The Surge Revisited

Want to know what really went on with the troop surge in Iraq? Then check out the new movie produced by those who were actually there.

It is nice to see something NICE being said about our boys busting their collective asses to defend the freedoms of those who don’t seem to want to do it themselves. Too bad that the praise has to come from those who were there busting ass with them.

Gosh, Batman, think maybe the main stream media will grab this and run with it?

Don’t hold your breath.

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Kyoto Part Deux

Next month, the Chicken Littles of Climate Change will descend on Copenhagen like a plague of locusts sent by the demon Pazuzu in the classic horror tale The Exorcist. They will seek to strong arm the world into giving up their sovereignty to the United Nations, who know what is best for us and so should be the ones to tell us what is best for the environment.

The last great meeting of the minds was in 1997 when the Kyoto Treaty was forged and signed by most nations. Luckily for us the United States was not so stupid as to buy into the scam. yes, our president signed it, but our Senate refused to ratify it. The actual treaty took effect in 2005. The proponents hail it as having worked well, and now want to expand / extend Kyoto with the Copenhagen version.

Well, then, let us take a look at just what Kyoto has done for us. From Heritage.org:

Even aside from the growing doubts about the seriousness of the global warming threat — the Kyoto Protocol or any other putative global warming solution is only a solution to the extent that a genuine problem exists in the first place — the Kyoto Protocol has failed to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.[1] Emissions are increasing in several signatory nations. In several more countries, emissions are declining more slowly than emissions in the U.S., which ironically is not a party to Kyoto.[2]

For example, according to U.N. data, the U.S. reduced emissions by 3 percent from 2000 to 2006, while the 27 European signatories increased their emissions by 0.1 percent.[3] Germany’s emissions declined by only 1.7 percent, while Canada’s emissions rose 21.3 percent.[4] European Environmental Agency data show that emissions increased in Austria, Finland, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, and Spain in the decade after the 1997 Kyoto Protocol.[5]

Yes, Virginia, there is a Global Warming Scam out there.

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[1]. Press release, "UNFCC: Rising Industrialized Countries Emissions Underscore Urgent Need for Political Action on Climate Change," U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, November 16, 2008, athttp://unfccc.int/files/press/news_room/press_releases_and_

advisories/application/pdf/081117_ghg_press_release.pdf (December 11, 2008); U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration, "International Energy Annual 2006," Table H.1co2, athttp://www.eia.doe.gov/pub/international/iealf/tableh1co2.xls(December 11, 2008); Open Europe, "Europe’s Dirty Secret: Why the EU Emissions Trading Scheme Isn’t Working," August 2007, athttp://www.openeurope.org.uk/research/etsp2.pdf (December 11, 2008).

[2]. U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, 2008 Inventory Reports and Common Reporting Formats.

[3]. Ibid.

[4]. Ibid.

[5]. European Environment Agency, Annual European Community Greenhouse Gas Inventory, 1990-2007 and Inventory Report 2009, May 27, 2009, p. 16, Table ES.7, at http://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/european-

community-greenhouse-gas-inventory-2009/european-

community-ghg-inventory-2014-full-report.pdf (November 10, 2009).

[6]. Matthew Sinclair, "The Expensive Failure of the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme," TaxPayers’ Alliance, October 2009, athttp://www.taxpayersalliance.com/ets.pdf (November 10, 2009).

My Favorite Topic

Just when I think I cannot get any more good information about the scam known as Global Warming Climate Change, I come across an article that really gives me hope.

Firstly, while I am ecstatic about the revelation of scientific buffoonery, I want to go on record as believing that the culprits who stole the data need to be arrested and prosecuted. (Ok, I am rooting that they don’t get caught. After all, sometimes you have to have a recon group go deep into enemy territory to find what you need. But they DID break the law, so I will not feel sorry if they get arrested.)

For those who don’t know what I am talking about, it seems that hackers broke into a prominent CLIMATE CHANGE group’s email system. In there were damning messages and documents that showed how those inside tried to manipulate the data and outright lie in order to promote AGW and to squeeze out dissenters.

Good. Let the battle rage on. I have no doubt that the authors of those letters will cry foul and say the messages were falsified.

Read more here.

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The Hits Keep On Coming

The administration today announced that it has plans to push through “Comprehensive immigration reform” before the mid-term elections. Gosh, I wonder what the hurry is? Perhaps it is the tanking numbers of Glorious Leader and his failing policies? They are, in the spirit of Cloward and Piven, overwhelming the system in order to beat down any opposition.

Healthcare, Cap and Tax, Immigration, federal takeover of industry, massive spending and debt. As much as we may be getting sick and tired of the constant pressure, as much as we may want to just say to hell with it and say screw the country- if they want it like that then let them have it- as much as we may feel overwhelmed (exactly what they want) now is not the time to lessen our effort. It is the time to re-double them.

I refuse to let my country go the way of the European failed states. I refuse to let those elected officials who don’t care one bit about our future turn it into a welfare state for the world. The road is going to be arduous and painful. We have suffered losses, but we are seeing the beginning of a turnaround. Even if these horrific polices are enacted, remember that if we can regain control we can reverse them.

Keep the faith.

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KSM- Coming To A City Near You

Khalid Sheik Mohammed (KSM), the mastermind behind the 9-11 attacks and the murder of 2,996 American citizens, is being brought to the United States for a civilian trial.  Yes. A CIVILIAN trial.

What the hell is going on? Is this now a police action? If so, why the hell are we wasting our troops? Why don’t we gather up all of our traffic cops and ship them to the battlefield? Maybe if we issue a few parking violations to the Taliban they will change their murderous ways.

This guy is not a civilian. He planned and executed the most deadly attack on Americans ever.  He should just be executed. When he was found, he should have been tortured for information and then dumped into the river. He is worth nothing more.

Call me a hater. I am. When it comes to evil like this, I am extremely prejudiced. He deserves nothing more than contempt from me. The fact that he is being brought here is yet another example of how weak we are becoming. He will be a martyr, something I am sure he relishes.  His comrade, Nidal Hassan, the terrorist who slaughtered 14 innocent people (did you forget the unborn child that was killed as well?) and wounded 29 others said it best when he told a group of Army members that “we love death more than you love life.” I have no doubt that KSM would love to be made a martyr in the name of his god.

Be wary, New York, the jihadist is coming to a city street near you. Thank your government officials (who are following Glorious Leader’s policies) for the people who are going to be under threat of death when this farce of a trial begins.

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Thoughts Of Hood

UPDATE: Clerk County Politics has it right

I have been thinking about what I feel following the attack at Ft. Hood. I thought about it, thought about the soldiers, their wives and children, their families. I thought of the family of the shooter, of other veterans like me and what they are going through. I have listened to the media jump right in and say “not to be hasty in deciding if it is a terrorist attack.” I heard the president – the same one who jumped right in and called police out when they “acted stupidly” in arresting a belligerent friend of his for acting even more stupidly – say that we should not “jump to conclusions” until all of the facts and evidence are weighed.

After all of that, I have come to one resounding thought:

FUCK the shooter. He is a Muslim murderer. He sought to contact known terrorists. He spoke about infidels warranting getting their throats slit. He spoke hate about America. He purposefully killed 13 soldiers and wounded nearly 30 more. Why is their no cry of anger and denunciation from C.A.I.R.? Where are the Imams and their vocal cry of rage at this horrendous TERRORIST act?

They claim to be the religion of peace. Why do they not promote it? Why do we cater to their demands? Why are we so afraid? Why do we maintain our Politically Correct attitude? Where is our BIG STICK? Try and execute this asshole in one day. It won’t bring back the dead, but the living will have some sense of vengeance. I am not one to call for violence, but an eye for an eye.

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The Common Bond

Thomas Paine returns with a new message about a common bond.

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Halloween Is A Ghost Of Its Formal Self

I learned something this past weekend- Halloween is dying. Perhaps not across the board, but where I live now there is a definite, substantial decrease in the quality of the scariest night of the year. Maybe it is just my perception. Maybe where you live, Halloween is a living, thriving event. Perhaps that is the hope for which I am holding out.

When I was growing up, I recall that I was once d’Artagnan, swashbuckling hero known as the Fourth Muskateer. I had a sword and a homemade outfit (Feathered hap excepted). Another year, while my brother was a mailbox, I was the Space Pumpkin. A set of long johns spray painted silver and a large, plastic pumpkin as a helmet were all that was needed. We went to the local parade where we were judged for our creativity. The streets were crawling with witches, ghosts and goblins… and mailbox-guiding Space Pumpkins.

This last weekend I saw virtually no one walking the streets. People were all over the local strip mall, where stores posted flyers in the windows so that kids knew they could come in to get candy- and parents could get drooling looks from employees working on commission. I admit that I brought my kids (and some friends) to our office Halloween party, where each scored at least a half-reusable-grocery bag of sugar… er… candy. It took me hours to filter out all of the bad stuff.

But I also took my kids around the neighborhood. There were two or three well-decorated houses. The guys down the street converted their garage into a mini haunted house, complete with Scary-Chainsaw-Guy as you exited. But for all of the Halloween hoopla, scarcely 5 percent of the houses had their lights on to indicate they were playing. My little witch and Mortal Combat dude had tired legs because of how hard we had to work to get a respectable haul.

Halloween is becoming a shell of its past. Are we that commercial? I see it in Christmas and New Year’s; not so much for some other holidays like The Fourth of July and even Thanksgiving. But Halloween has always been a sacred event. It was a time when kids snuck around and pranked their friends. It was a time when we got together and decided what to MAKE ourselves for Halloween, not what costume we were going to fork over dozens of dollars for.

Like much of our culture, our past, Halloween is fading into obscurity. The satisfaction of doing it ourselves, seeing the looks on peoples faces as you reveal the closely-guarded costume secret; perhaps winning some cool contest because of it. For the kids, at least, it is becoming ghostly pale in comparison to the days of my youth. Somewhere, the black cat crossed our path and we are suffering for it.

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A Good Cause

I added a link to Social Vibe in my side bar. Take a minute to hit the link for me and help us find a cure for Diabetes.

Why that disease? Because Diabetes can be a contributing factor to so many other things and my family has those who are afflicted. From young to old, Diabetes has no remorse, affecting all equally harshly. So lend a hand. Just by clicking through, sponsors will donate to the cause.

We need to find a cure soon, before our government health care plan collapses any desire to continue with innovation. After all, the main reason drug manufactures put funding into R&D is to make a profit. If the government runs the system, and they refuse to pay a fair price, researchers will move to other fields. So help out now, before it is too late.

Thanks,

Sean

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Inflate, Lie, Mislead, Repeat

The new stimulus-related jobs report is coming out. In it, Glorious Leader claims that the $787 Billion Porkulus Package “saved or created” some 600,000 jobs. His economic guru says it is more like 1.5 million.

How can you say jobs are saved or created when we have lost millions more than we created? I am talking NET results. I freely admit that if you spend billions of dollars there will be some jobs saved. You might even manufacture a few new positions. But this crap about saved or created has got to go. Our unemployment rate is pushing ten percent overall (40% in parts of California!). The president’s own expert said that all of the simulation we are going to get has already occurred. Excuse me?

My argument is, and always has been, what do we do when the money runs out? Cash for Clunkers gave a great boost to the auto industry. Now what? More programs? What about the electronics folks? Why did we not save Circuit City? Do we not want Best Buy to have competition? The housing industry got a great boost from the $8,000 tax credit for new home buyers. Now they want to extend it until April, and some want to expand it so every home buyer will be eligible.

When will we stop? If I bribe my kids enough they will mow my lawn and do the dishes. What happens when I stop paying? So will the chores. It is the exact same with American citizens. If you agree to pay them enough they will blindly do what you want. But, like every government idea, we- the tax payer- will then have to permanently foot the bill. Otherwise we are right back where we were but with a huge bill to pay.

I think we need more economists and CPA’s in congress and many less lawyers.

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