. '24' Takes on Critics
The Fox hit “24” has alarmed critics on the Left with its counterterrorist characters and their willingness to use extreme measures when dealing with terrorists in trying to save countless lives.
The show appears to be taking its critics head-on.
In scenes from a trailer promoting the show’s seventh season, Kiefer Sutherland’s character, agent Jack Bauer, appears in front of a governmental panel that is investigating his past actions, including harsh treatment of terrorism suspects.
“Don’t expect me to regret the decisions that I have made, because sir, the truth is, I don’t,” Bauer says in the scene.
In another segment, Bauer is preparing to interrogate a suspect when a female official gives him free rein.
“Do whatever it takes. Torture him if you have to,” the woman says.
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Monday, October 29, 2007
Orpah Leadership Academy Sex Scandle What the Liberal Media does not want you to know
OPRAH BACK IN TO AFRICA
Post staff writer
Oprah stands with students from the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls in the small town of Henley-on-Klip, South Africa.
October 29, 2007 -- A tearful Oprah Winfrey begged parents to forgive her for an alleged abuse scandal at her girls' school in South Africa.
"I've disappointed you. I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry," Oprah told parents at an emergency meeting, South Africa's top news Web site reported yesterday.
It was the talk-show host's second trip to South Africa in recent weeks, according to reports.
The school was hit two weeks ago with allegations that one of the matrons fondled a girl and physically abused other students.
The school's principal - indentified only as Dr Mzimane - and at least one other matron were put on administrative leave following the charges, News24.com, the nation's No. 1 news site reported.
"I trusted [Dr. Mzimane]," the station quoted Oprah as telling parents.
"But, I've been disappointed," she said.
"It's not your fault. We don't blame you.," a father was quoted as saying.
"You have more passion for the school and its existence than anyone else in this country, including us parents."
The talk-show host reportedly gave students her personal phone number and email address if they needed to contact her again, the station reported.
Post staff writer
Oprah stands with students from the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls in the small town of Henley-on-Klip, South Africa.
October 29, 2007 -- A tearful Oprah Winfrey begged parents to forgive her for an alleged abuse scandal at her girls' school in South Africa.
"I've disappointed you. I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry," Oprah told parents at an emergency meeting, South Africa's top news Web site reported yesterday.
It was the talk-show host's second trip to South Africa in recent weeks, according to reports.
The school was hit two weeks ago with allegations that one of the matrons fondled a girl and physically abused other students.
The school's principal - indentified only as Dr Mzimane - and at least one other matron were put on administrative leave following the charges, News24.com, the nation's No. 1 news site reported.
"I trusted [Dr. Mzimane]," the station quoted Oprah as telling parents.
"But, I've been disappointed," she said.
"It's not your fault. We don't blame you.," a father was quoted as saying.
"You have more passion for the school and its existence than anyone else in this country, including us parents."
The talk-show host reportedly gave students her personal phone number and email address if they needed to contact her again, the station reported.
Friday, October 26, 2007
What did they think when they called a Marine a Fag
Father: Funeral protest made him sick
By ALEX DOMINGUEZ Associated Press Writer
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BALTIMORE -- The father of a Marine killed in Iraq took the stand in his invasion of privacy suit against a fundamentalist church that pickets soldiers' funerals, saying protesters carrying signs at his son's burial made him sick to his stomach.
Albert Snyder said Wednesday he had hoped for a private funeral for his son, Lance Cpl. Matthew Snyder.
"They turned this funeral into a media circus and they wanted to hurt my family," Snyder testified. "They wanted their message heard and they didn't care who they stepped over. My son should have been buried with dignity, not with a bunch of clowns outside."
Snyder is suing the Westboro Baptist church, whose members have picketed the funerals of military personnel killed in Iraq and Afghanistan, claiming the deaths are punishment for the country's tolerance of homosexuality. The York resident is seeking unspecified monetary damages in the case for invasion of privacy and intent to inflect emotional distress as a result of the Topeka, Kan., church's protest at his son's funeral in Westminster in March 2006.
The church's protests have inspired several state laws and a federal law about funeral protests, but the Maryland suit is believed to be the first filed by the family of a fallen serviceman.
Asked Wednesday about a sign that read "Thank God for dead soldiers," Snyder said he thinks about it daily.
"I see that sign when I lay in bed," Snyder said.
Asked about statements issued by the group that his son was raised to support the "Roman Catholic monstrosity" and then sent to fight for the "United States of Sodomy," Snyder said "they have no right to do this to people they didn't know."
During cross-examination, defense attorney Jonathan Katz focused on obituaries and death notices and questioned Snyder on whether they said the funeral services were private. Snyder replied that the notices said friends and family were welcome, but admitted that he did not know all of the 500 or so people who attended.
The case tests the limits of the First Amendment right to free speech.
U.S. District Court Judge Richard Bennett instructed jurors at the start of testimony Tuesday that the First Amendment protection of free speech has limits, including vulgar, offensive and shocking statements. Bennett said the jurors must decide "whether the defendant's actions would be highly offensive to a reasonable person, whether they were extreme and outrageous, and whether these actions were so offensive and shocking as to not be entitled to First Amendment protection."
Church members said they are motivated by the fear of God and their need to warn America about its moral decay, rather than a desire to hurt anyone.
Katz told jurors Tuesday the protests took place 1,000 feet away from St. John Catholic Church, where the funeral was held, down a hill and out of sight and hearing from participants.
Snyder said American military personnel are in Iraq fighting for freedom of speech "they're not fighting for hate speech." One photo showing a child holding a sign at the funeral protest was particularly disturbing, the father said.
"I pray for their children. Their children need help. To be brought up with that kind of hatred," Snyder said.
"My God is loving God," Snyder said, adding later "I don't look for hatred in the Bible."
The church's founder and pastor, Fred Phelps, took the stand after Snyder and prompted a strong admonition from Bennett when the pastor said he had not considered whether children would see a sign carried by protesters with the words "Semper Fi Fags" and two stick figures that appear to be engaged in sodomy.
"No, it's an irrelevancy," Phelps said.
Bennett then interjected sharply.
"Just answer the question, sir. Don't determine what's relevant or not relevant. You just answer the question," Bennett said.
Phelps said he chose to use the term "fag" in the group's signs because it comes from scripture but could also have used Sodomite or dog. When asked by Katz why the group made a "Semper Fi Fags" sign, Phelps said it was in response to the need for a warning to the country "that your wicked ways are going to be your doom shortly."
By ALEX DOMINGUEZ Associated Press Writer
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BALTIMORE -- The father of a Marine killed in Iraq took the stand in his invasion of privacy suit against a fundamentalist church that pickets soldiers' funerals, saying protesters carrying signs at his son's burial made him sick to his stomach.
Albert Snyder said Wednesday he had hoped for a private funeral for his son, Lance Cpl. Matthew Snyder.
"They turned this funeral into a media circus and they wanted to hurt my family," Snyder testified. "They wanted their message heard and they didn't care who they stepped over. My son should have been buried with dignity, not with a bunch of clowns outside."
Snyder is suing the Westboro Baptist church, whose members have picketed the funerals of military personnel killed in Iraq and Afghanistan, claiming the deaths are punishment for the country's tolerance of homosexuality. The York resident is seeking unspecified monetary damages in the case for invasion of privacy and intent to inflect emotional distress as a result of the Topeka, Kan., church's protest at his son's funeral in Westminster in March 2006.
The church's protests have inspired several state laws and a federal law about funeral protests, but the Maryland suit is believed to be the first filed by the family of a fallen serviceman.
Asked Wednesday about a sign that read "Thank God for dead soldiers," Snyder said he thinks about it daily.
"I see that sign when I lay in bed," Snyder said.
Asked about statements issued by the group that his son was raised to support the "Roman Catholic monstrosity" and then sent to fight for the "United States of Sodomy," Snyder said "they have no right to do this to people they didn't know."
During cross-examination, defense attorney Jonathan Katz focused on obituaries and death notices and questioned Snyder on whether they said the funeral services were private. Snyder replied that the notices said friends and family were welcome, but admitted that he did not know all of the 500 or so people who attended.
The case tests the limits of the First Amendment right to free speech.
U.S. District Court Judge Richard Bennett instructed jurors at the start of testimony Tuesday that the First Amendment protection of free speech has limits, including vulgar, offensive and shocking statements. Bennett said the jurors must decide "whether the defendant's actions would be highly offensive to a reasonable person, whether they were extreme and outrageous, and whether these actions were so offensive and shocking as to not be entitled to First Amendment protection."
Church members said they are motivated by the fear of God and their need to warn America about its moral decay, rather than a desire to hurt anyone.
Katz told jurors Tuesday the protests took place 1,000 feet away from St. John Catholic Church, where the funeral was held, down a hill and out of sight and hearing from participants.
Snyder said American military personnel are in Iraq fighting for freedom of speech "they're not fighting for hate speech." One photo showing a child holding a sign at the funeral protest was particularly disturbing, the father said.
"I pray for their children. Their children need help. To be brought up with that kind of hatred," Snyder said.
"My God is loving God," Snyder said, adding later "I don't look for hatred in the Bible."
The church's founder and pastor, Fred Phelps, took the stand after Snyder and prompted a strong admonition from Bennett when the pastor said he had not considered whether children would see a sign carried by protesters with the words "Semper Fi Fags" and two stick figures that appear to be engaged in sodomy.
"No, it's an irrelevancy," Phelps said.
Bennett then interjected sharply.
"Just answer the question, sir. Don't determine what's relevant or not relevant. You just answer the question," Bennett said.
Phelps said he chose to use the term "fag" in the group's signs because it comes from scripture but could also have used Sodomite or dog. When asked by Katz why the group made a "Semper Fi Fags" sign, Phelps said it was in response to the need for a warning to the country "that your wicked ways are going to be your doom shortly."
Happy Haunting
Costume Party A couple was invited to a swanky costume party. The Mrs. got a terrible headache and told her husband to go to the party alone.
He being a devoted husband protested, but she argued and said she was going to take some aspirin and go to bed and there was no need for his good time being spoiled by not going. So he took his costume and away he went. The wife, after sleeping soundly for about an hour, awakened without pain and, as it was still early, decided to go the party. Since h er husband did not know what her costume was, she thought she would have some fun by watching her husband to see how he acted when she was not with him.
She joined the party and soon spotted her husband cavorting around on the dance floor, dancing with every nice woman he could, and copping a little feel here and a little kiss there. His wife sidled up to him and being a rather seductive babe herself, he left his current partner high and dry and devoted his time to the new babe that had just arrived. She let him go as far as he wished , naturally, since he was her husband.
Finally, he whispered a little proposition in her ear and she agreed. So off they went to one of the cars and had a quickie. Just before unmasking at midnight, she slipped away, went home, put the costume away and got into bed, wondering what kind of explanation he would make for his behavior. She was sitting up reading when he came in, and she asked what ki nd of a time he had. He said: "Oh, the same old thing.
You know I never have a good time when you're not there." - "Did you dance much ?" - "I'll tell you, I never even danced one dance. When I got there, I met Pete, Bill Brown and some other guys, so we went into the den and played poker all evening. But you're not going to believe what happened to the guy I loaned my costume to......."
He being a devoted husband protested, but she argued and said she was going to take some aspirin and go to bed and there was no need for his good time being spoiled by not going. So he took his costume and away he went. The wife, after sleeping soundly for about an hour, awakened without pain and, as it was still early, decided to go the party. Since h er husband did not know what her costume was, she thought she would have some fun by watching her husband to see how he acted when she was not with him.
She joined the party and soon spotted her husband cavorting around on the dance floor, dancing with every nice woman he could, and copping a little feel here and a little kiss there. His wife sidled up to him and being a rather seductive babe herself, he left his current partner high and dry and devoted his time to the new babe that had just arrived. She let him go as far as he wished , naturally, since he was her husband.
Finally, he whispered a little proposition in her ear and she agreed. So off they went to one of the cars and had a quickie. Just before unmasking at midnight, she slipped away, went home, put the costume away and got into bed, wondering what kind of explanation he would make for his behavior. She was sitting up reading when he came in, and she asked what ki nd of a time he had. He said: "Oh, the same old thing.
You know I never have a good time when you're not there." - "Did you dance much ?" - "I'll tell you, I never even danced one dance. When I got there, I met Pete, Bill Brown and some other guys, so we went into the den and played poker all evening. But you're not going to believe what happened to the guy I loaned my costume to......."
Thursday, October 25, 2007
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
UBL THE SENATOR FROM ILL
Obama: No Hand on Heart for National Anthem
By Mark Finkelstein October 20, 2007 - 16:50 ET
During rendition of the national anthem when the flag is displayed, all present except those in uniform should stand at attention facing the flag with the right hand over the heart. Men not in uniform should remove their headdress with their right hand and hold it at the left shoulder, the hand being over the heart. -- United States Code, Title 36, Chapter 10, Sec. 171
Turns out that not wearing a flag lapel pin isn't the only way Barack Obama chooses to show he's a different kind of Democrat.
Have a look at the photo from the October 1, 2007 edition of "Time." It shows Obama, Hillary and Bill Richardson at the Steak Fry of Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) on September 17 in Indianola, IA during [according to the photo caption] the National Anthem. Richardson and Clinton have their hands on their heart. But not Obama. Does he perhaps believe that, like wearing the flag pin, the hand on the heart isn't "true patriotism"?
"Time" ran the photo without comment. I haven't seen coverage of this anywhere else in the MSM. Perhaps some enterprising reporter can ask the Illinois senator about his decision to spurn this American tradition.
Meanwhile, does Obama have some third act or omission planned to demonstrate that he's not falling for those corny, old-fashioned displays of patriotism?
H/t reader J.S.
NOTE: The original version of this item, based on a reader submission, stated that the photo was apparently taken during the Pledge of Allegiance. I've now located the original "Time" image, whose caption states that it was taken during the National Anthem.
—Mark Finkelstein is a NewsBusters contributing editor and host of Right Angle. Contact him at mark@gunhill.net.
By Mark Finkelstein October 20, 2007 - 16:50 ET
During rendition of the national anthem when the flag is displayed, all present except those in uniform should stand at attention facing the flag with the right hand over the heart. Men not in uniform should remove their headdress with their right hand and hold it at the left shoulder, the hand being over the heart. -- United States Code, Title 36, Chapter 10, Sec. 171
Turns out that not wearing a flag lapel pin isn't the only way Barack Obama chooses to show he's a different kind of Democrat.
Have a look at the photo from the October 1, 2007 edition of "Time." It shows Obama, Hillary and Bill Richardson at the Steak Fry of Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) on September 17 in Indianola, IA during [according to the photo caption] the National Anthem. Richardson and Clinton have their hands on their heart. But not Obama. Does he perhaps believe that, like wearing the flag pin, the hand on the heart isn't "true patriotism"?
"Time" ran the photo without comment. I haven't seen coverage of this anywhere else in the MSM. Perhaps some enterprising reporter can ask the Illinois senator about his decision to spurn this American tradition.
Meanwhile, does Obama have some third act or omission planned to demonstrate that he's not falling for those corny, old-fashioned displays of patriotism?
H/t reader J.S.
NOTE: The original version of this item, based on a reader submission, stated that the photo was apparently taken during the Pledge of Allegiance. I've now located the original "Time" image, whose caption states that it was taken during the National Anthem.
—Mark Finkelstein is a NewsBusters contributing editor and host of Right Angle. Contact him at mark@gunhill.net.
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Be afraid be very afraid
Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2007 04:28:54 +0000
A little history lesson: If you don't know the answer make your best guess. Answer all the questions before looking at the answers. Who said it? [
1) "We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good.
" A. Karl Marx
B. Adolph Hitler
C. Joseph Stalin
D. None of the above
2) "It's time for a new beginning, for an end to government of the few, by the few, and for the few...and to replace it with shared responsibility for shared prosperity."
A. Lenin
B. Mussolini
C. Idi Amin
D. None of the Above
3) "(We)...can't just let business as usual go on, and that means something has to be taken away from some people."
A. Nikita Khrushev
B. Josef Goebbels
C. Boris Yeltsin
D. None of the above
4) "We have to build a political consensus and that requires people to give up a little bit of their own...in order to create this common ground."
A. Mao Tse Dung
B. Hugo Chavez
C. Kim Jong Il
D. None of the above
5) "I certainly think the free-market has failed."
A. Karl Marx
B. Lenin
C.&nb sp; Molotov
D. None of the above
6) "I think it's time to send a clear message to what has become the most profitable sector in (the) entire economy that they are being watched."
A. Pinochet
B. Milosevic
C. Saddam Hussein
D. None of the above
Scroll Down for Answers
Answers:
(1) D. None of the above. Statement was made by Hillary Clinton 6/29/2004
(2) D. None of the above. Statement was made by Hillary Clinton 5/29/2007
(3) D. None of the above. Statement was made by Hillary Clinton 6/4/2007
(4) D. None of the above. Statement was made by Hillary Clinton 6/4/2007
(5) D. None of the above. Statement was made by Hillary Clinton 6/4/2007
(6) D. None of the above. Statement was made by Hillary Clinton 9/2/2005
Be afraid. ;Be very, very afraid.
A little history lesson: If you don't know the answer make your best guess. Answer all the questions before looking at the answers. Who said it? [
1) "We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good.
" A. Karl Marx
B. Adolph Hitler
C. Joseph Stalin
D. None of the above
2) "It's time for a new beginning, for an end to government of the few, by the few, and for the few...and to replace it with shared responsibility for shared prosperity."
A. Lenin
B. Mussolini
C. Idi Amin
D. None of the Above
3) "(We)...can't just let business as usual go on, and that means something has to be taken away from some people."
A. Nikita Khrushev
B. Josef Goebbels
C. Boris Yeltsin
D. None of the above
4) "We have to build a political consensus and that requires people to give up a little bit of their own...in order to create this common ground."
A. Mao Tse Dung
B. Hugo Chavez
C. Kim Jong Il
D. None of the above
5) "I certainly think the free-market has failed."
A. Karl Marx
B. Lenin
C.&nb sp; Molotov
D. None of the above
6) "I think it's time to send a clear message to what has become the most profitable sector in (the) entire economy that they are being watched."
A. Pinochet
B. Milosevic
C. Saddam Hussein
D. None of the above
Scroll Down for Answers
Answers:
(1) D. None of the above. Statement was made by Hillary Clinton 6/29/2004
(2) D. None of the above. Statement was made by Hillary Clinton 5/29/2007
(3) D. None of the above. Statement was made by Hillary Clinton 6/4/2007
(4) D. None of the above. Statement was made by Hillary Clinton 6/4/2007
(5) D. None of the above. Statement was made by Hillary Clinton 6/4/2007
(6) D. None of the above. Statement was made by Hillary Clinton 9/2/2005
Be afraid. ;Be very, very afraid.
Friday, October 19, 2007
Hell NO LADY
SHE WANTS THE HORSE TO PULL HER IN THE WHEEL CHAIR. HELL NO THAT IS NOT RIGHT. I m sorry that she is disabled but that horse deserves some respect also.
Vt. woman wants horse as service animal
By DAVE GRAM, Associated Press Writer 25 minutes ago
WARREN, Vt. - The Central Vermont Community Land Trust usually has no objection to a service animal like a seeing-eye dog moving into its apartments. But Patty Cooper's service animal is a horse of a different color: a black and white miniature horse, to be exact.
Now the nonprofit housing group is trying to figure out whether it can accommodate a disabled woman's new companion, with its need for grazing space and questionable housebrokenness.
"Frankly, it's a bit unique," Preston Jump, executive director of the Land Trust, said in an interview.
Cooper, 50, has a severe case of celiac disease, a disorder in which exposure to a protein called gluten destroys the ability of the small intestine to absorb nutrients. One result can be brittle bones, and Cooper has used a wheelchair since she broke her back for the second time four years ago.
Earl, short for Early to Rise, is a 1-year-old miniature tobiano pinto horse that weighs about 100 pounds and is 32 inches tall at the shoulder — just the
right height for a frequent face-to-face nuzzle with Cooper as she sits in her wheelchair.
Earl isn't living with Cooper yet, but she visits him daily at the farm where he is recovering from his recent gelding. It's clear a bond has developed in the few months since she bought him.
"This guy just makes me so happy whenever I'm around him," Cooper said. "I'm not lonely any more."
Her plan is to attach shafts extending from Earl's harness to her wheelchair. "He'll be able to pull me back and forth to the bus stop and pull me to town. After he's trained he'll be able to go on the bus with me under ADA laws."
The ADA is the Americans With Disabilities Act, the federal law requiring entities that provide public accommodations, like the Land Trust, to make reasonable efforts to accommodate people with disabilities.
Cooper got a letter last week from the operations manager of the 24-unit housing complex where she lives expressing worry about "possible health and safety issues. So, can you tell us how you intend to dispose of the pony's waste
? Is the pony housebroken? If he is house-trained, who is going to pick up after him outside?
"What does this animal require for food?" it continued. "If it is hay and grain, as I suspect, where and how do you plan to store this food so that it will not attract rats or otherwise become a potential health risk to the other residents living in this complex?"
It went on to say it was investigating whether a 4-by-6-foot stall Cooper had built in her living room for Earl constituted an alteration and therefore a lease violation. Cooper called that "a veiled threat of eviction" on a blog she's been maintaining about the issue.
This week, both Cooper and the Land Trust were taking a more conciliatory tone. "I don't have any problem with the Land Trust," she said. "I think they do very good work in the community" by providing affordable housing for low- and moderate-income people.
For its part, the Land Trust issued a statement in response to press inquiries. "CVCLT's policy is to make every effort to accommodate the specific needs of our disabled residents, including making allowances for service animals when the service to be provided is reasonably related to the disability at issue," it said.
"Due to the unusual circumstances associated with housing a pony in an apartment setting," it added, "careful review and consideration is being given to this request in order to determine whether this animal can reasonably address the specific needs described by this resident while assuring the overall welfare of both the animal involved and neighboring residents in the apartment complex."
Cooper said she already had tried to respond to some of the Land Trust's worries, installing a rubber mat at the base of the stall, which she says didn't require any apartment alterations, as well as rubber-backed carpeting in case of an accident before Earl can make it outside. She said she was talking with a neighbor of the apartment complex about grazing space on that property.
"I'm confident it's all going to work out," she said.
One benefit of a horse versus a dog is a longer life span. Tippy, the mixed-breed dog who was Cooper's previous service animal, died recently. "I don't want to have to go through this again in 10 years," she said. "Earl will live at least another 50 years. I'll still have him when I'm 100."
Vt. woman wants horse as service animal
By DAVE GRAM, Associated Press Writer 25 minutes ago
WARREN, Vt. - The Central Vermont Community Land Trust usually has no objection to a service animal like a seeing-eye dog moving into its apartments. But Patty Cooper's service animal is a horse of a different color: a black and white miniature horse, to be exact.
Now the nonprofit housing group is trying to figure out whether it can accommodate a disabled woman's new companion, with its need for grazing space and questionable housebrokenness.
"Frankly, it's a bit unique," Preston Jump, executive director of the Land Trust, said in an interview.
Cooper, 50, has a severe case of celiac disease, a disorder in which exposure to a protein called gluten destroys the ability of the small intestine to absorb nutrients. One result can be brittle bones, and Cooper has used a wheelchair since she broke her back for the second time four years ago.
Earl, short for Early to Rise, is a 1-year-old miniature tobiano pinto horse that weighs about 100 pounds and is 32 inches tall at the shoulder — just the
right height for a frequent face-to-face nuzzle with Cooper as she sits in her wheelchair.
Earl isn't living with Cooper yet, but she visits him daily at the farm where he is recovering from his recent gelding. It's clear a bond has developed in the few months since she bought him.
"This guy just makes me so happy whenever I'm around him," Cooper said. "I'm not lonely any more."
Her plan is to attach shafts extending from Earl's harness to her wheelchair. "He'll be able to pull me back and forth to the bus stop and pull me to town. After he's trained he'll be able to go on the bus with me under ADA laws."
The ADA is the Americans With Disabilities Act, the federal law requiring entities that provide public accommodations, like the Land Trust, to make reasonable efforts to accommodate people with disabilities.
Cooper got a letter last week from the operations manager of the 24-unit housing complex where she lives expressing worry about "possible health and safety issues. So, can you tell us how you intend to dispose of the pony's waste
? Is the pony housebroken? If he is house-trained, who is going to pick up after him outside?
"What does this animal require for food?" it continued. "If it is hay and grain, as I suspect, where and how do you plan to store this food so that it will not attract rats or otherwise become a potential health risk to the other residents living in this complex?"
It went on to say it was investigating whether a 4-by-6-foot stall Cooper had built in her living room for Earl constituted an alteration and therefore a lease violation. Cooper called that "a veiled threat of eviction" on a blog she's been maintaining about the issue.
This week, both Cooper and the Land Trust were taking a more conciliatory tone. "I don't have any problem with the Land Trust," she said. "I think they do very good work in the community" by providing affordable housing for low- and moderate-income people.
For its part, the Land Trust issued a statement in response to press inquiries. "CVCLT's policy is to make every effort to accommodate the specific needs of our disabled residents, including making allowances for service animals when the service to be provided is reasonably related to the disability at issue," it said.
"Due to the unusual circumstances associated with housing a pony in an apartment setting," it added, "careful review and consideration is being given to this request in order to determine whether this animal can reasonably address the specific needs described by this resident while assuring the overall welfare of both the animal involved and neighboring residents in the apartment complex."
Cooper said she already had tried to respond to some of the Land Trust's worries, installing a rubber mat at the base of the stall, which she says didn't require any apartment alterations, as well as rubber-backed carpeting in case of an accident before Earl can make it outside. She said she was talking with a neighbor of the apartment complex about grazing space on that property.
"I'm confident it's all going to work out," she said.
One benefit of a horse versus a dog is a longer life span. Tippy, the mixed-breed dog who was Cooper's previous service animal, died recently. "I don't want to have to go through this again in 10 years," she said. "Earl will live at least another 50 years. I'll still have him when I'm 100."
I done
I sick and tired of the BS OF MIC. The leader is a asswhole he only post what he wants posted he delates whatever he wants he is suck a fing ass
Ya this was not terrorism
Tanker Stolen From Depot Found
BALTIMORE (AP) - A tanker truck carrying 7,100 gallons of diesel fuel was taken at gunpoint from a city fuel depot early Friday, then found later in Washington, police said.
The driver of the tanker was fueling the tractor-trailer about 5 a.m. when a man in a blue jumpsuit confronted him with a semiautomatic handgun, Baltimore police spokesman Clifford Sterling said. He forced the driver out of the truck and took off.
District of Columbia police spokesman Israel James said the truck was found abandoned about 1 p.m. in southwest Washington.
Authorities were investigating the incident as a robbery, and did not believe that there was any connection to terrorism.
BALTIMORE (AP) - A tanker truck carrying 7,100 gallons of diesel fuel was taken at gunpoint from a city fuel depot early Friday, then found later in Washington, police said.
The driver of the tanker was fueling the tractor-trailer about 5 a.m. when a man in a blue jumpsuit confronted him with a semiautomatic handgun, Baltimore police spokesman Clifford Sterling said. He forced the driver out of the truck and took off.
District of Columbia police spokesman Israel James said the truck was found abandoned about 1 p.m. in southwest Washington.
Authorities were investigating the incident as a robbery, and did not believe that there was any connection to terrorism.
Thursday, October 18, 2007
Take that Anti War Commie Nut Jobs
Recruiting facility at center of storm
By Kristin Bender
STAFF WRITER
BERKELEY -- Flag-waving demonstrators far outnumbered a group of peace advocates who were protesting a U.S. Marine Corps recruiting center in downtown on Wednesday.
But groups on both sides of Shattuck Avenue slowed traffic and jammed sidewalks as they shouted back and forth at each other.
Police kept the two competing groups across the street from each other; there were no arrests.
One protester who was burning something was cited by police after he was warned by officers not to burn anything in public, said police spokeswoman Sgt. Mary Kusmiss.
Protests in Berkeley are nothing new.
A protest of a protest is unique -- even in Berkeley.
On one side of the street was CodePINK, Grandmothers Against the War, Berkeley East Bay Gray Panthers, Women in Black and other peace groups holding "no war" signs and chanting "out of Iraq."
On the other were military veterans, mothers and fathers of soldiers, members of the UC Berkeley College Republicans and Melanie Morgan, whose conservative talk show airs on KSFO. They waved American flags and chanted "USA, USA, USA."
But at times it was difficult to hear what either group was saying because each was trying to drown out the other as men on Harley Davidsons and frustrated motorists gunned their engines on the street between the groups.
"This is 2007, and we support our troops. We are not going to let CodePINK disgrace our military heroes," yelled Deborah Johns, a Granite Bay woman whose 23-year-old son is preparing to head to Iraq for his fourth tour of duty. "My son is a hero, and so are all the others who served this country."
One of the peace advocates, Sheila Goldmacher, a Berkeley woman with Grandmothers Against the War, said she was pushed and shoved by the flag-wavers. "They have a right to be here -- they do not have the right to be thugs," she said.
The military recruiting center at 64 Shattuck Square, just south of University Avenue, opened its doors in December after moving from an Alameda building that was slated to be razed.
But objections did not begin until last month when CodePINK, an anti-war group, began protesting the center.
"Our message is very clear. We are peaceful people. We don't want to send our sons and daughters into this war. I think the sentiment of Berkeley is on this side of the street," said
CodePINK co-founder Medea Benjamin.
Statistics show that Berkeley is sending fewer sons and daughters into the military. In fiscal year 2001, which ended three weeks after the Sept. 11 attacks, 22 Berkeley residents joined the armed forces, according to Department of Defense enlistment data. By 2006, with the Iraq war in full swing, just 15 signed on, nearly one-third less.
Berkeley's drop mimics a California-wide trend. The Golden State in 2001 was the nation's largest source of new enlistees, with 23,503 residents joining the military in 2001. But in 2006, 2,400 fewer residents heeded the call, and today California ranks second behind Texas in recruitment.
The recruiting office, which has been defaced with graffiti in recent weeks, was closed during the protest Wednesday, and a representative was not on site to comment.
However, in a recently published editorial in the Berkeley Daily Planet newspaper, Capt. Richard Lund, the Marine Corps' officer selection officer for the northern Bay Area, said he chose the Berkeley site because "of its proximity to UC Berkeley and to the BART station."
Staff Writer Douglas Fischer contributed to this story. Reach Kristin Bender at 510-208-6453 or kbender@bayareanewsgroup.com.
By Kristin Bender
STAFF WRITER
BERKELEY -- Flag-waving demonstrators far outnumbered a group of peace advocates who were protesting a U.S. Marine Corps recruiting center in downtown on Wednesday.
But groups on both sides of Shattuck Avenue slowed traffic and jammed sidewalks as they shouted back and forth at each other.
Police kept the two competing groups across the street from each other; there were no arrests.
One protester who was burning something was cited by police after he was warned by officers not to burn anything in public, said police spokeswoman Sgt. Mary Kusmiss.
Protests in Berkeley are nothing new.
A protest of a protest is unique -- even in Berkeley.
On one side of the street was CodePINK, Grandmothers Against the War, Berkeley East Bay Gray Panthers, Women in Black and other peace groups holding "no war" signs and chanting "out of Iraq."
On the other were military veterans, mothers and fathers of soldiers, members of the UC Berkeley College Republicans and Melanie Morgan, whose conservative talk show airs on KSFO. They waved American flags and chanted "USA, USA, USA."
But at times it was difficult to hear what either group was saying because each was trying to drown out the other as men on Harley Davidsons and frustrated motorists gunned their engines on the street between the groups.
"This is 2007, and we support our troops. We are not going to let CodePINK disgrace our military heroes," yelled Deborah Johns, a Granite Bay woman whose 23-year-old son is preparing to head to Iraq for his fourth tour of duty. "My son is a hero, and so are all the others who served this country."
One of the peace advocates, Sheila Goldmacher, a Berkeley woman with Grandmothers Against the War, said she was pushed and shoved by the flag-wavers. "They have a right to be here -- they do not have the right to be thugs," she said.
The military recruiting center at 64 Shattuck Square, just south of University Avenue, opened its doors in December after moving from an Alameda building that was slated to be razed.
But objections did not begin until last month when CodePINK, an anti-war group, began protesting the center.
"Our message is very clear. We are peaceful people. We don't want to send our sons and daughters into this war. I think the sentiment of Berkeley is on this side of the street," said
CodePINK co-founder Medea Benjamin.
Statistics show that Berkeley is sending fewer sons and daughters into the military. In fiscal year 2001, which ended three weeks after the Sept. 11 attacks, 22 Berkeley residents joined the armed forces, according to Department of Defense enlistment data. By 2006, with the Iraq war in full swing, just 15 signed on, nearly one-third less.
Berkeley's drop mimics a California-wide trend. The Golden State in 2001 was the nation's largest source of new enlistees, with 23,503 residents joining the military in 2001. But in 2006, 2,400 fewer residents heeded the call, and today California ranks second behind Texas in recruitment.
The recruiting office, which has been defaced with graffiti in recent weeks, was closed during the protest Wednesday, and a representative was not on site to comment.
However, in a recently published editorial in the Berkeley Daily Planet newspaper, Capt. Richard Lund, the Marine Corps' officer selection officer for the northern Bay Area, said he chose the Berkeley site because "of its proximity to UC Berkeley and to the BART station."
Staff Writer Douglas Fischer contributed to this story. Reach Kristin Bender at 510-208-6453 or kbender@bayareanewsgroup.com.
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Dont touch my Willie.
Kevin Fowler - Don't Touch My Willie Lyrics
She showed up at my house at half past nine
In a low-cut dress with a bottle of wine
She said this will be a night you won't forget
She poured us some drinks to get us into the mood
I reached for the lights, she reached for my tunes
She pulled out that Red Headed Stranger, I stood up and said
Don't touch my Willie
I don't know you that well
Help yourself to some
Haggard or some Jones
Hell, or anybody else
I don't know what you heard
I ain't that kind of guy
Yeah so don't touch my Willie,
We'll get a long just fine
She said she never met a man like me in her life
Who wouldn't share his Willie on the very first night
I said it's nothing personal, don't take it so hard
I don't pull out my Willie for just anyone
There's a lot of other records that you can choose from
So let me make myself clear before you go too far
Don't touch my Willie
I don't know you that well
Help yourself to some Haggard or some Jones
Hell, or anybody else
I don't know what you heard
I ain't that kind of guy
Yeah so don't touch my Willie,
We'll get a long just fine
Keep your hands off my Willie,
We'll get along just fine
She showed up at my house at half past nine
In a low-cut dress with a bottle of wine
She said this will be a night you won't forget
She poured us some drinks to get us into the mood
I reached for the lights, she reached for my tunes
She pulled out that Red Headed Stranger, I stood up and said
Don't touch my Willie
I don't know you that well
Help yourself to some
Haggard or some Jones
Hell, or anybody else
I don't know what you heard
I ain't that kind of guy
Yeah so don't touch my Willie,
We'll get a long just fine
She said she never met a man like me in her life
Who wouldn't share his Willie on the very first night
I said it's nothing personal, don't take it so hard
I don't pull out my Willie for just anyone
There's a lot of other records that you can choose from
So let me make myself clear before you go too far
Don't touch my Willie
I don't know you that well
Help yourself to some Haggard or some Jones
Hell, or anybody else
I don't know what you heard
I ain't that kind of guy
Yeah so don't touch my Willie,
We'll get a long just fine
Keep your hands off my Willie,
We'll get along just fine
More Al Gore's Lies
1. Al Gore’s Fleeting Awards?
Yes, Al Gore’s got an Oscar, a Grammy, and now a Nobel Peace Prize.
But will the former veep be allowed to continue to wallow in his triple award-winning status? Maybe not.
The New Zealand Centre for Political Research, a regional think tank, wants Gore to give back the Oscar he was given for his movie, “An Inconvenient Truth.”
The call for the return of the award is based on an adjudication by a British judge, who ruled that the film inconveniently contained nine untruths.
Because the British government was going to use Gore’s movie to provide instruction to children about global warming, Stewart Dimmock, a school official, filed a lawsuit characterizing the Oscar winner’s work as “brainwashing.”
The U.K. High Court determined that “Truth” was “alarmist and exaggerated” and must have a disclaimer to point out flaws, which included the following:
According to Gore, snow is melting on Mount Kilimanjaro because of global warming. According to the judge, there is zero evidence to support the claim.
According to Gore, sea level will rise 20 feet in the “near future” because of melting ice. According to the judge, the rise in sea level could only happen over thousands of years.
According to Gore, polar bears drowned due to global warming and were found swimming “up to 60 miles to find ice.” According to the judge, “Only four polar bears have recently been found drowned, because of a storm.”
According to Gore, the Antarctic ice is melting. According to the judge, the Antarctic ice is increasing.
According to Gore, Hurricane Katrina was caused by global warming. According to the judge, that is scientifically impossible.
The New Zealand think tank summed it up this way: “Given that the Oscar award was presented in the documentary category and not the drama category, the only appropriate action now is for the Academy to rescind the award as it was clearly inappropriately classed as a documentary.”
Wonder if the members of the Nobel Committee are listening.
Yes, Al Gore’s got an Oscar, a Grammy, and now a Nobel Peace Prize.
But will the former veep be allowed to continue to wallow in his triple award-winning status? Maybe not.
The New Zealand Centre for Political Research, a regional think tank, wants Gore to give back the Oscar he was given for his movie, “An Inconvenient Truth.”
The call for the return of the award is based on an adjudication by a British judge, who ruled that the film inconveniently contained nine untruths.
Because the British government was going to use Gore’s movie to provide instruction to children about global warming, Stewart Dimmock, a school official, filed a lawsuit characterizing the Oscar winner’s work as “brainwashing.”
The U.K. High Court determined that “Truth” was “alarmist and exaggerated” and must have a disclaimer to point out flaws, which included the following:
According to Gore, snow is melting on Mount Kilimanjaro because of global warming. According to the judge, there is zero evidence to support the claim.
According to Gore, sea level will rise 20 feet in the “near future” because of melting ice. According to the judge, the rise in sea level could only happen over thousands of years.
According to Gore, polar bears drowned due to global warming and were found swimming “up to 60 miles to find ice.” According to the judge, “Only four polar bears have recently been found drowned, because of a storm.”
According to Gore, the Antarctic ice is melting. According to the judge, the Antarctic ice is increasing.
According to Gore, Hurricane Katrina was caused by global warming. According to the judge, that is scientifically impossible.
The New Zealand think tank summed it up this way: “Given that the Oscar award was presented in the documentary category and not the drama category, the only appropriate action now is for the Academy to rescind the award as it was clearly inappropriately classed as a documentary.”
Wonder if the members of the Nobel Committee are listening.
Monday, October 15, 2007
Democrat's Seek protection from "Nascar" People
Democrats Seek Protection from 'NASCAR People'
Posted By Bobby Eberle On October 15, 2007 at
6:28 am
Who's afraid of NASCAR people? The answer is the Democrats.... so much so that they're vaccinating themselves so they don't catch any rare disease such as NASCAR cooties or the bubba virus. It sounds ridiculous right? Well, it is, but unfortunately, it's true.
The issue deals with a memo from the House Committee on Homeland Security which suggested that staff members receive vaccinations against hepatitis A and B in addition to other vaccinations before they travel to Talladega Superspeedway in Alabama and Lowe's Motor Speedway in North Carolina. Apparently, the Democrats believe that visiting with NASCAR fans is as dangerous to your health as visiting a foreign country. This naturally has local residents and NASCAR fans up in arms and has provided some ammunition for Republicans.
At this past weekend's race in North Carolina, FOX News notes that NASCAR fans were more than ticked off at the Democrat memo:
Still, race fans didn't appreciate an advisory by the Democratic head of the Homeland Security Committee telling aides to get a series of immunizations before heading down to investigate health care facilities at the Talladega Super Speedway in Talladega, Ala., and Lowe's Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C.
The recommendation was "probably Washington bureaucracy and prejudice to the South, somewhat," one fan told FOX News.
"Is this going on in other sporting events is my question. Is this happening with the Super Bowl every year?" asked Jonathan Drew of St. Louis, Mo.
"Good to see the people in D.C. are as smart as ever, focused on the right issues," said Tracy Tarbutton of Ashville, N.C.
Democrat Rep. Bennie Thompson has said the issue has been blown out of proportion because the group that would be visiting the raceways was also touring health care facilities. However, as noted in NASCAR Flap Raises Caution Flag for Dems, "[T]he staffers were only scheduled to visit a few health care facilities -- not work at them."
Reaction has poured in over the Democrats'
apparent fear of catching whatever the NASCAR people have:
"What do they know about NASCAR that we don't?"
said Dr. David Weber, a professor of medicine and public health at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Weber said everyone should be up to date on standard vaccinations, but saw no need for special vaccinations to visit a health care facility or a NASCAR event. Debbie Crane, a spokeswoman for the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, said such shots are recommended for "general health" for all adults—but not for any specific circumstance.
"The very idea of immunization is laughable,"
said Lowe's Motor Speedway President Humpy Wheeler. "It's like taping your ankles to go to the mailbox."
Democrats pride themselves on being the "party of the people." Apparently, it's only certain kinds of people. A fringe left radical who wants abortion on demand, government run health care, and obedience to the U.N. is ok, but take God-fearing, conservative NASCAR fans, and you better get your shots before visiting them.
That's a great way to win over votes.
Message to Democrats: you're not visiting a foreign country... you're visiting America. If anyone needs a vaccination, it's the politicians before they head to Washington
Posted By Bobby Eberle On October 15, 2007 at
6:28 am
Who's afraid of NASCAR people? The answer is the Democrats.... so much so that they're vaccinating themselves so they don't catch any rare disease such as NASCAR cooties or the bubba virus. It sounds ridiculous right? Well, it is, but unfortunately, it's true.
The issue deals with a memo from the House Committee on Homeland Security which suggested that staff members receive vaccinations against hepatitis A and B in addition to other vaccinations before they travel to Talladega Superspeedway in Alabama and Lowe's Motor Speedway in North Carolina. Apparently, the Democrats believe that visiting with NASCAR fans is as dangerous to your health as visiting a foreign country. This naturally has local residents and NASCAR fans up in arms and has provided some ammunition for Republicans.
At this past weekend's race in North Carolina, FOX News notes that NASCAR fans were more than ticked off at the Democrat memo:
Still, race fans didn't appreciate an advisory by the Democratic head of the Homeland Security Committee telling aides to get a series of immunizations before heading down to investigate health care facilities at the Talladega Super Speedway in Talladega, Ala., and Lowe's Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C.
The recommendation was "probably Washington bureaucracy and prejudice to the South, somewhat," one fan told FOX News.
"Is this going on in other sporting events is my question. Is this happening with the Super Bowl every year?" asked Jonathan Drew of St. Louis, Mo.
"Good to see the people in D.C. are as smart as ever, focused on the right issues," said Tracy Tarbutton of Ashville, N.C.
Democrat Rep. Bennie Thompson has said the issue has been blown out of proportion because the group that would be visiting the raceways was also touring health care facilities. However, as noted in NASCAR Flap Raises Caution Flag for Dems, "[T]he staffers were only scheduled to visit a few health care facilities -- not work at them."
Reaction has poured in over the Democrats'
apparent fear of catching whatever the NASCAR people have:
"What do they know about NASCAR that we don't?"
said Dr. David Weber, a professor of medicine and public health at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Weber said everyone should be up to date on standard vaccinations, but saw no need for special vaccinations to visit a health care facility or a NASCAR event. Debbie Crane, a spokeswoman for the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, said such shots are recommended for "general health" for all adults—but not for any specific circumstance.
"The very idea of immunization is laughable,"
said Lowe's Motor Speedway President Humpy Wheeler. "It's like taping your ankles to go to the mailbox."
Democrats pride themselves on being the "party of the people." Apparently, it's only certain kinds of people. A fringe left radical who wants abortion on demand, government run health care, and obedience to the U.N. is ok, but take God-fearing, conservative NASCAR fans, and you better get your shots before visiting them.
That's a great way to win over votes.
Message to Democrats: you're not visiting a foreign country... you're visiting America. If anyone needs a vaccination, it's the politicians before they head to Washington
2. Bioterror Research Adding to Risk
. Bioterror Research Adding to Risk
The boom in research funding that followed the 9/11 attacks and the anthrax mailings that came soon after has had unforeseen consequences — a spike in potentially dangerous laboratory accidents.
Before 2001, much biodefense research was carried out in government laboratories employing experienced researchers. But after the anthrax attacks that infected more than 20 people, killing five of them, biodefense work was spread to hundreds of university and research labs, which have sometimes been unprepared to safely deal with infectious microbes.
“Universities aren’t set up to handle these programs,” Edward Hammond, U.S. director of the Sunshine Project, which monitors biological weapons research, told the Los Angeles Times.
“I think we made a serious mistake putting 400 labs, thousands of people in the U.S., in the driver’s seat behind biological weapons.”
Biodefense funding is largely administered by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, which has seen the research money it distributes soar from $187 million in 2002 to $1.6 billion in 2006.
Meanwhile, there have been 111 cases of potential loss of bioagents or human exposure since 2003, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
No one has died due to exposure, although several have fallen seriously ill, and there have been no confirmed thefts or losses of bioagents, the Times reported.
But when the Government Accountability Office asked a dozen agencies if they kept track of all the labs handling dangerous germs or toxins, or knew the number, none said they did.
Ominously, Rutgers University microbiologist Richard Ebright noted, “It only takes one incident in which a highly transmissible agent is introduced into a human population to produce a catastrophic loss.”
Hammond added: “The explosion of biodefense programs is creating dangers
The boom in research funding that followed the 9/11 attacks and the anthrax mailings that came soon after has had unforeseen consequences — a spike in potentially dangerous laboratory accidents.
Before 2001, much biodefense research was carried out in government laboratories employing experienced researchers. But after the anthrax attacks that infected more than 20 people, killing five of them, biodefense work was spread to hundreds of university and research labs, which have sometimes been unprepared to safely deal with infectious microbes.
“Universities aren’t set up to handle these programs,” Edward Hammond, U.S. director of the Sunshine Project, which monitors biological weapons research, told the Los Angeles Times.
“I think we made a serious mistake putting 400 labs, thousands of people in the U.S., in the driver’s seat behind biological weapons.”
Biodefense funding is largely administered by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, which has seen the research money it distributes soar from $187 million in 2002 to $1.6 billion in 2006.
Meanwhile, there have been 111 cases of potential loss of bioagents or human exposure since 2003, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
No one has died due to exposure, although several have fallen seriously ill, and there have been no confirmed thefts or losses of bioagents, the Times reported.
But when the Government Accountability Office asked a dozen agencies if they kept track of all the labs handling dangerous germs or toxins, or knew the number, none said they did.
Ominously, Rutgers University microbiologist Richard Ebright noted, “It only takes one incident in which a highly transmissible agent is introduced into a human population to produce a catastrophic loss.”
Hammond added: “The explosion of biodefense programs is creating dangers
1. Conservative Blackwater Founder Targeted
Blackwater’s major “sin” has nothing to do with Iraq, and everything to do with U.S. politics.
Congressional Democrats have made the firm, and its founder Erik Prince, the punching bag for their anti-Bush campaign.
One reason Washington insiders say Prince and company are being targeted is his unapologetic support for the GOP and conservative causes.
Now the security contractor is under scrutiny stemming from its involvement in the Sept. 16 shootings of up to 17 Iraqis in Baghdad while escorting U.S. State Department vehicles, and “some critics are questioning whether Mr. Prince’s political connections have propelled the company’s sudden rise,” The New York Times reports.
Prince, 38, is the son of Edgar Prince, founder of the Michigan-based Prince Corporation, an automotive parts supplier.
Edgar Prince was close to Gary Bauer, now the president of American Values, and James Dobson, founder of the evangelical organization Focus on the Family.
Erik’s sister Betsy married Dick DeVos, son of the Amway co-founder Richard DeVos. The elder DeVos is one of America’s most respected and influential Republicans. Last year, the younger Dick DeVos ran unsuccessfully as a Republican candidate for governor of Michigan.
Erik served as a White House intern under President George H.W. Bush, and worked for Pat Buchanan’s campaign in 1992. After college he joined the Navy Seals, but he left the Navy after his father died in 1995. His family sold the Prince Corporation for more than $1 billion the following year.
Prince’s experience with the Seals led him to found Blackwater USA, with a training facility in rural North Carolina, and after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Blackwater became a major security contractor in war zones.
Prince and his family have given hundreds of thousands of dollars to Republican candidates and other conservative and religious causes, according to the Times. He reportedly gave more than $500,000 to Focus on the Family from July 2003 to July 2006.
Erik Prince is “a visionary when it comes to military technology and asymmetric warfare, but he is also a bankroller of Republican and right-wing religious causes,” said Jeremy Scahill, author of the new book “Blackwater: The Rise of the World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Army.”
But what does Prince’s politics have to do with the work he and his company do on behalf of the American taxpayer? When does being a conservative Republican open a government contractor open to congressional scrutiny?
During recent congressional hearings probing Blackwater’s operations in Iraq, Prince made the same point, saying he didn’t think his political contributions were “germane” to the inquiry.
Robert Young Pelton, author of “Licensed to Kill — Hired Guns in the War on Terror,” a book about contractors in Iraq, is one of the few journalists who has interviewed Prince extensively. Pelton described Prince’s politics as more “libertarian” than conservative.
Congressional Democrats have made the firm, and its founder Erik Prince, the punching bag for their anti-Bush campaign.
One reason Washington insiders say Prince and company are being targeted is his unapologetic support for the GOP and conservative causes.
Now the security contractor is under scrutiny stemming from its involvement in the Sept. 16 shootings of up to 17 Iraqis in Baghdad while escorting U.S. State Department vehicles, and “some critics are questioning whether Mr. Prince’s political connections have propelled the company’s sudden rise,” The New York Times reports.
Prince, 38, is the son of Edgar Prince, founder of the Michigan-based Prince Corporation, an automotive parts supplier.
Edgar Prince was close to Gary Bauer, now the president of American Values, and James Dobson, founder of the evangelical organization Focus on the Family.
Erik’s sister Betsy married Dick DeVos, son of the Amway co-founder Richard DeVos. The elder DeVos is one of America’s most respected and influential Republicans. Last year, the younger Dick DeVos ran unsuccessfully as a Republican candidate for governor of Michigan.
Erik served as a White House intern under President George H.W. Bush, and worked for Pat Buchanan’s campaign in 1992. After college he joined the Navy Seals, but he left the Navy after his father died in 1995. His family sold the Prince Corporation for more than $1 billion the following year.
Prince’s experience with the Seals led him to found Blackwater USA, with a training facility in rural North Carolina, and after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Blackwater became a major security contractor in war zones.
Prince and his family have given hundreds of thousands of dollars to Republican candidates and other conservative and religious causes, according to the Times. He reportedly gave more than $500,000 to Focus on the Family from July 2003 to July 2006.
Erik Prince is “a visionary when it comes to military technology and asymmetric warfare, but he is also a bankroller of Republican and right-wing religious causes,” said Jeremy Scahill, author of the new book “Blackwater: The Rise of the World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Army.”
But what does Prince’s politics have to do with the work he and his company do on behalf of the American taxpayer? When does being a conservative Republican open a government contractor open to congressional scrutiny?
During recent congressional hearings probing Blackwater’s operations in Iraq, Prince made the same point, saying he didn’t think his political contributions were “germane” to the inquiry.
Robert Young Pelton, author of “Licensed to Kill — Hired Guns in the War on Terror,” a book about contractors in Iraq, is one of the few journalists who has interviewed Prince extensively. Pelton described Prince’s politics as more “libertarian” than conservative.
Random Text Messages from this weekend
Fwd: From: 17082579578 Msg: When did coyette
ugly become an girly man bar?
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become a girly man pussy. Ass tourist bar.
Fwd: From: 17082579578 Msg: Whats wrong with men
these days why dont they treat their women
better.
Fwd: From: 17082579578 Msg: Good morning all whats with all these men that treat their women like shit.
Fwd: From: 17082579578 Msg: When a girl places
her head on a mans shoulder. Why does todays man
not place his arm around her.
Fwd: From: 17082579578 Msg: When a girl places
her head on a mans shoulder. Why does todays man
not place his arm around her.
I m sick of being the nice guy that finshes
last. Maybe i should become the bad boy and women
will flock to me lol
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ugly become an girly man bar?
Fwd: From: 17082579578 Msg: Ugly has become
become a girly man pussy. Ass tourist bar.
Fwd: From: 17082579578 Msg: Whats wrong with men
these days why dont they treat their women
better.
Fwd: From: 17082579578 Msg: Good morning all whats with all these men that treat their women like shit.
Fwd: From: 17082579578 Msg: When a girl places
her head on a mans shoulder. Why does todays man
not place his arm around her.
Fwd: From: 17082579578 Msg: When a girl places
her head on a mans shoulder. Why does todays man
not place his arm around her.
I m sick of being the nice guy that finshes
last. Maybe i should become the bad boy and women
will flock to me lol
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Friday, October 12, 2007
Al Gore's Policy. " Do as I say don't do as I do"
OWER: GORE MANSION USES 20X AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD;> CONSUMPTION INCREASE AFTER 'TRUTH'> Mon Feb 26 2007 17:16:14 ET > >
The Tennessee Center for Policy Research,> an independent, nonprofit and nonpartisan> research organization> committed to achieving a freer, more prosperous> Tennessee through free> market policy solutions, issued a press release> late Monday:> > > >
Last> night, Al Gore's global-warming documentary, An> Inconvenient Truth,> collected an Oscar for best documentary> feature, but the Tennessee> Center for Policy Research has found that Gore> deserves a gold statue> for hypocrisy. > >
Gore's mansion, [20-room, eight-bathroom]> located in the posh Belle Meade area of> Nashville, consumes more> electricity every month than the average> American household uses in an> entire year, according to the Nashville> Electric Service (NES). > >
In his documentary, the former Vice President> calls on Americans to conserve energy by> reducing electricity consumption at home.> > The> average household in America consumes 10,656> kilowatt-hours (kWh) per> year, according to the Department of Energy. In> 2006, Gore devoured> nearly 221,000 kWh—more than 20 times the> national average. > > Last> August alone, Gore burned through 22,619> kWh—guzzling more than twice> the electricity in one month than an average> American family uses in an> entire year. As a result of his energy> consumption, Gore's average> monthly electric bill topped $1,359. > >
Since the release of An> Inconvenient Truth, Gore's energy consumption> has increased from an> average of 16,200 kWh per month in 2005, to> 18,400 kWh per month in> 2006. > > Gore's extravagant energy use does not stop at> his> electric bill. Natural gas bills for Gore's> mansion and guest house> averaged $1,080 per month last year. > > "As the spokesman of> choice for the global warming movement, Al Gore> has to be willing to> walk to walk, not just talk the talk, when it> comes to home energy> use," said Tennessee Center for Policy Research> President Drew Johnson.> >
In total, Gore paid nearly $30,000 in combined> electricity and natural gas bills for his> Nashville estate in 2006. > > For Further Information, Contact: > Nicole Williams, (615) 383-6431 > editor@tennesseepolicy.org> > > >____________________________________________________________________________________> Boardwalk for $500? In 2007? Ha! Play Monopoly> Here and Now (it's updated for today's economy)> at Yahoo! Games.
The Tennessee Center for Policy Research,> an independent, nonprofit and nonpartisan> research organization> committed to achieving a freer, more prosperous> Tennessee through free> market policy solutions, issued a press release> late Monday:> > > >
Last> night, Al Gore's global-warming documentary, An> Inconvenient Truth,> collected an Oscar for best documentary> feature, but the Tennessee> Center for Policy Research has found that Gore> deserves a gold statue> for hypocrisy. > >
Gore's mansion, [20-room, eight-bathroom]> located in the posh Belle Meade area of> Nashville, consumes more> electricity every month than the average> American household uses in an> entire year, according to the Nashville> Electric Service (NES). > >
In his documentary, the former Vice President> calls on Americans to conserve energy by> reducing electricity consumption at home.> > The> average household in America consumes 10,656> kilowatt-hours (kWh) per> year, according to the Department of Energy. In> 2006, Gore devoured> nearly 221,000 kWh—more than 20 times the> national average. > > Last> August alone, Gore burned through 22,619> kWh—guzzling more than twice> the electricity in one month than an average> American family uses in an> entire year. As a result of his energy> consumption, Gore's average> monthly electric bill topped $1,359. > >
Since the release of An> Inconvenient Truth, Gore's energy consumption> has increased from an> average of 16,200 kWh per month in 2005, to> 18,400 kWh per month in> 2006. > > Gore's extravagant energy use does not stop at> his> electric bill. Natural gas bills for Gore's> mansion and guest house> averaged $1,080 per month last year. > > "As the spokesman of> choice for the global warming movement, Al Gore> has to be willing to> walk to walk, not just talk the talk, when it> comes to home energy> use," said Tennessee Center for Policy Research> President Drew Johnson.> >
In total, Gore paid nearly $30,000 in combined> electricity and natural gas bills for his> Nashville estate in 2006. > > For Further Information, Contact: > Nicole Williams, (615) 383-6431 > editor@tennesseepolicy.org> > > >____________________________________________________________________________________> Boardwalk for $500? In 2007? Ha! Play Monopoly> Here and Now (it's updated for today's economy)> at Yahoo! Games.
Al Hore is a joke
Gore gets Nobel -- conservatives scoff
Conservatives reacted to the long-awaited news this morning that Al Gore has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize with mocking derision. For those on the right, the decision to confer the prize to the former vice-president and UN's climate change panel for their efforts to increase awareness of global warming represents the further politicization of what has traditionally been viewed as a prestigious award. "So now 'Algore' will join Yasir Arafat among the list of noble Nobel peace laureates," Rush Limbaugh said with much sarcasm at the top of his broadcast today.
The Norwegian committee, Limbaugh said, has "rendered themselves a pure, 100 percent joke." Citing Arafat, the former Palestinian leader, and former President Jimmy Carter's award in 2002, Limbaugh added that "The Nobel committee has lost all credibility since long before they awarded this award to 'Algore.'" Conservatives think that the Oslo-based committee has become little more than a vehicle for the international community to stick its collective finger in the eye of the Bush administration.
In addition to Carter and Gore, the awarding of the prize to the International Atomic Energy Agency and its director, Mohamed ElBaradei, in 2005 for their effort to promote diplomacy and de-nuclearization was also widely seen on the right as a slap. "I confess, I have been in a bit of a funk after learning of the Gore/Nobel news," conservative talk show host Laura Ingraham said in an e-mail. "I really thought Cindy Sheehan should have been recognized."
Blogger and former Bush campaign staffer Patrick Ruffini also took the sarcastic route, predicting future Nobels should Hillary Clinton win the presidency next year.
In a post on TownHall.com, Ruffini predicted Hillary Clinton would win the peace prize in 2010 "for ending the Iraq war" before her husband, "Special Presidential Emissary Bill Clinton," picked up the honor in 2012 "for the so-called Bubbahmedinejahd Pact guaranteeing no U.S. attack on Iran in exchange for a cap of 20 Iranian nuclear weapons." Limbaugh, though, seemed to capture the views of most conservatives (not to mention most political reporters) by expressing delight at what the award would mean for the complicated Gore-Clinton relationship.
"This majordomo of his, Albert Arnold 'Algore,' wins the Nobel for a movie!?" Limbaugh said of Bill Clinton. "He's supposed to be the guy who gets away with lies." As for Gore's award, Limbaugh had a suggestion: "I call on Albert Arnold 'Algore' to redirect his Nobel Peace Prize to genuine agents of peace." And who might that be? Gen. David Petraeus and U.S. troops in Iraq. "If there has ever been an engine of peace it’s the United States military," Limbaugh said, surely to the delight of his audience.As of 12: 30, none of the GOP presidential hopefuls has released a statement yet on Gore's prize.
Conservatives reacted to the long-awaited news this morning that Al Gore has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize with mocking derision. For those on the right, the decision to confer the prize to the former vice-president and UN's climate change panel for their efforts to increase awareness of global warming represents the further politicization of what has traditionally been viewed as a prestigious award. "So now 'Algore' will join Yasir Arafat among the list of noble Nobel peace laureates," Rush Limbaugh said with much sarcasm at the top of his broadcast today.
The Norwegian committee, Limbaugh said, has "rendered themselves a pure, 100 percent joke." Citing Arafat, the former Palestinian leader, and former President Jimmy Carter's award in 2002, Limbaugh added that "The Nobel committee has lost all credibility since long before they awarded this award to 'Algore.'" Conservatives think that the Oslo-based committee has become little more than a vehicle for the international community to stick its collective finger in the eye of the Bush administration.
In addition to Carter and Gore, the awarding of the prize to the International Atomic Energy Agency and its director, Mohamed ElBaradei, in 2005 for their effort to promote diplomacy and de-nuclearization was also widely seen on the right as a slap. "I confess, I have been in a bit of a funk after learning of the Gore/Nobel news," conservative talk show host Laura Ingraham said in an e-mail. "I really thought Cindy Sheehan should have been recognized."
Blogger and former Bush campaign staffer Patrick Ruffini also took the sarcastic route, predicting future Nobels should Hillary Clinton win the presidency next year.
In a post on TownHall.com, Ruffini predicted Hillary Clinton would win the peace prize in 2010 "for ending the Iraq war" before her husband, "Special Presidential Emissary Bill Clinton," picked up the honor in 2012 "for the so-called Bubbahmedinejahd Pact guaranteeing no U.S. attack on Iran in exchange for a cap of 20 Iranian nuclear weapons." Limbaugh, though, seemed to capture the views of most conservatives (not to mention most political reporters) by expressing delight at what the award would mean for the complicated Gore-Clinton relationship.
"This majordomo of his, Albert Arnold 'Algore,' wins the Nobel for a movie!?" Limbaugh said of Bill Clinton. "He's supposed to be the guy who gets away with lies." As for Gore's award, Limbaugh had a suggestion: "I call on Albert Arnold 'Algore' to redirect his Nobel Peace Prize to genuine agents of peace." And who might that be? Gen. David Petraeus and U.S. troops in Iraq. "If there has ever been an engine of peace it’s the United States military," Limbaugh said, surely to the delight of his audience.As of 12: 30, none of the GOP presidential hopefuls has released a statement yet on Gore's prize.
Thursday, October 11, 2007
Hey Dems dont be scarred of NASCAR
Genocide resolution debate rages on Main YAF to GWU: Expel them PDQ! »
NASCAR cooties
House Homeland Security Committee staffers are on a peculiar mission to study "public health issues at events involving mass gatherings," which has personally insulted Rep. Robin Hayes of Concord, North Carolina.
The event: NASCAR.
The rub: the requirement that the Democrat and Republican staffers attending first be immunized against Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, tetanus, diphtheria, and influenza.
"I have never heard of immunizations for domestic travel, and as the representative for Concord, North Carolina, I feel compelled to ask why the heck the committee feels that immunizations are needed to travel to my hometown," Mr. Hayes, a Republican, said in a letter to Rep. Bennie Thompson, Mississippi Democrat and committee chairman.
"I have been to numerous NASCAR races, and the folks who attend these events certainly do not pose any health hazard to congressional staffers or anyone else," Mr. Hayes said.
A committee staffer says that the Republican staffers have declined the shots but that two Democrat staffers were immunized before attending the race at Talladega last weekend.
A phone call to the committee spokesman was not returned.
NASCAR cooties
House Homeland Security Committee staffers are on a peculiar mission to study "public health issues at events involving mass gatherings," which has personally insulted Rep. Robin Hayes of Concord, North Carolina.
The event: NASCAR.
The rub: the requirement that the Democrat and Republican staffers attending first be immunized against Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, tetanus, diphtheria, and influenza.
"I have never heard of immunizations for domestic travel, and as the representative for Concord, North Carolina, I feel compelled to ask why the heck the committee feels that immunizations are needed to travel to my hometown," Mr. Hayes, a Republican, said in a letter to Rep. Bennie Thompson, Mississippi Democrat and committee chairman.
"I have been to numerous NASCAR races, and the folks who attend these events certainly do not pose any health hazard to congressional staffers or anyone else," Mr. Hayes said.
A committee staffer says that the Republican staffers have declined the shots but that two Democrat staffers were immunized before attending the race at Talladega last weekend.
A phone call to the committee spokesman was not returned.
Monday, October 8, 2007
Paula Baby
God I miss you today i fell that you have been with me all day you memory feels so fresh in my memory like it was just a month ago. I keep looking for you in a crowd,I run after someone that looks like you I cry when I see you face in my dreams when I do dream. Baby its been over six years and I feel like it was yesterday maybe because it was the 6th anversity of Opertation Enduring Feedom yesterday I dont know I have no answers I wish I did.
I have this crush on this girl and would love to spend the rest of my life with her if things work out. She different from you. but she also have alot in common like the long hair the ass and the breast. The good news is that you don't look the same which means that I have accepted that the terrorist have taken you from me however she was this increable smile.
I tend to think of her alot like I use to think of you back in biology class so many years ago. It's funny and a good thing like i told you I was not even suppose to be in that class. But when I saw your eyes and your smile I knew that I was suppose to me there. I know that I have not moved on but rather I have found someone different to date.
The one thing that scares me is that I know the terrosits will attack again and I know I can't handle losing someone again. I know that the remote possibility of that happening but It feels like it's a chance that I dont want to take however I know that i need to take the challage and hopefull have her fall in love with me and with any luck and angels we will grow old in each others arms like you and I were suppose to.
Baby I will always love you and I miss you every day, I know that we will be together oneday
Love
Mark
I have this crush on this girl and would love to spend the rest of my life with her if things work out. She different from you. but she also have alot in common like the long hair the ass and the breast. The good news is that you don't look the same which means that I have accepted that the terrorist have taken you from me however she was this increable smile.
I tend to think of her alot like I use to think of you back in biology class so many years ago. It's funny and a good thing like i told you I was not even suppose to be in that class. But when I saw your eyes and your smile I knew that I was suppose to me there. I know that I have not moved on but rather I have found someone different to date.
The one thing that scares me is that I know the terrosits will attack again and I know I can't handle losing someone again. I know that the remote possibility of that happening but It feels like it's a chance that I dont want to take however I know that i need to take the challage and hopefull have her fall in love with me and with any luck and angels we will grow old in each others arms like you and I were suppose to.
Baby I will always love you and I miss you every day, I know that we will be together oneday
Love
Mark
Wednesday, October 3, 2007
Get Ray Wylie Hubbard Ringtones!
I got on my cowboys boots, jeans and lawyer’s shirt, mirrored sunglasses and mobile phone
I guess I look like some Port Aransas dopedealer’s out on bail just trying to get
Well, I aint in jail and I got me a guitar, and
I got a little band that’s hotter than a rocket Sometimes we’re sloppy,
we’re always loud,tonight were just all around locked in the pocket
So screw you, we’re from Texas
Screw you, we’re from Texas
Screw you, we’re from Texas
We’re from Texas baby, so screw you
Now I love the USA and the other states, ah nowthey’re
OK Texas is the place I wanna be and I don’t care if
I ever go to Delaware anyway
Cause we got Stubbs and Gruene Hall and Antonesand John T’s Country Store
We got Willie, and Jackie, Jack, Robert Earl,
Pat, Cory, Charlie and me, and so many more
So screw you, we’re from Texas Screw you,
we’re from Texas Screw you,
we’re from Texas We’re from Texas,
screw youSing it with me, screw you,
we’re from Texas Screw you, we’re from Texas Screw you,
we’re from Texas We’re from Texas, screw you
Now Texas has gotten a bad reputation because ofwhat happened in Dallas and Waco
And the corporations well, they are corrupt andthe politicians are swindlers and loco
But when it comes to music my friend, I believethese words are as true as St. John theRevelators Our
Mr. Vaughn was the best that there ever wasand no band was cooler than the 13th FloorElevators
So screw you, we’re from Texas Screw you,
we’re from Texas Screw you,
we’re from Texas We’re from Texas,
screw youScrew you, we’re from Texas
Screw you, we’re from Texas Screw you,
we’re from Texas We’re from Texas, screw you
Screw you, we’re from Texas
Screw you, we’re from Texas
Screw you, we’re from Texas
We’re from Texas, screw you
We’re from Texas, screw you
I guess I look like some Port Aransas dopedealer’s out on bail just trying to get
Well, I aint in jail and I got me a guitar, and
I got a little band that’s hotter than a rocket Sometimes we’re sloppy,
we’re always loud,tonight were just all around locked in the pocket
So screw you, we’re from Texas
Screw you, we’re from Texas
Screw you, we’re from Texas
We’re from Texas baby, so screw you
Now I love the USA and the other states, ah nowthey’re
OK Texas is the place I wanna be and I don’t care if
I ever go to Delaware anyway
Cause we got Stubbs and Gruene Hall and Antonesand John T’s Country Store
We got Willie, and Jackie, Jack, Robert Earl,
Pat, Cory, Charlie and me, and so many more
So screw you, we’re from Texas Screw you,
we’re from Texas Screw you,
we’re from Texas We’re from Texas,
screw youSing it with me, screw you,
we’re from Texas Screw you, we’re from Texas Screw you,
we’re from Texas We’re from Texas, screw you
Now Texas has gotten a bad reputation because ofwhat happened in Dallas and Waco
And the corporations well, they are corrupt andthe politicians are swindlers and loco
But when it comes to music my friend, I believethese words are as true as St. John theRevelators Our
Mr. Vaughn was the best that there ever wasand no band was cooler than the 13th FloorElevators
So screw you, we’re from Texas Screw you,
we’re from Texas Screw you,
we’re from Texas We’re from Texas,
screw youScrew you, we’re from Texas
Screw you, we’re from Texas Screw you,
we’re from Texas We’re from Texas, screw you
Screw you, we’re from Texas
Screw you, we’re from Texas
Screw you, we’re from Texas
We’re from Texas, screw you
We’re from Texas, screw you
Tuesday, October 2, 2007
Pics of Friends, Dogs and Chicago
Beth at Playboy Enterprises Fundraiser for September 11th Memorial Washington DC 9/10/2007
HOOK UM HORNS SHELLY AND SARA @ CTU GAME SEPTEMBER 2007
Bears Lose
The Big A at night
Renne and Austin from UT
Some gave all
Sally and Family friend from back west
Cowdog 2
Cowdog dog
Look at me dont look down
Mon and Me 7/17/2005
The Big A
Kurt Bushe Nascar Driver
Hank Williams JR Thats How they do it in Dixie
Headed to Austin
The Metal Horse, Bull or Reindeer in Tribune Plaza.
Eric Church, Guys Like Me Lyrics Great New Artist
Artist: Church Eric
Song:Guys Like MeAlbum:
Sinners Like Me
I wear a greasy ball cap
I like my shirt untucked
I spend saturdays working on my truck
I don't like to fight
But I ain't scared to bleed
Most don't mess with a guy like me
Guys like me drink to many beers on friday after work
Our best blue jeans have skoal rings
We wear our boots to church
So rough around the edges
It's hard to believe that girls like you
Love guys like me
Your daddy worked at the bank
Mine worked on cars
You went to college I pulled graveyard
You must have had your pick
Of all the trust fund types
But you came back to me and only god knows why
Guys like me drink too many beers on friday after work
Our best blue jeans have skoal ringsWe wear our boots to church
So rough around the edges
It's hard to believe that girls like you
Love guys like me
Now theres a lot of guys like me out there
In a lot of little towns
And tellin' all our buddies, we won't ever settle down
We say thats just the way we are and the way we'll always be
So God sends girls like you for guys like me
Thank God theres girls like you, for guys like me
Artist: Church Eric
Song: Pledge Allegiance To The Hag
Album: Sinners Like Me
feat. Merle Haggard)
There's a little dive on a dead-end road
Called the Cross-Eyed Cricket Waterin' Hole
Where you can hear the sound of a steel guitar
An' get loud an' rowdy with PBR
But at the top of every hour, man, you can hear a pin drop
As ol' Jack drops a quarter an' plays
Merle on that jukebox, an' we stop
Chorus:
An' tip our hatsAn' raise our glasses of cold, cold beer
They say country's fadin'
But we still wavin' that flag around here
An' when it's time to go, you know you're welcome back
Where the people pledge allegiance to the Hag
When the weekend comes an' the weather's clear
There's a high spot fifteen miles from here
Where you can always find a few dusty trucks
With the windows down an' the radio up
We sit there poppin' tops, shootin' bull an' singin' songs
But you can bet your boots that when Haggard comes on
(Repeat Chorus)
One of these days when my time has come
You can take me back to where I'm from
Put me on a westbound train
An' ship me off in the pourin' rain
Don't cry for me when I'm gone
Just put a quarter in the jukebox an' sing me back home
An' tip our hats
An' raise our glasses of cold, cold beer
They say country's fadin'
But just keep wavin' that flag around here
An' I know, it'll keep on comin' back
Long as people pledge allegiance
Where folks still pledge allegiance
I pledge allegiance to the Hag
Song:Guys Like MeAlbum:
Sinners Like Me
I wear a greasy ball cap
I like my shirt untucked
I spend saturdays working on my truck
I don't like to fight
But I ain't scared to bleed
Most don't mess with a guy like me
Guys like me drink to many beers on friday after work
Our best blue jeans have skoal rings
We wear our boots to church
So rough around the edges
It's hard to believe that girls like you
Love guys like me
Your daddy worked at the bank
Mine worked on cars
You went to college I pulled graveyard
You must have had your pick
Of all the trust fund types
But you came back to me and only god knows why
Guys like me drink too many beers on friday after work
Our best blue jeans have skoal ringsWe wear our boots to church
So rough around the edges
It's hard to believe that girls like you
Love guys like me
Now theres a lot of guys like me out there
In a lot of little towns
And tellin' all our buddies, we won't ever settle down
We say thats just the way we are and the way we'll always be
So God sends girls like you for guys like me
Thank God theres girls like you, for guys like me
Artist: Church Eric
Song: Pledge Allegiance To The Hag
Album: Sinners Like Me
feat. Merle Haggard)
There's a little dive on a dead-end road
Called the Cross-Eyed Cricket Waterin' Hole
Where you can hear the sound of a steel guitar
An' get loud an' rowdy with PBR
But at the top of every hour, man, you can hear a pin drop
As ol' Jack drops a quarter an' plays
Merle on that jukebox, an' we stop
Chorus:
An' tip our hatsAn' raise our glasses of cold, cold beer
They say country's fadin'
But we still wavin' that flag around here
An' when it's time to go, you know you're welcome back
Where the people pledge allegiance to the Hag
When the weekend comes an' the weather's clear
There's a high spot fifteen miles from here
Where you can always find a few dusty trucks
With the windows down an' the radio up
We sit there poppin' tops, shootin' bull an' singin' songs
But you can bet your boots that when Haggard comes on
(Repeat Chorus)
One of these days when my time has come
You can take me back to where I'm from
Put me on a westbound train
An' ship me off in the pourin' rain
Don't cry for me when I'm gone
Just put a quarter in the jukebox an' sing me back home
An' tip our hats
An' raise our glasses of cold, cold beer
They say country's fadin'
But just keep wavin' that flag around here
An' I know, it'll keep on comin' back
Long as people pledge allegiance
Where folks still pledge allegiance
I pledge allegiance to the Hag
God Bless Texas
I've seen a lot of places
I've been around the world
I've seen some pretty faces
Been with some beautiful girls
But after all
I've witnessed one thing still amazes me
Just like a miracle you have to see to believe'
Cause God blessed Texas with His own hand
Brought down angels from the promised land
Gave 'em a place where they could dance
If you wanna see heaven brother here's your chance
I've been sent to spread the message
God blessed TexasFirst
He lit sunshineThen
He made the waters deep
Then He gave us moonlight
For all the world to see
Well everybody knows that the Lord works in mysterious ways
He took a rest then on the very next day
God blessed Texas with His own hand
Brought down angels from the promised land
Gave 'em a place where they could dance
If you wanna see heaven brother here's your chance
I've been sent to spread the message
God blessed Texas
God blessed Texas with His own hand
Brought down angels from the promised land
Gave 'em a place where they could dance
If you wanna see heaven brother here's your chance
Well I've been sent to spread the message
God blessed Texas
Well I've been sent to spread the message
God blessed Texas
Well I've been sent to spread the message
Mmm...God blessed Texas[ More Little Texas Lyrics ]
I've been around the world
I've seen some pretty faces
Been with some beautiful girls
But after all
I've witnessed one thing still amazes me
Just like a miracle you have to see to believe'
Cause God blessed Texas with His own hand
Brought down angels from the promised land
Gave 'em a place where they could dance
If you wanna see heaven brother here's your chance
I've been sent to spread the message
God blessed TexasFirst
He lit sunshineThen
He made the waters deep
Then He gave us moonlight
For all the world to see
Well everybody knows that the Lord works in mysterious ways
He took a rest then on the very next day
God blessed Texas with His own hand
Brought down angels from the promised land
Gave 'em a place where they could dance
If you wanna see heaven brother here's your chance
I've been sent to spread the message
God blessed Texas
God blessed Texas with His own hand
Brought down angels from the promised land
Gave 'em a place where they could dance
If you wanna see heaven brother here's your chance
Well I've been sent to spread the message
God blessed Texas
Well I've been sent to spread the message
God blessed Texas
Well I've been sent to spread the message
Mmm...God blessed Texas[ More Little Texas Lyrics ]
Monday, October 1, 2007
Some random Pictures
What is it.
Good times with friends
I love this caption and its so true.
Great Comic
My Living Room
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