21 December 2009
Leftist Attack!?
By a strange stroke of luck it seems that my laptop was damaged, probably by a liberal hit squad trying to silence me, but fear not friends, they can't stop the music. Since I have not been able to access the internet I have used this time to further my knowledge and get material for future posts. I hope to be back online in January. In the mean time I am formulating a future campaign, of course it is years off but if I can start a word of mouth campaign and not take any tax money like the rest of those greedy buggers, then I have stuck to my morals. So, pay attention, if you hear of a campaign for Mr. Smith goes to Washington, then you have found me. So keep your head up and your chin tucked, and help fight liberal (or as comrade Hillary prefers "progressive") stupidity.
14 December 2009
Hajji
The Department of Veterans Affairs has published a list detailing the vocabulary of Operation Iraqi Freedom -- a list that contains such entries as "death blossom," a term originating in the 1984 science-fiction film "The Last Starfighter." It is used by servicemen to describe fire sprayed indiscriminately in all directions. The list also includes the terms "Mortaritaville" and "Bombaconda," both referring to LSA Anaconda, a base near Balad, Iraq, that is frequently the target of mortar attacks.
"Soldiers use these terms because they try to make the best they can of their situation and give things kind of a humorous angle," said Lt. Col. Charles Kohler of the Maryland National Guard.
The term "Mortaritaville," a reference to the Jimmy Buffett song "Margaritaville," is only one of many terms soldiers use to take the edge off an environment that is potentially frightening and often beyond their control, said Indiana University linguist Michael Adams.
"It's making a really terrifying experience manageable by attempting to make it familiar," Adams said. . . .
"It's language for them made by them to consolidate their social relationships," he said. "In war, people's survival depends on (these relationships)."
Military slang is versatile and can refer to anything in a soldier's environment - equipment, locations, or people.
Maj. Liam Kingdon, who works for the Reserve Officers' Training Corps at the University of Maryland in College Park, said he has heard fellow service members referred to as "fobbits." The word is a contraction of Forward Operating Base (FOB) and "hobbit," a creature from The Lord of the Rings known for its sedentary habits.
"It's basically a soldier, sailor or airman who never leaves the base," Kingdon said. "You've got people there who leave the base all the time to go on patrol, and you've got people who literally just stay on the base."
"[Slang terms are] part of my everyday language now," said Matt Robbins, who lives in College Park and is a senior at the University of Maryland.
In 2008, Robbins deployed to Tikrit, Iraq, as a communications specialist, and said his stay there has made him acutely aware of differences in cultural customs.
"In Iraq, you don't show the bottom of your foot to people; it's considered impolite," Robbins said. "I still don't do that."
He also recalls the fact that soldiers referred to Iraqis as "hajis" -- an Arabic term describing a person who has made the pilgrimage to Mecca.
But in this particular case, Robbins said, the use struck him as derogatory, so "I don't use that anymore."
The term "haji" has various derivatives, such as the designation "haji shop" for a cart or booth run by natives, where DVDs, soda and other small items are sold.
Slang terms referring to features of a base are also common. . . .
Other terms link life in the military to items or concepts familiar from other environments -- often, the environment is home, or a favorite movie. For example, improvised vehicle armor made from scrap metal is also known as "hillbilly armor" and a truck with large amounts of add-on armor may be designated a "Frankenstein." . . .
The fascination with military-speak has also led to expressions of artistic creativity. Earlier this year, alternative rock band Cracker released a song called "Yalla Yalla" -- Arabic for "let's go" -- built around military slang, including such terms as "Bombaconda" and "haji."
At least some of these terms are likely to make it into everyday language, Adams said. When that will happen is unclear because "those serving have to bring the terms home and influence the use of those who haven't served."
But maybe the day when "couch potatoes" become "fobbits" is not so far off.
My primary reason for posting this excerpt was because I found the article interesting. My secondary reason was my frustration while reading the part about the term "haji."
First of all, the term is hajji, according to both Arabic and the AP Stylebook. Omitting a "j" changes the pronunciation of the word.
Second of all, although American military personnel tend to use the term derogatively, hajji is an honorable title, used to refer to Muslims who have completed the hajj, or pilgrimage to Mecca (one of the five pillars of Islam). Although the hajj should be completed by all Muslims, not all Muslims to whom military personnel refer have done so. Therefore, the term is a misnomer.
"Soldiers use these terms because they try to make the best they can of their situation and give things kind of a humorous angle," said Lt. Col. Charles Kohler of the Maryland National Guard.
The term "Mortaritaville," a reference to the Jimmy Buffett song "Margaritaville," is only one of many terms soldiers use to take the edge off an environment that is potentially frightening and often beyond their control, said Indiana University linguist Michael Adams.
"It's making a really terrifying experience manageable by attempting to make it familiar," Adams said. . . .
"It's language for them made by them to consolidate their social relationships," he said. "In war, people's survival depends on (these relationships)."
Military slang is versatile and can refer to anything in a soldier's environment - equipment, locations, or people.
Maj. Liam Kingdon, who works for the Reserve Officers' Training Corps at the University of Maryland in College Park, said he has heard fellow service members referred to as "fobbits." The word is a contraction of Forward Operating Base (FOB) and "hobbit," a creature from The Lord of the Rings known for its sedentary habits.
"It's basically a soldier, sailor or airman who never leaves the base," Kingdon said. "You've got people there who leave the base all the time to go on patrol, and you've got people who literally just stay on the base."
"[Slang terms are] part of my everyday language now," said Matt Robbins, who lives in College Park and is a senior at the University of Maryland.
In 2008, Robbins deployed to Tikrit, Iraq, as a communications specialist, and said his stay there has made him acutely aware of differences in cultural customs.
"In Iraq, you don't show the bottom of your foot to people; it's considered impolite," Robbins said. "I still don't do that."
He also recalls the fact that soldiers referred to Iraqis as "hajis" -- an Arabic term describing a person who has made the pilgrimage to Mecca.
But in this particular case, Robbins said, the use struck him as derogatory, so "I don't use that anymore."
The term "haji" has various derivatives, such as the designation "haji shop" for a cart or booth run by natives, where DVDs, soda and other small items are sold.
Slang terms referring to features of a base are also common. . . .
Other terms link life in the military to items or concepts familiar from other environments -- often, the environment is home, or a favorite movie. For example, improvised vehicle armor made from scrap metal is also known as "hillbilly armor" and a truck with large amounts of add-on armor may be designated a "Frankenstein." . . .
The fascination with military-speak has also led to expressions of artistic creativity. Earlier this year, alternative rock band Cracker released a song called "Yalla Yalla" -- Arabic for "let's go" -- built around military slang, including such terms as "Bombaconda" and "haji."
At least some of these terms are likely to make it into everyday language, Adams said. When that will happen is unclear because "those serving have to bring the terms home and influence the use of those who haven't served."
But maybe the day when "couch potatoes" become "fobbits" is not so far off.
My primary reason for posting this excerpt was because I found the article interesting. My secondary reason was my frustration while reading the part about the term "haji."
First of all, the term is hajji, according to both Arabic and the AP Stylebook. Omitting a "j" changes the pronunciation of the word.
Second of all, although American military personnel tend to use the term derogatively, hajji is an honorable title, used to refer to Muslims who have completed the hajj, or pilgrimage to Mecca (one of the five pillars of Islam). Although the hajj should be completed by all Muslims, not all Muslims to whom military personnel refer have done so. Therefore, the term is a misnomer.
04 December 2009
7 Things You Need to Know About the Afghan War
According to a biography on Lt. Gen. Stanley McChrystal in a local newspaper, McChrystal was head of Spec Ops in Iraq and holds two masters degrees -- the first is in national security and strategic studies; the second is in international relations.
7 Things You Need to Know About the Afghan War
This slideshow includes information Fox News deems important regarding Afghanistan's political system, history, demographics, etc.
A veteran of three wars who was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor is now facing an unlikely enemy — his neighbors.
Col. Van T. Barfoot, 90, has raised the Stars and Stripes every day at sunrise and lowered them every day at sunset since he served in the U.S. Army. But on Tuesday he received a letter from the law firm that represents his homeowners' association, ordering him to remove the flagpole from his Richmond, Va. yard by 5 p.m. on Friday or face "legal action." . . .
The [homeowners'] association at Sussex Square community told Barfoot that the freestanding, 21-foot flagpole that he put up in September violates the neighborhood's aesthetic guidelines. . . .
"There's never been a day in my life or a place I've lived in my life that you couldn't fly the American flag," Barfoot said in an interview with the Richmond Times-Dispatch. . . .
The statement reminded the public that many American flags hang from homes in the Sussex Square community, and that the board members object only to Barfoot's freestanding flagpole.
But Barfoot says he has always flown the flag from a height: "Where I've been, fighting wars ... military installations, parades, everything else, the flag is vertical. And I've done it that way since I was in the Army," Barfoot told the paper.
Barfoot is one of the country's last living World War II veterans who received the Medal of Honor. He also served in the Korean War and the Vietnam War and earned a Purple Heart. In WWII, Barfoot showed his mettle in Carano, Italy, where he single-handedly destroyed a set of German machine gun nests, killed eight enemy soldiers, took 17 prisoners and stared down a tank before destroying it and killing its crew — all in a single day. Exhausted by his herculean efforts, he still managed to move two of his wounded men 1,700 yards to safety.
"Sgt. Barfoot's extraordinary heroism, demonstration of magnificent valor, and aggressive determination in the face of pointblank fire are a perpetual inspiration to his fellow soldiers," reads the official citation for his Medal of Honor.
7 Things You Need to Know About the Afghan War
This slideshow includes information Fox News deems important regarding Afghanistan's political system, history, demographics, etc.
A veteran of three wars who was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor is now facing an unlikely enemy — his neighbors.
Col. Van T. Barfoot, 90, has raised the Stars and Stripes every day at sunrise and lowered them every day at sunset since he served in the U.S. Army. But on Tuesday he received a letter from the law firm that represents his homeowners' association, ordering him to remove the flagpole from his Richmond, Va. yard by 5 p.m. on Friday or face "legal action." . . .
The [homeowners'] association at Sussex Square community told Barfoot that the freestanding, 21-foot flagpole that he put up in September violates the neighborhood's aesthetic guidelines. . . .
"There's never been a day in my life or a place I've lived in my life that you couldn't fly the American flag," Barfoot said in an interview with the Richmond Times-Dispatch. . . .
The statement reminded the public that many American flags hang from homes in the Sussex Square community, and that the board members object only to Barfoot's freestanding flagpole.
But Barfoot says he has always flown the flag from a height: "Where I've been, fighting wars ... military installations, parades, everything else, the flag is vertical. And I've done it that way since I was in the Army," Barfoot told the paper.
Barfoot is one of the country's last living World War II veterans who received the Medal of Honor. He also served in the Korean War and the Vietnam War and earned a Purple Heart. In WWII, Barfoot showed his mettle in Carano, Italy, where he single-handedly destroyed a set of German machine gun nests, killed eight enemy soldiers, took 17 prisoners and stared down a tank before destroying it and killing its crew — all in a single day. Exhausted by his herculean efforts, he still managed to move two of his wounded men 1,700 yards to safety.
"Sgt. Barfoot's extraordinary heroism, demonstration of magnificent valor, and aggressive determination in the face of pointblank fire are a perpetual inspiration to his fellow soldiers," reads the official citation for his Medal of Honor.
01 December 2009
Withdrawal in 2011?
In Obama's Foreign Policy today, we discussed the fact that Switzerland has placed a ban on the building of more minarets. Don't ask me what that has to do with Obama's foreign policy. However, did spend some time talking about the 30,000 troops Obama plans to send to Afghanistan. My professor thinks General McChrystal is one of the least qualified men Obama should take advice from regarding the war, because has no experience in the area. Experts on the region, those who speak the native languages and know the history of the area, are better suited to make a decision about the war (which, by the way, is just like Vietnam -- it's an issue of not whether we'll lose the war, but under whose administration). I know I would definitely take the advice of a desk jockey with book smarts over that of a man with his boots on the ground. That's clearly the logical choice.
On another note of the same level of happiness, the semester ends in sixteen days and I have a rather large amount of work and studying to do between now and the start of finals on the 15th. Therefore, I will once again be intermittently posting, at least until the 18th, when finals end and I return home for six weeks.
On another note of the same level of happiness, the semester ends in sixteen days and I have a rather large amount of work and studying to do between now and the start of finals on the 15th. Therefore, I will once again be intermittently posting, at least until the 18th, when finals end and I return home for six weeks.
03 November 2009
Wright Rails Again
Today while listening to the radio, I happened to hear some of the statements that the Rev. Jeremiah Wright made about our country. I have never heard a Christian pastor talk the way that man does. At the risk of being politically incorrect, I am going to try to be very delicate because I feel nothing but true pity for this man. He seems to have missed the whole concept of this country and on the shoulders this generation now stands. It is hard for me to believe the words I heard come out of his mouth, and it is also hard for me to believe that President Obama never heard the messages he preached after being in his congregation for 20 years. If this had been a conservative saying these things, our state-controlled media would have been screaming. If Mr. Wright does not love this country (this country has made him millions!) and hates capitalism the way he does, I think he should move to some third-world country where maybe he thinks they will tolerate his hateful speech. It seems to me he does not appreciate the rights he has or the blood that was shed for his rights.
30 October 2009
Hiatus
First of all, I apologize for my lack of activity on L2 (with the exception of the past few days).
Second of all, I will be on hiatus throughout the month of November, so posts will be few and far between. I'm participating in National Novel Writing Month, an event during which participants are encouraged to write 50,000 words in the span of 30 days (that equals about 200 pages of text). I've been preparing for the past few weeks and am planning to reach the 50,000 word mark. However, in light of the fact that I have college and outside organizations, as well as friends and family to contend with, I'm devoting every spare moment to writing.
Second of all, I will be on hiatus throughout the month of November, so posts will be few and far between. I'm participating in National Novel Writing Month, an event during which participants are encouraged to write 50,000 words in the span of 30 days (that equals about 200 pages of text). I've been preparing for the past few weeks and am planning to reach the 50,000 word mark. However, in light of the fact that I have college and outside organizations, as well as friends and family to contend with, I'm devoting every spare moment to writing.
28 October 2009
White House v. Fox News
21 October 2009
If I become life-threateningly obese, can I count on my fellow Americans to pay for my surgery?
Paul Mason, 48, needs a [$33,000] life-saving [operation] after a compulsive eating disorder left him "super-obese".
He eats 20,000 calories of food a day - EIGHT TIMES the official adult male average of 2,500.
Paul scoffs three family-sized takeaways a night and wolfs down Sunday roasts like snacks.
He has spent much of the past eight years in bed at his home in Ipswich, Suffolk.
His care costs taxpayers an estimated [$165,000] a year.
And now he needs drastic stomach surgery to stop him eating and keep him alive - at a cost of [$33,000] to the NHS.
But first health chiefs have to tackle the problem of transporting Paul to a specialist hospital 152 miles from his home.
They even considered using an RAF Chinook HELICOPTER to airlift him to the unit in Chichester, West Sussex.
They have ruled out that option and Paul will now travel in a five-ton ambulance specially built for obese people at a cost of [$148,000]. An NHS Suffolk spokesman said: "This man is very ill and this is life-saving surgery.
"The nature of his illness is psychological and the NHS has a duty to help him.
"He is in a very fragile state and needs help. We are exploring all options for transporting him from his home to hospital but we have now ruled out an airlift.
"The most important aspect of transporting him is preserving his dignity and looking after his safety.
"We have not had anything like this before."
Susie Squire, of the Taxpayers' Alliance, said: "While it is important to get this man the medical attention he needs, cost-effective methods must be used."
Paul has battled a compulsive eating disorder most of his adult life. His widowed mother Janet looked after him but she died six weeks ago at 76. He now has two carers treating him.
In 2002 a forklift truck had to be used to transport Paul from his bed and into hospital.
At that time he weighed 56st and paramedics called the fire service after finding it impossible to lift him.
Six firemen were also unable to get him on to a stretcher.
Eventually they took out a window and brickwork and knocked down a neighbour's garden wall to get him out.
Paul managed to shed 20 stone in 2006.
At the time he admitted: "You've got to change your mindset when you've got a food addiction. You can't have treats."
But he soon put the weight back on. And in 2007 he complained to his local council that he could not fit his special 3ft-wide wheelchair through the gates of an Ipswich park.
He eats 20,000 calories of food a day - EIGHT TIMES the official adult male average of 2,500.
Paul scoffs three family-sized takeaways a night and wolfs down Sunday roasts like snacks.
He has spent much of the past eight years in bed at his home in Ipswich, Suffolk.
His care costs taxpayers an estimated [$165,000] a year.
And now he needs drastic stomach surgery to stop him eating and keep him alive - at a cost of [$33,000] to the NHS.
But first health chiefs have to tackle the problem of transporting Paul to a specialist hospital 152 miles from his home.
They even considered using an RAF Chinook HELICOPTER to airlift him to the unit in Chichester, West Sussex.
They have ruled out that option and Paul will now travel in a five-ton ambulance specially built for obese people at a cost of [$148,000]. An NHS Suffolk spokesman said: "This man is very ill and this is life-saving surgery.
"The nature of his illness is psychological and the NHS has a duty to help him.
"He is in a very fragile state and needs help. We are exploring all options for transporting him from his home to hospital but we have now ruled out an airlift.
"The most important aspect of transporting him is preserving his dignity and looking after his safety.
"We have not had anything like this before."
Susie Squire, of the Taxpayers' Alliance, said: "While it is important to get this man the medical attention he needs, cost-effective methods must be used."
Paul has battled a compulsive eating disorder most of his adult life. His widowed mother Janet looked after him but she died six weeks ago at 76. He now has two carers treating him.
In 2002 a forklift truck had to be used to transport Paul from his bed and into hospital.
At that time he weighed 56st and paramedics called the fire service after finding it impossible to lift him.
Six firemen were also unable to get him on to a stretcher.
Eventually they took out a window and brickwork and knocked down a neighbour's garden wall to get him out.
Paul managed to shed 20 stone in 2006.
At the time he admitted: "You've got to change your mindset when you've got a food addiction. You can't have treats."
But he soon put the weight back on. And in 2007 he complained to his local council that he could not fit his special 3ft-wide wheelchair through the gates of an Ipswich park.
The country is certainly in a sad state when the government considers using the air force to transport a man to surgery, which will be paid for by the citizens of said country, simply because some random man didn't have enough will power to stop eating. Perhaps he should have considered the fact that I'm sure 99% of the rest of Ipswich's citizens can fit through the gates of the park before he decided to complain.
19 October 2009
Nixonian
Obama Building An Enemies List
White House Escalates War on Fox News
White House Escalates War on Fox News
By urging other news outlets to side with the administration, Obama aides officials dramatically upped the ante in the war of words that began earlier this month, when White House communications director Anita Dunn branded Fox "opinion journalism masquerading as news."
On Sunday, Fox's Chris Wallace retorted: "We wanted to ask Dunn about her criticism, but, as they've done every week since August, the White House refused to make any administration officials available to 'FOX News Sunday' to talk about this or anything else."
The White House stopped providing guests to 'Fox News Sunday' after Wallace fact-checked controversial assertions made by Tammy Duckworth, assistant secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, in August. Dunn said fact-checking an administration official was "something I've never seen a Sunday show do."
"She criticized 'FOX News Sunday' last week for fact-checking -- fact-checking -- an administration official," Wallace said Sunday. "They didn't say that our fact-checking was wrong. They just said that we had dared to fact-check."
The last time I checked, we were fighting a war abroad. And I somehow, oddly enough, found that war to be far more important than stifling news networks.
09 October 2009
Nobel Peace Prize - Why?
Today our President, Barack Hussein Obama, was given the Nobel Peace Prize. Mainly because the Norwegians hated George Bush and tried to snub him by giving this award to Mr. Obama. Over the years this prize has become very, very political, and it seems the Norwegians love socialism and liberalism. And since we have a president who seems to love the Europeans and the European society more than he does his own country, this award was bestowed on him.
Mr. Obama is a true American apologist. I have yet to hear of a speech he's made overseas in which he doesn't tear America down. Mr. Obama has joined the ranks of other Nobel Prize winners like: Yasser Arafat, the Palestinian terrorist - a real peacemaker; Kofi Annan, of the UN - another America hater; Jimmy Carter, another American apologist; and Al Gore, an environmental wacko. And this is just in the last 10 years! It's really too bad that the Nobel Peace Prize that once meant so much has now sunk so low. I fear for our country.
Mr. Obama is a true American apologist. I have yet to hear of a speech he's made overseas in which he doesn't tear America down. Mr. Obama has joined the ranks of other Nobel Prize winners like: Yasser Arafat, the Palestinian terrorist - a real peacemaker; Kofi Annan, of the UN - another America hater; Jimmy Carter, another American apologist; and Al Gore, an environmental wacko. And this is just in the last 10 years! It's really too bad that the Nobel Peace Prize that once meant so much has now sunk so low. I fear for our country.
07 October 2009
By the Way . . .
Today marks the eighth anniversary of the war in Afghanistan. Since the beginning of the year, Obama has added 21,000 troops, raising the total number of military personnel in Afghanistan to 68,000 while another 40,000 are being requested.
05 October 2009
And For My Next Trick
Slight of hand is an art form that gets you to focus your attention on one thing while something else occurs in the hand that you are not watching. This type of thing seems to happen a lot these days in particular; while the media is focused on things such as swine flu, and socialized medicine, they try to pass things right underneath our noses hoping that we might not observe what is truly going on. For example: HR 45, and S 1317. At this point you are probably thinking Doc where are going with this. HR 45 is also known as Blair –Holt Firearms Licensing and Record Sales Act of 2009. Additionally HR 2647 contains a clause for S 1317. Watch now as I pick my nose with one hand while secretly the other is now pulling the underwear out of my butt crack.
HR 45 would make it so that if you wanted to buy a firearm to be finger printed, have a driver’s license and provide them with your social security number. (I said it before and will say it again, that will be the mark of the beast.) You would also have to undergo a physical and mental exam while making it impossible for anyone under the age of eighteen to get to your firearms, and allow law enforcement officers to show up at your house at random to “verify” that you have your guns secured from those underage. So my sisters that have just started driving won’t be able to hunt?
S 1317 gives the attorney general the authority to ban all firearm sales to those on the terrorist, (Oh, we don’t use that word now.) watch list. While HR2647 gives the attorney general the power to determine who belongs on the terrorist (Oops! I did it again!)watch list. Judging from statements made by the present regime that flew the flag of communist China over the White House on the 20th of September this very year,(All in honor of the 60 years of murder and oppression over 2 billion people) I think it is safe to say the people on the watch list will not be people named Habbibee that smuggle uranium into the U.S., but people like me that believe in the constitution and love my guns and my freedom.
Our very only Department of Homeland Security stated that they were more concerned about homegrown (I have no idea what they are calling it if it’s not “terrorism”) from “right wing extremists” we are defined as: “Rightwing extremism in the United States can be broadly divided into those groups, movements and adherents that are primarily hate-oriented (based on hatred of particular religious, racial or ethnic groups), and those that are mainly antigovernment, rejecting federal authority in favor of state or local authority, or rejecting government authority entirely. It may include groups and individuals that are dedicated to a single issue such as opposition to abortion or immigration.” So I think it’s a safe bet that they like big government/ big brother.
Here are some of the messiahs quotes to prove my point: “I am not in favor of concealed weapons. I think that creates a potential atmosphere where more innocent people could (get shot during) altercations.”
“The package (legislation passed in the Illinois Senate) closes the Firearm Owners Identification (FOID) card loopholes which resulted in the shooting out in Melrose Park. We’re eliminating 17 specific assault weapons. There is no reason why anybody should need an assault weapon to protect themselves or their family. We’re limiting handgun sales to one a month. We’re calling for handgun registration. It’s very hard right now to track whether or not a felon has turned in his weapons or if he has a FOID card because we don’t know how many weapons he has purchased.”
“I am consistently on record and will continue to be on record as opposing concealed carry.”
So he doesn’t care when somebody breaks into your home rapes your children and makes off with all of your household goods.
But there is still hope for some of us, Pennsylvania is the most recent state to introduced a bill HB 1988 Freedom of Firearms Act that basically we aren’t taking your crap and you’ll have to pry them from our cold dead hands. Or more specifically: The regulation of intrastate commerce is vested in the states under the 9th and 10th Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, particularly if not expressly preempted by federal law. Congress has not expressly preempted state regulation of intrastate commerce pertaining to the manufacture on an intrastate basis of firearms, firearms accessories, and ammunition.
Some states have already passed a form of this legislation, or introduced it, or are planning to. Meanwhile Frank(played by Obama) is stomping shouting no no no no no no! while Margret (played by his wife) comforts him saying that one day he can be the party pooping CO of MASH 4077.
Firearms are second only to the Constitution in importance; they are the peoples' liberty's teeth.
George Washington
It may be laid down as a primary position, and the basis of our system, that every Citizen who enjoys the protection of a Free Government, owes not only a proportion of his property, but even of his personal services to the defense of it.
George Washington
The very atmosphere of firearms anywhere and everywhere restrains evil interference - they deserve a place of honor with all that's good.
George Washington
HR 45 would make it so that if you wanted to buy a firearm to be finger printed, have a driver’s license and provide them with your social security number. (I said it before and will say it again, that will be the mark of the beast.) You would also have to undergo a physical and mental exam while making it impossible for anyone under the age of eighteen to get to your firearms, and allow law enforcement officers to show up at your house at random to “verify” that you have your guns secured from those underage. So my sisters that have just started driving won’t be able to hunt?
S 1317 gives the attorney general the authority to ban all firearm sales to those on the terrorist, (Oh, we don’t use that word now.) watch list. While HR2647 gives the attorney general the power to determine who belongs on the terrorist (Oops! I did it again!)watch list. Judging from statements made by the present regime that flew the flag of communist China over the White House on the 20th of September this very year,(All in honor of the 60 years of murder and oppression over 2 billion people) I think it is safe to say the people on the watch list will not be people named Habbibee that smuggle uranium into the U.S., but people like me that believe in the constitution and love my guns and my freedom.
Our very only Department of Homeland Security stated that they were more concerned about homegrown (I have no idea what they are calling it if it’s not “terrorism”) from “right wing extremists” we are defined as: “Rightwing extremism in the United States can be broadly divided into those groups, movements and adherents that are primarily hate-oriented (based on hatred of particular religious, racial or ethnic groups), and those that are mainly antigovernment, rejecting federal authority in favor of state or local authority, or rejecting government authority entirely. It may include groups and individuals that are dedicated to a single issue such as opposition to abortion or immigration.” So I think it’s a safe bet that they like big government/ big brother.
Here are some of the messiahs quotes to prove my point: “I am not in favor of concealed weapons. I think that creates a potential atmosphere where more innocent people could (get shot during) altercations.”
“The package (legislation passed in the Illinois Senate) closes the Firearm Owners Identification (FOID) card loopholes which resulted in the shooting out in Melrose Park. We’re eliminating 17 specific assault weapons. There is no reason why anybody should need an assault weapon to protect themselves or their family. We’re limiting handgun sales to one a month. We’re calling for handgun registration. It’s very hard right now to track whether or not a felon has turned in his weapons or if he has a FOID card because we don’t know how many weapons he has purchased.”
“I am consistently on record and will continue to be on record as opposing concealed carry.”
So he doesn’t care when somebody breaks into your home rapes your children and makes off with all of your household goods.
But there is still hope for some of us, Pennsylvania is the most recent state to introduced a bill HB 1988 Freedom of Firearms Act that basically we aren’t taking your crap and you’ll have to pry them from our cold dead hands. Or more specifically: The regulation of intrastate commerce is vested in the states under the 9th and 10th Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, particularly if not expressly preempted by federal law. Congress has not expressly preempted state regulation of intrastate commerce pertaining to the manufacture on an intrastate basis of firearms, firearms accessories, and ammunition.
Some states have already passed a form of this legislation, or introduced it, or are planning to. Meanwhile Frank(played by Obama) is stomping shouting no no no no no no! while Margret (played by his wife) comforts him saying that one day he can be the party pooping CO of MASH 4077.
Firearms are second only to the Constitution in importance; they are the peoples' liberty's teeth.
George Washington
It may be laid down as a primary position, and the basis of our system, that every Citizen who enjoys the protection of a Free Government, owes not only a proportion of his property, but even of his personal services to the defense of it.
George Washington
The very atmosphere of firearms anywhere and everywhere restrains evil interference - they deserve a place of honor with all that's good.
George Washington
04 October 2009
Ich Mein Hableo Pablo Salut Mumbo Jumbo......Pop Click, Fizz
The scene is a very familiar one to most of us. It happened once again to me today; twice sort of. I went to pay my phone bill, and I was the only one that spoke in a manner understandable to the people working there. There was Spanish, some unknown Asian language and whatever that yo yo dog f this f that n word honky cracker mumble stuff that I think is called Ebonics but I’m not certain. I was there for two hours while the poor people working there tried to decipher what they were trying to accomplish. Early this morning while all sane people were still snuggling with their spouse or in today’s society of loose moral standards, their significant other, life partner, or whatever; I was asked for something and had no idea what was being asked of me because it was in another language. Thankfully somebody else that could understand was there because I can’t hand out Tylenol if I don’t understand that you have a headache.
Everywhere you go you see signs in 47 different languages, some that look like a toddler was cut loose with a pack of crayons trying to write something. Then when you call a place other than a human you have to listen for the number for English. Why is that? Our ancestors when they came here they had to learn English if they wanted to function in American society. Now we must tailor ourselves to learn every language known to man including Klingon to appease those that are too lazy to learn English. Right now there are liberals everywhere saying that we need to accommodate them. We need to make it easier for them to live in America. So we have to have signs, books, newspapers, magazines, toll free numbers, and street signs in Greek, Hebrew, Spanish, and that clicking thing that some tribes that have yet to learn what pants are still communicate in. We are doing an injustice to them by allowing this to go on.
The language that is spoken by the vast majority of Americans is English. If you come here and want to be a U.S. citizen you shouldn’t expect everyone else to speak whatever strange dialect that you utter. If I was going to try to live in France I think it would be a benefit to me to speak French, but what do I know, it is normal to expect that everyone should learn English when their national language is something else. The usual attacks made on the English language is that as Americans we go places and expect them to speak English. I don’t think that this is true, the places most Americans go have lots of people that speak English so that we do business with them, because we understand what they say. But if we moved there and expected everyone to know English that would be different.
If we don’t put our foot down soon, somebody is going to get the idea that we have to have everything printed in every language so that they can do whatever it is they are here to do. It isn’t right that anyone should travel to another country and expect them to speak your language unless that is what they already speak. Think about how much money could be saved if we made English the national language. You wouldn’t have to hire translators to rewrite everything and pay extra to print all the additional material in all languages.
In the bible the good Lord made it so that everyone building the tower of Babel spoke a different language so that they couldn’t understand each other. It sewed confusion among their ranks and they never finished. The same applies today, if you are told to draw blueprints for a building and the guy you got stuck with doesn’t speak the same language you will never get done.
So what we need to do is make it required that in order to be an American citizen you can read and write English. It is alright to speak in tongues but you still need to be fluent in English so that everyone else understands you. The Amish back home do this and it works out just fine. Then we can all live in peace and harmony man, cause we all like understand each other man.
Everywhere you go you see signs in 47 different languages, some that look like a toddler was cut loose with a pack of crayons trying to write something. Then when you call a place other than a human you have to listen for the number for English. Why is that? Our ancestors when they came here they had to learn English if they wanted to function in American society. Now we must tailor ourselves to learn every language known to man including Klingon to appease those that are too lazy to learn English. Right now there are liberals everywhere saying that we need to accommodate them. We need to make it easier for them to live in America. So we have to have signs, books, newspapers, magazines, toll free numbers, and street signs in Greek, Hebrew, Spanish, and that clicking thing that some tribes that have yet to learn what pants are still communicate in. We are doing an injustice to them by allowing this to go on.
The language that is spoken by the vast majority of Americans is English. If you come here and want to be a U.S. citizen you shouldn’t expect everyone else to speak whatever strange dialect that you utter. If I was going to try to live in France I think it would be a benefit to me to speak French, but what do I know, it is normal to expect that everyone should learn English when their national language is something else. The usual attacks made on the English language is that as Americans we go places and expect them to speak English. I don’t think that this is true, the places most Americans go have lots of people that speak English so that we do business with them, because we understand what they say. But if we moved there and expected everyone to know English that would be different.
If we don’t put our foot down soon, somebody is going to get the idea that we have to have everything printed in every language so that they can do whatever it is they are here to do. It isn’t right that anyone should travel to another country and expect them to speak your language unless that is what they already speak. Think about how much money could be saved if we made English the national language. You wouldn’t have to hire translators to rewrite everything and pay extra to print all the additional material in all languages.
In the bible the good Lord made it so that everyone building the tower of Babel spoke a different language so that they couldn’t understand each other. It sewed confusion among their ranks and they never finished. The same applies today, if you are told to draw blueprints for a building and the guy you got stuck with doesn’t speak the same language you will never get done.
So what we need to do is make it required that in order to be an American citizen you can read and write English. It is alright to speak in tongues but you still need to be fluent in English so that everyone else understands you. The Amish back home do this and it works out just fine. Then we can all live in peace and harmony man, cause we all like understand each other man.
02 October 2009
Chicago Loses Olympic Bid
There was an honest election that happened in Copenhagen today. ACORN was not involved. Chicago lost in the first round of the election. Perhaps the people that voted realized that if Chicago won the election, it would have been the dirtiest Olympics in history. As far as Obama's Chicago cronies go, it would have been a showcase of corruption, graft and political patronage. This, I'm sure, was a real blow to Mr. Obama's ego. Just watch the media for a few days. There will be some laughs, and then the Obamas will be back to saving the world. Keep heart! We're only 13 months away from the 2010 election, and at that time, we'll vote the bad Democrats out. And in 2012, we'll vote out a bad president, along with the bad Republicans. But, until then, we can just keep on repeating the phrase that our school children are singing: mmm-mmm-mmm Barak Hussein Obama, mmm-mmm-mmm. I don't think we'll all be indoctrinated as easily as these school children.
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