I came across this at HotAir. I've watched it at least 30 times (not counting all the times I've re-wound it), posted on my FB page, linked on my Twitter account, emailed the link off, and now here.
I laugh and cry each time.
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Sunday, September 18, 2011
My new favorite quote
Grey's Law "Any sufficiently advanced incompetence is indistinguishable from malice." Explains why I loathe all the feel good "Even if it helps one person it's worth it" et al acts meant to address the sob stories or the "we have to do something!!" testimonies that get paraded before law making bodies.
Tuesday, August 02, 2011
My friends are dying...
I've been delinquent in writing about my WWII veteran friends. Very delinquent. Shame on me.
In the past 4 months, I've lost 5 of my WWII veteran friends:
In the past 4 months, I've lost 5 of my WWII veteran friends:
Earl Joswick waist gunner, B-17, 8th Air Force, POW, survivor of the Long March
Don Kent, radio operator, B-17, 8th Air Force
Don Geng, ball turret gunner, B-17, 8th Air Force, POW, survivor of the Long March
Ted Murphy, Navy pilot, Wildcat, CVE 70, Taffy 3 , battle of Samar
Dave Dahlberg, flight engineer and top turret gunner, B-17, 8th Air Force.
I've written before that when I joined the 8th Air Force Historical Society ten years ago, I knew that I would get closer to these guys, know them better and it would hurt more and more as they passed on. As my brother said , in a reference to combat missions "We knew the mission was dangerous when we took it." I knew this would be the case when I joined. And the value of knowing these men is worth far, far more than more than my cost in pain and tears. And I watch them go from being old to being frail to missing lunches to passing away.
My Dad once said that you can get used to anything. You may not like it, but you can get used to it.
Dad was right.
I am getting used to my WWII friends dying...but I don't like it.
OK, I Don't Like It Either, But...
I've gone back and forth on the debt/deficit/disaster debate. It wasn't going to pretty no matter what. I thought what might work would be forcing the issue by saying "NO" to any new ceiling and quoting then Senator Barack Obama in 2006 when voting not to raise the debt limit ceiling "The fact that we are here today to debate raising America’s debt limit is a sign of leadership failure... Increasing America’s debt weakens us domestically and internationally...Instead, Washington is shifting the burden of bad choices today onto the backs of our children and grandchildren. America has a debt problem and a failure of leadership. Americans deserve better." Wow...kind of sounds like those Tea Party terrorists. Who knew they and the President had so much in common? But I digress.
So, the deal is done. Everyone complains. One thing I strongly disagree with is the way the unConstituional Super Committee will take cuts depending on "triggers": 50% from social programs, 50% from defense. Now, as defense is first of all a Constitutional requirement and is only 20% of the budget, the cuts should be proportional-80% from social, 20% from defense. But here is the crux, and I agree with Jason Lewis on a number of points:
1. We didn't get here overnight. We didn't get here in a decade. This day has been coming for at least 70+ years (FDR) and the case can be made that it started under Wilson with the 16th, 17th Amendments (tax and direct election of Senators) and the Federal Reserve. Perhaps even back to Teddy Roosevelt as he plowed the ground Wilson planted in. We won't stop this in a week, month or year.
2. The Tea Party is part of a caucus of one of two parties in one house of one branch of a three branches of our republic (not a democracy). The Democrats are in control of the other part (the Senate) and in control of the White House. We were not going to get what we wanted. Period!! Charles Krauthammer has an excellent article on the debate, its meaning and also gives us conservatives a warning. We are at the midway point in the great debate regarding how the United States will look with Barack Obama as President. From a "Hope and Change" and stopping the oceans from raising and healing the nations souls we now have a President who cringed and whose overreaching in complicity with Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid elicited a Tea Party sponsored takeover of the House of Representatives and shaved off a few Senate seats in the bargain. But, the conservatives are still in control of one half of one house of one of three branches. Krauthammer's salient point is "Given this reality, trying to force the issue — trying to turn a blocking minority into a governing authority — is not just counter-constitutional in spirit but self-destructive in practice."
3.Given Kraut♦hammer's statement and the Tea Party victory in the 2010 election should give us real impetus to take back the Senate and the White House in 2012. THAT is the key battle. It also lends and points to a very, VERY important fact regarding the 3rd branch, the Supreme Court of the United States. With Justice Ginsburg in ill health, Justice Kennedy rumored to be considering retirement, and the possibility of Scalia and maybe even Thomas looking at leaving the bench, winning the White House (as the constitutional appointing authority) and the Senate (the constitutional approving authority) is nothing short of absolutely imperative. With winning the White House and Senate we can began the rollback and recapture of the real America. My concern is that conservatives and Tea Party members will take their ball and go home, leaving us with a possible re-run of 2008. Should that happen, we will most certainly be doomed.
So, Tea Party people, as Krauthammer said this is making sausage, and we are not happy with the deal, it is a victory.
As Churchill said "This is not the end. It is not the beginning of the end. But it is the end of the beginning."
It takes miles to stop a train or an aircraft carrier before you can turn it around.
We need to focus on the fact that like that train or aircraft carrier, we have started the slowdown.
It will take time to turn around.
So, the deal is done. Everyone complains. One thing I strongly disagree with is the way the unConstituional Super Committee will take cuts depending on "triggers": 50% from social programs, 50% from defense. Now, as defense is first of all a Constitutional requirement and is only 20% of the budget, the cuts should be proportional-80% from social, 20% from defense. But here is the crux, and I agree with Jason Lewis on a number of points:
1. We didn't get here overnight. We didn't get here in a decade. This day has been coming for at least 70+ years (FDR) and the case can be made that it started under Wilson with the 16th, 17th Amendments (tax and direct election of Senators) and the Federal Reserve. Perhaps even back to Teddy Roosevelt as he plowed the ground Wilson planted in. We won't stop this in a week, month or year.
2. The Tea Party is part of a caucus of one of two parties in one house of one branch of a three branches of our republic (not a democracy). The Democrats are in control of the other part (the Senate) and in control of the White House. We were not going to get what we wanted. Period!! Charles Krauthammer has an excellent article on the debate, its meaning and also gives us conservatives a warning. We are at the midway point in the great debate regarding how the United States will look with Barack Obama as President. From a "Hope and Change" and stopping the oceans from raising and healing the nations souls we now have a President who cringed and whose overreaching in complicity with Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid elicited a Tea Party sponsored takeover of the House of Representatives and shaved off a few Senate seats in the bargain. But, the conservatives are still in control of one half of one house of one of three branches. Krauthammer's salient point is "Given this reality, trying to force the issue — trying to turn a blocking minority into a governing authority — is not just counter-constitutional in spirit but self-destructive in practice."
3.Given Kraut♦hammer's statement and the Tea Party victory in the 2010 election should give us real impetus to take back the Senate and the White House in 2012. THAT is the key battle. It also lends and points to a very, VERY important fact regarding the 3rd branch, the Supreme Court of the United States. With Justice Ginsburg in ill health, Justice Kennedy rumored to be considering retirement, and the possibility of Scalia and maybe even Thomas looking at leaving the bench, winning the White House (as the constitutional appointing authority) and the Senate (the constitutional approving authority) is nothing short of absolutely imperative. With winning the White House and Senate we can began the rollback and recapture of the real America. My concern is that conservatives and Tea Party members will take their ball and go home, leaving us with a possible re-run of 2008. Should that happen, we will most certainly be doomed.
So, Tea Party people, as Krauthammer said this is making sausage, and we are not happy with the deal, it is a victory.
As Churchill said "This is not the end. It is not the beginning of the end. But it is the end of the beginning."
It takes miles to stop a train or an aircraft carrier before you can turn it around.
We need to focus on the fact that like that train or aircraft carrier, we have started the slowdown.
It will take time to turn around.
Sunday, May 29, 2011
Sunday, March 06, 2011
A ponderable question...
OK, Spanky, help me here: I see that the President is considering pulling oil out of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve because oil and therefore gasoline prices are escalating, and this move will thereby bring prices down.
Okay...so if MORE oil (aka increasing "Supply") brings down the price of oil, explain to me WHY we aren't DRILLING for MORE oil right here in America(thereby INCREASING supply) which it seems, if I follow the Administration's thinking , would bring DOWN prices, which they seem to want.
I'm open for an explanation here kids.
Okay...so if MORE oil (aka increasing "Supply") brings down the price of oil, explain to me WHY we aren't DRILLING for MORE oil right here in America(thereby INCREASING supply) which it seems, if I follow the Administration's thinking , would bring DOWN prices, which they seem to want.
I'm open for an explanation here kids.
Sunday, February 06, 2011
Expectations
As we hear that the Egyptian ruling party is entertaining the the representatives of the "religion of peace", we have a foretaste of what to expect from those people from the "religion of peace" from this article . So, of course SOS Clinton and the balance of the BHO Admin are calling for the Muslim Brotherhood to join the negotiations. I mean, what could possibly go wrong?
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Why NPR (National Public Radio) needs to be defunded now
As I was driving home this evening, I heard this clip (click on the "Listen to the Story" link to hear the full audio) from NPR played uninterrupted. It was Daisy Hernandez commenting on her hearing about the horrible mass murder in Tucson.
I have never heard a more coldly racist monologue from a more arrogant person in my life. If this woman is not fired immediately (after the firing of Juan Williams) I would consider it nothing short of a public affront to the victims of this tragedy.
Please read the comments that follow the text of this pure human waste this woman blurts out.
I have never heard a more coldly racist monologue from a more arrogant person in my life. If this woman is not fired immediately (after the firing of Juan Williams) I would consider it nothing short of a public affront to the victims of this tragedy.
Please read the comments that follow the text of this pure human waste this woman blurts out.
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