San Antonio traffic update
Ok, I'm writing on Monday morning. It's raining here. Really raining. The Camino Real bridge over the Blanco river will be closed soon.
I just got back from signing todays timesheet; and listening to WOAI to and from San Antonio. They're only reporting the major wrecks today. The ones that have one or two lanes blocked on major throughfares (like I-10, I-35, the two loops), and there are more than several. I'd bet I got passed by a couple who are on the radio now, got passed on the way in- when I was going 10-20 MPH less than the speed limit.
You notice I didn't call them accidents. An accident is when something unforseen happens. A wreck happens when you are going 20 MPH faster than anyone else on the road- in blinding rain, on slick roads, and darting in and out of traffic- without (usually) turn signals. You deserve your increased premiums, and the ticket I hope you got for you stupidity. I just hope you didn't hurt anyone that was driving the right way.
You people in other states might need to know that in Texas, if you're over 18, or the graduate of a home drivers-ed class you only need to take a written test- no practical. We have a 16 yr-old who'll be taught at home, so we were looking at the
Tx DPS site to see what the requirements are.
They are basicaly 1) Do it at school 2) Private drivers school or 3) Parental drivers ed (with approved study courses).
I don't have a real problem with the concept, exept that the kids are going to be taught by someone who really doesn't have that great of a grasp on safe driving themselves, and/or just gundecks the classrom 32 hours so little Johhny and Jenny can get out on the road with their brand new Expedition.
The problem I have with the lack of practical road tests is also Mondo the Mujado who comes from that 3rd world country just south of us, and gets behing the wheel of a 3/4 ton dually only takes a written test (in spanish). No problem you say- exept that previously, the most advanced transportation he'd driven was a BURRO.
Yep, lets get those illegals a drivers license, they'll drive alot safer.
Monday, February 07, 2005
Sunday, February 06, 2005
Ok, where's the wall to wall pics?
According to Drudge there was ANOTHER incident of indecency in an Iraqi prison!
I, as a red blooded American male want to see the pics of this. I mean the MSM was all over Abu Graib -as soon as they had pics they were all over the place- you couldn't miss them if you tried.
I'm asking the MSM,,, WHAT ARE YOU HIDING?
Show the pics.
According to Drudge there was ANOTHER incident of indecency in an Iraqi prison!
I, as a red blooded American male want to see the pics of this. I mean the MSM was all over Abu Graib -as soon as they had pics they were all over the place- you couldn't miss them if you tried.
I'm asking the MSM,,, WHAT ARE YOU HIDING?
Show the pics.
Saturday, February 05, 2005
Looks like blogger is having "issues"
I can't get it to modify my Ted Kennedy post, so I won't sound like I'm shouting.
Now It won't do any spell checks. And I NEED spellcheck.
As long as I'm blathering (sorry no "fake-but-accurate- TaNG transcripts), I don't know if I want to redo my Haloscan comments, or hit counter -Ignorance is really bliss, sometimes.
I don't know if I want/should sign things as just me, or as trainwreck when I make comments in blogs? I don't know if this bloglette is worth the trouble.
Guess I'll just leave this as a practice blog for now.
I can't get it to modify my Ted Kennedy post, so I won't sound like I'm shouting.
Now It won't do any spell checks. And I NEED spellcheck.
As long as I'm blathering (sorry no "fake-but-accurate- TaNG transcripts), I don't know if I want to redo my Haloscan comments, or hit counter -Ignorance is really bliss, sometimes.
I don't know if I want/should sign things as just me, or as trainwreck when I make comments in blogs? I don't know if this bloglette is worth the trouble.
Guess I'll just leave this as a practice blog for now.
Here is a quick test to find out your political leaning. ( If you didn't know already)
I came out as a CONSERVATIVE! (yeah, no chit) with a score of 40% personal and 80% economic. Guess that means I have little personality.
In a related note, I got the test at a new Blogger board by and for bloggers. I forgot where I got to there from, so can't credit it- so no hatemail, please. On the other hand, hatemail is somekind of feedback, anyway, sooooo- go for it.
The guy putting it up is Cheese and Crackers blog
I came out as a CONSERVATIVE! (yeah, no chit) with a score of 40% personal and 80% economic. Guess that means I have little personality.
In a related note, I got the test at a new Blogger board by and for bloggers. I forgot where I got to there from, so can't credit it- so no hatemail, please. On the other hand, hatemail is somekind of feedback, anyway, sooooo- go for it.
The guy putting it up is Cheese and Crackers blog
Friday, February 04, 2005
What's the Iraqi word for chutzpah?
Seems as if the Sunnis (the ones that boycotted the vote) don't like the results of the election. Seems like I've heard it before- by a sore loser (or just a loser?) who said something like 'an election where people couldn't or wouldn't vote' didn't count.
Now guess who wants to throw a temper-tantrum, and STILL be seen as a responsible represntative of their people? Guess who wants to have an equal say in running the country?
NO, it's not the Dems- this time. I can see how it's confusing, your party's in power for 30+ years, and some westerner comes in and gets you tossed out on your ass. Yep, it's the Sunnis, the boys from Saddams' hood- who read the Dem handbook, and liked what it said.
Siigghhhh,,,,,,,, and they'll get some bones tossed to them, too- the good cuts.
Seems as if the Sunnis (the ones that boycotted the vote) don't like the results of the election. Seems like I've heard it before- by a sore loser (or just a loser?) who said something like 'an election where people couldn't or wouldn't vote' didn't count.
Now guess who wants to throw a temper-tantrum, and STILL be seen as a responsible represntative of their people? Guess who wants to have an equal say in running the country?
NO, it's not the Dems- this time. I can see how it's confusing, your party's in power for 30+ years, and some westerner comes in and gets you tossed out on your ass. Yep, it's the Sunnis, the boys from Saddams' hood- who read the Dem handbook, and liked what it said.
Siigghhhh,,,,,,,, and they'll get some bones tossed to them, too- the good cuts.
Thursday, February 03, 2005
Just wondering . . .
Ted Kennedy (D-mASS) is bloviating about getting out of Iraq (again), when will SOMEONE stand up and remind him that we're still in Kosovo (remember that?) with no exit strategy even mentioned.
The big difference is that Bush actually ACCOMPLISHED something that has a chance of lasting after we leave.
Ok, I've tried to get this post to post as usual, must be something in blogger that keeps it this size. There wasn't anything extraordenary about this post- just blogger being blogger.
Ted Kennedy (D-mASS) is bloviating about getting out of Iraq (again), when will SOMEONE stand up and remind him that we're still in Kosovo (remember that?) with no exit strategy even mentioned.
The big difference is that Bush actually ACCOMPLISHED something that has a chance of lasting after we leave.
Ok, I've tried to get this post to post as usual, must be something in blogger that keeps it this size. There wasn't anything extraordenary about this post- just blogger being blogger.
Wednesday, February 02, 2005
SotU Address
Didn't do alot for me- I only voted for him because Zell Miller wasn't running on the Democrat side.
Just wondering if Ace, Little Green Footballs, Protein Wisdom, Hog on Ice, or any but left wing moonbats are going to comment on W's orange tan?
Didn't do alot for me- I only voted for him because Zell Miller wasn't running on the Democrat side.
Just wondering if Ace, Little Green Footballs, Protein Wisdom, Hog on Ice, or any but left wing moonbats are going to comment on W's orange tan?
Cell Phone gripes (part deux)
According to University of Utah psychology professor David Strayer, "If you put a 20-year-old driver behind the wheel with a cell phone, their reaction times are the same as a 70-year-old driver who is not using a cell phone"
I Know that you aren't concentrating on driving while talking on a cell phone. I have one myself- and have made bone-headed mistakes (just lucky there were no accidents- or many P.O.'d drivers).
Read the rest and what they have to say about handsfree phones.
Amazing about how the libs want to curtail anything they don't do for safety reasons, but make excuses for proven problems in what they like to do.
According to University of Utah psychology professor David Strayer, "If you put a 20-year-old driver behind the wheel with a cell phone, their reaction times are the same as a 70-year-old driver who is not using a cell phone"
I Know that you aren't concentrating on driving while talking on a cell phone. I have one myself- and have made bone-headed mistakes (just lucky there were no accidents- or many P.O.'d drivers).
Read the rest and what they have to say about handsfree phones.
Amazing about how the libs want to curtail anything they don't do for safety reasons, but make excuses for proven problems in what they like to do.
Saturday, December 18, 2004
Thursday, December 16, 2004
The results are in
for the winner of the 2004 Bulwer-Lytton parody contest.
From this:
"It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents--except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which swept up the streets (for it is in London that our scene lies), rattling along the housetops, and fiercely agitating the scanty flame of the lamps that struggled against the darkness."
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Paul Clifford
To these:
She resolved to end the love affair with Ramon tonight . . . summarily, like Martha Stewart ripping the sand vein out of a shrimp's tail . . . though the term "love affair" now struck her as a ridiculous euphemism . . . not unlike "sand vein," which is after all an intestine, not a vein . . . and that tarry substance inside certainly isn't sand . . . and that brought her back to Ramon. Bulwer-Lytton Winner Dave Zobel Manhattan Beach, CA
She sipped her latte gracefully, unaware of the milk foam droplets building on her mustache, which was not the peachy-fine baby fuzz that Nordic girls might have, but a really dense, dark, hirsute lip-lining row of fur common to southern Mediterranean ladies nearing menopause, and winked at the obviously charmed Spaniard at the next table. Jeanne Villa Novato, CA
As he entered the room within which so many a wild night of their sweltering love affair had been spent, the White Rabbit regarded her with benevolent eyes, her posture such that he suspected something was wrong, but before he could speak Alice unburied her face from her trembling hands and between her intense sobs he made out the words, "I'm late . . . I'm late."
Cory Gano
Camas, WA
It was a dark and stormy night--actually not all that dark, but more dusky or maybe cloudy, and to say "stormy" may be overstating things a bit, although the sidewalks were still wettish and smelled of ozone, and, truth be told, characterizing the time as night is a stretch as it was more in the late, late afternoon because I think Oprah was still on. Gregory Snider, MD Lexington, KY
Go read the rest, if you dare.
From this:
"It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents--except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which swept up the streets (for it is in London that our scene lies), rattling along the housetops, and fiercely agitating the scanty flame of the lamps that struggled against the darkness."
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Paul Clifford
To these:
She resolved to end the love affair with Ramon tonight . . . summarily, like Martha Stewart ripping the sand vein out of a shrimp's tail . . . though the term "love affair" now struck her as a ridiculous euphemism . . . not unlike "sand vein," which is after all an intestine, not a vein . . . and that tarry substance inside certainly isn't sand . . . and that brought her back to Ramon. Bulwer-Lytton Winner Dave Zobel Manhattan Beach, CA
She sipped her latte gracefully, unaware of the milk foam droplets building on her mustache, which was not the peachy-fine baby fuzz that Nordic girls might have, but a really dense, dark, hirsute lip-lining row of fur common to southern Mediterranean ladies nearing menopause, and winked at the obviously charmed Spaniard at the next table. Jeanne Villa Novato, CA
As he entered the room within which so many a wild night of their sweltering love affair had been spent, the White Rabbit regarded her with benevolent eyes, her posture such that he suspected something was wrong, but before he could speak Alice unburied her face from her trembling hands and between her intense sobs he made out the words, "I'm late . . . I'm late."
Cory Gano
Camas, WA
It was a dark and stormy night--actually not all that dark, but more dusky or maybe cloudy, and to say "stormy" may be overstating things a bit, although the sidewalks were still wettish and smelled of ozone, and, truth be told, characterizing the time as night is a stretch as it was more in the late, late afternoon because I think Oprah was still on. Gregory Snider, MD Lexington, KY
Go read the rest, if you dare.
Let there be bussing
Expanded public transportation, that is. According to this A.P.T.A. article, 98% of respondents agree.
"With traffic congestion, pollution, and oil shortages all getting worse, now is the time to shift to affordable, efficient public transportation," APTA director Howard Collier said. "Fortunately, as this report shows, Americans have finally recognized the need for everyone else to do exactly that."
Of the studys' 5,200 participants, 44 percent cited faster commutes as the primary reason to expand public transportation, followed closely by shorter lines at the gas station. Environmental and energy concerns ranked a distant third and fourth, respectively.
Anaheim, CA, resident Lance Holland, who drives 80 miles a day to his job in downtown Los Angeles, was among the proponents of public transit.
"Expanding mass transit isn't just a good idea, it's a necessity," Holland said. "My drive to work is unbelievable. I spend more than two hours stuck in 12 lanes of traffic. It's about time somebody did something to get some of these other cars off the road."
Don't forget growing government bureaucracy's, too
Public support for mass transit will naturally lead to its expansion and improvement, Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority officials said.
"With everyone behind it, we'll be able to expand bus routes, create park-and-ride programs, and build entire new Metrolink commuter-rail lines," LACMTA president Howard Sager said. "It's almost a shame I don't know anyone who will be using these new services."
Sager said he expects wide-scale expansion of safe, efficient, and economical mass-transit systems to reduce traffic congestion in all major metropolitan areas in the coming decades.
The American Public Transportation Association is kicking off a "Get on the bus" drive.
Collier said he hopes the study serves as a wake-up call to Americans. In conjunction with its release, the APTA is kicking off a campaign to promote mass transit with the slogan, "Take The Bus... I'll Be Glad You Did."
The campaign is intended to de-emphasize the inconvenience and social stigma associated with using public transportation, focusing instead on the positives. Among these positives: the health benefits of getting fresh air while waiting at the bus stop, the chance to meet interesting people from a diverse array of low-paying service-sector jobs, and the opportunity to learn new languages by reading subway ads written in Spanish.
"People need to realize that public transportation isn't just for some poor sucker to take to work," Collier said. "He should also be taking it to the shopping mall, the supermarket, and the laundromat."
"With traffic congestion, pollution, and oil shortages all getting worse, now is the time to shift to affordable, efficient public transportation," APTA director Howard Collier said. "Fortunately, as this report shows, Americans have finally recognized the need for everyone else to do exactly that."
Of the studys' 5,200 participants, 44 percent cited faster commutes as the primary reason to expand public transportation, followed closely by shorter lines at the gas station. Environmental and energy concerns ranked a distant third and fourth, respectively.
Anaheim, CA, resident Lance Holland, who drives 80 miles a day to his job in downtown Los Angeles, was among the proponents of public transit.
"Expanding mass transit isn't just a good idea, it's a necessity," Holland said. "My drive to work is unbelievable. I spend more than two hours stuck in 12 lanes of traffic. It's about time somebody did something to get some of these other cars off the road."
Don't forget growing government bureaucracy's, too
Public support for mass transit will naturally lead to its expansion and improvement, Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority officials said.
"With everyone behind it, we'll be able to expand bus routes, create park-and-ride programs, and build entire new Metrolink commuter-rail lines," LACMTA president Howard Sager said. "It's almost a shame I don't know anyone who will be using these new services."
Sager said he expects wide-scale expansion of safe, efficient, and economical mass-transit systems to reduce traffic congestion in all major metropolitan areas in the coming decades.
The American Public Transportation Association is kicking off a "Get on the bus" drive.
Collier said he hopes the study serves as a wake-up call to Americans. In conjunction with its release, the APTA is kicking off a campaign to promote mass transit with the slogan, "Take The Bus... I'll Be Glad You Did."
The campaign is intended to de-emphasize the inconvenience and social stigma associated with using public transportation, focusing instead on the positives. Among these positives: the health benefits of getting fresh air while waiting at the bus stop, the chance to meet interesting people from a diverse array of low-paying service-sector jobs, and the opportunity to learn new languages by reading subway ads written in Spanish.
"People need to realize that public transportation isn't just for some poor sucker to take to work," Collier said. "He should also be taking it to the shopping mall, the supermarket, and the laundromat."
Wednesday, December 15, 2004
Hang up and DRIVE
I'm really getting tired of that hour long commute twice a day. People do me, and the rest of the drivers on the road a favor- HANG UP and DRIVE !
There were almost two wrecks in front of me because the drivers were too busy jacking their jaws at somebody miles away. I almost got T-boned a day ago because a blond teen-ager couldn't be bothered to stop at a STOPSIGN in her BIMMER because she was f*cking with her phone.
There are studies out (you go find the stats) that a person on a cell phone is as bad a driver as someone with .08 B.A.C.- I think they drive like they're even drunker than that. And ummmm LEGISLATORS... handsfree phones aren't the answer.
Truckers have been using C.B. radio since it's been available. The BIG difference is that they're talking to other DRIVERS. Not conveying some abstract idea to someone thousands of miles away, or giving instructions about how to unjamb the coppier.
There were almost two wrecks in front of me because the drivers were too busy jacking their jaws at somebody miles away. I almost got T-boned a day ago because a blond teen-ager couldn't be bothered to stop at a STOPSIGN in her BIMMER because she was f*cking with her phone.
There are studies out (you go find the stats) that a person on a cell phone is as bad a driver as someone with .08 B.A.C.- I think they drive like they're even drunker than that. And ummmm LEGISLATORS... handsfree phones aren't the answer.
Truckers have been using C.B. radio since it's been available. The BIG difference is that they're talking to other DRIVERS. Not conveying some abstract idea to someone thousands of miles away, or giving instructions about how to unjamb the coppier.
Give it up already
Christ, Bush has won every national election he's been in NUMEROUS times each. He won several times in the 2000 FLA theft attempt. Now in OHIO, MSNBC is reporting - on guess which side - the problems there.
Mostly in DEM controlled precincts
Again.
How many times are TAXPAYERS going to have to pay for the Liberals temper-tantrum?
via Drudge
Mostly in DEM controlled precincts
Again.
How many times are TAXPAYERS going to have to pay for the Liberals temper-tantrum?
via Drudge
Tuesday, December 14, 2004
Finally, , ,scientific proof
That conservatives and Liberals think diferently.
Christopher Orlet says in his blog that Liberals are more emotionally driven.
According to researchers at UCLA, differences were noted mainly in regard to the expression of empathy: "One Democrat's brain lit up at an image of John Kerry 'with a profound sense of connection, like a beautiful sunset,'" according to researcher Joshua Freedman. Brain activity in a Republican shown an image of Bush was "more interpersonal, such as if you smiled at someone and they smiled back." In other words Republicans may be better at building real and realistic relationships, while Democrats are more likely to see the connection between a Democratic victory and continued and unimpeded flow of government handouts.
Go read the rest, it's good.
Christopher Orlet says in his blog that Liberals are more emotionally driven.
According to researchers at UCLA, differences were noted mainly in regard to the expression of empathy: "One Democrat's brain lit up at an image of John Kerry 'with a profound sense of connection, like a beautiful sunset,'" according to researcher Joshua Freedman. Brain activity in a Republican shown an image of Bush was "more interpersonal, such as if you smiled at someone and they smiled back." In other words Republicans may be better at building real and realistic relationships, while Democrats are more likely to see the connection between a Democratic victory and continued and unimpeded flow of government handouts.
Go read the rest, it's good.
Friday, December 10, 2004
More tax on the "poor"
According to WOAI 1200am in San Antonio, a DEMOCRAT state senator up in Austin is advocating raising the cigarette tax by $1 a pack.
Yep as most people know, the majority of smokers are in the lower education and income brackets.
I guess as long as it's for the "good" of the people- and advanced by a Dem, it's ok to target the poor for a tax increase. But where are the advocates for the poor? The ones who always jump on the bandwagon when a Republican wants to change ANYTHING about the tax structure when it affects the "poor".
Yep as most people know, the majority of smokers are in the lower education and income brackets.
I guess as long as it's for the "good" of the people- and advanced by a Dem, it's ok to target the poor for a tax increase. But where are the advocates for the poor? The ones who always jump on the bandwagon when a Republican wants to change ANYTHING about the tax structure when it affects the "poor".
Thursday, December 09, 2004
Why do illegals need drivers licenses?
I'm sitting here looking at properties in Marion, and have O'reilly on in the background. He's got an anti illegal guy on and a Lib. Both are arguing about illegals w/ drivers licenses, and if it's needed or not. It sounds like Hannity and Colms.
Anyway, the question is WHY let illegals have drivers licenses, or any other quasi-legal ID? I know, the Libs and their fellow travelers say "it's a "safety issue".
HOW? They were breaking the law when they came here, have been driving without a DL or insurance since they got the vehicle. Does ANYBODY actually think that an illegal will go through all the BS involved in getting a "real" DL? What about the outrageous insurance premium?
I guess the answer to that is get the GOV'T to insure them (cringing) to, ya-know be sure they're "legal". That goes with the FREE schooling -bilingual of course wouldn't want the kids to actually KNOW English in America, FREE medical care-thanks taxpayers,
free/reduced food/WIC, etc- thanks taxpayers again.
These are the people coming from a (more or less) anti-American third world country dragging us the US down to their level with their third world living habits. We don't/won't do a damn thing because it's politically incorrect to expect them to accommodate themselves to us, the US.
You have all these apologists out there bending us to their will. WHY? Are they too LAZY to learn to live like an American? Are they to pendejo to learn to live like an American? Is their third world civilization BETTER than ours?
I want to know WHY we have to accommodate them. No other culture came to America and EXPECTED us to change to their will.
Anyway, the question is WHY let illegals have drivers licenses, or any other quasi-legal ID? I know, the Libs and their fellow travelers say "it's a "safety issue".
HOW? They were breaking the law when they came here, have been driving without a DL or insurance since they got the vehicle. Does ANYBODY actually think that an illegal will go through all the BS involved in getting a "real" DL? What about the outrageous insurance premium?
I guess the answer to that is get the GOV'T to insure them (cringing) to, ya-know be sure they're "legal". That goes with the FREE schooling -bilingual of course wouldn't want the kids to actually KNOW English in America, FREE medical care-thanks taxpayers,
free/reduced food/WIC, etc- thanks taxpayers again.
These are the people coming from a (more or less) anti-American third world country dragging us the US down to their level with their third world living habits. We don't/won't do a damn thing because it's politically incorrect to expect them to accommodate themselves to us, the US.
You have all these apologists out there bending us to their will. WHY? Are they too LAZY to learn to live like an American? Are they to pendejo to learn to live like an American? Is their third world civilization BETTER than ours?
I want to know WHY we have to accommodate them. No other culture came to America and EXPECTED us to change to their will.
EDWARD LEE PITTS (american)
I wrote about the crybabies of Rummys Q & A with the troops yesterday. Chattanooga Times Free Press reporter Edward Lee Pitts is embedded with the 278th Regimental Combat Team got the two Reserves to ask his questions.
From: EDWARD LEE PITTS, MILITARY AFFAIRS
Sent: Wednesday, December 8, 2004 4:44 PM
To: Staffers
Subject: RE: Way to go
I just had one of my best days as a journalist today. As luck would have it, our journey North was delayed just long enough see I could attend a visit today here by Defense Secretary Rumsfeld. I was told yesterday that only soldiers could ask questions so I brought two of them along with me as my escorts. Before hand we worked on questions to ask Rumsfeld about the appalling lack of armor their vehicles going into combat have. While waiting for the VIP, I went and found the Sgt. in charge of the microphone for the question and answer session and made sure he knew to get my guys out of the crowd, , ,
Then the asshat goes on crowing for 3 more paragraphs.
Pitts off, Lee
ViaDrudge
From: EDWARD LEE PITTS, MILITARY AFFAIRS
Sent: Wednesday, December 8, 2004 4:44 PM
To: Staffers
Subject: RE: Way to go
I just had one of my best days as a journalist today. As luck would have it, our journey North was delayed just long enough see I could attend a visit today here by Defense Secretary Rumsfeld. I was told yesterday that only soldiers could ask questions so I brought two of them along with me as my escorts. Before hand we worked on questions to ask Rumsfeld about the appalling lack of armor their vehicles going into combat have. While waiting for the VIP, I went and found the Sgt. in charge of the microphone for the question and answer session and made sure he knew to get my guys out of the crowd, , ,
Then the asshat goes on crowing for 3 more paragraphs.
Pitts off, Lee
ViaDrudge
But are they "real" vets?
Remember all those "nam vets" who were having all that trouble. The ones wanting gov't help because of their experiences? The ones who, after just a little research turned out to be fake vets?
According to "advocates" the Iraqi vets are starting to turn up in homeless shelters.
"I drove off in my truck. I packed my stuff. I lived out of my truck for a while," Seabees Petty Officer Luis Arellano, 34, said in a telephone interview from a homeless shelter near March Air Force Base in California run by U.S.VETS, the largest organization in the country dedicated to helping homeless veterans, , ,
, , ,A gunner's mate for 16 years, Arellano said he adjusted after serving in the first Gulf War. But after returning from Iraq, depression drove him to leave his job at the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. He got divorced." There are no Gunners Mate rates in the SeaBees, GMs are temporaraly assigned to Battalions.
And they talk about gov't medical care. I know gov't medical care, that's why I want my own Dr.
Read about it here.
According to "advocates" the Iraqi vets are starting to turn up in homeless shelters.
"I drove off in my truck. I packed my stuff. I lived out of my truck for a while," Seabees Petty Officer Luis Arellano, 34, said in a telephone interview from a homeless shelter near March Air Force Base in California run by U.S.VETS, the largest organization in the country dedicated to helping homeless veterans, , ,
, , ,A gunner's mate for 16 years, Arellano said he adjusted after serving in the first Gulf War. But after returning from Iraq, depression drove him to leave his job at the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. He got divorced." There are no Gunners Mate rates in the SeaBees, GMs are temporaraly assigned to Battalions.
And they talk about gov't medical care. I know gov't medical care, that's why I want my own Dr.
Read about it here.
Wednesday, December 08, 2004
They're there -I'm not, but, , ,
I know it's from MyWay News, but doesn't this strike you as a bunch of crybabies?
Spc. Thomas Wilson had asked the defense secretary, "Why do we soldiers have to dig through local landfills for pieces of scrap metal and compromised ballistic glass to up-armor our vehicles?" Shouts of approval and applause arose from the estimated 2,300 soldiers who had assembled to see Rumsfeld.
Rumsfeld hesitated and asked Wilson to repeat his question.
"We do not have proper armored vehicles to carry with us north," Wilson, 31, of Nashville, Tenn., concluded after asking again.
U.S. soldiers and Marines in Iraq are killed or maimed by roadside bombs almost daily. Adding armor protection to Humvees and other vehicles that normally are not used in direct combat has been a priority for the Army, but manufacturers have not been able to keep up with the demand.
Wilson's ex-wife, Regina, said she was not surprised he challenged Rumsfeld. Ex? Because he shoots his mouth off?
"It wouldn't matter if it was Bush himself standing there," she said. "He would have dissed him the same."
Wilson joined the National Guard in June 2003; previously, he had served about four years in the Air Force, beginning in 1994. Ok, so the guy KNEW what he was getting into.
Wilson and others, however, had criticisms of their own - not of the war but of how it was being fought.
During the question-and-answer session, another soldier complained that active-duty Army units seem to get priority over National Guard and Reserve units for the best equipment used in Iraq. Crying about what other troops have is as old as armies are.
"There's no way I can prove it, but I am told the Army is breaking its neck to see that there is not" discrimination of that kind, Rumsfeld said.
Yet another soldier asked how much longer the Army would continue using its "stop loss" power to prevent soldiers from leaving the service who are otherwise eligible to retire or return to civilian life at the end of their enlistment. I didn't read the whole contract
Rumsfeld said this condition was simply a fact of life for soldiers in times of war. Critics, including some in Congress, say it's proof the Army has been stretched too thin by war.
"It's basically a sound principle, it's nothing new, it's been well understood" by soldiers, he said. "My guess is it will continue to be used as little as possible, but that it will continue to be used."
Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., told Rumsfeld in a letter Wednesday that his response to the question about armored vehicles was "utterly unacceptable" and that it was the duty of the government to provide safety equipment.
"Mr. Secretary, our troops go to war with the Army that our nation's leaders provide," he wrote.
I'd REALLY like to see Sen DODDs voting record on military spending.
At the Pentagon, spokesman Larry Di Rita said production of armored Humvees had increased from 15 to 450 a month since fall 2003, when commanders in Iraq started asking for them because of insurgents' heavy use of roadside explosives.
Spc. Thomas Wilson had asked the defense secretary, "Why do we soldiers have to dig through local landfills for pieces of scrap metal and compromised ballistic glass to up-armor our vehicles?" Shouts of approval and applause arose from the estimated 2,300 soldiers who had assembled to see Rumsfeld.
Rumsfeld hesitated and asked Wilson to repeat his question.
"We do not have proper armored vehicles to carry with us north," Wilson, 31, of Nashville, Tenn., concluded after asking again.
U.S. soldiers and Marines in Iraq are killed or maimed by roadside bombs almost daily. Adding armor protection to Humvees and other vehicles that normally are not used in direct combat has been a priority for the Army, but manufacturers have not been able to keep up with the demand.
Wilson's ex-wife, Regina, said she was not surprised he challenged Rumsfeld. Ex? Because he shoots his mouth off?
"It wouldn't matter if it was Bush himself standing there," she said. "He would have dissed him the same."
Wilson joined the National Guard in June 2003; previously, he had served about four years in the Air Force, beginning in 1994. Ok, so the guy KNEW what he was getting into.
Wilson and others, however, had criticisms of their own - not of the war but of how it was being fought.
During the question-and-answer session, another soldier complained that active-duty Army units seem to get priority over National Guard and Reserve units for the best equipment used in Iraq. Crying about what other troops have is as old as armies are.
"There's no way I can prove it, but I am told the Army is breaking its neck to see that there is not" discrimination of that kind, Rumsfeld said.
Yet another soldier asked how much longer the Army would continue using its "stop loss" power to prevent soldiers from leaving the service who are otherwise eligible to retire or return to civilian life at the end of their enlistment. I didn't read the whole contract
Rumsfeld said this condition was simply a fact of life for soldiers in times of war. Critics, including some in Congress, say it's proof the Army has been stretched too thin by war.
"It's basically a sound principle, it's nothing new, it's been well understood" by soldiers, he said. "My guess is it will continue to be used as little as possible, but that it will continue to be used."
Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., told Rumsfeld in a letter Wednesday that his response to the question about armored vehicles was "utterly unacceptable" and that it was the duty of the government to provide safety equipment.
"Mr. Secretary, our troops go to war with the Army that our nation's leaders provide," he wrote.
I'd REALLY like to see Sen DODDs voting record on military spending.
At the Pentagon, spokesman Larry Di Rita said production of armored Humvees had increased from 15 to 450 a month since fall 2003, when commanders in Iraq started asking for them because of insurgents' heavy use of roadside explosives.
Monday, December 06, 2004
Tough love, Iraqi style
The returning inhabitants of Fallujah will, in addition to bioscans, be required to WORK! Now you're going to hear Liberals really squeal.
According to Boston.com the military will use something we used, , , to some effect in Germany and Japan.
The citizens will be required to work for pay.
The Iraqi gov't knows the mindset of their people, we ought to listen.
Via Boing Boing
According to Boston.com the military will use something we used, , , to some effect in Germany and Japan.
The citizens will be required to work for pay.
The Iraqi gov't knows the mindset of their people, we ought to listen.
Via Boing Boing
Sunday, December 05, 2004
OK, so who's going to jail here?
The French pulled a drill, and in the process, LOST about 5oz. of plastic explosives. They put it in some passengers bag, but "lost" it when the drug dog couldn't find it.
Ok, so it's not dangerous, but how is the unknowing passenger going to explain 5oz of PLASTIC EXPLOSIVES in their luggage
Ok, so it's not dangerous, but how is the unknowing passenger going to explain 5oz of PLASTIC EXPLOSIVES in their luggage
Doggie Islands , , , brought to you by your liberal pals
That's right, Doggie Retirement Islands. I was looking for things about Marion, Tx. when I came across Dog Island.
Yes, send your favorite dog to Doggie Island to live free, like he wants to. He secretly wants to be a WOLF. He doesn't want to be living in your air conditioned house on a sofa. He wants to have to hunt down rabbits, and fight other dogs for the privilege. He looks like he's contented lying on your bed getting free goodies, but secretly he resents you.
"Over 2,500 dogs are already enjoying a better life at Dog Island. Separated from the anxieties of urban life, dogs on Dog Island are healthy dogs who live a natural, healthy and happy life, free from the stress and hardship associated with daily live among humans.
They live with almost limitless space, and tens of thousands of rabbits, rodents, fish and other natural prey. Surrounded by thousands of other dogs, this is the only place for them to be truly social and create healthy families."
Some of the the FAQs:
"My dog is very high strung and often gets into fights with other dogs. I can control this now, but what happens when fights break out on the island?
Fights break out occasionally, but this is not a real issue, because eventually, the dogs learn to get along. Every now and then some dogs gang up and kill and then eat another dog, but this is just natural, and it's okay for it to happen now and then, but normally this is not the case."
"My dog seems happiest lazy and warm, curled up by a fire. Will he really be happier at Dog Island?
Yes. Studies have shown that dogs with this lazy tendency also lack a luster for life which is revived by connecting to the great outdoors. Dog Island stands by it's beliefs in giving dogs a real chance to connect with nature and find their true life mate."
They even have a picture of a dog enjoying the sunset --Awwwww.
Do they have Doggie Drs, along with doggie husbands and wives? To take care of little things like Ticks and Fleas, mange, Heartworms, Intestinal worms, grooming shaggy dogs? Just to to keep humans at bay, where they belong, so doggies can enjoy nature in all its glory?
Yes, send your favorite dog to Doggie Island to live free, like he wants to. He secretly wants to be a WOLF. He doesn't want to be living in your air conditioned house on a sofa. He wants to have to hunt down rabbits, and fight other dogs for the privilege. He looks like he's contented lying on your bed getting free goodies, but secretly he resents you.
"Over 2,500 dogs are already enjoying a better life at Dog Island. Separated from the anxieties of urban life, dogs on Dog Island are healthy dogs who live a natural, healthy and happy life, free from the stress and hardship associated with daily live among humans.
They live with almost limitless space, and tens of thousands of rabbits, rodents, fish and other natural prey. Surrounded by thousands of other dogs, this is the only place for them to be truly social and create healthy families."
Some of the the FAQs:
"My dog is very high strung and often gets into fights with other dogs. I can control this now, but what happens when fights break out on the island?
Fights break out occasionally, but this is not a real issue, because eventually, the dogs learn to get along. Every now and then some dogs gang up and kill and then eat another dog, but this is just natural, and it's okay for it to happen now and then, but normally this is not the case."
"My dog seems happiest lazy and warm, curled up by a fire. Will he really be happier at Dog Island?
Yes. Studies have shown that dogs with this lazy tendency also lack a luster for life which is revived by connecting to the great outdoors. Dog Island stands by it's beliefs in giving dogs a real chance to connect with nature and find their true life mate."
They even have a picture of a dog enjoying the sunset --Awwwww.
Do they have Doggie Drs, along with doggie husbands and wives? To take care of little things like Ticks and Fleas, mange, Heartworms, Intestinal worms, grooming shaggy dogs? Just to to keep humans at bay, where they belong, so doggies can enjoy nature in all its glory?
Friday, December 03, 2004
It's a liberal self parody
You just can’t make up what the BocaNews.com has to say about those immature, selfish, haughty, whinny liberals progresives reality biased Kerry supporters. This time they had so many needing ‘help’ that they were treated en mass.
“The first of several free (free? NOTHING is FREE, who’s tax dollars are paying for it?) noontime therapy sessions at the American Health
Association in Boca Raton was designed to treat what mental health
counselors have dubbed Post Election Selection Trauma (PEST).
“If I had a cardboard cutout of President Bush, and these people wanted to
throw darts at it, I would let them do it,” Robert J. Gordon, AHA executive
director, told the Boca News after the session. “It’s no joke. People with
PEST were traumatized by the election. If you even mention religion, their
faces turn blister-red as they shout at Bush.” Of course- they’re LIBERALS.
“I’m scared,” said one man. “Democracy is at stake and nobody is rising to
protest this president.”
“I want to be a patriot, but it’s impossible to be a patriot in an immoral
war,” ( I thought Liberals were trying to over turn “morals”) said another participant, a woman. “Bush is breaking up marriages and dividing families by keeping our troops in Iraq.” We won’t mention “No Fault” divorce, will we?
“The media outlets, especially Rush Limbaugh and his ilk on talk radio,
scare our patients to death,” said Gordon, facilitator for the meetings.
“More than anything else, people with PEST tremble physically.”
According to AHA officials, symptoms of PEST are similar to post-traumatic
stress disorder. They include nightmares, sleeplessness, hostility,
listlessness, and emotional outbursts including threats to leave the
country. Sounds like the DU to me.
“There’s an overall sense of emotional helplessness and abandonment,” said
Sheila Cooperman, a licensed AHA psychotherapist from Delray Beach. “In
psychology, we call it ‘learned helplessness.’
I won’t ruin the rest, just go read and laugh at them.
“The first of several free (free? NOTHING is FREE, who’s tax dollars are paying for it?) noontime therapy sessions at the American Health
Association in Boca Raton was designed to treat what mental health
counselors have dubbed Post Election Selection Trauma (PEST).
“If I had a cardboard cutout of President Bush, and these people wanted to
throw darts at it, I would let them do it,” Robert J. Gordon, AHA executive
director, told the Boca News after the session. “It’s no joke. People with
PEST were traumatized by the election. If you even mention religion, their
faces turn blister-red as they shout at Bush.” Of course- they’re LIBERALS.
“I’m scared,” said one man. “Democracy is at stake and nobody is rising to
protest this president.”
“I want to be a patriot, but it’s impossible to be a patriot in an immoral
war,” ( I thought Liberals were trying to over turn “morals”) said another participant, a woman. “Bush is breaking up marriages and dividing families by keeping our troops in Iraq.” We won’t mention “No Fault” divorce, will we?
“The media outlets, especially Rush Limbaugh and his ilk on talk radio,
scare our patients to death,” said Gordon, facilitator for the meetings.
“More than anything else, people with PEST tremble physically.”
According to AHA officials, symptoms of PEST are similar to post-traumatic
stress disorder. They include nightmares, sleeplessness, hostility,
listlessness, and emotional outbursts including threats to leave the
country. Sounds like the DU to me.
“There’s an overall sense of emotional helplessness and abandonment,” said
Sheila Cooperman, a licensed AHA psychotherapist from Delray Beach. “In
psychology, we call it ‘learned helplessness.’
I won’t ruin the rest, just go read and laugh at them.
Thursday, December 02, 2004
Which country would you think that an election didn't matter?
Wrong, it's Liberal Amerikkka. they had a vote in Arizona where the voters, tried of paying out the ass for illegals voted to tie gov't services to citizenry. The liberals are going to court to stop this "discrimination." In case you didn't know, the majority of Arizona voters are citizens of Hispanic extraction.
William Perry Pendley writes in Mountain State legal
, , , " Not so in Arizona. There “liberals” are in court claiming that an initiative adopted overwhelmingly by Arizona’s voters will cause “intimidation” because it will, in part, require voters to prove that they are citizens of the United States and entitled to vote in its elections. It is a legal battle that, at some time in the future, could be argued before the U.S. Supreme Court and that, even today, is being argued by citizens of other states where similar legislation is being considered.
More than 190,000 Arizona residents signed petitions to place the Arizona Taxpayer and Citizen Protection Act initiative, Proposition 200, on the ballot. On Election Day, despite the opposition of Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano and senior U.S. Senator John McCain, to name two prominent politicians, the initiative passed by a vote of 56 to 44 percent. Given that the annual cost of providing public benefits to Arizona’s illegal aliens exceeds $1 billion, or about $700 per household, voters felt something had to be done about illegal immigration.
Whether “something” will be done is yet to be determined. Days after the election, the American Civil Liberties Union, Mexican American Legal Defense Fund, National Council of La Raza, Service Employees International Union, Chicanos Por La Causa, and Valle del Sol all announced their intention to sue to prevent certification and implementation of Proposition 200. (Some of these groups went to court earlier to strike the initiative from the ballot; those efforts failed.) A week later, Arizona’s Attorney General ruled that Proposition 200’s requirement of proof of U.S. citizenship for receiving public benefits—such as welfare, public housing assistance, disability, retirement payments, and taxpayer-subsidized postsecondary education—is narrower than proponents and voters intended, , ,"
Notice that the bold (no pun inteded) groups are the same ones you hear about whenever America wants to get back to her roots of Moral law, and personal responsibility?
Read the rest.
William Perry Pendley writes in Mountain State legal
, , , " Not so in Arizona. There “liberals” are in court claiming that an initiative adopted overwhelmingly by Arizona’s voters will cause “intimidation” because it will, in part, require voters to prove that they are citizens of the United States and entitled to vote in its elections. It is a legal battle that, at some time in the future, could be argued before the U.S. Supreme Court and that, even today, is being argued by citizens of other states where similar legislation is being considered.
More than 190,000 Arizona residents signed petitions to place the Arizona Taxpayer and Citizen Protection Act initiative, Proposition 200, on the ballot. On Election Day, despite the opposition of Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano and senior U.S. Senator John McCain, to name two prominent politicians, the initiative passed by a vote of 56 to 44 percent. Given that the annual cost of providing public benefits to Arizona’s illegal aliens exceeds $1 billion, or about $700 per household, voters felt something had to be done about illegal immigration.
Whether “something” will be done is yet to be determined. Days after the election, the American Civil Liberties Union, Mexican American Legal Defense Fund, National Council of La Raza, Service Employees International Union, Chicanos Por La Causa, and Valle del Sol all announced their intention to sue to prevent certification and implementation of Proposition 200. (Some of these groups went to court earlier to strike the initiative from the ballot; those efforts failed.) A week later, Arizona’s Attorney General ruled that Proposition 200’s requirement of proof of U.S. citizenship for receiving public benefits—such as welfare, public housing assistance, disability, retirement payments, and taxpayer-subsidized postsecondary education—is narrower than proponents and voters intended, , ,"
Notice that the bold (no pun inteded) groups are the same ones you hear about whenever America wants to get back to her roots of Moral law, and personal responsibility?
Read the rest.
Wednesday, December 01, 2004
You can only hope more of this happens
Via LGF
Over at the Free Muslims Coalition they're trying to get a petition out to hold muslim clergy responsible for inciting violence.
Yeah, I know it's as much to their culture as a "seventh inning stretch" is to us, buthey, ya gotta start somewhere.
Give 'em an attaboy.
Over at the Free Muslims Coalition they're trying to get a petition out to hold muslim clergy responsible for inciting violence.
Yeah, I know it's as much to their culture as a "seventh inning stretch" is to us, buthey, ya gotta start somewhere.
Give 'em an attaboy.
Today is AIDs Awareness Day
Just to let you know, so you can feel bad about all the people who got it by using unsafe sex, and intravenous drugs.
The AIDs Activists want YOU to know that there is STILL no cure. The fact that back in the 80's, when the CDC was trying to get a handle on it, they (AIDs activists) protested because the same procedures that stopped Polio, Small Pox, and the rest were "too Invasive of privacy".
These are the ones who "do" anyone willing, any where, any way. Who condemn smokers because of their addiction to tobacco (because they deserve it- filthy habit). Who condemn Bush for "not doing enough" in the fight against AIDs.
I know there are people who acquired this disease through no fault of there own. They have the AIDs activists of the 80's to thank for putting their selfish agenda before the health and wellbeing of their fellow human beings.
The AIDs Activists want YOU to know that there is STILL no cure. The fact that back in the 80's, when the CDC was trying to get a handle on it, they (AIDs activists) protested because the same procedures that stopped Polio, Small Pox, and the rest were "too Invasive of privacy".
These are the ones who "do" anyone willing, any where, any way. Who condemn smokers because of their addiction to tobacco (because they deserve it- filthy habit). Who condemn Bush for "not doing enough" in the fight against AIDs.
I know there are people who acquired this disease through no fault of there own. They have the AIDs activists of the 80's to thank for putting their selfish agenda before the health and wellbeing of their fellow human beings.
Still too wet to work
The good news is that my bridge is open. The Blanco river is just below the driving surface, guess Hays Co. knows what they're doing afterall.
Woke up this morning to frost over everything. Kinda pretty.
After I'd gone to work signed in and came home, I was met by this:
Yes, that's mud, and I don't want to know where it came from.
Really, I don't.Posted by Hello
Update: She was digging in the fire pit, that's wet ashes all over her face
Woke up this morning to frost over everything. Kinda pretty.
After I'd gone to work signed in and came home, I was met by this:
Yes, that's mud, and I don't want to know where it came from.
Really, I don't.Posted by Hello
Update: She was digging in the fire pit, that's wet ashes all over her face
Some in Arab MSM are starting to get it
from MEMRI
Free Elections in the Arab World Occur Only in Occupied Iraq and Palestine
In an article titled 'Democratic Occupation?' columnist Salama Ni'mat, the Washington, D.C. bureau chief for the London Arabic-language daily Al-Hayat, wrote:
"The Arab concern for … the legitimacy of Iraq's upcoming elections, and for the representation of [Iraq's] entire political, ethnic, and religious spectrum is outrageous. Anyone who watches what is going on could, if he did not know the truth, almost believe that the Arab countries – which throughout their history have never known what elections are – have become the [countries] most keen that Iraq's upcoming elections will reflect the will of the Iraqi people, with all its elements – and will particularly [reflect the will of] the Sunni minority that in Saddam Hussein's day was, for well-known reasons no one even questioned, [considered] a 'majority.' , , , ,
'What Prevents Arab Regimes from Holding Free Elections is Fear of the Will of the Peoples'
"It is well and good for the Arabs to demand the right of political representation for the Sunni Arabs out of concern for them in the face of the tyranny of the other Iraqi groups and out of concern for national unity and the ideal relative representation. But we do not understand why this concern does not apply to the many Arab countries that do not permit their minorities to announce their existence, let alone their right to [political] representation.
'Ask the Arab League Why the Media in Occupied Iraq and Palestine Enjoy Freedom Under the Occupation, While the Media in the Other Arab Countries Do Not'
"Although the Taliban's regime of darkness has become history, and Saddam Hussein sits in his cell awaiting trial on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity, the Arab regimes still act as if nothing has happened. Further, [they act] as if history is not happening as long as they do not acknowledge its existence and do not announce it in the papers and on the television channels, [all of] which they control. Can anybody ask the Arab League why the media in occupied Iraq and Palestine enjoy freedom under the occupation, while the media in the other Arab countries do not?
Read the rest.
Free Elections in the Arab World Occur Only in Occupied Iraq and Palestine
In an article titled 'Democratic Occupation?' columnist Salama Ni'mat, the Washington, D.C. bureau chief for the London Arabic-language daily Al-Hayat, wrote:
"The Arab concern for … the legitimacy of Iraq's upcoming elections, and for the representation of [Iraq's] entire political, ethnic, and religious spectrum is outrageous. Anyone who watches what is going on could, if he did not know the truth, almost believe that the Arab countries – which throughout their history have never known what elections are – have become the [countries] most keen that Iraq's upcoming elections will reflect the will of the Iraqi people, with all its elements – and will particularly [reflect the will of] the Sunni minority that in Saddam Hussein's day was, for well-known reasons no one even questioned, [considered] a 'majority.' , , , ,
'What Prevents Arab Regimes from Holding Free Elections is Fear of the Will of the Peoples'
"It is well and good for the Arabs to demand the right of political representation for the Sunni Arabs out of concern for them in the face of the tyranny of the other Iraqi groups and out of concern for national unity and the ideal relative representation. But we do not understand why this concern does not apply to the many Arab countries that do not permit their minorities to announce their existence, let alone their right to [political] representation.
'Ask the Arab League Why the Media in Occupied Iraq and Palestine Enjoy Freedom Under the Occupation, While the Media in the Other Arab Countries Do Not'
"Although the Taliban's regime of darkness has become history, and Saddam Hussein sits in his cell awaiting trial on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity, the Arab regimes still act as if nothing has happened. Further, [they act] as if history is not happening as long as they do not acknowledge its existence and do not announce it in the papers and on the television channels, [all of] which they control. Can anybody ask the Arab League why the media in occupied Iraq and Palestine enjoy freedom under the occupation, while the media in the other Arab countries do not?
Read the rest.
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