Happy New Year and Good Bye to 2009

A Look Back

What a year! The evil forces of tyranny, socialism, communism, abortion, racism, domestic supporters of Islamic terrorism, open borders, deficit spending, corruption, bribery, and socialized medicine all made great strides. All of these evils were due to the dominance of a one party system in Washington, DC led by radical leftist Democrats Obama, Pelosi, and Reid (the dirty triplets, O,P,&R). They made great strides in the destruction of America.

The evil anti-Americans were helped and aided and abetted by the “Country-Club Republicans” also called RINO’s and many sheeple carrying the flag of ignorance. Perhaps the second biggest source of evil after O,P,& R, the Main Stream Media, remained in lockstep as the mouth organ of the dirty triplets. Meanwhile Political Correctness gained new heights of idiocy and evil under the dirty triplets and their willing servants the MSN.

Beware! The triple headed monster of illegal immigration, amnesty, and open borders will be the next push of the dirty triplets.

A Brighter Future

Strong patriots don’t lose heart and keep faith in God and country. Tea Party Patriots and their many allies are on an uphill road of resurgence of freedom. Sarah Palin and other good patriots are bringing forth strength and integrity needed to travel this uphill road.

If you wish a brighter future of freedom again in America, join the rescue of our country. Seek out good and true conservatives at all level of government and support them. Make them pledge to undo all the legislation and executive orders and bad appointments of the dirty triplets and to restore our Republic. Work, donate, and pledge to support those who will lead us back to freedom.

Let the power of prayer, faith, and freedom guide you and bless you in the New Year.

Thank the Taxpayers

If you can read this, thank a teacher.
If you're reading this in English, thank a veteran.
But, first and always, thank the taxpayers,
for without them there is nothing;
no teachers, no veterans, and no freedom.

Sen. Bacchus Adds Drunkenness to Corruption and Produces a Socialist Health Care Bill

Sen Bacchus?

What Used to Be

Guess what used to be called the World’s Greatest Deliberative Body? The United States Senate. But then, those were in the days of great men, powerful orators speaking about important matters. Not drunks and incompetents wheeling and dealing us down the inebriated road to socialism.

How Far We Have Fallen

How far the Democrats have taken this “World’s Greatest Deliberative Body” and debased and sullied it with drunkenness, lies, incoherent, repetitive rambling and crooked incompetence. Democrat Senator Max Baucus (or should it be Bacchus?) from Montana shames himself, the Senate, his state, and the United States. This is the man who nominated his girlfriend to be a US Attorney. Of course, she didn’t make it. But this drunken lout tried to use his influence to appoint his girlfriend to high office. Bacchus has no sense of shame accompanied by no sense of duty, honor, or responsibility.

Democrat Sen. Bacchus was the stumblebum the Democrats chose to lead writing and sneaking through their bogus health care reform. It’s not reform, it is base socialism brought forth by base and indecent people. Reform would be a breathalyzer test before entering the Senate and when leaving it. That would be reform we could all understand.

Is This the Future of America?

Once again the leftist radicals have rules for them and rules for us. You or I would have a field sobriety test and be charged with “drunk and disorderly conduct”. Sen. Bacchus is free to bribe wheedle, and booze his way through Senate legislation. Where for art though Caligula? “I Am here”,hiccup, says Bacchus, “Where’s my sweet little ole , hiccup, US Attorney? “Here baby, here baby, burp”.

The Christmas it Snowed In the Desert And a Lesson in Snowball Fights

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Mom came in and woke us up early. “Come look outside, it’s beautiful.” “What?” we muttered. “It snowed last night and we are going to have a white Christmas!”

Levis, heavy socks, long sleeve shirts, heavy jackets and gloves and we were ready to go. Everything was covered in about 6 inches of snow and it was Dec 24th, so we would have a white Christmas. On Christmas Eve, we always had a big dinner and opened presents as soon as it was dark.

My youngest older brother (I had 3 brothers and 2 sisters, all older) let fly with a snowball that whapped against my ear and stung. Yelling and jumping around, he was so excited that he also let mom have one. Her enthusiasm for the snow and her joy at showing us a near miracle vanished as she ran inside, while taking us to task. So much for education and understanding, we were full of pee and vinegar and had no time for anything but play and mischief. We played all morning and attacked each other and anyone else we saw outside. We continued to stockpile snowballs. In our haste we often scraped too deep and gathered grass, leaves, and dirt along with the snow.

Our older brother Wes was newly married and still had the exuberance of youth and playfulness inside him. He lived within a few blocks of us and made his living as a bricklayer. Of course, we thought he was an old man who knew nothing about snowball fights. When our two older sisters came out to marvel at the snow we were ready. We had stockpiled a dozen snowballs or so each and were waiting. We let them get all the way outside and far from the door—then sprang out trap. At first they made a feeble attempt to fight back, but girls don’t know much about snowballs and, well, they threw like girls. We hammered them with snowballs packet tight and hard, we slaughtered them, we mudererated ‘em; screaming and begging us to stop, they stumbled and ran to the front door. Their Christmas sweaters were wet and soggy, hair mussed and wet; they were whining and complaining. Total victory!

Mom stuck her head out the front door, and amid a volley of snowballs she told us to come in and get ready for dinner. “Wes and Mary will be here soon and dinner will be ready shortly” she hollered just before a snowball hit the door and showered her with ice and grass, and mud. Two remarkable things happened. After years of scolding us and even washing our mouths out with soap for cursing and yelling at us not to slam the door; mom let fly a curdling scream of “dammit!” and slammed the door so hard it sounded like an explosion. I was stunned, but my older brother Larry just laughed and took the opportunity to smack me in the ear again with a huge snowball. I started to cry but he said “Shut up sissy, I see Wes and Mary coming.” We ran to our snow forts to ambush them.

Wes was carrying a huge box of presents and Mary was dressed in her finest. They strode right across the lawn headed for the front door. My brother jumped up screaming “Let ‘em have it!” We ran towards them throwing snowballs and screaming threats.

The strangest thing happened. Mary squealed and ran to the front door. But Wes sat the big box down, grabbed some snow, started making snowballs, and as he dodged our snowballs laughed and said “So you wanna fight, huh?”

That 6’4” bricklayer had huge, strong hands and packed hard snowballs the size of grapefruit. He also threw like Bob Feller. After being hit hard with one or two of those huge, hard, snowballs we tried to run, but those long legs caught one of us and then the other and pounded us. We were screaming “We give up, we give up.” Wes laughed and came over to us and said “Had enough huh?” “Yes”, we whimpered as we tried to rub our faces and ears where those giant snowballs had smashed into us. I was trying to hold back tears but was snuffling. He good naturedly rubbed my head and said “It’s ok. But don’t challenge ole Wes to a snowball fight until you are big enough not to cry.” He picked up his box of presents and went walking into the house.

I had enough. But my brother called me a sissy and convinced we could get even with Wes. Foolish and 3 years younger than him, I was soon back in the fight. We climbed up on the carport roof and stockpiled more snowballs. We also rolled some in the snow until we had an assortment from golf ball-sized up to two, medicine balled-sized ones we called atomic bombs. The plan was to lure Wes back outside and hit him with atomic bombs first and then plaster him good from the safety of the rooftop. We had hidden the ladder out of sight in back of the house and were ready.

Larry snuck down and around to the front door, went in, snuck up behind where Wes was sitting and poured a big handful of snow right down his shirt collar. Back through the front door, slamming it and running around to the ladder, he joined me in front just as Wes came out. We didn’t know that our sisters had been crying and told him about all we did to them. He must have seen it as his duty to take care of boys that would bully their sisters and make them cry. This time he was mad. He looked up and said “Damn it you little bastards, I’m gonna teach you a lesson this time.”

That’s when we dropped the A bombs. We were stunned at how easily he dodged our ultimate weapons and even more shocked when he did a pull up on the carport roof and swung his leg up on the roof. We ran and kicked snow in his face and tried to push him back down.

It didn’t work. He was up on the roof in a second and grabbed me and said “Now you’re gonna get a snow shampoo.” A snow shampoo is much worse than it sounds. It’s like a noogie where big knuckles rub your head until its on fire and then continue forever. A snow shampoo is cold, wet, is all over your head and ears, and it smarts and burns like fire and freezing cold. It also went on until I was crying and screaming “I give up! I give up!” After that, it was time to shampoo my face; using rough hands and cold snow. Neither “I give ups”, nor screaming, crying, snot, and tears could stop it. Larry saw what was happening and down the ladder he went to hide somewhere.

Finally, Wes stopped, looked around for Larry, and jumped off the carport roof. After I stopped crying, blew my nose, and tried to comb my hair with my fingers, I climbed down the ladder and went inside. My mother saw I had been crying and was instantly angry, she marched me into the living room and right to my dad and said “Look at this, look at Wes has done to him!” “Do something about it.” She said and turned and went back in the kitchen.

My dad asked me to stand in front of him and started asking questions. The facts came out. Yes, I did attack my sisters and make them cry; yes, I did hit my mother’s face with snow and mud; yes, I did have a fair snowball fight with Wes and gave up and promised not to throw any more snowballs; yes, I broke my word and had another snowball fight with Wes. I finished by saying “But dad, he gave me a snow shampoo!” Snickers and then laughter filled the room. Trying not to laugh, my dad said through a big grin “Well son, now you know how it feels to be punished by someone bigger and stronger than you. You also know how your sisters and mom felt. No one likes a bully, son. But thanks for telling the truth.”

About that time, Larry came sneaking in with a big grin. Dad shook his finger and said to him. “Son, I know you were in on it, and probably even made your little brother do what he did. I was not happy to hear you ran away when your brother was getting what he deserved. In fact, I am disappointed in you. Now both of you go and get cleaned up for dinner.”

It was a great Christmas. We all talked and thanked each other for the presents. Mom said to Wes and Mary. “You did way too much, and you spoiled the boys something awful with all those presents.” Then, everyone went back to talking and the adults had eggnog. We played with our new toys and when it was time for bed, Wes called me over, picked me up, and let me sit in his lap. He asked me if I wanted some eggnog. Mom said, “Now Wes, you know that’s spiked.” Dad said softly, “Let him have some eggnog and visit with his brother a bit before he has to go to bed too.” I looked around the room and Larry was gone. Everyone started talking again. Wes gave me a sip of eggnog, hugged me to him, and told me he had fun with the snowball fights.

It wasn’t until some years later that someone mentioned I was Wes’s favorite, and it hit me like only the truth can. I thought to myself, gee, I wish it would snow at Christmas again.

Best Rock n Roll of the 1950s: Nos. 3-6

The Top 10 songs (plus one) of the 1950s as rated by LomaAlta from the Desert Highlands, Baxter Dogg from Along the Great Divide, and Cash Box. Description.

This post contains top hits numbers 3 – 6 of the best Rock n Roll songs of the 1950’s. Subsequent posts will include numbers 7-10 of the 1950’s and then we will start with the 1960’s.

Video performances of these songs are in the links at the end of the descriptive paragraphs.

Somewhere during the 60’s Rock n Roll became just “Rock”. But remember the 1950’s is when it all started, a significant cultural development that was new and unique. Rock n Roll spread American culture around the world and along the way became Rock.


All I Have To Do Is Dream
The Everly Brothers--1953, Rank: 3
The Rock-N-Roll Hall of Fame lists this song among the “500 songs that shaped Rock and Roll”. Like Bill Haley, the Everly Brothers were influenced by their Country and Bluegrass background. But this song and others by the Everly Brothers helped lay the foundation for the broad appeal of Rock-n-Roll.
Here

There Goes My Baby
The Drifters--1959, Rank: 4
Another important element of Rock-n-Roll is the contribution of groups like The Drifters whose background was in Rhythm and Blues. In the case of The Drifters there was a gospel influence as well. “There Goes My Baby” is the first song recorded by The Drifters after Ben E. King replaced Clyde McPhatter as lead singer. Here


Wake Up Little Susie
The Everly Brothers--1957, Rank: 5
This song reflects the norms of a far more innocent time. A teenage couple falls asleep at a movie and busts curfew. Their friends will think it is scandalous, and their parents will be furious. They’re in trouble—deep! Groups as diverse as The Grateful Dead and Simon and Garfunkel have covered this song. Simon and Garfunkel have cited the Everly Brothers as strong influences on their own music. Here


Heartbreak Hotel
Elvis Presley-- 1956, Rank: 6
This is the song that “introduced” Elvis to a television audience and was his first #1 hit. This song influenced future generations of performers and has been covered by another long list of acts. This diverse list ranges from Homer & Jethro to Paul McCartney and includes The Animals and Merle Haggard. Paul McCartney once described “Heartbreak Hotel” as the perfect Rock-n-Roll song. Here

Alcoholics, Drug Addicts, and Long-Term Poverty: I Alcoholics and Drug Addicts

This first essay deals with alcoholism and briefly touches on drug addiction. The second essay will discuss commonalities and similar roots of these afflictions and long-term poverty and suggest possible solutions for some of the people trapped in long-term poverty.

Brief History of Alcoholics Anonymous

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) was the result of a long association of two alcoholics Bill Wilson and Dr. Bob Smith. In the AA tradition they were called Bill W. and Dr. Bob. Dr. Bob had his last drink on June 10, 1935 and it is considered by AA members as the founding date. Wilson wrote Alcoholics Anonymous (known as the Big Book by members). It contained the famous 12 Step Program for alcoholics to follow in recovering and the 12 Traditions used to govern AA. Please read a history of AA here.

Following are the 12 Steps of AA and the 12 AA Traditions. Please read these, as they are very powerful and will have a permanent influence on the serious reader.

Alcoholics Anonymous 12 step program

THE TWELVE STEPS OF ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS

1. We admitted we were powerless over alcohol—that our lives had become unmanageable.
2. Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
3. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.
4. Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
5. Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
6. Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.
7. Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.
8. Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.
9. Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
10. Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.
11. Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God, as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.
12. Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these Steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.

Copyright _ A.A. World Services, Inc.
Rev.5/9/02 source.

THE TWELVE TRADITIONS OF ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS
(SHORT FORM)
1. Our common welfare should come first; personal recovery depends upon A.A. unity.
2. For our group purpose there is but one ultimate authority—a loving God as He may express Himself in our group conscience. Our leaders are but trusted servants; they do not govern.
3. The only requirement for A.A. membership is a desire to stop drinking.
4. Each group should be autonomous except in matters affecting other groups or A.A. as a whole.
5. Each group has but one primary purpose—to carry its message to the alcoholic who still suffers.
6. An A.A. group ought never endorse, finance, or lend the A.A. name to any related facility or outside enterprise, lest problems of money, property, and prestige divert us from our primary purpose.
7. Every A.A. group ought to be fully self-supporting, declining outside contributions.
8. Alcoholics Anonymous should remain forever nonprofessional, but our service centers may employ special workers.
9. A.A., as such, ought never be organized; but we may create service boards or committees directly responsible to those they serve.
10. Alcoholics Anonymous has no opinion on outside issues; hence the A.A. name ought never be drawn into public controversy.
11. Our public relations policy is based on attraction rather than promotion; we need always maintain personal anonymity at the level of press, radio, and films.
12. Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all our Traditions, ever reminding us to place principles before personalities.

Copyright _ A.A. World Services, Inc. Rev.5/9/02 source

Principles of the AA 12 Step Program in Other Areas

Twelve-step methods have been adopted to address a wide range of substance abuse and dependency problems. Over 200 self-help organizations–often known as fellowships–with a worldwide membership of millions, now employ twelve-step principles for recovery. Narcotics Anonymous was formed by addicts who did not relate to the specifics of alcohol dependency.[3] Similar demographic preferences related to the addicts' drug of choice has led to the creation of Cocaine Anonymous, Crystal Meth Anonymous and Marijuana Anonymous. Behavioral issues such as compulsion for, and/or addiction to, gambling, food, sex, hoarding, debting and work are addressed in fellowships such as Gamblers Anonymous, Overeaters Anonymous, Sexual Compulsives Anonymous, Clutterers Anonymous, Debtors Anonymous and Workaholics Anonymous. Auxiliary groups such as Al-Anon and Nar-Anon, for friends and family members of alcoholics and addicts, respectively, are part of a response to treating addiction as a disease that is enabled by family systems. source.

Arguments for and Against Legalizing Illegal Drug Use

Many people argue that by legalizing illegal drug use, more addicts would have safe drugs, the government could control the supply and quality of drugs, and the government could tax the drugs to raise additional revenue. They also argue that by legalizing illegal drugs the dealers and pusher criminals’ profits would disappear and thus crime would be reduced. Furthermore, drug addicts wouldn’t engage in as much burglary, theft, robbery, prostitution, and murder, so there would be additional reductions in crime. Most people would favor safer drugs and less crime. Fewer might support additional taxes to pay for the drugs and the drug addicts. Other than alcohol, there are few quantitative studies on the legalization of drugs in America.

Others argue that illegal drugs are dangerous, harmful, and it is morally wrong for society to legalize drugs and profit from the misery and wasted lives of millions. They also argue that the government shouldn’t establish or raise any more taxes. Furthermore, whether the legalized drugs were distributed by the government or tax free organizations living off government subsidies and grants, the taxpayer would still be stuck for almost all of the costs. The most powerful argument the anti-legalization side uses is the example of legalizing alcohol. They point to the millions of deaths, wasted lives, accidents, children born with birth defects from legal alcohol, and other human tragedies and tax payer supported costs. source.


Commonalities of Addictions

As discussed above there are a great number of commonalities between alcoholics and drug addicts. Therefore, we should support and encourage similar organizations and treatment methods that have been shown to work. As will be shown in the second post, this means abandoning the model of government run entitlements and shifting to private charity-driven organizations and solutions. Key to success will be the acceptance of long-term welfare by able bodied people to be a sin, parasitism, and that sin can be overcome just as other addictions are.

Personal disclosure by the author

I have recovered, via the method of “going cold turkey” from alcohol and tobacco addictions. This method works for some, but is far less successful than methods such as those of AA. I have also brought my way out of poverty through recognition of personal responsibility and shame, via hard work and continuing education through the post graduate level. This is not bragging. These words here are the first time I have publically acknowledged my background of addictions and poverty. I have always been ashamed of these things and always will be.

However, there are some things in which I take great pride. First is the personal recognition that I alone was responsible for overcoming my poverty, although I couldn’t have succeeded without an understanding and steadfastly loyal and helpful wife. We did it together. Second was the recognition of the harm of alcohol and tobacco and the evil of my indulgence in them. The recognition and my ability to overcome these sins renewed my faith in God. Third is the fact that in spite of hard times, I never accepted charity or welfare. No unemployment, food stamps, or any other welfare.

These admissions are not meant to be confessions (those happened in private) but as a demonstration of experiences in these areas; experiences that enable me to offer some possible solutions in the next essay.

A Funny Christmas Song You May Enjoy

Keep your eye on the little boy to Ernie's left and the little boy in the next row down, in front of Ernie. This should bring a grin or a laugh.

Best Rock n Roll of the 1950's: Top 2 Plus 1

Introduction

The Top 10 songs (plus one) of the 1950s as rated by LomaAlta from the Desert Highlands, Baxter Dogg from Along the Great Divide, and Cash Box. Description. This allowed us to include our favorites plus a measure of public opinion via Cash Box.

This post contains the first Rock n Roll song and the number 1 and 2 top hits of the 1950’s. Subsequent posts will include numbers 3-10 of the 1950’s and then we will start with the 1960’s.

In presenting these songs as videos, we tried to give you an option of a more recent version showing some of the artists’ development (where possible) and a version as close as possible to the original performances in the link at the end of the descriptive paragraphs.

Somewhere during the 60’s Rock n Roll became just “Rock”. But remember the 1950’s is when it all started, a significant cultural development that was new and unique. Rock n Roll spread American culture around the world and along the way became Rock.

This is the 50’s where it all started, so turn the volume up, make some room to dance, and enjoy!

The Top 2 Plus 1

Rocket 88 Jackie Brenston 1951 Rank: 0
This song is considered by many to be the first Rock-n-Roll song. The song is credited to Jackie Brenston and the Delta Cats, but there was no such group. Brenston was the saxophone player in Ike Turner’s band, the Kings of Rhythm. The song was produced at Sam Phillips studio in Memphis. The song pays homage to Oldsmobile’s new V-8 and the Rocket 88 line of cars. This song reached Number 1 on the Rhythm & Blues charts. Although it didn’t score in our Top 10 ranking scheme, it is included because it established the genre. Listen to original.





Don’t Be Cruel Elvis Presley 1956 Rank: 1
Although not the first Rock-n-Roll song, and in fact, not even Elvis’s first, this song probably did the most to establish Rock-n-Roll as the most important music style of the 1950s. It certainly helped to establish Elvis as the King. Everyone from Merle Haggard to Devo, Deborah Harry, Ringo Starr and Keith Richards has covered this song. Listen to original.






Johnny B Goode Chuck Berry 1958 Rank: 2
Another of the “founding fathers” of Rock-n-Roll is Chuck Berry. His influence on other artists is widespread. According to Wikipedia, the opening guitar riff on "Johnny B. Goode" may be the most famous single riff in rock and roll history. Johnny B. Goode is among the most widely covered rock and roll songs in history. Wikipedia lists nearly 70 performers, everyone from AC/DC to Stray Cats. This is the song that will get you “back to the future”. Listen to original.




We love these Rock n Roll songs and would appreciate any comments you might have.
Thanks,

LomaAlta and Baxter Dogg

No Bows and Apologies by Americans at Surrender of Japan

In the days when America celebrated its freedom, its liberation of much of the world from socialist and royal tyrants, and the marvelous defeat of evil empires, there was no bowing and no apologizing by great American leaders.

The Japanese imperial forces unconditionally surrendered to General McArthur, other military commanders, and dignitaries representing the Unites States on Sept. 2, 1945 aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay. In a time of expanding freedom and well being for the entire world, bowing to foreign dignitaries, especially our enemies, was unthinkable. Nor were any Americans apologizing for bringing peace and freedom to major portions of the world. We were Americans then, we were proud of our victories, pious, solemn, and just. America was a Christian nation, acknowledged our Judeo-Christian heritage, and the debts we owed Great Britain for laying the philosophical and political foundations for our ultimate development of America as a free nation.

GOPUSA has an outstanding article pointing how the war in the Pacific might have gone had Obama been president in 1945 rather than Harry S. Truman. As you read excerpts from it below and the entire article, think how much Obama’s “Hope and Change” has degraded, humiliated, and damaged America. Pray for a restoration of freedom.

Unfortunately, when we declared war on Japan, the decision also was made to wage a second war, in Europe, against Nazi Germany. For three years, the war in Europe drew the dominant share of our troops, our resources, our diplomacy, and our national attention -- and that decision to go into Europe, against a force that never attacked us, caused substantial rifts between America and the rest of the world.

Today, after extraordinary costs, we are bringing the war in Europe to a responsible end. But while we have achieved hard-earned milestones in Europe, the situation in the Pacific has deteriorated, and throughout this period, our troop levels in that region have been insufficient to bring this war to a conclusion.

As cadets, you volunteered for service during this time of danger. As your Commander-in-Chief, I owe you a mission that is clearly defined, and worthy of your service. And as Commander-in-Chief, I have determined that it is in our vital national interest to send additional troops to the Pacific. However, after 18 months, our troops will begin to come home.

I do not make this decision lightly. We have been at war now for three long years, at enormous cost in lives and resources. Years of debate over the war in Europe have left our unity on national security issues in tatters, and created a highly polarized and partisan backdrop for this effort. And having lived through the Great Depression, the American people are understandably focused on rebuilding our economy and putting people to work here at home.

As we end the war in Europe, and focus on a reasonable timetable for withdrawal from the Pacific, we must rebuild our strength here at home. Our prosperity provides the foundation for our power. That's why our troop commitment in the Pacific theater of operations cannot be open-ended. source.

Today is Pearl Harbor Day, December 7. On this day of remembrance, the anniversary of “… the day that will live in infamy”, let’s honor the brave Americans who fought WWII and won and also president Truman who had the courage and wisdom to fight on until unconditional surrender.

Why Unconditional Surrender is so Important

My belief is that with rare exceptions under extraordinary circumstances, no Commander in Chief or Congress should send American troops to fight unless the goal is victory. History has shown us again and again: in WWI, Korea, Viet Nam, Gulf War I, and probably our current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, that brokered peace, temporary cease fires, and other efforts short of victory lead to needless loss of American lives and often lead to greater conflicts directly growing from peace without victory. America needs leadership that reads and knows history and learns from our past mistakes.

We need leaders that understand freedom in America and America’s place in history and in the world, and their responsibility for declaring war before they rush to change everything from good to everything bad. Let’s hope and pray for a restoration of America beginning now, in 2010, and continuing through 2012, 2016, and indefinitely into the future.

Equal Protection Under Law Makes Progress in Arizona

In 2004 the pro-American Arizona voters approved a law to prevent illegal aliens (they are criminals by virtue of entering the country illegally and dominate felony crime in Arizona and elsewhere source) from unlawfully collecting welfare and other benefits reserved for Americans. But as you would guess, then governor of Arizona Janet Napolitano (now head of the Dept. of Homeland Security) and her pantywaist attorney general Terry Goddard gutted the laws and violated the public’s intent.

Earlier this year, the Republican-majority Arizona legislature took up the people’s cause and enacted new laws to override the obstruction of justice by the leftist governor and her running dog attorney general. This law is now in effect; as a result, every welfare service paid for by Arizona taxpayers now prohibits illegal alien theft of these welfare and related services. Of course, Arizona taxpayers are on the hook for welfare and healthcare mandated for illegal aliens by the leftists in Washington, DC.

Arizona has taken a pioneering step in eliminating some of the welfare services that draw criminal invaders to America and a giant step in enforcing equal justice under law. If all existing American laws were enforced equally for American citizens and illegal invaders, then there would be uniform justice across the land and illegal immigration would not be a problem in America.

Keep your fingers crossed and hope that some pointy-headed judge does not overthrow the will of the people in Arizona.

Scientists Sell their Souls to Politicians

A major blow to science, and public confidence in scientists in general, is the global warming scientific fraud; manipulation of data, suppression of outside, independent review and access to the climate data. As we now know the data were corrupted to show global warming when the original data did not, and then in violation of Freedom of Information requests (asking for the original data), the fanatic scientists at CRU destroyed the original data. Now, no one will ever know what public data collected at taxpayers’ expense really showed.

This is perhaps the biggest scientific fraud in history and certainly the most important one because through radical leftist laws trillions of dollars of new of taxes will be imposed based on the false premise that man-caused CO2 causes global warming. First, apparently there was no global warming, and second what many took as global warming were climatic fluctuations caused by the sun, ocean currents, and other natural processes independent of man and his activities.

Ann Coulter has the Best, Plain–English Explanation

Excerpts from that explanation are given below. Please read the entire article at the link to Ann Coulter shown at the end of the block quotes.

As we now know (and by "we" I mean "everyone with access to the Internet"), the University of East Anglia's Climatic Research Unit has just been caught ferociously manipulating the data about the Earth's temperature.
Recently leaked e-mails from the "scientists" at CRU show that, when talking among themselves, they forthrightly admit to using a "trick" to "hide the decline" in the Earth's temperature since 1960 – as one e-mail says. Still another describes their manipulation of the data thus: "(W)e can have a proper result, but only by including a load of garbage!" SNIP
The leaked e-mail exchanges also show the vaunted "scientists" engaging in a possibly criminal effort to delete their own smoking-gun e-mails in response to a Freedom of Information request. Next, the fanatics will be telling us that "among scientists," this behavior does not indicate knowledge of guilt.
SNIP
Most disturbingly, the CRU-affiliated "scientists" were caught red-handed conspiring to kill the careers and reputations of scientists who dissented from the religion of global warming. Indignant that scientific journals were publishing papers skeptical of global warming, the cult members plotted to get editors ousted and the publications discredited.

This sabotage of global-warming dissenters may be more galling than their manipulation of the data. Until now, the global-warming cult's sole argument has been to demand that everyone shut up in response to the "scientific consensus" that human activity was causing global warming. source.

For a series of detailed scientific explanations, please see here.

Causes and Consequences

Why would internationally known and respected scientists cheat, lie, attack honest scientists, and destroy public data? There are three main reasons.

1) These scientists were all liberals, synonymous with radical leftists, socialists, and communists. Thus, there were without moral codes, and convinced they could do as they wished.
2) Many of the discredited scientists had gone political to get grants, public fame, and power. Only naive and second rate scientists wouldn’t know that to deal with politicians is corrupting—politicians can corrupt most people they support and make them dependent with unearned funding. These second rate scientists wound up being corrupt tools of politicians.
3) Money. For years it has been impossible to obtain public funds, foundation funds, or university funds unless the scientist bowed to the false god of “man caused global warming”. These leftist, second rate scientists found it easier to compromise their science and integrity than to work hard and compete honestly for scientific grants and contracts. They became another brick in the wall of the liberals’ dependency classes.

The Tragedy

Science is essential to the health, well being, economy, freedom, and sustainability of western civilization. Corrupt and politicized science may be the biggest threat that America has ever faced. Politically driven science will destroy science as we have known it. Having second rate and lazy scientists choosing dependence over scientific independence and being rewarded by non-competitive funding and positions of power will lead to false scientific findings tailored to political whim.

This trend of using falsified data and producing politically correct findings started decades ago in the so called “social sciences”. It is a great tragedy that these unethical and unscientific methods are now being used in the physical sciences. It seems that there is nothing that the radical leftists touch that they do not destroy.

Be very fearful that government run medical science will degrade to these base, political levels. But how can medicine survive as a science if political, not medical, reasons are used for research, technology development, education, and the practice of medicine?

Scratch a Huckabee and You Get a Liberal Like Dukakis?

To many, Huckabee has been a suspicious character in the Republican Party. He certainly has presidential ambitions and loves the limelight. In 2008, Huckabee and McCain pulled a legal, but mean spirited, trick to harm another Republican candidate in West Virginia. Romney looked like he might have a strong second finish, so McCain asked his supporters to switch their votes to old Huck. Neither Huck nor McCain were man enough to accept the voters results, they engineered a dirty trick to torpedo a fellow Republican. Strike 1.

Recently a brutal murderer ambushed and shot 4 police officers to death in Washington State. It turns out that the suspected murder is on the streets because old Huck gave him a governor’s clemency in Arkansas. The suspect, Clemmons, was convicted of a burglary spree and given a long prison sentence. In an obvious politically correct move old Huck commuted his sentence.Here. Of course, Clemmons returned to a life of crime.

Old Huck plays on his Christian beliefs all the time. I wonder if he has any remorse or takes any personal responsible for his actions that probably resulted in the murder of 4 policemen. Probably not, he has been spinning the situation and saying that the parole board approved his clemency. Of course they did, he was the governor at the time and could hire or fire the parole board if he wished. Strike 2.

Two strikes makes Huck look like a liberal RINO using religion to further his political ambitions. These two strikes should be enough to eliminate Huckabee from consideration as a presidential candidate. But, following the rules of baseball perhaps he should be ginen a chance to be retired with three strikes.