March 13, 2007
The VRWC Returns!
OK, folks, none other than the Associated Press says that the VWRC ("Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy") is not only back, but it never went away. Read all about it HERE.
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Clinton asserted on Tuesday that the conspiracy is alive and well, and cited as proof the Election Day 2002 case of phone jamming in New Hampshire, a case in which two Republican operatives pleaded guilty to criminal charges, and a third was convicted. |
OK, 3 'Publicans in New Hampshire were sent to the slammer.
Good - they did the crime, they can do the time, that's right AND fair.
Shall we talk about voting irregularities in, let's say, St. Louis? How's about that den of fairness in Chicago?
It's also fair to point out that the "Illustrious" former Prez, did in fact lie under oath in a Federal court. That's a felony. Good Ol' Bill lost his law license - and that's it.
That is a VRWC?
GMAFB!
Posted by ward at 09:26 PM | Comments (0)
January 20, 2007
Heidi Cullen Advocates Scientific Censorship?
With just a single sentence in an obscure blog entry, Dr. Heidi Cullen of The Weather Channel has managed to get herself slammed by no less a luminary than the dreaded Rush Limbaugh.
Here's the sentence: "If a meteorologist can't speak to the fundamental science of climate change, then maybe the AMS shouldn't give them a Seal of Approval."
Read the entire post HERE.
When I heard Mr. Limbaugh ranting and raving over Cullen's written comment, I thought that surely he must be mistaken. Rush has been known to miss once or twice.
Well, Rush, you weren't wrong, but you were getting a little over-exercised. Or were you?
It turns out that Dr. Cullen has had as a guest on her show a fella named Dave Roberts who has advocated the following for people who are sceptical of "global warming" theories: "When we've finally gotten serious about global warming, when the impacts are really hitting us and we're in a full worldwide scramble to minimize the damage, we should have war crimes trials for these bastards -- some sort of climate Nuremberg." See his words HERE.
My apologies to Rush - and it appears to me that Dr. Heidi Cullen and The Weather Channel deserve all the criticism they get.
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December 03, 2006
USS Makin Island and the City of San Francisco
Politicians of the City and County of San Francisco have been bashing the US Navy, and any organization that even appears to be friendly to the US military for years.
Now, SecNav has decided that enough is enough - read it all HERE.
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Secretary of the Navy Donald C. Winter vetoed plans to commission the Makin Island, the Navy's newest and most powerful warship, in San Francisco in 2008 because of a perception that the city is anti-military. - - - - - - - - - - One of the factors that turned the Pentagon against San Francisco, he [Retired Marine Corps Maj. Gen. J. Michael Myatt] said, was widely quoted anti-military remarks made by various city politicians. Some of the remarks got considerable attention, especially ones made by Gerardo Sandoval, a member of the Board of Supervisors, who was quoted on national television as saying national defense should be left to "the cops and the Coast Guard.'' |
Some of those "widely quoted" remarks can be found:
Molotov Cocktail Thrown at Police Officer
Now, isn't it amazing that the Secretary of the Navy doesn't want to formally commission the USS Makin Island in San Francisco?
History Note: On 16 through 18 August 1942, 220 Marine Raiders commanded by Lt. Col. Evans Carlson assaulted the Japanese outpost at the Makin Island atoll. Landing from the US Submarines USS Nautilus and USS Argonaut, the Marines fought for two days, completely defeating the Japanese forces, before being re-embarked on the submarines and returning to Pearl Harbor.
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November 21, 2006
Bring on the Moonbats!
Can't you just hear the screaming on THIS ONE?
I can just hear 'em - NAACP/MECHA/CAIR/ABC/NBC/CNN/CBS all screaming.
Good. Maybe we'll get some honest debate about it. Probably not, but one can hope for honest, civilized debate, right?
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The scholarship, which is privately funded by the BUCR without the support of the university, is meant to raise awareness, group members say. BUCR member argue that racial preferences are a form of "bigotry." The group has a similar view on affirmative action. The application for the $250 scholarship, due Nov. 30, requires applicants be full-time BU undergraduate students and one-fourth Caucasian and maintain at least a 3.2 cumulative GPA. Applicants must submit two essays, one describing the applicant's ancestry and one describing "what it means to you to be a Caucasian-American today." - - - - - La Fuerza Co-Chair Sara-Marie Pons, who is also on the Admissions Student Diversity Board, said although she agrees with BUCR's claim that racial preference is "contradictory to our American ideals of freedom and equality," she feels American history justifies today's affirmative action." Our country oppressed people of color for centuries while everyone else who was 'preferred' continued to succeed and lead our country in all aspects," the School of Management senior said in an email. "The goal of a university in striving to admit more students of color is a positive movement to increase the diversity of its institution." - - - - - Mroszczyk [President of the Boston Univ Colleg Republicans] said the BUCR borrowed the scholarship idea from the College Republicans at Roger Williams University in Bristol, R.I., which sponsored a similar award in 2003. Former RWU College Republicans President Jason Mattera said the "whites-only" scholarship was meant to be a parody, but it brought harsh media attention to their campus. |
The "harsh media attention" caused the Republican National Committee, headed by at that time by Ed Gillespie, dropped any association with RWU College Republicans like a hot potato with gangrene. As Mr. Mattera said, Ed Gillespie & Co. lacked intestinal fortitude.
Note to the RNC - Conservative Americans are interested in this. We're also interested in the War Against Terror, securing America's borders, getting the Fair Tax in place instead of the C.F. known as the Tax Code, and getting rid of "ear-marks". If the RNC, and elected Republicans in general, address these items, and nothing else, come Election Day 2008 they'll really clean up.
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November 20, 2006
San Francisco Hates The US Armed Forces
I spent thirty-five years in the SF Bay Area. I lived in San Jose (at the South end of SF Bay). During that time, it was brought to my attention that:
San Francisco is a Tourist Destination. Oh, it has it's Financial District, but that's about it. Everything else in SF is tourism. Now, granted, the Golden Gate Bridge is a great thing to see. And once upon a time, I attended a few Forty-niners games, but that's it. SF doesn't have any industry to speak of - it lives off of the tourists.
San Francisco has evolved from the mildly leftist place it was in the mid 1970's, when I arrived, into what amounts to a radical leftist city-state.
You think not? Look at THIS.
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"In the first place God made idiots," observed Mark Twain . "This was for practice. Then he made school boards." The San Francisco Board of Education's 4-2 vote last week to abolish the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps program, which has been active in the city's high schools for 90 years, tends to support his view. . . . . "We don't want the military ruining our civilian institutions," said Sandra Schwartz of the American Friends Service Committee, a far-left pacifist organization that routinely condemns American foreign policy and opposes JROTC nationwide. "In a healthy democracy . . . you contain the military." Board member Dan Kelly, who voted with the majority, called JROTC "basically a branding program or a recruiting program for the military." . . . . In 1995, San Francisco's board of supervisors wiped the city's famous Army Street from the map, renaming it Cesar Chavez Street. Last year, city supervisors refused to allow the retired USS Iowa, a historic World War II battleship, to be docked in the Port of San Francisco. Like the school board vote, the spurning of the Iowa was intended as a slap at the US military and the foreign policy it supports. Supervisor Chris Daly explained his vote against accepting the battleship by announcing: "I am not proud of the history of the United States of America since the 1940s." |
Yah. Right. And now Nancy Pelosi, whose district is in San Francisco, is Speaker of the House.
Wonderful, isn't it?
And some folks wonder why I'm glad I got out of the SF Bay Area when I did.
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November 13, 2006
Breaking the Faith
Dr. Jerry Pournelle has something fairly important regarding comparisons between Viet Nam and Iraq. See it HERE.
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Note that this was in 1972, and it was an invasion from the North, not some kind of insurgency or guerrilla warfare or civil war. This was flat out invasion by World War II sized forces, equipped with Soviet trucks and armor and ammunition; and the result was total defeat for the North (many fewer than 50,000 of those sent south ever got home again) and a total VICTORY for the United States and our South Vietnamese allies. Why would anyone call this a defeat for the United States? Because, of course, in 1975 the North did it again. Not an insurgency, not a guerrilla war, not a civil war, but a flat out invasion by more than 12 divisions, a World War II sized operation; and this time, instead of supporting our South Vietnamese allies, the United States, on orders from the Congress of the United States, did not give any air support and limited our materiel aid to twenty (20) cartridges and two (2) hand grenades for each South Vietnamese soldier. South Viet Nam accordingly fell, the United States bugged out with the pathetic scenes of escapes from the roof of the embassy and pushing helicopters off the decks of carriers to make room for incoming. We bugged out, and the Reeducation Camps, Boat People, Killing Fields, and other horrors began. But we were not defeated. We withdrew on orders from the Congress. That wasn't defeat. The last time we engaged in Viet Nam we, without our South Vietnamese allies, won a great victory. Breaking an alliance with phased withdrawal is not defeat. It only feels that way. Perhaps it ought to feel that way -- but our troops were ready to engage the advancing North Vietnamese armored divisions. They didn't cut and run. They were ordered to stand down and watch the slaughter of their former allies and friends and soldiers they had trained. |
Dr. Pournelle has, somewhere on his site, a complete essay on the Viet Nam War, and what it did to North Viet Nam (who were the aggressors) and to the USSR's economy, and how THAT hastened the end of the Cold War.
Currently, the situation in Iraq is remarkably like the situation in Viet Nam in the late 1950's and early 1960's. The Sunni and Shia terrorists are being supported by their sponsors in "safe havens" in Syria and Iraq.
IF we can get the Iraqi Army trained up and thinking of themselves as the IRAQI Army, and get the police forces trained up and thinking of themselves as the POLICE, and neither one thinking of themselves as Shia Army/Police or Sunni Army/Police, then there MIGHT be a chance that this will work - but it will take time.
Unfortunately, while the current administration understands this, and the incoming House & Senate majority understands this, the incoming House & Senate majority is perfectly willing to do exactly what they did in 1975 - just so's they can look good to their "base".
And whatever credibility America has managed to build up since 1975 is going to be flushed down the drain. Again.
Just... Damn. All the effort, all the sacrifice by OUR soldiers is going to be thrown away. Again.
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November 08, 2006
Post-Election Hangover
So, the 'Pubs got waxed.
The House will be Dem come January. The Senate is shaky - if Allen really does go down then the House and the Senate will be Dam - Oh, Joy.
It's not that the 'Pubs were all that much better than the Dems - they're not. Starting with all the advantages, they blew it. MORE discretionary spending, MORE bloated government bureaucracies, and MORE scandals.
Despite the claims of the Democrats, I forsee a head-long retreat from Iraq, leaving the Bad Guys (al Quaida franchises and associates) large and in charge in less than a year. Somalia will be solidly terrorista within the coming year. I expect Indonesia to go that way within five years. Guaranteed my taxes will go up, and restrictions on my personal freedoms (especially speech) will increase.
I forsee a Chinese proverb proving true for the United States in the near- and far-term future. Interesting times, indeed!
Closer to home, one of the Good Kennedy guys also went down to defeat. Out of about 2200 votes cast for the local School Board, Jim missed by about 85 - less than 4%. Rats.
Ah, well, so it goes.
In the meantime, I have an AutoIt script to polish up, and a little girl (8 years), a medium girl (12 years) and a big girl (I'm not suicidal!) to hug, and a trio of dogs to yell at. I'd best be about it.
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November 07, 2006
Election Day 2006
I went out and voted after work.
Our polling place is at a fire station. There was a light drizzle. Not particularly cold, just damp. When I arrived there were at least forty people waiting in line to vote. There were still forty or so waiting in line after I finished voting at 6:30PM. In Georgia, the polls close at 7:00PM. In our little precinct, I was number 547 to vote today - and in a mid-term election.
A fairly pointed thought: Voter turnout is expected to be fairly high, for an off-year election. Projections say that between fifty and sixty percent of eligible voters will actually get off their duffs and vote. That makes me a Fairly Important Person, and one of the people that the politicians want to influence.
The politicians don't do a particularly good job of this. I actually had to dig a little (not difficult, thanks to Google) to find the positions held by my Congress-critter and his opponent. And... my Congress-critter's record of votes is easily found, of course. His opponent's arguments didn't fill me with joy, so the Hon. Congress-critter got my vote. As did Hizzoner Da Gov.
Side-note: My recently-retired boss, one of the Good Guys, is running for an open Board of Education seat. I know Jim pretty well, and I don't know his opponent (who's had LOTS of election signs out, but didn't bother to show up at the Show 'n Tell). Guess who got my vote, in spite of his last name?
What's his last name?
Kennedy. That's "Jim", not "Ted", thank Gawd!
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November 05, 2006
Do You Still Believe?
Orson Scott Card is a SciFi novelist with several successful books to his name. His column HERE is a sobering commentary.
Excerpt:
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...But there are no values that matter to me that will not be gravely endangered if we lose this war [The War on Terror]. And since the Democratic Party seems hellbent on losing it -- and in the most damaging possible way -- I have no choice but to advocate that my party be kept from getting its hands on the reins of national power, until it proves itself once again to be capable of recognizing our core national interests instead of its own temporary partisan advantages. To all intents and purposes, when the Democratic Party jettisoned Joseph Lieberman over the issue of his support of this war, they kicked me out as well. The party of Harry Truman and Daniel Patrick Moynihan -- the party I joined back in the 1970s -- is dead. Of suicide. |
This is important stuff, folks. Card is what I would call a "Classic Liberal" - dedicated to individual freedoms, dedicated to the ideal that is America. For him to say something like this must be very painful for him.
While I was reading his column, I was reminded of the words of John F. Kennedy at his Inauguration as President of the United States:
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We dare not forget today that we are the heirs of that first revolution. Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans—born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace, proud of our ancient heritage—and unwilling to witness or permit the slow undoing of those human rights to which this Nation has always been committed, and to which we are committed today at home and around the world. Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, in order to assure the survival and the success of liberty. This much we pledge—and more. To those old allies whose cultural and spiritual origins we share, we pledge the loyalty of faithful friends. United, there is little we cannot do in a host of cooperative ventures. Divided, there is little we can do—for we dare not meet a powerful challenge at odds and split asunder. To those new States whom we welcome to the ranks of the free, we pledge our word that one form of colonial control shall not have passed away merely to be replaced by a far more iron tyranny. We shall not always expect to find them supporting our view. But we shall always hope to find them strongly supporting their own freedom—and to remember that, in the past, those who foolishly sought power by riding the back of the tiger ended up inside. To those peoples in the huts and villages across the globe struggling to break the bonds of mass misery, we pledge our best efforts to help them help themselves, for whatever period is required... |
Senator Lieberman remembers.
I remember. I was ten years old when John F. Kennedy spoke his words. Yet I remember.
The day in 1969 that I took the oath to "Protect and Defend the Constitution" I remembered another part of his speech:
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In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger. I do not shrink from this responsibility—I welcome it. I do not believe that any of us would exchange places with any other people or any other generation. The energy, the faith, the devotion which we bring to this endeavor will light our country and all who serve it—and the glow from that fire can truly light the world. My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man. Finally, whether you are citizens of America or citizens of the world, ask of us the same high standards of strength and sacrifice which we ask of you. With a good conscience our only sure reward, with history the final judge of our deeds, let us go forth to lead the land we love, asking His blessing and His help, but knowing that here on earth God's work must truly be our own. |
Do you remember what it means to be an American?
Do you still keep the faith?
Mr. Card still keeps the faith. Senator Lieberman still keeps the faith.
And I still keep the faith.
On this coming Tuesday, I'll go out to my polling place, and I'll vote.
And, at the very next opportunity I have, I'll be getting after my Representative and either one of my two Senators. "Sir! Do YOU still keep the faith?"
UPDATE: I have now closed comments for this entry. Of course, I had only the one comment - which you can read for yourself. For the record, I believe this comment to be inaccurate, not aligned with proven facts, and, to be kind, out there in left field, somewhere. That being said, at least it's a comment, and not a spam.
So, to "Enlightenment", whoever you might be, thanks for the comment. Please do comment again. I reserve the right to comment on your comment - and while my comment on your comment might somewhat less than flattering, I do read the comments, and I do appreciate that you have taken your time to make the comment.
Posted by ward at 10:40 PM | Comments (1)
November 03, 2006
Latin America and "The Fence"
I see that the various Latin American "leaders" are sniveling and moaning about the 700-mile border fence that we're going to build along our border with Mexico. See the whole article HERE.
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Speaking to reporters, Costa Rican President Oscar Arias called the fence "shameful" and said the money spent on it "would be better invested if it was used by the poor neighbors of the south to educate our kids." |
I'd like to make a couple of points to our "friends" to the South.
Educating YOUR children is not OUR problem. Since you are sovereign nations educating YOUR children is YOUR responsibility.
Managing YOUR country well enough for YOUR people to want to stay home is YOUR responsibility.
Running YOUR economy well enough to provide an education for YOUR children is YOUR responsibility.
You might ask yourselves, O Leaders, why in the world YOUR people are desperate enough to want to leave YOUR paradise to come to America? And then, O Leaders, you might want to address the issue like an adult, rather than whine like a spoiled child.
Blaming the United States for protecting OUR home from YOUR invasion is like a burglar being mad at the owner of a house for putting locks on the doors.
Special note to the government of Mexico: A large segment of the population of the United States is growing impatient with your whining and moaning. I strongly urge you to get your own house in order before casting aspersions at ours.
Posted by ward at 06:37 PM | Comments (0)
November 01, 2006
Dumb Political Moves
Just this week, at Pasadena City College, Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass) said:
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"You know, education, if you make the most of it, you study hard, you do your homework, and you make an effort to be smart, you can do well. If you don't, you get stuck in Iraq." |
That last sentence reveals how the good Senator really feels about the military people who are in a far away land, doing a difficult job. How he feels about volunteers.
We already know how he feels about Viet Nam vets:
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They told their stories. At times they had personally raped, cut off ears, cut off heads, taped wires from portable telephones to human genitals and turned up the power, cut off limbs, blown up bodies, randomly shot at civilians, razed villages in fashion reminiscent of Genghis Khan, shot cattle and dogs for fun, poisoned food stocks, and generally ravaged the countryside of South Vietnam in addition to the normal ravage of war, and the normal and very particular ravaging which is done by the applied bombing power of this country. |
I'd say, off-hand, that Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass) is a 14-karat liability to any politician within twenty miles.
This is a "leader" of the Democratic Party. A former candidate for President, and a serving Senator.
Whew!
Posted by ward at 08:54 PM | Comments (0)
October 18, 2006
If Pelosi Becomes Speaker of The House
I know how I'm voting on Election Day. And (in a sing-song voice) "I'm not gonna tell ya!"
But I'll give you a little hint.
If Nancy Pelosi becomes Speaker of The House, here's what she'll inherit from the previous majority:
- A booming economy
- Lower tax rates, but much higher tax revenue
- Falling deficit
- Low unemployment
- No domestic acts of terror
Any bets on how long it would take her to screw up the works?
Acknowledgement: Talking points above shamelessly stolen from Kim du Toit, HERE. He stole 'em from someone else. I'm gonna file off the serial numbers, paint 'em, and call 'em my own.
Posted by ward at 04:04 PM | Comments (1)
September 25, 2006
The Law Firm of Bill and Hillary
Jason, over at CounterColumn, makes the point that both Bill and Hillary Clinton are lawyers, inclined to look at the world through a lawyer's eye, and furthermore, lawyers that matched their viewpoint tended to be promoted.
Hmmmm...
Since swallowing camels and straining at gnats are required courses in law school, why are we surprised when Bill and Hillary act like ... lawyers?
As for Bill's difficulties in the recent interview, well, it kinda back-fired on Poor Ol' Bill - now everybody and his grandmother is taking a cold, hard look at his record in chasing Osama the Saudi Homeboy.
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September 21, 2006
Yet Another Racism Flap
So.
Senator George Allen's maternal grandfather spent time in one of Hitler's concentration camps.
Senator Allen's mother concealed her Jewish background due to a fear (probably well-founded) that Coach Allen's parents would disapprove of her Jewish background.
And Wonkette, among others, is having kittens.
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And George Allen — whose mother was, yes, of the prosperous and well-known Jewish Lumbroso family — clearly so shocked — shocked! — at the question that he can’t bring himself to just fucking say “yes, my mom was a Jew, that’s why I bring up the fact that my grandfather was in a fucking concentration camp.” No, instead he suddenly (and temporarily, one presumes) becomes a First Amendment absolutist of a stripe we’ve never seen before: one who takes “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof” to mean “the press doesn’t have a right to ask me if anyone in my family was ever a member of the Tribe in front of my milky-white constituents.” |
Did it never occur to you, that even as late as the 1960's, even in oh-so-liberal and enlightened Los Angeles, California, that there was (and is) a large segment of the population that did, and does, regard Jews as pushy interlopers, as "different", and as "someone to be polite to, but not to invite to family time, because he's Jewish you know".
(I heard the quote above from a high-school class-mate's mother in 1966. In L.A., where I lived until I was 25.)
Did it never occur to you that at time that the elder George Allen was courting his wife-to-be, that Hitler's death camps were a raw, painful, recent memory? And that many Jews felt they had very good reason to keep a very low profile?
So, yeah, I believe that the Senator's mom didn't even tell him. Oh, he probably had his suspicions, no doubt. But he didn't push the issue, because it wasn't important.
And it shouldn't be.
It is painfully obvious to even the casual reader that "Wonkette", whoever he/she/it might be, is a classic anti-Semite, and probably a general all-around racist. Closeted, of course.
Posted by ward at 05:27 PM | Comments (0)
September 12, 2006
The Day After September 11th
Today is the Day After September 11th.
All the words about the infamous attack on America have been said.
Five years after, here is where we are:
1. No successful follow-up in the US. I expect that to change, sooner or later, but so far, so good. The IslamoFascists will continue to try, and sooner or later, they will succeed. Americans will not, ever, tolerate the level of intrusiveness of the police that would be required to make us absolutely safe.
2. On-going LIC (Low-Intensity Conflict) in Afghanistan and Iraq. I don't mean to be brutal, but our casualty rate for this type of warfare is incredibly low. Meanwhile, the enemy is recruiting, and losing, an entire generation of easily influenced young men. That these young men could be put to useful work for their people instead of blowing themselves up is lost on the Fascisti running the "insurgencies".
Which brings us to ...
3. We are expending enormous amounts of "treasure" to fight these LICs - both in human terms - our soldiers and airmen, and in money.
Is the cost in military lives, and in money, worth it?
In my opinion, yes - for three reasons:
A. The bad guys are in, and traveling to Iraq and Afghanistan. I'd much rather they blow themselves up over there, rather than here.
B. Progress is being made. There are now sorta functional democracies in Iraq and Afghanistan. And in Iraq, the participation in the democratic process by the people is heartening to behold. They still need a bit of hand-holding, but the Iraqis are pitching in and trying, and trying very hard.
It's been a long day for me - I've been wrestling with a recalcitrant Windows 2000 Server, and trying to figure out how come my Exchange Server 2003 install doesn't want to play, PLUS I ran the Dad Taxi for Chickie, who's the 11-year-old who's taking (and loving) Ballet, Jazz Dance, and one other type of dance that I can't remember right now.
The Win2K server is eventually going to need to be rebuilt, which will be a PITA. The Exchange Server, when I've got it figured out, will make my life SO much easier - because while my local TelCo does a dandy job at providing a single mailbox, their management tools for multiple mailboxes really sucks rocks. In a month, maybe a little less, I'll have that whupped. In the meantime, there's a major deployment of new workstations at our most remote location. Well, major for the SFI (Small Financial Institution) - ten PCs to be totally replaced, and configured, all in one business day.
As Dr. Pournelle says, "It's a great life if you can dance fast enough".
And yeah, I love my job - it's fun, it's a challenge, and the people I work with are great.
Posted by ward at 10:18 PM | Comments (0)
September 01, 2006
Illegal Aliens
He's been thrown out seven times.
Here's what Old Wierd Ward says:
Cuff 'im and stuff 'im.
Keep 'im 'till 'e's old an' gray,
Then throw the louse out!
Make 'im pay!
And before all y'all say
"He's just a poor, hardworking"
"Latino, tryin' to make 'is way"
Just ask yourself, in a serious tone,
D'you want this Illegal Alien,
Livin' next to your 'ome?
(Sarcasm intended, and pointed.)
And yeah, I'm a grouch.
So flaming what?
Posted by ward at 07:35 PM | Comments (0)
July 02, 2006
Voting Fraud Redux in Ohio
Courtesy of Right-Thinking From The Left Coast, I found THIS little tid-bit on the Huffington Post.
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Alright, let's pretend, just for the sake of argument, that the Repubs are right, as are most Democrats and the media, when they insist that the election was legitimate. Fine. We're going to give them one more chance to hold elections that are credible. We're going to throw ourselves into this next election, getting out as many voters as we can. The turn-out will be huge, especially by the standard of off-year elections. Americans will come out to vote, in part, as a way to take a stand on behalf of free and fair elections. No early voting, and as little absentee voting as possible. The point here is to have a massive turn-out on Election Day. We'll not only work to boost the turn-out, but we also plan to monitor this thing with an unprecedented thoroughness. We're going to watch the polls, and watch them count the votes. We're going to keep track of every wrong or merely screwy incident, every startling trend, every weird anomaly. We're also going to pay close heed to all the relevant statistics: newspaper polls, independent exit polls (we cannot trust the NEP) and so on. And so, when the Repubs win yet again, surprisingly maintaining their control of Congress, notwithstanding their subterranean approval ratings, we will be prepared to note all the anomalies and improprieties -- and, at long last, to SAY NO. As this will have been the fourth election cycle ravaged by Bush/Cheney since 2000, Americans must finally go Ukrainian, and just refuse to acknowledge BushCo's latest "win." |
I posted the following on the HufPost as a comment to Mr. Miller's "blog" entry.
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OK, Mr. Miller, I guess you're entitled to your opinion. But, before you "go Ukrainian", consider the following:
1. Some months after the 2000 election, a coalition of newspapers, TV News crews, lawyers, and other interested persons finished an exhaustive, hand inspection of contested "hanging chads" in the critical Florida counties that might have swung to Gore. The inspectors concluded that Gore lost.
2. As a result of all the roaring and screaming, Florida and Ohio were hip-deep in lawyers sympathetic to Kerry. There were many unsubstantiated allegations of voting fraud in Ohio - but the silence from the "Army of Lawyers" was deafening, even in the MSM.
I have no doubt that the up-coming mid-term elections will be "observed" and "scrutinized" by both Democratic, Republican, and (hopefully) neutral observers. The level of scrutiny will probably exceed the 2004 elections.
And if the Dems lose, and are observed to lose by the observers, will you still be calling for a "go Ukrainian" movement?
Posted by ward at 04:55 PM | Comments (0)
June 30, 2006
Politics, Texas Style
A little-noticed survey's results are out. See it HERE, but I'll summarize it for you.
The current leaders of the race for Governor of Texas:
Rick Perry (R) (Inc) 35%
Kinky Friedman (I) 21%
Chris Bell (D) 20%
Carole Strayhorn (I) 19%
I'll just bet the Dems are gnashing their teeth right about now.
I sorta wish I lived in Texas, just so I could vote for Friedman.
Don't know who he is?
He's a successful author, and also formed a band once - "Kinky Friedman and The Texas Jewboys".
It's true, it's true! Google "Kinky Friedman and The Texas Jewboys" and you'll see that it's true!
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April 30, 2006
Yet Another Reason I'm Glad I Left California
Monday is The Big Day. Marches, speeches, endless caterwauling and chest thumping, all proclaiming just how much "undocumented migrants" do for the United States.
I notice that the while the AP and CNN and the others moan about how badly the "undocumented migrants" are treated, they don't say anything about how badly the "undocumentd migrants" treat the United States.
Those "undocumented migrants" bring their non-English-speaking children into the school systems of California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas - and demand that we pay for educating them - in Spanish.
Those "undocumented migrants" bring their non-English-speaking children into the hospital emergency rooms for their ailments - and demand that we treat them with "respect" - in Spanish.
Those "undocumented migrants" demand that our city, county, state and federal agencies deal with them - in Spanish.
And if just one of them gets caught violating our laws against jaywalking, or burglary, or driving a car without a license, just listen to them yell about how they're being discriminated against just 'cause they won't speak English when we're trying to deport them!
Fine.
For the next week, I don't eat Mexican-style food from any source. Which means that the one good Mexican restaurant in my town doesn't get my lunch custom. Major deal for me - I love good Mexican food.
Oh, my headline up above?
Did you see where the California Senate passed a resolution supporting Monday's nonsense? Between those elected idiots and some of the more useless blabbermouths on the tube, I'm really, Really, REALLY glad that I no longer live in California.
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April 19, 2006
Political Incorrectness Watch
We're in a new kind of war, again.
WW1 was not at all like the US Civil war. WW2 was not like WW1. Korea wasn't like WW2, and Viet Nam wasn't like any of them.
And Iraq is not like any of it's predecessors.
Some of our beloved politicians are caviling at the national origin of the .223, 7.62, and .50 caliber small-arms ammo that we might be using to whack the terrorists.
What are they sniveling about?
Why, Heavens Above, the ammo might be made in Israel, which will surely offend to frothing some other politically sensitive members of the Religion of Peace (God smile upon them).
See the story HERE. Tip O' The Hat to the Grouch in Atlanta.
US Congress-critters Abercrombie and Weldon need to get the first clue: Dead is dead - D.E.A.D dead. And a dead terrorista doesn't care where the slug was manufactured. Nor do Willie and Joe care where the round they fired came from. As long as it goes "bang" when the trigger is squeezed, and kills the enemy, the fact that it may have been manufactured in Israel or the US is immaterial.
In addition, Congress Critters, who's gonna check each round's head-stamp to verify country of origin?
Hey! There we have it! It's a jobs program for Citizen-wannabe-illegal-aliens on the run from one of the paradises south of the border, right? Or for the cousin that you only let out of the attic when nobody from the media is pointing a camera at your posturing behind...
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April 10, 2006
"Undocumented Workers"
Mass demonstrations.
Marching through the streets in American cities, waving signs for "rights" for illegal aliens.
Wait a minute, they aren't "illegal aliens", they're "undocumented workers", they're "immigrants" who are "vital to America's economy".
That change of words is, of course, so much horseshit.
These "immigrants" will not follow our rules.
They want to vote - but they don't want to learn English - they insist that the ballot be available in Spanish, or Chinese, or Russian, or Arabic, or Viet Namese, or Korean, or whatever their mother tongue is.
The "undocumented workers" want the protection of law in the workplace, but don't want to follow the "rule of law" to get here in the first place.
The "illegal aliens" want "open borders" to come and go as they please, just like American citizens.
Humph.
Try that in Mexico. Or Guatemala. Or Venezuela. Or China. Or Russia. Or France - and see how far you get. Ooops! Forgot for a second - in France you can riot and get away with it. Sorry....
I've got a case of the hips. Much more of this marching and speechifying, and I'll have a case of the ass.
Like much of the American public, I'm getting just a little tired of people that weren't invited making a mess of my home. Assuming that because they can get here, they're entitled to schooling, and health care, and voting, and all the other rights and privileges of American citizenship - without following the rules.
Have a care, illegal. If the American Citizenry gets pissed-off enough, you may find yourself on the receiving end of American rioters.
You think not?
The signs are all there. A large part of the American citizenry is starting a low-grade boil. Just a little more heat, and the boil will start to roll.
I will not be part of that boil. I'm not a "hater". But...
I do not have a lot of sympathy left for people who flaunt their unwillingness to follow the damned rules.
While I may not participate, I may decline to assist you, should you find yourself being chased by home-grown "haters".
Something for you to think about....neh?
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April 06, 2006
Front Page Politics
I see that C. McKinney (D-Ga) has "apologized" to the House.