2004 Archive
My movie reviews (12/31/04)
Since my family is out of town for the week, I am home alone. In the absence
of actual adult responsibilities, I’ve been catching up on my movie
watching and I have a few (very few) thoughts. Also, FYI: Cherry Vanilla Dr.
Pepper and Southern Comfort don’t mix as well as you’d think –
in case you were wondering.
Anchorman
Rarely does a filmthe
essence that is the true art of movie making – and “Anchorman”
is no exception. It was a mildly amusing film with, unquestionably, the greatest
line in the history of American theater.
“I’m gonna straight-up murder your ass.”
It is, however, unfortunate that the rest of the dialog was not so well written, so crisp, so ingenious.
It’s worth watching, if only for the “Afternoon Delight” bit.
Other notable lines:
“Now if you
don’t think this is the greatest song ever, I will fight you.”
“I will punch you in the ovaries.”
“Do you want to have a pants party?”
“jazz flute!”
Ahh, good times!
Shaun of the Dead
No reasonable person can deny the morbid fascination of zombie films. Where “Dawn of the Dead” took itself a little too seriously, “Shaun of the Dead’ never makes that mistake. Though it lacks the memorable lines of Anchorman and the raw gore that made “Dawn of the Dead” such a great flick, it is, nonetheless, worth watching. The characters are OK, there is no real development, which is not a problem since by the end, most are zombies anyway. I was slightly put off by the girlfriend who always wants Shaun to grow up and be an adult. Speaking as a juvenile adult with below average maturity, there is much to be said of not taking life too seriously. The film could have been greatly improved by Shaun sawing the girlfriend in half with a chainsaw early on; nevertheless, it is still OK – just not as good as it could have been – with a girlfriend in 2 pieces.
Napoleon Dynamite
Audrey said it was a good movie – Audrey lies. Kinda like when Mike told me Arthur was a good movie, Mike lies too.
The movie starts by introducing the pathetic characters. Then it moves into following their pathetic lives. If I want to see depressing people do stupid things, I could watch the average American idiot trudge through life. I watch movies to see things blow up or people sawed in half or the Channel 2 news team do the pimp-stick beat-down on the Channel 4 even news group. Maybe it gets really good after 45 minutes and I missed a great movie – I guess I’ll never know. Thanx Audrey; next time you want to recommend a good movie, just drive over to my house and kick me in the pancreas and we’ll call it even – at least that’ll make be happy just to be alive rather make me think about opening up my wrists in sheer boredom – as was the case with Napoleon Dynamite.
Resident Evil Apocalypse
Normally, I stay away from movies based on video games; however, Resident Evil was such a kick-butt game, I had to give the movie a chance – and it was, I am glad to say, better than anticipated. Though the critics hated it (the very same critics that loved Napoleon Dynamite – I’m betting), I thought it was a decent flick. When Apocalypse came out, I figure they did well with the first; maybe I’d get lucky on the sequel. It is a decent movie: not great, not crap. It has zombies – which are always good, but they are wussy zombies – not like those in “28 Days Later.” Watching a classroom of young zombies feast on a living television reporter was kinda cool, the fight choreography was decent, and the chick with the funny name isn’t entirely clothed the whole time – so it does have that going for it. In the end, zombies rule and this movie was OK. “28 Days Later” is better, but more gritty and less fun. More stuff blows up in REA, so it’s a better entertainment movie. When I want to think about what the world will be like when the damned peace activists and animal-rights nutcases get their way, I’ll watch “28 Days Later.”
Arthur
It sucks! Even the “Director’s Cut – with “explicit material” sucks. Even Keira Knightley in almost nothing doesn’t salvage the film. Imagine Brave Heart with a wussy, sensitive leader and almost no battle sequences – and you have imagined Arthur.
Since the wife and kids return tomorrow, this may be the end of my movie reviews
for the week. I also watched “the Bourne Supremacy”; however,
I cannot adequately review the film since I’d already read the book
– the book was great, the film was in no way related to the book. It
was probably a decent flick – some action, lots of car chases, some
things blow up, but the book was much better. If you haven’t read the
book, watch the movie. If you have read the book, skip the movie and read
another book, movies make you stupid anyway.
As of 1/5/05, there
will be only 1 page – no more photos, no more guestbook, no more “Pic
o’ the Week” I’ve been slacking for so long now, it seems
easier to take them down than commit to keeping them up-to-date, then not.
Famous Last Words (12/28/04)
"In an angry town down a lonely road where never
men should go, there lived a monkey named Holden."
The first sentence is now on paper, what remains should all but write itself. I’ve been threatening to write a story about Holden for awhile, I’m still searching for a muse – any ideas for the exciting experiences of a feces-throwing monkey with a bitchy wife, let me know. Creativity comes in waves, and I am, for now, on the beach drinking a SoCo and DP and not writing, waves be damned!
I observed over this holiday season many wearing the trendy “Live Healthy” yellow bracelet that seems to represent some commitment to fitness or diet or dedication or something stupid like that. The first indication that these were as big a joke as they seem came with the realization that fat people were wearing them too. That was indicator #1 that the gay yellow bracelet has no magical powers. The second indication that these things are a joke: Lance Armstrong made them popular – right after he abandoned his wife and kids so he could sleep with Sheryl Crow – quite the roll model, Biker Boy. ”If you get cancer and live, maybe you too can dump your family and shack up with a liberal moron who writes crappy music.” And who the hell cares that this grown man can ride a bike, I learned to do that when I was 3 and no one gave me any medals. Wow, he rode in France, I hate France.
A small observation: a person’s intelligence is inversely proportional to the amount of time that person can be enthralled by bubble wrap.
A friend recently introduced me to SliPKnoTand life may never again be the same. Thanx, Dan.
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Soon Rancid Koolaid will be overhauled: new look, new format, same worthless
content – be warned.
Happy New Year, my little tards!
Year’s End Wisdom (12/20/04)
As 2004 quickly draws to a close, I spent the weekend doing what every American
man should: I took a few high-powered rifles from the gun safe and headed
off to the range to practice killing – celebrating, in my own little
way, the dream of peace and the joy of 2nd amendment freedoms.
My first observation: a guy with a small measure of marksmanship training, shooting this rifle, with this scope should be able to put a few rounds of many into the bull’s eye. While at the range yesterday, a tard (that is short for “retard.” No offense intended for any other tards reading now.) put enough random holes through paper 100 yards away to officially qualify the center of his target as a safe zone – free from the threat of a .308 round. In all my years of shooting, I’ve been impressed with 2 aspects of the American shooter. 1. The incredible amounts of money men will spend to buy nice guns with great scopes. And 2. The seeming inability of those men to place their match-grade, very expensive projectiles in a pre-determined area of the target. While myself and my fellow Marines shot at parts of the bull’s eye and at clothespins along the top of the targets, our civilian fellow shooters were hoping to hit somewhere (anywhere) on the 18 inch wide x 24 inch long target. Many times, I’ve seen shooters at the range with $1,000+ scopes mounted atop $1,000+ rifles who hoped for a bull’s eye but usually left disappointed.
After we 3 shooters put over 20 rounds through the bull’s eye and 9-ring, we fired 3 last shots to end the day – one shot per shooter – for the prize of “who could shoot a dime at 100 yards.”. As you can see, mine was the best shot. My police officer friend (with his 14X scope mounted on his department-issued sniper rifle firing Federal Premium match-grade rounds) managed only an outer-ring bull’s eye, clearly not a great shot, especially for the Po-Po (that’s Police Officer for you urban yuppies.) His brother – also a Marine with expert rifle qualification – fired the same rifle and put a round about 1/10 inch closer to the center. To begin the whole affair, I fired my crappy old sniper rifle with 10X scope and non-match grade ammo and put that round within ¼ inch of dead-ass center. In his defense, Ben was shooting with his left hand – a true feat of distinction for a left-handed person, great job, Ben!
Prior to that outing, I went with another friend to another range.We went over to the 200-yard range – where few riflemen venture – and proceeded to unleash the gods of war. My first shot: bull’s eye, 7 o’clock! Cold barrel, hopped up on cold medication, 10 MPH headwind, and 50 degrees – and my first shot would not only have hit a deer at 200 yards, I could have decided in which eye to place the shot. Lest I be charged with only delivering half the story, I sent the next 4 rounds into the 9-ring before calling it a day. My friend was none too impressed, given that I have served with the very best marksman on the planet, so I’ll reiterate my list of excuses: heavy-recoil round fired from 6-pound rifle, 9X scope, cough medication, bitter 10 MPH wind, 50 degrees, brand new rifle with only 5 rounds down range prior to that day. Granted, I should have done better – but give a brother some slack.
What occurs to me after both range sessions: I can shoot pretty damned well
and all you people would be lucky to hit a barn from the inside. More proof
that people suck ass and I rule.
And as you enjoy this Christmas season, remember the brave men and women serving our nation around the globe. May we never forget their sacrifice – and may we never allow them to forget how truly grateful we are. God be with our troops.
And to that end: “Something Great” is new – and well worth
the watching.
As 2004 draws to a close (12/9/04)
As I said months ago, I’ve been considering a story about Holden, the
feces-throwing monkey – based loosely on my freaky monkey hanging from
my rear-view mirror. Today, my wife, while riding in my car, launched into
the, “Why do you have that? What’s in his hand? Why is his face
like that? That is so ugly.” I cautioned her to be more respectful;
else I immortalize her for all times as Amy, the bitchy wife of Holden the
feces-throwing monkey. Hundreds of years from now, young adults will read
the timeless works of Holden and look contemptuously upon his bitchy wife
Amy. This did not have the effect I had hoped.
I have now updated my definition of hell. Prior to today, an eternity of agonizing pain for me could best be described as stuck in an airport terminal with hundreds of 10-year-old cheerleaders waiting for a flight that never departs. That summary has now been trumped by the following, more horrific prospect: hell for me would be spending each day of eternity putting up Christmas decorations while my wife and mother-in-law tell me I’ve done it wrong or it isn’t as it should be or just generally giving me instruction and reproof. Maybe it’s just my family, but in this house, 15 cubic feet of luggage and gifts and “stuff” cannot be rearranged to fit into a 10 cubic foot area. It seems I have married into the Twig Light Zone where only I am saddled with the laws of physics.
Let us all count our blessings this holiday season. For all of you, be thankful
you are not me.
Happy Holidays, dammit.
Real men (12/1/04)
In the great state of Texas (and in general common sense) it is illegal to
carry a concealed firearm into a school. For that reason, I, today, took off
my Novak 45.ACP and locked it in my glovebox before going in to retrieve my
3-year old son.
We returned to the car, had a brief discussion about his day’s activities and proceeded home. On the way, I carefully retrieved my gun and set it on the seat next to me while I closed the glovebox. My 3-year-old saw the gun sitting on the seat and said, “Nice gun, Dad.” If we hadn’t been in the car, I would’a hugged him, instead I just sat their laughing and feeling an immense pride.
Here, for my patrons, is a poem by William Blake.
The Poison Tree
I was angry with
my friend:
I told my wrath, my wrath did end.
I was angry with my foe;
I told it not, my wrath did grow.
And I water'd it in fears,
Night & morning with my tears;
And I sunned it with my smiles
And with soft deceitful wiles.
And it grew both day and night,
Till it bore an apple bright;
And my foe beheld it shine,
And he knew that it was mine,
And into my garden stole
When the night had veil'd the pole:
In the morning glad I see
My foe outstretch'd beneath the tree
That is how real men write poetry.
I don’t get manicures, I don’t have feelings, I don’t cry during sad movies, and I don’t try to convince the world I’m Billy Badass. In the immortal words of Johnny Cash, I walk the line. My heroes aren’t victims, my dreams don’t have dollar signs, and what I stand for is just as important as what I stand against. I am no one of consequence, just a plain, unexceptional guy that loves his wife and kids and can drop your ass from a mile away – nothing special about me.
If you see nothing
and hear nothing, it’s me.
Stupid Americans! (11/30/04)
I’ve not yet determined whether I think this is funny or enraging. (this,
meaning THIS.)(As
a Marine, I’ve sweat and bled for my fellow Americans; that earns me
the right to call them stupid. See, no double standard) It’s a quiz
for Americans, administered by a Brit who hates America. On the webpage, he
said the challenge to explain the value of America has so far gone unaccepted.
I’m considering going in and reminding him that England exists because
some Brits were smart enough to leave, strong enough to defeat an empire,
and brave enough to come back and bail their weak asses out rather than
allow them to become another German trophy. We’ll see how that goes.
Take the quiz. My sister-in-law – replete with PhD – told me that
if you take it enough times to get a 20 (meaning she took it enough times
to get a 20) it says stop trying so hard and get a life. Humble me only got
an 18. Us Bachelor’s losers really should stop watching so much TV and
read a book – other than TV Guide, I presume.)
Though I'm sure you all know this already, Wal Mart is the Devil! Never shop at Wal Mart (and I thought this long before the South Park episode that echoed my thoughts.) Saving $0.10 on a head of lettuce costs much more down the line; don’t shop at Wal Mart.
Growing up in the South, I’ve been acquainted with and participated in the sport of killing God’s defenseless creatures. As a long-time deer hunter, I can say without reservation that in my 20 years of experience, I’ve never known a deer to be taken with an SKS (the weapon of choice for Chai Vang, the idiot accused of killing 6 deer hunters in Minnesota.) Likewise, as a Combat Marine, I’ve seen thousands head into the woods with that type of weapon to hunt people (Hemmingway said “there is no hunt like the hunt of man”, maybe deer weren’t Vang’s anticipated prey.) And lest you think otherwise, Hemmingway was a misogynist, manic-depressive idiot who did some decent writing but nothing I’d call “exceptional.”
I didn’t play golf over the holidays because my mildly retarded brother-in-law
(Skippy) screwed up the simple instructions (1. get a tee time, 2.relay information
to an adult, 3. arrive at the determined time, 4.play golf.) Of the 4 steps
necessary to make it work, guess which one tard boy screwed up? That is correct,
he screwed up the very first step in the simple process. Nice call, Dumbass.
And congratulations are in order. My good friend Henerd finally has a job as a genuine law enforcement officer. He was, just yesterday, issued a 3500 dually, a shotgun, a sniper rifle, and a .45ACP. For all you Northerners, allow me to answer your next question: no, he was not issued a “tazer”, pepper spray, or a baton. In the great state of Texas we don’t screw around with that “less-than-lethal” garbage. Bad guys get shot by good guys. When the good guys miss and only wound the bad guys, we, the people, later execute the bad guys by lethal injection; DAMN I love this state!
I was in Best Buy the day after Thanksgiving (thanks to my retarded brother-in-law, I should have bee out golfing) and overheard an obvious Phi Beta Kappa explaining to his friend how the great deal on DVD burners would not soon be repeated. Funny thing: the item at which he was looking was on sale the day before Thanksgiving and is on sale to this very day. Point of the story: it is a deal if you believe it is a deal.
And, in closing,
why has this story gotten almost no play while the Marine killing the human
turd in the mosque got a week’s headlines?
FALLUJAH, Iraq
– Marines from the 1st Marine Division shot and killed an insurgent,
who while faking dead, opened fire on the Marines that were conducting a security
and clearing patrol through the streets here at approximately 3:45 p.m. on
21 November.
For more information, please contact Capt Bradley Gordon, public affairs officer,
1st Marine Division, gordonbv@1mardivdm.usmc.mil
Why the Left says Their Guy Lost (11/22/04)
1. Those damned Christians, voting their “values”
2. The Osama tape
3. Kerry and his Green Tea
4. The NRA and their constant pursuit to put a machinegun in the hands of
each and every 10 year old. And felon
5. Clinton’s heart surgery
6. Lying SwiftBoat vets
7. Whitey, suppressing the minority vote
8. Bush’s character assassination of Kerry/Edwards
9. Gay Marriage issue
10. Not enough people saw F9/11
The list goes on and on. Granted, I am no admirer of the common American intellect;
however, even a fool could see that Kerry was not the answer to any problem
we now face. Kerry was enough of an idiot for most American voters to see.
What bolsters my confidence in the stupidity of mankind: Kerry got 47% of
the popular vote. Kerry, the guy who is more passive than France, the guy
who says he received an award the Navy does not give, the guy who wants to
take my paycheck and give it to the poor and hungry and homeless, the only
swiftboat vet to serve only 4 months of a 1-year tour without suffering severe
injury or death, the guy who says he wants to improve our military and intelligence
assets while – over 20 years – voting against them. Kerry is a
textbook Massachusetts politician –he thinks I drink green tea!
As the election is over and Kerry summarily lost and beating a dead horse
is only fun for so long (I’m still glad Edwards and Daschle are unemployed),
I’ll try to move on to other topics.
While watching
the Texans lose to the Packers last night (by a field goal with 4 seconds
left in the game), I saw a promo for some special examining Elizabeth Edwards’
heroic battle against breast cancer. Her affliction is admittedly unfortunate
but, as may be news to the media, she isn’t the first to suffer this
malady. I’m more impressed with the single mother of 2 who endures breast
cancer without the best health coverage, without millions in the bank, without
full-time servants and childcare, without publicity, and without wanting the
world to “fight the battle with her.” I see her as no hero, just
a cancer patient – and one of millions – and most of the others
don’t have her resources. The problem with the media and, to some extent,
this country: our heroes are victims. If she wants to be my hero, kill a few
terrorists while getting chemotherapy, then I’ll be impressed.
If You Say it Long Enough and Loud Enough, People Will Believe It (11/20/04)
Today, the weather sucked, so I went to the library to broaden my narrow horizons. While looking through the new books section, I found “The Republican Noise Machine: Right-wing media and how it corrupts Democracy.” With a name and premise like that, how could I not read it?
An indication of the value of my day’s read came on page 2. While discussing the value of media in political debate, the author says, “Those who receive their news from the New York Times and National Public Radio give me blank stares. They are living in a rarified media culture – one that prizes accuracy, fairness, and civility – that is no longer representative of the media as a whole.”
David Brock, the author, spends most of the book resting his claims as absolute simply because he was once a right-wing liar, spreading the venom of the anti-American right. After the grandiose statement of page 2 where he hails the New York Times as objective, accurate, and unbiased; things go downhill.
Another great quote: “It does seem to me a matter of common sense that if the professional media did not do what it is in the business of doing – reporting facts and providing information – it would have either had to change its practices long ago or go broke. Certainly, if CBS news anchor Dan Rather committed the type of willful journalistic malpractice committed night after night by FOX’s Bill O’Reilly, who presents his show as a “No Spin Zone”, Rather would be out of a job forthwith.”
Allow me to save you the time of reading and construct a metaphor to summarize the book. Imagine, if you will, a boxing match. The Left puts in their man, a heavyweight bruiser; and the Right puts in theirs, a 12 year-old Eagle scout with above average intelligence and a general disdain for violence. Round after round, the Left cheers as their fighter deconstructs the Right’s chosen Champion. Finally, the people of the Right decide to shelve the kid and make it fair. In comes our new fighter, a heavyweight bruiser – and the fight begins anew. Now, the Right’s guy beats the Left’s fighter to a quivering pile of weepy goo – and the Left starts screaming, “No Fair, No Fair – He fought back! He can’t do that!”
There, dear readers, is The Republican Noise Machine” plain and simple. Brock claims the Right uses it’s media outlets to push a conservative agenda through lies and misdirection – while, stated quite clearly, the Left has no media machinery and the New York Times is simply reporting “unbiased fact.”
To his limited credit, this book was written before New York Times reporters were let go for fabricating history (but only after being caught doing so), before Rather (Brock’s apparent hero) decided to fabricate history in an attempt to de-rail Bush’s re-election, before the SwiftBoat Vets questioned Kerry’s statements and were labeled liars without any “unbiased media outlet” looking into their claims, and before F9/11 found widespread acceptance while “Unfit for Command” and “Stolen Honor” were demonized by the same media that embraced Kitty Kelly’s book about the Bush Dynasty.
Put simply: Fox News is the answer to CBS, the New York Times, NBC, CNN, National Public Radio, etc, etc – and it pisses them off that Fox has a following. At one point, Brock says the Right’s media machine is destroying the 1st Amendment by ending debate and blacklisting dissenters. I’d be the first to admit that Fox isn’t unbiased; however, what upsets Brock is that the bias doesn’t slant his way.
If you need a reminder
in what makes a liberal so dangerous, read this book. Brock dismisses the
concept of “liberal media bias” as stupid and uneducated –knowing
that if you tell someone publicly that what they believe is stupid, they’ll
be less inclined to mention it in public again. Only a retard can’t
see that Fox slants right and CNN,NYT, CBS, NPR, and most other slant Left.
For years they didn’t have a fair fight; and now that they do, they
are angry that our guys are winning.
More than a Little Pissed (11/16/04)
As a combat Marine, I’m more than a little pissed about this NBC thing with killing the wounded insurgent – and what will, without question, become a huge humanitarian outcry for the poor dead murderous bastard insurgent. Since the prison abuse thing has calmed, the media is searching for another abuse to pin on our President.
For those of you not truly familiar with the Geneva Convention, traditional rules of engagement, or with tactical rules for urban warfare, allow me to educate your ignorant ass:
1. The Geneva Convention
mandates rules of ground warfare and is applicable to all soldiers of a nation,
fighting in uniform and under a national flag. The Geneva Convention DOES
NOT apply to terrorists, mercenaries, or “insurgents” as they
do not meet the uniform, flag, or nation criteria. Insurgents in Iraq –
regardless of national origin – do not fall under Geneva Convention
guidelines and are afforded no privileges or protections as such.
2. Were the terrorist to fight under a national flag and in uniform, the Geneva
Convention would apply so long as certain rules were followed. Case in point:
cowards hiding in a religious building, hospital, or school are not protected
by the “sanctuary” clause of the Convention if they use that position
as an asset. Once such a “sanctuary” has been utilized as a military
asset (as a stronghold, weapons depot, firing position, etc), it becomes a
fair target and has been added to the battlefield as a tactical asset and
target of opportunity.
3. According to standard urban warfare, prisoners are taken once a field of
regard is cleared and deemed secure. Room-clearing and prisoner-taking do
not occur simultaneously. As such, a hostile force in a fighting position
is deemed a “hostile force” so long as he and the environment
are not secure. To complicate this even more, insurgents have been known to
surrender then detonate explosives and have feigned death or injury only to
re-engage once their surrender has been accepted.
Put all these together and you get the following:
Insurgents in Iraq are afforded no privileges under the Geneva Convention. Beyond that, rules of engagement dictate. In this environment (cowards using civilians and “sanctuary” structures as shields, surrendered and/or injured fighters reengaging, and “booby-trapping” or otherwise endangering combatants lives – like suicide bombing), the rules are simple: if it breathing, it is an immanent threat. Eliminate all immanent threats.
What the Marine did was exactly right (and is exactly the same thing Kerry did in Viet Nam that resulted in his receiving a Silver Star – he killed a wounded combatant.) It is referred to as “safety check” or ”security round.” We double-tapped everything we turned our backs on. In an unsecured location, fighting a fanatical enemy that will take life if given any opportunity, each fighter you see, you kill; or he kills you.
If this Marine is charged with war crimes, the war is lost. If the world sees that our left-leaning segment of society can pull such “crimes” out of their ass, how then can our Marines fight? What that Marine did was not only smart, it was right – and exactly what he should have done.
If you disagree
with me; earn the Eagle, Globe, and Anchor – win this war with reason,
diplomacy, and “sensitivity” and I swear as a Marine, I will admit
I was wrong and ask forgiveness. Until such time as you accomplish this, shut
your hole and understand that war is about killing –and the winner is
the guy who lives.
CBS Sucks, too (11/14/04)
CBS recently fired a producer for interrupting a crappy show to inform Americans
that Yasser Arafat had died. Interrupt show to announce death of world’s
most famous terrorist: get fired; use fraudulent documents to “prove”
that Presiendt Bush once disobeyed a direct order – and possibly upset
a superior officer, nothing happens: you gotta appreciate a news agency so
obviously looking out for the best interst of its viewers.
Romeo and Juliet, Act 1, Scene 1:
Tybalt
What, drawn, and talk of peace! I hate the word,
As I hate hell, CBS, all Montagues, and thee:
Have at thee, coward!
See, Sheakespeare hated CBS too – I’m in good company.
And some chick named Chloe thnks she can drink more than me.
And Adam, (the sensitive tard whom we refer to as Joe) was upset that my stories did not reflect his truest likeness. I've offered to post here his rebuttal, but I think he' still somewhere crying to his therapist and talking about his feelings - though I could be wrong. I think he may have voted for Kerry.
Carter and Arafat: Heroes - in France (11/11/04)
A friend asked me today what I thought about Arafat’s death. I had to
ask, “The Arafat that began the Palestine National Liberation Movement,
dedicated to the goal of destroying Israel? The Arafat that was, at least
twice, handed an agreement for an independent state of Palestine – and
both times refused? The same Arafat that agreed in 1993 to stop acts of terrorism
and overt violence – and didn’t? The same Arafat that agreed in
the 1970’s to only kill Jews in Israel and the “Occupied Territories”?
The same Arafat that was a multimillionaire, ruling a starving, dying, poverty-stricken
people? That Arafat?” I said, “Good [edited for content] riddance!”
Nothing better characterizes the swine that is Yasser Arafat than his friends. Jimmie Carter called him “the legitimate ruler of the Palestinians”, a “true leader”; French President Jacques Chirac called him, “a genuine humanitarian and competent leader who spent much of his life fighting for justice and the betterment of his people.” When the French give you a military funeral procession and sing your praises, you are truly worthy of at least honorable mention in “The Most Worthless Human Being to Ever Walk the Face of the Planet” category. Arafat was a terrorist, an opportunist, hamster feces. His life accomplishments include the butchering of thousands of Jews and Arabs and a legacy of hate and violence.
And while we are discussing the absolute hypocrisy of Islam, someone explain
this to me: if these “Holy Warriors” are doing Allah’s work,
is Allah directing them to flee like little bitches from the honor of battle?
They had us in Fallujah, right where they wanted us, and they ran away like
frightened children. Is that Allah’s way? If my religion taught that
God had 70 virgins waiting for me when I died on the field of battle (and
hot virgins, not fat, ugly ones), death could not come swiftly enough. With
the proper motivation, a warrior will advance on an army with nothing more
than a shovel and an angry disposition. Muslims fighters are cowards. They
hide in mosques, thinking the Geneva Convention protects them, they hide behind
women and children, they run away when faced with a motivated force, and they
use the coward’s weapon of choice whenever possible: a bomb to indiscriminately
destroy anything and everything nearby – non-combatants, other Muslims,
children, property, etc. Islam is a religion of hate and cowardice.
I have read that many are upset about Bush’s win. Many in Florida are seeking psychiatric help in dealing with the immobilizing defeat of their leader. Actors in California are threatening to move to other countries, Michael Moore is planning another F9/11 film because, as he put it, “51% of the population doesn’t know the truth and we need to educate them.” Educate us in the finer points of being a fat-ass moron, or perhaps to follow in the large shadow of his narrow-minded idiocy.
Bush won, stop your bitch’in. And if you need a few bucks to flee the country in shame and desperation, give me a call; I’ll kick in a few $$ to rid our shores of a few more liberal retards.
Happy Birthday, Marines (11/10/04)
For those who didn’t serve in my beloved Marine Corps: you woouldn't understand.
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Time Away, and a Revelation (11/7/04)
I spent the weekend out of town among friends – doing nothing of particular
consequence. I did see the new movie “Saw” and it is a great flick
– not as good as Dawn of the Dead”, but well worth the $7.00.
I also saw “Team America” and learned a few things – it
too was a good flick, though not for the faint of heart or easily offended.
On Friday night I went to a bar to watch the Spurs spank the Lakers and, as is his normal fascination, my best friend embarked on the usual “Get Jeff drunk” scheme – and, for once, it worked. After 2 shots of Jägermeister, 2 shots of Sauza, 8 bourbon and cokes, and 2 vodka and cranberries (which were, at my request, supposed to be water and cranberries – thanx John, you bastard); I was officially not fit to drive or speak or judge a beauty contest.
In a completely unexpected observation: I, a slightly pessimistic and somewhat not sympathetic soul, became very amiable and personable when filled with copious amounts of hooch. I was told that after about 10 stiff drinks, I become like most other people: who would’a thunk it? There was a certain young lady on whom I leaned for a good part of the night. I found out later that she was a person of some ill repute. Fortunately, I didn’t know this at the time.
So there you have it: the cure for pessimism, extreme intelligence, excellent reasoning abilities, and complete emotional detachment is booz! For the first time ever, I am one of you, the stupid masses – only much less stupid and still superior in most respects – but closer to you than ever before. One for me and one for my Homies!
Kerry lost.
Daschle lost.
Edwards lost – twice.
And SoCo and DP
still is a kick ass drink – and 8 of them are even better!
A Good Day for America, a Bad Day for Kerry/Edwards/Daschle/bin Laden, France… (11/5/04)
What a great day!
Tom Daschle is unemployed!
John Edwards is unemployed!
Kerry is a suck-ass Senator and not a suck-ass President-elect!
I won my bet and have a box of Winchester 230-grain SXTs and an Acid KubaKuba
coming my way!
President Bush: he beat a
bad man!
In talking with a friend last night, I realized something profound – at least profound to a slow, dim-witted, balding fat guy like myself: Kerry had the endorsement of bin Laden, Hillary Clinton, North Korea, China, MoveOn, Michael Moore, France, Germany, Canada, the UN, the Arab world, Linda Ronstadt, Bruce Springsteen, the Dixie Chicks, Hamas, and Tom Daschle; however, he was voted against by more Americans than any Presidential hopeful in history. In the context of a clean fight, that is impressive; in the context of unprecedented voter fraud by the corrupt left, it’s a flat-out political bitch slap!
Take your goofy ass back to Massachusetts and take Teddy’s drunk ass
with you, Loser!
The Fateful Day (11/2/04)
While I sit at my computer, Electoral College summary still 0 for Bush and
0 for Kerry, I am reminded of one important factor dictating the inevitable
outcome: people are inherently stupid. As we wait, we are left to ponder whether
more people are stupid enough to think a peace activist will make an effective
wartime leader or are more stupid enough to believe the apparent inability
to pronounce “nuclear” makes a man unfit for the Presidency.
I am of the pessimistic opinion that Kerry will eventually be victorious. I hope I am wrong! At this moment, I have an Acid Kuba and a box of .45ACP ammo on the line in bet, and I do hate losing bets – especially against a man with only 1 thumb.
In the end, Kerry will take the White House, Bush will move back to Crawford, the war on terror will escalate, Kerry will divest to a diplomatic policy, America will suffer more attacks, stability will be sought at risk to all else (we’ll probably pull another “Clinton-North Korea deal” and build a nuclear facility in a non-nuclear nation in hopes that they will not develop nuclear weapons using the same damn facilities we gave them - as though giving a chocolate factory to a diabetic fixes anything), and my kids will continue to grow up in an almost all white area where “W” bumperstickers abound and “Kerry/Edwards” bumperstickers are the distinctive mark of a teen trying to piss off a parent or a young idealist who still thinks man is inherently good and war solves nothing.
I will say this in all honest: if Kerry wins, our nation will be fed-ex’ed straight to hell. Any moron who can look at Kerry’s Senate voting record and proclaim him pro-gun, pro-national security, pro-life, and pro-military is a complete and raving lunatic. Kerry is a domestic welfare bunny that thinks the government’s role is to insure the prosperity of the poor rather than to safeguard life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness for all.
Kerry is the choice of a Ritalin-addicted nation too apathetic to turn off
reality TV and live in the reality we create. As I’ve said here many
times, I’m a combat-ready Marine, I’ve survived the worst mankind
can dream up; in the coming apocalypse my family and I will be fine, but I’m
pretty sure you’re screwed!
The Day After Today (11/1/04)
As most of you know, tomorrow is a big day: Will Osama’s man get in?
Some news agencies are reporting today that the now-famous Osama tape has
a threat for all states who vote for Bush. Essentially, if you vote for Bush,
you may be a target for terrorists. A more glowing endorsement of Kerry has
not (yet) been made!
As I said last week, the sun will rise on November 3rd, regardless of who
wins. I do predict either a landslide or a heavily contested conclusion; either
way, life will go on.
I am not admitting defeat and accepting a 4-year run of liberal ideology and trial lawyer nirvana; quite the opposite, I see a Kerry victory as a hastening of the inevitable end of life as we know it.
Vote your conscience, and be willing to accept the consequences if he wins;
my family will be safe and I will sleep just fine regardless of who sits in
the Oval Office.
Dumbass Stew (10/27/04)
“Peace is a dream of the weak”; ain’t I said it before?
These morons make
me truly sick. All the peace signs and tears; move to France you wussy freaks!
Your freedom to cry and hate war was won with the blood of heroes; and for
those heroes, you show contempt. You are sad for the suffering of the Iraqi
people? Wake up, Dumbass; you weren’t seeing it before, not because
it wasn’t there – and worse, but because tyranny prevented your
seeing the truth. These idiots didn’t care when Saddam was killing thousands
but now they are outraged that we are freeing what is left. Dissenters had
their hands (and sometimes heads) removed, women were raped for political
reasons, and people toiled and starved under a ruler who lived in gold-lined
mansions. If ever I had any respect for people of the left, it is gone.
Ever notice that, in apocalyptic movies, the world is a barren wasteland of
burned-out cars and loose paper? I guess the message is, “Think how
much cleaner the post-man world would have been if we had just used less paper!”
The quintessential
movie has now been made. The classic struggles (man against man, man against
nature, man against himself, and man against God) have all be expertly rendered
in perhaps the greatest movie of all times: Dawn of the Dead – and not
the wussy Rated R version, but the “earthy” version too gory for
the losers that cry allot and talk about their feelings. It has zombies, people
being sawed in half with a chainsaw, it has the birth of zombie babies, and
it has a rather cute red-head who almost dies (many time) of pure stupidity
yet somehow makes it out alive – the "fate smiles on your stupid
ass" theme, as it were. Be ready for lots O' “boot-to-ass”
fun in this introspective look at the fragility of modern western life. And
there’s even a little doggie. I would encourage anyone who has ever
enjoyed the cinematic accomplishments of man to see this fine film.
8 Days Till We Choose the Leader of the Free World (10/25)
Kerry recently accused Bush of incompetence (again) while, in the same speech,
guaranteeing no terrorist attacks on Americans during a Kerry/Edwards administration.
I have reached an alarming conclusion: in the absence of genuine security,
people will accept as substitute the illusion of security. If anyone actually
believes Kerry can insure no terrorist attacks, you are too stupid to vote.
Terrorism is inextricably linked to Islam – so much that one cannot
be eradicated without the destruction of the other. Ending terrorism means
ending Islam. And I have no problem with that.
As the election draws ever nearer, I continue to lose faith in humanity – if I ever had any to lose. Of one thing I am certain: our nation, in its current form, cannot stand. If Bush is re-elected, the inevitable will probably be postponed for a few years; if Kerry wins, it only hastens the end. My point: Beware, fat people; your time is drawing near. One day, perhaps years from now, perhaps months or weeks; entertainment will cease to be our national way and survival will become paramount. Those who own no guns, rest peacefully at night on their ideological certainty of man’s inherent goodness, and those who think water actually comes from a faucet or a bottle: all these will be lost – and you will, by some, be missed. My wife thinks I’m retarded for believing that this current system will one day be swept away – I’m sure the Romans thought the same as their 500-year-old empire crumbled and ceased to be.
And on a lighter note: someone out there actually found my site and forwarded
it to someone else! I’ve now met a guy named Larry who runs a gun shop.
And (the fates have smiled) he has sent me pictures of Jack
Black in his gun shop. Sweet Lord, the six degrees of separation have
now diminished to 2: I know a guy who knows Jack Black, you retards can’t
hope for fewer than 3 – and the only reason you get 3 is because you
know me – bitches! Anyway, Jack and me are good pals now and I’m
sure he checks my beat-ass site every hour. Whether you come back or not,
I really don’t give a DAMN! Because now I’m hang’in with
Mr. Black –so why the hell do I need
to know you?
I’m sure he’ll mention me on his next CD, and you tards will continue to toil in anonymity, content to know a guy who knows a guy who knows Jack Black. Life must suck ass as you!
I watched “The Day After Tomorrow” and, I gotta say, only a complete
idiot would fear the scenario outlined in the movie. For what it was ( allot
o’ special effects), it was an OK movie. As a scientist, it was about
as plausible as “Alien vs. Predator.” The left has grabbed the
movie and is pushing it as the “likely” outcome of our current
system. For you morons out there afraid of this coming to be: elect Kerry,
no other Presidential candidate will promise to protect you from terrorists,
an ice age, the flu, cancer, and war.
Stupider and Stupider (10/21/04)
A friend of mine spent most of the day trading posts online with a Muslim who contends that anti-Muslim sentiment is racism. When asked if Muslims are a race, the response: “of course!”
At this moment I cannot figure who is the bigger retard, the Muslim who thinks Islam is a race or the moron friend who wasted a day tying to use reason and logic to convince an idiot that Muslims and non-Muslims are members of the same freak’in species.
Edwards is pissed that no one is “minding the store” – meaning
Bush and associates are campaigning and few are in Washington “running
the country.” That Edwards is a paid member of the United States Senate
and is not doing his job seems to have conveniently evaded his notice.
Bill Clinton wants to take Kofi Anon’s place as Secretary General of the UN when Anon steps down in 2006. I think that could be fitting though not necessarily good. Clinton is the perfect person to lead the ragingly anti-American, anti-Israel organization. Maybe, for once, Americans would see the need to secede from the UN and expel their kind from our shores.
Kerry is calling the upcoming Sinclair airing of “Stolen Honor” a blatant political move and breach of public trust. Consistent as he is, you will recall he said the same about Dan Rather’s report using fraudulent memos and the same of Michael Moore’s F9/11, calling both blatant political propaganda and a breach of public trust and calling for their immediate removal from…O, wait, damn! No he didn’t, he embraced both completely! Mr. “I have been consistent since the beginning” strikes again.
Kerry went hunting today, killing 2 geese and shooting another wounded Vietnamese teen in the back. He was upset to find that no additional medals would be granted for the geese or the teen. He did, I hear, wear his Purple Hearts and Silver Star (with Combat V) on the very dangerous hunt (across a corn field and into a hunting stand - from which he could have fallen.)
All for now.
Randomage (10/20/04)
I spent last week at Disney World and was astonished by the number of half-shirt
wearing fat chicks. (For the sake of Political Correctness, I could call them
“plus side young women”; however, a 5’4” 185 pound
female in skin-tight shorts, half-shirt (with back tattoo) and pierced belly
would probably take “chick” as a complement.)
I think it is great: if you are large and proud, let the world see your huge ass and distended gut: some guys actually like that – I’m told. My only regret: I didn’t take pictures to document the view.
Also, unfortunately, I was unable to find a Snow White who would consent to “hand on ass” photo – it seems Disney has some “family oriented” rules against such things. Leave it to The Man to ruin a perfectly good ass-squeezing photo op for a cute young Snow White (why the NAACP has not violently boycotted Disney World over “Snow White,” I cannot say. Perhaps if her name were “Snow Whitey”, that’d be enough to draw their wrath.)
While in the Magic Kingdom, I missed most news – and it was kinda nice.
Upon my return, I’ve found lunatics running amuck.
Heinz Kerry says she’ll make a better First Lady than Laura Bush because
she is “older and more confident.” Carried to its logical conclusion,
the oldest hag we could muster would make the best First Lady. I’m fairly
certain the “Bride of Frankenstein” didn’t intend her remarks
to be subjected to reason, logic, or rational interpretation – as she
seems to be a true spoiled rich hag with little thought and much speech.
Drudge has a video of Edwards spending as much time on his hair as he probably spent on the speech. Nice! He’s a trial lawyer and a self-consumed “Pretty Boy”, just what we need in time of war.
Kerry has successfully stifled some venues for the upcoming “Stolen Honor”, a movie none too complementary of Kerry’s military record and post-war actions. His campaign had the movie pulled from a theater outside Philadelphia by threatening litigation if the theater showed the film. Is this indicative of Kerry’s commitment to our First Amendment rights?
Kerry has won the overwhelming support of US Muslims. The distinguished list of Kerry supports continues to grow: terrorists organization the world over, N Korea, Iran, Syria, Libya, MTV viewers, the New York Times, and Linda Ronstadt. Why do people not get it: a vote for Kerry is a vote for a peace activist who values French opinion and voted AGAINST the first Gulf War (a war which the UN endorsed and even France supported.)
Hillary Clinton has recently blasted Bush for “giving tax cuts to the wealthy rather than insure flu vaccines were available for poor children.” I find this assertion interesting, especially given the fact that the vaccine shortage is a direct result of policies instituted by Clinton herself. In 1993-94, then-First Lady Clinton spent $billions looking for ways to improve our national health care system. Her efforts were largely a complete waste of money; however, she did succeed in getting legislation through that made the US Governemtn the single largest consumer of vaccines. Prior to her efforts, hundreds of companies manufactured vaccines. After Clinton’s legislation passed, government volume buying (and incredibly low government pricing) drove all but about 5 companies out of the vaccine production business. Today, we have a shortage because one major supplier found contamination in their stocks. The shortage is the direct result of Clinton’s own policies and yet she blames Bush: true character. You New Yorkers are lucky to have such scum representing you. Vote for her again, please; I hate New York.
Ohio is seeing a huge surge in fraudulent voter registrations, New York has
documented thousands of voters registered in their state and others (Michael
Moore is a registered voter and card-carrying Democrat in at least 2 states),
the NAACP recently offered a criminal crack cocaine to illegally register
over 100 new voters for the upcoming Presidential election: when the end justifies
the means, no efforts go too far in attaining one’s goals. If Kerry
wins, we are in serious trouble!
“You people are too stupid to know any better”(10/12/04)
“When John Kerry is president, people like Christopher Reeve are going to walk. Get up out of that wheelchair and walk again”... quote by Vice-Presidential Candidate John Edwards.
If Democrats and undecideds are so stupid as to believe this crap, I’m sure Kerry/Edwards will up the ante as we approach Election Day. Promises I can see coming soon:
1. “Read
my lips: No Taxes!”
2. “Everyone gets full healthcare coverage, full welfare benefits, 150
channels of digital cable, and duel citizenship with France!”
3. “There will be no attacks or threat of attacks in the United States
while I (Kerry/Edwards) am in office.”
4. “Guns will be legal and illegal, abortion will be legal and illegal,
and tax shelters and taxation fraud will be legal and illegal.”
5. “No war, only Peace, no matter the cost!”
That’s it
for this week; I’m off to Disney World! When I return, I shall post
a picture of me with my hand on Snow White’s ass – and a smile
on Both our faces!
More Hypocrisy (10/11/04)
In 2003, Kerry and wife made a combined $6.8million (of which we know –
she still will not release all tax records) and paid $725,000 – almost
11%. In contrast, George W and Laura made just under $700,000 and paid just
over $200,000 – or about 30%. Kerry says the rich don’t need more
tax breaks, in his case, I agree completely –he pays a lower % than
me!
And Kerry voted AGAINST the first Gulf War. Even the French voted to go to war!
How can this guy represent anyone’s true values? To say he has been consistent on anything is a joke: he voted for higher taxes and now says he’ll lower taxes for all but the top 2%, he voted to cut intelligence funding and now says it is of paramount importance, he voted against war but now will hunt down our enemies and kill them, he is a Catholic who is both anti-abortion AND pro-choice, he believes firearms are an integral part of American heritage yet has voted many times to restrict their ownership and lawful use, he’s a “war hero” who denounced his military service – and now embraces it; and , worst of all, he will take action on global issues only after allied approval – “allied” being France.
I may hate France (and I truly do – hate France), but even the French
have more character than Kerry. They at least stand proud of their cowardice
and fear; Kerry hides his when politically expedient – then brings it
out when his moral compass requires. Saddam invaded Kuwait; the UN authorized
a resolution for use of force to remove Saddam, France voted in support of
the resolution to use force, Kerry voted AGAINST use of force to remove Saddam
from Kuwait! A sovereign nation was invaded without provocation and sought
UN and US help, and Kerry voted, “NO”; could a more clear-cut
justification for use of force exist? Yes, perhaps the bombing of the World
Trade Center in 1993, after which Kerry voted to cut Intelligence budgets
by $7,500,000,000!
After more than 1 year in captivity (and more than 1 year of President Cater doing nothing of consequence), Iran released its hostages on the day of Reagan’s inauguration. Reagan was the right man to win the Cold War. Kerry enjoys the support of leaders in North Korea, Iran, Syria, and several other vocal haters of America, Kerry is the right man to lose the War on Terror.
Bush may not know
how to say "nuclear", but he knows how to say, "Mess with us,
we kill you!"
More shenanigans (10/9/04)
The debate ended a few minutes ago and I, again, am left wondering why President
Bush did not mention Kerry’s vote AGAINST the first gulf war. Kerry
is the most liberal Senator on the planet (and, though Bush said this, he
didn’t do enough to drive the point home) and Kerry is still masquerading
as a moderate who will be strong on national defense and will cut taxes! Were
it not for the past 30 years of history, perhaps it would be believable. In
light of the past 30 years, how can anyone who is not a complete moron take
this guy seriously?
And a quick note to the female of the species: thongs are not always sexy.
Tonight, just before eating dinner, I saw one of these:
She was maybe 5 feet tall, at least 200 pounds, clad entirely in workout gear,
and had an aqua blue thong peaking out her sweats (“peaking out”
doesn’t quite do the scene justice: imagine, if you can, a compact car
– thong-clad – sticking out of a young ladies sweatpants, and
that’s about the effect.) “Too much junk in the trunk” was
an almost humorous understatement – almost humorous!
And, as a heterosexual man who does enjoy the sight of an attractive woman,
I believe a minor clarification is needed to simplify the games between the
sexes: a good butt looks great in a thong, or in a pair of granny’s
huge skivvies, or in nothing at all; HOWEVER, a bad butt is still a bad butt
– whether in a thong, in granny skivvies, or bare. Guys only like thongs
on nice asses. A huge ass looks no smaller in a thong! And, unfortunately,
it draws attention to places guys wish they had not looked!
When I am elected President (an event for which you will all anxiously await
should Kerry win this contest), I will pass a law making the manufacture of
thongs larger than size 8 punishable by death. Likewise, I will make it illegal
for white kids to dress and talk like they are black or Hispanic, and I will
require mandatory prison time (and reduced rations) for fat chicks and girls
who think they look like Jennifer Lopez or Carmen Electra.
A vote for me is a vote to rid the world of Islam, fat chicks, and the homeless.
Don’t we owe it to our kids – it’s what I wish my parents
had done for me.
The Weaker Sex? (10/9/04)
Another Story of Tard(10/7/04)
I find no great joy in Tards (or, to be more PC, individuals with down syndrome or mosaic downs) but- as a Biologist – I do enjoy a nice example of Batesian mimicry.
To be more specific, I have this brother-in-law and he has these little twenty-something
idealistic friends whom I affectionately refer to as my Tards. The Tards have
recently taken to mimicking (following the Batesian model, rather than the
Mullerian or Aggressive models.) intelligent, rational adults. Batesian mimicry
– for you idiots out there – is the mimicking of another species
by appearing – in action or physical characteristic – to be an
offensive species. Examples of this would be moths that resemble wasps, a
species of palatable butterfly resembling a poisonous species of butterfly,
or a non-predatory fish that resembles a predator. In this case, the mimicry
is young retarded adults mimicking older, intelligent adults. It’s kinda
like when your 2-year-old puts on your shoes and tries to walk around, only
it’s not cute.
Anyway, the Tards have been discussing gun control (as though no one had ever addressed the issue before.) They use lines like, “People don’t kill people, guns kill people”, or “armed citizens cannot beat an army”, or “My mom says guns are bad and don’t you talk about my mom!”
The main Tard, we’ll call him Joe (his name is Adam, but we’ll
call him Joe – he’s a sensitive tard), has been in my face with
the argument that guns do not prevent tyrannical governments. When I point
to specific instances in history where that trend proves true (Hitler disarming
the Jews, Communists disarming the Soviet Union’s citizens, England
disarming India, China disarming its people, Cambodia, Guatemala, Uganda,
etc, etc, etc.), he always has a response – like “they were all
repressed people with nothing to live for” or “That’s not
true!”, or “What does blue taste like?”
I made mention of the Assault Weapon ban and the emotional hype and idiocy on which it was founded, but he gave me that typical Tard stare, like I just used a word with too many syllables. I provided the quotes below (because “Joe” seems to think our Founding Fathers were some kinda gun control advocates) and he has not yet responded – maybe he’s on the playground, swinging on the monkey bars – he loves monkey bars! When he responds, I’ll let you know. Till then, read the quotes, realize that our nation was founded by men who fervently believed guns in the hands of the people keep the people free, then consider the UN anti-gun projects going on in nations around the wrold where guns have been taken from the law-abiding citizens and now crimes with guns are more prevalent, even epidemic.
First Senate, which passed the Bill of Rights, 1788 - "To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them..." By: Richard Henry Lee
A Defense of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America, 1787-88 - "Arms in the hands of individual citizens may be used at individual discretion...in private self-defense." By: John Adams
Massachusetts U.S. Constitution ratification convention, 1788 - "The Constitution of the United States shall never be construed to prevent the people of the United States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms." By: Samuel Adams (And no, it isn't the beer guy, Sam Adams, it's a differnt one, you Tard!)
Pennsylvania Gazette, Feb. 20, 1788 - "Congress have no power to disarm the militia. Their swords, and every other terrible implement of the soldier, are the birthright of an American... The unlimited power of the sword is not in the hands of either the federal or state governments, but, where I trust in God it will ever remain, in the hands of the people." By: Tench Coxe
Gandhi, An Autobiography - "Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the act of depriving a whole nation of arms, as the blackest." By: Mahatma Gandhi
The Federalist Papers - "The best we can hope for concerning the people at large is that they be properly armed." By: Alexander Hamilton
"Firearms stand next in importance to the constitution itself. They are the American people's liberty teeth and the keystone under independence... The rifle and pistol are equally indispensable... The very atmosphere of firearms anywhere and everywhere restrains evil interference - they deserve a place of honor with all that is good." By: George Washington
"There exists a law, not written down anywhere, but inborn in our hearts; a law which comes to us not by training or custom or reading; a law which has come to us not from theory but from practice, not by instruction but by natural intuition. I refer to the law which lays it down that, if our lives are endangered by plots or violence or armed robbers or enemies, any and every method of protecting ourselves is morally right." Marcus Tulius Cicero, 105 - 53 BC
An unarmed people are a subjugated people. And in the words of Thomas Paine, “Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered”
And Kerry is as pro-gun as I am pro-Kerry. If it looks like an ass and talks like an ass, it seems, today, to be a hawk!
Thanx, Ben, for
the quotes.
Reality check (10/6/04)
From time to time, I like to check out the competition – make sure I’m as right as I think I am. I’ve read most of Chompski (and agree with much of it), I’ve read most of Al Franken’s books, and today I watched Fahrenheit 9/11 – in the hopes that the proverbial light bulb would come on. Last year I watched “Bowling for Columbine” and did indeed acknowledge salient points that really needed consideration; however, I also noted much “spin”, much misdirection, and a complete lack of reality. Moore’s newest film stayed with the spin and misdirection but abandoned salient points for emotional pleas and idiotic assertions.
Rather than make this the longest post ever on RancidKoolaid, I’ll hit the high points.
1. From the film:
“In every possible scenario, Gore won Florida.” Nice try, Dumbass,
I understand why Moore didn’t cut to the pictures of recount rooms –
floors covered in freshly detached “chads.” The rules in Florida
were clear, the Florida Supreme Court attempted to re-write the rules and
it failed, the President’s legitimacy isn’t in question, the Florida
Supreme Court’s is – but not in Michael Moore’s world –
or his films.
2. Moore seems greatly entertained by the applying of makeup to Republican
leaders prior to televised interviews. The point is quite clear: only Republican
wear makeup on TV and are therefore not worthy to lead. Again, great insight,
FatAss.
3. Someone apparently forgot to tell Mike that every member of the bin Laden
family isn’t an avowed enemy of the US and an active terrorist. He stops
one small step short of saying all Arabs are terrorists – but doesn’t
stop short of saying all Saudis are terrorists.
4. “$1,400,000,000 over 3 decades”: an approximation of how much
money companies associated with Bush and Cheney have received from Saudi Arabia
(via business contracts, etc.) The statement: anyone who does business with
Saudis (since the are all terrorists) must also be evil. As Saudi oil courses
through his vehicle, Mike advances to his next “Screw Saudi” rally.
Nice!
5. With a compelling Peace-fresno bit, Moore makes a startling revelation:
terrorist s always look and act like terrorists and always belong to groups
with the words “Bomb’, “Kill” or “Allah”
in their names. Surely no terrorist could use stealth or falsehood to spread
influence, right?
6. If the Saudis love the Bush’s so much, why is gasoline $2.00; another
issue not address. Moore simply demands that we accept his assertions as absolute
truth: Bush cares more about Saudis and more about money than he does the
American people. Kerry has a net worth over 5 times that of President Bush
and yet paid 25% the taxes of President Bush last year: who cares more about
acquiring wealth? And whom does Moore support? Hypocrisy only infects conservatives,
just ask a liberal.
7. And finally, perhaps the most disturbingly obvious problem with the film:
in addition to Moore’s direct statements that there is no terrorist
threat to this country and that the war on terror is an attempt to subjugate
the US citizenry into lock-step acceptance, Moore actually blames the events
of 9/11 on President Bush and his administration while simultaneously criticizing
Bush for doing too much to prevent future attacks Bush allowed 9/11 to occur
and is to blame. Likewise, Bush used the events of 9/11 to spread fear and
to declare war on the harmless nation of Iraq: that Saddam is no longer giving
$10,000-25,000 to the families of all Palestinian suicide bombers’ families
somehow evaded mention.
“Bowling for Columbine” had some merit, F 9/11 is an all-out assault on the Bush's for the sake of liberal ideology – facts were an unnecessary distraction in its making and half-truths were the modus operandi. As an American, I’m shocked, not that a self-avowed liberal would make such a film, but that so many would see it as a needed piece of political discussion. Had anything close to this ever been made about the Clintons, the media would have disavowed it completely – much as they have ignored “Unfit for Command” but have lavished excess attention on the new Kitty Kelly anti-Bush book.
If you are stupid enough to believe F9/11 is accurate, Kerry is most definitely
the President for you.
You only get 1 vote, use it well – unless, of course, you are Michael Moore, a registered voter in 2 states. Lead by example, FatBoy, the end justifies the means.
And a quick note on the Vice Presidential debate last night: Cheny slammed Edwards' attendance and voting records in the Senate, then told Edwards they hadn't met till last night. Today, Edwards is slapping back at Cheney's "we never met" statement but saying nothing about the voting and attendance records. I guess that was accurate enough to need a diversion.
What I would have done differently (10/1/04)
The spin has begun on last night’s debates and the consensus seems to
be, “it was a draw.” I think Lehrer floated Kerry some easy questions
and basically gave him a pass on 20 years of anti-national defense, anti-national
intelligence voting in the Senate.
Bush did OK but should have broken his boot off in Kerry's ass. Had he really hammered Kerry on his record, the race could now be over. What would I have slipped in, had I been Bush?
1. Kerry voted
to cut foreign intelligence budgets by $5,000,000,000 (with a "B")
AFTER the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.
2. Kerry was one of few Senators that voted against the first Gulf War –
though the UN endorsed the war and even France contributed troops.
3. Kerry voted against many weapons systems that now make our military more
effective.
4. Kerry returned from the Vietnam War and denigrated his military comrades
still serving, and testified before Congress of war crimes committed by the
majority.
5. Kerry personally stated that he “gave back” his medals –abandoning
the symbols of US military leadership.
6. Kerry is, without question, one of the single most visible and strident
anti-war leaders in our nation – and he wants to lead at a time when
war is not only needed but is absolutely necessary if the US is to survive.
Kerry did seem more at ease and Bush came off as reactive and less focused.
Am I voting for Kerry now, Hell No; could Bush have done better, Absolutely.
This was Bush’s only real chance (in the 3 debates) to hammer Kerry
– and he didn’t. The next debate is a “town hall”
so it could go either way. The last is a domestic policy debate and Kerry
will probably clean the floor with Bush (since he’ll just offer more
to all voters: more welfare, more Medicare, more food stamps, more job training,
more aid for working mothers, more aid for unemployed mothers, more federal
funds for drug addicts and alcoholics, etc.) Bush’s only chance in the
domestic policy debate will be to make clear that the downward turn took place
under the previous administration and that 8 years of “Enron is a great
company”-mentality in our nation had to be corrected. Also, he might
want to point out that he is fighting a war on multiple fronts while also
growing the economy faster than any time over the past 40 years. Kerry will
say, “Bush will be the first President in 50 years to lose jobs”,
to which Bush should say, “I am the first President in 50 years to take
over after an impeached President who handed out national secrets, who allowed
corporate fraud to become standard business practice, and who allowed our
economy to roll out of control while he was adulterating in the Oval Office.”
That is what he should say – but he won’t – and it may cost
him a second term.
Check out the
Pic O' the Week!
Catholics don’t play that (9/30/04)
I recently asked a friend if he wanted to go see “Resident Evil, Apocalypse” and he responded by sending me this link. I’m not certain if I was impressed or frightened: who would’a thought Catholic Bishops pulled double-duty as movie reviewers. I gotta say, those damn Catholics have us Protestants beat; our people don’t review movies – they just tell us that everything is wrong and death will be a welcomed end to our miserable lives.
In the end, I guess the good bishops saved me a few bucks – so I shouldn’t be too harsh. They did kill all those Protestants long ago – and don’t think I haven’t forgotten; however, they also launched the Crusades which were (and are again) very necessary. Catholics proved that infidels can beat Muslim ass if properly motivated.
For now, I’ll
stay a Protestant, but I can say with absolute confidence: if the Pope starts
another Crusade and offers eternal peace and 70 virgins for my service in
the eradication of Islam, I will definitely convert. (And do the 70 virgins
stay virgins, or do you get new ones – and can you trade in some of
the 70 if, for instance, God tries to throw in a fat one, or one that talks
too much?)
Slathered with Chili (9/29/04)
My brother-in-law has recently chastised me for not following through with
the story of Holden, the feces-throwing monkey. As I told him, “you
rush genius, you get sub-genius”; what that has to do with little Holden
and his journey through life, I cannot yet say – but it seemed appropriate
at the time.
Korn has remade the ‘80s classic “Word Up” and I gotta say, it’s good!
I’ve noticed that at least half of all the VW Bugs I see have John Kerry stickers on them. Is VW offering some manner of rebate? More proof that Germans prefer wussy leaders at home and abroad.
I talked to a friend today who is a teacher. She loves Kerry because she thinks, with a Kerry Administration, schools will finally get the attention and money they need to actually educate tomorrow’s leaders. I tried to explain that the problem with public schools is that taxpayers don’t want to pay what it costs to give a good education. Those parents that care already home school or send their kids to private schools – or live in an area where the tax base supports a better education. She explained that poor kids have a right to an education also and that kids coming from poor school districts weren’t being educated and that Kerry would solve that problem. I explained that, growing up in the projects and attending terrible schools, I was still valedictorian of my class and was far smarter than most – including her. Also, my incredibly intelligent wife attended a poor school district and also graduated valedictorian and is now a Phi Beta Kappa and professional writer. She said that was different. I told her she was an idiot, things deteriorated from there. The point: her vote will be cast based a perception that Kerry will fund schools the way Reagan funded the military. What she fails to see is that public schools suck, not due to lack of funding, but due to lack of interest and lack of discipline – and that will be true regardless of who occupies the Oval Office.
Being a reasonably intelligent guy, I sometimes struggle with issues that
should be far simpler. Case in point: At one time, I liked the Dixie Chicks;
however, after they bashed Bush overseas, I noticed an involuntary avulsion
to them. I disagree with many of Bush’s policies and cannot really fault
the Chicks for having opinions. After some thoughts, this is how I now rationalize
my still-visceral hatred for the Dixie Chicks.
A certain purity exists in the musician/listener relationship, and it is based on the love of the music. Many entertainers incorporate their political views into their work (such as REM, U2, etc) and accept that some listeners will disagree and therefore disavow their works. Others keep politics out and write music that appeals on other levels. Such was the case with the Dixie Chicks, Dave Matthews Band, etc; and many appreciated the music for what it was. Several groups have recently made their political views very plain and very emphatic. This, for its own sake, is fine. As those who’ve read my page know, I also have relatively strident beliefs – and am none too shy about confrontation. The problem arises when the sanctity of an apolitical relationship (such as musician/listener) is subjected to political ideologies not previously agreed upon. I like the Dixie Chick’s music but I do not care for their politics. As long as politics were not a part of our interaction, all was well; however, they made the choice to make politics a part, and that is when I tuned them out. Who knows, John Mayer may be a raving liberal lunatic, but because he chooses not to indoctrinate me with his personal views, I still listen to him. (Which brings about another difficult question for me: how can a guy who beats more ass than a drunk Irish father of 10 like John Mayer? Every guy on the planet gives him certain respect for having experienced - and written about – the wonderland that is the body of Jennifer Love Hewitt, but I genuinely like his music. It’s a mystery, and one to which I will dedicate more thought in the coming days.) If I want to destroy my Dixie Chicks CDs, I am free to do so. If I prefer to not listen to stations that play the Dixie Chicks, that also is my freedom. I make no attempt to take away their livelihood or silence their political views; I simply choose to remove myself from their sphere of influence. Will I listen to another Dixie Chicks song: perhaps, will I buy another Dixie Chicks CD: no; will I illegally download a Dixie Chicks song and deprive them of revenue: none of your damn business.
And Simon sent me this pic today. Again I am
reminded: liberals fighting for women’s equality and Islamic freedom
makes about as much sense as liberals fighting for no death penalty for convicted
murderers while demanding death penalties for the unborn.
Stuff (9/28/04)
According to the Tax Foundation, this year’s Tax Freedom Day (or the
day of the year when Americans’ earned dollars stop going to the federal
government and start going into their pockets) was April 11th – the
earliest Tax Freedom Day in 37 years! I think you’ll find that simple
truth absent from all Kerry’s campaign rhetoric –since, in his
view, the economy is in shambles and taxation is more a burden for the middle
class than at any other time in history.
Over the weekend, I thought about a few things (while doing yard work. A man isn’t a man unless he cuts his own damn grass!) Here are a few thoughts.
1. At this moment,
there are more than 7,000,000,000 idiots living on this planet. That is more
idiots alive today than any other time in history. Pessimist or realist: what’s
in a title?
2. Central and South America have at least as many natural resources as the
US - if not more; why the hell are they so damn poor? Cartman said it best,
“You gotta be firm with these people or they’ll sit around and
be poor forever.”
3. Most who support Bush do so because they believe he is the best man for
the job. Most who back Kerry do so, not because they think he will make a
great leader, but because they hate Bush.
4. Edwards is a multi-millionaire trial lawyer. Kerry slams Bush on health-care
costs while the cause of the problem stands next to him with a huge smile;
the hypocrisy of the liberal leadership is astounding.
I’m struggling
with a categorization for myself: am I negative, am I a pessimist, am I pragmatic,
or am I a realist? France sucks ass, America is circling the toilet bowel
and the final flush may come on November 2nd, and most are too entertained,
too lethargic, and too apathetic to do anything to bring about change. I think
I’m a pragmatic realist in a world too distracted or too stupid to see
that the ship is sinking and most are still arguing about who cut in front
of whom in the buffet line.
More Kerry BS – and Wave Equation! (9/20/04)
Kerry recently said Bush’s policies in Iraq have not made the world
safer. He explained that the power to invade Iraq given to him (Bush) by Congress
was simply to “strengthen his hand” and not to be used for the
invasion of Iraq. Kerry voted for the use of force but did not intend force
to be used. Also, he again chided Bush for not providing body amor for all
our troops – but he fails to mention that he refused the $87 billion
needed to fund the war – and buy body armor for our troops.
Now Kerry is saying that Bush has flip-flopped on Iraq while he (Kerry) has been steadfast and consistent. If Americans are truly stupid enough to vote for this marketing-driven, backboneless wuss, we simply accelerate the decent into hell. If he wins, God help those of you who cannot or do not comprehend “survival.”
And on another note, I’ve found a wonderful piece of objective, nonpolitical art; do you think CBS will report on this?
That’s it for now. And – for Audrey, a brief explanation of Schrodinger’s Wave Equation.
At the dawn of the twentieth century, classical physicists struggled with their understanding of “the new physics”: quantum physics. The discipline of quantum physics gave birth to a strange new world where the rules of the past were shattered indiscriminately. No longer were Newton’s laws of motion adequate; new equations were needed, new systems constructed.
In this tumultuous environment, Schrodinger proposed his first great work: the Wave Equation.
The eigenvalues
of Shrodinger’s equation were shown to be equal to the energy levels
of the quantum mechanical system, and Shrodinger’s equation proved accurate
in predicting the energy levels of the hydrogen atom – as demonstrated
by Rydberg’s law.
The solution to the equation is based on the method of Eigen Values devised
by Fourier: any mathematical function is expressed as the sum of an infinite
series of other periodic functions. The trick is to find the correct functions
that have the right amplitudes so that when added together by superposition
they give the desired solution.
So, the solution to Shrodinger’s equation, the wave function for the system, was replaced by the wave functions of the individual series, natural harmonics of each other, an infinite series. Shrodinger has discovered that the replacement waves described the individual states of the quantum system and their amplitudes gave the relative importance of that state to the whole system.
The Shrodinger equation is the name of the basic non-relativistic wave equation used in one version of quantum mechanics to describe the behavior of a particle in a field of force. There is the time dependant equation used for describing progressive waves, applicable to the motion of free particles. And the time independent form of this equation used for describing standing waves.
Shrodinger’s time-independent equation can be solved analytically for a number of simple systems. The time-dependant equation is of the first order in time but of the second order with respect to the co-ordinates, hence it is not consistent with relativity. The solutions for bound systems give three quantum numbers, corresponding to three co-ordinates, and an approximate relativistic correction is possible by including fourth spin quantum number.
And why, you ask,
have I broadened your horizons with regards to quantum physics? 2 reasons:
1. The more information one possesses, the more obvious the need to defeat
an idiot like Kerry, and 2. Because I roll like that!
Reality Check(9/16/04)
“They spent a lot of money trying to confuse people, but I have been consistent.” – quote by John Kerry referring to his “consistent” stance on the war in Iraq – and Bush’s spending allot of money to confuse people. I was under the impression Bush was spending money trying to make the world America’s bitch, to hear Kerry claim he is, in fact, spending money to confuse people – well, it’s quite unsettling.
The Assault Weapon ban was necessary "not just to fight ordinary crime but to take on terrorists." – another Kerry quote regarding the purpose of the now-defunct Assault Weapons Ban. Kerry contends that assault weapons are terrorist’s primary tool for the spreading of Islam. Again, I was under the impression they preferred explosives, box cutters, and mass transit. Either I am terribly misinformed or Kerry is unaware of the past 5 years of world history. To my limited knowledge, no assault weapons were used in the bombing of 2 US embassies, the bombing of the USS Cole, the first World Trade Center bombing, the events of 9/11, the attempted downing of an international flight by shoe bomb, or any of several other terrorist incidents of the past few years.
“The United States is a voracious shark in pursuit of its prey while France is a graceful seagull, soaring above the tumult of the world in pursuit of peace and justice and all that is good and holy, wrote former French Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin in a new book” – quote from Newsmax summarizing a poem written by France’s former Foreign Minister. In this poem, the US is a shark, destroying all in its path; and France is a gull, all seeing and of no real threat. Having not read the poem, I’m guessing de Villepin decided not to stress the weapons France sold Saddam to kill Coalition troops (in violation of UN mandates), or the fact that France does not want sanctions imposed on Sudan for the genocide committed by Muslim militias against the citizens of Darfur (because France imports oil from Sudan.) Also, I can only guess he also left out the part where a German rolled tanks into Paris and the wussy gull had to beg the shark to protect its worthless ass.
This week has seen much publicity on the memo below (one, a copy of the memo
used by CBS as “proof” and the other, a reproduction of the memo
created using MSOffice, with all default spacing and Times New Roman font.
I find it amusing that when 250 SwiftBoat vets declare history to be contrary
to Kerry’s version, the media refers to them only in passing and only
as liars; yet when CBS finds a falsified memo, they hold it up as gospel truth
and relent only when the entire expert community tells them it’s a fake
(and, even when they relent on the authenticity, still demand that the intent
of the memos is genuine so the authenticity is irrelevant.)
I heard a CBS exec say he thought Dan Rather’s credibility as an impartial
journalist was being negatively impacted by the memo story. I’d respond
that he doesn’t miss much, and if CBS hired smarter execs they might
not be sucking ass with shows like Big Brother 5.
A post that doesn’t mention how much ass Kerry sucks (9/10/04)
I got my digital phone yesterday – Vonage kicks ass: unlimited calls, local and long distance, for $29.99 a month. And, to make it even better, they have automatic call forwarding and web-based voicemail. Why have I switched to Vonage, you ask; when SBC is so great? Because SBC isn’t great. Lightning struck a neighbors back yard 3 weeks ago and I just 4 days ago got my service back (1 line, that is, the other line was fried by the lightning and SBC wants over $100 to walk into the house and say there is a problem.) The beauty of free market economics: when SBC screws me, SBC stops getting my money.
I’ve been mulling over a new short story, suitable for all ages. It’s about Holden, the feces-throwing monkey. My wife argued (at great length) with me about the literary value of such a work. She relented only when I explained that her “refined sense of humor” was much more advanced than mine – and those of my patrons. Then I, as the man and leader of the home, demanded her silence till I gave her permission to speak again. It worked better than I anticipated.
As the “Assault Weapons Ban” is about to expire, I’ve noticed
a great many mis-informed or downright moronic arguments advanced for the
ban’s reissuing. Here are a few clarifications, FYI:
1. Machine guns
(defined as weapons that fire more than 1 round each time the trigger is depressed)
have been illegal since the 1934 National Firearms Act. Over the past few
weeks, I have seen many “knowledgeable sources”, including 1 US
Senator, express outrage that machine guns would soon be on the streets if
the Assault Weapon ban is allowed to lapse. The Assault Weapon band has nothing
to do with fully automatic weapons and has no provisions in their regard.
2. Most restrictions under the 1994 ban are based on cosmetics – or the “guns with a military appearance.” Of the 2 guns below,
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one is legal under
the ban and the other is not. Both guns fire the same .223caliber projectile
from the same barrel with the same accuracy and the same lethality. The only
differences: a change in flash suppressor design (making the post-ban weapon
no less lethal), and a bayonet lug (for mounting a bayonet. To my knowledge,
no one has been killed by an assault rifle-mounted bayonet in the history
of this country.) The “post-ban” weapon is readily available and
has a function and purpose exactly equal to the pre-ban version. The net effect
of the ban on this gun: no bayonet lug and a different flash suppressor. The
functional change due to the bill: nothing
3. Not one of the
firearms banned is more powerful, concealable, or lethal than numerous other
weapons which were not banned. With the exception of “street sweeper”
shotguns, no banned weapon currently lacks an equal version (in caliber and
design) still legal under the law – just more expensive.
4. And finally, every major study performed by a credible institution (and even many not by credible institutions) has found no direct correlation between gun restriction and a decrease in gun violence. Perhaps the most violent city in the country (Washington, DC) is also the city with the most restrictive gun laws. For comparison, more people have died due to gun violence in this one city over the past year than have died in combat in Iraq in that same period. Even the CDC admits to no identifiable positive effect due to the ban.
You may be no smarter
for checking out RancidKoolaid.com, but you are a little better informed.
Who cares?
Two distinct events have occurred within the past 3 days. Seemingly unrelated, they mean essentially the same thing: Kerry is bad
First, Kerry’s campaign is outraged that Vice President Cheney said
a Kerry administration would invite terror attacks. Kerry wants a formal apology
from Bush and Cheney. For context, Kerry sought (more aggressively even than
Clinton) the elimination of military and intelligence assets. Kerry has expressed
an undeniable hesitation to use force - such as when he voted against US military
participation in the freeing of Kuwait from the invasion of Saddam. Kerry’s
people have not explained why the remark is not true – only that they
do not like it being said.
Finally, a recent poll finds that most nations would rather Bush not be the in the White House for the next 4 years. Strangely, France and Germany aren’t fans of the Bush administration! Though citizens of other nations do not vote in our elections; if they could, they would overwhelmingly vote against Bush. (Most respondents admit to knowing little of Kerry, they simply want what option isn’t Bush.) Is that a bad thing? Spain caved in the war on terror – and Germany and France never even showed up; how can their liking Kerry be a bad thing for Bush? I’d say, as a rough “frame of reference” arrangement, watch whom France and Michael Moore support – and do the opposite. Unless of course you are a rampant anti-American, ashamed of your country in every possible way; then Kerry is the man for you!
Slam those 2 up
together and we see another Clinton-era foreign policy landscape unfolding.
Spain, Germany, France, and the Netherlands (among many others – though
somehow Israel was not asked) all would vote Bush out and Kerry in. As if
support by Linda Ronstadt and Don Henley weren’t reason enough to hate
Kerry, now we officially know that cowards and militants the world over prefer
Kerry to Bush. Much like Clinton’s and Carter’s foreign policy,
Kerry will take us back to the day of, “Please don’t do that or
I’ll ask you again to please not do that.”
Our crazy world (9/7/04)
Over the weekend, my wife’s grandfather (a World War 2 veteran of the Army’s artillery corps – he liberated several concentration camps and does actually have 4 bronze stars on his distinguished service medal) told me that an announcement was made at the close of combat ops following his tour in WW2 Europe. His Company CO told the Company that any soldier who wanted a medal need only submit the paperwork and the medal would be his (obviously, it was understood that Congressional Medals of Honor weren’t in that offer.) This stands in stark contrast to Kerry’s assertion that because reports show he earned his medals, they must be legitimate. As a veteran myself, I can say without question that Kerry’s “military record” was penned by Kerry himself. I’ve seen (and filled out) enough “after action” reports to know that embellishment is common: history is written by the winners – or losers – in this case. I have as much confidence in Kerry’s military history as I do his current fascination with guns.
During Kerry’s 20 years in the Senate, he never joined the Congressional Sportsman’s Caucus, he neither sponsored no cosponsored any hunter’s or gun-owner’s rights legislation, he was one of only a few Senators to vote AGAINST the Firearms Owners Protection Act of 1986, he cosponsored The Assault Weapons Ban and Law Enforcement Protection Act of 2003 – banning the gun he holds in the above picture, and – most amazing – in his 545-page biography, Kerry mentioned nothing of passion for hunting or gun ownership. This, from a self-proclaimed Second Amendment champion? When you’re a fake and a liar, what’s one more lie to gain the White House? In typical Democrat fashion: the end justifies the means.
Oliver North fought in Vietnam as well. He was awarded 2 Purple Hearts but refused any others due to the “3 Purple Heart and out” rule. He actually chose to stay with his grunt unit – in combat – while Kerry was flying home to tell the world how much he hated the US and its genocidal military machine of human rights violators.
Kerry is so overwhelmed with confidence of his victory that he refuses to
quit the Senate. A man of character, he is not. Believing that Kerry can and
would fight a war against terrorism is a risk to grave to chance. Throughout
his military and Senatorial careers, he has been the very worst at national
security and Second Amendment issues; has he now seen the light – or
is he willing to do ANYTHING to occupy the Oval Office?
Bush ain’t the greatest President in US history, but Kerry might well be the worst (at least Clinton, in his infinite suckiness, stood up for some things, Monika notwithstanding.)
A British Muslim cleric says he advocates the taking of women and chilren as hostages if the cause is just. This from the same cleric that, this week, plans to celebrate the September 11th terroist attacks. Also, he stresses that because Muslims cannot kill women and children, the Russians must have killed their own - no true Muslim would target women and children, stand-up guys that they are.
Screw Islam - and
Screw John Kerry!
The Rabbit Hole (9/03/04)
"If you wind up being less than what you're pretending to be, there is a major confrontation with value, self-esteem and your sense of how others view you," – quote by Senator John Kerry in a 1996 Boston Globe article regarding military leaders claiming awards and commendations they did not earn.
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