Friends:

My favorite [only] computer [Damn Thing] is now in its final death throws.  While it's been terribly sick these last few months, this past week has been a trying experience, with increases in: freezes, jumping cursor, constant system restarts, last second text highlights, garbled words, and lost work files.

I recently ordered my new Dell, and within a few weeks I hope to be up and running again better than ever---depending, of course, on how well I can handle the transition.  I'll be using a 22" monitor, so even though I don't have a camera, I'll be able to see everyone.  Just wave.  My old computer has been the main reason for my spotty blog entries an correspondence, and I hope by the end of the month to be on a better schedule.

'The Damn Thing is dead!'  Long live the new Damn Thing!'

For those contemplating the upcoming voting process, I ask that you remember and understand exactly what you are doing in light of the following.

There are those who claim to not understand or care about the candidates.  ['He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors.' - Thomas Jefferson]  or even  ['Those who write clearly have readers, those who write obscurely have commentators.' - Abraham Lincoln]

There are some who will stay home and not vote.  ['All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.' - Thomas Jefferson]

There are some calling themselves 'Independents' who simply sway with the wind.  ['Those who stand for nothing fall for anything.' - Alexander Hamilton]

['There is no nation on earth powerful enough to accomplish our overthrow. Our destruction, should it come at all, will be from another quarter. From the inattention of the people to the concerns of their government, from their carelessness and negligence. I must confess that I do apprehend some danger. I fear that they may place too implicit a confidence in their public servants and fail properly to scrutinize their conduct; that in this way they may be made the dupes of designing men and become the instruments of their own undoing.' - Daniel Webster]

But, still, there are voters who will continue to believe the prattle of the populist and leftist orators who want more power over us because 'they'll understand how to use it for our benefits.'  ['Those that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.' - Benjamin Franklin]

A little over 200 hundred years ago, people were dying in the process of creating our Country, it's freedom, and it's morality-based background.  Freedom and the United States were born in the blood of those who believed and fought.  Our 'fore-fathers' were all agreed on most of the principles of the establishment of our country, and they spoke up about them.  ['Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!' [3/23/1775] - Patrick Henry]

In our voting this year, such principles and standards as set up should be adhered to in electing our officials.  Would they have stood up to be counted 200+ years ago?  Would they have offered their lives and properties, standing together with fellow citizens to fight for our freedoms?  Will they represent the rest of us to preserve the 'life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness' for the rest of us?

['It was desirable that the sense of the people should operate in the choice of the person to whom so important a trust (the office of President) was to be confided.... Nothing was more to be desired than that every practicable obstacle should be opposed to cabal, intrigue, and corruption.... The process of election affords a moral certainty that the office of President will never fall to the lot of any man who is not in an eminent degree endowed with the requisite qualifications.... It will not be too strong to say that there be constant probability of seeing the station filled by characters preeminent for ability and virtue....' ( In Federalist No. 68) - Alexander Hamilton]

Or will these politicians cave in to or join forces with those behind greed, religious intimidation, terror, and political correctness to the present or long-term detriment of our Country?  Our Country is best governed by the least power over we the citizens.  ['It's not tyranny we desire; it's a just, limited, federal government.' - Alexander Hamilton]

And we must remember that our Country was firmly established using a religious sense of right and wrong.  ['By removing the Bible from schools we would be wasting so much time and money in punishing criminals and so little pains to prevent crime. Take the Bible out of our schools and there would be an explosion in crime.' - Benjamin Rush]

And we must know and understand that we are a Country of doers, with charity to those who really need it, but expectations that everyone else will share the burden.  ['The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not.' - Thomas Jefferson]

Many politicians speak the names of our founders [mostly in the wrong context] to substantiate their weak arguments for policies that are neither essential nor wise for our government to pursue.  But, if they really believed in us, the people, they would adhere to actual principles and not resort to 'misstatements' or 'misspeaking.'  Actual quotes of the founding fathers and respected former politicians are not used because they won't bolster the falsehood of the present.

Yes, Folks!  The essays in this blog are good for you.  They're designed to keep you thinking and questioning, and they'll bring you out of your political lethargy.  Just read, quote, copy, and keep my name around appropriately.  The best thing is:  they're free!  No charge!  A breath of fresh air!

Side effects include awakening to the morning and seeing the roses, breathing fresh air, clearing out the cobwebs of your mind, a new, happy smile, an urge to re-think a position, a knowing nod...  So check with your local Guru and ask if 'In Opino Veritas' [In Opinion there is Truth] is right for you.  You'll be glad you did.

{The above was a self-serving advertisement [aren't they all?] for this blog.  I hope it draws you out of your shell and into being an active reader.  Yes, look around and read prior posts.  You'll be glad you did.}
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It seems all the presidential candidates are talking about illegal immigration and what they'll be doing about it---though none has done anything very positive to date.  It's rather like all of them [and others] arguing about the best way to use the fire hoses on a burning home so long, the house burns down.  Then they stand around blaming each other while the fire spreads.  It's much the same problem with the slow invasion of South Americans and the Muslim terrorists because of our Liberal friends and laws not recognizing reality or enemy.

But, there're new projects in the wind!  In the Senate several proposals look very promising.  Included are some fifteen bills as put forth by the Republicans.  Each bill is a step by itself towards securing our borders, and in total, they: beef up the law enforcement in general and in the workplace and send messages to foreign countries that we don't want their rejects.  I know we're talking about human beings here, but this country can't survive with a glut of people who are a danger to us or won't assimilate.

What do the bills specifically include?  Well, completion of the border fence [good, even though I think the fence should cover the entire southern border], establishment of English as the national language [great!], discouragement the states from granting drivers' licenses to illegal aliens, and establishment of minimum prison sentences for illegal entry into the US.

'The American people have made it clear that they want Congress to take action to limit illegal immigration, secure our borders and restore lawfulness to our immigration system,'  Senator Jeff Sessions [R-AL] said. 'We cannot afford to sit idly and do nothing. This package of legislation represents a series of politically achievable steps that will make real improvements to our immigration system.'

Senator Arlen Specter [R-PA]: 'Streamlining the deportation process and insisting that countries repatriate illegal aliens who have been convicted of crimes of violence will free substantial Immigration and Customs Enforcement resources, which can then be devoted to improving identification and reporting of deportable criminal aliens in federal, state or local custody. My proposal works to stop criminal aliens from being released onto our streets and helps to close the government’s credibility gap on immigration enforcement.'

Senator Jim DeMint [R-SC]: 'Americans demand a secure border and the first step is to complete the fence [by 2010.] Our nation’s borders are fundamental to our sovereignty and our national security. We can’t delay any longer or depend on failed virtual fencing and vehicle barriers that won't stop pedestrians. If we want to have a legal immigration system that works, we must secure the border so we know who is entering and leaving the United States.'

Senator David Vitter [R-LA]: 'The American people clearly want us to focus on border security and enforcement, not a bloated, comprehensive amnesty bill. But, to date, that is all that has been offered. We need real, concrete solutions to combat this growing problem, and this 10-point plan offers those real solutions, including my bill that would prohibit COPS funding to those cities who choose ‘sanctuary policies’ over enforcing current federal immigration laws already on the books.'

Senator James Inhofe [R-OK]: 'Polling of Americans throughout the country consistently demonstrates that Americans overwhelmingly believe English should be recognized as the national language of the United States. Like my English amendments that have passed the Senate with wide bipartisan majorities for the past two years, the National Language Act of 2008 will reduce cost to our federal government and improve the assimilation of new legal immigrants in our nation. This debate is not just about preserving our culture and heritage, but also about bettering the odds of our nation’s newest potential citizens.'

Senator Pete Domenici [R-NM]: 'The National Guard has proven to be a good partner in working with the Homeland Security Department to secure the border. This bill would build on that work in a manner that can benefit both the Guard and DHS,' said Domenici, a member of the Defense and Homeland Security appropriations subcommittees.  Domenici wants to continue 'Operation Jump Start' on the Southwest border, allowing governors to use the National Guard for boarder control.

Senator Saxby Chambliss [R-GA], who introduced legislation with Senator Johnnie Isakson [R-GA]: 'State and local law enforcement officials are critical force multipliers in the fight against illegal immigration but they are currently underutilized by their federal partners. My legislation, which I introduced today with Senator Isakson, will facilitate the development of voluntary enforcement partnerships between federal law enforcement officials and their state and local counterparts to better combat illegal immigration. During last year’s immigration bill debate, we listened and heard overwhelmingly from the American people that they do not trust the federal government to enforce our immigration laws. Taking immediate action to secure our borders and stop illegal immigration is the best way to restore credibility with the American people. I said last year that we are going to keep pounding this issue and that is what we are doing today in unveiling these proposals.'

Senator Elizabeth Dole [R-NC]: 'In North Carolina, we have had a number of fatal automobile accidents caused by an intoxicated person who was in the United States illegally. In several of these incidents, the illegal alien has a record of DWI, sometimes repeated offenses, but has been caught and released. My bill would help ensure that undocumented aliens who have self-identified themselves by drunk driving are removed. Likewise, individuals who abuse their legal status in the United States by repeatedly breaking our drunk driving laws should lose their privilege of living in our country,' via Dole's Safe Roads Enhancement Act, amending the Immigration and Nationality Act.

Dole also wants to repeal President Clinton’s executive order requiring the federal government to provide services in a person’s native language. Dole said, “Hundreds of different languages are spoken by people in this country, and it is fiscally irresponsible and impractical for our government to provide services in all of these languages.”

Senator John Barrasso [R-WY] said, “Providing state issued licenses to illegal immigrants is not in the best interests of our national security. Eighteen of the 9/11 hijackers had acquired more than 30 driver’s licenses from five different states. It should be a wakeup call to all of us. More must be done to prevent this from ever happening again.'  His bill would threaten  10 percent reduction of their [the states] transportation funds if they are non-compliant.

These efforts are certainly steps forward, and I hope the Democrats/Liberals will get off their ideological butts and support the US for a change.

In accordance with generally accepted human disclosure rules, I present the proposed warnings that all Liberals should have to wear and with which they should preface their speeches, articles, books, etc.:

With apologies to the Surgeon General:  'According to generally accepted common sense, Americans should not accommodate Liberals during their adult lives because of the risk of the destruction of accepted American values, security and the economy. 

'Listening to and voting for Liberals impairs your ability to safely live and raise a family and may cause lifelong economic and social problems.'

With apologies to Peter Langston:  'Liberal media can make their political favorites appear far more reasonable than they actually are.'

With apologies to Ubersite:  'Acceptance of the Liberal rant and tripe may create the illusion that you would be tougher, smarter and better situated than most people.  Acceptance of Liberalism may be a major factor in getting your economic a$$ kicked.'

Who's one of those behind the ubiquitous liberal rant?  George Soros.  This radical leftist hates Conservatives, and has accused President Bush of turning America into a militaristic, fascist empire.  He's also a vocal supporter of abortion on demand, legalization of drugs, homosexual marriage, euthanasia, unlimited Third World immigration, open borders, and a World Government based in the United Nations.  How can any American listen to this bozo?  He couldn't have earned his billions using those beliefs and concepts, could he?

Among other Liberal adherents to the philosophy of 'me first and foremost' [or 'damn the facts, full rant ahead'] are:

Senator Patrick Leahy [D-VT]: As Vice-Chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, 'Leaky' Leahy regularly leaked sensitive, classified information to the press and anyone other interested parties as a way to undermine any foreign policy decisions he didn't like.

He remains in the Senate.

Congressman John Murtha [D-PA]:  Republicans call Murtha 'King Corruption.'  He was an unindicted, co-conspirator in the Abscam case.  He had been offered a bribe, but temporarily turned it down saying he might 'change his mind after we've done some business.'

He remains in the House.

Barney Frank [D-MA]:  Our friend Barney Frank used a gay prostitute, allowed him to move into his home, and then permitted the man to run a prostitution ring out of Frank's apartment.

He remains in the House.

Congressman William Jefferson [D-LA]:  Though not convicted of anything yet, he was found to have $90,000 of bribe money in his freezer.  He was caught with cold, hard cash.

He remains in the House.

Congressman Alcee Hastings [D-FL]:  When he was a judge, Hastings was impeached by the House for bribery and perjury and removed from his position.  Naturally, that made for a good resume item for a Democrat candidate for Congress.

He remains in the House. 

Senate Robert Byrd [D-WV]:  The Democrats laud Byrd for being the 'conscience of the Senate.'  Among other things, he constantly chides the Republicans for being his definition of racist.  He's a former Exalted Cyclops of the Ku Klux Klan.  To many, myself included, he has no business being in the Senate or in any other elected office.

Still an embarrassment, he remains in the Senate.

Senator Ted Kennedy [D-MA]:  'Teddy the Swimmer' is most known for leaving Mary Jo Kopechne to drown while he got away from the accident scene to work on his PR strategy.  Anyone other than a Democrat, specifically a Kennedy, would still be counting the days and years on his cell wall.

Sad to say, this 'manslaughter' politician remains in the Senate.

[By the Way: Larry Craig R-ID]:  Excoriated for playing a little toesy-footsie in a men's bathroom, so it's said, Senator Craig has announced his intention not to seek re-election in 2008.  He'll be leaving the Senate.]

I've left out so many Democrat-Liberal worthies.  Feel free to remember your own.  There are hundreds to choose from.

And beyond them are the members of the radical left, 'me too-lie too' group:  MoveOn.org [remember George Soros?] bought an ad in the New York Times that carried the large title: 'General Petraeus or General Betray Us?';  ACLU; PETA; Greenpeace; Daily Kos; the list goes on.

Per MoveOn.org:  'He [Petraeus] is just trying to cook the books for the White House,” the ad said. “Today, before Congress and before the American people, General Petraeus is likely to become General Betray Us.'

The spot also characterized Petraeus as a 'military man constantly at war with the facts' who 'will not admit what everyone knows: Iraq is mired in an unwinnable religious civil war.' 

Hardly accurate, and particularly simple and naive in belief and execution---trademark leftist concepts and tactics.

And re Foreign Policy:  AP:  'Turkey's top general warned that ties with the U.S., already strained by attacks from rebels hiding in Iraq, will be irreversibly damaged if Congress passes a resolution that labels the World War I-era killings of Armenians a genocide.  [The Democrats/Liberals are all for the resolution; basically to undermine the Bush War effort.]

'At issue in the resolution is the killing of up to 1.5 million Armenians by Ottoman Turks. Many international historians contend the deaths amounted to genocide, but Turkey says the mass killings and deportations were not systematic and that many Turkish Muslims also died in the chaos of war.'

While I won't agree with the past Turkish action, I do not countenance these constant efforts by the left to go back in history as Monday morning quarterbacks and condemn actions taken by one country or ethnicity against another---in this case to make an end-run around the Iraq war they don't understand or like.  Those people condemned are no longer alive, and their successors should not be shouldered with an unwarranted condemnation.  We must learn from history and not apologize for transgressions deep in the past, however horrible.

So, I wish the Democrat Congress would refrain from trying to re-write the History Book for it's own selfish purposes and get on with its Constitutional business.

All this makes a person wonder.  If these Democrats/Liberals were around in the past:  would we have been successful in our War of Independence?  Would the Nation have survived as one after the Civil War?  Would we have been successful in the Spanish-American War?  World War I?  World War II?  Korea?  I have my doubts.

We know that they destroyed any chance of saving Vietnam from communism, what with the violent anti-war crowd of the time.  Besides their traitorous activities, they are responsible, in effect, for the millions of South East Asians executed after the war's end.

These Liberals are also guilty of making mountains out of molehills.  Bill Clinton fired all of the US attorneys, appointing his own people to those positions.  US attorneys serve at the pleasure of the President, meaning he can fire them for any reason at any time.  No one made a big deal of these firings.

George Bush fired eight US attorneys, and the Liberal/Democrat part of Congress acted as if the President had committed a heinous crime against nature.  They continue to treat these perfectly legal and logical firings as an act by the President to hinder justice.  These Liberals/Democrats continue to drag this made-up controversy around to discredit the President.  What else is new?

From David Hinckley and Tina Moore of the NY Daily News we learned that:

Air America radio host Randi Rhodes was temporarily off the air, claiming she was brutally attacked near her Manhattan apartment.  The claim is bogus according to her lawyer and a police source.

'Fellow host Jon Elliott claimed on the liberal radio network that Rhodes had been mugged while walking her dog, Simon, on Sunday night. Elliot, who said Rhodes lost several teeth in the attack, waxed about a possible conspiracy.

'Is this an attempt by the right-wing, hate machine to silence one of our own?' he asked on the air, according to Talking Radio, a blog. 'Are we threatening them? Are they afraid that we’re winning? Are they trying to silence [or] intimidate us?'

It seems that Rhodes had simply fallen all by her lonesome.  Nobody else was involved.

These and so many more regular Liberal lies are constructed to damage Conservatives and sway the American people to their Liberal side.  How can voters continue to fall for the lies of these people?  Their activities promote more danger for the US than any other group known, including the terrorists.  They need warnings for the average citizen to read and understand.

I've just discovered why there was so much interest in the tiny snail darters a few years back.  They're to be bred for industrial use.  Don't scoff!  It has to be something sensible like that.  Surely, people wouldn't put themselves and their neighbors out for a bunch of tiny creatures---only one of the millions of species that have lived on this Earth, some 90 percent or so which are naturally extinct.  Would they?

I'm not sure what that use will be, but It'll certainly benefit Americans in a big way.  Maybe through new medical drugs or new candy flavors or snail darter pins.  Look at how many years we used horses in the glue factories.  It's been a fine use for worn-out nags.  [No, I won't go there.]  [And don't the European 'frogs' like to eat horse meat?}

And for many years, we've used animal hooves for sources of natural gelatin.  When flavored and colored, it's tasty stuff if you don't think about the source.  And, then we have the many uses of animal hides for blankets, warmers, baseballs, handbags, wallets, boxing gloves, fetishes, lounge chairs, etc. and you can see the importance of animal husbandry.  Even alligators and snakes can get into the mix, what with exotic food [they taste like chicken] and leathers.  Monkey brains and baby snakes were eaten on an Indiana Jones set, along with beetles and eye balls.

And we can tune into current TV to watch various idiots eating snakes, worms, maggots, beetles, fire ants, etc. to our hearts' content.  It's not often you get to eat free on the job.  That's probably why the shows were developed in the first place.  And when such people have finished eating their strange fare, they can bungee jump or sky dive or fight in a cage.  

Now recently, some researchers in India have come up with another useful animal.  Tree frogs.  The scientists are interested in why the frogs can continually stick and re-stick to trees without losing the adhesive quality of their feet.  Great will power? Their technology must be moved from the biological to the industrial so there'll be another product to sell to 'we the American consumers.'  And how far a jump is it to expect another development or two?  Either the tree frogs legs' will be boiled down to produce a natural glue, or our new packing tape will have hundreds of tiny tree frog feet imbedded every few millimeters.  Personally, I'd investigate the dentist's friends, peanut butter or taffy, for their stickiness quality.

The mystery to all this is why the vocal, vicious, and self-serving people at PETA haven't said a word about the bugs and snakes being eaten on live TV.  I guess those 'animals' aren't important enough.  A classification of the importance of various types of animals is apparently in use.  Maybe bugs and snakes don't look good on a poster?  And who wants to see a naked snake on a TV commercial?

In any case, I still enjoy beefsteak, turkey, chicken, ham, and other meats bred for our consumption.  Let others have their tofu-led vegetarian Christmas [er, I mean Winter Solstice Holiday.] And remember, although we share the Earth with other species, we are decidedly not on an equal footing.  "...and God said unto them [mankind], Be fruitful and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth."  We can be responsible and moral without giving away the store.

Mankind [who, by the way, has not created global warming] is in charge and should act that way.  We shouldn't despoil the environment, for it contributes to or detracts from our own health and provides the natural scenery of our God-given land.  But the climate is out of our hands.  Nature does what Nature wants.  We can only try to deal with the results.  Terraforming is still science-fiction.  

So, when Mother Nature meets Al Gore, it will be a heavily one-sided fight.  And they won't need a cage.  Too bad Al's too 'portly' to quickly run away.

Welcome to the World of China Trade for 2007!  Do you ever wonder about the propriety of decisions to utilize Communist Chinese goods and services to the extent of $205 million through August of this year---with more to come?
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In January 2007, China exported to the United States c$26 million of Chinese-made goods.

From Fox News - "Wednesday, August 22, 2007  Wal-Mart Stores Inc...said it pulled two Chinese-made dog treats from its shelves nearly a month earlier, and tests now show they had traces of melamine, a chemical found in pet food that was blamed for the deaths of pets and led to a massive recall earlier this year.

The two types of dog treats — Chicken Jerky Strips manufactured by Import-Pingyang Pet Product Co. and Chicken Jerky manufactured by Shanghai Bestro Trading — were removed from its stores on July 26, Wal-Mart spokeswoman Deisha Galberth said in a statement."

After 17 sets of tests, "the latest advice from our testing laboratory shows trace levels of melamine," Galberth said."

In February 2007, China exported to the United States c$23 million of Chinese-made goods.

Fox News - "Friday , September 21, 2007...Simplicity Inc., a supplier of baby furniture to Wal-Mart Stores Inc...and other big retailers, is recalling about 1 million Chinese-made baby cribs which have been linked to at least two infant deaths, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said Friday.

The drop-side can detach from the crib, which can create a dangerous gap that leads to an infant being trapped and suffocated, the safety agency said in a statement. It urged parents to check all Simplicity-made cribs to ensure the drop-side is installed correctly."

In March 2007, China exported to the United States c$23 million of Chinese-made goods.

Financial Times - "By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai...August 20 2007...The safety problems affecting Chinese goods spread from toys to textiles on Monday as New Zealand said it would investigate allegations that imported children’s clothes contained dangerous levels of formaldehyde.

The government ordered the probe after scientists hired by a consumer watchdog programme discovered formaldehyde in Chinese clothes at levels of up to 900 times regarded as safe. Manufacturers sometimes apply formaldehyde to clothes to prevent mildew. It can cause skin rashes, irritation to the eyes and throat and allergic reactions.

The Warehouse, a New Zealand retailer, issued a recall at the weekend for children’s pyjamas made in China after two children were burned when their flannelette nightclothes caught fire."

In April 2007, China exported to the United States c$24 million of Chinese-made goods.

New York Times - "August 15, 2007...Some Baby Bibs Said to Contain Levels of Lead
By Eric Lipton...Certain vinyl baby bibs sold at Toys “R” Us stores appear to be contaminated with lead, laboratory tests have shown, making the inexpensive bibs another example of a made-in-China product that may be a health hazard to children."

In May 2007, China exported to the United States c$25 million of Chinese-made goods.

My Way - "August 9, 2007...A tire importer said Thursday it would recall 255,000 Chinese-made tires it claims were defective because they lack a safety feature that prevents tread separation."

In June 2007, China exported to the United States c$27 million of Chinese-made goods.

"Sunday, September 16, 2007...Chinese authorities ordered the recall of tainted leukemia drugs blamed for leg pains and other problems, state media reported Sunday, the latest crisis to strike the country's embattled food and drug industries.

Most of the drugs involved — methotrexate and cytarabin hydrochloride — have been recovered and authorities have traced the remainder, the Xinhua News Agency said. The report did not say if any of the drugs had been exported."

In July 2007, China exported to the United States c$29 million of Chinese-made goods.

Ambrose Evans-Pritchard - September 8, 2007 "The Chinese government has begun a concerted campaign of economic threats against the United States, hinting that it may liquidate its vast holding of US treasuries if Washington imposes trade sanctions to force a yuan revaluation.

Two officials at leading Communist Party bodies have given interviews in recent days warning - for the first time - that Beijing may use its $1.33 trillion...of foreign reserves as a political weapon to counter pressure from the US Congress."

In August 2007, China exported to the United States c$28 million of Chinese-made goods.

David Barboza - October 12, 2007...Shanghai: "Despite a spate of product recalls from China this year and growing scrutiny over the quality and safety of its goods, the Chinese export boom continues to accelerate, according to trade statistics released Friday.

China said that it had exported $878 billion worth of goods through the first nine months of this year, up 27 percent from its record shipments a year ago.

Analysts say global worries about contaminated pet food, tainted seafood and toxic toys and toothpaste are hardly enough to slow down the powerful Chinese export engine, which has quickly come to dominate everything from electronics to textiles."

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In addition to the above, Chinese-made goods - SpongeBob SquarePants Address Books; Dora the Explorer, Big Bird and Elmo; blankets; toothpaste; seafood; and other products were recalled or investigated for dangerous properties.

Given the seriousness of the quality problems and the invasive nature of Chinese products in the marketplace---it seems everything I buy says 'Made in China'---more action needs to be taken by the President, Congress and Businesses to reduce our reliance on such imports.  Bite the bullet and provide more manufacturing and assembly here or in non-communist nations.

Fred[erick] Ferris Thompson was born in New York City in 1836.  Scion of a wealthy family, he attended Williams College from 1852-54.  In 1857, he married the New York Governor's daughter.  As a wedding celebration, Fred with his father and brother founded their first bank, 'Thompson's Bank Note and Commercial Reporter.'  In 1863, Fred hit the trifecta when the trio opened their third bank, 'First National Bank of the City of New York [now Citibank.]  In 1873, his father and brother broke off to form the 'Chase National Bank' [now J P Morgan Chase.]

Fred Thompson of banking note, was an amateur photographer and philanthropist, though not as big a one as J P Morgan.  He gave mucho money to Williams College, Metropolitan Museum of Art, American Geographical Society, and the Union League.  He also served on the board for Williams, Vassar, and Teacher's College [now Columbia University.]

This Fred Thompson inaugurated the namesake dying on April 10th, in this instance in New York City 1899.
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Fred[eric] Thompson was born probably in the 1870s in Irontown OH.  Originally wanting to start a brokerage business, he found himself in designing and promoting rides and parks.  In 1901, he brought 'Trip to the Moon', an innovative attraction which took the audience on a journey, successfully to the Pan-American Exhibition in Buffalo NY.

Partnering with Skip Dundy, the two brought 'Trip to the Moon' to Steeplechase Park in Coney Island, but a falling out with the promoter led to their moving it to their newly rebuilt Luna Park [originally Sea Lion Park].  The park closed in 1944 because of a pair of devastating fires.

In 1905, the pair built the Hippodrome Theater in Manhattan.  The Theater lasted until 1939.  On his own, and as a relative last gasp, Thompson created 'Grand Toyland' for San Francisco's Panama-Pacific Exhibition in 1915.

He was married to Mabel Taliaferro, 'Sweetheart of the American Movies'---before Mary Pickford came along, one of her three husbands.

During his most creative period, Thompson produced numerous Broadway shows, including: A Yankee Circus on Mars [1905]; The Raiders [1905]; Dance of the Hours [1905]; A Society Circus [1905; also directed]; Brewster's Millions [1906; also directed and designed the set]; Polly of the Circus [1907; also designed the set]; Springtime [1909; also directed]; Spendthrift [1910]; etc.  He was obviously fascinated by circuses, especially since many big top events occurred at his Hippodrome.

Thompson an alcoholic, gambler, and womanizer, died of heart problems on June 6, 1919.
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Frederick A Thompson, born January 24, 1884, London, England; died April 10, 1949, London, England.  As far as I know, the present Fred never met this Fred [the present being only six years old when the latter died.]  But, Fred A's accomplishments make a rather interesting musical interlude to the usual political comments of the day.

Fred was a prolific librettist [about 24 London Musicals] on his own before collaborating with fellow Brit, Guy Bolton.  Together they wrote the books [for musicals] for some of the great composers, including such successes as George and Ira Gershwin's 'Lady be Good' [1924], 'Tell Me More' [1925], and 'Tip-Toes' [1925.]  The two writers then scored a 'hat trick' in 1927 with triumphs in Rio Rita [Harry Tierney and Joseph McCarthy], Funny Face [George and Ira Gershwin], and the Five O'Clock Girl [Harry Ruby and Bert Kalmar].  He again wrote for the Gershwins in 1928: 'Treasure Girl.'

Alone, he wrote the book for 'Sons O' Guns' [1929; J Fred Cootes, Arthur Swanstrom and Benny Davis], after which he returned to England.  He wrote a number of little-known books, including 'Good Morning Judge' [1914; Lionel Monckton and Adrian Ross et al], 'Afgar' [1920; Charles Cuvillier and Douglas Furher],'Seeing Stars' [1935], and 'Going Places' [1936.]  In his later years, he penned 'Lady Comes Across' [1942; Vernon Duke and John La Touche, and [with Bolton], the book for 'Follow the Girls' [1944; Phil Charig, Dan Shapiro and Dan Pascal.]  

Fred A Thompson died on April 10, 1949 in London.
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Another Frederick Thompson of note lived---though birth and death dates aren't available---in the early part of the 20th Century.  He was an actor, who performed in: The Master Builder [1905]; Romeo and Juliet [1935]; Saint Joan [1936]; Shoemaker's Holiday [1938]; Danton's Death [1938]; etc.
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Other Fred Thompsons of recent vintage include a CPA; plastic surgeon; obstetrician; olympic athlete; police officer; and, of course, Presidential hopeful.

From the Associated Press - "Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT) reached an annual target of selling 100 million energy-efficient light bulbs ahead of schedule after heavily marketing them as a way for consumers to save money and fight global warming, the retailer said Tuesday" [a month or so ago.]

Previously [April 15, 2007 - income tax filing deadline day; I wonder if there's a connection?], many manufacturers agreed to "cap the total mercury content in [fluorescent lights] of less than 25 watts at 5 milligrams (mg) per unit. The total mercury content of [fluorescent lights] that use 25 to 40 watts of electricity will be capped at 6 mg per unit."

You do the math, although I've done some of it.  100 million bulbs at, probably, 6 mg per unit equals around 13,227 pounds of mercury.  And that's just one retailer.  Assuming that Walmart has, oh say, 20% of the market, it means that total sales might be around 500 million bulbs, thus potentially producing about 66,135 pounds of mercury discarded.  This must pleasure the environmentalists.  Tons and tons of mercury from discarded and broken lights to foul our wetlands, dumps, and general suburbs.  Brought to you by the greenies---protectors of the helpless snail darters and tree frogs.  Now, don't get me wrong.  I'm not necessarily against snail darters or tree frogs.  I just don't think they should be getting precedence over human beings.  And I dislike the idea of promoting a light bulb that will foul the environment so much more than incandescent bulb production and use.  The 'greenies' are pushing for power plants to become so pollution free as to make oil and coal impossible to use.  I suppose then, we can run our power plants on really big batteries?

From the Associated Press:  Silly String, a children's toy that was used to subdue Cosmo Kramer a few years back, is useful to US soldiers in Iraq as a bomb detector of sorts.  "Soldiers can shoot Silly String, which travels up to 12 feet [3.6 meters], across a room before entering. If the foamy string hangs in the air, that indicates a possible trip wire...The effort to ship the Silly String has taken months because its aerosol can is considered a hazardous material, and only certain companies can ship it."  And, I can guess, some of the soldiers are shooting each other with it during the off hours.

I suppose a 'grass roots' organization [from San Francisco] will now start with an effort to ban the dangerous substance.  Kids beware!  You may be banned everywhere except your hidden tree houses.

The City of Los Angeles removed a cross from its official seal.  Why?  Because the ACLU insisted.  It's a Christian symbol, after all, and they can't condone that.  Naturally, there was a pile of protests leading to a high court petition to review the decision.  The cross has been part of the seal since 1957.  Incidentally, the first settlers of the LA area were Spanish missionaries, and the name, Los Angeles, is short for the original name: El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles del Río de Porciúncula, [The Town of Our Lady the Queen of the Angels on the River Porciúncula.]  Will ACLU demand a name change?  How about San Francisco?  San Diego? San Gabriel? and all the other Sans?

I was going to mention a few items about the Democrats wanting to raise taxes, but I suddenly remembered that such a desire is not new with the 21st Century.  They've been doing it for years, and people like Charles Rangel always go that route.  If you're a Democrat, honk!  If you're a Democrat, kneel down before the enemy!  If you're a Democrat, raise taxes!

In May 2007, the 'Liberal' group MoveOn.org warned Democrats that if they appeared to capitulate to 'Bush' and not remove the troops from Iraq and thus give up on protecting the lives of millions or Iraqis and securing the protection and freedoms of the US citizens...pant...rest...pant...rest, the unity they enjoy will immediately disappear...  Why threaten them?  If the Democrats weren't around, nobody would pay attention to MoveOn.org anyway.  Perhaps the threat should be the other way around.

Carlyle Group [one of the world’s largest private equity firms; $75.6 + billion under management; 55 investment funds] sold a 7.5% stake in its ownership to Mubadala, a part of Abu Dhabi's government.  And of course, if Carlyle goes public and the price share drops, Abu Dhabi will be compensated.  Previously, Blackstone Group [a global alternative asset manager and provider of financial advisory services...total assets under management of about $91.8 billion...] sold a 10% stake to the Chinese government.  Abu Dhabi also bought part of Apollo Management in July.

WorldNetDaily.com tells us - the Emirate of Dubai is acquiring about 20% of NASDAQ and 28% of the London Stock Exchange.

Well, I guess you just open the door, invite the adversary in, and let him take over the household. Offer him a drink and bodyguard. Light his narghila .  After all, using tents is a cheap alternative for us anyway.

As noted by the International Herald Tribune, even the neutral Swiss are having their problems.  A poster of the Swiss Peoples Party [SVP] in the mountain country shows: Three white sheep stand on the Swiss flag, as one of them kicks a single black sheep away.  The Liberals say it is racist and polarizing the country's electorate.  Rocks and tear gas are the tools of the day.

The illegal immigrant message is appealing to the voters who have seen the country become "a haven for foreigners, including political refugees from places like Kosovo and Rwanda."  "Our political enemies think the poster is racist, but it just gives a simple message," said Bruno Walliser, a chimney sweep who is running for Parliament on the party ticket at the Schwerzenbach rally, on a farm outside of Zurich. "The black sheep is not any black sheep that doesn't fit into the family. It's the foreign criminal who doesn't belong here, the one that doesn't obey Swiss law. We don't want him."

Over a million and a half Swiss residents are foreign nationals, "and the SVP argues that a disproportionate number of them are law-breakers. The party says many of the country's drug dealers are foreign, and according to federal statistics about 70 percent of the prison population is non-Swiss."

From Yahoo News - "Mexican President Felipe Calderon criticized the planned U.S. border fence designed to stem illegal immigration, saying countries should be "building bridges, not fences"...

On ABC television's "Good Morning America," Calderon ...said the way to stop illegal immigration is to build economic growth and opportunities in Mexico, not fences."

I guess that means that we should pay Mexico to keep its citizens in its own country?  And, of course, Mexico doesn't have to do anything, does it?

The Windsor [Ontario] Star - notes that "city shelters filled and a surge of further refugee claimants expected to flood into Windsor...Mayor Eddie Francis is pleading for financial help from Ottawa.  "When there is a possibility of adding thousands to the local social assistance system as a result of refugee claimants crossing the border into Windsor, we will become overwhelmed and our current resources will not suffice," Francis wrote in a letter sent Wednesday [a few weeks ago] to Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

"I don't believe that Windsor's residents and taxpayers should have to foot the bill for U.S. immigration policy," Francis told The Star. He was referring to the suspected source of the problem -- a recently begun crackdown on illegal immigrants in economically struggling regions of the U.S. South.

Let's see...hmmm...Illegal Mexican immigrants are the fault of the US.  I know, I know.  The Mexican government is blameless.  The great satan US is responsible for everything.  Blame Bush!

And so goes the 21st Century.  I believe that by the advent of the 22nd Century, the World may very well be under stronger Islamic influence.  No Western culture per se; burqas and prayer rugs everywhere; female circumcision, honor killings and misogynism rule the day; cheap oil but no cars left because nobody built any; Edwin the camel-driver, now appearing in major cities; New York City Jinrickshaws Inc.; Jews and Christians hiding in catacombs; Liberals cowering in fear and panic wondering what the h*ll happened to their martinis and designer clothes and seaside homes; and all due to our own stupidity.

Thanks Liberals.

Our 218 year experiment at a democratic republic is failing, and the modern Liberals are pulling it down, along with denigrating and destroying Christians and Jews, Conservatives, Republicans, national security, national influence, and economic prosperity.  Is this the end of Rico?

More signs of the times and what is awaiting us in the 21st Century.

Many Christians in Iraq, including converts, are being crucified by terrorists says a Dutch politician.

Great Britain is considering a law to provide for Islamic studies for all students.  In addition, they would employ Muslim scholars to teach Islamic theology, and the schools must have Islamic chaplains and Muslim prayer rooms,

Ever heard of Jamaat ul-Fulqra? -  "We are fighting to destroy the enemy. We are dealing with evil and its roots and its roots are America," says Sheikh Mubarek Ali Gilani, Founder of Jamaat ul-Fuqra, a Pakistani terrorist organization.  Jamaat ul-Fuqra has created more that 45 training compounds throught the US.  The compounds, which have firing ranges and obstacle courses, are actually paramilitary training grounds for new recruits, most of whom are African American converts to Islam during their prison time.  Where are they? you might ask?:  Hancock NY; Hyattsville MD; Falls Church VA; York SC; Dover TN; Buena Vista CO; Talihina OK; Tulane Country CA; Squaw Valley CA.  And, of course, Macon GA; Red House VA.  Two are near Toronto.  Some even have landing strips and elaborate bunkers.

A "charitable organization", Muslims of the Americas, provides money to Jamaat ul-Fuqra, which has officers in Tallahassee FL; Binghamton NY; Springfield MA; Dover DE; and Roanoke VA.

As long as they don't sell Girl Scout cookies, eh Nancy?

Portland Press Herald - Maine Sunday Telegram...rest...pant...rest...pant..."Students who have parental permission to be treated at King Middle School's health center would be able to get birth control prescriptions under a proposal that the Portland School Committee will consider Wednesday." [Students in the middle school are generally between 11 and 13 years old, and no notification of parents would be required.]

And Yahoo News: "After an outbreak of pregnancies among middle school girls, education officials in this city have decided to allow allow one school's health center [King Middle School] to make birth control pills available to girls as young as 11."

Newsbusters tells us -  Singer Sheryl Crow wants us to save toilet paper, using only two or three sheets per visit, perhaps washing them out like paper towels.

Says Sheryl:  "Although my ideas are in the earliest stages of development, they are, in my mind, worth investigating. One of my favorites is in the area of forest conservation which we heavily rely on for oxygen. I propose a limitation be put on how many squares of toilet paper can be used in any one sitting. Now, I don't want to rob any law-abiding American of his or her God-given rights, but I think we are an industrious enough people that we can make it work with only one square per restroom visit, except, of course, on those pesky occasions where 2 to 3 could be required. When presenting this idea to my younger brother, who's judgment I trust implicitly, he proposed taking it one step further. I believe his quote was, 'how bout just washing the one square out.'"

Now I know why I have always kept my distance from Sheryl.  I don't want to be a brown noser or anything.

Global Warming up?  British Energy Minister Malcolm Wicks, spoke to a group of environment ministers: "humankind is in a race for life against global warming," and doubters are "the equivalent of the Flat Earth Society."

But, I thought the Earth was flat!  Isn't that a Muslim belief?  I mean, those guys are still living in the 7th Century, right?

From Vin Suprynowicz of Red Orbit - "There are some who, lacking the ecstatic thrill of any other faith-based religion, wish to believe that the Earth is in the early stages of an unprecedented climatic change which will see temperatures soar, the polar ice caps melt, rising sea levels flood our coastal cities - general devastation on the biblical model - all because we insist on driving petroleum-fueled private automobiles and using electricity generated by burning coal. - Now, this is almost entirely fantastic nonsense. The planet is currently warming at a rate of perhaps one degree a century, part of an ongoing cycle of global warming and cooling which (ice cores and other fossil records tell us) has been ongoing for millions of years. This is caused not primarily by CO levels - changes in atmospheric CO loading actually trail temperature shifts by decades or even centuries - but rather by fluctuating solar activity. Even if CO were a factor, most of the CO in the atmosphere comes from volcanoes and the natural processes of the oceans, not from man- made sources."

Again, 'Nuff said.

Some scientists are claiming that humans, one of only millions of earthly species, use almost a quarter of the sun's energy captured by plants.  And, of course, that's tragic.  I guess we have to get rid of our sun rooms, sunny dispositions, sun bunnies, Sundays, and 'sunbitches.'

According to Fox News, there's a report that fat Americans can blame it all on a virus.  Human stem cells, exposed to a certain virus [no idea which one] turned to fat cells.  Well, why not loose that virus on the Middle East, and we can 'fat' them to death.

Is anyone unsure about the Liberal sway of the Nobel Prize committee anymore?  For 2007, they gave the Peace Prize to AlGoracle and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [IPCC,] a UN sub-division.  Lying and misrepresentation remains high among the Prize Committee's criteria for the peace prize.  The IPCC doesn't do research itself, it just picks and chooses other scientists' work based on it's own criteria---firmly entrenched in the global warming fiasco.

In 2006, they bestowed it on Muhammed Yunus and his Grameen Bank, pretty much for lending money to poor Bangladeshis.

For 2005, we had another UN sub-division in the International Atomic Energy Agency and its leader Mohamed ElBaradei.

Anyone wonder why the Peace Prize keeps finding Arabs, fat people and UN agencies?  None of them has anything to do with the propagation of what they ostensibly regulate.

In 2004, we had Dr. Wangari Muta Maathai of Kenya receiving the prize for 'her contribution to sustainable development, democracy and peace.'  She's an environmental and political activist [Liberal] best known for organizing the planting of 30 million plus trees.

In 2003, the committee went to Iran for Sirin Ebadi or her 'significant and pioneering efforts for democracy and human rights, especially women's and children's rights.  Her claim to fame is apparently being a lawyer and activist.  I can't find out much about her.  And Iran remains a violently repressive society.

Most of these people are probably good people, but hardly deserving of a $$$ prize for World peace.  A high majority of the World population wouldn't recognize their names or benefit from their efforts.

Now, we arrive back at 2002 and Jimmy Carter.  Carter was our 39th President, and barely managed to raise himself to 39th position on the best President chart.  The Nobel committee claimed the prize was for 'his decades of untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development.'  Actually, I think it was mostly for his outspoken anti-semitism [a UN specialty] and ability to inspire high unemployment, general malaise, and 22% interest rates in the US during his Presidency.  Other than that, he helps build a few houses [photo ops] for the poor and bashes the US in venues outside the country.  His policy of peace is to allow the enemy to walk all over him and our country.  In short, he's been a disgrace since he landed on the national and international scenes.

Finally, in 2001, we have Kofi Annan, the Secretary General of the UN.  I believe he received his prize for his stout anti-Americanism [another UN specialty] and finely-tuned corruption in the UN organization.

Personally, I don't think any of the 21st Century prize recipients do or did much for peace.  They were thoroughly Liberal, though.

Returning to the Goracle and his 2007 prize, Patrick Ruffini and others wonder what climate change paranoia and junk science has to do with peace.  One would better side with the opinion of a British judge who wisely ruled that Gore's movie was littered with untruths.  He specifically identified nine major ones, and "some of the claims were wrong and had arisen in 'the context of alarmism and exaggeration.'” Most intelligent Americans could come up with many other errors and misrepresentations.  Global Warming is a god and the Goracle is his prophet.  God [the real one] help us all!

See you again shortly.

Here we are in the Century of technology.  We're all living lives of comfort and satisfaction; lives of safety and happiness.  The Liberals of the World have made it safe for all of us, so long as we wear burqas, have homemade circumcisions, and pray to the East five times a day.

Liberals fix the Earth!  Our income will lightly taxed---excuse me, lightly left after tax, and our dozen soldiers will be brightly outfitted and fiercely trained.

Horrors to all this!  We have to join together to prevent the 'Liberalization' of our society.  Be afraid, be very afraid.

These words are not meant to trash Islam, per se, or immigration, per se, but to acknowledge the perversion of these two concepts in the 21st Century.  We live in reality, so we must acknowledge and deal with it.

From Jennifer Korducki of ABC15.com - Two illegal immigrants were indicted for armed robbery, theft, and aggravated assault.  One, of course, blamed the crime on Arizona's new employer sanctions law.  He needed the money after being laid off.  The devil made him do it.  Suggested Action: deport his butt.

From Atlas Shrugs -   Cliffside Park, NJ schools closed for a Muslim holiday [October 11] this year.  The school district is the first in Bergen County to observe the Muslim holiday marking the end of Ramadan, the month of fasting.

But, still no mention of Christmas or Channukah in the classroom, eh?

From Fox News, we hear that "A dentist [Woodland CA] accused of fondling the breasts of 27 female patients is trying to keep his dental license by arguing that chest massages are an appropriate procedure in certain cases. Mark Anderson's lawyer says dental journals discuss the need to massage the pectoral muscles to treat a common jaw problem.  Police say Anderson said during recorded phone calls that he routinely massaged patients' chests to treat temporo-mandibular joint disorder, or TMJ, which causes neck and head pain."

Now that's an explanation to cherish.  I'm sure the women understood perfectly.

From Atlas Shrugs - Stefanie Coyote, Executive Director of the San Francisco Film Commission refused permission to the United States Marines to film a recruiting spot on California Street, or on the pedestrian walkway on the Golden Gate Bridge.  A quote of Stefanie says: "Not on my bridge are you going to put your Marines."

Apparently, Stefanie owns the bridge and city streets and lets the public use it out of the goodness of her heart. And keep in mind that, if another Dirty Harry film is scheduled for SF, she'll welcome it with open arms.  "I just love Mr. Westplant! or SouthTwig! or whatever the heck his name is."  "Film your commercials on empty streets and you won't get recruits.  So there!"

From Michael Medved - California's new 'civil unions' law permits convicts---who had gay partners before incarceration---to have 'conjugal visits', the same as marrieds.  Besides the fact that the state is condoning perversion, what ever happened to the concept of punishment for crimes against your fellow citizens?

From the Catholic World News - Bolivia's President Evo Morales wants to replace the feast of Corpus Christi [Body of Christ; a Bolivian national holiday] with a day dedicated to the Sun god.  The socialist President is a sun-worshipper.  [I wonder if he'll require nude romps on the sun-baked beaches for the new holiday?]

Atlas Shrugs again - University of Michigan-Dearborn is scheduled to spend tuition receipts of $25,000 for Muslim foot-washing stations at the school.  And you thought a quiet invasion was impossible.

Dr Sanity says - "This is a world where there is no objective reality or truth; a world where, if you believe something is true, then it is. In other words, it is a world where something can be considered "fake but accurate"; where a "religion of peace" beheads people regularly and is so terrified of women's sexuality they must "liberate" them by forcing them to wear sacks over their bodies. It is a world where this religion, with a straight face, promotes blowing one's self up in a crowd as a devout religious act; and where 21st century men dance around a man in a coma, celebrating his "out of body" experience."  'Nuff said.

Tampa Florida - Two women dressed complete with abayas and burqas robbed a bank.  A great disguise since the PC Liberals would never ask a Muslim woman to uncover her head.  I can just see the line-up now.  "Number three, don't close your eyes.  We need to see your eyeballs."  By the way, the local paper made no mention of the disguises.  [Didn't want to confuse the issue, I guess.  Or maybe the editor couldn't spell burqa or abaya]  This type of thing also occurred in the Poconos, Canada, and several other places---little of which was reported by the accurate and open main-stream media.

From somewhere else - "A Christian in Pakistan is under a death sentence for for insulting Islam."  And "There were deadly Muslim riots in Denmark because of some anti-Islam cartoons."

Remember the recent plot to explode a bomb at JFK airport?  It was traced to Muslim terrorists, but the NY Times, in its infinite wisdom, buried the story on page 37---and then had the gall to defend the placement!

How many Islamic women have had their throats slit by [un-punished] Muslim males because they didn't cover themselves properly?

Per Insight Magazine -  “Our initial investigation has concluded there are between 400 to 500 radical Islamic centers in the U.S.,” said David Gaubatz, the director of counterintelligence and counterterrorism for the Society of Americans for National Existence. “In those places, they preach an extreme version of Islam that says America and the West is the enemy. They espouse violence, hatred and the need for terrorism.”

Thanks to Claus Christian Malzahn -  Almost half of Germans think the US is more dangerous to World Peace than Iran.  This from the people of the Kaiser, Hitler, Auschwitz and the rest of the Third Reich.

WND Reports - Kansas City International Airport built foot-washing benches to appease the growing number of Muslim taxi drivers who wanted them for daily Muslim prayers.  Isn't it bad enough we have them driving our taxis?

The al-Muhajiiroun network marches on - A member repeats the group's mantra: 'we do not seek to coexist with other religions in America, we seek to dominate them.  And the Muslims march on.  MIT linguistics professor, Noam Chomsky, praises Hamas and denounces America on Hezbollah Television---they can't feed and clothe their people, but they can broadcast Muslim nonsense.  Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone, invited the suicide-attack supporter, Sheikh Yosef al-Quaradawi to visit his city.  Columbia University invitee, Iranian President Ahmadinejad wants a World without America, or so he says at a Teheran Peace Conference attended by American Mennonites, Quakers, Episcopalians, Methodists, et al.

In Tennessee, the Muslim contract employees of Dell Inc. reached a settlement with the company.  After a month or so of striking, they will be reinstated with back pay and granted religious accommodation.  And, of course, managers will receive sensitivity training.

Again from Pamela at Atlas Shrugs - The Saudis can continue to cover-up their support for al-Qaeda and Hamas, thanks to Saudi billionaire Khalid bin Mahfouz and Cambridge University Press.  After forceful requests of the billionaire, the publisher pulped surviving copies of 'Alms of Jihad: Charity and Terrorism in the Islamic World.  An apology was issued to the gentle giant from Saudi Arabia, and the Press paid his legal expenses and damages.  Furthermore, the Press asked Librarians around the World to pull the book from their shelves.  'Holy Cowardness, Batman!'

From Pamela again - An ACLUless public school in San Diego set aside a quarter of an hour of classroom instruction for Muslim students' prayers---while other students stare at the ceiling.  the school cafeteria has banned pork and other non-Islamic foods.  Arabic was added to the curriculum, and the classes were segregated by sex.

Luckily, a public outcry required the rollback of some of these things.  The school gave the Muslims a separate lunch period for their prayers.  Do the teachers have to carry scimitars?

But, sooner or later, public outcry will come too late to stem the tide of assininity.

See you again shortly.

From time to time---actually regularly---we hear the Liberals spouting about right-wing propaganda and whining about how damaging it is to America.  From the Liberal Answers.com, we get the Liberal definition of ideas and comments contrary to their own:  Propaganda - "information which is false or twisted."  They and it are definitely off the path of truth.

The situation is, propaganda---as the Liberals define it [see above]---comes strictly from the Left.  In their own definition, they are culpable at promoting lies and twisted truths to their own ends.  They and no one else.

Conservatives, on the other hand, view Propaganda in themselves in the classical sense where it is neutral in presentation and effect.  It's an attempt at persuasion of the emotions and intellect to the speaker's point of view.  Nothing wrong with that, is there?  I'm sure Rush and the other radio hosts would agree.  Conservatives are interested in truth and the free exchange of ideas.

The American History Dictionary defines Propaganda as:  "The systematic propagation of a doctrine or cause or of information reflecting the views and interests of those advocating such a doctrine or cause."  Score one for the Conservatives.

From Barron's Marketing Dictionary:  Propaganda - "Message conveyed in order to support and spread a particular opinion or point of view, engaging both the intellect and the emotions of the audience."  Score two for the Conservatives.

Finally, from the Military History Companion [Oxford University Press] we have:  Propaganda is a word derived from the Vatican's establishment of the Sacre Congregatio de Propaganda Fide in 1622. It is a process of persuasion designed to induce ideas, opinions, or actions beneficial to the source. As a process, it is value-neutral although the word has acquired pejorative meaning. Analysis of propaganda would more profitably benefit by examination of intentions."  Score three for the Conservatives.  The Liberals tried a slide but they missed the plate.  "Yer out!"

Whether or not Rush Limbaugh is a source of propaganda remains to be seen.  He may irritate some people---usually Liberals---but he doesn't lie.  Any mistakes made or erroneous data presented are not lies, and I think everyone knows it.  So, Liberal people and trolls, get off the 'Bash Rush' bandwagon and try disseminating what few---if any---truths there might be in the Liberal philosophy or intentions.  Anything positive to say about yourselves?

By the way, per the American Heritage Dictionary: lie - NOUN:    1. A false statement deliberately presented as being true; a falsehood. 2. Something meant to deceive or give a wrong impression.

Liberals constantly distort the meaning of a lie to include: 'any mistake or contrary opinion uttered by a Conservative at any time.'  

So, if you're really interested in hearing a lie, speak to a Liberal---politician, activist, man [or woman] on the street: 'Bush lied; Conservatives are racist; protecting our borders is racist; Democrats are good for the economy---ouch! It hurts just to type that, never mind that it for sure isn't true.

One of the things that keeps America strong and alert is talk radio, whether it be about politics, music, or sports.  Speech and exchange of ideas is vital to life, and the Liberal attempts at the official 'fairness' doctrine [or giving the Liberals an equal, unappreciated and unpopular voice for their inane ideas] are directly opposed to sanity. If a particular broadcast can't draw an audience [such as Air America], then there's something wrong with the message, the hosts, or both.  No big surprise there.  Conservative hosts reach ready and willing ears [long bombarded by the slanted, oftimes vicious and erroneous Liberal media] interested in truth and viable ways of creating change and better living conditions---whether on the local or national scene.

Liberals only want Panda-moan-ium, don't they?

The Liberals, gays, and gay activists are out in force most days as comment posters.  And, by the way, 'gay' used to be a fine adjective for use in polite society, and I have always disliked the homosexuals' absconding with this word to describe themselves.  I don't care who started it, you had no business taking a perfectly good, general adjective out of the mainstream.

Doug Stiles is his recent essay about Larry Craig and Homosexuality was somewhat tongue-in-cheek.  It's the Liberals and homosexuals who always seem to find something wrong with a Conservative's writings.  They look for buzz words to jump on---never mind their context in the essay---and go off on a tangent of claims of homophobia, redneckism, and anything else in the daily Liberal marching orders.  Honestly, don't you people ever read an essay and understand what the author is saying without your blinders and filters on?  You read things in an essay that an literary archeologist couldn't dig out of it.

Speaking for most Conservatives, I don't hate homosexuals.  But I do hate their lifestyle and acts.  In my belief, such a life is a perversion on the meanings of sex and reproduction.  God and Nature intended no such activities among same-sex individuals.  It's disgusting to me and billions of others.  And Heaven [especially the one with 72 virgins] is not awaiting you unless you change your ways to something more normal---as most men and women define it.  And yes, if approached by a homosexual in a public bathroom, I'd like to think I could drum up enough courage t