DUH!

I saw this Headline today:

Nude Chocolate Jesus Angers Catholics.

No Kidding! What else would the purpose be of having a nude chocolate Jesus other than to anger someone. How pathetic.

0-9

Here is a link that notes the 9th circuit Court of Appeals, the crazy california circuit that makes all kinds of stupid an innane rulings, is currently 0-9 for their last nine cases sent to the Supreme Court:

When Chief Justice Roberts testified in his confirmation hearing that he hoped to increase unanimity on the Court, skeptical observers did not realize that he had a secret plan: grant more Ninth Circuit cases. That strategy continued to pay dividends today, as the Court unanimously reversed the CA9 for the sixth time this Term, and the CA9 ran its overall record to 0-9. Only time will tell whether the Ninth Circus can match the 1976 Buccaneers’ 0-14 mark. You may recall that the Bucs’ coach, when asked about the execution of the Tampa Bay offense, responded, “I’m in favor of it.” While no one is proposing execution here (which the CA9 would stay anyway), you have to admit that this is getting kind of ridiculous.

Pathetic is a better description.

An Idea on the Gonzales Mess

Ponder this idea on the Gonzales mess. It is clear that the firing of the eight attorneys is all about politics with the Democrats. Bush should try this: He should accept AG Gonzales resignation. The resignation should be conditioned to when a new AG would be confirmed by the Senate. Then Bush should nominate another AG, a real hard ass, who will publicaly state that he as AG will not cooperate with the Congress on any of the BS made up political games regarding the eight attorneys. Then we will see if the Senate can confirm the new AG.

If they do, we get a much tougher AG. Good for us. If they refuse to confirm this AG, then the Democrats are in a spot for playing politics on their end... making it seem like they want the investigations to go on and on....

The worst would be if Bush nominates an "acceptable" candidate to the Democrats. That would be giving up to the Dems demands.

What Should Britain Do?

Everyone has heard by now about the 15 British Soldiers abducted by the Iranian Mullahs. It is also clear that these soldiers were not operating in Iranian waters.

Its sad, but Britain is almost powerless to do anything on their own without U.S. assistance. U.S. assistance is always in question because the Hagel-liberals in Congress are willing at any time to cut and run. Further, the British public is so anti-war that they really have no sustainable military option. (Its the 1930s all over again). Economically, they would probably not be able to agree with the other EU nations to impose sanctions on Iran. Besides, some of the other nations argue that it is Britains own fault for being in the middle east in the first place (i.e. Chuck Hagel's argument) What should Britain do?

The could take a stand. They could start attacking Iranian assets. Or Instead Britain could accept that they are now a small power, and do what small powers do best. Britain should adopt the tactics of Iran by causing all kinds of problems via sabotage or other sub rosa efforts on Iran and play the same game of denial that the leftists and terrorists have been playing so well for the last few decades.

If they do neither of the above things and wait out Iran on the Hostages, then too bad for all of us..

We're #5!

To my telephone-poll-worshipping friends, three percent may not sound like much, but considering Ron Paul is tops on the internet world of Digg and running neck-and-neck at MySpace and the like, we'll consider that the chip-crunching, television-watching, couch-potato, telephone-answering underclass is just starting to catch up.

Oh, that twenty-eight percent that's "Not Sure?" Go ahead and throw them in Paul's column, 'cause that's how it's trending.

I'm curious about what excuse PJmedia is going to use to keep Dr. Paul off the poll now. The pantless basement-dwellers playing wannabe-MSM-when-we-grow-up will think of something, I am confident.

Reference: Zogby today, March 26.

UPDATE 3/27/07 Among women, Thompson and Paul are tied at 6% (http://bbsnews.net/article.php/20070326221150916)

Insane Property Taxes

Not fully recovered from my shock at receiving the assessed value for 2008 property taxes on my homestead, I am entering the outrage stage. FOURTEEN percent, fifty-frickin-three thousand dollars, is what the economic geniuses at city hall say my value has increased! In what world has real estate gone up 14% in the last year????? (This after a 12% increase last year.)

Have my fellow bloggers' assessed fantasy values increased similarly? Is this a shameful manuever by local governments to place pressure on the legislature for increased local government aid? I'll tell you what it is: it is theft. Pure and simple legalized theft. At gunpoint.

Pajamas Media Exposed

Vox Day, in his World Net Daily Commentary, pulls the pants off Pajamas Media for dropping Ron Paul from their Micky Mouse poll the week after Paul trounced Giuliani and Company. I understand their fear: when people know about Paul and understand his positions, they support his candicacy for President. Such unauthorized support threatens to capsize the kingmakers' docile constituency, to wrest control from the MSM and their wannabes (such as Pajamas Media).

Both of our faithful blog readers will recall my outrage over the anti-democratic tactics of the silly little basement-dwellers. But I have been vindicated. Of the polls that do include Dr. Paul, he is winning many overwhelmingly.

Debate March 14The Chief Peril of the West is Not Terrorism; it is Decay

(Please note the guest lecture preceding the debate by Dale Ahlquist, President of the American Chesterton Society, on How to Lose Two Wars at Once, beginning at six p.m.)

The John Adams Society

Roger L. Belfay, Chairman
John J. Pope, Secretary
Larry Colson, Chief Whip
Marianne Stebbins, Chancellor


March 2007

THE ENEMY MAY BE A FOOL, and it may be you. But, rather than look in the mirror, perhaps you’d prefer to discover some vile state sponsored Manhattan Project of Propaganda for getting Americans to reject Common Sense. Say, one from which agent provocateurs of both cunning and unwitting persuasions emanate to sow frivolity among the young whilst beating a drum of paranoia to energize fools. They’re the ones who employ lawyers in order to make the U.S. Constitution appear to invalidate itself. Undoubtedly, they instigate suspicion about that pillar of American strength, rugged individualism and its family buttress, and they endeavor to unlink the ethic of work from the idea of private property, promulgating instead carelessness and habits of incremental self-destruction. Without family, property and country, there is nothing to fight for but that which the sword dictates. So, not your buildings but your identity need be destroyed, and when you don’t know who you are, you only understand that you couldn’t have lost that to which you are unable to be entitled. One by one your political leaders sip of this poison that blinds them to the sanctity of American sovereignty, or in protecting strategic assets for that matter. This program has long been underway… you think, or are there just too many fools? What’s the difference?

Al Qaeda sends its thanks. Billions of Dollars for Iraq’s reconstruction detoured its way into unknown hands. Billions in aid to Pakistan since 9/11 have effectively augmented development of its nuclear missile program as terrorists bide their time close by. And here are some more trashy tabloids for your children to see at the supermarket checkout and some extra repugnant TV for you. You see, smart terrorists need not terrorize. Why bother to bomb someone who you think will burn out anyway? Events of terror would only awaken and focus Americans against an identifiable enemy. Better to let them stay preoccupied with sitcom derelicts in the Devil’s lair with gluttony and a glass forever half empty. One’s strength to defend against terrorism is only equal to one’s willingness to defend the mind against decay.


ON THE OTHER HAND, the next attack could mean a serious disruption to your regularly scheduled programming. Would this not be a truly felt threat? Further, a big attack could trip us into a military state which at this stage of the game will strain the economy. How then might our military be aptly financed? With foreign economies growing increasingly competitive in recent years, an ominous gauge of our relative economic strength is seen in the flagging number of new listings on U.S. exchanges as compared to those outside the U.S., namely those of London and Hong Kong. This may also have to do with a lingering weariness since 9/11 concerning the future of New York as a financial center, as well as the hysteria over the crashes of Enron and WorldCom and the like that led in 2002 to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act – much too fat a referee for the cracked ice of the late season. Given a terror attack at this juncture, millions of low-wage illegal aliens may need to be conscripted into military service to fill gaps left by an increasingly aged and entitlement receiving population, and so the borders must be left somewhat porous. Of course, we do not have to fight. We can be pushovers and continue putting freedoms on the chopping block, like those of expression and religion, but it will never be enough for dogged terrorists and fools.


The Chairman, fortified in purpose to fight all machinations of freedom’s enemies, has called for a debate:


RESOLVED: THE CHIEF PERIL OF THE WEST IS NOT TERRORISM, IT IS DECAY


The Debate will be held on Wednesday, March 14, 2007 at the University Club, 420 Summit Avenue, in Saint Paul. The debate will begin at half past seven, following a lecture at six o'clock p.m by Dale Ahlquist of the Chesterton Society. While there is no dress code for attendance, gentlemen who wish to speak must wear a tie; ladies should adhere to a similar sartorial standard. For those gentlemen who arrive tieless yet wish to speak, fret not: the Purveyor of Ties will keep on hand at least one of his quite remarkable ties for just such an eventuality. Questions about debate caucus procedures or about the John Adams Society itself may be directed to the Chairman at 651-222-2782 or the Secretary at 952-486-8059.

www.johnadamssociety.org

No troubles for smokers

You smokers who are up in arms over the proposed smoking ban, chill, dudes. 'Cause the hip and stylin' MN legislature is gonna legalize leaf, weed, you know, man, pot! True, you won't be able to smoke tobacco, but no worries, my bohemian cats, just roll up a groovy doobie instead. Because tobacco's bad for you, but reefer is . . . whoa, dude, just lost my train of thought. Bummer.

DC Gun Ban Unconstitutional

Drudge links to the ruling here and a different summary is available here. The crucial two aspects of this ruling by the DC Circuit Court 1) upholds that the Second Amendment addresses individuals rights regarding guns, and 2) asserts that the Second Amendment does apply to the District of Columbia. This is a very, very big breakthrough.

Would it be a good thing for this case to move up to the Supreme Court? How would the current Court rule?

Us vs. Gore

Debra Saunders discusses Gore in a delightful article here.

I always thought I wasted a lot of energy in my house. We have TVs running all the time, computers left on all day, space heaters in the basement and lights that don't seem to get turned off. It's a constant battle. We use about 2000 Kwh per month or 25,000 Kwh a year for a 4400 sq foot house (including the basement). Gore uses 220,000 Kwh a year for a 12,000 square foot house - or 9 times the energy usage for less than three times the space.

Gore must have a lot of TVs.

Feel free to post your own Kwh usage here and compare it to Uncle Al.

Majority of Americans are Socialist

CBSnews.com reports

Most Americans believe government can play a role in fixing the health care system. Two-thirds say the federal government should guarantee that all Americans have health insurance . . .

Eighty-four percent of Americans favor expanding government programs in order to give health insurance to all uninsured children.

At the same time,

Less than one in three, however, say the government would do a better job than private insurance companies at actually providing medical coverage. Forty-four percent said the government would be worse as a health care provider than private companies.

Is this discrepancy (and the entire matter that people are looking to government to save them in the first place) the result of that shining example of government monopoly, public education?

I credit my fellow bloggers for thinking we can elect this guy or that guy to solve the overwhelming problem of public stupidity, but you're far too optimistic. You may think this Greenland idea is a joke, but I don't think I can live in this country any longer. If I do, I'm going to have to sequester myself from all news and my surrounding citizens themselves. Now you must excuse me. I'm feeling rather ill.

Is Gore Finished?

Every politican is accused and probably guilty of hypocricy. The global warming protesters are especially guilty. Usually people over look this stuff. It's just another gotcha point, or just another argument that we forget as time goes by. However, Gore's hypocricy is especially egregious and especially on point. It is very analagous to the secret sexual escapades of a preacher known to preach morality from the pulpit.

Will Gore survive this one? If someone wants a global warming advocate to speak at their event or to represent them, will Gore still be their first choice? Will he be their second choice? Won't Gore's 12,000 square foot electricty munching monster be on the minds of everyone in the audience as he is telling them to fight for the cause to stop global warming. Will Gore's 3rd or fourth home be on the minds of those reading his books or watching his movie.

For the global warming critics, Gore's example will become the most often cited example of how ridiculous the movement is.

I think Gore is finished unless he takes pains to change his ways in a big way, such as moving into an apartment and flying commerical. I have a feeling that even Gore may not be willing to do this. In the end he will only have his new Hollywood buddies left to hang out with. They are all in the same boat together.