My friend Nicki of The Liberty Zone has a post up about the personal responsibility to protect oneself, in response to a 'letter to the editor' to her local paper by a GFW.

Do yourself a favor and go read how a REAL woman responds to a GFW moron.

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These are just some of the tunes that remind me of my teens....

Layla, whats NOT to like?

Tales of Topographic oceans by Yes..helped me through a lot of lonely nights when I was stationed in Germany.

I can remember one year when I was on a church youth group retreat when we played this for three solid days straight...still the best drum solo ever!

Lesser known, but my fovorite Iron Butterfly tune. What can I say? I was a weird teen. This one is for you, Beth*.

Last, but not least, Blood Sweat and Tears brings it ON. I've been known to sing Hi-De-Ho (VERY badly) without even knowing I was doing it.

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While checking to see if there was actually anyone reading what I put forth here in my little corner of the B'sphere, I noticed that my TTLB ranking had dropped to the status of "Wiggly Worm"...I had always said that I didn't do this Blog as anything other than a way to vent my opinions, but I must say that it IS bit discouraging that I don't have the talent to evoke any more interest in my opinions than that of fish bait.

Too bad for those unfortunates that stumble in here that I have waaaaay too large an ego to just quit. I intend to continue to the bitter end.

I do have just one question..just how are these ratings concocted anyway?
Two days ago I was at least a "Slithering Reptile", just how do you far so far so fast? I remember the heady days when I was a "Marauding Marsupial", and I know why I fell from that stage, but I just don't get the quick fall in two days with no variables seeming to have changed in that time.

Enough whining for now, lest you think I may be turning into a Dim-0-crat.

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Here is a story of a Goblin that found out just a minute too late that he had bitten off more than he could chew, even though he had come prepared with both a firearm and a baseball bat.

The story of what ensued when said goblin accosted two (seemingly) defenseless naked (?) homeowners in an attempt to redistribute the wealth they possessed (goblin MUST be a Democrat who thought he was a politician!) puts the lie to "submit when faced with a violent criminal act to prevent getting hurt"..while they DID sustain some minor contusions and one bite, the attacker fared far worse, and if convicted of all charges (after he's discharged from the hospital), he will have approximately 10 to 15 years in the grey bar hotel to contemplate his folly.

The only thing that would make me happier is if the Angevines had been a little more aggressive and used the goblins firearm against him and sent him to the morgue instead of to the court, still, I LOVE it when a crime turns out right for the good like this one did. Lets just hope the Court doesn't mess this one up and let the SOB back out with a slap on the wrist and a "play nice now" admonition.

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The sentiment of this sign encapsulates the stark IDIOCY of the Dem's base.

Right now they keep saying "you can't drill your way to energy independence", yet they think that the "Rich" are an inexaustible source of revenue ?!?

Interesting question: IF the federal government would tax confiscate 100% of any personal earnings over $500,000.00, how long could it operate the government on those funds at current rates of expenditure?

I'm still researching it, but I think the answer will/would shock most taxpayers.
If you happen to know the figure, please let me know.

In the mean time, here are some (outrageous to me) Tax Facts:

1. There are 1.2 MILLION paid tax preparers in the US. (that is SIX times the number of troops we have in Iraq. These are some of the best and brightest minds we have in our populace and all their efforts are expended to feed the greed of the Federal government; instead of contributing to the GNP, they are working to be accountants on the drain of the GNP by government.
Think of it...we have a veritable "Tax Army" working right here in the good ol'e US of A !

2 The number of pages in the tax code and regulations stands at 54,846 in 2003. (according to tax publisher CCH.) Any wonder that no can understand the Tax Code any more? (Complexity is one way to increase and/or hide revenue; when even two IRS agents can't agree on the answer to a majority of tax questions; it's easy to abuse the system against the payor in favor of the government.)

3 AMT designed to catch 155 taxpayers will soon catch 37 million.
The alternative minimum tax is an unneeded parallel tax system alongside the ordinary income tax. It began life in 1969 after Congress was shocked (shocked!) to learn that 155 wealthy individuals were not paying tax because they used too many of the deductions that Congress had provided them. The AMT has been a complex nuisance ever since. But this dumb idea aimed at the rich is set to explode on the middle-class as the number of AMT taxpayers skyrockets from 3 million today to 36 million by 2010.

4 Taxes are an overwhelming burden on every family's budget planning.
Shouldn't saving for education, retirement, and other items be as simple as putting money in the bank? Instead, Congress has manufactured hundreds of special savings rules, such as for 401(k)s, Keoghs, deductible IRAs, nondeductible IRAs, education IRAs, Roth IRAs, traditional pension plans, annuities, SIMPLEs, SEPs, MSAs, and others.
(The IRS guide to IRAs alone is 105 pages long!)

5 American taxpayers spend $200 billion and 5.4 billion hours working to comply with federal taxes each year. That is time,money, and effort that is not contributing in any way to the GNP, but wasted on compliance with government mandates.

The complexity of the tax code encourages evasion, and gives inordinate power to our elected officials and the lobbyists for special interests that would co-opt them. It is also the single largest drain on our GNP, as it is estimated that over $1.5 TRILLION is sequestered in offshore accounts to evade taxation. That is money that is NOT working for our economy, but for the economies of foreign countries.

I have said it before, and I am going to sound like broken record in the future for any constant readers here (as if I HAD any! LOL), but we need to
PASS THE FAIR TAX NOW.

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The subject of the role of religion in the Socio-Political Sphere has been visited often in the last thirty years or so, usually as the result of Atheistic/ Humanist /Progressive protestations of outrage at any mention whatsoever of a Supreme Being in any Public discussion.

The A.C.L.U. has often led the fight in the courts for the precept of "there being absolutely no room for any religious thought, precept or even MENTION of same in the Public Arena." Many times activist Judges have used their good offices in promulgating/promoting that same view into the Law. And as is noted in the First Amendment, the Founding Fathers DID (RIGHTLY) decree that there should never be a State established Religion, stating in part: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.."
The Secularists have taken that statement to mean that the precepts of Religion have no place in the Public sphere, but did the Founders really mean that to be the case? Personally, I don't believe so. I believe that they wished all men to be free to let their religious convictions to be their personal guide in public concourse, but with no singular religion to be forced upon anyone.

Not all the Founding Fathers were Christian, but every single one of them DID believe in a Supreme Being of some type, and that Being had endowed every Human being with certain Rights by virtue of simple existence. That was the truly singular revolutionary idea behind the American Revolution; that Humans had rights by virtue of simply being CREATED Human by a Higher Being. They also believed that every single Human had the right to believe (or not believe) in that Higher Power in any way they wished to without coercion or favor.
WITHOUT that singular belief, this country would never have been created in the form it was in the first place, as there would have been no authority to establish, as the FF's stated in the Declaration of Independence: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just Powers from the consent of the governed..."

That was the revolutionary idea here; that Men were created with innate rights, and that they held the power to constitute a government to secure those rights, and that the power was to flow FROM the People TO the Government rather than in the reverse , which was the standard order of the period.

Such a system cannot succeed without a general consensus of the People believing in a Higher Power of some sort, for without that unassailable moral authority, sooner or later the system will break down.

The A.C.L.U. and the activist Courts have been denigrating that Higher Moral Authority for at least the last thirty years, and we have demonstrably suffered for it.

As John Adams notably said on October 11, 1798 :

"Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other."

The governments of EVERY state in the Union acknowledged a Higher Power/Being in the preambles of their own State Constitutions. EVERY. SINGLE. ONE.

After reviewing these acknowledgments of God by ALL 50 state constitutions, one is faced with the prospect that just MAYBE, the ACLU and the out-of-control federal courts are wrong!

(Please note that at no time is anyone told that they MUST worship God.)

'Those people who will not be governed by God will be ruled by tyrants.' - William Penn

God Bless America!!!!!

Do you know the Preamble for your state? Here are the Preambles of all 50 States in alphabetical order and the year in which they were ratified:

Alabama 1901, Preamble: We the people of the State of Alabama, Invoking the favor and guidance of Almighty God, do ordain and establish the following Constitution...

Alaska 1956, Preamble: We, the people of Alaska, Grateful to God and to those who founded our nation and pioneered this great land...

Arizona 1911, Preamble: We, the people of the State of Arizona, Grateful to Almighty God for our liberties, do ordain this Constitution...

Arkansas 1874, Preamble: We, the people of the State of Arkansas, Grateful to Almighty God for the privilege of choosing our own form of government...

California 1879, Preamble: We, the People of the State of California, Grateful to Almighty God for our freedom...

Colorado 1876, Preamble: We, the people of Colorado, With profound reverence for the Supreme Ruler of Universe...

Connecticut 1818, Preamble: The People of Connecticut, acknowledging with gratitude the good Providence of God in permitting them to enjoy...

Delaware 1897, Preamble: Through Divine Goodness all men have, by nature, the rights of worshipping and serving their Creator according to the dictates of their consciences....

Florida 1885, Preamble: We, the people of the State of Florida, grateful to Almighty God for our constitutional liberty, establish this Constitution....

Georgia 1777, Preamble: We, the people of Georgia, Relying upon protection and guidance of Almighty God, do ordain and establish this Constitution...

Hawaii 1959, Preamble: We, the people of Hawaii, Grateful for Divine Guidance ... Establish this Constitution...

Idaho 1889, Preamble: We, the people of the State of Idaho, grateful to Almighty God for our freedom, to secure its blessings....

Illinois 1870, Preamble: We, the people of the state of Illinois, grate full to Almighty God for the civil, political and religious liberty which He hath so long permitted us to enjoy and looking to Him for a blessing on our endeavors...
( Too bad you don't prescribe to your "native State's" precepts Obama!)

Indiana 1851, Preamble: We, the People of the State of Indiana, grateful to Almighty God for the free exercise of the right to choose our form of government...

Iowa 1857, Preamble: We, the People of the State of Iowa, Grateful to the Supreme Being for the blessings hitherto enjoyed, and feeling our dependence on Him for a continuation of these blessings hitherto enjoyed, and feeling our dependence on Him for a continuance of those blessings...

Kansas 1859, Preamble: We, the people of Kansas, Grateful to Almighty God for our civil and religious privileges...

Kentucky 1891, Preamble: We, the people of the Commonwealth are grateful to Almighty God for the civil, political and religious liberties...

Louisiana 1921, Preamble: We, the people of the State of Louisiana, grateful to Almighty God for the civil, political and religious liberties we enjoy...

Maine 1820, Preamble: We the People of Maine acknowledging with grateful hearts the goodness of the Sovereign Ruler of the Universe in affording us an opportunity. And imploring His aid and direction... .

Maryland 1776, Preamble: We, the people of the state of Maryland, grateful to Almighty God for our civil and religious liberty...

Massachusetts 1780, Preamble: We...the people of Massachusetts, acknowledging with grateful hearts, the goodness of the Great Legislator of the Universe In the course of His Providence, an opportunity and devoutly imploring His direction...

Michigan 1908, Preamble: We, the people of the State of Michigan, Grateful to Almighty God for the blessings of freedom....

Minnesota, 1857, Preamble: We, the people of the State of Minnesota, Grateful to God for our civil and religious liberty, and desiring to perpetuate its blessings...

Mississippi 1890, Preamble: We, the people of Mississippi In convention assembled, grateful to Almighty God, and invoking His blessing on our work....

Missouri 1845, Preamble: We, the people of Missouri, With profound reverence for the Supreme Ruler of the Universe, and grateful for His goodness. Establish this Constitution. ..

Montana 1889, Preamble: We, the people of Montana, grateful to Almighty God for the blessings of liberty.....

Nebraska 1875, Preamble: We, the people, grateful to Almighty God for our freedom....

Nevada 1864, Preamble: We the people of the State of Nevada, grateful to Almighty God for our freedom...

New Hampshire 1792, Part I. Art. I. Sec. V: Every individual has a natural and unalienable right to worship God according to the dictates of his own conscience....

New Jersey 1844, Preamble: We, the people of the state of New Jersey, grateful to Almighty God for civil and religious liberty which He hath so long permitted us to enjoy, and looking to Him for a blessing on our endeavors... .

New Mexico 1911, Preamble: We, the People of New Mexico, grateful to Almighty God for the blessings of liberty....

New York 1846, Preamble: We, the people of the State of New York, Grateful to Almighty God for our freedom, in order to secure its blessings... .

North Carolina 1868, Preamble: We the people of the state of North Carolina, grateful to Almighty God, the Sovereign Ruler of Nations, for our civil, political, and religious liberties, and acknowledging our dependence upon Him for the continuance of those...

North Dakota 1889, Preamble: We, the people of North Dakota, Grateful to Almighty God for the blessings of civil and religious liberty, do ordain...

Ohio 1852, Preamble: We the people of the state of Ohio, Grateful to Almighty God for our freedom, to secure its blessings and to promote our common...

Oklahoma 1907, Preamble: Invoking the guidance of Almighty God, in order to secure and perpetuate the blessings of liberty....

Oregon 1857, Bill of Rights, Article I Section 2: All men shall be secure in the Natural right, to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their consciences...

Pennsylvania 1776, Preamble: We, the people of Pennsylvania, grateful to Almighty God for the blessings of civil and religious liberty, and humbly invoking His guidance...

Rhode Island 1842, Preamble: We the People of the state of Rhode Island grateful to Almighty God for the civil and religious liberty which He hath so long permitted us to enjoy, and looking to Him for a blessing...

South Carolina, 1778, Preamble: We, the people of the State of South Carolina grateful to God for our liberties...

South Dakota 1889, Preamble: We, the people of South Dakota, Grateful to Almighty God for our civil a and religious liberties... .

Tennessee 1796, Art. XI.III.: That all men have a natural and indefeasible right to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their conscience.. .

Texas 1845, Preamble: We the People of the Republic of Texas, acknowledging, with gratitude, the grace and beneficence of God.....

Utah 1896, Preamble: Grateful to Almighty God for life and liberty....

Vermont 1777, Preamble: Whereas all government ought to enable the individuals who compose it to enjoy their natural rights, and other blessings which the Author of Existence has bestowed on man...

Virginia 1776, Bill of Rights, XVI: Religion, or the Duty which we owe our Creator can be directed only by Reason and that it is the mutual duty of all to practice Christian Forbearance, Love and Charity towards each other ....

Washington 1889, Preamble: We the People of the State of Washington, grateful to the Supreme Ruler of the Universe for our liberties...

West Virginia 1872, Preamble: Since through Divine Providence we enjoy the blessings of civil, political and religious liberty, we, the people of West Virginia Reaffirm our faith in and constant reliance upon God ...

Wisconsin 1848, Preamble: We, the people of Wisconsin, Grateful to Almighty God for our freedom, domestic tranquility. ..

Wyoming 1890, Preamble: We, the people of the State of Wyoming, Grateful to God for our civil, political, and religious liberties... ..

Think about sending this list to your congressman or congress woman the next time you hear any public Progressive historical revisionist blathering about how we have "a total separation of Church and State with no Public references to God allowed under the Constitution."

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I have been meaning to add a new blog to the collection that is the A-I Empire.

Please welcome Nicki of The Liberty Zone.

She recently returned from Kosevo, having completed her last hitch with Uncle Sam's own, the U.S. Army. HOO-AH! (Yeah, the Marines may take land, but the Army KEEPS it ours!, so There!)

On a sad note, my "Nephew", 'SlagleRock', has decided to take down his blog for personal and professional reasons. His is a voice that WILL be missed in the MilBlog set; no matter that he wasn't one of the "Big Dogs".
He is, and will always be, one of my personal heroes (regardless of the fact that he joined the wrong service branch lol ).
I just learned this afternoon that he is returning to the Sandbox tomorrow afternoon for his third tour there. Stay safe and keep your head down Rob!

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I'm tired, I don't have the energy to be truly original, so here is my plagiarized post of the day, after all GMTA, and I do provide a link to what I think is the best solution at the end.

The class-warfare elitists such as Barack "don't call me Hussein" Obama say:

"The rich don't pay their fair share"

OH, Really ? According to the Tax Foundation, in 2005 the top 1% of wage-earners in this country payed nearly 40% of the burden (an 11% INCREASE, BTW, over 1999, when WHO was President? Oh that's right...Bill Clinton).

Not fair?!?

'Well', you may be saying, 'that's because they have ALL the wealth!' Wrong again.

The top 1% of earners account for just 21% of the total adjusted gross income. Hmm. Come to think of it...you're RIGHT! That really isn't fair. They're paying DOUBLE what they should be.

By the way, the top 10% of earners pay 70% of the load. When you get all the way down to the top 50% of earners, they account for 96.4% of the entire tax burden. The next 10% pays 3.6%. And the bottom 40% of wage earners...pay NOTHING. That's right, nothing. In fact, they pay nothing, and then often get a "refund" (in reality it's a handout) at years end.

The Leftist politicians continue the pandering to the electorate by saying:

"The working class carries the full load in this country, while the rich just keep getting richer, and paying LESS"

The facts prove that this is more than just incorrect, it's plain out-and-out LYING... in fact it's an argument straight out of the "Communist Manifesto" by our friend, Karl Marx (no, not Groucho Marx, the comedian...this is the OTHER Marx brother) Simply substitute the words "working class" for proletariat and "rich" for bourgeoisie, and voila! Class warfare, Marxist style. Besides, do you know ANY rich people who don't work hard? Only 2% of this country's rich inherited their money, like the Kennedy's...the rest, earned it.

'Well', you say, 'How about those 50 hedge fund managers Barack Obama talks about all the time who made $29 billion, but actually paid less in taxes than their $60,000 a year SECRETARIES!'

The "50 Hedge Fund managers' who made a combined $29 billion in profit is one of my favorite Barack Obama campaign stories pandering lies. It's true, of course. At least the part about how much money they made. (Legally, by the way) But to say that a billionaire pays less in taxes than his secretary is preposterous at best. It's impossible. I would need to see their 1040 form to even begin to believe it. Even IF they would pay a smaller percentage than their secretary did, their accountant needs to be made President of the United States of America, immediately. No campaign, no election. Just based on amazing skills, he would be the best-qualified person to direct our economy EVAH !

It's also interesting to note that one of those Hedge Fund managers, of whom Obama speaks, but never names, is....George Soros. $2.9 Billion last year. Keep those Moveon.org ads coming, Georgie! (being the big-hearted, big government guy he is, it's surprising he hasn't voluntarily written out huge extra checks to the Federal Government to make up any discrepancy).

Another oft heard bleat from the Leftist Politico is:

"I'm sick and tired of all the corporate welfare in this country"

For a case in point, I refer you to all the recent attacks (mainly) from the Left on the "evil oil companies"...who, from 1977-2004 made over $643 billion in profits.
But, during that same time span, their disgusting "corporate welfare" situation allowed them to pay a paltry $1.343 TRILLION in state and federal taxes. What a free ride! Is it just me or am I the only one who sees a little disconnect from reality there?

My big point here is that the present tax system is tailor-made to make it all too easy to allow pandering to the economically illiterate electorate by demagogic/populist politicos.

What we need is a new way of taxation that is unquestionably even-handed in it's application to all and still provides the amount of funds needed to run a reasonable modern government OF and BY the People.

Such a plan DOES exist. This plan takes the tax code out of the manipulating hands of the special interest groups and the politicians they have bought. This plan ensures that you have the greatest amount of control over the amount of taxes you pay in your own hands, and in a manner that you don't need an accounting degree to do so.

ENACT THE FAIR TAX

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Pastor James David Manning has a message for White America: "stop walking on eggshells and knock that chip off some Black people's shoulders"

All I can say is a hearty AMEN !, now let the charges of Racism begin.

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The late great Acidman used to say that there were three kinds of bloggers:Thinkers, Linkers, and Stinkers. He was a Thinker. I really miss the man, the blogworld lost one of the truly great ones when he passed. I just hope he was proved wrong about his views of there not being an afterlife and he's looking down on us with great amusement as we fumble our way through this thing called life.

Lately I've been more of a ([REALLY]Stinking) Linker than anything. Just don't have the energy to really get into a serious rant. Nothing seems to really catch my fancy enough to raise any ire other than the pure IDIOCY that is Barrack "Hopey McChange" Obama's campaign. Even there, the only thing that really gets to me is: how the F**K ANYBODY can take this candidate with any seriousness whatsoever.

NEVER have we had anyone LESS qualified to even think of RUNNING for POTUS, much less being the nominee for one of the two major Parties.
Can anyone supporting him please try to explain it to me?

Tell me WHY you support BHO; WHAT are his stands on the issues? He states that he will Change our way of life, but he never says HOW he will accomplish those changes and, indeed, just WHAT those changes will be . He says he represents a "New HOPE"...but just WHAT in his past achievements can he point to to demonstrate that he can deliver on such an ephemeral promise? Just ONE thing. Name ONE bill he has sponsored, or even just co-sponsored, that has helped anyone. Name one position that he hasn't changed with the varying necessities of campaign needs.

In my mind Barrack Obama is nothing less than the consummate Politician with every negative connotation of that title and none of the possible (though admittedly rare) positive ones. An empty suit of promises, coupled with a dangerous naivete of REAL world Politics equaling the most dangerous combination that (possibly will) ever sit in the Oval Office.

John McVain isn't that much better in some respects, except that he DOES have real world experience, even if he sometimes seems to act as if he doesn't care about what is real and goes with his Fweelings more that you'd think a person of such experience(s) would. But at least he is somewhat more realistic on what may or not may be accomplished.

What is one to do when presented with the choice of BAD and WORSE? Rewarding Bad with election only encourages more of the same; electing WORSE may just mean the end of our Republic as we know it. I know that sounds rather melodramatic, but I believe it to be a real danger. The attitude that "it can't happen here" leads directly to it ACTUALLY HAPPENING.

There was another historical would-be leader that promised Change and a New Hope for the Electorate; who promised cradle to grave Health Care provided by the State. He promised the best new Infrastructure in Europe. He promised a new sense of dignity for the Country. He promised new jobs for thousands of people. UNLIKE Hopey, he made SPECIFIC promises on EXACTLY what he would do, once he gained the reins of power.

He DID everything that he had promised to do, and more:

1)He created the first truly great system of roads ever seen since the Roman era.

2)He pulled an economy out of a 500+% inflation rate in less than five years.

3)He unified a defeated people into a single minded State that was effective in working towards it's goals, both Internally and in (at least initially) the International Arena.

Here is a picture of this paragon of Hope and Change:

Do we REALLY want to follow his example? Many people warned of the danger that he represented and were told "such things can't happen here; we're too civilized" History proved those people against him correct....it only took 5+ years of World War, with 52+ million people dead and the destruction of the social fabric of the world to provide that proof.

With current weapons technology, we can't experience such an event again and survive as a species.

ALLWAYS keep in mind, it CAN happen here; it requires constant vigilance to ensure that it DOESN'T. To think that it CAN'T is the first step towards sinking back into that evil morass yet again.

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It's an old joke, nevertheless, still TRUE:

A lot of folks can't understand how we came
to have an oil shortage here in our country.
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Well, there's a very simple answer.
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Nobody bothered to check the oil.
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We just didn't know we were getting low.
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The reason for that is purely geographical.
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Our OIL is located in
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ALASKA
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California
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Coastal Florida
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Coastal Louisiana
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Kansas
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Oklahoma
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Pennsylvania
and
Texas
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Our
DIPSTICKS
are located in
Washington , DC!!!
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Any Questions???
NO? Didn't think So.

H/T to da Catfish

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Cardiac medicines combined with dry martinis , and with Ambian thrown in for that touch of serene calm leads to interesting typing, if nothing else. It's taken me twenty minutes to get this far.....

I have to take the Goracle on as the moron he is; do as I say, not as I DO...he expends 20 times the 'normaL' use of electricity of the averaqge home in his mansion...gets called on it and adds a number of "Green" additions, solar cells, water recovery, etc, and whart happens? He increased his overall POWER USAGE.

AL, give it up; your CARBON OFFFSET IDIOCY IS EXPOSED FOR THE SCAM THAT IT IS. You are only not of any furthur relevence, you are treading on blatent illegality. GIVE IT UP. go into that well deserved obscurity that you merit.

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I'm not as drunk as I think you am; everything is crystal clear to me.

WE ARE LOSING THE SOUL OF OUR NATION WITH EVERY PASSING Day.

Hopey McChangetude blathers on AND on and never gives any solid examples ON >71 Year Old Marine in Unfair Fight Last week police were called to investigate an attempted armed robbery:

The 71-year-old retired Marine who opened fire on two robbers at a Plantation, FL, Sub shop late Wednesday, killing one and critically wounding the other, is described as John Lovell, a former helicopter pilot for two presidents. He doesn't drink, he doesn't smoke, he works out everyday.
Mr. Lovell was a man of action Wednesday night.

According to Plantation police, two masked gunmen came into the Subway at 1949 N. Pine Rd. Just after 11 p. M. There was a lone diner, Mr.
Lovell, who was finishing his meal. After robbing the cashier, the two men attempted to shove Mr. Lovell into a bathroom and rob him as well.
They got his money, but then Mr. Lovell pulled his handgun, opened fire.
He shot one of the thieves in the head and chest and the other in the head.
When police arrived, they found one of the men in the shop. K-9 units found the other in the bushes of a nearby business. They also found cash strewn around the front of the sandwich shop according to Detective Robert Rettig of the Plantation Police Department.

Both men were taken to Broward General Medical Center , where one, Donicio Arrindell, 22, of North Lauderdale died. The other, 21-year-old Frederick Gadson of Fort Lauderdale is in critical but stable condition.
A longtime friend of Lovell, was not surprised to hear what happened The friend said, ''He'd give you the shirt off his back, but he'd be mad as hell if someone tried to take the shirt off your back''.

Mr. Lovell was a pilot in the Marine Corps, flying former Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. He later worked as a pilot for Pan Am and Delta. He is not expected to be charged, authorities said ''He was in fear for his life,'' Detective Rettig said, 'These criminals ought to realize that most men in their 70's have military backgrounds and aren't intimidated by idiots'.
Something tells me this old Marine wasn't 'in fear for his life', even though his life was definitely at risk. The only thing he could be charged with is participating in an unfair fight. One 71 - year young Marine against two punks.

Two head shots and one center - body- mass shot - outstanding shooting!
That'll teach them not to get between a Marine and his meal.
Don't you just love a story with a happy ending?

( Florida law allows law abiding citizens to carry a concealed weapon.)
SMART STATE!!!

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flexeral and Diovan don't mix too well trogether, they constantly bicker about which of them incapacitates an operator. Upshot of it is, the "good day" I was experiencing earlier has totally TANKED' Trying to get the last of our goods out of the old Ex-wifes' extra room was truly, as the Chinese would say, an "interesting" and "stressfull situation".

So now I'm trying to make a post predicated on the fact that I will make a glorious and incredibably salient point that will make all the combatants stop and go "mmmm", and beging to see the error of their ways and all go get a Coke together as they sing Kum-BA-YA in the glades that will now be filling with Golden-horn Unicorns and massive numbers of Monarch butturflies; flyng amongst the everpresent rainbows glowing in the atmosphere.

Hell with it, pass the Rot-gut gin and extra dry vermouth and pimento olives and we'll sling some martinies together to make the night more palatable to continue to operate in.

The purpose of a good rant is to relieve some stress ,while, just possibly, educating and/or entertaining others as the same time you are exorcizing whatever demons happen to be plaguing worst at that pointg of time.

One PROBLEM...I have forgotten WHO the Combatants are/were, What is the exact issue in Contention between the Combatants are, and my keyboard is running over in pink marshmallow and toasted coconut shreds.

At least it's a tasty ending, even if I'll pay for it with ultra-high glucose readings in the morning...So pass those Martini's over here and lets subside into the depths of a hazy alcohol haze.

Excuse me for now,I believe I will begin my first hand study on my forthcoming micrograpth to be titled : "The study of Flexeril, ethenaol , and ambien combinations upon the human art perception systems in the middle-aged Caucasion Male with type 2 Diabetes and multiple Heart repairs in the past."
OR "SFEAC/MCwTP2D&MHD", for short, coming to a Borders near you...Unless the Neocons block the work as publishment for telling the truth .

Excuse me, that nice young man in the clean white coat has asked to engage me in some reparte; no don't to comprehend the genious that they think they

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Whatever your faith (OR LACK THEREOF), it's always a good idea to sometimes just take a little time and contemplate the events that have occurred over the last week. I believe that this music truly lends itself to such an activity, I hope you take the time to just sit quietly with your eyes closed let the music flow over you as you ponder life and any other mundane things. May this selection bring you a sense of peace and serenity as it did for me.

H/T to Mrs. Who at the House of Zathras

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Al Gore stated two years ago that "we should artificially raise the price of gasoline to $5 per Gal". He and his cronies have almost reached their goal.

Make no mistake, the current price at the pump IS artificially high, and it's NOT because of price gouging by the oil companies. It is due to idiotic energy policies that forbid drilling for our own oil, and the refusal to build new refineries over the last twenty years due to pressure from ill-advised environmental knee-jerkers that merely HEAR the word oil and immediately protest against anything connected to the industry. They taqlk about using "alternative sources", yet when those sources are even tried to be used; their heroes in the Senate block their inception, as when Sen. Ted "Swimmer" Kennedy blocked wind power generators in the Chesapeak Bay last year because he said it would spoil the view from the Compound, or the Sierra Club protested/prevented the same technology being used in eastern California three years ago because they feared for the birds in the area.

What DO they encourage? They say it's a good idea to convert a third of our corn supply into ethanol; regardless of the fact that it will HAS caused steep rises in the general cost of food. They say WE must "conserve, recycle and reuse", even though the High Priest of their movement, the mighty Al Gore, uses TWENTY times the average of power for just ONE of the homes he resides in. WE must pay a 30% premium and use underpowered eco-box vehicles, while Mr. Gore continues to use his Chevy Blazer (after all HE is important and has to carry all that eco-propaganda to his eco-revivals 'scientific' expositions to the saved morons of the Church of Carbon Offsets.

We do need to wean ourselves off oil as much as we can reasonably do as soon as we can, but we shouldn't make our economy tank in the process.

We have enough oil reserves for our needs for the next two hundred years, on our own land; we need to start using those assets to relieve our foreign dependence on the Arab mullahs of the Middle East as we also bring new technologies online to replace the use of that resource.

We need to bring new Nuclear, hydroelectric, and wind power power plants online as soon as possible to help reduce that dependence on oil.

We need to build/create the new energy technologies probably not even thought of yet to replace oil for general energy needs. Hydrogen, Fusion, and(better than current) Solar technologies are all posibilities that just need time to be made usable. Lets buy that time we need without taking our economy down the drain, use the resources we have here.

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Where are all of the Hollywood celebrities holding telethons asking for help in restoring Iowa and helping the folks affected by the floods?

Where is all the media asking the tough questions about why the federal government hasn't solved the problem? Asking where the FEMA trucks (and trailers) are?

Why isn't the Federal Government relocating Iowa people to free hotels in Chicago ?

When will Spike Lee say that the Federal Government blew up the levees that failed in Des Moines ?

Where are Sean Penn and the Dixie Chicks?

Where are all the looters stealing high-end tennis shoes and big screen television sets?

When will we hear Governor Chet Culver say that he wants to rebuild a 'vanilla' Iowa , because that's the way God wants it?

Where is the hysterical 24/7 media coverage complete with reports of cannibalism?

Where are the people declaring that George Bush hates white, rural people?

How come in 2 weeks, you will never hear about the Iowa flooding ever again?
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I got the post above from a friend in E-mail and it really gave me pause to think about the differences in certain areas of the country.... even after Katrina, all you heard about was what was happening (or not happening, according to some sources) in New Orleans....you didn't hear much about the surrounding areas that were just as hard hit, if not worse. It was conventional wisdom that it was "all George Bush's fault",of course.

What was the difference between NO and the other areas hard hit by Katrina, and now the vast areas hit last week in Iowa? As far as I can tell, the main difference is in the expectations of the victims involved.

In those areas with large populations that were dependant on the government for their livelihood, and where there was constant reinforcement of the idea that "it's not your fault; you deserve help to survive", the people reacted just as you would expect from a victim mentality - they didn't even have the chutzpah to get out of the way when they knew the flood waters were coming.

That helplessness included those responsible for the welfare of the community. Mayor Nagin decried the lack of Federal aid when he didn't even use the resources available to him to evacuate people from the danger; letting school buses get flooded rather than using them to transport people to safety.

N O had an election soon after the disaster and the people re-elected Nagin as Mayor in spite of his lack of ability as demonstrated in the disaster; they preferred maintaining the status quo of eternal dependence on government aid to the possibility of a new paradigm of self-reliance with assistance to get over the hump.

We haven't heard one word of complaint from those in Alabama or Mississippi that suffered just as much as the residents of N O from Katrina, or even those in LA that weren't in the city proper, nor from the current victims of flooding in Iowa.

The main difference in expectations seems to stem from the race of those involved. I say this knowing full well that that statement will certainly make me, ipso facto, a Racist, but I don't think that anyone can argue about the fact that one group is predominately (poor)Black and the other two groups are predominately white and "middle class" Black. I think that race IS a factor, but attitude is a much greater factor.

I believe that the poor attitude is engendered by the social engineering schemes of the Left. I truly believe that the "Compassionate" Left are the true racists.
Misguided "help" in the form of welfare with no strings attached (no strings other than the loss of self-pride and trust in self-reliance) has led to multi-generational government dependents that truly ARE incapable of fending for themselves.
The racism of soft expectations has proved to be more destructive to the Black race than the harshest forms of Jim Crow bigotry ever were.

We need to have an honest dialogue on race relations in the U.S., but I don't see it happening as long as the mass media only puts up the race pimps such as Jackson, Sharpton, and Wright as the "true" representatives of the Black population. Their only interest in race relations is in keeping them as strained as possible so that they can continue their money making power bases.

Have Blacks been abused in our past? YES, beyond denying by any sane person.
Are there inherent/unfair difficulties in being Black in America? I would say Yes, but with the stipulation that ALL of the races have some form of unfair conditions to deal with just by existing.

It's a true measure of the individual how he/she deals with those conditions in constructive and uplifting ways. We need to decide as a society whether we are going to continue with our heritage of self-reliance and self-determination, or move on to a Socialistic mode of the individual being merely a ward of the State.

Seems an easy choice to me, but not for the 'all compassionate' Left...

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Where are all of the Hollywood celebrities holding telethons asking for help in restoring Iowa and helping the folks affected by the floods?

Where is all the media asking the tough questions about why the federal government hasn't solved the problem? Asking where the FEMA trucks (and trailers) are?

Why isn't the Federal Government relocating Iowa people to free hotels in Chicago ?

When will Spike Lee say that the Federal Government blew up the levees that failed in Des Moines ?

Where are Sean Penn and the Dixie Chicks?

Where are all the looters stealing high-end tennis shoes and big screen television sets?

When will we hear Governor Chet Culver say that he wants to rebuild a 'vanilla' Iowa , because that's the way God wants it?

Where is the hysterical 24/7 media coverage complete with reports of cannibalism?

Where are the people declaring that George Bush hates white, rural people?

How come in 2 weeks, you will never hear about the Iowa flooding ever again?
_________________________________________________________________

I got the post above from a friend in E-mail and it really gave me pause to think about the differences in certain areas of the country.... even after Katrina, all you heard about was what was happening (or not happening, according to some sources) in New Orleans....you didn't hear much about the surrounding areas that were just as hard hit, if not worse. It was conventional wisdom that it was "all George Bush's fault",of course.

What was the difference between NO and the other areas hard hit by Katrina, and now the vast areas hit last week in Iowa? As far as I can tell, the main difference is in the expectations of the victims involved.

In those areas with large populations that were dependant on the government for their livelihood, and where there was constant reinforcement of the idea that "it's not your fault; you deserve help to survive", the people reacted just as you would expect from a victim mentality - they didn't even have the chutzpah to get out of the way when they knew the flood waters were coming.

That helplessness included those responsible for the welfare of the community. Mayor Nagin decried the lack of Federal aid when he didn't even use the resources available to him to evacuate people from the danger; letting school buses get flooded rather than using them to transport people to safety.

N O had an election soon after the disaster and the people re-elected Nagin as Mayor in spite of his lack of ability as demonstrated in the disaster; they preferred maintaining the status quo of eternal dependence on government aid to the possibility of a new paradigm of self-reliance with assistance to get over the hump.

We haven't heard one word of complaint from those in Alabama or Mississippi that suffered just as much as the residents of N O from Katrina, or even those in LA that weren't in the city proper, nor from the current victims of flooding in Iowa.

The main difference in expectations seems to stem from the race of those involved. I say this knowing full well that that statement will certainly make me, ipso facto, a Racist, but I don't think that anyone can argue about the fact that one group is predominately (poor)Black and the other two groups are predominately white and "middle class" Black. I think that race IS a factor, but attitude is a much greater factor.

I believe that the poor attitude is engendered by the social engineering schemes of the Left. I truly believe that the "Compassionate" Left are the true racists.
Misguided "help" in the form of welfare with no strings attached (no strings other than the loss of self-pride and trust in self-reliance) has led to multi-generational government dependents that truly ARE incapable of fending for themselves.
The racism of soft expectations has proved to be more destructive to the Black race than the harshest forms of Jim Crow bigotry ever were.

We need to have an honest dialogue on race relations in the U.S., but I don't see it happening as long as the mass media only puts up the race pimps such as Jackson, Sharpton, and Wright as the "true" representatives of the Black population. Their only interest in race relations is in keeping them as strained as possible so that they can continue their money making power bases.

Have Blacks been abused in our past? YES, beyond denying by any sane person.
Are there inherent/unfair difficulties in being Black in America? I would say Yes, but with the stipulation that ALL of the races have some form of unfair conditions to deal with just by existing.

It's a true measure of the individual how he/she deals with those conditions in constructive and uplifting ways. We need to decide as a society whether we are going to continue with our heritage of self-reliance and self-determination, or move on to a Socialistic mode of the individual being merely a ward of the State.

Seems an easy choice to me, but not for the 'all compassionate' Left...

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Where are all of the Hollywood celebrities holding telethons asking for help in restoring Iowa and helping the folks affected by the floods?

Where is all the media asking the tough questions about why the federal government hasn't solved the problem? Asking where the FEMA trucks (and trailers) are?

Why isn't the Federal Government relocating Iowa people to free hotels in Chicago ?

When will Spike Lee say that the Federal Government blew up the levees that failed in Des Moines ?

Where are Sean Penn and the Dixie Chicks?

Where are all the looters stealing high-end tennis shoes and big screen television sets?

When will we hear Governor Chet Culver say that he wants to rebuild a 'vanilla' Iowa , because that's the way God wants it?

Where is the hysterical 24/7 media coverage complete with reports of cannibalism?

Where are the people declaring that George Bush hates white, rural people?

How come in 2 weeks, you will never hear about the Iowa flooding ever again?
_________________________________________________________________

I got the post above from a friend in E-mail and it really gave me pause to think about the differences in certain areas of the country.... even after Katrina, all you heard about was what was happening (or not happening, according to some sources) in New Orleans....you didn't hear much about the surrounding areas that were just as hard hit, if not worse. It was conventional wisdom that it was "all George Bush's fault",of course.

What was the difference between NO and the other areas hard hit by Katrina, and now the vast areas hit last week in Iowa? As far as I can tell, the main difference is in the expectations of the victims involved.

In those areas with large populations that were dependant on the government for their livelihood, and where there was constant reinforcement of the idea that "it's not your fault; you deserve help to survive", the people reacted just as you would expect from a victim mentality - they didn't even have the chutzpah to get out of the way when they knew the flood waters were coming.

That helplessness included those responsible for the welfare of the community. Mayor Nagin decried the lack of Federal aid when he didn't even use the resources available to him to evacuate people from the danger; letting school buses get flooded rather than using them to transport people to safety.

N O had an election soon after the disaster and the people re-elected Nagin as Mayor in spite of his lack of ability as demonstrated in the disaster; they preferred maintaining the status quo of eternal dependence on government aid to the possibility of a new paradigm of self-reliance with assistance to get over the hump.

We haven't heard one word of complaint from those in Alabama or Mississippi that suffered just as much as the residents of N O from Katrina, or even those in LA that weren't in the city proper, nor from the current victims of flooding in Iowa.

The main difference in expectations seems to stem from the race of those involved. I say this knowing full well that that statement will certainly make me, ipso facto, a Racist, but I don't think that anyone can argue about the fact that one group is predominately (poor)Black and the other two groups are predominately white and "middle class" Black. I think that race IS a factor, but attitude is a much greater factor.

I believe that the poor attitude is engendered by the social engineering schemes of the Left. I truly believe that the "Compassionate" Left are the true racists.
Misguided "help" in the form of welfare with no strings attached (no strings other than the loss of self-pride and trust in self-reliance) has led to multi-generational government dependents that truly ARE incapable of fending for themselves.
The racism of soft expectations has proved to be more destructive to the Black race than the harshest forms of Jim Crow bigotry ever were.

We need to have an honest dialogue on race relations in the U.S., but I don't see it happening as long as the mass media only puts up the race pimps such as Jackson, Sharpton, and Wright as the "true" representatives of the Black population. Their only interest in race relations is in keeping them as strained as possible so that they can continue their money making power bases.

Have Blacks been abused in our past? YES, beyond denying by any sane person.
Are there inherent/unfair difficulties in being Black in America? I would say Yes, but with the stipulation that ALL of the races have some form of unfair conditions to deal with just by existing.

It's a true measure of the individual how he/she deals with those conditions in constructive and uplifting ways. We need to decide as a society whether we are going to continue with our heritage of self-reliance and self-determination, or move on to a Socialistic mode of the individual being merely a ward of the State.

Seems an easy choice to me, but not for the 'all compassionate' Left...

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Where are all of the Hollywood celebrities holding telethons asking for help in restoring Iowa and helping the folks affected by the floods?

Where is all the media asking the tough questions about why the federal government hasn't solved the problem? Asking where the FEMA trucks (and trailers) are?

Why isn't the Federal Government relocating Iowa people to free hotels in Chicago ?

When will Spike Lee say that the Federal Government blew up the levees that failed in Des Moines ?

Where are Sean Penn and the Dixie Chicks?

Where are all the looters stealing high-end tennis shoes and big screen television sets?

When will we hear Governor Chet Culver say that he wants to rebuild a 'vanilla' Iowa , because that's the way God wants it?

Where is the hysterical 24/7 media coverage complete with reports of cannibalism?

Where are the people declaring that George Bush hates white, rural people?

How come in 2 weeks, you will never hear about the Iowa flooding ever again?
_________________________________________________________________

I got the post above from a friend in E-mail and it really gave me pause to think about the differences in certain areas of the country.... even after Katrina, all you hyeard about was what was happening (or not happening, according to some sources) in New Orleans....you didn't hear much about the surrounding areas that were just as hard hit, if not worse. It was conventional wisdom that it was "all George Bush's fault",of course.

What was the difference between NO and the other areas hard hit by Katrina, and now the vast areas hit last week in Iowa? As far as I can tell, the main difference is in the expectations of the victims involved.

In those areas with large populations that were dependant on the government for their livilihood, and where there was constant reinforcement of the idea that "it's not your fault; you deserve help to survive", the people reacted just as you would expect from a victim mentality, they didn't even have the hutzpah to even get out of the way when they knew the flood waters were coming.

That helplessness included those responsible for the welfare of the community. Mayor Nagin decried the lack of Federal aid when he didn't even use the resources availible to him to evacuate people from the danger; just letting school busses get flooded rather than using them to transport people to safety.

N O had an election soon after the disaster and the people re-elected Nagin as Mayor in spite of his lack of ability demonstrated in the disaster; preferring maintaining the status quo of eternal dependence on government aid to the possibility of a new paradigm of self reliance with assistance to get over the hump.

We haven't heard one word of complaint from those in Alabama that suffered just as much as the residents of N O from Katrina or even those in LA that weren't in the city proper, or from the current victims of flooding in Iowa.

The main difference in expectations seems to stem from the race of those involved. I say this knowing full well that that statement will certainly make me, ipso facto, a Racist, but I don't think that anyone can argue about the fact that one group is predominately (poor)Black and the other two groups are predominately white and "middle class" Black. I think that race IS a factor, but attitude is a much greater factor.

I believe that the poor attitude is engendered by the social engineering schemes of the Left. I truely believe that the "Compassionate" Left are the true racists.
Misguided "help" in the form of welfare with no strings attached (no strings other than the loss of self-pride and trust in self reliance) has led to multi-generational government dependents that truly ARE incapable of fending for themselves.
The racism of soft expectations has proved to be even more destructive to the Black race than even the harshest forms of Jim Crow bigotry ever were.

We need to have an honest dialogue on race relations in the U.S., but I don't see it ever happening as long as the mass media only puts up the race pimps such as Jackson, Sharpton, and Wright as the "true" representatives of the Black population. Their only interest in race relations is in keeping them as strained as possible so that they can continue their money making power bases.
Have Blacks been abused in our past? YES, beyond denying by any sane person. Are there some inherent/unfair difficulties in being Black in America? I would say Yes, but with the stipulation that ALL of the races have some form of unfair conditions to deal with just by existing.
Its a true measure of the individual on how he/she deals with those conditions in constructive ways.

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