Hot Damn.... I knew it!! Wait'll that liberal niece of mine hears this....

..... conservatives are much cooler in their ole heads!!!!

November 30, 2007
Republicans Report Much Better Mental Health Than Others

PRINCETON, NJ -- Republicans are significantly more likely than Democrats or independents to rate their mental health as excellent, according to data from the last four November Gallup Health and Healthcare polls. Fifty-eight percent of Republicans report having excellent mental health, compared to 43% of independents and 38% of Democrats. This relationship between party identification and reports of excellent mental health persists even within categories of income, age, gender, church attendance, and education.

The basic data -- based on an aggregated sample of more than 4,000 interviews conducted since 2004 -- are straightforward.
The differences are quite significant, as can be seen. While Democrats are slightly less likely to report excellent mental health than are independents, the big distinctions in these data are the differences between Republicans and everyone else.
One could be quick to assume that these differences are based on the underlying demographic and socioeconomic patterns related to party identification in America today. , of course.
But an analysis of the relationship between party identification and self-reported excellent mental health within various categories of age, gender, church attendance, income, education, and other variables shows that the basic pattern persists regardless of these characteristics. In other words, party identification appears to have an independent effect on mental health even when each of these is controlled for.

My daddy told me them liberals was a bunch of nuts ---- and he dint' have Gallup Polls and Princeton to back hisself up! As Mondale said in his campaign: "I will raise your taxes -- elect me!"

Back to Teddie's autobiography......

From today's New York Post.......

Where is N.O.W. --- now......................????

Where have all the American feminists gone? They used to be loud and boisterous about women's rights, equality in the work force, and glass ceilings. Now with the Islamo-Fascists treating women worse than chattel, more like cattle, where are voices from the American Feminine Left?

Sudanese: 'Shoot teacher'
By NICK PARKER Chief Foreign Correspondentand

London Sun, 29 November

TEN THOUSAND people, some carrying knives and sticks, have marched on the capital of Sudan calling for the teacher jailed for naming a teddy bear Mohammed to be shot.
The marchers - amassing outside the presidential palace in Khartoum - are claiming Gillian Gibbons' 15-day jail sentence is too lenient and that she should be put to death.
The protesters streamed out of mosques after Friday sermons, as pick-up trucks with loudspeakers blared messages against Gillian.

Armed ... protestor with machete

They massed in central Martyrs Square, outside the palace, where hundreds of riot police were deployed, though they did not attempt to disrupt the rally.
“Shame, shame on the UK,” protesters chanted, and they called for Gibbons’ execution, saying, “No tolerance: Execution,” and “Kill her, kill her by firing squad.”
Britain pursued diplomatic moves in a bid to free Gillian.
PM Gordon Brown spoke with a member of her family to convey his regret, his spokeswoman said.
“He set out his concern and the fact that we were doing all we could to secure her release,” spokeswoman Emily Hands told reporters.
The Muslim country’s London ambassador was yesterday summoned by furious Foreign Secretary David Miliband to explain the sentence.
Mr Miliband “expressed in the strongest terms” his concern the charges had not been dismissed.
And British Muslim chiefs branded the verdict “disgraceful”.
Terrified mum-of-two Gillian, 54, was spared an alternative sentence of 40 lashes of the whip but caged in an overcrowded hellhole jail in the Sudanese capital Khartoum for inciting hatred.
Brutal
Up to 30 women and their kids share each cell at the squalid mosquito-infested Omdurman prison where cell temperatures hit a scorching 120°F.
The jail was originally designed for 50 women, but now houses up to 1,000 and 400 kids.

Brutal wardens have been known to whip inmates with hoses and up to six children a month die of malnutrition.
Gillian was said to be “stunned” by the sentence and her family in Liverpool were “very upset” last night.
Her worried son John, 25, said he planned to fly to Sudan to visit her, but he added: “I don't want the verdict to lead to any anti feeling towards Muslims.”
During the eight-hour trial Gillian tearfully denied inciting religious hatred by allowing young pupils to name the bear Mohammed.
A seven-year-old lad said the toy was named after him — not the Muslim prophet.
But a judge backed religious zealots who demanded punishment.
He said she had DELIBERATELY meant to cause offence.

Britain’s largest Muslim organisation condemned the sentence.
Muhammed Abdul Bari, Secretary-General, of the Muslim Council of Britain, said: “This is a disgraceful decision and defies common sense.”
The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Rev Rowan Williams, said: “I can’t see any justification for this. It is an absurdly disproportionate response to what is at worst a cultural faux pas.”
It is believed Gillian may have the five days she already spent in custody taken off her sentence, so she will serve ten further days and then be deported.
Gillian, former deputy head of Liverpool’s Dovecot primary school, began her two-year posting in Sudan two months ago.

The law in Khartoum :
CALLING a teddy bear Mohammed is enough to earn you 40 lashes, jail or a fine in Sudan.
Luckily for Gillian Gibbons she wasn’t wearing men’s trousers at the time — as cross-dressing carries the death penalty.
So do homosexuality, adultery and trying to convert a Muslim to Christianity.
These are all banned under Sharia law as laid down in the Koran.
In Sharia law a man’s evidence is equal to that of two women — but there is no mention of teddies.

Let's see now --- they say we are wrong to be in Iraq and Afghanistan, we are wrong to profile Islamo-Fascists coming through our airports and across our borders... but the fact remains that if they get their way --- Ms Clinton and all these other pants suit wearing male wannabe's will be risking the death penalty when they put those pants on one leg at a time? Go figure!

Just when you thought they couldn't get any stranger on the left coast.....

........ they manage to out do themselves!

As an alternative to burial, cremation is no longer green enough, say environmentalists, because it releases smoke and mercury, and thus the industry is considering "promession," in which the body is frozen in liquid nitrogen to minus-320 degrees (F) and then shaken until it disintegrates into powder.

For green burials, the United States has at least six cemeteries that require biodegradable casings and for bodies to be free of embalming chemicals. The Forever Fernwood cemetery in Mill Valley, Calif., goes even further, according to an October Los Angeles Times story, banning grave markers, but, said the owner, "We issue the family a Google map with the GPS coordinates" so they can find their loved one. [Los Angeles Times, 10-28-07; Evening Standard (London), 10-10-07]

How come I don't feel all warm and fuzzy 'bout this......

...... Missouri State University put a Christmas Tree up in the lobby, then took it down 'cause one ole boy bitched, then saw the light and put it back up again!

SPRINGFIELD – Missouri State University administrators decided Thursday morning to put a Christmas tree (not the one in this photo) back in the lobby of Strong Hall, along with other religious holiday symbols. A department head removed the 20-foot tree on Monday after a faculty member who is Jewish complained that it was insensitive to other religions.
After learning about the complaint and the removal of the tree, administrators scheduled a meeting for Friday afternoon to discuss appropriate holiday decorations at the school. That meeting is now canceled.“We decided this is the right thing to do, and I am glad there was widespread agreement about it,” President Mike. Nietzel said in a news release. “Missouri State is an institution at which many different religions are represented, and we try to be sensitive to the many views people hold.
“After having had a chance to air this out a bit more and consider the various perspectives of our campus community, I am happy that the Christmas tree will be back up along with the many others that were already on campus. I hope we can have it on display before the end of the day.”
Courts have ruled Christmas trees are secular symbols if they do not bear religious decorations. The department head who put the tree up said she didn't use any religious symbols on it.

I reckon the reason I ain't all warm and fuzzy about this is that it's just one more example of how quickly we all reach down and grab our ankles when a 'secular' PC Nazi says a damn word!

It is nice though, they they are calling it a Christmas Tree and not a holiday tree or winter break tree.... I'll give 'em that!

Ted Turner, honest, dedicated rancher......?

....Nah, I don't think so. But why would the former Mr Jane Fonda be wanting to buy all that Nebraska land? Speculation abounds..... I hope somebody is watching the side doors.

Some of billionaire Ted Turner's land in Mullen, Neb., is seen in a June 26, 2007 photo. Turner owns the largest buffalo herd in the country, many of them on the 425,000 acres he owns in Nebraska. Turner, who made a fortune and a name for himself by founding CNN, has amassed 2 million acres _ almost two Rhode Islands _ to become the largest private landowner in the country over the past decade. (AP Photo/Nate Jenkins)

For the full article, go to: http://apnews.myway.com/article/20071128/D8T6U9V00.html

Pat Sajak knows how to picks his vowels and consonants....

It's nice to know that not all Hollywoodies think that we live and die by their words...

Celebrity Endorsements: Does Anyone Really Care?
by Pat Sajak

There have been so many debates and interviews and columns and profiles and polls, it’s hard to believe the election for president is still about 11 months away. Recently, celebrity endorsements have been making news, with Oprah Winfrey saying she would campaign for Barack Obama and Barbra Streisand making the not-so-stunning announcement that she was supporting Hillary Clinton.There are reasons, of course, why candidates welcome such help. First, there’s the bonanza of free publicity. With so many names and faces vying for attention, what could be better than the burst of news such endorsements bring?

There’s also the burst of money these high-profile celebs can bring in themselves and attract from others. Then there’s the extra attention and excitement these stars engender when they appear at a candidate’s political events. It’s far easier to attract a crowd in Des Moines if a big TV, movie or recording star is standing next to the politician.

Putting those obvious benefits aside, the question remains: do these endorsements really translate into votes? Does anyone decide which candidate to choose based on the recommendation of a TV talk show host or a singer/actress?

If any group of citizens is uniquely unqualified to tell someone else how to vote, it’s those of us who live in the sheltered, privileged arena of celebrityhood. It’s one thing to buy an ab machine because Chuck Norris recommends it (he’s in good shape, isn’t he?) or a grill because George Foreman’s name is on it (he’s a great guy, so it must be a great grill!), but the idea of choosing the Leader of the Free World based on the advice of someone who lives in the cloistered world of stardom seems a bit loony to me.

This is America, and we celebrities have just as much right as anyone else to speak up about any issue. The problem is that more attention is paid to what we say because we’re well known. But why should that matter? O.J. Simpson is one of the world’s best-known celebrities, but I can’t imagine anyone following his lead in a voting booth.I suppose anything that gets people engaged in the political process is a good thing, but the idea that a gold record, a top-ten TV show or an Oscar translates into some sort of political wisdom doesn’t make much sense to me. Trust me, one’s view of the world isn’t any clearer from the back seat of a limo.

Bubba's rhetoric still bubbles on...and on...and on...

By RON FOURNIER

"As only he can do, Bill Clinton packed campaign venues across eastern Iowa and awed Democratic voters with a compelling case for his wife's candidacy. He was unscripted, in-depth and generous.
He also was long-winded, misleading and self-absorbed.
"Good Bill" and "Bad Bill" (his nickname among some aides) returned to the public arena Tuesday as Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton brandished her double-edged sword of a husband to fend off rivals in the Jan. 3 caucus fight.
"Ladies and gentlemen," Clinton told 400 Iowans at the start of his three-city swing, "I have had a great couple of days out working for Hillary."
In the next 10 minutes, he used the word "I" a total of 94 times and mentioned "Hillary" just seven times in an address that was as much about his legacy as it was about his wife's candidacy.
He told the crowd where he bought coffee that morning and where he ate breakfast.
He detailed his Thanksgiving Day guest list, and menu.
He defended his record as president, rewriting history along the way.
And he explained why his endorsement of a certain senator from New York should matter to people.
"I know what it takes to be president," he said, "and because of the life I've led since I've left office."
I, me and my. Oh, my.
Late in his 50-minute address, Clinton told the crowd that wealthy people like he and his wife should pay more taxes in times of war. "Even though I approved of Afghanistan and opposed Iraq from the beginning, I still resent that I was not asked or given the opportunity to support those soldiers," he said.
In truth, Clinton did not oppose the Iraq war from the start — at least not publicly.
If the former president secretly opposed the war but did not want to speak against a sitting president (as some of his aides now claim), what moral authority does he have now? And did he share his objections with his wife? She started out as a hawkish Democrat but is now appealing to anti-war voters."

From Yahoo News

Flogging described by the 'Floggee'.....

During these times where we hear that a 19 year old girl in Saudi Arabia is going to receive 200 lashes for being raped, that a British School teacher is going to receive 40 lashes for naming a teddy bear Mohammad... Ole' Pecoz thought it would be interesting to get a first hand report.

Fortunately, the British Daily Mail just released an interview with a Brit who suffered such treatment:

'My whole back felt like it was on fire': As a British teacher faces 40 lashes, one man speaks out.
Just what is it like to be lashed? In 1993, Gavin Sherrard-Smith, a computer expert from Cheltenham, received 50 lashes with a bamboo cane in a prison in Qatar.
He was accused of breaking an alcohol ban while living in Doha, the capital - something that Mr Sherrard-Smith, now 47, has always denied.

This is his astonishing account of how the brutal punishment was carried out, and how he endured it.

To read the article in it's entirety, and everyone should, go to:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=496844&in_page_id=1811

Ben Stein has been around a while...

.... and in his own dry way ---- pretty much says what's on his mind. He did a bit on CBS Sunday Morning show regarding Christmas, an unusual subject for a Jew, that just tickled the heck out of this ole boy! But nobody would believe it unless they saw it verified on Snopes --- so here it is Pilgrims!!

http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/benstein2.asp

P.S. Remember what Ole' Pecoz said down yonder --- if them stores won't use the word Christmas in their advertising ---- don't shop there and e-mail 'em and tell 'em why!!!

Just in case you don't know how sick.....

..... our 'hero's on the Left Coast are...! Here is part of an interview between Time Magazine and that best selling author Stephen King. And naturally, because he is the celeb --- he asks the first question instead of the Time hack...

"STEPHEN KING: So who's going to be TIME Person of the Year?
TIME: I really don't know, there's a very small group of people who make that decision.
(King) I was thinking, I think it should be Britney Spears and Lindsay Lohan. Really? Yeah. You know, I just filmed a segment for Nightline, about [the movie version of his novella] The Mist, and one of the things I said to them was, you know, "You guys are just covering — what do they call it — the scream of the peacock, and you're missing the whole fox hunt." Like waterboarding [or] where all the money went that we poured into Iraq. It just seems to disappear. And yet you get this coverage of who's gonna get custody of Britney's kids? Whether or not Lindsay drank at her twenty-first birthday party, and all this other shit.You know, this morning, the two big stories on CNN are Kanye West's mother, who died, apparently, after having some plastic surgery. The other big thing that's going on is whether or not this cop [Drew Peterson] killed his... wife. And meanwhile, you've got Pakistan in the midst of a real crisis, where these people have nuclear weapons that we helped them develop. You've got a guy in charge, who's basically declared himself the military strongman and is being supported by the Bush administration, whose raison d'etre for going into Iraq was to spread democracy in the world.

So you've got these things going on, which seem to me to be very substantive, that could affect all of us, and instead, you see a lot of this back-fence gossip.

So I said something to the Nightline guy about waterboarding, and if the Bush administration didn't think it was torture, they ought to do some personal investigation. Someone in the Bush family should actually be waterboarded so they could report on it to George. I said, I didn't think he would do it, but I suggested Jenna be waterboarded and then she could talk about whether or not she thought it was torture. And then the guy from Nightline said, "Well, obviously you've not been watching World News Tonight with Charlie Gibson." But I do — I watch 'em all!"

Forget the fact that young Jenna Bush has been out in the wild doing great stuff for poor children in Africa since she graduated ... while getting none of the front page coverage she got while drinking one beer in college... King sure shows this ole' boy no class at all.

I won't even ask what Chelsea, or Amy or Steve Ford did for the world!

What a dreary world of elitists these Left Coaster's have created! Hot damn, I sure love my 'fly-over' middle America and it's citizens!!!!

Life without Emeril Live!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Apparently, the Food Network and Emeril Legasse have failed to reach agreement on a new contract and his Emeril Live program will end in early December. Say what you will, Pilgrims, but Emeril made the Food Network what it is today. Fortunately it has grown and improved, and will certainly survive this loss... but this ole' boy hopes folks remember who sparked this back channel network to become the popular channel that it is.

Millions of folks who couldn't spell "Bam", much less "Emeril's Essence" are now creating dishes they never would have thought of before. No more meat loaf, pork chops, or grilled steaks as the only options.....

The good news is that Ole' Emiril will be around for years to come.... and with all his other restaurant investments..... will still be able to afford milk on his cornflakes.

Thanks for the memories Pal! BAM!!!!!!!!!

Kennedy to write "tell all".............NOT!"...

Ted Kennedy, the Lifeguard of Chappaquiddick, has just signed a big buck contract to write his 'memoirs'. Bless his cold little heart, he needs the money I reckon. Maybe Daddy Joe's rum runnin' rewards have run out. Rumor's have it that the check is bigger than Hellery's and Bubba's were. 'Course their books were fiction and that usually sells better. Wonder if old Teddie's book will be fiction, non-fiction or the more likely combination.

Modest fellow that he is, I am sure he will concentrate on the accomplishments of those around him during his years sucking on the public teat. Wouldn't it be great if he devoted a chapter to 'splain the many ways that the Kennedy Foundation found to beat the IRS out of their tax money, from the property taxes on the Hyannis compound and the Florida estates. And on the foundation nut itself of course.

Another great chapter would be "Mary Jo and Me - Midnight Swimmers". A further interesting chapter would be the details of how much Daddy Joe spent when he bought the votes in Chicago that stole the election from Nixon and gave it to young Johnny.

Wonder if he'll mention how he got to be Senator? 'In 1960, John Kennedy became President of the United States, and vacated his Massachusetts Senate seat. Ted would not be eligible to fill Jack's vacant Senate seat until February 22, '62, when he would turn thirty. His father therefore persuaded the Massachusetts governor to name a Kennedy family friend Benjamin A. Smith II to fill out Jack's term, keeping the seat available for Ted'.

Found a picture of Teddy and one of his wives in the paper today -- don't know which number wife this is......... Wonder if the book will have separate pages for each....?

Ole' Pecoz just loves the irony of the fact that of all the publishers in these United States for him to contract with --- the book will be published by HACHETTE BOOK GROUP USA! Even I couldn't make that up!

It's all in the smile........

At yesterday's ceremonies at the Whitehouse, President Bush recognized the new Nobel Honorees... One poignant moment was recognized between two former competitors. George W., ever the gentleman, relaxed for a minute.... Can you tell which one won the election?

All of a sudden, it's a horse race.........

......for more than a year now (and with the presidential election still a year away) we have been bombarded with daily polls on how the candidates of the two parties are doing. Not one vote has been cast in a primary, run off or national election, but the pundits (read unknowing talking-heads) beat us up every night with that day's polling results.

Like I give a damn what some corn farmer in Iowa thinks about the relative merit difference between Hellery and Obama .... or Guliani and Thompson! I wake up in the middle of the night in a cold sweat because some rock hound in New Hampshire has switched from Biden to Edwards or from Huckabee to Romney.... Whee doggies, these races are like a fast food industry, not a political race! Candidates are the soup du jour and the pundits are the hamburger flippers! No skills, just the same old hamburgers over and over and over!

Then they get so desperate they start handicapping the Veep sweepstakes --- I guess this is the journalist's equivalent to; "Do you want fries with that?" Is Richardson sucking up to Hellery for the VP job--- does Guliani need a past Governor like Huckabee for Veep. Makes ya' nuts! Member all the "gravitas!" questions in the George W's first race. It was the word of the day --- no it was the word of the year before the election .... dumber than turkeys, the lot of 'em! I'm talking about the news readers - not the candidates.

The candidates are half smart! They spend a couple of years running around the country while drawing their pay from their full time jobs in the Senate or wherever, travel on OPM (other peoples money) get treated like rock stars, and even if they lose, they get to keep the change. Write books and otherwise contribute nothing to the national well being. There is a word that comes to mind.... but I reckon parasite is a bit heavy ... so I won't say it.....

Because of the Writer's strike.........

.........America's Gen-X'rs are now clueless about the news!!!!!!

How many times did you hear on the news.....

.......two or three days before Thanksgiving, that it isn't the tryptophan in turkeys that make you sleepy after Thanksgiving dinner, it's that you ate and drank too much! If I heard it once, I heard it a dozen times on different stations! As my granddaughter would say....Duh!

Kinda wonder how much the study cost that produced that gem of intelligence - at least it wouldn't be government "pork" money -- it'd be political "turkey' money!

Here's some real breaking news.............

This breaking news is just off the press................

Immigrant Smugglers Use Crooked Firms
PHOENIX -- Smugglers who bring illegal immigrants into the U.S. are getting crucial help from seemingly legitimate businesses that supply them with cars, lodging, plane tickets and other services, knowing full well what's going on. Investigators say the number of these corrupt businesses is small, but they play a significant role in helping illegal immigrants reach the country's interior. The accomplices have included landlords and rental agents who provide homes for smugglers to hide immigrants; taxi drivers near the border who bring immigrants to the closest cities; used-car dealerships that let smugglers register vehicles under false names; and travel agencies that sell blocks of plane tickets for immigrants.

Golly Gee whiz Aunt Bee? Who'da thunk that there were some scurrilous characters hangin' around the border cities ready to aid and abet them illegals for a price? Next thing you know, there will be a headline that say that if hand guns are outlawed, some rascals will have them any way and use them to rob, steal, and kill them honest folk that don't. I ain't figgered out who is dumber in this ole world, our politicians and law enforcement folks, or those of us taxpayers that put up with their mountain high trail of malfeasance........... Shhhhhhhhhheeeeesh!

Buy American when you can........

Ole' Pecoz ain't adverse to buying foreign products.... heck, if I were, guess I wouldn't have a TV, VCR, DVD Player, or a hundred other things that just ain't made in the USA anymore. On the other hand, when given a choice, I like to buy American made products -- good for the workers, good for the country and good for my poor ole soul.

An Internet search will put you in contact with a bunch of sources for products made in USA. An old Air Force buddy shared his favorite with me. I particularly like it this season because guess what it calls that day that falls on December 25th? That's right pilgrim, CHRISTMAS!. None of that phony baloney euphemism riddled politically correct pap like Holiday, Seasonal, Whimsical, or Family..... it's called a by God Christmas Tree, or Christmas decorations!

Check it out... even if you don't buy there, it may give you some ideas on where to shop, or what to buy, or let your Grandkids see that word Christmas in print on your screen!!

Merry Christmas!!!!!!

http://store.buyamericanmart.com/index.html

Well Pilgrims,,, Ole' Pecoz is headed up to North Texas...

..........for Thanksgiving......

Lessen' they got runnin' water and Internet connections, y'all might not hear from me 'til Saturday nite... Take 'er slow -- enjoy the bird... and until I see you agin' "May the good Lord take a liken' to ya!" as my ole buddy Roy used to say. Meantime if "the Good Lord's willin' and the creek don't rise" I'll be back here directly!

Now let's see if this ole wagon will get to head'n North into that cold Norther' com'n down!

Later Folks --- Don't forget to come back Sunday morning to see what's new or maybe even earlier to see if I found electricity up there in Bonham! Here's a picture of the town square.....

http://www.bonhamcam.com/

Pecoz

Supreme Court to Review D.C Gunlaw...........

...... Ole' Pecoz can see all manner of mischief in this announcement;

"After a hiatus of 68 years, the Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to rule on the meaning of the Second Amendment — the hotly contested part of the Constitution that guarantees “a right to keep and bear arms.” Not since 1939 has the Court heard a case directly testing the Amendment’s scope — and there is a debate about whether it actually decided anything in that earlier ruling. In a sense, the Court may well be writing on a clean slate if, in the end, it decides the ultimate question: does the Second Amendment guarantee an individual right to have a gun for private use, or does it only guarantee a collective right to have guns in an organized military force such as a state National Guard unit?"

It's said that optimists see a glass half full and a pessimist sees the same glass as half empty. Well, Ole' Pecoz sees this situation as half full of promise that the only reason the Supremes took this case on - was to settle for once and for all - that the right to bear arms is spelled out in the Constitution for every individual in this land, not just in this Eastern Federal District Court's domain. Any damn law that says "only the bad guys" can have weapons and the law abiders shall remain victims is one sorry ass law!

But I reckon there are a whole passel of folks that believe that the court took it on to settle the question the other way! Like I said down below when this first came up, I'm sure glad it's come up this year and not after the next presidential election....

What will be really interesting --- no matter which way the Court decides, is how the losing side will brush this finding plumb across the face of next years Presidential campaign. Do we elect a President who will appoint 'progressive' judges who will interpret what they want in the Constitution or 'conservatives' who will read the words of the Constitution and abide by them?

Since my city council and state legislature can foul up my life a whole lot more than the President of these United States, I reckon the deciding factor in my vote next year will be which candidate will appoint judges who will rule according to written law, not try to write the law they own selves.....!

I'm mad as hell and I ain't gonna take it no more......!

I got a Christmas challenge for all you pilgrims! Note, I didn't say 'holiday' challenge, or 'winter' challenge.... I said Christmas challenge. I am so durn sick and tired of this political correctness ruinin' Christmas in this country I can't hardly stand it.

Our founding fathers went through hell to get us to this country free from regal governments and ruling churches. Then they went and wrote the 1st Amendment to the Constitution:

"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; ........"

Now then Buckaroos, do you see anything in there sayin' freedom "from" religion? Neither does this old boy! But everybody tippytoes around this Christmas thing and even the Hanaka thing, like it had bad breath or somethin'! Even our Christmas Cards now read "Happy Holidays", kids get a winter break instead of Christmas vacation...

Well durn it! I got three catalogs in the mail yesterday and the word Christmas or Hanuka didn't appear in one of them. So I decided I'd do a casual survey and checked out the Internet sites for some of our national store chains.. If Christmas was on the front page, I gave 'em five stars, if a search using the word 'Christmas' showed items with the word Christmas in their names, I have them three stars... but dang it, if the word doesn't appear anywhere and the site is full of euphemisms like 'holiday', 'winter', 'family', 'whimsical', they get no damn stars....

Remember, this ain't science - I could be wrong but I found:

Five stars *****

Walmart

Target

Home Depot

Sears

Michaels

Hobby Lobby

Three stars ***

Target

Home Depot

No stars - zip, nada, none

Lowes

Macy's

KMart

Nordstrom

Now here's the challenge! Do your own search in the snail mailed flyer's and newspaper stuffers, and the Internet sites.... make your own list and then DON'T SHOP THERE AND E-MAIL THEM AND TELL THAT YOU AREN'T AND WHY.... PLUS OF COURSE.... SPREAD THE WORD UP AND DOWN THE E-MAIL LISTS!! Now then .... Get on them horses and git on with it!!

One final thought, with each e-mail I am sending I am sending a picture of a piece of coal................. If you don't tell that you ain't shoppin' there and why you ain't ...... they'll never get the message!!!!!!

Suspicions Confirmed....................!

For the last few years, all the pencil necked, psycho-babble experts been tellin' us to avoid controversy at the dinner table.... Hells bells, a good heated discussion always seemed natural to me. Here is an article from Townhall that agree with me --- ergo - they must be right!

This here painting by the way is a not a Norman Rockwell "Red Neck's Turky Dinner"!

When Dinner-Table Arguments are a Good Thing
By Josiah Bunting III
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Here is something parents might want to ponder as they celebrate Thanksgiving with their children: A friendly argument around the dinner table could be a good thing--especially if it involves current events or history.
A new scientific study shows that students who come from families that frequently discuss these topics learn more in college about American history, government, international relations and economics than students who come from families that don’t.
Nor is this the only aspect of traditional family life that can help make children into better college students. ..........................
(for the whole article go to:
http://townhall.com/columnists/JosiahBuntingIII/2007/11/20/when_dinner-table_arguments_are_a_good_thing

Hold on there Pardners.....

Skip down to that next story and then come back here.... 'Cause you ain't gonna believe this story until you've read that one.

Apparently Juan Garcia and two other Rhode Island legal immigrants were chosen to be 'voices' for immigrants deciding to become citizens before the rates go up. I'll put a little of the story here for a tease, but you got to got to the Providence Journal story to get it all. Bottom line, after 22 years here in the U.S. , Juan and one of the other two still need an interpreter to speak!

Incentives to citizenship
July 18, 2007
By Tom MooneyJournal Staff Writer

Juan Garcia, above, at a news conference at Providence City Hall to urge immigrants to apply for citizenship, says he’s ready to become a citizen
PROVIDENCE — Juan Garcia arrived in the United States in 1978. Originally from Guatemala, he says he’s had permanent legal status here for 22 years. Not until now, however, has the 54-year-old community service worker chosen to become a citizen.
Spurred by the polarizing immigration reform debate and steep hikes in the naturalization fees come Aug. 1, Garcia plans to register for citizenship on Saturday and fulfill a growing sense of civic obligation.
“For legal residents” such as himself, “it’s a question of making sure our voices are heard,” he said yesterday through a translator.
The International Institute of Rhode Island estimates that about 150,000 people in the Ocean State are foreign born, says its executive director, William Shuey. About 50,000 are already U.S. citizens. Of the remaining 100,000, at least 70,000 are here legally and eligible for citizenship, he says.
Yesterday, Shuey, Garcia and two other legal immigrants, Eduviges DeLaRosa and Gabriela Amparo, joined a collection of church, union and community organizations promoting a national campaign to motivate legal immigrants to become citizens and use the power of their vote.

Now friends, go to the ProJo site to read the story, but make sure you are sittin' down! http://www.projo.com/news/content/citizen_registration_07-18-07_C46DJK1.2b8e7a6.html#

Where the hell are those guys in the white coats with the strait jackets....?

'Sposin' Ole' Pecoz told you that Ms Pelosi her own self, the Speaker of the House, is trying to tear down an amendment already passed that would protect the Salvation Army and other outfits like them from law suits because they require their employees to speak English! You wouldn't believe me, right? Read on brothers and sisters... from the WSJ:

Mi Casa, Sue Casa

" Nancy Pelosi tries to force the Salvation Army to hire people who can't speak English.

It's been less than a week since New York's Sen. Hillary Clinton and Gov. Eliot Spitzer had to climb down from their support of driver's licenses for illegal aliens. Now House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has moved to kill an amendment that would protect employers from federal lawsuits for requiring their workers to speak English. Among the employers targeted by such lawsuits: the Salvation Army.
Sen. Lamar Alexander, a moderate Republican from Tennessee, is dumbstruck that legislation he views as simple common sense would be blocked. He noted that the full Senate passed his amendment to shield the Salvation Army by 75-19 last month, and the House followed suit with a 218-186 vote just this month. "I cannot imagine that the framers of the 1964 Civil Rights Act intended to say that it's discrimination for a shoe shop owner to say to his or her employee, 'I want you to be able to speak America's common language on the job,' " he told the Senate last Thursday.
But that's exactly what the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is trying to do. In March the EEOC sued the Salvation Army because its thrift store in Framingham, Mass., required its employees to speak English on the job. The requirement was clearly posted and employees were given a year to learn the language. The EEOC claimed the store had fired two Hispanic employees for continuing to speak Spanish on the job. It said that the firings violated the law because the English-only policy was not "relevant" to job performance or safety.

"If it is not relevant, it is discriminatory, it is gratuitous, it is a subterfuge to discriminate against people based on national origin," says Rep. Charles Gonzalez of Texas, one of several Hispanic Democrats in the House who threatened to block Ms. Pelosi's attempts to curtail the Alternative Minimum Tax unless she killed the Alexander amendment. "

Now then buckaroos, if you are wonderin' who in tarnation Rep Charles Gonzalez is... he is the second generation occupant of a seat owned by his daddy before him.... and neither his daddy nor him ever done one thing of note during these 50 years of ownin' that seat... but they never miss a girl scout bake sale though back here in their district..... Now all of a sudden, he reckons he's got something even he can understand to help bolster him in his predominately Hispanic congressional district.. Lord Help us, 'Cause we sure aint.....!

Got Grandkids comin' for the Holidays..?

This game will keep them entertained --- and their grand dads as well, if they start getting under foot too....

http://dsc.discovery.com/fansites/future-weapons/games/cannon/cannon.html

This can keep you occupied for a while. Click on the link and prepare to kick ass. The volume from the gun fire can knock you out of your chair so test it low and then increase if you wish to make a lot of noise..

But don't let a stranger pack your bag neatly........

Airlines are encouraging travelers to "pack neatly" to expedite searches when going through security to board a plane. The only way Ole Pecoz' duffel bag is gonna be neat is if I hire it done... but then them nosy folks always ask; "Have any strangers been near your baggage?"

Shucks, they can't have it both ways. Besides, after havin' to take off my coat, my shoes, and havin' them paw through my luggage with their grubby little hands (God knows what they was touchin' last) I am, as my momma would say, disheveled, anyhow... so why bother....

Besides, some of them TSA folks look plumb suspicious to me!

Think I'll travel by automobile this year, thank you very kindly...!

Talk about a major pain in the ass.............

OSVALDO DAVILA ARRESTED! You remember him ..... Our shot-in-the-behind drug runner, Osvaldo Davila, has been arrested in Texas with another batch of drugs. Interesting details are coming to light about U.S. Attorney, Johnny Sutton, close friend of former AG Gonzales. During the trial of Ramos and Campeon, the jury was never fully informed of pertinent details, most importantly that Davila was a drug runner.

Duncan Hunter has sent President 'W' a request that he commute the sentence of these border patrol agents and that they be released and sent home by Thanksgiving. I don't trust the integrity of our so-called justice system to do the right thing.

Time to get those telephones and e-mail fingers goin' and raisin' hell about at least freeing both Border Agents Compeon and Ramos! Worry about pardons later....! I would think the next President would ask for Johnny Sutton's US Attorney badge, but I reckon if it's a Democrat - they'll probably give him a medal and a promotion for locking up the good guys and protecting the rights of that poor hard working 'undocumented worker Davila, after all, he was just doin' a job Americans don't wanna do!

Thanksgiving in the Land of Oz............

Now ain't you glad you ain't goin' to Dorothy's house for Thanksgiving????

Wheee Doggies...............

.........looks like that Novak column about Hellery's attack dogs has got itself some legs!! Now Mr Obama is cry'n foul! "Don't swiftboat me!" Tell'n her if she got somethin' say or expose -- well, get on with it or deny it. We finally got somethin' in this boring, boring, protracted primary race to watch --- one of the comments posted to the Politico report says it best!!

"A couple of self-righteous blow-hards goaded into a slap fight by The Prince of Darkness. How could this happen to the smartest (Mrs. Clinton) and hippest (Mr. Obama) people on earth? Hey man, that's not cool!"

Here is a picture you'll never forget.......

.....it was called "Marlboro Marine" and photographed by an embedded photo-journalist from the LA Times during the battle for Falujah. The photographer has written a poignant follow up story in the current issue of that paper. When you get to their site, you'll have to register (it's free), but all you need is your e-mail address -- and they've grabbed your 'cookie' anyway -- so go for it - it's worth the trip!

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-marlboro11nov11,1,677552.story?ctrack=1&cset=true

Didja' ever wonder how to spot a Michigander with a DUI conviction?????

How embarassing is this? ....... probably not at all to the successful hunter!!!

Pssst, Hey buddy -- wanna buy some swamp land in Florida?????

.......cause if you believe this latest Hellery story --- you'll buy anything. Reported by Robert Novak:

"Agents of Sen. Hillary Clinton are spreading the word in Democratic circles that she has scandalous information about her principal opponent for the party's presidential nomination, Sen. Barack Obama, but has decided not to use it. The nature of the alleged scandal was not disclosed.

This word-of-mouth among Democrats makes Obama look vulnerable and Clinton look prudent. It comes during a dip for the front-running Clinton after she refused to take a stand on New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer's now discarded plan to give driver's licenses to illegal aliens.

Experienced Democratic political operatives believe Clinton wants to avoid a repetition of 2004, when attacks on each other by presidential candidates Howard Dean and Richard Gephardt were mutually destructive and facilitated John Kerry's nomination."

All you folks out there that believe Hellary's war machine has 'the goods' on Obama and won't use it in a pinch.... e-mail me and I'll send you a contract for that 'waterfront property' I was talkin' about!

Seems like everytime some Hollywoodie or Politico gets in trouble......

...they all sing the same song! It ain't my fault - it's the drugs or the alcohol.... send me to rehab in some neat spa but don't send me to jail.....!

USA Today recently had an article intended for humor but contained more truth than humor. Suppose John Wilkes Booth had a public relations flack like all these folks do today -- this is what you would have read in the papers back in 1865....

"Press release: April 15, 1865 From the publicist of John Wilkes Booth After the tragic accident that took place yesterday, Mr. Booth has bravely announced that he has been fighting a battle with snuff abuse for many years. As an admitted snuff addict, Mr. Booth is prone to episodes that are completely out of his control, and Friday's theater incident is no exception. The confrontation with President Lincoln was an irrational act that Mr. Booth did in a state of great stress. Those who know Mr. Booth are well aware that he is a kind, rational man who donates to many charities, especially Confederate widows. Mr. Booth is currently enrolled in an ongoing program of recovery in an undisclosed location. We hope that he gets the medical attention he so desperately needs. He asks that all parties, especially the federal authorities, respect the privacy of him and his family."

Then of course when he got out the quote would've been, "I need to spend more time with my family so I'm giving up the stage!"

A site designed for those of us who want to join a Political Pork Posse.......

...... here's a site that will keep you up to date and help you sort out the big time ear markin' porkers in Washington from all the little piggies...........

http://www.cagw.org/site/PageServer

What does frost my pumpkins Buckaroos, is all of the folks that wring their hands and whine about such goin's on UNTIL IT COMES TO THE PORK SPENDIN' IN THEIR BACKYARD!

To paraphrase somebody: If it's pork in some other state --- then it's by God pork in your state as well!

Often times --- Brother's of the Church hit the nail on the head!

.....as does this sign......!


Hallelujah! Get up and put that tie on..................!!!!!!

Ole' Pecoz sometimes has a problem with Brother Pitts...

of the Miami Herald ...........but he sure hit the nail on the head this time!!

"No one person can speak for all American blacks
By LEONARD PITTS
Beg pardon, but who died and made Al Sharpton president of the Negroes?
Not that Sharpton has ever declared himself as such. But the fact that some regard him as black America's chief executive was driven home for the umpteenth time a few days ago after TV reality show bounty hunter Duane ''Dog'' Chapman got in trouble for using a certain toxic racial epithet -- six letters, starts with N, rhymes with digger -- on the phone with his son.
As you may have heard, Chapman was expressing disapproval of the son's African-American girlfriend. ''It's not because she's black,'' he said. 'It's because we use the word `n----' sometimes here. I'm not going to take a chance ever in life of losing everything I've worked for for 30 years because some f---- n---- heard us say 'n----' and turned us in to the Enquirer magazine.''
Naturally, the son sold a tape of the conversation to the National Enquirer. Which leaves me in the awkward position of simultaneously loathing what Chapman said and pitying him for having raised a rat fink son who would sell out his own father for a few pieces of silver. Anyway, with his life and career circling the drain, an apologetic Chapman fell back on what is becoming standard operating procedure for celebrities who defame black folk. He contacted Sharpton.
In so doing, he follows the trail blazed by Don Imus, Washington shock jock Doug ''Greaseman'' Tracht, and Michael Richards, who sought out Sharpton (or, alternately, Jesse Jackson) atter saying what they wished they had not. They were all in turn following the news media which, whenever a quote on some racial matter is required, turn to the right reverends by reflex. You'd think they knew no other Negroes.
I don't begrudge Jackson or Sharpton their fame. Jena, La., might have gone unnoticed had they not used that fame to direct public attention there. Still, I question whether we ought not by now have grown beyond the notion that one or two men can speak for, or offer absolution in the name of, 36 million people.
Charismatic leadership
Certainly, African America has a long and distinguished history of charismatic leadership, from Frederick Douglass to Booker T. Washington to W.E.B. DuBois to Marcus Garvey to Malcolm X to Martin Luther King, Jr. It was King to whom the ''president of the Negroes'' honorific was jokingly applied during the civil rights era in recognition of the moral authority that allowed him to rally masses. Since King's murder in 1968, a number of men have jockeyed to position themselves as his heir. They have not been conspicuous by their success.
Louis Farrakhan couldn't do it, handicapped as he is by the fact that he is Louis Farrakhan. Sharpton couldn't do it; one hardly thinks of moral authority when one thinks of the man at the center of the Tawana Brawley debacle. Jackson seemed to presage a new era of charismatic leadership when he ran for president, but he is dogged by a perception some of us have that he serves no cause higher than himself.
But beyond the strengths and weaknesses of the men who seek to be charismatic leaders, there is a sense that the job itself has grown obsolete. Who, after all, are the nation's white leaders? To what one man or woman do you apologize when you insult white folks? Doesn't the very idea that there could be one person deny the complexity and diversity of the population?
Two don't speak for millions
Similarly, African America is served by dozens of magazines, websites, television networks and media figures that did not exist when King was killed. So it's about time news media -- and those who will insult us in the future -- get past this notion that one or two people are anointed to speak for 36 million. That is a simplistic, antiquated, and faintly condescending idea.
I speak for myself. Don't you"

I have no one white man speakin' for me --- my Hispanic brothers ain't got one man speakin' for them - the Asian folks ain't decided on some one man speakin' for them, I don't even have career military buddy's speaking for me --- so who the hell are these self appointed guys???

If you haven't followed Mr Pitts columns ---- you should! (sometimes ..)

Well done - Mr Pitts!

Some things got to be learned the hard way....

....especially by lawyers! Even over in Great Britain....!

A London lawyer runs a stop sign and gets pulled over by a Glasgow copper.He thinks that he is smarter than the cop because he is a lawyer from London and is certain that he has a better education then any Jock cop.He decides to prove this to himself and have some fun at the Glasgow cops expense!!

Glasgow cop says," License and registration, please."

London Lawyer says, "What for?"

Glasgow cop says, "You didn't come to a complete stop at the stop sign."

London Lawyer says, "I slowed down, and no one was coming."

Glasgow cop says, "You still didn't come to a complete stop. License and registration, please."

London Lawyer says, "What's the difference?"

Glasgow cop says, "The difference is, you have to come to complete stop,that's the law. License and registration, please!"

London Lawyer says, "If you can show me the legal difference between slow down and stop, I'll give you my license and registration; and you give me the ticket. If not, you let me go and don't give me the ticket."

Glasgow cop says, "Sounds fair. Exit your vehicle, sir."The London Lawyer exits his vehicle. The Glasgow cop takes out his baton and starts beating hell out of the lawyer and says, ....."Do you want me to stop, or just slow down?"

Damn, you know you ain't in Texas......

..... when this is the Ad the Travel Commission is running to attract tourists!

Controversy Over Eurostar's Shock Advert
By Jo Couzens
An advert depicting a tattooed skinhead urinating into a china teacup is being used to promote tourism to London.
The image is part of a new Eurostar campaign aimed solely at the Belgian market.
Posters have gone up on billboards in Antwerp, Brussels, Liege and Ghent to promote the new high-speed train connection to the English capital.
The company says the advert is great for British tourism.
"It's fun, it's supposed to show how cosmopolitan London is. Yes, I really think it says London is cosmopolitan," insisted a spokeswoman for Eurostar.
Lesley Retallack added: "You could walk down Camden market and you can see someone like that.
"It just captures your imagination, stops you, makes you think. People get it."

Kinda makes ya' wonder what kind of tourists they are trying to attract, don't it?

Appears that the Canada of the 'Nam days has changed ...

....looks like American GI's that voluntarily enlist but then decide to desert when alerted for overseas duty --- can't find a hidey-hole up there any more!!

Top court refuses to hear appeal from U.S. army deserters
Meagan Fitzpatrick
CanWest News Service
U.S. Army private Jeremy Hinzman, who deserted because he opposed the war in Iraq, speaks at a rally after Canada's Immigration and Refugee Board ruled he did not qualify as a refugee in Toronto, United States Army deserter Jeremy Hinzman, 26, seeking refugee status in Canada after refusing to serve in Iraq, winds up his application to the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada on December 8, 2004 in Toronto, Canada.
OTTAWA -- Canada's top court will not hear the case of two Americans who sought refugee status here after deserting the U.S. army in 2004 to avoid being deployed to Iraq.
In a decision released Thursday, the Supreme Court of Canada rejected a bid by Jeremy Hinzman and Brandon Hughey to stay in Canada as refugees.
The court's ruling backs previous ones by the Federal Court, the Federal Court of Appeal and the Immigration and Refugee Board.
Before Thursday's ruling, the Federal Court of Appeal last rejected the claims by Hinzman and Hughey, who crossed the border rather than face possible court martial and imprisonment for refusing to serve in a war they say they morally oppose and is illegal because it was not sanctioned by the United Nations.
The two men have also argued they face persecution in their home country because of their political opinion.
The Federal Court of Appeal ruled, however, the two men did not deserve refugee status in Canada because they come from a democratic country with an accountable and just system for dealing with deserters. A lawyer for the two men, who both live in Toronto, then pledged to appeal the case to the Supreme Court.
While the Supreme Court does not provide reasons for declining to hear a case, the judge in the Federal Court of Appeal case said the Supreme Court had already stated that refugee protection is not available when there has been an inadequate attempt to seek out the protections available in one's home country.
Jeffry House, the lawyer for the two men, has estimated in previous interviews with CanWest News Service that about 200 Americans have fled to Canada to avoid serving in Iraq and that his clients face one- to five-years' imprisonment if they return to the U.S.
In response to Thursday's Supreme Court decision, a group of supporters for war resisters is holding a rally in Toronto.
The War Resisters Support Campaign is calling on Ottawa "to do the right thing and allow resisters to stay in Canada."

I love that last sentence --- "allow resisters to stay in Canada" --- how slick is that nuance change from uniformed deserters to resisters.... Kinda reminds ya of some of our own; like from Illegal aliens to Undocumented workers and from Terrorists to Insurgents......

And these are the good guys???????

........ a Court in Saudi Arabia has just sentenced a 19 year old girl to 200 lashes and six months in jail! Her offense? She was gang raped by six Saudi Sunni men. Oh yeah, they get to go to jail for short terms as well.

Sure wish some of those wackos on our Left Coast would read the papers.... Wonder how they would fare under a Fascist Islamic Gov'mint? I ain't just talkin' Hollywoodies, I'm talking House Speaker's and US Lady Senators as well!

I think this picture here on the left kind of speaks directly to question..... which style do American's prefer for their ladies? And more important --- which style do our ladies prefer?

What happend to Veteran's Day pictures from Iraq and Afghanistan...?

...........Where is the good news? Ole' Pecoz was plumb proud of the coverage of Veteran's Day this last weekend in all the major media. Many pictured laying of wreaths, many mini-parades, many grizzled old WWII Vets, the usual misleading shots of homeless Vietnam Vets.... and a virtual plethora of wounded Iraq and Afghanistan vets with prominence given to those with amputated limbs...

But all this begs the question...... where were all the pictures and videos of our bright and eager active duty veterans on duty and serving in Iraq, Afghanistan and around the world? I don't recollect seeing one segment on the evening news of the positive effects of their efforts in this world wide war on terror.

Maybe I just missed 'em all! How about you..... did you see any positive military news over the weekend -- or hear one politico give one positive Veteran's Day speech about their efforts?

Just wonder'n..........!

Guess who crashed the party............?

The London Daily Mail had this as front page story today, Ole' Pecoz don't recollect seeing it on the front pages of the New York Times or Washington Post.....

The uninvited guest: Chinese sub pops up in middle of U.S. Navy exercise, leaving military chiefs red-faced

By MATTHEW HICKLEY -

When the U.S. Navy deploys a battle fleet on exercises, it takes the security of its aircraft carriers very seriously indeed.
At least a dozen warships provide a physical guard while the technical wizardry of the world's only military superpower offers an invisible shield to detect and deter any intruders.
That is the theory. Or, rather, was the theory.
Uninvited guest: A Chinese Song Class submarine, like the one that surfaced by the U.S.S. Kitty Hawk
American military chiefs have been left dumbstruck by an undetected Chinese submarine popping up at the heart of a recent Pacific exercise and close to the vast U.S.S. Kitty Hawk - a 1,000ft supercarrier with 4,500 personnel on board.
By the time it surfaced the 160ft Song Class diesel-electric attack submarine is understood to have sailed within viable range for launching torpedoes or missiles at the carrier.
According to senior Nato officials the incident caused consternation in the U.S. Navy.
The Americans had no idea China's fast-growing submarine fleet had reached such a level of sophistication, or that it posed such a threat.
One Nato figure said the effect was "as big a shock as the Russians launching Sputnik" - a reference to the Soviet Union's first orbiting satellite in 1957 which marked the start of the space age.
The incident, which took place in the ocean between southern Japan and Taiwan, is a major embarrassment for the Pentagon.
Battle stations: The Kitty Hawk carries 4,500 personnel
The lone Chinese vessel slipped past at least a dozen other American warships which were supposed to protect the carrier from hostile aircraft or submarines.
And the rest of the costly defensive screen, which usually includes at least two U.S. submarines, was also apparently unable to detect it.
According to the Nato source, the encounter has forced a serious re-think of American and Nato naval strategy as commanders reconsider the level of threat from potentially hostile Chinese submarines.
It also led to tense diplomatic exchanges, with shaken American diplomats demanding to know why the submarine was "shadowing" the U.S. fleet while Beijing pleaded ignorance and dismissed the affair as coincidence.
Analysts believe Beijing was sending a message to America and the West demonstrating its rapidly-growing military capability to threaten foreign powers which try to interfere in its "backyard".
The People's Liberation Army Navy's submarine fleet includes at least two nuclear-missile launching vessels.
Its 13 Song Class submarines are extremely quiet and difficult to detect when running on electric motors.
Commodore Stephen Saunders, editor of Jane's Fighting Ships, and a former Royal Navy anti-submarine specialist, said the U.S. had paid relatively little attention to this form of warfare since the end of the Cold War.
He said: "It was certainly a wake-up call for the Americans.
"It would tie in with what we see the Chinese trying to do, which appears to be to deter the Americans from interfering or operating in their backyard, particularly in relation to Taiwan."
In January China carried a successful missile test, shooting down a satellite in orbit for the first time.

Like the man said --- maybe this ain't such a bad thing.... maybe it'll get some of those Perfumed Princes of the Pentagon, as US Army Colonel (Ret) Hackworth used to call 'em in his columns, books and interviews, off of their butts and into action. The Chinese army is humongous compared to ours, now their Navy is gett'n better than ours, their missile folks are shoot'n the lights out of satellites of their choice.... When are our folks inside the beltway gonna wake up and smell the coffee?

Fleeing burglar dives in lake and .....

..... was promptly attacked and killed by a nine foot alligator! So says the news from Miami-Dade County today. Apparently his escape from the long arm of the law put him in the embrace of the long jaws of the 'gator!

That bit of news got Ole' Pecoz a wonderin'. How 'bout if I got rid of my dog and got myself a "watch-gator" instead... so I did some readin' up on it;

"Little consideration is given to keeping the Florida Alligator as a house pet. There are many pros and cons to be considered before you race to the nearest pet store and buy a fourteen foot alligator to keep you company.You are going to need a bathtub large enough for your new pet to submerge itself in. Of course, this may create a problem as most bathtubs are only five feet in length. A new fourteen foot long bathtub must be installed to accommodate your new pet.

Next, some arrangement must be worked out with your new pet to allow you to use the bathtub as well. Bathing in the same tub as a fourteen foot long alligator is not recommended.When an alligator dines, it catches its food, thrashes about wildly in what’s called a death roll and lodges its meal under water for a few days to “mellow” or as we call it, “age”.

What is actually going on is; the alligator’s kill is rotting. The rotting tends to soften it, so consumption is easier.Because of this, adequate ventilation in the bathroom is a must. The smell of the alligator’s dinner mellowing in the bathtub might be offensive to those of us with a more discerning olfactory sensitivity. Simply put, it smells bad."

Well Buckaroos, I got this far when the Missus started reading over my shoulder ---- and my studying and thinking was ended. She had a family committee meeting and she cast both votes for keeping our killer chihuahua instead of tradin' her in on a Watch-Gator! Ain't gonna be on my head if we get burgled by somebody with their own Attack-Gator!

I tremble at the thought of hearin' ... "Sic em Gator!"

From the mouth of a "Babe"......

..... and some strong lessons can be learned from this "Babe"!

The dollar's already lost 34% of its value since 2001. Can it get worse? Yes says Giselle Bundchen, a $30 million-a-year Brazilian supermodel who is demanding Pantene, an American cosmetic company, pay her in euros not dollars.
Why? "As Bloomberg News put it, the dollar can "only depreciate because Americans ... are living beyond their means." What irony, a model delivers an economic policy warning with more punch than all the currency threats from Iran, Venezuela and China. Gisele's lucky. She's bailing out of the "happy conspiracy." You can't. "

If you can get your elected official to 'splain to you how we have a Trillion Dollar$ in bad mortgages out there so soon after our last bail-out fiasco, please e-mail me and tell me his/her answer. I'll be damned if I can figure out why half of these high livin' yarbo's ain't in jail already or on their way to jail.....

Seemed like we had laws passed, appraiser requirements tightened and raised, integrity insisted upon....... and here we go again --- at the same time as we're strugglin' with soaring oil prices, war on terror expenses, and lack of a tax program that encourages savings! And a congress and president that are so busy peeing on each others leg's that they ain't got time to run the gov'mint!

It's time some voter's got off their duffs, rattled the phones and mails, and started refiggerin' what to do with their votes! I'm callin' and rattlin' --- are you?

If some wild eye right wing fanatic wrote this column...

... everybody would just consider the source and shake it off. But when written by Camille Paglia, a left wing, ultra liberal, feminist, lady columnist and published on a left wing Blog like Salon.com, it demands at least a quick read.... Durned near knocked my hat int'a the creek!http://www.salon.com/opinion/paglia/2007/11/14/hillary/index.html

Are there cracks developing in that body armor of Ms Clinton? Hmmmmm...

When you let the Unions run the country......

.....they begin to believe that it is their right to run the country! France's new President Sarkozy has run into a stone wall called French Unions in his effort to save the failing country.

" French unions planning November strikes

Nov 13, 2007
PARIS (Reuters) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy is facing a turbulent November as unions organize strikes and protests over issues ranging from his pension reform plans to concerns over purchasing power.
Here are details of recent or planned strikes:
RAIL UNIONS: Seven of the eight rail unions have voted for rolling strikes from late Tuesday to protest against Sarkozy's plans to end their pension privileges. The strikes will be a follow-up to those on October 18 that caused widespread disruption to French transport.
FGAAC, the main train drivers' union, has cut a deal with the government on its pensions and is not planning to strike.
PARIS TRANSPORT: Five unions have called for a rolling strike at Paris transport operator RATP from early Wednesday. Two unions, the CFDT and CFTC want just a 24-hour stoppage.
ENERGY WORKERS: Five unions at electricity firm EDF and gas company GDF have called for a strike on Wednesday. Two of them, the CGT and FO, want a rolling strike with targeted power cuts.
OPERA - The Paris Opera company has cancelled a number of performances because of strikes by its staff, who are also affected by the pension reform. Further cancellations are expected this coming week.
CIVIL SERVANTS: Civil servants including teachers will strike on November 20 over the government's decision to cut some 23,000 public sector jobs next year.
STUDENTS: Students protesting against a July reform of higher education barricaded numerous universities last Thursday. Leftwing student activists have threatened to block railway stations on Tuesday and join rail union rallies on Wednesday and civil service demonstrations on November 20.
JUDICIAL OFFICIALS: Judges and courtroom staff will go on strike on November 29 to protest against a reform of the judicial map of France which aims to close some smaller court houses.
POLICE OFFICERS: The two main police officers' unions held a short protest last Thursday over changes to their overtime next year. They may hold another protest later in the month.
FISHERMEN: Fishermen in western France went on strike earlier this month to protest against rising fuel costs. They agreed to return to work last week after Sarkozy proposed millions of euros in emergency measures to help them."
(Reporting by Jon Boyle; Editing by Catherine Evans)

You don't reckon that there is anybody bright enough in this country to observe all these socialist goin's on over there and taking notes to make sure it don't happen here as well? Course the biggest problem in this country is the biggest unions are those of the teachers and the Gov'mint workers they own selves! Woe is us if somebody don't stomp on their growth and power!

How about some good news fer a change........?

Here's an AP story put out by Yahoo that'l just tickle your insides and make you feel warm all over.....

"Mystery $100M donation lifts Pa. city"
By JENNIFER C. YATES, Associated Press WriterMon Nov 12, 2:26 PM ET
"Mike Batchelor invited the heads of 46 charities into his downtown office for one-on-one meetings to personally deliver the news. Nearby, on a small table, sat a box of tissues.
And then he proceeded: A donor had given a staggering $100 million to the Erie Community Foundation, and all of the charities would receive a share.
That was when the tears began to flow — and the mystery began — in this struggling old industrial city of 102,000 on Lake Erie, where the donor is known only as "Anonymous Friend."
Batchelor, president of the Erie Community Foundation, has been sworn to secrecy and will allow only that the donor worked with the organization for years to identify deserving recipients before the announcement over the summer.
Is the donor dead or alive? No comment, Batchelor says. What is the donor's connection to Erie? No comment.
The talk about the gift has taken an interesting turn in recent weeks: As much as everyone here would like to know their benefactor's identity, many are also reluctant to pry.
"My feeling is that we're not honoring the donor if we spend time speculating about it," says Rebecca Brumagin, executive director at the Achievement Center, which provides physical therapy and other services to children. The center, which serves 3,200 children a year, will get $2 million.
"The needs are really great. So we will be able to help more children because of this," Brumagin says.
Kitty Cancilla cried when she learned the homeless shelter where she is executive director will get $2 million. Its previous largest donation was $25,000. Even now, Cancilla clutches a balled-up tissue and fights back tears as she talks about the gift.
Cancilla says she is unable even to speculate who the donor could be.
"We don't really travel in a community that knows the wealth of people," she says. And she prefers not to even try: "It's disrespectful to the friend. To me, that's a spiritual thing."
Each of the charities will get about $1 million to $2 million. The recipients include a food bank, a women's center, a group for the blind and three universities."

Erie is a small city in western Pennsylvania that has fallen on hard times the last few years.... what a difference these donations will make. Just hope they don't use if for down payments on stuff they ain't gonna be able to afford when the money runs out. Hope they give it a chance to grow....

Just so you know that $3.00 you are paying for gas is for a good cause.....

Billionaire Saudi prince orders 'flying palace'

DUBAI, Nov 12, 2007 (AFP) - Saudi Arabian billionaire Prince Walid Bin Talal on Monday ordered an Airbus A380, making him the first private buyer of the next generation super jumbo aircraft.
Prince Walid, one of the world's richest men, inked the deal for the "flying palace" at a ceremony with executives from the European aircraft manufacturer at the Dubai air show.
The purchase price was not revealed, but the mammoth plane has a catalogue price of 320 million dollars. It will be delivered to Prince Walid in 2010.
Airbus sales chief John Leahy said he expected the airline to receive further orders from wealthy individuals in the oil-rich region for the super jumbo.
"At least 20 private VIP customers around the world be interested in buying the A380, with a large number of them in the Middle East.
The prince, who owns the Dubai-listed Kingdom Hotel Investments, has a taste for luxury. He owns some of the most prestigious hotels in the world -- the George V in Paris, the Plaza in New York, the Savoy and Four Seasons in London, and the Nile Plaza Four Seasons in Cairo.
He is also an arch defender of women's rights in Saudi Arabia, an ultra-conservative country where women face a raft of restrictions, and an outspoken proponent of political reform.

Here is an interesting new "poll yourself" by USA Today....

The self examination Presidential Poll released today by USA Today is kind of different and interesting.... When you take it, be sure to note that you can move your 'importance meter' over there on the right side ... have fun! Let me know with your comments what you thought about your results.....

http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/candidate-match-game.htm?loc=interstitialskip

Are you ready for some HARD BALL?????

Looks like the gloves are coming off in Iowa Pardners. Here is a new TV ad just released by Tom Tancredo in that state.... Wheee Doggies -- Let the good times roll!

http://teamtancredo.org/

Finally see the answer to the question .....

Why are the Democrats so all fired ready to open our Borders to anyone who wants in??

Probably give 'em their voter registration cards right along with their drivers licenses and Medicaid cards......................

I think I got the answer...........!

I've always been in awe of how long the ladies could talk on any telephone... I can't remember the last time one of my conversations lasted more than three minutes. My cell phone bill shows I use twelve minutes a month on average, and with six calls.

But I have been truly amazed by the 'multi-tasking' (is that the word?) skill of persons of the female persuasion since cell phones hit the streets! Driving down the road in busy freeway traffic, weaving around parking lots, walking down food aisles in grocery stores, flipping through clothes racks in a department store... nothin' seems to interrupt those calls. My consternation grew plumb out of proportion to the question when I got to wonder'n who in tarnation could they be talking at?

I know it ain't their husbands or boyfriends, cause those cowpokes just wouldn't stay on the phone that long! Then it hit me... the answer was right in front of me. Them Gal's are all chattin' with each other!! The driver is talkin' at the gal in the grocery store, the clothing store shopper is gabbin' with the lady looking for a parking place!

I tell you what... if this Ole' Boy has to go into a hospital for surgery, I'm gonna insist they frisk any nurses or lady doctors before they put me under..... there might be a call!!

We gotta 'Biggie' comin' down the pike Pilgrims......

This next week the Supreme Court of these United States may well listen to arguments regarding the Second Amendment Right to Bear Arms...... If it had to come, I sure am proud that it's comin' afore the next President appoints somebody (?) to the court!

From the International Herald Tribune....

U.S. justices could decide constitutionality of gun ownership
By Linda Greenhouse (11-11-07)

"WASHINGTON: Both sides in a closely watched legal battle over the District of Columbia's strict gun-control law are urging the Supreme Court to hear the case. If the justices agree - a step they may announce as early as Tuesday - the Roberts court is very likely to find itself back on the front lines of the culture wars with an intensity unmatched even by the cases on abortion and race that defined the court's last term.
The question is whether the Second Amendment to the Constitution protects an individual right to "keep and bear arms." If the answer is yes, as a federal appeals court held in March, the justices must decide what such an interpretation means for a statute that bars all possession of handguns and that requires any other guns in the home to be disassembled or secured by trigger locks.
The Supreme Court has never answered the Second Amendment question directly, and it has been nearly 70 years since the court even approached it obliquely. A decision in 1939, United States v. Miller, held that a sawed-off shotgun was not one of the "arms" to which the Second Amendment referred in its single, densely written and oddly punctuated sentence: "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."
Asked during his confirmation hearing what he thought that sentence meant, Chief Justice John Roberts responded that the Miller decision had "side-stepped the issue" and had left "very open" the question of whether the amendment protects an individual right as opposed to a collective right."

Keep your eyeballs peeled on this one folks..... let's see if Ole George W did us proud with his appointments......! Hopefully it'll remind all the good folks how important the appointin' part of the next Presidents job will be!!

When you only have one flag pole in Texas...

... 'cause your home owner association don't allow two... Well, actually my association don't allow any, but I get away with have'n one 'cause I keep an NRA poster in my window and leave a few spent 38 Special brass shell casings lying around the base of the flag pole.... anyway -- here's how we fly Old Glory with a friend on Veteran's Day in Texas!!

A few words about Veteran's Day.........

The Letter-

She sat slumped over the kitchen table,

The crumpled letter in her hand.

It was written by her husband,

Serving in a far off foreign land.

He wrote of battles fought and won,

The bravery of his men,

How yesterday they had shot and cooked

Some scrawny desert hen.

Of his dreams and hopes of returning soon

And plans to settle down,

After twenty-six years of Army moves,

Like gypsies, town-to-town.

She looked up and across the table,

At the Major standing there,

All dressed up in his Army greens,

Refusing to take a chair.

She heard the words he shared with her,

Those her mind would not accept.

If she let those words get through as truth,

She would have broken down and wept. No!

She had his letter here in her hand,

He promised to be home soon.

After twenty years of deployed delays

They would have their honeymoon.

The ugly irony of it hit her then,

And her face turned ashen gray,

For today was November Eleventh,

America's "Veteran's Day!"

© Pecozbill 2005

La Raza's effort$ paying off (literally and figuratively) I reckon!

La Raza was condemned last year by Rep. Charles Norwood, R-Ga., as a radical "pro-illegal immigration lobbying organization that supports racist groups calling for the secession of the western United States as a Hispanic-only homeland."
Norwood has called on La Raza to renounce its support of the Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan – which sees "The Race" as part of an ethnic group that one day will reclaim Aztlan, the mythical birthplace of the Aztecs. In Chicano folklore, Aztlan includes California, Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico and parts of Colorado and Texas.

This year they started a campaign allowing folks to call into a 1-800 number that would forward their call to their elected representatives while 'stripping away' the 1-800 and making it look like the caller was actually calling straight to the office!

How well did it work? There is a bill in the House ( H.R. 1999) to fund the racist organization called La Raza with your tax payer dollars.

There is also a bill in the Senate (S - 1923) for the same purpose.

Many of you have contacted your Senators and member of the House to stop such an insane rewarding of racism by contributing your tax dollars to their support and to date the bills have not yet reached the floor.

Recently there has been an outcry in the media about how a certain anti-illegal group has been spending their donations - repeat donations.

Where is the outcry about the $3,000,000 earmark in the HUD Transportation for La Raza! This earmark was sponsored by the following Senators:

DODD, MARTINEZ, LIEBERMAN, OBAMA, LANDRIEU,
KERRY, BINGAMAN, MENENDEZ, BROWN,
CLINTON, BOXER, DURBIN

These Senators have used OUR tax dollars to support a RACIST organization!!! Where is the outcry? - Note: some of them actually believe they are qualified to be President of the United States!!

I don't know about y'all, but this Texan would kinda like to remain a part of these United States of America........

Guess I'd be plumb neglectful if I didn't remind you good folks that Hellary hired Raul Yzaguirre, former La Raza President to be a "Co-Chair of her Campaign" and aid with outreach to Hispanic Voters. Wonder what his payoff is gonna be if she wins????? Arizona? New Mexico? El Paso?

"Thou Shalt Not..... Bidda Bing........

Bidda Bang! Apparently the anti-mafia police in Sicily discovered a Cosa Nostra' List of Ten Commandments in the property seized when they searched the house Sal Lo Piccolo in Palermo the other day. Jest in case you ever wanna sign up -- here's a primer:

I. Never look at the wives of your pals.

II. Avoid pubs and nightclubs

III. Always keep yer 'pointments

IV. Never be seen wid a cop

V. Always be respectful to da little wife.

VI. Never steal from another Mafia family member.

VII. Hold to moral values

VIII. Be courteous to other Mafia family members

IX. Hold complete loyalty to the Mafia

X. Always be ready to serve the Mafia - even if your wife is in labor!

Oh, all those other Guy's Commandments , wid da 'Shall Nots' about murder, coveting, and all that stuff.....fuggetaboutit!!! Apparently Senor Lo Piccolo wanted to be da Cosa Nostra "Boss of Bosses". Dunno if they'll hold the job open 'til he gets outta da slammer.........

Bidda Bang!!

There are Leaders, there are Lady Leaders, and there are those who aren't!

Some of our world Leaders who happen to be Ladies don't need to play the "gender" card........

Things Are Tough All Over But Mrs. Clinton is no Iron Lady

Friday, November 9, Peggy Noonan

The story as I was told it is that in the early years of her prime ministership, Margaret Thatcher held a meeting with her aides and staff, all of whom were dominated by her, even awed. When it was over she invited her cabinet chiefs to join her at dinner in a nearby restaurant. They went, arrayed themselves around the table, jockeyed for her attention. A young waiter came and asked if they'd like to hear the specials. Mrs. Thatcher said, "I will have beef."
Yes, said the waiter. "And the vegetables?"
"They will have beef too."
Too good to check, as they say. It is certainly apocryphal, but I don't want it to be. It captured her singular leadership style, which might be characterized as "unafraid."
She was a leader.
Margaret Thatcher would no more have identified herself as a woman, or claimed special pleading that she was a mere frail girl, or asked you to sympathize with her because of her sex, than she would have called up the Kremlin and asked how quickly she could surrender.
She represented a movement. She was its head. She was great figure, a person in history, and she was a woman. She was in it for serious reasons, not to advance the claims of a gender but to reclaim for England its economic freedom, and return its political culture to common sense. Her rise wasn't symbolic but actual.
In fact, she wasn't so much a woman as a lady. I remember a gentleman who worked with her speaking of her allure, how she'd relax after a late-night meeting and you'd walk by and catch just the faintest whiff of perfume, smoke and scotch. She worked hard and was tough. One always imagined her lightly smacking some incompetent on the head with her purse, for she carried a purse, as a lady would. She is still tough. A Reagan aide told me that after she was incapacitated by a stroke she flew to Reagan's funeral in Washington, went through the ceremony, flew with Mrs. Reagan to California for the burial, and never once on the plane removed her heels. That is tough.
The point is the big ones, the real ones, the Thatchers and Indira Gandhis and Golda Meirs and Angela Merkels, never play the boo-hoo game. They are what they are, but they don't use what they are. They don't hold up their sex as a feint: Why, he's not criticizing me, he's criticizing all women! Let us rise and fight the sexist cur.
When Hillary Clinton suggested that debate criticism of her came under the heading of men bullying a defenseless lass, an interesting thing happened. First Kate Michelman, the former head of NARAL and an Edwards supporter, hit her hard. "When unchallenged, in a comfortable, controlled situation, Sen. Clinton embraces her elevation into the 'boys club.' " But when "legitimate questions" are asked, "she is quick to raise the white flag and look for a change in the rules."
Then Mrs. Clinton changed tack a little and told a group of women in West Burlington, Iowa, that they were going to clean up Washington together: "Bring your vacuum cleaners, bring your brushes, bring your brooms, bring your mops." It was all so incongruous--can anyone imagine the 20th century New Class professional Hillary Clinton picking up a vacuum cleaner? Isn't that what downtrodden pink collar workers abused by the apatriarchy are for? "

Amazing how many national political feminine columnists have 'seen the light' as of late!

(see full column; http://www.opinionjournal.com/columnists/pnoonan/

If the Dem's in Congress get their way............!

..... this won't be a political cartoon, it'll be our destiny!!

(Thanks to NY Post)

Here's a book review worth reading before you read the book....

Ann Coulter, yes that Ann Coulter that the Lib's luv to lip on... reviews a just released book that.... well, I think I'll let Ann tell you.....

MCCARTHYISM: THE ROSETTA STONE OF LIBERAL LIES

by Ann Coulter (Nov7)

When I wrote a ferocious defense of Sen. Joe McCarthy in Treason: Liberal Treachery from the Cold War to the War on Terrorism , liberals chose not to argue with me. Instead they posted a scrolling series of reasons not to read my book, such as that I wear short skirts, date boys, and that "Treason" was not a scholarly tome.

After printing rabidly venomous accounts of McCarthy for half a century based on zero research, liberals would only accept research presenting an alternative view of McCarthy that included, as the Los Angeles Times put it, at least the "pretense of scholarly throat-clearing and objectivity."

This week, they got it. The great M. Stanton Evans has finally released Blacklisted by History: The Untold Story of Senator Joe McCarthy and His Fight Against America's Enemies . Based on a lifetime's work, including nearly a decade of thoroughgoing research, stores of original documents and never-before-seen government files, this 672-page book ends the argument on Joe McCarthy. Look for it hidden behind stacks of Bill Clinton's latest self-serving book at a bookstore near you.

Evans' book is such a tour de force that liberals are already preparing a "yesterday's news" defense -- as if they had long ago admitted the truth about McCarthy. Yes, and they fought shoulder to shoulder with Ronald Reagan to bring down the Evil Empire. Thus, Publishers Weekly preposterously claims that "the history Evans relates is already largely known, if not fully accepted."

Somebody better tell George Clooney. The McCarthy period is the Rosetta stone of all liberal lies. It is the textbook on how they rewrite history -- the sound chamber of liberal denunciations, their phony victimhood as they demean and oppress their enemies, their false imputation of dishonesty to their opponents, their legalization of every policy dispute, their ability to engage in lock-step shouting campaigns, and the black motives concealed by their endless cacophony.

I encourage you to go to: http://www.anncoulter.com/ and read the full column .... and to read the book itself. Like Ann says, you'll probably have to search for it behind the front table with Bubba's latest ghosted story....

Bagdad pic....... a fifty year flashback?

One of the greatest pictures from WWII was the Nobel winning shot of the Marines raising the American Flag over Iwo Jima... Generations of folks relate to it... Might Ole' Pecoz humbly suggest that this pic by current war correspondent, and photog, Michael Yon, might provide such a memory of progress in our current war in Iraq....

Thanks and Praise:

I photographed men and women, both Christians and Muslims, placing a cross atop the St. John’s Church in Baghdad. They had taken the cross from storage and a man washed it before carrying it up to the dome.
A Muslim man had invited the American soldiers from “Chosen” Company 2-12 Infantry to the church, where I videotaped as Muslims and Christians worked and rejoiced at the reopening of St John’s, an occasion all viewed as a sign of hope.
The Iraqis asked me to convey a message of thanks to the American people. ” Thank you, thank you,” the people were saying. One man said, “Thank you for peace.” Another man, a Muslim, said “All the people, all the people in Iraq, Muslim and Christian, is brother.” The men and women were holding bells, and for the first time in memory freedom rang over the ravaged land between two rivers.

Y'all don't hold your breath until you see this on your evening CBS news now, Hear?

'Mad' Jim Cramer calls Cuomo a communist.....

... and I think he was serious!

CNBC's Cramer: New York AG Cuomo a 'Communist' 'Mad Money' host complains liberal, pro-regulatory attorney general destroying the lending market.

By Jeff Poor Business & Media Institute11/7/2007
News story after news story has warned of the dangers to the housing market. The Democratic response is more regulation. CNBC’s Jim Cramer blasted that strategy in his “Stop Trading” November 7 “Street Signs” segment. He labeled New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo a “communist” who “wants to shut down the mortgage market.”

“[W]itness the fact that right now, the most important man in America for the stock market – the most important man and I mean it negatively is this guy Andrew Cuomo, the New York State Attorney General,” Cramer said. “I’m getting tired of the New York State Attorney General being the most important man in America.”

Then Cramer really went on the attack, even comparing Cuomo to his politicized predecessor Eliot Spitzer. “Cuomo’s about confiscation – genuine communist,” Cramer said. “The Chinese are capitalists, we got a communist.”

The big question that nobody seems to be tryin' to answer is; "After us poor tax payers spent billion$ and billion$ bailing out the home lending crooks and racketeers just a few years ago, how in the name of Hannah's goat did we get in this shape again so fast?" Seems like I recall all manner of changes - from appraiser qualifications to lending formulas.

This is worse'n the way we keep rebuilding houses for folks so stupid they live on the beach, on a constant flooding river bank, or in a city below sea level. Go figure! Color me plumb perplexed!

The long and the short of it...........

You gotta love this story from the London Daily Mail regarding the latest Guiness Record Holders.....

It's a dog's life as the world's tallest pooch meets the smallest

By CLAIRE BATES -

Despite their radical difference in size, these two dogs have something in common - Gibson the Great Dane and Boo Boo the toy Chihuahua are both world record holders.
Measuring a whopping 107cm, gentle giant Gibson was named tallest dog back in 2004. Joining him in the hall of fame for 2007 is tiny Boo Boo who only measures 10.16cm tall and is smaller than Gibson's head.

Gibson looks down at tiny Boo Boo
The two celebrity hounds, who were both bred in America, met up to celebrate Guinness World Records Day 2007 outside the White House in Washington D.C.
Boo Boo's owner Lana Elswick has bred Chihuahuas in Kentucky for 19 years and said she always knew her one-year-old pooch was special.
The tiny mutt was only about the size of a thumb when she was born; so small, in fact, that she had to be fed with an eye dropper every two hours before she could eventually nurse a bottle. Now she is a diminuitive diva.
"She has the attitude of a big dog she would let me know if anyone was around and she would try to guard me if she could," said Ms Elswick.
Both dogs were bred in America
Owner Sandy Hall lives with her dog Gibson in Sacramento, California. The Great Dane is also the world's tallest therapy dog and regularly visits children's hospitals.
"He just puts a smile on people's faces," Ms Hall said.
"In one split second, people forget their cares and worries."

Reckon this is more than just a shaggy dog story..........!

Shazam! I hope someone is cover'n Ms Willey's back.....

With this book release, and the history of Clinton enemies, short lived though they may be, Kathleen better have a lot of friends around..... From the Daily Mail:

Hillary Clinton faces sensational claims from another woman in Bill's past!

Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign faced damaging allegations yesterday from one of the women who claim to have been groped by former president Bill.
Kathleen Willey suggests in a new book that the former First Couple could have been involved in her husband Ed's death.
Willey, a former White House aide, alleges a campaign of slander and intimidation has been waged against her by Hillary since she made the sex assault allegations.

Her book "Target: Caught in the Crosshairs of Bill and Hillary Clinton" details what she says are the threats made against her by the Clintons and their allies.
The most damaging allegation concerns the apparent suicide of her husband Ed in 1993.
He died from a gunshot wound to the head on the day Willey claimed she was sexually assaulted by Clinton in the Oval Office.
Willey insists her husband's death was murder and not suicide.
In an interview published on a US news website to coincide with the book's publication she says she has "suspicions" the Clintons were involved.
Asked by a reporter from World Net Daily if the Clintons were involved in her husband's death she replied: "I do have my suspicions. Yes."

Unless the Mainstream Media (MSM) is successful in sitting on this book tour, y'all are gonna hear more.... if you don't, maybe you ought to ask why? True or not, it's headline news ain't it? Shouldn't they be diggin' out the facts? Damn, I can be facetious even if'n I can't spell it!

No comment.............

This would qualify for one of those "Suspicions Confirmed" series of cartoons..........

A sign of things to come to America as well?????

A very disturbing report in the 'The Scotsman' this week! It would appear that al-Quaeda are actively recruiting.... hey -- here, read it for yourself;

UK children, age 15, 'being groomed for terror plots'
GERRI PEEV POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT
CHILDREN as young as 15 are being recruited for terrorist-related activity by al-Qaeda, the head of MI5 said yesterday - and he warned there are at least 2,000 in the UK who pose a threat to national security.
In his first public speech Jonathan Evans, the agency's director-general, said teenagers were being "methodically targeted" and recruited through the internet.

And he claimed resources which should be devoted to counter terrorism were being diverted to protect the UK against spying by Russia, China and others nations.
"As I speak, terrorists are methodically and intentionally targeting young people and children in this country," the Islamic extremism expert told the Society of Editors' conference in Manchester.
"They are radicalising, indoctrinating and grooming young, vulnerable people to carry out acts of terrorism," said Mr Evans, who took over as the director-general of MI5 in April.
His remarks came on the eve of the Queen's Speech in which ministers are expected to outline contentious plans to increase the length of time a suspect can be held without trial beyond the present 28 days.
Although Mr Evans side-stepped the impending political row, he laid bare the extent of the terror threat facing the UK. And he endorsed Gordon Brown's assessment that Britain was facing a "generation-long challenge" to defeat extremism.
He revealed there are at least 2,000 individuals who posed a "direct threat" to national security and public safety because of their support for terrorism. This is 400 more than revealed by his predecessor, Dame Manningham-Buller, a year ago.
The agency suspects there could be another 2,000 who they are unaware of, he added.
Mr Evans said he did not think the level of terror threat against the UK had "reached its peak" and warned recent attacks were not simply "random plots by disparate and fragmented groups".
He said: "The majority of these attacks, successful or otherwise, have taken place because al-Qaeda has a clear determination to mount terrorist attacks against the United Kingdom. This remains the case today, and there is no sign of it reducing."
Other countries such as Somalia were also being drawn into terror plots

That innocent looking youth in the picture by the way folks, is Adel Yahya the lad accused of planning the 27/7 attacks in London. As my Brit friends would say: "A bit scary, what?"

If you have five minutes..........

and access to sound on your PC, this is kind of a nice way to use it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZFkZiwMLZ4

Now don't you feel kinda upbeat?????

Folks, this "PC" insanity knows no bounds.......

Here is the latest example of political correctness slapping every tax paying citizen of this formerly great country right in the chops.......... Colorado Grinch Rules!!!!!!!

HOLIDAY BLUES Red, green lights to be banned?

Committee proposal says colored Christmas twinklers too religious
© 2007 WorldNetDaily.com
This is part of Fort Collins' art in public places program, and is called 'Source of life.' But the city's new rules call for a ban on red and green lights at Christmas as being too religious
A special task force in a Colorado city has recommended banning red and green lights at the Christmas holiday because they fall among the items that are too religious for the city to sponsor.
"Some symbols, even though the Supreme Court has declared that in many contexts they are secular symbols, often still send a message to some members of the community that they and their traditions are not valued and not wanted. We don't want to send that message," Seth Anthony, a spokesman for the committee, told the Fort Collins, Colo., Coloradoan.
He said the recommended language does not specifically address Christmas trees by name, but the consensus was that they would not fall within acceptable decorations.
What will be allowed are white lights and "secular" symbols not associated "with any particular holiday" such as icicles, unadorned greenery and snowflakes, the task force said.

One wise citizen questioned whether all city offices will remain open on Christmas Day displaying just the overhead white lights since it is purely a religious day that city government reports not everybody believes in. Where is that great 'Silent Majority' we used to hear so much about a few years ago? Grab those pitchforks, torches and storm the politically correct barricades. Or at least pick up those pens, hit those PC keyboards and pick up those telephones folks.........

(Go to WorldNetDaily.com for the rest of the story)

Just when you thought it was safe to turn on the TV again.....

Along comes Ms Congeniality,.........again!!

Rosie O’Donnell in Talks to Join MSNBC
By J Steinberg & B Carter

Rosie O'Donnell, who abruptly left “The View” on ABC last spring after drawing attention and ratings for her opinions on everything from the Iraq war to her co-hosts, is in serious discussions to return to television atop a new soapbox: a prime-time show on the cable news channel MSNBC, according to executives on both sides of the negotiations who have been briefed directly.
Under one scenario, Ms. O’Donnell would be given the 9 p.m. slot each weeknight on MSNBC, where she would go head-to-head with two heavyweights of cable talk: “Larry King Live” on CNN and “Hannity & Colmes” on Fox News. Her show would replace “Live with Dan Abrams,” a relatively low-rated program that only recently replaced “Scarborough Country,” which was also little-watched.
But NBC executives, speaking on condition of anonymity because the conversations are continuing, cautioned that there were many elements of a potential deal yet to be resolved. These include when such a show would appear, what Ms. O’Donnell would be paid, and whether she would also be seen on the NBC broadcast network.
Ms. O’Donnell alluded somewhat cryptically to a possible new job in a speech she gave at a book-signing on Sunday night in Miami, according to a report that appeared on a website, A podcast on that site described Ms. O’Donnell as saying that she would soon begin competing against “the guy with the suspenders and the long, long face,” an obvious reference to Mr. King.

Ole' Pecoz was kind of hopin' that if this classless mouth ever showed up on TV, it would be as a co-partner with Bill Maher on HBO where they could spew their venom at each other. An hour of the week my remote button has already learned to ignore......

Hell, the election is over -- the Fat Lady ain't sang yet but....

Former Veep Walter Mondale has spoken!! And if anybody knows how to pull off a Presidential win (or even a Senatorial win for that matter) it's "Landslide" Mondale. He let Reagan squeak by with a bare majority of 49 states and 525 out of 538 electoral votes! Give him credit though, unlike Al Gorbot and the Breck gal in later elections, he did carry his home state!!

Mondale: "Clinton best-suited for presidency." Hillary Clinton is not only the Democrat most likely to win the 2008 presidential election, but the candidate with the best chance of bringing about real change, according to former Vice President Walter Mondale, who endorsed Clinton Sunday in Iowa.

After surveying a field of Democrats that includes a number of "old friends," Jimmy Carter's vice president said Clinton is best-suited for the job."It just seems to me that Hillary is most prepared to take over the presidency and suited to make the tough decisions that we're going to have to make in the years ahead," Mondale said in phone call after appearing with Clinton in Clinton.

Despite claims by other campaigns that Clinton's high negatives make her unelectable, Mondale has no worries. He pointed to a recent New York Times poll showing that just 5 percent of Democrats say they won't vote for Clinton."She's very electable," said Mondale, who won the Democratic nomination in 1984 only to lose to Ronald Reagan. "She's the only candidate who is ahead of all the Republicans and all the Democrats in the polls.

Since it's Election day today and our Texas ballot is plumb boring I thought I'd share Mondales ramblings.... So you heard it right 'cheer! From the Minnesota prophet......!

Room for Only One First Lady in Washington???

Looks Like Madam Pelosi is getting a little tired of Hellary as well!!

Pelosi: Clinton Camp Played Gender Card
Nation's First Female Speaker Says Perception of 'All-Boys' Club' May Be Exploited
By RICK KLEIN (Nov. 5, 2007) ABC News —
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, R-Calif., said Monday that Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., hasn't been treated differently because she's the only woman in the presidential race, but added that her campaign appears to have been trying to exploit that perception in the wake of last week's Democratic debate.
Pelosi, the nation's first female House speaker, told ABCNEWS.com in an interview that she didn't agree with observers who thought Clinton was drawing particular heat because she's a woman.
"[Sen. Clinton] said it best: They're 'piling on' -- or whatever the words were -- 'because I'm the front-runner.' That's why they're piling on," said Pelosi. "If she was in third place, they wouldn't say, 'Let's go attack a woman.'"
Perception Matters
But in distributing a Web video splicing together her opponents' attacks her campaign appears to be exploiting perceptions of Clinton facing down a field of aggressive male challengers, Pelosi said.
"I think the campaign is trying to take advantage of another -- probably people who didn't even watch the debate, to say, 'Oh, they were really rude,' or something like that, and that has some salience," said Pelosi, who has said she does not plan to endorse a candidate in the Democratic primary.

Those claws get sharper and sharper--- Reckon the Sorority house is too small for two big ego's.... meowwwww....

Which Political Party is the Party of the Rich??????

If you said Republicans......... you'd be wrong! 'Course that ain't what the Dems would like you to believe.....

"Which political party is the party of the rich?
The Democrats keep saying that they are the candidates for the working people and the poor.Oh really?

As of 2 yrs ago Senator Kerry was the richest man in the Senate? Together he and his wife have a net worth of about 3/4 of a billion dollars, which is 6-7 times the net worth of the next wealthiest Senator.

And, by the way, the second richest Senator was also a Democrat (Herb Kohl, D-Wisconsin),

And so was the third richest Senator (John Rockefeller, D -West Virginia), And so was the fourth richest Senator (Jon Corzine, D-New Jersey),

And so was the fifth richest Senator (Dianne Feinstein, D-California).

Not only that but the combined wealth of those five Democrat Senators is greater than the wealth of all the remaining 95 Senators combined. Also 9 0f the 12 wealthiest Senators are Democrats.

Now let's hear again that it is the Democrat Party is the party of the working man and the poor and the Republican Party is the party of the rich. Ridiculous!!!!!!"

Came across this little gem on YAHOO answer's questions.....

Oh....Never mind Mate......!!

Ole' Pecozbill used to drive on the A1 Great North Road when I was stationed in England two lifetimes ago. Fortunately, there weren't any hand held radars back then --- or speed limits, come to think of it!

Two British traffic patrol officers from North Berwick were involved in an unusual incident while checking for speeding motorists on the A1 Great North Road. One of the officers used a hand-held radar device to check the speed of a vehicle approaching over the crest of a hill, and was surprised when the speed was recorded at over 300 mph. Their radar suddenly stopped working and the officers were not able to reset it.

Just then a deafening roar over the treetops revealed that the radar had in fact latched on to a NATO Tornado fighter jet which was engaged in a low-flying exercise over the Border district, approaching from the North Sea.

Back at police headquarters the chief constable fired off a stiff complaint to the RAF Liaison office.

Back came the reply in true laconic RAF style: "Thank you for your message, which allows us to complete the file on this incident. You may be interested to know that the tactical computer in the Tornado had detected the presence of, and subsequently locked onto, your hostile radar equipment and automatically sent a jamming signal back to it.

Furthermore, an air-to-ground missile aboard the fully-armed aircraft had also automatically locked onto your equipment. Fortunately the pilot flying the Tornado recognized the situation for what it was, quickly responded to the missile systems alert status, and was able to override the automated defence system before the missile was launched and your hostile radar installation was destroyed.

I reckon only their laundry lady knows just how this grabbed their attention!

Watch what you are doin' in Tennessee...

Some-how Ole' Pecoz has lived all these years without knowing that the only animals that you can shoot from a moving vehicle in the great State of Tennessee is a .......whale!

In my time I've been invited to the shore to watch 'Submarine Races', and out in the woods on a 'Snipe Hunt', but I ain't never gonna accept an invite to Tennessee to go on an 'Interstate Highway Whale Hunt'! Whee Doggies, and I thought Texas wrote the book on strange laws........

Special Holiday Reminder.......

If any of you Pilgrims have been getting well meanin', but misguided, suggestions to add "Any Wounded Warrior" at Walter-Reed Med Center to your Christmas Card list this year, Don't!!

Walter-Reed has neither the personnel nor the logistics to handle them and won't accept them. Check out: http://www.wramc.amedd.army.mil/Lists/WRNews/DispForm.aspx?Id=24

It was a warm fuzzy idea - but just not possible in the this weird ole' day and age. Ya might wanna pass this site link back up to those you received your e-mailed suggestions from and help cut this Internet chestnut off at the pass! Ho Ho Ho!!!

Some day this'll be rated right up there with the "send a business card to the little kid dying of cancer" hoax............

"We are the President!", Hillary Clinton, 1996

Hillary Clinton - 2007

Burn the American Flag and get an "A"...........

I'll bet this pathetic, self possessed pompous professor has 'tenure' too!

Flag-burning 'lesson' provokes UM student Saturday, November 03, 2007 - Bangor Daily News
ORONO, Maine - A University of Maine student alleges her former professor offered extra credit to class members if they burned the American flag or the U.S. Constitution or were arrested defending free speech.
On the first day of class, associate professor Paul Grosswiler offered the credit to members of his History of Mass Communications class, according to sophomore Rebekah McDade. Disturbed by the comment, McDade dropped the class and intends to take the course again next semester with a different professor.
"I was offended," McDade said Friday. "I come from a family of military men and women, and the flag and Constitution are really important symbols to me because of my family background."
In an e-mail responding to a request for comment from the Bangor Daily News on Friday, Grosswiler said he thought McDade misunderstood the class discussion, which was intended to elicit thought about the First Amendment. He said he has held this same discussion for years without incident.

And we wonder why kids lack respect for their Flag, Country, and Traditions! Maybe it's time we sent some of these liberal, tenured professors, living off the fat of the land, ...to the Principal's Office for a paddling!

For the whole article, go to: http://bangornews.com/news/t/news.aspx?articleid=156138&zoneid=500

May not be poetic... but it's justice.......?

Here are three little tidbits that will go with your Sunday morning coffee....

The average cost of rehabilitating a seal after the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska was $80,000. At a special ceremony, two of the most expensively saved animals werereleased back into the wild amid cheers and applause from onlookers. A minute later, in full view, a killer whale ate them both.

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Two animal rights protesters were protesting at the cruelty of sending pigs to a slaughterhouse in Bonn Germany. Suddenly the pigs, all two thousand of them, escaped through a broken fence and stampeded, trampling the two hapless protesters todeath.
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Iraqi terrorist, Khay Rahnajet, didn't pay enough postage on a letter bomb. It came back with "return to sender" stamped on it. Forgetting it was the bomb, he opened it and was blown to bits.

The best laid plans don't always work out the way one hopes.....

Republican Secret weapon......?

Haley Barbour, Governor of Mississippi, them who pulled they own selves up by their bootstraps after Katrina... might just be the secret Southern weapon of the Repub's this next year! Is Naw'leans still sinking? Don't hear no whining from Mississippi!

He is rated the #16 strongest Conservative in this country by the London Telegraph

16. HALEY BARBOUR Governor of Mississippi
About to be comfortably re-elected as Mississippi governor, Barbour is one of the most accomplished Republican executives in the United States. As a successful Southern governor with immense experience, he is a potential future presidential candidate who would be a clever pick for vice-presidential running mate in 2008. Received national plaudits for his handling of the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, which devastated Mississippi's Gulf coast, while neighbouring Louisiana's Democratic governor floundered.Barbour, 60, has cut his state's budget deficit in half without raising taxes and used the skills he honed as a Washington lobbyist to good effect in winning over a Democratic-led state legislature. A highly successful chair of the Republican National Committee, Barbour helped lay the foundations for the Republican Revolution and the takeover of Congress in 1994.

How strong a Veep Candidate would he make? And he's got good hair too!

Leno and Letterman ---- left speechless??

Ain't this a hoot! Leno, Letterman, and all the rest of those 'chat show' galoots are gonna have to shut down if the writers go on strike! They get paid zillions to chat with celebrities and if some writer don't put words in their mouths... they gotta quit and show reruns! Seems I recollect that they started off in this business writing their own gags..... how weird is that!

(BBC) Strike set to silence talk shows Late-night TV chat shows seem likely to be the first victims of a strike by the US screenwriters' union, which has been called over royalty payments.
The Writers Guild of America has asked its 12,000 members to stop working and set up picket lines from Monday.
It wants more cash for work which goes on "new" media such as DVDs or online.
Shows hosted by stars such as Jay Leno, David Letterman and Jon Stewart are expected to stop almost immediately as they rely on a supply of topical jokes.
They call it the toughest time for comedy writing since those three weeks back in the 1990s when Bill Clinton stopped dating!

It was anticipated NBC would broadcast repeats of Leno's programme, The Tonight Show, plus Late Night with Conan O'Brien and Saturday Night Live from Monday if the walkout went ahead, the Hollywood Reporter said.
It also said old episodes of The Daily Show and The Colbert Report would be screened under contingency plans by the Comedy Central channel.
But as yet it was unclear what other networks intended to do, it added.
Leno made a quip about the strike on-air on Friday, saying: "They call it the toughest time for comedy writing since those three weeks back in the 1990s when Bill Clinton stopped dating. Remember that?"

I remember writin' somethin' in here a few weeks ago about these fellers not inviting comedians on their shows like Ole Johnny Carson used to. I'll wager that there's a whole passell of youngsters out there in the workin' world who would write their own monologue and them come on and perform it......

Ole' Pecoz almost spilled coffee down his front when he turned to "Bizarro" this mornin'....

If you don't think this is a knee slapper, then you been goin' to too many sensitivity training sessions lately...!

I don't reckon these folks got the Spirit as well as the meanin' of the Good Book...I didn't change a word in this great Editorial..

Editorial from the McCombs Mississippi Enterprise Journal:

Extremist church deserved penalty
Thursday, November 1, 2007
It's rare to feel compelled to praise a jury for punishing a church, but a fine of nearly $11 million imposed against leaders of a Kansas church whose members have disrupted 300 military funerals sounds like a fair punishment.On Wednesday a federal jury in Baltimore awarded the money, which included $8 million in punitive damages, to the family of a Marine who died in Iraq in 2006. Members of the fundamentalist church, which is not affiliated with any major denomination, demonstrate at funerals for soldiers killed in Iraq or Afghanistan even though their complaint has absolutely nothing to do with the war. The pastor and his congregation simply want to argue that God is punishing America for its tolerance of homosexuality.Acceptance of gays and lesbians certainly has reached a level most people would not have expected in their lifetimes. But there is no doubt that the funerals of soldiers who gave their lives for their countrymen is the wrong place to make that point.Neither the soldiers who died nor the families who grieved at the funerals had a thing to do with the acceptance of homosexuality. The church members should have protested before Congress and state legislatures, which make the laws on the subject. Though the church may be bankrupted if the decision stands up to an appeal, it seems like a fair price to pay for such insulting behavior.

During the Big War, those boys didn't get to come home and be mocked by their lessers! They were buried in the fields where they fell. There is a time and place for everything in this ole' world.... these folks just don't seem to get it!! Hopefully this jury's verdict will put a real fear of God (and the Law) in other folks' hearts as well.......

Read this - and then answer the Big Question......

Jest when you think you've heard it all -- alongs comes some feller and:

TEANECK, N.J. - A Teaneck hospital lab technician has been jailed after being accused of sexually abusing the corpse of a 92-year-old woman, authorities say.

Authorities said a security guard allegedly saw Anthony Merino, 24, of Manhattan, engaging in sexual activity with the body in the Holy Name Hospital morgue on Sunday.
Bergen County officials charged Merino with desecrating human remains, which is punishable by up to 10 years in state prison.
A judge set bail at $400,000 and required Merino to undergo a psychological exam.
Merino, who had only worked at Holy Name as a per diem employee for 14 days, was immediately fired, the hospital said in a statement. The woman's next of kin also were informed after his arrest.
Now then, what do you reckon this lad is gonna say when his new room-mate in New Jersey State Prison, a 300 lb, no necked weight lifter in for beating someone to death, asks him; "Okay Brother, we're all innocent in here, but did they convict you of?"

CBS News - the creator of Dan Rather et al is estatic....

Sixty Minutes, CBS Sunday evening's former premier investigative show, now reduced to pap, celebrity interviews and the occasional small businessman gotcha story, is plumb excited and about to wet itself! Seems like they got ahold of some transcripts that show that some of the intelligence that the world acted on regarding old 'One Way Saddamn' was from an Iraqi liar in Germany. Wheee Doggies.... they're celebrating like they found the "Holy Grail"! ABC and the rest are now pilin' on!

(CBS)" 60 Minutes has identified the man whose fabricated story of Iraqi biological weapons drove the U.S. argument for invading Iraq. It has also obtained video of "Curve Ball," as he was known in intelligence circles, and discovered he was not only a liar, but also a thief and a poor student instead of the chemical engineering whiz he claimed to be. "

I think the U.S. of A. ought to convince one of them rich Arab countries to buy CBS and the New York Times! Then they could both spend all their time bad mouthin' Arabs instead of Democracy..... ooops, don't reckon them Arabs would let them keep their heads connected if they started doin' that!

NY Governor finds them pesky things called laws may short-sheet him!!

That Governor of New York, (that's him in the picture describin' either his brain or some other body part) must'a figured everybody in New York is either with him on this dumb drivers license thing for illegal aliens, or dumber than a fence post! Here's what the law says in that state:

With the increase in requirements for public security, the DMV frequently updates the list of acceptable proofs of identity and date of birth. Carefully read the requirements described on this page. Make sure that you have the proof required before you apply for any DMV document.
If you apply for a driver license, a learner permit or a new non-driver photo ID card, and:
If you do not have a NYS driver license or or a NYS learner permit that is now valid or that was valid in the last two years, you must show proof of identity that equals a value of six points, your proof of date of birth and your Social Security Card (see Note 1).

This has been the law since 1995 (when they had a conservative Republican Gov) and passed by their state legislature, has been challenged several times in courts, and found to be good law. Now this arrogant pencil necked liberal thinks he's gonna change it with a pen stroke~

Not only have some state legislator's filed lawsuits to stop him dead in his tracks, but 30 of the 62 County Clerks have stated that they will not issue licenses to illegals and they too, have filed suit to stop him. Guess that feller's about to find out he's just an elected hired hand, not King!

For those of you wanting to read the fine print, go to:http://www.nysdmv.com/idlicense.htm

Aww, and the poor guy is a widower too...............

Some guys just can't catch a break! I know you remember Scott Peterson, you had him on your TV 24/7 just a couple of years ago...

Scott Peterson tries to claim proceeds of slain wife's life insurance
Scott Peterson was rebuffed yesterday in his efforts to claim the proceeds of a $250,000 life insurance policy on his pregnant wife.
Peterson was convicted of murdering Laci Peterson, who was eight months pregnant, in December 2003. From his new abode on death row, the infamous cad tried to convince a California appeals court to award him the money. It didn't work.
"In seeking the insurance benefits, Scott Peterson's lawyers said that because his case is on appeal, he is not covered by a state law barring a beneficiary who deliberately kills the policy-holder from collecting the insurance proceeds," the SF Chronicle reports. "The appeals court disagreed, saying the conviction was admissible as evidence of the murder and that Peterson's lawyers had presented no evidence that he did not kill his wife."
The money will now go to Laci's mother, Sharon Rocha.

Somehow Ole' Pecoz reckons Mama gets more satisfaction that Scotty ain't gettin' the money than she does from the money it's own self!!!

'Member when your Daddy tole you not be believe everyting you see?

In this computer age, you gotta be even more careful --- but this one didn't even need a computer to create.......

First he lost his pants, then his lawsuit, now his job.....

Kinda give a whole new meaning to the old expression; "He lost his pants!" , don't it !

Roy L. Pearson Jr., the administrative law judge who lost his $54 million lawsuit against a Northeast Washington dry cleaner, lost his job yesterday and was ordered to vacate his office, sources said.
Pearson, 57, who had served as a judge for two years, was up for a 10-year term at the Office of Administrative Hearings, but a judicial committee last week voted against reappointing him.
Roy L. Pearson Jr. lost a $54 million lawsuit against a dry cleaner. (Jacquelyn Martin - AP)
The panel had a seven-page letter hand-delivered to Pearson about 3:30 p.m., directing him to leave his office by 5 p.m. Pearson's term ended in May, at the height of his battle with the dry cleaners. Since then, he has remained on the payroll, making $100,000 a year as an attorney adviser.

The panel went on to say that it had nothin' to do with his law suit... it was a lack of judicial propriety and an inability to get along with folks in the hearings he held.... Well, as my grandaughter would say."DUH!". Would one expect that a lawyer that would sue for $54 million over a pair of pants had all the eggs in his basket lined up?