My Words will only taint these Encapsulating Remarks

Donald Rumsfeld quotes from visit to MacDill AFB on October 12, 2005

"Well, you can tell those who ask such questions that you and your friends across the world are standing on the front lines to protect them and to safeguard their freedoms, as well as your own."

"And you can tell them something else: that America is not what's wrong with this world. What's wrong with this world are the terrorists, the 'beheaders,' the hostage-takers, the assassins -- the people our forces are fighting every day in a number of locations -- they're what's wrong with the world. And our country's finest men and women are out there meeting them every day."

"Your mission is to be on the offense; it's to go on the attack, and that's what our forces are doing: they're engaging the enemy where they live so that they do not attack us where we live."

"Every loss of life and every injury weighs on our hearts and on the hearts of America."

"In the past year, our country and other parts of the world have ... suffered a number of natural disasters that have affected millions of people in thousands of communities. These disasters have caused a great deal of harm and a lot of death and dislocation, but they've also shown the truly heartfelt compassion and professionalism of the men and women in the United States military."

Compliments of Department of Defense

Bravo you Money-Hungry Idiots!

It’s official: no more running at recess. Broward County Schools of Florida have officially banned running at their 137 schools. Signs are now posted at all locations prohibiting kids from running. The worst part is - this isn’t even half of it.

Swing sets, teeter totters, monkey bars, sandboxes, all gone. Hazards. Dangerous in too many ways to be fun. No more running for children – but what about the obesity issue?

"Since 1999, Broward County schools paid out about $561,000 to settle 189 claims for playground accidents, about 5 percent of the amount the district spent on all injury claims in that time. To keep those numbers low, Graziose said, he needs to keep thinking of ways to make playgrounds safe." - Sun Sentinel

While doing more research on the topic, I came upon a funny little picture that really encapsulated the school system and judicial activism. I don’t know much about this website, Common Good, but they sure have a sense of humor when it comes to politics.

Corrupt Cops in New Orleans? No!!!!!!

I can’t believe it! There are police officers in New Orleans that are corrupt! No! (Insert thick cynicism, facetiousness, or sarcasm). Well, at least we have evidence, pictures, and film; before this we only had rumors of theft, violence, and missing monies. The funny part is the lack of media coverage. When a democratic government has corrupt police, it really isn’t corruption because liberal media wants to wait and hear the story. No finger pointing yet.

People are actually stipulating that the police were under extreme pressure causing them to over react when an AARP receiver (64-yo) was drunk in public. 64 YEARS OLD!!! Betcha he was a real dangerous man. Probably tried to cough on them. They pummeled him like a rented mule! Then they went on to beating the cameraman who was filming the incident.

Quote from MyWay news:

"The confrontations come as the department - long plagued by allegations of brutality and corruption - struggles with the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and the resignation last month of Police Superintendent Eddie Compass."

There is no justification for this type of abuse. I understand that police officers are wary of their surroundings, especially while dealing with drunks, but this was clearly unacceptable. I believe that force must be used but the video clearly shows outright abuse. On the bright side, the race card has yet to be played (Wait for it... Wait for it).

-Pictures compliments of MyWay.

FEMA: Far From Fixing Faux Pas’

Just recently, FEMA relieved some rescue workers of their duty when they were informed that the volunteers were armed. Phoenix had sent four police officers that were deputized as US Marshals to help protect fire fighters and other relief workers during the aftermath of Hurricanes Rita and Katrina. These police officers were removed from duty when FEMA informed them that regulations barred them from being armed according to Arizona Central.

Both the NRA and other similar groups are up in arms (no pun intended) over the matter. After days of looting and lawlessness, the fire fighters undoubtedly prefer protection. Due to this current idiocy on the part of FEMA, Phoenix is now considering a halt in their assistance.

The real reason I’m covering this is because reciprocity isn’t being considered. One of our local talk shows, The Schnitt Show, covered this issue with a caller. Reciprocity is an agreement of two or more states that their laws will hold true across borders. I reside in Florida where we have the right to carry and Louisiana agreed on the reciprocity of this law. With that said, perhaps I should go and protect the relief workers. I can carry a weapon in LA and FEMA couldn’t stop me. Kind of funny how a civilian can carry a gun while deputized US Marshals are relieved of their duty. In the words of Donald Trump: FEMA "You’re fired!"

Quick Link

Check out Sir Humphrey's article:

http://sirhumphreys.blogspot.com/2005/10/ap-and-reuters-photographer-bilal.html

Interesting take on the AP photographers and their inherent slant to the opposition.

Don't Look at Me...

...I’m on the list. I encourage you all to sign the petition. I think this is extremely important and if we all agree, let’s do something about it. I stumbled on this site form World Net Daily and was impressed. We Need A Fence is an organization created specifically to the promotion of border security, something completely overlooked from this Administration. Now is the time to further our security by putting a stop to illegal immigrants. OTM (Other Than Mexicans) immigrants are on the rise and needs to be stopped:

"Other Than Mexican" illegal immigrants pose a national security risk to the U.S.
The serious national security threat posed by "Other Than Mexicans" is not widely understood. Approximately 100,000 illegal immigrants entering the United States from Mexico each year are not Mexicans. The Border Patrol refers to these persons as "OTM's" - "Other Than Mexicans"

Within the last year, over 450 OTM's have been apprehended illegally entering the United States from such officially-designated "special interest" countries as:
Afghanistan
Angola
Jordan
Qatar
Pakistan
Yemen

This cannot be ignored. We need to put an end to this. If you read the site the facts are scary:

Illegal immigration is expensive - forcing citizens' taxes higher

In California alone, the annual estimated cost burden of providing education, health care and incarceration for illegal immigrants is over $10 billion:

Education. Californians spend approximately $7.7 billion annually on education for illegal immigrant children. Nearly 15 percent of the K-12 public school students in California are children of illegal aliens.

Health care. Uncompensated medical outlays for health care provided to the state's illegal alien population amount to about $1.4 billion a year.

Incarceration. The cost of incarcerating illegal aliens in California's prisons and jails amounts to about $1.4 billion a year (not including related law enforcement and judicial expenditures or the monetary costs of the crimes that led to their incarceration).

See articles and supporting statistics

I implore everyone that visits my site to sign the petition and help us defend this great nation. Consider more than just the influx of illegal workers but now, the terrorists that are in our country. This neglect has gone on long enough, we must stop pretending that this isn’t a problem.

Please visit their site to learn more about this problem and solutions.

Decisions Cannot be Based on a Coin Toss

"President Bush has thrown the dice…" – Ken Bingham

"If Harriet Miers is qualified to be on the Supreme Court, then why not Judge Judy?" – Neo Con Blogger

"The Trust Bank is closed." – Glenn Beck

"…one of which just happens to be female but otherwise not even close to qualified. " – Dad29

"…unlikely to ease the concerns of those who were expecting Bush to fulfill his promise to name a justice in the mold of Clarence Thomas or Antonin Scalia." – Joseph Farah

"…where she indicated her support for full civil rights for gays and lesbians and backed AIDS education programs for the city of Dallas..." – Matt Drudge

I’m not the only one. Whew! After listening, reading, and contemplating, I’m no more satisfied with Bush’s pick. As a matter of fact, I’m even more worried. To make matters worse, I’m ignoring the MSM and going to blogs, radio, and newsworthy sources. Not one reference really supports Bush’s decision. That’s not promising. I think Bush really dropped the ball.

Glenn Beck put it best: "The Trust Bank is closed." He went on to talk about how he’s given all the trust he can in Bush - to the war, his spending, and his Homeland Security. As Beck spoke, I began agreeing more and more with him. Bush isn’t giving us full answers. Bush can only ask for so much trust. The pie is running out of pieces. By no means am I losing support of Bush. I have lost no faith. I just hope that Bush is hiding something. Something BIG.

Following Beck, Rush came on and calmed my nerves. He also agreed that he’s up in the air about the pick but kept reiterating the trust issue. Limbaugh made me realize a lot. I got to thinking of a time when I have lost trust in Bush? Never. Why would I trust him any less (besides his "crack-whore" spending habits)? Never. Limbaugh also made me consider this: Bush knows her, we don’t. No matter how inconspicuous she is, Bush has known her for quite some time.

She supports AIDS programs and is an advocate of gay and lesbian rights. Who else on the SC is similar…? Oh yeah, Ginsburg. That I won’t forget: the Christian president who nominates a lawyer that could further corrupt our society and children.

No Room for Mishaps

What is Bush doing? I understand that by nominating someone without a paper trail s/he would have an easier time getting through the nomination process however, this could be bad news. Is Bush doing the right thing? Granted, she’s worked for him forever but does he know her? Does he really know her objectives? Many critics are saying that the conservative groups won’t be happy with Bush’s pick and supposedly, this ‘pick’ was pre-approved by some democrats. Remember Reagan and O’Connor - it happened then and could happen now.

I have no problem with her not being a judge; Rehnquist wasn’t even a judge before being nominated. She seems to have a great amount of experience from being the president of her law firm to being the president of the Dallas Bar Association. These two positions alone justify her experience and makes her a quite credible, Supreme Court nominee. My concern is her persuasion. She has no court decisions to reflect on and we don’t know her political views either. Granted, that is supposed to be irrelevant but we don’t want another O’Connor. That’s the whole benefit of being president: when a judge needs to be nominated, that president gets to choose the predecessor.

Let’s just say I have a bad feeling about Miss Harriet Miers. Something smells. People aren’t going to be happy. Heads are going to roll. Maybe Bush has decided to ‘roll over’ considering his low ratings. Is Harriet Miers the best person for the job, or is it because of the necessary quota? Is there a hint of Affirmative Action here? If Bush drops the ball here, he’s going to hear about it. We’re supposed to trust the man we voted for, but recently, I’ve questioned some of his decisions. Even Roberts is purportedly questionable. I do trust Bush, I do trust our party, but now is not the time to make mistakes. We’ll find out soon enough.

Riddle me this…

Does this make any sense? Did I miss a day in school? How come Debra Lafave, Pamela Joan Turner, Sandra Geisel, and Amber Jennnings needed to have sex with their students? I don’t want to sound crass, but to me, none of these women looks as if they need to be sexual predators.

-Jennings at trial

-Lafave at trial

I’d like to point out that I will never condone these actions, and I look at this situation the same under all circumstances. Yes, I believe that the general public is being lighter on these women than one would expect. If it were men, they would be in much more trouble; undoubtedly more ostracized and despised.

Teachers who commit these acts are sick. Teachers who violate their student-teacher relationship should be punished harshly. Parents, administrators, even the public expects a high level of professionalism and ethics when it comes to teacher expectations. What were these women thinking? These situations seem more common than ever so you’d assume ephebophiles and pedophiles would reassess their judgement, right? I just can’t get over these particular women and how they chose their victims. All of them could just as easily have walked into a bar and within moments, would’ve found a "volunteer."

It’s repulsive, unacceptable, and in light of their situations, should be punished to the fullest extent of the law. I’m more concerned with this growing problem. There is a serious immoral pandemic sweeping across the country. What is wrong with these people? I don’t even want to start on sexual predators. It’s disturbing.

To see many more teachers’ mugshots, click here.

Boca Raton Community High School Gives Thumbs Up to Profanity!

Boca Raton has decided to lessen the ‘sentence’ when a student is caught swearing. Boca Raton stated that because students look to TV for learning grammar and etiquette (yes, you read that right), they find it appropriate to let the children swear according to Schnitt on his afternoon radio broadcast. Swearing like their favorite "Friends" stars is apparently how to express anger, disappointment, and joy as opposed to normal, acceptable words.

"Shit, I forgot my books!" would’ve have called for a severe penalty at the old, uncool school while the new, hip school will let them off the hook with a minor in-school suspension. However, if the student uses the inappropriate words inappropriately, they will be penalized (that hurts my brain).

"As long as you're not saying it in a hostile way, you're just giving your opinion," freshman Mallory Bauer said. "People say 'Oh, damn, I forgot my homework.' These words aren't that bad to me."

Umm, yea. Sure, this is exactly the point of entitlement. It seems as if Mallory believes that Mallory is in charge, Mallory should dictate the rules. I bet you if you asked Mallory who John Roberts is, she’d probably say, "like…. Is that one of those damned Beatles?"

Quote compliments of wftv.com.

And You Think You have it Bad!

Some of you perhaps have seen this but I thought it was hilarious. Sorry, it might slow load time but it's worth the wait. Not everything has to be politics.

Quit Complaining About Your Job!

Doh!

My personal favorite. The chinese can't afford proper mounts but they sure can afford a male youth! (Is that a blood stain?)

Life's a bitch but always worse for someone else. Write that down.

Franken and Gang getting Greedy

World Net Daily posted a great article on the demise of Air America. It just goes to show that we (Republicans) are not the minority. Over the last decade, democrats have continuously tried to usurp Limbaugh from his throne to no avail. No man could take on the "Talent on loan from God."

Really, it’s nothing against democrats or their views (well…maybe), but I think it’s their lack of substance. Their arguments are designed only to condescend and criminalize Republicans, not pose contrary options.

-Where do Democrats stand on the war in Iraq?
-What’s their big and better idea?

-Where do Democrats stand on the war on terror?
-How can they fight a better battle?

What do Democrats want to do with the failing Social Security system?
Did they think of a reasonable alternative?

Would they have responded to Hurricane Katrina faster?
What would they have done differently?

That’s just a few, I could go on. Did Al Franken really think he could out do Limbaugh? Do you think a comedian could talk politics? What about Garofalo? Big winner there, or should I say whiner. Neither Franken nor Garofalo has ever posed a plan to back up their insults - not that I recall. World Net Daily predicts Air America gone with six months (unless Soros intervenes); I give Air America two months until the end.