Sunday - March 27, 2005

50 Years Ago

Before anyone asks, yes, I still have my slide rule and I still remember how to use it. I also have an abacus .. I know how to use that too. This hunk of iron from IBM had much, much less computing power than one of today’s Playstations. In fact, an Atari 2600 could probably run circles around this beast. Besides, Pac-Man is much more fun than 150 engineers.

Posted by The Skipper     on 03/27/2005 at 12:33 PM   
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Depression: Whip It .. Whip It Good

Russian scientists have completed a new study on depression and released their results. It seems that a better alternative to Prozac and Paxil is .... a good old fashioned butt-whippin’.

Siberian scientists believe that addiction to alcohol and narcotics, as well as depression, suicidal thoughts and psychosomatic diseases occur when an individual loses his or her interest in life. The absence of the will to live is caused with decreasing production of endorphins - the substance, which is known as the hormone of happiness. If a depressed individual receives a physical punishment, whipping that is, it will stir up endorphin receptors, activate the “production of happiness” and eventually remove depressive feelings.

Russian scientists recommend the following course of the whipping therapy: 30 sessions of 60 whips on the buttocks in every procedure. A group of drug addicts volunteered to test the new method of treatment: the results can be described as good and excellent.

Hmmmm .. methinks Stanley, OCM, Oink, Barb and a few other depressed members around here could use a little therapy. All right, gang! Bend over and grab your ankles. I promise this will hurt me more than it will you but it is for the greater good, OK?

Crack that whip Give the past the slip Step on a crack Break your momma’s back When a problem comes along You must whip it Before the cream sits out too long You must whip it When something’s going wrong You must whip it Now whip it Into shape Shape it up Get straight Go forward Move ahead Try to detect it It’s not too late To whip it Whip it good

Yes, it seems Devo was decades ahead of their time, eh?

Posted by The Skipper     on 03/27/2005 at 11:42 AM   
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Military News For Easter

Never forget that for some Easter is just another day at the office. In two war zones, life goes on. New lives begin, other lives are lost, newly freed people are learning to defend themselves, heroic deeds are taking place, heros are recognized in unique ways and helping hands go a long way to creating new friends ....

U.S. Army Medics Deliver Afghan Baby Aboard Flying Helicopter.

Second Marine Division Marines Seize Arms Caches, Detain Suspected Insurgents.

Afghan National Army: 19,000 Soldiers In The Field And 3,400 More In Training.

Victoria Cross Awarded For Extraordinary Heroism In Al-Amarah.

Father Pins Silver Star On Son In Baghdad.

Army Donates Ambulances To Iraqi Hospital.

Posted by The Skipper     on 03/27/2005 at 10:40 AM   
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This Is Wrong!!!

Y’all know I like Wal-Mart.  I shop there often.  They are good for a community.

But..............hopefully some of you out there know more about this than I do but for some reason it goes against my grain to have Congress fund $37,000,000 just so Wal-Mart and Bentonville, AR can get a better road.

I know the feds help fund some road construction but this seems a bit over the top.

Posted by Ranting Right Wing Howler     on 03/27/2005 at 08:28 AM   
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On The Good News Front

The Pentagon decided not to file formal charges against 17 G.I.s implicated in deaths of sheethead terrorists back in 2003 and 2004.

BRAVO!!!

Nothing like a bit of good news to make your weekend a bit brighter.

Of course, the liberal panty-waisted bed-wetters in the human rights arena are fit to be tied.  If they had their way every American soldier would be in jail right now and every terrorist would be a hero.

Posted by Ranting Right Wing Howler     on 03/27/2005 at 08:26 AM   
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What’s Easter Without A Chocolate Bunny?

Posted by Ranting Right Wing Howler     on 03/27/2005 at 08:19 AM   
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What’s Next??

You really have to wonder about some people.

If we start putting up memorials for the least, little thing like this, (hey, according to “experts” they make up only 3% of the population!) how long before we have memorials to pedophilia or bestiality?  How about one praising all the women who have had abortions?  They’re liberated, too, right?  And make up a far greater percentage of the population.

Look, it’s bad enough putting up this memorial to homosexuals who protested 40 years ago but to put it in Independence Hall?

What an abomination!

Posted by Ranting Right Wing Howler     on 03/27/2005 at 07:15 AM   
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WOW!

I came across this story and just had to get more info.

I think you will find it fascinating.

A 27 year old French woman just finished rowing, yes! rowing, across the Pacific in 72 days.  I just did the math on that.  It’s like 60 miles a day, every day, non-stop.  Figuring 6 hours for rest, eating, etc., that is about 3.3 MPH EVERY hour!

Incredible!

And she’s not a bad looker, either.

Here’s the story.

Here’s her site.

Here are her journals in English (translation rough in parts but OK)

Oh, and did I mention she rowed across the Atlantic 2 years ago?!?!?!

Posted by Ranting Right Wing Howler     on 03/27/2005 at 07:01 AM   
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Risen

Matthew 28:1-9 (KJV)

1 In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre.

2 And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it.

3 His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow:

4 And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead men.

5 And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified.

6 He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay.

7 And go quickly, and tell his disciples that he is risen from the dead; and, behold, he goeth before you into Galilee; there shall ye see him: lo, I have told you.

8 And they departed quickly from the sepulchre with fear and great joy; and did run to bring his disciples word.

9 And as they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, All hail. And they came and held him by the feet, and worshipped him.

Posted by The Skipper     on 03/27/2005 at 05:30 AM   
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   Saturday - March 26, 2005

Terri, I’m Sorry ….

I’m sorry but the whole Terri Schiavo drama has now reached into the arena of the Theatre Of The Absurd. The pro-life protesters have now started sending their children to jail in protest. So far, six children, aged 10 to 14 have been arrested attempting to bring water into the hospice where Terri Schiavo is slowly dying. For the record: Terri can only take fluids intravenously and is incapable of swallowing. I suppose that qualifies as Greek tragedy in more ways than one.

In the last few hours though, it has turned into a self-parody as evidenced by the latest article from the Washington Times entitled ”Woman’s Plight Likened To Jesus’” and the following completely unexplained, “out-of-nowhere” comments ....

Sister Maureen Fiedler, host of the radio program Interfaith Voices, said a special session called by Congress last weekend to resolve the Schiavo issue “appeared to reward the loyalty of the religious right portion of the Republican Party.”

“One positive fallout,” she added, is how Mrs. Schiavo’s plight has begun “a national conversation on end-of-life issues. It’s gripping everyone I know; and everywhere I go, people are talking about it.”

The Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson, president of the Los Angeles-based Brotherhood Organization of a New Destiny, noted the absence of black Christians in the debate.

“Nearly all the people fighting and protesting to keep Terri alive are white. Where are the prominent black ministers?” he asked.

“We don’t see them because they’re looking at this as a race issue, rather than as a moral one. Blacks, especially Christians, should stop looking at this issue through the prism of race. The battle is between people who are for life versus those who favor death.”

My views on this whole thing are already known. I have a deep, heartfelt sympathy for Terri Schiavo and I could really care less what anyone else thinks; her parents, her husband, the courts, the government .. they can all go bark at the moon for all I care. My heart and thoughts are with Terri Schiavo. I only hope and pray that her mental condition is as far gone as some have described it and she is unable to feel the pain of dehydration and starvation. I am sick of this entire mess and for some preacher to start wondering “where are the Blacks?” is just a little too much lunacy for me. The lunatics on the Far Right are just as crazy as the ones on the Far Left .. and somewhere in the middle is a fragile, defenseless soul lying in a hospice bed, waiting for something none of us seem to understand.

If I could speak to Terri, all I could try to say would be, “I’m sorry, truly sorry for the behavior of all of us. Please forgive us, dear.”

Posted by The Skipper     on 03/26/2005 at 05:12 PM   
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As Seen On TV

Oh MY! Now they’re talking about BMEWS on MSNBC (Windows Media Player required). Trey J. sent me this link to another great blog site, ”Jackson’s Junction”, where the link was originally posted. If you can’t get the video from Trey’s site, you can view or download a copy we have here locally (Windows Media Player - WMV file - 1.5 MB).

Here is a link to the original post about PETA that they referenced.

But don’t worry. When I hit the big time, become rich and famous and start dating Anna Nichole Smith, I will remember my humble origins and .... I promise not to run any puppies through my blender. Cross my heart and hope to die.

Posted by The Skipper     on 03/26/2005 at 04:02 PM   
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Saturday Skin

It’s almost Easter and what better way to start the weekend than with Heidi Klum doing her impression of Jessica Rabbit. Poor ol’ Roger, never knew what hit him ....

“I’m not bad, I’m just drawn that way.”

Posted by The Skipper     on 03/26/2005 at 03:35 PM   
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Ultimatum For George Bush And The Republican Party

All right, Mr. President. It’s time to put our cards on the table here. I’m also calling in a few markers I’m holding. You remember me, don’t you? The guy who worked tirelessly last year to get you re-elected? The guy who, with his buddy Vilmar, did everything in our power with the power of this blog to make sure you stayed in Washington to finish the job you started four years ago? Remember us? Well, you better. Because we’re more than a little bit pissed at you and the Republican Party right now. Why? Because you’re giving our freaking country away, that’s why!

As Vilmar said below, scurrying off to Mexico and sucking up to Vicente Fox while Fox’s own government literally forces its poverty-stricken people to illegally migrate north across the border into America and even goes so far as to publish a government guide for illegal migrants to assist them in breaking our laws. And you call this man our friend? Bullshit, Tex! I’m sick and tired of this crap and I want it to stop right now. Do you hear me? I’ll shout if necessary, dammit! Stop these leeches from crowding across the borders illegally or else this blog will hound your ass all the way until 2008 and if your Republican buddies in Congress decide to do nothing about the illegal immigrants, their ass can be driven out of office.

I hope you’re paying attention because this is no idle threat. I mean what I say, Mr. President. I will use this blog and everything in my power to defeat anyone in political office who does not get with the program and enforce our immigration laws. There will be no amnesty program, got that? I don’t care how poor the Mexicans are. There are too many legal ways for them to enter our country for this to continue.

Why are you condoning a criminal act, Mr. President? That’s right. You are turning a blind eye to hundreds of thousands of criminal acts every year as these people flood across our borders. By doing so, you are aiding and abetting criminals in the act of committing crimes against America. In my book, that makes you a criminal too, Mr. President .... ex post facto. Granting amnesty to these criminals, already in our country, is an abomination and a slap in the face to our legal system. Why not just grant a general amnesty to all criminals currently in the country. Why not put Charles Manson and all the rest back on the street again? Isn’t that basically what you and Senor Fox are trying to do? I’m sorry, but I can’t let you two pull the wool over my eyes that easily. This is personal ....

On December 14 of last year, I was on my way home from work in the late afternoon when I pulled up at a stop light. Before I knew what had happened, my vehicle was smashed from behind and I was knocked unconscious. According to the accident report, I was hit by a drunken Hispanic man (blood alcohol level - .11, which is .03 over the legal limit). Also, according to the accident report, this man had no drivers license, no social security card, no place of employment and no automobile insurance. He was arrested but later released on bond, whereupon he disappeared. My vehicle, a $40,000 Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited (less than three years old with only 30,000 miles on it) was totally demolished and my insurance company, GEICO, had to replace the vehicle under my collision coverage. Attempts by GEICO to track down the hispanic driver who hit me were fruitless, according to them. I also incurred nearly $3,000 in medical bills for myself. In summary: not only was this man illegally in my country but he was driving illegally without a license or insurance and was driving under the influence. In addition, if he was working (according to the local police), he was working for strictly cash and paying absolutely no taxes. So let me see .... after breaking one law to get in to this country (a police investigation later revealed he was an illegal alien from Guatemala who had crossed over through Mexico), what did he do? He broke one .. two .. three .. four .. five more laws and caused $43,000 worth of damage as well as personal injury to a legal citizen of this country.

AND YOU WANT TO GIVE THIS FUCKER AMNESTY?

DAMMIT, MR. PRESIDENT! Get your head on straight! This is no laughing matter. I voted for you, I contributed to your campaign, I worked tirelessly for the Republican ticket. I DEMAND accountability. You have already seen that myself and all the other Conservative bloggers can be the best friend you could have. We can also be your worst nightmare. It’s your call ....

^{Robert Ariail, The State, South Carolina}

Posted by The Skipper     on 03/26/2005 at 11:21 AM   
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Terri Schiavo Update

Much has been said here and elsewhere about Terri’s “right to die” or “right to live.”

Many people are trying to save her life but when you must take your appeals through the same judges who have continuously rejected them in the past and ruled against you, it is difficult.

Say what you will about this case but I see it as nothing more than a first step towards federally authorized euthanasia.  In which caase, why is Dr. Jack still in jail?

People write letters to the editor saying, “how can the parents do this to her?  It is cruel and inhumane.” Yet who are they to judge what others feel?  What rights do they have to impose THEIR attitudes and perceptions unto someone else?

At what point will we then say, “hmmm, this baby is a mongoloid incapable of expressing itself and being a part of society.  Let’s not kill him but let him kill himself by not feeding him?”

What about the Alzheimer’s patients or the Parkinson’s patients who can no longer take care of themselves?  Hell, they are contributing nothing to society.  Who wants to live that way?  They are not aware of what is going on around them.  They can not feed themselves nor take care of basic bodily functions.

Let’s not kill them but allow them to kill themselves through starvation.

What the hell, right?  It’s not supposed to hurt anyway.

Well, if you feel that way, stop eating AND drinking for 4 days and report back to me when your tongue is so thick in your mouth you can’t talk or swallow.  Or the incredible gyrations your body will go through without sustenance for so long.

Can you NOT see what is going on?  Are the blinders on so tightly the slippery slope is invisible to you?

For the record, I have a cousin in Brasil who is a vegetable.  Has been for over 12 years.  Does not talk.  Does not walk.  Does not move his arms or legs or head.  Lies in a fetal position all day, all night, all year.  His mother feeds him through a tube. He got that way because of a motorcycle accident at the age of 16 coupled with almost non-existant and untimely health care.

YOU go to Brasil and tell her to stop feeding him.  She’ll tear you a new asshole.  She’ll rip you limb from limb.  Remember when they tell you this about bears, “Don’t EVER come between a mother and her cub?” That’s my aunt.

Also, for the record, my father has Parkinson’s Disease (PD).  Right now he can feed himself but is experiencing difficulty swallowing.  We all know that PD eventually will make him bedridden and he won’t be able to feed himself at all.  Any of you want to tell my mother she should just stop feeding him?  Hell, try saying that to me!

So, yes, I have a vested interest in this case.

But, this was not really my intent in writing this. I want to make you aware of a piece written in The American Digest which details exactly what Michael Schiavo is up to with his actions.

Wait until Terri dies and a year later tell me if the author is wrong.

Posted by Ranting Right Wing Howler     on 03/26/2005 at 08:35 AM   
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