HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

This day in history:

1923 : Dillinger joins the Navy in an attempt to avoid prosecution
1940 : Bugs Bunny's debut
1953 : Armistice ends the Korean War
19XX : Nanc was born

I hope you appreciate the trouble I went through!

My neighbors cat sure didn't. ;^)

YOU HEARD IT HERE 2ND

ward churchill, phony cigarstore indian, has finally had his comeuppance.

in an 8-1 vote, he was relieved of his tenure, "The move came after academic committees found in 2006 that Churchill was guilty of academic misconduct, including plagiarism."

although it only took the board a little over an hour to come to their decision, it was heard, ""It's been a long hard day," said Hayes. "Not an easy decision for the board."

jeesh - i have a more difficult time deciding which pair of black shoes to wear...

read the rest of the story.

thank the Great Spirit the board saw fit to release this phony man from his position to further poison the minds of our young people.

one can see from the proud look on his che loving face, he's no native of anyplace other than the hell he came from.

NOTE: native american indians DO NOT have a jawline/chin like that of this indian wannabe. may he find a job cleaning nuclear reactors in north korea...at least he'd be appreciated for his arsekissing-the-enemy-behind talents.

MY BABY BOY

will be sixteen years old next week!

i could not be more excited.

tomorrow, after work, i'll be taking our two and one of their overnight guests to take the written part of their driver's test in order for them to either obtain their student driver licenses - NONE of them did very well on the written samplers so i expect a short day.

nancson came to me last night and was telling me of one of his "concubines" who he stated is "a christian, mama" and started babbling on about how they often go to one of the ONLY drive-in theaters left in the nation!

she, two of her girlfriends and one male friend, has asked MY BABY BOY to go with them to the DRIVE-IN!

that's not even the heart of the matter - apparently, one of her parents takes them all every other week or so in order for it to be a chaperoned event. okay, here's where it gets good - nancson PLEADED with ME to go with them!

it's his first, freakin' semi-date and he wants me to go with them!

DEAR LORD! i can easily think of five hundred other things i'd rather do than go on my son's first semi-date with him!

i said, "do i have to?" he responded, "i'd love for you to go and get to know my friends." me, "why?" him, "mama, you know why..."

nope, still don't. what is it with children these days?

this could easily turn into an "oh boo" moment at any moment...

"oh boo" moment 2007.19.7

i don't know about you, but these moments are happening with such frequency that i am barely able to keep track of them.

yesterday afternoon, while cleaning the garage, nancson came out to the garage and somewhat angrily asked me, "mom, does anyone in your blogging group call you "butterball"?" he's very protective of me.

wellllllll, i said, "not to my face! why?"

"mom, some man just called asking for "butterball", and i said there was nobody here by that name. i hope it wasn't one of your friends."

a little while later as i was entering the house, he squealed, "MOMMMMMMM! the guy called back and asked for "butterball"! if he calls again, i'm going to say NO, sorry "butterball" is very busy right now, but i might have another girl in the back you could talk to! how about cupcake - you want to talk to cupcake?"

and he proceeded to ramble and mumble on about what he would say if the guy called back, some of it not pretty.

that said, i reminded him there is a "butterball" turkey plant nearby and he probably had the wrong number.

...oh boo...

"OH BOO" MOMENT 2007.8.7

this is a twofold "oh boo" moment. please be patient as i explain this seemingly unrelated tale.

okay, so we return from my mountain and all outdoor vegetation is in dire need of some tlc. i'm NOT the tee-ell-cee-er of the family, nancpop is. for those of you who have come to know and love him, please do not be disappointed in him at the outcome of this story.

first i discover some of our tomatoes have been housing tomato hornworms! OH, STINKING BOO!

two or three of these on a tomato plant can decimate the plant within a couple of days - they are voracious eaters and relentless in their pursuit of YOURS AND MY tomato plants.

it is a well-known gardener's secret that if you plant dill alongside your tomato plants, it will aid in keeping these pesky creatures away. well my dill is planted quite a distance from the 'maters.

pop hunted down every last hornworm and mashed them to smithereens - finding them is difficult because they blend in so well. while he's hunting and mashing, i'm picking fresh dill to scatter about the base of the tomato plants in an effort to hinder their relatives from coming around these parts.

when the battle was over, we sat down to have a cold one and visit. i reached over and grabbed a sprig of dill and put it in my mouth to just chew on - love it!

nancpop, in all seriousness, asks, "hmmmm, i wonder if i could put some of that dill in my next batch of bread?"

i replied, "well of course you can!"

with a straight face, he responds, "hmmmm, dill dough."

...oh boo...

Somewhat Less than Human

Sometimes a person hesitates to repeat or report certain things because of basic decency. But our MSM has low balled our enemy time and again, failing to report factual events and repeating obvious propaganda to "advance the story line".

There is no concrete evidence at this time to prove beyond doubt that all of these events actually happened. But for those of us without BDS and understanding of what is actually happening in the Middle East, we cannot dismiss them out of hand.

Michael Yon reports from Iraq:
[...]

"In one grave, soldiers recovered the heads of decapitated children, some with still partially recognizable remnants of flesh and hair. When I left the village, the digging was still ongoing, but I had seen and heard enough for the update I published the next day.
[...]
During a meeting, an Iraqi official in the room—who asked to remain anonymous—provided a narrative of how al Qaeda took control of Baqubah and much of Diyala Province. The paragraph that generated controversy follows:

The official reported that on a couple of occasions in Baqubah, al Qaeda invited to lunch families they wanted to convert to their way of thinking. In each instance, the family had a boy, he said, who was about 11 years old. As LT David Wallach interpreted the man’s words, I saw Wallach go blank and silent. He stopped interpreting for a moment. I asked Wallach, “What did he say?” Wallach said that at these luncheons, the families were sat down to eat. And then their boy was brought in with his mouth stuffed. The boy had been baked. Al Qaeda served the boy to his family.

Every syllable I wrote about this reported incident was in that paragraph, which offers no opinion about the veracity of his words.

Mr. Abdul Jabar had lived near the al Hamari village. He had more details about what happened there, and he was willing to go on the record. The reported incidents, wretching though they were and are, were reported “as is.”
When context is other people’s children

As I write these words just a few miles from the graves I saw, the resulting controversy about whether what the man said was true, or whether his words should have been written if the writer couldn’t verify them, seems precious. There is no imaginary line of credulity that al Qaeda might cross should it go from beheading children to baking them.

"


Please read the whole report.

I've been taged!

Players list 8 facts/habits about themselves. The rules of the game are posted at the beginning before those facts/habits are listed. At the end of the post, players then tags 8 people by posting their names and makes sure they know they’ve been tagged by leaving a comment at the tagee’s blog.

Sorry, but I won't be tagging anyone. The reason for that is that I'm at the bottom of the pyramid. Everyone I know has already participated.

But here goes:

8. I wear colored jockey shorts.

7. I was a lay minister in the Catholic church and asked to consider the Deaconate.

6. For some reason, dogs love me.

5. Pepperoni pizza is my favorite fruit.

4. I've driven one of these, over 65 mph on the Autobahn. (It was a hoot!)

3. The first computer I programed looked like this. The computer, itself, weighed 175 lbs, plus a couple of hundred more pounds more for the "portable" 3kw generator that ran it. (220 volt 3 phase). It had a laughably small memory even compared to a pocket calculator.

It was a solid state device, (transistors and crystal diodes, no vacuum tubes). The machine had a stored-program and was used for automatic computing and visual displaying of firing data (gun orders) for Field Artillery weapons and free firing missiles like the Nike-Hercules. There was no CRT, (monitor), the visual display consisted of 16 nixi-tubes which were neon bulbs with a figure 8 shaped filament that worked similar to the LCD display of a modern calculator. At the time I used it, it was the first truly "portable" computer. Other computers that could handle ballistic computation were the size of a room and weighed several tons.

One day, my commanding officer told me, "You're getting a FADAC." I didn't know what the hell a FADAC was. FADAC is the acronym for "Field Artillery Digital Automatic Computer". At the time, we were figuring firing data with slide rules and computational tables similar to trigonomic tables, functions and logarithms.

I figured that someone would give me some training, no such luck. When the FADAC arrived, I was given an operation manual and a cursory "good luck!" My commanding officer told me that, I "would" have the FADAC up and running by the end of the week.

There was a slight problem.

FADACs, were programed with a dual use program and the Army, in its infinite wisdom, had seen fit to send this FADAC to an 8"-203mm firing battery with a program for 155mm and 105mm Howitzers.

"No problem", said the CO, "Just call ordinance and they will reprogram the computer". With a sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach, I called ordinance. Ordinance informed me, yes, it was their responsibility to reprogram the computer, yes, they had the correct program on punched paper tape, no they wouldn't program the computer because they didn't have anyone that had ever did it before.

Outranked, I knew that I couldn't get ordinance to do anything they didn't want to do, back to the CO. The CO called Ordinance and got kicked upstairs to someone that outranked him. Ordinance wouldn't program the FADAC "but" they would loan us the necessary equipment and we could do it ourselves and they would tell us how to do it.

Notice that "no one knew how" but they could tell "us" how to do it! ("Us", consisted of me).

Back to the manuals!

Short story long, I did it!

I also found out that we had to check the firing data from the computer the same way we had figured it before we got the FADAC. I also found out hat we could figure the firing data faster, by hand and slide rule, quicker than we could punch it into the FADAC.

What that meant, in effect, we had another 400 lbs of almost useless equipment to lug around.

My CO decided to volunteer my services as a computer programmer to our sister units. It seems that our sister 155mm Howitzer units received their FADACs with a program to figure firing solutions for 8"-203mm Howitzers and Nike-Hercules missiles.

Now they use little hand-held, programmable, scientific calculators that are far more of a computer than FADAC could ever hope to be.

2. I haven't had a car payment since 1972 when I paid off my 1970 Gremlin.

1. I'm dyslexic.

Those that Pledged their Lives, Fortunes and Sacred Honor

From a speech delivered by Rush Limbaugh's Father.

Of those 56 who signed the Declaration of Independence, nine died of wounds or hardships during the war. Five were captured and imprisoned, in each case with brutal treatment. Several lost wives, sons or entire families. One lost his 13 children. Two wives were brutally treated. All were at one time or another the victims of manhunts and driven from their homes. Twelve signers had their homes completely burned. Seventeen lost everything they owned. Yet not one defected or went back on his pledged word. Their honor, and the nation they sacrificed so much to create is still intact.

· Francis Lewis, New York delegate saw his home plundered -- and his estates in what is now Harlem -- completely destroyed by British Soldiers. Mrs. Lewis was captured and treated with great brutality. Though she was later exchanged for two British prisoners through the efforts of Congress, she died from the effects of her abuse.

· William Floyd, another New York delegate, was able to escape with his wife and children across Long Island Sound to Connecticut, where they lived as refugees without income for seven years. When they came home they found a devastated ruin.

· Philips Livingstone had all his great holdings in New York confiscated and his family driven out of their home. Livingstone died in 1778 still working in Congress for the cause.

· Louis Morris, the fourth New York delegate, saw all his timber, crops, and livestock taken. For seven years he was barred from his home and family.

· John Hart of Trenton, New Jersey, risked his life to return home to see his dying wife. Hessian soldiers rode after him, and he escaped in the woods. While his wife lay on her deathbed, the soldiers ruined his farm and wrecked his homestead. Hart, 65, slept in caves and woods as he was hunted across the countryside. When at long last, emaciated by hardship, he was able to sneak home, he found his wife had already been buried, and his 13 children taken away. He never saw them again. He died a broken man in 1779, without ever finding his family.

· Dr. John Witherspoon, signer, was president of the College of New Jersey, later called Princeton. The British occupied the town of Princeton, and billeted troops in the college. They trampled and burned the finest college library in the country.

· Judge Richard Stockton, another New Jersey delegate signer, had rushed back to his estate in an effort to evacuate his wife and children. The family found refuge with friends, but a Tory sympathizer betrayed them. Judge Stockton was pulled from bed in the night and brutally beaten by the arresting soldiers. Thrown into a common jail, he was deliberately starved. Congress finally arranged for Stockton's parole, but his health was ruined. The judge was released as an invalid, when he could no longer harm the British cause. He returned home to find his estate looted and did not live to see the triumph of the Revolution. His family was forced to live off charity.

· Robert Morris, merchant prince of Philadelphia, delegate and signer, met Washington's appeals and pleas for money year after year. He made and raised arms and provisions which made it possible for Washington to cross the Delaware at Trenton. In the process he lost 150 ships at sea, bleeding his own fortune and credit almost dry.

· George Clymer, Pennsylvania signer, escaped with his family from their home, but their property was completely destroyed by the British in the Germantown and Brandywine campaigns.

· Dr. Benjamin Rush, also from Pennsylvania, was forced to flee to Maryland. As a heroic surgeon with the army, Rush had several narrow escapes.

· John Martin, a Tory in his views previous to the debate, lived in a strongly loyalist area of Pennsylvania. When he came out for independence, most of his neighbors and even some of his relatives ostracized him. He was a sensitive and troubled man, and many believed this action killed him. When he died in 1777, his last words to his tormentors were: "Tell them that they will live to see the hour when they shall acknowledge it [the signing] to have been the most glorious service that I have ever rendered to my country."

· William Ellery, Rhode Island delegate, saw his property and home burned to the ground.

· Thomas Lynch, Jr., South Carolina delegate, had his health broken from privation and exposures while serving as a company commander in the military. His doctors ordered him to seek a cure in the West Indies and on the voyage, he and his young bride were drowned at sea.

· Edward Rutledge, Arthur Middleton, and Thomas Heyward, Jr., the other three South Carolina signers, were taken by the British in the siege of Charleston. They were carried as prisoners of war to St. Augustine, Florida, where they were singled out for indignities. They were exchanged at the end of the war, the British in the meantime having completely devastated their large landholdings and estates.

· Thomas Nelson, signer of Virginia, was at the front in command of the Virginia military forces. With British General Charles Cornwallis in Yorktown, fire from 70 heavy American guns began to destroy Yorktown piece by piece. Lord Cornwallis and his staff moved their headquarters into Nelson's palatial home. While American cannonballs were making a shambles of the town, the house of Governor Nelson remained untouched. Nelson turned in rage to the American gunners and asked, "Why do you spare my home?" They replied, "Sir, out of respect to you." Nelson cried, "Give me the cannon!" and fired on his magnificent home himself, smashing it to bits. But Nelson's sacrifice was not quite over. He had raised $2 million for the Revolutionary cause by pledging his own estates. When the loans came due, a newer peacetime Congress refused to honor them, and Nelson's property was forfeited. He was never reimbursed. He died, impoverished, a few years later at the age of 50.


And, finally, there is the New Jersey signer, Abraham Clark.

He gave two sons to the officer corps in the Revolutionary Army. They were captured and sent to that infamous British prison hulk afloat in New York Harbor known as the hell ship Jersey, where 11,000 American captives were to die. The younger Clarks were treated with a special brutality because of their father. One was put in solitary and given no food. With the end almost in sight, with the war almost won, no one could have blamed Abraham Clark for acceding to the British request when they offered him his sons' lives if he would recant and come out for the King and Parliament. The utter despair in this man's heart, the anguish in his very soul, must reach out to each one of us down through 200 years with his answer: "No."

The 56 signers of the Declaration Of Independence proved by their every deed that they made no idle boast when they composed the most magnificent curtain line in history. "And for the support of this Declaration with a firm reliance on the protection of divine providence, we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor."

Happy Fourth of July to you all!

NAME TEN OTHER COUNTRIES

you can do this to your nation's flag without fear of retribution.

God bless this nation and God bless u.s. all as we deal with the idiocy of the left, today and everyday.

we the people thank You daily for the freedoms we all share and take for granted.

HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY EVERYBODY!

...whether you appreciate this great country or not.

AAAAAHHHOOOOOO!

tonight may be the best night of the year for moonbat hunting...

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!

You lovebirds, you!

Warren and Wifey!

Sex habits of giant pandas

I get it, but don't ask about the Gorgeous Tiny Chicken Machine Show!

"OH BOO" MOMENT #2007-06/25

there is much talking on a 2,000 mile-plus trip...or not.

as for me, i like to do puzzles - anything from crosswords to sudoku.

every once in awhile i'll pay attention to what everyone else is doing. this was going to be one of those days.

as we were plugging along at 70+, nancson asked nancpop, "so, what's the big deal about axle grease?"

pop replied in kind, "why, it's good for EVERYTHING!"

nancson asking, "like what, pop?"

nancpop responds, " oh, critter bites, hair conditioner, pet shampoo, waterproofing your shoes..."

nancpop then proceeded to name fifteen or twenty excellent uses for axle grease - NONE having to do with greasing axles!

i couldn't take it anymore and blared out to pop, "YOU have lost what's left of your mind!"

pop - ever the smooth, romantic, loverboy-type, responded, "NAH! that would make us equals..."

...oh boo...

I'm sorry...

...but I am rapidly losing patience with all this "religion of peace" bovine biowaste!
It is NOT a religion, it is a socio-political system that encourages the worst and lowest behavior. It wears a religious mask, but there is no salvation, except if you kill a bunch of "other" people. It has little to no concern about the welfare of others, even of their own people. The majority of mohammadin ruled countries are 2 tier societies with the majority of people living in 3rd world conditions with no incentive to improve their lot!
It sucks the life, creativity and joy out of people. It crushes love and beauty.
It wallows in blood and death.
It is anti-life and anti-G*D!
It is the Highway to Hell...

www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=56262

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=56259

http://www.wnd.com/redir/r.asp?http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8PSLSLO0&show_article=1

http://www.wnd.com/redir/r.asp?http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/06/18/eveningnews/main2946007.shtml

"OH BOO" MOMENT 422.673

...an addendum...

today, after church and lunch - nancpop, the all powerful, was in the kitchen sweeping up some mess he'd made - when i passed by and gave him the over the glasses, one eye cocked, librarian look (oh, trust me - it's hot!).

he gazed into my not cocked eye and said, "funny - who'd've (he who speaks in three-word contractions) thought you could use one of these as a broom?!?"

...oh boo...

Hasta cuando (Until when)

Don't let the left glorify a nightmare!

FJ says:

I found the original piece of "romantic" propaganda that "inspired" this music video, a love paean to Che Guevearra entitled "Until forever, my commander". This video asks the question, "until when????" and calls the "commander" a deceptive fraud!

Chavez supporters have attempted to color the student protests as a nefarious plot and coup against Chavez's socialist government. To counter that perception, before marching, university student paint the palms of their hands white and carry banners that read "We are students, not coup makers!" to signify the sacredness of civil rights and their glorious cause.

Support the student "white hand movement".



Visit Julia @ The end of Venezuela as I know it

The immigration bill is dead. (for now)

WASHINGTON (AP) - A broad immigration bill to legalize millions of people in the U.S. unlawfully failed a crucial test vote in the Senate Thursday, a stunning setback that could spell its defeat for the year.

The vote was 45-50 against limiting debate on the bill, 15 short of the 60 that the bill's supporters needed to prevail. Most Republicans voted to block Democrats' efforts to bring the bill to a final vote.

[...]

Why We Ain't Buyin'

What in the hell is wrong with you people in Washington?

Its as plain as the veined tomato on Teddy Kennedy's face. The American people don't want your stinking amnesty bill!

You have no intention of enforcing any of its security provisions, strengthening the border, or fining a single illegal emigrant for breaking the law!

We know what you will do, the day after that bill is signed into law, you will start whittling away at the enforcement provisions, refuse to fund provisions for border security and 12 to 20 illegal aliens will become legal overnight!

You say that something must be done now, that the country cannot tolerate 12 million illegals in this country breaking the law, I agree. But the solution isn't to wave your magic wand and make them legal!

That's like saying that we cannot tolerate 12 million murders and pass a law to give amnesty to all of the murderers in the country.

Drop this POS Bill or pay the consequences. You serve at our pleasure and you'd best remember it!

A list of companies...

...you might steer clear of, as an investor OR in the case of Hyundai, don't buy their cars. Greed is a strong factor here, why reward it?

Twenty Four Most-Active Iranian International Business Partners

Hundreds of companies do business with Iran with American investment dollars and, based upon publicly available information, the following are among the most active of the Tehran regime’s international business partners:

Alcatel SA: French telecommunications giant Alcatel, has signed numerous multi-million dollar contracts deals with Iran as well as Sudan over the past five years. Alcatel supplies Iran with most of its telecommunications facilities, high-speed Internet service and communication devices and infrastructure for offshore oil and gas platforms. [16]

Bow Valley Energy Ltd.: Canada’s Bow Valley Energy holds 15 percent of a $300 million deal with Iran to develop the Balal field off the Persian Gulf since 1999. [17]

BNP Paribas: BNP Paribas is the only French bank to have remained in Iran after the 1979 Islamic Revolution. BNP Paribas mainly focuses on trade finance with Iran’s oil and gas industry which is controlled by the regime’s clerical elite and feared Revolutionary Guards Corp. [18]

China National Petroleum Corp.: China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC) has announced it will invest $3.6 billion dollars to develop Block 14 of Iran’s South Pars gas field this year. CNPC is currently negotiating a $16 billion deal with Iran to develop its North Pars gas field and build liquefied natural gas infrastructures. [19]

ENI Spa: Italy’s biggest energy company, Eni Spa has numerous oil and gas contracts with Iran. In 2001, Eni Spa signed a $900 million contract to develop Iran’s’ southwest Dharkovin oil field. The company holds large stakes in multiple Iranian energy projects including a South Pars contract valued at almost $4 billion. [20]

Gazprom: Russian energy giant Gazprom has been heavily involved in developing the South Pars gas field, estimated to contain 7 percent of the world’ reserves, since 1997. In 2006 Gazprom announced it would consider setting up joint oil and gas projects with Iran’s state energy companies. [21]

Hyundai: South Korea’s Hyundai supports Iran by supplying it with energy-related construction and development help, manufacturing components and ship maintenance. Among its other mega-deals with Iran, Hyundai recently signed a $1 billion contract along with Daewoo to build oil tankers for the regime. [22]

INPEX: The Japanese market accounts for 22 percent of Iran’s oil exports which account for 85 percent of Japan’s total oil imports. The Tokyo-based INPEX, which is part-owned by the Japanese government, has billions of dollars invested in many Iranian oil projects including the Soroosh, Nowrooz and Azadegan oil fields. [23]

LG Engineering and Construction Co.: In 2002, South Korea’s LG Engineering and Construction Co. signed a $1.6 billion deal for a gas processing plant project in the South Pars gas fields. The company has a 45.3 stake in the deal that allows it to claim $700 million of the total project cost. [24]

Lukoil: Russia’s Lukoil collaborates with the National Iranian Oil Company on various exploration projects. Lukoil holds large stakes in oil projects in Anaran, Moghan, Western Changuleh and other areas in Iran. In 2000, Lukoil acquired Getty Petroleum Marketing Inc. and has gas stations across the United States. [25]

Norsk Hydro: Norsk Hydro is Norway’s second largest energy company and is partially owned by the Norwegian government. Norsk Hydro has massive investments in Iranian oil projects including a $107 million contract signed with Iran last year. [26]

OMV: Austria's OMV is central Europe's leading energy company. It has several oil exploration investments in Iran’s Mehr block. In addition, OMV is the driving force behind the Nabucco pipeline project which will transport gas from Iran's Caspian Sea directly to Europe when completed in 2011. The other companies involved in the project are: Botas (Turkey), Bulgargaz (Bulgaria), MOL (Hungary) and Transgaz (Romania). [27]

ONGC: India’s Oil and Natural gas Company (ONGC) signed a $40 billion deal with Iran in 2005 to import millions of tons of liquid gas. ONGC is involved in many lucrative exploration projects in Iran and is on the verge of signing a deal in the South Pars oilfields valued at over $100 million. [28]

Petrobras: The Brazilian government control 60 percent of the Rio de Janeiro-based Petrobras Oil Company and has a final say in its investment decisions. Petrobras intends to sign a $ 470 million contract with Iran in mid-2007. Earlier contracts with Iran included a 2004 deal worth $34 million to drill in the Caspian Sea. [29]
Petronas: Malaysia’s Petronas enjoys lucrative business with Iran. Among other deals Petronas signed a $2 billion contract, along with Total and Gazprom, to develop Iran’s South Pars gas fields. [30]

Royal Dutch Shell: In 1999, The Dutch-British energy giant, Royal Dutch Shell spent over $800 to develop two Iranian offshore oil fields. Royal Dutch Shell together with Spain’s Repsol recently signed an agreement that could result in a $10 billion contract to develop sections 13 and 14 of Iran’s South Pars gas field. [31]

Siemens AG: Siemens AG helped build Iran’s nuclear reactor in Bushehr but officially stopped working on the site after the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Siemens AG is currently active in Iranian telecommunications, high-tech, automotive and power industries. Siemens also trades with other rogue states including Sudan and Syria. [32]

Statoil ASA: Norway's biggest oil and gas company Statoil ASA has multiple high profile investments in Iran. Most of its efforts are concentrated in the South Pars gas field where it holds high percentages in various exploration and development projects. Norway prosecuted Statoil in 2004 when the company was convicted on corruption charges for trying to sway Iranian officials, including former President Hashemi Rafsanjani’s son, in a $15.2 million deal in 2002. [33]

Stolt-Nielsen SA: UK-based Stolt-Nielsen SA is one of the world’s top liquid transporters, the company does business with Iran through its subsidiary Stolt-Offshore. The US Treasury began investigating the company in 2002 for trading with Iran and falsifying documents. In 2006 Stolt-Nielsen was indicted for price fixing and rigging bids. [34]

Technip Coflexip: French based Technip Coflexip builds much of Iran’s petrochemical engineering plants and provides other technical infrastructure related to the regime’s oil and gas industry. Among its many lucrative deals with Iran, Technip Coflexip built a massive ‘steam cracker’ petrochemical plant in the Persian Gulf for $186 million. [35]

Total SA: The giant French energy company Total SA has been active in Iran since 1995. Total has multiple oil exploration and development contracts with the regime including a 2006 deal valued at $1.6 billion. Total’s CEO Christophe de Margerie and two of the company’s chief executives are currently under investigation by the French authorities over corruption allegations linked to a 1997 gas project in Iran and the Iraqi oil-for-food program. [36]

In addition, the following companies are reportedly in the process of negotiating deals with Iran:
Essar Oil: India’s Essar Oil reached a deal with Iran in 2006 for oil and gas exploration and production as well as contracts to build the regime steel plants, power plants, and an oil refinery. The deal, worth billions of dollars, is still waiting approval as both sides continue to negotiate. [37]

China National Offshore Oil Corp: China National Offshore Oil Corp (CNOOC) signed a memorandum of understanding with Iran in 2006 to develop the Northern Pars gas field and build liquefied natural gas installations. The two sides are expected to sign the $16 billion deal by the end of 2007. [38]

China Petroleum & Chemical Corp: In 2004, China Petroleum & Chemical Corp (Sinopec) won a bid to buy 10 million metric tons of liquefied natural gas every year for 25 years, but the contract hasn’t been signed yet. The deal is estimated to be worth about $100 million when approved. In 2006, Sinopec signed a memorandum of understanding with Iran to develop the

Garmsar block. The deal, that has so far not been implemented, is valued between $20-38 million. [39]


Footnotes
[16] Cornwell, Susan and Pelofsky, Jeremy, "Senators cast wary eye on Lucent-Alcatel deal," The Boston Globe, April 4, 2006
http://www.boston.com/
Alcatel SA website http://www1.alcatel-lucent.com/
[17] "Calgary Oil company may face US sanctions," CBC News, April 5, 1999 http://www.cbc.ca/money/
[18] "Iran Lures BNP, HSBC for Loans; U.S. Banks Barred," Bloomberg, December 23, 2004, http://www.bloomberg.com/
[19] "US Cautions China over reported multibillion gas deal with Iran," International Herald Tribune, January 9, 2007 http://www.iht.com/
"China's CNPC Close to MoU on $3.6B Iran LNG project," www.gulfoilandgas.com, January 12, 2007
[20] "Italian oil deal with Iran," The New York Times, July 1, 2001 http://query.nytimes.com/
"Iran signs major gulf gas deal," BBC, July 27, 2000 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/854663.stm
[21] Gazprom website http://www.gazprom.com/eng/articles/article8523.shtml
"Gazprom, Iran mull joint oil and gas projects," RIA Novosti, June 26, 2006 http://en.rian.ru/russia/20060626/50015959.html

[22] "Hyundai, Daewoo to share $1 billion Iran Tanker order," Bloomberg, May 9, 2005 http://www.bloomberg.com/
"Hyundai motor says wins $227 million Iran car order," Reuters, September 3, 2006 http://today.reuters.com/news/
[23] INPEX Website http://www.inpex.co.jp/
Linzer, Dafna and Faiola, Anthony, "Japan wary of plan for sanctions against Iran," The Washington Post, June 13, 2006, http://www.washingtonpost.com/
[24] "$1.6bln gas deal," Pravda, September 16, 2002, http://newsfromrussia.com/comp/2002/09/16/36679.html
[25] "Lukoil and Hydro Confirm Oil Discovery in Western Iran," www.OilVoice.com, May 17, 2005, http://www.oilvoice.com/
"Lukoil seeks to join Iran in Caspian oilfields," Reuters via Yahoo News, October 23, 2005, http://sg.biz.yahoo.com/061023/3/448u9.html
Getty Petrolium Website http://www.getty.com/LUKOILRebrand.html
[26] "Iran Signs $107M E&D Oil Contract with Norwegian Oil Co," www.gulfoilandgas.com, September 18, 2006
Norsk Hydro Website http://www.hydro.com/
[27] "OMV in Iran: Memorandum of understanding on increased co-operation," www.gulfoilandgas.com , January, 27, 2004
Nabucco Website http://www.nabucco-pipeline.com/
[28] ONGC Website
http://www.ongcvidesh.com/op_iran.asp
"India and Iran in gas export deal, BBC, January 7, 2005 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4155597.stm
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Daraghi, Borzou, "Middle East: Iran: Petrobras to drill In Caspian," The New York Times, July 7, 2004 http://query.nytimes.com/
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"Iran signs 450 million dollar deal with Germany’s Siemens," Islamic Republic News Agency, November 14, 2006 http://www.irna.com/
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http://in.us.biz.yahoo.com/ap/070321/france_total.html?.v=1
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Leadership, making judgement calls on the fly

Most people do not have a clue what leadership is.

Its the ability to inspire, the strength of character to take charge and the willingness to accept the consequences of your actions when you are wrong.

For a glimpse into real leadership, and a great story, read this post by Michael Yon.

"oh boo" moment #422.672

okay, so i go out to the garage (aka: the man's place) and nancpop is whittling on an approximately 15" piece of wood.

i ask, "sooooooo, whatcha makin'?", acting extremely interested for sure.

he replies, "a propeller."

i respond, "oh."

quite awhile later, i ask, "soooooooo, what's the propeller for?"

so lovingly, he says, "so as to make your broom over there go a little faster when you go to town!"

...oh boo...

MEMORIAL DAY TRIBUTE TO W.S.C.

famous churchill quotes, most appropriate to the times in which we live:

"A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on."

reuter's...

"A prisoner of war is a man who tries to kill you and fails, and then asks you not to kill him."

gitmo...

"Battles are won by slaughter and maneuver. The greater the general, the more he contributes in maneuver, the less he demands in slaughter."

let our military leaders do their jobs...

"Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities... because it is the quality which guarantees all others."

all you cowards, please shut up...

" Danger - if you meet it promptly and without flinching - you will reduce the danger by half. Never run away from anything. Never!"

react appropriately, in appropriate measures...

"You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life."

remember who they hated before they hated you...

"You can always count on Americans to do the right thing - after they've tried everything else."

ahem...

"When the eagles are silent the parrots begin to jabber."

you know who you are...

"When I am abroad, I always make it a rule never to criticize or attack the government of my own country. I make up for lost time when I come home."

dixie chicks, danny glover, nancy pelosy, et.al; please shut up...

"Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard the road may be; for without victory, there is no survival."

an emphatic win...no cowering...no bowing to the enemy...

winston, we hardly knew you.

CLEAN WHITE COATS, PLEASE

conspeorism in its priestly garments (stained).

Remember when you ran away and I got on my knees and begged you not to
leave because I'd go berserk?? Well...
You left me anyhow and then the days got worse and worse and now you see
I've gone completely out of my mind.. And..
They're coming to take me away, ha-haaa!!
They're coming to take me away, ho-ho, hee-hee, ha-haaa
To the funny farm. Where life is beautiful all the time and I'll be
happy to see those nice young men in their clean white coats and they're
coming to take me away, ha-haaa!!!!!

You thought it was a joke and so you laughed, you laughed when I had said
that loosing you would make me flip my lid.. RIGHT???
I know you laughed, I heard you laugh, you laughed you laughed and
laughed and then you left, but now you know I'm utterly mad... And..

They're coming to take me away, ha-haaa,
They're coming to take me away, ho-ho, hee-hee, ha-haaa.
To the happy home. With trees and flowers and chirping birds and basket
weavers who sit and smile and twiddle their thumbs and toes and they're
coming to take me away, ha-haaa!!!

I cooked your food, I cleaned your house, and this is how you pay me back
for all my kind unselfish loving deeds.. Huh??
Well you just wait, they'll find you yet and when they do they'll put you
in the ASPCA, you mangy mutt!!! And...

They're coming to take me away, ha-haaa.
They're coming to take me away, ho-ho, hee-hee, ha-haaa.
To the funny farm, where life is beautiful all the time and I'll be happy
to see those nice young men in their clean white coats and they're coming
to take me away, ha-haaa!!!
To the happy home, with trees and flowers and chirping birds and basket
weavers who sit and smile and twiddle their thumbs and toes and they're
coming to take me away, ha-haa!!!
To the funny farm, where life is beautiful all the time... (fade out)

Hey, buddy!
Yes officer..
You a head?
No, but I'm catching up, ha ha ha....

link: american spectator

FINALLY, CHOKING ON HER OWN WORDS

hey, it happens...

link: drudge.

Treason most foul...

America, I loved you dear, but now I know you no more...

U.S. border agents recruited for Iraq

Senate, White House agree on worker program

Senate Conference on Immigration

Major provisions of the immigration deal

Immigration deal "treasonous," says Mesa's Pearce

INVASION USA (scroll down)

Proposal Seeks to Legalize Immigrant Farm Workers

Illegal Immigrants Arrange for Child Care If Parents Get Detained in Raids

Immigration curbs hurting U.S., Greenspan says

New technology wasted at U.S.-Mexico border

Senate Immigration Bill Would Allow 100 Million New Legal Immigrants over the Next Twenty Years

IT AIN'T OVER UNTIL...

well, you know the rest of the line!

let's hope we NEVER have to hear it. ever.

Hurrah!

I finally got my LIFETIME license to carry a concealed weapon.

The end of the four year pilgrimage to the police department.

No more money, no more wasted time while needless paperwork is filled out and ignored, no more fingerprints and stupid FBI checks while some bureaucratic newbe rushes down to check 35 year old files only to find out that there is a file on me because the FBI ran a security clearance on me. No more talking to smarmy civilian employees of the police department who don't know what's going on.

And Russia was saying?

Major leap forward in Iran's nuclear program. If the inspectors are invited to leave, start to use extra deodorant, you may need it.

Iran Is Stepping Up Nuclear Work

Questions now are; what to do? and whether to do it?
I hope there isn't to much dithering, but Pelosi and her Merry Dhimmi Band can't seem to wrap their brains around the fact, that they hate us because we aren't dhimmi, or mohammadin, and they are not sane enough to not use anything they produce.
Well, I can make it easy for them, these people do not look at the world the same way we do, they are not sane, and they are suicidal for their cause!
SO DEAL WITH THEM!

oh boo moment #472 or happy mother's day

we have some close, personal, rel...er...friends who move full grown trees as a business.

believe it or not - it is BIG business in californistan.

when spoiled people build their empire, they DO NOT like starting from a seedling - ANYTHING! that is for us lowlier sorts.

recently, they were commissioned to move a clump of palms from point "a" to point "b". from what i remember of the conversation, the clump of trees (60' tall) weighed nearly 60,000 pounds!

it takes special equipment and much knowledge to get the root wad out of the ground without damaging them. these people have been doing this for years and have yet to lose a tree.

first, the spoiled person must eyeball the tree or trees they want, go to the owner and ply them with dollars and generally the owner of the tree(s) will succumb to the dollar signs. the spoiled person then contacts the tree mover, who says "yea" or "nay".

in this case everybody said, "yea." whoopee! it was the dreamjob of any tree mover and the original owner didn't think it too shabby either - the spoiled person gave them $75,000 for the clump of trees - that's SEVENTY-FIVE THOUSAND SMACKAROOS!

the cost to move the trees was equal to the price of the trees - i ain't lyin'.

when talking to one of the tree movers what would possess someone to spend this kind of money on trees for crying out loud - his response (paraphrased), "well, apparently, her husband is having an affair with another woman, she won't stand for a divorce, so she's making his life miserable by spending his wealth!"

...oh boo...

people - be good to the mothers in your life, not just on mother's day, but everyday - you just never know...

One world...

First we hear of the NAU and "amero", then we hear about the Trans-Texas Corridor, now?
Well, read 'em and weep!

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=55584

To be silent or go down trying

As Californiastan goes, so goes the nation.
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=55558

Truth is often unpleasant, ugly and forces us to rethink ourselves. But to flee Truth makes us cowards. The thing to consider is; are we willing to allow ourselves to be buried alive? Or are we willing to stand and say, "Enough!"?
I have taken that stand by homeschooling and contacting politicians and speaking out, I may be a small voice in the world, but if enough join together, maybe, just maybe someone will hear us.

It has unfortunately, been my experience that too many conservatives and Christians have fallen silent, why? Is it intimidation? Is it a persist belief that it can't happen here? Or to me or mine? Is it because the leftistas are foul-mouthed, vile-minded, perverse, profane, slanderous, and loud?

War is never fun, it is not "nice" and it is messy, bloody and scary. But why are we conceding rather than rolling up our sleeves and getting the job done?

To quote Monteith's toast, "He either fears his fate too much, or his desserts are small, who will not put it to the touch, to win or lose it all."
If you refuse to put it to the touch, YOU LOSE ANYWAY! Why not try? At least you can look yourself in the mirror without shame! And you can't win if you won't try!

Interesting update; Check out Donal's site for an interesting editorial on streetfighting and jihadis here in the US!
http://dudratreview.blogspot.com/

R U AN AMERICAN OR JEW?

if you're not, this WILL NOT apply to you, so you can just mosey along...

"Sheik Ahmad Bahr, acting Speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council, declared during a Friday sermon at a Sudan mosque that America and Israel will be annihilated and called upon Allah to kill Jews and Americans "to the very Last One". Following are excerpts from the sermon that took place last month, courtesy of MEMRI.

Ahmad Bahr began: "You will be victorious" on the face of this planet. You are the masters of the world on the face of this planet. Yes, [the Koran says that] "you will be victorious," but only "if you are believers." Allah willing, "you will be victorious," while America and Israel will be annihilated. I guarantee you that the power of belief and faith is greater than the power of America and Israel. They are cowards, who are eager for life, while we are eager for death for the sake of Allah. That is why America's nose was rubbed in the mud in Iraq, in Afghanistan, in Somalia, and everywhere.

Bahr continued and said that America will be annihilated, while Islam will remain. The Muslims "will be victorious, if you are believers." Oh Muslims, I guarantee you that the power of Allah is greater than America, by whom many are blinded today. Some people are blinded by the power of America. We say to them that with the might of Allah, with the might of His Messenger, and with the power of Allah, we are stronger than America and Israel."

could the intentions of izzies be any clearer? pretty cut and dried - AMERICA AND ISRAEL ARE DESTINED TO BE ANNIHILATED! i see no mincing, chopping or dicing of words there - if you do, you are a fool.

they are eager for death - do we have the intestinal fortitude to give it to them? if U R an american or a jew - do you sincerely believe that somehow you are exempt from this threat? and, why? what makes U so special as to be non-inclusive?

honestly, as i read the news each day from around the world - i cannot and will not believe that so many have succumbed to such stupidity as to believe izlam means u.s. peace! if U believe this, you are doomed to your ignorance.

link: memri, mike's america

GOODBYE, DAD.

http://www.hit-country-music-lyrics.com/Brooks-And-Dunn-Believe-Lyrics.html

crank it up!

A sociopath, a gun controll advocate and........

A law-abiding citizen are sitting at a bar.

Silly people and oversized egos!

Since Warren is busy, and I am getting so far ahead of my mentor/big brother...I thought I would bring this post over here!
The end is rather amusing I think...

It’s Getting Hot Out There
A lot of people are talking about global warming these days. The evening news and the Internet are all abuzz. Al Gore did a documentary on it called “An Inconvenient Truth,” that won an Oscar. Representative Ed Markey from Massachusetts referred to Al Gore during some proceedings on Capitol Hill as a “prophet.” It seems years ago Mr. Gore predicted some of the climate difficulties we are facing today. You have to be careful if someone calls you a prophet. A prophet speaks for God, and you better be 100% accurate when you speak for God or there will be some problems coming up in your future. It is better to stick to the other definition of prophet, which is one who proclaims the word, rather than one who foretells the future.As always, we must go to the Word of God to find out what His opinion of global warming and the environment is.One thing we should look at is the plagues that God performed through Moses in Egypt. One of them was the turning of much of the water into blood. Exodus 7:19 says,
“And the LORD spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and stretch out thine hand upon the waters of Egypt, upon their streams, upon their rivers, and upon their ponds, and upon all their pools of water, that they may become blood; and that there may be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood, and in vessels of stone.”
God didn’t seem too concerned about the environment when He did that.God sent frogs all across the land in Egypt and then had them die. The Lord also had the cattle and horses of Egypt die. I guess that group called PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals), would be having a problem right about then.Exodus 9:24,25 tells us,
“So there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail, very grievous, such as there was none like it in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation.“And the hail smote throughout all the land of Egypt all that was in the field, both man and beast; and the hail smote every herb of the field, and brake every tree of the field.”
It looks to me like we have a problem here. God doesn’t seem to be as concerned about the environment as some Christians are today.When we go to the New Testament, there are also some plagues that we need to look at. Revelation 8:7-9 says,
“The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up. And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea: and the third part of the sea became blood; And the third part of the creatures which were in the sea, and had life, died; and the third part of the ships were destroyed.”
It seems God might look at His creation just a little bit differently than we do.Revelation 8:10-12 says,
“And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters; And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.”
And all of this doesn’t include the many other plagues in the Scriptures, plus famines, and of course a world wide flood. So what can we infer from all of this? One thing we know for sure is that the God of this universe is in complete control. He can decide if He wants to warm the sun up to warm things up here on earth, He can decide if He will allow a tsunami, or turn all waters into blood. The global warming experts of today predicted global cooling just 30 years ago. On the CBS Evening News, I saw Katie Couric quoting a study that the temperature here on earth would rise 7.2 degrees by the year 2100. Recently, I traveled to Iowa and checked the weather forecast five days in advance. They were off by ten degrees on the high, so if they can’t give me the right temperature five days in advance, how can they give the right temperature 90 years in advance?Christians out there do me a favor: Be careful in the coming days! I know Christians who are more concerned about the environment than anything else. We should all care about the environment, but there are things much more important than the temperature outside. Jesus didn’t die so you could have a beautiful yard. Jesus didn’t die so you would have perfect weather for Spring Break. Jesus died because the sins of mankind were, and are, repulsive to a holy God. Jesus died to atone for our sins. Jesus died so we didn’t have to die in our sins. So go ahead and let Jesus worry about the environment. We need to be about the business of seeking and saving those who are lost. Jesus died for those people. Let’s go reach them before they die and go to hell. Make sure you are not known for a beautiful yard in your neighborhood, but make sure you are known as the man or woman of God who cares where every soul in the neighborhood is going to spend eternity. Christians don’t get persecuted because they care about the environment. Christians get persecuted because of their bold stand for Jesus Christ. I do hope some persecution comes your way this spring and summer. Your front yard looks great, but make sure your next door neighbor will be coming to heaven with you.
Until the nets are full,
Distributed by www.ChristianWorldviewNetwork.com

GEE, I'M SORRY

i really screwed your lives up, david evans, reade seligmann, and collin finnerty - i didn't mean any harm. gee, do you think you can forgive

me?

i mean, i was only trying to get elected...i needed the nappy-headed vote and well, it was the only way i could get elected.

c'mon guys - you know how it is to have the need to be popular and still be paid for it?

you all are young enough to recover, but i'm so close to retirement and i just know ::wink:: you'll understand...

my friend, jeff bargholz, was right all along. he took much heat for his stance - but guess what? he's still standing.

i'm off moving to our new home for the remainder of the weekend - all y'all have a great weekend and please, see farmer or daddio for your extermination needs.

*:}

JOHNNY HART, R.I.P.

left double click on image to enlarge.

the creator of the cartoon strip, "b.c.", has left the room. for more information, please see this.

i'm deeply saddened by the loss of this brilliant and creative soul.

if you'd like to see more of his work, just go to your favorite search engine's image mode and type in "johnny hart b.c. cartoons" - you won't be disappointed.

addendum: a statement to the world regarding the faith of johnny hart. a must read!

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY, POP!

oh, sure - you all thought our anniversary was new year's eve...so did i...

for many years now, this date has held more water in our relationship - apparently it is the date of either our first date or our first kiss - and to think, i thought we kissed on our first date.

as nancpop so fondly likes to remind me, "what's it been now, 35 or so years?" could be - i went an entire year here awhile back thinking i was one year older than i was so when my birthday time of year rolled around - WHOOOOOOOOOOOPEEEEE - i was actually a year younger!

Lord, it is good being me! as you all know, pop is my ballast, my steady, my anchor, my lover and my best friend in the real world - there really is no better man perfectly suited to my quirky ways. you may ask, "yeah, but does he complete you?" and i respond, "well, remember that 10,000 piece jigsaw puzzle you bought at a yard sale a few years ago and you worked on it for a solid month, only to get to the very end to find there was ONE STINKIN' PIECE missing?" need i say more? you just accept the puzzle as it is, imperfections and all so i said to him, "okay, you can stay..." or something like that...

my sincerest thanks to our hairdresser/photographer/magicman/possible reuter's employee - only he and two others hold the original to this particular shot. so far, only one person has threatened blackmail...

CONT. SAGA "ALL HEIL THE QUEEN"...

photo courtesy of blue star chronicles.



"Nancy Pelosi is to world diplomacy what Michael Jordan was to baseball: completely forgettable and unnecessary. But unlike Michael’s slightly amusing foray into the Babe’s world, there’s nothing funny about Pelosi in Damascus. The terrorists and their supporters, who are always looking for weak links and signs that the US does not have the will or backbone to win the war we’re fighting with them, just found a great ally in Madame Speaker.

Among the older members of my extended Syrian family, there was a general attitude that kindness equaled weakness. It wasn’t that they didn’t believe in charity, but that it must be parceled out carefully, because those of ill intent can be quick to take advantage of those they perceive to be gullible and soft. This is what Nancy Pelosi either doesn’t understand, or doesn’t care about: she’s being used by the very people who want to destroy us in another round of window dressing, subterfuge, and deceit. I suspect that Pelosi knows this, but is more intent on trying to undermine the President than in looking at how she could best support national security.

Let’s look at the record. Syria has admitted that it has financially supported Hezbollah and Hamas, but says that it doesn’t supply them with arms. What’s the difference? What do you think these groups buy with the money? How many Israeli and Lebanese men, women and children have been slaughtered because of Syrian backing of these groups? And who do you think Syria supports across the border in Iraq: our troops or the terrorists some blithely refer to as “insurgents”? Without the direct involvement of Syria and Iran, the current terrorism movement in Iraq would have considerably less groundswell."

fresh in from american congress for truth.

if you cannot believe a homey, who can you believe?

emilio karim dabul makes some very pointed statements regarding his former countrymen - i would encourage each of you to take these words to heart - in particular, "The problem is she’s not just hurting the President, she’s betraying our troops, and everyone around the world at risk to terrorist attacks, which is most of us."

syria is the very essence of evil nancy understands all too well. if she plays her cards right, they may well allow her to keep her crown - provided it is covering her burka! burqa! burkha! regardless of how you spell it!

2 thess 2:11-on. come on - break that gold binding and see if i'm wrong...

links: all the links found here plus american crusader, daddio, eyes, the new guy, bert.

April fools!

Google/Gmail is in rare form today with at least two jokes going.

Check out:
Gmail Paper

And:
Google TiSP

(Go with the flow!!!)

MAKE MY DAY!

i don't know about the rest of y'all, but texas usually does everything with a BANG!

although i have it on very good authority that in most places i've been and spoken with law enforcement personnel, if you do this and drag the person into your house you have a very good chance of getting away with it...zippenzeelippenzee...shhhhhhhhh...you didn't hear that from me...

The sky is falling, we're all going to die! (women and children hardest hit)

Al Gore testified before a House committee on "global warming". Fox News reports:

"The planet has a fever. If your baby has a fever, you go to the doctor. If the doctor says you need to intervene here, you don't say, 'well, I read a science fiction novel that tells me it's not a problem,' " Gore said. "If the crib's on fire, you don't speculate that the baby is flame retardant. You take action."

Scott Jacobson, (a wsj reader), questions Gore's premise:

Overreacting is common among parents. I remember one morning when my first child was still an infant. Imagine my horror when I discovered that her temperature had risen to 99.5 degrees, almost a whole degree in just under 12 hours. Naturally, I immediately sat down and built a computer model, which clearly projected that by age 30, her temperature was going to be a staggering 19,710 degrees!

Thankfully, with the help of a patient wife and an impatient pediatrician, I came to realize that these fluctuations were normal, and that my baby daughter would not be going supernova by the time she reached her golden years.

Kelly Murphy, (another wsj reader), puts things in perspective nicely:

So let me see if I have this right. According to Al Gore, I would have to be an idiot to decide, after reading "a science-fiction novel" (he must be referring to "State of Fear") that it's OK to go about living my life in a normal fashion. Instead, I should see one science-fiction movie (his) and run screaming out of the theater prepared to change every aspect of my life to avoid certain destruction.

Ive been doing my part!

Once a week, I throw the unused ice from my icemaker in the back yard.

WONDER NO MORE!

it has been confirmed that one-third of the people in washington, d.c. are illiterate...and that's probably just the politicians.

...just me, thinking out loud...again...

THIS JUST IN FROM DRUDGE:

developing...

"Putin media decree arouses press freedom worries
Thu Mar 15 2007 11:37:07 ET

President Vladimir Putin has decreed the creation of a new super-agency to regulate media and the Internet, sparking fears among Russian journalists of a bid to extend tight publishing controls to the relatively free Web.

Putin signed a decree to create one entity that will license broadcasters, newspapers and Web sites and oversee their editorial content.

Raf Shakirov, who was dismissed as editor of the Izvestiya daily after critical coverage of the 2004 Beslan school siege, tells REUTERS how Putin's decree could extend Soviet-style controls to Russia's online media, which have been relatively free to date.

"This is an attempt to put everything under control, not only electronic media, but also personal data about people such as bloggers," he said."

there is something about this man i've never trusted, be it the close set eyes, or lack of any sort of emotion - he's not right. and just what is he so paranoid about that he'd pick on lil' old bloggers?

The Great Global Warming Swindle

Here, is the definitive documentary on the "Global Warming" scam that is being perpetrated on ignorant people the world over.

Presented by BBC4, shown in its entirety, some hour and thirteen minutes long, its well worth watching.

I did, and I advise everyone to watch it and pay attention.

Pelosi gets the raspberry

Yesterday, Senator Joe Lieberman, and House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi, both gave speaches before the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) National Policy Conference.

In part, Senator Lieberman said,

"There is something profoundly wrong when there is so much distrust of our intelligence community that some Americans doubt the plain and ominous facts about the threat to us posed by Iran.

And there is something profoundly wrong when, in the face of attacks by radical Islam, we think we can find safety and stability by pulling back, by talking to and accommodating our enemies, and abandoning our friends and allies.

Some of this wrong-headed thinking about the world is happening because we're in a political climate where, for many people, when George Bush says "yes," their reflex reaction is to say "no."

That is unacceptable."

Pelosi said the U.S. military campaign in Iraq had to be judged on three accounts: whether it makes the U.S. safer, the U.S. military stronger and the region more stable.

“The war in Iraq fails on all three counts”.

Some of the crowd applauded before catcalls and boos could be heard. A spokesman for AIPAC argued the boos were in response to those clapping for Pelosi.

The boos, mixed with some polite applause, stood in stark contrast to the reception House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) received minutes earlier when he said the U.S. had no choice but to win in Iraq and to the applause which greeted Senator Liberman's speech.

The Democrats are finding it much harder to govern than the cake walk they imagined. Signs of stress are starting to show and for all the talk of Pelosi's "first hundred hours", no meaningful legislation has been enacted nor is it likely to be.

The Liberals/Progressives, (whatever they are calling their selves this week), are starting to melt down and resort to eating their own.

How long until everyone gets tired of Chuckie Shumer and his investigation du Jour.
I mean, this is exactly what he promised while his head was still swelled from the big Democrat win and his tongue was wagging loose from the drunkenness of victory and his dreams of power.

Chuckie wants to hear what Karl Rove has to say about 8 Federal Prosecutors that were given the axe and thinks that Attorney General, Alberto Gonzalez should resign! (but of course, Chuckie thinks that all Republican office holders should resign). Federal Prosecutors are hired by the President and serve at his pleasure. They may be fired at any time for any reason. Bill Clinton had Janet Reno fire "ALL" the federal prosecutors when he took office. I don't remember so much as an eyebrow being raised.

I wish this administration would grow a set and tell these panty waisted bunch to F*^% off!

WHEN PIGS FLY!

much of the world in general needs to get a clue about is-lam.

no thank you just isn't working to our benefit anymore.

'scuse me, but it seems our very own religious left is selling u.s. out. i'm sick to death of people who will sell our great nation out in the name of our Lord!

quite frankly, i do not believe for one nanosecond Yeshua would put up with this swindle. take a back door to the non-prophet pedophile? someone has access to some serious drugs they've not started sharing.

one would have to be under the influence to stand for a moment of what appears to be coming upon u.s.

MUS-LIM = GOOD AMERICAN?

while perusing the merry widow blog this morning on her rick warren, purported drivel lies, post, i came across this most interesting statement within the link at moriel ministries:

"Can A Muslim Be A Good American?

Food for thought. Interesting questions for the Muslim Community to discuss.

Research for the rest of us.

Can a good Muslim be a good American?

I forwarded that question to a friend who worked in Saudi Arabia for 20 years.

The following is his forwarded reply:

Theologically - no. Because his allegiance is to Allah, the moon God of Arabia.

Religiously - no. Because no other religion is accepted by his Allah except Islam (Quran, 2:256)

Scripturally - no. Because his allegiance is to the five pillars of Islam and the Quran (Koran).

Geographically - no. Because his allegiance is to Mecca , to which he turns in prayer five times a day.

Socially - no. Because his allegiance to Islam forbids him to make friends with Christians or Jews.

Politically - no. Because he must submit to the mullah (spiritual leaders), who teach annihilation of Israel and Destruction of America, the great Satan.

Domestically - no. Because he is instructed to marry four women and beat and scourge his wife when she disobeys him (Quran 4:34).

Intellectually - no. Because he cannot accept the American Constitution since it is based on Biblical principles and he believes the Bible to be corrupt.

Philosophically - no. Because Islam, Muhammad, and the Quran do not allow freedom of religion and expression. Democracy and Islam cannot coexist. Every Muslim government is either dictatorial or autocratic.

Spiritually - no. Because when we declare "one nation under God," the Christian's God is loving and kind, while Allah is NEVER referred to as heavenly father, nor is he ever called love in The Quran's 99 excellent names.

Therefore after much study and deliberation....perhaps we should be very suspicious of ALL MUSLIMS in this country. They obviously cannot be both "good" Muslims and good Americans. Call it what you wish....it's still the truth.

You had better believe it.

If you find yourself intellectually in agreement with the above statements, perhaps you will share this with your friends. The more who understand this, the better it will be for our country and our future.

The religious war is bigger than we know or understand.

So, do you feel lucky today? Vote for a Muslim or Muslim sympathizer for Congress or President, where they will have access to issues of our national security and intelligence which they can then pass on to their Imam who will then funnel it to Islamic terrorists. What good will a wall across our entire border with Mexico do when we vote them into office."

this article is chock full of great links and information - kudos to tmw for sniffing this one out!

now, if you're here to find out just who's in charge - check the post below this one.

Another coup, err,ahh, temporary leadership crisis problem...

Another coup, err,ahh, temporary leadership crisis management

To the beloved members of the community; due to extraordinary circumstances and assorted ill health by various members. We, the family of our beloved Chief, have endeavored to fill in, in these trying times.So, to ensure the smooth running of "The Community", hereafter referred to as TC, we are placing the wise and eruidite oldest sister, hereafter referred to as AoW, in charge of this band of mayhem causing characters, ahhh TC.So consider yourself informed!

Praetorians?
To your places!

The Merry Widow

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