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Independence: freedom from control or influence of another or others.
It is Independence Day. The day that Americans celebrate throwing off the shackles of King George and declaring to the world that we have the God Given right, RIGHT, to decide our own fate, our own destiny and to not be governed by those that think themselves above the law.
The day we celebrate the fact, the FACT mind you, NOT the belief, that ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL.
Pay attention to that word “created” for it plays a large role in how this country was born. All men are equal in the eyes of the law. Nature, however, has always taken quite a different approach to that whole equality thing. It boggles my mind that there is a group of people in this world that can hold beliefs that are directly contradictory to each other. Specifically the liberal stance that man should stay out of “nature” (i.e. everywhere we have not yet built over or paved) yet we cannot let nature takes its course in society and let people succeed or fail on their own merits, that it isn’t “fair” that some people have more than others, never mind that some people are naturally smarter, or more ambitious or luckier than others.
That ideal, that we must take from those that have, those that earn and give it to those that don’t have or earn is patently un-American, and at its heart an evil policy of theft, avarice, greed and sloth.
It is theft from those that produce, avarice on the part of those that create those laws and policies and greed and sloth on the part of those that don’t produce or earn what they receive.
It has been said that those that surrender liberty for security deserve neither.
Of course it has also been said that:
And this wisdom:
I put forth that what the democrats are now doing (and have been for years) is patently un-American.
They have created a class of dependent people who are subservient to them. There are generations of people on welfare that have been told repeatedly that they are owed something for the travails of their ancestors. They show their subservience by blindly following a party that strives to keep them poor and panders to their victim mentality and they sell themselves for a pittance like common whores instead of taking responsibility for their lives and working towards a better future for themselves and their country.
The democrats suffocate the germ of virtue, for there is true virtue is honest work, and no virtue in sloth. Now that the people are becoming more dependent the ambitious designs of the democrats coalesce and ever more theft is in the future of this country.
They use the force of law to threaten citizens with prison and more theft in the form of fines and penalties if we stand up to this theft and say no.
Despotism comes next.
So on this Independence Day we should sit back and reflect on what it means to BE an American.
Being an American means so much more than simply living in this country. Being an American is a state of mind. One might say that BEING an American is almost a religion. For a religion is not solely an adherence to some book or belief or non belief in a deity but rather the way one lives their life and the beliefs and actions that guide ones decisions
.
Secular Humanism is a religion. As is adherence to the junk science of global warming, but those are topics for another day and we shall stick to the point of what it takes to BE an American.
There are many people around the world that are Americans at heart, but may never make it to our shores. Conversely there are many people in our great country that do not deserve the title of American.
Americans crave freedom.
Freedom to live their lives as they see fit.
Americans desire Independence.
Independence from tyranny and oppression.
Americans realize that Liberty is the first gift of the Creator and we so love the concept that all men are created equal and have an inalienable right to live in freedom that we have consistently gone to war to secure that freedom for ourselves and others.
Being an American means also being generous, to a point. We have been blessed in this country by our forefathers that sacrificed to build a nation of free men, men that were free to choose their destiny and succeed on their own merits, talents and abilities and this blessing should be shared. But a handout is inherently evil, as opposed to a “:hand up,” and true Americans understand the grace involved in helping our fellow man to become a better person by teaching them to contribute to society, thus bettering all of us, rather than to suckle at the teat of thieving socialist policies.
I have long said that socialism destroys the human spirit. People are like pendulums, and I have found that, generally, as far over on the side of good they can swing they can also go that far on the side of evil. The kindest most generous people I have known have also been the most vindictive when angered. Look at the democrats. They are extremely kind with other peoples’ money and thoroughly evil when it comes to actually getting that money from them, short of actually stabbing them in the street and taking their wallet.
Life is a lot like a pendulum also.
A man that cannot truly fail; I mean end up in the gutter living under a bridge and eating from a trashcan due to socialist policies that guarantee a minimum standard of living is also a man that cannot find the greatest heights of success through his ability. For the system that takes away the possibility of utter and abject failure also must take away the ability to truly succeed simply to take care of those failures and pepper the lower rungs of society.
The death of the human spirit is the only possible outcome of socialism.
Witness France.
They refused to ratify their new EU constitution because it took away too much of their welfare state and now many of them are up in arms about Sarkozy and his seeming adherence to a more conservative approach (read more common sense and personal responsibility and fewer 35 hour work weeks) to governing his whiny and complacent countrymen.
That mindset, the belief in a system of socialism that steals from those that produce to give to those that do not is exactly one of the major reasons our country fought a revolution. Only instead of every citizen being the recipient of that theft it was used for the state only.
King George III got exactly what he deserved. An ass whipping of such epic proportions that 230 some odd years later it is still a sore point with the descendants of his country.
Policies and laws that steal from one to give to another are inherently evil and should be completely against everything an American stands for, but many of our countrymen have gone soft, in the belly and the mind and hold beliefs that advocate exactly those ideals. Guilt and indoctrination from socialist academia and media have turned many of our countrymen, well — stupid.
Independence Day. The day we celebrate the founding of our great country and the ideals that make us uniquely American.
Daniel Webster gave the eulogies for Thomas Jefferson and John Adams (who both died on July 4th, 1826) and he said; "It [the Declaration of Independence] is my living sentiment, and by the blessing of God, it shall be my dying sentiment. Independence now, and independence forever."
This Independence Day reflect on the qualities that make us Americans and know that the forces arrayed against Liberty cannot win so long as we hold true to the principles that our country was founded upon.
xposted at Gribbit Online
It is Independence Day. The day that Americans celebrate throwing off the shackles of King George and declaring to the world that we have the God Given right, RIGHT, to decide our own fate, our own destiny and to not be governed by those that think themselves above the law.
The day we celebrate the fact, the FACT mind you, NOT the belief, that ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL.
Pay attention to that word “created” for it plays a large role in how this country was born. All men are equal in the eyes of the law. Nature, however, has always taken quite a different approach to that whole equality thing. It boggles my mind that there is a group of people in this world that can hold beliefs that are directly contradictory to each other. Specifically the liberal stance that man should stay out of “nature” (i.e. everywhere we have not yet built over or paved) yet we cannot let nature takes its course in society and let people succeed or fail on their own merits, that it isn’t “fair” that some people have more than others, never mind that some people are naturally smarter, or more ambitious or luckier than others.
That ideal, that we must take from those that have, those that earn and give it to those that don’t have or earn is patently un-American, and at its heart an evil policy of theft, avarice, greed and sloth.
It is theft from those that produce, avarice on the part of those that create those laws and policies and greed and sloth on the part of those that don’t produce or earn what they receive.
It has been said that those that surrender liberty for security deserve neither.
Of course it has also been said that:
"A strict observance of the written laws is doubtless one of the high duties of a good citizen, but it is not the highest. The laws of necessity, of self-preservation, of saving our country when in danger, are of higher obligation. To lose our country by a scrupulous adherence to written law would be to lose the law itself, with life, liberty, property, and all those who are enjoying them with us; thus absurdly sacrificing the end to the means." --Thomas Jefferson to John Colvin, 1810.
And this wisdom:
Dependence begets subservience and venality, suffocates the germ of virtue, and prepares fit tools for the designs of ambition.
And:
Force is the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism.
I put forth that what the democrats are now doing (and have been for years) is patently un-American.
They have created a class of dependent people who are subservient to them. There are generations of people on welfare that have been told repeatedly that they are owed something for the travails of their ancestors. They show their subservience by blindly following a party that strives to keep them poor and panders to their victim mentality and they sell themselves for a pittance like common whores instead of taking responsibility for their lives and working towards a better future for themselves and their country.
The democrats suffocate the germ of virtue, for there is true virtue is honest work, and no virtue in sloth. Now that the people are becoming more dependent the ambitious designs of the democrats coalesce and ever more theft is in the future of this country.
They use the force of law to threaten citizens with prison and more theft in the form of fines and penalties if we stand up to this theft and say no.
Despotism comes next.
So on this Independence Day we should sit back and reflect on what it means to BE an American.
Being an American means so much more than simply living in this country. Being an American is a state of mind. One might say that BEING an American is almost a religion. For a religion is not solely an adherence to some book or belief or non belief in a deity but rather the way one lives their life and the beliefs and actions that guide ones decisions
.
Secular Humanism is a religion. As is adherence to the junk science of global warming, but those are topics for another day and we shall stick to the point of what it takes to BE an American.
There are many people around the world that are Americans at heart, but may never make it to our shores. Conversely there are many people in our great country that do not deserve the title of American.
Americans crave freedom.
Freedom to live their lives as they see fit.
Americans desire Independence.
Independence from tyranny and oppression.
Americans realize that Liberty is the first gift of the Creator and we so love the concept that all men are created equal and have an inalienable right to live in freedom that we have consistently gone to war to secure that freedom for ourselves and others.
Being an American means also being generous, to a point. We have been blessed in this country by our forefathers that sacrificed to build a nation of free men, men that were free to choose their destiny and succeed on their own merits, talents and abilities and this blessing should be shared. But a handout is inherently evil, as opposed to a “:hand up,” and true Americans understand the grace involved in helping our fellow man to become a better person by teaching them to contribute to society, thus bettering all of us, rather than to suckle at the teat of thieving socialist policies.
I have long said that socialism destroys the human spirit. People are like pendulums, and I have found that, generally, as far over on the side of good they can swing they can also go that far on the side of evil. The kindest most generous people I have known have also been the most vindictive when angered. Look at the democrats. They are extremely kind with other peoples’ money and thoroughly evil when it comes to actually getting that money from them, short of actually stabbing them in the street and taking their wallet.
Life is a lot like a pendulum also.
A man that cannot truly fail; I mean end up in the gutter living under a bridge and eating from a trashcan due to socialist policies that guarantee a minimum standard of living is also a man that cannot find the greatest heights of success through his ability. For the system that takes away the possibility of utter and abject failure also must take away the ability to truly succeed simply to take care of those failures and pepper the lower rungs of society.
The death of the human spirit is the only possible outcome of socialism.
Witness France.
They refused to ratify their new EU constitution because it took away too much of their welfare state and now many of them are up in arms about Sarkozy and his seeming adherence to a more conservative approach (read more common sense and personal responsibility and fewer 35 hour work weeks) to governing his whiny and complacent countrymen.
That mindset, the belief in a system of socialism that steals from those that produce to give to those that do not is exactly one of the major reasons our country fought a revolution. Only instead of every citizen being the recipient of that theft it was used for the state only.
King George III got exactly what he deserved. An ass whipping of such epic proportions that 230 some odd years later it is still a sore point with the descendants of his country.
Policies and laws that steal from one to give to another are inherently evil and should be completely against everything an American stands for, but many of our countrymen have gone soft, in the belly and the mind and hold beliefs that advocate exactly those ideals. Guilt and indoctrination from socialist academia and media have turned many of our countrymen, well — stupid.
Independence Day. The day we celebrate the founding of our great country and the ideals that make us uniquely American.
Daniel Webster gave the eulogies for Thomas Jefferson and John Adams (who both died on July 4th, 1826) and he said; "It [the Declaration of Independence] is my living sentiment, and by the blessing of God, it shall be my dying sentiment. Independence now, and independence forever."
This Independence Day reflect on the qualities that make us Americans and know that the forces arrayed against Liberty cannot win so long as we hold true to the principles that our country was founded upon.
xposted at Gribbit Online
Somewhere out in the vastness that is the United States of America there sits a factory. Built in secret by noam chomsky this high tech marvel of idiocy pumps out cloned liberals. Each succeeding generation, it seems, is being refined to drool more, think less and squawk louder.
Case in point is the latest cretin to be unleashed upon the blogosphere, BJ over at breaking dim bulbs. BJ, (who goes by the name billy joe, either because he is trying to get those much sought after redneck creds going or he just likes having his hobby as a nickname) styles himself as the destroyer of the right wing blogosphere.
Umm...yeah..ok.....so far he has called big dog a traitor without backing up that little lie, tried to rag on wild bill (who is completely up front and honest about everything) and now claims that I don't care about the truth because I said I don't care what McCain says one way or another.
McCain is not gonna get the nomination, so he doesn't matter in the race for the oval office.
Billy Joe likes to twist things around and ignore the claims he has made about others. I want to know why this little mattress-thrashing-cum-burping-gutter-slug feels he can lie about people and get away with it, but that answer will never come, as BJ is too busy making stuff up and following his mom in the family business. I understand she has passed along her first set of kneepads to BJ tho, as a gesture of good luck, so maybe he'll be too busy in the future to keep posting lies about his betters.
BTW BJ, let your mom know I caught her show in TJ once and was just wondering.....is she still friends with that donkey?
Case in point is the latest cretin to be unleashed upon the blogosphere, BJ over at breaking dim bulbs. BJ, (who goes by the name billy joe, either because he is trying to get those much sought after redneck creds going or he just likes having his hobby as a nickname) styles himself as the destroyer of the right wing blogosphere.
Umm...yeah..ok.....so far he has called big dog a traitor without backing up that little lie, tried to rag on wild bill (who is completely up front and honest about everything) and now claims that I don't care about the truth because I said I don't care what McCain says one way or another.
McCain is not gonna get the nomination, so he doesn't matter in the race for the oval office.
Billy Joe likes to twist things around and ignore the claims he has made about others. I want to know why this little mattress-thrashing-cum-burping-gutter-slug feels he can lie about people and get away with it, but that answer will never come, as BJ is too busy making stuff up and following his mom in the family business. I understand she has passed along her first set of kneepads to BJ tho, as a gesture of good luck, so maybe he'll be too busy in the future to keep posting lies about his betters.
BTW BJ, let your mom know I caught her show in TJ once and was just wondering.....is she still friends with that donkey?
Dear President Bush, and all of the other "law-makers" that are pushing for an amnesty, I have one major question:
Are you out of your flippin' mind?
Who are you representing anyway?
You know those people that voted for you? The American citizens? Certainly you are not representing them, as the vast majority of them want you to secure the border and ENFORCE our current immigration laws which, by the way, are NOT "broken" but rather simply not in use.
Trying to shove another amnesty down our throats is really pissing us off, and when our reps won't answer their phones, claiming they are overwhelmed on one hand while stating that they are receiving no negative feedback on the other regarding this amnesty we get to see just who the duly elected representatives of this country are really representing.
And it isn't the American citizen.
Now you may think we are powerless to stop you from doing as you please, and will merril;y continue on your way to flood this country with more people that are only after the freebies you hand out at our expense, but I wish to remind you that another George once thought that the American people were powerless to stop him from doing as he pleased.
YOu might wanna call up your buddy Blair in London and ask him how that worked out for old Georgie.
Are you out of your flippin' mind?
Who are you representing anyway?
You know those people that voted for you? The American citizens? Certainly you are not representing them, as the vast majority of them want you to secure the border and ENFORCE our current immigration laws which, by the way, are NOT "broken" but rather simply not in use.
Trying to shove another amnesty down our throats is really pissing us off, and when our reps won't answer their phones, claiming they are overwhelmed on one hand while stating that they are receiving no negative feedback on the other regarding this amnesty we get to see just who the duly elected representatives of this country are really representing.
And it isn't the American citizen.
Now you may think we are powerless to stop you from doing as you please, and will merril;y continue on your way to flood this country with more people that are only after the freebies you hand out at our expense, but I wish to remind you that another George once thought that the American people were powerless to stop him from doing as he pleased.
YOu might wanna call up your buddy Blair in London and ask him how that worked out for old Georgie.
Seriously. Linked in the title is the story of some "day laborers" (which means ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS--people that have snuck into this country ILLEGALLY to work, jumping ahead of countless people that are waiting to come here legally, flaunting our laws and acting with utter impunity) that were picked up on a street corner, tied up and taken and dropped off in Tijuana.
The Sheriff Dept. are investigating it as a kidnapping. I hope they put their laziest detective on this case.
Polls overwhelming show that the American citizens, (you know, us folks that VOTE) want our border secured (as it should be) and people that employ illegal aliens taken to task for their flaunting of the law.
We already let over a million people immigrate here LEGALLY every single year, more than every other country on EARTH allows in legal immigration to their countries every year, and the new amnesty plan being proposed is going to up that number substantially.
We are about to reward people that have to problem ignoring the rules (what makes you think they will suddenly start paying attention to rules and laws now, huh?) and even though the people (read: CITIZENS) have said "don't" our elected ruling class is going to ignore us and do as they wish.
Is it any surprise that someone picked up some illegals and deported them? Our government isn't doing their job.....someone has to do it. I think you will see more of this as things get increasingly tense in the immigration "debate."
As one man put it in a fax to Sen. Feinstein, "if an American citizen worked for case or with a fraudulent SS card, they would be facing jail time. DO these laws not apply to illegals?"
Keep faxing and calling and emailing your reps.....tell them NO AMNESTY. If worse comes to worse I guess we can always form a volunteer INS and start our own deportations, as it seems to government isn't interested in doing the job.
The Sheriff Dept. are investigating it as a kidnapping. I hope they put their laziest detective on this case.
Polls overwhelming show that the American citizens, (you know, us folks that VOTE) want our border secured (as it should be) and people that employ illegal aliens taken to task for their flaunting of the law.
We already let over a million people immigrate here LEGALLY every single year, more than every other country on EARTH allows in legal immigration to their countries every year, and the new amnesty plan being proposed is going to up that number substantially.
We are about to reward people that have to problem ignoring the rules (what makes you think they will suddenly start paying attention to rules and laws now, huh?) and even though the people (read: CITIZENS) have said "don't" our elected ruling class is going to ignore us and do as they wish.
Is it any surprise that someone picked up some illegals and deported them? Our government isn't doing their job.....someone has to do it. I think you will see more of this as things get increasingly tense in the immigration "debate."
As one man put it in a fax to Sen. Feinstein, "if an American citizen worked for case or with a fraudulent SS card, they would be facing jail time. DO these laws not apply to illegals?"
Keep faxing and calling and emailing your reps.....tell them NO AMNESTY. If worse comes to worse I guess we can always form a volunteer INS and start our own deportations, as it seems to government isn't interested in doing the job.
His Imperial Rottiness has written up a nice bit about our Liberal Offsets.
Go have a read and then click the link and buy one for that Liberal Friend or Family Member today.
Go have a read and then click the link and buy one for that Liberal Friend or Family Member today.
There is a lot of pointless stupidity in the world, and many things top the list above the pointless stupidity that is the subject of todays rant, but I just have to say something about Colgate's new toothpaste.
Colgate's Max Fresh Toothpaste has....are you ready for this?
BREATH STRIPS!
Yes....those little cellulose strips that are impregnated with mouthwash have been shredded and placed IN the toothpaste.
Now what a fool I am it seems. I believed that breath strips were to use after a meal when you couldn't brush, or when you were about to put the moves on some girl.
I also believed that toothpaste was to be used to clean teeth and get your breath fresh.
Now I know it is a minor thing, but when you add to a product to another product to make a new and improved product shouldn't that new and improved product do something, well, new and improved?
It seems to me that adding in breath strips to toothpaste is simply useless, kinda' like...well...it seems like such a stupendously stupid idea that I can't seem to find an analogy for it.
Granted it is still not as stupid as letting millions of people sneak into the country and then march to demand non-existent rights, but it is right up there with it.
Colgate's Max Fresh Toothpaste has....are you ready for this?
BREATH STRIPS!
Yes....those little cellulose strips that are impregnated with mouthwash have been shredded and placed IN the toothpaste.
Now what a fool I am it seems. I believed that breath strips were to use after a meal when you couldn't brush, or when you were about to put the moves on some girl.
I also believed that toothpaste was to be used to clean teeth and get your breath fresh.
Now I know it is a minor thing, but when you add to a product to another product to make a new and improved product shouldn't that new and improved product do something, well, new and improved?
It seems to me that adding in breath strips to toothpaste is simply useless, kinda' like...well...it seems like such a stupendously stupid idea that I can't seem to find an analogy for it.
Granted it is still not as stupid as letting millions of people sneak into the country and then march to demand non-existent rights, but it is right up there with it.
I wish the democrats were right......
I wish the world could get along......
I wish that all the strife would simply end if we brought everyone
home because then we could make this madness stop.....
I wish we could afford to take care of all the people that needed it.....
I wish we could end hunger, homelessness and disease.....
I wish we could find a never ending energy source that didn't pollute
at all....hell while I am wishing I wish that the never ending,
non-polluting energy source had emissions that smelled like whatever
your favorite smell was so we could all walk around smelling something
nice......
I wish Big Macs weren't fattening and that cauliflower was.......
I wish beer flowed up through natural springs and twinkies grew on trees...
But most of all I wish President Bush was the evil, rotten, scheming,
lying sunuvabitch that the left claims.....maybe then he would start
rounding those assholes up in the middle of the night and give them
HALO lessons over shark infested waters.....
The inspiration for this post came from this video.
I wish the world could get along......
I wish that all the strife would simply end if we brought everyone
home because then we could make this madness stop.....
I wish we could afford to take care of all the people that needed it.....
I wish we could end hunger, homelessness and disease.....
I wish we could find a never ending energy source that didn't pollute
at all....hell while I am wishing I wish that the never ending,
non-polluting energy source had emissions that smelled like whatever
your favorite smell was so we could all walk around smelling something
nice......
I wish Big Macs weren't fattening and that cauliflower was.......
I wish beer flowed up through natural springs and twinkies grew on trees...
But most of all I wish President Bush was the evil, rotten, scheming,
lying sunuvabitch that the left claims.....maybe then he would start
rounding those assholes up in the middle of the night and give them
HALO lessons over shark infested waters.....
The inspiration for this post came from this video.
This is a repost from last year. Given that the illegals will be wailing in our streets again tomorrow I thought this needed to be said again.
With a great big tip o' me tam to that most stalwart of Patriots, Johnny Cash
Original here.
The Ragged Old Flag Flies Again
I walked down the streets of my old hometown
Through crowds of people protestin'
Who said we were racists and nazis and worse
For demanding our gub'mint protect us
From criminals, thieves and terrorist scum
That would sneak o'or our borders at night
And steal all our jobs for a pitiful wage
And never give us a fair fight
They march through our streets hoisting high
Our flag that has seen us along
Making the show that this one simple act
Will prove that they truly belong
But that ragged old flag that tugs at our hearts
And has seen her share of the pain
That helped forge a nation of wretched refuse
Is being drug through the muck and is stained
She stood tall at the fort when our anthem was writ
And she led e'ery charge in the south
And she stood tall and proud when the japs came a'callin'
At Pearl Harbors doomed mouth
She flew brave and true on Mount Suribachi
And solemnly she waved on the morn
When the japanese people surrendered at last
'Neath the guns of Big Mo's mighty form
She sailed on the ships that delivered our boys
To the dark rancid jungles of 'Nam
And led all the fights that raged through the nights
Heavy with death and napalm
She carried the fight to the Taliban thugs
That harbored our enemies might
And led the brave charge of the Lads of Fal'ujah
Who gave of their all in that fight
She continues to sail o'er every sea
And to bring hope and light to the masses
But the latest attack on Old Glories greatness
Is being trampled in our highschool classes
The kids of today take Ol' Glory down
And use her to take a bold stand
By hoisting her up 'neath a mexican flag
Upside down, stating "This is our land"
She's held in esteem for her history is brave
For with her comes freedom unhinged
But her brave noble past is taken away
And used by the criminal fringe
But one can't fly the flag
And hold true to the heart
Of what truth Old Glory stands for
If you do not realize that by breaking the law
You haven't earned your place on our shore.
With a great big tip o' me tam to that most stalwart of Patriots, Johnny Cash
Original here.
The Ragged Old Flag Flies Again
I walked down the streets of my old hometown
Through crowds of people protestin'
Who said we were racists and nazis and worse
For demanding our gub'mint protect us
From criminals, thieves and terrorist scum
That would sneak o'or our borders at night
And steal all our jobs for a pitiful wage
And never give us a fair fight
They march through our streets hoisting high
Our flag that has seen us along
Making the show that this one simple act
Will prove that they truly belong
But that ragged old flag that tugs at our hearts
And has seen her share of the pain
That helped forge a nation of wretched refuse
Is being drug through the muck and is stained
She stood tall at the fort when our anthem was writ
And she led e'ery charge in the south
And she stood tall and proud when the japs came a'callin'
At Pearl Harbors doomed mouth
She flew brave and true on Mount Suribachi
And solemnly she waved on the morn
When the japanese people surrendered at last
'Neath the guns of Big Mo's mighty form
She sailed on the ships that delivered our boys
To the dark rancid jungles of 'Nam
And led all the fights that raged through the nights
Heavy with death and napalm
She carried the fight to the Taliban thugs
That harbored our enemies might
And led the brave charge of the Lads of Fal'ujah
Who gave of their all in that fight
She continues to sail o'er every sea
And to bring hope and light to the masses
But the latest attack on Old Glories greatness
Is being trampled in our highschool classes
The kids of today take Ol' Glory down
And use her to take a bold stand
By hoisting her up 'neath a mexican flag
Upside down, stating "This is our land"
She's held in esteem for her history is brave
For with her comes freedom unhinged
But her brave noble past is taken away
And used by the criminal fringe
But one can't fly the flag
And hold true to the heart
Of what truth Old Glory stands for
If you do not realize that by breaking the law
You haven't earned your place on our shore.
I have an old friend that has a friend that works for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, otherwise known as ICE. While talking to my old friend the other day I mentioned the upcoming May 1st protests and wondered why ICE wasn't paying attention to what businesses close May 1st to try to get a good idea of who they should raid. Turns out that they may be doing just that.
It seems that ICE has more money these days to do the job they were created to do (namely capture and deport those who are in the country illegally) and they may even set up a hotline where citizens could call in and report businesses that close on May 1st.
In a related story:
Good deal. It's about time we got this stuff going. Before you folks that support illegal immigration start yelling, I want to point out that we are talking about ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION here. This country has the right to have her borders protected, and indeed it is one of governments highest priorities to secure, protect and defend the borders. Without borders a nation does not exist.
The article continues:
My friend over at The Voice Blog seems to have an ear to the ground also and the drums seem to be beating the same war cry:
So go ahead and close your business on May 1st and let your underpaid illeagal staff go march for "La Revolucion."
Ice will be watching.
The full article is linked in the title.
It seems that ICE has more money these days to do the job they were created to do (namely capture and deport those who are in the country illegally) and they may even set up a hotline where citizens could call in and report businesses that close on May 1st.
In a related story:
Search For Illegal Immigrants Stepping Up
(AP) Bloomington, Minn. More door-to-door searches and workplace raids for illegal immigrants are planned in Minnesota now that more money is available for such moves, an official with the Immigration and Customs Enforcement says.
"You'll definitely see more large-scale (employer) operations," said Claude Arnold, who heads investigations at the regional office of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
"It's one of our priorities," he said. "We got money and resources for worksite enforcement -- and we will get more."
More employers also will be arrested, Arnold said. "When you see an executive wearing handcuffs," it can have an impact, he said.
Congress approved a 17 percent increase in ICE's overall budget nationally last year but funds for detention and removal of illegal immigrants nearly doubled, according to an analysis by the American Immigration Lawyers Association.
Good deal. It's about time we got this stuff going. Before you folks that support illegal immigration start yelling, I want to point out that we are talking about ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION here. This country has the right to have her borders protected, and indeed it is one of governments highest priorities to secure, protect and defend the borders. Without borders a nation does not exist.
The article continues:
As enforcement is increased, however, immigrant advocates say many legal residents are frightened as they also are getting caught up as agents search for illegals.
"People are scared. "They (agents) are looking for specific people," said Karen Ellingson, a veteran immigration attorney from St. Paul. "But a lot of people are being swept up just because they're there."
The ICE is now pursuing its original mission more aggressively after several years of focusing on counterterrorism, he said.
The refocusing means searching for and arresting illegal immigrants, especially those with criminal convictions and orders for deportations; combatting identity fraud; busting employers, and investigating transnational gangs.
My friend over at The Voice Blog seems to have an ear to the ground also and the drums seem to be beating the same war cry:
While some businesses will be forced to close on May 1, 2007 because of the immigrant walk out there will still be several that will be open as law enforcement are ready for this shut down. Stores and restaurants and even industries that close on that day will be signaling law enforcement that they at the very least have a few illegal immigrants working for them and we have it on good authority from a source that chose to remain anonymous that those places will be added to if not bumped up the list of those companies to be raided. Our source says that closing your business on that day is the same as putting out a red flag that says come and get me.
Ice has stepped up its raids of businesses in recent weeks as a result of public pressure over illegal immigration, garnering arrests and deportations of many undocumented immigrants and is set to continue and even increase the raids as more targets become available.
So go ahead and close your business on May 1st and let your underpaid illeagal staff go march for "La Revolucion."
Ice will be watching.
The full article is linked in the title.
And a tip 'o' me tam to GM for the inspiration.
In days of old
In a kingdom bold
There lived a dirty muzzie
His clothes were soiled
His turban tight
And his face it was all fuzzyHis goats were killed
In a bombing run
By U.S. Navy planes
And he sat all night
In the pale moonlight
Full of hunger pangsAbout that time
A pig walked by
He was fat
Just ripe for eatin'
And the muzzie knew
If the pig he slew
Big mo' he wasn't meetin'So he sat real still
In the midnight air
His stomach was a-growlin'
Then he grabbed a stick
With a pointy end
And then he went a-prowlin'He caught that pig
In a dead end wash
And stuck that stick in deep
Hours later
as he wiped his mouth
He said "boy that's damn good meat."Now the muzzie knew
That paradise
Was far out of his grasp
So he moved to New York
So that he could eat pork
And Big Mo' could kiss his ass
Would one of you astute "muslims" out there please explain to me how threatening the life of a woman for hugging a man (while fully clothed and in public I may add) should convince us here in the West (you know, that "free" part of the world) that islam is a religion of peace?
The ancient and backwards system that islam tries to advance (and what an oxymoron that creates huh? Islam advancing) is misogynistic, degrading and completely counter to any sort of Freedom, unless your brand of "freedom" is being an unthinking automaton to a bunch of crazed mullahs, in which case islam is probably just perfect for you.
As for me and my fellow patriots on the right side of the aislewe will take Freedom, and you can have your backwards, misogynistic, ancient religion, pack it up up in a bag and take it to hell with you.
Damned cretins.
The ancient and backwards system that islam tries to advance (and what an oxymoron that creates huh? Islam advancing) is misogynistic, degrading and completely counter to any sort of Freedom, unless your brand of "freedom" is being an unthinking automaton to a bunch of crazed mullahs, in which case islam is probably just perfect for you.
As for me and my fellow patriots on the right side of the aislewe will take Freedom, and you can have your backwards, misogynistic, ancient religion, pack it up up in a bag and take it to hell with you.
Damned cretins.
IN a startling development in The Socialist Republic of California re-arrests are UP almost 30% after Proposition 36 was passed by the voters. We have a large amount of stupid people that vote in this state, and their belief that drug addiction is a disease instead of a crime of personal choice has led them to vote in a proposition that mandates drug rehab instead of incarceration for offenders.
It is no surprise then that re-arrest rates for those that get sentenced to rehab is up almost 30% since this stupid law was enacted.
Nobody FORCES these people to use drugs. It is a personal choice (often of weak willed individuals) that they make for themselves, knowing the consequences of their choice, and we should stop coddling these losers and petting them on the head and saying "It's OK, we know you have a disease and we're gonna help you."
The problem is that they DO have a disease. I don't know what the name is because I believe it hasn't been diagnosed as a disease yet, but I'd be willing to bet it goes hand in hand in many cases with that other disease, Liberalism, or Progressiveitis, otherwise known as Idiocy.
You see, this disease causes one to lack Common Sense and have a serious allergic reaction to Personal Responsibility. It is a disease that I believe may be airborne and is spread in government (public) schools (especially universities) and may very well be earmarked by such symptoms as voting Democrat and/or having membership in various left-wing groups, Code-Pink-O and International ANSWER among them.
There is suspicion among leading scientists that CranialRectalitis may be the latter stages of this disease, and other symptoms include a willingness to steal from producers to give to non-producers through use of government force.
It is also suspected that Nancy Pelosi may have the end stages of this disease, along with other ranking memebrs of the Democratic Party/
Prop. 36 was a stupid idea, and just another attempt to show compassion where none should be shown. This whole victim mentality claiming nothing is the fault of the person that made the choice to get into the situation they are in is ridiculous and a symptom of the disease that affects too many people in our country today.
Prop.36 should be repealed and these criminals should be locked up and heavily fined for their bad choices.
All of this has gone too far. The government intervention in our lives must stop, and we must call a spade a spade and a criminal a criminal.
Personal choice must be the deciding factor in what is a disease and what is not. Choosing to use drugs is NOT a disease, it is a CRIME, and it is about time that the government realized this and acted accordingly.
It is no surprise then that re-arrest rates for those that get sentenced to rehab is up almost 30% since this stupid law was enacted.
Nobody FORCES these people to use drugs. It is a personal choice (often of weak willed individuals) that they make for themselves, knowing the consequences of their choice, and we should stop coddling these losers and petting them on the head and saying "It's OK, we know you have a disease and we're gonna help you."
The problem is that they DO have a disease. I don't know what the name is because I believe it hasn't been diagnosed as a disease yet, but I'd be willing to bet it goes hand in hand in many cases with that other disease, Liberalism, or Progressiveitis, otherwise known as Idiocy.
You see, this disease causes one to lack Common Sense and have a serious allergic reaction to Personal Responsibility. It is a disease that I believe may be airborne and is spread in government (public) schools (especially universities) and may very well be earmarked by such symptoms as voting Democrat and/or having membership in various left-wing groups, Code-Pink-O and International ANSWER among them.
There is suspicion among leading scientists that CranialRectalitis may be the latter stages of this disease, and other symptoms include a willingness to steal from producers to give to non-producers through use of government force.
It is also suspected that Nancy Pelosi may have the end stages of this disease, along with other ranking memebrs of the Democratic Party/
Prop. 36 was a stupid idea, and just another attempt to show compassion where none should be shown. This whole victim mentality claiming nothing is the fault of the person that made the choice to get into the situation they are in is ridiculous and a symptom of the disease that affects too many people in our country today.
Prop.36 should be repealed and these criminals should be locked up and heavily fined for their bad choices.
All of this has gone too far. The government intervention in our lives must stop, and we must call a spade a spade and a criminal a criminal.
Personal choice must be the deciding factor in what is a disease and what is not. Choosing to use drugs is NOT a disease, it is a CRIME, and it is about time that the government realized this and acted accordingly.
Cao from Cao's Blog (pronounced "key" and linked in the title) has tagged me of all people with a meme. Now usually I don't play this game (mostly because I am still not sure how to pronounce the damned word "meme") but this one intrigued me.
The idea behind this meme is to think of and then tag five bloggers who make you think, and point out an example of their incomparable and daunting mental aptitude and prowess.
It's the "What Blogger Has Made You Think Meme".....and frankly Cao putting me on a list of bloggers that make her think is either a huge compliment or a giant joke. I am going to suck it up and take it as a compliment.
I am also going to do my part in tagging five bloggers with this. There are of
course more than five bloggers that make me think. But when I think of bloggers that have made me stop and say wow some do come readily to mind. To wit, in no particular order:
Ogre: Ogre has always made me stop and say "aHHa!", usually by pointing out the lack of freedom in this country and the freedom stealing angle of most everything that comes down the wash. His call on the Dubai World Ports deal (going against the consensus at that point) was one of the things that stick out in my mind showing that he is ahead of most other folks when it comes to thinking down the road. I am not going to put any of Ogre's writings here.....you will just have to click the link to read his stuff.
Rick Moran: Rick Moran from Right Wing Nuthouse is a voice of reason, plain and simple. Keenly aware of the ramifications of policies and actions of the government, Rick is a calm voice in a sea of vengeful rhetoric. His grasp of the events that unfold around the world and what they mean to our country is astounding, and even though I rarely comment there Rick always provides me with posts that make me stop and say "Hhhmmmm, I hadn't thought of that."
Here is a bit that Rick wrote about todays democrats:
See? I hadn't thought of the Hydra analogy....but it is dead on.....makes ya think huh?
Bill Whittle: Bill Whittle at ejectejecteject.com is simply one of the most brilliant writers on or offline. Go read all of his stuff NOW and then pray to your God that you are lucky enough to bathe in the glow of such brilliance.
RomeoCat: When I am feeling pissy, angry or low I swing by R'Cat's place. Her upbeat and thoughtful writing always serves to put me in a better frame of mind, and she's cheaper than a therapist.
Finally on to the blogger that falls last on this list, but the astute reader will remember I said "in no particular order" before I started it.
Emperor Darth Misha: Misha is teh Emperor of Snark and the way he strings together insults and curses is a simple work of art.....no....it surpasses art and actually hits the level of ability that is usually accorded to minor yet immortal deities in third world countries....such is his talent.
There ya' have it folks. Five bloggers that make me think.
The idea behind this meme is to think of and then tag five bloggers who make you think, and point out an example of their incomparable and daunting mental aptitude and prowess.
It's the "What Blogger Has Made You Think Meme".....and frankly Cao putting me on a list of bloggers that make her think is either a huge compliment or a giant joke. I am going to suck it up and take it as a compliment.
I am also going to do my part in tagging five bloggers with this. There are of
course more than five bloggers that make me think. But when I think of bloggers that have made me stop and say wow some do come readily to mind. To wit, in no particular order:
Ogre: Ogre has always made me stop and say "aHHa!", usually by pointing out the lack of freedom in this country and the freedom stealing angle of most everything that comes down the wash. His call on the Dubai World Ports deal (going against the consensus at that point) was one of the things that stick out in my mind showing that he is ahead of most other folks when it comes to thinking down the road. I am not going to put any of Ogre's writings here.....you will just have to click the link to read his stuff.
Rick Moran: Rick Moran from Right Wing Nuthouse is a voice of reason, plain and simple. Keenly aware of the ramifications of policies and actions of the government, Rick is a calm voice in a sea of vengeful rhetoric. His grasp of the events that unfold around the world and what they mean to our country is astounding, and even though I rarely comment there Rick always provides me with posts that make me stop and say "Hhhmmmm, I hadn't thought of that."
Here is a bit that Rick wrote about todays democrats:
I don’t quite know how to classify this gaggle of cynical, posturing, cowardly bunch of partisan witch hunters, devious machinators, vengeful charlatans, and craven caterers to their unhinged, out of control base. A biologist would probably settle on a taxonomy relating them to the Hydra – the nine headed poisonous serpent of Greek mythology whose very breath could kill a man at twenty paces.
See? I hadn't thought of the Hydra analogy....but it is dead on.....makes ya think huh?
Bill Whittle: Bill Whittle at ejectejecteject.com is simply one of the most brilliant writers on or offline. Go read all of his stuff NOW and then pray to your God that you are lucky enough to bathe in the glow of such brilliance.
RomeoCat: When I am feeling pissy, angry or low I swing by R'Cat's place. Her upbeat and thoughtful writing always serves to put me in a better frame of mind, and she's cheaper than a therapist.
Finally on to the blogger that falls last on this list, but the astute reader will remember I said "in no particular order" before I started it.
Emperor Darth Misha: Misha is teh Emperor of Snark and the way he strings together insults and curses is a simple work of art.....no....it surpasses art and actually hits the level of ability that is usually accorded to minor yet immortal deities in third world countries....such is his talent.
There ya' have it folks. Five bloggers that make me think.
So I haven't been around (online) much. To the two people paying attention our internet radio project (Wide Awakes Radio) is in the final stages of development (now that we have figured out what we want things to look like and what we want to be able to do), but that's neither here nor there for the most part.
What I want to say today I want to direct to the moronic cretins that claim that the protests against ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION is a matter of racism.
I am sick and tired of you idiots trying to claim that when citizens demand that our government do their job, you know, enforce the laws and security of this country that we are doing so because of racism.
Let me tell you dumbass piles of protoplasm something. If I broke into your home and demanded that you take care of me in exchange for cleaning your toilet and cutting your lawn and doing your dishes you would call the cops faster than Anna Nicole Smith downing a new bottle of pills.
So why would you think that it would be fair to let people break into the country and then demand to be coddled? I will tell you why....it is because every sumbitch that sneaks in here illegally is a damned thief.
That's right, I just called you all damned thieves.
And while I am on my soapbox let me say a word about you stupid kids that go to these protests and wear your masks and your lil shit che shirts and hold banners touting socialism.....everyone of you are dumber than dogshit and the best part of you ran down your mama's leg.......do you not understand that socialism is THEFT?
So is it some guilt you carry because you have more than others (a fact you should probably thank your hardworking parents for) or are you really so lazy that advocating theft and a sub-standard (but equal) lifestyle actually sounds like a good idea to you?
Now on to you cowardly bastards that give equal credence to every "culture" no matter how backwards and primitive it tends to be. Let me say that to those of you that claim islam is equal to the culture of the west are either out of your friggin pot-addled minds or so damned warped that the only way to straighten out your thought processes would be to put your thick yet empty heads in a vice, tighten it and spin your sallow, saggy, granola and tofu built body one hundred and eighty degrees....and then just for good measure drill a hole between your eyes and use a paint mixer to unscramble your two surviving brain cells.....you folks are beyond stupid and the fact that you can walk and breathe at the same time should amaze medical science.
Do you people that claim that terrorists are freedom fighters not realize that many of you (and I am talking to the lumberjack lesbians and the gay fellows) would be outright killed in a country run by these militant religious wackos?
Speaking of militant religious wackos (like our friends at CAIR) what have you got against people being free to live their lives the way they see fit?
Oh, I see, it's your "holy book" is it? Tells you that everyone must believe what you beleive or they are infidels only worthy of killing or some such?
Let me tell you dickheads in dirty bedsheets what you can do with your beliefs....you can take them (using your left hand of course) and shove them right up where the donkey dick goes. So your holy book says what it says.....big deal....my holy book says "All men are created equal and are endowed by their creator with certain INALIENABLE rights, among them the rights to LIFE, LIBERTY and the pursuit of happiness" which means my rights endowed to me by our creator (we have the same one, you just don't know it and worship some moongod bitch) trump what your pedophile prophet said so many hundreds of years ago, and just in case you get it in your lice ridden head to come teach me a lesson about your holy book and some prohibition about
insulting you, let me remind you that part of my holy book says I have the right to be armed, so if you are reading this and get angry because of what I have said bring it on little bitch, I'll be waiting with hollow points and a thirst to send you on to your pedophile prophet in the afterlife.
To sum up this rant;
Those of you that claim protest against ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION is racism, you are idiots that don't deserve to continue living in a country as great as this one....and all of your illegal friends and family members are thieves....and don't thieves go to hell?;
To you lil che loving socialists that hide behind masks and want to usher in a new world order of government sanctioned thievery and low living standards, your dad needs to beat your ass;
To you cowards that won't call evil evil and that claim equal footing for every culture no matter how vile I hope that a gang of midget estonian sex slavers steals you away in the middle of the night and sells you to a donkey show in tijuana....of course you would think that suddenly being a sex slave to a donkey named panchito was just as good as living in the suburbs with 2.5 kids and an SUV, but as I pointed out, you're stupid that way;
And finally to the dogs in dirty bedsheets sticking their asses in the air to pray to some moongod, a warning.....this country was founded by brave men who knew what true freedom was and how to get it and keep it, and no matter how many innocents you kill or how much you claim the superiority of your backwards ass "religion" or how much the media leads you to believe that you are besting America let me promise you something......you have not yet seen the anger of this country, and on the day that my countrymen wake up and decide that enough is enough, and that it is time for you to go bye bye you won't be able to find a hole deep enough to escape our justice and vengeance, and on that day you will pray fruitlessly to your moongod and beg for your life, but all you will hear is the sound of death breathing down your dirty neck and the last thing that will run through your mind is that you are wrong, you have been led down an evil path and you will spend your eternity being bathed in hellfire....
What I want to say today I want to direct to the moronic cretins that claim that the protests against ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION is a matter of racism.
I am sick and tired of you idiots trying to claim that when citizens demand that our government do their job, you know, enforce the laws and security of this country that we are doing so because of racism.
Let me tell you dumbass piles of protoplasm something. If I broke into your home and demanded that you take care of me in exchange for cleaning your toilet and cutting your lawn and doing your dishes you would call the cops faster than Anna Nicole Smith downing a new bottle of pills.
So why would you think that it would be fair to let people break into the country and then demand to be coddled? I will tell you why....it is because every sumbitch that sneaks in here illegally is a damned thief.
That's right, I just called you all damned thieves.
And while I am on my soapbox let me say a word about you stupid kids that go to these protests and wear your masks and your lil shit che shirts and hold banners touting socialism.....everyone of you are dumber than dogshit and the best part of you ran down your mama's leg.......do you not understand that socialism is THEFT?
So is it some guilt you carry because you have more than others (a fact you should probably thank your hardworking parents for) or are you really so lazy that advocating theft and a sub-standard (but equal) lifestyle actually sounds like a good idea to you?
Now on to you cowardly bastards that give equal credence to every "culture" no matter how backwards and primitive it tends to be. Let me say that to those of you that claim islam is equal to the culture of the west are either out of your friggin pot-addled minds or so damned warped that the only way to straighten out your thought processes would be to put your thick yet empty heads in a vice, tighten it and spin your sallow, saggy, granola and tofu built body one hundred and eighty degrees....and then just for good measure drill a hole between your eyes and use a paint mixer to unscramble your two surviving brain cells.....you folks are beyond stupid and the fact that you can walk and breathe at the same time should amaze medical science.
Do you people that claim that terrorists are freedom fighters not realize that many of you (and I am talking to the lumberjack lesbians and the gay fellows) would be outright killed in a country run by these militant religious wackos?
Speaking of militant religious wackos (like our friends at CAIR) what have you got against people being free to live their lives the way they see fit?
Oh, I see, it's your "holy book" is it? Tells you that everyone must believe what you beleive or they are infidels only worthy of killing or some such?
Let me tell you dickheads in dirty bedsheets what you can do with your beliefs....you can take them (using your left hand of course) and shove them right up where the donkey dick goes. So your holy book says what it says.....big deal....my holy book says "All men are created equal and are endowed by their creator with certain INALIENABLE rights, among them the rights to LIFE, LIBERTY and the pursuit of happiness" which means my rights endowed to me by our creator (we have the same one, you just don't know it and worship some moongod bitch) trump what your pedophile prophet said so many hundreds of years ago, and just in case you get it in your lice ridden head to come teach me a lesson about your holy book and some prohibition about
insulting you, let me remind you that part of my holy book says I have the right to be armed, so if you are reading this and get angry because of what I have said bring it on little bitch, I'll be waiting with hollow points and a thirst to send you on to your pedophile prophet in the afterlife.
To sum up this rant;
Those of you that claim protest against ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION is racism, you are idiots that don't deserve to continue living in a country as great as this one....and all of your illegal friends and family members are thieves....and don't thieves go to hell?;
To you lil che loving socialists that hide behind masks and want to usher in a new world order of government sanctioned thievery and low living standards, your dad needs to beat your ass;
To you cowards that won't call evil evil and that claim equal footing for every culture no matter how vile I hope that a gang of midget estonian sex slavers steals you away in the middle of the night and sells you to a donkey show in tijuana....of course you would think that suddenly being a sex slave to a donkey named panchito was just as good as living in the suburbs with 2.5 kids and an SUV, but as I pointed out, you're stupid that way;
And finally to the dogs in dirty bedsheets sticking their asses in the air to pray to some moongod, a warning.....this country was founded by brave men who knew what true freedom was and how to get it and keep it, and no matter how many innocents you kill or how much you claim the superiority of your backwards ass "religion" or how much the media leads you to believe that you are besting America let me promise you something......you have not yet seen the anger of this country, and on the day that my countrymen wake up and decide that enough is enough, and that it is time for you to go bye bye you won't be able to find a hole deep enough to escape our justice and vengeance, and on that day you will pray fruitlessly to your moongod and beg for your life, but all you will hear is the sound of death breathing down your dirty neck and the last thing that will run through your mind is that you are wrong, you have been led down an evil path and you will spend your eternity being bathed in hellfire....
The Free Jack Idema Blogburst
One of the strangest aspects of the story of illegally-imprisoned US Special Forces soldier Jack Idema is his bizarre treatment at the hands of MSM.
Indeed, for anyone currently searching internet archives for information on this case, the 'Idema' presented to them will, invariably, be this one
This just isn't true.
In reality, Jack and his team's activities received extensive coverage in the media from September 2001 onwards. Here's a sample of this, which is archived (along with many, many others) over at SuperPatriots:
Only, here's the thing: Jack and Brent's arrest in 2004 presented the media with an opportunity to repeat Taliban-manufactured lies about how Jack had kidnapped and tortured Afghan prisoners by hanging them from the walls of his (non-existent) basement -- For the average lefty-journalist this story must have been very tempting indeed.
Except. What to do about all those other stories, the ones which truthfully portrayed Idema as the kind of hero who hunts terrorists and saves women and children under fire? After all, MSM's post-2004 'version' of Jack Idema clearly wouldn't stand up to scrutiny if all those earlier stories were around to contradict it.
It's at this point that the media should have just done their jobs, asking serious questions about the truthfulness of the allegations against Jack and his team, and helping to clear their names. Instead, the media elected to erase virtually all pre-2004 stories about Idema from their servers, pretend they were unaware of his presence in Afghanistan prior to his arrest, then run the (to them) far more attractive story of the US 'torturer' put on trial by those he'd tormented.
To see how effective (and systematic) this 'scrubbing out' of the truth about Jack actually is, simply try clicking any of the links to pre-2004 Idema stories on the SuperPatriots website. In almost all instances, the result is the same as this from Britain's Guardian
So what can we do? Well, anyone reading this with their own blog can sign up for the weekly Free Jack Idema Blogburst by emailing Cao or Rottweiler Puppy for details. I'd urge everyone to do this, as we're still terribly short on takers. If you want to know more about the story, Cao's Blog has a large section devoted to Jack Idema. There's also a timeline here, and, of course, a huge amount of information is available over at SuperPatriots, without whose work none of us would have learned about Jack's story.
You should also contact the following people and make your feelings known,
especially to write letters of complaint about this despicable situation:
Secret US EMBASSY Fax: - 301-560-5729
(Local US Fax: Goes RIGHT TO Ambassador)
c/o US Ambassador Ronald Neuman
US Embassy- Afghanistan
6180 Kabul Place
Dulles, VA 20189-6180
US Consul Russell Brown - 011-93-70201908 (Fired)
US Consul Addie Harchik- 011-93-70201908
(denied them water and mail at Thanksgiving- Gone)
US Consul Edward Birsner- number yet unknown
US Embassy Translator Wahid - 011-93-70201902
US Embassy Asst Consul Bashir Momman- 011-93-70201923
US Consul (friend) Dawn Schrepel- 011-93-70201908 (Fired)
Ambassador Massoud Khalili
(wounded with Massoud)
(Great and Kind man)
Islamic State of Afghanistan
Embassy of Afghanistan
Ankara, Turkey
H.E. Said Tayeb JAWAD (Afghan Ambassador- powerful in US)
(Northern Alliance Good Guy Fired- New Pro Taliban Ambassador)
Embassy of Afghanistan in Washington
2341 Wyoming Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20008
Tel: (202) 483-6414
Fax: (202) 483-9523
Mr. Jahed Hamrah, Consul General (pro-Taliban)
CONSULATE GENERAL OF
AFGHANISTAN IN NEW YORK
360 Lexington Avenue,
11th Floor New York,
New, York, NY 10017
Tel.: (212) 972-2276 or 972-2277
Fax: (212) 972-9046
Chairman Peter Hoekstra
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
H-405, U.S. Capitol
Washington, DC 20515-6415;
Office: 202-225-4121 / Fax: 202-225-1991
Toll Free: (877) 858-9040
M. Cherif BASSIOUNI
Independent Expert of the Commission on Human Rights
On the Situation of Human Rights in Afghanistan
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
UNOG-OHCHR
CH-1211 Geneva 10
Ph: +41(0)22 917 97 27 Fax: +41(0)22 917 90 18
Senator Steven Saland (Jack's Rep and Neighbor)
9 Jonathan Lane
Poughkeepsie, NY 12603
Senator Elizabeth Dole (Jack's Rep)
United States Senate
555 Dirksen Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Ph: 202-224.6342
Fax: 202-224.1100
Senator Richard Burr (Interested)
United States Senate
217 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Phone: 202-224-3154 / Fax: 202-228-2981
Senator Bill Nelson (in the fight on Jack's Side)
United States Senate
Hart Senate Office Building
Room 716
Washington, DC 20510
Phone: 202-224-5274 / Fax: 202-228-2183
FL Fax 407-872-7165
Senator Dianne Feinstein (Bennett's Representative)
United States Senate
Hart Office Building, Room 331
Washington, D.C. 20510
202-224-3841
Representative Mike McIntyre (Jack's Representative)
United States Congress
2437 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: 202-225-2731 / Fax 202-225-5773
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
(Reference Captain Bennett- CA citizen)
State Capitol Building
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: 916-445-2841 / Fax: 916-445-4633
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One of the strangest aspects of the story of illegally-imprisoned US Special Forces soldier Jack Idema is his bizarre treatment at the hands of MSM.
Indeed, for anyone currently searching internet archives for information on this case, the 'Idema' presented to them will, invariably, be this one
The colourful Idema - sunglasses on in court as always - insisted again he was on an anti-terrorist mission approved by the Pentagon and the Afghan government.What we have here, then, is Jack as 'colourful' rogue, Jack as fantasist, Jack as crook. Almost without exception, such unfair and derogatory descriptions of Idema are the only ones available from mainstream outlets. And, almost without exception, all mention of Idema starts with his arrest in July 2004. Looking at this material, a person could, in fact, be forgiven for thinking that no journalist had ever heard of Jack until that point.
[...]
But there will be many in both governments who will be breathing a sigh of relief that for the moment, the case is over - and out of the public eye. It has proved embarrassing for them, because of a drip feed of revelations.
This just isn't true.
In reality, Jack and his team's activities received extensive coverage in the media from September 2001 onwards. Here's a sample of this, which is archived (along with many, many others) over at SuperPatriots:
On the rocky hilltops overlooking the earthquake-battered villages there were hundreds still hoping for help, still praying, and still untreated days after the powerful earthquake levelled the area.This story originally appeared after the Nahrin earthquake, on April 2nd, 2002, and is interesting because it shows how Jack and his team were presented in a heroic light by MSM when it suited their purpose to do so.
Untreated, that is, until Jack showed up.
Coalition Forces may not be able to reach the injured, and German military forces had to turn back at the base of one mountain due to security concerns, but this American doesn't seem to have a problem.
On Saturday, wearing a khaki-and-brown, U.S. flag patch on his shoulder, sporting a beard and carrying an assault rifle and pistols, Jack continued his own one-man mission to help those hurt in the quake that struck this area of northern Afghanistan a week ago - and in particular find all of its neglected victims: women and children.
Only, here's the thing: Jack and Brent's arrest in 2004 presented the media with an opportunity to repeat Taliban-manufactured lies about how Jack had kidnapped and tortured Afghan prisoners by hanging them from the walls of his (non-existent) basement -- For the average lefty-journalist this story must have been very tempting indeed.
Except. What to do about all those other stories, the ones which truthfully portrayed Idema as the kind of hero who hunts terrorists and saves women and children under fire? After all, MSM's post-2004 'version' of Jack Idema clearly wouldn't stand up to scrutiny if all those earlier stories were around to contradict it.
It's at this point that the media should have just done their jobs, asking serious questions about the truthfulness of the allegations against Jack and his team, and helping to clear their names. Instead, the media elected to erase virtually all pre-2004 stories about Idema from their servers, pretend they were unaware of his presence in Afghanistan prior to his arrest, then run the (to them) far more attractive story of the US 'torturer' put on trial by those he'd tormented.
To see how effective (and systematic) this 'scrubbing out' of the truth about Jack actually is, simply try clicking any of the links to pre-2004 Idema stories on the SuperPatriots website. In almost all instances, the result is the same as this from Britain's Guardian
Sorry, the requested article is no longer available.It's in this way that the truth about a decent man has been buried in order to promote the lies that keep him imprisoned to this day.
So what can we do? Well, anyone reading this with their own blog can sign up for the weekly Free Jack Idema Blogburst by emailing Cao or Rottweiler Puppy for details. I'd urge everyone to do this, as we're still terribly short on takers. If you want to know more about the story, Cao's Blog has a large section devoted to Jack Idema. There's also a timeline here, and, of course, a huge amount of information is available over at SuperPatriots, without whose work none of us would have learned about Jack's story.
You should also contact the following people and make your feelings known,
especially to write letters of complaint about this despicable situation:
Secret US EMBASSY Fax: - 301-560-5729
(Local US Fax: Goes RIGHT TO Ambassador)
c/o US Ambassador Ronald Neuman
US Embassy- Afghanistan
6180 Kabul Place
Dulles, VA 20189-6180
US Consul Russell Brown - 011-93-70201908 (Fired)
US Consul Addie Harchik- 011-93-70201908
(denied them water and mail at Thanksgiving- Gone)
US Consul Edward Birsner- number yet unknown
US Embassy Translator Wahid - 011-93-70201902
US Embassy Asst Consul Bashir Momman- 011-93-70201923
US Consul (friend) Dawn Schrepel- 011-93-70201908 (Fired)
Ambassador Massoud Khalili
(wounded with Massoud)
(Great and Kind man)
Islamic State of Afghanistan
Embassy of Afghanistan
Ankara, Turkey
H.E. Said Tayeb JAWAD (Afghan Ambassador- powerful in US)
(Northern Alliance Good Guy Fired- New Pro Taliban Ambassador)
Embassy of Afghanistan in Washington
2341 Wyoming Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20008
Tel: (202) 483-6414
Fax: (202) 483-9523
Mr. Jahed Hamrah, Consul General (pro-Taliban)
CONSULATE GENERAL OF
AFGHANISTAN IN NEW YORK
360 Lexington Avenue,
11th Floor New York,
New, York, NY 10017
Tel.: (212) 972-2276 or 972-2277
Fax: (212) 972-9046
Chairman Peter Hoekstra
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
H-405, U.S. Capitol
Washington, DC 20515-6415;
Office: 202-225-4121 / Fax: 202-225-1991
Toll Free: (877) 858-9040
M. Cherif BASSIOUNI
Independent Expert of the Commission on Human Rights
On the Situation of Human Rights in Afghanistan
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
UNOG-OHCHR
CH-1211 Geneva 10
Ph: +41(0)22 917 97 27 Fax: +41(0)22 917 90 18
Senator Steven Saland (Jack's Rep and Neighbor)
9 Jonathan Lane
Poughkeepsie, NY 12603
Senator Elizabeth Dole (Jack's Rep)
United States Senate
555 Dirksen Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Ph: 202-224.6342
Fax: 202-224.1100
Senator Richard Burr (Interested)
United States Senate
217 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Phone: 202-224-3154 / Fax: 202-228-2981
Senator Bill Nelson (in the fight on Jack's Side)
United States Senate
Hart Senate Office Building
Room 716
Washington, DC 20510
Phone: 202-224-5274 / Fax: 202-228-2183
FL Fax 407-872-7165
Senator Dianne Feinstein (Bennett's Representative)
United States Senate
Hart Office Building, Room 331
Washington, D.C. 20510
202-224-3841
Representative Mike McIntyre (Jack's Representative)
United States Congress
2437 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: 202-225-2731 / Fax 202-225-5773
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
(Reference Captain Bennett- CA citizen)
State Capitol Building
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: 916-445-2841 / Fax: 916-445-4633
Finally, PLEASE NOTE: The SuperPatriots and Jack images on this site are used with WRITTEN COPYRIGHT PERMISSION and any use by any third party is subject to legal action by SuperPatriots.US
jack idema
afghanistan
Technorati Search for Jack Idema
The Free Jack Idema Blogroll:
The Pink Flamingo Bar & Grill
The Lone Voice
Kender's Musings
Irate Nate
The Devil's Kitchen
Cao's Blog
Big Dog's Weblog
Theodore's World
NIF
Rottweiler Puppy
Right For Scotland
Freedom Folks
The City Troll
Sacramento Boxing
Causes of Interest
Concatenation of Events
Hyscience
Stuck On Stupid
The Daily Blogster
You Don't Know Jack
Right Wing Nation
Ron's Musings
Right Voices
7.62mm Justice
Special/Blown-It
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