Political Reality

The override of the President's Veto on the Water Bill shows what is wrong with Congress. The bill started out with projects that had gone through a considerable study phase got projects added that had been earlier rejected by engineers as lacking feasibility or had never been studied. These added projects had one thing in common PORK. So the President saw these added expenditures and saw a chance to shut up the liberal congress (led by socialists Reed and Pelosi) by saying “You say I am causing a deficient; vote for one yourselves.”

The bill contained only authorizations for the projects; the appropriations for the projects are yet to come. Again the President will say “You guys take the heat for the deficient”

Here is some political reality. Every project will be attacked by an environmental wacko group in court; the money to defend against those attacks will come from project money thus many projects will not go forward even if they win in court because there will not be enough money to fund the actual project. Since Federal law says these wacko groups get paid by the government for bringing these wacko suits; about a quarter of the money will go to wacko groups.

The annual blog awards voting

Its time for the annual blog award voting. You can go here to vote.

A letter to Robert M. "Mike" Duncan - Chairman, Republican National Committee

To Robert M. "Mike" Duncan - Chairman, Republican National Committee

Dear Mr. Duncan:

For 43 years I have contributed to the Republican National Committee; during the good times and the bad times. I have worked in grassroots campaigns and on campaign committees. I have served as an elected party official. I belong to groups that have GOP connections.

However for the first time your requests for my contribution to the RNC will go unanswered.

The reason for this is called disloyality. The RNC will distribute my contributions to those candidates who have refused to back the President; back and filled to appease democrats and left wing idiots and who are RINO (republican in name only).

The RNC failed to stop McCain-Fiengold and now is begging money for its existence. May I suggest that the RNC commit itself to a single object; the repeal of McCain-Fiengold. This would give incentives to loyal republicans to return to contributing to the RNC. Suggesting to Senator McCain that he introduce the repeal bill might just save his failing nomination bid.

I write this here; because there is no method to get to this you by any other method.

The Bird Feeder

A man bought a bird feeder. He hung it on his back porch and filled it with seed. Within a week he had hundreds of birds taking advantage of the continuous flow of free and easily accessible food. But then the birds started building nests in the boards of his patio, above the table, and next to the barbecue.

Then came the poop. It was everywhere: on the patio tile, the chairs, the table... everywhere. Then some of the birds turned mean: They would dive bomb the man and try to peck him even though he had fed them out of his own pocket. The birds were boisterous and loud: They sat on the feeder and squawked and screamed at all hours of the day and night and demanding that he fill the feeder when it got low on food.

After a while, the man couldn't even sit on his own back porch anymore.

Well, the man took down the bird feeder and in three days the birds were gone. He cleaned up their mess and took down the many nests they had built all over the patio. Soon, the back yard was like it used to be ... quiet, serene and no bird demanding its right to a free meal.

The lesson to be learned . . . . The US gives out free food, subsidized housing, free medical care, free education and allows anyone born here to be an automatic citizen; even if their parents crossed into this country illegally minutes before the birth. So the illegals came by the millions; some were drug dealers and terrorists.

Suddenly . . Our taxes went up to pay for free services.

Small apartments intended to house a single person are housing 5 families. You have to wait 6 hours to be seen by an emergency room doctor; your child's broken arm waiting attention behind illegals colds and flu. Your child's 2nd grade class is behind other schools because over half the class doesn't speak English. Corn Flakes now come in a bilingual box.

You have to press "one" to hear your bank speak in English.

People waving flags other than "Old Glory" are squawking and screaming in the streets, demanding more rights and freebies.

These same people while in the US; pledge allegiance to a foreign country while propping up that country's economy with money sent from illegal jobs stolen from US citizens.

It's time for the United States Congress to take down the bird feeder.

Not if Speaker Nancy Pelosi can prevent it; but you knew that right! Here is her web site so you can thank her for keeping the bird feeder up !

Rules for Civilians

It is becoming fashionable and politically correct to again attack the military as criminals and falsehood tellers but here are a few of the areas where Veterans would like your assistance:

1. The next time you see an adult talking (or wearing a hat) during the playing of the National Anthem---kick their ass.
2. When you witness, firsthand, someone burning the American Flag in protest---kick their ass.
3. Regardless of the rank they held while they served or what war they were in, pay the highest amount of respect to all veterans. If you see anyone doing otherwise, quietly pull them aside and explain how these veterans fought for the very freedom they bask in every second. Enlighten them on the many sacrifices these veterans made to make this Nation great. Then hold them down while a disabled veteran kicks their ass.
4. If you were never in the military, DO NOT pretend that you were. Wearing battle dress uniforms (BDUs) or Jungle Fatigues, telling others that you used to be "Special Forces," and collecting GI Joe memorabilia, might have been okay when you were seven years old. Now, it will only make you look stupid and get your ass kicked.
5. Next time you come across an Air Force member, do not ask them, "Do you fly a jet?" Not everyone in the Air Force is a pilot. Such ignorance deserves an
ass kicking (children are exempt).
6. If you witness someone calling the US Coast Guard 'non-military', inform them of their mistake---and kick their ass.
7. Don't ever say that some one went into the Navy to avoid "the real war", The most dangerous job in the military is on a flight deck. Working 72 hour combat ops on all Navy ships is normal and expected. Such ignorance deserves an ass kicking (children are exempt).
8. Next time Old Glory (the US flag) prances by during a parade, get on your damn feet and pay homage to her by placing your hand over your heart. Quietly thank the military member or veteran lucky enough to be carrying her---of course, failure to do either of those could earn you a severe ass kicking.
9. Don't try to discuss politics with an active military member veteran. The Chain of Command includes the Commander-In-Chief (CinC). The President (for those who didn't know) is our CinC regardless of political party. We have no inside track on what happens inside those big important buildings where all those representatives meet. All they know is that when those civilian representatives screw up the situation, the politicians call upon the military to go straighten it out. If you keep asking them the same stupid questions repeatedly, you will get your ass kicked!
10. Bin Laden and the Taliban are dedicated Isalmists, so stop saying if we just wouldn't be so mean they would like us and leave us alone. You are so stupid that obviously you didn't study world history in high school and for that alone you need your ass kicked.
11. Stop asking where Bin Laden is! Crystal balls are not standard issue in the military. And the Irag WOMD are in Syria; there are satalite photos of them being moved there which were published on TV and thousands of web sites.. If you say there were no WOMD you deserve to have your ass kicked.
12. 'Flyboy' (Air Force), 'Jarhead' (Marines), 'Grunt' (Army), 'Squid' (Navy), 'Puddle Jumpers' (Coast Guard), etc., are terms of endearment we use to describe each other. Unless you are a service member or vet, you have not earned the right to use them. That could get your ass kicked.
13. Whether or not you were a member of the military, support our troops and their families Every Thanksgiving and religious holiday that you enjoy with family and friends, please remember that there are literally thousands of soldiers, sailors, marines and airmen far from home wishing they could be with their families. Thank God for our military and the sacrifices they make every day.Without them, our country would get it's ass kicked."
14. Remember this often repeated reminder from Veterans or we will kick you ass.

"It is the Veteran, not the reporter who has given us the freedom of the press.

It is the Veteran, not the poet, who has given us the freedom of speech.

It is the Veteran, not the campus organizer, who gives us the freedom to demonstrate.

It is the Military who salutes the flag, who serves beneath the flag, and whose coffin is draped by the flag, who allows the protester to burn the flag.

If you can read this, thank a teacher If you are reading it in English, thank a Veteran; it could be in German, Japanese or Russian; and one quarter of the world wants it to be in Arabic "

PS: If you are an immigrate to the USA; no matter how you got in; and don't know how to speak English; ask a veteran for help; he/she would be honored to help.

AWARDS

Al (I know more than you do even if you are an environmental scientist) Gore; (also known as "I invented the internet") Gore or (don’t ask me about my carbon foot print from my 3 houses and my private jet) Gore got the Noble peace prize today.

This is not about that specifically however; it’s about the politicalization of awards.

The Grammy for the best country music song of the year went to the Dixie Chicks; for a song that was played exactly 76 times on country music stations and was 699 on the Billboard top country hits and 1012 on the CMA top country hits. But the Grammy voters wanted to send a zinger to those Bush supporters who put the Dixie (we will disrespect our country in a foreign land) Chicks out of the music business; which these dishonest voters did.

Then comes the Oscars and the Golden Globes; Al gets the documentary award for a film that the British, Australian and New Zealand governments will not allow to be shown in their schools unless a companion film is shown where scientists (who actually have degrees and CV’s) point out the numerous scientific errors in the Al (I really want the adulation) documentary. By this the Oscar and Golden Globes con men score two zingers for the ‘we will get even for the 2000 election’ crowd.

Now the Noble peace committee repeats the same error; because they are an international group of ‘we really hate the fact that the US (and by extension the Bush administration) is the most powerful nation in the world when it should be us because we legalized and provide public funds for abortion; prostitution and addictive drug use’.

What this means is that no such award of the past, no such award in the future will ever be given the respect it might have deserved. Just as Barry Bonds’ record will forever be suspect; every one of these awards ever given or to be given will be and are suspect.

Point of interest: Noble prize money comes from the estate of the inventor of dynamite. Dynamite is nitro glycerin in a suspended form in material that makes it safer to handle. Most of it is now made in the US. The manufacture of it causes green house cases 6.8 times the weight of the final product. Yes it is still used; primarily in mining but a durative is used in weaponry. Now if Al is really interested in cooling the environment maybe the money he gets from the prize will be used in his next documentary to tell about how to stop this green house gas emitter.

Sure; and I just won the Irish lottery.


{Grammy; Oscar, and Golden Globe are trademarks of MoveOn.Org oops I mean their respective owners. Al Gore is a trademark of IwilllieforadulationinAmerica.org. The "Internet" is not subject to a trademark because Al failed to file the required forms when he invented it. Dixie Chicks is a trademark of Wecan'tsellarecordintheUSanymore.com}

Damn Yankees

They are gone; and probably Joe Torre too.

The Royals should have a call into Joe right now; tell him that he won't make as much money in KC but he will work for a much nicer owner with much nicer fans.

He is one guy (Frank White is another) that can oversee a building process that the Royals want to commit to.

However go D'BACKS!

Evil triumphs where men do nothing

Recently the US Episcopal Bishops finished a meeting where they were given a chance to step back from a final break with the Anglican Communion. Of course if they did that would mean they would not be able to preach that homosexuality is morally correct. {Don't bring up any of that Bible stuff; the Bible is such old hat and it really isn't anything but a nice story.}

I am not going down that well worn pathway in this post. I am going to tell you how this happened. As you can expect it didn't happen over night. This is a clear and perfect example of ""All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." (Edmund Burke).

In the early 1970s those who had led the Episcopal Church since World War II started to pass away. Their children took over. These were the children who never were required to test their metal; except for Vietnam. And then in the face of that challenged they weakened and succumbed to a religion that was not permitted to have boundaries. They brought this new religion to the Episcopal Church. They mouthed the words of an old liturgy until they got a new one that didn’t require boundaries. {Now I actually liked the new liturgy because I never heard the old one. The liturgy isn’t the point; they didn’t like boundaries.} The premise was that “there is no sin”; thus no sinners.

This is called the dogma of openness. “We must be an open church!” So no longer did one have to confess sin and resolve to sin no more because sin was obsolete. And those who didn’t believe the dogma thought that church would always be the same. They did nothing. They didn’t serve on committees or boards or even give oversight to those who did.

The purveyors of this new dogma took control of vestries; which led to control of dioceses, which led to control of general conventions. Finally they had control of discernment committees. These are the portals to the ordained priesthood. If one didn’t ascribe to the new dogma of openness; one was not “discerned” to be worthy of ordination.

The seizure of the church was complete. It is not a Christian church; it is a Open church.

In 1970 the number of people who called themselves Episcopalians was around 11% of the population; in 2000 that number was 0.9%. It continues to drop.

When the Anglican Communion cuts the Episcopal Church off; the openness dogma will have reaped what it has sown.

"Liberty"

Recently my son-in-law and I had a discussion about the war. He thinks it is a waste of resources so that Bush and his friends "can profit" from the war. It got me to thinking.

What is the common thread that runs through all of the wars that the US has participated in?

Its liberty!

In each case we fought to give humanity relief from tyrannical and oppressive policies. When the US forgot that in Vietnam we succumbed to our own baseness; the "me" philosophy. If it doesn't effect {and sometimes affect} "me" it is not right. This is what separates liberals and conservatives. If you don't see the difference; there is not enough space here to explain it. You were asleep in American history class and you must go back and learn our history.

Schooners for sale

So you want to be the captain of your very own schooner!

Start here: Schooners for sale

Fred '08 - Friends of Fred Thompson

I got a report that the Fred Thompson link in my post about Presidential Choices didn't work; this should work:

Fred '08 - Friends of Fred Thompson

Definition of "Diverse views"

The Iran crazy has been invited to give his "diverse views" at Columbia University next week.

If you don't know what a diverse view is; this will help:

Destroy America and its values is a diverse view.
Anti-semitic is a diverse view.
Destroy Israel is a diverse view.
Anything a Hollywood liberal (or a host on the view) says is a diverse view.
Any speech defaming Christians or Christ is a diverse view.

Recruiting graduates to the military services is not a diverse view.
Any speech that might indicate that George Bush ever did anything right is not a diverse view.
Any speech that even hints that the war on terror just might be essential to our survival is not a diverse view.
Recalling historical documents from Islam that indicates that all Islam is radical is not a diverse view.
Suggesting that there just might be some conservative black and Hispanic politicians is not a diverse view.
Oh; and that Hillary might be the most dangerous president ever to be elected is not a diverse view.

So at Columbia University and other Universities you will find the above diverse views but of course not any of those non- diverse views.

Its called selective application; if it is line with what our professors think its free speech; if not it is to be suppressed. Here is a suggested test; ask the Iran crazy one question: "Is it your position that Hitler was justified in killing 6,000,000 Jews"? If they ask the question they support truly diverse views if they don't then there is no other conclusion.

I bet Bill O'Reilly would ask that question!

HDTV

Now I have always thought that I was at least slightly above average in intelligence; especially in technical things. If you are of a similar belief go try to buy a High Definition TV. (HDTV).

My 20" 22 year old plain old TV gave up the ghost last week. Without a TV how can I keep up with Politics, NFL, MLB, NASCAR, "Saving Grace, "NCIS", History Channel and just who is mad at who today. Well I can't!

As you probably know the FCC has ruled that TV stations must turn off their analog broadcasts in 2009 and broadcast in digital format only. If you have cable or satellite they too will bring most of their feeds in digital and HD. So it is not that you have a choice or not to go to HDTV; that has all ready been decided by those nice people at the FCC (I am a licensed amateur radio operator so I want to say really nice things about them so they don't send me a nasty gram.}

To the point. I have been out looking at HDTVs. The first thing you have to do is get past the sticker shock. OK; get pass that. Now there are at least 10 different technologies you have to understand to know if you are getting the HDTV right for you. I won't list them here because if I do I might be tempted to try to explain them. No way am I going to do a lemming over the brink for that.

I was telling a friend about this event and the search for the right HDTV; she said that when the time comes that her plain analog TVs no longer work that she will just listen to the radio. Stupidly I told her that the friendly FCC is considering making FM stations broadcast only digitally. Now I don't know when to leave well enough alone. She said that she would read the newspaper; sorry at the rate newspapers are disappearing the only ones that will exist at the end of the next decade are those that only have the grocery and auto dealer adds in them.

Its the internet and HDTV for America; tide, time and digital waits for no one!

NFL, MLB, NASCAR, "Saving Grace, "NCIS", History Channel are trademarks of their respective owners.

I can't believe the gall of this guy!

The crazy that runs Iran want to visit Ground Zero when he is in New York next week. The gall of this guy!

My suggestions:
1. Let him drive there in an open convertible.
2. Arrest anybody trying to protect him with a firearm under New York's at last reasonable law firearm registration law; a real violation of the second amendment.
3. Bury his body in one of the mass graves in Irag so he will always have a presence there.
or
have Chuck Shummer talk to him and bore him to death.

And last not least have the US withdraw from the UN, seize the building as payment against all of the parking tickets that are unpaid by UN delegates; and give every delegate from a country that doesn't like us an hour to get out of the US. Oh and don't let them take anything at all from this country they hate so much.

Now that is how we do things in the heartland.

Considering the Choices

I have been considering my choices in the GOP presidential race (I don't even think about the alternative liberal party). My long standing #1 choice has been Condi Rice; but she is too intelligent and gracious to get into something where mud slinging is the norm (no pun intended).http://www.4condi.com

Mitt R. is my favorite right now; I can align with his family values and I think we need a business executive for the next eight years to keep the economy strong. I have trouble with some of his "I had to say this to get elected in MA stuff" even though as a long time political operative I understand it. http://www.mittromney.com/

Fred T. is a true conservative so that makes him a second favorite but I need to see if his campaign organization can come together enough to convince me he can beat the "I just want to be the most powerful woman on earth and I don't care who I have to kill to do it" candidate.http://www.fred08.com/

John M. impresses me with his stand on the war and immigration (I know I might lose my conservative credentials by being for a rational immigration policy but I am taking the chance) but I can't forgive him for the absolutely stupid campaign finance law he pushed through. That might just be the best way to destroy a democracy.http://www.johnmccain.com/

Rudy G. is impressive but either you are Roman Catholic or you aren't; there is no in between. http://www.joinrudy2008.com/

I like Huckaby from Arkansas because he is like me; just a Heartland Christian; but he is not scoring big in the party or the polls. Thanks to McCain - Fiengold organizations that want a Christian president can't help one who is running.http://www.mikehuckabee.com/index.cfm?FuseAction=Home.Home

Ron Paul needs a psych consultation.

The rest are just the rest. Also thanks to McCain-Fiengold we can't help our black and Hispanic stars. Thanks for nothing John.

I keep getting requests for financial support from the RNC; for the first time in my life I am not giving to the RNC because they are required to distribute to turn coats along with loyalists. However I am not so required. http://www.rnc.org/

Difficult choices!

Oh; if you want to call those debates go ahead; but they would shame Abe Lincoln!

From the Missouri River valley Norm!

Next Year on the J&E Riggin

It's over a year away but daughter Nan and I have already started to plan a trip to the J & E Riggin, the Maine windjammer Schooner that we both love. We not only love the boat but all of the people that are associated with it.

Jake (middle grandchild) wants to go so we are looking at the options for this. A family cruise might just be the ticket (no pun intended).

I love race week so I might have to go twice; just don't know yet. Race week is really a lot of fun because that is when the Riggin Relics are aboard (between us there are nearly 300 trips).

Watch this blog for more postings about the J & E Riggin; as it is one of my favorite subjects.

Weather for race week on the J & E Riggin

I just checked the weather for race week. It's terrible! Showers and / or thunder storms the entire week. We won't get to sail that much but we will be with friends. What I am really worried about is that it will rain for Elizabeth's wedding. She will be totally bummed; but I bet happy too.

Can't wait to get there.

Getting ready to sail!

Race Week on the J. E. Riggin

Its getting close to race week on the J & E Riggin. My daughter, granddaughter and myself will leave on the 30th for race week. The excitement is great and growing.

Watch for blogs after our return on July 8. Pictures will be up on Flixer too.
J & E Riggin

Where are we headed?

The question is "where are we headed in this country". It is clear that the foundation Christian beliefs are under attack by the secularists in congress. Those who are conveniently Christian (like Ted K.) have decided that Chritian principles must give way to what they think is political necessity.

Mean while Islam again is following its foundations that direct and compell it to destroy Christianity and its precurser Judaism.

Where should we go? I believe we as evangelical Christians have no choice but to form political parties through out the world that have one political goal; protection of Christian foundations.

My Flixster profile

Rivers are out of their banks.

The Missouri and Platte rivers are out of their banks. We are having serious flooding in the entire Missouri River Valley. I will try to get some pictures up of the flooding.

Entry from Yahoo 360

Cross Post from Yahoo 360

HRH Elizabeth II visits the US

For those of us of English decent having the Queen in the country is a special time. although my ancestors were loyalists during the Revolution we are very much American today.

I wonder how many of us reflect during her visit on our English heritage; not only our language is English but our legal system is based on English Common Law.

Section 1.101 of the Missouri Revised Statues says that English Common Law is in fact the statutory law of the State.

We know she won't be with us much longer so this is most likely her last visit to the US.

"God save the Queen"

My granddaughter is named after both of the Elizabeths.

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Thinking about Race week on the J & E Riggin

I am thinking about race week on the J & E Riggin.

My daughter Nancy; granddaughter Libby (Elizabeth; named for the queen but that is another entry) and myself are booked and confirmed for race week on the J & E Riggin Maine Adventure Sails.

My annual week on the Riggin is something I look forward to every year and my life kind of centers around that time. Someday I am going to figure out a way to make the Riggin and Maine be more than 1/52 of my time. (Living in a Democrat state is a real problem for me; I might just go there to bug 'em.)

This will be my 12 th time and Nancy and Libby 2nd time. So we are all Riggin Repeaters now. However being a Riggin Repeater is not that special; most of their passengers are Riggin Repeaters.

Race week is the week when all of the Maine Schooners get together and have a race. The race runs for the entire day and the passengers get really into it.

Of course the week includes stops at some really great Maine sea coast towns like Casteen, Stonington and other places. And then there is the Lobster shore lunch which folks really like (unfortunately I have a shell fish alergy so I have never partaken).

However I am excited and counting the days.

More later~~

Norm

Waiting on the East banks of the Missouri River

J and E Riggin out of the lifts.

The J and E Riggin is out of the lifts and back in the water. Work week is getting started. I am getting excited about this year's trip out to Rockland, ME for the great schooner race.

The Captains and the shore cordinantor are just the greatest people.

The Unites States Attorney General

Could it be that the Democrats are after the AG because he has the audacity to be Hispanic Republican. They hate the Secretary of State because she is black and a Republican.

Liberal democrats think that any minority person who throws off the victim mentality and become a success through hard work and education is to be despised.

That is what this is about and only what it is about. They want to use their majority for revenge not for renewal like they told the American voter.

Pelosi violated the Law

Nancy, look up the Logan Act!