Sunday, August 13, 2006

And speaking of cars

Chris Rock in a PSA.


How not to git your @ss kicked by the PO'lice


Language warning

,,,,,As if the title didn't tell you that already.......

Read it and weep

I stole this link from Daniel at Lobo Walk.
He and I are pretty much in agreement that buying a car is about the only time a staight guy goes somewhere and just begs to be bent over the table and taken without lube by the entire sales force.

Edmunds.com, the online car experts sent a spy into the car lots and he reports that yes, they start padding your bill as soon as you turn into the lot.

He lets you in on some of their tricks...
The next step in my training involved the use of the "4-square work sheet." Michael told me the 4-square was my friend, it was the salesman's tool for getting "maximum gross profit." As the name implies, the sheet is divided into four sections. When you have a prospect "in the box" (in the sales cubicle) you pull out a 4-square and go to work.

The information about the customer is written along the top together with the make, model and serial number of the car they want to buy. Then the salesman writes the sticker price of the car in large numbers in the upper right square on the worksheet. Michael stressed that the price of the car should be written in large clear numbers to give it a feeling of authority. He added that we should always write "+ fees" next to the price of the car (This includes license fees and sales tax.).

"Good penmanship is essential," he said. "This makes it harder for them to negotiate. "You're saying, 'Mr. Customer, if you want our beautiful new car, this is the price you're going to have to pay.'"

The other boxes on the 4-square are for the price of the trade-in, the amount of the customer's down payment, and the amount of the customer's monthly payment.

"When you negotiate, this sheet should be covered with numbers," Michael said. "It should be like a battleground. And I don't want to see the price dropping five hundred dollars at a pop. Come down slowly, slowly. Here I'll show you how."
~snip~

Michael said you could use the "up to" trick with the down payment too. "If Mr. Customer says he wants to put down $2000, you say, "Up to?" And he'll probably bump himself up to $2500." Michael then wrote $2,500 in the down payment box of the 4-square worksheet.

I later found out this little phrase "Up to?" was a joke around the dealership. When salesmen or women passed each other in the hallways, they would say, "Up to?" and break out laughing.

The final box on the 4-square was for the trade-in. This was where the most profit could be made. Buyers are so eager to get out of their old car and into a new one, they overlook the true value of the trade-in. The dealership is well aware of this weakness and exploits it.

~snip~
The first numbers that go on the 4-square come from the customer. The down payment and the monthly payment are only what they would like to pay. Now, it's time to get the numbers that the dealership would like the customer to pay. These numbers are called the "first pencil" and they come from a sales manager in the tower. Michael said that the first pencil was the dealership's starting position. "You have to hit them high," Michael explained. "You have to break them inside — make them understand that if they want our beautiful new car, they're going to have to pay for it."

Here's how we were supposed to get the first pencil from the tower. After the customer test-drove the car we brought them into a sales office and offered them coffee or a Coke to relax them. Then we filled in the information about the car on the 4-square. We then picked up the phone and called the tower. Michael held his hand like a phone receiver with his thumb and little finger sticking out. "You say, 'Yes sir. I have the Jones family here with me and they have just driven a beautiful new whatever model, stock number blah blah blah.' Then you say, 'Is it still available?' Of course you know it is. But you want to create a sense of urgency. So you pause, then say to the customer, 'Great news! The car's still available!' Then the tower will give you the first pencil. Write it in each of the boxes."

I later found out that the first pencil is arrived at by the dealership in a very unscientific way. For every $10,000 that is financed, the down payment they try to get is $3,000 and the monthly payment they try for is $250. In this way, a $20,000 family sedan would require about $6,000 down and a $500 a month payment. (These payments are based on very high interest rates calculated on five-year loans. These numbers are so inflated that a manager I later worked with laughingly called them, "stupid high numbers.")

"But here's the beauty of this system," Michael said, "these numbers aren't coming from you — you're still the good guy. They're coming from someone on the other end of the phone. The enemy."

~snip~
At times Michael became very excited as he thought of new things to teach me. At one point he said, "Oh! This is a good one! This is how you steal the trade-in." He looked around quickly to make sure no one overheard him. "When you're getting the numbers from the desk, they'll ask if the customer has a trade-in. Say it's a '95 Ford Taurus. And say you took it to the used car manager and he evaluated it and said he would pay four grand for it. If you can get the trade for only three, that's a grand extra in profit.

"So what you do is this," Michael pretended to pick up the phone again, "you ask the desk, 'What did we get for the last three Tauruses at auction?' Then they'll give you some figures — they'll say, $1,923, $2,197 and $1,309. You don't have to say anything to the customer. But he sees you writing this down! And he's going, 'Holy crap! I thought my trade was worth $6,000.' Now it's easy to get it for $3,000. That's a grand extra in profit. And it's front-end money too!" (I later learned that front-end money was what our commissions were based on. Back-end money was made on interest, holdbacks and other elements of the deal.)

That's why I HATE buying a car. Just fighting not to get f*cked too badly.

Well, at least now there's the internet...

...AND if you want to brave the lions den, our intreped author also includes some self defense tips so that you'll at lest get some lube.

Saturday, August 12, 2006

Alcohol, fire, a frat........

What could possibly go wrong?

This is for Forneus

I was going to comment on both your site and Cary's, but didn't want to blather too much, so I decided to do it on mine.

It's probably off the wall, but- he seems to be trying to decide what he is.
He's trapped in a very blue state; but is able to see both sides of the question.

He's been asking questions, and being suprized by the answers he's gotten from Conservatives.

OK, Forneus. Here's a real life example of the differences between the Liberal and Conservative way of looking at things.

Whenever there's a big to-do about something in the Republican (Conservative) camp- the media is all over it cackeling over the splintering of the "whatever" side and how it's the end. We argue and bicker and bloviate and b*tch- but still stick together like a family.
In the Democrat (Liberal) camp- if you don't toe the line, and keep moving to the left- they sacrifice you on the altar of intolerance.

A perfect example is Joe Lieberman. He's been a good Dem for his entire political career, even selected to be the Dem VP. Now he's running as an Independant because he's not in lockstep with the ever more anti-Bush Liberal puppetmasters in the Democratic party.
The Conservative (Republican -sortof) side isn't gloating about their opponents defeat. They're hoping that he'll get elected as an independant.
Yes, part of it is politics, but more to the point is that they respect him as someone who actually cares about the country. We know he'll continue to vote against most of wat is put up by the Republicans- but that's because he's going by his principles and not the Anti-Bush-because -his-name-is-Bush crowd.
Principles are principles- pandering is pandering.

Conservatives are alot more tolerant than Liberals in the majority of cases that count.

The new meme-of-the-week

Do you sleep with your closet door open or closed?
Open, the dirty cloths just kinda keep migrating.

Do you take the shampoos and conditioner bottles from hotels?
Sure, I paid for them.

Have you ever stolen a street sign before?
What's the staute of limitations?.

Would you rather be attacked by a big bear or a swarm of bees?
Bees, I was a SeaBEE. Besides I've been stung so much, I'm pretty much immune.

What is your biggest pet peeve?
Selfrightious ignorant @ssholes.

Do you ever dance if there's no music playing?
Don't dance- I'm a white guy.

What's your favorite scary movie?
The Shining

Where would you bury hidden treasure?
If I had enough to worry about burying, Id rather have it in an IRA.

What is your "song of the week"?
Gun Love- ZZ Top

Is it OK for guys to wear pink?
I'm sure they're secure in their manlyness, or gay- you choose.

What movies could you watch over and over and still love?
Good, Bad and the Ugly- The enemy below- 1941- Animal House.

Were you ever a boy/girl scout?
Cub scout and Weblow (?) why doesn't that look right?.

What is your usual bedtime?
It used to be around 10:30PM. With the new job- somewhere south of 2:30AM

When you were a kid, what did you dress up as for Halloween?
Can't remember

Who is better... Leno or Letterman?
dunno.

Occupations you wanted to be when you were a kid?
An army man- SeaBee was close enough, and a garbage man!- did that, too both ends of the truck (the front end smells alot better).

Cheetos or Fritos?
Frito Pie!

Astronomy or astrology?
Completely not interested in either.

Is there a profession you picture your future spouse doing?
Gawd, I hope theres not a FUTURE spouse... I'm happy with this one working on C-141 electronics.

How well would you adapt to living in an Amish community?
Could I get a computer waiver?

Put your iPod on random. What song comes up?
Wouldn't recognize an Ipod if I stepped on it.

Do you burn incense?
Nope, But I made Karen a mini-BBQ pit out of 2" pipe that made a good incense burner.
Had smoke comming out of the chimminy like it was smoking brisket.

Hot tea or cold tea?
Sweet iced tea, thank you!

Tea or coffee?
About 3 cups of coffee works for me.

Can you swim well?
Yup, went to state on year.

Can you hold your breath without manually holding your nose?
Yes.

Which are better, black or green olives?
Never saw green olives on a pizza, so I wouldn't know..

Do you have any godchildren?
Nope.

Red Roof or Econolodge?
Who's paying?.

Do you like to go camping?
Did it enough in the navy, besides there's no A/C in tents.

Are you suddenly realizing that maybe you're more high-maintenance than you're willing to admit?
I am very low maintenance.

If your parents are still married, do they have a good marriage?
I guess they would if dad were still alive.

What is your favorite episode of Fresh Prince of Bel Air?
I'll pass on Will Smiths' TV and "musical" accomplishments- I like him in movies.


Stolen from Trail-mix

Cool

Thanks Willie G.

Now I just need to get my motorcycle endorsment back so I can ride one.




H/T to Rednecks Revenge

I've been hearing about the newest and more improved UN resolution

The one that "THIS TIME" will actually do something.

I kept thinking of a cartoon I saw, and realized that it was one of the evolutionary ways that people get to thinking that the UN can actually do something positive.

This cartoon doesn't mention the UN specifically, but you can see how he's a Lefty convincing himself (with your help) to believer the UN can do something to ensure "Peace in our time".

Just be patient, it takes a while to load- it's an interactive thought process.









It's also Joecartoon, so it's also pretty juvenile,,but fun!

Friday, August 11, 2006

I've got a scoop on the New York Times

I've got something that they're afraid to touch- even though it's your "right to know".

Here's something that you won't find out about those terrorists in the U.K.
That the Legacy media wants to keep hidden from you.

Do you think you can handle this secret?

Ok, here goes.

NONE of the arrested terrorists had a surname of Kelly, or Swartz, or Goldstein, or Shakleford, or Washington, nor Perrelli, not Saenz, or Nighthorse.

None went to morning Mass before being arrested, none took communion either.

Here are the names:

1. ALI, Abdula, Ahmed
DOB: 10/10/1980
Address: Walthamstow, London, United Kingdom
2. ALI, Cossor
DOB: 04/12/1982
Address: London, United Kingdom, E17
3. ALI, Shazad, Khuram
DOB: 11/06/1979
Address: High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom
4. HUSSAIN, Nabeel
DOB: 10/03/1984
Address: London, United Kingdom, E4
5. HUSSAIN, Tanvir
DOB: 21/02/1981
Address: Leyton, London, United Kingdom, E10
6. HUSSAIN, Umair
DOB: 09/10/1981
Address: London, United Kingdom, E14
7. ISLAM, Umar
DOB: 23/04/1978
Address: High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom
8. KAYANI, Waseem
DOB: 28/04/1977
Address: High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom
9. KHAN, Assan, Abdullah
DOB: 24/10/1984
Address: London, United Kingdom, E17
10. KHAN, Waheed, Arafat
DOB: 18/05/1981
Address: London, United Kingdom, E17
11. KHATIB, Osman, Adam
DOB: 07/12/1986
Address: London, United Kingdom, E17
12. PATEL, Abdul, Muneem
DOB: 17/04/1989
Address: London, United Kingdom, E5
13. RAUF, Tayib
DOB: 26/04/1984
Address: Birmingham, United Kingdom
14. SADDIQUE, Muhammed, Usman
DOB: 23/04/1982
Address: Walthamstow, London, United Kingdom, E17
15. SARWAR, Assad
DOB: 24/05/1980
Address: High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom
16. SAVANT, Ibrahim
DOB: 19/12/1980
Address: London, United Kingdom, E17
17. TARIQ, Amin, Asmin
DOB: 07/06/1983
Address: Walthamstow, London, United Kingdom, E17
18. UDDIN, Shamin, Mohammed
DOB: 22/11/1970
Address: Stoke Newington, London, United Kingdom
19. ZAMAN, Waheed
DOB: 27/05/1984
Address: London, United Kingdom, E17


So when are we going to start profiling?

Thursday, August 10, 2006

You've heard of the "Blue screen of death" right?

What do you call it when a LCD gets broken?

The "thatchwork of death"?

Or the "crosshatch of death"?

Maybe a "$200 hit to the wallet of pain?"--on E-bay, with a 2 day delivery.


The whole thing started with the (widespread) power supply problem of Compaq laptops.
Where the battery power plugs in is almost designed to break internally. We didn't know that, and thought it was a bad connection at the plug-in.
The only way we had to keep it charged was to kinda wrap the cord over the top and keep the plug taught bt wedging the UMMMM....surge protector bulge(?????) at the corner of the screen.
It worked pretty good untill it got closed just a leeeetle bit too much- and cracked the bottom right corner. Ok, we can live with a 50cent chunk missing from the bottom corner, just move the tray.

If you move the laptop and the cord gets caught, it'll fall corner first to the floor. The former small blemish now covers a good 2/3 of the screen. Cr@p!

I'm now the prooud owner of a brand new- referbished LCD screen Part number LP150X08 for $159 plus expidited shipping. Heche in Mexico.

Wednesday, August 09, 2006

Does anyone want to answer some really stupid questions?

These are basic internet questions that I probably should have picked up just by osmosis from being on AlGores intents thingy.

Things like domane registration and hosting, design how the whole thing works in a little better depth than a puddle.

You can leave a post, or hit me at kuttp-AT- wildblue-DOT_net.

I'm not sure my servers will be able to hold up under the weight of responses, but go ahead and try.

Thanks.

I was going to say something about the Lieberman purge

But I just got home and as you can see by the time stamp it's 3:30AM.
I'll need to take the 15 yr-old to her flag thing at 7:15AM then hope to get some sleep before going to work this afternoon between 5:30PM and 7:30PM.

I just hope I get another 6 loads to help with the school 'necesities'. That way I won't have to decide which bill will be shorted to buy an $80 Flag Corps uniform (and the shoes, socks and gloves that were supposed to be recycled from last year), and a couple dress uniforms for the 18 yr-olds ROTC (abortive)program.

Tuesday, August 08, 2006

The Whitehouse is undergoing a deluge

I was listening to a repeate of Hugh Hewits radio show last night.
He was telling of how the Anti-Israel/Pro-Hizb'allah left was flooding the White House phone, fax and e-mail about stopping Israel.

He waned his listeners to call he White House in support of Israel.
That sounded like a good idea to me, so here are some contact points for your elected critters in D.C.

I sent an e-mail to both the Whitehouse and V.P. Cheny(why not, he runs things anyway,,,,right?) thanking them for their support of Israel.

I'm fixin' to send a message to both of my Senators, and my D.C. House member. just to remind them that the vocal Left doesn't talk for all of us.

Wy don't you send them a line, too.
Just to remind them that America does stand for Right, not whatever way the wind blows.

Monday, August 07, 2006

Ok, have I got too much time on my hands?



7 minutes of play on the range.
I hope there's enough thunder and smoke for Guy this time.

I'd like to be one of the first to thank the evironmentalists

And their Liberal Democrat asslickers

Along with the spineless RINOs in D.C.

For forcing me to pay an additional FIFTY fucking CENTS a gallon.

For no damn good reason, except that those same Socialistic evironmental NAZIS forced the oil companies to stop any and all major advances in production in America.

The enironmental NAZIS (and their enablers of both parties) have ensured that we won't be able to meet our energy needs anytime in the near future. Even if we start to do something now.

The Florida delegation to D.C. doesn't want their tourists seeing wellheads from the shore, so drilling can't take place within 150 miles of shore--unless you're a CHINESE oil company. Then the environmentalists can't wrap you up in duct tape.

The Liberals have so fucked the oil companies that they haven't even seriously thought about building a new refinery in the last 30 years, and THOSE old refineries are stuck with old technology because the ENVIRONAZIS mandated that if they modernize one part of their refinery, they would be forced to modernize the entire complex to meet today's impossible standards. Not to mention the designer gas blends that they are forced to make for the most polluting markets--which happen to be in blue states (for the most part).

The Republicans are just as much to blame. Instead of forcing through a REAL energy bill that would have increased domestic production in the near future, they gave us this steaming pile of "Aternative Energy" crap.
The Demorats and their MSM lackeys hate you anyway, so tell them to go pound sand, and let the Energy companies DO SOMETHING.

AND you Libs out there, two points:

ONE- That "War for oil" is sure helping out now, isn't it?
TWO- The energy companies are going to make a profit if they sell one gallon for five dollars or five gallons for five dollars. That's called capitalism- They'd rather sell more at less because they make more in bulk.

But you Libs wouldn't understand that because you can't see past punishing success.

Sunday, August 06, 2006

Looks like 'll have to get onboard the bandwaggon

The global warming bandwaggon, that is.

Facts are facts, can't argue that.

So, using my AccuWeather.com site and looking at the history, the Global Warmers win.

See back on this date in 1964 the record high was 103ºF
On this date back in 1894 it was a record low of 63ºF

Which PROOOOOVES that Global warming is real!
The fact that the sun is getting hotter won't make anyone rich, though.

. . .






. . .



SOOooooo



. . . How do I get into trading these pollution thingies?

Some thing the Anti-Israel Media wants us to forget

If we ever knew it.

Courtesy of my friend Janet Levy.

ISRAEL AND JERUSALEM FACTS

1. ISRAEL BECAME A STATE IN 1312 B.C., TWO MILLENNIA BEFORE ISLAM;

2. ARAB REFUGEES FROM ISRAEL BEGAN CALLING THEMSELVES "PALESTINIANS" IN 1967, TWO DECADES AFTER (MODERN) ISRAELI STATEHOOD;

3. AFTER CONQUERING THE LAND IN 1272 B.C., JEWS RULED IT FOR A THOUSAND YEARS AND MAINTAINED A CONTINUOUS PRESENCE THERE FOR 3,300 YEARS;


4. THE ONLY ARAB RULE FOLLOWING CONQUEST IN 633 B.C. LASTED JUST 22 YEARS;

5. FOR OVER 3,300 YEARS, JERUSALEM WAS THE JEWISH CAPITAL. IT WAS NEVER THE CAPITAL OF ANY ARAB OR MUSLIM ENTITY. EVEN UNDER JORDANIAN RULE, (EAST) JERUSALEM WAS NOT MADE THE CAPITAL, AND NO ARAB LEADER CAME TO VISIT IT;

6. JERUSALEM IS MENTIONED OVER 700 TIMES IN THE BIBLE, BUT NOT ONCE IS IT MENTIONED IN THE QUR'AN;

7. KING DAVID FOUNDED JERUSALEM; MOHAMMED NEVER SET FOOT IN IT;

8. JEWS PRAY FACING JERUSALEM; MUSLIMS FACE MECCA. IF THEY ARE BETWEEN THE TWO CITIES, MUSLIMS PRAY FACING MECCA, WITH THEIR BACKS TO JERUSALEM;

9. IN 1948, ARAB LEADERS URGED THEIR PEOPLE TO LEAVE, PROMISING TO CLEANSE THE LAND OF JEWISH PRESENCE. 68% OF THEM FLED WITHOUT EVER SETTING EYES ON AN ISRAELI SOLDIER;

10. VIRTUALLY THE ENTIRE JEWISH POPULATION OF MUSLIM COUNTRIES HAD TO FLEE AS THE RESULT OF VIOLENCE AND POGROMS;

11. SOME 630,000 ARABS LEFT ISRAEL IN 1948, WHILE CLOSE TO A MILLION JEWS WERE FORCED TO LEAVE THE MUSLIM COUNTRIES;

12. IN SPITE OF THE VAST TERRITORIES AT THEIR DISPOSAL, ARAB REFUGESS WERE DELIBERATELY PREVENTED FROM ASSIMILATING INTO THEIR HOST COUNTRIES. OF 100 MILLION REFUGEES FOLLOWING WORLD WAR 2, THEY ARE THE ONLY GROUP TO HAVE NEVER INTEGRATED WITH THEIR CORELIGIONISTS. MOST OF THE JEWISH REFUGEES FROM EUROPE AND ARAB LANDS WERE SETTLED IN ISRAEL, A COUNTRY NO LARGER THAN NEW JERSEY;

13. THERE ARE 22 MUSLIM COUNTRIES, NOT COUNTING PALESTINE. THERE IS ONLY ONE JEWISH STATE. ARABS STARTED ALL FIVE WARS AGAINST ISRAEL, AND LOST EVERY ONE OF THEM;

14. FATAH AND HAMAS CONSTITUTIONS STILL CALL FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF ISRAEL. ISRAEL CEDED MOST OF THE WEST BANK AND ALL OF GAZA TO THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY, AND EVEN PROVIDED IT WITH ARMS;

15. DURING THE JORDANIAN OCCUPATION, JEWISH HOLY SITES WERE VANDALIZED AND WERE OFF LIMITS TO JEWS. UNDER ISRAELI RULE, ALL MUSLIM AND CHRISTIAN HOLY SITES ARE ACCESSIBLE TO ALL FAITHS;

16. OUT OF 175 UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS UP TO 1990, 97 WERE AGAINST ISRAEL; OUT OF 690 GENERAL ASSEMBLY RESOLUTIONS, 429 WERE AGAINST ISRAEL;

18. THE U.N. WAS SILENT WHEN THE JORDANIANS DESTROYED 58 SYNAGOGUES IN THE OLD CITY OF JERUSALEM. IT REMAINED SILENT WHILE JORDAN SYSTEMATICALLY DESECRATED THE ANCIENT JEWISH CEMETERY ON THE MOUNT OF OLIVES, AND IT REMAINED SILENT WHEN JORDAN ENFORCED APARTHEID LAWS PREVENTING JEWS FROM ACCESSING THE TEMPLE MOUNT AND WESTERN WALL.




H/T to Trail-mix
Via Tammy Bruce and the wall I ran into here.

I really wish people would include links, so that Libs can't accuse us of making up facts like they do , because there isn't a link to the original source.

Saturday, August 05, 2006

We're getting there

I've been trying to get the cutting board (Prototype- 1) so it sits even.

I finally ended up making a router jig. Now I have a surface planer that will take a 3/4" wide cut at a time.
BUT it makes it flat and level.



How do you like my old Mesquite tree?
It's about 14" x 12" x 1¼ of end grain and edge grain wood.



Now I can start getting a catalogue for my Mesquite Stuff site.

Oh, yeah,,,,,,,,

This post from Guy reminded me.

I heard that Monica was having trouble with long term relationships...



Maybe it's because everyone knows where her mouth has been.

More things to admire about the IDF

Besides taking out the trash for the rest of the world....






The women of the IDF!

I stole this from someone on my blogroll, but can't remember who. If this was yours, let me know and I'll gladly give you the credit.

So I get in from work about 1AM

~~~~~~Removed for spousal harmony~~~~~~~~~~~

Put into storage for future use.

Friday, August 04, 2006

Look at what I found in my mailbox!

Dear KurtP,

On Tuesday, August 1, 2006, your WildBlue service was not available to you due to a
network outage that resulted from a cut of the fiber optic lines connecting your
portion of the WildBlue network. This was caused by a highway construction project
and we are taking measures to improve our network to prevent outages like this from
occurring again.

We sincerely appreciate your patience in this matter and are giving you a $5.00
credit to make up for the time you were unable to use the WildBlue service.
Depending on your billing cycle this credit will be automatically applied on this
month’s or next month’s bill. If you have any questions or concerns
please contact our customer service department at 866-945-3258.

Again, we apologize for any inconvenience this outage caused. We are doing
everything we can to make your WildBlue service experience a positive one.

Thank you for your patience,



WildBlue Customer Service


How about that? An explainaion, and a credit!
Take that AOL.


Some one either didn't get a locate, it was mis-marked, or the operator "no sabe la linia orange".
Anyway at the very least someone got a million dollar @ss-chewing if they're still employed.

A civil war in Iraq

In terms of (more) people getting killed and maimed- along with the continuing leadership fights, it's bad.

BUT,

Since the MSM and Liberal Democrats, and Comunists wordwide demand want Iran on a fast-track to a 'Full Fledged Democracy' it could be a good thing.

Lets compare the U.S. historical timeline to Iraq.

America was fighting the British on and off for about 20 years before becoming "America" - Iraq is a functioning country in what? Five years?

We were fighting our indians 'freedom fighters' until almost the 20th century; the jury is still out in Iraq, but with some well placed munitions, the Mullas and shikes instigators would stop inciting their braves.

It took about ten years to ratify and finalize our Constitution- Iraq took how many months?

Now it looks like a civil war is simmering, We took almost 100 years before ours.

Instead of being a complete failure, the Doomsayers in the MSM and their Democratic allies should be dancing in the streets that Iraq is so much farther along than say,,,,,,,,,,,Kosovo.

The difference one letter makes

I give you the difference between the "X" chromosome and the "Y".........

Thursday, August 03, 2006

The ever evolving nomenclature of the MSM

During the 20th century we had a reasonably centrist media.
They stood by Liberty and Freedom during two World Wars, and were just as politically incorrect as the rest of America.
Then things began to change in the '60s.

Communism wasn't an evil dictatorship, it started to evolve into.....
an alternate civil government, almost on par with Democracy.

Lately it turns out that Communism and Socialism was actually GOOD for the people, if you disregard the Gulags, the forced confessions, the Re-Education camps(and speech control) and the killing of hundreds of millions of innocent civilians.

Lets now talk about the changing way terrorists are looked at depending on race and religion.
Timothy McVay- was an Ex-Army white guy who blew up the Murrah Building and was always called a TERRORIST.
The IRA were Irish CATHOLIC terrorists.
The Talban were started to evolve into militant islamists
Al-qaida and their street thugs in Iraq went from Anti-government Militias to Insurgents toMinute Men to freedom fighters.
Palestinians were never terrorists, they always were cloaked it the armor of "Victimhood"- and an invincible cloak that is.
Hizb'allah -which the MSM changed to Hezbollah to mask the islamic taint- has gone through the gamut of names and is now labeled as guerilla fighters.
The always handy and utilitarian "Victim" is as always, on the "Cont. + Alt +V" shortcut of every contributors PC that helps undermine the Anti-Islamo/Nazi cause.

The Liberal Legacy media- always in search of legitimating those that would imprison them all.

Is anyone else getting tired of Mel Gibson?

Everywhere I tune into I'm hearing the Mel-meme.
Get over it! There are alot of other things happening in the world.

There's a moslem guy who shot six women -one pregnant- and killed one,,,who just happened to be JEWISH.
There are Mosques in America spewing the same anti-western hatred as those in Islammo-land.

There's a nut-job in Syria that got alot of Saddams WMDs while the UN had a collective cranial-rectal inversion.
There's another waco in Iran trying to get the bomb so as to get credit for carrying out the "Final Solution".

That's alot more newsworthy than some Catholic actor running at the mouth.
Well it would be if you weren't some Anti-Semitic Liberal Hollywood adoring party flack.

Hugh Hewitt asked tonight on his radio program: 'Why is/are the media all over Mel?'
How about this:
Mel made a killing (figuratively) on his "Passion". A Bible story from a conservative Catholic, that outgrossed anything the Liberals had in their arsenal at the time.
Israel's kicking @ss in Lebanon. Friday a moslem gunned down 6 unarmed Jewish women and killed one ( that story is pretty well buried already).
They (the MSM) might want to take the light off their cheering for moslem terrorists and put it on a drunken loudmouth- who isn't trying to change world opinion.

Ok, Hugh- how many did I get right?
Do I get a cookie?

Wednesday, August 02, 2006

Boy, that sucked

I feel like somehow Bluewave (my broadband) was affiliated with the airline industry.

They had a problem on the east coast and I was out all day, here in Hondo. It was still out when I got back from work at 1AM.

Monday, July 31, 2006

Condi is going to try for a permanent peace

The UN wants a permanent peace, too.

I can only see three ways to achieve a permanent peace in regards to Israel in the Mid-east:

1) Let Israel finish the job.

2) Where are you going to put them


This time?


3) OR, Koffi------------
would THIS be easier?

No, I'm sure they won't meekly walk into the showers this time.
As a matter of fact, Koffi- that's why they're fighting right now. To stop you Anti-Semites from pushing them into the showers.



You Jew haters in the UN and Old Europe have some hard choices to make.




NOTE-
I was thinking of using even more graphic pictures, but didn't want to offend anyone too much. Also I didn't want to increase my hits by islamo-Nazis who'd abuse themseves with glee.

Curiouser and curiouser

I'm sure you've heard about the Qana building collapse.
The one that supposedly killed around 50 "innocent" civilions.

Have you heard about the 8 hour delay between the attack and the collapse?

Israel hit it at around Midnight and it collapsed around 8AM.
I know those "Freedom Fifgters" are tenacious "Minute Men" of the Islamic Crusade, but why were there so many alleged children in that dammaged building?

Not that you'll hear of this during the accusations of Irael from the MSM.


Thanks Allah

I found the cure for global warming!

Yes, I did. It hit me yesterday as I was backwashing all the butterflies out of Karens radiator.

See I'm going to use the same kind of science as AlGore and the rest of the global warming climat change crowd.

See both of us agree that Air conditioning is a great contributor to global warming.
THEY say it's the CFCs destroying the Ozon layer. That might be, but I think it's a lot closer to home.

Have you ever stood next to a working air conditioner exhaust? Hot isn't it?
You've seen or heard about the "Heat Islands" that must cities are, I'm sure. They say it's the heat storage of the concrete and asphalt that makes cities.
No, it's all the air conditioners working and spewing that overheated air out into the world.

The Libs are always telling us that we're producing more 'Global warming' than any other first world country- right? We've also got more air conditioners than anyone else- per capita. Even out poor people have air conditioners.

So My solution is..............

Are you ready?


It's really simple.........


Lets get all these Global warming alarmists to disconnect their A/C's!
Everyone who believes in global warming does without A/C.

Al Gore can start first, and all the other outspoken Hollywood spokesflacks. I'd like to see Barbra Streisand, George Clooney, Darryl Hanna, Joan Baez, or any of those other Hypocritical elitists pull up in their limos with the windows down and sweat streaming down their faces.

Sunday, July 30, 2006

I got this in my mail

I didn't do a Snopes on it, but I like what it says:

I don't mean to go off on a rant here, but here's the bottom line, I want my country back.



I want my kids to be able to walk to the store or walk to school without being abducted by some 3-time convicted child molester. And the politically correct powers that be in this country just can't seem to get over themselves with "CAN'T WE JUST HELP THIS PERSON!" No! You can't. But they're let loose to prey on more children. I want my kids back.



I want my country back.



I don't agree with everything this President does. I've never agreed with anything 100% that any President has done or said.



You know, I was very young during the Vietnam War. So I probably missed that thing by a hair. I don't know whether I would have agreed with that or not at the time. I was too stupid to have an opinion at that point and time even though I thought I did.



I want my country back.



I want some semblance of respect for authority, whether I agree with it all or not.



I want the Boy Scouts to be "boy" scouts, not boy and "we think she's a girl" scouts. I want Girl Scouts to be "girl" scouts not Girl Scouts and "Bruce."



I want my country back.



I want to be able to wake up in the morning knowing that I can walk outside without some gang-banger on parole taking my life.



Or being able to go down and purchase a car without having to worry about you know 90% of the parts being made overseas in some sweatshop.



I want my politicians, when they finally do get my vote, to do what the hell they said they were going to do in the first place.



I want the Abramoff's of the world to be labeled what they....nothing more than organized crime in a better suit.



I want people to say something and when they say something look at me in the eye. And mean what they say. Not say what they think I want to hear.
And then do what they want to later politically or any other way.



I want to be able to go out and work and make a decent wage and buy a home. Half the people that are listening to me right now can't even afford to buy a house unless they're working three jobs.



And I want America to be America. All of those opportunities, all of those things that made her great, I want those returned to the forefront. If you want to come to this country we welcome you with open arms. We simply ask that you abide by our laws. I don't want you to snub your nose at our laws, then take advantage of our opportunities, and then cling to the constitution most of which you can't even read because you don't speak the language.



I want us to secure our borders because the country is worth securing. The people that live here are worth protecting.



I want my country back.



I want my children back. I want some semblance of what this country used to be.



It's worth protecting. It's worth defending. I don't recognize this country anymore.



Not politically, not philosophically, not spiritually.



Whether you like it or whether you don't, God was a part of building this great nation. To remove him is to take away the very foundation of what this country was all about.



I don't care about your political correctness!



I don't want to know your sexual preference!



I could care less about all of that. Stop making it the headline of the day!



That's not America.



I want my country back!



And the only way I'm ever going to be able to get this country back is if I reach out to the brothers and the sisters that all feel the same way and we say "Hell No! You can't have our country. " It's not for sale!
Take the price tag off this country!



Take the price tag off the heads of our children! Stop it already!



The politically-correct-psychobabble-hug-a-tree-experts ~~ You are not qualified to release sex offenders back into our neighborhoods.



The southern border, more than any other border, needs to be secured tomorrow. For all those that wish to come to this country to take advantage of her opportunity, to live under a constitution~ a living document that breathes in and out just like you do~ this country is not for sale. I should know. I'm one of the owners. You can't sell it without my permission.



I want my country back!



By Rick Roberts - 760 KFMB AM