Monday, March 02, 2009

Ask Your Doctor About Stimulusol XR

I’ll bet the Democrats have been taking this stuff for years. Now you can too.

Sunday, March 01, 2009

The Stimulus Plan, A Graphic of it All

The Washington Post presents an analysis by the Congressional Budget Office…

Taking Apart the $819 billion Stimulus Package

Interesting to note, $100,000,000,000.00 are tax credits, (welfare payments) to Americans that don’t pay taxes.

Remember what Margaret Thatcher said, “The problem with Socialism is that you eventually run out of other people’s money.” Taxes should be collected to fund government not to give a “refundable tax credit” to a portion of the population that doesn’t pay taxes.

This is insanity!

How long can you take from the producers and give to the non producers before our whole economic system collapses?

Saturday, February 28, 2009

Paul Harvey 9/14/18 - 2/28/09

The first conservative voice I heard on the radio was Paul Harvey. I was 13 and the “old man” just seemed to make sense to me. America has lost a great radio broadcaster!

Paul Harvey passed away today at 90 years young. Godspeed Mr. Harvey. America will miss you.

Not Evil Just Wrong

The True Cost of Global Warming Hysteria

A film by filmakers Ann McElhinney and Phelim McAleer

A truthful look at the global warming movement and how the world is being mislead. Al Gore and his elite buddies want to use flawed science to push their agenda. This film is an attempt to shine the light of truth on Al Gore’s fantasy.

They hope to have it shown in every theater, university and school in America. You can donate to their success at their web site.

Quotes to Ponder

From Ludwig von Mises, the Austrian Economist come some quotes to think about while the government (cough, cough, Democrats) abandons all control and catapults our nation toward financial ruin.

If the practice persists of covering government deficits with the issue of notes, then the day will come without fail, sooner or later, when the monetary systems of those nations pursuing this course will break down completely. The purchasing power of the monetary unit will decline more and more, until finally it disappears completely.

A nation cannot prosper if its members are not fully aware of the fact that what alone can improve their conditions is more and better production. And this can only be brought about by increased saving and capital accumulation.

What the doctrine of balancing budgets over a period of many years really means is this: As long as our own party is in office, we will enhance our popularity by reckless spending.

What the government spends more, the public spends less. Public works are not accomplished by the miraculous power of a magic wand. They are paid for by funds taken away from the citizens.

From The Quotable Mises, edited by Mark Thornton and published by the Mises Institute

Quote of The Day

When everybody is hiking in the wrong direction, it is the first person to turn back who is making the most progress.

Old Proverb

Thursday, November 27, 2008

US Military - Positive Stories

There were 2 positive stories on American Soldiers in the blogsphere this week.

From Joshuapundit, American Warriors In Afghanistan Through French Eyes

Here’s a first hand account of our warriors in Afghanistan, written by a French OMLT (Operational Mentoring Liaison Teams) infantryman serving with them:

“And they are impressive warriors ! We have not come across bad ones, as strange at it may seem to you when you know how critical French people can be. Even if some of them are a bit on the heavy side, all of them provide us everyday with lessons in infantry know-how. Beyond the wearing of a combat kit that never seem to discomfort them (helmet strap, helmet, combat goggles, rifles etc.) the long hours of watch at the outpost never seem to annoy them in the slightest. On the one square meter wooden tower above the perimeter wall they stand the five consecutive hours in full battle rattle and night vision goggles on top, their sight unmoving in the directions of likely danger. No distractions, no pauses, they are like statues nights and days. At night, all movements are performed in the dark - only a handful of subdued red lights indicate the occasional presence of a soldier on the move. Same with the vehicles whose lights are covered - everything happens in pitch dark even filling the fuel tanks with the Japy pump.

And combat ? If you have seen Rambo you have seen it all - always coming to the rescue when one of our teams gets in trouble, and always in the shortest delay. That is one of their tricks : they switch from T-shirt and sandals to combat ready in three minutes. Arriving in contact with the ennemy, the way they fight is simple and disconcerting : they just charge ! They disembark and assault in stride, they bomb first and ask questions later - which cuts any pussyfooting short.”

Another from Powerline, A Good Day for the Marine Corps

The biggest thing to take from that day is what Marines can accomplish when they’re given the opportunity to fight,” the sniper said. “A small group of Marines met a numerically superior force and embarrassed them in their own backyard. The insurgents told the townspeople that they were stronger than the Americans, and that day we showed them they were wrong.”

During the battle, the designated marksman single handedly thwarted a company-sized enemy RPG and machinegun ambush by reportedly killing 20 enemy fighters with his devastatingly accurate precision fire. He selflessly exposed himself time and again to intense enemy fire during a critical point in the eight-hour battle for Shewan in order to kill any enemy combatants who attempted to engage or maneuver on the Marines in the kill zone. What made his actions even more impressive was the fact that he didn’t miss any shots, despite the enemies’ rounds impacting within a foot of his fighting position.

“I was in my own little world,” the young corporal said. “I wasn’t even aware of a lot of the rounds impacting near my position, because I was concentrating so hard on making sure my rounds were on target.”

After calling for close-air support, the small group of Marines pushed forward and broke the enemies’ spirit as many of them dropped their weapons and fled the battlefield. At the end of the battle, the Marines had reduced an enemy stronghold, killed more than 50 insurgents and wounded several more.

“I didn’t realize how many bad guys there were until we had broken through the enemies’ lines and forced them to retreat. It was roughly 250 insurgents against 30 of us,” the corporal said. “It was a good day for the Marine Corps. We killed a lot of bad guys, and none of our guys were seriously injured.

Don’t rely on Lamestream Media to report any of this. They won’t!

Monday, November 24, 2008

Gasoline, $1.37 in Houston, TX

WOW

Gas from $1.34 to $1.37

A Gallon

The cheepest places in the US to buy gas were Webster TX, Independence, MO and Graniteville, SC

From almost $4.00 to $1.34 a gallon once the election was over. Was oil manipulated to destroy the United States economy in the run up to the election. I am highly supicious.

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Don’t Poke The Bear

From my history lessons, the Soviet Union wanted its satellite states to be a buffer against another Blitzkrieg attack on Russia from Europe. Condi Rice is really pushing the envelope when she wants to place anti missile systems in countries bordering Russia. It’s one thing to try to contain the bear but it’s really not a good idea to poke the bear and expect to escape unscathed. In the Reuters story. “Russia rejects U.S. missile proposals” the bear responds.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said last week he planned to deploy missile systems near Poland’s border in retaliation for U.S. plans to install elements of the proposed missile defense system in Poland and the Czech Republic.

It goes on…

Washington says the shield is needed to protect the United States against missile strikes from what it calls rogue states, specifically Iran.

“We’ve been very clear with regards to the intent and purpose of the missile defense site in Europe and what it’s designed for and have offered any number of ways and means to mitigate some of the Russian concerns,” Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman told reporters

He said Iran’s announcement on Wednesday that it had test-fired a new generation of surface-to-surface missile was another reminder of the importance of establishing the shield, “to defend the U.S. and Europe against a threat that is developing in Iran.”

Do you think Iran would be so stupid to launch a missile against the United States or Europe? If Iran attacks us it will be a bomb on a ship, truck or airplane in a major US city, certainly not by a missile that can be tracked back to Iran.

Update - Related Stories

Russia to Help Venezuela Develop Nuclear Energy

Chavez Says Russian Warships Arriving Soon

Russian Warships Approach Venezuela Under US Gaze

US to Watch Russian-Venezuelan Maneuvers ‘Very Closely’

Has Cold War II started as Russia pushes further into the Western Hemisphere? Chavez is the new Cuba and we are on the way to a new crisis on our Southern Border.

Garbage to Electricity at 10,000 Degrees

I had seen this a while back and thought it was a great idea. Now it will be a reality in a few years. If you have ever seen the land fill on the Florida Turnpike near Ft. Lauderdale this is an incredible technology. It’s a plant that consumes garbage and produces enough electricity to power 50,000 homes. When the process is complete the garbage is consumed and the only thing left is a glass block which could probably be used for construction. Mike Chino at Inhabitat has the details. “Plasma Plants Will Vaporize Trash While Generating Energy”

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Obama, Ready to Rule

From NewsBusters, Obama Spokesman Says “Obama Ready to RULE on Day 1”

The co-chair of Barack Obama’s Transition Team, Valerie Jarrett, appeared on Meet the Press this weekend and used, shall we say, an interesting word to described what she thinks Barack Obama will be doing in January when he’s officially sworn into office. She told Tom Brokaw that Obama will be ready to “rule” on day one.

Oh! Really?

Thursday, November 06, 2008

Did They Push The Economy Too Far?

What if the Democrats and the Lame Stream Media manipulated the economy down for an election advantage and they pushed too hard?

I don’t see the economy having a post election bounce. Do you?

What if it can’t be recovered?

Tuesday, November 04, 2008

Obama’s National Security Force

Forward Deployment

Saturday, October 18, 2008

Joe The Plumber

Iowahawk expresses solidarity with Joe the plumber.

Even though my name is Steve….

Sunday, October 12, 2008

Another Reason to Drill Here, Drill Now

Some Islamic Cleric said “Replace capitalism with Islamic financial system.”

The collapse of the capitalist system based on usury and paper and not on goods traded on the market is proof that it is in crisis and shows that Islamic economic philosophy is holding up,” said the Egyptian-born, Qatar-based cleric. “The Western system has collapsed and we have a complete economic philosophy as well as spiritual strength,” he said at Sunday’s opening of a conference on Jerusalem.
“All riches are ours… the Islamic nation has all or nearly all the oil and we have an economic philosophy that no one else has,” Qaradawi said.
He urged Muslims to “profit from the crisis to bring about the triumph of the (Islamic) nation, which holds the spiritual and material resources for victory.”

As far as I’m concerned Energy Independence is a keystone of National Security. Don’t try to tell me that Islam is our friend. The evidence just isn’t there.

Drill here, drill now is an easy way to keep 700 billion dollars out of their hands.