DougTexan

Real Change

2011-04-16T08:56:00.000-05:00

Written in response to the article linked too by Triad

REAL CHANGE will ONLY happen if WE make it happen!!

Politicians, ALL politicians will not serve the common people of this nation until they ARE common people of this nation. Politicians are RICH to begin with or else they cannot run as an "effective" candidate. They do not relate to common people and speak only in euphemistic idealism and platitudes of populist idealism. None of which they have any intentions of following through with. Bush did it. Clinton did it, Obama is definitely doing it. There will be NO CHANGE with him, or anyone under the current "system" of government we now endure!

The truth is simple: REAL CHANGE will ONLY happen if WE make it happen!!

Time for us to get control of the incredibly dysfunctional form our government has devolved into and hit the "reset button." This will require an effort equal to what happened in Egypt and Tunisia, and trying to happen in Libya. Until we have common people in the legislature and running the government, you are just going to change the faces but NEVER SOLVE THE PROBLEMS. You may think these are unrealizable goals, but then, how realistic was it when the Colonial Army took on the British in the war for independence? We won that one, too, in case you've forgotten....

Here's were we begin "budget reform"....

Congressional Reform Act of 2012

1. Term Limits.
8 years only, one of the possible options below..
A. Two 4-year Senate terms
B. 4 Two-year House terms
C. One 8-year Senate term and Two 4-Year House terms
D. One 8 year term for Supreme Court Justices
If term limits are requisite for the President, Vice-President, and State Governors, then they most certainly are equally imperative based on the same principles for ALL of our legislators and even the judicial high seats.

2. No Tenure / No Pension.
A Congressman collects a salary while in office and receives no pay when they are out of office.

3. Congress (past, present & future) participates in Social Security.
All funds in the Congressional retirement fund move to the Social Security system immediately. All future funds flow into the Social Security system, and Congress participates with the American people.

4. Congress can purchase their own retirement plan, just as all Americans do.

5. Congress will no longer vote themselves a pay raise. Congressional pay will rise by the lower of CPI or 3%.

6. Congress loses their current health care system and participates in the same health care system as the American people.

7. Congress must equally abide by all laws they impose on the American people.

8. All contracts with past and present Congressmen are void effective 1/1/12. The American people did not make these contracts with Congressmen. Congressmen made all these contracts for themselves.

9. Make all lobbyists and special interest groups illegal. They have no basis or rights for their existence except the greed of the oligarchs they represent. This is the heart of our dysfunctional government system. This is "legal bribery" in America and the Supreme Court has sanctioned it.

10. All campaign contributions, corporate or private, cannot exceed $250 max. No candidate can use their OWN money to campaign with. This violates the constitutional principles of equal opportunities for ALL people in the nation. If candidates qualify for federal campaign monies, then that is what they can use. Otherwise, they hit the trail like everyone else for the last 200 years.

Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, so ours should serve their term(s), then go home and back to work.

2010-11-03T09:08:00.000-05:00

THE FINAL
INSPECTION

The Soldier stood and faced God,

Which must always come to pass.

He hoped his shoes were shining,

Just as brightly as his brass..

'Step forward now, Soldier,

How shall I deal with you?

Have you always turned the other cheek?

To My Church have you been true?'

The soldier squared his shoulders and said,

'No, Lord, I guess I ain't.

Because those of us who carry guns,

Can't always be a saint.

I've had to work most Sundays,

And at times my talk was tough.

And sometimes I've been violent,

Because the world is awfully rough.

But, I never took a penny,

That wasn't mine to keep...

Though I worked a lot of overtime,

When the bills got just too steep.

And I never passed a cry for help,

Though at times I shook with fear..

And sometimes, God, forgive me,

I've wept unmanly tears.

I know I don't deserve a place,

Among the people here.

They never wanted me around,

Except to calm their fears

If you've a place for me here, Lord,

It needn't be so grand.

I never expected or had too much,

But if you don't, I'll understand.

There was a silence all around the throne,

Where the saints had often trod.

As the Soldier waited quietly,

For the judgment of his God.

'Step forward now, you Soldier,

You've borne your burdens well.

Walk peacefully on Heaven's streets,

You've done your time in Hell.'

Author Unknown~

my son,.. douglas

2010-05-24T15:19:00.004-05:00

,... today I am so blue,.. naw I mad, my youngest son,.. but My youngest and only blood son,.. got in trouble with the law. Being set up by the undercover to sell drugs to an 'undercover' to benefit a real drug dealer,.. but not him, so the story goes,.. no matter what.... breaks my heart today,... it has been forty five days of jail house visits and tears,.. but he won't be biking with me 'n my Harley nor skiing the black diamond in Nevada with Uncle Dwight any time soon.

I can't tell y'all how damaged I am by this,.... the tears flow and the nose plugs,.. but I, only I have to deal with it. I sit here and wonder how many other good family,.. dads,.. are so troubled today. I have prayed to the Lord Jesus Christ himself on many occasions to intervene,.... to no avail. Jesus did after all die on a cross,.. one he carried,.. kind of like having carry the rope to go around ones neck in a hanging... I digress. My heart is heavy.

And now,... just an hour later,.. still troubled but better,.. my brother Dan calls and expresses his love and concern for our well being... Lord, I love him and the rest and though he helped bring me to sanity,.. I still feel the pain of ones son in jail. So now my life is imprisoned for a while, but not forever. I am the son of hope and redemption, reborn with the favor of my God,.. and it does little to heal the pain,.. but give it a place it does,.. a place to reside,... while I live with the wife I've been so blessed with, and the daughter with grandchildren to love on.... another day follows this and "I will survive,.. and visit him as often as I may."

..and as was said in the seventies,... 'peace,.. out'

The Pacemaker of America

2010-03-28T17:11:00.002-05:00

I was just texting my daughter on Facebook as she was at the 2010 Autoshow in some east coast city looking at cars from around the country and world and I suggested she look at the Fords,... aka: "Pacemaker of America",.. laughing to myself because when the "Heartbeat of America" fails,.. oh my the truth sets us free,.. (this reallly is an applicaton for employment in the marketing industry,.. I have these kind of ideas all the time)

Deck of Cards

2009-08-24T21:59:00.002-05:00

Deck of Cards

It was quiet that day, the guns and the mortars, and land mines for some reason hadn't been heard.

The young soldier knew it was Sunday, the holiest day of the week.

As he was sitting there, he got out an old deck of cards and laid them out across his bunk.

Just then an army sergeant came in and said, 'Why aren't you with the rest of the platoon?'

The soldier replied, 'I thought I would stay behind and spend some time with the Lord.'

The sergeant said, 'Looks to me like you're going to play cards.'

The soldier said, 'No, sir . You see, since we are not allowed to have Bibles or other spiritual books in this country,

I've decided to talk to the Lord by studying this deck of cards.'

The sergeant asked in disbelief, 'How will you do that?'

'You see the Ace, Sergeant? It reminds me that there is only one God.

The Two represents the two parts of the Bible, Old and New Testaments

The Three represents the Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost.

The Four stands for the Four Gospels: Matthew, Mark, Luke and John .

The Five is for the five virgins there were ten but only five of them were glorified.

The Six is for the six days it took God to create the Heavens and Earth.

The Seven is for the day God rested after making His Creation.

The Eight is for the family of Noah and his wife, their three sons and their wives -- the eight people God spared from the flood that de stroyed the Earth.

The Nine is for the lepers that Jesus cleansed of leprosy He cleansed ten, but nine never thanked Him.

The Ten represents the Ten Commandments that God handed down to Moses on tablets made of stone.

The Jack is a reminder of Satan, one of God's first angels, but he got kicked out of heaven for his sly and wicked ways and is now the joker of eternal hell.

The Queen stands for the Virgin Mary.

The King stands for Jesus, for he is the King of all kings.

When I count the dots on all the cards, I come up with 365 total, one for every day of the year.

There are a total of 52 cards in a deck; each is a week - 52 weeks in a year.

The four suits represent the four seasons: Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter.

Each suit has thirteen cards -- there are exactly thirteen weeks in a quarter.

So when I want to talk to God and thank Him, I just pull out this old deck of cards and they remind me of all that I have to be thankful for.'

The sergeant just stood there. After a minute, with tears in his eyes and pain in his heart, he said, 'Soldier, can I borrow that deck of cards?'

Heros,.. Hogans Heros

2009-02-11T21:20:00.002-06:00

This is from the link emmbedded in the title, Wikipedia,.. got to watching this show once again and decided to check on all the stars,.. all dead other than the players named: Colonel Rodney Crittendon (Bernard Fox), Corporal Peter Newkirk (British actor Richard Dawson), Marya (Nita Talbot)(the Russian Spy Dar..ling)and Hogans real in life wife Hilda (Sigrid Valdis, 1966 to 1971).

"The theme music for Hogan's Heroes was composed by Jerry Fielding, the drums being played by Bob Crane. The title of the theme music is "March" or "Hogan's Heroes March." There are lyrics[3] to the title music. While they were never sung in the show, they were performed on an album titled "Hogan's Heroes Sing The Best of World War II". On the album, the performed lyrics are as follows:" stated by Wikipedia

Heroes, heroes, husky men of war,
Sons of all the heroes, of the war before.
We're all heroes up to our ear o's,
You ask the questions,
We make suggestions,
That's what we're heroes for.

All good heroes love a good, big fight,
Open up the bomb bays, brighten up the night.
We earn laurels solving your quarrels,
You throw the roses,
We punch the noses,
That's what we're heroes for.

What's a hero do?
We're never gonna tell ya
Cause we wish we knew.
That's why we heroes are so few.
We've got a slogan,
From Colonel Hogan,
And Colonel Hogan's a hero too.

Never flinch, boys, never be afraid,
Heroes are not born, boys, heroes all are made.
Ask not why, boys, never say die, boys,
Answer the call, remember we'll all be heroes forever more.

"I"

2009-02-05T14:50:00.003-06:00

I was thinking about the financial crisis and the 'Bull Shit' stimulus proposal which is as Rush Limbaugh stated and named as just 'pork-u-lous'. I understand it's the realty,..er,.. reality (what a difference an 'I' makes, and isn't that how we went broke cause the 'I' was missing,.. er being held unresponsible, unaccountable and asking for a 'bailout') we are going to be burdened by the miss deads of prior generations and administrations.

But the idea that we stick our children, grandchildren and greater grand children with the bill for what we could easily do without and correct on our own is a statement of who our "New Leader" really is.

It's time I think that 'we the people' let him know he's okay taking it easy, finding his way being the new 'leader of the free world', and that nothing is free other than the air we breathe, (until he taxes it),.. oh Al Gore is already showing him how....

I understand as a union carpenter that the apprenticeship progam takes four years training and work experience prior to become adept, adapt, enept or inept,... comfortable at your trade and being capable as 'journeyman carpenter', therfore, Baby bear Barack, will be ready next time the liberals vote him in,.. 'I' hope.

Happy New Year, (or) 'How ignat 'r' ya'

2009-01-06T18:12:00.005-06:00

Its here, and for all the blessed and cursed,.. awe shit,.. for all the good and bad in the world, somehow people think a different result will occur from the same old shit,.. called an election by media, knowledge without facts and 'newspeak'

Yeah, that is it,.. my new job is more of the same, pay rate is close though less, and yet I believe I'll achive a different result and increased enjoyment,.. have to think like that cause 'depression hurts'! To quote a co-worker, "How ignat 'r' ya?",.. kind of sums the new year up.

For all the hoopla and election freenzy, same raw deal again. Don't like the result of the election in some cold heartless state up north, heck with the vote, sue the people in the courts and contest the results untill everyone is so fed up with you they "Give you" the office, just to place you in indifference with a federal handout called a paycheck. Yep, sums up the value of the election,.. just another puppet.

I've got to say I'm okay with Obama, no more than that, I'm sure he'll do fine, the powers that picked Bush 1 & 2, Clinton and even Jimmy Carter, picked and placed this puppet and ,... I'm glad he beat my guy,.. cause just thinking of McCain and Palin there in the white house, fightin' with the puppet master like the Kennedy of old,.. gives me the heebie jeebies,.. what was I thinkin'?

I can see it now, McCain would be 'crossing the aisle' with a fully reformist cabinet, a war hero for homie-land security, Clinton for secratary of state,.. oh,.. and then Liberman for some God Fearing post like Chief of Staff,.. or just as kitchen help,.. and then he'd like to see closer ties with Vietnam or some such nonsense.

AND Palin!!! Mercy, imagine the Christmas Holiday,.. the 'New Grandchild',.. or how about that wardrobe,..

..and assisting the poor would revert to "Our Christian Charity", better known as a "Federal Tax Deduction",.. and just like our being a 'Concerned and giving' country, most lie about the size of the "Charity Ammount", just look at the receipts for donated clothing and 'used' furniture.

How much for that 'Obama 08 T shirt'?

Ahhhhhh, one more cup of joe and I think I'll relax and actually watch the television before bed,..

Red Seal, New Deal

2008-12-01T12:32:00.002-06:00

"The tone and tendency of liberalism...is to attack the institutions of the country under the name of reform and to make war on the manners and customs (and freedom) of the people under the pretext of progress." --Disraeli, "Speech in London"

A Red New Deal with a Soviet seal

Endorsed by a Moscow hand,

The strange result of an alien cult

In a liberty loving land.

FDR supporter Merle Thorpe wrote in 1935, "We have given legislative status, either in whole or in part, to eight of the ten points of the Communist Manifesto of 1848; and, as some point out, done (sic) a better job of implementation than Russia."

Religious leader Colonel Eugene N. Sanctuary's pamphlet 'Is the New Deal Communist?' made a 35 point comparison of it to Marx's 1848 program.

I'M SO TIRED OF IT ALL

I'm so tired - Oh so tired - of the whole New Deal;

Of the juggler's smile; the barker's spiel.

Tired of taxes on my ham and eggs;

Tired of payoffs to political yeggs.

I'm tired of farmer's goose-stepping to laws;

Of millions of itching job-holder's paws;

Of Fireside Talks over commandeered mikes;

Of passing more laws to stimulate strikes.
I'm tired of the hourly-increasing debt;

I'm tired of promises still to be met;

Of eating and sleeping by Government plan;

Of calmly forgetting the Forgotten Man.

I'm tired of every new brain-trust thought;

Of the ship of state - now a pleasure yacht.

I'm tired of cheating the courts by stealth;

And terribly tired of sharing my wealth.

I'm tired and bored with the whole New Deal;

With its juggler's smile and barker's spiel.

SOME NEW DEAL FIGURES :)

U.S. Population (1935)...120,000,000

46,000,000 Eligible for Old Age Pension

30,000,000 Children prohibited from working

30,000,000 Government employees

13,999,998 Unemployed

---------------------

119,999,998

Left to produce U.S. wealth = 2

Just you and me - and I'm all worn out!

Thanks to the link embedded in the title and written here: http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/6315/fdr.html

Diplomacy

2008-12-01T10:08:00.002-06:00

Diplomacy has been in action for the past eight years as evidenced by the now familiar Condi Rice, and soon to be Hillary. The question I ask, Will it be enought to stop a nuclear hot spot like the India and Pakistan tension?

And here to the south of Texas we have an undeclared war going on with enough blame to go everywhere. Events like this are daily, terrorism or house cleaning from within, it will be just a small step to organise into an organised force.

The Cartels and drug Lords are on the verge of becoming a revolutionary army between us and Mexico. The recipe is already mixed, supply line in place, just add a little Chavez, stir in Russia support and wella!

It's the events that shape a presidency, how well the president handles it is the measure of the man. Not a position that many would volunteer for in todays world.

Hillary just accepted!!

Just a thought

2008 vs. 1984

2008-11-26T09:48:00.002-06:00

Proles, your name inspired some research and recollection of 1980's, thank you. Though you may be of the outer party mocking us proles, it matters not. For I am a prole, the working class with a....

Ah, I can see it now, soon our "Ministry of Love" will take over a Guantanamo, the newly formed "Ministry of Peace", will begin the end of conflict, even if it requires a bigger war to attain economic balance,.. er,..peace.

What brings this up that with the ever increasing unemployment, here in the United States where real numbers suggest over ten percent currently in Texas, and in the rust belt to twelve percent and higher,.. though the 'official' number is just five to six percent, and 'slightly' higher.

How is China doing? The number of people make even low unemployment percentages devastating, how to maintain control becomes the real issue. Just as in Orwells book;...that the motivation of the Inner Party is not to achieve a future paradise but to retain power, which has become an end in itself.

And the ever shifting alliances maintained an ever existing war, not for property or control, but to maintain the economic engine while controlling the population numbers through patriotism and war.

In my short lifetime since 1954 we've (U.S.) warred with China through Vietnam and Korea, then been friends in economic boons. Been in a cold war with Russia and allied in the UN. We've sided with Iran to only now wonder about Iran, Set up Qaddafi to take him down, the same with Saddam. Noriega comes to mind as well.

The "Ministry of Peace" at work.

And soon to be passed here is the "Fairness Doctrine", where freedom of speech is taken away for 'fairness'. Any 'right wing' publication and news letter, radio show or broadcast will be "Required" to be fair,.. but who makes that decision?
Maybe the new "Ministry of Fairness"

just words.....

Ethnically ambiguous

2008-11-25T08:50:00.003-06:00

I found this interesting that according to this BBC link embedded in my title, the world now see the United States as 'progressive' on one hand in that we elected an African American President,.. and in the other hand state how he is not actually from 'slave' stock. Matts article says way more than that and puts it very well, a perspective I had not considered. Here is a section just about Barack:

Barack Obama's election is indeed an inspiration.

But we should not not forget that America's first black president is also half white.

He was raised by a white mother and white grandparents.

He thrived in the largely white ivory towers of Harvard and Columbia.

He is not the descendant of african slaves but the son of a Kenyan economist, who was educated at American universities.

So if Barack Obama is post-racial it is also because he is ethnically ambiguous enough for most Americans to feel comfortable with him.

In that sense too he is the Tiger Woods or Lewis Hamilton of American politics: cool, concentrated and ethnically mixed.

Remember, the biggest hurdle at the beginning of his campaign was not that he was black but that he was not black enough.
By Matt Frei BBC News, Washington

I think the bottom line should be one that makes you think, I know this one surprised me from the same article above:

The Middle East is lost for words that a man called Barack "Hussein" Obama can be at the helm of the Great Satan.

Obamas Employment Plan

2008-11-22T14:18:00.002-06:00

So what do all think of "Obamas plan to create 2.5 million jobs" fixing bridges, roads and wind energy? I can see the clerk from the local defunct clothing store Mervyns that just went belly up looking forward to digging in the dirt, hammering forms and finishing concrete. Heck, can't be nothing to building a bridge, we all have played with 'Legos' and 'Lincoln Logs'.

What a crock of re-warmed liberal stupid soup, er kool-aid,... touted by all the networks (include the BBC) as "wonderful" and an answer to the stuggle of unemployed middle managers in thier fifties everywhere. You can bet every overweight paper pusher is just dying to work in the elements and live in man camps in the wild and desolate areas of the Mid West.

All those former coffee servers from nearly defunct Starbucks will be glad to live in the desolate midwest of Wyoming or western Texas setting up wind towers, setting the base forms, tying the steel and pouring/finishing the concrete. Heck, once you do that it's easy to step into a crane and erect a wind tower without years of training and experience. Just give them 'Cake' eh Obama.

And the disenfranchised Auto worker from Detroit would love to leave his home for a mobil home in the tornato rectangle, rigging and wiring poles and setting up an electrical grid, heck, its just like installing the dashboard in a Ford Focus.

Two million four hundred thousand and swarming into unknown fields with out training or experience,.. ya'll got to be crazy not in seeing that this is nonsense.

Just words, just speeches and the masses will say 'sieg heil'.... OMG..

White Guilt is Dead

2008-11-18T13:04:00.003-06:00

Follow the link that make the title, there you'll find a letter written by Tom Adkins. Interesting to say the least that the thought of this is alive and well. I have to wonder just how guilty a man must be to feel this way.

Comedy is Funny

2008-11-18T07:52:00.003-06:00

Comedy is good for the soul,.. I think it is anyway. One of my brothers sent me this piece written by 'unknown', and thought it was funny enough to share.

A teacher gave her fifth grade class an assignment: Get their parents to tell them a story with a moral at the end of it.

The next day the kids came back and one by one began to tell their stories. There were all the regular type stuff, spilled milk and pennies saved. But then teacher realized, much to her dismay, that only Ernie was left. 'Ernie, do you have a story to share?' Yes ma'am. My daddy told a story about my Aunt Karen. She was a pilot in Desert Storm and her plane got hit. She had to bail out over enemy territory and all she had was a flask of whiskey, a pistol and a survival knife.

She drank the whiskey on the way down so the bottle wouldn't break and then her parachute landed right in the middle of twenty enemy troops. She shot fifteen of them with the gun until she ran out of bullets, killed four more with the knife, till the blade broke, and then she killed the last enemy with her bare hands. ''Good Heavens' said the horrified teacher. 'What kind of moral did your daddy tell you from this horrible story?

'Stay the fuck away from Aunt Karen when she's drinking!'

Where Do "We" go from Here?

2008-11-07T23:28:00.003-06:00

Yo Brit-ish,... my friend,.. it is going no where because it can't. Obamas first news conference is no more than that,.. him saying he can't,... won't do any of what his campaign has led his followers believe.

There is no miracle of the messiah coming,.. he is Chicago Politician from the get go,.. just more polished and stage viable... better actor if you will.

Hollywood selling us movies not worth watching, a series of commercials ever so more enticing as to make not seeing the movie is unbearable,.. such intense noise and build up,... such desire,.. then there it is... Kung Foo Panda!!!!!

pooh..

Such is change for/to fools,.. and we, the republicans and democrats alike have been played for fools that we are. World wide marketing and advertising, the making us want what we don't need, and the desire to buy it at any cost.. from IPOD to Play Station, Sega, Atari and cell phone upgrade mania, when all we want is a 'diversion' and a portable 'phone',... to talk, not text.

Where is it we want to go from here is the meat of this blog, if we are to have any meat. Affordable medical that is competent and viable,... real food for thought and an education system without limits on, where of when, or what of why, the idea is to learn,... the realization that some are meant to be mechanics or carpenters.... and damn good at it... and they are no less valuable than anyone else in status or earnings.

Why should the man that builds the dream have any less profit from the same dream, when it is his life that is traded for it? Is the money the investor places in the project allow him ninety percent of the profit on an unfair means of measuring risk?

Define justice in twenty words or less... the lawyer or the court typist, the bailiff or the officer. What each of us does in this society must be equal, for to divide the rich with a [phd] or the name of doctor behind the name is a false reading,.. the farmer that put food on the plate is just as valuable as the doctor that saves the farmers daughter, to have a son, that is a policeman,..

...in hospital built by the carpenter with material from the factory or plant, served food by the immigrant with hope in his heart.. for his daughter that is yet to be born, who will be mother to the child that will end all inequality...

..that will see we are the 'body' of man.. where the ass is just as important as the heart, that is worthless with out food or blood.

It is not the politics that are wrong, it is 'us' that are being fooled into our own self destruction by our insane desire for a power that is fleeting,.. a life that is wanting, for a value placed on paper with no joy or care,.. to die alone in a place where the body of man is in denial.

Uncle Sam

2008-11-07T16:06:00.003-06:00

The Vultures are circleing, what will we have to offer those of lesser needs if we need ourselves?

The Hunt for the Texas Fox Squirrelope

2008-11-06T09:43:00.003-06:00

The Texas Jackalope

I am still looking to get a picture of the Fox Squirrelope seen in North Central Texas this past spring. He is said to eat whole squash, pumpkins and to wipe out whole gardens,.. and scare dogs.

Political Recipe. from the kitchen of DougTexan

2008-11-04T08:57:00.003-06:00

The system will work once again, whether one or the other find himself in office, the limitations are found in the standard political recipe:

1. one cup of tribulation
2. two egos, slightly beaten
3. one tablespoon greed
4. a sprinkle of unknown
5. large serving of personality

In a large bowl known as an event, add in egos, personalities and greed, slowly mix in the unknown while blending tribulation to a smooth texture. Place into oven of promises for four years or until stale or given up on.

Serve with crow to the electorate with a glass of whine, desert is humble pie.

Quagmire

2008-11-03T08:46:00.003-06:00

We have one day left to see the election through, and granted the prognosis is that Obamas got it. MA2, I like your analogy of the 6000 crew and the battleship, fitting for the ship of State.

Let us not lose the wonder for that which is the election, the democracy on tap as it were. I fear as y'all do, that with the double digit win, Obama will win a mandate. This is not necessarily bad, but the 'new' friends of state surely will be an indication as to the direction the new President and congress will take us, as sure as his friends of old indicate the new presidents political leaning, whether he reclaims them after the election or not.

Will that put in peril the balance of power world wide,... already Chavez is requesting a meeting with Obama when he wins. Russia has Georgia nervous on the balance, Israel is plowing down houses on the west bank, Mexican police are being murdered, our borders are still unchecked,....

At this point I wonder, 'is the support for the "New President of the United States" unilateral amongst nations and governments of our Allies, or is here a concern'? How about in our own internal security departments/agencies?

This is exciting, as come January 20th, we will be facing a brave new world, one of just more of the same, where behind closed doors destinies are decided, wealth is accumulated and power is divided,..

..or one where the very fabric of what is 'normal' is ripped, shorn into pieces that will confuse the very astute, confound the insider and without the guidance of a past,.. seek a new pinnacle of balance.....

or just Jimmy Carter all over again.

TODAY, November 2, 2008

2008-11-02T11:13:00.000-06:00

If I may, today is the day that the reality of a failed republican bid for the white house is announced. Granted, there is one very unlikely path that may make the difference, but I would not want to see the ensuing legal battles a close race would warrant.

True, as a 'sitting on the fence Republican', my real tilt was to my party and values. That said I had to evaluate my value system and realise 'we won'!

1. Democracy: Freedom and choice. By presenting all sides of an issue, having it debated, found wanting or not, and the best done for the most as possible through freedom. Accomplished.

2. Fairness: Truly served in this round as in most of our elections. Race relations and unification, all sides got to air the differences and similarities,... we are Americans is a simularity that is undeniable. Accomplished.

3. Exposure: Again a rallying success. The exposure of right and left thinking is above board. We have once again to the chagrin of the world, been able to expose differences that would have torn a lesser country in half, to our benefit, to our liking and a salute to our new President.

4. Continuity: The arguments and bargains, the compromise and win, once again begin the next four years as we, yes I said we, the people once again hold our heads high as the beacon of freedom and truth for mankind.

5. Pride: What is a win or loss if not being proud of the battle waged. The shaking of heads and hands, the campign behind, the job of our nation is now upon us. With pride in all, we face the new day, new challange, with a new respect for ourselves.

Cartoons from Down Under

2008-11-01T18:49:00.001-05:00

F.Y.I. This cartoons are courtesy of Australian Artist.

This ain't OZ

2008-11-01T18:42:00.002-05:00

"I don't think we're in Alaska anymore."

Where do we go from here?

2008-11-01T15:38:00.002-05:00

This is a different place with a different idea,. on 'where do we go from here?

Wikipedia Re-Write

2008-11-01T12:12:00.003-05:00

"Find me an example from an unbiased source. Michelle Malkin is in bed with McCain. She would print any bad thing anyone tells her about Obama; it wouldn't have to be true."

geomapgirl responding that Wikipedia is a better source.

And the Obama faithful have rewritten Wikipedia,.. literally. From the "Community Organizing" page, re-written 200 plus times to purge any prior page showing him not there,(check the re-write date, one after another) nor in the manner they show now. I know this as I was on that page in the beginning of his campaign, he wasn't then (nor is now?) a 'famous' top ten community organiser. Though wiki says he is.

Same with any anti-Obama you-tube video, you cannot find any anymore, but suspect no foul play when all is 'video no longer available'

The liberal mind is an odd thing, as it should be calling foul here, really, have a McCain video removed because of its content and it would make the news.... "What is he Hiding?"

No school records, no old flames nor friends, no history.

just words, just speeches

Jenna & Jack & Someone

2008-11-01T11:40:00.002-05:00

Jenna and Jack on the cutting edge of Pumpkin History!!

Who is that helping teen?

Jenna, your a star!!

Obama Media Mania

2008-11-01T10:09:00.002-05:00

Not so sure if his attempt at dirision will work, read first thing this morning how McCain voters don't even need to vote, its over. What kind of sad media reporting is that, the only races being played out is not the presidential race. We have highly contested seats in congress, bonds and liquor/road/police issues being on the ballot.

I am finding more wrong with this whole election, not just Obama or McCain, but the strong feeling 'We The People' are being sold a bill of goods. The over the top 'selling and marketing' of the presidential office like it is product to be used to control us. A marketing tool is being displayed out on how much crap will the people actually believe, how many changes in policies and taxes can be thrown before us where we know less now than in the beginning on where either stand, on all but one or two items.

We know the pro-lifer, we know the pro-deather, we know the Alaskian, the Delaware and the Arizona and the Illinois. Tax plans have changed and grown, shrank and from high of 250 thousand to the low of 42 thousand will be effected and every one inbetween, beyond and before those ammounts. Big whoop.

The change man Obama has all of the existing and prior cabinet and bankers of yore, including the same foriegn relations committee chairman as his runnnig mate. Change my ass, just change from the same of one party to the same of the other.

Obama people cheery and bright in the streets, to others they look like the buyers of a lemon, but don't know it till the thirty day no exchange period is over.

just words, just speeches

Happy Halloween

2008-10-31T13:43:00.002-05:00

The Declaration Of Independance

2008-10-31T11:37:00.006-05:00

"Order is not pressure which is imposed on society from without, but an equilibrium which is set up from within." Jose Ortega y Gasset (1883 - 1955)

Balance, order, the very captivation of the American Spirit is stated so well in Jose's quote. Written down for us to view and to be part of when we read the "Declaration Of Independence", "The Constitution Of The United States" and the "Bill Of Rights". Follow the link in the title to read, maybe again for the first time what we, the United States of America are all about.

How often we have been warned by our greatest leaders, that it is not the government, but the people that 'Is' the America we live in.

"Coersion, after all, merely captures man. Freedom captivates him."

Ronald Reagan

Answered Prayers, He's Home.

2008-10-29T21:13:00.007-05:00

This is my brother Louis that just returned home from Afganistan.

An Honorable Service Medal from NATO

Twenty Plus years in the United States Air Force, now he's home to stay.

Ezra Jordan

2008-10-29T21:02:00.010-05:00

This is my two year old Grandson, Ezra Jordan,.. I call him EeZee. Whenever I have the blues, I just have to look at mygrandson and smile....... he is truely a joy.

McKinney-Vento Act for the Homeless

2008-10-29T08:27:00.012-05:00

After my last post, I got to thinking about the homeless situation, and from further research found this site full of information. Here is a paragraph of facts from this web site that seems to go on for ever. Being homeless has been the study of many for years.

One approximation of the annual number of homeless in America is from a study done by the National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty, which estimates between 2.3 and 3.5 million people experience homelessness. According to a study released this month by the National Alliance to End Homelessness, an estimated 744,313 people experienced homelessness in one night in January 2005. Some 56 percent of them were living in shelters and transitional housing and, 44 percent were unsheltered.

That is a lot of homeless on any given day and I have to wonder how the Federal Government is involved in solving this condition. Finding as I did in the link of the title to this post, here is a portion of my findings, and there is so much more. I found that in money we provide more than a billion dollars a year currently, and have spent as much as one point four billion in a single year.

The McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act was the first —and remains the only—major federal legislative response to homelessness. President Ronald Reagan signed the act into law in 1987.

As I have mentioned the homeless being Organised for voter registration by the 'National Coalition of the Homeless', I've found that only 26% of the homeless are considered 'cronic', due to mental illness, drug use, age or choice. With that said, I applaud the NCH's attempt to help those in need to be part of the system they have left behind due to circumstance. As to the NCH,the funding for them is limited, and here is where if comes from:

"Finances: NCH receives its support from individual contributions, the Combined Federal Campaign, foundation grants, special events, and telemarketing. Full audited information is available upon request. NCH is a 501 (c)(3) organization. Contributions to NCH are tax exempt to the fullest extent allowed by law. Federal ID# 52-1517415. CFC number 10844.

In the 'Combined Federal Campaign', this is where I found that our money and the contributions of employees also help the homeless through the NCH. Odd is what it says under the CFC header. I was so relieved to see we are:
"Ensuring that our Federal Government has an effective workforce"

Smoke and Mirrors

2008-10-29T08:27:00.011-05:00

"You've got to vote for someone, It's a shame, but's got to be done." Whoopie Goldberg

Assisting the Homeless to Vote. Right or Wrong? How about the masses that ACORN has given registration cards to?

The concern over issues, involvement in government, thought concerning cost and effect of laws and taxes, this is the responsible citizen voting in this country. I say this is wrong to use coercion to involve a person who has no information or desire to vote. This is the new American system of voter fraud, along with registering the fictional..

That is just microcosm of the system now in play:

We have Obama handing tax breaks to those whom already receive all their federal tax money back in the form of a refund. Now, if they vote for him, once a year they will get even more than they paid in beyond the credits already in play.

Health care for every poor family and child. Who is paying? Oh, every one who has a job making over forty two thousand dollars as that is where the standard deduction leaves you paying federal taxes.

Even 'if' the tax breaks Obama 'promised' happen to pass congress, after the first two years any tax cut will be lost with the expiration of the "Bush Tax Cuts".

This is political smoke and mirrors 101. Hiding the facts and the issues, Lets; 'Look at all you get if you vote for Obama'.

New Supreme Court Justice

Redistribution of wealth and government cost

New direction in Iraq and Afghanistan

Go Green, Government not the market will 'lead the way' for new technology

No Third World, poverty will end world wide as we buy his brother a new shanty

Air in your tires and wind turbines will end the energy crisis

No drilling oil, no burning coal and no nuclear power plants

Unified tax and spend Congress

A 'Messiah' for president, the question is whose

From the looks of the recent early voting statistics, we will have a larger, more informed electorate than ever in History. I don't doubt the voters and the cause they follow, I doubt the information they've received, and in what frame of mind and how they interpret it. That said, "my opinion is also suspect"

"A liberal is a person whose interests aren't at stake at the moment." Willis Player

The way to "Communist USA"

2008-10-28T10:58:00.004-05:00

I know I'm howling to the wind,... I'd post this on the BBC or ABC and it would go no where. To be insulted or angry if I took it to serious, but once again I am to the point that I no longer wish to share true convictions, just be a visitor, an observer. By reading what is posted allot can be deduced about that person, the reasonable argument, the insult, their political convictions. Sometimes I can even understand why people get peasant, fowl and mean though it serves them nor others any purpose.

For the many times I've posted my thoughts and shared my newly found information, I never before have thought about 'why I do it?' Lately I have realized most of it was for myself, working through the many facts, lies and innuendo that present possibilities for change in ways not expected.

That said, here I sit re-reading the quote from Senator Obama, and his take on the constitution. Now I fear for my country if this man gets elected President and is let lose upon us with the likes of Representative Pelosi and Senator Reid. Barack Hussein Obamas socialism isn't to be taken lightly like Jimmy Carters, he is an activist with a messiah complex, like Hitler, Castro and Chavez.

I've heard from Europe's fine posters on the BBC, that they like this guy Obama, and America would be foolish not to embrace him, but they are not Americans, don't understand Americans, never lived the life we have,... gotten the goosebumps during the national anthem, teared at the unknown soldiers graveside for what they sacrificed, prayed for the president, your country and your blessings.

To get to the point, Barry Obamas Quote:

"[T]he Supreme Court never ventured into the issues of redistribution of wealth and sort of more basic issues of political and economic justice in this society.

And to that extent as radical as people tried to characterize the Warren court, it wasn’t that radical. It didn’t break free from the essential constraints that were placed by the founding fathers in the Constitution, at least as it’s been interpreted, and the Warren court interpreted it in the same way that generally the Constitution is a charter of negative liberties.

It says what the states can’t do to you, it says what the federal government can’t do to you, but it doesn’t say what the federal government or the state government must do on your behalf. And that hasn’t shifted.

One of the I think tragedies of the civil rights movement was because the civil rights movement became so court focused, I think that there was a tendency to lose track of the political and community organizing and activities on the ground that are able to put together the actual coalitions of power through which you bring about redistributed change and in some ways we still suffer from that."

Do note the italic of his 'plan to keep track' of political organising, think rebellion of the status quo and activities, think protest, marchs and militant, and about the redistributed change, think Cambodia and the Khmer Rouge, Vietnams National Liberation League, and in some ways we still suffer that, think of being non communist.

Bob Dylan said it so well long ago, "The times they are a changing", for what we have now may soon be "Blowing in the wind", but, "I am a boxer, a fighter by trade".

Is this art?

2008-10-27T13:49:00.001-05:00

Placement and Polls

2008-10-27T13:34:00.003-05:00

Just got this from Ed, laughed so hard that I just had to post this link. This is insight to President Reagan that we all forget.

And then, here is Barry Obama in 2001, if they haven't pulled the link to the audio like they do of all things showing Obama in a true light.

"You know, I’m not optimistic about bringing about major redistributive change through the courts. The institution just isn’t structured that way. [snip] You start getting into all sorts of separation of powers issues, you know, in terms of the court monitoring or engaging in a process that essentially is administrative and takes a lot of time. You know, the court is just not very good at it, and politically, it’s just very hard to legitimize opinions from the court in that regard. So I think that, although you can craft theoretical justifications for it, legally, you know, I think any three of us sitting here could come up with a rationale for bringing about economic change through the courts.”

This is him in a real light, with his real plans. Take this guy as you know him from his friends and associations

Just 'whois' Barack Obama

2008-10-27T12:39:00.002-05:00

The time is running down, the fast and furious fight for the White House is upon us. Any self respecting political junkie is now typing, calling, eating and disseminating politics. Families are divided, marriages in trouble and parent, spouses or children are living in motel rooms till the election is over.

Nah, ain't all that bad for some.

I don't understand it, why would otherwise intelligent people vote for Barack Obama. As the link of my title shows, this man is a confirmed communist, known to be so by his piers and party, and they 'don't care'. This in it self is scary. BHO has views on the constitution of the United States puts him at direct odds with it, and as shown to me by blogger Guns'n'religion, he will also end up Commander and Chief of our Brigade Combat Team, basically our Homeland Security Army.

I add to this the Creed I was raised by, "You are known by the company you keep",... and well, BHOs friends, acquaintances and religious teachers are all at odds with every thing he says, and who I want for President. To listen to Biden and Barry today, they are centrist moderates that,.. dang, but by the letter after their names, would be republicans,... you betcha. NOT!

BULL, just bull, O'Biden and O'Bama are what they have always been, liberals of near communist proportions. I find it odd that Democrats move to the right to get elected as their 'actual' leanings are so far from the main stream of our society. It is not that they are anti-American, I would never say that, just that their plans for my country aren't mine. I question their judgement, not their patriotism.

Theodore Roosevelt on Immigration

2008-10-26T11:07:00.004-05:00

Theodore Roosevelt in 1907

'In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin. But this is predicated upon the person's becoming in every facet an American, and nothing but ! an Amer ican...There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn't an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag... We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language... and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people.'

Even though I think every American citizen needs to read this, I also think every new immigrant should. I would love to see the hypen-ated citizen lose the 'other part' of thier nationality. No more with the "Mexican-American" or "African-American", as these divide the nation on lines of color and nationality.

The Year 1908

2008-10-26T10:57:00.003-05:00

This will boggle your mind, I know it did mine! The year is 1908. One hundred years ago. What a difference a century makes! Here are some statistics for the Year 1908 :

The average life expectancy was 47 years.
Only 14 percent of the homes had a bathtub.
Only 8 percent of the homes had a telephone.
There were only 8,000 cars and only 144 miles of paved roads.
The maximum speed limit in most cities was 10 mph.
The tallest structure in the world was the Eiffel Tower
The average wage in 1908 was 22 cents per hour.
The average worker made between $200 and $400 per year .
A competent accountant could expect to earn $2000 per year, A dentist $2,500 per year, a veterinarian between $1,500 and $4,000 per year, and a mechanical engineer about $5,000 per year.
More than 95 percent of all births took place at HOME
Ninety percent of all doctors had NO COLLEGE EDUCATION!
Instead, they attended so-called medical schools, many of which
Were condemned in the press AND the government as 'substandard. '
Sugar cost four cents a pound.
Eggs were fourteen cents a dozen.
Coffee was fifteen cents a pound.
Most women only washed their hair once a month, and used
Borax or egg yolks for shampoo. ONCE A MONTH???
Canada passed a law that prohibited poor people from entering into their country
for any reason.
Five leading causes of death were:
1. Pneumonia and influenza Tuberculosis Diarrhea Heart disease Stroke
2. The American flag had 45 stars.
3. The population of Las Vegas, Nevada, was only 30!!!!
4. Crossword puzzles, canned beer, and ice tea hadn't been invented yet.
5. There was no Mother's Day or Father's Day.
6. Two out of every 10 adults couldn't read or write.
7. Only 6 percent of all Americans had graduated from high school.
Marijuana, heroin, and morphine were all available over the counter at the local corner drugstores. Back then pharmacists said, 'Heroin clears the complexion, gives buoyancy to the mind, regulates the stomach and bowels, and is, in fact, a perfect guardian of health.' (
Eighteen percent of households had at least
one full-time servant or domestic help.
There were about 230 reported murders in the ENTIRE U.S.A. !

Cost Of Obama / Democracy

2008-10-24T21:14:00.002-05:00

Saved this more for my own information, but sharing doesn't hurt does it? The real search is now on for the cost of McCain's plans, and the cost if we don't at least use part of BHOs.

• Tax relief for trial lawyers -- $1.5 billion worth over a decade by changing rules to encourage more and riskier “jackpot justice” lawsuits. (Section 311 of H.R. 6049.)

• Obama’s own proposed Global Poverty Act that would require the United States to spend its own money working at “eradicating extreme hunger, promoting gender equality, empowering women… ensuring environmental sustainability…[and] achieving significant improvement in the lives of at least 100 million slum dwellers” worldwide. Frank Gaffney of the Center for Security Policy did the math and concluded this would amount to a new commitment of $845 billion in new foreign aid through 2015. (S.2433)

• New federal subsidies to buy gas for families making up to three times the federal poverty line, which would be $63,600 in annual income for a family of four. (H.R. 6561)

• Wage insurance. Create a new federal payroll tax on all workers to pay for “insurance” that would – get this – pay people up to 50 percent of the difference in wages between an old job and a new, lower-paying job. So if John Doe voluntarily takes a new job that requires 10 hours less work per week, the government would pay him for five of the hours that he doesn’t work – courtesy of other, harder-working wage earners.

• A new, Cabinet-level, multi-billion-dollar federal Department of Peace, dedicated to “peace education and training.” (H.R. 808)

2008-10-24T14:21:00.001-05:00

I'm starting to think it really is:

'Trick or Treat'

2008-10-24T13:38:00.000-05:00

Pay Rate Politics

2008-10-24T11:22:00.006-05:00

Thursday was looking to be the start of a better day. Market was looking up, opportunity struck by phone call first thing in the morning,... an international company based in Montreal, with an office in Houston was looking for an installation manager/superintendent. My experience in commercial construction and the sign industry were a match for this position.

As opportunities in construction management go, some superintendent positions on commercial projects are available, though the pay has tanked. Thursdays offer was more dissappointing than usual. I can't justify working away from Dallas, on the road for the offer.

So now I want to know how to collect as my pay rate has fallen due to the the rise in my age?

Ageism, it's an age old problem solved only by death,.... nah, cover it up with democat leanings and just take it from the young. tax'em more cause they earn more. That way they'll never own thier house free and clear like I do. Take it from the young as they don't deserve it, and Obama deserves to be in office. I just don't like that guy, yet every need I have he promises to satisfy.

I think we can better, but McCain ain't it. Actually heard of a 'T shirt' that had on it along with a big picture of McCain, "AVOID THE PAIN, VOTE McCAIN",... and my mind went instantly numb.... and then I thought,..."VOTE OBAMA, AVOID THE PA(L)IN", and I don't see any money in it, who would buy that this late in the game.

Rambling at this point, the interuptions are takling the toll. This'll post and I'll change later.

I'm humbled by two I've just noticed are following this blog, thanks. Just want you to know that this, my bull shit typing post, and I am so glad I deleted a bunch of shit before I linked to GnR.

Just words, just speeches

2008-10-22T14:31:00.000-05:00

Ronald Reagan,

"But I have an uncomfortable feeling that this prosperity isn't something on which we can base our hopes for the future. No nation in history has ever survived a tax burden that reached a third of its national income. Today, 37 cents out of every dollar earned in this country is the tax collector's share, and yet our government continues to spend 17 million dollars a day more than the government takes in. We haven't balanced our budget 28 out of the last 34 years. We've raised our debt limit three times in the last twelve months, and now our national debt is one and a half times bigger than all the combined debts of all the nations of the world. We have 15 billion dollars in gold in our treasury; we don't own an ounce. Foreign dollar claims are 27.3 billion dollars. And we've just had announced that the dollar of 1939 will now purchase 45 cents in its total value."

Could be today rather than "The Speech"

Dead Presidents on Dollar Bills

2008-08-01T15:00:00.000-05:00

We have a new concern in American Politics, its called the;

"Dead Presidents on Dollar Bills"

Will the 'white supremist' affliction cause disparity in the election process? White Americans are told they are racist-bigots and homo-phobics from birth! We struggle with the quilt that keeps us awake at night.

And reperations aren't a cure!!!

Will we vote for the 'black' guy just to ease our souls? How about the fear, you know, of the unknown 'Muslim' as BHO is portrayed by the swift boat crowd."

Let your heart not be troubled." is Sean Hannities answer to BHO and his "Stop the Obama Express".

Questions, Questions , Questions.

love, if a place, peace, if a dance

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