Sunday, May 27, 2007

Just haven't had much to write about this week. Maybe tomorrow...

Monday, May 21, 2007

Jimmah, Jimmah, Jimmah. Every time you open your mouth, you stick your foot in it. It's bad enough you were a horrible president. It's bad enough that you suffered a mind-numbing, crushing defeat to a "warmonger" who was best known for his acting in films with a chimpanzee. It's bad enough you have been credited with the creation of the Islamofacist movement (if not directly creating it, certainly imposing it upon the United States).

Between double-digit inflation, disco and Billy Beer, haven't we suffered enough from your four years in office? You lost, James Earl. Get over it. No one believes in you or your opinions anymore. You let your country down, you let your party down and now, you've let the office of President down.

For the millionth time, James Earl, just go away already. Nobody's listening and no one cares.

I am eagerly waiting for the latest Harry Potter book.

I started to read the series around the time Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire came out. I started with the first one and by the time I finished the first chapter of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, I was hooked.

Like many other fans of the series, I also have my theories and I believe still that Snape is not working for Voldemort. Of course, I'm also the same person who bought that entire dream season on Dallas 20 years ago.

So, I read with interest that the British Royal Mail service will be issuing a series of Harry Potter stamps to coincide with book 7's release. While I'm certain many people will purchase the stamps for their own collection, I do believe the majority will be bought by teenage boys who will relish the chance to lick the Hermoine stamps.

Here's a neat story...

A "traveling minister", whatever that is, has been arrested for having 8 wives. And that's not even the weird part. It seems that Bishop Anthony Owens, 35, was released from prison 1n 2005 for bigamy and upon securing his freedom, married at least 4 other women.

I tip my hat to this guy. Here I'm starting a new life alone after separating from my only wife after 19 years, and this guy goes off and marries 8 different wonen AT THE SAME TIME. And they didn't know of each other??? Not only that, but "loverboy" admits that he has divorced some of his wives over the years, but "can't remember which ones."

I need to meet his attorney!

Monday, May 14, 2007

Wanted to share this outstanding article by Mark Steyn with you...

Fortress America's gate is open

Most terrorists seem like bumbling losers if they're caught before the act: That's certainly true of the Fort Dix jihadists who took their terrorist training DVD to the local audio store to be copied. It was also true of the Islamists arrested in Toronto last year for plotting to behead the prime minister, one of whose cell members had a bride who wanted him to sign a prenup committing him to jihad. The Heathrow plotters arrested while planning to blow up U.S.-bound airliners included a Muslim convert who'd started out as the son of a British Conservative Party official with a P. G. Wodehouse double-barreled name and a sister who was a Victoria's Secret model and ex-wife of tennis champ Yanick Noah.

But then Mohammed Atta and the 9/11 gang would have seemed pretty funny if you'd run into them in that lap-dance club they went to before the big day where the girls remembered them only as very small tippers. Most terrorists are jokes until the bomb goes off.

So, when we're fortunate enough to catch them in advance, it's worth pausing to consider what they tell us about the broader threat we face. According to genius New York Times headline writers, "Religion Guided Three Held In Fort Dix Plot." You don't say. Any religion in particular?

Well, the trio were Muslims, but Albanian Muslims — i.e., they weren't Arabs and didn't have names like Mohammed and Abdullah (though their accomplices did). Even if Amer- ica were minded to profile, it's harder to profile against chaps with names like "Shain Duka" (Fort Dix) or "Rich- ard Reid" (the shoebomber) or "Jer- maine Lindsay" (a July 7 Tube bomb- er) or "Muriel Degauque" (a Belgian lady who self-detonated in a suicide attack on U.S. forces in Iraq) or "Jack Roche" (an Australian arrested for plotting to blow up the Israeli Embassy in Canberra).

Second, the young Duka brothers are "radical Muslim" sons in a family of otherwise "moderate Muslim" oldsters. That, too, fits a pattern of de-assimilation, of young Western Muslims far more implacable and hostile than their parents and grandparents. The London bombers were British subjects born and bred, radicalized in the vacuum of contemporary multiculturalism. One of the Toronto plotters had a father-in-law who was the pharmacist at the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry base. The Princess Pats have done sterling work in Afghanistan, and pop supports their mission. But his daughter doesn't, and she named his grandchild after a Chechen terrorist killed by the Russians.

Third, what then radicalized so many Western Muslims? Answer: in many cases, the Balkans. When Yugoslavia collapsed 15 years ago, Jacques Poos told the Americans to butt out: "The hour of Europe has come!" he declared confidently. Poos was the foreign minister of Luxembourg, a country as big as your hot tub, but he chanced to be holding the European Union's rotating "presidency" at the time and, as it happened, the Americans were very happy to butt out. "We don't have a dog in this fight," said then-secretary of state, James Baker.

Well, the hour of Europe came and went, and a couple of hundred thousand corpses later the EU was only too happy for Americans to butt back in again. So NATO bombed Christian Serbs in defense of Albanian Muslims, and a fat lot of good it did if the Duka brothers are any indication.

In theory, Baker was right. But out there in the Balkans, if you're one of the dogs in the fight, great-power even handedness can seem pretty one-handed by the time you hear about it. Don't take my word for it. Here's Osama bin Laden: "The British are responsible for destroying the Caliphate system. They are the ones who created the Palestinian problem. They are the ones who created the Kashmiri problem. They are the ones who put the arms embargo on the Muslims of Bosnia so that 2 million Muslims were killed."

Whoa, hold up there: How come a list of imperial interventions wound up with a bit of non-imperial non-intervention? Because, for serious nations, even not taking sides is seen as, in effect, taking sides. What was the single biggest factor in the radicalization of British Muslims? Omar Sheikh, convicted in Karachi for the kidnapping and beheading of Daniel Pearl, is British — a Westernized non-observant chess-playing pop-listening beer-drinking London School of Economics student, until he was fired up by the massacres of Bosnian Muslims. And, while Europe dithered as the mountain of corpses piled up, Saudi money poured in, transforming the relatively mild Balkan Islam into something far more virulent. Look at the change in Muslim architecture in the region over the last 15 years: They build Wahhabist mosques now. Unlike the State Department complaceniks, the Islamists understand there is no stability.

Tough, you say. So what? Washington still has no dog in these fights. It's time to hunker down in Fortress America. Which brings me to the fourth lesson: What fortress? The three Duka brothers were (if you'll forgive the expression) illegal immigrants. They're not meant to be here. Yet they graduated from a New Jersey high school and they operated two roofing companies and a pizzeria. Think of how often you have to produce your driver's license or Social Security number. But, five years after 9/11, this is still one of the easiest countries in the world in which to establish a functioning but fraudulent identity.

Consider, for example, the post-9/11 ritual of airline security. You have to produce government-issued picture ID to the TSA official. Does that make you feel safer? On that Tuesday morning in September, four of the killers got on board by using picture ID they'd acquired through the "undocumented worker" network in Falls Church, Va. Half the jurisdictions in the United States issue picture ID to people who shouldn't even be in the country, and they issue it as a matter of policy. The Fort Dix boys were pulled over for 19 traffic violations, but because they were in "sanctuary cities," any cop who suspected they were illegals was unable to report them to immigration authorities. Again, as a matter of policy.

On one hand, America creates a vast federal security bureaucracy to prevent another 9/11. On the other hand, American politicians and bureaucrats create a parallel system of education and welfare and health care entitlements, maintaining and expanding a vast network of fraudulent identity that corrupts the integrity of almost all state databases. And though it played a part in the killing of 3,000 Americans, leaders of both parties insist nothing can be done to stop it. All we can do is give the Duka brothers "a fast track to citizenship."

The Iranians already are operating in South America's Tri-Border area. Is it the nothing-can-be-done crowd's assumption that the fellows who run armies of the "undocumented" from Mexico into America are just kindhearted human smugglers who'd have nothing to do with jihad even if the price was right? If you don't have borders, you won't have a nation — and you may find "the jobs Americans won't do" covers a multitude of sins.

Sunday, May 13, 2007

More tales from Shayne's Truisms...

Why is it so hard for some people to understand that any "one-day" boycott of gasoline would make nary a dent in the profits of the oil companies? After all, whatever gas you don't buy today, you buy tomorrow.

Now if you really want to get a message across, buy a bicycle. Of course, the individual consumer is just a tiny speck in the grand scheme of oil usage.

I don't usually watch Saturday Night Live anymore - in fact, I don't believe I've seen a live episode in 4 years. But I wanted to see Linkin Park perform and since they were the musical act, I watched. And do you know what? I actually enjoyed it. The one skit that stood out was the Presidential debate between the fringe candidates.

It was really well done. Who knew?

I've said it before and I'll say it again - I am 100% pro-legal immigration. But I am 100% against illegal immigration. How dare people who aren't citizens demand rights that are afforded legal citizens. You want the benefits of being a citizen? Become one. Anything less should not be up for negotiation.

Someone mentioned the abortion issue recently while discussing Rudy Giuliani's campaign. I agree it's a complicated subject. Everyone believes a woman should have the right to decide what's best for her. My feeling, however, is that once you have a living being/baby/fetus growing inside you, your rights are divided in two. I don't believe that the federal government should dictate what's best, or right. After all, they often can't get their heads out of their elective rear ends. However, once the child is conceived, I believe the decision should be between both parents, regardless of who it is that carries the baby.

Since I'm on a roll, I think I'll take on another major topic...

I am not anti-gay. I have no concern one way or another about what two people do in the privacy of their own homes. I am, however, against legislation that either defends, limits, defines and dictates homosexual behavior. If someone is discriminated based on their sexual preference, I say it's just too bad. No one needs to know whether or not I like men, woman or sheep, for that matter. It shouldn't ever come up in a job interview or in any other forum.

I am against anyone who feels the need to be outwardly immoral - whether they be an outspoken heterosexual, or a homosexual. If a math teacher does his job and just teaches math, as opposed to teaching his/her sense of morality, than there is no problem.

But once a teacher decides to use his/her pulpit to try to espouse their own political, religious or social beliefs on their charges, then they have no business keeping their jobs. A school is a place to give children the tools to think for themselves. Too many educators, both in lower schools and in universities, overstep their bounds of good sense and taste. Instead of teaching kids to think for themselves, they instead lead them away from it.

This problem is destroying our future generations from the inside out.

Sunday, May 06, 2007

It was a pretty big year for fashion
A lousy year for rock and roll
The people gave their blessing to crimes of passion
It was a dark, dark night for the collective soul
I was somewhere out on Riverside
By the El Royale Hotel
When a stranger appeared in a cloud of smoke
I thought I knew him all too well

He said, "Now that I have your attention
I got somethin' I wanna say
You may not wanna hear it
I'm gonna tell it to ya anyway
You know, I've always liked you, boy
'Cause you were not afraid of me
But things are gonna get mighty rough
Here in Gomorrah-By-The-Sea"

He said, "It's just like home
It's so damned hot, I can't stand it
My fine seersucker suit is all soakin' wet"

And the hills are burning
The wind is raging
And the clock strikes midnight
In the Garden of Allah

"Nice car.........
I love those Bavarians.....so meticulous
Y'know, I remember a time when things were a lot more fun around here
When good was good, and evil was evil
Before things got so.......fuzzy
Yeah, I was once a golden boy like you
I was summoned to the halls of power in the heavenly court
And I dined with the deities who looked upon me with favor
For my talents; my creativity
We sat beneath the palms in the warm afternoon
And drank the wine with Fitzgerald and Huxley

They pawned a biting phrase
From tongues hot with blood
And drained their pens of bitter ink
Vainly reaching for the bottle of empty Edens
Branded specially for the ones
Who had come with great expectations
To the perfumed halls of Allah
For their time in the sun

We were stokin' the fires
And oilin' up the machinery
Until the gods found out we had ideas of our own"

And the war was coming
The earth was shakiung
And there was no more room
In the Garden of Allah

"Today I made and appearance downtown
I am an expert witness, because I say I am
And I said, 'Gentleman....and I use that word loosely...I will testify for you
I'm a gun for hire, I'm a saint, I'm a liar
Because there are no facts, no truth, just data to be manipulated
I can get you any result you like....what's it worth to ya?
Because there is no wrong, there is no right
And I sleep very well at night
No shame, no solution
No remorse, no retribution
Just people selling t-shirts
just opportunity t participate in this pathetic little circus
And winning, winning, winning' "

It was a pretty big year for predators
The marketplace was on a roll
And the land of opportunity
Spawned a whole new breed of men without souls
This year, notoriety got all confused with fame
And the devil is downhearted
Because there's nothing left for him to claim

He said, "It's just like home
It's so low-down, I can't stand it
I guess my work around here has all been done

And the fruit is rotten
The serpent's eyes shine
As he wraps around the vine
In the Garden of Allah

Wednesday, May 02, 2007

I suppose this story should be proof enough that liberalism is in fact a religion. That the Gideons placed a Bible in every hotel/motel room never really bothered me. I suppose that anyone can find G-d at any time and where better than there?

But replacing G-d with Al Gore?

Even a non-religious man would find that wrong.

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How disturbing is this?

A D.C. attorney is suing a Korean man, his wife and son for $67 million dollars! This would be hysterical if it weren't so horrible for the defendants.

Apparently, Korean immigrants Jin and Soo Chung own a dry-cleaning company and misplaced Roy Pearson's pants, twice. The first time, he "settled" for $150.

This time, however, he wasn't so generous. Instead of accepting their apology (and even after finding the pants a couple of days later), Pearson decided to sue. And sue he did.

For $67,000,000.

And I bet he wonders why attorneys are the most hated professionals in the world.

What a jackass. I hope he gets disbarred.

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Did you see those pictures from Jupiter? Unbelievable!

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Last night's American Idol was by far the best episode of the season. I even enjoyed Lakisha Jones' rendition of Bon Jovi's "This Ain't a Love Song.”

But I save the most praise for my favorite, Blake Lewis. He completely sold me on his take of "You Give Love a Bad Name." It was a mixture of Bon Jovi, Phil Collins, and Howard Jones, all rolled into one.

I generally favor singers who take other's songs and mold it to fit their style. Last year, it was Chris Daughtry with Johnny Cash's "Walk the Line." This time out, it was Blake Lewis.

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Michelle Malkin has some very telling tales to tell about Roseanne Barr, who is rumored to be heading to "The View" to replace Donald Trump's best friend.

Barr, best known as the irascible housewife on her self-named sitcom, as well as the woman who tortured the Star-Spangled Banner on purpose, appears to have some very strong feelings about politics, religion and Hollywood.

Her style is vulgar, her speech is anti-Semitic and her 15 minutes have long ago expired. Rosie was bad enough. Do ABC and Barbara Walters really want to destroy the show completely?

As far as I'm concerned, Ms. Barr is nothing more than an spoiled, angry, semi-comedic lunatic that should be kept as far away from people as possible.