Life with Monkeys

on a tip from my friend, Kim

George Will Nails It

on a tip from my fabulous friend, John K.

Health-care fight gives GOPers a chance to win

By George Will

http://www.JewishWorldReview.com | Rushing to lock the nation into expensive health-care and climate-change commitments, Democrats are in an understandable frenzy because public enthusiasm for both crusades has been inversely proportional to the time the public has had to think about them. And the president pushing this agenda has, with his incontinent hunger for attention, seen his job approval vary inversely with his ubiquity. Consider his busy December — so far.

His Dec. 1 Afghanistan speech to the nation was followed on Dec. 3 by his televised "jobs summit." His Dec. 8 televised economics speech at the Brookings Institution was followed on Dec. 10 by his televised Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech, which was remarkable for 38 uses of the pronoun "I."

And for disavowing a competence no one suspected him of. ("I do not bring with me today a definitive solution to the problems of war." Note the superfluous adjective.) And for an unnecessary notification. ("Evil does exist in the world.") And for delayed utopianism. ("We will not eradicate violent conflict in our lifetimes." But in someone's.) And for solemnly announcing something undisputed. (There can be a just war.) And for intellectual applesauce that should get speechwriters fired and editors hired. ("We do not have to think that human nature is perfect for us to still believe that the human condition can be perfected." If the human "condition" can attain perfection anyway, human nature cannot be significantly imperfect.)

Then on Dec. 13, he was on "60 Minutes" praising himself with another denigration of his predecessor, a.k.a. "the last eight years." (Blighted by "a triumphant sense about war.") When Attorney General Eric Holder announced last month that five suspected terrorists would be tried in federal courts, he said: "After eight years of delay. . . ." When the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force made the controversial recommendation that women should get fewer mammograms, Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius said: "This panel was appointed by the prior administration, by former President George Bush." In congressional testimony, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner almost deviated from the script. He said the Obama administration began after "almost a decade" — slight pause — "certainly eight years of basic neglect."

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More Proof Lefties are Like Toddlers

If he was a Republican, his career would be over but when your side has no standards of good behavior, you can do anything you like.

Schumer Calls Flight Attendant a "Bitch" For Enforcing Cell Phone Rules

Nick Gillespie | December 16, 2009

Sen. Chuck Schumer loves the sound of his own voice, but it carried a bit farther than he might have liked on the US Airways shuttle from New York to Washington on Sunday.

According to a House Republican aide who happened to be seated nearby, the notoriously chatty New York Democrat referred to a flight attendant as a “bitch” after she ordered him to turn off his phone before takeoff.

Schumer and his seatmate, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), were chatting on their phones before takeoff when an announcement indicated that it was time to turn off the phones....

“The senator made an off-the-cuff comment under his breath that he shouldn’t have made, and he regrets it,” Schumer spokesman Brian Fallon told Shenanigans.

Stay classy, Chuck!

How do I spell scumbag? A-L-F-R-A-N-K-E-N

The left must be soo proud.

While Obama goes on Oprah, hosts parties, and accepts the Nobel Piece Prize, Iran Gets on with it

In the words of Hilary Clinton, 

"I don't think anyone can doubt that our outreach has produced very little in terms of any kind of positive response from the Iranians."

Iran missile tests puts pressure on Israel, the West

Steven Edwards, National Post  Published: Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Fars News/Handout/Reuters A long-range Sejil 2 missile is test-fired in the desert at an unknown location in Iran in this Iranian military handout.

UNITED NATIONS -- Iran test-fired an upgraded version of its most powerful missile yesterday, demonstrating it is now easily capable of striking any part of Israel, which Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the Iranian President, said four years ago should be "wiped off the map." The solid-fuel characteristic of the two-stage Sejil-2 means it is more accurate than liquid-fuel rockets, bolstering Iran's threat to target Israel's civilian nuclear reactors if Israel attacks Iranian nuclear installations.

Analysts said the test appeared aimed at dissuading Israel from launching a pre-emptive military attack on any of Iran's nuclear facilities, which Western powers believe are part of a secret program to develop a nuclear bomb. "It hit the defined target," Iranian state television said reporting on the test, but gave no further details. Earlier versions of the missile were also able to reach Israel, but the 2,000-kilometre range of the Sejil-2 means large parts of southeastern Europe are now within range.

The launch serves as a direct challenge to the efforts of Barack Obama, the U.S. President, to resolve the nuclear issue through diplomacy. The White House reacted with a reminder about Mr. Obama's year-end deadline for Iran to respond to U.S.-led diplomatic overtures.

"If they don't, time will run out," said Robert Gibbs, the White House spokesman. (And then what, Pillsbury Dough Boy? It is clear that Obama has no Earthly idea what to do and more than that, he has no interest whatsoever in protecting Israel or the US. He is far more concerned in 'transforming' our country into some Marxist utopia, he's been hearing about his entire life.)

Read more: http://www.nationalpost.com/story.html?id=2349195#ixzz0ZuqJzEMm

Make no mistake, Obama is no Christian

Oh, yes, Obama prays all right:

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WITH THE MUSLIMS!!

This is OUR President at a MOSQUE prayer session LAST WEEK AT THE WHITE HOUSE, on the site where the INAUGURATION is held every 4 years!

He canceled OUR CHRISTIAN "NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER"...Now...THIS.
For Obama to continue as our president is an INSULT TO OUR FOUNDING FATHERS!

If you question the impact of the above picture, get a copy of the book The Sword of the Prophet by Serge Trifkovic. It is well researched, documented and highly trustworthy.

Anyone who believes that 'Islam is NOT a major threat to our freedom and country' has their head in the sand. This includes Obama himself.

Excerpt from the book: "the broad sweep of the global military, political, moral, and — yes — spiritual struggle that faces us; and what we must do if we wish to survive. Above all, we must avoid the twin perils of complacency and despair, and for that a sober, factual, and contextual presentation like that found in Trifkovic's work is essential. Every American owes it to himself to know the real score of the post-9/11 world — and this slim but invaluable volume is the place to start

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182558

on a tip from SondraK

Why One Auschwitz Survivor Avoided Doctors for 65 Years

By Christoph Schult

Christoph Schult

Yitzhak Ganon survived Auschwitz SS doctor Josef Mengele's medical experiments -- and swore never to set foot in a hospital again.

Sixty-five years ago, infamous Auschwitz doctor Josef Mengele removed Yitzhak Ganon's kidney without anesthesia. The Greek-born Jew swore never to see a doctor again -- until a heart attack last month brought his horrific tale into the open.

He is a thin man. His wine-red cardigan is a little too big, and his legs are like matchsticks in his brown pants. Yitzhak Ganon takes care of himself. He's freshly shaven, his white mustache neatly trimmed. The 85-year-old sits on a gray sofa, with a cushion supporting his back. He is too weak to stand by himself, but he still greets a guest in German: "Guten Tag."

Speaking is hard for him. "Slowly, Abba," his daughter Iris says, and brings him a glass of water. Her father has never in his life complained of any pain, she says.

A month ago he came back from his morning walk and lay down. "Are you sick, Papa?" Iris asked. "No, just a little tired," Yitzhak Ganon answered, before going to sleep. But after a few hours he was still tired. "I don't need a doctor," he told his daughter.

The next morning things were even worse. Ganon's wife and daughter called a doctor, who diagnosed a viral infection and told him to go to the hospital. Ganon resisted, but finally realized his life was in danger. At some point he stopped fighting the doctor's orders.

'Just One Kidney'

His family brought him to the hospital in his home town of Petach Tikva near Tel Aviv. He had hardly been admitted when he lost consciousness. Heart attack, the doctor said. The blood clots were cleared with the help of tiny balloons, and the doctors put five stents in him. "We thought he wouldn't survive the operation," said Eli Lev, the doctor. "Especially since he had just one kidney."

When Yitzhak Ganon came to, he told the doctors where he lost the other kidney -- and why he had avoided doctors for 65 years. A reporter from the Israeli paper Maariv heard about the story. And now, weeks after the operation, Ganon is ready to tell his story to a German reporter for the first time.

He stretches his back and looks at a photo on the living room wall. It shows the Acropolis in Athens. "I come from Arta, a small city in northern Greece. It happened on Saturday, March 25, 1944. We had just lit the candles to celebrate the Sabbath when an SS officer and a Greek policeman burst into the house. They told us we should get ourselves ready for a big trip."

The 85-year-old slides the sleeve of his shirt up and uncovers his left forearm. The number 182558 is tattooed there in dark-blue ink.

Tied Down

The transport to Auschwitz took two weeks. His sick father died on the journey. Upon arrival, they had to strip and submit to an inspection. Ganon's mother and five siblings were then sent to the gas chambers.

Yitzhak Ganon was taken to the Auschwitz-Birkenau hospital, where Josef Mengele, the so-called "Angel of Death," conducted grisly experiments on Jewish prisoners.

Ganon had to lie down on a table and was tied down. Without any anesthetics, Mengele cut him open and removed his kidney. "I saw the kidney pulsing in his hand and cried like a crazy man," Ganon says. "I screamed the 'Shema Yisrael.' I begged for death, to stop the suffering."

After the "operation," he had to work in the Auschwitz sewing room without painkillers. Among other things, he had to clean bloody medical instruments. Once, he had to spend the whole night in a bath of ice-cold water because Mengele wanted to "test" his lung function. Altogether, Ganon spent six and a half months in the concentration camp's hospital.

'Just Fatigue'

When they had no more use for him, the Nazis sent him to the gas chamber. He survived only by chance: The gas chamber held only 200 people. Ganon was number 201.

On January 27, 1945, Auschwitz was liberated by Soviet troops. Yitzhak Ganon made it back to Greece and found his surviving siblings -- a brother and a sister -- and emigrated to Israel in 1949. He got married. And he swore never to go to a doctor again. "Whenever he was sick, even when it was really bad," his wife Ahuva says, "he told me it was just fatigue."

But now Ganon is happy he finally went to the hospital after his heart attack. One week later, he had another heart attack, and was given a pacemaker. "If the doctors hadn't been there," he says, smiling for the first time, "I would be dead now." Yitzhak Ganon has survived, again.

Happy Hanukkah!

Be afraid, be very afraid...

on a tip from the great reasonsjester

December 11, 2009 12:00 AM

The New Socialism
A metamorphosis from red to green.

By Charles Krauthammer

In the 1970s and early ’80s, having seized control of the U.N. apparatus (by power of numbers), Third World countries decided to cash in. OPEC was pulling off the greatest wealth transfer from rich to poor in history. Why not them? So in grand U.N. declarations and conferences, they began calling for a “New International Economic Order.” The NIEO’s essential demand was simple: to transfer fantastic chunks of wealth from the industrialized West to the Third World.
    
On what grounds? In the name of equality — wealth redistribution via global socialism — with a dose of post-colonial reparations thrown in.
    

The idea of essentially taxing hard-working citizens of the democracies in order to fill the treasuries of Third World kleptocracies went nowhere, thanks mainly to Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher (and the debt crisis of the early ’80s). They put a stake through the enterprise.

But such dreams never die. The raid on the Western treasuries is on again, but today with a new rationale to fit current ideological fashion. With socialism dead, the gigantic heist is now proposed as a sacred service of the newest religion: environmentalism.
    
One of the major goals of the Copenhagen climate summit is another NIEO shakedown: the transfer of hundreds of billions from the industrial West to the Third World to save the planet by, for example, planting green industries in the tristes tropiques. 

Politically it’s an idea of genius, engaging at once every left-wing erogenous zone: rich man’s guilt, post-colonial guilt, environmental guilt. But the idea of shaking down the industrial democracies in the name of the environment thrives not just in the refined internationalist precincts of Copenhagen. It thrives on the national scale, too.

On the day Copenhagen opened, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency claimed jurisdiction over the regulation of carbon emissions by declaring them an “endangerment” to human health.

Since we operate an overwhelmingly carbon-based economy, the EPA will be regulating practically everything. No institution that emits more than 250 tons of CO₂ a year will fall outside EPA control. This means over a million building complexes, hospitals, plants, schools, businesses, and similar enterprises. (The EPA proposes regulating emissions only above 25,000 tons, but it has no such authority.) Not since the creation of the Internal Revenue Service has a federal agency been given more intrusive power over every aspect of economic life.

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Irony and the ACLU

Feel-good story of the day;

Civil Liberties Group Loses $20 Million Donor

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Published: December 8, 2009

A longtime anonymous donor to the American Civil Liberties Union has withdrawn his annual gift of more than $20 million, punching a 25 percent hole in its annual operating budget and forcing cutbacks in operations.

Anthony D. Romero, executive director of the A.C.L.U., acknowledged in a written statement that a “family” had told the organization in September that it could not make its annual gifts, at least for next year.

“This family, that has sought to protect its privacy by arranging its gifts anonymously, notified us last month that due to market conditions it will be unable to make its expected sizable donations of over $20 million,” Mr. Romero said.

A.C.L.U. board members, who insisted on anonymity (THIS IS IMPORTANT: THE BOARD MEMBERS INSIST ON ANONYMITY!?! THAT"S BALLS!)  because the loss of the gift was reported in an executive session of their meeting, identified the donor as David Gelbaum, who made a fortune as a hedge fund manager and is now better known as a major investor in clean technology.

Mr. Romero said that donors like the Leon Levy Foundation, the Open Society Institute, Peter B. Lewis and John Sperling had stepped up with pledges totaling $23 million spread over the next three years. But unlike the annual Gelbaum gifts, the new money will have to be shared with state affiliates.

“Even with this incredible outpouring of support, we may still not have sufficient resources to replace our revenue gap,” Mr. Romero said. “Therefore we will need to consider a number of budget reductions as well as the possibility of drawing down from our reserve funds if necessary.”

Late last year, suffering from a decline in charitable giving caused by the economic downturn as well as the loss of income from two foundations hit by the Bernard L. Madoff scandal, the A.C.L.U. pared 10 percent of its national staff, or 36 jobs, and Mr. Romero agreed to a 15 percent cut in his salary, reducing it to $302,048 this year, compared with $355,000 in the prior year.

The organization also instituted a hiring freeze, curtailed travel and canceled conferences.

Mr. Romero said in his statement that he did not yet know what the additional cuts would be.

Mr. Gelbaum began contributing $50,000 or so annually to the A.C.L.U. in the early 1980s and kept increasing his gifts, to $22.5 million in 2008, board members said.

The only condition he placed on the gifts was that he remain anonymous, so only a handful of people at the A.C.L.U. knew he was the donor. He did not respond to e-mail messages or a letter sent

to him in care of his investment vehicle, the Quercus Trust.

Calls to the phone numbers listed on filings the trust has made with the Securities and Exchange Commission resulted in busy signals.

Mr. Romero told the organization’s national board about the loss of Mr. Gelbaum’s money at its last board meeting in October, breaking the news in executive session. Mr. Romero did not reveal Mr. Gelbaum’s name, describing him only as “a donor,” board members said

Still, it is hard to keep secrets with a board of more than 80 members, most of whom report to state affiliates. “As soon as he started telling us, anyone who had a laptop with them was busy Googling” and figured out who the donor was, a national board member said.

(Well,that's gratitude for you; these leftists have so little appreciation, morality, and integrity that they out some poor slob who has been good enough to give them 20 MILLION DOLLARS per year! The only condition he gave was that he HAD TO REMAIN ANONYMOUS! As soon as the ACLU didn't get what they wanted, they outed him. No great surprise. Same assholes, different day.)

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Red Shirt Fridays

 
If the red shirt thing is new to you, read below how it went for a man...

Last week, while traveling to Chicago on business, I noticed a Marine sergeant traveling with a folded flag, but did not put two and two together.

After we boarded our flight, I turned to the sergeant, who'd been invited to sit in First Class (across from me), and inquired if he was heading home.

No, he responded.
Heading out I asked?

No.  I'm escorting a soldier home.

Going to pick him up?

No. He is with me right now.  He was killed in Iraq ; I'm taking him home to his family.

The realization of what he had been asked to do hit me like a punch to the gut. It was an honor for him. He told me that, although he didn't know the soldier, he had delivered the news of his passing to the soldier’s family and felt as if he knew them after many conversations in so few days.  

I turned back to him, extended my hand, and said, Thank you Thank you for doing what you do so my family and I can do what we do.  

Upon landing in Chicago the pilot stopped short of the gate and made the following announcement over the intercom.

"Ladies  and gentlemen, I would like to note that we have  had the honor of having Sergeant Steeley of the  United States Marine Corps join us on this flight He is escorting a fallen comrade back  home to his family. I ask that you please remain in your seats when we open the forward door to allow Sergeant Steeley to deplane and receive his fellow soldier. We will then turn off the seat belt sign."

Without a sound, all went as requested. I noticed the sergeant saluting the casket as it was brought off the plane, and his action made me realize that I am proud to be an American.

So here's a public Thank You to our military Men and Women for what you do so we can live the way we do.

Red Fridays.

Very soon, you will see a great many people wearing Red every Friday. The reason? Americans who support our troops used to be called the "silent majority."  We are no longer silent, and are voicing our love for God, country and home in record breaking numbers. We are not organized, boisterous or overbearing.

Many Americans, like you, me and all our friends, simply want to recognize that the vast majority of America supports our troops. Our idea of  showing solidarity and support for our troops  with dignity and respect starts this Friday --  and continues each and every Friday until the  troops all come home, sending a deafening  message that ...... Every red-blooded American who supports our men and women a far will wear something red.

By word of mouth, press, TV -- let's make the United States on every Friday a sea of red much like a homecoming football game in the bleachers. If every one of us who loves this country will share this with acquaintances, coworkers, friends, and family, it will not be long before the USA is covered in RED and it will let our troops know the once “silent" majority is on their side more than  ever, certainly more than the media lets  on.

The first thing a soldier says when asked "What can we do to make things better for you?" is. "We need your support and your prayers." Let's get the word out and lead with class and dignity, by example, and wear something red every Friday.

Another Disgusting Czar; gee, thanks, Obama!

from Gateway Pundit

(If this doesn't make your blood boil, nothing will. This is what our children are spending their time on, in schools.)

Breaking: Obama’s Safe Schools Czar’s Question to 14 Year Olds: “Spit vs. Swallow?… Is it Rude?” (audio-video)

Saturday, December 5, 2009, 5:30 PM

Jim Hoft

Barack Obama’s Safe Schools Czar Kevin Jennings founded the Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network (GLSEN). Recently he was appointed by the Obama administration to run the Office of Safe & Drug Free Schools in the US Department of Education. In 2007 Kevin Jennings was paid $273,573.96 as the executive director of GLSEN.

In 2000 GLSEN held an anniversary conference. From the content of the workshops it was clear that the organization was not so much about tolerance as it was about teaching children about sex. This conference was fully supported by the Massachusetts Department of Education, the Safe Schools Program, the Governor’s Commission on Gay & Lesbian Youth, and some of the presenters even received federal money.

In this clip one of the activists asks 14 year olds, “Spit or swallow?… Is it rude?”

The clip is from a lecture by Scott Whiteman from Mass Resistance. Scott attended the GLSEN conference on March 25, 2000 undercover. He recorded this clip at the GLSEN Conference.
Here is the full exchange:

Male Teacher: … Spit versus swallowing – I don’t know about the calorie count of cum. All right. Is it rude? Let’s ask this question: Is it rude not to swallow?

Students: No! Oh, no! [Many "no's" from the children.]

Male Teacher: No. So it’s in good bedroom etiquette … [unclear] to spit out?

You just heard a public employee ask 14-year-olds if it was rude to spit rather than swallow during oral sex. Kevin Jennings who ran GLSEN is now Barack Obama’s Safe Schools Czar.

It's Official; Jon Stewart has more credibility than ABC, NBC, and CBS

Comedy Central Scoops Network News on Climate-Gate Scandal

Wednesday, December 02, 2009
By Diane Macedo

Jon Stewart discusses leak of controversial emails exchanged by British climate researchers.

ABC didn't cover it. CBS didn't either. And NBC apparently wouldn't go near it.

The network news broadcasts have ignored a growing scandal over evidence of a potential climate cover-up — and now they've even been scooped by the fake news at Comedy Central.

"The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" produced its "reporting" on Climate-gate Tuesday night, when Stewart quipped, “Poor Al Gore. Global warming completely debunked via the very Internet you invented. Oh, oh, the irony!”

Stewart described leaked e-mails from Britain's University of East Anglia, including one referring to a researcher's "trick" to "hide the decline" in some temperature readings in recent decades.

"It's just scientist-speak for using a standard statistical technique — recalibrating data – in order to trick you," Stewart said sarcastically.

Nearly two weeks since news broke of the e-mail scandal, climate change skeptics have gloated; a leading climate scientist has resigned; at least one U.S. lawmaker has called for an investigation, and countless prominent news outlets have deemed the story worthy of major reporting.

Still, according to a report Wednesday morning by the conservative Media Research Center, "none of the broadcast network weekday morning and evening news shows addressed Climate-Gate or the incriminating Jones development. ... This marked 12 days since the information was first uncovered that they have ignored this global scandal."

The Business & Media Institute had just as much trouble finding the networks' Climate-gate coverage.

"An examination of morning and evening news programs on ABC, CBS and NBC since Nov. 20 yielded zero mentions of the scandal, even in the Nov. 25 reports about Obama going to Copenhagen to discuss the need for emissions reductions," the Institute reported Wednesday.

But during that time, the Institute says, "the networks reported on pro-golfer Tiger Woods' 'minor' car accident at least 37 times. They also found time to report on an orphaned Moose and the meal selection at the president’s State Dinner."

Media Research Center President Brent Bozell reacted to the findings saying, "To pretend this story simply doesn’t exist is damning to journalism."

Releasing hundreds of 'Palestinian' prisoners in exchange for one Israeli soldier?

Israel Likely to Exchange 450 Prisoners Hamas Has Requested...PLUS an Additional 530 as a "Goodwill Gesture" to the Palestinians in Exchange for Gilad Shalit...

When was the last time the Palestinians offered a "goodwill gesture" to Israel?....

Jerusalem - Israel would likely release 980 Palestinian prisoners in exchange for Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, who was kidnapped by Hamas more than three years ago, the State Prosecution said Sunday.

The government is likely to free the 450 prisoners that Hamas has asked for in exchange for Shalit, as well as an additional 530 prisoners, as a 'gesture to the Palestinians', the State Prosecution said in response to a petition submitted by a group of bereaved parents.

'There is a possibility for the release in principle of about 450 prisoners whose names are being delivered by Hamas, and whose release is being examined in detail in accordance with different considerations and based on rationales of security and values,' the statement said.

Regarding the additional 530 Palestinian prisoners, the prosecution said that 'the list of these prisoners has not been formed yet and no criteria have been set on this matter.'

ZIP

While I am extremely desirous of Gilad Shalit's release (I have been praying for it for years) I don't understand the 'wisdom' of exchanging a righteous soldier for terrorists and murderers. And hundreds of them? If someone can explain it to me, I'd be grateful.

When was the last time the Palestinians offered a "goodwill gesture" to Israel?....

Jerusalem - Israel would likely release 980 Palestinian prisoners in exchange for Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, who was kidnapped by Hamas more than three years ago, the State Prosecution said Sunday.

The government is likely to free the 450 prisoners that Hamas has asked for in exchange for Shalit, as well as an additional 530 prisoners, as a 'gesture to the Palestinians', the State Prosecution said in response to a petition submitted by a group of bereaved parents.

'There is a possibility for the release in principle of about 450 prisoners whose names are being delivered by Hamas, and whose release is being examined in detail in accordance with different considerations and based on rationales of security and values,' the statement said.

Regarding the additional 530 Palestinian prisoners, the prosecution said that 'the list of these prisoners has not been formed yet and no criteria have been set on this matter.'

ZIP

While I am extremely desirous of Gilad Shalit's release (I have been praying for it for years) I don't understand the 'wisdom' of exchanging a righteous soldier for terrorists and murderers. And hundreds of them? If someone can explain it to me, I'd be grateful.

Happy Thanksgiving

I wish all of you a very Happy Thanksgiving. I hope you share this important and meaningful holiday in the company of those you love. I am grateful for so many things and I am increasingly mindful of the blessing of living in the best country the world has ever known. My thoughts and prayers are with the fine soldiers, who guard our security and freedom and ensure our rights and the future of this country. May G-d bless them and keep them safe from harm. And may G-d bless you.

Narcissist in Chief

Obama leaves WH clutching GQ mag -- featuring himself...

Can you imagine if this were President Bush, holding a copy of a mag with his big, air-brushed face on the cover?

German journalist observes what our MSM wants to ignore

Obama's Nice Guy Act Gets Him Nowhere on the World Stage

By Gabor Steingart

AP

US President Barack Obama is back in the US after an Asian trip that produced few results.

When he entered office, US President Barack Obama promised to inject US foreign policy with a new tone of respect and diplomacy. His recent trip to Asia, however, showed that it's not working. A shift to Bush-style bluntness may be coming.

There were only a few hours left before Air Force One was scheduled to depart for the flight home. US President Barack Obama trip through Asia had already seen him travel 24,000 kilometers, sit through a dozen state banquets, climb the Great Wall of China and shake hands with Korean children. It was high time to take stock of the trip.

Barack Obama looked tired on Thursday, as he stood in the Blue House in Seoul, the official residence of the South Korean president. He also seemed irritable and even slightly forlorn. The CNN cameras had already been set up. But then Obama decided not to play along, and not to answer the question he had already been asked several times on his trip: what did he plan to take home with him? Instead, he simply said "thank you, guys," and disappeared. David Axelrod, senior advisor to the president, fielded the journalists' questions in the hallway of the Blue House instead, telling them that the public's expectations had been "too high."

The mood in Obama's foreign policy team is tense following an extended Asia trip that produced no palpable results. The "first Pacific president," as Obama called himself, came as a friend and returned as a stranger. The Asians smiled but made no concessions.

Lost Some Stature

Upon taking office, Obama said that he wanted to listen to the world, promising respect instead of arrogance. But Obama's currency isn't as strong as he had believed. Everyone wants respect, but hardly anyone is willing to pay for it. Interests, not emotions, dominate the world of realpolitik. The Asia trip revealed the limits of Washington's new foreign policy: Although Obama did not lose face in China and Japan, he did appear to have lost some of his initial stature.

In Tokyo, the new center-left government even pulled out of its participation in a mission which saw the Japanese navy refueling US warships in the Indian Ocean as part of the Afghanistan campaign. In Beijing, Obama failed to achieve any important concessions whatsoever. There will be no binding commitments from China to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. A revaluation of the Chinese currency, which is kept artificially weak, has been postponed. Sanctions against Iran? Not a chance. Nuclear disarmament? Not an issue for the Chinese.

The White House did not even stand up for itself when it came to the question of human rights in China. The president, who had said only a few days earlier that freedom of expression is a universal right, was coerced into attending a joint press conference with Chinese President Hu Jintao, at which questions were forbidden. Former US President George W. Bush had always managed to avoid such press conferences.

Relatively Unsuccessful

A look back in time reveals the differences. When former President Bill Clinton went to China in June 1998, Beijing wanted to impress the Americans. A press conference in the Great Hall of the People, broadcast on television as a 70-minute live discussion, became a sensation the world over. Clinton mentioned the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre, when the government used tanks against protestors. But then President Jiang Zemin defended the tough approach taken by the Chinese Communists. At the end of the exchange, the Chinese president praised the debate and said: "I believe this is democracy!"

Obama visited a new China, an economic power that is now making its own demands. America should clean up its government finances, and the weak dollar is unacceptable, the head of the Chinese banking authority said, just as Obama's plane was about to land.

Obama's new foreign policy has also been relatively unsuccessful elsewhere, with even friends like Israel leaving him high and dry. For the government of Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, peace is only conceivable under its terms. Netanyahu has rejected Obama's call for a complete moratorium on the construction of settlements. As a result, Obama has nothing to offer the Palestinians and the Syrians. "We thought we had some leverage," says Martin Indyk, a former ambassador to Israel under the Clinton administration and now an advisor to Obama. "But that proved to be an illusion."

Even the president seems to have lost his faith in a genial foreign policy. The approach that was being used in Afghanistan this spring, with its strong emphasis on civilian reconstruction, is already being changed. "We're searching for an exit strategy," said a staff member with the National Security Council on the sidelines of the Asia trip.

'A Lot Like Jimmy Carter'

An end to diplomacy is also taking shape in Washington's policy toward Tehran. It is now up to Iran, Obama said, to convince the world that its nuclear power is peaceful. While in Asia, Obama mentioned "consequences" unless it followed his advice. This puts the president, in his tenth month in office, where Bush began -- with threats. "Time is running out," Obama said in Korea. It was the same phrase Bush used against former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, shortly before he sent in the bombers.

There are many indications that the man in charge at the White House will take a tougher stance in the future. Obama's advisors fear a comparison with former Democratic President Jimmy Carter, even more than with Bush. Prominent Republicans have already tried to liken Obama to the humanitarian from Georgia, who lost in his bid to win a second term, because voters felt that he was too soft. "Carter tried weakness and the world got tougher and tougher because the predators, the aggressors, the anti-Americans, the dictators, when they sense weakness, they all start pushing ahead," Newt Gingrich, the former Republican speaker in the House of Representatives, recently said. And then he added: "This does look a lot like Jimmy Carter."

Translated from the German by Christopher Sultan

Physicians Rally Against Obamacare

Today, at the Federal Building in LA, there was a rally organized by physician's against the government take-over of health care. I attended with a friend of mine who is a world-renowned cardiologist. We got there a bit early and had a chance to chat with Hugh Hewitt; I just love him! Evan Sayet spoke and was, as always, side-splittingly funny and the physicians who spoke were brilliant. The crowd was passionate but not unruly and all told, I think we must have had a bit over 500 attendees. Naturally, I didn't see anyone from the MSM there but I am sure if they had covered the event, they would have found the lone toothless hillbilly with a racist sign, to interview!

More Proof Obama Hates the Jews

White House Shrinks Hannukah

By PATRICK GAVIN | 11/19/09 9:17 AM EST

The national Hanukkah Menorah on the Ellipse near the White House is seen during the lighting ceremony in December 2003. | Photo by APClose

The White House's forthcoming state dinner with the Prime Minister of India is expected to be larger than those of President Barack Obama's predecessor, George W. Bush. But another upcoming White House event will be smaller than in years past: The White House's annual Hanukkah party.

The guest list is expected to be shrunk by more than half, according to the Jerusalem Post. "Though several Jewish leaders expressed understanding for the economic and other reasons behind the cut, they acknowledged that it would likely help feed feelings in some quarters of the American Jewish community that the White House is giving them the cold shoulder."

The move comes on the heels of Obama's cancellation of an appearance before the General Assembly of North American Jewish Federations last week.

The White House's decision is likely a response to tough economic times and a desire to keep the holiday festivities reasonable.~Uh really? Funny, Obama didn't mind spending the big bucks on the GIANT Ramadan Dinner Celebration he threw. And what kind of self-loathing Jews are Axelrod and Rahm(adan) Emanuel, anyway? I hate those creeps and I am growing more and more impatient with American Jews who are still making excuses for Obama.

Barack Obama Acting Stupidly

Again, with the bowing?!?

on a tip from my newly-single friend, Eric

Why is this man bowing?

November 14, 2009 Posted by Scott at 7:06 AM

We criticized Barack Obama when he bowed to the King of Saudi Arabia. Americans do not bow to royalty. When the royal is the ruling tyrant of a despotic regime, the wrong is compounded. Obama's bowing to the King was deeply offensive.

When the story emerged from the shadows of the Internet, Ben Smith ran an item on Politico with the White House denying the bow. "It wasn't a bow. He grasped his hand with two hands, and he's taller than King Abdullah," said an Obama aide, who spoke on the condition of anonymity. Bill O'Reilly ran a bemused segment on it once the White House denied what Obama had done.

A reporter asked Obama spokesman Robert Gibbs about the bow. Under his own name and on the record, Gibbs denied what any fool could see. Indeed, one astute observer commented on CNN that "Ray Charles could see that he bowed."

Obama has now done it again. Andrew Malcolm asks (and reports): "How low will he go? Obama gives Japan's Emperor Akihito a wow bow."

Obama's breach of protocol is of a piece with the substance of his foreign policy. He means to teach Americans to bow before monarchs and tyrants. He embodies the ideological multiculturalism that sets the United States on the same plane as other regimes based on tribal privilege and royal bloodlines. He gives expressive form to the idea that the United States now willingly prostrates itself before the rest of the world. He declares that the United States is a country like any other, only worse, because we have so much for which to apologize.

This makes me sick. I mean, really, when I saw it, I felt like throwing up. He can't be bothered to put his hand over his heart for his own country but he just loves to bow to foreign monarchs?

Angry Michelle

I Own The World

Coming to a school near you, my friends...

Parents say son was tormented for eating salami sandwich during Ramadan

The Daily Telegraph

November 13, 2009 12:01am

Helen Grigoriou comforts her son Antonios who was allegedly beaten by Muslim students at his school. Picture: Jeff Herbert

A SYDNEY couple has withdrawn their two children from a public primary school, claiming their 11-year-old son was bullied by Muslim students because he ate a salami sandwich during Ramadan.

Andrew Grigoriou said yesterday he complained to the school and to police after his son Antonios was chased and later assaulted by Muslim students after a confrontation over the contents of his lunch, The Daily Telegraph reports.

Antonios, a Year 5 student of Greek-Australian background at Punchbowl Public School in Sydney's southwest, said he and a friend had to be locked inside the library for an hour after being chased by a group of Muslim boys offended by his choice of food while they were fasting.

The Grigoriou family said the following exchange took place:

Muslim student to Antonios: "Why are you eating ham, it's Ramadan?"

Antonios: "My mum packed this for lunch today."

Muslim student: "Don't eat that. How can you eat pig, it's disgusting."

read the rest...

My Very Favorite Veteran

On this day, in particular, I think of my father-in-law, of blessed memory, who served as a Marine during World War II. Jack William Straight, served with great honor and heart and often told me of his regular visits to the chaplain to discuss the great ambivalence he felt about killing an enemy while he was a believing Christian. He remembered with great sadness, those he served with, who didn't come home. When he told my mother-in-law, Barbara, that he felt compelled to enlist, she said, "Fine, just don't join the Marines." He joined the Marines. And when he went off to training, she said, "Okay, but don't get a tattoo." He came back with a tattoo that read, Semper Fidelis, on his arm. She wasn't thrilled but she understood and they shared more than 50 years of a loving and sweet marriage. I miss them both every day. And today, I thank all of the Veterans for their service and their sacrifice and the sacrifice of their families. May G-d bless them all.

"Allahu Akbar": Hasan's Words as He Fired? But Islam had nothing to do with it, RIght?

I pray for the victims and their families. I also pray that there are lessons learned that will prevent this sort of tragedy from ever happening again.

"Allahu Akbar": Hasan's Words as He Fired?

Arabic for "God Is Great"; Base Commander Tells Harry Smith Soldiers Report Alleged Fort Hood Gunman Said It During Rampage

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(CBS/ AP)  Soldiers who witnessed the shooting rampage at Fort Hood that left 13 people dead reported that the gunman shouted "Allahu Akbar!" as he fired on his fellow soldiers, the base commander said Friday.

Lt. Gen. Robert Cone told "Early Show" co-anchor Harry Smith said officials had not yet confirmed that the suspected shooter, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, made the comment, which is Arabic for "God is great!" during the rampage Thursday, which also left 30 people wounded, including the gunman.

"Did he say anything as he was carrying out this act?" Smith asked Cone.

"There are reports, unconfirmed, that he was saying, 'Allahu Akbar," ' Cone replied.

As he laid out what happened, Cone lauded the soldiers on-scene who struggled mightily to help others. "In talking to many of the soldiers in the hospital last night," Cone said to Smith, "they reported almost a very calm and measured approach by the gunman, who went around and, in some cases, talked to one young man who was shot four times, and by the same shooter. And then when he thought -- he said, 'I made the mistake of moving, and I was shot again.'

Details emerge about Fort Hood suspect background 

Reuters – Major Nidal Malik Hasan, the U.S. Army doctor identified by authorities as the suspect in the shooting …

By BRETT J. BLACKLEDGE, Associated Press Writer Brett J. Blackledge, Associated Press Writer – 49 mins ago

WASHINGTON – His name appears on radical Internet postings. A fellow officer says he fought his deployment to Iraq and argued with soldiers who supported U.S. wars. He required counseling as a medical student because of problems with patients.

There are many unknowns about Nidal Malik Hasan, the man authorities say is responsible for the worst mass killing on a U.S. military base. Most of all, his motive.

For six years before reporting for duty at Fort Hood, Texas, in July, the 39-year-old Army major worked at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center pursuing his career in psychiatry, as an intern, a resident and, last year, a fellow in disaster and preventive psychiatry. He received his medical degree from the military's Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Md., in 2001.

While an intern at Walter Reed, Hasan had some "difficulties" that required counseling and extra supervision, said Dr. Thomas Grieger, who was the training director at the time.

Actually, he's a boy!

How To Find A Masculine Halloween Costume For Your Effeminate Son

Sarkozy and Besson; Working Hard To Save France from Islamization

France to launch national pride campaign in battle against Islamic fundamentalism

By Peter Allen

France is to adopt a series of measures to 'reaffirm pride' in the country and combat Islamic fundamentalism.

They include everybody receiving lessons in the nation's Christian history and children singing the national anthem.

Using words which infuriated ethnic minority groups and Socialist opponents, immigration minister Eric Besson also said he wanted 'foreigners to speak better French'.

Using words which infuriated ethnic minority groups and Socialist

He called for all recent arrivals to be monitored by 'Republican godfathers', charged with helping immigrants to integrate better.

His proposed measures contrast sharply with the situation in Britain where 'citizenship education' centres on multicultural diversity.

M Besson, who was born in the former French protectorate of Morocco, suggested a debate on national identity' entitled 'What does it mean to be French?'

He also reignited the debate about face and body-covering Muslim veils, saying they should definitely be banned.

As well as providing civic lessons for adults - including classes about the country's Christian history and liberal political institutions - the government will encourage school children to sing the national anthem at least once a year. 

His proposed measures contrast sharply with the situation in Britain where 'citizenship education' centres on multicultural diversity and the European Union, while 'God Save The Queen' is not even taught in schools. 

In an interview broadcast on national TV, Mr Besson said : 'It's necessary to reaffirm the values of national identity and the pride of being French.

'I think, for example, that it would be good for all young French people to have the chance to sing The Marseillaise at least once a year.' 

Making clear that radical Islam was a threat, Mr Besson said: 'In France, the nation and the republic remain the strongest ramparts against ... fundamentalist tendencies. France is diversity, and France is unity.' 

Swing to the Right: Nicolas Sarkozy with his immigration minister, then a political adviser, Eric Besson, left, in 2007

(Could we pleeeeze have Sarkozy be OUR president? Pleeeeze?!?)

Holloween 2009

Barakula Full Latex Mask $34.99 Clinton Vinyl Mask $19.99 Hillary Rodham Clinton Mask $18.99 First Lady Adult Mask $12.99

Obama Adult Mask $16.99 Last year I dressed up as Sarah Palin, to hand out candy. I was really rather fetching, if I may say so myself. This year I think I will go in the opposite direction... Which one of these ugly masks should I get? Update! My favorite blogger, Reasonsjester, came up with a great suggestion, that I suggest we ALL follow;  Trick or Treat this year dressed up like Obama and just take 60% of the bowls of candy as a "tax." If anyone complains, say, "hey, you voted for this."

Tiger Woods' Ignored Speech at Obama's Coronation

The Woods family -- including newborn Charlie (February 17, 2009)  Tiger Woods family, (L-R) Sam, Elin, Tiger, Charlie Woods and their dogs Yogi (L) and Taz

on a tip from my dear friend, Griff                   

AS IF YOU NEED ANOTHER REASON TO ADMIRE "AMERICA'S" TIGER WOODS.

 

Tiger Woods is a Highly Educated Individual who was properly raised and taught to be his own man by an educated Mother and Father.

 You can readily see that Tiger Woods listened to his parents and remains very proud of them both.

 Many citizens are not aware of the following, which is the reason for me sending this e-mail to my friends and I would appreciate you sending it on to your friends. 

A COPY OF HIS SPEECH AT THE 2009 INAUGURATION

 Tiger Woods received a special invitation to speak at the Obama inauguration. His inviters were stunned, shocked when he did not deliver the message they expected. A brief read and you will understand why the media swept Woods' remarks under the rug with no further ado and why the liberal left of our American society was again displeased with Tiger.  His speech was entitled;

 

 "You'll Never Walk Alone"

[text is word-for-word as posted on Tiger's web site]

 "I grew up in a military family - and my role models in life were my Mom and Dad, Lt.  Colonel Earl Woods. 

 My dad was a Special Forces operator and many nights friends would visit our home. 

 They represented every branch of the service, and every rank.

 In my Dad, and in those guests, I saw first hand the dedication and commitment of those who serve. 

 They come from every walk of life; from every part of our country. 

 Time and again, across generations, they have defended our safety in the dark of night and far from home.

 Each day -- and particularly on this historic day --we honor the men and women in uniform who serve our country and protect our freedom.

They travel to the dangerous corners of the world, and we must remember that for every person who is in uniform, there are families who wait for them to come home safely.

 I am honored that the military is such an important part, not just of my personal life, but of my professional one as well. 

 The golf tournament we do each year here in Washington is a testament to those unsung heroes.

 I am the son of a man who dedicated his life to his country, family and the military, and I am a better person for it.

 In the summer of 1864, Abraham Lincoln, the man at whose memorial we stand, spoke to the 164th Ohio Regiment and said 'I am greatly obliged to you, and to all who have come forward at the call of their country.'

 Just as they have stood tall for our country - we must always stand by and support the men and women in uniform and their families..

 Thank you, and it is now my pleasure to introduce the US Naval Glee Club ..."

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 Tiger Woods' 2-minute, 5-second tribute to the our nation's military was delivered January 18th at the Inaugural Celebration in Washington, DC. He had been subjected to intense pressure to attend and offer remarks.  Especially so by liberals who have demeaned and criticized him for a decade for not joining their ranks. 

 Yet, at the Lincoln Memorial, instead of paying homage to Barack Bbama, Tiger paid tribute to our soldiers.Not once did Tiger mention Obama, the inauguration or the new administration.

Understanding that expressing his love for America and his appreciation for our military men and women would disappoint the national news media and the liberal left, he did what he thought was best for the people of our country. But Tiger, being is his own man, just as his father taught him to be his own man.Somewhere over that cold, gray Washington sky, Colonel Earl Woods was smiling down on his beloved son. 

And there will be one more crying hug waiting for Tiger when the time comes he passes through heaven's gates into God's arms.

******

 What's that you say?  You did not previously know what Tiger said? 

 You did not see a video clip of him speaking on any national television network?

You did not see a photo of Tiger at the Lincoln Memorial offering his remarks honoring our military. 

 You did not read a story in the NY Times?

His appearance at the Inaugural Celebration had been widely hailed and promoted in advance by the Obama inaugural organizers ... yet January 18 when he came and spoke ...  afterwards, a black out.

We Will Never Forget

h/t Sondrak and Atlas

Now, we have inscribed a new memory alongside those others. It’s a memory of tragedy and shock, of loss and mourning. But not only of loss and mourning. It’s also a memory of bravery and self-sacrifice, and the love that lays down its life for a friend–even a friend whose name it never knew.
---President George W. Bush

The true horror of 911 has been kept hidden from the American people. I am sick of it. Sick of covering up for an enemy whose goal is to conquer this nation and render us all slaves.

Faces

Choosing their death. And eight years later we are apologizing? Vid hat tip Bare Naked Islam

"The Obama White House is behind a cynical, coldly calculated political effort to erase the meaning of the 9/11 terrorist attacks from the American psyche and convert Sept. 11 into a day of leftist celebration and statist idolatry," Matthew Vadum, senior editor of the Capital Research Center wrote in a recent article posted on The American Spectator's Web site. "They think it needs to be taken back from the right."

8 years later ....... Barack Hussein

Finish your assignment!

Starring Mr. Drone

WAKE UP, AMERICAN JEWS!

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my friend RJ from Point/Counterpoint brought this to my attention and I just have to say that I hold American Jews principally responsible for the election of the Anti-Semite in Chief.  I am surrounded, in my community and at my synagogue by highly educated Jews who believed (and stupidly still do) that Obama was all sweetness and light and would bring those who hate Israel to a new and improved opinion. They believed that Obama had some magic he would perform to bring all the ugliness in the world to light and vanquish it. Instead, Obama is happy to bow to the ugliness and pander those who hate America and Israel. As I said election day, "Obama will be terrible for this country and absolutely ruinous for Israel."

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FROM WND'S JERUSALEM BUREAU

Obama slammed as 'racist' at Jerusalem rally

'This insolence will bring about the downfall of the American leadership'

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Posted: July 27, 2009
3:55 pm Eastern

By Aaron Klein
© 2009 WorldNetDaily

Rally at U.S. consulate in Jerusalem last night (WND photo)

JERUSALEM – President Obama's policies against Jewish construction in eastern Jerusalem and the strategic West Bank were slammed as "racist" today by participants in a rally drawing about 2,000 Israelis in front of the U.S. consulate in Jerusalem.

"George Mitchell go home!" yelled protestors in front of the U.S. government building.

Mitchell, Obama's envoy to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, is here discussing the American administration's call for a halt to all Jewish settlement activity, including natural growth or accommodating the needs of existing Jewish populations in the areas in question.

The protest began in front of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's official residence. Marchers then made their way to the U.S. consulate about one block away.

"Obama should not be pressing Israel to compromise and freeze building in Judea, Samaria and eastern Jerusalem," protest organizer Yaacov Steinberg told WND.

"All these steps in the past just brought more Palestinian terror and showed Israeli weakness," said Steinberg, director of a coalition of West Bank Jewish organizations.

Speaking at the rally, Rabbi Eliezer Waldman, who heads the prestigious "Nir" Torah seminary in the West Bank city of Kiryat Arba, called Obama a "racist."

"How dare he tell the Jews where they can or can't live! The era when Jews were banned from living in different places has ended," Waldman exclaimed.

Rally at U.S. consulate in Jerusalem last night (WND photo)

"Obama beware. This insolence will bring about the downfall of the American leadership. Anyone who dares give an order to prevent Israeli life in Jerusalem or anywhere else in the land of Israel is destined to fall," he said.

Pinchas Wallerstein, director of the Yesha council of Jewish communities in the West Bank, told the crowds, "This week the American pressure reached new highs that are a shame to democratic societies."

Wallerstein was referring to the summoning of Israel's ambassador to Washington last week by the State Department to demand a Jewish construction project in eastern Jerusalem be immediately halted.

"It's absolutely an outrageously racist policy," Mort Klein, president of the Zionist Organization of America, told WND. "Especially in light of how Obama should be sensitive when it comes to anything that would remotely constitute discrimination of people based on ethnicity or religion."

Read the rest here...

Anti-Semitism at Trader Joe's

Video: San Fran Joooo-Hating Leftists Raid Trader Joe's to Vandalize Israeli-Made Products....

This would have been a hippy puncher's dream. (Video warning: Rage factor +10)

In this video you will see 30 members of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement (BDS), an anti-Israel group which is supported by all three of the organizations involved in the SFJFF "Rachel" event -- the Rachel Corrie Foundation, the Jewish Voice for Peace, and the American Friends Service Committee, descend upon a local Trader Joe's grocery store, vandalize Israeli products, and try to bully customers into boycotting Israeli goods.

Read the rest>>>

BTW: Shame on Trader Joe's for doing nothing to stop them while they vandalize Israeli goods.....

ZIP

Bringing Up The Rear on the Fourth of July

Every year, in my little community, we have a Fourth of July parade. It is led by local firemen in a giant fire truck, complete with flashing lights and the rest of the parade is mostly children on bicycles and families in golf carts, all carefully and painstakingly decorated in red, white, and blue. It is a singularly joyful and heat-warming event that I look forward to every year. Standing outside of the garage, awaiting the parade this year, I noticed my husbands motorcycle (the one I refuse to ride on until my children and grown and independent) and decided we should hop on and join the parade. My mister is nothing if not spontaneous and quickly grabbed a small American flag, taped it to the motorcycle and off we went to join the parade. We caught up with the it just as it was beginning and we made the entire loop through the neighborhood bringing up the rear of the parade, far back enough that we didn't make the children uneasy with the roar of the engine. The fourth of July is my very favorite day of the year in my neighborhood. As corny as it may be, my heart grows full at the sight of the houses decorated with flags and people dressed in red, white, and blue.

Happy Birthday, America!

Los Angeles Lakers Win, Los Angeles Loses

(What is wrong with these people?)

At Least 25 Lakers Fans Arrested After Near-Riot

Monday, June 15, 2009

 AP

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• June 14: Two men throw a trash can at a Los Angeles Metro Rail after the Lakers defeated the Orlando Magic in Game 5 of the NBA basketball finals in downtown Los Angeles, Sunday.
• June 14: Two men attempt to break an information stand in Los Angeles after the Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Orlando Magic to win the NBA title.
• June 14: A police officer chases away two men vandalizing a police vehicle in Los Angeles after the Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Orlando Magic to win the NBA championship.
• June 14: Los Angeles Lakers fans jump over a small fire as they cheer after the Lakers defeated the Orlando Magic in Game 5 of the NBA basketball finals, in downtown Los Angeles.
• June 14: A group of people attempt to flip over a car outside the Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles, after the Los Angeles Lakers' won the NBA championship.
• June 14: Los Angeles Lakers fans break the windshield and try to flip a police car while celebrating their teams victory in the NBA Finals over the Orlando Magic in downtown Los Angeles.
• June 14: Los Angeles Lakers fans pose by a burning newspaper stand while celebrating their teams victory in the NBA Finals over the Orlando Magic in downtown Los Angeles.
• (That's how you're supposed to celebrate? Geez, I've been doing it all wrong!)
  

June 14: Los Angeles Lakers fans break the windshield and try to flip a police car while celebrating their team's victory in the NBA Finals.

June 14: Los Angeles Lakers fans break the windshield and try to flip a police car while celebrating their team's victory in the NBA Finals.

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LOS ANGELES —  Hundreds celebrated in the streets outside Staples Center after the Los Angeles Lakers' NBA title win Sunday night, with some revelers damaging police cruisers, throwing rocks and bottles at officers and setting bonfires in the street, authorities said.

About 25 people were arrested, most part of a rowdy crowd that split off on to surrounding streets after police declared the gathering an unlawful assembly, officer Karen Rayner said.

Several police cruisers were damaged and reinforcement officers were called in from throughout the city to help disperse the crowd, Rayner said.

Los Angeles police said five officers were hit by debris and had minor injuries.

Click here for photos.

Aerial television footage showed people jumping on a police car, rocking vehicles attempting to pass through the crowd, setting small trees on fire and throwing fireworks and flares set up by police. No injuries were reported.

A gas station was looted and several cars, buses and a news van were vandalized, police said.

Chief William Bratton commended officers for showing restraint despite "a lot of provocation from a number of knuckleheads," he told KTTV-TV.

"It's not easy to stand there when cowards in the middle of the crowd are throwing rocks and bottles at them," Bratton said.

Police department strike teams pushed people from the immediate area around the Staples Center into surrounding neighborhoods, breaking the crowds into progressively smaller clusters, police spokeswoman Mary Grady said.

The department declared a citywide tactical alert, meaning all officers on duty were to remain on the job until the crowds dispersed, she said.

Read the rest here...

Happy Flag Day and Happy Birthday to our Army

May God bless our heroes in the Army and may he continue to bless this great country.

President Reagan's Speech at Pointe du Hoc, Normandy

Hey Obama, this is how it's done...

Courtesy of the lovely Nuggen...

I'll Bet Obama Wants to be his Friend

Yemen: New Children's Hospital Named After Palestinian Suicide Bomber, Dedicated by Lebanese Terrorist Samir Kuntar.....

Health-Care, Arab Style
The Middle East Media Research Institute describes the latest shocking depravity from the Arab World:

According to the Yemeni news website www.yemenportal.net, a library and conference hall named after Palestinian suicide bomber Wafa Idris have been inaugurated at a children's hospital in the province of Ibb in southern Yemen. The inauguration ceremony was attended by Yemeni officials, and launched by Samir Al-Kuntar, of the Palestinian Liberation Front, who carried out a deadly attack in Nahariyya in 1974, and was recently released from Israeli prison.

At the ceremony, speakers extolled the resistance and the perpetrators of suicide bombings, and little girls read out texts and poems.

Samir Al-Kuntar murdered two little girls and their father in 1979. Their mother, Smadar Haran Kaiser, survived, and Kuntar's name should never be mentioned without quoting Kaiser's description of the attack:

It had been a peaceful Sabbath day. My husband, Danny, and I had picnicked with our little girls, Einat, 4, and Yael, 2, on the beach not far from our home in Nahariya, a city on the northern coast of Israel, about six miles south of the Lebanese border.

Around midnight, we were asleep in our apartment when four terrorists, sent by Abu Abbas from Lebanon, landed in a rubber boat on the beach two blocks away. Gunfire and exploding grenades awakened us as the terrorists burst into our building. They had already killed a police officer.

As they charged up to the floor above ours, I opened the door to our apartment. In the moment before the hall light went off, they turned and saw me. As they moved on, our neighbor from the upper floor came running down the stairs. I grabbed her and pushed her inside our apartment and slammed the door.

Outside, we could hear the men storming about. Desperately, we sought to hide. Danny helped our neighbor climb into a crawl space above our bedroom; I went in behind her with Yael in my arms. Then Danny grabbed Einat and was dashing out the front door to take refuge in an underground shelter when the terrorists came crashing into our flat.

They held Danny and Einat while they searched for me and Yael, knowing there were more people in the apartment. I will never forget the joy and the hatred in their voices as they swaggered about hunting for us, firing their guns and throwing grenades. I knew that if Yael cried out, the terrorists would toss a grenade into the crawl space and we would be killed. So I kept my hand over her mouth, hoping she could breathe. As I lay there, I remembered my mother telling me how she had hidden from the Nazis during the Holocaust. "This is just like what happened to my mother," I thought.

As police began to arrive, the terrorists took Danny and Einat down to the beach. There, according to eyewitnesses, one of them shot Danny in front of Einat so that his death would be the last sight she would ever see. Then he smashed my little girl's skull in against a rock with his rifle butt. That terrorist was Samir Kuntar.

By the time we were rescued from the crawl space, hours later, Yael, too, was dead. In trying to save all our lives, I had smothered her.

Wafa Idris, as we noted in 2002, was a Palestinian Arab paramedic who entered Israel in an ambulance to carry out her attack. If this is the Arab world's approach to health care, perhaps it is fitting that Kuntar would turn up at the dedication for a "children's hospital."

(According to our president, we need to be accepting and understanding of these people. Obama is risking our entire existence with his naivete and recklessness. And most American Jews just yawn because they are getting their news from CNN, PMSNBC and The New York Times and have no idea the evil that awaits.)

Just Do It!

In Honor of the Heroes Who Made The Ultimate Sacrifice

"It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived." -- General George Patton

1. The American Cemetery at Aisne-Marne, France. A total of 2,289 of our military dead.

2. The American Cemetery at Ardennes, Belgium. A total of 5,329 of our dead.

 

3. The American Cemetery at Brittany, France. A total of 4,410 of our military dead.

4. Brookwood, England American Cemetery. A total of 4,680 of our dead.

5. Cambridge, England. 3,812 of our military dead.

6. Epinal, France American Cemetery. A total of 5,525 of our military dead.

7. Flanders Field, Belgium. A total of 3,680 of our military.

8. Florence, Italy. A total of 4,402 of our military dead.

9. Henri-Chapelle, Belgium. A total of 7,992 of our military dead.

10. Lorraine, France. A total of 10,489 of our military dead.

11. Luxembourg, Luxembourg. A total of 5,076 of our military dead.

12. Meuse-Argonne. A total of 1,4246 of our military dead.

13. Netherlands, Netherlands. A total of 8,301 of our military dead.

14. Normandy, France. A total of 9,387 of our military dead.

15. Oise-Aisne, France. A total of 6,012 of our military dead.

16. Rhone, France. A total of 8,61 of our military dead.

17. Sicily, Italy. A total of 7,861 of our military dead.

18. Somme, France. A total of 1,844 of our military dead.

19. St. Mihiel, France. A total of 4,153 of our military dead.

20. Suresnes, France. A total of 1,541 of our military dead.

I thank G-d for every one of those brave soldiers who sacrificed their lives for a cause greater than themselves.

A Saudi Surprise for Yours Truly

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Muslim Demographics

Insightful and interesting comment from my friend, Reasonsjester; The video makes it look like the influx of (Catholic) Mexicans are necessary to sustain "our (Christian) culture." Yet the decline of American culture corresponds to decay in the rule of law, and thus America's plight may not improve with a policy of open, uncurtailed immigration from Mexico with no assimilation into American culture and values. After all, there is a reason that Mexico is Mexico. The numbers in the video do add up though, if one compares them to those of Mark Steyn's "America Alone" (particularly, xvii, 54, 55). Proscriptively, I agree with Mark Levin, whose "Conservative Manifesto" reads ("Liberty and Tyranny" pp. 199-205): "Eliminate chain migration, which grants control over immigration policy to aliens and foreign governments, and which the Statist defends to expand his electoral and administrative state constituency. "Secure the nation's borders and discourage those who violate them -illegal alien and citizen lawbreaker alike - by enforcing the immigration laws. End multiculturalism, diversity, and bilingualism in public institutions, which beget poverty, animosity and ethnic balkanization; promote assimilation and unity of citizenship, allegiance to American culture, and English as the official national language" (202). That being said, I specifically requested international roommates in college, and roomed with a very nice legal immigrant from Mexico (I qualify because apparently 55% of all immigrants from Mexico immigrate illegally). His family seemed very nice and close, and impressively large. He was polite, had a Catholic background, and was an all-around good guy. If Mexican immigrants want to come in through the front door like my roommate, I advocate U.S. policy that allows them. No drug dealers, no criminals. I wonder if you see things differently. RJ

(Apropos of this~I have six cousins in Mexico who are educated and as such, already fluent in English. They want to immigrate to the US but will not do so illegally or without securing employment in their field. Sounds like this is the sort of Mexican RJ was rooming with. I am all for immigration; legal and for people who will contribute to society, not be a parasite on it.)

Happy Earth Day

 

(American Thinker)

ZIP

Thank You Al for Destroying the Childhood of Our Nation by Rorschach

Al Gore is an unrepentant charlatan who has made a fine living fueling the neomarxist fantasy of manmade global warming. He is a Nobel prize winner (for Peace, not science, tellingly enough); Academy Award winner for his mockumentary An Inconvenient Truth; and he continued his self-parodying antics with his book The Assault on Reason.

Our granting of rock-star status to a has-been presidential candidate who washed out of the 2000 election shows that the left loves a loser. His half-cocked theory of CO2 driving the weather has wrought immense damage to the country and looms large over the economy; especially given the international marxist redistribution schemes of the Obama administration. But, as if according to plan, the worst damage has been dealt to the psyche of our youth.

A recent poll shows that one out of every three children ages 6 to 11 believes that the world will cease to exist when they grow up, and more specifically, fifty-six percent believe that it will be a "blasted heath."

As disturbing as those statistics are, we can witness the absurd effect of the left's propaganda, completely unchecked by any truly critical debate, by their most tangible concern: That polar bears and penguins will become extinct! (No mention of mankind anywhere here.)

Read the rest here...

Barack at the Airport

There I was, at the airport, just minding my own business. Shopping in the airport gift shop, looking to spend six or seven dollars for a pack of gum when I notice a brightly colored package on the counter. And there it was, a pack of chocolate bars (CHOCOLATE BARS, PEOPLE!!!) with the name and visage of The One on it, looking all serious and stuff. I asked the cashier (a lovely Moroccan man who calls his mother in Morocco nearly every day, or so he said. Yes, we actually had a brief chat; I'm just a people person, I guess.) if he would mind if I took a photo of this most impressive pack of chocolate bars. My Moroccan friend said, not at all, so here it is. For your viewing pleasure. I regret a few things about this moment. I regret not finding out how much this goes for. I regret not reading the ingredients; as a chocolate lover, I would easily know if the chocolate is any good and I regret that I did not surreptitiously pick up the two packs of chocolates and move them next to the laxatives or perhaps, feminine hygiene products. What on Earth was I thinking?

A Little Gun Control History Lesson

 
In 1929, the  Soviet Union  established gun control. From 1929 to
1953, about 20 million dissidents, unable to defend themselves, were
rounded up and exterminated.

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In 1911,  Turkey  established gun control. From 1915 to 1917, 1.5
million Armenians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and
exterminated.

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Germany  established gun control in 1938 and from 1939 to 1945, a
total of 13 million Jews and others who were unable to defend
themselves were rounded up and exterminated.

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China  established gun control in 1935. From 1948 to 1952, some 20
million political dissidents, unable to defend themselves, were
rounded up and exterminated.

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Guatemala  established gun control in 1964.  From 1964 to 1981, some
100,000 Mayan Indians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up
and exterminated.

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Uganda  established gun control in 1970. From 1971 to 1979, 300,000
Christians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and
exterminated.

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Cambodia  established gun control in 1956. From 1975 to 1977, one
million 'educated' people, unable to defend themselves, were rounded
up and exterminated.

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Defenseless people rounded up and exterminated in the 20th Century
because of gun control: 56 million.

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It has now been 12 months since gun owners in  Australia were forced
by new law to surrender 640,381 personal firearms to be destroyed by
their own government, a program costing  Australia  taxpayers more
than $500 million dollars. The first year results are now in:

Australia-wide, homicides are up 3.2 percent

Australia-wide, assaults are up 8.6 percent

Australia-wide, armed robberies are up 44 percent (yes, 44 percent)!

In the state of  Victoria  alone, homicides with firearms are now up
300 percent. Note that while the law-abiding citizens turned them in,
the criminals did not, and criminals still possess their guns!

It will never happen here? I bet the Aussies said that too!

While figures over the previous 25 years showed a steady decrease in
armed robbery with firearms, this has changed drastically upward in
the past 12 months, since criminals now are guaranteed that their prey
is unarmed.

There has also been a dramatic increase in break-ins and assaults of
the ELDERLY. Australian politicians are at a loss to explain how
public safety has decreased, after such monumental effort and expense
was expended in successfully ridding Australian society of guns. The
Australian experience and the other historical facts above prove it.

You won't see this data on the  US  evening news, or hear politicians
disseminating this information.

Guns in the hands of honest citizens save lives and property and, yes,
gun-control laws adversely a affect only the law-abiding citizens.

Take note my fellow Americans, before it's too late!

The next time someone talks in favor of gun control, please remind him
of this history lesson.

With Guns.............We Are 'Citizens'.
Without Them........We Are 'Subjects'..

During WW II.. II the Japanese decided not to invade  America  because
they knew most Americans were ARMED !

Note: Admiral Yamamoto who crafted the attack on  Pearl Harbor  had
attended Harvard U 1919-1921 & was Naval Attache to the. U.S. .
1925-28. Most of our Navy was destroyed at Pearl Harbor  & our Army
had been deprived of funding & was ill prepared to defend the country.

It was reported that when asked why  Japan  did not follow up the
Pearl Harbor attack with an invasion of the U.S.  Mainland, his reply
was that he had lived in the  U.S. & knew that almost all households
had guns.

If you value your freedom, Please spread this anti-gun control message
to all your friends!

Watch this Brilliant Explanation of what has and is happening in the USA

Disturbing and NOT Photo-shopped

I will never, and I mean never, shop at a Border's Book Store, again!

President's Day

Presidents' Day is celebrated in February to honor two of our greatest presidents, Abraham Lincoln and George Washington. The holiday is celebrated in the United States on the third Monday in February.

Experience teaches us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves than it is to dislodge them after they have got possession.
George Washington

Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.
George Washington

Firearms are second only to the Constitution in importance; they are the peoples' liberty's teeth.
George Washington

 

America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.
Abraham Lincoln

And in the end it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.
Abraham Lincoln

Any people anywhere, being inclined and having the power, have the right to rise up, and shake off the existing government, and form a new one that suits them better. This is a most valuable - a most sacred right - a right, which we hope and believe, is to liberate the world.
Abraham Lincoln

I can't help but wonder what these two remarkable, modest, brilliant, dedicated, and accomplished men would have to say about our new president and his 'new direction' for our magnificent country.

'Moderate Muslim' beheads wife - IN NEW YORK!!!

Beheading in Buffalo - at Muslim TV Station

By Douglas J. Hagmann

Muzzammil Hassan, co-founder of Bridges TV

13 February 2009: Muzzammil “Mo” HASSAN, the founder and chief executive officer of Bridges TV, a Buffalo, NY based Islamic television Network he helped pioneer in 2004 amid hopes that it would help portray Muslims in a more positive light, reportedly admitted to police that he beheaded his wife at the television station yesterday afternoon.The victim was identified as Aasiya Z. Hassan, 37, who just last month, filed for and received an order of protection against her husband.

Aasiya Zubair (HASSAN)

According to police, HASSAN walked into the Orchard Park police station shortly after 6:00 PM yesterday and admitted that he murdered his wife earlier in the afternoon. While Erie County, NY District Frank A. Sedita III stated about the murder that “”…this is the worst form of domestic violence possible,” it is more pertinent to understand that the act of beheading in Islam is frequently and closely associated with “honor killings.”

The intentional mainstream media obfuscation of honor killings and the act of beheading as both relate to Islamic fundamentalist practices & beliefs is anticipated, especially in this case. (For a good primer about Islam and honor killings, please read this 2008 article written by Robert Spencer).

HASSAN and Bridges TV of Buffalo has been a focus of investigation by the Northeast Intelligence Network in the past. The Northeast Intelligence Network made several inquiries to HASSAN and Bridges TV about their relationship with al Manar television - inquiries that HASSAN and his station refused to answer.

Meanwhile, HASSAN was charged with second-degree murder and has been arraigned by Orchard Park, NY Village Justice Deborah Chimes. He is currently in custody at the Erie County Holding Center.

Are they kidding? BEHEADING someone is SECOND DEGREE MURDER?