Congressional pay raises (a correction)

Remember last week when I wrote about congress voting themselves a $ 93,000 per year pay raise?

Well that wasn't exactly right.

It was a $93,000 increase in their yearly petty cash account. It was given to purportedly stimulate the economy.

What the fuck over?

This $93,000 is not taxed in any way shape or form. Members of congress can spend it any way they want.

This is significant because there was an additional $4700 per year pay raise added to the porkulous bill that was removed at the last minute. That's a red herring if I ever smelled one.

A while back, the Senate got tired of the embarrassment of having to vote themselves pay raises on national TV so they decided to make their pay raises automatic.

Go have a looksee if your Senator voted for the Automatic raises. HERE

Only 4 Republicans voted for the auto raises. Cochran (R-MS) Gregg (R-NH) Lugar (R-IN) Wicker (R-MS) Martinez (R-FL) if that makes it any easier.

So while the rest of we Americans are losing jobs, homes, cutting expenses and making sacrifices, our lawmakers are bathing in your tax dollars and using your money to bribe their constituents into into re-electing them.

Here is a list showing some of the perks members of congress receive.

...The high salaries and petty cash accounts that I already mentioned.

...Pension benefits that are two to three times more generous than those offered in the private sector. Taxpayers directly cover at least 80 percent of this costly plan and they are inflation protected.

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...Free Health and life insurance, whose costs, are subsidized by taxpayers.

...Limousines, parking spaces on Capitol Hill, and choice spots at Washington's two major airports.

...Travel to various destinations as well as to home states and districts.

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...Free health clubs and fine furnishings.

...The franking privilege, which gives lawmakers millions in tax dollars to create a favorable public image. Basically we pay for all the campaign literature and postage they send out.

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...Congressional incumbents have spent as much on franking alone as challengers have spent on their entire campaigns.

...An office staff that performs "constituent services" Incredibly, this staff is exempt from the minimum wage law. They do not get paid overtime and are not protected by any of the labor laws that most of us enjoy.

...Congress entitled themselves to exemptions and immunities from tax, pension, and other laws that burden private citizens -- all crafted by lawmakers themselves.

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I think Congress has been living fat dumb and happy on our dime for way too long.

Our lawmakers have become accustomed to picking our pockets, stealing half, redistributing the rest and acting like they are doing us a favor.

It's time to clear out the whole fucking lot of them and start over from scratch.

No more professional politicians.

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Obama apointee...bail out the media and license them.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/04/16/obama-appointee-suggests-radical-plan-newspaper-bailout/

Influential Los Angeles Times columnist Rosa Brooks has hung up her journalistic hat and joined the Obama administration, but not before penning a public proposal calling for some radical ideas to help bail out the failing news industry.

Why should we bail anyone out with our tax dollars? The Newspapers have spoon fed us their leftist slanted garbage for the last 50 years and people are sick and tired of it. Newspapers are dead..they did it to themselves and now with the internet..who the hell needs em?

Brooks, who has taken up a post as an adviser at the Pentagon, advocated upping "direct government support for public media" and creating licenses to govern news operations.

What the fuck? Why in the fuck would someone need a license to report the news? Ahh I get it....they are trying to kill political blogs. The voices of dissent are scaring the puppet masters.

"Years of foolish policies have left us with a choice: We can bail out journalism, using tax dollars and granting licenses in ways that encourage robust and independent reporting and commentary, or we can watch, wringing our hands, as more and more top journalists are laid off," she wrote in her parting column on April 9.

How can a license encourage robust reporting? Just the opposite you filthy Stalinist bitch! I'm not wringing my hands at all over this! Fire all of those worthless pieces of shit. This past election has shown that there is not an independent thought in that clogged enema bag the media collectively uses for a brain.

Brooks said this would help rescue the industry from a "death spiral" and left the government unaccountable to the journalists who must keep it honest. "[I] can't imagine anything more dangerous than a society in which the news industry has more or less collapsed," she wrote.

Keep em honest? That's the pot calling the kettle black. Miss Brooks, what you mean to say is that Obama administration will determine what is the truth and what is not fit to report. What happens to someone who writes without a license? Do they go to a FEMA camp or the salt mines?

But critics say her proposal would spell an end to the independent media and make journalists reliant lapdogs.

No shit Sherlock ..ya think?

An independent news media is absolutely essential to the success of a democracy," said L. Brent Bozell, president of the Media Research Center, a conservative watchdog group. Bozell said licensing journalists would violate American traditions and was a form of "intellectual prostitution."

"Since when did our Founding Fathers envision that ... you could exercise your right to freedom of speech provided you had a license from the federal government? This is the kind of stuff you have revolutions about,"

Finally a voice of reason! Intellectual protitution is pretty much what we have now with a few notable exceptions.


Brooks worried in her column that the death of newspapers would spell an end to investigative journalism and leave the country with only "yapping heads" on television and "nothing in our newspapers but ads, entertainment features and crossword puzzles."

I guess the yapping heads are the folks on Fox News..they happen to have some of the highest ratings in the industry and are the only voice of dissent as far as I can tell. Chew on that Brooks.

Americans are pissed off.

I didn't get to go to a Tea party, I had to watch the kids. I did however, follow several via the Internet. Good stuff. I was glad to see people are just as pissed off at both parties for not representing the people.

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Some people don't get it. The tea parties were not about taxes. They are about our tax money being spent foolishly.

We the People are pissed about:

...Congress voting themselves a $93,000 per year raise tacked onto the stimulus.

Most American families don't even make the amount of the raise. Congress critters get that added to their already bloated salary (for life) along with free medical.

Ever read Orwell's Animal Farm? The Pigs are in congress.

....Janet Nappolitano Calling anyone in the military, anyone who is concerned about gun control, illegal immigration and the credentials of president Obama, a potential violent racist right wing extremist.

...the NSA spying on Americans, recording our emails, telephone calls and Internet activity without any real reason or suspicion of illegal activity.

...Congress proposes a multi Trillion dollar budget with 900 line items of pork that have nothing to do with running the government or fixing the economy.

...We are pissed because Obama said that he would not raise taxes for people who make under $250K per year. After the election congress said well maybe $175,000 then they said definitely $100,000 now they are lowering it to $75,000.

...Republicans and Democrats are both doing a piss poor job of guiding this country and are too busy interviewing baseball players about steroids than paying attention to the economy.

... In July, Rep Barney Frank and others testified that mortgage lenders were basically sound and there was no crisis. A blatant lie which ended up blindsiding this country into near financial ruin.

I'm pissed off at the main stream media calling tea party protests.."teabagging" There were thousands of individual tea parties yesterday.. all non violent. The larger cities had crowds in the tens of thousands. Does CNN call liberal protests "ass spelunking" on national television? I didn't think so.

Not to be an alarmist or anything.

I've always believed in hedging one's bets. I learned this from my grandmother who grew up during the depression. she always had a backup plan no matter what terrible things were happening..which were many.

Back during a severe ice storm in 2002 Her house was without power or heat for 6 weeks. Driving was treacherous and most of the stores and restaurants were without power as well. City services were non-existent because they were busy trying to take care of the people who were (ahem) perpetual victims of their own lack of planning.

She had a pile of firewood on hand and a bakers shelf full of canned and dried goods. She always bought a couple of cans or boxes extra when she went to the store. So for six weeks she huddled in front of the fire place and used it to warm her soup, vegetables, noodles etc.. Pretty good for a 78 year old woman living alone in the big city.

I pretty much do the same thing for my family. I buy a few extra cans of something that can be a meal in and of itself, ravioli, ramen noodles, chili etc..I also buy extra cans of fruit and vegetables. They can always be eaten and replaced gradually. I used to keep a couple of boxes of MREs on hand but my son loved them so much, that he wiped out my supply. Now MREs are going for over $150 for a case of 12 meals so I'm going to have to stick with canned goods.

Keep several gallon jugs of water in storage. They only cost 60 cents each and they might come in handy..I recommend replacing them every six months to avoid that plastic taste.

A small coleman 2 burner camp stove with a couple bottles of propane is another great thing to have. A popup tent and some sleeping bags are good as well. All rolled up these items don't take up much room in a car trunk.

I also keep a couple of bricks of .22 ammunition set aside as well as a case of 12 gauge bird hunting loads that don't get touched. Ammo kept cool and dry can last 100 years or more.

I remember stories my great uncle told me about the great depression where he and his little cousin would have to hunt up rabbits, squirrels and opossum to put meat on the table. This is in greater Kansas City area. I don't think it would have been practical for a family of 11 to stand in soup and bread lines.

I'm not sure if things are going to get as bad as all that, but I sure as hell don't want to be caught unprepared and have to bet my families lives on the such competent government agencies such as FEMA The Red Cross and the Obama youth brigades

Here are some other things I try to do in case of natural disaster or when civilized society might be going down the shitter. (a la New Orleans 05)

Always keep vehicles topped off with a full tank of gas, with extra 5 gallon Jerry cans of fuel set aside.

Keep a Bugout bag handy, with a knife, handgun, ammunition, fire starting materials, energy bars, bottles of water, space blankets, first aid kit, radio, flashlight, extra batteries, flares, spare socks and spare quantities of whatever medications might be needed. I just use an old duffle bag and keep it in the back of my closet.

If the shit does hit the fan and you and the family have to make like geese and get the flock out of dodge you will be glad you have a bag packed with some essentials.

Don't advertise to your neighbors that you keep firearms, food and water stored. You never know who you can trust when things break down.

I hope we don't end up needing any of these preparations and precautions but I'm not going to be caught without them.

Hammer takes on the Democratic convention

From the NY Times

DENVER — Senator Edward M. Kennedy, struggling with brain cancer, arrived on Monday night at the Democratic National Convention in a triumphant appearance that evoked 50 years of party history as Democrats gathered to nominate Senator Barack Obama for president.

Be sure to give a toast and drive Pelosi home.

Michelle Obama at a sound check on the stage at the Pepsi Center in Denver on Monday morning. Her daughters played in the background with her brother, Craig Robinson.

Shooting craps I suppose.

Mr. Kennedy’s appearance wiped away, at least for the evening, some of the tension that continued to plague the party in the wake of the primary fight between Mr. Obama and Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton.

I bet Kenndy is wiped if he thinks he can unite those two love birds.

The second part was designed to be an emotionally powerfully two-act evening: an appearance later by Michelle Obama, who began a weeklong effort to present her husband — and his entire family — as embodiments of the American dream.

More like a nightmare about higher taxes, reparations and urban decay.

“You see, Barack doesn’t care where you’re from, or what your background is, or what party, if any, you belong to,” said Mrs. Obama,.

Yeah he'll tax the shit out of you no matter who you are.

He knows that thread that connects us — our belief in America’s promise, our commitment to our children’s future — he knows that that thread is strong enough to hold us together as one nation even when we disagree.

Oh quit blowing smoke rings up our asses.

At the end of the evening’s proceedings, Mr. Obama appeared before the convention by video hookup, with his young daughters, Malia and Sasha, joining his wife on stage for what was clearly intended to transmit a loving American family tableau.

What the fuck is a tableu?

In an early taste of coming efforts to define Mr. McCain negatively, they attacked him for his ties to President Bush, his opposition to abortion rights and as being out of touch with the concerns of ordinary Americans.

I would think pretty much any millionaire career politician including Obama is out of touch with ordinary Americans.

“Republicans say John McCain has experience,” said Representative Nancy Pelosi of California, the House Speaker. “We say John McCain has the experience of being wrong.”

Oooh snap..you go girlfriend.. uh huh.. you done tole that cracka ass

Given the severity of Mr. Kennedy’s illness. He arrived at the convention site here shortly before dusk, accompanied by a flock of family members. He walked a few halting steps to a waiting golf cart, which drove him into the arena.

Why don't they just admit he was drunk off his ass ?

His white head of hair was noticeably thinned in the back; throughout the speech, he stared straight ahead to the front of the room. The crowd, many of them wiping tears from their eyes, cheered for close to two minutes until he settled them down.

Oh give me a fucking break. This guy is a murderer, a traitor and a liar.

“My fellow Democrats, my fellow Americans, it is so wonderful to be here,” said Mr. Kennedy, his voice booming across the hall. “And nothing — nothing — is going to keep me away from this special gathering tonight.”

Especially the free bourbon.

'There is a new wave of change all around us,” he said, “and if we set our compass true we will reach our destination — not merely victory for our party, but renewal for our nation. And this November the torch will be passed again to a new generation of Americans.

And that torch will be used in the upcoming riots to burn our cities.

“So with Barack Obama and for you and for me, our country will be committed to his cause.”
In an invocation of his parting remarks to the 1980 convention, when he promised that “the dream will never die” as he ceded the presidential nomination to Jimmy Carter, Mr. Kennedy declared, “The work begins anew, the hope rises again, and the dream lives on.”

Oh yeah Carter was a dream come true...

Mrs. Obama, in her speech, made a point of saluting Mrs. Clinton’s achievements.

Yep, getting away with murder, theft, contempt of court, perjury.

Mr. Obama, campaigning in Davenport, Iowa, said he had spoken to former President Bill Clinton at length earlier in the week and made clear that he welcomed Mr. Clinton’s role at the convention.

Clinton's role was to round up hookers for the convention.

Democratic leaders from across the country were assailing Mr. McCain, in a way that made clear that the convention would not be a replay of the Democrats’ genteel gathering in 2004.

So..they are going to act like assholes...situation normal.

“John McCain has spent more than 25 years in Washington voting against women’s freedom,” said Nancy Keenan, the head of Naral Pro-Choice America, “and has pledged to appoint justices to the Supreme Court who will overturn Roe v. Wade.”

So abortion is their preferred method of birth control? I doubt these women have ever seen a penis.

Senator Claire McCaskill of Missouri said: “Know that this son of a single mom will stand up for the dreams of our daughters. And I know that John McCain won’t.”

Dreams of our daughters? Is he saying our daughters dream of getting abortions? That's just sick.

Saving us from ourselves.

Why is it so hard to get through to people that prohibition does not work?

They banned alcohol with the 18th amendment. Soon after, many thousands were poisoned and blinded with fake booze spiked with various chemicals, organized crime went wild with illegal booze profits. Innocents were killed in turf wars, police corruption became rampant with the mafia payoffs to look the other way and get this...people still drank.

Substitute the word drugs for booze and you have the exact same story a few decades later.

What's even worse, is with the prohibition of guns, the criminal element has a monopoly on violence and everyday folks are rendered helpless. No lives are saved when innocent people are disarmed. Look at the gun crime rate in Chicago and Washington DC...guns have been totally banned there for decades and the death rate from shooting surpasses that of many third world shit holes.

But Hammer....some things are bad and dangerous and people shouldn't have them. Why not make laws banning bad or dangerous things? What about the children?

Take cigarettes for example, Cigarettes are bad for your health. No doubt about it. Imagine if congress and the president decided it was time to ban tobacco completely in order to save us from ourselves and force us to quit an unnecessary, dangerous and nasty habit.

Sounds good on the surface...good intentions, public health, lives saved right?

Not quite: There are 44 million smokers in the United States. You think that demand is going to go unfulfilled?

Tobacco and cigarettes would be smuggled in by criminal gangs and people would smoke in their basements or wherever they could get away with it. People caught with illegal tobacco would be sent to prison. Crime bosses get rich, the government fills our prisons with nicotine addicts and people are killing and being killed for a lousy carton of smokes or the street corner to sell them on.

It's time to face the facts. criminalizing the possession and use of inanimate objects is downright silly. Instead, punish people who hurt others with their irresponsible and dangerous behavior.

But that would make sense...

Children's letters to the Democratic party

Children are especially interested in the upcoming election. Here are some letters received recently by the Democratic National Committee.

"Does everyone in my family move to Canada if Obama is elected, or is it just everyone on my Daddy's side?" - Henrietta, Age 11,

"How is my daddy going to get his money for retirement if Obama is going to take it all and give it to the cracker heads?" - Jenny, Age 10

"Does Obama only wear a turban when he visits his family in Kenya?" - Katherine, Age 13,

"I'm saving myslef for marage, Is Obama going to make me have sex with my girlfriend and smoke marniguana and cigarittes before I'm old enough? - Jonathan, Age 12

"I'm so scared of Obama! Is he going to bite my head off and feed it to the Puff Daddy like Momma says?" - Jack, Age 7,

"What is a half-breeded nappity headed comanist snoffabeach?" Gillian , Age 5

"Will Obama make my Daddy pay shaniqua more money to clean my bedroom? And can I still boss her around alot? I like it when she always calls me 'ma'am!" - Alison , Age 7,

"If Obama gets elected, is he going to let negroes live in my tree-fort!?" - Jimmy, Age 11,

"Does Obama think my daddy makes too much money? Is Obama gonna give daddy's money to Uncle Cecil so he can buy cracked cains? Mom says Obama wants to make her stamp her food, why??? - Nancy, Age 11,

"Dad's being saying this word lots when he reads about the Obama.... so What is a Knee Gar anyway? It sounds scary! Is it like a crocodile?" - Amy, Age 6

"Is Rushi Limbargh gonna stop Obama before he makes the white house secstion 8?" Todd, Age 9,

"Why does daddy cuss so much when Obama is on TV?" - Benjamin, Age 8

Critical thinking about the bomb

Since mid July, I have seen several television shows, documentaries, and have read articles and blogs talking about how bad and evil the United States was (and is) for dropping the bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

The bombs killed as many as 140,000 people in Hiroshima and 80,000 in Nagasaki . Since then, thousands more have died from injuries or illness attributed to exposure to radiation released by the bombs.

Yep it sucks.

But look at it this way...the Japanese military leaders were prepared to fight to the last man. They were arming little kids with pointy sticks and were telling them that the Americans were coming to rape their mothers and eat the children for crissakes!

The proposed allied invasion of Japan had causalty estimates of 250,000 to 1 million Americans (low end) and up to 3 million Japanese.

In actuality the firebombing of Tokyo earlier that year had inflicted more casualties to the tune of 100,000 deaths (more than the Nagasaki bomb) and I don't see anyone bitching and moaning about that.

Even after the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings, the Japanese refused to surrender. The military even attempted a coup to prevent the Emperor from admitting defeat and surrendering for them.

Honestly, I don't know how anyone in good conscience can say that dropping the atomic bombs on Japan was a bad idea. It saved millions of lives that would have otherwise been wasted..needlessly in a long and bloody campaign.

Thousands more Americans would have lost fathers, brothers and husbands for no good reason other than the insanity and bullheadedness of the Japanese military leadership.

So that's it...all the historical revisionist bullshit out there was getting on my nerves and I needed to speak my mind.

Sometimes a few choice words have more meaning than an entire book.

I'm going to post some of my favorite quotes I've read over the years.

These phrases have been selected for their, poignancy, wit and wisdom.

They are in no particular order. Enjoy

An appeaser is somone who feeds a crocodile hoping it will eat him last...Sir Winston Churchill

The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government...Thomas Jefferson

One ought never to turn one's back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half.... Sir Winston Churchill

If I hadn't been President of the United States, I probably would have ended up a piano player in a bawdy house.... Harry S. Truman

The atom bomb was no "great decision." It was merely another powerful weapon in the arsenal of righteousness... Harry S. Truman

Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same... Ronald Reagan

Government is like a baby. An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other... Ronald Reagan

In Israel, free men and women are every day demonstrating the power of courage and faith. Back in 1948 when Israel was founded, pundits claimed the new country could never survive. Today, no one questions that. Israel is a land of stability and democracy in a region of tryanny and unrest... Ronald Reagan

America will never seek a permission slip to defend the security of our people...George W. Bush

Every nation in every region now has a decision to make. Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists...George W. Bush

A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine...Thomas Jefferson

I am mortified to be told that, in the United States of America, the sale of a book can become a subject of inquiry, and of criminal inquiry too...Thomas Jefferson

A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes... Mark Twain

Advertisements contain the only truths to be relied on in a newspaper... Mark Twain

Facts are stubborn, but statistics are more pliable... Mark Twain

Our safety, our liberty, depends upon preserving the Constitution of the United States as our fathers made it inviolate. The people of the United States are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution, but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution... Abraham Lincoln

Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself... Mark Twain

People are just as happy as they make up their minds to be...Abraham Lincoln

I can tell a young person where the mines are, but he's probably going to have to step on them anyway.... Burt Reynolds

I can honestly say, all the bad things that ever happened to me were directly, directly attributed to drugs and alcohol. I mean, I would never urinate at the Alamo at nine o'clock in the morning dressed in a woman's evening dress sober...Ozzy Osbourne

I may not be the richest man on earth. Or the smartest. Or the handsomest....Homer Simpson

This month's issue

Thanks to Phoenix Ravenflame for this gem.

The brown noise

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_note

The brown note, according to an urban legend, is an infrasonic frequency that causes humans to lose control of their bowels due to resonance This happened to Nick Anthony during a concert and he has never been the same ever since...he now constantly soils himself.

I don't know why a police supply catalog would sell these Brown noise machines. There was a warning however that the device was not to be used on someone without their consent.

http://www.luxist.com/2005/11/03/the-worlds-most-powerful-subwoofer/

Bully tasered in middle school.

I wish I had a taser in middle school.

http://www.heraldonline.com/109/story/9664.html

School officer Tasers sixth grader in Georgia
JONESBORO, Ga. -- A middle school security officer used a Taser on a sixth-grade boy to break up his fight with a girl Wednesday, school officials said.
Officials said the 11-year-old shocked twice with the device at Jonesboro Middle School weighs 200 pounds and refused to obey orders to stop attacking the girl, also 11, and the Taser was used as a last resort to prevent her from being seriously injured. The two had been taken to the office to resolve an argument that started during lunch and spilled into a classroom.

"The male student literally jumped on the girl and started hitting her about the face and head," school district spokesman Charles White said. "He did not comply with directions to stop, and physical efforts to pull him off the girl were unsuccessful."
Both students were treated for injuries, none of them serious, White said. The boy was charged with assault and battery and was taken to a juvenile detention center, and later was released to the custody of his mother.

The officer is a city of Jonesboro police officer who carries the standard equipment of a pistol and a Taser, according to Jonesboro Police Sgt. Brad Johnson.

Left wingers.

In my three thing things post I listed left wingers as something I hated.

Since some of you folks describe yourself as such and I like you anyway, I will define what I consider a left winger and why I use the word hate.

A left winger is a person like Jane Fonda who went to Vietnam to visit American POW's and took the notes they passed her and handed them off to the Camp leader resulting in additional torture and beatings.

A left Winger votes constantly to deprive me of my second Amendment rights even though I have done nothing wrong and have hurt no one with my firearms.

A left winger is the person who shot at my dad as he was leaving the the airport after his tour in Vietnam.

A left winger is the judge that releases the child molesters over and over with a slap on the wrist and puts them in outpatient treatment instead of prison.

A left winger is someone who gleefully dances in the blood of our fallen soldiers in Iraq just to promote their political agenda.

These are a but few examples but you probably get my point.

There are plenty of liberals I get along with just fine. We may disagree when talking politics but they are still good people in my eyes.

I myself am a Libertarian rather than a Republican. Although, I do identify with certain Republicans that share my values.

Hope this clears things up.

A ray of hope! Someone finally gets it.

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Mohammed Yunus and the Grameen Bank won the Nobel peace prize for making micro loans to impoverished people in 3rd world nations so they could get on their feet and start producing.

What a concept! Our nation has been throwing food and grain at these people for the better part of 40 years and they are just as poor as when we started.

When you give something to another person it has no value. When a person has to work for something, it all of the sudden gains an intrinsic importance and worth far greater than any handout.

Where would we be right now if all the billions we have dumped overseas had been small loans of operating capital and economic advisement? Liberals...wake up and smell the couscous. Welfare doesn't work.

There was and is a huge problem with Chicago's public housing. Graffiti, rats, garbage, shootings, housing dilapidated and torn up. People rented these apartments or they were living there for free. The situation was out of control to say the least.

Someone in the local government had a bright idea, why not renovate some of these housing units and put poor people in them for $50 per month and at the end of 5 years they would own their own apartment.

I bet you can guess what happened. These people took pride in their new homes kept them clean, maintained and safe. These former slum tenants drove out the drugs and gangs themselves. They had gained pride and hope for a future they could pass on to their kids.

Why are we not doing more of this?

Goodbye Kofi Annan

http://www.washtimes.com/world/20060919-103638-2541r.htm

"The events of the last 10 years have not resolved, but sharpened, the three great challenges ... an unjust world economy, world disorder and widespread contempt for human rights and the rule of law," he told the assembled world leaders

I'm sure all those oil for food bribes didn't do much for rule of law did they Kofi?

Liberals and Oreos

Michelle Malkin on liberal hate speech.

http://hotair.com/archives/2006/09/19/liberals-and-oreos/

Guantanamo. The new vacation hot spot.

Since I am a regular blogger guy I have hired a celebrity (James Brown) to translate the following information.....



Facts about Guantanamo



1. The detainees at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility include bin Laden’s bodyguards, bomb makers, terrorist trainers and facilitators, and other suspected terrorists.

"I got soul, ha, and I'm super bad, heh! Got the mullah that tells me what to do We are some nasty dudes! Uh huh!"

2. More money is spent on meals for detainees than on the U.S. troops stationed there. Detainees are offered up to 4,200 calories a day. The average weight gain per detainee is 20 pounds.

MMMM! MMMM! Chicken and Mash taters. WOW! My pants is bustin! Wooo!

3. The Muslim call to prayer sounds five times a day. Arrows point detainees toward the holy city of Mecca.

Step off! Shake your hands! Point yo self to the holy land! OW!

4. Detainees receive medical, dental, psychiatric, and optometric care at U.S. taxpayers’ expense. In 2005, there were 35 teeth cleanings, 91 cavities filled, and 174 pairs of glasses issued.

Doctah! Doctah! Help Me Please Please Please!

5. The International Committee of the Red Cross visits detainees at the facility every few months. More than 20,000 messages between detainees and their families have been exchanged.

I sent a letter to my honey.... woooooo ooooo.. my hot hot burka burka baby OHHHH... UH HUH gonna light my shoes!

6. Recreation activities include basketball, volleyball, soccer, pingpong, and board games. High-top sneakers are provided.

Gots me a turban...some hightops and the bassaball blues oooh no! dem no skills bassaball blues...

7. Departing detainees receive a Koran, a jean jacket, a white T-shirt, a pair of blue jeans, high-top sneakers, a gym bag of toiletries, and a pillow and blanket for the flight home.

Wo! I don wanna I don wanna ever ever leave.
Don't make me go back home baby ohhhh noooooo please don't make me go.....

8. Entertainment includes Arabic language TV shows, including World Cup soccer games. The library has 3,500 volumes available in 13 languages — the most requested book is “Harry Potter.”

Hey! gimme!, huh! gimme some Goblet of fire! uh! gimme, gimme Some Surround sound mama, a super bad brother Askaban, ha! heh!

9. Guantanamo is the most transparent detention facility in the history of warfare. The Joint Task Force has hosted more than 1,000 journalists from more than 40 countries.10. In 2005, Amnesty International stated that “the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay has become the gulag of our times.”

I gots the gulag blues baby but its better way way better than a suicide belt and sand in my shoes woah ohhh

Hat tip to Christopher Taylor at Word Around the Net

This is what we are up against folks.

If you have any doubt to the severity of the situation Americais up against, I suggest you watch this video

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Comment from princess sapphire:

"What are we fighting now? Islam? Terrorists? Islamic fundamentalists?, Islamofacists? Islamicists? Rag heads? ...hammer "

the line to differentiate these groups of ppl is so fine. it is so ironical that ppl are using their religion to create a world of war. wat is their motive? power hunger? seeking 'revenge'?

if only there is someone out there who can find a reason or way to make them stop..

-PS

PS...

Sadly the only thing these terrible people understand is violence and power. Even in the more moderate countries, the extreme poor who cannot afford an education are sent to a free "madrassus" where they are educated and indoctrinated into a culture of hate. The parents often feel they have no choice but to send their kids off to these free schools because of ignorance, coercion or desperation. These schools are funded by wealthy patrons who are either aware of the teaching of hate or by unsuspecting charities who truly believe they are helping the less fortunate learn to read and write in a good Islamic fashion.

The only reason tyrannical dictators like Saddam, Khadaffi, Arafat and the Ayatolla Khomeni are so successful in the middle east is the fact that their rule instills such fear in the populace people dare not push for social, economic or political reform.

Often the anger and frustration built up by living in terrible oppression is then channeled outward at a new target such as Israel, the United States or Great Britain.

One way to end this cycle is to encourage moderates to broadcast more positive messages through the many middle eastern satellite television channels. I'm sure nobody is surprised that Iran has already banned some of these television channels and others have threatened to assassinate the broadcasters. Here is a prime example .

Maybe we will end up winning the war on terror with soap operas and reruns of Gilligans Island.