bushwhacked.. from the right..

g-dub is getting attacked from the right on his poor record concerning immigration. paelocon dinosaur pat buchanan has called for a republican legislator to move for impeachment of g-dub. now, more folks on the right are calling for the same thing. george has been in bed with the hispanic vote from day one. there is a republican strategy that is trying to secure the hispanic vote for the future, in essence, securing majority rule.. one thing republican strategists did not count on was a strong backlash from their base. that is exactly what is happening. the republicans have been, at least in a verbal sense, leapfrogged by the democrats.. the democratic governors of both arizona and new mexico have lent strong words (not backed by consistent actions, however) to fixing the border problem. again, the republicans are playing catch up. this country has grown tired of the endless illegal assault from the south.. there are now an estimated 20 million illegal immigrants in this country.. 20 MILLION. this is crushing the state economies.. it is sucking up federal money.. it is burning up taxpayer money to pay for services to non-citizens. it has got to stop. the republicans missed the calling on the minute men.. they have missed the calling to enforce existing immigration law and they are going to pay dearly in the next election cycle.. the bad news is that the other side of the aisle is even WORSE.. i'm concerned americans will stay home and not vote, allowing an even worse policy to slide in to place.. the ted kennedy side of the house openly long for open borders, with no immigration restraints.. further diluting the soverignty of the united states.. more poor illegals = more government assistance = more of a shift to socialist policy = more leaning on the UN for guidance and direction.. it's just sickening.

..more video observations

ok, i'm stuck.. this is like watching a series of car accidents in slow motion.. how have we made it this far since the demise of the keyboard/guitar.. ? i mean, how can you be a rockstar keyboard player if you are hidden behind all of those keys ?? the only answer is to place it on a stick and hold it like a guitar.. sliced bread, ball point pen, keyboartar, i mean gutiarboard.. what has happened to stand up keyboard man ?

and how great must it have been to be kool of kool and the gang.. ? 'this is the night you'll see the light.. ' i will keep repeating that to myself.. but really, how do you get named after a menthol cigarette anyway..

and it's a shame that the leather pants w/ white tennis shoes combo has seemingly evaporated from the fashion sense of todays hipsters.. they could really learn a thing or two from watching some classic styx videos.. speaking of having too much time on my hands.. this video might be the worst in the history of ever.. but now they're suggesting that i sail away.. where is eric cartman when you need him anyway..

things have taken a turn for the better music wise.. kool & the gang -> styx -> eric clapton-> doobie brothers

blackwater seems like such an appropriate song right now..

choreography & the 80's

ok, i can admit that at 9:30 at night i'm a bit too lazy to move the laptop, get off the couch and walk across the room to get my remote.. the price i pay for this laziness is the ongoing exposure to vh1's tuesday 2-play. (and this is a dear price indeed) mixed in with the heart, steve winwood and van halen have been a few reminders of a very strange 80's video phenomenon.. now understand, as a child of the 80's i feel as if i was pretty in tune with all that was hip back then.. parachute pants (had em), z cavaricci (had em), miami vice (watched it), zodiacs (had a bunch).. i feel pretty in touch with my time spent in the 80's.. this one thing, however, has escaped me.. and i must admit, i am now transfixed by it... what is IT? IT is the amount of unnecessary, unadultrated, unabashed, over the top dance choreography shoe-horned in to these videos from the 80's.. now i don't know about you, but i have NEVER seen people walking down the street just fall in to line and start snapping their fingers and kicking their legs around when a certain song came on(let alone a bunch of zombies).. but these videos would have you believe that is how the 80's were lived.. groups of people, falling in to formation and getting down to the worst dance moves ever created.. michael jackson, paula abdul, madonna, even the MOODY BLUES have choreographed dancers getting down to horrible songs.. maybe it's an allergic reaction to the music, i'm just not sure.. i am sure that today this choreographed nonsense is left to cheerleaders and boy bands.. oh, and the yuck monkeys in rap videos.. and i'm pretty sure we're all better off for it..

more bad news for new orleans..

Water rising at 17th St. canal
Tuesday, 6:30 p.m.
Mayor Ray Nagin has announced that the attempt to plug a breach in the 17th Street canal at the Hammond Highway bridge has failed and the rising water is about to overwhelm the pumps on that canal.The result is that water will begin rising rapidly again, and could reach as high as 3 feet above sea level. In New Orleans and Jefferson Parish, that means floodwaters could rise as high as 15 feet in the next few hours.Nagin urged residents to try to find higher ground as soon as possible.

tragic

all of new orleans to be evacuated..

the water keeps pouring in to new orleans.. the latest word is that the governor of louisiana is calling for the total evacuation of the city of new orleans... from the AP:

With conditions in the hurricane-ravaged city of New Orleans rapidly deteriorating, Gov. Kathleen Blanco said Tuesday that people now huddled in the Superdome and other rescue centers need to be evacuated...

Because of two levees that broke Tuesday, the city was rapidly filling with water and the prospect of having power was a long time off, the governor said. She also said the storm severed a major water main, leaving the city without drinkable water.

this combined with out of control looting has turned new orleans into a total disaster area.. hospitals are now being evacuated due to the rising water.. one positive note - the super walmart in kenner has made a point to be open to supply the impacted area.. gotta give those guys some credit

and i will curse..

just thinking out loud, but these events bring an interesting correlation to a post i made on 8/4 related to a verse in genesis.. I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who curses you.. Gen 12:3

on 8/15, after extreme pressure from the united states, israel withdrew from God given land in gaza.. the united states continues pressure on israel to unilaterally withdraw from the west bank in the face of continuing terror from the PA.

i will state once again, i think it's dangerous business for the united states to be forcing israel to withraw from God given land..

new orleans, filling up..

there are reports that new orleans has declared marshal law.. that would be unprecedented. (this has been confirmed - citizens have been told that they have no civil rights as of now & the national guard is controlling the city) the latest reports out of new orleans are that more levees are breaking and areas that once appeared to be clear are now flooding.. the lakeview levee sent water all through the neighborhoods around uno.. right along robert e. lee and around the lakefront arena for you panic fans.. now a large section of the 17th street canal levee as failed and has sent water through mid-city, carrolton, gentilly, city park and more.. from the AP:

In downtown New Orleans, streets that were relatively clear in the hours after the storm were filled with 1 to 1 1/2 feet of water Tuesday morning.
Water was knee-deep around the Superdome. Canal Street was literally a canal. Water lapped at the edge of the French Quarter.
Little islands of red ants floated in the gasoline-fouled waters through downtown. The Hyatt Hotel and other high-rise around the Superdome had rows and rows of shattered windows.

apparently pontchartrain is emptying in to the city, which is going to create a serious environmental disaster.. there are no estimates when the flow of water will stop, meaning that the whole city could be submerged by day end if it keeps up.

there are reports of dead bodies floating in the flood waters.. barges are reportedly being brought in to try to generate electricity & there is growing concern around providing clean water to people, especially as the summer heat starts to come back.. this could be very, very bad..

katrina's march from the sea..

what was 'good' for new orleans looks to be utter catastrophe for mississippi. new orleans, once again dodged the direct hit they've feared for decades.. that being said, much of the city is underwater, the water is still rising and the timeline for getting power back to the town is estimated to be weeks. tomorrow morning is going to bring more pictures of the damage, and i'm certain those images are going to be shocking. it's ironic that the french quarter was spared, yet many residential neighborhoods are under 8+ feet of water. the latest reports tonite are indicating that water level is still rising in new orleans. all of that water will have to be pumped out, so new orleans' problems may just be starting. there will be significant fresh water issues, including contamination and disease if that water isn't moved out quickly.

to the east, i'm afraid things are going to be unfortunate. the last estimate i saw was 50 dead in mississippi alone. there has been no look in to plaquemines parrish and st. bernard parrish.. with the track of the storm, these two will have taken the worst of it in louisiana. most of those areas are not far above sea level and are surrounded by water.. i pray that that the folks that rode it out in those areas made it through safely. the reports from earlier indicated that people were having to ride out the storm on their roof due to the water being so high..

mississippi looks to have taken the absolute worst part of this storm. gulfport fire marshall is indicating 75% of all structures have significant roof damage if any roof left at all. biloxi had a tragic apartment death count - up to 50 people were killed when an apartment complex collapsed.. it appears as if things will be found to be worse in the morning.

the next concern after search and rescue will be to prevent looting - mississippi's governor came out with a powerful statement on that - authorizing the full force of the law against looters - comparing them to grave robbers. after that, the southern heat will kick in and make the clean up effort nothing short of miserable.

i'm afraid that we haven't seen the true impact of this storm yet. i have a feeling that tomorrow will bring some tragic news. pray for the folks in the south.

a soldier's point of view..

Borrowed from frontpagemag.com
The following letter was written in response to a public "Die-In" held at the front gate of Ohio University in Athens, Ohio, this past April. Its author, Marc Fencil, would have been on campus at the time, but, as a Marine, he was stationed in Iraq. OU's official student publication, The Post, ran his letter on April 8, 2005. We were as inspired by his forthright invitation to the antiwar protestors as we are grateful for his service. If only every college student -- let alone professor -- were endowed with as much patriotism and common sense. -- The Editors.


To the editor:
It's a shame that I'm here in Iraq with the Marines right now and not back at Ohio University completing my senior year and joining in blissful ignorance with the enlightened, war-seasoned protesters who participated in the recent "die-in" at College Gate. It would appear that all the action is back home, but why don't we make sure? That's right, this is an open invitation for you to cut your hair, take a shower, get in shape and come on over! If Michael Moore can shave and lose enough weight to fit into a pair of camouflage utilities, then he can come too!

Make sure you all say your goodbyes to your loved ones though, because you won't be seeing them for at least the next nine months. You need to get here quick because I don't want you to miss a thing. You missed last month's discovery of a basement full of suicide vests from the former regime (I'm sure Saddam's henchmen just wore them because they were trendy though). You weren't here for the opening of a brand new school we built either. You might also notice women exercising their new freedom of walking to the market unaccompanied by their husbands.

There is a man here, we just call him al-Zarqawi, but we think he'd be delighted to sit down and give you some advice on how you can further disrespect the victims of Sept. 11 and the 1,600 of America's bravest who have laid down their lives for a safer world. Of course he'll still call you "infidel" but since you already agree that there is no real evil in the world, I see no reason for you to be afraid. Besides, didn't you say that radical Islam is a religion of peace and tolerance?

I'm warning you though -it's not going to be all fun and games over here. You might have bad dreams for the next several nights after you zip up the body bag over a friend's disfigured face. I know you think that nothing, even a world free of terror for one's children, is worth dying for, but bear with me here. We're going to live in conditions you've never dreamt about. You should get here soon though, because the temperatures are going to be over 130 degrees very soon and we will be carrying full combat loads (we're still going to work though). When it's all over, I promise you can go back to your coffee houses and preach about social justice and peace while you continue to live outside of reality.

If you decide to decline my offer, then at least you should sleep well tonight knowing that men wearing black facemasks and carrying AK-47s yelling "Allahu Akbar" over here are proud of you and are forever indebted to you for advancing their cause of terror. While you ponder this, I'll get back to the real "die-in" over here. I don't mind.

Marc Fencil, a senior majoring in political science, criminology and Spanish at Ohio University, is currently serving in Iraq. Send him an e-mail at marc.g.fencil.1@ohiou.edu.

National Weather Service Statement

The National Weather Service has issued a special statement outlining the damage that might be caused if Hurricane Katrina makes landfall as a strong Category 4 or Category 5 storm. “Most of the area will be uninhabitable for weeks, perhaps longer,” says the statement. “At least one-half of well-constructed homes will have roof and wall failure. All gabled roofs will fail, leaving those homes severely damaged or destroyed. The statement says the majority of industrial buildings will become “non-functional,” with partial or complete wall and roof failure. “All wood-framed low-rising apartments will sustain major damage, including some wall and roof failure,” the statement said. “Concrete block low-rise apartments will sustain major damage, including some wall and roof failure.” The statement says high-rise office and apartment buildings will sway dangerously, “a few to the point of total collapse.” And all their windows will blow out. Airborne debris will be widespread, and may include heavy items — household appliances and light cars and trucks —and even sport utility vehicles and trucks will be moved. “The blown debris will create additional destruction,” the statement said. “Persons, pets and livestock exposed to the winds will face certain death if struck.” Power outages will last for weeks because most power poles will be down and transformers will be destroyed. Most trees will be snapped or uprooted and even the heartiest, if they survive, will be stripped of all leaves.

this is sounding worse and worse..

a hurricane at pat o's

REPORTS FROM AN AIR FORCE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT INDICATE THATTHE MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 175 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. KATRINA IS A POTENTIALLY CATASTROPHIC CATEGORY FIVE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE.

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new orleans is one of my favorite cities anywhere.. unfortunately, hurricane katrina looks to be headed right for the crescent city -- which means big trouble for the big easy. if you've never been, the city is all under sea level and is kept dry by a levee and canal system that protects and 'drains' the city. if this storm hits at it's current strength (175 mpg winds) there are estimates of up to a 30 foot storm surge.. which would swamp the city (literally) by cresting the tops of the levee system. there is the real possibility of over 20 feet of standing water in new orleans - with no where to drain. all of that water would have to be pumped out, since the city is under sea level. (think of a bowl, protected by levee's surrounded by the mississippi and lake pontchartrain) there would be standing water in new orleans proper for, what could be, weeks on end. every drop of water that comes in to new orleans must be pumped out. exacerbating the problem is that over 100,000 people in new orleans don't have their own transportation.. so they're stuck. this could be pretty ugly unless this thing loses some power or veers off course.. which is too bad.. i love my new orleans... love it lots.

friends of cindy...

this gift just keeps giving and giving.. the people at code pink have joined cindy in crawford.. they're taking their entertainment (see picture) to texas to say that bush stinks.. that's ironic. and it gets better - white supremacists have joined her cause. the nazi's of stormfront.org have joined cindy's cause because they want to "let the world know that white patriots were first and loudest to protest this war for israel." this just gets better and better... they want to make sure that everyone knows this war is about israel and it has been bought and paid for by "the senate, house, white house and media by the jewish neocon political machine." these quotes are from james kelso, assistant to david duke. cindy has alienated her family, been divorced by her husband, stroked out her mom and now has the klan for her buddies.. i can't wait to see the interaction between al sharpton and the hooded klan members in camp casey when they all circle up and sing kumbaya..

changing channels..

this lady get more and more kooked out every day.. cindy is now apparently 'channeling' her dead son's spirit from heaven... i didn't realize there were 'vortex' spots out there in the fields of central texas, but apparently there are.. not only has she channeled her son, but he has a message from beyond.. 'george bush is an idiot.' casey is in 'heaven' according to mom.. and the thing that he has to pass on now that he's in heaven ? g-dub is an idiot. cindy sheehan is a certified nut job. let's recap. she's already met with the president once, offering praise to him. she's called for the total withdrawal from the war on terror. she's called for israel to leave palestine. she's said she's not going to pay taxes. she said she was 'chosen by the universe..' moveon.org has now taken over her media campaign.. she is no longer 'accessible' to all of the media - all of her appearances are carefully orchestrated.. this is probably a good idea.. because in addition to the bombshell that she's channeling her son in the fields of central texas.. she dropped the bomb that osama bin laden is 'allegedly' behind the attacks of 9/11.. since this war on terror is being done for israel, i'm sure it was the jews that blew up the twin towers too.. cindy sheehan is becoming a parody of the anti-war effort of the 60's.. the far left whack job organizations who have attached to her cause further display the true goal behind this.. ben cohen of ben and jerry's ice cream is funding cindy's protest. apparently the far left non-profit organization he set up is funding other protesters as well.. This week, Simi Valley, California Gold Star wife Melanie House flew to Idaho for a protest and then flew to Crawford for another.
Reporter: "Can you tell us if you're getting help in airfare to come down here?"
Melanie House: "What difference does that make?"

Melanie, it makes a big difference.. when you're being funded for your message by these cash rich self interest groups, your message gets muffled by the payoffs.. media whore never sounded so appropriate.

we now have joan baez as well as al sharpton coming to texas to provide their support to our non-tax paying, universe chosen, spirit channelling, country hating media whore.. as a resident of texas, let me assure you that the last thing this state needs are 2 more nuts invading the state to press forward their own self image..

white picket fences..

and body bags.. please put the body in the trunk and step away from the car, sir.. so this is what dallas has come to ? this is being sold at www.charroking.com should you want your very own.. they say these are their best sellers..

"My first reaction is, it's true," Oak Cliff resident Esteban Canales said. "And I didn't think they would really make a shirt about it because I didn't think people would really try to advertise what really goes down around here."

it's a beautiful vacation spot, really..

the fat farmer..

according to pagesix.com, michael moore has gorged himself so on publicity that he is now obese.. (is that the correct term?) mikey is fat. mikey likes all the food you put in front of him.. not just life cereal..

upon closer review, on the agenda at the fat farm is 'learning to cook healthy meals' and 'life re-education.'

i think we can all agree mikey needs to focus on the 'life re-education'

the truth hurts..

an obese new hampshire woman has filed a complaint with the new hampshire board of medicine against her doctor, dr. terry bennett. the source of the complaint ?? the doctor told the large lady that she was obese.

"I told a fat woman she was obese," Bennett says. "I tried to get her attention. I told her, 'You need to get on a program, join a group of like-minded people and peel off the weight that is going to kill you.'

she was highly offended and filed a complaint. dr. bennett even went so far as writing a letter of apology to the woman when he heard she was offended..

"Physicians have to be professional with patients and remember everyone is an individual. You should not be inflammatory or degrading to anyone," said physician board member Kevin Costin.

so, this is what we've come to in this country.. we're in a spot where your doctor can't tell you you're fat when you're fat. what's next, filing lawsuits or complaints against doctors when they diagnose you with cancer ? just one more place where the truth is under persecution in america.. if you're fat, you know it, i know it, we all know it.. does it hurt to hear it ? maybe, but it doesn't change the fact you're fat. fat fat fat. file a complaint.

you've got gas..

all of my toilet humor friends will probably expect more, but i think that the $67/barrel oil prices need to be flushed.. i think this weekend you will see me trade in the trusty SUV on a toyota prius.. i've had it with $450/month gas bills.. opec is really harshing my mellow. i get to go from driving over things, carrying lots of people and stuff to getting 60 miles to the gallon.. i think i'll plant another tree in my yard so i can huggle it each morning..

grape news !!

the latest in wine preservation.. the preservo wine preservation steward - a very long name for a device that pumps air back in the bottle of wine to keep it from turning to vinegar as quickly as it normally does. why is this better than your typical 'pump preserver' you may ask ?? it's because it uses an argon cartridge to fill the bottle with inert gas so that oxidation won't occur.. you can get your very own for $99.99.. or just finish the bottle of wine the same day you open it.

cancun..

cancun is ok by me..

slackers beware..

slackers beware - sprint is coming out with new technology that will be able to track your every movement, in real time !! i know you're excited.. from GeekZone:

Sprint is launching the Sprint Precision Locator to help small and large businesses track fleets and mobile workers. The service provides a tool for dispatchers or supervisors who are monitoring a mobile workforce of a small or large company by allowing them to access interactive maps with full panning and zooming capabilities to locate a worker or group of workers without interrupting field productivity.By using the service these dispatchers can set schedules and have the application identify the location of a mobile device or group of mobile devices to ensure specific tasks are performed at designated times, create landmarks on maps that are important to the business, such as offices and warehouses, and track if an employee leaves or enters established landmarks and use text messaging (SMS) to reach a mobile worker or group of workers.Companies have access to the new service through a password-protected Web-based application. Included in the monthly fee (per user), it is possible to locate each mobile device up to 1,000 times per month, determine if a device is on or off up to 100 times per month and send up to 50 SMS messages from the application to a mobile worker per month.This location tool combines Sprint Business Mobility Framework capabilities with the application development from WaveMarket and Microsoft MapPoint Web Service, an open-standards-based development platform for creating mapping and location-aware applications and services.

your boss is watching !

russia's population crisis..

apparently our friends in russia are dying young and are having more abortions than children, according to bloomberg.com. the numbers are staggering - reportedly 1.6 million women had an abortion last year.. 1/5 of which were under the age of 18. only 1.5 million gave birth. this presents a interesting statitic.. russian population is actually shrinking..

"For every 1,000 Russians there are 16 deaths and just 10.6 births, a
gap that isn't being filled by immigrants, leading to a population decline of
about 750,000 to 800,000 a year. "

these numbers are remarkable.. shocking, really..

welcome to texas..

too stinkin' hot

pat.. pat.. pat.. pat..

well, shucks.. pat, you just can't go around calling for the assassination of world leaders.. i think we can all agree that mr. chavez is not someone who is looking to assist the united states in the war on terror, free trade or the progression of democracy.. HOWEVER, we're not here to say kill him or kill her -- especially from the pulpit. this is a mistake and hopefully the statement will be retracted. that being said, it's too late to repair the reputational damage. as a Christian leader, the world looks to you to light the path.. this time around, you've stepped off the trail.

soros-astrianism..

in my evening check on the message boards of my jamband bretheren, i became engaged with a group of folks talking about what a great man george soros is and what a worthless person g-dub is.. so i pulled up some quotes from george that i remembered running across a while back.. enjoy these snippets from this man of the people.. (from the la times - october 4, 2004)

It seems that Soros believes he was anointed by God. "I fancied myself as some kind of god ..." he once wrote. "If truth be known, I carried some rather potent messianic fantasies with me from childhood, which I felt I had to control, otherwise they might get me in trouble." When asked by Britain's Independent newspaper to elaborate on that passage, Soros said, "It is a sort of disease when you consider yourself some kind of god, the creator of everything, but I feel comfortable about it now since I began to live it out."

His work as a self-professed "amoral" financial speculator has left millions in poverty when their national currencies were devaluated, and he pumped so much cash into shaping former Soviet republics to his liking that he has bragged that the former Soviet empire is now the "Soros Empire."

Despite his reputation as an international philanthropist, Soros remains candid about his true charitable tendencies. "I am sort of a deus ex machina," Soros told the New York Times in 1994. "I am something unnatural. I'm very comfortable with my public persona because it is one I have created for myself. It represents what I like to be as distinct from what I really am. You know, in my personal capacity I'm not actually a selfless philanthropic person. I've very much self-centered."

Soros was more succinct when he explained his life philosophy to biographer Michael Kaufman. "I am kind of a nut who wants to have an impact," he said. But the speculator's visions don't end there. "Next to my fantasies about being God, I also have very strong fantasies of being mad," Soros once confided on British television. "In fact, my grandfather was actually paranoid. I have a lot of madness in my family. So far I have escaped it."

In his book, "Soros on Soros," he says: "I do not accept the rules imposed by others ... And in periods of regime change, the normal rules don't apply." Clearly, Soros considers himself to be someone who is able to determine when the "normal rules" should and shouldn't apply.

just for the record, soros funds our friends at moveon.org and is a large contributor to the democratic party.. ($18 million to john kerry's campaign)

soros also has designs on manipulating the dollar in such a way to create an economic crisis in the united states resulting in 'regime change' we will see how that unfolds...

overwhelming insignificance..

*vomit* vomit vomit vomit vomit vomit. ok, i had to listen to the rat faced tones of barbara as a child, locked in the car on long road trips.. 'you don't send me flowers..' *vomit* aaaarrrggghhh.. but the only thing worse than barb's singing is her political drivel.. and to have her now singing her political drivel, well.. you get the point. and isn't it time for barry gibb to give up the cheesy fu-man-chu and lion mane ?? the last thing any of us need are anti-war songs from these two..

From the sun sentinal:
Streisand's Stranger in a Strange Land debuted Tuesday on a notable parcel of Internet real estate -- it's spending one week as an exclusive (and free) streaming video on the home page of Amazon.com. It is culled from Guilty Pleasures, the singer's upcoming collaboration album with Bee Gees singer Barry Gibb, who wrote and produced all the songs for the project, slated for a Sept. 30 release.The video shows Streisand, wearing an evening gown and an intense expression, singing lyrics that include "You may be someone else's sweetheart/Fighting someone else's war,/And if you suffer for the millions/Then it's what you're fighting for." The video intercuts her studio performance with footage of American troops shipping off to theaters of war past and present..

*vomit*

outrage..

according to multiple news outlets, a border area ranch has been given to two people who were trying to enter the united states illegally. the associated press is stating that 2 border watch members (a group looking to protect private property from illegals) pistol whipped an illegal immigrant as he and others from the patrol were monitoring a private ranch in hebbronville, texas. the lawyer, morris dees of the poverty law center, hoped this would send a message to LAWFUL LANDOWNERS not to take HOSTILE MEASURES to LAW BREAKING ILLEGAL ALIENS. good morris has decided to take the supreme court's decision that your land really isn't your land and prosecute people with legal land keeping illegal trespassers off of it.. making this more egregious was the court rulings that resulted in the forfeiture of the douglas, arizona ranch to pay for the civil settlements.

now, there once was a time in this land you'd expect something bad to happen to you if you illegally trespassed on to another man's property.. and that would be if you were a citizen of the country. now, the rights of the citizens are slowly eroding to those of non citizens. citizens are paying tax money to fund curriculum in spanish for illegals. citizens are paying tax money to fund health care for illegals. citizens are paying tax money to support the entire illegal immigration enterprise.. yet, these tax paying citizens seem to have no right to defend their property against the trespassers of non-citizens..

"If the federal government was doing its job, ranchers would not be living in fear," said Chris Simcox, president of the Minuteman Civil Defense Corp., which watches for illegal immigrant crossings and reports them to the U.S. Border Patrol.

i could not agree more with this.. we're being invaded and we're almost powerless to do anything about it. LEGAL immigration is fine, but this flood of non-skilled, non-english speaking poor people is going to continue to drain the resources of legal residents who hold jobs, pay taxes and obey the law..

staggering, unreported support for cindy sheehan..

the support for cindy sheehan has reached new heights. cindy, in an interview with amy goodman from democracy today, answered the question we've all been wanting to know.. just how many other military mom's are out here supporting your point of view ??

AMY GOODMAN: How many other moms are there there of
people who are in Iraq or
who have died in Iraq?
CINDY
SHEEHAN: We have about six moms there. They're
Gold Star moms.
And there's probably -- I don't -- of women who have -- who have
children
over there right now, it's hard to tell. Maybe about the same or a
little
bit more.

well there you have it - this swarm of media attention to this woman and her cause and she has 6 moms support.. 6 moms. and if that isn't enough, in the interview she has the beautiful line stating "i'm so glad that the universe chose me to be the spark.." the universe chose her.. that's so sweet.. she may need to check in with tom cruise about that alien deprogramming.. speaking of sweet, isn't it interesting what the kharma police have done to cindy since she's chosen to drag her son's good name through the mud.. so far, just this month, her husband has filed for divorce and now her mother has had a stroke.. the universe must have not had such mighty things in store for those two..

anyway, cindy is going to continue her tour of media whores without jobs to washington DC.. she's going to join the many homeless folks there in protest of life not being fair..

if it isn't obvious by now, how this woman is using the media and being used by the media to attempt to undermine the country's will to fight this war, a war that was brought to our shores back in 1993 with the first WTC bombing.. then there is no hope. the good news is that there is hope. MoveAmericaForward.org is sponsoring a caravan in support of the troops - leaving from california - heading through arizona, new mexico and in to texas. would anyone like to place any wagers on whether they will receive any mainstream media coverage ?? will abc,cbs,cnn,msnbc,nbc have their dedicated teams to show this ???? anyone wanna make that bet ?? and do you want to bet that this movement will have more than SIX mom's or dad's who have children involved in iraq?? if we need any further evidence of media bias and the sickening basis for this bias, we're sticking our heads in the sand. it says something about the left that when something bad happens to AMERICA in iraq, it's good for them. it's good for them and their points of view if we suffer more.. if we have more attacks, more dead.. that's why there is no coverage of all of the schools open for business in the mainstream media.. no coverage of the international monitary fund's status on the iraq economy - calling the outlook for the medium term 'optimistic.' there is no positive coverage at all.. as a matter of fact, cnn has decided to run a special on the intelligence failures that led up to the war in iraq.. but oddly enough, nothing on the intelligence failures in the mid 90's that led to the rise of al-qaeda and the attacks of 9/11. so, boys and girls, understand the times we're living in-- mainstream news is unabashedly biased.. and they're paying the price for it. the lib-brah's are the elites running these outlets.. their ad revenue is down, their viewership and circulation numbers are down and the talk radio and blogosphere are reaching record numbers of people.. it's because we in the usa are sick of the blame america first crowd.. we're sick of hearing that america is all that is wrong with the world.. we're tired of having God taken from us.. hopefully we're also motivated to vote appropriately-- some of the gop lawmakers have lost their way.. they may need to be reminded of the values that brought them in to office this next time around.

bin laden to iraq for a player to be named later ??

DEBKAfile is indicating that the biggest prize in the terror free-agent market has been aquired by iraq for a player to be named later.. rumor has it that osama bin-laden will be headed to iraq in the second half of september (maybe just in time for my birthday?!?) the current general manager of iraq the iraqi terror team, abu musab al-zarqawi, said in a press release that the addition of osama to the iraqi team will assist them in a planned ramadan offensive and also consolidate the dynamic duo of terror in iraq. additionally, it would change the complexion of the conflic in iraq.. so, in essence, this would abandon any resistance in afghanistan for a larger, more direct conflict in iraq.. so, does this mean that zarqawi NEEDS bin-laden in iraq to be successful in iraq? if there were questions about iraq being the front lines of the war on terror - there is no greater example than this possibility.

scientology + oprah = love ?

wouldn't you know it.. i go to cancun for a long weekend and tom cruise and john travolta have moved in on my girl oprah.. in my attempt to wash the beach and sunshine from my brain, i looked around the news and found this. looks like cruise and travola are putting on a full court press to get oprah to cult up and go scientologist.. now what would the most powerful woman in media (or the world for that matter) need from that pack of nut jobs.. ? maybe she believes the scientologist 'detox' program will solve that little weight issue she keeps fighting.. ? i'm not sure.. but the more i hear about cruise and his merry band of misfits and their multiple levels of mojo, the more convinced i am of it's lunatic foundations.. i mean, who would ever want to deprogram all of those alien teachings that we had burned in our minds centuries ago.. ?

taking the fight to them...

in order to properly express my outrage at the illegal immigration problem, i'm going to cancun for a long weekend... there, i feel better already..

para inglés presione dos

this week we've heard the alarms being sounded from democrat governors in the border states concerning illegal immigration.. bill richardson (d, nm) first sounded the alarm - soon followed by arizona's governor. (we'll get to her later) so, finally, we've sounded the alarm that there is a problem. there is growing criticism of the bush administration for the lack of focus on the borders.. some of us in border states have been highly critical of the president for his permissive policies for some time.. but it struck me today, as the gaza withdrawl continues on the other side of the world, are we facing the same situation in the united states today ? are we not in fact ceeding the american southwest to illegal mexican immigrants ? thus far it hasn't been an armed takeover, but it is a takeover. the demographics of the border states are changing dramatically. texas is now a minority majority state. arizona and california are completely over run.. recently, on a trip to california - while driving through santa cruz, the day labor force literally took over every corner of the street. it was as if we were driving through monterrey, not a somewhat nice surfing town just south of san fransicko. and if you talk to anyone in california, they will tell you the impact illegal immigration is having on the infrastructure of the state. the story is the same in arizona, new mexico, and texas. just outside of my building in downtown dallas, i can pick up enough day labor to attack the alamo again.. so are there some parallels to be drawn with the giving away of land in israel to the current land grab going on here in our own country ?? something to think about.. appeasing one part of the population for peace in israel, for votes in the usa.


now, back to arizona's governor - janet napolitano. she has followed bill richardson's lead (nm) in crying foul on federal immigration policy. she came out recently with highly critical statements of the administration and their policy on immigration. while i agree with her assessment of the federal policy, her own policy is nothing short of dismal. if ever there was a case of throwing stones in a glass house - let's look at her record as governor. janet has vetoed bills denying in-state tuition and day care for illegal aliens.. she has vetoed legislation allowing law enforcement to enforce immigration law. she also vetoed a law making english the official state language - which would have saved the state millions by not having to have documentation in 2 languages. she also vetoed legislation that would have banned the use of the matricula consular - an easy to forge identification document from mexico as official in the state. so needless to say, janet has a ways to go to be tough on immigration.. i'm guessing this is a politically expedient experiment that she is going to take on.. the democrats may have found the republican's achiles heel.. if they actually act tough on immigration, they will steal votes from the republican party..

freedom of depress

as i make my rounds through the mainstream media, i seem to have difficulty finding any coverage on 2 issues.. 2 issues that should the shoe be on the other foot, would be covered in 2 completely different manners. first, we have media whore cindy down in crawford.. making quite a scene for herself, fueled by the continuing, almost natalie holliway-like, coverage of her plight.. i thought to myself, where are the 1000's of families who are proud of their family service in the military.. where is the voice of the majority of the military on this subject. the latest polls i've seen show that 80%+ of all military families support the action in iraq. where is the voice of the majority in all of this coverage.. we all know where it is.. it's buried, ignored. those voices do not push forward the agenda of the major media outlets.. i look at people in my generation, they are now excited to have their own 'vietnam.' they get fed, day after day, lies and hyperbole from the lefty media to fuel their hatred of their own country.. while they happily protest, call names and (apparently) not go to work.. yet, this group slides farther and farther in to the minority.. almost unaware of the people surrounding them who disagree.. but should the shoe be on the other foot, and a family were to go have a vigil supporting the war, would they get the media circus ? would they get the support and free airtime ? absolutely not. the bias cannot be more thinly veiled.

and then there is the coverage of the able danger 'coverup' by the 9/11 commission. let's think back to how quickly cbs jumped on the forged documents on president bush.. let's remember how quickly newsweek ran with the gitmo torture (false) information.. yet, you cannot find a peep about this absolutely huge development. the 9/11 commission may have purposely buried material information about what caused the events of 9/11 ?? are you kidding me ?? that can't make the news ?? if newsweek can lead with bad information and 60 minutes can have a whole segment on a forgery, cannot the able danger information warrant a peep ?? apparently not. again, it's clear what happened when the shoe was on the other foot, but when the story is beneficial for this administration, the story is buried. fortunately, the american people see through this nonsense.. the declining viewership, sinking subscription numbers and falling advertising revenue tell the story.. yet, the lefties still deal in their own skewed world view, highly averse to the truth and oh so very loud with their mouths..

the end of an era..

moment of silence please.. calcutta is banning the rickshaw.

cindy sheehan update..

news flash: apparently cindy's antics have created some more domestic tremors - her husband of 28 years has filed for divorce.. details here

happy birthday, it was nice knowing you..

70 years ago we gained social security.. since then, the car, the airplane, the television have all improved. yet social security remains the same... i'm reasonably certain no one in my generation has any hope that social security will be around for our retirement.. but then again, most people in my generation won't be around for our own retirement..

do you know me... ?

you've probably heard her name bantered about in relationship to the 9/11 commission or the 'wall' her memo erected between the fbi and the cia.. but did you know that there now looks to be a purposeful relationship between the two ?? when jamie gorelick was placed on the 9/11 commission, many around the country cried foul.. how could this clinton insider, responsible for creating the wall of communication between agencies, be invited to be on this all important 9/11 commission. it's turning out that there were some pretty specific reasons she was chosen afterall. rep curt weldon, r-pa, has found some very disturbing oversights by the commission.. it turns out that the defense department, as a part of operation 'able danger' had identified mohammed atta along with 3 of his sidekicks back in 1999. as it turns out, some of the staffers on the 9/11 commission didn't find it neccessary to pass that on to the commission.

so let me get this straight - we had identified 4 of the hijackers in 1999, and that information was not deemed worthy to put in front of the commission ?!? but wait.. it turns out the information DID make it in front of the commission and they just ignored it. now why in the world would a commission ignore such information.. commission moutpiece al felzenberg first said the commission never saw this information, and that weldon was a crackpot. then, when that wouldn't float in the face of the truth, he changed his mind to say that well, maybe we did hear this name mohammed atta.. and now it's just that the information they had did not match the timeline they had constructed for themselves.. so, intelligence that conflicted with a commission of political partisans is just discarded.. neat.

let's examine a few things that have gone on since then - we had sandy burger (former clinton national security advisor), panties and bra full of papers sneaking out with classified documents.. (sandy, who was in the pocket of the chinese and the ultimate clinton insider) we have gorelick on the 9/11 commission - and we could infer, with no proof yet, that she tried to cover up this information because of this wall she constructed between intelligence organizations back in 1995.. and how does all of that roll up ?? well, we've got burger, arranging a campaign finance deal with china and gorelick puts the wall up to, in effect, put an end in to investigations in to those 'illegal' campaign contribution issues.. and with all of the kicking and screaming from other attorneys across the land, it became policy and we end up with the infrastructure that prevented the intelligence exchange that led to... but i digress.. and we could even possibly infer a little bit more on the china side - as they have just fielded their own AEGIS warships with 'stolen' (aquired from a front company that the navy did business with during the 92-00 timeframe) technology from the usa. just what was sandy getting out of that document repository anyway ?? so we maybe, could, possibly infer that there is something more to this than a simple oversight. the defense department has these terrorists under observation for 2 YEARS and can't pass the information to the FBI due to the gorelick wall. (not only couldn't pass it, there were lawyers who became involved and told them to put sticky notes over their faces.. to forget that they even know anything about them)

this has the potential to flare up nicely, however, i don't think we'll get much mainstream media coverage as it doesn't fit as nicely in to the news directors agenda.. keep an eye on curt weldon from pa., i have a feeling he's not going to let this go.. and where it ends up, well, it could be quite interesting.

August 15, 2005

today begins the forced removal of jewish settlements in gaza. this is the first give away of jewish land since israel first became a state in 1948. unfortunately, this action will do nothing but validate terrorism in the region. israel has held this land since 1967, after the 6 day war.. and now, caving in to international (and some internal) pressure, israel is giving up the gaza strip. this withdrawl is going to result in even more terrorist attacks, even more international pressure and even more jewish land given away. this is a disasterous policy for the jewish state. they will be squeezed more and more and their borders will eventually become indefensible. the palestenains, hiding behind their desire for an equal and separate state, truely hope for one thing - the eventual destruction of the jewish state altogether. there is no desire for an on-going dialog or relations. as a matter of fact, it's already been stated no jews can live in the new palestenian state, even if they chose to do so.. yet palestenians are welcomed in to israel to do business and commerce.. stopped only due to the ongoing suicide bombings. now, as israel forces out settlers, who have come from the four corners of the earth, all of the terror groups in the region are celebrating. hundreds of supporters of the militant islamic jihad group celebrated in gaza city on sunday, with gunmen firing in the air, and teens setting off firecrackers and distributing candy. the violent hamas group organized special midnight prayers of thanks at gaza mosques.. that right there should tell you all you need to know. the terrorists are happy.. and yet another bad day for the only democracy in the middle east.. unfortunately, one of what is destined to be many bad days for israel.

shameful

this entire cindy sheehan publicity stunt is leaving me thrououghly sick to my stomach.. this woman, disgracing her son's death for her own personal political ego.. shameful indeed. the veil of her 'greiving mother' act is transparent to say the least.. and now, as if her demands to meet with g-dub AGAIN weren't enough, she's now splashing her political opinions out for all to see.. first it was the president killing her son (note the first person implication) and now it's the damn jews who killed her son.. her statement:

"Am I emotional? Yes, my first born was murdered. Am I angry? Yes, he was killed for lies and for a PNAC Neo-Con agenda to benefit Israel. My son joined the Army to protect America, not Israel. Am I stupid? No, I know full-well that my son, my family, this nation, and this world were betrayed by a George Bush who was influenced by the neo-con PNAC agenda after 9/11.
We were told that we were attacked on 9/11 because the terrorists hate our freedoms and democracy...not for the real reason, because the Arab-Muslims who attacked us hate our middle-eastern foreign policy. That hasn't changed since America invaded and occupied Iraq...in fact it has gotten worse.You get America out of Iraq and Israel out of Palestine and you'll stop the terrorism"

well now we've got it, she not only hates america, she hates the dadgum jews too. now how can the only democracy in the middle east be to blame for this ? she joins the ever growing group of people who think the jews have taken over the government and are running the usa. oh, and also responsible for 9/11 and everything else.. next, cindy will be burning books and gassing folks. truly amazing.. and if that wasn't enough, more of these folks with no jobs and a furvent hate for america are showing up in crawford.. so much that the president's neighbor decided to practice up for dove season and send the peace loving jew haters scrambling for cover.. (i hear they all chipped in to hire lawyers to keep him from shooting guns on his own property.. ok, maybe i made that up, but don't be surprised if it happens..) besides, i can't think of anything much better than a bunch of lefty peaceniks hanging out around rural texas for the opening of DOVE SEASON. so appropriate.

i'm curious where the mainstream media coverage is of all the families (including her own) that support the president and support the war and support what is going on in iraq. as a matter of fact, here is an IRAQI who is telling her to shush it.

oh, and lets not forget the statements from her family:

Sheehan Family Statement:
The Sheehan Family lost our beloved Casey in the Iraq War and we have been silently, respectfully grieving. We do not agree with the political motivations and publicity tactics of Cindy Sheehan. She now appears to be promoting her own personal agenda and notoriety at the the expense of her son’s good name and reputation. The rest of the Sheehan Family supports the troops, our country, and our President, silently, with prayer and respect.
Sincerely,
Casey Sheehan’s grandparents, aunts, uncles and numerous cousins.

so, the most important thing here is to understand where sweet cindy is coming from -- she wants to progress her political agenda with the blood of her poor son. sickening & shameful.. she has championed the 'stealing of the election' in 2000 cry from the left.. she is actively involved in john conyers impeachment campaign against president bush.. read her open letter to president bush:

“It has been seven months since your ignorant and arrogant lack of planning for the peace murdered my oldest child. It has been two days since your dishonest campaign stole another election…but you all were way more subtle this time than in 2000, weren’t you? You hardly had to get the Supreme Court of the United States involved at all this week...”

“... You feel so proud of yourself for betraying the country again, don’t you? You think you are very clever because you pulled the wool over the eyes of some of the people again. You think that you have some mandate from God…that you can “spend your political capital” any way that you want. George you don’t care or even realize that 56,000,000 plus citizens of this country voted against you and your agenda. Still, you are going to continue your ruthless work of being a divider and not a uniter. George, in 2000 when you stole that election and the Democrats gave up, I gave up too. I had the most ironic thought of my life then: "Oh well, how much damage can he do in four years?" Well, now I know how much you have damaged my family, this country, and this world. If you think I am going to allow you another four years to do even more damage, then you truly are mistaken. I will fight for a true vote count and if that fails, your impeachment. Also, the impeachment of your Vice President...”

“...George, I must confess that I and my family worked very HARD to re-defeat you this time, but you refuse to stay defeated. Well, we are watching you very carefully. We are going to do everything in our power to have you impeached for misleading the American people into a disastrous war and for mis-using and abusing your power as Commander-in-Chief.”

having met with her once already, (when her tune was considerably different) - why would a president want to meet with someone like this again ?? and frankly, what makes her voice any more valid than the 1000's of others in the same shoes that disagree completely with her point of view ?? her son, who volunteered to be a brave soldier, would be saddened (to say the least) to see what should be a legacy of heroism marred by the misuse of his name to champion the causes he went to defeat..

don't be fooled by her outward stance, on the keith olberman show on msnbc (total audience 4) she said that she actually didn't want the president to meet with her.. what ?!

transcript: (and thanks to the laura ingraham show for bringing this to my attention)

Keith: “It’s pure politics, the nature of the media coverage you’re getting now…From the perspective of your protest there, in a way isn’t it really better if President Bush doesn’t meet with you?”
Sheehan: “I would think so, yeah.. I think it’s great. If he were to come out right now, I think it would diffuse the momentum, but I don’t want to give them any hints. And, I think that’s something they’ve probably already thought about. But, we’re here, we’re committed and we’re staying. In fact, we’re staying here the whole month of August…..”

she now doesn't want the president to meet with her ?? so why is she in crawford again ?? publicity stunt, media whore.. ok, i remember again..

this is giving me gas..

ok, i may not have bitched quite enough about this gas price thing.. but i tell you what boy, this texan is giving up the suv and getting an itty bitty car that might fit in my dad-gum cowboy boot.. prius, here i come !! this crud is really harshing my mellow..

i'm not alone.. i'm just blue..

Michael Houser

January 6, 1962 - August 10, 2002

zima + red bull =

for those of you who need a good solid caffiene kick in your malt beverage of choice - let me introduce you to tilt. tilt is the new product from Anheuser-Busch - aimed at lighting up the night sky of the red bull crowd.. all of the dainty smirnoff ice imbibers may be inclined to take a swig from the machined aluminum can of tilt.. to add an edge to their previously freux freux persona...

satan's pizza..

it's official - in new zealand, you can get hell's pizza. a little different than 'satan's' pizza' down in austin, but apparently just as hellish. one ad line says of g-dub, 'hell: too good for some evil bastards.' even their phone number has made a point of including the good ol 666 prefix.. well, we can all rest better that the advertising for pizza has gone to new depths down under.. i wonder if heaven's pizza will have an effigy of, oh, say, ted kennedy with a halo..

you are my sunshine..

typically, when you hear of a new energy bill being signed in to law, you think of things like fuel cells, drilling in in the arctic, natural gas field development, hybrid cars.. but do you really think about daylight savings time ?? i sure don't, but now.. as of today, with g-dub signing the new legislation, our rules of engagement with daylight savings time has changed !! starting in 2007, daylight savings time will start 3 weeks earlier and end a week later. in theory, this will require you to use less light in your house.. (unless, of course, you're like me and leave lights on 24/7/365 whether home or not) well, this will CERTAINLY help the kids trick-or-treating.. they'll have more time before it gets dark.. so think of the benefits to dentists and orthodontists country wide.. i can't think of a downside.. well, maybe just this.. it now appears if all of our favorite technology companies are going to have to change the way they do business. windows, VCRs, cell phones.. everything with a calendar in it is going to go boom. there will have to be patches distributed, there will have to be changes made -- and don't forget, if our friends in canada and mexico don't go along, our timezones won't match up for 4 weeks out of the year.. creating a whole new subset of timezones to navigate.. so next time you get in you gas guzzling SUV, think about your sins against humanity and feel shame..

dirty harry..

harry belafonte has determined that the black folks in the bush administration aren't 'good enough' black folks. in an interview with CNSNews.com, harry decided to state that the likes of condi rice and colin powell were 'black tyrants.' this on the heels of his prior comparison to colin powell as a 'house slave.' so, i'm not sure how black is black enough for good old harry.. oh, but right when you thought he might be done, he had more to say.. harry decided to add his own take on history by saying, 'hitler had a lot of jews high up in the hierarchy of the third reich..' i'm not sure about you, but with a policy of ethnic extermination against jews, to the tune of countless MILLIONS.. chances are slim that hitler had his inner circle of jews providing him guidance. but hey, i've heard everything is the jews fault in this world.. so maybe harry knows more about history than the rest of us.. that being said, i'm sure harry feels very comfortable with the 'blame it all on the jews crowd' i think he and david duke are planning a rally soon.

just so you're aware..

canadian's get it straight..

well, i think my opinions of our good friends to the north are well established and communicated among my friends.. but now, i must finally admit that their forward thinking social policies have made me appreciate them even more.. in the race to be the most politically correct and socially forward nation on earth, canada now allows 'same sex' marriage. (please note i did not say 'gay' marriage) it's starting to turn out that straight canadian men are looking at getting married for the tax benefits !!! from the ottowa sun:

--Bill Dalrymple, 56, and best friend Bryan Pinn, 65, have decided to take the plunge and try out the new same-sex marriage legislation with a twist -- they're straight men.
"I think it's a hoot," Pinn said.
The proposal came last Monday at a Toronto bar amid shock and laughter from their friends. But the two -- both of whom were previously married and both of whom are looking for a good woman to love -- insist that after the humour subsided, a real issue lies at the heart of it all.
"There are significant tax implications that we don't think the government has thought through," Pinn said.
Dalrymple has been to see a lawyer already and there are no laws in marriage that define sexual preference. --

well, once again, i must hand it to the canadians for being socially progressive.. they're gonna cost themselves tax money because of all the hockey bachelors are gonna marry one another, eh.. but hey, they'll still have free health care and polar bears..

pretty pictures..

well, as i have known a few people in life who have decided to walk down this path.. i figure that it never hurts to remind people of what this crap does to you. it's sad to watch people with much potential throw their lives away for something so silly, but it seems to be more and more prevalent. being someone who likes to sleep in, i don't see any value of something that keeps you up for days at a time.. apparently staying up for this long is bad for your complexion too. i'm guessing that these folks aren't the target audience for oil of olay products, but they sure could use some. i wonder if public assistance will help them clear up this premature aging issue. i think amino-peptides would really help with the wrinkles..
some of those before and after pictures are shocking... and just like the peter jennings story - if you're smoking this crap, it's prolly time to quit.

peter jennings -

looks like the lung cancer got the upper hand.. smoking just doesn't pay..