American Youth - Stay Home!

Here is what scares me about this election - the youth vote. While youth are necessary to infuse nations and organizations and societies with energy, enthusiasm and fresh ideas, they are also inexperienced, naive and to put it bluntly, dumb. I was all three when I was a 'youth.' All youths are, no exceptions. Life and living are the only things that make one experienced in life. With age comes wisdom, not from intelligence but from life history, or living through events and experiencing things and remembering them, and either striving to avoid or repeat them throughout life. I made many stupid mistakes in my youth, mistakes which stuck with me and made me grow into the responsible adult I am today. Older generations are labeled 'out of touch' and 'crotchety' by youth because we know things they don't. It's my greatest frustration as a parent. If only I could infuse my children with the wisdom and knowledge I have gained by making mistakes, they would certainly grow up to be kings and queens. Or president; we are a republic after all. EJ Dionne spews the same old lefty hopes that the youth will save the day on election day. He was probably one of those young people who was inexperienced yet thought he knew it all, knew better than his experienced elders. The youth of today are dumb, just like we were in our youth (BTW, I am turning 39 next week). I fear the youth vote; it's better they just stay home, play video games and text their significant others and leave the electing of presidents to those of us who know something about life, death, war, finances and children.

EJ Dionne is Dumb and Dumber.

Another blathering, 'check the block' liberal screed from the most uncreative, unoriginal left-wing columnist writing for the socialist washington people's post. My favorite line is 'regulate the economy,' which is just another sentence in the article but when liberals are ranting and raving, they often drop lines that show what they really want, socialism. Take the money from the hard-working, successful people who earn over $100k per year - watch out middle class - and redistribute it to those who don't want to work hard and have no desire to be successful. Their success is based on accepting welfare and other 'state' benefits as soon as possible, including having multiple children out of wedlock with multiple fathers. Babies as an economic proposal. One other point, because just reading this article makes all the points necessary. If the current Supreme Court is so ultra-conservative, so strong that it will thwart all attempts of a kind and benevolent Obama administration and democratic Congress to make life kinder and gentler for the lower classes, then why did it recently allow enemy combatants access to the US legal system? Enemy combatants is a stretch because that pre-supposes we are fighting an organized enemy, when in fact we are fighting small cells and individuals who have no particular allegiance to a state but to islam at large, or the future 'caliphate' (BTW, if the caliphate were enacted globally, does Dionne realize he would be forced to convert or be killed? Would the New Deal save him then?).

EJ Dionne is plain stupid!

This piece of drivel is almost unbelievable in its' stupidity, lack of grasp of reality and rigid adherence to leftist, Democratic dogma. As the vast readership of my blog will quickly reach the same conclusions, I won't go into detail except on two points. First, how much clearer can one get than 'the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.' People, the people, we the people. We are the people of the United States, not a militia, but people, citizens. Secondly, the sheer stupidity of his statement that the DC gun ban law was enacted to prevent murder. Testimony to the effectiveness of the law was made about 3 weeks ago when 5 (or maybe 7?) DC residents were killed by gun violence in a 6 hour period. They were not law abiding citizens, but criminals, with guns. Imagine that, criminals with guns! But how can criminals get their grimy paws on guns when there is a law supposedly preventing this? Because they are criminals and they obtain guns through illegal channels. My guns have all been purchased legally and are used for legal purposes, one of which is self, family and home defense. This guy should be banned from writing by his peers because he is so stupid but then again, the majority of his peers in the MSM are stupid as well.

Quick update- I was in Germany for 3 weeks, worked for 2 weeks, then had minor foot surgery with a small blood clot as a complication. But now I am back!

Bill Cosby speaks the hard truth

Bill Cosby seems to know most of the truth about how the African-American community in the U.S. can redeem itself. Ironically, what racial/ethnic group in the U.S. does not suffer from some malady? Whites have the stigma of being incessantly racist, and of being white trash and greedy and power hungry. Asians have gangs and math. Hispanics are seen as illegal, whether they are or not, and of working exclusively in manual labor or the service industry, plus gangs. I think the author is biased against Cosby, primarily because he is speaking the hard truth about how to bypass racism and focus on success instead of handouts. He is young and successful so probably hasn't faced much of the alleged racism that Cosby and others of his generation faced. I have many black friends who are successful, and their families are successful. How? They work hard, they don't commit crimes and they have solid core values they teach to their children, investing another generation with the same values. It's really very simple.

Oil and why we should drill

GOOD article about how liberal congressmen are so focused on 'windfall' oil profits they cannot see how much more money the oil companies spend on foreign oil. The lefty liberals also prevent us from drilling to protect the environment, like our drilling technology is still from the 1800's, when we have organic oil reserves that could free us from foreign dependence for 15 years (longer in the case of Venezuela). Granted, I am sure there is some sort of lobbying going on that makes Saudi oil more lucrative for some. I am a big supporter of nuclear energy as well. Like drilling, nuke energy technology has made great advances since 3 Mile Island (and I was living in PA at the time of that event, and my father was working in Harrisburg that day).

Bitter, angry and stupid to boot!

This article is pathetic, disturbing and yet strangely satisfying, all at the same time. It's quite obvious the left (I refuse to capitalize the 'l' in left, they don't rate) is blind with rage that their great change agent and transcendent candidate, Obama, is rapidly doing the death spiral. With his true nature coming out every other day, in his words, past deeds and relationships with leftist, racist radicals, the average joe who once thought, incorrectly, 'Gee, maybe we can have a black president who won't pull the race card!' is now seeing him for what he is - a radical leftist who wants to take money from the rich, give it to the poor, nationalize everything he can and force the government into every aspect of American life possible. He is the anti-liberty and freedom candidate, much more than Clinton. I absolutely love it! So, instead of looking inward at their failed theories and policies, and their failed candidate, the lash out, like the dude in that 'Leave Britney Alone!' youtube video - incoherent, unintelligible and immature. And I thought I was just angry and bitter and clinging to guns, religion and anti-immigration and racist feelings (all of which I fully support!). Now I am stupid too! Join the club idiot, and welcome to Hell!

Who's Angry?

This commentary has finally pushed me to get back to this blog, which has been dormant for over 3 months. I am not angry. My wife is not angry. Most of the folks I work with, and know personally as friends and neighbors, aren't angry. The bottom line is most rational people do not expect the economy to grow at 10% year after year. In the globalized marketplace today, so many other external factors affect our economy. However, we as a country continue to shoot ourselves in the foot and ignore history by calling for government to bail us out. Why can't we help ourselves? We bought a house about 16 months ago, which is the time when all the current foreclosures were buying as well. We are making our payments and have no worries. Why? We didn't buy a huge house that we couldn't afford without 'creative' (i.e. easy) financing. We put a large down payment on our house (provided thanks to my tax-free service in Iraq! Why can't someone study how servicemen benefit financially form their service?) and received a standard ARM. We weren't blinded by flipper greed. We wanted an affordable house in a stable neighborhood where we can raise our kids and live for a long time. Mission accomplished. We very easily could have purchased a larger home in a nicer neighborhood but would have been 'house poor.' I have very little sympathy for those who bought a house outside their means and are not being foreclosed.

Who is McGovern???

Dumb

So, has George McGovern suddenly awoken from a long slumber induced by a life time of losing and tired, old viewpoints on life and the world? Apparently so because this op ed of his drags out all the tired, old arguments to impeach the Evil Bush-Cheney Duo of Destruction. I would be willing to listen to real, fact-based arguments for impeachment if any could be found. Instead, McGovern, like every other tired, old leftist loser - Carter, Reid, any number of leftist blogs... - lists: the 'illegal' Iraq invasion (despite Congressional approval, yet I don't see calls for Congressional resignations), the Patriot Act (again, approve twice by Congress, yet no calls for resignations) and the Valhalla of leftist theory, Guantanamo Bay. Does no one see that Al Qeada does not have 'citizens' in it's ranks and non-citizens do not enjoy the same civil rights as we do? When you pledge allegiance to a non-state group whose prime directive is establishment of a global islamic caliphate and forced conversion of the world and/or death, me thinks you give up any right to any state-sponsored civil proceedings. Further, in my opinion, if you are a card-carrying member of AQ, there should be ROE to shoot on site, not detain. Obviously detention would be preferred to suck as much info and intel out of them as possible, but sometimes death is the preferred method. I predict of the 3 or 4 people besides me who read McGovern's piece, 1 will agree (probably Jimmy Carter), 1 will die laughing and 2 will just turn the page while asking, "Who is George McGovern?"

What is a blog?

Before a month goes by, I need to find the truth as it relates to blogs. I have started and stopped a few blogs over the past years and I can't figure out why I lose the passion and excitement after a few months of blogging. Maybe the fact that I am not getting paid to do this and I have a lot of other outlets for my time, and the fact that nobody reads my posts. I read a few other blogs regularly and the style and substance of posts varies greatly. Some are analytical on the topic of the day, others are related to personal experience and others are just there. It seems like blogs and the act of blogging are just the technological extension of the personal diary, albeit some with a twist. I kept a diary/journal during my year in Iraq but I had no desire to share that with anybody. It was more therapeutic for me, a space to write down frustrations and observations and maybe come up with some remedies. I consider myself fairly knowledgeable about most domestic and world events but who the hell cares what I think? So, here's my post on my blog and I can say whatever I want because no one is going to read it.

Kimora Lee Whore

What is the fascination with hags of oriental descent who have whored their way to the supposed top? Case in point is the TV show about Kimora Lee Simmons, ex-wife to Russell Simmons, who made his money in the hip-hop industry. He made his money the old fashioned way, he earned it. I don't agree with the industry but he leveraged the principles of capitalism and made a small fortune. Enter the oriental whore, who may have been attractive in her better - young - days, marginally enough so to snare the interests of Mr. Simmons. I will wager that she saw dollar signs, did what she thought necessary to get his cash - sleep with him enough to marry him and have two kids - then made her exit. Now she has a show dedicated to her whore-ishness, loosely based on her fashion company. The most recent edition of this show, which I watch to remind myself how lucky I am to have dropped the oriental whore and found a Caucasian woman of Italian descent, deals with her new line of children's clothes, which are inspired by her own two daughters. Here is where I take issue with the myth that oriental mothers are so caring and doting on their children. Maybe back in the rice patties they are but not once they have tasted the largess of the West. They feign this public image of doting, loving mothers but it is done in a purely public, superficial manner. Beneath the thin veneer is the truth of controlling, micro-managerial motherhood. They must absolutely have a hand or finger in EVERYTHING their allegedly precious children do, until the children do something to embarrass them. Maybe this is some sort of strange cousin to the 'losing face' doctrine that most people understand of oriental cultures? My personal example is my hag ex-wife, who is filipino. She claims to everyone, over and over, that her number one priority is her children, which plays great to her dumb friends who don't know any better (I could easily fill pages on how stupid most white women are as well, but that's for another day), but in reality, as long as her children are doing well, she is happy and proud. Mess something up, however, and you see the real story. My middle daughter plays soccer, and pretty well too. She was playing goalie recently, and missed blocking a shot. Her mother then did the rolley-eyed, arms up in the air "I can't believe you missed that" maneuver on the sidelines, making her feel like shit. Great parenting you effing oriental piece of filth! I wish her harm more than islamic fundamentalists; at least they are an enemy to be respected. So, beware America! Whorientals are out to suck up as much money as possible from unsuspecting white, western males. Stay away, stay far away!