Master Gates

Ladies and gents, I'd like to take this opportunity to thank SECDEF Robert Gates for reading my blog and responding to my cry for answers. (see here)

I don't really have much to say about it at this point. We appear to be focusing on not so much the singular thought that they deactivated their nuclear weapons program in 2003, but the fact that they are now equipped to restart it, and at a much more competent level than they were in 2003.

Theoretically speaking, the international pressure will continue for unfettered access to Iran's nuclear facilities for IAEA and other inspectors as well as documentation of any nuclear programs/projects of note. We may even throw in some penalties that actually HURT Iran so they maybe think about listening to us.

They're toying with us. Today, Iran, the worlds fourth largest exporter of oil, announced they will no longer use the American dollar for oil transactions due to the dollar being an "unreliable currency".

On a completely unrelated note, it's cold as a witches tit (sorry Cassa) outside. My windshield was frozen over when I left work at 11:15pm this evening. Yet, there's thunder and lightning and rain. Luckily, my windshield wipers have yet to reproduce, but the winter is young...(see one of my first posts ever).

Iran Victory?

Well, it's been forever since I've posted, figured I'd put something up real quick so people know that I haven't forgotten you. This will be brief, but I'll post again soon. Seriously.

A new NIE (National Intelligence Estimate) has been released regarding Irans nuclear program. Per this new NIE, Iran shut down their nuclear program in 2003 and is showing "no signs of restarting the program".

Here's a link to the article.

Now I don't want to burst anyone's bubble here, but if Iran shut down their nuclear program in 2003, why didn't Ahmadinejad just come out and say that? Why does he consistently state that he will never stop Iran's nuclear program if it is already stopped?

Am I the only one that thinks this doesn't make sense?

Todays Rant.

So I was sitting here tonight trying to find something to post about. I wanted to talk about Mrs. Edwards newest solution for "global warming". Tangerines. That's right. Those little orange bastards. So sweet, and yet, sour at the same time. A multi-faceted fruit of all fruits. Oranges quiver at the raw power of the tangerine. But, I digress. She has come out and made a public statement proclaiming she will stop eating tangerines as she is on the east coast, and they have to be trucked all across the US just so she can have one. Thus, increasing the carbon footprint on those-there tangerines. This is the most retarded thing I have ever heard--from Mrs. Edwards--today.

Moving right along. There were multiple bombings today in Iraq. News? I say yes. You may say, "We hear about that all the time, why is that news?" First off, we are in a war in Iraq right now. We have men and women risking their lives on a daily basis to fight an enemy that wears no uniform. They follow no Geneva Conventions, even though we do. They follow no code of honor, they kill innocents to make a statement. We should, on a daily basis, recognize the fact that we are at WAR and recognize the sacrifices that are being made for this cause. We also should recognize the sacrifices that the civilians are making as well. Every day they practice and experience new freedoms for the very first time, and, barring fanatics, they seem to be liking it.

The US has taken over two hundred years to grow to what we are today and Congress is proposing bill after bill after bill after bill after bill (this may seem redundant...THATS THE POINT) to get us out of Iraq and just leave the Iraqis hanging in the wind after having less than 5 years to go from Saadam to soccer mom's? This process (starting up a democracy were one has NEVER been) takes a little time.

Back to the bombings. Iraqis were celebrating an Iraqi soccer match victory when a suicide bomber exploded in the crowd near a popular ice cream parlor and killed more than 30 innocent people. Roughly 45 minutes later, in a different city, another explosion killed more than 20.

So the Democrats (and some castrated Republicans) want us to leave without finishing the job? They can look at the pictures of the blasts and the body count and literally duck your tail, turn around and run? You see some men beating the hell out of a campaign contributor, I bet my left...pinky, that you would be moving mountains to help them. You see some Iraqi's getting blown to bits by a terrorist organization making major moves into Iraq and also attacking our soldiers, and "it's time for Iraqi's to step up and handle their own business so we can go home?" What is this, sink or swim with IED's?

The Dems think they're going to take office. They want us out before this becomes their baby. They don't care about the costs. Remember Vietnam? I don't (apparently, neither does John Kerry), but I do know from history that when we left Vietnam, thousands of people were slaughtered in "re-education camps". According to John Kerry, he knows of plenty of people people from the camps who, to put it in my own words, got over it. Nobody died because we left, or so John Kerry claims.

Our only hope is that one of the Republican candidates somehow makes a huge turnaround with fund raising and somehow turns into a leader for the Conservative party. Or, an unknown candidate comes in and woos us all. God help us if Hillary gets elected. Ayn Rand keeps coming to mind when I think of Hillary at the helm of the US. If you haven't read her books, PLEASE get Atlas Shrugged. And read it.

Oh, I'll TRY and post in the next few days on the recent "Debate" that CNN/YouTube hosted. What a joke. "Look to the person to your left and tell them something you don't like about them, look to the person on the right and tell them something you DO like about them." ARE YOU KIDDING ME? I'm done.

It's a Pol!

I put up a poll. I'm going to start paying a little more attention to this blog as I feel I have been neglecting it as of late. Please take the poll, if you get a chance. It'll be fun. And good for you, too!

It's New, BABY!

Apparently, a few people still read this blog. That’s a few more than I thought. So, tonight, I write this blog in your honor. You unnamed few. Seriously, I won’t tell anyone you’re reading my blog. You can keep reading.

Ahhh…what to write about? Illegal immigration would be the obvious pick. Do I want to be obvious, though? Sometimes obvious is good, but, tonight, is not sometimes. It’s tonight. And, since the immigration bill is dead, at least for a few years, we can talk about that some other time.

The Fairness Doctrine. The lib’s new Golden Child. Now that they don’t have to convince us that Americans won’t wash dishes and mow lawns, they can cram the Fairness Doctrine down our throats. It’s a big one, so they’ll have to use both hands and put some elbow grease into it.

The idea is this: They don’t like what talk radio is saying right now, since it’s predominantly (90%) right wing. To restore order, they want to have equal time on all radio programs to voice their “side” of any story they choose.

For example, Rush Limbaugh has Ann Coulter on his show. They take 5 minutes to discuss some political issue; the war in Iraq. They say that they stand with Bush on Iraq and don’t want to have the soldiers brought home until our military leaders on the ground tell us that the Iraqi Police and Military branches will be able to keep order. A MoveOn.org lefty doesn’t agree. He wants to blame Bush for Saddam, Iraq, and the end of the TV series Knight Rider. Under the rules of the proposed “Fairness Doctrine”, anyone who disagrees has the right to call and demand equal airtime on that program to discuss their views on the topic.

First off. Sponsors pay for advertising spots to keep these shows on the air. Sponsors pay big bucks to be put in spots during popular programs because they will receive the most exposure with those, obviously. If any schmuck can call in and take up time on a nationally syndicated program to voice their retarded opinion, the ratings will go down. Millions of people choose those shows because they like the host, Rush, or Michael Savage, or Matt Drudge…not some jackass sitting at home at his computer wearing a tin-foil hat in his Mom’s basement. Without sponsors, no money. No money, no show. It’s free radio folks. Don’t know if you noticed that. You don’t have to pay monthly to listen to AM radio, they make money through sponsors. That’s it. That’s how it works.

Secondly. Why aren’t they talking about fairness on TV? Hardball with Chris Mathews? Keith Olbermann? I don’t see them wanting to give equal air-time to conservatives who want to call in to disagree with Keith. Why is it only radio? Because radio is dominated by Conservatives and the Right. TV and Movies are dominated by liberals and Hollywood (pretty much the same thing).

Look, people. The Fairness Doctrine is nothing but the left wanting to shut up conservative radio. They’re pissed off because Heir America didn’t pan out, so now they’re going after Rush and others. They don’t want to come on the show and debate politics and make their voice heard, they just want talk radio to stop pointing out what should be obvious to everyone else. There is no debate with Liberals. They know they can’t stand up to the truth, so they want it blotted out. Too late. The gig is up. The Fairness Doctrine will never happen.

Besides, aren’t there more important things to be legislating than this? Like why can’t we get more than 2 miles of border fence built in 2 years? We can send men to the moon, but for some reason we can’t get a freakin fence built on our border? Let’s figure out ways to enforce laws we have, that would be cool, right?


Whew. That rant felt great. A little bit of this, a little bit of that. Good stuff. More to come.

"Global Warming"

Sorry for the delay in posts.

“Please God, let this be the last time I have to seriously think about Global Warming.”

My brother, sister and I took my Mom out for a belated Mothers Day today as she was out of town last Sunday. We went to the park, had a picnic. We let her take some goofy family pictures. While this was going on, every once and a while someone would mention the fact that it’s pretty cool for this time of the year. It’s May, just in case you don’t know what month it is. May is notorious, at least in Oklahoma, for being hot. Not 120 degrees, but we should at least be hitting the 90’s on a regular basis by now. Today I would bet my left pinky it was less than 75 all day. In May. SUMMERTIME.

Why is this? Every day I turn on the news and see someone telling me that I personally am responsible for the cyclical weather changes the world goes through. Some have likened disbelief in “Global Warming” to holocaust deniers. I can’t count the number of times I’ve heard “The debate is over, global warming is real.”

Nobody has a decent answer as to why the world got warmer when there were no SUV’s, thousands of years ago. A friend at work actually told me cavemen could’ve caused it with their campfires and other non-environmentally friendly activities (like flinging poo).

Leonardo DiCaprio and Al Gore are flying around in their private jets, taking caravans of bullet proof SUV’s to Greenie meetings and events. Practice what you preach, eh?

How bout this? Water vapor caused 95% of the greenhouse effect, or “global warming”. What’s the other 5% you ask? Methane (cow farts), carbon dioxide, nitrogen dioxide and others. Carbon Dioxide, Co2, made up most of that 5% (3.6%)

Here’s the million dollar question:

How much of the total greenhouse effect are humans responsible for?

0.12%. If we’re killing the planet, we did it with a spitball in the library. Absurd? Exactly.

Here’s something else. An 18 year old in Canada was forced to watch Al Gore’s film, “An Inconvenient Truth”, 4 times this year in HIGH SCHOOL. Just in case you didn’t notice, I capitalized that to show emphasis. Canada’s Public School system has bought God knows how many copies of this movie and are making their students watch it over and over again. This makes me wonder how many students in the US may have been forced to watch this trash.

Folks, lets grow a backbone here. Just because someone tells us something over and over and over, doesn’t make it true. I mean seriously. The guy who played in Titanic tells you Global Warming is real, so you think “He’s been in movies, he’s got to be right.” Al Gore gets a few scientists to say they believe in Global Warming, and all of the sudden that means it’s fact. Even though the scientists knew nothing about weather or climate as they were anthropologists, or physicists, we’re still supposed to give credence to their poorly reached opinions.

You know what’s happening all along the way as we argue and fight for the truth to be heard? Millions of dollars are being made. Web sites are selling “carbon credits” to make people feel better about making up part of the .12% of the man-made greenhouse gasses. How much time has Al Gore spent on global warming that could’ve been spent fighting poverty and disease and famine around the world. Darfur is real and people are dying there in droves. Man-mad global warming can’t kill thousands of people. Sure, it might get hot some day and we might have a tornado, or earthquake or even a tsunami. That doesn’t mean that we could’ve prevented it by driving less. .12%, people. Come on.

Doesn‘t anyone think it‘s time to move on from global warming to something that‘s a real problem, like whether or not Santa lost any of his reindeer with the recent pet food recalls from Chinese manufacturers.

Eyemus.

Wow. At least the Imus story isn't big anymore. Don't get me wrong, it's a horrible tragedy that transpired at VT and the students and family are in my prayers. I'm just tired of seeing Imus' old mug on TV.

With that being said, let me make a few comments on this. Imus called the girls on the Rutgers Women's Basketball team "Nappy-headed hoes(sp?). I would be willing to bet my left testicle that if it wasn't for the good "Reverends", then none of these women would have been offended, they probably would never have known he existed. Imus has said some crazy things over the years, but people still listened. They still tuned in to hear what he had to say, so advertisers would still pay tons of money to get slots during his show because it would get them more exposure to the listeners than going with, say...Air America. So after his last comment, the Reverends heard about the "nappy headed hoes" and decided this would be their crusade. Now honestly, I think they would've been better off if they had waited for the right time and gone against, well, a conservative. That way this at least made some sense, but NOOOOOO, they don't want to make sense. That's because they DON'T make sense. It's not an option for them.

Imus profusely apologized after being told of his mistake. He even agreed to meet with all the girls on the basketball team and let them individually and collectively "rip him a new one". The players accepted his apology and the offer to meet him and where satisfied when the meetings were finished. But no, that wasn't enough. The studio had suspended Imus for two weeks, Imus raised over one million for a charity fund raiser AND he apologized in person to the girls on the team. They said "Nope, we want him fired."

They're reverends, or so I assume from the "Reverend" moniker. I'm pretty sure they believe in forgiveness as they have asked for others forgiveness in the past after they have made mistakes. They were forgiven and were able to continue with their jobs/shows with no issues. Now when Imus says something that just gets their goat, well, it's time for him to be fired. They raised such hell that the advertisers pulled out, hence, Imus was fired. No show without sponsors, no Imus with the show, it's that simple.

I can't think of a bigger case of hypocrisy, at least, not right now. I'm sure people will point out several in an effort to prove that I'm retarded, but, oh well. What about all the rap songs that talk about hoes? Ludacris has a whole song about them, he probably uses the word "Ho" at least 30 times in the 3-4 minute long song. How many other rap songs repeatedly talk about "bitches" and "nigga (supposedly okay because they misspelled it; the logic defies me)". I don't buy the argument "Well, white people gave us that word when we were slaves, so only we can use it but if you do, it's racist, and we are offended." That's bullshit. It's...ludicrous?

I'm starting to ramble, sorry. My point was, if you're lobbying to have a radio show host fired because he said something you didn't like, you need to do one of two things. You could fire him and Rosie O'Donnell (recently made fun of the Chinese saying things like "Ching chang chow" and making wild gestures) and all the rappers and...EVERYONE else who has ever said anything that could offend anyone. "What about free speech?", you say? Good question. Apparently they want to throw it out the window to avenge someone they've never met and to make a point. My goal was to show the idiocy of this viewpoint, I think I succeeded.

The second option would be to turn it off if we don't like it. Be mature. If you don't like the Fish sandwiches at McDonalds, you don't have to eat them. You ESPECIALLY don't have to lobby for weeks on end to have McDonalds completely remove the Fish Sandwich from their menu just because you don't like them, just eat something else or stop going there. Eventually, if enough people stop going to their restaurants because they smell like old fish ass, then McDonalds will probably stop selling it. Otherwise, maybe some people do like those fish burgers. They might be legally insane for eating fish at McDonalds, but, to each his own.

That was way too long of a metaphor, but it's my blog and I'll use metaphors when I want to. I hope this all makes sense to someone. I probably could've made it about 200 words shorter, but who DOESN'T like beating a dead dog?

Or is it just me?

Last thing, I'll be posting on the VT incident soon. I feel like I have to since it is a fairly significant event, it's just been covered so much in the last few days, it's hard to come up with anything that hasn't already been harped on over and over and over and over and over and over...

Am I lazy?

Am I lazy? Yes. Is that why I haven´t been posting? No. I´m in Spain and don´t have easy access to the internet, so I haven´t posted in a while. I´ll post when I get back with a few pics.

Good story.

Rosie Part Deaux

Hello, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the first ever episode of "Shut Your Pie Hole!" My guest today? Rosie.


First, let me tell you what she said and you decide. Baby steps...

According to Rosie, Bush intentionally sent our troops into Iran to be captured, all so he could pick a fight with Iran. Does Bush really need an excuse to turn Iran into a giant mirror? I mean, come on, it would help with global warming, right? Save the polar bears and all that? But, I digress. Lets see...we keep finding Iranian Elite Military members helping the insurgency in Iraq. Ahmadenejad (I-Wanna-jihad) repeatedly talks of eradicating all the Jews. Oh yeah, and pretty much everyone in the world thinks Iran having nukes akin to letting George Michaels be a school bus driver, it's just plain dumb. Needless to say, I don't really see any need for an excuse.

I'm about to blow your mind Rosie, the money you paid me to let you secretly (oops,call Fitzgerald!) subscribe to my blog will finally pay off. What if the President of Iran is intentionally instigating conflict in an effort to raise the oil prices? I think I heard somewhere that Iran has a little bit of oil don't they? Maybe a couple gas stations or something? OH YEAH! They're one of the top oil producing countries in the world. If we could see them, they (Ahmadenejad and the Sean Penn) are frolicking down the street, hand in hand. Well what're they doing with the other hands? I knew you'd ask. They're holding our money of course!

Iran needs to be dealt with. I hope the international community starts to see it my way or we're in big trouble. Meanwhile, on a lighter note, the awards ceremony...


"CONGRATULATIONS ROSIE, YOU WIN!"

"Really? What's the prize?"

"Well Rosie, that's nice of you to ask. Are you ready? I know I am. You get to...SHUT---YOUR---PIE HOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLEEE!

That's all for tonight folks. I'm your humble host, Rockin Republican."

US Federal Prosecutors

What the hell is going on?

Over the last few months or so, it’s become increasingly obvious that the liberal left wants a head on a platter. Or multiple heads on a platter, to be more accurate. Let us start with Scooter. Libby, that is. Although, on a side note, I think it would have been prudent for Libby to change his first name to James, or Walter…anything but Scooter. It would be like going to the doctor for a risky, highly invasive medical procedure and finding out your doctor’s name is Cletus. The name doesn’t exactly scream competence, but, I digress.

Scooter Libby was under investigation for the supposed outing of a “covert” CIA operative, Valerie Plame. By the way, Valerie? If you need someone to go under covers with, I’m your man. Call me…

Moving right along. Fitzgerald, the Federally appointed Prosecutor for the case found there were no grounds to charge Libby with anything related to the original crime in question. Obviously, Fitzgerald found that Plame wasn’t “undercover” according to the Undercover Act she was supposedly being protected by, or he would have filed charges as such. There were multiple requirements for an operative to be labeled as “undercover” or “covert”, and Plame, needless to say, did not meet these requirements. Yes, she worked for the CIA. At a desk. Maybe she “covertly” did paperwork at her desk. Hopefully in a miniskirt. Did anyone notice she’s pretty hot for her age? Being a spy just makes her hotter. Sorry, back on point. So no charges were filed for the “outing” of Valerie Plame, but yet after the verdict, she’s testifying before congress that she was undercover and was outed as part of Bush’s political agenda.

Two things. First, Fitzgerald knew before going into the trial that Armitage was the one who had leaked her identity, covert or not. But yet he still attempted to charge Libby for it? Does this make sense to anyone? How about the jurors that said “Why didn’t we get to go after Rove?” Rove? Where the hell did he come from? The jurors all knew by the time they walked out of there that Armitage was the one behind the leaking, yet they still wanted to go after Rove and the Bush Administration.

So we’ve pretty much established that liberals want one thing…power. To do so, heads must roll. Rumsfeld was first. Libby was the second. They wanted Rove, but so far, Bush has kept his boy Rove out of the spotlight. Their next target: Alberto Gonzalez. They want him fired because he fired some federal prosecutors, which he legally has been given the power to do so. prosecutors work at the will of the President. The current administration brought multiple cases for them to try; illegal immigration, gun control, obscenity to name a few. The cases were refused by the attorneys in question. Now mind you, these people are here to serve the President, who will give them cases based on the political views and policies of the administration. If these attorneys won’t try the cases that are important to the administration, then it is their prerogative to fire them and find people who will.

The worst part about all of this? Clinton fired ALL 93 of the federal prosecutors less than 3 months after taking office. Not 10 or 20 of them, all of them. Now the libs argument doesn’t directly address this fact as they have no logical rebuttal; they do make claims that the fired attorneys were all investigating the Bush Administration for miscellaneous improprieties. And I’m sure Bill Clinton wasn’t under ANY investigations at all being that he was such a morally upstanding man who never did anything wrong. I’m sure none of the people fired were conservatives who shivered at the thought of following Clintons liberal agenda. Look people, Bush has done nothing illegal. He has simply fired some of his staff.

If my boss tells me to create a spreadsheet by tomorrow, and I tell him no because I believe spreadsheets are bad for the environment, then I should expect him to find someone else who will do some freaking spreadsheets. That’s the way jobs work. You do what your boss tells you to do, and he sends you paychecks (hopefully) every once and a while.

In closing I ask only this, why is Bush letting the libs get away with this? Where did his balls go? He’s letting the libs devour his administration like Rosie at an All U Can Eat buffet.

Today we finally saw Bush stick up for Gonzalez, but we’ll see how far that goes. Hey, George? I know you’re reading this. Listen guy, it’s time to show the Dems who wears the pants in the White House. Is it Nancy Pelosi? Harry Reid? Chuck Schumer? Ted Kennedy?

Well, I certainly hope Ted isn’t behind the wheel of 1700 Pennsylvania, or behind the wheel of anything for that matter. Honestly, the Kennedy’s just need to stay away from all vehicles. The younger Kennedy thinks Sleeping Pills are something you take in preparation for going to the bar. The elder Kennedy thinks cars with girlfriends in them tend to float when driven into lakes (through scientific experimentation, Kennedy was able to prove his hypothesis false). And last, but not least, well, I think it’s probably too early to joke about the “Flying Kennedy”…or not flying, as it may be…

Bio Fuels.

Bio fuels. Sounds exciting, right? It's not, but, it's important. Well, I'll let you decide on that.

Amid concerns on importing oil from the Middle East and all of the hubbub on "Global Warming", bio fuels are a hot topic. When my brother sent me this article, I figured I'd post on it. Good story? I thought so.

Back on point. The topic of the story is corn ethanol and it's benefits. I'll summarize if you're too lazy to read the article(I JOKE!). Many factors come in to play when we discuss using corn ethanol as an alternative fuel. I believe in a past post I might have touched on at least one of them.

First of a few, the efficiency of the process itself. In other words, how much of the energy in the corn ethanol would be necessary to produce the ethanol, likewise with gasoline or any other fuels used. For gasoline, the process only takes about 6% of the total energy in the gasoline produced. Well corn ethanol has GOT to be better than that, right? Well, it's not. Not really close, at this point. After you factor in all of the energy required in the production/transportation process you only have about 25% of the ethanol left. So for gas, you had about 94% left.

That doesn't really sound that cool to me. Granted, corn ethanol has better CO2 emissions than gasoline, but that's a whole other story. A story in which I will quickly enlighten you. Guess what was the number one source of greenhouse causing gasses in the atmosphere? Cows. That's right. Methane from cows flatulence is worse for the environment than all our cars and trucks and planes combined! Good news Sean! You can stop paying websites because you have a SUV, just go kill a few cows! But, I digress.

We're back at corn ethanol. We already covered how efficient it is at this point to produce the fuel. The next thing is what I had previously touched on, so I'll be brief. Mexicans can't eat enchiladas without tortillas. Otherwise it's just a pile of crap on a plate. The price of tortillas in Mexico has risen drastically due to the increases in corn consumption for fuel. Since farmers are going to try and plant whatever is the most profitable, they are going to go to the white corn, which is used for the ethanol. The production of the yellow corn, which is used in the tortillas, decreases, causing increases in the price. Also, keep in mind, if yellow corn prices go up because farmers are finding it more profitable to go with the ethanol production, then other things like soybeans and wheat and even cotton could see skyrocketing prices! Think of the chaos. Children will jump for joy at never having to eat soy meat burgers because their parents don't want to hurt the cows, the nation will be constipated because no one can afford to have enough wheat products in their diets and we'll all have to wear polyester!

If that made sense to anyone and I don't have it all wrong, then you just got yourselves a free basic economics lesson. Don't worry, this one's on me.

Alright, this is starting to go longer than I expected. I'll let you guys read the article. The gist of this is that it seems we need to look at making cars more efficient using gas, while at the same time exploring alternative fuels, like hydrogen. All we need is to come up with is warp engines and we're set. Dammit, where's Scottie when you need him?

F'ing Priceless.

I've been waiting for this day for quite some time now. I've been lurking in the shadows, camouflaged, waiting for the perfect opportunity to launch a salvo of reality right into your house.

A company based out of Sydney will take a contribution of $8 from you and use it to offset your cats flatulation. You think I'm joking? Click the link, see for yourself.

This is friggin ridiculous. I bet you Ryan has already offset both his and his neighbors cat in a fit of guilt brought on by the liberal left and the media they control. Do you libs really feel so guilty that you'll actually pay someone money to offset your cats farts?

Seriously?

Well, I've got a deal for you. If you send me $30, I'll plant enough trees to offset you AND your cat's flatulations. You've ruined the environment by farting too much! Send me your money and you can stop feeling guilty about it.

Here's an idea, how about you plant a tree? Or pick up trash that you see laying on the ground when you walk into work? (That's for all you Sprint Employees). Or ride your bike instead of drive your car?

If you want to give money to the National Arbor Foundation because you think it's a good charity that does good things for the environment, fine. Do it. Don't give some jackass twenty bucks because you drive a big car and eat too much Mexican food.

People have been farting since the dawn of time. The worst that happened is a few burned bottoms.

Farting in someones face when they passed out first? Nice. Farting in a car and pretending it was someone else? Sweet. Having a fart tax to save the environment?

Priceless.

I'm back. It's time to rant.

Someone brought to my attention the other day that I hadn't blogged in a while. You can thank 24 for that. I have been watching it from the beginning on DVD. Not a minor feat, let me tell you. 6 discs per season, 5 seasons on DVD so far, that's about...7960 discs. Needless to say, I would have stopped watching them had I not liked the show, but this was not the case. I was immediately hooked. Like when Cookie Monster had his first taste of a cookie. It was over. At the end of each episode I had a nagging feeling in the back of my head that screamed "Watch the next episode! What's Jack Bauer going to do next?" Many sleepless nights were caused by this show, but it was worth it.

I have come to a few realizations from watching the show. There are many people who make unimaginable sacrifices for a greater good, the United States of America. Police, Military and Intelligence members specifically. For instance,a Marine was struggling with an insurgent when the insurgent pulled out a grenade and dropped it at his feet. His men were nearby, so at that moment, he made a decision. He jumped on the grenade, trying to block his comrades from the force of the blast with his Kevlar lined Flak Helmet. He succeeded in saving the lives of his fellow Marines, but died later from shrapnel wounds.

Or what about Patti Sheehan's son? He had an opportunity to come home to the States, but declined so he could stay in Iraq and help keep his buddies safe. He was killed a short time later, doing just that, protecting his friends. Wow, what an awesome thing to think about. Laying down your life so your family or friends can live on. Dems don't understand this. They call it a waste. I wonder what they would do in the same situation? Probably stop and ask the insurgent to stop shooting at their friends because he might hurt them. Then wondering why the insurgent shot them in the stomach and kicking themselves for not sending better body armor to the troops.

I think we already have a rough idea. Right now the Dems are trying their damnedest to pull funding for the troop surge enacted by Bush. They bitch and moan about the 3100 some odd deaths in Iraq, yet their solution is to take away our reinforcements money, which in turn would force Bush to hold back on the surge. It doesn't make sense to me. If we honestly care about Iraq's future, how can we just leave? Are they really that ignorant to think that everything would be lollipop fields and candy smiles? The majority of Iraqis would like us to stay until they are confident in the Iraqi police and military. I apologize, but I'm going to have to go off on this for a minute. This whole argument about the deaths in Iraq is ridiculous. Last year in Philadelphia, there were over 400 murders. In one city, in one year. Lets assume the same murder rate in Philadelphia for the next two years, that's 1200 murders in 3 years, in an American city. Now folks, there is no war currently going on there. Lets take a few other cities, Washington DC and Dallas. I'm pretty sure we can hit 3100 easily. I don't hear Dems calling for a pullout of the Police in those cities. No call for the Presidents resignation over the thousands of murders in our own country every year. Yet in Iraq, in the middle of a war, we have 3100 deaths over 3 years and we have to leave now.

You know, a few years ago, H-Rod(Hillary Rodham Clinton) said that intelligence from the first Bush, Clinton and George W's Administrations all pointed to the need to help Iraq. And when I say help, I don't mean sending 18 nasty letters hoping Saddam can be guilted and brainwashed like all of Air America's listeners(all 3 of them). I mean going in there, snagging Saddam and setting up shop. Not taking over the country, but assuming operational responsibility for the security and safety of the country until the Iraqis can take over for themselves. Now H-Rod says "We have to end this war and we can't do it without Republican votes." So now, she can't even convince enough of her own party, she has to try and get a few weak willed Republicans to fear her so she can get the necessary votes.

Honestly, I think Dems have pushed this so far that Republicans might not have a chance in the 08 election. Right now there is no one that jumps out and grabs me as being an icon for the Republican party. Yet another year where we must decide on the least retarded representative. Yay. That in combination with all the anti-war rhetoric from the media may just seal the deal for the Dems Presidential aspirations.

Don't worry folks, I promise you, if a Liberal is elected to the Presidency, they will NOT be elected for a second term. My bet is it will take less than 2 years for the country to realize what a huge mistake they made, and they will not make that mistake twice. The Dems will spend all of their time taking your money and using it "for the common good". They'll make sure your kids never hear about religion, or play on the playground at recess. We'll no longer swear on a Bible in court as the founding fathers did, but swear on our favorite comic books or Hollywood movie scripts. All schools will teach of the folly of the Bush Administration and the evil Republicans and their big businesses while our country isolates itself from the world. Any countries needing military assistance will have to wait for our President to get caught with his sexetary in the Oval Office(Nice one Bill).

I'm done.

Been a while.

So it's been a while since I've posted. Why? 24 is why, but I'll give my review later. I'm almost through with season 5 and will be ready soon.

I figured I would throw something out real quick so people(the 2 people that read this blog) would know that I'm still alive. Fear not, my aimless rants will continue...soon.

I've got plenty to talk about, so stay tuned.

Honor The Fallen

My heart cries at the thought of any man in uniform, or not, giving his life for a good cause. Today, President Bush gave the Medal of Honor posthumously to a man who died for his brothers. A Marine named Cpl. Jason Dunham. This Marine, this...hero, threw his body on a grenade to save the life of his comrades.

And Ted Kennedy is trying to pull funding for the troops. I'm going to keep a few choice words to myself on this, but needless to say, this upsets me. I understand this is Ted Kennedy trying to make a statement about his stance on Bush sending reinforcements, but what are the soldiers going to think when they hear about this? The soldiers that are leaving their families, as SoonerFan(Daniel) mentioned in a previous blog, to protect a country they live in, and a country they've never seen before but on the television.


Your done, Ted. The fork is in my hand. If I see your fat ass walking down the street(or swerving drunkenly with a girl in your car), you better watch out.

Iran...again.

I don't see people taking this very seriously, so I figured I'd get this off my chest.

We're coming to an impasse. Iran's nuclear ambitions are going to drag the world into WW3. No, not wireless web 3, or Wacky Wheels 3, but World War 3. Israel has announced they are currently drawing up plans for a tactical low-yield nuclear strike against Iran's nuclear facilities. Evidently, they have intelligence that shows Iran is going to have enough enriched nuclear materials for weapons use within 2 years, and they aren't going to wait for them to get nukes before they handle their business. Come on people, what do we expect? Every other day someone from Iran is talking about wiping Israel off the face of the earth. They view Jews as an inferior race that must be extinguished.

Now I'm no historian, but I'm pretty sure the last time someone tried to extinguish the Jews, it was quite an ordeal, to put it lightly. If Hitler had nukes it would've been over.

Iran just threatened today to cut off the flow of oil through the Strait of Hormuz, which, according to the Iranian officer, sees 40% of the worlds oil pass through it's waters. Remember how bad it sucked to pay $3.30/gallon for gas? Think about what would happen if we had 40% less oil?

We also found out recently that Iran has sent personnel to Iraq to aid in the insurgency. They were found in a raid on insurgents in the war torn country. Two Iranians found had diplomatic papers and were sent back, while at least two others, who were members of the Iranian military, were held by US forces.

We've also got Democrats in the house that think pulling out of Iraq is the solution to the "Iraq Question". Right. So the Dems are a big fan of the "pulling out" method, eh? Based on the Dems stance on abortion I would guess this strategy hasn't proven successful in the past. Do you guys understand the idea of terrorism? The whole point is to use terror to gain some sort of goal. Well, if the insurgents are blowing troops up left and right, and we pull out of Iraq, then they get what they want. They can say "Look, terrorism works! The Americans have left!"

Come on guys...We've got enough troops there now, over 100,000 troops. If Bush wants to send 20,000 more, it's only going to help. The problem is, our troops are constantly worried about being sued for defending themselves, or thrown in jail. If we have troops there, we need take them off of their leash, to let them do what they've been trained to do, kick ass and take names.

Let the 20,000 troops help Iraq secure their borders to prevent further escalation due to Iranians and Syrians coming to aid the insurgency. Let the other 100,000 sweep Iraq. Clear the insurgents out once and for all. Give a press conference in Iraq to let the Iraqi people know about the sweep. Tell them we'll be going door to door and not to be frightened. Regardless of what you've heard, Iraqis don't like being blown to bits by suicide bombers. They're equally opposed to being kidnapped and shot in the head, left in a ditch somewhere.

We'll have the Iraqi troops with us as well, which should ease the minds of the Iraqi citizens.

The world is going to crap, people, and we need to do something about it. Not pull into the protective shell of our country and hope the world can work out it's own problems. Now I've strayed far from my original idea for this article, and I apologize.

We've got a country that's roughly the same size of New Jersey(if not smaller), that's being threatened by Iran and most other Muslims. They've got an advanced military and aren't afraid to use it. Are we going to back our friends, or turn our backs on them?