"He who dares not offend cannot be honest." - Thomas Paine

Friday, December 16, 2005

Drunk in Seattle...


Every once in a while, my buddy Ken Schram up at KOMO 4 (everyone's favorite local curmudgeon) makes a little sense. And in this case - I couldn't have said it better myself.... http://www.komotv.com/stories/40774.htm

Tuesday, December 13, 2005

Got Purple Ink?


Let's show some solidarity with the people of Iraq as they, once again, head to the polls this Thursday. And let's remember who made that possible, the Unites States Armed Forces. Today marks the 2 year anniversary of the capture of Saddam Hussein. Just over two years ago the people of Iraq were subject to the torturous, dictatorial ways of this madman and now, December '05, they head to the polls for a THIRD time to elect their own representative form of Democratic government.

Hey all you self-professed feminists out there - do you think there were any women going to the polls in Saddam's Iraq? If you do, I've got a bridge to sell you!

Check out the site put together by my friends at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, at http://www.purplefingerforfreedom.org/ for some ideas on how to show some support for own friends in the Middle East. And remember to thank our servicemen and women who have done so much to benefit the Iraqi people in such a short period of time and with such amazing courage and ease.

God bless and protect the citizens of Iraq and our soldiers assisting in their quest for self-governance.

Monday, December 12, 2005

....TERMINATED....


Hats off to Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Stanley "Tookie" Williams, notorious founder of the Crips gang, was terminated (pardon the pun) this morning for the murder of four people over 20 years ago.

I'll be honest, I sure thought ol' Arnie would be swayed by the copious outpourings of celebrity emotion and pleas for mercy surrounding this creep. Hailing from Hollywood himself, it seemed only natural that Republican Arnold, a fiscal conservative and social liberal, would cave to the big name pressure from the likes of Snoop Dogg, Jesse Jackson, Mike Ferrell, Bianca Jagger and Jaime Foxx and stay the execution of a man they all claimed should be spared the lethal injection he received.

By refusing to stay Williams execution Schwarzenegger has taken a strong stand for the sanctity of our American judicial system and our national respect for the rule of law.

Twenty-six years ago, Williams, then the head of the bloody, ruthless Crips gang in LA (responsible for over 10,000 deaths in CA) shot and killed four people (one entire family) with a sawed-off shotgun, made off with a meager amount of stolen cash, bragged about the killings and made fun off his victims. He was awarded death by his jury, which, despite common belief, did contain a black juror who voted FOR the death penalty, unlike the claims made by racial-pot-stirrer-extraordinaire "Rev." Jesse Jackson. "Tookie" exhausted his pleas and requests for review, and how do you know when someone is truly guilty - when even the ultra-liberal California court system refuses to stay the execution of a black man that has received a ton of press, media attention and celebrity backing, that's how!

With the hour of his demise fast-approaching, Williams decided he was a changed, redeemed man, even though his history in the prison system seemed to prove otherwise. Stan was involved in countless altercations between guards and other prisoners and while he did write a handful of anti-gang kids books (the bestseller clearing a mere 330 copies) was hardly, upon closer inspection, the model of perfect behavior while incarcerated.

And if "Tookie" really was the changed man he claimed to be, only interested in keeping kids from gang life, I'd argue that the best way he could have done so was by addressing the nation, publicly admitting to and repenting for his crimes, showing respect for his victims and American law and order and warning kids, "if you don't want to end up like me - dying by lethal injection, then don't do what I did." That would have spoken SO much louder than any book or Nobel Peace Prize. After all, anyone can be nominated for a Nobel Hell, Jimmy Carter got it a few years back!

And with all the public outcry from Hollywood elites and bleeding-heart 60's-throwbacks, where was the grief and sorrow for the VICTIMS! Four people lost their lives, families lost loved ones, friends and neighbors. No one was out chanting for them! Talk about misplaced pity!

What is the left's obsession with defending the defenseless? If it's not "Tookie" it's Mumia Abu Jamal, an unrepentant cop-killer sitting on death row who's been canonized by the left as a victim of a racist system. Hmmmmm, that sounds familiar, "Tookie" never once admitted he was guilty, only that he was the victim of a racist legal court system. And if he was truly innocent, why were his admirers asking the Governor for mere clemency, not an all out pardon? Maybe even they know, deep down, that he was guilty but instead chose to do the "feel-good" thing and attempt to save his life, pat themselves on the back for being good Samaritans, get some camera time, appear compassionate, but not truly fight for justice to be done.

But isn't that just life with the left; pick a "compassionate" project, grab the limelight, direct the public consciousness on themselves and fight, fight, fight, no matter how ridiculous their plight might be, (see anything related to Greenpeace, World Hunger, or AIDS.)

Bottom line, I'm glad to see "Tookie" gone. We've got to hold the line when it comes to the rule of law; not get even, but see that justice is done.

Justice has been done and, once again, kudos to Governor Schwarzenegger for having the insight and wisdom to keep this verdict intact and rid our world of one more unrepentant cretin draining the system.

And don't even get me started on how long he sat on death row, God only knows how much money he cost the hard-working taxpayers of California. Unbelievable.

Tuesday, December 06, 2005

Do these people even stop to think? Part II


OK, this is getting unbearable!

Not only did Howard Dean decide to pull an anal-cranial inversion yesterday, but John Kerry decided he couldn't be outdone in the liberal's eternal quest for the dumbest thing ever uttered award when he said this, "There is no reason, Bob (Bob Schieffer of Face the Nation on CBS), that young American soldiers need to be going into the homes of Iraqis in the dead of night, terrorizing kids and children, you know, women, breaking sort of the customs of the -- of -- of -- of -- historical customs, religious customs, whether you like it or not. Iraqis should be doing that." http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/09/18/ftn/main856364.shtml

Huh? Iraqis should be doing that? Be doing what? Terrorizing women and children?! What the hell are these people on?

So he frowns on US abuses but thinks it's fine for US-trained Iraqi troops to be abusive? Ok, that makes sense!

It always amazes me what these ivory-tower, Cape Cod-yachting, Merlot-swilling, elitist liberals consider terror! I hate to break it to you, John, but "shock and awe" S.W.A.T. tacticts are what allow us to find bad guys! Do you think that if we showed up in the broad daylight and rang the doorbell like an Avon lady, the (true) terrorists would just flip off the tube, saunter over in their slippers and offer us entry and a cup of Earl Gray? My God, man, where is your brain?! If we used tacticts that might appease Kerry and gang, we could be sure of an AK-47 waiting on the other side of the peep-hole for each one of our troops who decided to swing by for a chat.

But consider the source. John "Hangnails-or-a-run-in-my-argyle-stocking-ruins-my-day" Kerry, probably chided his daughters for terrorizing each other with pillow fights.

Just one more reason to drop to your knees and that the Good Lord above that Ohio went for Bush.

Do these people even stop to think?


They're losers (see Election 2004) bottom line. And they just won't stop assailing us with their ridiculous ideas and thoughtless rhetoric!

I always hated his ideology and plans for the country, but on the surface I liked Howard Dean. I liked the fact that he was passionate, albeit over misguided principles. I liked the fact that he was fiery and didn't seem to give a damn what the media or sensitive among us thought of him. And I also liked his ability to energize the grassroots of the Democratic Party and breathe a little steam into their emaciated ranks, although it turned to hot air awfully quick. But somebody has got to stop this guy, either that, or get him on some different meds! Cause the stuff he's spouting now if just plain dangerous. Dangerous for us here at home and dangerous for our troops abroad. Let me explain.

The Chairman of the DNC, the leader of one of the two biggest parties in the nation and a myriad of followers, said this on WOAI Radio, San Antonio, "the idea that we're going to win the war in Iraq is an idea which is just plain wrong." http://www.woai.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=C36A87B9-63A0-4CDE-AA91-B41571AFD3AF

What? Say that again? Wait, please don't!

What message does this send to our men and women in uniform? The leader of the party that endlessly praises themselves for "opposing the war but supporting the troops" just told these same troops that they're mission is unwinnable! How is that supporting the troops? "Well guys, I hate to break it to you....but.....your all screwed, and all the work you've done and injuries you've incurred and friends you've lost we're for nothing!" Yeah, that's supporting the troops alright!

Ask any Marine, or airman or infantryman what the sole reason for living is when their deployed, you know what they'll tell you... the MISSION! That's right, some of them actually DO believe in what they're doing over there and want to see the job completed! And you know who else wants us there? The IRAQI PEOPLE! Ask any serviceman or woman who's back from Iraq and they'll echo my sentiment. Or check out my friend Michael Yon's blog here: http://michaelyon.blogspot.com/ to prove my point.

And Dean went on, "I've seen this before in my life. This is the same situation we had in Vietnam. Everybody then kept saying, 'just another year, just stay the course, we'll have a victory.' Well, we didn't have a victory, and this policy cost the lives of an additional 25,000 troops because we were too stubborn to recognize what was happening."

And do you know why we didn't win in Vietnam, Howie? Because of nay-sayers like you! The US military could have beaten the North Vietnamese but they weren't allowed too. Weren't allowed because of people like Howard Dean and John Kerry and Jane Fonda and Hillary Clinton. These people have aged, but their message has stayed the same! Cut and run, cut and run, at the first sign of trouble, cut and run!

This war has already been won in Iraq. The major conflict is over. Mission Accomplished! It's cleanup time now. Time to let the rats come out from hiding and when they do, send them to their Maker and let him sort them out!

Over and over again we're browbeaten with the comparisons to Vietnam. "It's a quagmire," they say while bemoaning the 2,000 plus soldiers who have died there. Apparently the left has no grasp of history (obvious by Dean's mention of 25,000 troop deaths in 'Nam.) Compare the number of deaths in Iraq, where we have seen massive successes, to that in WWI, WWII or the Civil War, where tens-of-THOUSANDS died in a matter of hours on one battlefield! 6,821 brave Marines died in the Pacific to secure 8 square miles of volcanic rock called Iwo Jima! But aren't you glad and thankful and proud they did?

What if Dean had have been alive then, God forbid? At the first sign of American casualties incurred in France, or Guam, or Korea, the Balkans, Antietam, or Yorktown he would have been on the horn, spouting the same defeatist crap!

You know whose turning Iraq into Vietnam? The nay-sayers like Dean and his ilk. There is no logical comparison between the two! The Democrats (with a few exceptions) and peaceniks out there don't have the collective stomach to stay the course and finish the job, or at least get the Iraqis to the point they can fight for themselves.

Oh, but that's not all. Dean also said, "The White House wants us to have a permanent commitment to Iraq. This is an Iraqi problem. President Bush got rid of Saddam Hussein and that was a great thing, but that could have been done in a very different way. But now that we're there we need to figure out how to leave. 80% of Iraqis want us to leave, and it's their country."

Yep, and Hitler was just a European problem too.

And what's with this lier-lier-pants-on-fire nonsense about Bush wanting a permanent commitment in Iraq. It was just one week ago that Bush addressed the nation and reinforced the fact that getting our troops out ASAP is and always has been the plan! What would Dean have had us do, he says getting Saddam out was a good thing? Were we to have just kicked Hussein out and gotten the hell out, leaving innocent Iraqis at the mercy of radicals and rabid sects that ache to see Iraq divided and/or destroyed and a radical Muslim state established? Then Bush wouldn't have done enough! It's damned-if-you-do, damned-if-you-don't with these people, always has been.

And how many years, again, have we had troops in Korea and Germany, hmmmmmm, don't see any requests for a pullout there, even thought tese countries have been peaceful for DECADES!

Eighty percent of Iraq may very well want us to leave, you can't blame them, but they don't want us to leave now! Talk about throwing a fledgling nation to the wolves!

So, once again the Democrats are out, attacking Bush, the war, the troops, the mission and all of those who favor it while not providing one ounce of ideas for a better plan. We should be used to it by now, I guess. But somebody should really shut Howard up before he starts sounding any more another pesimistic fellow not keen on victory in Iraq: Usama Bin Ladin.

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