Just wondering...
WHY is it that every time one on the opposite side of the aisle from me comments on my site, they never leave a valid e-mail address?
I leave my mine on their sites when I visit...could it just be that they just don't wish to be held accountable for their views?
Just wondering thats all. Mailer Demon will just have to deal with my repeated returned mails....
State Senate Hijinks
I was reading one my left leaning sites and saw where the owner was decrying that Republicans "were fighting dirty", and that the Dhims needed to do the same.
Actually, I bemoan the fact that, in some cases, the Republicans have sunk to the level of Democratic Party tactics. The GOP is better than that.
Here in Indiana, we've had a reprisal of the Democratic snit that played out in Texas last year, where the Dhims wouldn't enter the chamber so that there could be a quorem so that debate/votes could be taken.
This seems to be the new Demoncratic tactic; if they don't like the bills proposed, they don't want to try to debate them, they just take their baby behinds home and make it so that NO business can be done. And they still expect to be paid for NOT doing what they are being paid for.
I ask the voters of Indiana to take note of the whiners that can't even TRY to fight for their own positions and ensure that they don't have the chance to pull such stunts after the next election. The Dhims keep asking for "reconciliation" and "compromise", but in their actions, those words seem to mean "do it OUR way, or we won't play". Must be a new dictionary that they're using....
The same type of thing seems to be happening in the US Senater too. The Dhims need to realize that they are no longer the majority party. They need to fight for what they believe in (if they can figure out what that is) but realize that they won't win every time as they used to when they were the majority. And that is NOT "dirty fighting". The electorate chose what they wanted, and the GOP won. The GOP needs to start ACTING like a majority party and not bow to the childish snits of spoiled brats.
I feel that we need to make some SERIOUS cuts in spending, and not the farcical "cuts" that they tout so far. We need to make the tax cuts permanent too, so that business can be assured about what the climate will be for at least this cycle and plan their spending accordingly. The "Fair Tax" plan is something that should be seriously considered.
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That breeze of freedom is atarting to blow
Even the Grey Old Lady has had to start to admit that events in the Middle East are changing in surprising(and to Leftists, disturbing) ways.
President Bush had stated that his goal in the M.E. was nothing less than to try to start a democratization of the regimes in the area. This was decried by the Left as unrealistic "Cultural Imperialism" and quite obviously could never happen.
As usual, the Left finds itself on the wrong side of history. While it's far too early to predict the final results, recent events in Lebanon, Egypt, Syria and even in the ongoing struggle between the "palistinians" and the Israelis prove that there is a new movement in the air, it's fragile and needs to be nurtured, but if it is, it just yet may grow to Hurricane force, as far as the tyrants in the region are concerned. They can not withstand a popular movement of the people who yearn for self determination, if those people are willing to take the risks and pay the price that freedom demands.
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Milestone Here I am with my oldest progeny, celebrating yet another milestone in her young life, her first car. She just signed a 4 year lease on a 2005 VW Jetta, with all the bells and whistles. Way to go Erin!
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Cool Fraternal-unit + beautiful Daughter-unit + cArrrrr = Freedom. Is there any finer thing you can give your progeny! Way to go Dad! Just remind her that it's easy to go fast, it's hard to stop.
Posted by: ZiPpo at March 01, 2005 02:12 PM (P7XXv)
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Awsome Bert, just awsome. Not many of us have that close of a family relationship.
Posted by: Jack at March 01, 2005 07:57 PM (ngJRu)
One down, how many millions to go?
For the first time, I have read a Muslim who has the picture of what is happening in the Islamic world correctly and isn't afraid to state it publicly.
Look for the Fatwah to be issued against Mr. Nawash shortly.
1Muslims must wake up, look inward and put a stop to many of our religious leaders who spend most of their sermons teaching hatred, intolerance and violent jihad.
If they don't start clueing in soon they will find themselves getting the same treatment. A religious idealog that teaches, 'My God or no respect for your beliefs or your life', is not going to mesh well in the third millinium. I don't think the majority of the Ayatollahs, Immans, Mullahs or fundies are going to survive this. Teaching a lifestyle of co-operative concern and benevolent exchange might get them excepted into more minds and hearts.
Posted by: Mikenchi at March 01, 2005 04:24 PM (cOykp)
We have an AUTHOR in da Haouse!!
Well, Mamamontezz has been diligently working on her first real effort in penning a "real" book, and she has finally completed it and offered it to the literary world.
Of course, I'm biased, but I really think you might want to get your very own copy and put it in your library so that when she becomes semi-famous, YOU'LL be able to say: "I have an original first edition Mamamontezz"!
Be the first one on your block to order your very own copy for a measly $12.00! I know her personally, so if you want it autographed, send it to me for a personalized message. It remains to be seen just how big her head will get....but at least she'll have a good reason for it.
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Steyn hits another oneMark Steyn hits another one out of the ballpark. Europe is a lost cause, despite the fact that there are indications that the Dutch, at least, are waking up to the danger they are facing.
I fear that the inertia of the Continent as a whole will preclude an easy reversal of that danger however. The United States has come to Europe's rescue twice in the last hundred years, and we have continued to assure Europes liberty for the last sixty years, leading them into a sense of complacency; this time, it should be up to the Europeans to extricate themselves. They have to come to the realization that freedom ISN'T free, and not depend on outside forces to pay the costs.
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Another winner, they no longer need the U.S. Europe has their beloved UN to protect them, and when things get tough they can always rely on the French Foreign Legion to rescue them.
Posted by: Jack at March 01, 2005 08:08 PM (ngJRu)
The Left keeps asking "was it worth the American lives lost to free Iraq?" without acknowledging that Iraq was merely a part of a larger stradegy in the Middle East, one which seems to starting to bear fruit.
The final results are by no means certain, indeed, they will not be known for at least another generation, but if they continue as they are, I believe that, Yes Virginia, those men and women sacrificed to the final measure in a worthy cause.
We must stay the course and continue to fight the good fight so that the gains garnered by those sacrifices will not be thrown away.
"useful Idiots"
I told a commenter in an earlier thread that Joseph Stalin had a term for those that didn't have a loyalty to their society as a whole, and the term was "useful idiots". Well, it seems that even former Presidents and First Ladies can fall into that category.
I don't believe that the Carters were aware of any wrongdoing involved with their charitable orginization, much less had an active hand in promulgating that wrongdoing, but the fact remains that they didn't keep a close enough eye on what was happening through the ageis of their good works.
In dealing with people such as Saddam Hussein, it behooves the people dealing with him to expend extra vigilence in those dealings to ensure that they truly do meet the expectations put upon them, and not used as a cover for the graft and perfidity that Saddam dealt in as a matter of course. It seems that the Carters fell into the "the UN sanctions it, so it MUST be on the up and up" trap. It also serves as yet another example of the corruption filled cesspool that the UN has become.
That the specific donations were legal and (hopefully) put to good use doesn't negate the broader taint of corruption and influence peddleing that they helped to engender. "useful idiots" indeed!
Posted by: Jack at March 01, 2005 08:10 PM (ngJRu)
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The Stalin quote is certainly apropos to your point. Stalin was a cynical nationalist who placed nation (and his own personal aggrandizement) about every ideal he pretended to hold. The fact that he would call people who didn't share his patriotic fervor "idiots" seems to be a point in their favor.
Posted by: Karlo at March 03, 2005 03:55 PM (HoLw7)
Fiber Optic Fence?
It seems that new technology in the fiber optics field may prove to be the solution to securing large areas of our southern border. Should the testing of the system prove it to be as efficacious as it is believed it will be, I hope that it will be deployed in the shortest time possible. It's far past time that we get serious about the integrity of our borders.
A Conservative ProtestDavis MedianKritik has been fighting the good fight in Deuthchland against the forces of Idiotarianism. He has pictures of a protest that he helped sponser in Mainze, Deutchland last week.
Keep up the good fight David!
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3 Imams to be expelled
From The Dutch Report comes a post that shows welcome signs that the Dutch government has begun to fight the problem of Islamic fundementalism in the country. It's about time that common sense started coming to the fore.
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It's a start toward removing those that will never assimilate into the society and will always foment terror and disruption, the same thing needs to be done in the United States also.
Posted by: Jack at February 25, 2005 07:37 PM (HBR1f)
Privatization Myths
FINALLY! some economists put the "myth" stamp on the so called "transition costs" of following President Bush's proposal to partialyy privatize Social Security. The Democrats main argument is that the scheme would require up to two trillion dollars in additional "transition costs". And the general public, being uninformed on just how Social Security operates and ignorant of macroeconomics in any case, are being scared to death by these claims.
As Edward Prescott, 2004 winner of the Bank of Sweden Nobel Prize in Economics, and Lawrence Hunter, senior research fellow with the Institute for Policy Innovation, show, there ARE no transition costs, merely a shifting of debt from one form to another. Those costs are ALLREADY BEING INCURRED under the present system.
The politicians in our government have long been conducting a hoax on the American people, and apparently, the present state of education in the country today has failed to give the people the ability to see through that hoax.
IF I was a conspiracy theorist, which I am NOT, I would only conclude that NEA policies were a plot to ensure the docility of the masses though indoctrination rather than forwarding education....still if you look at the decline in real education of the last 20 or 30 years, it does lead one to wonder if the conspiracy nuts don't have something, after all?
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Hillery Speaks Sense, for once
I may have serious feelings of animosity towards Senator Clinton, but when she has it correct, I must ackowledge it. Even if it's a ploy to try to move herself into a "centerists" position for a presumed Presidential bid in 2008.
She has gone public in stating that we should NOT set a firm deadline on withdrawing from Iraq. I believe that to be good policy, both in our, and the Iraqi people's best interests.
Kudos to her stance in this one instance, too bad she has shown herself to be a closet Socialist, or I might have to start considering her as a candidate worthy of voting for.....NAH, that will NEVER happen!
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Actually, she did make several similar comments last October, I think. She was speaking in Iraq to the troops at the time ... so if that trip was not in October, I cheerfully stand corrected.
Posted by: Adriane at February 22, 2005 05:19 AM (bN2BQ)
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We'll trade you one Hillary for one McCain. (We'll have to put him through some heavy reindoctrination sessions, mind you.)
Posted by: Karlo at February 23, 2005 07:20 PM (HoLw7)
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No need for a trade Karlo, we'll give McCain to you. His entry into your way of thinking is 85% there anyway.
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I still see the need for heavy reindoctrination sessions. (; Actually, I disagree that McCain is "left" in any sense of the word. But he is at least independent and at times principles--qualities lacking in most of our politicians. That said, if he ran for president, I would never vote for him since I don't care for his stand on most issues.
Posted by: Karlo at February 24, 2005 11:58 AM (HoLw7)
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"That said, if he ran for president, I would never vote for him since I don't care for his stand on most issues."
SOMETHING we agree on for once!
...and at times principles--qualities lacking in most of our politicians.
You HAD to ruin it with that statement. McCain is for one thing and one thing only, and that's John McCain. I believe that Preident Bush is one of the most pricipled politicians there has ever been.
You may not agree with those principles, but he tells you exactly what he believes and why he believes that way and then proceedes to follow the course he has outlined, even in the face of some of the greatest opposition that any President has ever had to deal with.
THAT is the definition of being principled. I think that that is one of the reasons that the Left hates him so much, they know that he won't go along to get along.
Those tapes made by a "friend" of his reveal that to be true, the private Bush is the same as the public Bush. They also revealed that he was willing to go against what the Left considers his "Main" voters bloc, the evangelical Christians, in his remarks about gays. For that alone, I am certainly grateful.
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Rather than principled, I think Bush is loyal--to his own true constituency of the extremely wealthy. When it comes to the smoke-screen of social issues, on the other hand, he's the ultimate opportunist. Are we to believe that this cocaine-sniffing draft-dodging weasel who never worked a damn day in his life has these heart-felt religious convictions that make him stand up for the war on drugs, the value of hard work, religious values, and a robust and aggressive foreign policy? A bit hard to swallow to say the least. Each time I see him in front of a podium shifting around as he whines about how someone else just "doesn't get it," I just can't believe that anyone sees him as the example of a "leader." You could toss a rock into any crowd of people with 2 or more people in it and hit a better leader.
Posted by: Karlo at February 24, 2005 03:48 PM (HoLw7)
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"loyal--to his own true constituency of the extremely wealthy."
"draft-dodging weasel who never worked a damn day in his life..."
Most perfect descriptions of Senator Splash I have ever seen! Thanks Karlo!
Posted by: delftsman3 at February 28, 2005 06:21 PM (61vfJ)
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She won't charge you for a banner, although Love Offerings to her Paypal would be most appreciated, let your conscience be your guide to that. She does it out of the desire to contribute to the medium that has provided her so much joy, but it does take time, and thats enough said about that.
Just send me an e-mail with your request and/or banner ideas, and I'll get them to Mama ASAP. She'll tweak it until you're satisfied with the results.
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My thought after reading this is maybe the perpetrator could be found just hanging around.
Posted by: Jack at February 20, 2005 06:38 PM (AIV5b)
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Wow, could you imagine if we had such a law here? Clinton never would have even been looked at for his crimes.
Hell with laws like this we'd have to open the doors to many of our prisons.
That is just insane.
SlagleRock Out!
Posted by: SlagleRock at February 21, 2005 07:00 AM (AtSju)
Another little quiz
Take the quiz: "WHAT RELIGION BESTS SUITS YOU?" Category Unknown You don't fit into any of the above categories, so perhaps before you get angry or confused, check what other religion(s) you scored the highest on. For example, you might be a Christian-Pagan, or a Discordian-Wiccan. Just use a bit of logic. However, according to this test, you're simply 100% YOU. You don't fit into any of the world's boxes.
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Most of what you say here is the same retoric the Bush administration has been spoon feeding us since 2003.
Iraq, Iran, Pakistian, nor Afghanistan NEVER attacked the US. In fact no country has made an attack on US soil since Pearl Harbor. We were attacked by a terrorist organization which had many bases of operations in all the above mentioned countries including Saudia Arabia. Who incidently remains on the list of friendly countries, despite the fact that they too had ties to Bin Laden. One can only speculate that the reason for that is their equally strong ties to our own President and his family.
Iraq is now a quagmire, and the new #1 training ground for terrorist. There were never any PROVEN ties between Iraq and Al Qaeda.
What right has the US to demand that the rest of the world embrace democracy and Christianity? Why shouldn't the Muslim religion flourish? Or should only Christians be allowed to spread their religious beliefs? Has it ever occurred to you people that MAYBE the people of the Middle East don't WANT democracy? Why is it you think we have the right to go into their part of the world and spread OUR message, but they do not have the same right to do so here? Since we can no longer rely on the media to report the unvarnished, unbiased truth, we don't really know what these people want. For every example you can give of Iraqi's who say they want what the US has brought to their country I can give you equal reports of Iraqi's who say they want the US to go away and wish they'd never come to their country. I'm sure the truth lies somewhere in between.
When all is said and done, if the US kept our nose out of other country's business (unless they ASKED for help) and put more focus on the problems here within our own borders, we MIGHT be a better, safer, and more respected country throughout the world.
One thing is for certain, neither Iran nor N.Korea has made any indications that they have thoughts, ideas, or plans to attack the US. They have both stated their persuit of nuclear weapons is for their own use and protection. Considering Israel's treatment of Palestine, I can understand why any country in the Middle East might feel they need protection from them. As for N.Korea, the US would bode well how they deal with them, least we awaken the large bear that sleeps in their backyard. I do not believe that China will tolerate an attack on N.Korea. Which may well be why Bush & Co. are putting their focus on Iran. Either way, to attempt to deal with either country in the same manner they did Iraq, will be a fatal mistake. A mistake that will cost many many more American lives than the 1400+ that have been lost in Iraq and Afghanistan. A mistake that more than likely will bring our warmongering to our own shores. Even the Patriot Act and Homeland Security will not be able to protect us. You can mark my words on that one.
Posted by: wanda at February 17, 2005 08:29 PM (1ivbm)
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Incidently, Maccabee has long been a reader and poster on my blog. He always leaves his blog address and he knows I know his email address. I am sure he assumed you would make your response in my comments since that is where the conversation started. I would have assumed that much as well.
Posted by: wanda at February 17, 2005 08:33 PM (1ivbm)
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1. check the email that maccabee left here and try to use it, it will come right back to you.
I would have much preferered to send it to him in an e--mail due to the length, and I really didn't want to make it seem I was being catty by posting it.
2. I felt that my response would have taken up too much of your bandwidth, and at the least would have been broken up into at least three parts due to your limit on the space of an individual comment.
Posted by: delftsman3 at February 17, 2005 08:58 PM (h4ZzC)
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"What right has the US to demand that the rest of the world embrace democracy and Christianity?"
Just WHERE did I advocate that Muslims should convert to Christianity? One of the points of my little screed was that Islam doesn't compremise with other religions as Christianity and most other religions do. Christians haven't tried to force adherance to their religion since the last Crusade. Even the so called "moderate forms", in the end, preach non tolerance of other religions.
"Iraq is now a quagmire, and the new #1 training ground for terrorists."
It's such a quagmire that ordinary Iraqi citizens are starting to take action agains't the "insurgents" themselves, without resorting to even their own security forces, much less the US forces.
"Has it ever occurred to you people that MAYBE the people of the Middle East don't WANT democracy?"
Yes all people's will have a different form of democracy than ours,suited to their own culture, but I truly don't believe that any SANE person would wish to live under the yoke of a dictator willingly. The Left is fond of calling conservatives racists, but examine your statement and tell me that it isn't fundementally racist IE, "they just don't know any better and don't want anything better".
"We were attacked by a terrorist organization which had many bases of operations in all the above mentioned countries including Saudia Arabia."
Yes, and any country that knowingly and willingly harbored terrrorists are ipso facto terrorists themselves, and I WOULD include SA in that group. The point is that in taking on Iraq and Afghanistan, we were applying pressure internally to the other nations without HAVING to resort to brute force. And with the first time ever option of independant local officials being allowed to run in SA, the premise seems to be holding true.
"Considering Israel's treatment of Palestine,.."
Yeah Wanda...show me ONE instance where Israel came into the territories to bomb children in their school. Every action taken by Israel has been a response to Palistinian acts of violence, and targeted to the combatants, not civilians. If the Palestinians want a country, let them demonstrate it by stopping their acts of random violence. Israel has offered time and again things that weren't in their best interest of national security, and time after time the Palistinians have responded with suicide bombers targeting civilians. As far as sharing Jeruselem, you might as well ask the Muslims to share Mecca. IT AIN'T GOING TO HAPPEN.
"As for N.Korea, the US would bode well how they deal with them, least we awaken the large bear that sleeps in their backyard."
It's in China's best interests not to allow NoKo to start something that will pull China into it. I really believe that in this case China and the US have a common goal in maintaining the peace. China will put the brakes on NoKO, not us.
"Which may well be why Bush & Co. are putting their focus on Iran."
The nuclear genie is out of the biottle with NoKO, but it would be better that Iran doesn't join the club. There is a large segment of the Irani populace that yearns to throw over the present regime. We should nurture and aid that feeling. The revolution should come from within, not imposed from without.
The whole point of the exercise is to prevent the need for furthur military actions Wanda, not enlarge them. A dangerous game, it's true, but there were no really viable alternatives.
Posted by: dekftsman3 at February 17, 2005 09:33 PM (h4ZzC)
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I had to put on my tinfoil hat reading your analysis of the world and incessant insults about how we progressives don't live in the real world
then again, it was you people who said 9/11 and iraq were related and it tuirns out that every senior counterterrorsit expert said that was a stretch and it was never fully vetted
you said he had WMDs
not one iota of evidence has ever survived scrutiny beyond your talking points memos and bullshit repeats of Bush administration exagerations
you guys saaid it would cost us $12 to $30 billion at the most and we would be drawing down troops by september 2003
inbstead we are caught in a sandpit that has cost us upwards of $300 billion and the cost of twelve wounded and three dead americans a day
you said the tax cuts would creat jobs
we are STILL minus 500,000 jobs in the hole
our allies have abandoned us,
oil is $45 a barrell
over 3 million more Americans have joined the poverty list since Bush has been in power
The US lasy year ranked 42nd in the world in infant mortality, right behind Cuba
( BTW thanks for telling us the project for New American century plan for attacking everyone who has oil.)
at the end of the day, none of this combat has achieved a godamned thing but kills tens of thousands
my guess is- you have never lived outside the US. You have a high scholl education- you listen to Rush and Faux News
You bet, you're a dummbass
and you're wrong
by the way, the Netherlands has a higher standard of living than the US, higher productivity, longer life spans, less poverty and almost one tenth our crime rate- also, the typical Dutch 7th grader knows more american history than a US Senior.
What else do you want to be wrong about?
Posted by: Maccabee at February 18, 2005 06:36 PM (Pzsbc)
Life on Mars?
Seems some NASA scientists are convinced that there is a high probablity of microbial life existing on present day Mars.
If confirmed, this will be one of the greatest discoveries ever made.
I just wish they would take civilian volunteers to make the trip there in person to do the research. I don't have any scientific qualifications, but on the other hand, if a "regular joe" can be convinced, maybe he could blog the news to the world in a manner that everyone can understand? And I would gladly do windows to be included in the first group.....
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I don't know. Mar's best day is like Antarctica's worse (minus the oxygen). Even so, I love the idea of heading out for other planets. Save me a spot!
Posted by: karlo at February 18, 2005 07:00 PM (T/9Cl)
Here I am with my oldest progeny, celebrating yet another milestone in her young life, her first car. She just signed a 4 year lease on a 2005 VW Jetta, with all the bells and whistles. Way to go Erin! 
