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Raising Cain

2011-10-13T14:08:00.000-07:00

My daughter, Teena, recently asked me what interests me about Herman Cain (for President). I really enjoyed sitting down and noting the things about him that have caught my attention:I think the two things I most like about him are, first: He's not a politician. That will be a disadvantage to some extent because he will have to learn how to handle Congress but I suspect that even the new Congress

Surprise!

2011-03-27T00:21:00.000-07:00

So now we learn that some of the rebels in Libya are members of Al Quaeda! Surprise, surprise. (Click on the title to see the article).Would someone like to explain to me why Obama, without consulting Congress, bombs Libya to keep a militant dictator from killing his own people in the streets when he turned away from Ahmadinejad when he did it in Iran?

The Best Thing on the Web

2011-01-22T08:59:00.000-08:00

Thanks to my smart daughter, I just discovered groupon.com.This is going to be fun. If you'd like to try it out, try this http://www.groupon.com/r/uu19277042

Wake UP

2011-01-22T08:14:00.000-08:00

I simply HAVE to wake up and blog! There's so much going on out there that it's really hard to stay silent.After years of hearing people like Bill Maher and Jeanene Garofola call President Bush a liar and stupid and even calling for his assassination (which was seen often on the Daily Kos), not to mention the thorough assassination through outright lies and refusal to report the truth about

My Review of Triple Basket Deep Fryer

2011-01-22T08:13:00.001-08:00

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THIS Is Some of What is Behind the Tea Party's Ire

2010-11-06T21:01:00.000-07:00

Eugene Robinson of the Washington Post writes: “The first African American president takes office, and almost immediately we see the birth of a big, passionate national movement - overwhelmingly white and lavishly funded - that tries its best to delegitimize that president, seeks to thwart his every initiative, and manages to bring the discredited and moribund opposition

Letter to Steven and Cokie Roberts

2010-10-02T07:34:00.000-07:00

This morning I watched Cokie Roberts and her husband Steven on Book TV talking about his new book about immigration in America.A very great deal of that discussion involved a diatribe by Steven about how the current discussion about immigration is typical of America. He spent a long time discussing how different ethnic people came here and suffered discrimination.Steven and Cokie don't seem to

Letter to John Kerry

2010-09-27T18:21:00.000-07:00

“We have an electorate that doesn’t always pay that much attention to what’s going on so people are influenced by a simple slogan rather than the facts or the truth or what’s happening,” Sen. John Kerry told reporters after touring the Boston Medical Center yesterday. Sen. Kerry, I'm a member of that electorate. I pay attention to what's happening because I've been interested in politics and

Well, I Tried........

2010-08-19T08:46:00.000-07:00

It's not that I haven't been keeping up.I have.It's that I haven't put my blogging as a top priority. I think I'll do that now -- at least a blog a week --and I think I'll cover subjects other than politics even though politics is still my favorite subject!For now, though, I've been thinking:There is no doubt to anyone who has seriously studied the history of our nation that although some of the

Goodbye, America

2010-06-17T19:01:00.000-07:00

by WAYNE ALLYN ROOT Barack Obama is no fool. He is not incompetent. To the contrary, he is brilliant. He knows exactly what he's doing. He is purposely overwhelming the U.S. economy to create systemic failure, economic crisis and social chaos -- thereby destroying capitalism and our country from within. Barack Obama is my college classmate (Columbia University, class of '83).

From a Gentle Heart

2010-05-13T10:39:00.000-07:00

Just finished reading Laura Bush's Spoken From the Heart. Lovely book, lovely life. And surprising to me. I'm a fairly political creature -- keep up with the news via CNN, ABC, NBC and Fox so I know pretty much what's going on. I was amazed at what Laura Bush accomplished during her White House years.Of course I knew she founded the annual book fair in D.C. because I've been an avid watcher of

Catch Up

2010-04-07T09:12:00.001-07:00

I haven't been good about blogging lately. Maybe it's the absolutely stunning stupidity in the national political scene that has me frustrated. I don't know. I can't believe the nastiness -- Dems whining about threats of violence (most of which seem to be a product of the MainMedium's imagination) after six or seven years of threatening to assassinate President Bush and calling him traitor and

Sad

2010-02-03T18:05:00.000-08:00

Okay. I've given Obama plenty of time to show what he really is. And it looks like he's someone who is going to have his way whether the American people want him to or not. It looks like he doesn't know a thing about American history, American values or the American constitution. Since he taught constitutional law at one point I'd rather think he's stupid rather than think he truly wants to turn

Pat Boone's "President Without A Country"

2009-09-23T05:38:00.001-07:00

The president without a country By Pat Boone "We're no longer a Christian nation." - President Barack Obama, June 2007" America has been arrogant." - President Barack Obama"After 9/11, America didn't always live up to her ideals."- President Barack Obama"You might say that America is a Muslim nation."- President Barack Obama, Egypt 2009Thinking about these and other statements made by the man who

Obama Wants Names

2009-08-06T04:19:00.000-07:00

I remember during WWII being shocked at hearing how German children were encouraged to report friends and family to the government who opposed Hitler. Since I was being taught that I was free to speak out in opposition to my government if I had good reason to oppose something about it, reporting others for their political opinions seemed particularly frightening to me.So now we learn that the

Cash for Our Clunker

2009-08-05T08:26:00.000-07:00

So we (Hubby and I) decided to turn in our trusty 1995 Pontiac TransPort (his fav car of all time) to the cash for clunkers program.Why not? It has 230,000 miles on it, occasionally runs its own battery down for no apparent reason and the windshield wipers work only in sunshine. Since we transport our Downs grandchild to a special school 25 miles away four days a week, we do need something newer

A TACKY WHITE HOUSE and Other Thoughts

2009-07-31T10:21:00.000-07:00

Since the present President of the United States refers to the former President as "Bush" I see no reason why anyone should refer to him as anything other than "Obama." He doesn't havc enough respect for the office to wear a coat and tie in the Oval Office, anyway. He'd rather be cool. So it's just as cool to call him "Obama."But it's not cool to be invited to dinner at the White House anymore.

Housing/Financial Crisis Warnings

2009-07-24T17:54:00.000-07:00

Obama, Henry Gates and Cassius Clay/Muhammed Ali

2009-07-24T08:59:00.000-07:00

Admitting that he didn't know anything about the circumstances involved and still calling the arresting officer's action "stupid" probably wasn't the most racist thing we've seen Obama say or do since his election but it ranks up there as one of the dumbest. He should apologize.According to reports, the professor was in the act of jimmying his own front door because he had forgotten his key when

Whom Should Congress Permanently Honor?

2009-07-09T08:44:00.000-07:00

What is WRONG with these people?A Congresswoman wants a PERMANENT resolution to honor Michael Jackson? Why? What did he ever do that made a real difference? Although those who do not know music claim he changed it some way for the better -- without defining just what that was -- so what? He was an entertainer, for heavens' sake. I take that back, he never did anything for heavens' sake --

Anger, Frustration and Obama. Thoughts.

2009-07-08T07:09:00.000-07:00

I'm coming to believe that Average Americans are just plain narcissistic and stupid. (Thank you, National Education Association.) Narcissistic because they value entertainment and looks over facts and intellect in almost all phases of life. It's a "me first" mentality that is sick and destructive to a fully functioning society.Here's some venting: 1. After 8 years of whining and criticism of

King Obama and his Gangster Government

2009-07-03T18:47:00.001-07:00

The Neda Solution

2009-06-24T14:45:00.000-07:00

It's time for the UN to step up to the plate....at last.The United States should request a meeting of the Security Council to consider sending a force to Iran for the sole purpose of setting up and monitoring an election. France would join, as would Israel and Germany for starters.It would be made clear from the start that this is not a military invasion but troops that will oversee the election

So. Where Does the USA Take a Stand for Freedom?

2009-06-21T10:34:00.000-07:00

Obviously not in Iran, even though it is obvious that assuring free elections there would change the course of the Middle East dramatically.So why hasn't the USA insisted on an emergency session at the UN to intervene in the Iranian crisis?As the leaders of the free world we should be enlisting help from other nations to go into Iran and monitor a truly free election to be sure that the Iranian

Apologize? I Don't Think So.

2009-06-18T19:50:00.000-07:00

S.Con.Res. 26, the apology for slavery that supposedly passed the Senate today is no longer available through the Senate web site. I wonder why.Maybe someone with more power than a single American voter felt the way I do: That the "apology" was disingenuous at best and insulting at worst. It reminds me of the schoolyard bully being forced to apologize for beating up a playground nerd -- he did it

We Will See

2008-11-09T15:05:00.000-08:00

Yes, I'm disappointed.I was hoping the first black president would be a man or woman with American history in his/her bones -- up from slavery to the highest office. Someone who had a record of empathy for ALL americans, not just a few.But life just doesn't work that way.I'm horrified that there are statistics that say Americans don't support a society in which its productive citizens are taxed

It CAN Happen Here.

2008-11-02T10:40:00.000-08:00

Last week in his TV spot, Obama said "We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we've set . .we've got to have a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well funded."Hitler did that. He called them Storm Troopers. He used them to round up the Jews and

Iran Threatens America With Suicide Bombers

2008-11-01T21:03:00.000-07:00

[Jerusalem Post] Iranian parliamentary speaker 'Ali Larijani and Supreme Leader Ayatollah 'Ali Khamanai have launched harsh verbal attacks against the United States."The US method and conduct, expressed by this aggression, will only be stopped by a clear-cut and unexpected response, whose grounds were set by the martyr Hussein Fahmida," Larijani said during a parliamentary session on

Selfish Americans

2008-11-01T20:13:00.000-07:00

You know what? Now that Obama has come out with that snide little crack about Americans being selfish if they want to decide how to spend their own money (and this he's saying about the most generous citizen population in the world!), I almost hope he wins. It would serve his supporters right. Trouble is, I don't deserve the result and I'm going to have my taxes raised just like everyone

Arnold in Ohio

2008-11-01T15:16:00.000-07:00

Obama on what the Supreme Court should do, and hasn't

2008-10-29T15:05:00.000-07:00

Sarah and the Fruit Fly

2008-10-27T14:45:00.000-07:00

Michael Eisen, an evolutionary biologist at UCa Berkeley, writes, "Now that I’ve had a chance to look at the blog reactions to the Palin fruit fly idiocy, I’m amazed at how rapidly everyone assumed she was talking about Drosophila. This is because most of the world - including virtually all Drosophila researchers - mistakenly believe that “fruit fly” is the proper common name for members of the

Christ's Things

2008-10-26T17:51:00.000-07:00

Ever since I checked out Obama's background and saw that he was, in spite of his protestations to the contrary, a practicing member of the Islamic faith until he became an adult, I've been uneasy about his insistence that he is a Christian. I haven't wanted to judge him so I took him at his word but something illusive has been nagging at me. Something just below my conscious awareness. His

REMEMBER

2008-10-25T09:58:00.000-07:00

REMEMBER TO VOTE

Musings on the Palin Effect

2008-10-24T20:14:00.001-07:00

We voted today.There is nothing on this earth that would convince me that Barack Obama should be President of the United States. Certainly not now, before he has accumulated a professional reputation and accomplished something -- anything -- of value. Probably never because he is a liar. I have no respect for him -- none at all.I don't like his stand on abortion. I do like Sarah Palin's values.

The Man Behind the Curtain

2008-10-10T06:02:00.000-07:00

Remember the Wizard of Oz? That little old guy behind a curtain operating a fierce illusion? Something like that seems to be going on in this election.The current Democrat's campaign has always promised an October surprise. We've thought that referred to the AK investigation into the firing of an incompetent official in the governor of AK's administration but the timing of this sudden implosion

Shame on Congress; Shame on the Media

2008-10-03T14:20:00.000-07:00

I'm one of those people who got one of those infamous loans for low income people.Our youngest son is severely retarded/autistic -- his temporal lobes didn't form properly at birth so he is terribly handicapped. For quite a few years he was in an institution because we couldn't handle him at home but the ACLU brought a lawsuit that closed the institution and put him out into the community. He

ABC, CNN, NBC and the First Amendment

2008-10-02T20:36:00.000-07:00

We wouldn't want to claim that CNN, ABC and/or NBC are closed-minded, now would we? Or that they don't allow fair and open discussion on their sites? Of course not.Then why is it that if you vote in a poll that you believe Sarah Palin won the debate, your vote doesn't register?And why is it that if you blog the reasons you believe Sarah beat Ol' Joe, the blog doesn't post BUT if you try blogging

Obama Tries to Delay Troop PullOut from Iraq

2008-09-16T19:10:00.000-07:00

Barack Obama claims to be a new kind of politician, yet he proves himself again and again to be the worst of the old kind. Now we learn that when he was in Iraq last month he tried to get the Iraqi government to halt negotiations on troop withdrawals until after the election, putting his own political objectives ahead of the safety of U.S. troops in Iraq. This all happened during that trip

Palin and the Truth

2008-09-09T05:39:00.000-07:00

From Fact Check: "We’ve been flooded for the past few days with queries about dubious Internet postings and mass e-mail messages making claims about McCain’s running mate, Gov. Palin. We find that many are completely false, or misleading. Palin did not cut funding for special needs education in Alaska by 62 percent. She didn’t cut it at all. In fact, she tripled per-pupil funding over just three

Palin's Banned Books List

2008-09-07T06:41:00.000-07:00

I LOVE this attack on Sarah Palin:According to the Boston Globe, for instance: "Back in 1996, when she first became mayor, Sarah Palin asked the city librarian if she would be all right with censoring library books should she be asked to do so. According to news coverage at the time, the librarian said she would definitely not be all right with it. A few months later, the librarian, Mary Ellen

An Alaskan on Palin

2008-09-06T19:43:00.000-07:00

The following is a letter written by an Alaskan to a friend of hers (and mine) here in Paducah. She thought it worthy of forwarding... Sarah Palin is the US’s answer to Margaret Thatcher! Anyone who thinks she cannot handle the job or deal briskly and efficiently with ANY issue, including foreign governments … well, they haven’t met our Sarah . As an Alaskan resident as well as a

McCain - Palin

2008-08-29T10:50:00.001-07:00

What a great choice.Just shows McCain's independence streak and his wisdom.I was hoping he'd choose Sen. Elizabeth Dole but I have to admit this is a wilder, braver choice.It doesn't mean the election will be easy, though. This forces Obama to play the race card. It hasn't occurred to him that every person who votes for him because he's black is playing that card -- and there certainly are plenty

Dissing Olympic Dissenters

2008-08-24T09:14:00.000-07:00

Today I am a HUGE Kobi Bryant/LeBron James fan. Not because they and The Team won the gold, although I think that's grand.But because of what they said and did. In interviews and on the floor both stated and demonstrated their love and appreciation for their country and for their sport. They demonstrated superb sportsmanship and when they stood on the podium, they put their hands over their

Pelosi, Catholicism and the Beginning of Life

2008-08-24T08:54:00.000-07:00

This morning on Meet the Press Nancy Pelosi, defending Obama's waffling statement on abortion, said she's a born and bred Catholic and that the Catholic church in all its history has not been able to determine when life began. She seems to have missed something in her breeding:The Roman Catholic Church says that deliberately causing an abortion is a grave moral wrong. It bases this doctrine on

What They Said Then

2008-08-23T17:49:00.000-07:00

Pre-War Quotes from Democrats "One way or the other, we are determined to deny Iraq the capacity to develop weapons of mass destruction and the missiles to deliver them. That is our bottom line." President Clinton, Feb. 4, 1998. Source:http://www.cnn.com/US/9802/04/us.un.iraq/ "Together we must also confront the new hazards of chemical and

IT HAPPENED IN IRAQ

2008-07-27T08:30:00.000-07:00

For those who are unaware, at a military theater the National Anthem is played before every movie.From a Chaplain in Iraq: I recently attended a showing of 'Superman 3,' here at LSA Anaconda. We have a large auditorium we use for movies, as well as memorial services and other large gatherings. As is the custom back in the States, we stood and snapped to attention when the National Anthem

PLENTY OF OIL IN USA

2008-07-20T08:26:00.000-07:00

It seems the US Government and Congress are keeping something from us.The US Geological Survey recently reported new oil discoveries in the United States. They've found 3.65 BILLION barrels of oil in N. Dakota and Montana -- a field that stretches into Canada. Those billions of barrels of oil are not included in the present U.S. oil count.That's a 25-fold increase in the amount of recoverable US

MY ENERGY PLAN

2008-07-16T17:27:00.001-07:00

1st I would ration gasoline. To each according to need. Just the very threat of such action would serve notice to oil speculators and foreign suppliers that we are serious and will stand for this hijacking no longer.2nd I would initiate a Federal 60-mile-per-hour speed limit. (Since I restricted my own driving to 55 MPH during my 20 mile commute to work a month ago I've seen a significant saving

OBAMA DOESN'T FLIP-FLOP

2008-07-16T16:52:00.000-07:00

Okay. That does it.There's no way I'll ever support Obama now.Frankly, I can't imagine how anyone who takes the time to listen to him and who cares about what happens to the future of America could.The man is just dishonest. And his only interest is (and looks like has been for many years) simply to get his hands on the power of the Presidency.He originally promised that he would take only public

OBAMA SHAMELESSLY HANGS THE TRUTH

2008-07-15T15:45:00.000-07:00

Obama says, “Here is the truth: fighting a war without end will not force the Iraqis to take responsibility for their own future. And fighting in a war without end will not make the American people safer. So when I am Commander-in-Chief, I will set a new goal on day one: I will end this war.” Let’s look at what he’s saying here: “I will set a new goal…” And just what does he think the goal of

The McCain Boys

2008-07-08T13:30:00.000-07:00

John McCain's Sons "Talk about putting your most valuable where your mouth is! Apparently this was not 'newsworthy'enough for the media to comment about. Can either of the other presidential candidates truthfully come close to this? ... Just a question for each of us to seek an answer, and not a statement. "You see...character is what's shown when the public is not looking. There were no

Obama Financed By Middle Eastern Islam? Dowd Says So.

2008-07-07T18:55:00.000-07:00

I received the most interesting e-mail today. It supposedly is an article by NY Times columnist Maureen Dowd but I can't find a copy of the piece on the NYT web site and, knowing how she hates President Bush and how extremely leftist her views are, I find it hard to believe that she wrote it.If she did, it's proof that the "progressives" are lining up against Obama. If so, it will be fascinating

Obama and East Berlin

2008-07-02T18:28:00.000-07:00

The more I hear Obama, the worse he sounds.Take this for instance: His "gut instinct that so many of us have, that America is the greatest country on Earth."What gut instinct? America IS the greatest country on earth and instinct has nothing to do with it.What other country in the history of the world rebuilt every nation they ever defeated in war?What other nation in history airlifted food to a

Obama's Dangerous Ignorance

2008-06-17T13:58:00.000-07:00

"The Bush Administration's failure to be consistently involved in helping Israel achieve peace with the Palestinians has been both wrong for our friendship with Israel, as well as badly damaging to our standing in the Arab world."Barack ObamaObama is sickeningly ignorant of the diplomatic progress that has been made by the Bush administration over the past seven years. Just recently the Arabs (

McCain, Obama and the GI Bill: Lying by Omission

2008-06-01T19:24:00.000-07:00

It really makes me angry when the Democrats shortchange our troops. This just happened with the passage of the Webb-Hagel GI Bill last week. President Bush and Sen. McCain both opposed the bill, while Obama and his ilk supported it. But look what they did: McCain sponsored S. 2938, the Graham-Burr-McCain Bill, which was intended to expand those benefits in a far more beneficial way

An Obamanation

2008-05-30T18:59:00.000-07:00

Or, "What's going on here?"I thought Barack Obama hadn't done much in the Senate but it seems he has -- done something, at least. Something that would cause a huge change in US economics.That something is a bill, S. 2433, that would require (not suggest or call attention to, but require) the President of the United States "to develop and implement a comprehensive strategy to further the United

Thoughts

2008-05-10T17:04:00.000-07:00

What a hoot this election season is! It is absolutely the best in the more than half a century I've been involved in politics. I hope it never ends.The Democrats have such a great talent for dredging up interesting candidates. Of course Obama's candidacy was predictable four years ago when he, unknown and not even elected to a national office, made a major speech at the Democratic Convention.

Progress In Iraq

2008-01-12T19:04:00.000-08:00

by Catherine MoyDarkness surrounded her as the helicopter lifted, whipping the air around her with a reverberating thump, thump, thump. A tall blonde in a war-torn Middle Eastern land, Debbie Lee felt a familiar ache in her heart.She stood in a Western Iraqi city where her son, Marc Alan Lee, gave his life. He was the first Navy SEAL to die while fighting terrorists in Iraq.As she stepped onto

What REALLY happens in Bagdad

2008-01-10T14:03:00.000-08:00

From Chuck Holton, Former Army Ranger now a reporter embedded with our troops in Bagdad.As I prepare to return to my family, I wanted to put together the top ten most memorable moments of this Iraq embed. Here they are, in no special order.1. Listening to a breathless Iraqi Captain describe confirming that a dump truck turned in by a local citizen was indeed wired to explode. When we complimented

Book Review: SUPREME DISCOMFORT

2007-10-02T18:33:00.000-07:00

SUPREME DISCOMFORT, The Divided Soul of Clarence Thomasby Kevin Merida and Michael A. FletcherDoubleday NYThis is a difficult book to rate. It's easy reading -- obviously written more to entertain than to inform -- and it's highly biased against the subject yet presented in such a way as to pretend to be balanced. It is character assassination in print.The subtitle, "The divided soul of Clarence

Repeat A Lie Until Everyone Believes It

2007-08-05T22:34:00.000-07:00

It's been a long time since I "blogged" here. We've bought a new house, made a long distance move and I've had knee-replacement surgery -- all since the last post. So now I'm back.Thoughts: I'm deeply saddened and utterly horrified at the turn political discourse has taken in this country. I blame the National Education Association for a good deal of it. For the past thirty+ years we have not

Father's Day and Global Warming

2007-05-11T13:27:00.000-07:00

I can hardly wait for Father's Day!My husband, who was a NASA scientist back during the Apollo and Gemini days (he pioneered the photography of earth from space) will adore what I plan to get for him. It's a feature-length documentary plus additional interview material with some of the world’s leading climate scientists.(You can find some of them and their factual information at www.sepp.org.)

SPANISH NEWSPAPER ARTICLE

2007-03-17T16:55:00.000-07:00

This belongs in the "ain't it da troof" category:Just one man's opinion, but it seems to have some validity in today's world. SPANISH NEWSPAPER ARTICLE KEEP IT FOREMOST IN YOUR THINKING THAT THIS WAS WRITTEN BY A SPANISH WRITER ABOUT SPAIN AND EUROPE . "ALL EUROPEAN LIFE DIED IN AUSCHWITZ" By Sebastian Vilar Rodrigez(*) I walked down the street in Barcelona, and suddenly discovered a

One Mystery Writer's Take on Anna Nicole Smith's Death

2007-02-11T14:06:00.000-08:00

Consider this:A man notes that a certain ex-model/playgirl is worth a half a billion dollars. She's also promiscuous so bedding her is no problem. He devises a plan to get the money.All he has to do is get her pregnant and wait for the baby to be born. When that happens he poisons first her son (legal heir) and then her. Maybe even the poisoning of the son was an accident -- a poisoned chocolate

Rambo

2007-02-11T13:34:00.000-08:00

This from a friend of mine who knows the soldier in question personally, soI take it that it's probably quite accurate. We need more of thisperspective in media. (The soldier's name was removed for securityreasons.)MS Hi everyone. I'm still alive but freezing my tail off. We got 8 inches of snow last weekand it reached 5 degrees below zero that night. That's not why I'm e-mailing though. You

A U.S. soldier's view of Iraq

2007-02-04T12:48:00.000-08:00

Since everything that follows jibes 100% with what I've heard from others either in Iraq or returning from Iraq, I'm passing this little piece along. It is so true that we, "the people" including the US media do not know enough about what is really going on in Iraq to voice an informed opinion on it, especially if our opinions aid the enemy."Following the article I sent about Bush's national

The USA As An Idiocratic Nation

2007-01-14T20:14:00.000-08:00

In my reading recently -- political blogs, newspapers, political magazines -- I've begun to seriously wonder if the United States has become an idiocracy instead of the republic it was intended or the democracy we claim. Now, the word "idiocracy" doesn't exist. At least it doesn't exist in Merriam-Webster or the Oxford Dictionary. It's simply a made-up word coined by some Hollywood writer and

Made in the USA : Spoiled brats (AMEN)

2006-12-22T06:45:00.000-08:00

I received this via e-mail this morning. I can't agree more. And you "intellectual" libs/progressives might as well quit right now since you never seem to read anything you don't already agree with."The other day I was reading Newsweek magazine and came across some poll data I found rather hard to believe. It must be true given the source, right? The same magazine that employs Michael (Qurans in

For Our Troops

2006-10-05T17:52:00.000-07:00

I can't imagine a heart so cold and unfeeling that it wouldn't want to help our troops in any possible way. So when I came across the following list of web sites, I thought all of you would like to know about them.http://www.operationhomelink.org - Free computers for spouses or parents of deployed soldier in ranks E1 - E5. https://www.operationuplink.org - Free phone cards. http://

Franks and Foley

2006-10-05T16:25:00.000-07:00

Talk about tempests in teapots! Why don't Republicans remind the nation that Rep. Barney Franks (D-MA) is still serving in Congress. He, unlike Foley, actually did have sex with a homosexual back in the 1980s, complete with the attendant scandal. Didn't hurt his career at all. Perhaps it's better to do it than to talk about it.

Through The Glass Darkly

2006-09-17T19:16:00.000-07:00

Saudi "scholar" Suleiman al-Omar declared in June 2004: "Islam is advancing according to a steady plan. America will be destroyed." He may be right and here are some of the reasons why:* American dependence on Middle East oil. Although American nuclear scientists had learned how to neutralize and dispose of nuclear waste, the US Department of Energy shut down the only facility in this country

Face It, America

2006-08-18T06:02:00.000-07:00

Until the USA faces the truth, we are in mortal danger. The truth:1. There are no innocent civilians in World War III. As long as there are mothers who will fill their baby's bottles with chemicals and take them on airplanes to blow them up, there are no innocent civilians. As long as parents allow their children to carry explosives in back packs with the intention of blowing up

Hezbollah is Our Enemy, Too

2006-08-03T07:24:00.000-07:00

by Jeff Jacoby Boston GlobeAccording to a pair of Gallup polls released last week, 83 percent ofAmericans say Israel is justified in taking military action againstHezbollah, while 76 percent disapprove of Hezbollah's attacks onIsrael. Yet when asked which side in the conflict the United Statesshould take, 65 percent answer: neither side. Indeed, 3 in 4Americans say they are concerned that the US

A Jewish View of the War

2006-08-02T16:18:00.000-07:00

Date: July 30, 2006 2:48 PM Dear -----, There are four buses parked outside the public school just down my block . The buses fill up with tens of soldiers who are on their way up to the north .They are reserves. I can see some men in uniform in the playground, pushing their young kids on the swing. They don't know when they will be back. 2 weeks ago, on Friday night, Shabbat, in the middle of the

We Know You're Out There

2006-07-16T05:32:00.000-07:00

Click Here: God Bless Our Troops -- Thank You!

From Bagdad to the New York Times

2006-07-07T13:58:00.000-07:00

Lt. Tom Cotton writes this morning from Baghdad with a word for the New York Times:Dear Messrs. Keller, Lichtblau & Risen:Congratulations on disclosing our government's highly classified anti-terrorist-financing program (June 23). I apologize for not writing sooner, but I am a lieutenant in the United States Army and I spent the last four days patrolling one of the more dangerous areas in Iraq.

Careless Talk of The Times

2006-07-04T15:13:00.000-07:00

"Careless talk" is what the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times have published without responsibility, apology and without remorse. Vital intelligence has been compromised by irresponsible "leakers," reporters, editors and publishers. The person who leaked the report about the US tracking and cutting off terrorist funds should be prosecuted for treason, as should the reporters, editors and

"The sky is falling....The sky is falling."

2006-06-25T15:24:00.000-07:00

Parade, the Sunday feature in newspapers all over the country, came out with a good one this morning (Sunday, June 25, 2006. It features an article by Eugene Linden titled, "Why You Can't Ignore the Changing Climate." Linden, who obviously hasn't researched his subject beyond the false UN reports and Gore's unscientific rantings, tells us the weather is changing. (Duh!)In his sky-is-falling

Invitation

2006-06-23T14:05:00.000-07:00

You're invited to an online tea party. Come as you are. Just click HERE.

Duty Call for the Long Gray Line

2006-06-15T17:45:00.000-07:00

Last night some TV political pundits were musing that it seems the Democratic Party has decided to run veterans for office to give the impression that they are better qualified to handle the war in Iraq than the Republicans. As we're all aware, the Democrats accuse President Bush and the Republicans of lying and getting us into a war they believe we cannot win.It's always fascinating to see how

Citizenship Should Be Earned and Respected

2006-05-18T08:08:00.000-07:00

CNN says the Senate is about to pass a "broad bill letting illegal immigrants stay in the United States." My question is "how broad?"After thinking seriously about it, I do believe that the illegals who are already here and working should be granted citizenship if they want it and IF they are willing to learn the language and history and pass some seriously tough tests to earn that citizenship.

Requiem For The West Wing

2006-05-16T10:11:00.000-07:00

Sunday night marked the end of my all-time favorite TV show, "The West Wing." Many years ago there was a series called "Family" that I enjoyed almost as much and I rank "The Dick Van Dyke Show" and "Designing Women" in my list as the only TV worth watching, but "West Wing" beat them all by a mile and it breaks my heart to see it go.Now get this -- I'm a conservative Republican. Most of the time,

Inside Bush's secret spy net

2006-05-15T06:55:00.000-07:00

This is the headline on a piece on CNN's web site this morning.EXCUSE ME?CNN is going to tell me (and Al quaeda and all the other terrorist networks who are known to watch CNN) exactly what the President is doing to secure the safety of Americans?Thank you CNN. And USA Today, who supposedly were the first to discover the secret technology that has helped keep American safe from another 9/11

Who REALLY pays taxes?

2006-05-12T07:32:00.000-07:00

The bottom 50% of wage earners pay less than 4% of the total federal taxes. And they DARE to complain about cutting taxes for the OTHER 50%. I really don't think the poor complain...it's just Democrats who are frantically searching for something to run on. And the extremely wealthy have all those tax breaks to help them out. People in the entertainment industry, who owe the most, also pay the

Future Vote: Only Big States Elect President

2006-05-10T05:52:00.000-07:00

Only if you live in certain states will your vote for President count if certain liberals have their way.Oh, you can vote, all right. It just won't count.According to Rob Richie, director of FairVote, a national, non-partisan electoral-reform organization, a national popular vote for president can be achieved without the requisite constitutional change. Accomplishing this would eliminate the

Darkhorse Marines meet locals, counter insurgency

2006-05-06T08:01:00.000-07:00

Lance Cpl. Joshua Robinson, 21-year-old infantryman from Herrin, Ill., assigned to Mobile Assault Platoon, Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment stands watch during a cordon-and-knock operation near Fallujah, Iraq, May 1. Photos by: Cpl. Mark SixbeyAn Iraqi man reads a pamphlet given to him by Gunnery Sgt. Brett Turek, Mobile Assault Platoon Commander, Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion

Why Al Qaeda Is Retreating From Iraq

2006-05-01T21:10:00.000-07:00

"Despite the many brickbats of the media, al Qaeda has been defeated in Iraq, and is now retreating to lick its wounds where it can. If it can. Just over four and a half years, al Qaeda has gone from being the dominant terrorist group in the world to a defeated shell of its former self. In trying to defeat the United States, al Qaeda made three big mistakes: They fought the last information war,

A "Heads Up" For the Faithful

2006-04-23T19:16:00.000-07:00

If you're a faithful reader of Sunnyeside I have a tip for you. I don't think it will cause a major panic because I'm not one of the top bloggers, so I'll tell you what the media won't.There's a major shortage of gasoline at the pumps back East -- notably at the Virginia shore. Gas stations are running short and it's hard to fill your tank.Possibly this isn't being reported in the national media

The 3/5 in Iraq

2006-04-18T09:41:00.000-07:00

I don't know if this will copy as a live link or not. Please try it and see if it will work with your browser. It's the 3/5 Marines in Iraq.http://media.putfile.com/Get-Some-77The video is from my cousin. It simply shows what our media refuses to acknowledge

2006-04-15T08:25:00.000-07:00

Click here to go to the web site.Here's a great idea. Congress (and President Bush) sometimes need "show and tell." Pity the poor postman, but postal prices far outreach the service provided anyway, so what the heck.

Musings

2006-04-14T11:34:00.000-07:00

I've seen interviews and TV reports lately decrying the "racism" of Americans for standing against the patronization of illegal immigrants. What a crock! This country is the LEAST racist when it comes to immigration of practically any in the world.We've welcomed immigrants from all nations all over the world with no comment. We've had veritable invasions from Cuban and Viet Nam with no objections

An American Indian View of Immigration

2006-04-11T20:21:00.000-07:00

By David A. Yeagley As an Indian -- a direct descendant of the Comanche warrior Bad Eagle, 1839-1906 -- I've always been fascinated with foreigners. I've admired their great courage and determination. They made a perilous journey from their homeland. They learned a new language, and new ways, all in a new land. They brought the world to me. ("Indian"? Naturally, most tribes prefer their own name.

Around The Nation With Illegal Immigrant Demonstrations

2006-04-08T07:31:00.000-07:00

By Ben JohnsonBIG CORPORATIONS AND THE FAR-LEFT HAVE ONE THING IN COMMON: both like to employ cheap illegal immigrants to do their heavy lifting. The leftist media have tried to portray this weekend’s massive protests against House measures to curtail illegal immigration as the uprising of “The Other America”: forgotten, humble, hidden Hispanic members of the working poor simply demanding their “

The Annexation of the American Southwest By Mexico?

2006-04-07T09:21:00.000-07:00

By Ronald F. MaxwellApril 6, 2006Dear President Bush, Perhaps you know me from my work. I wrote and directed the movies "Gettysburg" and "Gods and Generals." Walking Civil War battlefields, soaking up the letters and diaries of that generation, re-creating the world of our ancestors -- all this has given me a deep appreciation for our country. My dad was with the Army Air Corps in North Africa

Let's Celebrate Iraqi Liberation Day

2006-04-05T22:52:00.000-07:00

When my son, Michael, left for Iraq, America was united in our determination to defeat the terrorists. We all supported the mission. Sadly, some Americans - fueled by a steady diet of media negativism - seem to have lost our resolve. Michael died on January 24, 2005 fighting for a cause he believed in. I know for a fact that he believed the cause was honorable because he told me so when he wrote

The Laugh is on CNN

2006-04-05T16:36:00.000-07:00

It's 6:34 pm CST out here in "fly-over land" and I just watched the most ridiculous report on CNN that probably has EVER broadcast over television (or probably any other media).It seems William Buckley said that Hillary Clinton is a "political phenomenon." CNN interprets that as praise and did a whole 5-minutes on Buckley praising Clinton. Anyone who understands the English language, however, and

I Don't Care, I Don't Care. . .

2006-04-03T11:23:00.000-07:00

The following letter is Pam Foster of Pamela Foster and Associates in Atlanta. She's been in business since 1980 doing interior design and home planning. She recently wrote a letter to a family member serving in Iraq Read it!WHAT'S ALL THE FUSS?"Are we fighting a war on terror or aren't we? Was it or was it not started by Islamic people who brought it to our shores on September 11.2001? Were

TO ALL THE KIDS WHO WERE BORN IN THE 1930s, 40s, and 50s

2006-04-03T08:43:00.000-07:00

First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they carried us.They took aspirin (and gave it to us), ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can, and didn't get tested for diabetes.Then after that trauma, our baby cribs were covered with bright colored lead-based paints.We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets and when we rode our bikes, we had no

The Difference Between Republicans and Democrats

2006-04-02T10:38:00.000-07:00

From "Issues in Kansas" by Lance KinserFor those of us who spend a good part of our time and energy engaged inthe political life of our state and nation the apparent apathy of sometoward all things political can at times be a source of frustration. While there are numerous reasons that people recoil from politicalinvolvement one significant factor is the sense that such involvementhas no real