and pressure in Hell will increase until all Hell breaks loose.
2. If Hell is expanding at a rate faster than the increase of souls in Hell, then the temperature and pressure will drop until Hell freezes over.
So which is it?
If we accept the postulate given to me by Teresa during my Freshman year that, 'It will be a cold day in Hell before I sleep with you,' and take into account the fact that I slept with her last night, then number two must be true, and thus I am sure that Hell is exothermic and has already frozen over. The corollary of this theory is that since Hell has frozen over, it follows that it is not accepting any more souls and is therefore, extinct . . . leaving only Heaven, thereby proving the existence of a divine being which explains why, last night, Teresa kept shouting 'Oh my God.'
(This student received an A+.)
POLITICS
A little boy goes to his dad and asks, "What is Politics?"
Dad says, "Well son, let me try to explain it this way:
I am the head of the family, so call me The President.
Your mother is the administrator of the money, so we call her the Government.
We are here to take care of your needs, so we will call you the People.
The nanny, we will consider her the Working Class.
And your baby brother, we will call him the Future.
Now think about that and see if it makes sense."
So the little boy goes off to bed thinking about what Dad has said.
Later that night, he hears his baby brother crying, so he gets up to check on him.
He finds that the baby has severely soiled his diaper.
So the little boy goes to his parent's room and finds his mother asleep.
Not wanting to wake her, he goes to the nanny's room. Finding the door locked, he peeks in the keyhole and sees his father in bed with the nanny.
He gives up and goes back to bed.
The next morning, the little boy say's to his father, "Dad , I think I understand the concept of politics now."
The father says, "Good, son, tell me in your own words what you think politics is all about."
The little boy replies, "The President is screwing the Working Class while the Government is sound asleep. The People are being ignored and the Future is in deep SHIT.
THERMODYNAMICS
The following is an actual question given on a University of Washington chemistry mid term.
The answer by one student was so 'profound' that the professor shared it with colleagues.
Bonus Question: Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat) or endothermic (absorbs heat)?
Most of the students wrote proofs of their beliefs using Boyle's Law (gas cools when it expands and heats when it is compressed) or some variant.
One student, however, wrote the following:
First, we need to know how the mass of Hell is changing in time. So we need to know the rate at which souls are moving into Hell and the rate at which they are leaving. I think that we can safely assume that once a soul gets to Hell, it will not leave. Therefore, no souls are leaving. As for how many souls are entering Hell, let's look at the different religions that exist in the world today.
Most of these religions state that if you are not a member of their religion, you will go to Hell. Since there is more than one of these religions and since people do not belong to more than one religion, we can project that all souls go to Hell. With birth and death rates as they are, we can expect the number of souls in Hell to increase exponentially. Now, we look at the rate of change of the volume in Hell because Boyle's Law states that in order for the temperature and pressure in Hell to stay the same, the volume of Hell has to expand proportionately as souls are added.
This gives two possibilities:
1. If Hell is expanding at a slower rate than the rate at which souls enter Hell, then the temperature and pressure in Hell will increase until all Hell breaks loose.
2. If Hell is expanding at a rate faster than the increase of souls in Hell, then the temperature and pressure will drop until Hell freezes over.
So which is it?
If we accept the postulate given to me by Teresa during my Freshman year that, 'It will be a cold day in Hell before I sleep with you,' and take into account the fact that I slept with her last night, then number two must be true, and thus I am sure that Hell is exothermic and has already frozen over. The corollary of this theory is that since Hell has frozen over, it follows that it is not accepting any more souls and is therefore, extinct . . . leaving only Heaven, thereby proving the existence of a divine being which explains why, last night, Teresa kept shouting 'Oh my God.'
(This student received an A+.)
POLITICS
A little boy goes to his dad and asks, "What is Politics?"
Dad says, "Well son, let me try to explain it this way:
I am the head of the family, so call me The President.
Your mother is the administrator of the money, so we call her the Government.
We are here to take care of your needs, so we will call you the People.
The nanny, we will consider her the Working Class.
And your baby brother, we will call him the Future.
Now think about that and see if it makes sense."
So the little boy goes off to bed thinking about what Dad has said.
Later that night, he hears his baby brother crying, so he gets up to check on him.
He finds that the baby has severely soiled his diaper.
So the little boy goes to his parent's room and finds his mother asleep.
Not wanting to wake her, he goes to the nanny's room. Finding the door locked, he peeks in the keyhole and sees his father in bed with the nanny.
He gives up and goes back to bed.
The next morning, the little boy say's to his father, "Dad , I think I understand the concept of politics now."
The father says, "Good, son, tell me in your own words what you think politics is all about."
The little boy replies, "The President is screwing the Working Class while the Government is sound asleep. The People are being ignored and the Future is in deep SHIT.
Monday, March 24, 2008
PALESTININAN POLL REFLECTS VOW TO DESTROY THE JEWISH STATE
As everyone knows, ever since Israel withdrew from the Gaza stirp two years ago, it has been subjected to daily rocket attacks by Hamas and Islamic Jihad. There have been more than 7,000 rockets launched from the Gaza strip. Recently a Palesinian shot eight young Israeli students to death at a religious seminary in Jerusalem.
Following the slaughter of the Israeli students, the Palestinian Center for Policy and Research conducted a survey which revealed that (1) 64 percent of all Palestinians support the rocket attacks on Israeli towns and (2) 84 percent approved of the deadly shooting of the young Israeli students.
The Israelis and the Palestinians share a commonality - they hate each other. Jews and Palestinians share another commonality - nobody wants them.
The Palestinians hate the Israelis because in their minds Jews occupy land that was taken from them. They ignore the fact that much of Palestine (that part of Israel before 1967) was already occupied by Jews prior to their 1948 war of independence. Fueling that hatred is an incessant hateful depiction of Jews in the Arab press and schools. Harsh security measures taken by Israel in response to years of Palestinian attacks against its civilians have made life difficult for many Palestinians, thus adding to their hatred of Jews.
Israeli hatred of Palestinians stems from (1) five wars with Arab states - 1948-49, 1956, 1967, 1973-74 and 1982 - in which the Jews had to fight for the survival of their tiny homeland, (2) a long history of deadly Palestinian attacks against Israeli civilians, (3) the Palestinian rocket attacks on civilians by Hamas and Islamic Jihad, and (4) the fighting with Hezbollah, the powerful Lebanese Islamic militia.
In 1948, when Israel had to fight off invading Arab armies, it did force some Palestinians off of land inside the new State of Israel. However, the overwhelming majority of Palestinians who fled did so at the behest of the Arab states. The Arabs were determined to prevent the establishment of a Jewish State and did not want the Palestinian civilian population to get in the way of the fighting. Most fled to Jordan, Lebanon and Syria, none of which wanted them in their midst. Instead of assimilating the Palestinians, which they easily could have done, their fellow Arabs forced them to live in squalid refugee camps.
Jews are not wanted in many parts of the world. There is a long history of Jews having been persecuted in Muslim countries and in pre-WWII countries of Eastern Europe - Poland, the former Soviet Republics, Latvia, Hungary, Romania, etc.. Today, they are still suffering from discrimination in Eastern Europe. The people in those countries eagerly helped the Nazis round up Jews for extermination, as did many people in France and Austria. The Arabs loudly applauded Hitler's attmpt to wipe out the Jews of Europe. Jews continue to be persecuted in the Muslim world. Thus, Israel is the only place of refuge for Jews who are not wanted in other parts of the world.
With all that mutual hatred between them, it is hard to see how the Israelis and Palestininas can achieve a real and lasting peace, especially since the Palestinians and other Arabs have vowed to destroy the Zionist entity, no matter how long it takes. When the Arabs talk about occupied land, they are not talking about the West Bank - they are talking about all of Israel itself.
When Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas talks of peace to the Western World he does so in English. However, when addressing the Arab World, his speeches in Arabic always reflect the Palestinian vow to destroy the Jewish State. And that vow is also reflected in the poll showing that 64 percent of Palestininas support the rocket attacks on Israeli civilians and 84 percent approved of killing the eight young Israeli students.
Following the slaughter of the Israeli students, the Palestinian Center for Policy and Research conducted a survey which revealed that (1) 64 percent of all Palestinians support the rocket attacks on Israeli towns and (2) 84 percent approved of the deadly shooting of the young Israeli students.
The Israelis and the Palestinians share a commonality - they hate each other. Jews and Palestinians share another commonality - nobody wants them.
The Palestinians hate the Israelis because in their minds Jews occupy land that was taken from them. They ignore the fact that much of Palestine (that part of Israel before 1967) was already occupied by Jews prior to their 1948 war of independence. Fueling that hatred is an incessant hateful depiction of Jews in the Arab press and schools. Harsh security measures taken by Israel in response to years of Palestinian attacks against its civilians have made life difficult for many Palestinians, thus adding to their hatred of Jews.
Israeli hatred of Palestinians stems from (1) five wars with Arab states - 1948-49, 1956, 1967, 1973-74 and 1982 - in which the Jews had to fight for the survival of their tiny homeland, (2) a long history of deadly Palestinian attacks against Israeli civilians, (3) the Palestinian rocket attacks on civilians by Hamas and Islamic Jihad, and (4) the fighting with Hezbollah, the powerful Lebanese Islamic militia.
In 1948, when Israel had to fight off invading Arab armies, it did force some Palestinians off of land inside the new State of Israel. However, the overwhelming majority of Palestinians who fled did so at the behest of the Arab states. The Arabs were determined to prevent the establishment of a Jewish State and did not want the Palestinian civilian population to get in the way of the fighting. Most fled to Jordan, Lebanon and Syria, none of which wanted them in their midst. Instead of assimilating the Palestinians, which they easily could have done, their fellow Arabs forced them to live in squalid refugee camps.
Jews are not wanted in many parts of the world. There is a long history of Jews having been persecuted in Muslim countries and in pre-WWII countries of Eastern Europe - Poland, the former Soviet Republics, Latvia, Hungary, Romania, etc.. Today, they are still suffering from discrimination in Eastern Europe. The people in those countries eagerly helped the Nazis round up Jews for extermination, as did many people in France and Austria. The Arabs loudly applauded Hitler's attmpt to wipe out the Jews of Europe. Jews continue to be persecuted in the Muslim world. Thus, Israel is the only place of refuge for Jews who are not wanted in other parts of the world.
With all that mutual hatred between them, it is hard to see how the Israelis and Palestininas can achieve a real and lasting peace, especially since the Palestinians and other Arabs have vowed to destroy the Zionist entity, no matter how long it takes. When the Arabs talk about occupied land, they are not talking about the West Bank - they are talking about all of Israel itself.
When Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas talks of peace to the Western World he does so in English. However, when addressing the Arab World, his speeches in Arabic always reflect the Palestinian vow to destroy the Jewish State. And that vow is also reflected in the poll showing that 64 percent of Palestininas support the rocket attacks on Israeli civilians and 84 percent approved of killing the eight young Israeli students.
Thursday, March 20, 2008
BE VERY CAREFUL HOW YOU VOTE IN 2008
Remember the old fable about the ant and the grasshopper? There are now two versions - the original and an updated one. Be sure and read both of them.
ORIGINAL VERSION:
The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter.
The grasshopper thinks the ant is a fool and laughs and dances and plays the summer away.
Come winter, the ant is warm and well fed. The grasshopper has no food or shelter, so he dies out in the cold.
MORAL OF THE STORY: Be responsible for yourself!
UPDATED VERSION:
The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter.
The grasshopper thinks the ant is a fool and laughs and dances and plays the summer away.
Come winter, the shivering grasshopper calls a press conference and demands to know why the ant should be warm and well fed while others are cold and starving.
CBS, NBC, PBS, CNN, and ABC show up to provide pictures of the shivering grasshopper next to a video of the ant in his comfortable home with a table filled with food. America is stunned by the sharp contrast. How can this be, that in a country of such wealth, this poor grasshopper is allowed to suffer so?
Kermit the Frog appears on Oprah with the grasshopper, and everybody cries when they sing, 'It's Not Easy Being Green.'
Jesse Jackson stages a demonstration in front of the ant's house where the TV stations film the group singing, 'We shall overcome.' Jesse then has the group kneel down to pray to God for the grasshopper's sake.
Al Sharpton, not to be outdone, stages his own demonstration accompanied by the shivering grasshopper. Al leads his group in shouting 'no justice, no peace' in front of the video cameras set up by the TV stations.
Nancy Pelosi, John Kerry & Harry Reid exclaim in an interview with Larry King that the ant has gotten rich off the back of the grasshopper, and both call for an immediate tax hike on the ant to make him pay his fair share.
Finally, the EEOC drafts the Economic Equity and Anti-Grasshopper Act retroactive to the beginning of the summer! The ant is fined for failing to hire a proportionate number of green bugs and, having nothing left to pay his retroactive taxes, his home is confiscated by the government.
Hillary Clinton gets her old law firm to represent the grasshopper in a defamation suit against the ant, and the case is tried before a panel of federal judges that Bill Clinton appointed from a list of single-parent welfare recipients. The ant loses the case.
The story ends as we see the grasshopper finishing up the last bits of the ant's food while the government house he is in, which just happens to be the ant's old house, crumbles around him because he doesn't maintain it.
The ant has disappeared in the snow.
The grasshopper is found dead in a drug related incident and the house, now abandoned, is taken over by a gang of spiders who terrorize the once peaceful neighborhood.
MORAL OF THE STORY: Be very careful how you vote in 2008!!
ORIGINAL VERSION:
The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter.
The grasshopper thinks the ant is a fool and laughs and dances and plays the summer away.
Come winter, the ant is warm and well fed. The grasshopper has no food or shelter, so he dies out in the cold.
MORAL OF THE STORY: Be responsible for yourself!
UPDATED VERSION:
The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter.
The grasshopper thinks the ant is a fool and laughs and dances and plays the summer away.
Come winter, the shivering grasshopper calls a press conference and demands to know why the ant should be warm and well fed while others are cold and starving.
CBS, NBC, PBS, CNN, and ABC show up to provide pictures of the shivering grasshopper next to a video of the ant in his comfortable home with a table filled with food. America is stunned by the sharp contrast. How can this be, that in a country of such wealth, this poor grasshopper is allowed to suffer so?
Kermit the Frog appears on Oprah with the grasshopper, and everybody cries when they sing, 'It's Not Easy Being Green.'
Jesse Jackson stages a demonstration in front of the ant's house where the TV stations film the group singing, 'We shall overcome.' Jesse then has the group kneel down to pray to God for the grasshopper's sake.
Al Sharpton, not to be outdone, stages his own demonstration accompanied by the shivering grasshopper. Al leads his group in shouting 'no justice, no peace' in front of the video cameras set up by the TV stations.
Nancy Pelosi, John Kerry & Harry Reid exclaim in an interview with Larry King that the ant has gotten rich off the back of the grasshopper, and both call for an immediate tax hike on the ant to make him pay his fair share.
Finally, the EEOC drafts the Economic Equity and Anti-Grasshopper Act retroactive to the beginning of the summer! The ant is fined for failing to hire a proportionate number of green bugs and, having nothing left to pay his retroactive taxes, his home is confiscated by the government.
Hillary Clinton gets her old law firm to represent the grasshopper in a defamation suit against the ant, and the case is tried before a panel of federal judges that Bill Clinton appointed from a list of single-parent welfare recipients. The ant loses the case.
The story ends as we see the grasshopper finishing up the last bits of the ant's food while the government house he is in, which just happens to be the ant's old house, crumbles around him because he doesn't maintain it.
The ant has disappeared in the snow.
The grasshopper is found dead in a drug related incident and the house, now abandoned, is taken over by a gang of spiders who terrorize the once peaceful neighborhood.
MORAL OF THE STORY: Be very careful how you vote in 2008!!
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
NO, NOT GOD BLESS AMERICA, GOD DAMN AMERICA !
"No, no, no, not God bless America, God damn America!" I'm sure by now you have heard those words over and over again, either on TV or on the radio. So, why am I repeating these hateful words by Reverend Jeremiah Wright from just one of his many inflammatory sermons? Because they relate to Barack Obama's character, or lack thereof.
For many years, Rev. Wright has been well known in the Chicago area for delivering many sermons from the pulpit which expressed a virulent hatred for whites and for the United States of America. Obama considers Wright a close friend. He credits Wright for leading him to Jesus Christ. Wright has been his pastor and spiritual adviser for nearly 20 years. He married the Obamas and baptized their children. Their's has been far more than just a casual pastor-parishioner relationship.
I can understand why blacks have been angry over the discrimination and injustices they have suffered at the hands of a white majority. While discrimination against minorities continues to exist, an awful lot has changed since Dr. Martin Luther King gave his "I Have a Dream" speech so that our past history does not justify Rev. Wright's current hatred of whites and his outrageous charges against our government.
Wright claims there is a government conspiracy to imprison black youths. He accuses the government of supplying young blacks with illegal drugs. He refers to our country as the "U.S. of KKK A." There is his demented accusation that the governmnt created the HIV virus "as a means of genocide against people of color." And then there is Wright's preposterous pronouncement that because, among other wrongs, our government supported state (Israeli) terrorism against the Palestinians, the United States was to blame for the 9/11 attacks on New York and the Pentagon - "the chickens coming home to roost," as he phrased it.
While Obama has denounced Wright's words in a forceful and unequivable way, he waited until this past week to do so. He claimed he never heard Wright deliver any hateful sermons on those days when he attended church services. He made the incredulous statement that he had not been aware of Wright's hateful sermons until he saw them played on TV recently. If you believe that, I'll sell you some beach front property in Arizona. If unaware of Wright's inflammatory sermons, then why did Obama disinvite his pastor from giving the invocation at the cremony announcing his run for the presidency?
In my blog, JOHN McCAIN IS MY FAVORITE CANDIDATE (12-10-07), I wrote: "Obama's inexperience is no big deal since he would almost certainly appoint well-qualified men and women to be his aides and cabinet members. He has tripped over his tongue on several foreign policy statements. But it's his sucking up to Jessee Jackson and Al Sharpton that makes it hard for me to vote for him." Well that was last December and this is now.
Obama's excuse for waiting until now to denounce Wright's sermons is just plain disingenuous. It sure looked like Michelle Obama has been influenced by those sermons when she told a campaign audience that "For the first time in my adult lifetime I'm proud of my country" and when, in a magazine article, she said America is "just downright mean." All this leads me to belive that - let me put it bluntly - Barack Obama is a liar! Unless he's been living under a rock, Obama had to be aware of the hatred espoused by Wright throughout their 20 year relationship.
I am personally incensed by Wright's references to Israel as a terrorist state. He has called for a divestment campaign against Israel for the "injustice and racism under which the Palestinians have lived because of Zionism." His website and church publications have contained articles condemning Israel and Zionism in the strongest ot terms. In the "Pastor's Page" section of his church bulletin there was a two page article by Mousa Abu Marzook, a Hamas terrorist wanted by the FBI, which included the Hamas Manifesto, a document that denies Israel's right to exist and defends attacks against Israeli civilians.
Wright has engaged in anti-Semitic rhetoric, as have those other rabble-rousing reverends, Jessee "Hymietown" Jackson and Al Sharpton. Wright, Obama's close friend and spiritual adviser, has warmly embraced that rabid racist hate-mongering Louis Farrakhan who calls Jews "bloodsuckers" and says "Judaism is a gutter religion."
It offends me that Obama continues to court Jackson, who has made many anti-Semitic remarks, and Sharpton, who fanned the flames of the 1991 riot by blacks against Jews in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn. Obama has not had to distance himself from Jackson and Sharpton because the media has had an enduring love affair with those charlatans, something Rev. Wright has not enjoyed.
Furthermore, Obama's foreign policy advisers have taken strong pro-Palestinian positions. One of his closest aides has been caught assuring a Canadian government official that Obama's position on changing NAFTA is merely political rhetoric. Before she resigned from his staff, Samantha Power told the BBC not to worry about Obama's stated Iraq policy because it too was just political rhetoric.
Last December, there was a slight possibility that I could have been persuaded to vote for Obama. Because of what I have learned about the man since then, the chances of my voting for Obama have evolved from SLIM TO NONE. Today's speech in Philadelphia, where he did an about face and finally admitted he was present in church when Wright made "remarks" he (Obama) characterized as "controversial," was a dollar short and a day late.
For many years, Rev. Wright has been well known in the Chicago area for delivering many sermons from the pulpit which expressed a virulent hatred for whites and for the United States of America. Obama considers Wright a close friend. He credits Wright for leading him to Jesus Christ. Wright has been his pastor and spiritual adviser for nearly 20 years. He married the Obamas and baptized their children. Their's has been far more than just a casual pastor-parishioner relationship.
I can understand why blacks have been angry over the discrimination and injustices they have suffered at the hands of a white majority. While discrimination against minorities continues to exist, an awful lot has changed since Dr. Martin Luther King gave his "I Have a Dream" speech so that our past history does not justify Rev. Wright's current hatred of whites and his outrageous charges against our government.
Wright claims there is a government conspiracy to imprison black youths. He accuses the government of supplying young blacks with illegal drugs. He refers to our country as the "U.S. of KKK A." There is his demented accusation that the governmnt created the HIV virus "as a means of genocide against people of color." And then there is Wright's preposterous pronouncement that because, among other wrongs, our government supported state (Israeli) terrorism against the Palestinians, the United States was to blame for the 9/11 attacks on New York and the Pentagon - "the chickens coming home to roost," as he phrased it.
While Obama has denounced Wright's words in a forceful and unequivable way, he waited until this past week to do so. He claimed he never heard Wright deliver any hateful sermons on those days when he attended church services. He made the incredulous statement that he had not been aware of Wright's hateful sermons until he saw them played on TV recently. If you believe that, I'll sell you some beach front property in Arizona. If unaware of Wright's inflammatory sermons, then why did Obama disinvite his pastor from giving the invocation at the cremony announcing his run for the presidency?
In my blog, JOHN McCAIN IS MY FAVORITE CANDIDATE (12-10-07), I wrote: "Obama's inexperience is no big deal since he would almost certainly appoint well-qualified men and women to be his aides and cabinet members. He has tripped over his tongue on several foreign policy statements. But it's his sucking up to Jessee Jackson and Al Sharpton that makes it hard for me to vote for him." Well that was last December and this is now.
Obama's excuse for waiting until now to denounce Wright's sermons is just plain disingenuous. It sure looked like Michelle Obama has been influenced by those sermons when she told a campaign audience that "For the first time in my adult lifetime I'm proud of my country" and when, in a magazine article, she said America is "just downright mean." All this leads me to belive that - let me put it bluntly - Barack Obama is a liar! Unless he's been living under a rock, Obama had to be aware of the hatred espoused by Wright throughout their 20 year relationship.
I am personally incensed by Wright's references to Israel as a terrorist state. He has called for a divestment campaign against Israel for the "injustice and racism under which the Palestinians have lived because of Zionism." His website and church publications have contained articles condemning Israel and Zionism in the strongest ot terms. In the "Pastor's Page" section of his church bulletin there was a two page article by Mousa Abu Marzook, a Hamas terrorist wanted by the FBI, which included the Hamas Manifesto, a document that denies Israel's right to exist and defends attacks against Israeli civilians.
Wright has engaged in anti-Semitic rhetoric, as have those other rabble-rousing reverends, Jessee "Hymietown" Jackson and Al Sharpton. Wright, Obama's close friend and spiritual adviser, has warmly embraced that rabid racist hate-mongering Louis Farrakhan who calls Jews "bloodsuckers" and says "Judaism is a gutter religion."
It offends me that Obama continues to court Jackson, who has made many anti-Semitic remarks, and Sharpton, who fanned the flames of the 1991 riot by blacks against Jews in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn. Obama has not had to distance himself from Jackson and Sharpton because the media has had an enduring love affair with those charlatans, something Rev. Wright has not enjoyed.
Furthermore, Obama's foreign policy advisers have taken strong pro-Palestinian positions. One of his closest aides has been caught assuring a Canadian government official that Obama's position on changing NAFTA is merely political rhetoric. Before she resigned from his staff, Samantha Power told the BBC not to worry about Obama's stated Iraq policy because it too was just political rhetoric.
Last December, there was a slight possibility that I could have been persuaded to vote for Obama. Because of what I have learned about the man since then, the chances of my voting for Obama have evolved from SLIM TO NONE. Today's speech in Philadelphia, where he did an about face and finally admitted he was present in church when Wright made "remarks" he (Obama) characterized as "controversial," was a dollar short and a day late.
Friday, March 14, 2008
APPLICANT ANGER
A friend wrote "It seems that the good old USA is not the only place this foolishness happens. Could it be our British heritage, or that idiocy knows no boundaries?" when he sent me this copy of a letter mailed to the minister in charge of passports by an exasperated Australian. This was too good not to be included in my blog.
Dear Mr. Minister,
I'm in the process of renewing my passport, and still cannot believe this.
How is it that Dick Smith has my address and telephone number and knows that I bought a TV cable from them back in 1997, and yet, the Federal Government is still asking me where I was born and on what date?
For Christ sakes, do you guys do this by hand?
You have my birth date on my social security card, and it is on all the income tax forms I've filed for the past 30 years. It's on my health insurance card, my driver's license, on the last eight bloody passports I've had, on all those stupid customs declaration forms I've had to fill out before being allowed off the planes over the last 30 years, and all those insufferable census forms that are done at election times.
Would somebody please take note, once and for all, that my mother's name is Maryanne, my father's name is Robert, and I'd be absolutely astounded if that ever changed between now and when I die!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I apologize, Mr. Minister. I'm really pis*sed off this morning. Between you an' me, I've had enough of this bulls*hit! You mail the application to my house, then you ask me for my fuckin' address. What is going on? You have a gang of Neanderthal assholes workin' there? Look at my damn picture. Do I look like Bin Laden? I don't want to dig up Yasser Arafat, for sh*it sakes. I just want to go and park my ass on a sandy beach. And would someone please tell me, why would you give a sh*it whether I plan on visiting a farm in the next 15 days? If I ever got the urge to do something weird to a chicken or a goat, believe you me, I'd sure as hell not want to tell anyone!
Well, I have to go now, 'cause I have to go to the other end of the city and get another fuc*kin' copy of my birth certificate, to the tune of $60! Would it be so complicated to have all the services in the same spot to assist in the issuance of a new passport the same day? But nooooo, that'd be too damn easy and maybe make sense. You'd rather have us running all over the fuc*kin' place like chickens with our heads cut off, then find some asshole to confirm that it's really me on the goddamn picture -- you know, the one where we're not allowed to smile in?! Fuckin' morons!
Hey, you know why we can't smile? 'Cause we're totally pissed off!
Signed - An Irate Fuc*kin' Australian Citizen.
P.S. Remember what I said above about the picture and getting someone to confirm that it's me? Well, my family has been in this country since 1770 when one of my forefathers took up arms against the Pommies.
I have served in the military for something over 30 years and have had security clearances up the yingyang. I was aide de camp to the Lieutenant Governor of our State for ten years, and I have been doing volunteer work for the CMF for about five years. However, I have to get someone "important" to verify who I am -- you know, someone like my doctor WHO WAS BORN AND RAISED IN COMMUNIST FUCKIN' CHINA!!!
David
DAVID TREACHER
Senior Partner
Advice First Pty Ltd
Ph: 07 5593 1600
Dear Mr. Minister,
I'm in the process of renewing my passport, and still cannot believe this.
How is it that Dick Smith has my address and telephone number and knows that I bought a TV cable from them back in 1997, and yet, the Federal Government is still asking me where I was born and on what date?
For Christ sakes, do you guys do this by hand?
You have my birth date on my social security card, and it is on all the income tax forms I've filed for the past 30 years. It's on my health insurance card, my driver's license, on the last eight bloody passports I've had, on all those stupid customs declaration forms I've had to fill out before being allowed off the planes over the last 30 years, and all those insufferable census forms that are done at election times.
Would somebody please take note, once and for all, that my mother's name is Maryanne, my father's name is Robert, and I'd be absolutely astounded if that ever changed between now and when I die!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I apologize, Mr. Minister. I'm really pis*sed off this morning. Between you an' me, I've had enough of this bulls*hit! You mail the application to my house, then you ask me for my fuckin' address. What is going on? You have a gang of Neanderthal assholes workin' there? Look at my damn picture. Do I look like Bin Laden? I don't want to dig up Yasser Arafat, for sh*it sakes. I just want to go and park my ass on a sandy beach. And would someone please tell me, why would you give a sh*it whether I plan on visiting a farm in the next 15 days? If I ever got the urge to do something weird to a chicken or a goat, believe you me, I'd sure as hell not want to tell anyone!
Well, I have to go now, 'cause I have to go to the other end of the city and get another fuc*kin' copy of my birth certificate, to the tune of $60! Would it be so complicated to have all the services in the same spot to assist in the issuance of a new passport the same day? But nooooo, that'd be too damn easy and maybe make sense. You'd rather have us running all over the fuc*kin' place like chickens with our heads cut off, then find some asshole to confirm that it's really me on the goddamn picture -- you know, the one where we're not allowed to smile in?! Fuckin' morons!
Hey, you know why we can't smile? 'Cause we're totally pissed off!
Signed - An Irate Fuc*kin' Australian Citizen.
P.S. Remember what I said above about the picture and getting someone to confirm that it's me? Well, my family has been in this country since 1770 when one of my forefathers took up arms against the Pommies.
I have served in the military for something over 30 years and have had security clearances up the yingyang. I was aide de camp to the Lieutenant Governor of our State for ten years, and I have been doing volunteer work for the CMF for about five years. However, I have to get someone "important" to verify who I am -- you know, someone like my doctor WHO WAS BORN AND RAISED IN COMMUNIST FUCKIN' CHINA!!!
David
DAVID TREACHER
Senior Partner
Advice First Pty Ltd
Ph: 07 5593 1600
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
COLLATERAL DAMAGE IN THE WAR ON DRUGS
What goes around comes around. Eliot Spitzer, Governor of New York and former take-no-prisoner crime and corruption fighting zealot, got zapped doing business repeatedly with a high-priced call-girl operation. As New York's Attorney General, he attempted to besmirch the private lives of those he targeted for prosecution on white collar crimes. Now the seamy side of Spitzer's own private life has been publicly exposed, humiliating his wife and three daughters in the process, and forcing him to resign from office.
How did Spitzer's exposure come about. You may be surprised to learn that the Governor's fall from grace was the result of collateral damage in the war on drugs. In order to give law enforcement a powerful new weapon to fight that war, Congress in 1970 passed the Bank Security Act (BSA). This law was designed to detect and stop money laundering by big-time drug dealers and to uncover unknown traffickers.
BSA requires all banks to submit reports of certain money transactions to the Internal Revenue Service. The Currency Transaction Report (CTR) is required for any currency transactions in excess of $10,000. The Suspicious Activity Report (SAR) is required for transactions of at least $5,000 if a bank knows or suspects the money was derived from illegal activities.
SARs submitted by a bank led the IRS to track down a number of money transfers which revealed that Gov. Spitzer was one of several clients doing business with Emperor's Club VIP, a high-priced international prostitution service with day ("dawn to dawn") rates starting at $10,000 and with call-girls charging up to $5,500 an hour. Wiretaps on the service indicated that Spitzer, designated by the IRS as "Client 9," had been doing business with Emperor's Club for several years. (Client 6 is reported to be the Duke of Westminster, one of England's wealthiest men.) It is estimated that Spitzer may have spent as much as $80,000 on Emperor's Club call-girls.
A federal affidavit stated that Client 9 wanted a call-girl going by the name "Kristen" to take the 5:39 P.M. train from New York to Washington, D.C. on February 13. She was to check into a separate room at the Mayflower Hotel which he had paid for under another name. Client 9 would pay for the train ticket, cab fares, room service, and the minibar. When asked by Kristen's boss if he would make his payment to the same business as usual, he was heard to reply over the wiretap, "Yup, same as in the past. No question about it."
Apparently, Spitzer had sex with Kristen and numerous other Emperor's Club prostitutes over a period of years because he had to ask its agent to remind him of exactly what Kristen looked like. He agreed to pay Kristen $4,300 for a two-hour tryst at the Mayflower.
Not only did Spitzer knowingly and willingly do business with a criminal enterprise, but he really blew it when he paid for Kristen to travel from New York to Washington. He committed a federal felony by violating the White-Slave Traffic Act (Mann Act) of 1910, a law which forbids the transportation of women from one state to another for immoral purposes. It remains to be seen if the federal government will indict him for violating the Mann Act.
With this currency transaction investigation, the war on drugs snared a really big fish. But, it was not a big-time drug dealer who became a casualty - it was the holier-than-thou Governor of New York. Unfortunately for Spitzer, he was felled by heavy collateral damage in the war on durgs.
How did Spitzer's exposure come about. You may be surprised to learn that the Governor's fall from grace was the result of collateral damage in the war on drugs. In order to give law enforcement a powerful new weapon to fight that war, Congress in 1970 passed the Bank Security Act (BSA). This law was designed to detect and stop money laundering by big-time drug dealers and to uncover unknown traffickers.
BSA requires all banks to submit reports of certain money transactions to the Internal Revenue Service. The Currency Transaction Report (CTR) is required for any currency transactions in excess of $10,000. The Suspicious Activity Report (SAR) is required for transactions of at least $5,000 if a bank knows or suspects the money was derived from illegal activities.
SARs submitted by a bank led the IRS to track down a number of money transfers which revealed that Gov. Spitzer was one of several clients doing business with Emperor's Club VIP, a high-priced international prostitution service with day ("dawn to dawn") rates starting at $10,000 and with call-girls charging up to $5,500 an hour. Wiretaps on the service indicated that Spitzer, designated by the IRS as "Client 9," had been doing business with Emperor's Club for several years. (Client 6 is reported to be the Duke of Westminster, one of England's wealthiest men.) It is estimated that Spitzer may have spent as much as $80,000 on Emperor's Club call-girls.
A federal affidavit stated that Client 9 wanted a call-girl going by the name "Kristen" to take the 5:39 P.M. train from New York to Washington, D.C. on February 13. She was to check into a separate room at the Mayflower Hotel which he had paid for under another name. Client 9 would pay for the train ticket, cab fares, room service, and the minibar. When asked by Kristen's boss if he would make his payment to the same business as usual, he was heard to reply over the wiretap, "Yup, same as in the past. No question about it."
Apparently, Spitzer had sex with Kristen and numerous other Emperor's Club prostitutes over a period of years because he had to ask its agent to remind him of exactly what Kristen looked like. He agreed to pay Kristen $4,300 for a two-hour tryst at the Mayflower.
Not only did Spitzer knowingly and willingly do business with a criminal enterprise, but he really blew it when he paid for Kristen to travel from New York to Washington. He committed a federal felony by violating the White-Slave Traffic Act (Mann Act) of 1910, a law which forbids the transportation of women from one state to another for immoral purposes. It remains to be seen if the federal government will indict him for violating the Mann Act.
With this currency transaction investigation, the war on drugs snared a really big fish. But, it was not a big-time drug dealer who became a casualty - it was the holier-than-thou Governor of New York. Unfortunately for Spitzer, he was felled by heavy collateral damage in the war on durgs.
Saturday, March 08, 2008
CRAPOLA FILLS MY BULK MAIL BOX
I'm 81 years old. My plumbing no longer works and seems to be beyond repair. Spammers must have gotten ahold of my profile. Daily, my bulk mail box gets filled with come-ons promising to cure my erectile dysfunciton or promising to endow me with the secret weapon of male porno stars. Yeah, right. Let me give you just a few examples of this crapola.
"Imagine how your girl will be happy to see this large love gun!"
"Get the best shape of your babymaker!"
"Millions of men over the world already tested THIS and ARE making their girlfri..."
"Bring more joy to your life, get a bluepill!"
"3 extra inches in 3 weeks!"
"Only the best blue-pills here!"
"Women will not tell you what really works, but we do. BLuepill works. Always."
"We can tell what really works!"
"GLobal potence ensurer!"
"Feel all the benefits of magic blue colored-tabs!"
"Hot chixs. Ponetnce. Blue-colored-tab." (Ponetnce??? Must be a misspelling of potence.)
"Want to be called Macho?"
"Get a secret weapon of xxx-stars!"
"Bluepill will make your hard stone even harder!"
"Can't make your girl groan from pleasure? Bluepill will save you!"
"Try this, and stimulate even the deepest of her love spots!"
Anyway, you get the idea. You've probably gotten many of these come-ons yourself, your age notwithstanding. I, for one, never click on any of this crapola. I'm sure that I am beyond getting a hard stone and I never could come anywhere close to the endurance of a porno star. I suspect that the only groans I would hear from a girl would be groans of disgust, not pleasure.
To top things off, today I was one of a long list of recipients, who found this letter from some poor Malaysian wench in my inbox.
"Hello There,
How are you doing today? I just hope all is good and ok with you and i am glad to hear from you..I am Harriet and 32 years of age and living in Malaysia..I do have my degree in Accounting and currently not working as its hard finding a job over here..I have not been married before and don't have children as well..I am seriously looking for a serious soul mate with whom i can be with and spend the rest of my life with..Someone who is caring,loving,sweet and hard working as well and is also willing to spend his rest of his life with me...Below are some pictures of me and hope you do like them...Can you send me some pictures of yourself and telling me about yourself as well..
Have a good day and Take care
Harriet"
Now if I were single, in my 30s, and had some of those magic blue colored-tabs to give me a large love gun, I might be tempted to compete for Harriet's attention. Then if we ended up together, my harder hard stone babymaker would make Harriet groan with pleasure as I stimulated the deepest of her love spots. But since I am no longer capable of experiencing what is now just a pipe dream, I didn't bother to look at her pictures before clicking on the delete box. Oh yes, I've gotta go now and gulp down my daily dose of stool softeners. Have a good day and take care.
"Imagine how your girl will be happy to see this large love gun!"
"Get the best shape of your babymaker!"
"Millions of men over the world already tested THIS and ARE making their girlfri..."
"Bring more joy to your life, get a bluepill!"
"3 extra inches in 3 weeks!"
"Only the best blue-pills here!"
"Women will not tell you what really works, but we do. BLuepill works. Always."
"We can tell what really works!"
"GLobal potence ensurer!"
"Feel all the benefits of magic blue colored-tabs!"
"Hot chixs. Ponetnce. Blue-colored-tab." (Ponetnce??? Must be a misspelling of potence.)
"Want to be called Macho?"
"Get a secret weapon of xxx-stars!"
"Bluepill will make your hard stone even harder!"
"Can't make your girl groan from pleasure? Bluepill will save you!"
"Try this, and stimulate even the deepest of her love spots!"
Anyway, you get the idea. You've probably gotten many of these come-ons yourself, your age notwithstanding. I, for one, never click on any of this crapola. I'm sure that I am beyond getting a hard stone and I never could come anywhere close to the endurance of a porno star. I suspect that the only groans I would hear from a girl would be groans of disgust, not pleasure.
To top things off, today I was one of a long list of recipients, who found this letter from some poor Malaysian wench in my inbox.
"Hello There,
How are you doing today? I just hope all is good and ok with you and i am glad to hear from you..I am Harriet and 32 years of age and living in Malaysia..I do have my degree in Accounting and currently not working as its hard finding a job over here..I have not been married before and don't have children as well..I am seriously looking for a serious soul mate with whom i can be with and spend the rest of my life with..Someone who is caring,loving,sweet and hard working as well and is also willing to spend his rest of his life with me...Below are some pictures of me and hope you do like them...Can you send me some pictures of yourself and telling me about yourself as well..
Have a good day and Take care
Harriet"
Now if I were single, in my 30s, and had some of those magic blue colored-tabs to give me a large love gun, I might be tempted to compete for Harriet's attention. Then if we ended up together, my harder hard stone babymaker would make Harriet groan with pleasure as I stimulated the deepest of her love spots. But since I am no longer capable of experiencing what is now just a pipe dream, I didn't bother to look at her pictures before clicking on the delete box. Oh yes, I've gotta go now and gulp down my daily dose of stool softeners. Have a good day and take care.
HOW WOULD WE REACT?
Suppose Mexicans launched deadly rockets at our border towns on a daily basis. How would we react? What if the Belgians did the same to France? How would the French react? How would Germany react to daily rocket attacks from Denmark? And how would any other members of the United Nations react to such attacks by a neighboring country? You can bet all would resort to swift and deadly military force, even if the rocket launchers were located in the midst of civilian neighborhoods.
For months, Israel has been subjected to daily rocket attacks from the Gaza Strip. The rockets have been launched by militants from Hamas and Islamic Jihad. The militants try to protect their launch sites from Israeli attacks by deliberately placing them within civilian neighborhoods, thereby using innocent people as shields. And if that strategy fails, they will yet have gained a victory of sorts, knowing that Muslims all over the globe, in concert with the Europeans and the United Nations, will scream about the loss of innocent lives at the hands of the Israelis.
Until the end of February, Israel's response to the attacks had been somewhat restrained. The Israeli Air Force used pin-point attacks in trying to take out the launch sites. Civilian casualties were quite low. Unfortunately for Israel, the rocket attacks continued unabated. So, on top of the air strikes, the Israeli army struck back with a ground incursion into Gaza. The combined attacks resulted in several hundred civilian casualties.
As expected, the attacks drew the wrath of the Palestinians and other Arabs. Palestinan President Mahmoud Abbas even had the audacity to proclaim that the Israelis were perpetrating a holocaust against his people. How dare he make that analogy! While several hundred unintended civlian casualties are unfortunate, they can in no way whatsoever be compared to the Holocaust with its extermination of six million Jews by Nazi Germany.
And as usual, the European Union and the United Nations used the strongest terms to condemn Israel's attacks on civilian neighborhoods. Thus Israel is in a no-win situation - damned if it does and damned if it doesn't. If it shows the utmost restraint, the rocket attacks will continue. If Israel's Air Force resorts to using deadlier bombs, there will be many civilian casualties and if the Israeli army strikes into Gaza, there will be even more civilians killed and wounded. Then the world will condemn the Jewish State for its slaughter of innocent civilians.
While meeting with Abbas, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice chided Israel for its Gaza attack, saying "innocent people" living among the rocket launchers "should not be subject to injury and death." This brings me back to my very first question.
What would happen if Mexicans launched daily rocket attacks against San Diego County from within the crowded neighborhoods of Tijuana? We would strike back swiftly with our Air Force and military ground units. While the rocket launch sites would be wiped out quickly, there would be heavy civilian casualties. The Europeans and the United Nations would condemn us. Then, in her official capacity, Condi would tell them to "go fuck yourselves."
For months, Israel has been subjected to daily rocket attacks from the Gaza Strip. The rockets have been launched by militants from Hamas and Islamic Jihad. The militants try to protect their launch sites from Israeli attacks by deliberately placing them within civilian neighborhoods, thereby using innocent people as shields. And if that strategy fails, they will yet have gained a victory of sorts, knowing that Muslims all over the globe, in concert with the Europeans and the United Nations, will scream about the loss of innocent lives at the hands of the Israelis.
Until the end of February, Israel's response to the attacks had been somewhat restrained. The Israeli Air Force used pin-point attacks in trying to take out the launch sites. Civilian casualties were quite low. Unfortunately for Israel, the rocket attacks continued unabated. So, on top of the air strikes, the Israeli army struck back with a ground incursion into Gaza. The combined attacks resulted in several hundred civilian casualties.
As expected, the attacks drew the wrath of the Palestinians and other Arabs. Palestinan President Mahmoud Abbas even had the audacity to proclaim that the Israelis were perpetrating a holocaust against his people. How dare he make that analogy! While several hundred unintended civlian casualties are unfortunate, they can in no way whatsoever be compared to the Holocaust with its extermination of six million Jews by Nazi Germany.
And as usual, the European Union and the United Nations used the strongest terms to condemn Israel's attacks on civilian neighborhoods. Thus Israel is in a no-win situation - damned if it does and damned if it doesn't. If it shows the utmost restraint, the rocket attacks will continue. If Israel's Air Force resorts to using deadlier bombs, there will be many civilian casualties and if the Israeli army strikes into Gaza, there will be even more civilians killed and wounded. Then the world will condemn the Jewish State for its slaughter of innocent civilians.
While meeting with Abbas, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice chided Israel for its Gaza attack, saying "innocent people" living among the rocket launchers "should not be subject to injury and death." This brings me back to my very first question.
What would happen if Mexicans launched daily rocket attacks against San Diego County from within the crowded neighborhoods of Tijuana? We would strike back swiftly with our Air Force and military ground units. While the rocket launch sites would be wiped out quickly, there would be heavy civilian casualties. The Europeans and the United Nations would condemn us. Then, in her official capacity, Condi would tell them to "go fuck yourselves."
Friday, March 07, 2008
APOLOGY NOT CALLED FOR
"She is a monster too ... she is stooping to anything. You just look at her and think: ergh. But if you are poor and she is telling you some story about how Obama is going to take your job away, maybe it will be more effective. The amount of deceit she has put forward is really unattractive."
Who is that monster? According to Samantha Power, one of Barack Obama's foreign policy advisers, it is none other than Hillary Clinton. Power made those remarks during an interview in London with the Scottish newspaper, The Scotsman, during which she said Clinton would stop at nothing in her zeal to seize the lead from Obama.
Soon after her remarks were published, Power, as well as Obama, issued an apology. Following demands by the Clinton campaign that she be fired, Power resigned from Obama's staff. But, did Power's remarks really call for an apology and her resigantion? Political expediency ruled the day. Personally however, I believe neither an apology nor the resignation was called for.
Maybe the term "monster" was a little strong, but everything Power said about Hillary was true. The relationship between Obama and Antoin "Tony" Rezko serves as a good example of Clinton's deceit. Rezko is a shady Chicago real estate investor who is now on trial in federal court for taking millions of dollars in kickbacks and for trying to shake down a Hollywood producer for campaign contributions.
Rezko has been a hefty contributer to Obama's campaigns and, some years ago, Barack also received a sweetheart land deal from him. In the week before the Ohio and Texas primaries, Clinton continually trashed Obama over his relationship with Rezko. Nevermind the shady Arkansas land deals, known as Whitewater, which she herself had made. Nevermind the dubious campaign contributions she has accepted over the years. Hillary is the kettle calling the pot black.
Clinton keeps complaining that Obama has been attacking her instead of talking about the issues. Nevermind the slash and burn strategy she has been waging against Obama throughout the campaign. She has perfected the art of trashing anyone she considers a threat. Hillary excoriated Gennifer Flowers, Paula Jones and other women with a vengence when they revealed sexual improprieties by hubby Bill. And now, after Obama promised to give her hell, Clinton is comparing him to Ken Starr, the much maligned (by the Clintons and their allies) former Whitewater special prosecutor.
Speaking of deceit, NAFTA has been a cornerstone of Bill Clinton's legacy, but while campaigning in Ohio which has lost thousands of jobs to that agreement, she joined in the criticism of NAFTA and promised voters she would change it if elected. And what about the Samantha Power flap? Was Hillary really offended by the monster characterization? Of course not! She loved it because it afforded her campaign the opportunity to divert attention away from Obama's message.
So when you look at "Hatchet Job" Hillary's past history and add to that her trashing of Obama - all talk, no substance; not ready to be commander-in-chief; less qualified than McCain - she does come across as a deceitful monster who will stoop to any level in order to destroy anyone who gets in her way. That is why I believe Power and Obama did not owe Hillary Clinton an apology. On the upside though, with the departure of Samantha Power there is one less anti-Israel adviser on Obama's foreign policy team.
Who is that monster? According to Samantha Power, one of Barack Obama's foreign policy advisers, it is none other than Hillary Clinton. Power made those remarks during an interview in London with the Scottish newspaper, The Scotsman, during which she said Clinton would stop at nothing in her zeal to seize the lead from Obama.
Soon after her remarks were published, Power, as well as Obama, issued an apology. Following demands by the Clinton campaign that she be fired, Power resigned from Obama's staff. But, did Power's remarks really call for an apology and her resigantion? Political expediency ruled the day. Personally however, I believe neither an apology nor the resignation was called for.
Maybe the term "monster" was a little strong, but everything Power said about Hillary was true. The relationship between Obama and Antoin "Tony" Rezko serves as a good example of Clinton's deceit. Rezko is a shady Chicago real estate investor who is now on trial in federal court for taking millions of dollars in kickbacks and for trying to shake down a Hollywood producer for campaign contributions.
Rezko has been a hefty contributer to Obama's campaigns and, some years ago, Barack also received a sweetheart land deal from him. In the week before the Ohio and Texas primaries, Clinton continually trashed Obama over his relationship with Rezko. Nevermind the shady Arkansas land deals, known as Whitewater, which she herself had made. Nevermind the dubious campaign contributions she has accepted over the years. Hillary is the kettle calling the pot black.
Clinton keeps complaining that Obama has been attacking her instead of talking about the issues. Nevermind the slash and burn strategy she has been waging against Obama throughout the campaign. She has perfected the art of trashing anyone she considers a threat. Hillary excoriated Gennifer Flowers, Paula Jones and other women with a vengence when they revealed sexual improprieties by hubby Bill. And now, after Obama promised to give her hell, Clinton is comparing him to Ken Starr, the much maligned (by the Clintons and their allies) former Whitewater special prosecutor.
Speaking of deceit, NAFTA has been a cornerstone of Bill Clinton's legacy, but while campaigning in Ohio which has lost thousands of jobs to that agreement, she joined in the criticism of NAFTA and promised voters she would change it if elected. And what about the Samantha Power flap? Was Hillary really offended by the monster characterization? Of course not! She loved it because it afforded her campaign the opportunity to divert attention away from Obama's message.
So when you look at "Hatchet Job" Hillary's past history and add to that her trashing of Obama - all talk, no substance; not ready to be commander-in-chief; less qualified than McCain - she does come across as a deceitful monster who will stoop to any level in order to destroy anyone who gets in her way. That is why I believe Power and Obama did not owe Hillary Clinton an apology. On the upside though, with the departure of Samantha Power there is one less anti-Israel adviser on Obama's foreign policy team.
Wednesday, March 05, 2008
QUESTIONING JOHN McCAIN'S ELIGIBILITY TO BE PRESIDENT
Sooner or later it was bound to happen. Some of his enemies are questioning John McCain's eligibility to become President because he was born outside the continental United States. McCain was born in the Panama Canal Zone. According to Article II, Section 1 of the Constitution, only a "natural born citizen" can hold the nation's highest office.
Constitutional scholars and legal experts have long held that anyone born in a U.S. territory qualifies as a natuaral born citizen. At the time of McCain's birth, the Panama Canal Zone was a territory of the United States. Some constitutional interpreters even hold that a child born to parents who are U.S. citizens meets the "natural born" requirement, no matter the place of birth.
When the Constitution was drawn up, many of those living in the thirteen colonies considered themselves "loyalists" who favored remaining under the yolk of the British monarchy. Being a small new nation, our founding fathers wanted to ensure that the Presidency would remain in the hands of someone dedicated to our independence - hence the "natural born citizen" provision. But that was then and this is now. It is absurd to imagine that a foreign born president might threaten our hard-won independence.
If you've been reading my blogs, you already know that I have long favored amending the Constitution to remove the natrual born citizen requirement (LET'S AMEND ARTICLE II, SECTION 1 OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION, December 24,2006). The U.S. is a nation of immigrants, many having made outstanding contributions in the arts, science, medicine, education, industry, military service and public service. Many naturalized citizens are highly qualified to serve as our President.
Like him or not, Henry Kissinger dedicated many years of his life to serving in our government. But, because he was not born in this country, he was not eligible to become our President. Arnold Schwarzenegger, a movie star with mediocre acting talent, has been highly regarded in his elected position as Governor of California. Yet, having been born outside the U.S., he is also not eligible to become our President. That just doesn't make any sense.
John McCain served his country as a naval aviator. He was seriously injured when he was shot down over North Vietnam while on his 23rd combat mission. He received little medical attention for his injuries. Instead, his North Vietnamese captors kept him in solitary confinement and tortured him on and off during the six years he was a POW. He is a genuine American hero. He has long served our country with distinction as a member of Congress. And now, some of his enemies question McCain's eligibility to be President because he was born in the Panama Canal Zone while his father was stationed there by the U.S. Navy.
It's high time we put a stop to this nonsense once and for all. The Constituiton should be amended so that a foreign born citizen who has lived in this country for at least 14 years can become President of the United States of America. There is no reason whatsoever to deny Kissinger, Schwarzenegger, and other outstanding foreign born U.S. citizens the opportunity to hold our land's highest office.
Constitutional scholars and legal experts have long held that anyone born in a U.S. territory qualifies as a natuaral born citizen. At the time of McCain's birth, the Panama Canal Zone was a territory of the United States. Some constitutional interpreters even hold that a child born to parents who are U.S. citizens meets the "natural born" requirement, no matter the place of birth.
When the Constitution was drawn up, many of those living in the thirteen colonies considered themselves "loyalists" who favored remaining under the yolk of the British monarchy. Being a small new nation, our founding fathers wanted to ensure that the Presidency would remain in the hands of someone dedicated to our independence - hence the "natural born citizen" provision. But that was then and this is now. It is absurd to imagine that a foreign born president might threaten our hard-won independence.
If you've been reading my blogs, you already know that I have long favored amending the Constitution to remove the natrual born citizen requirement (LET'S AMEND ARTICLE II, SECTION 1 OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION, December 24,2006). The U.S. is a nation of immigrants, many having made outstanding contributions in the arts, science, medicine, education, industry, military service and public service. Many naturalized citizens are highly qualified to serve as our President.
Like him or not, Henry Kissinger dedicated many years of his life to serving in our government. But, because he was not born in this country, he was not eligible to become our President. Arnold Schwarzenegger, a movie star with mediocre acting talent, has been highly regarded in his elected position as Governor of California. Yet, having been born outside the U.S., he is also not eligible to become our President. That just doesn't make any sense.
John McCain served his country as a naval aviator. He was seriously injured when he was shot down over North Vietnam while on his 23rd combat mission. He received little medical attention for his injuries. Instead, his North Vietnamese captors kept him in solitary confinement and tortured him on and off during the six years he was a POW. He is a genuine American hero. He has long served our country with distinction as a member of Congress. And now, some of his enemies question McCain's eligibility to be President because he was born in the Panama Canal Zone while his father was stationed there by the U.S. Navy.
It's high time we put a stop to this nonsense once and for all. The Constituiton should be amended so that a foreign born citizen who has lived in this country for at least 14 years can become President of the United States of America. There is no reason whatsoever to deny Kissinger, Schwarzenegger, and other outstanding foreign born U.S. citizens the opportunity to hold our land's highest office.
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