I got into a debate with an Emergency room Doctor about medications. I said that Keflex was a Penicillin drug. He said ‘no it is not, but is in the same drug class’. To which I replied ‘So it is not a sibling but, an ugly second cousin’.
But, his main gripe was with me ‘misleading’ people because, now listen up, “People who think the have a Penicillin allergy do not really have one. Only 1 of 20 who think the do actually have allergy. That ONE person in 20 is the only one the Keflex may cause a reaction.” So to sum up the doctors point of view, if I give 60 people Keflex and 3 of them DIE on the way back to the hospital, the odds were good, and what a swell chap I am for helping people.
After Mom was not even recognized by her doctor of 5 years, while in the hospital for her medicines being ‘out of whack’. Man am I glad he spent 8 years in school or he may have said that ‘her meds were all… all…well what is the term I’m looking for…like not right... no that’s not it…uhm…uhm’. What a bonehead. I cannot believe we trust these guys with our lives. This clown actually asked here what was wrong with her. You have a chart on her don’t you goofy?
I recently began to look in to Vaccinations. A young girl [12 years old] who had never had Chicken Pox, just as her mother before her, was given the ‘Chicken Pox Vaccine. It is clinically titled Varicella Zoster. It is created through a process that we will not open for discussion here. But, the girl gets Chicken Pox because of the Vaccine and her mother get it too.
It is called Shingles in Adult, have you noticed an upswing in the number of cases of shingles recently? Hmmm, Very interesting, no?
What brought this on was the insistence that the general populous begin the Hep B vaccine. Some of us have it already due to travel to interesting lands with interesting people. But, after the Vaccine your blood is poison to anyone else. So, if everyone has the vaccine, isn’t our entire blood supply depleted?
Also, what do they use in vaccinations? Glad you asked, here goes:
Ammonium Sulfate, Beta-Propiolactone, Animal Bacterial and Viral DNA, latex, Aluminuim, Formaldehyde [yes that’s embalming fluid], Polysobate 80, Mercury, Geletin, and Animal and Human Cells.
Boy that sounds yummy. Cancer causing agents, metals, plastics and animal or human parts, injected into your body. I would tell you what parts, but I want to retain a membership. Some of these are ‘REQUIRED’ for your kids to go to public school.
Even though they are known to cause harm. Check This Out:
From Autism, Encephalitis, & Vaccination by Tedd Koren, D.C.
Autism, from the Greek word auto (self), was first described in 1943 by psychiatrist Leo Kanner: “This condition differs markedly and uniquely from anything reported so far....” said Kanner. Autistic children are totally self-absorbed and alienated-they are in their own world, detached, unresponsive, unable to relate to others, often mentally retarded, hyperactive and violently aggressive.
“This disorder is difficult to characterize, but a very prominent feature is the inability to relate to or communicate with other human beings in ways that are natural or meaningful,” says Bernard Rimland, Ph.D., director of the Autism Research Institute. Rimland’s 1964 book Infantile Autism—the Syndrome and It’s Implications for a Neural Theory of Behavior is credited with demolishing the idea that bad parenting or mental illness caused autism. “Autism is a biological disorder, not an emotional illness. Refuse psychotherapy, psychoanalysis and intensive counseling. These approaches are useless...,” recommends Rimland. (From Autism, Journey Out Of Darkness by Karolyn A. Gazella (Health Counselor Magazine, Vol. 3 No. 6; June/July 1994)
Five out of 10,000 babies are autistic and it’s cause is considered unknown. Although each autistic child is different, in general about 75% have some degree of mental retardation and another 10% are known as autistic savants. (Like the character Dustin Hoffman played in Rain Man). Now that emotional factors have been ruled out, experts are now looking for a brain malfunction caused by physical, chemical, or biological abnormalities. It’s cause is a mystery.
But not to medical researcher and historian Harris Coulter, Ph.D. “The first victims of the medical assualt on the American brain were the austic children,” says Dr. Coulter. “Austistics ordinarily suffer from a multitude disorders–mental retardation, epilepsy, cerebral palsy, and others–which are clearly of neurologic origin...autism [is] a neurological disorder....The first cases of autism emerged in the United States at a time when vaccination against whooping cough was becoming increasingly popular.” (Vaccination Social Violence and Criminality, The Medical Assault on the American Brain by Harris Coulter, Ph.D. the following quotes of Coulter are from his book).
How does vaccination cause autism? The answer: encephalitis. Although encephalitis or “brain inflammation” can be caused by severe infection, trauma to the head and severe burns those occur rarely compared with post-vaccinal encephalitis–encephalitis following vaccination.
Autism (and minimal brain damage) while rare before mass vaccination programs began are now widespread disorders. Coulter’s claim that they are the result of post-encephalitic syndrome resulting from childhood vaccination should be disturbing to anyone with a child who has a learning disorder, is hyperactive, dyslexic, suffers from cranial nerve damage, or is, of course, autistic.
“Kanner was mistaken in thinking that autism differed from other diseases,” says Coulter. “He may be excused for his error; he was not a neurologist but a psychiatrist. The symptoms Kenner called autism would have been immediately recognized by a neurologist as post-encephalitic syndrome.”
I hope this warms your brain and keeps you out of the Doctors office till next year, HaHa. That Apple isn’t sounding so bad about now is it.
11 December 2006
First of all I want to say : Who Dat
Man I heard more crap last week about how the Saints could ‘keep it close’ but the Cowboys were just too much for them to handle. Well the Cowboys were not only handled but mauled by the Saints.
For those of you who are long time readers, you know I have been very critical of the Saints program and Tom Benson. I have even suggested throwing the whole franchise out of the state. Through all of that I always maintained that nobody wants to watch a crappy team make money on our backs for someone like Mr. Benson. I still believe that to be true however, a winning program and a commitment to muzzle Mr. Benson from the NFL sure changes things. I have actually started watching some of the games again. I almost watched all of last night game.
I have been very slow to get excited about the game again, because I have been so heartbroken so many times before. But, I have to admit Sean is a fine Head coach and San Diego seems to be a blessing for New Orleans. They discounted Payton and Brees and Louisiana is capitalizing on them both. But, last night proved that everyone on the Saints team wants to win. I think the kick team is the only group not making touchdowns at this point.
Now on to Politics:
‘Dollar’ Bill Jefferson won the seat in the house handily on Saturday. Which goes to show, Louisiana politics is still alive and well.
A few years ago Bob Livingston ‘stepped down’ when his integrity was questioned. So have a few others from different states. But, in New Orleans, it is ok to divert troops and freeze 90,000 in your freezer without even blinking, much less stepping down.
Now, I am not saying he is guilty, but it would serve the state better to have someone focused on our needs and not their own court cases.
In Other News:
Wine extract keeps mice fat and healthy http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061101/ap_on_sc/fat_fighting_wine
DUH!!! Forgive me for laughing at researchers, but 1 Timothy 5:23 states:
Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities.
How about Italians? They eat sausage and pasta and get big as a house, but remain low on the heart attack risk. What is the difference? That would be wine my friend.
"Wine is bottled poetry." Robert Louis Stevenson
Can Magnum P.I. Replace Moses?
That old National Rifle Association TV ad in which Magnum P.I. actor Tom Selleck says, "I am the NRA" might be making a comeback. That's because he's being talked about as the replacement for former five-term NRA President Charlton Heston, the Moses portrayer who is afflicted with Alzheimer's disease. NRA insiders like the idea of promoting Selleck, an off-and-on NRA-er since he was a kid and now one of 76 board members, to the top job. But some suggest that while it will eventually happen, it won't happen soon. Emilie Raymond, author of the new book From My Cold, Dead Hands: Charlton Heston and American Politics, agrees. "Maybe when Selleck hits a point in his career when he's doing less leading roles and more cameo spots," she tells us, "he'll have time to devote to the NRA in a fashion similar to Heston's presidency."
There is a Gun show this weekend at the Ponchatrain Center. See you there?
Man I heard more crap last week about how the Saints could ‘keep it close’ but the Cowboys were just too much for them to handle. Well the Cowboys were not only handled but mauled by the Saints.
For those of you who are long time readers, you know I have been very critical of the Saints program and Tom Benson. I have even suggested throwing the whole franchise out of the state. Through all of that I always maintained that nobody wants to watch a crappy team make money on our backs for someone like Mr. Benson. I still believe that to be true however, a winning program and a commitment to muzzle Mr. Benson from the NFL sure changes things. I have actually started watching some of the games again. I almost watched all of last night game.
I have been very slow to get excited about the game again, because I have been so heartbroken so many times before. But, I have to admit Sean is a fine Head coach and San Diego seems to be a blessing for New Orleans. They discounted Payton and Brees and Louisiana is capitalizing on them both. But, last night proved that everyone on the Saints team wants to win. I think the kick team is the only group not making touchdowns at this point.
Now on to Politics:
‘Dollar’ Bill Jefferson won the seat in the house handily on Saturday. Which goes to show, Louisiana politics is still alive and well.
A few years ago Bob Livingston ‘stepped down’ when his integrity was questioned. So have a few others from different states. But, in New Orleans, it is ok to divert troops and freeze 90,000 in your freezer without even blinking, much less stepping down.
Now, I am not saying he is guilty, but it would serve the state better to have someone focused on our needs and not their own court cases.
In Other News:
Wine extract keeps mice fat and healthy http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061101/ap_on_sc/fat_fighting_wine
DUH!!! Forgive me for laughing at researchers, but 1 Timothy 5:23 states:
Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities.
How about Italians? They eat sausage and pasta and get big as a house, but remain low on the heart attack risk. What is the difference? That would be wine my friend.
"Wine is bottled poetry." Robert Louis Stevenson
Can Magnum P.I. Replace Moses?
That old National Rifle Association TV ad in which Magnum P.I. actor Tom Selleck says, "I am the NRA" might be making a comeback. That's because he's being talked about as the replacement for former five-term NRA President Charlton Heston, the Moses portrayer who is afflicted with Alzheimer's disease. NRA insiders like the idea of promoting Selleck, an off-and-on NRA-er since he was a kid and now one of 76 board members, to the top job. But some suggest that while it will eventually happen, it won't happen soon. Emilie Raymond, author of the new book From My Cold, Dead Hands: Charlton Heston and American Politics, agrees. "Maybe when Selleck hits a point in his career when he's doing less leading roles and more cameo spots," she tells us, "he'll have time to devote to the NRA in a fashion similar to Heston's presidency."
There is a Gun show this weekend at the Ponchatrain Center. See you there?
15 November 2006
Consider your freedom. What did you fight for?
Wouldn’t you hope America would remember the advice of legal scholar Felix Cohen, who said the American Indian is the miner's canary for the United States and the general condition of freedom and liberty for America as a whole could be measured by its treatment of Indians? That reflection by Americans has not happened. Instead, American Indian policy has now become general American policy. Look around you.
Consider as you look across the landscape of the USA, the opposite of freedom prevails. Just as American Indians had to battle for freedom for lands, you would have hoped farmers and ranchers would realize they were next on America's sacrificial chopping block. Over the past three decades, family farm after family farm and ranch after ranch has been auctioned off or sharecropped out to corporations. Self-sufficiency has been replaced by dependency on a malevolent federal government, and the love of the land has been replaced by personal desperation and self-interest.
Freedom of thought has been replaced by a state-run educational system that produces docile, self-absorbed robots. Public schools should teach skills, not DNC talking points. War is peace, freedom is slavery and ignorance is strength. Instead of learning to be critical thinkers, America's youth are conditioned into an ethic of mass consumerism and corporate careerism.
Today, the thought criminals are the Branch Davidians or the Montana Freemen. Members of different liberation movements are called "commies," "pinkos," "kooks," "criminals" and the "fringe element." These same labels, along with "cultists," are freely used to isolate, marginalize and silence the modern-day thought criminals who dare to express ideas that deviate from the U.S. government's corporate mind-set.
If the Indians at Wounded Knee represented Cohen's canary, then the federal-government attack on the Waco compound in 1993 proves the canary has died. One does not have to embrace the ideologies of the Branch Davidians or those of the Freemen to realize the willingness of the U.S. government to kill its own dissenting citizens, and to see a society operating without a moral compass.
Consider why did it take a federal agent busting down a door in full body armor and with a sub machinegun to remove an 8 year old Cuban boy from his uncle’s house? Yet, no effort is made to stop the flood of illegal across the Mexico border everyday? Why is it ok for the police chief in New Orleans to ‘take all guns, no one will be allowed to be armed’. Am I a ‘pinko commy cultist wacko’ for believing this is WRONG?
Do you think that for the last 1000 years there has been even 1 instance of a person dying from Spinach they grew for themselves? Even 1 time that someone had a problem with the meat from their cattle?
It is funny how much we take in from the news agency as fact. How many times we believe that someone is a ‘nut ball’ because the smiling talking heads told us they were. I am not saying David Koresh wasn’t a crazy cult leader who was slepping with underage girls. I am just saying that it might have been nice if someone that was inside there could tell the other side of the story. I guess since the ATF burned it to the ground with everyone inside that will be impossible. That is what you remember isn’t it. Well check out the ‘important dates’ at FBI.GOV and the feds say only 10 people died then. And 4 of them were federal agents.
Here I will link it for you.
February 28, 1993 Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms Agents raided a compound of the Branch Davidian cult, led by David Koresh. Known as the Mt. Carmel Church, the facility was located nine miles from Waco, Texas. The resulting confrontation resulted in the deaths of four ATF Agents and six Branch Davidians.
Do you feel free? Have you ever felt it? I mean why would an ‘oilman’ or the guy married to the Ketchup Queen, want a job that only pays 6 figures? I’ll tell you why, POWER. Plus the fact that they think you are too stupid to do the job anyway. Hell, you cannot even prepare for your retirement without their help. Is that truly what Freedom means to you? HA!!! Ted Kennedy killed a woman and nothing happened to him.
Randy Weaver was coaxed into selling an undercover agent a sawed off shotgun that was, get this, 1/8 of an inch too short. So they raided his place and KILLED his wife [while she stood in the doorway holding a baby] because she looked outside when they shot her 13 year old son in the back, because he was running from the ‘guys with guns’ coming towards the house. Neither one of them ever identified themselves, which sure sounds just like the 1973 incident that has Leonard Peltier locked up forever.
As I look at the laws that apply to me I find that if someone has just beaten, robbed and raped you and they are leaving, it is illegal to shoot them in the back, because they pose no threat when walking away from you. It does not even matter if the scumbag is carrying an anti-tank rocket launcher and promises to come back tomorrow for your sister. But, somehow this same system of laws finds that, a 13 year old boy with a rifle, running away from 2 unidentified men with weapons provides all the justification the Feds needed to kill him.
I think that New Orleans was another one of these 'testing grounds'. Why did it take 3 days for help to arrive? So, that the 'calvary' could have the power given to them to provide 'help' by whatever means they deemed appropriate.
It is the duty of every responsible American to ensure that their government upholds the spirit and the laws of the United States Constitution. After all, what freedom really means is that you are free to be responsible. Living by the ‘law of the land’ and not the ‘law of the jungle’, remembering to be responsible, not only for your own self, but your own actions as well.
Consider as you look across the landscape of the USA, the opposite of freedom prevails. Just as American Indians had to battle for freedom for lands, you would have hoped farmers and ranchers would realize they were next on America's sacrificial chopping block. Over the past three decades, family farm after family farm and ranch after ranch has been auctioned off or sharecropped out to corporations. Self-sufficiency has been replaced by dependency on a malevolent federal government, and the love of the land has been replaced by personal desperation and self-interest.
Freedom of thought has been replaced by a state-run educational system that produces docile, self-absorbed robots. Public schools should teach skills, not DNC talking points. War is peace, freedom is slavery and ignorance is strength. Instead of learning to be critical thinkers, America's youth are conditioned into an ethic of mass consumerism and corporate careerism.
Today, the thought criminals are the Branch Davidians or the Montana Freemen. Members of different liberation movements are called "commies," "pinkos," "kooks," "criminals" and the "fringe element." These same labels, along with "cultists," are freely used to isolate, marginalize and silence the modern-day thought criminals who dare to express ideas that deviate from the U.S. government's corporate mind-set.
If the Indians at Wounded Knee represented Cohen's canary, then the federal-government attack on the Waco compound in 1993 proves the canary has died. One does not have to embrace the ideologies of the Branch Davidians or those of the Freemen to realize the willingness of the U.S. government to kill its own dissenting citizens, and to see a society operating without a moral compass.
Consider why did it take a federal agent busting down a door in full body armor and with a sub machinegun to remove an 8 year old Cuban boy from his uncle’s house? Yet, no effort is made to stop the flood of illegal across the Mexico border everyday? Why is it ok for the police chief in New Orleans to ‘take all guns, no one will be allowed to be armed’. Am I a ‘pinko commy cultist wacko’ for believing this is WRONG?
Do you think that for the last 1000 years there has been even 1 instance of a person dying from Spinach they grew for themselves? Even 1 time that someone had a problem with the meat from their cattle?
It is funny how much we take in from the news agency as fact. How many times we believe that someone is a ‘nut ball’ because the smiling talking heads told us they were. I am not saying David Koresh wasn’t a crazy cult leader who was slepping with underage girls. I am just saying that it might have been nice if someone that was inside there could tell the other side of the story. I guess since the ATF burned it to the ground with everyone inside that will be impossible. That is what you remember isn’t it. Well check out the ‘important dates’ at FBI.GOV and the feds say only 10 people died then. And 4 of them were federal agents.
Here I will link it for you.
February 28, 1993 Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms Agents raided a compound of the Branch Davidian cult, led by David Koresh. Known as the Mt. Carmel Church, the facility was located nine miles from Waco, Texas. The resulting confrontation resulted in the deaths of four ATF Agents and six Branch Davidians.
Do you feel free? Have you ever felt it? I mean why would an ‘oilman’ or the guy married to the Ketchup Queen, want a job that only pays 6 figures? I’ll tell you why, POWER. Plus the fact that they think you are too stupid to do the job anyway. Hell, you cannot even prepare for your retirement without their help. Is that truly what Freedom means to you? HA!!! Ted Kennedy killed a woman and nothing happened to him.
Randy Weaver was coaxed into selling an undercover agent a sawed off shotgun that was, get this, 1/8 of an inch too short. So they raided his place and KILLED his wife [while she stood in the doorway holding a baby] because she looked outside when they shot her 13 year old son in the back, because he was running from the ‘guys with guns’ coming towards the house. Neither one of them ever identified themselves, which sure sounds just like the 1973 incident that has Leonard Peltier locked up forever.
As I look at the laws that apply to me I find that if someone has just beaten, robbed and raped you and they are leaving, it is illegal to shoot them in the back, because they pose no threat when walking away from you. It does not even matter if the scumbag is carrying an anti-tank rocket launcher and promises to come back tomorrow for your sister. But, somehow this same system of laws finds that, a 13 year old boy with a rifle, running away from 2 unidentified men with weapons provides all the justification the Feds needed to kill him.
I think that New Orleans was another one of these 'testing grounds'. Why did it take 3 days for help to arrive? So, that the 'calvary' could have the power given to them to provide 'help' by whatever means they deemed appropriate.
It is the duty of every responsible American to ensure that their government upholds the spirit and the laws of the United States Constitution. After all, what freedom really means is that you are free to be responsible. Living by the ‘law of the land’ and not the ‘law of the jungle’, remembering to be responsible, not only for your own self, but your own actions as well.
06 November 2006
VOTE Tuesday 7th
Here is the info on amendments for Tuesday.
Proposed Amendment No. 1Act 511 of the 2005 Regular SessionTo extend the special assessment level to homesteads owned and occupied by any person with a service-connected disability rating of fifty percent or more and by certain members of the armed forces of the United States or members of the Louisiana National Guard killed or missing in action or who were prisoners of war, and to any person designated as permanently totally disabled, subject to other conditions and requirements provided under the present constitution, and to require annual certification of eligibility by persons under sixty-five years of age who have qualified and received the special assessment level. (AMENDS Article VII, Section 18(G)(1)(a)(i) and (iii) and 2(a); ADDS Article VII, Section 18(G)(1)(a)(iv)) -->
Proposed Amendment No. 2Act 864 of the 2006 Regular SessionTo increase the maximum amount of the severance tax imposed and collected by the state on natural resources, other than sulphur, lignite, and timber, which is remitted to the parish governing authority where the severance occurs from seven hundred fifty thousand dollars to eight hundred fifty thousand dollars effective July 1, 2007, and provides that this maximum amount be increased to reflect the increase in the Consumer Price Index beginning July 1, 2008. (AMENDS Article VII, Section 4(D)) -->
Proposed Amendment No. 3Act 510 of the 2005 Regular SessionTo exempt from ad valorem property tax medical equipment leased for a term exceeding five years to a nonprofit corporation or association which owns or operates a small, rural hospital and if the equipment is used solely for health care purposes at the hospital; to provide that "small, rural hospital" shall mean a hospital which meets all of the following criteria:(1) It has less than fifty Medicare-licensed acute care beds. (2) It is located in a municipality with a population of less than ten thousand which has been classified as an area with a shortage of health manpower by the United States Health Service. (AMENDS Article VII, Section 21(B)(1)(a)) -->
Proposed Amendment No. 4Act 512 of the 2005 Regular SessionExempts motor vehicles from municipal ad valorem taxes and removes language that authorizes a municipal governing authority or a district thereof to impose ad valorem taxes on motor vehicles. (AMENDS Article VII, Section 21(E)) -->
Proposed Amendment No. 5Act 509 of the 2005 Regular SessionTo exempt consigned art from ad valorem property tax; that is, all artworks such as sculptures, glass works, paintings, drawings, signed and numbered posters, photographs, mixed media, collages, or any other item which would be considered as the material result of a creative endeavor. (Effective January 1, 2007) (ADDS Article VII, Section 21(C)(19)) -->
Proposed Amendment No. 6Act 862 of the 2006 Regular SessionTo authorize the legislature to enact laws establishing new judgeships of district courts as new divisions having limited or specialized jurisdiction within the territorial jurisdiction of the district court and subject matter jurisdiction over family or juvenile matters as provided by law. (Effective January 1, 2007.) (AMENDS Article V, Section 15(A)) -->
Proposed Amendment No. 7Act 863 of the 2006 Regular SessionTo provide for a single tax assessor in Orleans Parish to be elected at the same time as the municipal officers of New Orleans. (AMENDS Article VII, Section 24) -->
Proposed Amendment No. 8Act 861 of the 2006 Regular SessionTo grant the Central community school system in East Baton Rouge Parish the same authority granted parishes for purposes of Article VIII, Section 13 of the Constitution of Louisiana, including purposes related to the minium foundation program, funding for certain school books and instructional materials, and the raising of certain local revenues for the support of elementary and secondary schools. (AMENDS Article VIII, Section 13(D)(1)) -->
Proposed Amendment No. 1Act 511 of the 2005 Regular SessionTo extend the special assessment level to homesteads owned and occupied by any person with a service-connected disability rating of fifty percent or more and by certain members of the armed forces of the United States or members of the Louisiana National Guard killed or missing in action or who were prisoners of war, and to any person designated as permanently totally disabled, subject to other conditions and requirements provided under the present constitution, and to require annual certification of eligibility by persons under sixty-five years of age who have qualified and received the special assessment level. (AMENDS Article VII, Section 18(G)(1)(a)(i) and (iii) and 2(a); ADDS Article VII, Section 18(G)(1)(a)(iv)) -->
Proposed Amendment No. 2Act 864 of the 2006 Regular SessionTo increase the maximum amount of the severance tax imposed and collected by the state on natural resources, other than sulphur, lignite, and timber, which is remitted to the parish governing authority where the severance occurs from seven hundred fifty thousand dollars to eight hundred fifty thousand dollars effective July 1, 2007, and provides that this maximum amount be increased to reflect the increase in the Consumer Price Index beginning July 1, 2008. (AMENDS Article VII, Section 4(D)) -->
Proposed Amendment No. 3Act 510 of the 2005 Regular SessionTo exempt from ad valorem property tax medical equipment leased for a term exceeding five years to a nonprofit corporation or association which owns or operates a small, rural hospital and if the equipment is used solely for health care purposes at the hospital; to provide that "small, rural hospital" shall mean a hospital which meets all of the following criteria:(1) It has less than fifty Medicare-licensed acute care beds. (2) It is located in a municipality with a population of less than ten thousand which has been classified as an area with a shortage of health manpower by the United States Health Service. (AMENDS Article VII, Section 21(B)(1)(a)) -->
Proposed Amendment No. 4Act 512 of the 2005 Regular SessionExempts motor vehicles from municipal ad valorem taxes and removes language that authorizes a municipal governing authority or a district thereof to impose ad valorem taxes on motor vehicles. (AMENDS Article VII, Section 21(E)) -->
Proposed Amendment No. 5Act 509 of the 2005 Regular SessionTo exempt consigned art from ad valorem property tax; that is, all artworks such as sculptures, glass works, paintings, drawings, signed and numbered posters, photographs, mixed media, collages, or any other item which would be considered as the material result of a creative endeavor. (Effective January 1, 2007) (ADDS Article VII, Section 21(C)(19)) -->
Proposed Amendment No. 6Act 862 of the 2006 Regular SessionTo authorize the legislature to enact laws establishing new judgeships of district courts as new divisions having limited or specialized jurisdiction within the territorial jurisdiction of the district court and subject matter jurisdiction over family or juvenile matters as provided by law. (Effective January 1, 2007.) (AMENDS Article V, Section 15(A)) -->
Proposed Amendment No. 7Act 863 of the 2006 Regular SessionTo provide for a single tax assessor in Orleans Parish to be elected at the same time as the municipal officers of New Orleans. (AMENDS Article VII, Section 24) -->
Proposed Amendment No. 8Act 861 of the 2006 Regular SessionTo grant the Central community school system in East Baton Rouge Parish the same authority granted parishes for purposes of Article VIII, Section 13 of the Constitution of Louisiana, including purposes related to the minium foundation program, funding for certain school books and instructional materials, and the raising of certain local revenues for the support of elementary and secondary schools. (AMENDS Article VIII, Section 13(D)(1)) -->
02 November 2006
VOTE Tuesday 7th
While walking down the street one day a US senator is tragically hit by
a truck and dies.
His soul arrives in heaven and is met by St. Peter at the entrance.
"Welcome to heaven," says St. Peter. "Before you settle in, it seems
there is a problem. We seldom see a high official around these parts,
you see, so we're not sure what to do with you."
"No problem, just let me in," says the man.
"Well, I'd like to, but I have orders from higher up. What we'll do is
have you spend one day in hell and one in heaven. Then you can choose
where to spend eternity."
"Really, I've made up my mind. I want to be in heaven," says the
senator.
"I'm sorry, but we have our rules."
And with that, St. Peter escorts him to the elevator and he goes down,
down, down to hell. The doors open and he finds himself in the middle of
a green golf course. In the distance is a clubhouse and standing in
front of it are all his friends and other politicians who had worked
with him.
Everyone is very happy and in evening dress. They run to greet him,
shake his hand, and reminisce about the good times they had while
getting rich at the expense of the people.
They play a friendly game of golf and then dine on lobster, caviar and
champagne.
Also present is the devil, who really is a very friendly guy who has a
good time dancing and telling jokes. They are having such a good time
that before he realizes it, it is time to go.
Everyone gives him a hearty farewell and waves while the elevator
rises...
The elevator goes up, up, up and the door reopens on heaven where St.
Peter is waiting for him.
"Now it's time to visit heaven."
So, 24 hours pass with the senator joining a group of contented souls
moving from cloud to cloud, playing the harp and singing. They have a
good time and, before he realizes it, the 24 hours have gone by and St.
Peter returns.
"Well, then, you've spent a day in hell and another in heaven. Now
choose your eternity."
The senator reflects for a minute, then he answers: "Well, I would
never have said it before, I mean heaven has been delightful, but I
think I would be better off in hell."
So St. Peter escorts him to the elevator and he goes down, down, down
to hell.
Now the doors of the elevator open and he's in the middle of a barren
land covered with waste and garbage.
He sees all his friends, dressed in rags, picking up the trash and
putting it in black bags as more trash falls from above.
The devil comes over to him and puts his arm around his shoulder. "I
don't understand," stammers the senator. "Yesterday I was here and there
was a golf course and clubhouse, and we ate lobster and caviar, drank
champagne, and danced and had a great time. Now there's just a wasteland
full of garbage and my friends look miserable. What happened?"
The devil looks at him, smiles and says, "Yesterday we were
campaigning...... Today you voted."
a truck and dies.
His soul arrives in heaven and is met by St. Peter at the entrance.
"Welcome to heaven," says St. Peter. "Before you settle in, it seems
there is a problem. We seldom see a high official around these parts,
you see, so we're not sure what to do with you."
"No problem, just let me in," says the man.
"Well, I'd like to, but I have orders from higher up. What we'll do is
have you spend one day in hell and one in heaven. Then you can choose
where to spend eternity."
"Really, I've made up my mind. I want to be in heaven," says the
senator.
"I'm sorry, but we have our rules."
And with that, St. Peter escorts him to the elevator and he goes down,
down, down to hell. The doors open and he finds himself in the middle of
a green golf course. In the distance is a clubhouse and standing in
front of it are all his friends and other politicians who had worked
with him.
Everyone is very happy and in evening dress. They run to greet him,
shake his hand, and reminisce about the good times they had while
getting rich at the expense of the people.
They play a friendly game of golf and then dine on lobster, caviar and
champagne.
Also present is the devil, who really is a very friendly guy who has a
good time dancing and telling jokes. They are having such a good time
that before he realizes it, it is time to go.
Everyone gives him a hearty farewell and waves while the elevator
rises...
The elevator goes up, up, up and the door reopens on heaven where St.
Peter is waiting for him.
"Now it's time to visit heaven."
So, 24 hours pass with the senator joining a group of contented souls
moving from cloud to cloud, playing the harp and singing. They have a
good time and, before he realizes it, the 24 hours have gone by and St.
Peter returns.
"Well, then, you've spent a day in hell and another in heaven. Now
choose your eternity."
The senator reflects for a minute, then he answers: "Well, I would
never have said it before, I mean heaven has been delightful, but I
think I would be better off in hell."
So St. Peter escorts him to the elevator and he goes down, down, down
to hell.
Now the doors of the elevator open and he's in the middle of a barren
land covered with waste and garbage.
He sees all his friends, dressed in rags, picking up the trash and
putting it in black bags as more trash falls from above.
The devil comes over to him and puts his arm around his shoulder. "I
don't understand," stammers the senator. "Yesterday I was here and there
was a golf course and clubhouse, and we ate lobster and caviar, drank
champagne, and danced and had a great time. Now there's just a wasteland
full of garbage and my friends look miserable. What happened?"
The devil looks at him, smiles and says, "Yesterday we were
campaigning...... Today you voted."
17 October 2006
Self Ownership
You know it has been said that ‘The best defense is a good offense’. We examine things around us daily, I hope. Weekly, I know. One of the biggest gripes I think we have is the way things in the city are handled.
Recently, an armed robber was prowling the Marigny area. Finally an armed citizen stopped him. This has prompted me to give my view, if you already do not know it, of the citizen’s role in society.
A citizen is aware of his surroundings. He is active in the world around him. He embodies all of the things that we hope the Minuteman Chronicle is about, Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of happiness.
What is life? Life is your living existence on this planet. This life is you and your loved ones interacting and relating to one another. You ‘own’ your life. Self- ownership.
What is liberty? Liberty is your freedom. Your ability to think and act for yourself is your freedom.
What is the Pursuit of happiness? In the pursuit we gain knowledge and property. You bought a boat to take the kids fishing is Pursuit of happiness. Therefore, our Property was acquired in the past in the Pursuit of happiness.
You exist in time, Past, Present and Future. If you lose your ‘Life’ you lose your Future. If you lose your ‘Liberty’ you lose your Present. If you lose your ‘Property’ you lose your Past.
Your life, your liberty and your property belong to you. You have the right to protect your belongings from the unwarranted advances of others. No group or individual has the right to take these from you. If they ‘TAKE’ from you then they are guilty of a crime.
Taking your Life is MURDER.
Taking your Liberty is SLAVERY
Taking your Property is STEALING
We live not in a ‘Democracy’ as the media is so fond of trying to sell to the masses, but in a democratic Republic. We have freedom from tyranny written into the very fabric that our laws are written on. Things are being taken from us by a network of misinformation.
Democracy is two wolves and a lamb deciding what to have for dinner. Liberty is a well-armed lamb.- Benjamin Franklin
Do not separate text from historical background. If you do, you will have perverted and subverted the Constitution, which can only end in a distorted, bastardized form of illegitimate government. -James Madison
I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments by those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations. -James Madison
If total government control equals safety, why are prisons so dangerous?
Let us examine what happened in New Orleans immediately after the storm. The NRA has a website set up www.givethemback.com which they have a DVD for sale about the confiscation of guns from Law-Abiding citizens. I have ordered it as it tells the stories that we will never get to hear otherwise.
If these were criminals, would the Police wave been able to confiscate anything? Police means to clean up doesn’t it? They can’t even find the crack houses if they had neon signs out front.
I watch Dallas SWAT and they are breaking down doors and aggressively taking down these miscreants. Maybe I should just shut up and move to Dallas. Ha Ha Ha.
People have a lot of problems with handguns. I find that hard to believe, because a gun is like a hammer. It is a tool for a specific purpose. The gun is not responsible for good or evil. Cain killed Abel with a rock. Is there rock control legislation?
If you carry a gun, people will call you paranoid. That's ridiculous. If I have a gun, what do I have to be paranoid about? The police cannot be everywhere all the time. Your safety and protection, the safety and protection of your family are your responsibility. The police will show up later with handy dandy notebooks to write down the historical data. Pray others can arrive in time, or provide for your own defense: Decide.
If you have ever tasted freedom, friend, you know it is purchased not with gold, but steel.
Recently, an armed robber was prowling the Marigny area. Finally an armed citizen stopped him. This has prompted me to give my view, if you already do not know it, of the citizen’s role in society.
A citizen is aware of his surroundings. He is active in the world around him. He embodies all of the things that we hope the Minuteman Chronicle is about, Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of happiness.
What is life? Life is your living existence on this planet. This life is you and your loved ones interacting and relating to one another. You ‘own’ your life. Self- ownership.
What is liberty? Liberty is your freedom. Your ability to think and act for yourself is your freedom.
What is the Pursuit of happiness? In the pursuit we gain knowledge and property. You bought a boat to take the kids fishing is Pursuit of happiness. Therefore, our Property was acquired in the past in the Pursuit of happiness.
You exist in time, Past, Present and Future. If you lose your ‘Life’ you lose your Future. If you lose your ‘Liberty’ you lose your Present. If you lose your ‘Property’ you lose your Past.
Your life, your liberty and your property belong to you. You have the right to protect your belongings from the unwarranted advances of others. No group or individual has the right to take these from you. If they ‘TAKE’ from you then they are guilty of a crime.
Taking your Life is MURDER.
Taking your Liberty is SLAVERY
Taking your Property is STEALING
We live not in a ‘Democracy’ as the media is so fond of trying to sell to the masses, but in a democratic Republic. We have freedom from tyranny written into the very fabric that our laws are written on. Things are being taken from us by a network of misinformation.
Democracy is two wolves and a lamb deciding what to have for dinner. Liberty is a well-armed lamb.- Benjamin Franklin
Do not separate text from historical background. If you do, you will have perverted and subverted the Constitution, which can only end in a distorted, bastardized form of illegitimate government. -James Madison
I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments by those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations. -James Madison
If total government control equals safety, why are prisons so dangerous?
Let us examine what happened in New Orleans immediately after the storm. The NRA has a website set up www.givethemback.com which they have a DVD for sale about the confiscation of guns from Law-Abiding citizens. I have ordered it as it tells the stories that we will never get to hear otherwise.
If these were criminals, would the Police wave been able to confiscate anything? Police means to clean up doesn’t it? They can’t even find the crack houses if they had neon signs out front.
I watch Dallas SWAT and they are breaking down doors and aggressively taking down these miscreants. Maybe I should just shut up and move to Dallas. Ha Ha Ha.
People have a lot of problems with handguns. I find that hard to believe, because a gun is like a hammer. It is a tool for a specific purpose. The gun is not responsible for good or evil. Cain killed Abel with a rock. Is there rock control legislation?
If you carry a gun, people will call you paranoid. That's ridiculous. If I have a gun, what do I have to be paranoid about? The police cannot be everywhere all the time. Your safety and protection, the safety and protection of your family are your responsibility. The police will show up later with handy dandy notebooks to write down the historical data. Pray others can arrive in time, or provide for your own defense: Decide.
If you have ever tasted freedom, friend, you know it is purchased not with gold, but steel.
12 October 2006
From Tan to Gray
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11 October 2006
Today's Special
Concealed Carry Saves Another Life:
New Orleans Police said the latest incident of violence in the city was justified after a man shot another man in self defense.
Police said a man and woman were walking down North Rampart Street around 9 p.m. Tuesday night when another man walked up, put a gun to the woman’s back and said “give it up.”
Witnesses said an argument broke out, and that was when the man being robbed pulled out his own gun and shot the alleged robber three times.
Police called the incident justifiable homicide and said the man who shot the robber had a Louisiana concealed handgun permit.
The area the incident took place in, the Faubourg Marigny, has seen a heightened level of crime recently, including a string of bar robberies that plagued the area for weeks.
Police in New Orleans tell us it is a war zone in the city after dark. They have all these parasites running around trying to take advantage of people. The police are first responders to the call for help. Not first responders to the scene. The difference between a Citizen and a Civilian is that a Citizen takes responsibility for his community. He doesn't let parasites over run it and turn things into a free for all. A citizen in Marigny, out for a walk, minding his own business, had to remove a parasite from the gene pool. Thank you good citizen for your support of a moral and upright community. I will let you know once I get more info on this story.
10 October 2006
What??
DID YOU VOTE?
OK, so now we need to ask ourselves, Should we start operation Examine the Ignorant Townsfolk? or ExIT for short. I thought maybe we could pull things out of this mire. I thought maybe one person could try to make a difference. Gathering like minded people into a group and spreading the truth all over. Now, I go on tirades and try to inform people but, all I ask is that people examine their world around them. I know many of you do the same, and just ask people to open their eyes to see the truth around them.
After this last election, I do not know if we are capable of stemming the tide of ignorance. ALL of the amendments passed. HOW???!!! Do people not pay attention to how government operates? I mean they just dump more and more of our liberties into the hands of a machine that destroys individuality.
In my short tenure as Captain of the guard I have called up government officials and contacted them through e-Mail and tried to see who will answer me and who feels they are above it all.
For the most part our local State Representatives are good for a call back on a specific issue. But, these are still just your local folks, doing a regular job + holding a state officials office. These, for the most part are the people who think they can make their neighborhoods better through legislation.
City officials cower away from callbacks on issues if they do not know your stand to begin with. These folks are the infancy stage of the State Reps. They haven't matured enough to stand up and take a Citizen asking questions. Most of the time if you do not blindly follow their beliefs, you are too scary to talk to.
Now on to the National level, even the 'Good Ones ' are very busy. They rarely call back or answer their mail. The 'Senior' Senator [at least in LA] has never even acknowledged a contact. I know I heard one time that Ted Kennedy had taken his phone off the hook to avoid calls. The Representatives are better about this, because they are still trying to make a difference. They do get more and more bogged down as time goes on. Take Jindal and Jefferson for example. Jindal is the young hard charger not yet mucked by the system and Jefferson the mired senior who may have cash frozen in his house, literally. But, I think Senators are very much in the machine. They operate in a different world than we do.
Do we cut and run? ExIT the bewildered state? Or do we initiate changes?
IN SPORTS NEWS:
The Saints have sold out the Louisiana Superdome for the season, meaning all 68,354 seats had been sold. This eclipses the previous mark by almost 15,000 and comes one year after some were questioning whether this area could support a professional sports franchise. So, all of the games will be on local television and no individual tickets will be available for any game.
To me, the incredible sales figures show that this community will support a quality product, whether it is a sports team, a school or a restaurant. Now all we need is quality political leadership, but maybe that is asking for a miracle even greater than the Saints winning the Super Bowl.
School Shootings and Violence:
I say arm the teachers. People look at me like I amwheny wwhen I say this sometimes. IÂ’m not saying it is a requirement, but give them the option. I went to public school and had some teachers I have no doubt could use them and did own them. Allow these citizens to conceal carry on the job. It sure would have minimized the effectiveness of the half-wits in Columbine who shot the place up because they were pansies.
Laws don't stop criminals, people do.
On Monday, a 13-year-old student in Joplin, Mo., carried an AK-47 into his middle school and fired a shot into a ceiling. He left the building and was apprehended by police.
This kid was just crying out for attention. He didn't hurt anyone. He wanted to be arrested for some reason. Maybe we need to look at what caused him to cry out.
Compelled to respond to a spike in school violence, the Bush administration is hoping that a high-profile summit will get the word out about safety.
President Bush called for Tuesday's conference after three shooting rampages in two weeks unnerved the nation. Communities in Colorado, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania are still grieving.
President Bush's administration attempted to cut $347 million in school-safety grants for states this year. Bush's budget says the program is ineffective. I'm sure this isn't going to accomplish anything. Getting together to talk to the masses about how love and community is what we need, does not stop the idiots who neglect love and community. There ARE bad people, there need to be armed good people.
OK, so now we need to ask ourselves, Should we start operation Examine the Ignorant Townsfolk? or ExIT for short. I thought maybe we could pull things out of this mire. I thought maybe one person could try to make a difference. Gathering like minded people into a group and spreading the truth all over. Now, I go on tirades and try to inform people but, all I ask is that people examine their world around them. I know many of you do the same, and just ask people to open their eyes to see the truth around them.
After this last election, I do not know if we are capable of stemming the tide of ignorance. ALL of the amendments passed. HOW???!!! Do people not pay attention to how government operates? I mean they just dump more and more of our liberties into the hands of a machine that destroys individuality.
In my short tenure as Captain of the guard I have called up government officials and contacted them through e-Mail and tried to see who will answer me and who feels they are above it all.
For the most part our local State Representatives are good for a call back on a specific issue. But, these are still just your local folks, doing a regular job + holding a state officials office. These, for the most part are the people who think they can make their neighborhoods better through legislation.
City officials cower away from callbacks on issues if they do not know your stand to begin with. These folks are the infancy stage of the State Reps. They haven't matured enough to stand up and take a Citizen asking questions. Most of the time if you do not blindly follow their beliefs, you are too scary to talk to.
Now on to the National level, even the 'Good Ones ' are very busy. They rarely call back or answer their mail. The 'Senior' Senator [at least in LA] has never even acknowledged a contact. I know I heard one time that Ted Kennedy had taken his phone off the hook to avoid calls. The Representatives are better about this, because they are still trying to make a difference. They do get more and more bogged down as time goes on. Take Jindal and Jefferson for example. Jindal is the young hard charger not yet mucked by the system and Jefferson the mired senior who may have cash frozen in his house, literally. But, I think Senators are very much in the machine. They operate in a different world than we do.
Do we cut and run? ExIT the bewildered state? Or do we initiate changes?
IN SPORTS NEWS:
The Saints have sold out the Louisiana Superdome for the season, meaning all 68,354 seats had been sold. This eclipses the previous mark by almost 15,000 and comes one year after some were questioning whether this area could support a professional sports franchise. So, all of the games will be on local television and no individual tickets will be available for any game.
To me, the incredible sales figures show that this community will support a quality product, whether it is a sports team, a school or a restaurant. Now all we need is quality political leadership, but maybe that is asking for a miracle even greater than the Saints winning the Super Bowl.
School Shootings and Violence:
I say arm the teachers. People look at me like I amwheny wwhen I say this sometimes. IÂ’m not saying it is a requirement, but give them the option. I went to public school and had some teachers I have no doubt could use them and did own them. Allow these citizens to conceal carry on the job. It sure would have minimized the effectiveness of the half-wits in Columbine who shot the place up because they were pansies.
Laws don't stop criminals, people do.
On Monday, a 13-year-old student in Joplin, Mo., carried an AK-47 into his middle school and fired a shot into a ceiling. He left the building and was apprehended by police.
This kid was just crying out for attention. He didn't hurt anyone. He wanted to be arrested for some reason. Maybe we need to look at what caused him to cry out.
Compelled to respond to a spike in school violence, the Bush administration is hoping that a high-profile summit will get the word out about safety.
President Bush called for Tuesday's conference after three shooting rampages in two weeks unnerved the nation. Communities in Colorado, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania are still grieving.
President Bush's administration attempted to cut $347 million in school-safety grants for states this year. Bush's budget says the program is ineffective. I'm sure this isn't going to accomplish anything. Getting together to talk to the masses about how love and community is what we need, does not stop the idiots who neglect love and community. There ARE bad people, there need to be armed good people.
29 September 2006
Amendment Facts for Saturday
No. 1 (For) Coastal Protection and Restoration Fund: This will change the name of the fund and dedicate all potential federal revenues from Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas activities to coastal restoration and hurricane protection.No. 2 (For) Consolidation of Coastal Funds: The state has two funds of this type, the one in Amendment No. 1 and the Louisiana Coastal Restoration Fund. The LCRF currently has no funds. It would receive monies from any future sale of the remaining 40% of the tobacco settlement. This would combine the two funds into one.No. 3 (For) Regional Flood Protection Authorities: This is the “levee board consolidation” amendment which eliminates the Orleans Parish Levee Board and streamlines and reduces the number of levee boards in southeast Louisiana.No. 4 (Against) Hurricane Protection Liability: This amendment favors government and allows it to pay private landowners less.No. 5 (Against) Limits on Expropriation of Private Property: This could be the Trojan horse, similar to the “gambling” and “gaming” situation which would allow your property to be taken for non-governmental purposes.No. 6 (Against) Procedures to Transfer Expropriated Property: There is the possibility of over-expropriating land, making improvements and then, after declaring it excess, offering it back to the original landowner (who may not have wanted to sell) at a much higher price.No. 7 (For) Medicaid Trust Fund Investment: This would authorize the state to invest up to 35% of the Medicaid Trust Fund for the Elderly in stocks. Historically, stocks have outperformed other investments over a long period of time.No. 8 (For) Homestead Exemption and Special Assessments for Damaged Homes: To have a homestead exemption, one must occupy the home. After hurricanes Katrina and Rita, that has been impossible for some–and it will still take a long time to rebuild.No. 9 (Against) State Mandates on School Spending: There was a drafting error that complicates the amendment and may contradict its intended purpose. Tell the leges, get it right before you submit something to us.No. 10 (For) Higher Education Investments: This is similar to the issue discussed in No. 7, authorizing investment of up to 35% of endowed university funds in stocks.No. 11 (Against) Expands the Homestead Exemption to Homes in Revocable Trusts. Any time we expand the application of the Homestead Exemption, we force taxes up on the rest of us.No. 12 (For) Vacancy in Statewide Elected Offices: This would make filling vacancies uniform for statewide elected offices. Currently, if there is a vacancy in the office of lieutenant governor, the governor appoints a new officeholder and he or she fills out the remainder of the term. This measure would require that an election be called if there were more than one year left in the term. For other statewide offices, an election is required at the next regularly scheduled congressional or statewide election–but there is one year out of every four where there is no such election, which would extend the term. This amendment would require an election be called in that specific year.No. 13 (For) Judges’ Qualifications: This amendment would increase minimum qualifications for specific judges. The Supreme Court and Court of Appeals would require 10 years in the practice of law. Others judgeships would require 8 years. The current law is 5 years. City and municipal courts or justices of the peace are not affected. The new requirements would take effect in 2008.
19 September 2006
Patriotic Thoughts
In light of the recent appeals court ruling in California, with respect to the Pledge of Allegiance, the following recollection from Senator John McCain is very appropriate:
"The Pledge of Allegiance" - by Senator John McCain
As you may know, I spent five and one half years as a prisoner of war during the Vietnam War. In the early years of our imprisonment, the NVA kept us in solitary confinement or two or three to a cell. In 1971 the NVA moved us from these conditions of isolation into large rooms with as many as 30 to 40 men to a room.
This was, as you can imagine, a wonderful change and was a direct result of the efforts of millions of Americans onbehalf of a few hundred POWs 10,000 miles from home.
One of the men who moved into my room was a young man named Mike Christian.
Mike came from a small town near Selma, Alabama. He didn't wear a pair of shoes until he was 13 years old. At 17, he enlisted in the US Navy. He later earned a commission by going to Officer Training School Then he became a Naval Flight Officer and was shot down and captured in 1967. Mike had a keen and deep appreciation of the opportunities this country and our military provide for people who want to work and want to succeed.
As part of the change in treatment, the Vietnamese allowed some prisoners to receive packages from home. In some of these packages were handkerchiefs, scarves and other items of clothing.
Mike got himself a bamboo needle. Over a period of a couple of months, he created an American flag and sewed on the inside of his shirt.
Every afternoon, before we had a bowl of soup, we would hang Mike's shirt on the wall of the cell and say the Pledge of Allegiance.
I know the Pledge of Allegiance may not seem the most important part of our day now, but I can assure you that in that stark cell it was indeed the most important and meaningful event.
One day the Vietnamese searched our cell, as they did periodically, and discovered Mike's shirt with the flag sewn inside, and removed it.
That evening they returned, opened the door of the cell, and for the benefit of all of us, beat Mike Christian severely for the next couple of hours. Then, they opened the door of the cell and threw him in. We cleaned him up as well as we could.
The cell in which we lived had a concrete slab in the middle on which we slept. Four naked light bulbs hung in each corner of the cell.
As I said, we tried to clean up Mike as well as we could. After the excitement died down, I looked in the corner of the room, and sitting there beneath that dim light bulb with a piece of red cloth, another shirt and his bamboo needle, was my friend, Mike Christian. He was sitting there with his eyes almost shut from the beating he
had received, making another American flag. He was not making the flag because it made Mike Christian feel better. He was making that flag because he knew how important it was to us to be able to Pledge our allegiance to our flag and country.
So the next time you say the Pledge of Allegiance, you must never forget the sacrifice and courage that thousands of Americans have made to build our nation and promote freedom around the world.
You must remember our duty, our honor, and our country
"I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."
12 September 2006
This is SOOOO Scientific!!
Researchers identify "male warrior effect"
NORWICH (Reuters) - Men may have developed a psychology that makes them particularly able to engage in wars, a scientist said on Friday.
New research has shown that men bond together and cooperate well in the face of adversity to protect their interests more than women, which could explain why war is almost exclusively a male business, according to Professor Mark van Vugt of the University of Kent in southern England.
"Men respond more strongly to outward threats, we've labeled that the 'man warrior effect'," he told the British Association for the Advancement of Science meeting.
"Men are more likely to support a country going to war. Men are more likely sign up for the military and men are more likely to lead groups in more autocratic, militaristic ways than women," he added.
Van Vugt said the finding is consistent with results from different behavioral science disciplines.
In experiments with 300 university men and women students, Van Vugt and his team gave the volunteers small sums of money which they could either keep or invest in a common fund that would be doubled and equally divided. None of the students knew what the others were doing.
Both sexes cooperated in investing in the fund. But when the groups were told they were competing against other universities, the males were more eager to invest rather than keep their money while the number of women contributing remained the same.
"We all know males are more aggressive than females," Van Vugt said, adding that co-operation is needed to establish institutions and governments and to wage wars."
Male co-operation is a double-edged sword," he added
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In other news, scientists not only anounce that men and women are different, but that water is wet and fire is hot.
__________________
Venison, It's What's For Dinner.
“Asking government to do things for you is like telling wishes to the genie. Each time you get what you asked for, and a 1000 things you wish you hadn’t. The only way to win with the genie is to leave him in his bottle.”
NORWICH (Reuters) - Men may have developed a psychology that makes them particularly able to engage in wars, a scientist said on Friday.
New research has shown that men bond together and cooperate well in the face of adversity to protect their interests more than women, which could explain why war is almost exclusively a male business, according to Professor Mark van Vugt of the University of Kent in southern England.
"Men respond more strongly to outward threats, we've labeled that the 'man warrior effect'," he told the British Association for the Advancement of Science meeting.
"Men are more likely to support a country going to war. Men are more likely sign up for the military and men are more likely to lead groups in more autocratic, militaristic ways than women," he added.
Van Vugt said the finding is consistent with results from different behavioral science disciplines.
In experiments with 300 university men and women students, Van Vugt and his team gave the volunteers small sums of money which they could either keep or invest in a common fund that would be doubled and equally divided. None of the students knew what the others were doing.
Both sexes cooperated in investing in the fund. But when the groups were told they were competing against other universities, the males were more eager to invest rather than keep their money while the number of women contributing remained the same.
"We all know males are more aggressive than females," Van Vugt said, adding that co-operation is needed to establish institutions and governments and to wage wars."
Male co-operation is a double-edged sword," he added
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In other news, scientists not only anounce that men and women are different, but that water is wet and fire is hot.
__________________
Venison, It's What's For Dinner.
“Asking government to do things for you is like telling wishes to the genie. Each time you get what you asked for, and a 1000 things you wish you hadn’t. The only way to win with the genie is to leave him in his bottle.”
04 September 2006
Crikey!!
Ok, I know that things are going on in the world. Heck, things are happening in our local News right now. All the news channels seem to be covering right now though is Steve Erwin. So, as I think it is important to mention a movie this week, I will not be cutting into anything to big anyway. Not, that I won’t miss the crocodile hunter, but I feel he died doing what he loved to do. I think we all would like to go out enjoying life.
Back to my point, this movie I have eluded to before. I want to point blank call it by name and tell you why you need to see it. V for Vendetta. It embodies many facits of the belief system that our little chronicle believes in. It is a story of freedom and beauty. Selflessness and the God given rights of people to seek happiness and express themselves through prose.
First, I do not consider myself a ‘Conspiracy Theorist’. I would have to consider myself more as a ‘Patriot’ of my country, having served my country as a soldier and believe I am willing to serve her again, if the need should arise.
But, anyone who fails to admit that governments make closed door decisions and hide things from its people is very naïve. I do not fall into that category.
Most of you that receive the ‘Minuteman’, witnessed first hand a government sponsored exercise in martial law. Police and military units ‘patrolled’ the streets of the New Orleans area. They forced people from their homes with gestapo tactics. Brutally uncaring about the fraility of old womens bones, or the 2nd ammendment rights of the people. They seized LEGALLY OWNED firearms from LAW ABIDING citizens. This guns were hidden and denied that they existed until the NRA finally put enough spotlight and pressure on the local police that they had to produce them. Then they made it impossible for some of those legally owned firearms to be returned to the owners, by demending the owner to produce paperwork that could have been flooded or did not exist. If your daddy gives you a pistol that he bought for your 23rd birthday, do you have paperwork on it? Can you dig up your decesed father to vouch for the fact?
I am saying all this to tell you that I am surprised that V for Vendetta was even made. So many things are said and shown in that movie that are against what the government and the hollywood media outlet would have you to know. The only reason I believe it was allowed to be made is that it is set in England. And the state of things being so bad is blaimed on the USA and ‘its war’.
The story of Guy Fawkes is brushed into the story. Which gives a little history lesson that few people are told anymore. I invite you to purchase it. Rent it if you think it may just be a ‘looker’ not an ‘owner’ although, I assure you if you are subscribed to TMC and receiving this review it is an ‘owner’. If you absolutely are to cheap to rent it, I believe it is important enough that I could loan you mine.
NOW I WILL TELL YOU A LITTLE, SO BE WARNED. I AM NOT TRYING TO ‘SPOIL’ IT BUT, I AM DESCRIBING THE CHARACTERS A LITTLE.
Ultimately, it is the story of 2 people. V and Evey. V is the masked crusader, who is labeled a terrorist by his government. Terrorist because he calls the people of England to stand united, against the tyranny of the dictator. He does blow up some stuff and wreck the police when he has to.
Evey, is a young woman. She was a ‘ward of the state’ from 10 to 18 I guess because the government ‘disappeared’ her parents because they were political protestors. Her story is of a citizen in a tyranical country and what choices have to be made to turn the tide.
It is a wonderful movie. I saw it in the theatre because I hoped it would be good. I bought the DVD because I know it is good.
Back to my point, this movie I have eluded to before. I want to point blank call it by name and tell you why you need to see it. V for Vendetta. It embodies many facits of the belief system that our little chronicle believes in. It is a story of freedom and beauty. Selflessness and the God given rights of people to seek happiness and express themselves through prose.
First, I do not consider myself a ‘Conspiracy Theorist’. I would have to consider myself more as a ‘Patriot’ of my country, having served my country as a soldier and believe I am willing to serve her again, if the need should arise.
But, anyone who fails to admit that governments make closed door decisions and hide things from its people is very naïve. I do not fall into that category.
Most of you that receive the ‘Minuteman’, witnessed first hand a government sponsored exercise in martial law. Police and military units ‘patrolled’ the streets of the New Orleans area. They forced people from their homes with gestapo tactics. Brutally uncaring about the fraility of old womens bones, or the 2nd ammendment rights of the people. They seized LEGALLY OWNED firearms from LAW ABIDING citizens. This guns were hidden and denied that they existed until the NRA finally put enough spotlight and pressure on the local police that they had to produce them. Then they made it impossible for some of those legally owned firearms to be returned to the owners, by demending the owner to produce paperwork that could have been flooded or did not exist. If your daddy gives you a pistol that he bought for your 23rd birthday, do you have paperwork on it? Can you dig up your decesed father to vouch for the fact?
I am saying all this to tell you that I am surprised that V for Vendetta was even made. So many things are said and shown in that movie that are against what the government and the hollywood media outlet would have you to know. The only reason I believe it was allowed to be made is that it is set in England. And the state of things being so bad is blaimed on the USA and ‘its war’.
The story of Guy Fawkes is brushed into the story. Which gives a little history lesson that few people are told anymore. I invite you to purchase it. Rent it if you think it may just be a ‘looker’ not an ‘owner’ although, I assure you if you are subscribed to TMC and receiving this review it is an ‘owner’. If you absolutely are to cheap to rent it, I believe it is important enough that I could loan you mine.
NOW I WILL TELL YOU A LITTLE, SO BE WARNED. I AM NOT TRYING TO ‘SPOIL’ IT BUT, I AM DESCRIBING THE CHARACTERS A LITTLE.
Ultimately, it is the story of 2 people. V and Evey. V is the masked crusader, who is labeled a terrorist by his government. Terrorist because he calls the people of England to stand united, against the tyranny of the dictator. He does blow up some stuff and wreck the police when he has to.
Evey, is a young woman. She was a ‘ward of the state’ from 10 to 18 I guess because the government ‘disappeared’ her parents because they were political protestors. Her story is of a citizen in a tyranical country and what choices have to be made to turn the tide.
It is a wonderful movie. I saw it in the theatre because I hoped it would be good. I bought the DVD because I know it is good.
30 August 2006
Interesting week so far, huh?
Before the police arrive, it's just YOU, and ... Police response times vary widely, depending on volume of calls, and manpower levels; you must consider how long you want to cringe in terror, hoping they arrive, before some possibly drug or alcohol-crazed psycho gets to you first.
What if more clear headed burglars cut your phone lines, or your cell phone goes dead? If you don't realize that YOU are first, and foremost responsible for your own safety, in your own home, you've really missed something.
Proven fact is that burglars most fear armed homeowners, and even more so, aggressive ones, FAR MORE THAN THEY DO THE POLICE (who can't be everywhere at once), a well-documented fact!
Don't know about anyone else here, but if I'm "holed up" in my safe room, armed the way I would be armed, I wouldn't be "cringing in terror" from any threat short of a full bore military assault! It's about mindset, and tactics. Patience is a tactic. uscca
Mayor Noggin
It amazes me that Nagin got elected again. Not that there was much of a choice, but he is going around shooting his mouth off again. Here is an interesting article and website. I think this guy says a lot of good things.
Senator Landrieu was recently on CSPAN talking about the work being done and the status of things post Kartina. Read article here
Wal-Mart has announced an odd new domestic "partnership." They have teamed up with an outfit called the National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce. Wal-Mart has caved in, obviously, to the pressure tactics such groups apply to large corporations.
Wal-Mart has made its billions of the backs of rural communities throughout America. It has never discriminated against homosexuals who want to purchase their products at low prices. Nor have they ever discriminated in hiring homosexuals. Wal-Mart is now a “corporate member” of the “National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce” and (pay for) some of the programs of the “National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce,” including two conferences.
Wal-Mart will also go out of its way to purchase products from businesses with “Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual or Transgender (LGBT)” owners. How can Wal-Mart claim it is a “family-friendly” store and company if it continues to use consumer dollars to fund radical social activism?
IANSA
Just so we’re all clear on the philosophy of the International Action Network on Small Arms (IANSA), here’s a statement from its head, Rebecca Peters:
I think American citizens should not be exempt from the rules that apply to the rest of the world. At the moment there are no rules applying to the rest of the world. That’s what we’re working for. American citizens should have guns that are suitable for the legitimate purposes that they can prove. I think that eventually Americans will realize that their obsession with arming themselves in fear, in a paranoid belief that they’re going to be able to stave off the ills of the world through owning guns, through turning every house into an arsenal, eventually Americans will go away from that. I think Americans who hunt—and who prove that they can hunt—should have single-shot rifles suitable for hunting whatever they’re hunting. I mean American citizens should be like any other citizens of the world.
So… the Second Amendment is irrelevant. What we have is a “right” to hunt—and that only with registered, needs-based certification?
I don’t think so, Missy.
And why am I posting this piece now?
Well, apart from the educational aspect of it (know thy enemy), it should be noted that this foul bunch of internationalist GFWs is planning to get a U.N.-sponsored treaty passed which would mandate the above scenario. (Of course, I highly doubt whether the treaty would ever get ratified here in the United States; even our craven Senate would be—rightly—alarmed about the public backlash. But still.)
It should be noted that this Peters bitch is in the pocket of billionaire Democrat supporter George Soros (from whom IANSA received most of its seed funding).
And the details?
* Licensing for all gun ownership, based on a series of criteria, including minimum age, training and “establishing a genuine reason for needing to own a gun;”
* Arbitrary police discretion in the issuance of gun licenses;
* People subject to domestic violence restraining orders against would be subject to compulsory seizure of all firearms;
* All guns must be registered at time of sale or transfer and when the license is renewed;
* A 28-day waiting period to buy any gun;
* The “genuine reason” for having a gun must be proven separately for each gun, “effectively imposing a limit on the number of guns a person can own;”
* Guns cannot be bought or sold privately but only through a dealer licensed by the State;
* Strict requirements on how guns are stored;
* Limitations on the type of firearms which can be owned
Sometimes called the “Australian model”, this is the blueprint for the terms of the international treaty.
Here’s my suggestion to IANSA:
Don’t even bother trying this crap with the United States. Kim du Toit
What if more clear headed burglars cut your phone lines, or your cell phone goes dead? If you don't realize that YOU are first, and foremost responsible for your own safety, in your own home, you've really missed something.
Proven fact is that burglars most fear armed homeowners, and even more so, aggressive ones, FAR MORE THAN THEY DO THE POLICE (who can't be everywhere at once), a well-documented fact!
Don't know about anyone else here, but if I'm "holed up" in my safe room, armed the way I would be armed, I wouldn't be "cringing in terror" from any threat short of a full bore military assault! It's about mindset, and tactics. Patience is a tactic. uscca
Mayor Noggin
It amazes me that Nagin got elected again. Not that there was much of a choice, but he is going around shooting his mouth off again. Here is an interesting article and website. I think this guy says a lot of good things.
Senator Landrieu was recently on CSPAN talking about the work being done and the status of things post Kartina. Read article here
Wal-Mart has announced an odd new domestic "partnership." They have teamed up with an outfit called the National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce. Wal-Mart has caved in, obviously, to the pressure tactics such groups apply to large corporations.
Wal-Mart has made its billions of the backs of rural communities throughout America. It has never discriminated against homosexuals who want to purchase their products at low prices. Nor have they ever discriminated in hiring homosexuals. Wal-Mart is now a “corporate member” of the “National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce” and (pay for) some of the programs of the “National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce,” including two conferences.
Wal-Mart will also go out of its way to purchase products from businesses with “Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual or Transgender (LGBT)” owners. How can Wal-Mart claim it is a “family-friendly” store and company if it continues to use consumer dollars to fund radical social activism?
IANSA
Just so we’re all clear on the philosophy of the International Action Network on Small Arms (IANSA), here’s a statement from its head, Rebecca Peters:
I think American citizens should not be exempt from the rules that apply to the rest of the world. At the moment there are no rules applying to the rest of the world. That’s what we’re working for. American citizens should have guns that are suitable for the legitimate purposes that they can prove. I think that eventually Americans will realize that their obsession with arming themselves in fear, in a paranoid belief that they’re going to be able to stave off the ills of the world through owning guns, through turning every house into an arsenal, eventually Americans will go away from that. I think Americans who hunt—and who prove that they can hunt—should have single-shot rifles suitable for hunting whatever they’re hunting. I mean American citizens should be like any other citizens of the world.
So… the Second Amendment is irrelevant. What we have is a “right” to hunt—and that only with registered, needs-based certification?
I don’t think so, Missy.
And why am I posting this piece now?
Well, apart from the educational aspect of it (know thy enemy), it should be noted that this foul bunch of internationalist GFWs is planning to get a U.N.-sponsored treaty passed which would mandate the above scenario. (Of course, I highly doubt whether the treaty would ever get ratified here in the United States; even our craven Senate would be—rightly—alarmed about the public backlash. But still.)
It should be noted that this Peters bitch is in the pocket of billionaire Democrat supporter George Soros (from whom IANSA received most of its seed funding).
And the details?
* Licensing for all gun ownership, based on a series of criteria, including minimum age, training and “establishing a genuine reason for needing to own a gun;”
* Arbitrary police discretion in the issuance of gun licenses;
* People subject to domestic violence restraining orders against would be subject to compulsory seizure of all firearms;
* All guns must be registered at time of sale or transfer and when the license is renewed;
* A 28-day waiting period to buy any gun;
* The “genuine reason” for having a gun must be proven separately for each gun, “effectively imposing a limit on the number of guns a person can own;”
* Guns cannot be bought or sold privately but only through a dealer licensed by the State;
* Strict requirements on how guns are stored;
* Limitations on the type of firearms which can be owned
Sometimes called the “Australian model”, this is the blueprint for the terms of the international treaty.
Here’s my suggestion to IANSA:
Don’t even bother trying this crap with the United States. Kim du Toit
24 August 2006
Are an SKS and a .50 Cal equal Officer?
Came across this article and I laughed so hard that police officers could be so naive...or maybe I shouldn't be surprised - anyways have a look for yourself:Police fear the mighty SKS!!! Some choice tidbits from the article:Faust said the steel core bullets used in an SKS strike the body then follow bone, so a bullet can "enter your shoulder and come out of your toe."FALSE - BAD COP NO DOUGHNUT!!!"Equipped with a folding bayonet and armor-piercing rounds, the rifle is a cheap and highly effective weapon -- the predecessor of the AK-47 -- that can blast through engine blocks as easily as it can bones, said Louis Faust, one of nearly 20 NOPD tactical officers who arrested five people, including Thomas."Sort of false, a 7.62x39 will blast through bone, but I've never seen one go clean through an engine block - even in steel core. Now, I will admit that there are likely some exotic ammo types that may do this...but they make the 7.62x39 sound like a .50 cal. Guess when you're playing fast and loose with the "truth" like these cops you can't let facts slow you down."What you see here is not just in the Fischer," Scheurmann said, pointing to the SKS. "The shame of it is there are a lot of good people out there who see people with weapons like this, and they're scared. With drug dealers out with these, what can they do?"...Shoot back? But hey, that would just "escalate the violence" according to these officers who believe that guns just create more violence. If that is indeed the case, why don't you ask them why THEY carry a gun?Guess some animals are more EQUAL than others...Your mission, should you choose to accept is to think about why in high crime cities where police can't control the crime and there aren't enough police to effectively patrol the city, why they don't allow you to effectively protect yourself?
22 August 2006
Support your local 2nd Amendment
Last week, in a landmark victory for NRA and law-abiding gun owners, Judge Carl J. Barbier of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana denied the City of New Orleans' motion to dismiss NRA's lawsuit against the city. Further, Judge Barbier held that the Second Amendment does apply to law-abiding residents in the State of Louisiana and the City of New Orleans. Incredibly, the City of New Orleans persisted in desperately clinging to its anti-gun agenda by contemptuously arguing just the opposite--that the Second Amendment does not apply to residents in the State of Louisiana and the City of New Orleans.
NRA first filed suit after Hurricane Katrina, when firearms were confiscated from law-abiding New Orleans residents. Former New Orleans Police Chief Eddie Compass issued orders to confiscate firearms from all citizens. With that one order, the means of self-protection that innocent victims had during a time of widespread civil disorder was stripped away.
NRA filed suit in federal court and won a preliminary injunction ending these illegal gun confiscations. After the City of New Orleans failed to comply with the court's ruling and falsely claimed that the gun confiscations never occurred, NRA filed a motion for contempt that included an order directing all seized firearms be returned to their rightful owners.
After strenuously denying the illegal confiscations for months, on March 15, 2006, Mayor Nagin and the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) finally conceded in federal court that the seized firearms were stored in two trailers. The city then agreed in court to a process by which law-abiding citizens would be able to file a claim to receive their confiscated firearms. However, few firearms were returned because the NOPD never notified gun owners how to claim their guns, and turned many away citing impossible standards for proof of ownership.
This ruling sets the stage for a continued legal fight in which NRA will be forced to expend additional resources to fight back the anti-gunner's blatant and shameful attempts to ignore the Second Amendment. The case will now move to discovery and pre-trial preparation.
Ray Nagin and his gun grabbing cronies illegally seized over a thousand firearms from hurricane victims in their hour of need. They now seek to absolve themselves of the responsibility of their actions, and to continue to deprive law abiding citizens of their property. Help prevent this from happening. Make them face the music. Hold them accountable. Support the NRA and SAF.
Kathleen Parker says that sensible people are reconsidering our government's opposition to profiling in the search for terrorists. "Sensible people" huh? Well, when are the liberals going to get on board?
Ahhhhh ... but here comes a liberal to tell us that profiling is "unAmerican." What was that Kathleen Parker wrote about "sensible people?"
A group of young eco-radicals lecture school students on the dangers of farming. All those farms, after all, are pushing wild animals off the land! As the column title says, "Never Underestimate Stupidity."
It's the latest trend in Middle Eastern news photography: "fauxtography." Michelle Malkin tracks several cases where news wires have made available images that have been altered...exposing an agenda.
Hispanic groups and the ACLU are suing a town in Pennsylvania for cracking down on illegal aliens. Apparently enforcing the laws of the United States of America is not politically correct anymore.
Read about Louisiana coastal erosion issues and learn or the documentary called Washing Away.
"I am not influenced by the expectation of promotion or pecuniary reward. I wish to be useful, and every kind of service necessary for the public good, become honorable by being necessary."-- Nathan Hale (September 1776)
On A lighter Note:
LINCOLN TOWN CAR
I bought a new Lincoln Town Car about two weeks ago. I had to return to the dealer the week after I bought it because I couldn't figure out how the radio worked. The salesman explained that the radio was voice activated. He said, "Watch this!" The salesman said, "Nelson!" The radio replied, "Ricky or Willie?"
"Willie," he continued and "On the Road Again" came from the speakers.
I drove away happy. For the next few days, every time I'd say "Beethoven" I'd get beautiful classical music, and if I said "Beatles" I'd get one of their awesome songs.
One day, a couple ran a red light and nearly creamed my new car. I swerved in time to avoid them, and I yelled, "ASS HOLES!"
The French National Anthem began to play, sung by Jane Fonda and Michael Moore, backed up by Rev Jesse Jackson on guitar, Al Sharpton on drums.
Damn! I love this car!
NRA first filed suit after Hurricane Katrina, when firearms were confiscated from law-abiding New Orleans residents. Former New Orleans Police Chief Eddie Compass issued orders to confiscate firearms from all citizens. With that one order, the means of self-protection that innocent victims had during a time of widespread civil disorder was stripped away.
NRA filed suit in federal court and won a preliminary injunction ending these illegal gun confiscations. After the City of New Orleans failed to comply with the court's ruling and falsely claimed that the gun confiscations never occurred, NRA filed a motion for contempt that included an order directing all seized firearms be returned to their rightful owners.
After strenuously denying the illegal confiscations for months, on March 15, 2006, Mayor Nagin and the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) finally conceded in federal court that the seized firearms were stored in two trailers. The city then agreed in court to a process by which law-abiding citizens would be able to file a claim to receive their confiscated firearms. However, few firearms were returned because the NOPD never notified gun owners how to claim their guns, and turned many away citing impossible standards for proof of ownership.
This ruling sets the stage for a continued legal fight in which NRA will be forced to expend additional resources to fight back the anti-gunner's blatant and shameful attempts to ignore the Second Amendment. The case will now move to discovery and pre-trial preparation.
Ray Nagin and his gun grabbing cronies illegally seized over a thousand firearms from hurricane victims in their hour of need. They now seek to absolve themselves of the responsibility of their actions, and to continue to deprive law abiding citizens of their property. Help prevent this from happening. Make them face the music. Hold them accountable. Support the NRA and SAF.
Kathleen Parker says that sensible people are reconsidering our government's opposition to profiling in the search for terrorists. "Sensible people" huh? Well, when are the liberals going to get on board?
Ahhhhh ... but here comes a liberal to tell us that profiling is "unAmerican." What was that Kathleen Parker wrote about "sensible people?"
A group of young eco-radicals lecture school students on the dangers of farming. All those farms, after all, are pushing wild animals off the land! As the column title says, "Never Underestimate Stupidity."
It's the latest trend in Middle Eastern news photography: "fauxtography." Michelle Malkin tracks several cases where news wires have made available images that have been altered...exposing an agenda.
Hispanic groups and the ACLU are suing a town in Pennsylvania for cracking down on illegal aliens. Apparently enforcing the laws of the United States of America is not politically correct anymore.
Read about Louisiana coastal erosion issues and learn or the documentary called Washing Away.
"I am not influenced by the expectation of promotion or pecuniary reward. I wish to be useful, and every kind of service necessary for the public good, become honorable by being necessary."-- Nathan Hale (September 1776)
On A lighter Note:
LINCOLN TOWN CAR
I bought a new Lincoln Town Car about two weeks ago. I had to return to the dealer the week after I bought it because I couldn't figure out how the radio worked. The salesman explained that the radio was voice activated. He said, "Watch this!" The salesman said, "Nelson!" The radio replied, "Ricky or Willie?"
"Willie," he continued and "On the Road Again" came from the speakers.
I drove away happy. For the next few days, every time I'd say "Beethoven" I'd get beautiful classical music, and if I said "Beatles" I'd get one of their awesome songs.
One day, a couple ran a red light and nearly creamed my new car. I swerved in time to avoid them, and I yelled, "ASS HOLES!"
The French National Anthem began to play, sung by Jane Fonda and Michael Moore, backed up by Rev Jesse Jackson on guitar, Al Sharpton on drums.
Damn! I love this car!
Washing Away
Just to let you know of an upcoming LPB and PBS television documentary that I think will be of interest to you in Louisiana.
Christina Melton, an award winning Louisiana Public Broadcasting producer has completed a powerful documentary that will air within Louisiana on public broadcasting stations on the one-year anniversary of Katrina on August 29, 2006 at 8:00 p.m. It will air again in Louisiana on September 3, 2006 at 4:00 p.m.
For those of you outside of Louisiana, Washing Away will air nationally on September 7, 2006 at 8:00 p.m. CST (9:00 p.m. EST).
Washing Away: Losing Louisiana - the story of Louisiana's disappearing coastline and how this unfolding crisis affects all of America - is told through the eyes of people affected by hurricanes Katrina and Rita. It is narrated by academy award winner, Susan Sarandon.
You can see a preview of the Washing Away at the following link. Scroll down to the bottom of the poster at the link and you can see a preview of the documentary.
http://www.lpb.org/programs/washingaway/
If you have the time, it would help if you could spread the word to your friends and contacts around the United States about this documentary.
Washing Away is a very powerful story that will help people to understand the depth of the connection between our south Louisiana culture, economy, and ecology.
Warm regards,
Kerry M. St.Pé, Program Director
Barataria-Terrebonne National Estuary Program
1-800-259-0869
http://www.btnep.org/
Christina Melton, an award winning Louisiana Public Broadcasting producer has completed a powerful documentary that will air within Louisiana on public broadcasting stations on the one-year anniversary of Katrina on August 29, 2006 at 8:00 p.m. It will air again in Louisiana on September 3, 2006 at 4:00 p.m.
For those of you outside of Louisiana, Washing Away will air nationally on September 7, 2006 at 8:00 p.m. CST (9:00 p.m. EST).
Washing Away: Losing Louisiana - the story of Louisiana's disappearing coastline and how this unfolding crisis affects all of America - is told through the eyes of people affected by hurricanes Katrina and Rita. It is narrated by academy award winner, Susan Sarandon.
You can see a preview of the Washing Away at the following link. Scroll down to the bottom of the poster at the link and you can see a preview of the documentary.
http://www.lpb.org/programs/washingaway/
If you have the time, it would help if you could spread the word to your friends and contacts around the United States about this documentary.
Washing Away is a very powerful story that will help people to understand the depth of the connection between our south Louisiana culture, economy, and ecology.
Warm regards,
Kerry M. St.Pé, Program Director
Barataria-Terrebonne National Estuary Program
1-800-259-0869
http://www.btnep.org/
16 August 2006
Senate Votes
On July 13,2006, the US Senate voted on the Vitter amendment, legislation to block future infringements on the right to keep and bear arms. The confiscation of legally owned guns during an emergency such as last year's hurricane Katrina took one more step towards becoming illegal. Sixteen senators voted against this legislation, and therefore, against a fundamental right, not just an American right that our country was founded on, but the human right to self defense. There were no real surprises, or were there?
These senators were:
Daniel Akaka, HawaiiBarbara Boxer, CaliforniaHillary Clinton, New YorkChristopher Dodd, ConnecticutDick Durbin, Illinois Dianne Feinstein, CaliforniaTom Harkin, IowaDaniel Inouye, HawaiiEdward Kennedy, MassachusettsFrank Lautenberg, New JerseyCarl Levin, MichiganRobert Menéndez, New JerseyBarbara Mikulski, MarylandJack Reed, Rhode IslandPaul Sarbanes, MarylandChuck Schumer, New York
The mind isn't a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be lit. – Anonymous
These senators were:
Daniel Akaka, HawaiiBarbara Boxer, CaliforniaHillary Clinton, New YorkChristopher Dodd, ConnecticutDick Durbin, Illinois Dianne Feinstein, CaliforniaTom Harkin, IowaDaniel Inouye, HawaiiEdward Kennedy, MassachusettsFrank Lautenberg, New JerseyCarl Levin, MichiganRobert Menéndez, New JerseyBarbara Mikulski, MarylandJack Reed, Rhode IslandPaul Sarbanes, MarylandChuck Schumer, New York
The mind isn't a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be lit. – Anonymous
14 August 2006
What the hell ?
What the hell is wrong with our News Media? Why are they still saying crap like “Israel should lay down their arms”? Here is the deal, if you say that or if you think that... you are Anti-Semitic. Flat out, that's it. If Hezbollah lays down their arms, peace will exist. If Israel lays down their arms, Israel will cease to exist. Simple as that. Then there is the worst case scenario... Israel gives in. Remember your history lessons about when the religion of Islam first started and I think it was the 3rd Islamic leader who changed the religion to a conquest? They spread like a wild fire taking large areas of geography leading towards Europe. They were stopped at two points. France by Charles Martel and in Constantinople by the Byzantines. This new Islamic Conquest is now a lot more brutal, random, and it could be in your front lawn tomorrow. Israel is surrounded and is a symbolic goal for them. If they take Israel, then it's going to be an Extremist Islamic free-for-all world wide. And you can't just say, “Fine, I'll be Muslim too” because you might not be the right kind of Muslim. If your in the wrong faction... It's like World of War Craft.
Endless and senseless violence everywhere. Israel has to be strong. Just like Europe needed Constantinople to be strong, the world needs a strong Israel. thx Ogre
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Muslim groups criticized President George W. Bush on Thursday for calling a foiled plot to blow up airplanes part of a “war with Islamic fascists,” saying the term could inflame anti-Muslim tensions.
Not to pick nits here, but if anything is likely to “inflame anti-Muslim tensions” here, it would be the fact that a bunch of Muslims were caught while plotting to blow up a dozen civilian airliners, just like a bunch of Muslims did, in fact, murder 3,000 American civilians some five years ago, not to mention the Muslim terrorists that blew up a nightclub in Bali, the Muslim terrorists who blew up trains and buses in London, the Muslim terrorists who blew up trains in Madrid, the Muslim terrorists that blew up… Well, you get the drift.
And if anything really inflames our Imperial Temper, then it’s watching the utterly predictable charade of Muslim terror apologists immediately expressing concerns about their well-being even before the bodies of the latest Muslim terror attacks have assumed room temperature and criticizing people for daring to call a spade a spade.
U.S. officials have said the plot, thwarted by Britain, to blow up several aircraft over the Atlantic bore many of the hallmarks of al Qaeda.
Which, in case CAIR has managed to convince you otherwise, is a Muslim terrorist organization. Not that their club membership really matters, since they were all Muslims and, most assuredly, Islamic fascists. I’m not saying that all Muslims are Islamic fascists, nor did the President suggest any such thing, but those Muslims most definitely were.
So we guess that what CAIR is really saying by complaining about the term “Islamic fascists” being used to describe actual Islamic fascists possibly leading to anti-Muslim sentiment is that they equate “Islamic fascism” with “Muslim?”
Interesting.
And the Brits tried, much to their eternal shame. They initially described the Pakistani Muslim suspects as “Asian” which, though technically speaking correct, is a clear and deliberate attempt to mislead. Unless they really were trying to suggest that it was Mr. Miyagi and his students taking a break from “wax on, wax off.” But ultimately, they had to admit that it wouldn’t work, particularly when they had to release a list of names and everybody more intelligent than a turnip noticed that there were a lot of “Mohammad’s” in there.
Not all Muslims are terrorists, but all (as in “99.99999999%”) terrorists are Muslim.
That there are any bipedal life forms (chickens are excused) left on this planet who haven’t yet added up 2 and 2 and gotten 4 is enough to drive any sane man to drink, but we hope, against hope, that it won’t be much longer before the last blathering appeasenik ostrich sees the light. thx Rottweiller
It would be interesting to question why Lebanon doesn’t take out Hezbollah. The Israelis are not attacking Lebanon but, Hezbollah in Lebanon. CJ
Endless and senseless violence everywhere. Israel has to be strong. Just like Europe needed Constantinople to be strong, the world needs a strong Israel. thx Ogre
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Muslim groups criticized President George W. Bush on Thursday for calling a foiled plot to blow up airplanes part of a “war with Islamic fascists,” saying the term could inflame anti-Muslim tensions.
Not to pick nits here, but if anything is likely to “inflame anti-Muslim tensions” here, it would be the fact that a bunch of Muslims were caught while plotting to blow up a dozen civilian airliners, just like a bunch of Muslims did, in fact, murder 3,000 American civilians some five years ago, not to mention the Muslim terrorists that blew up a nightclub in Bali, the Muslim terrorists who blew up trains and buses in London, the Muslim terrorists who blew up trains in Madrid, the Muslim terrorists that blew up… Well, you get the drift.
And if anything really inflames our Imperial Temper, then it’s watching the utterly predictable charade of Muslim terror apologists immediately expressing concerns about their well-being even before the bodies of the latest Muslim terror attacks have assumed room temperature and criticizing people for daring to call a spade a spade.
U.S. officials have said the plot, thwarted by Britain, to blow up several aircraft over the Atlantic bore many of the hallmarks of al Qaeda.
Which, in case CAIR has managed to convince you otherwise, is a Muslim terrorist organization. Not that their club membership really matters, since they were all Muslims and, most assuredly, Islamic fascists. I’m not saying that all Muslims are Islamic fascists, nor did the President suggest any such thing, but those Muslims most definitely were.
So we guess that what CAIR is really saying by complaining about the term “Islamic fascists” being used to describe actual Islamic fascists possibly leading to anti-Muslim sentiment is that they equate “Islamic fascism” with “Muslim?”
Interesting.
And the Brits tried, much to their eternal shame. They initially described the Pakistani Muslim suspects as “Asian” which, though technically speaking correct, is a clear and deliberate attempt to mislead. Unless they really were trying to suggest that it was Mr. Miyagi and his students taking a break from “wax on, wax off.” But ultimately, they had to admit that it wouldn’t work, particularly when they had to release a list of names and everybody more intelligent than a turnip noticed that there were a lot of “Mohammad’s” in there.
Not all Muslims are terrorists, but all (as in “99.99999999%”) terrorists are Muslim.
That there are any bipedal life forms (chickens are excused) left on this planet who haven’t yet added up 2 and 2 and gotten 4 is enough to drive any sane man to drink, but we hope, against hope, that it won’t be much longer before the last blathering appeasenik ostrich sees the light. thx Rottweiller
It would be interesting to question why Lebanon doesn’t take out Hezbollah. The Israelis are not attacking Lebanon but, Hezbollah in Lebanon. CJ
27 July 2006
Weekly Update
Politicians
Mary Landrieu is making the circuit on radio and TV about drilling oil here locally. This is the one thing where she rails against her party for. I guess either she really believes it will benefit her state or she knows if she votes against oil field issues Louisiana would fire her.
Meanwhile, the Hildebeast seems to think that if you want to make a change, if you disagree with anything the government is doing right now, then ‘vote Democrat’. Well thank you Senator Clinton. Let me just click off all the Ds in the voting booth. No sense actually looking up issues and thinking for ourselves. Just sign off on some party ticket.
I do not care what party you agree with the most, you do not agree with their entire agenda. And if you do just click off all the boxes based on the letter beside them, not only should you be stricken from the voting roles, you should be labeled as the village idiot, and treated accordingly.
Entertainment
Lance Bass of `N Sync reveals he's gay is this really a news story? Was anybody on the face of the earth really confused about this? I mean I thought it was fairy.. I mean fairly obvious.
On the same note, let us look at how far we have moved in the music and media circus. Do you all remember Dire Straits’ Brothers in Arms album? 85ish I’m guessing. ‘I want my MTV’. Come on you remember it , sing with me, ‘That little faggot with the earring and the makeup, that little faggots got his own jet airplane, that little faggot is a millionaire’. Man would that go triple platinum now?
Of course, the slobbering pan banging that goes on for music on MTV now is a farce. That is when they have ‘music’ on. Remote Control was bad enough, now there is Yo Mama and Punk’d and Cribs and ????? where is the freakin music? Oh, MTV2. No that has game shows and fake Kung Fu crap on it. Maybe I am just too old. Or maybe, just maybe MUSIC TELEVISION should change its name to something else. How about, Mind-numbing Television. Then the can keep the initials the same. Everyone is already confused so this won’t hurt any.
Militant Loons
It pisses me off that all we hear from the ‘International’ community is how Israel should stop shooting. Well if I remember correctly, they did not START the shooting until a radical Islamic Jihadist started shooting. That is the problem with the ‘International’ community. They like to appease and bury their heads.
Has anyone else noticed the UN in New York City has a pistol with a knot tied in the barrel out front? These clowns are out to get us all killed, because they do not get it.
Freedom
I have a craving to see Starship Troopers again. Michael Ironsides is the commander in that movie and he describes the difference between a civilian and a citizen. I remember I loved it and want to see it again. It is a Robert Heinlein story, maybe I should read the book.
The BIG Gun Show happening this weekend in Kenner at the Ponchatrain Center. If you won’t go use your 2nd amendment verified, God given right, and American freedom of gun ownership for yourself, then go buy some for me. Leave them at the front desk and I’ll pick them up on my way out at the end the day.
Catch you next week...CJ
Hmmm... If you're going for your back-up handgun, you're probably in a world of hurt. Maybe it's time to start praying! Tim Schmidt
Mary Landrieu is making the circuit on radio and TV about drilling oil here locally. This is the one thing where she rails against her party for. I guess either she really believes it will benefit her state or she knows if she votes against oil field issues Louisiana would fire her.
Meanwhile, the Hildebeast seems to think that if you want to make a change, if you disagree with anything the government is doing right now, then ‘vote Democrat’. Well thank you Senator Clinton. Let me just click off all the Ds in the voting booth. No sense actually looking up issues and thinking for ourselves. Just sign off on some party ticket.
I do not care what party you agree with the most, you do not agree with their entire agenda. And if you do just click off all the boxes based on the letter beside them, not only should you be stricken from the voting roles, you should be labeled as the village idiot, and treated accordingly.
Entertainment
Lance Bass of `N Sync reveals he's gay is this really a news story? Was anybody on the face of the earth really confused about this? I mean I thought it was fairy.. I mean fairly obvious.
On the same note, let us look at how far we have moved in the music and media circus. Do you all remember Dire Straits’ Brothers in Arms album? 85ish I’m guessing. ‘I want my MTV’. Come on you remember it , sing with me, ‘That little faggot with the earring and the makeup, that little faggots got his own jet airplane, that little faggot is a millionaire’. Man would that go triple platinum now?
Of course, the slobbering pan banging that goes on for music on MTV now is a farce. That is when they have ‘music’ on. Remote Control was bad enough, now there is Yo Mama and Punk’d and Cribs and ????? where is the freakin music? Oh, MTV2. No that has game shows and fake Kung Fu crap on it. Maybe I am just too old. Or maybe, just maybe MUSIC TELEVISION should change its name to something else. How about, Mind-numbing Television. Then the can keep the initials the same. Everyone is already confused so this won’t hurt any.
Militant Loons
It pisses me off that all we hear from the ‘International’ community is how Israel should stop shooting. Well if I remember correctly, they did not START the shooting until a radical Islamic Jihadist started shooting. That is the problem with the ‘International’ community. They like to appease and bury their heads.
Has anyone else noticed the UN in New York City has a pistol with a knot tied in the barrel out front? These clowns are out to get us all killed, because they do not get it.
Freedom
I have a craving to see Starship Troopers again. Michael Ironsides is the commander in that movie and he describes the difference between a civilian and a citizen. I remember I loved it and want to see it again. It is a Robert Heinlein story, maybe I should read the book.
The BIG Gun Show happening this weekend in Kenner at the Ponchatrain Center. If you won’t go use your 2nd amendment verified, God given right, and American freedom of gun ownership for yourself, then go buy some for me. Leave them at the front desk and I’ll pick them up on my way out at the end the day.
Catch you next week...CJ
Hmmm... If you're going for your back-up handgun, you're probably in a world of hurt. Maybe it's time to start praying! Tim Schmidt
21 July 2006
News This Week
Assuming responsibility for their community
A small Pennsylvania city has passed a law banning illegal aliens. Evidently if the federal government isn't going to do anything about it, some have decided it's time for local government to step up. Good idea.
What the Media will not say
How can I say this strongly enough? This isn't between Israel and Hezbollah. This isn't between Israel and the so-called "Palestinians" in the Gaza. This isn't between the U.S. and the Islamic fascists in Iraq. This is between the entire free world and Muslim radicals. This is a shooting, bombing war that is going on in virtually every continent on earth, save Antarctica. This is a world war. On the one side you have Muslims who believe that they are on a mission from god, on the other side you have people of various stripes merely trying to preserve their own way of life.
The current war between Israel and Hezbollah shows the high price of appeasement. Hal Lindsey says you can trace that policy all the way back to 1993 and the 'land for peace' deal with the Palestinians.
Thomas Sowell has a shocking observation: if a cease-fire was going to work in the Middle East, wouldn't it have worked the other umpteen times we had a cease-fire over there? He says people need to learn to tell the difference between rhetoric and reality.
Governments around the world have been condescendingly admitting that Israel has a right to defend itself. Oliver North wonders why that even comes into question. Don't all countries have that right?
Speaking of a cease fire, Mona Charen says if Israel is forced to stop fighting, then Iran and Syria will benefit as will Hezbollah. She also takes the New York Times to task for their pro-appeasement editorial page. Thx boortz
I absolutely love Ann Coulter. She kicks these knuckleheads right in their stupid teeth every time she speaks. The 3rd political party [aka the media] makes up lies to try and take her down because she points out what should be obvious. It is like she is pulling back the veil that they work so hard to create. Keep up the great work Ann.
Natural Born Rights
I believe that all humans are born with certain basic rights. Now there aren't too many of these "basic rights" but the ones that we're born with, well they're the good ones.
Natural-Born Rights
Life
Liberty
Pursuit of Happiness
That is it. No more. No less. Pretty darn simple. As far as I am concerned, my "rights" end where someone else's "rights" begin. I don't believe that I have the "right" to food, health care, protection, safety, security, or even education. I don't even think I have a "right" to well-labeled food, a clean environment, SUVs that get 37 mpg, or even price-controlled corn. Now don't get me wrong, I'm no anti-government anarchist. Government is like fire... very useful but you'd better be careful with it.
So you see... with me, things are pretty simple. Don't threaten my life, liberty or ability to pursue happiness and everything will be all right. It's that first part that the violent criminals don't really get. So as far as the bad guys go, if you're going to threaten my life, my wife's life, my son's lives or my daughter's life… well, I'm fighting back.
I hear a lot of talk about the importance of security these days. We are told that the federal government must keep us secure and protect us from terrorists. We must leave our guns at home when we go to increasingly numerous “gun-free” areas. We must walk through metal detectors and undergo searches to ensure that we are not a danger to our fellow citizens. This is all done in the name of security.
I think many of us are missing a simple truth. Whether it is a knife, gun, or box cutter; what a person is carrying with them is not where the danger lies. It is within their heart and mind. Evil people will ALWAYS figure out a way to beat the system and go undetected. Completely disarming 99 good people in order to partially disarm one evil person makes no sense. I believe that true “security” only comes with an armed society. When the evil among us are surrounded by well-armed and well-trained citizens, we will truly be safe.
I hope and pray that you NEVER have to experience a violent crime. If you DO have the unfortunate circumstance of being targeted by a criminal, I hope and pray that you have the ability to defend yourself----Tim Schmidt – Founder U.S. Concealed Carry
+--^----------,--------,-----,--------^-,
`--------'
`+---------------------------^----------
`\_,---------,---------,--------------'
/ XXXXXX /' /'
/ XXXXXX / `\ /'
/ XXXXXX /`-------'
/ XXXXXX /
/ XXXXXX /
(________(
`------'
Louisiana Sues to Block Offshore Leases. Read story here. Basically, what this boils down to is that we are not getting the same provisions for our production as other states are.
Hans Christian Anderson in Standoff with Baton Rouge Police
I could not pass up the headline. Read story here.
The mind isn't a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be lit. – Anonymous
A small Pennsylvania city has passed a law banning illegal aliens. Evidently if the federal government isn't going to do anything about it, some have decided it's time for local government to step up. Good idea.
What the Media will not say
How can I say this strongly enough? This isn't between Israel and Hezbollah. This isn't between Israel and the so-called "Palestinians" in the Gaza. This isn't between the U.S. and the Islamic fascists in Iraq. This is between the entire free world and Muslim radicals. This is a shooting, bombing war that is going on in virtually every continent on earth, save Antarctica. This is a world war. On the one side you have Muslims who believe that they are on a mission from god, on the other side you have people of various stripes merely trying to preserve their own way of life.
The current war between Israel and Hezbollah shows the high price of appeasement. Hal Lindsey says you can trace that policy all the way back to 1993 and the 'land for peace' deal with the Palestinians.
Thomas Sowell has a shocking observation: if a cease-fire was going to work in the Middle East, wouldn't it have worked the other umpteen times we had a cease-fire over there? He says people need to learn to tell the difference between rhetoric and reality.
Governments around the world have been condescendingly admitting that Israel has a right to defend itself. Oliver North wonders why that even comes into question. Don't all countries have that right?
Speaking of a cease fire, Mona Charen says if Israel is forced to stop fighting, then Iran and Syria will benefit as will Hezbollah. She also takes the New York Times to task for their pro-appeasement editorial page. Thx boortz
I absolutely love Ann Coulter. She kicks these knuckleheads right in their stupid teeth every time she speaks. The 3rd political party [aka the media] makes up lies to try and take her down because she points out what should be obvious. It is like she is pulling back the veil that they work so hard to create. Keep up the great work Ann.
Natural Born Rights
I believe that all humans are born with certain basic rights. Now there aren't too many of these "basic rights" but the ones that we're born with, well they're the good ones.
Natural-Born Rights
Life
Liberty
Pursuit of Happiness
That is it. No more. No less. Pretty darn simple. As far as I am concerned, my "rights" end where someone else's "rights" begin. I don't believe that I have the "right" to food, health care, protection, safety, security, or even education. I don't even think I have a "right" to well-labeled food, a clean environment, SUVs that get 37 mpg, or even price-controlled corn. Now don't get me wrong, I'm no anti-government anarchist. Government is like fire... very useful but you'd better be careful with it.
So you see... with me, things are pretty simple. Don't threaten my life, liberty or ability to pursue happiness and everything will be all right. It's that first part that the violent criminals don't really get. So as far as the bad guys go, if you're going to threaten my life, my wife's life, my son's lives or my daughter's life… well, I'm fighting back.
I hear a lot of talk about the importance of security these days. We are told that the federal government must keep us secure and protect us from terrorists. We must leave our guns at home when we go to increasingly numerous “gun-free” areas. We must walk through metal detectors and undergo searches to ensure that we are not a danger to our fellow citizens. This is all done in the name of security.
I think many of us are missing a simple truth. Whether it is a knife, gun, or box cutter; what a person is carrying with them is not where the danger lies. It is within their heart and mind. Evil people will ALWAYS figure out a way to beat the system and go undetected. Completely disarming 99 good people in order to partially disarm one evil person makes no sense. I believe that true “security” only comes with an armed society. When the evil among us are surrounded by well-armed and well-trained citizens, we will truly be safe.
I hope and pray that you NEVER have to experience a violent crime. If you DO have the unfortunate circumstance of being targeted by a criminal, I hope and pray that you have the ability to defend yourself----Tim Schmidt – Founder U.S. Concealed Carry
+--^----------,--------,-----,--------^-,
`--------'
`+---------------------------^----------
`\_,---------,---------,--------------'
/ XXXXXX /' /'
/ XXXXXX / `\ /'
/ XXXXXX /`-------'
/ XXXXXX /
/ XXXXXX /
(________(
`------'
Louisiana Sues to Block Offshore Leases. Read story here. Basically, what this boils down to is that we are not getting the same provisions for our production as other states are.
Hans Christian Anderson in Standoff with Baton Rouge Police
I could not pass up the headline. Read story here.
The mind isn't a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be lit. – Anonymous
11 July 2006
Thoughts Diem
Thoughts on Louisiana
On Monday, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued a report which deals with the Louisiana coastal restoration and Category 5 Protection. Both Governor Blanco and U.S. Senator Landrieu have issued major concerns regarding the report. Here are their written concerns which include a formal letter by Senator Landrieu:
Now, I have said this before and I am saying it again. The US Army Corp of Engineers builds around the world. They build what they can with the money they are provided. This report shows what they can do with what they are being provided. The problem isn’t the COE. It is the politicians not spending OUR money wisely.
Meanwhile, back at the ranch, Congressman Jefferson tried to get the raid on his office thrown out of court. I guess the raid produced some good incrimination evidence. No luck Bill, the court said it was all legal. So that evidence will stand against you. Maybe he thought it was illegal because he is ‘above the law’. Or he has been in politics so long that he doesn’t know what legal is any more. HAHAHA
In New Orleans, Governor Blanco will join Housing and Urban Development Deputy Secretary Roy A. Bernardi and New Orleans Mayor Nagin Today at a news conference to make a major funding announcement affecting the long-term redevelopment of Louisiana following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
The press conference is scheduled for Tuesday, July 11, 2006, afternoon.
Oh boy, I hope we get some free or $1 houses for the dregs of society to move back to LA. I’m sure they will try to swindle any legitimate landowner if they can. I bet the people waiting to see what the plan is so they can sell or renovate are ecstatic that they are still in limbo.
Thoughts on Korea
Whats happening today:
President Hu Jintao told the visiting vice president of the North's parliament, Yang Hyong Sop, "We are against any actions that will aggravate the situation. We hope that relevant parties will do more things conducive to the peace and stability of the peninsula," according to the official Xinhua News Agency.
Hu said Beijing is "seriously concerned" and called for progress in stalled six-nation talks over the North's nuclear program.
The warning by Hu, who rarely speaks publicly about North Korea, represented an unusually firm stance by Beijing and appeared to reflect growing frustration with its unruly ally.
North Korea states it is willing to return to six-party talks on its nuclear program if the United States drops financial sanctions against Pyongyang, Deputy Foreign Minister Kim Hyong Jun said on Tuesday.
"As soon as the United States lifts financial sanctions, we will readily participate in the next round of the six party talks," Kim told reporters in South Africa's capital, where he is on an official visit.
The process stalled in November because Pyongyang objected to U.S. financial sanctions based on claims North Korea counterfeited U.S. currency and trafficked drugs.
The six party delegation members for talks with North Korea is China, South Korea, Japan, Russia as well as the U.S.
My observations:
I spent a few days in the Republic of Korea; aka South Korea, a few years ago. I did the tour in Seoul, they have a fascinating ‘War Museum’ there. And then out into the villages and the countryside. I spend some time in Taegu, another of the ROKs major cities.
Through my traveling and visitations and interactions with these Korean peoples, I found them to be very much their own people. The ‘South Koreans’ do not view the peoples across the northern border as an enemy, but as a brother, sister or cousin. They see things as a separation by tyrants. Most see the North Korean [DPRK] as the tyrant that keeps them from their peoples being one. A few see the United States as a tyrant, occupying the South. Mostly these are angry young men, who need someplace to yell about something, but they are there.
What I found interesting was the way these peoples, through all the centuries of being walked on [my friend calls Korea ‘Asia’s Doormat’] due to the location it is basically, a land bridge between China and Japan, the 2 dominant Asian countries. They have maintained the Hangul language and identity. They have used the occupations and battles, the products and the pains, as a learning experience.
Take Hapkido for example. Aikido is the Japanese art of moving the aggressions of an attacker against them and walking away from the attack unscathed. The Han people {Koreans} learned and modified this art to be using the aggressions of your attacker against them to position them to be retaliated upon.
The Hapkido instructors explain it like this:
‘Two monks know the same art. One monk sees a bug on a path and patiently waits and brushes him aside. This is Aikido. The second monk simply walks on top of the bug. This is Hapkido’
So, these people who make houses out of the things that Americans and Europeans see as trash, have maintained and grown yet always kept Han {the Korean Identity}. The Chinese buffet is a huge industry in America. There is one in even little cities here. Yet, Korean restaurants are few and far between. This is due to the fact that the Korean peoples do not Americanize their dishes. The Red Hot Chili Peppers call it ‘Californication’. Asian food, in Asian countries has a ‘twang’ to it. This flavor of Asia is disguised in your local buffet. It is covered up with sugary sauces and taste bud numbing ingredients [MSG].
The Korean people are loyal people. For example, while we eat in any kind of restaurant and drive any kind of vehicle, I bet if you find a Korean in the restaurant, you are in a Korean restaurant. If you ride in your Korean coworkers car it is a Daewoo or Kia. They use an LG cell phone. They support the products, services and members of their own.
Not that ROK is super and I want to move there, but it is a nice place to visit. Unarmed of course, they have totalitarian gun laws. ;) As for the DPRK, the government up north is just plan dumb. This clown needs to be ejected. He just wants to be a bully. Just like Saddam or Hitler. He is loving the bright lights and attention. MEGLOMANIAC. IMHO, CJ
On Monday, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued a report which deals with the Louisiana coastal restoration and Category 5 Protection. Both Governor Blanco and U.S. Senator Landrieu have issued major concerns regarding the report. Here are their written concerns which include a formal letter by Senator Landrieu:
Now, I have said this before and I am saying it again. The US Army Corp of Engineers builds around the world. They build what they can with the money they are provided. This report shows what they can do with what they are being provided. The problem isn’t the COE. It is the politicians not spending OUR money wisely.
Meanwhile, back at the ranch, Congressman Jefferson tried to get the raid on his office thrown out of court. I guess the raid produced some good incrimination evidence. No luck Bill, the court said it was all legal. So that evidence will stand against you. Maybe he thought it was illegal because he is ‘above the law’. Or he has been in politics so long that he doesn’t know what legal is any more. HAHAHA
In New Orleans, Governor Blanco will join Housing and Urban Development Deputy Secretary Roy A. Bernardi and New Orleans Mayor Nagin Today at a news conference to make a major funding announcement affecting the long-term redevelopment of Louisiana following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
The press conference is scheduled for Tuesday, July 11, 2006, afternoon.
Oh boy, I hope we get some free or $1 houses for the dregs of society to move back to LA. I’m sure they will try to swindle any legitimate landowner if they can. I bet the people waiting to see what the plan is so they can sell or renovate are ecstatic that they are still in limbo.
Thoughts on Korea
Whats happening today:
President Hu Jintao told the visiting vice president of the North's parliament, Yang Hyong Sop, "We are against any actions that will aggravate the situation. We hope that relevant parties will do more things conducive to the peace and stability of the peninsula," according to the official Xinhua News Agency.
Hu said Beijing is "seriously concerned" and called for progress in stalled six-nation talks over the North's nuclear program.
The warning by Hu, who rarely speaks publicly about North Korea, represented an unusually firm stance by Beijing and appeared to reflect growing frustration with its unruly ally.
North Korea states it is willing to return to six-party talks on its nuclear program if the United States drops financial sanctions against Pyongyang, Deputy Foreign Minister Kim Hyong Jun said on Tuesday.
"As soon as the United States lifts financial sanctions, we will readily participate in the next round of the six party talks," Kim told reporters in South Africa's capital, where he is on an official visit.
The process stalled in November because Pyongyang objected to U.S. financial sanctions based on claims North Korea counterfeited U.S. currency and trafficked drugs.
The six party delegation members for talks with North Korea is China, South Korea, Japan, Russia as well as the U.S.
My observations:
I spent a few days in the Republic of Korea; aka South Korea, a few years ago. I did the tour in Seoul, they have a fascinating ‘War Museum’ there. And then out into the villages and the countryside. I spend some time in Taegu, another of the ROKs major cities.
Through my traveling and visitations and interactions with these Korean peoples, I found them to be very much their own people. The ‘South Koreans’ do not view the peoples across the northern border as an enemy, but as a brother, sister or cousin. They see things as a separation by tyrants. Most see the North Korean [DPRK] as the tyrant that keeps them from their peoples being one. A few see the United States as a tyrant, occupying the South. Mostly these are angry young men, who need someplace to yell about something, but they are there.
What I found interesting was the way these peoples, through all the centuries of being walked on [my friend calls Korea ‘Asia’s Doormat’] due to the location it is basically, a land bridge between China and Japan, the 2 dominant Asian countries. They have maintained the Hangul language and identity. They have used the occupations and battles, the products and the pains, as a learning experience.
Take Hapkido for example. Aikido is the Japanese art of moving the aggressions of an attacker against them and walking away from the attack unscathed. The Han people {Koreans} learned and modified this art to be using the aggressions of your attacker against them to position them to be retaliated upon.
The Hapkido instructors explain it like this:
‘Two monks know the same art. One monk sees a bug on a path and patiently waits and brushes him aside. This is Aikido. The second monk simply walks on top of the bug. This is Hapkido’
So, these people who make houses out of the things that Americans and Europeans see as trash, have maintained and grown yet always kept Han {the Korean Identity}. The Chinese buffet is a huge industry in America. There is one in even little cities here. Yet, Korean restaurants are few and far between. This is due to the fact that the Korean peoples do not Americanize their dishes. The Red Hot Chili Peppers call it ‘Californication’. Asian food, in Asian countries has a ‘twang’ to it. This flavor of Asia is disguised in your local buffet. It is covered up with sugary sauces and taste bud numbing ingredients [MSG].
The Korean people are loyal people. For example, while we eat in any kind of restaurant and drive any kind of vehicle, I bet if you find a Korean in the restaurant, you are in a Korean restaurant. If you ride in your Korean coworkers car it is a Daewoo or Kia. They use an LG cell phone. They support the products, services and members of their own.
Not that ROK is super and I want to move there, but it is a nice place to visit. Unarmed of course, they have totalitarian gun laws. ;) As for the DPRK, the government up north is just plan dumb. This clown needs to be ejected. He just wants to be a bully. Just like Saddam or Hitler. He is loving the bright lights and attention. MEGLOMANIAC. IMHO, CJ
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