After reading this, and this, and this… I’ve changed my mind. This guy is an complete idiot.
I know what I wrote before and I still believe some of that; but, when one is in the hole (so to speak…*chuckle* *snicker**grin*) they should stop digging. This dude is running the bobcat, at full tilt! 🙄
So, anyhow, there you go; I finally see what everyone is talking about.. Ya happy now? 😉 😛
I got to looking at my previous blog entry. Good grief did I amble on. 🙄
Simply put folks, my main point, which got lost in the sea of words was this:
This is my hope; not in this world, not to be some business superstar, not in Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan — but in Jesus and his return. I have a Heavenly reward waiting for me.
Put simply, I do not put my faith in politicos or political parties. The Republican Party is not my Messiah. Neither is Conservatism or even Constitutionalism. Nothing but Christ alone.
Now, do I believe all that stuff that I wrote? Absolutely. However, sometimes in my quest to write a good product, I hop over the line from Politics and current events into Christianity. Some people do not mind this; and some do. I apologize, if I offended anyone. But, this is who I am — take it or leave it.
Looks that way…:
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A former Marine involuntarily detained for psychiatric evaluation for posting strident anti-government messages on Facebook has received an outpouring of support from people who say authorities are trampling on his First Amendment rights.
Brandon J. Raub, 26, has been in custody since FBI and Secret Service agents and Chesterfield County police questioned him Thursday evening about what they considered ominous posts talking of a coming revolution. In one message earlier this month, Raub wrote: “Sharpen my axe; I’m here to sever heads.”
Police — acting under a state law that allows emergency, temporary psychiatric commitments upon the recommendation of a mental health professional — took Raub to the John Randolph Medical Center in Hopewell. He was not charged with any crime.
The Rutherford Institute, a Charlottesville-based civil liberties group, sent one of its attorneys to the hospital to represent Raub at a hearing Monday. A judge ordered Raub detained for another month, Rutherford executive director John Whitehead said.
“For government officials to not only arrest Brandon Raub for doing nothing more than exercising his First Amendment rights but to actually force him to undergo psychological evaluations and detain him against his will goes against every constitutional principle this country was founded upon,” Whitehead said. “This should be a wake-up call to Americans that the police state is here.”
via Military Vet Detained For Psych Evaluation Over Anti-Government Facebook Posts « CBS DC.
I find it pretty ironic that this guy was a former Military man and that he also is a libertarian. I also would like to know just what the criteria that was used to determine that this was some sort of a public threat. The FBI said there was no snooping; I believe that, like I believe in Santa Claus. I admit, what he said would startle me as well; but that is no cause to call the police or anything like that, unless he actually does something.
Unreal, simply unreal.
The Nation confirms what I’ve believed for years:
In a week where the phrase “legitimate rape” became part of the American political discourse, it’s understandable that anyone who believes in women’s liberation would be scavenging for some good news. Like a parched soul in the desert, many believe that a trickle of water, if not an oasis, has appeared. After eighty years of antediluvian sexism, the Augusta National Golf Club, site of the Masters, has finally decidedto admit women into its ranks. All hail the trailblazers: President George W. Bush’s national security adviser and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and South Carolina billionaire banking executive Darla Moore.
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And yet, please forgive me if I don’t join the chorus of cheers. Rice and Moore are not twenty-first-century Jackie Robinsons, and their acceptance into this bastion of exclusion has nothing to do with women’s liberation and is utterly disconnected from the reality of daily life for millions of American women.
Condi Rice as a symbol of female power? Only if by power, we mean the power to put thousands of Iraqi women in graves all in the name of a war based on lies that she actively promoted.
Then there are the birth defects suffered by the children of women in Iraq. In 2009, the Guardianreportedthat doctors in Fallujah were were “dealing with up to 15 times as many chronic deformities in infants, compared to a year ago, and a spike in early life cancers that may be linked to toxic materials left over from the fighting.”
A hospital spokesman, Nadim al-Hadidi, told the Inter Press Service, “In 2004 the Americans tested all kinds of chemicals and explosive devices on us: thermobaric weapons, white phosphorous, depleted uranium…. we have all been laboratory mice for them.”
There were also, under Rice’s watch, 19,000 reported sexual assaults of women combat troops in the the US Armed Forces every single year. As the Guardian reported, “A female solider in Iraq is more likely to be attacked by a fellow soldier than killed by military fire.”
In an eerie echo of the Representative Akin controversy, these women, if impregnated during their assault, could not get an abortion on a US military base. Rice, who claims to be pro-choice, never raised a voice on behalf of these women.
In a sane world, Rice would be awaiting trial at the Hague. Instead, she gets to play golf at a club that, incidentally, didn’t allow African-Americans until 1990.
The part that strikes me as idiotic at best is that this idiot acts like Condi Rice ordered the invasion of Iraq. True, the Iraq invasion was, in hindsight, a bad move, but it was not Condi’s war. Perhaps the mask is slipping and the Nation’s racist roots are showing?
Either way, this is why I left, “the left” because the hatred and vitriol that the progressives have towards the left.
I happen to read with interest this morning about Rosie O’Donnell having a massive heart attack. I am fully aware that Rosie’s politics and mine are polar opposites, and in a free republic that is perfectly acceptable. However, I do feel the need to say the following, because I happen to know that soulless cretins exist within the Conservative ranks. Therefore, let me say the following: Heart Attacks and Heart related health problems are very serious matters. No one that would make light of this sort of thing is, in this writer’s opinion, a patriotic American.
Rosie O’Donnell might have many issues —- her enormous mouth and stage presence being just a few — not to mention her idiotic “shiny pony” take on politics. However, her health problems, specifically her now discovered heart problems are most likely not her fault at all. Coming from a lineage of heart attacks and stroke outs, I know of what I speak.
Politics is one thing, real life is another and this little news story should give all of us pause and remind everyone, that we are all just one loused up heartbeat and clogged artery away from the grave. I think all Americans — Left, Right, Center, Conservative, Liberal, Republican and Democrat — ought to stop and give pause and give a little prayer of thanks to the mighty deity above that we are not wheelchair bound, blind, deaf or without normal mental capacity. The truth is that most Americans take all of those things for granted, for this, we are a worse off Nation.
If by chance, you are a woman, and you happen to be in prime heart attack candidate territory, as Rosie said, get checked. Because heart attacks are no laughing matter, and yes, they can be fatal. Contrary to what you might actually think, we humans are not perfect and our bodies do louse up every now and again and do stuff like fail. Unlike the big banks and auto companies, we cannot restart our bodies. We only get one shot at life, and if we screw that up that is it, we get no second chance. Therefore, it would be wise of all of us to be smart and stay healthy.
My best wishes to Rosie and her partner, for many more years of good health.
This is unreal: (via Gates of Vienna)
To the softies who were offended by Akin’s comments, I have one simple question; since when do the Femi-Nazi’s control the GOP?
Anyhow, I think it’s incredibly stupid, and some broads and maybe some guys too —- really need to change their tampons and get over themselves. I mean —- seriously! 🙄
Anyhow, in that spirit, I present a few of the best damned Rock and Roll songs ever recorded:
I hate to say that some of them having it coming; but, the way some of them dress these days. —- Jeeez. 🙄 In some places, you don’t need to go to a strip joint! Just go to the mall, you’ll see all the boobs and hoo-haa’s that you want. 🙄 Why I see it, don’t want your goddamned vagina penetrated, put some freakin’ clothes on! Yes, I said that, quote me on it, please. Thank you and:
Just my opinion; you can disagree, stupidity is not illegal. If it were, 90% of Democrats would be in jail! 😛
Links to all the sissy liberals and dumb ass Conservatives whining about this story: Boston Globe, ThinkProgress, Fox News, Associated Press, Washington Wire, Politico, BREITBART.COM, Newsy, CBS News, Guardian, First Read, Erick’s blog, Washington Examiner, Addicting Info, The Democratic Daily, Hullabaloo, The Fix, Wall Street Journal, CNN, Talking Points Memo, New York Magazine, Ballot Box, Show Me Progress, Taylor Marsh, Hit & Run, The Gateway Pundit, Firedoglake, Daily Kos, USA Today, The Daily Caller, Mediaite, Hot Air, Wake up America, The Caucus, Little Green Footballs, 2012 Decoded, The PJ Tatler, Outside the Beltway, The Hinterland Gazette, Shakesville, The Huffington Post, The Raw Story and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, more at Mediagazer » (Via Memeorandum)
Update: Looks like me and this guy here are on the same wavelength. Also too, this guy here has a great, sensible article on what happened with Akin’s comments.
Update #2: Jim Hoft makes a VERY good point:
In 2008 Claire McCaskill accused Bush of allowing people to die in New Orleans because they were poor and black.
“George Bush let people die on rooftops in New Orleans because they were poor and because they were black.”
For some reason the media completely ignored this.
Interesting, wonder why nobody told her to resign? Well, I know why; it’s a rhetorical question. Funny how that works, no? 🙄
Wow. 😯
When you’ve lost newsweek. You’ve lost the election. Of course, there are dumbasses.
Cue the music!
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This is what happens when you piece-meal a war, this is what happens; when you leave a war to fester, while you invade another Country, based on bad information. More importantly, this is what happens when you elect warmongering Neoconservatives into power. This is what happens, when you fight “armchair general’s” wars.
You end up with dead people, who should not have to die to protect an empire; and you get religious strife within a Country.
In Afghanistan:
Via Detroit News:
Kabul, Afghanistan — A man in an Afghan police uniform shot and killed an international service member on Sunday, NATO said, raising the death toll to 10 in such attacks in the space of just two weeks.
The surge in violence by Afghan allies against their international partners has raised doubts about the ability of the two forces to work together at a key transition time. Afghan forces are expected to take over security for the country by the end of 2014, when the majority of international combat forces are scheduled to leave.
On the other side, a coalition airstrike killed dozens of Taliban militants, including one of their leaders, officials said.
Few details were immediately available about Sunday’s killing of a coalition member in southern Afghanistan. NATO said only that they and Afghan authorities were investigating. Afghan officials could not be reached for comment.
The Taliban have been actively recruiting members of the Afghan security forces, saying in a statement last week that they considered these turncoat attacks a major part of their strategy against international forces.
In Iraq:
Via The Detroit News:
Baghdad — A bomb struck the convoy of a senior Sunni cleric in western Baghdad on Sunday, killing four and critically wounding the anti-extremist Muslim leader, police said.
The attack highlights the threats faced by relatively moderate Sunni clerics whom the Shiite-led government needs to help rebuild the country and establish security. It follows a series of assaults in what is becoming an increasingly bloody month.
The blast in the capital’s Yarmouk neighborhood left Sheik Mahdi al-Sumaidaie badly hurt, a Sunni religious official said. The cleric had just finished leading prayers at a nearby mosque to mark the beginning of the Eid al-Fitr holiday, which follows the holy month of Ramadan.
Al-Sumaidaie has sided with the government against Sunni extremists. Earlier this year, he called for a unified religious authority to bridge the gap between Iraq’s Sunnis and Shiites. Insurgents often target Sunni clerics seen as working closely with the Shiite-led government.
Two police officers and a hospital official confirmed the attack. They said four of the cleric’s bodyguards were killed and three others were wounded.
All officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to release the information.
Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki condemned the attack. In a statement posted on his website, the Shiite leader said the attack was aimed at “spreading sedition and silencing any patriotic moderate voice.”
“Even as we condemn this ugly crime, we are confident that our people are aware of the evil goals of such schemes,” he said.
The invasion of the Sovereign Nation of Iraq was supposedly to bring peace and stability to that region. So much for that eh? The only thing that the invasion of Iraq did was destabilize and inspire more Muslims to become radicalized, and try to attack America and our allies. As for Afghanistan, that war could have been fought quickly and efficiently; however, because the American people were looking for a scalp, after the events on 9/11 and Osama was well protected within Afghanistan and Pakistani ranks — President George W. Bush ordered the invasion of Iraq.
This left the Afghanistan War to fester and turn into what it is today —- a huge cluster fark. This was a huge error on our part and one that will be stain on the United States of America for a very long time. This War was about as bad as Vietnam, if not worse. What made this worse than Vietnam, is the fact that Vietnam was requested by the United Nations at the time. The Military action in Iraq was requested by no one at all, and was based upon false premises and horrifically bad information by a dissident who defected to Germany.
Least anyone think that I have become anti-military or something silly like that; none of the above was the fault of the United States Military. The United States Military did their jobs most excellent, some of them giving their lives in service to their Country. For that they should be commended. However, the leadership, at the time; was the problem. That leadership started in the White House, and for that we, the American people — will be paying, for a very long time —- fiscally, spiritually, and the eyes of the World. The United States of America, in the span of about eight years —went from being the World’s leader to the World’s bully in the eyes of the rest of the World. The Neoconservative reaction to this, is “Who cares?” But anyone who truly loves this Country, ought be very worried about that little problem.
The best thing we, as Americans can do, is hope and pray that none of the radical Muslims can get enough money and support to try and attack this Country again. It is, truly — all we can do.
I will say this, the American people are about to make the same mistake again. Putting Mitt Romney, as the Republican for President of the United States; is about the stupidest thing that the Republican Party could have ever done. In light of the Bush era, that is. We are about to make the same mistakes again —- In Iran. You watch and see.
