SOMETIMES, NOTHING MORE NEED BE SAID....

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Thanks to Sir George Turner(you need to cut back on work and post more on your OWN site George!) for sending Mama a link to a two and a half hour power point presentation of Thomas P.M. Barnett, a senior Analyst/Professor for the Navy War College.

Mr. Barnetts contention is that we must develop a new paradigm in dealing with other countries in the face of Globalization. He proposes that, while the US is undoubtedly number one in the world in the capability of projecting military force, we are woefully inadequate in securing a stable long term peace after the conflict is won, and that, in essence, it takes a "global village", working in unision, to effect a stable peace.

He avers that we are dealing in the world by how we want it to be, not how, in reality, it really is. And that misalignment of views is dangerous to our national security.

At first I found myself resistant to some of his ideas, thinking them just a reiteration of Leftist Moonbat ideas of a Global Community singing Kum-Ba-Ya in perfect harmony. But in furthur listening to him I found that Mr. Barnett is hardly a Leftist Moonbat, he is a hardheaded realist. Yes, some of his ideas at first glance seem to smack of a Idealists vision, but he backs up his contentions in a cogent, realistic way, and what is even more unusual, he provides a step by step road map of how to achieve his vision of the world. He admits that it won't be easy, but that it is inevitable, and the big question is, how much pain it will take before it is achieved.

I think that his ideas merit serious study and consideration.

I put his web site at the top of my "People that make me think" blogroll, and I will be visiting it often.

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Riverdog has an interesting post on gun blogging and the possible ramifications thereof.

I have less than half the experience in Law Enforcement than he has, but I have to say from my own experience that he clearly points out the reality of the dangers that any blogger must face up to if they want to express their opinions vis a vis the Second Amendment and the private ownership of weapons, and he gives some sage advice to follow to prevent unnecessary harrassment from the government and it's enforcement agencies. As Riverdog stated: "It (list of gun contacts/expressions)does exist in field contact reports as they are coded and maintained by local police. I know, because I used to write these reports myself." I did also, so I know he is correct.

It is a fine line that you must walk, or in the doublespeak world of government law enforcement, you ARE guilty of heinious crimes against an oprderly society, just by expressing your opinion.

I wouldn't be surprised in the slightest if I was on "the list" in some obscure government agency for my outspoken opinions on the Second Amendment.
And I have to admit that in my more paranoid moments that thought frightens me.

I do not believe in armed insurrection against the government as it stands, but I believe that the Second Amendment was put into place in case of a tyranical turn of that government, and the responsibility of the citizens of this country to be prepared for that eventuality by keeping arms and by using those arms if the situation warranted it.

I do believe we should be "A Nation of Riflemen" as Kim du Toit terms it. A just and honest government has nothing to fear from that concept.

But it seems that anyone of that mindset has to fear that those ideas may put him at odds with a government that has become more authoritarian the farther the ideas espoused by the Left has pemeated it. The more that Groupthink government control comes into vogue, the greater the danger to independant and self-reliant people; who must therefor guard their own public expressions of belief, lest they become victims of that groupthink mentality.

Acidman and McGehee have their own two cents to add too, and worth the read.

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So. My brother comes over to check out the net.....I don't know how impressed he was, I have a habit of showing things I'M interested in, not what floats his boat. But he did find a couple of things he liked, like this sweet 55' Chevy Bel Aire:

Now I think I might have gotten him interested...you can find/buy cars with this thing?!? And rare parts? And talk to hot chicks women?

Maybe Santa will fix him up with his own system this Christmas. I sure hope so, cause I sure can't!

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Here is another entry on the Dutch awakening to the Islamic Fundementalist threat.

As I've stated before, the Dutch have what is arguably the most "tolerant" society on Earth. The Moonbats here have made a mantra of "if we just understand and tolerate the Muslims, they will understand that they have nothing to fear from us and we can sit down and sing Kum-Ba-Ya together in perfect understanding" Ask the residents of Schiedam just how far "tolerance" has to go before that happens.

If you "tolerate" to the point that you no longer have a cohesive, basic agreement on the limits/mores a society will agree on, you no longer have a society.

I find it encouraging that if the ultratolerant Dutch can be starting to "get it", maybe the rest of Europe may too, before it reaches the point of open warfare.

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I posted about this before, and it seems that the reporter that fed the young dupe soldier the question didn't even try to get the facts right. He saw an opportunity to get Rumsfeld in a "gotcha" that would raise a furor with the sheeple folks back on the home front, and he took it. Like the CBS fake documents fiasco however, it seems that it's coming back to bite the reporter in the posterior.

From the Washington Times emphasis mine)

"The reporter who managed to get a National Guardsman serving in Iraq to question Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld about why his unit's vehicles lacked sufficient armor coached the soldier using false information," NewsMax.com reports.

"In fact, by the time Chattanooga Times Free Press reporter Edward Lee Pitts rehearsed Spc. Thomas 'Jerry' Wilson on what to say to Rumsfeld, the Pentagon had already up-armored 97 percent of the vehicles in Thomas' 278th Regimental Combat Team, senior members of the Army's combat systems development and acquisition team said Thursday.

"Further undermining the premise of Pitts' question, orders to up-armor the last 20 of the 278th's 830 vehicles were already in the pipeline when he engineered the bogus inquiry," NewsMax said.

"According to the Maryville, Tenn., Daily Times — a rival to Pitts' paper — Army Maj. Gen. Stephen Speakes and Army Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Sorenson said during last week's Pentagon briefing that routine pre-deployment preparations before proceeding to Iraq included adding protective armor plates to the last 20 vehicles of the Tennessee-based 278th Regimental Combat Team's 830 vehicles.

" 'When the question was asked, 20 vehicles remained to be up-armored at that point,' Gen. Speakes said, in comments completely ignored by the major media.

" 'We completed those 20 vehicles in the next day,' he said. 'In other words, we completed all the armoring within 24 hours of the time the question was asked,' Gen. Speakes added.

Just another case of the MSM trying to move their own anti-war/administration agenda.

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Sitting here, listening to some old Coltrain and trying to find something that strikes me worthy of a post.

Then it hit me, why not just go the stream of conciousness route and put out whatever dribble is on my mind? Maybe it will unblock the dam and rid me of this verdamt writers block that has afflicted me for the last couple of days.

I LOVE Coltrain, Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker,and Dave Brubeck when I'm in a mood like this, nothing to do but let the music flow over you, around you, and through you.
Music is truly the balm of the soul, if you pick the right piece to match your mood.

I have very eclectic tastes....one moment I may be listening to Grieg's "Hall of the Mountain King", the next "White Room" by Cream. It's all good to me. Blues one minute, Rock the next and finish up with some really nice piece of Classical.

The only form that I have never found more than one or two things I Like to listen to is Rap. Rap is NOT music. I don't care for much Bluegrass either, but at least it IS music. Rap is Satans way to pervert the minds of it's listeners. Nothing but raw sex, unwarrented violence and pure hate, all done to a basic beat or some clown trying to use a mike as a drum. All music has an energy that affects the listener for good or ill, Rap is only pure negative energy.

Now I have that image in my mind, I need to go floss out my head.

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Scanning through the resources available on the web, there are so many things of interest to write about.....and I can't get my mind around any of them to write a cogent post about any of them.

I start out to comment on a case where a citizen is being mistreated by Police in an incident over carrying a gun in his car, conforming to the open carry/non-CCW rules of his state, and it comes out a mish-mosh of incoherant blather.

I try to post on the case where a useless piece of human waste strangles a woman and cuts out her unborn child from her womb, and it's so stridently incoherant that even I can't bear to reread it.

Whats a blogger to do when it seems as if his Muse has deserted him?

Write tripe like this in the hopes that inspiration will hit, that's what!

I find a heart-warming/rending story like a a mothers love and pride in their sons serving in Iraq, and I can only say "way to GO Moms!" They demonstrate what are true heartland values, beyond that, what more is there to say?

Bahhh! I'll be back when I can put two words together in a way that makes some sort of sense. In the meantime, why don't you check out some of the fine people in my blogroll? I highly recomend The Rott, Kim du Toit, Acidman and Poisening Pigeons. And be sure not to miss the Conservative Insurgent and Small Town Veteran.

Hopefully I will be back to coherance before you get done with checking out these fine examples of Blogdom.

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I noticed the Spousal Unit hadn't posted any girlies in a while, so I found him this little bit of Holiday Cheer. I don't think he'll mind that I posted this. Do you?

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Update on LCPL Kyle Renehan: Copied from the Baltimore Sun

CORPORAL KYLE J. RENEHAN, USMC (21), died on December 9, 2004,as a result of injuries he sustained while serving his country in Operation Iraqi Freedom. He is survived by his loving parents, James P. and Theresa L. Renehan; brothers, Brandon P., CPL (USMC) Christopher, Spencer L., and Cameron L. Renehan; nephew, Michael D. Renehan; grandmothers, Elizabeth Ann Renehan and Mildred L. Gallis. He is predeceased by both grandfathers, Patrick Renehan (paternal) and Cy Gallis (maternal). Family will receive friends on Sunday, December 19, from 12 to 3 P.M. and 5 to 9 P.M. at Fleck Funeral Home, Inc., 7601 Sandy Spring Rd., Laurel, MD. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at St. Mary's of the Mill Catholic Church, 114 St. Mary's Place, Laurel, Maryland on Monday, December 20 at 11:30 A.M. Interment, Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Silver Spring, MD. Donations in Kyle's memory may be made to: Fisher House Foundation, Inc., 1401 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.

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Oliver North has a column showing up the MSM on just how biased it really is.

He compares and contrasts the media treatment given to two different stories about two very different Servicemen.

Go read it.

Ask yourself, why is one man "heroic", according to the MSM, for shirking his duty, while a TRUE hero who knowingly and willingly gave up his life to protect his brothers in arms live's is all but ignored?

The MSM is all too willing to broadcast anything embarrassing to the administration, but when there are stories of true heroism and self-sacrifice, there is an all but deafening silence. We The People must show the MSM that we. will. NOT stand for this obvious bias any longer. Hit them where it hurts, in the pocketbook. Write them and let them know why you refuse to read/watch/listen to them any longer. Patronize only those news outlets that show ALL sides of an issue, and report just the facts and not their opinions.

Sgt. Rafael Peralta USMC, rest in peace. You made the ultimate sacrifice for your fellow Marines, may you be forever remembered with the honor you deserve. Semper Fi

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When Mblog pulled the "dump their clients" fiasco several months ago, I was devastated. I'm STILL really ticked off about not being able to recover my archives from the original site.

I had reached the point where I was starting to build up a readership, and I was really in the swing of blogging; then, in one fell swoop, it was all gone. At 5 PM, I was a blogger, by 12 PM, it was all gone.

Pixi Misa came to the rescue and gave me a new home, for which I'll be forever greatfull. It was disheartening though, to start from nothing again...I was afraid that I would never match where I had been.

That fear made it difficult to keep up my interest in trying to do the work to try to make a blog people would want to read and link to. I apologize to all of you who proved me wrong in having that attitude.

Blogging shouldn't be about the numbers, it should be about expressing yourself. Nevertheless, the numbers do kind of give you a validation in that it shows that, just maybe, people might be interested in what you have to say.

I opened my new digs on December 5, 2004, and now, in a short 12 days, I checked my numbers at Truth laid Bear and in viewing the graph of the progress of the new blog was gratified to find that I had gone from 0 to 70 unique links, and went from over 17,000 in the ranks to 2,148, and I was consistantly one level higher in the ecosphere than I had been.

It wasn't anything I did, I know my posts haven't been up to the level of the old house in general. It was all of YOU. You who took the trouble to find me again, and continuing to read me, and relink to me, despite the drop in quality.

THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart. I promise that I will endeavor to re-attain my old level of mediocre writing to repay the great favor you have shown me, and to continue to try and improve as best I can.

If you ever have any constructive criticism, suggestions, or just want to tell me what a lousy blogger I really am, please feel free to put them in the comments, or e-mail me. I may not always answer, but I'll always consider any input.

Again, THANK YOU for coming to visit me, please come back soon and often.

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David Kasper of Davids Medienkritik sent me a link to an interview with Keffery Gedman, who presents a very enlightening view of attitudes in the EU towards the US and Israel.

Here is just a taste:

Jeffrey Gedmin, an American, is director of the Aspen Institute in Berlin. According to Gedmin, four factors play a role in Europe's increasingly anti-Israeli sentiment: Europe's attempt to assuage guilt over its murderous past, rivalry with the United States, anti-Semitism, and the nonacceptance of European concepts of society by the majority of Israelis.

Gedmin forecasts that with the greater divergence in views between the United States and Europe, the disagreement over Israel will increasingly widen. He says, "During the forty years of the Cold War, we Americans had a close relationship with Europe, even if it was not without problems. After the Berlin Wall fell on 9 November 1989, Europe, and in particular Germany, gradually woke up, thinking that they needed America less. Thus began a path to greater competition and rivalry, some of it benign, some less so.

"Dependency on America during the Cold War has bred terrible European resentment. Americans have underestimated how deep that runs. Yet the imbalance in power between the United States and Europe remains and this breeds even more European frustration and envy. Europe is still lacking in economic growth and dynamism, self-confidence and demography."

Go and read the rest.

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In a landmark case,a jury found three Muslim organizations and one individual guilty of providing funds to a terrorist organization, namely Hamas.

This is a landmark case in the WoT as it is the first time that American citizens were held civialy liable for helping to fund terrrorism.

It's good to see that some common sense has infiltrated into American Jurisprudence in some small measure.

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Custody Battle Ruling:

A seven year old San Francisco boy was at the center of a courtroom
drama this morning when he challenged a court ruling over who should
have custody.

The boy has a history of being beaten by his parents so the judge awarded custody to his aunt.

The boy confirmed that his aunt beat him more than his parents and he refused to live there.

When the judge suggested that he live with his grandparents the boy cried out
that they beat him more than anyone.

The judge then decided to allow the boy to choose who should have custody of him.

Custody was granted to the Cleveland Browns this morning as the boy firmly believes that they are not capable of beating anyone.

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Subject: Hijack Prevention

I have the solution for the prevention of hijackings, and at the same
time getting our airline industry back on its feet.

Since men of the Muslim religion are not allowed to look at naked
women, we should replace all of our female flight attendants with strippers.

Muslims would be afraid to get on the planes for fear of seeing a naked
woman, and of course, every businessman in this country would start
flying again in hope of seeing a naked woman.

Hijackings would end, and the airline industry would have record sales.

Why didn't Bush think of this?

Why do I still have to do everything myself?

Sincerely,
Bill Clinton

hat tip to Catfish

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This statue currently stands outside the Iraqi palace, now home to the 4th Infantry division. It will eventually be shipped home and put in the memorial museum in Fort Hood, Texas.

The statue was created by an Iraqi artist named Kalat, who for years was forced by Saddam Hussein to make the many hundreds of bronze busts of Saddam that dotted Baghdad.

Kalat was so grateful for the Americans liberation of his country; he melted 3 of the heads of the fallen Saddam and made the statue as a memorial to the American soldiers and their fallen warriors. Kalat worked on this memorial night and day for several months.

To the left of the kneeling soldier is a small Iraqi girl giving the soldier comfort as he mourns the loss of his comrade in arms.

Do you know why we don't hear about this in the news? Because it is heart warming and praise worthy. The media avoids it because it does not have the shock effect that a flashed breast or controversy of politics does. But we can do something about it. We can pass this along to as many people as we can in honor of all our brave military who is making a difference.

hat tip to SlagleRock

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Subject: Breaking in

I HEARD HIM TRYING TO BREAK IN.

I RAN TO THE CABINET GRABBED MY AUTOMATIC,
SLAMMED THE CLIP IN AND CHAMBERED A ROUND.
I WAS SCARED AS I SNUCK DOWN THE HALL
TO THE BACK DOOR.

I ALSO GRABBED A FLASH LIGHT.

I OPENED THE DOOR
AS QUIETLY AND AS SLOWLY AS I COULD.

I TIP TOED TO THE SIDE OF THE HOUSE
WHERE I HEARD HIM
STILL WORKING ON THE SCREEN.

I TURNED THE CORNER
AND PUT THE FLASHLIGHT AND GUN IN HIS FACE.

I YELLED, "HANDS UP!"
AS HE TURNED TO FACE ME

Yep.
It Was A Cat Burglar.

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1 That's just silly. SlagleRock Out!

Posted by: SlagleRock at December 15, 2004 09:08 PM (fTGYN)

2 This same burglar was out casing my house the other day! It's great to have you back in the cyber-realm, Delftsman! It's been too quiet around here!

Posted by: Karlo at December 16, 2004 01:40 PM (HoLw7)

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Today is the tenth anniversery of my nephew's entry into the hallowed ranks of Those Who Serve, in the Air Force to be specific.

So to SSgt. Robert G. Slagle USAF, Congratulations and many more happy years in doing what you do best.

Go on over and give him your best wishes.

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It had to happen...many proponents of the Second Amendment pointed out that even if guns were outlawed, criminals would just turn to other weapons.

They effectively outlawed guns in the UK and Scotland, and now they are after knives. Whats next? taken to the idiotic extreme, will they ban trees on private premises so as to take away the availibilty of branches to use as clubs?

The answer has always been to hold the criminals responsible, not their weapons. But that means assigning personal accountability, something the G/KFW "progressives" view as anthema.

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