We celebrate this Memorial Day because of This
and This.
And we have this day to remember those that died so that you could enjoy the freedom to read and say whatever you want without the Government throwing you in prison for doing so.
Thank You
Monday, May 30, 2005
What an "interesting" weekend
I took stand-by for one of my kids. We've had some good ol' south Texas thunderboomers going on.
I just got in from a call at the airport - no power. It was our supplier again. When you have hundreds and hundereds of miles of high wire, lightning will do that.
In the last two nights; I've gotten 9.75 hours of overtime. All but one of them has been after midnight callouts; and that's clock-time, not doorstep to doorstep.
I took stand-by for one of my kids. We've had some good ol' south Texas thunderboomers going on.
I just got in from a call at the airport - no power. It was our supplier again. When you have hundreds and hundereds of miles of high wire, lightning will do that.
In the last two nights; I've gotten 9.75 hours of overtime. All but one of them has been after midnight callouts; and that's clock-time, not doorstep to doorstep.
Sunday, May 29, 2005
El Capitan has a Superhero post up
That reminded me of this Comic Book critique.
Kinda like a SuperHeros' "What not to wear". This includes the full 'Grizzly Adams' beard, and flowing white sleeves.
That reminded me of this Comic Book critique.
Kinda like a SuperHeros' "What not to wear". This includes the full 'Grizzly Adams' beard, and flowing white sleeves.
Down here in Texas, we'd call it a cloud of feathers
It seems that in California, they give tickets to CHICKENS! Yep, if a chicken is a traffic hazard they get a ticket.
And if they have a good lawer, it gets tossed.
It seems that in California, they give tickets to CHICKENS! Yep, if a chicken is a traffic hazard they get a ticket.
And if they have a good lawer, it gets tossed.
Saturday, May 28, 2005
Even our Democrats wouldn't try to openly overturn an election (yet)
But Chirac and his Socialists wouldn't think twice about disregarding the popular "NON" vote against the EUPC bible Constitution that's expected.
A "no" vote would leave M Chirac seriously weakened. His rival Nicolas Sarkozy, the UMP leader who aspires to become president in 2007, was blaming the Chirac Government's policies for fuelling the voter rebellion. M Chirac is expected to react to a French "non" by promising to listen to the people before making a second attempt at ratification.
He and other "yes" campaigners have said repeatedly during the campaign that there is no “Plan B” if the treaty is rejected and that there would not be a second referendum.
But one option being discussed in senior diplomatic circles is for candidates in the French presidential election in 2007 to promise to ratify the treaty in parliament rather than by referendum.
Then again, don't ourSocialists Liberals Democrats have that idea too?
That we, the great unwashed are too stupid to do what's best for us.
It seems like the best thing that could happen over there is for that piece of paper to just go away. Don't try to be a "United" europe. Europe is Europe, it will never be America. Our histories are too different. Our mindsets are too different.
I don't want to say that European reliance on big government is ingrained, and self reliance is a unique American trait; but it is a byproduct of our differing histories.
Europe has had some kind of centralized government since at least the Romans were in charge, and they're used to looking to Government for all their needs. Americas' feeble Federal Government was almost forgotten beyond the foothills of the Appalachian Mts for the majority of our history, and citizens and (legal) immigrants were forced to be self reliant..
The United States are CITIZENS who (originally) gave our Federal Gov't the ability to use our strength of numbers for our common good on a limited basis. The European Union seems to be a group of seperate NATIONS who only have #1's best interest at heart, and a (seemingly unenforcable) business contract to hold everyone accountable.
But Chirac and his Socialists wouldn't think twice about disregarding the popular "NON" vote against the EU
A "no" vote would leave M Chirac seriously weakened. His rival Nicolas Sarkozy, the UMP leader who aspires to become president in 2007, was blaming the Chirac Government's policies for fuelling the voter rebellion. M Chirac is expected to react to a French "non" by promising to listen to the people before making a second attempt at ratification.
He and other "yes" campaigners have said repeatedly during the campaign that there is no “Plan B” if the treaty is rejected and that there would not be a second referendum.
But one option being discussed in senior diplomatic circles is for candidates in the French presidential election in 2007 to promise to ratify the treaty in parliament rather than by referendum.
Then again, don't our
That we, the great unwashed are too stupid to do what's best for us.
It seems like the best thing that could happen over there is for that piece of paper to just go away. Don't try to be a "United" europe. Europe is Europe, it will never be America. Our histories are too different. Our mindsets are too different.
I don't want to say that European reliance on big government is ingrained, and self reliance is a unique American trait; but it is a byproduct of our differing histories.
Europe has had some kind of centralized government since at least the Romans were in charge, and they're used to looking to Government for all their needs. Americas' feeble Federal Government was almost forgotten beyond the foothills of the Appalachian Mts for the majority of our history, and citizens and (legal) immigrants were forced to be self reliant..
The United States are CITIZENS who (originally) gave our Federal Gov't the ability to use our strength of numbers for our common good on a limited basis. The European Union seems to be a group of seperate NATIONS who only have #1's best interest at heart, and a (seemingly unenforcable) business contract to hold everyone accountable.
Friday, May 27, 2005
Mix one part lighter fluid, one home tracking device and a moron
And you have this months entry for the Darwin Awards.
The idjit tried to BURN the thing off.
And you have this months entry for the Darwin Awards.
The idjit tried to BURN the thing off.
Yesterday I linked to a satieristic posting
It was about a moron who decided to kill himself by wrecking his car.
This, however is true.
What's big- and red- with flashing lights - and has a SIREN?
Well, this guy hit it anyway.
It was about a moron who decided to kill himself by wrecking his car.
This, however is true.
What's big- and red- with flashing lights - and has a SIREN?
Well, this guy hit it anyway.
Thursday, May 26, 2005
I Don't know where to start with this
Diggers realm has a post on Indian Reparations.
I also don't know where to go with this, or how to end. I know what I think, and that's to call BULLSH*T on the thing. Sen. Sam Brownback (R. Kan) wants the Federal Gov't to offer a formal apology to American Indians. John McCain's involved, too.
Tex Hall (nice Native American name) has this to say:
"Tribal leaders have cautioned that the apology will be meaningless if it is not accompanied by actions that begin to correct the wrongs of the past and the present," Hall said.
THAT sounds alot like somekind of reparation talk.
Ok, we did what everyone in America has done to their predisesors since man walked upright. the whiteman did it more efficiently. Who, besides Liberal appologists think that Indians were nature-loving-peace freaks? Who lived in harmony with their neighbors, and never starved during winter, or tortured their prisoners to death?
OK, they have problems on the Res., but that is fixed by something to live for, NOT the Gov't dole.
Diggers realm has a post on Indian Reparations.
I also don't know where to go with this, or how to end. I know what I think, and that's to call BULLSH*T on the thing. Sen. Sam Brownback (R. Kan) wants the Federal Gov't to offer a formal apology to American Indians. John McCain's involved, too.
Tex Hall (nice Native American name) has this to say:
"Tribal leaders have cautioned that the apology will be meaningless if it is not accompanied by actions that begin to correct the wrongs of the past and the present," Hall said.
THAT sounds alot like somekind of reparation talk.
Ok, we did what everyone in America has done to their predisesors since man walked upright. the whiteman did it more efficiently. Who, besides Liberal appologists think that Indians were nature-loving-peace freaks? Who lived in harmony with their neighbors, and never starved during winter, or tortured their prisoners to death?
OK, they have problems on the Res., but that is fixed by something to live for, NOT the Gov't dole.
If the News media and cops told the truth
You'd see alot more stories like this one:
WHEATLEY, AR—Although reckless driving and minor driver impairment were cited as additional factors, police investigators ruled pure, unadulterated stupidity as the primary cause in the death of an unlicensed motorist involved in a single-car accident Sunday.
"We're fairly positive the deceased was operating under the influence of being an unbelievable dumbass," forensic investigator Evan Lawrence told reporters at the scene, a stretch of road littered with SUV parts, beer cans, food containers, fishing equipment, and pornography. "I mean, we're not saying alcohol, fatigue, poor vehicle maintenance, and driver error didn't play their parts—but mainly, that driver was a goddamn dipshit."
The violent and inane mishap occurred at approximately 4 p.m., just north of town, where Highway 63 passes beneath the railroad bridge.
Just look at some of the drivers around you every day, and don't you wonder "Why aren't they wrapped around a tree already?"
You'd see alot more stories like this one:
WHEATLEY, AR—Although reckless driving and minor driver impairment were cited as additional factors, police investigators ruled pure, unadulterated stupidity as the primary cause in the death of an unlicensed motorist involved in a single-car accident Sunday.
"We're fairly positive the deceased was operating under the influence of being an unbelievable dumbass," forensic investigator Evan Lawrence told reporters at the scene, a stretch of road littered with SUV parts, beer cans, food containers, fishing equipment, and pornography. "I mean, we're not saying alcohol, fatigue, poor vehicle maintenance, and driver error didn't play their parts—but mainly, that driver was a goddamn dipshit."
The violent and inane mishap occurred at approximately 4 p.m., just north of town, where Highway 63 passes beneath the railroad bridge.
Just look at some of the drivers around you every day, and don't you wonder "Why aren't they wrapped around a tree already?"
Wednesday, May 25, 2005
- PBS has no Liberal political slant!
WASHINGTON -- Public broadcasting must -- and will -- remain free of political influence, PBS prexyprexy Pat Mitchell declared Tuesday.
"PBS is not the property of any single political party or activist group or foundation or funder with an agenda of any kind," Mitchell said in a speech at the National Press Club.
"Our editorial standards ensure it, and public opinion polls verify it," she continued. "PBS does not belong to a red or blue or purple constituency, and it does not shrink in the face of political threats.
"PBS has built and maintained a steadfast resolve to never give in to pressures to reflect a political agenda. That resolve is as rock solid today as it has ever been," she asserted.
She goes on to say that polls say that most PBS viewers concider that agency to be unbiased. Yeh, that's because most regular viewers are Liberals who think Clinton was a moderate.
Mitchell also has an ace up her sleeve:
Mitchell also highlighted initiatives meant to help keep PBS bankrolled and competitive. The org has started a foundation to solicit major donations; it secured its first gift recently from the Ford Foundation, which ponied up $10 million.
Ok, now rest assured that our Gov't sponsered broadcasting company is as unbiased as the BEEB.
Tuesday, May 24, 2005
Have you seen the commercial for the Tyco-Scott airpacks?
It's not an in-your-face commercial. It just kinda torques me that they're using firemen to get their name out there, for what? The SCBA isn't the firedogs choice, it's his employer, weather it's city, county or an evil big corporation.
His employer could have easily chosen from MSA, Draeger, SurvivAir (which I've used with great effect), or any other resperatory protection.
If I were going to buy any kind of personal protective equipment, that commercial would tell me that I didn't want a Tyco-Scott Airpac. If it leaks so bad that my face was covered in that much soot, I'd know my breathing would be adversly affected, too.
It's not an in-your-face commercial. It just kinda torques me that they're using firemen to get their name out there, for what? The SCBA isn't the firedogs choice, it's his employer, weather it's city, county or an evil big corporation.
His employer could have easily chosen from MSA, Draeger, SurvivAir (which I've used with great effect), or any other resperatory protection.
If I were going to buy any kind of personal protective equipment, that commercial would tell me that I didn't want a Tyco-Scott Airpac. If it leaks so bad that my face was covered in that much soot, I'd know my breathing would be adversly affected, too.
The senate came to a compromise on the so-called Fillibuster
AGAIN!
There are times when you just have to stand up and tell someone to "Shut the f*ck up", or your precieved weakness will be proved to be real.
The R.I.N.O.s have showed that they aren't even a paper TIGER, maybe a paper kitten.
They've been the majority for what? 5- 7 years now? And have let the Dems run roughshode over them ever since- in the "Spirtit of 'bi-partasinship'."
The only time in the last 60 years that the Democrats (and their LLL MSM apologists) cared about the minority party being heard has been since they've BEEN the minority.
I'm looking for a real, viable conservative party to replace the R.I.N.O. party.
There is a column of bones in your back, it's called a spine.
Bill Frist- see if you can grow one! - or borrow one, anyway.
AGAIN!
There are times when you just have to stand up and tell someone to "Shut the f*ck up", or your precieved weakness will be proved to be real.
The R.I.N.O.s have showed that they aren't even a paper TIGER, maybe a paper kitten.
They've been the majority for what? 5- 7 years now? And have let the Dems run roughshode over them ever since- in the "Spirtit of 'bi-partasinship'."
The only time in the last 60 years that the Democrats (and their LLL MSM apologists) cared about the minority party being heard has been since they've BEEN the minority.
I'm looking for a real, viable conservative party to replace the R.I.N.O. party.
There is a column of bones in your back, it's called a spine.
Bill Frist- see if you can grow one! - or borrow one, anyway.
Monday, May 23, 2005
AlrigggGGgggght, I won the Lottery!!!!
It was the Austrailian "Ocean Blue" lotto. I'm now worth MILLION$$$$!!!!!!!
Too bad I never entered it. How can I win something I never entered- or paid for?
There has got to be alot of gullible fishies out there, or else there wouldn't be so many terribly set up scams.
It was the Austrailian "Ocean Blue" lotto. I'm now worth MILLION$$$$!!!!!!!
Too bad I never entered it. How can I win something I never entered- or paid for?
There has got to be alot of gullible fishies out there, or else there wouldn't be so many terribly set up scams.
Time for the new boss, not like the old boss
Ok, I was warned when I took the job, that I'd be having problems with one or two of my people. I'd been having problems with one all week- we had a big "do" going on for the first time. The set-ups weren't new to all but me. The problem child is a favorite of the boss, and he decided that it was his time to try to see how far he could push.
I'd tried to be a mellow boss and get a consensus going, but that was taken for weakness by some people. That guy walked out the door Sat, just before I sent someone home. I've been trying to keep my "inner @sshole" under control, but it seems that some people only respect an @sshole.
The new boss is going to have a talk with my kids and let them know THAT cow ain't eating the Cabbage no more. Some people are going to need to be thinking long and hard about their future.
"My way or the highway"-Inner Asshole
Ok, I was warned when I took the job, that I'd be having problems with one or two of my people. I'd been having problems with one all week- we had a big "do" going on for the first time. The set-ups weren't new to all but me. The problem child is a favorite of the boss, and he decided that it was his time to try to see how far he could push.
I'd tried to be a mellow boss and get a consensus going, but that was taken for weakness by some people. That guy walked out the door Sat, just before I sent someone home. I've been trying to keep my "inner @sshole" under control, but it seems that some people only respect an @sshole.
The new boss is going to have a talk with my kids and let them know THAT cow ain't eating the Cabbage no more. Some people are going to need to be thinking long and hard about their future.
"My way or the highway"-Inner Asshole
Saturday, May 21, 2005
I'm going to have to start making up news stories
And I don't mean something physically impossible, like say- flushing a hardback, fullsize book down a toilet.
I mean like the 42 midgets who got maimed by a lion. I believe it originated at Fark.com (reg. required). I got like 25 hits in the last two days off that.
But in real life, I just got done with a 12 hour O.T. shift, so I just want to read what has happened on my blogroll.
And I don't mean something physically impossible, like say- flushing a hardback, fullsize book down a toilet.
I mean like the 42 midgets who got maimed by a lion. I believe it originated at Fark.com (reg. required). I got like 25 hits in the last two days off that.
But in real life, I just got done with a 12 hour O.T. shift, so I just want to read what has happened on my blogroll.
I'm adding another blog to my blogroll
I'm glad to say that this one will be of great service to all historians of the reality biased community.
They may as well use this one as their "unnamed souces" for all the checks and balances they use, anyway.
I'm glad to say that this one will be of great service to all historians of the reality biased community.
They may as well use this one as their "unnamed souces" for all the checks and balances they use, anyway.
Friday, May 20, 2005
Just got back from an 8th grade graduation
First, when did they decide to "Graduate" kids into High School? When I was there, it was " have a good summer, you new school is over there --->"
Two points I noticed.
1 LOTS of hot moms, and
2 Some of the other moms should have a show called "How NOT to apply make-up" - seriously. I saw some moms from the "other side" of the tracks, they could be a horror movie clown- scary.
Anyway, Wife is on the way back from Houston picking up her oldest and her fiancee. That's gotta be a long sit- from U.K. to Houston to the other side of Castroville. Must be something like 11 hours on your butt.
First, when did they decide to "Graduate" kids into High School? When I was there, it was " have a good summer, you new school is over there --->"
Two points I noticed.
1 LOTS of hot moms, and
2 Some of the other moms should have a show called "How NOT to apply make-up" - seriously. I saw some moms from the "other side" of the tracks, they could be a horror movie clown- scary.
Anyway, Wife is on the way back from Houston picking up her oldest and her fiancee. That's gotta be a long sit- from U.K. to Houston to the other side of Castroville. Must be something like 11 hours on your butt.
Thursday, May 19, 2005
Texas Best Grok is now posting again
and he's back on the blogroll. I understand the problems of posting while doing the real estate thing.
and he's back on the blogroll. I understand the problems of posting while doing the real estate thing.
Just to let any Texas bloggers know,
Well, any blogger who wants to come to the Toobs,tunes, boobs and beer blogfest over in Brew Braunfels from June 24 to the 26.
Ok, it's called something else, but that would be a good blogfest to go to.
Well, any blogger who wants to come to the Toobs,tunes, boobs and beer blogfest over in Brew Braunfels from June 24 to the 26.
Ok, it's called something else, but that would be a good blogfest to go to.
Wednesday, May 18, 2005
Did a lion REALLY kill or mutilate 42 midgets?
My Unnamed source tells me that:
Apparently in the city of Kampong Chhnang, Cambodia, a league of fighting midgets has lost a fight with a real live lion.
Tickets had been sold out three weeks before the much anticipated fight.
The fight was slated when an angry fan claimed that one lion could defeat the entire league of 42 fighting midgets. The president had recently advertised that his midgets would "...take on anything; man, beast, or machine."
I KNOW that unnamed sources are unquestionably truthful, so it couldn't be a posting from say The Onion or Satire Wire or another humor blog, would it?
My Unnamed source tells me that:
Apparently in the city of Kampong Chhnang, Cambodia, a league of fighting midgets has lost a fight with a real live lion.
Tickets had been sold out three weeks before the much anticipated fight.
The fight was slated when an angry fan claimed that one lion could defeat the entire league of 42 fighting midgets. The president had recently advertised that his midgets would "...take on anything; man, beast, or machine."
I KNOW that unnamed sources are unquestionably truthful, so it couldn't be a posting from say The Onion or Satire Wire or another humor blog, would it?
Strike three for SBC: another no-show
They were supposed to show up today between 8 and 12 AM, nice window, huh? It looks like they'll be missing that 4 hour timeframe, and I'm out 4 1/2 hours pay.
I don't know what I can do, go to small claims court for $100? I'll keep the 4680 number active, maybe next year sometime they'll do an audit and see they've got a circuit tied-up with no revenue. But they're a big company with an uncaring Union work force, so probably nothing WILL be done anyway.
I guess when you're a huge monopoly you can treat your paying customers however you want.
(Update , , , story should now read "SBC lied, nobody died" 4:45PM May 18, 2005)
After leaving home in disgust at noon, I left the dogs out. I came home and called the SBC service center- because I'd cooled down enough not to be cursing every other word.
The call-taker got ahold of the Hondo office, and through them- the tech. , , ,
Before I get to what was told, here's a history of the last week:
Thurs May 12- after a badly cracking line, I called in for no dial tone.
Friday I was told they didn't stop, or look at it because I had dogs- they needed access to the house. Made a NEW appt for Mon between 3PM and 7PM (that's what the trouble desk said)
Monday They didn't even show up- after I'd missed 90 min. of work to get the dogs in. I called in complaining and was told that they don't do routine calls at that time. *CR@P*- ok, when?
Wednesday (today) I lost 4 1/2 hours waitng for SBC to show up between 8AM and 12AM-no show. I left, and left the dogs outside. I cooled down enough after work, and called the trouble desk again, and was told that the tech. WAS WORKINGON THE PROBLEM. OK, why did I have to wait almost a week, if they didn't have to get into my yard?
Somebody's LYING- not that you'd expect any pro-comunist Democratic political machine to have any qualms about twisting the truth any way they want.
They were supposed to show up today between 8 and 12 AM, nice window, huh? It looks like they'll be missing that 4 hour timeframe, and I'm out 4 1/2 hours pay.
I don't know what I can do, go to small claims court for $100? I'll keep the 4680 number active, maybe next year sometime they'll do an audit and see they've got a circuit tied-up with no revenue. But they're a big company with an uncaring Union work force, so probably nothing WILL be done anyway.
I guess when you're a huge monopoly you can treat your paying customers however you want.
(Update , , , story should now read "SBC lied, nobody died" 4:45PM May 18, 2005)
After leaving home in disgust at noon, I left the dogs out. I came home and called the SBC service center- because I'd cooled down enough not to be cursing every other word.
The call-taker got ahold of the Hondo office, and through them- the tech. , , ,
Before I get to what was told, here's a history of the last week:
Thurs May 12- after a badly cracking line, I called in for no dial tone.
Friday I was told they didn't stop, or look at it because I had dogs- they needed access to the house. Made a NEW appt for Mon between 3PM and 7PM (that's what the trouble desk said)
Monday They didn't even show up- after I'd missed 90 min. of work to get the dogs in. I called in complaining and was told that they don't do routine calls at that time. *CR@P*- ok, when?
Wednesday (today) I lost 4 1/2 hours waitng for SBC to show up between 8AM and 12AM-no show. I left, and left the dogs outside. I cooled down enough after work, and called the trouble desk again, and was told that the tech. WAS WORKINGON THE PROBLEM. OK, why did I have to wait almost a week, if they didn't have to get into my yard?
Somebody's LYING- not that you'd expect any pro-comunist Democratic political machine to have any qualms about twisting the truth any way they want.
Well, the new StarWars movie opens today
Not that I'm interested in it that much, since I know what a vagina looks like and I can grow a beard.
No- the reason I know it's opening is that I can't get away from the hype.
Any channel that can work it in is mentioning it, some how. Fox and Friends is running its StarWars program interrupted by periodic news updates. If I watched the Weather Channel, I'd probably be treated to the weather highlights inside the DeathStar.
Not that I'm interested in it that much, since I know what a vagina looks like and I can grow a beard.
No- the reason I know it's opening is that I can't get away from the hype.
Any channel that can work it in is mentioning it, some how. Fox and Friends is running its StarWars program interrupted by periodic news updates. If I watched the Weather Channel, I'd probably be treated to the weather highlights inside the DeathStar.
Tuesday, May 17, 2005
Monday, May 16, 2005
Via Dave from Garfield ridge
Can you imagine waking up to THIS every morning? A shiver of ewwww runs down my spine>.
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Run Forrest, RUN!
Can you imagine waking up to THIS every morning? A shiver of ewwww runs down my spine>.
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Run Forrest, RUN!
Strike TWO for SBC today
WTF is with SBC? They're service techs are afraid to go into yards with dogs in them-- guess what the required adornment is down here in south Texas ranches, farms and residences? Some are working dogs, most are pets.
Now, today, I was supposed to be home to control the ferocious Bodus, and the Meglet between 3PM and 7PM. I just got done calling the trouble desk--- again. Their highly trained service tech showed up at 10AM, yep 5 f*cking hours before he was supposed to.
Now I'll have to miss ANOTHER hour and a half of work.
I now work for a small utility company now, and have before. When we have an appointment and we couldn't complete it for some reason, we'd put a door hanger where our customer could find it---NOT just say "lo f'ing siento" and walk away. I have also read meters and done leak surveys. In both of these jobs, I went itno yards with all kinds of dogs and had very little trouble because generally, you can tell if you'll get into trouble by the dogs attitude.
But then again, I wasn't an overpaid UNION lackey either.
We actually VALUE out customers.
Even when we have a monopoly on our service. Hear that SBC? Ma sure didn't raise you right.
WTF is with SBC? They're service techs are afraid to go into yards with dogs in them-- guess what the required adornment is down here in south Texas ranches, farms and residences? Some are working dogs, most are pets.
Now, today, I was supposed to be home to control the ferocious Bodus, and the Meglet between 3PM and 7PM. I just got done calling the trouble desk--- again. Their highly trained service tech showed up at 10AM, yep 5 f*cking hours before he was supposed to.
Now I'll have to miss ANOTHER hour and a half of work.
I now work for a small utility company now, and have before. When we have an appointment and we couldn't complete it for some reason, we'd put a door hanger where our customer could find it---NOT just say "lo f'ing siento" and walk away. I have also read meters and done leak surveys. In both of these jobs, I went itno yards with all kinds of dogs and had very little trouble because generally, you can tell if you'll get into trouble by the dogs attitude.
But then again, I wasn't an overpaid UNION lackey either.
We actually VALUE out customers.
Even when we have a monopoly on our service. Hear that SBC? Ma sure didn't raise you right.
Newsweek lied- people died
Newsweek, a weekly mag with REAL editors and fact checkers vetted their Koran desicration story not even as well as I factcheck my last post.
Just wondering, when will the Libs start to demand resignations?
I won't be holding my breath.
Newsweek, a weekly mag with REAL editors and fact checkers vetted their Koran desicration story not even as well as I factcheck my last post.
Just wondering, when will the Libs start to demand resignations?
I won't be holding my breath.
Sunday, May 15, 2005
Saturday, May 14, 2005
I'd heard about this Nickelodeon "My Backyard" Alamo thing on WOAI on the radio
And I thought it was lost untill I saw Grim talking about it in his blog.
In case you don't know the history of the Alamo, here's a quick thumbnail, the way I remember it ( it's not completely accurate, but I'm not a nationally syndicated kids show-with access to history experts)
The fifty second long piece on Nickelodeon, which is part of an ongoing series of features about the U.S. called 'My Back Yard," shows a San Antonio teenager telling the largely pre-teen audience that 'in the early 1800's, most of the people living in San Antonio were white farmers who brought their slaves with them.' It goes on to claim that conflict over slavery between slaveholding settlers and a Mexican government which had abolished slavery 'led up' to the Battle of the Alamo.
Ok, I forgot that part of the Mexican law- which was observed more in the written law than the occasional non-enforcement of it. There weren't *per capita* that many black slaves. Slavery wasn't the issue- Independence was.
WOAI has some of the background on this hit-peice:
E-mails obtained by WOAI radio show Alamo historian Dr. R. Bruce Winders, one of the country's leading experts on pre Civil War southwestern history, told Nickelodeon producers that the slavery claim was 'simplistic and inaccurate,' but the piece was aired anyway.
Mark Lyons, a senior producer for Nick News at Lucky Duck Productions in New York City, a contractor to Nickelodeon, which is a unit of Viacom, Inc. says the piece, called an 'interstitial,' was not meant to convey the full story of the Alamo.
"We recognize that there were several key issues in the Battle of the Alamo and one of them was slavery," Lyons said. "We want to tell our viewers something they may not have known, like the fact that at the time Texas was a part of Mexico."
Winders remains critical of the way the piece was presented.
"I think this is an extreme interpretation that was very one-sided as well as inaccurate," he said Monday. They replied that they wanted to get a Hispanic opinion of the battle. I pointed out that many people would not be able to tell that the piece was opinion and not fact, but they ran the story as it was."
Ok, if they wanted a Hispanic opinion, why bring up slavery? They weren't slaves, and generally didn't own them. For them the Texian cause was Independence from Mexico.
And I thought it was lost untill I saw Grim talking about it in his blog.
In case you don't know the history of the Alamo, here's a quick thumbnail, the way I remember it ( it's not completely accurate, but I'm not a nationally syndicated kids show-with access to history experts)
- Tejas was an unexplored, and pretty much ungovernable province of Mexico.
- Mexico invited Anglos(Americans) in to help passify the province(some were slave owners).
- Mexico changed governments (again) and Santa Anna decided to crack down on immigration (boy, things sure change in 170 years) and tossed out their Constitution.
- Mexico repudiated it's agreements with most of its colonists.
- These new laws grated on whites AND Hispanic colonists (who weren't peons)
- There was agitation for independance from white AND brown
- In the run-up to the big blowup the ummmm,,,'rebels'- lets call them 'Texians'were pushing back against the frontier troops.
- One of these skirmishes was at a place called The mission at San Antonio de Vallero - the Alamo.
- The Mexican scouts were pushed out and the Texians took control of the Alamo.
- Col. Travis decided to stay untill Sam Houston could decide what to do.
- Santa Anna wanted to crush the revolution in a show of force, and marched on San Antonio and Goliad.
- The men of the Alamo were surrounded and determined to fight to the death. There were around 186 (no one's sure), more than 50% were hispanic, and I believe two were slaves.
- Santa Annas' army of more than 2,000 men surrounded the Alamo, playing the "Dugello"(?) which ment 'no quarter'.
- The Mexican army began the final assault before daybreak on March 6 1836.
- When the sun came up, all the defenders of the Alamo were dead, and 600 dead plus wounded from the Mexican army. The survivers were one white woman-and kids and two spanish women-and kids and two black slaves (if I remember right).
- Santa Anna then Marched on Goliad, but there's been enough slaughter on this blog tonight.
The fifty second long piece on Nickelodeon, which is part of an ongoing series of features about the U.S. called 'My Back Yard," shows a San Antonio teenager telling the largely pre-teen audience that 'in the early 1800's, most of the people living in San Antonio were white farmers who brought their slaves with them.' It goes on to claim that conflict over slavery between slaveholding settlers and a Mexican government which had abolished slavery 'led up' to the Battle of the Alamo.
Ok, I forgot that part of the Mexican law- which was observed more in the written law than the occasional non-enforcement of it. There weren't *per capita* that many black slaves. Slavery wasn't the issue- Independence was.
WOAI has some of the background on this hit-peice:
E-mails obtained by WOAI radio show Alamo historian Dr. R. Bruce Winders, one of the country's leading experts on pre Civil War southwestern history, told Nickelodeon producers that the slavery claim was 'simplistic and inaccurate,' but the piece was aired anyway.
Mark Lyons, a senior producer for Nick News at Lucky Duck Productions in New York City, a contractor to Nickelodeon, which is a unit of Viacom, Inc. says the piece, called an 'interstitial,' was not meant to convey the full story of the Alamo.
"We recognize that there were several key issues in the Battle of the Alamo and one of them was slavery," Lyons said. "We want to tell our viewers something they may not have known, like the fact that at the time Texas was a part of Mexico."
Winders remains critical of the way the piece was presented.
"I think this is an extreme interpretation that was very one-sided as well as inaccurate," he said Monday. They replied that they wanted to get a Hispanic opinion of the battle. I pointed out that many people would not be able to tell that the piece was opinion and not fact, but they ran the story as it was."
Ok, if they wanted a Hispanic opinion, why bring up slavery? They weren't slaves, and generally didn't own them. For them the Texian cause was Independence from Mexico.
John McCain (R.I.N.O.-AZ) why don't you just get it over and declare yourself a Liberal Democrat?
I know it's a rhetorical question, because if you did that, you'd NEVER get re-elected.
Your constituents see a big ol' 'R' behind your name and don't realize that you're behind something like this illegal amnesty plan with your good buddy Chappaquiddick Ted (who, by the way Borked John Bolton for his past behavior).
Anyone with any kind of intelligence knows that the gov't- from Bush down- doesn't want to control our borders. I know that MSM isn't giving much- if any air to this story about this WashTimes expose on the orders the Border Patrol got from D.C.
U.S. Border Patrol agents have been ordered not to arrest illegal aliens along the section of the Arizona border where protesters patrolled last month because an increase in apprehensions there would prove the effectiveness of Minuteman volunteers, The Washington Times has learned.
More than a dozen agents, all of whom asked not to be identified for fear of retribution, said orders relayed by Border Patrol supervisors at the Naco, Ariz., station made it clear that arrests were "not to go up" along the 23-mile section of border that the volunteers monitored to protest illegal immigration..
And yes, I know the B.S. about "they only take the jobs Americans won't do" - that's because the illegals have sunk the wages so low that Americans can't. afford. to. do. the. job!
As far as the "labor intensive agriculture" goes, harvesting can be done just as effectivly by machines. We have the ability and capability to produce any kind of machinery needed. What "Big Ag"(riculture) doesn't want is to put the money into purchasing the equipment when they can get illegals for just a little more than operating costs- with NO startup expenses.
Illegal alians are needed here- give me a frigging break. Yeh, they're needed by POLITITIANS on both sides of the border, and wanted by bean counters in business and Liberal activists.
I know it's a rhetorical question, because if you did that, you'd NEVER get re-elected.
Your constituents see a big ol' 'R' behind your name and don't realize that you're behind something like this illegal amnesty plan with your good buddy Chappaquiddick Ted (who, by the way Borked John Bolton for his past behavior).
Anyone with any kind of intelligence knows that the gov't- from Bush down- doesn't want to control our borders. I know that MSM isn't giving much- if any air to this story about this WashTimes expose on the orders the Border Patrol got from D.C.
U.S. Border Patrol agents have been ordered not to arrest illegal aliens along the section of the Arizona border where protesters patrolled last month because an increase in apprehensions there would prove the effectiveness of Minuteman volunteers, The Washington Times has learned.
More than a dozen agents, all of whom asked not to be identified for fear of retribution, said orders relayed by Border Patrol supervisors at the Naco, Ariz., station made it clear that arrests were "not to go up" along the 23-mile section of border that the volunteers monitored to protest illegal immigration..
And yes, I know the B.S. about "they only take the jobs Americans won't do" - that's because the illegals have sunk the wages so low that Americans can't. afford. to. do. the. job!
As far as the "labor intensive agriculture" goes, harvesting can be done just as effectivly by machines. We have the ability and capability to produce any kind of machinery needed. What "Big Ag"(riculture) doesn't want is to put the money into purchasing the equipment when they can get illegals for just a little more than operating costs- with NO startup expenses.
Illegal alians are needed here- give me a frigging break. Yeh, they're needed by POLITITIANS on both sides of the border, and wanted by bean counters in business and Liberal activists.
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