November 11, 2009

Happy Veterans Day.


Speaking as an old-fart I've got a lot of good memories from Veterans Day.


First, It's my brother Evans birthday. He's now an old-fart too - 46 years old.


When we were kids, he always got a parade on his birthday.


It was am important holiday still in the 60's.


Not only was the bank and the post-office closed, but so was everything else. Our town had two gas stations, and only one would stay open.


Every town had a soldiers monument, and the VFW would have a parade, and they would drop a wreath into the Turkey River to honor the Navy & Merchant Marine Vets.


The men who belonged to the VFW would squeeze into their Korea War uniforms, and much to our amazement as kids they were not businessmen or neighbors, they were soldiers, marching in step.


You held your chest out, everybody took off their hat, and you were proud to be an American.
Thank a veteran today if you can.


I'm going to call my little brother, and welcome him to the old-farts club -

My thoughts about Fort Hood

Last Thursday, the armed man who yelled "Allahu Akbar"

right before he started shooting innocent people at Ft. Hood

was a radical Muslim U.S. Army Officer.

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It was a terrorist act.

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The warning signs were there.

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Malik Hasan had posted anti-american hate speech on the internet.

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He loudly criticized U.S. Foreign policy, and praised suicide bombers, using his own name even, because with your administrations weakness and hesitancy he wasn't worried about being disciplined or questioned.

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It's time for you, and your administration to 'nut-up' and take a strong stand against any and all muslim extremists.

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In the military, there is a don't-ask-don't-tell policy in place for homo's - if anybody finds out they're a homo, they're discharged.

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It's time to ban muslims from the military as well.

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What do you think - isolated incident, or encouraged by the weakness & hesitancy coming out of Washington ?

Obama Youth ?

I've poked fun at the
media hype of candidate
and now President, Barack
Obama.


It's something I do.


But I just came across
something that's more than a little
scary.


A typhoon is a little scary.


A naked photo of Hillary, or Janet Reno would
be a little scary.


What I'm talking about is scarier - schoolchildren being made to sing songs praising President Obama in school. It reminds me of the Hitler Youth movement documented on the history channel.


Think I'm going over the edge? Look here:

http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2009/11/04/elementary-epidemic-11-uncovered-videos-show-school-children-performing-praises-to-obama/


What do you think ?

Obama/Democrats jap-slapped by voters

It is with no small amount of personal satisfaction,
that I watched the election results tonight, as the
Democrats had their asses handed to them in both
New Jersey, and Virginia.


Republicans swepth through Virginia, winning the Governors
seat and other Statewide offices, and Gov. Corzine in New
Jersey was tossed out on his ear, despite 3 separate campaign trips by
President Obama, the last one on Saturday.


What does this mean? It means that voters are unhappy with the Democrats, because despite their (The Dems) ego's, which led them to think they had some kind of a mandate after last years fluke elections. They don't.


It also means that there are tomorrow a lot of Democratic politicians shaking in their boots at the thought of having to follow Nancy Pelosi over a cliff and pass a bad health care bill.


It'll never happen now.


Pelosi will twist their arms as much as possible, and tell them that if they don't support whatever bill she tells them to support, that they'll be cast out of the 'in' crowd.


But if they do vote for it, they now know that they'll be tossed out on their ear too, like Governor Corzine.


Do you think the Democrats will figure it out ?

'Birthers' still after President Obama

President Obama may have one less problem to worry about.


A federal judge on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit that claimed Obama is ineligible to be president because he isn't a U.S. citizen.


I've read the claims that supposedly his paternal
Grandmother claimed once to have been present
at his birth in Kenya, but who knows what she
was talking about.


The lawsuit represented the claim by the so-called "birthers" movement that Obama was not born in Hawaii - despite a birth certificate to the contrary -


In a 30-page ruling, U.S. District Judge David O. Carter of California said his court lacked the jurisdiction to rule on a case intended to unseat a sitting president.


I thought this was settled long ago -

BILLINGS GAZETTE is true to form

Today in the Gazette, what started

out as a 'Make Sure You Vote' column

ended up as just another plug for

the candidates the Gazette endorses.

http://billingsgazette.com/news/opinion/editorial/gazette-opinion/article_cc67b25e-bf7a-11de-a121-001cc4c002e0.html

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Typically, they always pick the most liberal, the ones who'll be the quickest to raise taxes and fees, and if neither one fits the bill, they'll first go for the sure-fire winner, or to the lesser of two evils according to their needs.

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I've criticized them for years for this, because it's always a 'Gazette Opinion'

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If they had the guts, there'd be names under it. But I have yet to see Steve Prosinski take credit for an endorsement. Why ? Because then the editorial board would have to look their neighbors and co-workers, and subscribers in the eye, and be accountable.

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Would that be so bad?

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I have voiced my support for Dick Clark, and I am proud to have done so. But his opponent, Tom Hanel is a good candidate too. Either one will make a good Mayor. Either one of them will be worlds better than Tussing, or Tooley were, and typically the Gazette wouldn't endorse either of them. But lacking a more liberal candidate, they chose Tom, and I don't know why, and I can't ask anybody, since it was THE PAPERS opinion, not a persons opinion.

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So tell us Steve, how did the vote go ? Was there a vote among your editorial board ?

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Who was present when the endorsements were made ?

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Was there a dissenting opinion?

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Come on Gazette, to use a little Montana Slang, Grow a pair, and be accountable next time.

Raiders 13 - Eagles 9

My beloved OAKLAND RAIDERS

have won another game - in a

surprise upset over the

Philadelphia Eagles.

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If they can stop the

reeling NY Jets this weekend,

it'll be the beginning

of a winning streak - 2 games

in a row.

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Are the Raiders not really as bad

as they appear ? No, they

really are that bad. They can't run the

ball, Russell can't pass the ball,

or even keep control of the ball,

and their defense has been soft.

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Unless they're playing the overrated Donovan McNabb I guess, who's jersey got soiled yesterday as the Raiders defense was in the backfield almost as fast as the ball was.

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Will the Raiders beat Mark Sanchez and the Jets this week?

Get a brain - America has enemies

Normally, over at the

liberal blogs, you can read their

posts, chuckle, and once in

a while put up a comment to

balance things. But this time,

I can't help but comment on one

of Bob gentry's posts.

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http://www.leftinthewest.com/diary/3539/a-short-report-from-the-national-lawyers-guild-09-convention

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"Imam Bray spoke of the responsibility we all share to personify the hope kindled in President Obama's election, itself a temporary deflection from a path of mutual destruction, but one that now demands our continued vigilance and effort to embody real change. "

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Why doesn't the Imam tell them his religions real opinion of President Obama?

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Under Islamic law (sharia) an apostate like President Obama must be put to death, unless he has a mental disorder, or converted to Christianity under duress. I suppose President Obama could argue that he was under duress, the duress of pursuing a political career in America.

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The Muslim extremists hate Israel, America, non-extremist muslims, and every other non-muslim in the world.

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Except for the liberals over at LITW, who participate in their political circle-jerk over there. The muslim extremists are at peace with them.

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That's nice, isn't it?

Obama policies affecting Governors races in New Jersey and Virginia

It appears that the luster

has worn off The Great Leader,

the Messiah, The Protector of

the Poor, President Obama.

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In New Jersey, Governor Corzine

is slipping behind his GOP rival in the

polls, despite the 'help' of the Obama administration.

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And in Virginia, R. Creigh Deeds (D) is also floundering, and despite his pleas for help,

the Obamas aren't doing much for him. Maybe they're writing this off. Or, maybe they know that if President Obama appears it'll assure the seat to the GOP.

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Good. President Obama is finally getting scrutinized, and we'll see how it ends up.

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I predict both seats go to the Republicans, which will be a bigger 'Jap-Slap' to President Obama than the IOC laid on him.

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If you were a candidate, would you want to be associated with President Obama ?

Do you think we're not affected by Obamanomics ?

I was just reading an article

saying that unemployment

will break the 10% mark in

the USA next year.

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That'll give President Obama

the distinction of creating

the longest depression since the

Great Depression.

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Congratulations Barry. Here's the link:

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http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/10/12/job-losses-mar-recovery-create-woes-dems/

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And it's affecting Montana too.

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We're not in the league of manufacturing States like Michigan, but our unemployment is steadily rising.

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When you drive down I-90, between the exits, you see an awful lot of construction equipment just sitting, don't you.

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I'd tell you how many layoffs that has created, but I'm not going to, because it isn't commonly known, but it's a lot.

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Is this the time to raise energy taxes, and slap on new taxes for a health-care bill ?

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No. Is Obama ignorant of how business works, or is this by design?