Tuesday - November 16, 2004

The Commonwealth Of Asshatia

Yep, that’s my new name for Palestine. “The Commonwealth Of Asshatia”. Motto: “Can you guess why all our sons look and act like camels?” National Anthem: “Kill Joos, Kill Joos”

Their “great leader” dies and what do they do, name schools or hospitals after him, build memorials to him? NO, the fucktards name a new missile after him, the “Yasser-1”. Missiles meant to kill Israelis.

GAZA CITY – The ruling Fatah movement has deployed a new rocket named after its late leader Yasser Arafat. Palestinian sources said Fatah’s military wing has named the rocket “Yasser-1.” The sources said the rocket was an advanced model of the Al Aqsa-2 and has a range of 15 kilometers.

GAZA CITY – PLO Chairman Mahmoud Abbas, selected to run for Palestinian elections, has survived an assassination attempt. Palestinian sources said Abbas came under attack during a visit to the Gaza Strip on Sunday evening. They said two of Abbas’s bodyguards were killed and four others were injured when members of Fatah’s military wing opened fire toward Abbas and his security adviser, former Security Minister Mohammed Dahlan, in Gaza City.

Posted by The Skipper     on 11/16/2004 at 01:59 PM   
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Fallujah Update

Piggy backing on the previous story about the Marine who whacked the wounded raghead terrorist I bring you these two little itty-bitty points:

Read here to get an accounting of what these “rebels” (as the fuckheaded MSM likes to call them) are like when fighting.  We’re dealing with fanatics who will do anything for their cause to include killing their own.  I’d say they were whacked out.  And because of it have GOTTEN whacked.  Seems like about a 40:1 kill ratio.  I like that.  Hell, with that sort of ratio, a battle of attrition is soon won.

The second “itty bitty” point is this:  why is it that when a lowly Marine takes out a dirtbag it’s a HUGE story but when one of our own SENATORS, running for president, ADMITTED in a book he’d done the same it is NOT a story?

I just heard that similar point on Rush a little while ago and it sure makes you wonder “why?” doesn’t it?

Posted by Ranting Right Wing Howler     on 11/16/2004 at 01:16 PM   
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The MSM Stoops to Another Low

Looks like the MSM (mainstream media) is preparing itself for another orgasm blitz about Marines who killed a wounded Iraqi.

If allowed to run its course, we will be faced with 24/7 coverage equating this to Abu Ghraib.

Personally, I could give a flying fuck about that wounded piece of shit terrorist.  First off, the son of a bitch desecrated a mosque by using it as a shelter and shooting at our guys from inside it.  Second, these fuckwads would wave white flags of surrender and as our soldiers approached they’d lower the flag and start shooting.  Third, there have been instances of these dirtballs booby trapping themselves.  Fourth, they are nothing but a bunch of camel fucking, dirty, smelly sheethead terrorists.

KILL “EM ALL and let Allah sort them out!

OOOORAH!!!  GO MARINES!!!!!!

You can make a difference:  do not watch any of the MSM news channels for ANY news (local, national, international.) Soon they will feel it in their advertising revenue.

Posted by Ranting Right Wing Howler     on 11/16/2004 at 09:43 AM   
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Back Home Again!

WHEW!!  Finally made it back.  Had a great visit with friends, saw the “BIG HOLE”, lost a little money (really, just a little!) in Sin City, and overall, had a great time.

Right now I am going through emails and trying to catch up on snail mail plus run a few errands. 

Will write more about the adventure and post a few pix later (after I go through the 5 rolls of regular film and the 300 plus digital images.)

Posted by Ranting Right Wing Howler     on 11/16/2004 at 08:40 AM   
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Damn The ACLU!

.... and damn the Pentagon for caving in. The US military has agreed to stop sponsoring Boy Scout troops, according to the Washington Post.

Military Bases Are Told Not To Sponsor Boy Scout Troops

Associated Press
Tuesday, November 16, 2004

CHICAGO, Nov. 15—The Pentagon has agreed to warn military bases worldwide that they should not directly sponsor Boy Scout troops, partially resolving claims that the government has improperly supported a group that requires members to believe in God.

The settlement, announced Monday, came in a 1999 lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois, which says American military units have sponsored hundreds of Boy Scout troops.

“If our Constitution’s promise of religious liberty is to be a reality, the government should not be administering religious oaths or discriminating based on religious beliefs,” said ACLU lawyer Adam Schwartz.

The Pentagon said it has long had a rule against sponsorship of non-federal organizations and denied that the rule had been violated. But it agreed to send a message to posts worldwide warning them not to sponsor Boy Scout troops or other such groups.

The rule does not prevent service members from leading Scout troops unofficially on their own time, and Scouts will still be able to hold meetings on areas of military bases where civilian organizations are allowed to hold events.

The settlement does not resolve other ACLU claims involving government spending that benefits the Boy Scouts, such as money used to prepare a Virginia military base for the Boy Scout Jamboree and grants used by state and local governments to benefit the Scouts, Schwartz said.

The original ACLU lawsuit named as defendants the Department of Defense, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and the Chicago Board of Education. The schools settled, agreeing not to engage in official sponsorship of scouting activities.

This is utter bullshit. The ACLU is bent on destroying any and all kind of moral value in America. They haved been hounding the Boy Scouts for years over the BSA’s refusal to allow homosexual members or scoutmasters and now they’re hounding them over God. How much longer are we going to sit back and take this crap from these Leftist weasels?

Posted by The Skipper     on 11/16/2004 at 06:18 AM   
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   Monday - November 15, 2004

Tribute

He’s a recent High School graduate; he was probably an average student, pursued some form of sport activities, drives a ten year old jalopy, and has a steady girlfriend that either broke up with him when he left, or swears to be waiting when he returns from half a world away. He listens to rock and roll or hip-hop or rap or jazz or swing and 155mm howitzer. He is 10 or 15 pounds lighter now than when he was at home because he is working or fighting from before dawn to well after dusk.

He has trouble spelling, thus letter writing is a pain for him, but he can field strip a rifle in 30 seconds and reassemble it in less time in the dark. He can recite to you the nomenclature of a machine gun or grenade launcher and use either one effectively if he must. He digs foxholes and latrines and can apply first aid like a professional. He can march until he is told to stop or stop until he is told to march.

He obeys orders instantly and without hesitation, but he is not without spirit or individual dignity. He is self-sufficient. He has two sets of fatigues: he washes one and wears the other. He keeps his canteens full and his feet dry. He sometimes forgets to brush his teeth, but never to clean his rifle. He can cook his own meals, mend his own clothes, and fix his own hurts. If you’re thirsty, he’ll share his water with you; if you are hungry, his food. He’ll even split his ammunition with you in the midst of battle when you run low.

He has learned to use his hands like weapons and weapons like they were his hands. He can save your life - or take it, because that is his job. He will often do twice the work of a civilian, draw half the pay and still find ironic humor in it all. He has seen more suffering and death then he should have in his short lifetime.

He has stood atop mountains of dead bodies, and helped to create them. He has wept in public and in private, for friends who have fallen in combat and is unashamed. He feels every note of the National Anthem vibrate through his body while at rigid attention, while tempering the burning desire to ‘square-away’ those around him who haven’t bothered to stand, remove their hat, or even stop talking. In an odd twist, day in and day out, far from home, he defends their right to be disrespectful.

Just as did his Father, Grandfather, and Great-grandfather, he is paying the price for our freedom. Beardless or not, he is not a boy. He is the American Fighting Man that has kept this country free for over 200 years.

He has asked nothing in return, except our friendship and understanding. Remember him, always, for he has earned our respect and admiration with his blood.

And now we even have woman over there in danger, doing their part in this tradition of going to War when our nation calls us to do so. As you go to bed tonight, remember this shot.. A short lull, a little shade and a picture of loved ones in their helmets.......

“Lord, hold our troops in your loving hands.
Protect them as they protect us.
Bless them and their families for the selfless acts they perform for us in our time of need.
Amen.”

Posted by The Skipper     on 11/15/2004 at 06:24 PM   
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Now You Know: State Mottos

Do you know your state’s motto? If not, here is the official list ....

Alabama: Hell Yes, We Have Electricity
Alaska: 11,623 Eskimos Can’t Be Wrong!
Arizona: But It’s A Dry Heat
Arkansas: Literacy Ain’t Everything
California: By 30, Our Women Have More Plastic Than Your Honda
Colorado: If You Don’t Ski, Don’t Bother
Connecticut: Like Massachusetts, Only The Kennedys Don’t Own It Yet
Delaware: We Really Do Like The Chemicals In Our Water
Florida: Home of the headless drivers
Georgia: We Put The “Fun” In Fundamentalist Extremism
Hawaii: Haka Tiki Mou Sha’ami Leeki Toru (Death To Mainland Scum, Leave Your Money)
Idaho: More Than Just Potatoes ..... Well Okay, We’re Not, But The Potatoes Sure Are Real Good
Illinois: Please Don’t Pronounce the “S”
Indiana: 2 Billion Years Tidal Wave Free
Iowa: We Do Amazing Things With Corn
Kansas: First Of The Rectangle States
Kentucky: Five Million People; Fifteen Last Names
Louisiana: We’re Not ALL Drunk Cajun Wackos, But That’s Our Tourism Campaign
Maine: We’re Really Cold, But We Have Cheap Lobster
Maryland: If You Can Dream It, We Can Tax It
Massachusetts: Our Taxes Are Lower Than Sweden’s (For Most Tax Brackets)
Michigan: First Line Of Defense .. from The Canadians
Minnesota: 10,000 Lakes… And 10,000,000,000,000 Mosquitoes
Mississippi: Come And Feel Better About Your Own State
Missouri: Your Federal Flood Relief Tax Dollars Hard At Work
Montana: Land Of The Big Sky, The Unabomber, Right-wing crazies, and Very Little Else
Nebraska: Ask About Our State Motto Contest
Nevada: Hookers and Poker!
New Hampshire: Go Away And Leave Us Alone
New Jersey: You Want A ##$%##! Motto? I Got Yer ##$%##! Motto right here!
New Mexico: Lizards Make Excellent pets
New York: You Have The Right To Remain Silent, You Have The Right To an Attorney ....
North Carolina: Tobacco Is A Vegetable
North Dakota: We Really Are One Of The 50 States!
Ohio: Home of Lake Erie and the Mistake By The Lake (Cleveland)
Oklahoma: Like The Play, Only No Singing
Oregon: Spotted Owl… It’s What’s For Dinner
Pennsylvania: Cook With Coal
Rhode Island: We’re Not REALLY An Island
South Carolina: Remember The Civil War? We Didn’t Actually Surrender
South Dakota: Closer Than North Dakota
Tennessee: The Edjucashun State
Texas: Si’ Hablo Ingles
Utah: Our Jesus Is Better Than Your Jesus
Vermont: Yep
Virginia: Who Says Government Stiffs And Slackjaw Yokels Don’t Mix?
Washington: Help! We’re Overrun By Nerds And Slackers!
Washington, D.C.: Wanna Be Mayor?
West Virginia: One Big Happy Family… Really!
Wisconsin: Come Cut The Cheese
Wyoming: Jackson’s Hole?

Posted by The Skipper     on 11/15/2004 at 01:08 PM   
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Hildabeast Alert

This news story scares the shit out of me in more ways than I can tell you. In particular, this one statement in the article ....

“She’s not the caricature that people thought,” Carroll said. “She’s not a ‘60s lefty. She’s not a looney leftist and she works. She’s a reasonably centrist liberal.”

Update: yes, that’s Janet leigh from “Psycho”. I just had a Photoshop inspirational “moment”. Every time I think of Hitlary, I am reminded of the shower scene from Hitchcock’s classic. I have no idea what that means, psychologically speaking. No, really.

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Cheese Eating Surrender Monkeys Update

France. Who needs it? I don’t. Let’s just nuke ‘em and forget about it. Here’s the latest from the land of nutless men, hairy women and a severe soap shortage ....

In the Ivory Coast, the frogs stuck their noses into the affairs of a former “colony” and now those haughty noses are getting chopped off. Early last week, the Ivory Coast “air force” smashed a French air base while the frogs were enjoying their afternoon wine break. Now, the frogs are high-tailing it out of the country after getting their asses whipped by a second-rate group of rebels in a second-rate African country. Typical ....

You all know the frogs tried to suck up to the Paleswinian terrorists by giving Arafuck medical care? Well now, certain elements in France want to name streets after Arafat. Key quote (take note of the groups responsible) ....

Several French municipalities governed by communist and left-wing majorities are considering naming a street or a square after Yasser Arafat.

Posted by The Skipper     on 11/15/2004 at 11:05 AM   
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Monday Morning News Bytes

Colin Powell is out! Thank God! I respect Powell for his military experience and skills as a General .... but as Secretarey Of State he sucked. That’s my opinion and I’m sticking with it. Now, I want to see Bush move Connie Rice over from NSA to SecState.

Under the heading of “if you can’t beat them in the marketplace .. sue ‘em”. American Express and Discover have filed a multi-million-dollar lawsuit against Visa and Mastercard. I have a personal gripe with AmEx that goes back twenty years and another serious complaint with Discover from eight years ago. Both are on my shit list for various reasons and I will never carry either of their cards again .... so fuck ‘em. I hope Visa and MasterCard win. Even better would be if all the lawyers from al four credit card companies were to suddenly have heart attacks and die horrible deaths on the courthouse steps. ---- Did I mention that I also hate all lawyers with a passion?

Finally, Michael Barone has the last word on the final losers in the 2004 election .... the old media. It turns out the “old media” didn’t figure out until it was all over that their monopoly over the news market had been terminated by the blogosphere. YAY, US!

Posted by The Skipper     on 11/15/2004 at 10:45 AM   
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   Sunday - November 14, 2004

What Unemployment?

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Scott Peterson Redux

Damn! I just finished reading all the comments about the Scott Peterson trial from our “Sound Off Saturday” feature. You folks are really a thinking group of people and even with varied opinions managed to have quite an informed and informative set of opinions. By God, that’s America! Not some lock-step, go-with-the-flow, politically-correct, conspiracy-theory-expounding maggots like I have read at Leftist blog sites. I’ve picked out my three favorite comments from the discussion. Well done, people!

With all due deference to BobF, that is not a valid argument.  Before I get to my main point, let’s dispense with this whole “circumstantial evidence” baloney.  By definition, any evidence which is not eyewitness testimony is circumstantial evidence.  For some reason, the term “circumstantial evidence” has taken on a completely different meaning in the general public from what it actually is.  “Circumstantial evidence” does not mean, “not as good evidence.” Anybody with any law enforcement experience knows that eyewitness testimony is notoriously unreliable.  He had blue eyes, he had brown eyes, he was six-two, he was five-nine, it was a Ford, it was a Chevy.  99 percent of convictions are obtained with circumstantial evidence. 

Granted, some evidence is better than others, i.e. fingerprints, DNA, etc., but one of the things that separates us from lower animals is that we can reason.  We can take a series of discrete facts and put them together to come up with a reasonable interpretation of what happened.  To use a totally exaggerated example, if you’re standing on a street corner, and you hear a gunshot, and you turn around to see a man with a gun standing over the body of another man, is there much doubt in your mind what happened?  Guess what, that’s circumstantial evidence.  You didn’t actually see what happened.  Anyone who has followed the Peterson trial at all knows from the evidence that he’s guilty as sin. 

Which brings me to my actual point.  How can one argue that because he was convicted based on circumstantial evidence, the jury can’t give him the death penalty?  The jury doesn’t get to say, “Well, we think he’s guilty, but we’re a little unsure, because, you know, it was just circumstantial evidence.  They vote guilty or not guilty, and if they’re unsure enough that they have misgivings about giving him the death penalty, then they should have voted to acquit.  It’s that simple.

-- Craig

This subject fascinates me, and I’m impressed with the courtesy & respect shown for others’ views.

The legal rules of evidence have developed over centuries and deserve respect. Like the infield fly rule in baseball, (or the ‘balk’ which mystified me for years) some sound bizarre, but usually have a good reason for being. This is not the treatment they’ve received by liberals since the 60’s—discovering new & exciting interpretations based on what they read last month in THE NATION.

My favorite circumstantial evidence story, and why lawyers need to learn to shut up.

SHORT VERSION: the defense lawyer keeps hammering at the witness, “Did you actually SEE my client bite off the man’s ear?” “well, no...” “SO you did NOT actually SEE my client bite off the man’s ear, did you?” “No, but...” “SO, what makes you so sure he did the act?” “Well, I saw him spit it out.”

-- Guy

Unlike the Westerfield trial here in San Diego a few years back, which I followed very closely, this trial I only payed mild attention.  Seems to me from what I heard and read, all evidence points to this Scott Peterson; no devil-cult boogeyman nonsense.  I think he should get the death penalty.

Guy, I respect your opinion, but I have one dispute in your logic.  You stated:  “I do not like killing people who are not able to fight back.” To which I say, Amen.  However, apply that standard to Lacey and their unborn child.  Were they able to fight back?  Connor certainly was not.  My question to you is, then, why give Scott Peterson the consideration he did not give his victims, his wife and unborn son?

As far as concern over those who carry out the task of “flipping the switch” or whatever other methods are used, I wouldn’t lose any sleep over their mental health.  I am quite certain they are of a proper mindset for carrying out such tasks to begin with, and the after-effects are probably minimal.  In either case, they make choices, just like Scott Peterson made choices...and isn’t that what life, and, sadly, sometimes, death are all about?

-- Illegitimi Non Carborundum

DAMN GOOD THOUGHTS, PEOPLE! We’ll have to do this more often!

Posted by The Skipper     on 11/14/2004 at 03:02 PM   
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A Great Idea

There’s trouble. Big trouble in River City. And it starts with “T’. And that ryhmes with ‘C’ .... which stands for CIA .... or CRAZY .... or choose your poison. There are reports of serious infighting at Spook Central. “The Company” seems to be engaging in a bit of “infighting” after the recent resignation of George Tenet and the appointment of Porter Goss as new head. The Number 2 man at the agency resigned (maybe he just got tired of being referred to as “number 2”. Reports of serious turf wars are coming out of Langley.

Maybe it’s time for a serious shakeup at “The Agency”. God knows, their intelligence has been slightly (how can I put this?) FUCKED UP in recent years.

I think we need to seriously consider outsourcing our intelligence services to these guys.

Posted by The Skipper     on 11/14/2004 at 02:48 PM   
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Paging Inspector Clouseau

What would we do without the French? We would have so much less to laugh at. We would have to re-define John Kerry. We would have no one to look down on 100% of the time. The frogs have become the very symbol of jackassity recently with their unending “penis envy” of the United States. They are just so entertaining. Now, comes this story from our men behind the lines in the Land Of Cheese Eating Surrender Monkeys: “The key to a successful burglary? Try the French police”.

Key quote:

Claiming to be the owner of a jewelery store a few blocks away, a 30-year-old man called in at the police station in Enghien-les-Bains, a small town northwest of Paris, at around midnight on Saturday last week. The man, identified only as Yves, told the officers he had lost his keys and needed their help to get into the shop. They kindly obliged, calling in a locksmith to pry open the door.

You probably already know where this story is going. Go read it for the rest. Where is Peter Sellers when you really need him? Mheh ....

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