ANTI-WAR PROTESTS

There were quite a lot of them yesterday .. the five-year anniversary of the beginning of the end for Saddam Hussein. Now .. if you saw the videos of these protestors there were a couple of things you should have noticed:

1. Most of those people, by their appearance alone, are people you would not be anxious to hire .. unless, that is, you're hiring cashiers for Urban Outfitters.
2. There were a lot of red flags flying among the so-called "anti-war" protesters. These red flags mean something to me ... though perhaps not to many others. I guess it's just my superior memory.

These myrmidons were shouting "Peace." Remember ... always get a definition.

Photo: Steve Rhodes

BILL O'REILLY GETS IT EXACTLY RIGHT!

Which "man of God" do you think is more offensive? Click each link to see video if you aren't familiar with them. Reverend Wright Pastor Manning

Last night on the "Talking Points" segment of his show O'Reilly was talking about Obama's speech and the racial dialogue in this country. O'Reilly said that we are never going to be able to engage in a constructive dialogue on race in this country as long as there are so many bogus charges of racism. He's right. Whites in America know that they can't engage in any honest dialogue on racial matters because there will always be some race-baiter out there who is going to start yelling racism. Whenever you say anything of a critical nature about a black person in this country ... whether you're criticizing actions or beliefs ... you can bet your last dollar that somewhere someone is going to start yelling "racist" in your face. Better just to keep your mouth shut and go about your business.

This is something I have been ranting about for 15 years. Yes ... we have racial difficulties in this country. Frankly, I don't think that there is any well in hell for people of different races and cultures to live together without some degree of friction. I know several bi-racial couples. These people love each other, yet their relationship is not completely free of bumps in the road caused by their differences. Fact of life ... not going to completely go away.

Racial difficulties can be caused by racism, to be sure. They can also be caused by bigotry, prejudice and simple misunderstandings. If you try to address the problem of bigotry by identifying it as racism ... you're getting nowhere. But try to expand the conversation to cover all of these elements and what do you get? You get called a racist.

And let's not forget the element of culturalism. Now there's a word you don't hear often. This would be because it is far more permissible to discuss race, though you will certainly be branded a racist, than it is to discuss culture.

Let's just look at the crime rate in this country. There is no legitimate challenge to the fact that young black men commit violent crimes in this country in greater proportion than do young white men. Now does anyone with any logical thinking ability at all actually think this disparate crime rate is due to the color of one' skin? Is there something in the genetic makeup of a young black man that makes him want to pull his sweatshirt up over his head and rob a convenience store or kill a young college coed? Hardly. The propensity to follow a life of crime comes from the culture you were raised in ... not the amount of light that reflects off your skin. And don't give me this poverty nonsense either. There were times in this country when young blacks lived in poverty far more severe than anything experienced today ... yet the predilection to crime was not there.

Do you know why we can't discuss culture in this country? Because culture can be overcome, that's why. A person can overcome their culture, but not their skin color. Once it is understood that a person's behavior is based more on cultural influences they can overcome than on a skin color they can't change the victimhood disappears. Victimhood is a cherished status in this country ... something not given up freely.

WE HAVE A NEW MESSAGE FROM BIN LADEN

Oh .. .and he seems to have his turban in a wad again. This time it's over the cartoons of The Islamic HWBWIC Muhammed, or is it Mohammed ... whatever. Anyway ... Bin Laden is threatening hellfire and damnation (wait a minute – that would make him a Baptist) ... er ... Bin Laden is threatening bombs and bullets for Europe if these nasty cartoonists aren't silenced.

Hmmmm ... What to do? I know? Let's pull all of our troops out of the Middle East as soon as we can .. then we'll go over there and talk to him. Yeah, that ought to work. He's probably just feeling left out. Make Obama the president .. he'll fix things up.

THE BLUE DRESS

So here is what we are going to get for Hillary releasing her schedule as the first lady. The first big piece of news is that Hillary was in the White House on the infamous "Blue Dress" day. What on earth does this prove other than Bill Clinton is a pig? Isn't that something we already knew? Are we supposed to feel sorry for Hillary? Sorry ... not me. Remember .. it was a vast right wing conspiracy that stained Monica's dress anyway.

OK .. let's get into that schedule and find out who helped her develop her idiotic Hillarycare plan. But then again, sex does sell. People would rather read the Entertainment Tonight version of politics rather than actually focus on the issues.

TEN WUSSIFIED STATES

No wonder we are cultivating a country of wussified, government educated candyass leaches. Here is an article for Parents Magazine that looks like appeared as a segment on the Today Show. It lists the ten safest states for your child to live in. I know you want the list, so here are the top ten. The list could be more accurately characterized as the Top Ten Nanny States:

1. Connecticut
2. Rhode Island
3. New Jersey
4. New York
5. California
6. Maine
7. Pennsylvania
8. Mass.
9. Maryland
10. Oregon

So this led to my first question ... what makes these states "safe." And can you guess what I found? Government, government, government and more government. According to these people at Parent Magazine, more nanny state government regulations makes for a better place for your child to live.

Connecticut is the safest state in the country because it is the best at "enacting safety-minded laws and educating parents about them." In other words, the government tells parents what stupid things you can and cannot do with your child. But Connecticut does have one flaw that it needs to overcome: backyard swimming pools. Yes, folks. Those evil swimming pools are dragging down this "safety-minded" state because God forbid one of their little angels drowns because the government didn't mandate that you put a fence around your swimming pool.

You want more examples? Rhode Island ranks #2 because it has stronger punishments for first degree child molesters that require offenders to be electronically monitored for life. California ranks #5 because it has strong playground, bike and pool safety laws.

You want safe? Just where is the safest place to live in America. Where are you absolutely guaranteed everything you need to sustain your life, and where you can go about your daily activities without any fear whatsoever ... not even a smidgen of fear ... that someone is going to hurt you. That would be in the solitary confinement wing of a maximum security prison. Who gives a damn about freedom ... let's work on security

I wonder how the frontier territories ... where real Americans were bred ... would rate on the nanny scale?

EARLY SPRING ... WHERE'S THE MAN-MADE PART?

Its articles like these that really get me irritated.

The capital's famous cherry trees are primed to burst out in a perfect pink peak about the end of this month. Thirty years ago, the trees usually waited to bloom till around April 5.

In central California, the first of the field skipper sachem, a drab little butterfly, was fluttering about on March 12. Just 25 years ago, that creature predictably emerged there anywhere from mid-April to mid-May ...

Pollen is bursting. Critters are stirring. Buds are swelling. Biologists are worrying ...

Blame global warming.

If you can stomach the intro and continue to read the article, nowhere in it does it prove that man is the cause of this crisis. What about the effects of the sun? No mention. What about the natural cycles of Earth? Don't bother. What about the fact that the oceans have not warmed up at all over the past 5 years? Eh. What about the fact that this winter has produced record snow fall? Doesn't matter.

The lamestream media will continue to write these hyped stories of spring coming early ... the end of the world is near. But why does it take government regulation of man to make this phenomenon stop? It doesn't. But it's a pretty convenient excuse, right?

OFFENDING MUSLIMS

Muslims in the town of Eden (that's in Great Britain) were offended when their local shopping center decided to celebrate Brazil's carnival parade. The opening ceremonies contained "semi naked dancers on parade." These semi nude women are, of course, offensive to Muslims. Hint: Semi-nude Muslims are offensive to us. Oh yeah, and here's video so you can be offended too!

Anyway ....

Zahid Yabba Dabba Jawed, speaking on behalf of the local Islamic center said that the opening of this shopping center would have been a great way to celebrate the people of the town ... that would be Muslims. And instead, it chose to display half naked Brazilian women. Jawed says, "Once again the planners decided to ignore and alienate significant parts of the local population and then will no doubt accuse them of not wishing to integrate." Well ... we're sure glad that Muslims never do anything to alienate other folks. Kill, maybe ... but not alienate.

WOMEN AND ISLAM

Saudi Arabia is really coming a long way, folks. I mean really. Take a look at this for example. The Saudi Shura Council has recommended that women be allowed to drive. Of course, this comes with heavy government restrictions:

• The woman driver must be under 30.
• The woman's driving is conditional upon the permission of a relative [father, husband, brother, or son].
• The woman driver must obtain a driver's license from the center for teaching women to drive.
• The woman driver must be modestly dressed.
• The woman driver will be permitted to drive alone in the cities, but outside the cities she must be accompanied by a relative.
• The woman driver will be permitted to drive Saturday through Wednesday between 7:00 AM and 8:00 PM.
• The woman driver must have a cell phone with her, so she can call for help in an emergency.
• The woman driver must pay a certain sum when her license is issued; this sum will be set aside for car repairs.

The Shura Council also ordered the following:

• The establishment of a special women's transportation department; this department will collect the fees.
• The establishment of a telephone emergency center.
• The establishment of transportation centers for women in the cities, which will be under religious supervision.

Oh and these recommendations also include a one-month prison sentence for anyone that tries to talk to a woman from another car. Yep, it's Islam alright.

LIBERAL "LOGIC"

There is some moronic turbo-Christian figure out there by the name of Hagee. I understand that he's one of the highest paid televangelists out there. Hagee likes to call the Catholic Church the "Big Whore." Anyway ... this clown supports John McCain. This gives libs the opportunity to compare McCain to Obama and his former preacher Jeremiah Wright.

• Obama was a member of Wright's church.
• McCain is not and was not a member of Hagee's church.
• Obama calls Wright his mentor
• McCain makes no similar statements about Hagee

To some, those differences might matter. To the Obamamaniacs ... not so much.

REDNECK SCRAP BOOK

It seems like a chainsaw on its own might be pretty redneck, but here's how you make it even more so. More in the Redneck Scrap Book.

COCO'S IN THE STUDIO!

READING ASSIGNMENTS

Pastor says Barack Obama is a "mac daddy" and much, much worse. Wow.

Dick Morris insists that Barack Obama has already won the Democrat nomination for president ... even despite this brouhaha surrounding Jeremiah Wright.

Barack Obama has apparently racked up the "progressive" vote. That's a modern, politically correct way of saying that he's racked up the socialist vote.

According to Al Sharpton, "Hillary Clinton has never done nothing for us." Yeah .. and just how much has Al the Liar done ... other than entertain us with his antics, that is.

Congress has already increased funding for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, but fuel dealer groups are still asking president Bush to immediately release emergency heating oil supplies to assist "hard hit" consumers.

Democrats want to raise taxes on those evil Wall Street investors ... aka. middle class investors that they claim to be protecting. Democrats have never seen a tax increase on the productive class that didn't cause them to breathe heavily.

Who's making money off of these gas prices? I'll give you a hint: "While Exxon made $40 billion in 2007, a 60% increase from 2004, it paid $100 billion in taxes and royalties."

Last week I read you an article by David Mamet, who decided to no longer be a "brain dead liberal." Here is a conservative welcoming from the LATimes.

Dick Cheney believes that Iran has restarted its nuclear weapons program. Let's pay them no mind.

Meanwhile, what is the Iranian government teaching students in its government schools? Only to abide by Islamic supremacy and discriminate against non-Muslims and women.

How would you feel if your tax dollars were funding the college education of sex offenders?

A city council in New Jersey feels so strongly about the war on drugs that it wants to outlaw the sale of anything that could be construed as paraphernalia.

The NYPD is so obsessed with keeping its crime figures low that it decided that anything that occurred on February 29th (leap day) doesn't really count. I'm sure crime victims and their families feel differently.

The latest victim of those predatory lenders ... the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority.

This is for that "homosexual agenda" legislature out in Oklahoma ... gays in your community are good for the value of your house.

This is how Starbucks decides to spit in the face of this economic "tailspin" ... introduce a new line of energy, health and wellness products and get brand new espresso equipment.

What is the one thing that is so important that it can trump your private property rights ... that would be Africanized bees.

You can't miss stories like this ... a woman goes in for a leg operation and ends up with a new anus. No ... she didn't go home with Al Franken.

Tuscany is already a beautiful place, but it has just gotten a little better. A new law passed will allow your dogs into art galleries, theatres, restaurants, cinemas, post offices, museums and beaches. Hey, it's ten times better than children.

When your pooch goes Tango Uniform, you can always take its hair and make it into a jumper ... or not.

We've got another parody song that pokes fun at Hillary. Enjoy!

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