Sarah Palin is allowed first dibs on Alaskan wolfpack kills.
Monday - July 19, 2004
The Children
The future of the world belongs to them. The children, that is. They will write the history books of the future, not us. They will remember what happened when they were growing up and who protected them and who tried to hurt them. Theirs is a simple world. How do they feel about the current times and American soldiers?
Here’s how they feel in Surobi, Afghanistan ....
Here’s how they feel in Al Kut, Iraq ....
And finally, here’s how they feel in Asheville, North Carolina ....
Whether it’s marching along with the G.I.’s on patrol in Afghanistan, getting coloring books from G.I.’s in Iraq or just welcoming daddy home in North Carolina, there is nothing more precious in this world than the smile on a child’s face. In the history of the world, how many armies have spent as much time helping the people (and the children) as they have fighting? To the guys and gals in uniform, we offer our proud support of your efforts and we will continue to do whatever we can to support you. We will make sure you get a happy homecoming when this is all over. All we (and the children) can say for now is ....
(Photos courtesy of US Army Public Affairs)
Desperado
You can add Linda Ronstadt to the list of HollyWeirdos.LAS VEGAS - Singer Linda Ronstadt not only got booed, she got the boot after lauding filmmaker Michael Moore and his new movie "Fahrenheit 9/11" during a performance at the Aladdin hotel-casino.When will these performers learn? Not everyone goes along with their agenda and paying customers want entertainment, not bullshit that they disagree with. If I were the manager of the Aladdin, I would have terminated her contract and thrown her out on the street for offending paying customers.
Before singing "Desperado" for an encore Saturday night, the 58-year-old rocker called Moore a "great American patriot" and "someone who is spreading the truth." She also encouraged everybody to see the documentary about President Bush.
Ronstadt's comments drew loud boos and some of the 4,500 people in attendance stormed out of the theater. People also tore down concert posters and tossed cocktails into the air.
"It was a very ugly scene," Aladdin President Bill Timmins told The Associated Press. "She praised him and all of a sudden all bedlam broke loose."My bad. The Aladdin President did what he had to do to keep paying customers coming back. Neither Ms. Ronstadt nor her agent were returning any phone calls. I guess it's hard to return calls when you're unemployed and out on the street.
Timmins, who is British and was watching the show, decided Ronstadt had to go — for good. Timmins said he didn't allow Ronstadt back in her luxury suite and she was escorted off the property.
Ronstadt's antics "spoiled a wonderful evening for our guests and we had to do something about it," Timmins said.
Timmins said it was the first time he sent a performer packing.
"As long as I'm here, she's not going to play," Timmins said.
Anyone want to take any bets on how long before Ms. Ronstadt starts crying "censhorship"? I give it 48 hours at the most. Remember, you heard it here first.
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Totally F**king Awesome
I sure wish I had me one of these. It’s one of the new F/A-22 Raptor Stealth Fighters and an F-16 Fighting Falcon flying in a fingertip formation on a training mission over Nellis AFB, NV. If you want a full-screen version of this pic (2000 x 1257 24-bit Hi-Color, 902 KB) for a wallpaper, click here. ZOOM!
You can find more info on this plane here and here.
Specifications:
Wing Area: 840 sq ft
Engine Thrust Class: 35,000 lb
Level Speed: 921 mph
Total Length: 62.08 ft
Wing Span: 44.5 ft
Horizontal Tail Span: 29ft
Tail Span: 18’10”
Total Height: 16.67ft
Track Width: 10.6ft
Engines: Pratt & Whitney F-119
Max. Takeoff Weight: 60,000 lb (27,216 kg)
Max. External Stores: 5,000 lb (2,270 kg)
Weight Empty: 31,670 lb (14,365 kg)
Ceiling: 50,000 ft (15,240 m)
GOP Convention Protests Funded By Kerry’s Wife
Well, the Republican Convention in New York is only a month away and already several anarchist groups are gearing up, going through training and heading to New York with plans to disrupt the convention. Several of these groups are funded by the Tides Foundation which receives most of its funding from Teresa Heinz-Kerry. Here are some of the groups who will be participating in the organized mayhem, courtesy of Kerry's wife ....- United for Peace and Justice
- Ramsey Clark's International Action Center
- International ANSWER
- The Ruckus Society
- Communist Workers World Party
- Communist Party USA
- Dog decoys intended to deliberately miscue bomb sniffing dogs in their bag of dirty tricks, tossing marbles under the hooves of police horses and using homemade slingshots to pelt the beasts.
- Go to a rifle, pistol or skeet shooting range, spend an hour shooting to saturate clothing with smell of gunpowder, go directly to a New Jersey Transit, LIRR or subway train headed for Penn Station.
- Try to have at least two people on a train in different locations, sit or stand near the doors as the train approaches the station, try to get near police and dogs, loiter as long as possible around the dog, try to pet it if possible.
- If the dog alerts on your scent, do not leave or resist; the situation will cause a major disruption of the train schedule. ... If there is more than one person on the train that causes a dog to alert, you can bet that the train will not be going anywhere for a long time ... neither will any trains behind it.
- It is important that the police call in all possible resources to investigate the situation. ... This will result in the maximum disruption. ... With any luck, Madison Square Garden will be evacuated.
Are these the kind of people you want to see in charge of the government next January? Only you can prevent this Moonbattery .. vote in November.
The Democratic Party and Teresa Heinz-Kerry think that hiring anarchist thugs to convince you who to vote for is the way to gain power. Wait a minute, isn't that how the Nazis came to power in Germany in 1933?
But don't take my word for it. Go to the Ruckus Society web page and read how these modern-day "Storm Troopers" train and what their plans are. Is it any coincidence that Bill Clinton's recent book was entitled "My Life" and Adolph Hitler's infamous book was entitled "Mein Kampf" ("My Struggle")?
Wake up, America! Before it's too late ....
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GRR-R-R-REAT News!
After 6 years of discussing and arguing, after 6 years of trying to convince him that the party which he stood for was corrupt, vile, unethical and lacking in the moral values which he held, I was able to convince my father, age 82, that he should become a republican. He'd been making a habit of voting republican for some time now (Reagan, Bush, etc.) and kept insisting it did not make any difference how he was registered. Of course, I tried explaining that whereas what he said was true in the general elections, it was in the primaries that the candidates were elected and that if he gave up his voice in the primaries his selections in the general elections could be limited to someone he might not have liked. For six years I failed.I even tried the old "father-son" bonding thing by telling him it'd be the best birthday present he could ever give me. No luck.
It was not until I actually took the initiative, got the paperwork from the Supervisor of Elections office and took it to him that he signed. All this from a guy who admitted to having voted in the Dummycrap pre-primaries in February for the candidate LEAST likely to EVER win nomination---Al Sharpton, simply because he can't stand The Poodle, John F**king Kerry. You gotta love it!
OBTW, my father became a citizen in the late 60s more because his job required it than anything else (the factory he worked in had defense contracts.) I asked him why he registered as a democrat and he said that as soon as he returned from his swearing in the union goons in his shop told him that is what he should do.
I feel content now, knowing the US will be a bit better place with one fewer registered dem.
OH, HAPPY DAY!!!
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A couple on guns
Gun owners are celebrating in Virginia as it is now permitted to openly carry weapons.OBTW, crime is at the lowest rate in years. You'd a thunk it?
Mike Adams, that professor at the University of North Carolina who rants and rages against bullshit in the educational system, put out a nice piece about some recommendations on "first gun" purchases weapons for those who are in the market to purchase one or more weapons.
I don't know shit from shinola about pistols or shotguns or rifles so feel free to read the article, comment here or comment directly with Mr. Adams. All I know is that when I owned a S&W .357 with a six inch barrel, it was a sweet pistol. The .38 wasn't bad either. I envision a future purchase of a 40 cal semi-automatic pistol soon and possibly one rifle and one shotgun. The rifle will be for long-range use on large varmints (like barking moonbats) and the shotgun will be for close range work also on that same pesky varmint. This, of course, after the next civil/class war begins. BWAH HA HA HA!!
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From the “People are Strange” Category
Hey, you remember when you were a kid, right? Mom and Dad were not cool. It's summer. Another month or so until school begins again. You're bored.So what do you do? EASY!!! Call some friends to go "hang out."
Literally.
You know, if these little fucks want to be treated like sides of beef, then I say we oblige them. Bullet to the head (for being stupid) and then fed to the sharks off the Florida Keys. Then again, what did you expect. They ARE from Flori-DUH, after all!
Ladies, if your husband has a tendency to get a little "crazy" after he drinks, you may want to consider not letting him see this as he may get ideas.
This guy is truly revolting and I hope that when they catch him they do to him what he did to his wife.
A Bedtime Prayer
Dear Lord,I kneel here before you tonight and ask your forgiveness for any errors or trespasses I may have committed today. I will try to do better tomorrow. Before I go, I need to ask you a question: is there really a heaven and hell? I don't ask for myself. I just want to know if you have a really, really bad part of hell reserved for people like this woman? I know you don't like me to judge other people but sometimes it is very hard. Please forgive me for not understanding how people can do things like this.
And say hello to my mother and father, who I know are up there with you. Especially my mother. I'm thankful she was a better person than the woman mentioned above.
Amen.
We’re Gonna Pump You Up
Democratic legislators in California are complaining that Governor Schwarzenegger is "homophobic". All because the Governator made the following statement ...."If they don't have the guts to come up here in front of you and say, 'I don't want to represent you, I want to represent those special interests, the unions, the trial lawyers ... if they don't have the guts, I call them girlie men," Schwarzenegger said to the cheering crowd at a mall food court in Ontario.The DummyCraps responded as follows ....
Democrats said Schwarzenegger's remarks were insulting to women and gays and distracted from budget negotiations. State Sen. Sheila Kuehl said the governor had resorted to "blatant homophobia."Girlie men? Mheh-heh .... So it seems the Governator was actually watching Saturday Night Live years ago when "Hanz and Franz" (Kevin Nealon and Dana Carvey) made fun of Schwarzenegger in a long-running skit that no one took offense at. Now that the Governator is using one of the oft-used phrases from that skit, the Left is accusing him of "homophobia? I cry foul here, folks. If it was funny then, it's funny now. Get over it.
"It uses an image that is associated with gay men in an insulting way, and it was supposed to be an insult. That's very troubling that he would use such a homophobic way of trying to put down legislative leadership," said Kuehl, one of five members of the Legislature's five-member Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Caucus.
Personally, I'm outraged that the "girlie men" would get upset over this. If you want to hear how outraged I am, click here (audio courtesy of SNL).
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Quote Of The Day"A celebrity is one who is known to many persons he is glad he doesn't know."
-- H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
On This Day In History
July 19, 1799 Rosetta Stone Discovered
During Napoleon Bonaparte's Egyptian campaign, a French soldier discovers a black basalt slab inscribed with ancient writing near the town of Rosetta, about 35 miles north of Alexandria. The irregularly shaped stone contained fragments of passages written in three different scripts: Greek, Egyptian hieroglyphics, and Egyptian demotic. The ancient Greek on the Rosetta Stone told archaeologists that it was inscribed by priests of Ptolemy V in the second century B.C. More startlingly, the Greek passage announced that the three scripts were all of identical meaning. The artifact thus held the key to solving the riddle of hieroglyphics, a written language that had been "dead" for nearly two millennia.
Two decades later, French Egyptologist Jean Franýois Champollion was able to decipher the hieroglyphics using his knowledge of Greek as a guide, and the language and culture of ancient Egypt was suddenly open to scientists as never before.
Today's Birthdays
Samuel Colt, American inventor (1814)
Edgar Degas, French painter and sculptor (1834)
Happy Birthday!
Samuel Colt, the man behind the handgun that armed the West.
Colt, Samuel, 1814–62, American inventor, b. Hartford, Conn. In 1835–36, he patented a revolving-breech pistol and founded at Paterson, N.J., the Patent Arms Company, which failed in 1842. An order for 1,000 revolvers from the U.S. government in 1847 in the Mexican War made possible the reestablishment of his business. He later built the Colt's Patent Fire-Arms Manufacturing Company factory at Hartford. Colt also invented a submarine battery used in harbor defense and a submarine telegraph cable. His revolving-breech pistol became so popular that the word Colt was sometimes used as a generic term for the revolver.
"God didn't make all men equal, Sam Colt did."
Thanks to The Quotations Page - The History Channel - The Biography Channel.
Sunday - July 18, 2004
Leftist Loon (liberalitus democratus)
"Crikey! This one's a beaut!"-- The Crock Hunter
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Weekly Pinup Gals
This weekend's pinup gals are from Harry Ekman and were seen on calendars during the late 1940's. A Chicago artist, Harry Ekman worked side by side with fellow Sundblom shop veteran Gil Elvgren, developing a lush style in oils uncannily like that of his mentor. His girls have the same fresh, wholesome glow as Elvgren's, and are seen in such typical Elvgren situations as bicycling, wading, and walking the dog. Like Elvgren, Ekman specialised in calendars but also worked in advertising.
New Additions In The Library
If you look in the sidebar under the "Visitor Education Center", you will see two new additions. One is the "Armed Forces Tribute". Take a look at it and support our troops.The second new addition is "Celebrity Addresses". This is the post from yesterday with contact information for badly behaving rock stars and Hollywood celebrities. Addresses, phone numbers and e-mails are there (where available). I'll keep updating the list so you can contact these people if you wish to let them know how you feel about their recent political statements. Today, I've added contact information for Danny Glover, Al Franken and Rosie O'Donnell. Keep checking back as the list will be updated regularly. If you have a particular in-DUH-vidual you want contact information for, just e-mail us here.
Daily Dose
Quote Of The Day"Insane people are always sure that they are fine. It is only the sane people who are willing to admit that they are crazy."
-- Nora Ephron
On This Day In History
July 18, 1969 - Incident On Chappaquiddick Island
Shortly after leaving a party on Chappaquiddick Island, Senator Edward "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts drives an Oldsmobile off a wooden bridge into a tide-swept pond. Kennedy escaped the submerged car, but his passenger, 28-year-old Mary Jo Kopechne, did not. The senator did not report the fatal car accident for 10 hours.
On the evening of July 18, 1969, while most Americans were home watching television reports on the progress of the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission, Kennedy and his cousin Joe Gargan were hosting a cookout and party at a rented cottage on Chappaquiddick Island, an affluent island near Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. The party was planned as a reunion for Kopechne and five other women, all veterans of the late Senator Robert F. Kennedy's 1968 presidential campaign. Bobby Kennedy was Ted Kennedy's older brother, and following Bobby's assassination in June 1968 Ted took up his family's political torch. In 1969, Ted Kennedy was elected majority whip in the U.S. Senate, and he seemed an early front-runner for the 1972 Democratic presidential nomination.
Just after 11 p.m., Kennedy left the party with Kopechne, by his account to drive to the ferry slip where they would catch a boat back to their respective lodgings in Edgartown on Martha's Vineyard. While driving down the main roadway, Kennedy took a sharp turn onto the unpaved Dike Road, drove for a short distance, and then missed the ramp to a narrow wooden bridge and drove into Poucha Pond. Kennedy, a married man, claimed the Dike Road excursion was a wrong turn. However, both he and Kopechne had previously driven down the same road, which led to a secluded ocean beach just beyond the bridge. In addition, Kopechne had left both her purse and room key at the party.
Kennedy escaped the car and then dove down in an attempt to retrieve Kopechne from the sunken Oldsmobile. Failing, he stumbled back to the cottage, where he enlisted Gargan and another friend in a second attempt to save Kopechne. The three men were unsuccessful; her body was not recovered. The trio then went to the ferry slip, where Kennedy dove into the water and swam back to Edgartown, about a mile away. He returned to his room at the Shiretown Inn, changed his clothes, and at 2:25 a.m. stepped out of his room when he spotted the innkeeper, Russell Peachey. He told Peachey that he been awakened by noise next door and asked what time it was. He then returned to his room.
Was Kennedy trying to establish an alibi? In Leo Damore's Senatorial Privilege--the Chappaquiddick Cover-up (1988), the author recounts an interview with Joe Gargan in which Gargan claimed that Kennedy had plotted to make Kopechne the driver and sole occupant of the automobile. Whatever Kennedy's intentions, on the morning of July 19 he went back to Chappaquiddick Island and then returned to Edgartown. At 9:45 a.m., 10 hours after driving off Dike Road bridge, Kennedy reported the accident to Edgartown Police Chief Dominick Arena and admitted that he was the driver.
On July 25, Kennedy pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of an accident, received a two-month suspended sentence, and had his license suspended for a year. That evening, in a televised statement, he called the delayed reporting of the accident "indefensible" but vehemently denied that he been involved in any improprieties with Kopeche. He also asked his constituents to help him decide whether to continue his political career. Receiving a positive response, he resumed his senatorial duties at the end of a month.
There is speculation that he used his considerable influence to avoid more serious charges that could have resulted from the episode. Although the incident on Chappaquiddick Island derailed his presidential hopes, Kennedy continued to serve as a U.S. senator of Massachusetts into the 21st century.
Today's Birthdays
Nelson Mandela, South African political leader (1918)
John Glenn, American astronaut (1921)
Thanks to The Quotations Page - The History Channel - The Biography Channel.
Are you confused?
Maybe you are as confused as I am so here's a little something to tuck into your shirt pocket for when you encounter a barking leftist moonbat. (Thanks to Ana!)Right now, we have one guy saying one thing. Then the other guy says something else. Who to believe? So.....lemme see....have I got this straight?
Clinton awards Halliburton no-bid contract in Yugoslavia - good...
Bush awards Halliburton no-bid contract in Iraq - bad...
Clinton spends 77 billion on war in Serbia - good...
Bush spends 87 billion in Iraq - bad...
Clinton imposes regime change in Serbia - good...
Bush imposes regime change in Iraq - bad...
Clinton bombs Christian Serbs on behalf of Muslim Albanian terrorists - good...
Bush liberates 25 million from a genocidal dictator - bad...
Clinton bombs Chinese embassy - good...
Bush bombs terrorist camps - bad...
Clinton commits felonies while in office - good...
Bush lands on aircraft carrier in jumpsuit - bad...
Clinton says mass graves in Serbia - good...
Entire world says WMD in Iraq - bad...
No mass graves found in Serbia - good...
No WMD found Iraq - bad...
Stock market crashes in 2000 under Clinton - good...
Economy on upswing under Bush - bad...
Clinton refuses to take custody of Bin Laden - good...
World Trade Centers fall under Bush - bad...
Clinton says Saddam has nukes - good...
Bush says Saddam has nukes - bad...
Clinton calls for regime change in Iraq - good...
Bush imposes regime change in Iraq - bad...
Terrorist training in Afghanistan under Clinton - good...
Bush destroys training camps in Afghanistan - bad...
Milosevic not yet convicted - good...
Saddam turned over for trial - bad...
Ahh, it's so confusing!
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Humor for Sunday!
Headlines from the year 2035Ozone created by electric cars now killing millions in the seventh largest country in the world, California.
White minorities still trying to have English recognized as California's third language.
Spotted Owl plague threatens northwestern United States crops and livestock.
Baby conceived naturally... Scientists stumped.
Couple petitions court to reinstate heterosexual marriage.
Last remaining Fundamentalist Muslim dies in the American Territory of the Middle East (formerly known as Iran, Afghanistan, Syria, and Lebanon). Iraq still closed off; physicists estimate it will take at least ten more years before radioactivity decreases to safe levels.
France pleads for global help after being overtaken by Jamaica.
Castro finally dies at age 112; Cuban cigars can now be imported legally, but President Chelsea Clinton has banned all smoking.
George Z. Bush says he will run for President in 2036.
Postal Service raises price of first class stamp to $17.89 and reduces mail delivery to Wednesday only.
35 year study: Diet and Exercise is the key to weight loss.
Average weight of Americans drops to 250 lbs.
Average height of NBA players now nine feet, seven inches.
New federal law requires that all nail clippers, screwdrivers, fly swatters, and rolled up newspapers must be registered by January 2036.
Capitol Hill intern indicted for refusing to have sex with congressman.
Florida Democrats still don't know how to use a voting machine.
(Thanks, Sandy!)
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