Ramblin' Shang

The Muslim Brotherhood

2012-02-05T07:00:00.000-05:00

Re: The Left

2012-01-30T11:53:00.000-05:00

"As the country's first African-American president, Barack Obama had the chance to lead poor African-Americans out of poverty by encouraging them to embrace the principles that would allow them to become self-reliant instead of stoking envy of the successful. He had that responsibility. He has failed to live up to it. That is a tragedy, not only for him, but for those he left behind. Envy has never created a single job, put a family back together, encouraged a man to provide for his children or endowed young women with the kind of self-regard that would encourage them not to create children they too often neglect. The state of many poor African-Americans remains how it has been for years -- too many fatherless children, too many uneducated, hopeless women and too many men in prison. President Obama might have done something about that beyond more government programs and handouts. ... Addicting more and more people to government and the view that others owe them a living is the worst form of covetousness. In case the president missed it in Jeremiah Wright's church, there's a commandment against coveting your neighbor's property."

--columnist Cal Thomas

Let's be fair...

2012-01-24T19:26:00.001-05:00

"The president says one thing and does another. He boasts of how the U.S. auto industry has rebounded, expresses concern for the middle class, and appeals for fairness. But his rhetoric is contradicted by how his Administration treated salaried retirees of auto parts maker Delphi Corp. in 2009. We're confident our two year old federal lawsuit (in which the government refuses to participate in the court-ordered Discovery) will prove that his Administration influenced the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation to unnecessarily seize our pension plan in 2009. Then, his Auto Task Force picked "winners and losers" by giving GM enough bailout money from taxpayers so the automaker can "top up" the lower government pensions being paid by the PBGC to union represented Delphi retirees but not salaried retirees. He thumbed his nose at middle class retirees like us in a process that was not only unfair, but also illegal. We can prove that no taxpayer monies are now needed to restore the pensions we earned."

2012-01-16T07:31:00.001-05:00

This make sense. This rather brilliantly cuts
thru all the political doublespeak we get:

. U.S.Tax revenue: $2,170,000,000,000
. Fed budget: $3,820,000,000,000
. New debt: $ 1,650,000,000,000
. National debt: $14,271,000,000,000
. Recent budget cuts: $ 38,500,000,000

*Let's now remove 8 zeros and pretend it's a household budget:

. Annual family income: $21,700
. Money the family spent: $38,200
. New debt on the credit card: $16,500
. Outstanding balance on the credit card: $142,710
. Total budget cuts: $385

Got It ?????****

*OK now Lesson # 2:
Here's another way to look at the Debt Ceiling:
Let's say, You come home from work and find there has been a sewer backup
in your neighborhood...your home has sewage all the way up to your ceilings.

What do you think you should do?
Raise the ceilings, or pump out the shit?
Your choice is coming Nov. 2012

[ In- ept- oc-racy ]

2011-10-22T18:55:00.000-04:00

A System of government where the least capable to lead are elected by the least capable of producing, and where the members of society least likely to sustain themselves or succeed, are rewarded with goods and services paid for by the confiscated wealth of a diminishing number of producers.

Obama is victim of Bush's failed promises!

2011-08-23T04:49:00.006-04:00

Barack Obama is setting a record-setting number of records during his first term in office:

Largest budget ever. Largest deficit ever. Largest number of broken promises ever.
Most self-serving speeches ever. Largest number of agenda-setting failures ever. Fastest dive in popularity ever!

Wow ! Talk about change.

Just one year ago, fresh from his inauguration celebrations, President Obama was flying high. After one of the nation's most inspiring political campaigns, the election of America 's first black president had captured the hopes and dreams of millions. To his devout followers, it was inconceivable that a year later his administration would be gripped in self-imposed crisis.

Of course, they don't see it as self-imposed. It's all George Bush's fault!

George Bush, who doesn't have a vote in congress and who no longer occupies
The White House, is to blame for it all.

He broke Obama's promise, to put all bills on the White House web site for five days before signing them.

He broke Obama's promise, to have the congressional health care negotiations broadcast live on C-SPAN.

He broke Obama's promise, to end earmarks.

He broke Obama's promise, to keep unemployment from rising above 8 percent.

He broke Obama's promise, to close the detention center at Guantanamo in the first year.

He broke Obama's promise, to make peace with direct, no precondition talks with America's most hate-filled enemies during his first year in office, ushering in a
new era of global cooperation.

He broke Obama's promise, to end the hiring of former lobbyists into high White House jobs.

He broke Obama's promise, to end no-compete contracts with the government.

He broke Obama's promise, to disclose the names of all attendees at closed White House meetings.

He broke Obama's promise, for a new era of bipartisan cooperation in all matters.

He broke Obama's promise, to have chosen a home church to attend Sunday services with his family by Easter of last year.

Yes, it's all George Bush's fault ! President Obama is nothing more than a puppet
in the never-ending failed Bush administration.

If only George Bush wasn't still in charge, all of President Obama's problems
would be solved. His promises would have been kept, the economy would be back on track, Iran would have stopped its work on developing a nuclear bomb and would be negotiating a peace treaty with Israel . North Korea would have ended its tyrannical regime, and integrity would have been restored to the federal government.

Oh, and did I mention what it would be like, if the Democrats, under the leadership
of Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid, didn't have the heavy yoke of George Bush around
their necks? There would be no ear marks, no closed-door drafting of bills, no increase in deficit spending, no special-interest influence (unions), no vote buying (Nebraska, Louisiana).

If only George Bush wasn't still in charge, we'd have real change by now.

All the broken promises, all the failed legislation and delay (health care reform, immigration reform) is not President Obama's fault or the fault of the Democrat-controlled Congress. It's all George Bush's fault !

Take for example the decision of Eric Holder, the president's attorney general,
to hold terrorists' trials in New York City . Or his decision to try the Christmas Day underpants bomber as a civilian.

Two disastrous decisions.

Certainly those were bad judgments based on poor advice from George Bush !

Need more proof?

You might recall that when Scott Brown won the election to the U.S. Senate from Massachusetts , capturing "The Ted Kennedy Seat", President Obama said, Brown's victory was the result of the same voter anger that propelled Obama into office in 2008. People were still angry about George Bush and the policies of the past 10 years. And they wanted change.

Yes, according to the president, the voter rebellion in Massachusetts, was George Bush's fault.

Therefore, in retaliation, they elected a Republican to the Ted Kennedy seat,
ending a half-century of domination by Democrats. It is all George Bush's fault !

Will the failed administration of George Bush ever end, and the time for hope and change ever arrive???

Will President Obama ever accept responsibility for something / anything?

(The writer, Chuck Green is a veteran Colorado journalist and former editor-in-chief of The Denver Post.)
Its Bushes Fault!

There is too much truth here for comfort. It is laughable, until you realize there is potential here for reality!

2011-08-21T06:43:00.003-04:00

"Winston, come into the dining room, it's time to eat," Julia yelled to her husband.

"In a minute, honey, it's a tie score," he answered. Actually Winston wasn't very interested in the traditional holiday football game between Detroit and Washington .Ever since the government passed the Civility in Sports Statute of 2017, outlawing tackle football for its "unseemly violence" Two-hand touch wasn't nearly as exciting.Yet it wasn't the game that Winston was uninterested in.

It was more the thought of eating another Tofu Turkey. Even though it was the best type of VeggieMeat available after the government revised the American Anti-Obesity Act of 2018, adding fowl to the list of federally-forbidden foods, (which already included potatoes, cranberry sauce, and mincemeat pie), it wasn't anything like real turkey.

And ever since the government officially changed the name of "Thanksgiving Day" to "A National Day of Atonement" in 2020, to officially acknowledge the Pilgrims' historically brutal treatment of Native Americans, the holiday had lost a lot of its luster.

Eating in the dining room was also a bit daunting. The unearthly gleam of government-mandated fluorescent light bulbs made the Tofu Turkey look even weirder than it actually was, and the room was always cold.

Ever since Congress passed the Power Conservation Act of 2016, mandating all thermostats - which were monitored and controlled by the electric company - be kept at 68 degrees, every room on the north side of the house was barely tolerable throughout the entire winter.

Still, it was good getting together with family. Or at least most of the family. Winston missed his mother, who passed on in October, when she had used up her legal allotment of life-saving medical treatment.

"The RHC's resources are limited", explained the government bureaucrat Winston spoke with on the phone. "Your mother received all the benefits to which she was entitled. I'm sorry for your loss."

Ed couldn't make it either. He had forgotten to plug in his electric car last night, the only kind available after the Anti-Fossil Fuel Bill of 2021 outlawed the use of the combustion engines - for everyone but government officials.

Thankfully, Winston's brother, John, and his wife were flying in. Winston made sure that the dining room chairs had extra cushions for the occasion. No one complained more than John about the pain of sitting down so soon after the government-mandated cavity searches at airports, which severely aggravated his hemorrhoids.

Ever since a terrorist successfully smuggled a cavity bomb onto a jetliner, the TSA told Americans the added "inconvenience" was an "absolute necessity" in order to stay "one step ahead of the terrorists."

Winston's own body had grown accustomed to such probing ever since the government expanded their scope to just about anywhere a crowd gathered, via Anti-Profiling Act of 2022.

That law made it a crime to single out any group or individual for "unequal scrutiny," even when probable cause was involved. Thus, cavity searches at malls, train stations, bus depots, etc., etc., had become almost routine.
Almost.

The Supreme Court is reviewing the statute, but most Americans expect a Court composed of six progressives and three conservatives to leave the law intact.

"A living Constitution is extremely flexible", said the Court's eldest member, Elena Kagan. " Europe has had laws like this one for years. We should learn from their example", she added.

Winston's thoughts turned to his own children. He got along fairly well with his 12-year-old daughter, Brittany, mostly because she ignored him. Their only real confrontation had occurred when he limited her to 50,000 texts a month, explaining that was all he could afford.

His 16-year-old son, Jason, was another matter altogether. It didn't help that Jason had reported his father to the police for smoking a cigarette in the house, an act made criminal by the Smoking Control Statute of 2018, which outlawed smoking anywhere within 500 feet of another human being.

Winston paid the $5,000 fine, which might have been considered excessive before the American dollar became virtually worthless as a result of QE13.

The latest round of quantitative easing the federal government initiated was, once again, to "spur economic growth."

This time, they promised to push unemployment below its years-long rate of 18%, but Winston was not particularly hopeful.

Yet the family had a lot for which to be thankful, Winston thought, before remembering it was a Day of Atonement.

He felt a twinge of sadness when he realized his children would never know what life was like in the Good Old Days, long before government promises to make life "fair for everyone" realized their full potential.

He wondered what might have happened if the public had stood up while there was still time, maybe back around 2011, when all the real nonsense reached a tipping point.

"Maybe we wouldn't be where we are today if we'd just said 'enough is enough' when we had the chance," he thought. Maybe so, Winston. Maybe so.

This could never happen......

When people ask what you what you learned today...

2011-08-14T10:46:00.002-04:00

Manure... An interesting fact

Manure: In the 16th and 17th centuries, everything had to be transported by ship and it was also before the invention of commercial fertilizers, so large shipments of manure were quite common.

It was shipped dry, because in dry form it weighed a lot less than when wet, but once water (at sea) hit it, not only did it become heavier, but the process of fermentation began again, of which a by product is methane gas of course. As the stuff was stored below decks in bundles you can see what could (and did) happen.
Methane began to build up below decks and the first time someone came below at night with a lantern, BOOOOM! Several ships were destroyed in this manner before it was determined just what was happening.

After that, the bundles of manure were always stamped with the instruction 'Stow high in transit' on them, which meant for the sailors to stow it high enough off the lower decks so that any water that came into the hold would not touch this volatile cargo and start the production of methane.

Thus evolved the term ' S.H.I.T ', (Stow High In Transit) which has come down through the centuries and is still in use to this very day.

You probably did not know the true history of this word.

Neither did I.

I had always thought it was a golf term.

Pay up!

2011-08-14T07:50:00.003-04:00

The Brilliance that is our Government

2011-08-06T15:19:00.007-04:00

We were told that we had to raise the debt ceiling so the US credit rating would not go down.

We raised the debt ceiling and the US credit rating went down.

...and they call me a terrorist!

I don't know who wrote this but...

2011-04-10T06:38:00.001-04:00

...it's exactly how I feel. I just hope it isn't true.

"A billion in cuts here. A billion in cuts there. Pretty soon you realize they are all pussies.
Obama thanked Reid and Boner. Reid thanked Obama and Boner. Boner thanked Reid and Obama. MCconnel thanked Obama, Reid and Boner. This freaking clusterfuck should have been telecast live from a San Francisco bath house. Preceded by a PSA on the proper method of putting on a condom. Pathetic. They all continue to sell us out to lobbyists.
Thank God. We have avoided a government shutdown. Barack Obama will sign a short term continuing resoloution. He swore this past week he would NOT sign one. Pussy. Harry Reid will allow straight up and down votes in the Senate, regarding the defunding of ObamaCare and Planned Parenthood. He has previously vowed these votes would never occur. Pussy. John Boner took it up the ass and tried to make the avoidance of a government shutdown, based on Obama and Reid's terms, sound like a victory. Pussy.

By agreeing to this horse shit deal, the Republicans, including the Tea Party members of CONgress who vote for it, have just handed Obama the 2012 election. Way to go you stiff spined public servants sell outs.
I'll come back to this post and eat shit if I have to. I don't think I'll have to. All hail Obama's second term.
We are so fucked as a nation."

IF...

2011-02-20T05:03:00.001-05:00

If any other of our presidents had doubled the national debt, which had taken more than two centuries to accumulate, in one year, would you have approved?

If any other of our presidents had then proposed to double the debt again within 10
years, would you have approved?

If any other of our presidents had criticized a state law that he admitted he never
even read, would you think that he is just an ignorant hot head?

If any other of our presidents joined the country of Mexico and sued a state in the
United States to force that state to continue to allow illegal immigration, would you question his patriotism and wonder who's side he was on?

If any other of our presidents had pronounced the Marine Corps like Marine Corpse, would you think him an idiot?

If any other of our presidents had put 87,000 workers out of work by arbitrarily placing a moratorium on offshore oil drilling on companies that have one of the best safety records of any industry because one foreign company had an accident, would you have agreed?

If any other of our presidents had used a forged document as the basis of the moratorium that would render 87000 American workers unemployed would you support him?

If any other of our presidents had been the first President to need a Teleprompter installed to be able to get through a press conference, would you have laughed and said this is more proof of how inept he is on his own and is really controlled by smarter men behind the scenes?

If any other of our presidents had spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to take
his First Lady to a play in NYC, would you have approved?

If any other of our presidents had reduced your retirement plan holdings of GM stock by 90% and given the unions a majority stake in GM, would you have approved?

If any other of our presidents had made a joke at the expense of the Special Olympics, would you have approved?

If any other of our presidents had given Gordon Brown a set of inexpensive and incorrectly formatted DVDs, when Gordon Brown had given him a thoughtful and historically significant gift, would you have approved?

If any other of our presidents had given the Queen of England an iPod containing videos of his speeches, would you have thought it a proud moment for America ?

If any other of our presidents had bowed to the King of Saudi Arabia , would you have approved?

If any other of our presidents had visited Austria and made reference to the nonexistent "Austrian language," would you have brushed it off as a minor slip?

If any other of our presidents had filled his cabinet and circle of advisers with people who cannot seem to keep current in their income taxes, would you have approved?

If any other of our presidents had stated that there were 57 states in the United States , wouldn't you have had second thoughts about his capabilities?

If any other of our presidents would have flown all the way to Denmark to make a five minute speech about how the Olympics would benefit him walking out his front door in his home town, would you not have thought he was a self important, conceited, egotistical jerk.

If any other of our presidents had been so Spanish illiterate as to refer to "Cinco de Cuatro" in front of the Mexican ambassador when it was the 5th of May (Cinco de Mayo), and continued to flub it when he tried again, wouldn't you have winced in embarrassment?

If any other of our presidents had burned 9,000 gallons of jet fuel to go plant a single tree on Earth Day, would you have concluded he's a hypocrite?

If any other of our presidents' administrations had okayed Air Force One flying low over millions of people followed by a jet fighter in downtown Manhattan causing widespread panic, would you have wondered whether they actually get what happened on 9-11?

If any other of our presidents had failed to send relief aid to flood victims throughout the Midwest with more people killed or made homeless than in New Orleans , would you want it made into a major ongoing political issue with claims of racism and incompetence?

If any other of our presidents had created the position of 32 Czars who report directly to him, bypassing the House and Senate on much of what is happening in America , would you have ever approved.

If any other of our presidents had ordered the firing of the CEO of a major corporation, even though he had no constitutional authority to do so, would you have approved?

So, tell me again, what is it about Obama that makes him so brilliant and impressive?

Can't think of anything? Don't worry. He's done all this in 21 months -- so you have that much time to come up with an answer.

Pretty amusing but scary close to reality...

2011-01-23T07:37:00.002-05:00

Pretty funny...

2010-09-19T08:16:00.001-04:00

Make sure to follow the link for the 50 dumbest republican quotes too. Some classic George W. Bush and Dan Quayle...enjoy.

http://thestir.cafemom.com/in_the_news/109417/50_dumb_liberal_quotes

How many UAW members work at GM, Chrysler, and Ford?

2010-09-15T18:51:00.001-04:00

About half of them

Hits the nail on the ...... head?

2010-09-09T12:28:00.001-04:00

Picture borrowed from iownthemedia.com (Thanks)

Maybe because he "lies" like one...

2010-09-08T18:43:00.000-04:00

Just a friendly reminder...

2010-07-18T10:39:00.000-04:00

Tell it like it is...

2010-07-04T08:54:00.000-04:00

Another liberal agenda "ram it through" with no thought about the consequences.

Here I give you Pete Hegseth, with thanks to IOTW:

Pete Hegseth

Leaving Your Beaver

2010-07-03T17:02:00.001-04:00

Thanks to IOTW...

TGIS – OBAMAS #95 – Leaving Your Beaver

Glenn Beck pokes fun at the fearsome American Taliban

2010-06-26T07:59:00.000-04:00

Even if you don't like Glen Beck, this is hilarious!

Glenn Beck pokes fun at the fearsome American Taliban

MEMORIAL DAY

2010-05-31T07:10:00.002-04:00

It is the VETERAN, not the preacher,
Who has given us freedom of religion.

It is the VETERAN, not the reporter,
Who has given us freedom of the press.

It is the VETERAN, not the poet,
Who has given us freedom of speech.

It is the VETERAN, not the campus organizer,
Who has given us freedom to assemble.

It is the VETERAN, not the lawyer,
Who has given us the right to a fair trial.

It is the VETERAN, not the politician,
Who has given us the right to vote.

It is the VETERAN who salutes the Flag,

It is the VETERAN who serves under the Flag,

ETERNAL REST GRANT THEM O LORD,
AND LET PERPETUAL LIGHT SHINE UPON THEM.
MAY THEIR SOULS AND ALL THE SOULS OF THE FAITHFULLY DEPARTED,
REST IN PEACE.

AMEN

Democrats Unite...

2010-05-28T20:33:00.001-04:00

Lies, lies, lies...

F Fact Check!

Comedy Central...

2010-01-21T19:08:00.002-05:00

It's fun to watch MSNBC in the wake of the recent senatorial victory by Mr. Brown. Monty Python comes to mind. The sad part is that the left is not hearing the electorate message. They are in complete denial. Well, all I can say is, keep your head in the sand Mr. Democrat.

Global Warming? Hah!

2010-01-12T14:26:00.000-05:00

How do we stop the madness?

2009-12-31T10:20:00.003-05:00

Sobering take on the fall of Detroit. B. Hussein is trying to do the same to our Country. They must be stopped.

Amendment 28

2009-12-24T10:14:00.001-05:00

Congress shall make no law that applies to the citizens/Citizens of the United States that does not apply equally to the Senators and/or Representatives, and Congress shall make no law that applies to the Senators and/or Representatives that does not apply equally to the citizens/Citizens of the United States.

Spread the word. These assholes must be stopped!

Merry Christmas.

2009-12-24T08:22:00.000-05:00

Still relevant after 70 years...

2009-10-31T08:05:00.001-04:00

A little scary something for Holloween 2009...

2009-10-30T07:47:00.001-04:00

Motivational Poster

2009-10-27T18:07:00.002-04:00

I seriously doubt if this is true. The 'Virgins' in quotes comment seems to be a flag that perhaps this is bogus. The thought does bring a certain satisfaction though and I find myself secretly wishing this is a true story or at least a story with some hint of truth attached to it.

Whatever the case, I just felt it necessary to share.

If a picture says 1000 words...

2009-10-26T12:45:00.001-04:00

This ones says a trillion !

Hmmmmmmmmmm.........

2009-10-16T06:18:00.002-04:00

"The republican principle demands that the deliberate sense of the community should govern the conduct of those to whom they intrust the management of their affairs; but it does not require an unqualified complaisance to every sudden breeze of passion or to every transient impulse which the people may receive from the arts of men, who flatter their prejudices to betray their interests." --Alexander Hamilton, Federalist No. 71, 1788

Well said Mr. Hamilton. It is a pity that history is not taught in our public school systems any more.

We can only hope this comes true...

2009-10-06T13:21:00.002-04:00

Catchy little tune. Hopefully we will all be singing it soon.

Conservative or Liberal? You Decide...

2009-10-05T16:45:00.003-04:00

Just got this in an email from a friend. It pretty much sums the differences up very succinctly don't you think.

If a conservative doesn't like guns, he doesn't buy one.
If a liberal doesn't like guns, then no one should have one.

If a conservative is a vegetarian, he doesn't eat meat.
If a liberal is a vegetarian, he wants to ban all meat products for everyone.

If a conservative sees a foreign threat, he thinks about how to defeat his enemy.
A liberal wonders how to surrender gracefully and still look good.

If a conservative is homosexual, he quietly enjoys his life.
If a liberal is homosexual, he loudly demands legislated respect.

If a black man or Hispanic is conservative, he sees himself as independently successful.
Their liberal counterparts see themselves as victims in need of government protection.

If a conservative is down-and-out, he thinks about how to better his situation.
A liberal wonders who is going to take care of him.

If a conservative doesn't like a talk show host, he switches channels.
Liberals demand that those they don't like be shut down.

If a conservative is a non-believer, he doesn't go to church.
A liberal wants any mention of God or religion silenced.

If a conservative decides he needs health care, he goes about shopping for it, or may choose a job that provides it.
A liberal demands that his neighbors pay for his.

You gotta love Inspector Joe Friday...

2009-10-05T11:44:00.008-04:00

Thank you Jack Webb (and the manipulator behind this piece).

Thanks to the PatriotPost.US for the following...

2009-09-22T11:27:00.000-04:00

If you think that a czar is unconstitutional
... you might be a racist!

If you are opposed to a government run health care system
... you might be a racist!

If you think that it is unAmerican to bow before the Saudi King
... you might be a racist!

If you think that the stimulus plan has been an utter failure
... you might be a racist!

If you think that this administration is driving the deficit up at alarming rates
... you might be a racist!

If you think that this is a nation based on Christian values
... you might be a racist!

If you think that communism and socialism are NOT the solution
... you might be a racist!

If you value the 1st Amendment, but think that the media is state-run
... you might be a racist!

If you are sick and tired of the race card being played
... you might be a racist!

If you are a racist according to the current liberal agenda
... you might just be an American!

Michigan 38 Notre Dame 34-- Hail to the Victors!

2009-09-12T19:51:00.003-04:00

Shang, University of Michigan, 1978

Let us not forget...

2009-09-11T09:33:00.002-04:00

Just the facts, ma'am. Just the facts.

2009-09-10T18:18:00.002-04:00

Too Funny! I just had to share...

2009-09-10T09:57:00.001-04:00

It is written in the czars...

2009-09-09T09:01:00.003-04:00

Perhaps you have wondered how the Obama czars operate. I was fortunate to be a fly on the wall for this policy making discussion between the Car Czar and the Manufacturing Czar. How can we ever question their credentials again?

Beware "The Gathering Storm"

2009-09-08T09:18:00.003-04:00

I wonder if there are any sportsmen, hunters in particular, that belong to the SEIU and UAW that might re-think there support of BHO, Democrats, and the Left if this storm begins to rage?

Happy Labor Day

2009-09-07T11:23:00.002-04:00

The following ditty is not so humorous when you realize how true it is. Will Washington ever wake up?

Who's in your wallet?

2009-08-05T09:04:00.002-04:00

I much prefer "Spaghetti Jimmy" or whatever his name is to this but this is a 'taste' of reality too.

Will the real racists please stand up...

2009-07-30T12:14:00.009-04:00

Content of character aside, some races rely on racism. If they didn't, they would then be held accountable for their actions. Affirmative action is just legalized racism. I wish I could get a job or a Harvard education just because of the color of my skin.

If I am to pay for the atrocity of slavery that was part of our culture 200 years ago, then allow me to own some slaves so I may reap some of the benefits that those ignorant, slave owning brutes of 200 years ago realized.

Funny, that doesn't make it right, but charging me for sombody elses indiscretion isn't right either.

Would you buy a car from this guy?

2009-07-29T07:34:00.003-04:00

I certainly would! I just wish I had been around when he was including a hand gun with the deal...I have plenty of rifles.

One Loss, One Win...

2009-07-27T09:35:00.002-04:00

That, my friends, is a major league baseball. While attending the Detroit Tiger game last night a 5th inning foul ball found its way into my grubby little conservative paw.

I have attended many Tiger games in my 56 years and was at this one with my wife as part of a birthday present from my oldest daughter and son-in-law. I have come close to foul fly once when I was 10 or 12 attending a game at the old Tiger Stadium with my father and grandfather. This one had my name on it though. As my wife ducked in mortal fear, I reached up and there it was! A catch for the ages.

Tiger baseball has many great memories for me. I took one girl on a date that included a Tiger game doubleheader and today, July 27, 2009, that girl and me are celebrating our 35th wedding anniversary.

Go get 'em Tiger!

Ban on "Assault Vehicles"

2009-07-19T16:05:00.003-04:00

Thanks to DRT and varminthunters.com

Since the Obama administration’s talk of banning so-called ‘assault weapons’ has resulted in a huge spike in semi-automatic weapon sales nationwide, the White House has recently begun a covert ‘whisper campaign’ suggesting the president might also ban U.S.-manufactured cars and trucks with fully-automatic transmissions, now dubbed ‘assault vehicles’. President Obama reportedly hopes such chatter will give a much-needed boost to U.S. auto sales. “These fully-automatics are the weapon-of-choice in the vehicular-manslaughter industry,” said one unnamed White House source. “The automatic transmission allows the killer to accelerate rapidly without the manual process of clutching and shifting gears. Assault vehicles murder roughly four times as many people each year as do firearms. If you include suicides, cars still kill nearly twice as many people compared with all types of guns. ”The administration source also noted that while people with criminal records make up the vast majority of gun-murder victims, ‘assault vehicles’ kill indiscriminately, murdering 39,800 Americans in 2008 alone. “In most homicide-by-firearm cases, it’s one crook killing another,” said the source. “But automatic transmissions turn law-abiding citizens into killers of other law-abiding citizens, including women, children, seniors and innocent pedestrians. ”Publicly, the administration maintains that it supports an individual’s ‘right to keep and be borne upon wheels’, but the sophisticated whisper campaign is designed both to curry favor with the anti-car lobby, and to boost the economy by driving panic demand for fully automatics.

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2009-07-13T15:58:00.001-04:00

Speed kills

2009-07-13T11:46:00.002-04:00

Will Congress ever apply the brakes?

Dinner with Obama, a parable...

2009-07-11T10:12:00.002-04:00

Once upon a time, I was invited to the White House for a private dinner with the President. I am a respected businessman, with a factory that produces memory chips for computers and portable electronics. There was some talk that my industry was being scrutinized by the administration, but I paid it no mind. I live in a free country. There's nothing that the government can do to me if I've broken no laws. My wealth was earned honestly, and an invitation to dinner with an American President is an honor.

I checked my coat, was greeted by the Chief of Staff, and joined the President in a yellow dining room. We sat across from each other at a table draped in white linen. The Great Seal was embossed on the china. Uniformed staff served our dinner.

The meal was served, and I was startled when my waiter suddenly reached out, plucked a dinner roll off my plate, and began nibbling it as he walked back to the kitchen."Sorry about that," said the President. "Andrew is very hungry.""I don't appreciate..." I began, but as I looked into the calm brown eyes across from me, I felt immediately guilty and petty. It was just a dinner roll. "Of course," I concluded, and reached for my glass. Before I could, however, another waiter reached forward, took the glass away and swallowed the wine in a single gulp."And his brother Eric is very thirsty," said the President. I didn't say anything. The President is testing my compassion, I thought. I will play along. I don't want to seem unkind. My plate was whisked away before I had tasted a bite."Eric's children are also quite hungry."

With a lurch, I crashed to the floor. My chair had been pulled out from under me. I stood, brushing myself off angrily, and watched as it was carried from the room."And their grandmother can't stand for long."I excused myself, smiling outwardly, but inside feeling like a fool. Obviously I had been invited to the White House to be sport for some game. I reached for my coat, to find that it had been taken. I turned back to the President. "Their grandfather doesn't like the cold." I wanted to shout - that was my coat! But again, I looked at the placid smiling face of my host and decided I was being a poor sport. I spread my hands helplessly and chuckled. Then I felt my hip pocket and realized my wallet was gone. I excused myself and walked to a phone on an elegant side table. I learned shortly that my credit cards had been maxed out, my bank accounts emptied, my retirement and equity portfolios had vanished, and my wife had been thrown out of our home. Apparently, the waiters and their families were moving in. The President hadn't moved or spoken as I learned all this, but finally I lowered the phone into its cradle and turned to face him. "Andrew's whole family has made bad financial decisions. They haven't planned for retirement, and they need a house. They recently defaulted on a sub-prime mortgage. I told them they could have your home. They need it more than you do."My hands were shaking. I felt faint. I stumbled back to the table and knelt on the floor. The President cheerfully cut his meat, ate his steak and drank his wine. I lowered my eyes and stared at the small grey circles on the tablecloth that were water drops. "By the way," He added, "I have just signed an Executive Order nationalizing your factories. I'm firing you as head of your business. I'll be operating the firm now for the benefit of all mankind. There's a whole bunch of Erics and Andrews out there and they can't come to you for jobs groveling like beggars." I looked up. The President dropped his spoon into the empty ramekin which had been his Creme Brulee. He drained the last drops of his wine. As the table was cleared, he lit a cigarette and leaned back in his chair. He stared at me. I clung to the edge of the table as if it were a ledge and I were a man hanging over an abyss. I thought of the years behind me, of the life I had lived. The life I had earned with a lifetime of work, risk and struggle. Why was I punished? How had I allowed it to be taken? What game had I played and lost? I looked across the table and noticed with some surprise that there was no game board between us. What had I done wrong? As if answering the unspoken thought, the President suddenly cocked his head, locked his empty eyes to mine, and bared a million teeth, chuckling wryly as he folded his hands."You should have stopped me at the dinner roll," he said.

Joe Legal vs. Jose Illegal

2009-07-01T21:05:00.003-04:00

Why can't the Democrats understand this? Jose Illegal will probably get an income tax refund stimulus check as well.

Here is an example of why hiring illegal aliens is not economically productive for the State of California. You have 2 families:

" Joe Legal" and "Jose Illegal". Both families have 2 parents, 2 children and live in California.

"Joe Legal" works in construction, has a Social Security Number, and makes $25.00 per hour with payroll taxes deducted.

"Jose Illegal" also works in construction, has "NO" Social Security Number, and gets paid $15.00 per hour cash "under the table".

Joe Legal...$25.00 per hour x 40 hours, $1000.00 per week, $52,000 per year. Now take 30% away for state & federal tax Joe Legal now has $31,231.00

Jose Illegal....$ 15.00 per hour x 40 hours, $600.00 per week, $31,200.00 per year Jose Illegal pays no taxes... Jose Illegal now has $31,200.00

Joe Legal pays Medical and Dental Insurance with limited coverage $1000.00 per month. $12,000.00 per year Joe Legal now has $19,231.00

Jose Illegal has full Medical and Dental coverage through the state and local clinics at a cost of $0.00 per year. Jose Illegal still has $31,200.00

Joe Legal makes too much money is not eligible for Food Stamps or welfare. Joe Legal pays for food $1,000.00 per month, $12,000.00 per year. Joe Legal now has $7,231.00

Jose Illegal has no documented income and is eligible for Food Stamps and Welfare. Jose Illegal still has $31,200.00

Joe Legal pays rent of $1,000.00 per month, $12,000.00 per year. Joe Legal is now in the hole minus (-) $4,769.00

Jose Illegal receives a $500 per month Federal rent subsidy. Jose Illegal pays rent $500.00 per month, $6,000.00 per year. Jose Illegal still has $31,200.00

Joe Legal now works overtime on Saturdays or gets a part time job after work.

Jose Illegal has nights and weekends off to enjoy with his family.

Joe Legal's and Jose Illegal's children both attend the same school. Joe Legal pays for his children's lunches while Jose Illegal's children get a government sponsored lunch.

Jose Illegal's children have an after school ESL program. Joe Legal's children go home.

Joe Legal and Jose Illegal both enjoy the same Police and Fire Services, but Joe Legal paid for them and Jose Illegal did not.

The bottom line: Don't vote/support any politician that supports illegal aliens...

This is not funny!

2009-07-01T09:56:00.001-04:00

"Democrat Franken wins protracted Minn. Senate race"

We can now refer to to the Democrat Party as a big joke...unfortunately.

Wind Power...

2009-06-30T08:17:00.000-04:00

A man died and went to heaven. As he stood in front of St. Peter at the Pearly Gates, he saw a huge wall of clocks behind him. He asked, 'What are all those clocks?' St. Peter answered, 'Those are Lie-Clocks. Everyone on Earth has a Lie-Clock. Every time you lie the hands on your clock will move.' 'Oh,' said the man, 'whose clock is that?' 'That's Mother Teresa's. The hands have never moved, indicating that she never told a lie.' 'Incredible,' said the man. 'And whose clock is that one?' St. Peter responded, 'That's Abraham Lincoln's clock. The hands have moved twice, telling us that Abe told only two lies in his entire life.' 'Where's President OBama's clock?' asked the man. Obama's clock is in Jesus' office. He's using it as a ceiling fan.

Nuff said.

Nuff said...

2009-06-29T09:02:00.002-04:00

Mr. Obama, it may surprise you but many citizens are not in agreement with the Moronic Left.

Ted Nugent, American

2009-06-29T08:55:00.003-04:00

If you love your constitutional rights, love to hunt and fish, Ted Nugent is THE MAN.

http://biggeekdaddy.com/miscvideos/TedNugent.html

I'd love to meet this man and buy him a beer.

This item is dated but still is pertinent to these times...

2009-06-28T13:23:00.003-04:00

Please watch

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeYscnFpEyA

Liberal Minds Think Alike...

2009-06-23T08:12:00.005-04:00

Political cartoonists are a wonderful bunch. The successful are witty and intelligent and humorous while getting their message out. Sometimes, if you think about what they're saying, it gets quite disturbing.

Take these for example:

Nuff said?

Semper Fi...

2009-06-22T07:39:00.001-04:00

The Trap

A large group of Taliban soldiers are moving down a road when they hear a voice call from behind a sand-dune. "One Marine is better than ten Taliban". The Taliban commander quickly sends 10 of his best soldiers over the dune whereupon a gun-battle breaks out and continues for a few minutes, then silence.

The voice then calls out "One Marine is better than a hundred Taliban soldiers". Furious, the Taliban commander sends his next best 100 troops over the dune and instantly a huge gun fight commences. After 10 minutes of battle, again silence.

The Marine voice calls out, "One Marine is better than one thousand Taliban". The enraged Taliban commander musters a thousand fighters and sends them over the dune. Cannon, rocket, and machine gun fire rings out as a huge battle is fought. Then silence. Finally one wounded Taliban fighter crawls back over the dune and with his dying words tells his commander, "Don't send any more men, it's a trap. There's two of them!"

Is he truly our President?

2009-06-20T08:49:00.006-04:00

Article II, Section 1, Paragraph 5 of the Constitution of the United States reads:

No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.

Is it so hard Mr. Obama to furnish the paperwork evidence to put this issue to bed?

He swore to preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States not to rewrite it.

4 Rules of life...

2009-06-19T10:27:00.007-04:00

DRINK, STEAL, SWEAR & LIE

I met this guy while I was in Albuquerque and he has a motto he lives by everyday. He said listen carefully and live by these 4 rules: Drink, Steal, Swear, & Lie.

I was shaking my head 'no', but he then told me to listen while he explained his four rules. So here they are:

1. "Drink" from the "everlasting cup" every day.

2. "Steal" a moment to help someone that is in worse shape than you are.

3. "Swear" that you will be a better person today than yesterday.

4. And last, but not least, when you "lie" down at night, thank God you live in America and have freedom.

I am not as good as I should be, I am not as good as I could be, but THANK GOD I am better than I used to be !

Liberal Economics 101...

2009-06-19T10:16:00.003-04:00

It is a slow day in the East Texas town of Madisonville. It is raining, and the little town looks totally deserted. Times are tough, everybody is in debt and everybody lives on credit. On this particular day a rich tourist from the East is driving through town. He enters the only hotel in the sleepy town and lays a hundred dollar bill on the desk stating he wants to inspect the rooms upstairs in order to pick one to spend the night.

As soon as the man walks up the stairs, the hotel proprietor takes the hundred dollar bill and runs next door to pay his debt to the butcher.

The butcher takes the $100 and runs down the street to pay his debt to the pig farmer.

The pig farmer then takes the $100 and heads off to pay his debt to the supplier of feed and fuel.

The guy at the Farmer's Co-op takes the $100 and runs to pay his debt to the local prostitute, who has also been facing hard times and has lately had to offer her "services" on credit.

The hooker runs to the hotel and pays off her debt with the $100 to the hotel proprietor, paying for the rooms that she had rented when she brought clients to that establishment.

The hotel proprietor then lays the $100 bill back on the counter so the rich traveler will not suspect anything.

At that moment the traveler from the East walks back down the stairs, after inspecting the rooms. He picks up the $100 bill and states that the rooms are not satisfactory......pockets the money and walks out the door and leaves town.

No one earned anything, however the whole town is now out of debt, and looks to the future with a lot of optimism.

That, ladies and gentlemen, is how Governments are conducting business today.

Nuff said.......

2009-06-16T07:00:00.000-04:00

TWO QUOTES:

'My friends, we live in the greatest nation in the history of the world. I hope you'll join with me as we try to change it.'
-- Barack Obama

''Life's tough......it's even tougher if you're stupid.''
-- John Wayne

Car bail out for dummies and, by reading the comments, some people still don't get it!

2009-06-12T08:53:00.002-04:00

Enlightening and worth viewing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3YPnTwdeto

Liberal Brain Trust Performance Check

2009-06-08T10:15:00.008-04:00

An interesting chart where the blue lines represent the liberal think tank's unemployment estimations with and without the stimulus. The actual performance is rather scary at best. The actual unemployment trajectory looks much like the smoke trail of a shuttle launch. I wonder if it will ever come down after orbit is achieved?

Prayer helps...

2009-06-05T08:54:00.007-04:00

I learned the following prayer in the first or second grade and have always found it to give me solace and hope.

Memorare

Remember O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known that any one who fled to thy protection, implored thy help or sought thy intercession, was left unaided. Inspired by this confidence, I fly unto thee, O Virgin of virgins my mother. To thee do I come, before thee I stand, sinful and sorrowful. O Mother of thy Word Incarnate, despise not my petitions, but in thy mercy hear and answer me.

Amen

Advice for General Motors Executives

2009-06-03T06:57:00.002-04:00

1. Change the locks on the conference room doors (and don't give anybody the key).

2. Remove MS Powerpoint from all computers.

3. Move your office to the plant floor, roll up your sleeves, get to work building cars and trucks.

General Motors...the day after

2009-06-02T07:10:00.002-04:00

Just a couple more comments on this debacle and then I will let it die. From my point of view there are three groups:

Group 1: The Unclassified Salaried Employee. This is the group that "runs" the corporation. They are on the board, they set the requirements and path, they sit back and collect their bonuses for a job well done. They are asking themselves, "What the hell happened?" Their retirement and benefits remain intact.

Group 2: The Classified Salaried Employee. This is the group charged with implementing the brain farts of Group Number One. They were expected to work 10-12 hour days without overtime or their appraisals would show that they were not team players. Their retirement and benefits were or will be stripped from them.

Group 3: The UAW Workforce. Threaten to strike every three years if they didn't get their way. Ask Group 1 for and receive full pay for not doing anything. Ask Group 1 for and receive guaranteed overtime whether it's necessary or not. Punch your buddy in and do two jobs while your buddy is out on his boat. Not to worry, he'll do the same for you tomorrow. Their retirement and benefits remain intact.

I will probably never be able to buy a new car again but if I do, you can bet your a$$ it will not have a GM nameplate on it.

General Motors Bankruptcy

2009-06-01T12:46:00.002-04:00

The General has fallen! I spent 24 years at GM. I hired in as an hourly employee and finished college while working full time. After graduation, my goal was to step up to the salaried ranks and perhaps offer my family a little better standard of living, acheiving the enviable position of mid level manager in the automotive components group. Being part of the ACG got me a one way ticket to the financial scam GM called Delphi. Their 8 month bankruptcy is still going 3 years later. When my job ran out I was forced into retirement taking a severe monetary hit due to my age but I had little choice.

While not expecting to be rich in my retirement, I did expect to receive a steady pension and health care benefits until the government mandated benefits kicked in. After 32 years I thought I had earned that much. Boy was I mistaken. Less than a year later, Delphi pulled the salaried retiree health care coverage and life insurance coverage. Now it is almost a certainty that our pensions will be turned over to the PBGC. Another drastic cut in pay looms. Take one for the team!

The salaried workforce will pay the price. I expect the same to happen to the GM salaried retirees as well. While Obama and the Democrats protect the UAW workforce and retirees the salaried workforce will fall into the black hole of who gives a fu**. I'm not talking about the unclassified salaried workforce that receives the bonuses and cars, I'm talking about the poor salaried bastards that were left to implement the idiotic requirements set forth by the bonus babies while fending off the UAW workforce that managed to come into work 4 days a week and usually late.

Yes I am angry. I now know how the folks an Enron feel.

GM Bankruptcy

2009-06-01T07:41:00.000-04:00

Waiting for the announcement...more to follow.

Automobile Manufacturing 101

2009-05-26T09:01:00.005-04:00

I am not a smart person so could somebody please explain to me how closing an automobile dealership improves an automobile manufacturer's bottom line? As far as I can see, it only creates unemployment and thus increases the voting base for the Democrat party with no positive effect to the manufacturer's bottom line.

I could be wrong though.

2009-05-25T09:38:00.000-04:00

...and because of their sacrifice I am able to say this on this Memorial Day.

Thank you!

Memorial Day

2009-05-25T09:35:00.002-04:00

To all American servicemen everywhere, alive or dead, thank you. Thank you very much.