Senator Reid,
I see that you are proud of your healthcare bill you are pushing through the Senate before Christmas. Sir I believe you are ether a simple minded fool or your are corrupt beyond my wildest imagination. This kind of legislation does nothing more for helping health care in the nation than unions do for workers in the modern day.
Please give everyone an early Christmas gift and postpone the vote until after the holidays, this headlong rush into socialism is foolhardy and dangerous for our country.
Senator Reid, I call you Senator because that is the position you hold, not because I believe you deserve any respect for holding it, when you respond to me please use Mr. Petty as I'm damn sure I deserve what little respect that offers.
Mr. Petty
My ex and kids went to Wyoming to visit grandparents and do a little snowboarding. I sure hope they had fun. I can't wait until they get home. I miss the kids and believe it or not I miss the ex. My ex wife has spoiled our family dogs to the point of me not being able to sleep while they are gone…
They left on Thursday evening, when I got home from the airport the remaining dogs we have at the house greeted me like I was their long lost brother. It's a wonderful thing to have an animal love you like that, and we have four today. I said today because my ex rescues miniature pinchers and from one day to the next you never know how many we may have. Anyway we have four while they are gone. Two dogs sleep in crates under blankets. They have no problem at all going to bed, as a matter of fact if I stay up later than they want to they will go snuggle up under their blanket and go to sleep without me tucking them in at all. I just have to remember to lock the crate otherwise they will get up in the middle of the night and go to the bathroom, or kitchen or living room…wherever they decide they want to pee.
It's the other two that inspired the title, they don't have any trouble going out in the middle of the night if they want to pee…good thing…they don't have a problem going to bed when its time. The problem is where they go to bed. Now my ex didn't want to sleep with me because I snored (her words, not mine) and I agree they dogs don't' snore but I'm not sure how she could get any more rest with what they do (maybe snoring wasn't the real reason…;-). They are min-pins if I didn't mention that before and they are short haired which means they are cold by nature, they want to be under the blanket and because they love attention they want to be under MY blanket. And at first I thought it was that they wanted it all, it isn't so. I have a California King and they are min-pins after all (hell both of them could curl up on my laptop). They want to be where I am, curled up against my butt or legs.
Good thing its winter, otherwise I'd be sleeping naked…even wearing PJ's by the time morning rolls around, my sleeping area consists of about two or three inches on the edge of my California King. Hence its 4 am and I'm writing a blog entry. These little shits are hot, they slide up against me and I slide away. The only place left to go is the floor so I wind up getting the laptop out and letting them snuggle and sleep while I write. Now my bed smells like dog, my PJ's smell like dog and now I know why the first thing in the morning my ex has to take a shower, cause I smell like dog.
Oh yeah, I almost forgot, when I get up in the morning the first thing Misty does is rub her sent onto my pillow, real refreshing when I come back to bed tonight…shit.
prp
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/dec/08/copenhagen-climate-summit-disarray-danish-text
Takes you to a report of how the big powerful governments of the world continue to use the science to figure out ways to control the world populations.
At some point in this climate change debacle we will be taxed to the point of the times of Robin Hood where someone will have to stand up to the oppressive governments. If this kind of things happen it will cost millions, possibly even billions…not dollars but lives.
We of course would be better off if we stopped the governments of the world now by vote as opposed to guns. If we don't then I'm afraid that my kids or their kids will have to use the gun option.
Mr. President,
I am deeply saddened that you are going to Copenhagen in light of the recent email scandal about global warming. You are trying to get health care reform passed in this country that will cripple our economy, you are trying to get cap and trade passed that will take the other leg from under us and now to try and get a treaty signed in Copenhagen and ratified here which will put us to a great extent under UN control.
Mr. President we are trillions (yes that is plural) of dollars in debt and you and the congress still have our check book, we want it back.
prp
I do understand you have not personally brought charges against our Navy Seals for the so called brutality against Ahmed Hashim Abed but I do implore you to make sure the Navy understands the consequences of their actions in pursuing this Courts-martial. While there may have been a minor infraction of the UCMJ, this kind of publically available proceeding is counterproductive to the good of the country as a whole. Secretary Napolitano of homeland security has already proclaimed me (an armed, self proclaimed conservative) as a possible domestic terrorist, but what the Navy is doing by putting these three Seals on trial, is pushing ex-military further toward the line of no confidence in the government.
Does the Navy think that by punishing these Seals for this, it will endear other citizens to want to join this organization? I can't imagine that being the case. You train these people to be the best of the best at fighting and surviving and now you consider the criminal in this case as the victim. Though you are military and have heard it all before, I will refrain from getting vulgar here and just say this case should be dismissed for lack of evidence, or as in a case where trying to sue the government, a citizen of this country was found to have 'NO STANDING' to sue (over taxes). If a citizen of this country has 'NO STANDING' to sue the government, why in the world would the Navy find Ahmed Hashim Abed to have standing to bring charges against the Navy Seals…even if the Navy is the plaintiff, charging the Seals, it still stems from someone with NO STANDING in the American system.
To me, depending on a statement from Ahmed Hashim Abed, the Navy has based its case on the Fruit of the poisonous tree. Abed has no legal standing therefore there is no basis to bring into question the actions of the Seals.
prp
Working my way through the maze of things that are costing our country its sovereignty I ran across this little tidbit http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSN08291298 , and I thought all we had to do was to stop this crap in congress. I don't know if the EPA will act on cap and trade but if they do, according to this article it will generate a nice little boost in revenue for the government without the need to pass another law… Guess who pays that little revenue stream for the government…
My daughter's birthday was yesterday (the 10th), the same day of the US Marines 'birth' (Nov. 10th, 1775), and I didn't know it until the 9th. Yes I knew it was my daughter's birthday, I just didn't know it was the Marine Corps birthday. Every day I learn something about this great nation that I didn't know the day before, it is so humbling that I can't even put it into words, but I will say if you desire to learn something about the sacrifice made by our military in the name of freedom, Veteran's Day is the day to look for it.
The Marines celebrated in their own way wherever they were. Some got stupid drunk, some marched in parades, some sat at home, some lay dying of old age, some stood a post for Marine 1 and some simply had a fleeting thought while taking the fight to our enemies…
I wasn't a Marine but I'll never forget their birthday again…Semper Fi
I really like animals, almost all kinds. There are a few that I will take exception to simply because I don't know any of them on a personal level, then there are a few that I take exception to primarily because I do know a member of the species. While I would be the first to say I don't like stereotyping we need to talk context here. My daughter has two ferrets and when I go in her room they attack me. If I don't have shoes on then they bite my toes, if I do have shoes on they try to climb up the inside of my pant leg and bite my leg. If I pick one up it will bite my hand and god forbid I ever try to kiss one or one gets loose in my bathroom.
I also don't like snakes. I guess it could be argued that snakes are not animals, they are reptiles, however don't let the Houston SPCA hear you talking like that. Nope, I've never got bitten by a snake but one did bite one of my boots. That was close enough, they don't like me, I don't like them. The best part of that equation is that I don't have to hide in a corner waiting for one to go by before I bite him, I can go out and hunt them down and bite them (well not literally).
I do like cows but that may be primarily because they are dumb and I like almost anyone that I can feel smarter than (there are way too few of that kind walking around). It may also be because I like the things milk brings. I'm not too big on milk but I like ice cream, coffee creamer, cheese, etc. I also am quite partial to red meat, I know, here we go with the non political correctness crap, I'm sorry there isn't a good way to say 'you are so dumb that I'm going to kill you and eat you' in a nice politically correct way.
I'm really not sure I'd like bears, from what I've seen on Nat Geo (new name for National Geographic) I'm betting I wouldn't get along with them too well. I'm a little confused about the Nat Geo thing too…is that the same thing as 'id lik 2 c u 2nite'? Oh well we all have to learn new things and if the lawyers in Washington DC have their way I may have to get an attorney to battle my cow's attorney to get permission to have a steak.
I'm damn sure I don't like badgers; I had one try to climb my leg in the dark one night. I think he only left because he didn't like the smell I emitted when I saw him. People say animals can smell fear, I bet they can and I'd bet it smells like shit, cause that's what I smelled like when I ran upon that badger.
I like deer, I like pigs, I like chicken's, I like rabbits, I like fish (again with the animal thing?)…hey wait there is a theme developing here…if I can eat them I like them and if they can eat me I don't…ok I'm good with that. God didn't give me thumbs just to press the space bar.
Prp
This blog posting comes from a response I got in an email from someone I really love. The divide here is I'm a conservative and he is a ??? I suspect he calls himself a 'progressive' or maybe a 'liberal' but I'm not really sure, however we have some fundamental disagreements on our government.
First he is in the President's camp on health care, and like all progressive/liberal's he thinks the government is the answer to the problem, single payer system, or at least government to run a piece of it to ensure competition. He is a firm believer in Global Warming and believes we should pass cap and trade. I don't know for sure on this point but I also don't believe he thinks that the illegal alien population is causing any problems in this country.
I am suspecting that given the chance to work in the Obama White House he would advocate for the fairness doctrine or something even more strict which would be a death knoll for free speech. He is a believer in gun rights, he believes everyone should have the right to have a single shot rifle, he says I taught him that if you couldn't kill what you were shooting at with one shot you didn't need to kill it anyway. He doesn't believe however that anyone needs a semi-auto of any kind, except the military. I'm confused here, he claims to be a history buff but in looking at history I see hundreds of millions of people murdered by tyrannical governments and he believes the government should take care of your every need.
The problem is here he wants conservatives to bring new ideas to the table instead of the same old tired don't tax me more, don't spend my money on social programs, you represent me not the other way around, etc… Well I guess we should come to the table with new ideas, but shouldn't the liberals/progressives do the same? New tax on carbon emissions, new tax on sodas, new tax on cigarettes, new tax on alcohol…and all of this for the common good. Look around it has been tried for hundreds of years and failed. So what now, we made the Republic work for 200 years we can make a Socialist government work too? Do we think our government officials are so un-corruptible that a socialist government would work better than the Republic did? I just don't get it, how can we make a country work when half of its population depends on the other half for subsistence?
I'm sorry son, I've failed you
I got this joke sent to me and I put it on my forward list and sent it out. I titled it 'Time for a little laugh on us' and a response I got back surprised me…first the joke:
COWS Is it just me, or does anyone else find it amazing that during the mad cow epidemic our government could track a single cow, born in Canada almost three years ago, right
to the stall where she slept in the state of Washington ?
And, they tracked her calves to their stalls. But they are unable to locate 11 million illegal aliens wandering around our country. Maybe we should give each of them a cow..
THE CONSTITUTION They keep talking about drafting a Constitution for Iraq .... Why don't we just give them ours? It was written by a lot of really smart guys, it has worked for over 200 years, and we're not using it anymore.
THE 10 COMMANDMENTS The real reason that we can't have the Ten Commandments posted in a courthouse or Congress is this, you cannot post 'Thou Shalt Not Steal' 'Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery' and 'Thou Shall Not Lie' in a building full of lawyers, judges and politicians .... it creates a hostile work environment.
Also, think about this ... if you don't want to
forward this for fear of offending someone --YOU ARE PART OF THE PROBLEM! It is time for America to speak up!
And now the response:
Speak up on what? There isn't any call to action or anything constructive here at all. Looking at it from a strictly psychological word count every phrase has a negative emotional count, as well as no beneficial action.
It would be nice if the conservative movement could come with something additive rather than subtractive to the national discussion. Then supporting a discussion would actually be helpful, even beneficial; then bipartisanship would actually have useful purpose, seeking common ground on new ideas.
So now my question, should I have been more sensitive to the potential of the wording of the joke? I will admit to not cutting off the offending phrase "Also think about this…" but I really was just looking at the joke and not the forward crap which I tend to ignore.
Anyway I got bit on this one.
prp
When our President signs a treaty, that treaty circumvents our constitution and our laws. The President has said he would sign the Kyoto Protocol in December. I will be pouring over it for the next few days to see how much control the UN can gain over our sovereignty by the President signing the treaty.
prp
Trying to catch up on news I turned on Fox…go figure, I watch Fox…and they were airing a two day old Hannity. Have to go over to CNN to see if they have anything new.
