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A Knight In Rusty Armour

March 28th, 2011 by Bob Gilmore

It is Saturday morning and my responses to our E-Diner yarns were delayed due to the fact that it’s busier than a Kansas City stockyard next door. We have been assisting any way we can the last few days to make the blushing bride’s (“Dana”) big day go as smooth as a peeled egg. The wedding starts in a few hours and will be filled with twenty-somethings probably texting each other inside the church. I can smell the aroma of my Cauldron of Comments that is already starting to boil and bubble. I will call “em as I see ’em. I got myself caught up in an interesting situation on Thursday evening and along with your misc. comments about young people versus adults, I will unleash a story that has all the elements of a classic fable that I will call “A Knight in Rusty Armour”. It will be descriptive, heartwarming, very wordy and contain dragons and an unlikely hero. The preparation of this wedding also helps to heat the cauldron. A woman would consider the fable more seriously. Chivalry is not dead and I can prove it. By the way, the cat’s stool sample was negative. Here comes the bride so I must get dressed, in Killer Threads

I’m back from the wedding, it’s late and all is quiet. I’m pondering the idea of starting the Knight story for you guys. I think I’ll make a pot of coffee first. I’ll be right back….OK I’m back. If you guys have to go to the bathroom, now is the time. You know how wordy I can get. Here we go…”Once upon a time…..”

It was late Thursday afternoon while driving home from filling out yet another job application, my cell phone rang and was told to report to the large dress shop that “D” uses for formal frocks. The store was open until 8:30pm and it was already 5pm. This was a final attempt to find a “better outfit” to wear to (today’s) wedding. With all the action of a red Torino in a Starsky & Hutch car chase, It was balls-out to the frock shop. Why my opinion matters now is beyond me, since I’m told I’m never right and have been in this scenario and store many times. Nevertheless I arrive in true Adam-12 style.

The store is fairly large and is chock-full of formal, party, wedding and prom dresses and gowns. The sizes range from zero to 28 so you must be prepared for sudden shocks as females go in and out of the row of dressing booths to get opinions from relatives, spouses and friends. There are also multiple full-length mirrors in this area and it tends to look like a carnival fun house. Some people don’t understand why you should not try on a mermaid style gown if you are pushing over 200 pounds.

While my better half was busy in her quest, I took a seat at ground zero by the dressing rooms since this is were the decision making process takes place. By this time the only other customer in this area was a senior woman and a young girl in a sweat suit getting ready to try on a few garments she was carrying. I didn’t pay much attention and sat across from her after she politely said hello. She looked dismal so I started a little small talk and was informed that she was the girls grandmother and was “stuck with the job” of escorting her because her mother was too busy and would not make the time to shop for the THREE proms she was invited to. Wow…that was harder than I would slam a door. I was still uncomfortable as I pondered why ma and g-ma would not be proud that others thought enough of the girl to invite her to three expensive formals. What makes this young lady different? I was about to find out….

What emerged from the dressing area left me breathless. She was a beautiful girl-next-door classic with long thick wavy hair that was a mix of honey and the color of old copper pipe. Her velvety skin had a warm tone. The gown she had on was a floor length number that was the color of hot molten flowing lava. It was a very sleek, fitted rig. Like most females she started to do the little war dance in front of the mirror that consists of twisting her head and turning to check the look of every angle along with creating invisible high heels by standing on their toes. This ritual and the wet hair towel wrap-and-flip are developed moments after birth. The front of the dress came up to a halter style top that was sporting enough cleavage to keep you constantly daydreaming. When she turned around and pulled her hair forward I saw that the dress was completely backless. The back was cut so low that when your eyes run down her spine it feels like a fast ride on an elevator the way your stomach jumps when you stop at the ground floor. The fabric made her ass look like a perfect mouth-watering peach. She was built for speed and if the person that will be escorting her wants to put their arm around her they will have to shift down into 2nd to handle those curves.

You could tell by the look on her face and the tone of her voice that this was a “must have” and she also tried on two others that were “keepers” and would bring these deadly weapons to bear at the other functions. One was a green rig similar to the lava dress and the other was a short dark purple atomic reactor that left little to the imagination and will leave a path of destruction and broken hearts like the Martians did in War of the Worlds.

What she did not realize is that this was about to happen to her…

All the while the young lady was trying the garments, she would ask g-ma for constructive advice and opinions.

Deep in the Forrest of Taffeta the young lady was trying on the garments, she would as g-ma for constructive advice and opinions. All she received was snide comments and dull remarks about style, price and colors. This gathered my full attention and I caught g-mas game early on. This girl was sweet and not a spoiled bee-otch and did not deserve this badgering.

No matter what this girl would wear to a formal, rest assured the front of her would capture every ones imagination upon entering and the back of her would hold their attention until long after she walked out of sight.

The negative comments continued with each garment and I could see what it was doing to the girl. I could not stand by and do nothing so after every comment I would throw a few complements and opinions as heavy as blacksmith anvils, frustrating g-ma. She knew in her heart that her three selections were perfect and asked g-ma if she could purchase them this evening. G-ma fired back with “that’s your mothers decision-it’s her problem.” I was still stunned as the girl opened up her cell phone to call her mother for permission to buy the garments. She closed her phone after a brief conversation and I could see the anticipation drain from her face. She told g-ma that her mother had not time for this right now and that the best she could hope for is for (mom) to bring her back tomorrow and “we’ll see”. THAT DID IT…

G-ma responded with a smug look and told her hang up the dresses and get ready to leave. I could feel the anger welling up inside me and the feeling of my clothes turning to metal. The heavy sensation of the Excalibur was in my right hand. The area around my glasses became dark as if looking through the openings of a bucket shaped helmet. The girl was crushed. The heavy stench of brimstone surrounded the g-dragon and her large bat-like wings engulfed the maiden in a sinister shadow.

With heavy heart the maiden handed back the dresses to the sales lady and asked if the could be held until she could return with her mom the next day. The lady said she would hold them only until late afternoon because it will then be Friday (busy) and it is the height of prom shopping season.

I could feel the sting of the g-dragon’s tail as she clutched the maiden in her talons and flew out of the shop, positive that she would report her version of what transpired to her offspring (mom) upon arriving at her lair.

The gouges, rust and scrapes in the Armour that I have forged over my lifetime so far, reflected back from the mirrors and reminded me that I have slain far more tenacious foes than what I have just encountered. Cutting the head off the g-dragon was no longer an option. What was needed was a device of lethal cunning, with the ability to slay not only the g-dragon but also her no-time-for-this offspring, from a far distance.

I explained what happened to the sales lady and asked to see the prices of the 3 frocks. The green number and the purple killer were.. NOT CHEAP and if combined would amount to half the price of my first used car. The Lava dress however, had an additional tag along with two other stickers. I asked the sales lady to help decipher the price and she said that the tag was a price reduction due to the fact that it was the last one left and will not be reordered or it has been discontinued. The stickers allowed an additional 50% reduction. My iron attire squeaked as I pointed my heavy sword directing her attention to the very tall rack near the dressing booths. “That ‘s the rack (truthfully) that the girl picked the gown from..” “and there is a little sign on the top that says additional 50% off” She looked up and said “what sharp eyes you have!” and then said yes, there would be another reduction of the marked item. (reduced price minus 50% minus 50%) “SOLD!!” I said to her and she was taken by surprise. I instructed her to ring up the dress and hold it for the girl and give it to her as a gift with my complements should she return with her mother, and also tell her that I want to make sure that at least one of her three wishes comes true. The sales lady as deeply touched and asked what to do if she did not return. I instructed her to credit my account if she did not return, changed her mind or was not comfortable with a stranger’s gift or just put the funds toward the other items. She took my number a promised to call with the outcome no matter what. Gallantry is way cool. As I left the frock shop my Armour felt lighter and more comfortable as I squeaked, rattled and clanked towards the car. It’s been a long time since I donned these devastating duds.

Friday had my mind on various distractions and while cleaning the litter box around 4pm, my cell phone rang. I answered and a woman’s voice said “is this Bob?” (yes) “this is the sales lady from the dress store” ” the young lady and her mother came back today and I told them the whole story and the young lady is with me and would like to talk to you-please hold.” A moment later a sweet voice said hello an started gushing with gratitude and thanked me repeatedly along with a quiver in her voice that also had undertones of disbelief. I told her that she was more than welcome and to have fun at whichever function she decides to wear it. I also told her that it is common to alter the gown by cutting it above the knees for use as a party or cocktail dress after the formal is over. I asked if her mother will let her get the other two dresses and she paused and quietly said maybe not. I instructed her to keep up the pressure and tell mom the money she didn’t spend on the gown she now has can be put toward the other two. I wished her all the best and said good-by to the fair maiden.

As I closed up the cell phone I said to myself in a low voice: “Fair Maiden…I kneel before you and offer you my compassion and to prove my devotion, I offer you this gift…it is the head of the Dragon.” THE END

I know you are all wondering the same things and you will haunt me until I tell you. The young ladies name is EDITH (e-dee) and the final cost of the Lava Gown was $49 bucks. Bob G.

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Killer Threads Part Deux

March 25th, 2011 by Rich Szabo

A Continuation of “Killer Threads”

Was the little dump truck that our tire exploding hero drove the same vehicle that was carrying the piano in the dump bed while the janitor from the elementary school played songs on it all the way across town at about 35-40 mph? I recall a discussion about this years ago and it must have lingered in the dusty hallways of my mind.

Your time line is correct with regard to me working at Lavalle’s Amoco during your grandmas bout with Exxon’s red carb, high cholesterol gas dye. That reminds me…I have to get a good specimen from my cat’s litter box to bring to the vet for testing tomorrow. My cat and your grandmas car have similar symptoms. Exxon no longer uses the catch phrase “Put a tiger in you tank” and that is probably the reason why.( I have a hep-cat!)

That bout was also shortly before you and I transported Jack back from college laying on an army stretcher piled on his belongings in the back of my truck. Everything was piled high in my Suburban and he only had a few inches of space and would smash into the roof on the bigger road bumps. Dropping most of his stuff out a multi-story window was a real time saver,regardless of the fact that you “cracked one off” in the elevator and nobody wanted to use it until it aired out. Otis Elevators can really take a punch!

I cannot give anyone results of today’s interview because the employers had a shindig going on in the “big room” and had no time for me, so I filled out forms and was told I would be contacted tomorrow. I saw what was going on and understood. Over the last few seasons I have trained myself to not get my hopes up when job hunting no matter what anyone says. As I drove the 24 miles (one way) to the interview on a road that shook me loose from anything I ever held sacred….I reminded myself of all the people that took my applications and then blew smoke up my ass, wasting my time the past few seasons. I can now fart hourly smoke signal messages,weather reports and union soldier locations to all the Indian tribes as far as the great plains. I knew I had to look the part since this was an upscale joint along with catering hall for blushing brides, restaurant with bar and downstairs lounge for divorcees, cougars, big liars, giggles and grab-ass. My standard bartender outfit was the uniform of the day,consisting of black pants, bleach white oxford shirt,name tag engraved with “Bartender Bob” and black waffle stomper laced boots. It was windy and 40 degrees today so a short length black leather pilots jacket and smooth black lambskin gloves gave a mission-critical look. I will have to repeat this process when I am (hopefully) called back. When I was young I never thought I would see a great depression, abandon my true profession and beg for a job mixing flammable liquids with fruit juice.

Wow, I don’t recall the piano playing dump truck at all. I do remember the trip home in the cargo hold – grateful for the ride and the bruises were just a part of deal. To this day, I get a laugh telling about the time I sat in the Great Hall at Penn Station waiting on my chariot. I was just about nodding off when a commotion went through the room “look at THAT!” as Santa and Rudolph twinkled along the outer windows. “What on earth IS that?” ‘Scuse me! That’s my ride! We may have been broke, but you can’t buy style and class.

I’ve been meaning to respond more on what we have lost in the economy and culture. Part of it, on the Dean Martin, scotch and bombshell side, is that now we glorify youth and pretend we never have to grow up. A 45 year old man in a Party Dude t-shirt and Ed Hardy jeans is not rockin’. He’s creepy, he’s pathetic, and probably not allowed within 1500 feet of an elementary school. Adults drink cocktails, appreciate a good Cuban cigar and want music played by someone not overdosing on mescaline. Every generation rebels against their elders, it’s a part of growing up. Our problem is that in the ’70s the punks won, and we’re still paying the price.The world is much better with adults in charge.

The dump truck was the very same vehicle, but the driver at the time of the mobile honky-tonk recital was none other than Charles Gutknecht — yup, my stepfather. He actually did have a sense of humor, just not with me or my sister. The playing of the “Maple Leaf Rag” and other ragtime classics on that gigantic old upright was performed by Harry Hoeke. And the witness to this spectacle was my mother, who happened to be bicycling along Hillside Avenue when this sideshow went sailing past her.

Wow, I give Charlie credit, never knew he had that kind of humor. Pity he hid it so well.

Reminds me of that group about ten years back that mounted a grand piano on skis and ran it down the slopes at a resort in the Alps, with a pianist in black tails playing. The spokesman said “He played (whatever piece) by Rachmaninoff, which we think is appropriately tragic, and quite competently played under the circumstances.” You hope they had plenty of people waiting at the bottom to stop the damn thing before it went through the town.

Your grandmother’s problems with Exxon regular also reminded me of many Saturdays when we planned to do something. We both cut the grass at home first thing in the morning, then met at your grandmother’s and knocked out her yardwork so we could do our own thing. Amazingly enough, we didn’t think we were abused or exploited, it was what everybody did. I see plenty of kids around here, but rarely do you see one cutting the grass. Why is that? Are chores toxic now?

To be continued…

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Killer Threads

March 24th, 2011 by Rich Szabo

This is an on going email thread between myself and three very good friends. I asked permission to post this and all agreed. I think you will find it amusing:

While sorting my laundry I did ponder the differences and mentally reviewed the clothing in my favorite WWII movies. The Axis attire was far more stylish than our own doughboy duds. Nothing puts a high gloss on a staff meeting better than the German long leather coats, gloves and boots. Great collar insignia, iron crosses and peaked caps put the “can do” in the “who’s who”. One of my personal favorites is the panzer commander’s black outfit. I’m sure the ladies could not resist those killer threads along with headphones and binoculars for that “man of action” look. Whether cruising with your turret hatch open or relaxing and eating lunch on your track skirts, it’s always a crowd pleaser. I always looked for the good in the Africa corps uniforms but never really liked them (especially the hats). I did however like the little palm trees painted on the equipment. The British always looked too dated and the embellishments were not practical. The only thing that the US really idolized was the bomber/pilot jacket. It is obvious that our uniforms were form-follows-function. My feelings toward camo colors and patterns (of which there are many) are mixed. It’s hard to be stealthy when you let loose on a 50cal. machine gun. If you are raising dust in a convoy or smashing through the woods in a tank or advancing across the desert with attack copters overhead you might as well wear a clown costume for all the good it will do. I often look at things a little differently.

The Axis looked much more stylish than the Allies. There’s a reason that even today the Fashion Leaders (Hollywood and bondage dungeons) (I repeat myself) go for that black leather and stainless steel SS look. Even the Darth himself took his style cue from the Germans. The Italians could cut a sharp figure, no surprise considering that Milan still teaches the rest of us how to look good. Very underrated, in my opinion. The Japanese weren’t too overly good or bad on uniforms, but for an interesting contrast look at the photos of the surrender ceremony on the deck of the Missouri. The Japanese were starving, bombed back into the Stone Age and literally glowing in the dark, yet they show up in full-dress morning coat outfits. Classy, even in abject defeat. MacArthur standing in his baggy khakis looked like he took a break from cleaning the basement to sign the damn document. I still feel a twinge of embarrassment when I see the photos. Gee Dougie, could you stop flogging the Filipino butt-boy long enough for him to iron your Class A’s?

As for the Allies, the Russians never stood out much with their uniforms. Not terrible but nothing you’d want to copy. To my knowledge, no one ever actually witnessed a Frenchman in uniform long enough to form a judgement one way or the other. More likely, you see them in a ratty shirt, sucking on a Gauloise with a bottle of cheap vin rouge and a collaborating tart on the other arm, cheering on whoever seems to be winning at the moment. The Brits were a little odd, as they tend to be. That whole idea of wearing shorts as a battle uniform just looks bizarre, like a troop of Boy Scouts playing army. On the other hand, for sheer dignity it’s hard to match a couple RN senior officers in full overcoats, standing on an open bridge in a North Atlantic gale debating the finer points of grouse hunting while German 14 inch shells splash all around. I think the attitude is just as critical as the outfit, but God knows they have the attitude in spades.
The best take I’ve seen on US uniforms mentioned something about how you don’t need to know how they’re dressed, when all you can see is a flash of polished aluminum five miles overhead. Not exactly on point, but it makes me laugh.

Glad to see we Concur on Couture with regard to military garb past and present. I would like to add another salvo to your observations about MacArthur’s constant fashion faux pas. The pictures and newsreels also make my skin crawl because I have also remarked about the sloppy fit and wrinkles. Here we have the final surrender of the enemy in the largest conflict in human history dressed to stunning perfection complete with top hat, and who do we send to represent our country? Emmet Kelly, from Ringling Brothers. Let’s face it, he looked like he was on an all night bender, pissed himself and passed out and slept in his uniform. I’m sure the reason he said “I shall return” is because he got thrown out for looking like that. Any bouncer at any hot spot will back me up on this.

Let’s move on to Darth……yes, the German SS did influence many things like his helmet. We older gummers new this from the first episode. You will notice that our troops use a copy of the Jerry helmet today only it has a cloth cover. You will also be pleased to know that kinky Nazi bondage outfits are now available in washable leather (what? cum again?) . Latex outfits will always be available for the thrifty budget. As for the Brits fighting in the desert with shorts and knee socks…..don’t get me started. These are the same people that came up with the pith helmet and also wore berets. Who the Hell wants to wear a three pound hard hat and shorts in blistering conditions?

Watch the movies “Hatari” with John Wayne or “Magambo” with Clark Gable and you will see the proper attire for tropic/desert adventure. I have a closet full of hot weather threads just like in the movies and they serve me well along with looking spectacular and could give John or Clark a real run for the money. Understand of course that I would spend less time hunting animals and more time banging the brains out of Eva Gardner. As for our Dudes in Drab…I think our “green army men” uniforms have served us well over the long haul and I would be proud to wear them as surplus.

The very thought of guys like Vic Marrow in tv’s “Combat” standing there wearing a steel pot, battle jacket, grenades, tommygun and a few days stubble complete with an unfiltered cigarette is enough to make the enemy wish they died at birth. Priceless.

One of my all time favorites is of course…Rat Patrol! Nothing says “action packed” like the outfit worn by Christopher George! That is the ultimate outfit for a day of 50cal. Gun play and then take the jeep for a cruise to the oasis for cool drinks and hot babes with big boobs. The lap dances would be non- stop since they can’t resist the cool khaki cotton, Aussie hat and brown jackboots. To complete this thrill package requires two packs of Lucky Strikes, the trusty Zippo lighter, a roll of US greenbacks and a well worn .45 for dishing out lead poisoning. Combine this with a buxom babe with high heels and low morals and it’s V for Victory!

The website where I bought my pith helmet explains the difference pretty well – villagehatshop.com. The Gunga Din hat is the Brit military version, never did see the point in them as it has no brim at all. Unless you’re a re-enactor doing the Boer War for some reason, there’s no purpose in wearing one of those that I can tell. The classic police “bobby” helmet is actually a version of that style of pith helmet.

Mine is the safari style, canvas covered but with a wide brim. I believe they call it the Indian helmet, but I might have gotten the French helmet. Pretty much identical, anyway. The internal band makes it “float” over your head so there’s plenty of air to cool you down, and if you dunk it in water the evaporation will provide air conditioning. It’s really just ingenious.

I used to have a campaign hat (bought it at Sam’s) but don’t recall whatever happened to it. That’s another great style, it’s obvious that they get used because they work so well.

I will tell you what just struck a nerve. I was just getting some clothes out of my closet for an interview tomorrow and came across my vintage blue ESSO service station Ike style jacket. (pre-1972,Exxon was ’73 on). I stared at it and memories came back like a firestorm. My parents would enter Bernie’s Esso Station at Northfield and Hillside(Bernies has been boarded-up for a long while now) and a moment after you heard the DING-DING, Bernie or a mechanic would appear wearing their Esso uniform and say hello,what fuel and how much you would like. After you heard the slap of the spring loaded license plate hit the nozzle and the pump dials start to spin….the man would pull one or two blue paper towels from the dispenser that also held the flat squirt bottle and then cleaned the windscreen, lifted the wipers and ran the towel on the rubber edge for a final touch.

Part of our growing up was walking a bike across the station (past the promotional Esso Tiger sitting on the pumps) over to the Enco TY-R-FLATOR air pump for that heartwarming GA-DING-ssss, GA-DING-ssss sound. If that didn’t work you just went inside and the man would sell you a quality ATLAS patch kit. My question to you guys is this….have we (society) lost all style and respect for common and mundane services? Is it to much to ask for a little style and polish and respect so people know that they are honestly welcome and their patronage is appreciated? Years ago every skill and service had a distinct look (barber,bartender,driver etc.). What happened? I think in these hard times we should take a hard look and maybe reconsider what is really important. To continue on the subject of uniforms… I would love to see the reaction of people pulling into a little filling station and being attended to by a man in a classic outfit complete with 5 point cap,bow tie,crisp Ike jacket with pressure gauge in the pocket and chunky black oxfords. A white shirt and wiping rag in the rear pocket says “Fill’er Up!” to any sporty blonde or rubber-burnin’ brunette. Many of the things that made this country great have withered on the vine. Please tell me I’m wrong. Are we the last guys on earth to understand what is really important? People often laugh at my Dean Martin-scotch & soda-stacked bombshell way of thinking. I don’t know about anyone else, but I would like to fill up at that station with the vintage attendant in a monster tail-finned convertible while wearing a full tux and a girl that’s built like a brick shit-house by my side. The world doesn’t know what it’s missing…… Sighhhh.
Anyway, thank you-drive safely-here are your S&H green stamps and “Please come again”.

Fossils — yup, by the standards of today, I’m afraid we’d all fall into that category! Just thinking about Bernie’s Esso takes me way back. I can still hear the DING-DING of the service island bell coming through the open windows of our house in warmer weather. Considering how clearly we could hear that bell from about 100 yards away, I’m sure that by now OSHA has probably declared such bells an “occupational safety hazard” that require either removal or handing out OSHA-approved hearing protection to the employees.

On the opposite hand, I also remember good ol’ Esso/Exxon leaded regular; the gasoline in and of itself was probably okay, but that goddamn red dye they put in the fuel for visual identification — I swear that it could pug up the Holland Tunnel, never mind the tiny passages in the idle circuit of a carburetor. Damn, I hated that sh!t. After the third carb rebuild — or was it the fourth? — in less than two years, I told Grandma, who you KNOW that I would literally do ANYTHING for, if she didn’t stop putting that crap in her tank, she could start paying a mechanic to de-gunk that carb. I made her switch to Amoco, and after that she never had another fuel problem.
The comment about the TY-ER-FLATOR immediately dug out the memory bank an incident I hadn’t thought of for decades. My Mother, who never drove a car, used to ride all over town on a bicycle. In the summer, the three of us — Mom, my sister and me — would cycle over to the town pool at Memorial Park. One day, as we reached the end of the street, I noticed that the front tire on Mom’s bike was a bit low so, naturally, we made a quick stop at Bernie’s to use the air hose. Just as we pulled up to the old Enco, one of my stepfather’s Board of Ed co-workers, Ray Ambio, who was filling up the BoE’s green mason dump, saw us by the air pump and gallantly walked over to “assist.” He had no air gauge, and he didn’t reset the automatic pressure cut-off — he claimed both were unnecessary, since he could “feel” when the pressure was right while filling the tire. Well, he was “feeling” the tire when the damned thing exploded like a blockbuster right beneath his hand. I think my ears rang for an hour after that, as I’m sure his did, too. I’m equally certain that fire engine red welt that covered most of Mr. Ambio’s palm continued to sting for days after the ear-ringing subsided!

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Obama’s Gun Grab

December 17th, 2010 by Rich Szabo

This is a special notice to warn you of impending new gun regulation. The BATFE has proposed to require gun dealers to provide directly to the BATFE the names, addresses, and serial numbers for every purchase of two or more semi auto, mag fed rifles within a five day period!! They are trying to force this in by January 5th, without any approval from Congress, calling it a needed “emergency” regulation. This is backdoor registration of guns and gun owners.
Here is a quote from the notice by the NSSF (National Shooting Sports Foundation) regarding this burdensome and illegal move:

“The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) is moving to require federally licensed firearms retailers to report multiple sales of modern sporting rifles beginning January 5, 2011. Specifically, the ATF requirement calls for firearms retailers to report multiple sales, or other dispositions, of two or more .22 caliber or larger semi-automatic rifles that are capable of accepting a detachable magazine and are purchased by the same individual within five consecutive business days.”
We are encouraging everyone to contact the relevant officials to protest this move. The office that approves regulation changes like this that bypass Congress is the Office of Information and Regulation affairs of the DOJ and they can be reached at 202-395-6466. You can call your Senator and Representative at the US Capitol switchboard at 202-224-3121.

The NSSF offers the following points to make when calling
“Multiple sales reporting of long guns will actually make it more difficult for licensed retailers to help law enforcement as traffickers modify their illegal schemes to circumvent the reporting requirement. Traffickers will go further underground, hiring more people to buy their firearms. This will make it much harder for retailers to identify and report suspicious behavior to law enforcement.”
“Long guns are rarely used in crime (Bureau of Justice Statistics).”
“Imposing multiple sales-reporting requirements for long guns would further add to the already extensive paperwork and record-keeping requirements burdening America’s retailers – where a single mistake could cost them their license and even land them in jail.”
“Last year, ATF inspected 2,000 retailers in border states and only two licenses were revoked (0.1%). These revocations were for reasons unknown and could have had nothing to do with illicit trafficking of guns; furthermore, no dealers were charged with any criminal wrongdoing.”
“According to ATF, the average age of a firearm recovered in the United States is 11 years old. In Mexico it’s more than 14 years old. This demonstrates that criminals are not using new guns bought from retailers in the states.”
“Congress, when it enacted multiple sales reporting for handguns, could have required multiple sales of long guns – it specifically chose not to.”
Read the full notice by the NSSF here:
http://www.nssfblog.com/atf-to-require-multiple-sales-reports-for-long-guns/

Read the full ATF document proposing this illegal move here: (PDF)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/documents/atf.pdf

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Supreme Court confers on Obama eligibility

November 24th, 2010 by Rich Szabo

Is this the case that will break the presidential eligibility question wide open? The Supreme Court conferred today on whether arguments should be heard on the merits of Kerchner v. Obama, a case challenging whether President Barack Obama is qualified to serve as president because he may not be a “natural-born citizen” as required by Article II, Section 1, Clause 5 of the U.S. Constitution. Unlike other eligibility cases that have reached the Supreme Court, Kerchner vs. Obama focuses on the “Vattel theory,” which argues that the writers of the Constitution believed the term “natural-born citizen” to mean a person born in the United States to parents who were both American citizens. “This case is unprecedented,” said Mario Apuzzo, the attorney bringing the suit. “I believe we presented an ironclad case. We’ve shown standing, and we’ve shown the importance of the issue for the Supreme Court. There’s nothing standing in their way to grant us a writ of certiorari.”

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President and Mrs. George W. Bush: Class Personified

November 15th, 2010 by Ted Silberstein

Just an unsolicited observation that should be made regarding George Bush. No one, even conservatives would dispute that Bush made some serious mistakes, and left office with one of the lowest approval ratings among modern presidents. But it must be said that he has held himself accountable. On the other hand, every single day through two years of campaigning for president, Barack Hussein Obama and his wife Mrs. Barack Hussein Obama and-a-half, did nothing but bash George Bush, and have continued non-stop blaming Bush for every single problem two years into Obama’s own presidency. Likewise, after leaving office Bill Clinton wrote a book and used his 2004 book tour to criticize Bush.

By comparison, two years now out of office, George Bush has steadfastly refused to criticize Obama either in his own new book or in interviews because in his words it just isn’t good for the country or for the presidency. The lovely Laura Bush in fact has in measured tones defended Obama saying that few can understand the difficulties of being the president. CLASS PERSONIFIED!

Do you think we can expect the same kind of class or self accountability from Barack Hussein Obama and Mrs. Barack Hussein Obama and-a-half when he leaves office? I’m just sayin’…

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Eight True Things The Public “Knows”

October 27th, 2010 by Rich Szabo

A dear friend sent me a link to the Dave Johnson article: Eight False Things The Public “Knows” Prior To Election Day

At first I thought my friend was joking. I then realized he was dead serious.

That of this economic crisis, only a liberal democrat could look upon it and say, “no, no, things are really great and getting better.” They are like toddlers who cover their eyes and say “if I can’t see it, it isn’t there.” In Dave Johnson’s article he makes eye catching bold claims, but provides absolutely no documentation to support his “if I can’t see it, it isn’t there” Kool Aid swilling baseless claims. So to those like Dave Johnson who would choose to cover their eyes and remain blind and pretend it isn’t there, and keep Congress as it is, I would love to simply say then vote to keep them there and you will get what you deserve. But it is not that simple because there are too many other Americans whose eyes are wide open, who are not blind, and WE DO NOT want what YOU deserve.

One thing I think everyone can agree on is that while a president sits in the center seat, it is the Congress who approves his plans, it is therefore far more important to have a sane thinking Congress than a sane thinking president.

“The White House is not going to save the Republic regardless of who is its occupant. It has to be on Capitol Hill where the nation’s lawmakers assemble, that the decision is made on legislation which charts the governmental course of our nation. One of the most dangerous things that has happened in the legislative halls is this growing idea that the President knows it all. He writes out the program for the year and the Senate and House are supposed to say amen.” Sen. Barry Goldwater (R) Arizona, 1962

Let’s look at each point of the above mentioned article:

1) President Obama tripled the deficit. – Yes he did. Your own MSNBC even thinks so: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33348615/ Obama’s economic packages consist of more than just the “Stimulus”. There is also the bank bailout, automaker bailout, mortgage bailout, and a second “stimulus” in the works. The total will be in the area of $2-3 Trillion. The National Deficit and the National Debt are two different things. The National Deficit is the amount that we are in the red this year and the National Debt is the amount total amount that the government is currently behind. The current National Deficit pre-stimulus was about $1.2 Trillion and the National Debt was about $9.5 Trillion.. The Bush Administration inherited a National Debt of $6.5 Trillion and increased it to $9.5 Trillion over 8 years (including two wars). That comes to $375 Billion in deficit spending each year (on average).

2) President Obama raised taxes, which hurt the economy.
Technically Barry did not raise taxes. Congress raised the taxes. http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2009/02/obamas-budget-a.html I know for a fact as a small business owner. My taxes went up last year. This year it will even be higher. Let’s take a look at just the healthcare bill. I am the owner of a small business with one employee – me.. If my company doesn’t offer it’s employees (me) health insurance, my company will be “fined” or taxed. Now, even though we get health insurance through my wife’s job, my company will get whacked just because it doesn’t offer it to it’s employees (me). Now what is wrong with that picture?

2) President Obama raised taxes, which hurt the economy. Technically Barry did not raise taxes. Congress raised the taxes.
Tax Cuts Enacted

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3) President Obama bailed out the banks. On October 3, 2008, the Senate passed the $700 billion bank bailout bill. A Democratic controlled Congress bailed out the banks. And now Barry and da Boyz gave even more money to the banks, and just recently he signed yet another bank bailout

http://www.suite101.com/content/barack-obama-to-sign-in-another-bank-bailout-hr3808-a296644

4) The stimulus didn’t work. Google “Obama shovel-ready” and you’ll find more than enough quotes of Barry describing all the people going back to work because of stimulus-created jobs. You may find one more quote of interest…  In the NY Times Magazine Obama reflects on his presidency, admitting that he let himself look too much like “the same old tax-and-spend Democrat,” realized too late that “there’s no such thing as shovel-ready projects” and perhaps should have “let the Republicans insist on the tax cuts” in the stimulus. If “there’s no such thing as shovel-ready projects”, and if you remember, he really pushed the point only he could create them…”I can say that 14 days after I signed our Recovery Act into law, we are seeing shovels hit the ground.” – Barack Obama, 3/3/09

The Wall Street Journal tells us the “stimulus” didn’t work.  It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure this out. It’s simple math. It doesn’t add up

Here is another Wall Street Journal Article regarding the “stimulus”. Cash for clunkers didn’t change how much people spent. It only changed when they spent. It was supposed to help the AMERICAN car manufacturers when in fact the majority of cars bought were foreign!

Unemployment figures

5) Businesses will hire if they get tax cuts. – Businesses will hire if there is demand for the service or product they offer. This goes back to #1-3. If the consumer doesn’t have the money, they are not buying. therefore, businesses are cutting back and either not hiring or laying off workers. Most of the business owners I talk to are waiting to see what happens after January 1st.

6) Health care reform costs $1 trillion. – Congressional Budget Office estimates released predict the health care overhaul will likely cost about $115 billion more in discretionary spending over ten years than the original cost projections. The additional spending would bring the total estimated cost of the overhaul to over $1 trillion. If you do the actual math, it’s even higher than that.  – ABC News

7) Social Security is a Ponzi scheme, is “going broke,” people live longer, fewer workers per retiree, etc. – According the NY Times, This year, the system will pay out more in benefits than it receives in payroll taxes, an important threshold it was not expected to cross until at least 2016, according to the Congressional Budget Office.

#8) Government spending takes money out of the economy. – Abstract: Despite decades of repeated failure, President Obama and Congress continue to promote the myth that government can spend its way out of recession. Heritage Foundation economic policy expert Brian Riedl dispels the stimulus myth, lays out the evidence that government spending does not end recessions–and presents the evidence for what does end recessions. Hint: It’s not another “stimulus package.” Click here for the article. Now, let’s take a look at how this works.  The Federal Government spends like crazy. The money has to come from somewhere. TAX DOLLARS.  So, joe lunch bucket is taxed, businesses are taxed. All the taxes take money OUT of the economy which leaves less money for people to spend.

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Side By Side

September 23rd, 2010 by Ted Silberstein

An analytical Liberal proffered this comparison chart contrasting Liberal
and Conservative thinking in general. While it might be the instinct
of many conservatives to disagree with his comparison, the only
real flaw is that he didn’t go far enough. It took an analytical
Conservative to help him complete his thoughts for him in the bold
black print in each of the blocks in his comparison chart. It was a
pleasure to help him!

The contrast between “liberals” & “conservatives

in general :

“Liberals”

“Conservatives”

tend to identify with
and have concern for whole
classes of people,

for “society“,
or “mankind”

through complete government
control over them.

tend to identify with oneself and
to have concern for

one’s immediate family, one’s
neighborhood, or one’s race.

And the Constitutional right
to have those personal concerns

tend
to look forward,

with
confidence in the future,
and
dissatisfaction with the
past.

But may have no future
because they are determined to repeat the mistakes of their past.

tend
to look backward,

with
satisfaction over the past
and
suspicion over the future.

Will always be cautiously
suspicious of any future that promises the transformation to socialism
and communism devoid of personal freedom desired by liberals.

Scientists
tend to be Liberals

and
liberals respect and use science.

And are convinced that there
can only be science, and no God. There
cannot be both.

Scientists
are rarely conservative

and
conservatives have little respect for science.

And have great respect for
legitimate science, not fabricated politically created voodoo science
such as Global Warming, discovered by the same scientist who claims he
invented the internet.

tend
to embrace All groups (not just one’s own

or
the dominant race, religion, class, gender, age,

sexual orientation, etc.)

And arrogantly believe they
are the only ones who do.

Inclusive
only of those of one’s own class,

group, neighborhood, religion, country, etc.,

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Know that only by
strengthening their own group first, can they then be in the position
to protect the other groups who cannot protect or save themselves, such
as those whose survival in times of natural disaster or invasion by
genocidal regimes depends on our intervention.

tend
to view people in need as
a
challenge for which a
permanent
system-wide

solution
should be found.

And tend to view people in
need as ripe subjects to be controlled by a welfare state government
who will determine what permanent system wide solution they are in need
of, who is in need of it, and believe they know better than the people
themselves how they should be taken care of, and know better than the
people themselves how their earnings should be spent (only on the
government, keeping them in a state of perpetual indentured servitude
to the government.

tend
to view people in need as

opportunities
for “entrepreneurs”

to create profit-making enterprises

And tend to
believe that people have the right and responsibility to care for
themselves, and to do what they want with the earnings they worked for,
and that entrepreneurship leads to innovation and profit making
enterprises, enterprises who are the largest employers, creating the
most jobs cultivating a strong and healthy economy, and support for a
strong but not controlling government, and personal freedom.

Emphasis
on being responsible
for
the whole community, and for

it’s past & future, as well as present.

By “responsible
for the community,” Emphasis is on CONTROLLING THE COMMUNITY
– The definition of COMMUNISM.

Emphasis
on being responsible

mainly
for oneself, and focus
mainly
on the present.

Emphasis is on first being
responsible for oneself because only then can we be best prepared to
provide for others, and only by first learning from the mistakes of the
past and wisely navigating the present can we prepare for a prosperous
future.

Every
human being is entitled to many
basic human rights just because they have been born into the human family.

Even if it means that others
must work to provide it to them when they refuse to work to provide for
themselves.

We
are born with nothing but the hair on our heads and no right to
anything unless and until we or our parents can earn it for us.

EXACTLY

The
instinct of liberals

is to defend the rights of
their opponents to differ.

Except the moment their
opponents differ it is only because their opponents are racist.

The
instinct of conservatives

isto suppress dissent & oppose
“right to know” policies.

The instinct to oppose
specifically Baraq Hussein Obama’s “right to
know” policies, which hold that there is “no right
to know,” as evidenced by his broken promises of
transparency, and to post proposed bills and programs for public review
before forcing them into law despite dissenting public opinion and
without the opportunity to vote. And
the instinct to suppress dissent such as the Liberal suppression of
dissent evidenced by Nancy McCarthy Pelosie’s demand that
those who voice dissent should be investigated.

Liberals
see the world in a multitude of colors, recognize, invite and welcome
diversity,

complexity
and subtlety, etc., etc.


Tend to be blind to the fact
that the colors and diversity they welcome often seek to exploit that
naïveté to destroy them – repeatedly

Conservatives
tend to view situations as either black or white, good or evil, guilty
or innocent, for or against us, right or wrong, socialist vs.
capitalist, patriotic or treasonous, simple rather than complex, etc.,
etc.,

Tend not to be
naïve or to allow themselves to fall prey to enemies who would
exploit naïveté to destroy America.
“Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice
shame on me.”

Elevate the
powerless

Foolishly believe they can
raise the bottom by forcibly pulling down the top

Exploit the
powerless

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Know that you teach those at
the bottom how to get to the top on their own by encouraging self
responsibility, and the pride that comes from self actualization
attained from developing an honest work ethic

Liberals
think that what causes many people to be poor is injustice in the
principal transactions of life, i.e. unfair wages for the labor they
provide, unfair prices for the goods and services they have to
purchase, unfair policies regarding health care, law enforcement,
working conditions, discrimination, etc.,

In other words to Liberals
there is no such thing as self accountability.
Liberals embrace and give great weight to the copout
that such people are “life’s victims,”
that anything that is not perfect in their world must be because the
world dealt them a bad hand, and cannot possibly be because of their
own failure or desire to achieve

Conservatives
think that “successful people” become prosperous by working hard and
they need to be defended from the injustice of politicians stealing
from the rich to support the lazy.

BULLSEYE!
Conservatives know that it’s the rich who
are the largest employers creating the most jobs which keeps money
flowing and the economy robust. They
know that when wealth is forcibly taken from those who have worked for
it, to give it to those who will not, eventually it becomes clear that
there is no point in working for it, then eventually no wealth will be
made, thus no wealth distributed, and the body economic dies

Promotion
of progressive taxation

(in order to finance public services).

Tend to be blind to the fact
that progressive taxation normally only means taking more from the pay
check of the wage earner to support the government body and the
creation of services that most people do not need and do not want, and
probably will not get

Opposition
to most forms of taxation
and
to the public services they make possible.

Tend to believe that the
public services that are provided by government through exorbitant
taxation can be provided more efficiently and less expensively by
private enterprise, and that healthy competition among private
enterprise leads to those services becoming even better, more efficient
and even less expensive than the government ever can

as much equality as possible (e.g.
support for taxation of the super-wealthy)

Tend to be blind to the fact
that taxing only the “super wealthy” who create the
jobs will force them to reduce their work force in order to cut costs
to compensate for the taxation, resulting in the loss of jobs and
economic crisis

Unlimited
INequality (opposition

to taxation of the super-wealthy)

Tend to support equal and
less taxation across the board for all, and support taxation on
consumption rather than taxation on people, that the people should be
allowed to keep more of their own earnings so that they can buy the
things they want or need, rather than being forced to turn their
earnings over to a government who would decide for the people what they
should have.

When
liberals are in control, the laws passed and/or enforced tend to fall
on the rich and the powerful, rather than on “little people”

The law books are blind, the
laws apply equally to all
, and national debt increases

When
conservatives are in control, the laws passed and enforced tend to fall
on “little people”, rather than on the rich and the powerful.

The law books are blind, the
laws apply equally to all
, and
national surplussincreases

Affirmative
Action

on
behalf of minorities

It is more important and
acceptable for the standards, training, knowledge, skill and abilities
of the person performing the job, (such as the surgeon performing the
delicate brain surgery) to be lowered and replaced by a standard based
solely on the skin color of the practitioner

Negative
INaction which benefits the majority

The standards, training,
knowledge, skill and abilities of the individual is the gauge that
should be applied when choosing the practitioner regardless of skin
color.

OK with paying taxes,
if
money is used to care

for the needs of others, i.e.
the young, old, sick,

handicapped,
minorities, etc., etc.

Blind to the fact that some
taxes must be steered toward strengthening law enforcement and national
defenses which are essential to protecting the young, old, sick,
handicapped, minorities, as well as the healthy, etc, etc,

OK with paying taxes,
if
money is used for

their own security,
i.e.
law-enforcement,
prisons,
and
national “defense”.

Understand that some taxes
must be steered toward strengthening law enforcement and national
defenses so that we can continue to have a secure nation where some
taxes can also be steered to protecting the young, old, sick,
handicapped,

Creativity
& New ideas:

Liberals
respect the ability of all men to think

for
themselves and welcome and respect

new
and different insights and discoveries by

thinkers
in every field. (Reason is supreme).

as long as the
insights and thinking come from fellow Liberals.
Closed minded to any insight or thinking from anyone
other than another Liberal, and are offended by the belief that God may
play a role. It is
this trait that leaves little to distinguish between the radical
Liberal Left and radical Islam. They
are kissin’ cousins.

Tradition
& Orthodoxy :

Conservatives
are insecure in their own ability to

find
the truth and need to have “orthodox” doctrine

handed
down to them from supernatural and / or

political
authority figures.

(Faith and blind obedience are supreme.)

Faith is indeed strong, and
their only blind obedience is to their pledge to keep our America free
and prosperous

The
contrast between “liberals” & “conservatives

in the area
of national policy :

“Liberals”

“Conservatives”

believe
large scale problems are best solved with public non-profit social
programs

Even when those programs
when controlled by government suffer at the hands of an inefficient
bureaucracy, and thus fail at their intended mission

believe
large scale problems are best solved with private profit-making
individual solutions

Because it has been proved
time and time again, that privately run programs are more efficient and
less costly to run, thereby serving more people, thus better serving
the mission

Trust
power in the hands of
large
(public) government over
large (private) corporations

Totally trust in the
politicians in power? And
Liberals accuse Conservatives of blind obedience – Wholly Cow!

Trust
power in the hands

of large (private) corporations
over large (public) government

Trust private corporations
to better develop the tools for government to work with to keep our
republic safe

Favoring
Distribution
of wealth

and
power to

as
many as possible

A proven failed policy world
wide throughout history. A
policy proved to breed social and economic despair and to dictatorships
doomed to bloody fall

Favoring
Concentration
of wealth

and
power in the hands

of
the elite few who have earned them

But support the right of
anyone to earn them and enjoy the fruits of that labor without having
their wealth stripped of them at gunpoint and given to those who will
not help themselves

Promotion
of Unions

&
Collective Bargaining

While blind to the fact that
powerful unions feed on the lifeblood of the lowly union workers,
sucking their compulsory union dues to give to politicians whom the
union heads want in power, but whom the union worker might not like and
would not vote for.

Promotion
of

individualistic
private enterprise

&
“Freedom to Work”

The keyword
“Freedom” the concept that has made America the
greatest nation in the history of the planet.

Union of States
and belief in federal government

Even though
bureaucrats in the federal government are far removed from the needs of
individual states, each of which have individual problems and needs

Independence
of States
belief
in “states’ rights” and distrust of federal government

Believe
freedom in the United States means the freedom of state and local
communities to decide their own affairs.
The country is so tremendous that trying to impose
one size fits all regulations upon all the states amount to tyranny in
communities where those regulations are different from what the people
need or want

History
of opposition to slavery

But support mandatory union
membership which is tantamount to slavery.

History
of defense of slavery

Abraham Lincoln was a
Republican, Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves

promotion
of higher

minimum
wage and
even
“a livable wage”

Even though raising minimum
wages leads to inflation and unemployment

keep
wages as

minimum
as possible

(whatever “the market” allows
or even “dictates”)

Continuously raising minimum
wages encourages those making minimum wage to be satisfied with it,
makes them content to be the least they can be, and takes away their
motivation to be more than they are, and to provide a better life for
their families, and perpetuates that lifestyle in their families for
generations

The
public should

insure just wages for all its citizens, by law

Even though this is another
form of distribution which diminishes productivity – if the worker who works hard to produce makes the same wage as the worker who
is unproductive, the motivation to be a productive worker diminishes,
production suffers and the company is doomed to mediocrity or failure.

Nothing
but “market forces”

should
determine what employers
have
to pay employees

Profit sharing and reward
for productive work, the more a worker produces, the more the company
makes, therefore company is motivated to pay the worker more to produce more, and the company and the economy flourishes.
It ain’t rocket science.

promotion
of Health Care

for all who need it :
(Universal
public plan).

Even though it has been
proven world wide that universal healthcare leads to care rationing,
and substandard inferior care. People
in nations with universal health care who can afford it, regularly
leave their country for the United States where the quality of medical
care is second to none

Health
Care Insurance

only for those who can afford it.
(for–profit
private plans).

The
United States has the highest quality of health care in the
world.
Our system is just. Anyone who is in need of
emergency care will get it. They
cannot be turned away. As
with any other private enterprise, it is the competition that makes
quality continue to rise and keeps costs low, ultimately bringing
better quality care to far more people in need

Both sides
view themselves as champions fighting for liberty, freedom and justice,
but they have very different ideas as to whom to protect and from whom :

Freedom
for ALL : (requiring

restraint of the rich and powerful)

You can’t prove a
vague baseless positive

Freedom
for the rich and

powerful
: ( with as much

“deregulation”
as possible)

You can’t disprove
a vague baseless negative

Oppose
the proliferation of guns, because they end up so often killing innocent people.

Would take away the
protection of guns for themselves and for everyone even though they
know that the enemies who want to destroy them are already armed.

Embrace
guns, because they enable even weak people the ability to threaten and
overpower large numbers of other people.

Embrace the right to own
guns to protect themselves, that includes protecting Liberals against
those who would do them harm, and because the right to bear arms is
granted in the United States Constitution

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The
contrast between “liberals” & “conservatives

in the area
of international policy : :

“Liberals”

“Conservatives”

Believe
in United Nations

&
the World Court

Even though the United
Nations is a corrupt entity with an anti-United States agenda, who
gives platforms to terrorist leaders to spew their violent anti-free
world zealotry

Distrust
United Nations

&
of World Court

Because the United Nations is a
corrupt entity with an anti-United States agenda, who gives platforms
to terrorist leaders to spew their violent anti-free world zealotry

Do everything possible to achieve Peace, and settle for War only as a last resort

Do not realize and have not
learned despite the lessons of history, that waiting for the enemy to strike first, and waiting to strike only as a last resort is too often
deadly for many Americans. The lessons of December 7, 1941 at Pearl Harbor and September 11, 2001 at
the World Trade Center

View waging War as proof of patriotism, manhood, etc., and Peace as proof of
cowardice

Understand the lessons of
December 7, 1941 at Pearl Harbor and September 11, 2001 at the World
Trade Center, and understand that a foreign policy of appeasement with
enemies whose sworn duty to their god is to destroy our nation is cowardice which only angers those enemies more and emboldens them to strike.

“Liberals”

“Conservatives”

Hate
and are ashamed of our great nation, and are enamored with the tragic
failed policies of Marxism, Socialism and Communism

Know
that The United States is the greatest nation in the history of the
planet, and know that no nation has done more good for more people
globally than any other nation. Are
proud of our nation and remain resolute in preserving our freedom from
Marxism, Socialism, and Communism, the freedom that was won through the
sacrifice, blood and tears, and lives of our fathers.
And will fight to the death to preserve the
Constitution, to protect our nation and protect ALL of her people
– including Liberals.

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Unequal Outrage: What’s Good For The Pastor Is Good For The Imam

September 8th, 2010 by Ted Silberstein

First, to get it out of the way up front, Pastor Terry Jones and his 50 member Dumb World Outreach Center are a lunatic fringe cult whose plan to hold a Koran burning party on the anniversary of 9/11 is clearly intended to invite and incite hatred from the Muslim world. As if the Muslim world could hate the American culture any more than they already do. But now for the having said that…

There is no dispute that both kooks, Pastor Jones who wants to burn Korans, and his radical counterpart Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf who wants to build the Ground Zero mosque have the legal right to do it. The intent and purpose for either is the big question. Most American people, at least those with our feet on the ground, realize that the intent and purpose of the Cordoba mosque near Ground Zero is to carry out the historical custom of Islam to build a monument to what it considers its bloody conquest over its enemies. Jones’ plan likewise is to reciprocate by striking the symbolic blow of offending Islam.

But what is increasingly frustrating to most Americans is how Jones’ plan no matter how ugly, only further exposes the inequity of outrage from our leaders, that while it has become completely off limits to offend Muslims, it is open season and fair game for Muslims to offend everyone and anyone in the world, in this case the families of America’s victims of 9/11 with the Cordoba mosque near Ground Zero. What is incomprehensible is how the Leftist leaders of the United States and leaders from around the world have shamefully allowed themselves to play into this Muslim game.

The White House, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Attorney General Eric Holder and even the Vatican have weighed in, strongly though rightly condemning Pastor Jones for his Koran burning event because of its potential to provoke and incite Muslims. And don’t forget Speaker Nancy McCarthy Pelosi who gives the Cordoba mosque a free pass, but wants those who speak out against it investigated. Yet these heads of state who are so quick to condemn Pastor Jones, have stood virtually mute, refusing to condemn Imam Rauf and his plan to build his Cordoba mosque on the graves of the victims of 9/11. As Sen. Barry Goldwater (R) Arizona said, “The winds of appeasement blow from the left.”

Then there’s, New York City’s Mayor Michael Bloomberg who has backed the right of Imam Rauf to build his Cordoba mosque, also backs the right of Pastor Jones to hold his Koran burning. In a strange way, Mayor Bloomberg is somewhat of a political, albeit unfunny Don Rickles, encouraging everyone to offend everyone, even appearing on Letterman trying to drum up a laugh about it. Mayor Bloomberg may be a buffoon, but at least he’s consistent.

Perhaps the sanest and most heartfelt objection to the Koran burning comes from General David Petraeus, who is responsible for managing America’s military mission in Afghanistan. General Petraeus has perhaps the truest conundrum of anyone. Talk about stuck between Iraq and a hard place. As the Commander of United States Forces in Afghanistan there is no doubt that he would rather do anything than cow tow to either the “we can’t offend the Muslims” crowd or to America’s enemies. But his bigger and more understandable worry is that Pastor Jones’ Koran burning will evoke such outrage within the Muslim world that it will cost the lives of our American troops and potentially American civilians anywhere in the world at the hands of Islamic extremists.

Pastor Terry Jones’ and his Dumb World Outreach Center lunatics’ plan to hold a Koran burning event on September 11 is atrocious to be sure, but in the end it is no more insensitive to Muslims than Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf’s plan to build a mosque near our hallowed Ground Zero is insensitive to the victims of 9/11. The failure of our Leftist leaders to condemn the Cordoba mosque at least equally as loudly as they have condemned the Koran burning is the disgrace.

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Judge Susie Screws Arizona

July 29th, 2010 by Rich Szabo

Yesterday U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton suspended the law’s requirement that cops check a person’s immigration status during traffic stops, detentions and arrests. Read the ENTIRE COURT ORDER HERE

She also put a hold on the requirement that legal immigrants carry their citizenship papers at all times or face penalties and the provision making it illegal for an undocumented immigrant to have a job.

In her ruling, Bolton said the law would put an unfair burden on legal immigrants.

Unfair burden on illegals? Give me a break! It puts an unfair burden on the State of Arizona and all of it’s LEGAL citizens. But this comes as no surprise since Judge Susie is a Bubba Clinton appointee.

Of Barak Hussein Obama’s interference in Arizona’s rightful attempt to protect itself, he and the rest of today’s Washington liberal ilk would be wise to take heed of the words of Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio in 1958. Yes, that’s 1958! How these words resonate today: “I don’t believe you can have freedom in a country the size of the United States unless you have freedom of state and local communities to decide their own affairs. This country is so tremendous that no one sitting in Washington is responsive to local public opinion and consequently the regulations he attempts to make amount to tyranny in many communities where they are different from what the people want.” Taken from the 1962 book – ‘Barry Goldwater – Mr. Conservative
‘ a great book not coincidentally about Senator Barry Goldwater of, yes, Arizona. 1962! Yes, even then the conservative geniuses like Goldwater and Taft knew!

Twenty other states are considering enacting versions of the Arizona law. Now why is that? Maybe because Barry and da Boyz are doing NOTHING to protect us or enforcing the U.S. Immigration Laws?

We are asking you to bombard the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona with your comments regarding Judge Susie’s decision. Please go to the United States District Court of Arizona and let them know what you think!


http://www.azd.uscourts.gov/azd/guestbook.nsf/comment

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