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Wild Bill's Blog: Davy Crockett King of the Wild Frontier

2008-07-13T16:41:00.000-07:00

Wild Bill's Blog: Davy Crockett King of the Wild Frontier

From the days when character mattered.

An Allegorical Painting

2008-07-07T23:14:00.000-07:00

Lady Liberty Driving Away Tyrants, Anarchists and Dictators

Monarchy is already defeated and Liberty fights on against the more hidden enemies. Note the shield with no stars (yet) but thirteen stripes and the eagle. The other elements of the picture all have meaning, too. This is on a ceiling somewhere; ID would be appreciated. Liberty is Golda Meir or Margaret Thatcher or Elizabeth Wales. No others come close although most women Marines are equal in bravery. Anology: Christ driving the Moneychangers from the Temple

Truth, not Belief is the Gold Standard

2008-07-05T20:24:00.000-07:00

So many gullible.

If Truth is so Valuable, Why is There so Much BS

Far away philosophically and spatially , in the wilds of San Francisco is a Public Radio affiliate that demonstrates an independence. Dominated by KQED, the thoroughly liberal powerhouse station, much smaller KALW (FM 91.7) has decided there is more to programming than Car Talk, Garrison Kellior, All Things Considered, and agenda. Aside from their country music emphasis, they are originators of a remarkable amount of self programming. And it works. (Yahoo them) Since January 2004, two philosophy professors have aired a Sunday morning call-in hour called Philosophy Talk, “The Program That Questions Everything - Except your Intelligence”.

John Perry, Henry Waldgrave Stuart Professor of Philosophy at Stanford U. is the originator of the program. He and Stanford Philosophy Department Chairman Ken Taylor discuss topics from Why don’t molecules fly apart? to Vegans. Even the doctrine of preemptive self defense is derided, not because it is bad or good but because it is not a doctrine (a systematic body of evidence and belief that is self reinforcing).

I was not privileged to hear their program on truth vs. BS but my two bits says they likely examined the other things in life we hold valuable. Well, gold is one but so is a child, a friend, peace, a happy time, and the satisfaction of a job well done. You can likely add more; please do. The quality all of these share is rarity.

Were gold as common as iron, its value would be the same or even less since iron is much stronger. Were a children to be lifted from apple trees by the dozen, they might as easily be discarded after a short period of enjoyment; say the first diaper change. That one special friend with whom you can share any of your experiences with empathy is beyond price. That peace time of rest and quiet between turmoil and worry is when we can regain composure and strength to overcome the next stressful period. Each is beyond price because of scarcity. And the work plus effort needed to overcome the previous problem.

In mining gold, the ratio of metal to ore is spoken in terms of ounces per ton. An ounce is 1/16th of a pound. 1/16th of a pound per 2000 pounds or one part per 32,000. You must separate 32,000 ounces to get 1 ounce of gold at this yield! Current economic yields are 2 - 5 ounces per ton. Takes a lot of money to get even 10% return on investment at this rate.

It is a very good thing the yield on children is not similar. Yet each child requires an immense effort to produce a mature adult. Gestation is considered a trial, particularly the last several months. At every stage raising a child requires substantial effort and expense. The “terrible twos” then teenagers are just two of the times that require even more intensive exertion. Then seeing them make their own mistakes was, for me, the most difficult of all. The kid must learn the lessons the outside world teaches and I must not interfere lest those lessons be devalued and the mistake repeated. So parents must put 20 years of work into the making of one mature adult. Of course less effort means less maturity so kids are like many things; what you get depends on what you put in.

It seems that many people do not know a friend. Analysts, advisors, counselors, therapists; many paid professionals but no friend. Perhaps Ophra or Dr. Phil or a politician provides an inferior substitute but there is no conversation or trust investment. Even many marriages have partners rather than friends. Here is the reason there is so much BS. There are so few friends. Lotsa acquaintances and entertainers and politicians but damn few friends. Friends can bare their souls, admit mistakes and stupidities without fear or rebuke. Friends understand and accept our weaknesses just as we theirs. Friends make each other stronger. Friends are not “discovered” but are, like a successful garden, cultivated. The friendship grows as more work and effort is put into it. Unlike a garden, friendship requires trust to grow. Trust is the fertilizer of friendship. And trust requires absolute truth. Any fraction less than total truth degrades trust therefore friendship. BS ranges from outright lies to “shading” facts with artful word use to using words of ill defined meaning as slogans to substituting belief for fact. BS is the opposite of truth. Trust is bestowed rarely. So BS, the common ore, must always greatly exceed in quantity the gold of trust. And be of almost no value. And that is why there is so much more BS than truth. The BS people cannot trust you with truth. The BS people attempt to convince you there is no truth by shoveling an overwhelming amount of what they do in hopes of creating confusion. There is always truth but it always requires effort. Otherwise it would be of no value.

That's what happens when you hire lawyers

2008-07-04T22:58:00.000-07:00

Viacom to get vast Google information

Privacy advocates are alarmed

So a judge rules that Viacom gets to go on a fishing expedition with several years of viewers ID and videos. You stupid yerks obviously do not understand how statistical sampling works. They don't need all our IDs to reach a valid conclusion. You hired lawyers when you needed experts in another field: mathematics!

But all is not lost. You blew the hearing badly. Go back before the judge and demand that all the data be reviewed; nothing may be discarded or otherwise ignored. Every last little tiny bit must be reviewed and reported on. Should keep the fishers busy for the next ten or twenty years. See a mathematician about this. Hold their nose to the grindstone.

No thanks needed. That's what engineers do. Make the job work in spite of management.

Get outta my way, Giggle

2008-07-04T11:28:00.000-07:00

Google Obstructs Search for Conservative Site

Welcome. You are now a member of a very small group who knows about this site. Actually there are three of them. All with the same name, p'word, etc. Have been going two months and still get either no direction or mis-direction from Giggle or Yoyo.

FYI their censorship by obstruction won't work. Will keep pestering the dings until they get the message. I won't quit!

It's about damn time

2008-07-04T11:23:00.000-07:00

Seems we cannot learn from our media or educational establishment so we must look abroad. Took thirty years but here are facts we ignored then. Thank you Internet, the resource liberals forgot, the electronic samidzat. Yahoo for that and the article mid section.

July 2, 2008

Nuclear Energy: What We Can Learn From Other Nations

by Nicolas Loris and Jack Spencer

Nuclear power is gaining momentum in the United States as the nation seeks environmentally friendly and affordable sources of energy that can meet growing demand. As the U.S. deliberates the possibility of building new nuclear power plants, other nations have already begun the process.

A Domestic Source of Energy

France is an example of a country that developed nuclear energy to reduce foreign energy dependence after the oil shock of the 1970s. [France acted while US dithered and liberals obstructed] It now receives nearly 80 percent of its electricity from nuclear power and is a net exporter of electricity.[1] Germany, alternatively, decided to phase out nuclear energy for political reasons and now imports some of this energy.[2]

Japan is another country that has looked to nuclear power as a clean, safe and reliable form of energy. Nuclear power already provides 30 percent of the country's electricity; however, Japan is working to increase this to 37 percent by 2009 and 41 percent by 2017.[3]

Finland, ranking fifth in the world for per capita electricity consumption, has a significant incentive to secure long-term energy solutions. Embracing nuclear energy as part of an effort to decrease the nation's dependency on foreign energy sources, Finland has begun constructing a modern 1,600-megawatt reactor, which will likely be a model used throughout the United States. Finland already gets 28 percent of its electricity from nuclear power, and a possible sixth reactor would increase that amount substantially.

Presently, the U.K. has 19 reactors that provide about 18 percent of the nation's electricity. Because the U.K. is already a net importer of energy and all but one of its coal-fired and nuclear plants are scheduled to be decommissioned by 2023, building new reactors is a must for the U.K. if it is to avoid creating increased energy dependencies. The British government, while providing long-term politically stable support for nuclear power, has made it clear that it would not subsidize the industry. The U.S., on the other hand, continues to squabble politically about nuclear power but has offered some subsidies to the industry. As a result, the British model should provide a sustainable environment for nuclear power moving forward, while the U.S. model could create a politically tenuous dependency relationship between government and industry.

Environmental Concerns

Nuclear energy is attractive to many countries because of its impeccable environmental record. Burning fossil fuels releases an abundance of elements into the atmosphere. Nuclear energy, to the contrary, fully contains all of its byproduct in the form of used nuclear fuel. Such waste is safely managed throughout the world in countries like France, Finland, and Japan.

Meeting Higher Demands for Energy

U.S. electricity demand is projected to increase up to 40 percent by 2030, and other countries are projecting similar increases.[4] The rapid industrial development of both China and India is already placing great pressure on global energy supplies. And because energy sources, especially fossil fuels, are global commodities, growing demand in one part of the world affects the global economy. As a result, higher prices and tightened supply have some nations, such as China, experiencing power shortages.[5] While the U.S. has, for the most part, been able to keep the lights on, with the price of gas breaking the $4 barrier and natural gas prices increasing, every American knows full well the pain of increasing global energy demand.

Nuclear energy can help meet this growing demand. Most directly, nuclear energy can be used to generate electricity. If that demand were not met by nuclear power, then it would likely be met with natural gas. This would put additional pressure on natural gas reserves, driving up the price for electricity as well as all the other goods that use natural gas in their production.

Although natural uranium is a finite resource like gas, oil, or coal, it can be recycled and reused. The French, Japanese, and British all recycle their used nuclear fuel. The French, for example, remove the uranium and plutonium and fabricate new fuel. Using that method, America can recycle its 58,000 tons of used fuel stored across the nation to power every U.S. household for 12 years.

China, India, and Russia are already building new nuclear plants. Even smaller countries, like Vietnam and countries in the Middle East, have begun exploring nuclear power as they too are facing demand shortages and feeling pressure from the industrialized world to reduce CO2 emissions.

What the U.S. Could Learn

With the U.S. entertaining the idea of building new nuclear plants, the country can learn a great deal from other nations further along in the process. Electricity demand is skyrocketing in many parts of the world; purported human-induced climate change has the entire globe in a panic. Nuclear energy has become a focal point for countries trying to meet these needs, and some believe that it can provide an economic boost at the same time. It creates opportunities to electrify portions of the economy that today rely almost entirely on fossil-fuels, like transportation.

Other countries seem to understand the potential benefits of nuclear power and have either commenced constructing, or have developed projections for, new nuclear plants. The time has come for the U.S. to stop squabbling, remove regulatory impediments, and allow nuclear energy to continue helping this country to meet its growing energy demands.

Nicolas Loris is a Research Assistant and Jack Spencer is a research fellow in the Thomas A. Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies at The Heritage Foundation.

"Here he co-om-mes, that's Daffy's clown."

2008-07-03T11:03:00.000-07:00

Djimmy Carter's Second Term
By Paul Miller

It was a cold and rainy October night when my mother and I stood outside a Skokie, Illinois Synagogue to hear and hopefully meet Georgia Governor James Earl "Jimmy" Carter. My parents and most Americans were still sickened over Watergate, President Gerald Ford's unconditional pardon of Richard Nixon and the disaster of the Vietnam War. They hungered for "change" and "new hope". Many Americans believed they found what they desperately yearned for in a peanut farmer turned politician from Georgia.

Four years later Jimmy Carter's name couldn't be uttered by my father without being proceeded by four-letter expletives. My mother cried herself to sleep believing that Carter's school-busing program was going to take me from my elementary school down the block to a school and hour away on the southside of Chicago. Supporters of Israel began to distrust him as he began showing signs of an anti-Israel bias. The economy was devastating families with double-digit inflation and the Iran hostage crisis made Americans ashamed of their President.

Today there is an eerie similarity to the election that led up to the disastrous Carter administration. All the Presidential candidates are speaking the rhetoric of "change" and "trust" in government. However, assumed Democratic nominee Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) has based his entire bid for the White House with Carter-style ideas and campaign policy advisers stemming directly from the administration and school of thought of the Carter Presidency. {Yahoo: Carter's Second Term}

Carter had the stupidity and gall to attempt to blame the American people for his own failures. "I am reminded again that all the legislation in the world can't fix what is wrong with America." (July 15, 1979) B. Hussein blames others for pointing out his failures, too. Blames ... Others. When you're weak and inexperienced, blame others.
B. Hussein has mostly Carter and Clinton retreads as advisors which shows just how inexperienced he is.

BTW our Constitution Limits The Government. The citizens get their rights from God not as a check from Washington. Limits on government are the historical, important part.

B-boy on B-boy

2008-07-03T10:05:00.000-07:00

Here is a self made man who knows himself

B. Hussein on O'Bama

"He's young and inexperienced and he's got a funny name. And did I mention he's black?"

Jeeze, he finally got something right!! Can we get a poster of that?

"My object all sublime..."

2008-07-03T09:46:00.000-07:00

Also from Mikado, "As someday it may happen that a victim must be found..." my list is short.

The start of this thread on American Thinker is about how the B. Hussein campaign is perfect material for satire. The whole campaign is a parody of itself. Every airy fairy statement and off limits edict is perfect for a hit. The Poser Posters are made for graffiti. Now will someone please, please do some Photoshop to put a brush (no typo, just a generic way of saying a Hitler mustache) mustache on another and a curly 'stach with van dyke on a second. How about a pedophile mustache on a third. The other edits are for those with more artistic imagination than I. Sales of B. Hussein posters and markers should explode! Heh... heh.

http://www.thepeoplescube.com/images/KG3/BFH_nope.jpg

http://www.thepeoplescube.com/images/Obama_Hope_Chope.gif

http://www.thedissidentfrogman.com/images/uploads/ob-hamas.gif

More .. (more applause) ... encore ...encore ... bravo

http://www.thepeoplescube.com/images/Obama_Poster_Clinton_Grope.gif

http://www.thepeoplescube.com/images/Obama_Carter_Dope.gif

B. Streisand Backs B. Hussein

2008-07-03T09:36:00.000-07:00

And what part of her intellect, executive experience and management recommends anyone to follow her choice of B. Hussein? Sh*t, just another brainless entertainer. BTW, didn't she endorse Kerry and Gore and Clinton and Mcgovern and Edwards and ...? Seems there is a theme here. With the same old lyrics. Unlikely to set a record.

Barbra Streisand changes tunes from Hillary Clinton to Barack Obama

Unlikely News

Barbra Streisand, the [in]famous singer who was being discovered by radio stations back when someone named Barack Obama was being born, confirms to The Ticket this afternoon that she's supporting Obama and has offered to help in his presidential campaign.

Streisand's personal spokeswoman, Marge Tabankin, says talks are underway with the campaign in Chicago to decide what exact role Streisand will play in the presumptive Democratic nominee's efforts to win the White House.

Gun Wisdom: from a friend's e-mail

2008-07-01T21:48:00.000-07:00

"Exterminate! Exterminate! Exterminate!' Dr. Who Darleks Self protection works. An armed society is a polite one.

The purpose of fighting is to win. There is no possible victory in defense.

The sword is more important than the shield, and skill is more important than either.

The final weapon is the brain. All else is supplemental.

As John Steinbeck once said:

1. Don't pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.

2. If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck.

3. I carry a gun cause a cop is too heavy.

4. When seconds count, the cops are just minutes away.

5. A reporter did a human-interest piece on the Texas Rangers. The reporter recognized the Colt Model 1911 the Ranger was carrying and asked him

'Why do you carry a .45?'

The Ranger responded, 'Because they don't make a .46.'

6. An armed man will kill an unarmed man with monotonous regularity.

7. The old sheriff was attending an awards dinner when a lady commented on his wearing his sidearm.

'Sheriff, I see you have your pistol. Are you expecting trouble?'

'No Ma'am. If I were expecting trouble, I would have brought my rifle.' [me, a shotgun]

8. Beware the man who only has one gun. HE PROBABLY KNOWS HOW TO USE IT!!!

But wait, there's more!

I was once asked by a lady visiting if I had a gun in the house. I said I did.

She said 'Well I certainly hope it isn't loaded!'

To which I said, Of course it's loaded, it won't work without bullets!'

She then asked, 'Are you that afraid of some one evil coming into your house?'

My reply was, 'No not at all. I am not afraid of the house catching fire either, but I have fire extinguishers around, and they are all loaded too.

'To which I'll add, having a gun in the house that isn't loaded is like having a car in the garage without gas in the tank.'

I'm a firm believer of the 2nd Amendment!

"The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him,

but because he loves what is behind him."

Judge Slaps $200 Fines On Men Whose Cell Phones Rang In Court

2008-07-01T21:03:00.000-07:00

"My object all sublime, I shall achieve in time, to let the punishment fit the crime, the punishment fit the crime." The Mikado Mikado

Justice News Service
The title 'Justice of the Peace' takes on new meaning in an Atlanta courtroom, where a judge has slapped a $200 fine on two men whose ringing cell phones went off within minutes of each other in the middle of a hearing.

Atlanta Municipal Court Judge Herman Sloan held the two men in contempt of court for the auditory interruptions. While he finished hearing cases on his docket, he had the two men sit out the time in the jury box. Then, he offered them each a sentence with a choice: a $200 fine or 10 days in jail.

The first man claimed his cell phone was turned off. The second man [was a liar, too, and] claimed he was late to court and hadn't heard an earlier announcement warning people to silence their phones. Either way, the judge was none too pleased, and was quick to take action.

Both men chose the $200 fine.

12,000 Laptops Lost Each Week at US Airports

2008-07-01T20:35:00.000-07:00

Now just how does this work. 12,000/100 = 120 laptops per airport per week. 120/7 = 16 laptops per airport per day. [Calcs rounded for the non-math 98% part of the population.] If that sounds high, the stats would have 67 airports with 48 or more laptops lost per day.

Suspect some folks start with real numbers then decide they are no longer dramatic enough and nobody will notice. GOTCHA! Again. Best guess is 60 per week for all. That would still become 12,000 per year, but Dilbert rules. BTW Ponemon is pushing security software; no surprise. Yahoo for the rest

Undiginfied News Service
In these digital times, it seems as though everything about us these days is reduced to bits and bytes and stored on computers -- so it's only fair to ask that those computers be secure. Well, according to a new study by the Ponemon Institute, half of all the business travelers surveyed said they fly regularly with important information on their laptops. Most of them -- more than two thirds -- don't use any type of security system in the event that laptops are lost or stolen.

Clearly, this is bad news, especially since the study also estimates that about 12,000 laptops are lost every week (based on interviews with officials at 106 American airports). This means business travelers are losing several laptops a week. Eventually, one of those laptops is going to be loaded with our Social Security numbers and names.

NY drops claims against Grasso after court defeat

2008-07-01T20:20:00.000-07:00

Here's yet another state AG handed his head for under-thinking and over-politicizing the office. Long may they fail.

NY drops claims against Grasso after court defeat

Unknown News Service

Posted: 2008-07-01

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - The four-year legal battle over former NYSE Chairman Richard Grasso's $187.5 million compensation package ended Tuesday when a New York appeals court dismissed claims against him of excessive pay and the state's top prosecutor said the case was closed.

"We have reviewed the court's opinion and determined that an appeal would not be warranted," Attorney General Andrew Cuomo's spokesman Alex Detrick said. "Thus, for all intents and purposes, the Grasso case is over."

Cuomo's announcement came soon after the Appellate Division of State Supreme Court ruled the attorney general's authority to pursue two remaining claims against Grasso lapsed when the New York Stock Exchange changed in 2005 from a nonprofit to a for-profit corporation. Last week, the Court of Appeals, New York's highest court, dismissed four common law claims against the 2003 compensation package.

The midlevel court concluded Tuesday that seeking to recover money for two remaining claims under New York's Not-For-Profit Corporation Law would simply benefit the NYSE's private owners. The court also dismissed a claim against Home Depot founder Kenneth Langone, who was chairman of the exchange's compensation committee and was accused of misleading other NYSE board members about Grasso's pay.

Justice James McGuire wrote that based on case law and the "evident purpose" of the not-for-profit law, the attorney general's authority to pursue the claims "lapsed" when the NYSE became a for-profit corporation. He wrote for the court majority.

R.I. high court overturns lead paint verdict

2008-07-01T20:08:00.000-07:00

RI was suing for billions based on winning a Public Nuisance suit. Phhhooony hhhoooyy. This is socialism. When you can't gain on merit, inflate a traffic ticket into a grand felony. YYYeeeeAAAa RI Supremes by 4 - 0. (Dunno how that works.) Two Supreme Court decisions for common sense in one week. Perhaps common sense will become a movement.

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Unidentified News Service

Posted: 2008-07-01

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island's Supreme Court on Tuesday overturned a first-in-the-nation jury verdict that found three former lead paint companies responsible for creating a public nuisance, rejecting a closely watched case that had been seen as a bellwether for potential suits across the country.

The 4-0 decision ends the nearly decade-long court fight and spares the companies from potentially billions in cleanup costs for hundreds of thousands of contaminated homes.

The court, however, said the state's lawsuit should have been dismissed at the outset. It said that while lead paint may be a public health problem, it was not the companies' responsibility to clean it up because they, unlike landlords and homeowners, had no control over how the paint was used or if it was used in properties where children were poisoned.

US uses bullets ill-suited for new ways of war - NOT

2008-05-27T00:09:00.000-07:00

The usual round is .223, a very high speed, high energy bullet. The M-14 bullet is a .308 a bit larger but also high speed, high energy. The .223 is good out to c. 400 yd while the .308 works to 1000yd. What this reporter ignores is neither is a close range weapon inside 40 yd. There are soldiers in some patrols who carry shotguns with short barrels and a convergent/divergent choke. (Yes, Geneva allows this.) A street sweeper from 3 yd. to 25 yd. Another thing the author ignores is that rifles are not the only weapon carried. Several kinds of grenades and even small rockets. And lotsa guys carry .45s as sidearms; very finely made personally owned .45s. $1500 pistols sold for $800 to soldiers. Much stouter than 9mm NATO standard. And Army approves and supplies ammo. But the .45 is a 1911 design!! Reason for personal owned pistols; simple, the individual can move much faster than any government entity. As always you don't get something for nothing. Most .45s hold 6 - 7 rounds vs. 9mm with 13 - 14 and the limit is balance. Get too much weight in the handle and the pistol is harder to aim. Bottom line: each soldier in a patrol is a specialist, carrying his own mix of weapons all contributing to the patrol's effectiveness. This is what the author ignores.

Sigh, the author is just another ill informed jerk who wants to make trouble then move on - hence "drive-by" media. Notice no numbers in his work. Betcha his only war is flower power. And his English or journalism major didn't equip him for ballistics.

By RICHARD LARDNER,

Associated Press

Posted: 2008-05-26 14:24:11

WASHINGTON (AP) - As Sgt. Joe Higgins patrolled the streets of Saba al-Bor, a tough town north of Baghdad, he was armed with bullets that had a lot more firepower than those of his 4th Infantry Division buddies.

As an Army sniper, Higgins was one of the select few toting an M14. The long-barreled rifle, an imposing weapon built for wars long past, spits out bullets larger and more deadly than the rounds that fit into the M4 carbines and M16 rifles that most soldiers carry.

"Having a heavy cartridge in an urban environment like that was definitely a good choice," says Higgins, who did two tours in Iraq and left the service last year. "It just has more stopping power."

Strange as it sounds, nearly seven years into the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, bullets are a controversial subject for the U.S.

The smaller, steel-penetrating M855 rounds [only one version is steel penetrating; there are several other .223 rounds] continue to be a weak spot in the American arsenal. They are not lethal enough to bring down an enemy decisively, and that puts troops at risk, according to Associated Press interviews.

Designed decades ago to puncture a Soviet soldier's helmet hundreds of yards away, the M855 rounds are being used for very different targets in Iraq and Afghanistan. Much of today's fighting takes place in close quarters; narrow streets, stairways and rooftops are today's battlefield. Legions of armor-clad Russians marching through the Fulda Gap in Germany have given way to insurgents and terrorists who hit and run.

Fired at short range, the M855 round is prone to pass through a body like a needle through fabric. That does not mean being shot is a pain-free experience. But unless the bullet strikes a vital organ or the spine, the adrenaline-fueled enemy may have the strength to keep on fighting and even live to fight another day.

HRHC on the Unelectible Messiah

2008-05-25T22:21:00.000-07:00

Thanks American Thinker

It is all BS and wishful thinking. HRHC commented that her husband was not nominated until June and Bobbie K. was assassinated in June, too. But the drive-bys are trying to make the Kennedy comment as a mistake. And HRHC is helping! Because she knows better. Gives a free repeat. It was deliberate.

All in line with the rest of her campaign. If the Messiah is so much at risk, there must be lotsa people who hate him. She is getting the message past the drive-bys that the Messiah is unelectable. This is just too rich; the most hated woman in America saying how her opponent is most hated, too. Alinsky jumps are wonderful.

Too many people regard him not as Messiah, but as Antichrist. The ultimate fascist in sheep's clothing. Maybe Muslem in Christian clothing, too. An empty suit and an open mouth spouting cliche after cliche (my spell check says cloche; maybe it's right, too, but I digress) Contradicting himself endlessly then declaring the fact "off limits". And then his radical wife speaks her piece until he silences her. Truth is "bad." Fact is "inaccurate". "Newspeak" is here and being used.

But the Messiah is unelectable. Blacks support him by 90% but they are 12% of the population > 10% of vote. Liberal elite support him by 90% also and they are 30 % > 27% vote. This is in Democratic primaries. Nobody else does! 37% of vote is a landslide defeat for liberals! Even if one assumes that somehow another 10% of the electorate buys his BS, it is 47%; still a landslide by current standards. Even big state electorials can't save him. No cross needed, toast is toast.

But liberals are still vocal and potentially convincing. It ain't over 'til its over.

Unelectable Messiah

2008-05-25T19:14:00.000-07:00

Thanks American Thinker and LGF
Does not have even need Bosnian snipers; can do the job all by himself. But this is the Internet Age and lies are caught as spoken. Cannot be set "off limits." BTW see ACORN; his first office from college.

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May 25, 2008

Obama's latest stunning gaffes

Clarice Feldman
How are we supposed to take this man seriously for the position of commander in chief? Little Green Footballs snags Obama in a stunning error, and it is not just the name of the town he is in or the number of states.

On Friday Barack Obama spelled out his Latin America policy [snip]:

Since the Bush Administration launched a misguided war in Iraq, its policy in the Americas has been negligent toward our friends, ineffective with our adversaries, disinterested in the challenges that matter in peoples' lives, and incapable of advancing our interests in the region.

No wonder, then, that demagogues like Hugo Chavez have stepped into this vacuum.
This is pathetic. Hugo Chavez came to power during the Clinton Administration, and was first elected President of Venezuela in 1998, two years before the Bush Administration took office.

But Jake Tapper notes this is small potatoes compared to his song and dance on FARC and Venezuela:

Meanwhile, in Chicago, the Resko trial goes on. "Bring the money ..." Drive-bys quiet therefore very damaging. google it. Q: Can B. Hussein outrun this trial? Now this is political drama. Hillary's trial in LA is on hold. Is this her strategy? "Never underestimate the Clintons."

Congress Trims Back Mexico Anti-drug Plan

2008-05-25T17:56:00.000-07:00

Actually they have, unintentionally, done everybody a favor. Mexico is a third world turd; any arms, money go the the oligarchs or the drug cartels; do not pass go, do not collect $200. Bad scene either way. Two things need to happen.
1) Isolate Mexico to foment a revolution.
B) Then legalize drugs to undercut the winners; encourage some sort of democracy. Could include Chavez for a twofer. He would jump at 1). An election cycle is plenty of time for both and would make a major economic jump for both US and Mexico. Oligarchs would have jumped for safety, in US mostly (nobody said they were smart) so our tax collections increase. (c.f. Cuban revolution). Even Chavez cannot support cartels w/o drugs and Russia/China are not players. [Thank you Monroe Doctrine] Problem is: needs a Nixon/Kissinger so the opportunity passes.

Congress trims Bush anti-drug plan for Mexico
By David Morgan Thu May 15, 7:08 PM ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives on Thursday voted to scale back President George W. Bush's plan to aid Mexico in its increasingly deadly war on illegal drug cartels.
The so-called Merida initiative -- which Bush proposed last October as a three-year $1.4 billion package providing aircraft, equipment and training -- initially was to offer Mexico $500 million in this fiscal year that ends September 30.
But lawmakers reduced this year's segment to $400 million in a 256-166 vote on legislation that also expanded benefits for U.S. veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars and lengthened unemployment benefits for U.S. workers.
The Democratic-controlled chamber sought to restrict support for the Mexican military, while increasing resources for social institutions including the country's judiciary.

G**'l - Freedom is a fraud

2008-05-25T16:55:00.000-07:00

Looks like censorship has come to the web. An earlier version of this blog had three photos of "The American Flag Defends Itself" Originally from Preshawar 2001 Attribution AP

The first showed an American flag and a group of Pakistanis in the background. Foreground a man is lighting a fuel soaked flag with a cigarette lighter. Sure are a lotta flames; likely a poof.

The second; OOPS! the turd must have spilled some of that fuel (likely gasoline) on himself. His arm and shoulder are on fire and he is trying to get away. The crowd is watching, even some smiling. Burn dingy, burn.

The third is only slightly later but the fire is starting on his hair. More smiles. Nobody helps. Burn dingy, burn. By now he has likely inhaled at least once. Poor dingy, one mistake after the other. Must be ... well, kin to our liberals. Bye dingy, bye.

The post had little verbiage; mostly the pix. But it has all disappeared; site and all. But it didn't. Nothing disappears from the web, ever. See American flag burning, a site showing some of shameless ways we, America, the USA have allowed our national symbol to be desecrated. The first (only) pix is about group 17.

On second thought, we must be doing something right or the turds wouldn't be burning our flag. Go Bush, go!!

So there censors. It's Baaaccckkk. And so am I

On Oil Hearings - To a friend

2008-05-25T16:47:00.000-07:00

Yeah, Congressional hearings have long been a stage for the legislators to do their grandstanding thing. Trouble is, this time they happened against folks who were smarter/ didn't care/ better prepped and able to get their own licks in. Unlike the first two dozen times. Also showed whatta floater M. Waters D-CA is.
As for the real issue, it's money movement. The stock & bond markets are relatively stable, saving accounts, etc.are way too low and the housing bubble went poof (REIT and other bundling schemes) so the investors, pension funds, insurance, unions, went to commodities. Metals, meat (remember pork bellies for bacon?) and oil all have active commodities markets. (Also see commodities market index.) The trading is in futures; that is goods to be delivered at some future date. The investors trade paper contracts while others handle the actual goods. Besides crude oil, there are markets in gasoline, diesel, av gas and the other refined products, too. All made to fleece the naive but do provide stability for the knowlegible. (e.g. Jet Blue has its fuel on contracts at $2.60 bought back when. American and United are paying current spot c. $10. They didn't have the reserve bucks back then so are hurting still.) Worldwide trading is done in reserve currencies. There's only one left; US$. Reason: volatility; the country no longer has control over its currency.
Then comes another complication: currency traders (!). These guys move megahowsomevers back and forth to gain small fractions. Make enough small fractions and it becomes real money. Again, no actual money changes hands only contracts. They do the actual reduction of dollar vs. Euro, Yen or whatever.
The real problem is that the run up on oil futures this time is looking like a bubble. Bubbles always go poof as demand falls below what was anticipated; that seems to be happening. Spot gold took a jump last week from c. $860 to c. $940. (google spot gold and look at the Kitco graphs.) Is on its way down a bit. Gold is the commodity for the nervous; first to rise but also first to fall as its appreciation (kinda like interest) is low. On the other hand, a crash in any of several US areas will crash the rest of the world, too.
The above makes it seem that I understand these markets. My knowledge is about the level of a high school freshman about science; they exist. Besides, my purse is way too small.
Hope this helps but suspect it is just more mud. Looks we are living in "interesting times". BTW gas in Europe also jumped c. 50%.
Spending more tax dollars than are taken in is a mixed blessing. Useful in very poor economic times but wayyy too tempting to politicians all the time. Like most medicines, the wrong prescription can kill the patient. Ray