This One's Gonna Hurt You, Me, Everyone

You thought gas prices were high? Wait till the war on coal hits your electric bill.

Obama's war on coal hits your electric bill

These are the first real, market prices that take Obama's most recent anti-coal regulations into account, and they prove that he is keeping his 2008 campaign promise to make electricity prices "necessarily skyrocket."

The market-clearing price for new 2015 capacity – almost all natural gas – was $136 per megawatt. That's eight times higher than the price for 2012, which was just $16 per megawatt. In the mid-Atlantic area covering New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania, and DC the new price is $167 per megawatt. For the northern Ohio territory served by FirstEnergy, the price is a shocking $357 per megawatt.

Why the massive price increases? Andy Ott from PJM stated the obvious: "Capacity prices were higher than last year's because of retirements of existing coal-fired generation resulting largely from environmental regulations which go into effect in 2015." Northern Ohio is suffering from more forced coal-plant retirements than the rest of the region, hence the even higher price.

These are not computer models or projections or estimates. These are the actual prices that electric distributors have agreed to pay for new capacity. The costs will be passed on to consumers at the retail level.

Notice how this won't really kick in until after Obama thinks he is re-elected. The most important thing you can do this year is vote Obama out of a job.

The only thing that can stop this massive price hike now is an all-out effort to end Obama’s War on Coal and repeal this destructive regulatory agenda.

We're All Equal

I'm not!

The Intolerance of Liberalism

You know, when you get right down to it, maybe one of the best ways to explain liberalism to the uninitiated is to simply say that it is intolerant. It's a philosophy of "no." It's a philosophy of domination and "no," and it's not at all what people think it is.

It's not open-mindedness. It's not tolerance. It's not good intentions. It's not sweetness and light and love and all that. It's a philosophy of "no." It is intolerant. Socialism, fascism, communism, all forms of liberalism dictate behavior. You must conform. Individuals? Private businesses? You must conform to what they say. And if you don't they'll pass laws and regulations that force you to. And in order to have uniformity, there must be an enforcement mechanism, because people are not the same.

The People's Monster

Dennis Prager: Rational people fear big gov't, not big business

Whatever bad big corporations have done is dwarfed by the monstrous crimes – the mass enslavement of people, the deprivation of the most basic human rights, not to mention the mass murder and torture and genocide – committed by big governments.

How can anyone who thinks rationally believe that big corporations rather than big governments pose the greatest threat to humanity? The answer is that it takes a mind distorted by leftist dogma. If there is another explanation, I do not know what it is.

As for greed: Between hunger for money and hunger for power, the latter is incomparably more frightening. It is noteworthy that none of the 20th century’s monsters – Lenin, Hitler, Stalin, Mao – were preoccupied with material gain. They loved power much more than money.

And that is why the left is much more frightening than the right. It craves power.

Government has guns, bombs, police, military - who is to stop an over-sized corrupt government from doing anything it wants? The most a corporation can do is bribe the corrupt big-government politician who wields the power - unless we deny them that power while we still can. And you want an all-powerful world government? So if the government goes all Hitler on us there will be no one to save the day? Maybe we'll be saved by extraterrestrials, yeah, that's the ticket.

The State of Government Schooling

NC Teacher Screams at Student: It's Criminal to Criticize Obama

The school district classified the exchange – which is obviously just another case of a pro-Obama teacher shoveling her views down students' throats – a "learning experience." It isn't. It's political intimidation, and it's just another example of how the American public school system has become an indoctrination tool for the left. This teacher should be suspended or fired forthwith, if only for incompetence.

You can listen to the whole exchange below.



That's not "learning experience," that's a train wreck. Listen to the lack of respect on the part of the teacher and on the part of the students. And the language that is tolerated. No one is learning in that environment.

The Unteachables: A Generation that Cannot Learn

The greatest tragedy of progressive education is not the students' lack of skills, but of teachable character.

Food Nazis

They're going to peoples homes trying to confiscate raw milk in California.

The report said Los Angeles County health department officials have unleashed door-to-door raw milk confiscation teams to threaten and intimidate raw dairy customers into surrendering raw milk products they legally purchased and own.

They don't care this much about illegal drugs. Where are all the people dying from raw milk ingestion?

Back into Bondage Again

A selection from the chapter on Liberty in The Lonely God by Ronald L. Dart

But now you have turned around and profaned my name; each of you has taken back the male and female slaves you had set free to go where they wished. You have forced them to become your slaves again. Therefore, this is what the LORD says: You have not obeyed me; you have not proclaimed freedom for your fellow countrymen. So I now proclaim 'freedom' for you, declares the LORD - 'freedom' to fall by the sword, plague and famine. I will make you abhorrent to all the kingdoms of the earth. Jeremiah 34: 16-17

These were not slaves of a conquered country, by the way. They were supposed to be contractual servants of their own people. But the contract had been broken.

What Jeremiah is telling them is this. Since they were not willing to accept the liberty defined by the law, they would be granted complete freedom. They would be free from God's blessings and protection, free to suffer whatever evil the world had in store for them.

And this is the reason we have so many terrible things in our lives. It is because we have made choices that have brought them our way. We have made choices that have taken us out of the road that God wanted us to walk. We have made choices that have brought bad things upon us, our own sins have opened the door for these things to come upon us.

We have exercised our freedom, and God has granted to us a liberty, a liberty to pain, destruction and loss that sin brings with it.

Freedom is a heavy burden to be borne. It is sad to say that some people, freed from servitude, want to go back. Just as Israel, freed from the slavery of Egypt wanted to go back, some men who have been freed from jail want to return. Men have actually committed crimes in order to get back into prison where they were fed and clothed, where they knew the routine and how to live. They have become so institutionalized that they can't live well outside. And so they go out and do the same things that they did before, and back they go.

There are some on the outside who are of the same mind. They want to be taken care of, they want to lay their freedom down, they want to be slaves. They want to be servants because then, someone else can take care of them.

Freedom, after all, is a terrible burden. I know it must be, because we complain about it so much. We have a litany of complaints about freedom. We ask, "Why does God allow war?" That's a complaint about our freedom. "Why does he allow innocent children to suffer?" That is also a complaint about our freedom. "Why did God allow the Holocaust?" Well that's a complaint against the freedom of both Nazis and Jews.

We have the freedom to do good. We have the freedom to hurt. We have the freedom to harm, and if we have it, so do others. If others have that freedom we have the freedom to suffer from what they do. Freedom is a terrible word. It's a frightening word, a dangerous word. And when you understand it, it is the freedom of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Remember that the way the Bible uses the word "knowledge" in Genesis refers to the experiencing of good and evil.

Adam and Eve made the choice of experiencing good and evil, and we have been living with that choice ever since. Man was told what to do and left free not to do it. He was told what not to do and left free to do it anyway. That's what freedom is. But we want selective freedom, we want to be free to do what we want to do, but not free enough to experience the consequences of what we have done.

The irony of it all is that as we exercise our freedom to choose, what we choose leads us back into bondage again and again and again. And this is why in His original law, God made provision for freeing people. For some people, it required freeing them again and again. In a lifetime, some people could have managed to be slaves and free every seven years. In the same way, some people today are in and out of prison time after time. In every generation, there are people who just can't seem to keep their life together. It may not lead to prison, but each, in his own way, goes back into bondage again.

Burglaries in the House of Theives

House Burglaries Baffle Staff, Police

Puzzling break-ins over the last month at the offices of at least three House members and several committees have U.S. Capitol Police gumshoes working to find a pattern and the culprits, with missing items ranging from cash and expensive computer equipment to autographed baseballs and alcohol.

In at least four of the cases, thieves broke into the offices at night when doors were locked, leading some staffers to believe they were victims of an inside job.

Inside job, eh? What a shock.

The Law of God is Glorious, but...

A couple of meaningful quotes from Law & Covenant by Ronald L. Dart.

The Law of God is glorious, but the law is not God. God is gracious. The law does not have that capacity. Without grace, the law can become a tyrant. With grace, it can become a way of life. God is not like a computer. God is personal, and kind, and merciful, and forgiving.

And, by the way, this is another reason why Statism/Communism/Fascism/Marxism, et al, can never work. There is no grace in government and there never can be.

I have often heard it said that no one can keep the law perfectly. The statement is entirely true, and completely irrelevant. The law is not given to define perfection. It is given as a guide to life. The purpose of the law is stated quite simply by the psalmist: "Your word is a lamp to my feet And a light to my path" (Psalm 119:105). It is there so we won't fall down and hurt ourselves.

Will Smith Says Something Nice About America

I wonder if he realizes that? Will Smith is talking taxes in France, he was saying that he had no problem paying taxes until he heard that his tax rate in France would be 75 percent.



To me though, the money quote is this one:

"I am a black man who didn't go to college, yet I get to travel around the world and sell my movies and I feel very firmly that America is the only place on Earth that I could exist..."

--Will Smith

America has been the best country in the world for the most people - EVER. I wish more people would say it publicly because it is the truth. There are generations of Americans who DON'T KNOW THIS because they have been taught otherwise by people who don't have the children's or America's best interests at heart. Somehow it has become 'uncool' to love America, to the detriment of the whole world.

Walking in Darkness

He talks about the ground baby pills from China but hits a lot of other very important topics. It's not exactly 'Sunshine TV' but if we keep ignoring the growing evil in the world we will be overcome by it. Maybe we can't do anything directly about the rest of the world but we can do something right here in America. If not, what you're trying to ignore will come kicking in your door.

I've often wondered what it was like for those living in ancient Israel when God sent them a prophet, someone to warn them that they needed to turn back from the road they were traveling, to stop breaking the commandments and do the right thing. That prophet was always the least popular guy around, always, and that's putting it mildly. I'm not saying Glenn Beck is a prophet, certainly not in the sense that God speaks to him and tells him what to say and do, but in another sense he is pointing out that we are on the wrong track, that we need to turn back to God, that we are heading for trouble that we can't even imagine. And he's right. I think I know what it's like to live among people like ancient Israel now. God help us.

Incongruent

Pro-Choice White House Requires Registration of Unborn Children for Tours

The White House Visitors Office requires that an unborn child—still residing in utero—must be counted as a full human being when its parents register for a White House tour,

So, it's a full human to take the tour but just a mass of cells when you want to abort kill it? Did I get that right? Whatever is convenient to the situation.

Law and Covenant

Been rereading a great book. I forgot how good it really is.

Is the law of God beyond our reach? No, not in any of its parts. We don't have to steal, but we do. We don't have to lie, but we do. So what is it about sin that is so bad? The problem with sin is that it is a relationship killer. It alienates. Take adultery as a classic example. An indiscretion like adultery is like taking an axe to a tree and cutting great chunks out of it. Even if the adultery is undiscovered, the relationship is damaged, sometimes beyond repair. And it isn't only the relationship with the mate that is damaged. The relationship with God is damaged as well.

Sin involves alienation from God. There is no better illustration of this than the story of Adam and Eve. The happy pair were placed in Paradise, and given very simple instructions: You can eat of all the trees in this garden except one. Leave it strictly alone. How hard could this have been? All they had to do was believe God. Think about it. God said that if you eat of this tree, you will die. If they had really believed that, would they have eaten of it? Would you? What they did was a breach of trust. What is your reaction when someone won't believe you, won't trust you? Doesn't it damage the relationship? Or at least reveal that the relationship is in trouble?

I went on for years accepting a simple equation from the Garden of Eden. God gave Adam one commandment. Don't eat of that tree. Adam broke the commandment and God expelled the first couple from the garden. Then one day I was studying the Book of Hosea and found that God, through the prophet, condemned the men of that generation and saying this of them: "Like Adam, they have broken the covenant - they were unfaithful to me there" (Hosea 6:7 NIV)

A covenant is not mentioned in the creation story, but it is implied. God gave Adam a commandment and presumably Adam agreed. Then, he broke covenant with God. This seems to be a much more serious matter than for a person to sin when not in covenant with God.

So Adam and Eve ate of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. And they died. But here is what is interesting about this story. God did not kill them. He simply separated himself from them - and incidentally, cut them off from the Tree of Life. What this says to me is that the result of this sin was not punishment from God, but the consequence of being alienated from God.

This is underlined by what happened when Cain killed his brother Abel. God did not kill him either. He exiled him. And Cain, and all the rest of the children of Adam and Eve, died. They died because they were away from God - the source of all life. This is what the "fall of man" is all about. The result was, I think, not so much a change in human nature, but a change in man's environment and a loss of man's relationship with God. If you read the Genesis story with that in mind, it is clear enough right there. There is not a word about a change in the nature of man, but much about the change in man's environment - particularly his alienation from the source of life.

--Ronald L. Dart, Law & Covenant

How's That 'Reset' Working Out For Ya

Russia Threatens Pre-Emptive Strike on Missile Sites

Russia’s top military officer has threatened to carry out a pre-emptive strike on U.S.-led NATO missile defense facilities in Eastern Europe if Washington goes ahead with its controversial plan to build a missile shield.

I thought Obama wanted to scrap the missile shield, I guess he's just not moving fast enough for Russia. Russia is worried Obama won't have a second term.

Too Much of a Cute Thing

Is there anything that hasn't had the Hello Kitty makeover? Really?

If you want a real dose of cute cat, book a flight with Taiwan airline EVA Air.

The carrier has recently launched three Hello Kitty-themed aircraft, on which everything from the fuselage to the flight attendants to the food is kitted out in the kawaii cat brand's images.

Passengers have been purring with delight,

Hey, How About a Cat on a Pole with a Doritos Bag on Its Head

Farrakhan Knows Something

Farrakhan Unleashed: Obama Will Be Assassinated by ‘Hardcore Racists, Tea Party Zealots’ in His Second Term (PLUS: They Have Already Found the Muslim to Do It!)

He's preparing his followers, telling them what to believe.

The Nation of Islam leader got more specific with exactly who would be killing the President, calling out the Tea Party and Republicans specifically.

"If our brother wins, and I believe he will, the anger of those hardcore racists, the Tea Party zealots and the Republicans who want to make him a one-term president will be such that perhaps a patsy or two is already being prepared as in the case of John Wilkes Booth, Lee Harvey Oswald, Sirhan Sirhan, James Earl Ray."

The Minister finishes by declaring the assassination conspiracy will involve a Muslim patsy that has already been chosen.

"I believe they want a Muslim to kill President Obama. And I believe they may already have somebody in mind that they working on."

It may be that Obama is just disposable tool to bring about the revolution they so desperately want. His assassination (and subsequent blaming of Tea Partiers and Republicans - white people) would divide this country like it hasn't seen since the civil war. Just look at what happened in the Martin/Zimmerman case. Can you imagine Obama assassinated and Republicans accused? I don't want to see that. The left is playing with gasoline and matches - in the house. Farrakhan has a flame thrower.

For the record, the Tea Party/Republicans want to bring the country together, not divide it. We want peace and prosperity for ALL. We want peaceful change of leadership and we wish all American citizens really understood and lived the real American way, working toward the lofty vision our Constitution pointed to. Yes, we're frustrated, but we're not hateful.

I Think You're Mistaken

New Obama slogan has long ties to Marxism, socialism

No, not about that. Ties to Marxism and socialism have been rife throughout Obama's campaign and presidency. This is where I think the author is wrong:

The Obama campaign apparently didn't look backwards into history when selecting its new campaign slogan, "Forward" — a word with a long and rich association with European Marxism.

They know exactly the history of the symbols and words they use and they use them proudly. You may make an innocent mistake once in a while, but not every time. This is a theme with Obama, it's his thing, it's what he is. His actions match the history.

Cutting Through the Subsidy Lies

A good explanation of how subsidies work. Oil company subsidies kick in after they produce the product, as tax write-offs of cost of production. The product is then taxed by the government, producing massive revenue for the government (the people). Green energy subsidies are given directly from taxpayer coffers to companies up front, before anything has been produced, regardless of anything being produced, and is squandered and wasted, leaving a bankrupt company and no jobs. So, which is better?

If you need a bigger picture this guy does a good job of explaining it, just mind the language.

Solyndra Was Not The Only Failure

SunPower, after receiving $1.5 billion from DOE, is reorganizing, cutting jobs.

First Solar, after receiving $1.46 billion from DOE, is reorganizing, cutting jobs.

Solyndra, after receiving $535 million from DOE, filed for bankruptcy protection.

Ener1, after receiving $118.5 million from DOE, filed for bankruptcy protection.

Evergreen Solar, after receiving millions of dollars from the state of Massachusetts, filed for bankruptcy protection.

SpectraWatt, backed by Intel and Goldman Sachs, filed for bankruptcy protection.

Beacon Power, after receiving $43 million from DOE, filed for bankruptcy protection.

Abound Solar, after receiving $400 million from DOE, filed for bankruptcy protection.

Amonix, after receiving $5.9 million from DOE, filed for bankruptcy protection.

Babcock & Brown (an Australian company), after receiving $178 million from DOE, filed for bankruptcy protection.

A123 Systems, after receiving $279 million from DOE, shipped some bad batteries and is barely operating. It cut jobs.

Solar Trust for America, after receiving $2.1 billion loan guarantee from DOE, filed for bankruptcy protection.

Nevada Geothermal, after receiving $98.5 million from DOE, warns of potential defaults in new SEC filings.

And that's a partial list. Can Obama and the DOE pick 'em, or what? And, all those bankruptcies have an effect on green jobs that Obama promised.

See #1 in my previous post.

1. Greatly expanded government spending for every conceivable means of getting rid of ever larger sums of American money as wastefully as possible.

And, of course, as long as you're doing that, might as well make sure that money benefits your friends and supporters.

Real Life

Just a man rambling about the whys and wherefores of our energy policies. Mild language alert.

How'd They Do?

A part of that plan, of course, is to induce the gradual surrender of American sovereignty piece by piece and step by step to various international organizations of which the United Nations is the outstanding but far from the only example. Here are the aims for the United States:
1. Greatly expanded government spending for every conceivable means of getting rid of ever larger sums of American money as wastefully as possible.
2. Higher, and then much higher taxes.
3. An increasingly unbalanced budget despite the higher taxes.
4. Wild inflation of our currency.
5.Government control of prices, wages and materials supposedly to combat inflation.
6. Greatly increase socialistic controls over every operation of our economy and every activity of our daily lives. This is to be accompanied, naturally and automatically, by a correspondingly huge increase in the size of our bureaucracy and in both the cost and reach of our domestic government.
7. Far more centralization of power on Washington and the practical elimination of our state lines. There is a many faceted drive at work to have our state lines eventually mean no more within the nation than our county lines do now within the states.
8.A steady advance of federal aid to and control over our educational system leading to complete federalization of our public education.
9. A constant hammering into the American consciousness of the horror of modern warfare, the (unintelligible) is of the absolute necessity of peace always, on communist terms of course.
10. The consequent willingness of the American to allow the steps of appeasement by our government to mount to a piecemeal surrender of the rest of the free world and of the United States itself.

Hat tip: The Smallest Minority

Government OUT OF CONTROL

Is this how Obama uses his big stick, on law-abiding citizens he doesn't like?


Is this the philosophy Obama governs by?

"I was in a meeting once and I gave an analogy to my staff about my philosophy of enforcement, and I think it was probably a little crude and maybe not appropriate for the meeting, but I'll go ahead and tell you what I said: It was kind of like how the Romans used to, you know, conquer villages in the Mediterranean. They'd go in to a little Turkish town somewhere, they'd find the first five guys they saw and they'd crucify them. Then, you know, that town was really easy to manage for the next few years."

This is not how America operates, this is how Nazi Germany, Stalin's Russia, Mao's China operates. Richard Nixon is a saint compared to what Obama's administration is doing. And mainstream media and half the country seems to have no problem with it at all.

The Train Set

Perfect title, he's exactly right. "The love of theory is the root of all evil."

Should Have Thrown More Money at Her

Swiss Woman Dies After Giving Up Food, Water and Trying to Live Off... Sunlight

Swiss newspaper Tages-Anzeiger reports that a woman starved to death after embarking on a spiritual diet that required her to stop eating or drinking and live off sunlight alone.

Is that the perfect analogy for the green insanity our government is subsidizing or what?

That's the Point, Isn't It

Rural kids, parents angry about Labor Dept. rule banning farm chores

"Losing that work-ethic — it's so hard to pick this up later in life,"

"If I Want America To Fail..." ...I would prohibit production.

This government has done nothing but put obstacles in the path of the productive and work to snuff out the once very American work ethic. And if you have a problem with that they say you are an extremist.

Abuses?

House Democrats launch probe of alleged bribery at Wal-Mart

A pair of top House Democrats disclosed Monday they are investigating allegations that Wal-Mart's Mexican subsidiary paid bribes to speed permits for new-store openings.

This is Mexico. That's how business is done in Mexico. The country and government are corrupt. That's why, personally, I have no interest in ever going to Mexico. But I find it odd that, if I were in Mexico and I had to slip someone a few bucks in order to get something done, the U.S. government might have something to say about it. Besides that, our government is rapidly heading in the same direction.

Doesn't Work That Way

Man Busted Stealing Gas From Cops After Posting Picture of Himself Giving Middle Finger

"I got a little bit of gas. I ain't gonna lie but not much. I couldn't get much. I tried but there wasn’t much in it,"

I'm not surprised he didn't get much because I don't think you can even siphon gas out of cars anymore, they have a block in the tube that prevents a hose from reaching the tank. I had to change the fuel pump on a 1994 car and it was impossible to siphon the gas out that way. I learned that car manufacturers have added that block. That's why gas thieves drill a hole in the bottom of the gas tank to steal gas now.

The station plans on getting lockable gas caps now.

More government waste.

Why Indeed?

Obama lawyer: Birth certificate irrelevant to eligbility

The White House appears to be acting as if the Obama birth certificate is of no consequence in establishing the fact of Obama's birth," Zullo continued.

"Instead of producing the birth certificate to the New Jersey secretary of state and arguing to Judge Masin that the document was legitimate, Obama’s legal counsel did everything she could to keep the document from coming into evidence. Why?"

If he has a birth certificate that proves he was born in Hawaii, why is there so much cover up and misdirection? Not to mention the amount of money that has been spent fighting these legal battles over what they say is nothing.

Walter E. Williams Explains Profit

Am I Missing Something?

Welfare Fraud: Lottery Winner Caught Collecting Food Stamps Now Facing Four Years in Jail

A little more than a month after it was revealed that lottery-winner Amanda Clayton was still collecting government benefits via food stamps, she has been arrested and is facing up to four years in jail for fraud.

OK, that makes sense. It's illegal to commit welfare fraud. Then there is this paragraph:

Republican lawmakers are now taking steps to pass a bill that makes it illegal for lottery winners to collect food stamps. The bills, one for the house and one for the senate, stipulate that winners of more than $1,000 must have their names cross-checked with the Department of Human Services before receiving government assistance.

Why? It's already illegal, why do we need another law to make it illegal?

It reminds me of hate-crime laws. Murder is already illegal, murdering someone because you hate them is even more illegal? It depends why you hate them though. And who is doing the hating. All hate is not equal.

Education Indoctrination

Or, teaching kids to concentrate on the finger. Or the iPod.

It is like a finger pointing away to the moon. Don't concentrate on the finger or you will miss all that heavenly glory.

--Bruce Lee

Loose Nut

Farrakhan warning: people tomorrow — maybe in a few days — are going to kill their leaders who have been selling them out.

"You want to be leaders, right? You sure, you sure? You better check yourself," he said. "Because leadership is nothing to play with, because people tomorrow — maybe in a few days — are going to kill their leaders who have been selling them out. That's why we're in the shape we’re in right now because we had corrupt people or people who started out good and got corrupted."

I don't pretend to know what this guy is talking about but it makes me wonder if he means Obama, Sharpton, and/or Jesse Jackson - he seems to be talking about black leaders. Or maybe he's just running his mouth. He has spoken of an Obama assassination before. He has made it known of his displeasure with Obama, calling him the "first Jewish President."

Time will tell.

Glenn Beck NRA Speech

I wish every American would listen to this speech, especially when he gets into the meat of it talking about George Washington and the spring of nations. You can find the full speech here, the last video at the bottom.

If you don't know your history you will misunderstand what's happening in the present.

Something is Different

I occasionally have reason to call the police while at work to remove someone who is causing a disturbance. It doesn't happen often but it is routine, or at least it has been. For years they come, ask who and where, and ask them to leave or trespass them. I have the right and I don't abuse it, if it gets to that point they have been warned and they know what is coming.

This past year I've noticed the police don't want to do it. Not a particular officer, I could understand that, but anyone who comes out. Earlier this year they came and said they had to warn them first - I already had warned them. And I'm not talking about an iffy situation. In this situation over a hundred, mostly underage, kids partying in a suite meant for 6 people. They brought their own sound system, I could hear it on the other side of the property. Smoking, drinking and all the rowdiness that goes with it at 1, 2, 3 am. I'm getting calls like crazy from other guest wanting money back or just otherwise rudely telling me to stop it.

OK, so they warn them and leave. They don't stop. I call the police back and they do come out and kick them out - thank you - but they see all the bottles of alcohol - many broken in the room - and tell them all to get in their cars and leave. Now the kids are all over the property hiding from the police, afraid to get in their cars. But the police didn't care anyway.

Tonight I had the same problem on a smaller scale, about 25 people. So the police come to me and say they need to see a signed contract stating our policy. "Seriously?" I show them the "contract." I meet them at the room, they are already inside, people are leaving, beeping horns and otherwise disturbing the peace further. I look inside and there is a hookah all set up and the kids are dismantling it. The police officer is apologizing to them and asking them how much they paid for the hookah (I know it was a hookah because that's what it said on the box), the place is trashed, beer bottles everywhere. So, everyone gets in their cars and leave. I was as nice as can be to the police, always am, but they pretty much gave me the cold shoulder, like I was the problem for getting them to remove a bunch of partiers disturbing my other guests. I would have liked to trespass them all but I know how much paperwork and time that would entail so I don't even go there.

There have been other occasions but not so outrageous. I don't feel like the police are my friend anymore. I don't feel like they have my back. If they absolutely have to help then, well OK, they'll do the least amount possible. This is only in the past year. Things have changed.

Does Not Compute

Wind farms 'not major bird mincers'

Many bird species are unaffected by wind farms, concludes a study carried out by UK bird charities.

"There's certainly no indication in the species we covered in this study that collision mortality is causing a big problem, but we need to bear in mind that it didn't cover the bigger raptors where we know collisions tend to happen," said Jeremy Wilson, head of science at RSPB Scotland.

Why would you leave the birds where you know collisions tend to happen out of the study and then say you don't see any problem with wind farms? That's like studying drunk driving, leaving out drivers who are actually drunk and saying you don't see a problem with drunk driving.

Irresponsible And Unethical

Harvard Prof. Alan Dershowitz: Zimmerman Arrest Affidavit 'Irresponsible And Unethical'

"Most affidavits of probable cause are very thin. This is so thin that it won't make it past a judge on a second degree murder charge," Dershowitz said. "There's simply nothing in there that would justify second degree murder."

Dershowitz said that the elements that would constitute that crime are non-existent in the affidavit. "It's not only thin, it's irresponsible," said Dershowitz.

Dershowitz went on to strongly criticize Corey's decision to move forward with the case against Zimmerman. "I think what you have here is an elected public official who made a campaign speech last night for reelection when she gave her presentation and overcharged. This case will not – if the evidence is no stronger than what appears in the probable cause affidavit – this case will result in an acquittal."

The affidavit reads like the original one sided innocent kid doing nothing wrong chased and gunned down by raving lunatic news stories that started this whole mess. It's already been pretty well established that that's not how this happened, there's a whole lot of shades of gray in this case. Too bad the government officials are more interested in being politically correct than establishing the truth. By allowing the lies to continue to be told like this they are setting up a very dangerous situation, there have already been a couple of revenge attacks from this case.

Remember When Juror #3 Was the Villain?

Old School

Yes, You Do

"We do not prosecute by public pressure or by petition. We prosecute based on the facts on any given case as well as the laws of the state of Florida," Corey said.

But for the public pressure there would probably be no prosecution in this case. There was no grand jury because you could not guarantee the outcome you wanted. Now you have to worry about what happens if Zimmerman is found innocent. Setting the race dogs loose has put the state in a tight spot.

The State of Journalism

"One stupid reporter with a local publication misquoted the entire thing, and they all jumped on one press account without verifying," said Edson.

And they do it over and over and over again.

If the Facts Don't Fit, Make Stuff Up

Gwen Ifill and PBS Join the Racial Mob With False Reference to Zimmerman as White"

The dispute over the killing of Martin did not spark a national debate about race. It was the mainstream media, of which Ifill is a prominent member, that forced this national debate about race on everyone by desperately--through omissions, edits, and selective half-truths--trying to use the Martin tragedy as a way to advance their political agenda of getting their audience to see America as a nation of systemic racial inequalities and prejudices.

Quote of the Day

Have you noticed that what modest economic improvements we have seen occurred during the much-lamented "gridlock" in Washington? Nor is this unusual. If you check back through history, doing nothing has a far better track record than that of politicians intervening in the economy.

People who believe in evolution in biology often believe in creationism in government. In other words, they believe that the universe and all the creatures in it could have evolved spontaneously, but that the economy is too complicated to operate without being directed by politicians.

--Thomas Sowell

Hatred Helps No One

Unbelievable Audio From the New Black Panthers on Bloody, Anti-Capitalist 'Race War' Against White Devils

"Absolutely, we want the complete removal of capitalism. Why? Because capitalism sets up a class structure and a class society. As I said in the beginning of the "haves" and "have nots," [the] pivotal point is racism, it is racism that keeps them perpetuating a capitalistic motion. So yes, we want capitalism completely eradicated, especially from the minds and hearts and dealings of black people."

How can so many people have so many things so wrong? Capitalism does not set up class structure or class society. No matter what governmental system is employed there are classes of people - some always have more than others. In Communism 1% have everything and 99% have nothing. I guess you can say that's about as fair as can be gotten for the highest percentage of people but then you have to live like North Koreans - any volunteers? I venture to say that even among North Koreans you can find ways to divide people, like between someone who only gets rice to eat and someone who gets rice and a little flavoring. Perhaps some who have done a good job spying for the state get a piece of meat occasionally. Of course, if you are the state you have it made - you can eat whatever and whenever your heart desires. I'm guessing the people of the Black Panthers are assuming they will be the state, not one of the masses. Never assume.

The thing is, only under Capitalism are the classes fluid. You are not stuck where you are and you control what level you live. It might take some work, though, it's not always easy. A penny-less college student struggling to attend class and occupy rallies at 21 could easily be upper middle class by 31 - if the right classes are taken to get a decent degree and effort is put into it. A new (legal) immigrant can work hard and slowly build a business he can be proud of and that more than takes care of the needs of his growing family. It has happened over and over in America. And it's not like the commercials for weight loss pills - "results not typical" - success is typical in America if you work (there's that 4 letter word) the system.

It's all about mindset. We have become increasingly used to getting what we want NOW, but that is not always realistic. Work + Time = Success. And you have to work smart. Digging ditches is a lot of work but if you stay at that level thinking you will own the company one day you are delusional. Of course, you may be satisfied at that level - that's OK! You can rise to the level you are comfortable with, and that may change as circumstances change. You have choices.

Where does all this rage against capitalism come from? It comes from envy, covetousness, greed, and lust. The devil promises a lot but you get less than nothing on delivery. We have been fed and our children are increasingly being fed more and more lies and empty promises. They don't learn how to think at school, they don't learn how to succeed, how to excel. In fact, they learn the exact opposite. Their programming is purposely corrupted by the communist sympathizing educational system to weaken and demoralize them in order to use them against us.

If the New Black Panthers - the black KKK - put as much into bettering themselves as individuals as they do in hating whitey and capitalism they would be doing alright, but for listening to the devil's lies.

I don't know if this makes any sense, just ranting off the top of my head and I'm out of time. It's getting frustrating listening to all the rhetoric lately.

One more thing. Even in Communist countries like the former Soviet Union - I use that example because I know it to be a fact - there was capitalism under the table. There was always a huge black market of goods - clothes, food, gasoline, etc. I knew a girl from Brazil who hated capitalism, but she would come here for vacation. Go figure. But she always said she had little underground businesses going to earn a little something extra - tax free. Capitalism and free enterprise work for EVERYONE. It's the fairest system human beings have come up with and it especially excels when tempered with proper respect and fear of God and His commandments.

Wrong, Wrong, Wrong. A Thousand Times Wrong

Bill Cosby blames 'The Gun'

"Without a gun, I don't see Mr. Zimmerman approaching Trayvon by himself," Mr. Cosby explained. "The power-of-the-gun mentality had him unafraid to confront someone. Even police call for backup in similar situations."

"When you carry a gun, you mean to harm somebody, kill somebody," he said

There is a great deal of responsibility that comes with legal concealed carry of a weapon, it weighs heavily on you. If anything, you are less likely to confront a person, much more likely to let bygones be bygones. This is true for the vast majority of concealed permit holders. Concealed carry permit holders do not WANT to shoot anyone but they understand that there are people out there that do. Bill Cosby is wrong about this.

From a commentary on self-defense from Warrior Talk:

I teach my students that they should seek "distance from disorder" in their lives, and unless something shocks the consciousness of humanity, to mind their own business. Now I will also tell you that there is a vast gulf of difference between a suspicious black kid walking around the neighborhood, and an active shooter killing people in a restaurant. One is none of your personal business and more of a job for the police, the other...if you happen to be there, is in fact your business and your action can save many lives.

The difference between the two extremes is also one of timing. In the former, nothing has happened. In the latter, the bad guy has already opened the game. In one you are not certain of what is really happening, but with the other it is as clear as a slap in the face.

The power-of-the-gun-mentality does exist though - mainly in the minds of gang bangers and other assorted criminals.

Conformity Enforcers

"As you know, if you go to the average American newsroom you can have diversity of race, diversity of gender, diversity of orientation — everything except the only diversity that matters, which is diversity of thought," he said. "And the left does not want to celebrate diversity of thought. They rage against so-called intolerance, yet they themselves are stupefyingly intolerant."

"They are conformity enforcers,” he explained,” but they've co-opted all the light, fluffy, happy, smiley-faced buzzwords."

"That's the classic trick taught to us by Orwell explicitly in '1984.' People of a conservative disposition read that book and think he's warning of a dystopian future. People of the left read it and use it as a manual."

The Daily Caller

Never Flip Off a Cop

St. Cloud officer accidentally shot by fellow officer

Officer John Nettles said he felt threatened during a drug raid and fired his gun, but he struck Officer Scott Wetherhold's middle finger on his right hand.

True Colors

"We got to do something about these Asians coming in and opening up businesses and dirty shops, They ought to go. I'm going to say that right now. But we need African-American businesspeople to be able to take their places, too."

--Ward 8 D.C. Councilman Marion Barry

I'm guessing Asians don't vote for Marion Barry. Or does he harbor true racial prejudice? Why doesn't he steal the businesses and dirty shops from Asians and give them to random Africa-Americans in his district - worked out well for Zimbabwe.

They really call his district Ward 8? It sounds like a wing at a psychiatric hospital.

Michelle Malkin has more: Marion Barry and the Left's Hatred of Asian Entrepreneurs

As documented by my Twitter curation start-up Twitchy.com, Barry posted photos of supposedly hazardous stores -- including Chinese restaurants surrounded not by trash or toxic waste, but by Plexiglas barriers and reinforced doors. Barry explained that Asian-owned businesses that had the audacity to protect themselves from crime were "lowering standards" in his constituents' communities.

In Barry's bizarre world, law-abiding entrepreneurs who take steps to prevent robberies are the ones who threaten Ward 8's quality of life -- not the armed thugs who threaten honest livelihoods in the first place. Vigilant wealth creators taking care of their families? Scourge of D.C. Profanity-spewing drug addicts inciting hatred against successful achievers of the American Dream? Model citizens!

Crazy Barry doesn't just need another round of rehab. He needs a reality check.

Maybe it is a hospital wing.

How Dare You Pull Over Tyler Perry, Now You Must Pay

Tyler Perry Pulled Over, Accuses White Cops of Racial Profiling

Perry's predicament began when he admittedly made a left turn from a far-right lane -- a trick his security detail taught him, to make sure he wasn't being followed, Perry explained on Facebook.

Two white Atlanta police officers pulled him over, but apparently did not realize they'd just stopped Tyler Perry.

So he should get a pass because he is Tyler Perry? Did his security detail mention that it is illegal and dangerous to make a left turn from the far-right lane?

When Perry explained his illegal turn was to make sure no one was tailing him, one officer allegedly asked, "Why do you think someone would be following you?" Perry said in his post.

That is the first question that popped into my mind when I read that.

But then a second police cruiser pulled up, and a black Atlanta policeman emerged. "He took one look at me and had that 'Oh No' look on his face," Perry recounted.

The black officer spoke "in a hushed tone" to the two white officers, Perry said. "After that, one of the officers stayed near his car while one came back, very apologetic."

Instead of immediately thinking racism, perhaps he should consider that maybe the black officer recognized him, was a fan, and asked the other officers to give him a break.

The Atlanta police department's Office of Professional Standards is looking into Tyler Perry's racial-profiling claims, E! News reports.

Of course, waste more money investigating the delusions of a paranoid star.

The Perils of Popularity

Hackers hitting Macs with virus

"All the stuff the bad guys have learned for doing attacks in the PC world is now starting to transition to the Mac world,"

I got a chuckle out of the next quote.

"Mac has said for a long time that they are not vulnerable to PC malware, which is true; they are vulnerable to Mac malware."

What's Up With Fox News?

I always thought it awkward for the woman on Fox news having to sit on that sofa with their legs tightly crossed but I've noticed - at least in the early morning hours - they have a new set consisting of two high bar stool type chairs out in the open, usually occupied by two woman in very short dresses with legs tightly crossed - in fact looking like their legs are glued together. How uncomfortable can you make your reporters?

Don't they know you can do attractive without the gimmicks.

Discourage Achievment, Encourage Sloth

Found @ IMAO

Ultimate Nanny State

A recently discovered clause in Obamacare requires everyone* to wear a Bubble at all times. This video shows the Bubble in it's testing phase at a top secret location in Estonia.

*The President, his elite administration, Congress and their respective families (and a hand full of top presidential donors by way of waiver) are exempt from this requirement.

The Human Right to Self-Defense

When someone dies doing a dangerous thing, something that maybe they should not have been doing but for whatever reason they did, it is a tragedy. They didn't deserve the consequences of their actions but it WAS one of the consequences. They did it, they didn't have to do it, they chose to do it, the law of probability caught up with them. Done. Sucks, but we accept it.

It's 2am, I'm at work, I'm watching someone walking through the parking lot looking at the cars, they don't look like they belong there but they haven't done anything wrong. I'm just looking. This actually happens to me quite often. This is usually as far as it goes. He sees me, again, not unusual. I don't care if he sees me, I work here, it's my right to watch out for the place.

This time he takes offense but walks out of sight. I go back to my business. Next thing I know he attacks me, I fall. He's on top of me, he's bigger and stronger and I can't fight him off.

Do I know what his intentions are? Do I know if he has a weapon he hasn't gotten around to using yet? Do I know when he will stop - when I'm unconscious? Or dead? I have no clue, I didn't do anything to this guy. What do I do? Just be a victim? No, I live in Florida, I have a concealed weapons license and I'm carrying. I am able to get to the weapon and manage to get off a shot, he falls to the side. I get up and call 911. He dies from his injury.

Tragic? Yes. His family is upset, they don't think he deserved to die, he probably didn't. I didn't want to kill him, I just wanted him to stop attacking me. I used the necessary means to do so. In a life and death situation it is all or nothing. There's no time to test different degrees of force to see what works, you need him to stop - now.

This is a situation I never want to find myself in. The after effects of a self-defense situation like this are devastating to the deceased, to the victim who had to defend himself and to the families of both.

You have just ended the life of some mother’s child. You may have stared into the eyes of this person as the life drained out of them. You may have listened to the death rattle as they took their last breath. You may have heard this person’s last words, or you may have simply watched them kick until they were still.

Whichever, you have just breached the most sacred of Man’s taboos. You have done something that cannot be taken back, and you have done the single most powerful, awful thing one human being may do to another.

In addition, you’re going to be so jazzed on adrenaline that your teeth will hurt. Endorphins will mask any pain — and failing to find pain, they will be tweaking your inhibitions in 23 different directions. Your mind will have played tricks on you — sounds will have gone squirrelly; time will have done weird things.

And worst of all, you probably won’t remember entire sequences of what just happened. Self-doubt is going to jump on your back like an 800-pound gorilla with cold feet and clammy hands.

And you will want someone — anyone — to understand that you were forced to do this terrible act. You will want someone — anyone — to know, to understand, that you had no choice in breaking the ancient taboo against killing.

--From Meditations on Aftermath

I think the only thing worse than having to kill in self-defense is not being able to and your family having to deal with the situation alone.

Street People Law vs. Constitutional Rights

Crickets

"Grandma, I've Been Shot" Said Girl Hurt In Gang Related Mass Shooting

Fourteen people have been shot and two are dead in what may be one of the worst mass shootings in South Florida history.

Witnesses at the funeral home had said one of the two people killed was shot in the chest.

No arrests have been made.

Shot in the Chest? Where's the arrest? Oh, it's black on black, the mobs won't attack.

If it can't divide, we'll let it abide. If we can make it rhyme, he's gotta do time.

It's Called Letting the Cat Out of the Bag

We want to create a GLOBAL MINIMUM tax? And just who would be the taxing authority for this GLOBAL MINIMUM tax - obviously not the United States. Who's WE? Why is the vice-president of the United States talking about a GLOBAL MINIMUM tax? Wait a minute, are they planning to cede American sovereignty to a world power?

Earl Scruggs Gone

But not forgotten

Time to Redefine the Masses

The Sooper Guide to "White Hispanic" Skin Color for the Gringo Media!

They will be adding a few more check boxes to the race questionnaire: White Hispanic, African-American Hispanic and Native-American Hispanic. Divide and conquer!

Merchants of Despair

The Difference

There is a saying that 'He who would do good to his fellow man must do it in minute particulars', ie. you can't help 'Mankind' in general, but you may be able to help some actual men and women. This is the difference between an atheist like Karl Marx and a Christian like Dr Barnardo. Both men had a vision and wanted to change the world. One hurled gigantic curses against 'Capitalism' and called on others to rise up and 'smash the system', while the other built a home for disadvantaged and abandoned children in Barkingside, where as it happens I grew up.

Stephen Hayes, Three Men in a Hut and other Essays

A Happy Ending

You will cry.

The End of the Road?

What You Do When You Live in a Communist Country

You dream escape, you plan escape, you live in fear. Constant fear.

Escape From a North Korean Prison

It was time. "Let's run!" he yelled.

Their plan had been for Shin to stay in the lead until they got clear of the fence, but he slipped and fell to his knees on the icy patrol trail.

Park was first to the fence. Falling to his knees, he shoved his arms, head and shoulders between the two lowest strands of wire. Seconds later, Shin saw sparks and smelled burning flesh.

Most electric fences built for security purposes repel trespassers with a painful but exceedingly brief pulse of current. Lethal electric fences, however, use a continuous current that can make a person lock on to the wire as voltage causes involuntary muscle contractions, paralysis and death.

Before Shin could get to his feet, Park had stopped moving. The weight of his body pulled down the bottom strand of wire, pinning it against the snowy ground and creating a small gap in the fence. Shin crawled over his friend's body, using it as a kind of insulating pad. As he squirmed through the fence, Shin could feel the current.

Shin was nearly through the fence when his lower legs slipped off Park's torso and came into direct contact, through the two pairs of pants he was wearing, with the bottom strand. Voltage from the wire caused severe burns from his ankles to his knees. But it would be a couple of hours before Shin noticed how badly he had been injured.

When he cleared the fence, he had no idea where to go. The only direction he could comprehend was down. He ran for about two hours, always heading downhill, until he entered a mountain valley. There were barns and scattered houses. He heard no alarms, no gunfire, no shouting. As far as he could tell, no one was chasing him.

As the adrenaline of flight began to ebb, Shin noticed that the legs of his pants were sticky. He rolled them up and saw blood oozing out of his legs. It was very cold, well below 10 degrees Fahrenheit. He had no coat.

Park had not told him where he might find China.

No one is trying to escape from the United States, at least not yet. No one is risking death by drowning or shark attack to leave these shores. No one is hiding under car seats, in trunks, or suffocating in the back of trucks trying to cross the border out of the United States. No one is giving their life savings to someone, knowing they will be raped and possibly murdered trying to get to the United States. No one is doing any of these things to get out, but there are plenty of people doing these things and more to get in. Doesn't that tell you something?

Why the hell are you trying to make the United States just like the countries that these people are DYING to escape? Why are you OK with that? Because if you are not - at least - helping to vote these communists* out of office you are helping them. No one is going to take care of you and give you everything you want for free. They can tell you that until they're blue in the face - it isn't true. I know it, they know it, and you know it in your heart. You will give up all your freedoms, you will give up all your comforts, and you will give up everything you have and you will be poor and powerless and miserable. That's it. That's what YOU get. THEY get all the money and power and THEY don't care one wit about YOU. You are not one of them and you never will be, they are using you and when they are done they will be laughing at you. The world has already been through this ruse, this is just another rerun. The history of communism is written in the blood of countless millions of it's citizens. Read it.

The same people who are voting for all this reject the God of the Bible. Don't dare post the Ten Commandments in a school or courtroom. But have you ever read those commandments? Love God, take a day off every week (the Sabbath), honor you mother and father, don't murder, don't steal, don't lie, don't covet.

Oh, the oppression! Oh, no, give us communism, please. It's much better. Derp!

*Communist, Fascist, Socialist, Progressive, now Democrat: They are all the same genus.

I Don't Know What's Worse...

That this book exists or that it is sold out: Islamic Marriage Guide Teaches Husbands How to Control Their Wives

A bookstore in Canada has sold out of an Islamic marriage guide that instructs Muslim men on how to beat their wives, according to the Toronto Sun.

All the World's a Stage for a Stooge

Love ya, mean it. What was your name again? Never mind.

Where are the Mobs on this One?

Chaos After Quadruple Murder Trial Ends in Not Guilty Verdict

Looks like the family is alone in this case. Oh, it's black on black, doesn't fit the template.

Out of Hand

The mob mentality surrounding the killing of Trayvon Martin is out of hand. I have heard many TV and radio personalities talk about it, newspapers, interviews with the "man on the street." It's all very confusing and only one thing is perfectly clear - none of these people know what they are talking about, they do not know what transpired between those two people and we would all be a lot better off if we would let the authorities handle it. It seems more and more like both individuals made mistakes that night, both did something they shouldn't have done and if either one would have acted differently the outcome wouldn't have been a death. I do not mean to insinuate that Trayvon got what he deserved at all, just that if had just kept walking home he might still be alive. Or if Zimmerman would have not followed Trayvon, he might still be alive. But we don't know.

So what will the mob do if the new investigator finds no reason to arrest Zimmerman? What if he goes to trial but is found innocent? Will the mobs be out rioting then? It is irresponsible to hold a trial by media. Let the justice system work. You know what? Innocent people are killed everyday (with no outrage, BTW), sometimes the killer is not found, sometimes they get off. I don't like it and neither do you but there is no way for a human justice system to be 100 percent without fault. Lynch mobs are always wrong, however.

It's not a lynch mob? Are you sure? What's the difference if you hang someone yourself or you force someone else to do it?

The Implosion of the Human Psyche

Bride Marries Herself

She vowed to "to enjoy inhabiting my own life and to relish a lifelong love affair with my beautiful self," reports Fargo's InForum newspaper . After the ring was exchanged with the bride and her inner-groom, guests were encouraged to "blow kisses at the world," and later, eat cake.

When I look around at the human condition I see only evidence of entropy. There is only degeneration and decline. It does not have to be this way, there is Hope available, there is a Way of regeneration but it is rejected and scorned at every turn. Few there be that find it.

What Will We Do When the Power Goes Out? Really Out.

Tourists try to 'drive' to island

Yuzu Noda, 21, said their GPS guide "told us we could drive down there".

As someone who works in the tourist industry I can tell you that there is a certain percentage of the population who have absolutely no sense of direction. It's gotten worse since GPS. I have talked to people who could not drive straight down a road 5 miles without plugging it into the GPS.

Computers have become our external hard drive in the sky, replacing our need to think or remember - just Google it. And now we can carry that brain around with us everywhere we go and it looks up almost anything we can imagine for us. Instantly. It's amazing, really. But, I think it may be a good idea to think about developing a basic skill set and knowledge base that will help us get through when the power goes out for extended periods or we otherwise lose touch with our external brain. Or the GPS tells us to drive into the bay.

Tit for Tat

Shamelessly stolen from Maggie's Farm

Communism Doesn't Work

Communism is an evil ideology. We knew that once, then we got lazy and let them teach our kids.

War on Coal, And America

Trading substance for fantasy.

At Least They're Not Covered in Oil

The favorite projects of the left turn out to be meat grinders - windmills kill countless numbers of birds and now high speed rail is killing reindeer. Isn't harming reindeer one of the reasons we can't drill in Alaska?

The train line, which runs between Umeå and Lycksele, has been responsible for the deaths of hundreds of reindeer over the last three months, when the unfortunate animals have wandered onto the tracks.

Finding a dead reindeer or one that is injured and needs to be euthanized is a daily occurrence for reindeer owner, Per-Mikael Jonsson, who is forced to put down many injured reindeer fearing that their internal damages may be too severe to survive.

Not to worry, huge solar farms would never harm the environment. Huge tracts of barren land covered with solar collectors - mother earth just wishes she thought of it first.

The Welfare State and the Selfish Society

The evidence is before our eyes, it's incontrovertible; the welfare state is destructive to society, it compounds problems and creates more poverty, not less.

Can We Get Some Serious Candidates Here?

Santorum's war on teleprompters

"See, I always believed that when you run for president of the United States, it should be illegal to read off a teleprompter," Santorum said at a Gulfport restaurant. "Because all you're doing is reading someone else's words to people."

While I don't disagree with his reason why...

"You're voting for someone who is going to be the leader of our government," Santorum said. "It's important for you to understand who that person is in their own words, see them, look them in the eye...hear what's (in their) heart."

"You're choosing a leader. A leader isn't just about what's written on a piece of paper."

...Shouldn't he be for less stupid laws, not more? He is running as a conservative, isn't he? Will he create the Teleprompter Regulatory Agency if elected? It's enough to make you scream sometimes.

I hate that the only reason Republicans give us to vote for them is that they are not communist. "Vote for me, I'm not a Commie!"

Not that that's not a good reason. I think it should be illegal to be a communist and hold office in our government. But that's just me - apparently.

In a Nutshell

Nothing Rush has ever said is as offensive as the fact that he publicly disagrees with the left before a large audience.

--Frank J

Let's face it, it's not what was said - media personalities on the left say far worse things on a daily basis and not a peep is heard against it - it's who said it. They set a trap and everybody jumped right in. Amazing.

Laura Ingraham talks about her being called names in this short video:



Oh. And goodbye Carbonite. For the record, I am not a dittohead, I do not even listen to Rush Limbaugh, although I have no problem with the man. I visit his website about once a week.

They Meant to Do That

Energy Secretary Chu Admits Administration OK with High Gas Prices

President Barack Obama's Secretary of Energy Stephen Chu uttered the kind of Washington gaffe that consists of telling the truth when inconvenient. According to Politico, Chu admitted to a House committee that the administration is not interested in lowering gas prices.

Chu, along with the Obama administration, regards the spike in gas prices as a feature rather than a bug. High gas prices provide an incentive for alternate energy technology, a priority for the White House, and a decrease in reliance on oil for energy.

This is old news to those who are paying attention, still, many are not.

RIP Andrew Breitbart

A Nanny State to Rely On

Fireman and a policeman refuse to rescue a man having a seizure in a few inches of water citing safety rules.

In a story that seems too unbelievable to be true, a charity shop worker drowned in a shallow lake in Gosport, England, after firemen and rescue workers stood by and refused to help. The man, 41-year-old Simon Burgess, fell into the water while feeding swans and was left there until a rescue team with individuals who were legally able to assist reached him 28 minutes later.

The firemen, who were reportedly only 25 feet away from the man, allegedly refused to rescue the man, as they cited health and safety regulations. And a police officer who arrived after learning about the incident was reportedly called back after he started moving into the ankle-deep water to rescue the man.

Absolutely pathetic.

Police State

A dad was arrested when he went to pick up his child at school because his daughter drew a picture of a gun. You have to hear this report. Unbelievable.

Ministry Highlight

The one that forgives is the one that suffers. --J. Edwin Orr

If you've never heard Dr. Orr speak, you are really missing something. I consider it a great blessing that these recordings are available and that I stumbled across his work a couple years ago. I revisited the website yesterday and realized there were some recordings that they must have added since my last visit. Or somehow I missed them? I began listening this morning and I must say, he really cuts through all the clutter and confusion that is out there in a common sense way with great storytelling ability. The one titled "Axiom, Fact, Hypothesis" is a very good one if your looking for one to start.

The website: J. Edwin Orr

Dr. J. Edwin Orr was born in Belfast in 1912 and concluded his work on earth in 1987. Professor Orr was passionately committed to Jesus Christ and dedicated his life to understanding and furthering the work of God - especially in revival and spiritual awakening. This website comes from the conviction that Dr. Orr has much to say to the Christian world today, because his message was a profoundly powerful, eloquent, and accurate explanation of what the Bible says about revival, awakening, and the deeper Christian life.

To Protect and Serve (If We Get Around To It)

This happened in California, where they deny you your right to carry a gun to defend yourself.

Last weekend, a 67 year-old Berkeley, California man calmly phoned the police, requesting protection from an aggressive trespasser that had confronted him and his wife in their garage. The call was "queued for dispatch", but then ignored because the police were shorthanded at the time.

Sadly, less than 13 minutes after the police call, the mentally ill trespasser returned and attacked the man in front of his home, dragged him into the bushes and beat him with a large flowerpot, while the victim's wife watched helplessly. The man died later.

Maybe We Didn't Appologize Enough

5 Killed in Violent Riots Over Koran Burning on U.S. Air Base in Afghanistan

I was going to post the video here but to tell you the truth I'm embarrassed by it. Maybe he should try kneeling, facing Mecca and offering his neck to the sword. Either that or he missed the pregnant suit training.

Quote of the Day

"If we could just bring ourselves to think of human beings as individuals rather than as members of groups, a good portion of the world's sorrow could be averted."

--Jeff Cooper, To Ride, Shoot Straight, and Speak the Truth

Tolerance, Schmolerance: Kill Everyone Who Disagrees

Iran court convicts Christian pastor convert to death

A trial court in Iran has issued its final verdict, ordering a Christian pastor to be put to death for leaving Islam and converting to Christianity,

Pray for Christians around the world, I think many of us take the peace and safety we have in America for granted. The world is not a friendly place.

I Think We Are Done For

Soldiers don fake belly, breasts to better understand pregnant troops' exercise concerns

The Army is ordering its hardened combat veterans to wear fake breasts and empathy bellies so they can better understand how pregnant soldiers feel during physical training.

We are almost here:



America has become a Monty Python skit. I do not blame the soldier, they don't want this, they want no part of this. I blame the leadership - military and government.

Steve Jobs the Capitalist

Here is an very early (1980) speech by Steve Jobs and it is very interesting. I will never understand why he is the hero of the left - he is full-on capitalist - except maybe it is because his products appeal to their elitism. The website I found the video on even calls him a hippie.



He did what every American should dream of doing - find an untapped need and fill it.

Seeking God's Face

But you, when you pray, enter into your room. And shutting your door, pray to your Father in secret; and your Father who sees in secret shall reward you openly. - Matthew 6:6

"God is in secret. He is hidden from the world. The world does not see Him, neither knows Him. You can never reach God in your prayers unless you shut out the world. Shutting the door means something more than closing the door of your literal closet. Persons may enter the literal closet and close the door, and yet have the world in their hearts and thoughts. Such have not closed the door in the true sense."

--Charles Ebert Orr, How to Live a Holy Life

The Kindle version of that book is free - can't beat that.


The world, not seeing God or knowing God, but hearing about Him only - and mostly lies at that - reject what they hear. They are angry because they do not understand why a loving God could allow so much suffering in the world. If He exists, why doesn't He do something, why doesn't He intervene? And rejecting what they do not understand, they have decided to take matters into their own hands. They will intervene, they will control you, they will make you act like they think you should. By any means necessary. But it never works, it cannot work.

Designing a Room Without a License Endangers Lives

Who Knew?



Hat tip: Maggie's Farm

The Dangers of Being Green

A BRIT was bitten "down under" by a killer snake while answering a call of nature in the Aussie bush.

"I went into the garden at four in the morning after a night in the pub to save flushing the toilet because water is precious in the outback."

I Feel Safer Already

Feds shut down Amish farm for selling fresh milk

Says a customer:

"I can't believe in 2012 the federal government is raiding Amish farmers at gunpoint all over a basic human right to eat natural food,"

Sadly, I can.

"In Maryland, they force taxpayers to pay for abortions, but God forbid we want the same milk our grandparents drank."

No, god (government) forbid.

Look on the bright side, you can still practically walk across our southern border unimpeded, get a fake social security number, have your kids in American hospitals, enroll them in American schools, and feed them with American foodstamps - just don't try to bring fresh milk or unsafe hairdryers with you.

Lee Ermey says Register to Vote

Register to vote at TriggertheVote.org

Then, join the NRA at this link, because if we lose the 2nd Amendment, we lose them all.

Buy Our Cars With Other Peoples Money

Obama hikes subsidy to wealthy electric car buyers

The White House intends to boost government subsidies for wealthy buyers of the Chevy Volt and other new-technology vehicles — to $10,000 per buyer.

That mammoth subsidy would cost taxpayers $100 million each year if it is approved by Congress, presuming only 10,000 new-technology autos are sold each year.

The extra money for wealthy buyers will be borrowed funds, eventually paid off by future taxpayers in all income brackets.

I'm surprised they're not giving them away free with each substantial contribution to the Obama campaign.

You know how liberals are always accusing Republicans of only caring for the rich at the expense of the poor? Whatever liberals accuse others of doing, that's what they’re doing. Always. -IMAO

Are You Kidding Me!!!!

Preschooler's Homemade Lunch Replaced with Cafeteria "Nuggets"

A preschooler at West Hoke Elementary School ate three chicken nuggets for lunch Jan. 30 because a state employee told her the lunch her mother packed was not nutritious.

The girl’s turkey and cheese sandwich, banana, potato chips, and apple juice did not meet U.S. Department of Agriculture guidelines, according to the interpretation of the agent who was inspecting all lunch boxes in her More at Four classroom that day.

Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star

Make sure to watch this full screen. Awesome.

What you see is real, but you can't see it this way with the naked eye. It is the result of 20-30 second exposures, edited together over many hours to produce the timelapse. This allows you to see the Milky Way, Aurora and other Phenonmena, in a way you wouldn't normally see them.

On Totalitarian Freaks

"easily the most entertaining speech you'll see at CPAC."

You Can't Make This Stuff Up

If you are Muslim you can opt out of the Obamacare health care reform laws with no penalties

If you are of the Muslim religion, you don't have to give all the new Obamacare healthcare reform regulations and penalties another thought. Because the concept of being compelled to participate in such a healthcare program offends Islamic sensibilities, Muslims are specifically exempt.

As a matter of fact if you are Amish, American Indian or a Chistian Scientist you do not need to participate or pay the taxes associated with healthcare reform. That means not having to be forced to buy healthcare insurance, not paying the taxes or the penalties if you don't get it.

You mean to say Muslims don't have a "right" to healthcare? Are they exempt from car insurance? Home insurance if they have a mortgage? Insurance on their businesses?

Hat tip: Maggie's Farm

It All Boils Down Pretty Much to Race

I'm still continually shocked to hear some of the ignorance and stupidity that comes from some peoples mouth.

"I voted for Barack because he was black. 'Cuz that's why other folks vote for other people — because they look like them," Jackson said. "That's American politics, pure and simple. [Obama's] message didn't mean sh-t to me. In the end, he's a politician. I just hoped he would do some of what he said he was gonna do."

"It's not politics. It is not economics. It all boils down to pretty much to race. It is a shame."

--Samuel L. Jackson

Very disappointing. He just doesn't get it at all.

He's Right, You Know

Birth control is available everywhere, I hear they even give them away at colleges, probably even some high schools - in California and New York City maybe even grade schools. Availability is not a problem, getting people to use them - and correctly - is the problem.

Must Watch: Wayne LaPierre @ CPAC

Crime Wave?

Amscot employee kidnapped from home, forced to rob store

A family's Sunday morning had just gotten underway inside their Osceola County home, when several men stormed into the family's home around 9:00 a.m. and tied everyone up, except for one man.

Deputies told WFTV the suspects tied up everyone in the home and took off with the man.
The employee was then driven to the Amscot location at John Young Parkway and Town Center Boulevard by the suspects, according to deputies.

Investigators say the suspects forced the employee to rob the store.

We have home invasions around here so often it's almost blasé. Here's one from Saturday. If it happens so much here, how much is it happening across America? And there are people who want to disarm us to make us even more helpless? I'm seriously beginning to think the authorities want a certain amount of crime so we look to them to help us. Perhaps even to slowly create a police state. Police are more and more equipping themselves and acting more like soldiers than a civilian "Protect and Serve" police force.

And this kind of stuff - Man exposes self to kids at Titusville Walmart - same thing, you can't leave your kids alone for a second. How can you have a society where you can't trust anyone?

It's for Your Own Good