I Love The United States Of America

But, the government is about as corrupt as money can buy and unfortunately we Americans are as dumb as a bag of hammers. God must truly love us, how else would we have made it this far? Joan of Arc married to Noah?!

Someone Else Who Wants This War To Stop

Unfortunately for him, the war has had a much greater negative affect on his family.



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Could Ron Paul Win In New Hampshire?

This article on freemarketnews.com has some interesting speculation about that very thing.

A Compelling Video

The combination of Ron Paul's Message with Don McLean's song is powerful.

Barefoot Boy

When I was growing up, there were still a lot of people working who had worked during the depression. They would tell stories of how bad things were. They said that during the depression, if you didn't like what your employer did, and you complained, you were shown the door and told that there was a "barefoot boy" waiting to take your job.

Things are not that bad in this country at present but ominous clouds are on the horizon. Take this story for instance about Merrill Lynch cutting its employees annual allowable sick days from 40 to 3. Merrill knows the green flag has not dropped yet, but they have already started their engine cause the race is getting close.

For those of you that think the government is gonna do something about it, just remember that the government has never made an honest dollar in its life. It exists on the tax money it can steal from the rest of us. When the economy tanks, so do taxes. The government, without tax money will be laying off just like everyone else. Chances are that "barefoot boy" your employer will be threatening you with will be a former government worker.

God Help Us!

God help us if we still have 24% of the folks in this country that do not understand this.

Crazy Georgie

There used to be a guy on TV that did commercials under the name Crazy Eddie. His prices were "insane." Insanity, it is said, is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. That being the case, I think that the behavior described in this article means we can stop calling the President "W" and start calling him "Crazy Georgie."

Shaking the Republican Establishment: Why Ron Paul’s Answer Terrifies Them

If the US govt's foreign policy of interventionism is, in fact, the root cause of terrorism against the US, as Congressman Paul contends, there is an obvious solution to the problem: End the US govt's role as international policeman, invader, intervener, interloper, provider, and sanctioner. Foreign terrorism against Americans would disappear



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Food they can no longer afford

Wendy McElroy recounts a real life incident involving the affects of inflation.



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Y2K Was Worse Than Anyone Realized

You all remember the run up to the year 2000. All the talk of computer melt downs and social collapse. Millions of dollars were spent to avert catastrophe. After it was all over, everyone thought we had escaped the bullet. Now looking back on it, I realize that Y2K was as bad as everyone expected, just not what everyone expected. Everyone thought that the problems with computers would be our downfall. Really our downfall was in the election that year. I now realize that the two major political parties ran two of the stupidest jerks in the United States. One of those bozos was gonna win, and each of them spelled disaster. It was a lose / lose situation.

Years from now, history books will record that many people predicted that Y2K would mark our downfall, but no one realized at the time what form that downfall would take.

Got To Give The Devil Her Due

I have never been a Rosie O'Donnel fan, but in this clip she makes sense.

Financial Insight

Linda just sent me this insight into the world of finance ;>)

A frog goes into a bank and approaches the teller. He can see from her nameplate that her name is Patricia Whack.

"Miss Whack, I'd like to get a $30,000 loan to take a holiday."

Patty looks at the frog in disbelief and asks his name. The frog says his name is Kermit Jagger, his dad is Mick Jagger, and that it's okay, he knows the bank manager.

Patty explains that he will need to secure the loan with some collateral.

The frog says, "Sure. I have this," and produces a tiny porcelain elephant, about an inch tall, bright pink and p erfec tly formed.

Very confused, Patty explains that she'll have to consult with the bank manager and disappears into a back office.

She finds the manager and says, "There's a frog called Kermit Jagger out there who claims to know you and wants to borrow $30,000, and he wants to use this as collateral."

She holds up the tiny pink elephant. "I mean, what in the world is this?"

(you're gonna love this)

The bank manager looks back at her and says...

"It's a knickknack, Patty Whack. Give the frog a loan, His old man's a Rolling Stone."

More Ways To Choke A Dog

My grandparents used to say that there are more ways to choke a dog than with butter. For years, Congressman Ron Paul has stood up in Congress and told the truth. Unfortunately for Dr. Paul and the rest of us telling the truth in congress has not "choked many dogs."

Time to try something else. Dr. Paul is now running for the nomination to be the Republican candidate for president. This has given him an audience that is interested in the truth, the American People. The mainstream pundits regularly point out that Dr. Paul is a minor candidate and has little chance of getting the Republican nomination. That may be true, but already he is doing good things. In the South Carolina debate, his statement on non-intervention caused Rudy Giuliani to expose Giuliani's ignorance of recent Middle Eastern history. What Giuliani said resonated with the partisan political audience at the debate, but the light of day has proved that Dr. Paul was right in what he said and Giuliani does not have a clue. While Giuliani, the darling of 9/11, went into the debates as a Republican front runner, he is quickly being shown to be unworthy of being president. If Dr. Paul's candidacy helps to expose the weaknesses of the other candidates and to shape the debate in meaningful ways, it will be a success even if he does not become the Republican nominee or the next President of the United States.

A Better Way To Conduct An Interview

Like him or not, Wolfe Blitzer is a lot better interviewer than you find on most of the other networks.

Charley Reese on Giuliani

Once again Charley hits the nail on the head.

Interesting Turn Of Events

During last night's GOP debate, ex-Mayor Rudy Giuliani had himself a little hissy fit when Ron Paul said that the middle eastern hatred for America comes from our intervention over there for the last 50 years. Of course Giuliani, who fancys himself a terrorism expert since he was mayor of New York on 9/11, says the attack was because the Moslems hate us because we are free. Well we have been free since 1776, why has it taken so long for them to figure that out?

What I think is interesting is that Giuliani realizes that Ron Paul is someone he needs to attack. Congressman Paul continues to do well in most of the online polls. The main stream media try to dismiss this as libertarian hacking, but I think that deep down they, along with the so called "front runners", realize that a lot of everyday Americans agree with a whole lot of what Ron Paul is saying.

An Article by Garrison Keillor

I always figured Garrison Keillor for a liberal, but this article 'Guns On A Plane' makes a whole lot more sense than anything I have heard from the so called Neo-Conservatives.

Scary and Scarier

This is scary stuff and you know what is even scarier? Twenty Eight percent of Americans still think he is doing a good job.

Ubuntu 7.04

I have been tinkering around with Linux for the last couple of years. I've downloaded at least 1/2 dozen different versions. Installed one or two on old computers and run several others from LiveCDs. Last week I downloaded the lastest version of Ubuntu. It is version 7.04 nicknamed Fiesty Fawn. I installed in on an old Dell Latitude laptop that is permanantly tied to a docking station because of a malfunctioning power port. So far most everything I've tried has worked well. I did have a problem getting the USB wireless adapter to work, but I think that may be more the fault of the adapter rather than the software.

Inital install and setup was a snap. It found the other computers on my network with no problem. Installation of my shared HP printer was also straight forward. OpenOffice has worked fine on the documents and spreadsheets that I have thrown at it so far. I was able to update all the included software and even install one of my favorites, streamtuner, that was not included in the original install.

All and all, I give it two thumbs up. If you are interested in doing some Linux dabbling, I say try Ubuntu 7.04

Alabama Defines Terrorism

NOTE: In the time since I originally blogged this item, the ADHS has taken down the page in question. The link below is to the archived version of the original.


The State Of Alabama defines terrorism. Sounds like to me that most of us citizens of Alabama are terrorist by this definition.

In general, these terrorists claim that the U.S. government is infringing on their individual rights, and/or that the government's policies are criminal and immoral. Such groups may hold that the current government is violating the basic principles laid out by the U.S. Constitution and that a new world order is attempting to enslave humanity. Some groups also believe that the government and other organizations are transgressing the rule of God as described in the Bible.

Retired General John Bastiste On Iraq

Soup or salad before a meal helps weight loss-study

Eating a low-calorie soup or salad at the start of a meal to curb hunger could be the key to dieters' success, according to a U.S. rating of eight popular diet plans.



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Charley Reese with 'A Few Reminders'

Charley Reese has 'A Few Reminders' about Iraq. As usual, I am in total agreement with him.

The Truth About "Gut" Feelings

You "know" things. You don't even know how you know them. Yet you have a sense of certainty when driving down a strange street that you really must make a left turn. Or comfort a co-worker who insists she's fine. Or quit your job and move to Paris.



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Southerners Are Two Faced

After I posted the item about John McCain's doppleganger (or doppelganger if you prefer) I got to thinking about what I had said about Jerry Thomley being nice to your face. Not a nice thing to say, true, just not nice. And as Jerry has gone on to meet his maker, I guess I got to feeling a little guilty, since we have all been taught to not speak bad of the dead.

Well, I thought about it a bit and realized that yes, Jerry was two faced, but he was also a good southerner, and we all are two faced. That is the way our mamas raised us. They told us to be nice and polite to everyone, even the folks you dislike. Looking back on it, I was always nice to him as well, even when I disliked what he was saying or doing. So don't think less of him because he was nice to people he disagreed with, its as southern as fried catfish or great pork BBQ.

John McCain's Doppleganger

Living in North Shelby county Alabama, I get my share of Republican email. Seems that the Republicans think that since I live in the neocon republic, I must be Republican. Recently I have been getting quite a bit of mail from John McCain's campaign. Now I realize that John McCain is a war hero, is an elder politician which should bring with it some insight, and seems to be an ok guy as witnessed by his appearance on the Daily Show. Fortunately, there is a much better Republican in the race, Ron Paul, who has my support. But even if there were no other Republicans in the race, I just could not bring myself to vote for John McCain.

The reason may sound silly to you, but it is because of his doppleganger. For years I worked with a guy named Jerry Thomley. During my employment, he was a high level manager and later and executive with the company where I worked. Now don't get me wrong, Jerry Thomley was an alright guy. Pleasant enough, always friendly, at least to your face. I didn't even hold it against him that he was an attorney. But for some reason, he and I always seemed to be on the opposite side of every issue. What he saw as being in his best interest was always something that was a detriment to mine. Working in a circumstance like that for over 30 years can create a lot of baggage and unfortunately for John McCain, all those suitcases come crashing down everytime I see his face.

Ron Paul in Debate at Reagan Library (May '07)

If you missed what Ron Paul had to say in the debate last week, look can see his excerpts here.

These are the folks that want your Real ID information

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This TSA bunch are the ones that claim they need the Real ID system so they can keep us all safe. They can't even protect the vital information of their own people. Do you really want all your vital information in the hands of these incompetents?

Early Primaries

Have you noticed how many of the states are moving up their primary election date? Have you wondered why they are doing that? Many of them say they are tired of being on the tail end of the primary process. They fell that the decision if often made before they have their primary. That may be true, but if it is true now, has it not always been true? Why suddenly are they all in such a hurry to move back to the first of the year?

I read an interesting theory on this the other day. The person espousing the theory was one of the lesser known candidates for president from one of the two major parties. He said that the Internet has changed the playing field. The major parties, which control all of the state legislatures, fear that someone might get enough recognition via the Internet to influence some of the small historically early primaries. This would force the major media to recognize them and get their message out. If the American people knew they could vote for someone who feels the same about things as they do, then John McCain, Rudy Giuliani and Hillary Clinton might find themselves on the outside looking in come November 2008.

The Job You Do

Many people seem to have been born to do the job they do. Others are like a square peg in a round hole. I hope that you fit into the former category.

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This guy and

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this guy fit into the later category. Unfortunately they both are officers of the law. It is sad when a lawyer, a plumber or an undertaker is not suited for his or her job, but it is dangerous when an officer of the law is not qualified.

Blame it on Global Warming

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This article tells about the recent problems with bees dying off. Scientist are trying to find out why. Maybe they should call Al Gore, I am sure that he would tell them its due to global warming, or maybe it is the work of the manbearpig.