Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Bring it on
I am sitting here reading an article in The American Thinker stating that author George Monbiot (the inspiration for the term "moonbat") saying that he plans on trying to arrest John Bolton (the former UN Ambassador) for war crimes. All I can think of is what my father told me as a child, "We're gonna go out back and one of us is gonna get his butt kicked." I'm thinking that a limp-wristed bitch slap isn't going to do much. I just hope that Ambassador Bolton is allowed to teach the sheriff wanna-be the lesson he is looking for.
Monday, May 19, 2008
What has happened to my party?
As many of you may have noticed, I really like politics but don't like to specifically call out the candidates. However, I am so disappointed in the Republicans right now that I will probably end up sitting out this election. I consider myself a Reagan/Limbaugh conservative. In my opinion, that means to be optimistic about the future, have a strong military, and give everyone an opportunity to better themselves. I just don't see that happening with Sen. John McCain in charge.
I am reading remarks by Sen. Lindsay Graham, Gov. Arnold Schwartzenegger, Gov. Mike Huckabee and Sen. McCain himself talking about how the Republicans need to sell themselves as a kindler, gentler center of the road party. They want to talk about global warming, immigration, and government spending. Why? Because they want to be inclusive.
You know what? So do I. However, I do not want to move to the center. Global warming is nothing more than alchemy of the 21st century. Not more than thirty years ago, we were warned about global cooling. So you're telling me that man has completely reversed this trend and have gone too far? If that were possible, I would create a weapon out of it and have it in my arsenal. Worried about a nuclear bomb? We'll just make your country a desert if you give us a reason! Give me a break.
Immigration? I read an article saying that the government is creating deportation camps. I'm sure that Sen. McCain (in this case, Sen. stands for Senor) will find this despicable. I don't know that for sure, just a hunch. In my opinion, what took so long? We are not talking about detention camps like the ones the Japanese were confined to in World War II. We are talking about large capacity jails. Yes jails. The ILLEGAL immigrants are here ILLEGALLY! There are approximately 20 million reasons that this is a good idea.
The next question will be, "What about the children of the ILLEGAL immigrants that are born here?"
That question has already been answered. Ask the lady who claimed sanctuary in Chicago. We deport the ILLEGAL immigrants that have been caught and give the family the option of taking the legal citizen back to the origin country with them, or leave them in foster care in the US. Cruel? I don't think so. If you ask the ILLEGAL immigrants why they are here, they will say to have a better life (the jobs are here etc.). If you love your child that much, you will leave him here to have the life you always wanted. If not, then please take him/her home with you.
The one area I have a cautious approval for Sen. McCain is government spending. He has always been vigilant in fighting pork barrel spending. I'm afraid that he'll change once he gets in charge. To get along, he'll roll over and hope they rub his belly.
One last message for Sen. McCain, please quit sending me requests for money. I am a proud card carrying Republican. I just wish you were.
I am reading remarks by Sen. Lindsay Graham, Gov. Arnold Schwartzenegger, Gov. Mike Huckabee and Sen. McCain himself talking about how the Republicans need to sell themselves as a kindler, gentler center of the road party. They want to talk about global warming, immigration, and government spending. Why? Because they want to be inclusive.
You know what? So do I. However, I do not want to move to the center. Global warming is nothing more than alchemy of the 21st century. Not more than thirty years ago, we were warned about global cooling. So you're telling me that man has completely reversed this trend and have gone too far? If that were possible, I would create a weapon out of it and have it in my arsenal. Worried about a nuclear bomb? We'll just make your country a desert if you give us a reason! Give me a break.
Immigration? I read an article saying that the government is creating deportation camps. I'm sure that Sen. McCain (in this case, Sen. stands for Senor) will find this despicable. I don't know that for sure, just a hunch. In my opinion, what took so long? We are not talking about detention camps like the ones the Japanese were confined to in World War II. We are talking about large capacity jails. Yes jails. The ILLEGAL immigrants are here ILLEGALLY! There are approximately 20 million reasons that this is a good idea.
The next question will be, "What about the children of the ILLEGAL immigrants that are born here?"
That question has already been answered. Ask the lady who claimed sanctuary in Chicago. We deport the ILLEGAL immigrants that have been caught and give the family the option of taking the legal citizen back to the origin country with them, or leave them in foster care in the US. Cruel? I don't think so. If you ask the ILLEGAL immigrants why they are here, they will say to have a better life (the jobs are here etc.). If you love your child that much, you will leave him here to have the life you always wanted. If not, then please take him/her home with you.
The one area I have a cautious approval for Sen. McCain is government spending. He has always been vigilant in fighting pork barrel spending. I'm afraid that he'll change once he gets in charge. To get along, he'll roll over and hope they rub his belly.
One last message for Sen. McCain, please quit sending me requests for money. I am a proud card carrying Republican. I just wish you were.
Monday, May 12, 2008
What has happened to this society?
Hello everyone. Sorry about the lapse in time from my last post. I have been on vacation, sick for about a month, and work has been keeping me busy. I have a lot of things I want to discuss but will only hit the big one today.
In the first week of April, the family and I went to DisneyWorld. It was the first time I had been there. It is pretty overwhelming! However, the mass transportation system Disney is amazing. I can't imagine how many people the busses transfer each day. There are many different types of people on the bus at any time: people from the city, people from the country, people from another county, people with disabilities, men, women, mothers, fathers, and children. It seemed to be a good blend of everyone and everything.
One night at about 10:00pm, the family and I were heading back to our hotel. My wife and children were sitting on one side of the bus and I took a single seat on the other side. The bus driver was loading the bus to capacity. People who were lucky had a seat while others were holding on to the poles. I looked up and saw a mother getting ready to have to hold on to a pole with one hand and her two year old daughter with the other hand. Having ridden the Disney busses a lot prior to this trip, I knew it would be impossible for her to do it without major problems. I caught her attention and offered her and her daughter my seat. She started to cry and her husband offered me money for giving up my seat. I declined the offer and she took the seat. Everyone on the bus applauded. I guess I didn't understand and was embarrassed. Doesn't every man offer his seat to someone who needs it (e.g. mothers with children, senior citizens, someone on crutches)?
Of course, when there is a silver lining a black cloud has to be nearby. When the mother took the seat, a lady who was holding the pole beside my seat started screaming at me. "Why didn't you offer me the seat?" she screamed loud enough for my family and half of the bus to hear.
"Because you didn't need it," I said, "she did."
She asked if it was because she was overweight and had tatoos. I told her no that it was because she was young, didn't have a child to hold on to, and she wouldn't have a problem holding on to the pole. So much for being a gentleman.
I believe that if you do good things, good things will happen to you. Some call it karma, I just call it doing the right thing. So of course when my 8 year old daughter and I were holding the pole the next night, did anyone offer their seat to my daughter? Of course not. I guess they thought she was young, didn't have a child to hold on to, and wouldn't have a problem holding on to the pole. And they were overweight and had tatoos.
In the first week of April, the family and I went to DisneyWorld. It was the first time I had been there. It is pretty overwhelming! However, the mass transportation system Disney is amazing. I can't imagine how many people the busses transfer each day. There are many different types of people on the bus at any time: people from the city, people from the country, people from another county, people with disabilities, men, women, mothers, fathers, and children. It seemed to be a good blend of everyone and everything.
One night at about 10:00pm, the family and I were heading back to our hotel. My wife and children were sitting on one side of the bus and I took a single seat on the other side. The bus driver was loading the bus to capacity. People who were lucky had a seat while others were holding on to the poles. I looked up and saw a mother getting ready to have to hold on to a pole with one hand and her two year old daughter with the other hand. Having ridden the Disney busses a lot prior to this trip, I knew it would be impossible for her to do it without major problems. I caught her attention and offered her and her daughter my seat. She started to cry and her husband offered me money for giving up my seat. I declined the offer and she took the seat. Everyone on the bus applauded. I guess I didn't understand and was embarrassed. Doesn't every man offer his seat to someone who needs it (e.g. mothers with children, senior citizens, someone on crutches)?
Of course, when there is a silver lining a black cloud has to be nearby. When the mother took the seat, a lady who was holding the pole beside my seat started screaming at me. "Why didn't you offer me the seat?" she screamed loud enough for my family and half of the bus to hear.
"Because you didn't need it," I said, "she did."
She asked if it was because she was overweight and had tatoos. I told her no that it was because she was young, didn't have a child to hold on to, and she wouldn't have a problem holding on to the pole. So much for being a gentleman.
I believe that if you do good things, good things will happen to you. Some call it karma, I just call it doing the right thing. So of course when my 8 year old daughter and I were holding the pole the next night, did anyone offer their seat to my daughter? Of course not. I guess they thought she was young, didn't have a child to hold on to, and wouldn't have a problem holding on to the pole. And they were overweight and had tatoos.
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
The company you keep
I have been hearing a lot about guilt by association lately. People are saying it's unfair to judge someone just because he spends time with people that have questionable or bad reputations. I cannot agree with this assumption.
I remember when I was a boy, I had to introduce all of my friends to my mother. She would ask them about everything from their parents to schoolwork. She wanted to know everything she could about them. Then she would ask her friends if they knew anything my friends. If she came across anything that was debatable, I was no longer allowed to play with them. End of story.
This was especially true when I was in high school. I hung out with guys that smoked marijuana and drank. She asked me if I was getting high or drinking. I told her that I wasn't (which was true). She said that if I kept hanging around with them, I would get the same reputation, deserved or not. And she was right. People I respected started to treat me differently. Of course being a teenager, I didn't care, they were my friends. When I stopped hanging out with them, people started treating me as they did before. What a change.
Let's look at another situation. Would you stand by and watch your child marry someone who won't work, takes drugs, or sleeps around on them? Would you listen to your child say,"I love them and they'll change when we get married" and do nothing? I didn't think so. Why would you be so worried? Could it be because of the reputation your child will get? How about the reputation you may get...
As the old saying goes, "If you sleep with dogs, you'll wake up with fleas." I think nowadays it should be, "If you hang out with trash, you'll walk away with the stink."
I remember when I was a boy, I had to introduce all of my friends to my mother. She would ask them about everything from their parents to schoolwork. She wanted to know everything she could about them. Then she would ask her friends if they knew anything my friends. If she came across anything that was debatable, I was no longer allowed to play with them. End of story.
This was especially true when I was in high school. I hung out with guys that smoked marijuana and drank. She asked me if I was getting high or drinking. I told her that I wasn't (which was true). She said that if I kept hanging around with them, I would get the same reputation, deserved or not. And she was right. People I respected started to treat me differently. Of course being a teenager, I didn't care, they were my friends. When I stopped hanging out with them, people started treating me as they did before. What a change.
Let's look at another situation. Would you stand by and watch your child marry someone who won't work, takes drugs, or sleeps around on them? Would you listen to your child say,"I love them and they'll change when we get married" and do nothing? I didn't think so. Why would you be so worried? Could it be because of the reputation your child will get? How about the reputation you may get...
As the old saying goes, "If you sleep with dogs, you'll wake up with fleas." I think nowadays it should be, "If you hang out with trash, you'll walk away with the stink."
Monday, March 10, 2008
Iraq losses are main story
I heard on the news today that there was another homocide bombing in Iraq. I was waiting for a body count of soldiers killed in Iraq since the beginning of the war. I absolutely hate hearing a body count. Having a nephew and someone I coached in baseball fighting over there, I don't want to hear someone keeping score.
I remember as a young boy watching the body counts in the Vietnam War on the CBS Evening News. This isn't a game. These are the finest young men and women doing their jobs as they have been taught to do. They deserve that respect.
As of 3/10/08, according to the website globalsecurity.org, since 2/03 there have been 3,967 deaths in Iraq. Compare that to these other statistics:
According to the New York Times there were 2,752 murders in NYC from 2003 through 2007. According to the Philadelphia Police Department there were 1,853 murders from 2003 through 2007. This is a total of 4,605 murders in two US cities. Do we keep a running total of this?
According to MADD.com, 1,700 students die each year from alcohol related unintentional injuries, including motor crashes. Over a five year period, that would be 8,500 alcohol related deaths. That is twice as many deaths as has happened in Iraq. Is this updated nightly on the national news broadcasts?
I can come up with other statistics that show the loss of life in Iraq is less than many other ways of dying.
While I was a child, a phrase commonly heard was "America, Love it or leave it." I think now it should be "If you don't have anything good to say, don't say anything at all."
I remember as a young boy watching the body counts in the Vietnam War on the CBS Evening News. This isn't a game. These are the finest young men and women doing their jobs as they have been taught to do. They deserve that respect.
As of 3/10/08, according to the website globalsecurity.org, since 2/03 there have been 3,967 deaths in Iraq. Compare that to these other statistics:
According to the New York Times there were 2,752 murders in NYC from 2003 through 2007. According to the Philadelphia Police Department there were 1,853 murders from 2003 through 2007. This is a total of 4,605 murders in two US cities. Do we keep a running total of this?
According to MADD.com, 1,700 students die each year from alcohol related unintentional injuries, including motor crashes. Over a five year period, that would be 8,500 alcohol related deaths. That is twice as many deaths as has happened in Iraq. Is this updated nightly on the national news broadcasts?
I can come up with other statistics that show the loss of life in Iraq is less than many other ways of dying.
While I was a child, a phrase commonly heard was "America, Love it or leave it." I think now it should be "If you don't have anything good to say, don't say anything at all."
Monday, February 25, 2008
Angry White Man
I heard this article being discussed by Rush Limbaugh last week. I just received this in an email today. Here is the link:
http://www.aspentimes.com/article/2008198091324
After reading the article, I guess that describes me, except for the angry part. I am not really angry. I am just not very tolerant of whiners. I don't want to hear "What about me?" "It's not fair."
I am not a metrosexual (just ask my wife). I have coached my son's baseball and soccer teams. I love playing poker and golf. I go to work every day to make sure my family is taken care of. I just live by the Golden Rule, I try to treat people the way I want to be treated.
Don't tell me you deserve special rights because you're gay. I'm not concerned what you do behind closed doors. Don't tell me you deserve special rights because you're not a white male. No matter who you are, if you get your education and work hard, good things will happen to you. If you don't like someone telling you what to do, be your own boss. The only thing holding you back is you.
You can learn something from everyone you meet. I learn things from my 8 year old daughter and the custodial lady at work. I'm not advocating being naive, I just think life would be better if we just weren't so distrustful.
http://www.aspentimes.com/article/2008198091324
After reading the article, I guess that describes me, except for the angry part. I am not really angry. I am just not very tolerant of whiners. I don't want to hear "What about me?" "It's not fair."
I am not a metrosexual (just ask my wife). I have coached my son's baseball and soccer teams. I love playing poker and golf. I go to work every day to make sure my family is taken care of. I just live by the Golden Rule, I try to treat people the way I want to be treated.
Don't tell me you deserve special rights because you're gay. I'm not concerned what you do behind closed doors. Don't tell me you deserve special rights because you're not a white male. No matter who you are, if you get your education and work hard, good things will happen to you. If you don't like someone telling you what to do, be your own boss. The only thing holding you back is you.
You can learn something from everyone you meet. I learn things from my 8 year old daughter and the custodial lady at work. I'm not advocating being naive, I just think life would be better if we just weren't so distrustful.
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Indiana's Illegal Immigration Problem
Here in Indiana, the House of Representatives are dealing with a bill that would punish companies that KNOWINGLY hire illegal immigrants. The bill requires employees use a federal system to verify citizenship. If the company violates the law three times in a 10 year period, the state would revoke the business' license.
As usual, the illegal immigrant enablers have come out and called the sponsors of the bill anti-immigrant and racists. The problem I have with this is that the verification would be used for EVERY potential employee. Bob Smith could be illegally here from Toronto. Jose Espinosa could have been born in Seattle, Washington. If you are able to produce the documents needed, you have no problem. If you can't, well...
I had to show my information to my employer when I filled out the I-4 form. I don't think it's too much to ask everybody else do the same.
As usual, the illegal immigrant enablers have come out and called the sponsors of the bill anti-immigrant and racists. The problem I have with this is that the verification would be used for EVERY potential employee. Bob Smith could be illegally here from Toronto. Jose Espinosa could have been born in Seattle, Washington. If you are able to produce the documents needed, you have no problem. If you can't, well...
I had to show my information to my employer when I filled out the I-4 form. I don't think it's too much to ask everybody else do the same.
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