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Friday - July 16, 2004
The Truth? You Can’t Handle The Truth ….
The nice thing about the blogosphere is that you can't get away with shit around here. Somebody will fact-check your ass in a heart-beat. Vilmar and I know that and we strive to cross-check everything we post here. Occasionally, we slip up but the nice part is that someYou want honesty and truth? It's here in the blogosphere, baby. We aren't allowed to get away with a damned thing.
And Vilmar and I both like it that way. Thank you very much. Keep on our ass. We have no room for bullshit here.
And while we're on the subject, check out this site that covers all bullshit in political ads. They are supposedly non-partisan .... but we'll keep checking on their ass occasionally to make sure they stay that way.
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Contrary to several rumors going around the blogosphere, this new action figure doll was absolutely not based on me. No. Absolutely not.But if it was, I want royalties, dammit!
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Have you ever wondered what all the links to your web or blog site actually looked like .... on a node map?Here is a picture of all the web sites that link to us.
This web site allows you to map any URL and show the links to that site.
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Permalink • NAACP Representatives To The Democratic Convention
Whoopi Goldberg has volunteered to be the official NAACP (National Association Of Angry Crazy People) representative to the Democratic National Convention. Shown below in this time-lapse photography, Ms. Goldberg gets herself
Also on the speaking agenda from the NAACP is Michael Moron (as soon as he finishes his pizza) ....
And finally, the NAACP's keynote speaker will be none other than GORZILLA himself ....
(Thanks to EvilPundit and The Museum Of Left Wing Lunacy for the pics)
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Permalink • SO WHAT!!!
This one is GREAT (if true!)I read this and think, "And, yeah?!?! What did he do wrong? Furthermore, so fucking what?!?!"
Here's what's alleged to have happened: The new Iraqi PM (Allawi) was on a tour and behind a security complex building were 7 terrorist suspects all non-nationals, (of course, the media calls them insurgents!) with hands tied, blindfolded and up against a wall.
The Interior Minister was there and that morning 4 of his people were killed in an ambush. Wanting vengeance, the IM said to the PM he wanted those guys dead on the spot.
The PM also said he wanted to send a clear message to his police force on dealing with terrorists.
Next thing you know he's got his pistol whipped out and shoots the fuckers. Six died. The other is near death. BRAVO!! ENCORE!!!
Now, you tell me. What the hell is wrong with that? It's about time and something we, as Americans, can not do.
Let's take this to the next level. Wouldn't it be lovely if President Bush or Donald Rumsfeld would pack some heat and the next time they came across Michael Moore or Squeezy Perfumey or any other America hating or race baiting asshole on the left they'd just pull out their pistol and shot them right between the eyes? Nothing like a little summary execution to set an example!
Go on, World Court, try and do something about it. Continue to prove to the rest of us how ineffectual and impotent you are.
BWAH HA HA HA!!!
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Permalink • Jailhouse Rock
Martha Stewart was sentenced just minutes ago. Five months in federal prison, five months of house arrest and two years of probation. Oh, and she must pay a fine of $30,000. Martha left the courthouse in her SUV after the sentencing when the judge postponed action on the decision, pending appeal.Yes, you heard that right. Even after this "light slap on the wrist", she plans to appeal.
Memo To Martha: Just do your 150 days in a nice little country club prison then spend the next 150 days writing a book about your prison time and then spend the next two years making millions off the book.
Equal Justice Under The Law? Heh-heh .... yeah, right.
K-Mart is offering 25% off on all Martha Stewart Living products this week. Blue light special in aisle 6 .... or was that cell block 9?
Recommended Reading For Martha (thanks to Gary):
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Permalink • The Wonders of Socialized Medicine
If you still think Canada has the model for socialized medicine, read this.I will say no more.
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Permalink • More Media Bias
Another from Taranto and this one deals with a developer and fund raiser in NJ who was charged with conspiracy, obstruction of justice and interstate promotion of prostitution.As far as I am concerned this is another example of media bias at work. Go ahead, right click on the link and have it open into a new window. Now before you read it, guess how far down into the article you have to go to determine his political affiliation?
I'll save you the effort: 13 paragraphs!!! And, OBTW, he is a Dummycrap. SURPRISE!!!!!
Now, assume the perp was a Republican? Any bets that it would NOT be front page, above the fold headlines?
Doesn't that just piss you off?
You can read Best of the Web here.
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Permalink • Figures lie and liars figure
FromThe Best of the Web edited by James Taranto I got this article. It is absolutely incredible how the media does not even question the bullshit behind these statements.A couple of days ago I ranted about how the rest of the world can basically go fuck itself for criticizing the US at the AIDS conference.
Now guess what's come out of there? That there are at least 3 million children in the world who are orphans.
Your first thought? "AWWW, how awful for those poor children!"
Not so fast, bucko! Guess what the UN considers an orphan?
According to them, ANY child who has lost ONE or more parents is considered to be orphaned!!
WHAT THE FUCK?!?!?!
ONE or more? In other words, if I were under 18 and my father were to die today I would be an orphan? Hey, I've always been told an orphan child is one where both parents are killed. Anyone here brought up differently in that regard?
What else can we expect from the United Nations and the bureaucratic fucktards that infect it? They will do anything it takes to twist conventional wisdom and accepted practice in such ways to make it look like the world is falling down around our ears in misery.....even if it means bald-faced distortions.
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Permalink • Taking The Poodle To Task
The Poodle took a stab at President Bush for not having spoken to the NAACP by saying:"I will be a president who talks with everyone those who agree with me and those who don't"
So, does anyone in the audience have contacts at Bob Jones University? How about the KKK? Think we can get them to invite Kerry to speak? The invitation should be worded such that it is so open on the availability that Kerry simply CAN NOT say he has a scheduling conflict? What do you think he'd say?
Of course, the answer would be "so sorry, scheduling conflict."
And why would he say that? Because he can't come out and say that those two groups do not represent his core values and beliefs.
Yet President Bush, who was associated with the dragging death of that black man in Texas because of a commercial run by the NAACP, is supposed to just drop everything and go visit that nest of vipers? Even though the NAACP no longer stands for what President Bush believes in or stands for?
Again, hypocrisy and flat out misrepresentations rear their ugly heads in the person of The Poodle and his lackey minions in the Dummycrap party.
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Quote Of The Day"You have all the characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner."
-- Aristophanes (450 BC - 388 BC), "Knights", 424 B.C.
On This Day In History
July 16, 1945 - The First Atomic Bomb Is Successfully Exploded
On this day in 1945, at 5:29:45 a.m., the Manhattan Project comes to an explosive end as the first atom bomb is successfully tested in Alamogordo, New Mexico.
The Manhattan Project (so-called because of where the research began) would wind its way through many locations during the early period of theoretical exploration, most importantly, the University of Chicago, where Enrico Fermi successfully set off the first fission chain reaction. But the Project took final form in the desert of New Mexico, where, in 1943, Robert J. Oppenheimer began directing Project Y at a laboratory at Los Alamos, along with such minds as Hans Bethe, Edward Teller, and Fermi. Here theory and practice came together, as the problems of achieving critical mass-a nuclear explosion-and the construction of a deliverable bomb were worked out.
Finally, on the morning of July 16, at the Alamogordo air base, 120 miles south of Santa Fe, the first atomic bomb was detonated. The scientists and a few dignitaries had removed themselves 10,000 yards away to observe as the first mushroom cloud of searing light stretched 40,000 feet into the air and generated the destructive power of 15,000 to 20,000 tons of TNT. The tower on which the bomb sat when detonated was vaporized.
The question now became-on whom was the bomb to be dropped? Germany was the original target, but the Germans had already surrendered. The only belligerent remaining was Japan.
Today's Birthdays
Mary Baker Eddy, Founder of Christian Science Church (1821)
Roald Amundsen, Norwegian polar explorer (1872)
Extra Credit
Once In A Blue Moon
Although the full moon occurring Saturday, July 31, 2004, will look like an ordinary full moon, it will actually be a bit extraordinary—a blue moon. A blue moon is the second full moon in a calendar month. For a blue moon to occur, the first of the full moons must appear at or near the beginning of the month so that the second will fall within the same month (the average span between two moons is 29.5 days). July 2004 will have two full moons: the first on July 2, the second on July 31—that second full moon is called the blue moon. The last blue moon was in 2001 and the next will occur in 2007. The rare phenomenon of two blue moons occurring in the same year happens approximately once every 19 years. 1999 was the last time a blue moon appeared twice, in January and March.
Thanks to The Quotations Page - The History Channel - The Biography Channel.
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Spelling and grammar errors are one thing. This however, is ridiculous. Only in New York ....Posted by The Skipper
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Permalink • Freedom Of Religion
OK, everyone. Buckle on your crash helmets and strap on the body armor. I am about to boldly go where I probably shouldn't go but I can't just let certain comments ride anymore. Today we are going to examine the First Amendment to the Constitution and how it applies to religion.Amendment IThere you have it. This amendment actually covers three topics: religion, speech and assembly. I propose to examine only the first of these .... through the eyes of the men who wrote it.
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
But first, let me ask you to do a little research. I want you to examine the Declaration of Independence, the US Constitution, our currency, our laws and our public buildings. Tell me, how many times do you see a reference to "Jesus" or "Christ"? To the best of my knowledge there are none. I have checked everywhere, including The Federalist Papers, The Anti-Federalist Papers and every document associated with the Founding Fathers of our country. Yet they were all Christians, weren't they? Men who, without exception, believed in their personal salvation through Jesus Christ. So why this omission on their part?
It wasn't an oversight. It was intentional. Yet on the other hand, if you look at the above documents, laws, buildings and papers you find numerous references to "God". Most often referred to simply as "The Creator". Why did they do that? They did it out of a sense of humility and the understanding that there has to be a greater power than man or else this whole silly business of "life" is just a joke. However, with that said, nowhere did they say that everyone must worship God. They were merely acknowledging the presence of some kind of supreme being and other people could either acknowledge that fact or not and could call that supreme being whatever name they wished.
You have to keep in mind also the times the Founding Fathers lived in. This was a period known in the history of western civilization as the "Reformation". Sixteen hundred years after the birth of Christ, countless wars had been fought as first the Catholic Church and later the Anglican Church struggled with the political leaders for dominance.
The first revolt against the Catholic Church and its constant interference in political matters was by Martin Luther in 1517. The Catholic Church was rife with corruption and bribes, and meddling in the affairs of kingdoms was commonplace. The Pope could and did order Crusades and depose Kings and Queens at will.
Then along came Henry VIII who, in 1529, declared himself head of the English Church and thumbed his nose at the Pope. He later went on to marry, divorce and behead several wives but (and this is important) in 1534 he made a law called the "Act of Succession" in which everyone had to swear allegiance to Henry VIII as head of the English church. Thomas More, his Prime Minister and author of "Utopia", and John Fisher, saintly bishop of Rochester, refused to swear. They were both beheaded for their trouble. All in all, before Henry VIII died in 1547, he had around 60 people executed for religious reasons.
The next two hundred years would see the regency of England shift between Anglicans and Catholics, as well as numerous bloody wars over what the state religion should be and who should control it. In 1569 however, a new religious sect appeared in England. They were called "Puritans" because they wanted to purify the church. In 1593 the Puritans were outlawed and several hanged. The persecution of the Puritans continued into the 17th century when they finally packed up and left the country, going to the New World to found the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630. The Plymouth Colony was founded in 1620 by a group called "Separatists" who wanted to break away entirely from the Anglican Church. Meanwhile, in Virginia, the royal colony there was founded as an Anglican community and required to conform to the Church of England (though without a bishop, confirmations, ordinations, etc.).
Are you starting to get the picture yet? You have to understand all of this in order to understand the men who lived in these times and why they made the decisions they did. When they signed the Declaration Of Independence in 1776, two-thirds of the signers were nominal members of the Church of England, but they did not want the colonies to be governed by bishops. Many Anglicans fled to Canada or remained as Tories.
One final point, the framers of the Constitution used several models for their new government, the most noteable of which is the Magna Carta which the Barons of England had forced King John to sign in 1215 to establish some measure of control over the English monarchy. Do you know what the very first article of that document says? Here, read it yourself ....
(1) FIRST, THAT WE HAVE GRANTED TO GOD, and by this present charter have confirmed for us and our heirs in perpetuity, that the English Church shall be free, and shall have its rights undiminished, and its liberties unimpaired. That we wish this so to be observed, appears from the fact that of our own free will, before the outbreak of the present dispute between us and our barons, we granted and confirmed by charter the freedom of the Church's elections - a right reckoned to be of the greatest necessity and importance to it - and caused this to be confirmed by Pope Innocent III. This freedom we shall observe ourselves, and desire to be observed in good faith by our heirs in perpetuity.So here we have the Founding Fathers meeting in Philadelphia in 1787, with the history of church abuses and royal interference in the church fresh in their minds. We're talking about a state-sponsored church with a King or Queen as head of that church. A monarch who absolutely ruled their political and spiritual lives and who could have them beheaded if they practiced any religion other than the state ordained religion.
They decided, and rightly so, that this would be contrary to the new government they were designing so they made sure the First Amendment (first of the so-called "Bill Of Rights") stated quite clearly that "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof". Quite plainly they said that Congress was outright denied the ability to establish a state-sponsored religion or to impinge on the rights of any religion the people chose to practice.
In my opinion, our modern secularists such as the ACLU have pushed things way too far and are interpreting the Constitution improperly. Banning Christmas displays from public ground and other such legal opinions are in effect "prohibiting the free exercise" of religion. This was not what the Founding Fathers intended. They simply wanted to keep the government out of the religion business. They did not envision a country where displays of religion would be outlawed. That is the kind of country they had escaped from.
With all that said, I might add that on one side of the equation we have the ACLU and the Socialists who are attempting to force people to practice their religion in seclusion and on the other side we have people like Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson who keep trying to force religion back into government. Both are dead wrong in my opinion and "We, The People" are being caught in the middle of a modern day war over religion that really should not be fought.
I say to all of them, "Leave us alone! If we want to pray, let us pray. If we don't want to pray, leave us in peace. If we want to put up a Christmas tree or celebrate Hannukah or Ramadan, then let us do so without interference. We want freedom of religion, not freedom from religion. That is what Jefferson, Franklin, Madison, Adams, Washington, et al. intended. If Congress tries to pass a law outlawing Islam or declaring the President head of the Baptist Church In America, then we'll call their hand and say "NO-NO!"
Otherwise, just .... let it be.
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Permalink • More on Mimimum Wage
I'd meant to post this later but a new reader's comments force me to do this now. The issue is minimum wage and I would venture to say our reader is either uninformed on matters economic, failed it in high school and college, or maybe, just maybe, is of the political persuasion that stresses emotion and feeling rather than logic and fact in the guidance of their decision making process.Minimum wages HURT rather than help the economy. Politicians, especially Dummycraps, continually beat the drum that our current minimum wage will not allow a person to raise a family. Well, DUH!!! Of course not! If you have a family and have just a minimum wage job, poverty will be your friend for the rest of your life. And deservedly so. Taxpayers and businesses should not have to bail you out because you are incompetent and can not find something better. You should have thought of that before you had kids. Either that or get 2 jobs to support your family.
For you bleeding hearts about to pounce, allow me to state that OCCASIONALLY people lose their jobs and have to get minwage jobs. But if they have any ambition and skills, that job will be transitory.
Now, let's really discuss who earns minimum wage. There may be millions of people who do so but according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics,
"Slightly over half of workers earning $5.15 or less were under age 25, and about one-fourth were age 16-19. ... About 2 percent of workers age 25 and over earned the minimum wage or less."
Many of those people are students or kids just starting out. The rules about ambition and skills apply here, too.
Now, did you know that only about 2% (TWO PERCENT) of American workers OVER 25 earn the minimum wage?
Liberals scream, "OH MY GOD, VILMAR!!! THAT'S AWFUL!! THOSE POOR PEOPLE! WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING TO HELP THEM!"
My response? "FUCK 'EM!!!"
You know why? Because many of those people are either wives looking for something to do to get out of the house and hope to soon transition to something better but do not really need to because hubby earns a good enough salary or they are retirees (like me) who are bored and will take anything as long as it is interesting. Plus we can tell the boss to go fuck himself as we do not need a reference!
Businesses and the American taxpayer should not be saddled with paying you more money just because you think you want more. If you are worth it, quit and get something better. If you are not, I'll see you at a drive-up window when you ask me if I want to "super size that?"
So, enough of my ranting, read this article by Alan Reynolds (a senior fellow at the Cato Institute who previously served as director of economic research at the Hudson Institute and as vice president and chief economist at both Polyconomics and at the First National Bank of Chicago. ) Whaddya think, is he experienced in that about which he speaks? I think so.
See what he has to say about the direct correlation between minimum wage hikes and the increasing numbers of people making LESS THAN minimum wage! Oh, yeah! It happens!
He also says this about those who bray so loud and long for higher minimum wages:
"Cutting off the lowest rung on the ladder of opportunity may please some members of labor organizations who stand much higher on the ladder, because it reduces future competition for better jobs."
So if you are one of those who demand a higher minimum wage you would be subjecting millions of others to even lesser amounts. Surely as a caring and loving liberal you can't have that, can you? Or is it that it is all smoke, mirrors and bullshit to keep the American public misinformed through deceptive emotional outcries?
Oh, one more thing, go read this post I made several months ago about poverty. It will tell you about the fate of those who are in poverty in the US and how many people, when in the bottom quintile of earnings, often go from the bottom to very near the top. Life is a cycle. I should not have to make it my responsibility to guarantee you more money for your labor nor should businesses be saddled with it either.
And when you are done with that one, then go re-read this.
Now, GO!! DISMISSED!!!
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