All Whites Are Racists ...

The president of the University of Delaware has pulled the plug on that controversial student diversity program.

Training materials for the program stated — "The term (racist) applies to all white people ... living in the United States, regardless of class, gender, religion, culture or sexuality. By this definition, people of color cannot be racists, because ...they do not have the power to back up their prejudices, hostilities, or acts of discrimination."

That definition is BULLSHIT. First all whites aren't racist. Second ... people of color CAN BE and SOME ARE racists. See my post just below on New Orleans District Attorney Eddie Jordan. Jordan had the power to back up his prejudices and hostilities and HE DID use his power to back up his acts of discrimination against whites.

That makes him and his supporters RACISTS. It also probably makes the New Orleans Mayor a Racist - since he knew what was going on and did nothing to force Eddie Jordan to resign until a clear threat to shut down the DA's office was made. Remember - Jordan was found guilty of racism in 2005 - two years ago. Nagin did nothing for two years except make "Chocolate City" comments ... which doesn't give me a warm and fuzzy that he's NOT a racist.

Nuff said. It's good to see that UD has tanked this stupid program - now the idiot who dreamed it up in the first place should be hunted down and forced to where a sign that says "Remain Clear Of My Person - I'm an Idiot!!"

Racist Eddie Jordan Resigns!

Folks, I haven't been writing much lately because I've been basking in the positive outlook of Louisiana after the solidly-won election of Bobby Jindal as our next governor! Now ... hardworking Louisianans will finally be rid of an incompetent Governor in exchange for someone that I believe will prove himself as one of the top Governors in the United States - Bobby Jindal.

So it's been great news for us here in the Lagniappe State but today ... even more good news...

Racist Eddie Jordan has FINALLY resigned from his post as the District Attorney of New Orleans!

Folks - this should have happened back in March 2005 when a federal jury ruled that Eddie Jordan discriminated against 43 whites when he fired them all at once when he took office and replaced them with blacks.

Let's see here - discrimination, coupled with abuse of power aimed at one particular racial group (Whites) ... yep ... I think I'm on safe ground calling Eddie Jordan a RACIST. The only difference between Eddie Jordan and David Duke are their skin colors and the color of the skin of their racial victims.

Like I said - Eddie Jordan SHOULD HAVE resigned the moment he was proved a racist by a federal court. But he didn't.

Eddie Jordan SHOULD HAVE THEN been forced out of office - but there was no cry from anyone in New Orleans city government to do that. I don't recall "Mr. Chocolate City" ... Mayor Ray Nagin calling for Jordan's resignation.

Jesse Jackson didn't call for his resignation. Neither did Al Sharpton. I guess they were busy that week or something?

So instead of resigning - Jordan has remained in office. Under Jordan's "leadership" - New Orleans recaptured it status as the "Murder Capital of the United States". Under his "leadership" - New Orleans justice has become the laughing stock of the entire country. Eddie Jordan's leadership has been an impotent tale of sorrow and absence without leave.

And if that wasn't enough - he was also caught harboring a fugitive. Eddie says he didn't know who the guy was. Oh really? You're the DA and you don't know who is and who isn't a fugitive? You've got problems dude.

And unfortunately - Eddie Jordan's problems were also OUR problems.

BUT NO MORE!!

Goodbye Racist Eddie ... peace to your ashes.

Things in Louisiana are looking up alright!

Here Come Dem Dang Dems!

They're whacko, they're emboldened, THEY'RE IN CHARGE OF CONGRESS NOW and, by golly - they're coming for YOUR wallet next!

I'm talking about Congressman John Dingle's LUDICROUS NEW BILL to "tax carbon". Some of the "whacky" and hilarious highlights of Dingle's bill include ...

• A FIFTY CENT PER GALLON TAX ON GASOLINE. That's added to the current 18.4 cents per gallon we're currently paying - so Dingle wants to raise the FEDERAL gas tax effectively to 68.4 cents per gallon! Now - that's not the worst of it - because the STATES also tax gas and in many localities - consumers also pay a local excise tax on gas. Fact is - if you live in California right now - you're paying 60 cents per gallon in combined Federal / State / Local taxes. Of that 60 cents - only 18.4 cents is Federal tax - ALL THE REST is courtesy of the California Governor and State House. If Dingle's bill becomes law - then Californians will be paying $1.10 in taxes for EACH GALLON of gas they purchase! Oh, and - of course if the Feds raise their tax on gas - nothing's going to stop the states from also increasing their share of the tax also!!
• A $50 per ton tax on CARBON produced from sources like petroleum, coal, natural gas - basically this is a tax on your electric bill - so Dingle wants to make it more expensive for you to use these fuels to heat your home. Makes perfect sense right? I mean - we're paying ridiculously low home utility bills right now anyway right? Please!
  
• Phase out the mortgage interest deduction on primary mortgages on houses over 3000 square feet. Here's the funny part - Dingle, Mr. Smarty Pants - doesn't like you guys with large homes because ... "These homes have contributed to increased sprawl and longer commutes. Despite new homes in and of themselves being more energy efficient, the sheer size, sprawl and commutes lead to dramatically more energy use – or to put it more simply, a larger carbon footprint."

What the fuck folks?

Read that sentence - a large home results in LONGER commutes! Fuck you guys who are living in 3K square foot homes out in the country - MOVE YOUR ASS TO THE CITY NOW! And if you don't - Dingle and his Democratic Global Warming Alarmists will break your checkbook with their new taxes!

Mao moved people out of the cities to go work on farms and in communes out in the country. The Democrats (who are Socialists just like Mao claimed to be for the most part) want to do kind of a "reverse Mao" trick here and move folks out of the rural areas and into the cities where they can be forced to take buses and eventually end up voting Democratic like most urbanites do these days.

Democrats really don't recognize any of what exists outside of an urban environment - farmers just increase Global Warming with their tractor exhaust and bovine flagellates. All of that peace and quiet and, frankly, unrestrained carbon emission has to be reigned in and eliminated for the Dems to feel comfortable. How the American "breadbasket" will feed the world when we turn all the farmers into taxi drivers is not something on the Democratic radar scope right now.

Who the fuck is Dingle to say that you can't live in the country folks? Who the fuck is he to judge you and the size of YOUR home??

All of this in the name of global warming but none of this takes into account anything like the energy efficiency of a home. There are MANY 2,000 square foot homes that utilize more energy than some 4,000 foot homes. Folks - Insulated Concrete Foam is known to cut utility bill by over 40, 50 percent in some cases but Dingle isn't looking at anything like that!!

That's because he's an idiot - and that's because Global Warming has nothing to do with his agenda here. What he's really after is YOUR money because the Democratic power machine runs on YOUR taxes and cheerfully raising them at the drop of a hat.

John Dingle is an idiot.

But the comforting thing is - even if his legislation passes - it won't pass with a veto-proof majority and DUBYA will slam dunk this one into the VETO BUCKET.

However - were Hillary the President - I'd bet she'd sign it.

Proof that the next election will not just be about the war in Iraq. Electing Democrats to political office has consequences - chilling ones - all over your way of life.

My New Hero ...

Mike Gundy, Oklahoma State Football Coach.

Clearly, this guy HATES "journalists" almost as much as I do!

The object of his spit and vinegar? Well it's Oklahoman journalist Jenni Carlson - who disrespected one of the young Oklahoma players by speculating that his "attitude" was what lost him the starting spot at quarterback for the Oklahoma Cowboys.

Now ... typical elitist journalism here folks - and it's classic.

Jenni's never played football actually. She doesn't know what it "takes" to stand up to a full-on defensive rush. She doesn't know what the hell it feels like to be hit so hard by a linebacker that you get the wind knocked out of you, see stars, and can't feel your feet for thirty minutes.

She doesn't know any of that shit.

But ... by damn - she's armed with a degree in journalism - or at least she plays one on TV and that is better than staying in a Holiday Inn Express!!

Now, here's Jenni's response to Mike Gundy ... notice that the woman who likes to make personal attacks on young kids (all based on rumor and inuendo) should probably look in the mirror and step up on the treadmill - cuz she's carrying some extra weight there. Yes that's a personal attack I just made - but I stand by my sources - the woman is clearly a fat ass. According to journalist's ethics these days - I'm covered and on solid ground here folks. Not my responsibility how she takes that personally - I'm just reporting the facts right?

It's interesting though, she keeps saying that she's asked Mike what was false about her article and she says he won't tell her. That's bullshit - look at Mike's rant and he tells her right to her face several things that are false about her article - it's all on the video! But she ignores that - thinking that if SHE or another journalist doesn't tell us sheeple out here about it - we won't notice! LOL!

Investigation of the Times? There Should Be ...

On September 14, 2007, the American Conservative Union (ACU) filed a complaint with the FEC against MoveOn.org Political Action and the New York Times Company for violation of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended and the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002. The New York Times Company's “discount” is in effect a corporate soft money contribution to a federal political committee. MoveOn's acceptance of this corporate soft money contribution exceeds federal contributions and is a clear violation of FEC laws.

Story here ...

How True! Take it from someone who lives in Louisiana and knows what corruption looks like ...

What the New York Times did here is CLASSIC political corruption - and they are busted cold here! I'm willing to bet this is only a small waft of smoke with a much larger raging fire underneath it. The NYT did this with such impunity - it couldn't be their first violation of federal laws.

OPEN THEIR BOOKS AND LET'S LOOK AT WHAT ELSE THEY'VE DONE!

If there's nothing there - then there is nothing to hide right? They shouldn't have any problems with a full federal investigation that investigates ALL of their political ad activities!

Enlightenment at Universities? Don't Think So.

Well, the visit to Columbia University today by Iran's Psychopathic Fool went off pretty much as expected - with Ahmadinejad's credibility going up - and Columbia University's going DOWN. See that is what happens when you mud wrestle with idiots - they look smarter - and you look stupider.

And - I really didn't hear anyone "boo" the guy. Some laughed - as they should have - when the Fool said that there "are no Homosexuals in Iran" - but I heard no real "boos".

Did hear some pretty rousing applause for the Fool though - when he said ...

"In Iran, we wait for the speech before we condemn the speaker ..."

Not only is that an outright lie - but who the hell were those people applauding him? My conclusion is that it must have been the usual crowd of "un-American" Marxists - you know - the ones that eat from our table and we take care of them while they shit on us and the freedoms we provide them?

Which brings up a question here ...

Why in the hell is Communism even taught in colleges anymore?

I mean, we aren't allowed to teach "Creationism" or "Intelligent Design" in the public schools anymore, and why? Because those are supposedly disproven theories - junk science - fantasies.

I won't get into that - but that is why we're told they can't be taught in public schools.

Using the same standard then - Communism should only be taught as a failed historical aside. It shouldn't be taught in political science classes because it's been tried - in numerous places all over the world and it's failed everywhere it's been tried.

It's failed EVERYWHERE it's been tried. That's a completely inarguable point - Communism has proven a complete failure - everywhere.

So why is this FAILED POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY still given credibility in colleges and universities? Seems to me - if we started teaching the TRUTH about Communisim - that it's a failure and has been a disaster everywhere it's been tried ...

Wouldn't we have a lot fewer of these freeloading Marxist Un-American hate mongers running around applauding Iranian Fools like Ahmadinejad?

Food for thought there.

Seems to me that our colleges and universities ARE NOT as enlightened as the elitist shit-heads that run them think they are. They should have term limits on the folks who run these colleges - and they should only hire directors and administrators who have PROVEN they can PRODUCE SOMETHING in the private sector. Truth is - most college professors and administrators have never held down a real job out here in the REAL world.

I'd like to run Lee Bolinger, the "so-called" President of Columbia University through a quick Marine Corps Boot Camp then ship him off to Iraq and put him in a platoon of tough Marines in a tough neighborhood in Baghdad.

If he wants to be "enlightened" ...

If he wants to "learn" about the world and what's going on in Iraq ...

Wouldn't that be a better experience than inviting the Fool of Iran to speak to his Marxist students?

But Lee Bolinger isn't concerned about "learning" - he's only concerned with showing his ass - like he did today with that Fool from Iran.

That's sad.

Alicia Silverstone and PETA

I'm sold.

People can bash this ad all they want. PETA just shot up a notch in my opinion. Sure, they've been caught executing animals and sure, they have some whacky ideas about animals being on a par with humans and all. They're crazy but this ad with Alicia isn't.

And because if it - I'm going to abstain from eating meat for a day just because I know it will turn Alicia on!

Sorry - I've said this before - I would like to condemn this but I am a guy! Forgive me!

"We Were WRONG! Again!"

Clark Hoyt, the Public Editor of the New York Times says the paper was wrong in publishing the "General Betrayus" ad that was bought and paid for at a cut rate by Moveon.org.

Doesn't go far enough - but at least he admits that the ad violated the NYT's standards for personal attacks and also admits that they sold the ad to Moveon.org at the wrong price due to a "mistake"...

A $77,508.00 mistake? Come on! Has the sales rep who "made" this mistake been fired? Because if I made a mistake that cost my employer $77.5K - I'd be on the streets quick. If you have a REAL job - so would you.

Let's face it - no one is getting fired here because no one wants to give anyone an incentive to TALK about what really happened. The NYT is a liberal bastion that tries to pawn itself as an honest broker and truth seeker - when it's really in the pocket of George Soros.

This proves it.

Go ahead - Fire someone - I double dog dare you.

Won't happen folks.

My favorite quote from the article is this ...

"... And it gave fresh ammunition to a cottage industry that loves to bash The Times as a bastion of the “liberal media.”

Uhhh, rather than try to insult all of us out here who REALLY seek the truth by calling us a "cottage industry" - I'd like to see a denial here that the New York Times **IS** a "bastion of the liberal media".

Quite frankly - it is and that is undeniable. So don't insult those of us who are RIGHT about this fact by calling us "cottage".

Square your shit away New York Times! You take a side in politics - which you HAVE - you're going to get BASHED. You aren't reporters - you aren't journalists - you aren't impartial.

You are paid spinmeisters of moveon.org. This is the proof!

Tyranny of the Minority ...

Next week, Liberal traitors will demonstrate to us, once again, just how much America has become a "tyranny of the minority". Next week, they'll shit on America - they'll put it right in our faces on the national news - they'll laugh - they'll demonstrate once again that freedom of speech is dead in this country except for those on the left - and they'll dare us to do a damn thing about it.

I'm talking about Lee Bolinger's invitation to Mahmund Ahmadinejad, the terrorist dictator of Iran, to come and speak at Columbia University.

Let's be brief here folks.

Ann Coulter gets PIES thrown at her when she speaks at colleges that have "invited" her to speak.

At Columbia University - when the Minutemen spoke there - they were heckled and threatened and Lee Bolinger didn't do a damn thing to stop it or discourage it. He took no action against the students who participated in it.

Now, for a second - let's assume that folks like Ann Coulter and the Minutemen are every bit as dangerous as the liberal loons tell us they are. If that is true - their only "crime" is a crime of "ideas". Neither Coulter or the Minutemen have ever killed anyone. They've never taken a hostage or executed one. They've never said that Israel should be wiped off the map. They've never held a "Holocaust Denial" seminar and they've never held cartoon contests for the best cartoon that ridicules the Holocaust.

Mahmund Ahmadinejad has. He has blood on his hands - directly. He's one of the terrorists that took our embassy hostage in 1979 and referred to the Americans hostages as "dogs".

This man is guilty ... of way more than Ann Coulter or the Minutemen ever could be. This man is guilty of terrorism.

And he'll receive a HUGE round of applause at Columbia University next week folks. He won't be threatened off the stage - like the Minutemen. He won't have a pie thrown at him like Ann Coulter. And if anyone tries anything like that - they'll be TAZERED immediately because Lee Bolinger doesn't put up with Conservative loons on his campus - only Liberal ones.

ROTC - NOT ALLOWED ON THE COLUMBIA CAMPUS BUT AN ISLAMOFASCIST WHO HAS KILLED AMERICANS AND SEEKS - NOW! - TO KILL EVERY JEWISH MAN, WOMAN AND CHILD IN ISRAEL ...

WELCOMED WITH OPEN ARMS BY COLUMBIA!

DISGUSTING. If I ever meet Lee Bolinger in person I will spit in his face - that's exactly what he's doing to our troops who are so bravely offering their lives so that folks like him can continue to yank their pants to their ankles and shit on the American Flag and all it stands for.

Don't even try any crappy arguments about freedom of speech meaning freedom for those views you don't agree with. I agree with that statement and it doesn't apply here. Columbia has a STRONG TRACK RECORD OF SUPPRESSING CONSERVATIVE SPEECH. But they aren't going to suppress this Islamofascist - nosiree!

Disgusting. And shame on anyone who agrees with this kind of conduct.

Look at US! We're still relevant!!

Okay folks ... this week we have both Sally Field and Barry Manilow showing their asses, and their complete ignorance of world affairs, in public.

What is all this "Attention Whore" stuff from the "Has Beens" about?

Well, it's all about slowly dieing celebrity and how to hang on to it. First, look at both Sally and Barry - both have had cosmetic surgery (Barry appears to have had more than Sally). These are two individuals who had their heyday in the 70's (zoning in on thirty years ago). Now, both of them sit on the verge of their final meltdown in looks - a point of age where cosmetic surgery doesn't help anymore - and only turns the individual into a caricature of their former self. It's at that point - that celebrity slowly slips away and the individual is left with whatever is left - minus the celebrity ... and for many of these types that isn't much. They really aren't anything without the celebrity and they know this. They dread the day they lose it. They try to hang onto it forever ... addicted to the "drug" of celebrity.

How can an aging actor or entertainer maintain relevance when they left their prime over 25 years ago?

Jump on the liberal whacko bandwagon and prove to your contemporaries that YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES. There's still some run left in your horse!!

That's what it's all about folks. When you have nothing left to be famous for other than what you did 25 years ago - you start grasping at straws and that is what Barry Manilow and Sally Field did this week. Plain and simple.

L. O. L.

Are all graduates and students of liberal colleges as stupid as ... this?

Seriously, I had to laugh my ass off. This person really thinks they are smart? It's one thing to thumb your nose at others when you have superior intelligence - quite another when you DO NOT.

"ZOMG! Thank goodness I chose Columbia over the Naval Academy - my poor brother isn't quite as smart as me and my liberal friends though!"

This lady is a big pussy - not at all cut from the stock of an American Pioneer woman. I really feel sorry for the man that ends up with her!

She should be thrown into Marine Corps Boot camp just for writing this silly diatribe!

Point of the Day ... Blood for Oil?

How many times have we seen the bumper sticker ... "No Blood For Oil" ???

It's a very catchy slogan ... almost makes you want to agree with it without even questioning. However, those with any degree of common sense will look at that and say ... "That's Wrong! Hell yeah - we'll always put up blood for oil when necessary!

Free flowing oil at market prices is the engine of ALL, repeat ALL Western economies. Nay! It is the life blood of ALL economies period - except maybe Afghanistan - where Opium is probably the economic blood. But for any technologically advanced civilization - it all comes down to oil.

Hate it, curse it, cry about it, get flaming mad - it's still true, it's still reality. Without that oil - our economy comes to a complete and abrupt halt. Only an idiot argues otherwise.

Now, no matter what the whackos say - President Bush, nor VP Dick are trying to steal anyone's oil - they just want to make sure that the oil is not used as a weapon against the west. That means keeping the oil out of the hands of bad guys and keeping oil prices subject to the supply and demands of a free market. Anything else - is unacceptable. Anything else - and you'd better believe that war becomes an option quick.

You can either fight to keep the oil - or let your kids fight to get it back. It's that simple.

Alan Greenspan knows this is true - that's the reason he felt, and still feels, that getting rid of Saddam was ESSENTIAL.

Quote from Greenspan ...

"I'm saying taking Saddam out was essential."

Greenspan goes on to point out that protecting the free flow of oil at market prices is something that we have to do until we find an alternate source of energy ... "which ultimately we will."

When did oil become some really, really bad and poisonous substance?

Oil is good!

Oil gets you to work in the morning - and more importantly, it gets you BACK. It fuels Al Gore's jet airplanes. Oil is what gets your new DVD "An Inconvenient Truth" delivered to your doorstep from Amazon.com. Oil is what is powering those tractors in the mid-west that are harvesting that corn to make "ethanol" with. It's oil that transports that wounded baby seal found on Ocean Beach to the San Diego Seaworld where it can be nurtured back to health. Oil is what transports "medical marijuana" from the fields in Humbolt County, CA to the hack shops in downtown San Francisco.

What made O.J.'s infamous run from the police in the White Bronco possible?

That's right! OIL.

Right now, Right now ... THOUSANDS OF IPhones are being transported into this country - courtesy of oil,

Right now, some guy who just had a heart attack is being transported to a hospital - where he will end up living ...

THANKS OIL!! And that guy should thank a Republican - because if Dems had their way - he would have had to rely on a rickshaw to get to the emergency room!!

Oil is cool stuff - it's cooler than a cowbell on a Blue Oyster Cult song.

And that is the attitude everyone should have about OIL. Because - it really is that important to us - all joking aside.

Great Website ...

Here's a good website that I've been watching for years for information on Iran and ideas about how to solve the "Iran Problem".

It's Reza Pahlavi's website. Pahlavi is the son of the late Shah of Iran and he and I are about the same age - I believe he's actually about two years older than I am. But I remember when I was 17, when the Shah and his family were forced to leave Iran. And I remember a young Reza Pahlavi - who I identified with because he was near my age.

Anyway - Pahlavi seems to have stayed very active as an Iranian dissident and exile who's worked hard to get his countrymen to awaken to the fact that they're being led by bunch of idiots now. Hehe, that's not how Reza would put it but, in essence, that's what he's doing!

Anyway - I don't always agree with him but I always check his site for his views. Most of you may know ... like Reza, I have been a proponent of NOT attacking Iran. My personal view has always been that we should diplomatically isolate them - while at the same time speeding up development of our theater ballistic missile defense. Then, if Iran ever launches a nuke - we just shoot it down and turn that whole damn nation into glass with our own nukes. In the past I've called this policy "YAD" ... "Your Assured Destruction". Basically, it's a "go ahead, make my day punk policy that I think will keep Iran reigned in.

However, something is now happening that I didn't plan on - Iran is now killing American soldiers in Iraq and many are calling for us to take military action against Iran. I'm still thinking on this one - but I'm not too far from agreeing with them.

Here's Your Sign ...

My son came home for the weekend from his college but, his car is in the shop now and I had to give him a ride back to school. On the way back, I turned on Fox News on the XM channel and listened a bit to John Gibson. John is okay - not one of my favorites because he's a bit over the top and mellow dramatic. But his views are mostly spot on.

Anyway - he was encouraging anti-war folks to call in and state why they were against the war. Many did - and the serious depth of ignorance was quite alarming. As Americans - we need to work on deep thought and analysis of issues and get away from the emotions that surround them.

Basically though - the major jist of the anti-war crowd that called up said we should leave because we never should have gone in to begin with. Well, heh - what was right and what was wrong about our entrance into Iraq is irrelevant at this point - that's all ancient history. We are faced with two choices now ...

1. Staying the course and winning this war - which experts say WE CAN DO. Or we can ...

2. Leave Iraq and turn the whole mess over to Iran.

That's the two choices and #2 doesn't look like a very positive one for our national interests. In fact - it doesn't look like a very positive choice for my kid's or grandkid's sake either - who will eventually have to deal with an Islamofascist Persian state that controls the bulk of oil production in the middle east.

Just astounding to me that college graduates are unable to think of the geopolitical situation in an "organic" fashion. You can't hand Iraq over to Iran and expect that cheery old Iran is going to continue to sell us cheap oil. Silly rabbit.

Additionally, I was stunned by another assumption these anti-war "oblivions" held. They all believed we should fight Al Quaida in Afghanistan - but we should leave Iraq and not fight them there.

Now, when pressed on the causes of 9-11, these guys all (predictably) blamed American foreign policy for 9-11 and all of them said that if we just got out of Iraq and the middle east - then Osama would probably leave us alone.

Two problems there - uhhh - wouldn't Osama still be pissed at us for our war in Afghanistan? A war that you support and want to continue?

Damn - how can any adult display such childish logic?

Second problem here is the fact that Osama isn't going to let up on us no matter what we do. How many scholars have to come out and state that what Osama wants is world-wide Islamic caliphate. In his "Letter to Americans" ... Osama's FIRST DEMAND was for Americans to convert to Islam. Other demands? Give up your capitalist ways. Give up your perverted ways. Give up your government and put the Koran in it's place.

Why haven't any of these idiots read this stuff? Why don't they believe it when it comes right from the horse's mouth?

To those oblivious liberal callers - especially the one who called in and said we should leave the middle east - even though he personally drove an eight cylinder truck (he was willing to pay up to $12 or $13 dollars for a gallon of gas. Yes - dumbass alarm here!) ...

Here's your sign.

In Defense of James Brolin ...

James Brolin, "Mr. Barbara Streisand's" latest guffaw involves him wishing New Yorkers a "Happy 9-11!".

People are really, really, really, really pissed off about this. Especially when he was immediately chastised by the radio jocks who were interviewing him when they told him ... "We don't say 'Happy 9-11 around here'."

James shot back ... "Celebrate the day right?"

Celebrate the day? WTF Dude? Yes James - we all hold tailgaters and shoot off fireworks in celebration of the deaths of 3,000 of our fellow Americans. What fuckin' planet are you from dude?

Now, I would like to defend Mr. Babs here because many people think he meant this remark to be hurtful to the people of New York. That's not the case - James wasn't trying to be mean - he wasn't trying to be hurtful to anyone.

James was just giving you a glimpse of his stupidity and the extreme "la la land" world of isolation that he lives in.

Folks, people like James Brolin and Barbara Streisand don't live in a normal world. They aren't normal people and haven't been since they became famous - which was at a very early age. They're like big kids - seriously. They are completely oblivious - completely clueless to what the world is really like. Their path to adulthood was arrested long ago when they became celebrities and they are frozen in a "never-never land" where truth and reality is whatever you can dream up - or conjure up in a drug-induced stupor.

Why would ANYONE ever place one bit of stock in ANYTHING that these idiots say? They aren't real people. At least President Bush has attended a good ole' fashioned tailgate before a football game. At least he knows how to grill a good angus steak on an old fashioned charcoal barbeque grill. At least he's been to Iraq. At least he's visited the wounded coming back from that war. At least he's received the thanks and condemnation of military families.

He's walked the path.

But these idiots never have.

MONEY - DOESN'T MAKE ONE RIGHT.

A plumber knows more about politics than these guys.

A New York City cab driver knows more about the real world and politics than these guys.

A soldier in Iraq knows better what's going on there than these guys so why don't folks LISTEN to the 80-plus percent of them that are screaming to us to "STAY THE COURSE!!"

Folks - let entertainers entertain.

Listen to your HEROS for what to do in Iraq.

That's my defense of James Brolin ... he's not evil ...

He's an idiot.

Survey Says ...

Survey says I agree with him on 77% of the issues. I'm disappointed and thought it would be higher!

Take the survey and see what you come up with!

Big 'Fraidy Cats ...

Deborah Howell over at the Washington Post speculates as to why certain comic strips (which may have been offensive to Muslims) were banned for publication in the print edition of the Washington Post.

Example here ...

I'm going to help out Deborah here a bit and explain exactly why journalists and editors routinely post offensive material about Christians - but refuse to post anything that could even be construed as marginally offensive toward Muslims.

They're Cowards - big ole' fraidy cats. Paper tigers they are - everyone in the news industry that has any power at all.

Did I say they were Cowards? I want to make it blatantly clear ... that's exactly what they are.

They don't want to wind up like Salmon Rushdie - constantly on the run from Islamofacists or like Daniel Pearl - beheaded by them.

This is exactly what makes journalists and their editors nothing more than big cowardly schoolyard bullies.

Oh ... they'll run a host of cartoons and editorials that just lambaste the hell out of Christians - and when they can escape the Anti-Semitic tag - they'll defecate on the Jewish religion also.

They'll call Bush a liar - paint him as some kind of dictator who's stealing our civil rights from us.

They'll blast Christian and Jewish leaders.

And they'll sit there and puff their chests out proudly - and tell you they are cut from the same mold as Thomas Paine - and our other founding fathers who supposedly cherished freedom of speech above all else.

They'll do that because ...

THEY KNOW THAT BUSH, NOR ANY CHRISTIAN OR JEW IS GOING TO COME TO THEIR HOMES AND FIRE BOMB IT !!

But they've seen all too well what happens to those who insult the Islamofascists ...

They end up dead. Because the radical Mohammedans don't believe in civil rights - or any right to even EXIST once you've offended them.

That's why.

THEY ARE COWARDS.

Facts about Nuclear Energy ...

I'm a big proponent of nuclear energy. Not because it dramatically reduces greenhouse gas emissions - although it does that in spades - but because it's an efficient form of energy that can reduce pollution (healthier air for you and I to breathe) and it would also reduce our dependence on foreign oil. Nuclear energy isn't a "pipe dream" like fuel cell autos, windmill farms, and solar energy are. Basically any kind of alternative energy source endorsed by the left-wing wackos in this country is either inefficient - or the technology for it just doesn't exist. That's not so with nuclear power - the technology exists today and nuclear power is one of the most efficient forms of energy production that has ever existed. It's also virtually pollution free.

Here's some facts on nuke energy ...

Top 10 Facts About Nuclear Energy

1. There are 104 commercial nuclear power plants producing 20 percent of the electricity in the United States. They are located at 64 sites in 31 states.

2. More than 400 nuclear power plants worldwide produce 16 percent of the world’s electricity—while reducing CO2 emissions by more than 2 billion metric tons per year.

3. Nuclear energy supplies electricity each year to serve 60 million homes.

4. Nuclear energy has one of the lowest environmental impacts of any electricity source. For example, a wind farm would need 235 square miles to produce the same amount of electricity as a 1,000-megawatt nuclear power plant.

5. Nuclear energy is by far the nation’s largest source of electricity that does not emit any controlled air pollutants, providing 73 percent of the electricity from all carbon-free sources, including hydroelectric, wind and solar.

6. Nuclear power plants provide low-cost, predictable power at stable prices and are essential in maintaining the reliability of the U.S. electric power system.

7. Nuclear power plants are able to produce abundant and low cost energy source because they use an enriched form of uranium for fuel. One uranium fuel pellet – the size of the tip of your little finger – is equivalent to 17,000 cubic feet of natural gas, 1,780 pounds of coal, or 149 gallons of oil.

8. The economic activity of a U.S. nuclear plant generates on average around $40 million in state and local tax revenues.

9. You would have to live near a nuclear power plant for over 2,000 years to get the same amount of radiation exposure that you get from a single diagnostic medical x-ray.

10. There are nearly 100 different nuclear medicine imaging procedures available today. An estimated 10 to 12 million nuclear medicine imaging and therapeutic procedures are performed each year in the United States.

Another fact I stumbled upon - check out this energy breakout for the state of Hawaii - it appears the "greener" the state - the more bent on generating green house gas it is. Not a slice of nuke energy in Hawaii - not one - but check out all that black oil they burn!




Now contrast that with VERMONT!! 72.5% of Vermont's energy needs are satiated with nuclear energy - and another 19.5% is supplied by Hydro - another GREEN source of energy. That means that almost all of Vermont's energy production is greenhouse gas free.

Who knew that?

Dems LOSE BIG on Iraq War.

This week, the "bumpkin" George Bush outplayed the Democrats - thereby securing a victory for his Iraq strategy until at least the end of his presidency!

That's good news!

For a post-game analysis on why the Democrats are S.O.L. now - I submit the following on the key factors that sealed their sorry fate ...

First was MOVEON.ORG. For Conservatives, MOVEON.ORG are the gift that just keeps giving. You can always count on MOVEON to come out of the woodwork with some outrageous "over the top" lunatic publicity stunt EVERY TIME THE CHIPS ARE DOWN! And thank goodness for that. Their ad in the New York Times denouncing General Petraeus as "General Betrayus" was a godsend. It demonstrated just how evil and hurtful the Democratic political machines can be. Middle America and true centrists don't go for cheap shots against honorable soldiers like Petraeus.

Second factor was the Democrats themselves - when the "big wigs" like Hillary Clinton and Barak Obama FAILED to denounce the MOVEON.org ad - thereby vividly illustrating to all who is really in charge of the Democratic party.

Third is, again - the Democrats - who ridiculed Patraeus during his Congressional Testimony and tore a page right out of Joe McCarthy's book on how to treat a witness. Good Go Dems!

Forth is, again - the Democrats - who paraded ass-wipes like Barbara Boxer out and tried to pass them off as some kind of great "war strategists". For months, the Dems have been trying to tell the President to listen to his generals - then we he sends one to the hill - they tell him he's full of bunk. Good Go Democrats! Did you really think that ANY of us out here were going to buy Barbara Boxer's strategic assessment of the Iraq situation over the Generals?

As an aside here - there are still MANY of us out here who remember that Barbara Boxer had a significant role in the Congressional Check Book scandal over a decade ago when she was just a mere Congresswoman. How in the hell do Dem's expect us to believe she can make an adequate assessment of the situation in Iraq when it's been proven that she can't balance a checkbook!

-MENTAL MIDGETS ...

Fifth factor is, again - the Democrats - who's condescending attitudes and "we know best" attitude really pissed everyone of us off out here in Mayberry.

Sixth Factor is - surprise! George W. Bush! Who delivered the knockout to the Dems with his speech by proposing "a middle ground" for compromise by promising to pull some troops out of Iraq soon - as long as the situation on the ground there prevails.

Seventh factor is, again - the Democrats - who spit all over Bush's compromise and illustrated very clearly to all of us out here who the real radicals are that aren't willing to compromise!

Thanks Dems!

Are You Serious About Global Warming?

For the record - I don't believe in man-induced global warming - the science I've seen behind it is pure junk. Don't get me wrong - I believe the Earth is warming - as it has occasionally done throughout the millions of years of it's existence - but man's role in the current warming causations is insignificant. That's my opinion.

But for many - human induced global warming is a FACT that can't be disputed. They argue that we should sacrifice TRILLIONS and TRILLIONS of dollars and lost productivity to stop green house gas emissions. They argue that we should be in compliance with Kyoto - A.S.A.P. in order to avoid a global calamity that will destroy our environment and most, if not all, of mankind with it.

So to these folks - I have found the answer.

An answer that will put us in compliance with Kyoto.

An answer that will not only reduce green house gases - but will completely eliminate them when it comes to generating electric power to heat and cool our homes and power our offices and factories.

An answer that will do all this - and will not cause us to have to reduce our productivity - or make sacrifices. In fact - you can use all the energy you want - you can WASTE - YES WASTE - electricity in your home and, aside from costing you a bit more - it won't damage the environment not even a little bit.

And that's because my energy solution is MANY TIMES MORE EFFICIENT than Solar Energy or Wind Energy. Yet it's every bit as clean and friendly to our environment!

It's called ....

NUCLEAR ENERGY!

It's back folks! And if you're SERIOUS ABOUT GLOBAL WARMING - you need to get behind it asap. There's no "research and development" that has to be done for nuclear power - the technology exists NOW. We don't have to make it any more efficient - it's one of the most efficient forms of power available today - if not THE most efficient compared to other forms of energy including oil and coal.

NUCLEAR ENERGY is YOUR ANSWER TO GLOBAL WARMING.

According to Steve Forbes - if we'd built all the nuclear power plants that we had on the books in the 1970's - we'd be in compliance with Kyoto TODAY.

So for all you Global Warming Alarmists - the ones that want us to use one sheet of toilet paper to clean up after doing our business in the bathroom. The ones that want us to drink our urine so we can save on energy that's currently going to waste processing plants ....

Here's your answer.

If you REALLY believe that mankind is headed toward a climate disaster - here is your answer.

Start pushing it - or shut the fuck up!

Impotent ...

I have to laugh at this ...

So the White House sends out Frances Townsend, the Assistant Secretary for Homeland Defense, to talk about the new Osama Bin Laden tape.

Townsend, a woman - says the following about Bin Laden on Fox News Sunday ...

"This is about the best he can do," Townsend said. "This is a man on a run, from a cave, who's virtually impotent other than these tapes."

Now, this might seem like an impromptu remark but I'm betting it's not. This is a dig at Bin Laden that they know will sting his pride hard. Here's a woman - an attractive one at that - saying that Bin Laden is "impotent". Now there are a lot of other words she could have used - but she passed those by.

And Bin Laden - being the Alpha Male of the Islamofascists - will literally flip out when he hears that.

Good go to Ms. Townsend - keep digging on that scumbag!

Conan The Centrist ...

It's hard to hate Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Even though there are certainly days that one would want to!

So, before I start beating on him for showing his "girlie-man" side again - let me just say that I have a lot of respect for him. He is, after all, a Republican Governor of the People's Republic of California. He's surrounded by wackos - famous celebs who think they know something about government and the constitution (but don't); "open-border" lunatics and immigration amnesty loons; gay marriage militants; the "marijuana as legal and legitimate medicine" weirdo's; the "tobacco industry is the root of all evil" strangos ...

the PETA crowd, the environmental terrorists ...

He's got them ALL - he's got his hands FULL.

So I can understand what he's doing when he leans a bit to the left. Still - that doesn't mean he shouldn't be challenged on things he says that are wrong - and that he probably KNOWS are wrong.

I'm talking about Arnold's latest statement that ...

"Our party has lost the middle and we will not regain true political power in California until we get it back,"

Well - I think it is safe to define the "California Middle" as something over on the left end of the political spectrum. So I believe that this statement from Arnold has more to do with California than it does with the nation.

His statement can't be applied on a nationwide basis because it is simply untrue. And it if it is - if the Republicans have truly "lost" the middle - then it is more of a communication problem than a real problem. And the problem is mostly brought on by the Main Stream Liberal Media - which constantly repeats the lie that Republicans are a bunch of "right wing loons".

Yet - an honest analysis reveals that Republicans are anything but ...

Example ...

You can learn a lot from the Presidential Primary debates so let's contrast what we see on those stages from the Republicans and Democrats.

Let's look at the Dem's ...

Is there a single "Pro-Life" Democratic candidate running for President? I don't think so. If there were - he or she would probably be shot. In fact, I can't off-hand think of a single major Democratic political figure that is Pro-Life. They are all pro-abortion - and that is not a "centrist" position.

Is there a single "Pro-War" Democratic candidate running for President? Absolutely not - Joe Liberman was hunted down and thrown off the democratic party train by the Dem big-wigs. No politician can be "pro-war" and be in the Democratic party and be outspoken about it - and Joe is the proof there. This is not a characteristic of a "centrist" party.

What would every single Democrat do if they inherited the Iraq war? Well, according to all of them - they would begin pulling troops out immediately - they would begin surrendering. There's no evidence of a centrist view here and, every time Hillary even hints at doing something else in Iraq the Daily KOS beats the hell out of her and gets her back in line - on the left.

I could go on here and all of you know it. The Democratic Party is a pasteurized leftist party - nothing centrist about them. They do have a few Blue Dog Democrats who support things like LIFE and killing terrorists - but they are quiet because they know the Democratic leaders would beat the living shit out of them if they spoke up with an alternate view other than the one Chairman Pelosi has (Communist pun intentionally made there).

Now contrast that with what you have on the Republican side ...

Republicans have PRO-LIFE and PRO-Abortion candidates. Republicans have PRO-WAR and Cheese Eating Surrender Monkeys running for President and other offices. Republicans are anything but homogeneous in their political views.

Therefore - the true CENTRIST party - are the Republicans. Republicans have major players on all sides of the immigration debate. All sides of Roe Vs Wade. All sides of the Iraq war. Some Republicans are for the death penalty - others aren't. They are the most diverse party in terms of ideas that we have currently.

The Democrats resemble the Chinese Communist Party of Mao's time. They are only allowed to speak "Mao's doctrine" (i.e. Nancy Pelosi / Harry Reid's doctrine). They are punished when they don't - see again Joe Lieberman.

So - to the Main Stream Press - please don't apply Arnold's comments, which were made about California - to the entire nation. His comments don't fit in a national comparison at all. They only fit in an extremely radically liberal area of the country - which is what California is.

And yes - I've lived in California before. I lived in San Diego for about nine years - so I have a bit of personal experience with the state also.

Ciao.

Virginia ACLU President Pleads Guilty to Child Porn

A former president of the Virginia ACLU, Charles Rust-Tierney, has plead guilty to downloading child porn ...

Additionally, information is now coming forward that, this wasn't your "run of the mill" child porn - this was die-hard child porn of the strongest variety ...

"Judge Ellis said today that the pornography downloaded by Rust-Tierney included torture and sexual assaults on children as young as 6."

Pathetic ... but he's not going to get his due from the Liberal Main-Stream Press - who will only "matter of factly" report on this - if at all.

It's no secret what kinds of people belong to the ACLU. While the ACLU is fighting to get a picture of Jesus off the wall of the Slidell, Louisiana Courthouse - one of their top dogs is being sentenced for child pornography of the worst nature. Who do you want to cast your lot with?

Of course the ACLU is angry about pictures of Jesus. Of course they don't want to see religious images on public OR PRIVATE property. Jesus and religion remind them of what kind of perverts they actually are - so it's only natural they'd seek to ban those images.

Shoe fits here. The ALCU can OWN IT.

The ALCU has defended some of the most despicable pedophile groups on the North American continent. Meanwhile - you'll find them sitting across the table - in opposition to - many of the most well respected religious folks in this country. You'll find them sticking up for the rights of child molesters - while at the same time they terrorize righteous people who believe in a GOD.

So yes - the shoe fits. And while the Main Stream Press will take the "footsie games" of Larry Craig in a public bathroom and paint all Republicans as hypocrites - they won't say a damn word about the ACLU when one of their leaders has been CONVICTED of downloading the worst kind of images of child torture and rape imaginable. This is not melodrama folks - this is cold hard fact.

Big Ole Fat Liars

Before U.S. Army Gen. David H. Petraeus has even testified before Congress ... before anyone's even seen his report on Iraq - the Democrats are already on a crusade to impeach what he'll say. They don't know for sure what he's going to say about Iraq - but they assess the possibility is high that he will say something positive about U.S. military efforts there. Heck, he may even say that we're winning.

The Democrats can't let that happen. This war has to go down as a loss for the United States. Our soldiers who have sacrificed so much to fight it - must have fought this war in vain because this war was started by a Republican President. Democrats find it unacceptable to have any kind of victory with a Republican in the Oval Office. And if it means that the U.S. has to LOSE a war - if it means that thousands of our soldiers must die in vain - if it means that hundreds of thousands of Iraqis die when we surrender and retreat ....

So be it!

We've been in Bosnia for what now? Fifteen years? Has any Democrat even mentioned a benchmark or how our military effort there is progressing? Answer - No ... because it was Bill Clinton who put those troops there - not a Republican. Who cares that the Serbians where choirboys compared to Sadaam Hussien - those Serbs had to go down by golly!

According to Sen. Charles Schumer - the violence in Iraq has gone down in spite of the U.S. troop surge - not because of it. According to "General" Charles Schumer - U.S. troops have proven incapable of stopping the violence.

HE'S A LIAR.

Oh, and speaking of Schumer - here's a quote from him from September 20, 2005 ...

"This gouging is deep, and widespread. The oil companies are taking advantage of this crisis, which is disgraceful in itself. It is not supply and demand. We know that."

Schumer went on to call for an investigation of oil company price gouging.

Well, that investigation has concluded - and the Federal Trade Commission has concluded that the Oil Companies DID NOT gouge prices - the high price of gas was due to FREE MARKET FORCES.

SCHUMER IS A LIAR.

Fox News Republican Debate

The Republican debate being sponsored by Fox News, which is actually airing as I write this - will probably turn out to be the first major exposure of the Republican candidates to Americans. The reason for this is because Fox News is still the number one news network on cable - though it has been slipping in recent months.

My early take on this debate is that there are far too many candidates appearing on the stage to conduct a proper debate. What we're getting tonight is basically an "airing of the issues" and some orchestrated "personality conflicts" being pushed by the Fox News debate moderators. In short - the moderators are more the story here than the candidates - who are simply being led by the nose.

By the way ... Ron Paul ... why the hell is he in the Republican Party? He's a surrender monkey. Huckabee also gets an "F" in my book for his statement "We broke things in Iraq".

Iraq is a noble cause. Bill Clinton, Bob Kerry, Hillary Clinton ... they all stated that Sadaam was a terroristic threat to his neighbors and the world at large. They all stated that he had weapons of mass destruction. Bob and Hillary voted to go and smack him. Anyone who says "We broke things in Iraq" is pandering to opinion polls and doesn't remember history. Doesn't remember when Iraq invaded Kuwait. Doesn't remember when the U.N. placed sanctions and demands on Iraq. Doesn't remember that Iraq agreed to comply with U.N. demands and doesn't remember that, for over 10 years - Iraq lied and refused to comply with the demands.

If there is a mess in Iraq - Sadaam caused it with his greed and evilness. It's going to take us quite awhile to sort out the mess that's left - but that doesn't mean that WE caused it - doesn't mean WE broke it. Get real Huckabee!

Bob Beckel's Theorem ...

Democratic strategist Bob Beckel, speaking in response to the Larry Craig affair, has stated over and over again ...

"You live by family values ... you die by 'em!"

I'm surprised that Bob is so brazen to announce this. Because what he's saying is that Republicans should be like Democrats - and have NO values. If you have no values - then you can't possibly "die" by them.

The shoe fits here. Democrats pander to the most perverse elements of our society. Not one single Democrat has condemned Sen. Larry Craig's behavior in the bathroom - not a single Democrat will condemn Gay men who seek anonymous sexual contact in public bathrooms. They won't say it's disgusting - they won't say it's wrong. This is because, truthfully - they want the Gay Bathroom Sex vote - they want those guys voting Democrat. They want all perverts to vote democratic.

Laugh - it's true. There's a long list of Democrats who have done perverted things and they've not only been retained in the Democratic party - but they've been rewarded and promoted. Ted Kennedy comes to mind - a giant in the Democratic party yet what he did makes Larry Craig's affair look like a college frat prank.

Other's here ...

We should all become Democrats now. Since we're all human - we are incapable of living by any code of values. Therefore - we shouldn't even try because trying means failing and failing means we become hypocrites.

Huh?

What kind of logic is that and what would this world and this nation be like if our ancestors had adopted this kind of philosophy? Mankind NEEDS VALUES ... MORAL VALUES. Not because we'll never fall short of them - we need them PRECISELY because we will occasionally fall short of them. We need them to measure our character by. We need them to remind us to do the right thing. We need them so that WE KNOW when we're screwing things up and when we need to get our acts together!

But Democrats don't need them?

I believe Bob Beckel just fell onto the stupid wagon.

Katrina - on the Second Anniversary

This is just a short post to reflect on the second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.

Katrina put five and a half feet of water into my home in the New Orleans suburbs. For MONTHS after Katrina - my family and I lived a very bizarre life. You can go back through the archives of this blog for idea of what it was like - I'm not going to recap it here.

I will make some observations about how I feel personally - two years after that storm.

1. The human beings that I was exposed to after that storm - were hard-working heros. The vast majority of my neighbors, moved back into the neighborhood and took it upon themselves to restore their lives - they didn't wait on the government help. Help from the government eventually arrived - and those who had been helping themselves all along ended up even better off after that assistance arrived. The few that didn't attempt to help themselves from the beginning - the few that bitched about the government - are still spinning their wheels.

2. 80 percent of my neighbors are Black - so this survival work ethic I'm talking about above - is not the exclusive property of White folk. There was no looting in my neighborhood. People helped each other. People helped themselves. They refused to fail. They figured that government assistance might never come - so they did it themselves. They rightly calculated that if, somehow, the government rode to their assistance - they'd be better in the end for taking charge of their situations themselves early on. They were right.

3. I'm against illegal immigration - but Mexican's truly are the "New Frontiersmen". They have the spirit that our ancestors who crossed the western plains had - the same spirit that most of us have lost. Mexicans came flooding into the hurricane zone because they saw a financial opportunity through plentiful hard work. They didn't shirk it or try to avoid it - they jumped on it. You cannot hold people like that down. Then again, why would you want to?

4. Ninety percent of the blame for the dysfunctional response in Louisiana can be laid at the feet of Governor Kathleen Blanco - the High School teacher who should have never been elected to any political office higher than that of School Board Superintendent. The woman has always been unqualified for high political office and her indecisive actions during, and after the hurricane pretty much illustrate that. Her finger-pointing at Bush and Ray Nagen are evidence that not only is she unqualified for the post she's filling now - but she also doesn't have the moral courage to accept the blame for her failures.

5. I've softened on Ray Nagen (somewhat). In retrospect - it was a huge storm and Nagen was in the middle of it the entire time. He made decisions - he just made a lot of wrong ones. However, I'm fairly convinced now that his bad decisions weren't politically motivated. Everything the Governor did, and everything she didn't do - were politically motivated. This doesn't earn Nagen a spot as the Most Valuable Player of the affair - but at least he's not the guy that fumbled the ball - that was actually a gal - a gal named Kathleen Blanco.

6. Mary Landrieu and David Vitter (Senators from Louisiana - one a Dem the other a Republican) - they can take a long walk off a short pier. They didn't do as much damage as Blanco did - because they didn't have as much power to screw things up as she did. But they did demonstrate their impotence with drama on a daily basis. They were huge embarrassments to the State of Louisiana and continue to be to this very day.

7. Bobby Jindal - the only shining light in Louisiana politics and hopefully we come to our senses and elect him governor this time around. After the storm, Bobby wasn't pointing fingers like Kathy Blanco. Bobby wasn't crying on the national news like Mary Landrieu. Bobby was busy doing his fucking job on capital hill - and getting the votes he needed to put together a huge federal aid package that is rebuilding this region.

8. President Bush - errr, why am I even commenting on him? His role should only have been as a figure-head. The President of the United States is not responsible for fighting hurricanes. That's the job of the State and local governments. The REPUBLICAN led States (i.e. Mississippi and Alabama) understood this and that is why they did so well when compared with the DEMOCRATICALLY led Louisiana. The President is the Chief Executive and the Commander In Chief. Those are his duties - he fulfilled them well.

9. FEMA - it was a big storm - it was a calamity that was predicted - but never understood by humans until it actually happened. FEMA's sins were human sins. The situation they faced was WAY out of the ballpark of the game they thought they were playing. Throw a dysfunctional and unqualified governor (Blanco) into that mix and FEMA had their hands full. Hopefully FEMA learned their lessons about what to do next time.

10. The FEDERAL GOVERNMENT?

Thumbs up from me. It was the Federal Government's relief package that made me and my family whole again after loosing just about everything we had. I'm very appreciative. I recognize that those "Road Home" funds came from the Feds - they didn't come from Kathy Blanco - although she did screw up getting those funds to the people who needed them - and MANY STILL HAVEN'T RECEIVED THE FUNDS - AND THIS IS COMPLETELY BLANCO'S FAULT!!

So to the Federal Government - and to taxpaying Americans throughout the United States - I want to thank you. Thanks to you - this region will survive. Even though Kathy Blanco and her Democrat cronies will do everything they can to ensure it doesn't.

So that sums up my feelings on the second anniversary of the storm. I'm still very angry and bitter at Kathy Blanco and the Democrats. But I'm very appreciative to the Federal Government and American Taxpayers for helping my family through a difficult period in our lives!

"I'd rather have a sister who worked in a brothel ...

... than to have a brother working as a journalist."

This is not a joke topic - and I'm not kidding here!

Consider this - if I were asked to participate in a debate defending a profession - and I had to choose between that of a journalist ... or a call-girl ...

Well, I think I would have better luck finding more positive things to say about call-girls than I would journalists.

Seriously.

I mean - arguably, a call-girl provides an honest service for her clients. Arguably, if she puts a smile on the face of a fat, stressed-out, frustrated, but powerful businessman - then you could argue that the positive energy in that potentially spreads to everyone that that businessman deals with for at least a few days. Perhaps the next day he comes into work and he's a little nicer to his secretary - who is a single Mom and comes home a bit happier the next evening because her boss was not yelling at her - and her happiness transmits to her kids - who do a little better in school the next day because Mom was nice at home the evening before.

Hey - it's a stretch but I think there is more science behind my argument above than there is for global warming.

On the other hand - I can't find anything redeemable about the profession of journalism. I think journalists are the new "whores" of the 21st century.

Before I go here ... let's take a moment to lament the death of the "news reporter" - the guy or gal who just reported the facts and wasn't worried about the entertainment or shock value or political spin that could be placed on them. Reporters were honest people - but they don't exist anymore - or if they do they're working for some obscure paper in Wyoming or the flatlands of West Texas.

Reporters are an extinct species ... they were systematically hunted down and killed by journalists. Their food and water supply was cut off and they were hunted and killed off. To ensure that no more Reporters were ever bred - Journalists were placed to watch their breeding grounds - the colleges and universities - and those Journalists ensure that nothing but Journalists are spawned on those breeding grounds.

So that's the first reason you should hate Journalists - they're guilty of a form of genocide. (SMILE)

But the main reason you should hate journalists is for what they've done to our society. They've made us fearful of everything. They've turned us into the worst kind of voyeurs. They've brought Jerry Springerism into the main-stream. They've turned us into the worst kinds of judgmental bastards you could ever imagine and they've turned our attention away from things that matter and on to trivial matters that no one should be concerned with.

Example: The collapse of the Mississippi River bridge in Minneapolis a few weeks ago. Any question of why that bridge collapsed was a TRIVIAL matter - or should have been until a full engineering inspection and investigation had been done by the NTSB. That takes MONTHS though. Until that investigation is completed - any and all "causes" cited for the collapse of that bridge are merely speculation - i.e. TRIVIAL.

But the journalists couldn't wait for an answer - so they kept the airwaves stocked with rumor and speculation about the causes. In the end - their conclusion was that all of the national infrastructure was screwed. It must be George Bush's fault - or it must be the fault of Global Warming which is causing the infrastructure to go to hell in a handbasket - and the warming is George Bush's fault so it no matter the reason - it's G.W.'s fault!

Journalists are like little kids - kids who have to have instant gratification. You drive up to the drive through - order a story - then you pull around to the window, pay for it and move on. They think that the whole world and everything that happens has a simple answer - and it doesn't require a lot of hard work or investigation to figure out why something happened. Just conjure some veiled conspiracy - and sprinkle a modest amount of drama over the event and - VOILA! You have a story!

By the time anyone figures out you were wrong - you (and the American public) will be on to other more interesting things.

That's the way it rolls folks - from the Drama Whores of the 21st century - the Journalists.

Earl Charles Spencer claims that the Press is more responsible for killing his sister, Princess Diana, than anything or anyone else.

He's right - but many in the press are off on a cockamamie pursuit of a conspiracy between the CIA and British Intelligence to kill the Princess. Pathetic.

The TET Offensive, during the Vietnam War - was portrayed as an American defeat by the press. In reality - it was a victory for U.S. Forces in Vietnam.

The Iraq war today - is being portrayed as an American defeat by the press. In reality - in spite of all the ugliness - we're killing great numbers of terrorists in Iraq and have been since we entered the country years ago.

The press is incapable of getting stories correct - because the work ethic of the reporter was exterminated in favor of "fast-food" conspiracy theories and "junk-food" drama.

It's very sad.

If you're a reporter reading this - let me tell you how much I personally respect you ...

A degree in journalism is a liberal arts degree and, in fact - apparently you don't really need any degree to be a journalist.

Sean Penn proudly calls himself a journalist - and he can get away with it. He couldn't get away with calling himself an Electronics Technician, or an EMT, or a Teacher, or a Machinist, or a Policeman - or anything else that requires QUALIFICATIONS.

But he can call himself a journalist.

And so can Michael Moore.

And instead of condemning these idiot posers - journalists attempt to emulate them!

It's pretty sad when someone can mock a profession and the people who belong to that profession embrace them.

And it's impossible for me to respect journalists because of this. Every time I see a hot 24-year old "journalist" on the television ranting about how some politician has screwed up a situation ...

I just think about how many problems that "journalist" has ever solved in her life and question what gives her the right to point a finger? She's never paid her dues - unless you want to count breast augmentation as a "due payment".

That's not the way it used to be - and it's not the way it should be now. "Journalists" should not be respected - for they haven't earned respect.

And that's about all I have to say about them. When your son or daughter finally comes around to telling you what they plan on doing with their lives - pray to high heaven that they don't tell you they want to be a "journalist".

Terrorist Rights Party

What is it that makes an individual place more importance on the "bad science" of global warming than he or she does on the clear and present danger of Islamo-Fascist terror?

Why are Liberal Democrats so determined to destroy our economy with drastically unreasonable curtailments on green house gas emissions ...

But they aren't willing to take even the slightest PRIORITY action against a terroristic threat that promises ... PROMISES ... to destroy us? Why do Liberal Democrats continue to blow-off this clear and present danger to our lives and our way of life? Especially with the hindsight of what those Islamic Fascists did on September, 11th 2001?

Why are Liberal Democrats so ready to shoot down YOUR right to keep and bear arms - a fundamental birthright of all American citizens which is enshrined in the second ammendment of the Bill of Rights but ...

They are unwilling to allow Federal agents to listen in on the phone conversations of terrorists?

Why are Liberal Democrats so willing to take away the right of an oil company to turn a profit ...

Yet they are unwilling to incarcerate terrorists without insisting that they be given the same rights that you or I have?

Why do Liberal Democrats bash George Bush - calling him a liar? Why do they openly hope for the death of the Dick Cheney ...

When they haven't said a DAMN WORD about Osama Bin Laden - the guy who caused this.

Why are Liberal Democrats so intent on renewing the Voting Rights Act here in the United States ...

Yet they won't say a DAMN WORD about the racist President of Iran?

Why are Liberal Democrats constantly telling us what a bad nation we are because Women still aren't equal with men and yet ...

They won't say a DAMN WORD about the abhorrent way women are treated in Islamo-Fascist society?

Why is America so bad? Why are these other guys -- the guys who chop off heads, the guys who say we'll get NO PEACE until we convert to Islam -- the guys who torture and belittle their women -- the guys who are holocaust "deniers" ...

Why are those guys so good?

It's time to call the Liberal Democrats what they really are ...

They're anti-American (the record clearly shows this). They are traitors to Americans, and to the American way of life. The Democratic Party has become the "Terrorist Rights Party". They are the party of "Surrender" and "Defeat".

But here is a message to Liberal Democrats ...

It won't work buds.

This President will not surrender - nor will the next one if he's a Republican. Hillary says that she'll begin an immediate pullout if she's elected President - and that's the only way this is going to happen. It will be a Democrat that consummates the surrender and the defeat folks - it won't be a Republican.

And you can complain about why we shouldn't have been over there in the first place. You can try to blame a "surrender" on the fact that we were wrong about going there. But that is not going to wash in the Laundromat of history. Historians will record ... what happened when we abandoned Iraq. And even if historians condemn us from going to Iraq in the first place (which they won't) - they will certainly no allow that as an excuse for a surrender that leaves the middle-east in a turmoil that eventually ignites the entire world.

That blame - will be placed squarely on the shoulders of the Liberal Democrats.

Yep, I DO Believe She is Playing!

In my last post I talked about Madonna's appearance at the Live Earth concert and all the controversy about whether or not she's really playing that beautiful Les Paul Guitar.

Well, I would just LOVE to report to you that the guitar playing is another product of Madonna "phoneyism" but after reviewing the tape several times ...

I think she's really playing that guitar.

First, before I talk about why I think she's playing it herself ... let me just say that that dress she's wearing is sexier than any of her 80's costumes - no matter how revealing they were. So she's done a good move here with the dress. And the guitar compliments the dress perfectly - so this is another example of Madonna's genius showmanship. You can't take that away from her.

Now ... on the guitar - and by the way I've been a guitar player for many years now - I believe she's playing it alrighty.

First - let's remember that George Harrison turned his guitar completely off one night when he performed a song live, on stage with Carl Perkins. George just said "Carl had it all covered - what part was I going to play? So I turned the volume off!".


No one knew that George's guitar wasn't making a sound that night - so that's evidence that some bad playing, or in George's case - even NON-playing - can be covered by the rest of the musicians in the band.

But I believe that Madonna was turned up - I believe you can hear her guitar - but it's a bit buried. Watch her hand movements - for 90% of the song she's playing two "power chords". Power chords are chords that are played on only two or three strings usually. Madonna's playing is basically a guitar reinforcement of the song's bass line. Listen to it ... two chords and they really don't change ... "Bom, Bom ... Bom, Bom ... Bom, Bom ... Bom, Bom"

So, it's not like she's playing a Jimi Hendrix lead here. Her guitar is not the one in the foreground - it's a backing guitar playing almost elementary rhythm. Even the most primitive 12-bar blues line is many times more sophisticated than what Madonna is playing.

There are a couple of times when she gets a little inventive and "surfs" the fretboard - but it's nothing complicated - it's just typical barre chord stuff - using the basic movable shapes (actually it looks like she's only using ONE shape to me and just sliding it where she needs it). I would estimate, that for what she's doing - if that's all she can do - then she's probably been playing for about 4 to 6 months and most of that time would be spent on finger dexterity and toughening up the fingertips on her left hand. Even though what she's doing is not complicated - there's a physical adjustment you have to get used to and those barre chords - even though simple - do hurt in the beginning.

It's not easy to get your hands to work through a whole song when you first pick up a guitar - so she's been playing. She could have practiced this song ... and only this song ... for a few months to get to this point but I doubt it. She's probably been playing for awhile now and was looking for a simple way to weave her guitar playing into a song. She did a very good job here because only a guitar player can really identify the basic level of playing she's demonstrating.

I would also add that it's clear to me she's been getting instruction - and probably from someone who's a "purist" player in the classical sense. She holds the pick a bit too perfectly and the barre chords look a bit too perfect also. You could contrast the way she's playing with the way Chuck Berry or Keith Richards sloppily moved around on a fretboard - they were very different, mostly because they were self-taught or learned from others who taught themselves. Madonna seems to be using textbook technique here - something that a good instructor would encourage.

The feedback trick she does at the end - is very sexy but it's very easy to do.

So in my opinion - Kudo's to Madonna - she's playing and perhaps we'll see more complicated things coming from her in the future. It's a good performance I think ... you be the judge ...

Is She Really Playing??

I love writing about Madonna. And I just don't know why. I mean, like many young men in the 80's I fell in love with her and her belly-button during her "Borderline" and "Lucky Star" years.

But ...

that all ended sometime around "Like a Virgin" - or maybe even sooner than that - I don't remember. She completely shattered her earlier "boy toy" image that so many of us loved out here. She started to sully herself and her image - by pretending she had some kind of "insight" into life and politics when she's no more intelligent than a New York City cab driver. Difference is - the cab driver doesn't have a "ready made" audience to soak up his political dogma when he feels like spewing it. Madonna has such an audience.

And let's not forget that she was once Shaun Penn's wife. It's really hard to love a woman when you know he's touched her ...

Still ... it's hard to hate her.

She's in the news again ... this time the question is "Is it LIVE - or is it AIR GUITAR!!"

Story from the Telegraph right HERE.

I don't know ... I just found this story and I'll have to review the tape.

That's a Gibson Les Paul Classic she's playing (or maybe not playing) - Jet Black.

Now ... I know that everyone wants to ping on Madonna for "fake" playing this guitar but ... not so fast. Maybe she IS playing it? Theoretically, she should have a lot of time on her hands to learn how to play - and she could have been learning for years. As far as being able to hire a good instructor - I don't think that would be a problem for Madonna. So it's very possible she's playing this.

I'll look it over and post a follow up.

Cable VS Dish

Well, I have a new answer for the "Cable versus Dish?" question - and it's ...

Cable.

At least for now anyway.

Quick background here ...

I moved into a new subdivision about three years ago. Unbelievably, the local cable network had not made arrangements with the housing developer to install the cable backbone at the time the houses were going up. I moved into a house that couldn't get cable - because there was no cable infrastructure in the subdivision yet. I waited for three months and rejected repeated overtures from Dish companies while waiting for the cable company to get their product into the subdivision. After about three months - I gave up and took up an offer by a Dish Network salesman.

I like "hungry" companies. I was impressed with how tenacious the Dish companies were in pursuing my business. And I was not impressed with the cable company's lack of foresight and failing to have the cable backbone ready when new homeowners moved into my subdivision. Further - I was not impressed with the cable company's inability to tell me when the backbone would be available.

So I went Dish.

And I was a proud Dish owner. I felt like I was associating with a winner.

Hmmm ... I don't think so anymore.

First - let's talk about what a dish owner "puts up with"...

Outages - yeah, cable has 'em too. But every time a storm rolled over my neighborhood - my Dish Network went down. Not for very long - but it did go down for anywhere from 5 to 20 minutes.

Tech Problems - there are a lot of little tech problems that can happen with a dish. And the Dish Network website has a whole section of it's site devoted to helping YOU, the dish owner, diagnose your own problems. So as a dish owner - you tend to become somewhat of an amateur satellite TV technician. I thought this was kind of cool at first - but now I'm thinking - "don't I have better things to do with my time?".

I mean - it's Television folks. It's not anything that is ever going to cure cancer or put another man back on the moon - it's just entertainment for when you have nothing better to do. It should work when you want it - and it shouldn't require too much thought, or education, or work on YOUR part. Right?

Now I've had cable before - and I don't remember cable having these problems. Sure - cable goes down - and sometimes for a long time. But when it does - you're not the first line of defense in fixing it. And cable doesn't go down RELIABLY during a thunderstom like Dish ALWAYS does!

So now ... fast forward to today...

Two weeks ago I called the Dish Network and asked them to upgrade me to High Definition. This requires a couple of new receivers and a new dish - meaning I need a Dish tech to come out and do that install. I scheduled the installation appointment - and my wife took 4 hours off from work waiting for the guy to come out.

He never showed, and only called after he had missed the time window for the appointment.

No problem - we scheduled another appointment.

Same thing happened though - no dish tech showed and this time - NO CALL.

So I called Dish Network.

And got ahold of some customer service call center in India! Apparently Dish Network is one of those companies "outsourcing" it's customer service. The people I spoke with - couldn't speak English very well. Now, I generally applaud bilingualism and bilingual outreach programs but ... the majority of us here in the U.S.A. still speak English. It would be nice if Dish Network gave us someone that we could communicate with don't you think??

I was put on hold for ... like an hour ... while they tried to figure out why the tech hadn't shown up at my house. This was probably no "mean trick" for the guys in India - completely on the other side of the world from where the Dish Network Tech actually was.

And I don't know if they ever got an answer to where the tech was - because they wouldn't tell me anything except - "you'll have to reschedule".

That's when I asked for a supervisor. After another 30 minutes of waiting - they finally patched me through to one - one that dropped my call after only 2 minutes.

So I called back - waited another 20 minutes. This time the customer service rep wouldn't patch me through to a supervisor. His exact words were "You have no other option but to reschedule".

Heheheh ...

Nay, Nay, Sweet Toad ... THE CUSTOMER ALWAYS HAS OPTIONS.

I told him "Thanks - tell your supervisor you've just made another cable customer!" And I hung up and promptly called my local cable company.

I got ahold of a guy named "Dave". Dave spoke perfect English. Dave told me that digital cable was certainly available in my neighborhood now and they were giving out great deals for customers who were ditching satellite for cable. I got a whole line-up of premium channels that I would have had to have paid extra for on dish network. I got 'em free for 12 months.

Very happy with that. And VERY happy to see a cable company unabashedly targeting the dish network's business. I'm a capitalist ... and it's a real turn on to see this kind of rough and tumble competition going on!

So I signed with cable. The guy comes by the day after tomorrow to put it in. I thought about just how simple that installation is going to be. There'll be no dish to hang on the side of my house. No dish alignment. No satellite receiver testing. No satellite switch testing ...

No - the cable guy is going to bring in some boxes - plug them into my pre-wired house ... do some "cable-guy magic" and then ... fingers crossed ... I should have high-def digital cable with a lot less hassle than the dish network was.

I'll let you know how it goes.

But for me - Dish Network has lost the edge and the momentum is shifting back to cable.

See, that is what I LOVE ABOUT CAPITALISM!! The pendulum swings. A company enjoys success - it gets fat and lazy. It charges more for it's product because it's inefficient. It ignores the needs of it's customers ...

And along comes someone else to scoop up their customers!

One day I may be back with the Dish Network. Perhaps next time the pendulum swings their way. ;)