Charlie Rangel is 100% right, we do need a draft, and we need it now, but his reasoning is all wrong.

 

 

 

MY RANT FOR THE DAY!

 

First, I give up!  I've been chasing kittens all afternoon.  It's 10:40PM my time, I've not even started supper, and I've had a coke, peanut-butter crackers, 2 cookies, and a hand full of pecans today.  Mommy Cat is making me crazy.  Next week she's going to be fixed and the babies are going to find a home.  I will probably keep the little red one, who will end up being bottle fed for a week or two, simply to keep him gentle.  Oye!  Evidently he's learned how to climb over the pet gate.  I've spent the past thirty minutes looking for the siblings.  They have a new hiding place.

 

The other day I saw a commercial for something or other.  There was three-four year old, on a kiddie tricycle, wearing a helmet.  I found it a little disgusting.  Oh, I know we are to cushion kids from all harm, but isn’t this getting a little ridiculous.  Heck, I am taking my ‘sister’s’ seven year old down to gymnastics this evening.  I think I mentioned yesterday that Sydney would be coming over to ‘wrangle’ kittens for me.  I thought for a minute, I have no car seat.  The kid is seven – and a decent size seven at that.  What has become of our society when a seven year old must sit in the back seat in a safety seat?  If that is the result of air bags, then if a person is short like me, Miss Sydney is maybe 10 inches shorter than I am, an airbag is just as dangerous for me is it is for her.  But we must be protected at any cost.  It really doesn’t matter that I’m so short and sit so close to the dash that an airbag explosion for just a fender bender would probably blind me.  But, what the heck, I don’t need to see anyway, right? 

 

I’m so short, the way I sit, I must re-arrange my seatbelt up under my arm.  I was nearly arrested in a nasty police incident in Las Cruces a couple of years ago over it.  I tried to explain to the cop (who was later busted for harassment and is now in prison for a few years) that I am so short if I were to have an accident the seat belt would either silt my throat or break my neck.  I showed him.  Did not matter.  It was the law.  Like I said, what the heck, if causing life long paralysis for just a fender bender is the cost of safety, it’s okay if I’m a vegetable.  I now keep a physician’s excuse, explaining in no uncertain terms what will happen if I am in an accident wearing a seat belt. 

 

It seems like kids today must be in some sort of car seat until they’re old enough to get their learner’s permit.  They can’t drink milk because of the fat.  I don’t approve of milk anyway unless it is hormone free.  They can’t eat cheese because of the life-giving fat that causes their bones to grow strong.  If they eat fat, one day they might be over weight and might – and I say might – have a problem with cholesterol, etc.  Doesn’t matter if all that life giving fat that is in dairy products helps the brain to grow and develop along with those bones.  But what the heck, it’s better if kids aren’t all that smart.  It will be easier for them to be led around like the very bovine creatures that provide the dairy products.

 

I wish I were bright and had an IQ over 164.  Maybe the problem is the fact that I am a dyslexic kindergarten drop out and just don’t know how to color inside the lines.  Perhaps the problem is the fact that I always thought coloring outside the lines was more creative, thereby starting a life-long habit of creating a life-style that allowed me to live outside the lines.  I guess this has deprived me of the ability to think with any rational logic.  I always thought one of the reasons we studied history was to learn from the mistakes of the past.  Silly, stupid me.  I think today’s American Thinker piece fits  nicely right here.

 

What happened to that strong, tough American spirit?  Selwyn Duke, author of the American Thinker piece thinks it is gone forever.  The sentimental tearing up of George Bush #41 is used as an example of why we are in trouble.  Evidently the author knows nothing of human nature and the fact that people become more susceptible to tears of emotion as they grow older.  I see it in my father who is exactly one day older than the former President.  To equate this as a sign the nation is getting soft is just plain – soft in the head.  But, it is indicative of the problem we have in this country.

 

Has everyone gone soft in the mind?  Let’s rephrase this, we know all liberals are soft in the mind, quite a few moderates are, some conservatives have gone squish.  But, we all know the RIGHT conservatives are so hard of head you can’t even get to their minds.

 

I digress.  Today listening to Dr. Laura while driving through the metropolis of Ruidoso, I heard two callers who proved my point about the draft.  The problem isn’t the fact that the nation as a whole has gone soft, but the kids today are so protected in a greenhouse of regulations, the boys do not know how to be men.  Yes, we have a very serious problem.  I know one young man, aged 18 who caught his girlfriend with his best friend – it has been two years and he still can’t get over it.  We need an involuntary military draft that sucks in every physically able-bodied young man (not girls) from the age of 18.  Frankly, I think this nation needs to take Israel as an example and every able-bodied man under the age of 55 should be required to do voluntary military service.  No exceptions.  Nada.  Men in this country need to learn how to act like men again.  The only way I can see it happening is if they are forced to do so by an involuntary draft – every durn one of them.  They’re a bunch of wimped out sissies who have breakdowns when life doesn’t go their way.

 

If something drastic isn’t done, quickly, yep, we’ll lose this war on terror. 

1.  The MSM will see to that by continually co-operating with the Dems until it is Vietnam all over again.

2.  The liberals can’t stand people acting like adults.  They are going to squeeze the red-blood out of this nation until it becomes clear and pale. 

3.  The Dems hate GWB so much they will sell us out just to destroy him.  When people reach that point, they end up being the ones destroyed.

4.  The younger generation is so pampered and so pathetic they can’t even stand up for themselves.  They are going to decadent hell in a shopping cart. (and I can’t believe I’m saying any of this)  If today’s boys don’t toughen up, we’re dead in the water.

5.  Somehow we need to end political correctness NOW.  We need to start standing up for what is right…

 

Yada yada yada….it’s all been said before, for thousands of years and the lessons of history tell us the nation who doesn’t toughen up and make their youth take responsibility his just that – history. 

 

Scary isn’t it?

 

I need to quit listening to Dr. Laura.

 

 

THE CAT SOAP OPERA CONTINUES

 

The babies are no longer babies, they are now ‘the little squirts’.  This morning I awoke and went up to the second level to find 8 little eyes looking up through the pet gate.  I don’t know if Mommy Cat tried another round of musical kittens or if the little calico tried to make a break for it.  Sydney, the kitten wrangler, found her over the gate on the landing.  The three little reds spat at her a few times, but she was finally able to grab on to all four for some ‘wrangling’.  Every time I hear a little cry I go dashing down two flights of stairs, afraid Mommy Cat has moved them and Rumsfeld will love them to death.  Evidently they have become quite vocal.  When they play now you hear these squeaks, meows, cries – all just play.  They are definitely playing.  The little calico was even trying to groom herself a little.  I still can’t tell if they are eating yet, though!

 

(guttural scream)  Mommy Cat is content on playing musical kittens.  I went into the guest room for a few minutes and did not secure the gate.  Caught three of them going down the stairs.  I have no idea where little calico is.  I think she has a new hiding place.  Mommy Cat has not fed them much today.  I caught her upstairs climbing into the bed with Doc Holiday, trying to nurse her.  She finally went into one of the empty beds (pet beds) and nursed it.  My mother suggested I warm some milk for the babies.  Mommy Cat enjoyed it.  I caught she and the deadbeat dad – well, you know.  The worst of it is one of the older babies was watching!  They have no shame.  The babies refuse to drink the milk – thus far.  I found two of them and did the usual pushing nose in milk thing.  One of then did drink some water so I know they can lap on their own.  The minute I left them, Mommy Cat came upstairs with me.  Evidently she is getting tired of them.

 

I ordered the Havaheart traps today.  Next week we are going to have round-up and insure that there are no more kittens.  I almost think I need to take the babies away from her.  I would like to give it another week.  The sandy colored ones are quite beautiful and fuzzy.  The little red is definitely crippled, but he moves faster than the rest of them.  If I separate everyone, I’ll end up having to bottle feed him for a week or two until he is old enough to fend for himself against Rumsfeld. 

 

Now you know why today’s posting is not as detailed as usual.  Also, my ISP is slow as molasses again..  Oh, if I don’t post manana it is because I went with my parents to Las Cruces and we are stalled in the snow.  My mother has a major cardiac appointment, she’s missed the past two.  I can’t get through to them that we are expecting 2 feet of snow in the next 36 hours.

 

The CNET take on the proposed lobbying rules. 

 

I’m sorry, but I don’t approve of this.  By now you have heard about that new film Dakota Fanning is making, where her character is repeatedly raped.  What on earth were her parents thinking?   This is more like child exploitation pornography.  I can’t believe anyone is call it artistic.  This brings to mind that poor kid in Missouri.  I can’t believe O’Reilly’s take on it.  There are too many examples of kids like this – they are doing what ever it takes to survive.  I think the thing that bothers me is the fact that this seriously could be the fate of many of the kids who are missing.  To me this movie is the perfect example of what is wrong with our society.  There comes a point where enough is enough and we need to stand up and say it.  Enough already yet.  This is the perfect way to mention two excellent sites designed to help exploited children.  Absolute Zero comes from my  Chris Brocius (he’s a good guy even if he’s related to Curly Bill) who runs the Cowboy Code Marshals. The second is a site Harold Hutchison found last week: Warriors for Innocence

 

 

Yet another theory about Napoleon’s death.

 

The Oconee County Council prayer battle took an ugly turn Tuesday night when the Rev. Ted Edgar (A.H.) told anyone who didn’t believe in prayer to just leave the room. Well, I know about Ted Edgar (he is one of the bunch that co-opted the GOP there in the county).    Years back he and his wife were ‘courting’ my elderly grandmother and great-aunt. By terms of ‘courting’ I’m talking about them trying to milk what remaining money they had, by even offering to bring in an attorney and having them write up a will.  (I’m serious).  Well, Ted Edgar’s wife calls my mother to tell them they are going to go pick up the two 90ish little old ladies and take them down to the river to be baptized so they could go to heaven.  She proceeded to explain to my mother if they weren’t properly in the river, in the winter, they would go straight to hell.  I think you can imagine where my mother told the goodly reverend’s wife to go (same place).  My mother had to threaten to get a warrant out to keep them away from the two little ladies, who were completely dependent on my parents, who had power of attorney. 

 

Harold Hutchison over at Called As Seen has the same take on those two Border Patrol agents as do I.  Face it, if they had gone after someone other than an ‘illegal Mexican’ you would hear nothing about their unfortunate incarceration.  If anyone should be pardoned it should be Scooter! 

  

The big problem with that fascinating UFO lights story from Arkansas is the fact that it is on World Net (Nut) Daily, the Weekly Star of the conservative world.  I’m surprised they don’t also mention the lights were caused by Bill Clinton’s alien love child.    I just can’t imagine Drudge linking to anything as disreputable as WND.  There’s a UFO site I like because it is skeptical, that has nothing about it.

 

This positively reeks of Galileo and the Vatican.     The leading ‘authority’ associated with the Weather Channel wants any meteorologist who disagrees with his global warming theory to lose their credentials.  Talk about silencing the opposition!

“…In addition, Cullen’s December 17, 2006 episode of "The Climate Code" TV show, featured a columnist who openly called for Nuremberg-style Trials for climate skeptics. Cullen featured Grist Magazine’s Dave Roberts as an eco-expert opining on energy issues, with no mention of his public call to institute what amounts to the death penalty for scientists who express skepticism about global warming...."

 

 

Over at the Subway Canaries, I’ve had a couple of snarky comments about the article I posted on what is going on with the Episcopal Church and the determination of Bishop Akinola to step in and screw things up even further.  Instead of reconciliation and healing, the Bishop has brought with him a spirit of divisiveness and intolerance that to me, seems completely contrary with the teachings of Christ.  This WPost piece pegs the heart-ache completely.  What surprises me is didn’t the people who voted to break away from the Episcopal Church realize they were going to hurt others, and in turn, they would be hurt?  Christ taught, Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called the Children of God.  Blessed are the merciful for they shall see mercy.  I keep thinking, also, what Christ said in Matthew 6:  Beware of practicing your piety before others in order to be seen by them for then you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.  I don’t know about you but to me just those few verses answer the whole question for me.  I shudder to think of what is going to happen to Bishop Akinola.  As a student of  history, the one thing I have learned is sometimes the Lord has a way of allowing people like Akinola to experience an appropriate fate.

 

Outside the Beltway is having a traffic jam today.

 

IRAN, IRAQ, TERROR, ISLAM

Read Captain’s Quarters today. 

More of those remarkable Iraq photos from Malkin.

Sometimes numbers to lie.  Take the alleged 8 million Moslems that live here – problem is, you won’t find 8 million.  You’ll be doing good to find six million.

I like this title, Counterproductive Symbolism.

Tunisia fights terror.

 

  

DEMS GONE WILD

HRM Nancy I is setting up a panel to decide on how to save us from global warming.  Guess she hasn’t noticed that it snowed for the first time in recorded history in Malibu.  Like John Dingle says, it will be a great way for her pals to travel around the world, at our expense.  But what the heck, anything for the cause, right?

As if to prove Jimmy Carter is the absolutely worst – how about a handwritten note interceding for an SS officer who murdered Jews?  It’s okay – they weren’t Palestinians.  Can we just go ahead and say he’s anti-Semitic?

GOP Bloggers call it a 100 hour debacle, I call it poetic justice.

 A thumb of the Blog Lizards nose for Biden.

 

Hedgehog keeps up with things political in Israel. You need to check this one out - is Olmert on the block?

Race42004 seems to think the GOP Presidential race is already DOA.

 

PRIMARIES 2008:  McCain losing ground in NH.  It looks like full steam ahead for Team Giuliani.  According to Hotline on Call, Mitt Romney is almost as popular as Islam.  According to the FOX report on Hagel, his stance on Iraq is more obsession than grandstanding.  RightWingNuthouse on Obamarama!

 

Subject: Darwin Awards 2006 from my friend Rick, in Valdosta, GA.

1. When his 38-caliber revolver failed to fire at his intended victim during, hold up in Long Beach , California , would-be robber James Elliot did something that can only inspire wonder. He peered
down the barrel and tried the trigger again. This time it worked.

 
 And now, the Honorable Mentions

2. The chef at a hotel in Switzerland lost a finger in a meat-cutting machine and submitted a claim to his insurance company. The company expecting negligence sent out one of its men to have a look for himself. He tried the machine and he also lost a finger. The chef's claim was approved.

 
3. A man who shoveled snow for an hour to clear a space for his car during a blizzard in Chicago returned with his vehicle to find a woman had  taken the space. Understandably, he shot her.

4. After stopping for drinks at an illegal bar, a Zimbabwean bus driver found that the 20 mental patients he was supposed to be transporting from Harareto Bulawayohad escaped. Not wanting to admit his incompetence, the driver went to a nearby bus stop and offered everyone waiting there a free ride. He then delivered the passengers to the mental hospital, telling  the staff that the patients were very excitable and prone to bizarre  fantasies. The deception wasn't discovered for 3 days.
 
 5. An American teenager was in the hospital recovering from serious head wounds received from an oncoming train. When asked how he received  the injuries, the lad told police that he was simply trying to see how  close he could get his head to a moving train before he was hit.
  
6. A man walked into a Louisiana Circle-K, put a $20 bill on the counter, and asked for change. When the clerk opened the cash drawer, the man pulled a gun and asked for all the cash in the register, which the clerk promptly provided. The man took the cash from the clerk and fled, leaving the $20
bill on the counter. The total amount of cash he got from the drawer $15. (If someone points a gun at you and gives you money, is a crime committed?)

 
7. Seems an Arkansas guy wanted some beer pretty badly. He decided that he'd just throw a cinderblock through a liquor window, grab some booze, and run. So he lifted the cinderblock and
heaved it over his  head at the window. The cinderblock bounced back and hit the would-be  thief on the head, knocking him unconscious. The liquor store window  was made of Plexiglas. The whole
event was caught on videotape.

 
8. As a female shopper exited a New York convenience store, a man grabbed her purse and ran. The clerk called 911  immediately, and the woman was able to give them a detailed description of
the snatcher. Within minutes, the police apprehended the snatcher. They put him in the car and drove back to the store. The thief was then taken out of the car  and told to stand there for a positive ID. To which he replied,"Yes,  officer, that's her. That's the lady I stole the purse from."
 
9. The Ann Arbor News crime column reported that a man walked  into a Burger King in Ypsilanti , Michigan , at 5 a.m., flashed a gun, and Demanded cash. The clerk turned him down because he said he couldn't open the cash register without a food order. When the man ordered onion rings,  the clerk
said they weren't available for breakfast. The man, frustrated, walked away.

  ******A 5-STAR STUPIDITY AWARD WINNER*****
 10. When a man attempted to siphon gasoline from a motor  home parked on a Seattle Street , he got much more than he bargained for. Police arrived at the scene to find a very sick man curled up next to a motor home near spilled sewage.   A police spokesman said that the man admitted to trying to steal gasoline and plugged his siphon hose into the motor home's sewage tank by mistake. The owner of the vehicle declined to press charges.