tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60280472011-11-27T19:49:39.967-05:00Concerned comments on everyday happenings.Marc V.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12211997709140124790noreply@blogger.comBlogger721100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6028047.post-15783600120591843032011-09-27T08:03:00.003-04:002011-09-27T08:21:15.701-04:00

We were a little surprised to hear that one of the police officials for New York City announced yesterday that NYC's Police Department has the capability to shoot down American airliners. The announcement was not made as a threat, as much as an "assurance" that -- should NYC come under attack of the Airline industries, they will indeed fight back!In other news, we find out that over 20,000 of

Marc V.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12211997709140124790noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6028047.post-49508558739900498082011-09-09T01:55:00.005-04:002011-09-09T02:22:34.363-04:00

Very busy at work, exhausted when not there... which is worse?You've heard about the zombie-first-person-shooter from AngryEyes or GlowngEyes or HungryEyes or something. The Tea Party Zombies Must Die or something like that. Initially, it was the thought of seeing Michelle Bachmann in a bra/ bikini top that got me over there. I gave it a try. In a couple short minutes, I was tired of it, and

Marc V.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12211997709140124790noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6028047.post-43147389292110955532011-08-01T23:32:00.002-04:002011-09-09T02:18:25.417-04:00

Recent email to google:"The Cream of the Master's Crop."A comment to Google about "why are these results not satisfying to you?":"You searched for 'The Cream of the Master's Crop.'.""Please list which site or sites were irrelevant."Are you serious? You guys have been "shopped". Do a search on "The Cream of the Master's Crop." -- a phrase found in a Wikipedia article on Bennett Cerf. You will

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OK, I'll share a secret with you... politicians disgust me. Well, yeah, pretty much all of them, but especially Democrat politicians. They're not above name calling, lying, or being hypocrites. They love to call Republicans names. They love to call those who follow the Tea Party principles names. They love to marginalize, segregate, foment discord and discontent, and they're generally bad in

Marc V.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12211997709140124790noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6028047.post-29408757653297505982011-07-31T10:32:00.003-04:002011-07-31T19:59:54.788-04:00

I won't quote Mark Twain (or Samuel Clemens, for that matter). Just suffice it to say, I've spent the last year "dead" for tax purposes. A whole year - and more - has gone by since my last blog post... ah, blame it on the economy. Or sunspots. Or the economy. When Jott went subscription-only (dropping the limited "free accounts"), I lost my most powerful link to maintaining my blog. No

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I've heard some awesome rhetoric in the last several days... clip after clip of Democrats calling Republicans terrorists and claiming that they're holding America hostage... and clip after clip of liberal media mavens calling Tea Party-ers terrorists and claiming they they're holding America hostage... and clip after clip of the president using confusion, misdirection, horror, and fear, claiming

Marc V.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12211997709140124790noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6028047.post-62600926261758059792010-05-23T20:04:00.004-04:002010-05-23T21:57:32.696-04:00

So much has happened since my last post... I really haven't been keeping up with everything, blog-wise, because there simple is never enough time.I have snippets from months and months, where I just don't get time to comment. Take, for example, the whole "unpleasantness" in Arizona.Liberals are up in arms that Arizona wants to do what the US Government SHOULD have been doing all along. Arizona

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Amidst all of the awful news (Tiger 0, Bimbos 5 last count; gate-crashers more important than what the politicians plan to do with us with the next TARP; Government-controlled health care living one more day; Obama still in office with no challenge; etc.), I am still grateful for the awesome things in my life. Those are too numerous to list, and I don't have time because I have to keep an eye on

Marc V.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12211997709140124790noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6028047.post-49936565471890187322009-11-13T01:47:00.002-05:002009-11-13T01:55:13.584-05:00

The president is leaving on a 9-day trip to Asia (no doubt to treat with the communists, and trade Manahattan for some synthetic diamonds). Well, while he's gone, rejoice. The main motivator of pain will be more impotent than usual -- he'll be GONE for 9 days!In comparison to the price of all of the abuses that congress has lashed on to our backs, wouldn't it be much cheaper and simpler to just

Marc V.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12211997709140124790noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6028047.post-32866926911630864392009-11-08T00:00:00.002-05:002009-11-08T01:47:53.879-05:00

The bankrupt-America health bull passed the House tonight, by 3 votes. The Democrates in the house decided to pass the divisive bill. The bill still has to pass the Senate, and people will be hammering at their Senators to try to get them to vote Nay -- if they can get in touch with them. I tried Senator Webb's contact off of the Senate.Gov web page : http://webb.senate.gov/contact/ and the

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We have just had a horrendous shooting incident at Ft Hood. The President came in to a PRESS CONFERENCE to brief the NATION on the tragedy. HE SPENT FIVE MINUTES doing "shout-outs" and "we're passing policy" before he mentioned the shooting at Ft Hood. He then spend maybe TWO minutes addressing the tragedy. So what is the president's priority? Shout-outs, indeed.

Marc V.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12211997709140124790noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6028047.post-69555995559758031322009-09-11T21:06:00.005-04:002009-09-11T21:20:57.603-04:00

Hats off to ACORN, for supporting small, independent businesses who know exactly how hard it is to get good help! I think that they should also be recognized for their dedication to keeping small business owners from paying their fair share of taxes. We need more groups like this, organizing the fringes of society. ACORN Prostitution Support, Part Ihttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=

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Ok, I just have to say it...Are there ANY people out there who watch the Food Network but HAVEN'T seen "Throwdown with Booby Flay?"Are there any cooks, chefs, restuaranteurs, or food hobbyists who could be approached by Food Network and told that "we are shooting a special on ... " and don't know that is the same lead in for every Bobby Flay Throwdown?Could they be savy enough for the Food

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The LATE Senator Ted Kennedy, co-opting his memory by changing the name of the abusive Health Care Bill to "Kennedy Care". They also have supplied a catchy slogan to go with the new name:"Kennedy Care: Haven't you lived long enough?"

Marc V.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12211997709140124790noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6028047.post-19382325866010042862009-08-22T12:56:00.003-04:002009-08-22T13:10:53.954-04:00

I just read where Teddy Kennedy is too ill to accept a Presidential "Freedom Award". He has championed many causes for this great country, including his hard, hard work to virtually enslave the American populace to socialized health care.Mr Kennedy has had a long, full life. In honor of him, I think that we should give him a very special benefit... I know that he has plenty of money to afford

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The current topic about the Health Bill proposed by Obama and the Democrats concerns the "Advanced Planning Consultation." Basically, this means that when a person reaches 65 years of age, they will get "life planning" counselling. They would get "refreshers" every 5 years or so, possibly sooner depending upon their health. This would include many very strong proponents for the ‘‘America’s

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Ah, the good old days. Remember? Remember listening to the Dems talk about how hugely important health care is and "we just HAVE to pass this bill, RIGHT NOW!!" And those silly citizens were all like, "well, what IN the bill?"And those wise ol' Dems were all "well, like, if you needed to know, we'd tell you."And those goofy reporters were like "oh, snap. So, really. What's in the bill?"And the

Marc V.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12211997709140124790noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6028047.post-19543901529392970672009-08-20T08:15:00.003-04:002009-08-20T08:24:08.587-04:00

American People to government: "We don't like what you're doing. This health care is a BAD idea. It wasn't thought through, you didn't even ASK _US_, and we can't afford it. If it's so important, shouldn't it take MONTHS of discussion, rather than sticking a bunch of vague legalease in, that COULD be interpretted as just about ANYTHING?"Obama to America: "Sit down, and shut up!"American

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Comes the day man, Obama's gonna save you. Budget stimulus, man. Government's gonna write checks to everybody. And if they run out, they're gonna print more money, and make all those rich people pay for it. It's gonna be beautiful. You're gonna get your share. You're gonna get what's coming to you.It's gonna be great. Obama is going to give you everything. Seriously. You're gonna get

Marc V.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12211997709140124790noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6028047.post-68434449694754653562009-03-01T00:52:00.003-05:002009-03-01T01:09:33.700-05:00

I realize that I haven't been posting at all lately. I have been in mourning. Every since the election. I mourn for the future of our country -- not dead yet, but definitely is serious trouble. I am upset with Congress, and I am seriously wondering if aliens have eaten all of the mushy brains of both the House and Senate. Are they idiots? Are they insane? Are they just evil? I think

Marc V.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12211997709140124790noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6028047.post-58683578787865767442008-11-19T22:39:00.005-05:002008-11-22T13:58:50.840-05:00

Left is a typical webbie "yes we can" thumbnail that the typical "blinded by the (b)light" libbie floated on a page.So what? The What is, they left off the second part. It should really read: "YES WE CAN ... fool some of the people ALL of the time... ". This post was meant to be a "quickie" to feed the blogging need... It's really bugging me that I can't Jott directly to the blog any more, but

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I am pretty unhappy that the Jott thing didn't work. I have been "blogging" via Jott for what... a year now? It worked very well in the beginning, but at some point (er, March this year?) the entries weren't transcribed and entered. So, I have two dozen or so blog entries that just never made it to tbe blog. I can go back over the old entries and transfer them manually, as I hate to lose the

Marc V.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12211997709140124790noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6028047.post-13362870898474437332008-07-09T21:24:00.000-04:002008-10-27T00:13:36.806-04:00

The Liberal Left, Loony Left -- whatever you want to call them, has perpetuated a culture of self loathing amongst themselves.This is the only reason I can think of that any of these fools would listen to and applaud Barack Obama when he tells us how stupid we, as Americans, are.Of course, he means "only SOME Americans" as in "er, present company excepted, but you know, those bitter, gun-clinging

Marc V.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12211997709140124790noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6028047.post-1343106464320674122008-07-02T21:08:00.001-04:002008-10-26T23:23:51.404-04:00

The Democrats are fond of mouthing stupid dribble such saying that they (supposedly) are "speaking truth to power". The implications are two-fold... 1) that THEY have something resembling truth (which they run from if it ever gets close to them) and 2) those they are supposed to speaking "truth" to are both powerful and false. That is about as useless as anything else they could say. I think

Marc V.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12211997709140124790noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6028047.post-3568021684782053062008-05-22T11:14:00.000-04:002008-10-26T22:47:01.395-04:00

It seems that Congress has pulled the oil companies up in front of them to rake them over to coals and chastise them for making a profit. What they are trying to do is set up a convenient enemy of the American people and they're talking about raising punitive damages for the oil companies being so successful.This is just the first step. If they can get the American people incensed over an

Marc V.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12211997709140124790noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6028047.post-83843530874904005802008-04-07T11:57:00.000-04:002008-10-26T22:29:29.173-04:00

In the vein of Practical Advertising, here's an idea: How about a cross by the side of the road large enough to show a name on the cross member that says "Vacancy". And then a sign below it saying "Please Drive Safely".Another Jott entry (manually updated)

Marc V.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12211997709140124790noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6028047.post-75306222720786578562008-04-03T19:41:00.002-04:002008-10-26T22:26:13.436-04:00

Liberalism is all about guilt. "If we can make you feel guilty, we can make you feel liberal and if we can't make you feel guilty we can legislate and tax you for that."The problem with that is, other peoples' guilt winds up obligating ME. Now, if THAT is fair, let ME obligate those lard-head liberals... maybe to fiscal responsibility?Another Jott Entry (manually updated)

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There is a little problem with my Jott blog publishing, resulting in a lot of posts never making it to the blog. This is a BAD thing, as I've been submitting a lot. Until I can get it figured out, here's a little something that I wrote in response to some knuckle-head's blog post that "Hillary could be good for your career." I won't fill in who wrote this, but I will tell you that it is a new

Marc V.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12211997709140124790noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6028047.post-67764794995541954842008-03-25T09:24:00.002-04:002008-03-27T00:17:48.341-04:00

We are coming up on the 4,000 fatality mark, in the war in Iraq. The media loves numbers, loves the Iraq war, and loves to follow the number of American deaths in Iraq. They use this to trumpet our failure and how we should exit, post haste. "The war is lost, we should leave while we can..."I would like to see the death numbers for policemen in America over a 5 year period. And then ask if we

Marc V.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12211997709140124790noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6028047.post-76612958034560711592008-03-21T14:14:00.004-04:002008-03-27T00:13:07.547-04:00

Two quick points.The first is,Michigan and Florida already held their primaries. They were told going in that if they held their primaries when they did, their primaries would not count (towards the actual nominations). They did; they should not count.Second,Obama is evidently thinking of taking Richardson (a Hispanic politician) as a Vice Presidential running mate. Well, if he really wants to

Marc V.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12211997709140124790noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6028047.post-78872064386316527072008-03-03T12:51:00.001-05:002008-03-27T00:04:26.064-04:00

This is indeed a momentous time in History. If by slim chance the Democrats loose the upcoming election, they will be able to say that we have stolen an election against 2 democrats at once, beating out both a woman and a black thus proving that Republicans are evil, evil, evil. Unfortunately Republicans are not conservatives so it won't matter because conservatives loose either way.Another JOTT

Marc V.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12211997709140124790noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6028047.post-41973124094839189192008-03-03T12:27:00.002-05:002008-03-27T00:21:52.583-04:00

So... Obama says "we are going to re-write the Nafta Trade Policy" and then send a memo to Canada saying "well, no, actually, we're not... I just said that for the press." I can see this being an issue when he says something like "We are going to be tough with the Chinese if they extend their influence in South America militarily" and then he sends a memo to Chinese government saying "Oh, well

Marc V.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12211997709140124790noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6028047.post-391884620221419302008-02-27T08:53:00.002-05:002008-03-27T00:32:48.797-04:00

The current hoopla is over whether or not to use a candidate's full name, and the incident centers around a (news) feature for McCain announcing Barrack Husein Obama's full name.This was never a problem with William Jefferson Clinton and was alluded to with George W. Bush. It should not be an issue for anyone to use President's full name, or in this case, candidates' full names.That includes

Marc V.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12211997709140124790noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6028047.post-30524853148497746952008-02-26T08:49:00.000-05:002008-03-27T00:35:26.542-04:00

I don't understand what all of the fuss is about. Evidently, Michelle Obama has listened to Lee Greenwood for the first time, and was evidently taken by the song "I'm Proud to be an American".If she continues to listen to country western music she'll get even prouder.Another JOTT Entry

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The Obama campaign can be summed up as "all bread, no meat". But to Obama's credit, it is at least pumpernickle.

Marc V.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12211997709140124790noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6028047.post-31369125652740092282008-02-18T12:47:00.002-05:002008-03-27T00:43:03.737-04:00

Whether you can't stand the socialist Obama, or you can't stand the socio-fascist Hillary Clinton, you still have to show up and vote. Even if you cannot stand McCain as wishy washy and whatever he is, you still have to show up and vote, lest people think that we just don't care. Rather than skip voting totally, show up! Vote for dog catchers, vote Ron Paul, vote Ronald Reagan... but do not

Marc V.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12211997709140124790noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6028047.post-59846815691734359402008-02-15T15:21:00.003-05:002008-03-26T23:59:00.859-04:00

Some so called conservative pundits are saying that conservatives need to quit whining and get behind the Republican Party nominee. My take on it is the Republican Party has not gotten behind any conservative issues why should conservatives get behind yet another non-conservative Republican issue. listenPowered by Jott

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It is my firm belief that the majority of Republican politicians have no idea of how to deal with conservative issues. They do not know what conservative means. For the most part they are middle of the road or even slightly liberal and until we get conservatives back in office then there is no hope for Republican party -- that they no longer conservative. listenPowered by Jott

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Burbank City council has declared the marine recruiting office non grata, which is kind of interesting because they want prostitution to be legalized. They want abortion to be legalized. (They want drugs to be legalized.) They want to legalize everything with the exception of allowing people to make their own decisions about their own lives. Kind of strange how restrictive the liberal left is

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Let's(?) see(?) noted on Shane(?) Malcolm's(?) blog there's the Maritta(?) bill that has been pushed by the White House, it is $1.4 billion to help Mexico secure it's southern border and stimulate the Mexican economy when we could use that much to lock down our own southern border which would in turn stimulate the economy. What is wrong with this picture? listenPowered by Jott

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If you think taxes are a bitch now then vote Hillary it can only get worse. listenPowered by Jott

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Perhaps not as individuals but as a group, as a party the Republicans are idiots. Now don't think that the Democrats aren't idiots and that probably goes down to the individual level in many cases. But for the most part the Republicans as a group, when they group together loose IQ points. Democrats just don't gain them. The whole thing about having primaries that are winner take all and having

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Flipping through the channels, the local news station is offering a contest for the local kiddies... If they write an essay about their FAVORITE African-American hero, they might get to READ it on the air!Exciting, except for a couple minor issues. 1) Every child that they used to illustrate the commercial was white (or passingly white... I have an old color tv). 2) The premise, although

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It appears to me, more and more, that the standard litmus test for who should NOT be president is whether the they are supported by many of the public papers. If a major newspaper gets behind the candidate, that is the clear indication that there is no way in HELL that he should be allowed into the presidency -- or in this case SHE should be allowed into the presidency. listenPowered by Jott

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Okay, I don't know which is more insane. The fact that this woman who wants to be King, er, president of the United States wants to forcibly garnish wages from people who can't afford health care or that they are fools out there that are actually willing to vote for her. I tell you, I'm very scared. listenPowered by Jott

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South Carolina is over, and the show rolls on. The pundits are alternately picking and panning the favorite whipping boys on the conservative side. Rudy is down (in the polls) and Fred's dropped a while ago. Mitt and Hucky are sniping. Ron can't get press to save his life -- wonder what that's about... isn't the media supposed to cover news? I guess he's not alive, but I would think that covering

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If you haven't seen "Who Killed the Electric Car", you should. It's a bit too squishey-liberal in spots, and heavy on "the eeevil guvernment", but in other spots, it's not... it has enough techy stuff to keep me reasonably interested past the "let's protest 'til The Man gives in!", "Takin' it to th' people" rhetoric. Parts of it are quite practical and really sane. Sorry about the junky parts

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On the 6th, GM announced that we could have "Self-driving cars" within 10 years -- If we're lucky.OK, what's wrong with this picture? (Skip the old sci-fi plot of humans being fined for driving themselves instead of letting the safer computer drive it) Instead of getting a self-driving car, why don't they give us a good plug-in electric car?I am not a conspiracy buff, but I will dip my toes in

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There's just so much stuff that has gone on in the last year and a half, that I could take a year (and a half) to catch up and comment on it. Instead, I'm still being bombarded by little spittle droplets of idiocy from the real world. Just now, we had a couple of very nice commercials in a row, that encourage people to re-re-re-finance.Dang it, when will either people learn or finance companies

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It's been long over a year since I've last added to my musings. It's not that I didn't WANT to write, it's that I didn't have time around everything else. I've been working pretty hard for one guy, and when I'm not working, I'm either sleeping or driving. Is this any way to run a railroad?No.So, I'll try again. I'll try something simple first, like keeping a micro-cassette record with me, so I

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What's wrong with the Republicans? They're not conservatives. They spend like drunken sailors, and it's not THEIR money they're spending. The policies that DO exist are hardly practical and many are down-right dangerous.What's wrong with the Democrats? Few are liberals, Most are socialists, many are just plain anti-American loony. And, they are just as determined to spend our money to prove

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So long... it's been so long. I mean to blog more, but usually the thought only strikes when I'm in the car (long commute) and I am listening to the radio, and I hear something stupid. Tonight, I'm listening to President Bush discussing his immigration policy. I hate to say this, because it's a throw-away statement, and it's not really factual, but I can think of no other way to put it. Bush is

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So, HOW long has it been since I last blogged?About 1000 years, by my count.Why don't I blog more? Easy... I'm too busy. This was meant to be an outlet for creativity, philosophy, etc. All my time is already taken up w/ normal, day-to-day stuff, and I just don't have the time to put anything interesting in the blog. By the time I remember it is here, I've forgotten everything that I wanted to add

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HOW many millions of seconds has it been since I last (b)logged? Too many. (update: I just ran the calcs... THIS many seconds... 11813793)Here's a link.Sierra Log Homes - Quick Quote---What else?Minor peeve... an ad on the radio w/ the following audio:"... and it goes a little somethin' like this..."If you're the originial performer, then it doesn't go a LITTLE like that, it goes EXACTLY like

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Long time, no write. So much going on, so much yet to do. I WILL get back, and then we'll sit down and have a nice chitty-chat.

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I subscribe to a lot of newsletters/e-letters or what-have-you. I am interested in just about everything, so I have to read just about everything. I read about alternative energy (I'm not a bleeding greeny, I'm just cheap). I read about architecture. About science and technology. About everything. One of the less useful e-letters I have subscribed to is AFH's organ. AFH is Architecture For

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I ran across an article on Suite101.com, "Enlightening Words" (http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/constitution_supreme_court/106877), in the Supreme Court section of History and Politics Community. The lady who wrote it is a retired judge (after 6 years... I wish I could afford to retire young). Her article was about how the gov't has attacked the First Amendment by coming down on

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What can I say? Ronald Reagan is finally dead. Released from his (and his wife's) imprisonment. He was imprisoned in a failing body with an already failing mind, and she was imprisoned in the pain of seeing someone she loves so dearly fail. I hope I can find some time to go to the Rotunda while he's lying in state. I can't make much of a tribute to the man -- I'm far too poor with my words

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Ah, I LOVE the First Amendment. I really do. Actually, I love ALL of the "first amendments" (1-10), especially the SECOND Amendment -- and reserve judgement for the others. I think the Alien and Sedition Act was a mistake, but it was fought and corrected early. Anyway... New York Daily News - Ideas & Opinions - Michael Goodwin: Liberal radio is airing bad jokes and worst taste... a windbag

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"In framing a government, which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed, and in the next place, oblige it to control itself." -- James Madison (1751-1836), Father of the Constitution for the USA, 4th US President Source: The Federalist; Feb.8, 1788 http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/D/1776-1800/federalist/

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I have strong feelings about the US being in Iraq, and stong feelings about WHY we're there, and even stronger feelings about the pundits who spout their drek that passes for "news" these days. I think we went in for a good reason, and I think that even w/out finding "WMDs", we had and have good reasons for cleaning up... the brutalization of the populace by Saddam. How can you spell that?

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I was tripping across the web recently (as I always do) and came across some interesting material from the Dr. Seuss Dr. Suess Went to War . I enjoyed the cartoons/posters, and am also very interested in WWII media, pictures, propaganda, broadcasts, news, etc. Dr. Suess was a socialist, but I guess that in a free America, he should have been allowed. I found some references to Charles "Lucky

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Ex-Football Star Killed in Afghanistan - Official Pat Tillman, and his brother. This is the spirit that MADE America great, and made us a nation of MEN. I can think of no words significant enough to honor his sacrifice, spirit, and memory highly enough. Ex-NFL Star, Army Ranger Dies in Afghanistan Ex-NFL player Tillman dies in action in Afghanistan This is the spirit that was exhibited in

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"Nixon in 2004" Because ANYTHING is better than Kerry!

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Yes, I know that it's well after the first (1st) April Fool's Day (April 1st) and still a couple of days before the second (2nd) April Fool's Day (April 15th, or "Tax Day" -- which pretty much makes fools out of all of us) but these things just occured: While watching a "story" on _CNN_ about the members of "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy", these factoids cropped up: Three (3) Of the five (5) "

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Hey, it occured to me, on the way into work the other day, I have the perfect campaign slogan for Kerry: "Kerry: Manly stories at night, and in the morning, he's makin' WAFFLES!" OK, I stole if from Shrek. I'm sure he won't miss it, and by then, Kerry will have flipped on this, also.

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Hm... I may have posted the wrong url. OK, here's the correct one: http://www.guncite.com/gun_control_gcfullau.html

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Well, the GOOD news is, the "Assault Weapons" Ban has bit the dust. The BAD news is, it bit for the wrong reasons. OK, for the grossly under-informed (http://www.creators.com/0229/JD/JD0303ag.gif) I'll go over the essential basics. But first, a little mechanical background: Terms: Assault RIFLE: REAL military weapon, i.e., it actually has MEANING (a definition) in the military vernacular. "

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On Friday, I got into a discussion w/ a guy at work. I was describing how the week had gone, and mentioned how bad a time we were having with people who can't tell reality from fantasy. I then mentioned that it was bad enough that we have senators and congressmen who are delusional, to the point where they are passing laws to ban things that don't exist. For an example, I mentioned the plans

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Merriam-Webster OnLine Other traites of Liberals: Unnatural fear of objects: fear of firearms. Lack of logical thinking ability: belief that guns have some innate abilities on their own. Liberals are such funny creatures. I am amazed that they are allowed to vote. We don't let OTHER children vote.

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My Take On It: Overall, my impression of the "Democrats" (I know, stereo types - JVC/Sony/Audiovox...): Childish, childlike: Afraid of imaginary things, want to force their idea of "fair" on everbody else, and/or beat them up if they don't agree. Afriad of "What it". Think that nobody else is as smart, talented, special, or good as they are. Worried that everyone else is smarter, more

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Hey! I made a BLOG! Ok, no big deal, it's all automated. This is where it's at, or where it's gonna be at. THIS is where you want to be to find out what you need to know -- or at least MY TAKE ON IT.

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