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Monday, July 23, 2007

Volcanic Ass Publicly


Ratcheting up her OWN war with the Pentagon, Hillary Clinton is joining with Senators Jim Webb, Evan Bayh, and Robert Byrd to demand that the Senate Committee on Armed Services hold hearings to determine the status of the Pentagon's contingency plans for withdrawal with Iraq.

The letter was sent to The Honorable Carl Levin, Chairman Committee on Armed Services and a copy sent to who else but The Honorable John McCain,
Ranking Member Committee on Armed Services.The demand could dramatically increase the public attention on the standoff between Senator Clinton and the Pentagon over Defense Department contingency plans for the withdrawal of troops from Iraq.

This could have the effect of putting more pressure on the Pentagon to release info to Congress about its planning for the possibility or eventuality of withdrawal -- as well as draw increased media attention to a standoff that carries obvious political benefits for Hillary in the context of Democratic Primary politics.

No kidding? So the Pentagon steps on Hillary's toes a bit. It's about time. I'm not going to sit here and use all the big words so many of you feel imperative to use in regard to this gathered around the table, collar wearing, self centered Wuff, Wuff. Her request are of a coward, using Iraq as another back stabbing, knife gutting tool for her victory walk into the White House. Much of Hillary's motivation is looking for advantage as a candidate, not serving as a responsible Senator.

Clinton's demand for information about those plans has already led to an impasse between her and the Pentagon that has drawn intense media attention. Her initial demand -- made in May -- prompted Under Secretary of Defense Eric Edelman to condemn her request as helpful to the enemy. When that became public it in turn prompted Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Friday to distance himself from Edelman's remarks. It seems that Edelman's letter, which was leaked to the press yesterday and prompted a media explosion, drew a sharp reply today from Clinton, who sent a letter to Gates this morning demanding that he personally account for Edelman's remarks.

Edelman wrote
"Premature and public discussion of the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq reinforces enemy propaganda that the United States will abandon its allies in Iraq, much as we are perceived to have done in Vietnam, Lebanon and Somalia."
He added that:
"such talk understandably unnerves the very same Iraqi allies we are asking to assume enormous personal risks."
The letter Hillary and her followers wrote and signed to Levin and McCain reads:
The Honorable Carl Levin
Chairman
Committee on Armed Services
United States Senate
R228
Washington, D.C. 20510

Dear Chairman Levin:

We write to request that the Senate Committee on Armed Services hold a hearing on Department of Defense contingency planning for the redeployment of United States military forces from Iraq. Such a hearing could solicit the views of outside experts who have experience in the redeployment of large numbers of troops as well as administration witnesses. If necessary, portions of the hearing could be held in closed session.

The importance of holding this hearing was underscored this month when Senators Warner and Lugar introduced an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act calling for the Administration to present its redeployment plan to Congress by October 16, 2007. As they noted, the safety and security of our military forces, as well as our nation’s credibility in the region, require that any military withdrawal or redeployment from Iraq be carefully planned and executed. A poorly planned withdrawal would compound the risks to our forces, coalition partners, and the government of Iraq.

The need for the Committee to know the status of Department of Defense redeployment planning is clear, yet past efforts by individual members to obtain this information were rebuffed. Following reports that the Pentagon was not engaging in detailed planning while the Iraqi Defense Ministry was preparing its own plans in the event that the United States and its forces departed Iraq quickly, the Secretary of Defense was requested in May to provide the appropriate oversight committees in Congress with briefings on the current status of contingency planning for the withdrawal of U.S. forces.

Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Eric Edelman responded to this request on Secretary Gates’ behalf on July 16. A copy of his letter and other correspondence relating to this matter are enclosed for your reference. As you will see, Under Secretary Edelman raised spurious arguments to avoid discussing contingency planning and claimed that premature discussion of the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq reinforces enemy propaganda. His assertion that necessary congressional oversight emboldens our enemies is outrageous.

As you are aware, the roots of the many problems facing our men and women serving in Iraq were planted by the failure of this Administration to develop sound, realistic plans. We cannot afford to repeat the same mistake when our forces redeploy. Congressional oversight will help to ensure that redeployment plans properly address the numerous challenges that our troops will face, including the resources and the diplomatic support required to ensure that any redeployment is safe and orderly.

Thank you for considering this request.

Sincerely yours,

Hillary Rodham Clinton Robert C. Byrd

Evan Bayh Jim Webb

CC: The Honorable John McCain
Ranking Member
Committee on Armed Services
Gates response before he was thorn switched by Hillary was:
“I have long been a staunch advocate of Congressional oversight, first at the CIA and now at the Defense Department. I have said on several occasions in recent months that I believe that congressional debate on Iraq has been constructive and appropriate. I had not seen Senator Clinton’s reply to Ambassador Edelman’s letter until today. I am looking into the issues she raised and will respond to them early next week.”
That statement appears to show that he's distancing himself in a big way from Edelman, a Cheney protege, as well as from Edelman's suggestion that public discussion of troop withdrawal by Congress is helpful to the enemy.

Talk about being in the dog house! Wonder how much that really cost him, not to mention in the letter below, she was really "pissed"...
The Honorable Robert M. Gates
Secretary of Defense
The United States Department of Defense
The Pentagon
Suite 319
Washington, D.C. 20301

Dear Mr. Secretary:

On May 22, 2007, I wrote to you to request that you provide the appropriate oversight committees in Congress – including the Senate Armed Services Committee – with briefings on what current contingency plans exist for the future withdrawal of United States forces from Iraq. Alternatively, if no such plans exist, I asked for an explanation for the decision not to engage in such planning.

I am in receipt of a letter from Eric Edelman, the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy who wrote that he was responding on your behalf. Under Secretary Edelman's response did not address the issues raised in my letter and instead made spurious arguments to avoid addressing contingency planning for the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq.

As I noted in my original letter, "the seeds of many problems that continue to plague our troops and mission in Iraq were planted in the failure to adequately plan for the conflict and properly equip our men and women in uniform. Congress must be sure that we are prepared to withdraw our forces without any unnecessary danger."

Rather than offer to brief the congressional oversight committees on this critical issue, Under Secretary Edelman – writing on your behalf – instead claims that congressional oversight emboldens our enemies. Under Secretary Edelman has his priorities backward. Open and honest debate and congressional oversight strengthens our nation and supports our military. His suggestion to the contrary is outrageous and dangerous. Indeed, you acknowledged the importance of Congress in our Iraq policy at a hearing before the House Armed Services Committee in March, when you stated, "I believe that the debate here on the Hill and the issues that have been raised have been helpful in bringing pressure to bear on the Maliki government and on the Iraqis in knowing that there is a very real limit to American patience in this entire enterprise."

Redeploying out of Iraq will be difficult and requires careful planning. I continue to call on the Bush Administration to immediately provide a redeployment strategy that will keep our brave men and women safe as they leave Iraq – instead of adhering to a political strategy to attack those who rightfully question their competence and preparedness after years of mistakes and misjudgments.

Other members of this Administration have not engaged in political attacks when the prospect of withdrawal planning has been raised. At the June 7 Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing on Lieutenant General Douglas Lute, I asked General Lute "what level of planning has taken place" and "whether the Secretary of Defense and the Joint Chiefs have been briefed about the level of planning." I also asked General Lute to determine "what kind of timeline would exist if a decision for either military or political reasons were taken to begin withdrawal" and if he considered this kind of planning to be part of his responsibilities.

General Lute replied, "Thank you Senator. I do think such an adaptation, if the conditions on the ground call for it, will be part of this position."

I renew my request for a briefing, classified if necessary, on current plans for the future withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq or an explanation for the decision not to engage in such planning. I also renew my concern that our troops will be placed in unnecessary danger if the Bush Administration fails to plan for the withdrawal of U.S. Forces. Finally, I request that you describe whether Under Secretary Edelman's letter accurately characterizes your views as Secretary of Defense.

I would appreciate the courtesy of a prompt response directly from you. Thank you for your consideration.

Sincerely yours,
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Mistress Clinton and her temper tantrums, along with her "pets" by her side, sit boys, sit...are a disgrace to this nation. Further more, anyone who would try to slither into 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue with the ethic she uses, when clearly it has been defined by more than one military leader that to leave Iraq at this moment would be devastating to the progress that has been already achieved there.

It seems to me that what she is wanting is for the United States to turn renegade, become cowards in the face of all nations, but more importantly to our own military personal who are serving not just in Iraq, but all over the world. What does this say to the families who have lost a child from this war, but who STILL believe that we as a nation have made the right decision in regard to expelling ourselves of rodents that infested human life.

Thank God every day we have young, old, middle aged men and woman who see the need to serve our country with dignity and pursuit. If everyone of "us" would go after Hillary with such passion she certainly wouldn't be fueling her bank account for this upcoming election, already having gathered 63 million dollars to do so. Just wait until this campaign appear on television with negative ads, along with her theory to promote her husband, the Fundraiser-in-Chief, to headline events and remind liberals of the "Two-for-One" package you get if the Clinton's are in the White House. For every person who thinks we need to pull out of Iraq, should have their bags packed and replace the ones coming home. There isn't a more reliable source to educate than the hands on method. It's not all about book work.

To be honest here, it will be interesting to see who will be able to match her right out in the face of the world open cleverness and see what approach will be taken to at least keep her and "boy bill" out of the White House.

Another Method Requested, But For Real


Earlier today in a chat room, I was with the "other two" Yadda Yadda's of mine and one of them ask for the recipe for shrunken heads. Laughing in which I did, because of the nature of the question and of the two who ask for it! Well, really one asked, the other loved the idea, thinking it would also go along with the of wood chippers, goat feeders, mote diggers.

But to my surprise, then sicken stomach, the recipe is for real. This made room for a pay pal account number to be given, as this went right up there on their priority list. Of course no one agreed to send any money for this procedure to be done by them, the Yadda Yadda's , where you can learn about them in The Mint Julep Shop... Please note that out of the three of us, all three are not as evil as two of them, with one being much more reserved and letting the other two handle most issues. Sometimes the reasonable one {me} has to step in and give them "that look" such as today when emailed this gesture on a method of applying "getting even" with another, especially in regard to being jaded by men.

This primer on the shrunken head preparation is unbelievable and gruesome, but also somewhat fascinating. I had to tell the Yadda Yadda's NO... saying there is still time left for reform. They think I'm far to forgiving... {grins} Like Martha Stewart and Paula Dean, these guys really have a devotion in their craft.

The skin is boiled in plain water for no more than about half an hour; this reduces the skin by about half. The trophy is then dried on a stick thrust in the ground. Then the skin is turned inside out and all the flesh is scraped off with a knife. The tsantsa is then turned right side out and the slit in the rear is sewn together with string made from the inner bark of the Kumai palm.
Now if you really must own one of these heads you can click here, and order right on line. Let me know if you did this as I may just have to remove you from my friends list. :-)

Saturday, July 21, 2007

Mascara Stained Tears


Yesterday morning, July 20, 2007 a woman well known for her mascara stained tears, Tammy Faye died after a long battle with cancer.

Tammy was known and judged by many, for her lavish lifestyle, her air conditioned dog house, her jewelry, false eyes lashes, cars, furs, over applied makeup and the empire PTL, Heritage USA in Charlotte, North Carolina she shared 31 years with her ex-husband Jim Baker.

Having seen her through out the years on different television programs after the fall PTL, and her failed marriage and recently just this week on Larry King, I carry my heart out there on my sleeve.

A woman who truly seem to love life and her Lord, she smiled as she spoke of her hardships, her loss, and placed this openly in the power of Gods hands. I have yet in all the years of knowing of her, hear anyone speak of her lack of faith. I remember when I was a little girl, I'd walk down the street to an elderly woman's home, named Mrs. Bell. I can't remember her first name. :-) She was very special to me, and up there in her age, around 80 or so or as best as I can remember.

As I was there doing whatever I could for her, she would have PTL Heritage USA on television. There would be singing, shouting and lots of crying. Perhaps I was a bit to young to understand, but I asked her one day,
Mrs. Bell, why do you watch that program?

She replied:

Because I love that woman and I believe that her heart is real and sincere and she loves the Lord.

One of the most appealing statements she ever made was back in 1990 on the Larry King show, when she was talking about forgiveness and how she was able to forgive all the people who had hurt her, abandoned her during the fall of PTL, and it was
Forgiveness is a choice that everyone has to make. The choice belongs to them.They either decide to forgive and live in peace or not forgive and live miserable.
She loved life to much to live with anger in her life. There was far to much she wanted to accomplish, such as returning back to television, and helping the youth. Many she did help, and focused on the cross gender. She never once approved of their behavior, yet she never once judged them, but prayed with them instead. She believed that it was within the power of God Almighty to heal her , and if not, then she was ready for heaven.

Pain and sorrow has a way of bring one to total reality, and I really believe Tammy Faye was in complete reality. Her last posting read:
Today I want you to remember: You can't go forward, looking in the rear view mirror, yesterday is gone,you cannot put a broken egg back together again so don't spend your energy trying."Today is all we have so live it fully.Tomorrow may not come, we are not promised tomorrow. PRINCESS DI thought she had many tomorrows,JOHN KENNEDY JR. thought he had many tomorrows,MARILYN MONROE thought she had many tomorrows,SONNY BONO thought he had many tomorrows,SELENA thought she had many tomorrows. So we must make today count,make today the best day of your life."
In the final days her body became frail, but her spirit soured with her smile always saying, Judge not, lest you be judged and live life to the fullest through faith in God. Do whatever it takes to ensure happiness and joy in your lives, because you are never guaranteed tomorrow.
To Tammy Faye, Rest in peace now, your finally free.

The Proofs In The Pudding


An archeological team, digging in Washington DC , has uncovered 10,000 year old bones and fossil remains of what is believed to be the first Politician. Most if not all, have at one time or another, had their head up their ass.

Saturday, July 14, 2007

Friends In High Places

Expose America's Investigative Reports, reports that VANITY FAIR pulls back the curtain on SAIC, the largest government contractor you've never heard of. Science Applications International Corporation has a workforce of 44,000, annual revenues that reached $8 billion in 2006, and a list of current and former board members that reads like a who's who of political and military heavyweights. How is it that even though "several of SAIC's biggest projects have turned out to be colossal failures," the company always manages to get paid?

Using QuickTime you can view all of this investigative report. Click below on links. I think you will find this very interesting to see how this company was and is paid and how Vanity Fair uncovered this.

PART I
PART II
PART III

Whipping Therapy, Depression, Cured!

What are the America doctors thinking? They are giving out millions of dollars a year in anti- depressant medication when all they had to do was say, " Stand in line and when I say bend over, obey!" It seems Russian scientist have found that whipping therapy cures depression and suicide crises.

Russian scientists from the city of Novosibirsk, Siberia, made a sensational report at the international conference devoted to new methods of treatment and rehabilitation in narcology. The report was called "Methods of painful impact to treat addictive behavior."

Siberian scientists believe that addiction to alcohol and narcotics, as well as depression, suicidal thoughts and psychosomatic diseases occur when an individual loses his or her interest in life. The absence of the will to live is caused with decreasing production of endorphins - the substance, which is known as the hormone of happiness. If a depressed individual receives a physical punishment, whipping that is, it will stir up endorphin receptors, activate the "production of happiness" and eventually remove depressive feelings.

Russian scientists recommend the following course of the whipping therapy: 30 sessions of 60 whips on the buttocks in every procedure. A group of drug addicts volunteered to test the new method of treatment: the results can be described as good and excellent.

Doctor of Biological Sciences, Sergei Speransky, is a very well known figure in Novosibirsk. The doctor became one of the authors of the shocking whipping therapy. The professor used the self-flagellation method to cure his own depression; he also recovered from two heart attacks with the help of physical tortures too.
"The whipping therapy becomes much more efficient when a patients receives the punishment from a person of the opposite sex. The effect is astounding: the patient starts seeing only bright colors in the surrounding world, the heartache disappears, although it will take a certain time for the buttocks to heal, of course," Sergei Speransky told the Izvestia newspaper.

The whipping therapy has not become a new discovery in the history of medicine. Tibetan monks widely used it for medical purposes too. Soviet specialists used a special method of torturing therapy at mental hospitals. They made injections of brimstone and peach oil mixture to inspire mentally unbalanced patience with a will to live. A patient would suffer from horrible pain in the body after such an injection, but he or she would change their attitude to life for the better afterwards.
"People might probably think of me as a masochist," Dr. Speransky said. "But I can assure you that I am not a classic masochist at all," he added.

The revolutionary method may take the Russian healthcare to a whole new level. The method is cheap and highly efficient, as its authors assure. Why not using something more efficient, a rack, for example?

And to think, many have been taking pills for depression when all they needed was their bottom spanked...really good... I wonder if this works well with weight loss? Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...

Clothing Of Many Colors


Chinese wear clothes made of condoms. Condoms of all colors and sizes were on used for a fashion show in Beijing on Wednesday. The show featured dresses, hats and even lollipops made of nothing but condoms. Associated Press

I didn't have a clue there were so many different colors. Who knows there may be a song now written " My Condoms Of Many Colors, adding to the song Dolly Parton wrote "My Coat Of Many Colors." Sheds some light on why rubber companies may just become one of the leading sellers in the economy. :-) But I wouldn't go to the bank just yet.

Tuesday, July 10, 2007



WHAT A MESSAGE
The year is 1907.....but the speaker knew what he was talking about.

Theodore Roosevelt's ideas on Immigrants and being an AMERICAN in 1907.
"In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin. But this is predicated upon the person's becoming in every facet an American and nothing but an American...There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn't an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag... We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language... and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people."

Theodore Roosevelt 1907

Saturday, July 7, 2007










A Run For The Money, Now Legal

NASCAR legend Junior Johnson has a new batch of moonshine, but this time he isn’t trying to outrun the revenuers.

“Now they’re working for me, I used to work for them.”

Johnson introduced his Midnight Moon moonshine, which is produced by Piedmont Distillers in Madison, at a news conference this afternoon at Lowe’s Motor Speedway outside Charlotte.

“In your wildest dreams, you’d never think that what was so illegal is now ... a legal product,” he told reporters.

The government doesn't care what what you do as long as it is done legal and their cut comes out of it, which is the taxes made from the money selling it. I think they took it to heart when all the moonshine running took place many years ago and they weren't even offered a quart of it, little alone their small pension. I'd wager that more than not had their hidden share of it. Just stay tuned, marijuana may be next.

Piedmont Distillers has been looking to work with Johnson since the company’s inception, said Joe Michalek, company president.

“We’ve been talking to him (Johnson) for years and he finally came up and took a tour,” he said. “He fell in love with the town, the people and the distillery, and he said he would be interested in developing a new product.”

Johnson’s moonshine, which began being distributed to North Carolina ABC stores a week ago, joins the distillery’s other product, Catdaddy Carolina Moonshine, the only legal moonshines made in the only legal distillery in the Carolinas.

Midnight Moon will be available at the Eden ABC store Monday and throughout the county this coming week.

“They are complementary products,” Michalek said.

Graphics on the bottles of Junior Johnson’s Midnight Moon feature his famous 1940 Ford that bore the original No. 3 -- before it was transferred to Richard Childress and later graced the car of the late, great Dale Earnhardt. Midnight Moon follows the Johnson family’s generations-old tradition of making moonshine. Every batch is born in an authentic, copper still and is hand-crafted in small batches and triple distilled.

Johnson was active in the development of the product and plans to be just as active in its promotion. In fact, he will be promoting the new beverage bearing his name at several ABC stores around Charlotte next week, Michalek said. Michalek is thrilled that Johnson is now part owner of Piedmont Distillers.

“To partner up with a legend like Junior Johnson is amazing,” he said. “He’s a legendary race car driver and owner and a legend in terms of moonshine. He brings all that history and stories.”

Like many of the other early stock car racers, Johnson was raised in the family’s whiskey business. He helped his father work the copper stills during the day and honed his driving skills by running moonshine at night. Johnson then combined his understanding of how to make a car run flat-out with his driving skills to become one of the most successful NASCAR drivers and owners in racing history. He is tied with Ned Jarrett for tenth place on the all-time victory list. For his part, Johnson says he is proud to own a part of a legal distillery.

“I’ve done a lot of things in my life, and my history in the moonshine business is no secret,” he said in a release. “Back in the old days, we learned to drive cars fast because we’d go to jail if we didn’t. Now, you can buy part of a moonshine business, tell everybody where they can buy your product, and it’s all legal. It’s a different deal than it was back then.”

Friday, July 6, 2007

"He Who Wrote It, Said It Best" Below is a post that was written by Joshua Micah Marshall,Talking Points Memo in regard to President Bush commuting Scooter Libby's prison sentence. Talk about hell raising pissed off underwear in the crack Democrats, Oh well, read below. He Who Wrote It, Said It Best!




Marshall wrote:
Andrew Sullivan's got a really quite hilarious post flagging the latest tripe from Marty Peretz about the Libby GOOJFC -- Get Out of Jail Free Card (TM). Peretz says from start to finish the case was politically motivated. And certainly he has plenty of company on the right with ridiculousness.

Says Peretz ...



the appointment of the special prosecutor, the prosecutor's own obsessions, the case itself with the doubtful and understandably doubtful but diverse memories of many witnesses, including the defendant, the especially harsh sentence pronounced by the judge, the refusal of the appellate court to continue Libby on bail - all of these were politically motivated.

This actually puts a finger on the key point in this whole drama. The case had profound political overtones. And certainly there are no end of people in the country who became deeply invested in this case who normally wouldn't get overly bent out of shape about a run-of-the-mill perjury and obstruction case -- which, at least narrowly speaking, this is.

But Libby never found his fate in one of those people's hands. Not once. There's just no getting around that point.

Go down the list.

1. Attorney General John Ashcroft. Decided a special prosecutor was needed and then recused himself from the decision because of his proximity to the probable targets of the investigation.

2. James Comey. Yes, he's the darling of the Dems now because he spilled the beans about the hospital stand-off. But Comey is, dare we say it, a REPUBLICAN. And not just any Republican but a pretty tough law-and-order type who only months earlier had been appointed Deputy Attorney General by President Bush. He had it in for Scooter? He let his partisanship get in the way?

3. Patrick Fitzgerald. Again, a darling of the Dems now for obvious reasons. But anyone who knows the guy's history knows that while this registered independent may not lean ideologically right (in the way movement whacks might recognize) he certainly doesn't lean to the left. It's no accident that his appointments have come under Republicans.

4. Judge Reggie Walton. Let's start with this: He was appointed by George W. Bush. And if that doesn't do it for you, he was appointed to previous judicial appointments by Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush.

A mere calling of the roll like this puts into a razor-sharp relief just how silly these claims are. At every step in the process Libby's fate was in the hands of someone who was either himself a staunch Republican or had been repeatedly appointed by staunch Republicans. The only thing is that no one ever passed him off into the hands a Bush loyalist. And that's the key. Alberto Gonzales never got the hand-off. Whatever else you can claim about this case, it's about as clear as it can be that partisan politics played no role in Libby's fate.

Now, one other point on a somewhat related matter. In a strange sort of way Rich Lowry and I now appear to agree that President Bush's commutation is without any rationale whatsoever. Needless to say, he now says it should have been a full pardon. But we're on the same wavelength to the degree that we agree that the commutation makes no sense.

Passion writes:
President Bush hasn't ruled out a full pardon. In fact, as many pardons that have been given by other presidents, Clinton for one, who pardoned many felons and how ironic could it be that the very one Scotter Libby represented, Mark Rick, Clinton pardoned also. Why shouldn't Scooter be pardoned?

As I wrote just after the news broke, there would at least be a logic, though I think a very poor one, for a pardon. You just say, it's all about politics. The whole case is illegitimate. And I the president am exercising my constitutional power to wipe the judicial slate clean. Period. I think it's a bogus argument. But it is not an illogical argument.

But President Bush says the prosecution, the prosecutor, the judge and the juries verdict are all legitimate. He doesn't second guess any of them. He just thinks Libby shouldn't go to jail, even though that's the normal punishment for the crime. There's no way of understanding this other than to conclude either that the president simply likes Scooter Libby and -- as many of us would -- doesn't want to see him have to go to prison or that Libby could provide testimony incriminating people in the White House, including the president, and that that is a risk President Bush is not willing to take.

Wipe all the chatter away and there's only one argument for what happened here.

He's our guy; we've got the power; so go f--k yourself.

That's the argument.

After all this gripping in these post, finally something sensible was written. The last two sentences hold a huge degree of truth. The next to last line, third part, holds 100% percent truth. Perhaps a nicer version would have been "get over it" But it wouldn't have been near as meaningful. Just remember, Marshall wrote it, I just agreed. :-)

Wednesday, July 4, 2007

USS New York


USS New York

It was built with 24 tons of scrap steel from the World Trade Center .

It is the fifth in a new class of warship - designed for missions that include special operations against terrorists. It will carry a crew of 360 sailors and 700 combat-ready Marines to be delivered ashore by helicopters and assault craft.

Steel from the World Trade Center was melted down in a foundry in Amite, LA to cast the ship's bow section. When it was poured into the molds on Sept. 9, 2003, "those big rough steelworkers treated it with total reverence," recalled Navy Capt. Kevin Wensing, who was there. "It was a spirit ual moment for everybody there."

Junior Chavers, foundry operations manager, said that when the trade center steel first arrived, he touched it with his hand and the "hair on my neck stood up." "It had a big meaning to it for all of us," he said. "They knocked us down. They can't keep us down. We're going to be back."

The ship's motto? "Never Forget"

Tuesday, July 3, 2007

I'm A Republican!


I'm a Republican. I believe that prayer should have never left the school systems, government and that the Ten Commandments should be hung in every court room in the nation. I'm a Republican. I believe that politics should be held with the highest esteem, behaved with the highest respect and that "My dog is bigger than your dog" should have died out when the commercial did.

I'm a Republican. I believe that when two people of the same sex wants to engage into a intimate relationship of sexual desire, that it goes against nature and what God teaches. I believe that a man and woman equals a couple.

I'm a Republican. I believe that if you can't bring a child into this world, protect, love, nurture and feed them, then STOP breeding them. And that the government shouldn't have to pay for this mistake. That sex education should become a requirement in all schools.

Yes,I'm a Republican. I believe that we as a nation should perform any duty, be it war or whatever to ensure our freedom and protection from outsiders. I believe that if anyone should bring harms way to our nation, that no matter what the cost, that we as a nation would use all military sources to eliminate them completely. I believe that it is time for the two finger holding up peace symbol people to go back to New York, where the Twin Towers stood and remember the thousands of people who died at the hands of terrorist. Then go and visit each ones family and children and see the pain and sorrow this has caused innocent people, our innocent people.

I'm a Republican. I believe that MORE credit is never the answer to having the material things you want or need. My grandmothers philosophy was, " If you can't pay for it, then you certainly don't need it!"

I'm a Republican. I believe that an outsider, to enter the USA and become one of us, that they must earn their right to live here, not just work here to wire their checks back to their country, tax free.

I'm a Republican. I believe that every single human being who lives within the United States should be able to sing the National Anthem, and quote the Pledge Of Allegiance in our language, English.

I'm a Republican. Born in 1960, and not having whatsoever anything to do with slavery, nor the Indians, so stop blaming me. Stand up, shake it off, like most people do and move on with life.

I am a Republican, a Southern Republican who believes that No, freedom doesn't come free, and that we should get down on our hands and knees and give God the glory for giving us such a wonderful place to live in, military men and women who serve this nation for our protection, justice, liberty and freedom.

passion

Happy 4th Of July




My country tis of thee,
Sweet land of liberty,
Of thee I sing.
Land where my fathers died!
Land of the Pilgrim's pride!
From every mountain side,
Let freedom ring!

My native country, thee,
Land of the noble free,
Thy name I love.
I love thy rocks and rills,
Thy woods and templed hills;
My heart with rapture fills
Like that above.

Let music swell the breeze,
And ring from all the trees
Sweet freedom's song.
Let mortal tongues awake;
Let all that breathe partake;
Let rocks their silence break,
The sound prolong.

Our father's God to, Thee,
Author of liberty,
To Thee we sing.
Long may our land be bright
With freedom's holy light;
Protect us by Thy might,
Great God, our King!